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The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1898-06-06


UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
From Chas. Venab1e, Chairman Of
the Faculty, Jan. A, 1888.
Worcester's Dictionary is the
Standard adopted by the University
=tf Virginia
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY.
From President Lee. 5
Lexington, Va, Mar. 8, 1887.
president Lee requests ne to state
that Worcester's Dictionary is the au4
thorized standard of the University. =
HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, Mass.
From President Eliot, Oct 9, 1877.
IL have always referred to Worces-
.ter's Unabridged Dictionary as the
Standard.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, n. Z.
From. Pres't Adams, Jan. p, 1877.
aFor many years / have had the
Unabridged Worcester and Una
abridged Webster within easy reach,
bub have consulted the Worcester
far more frequently than the Web
ster. =
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From Pres't Bartlett, Feb. q 81
81 have always regarded Worcester's
Dictionary as the true represents alive
81 English photography and pronunci-
alton, and ! wish q wide circulation
to this new and improved edition.
81 D | iinni;naatt f0mnonv pDhc
Philadelphia, Pa.
Al. b. WADE, General Agent,
Morgantown, w. Va.
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xxpienasLop Of . Sword 1rADk.
A trick in which q sword Is appar-
emily passed through a persona alb
domen Is explained as follows: The
sword employed Is a thin, hed-
bic, dull blade. The prestidigitator.
whose body the sword will simply
pass around, but not pierce, carries
concealed beneath his'vest sheath
that consists Of Q hollow tube, semi
circular IN shape, the two extremiies
of which are bent In contrary diTec.
lions In such a way that they are
situated In the Same straight line, the
t~o mihces opening in front and be-
hind at right angles with the abdo-
men. This tube runs around the
farther side Of the man, who, appear
ing instincttvely to grasp the point
of the sword as If to protect himself,
directs it into the metallic tube. The
flexible sword makes its exit between
the tails Of the coat It Is necessary
to operate rapidly, so that the spec-
tators shall not have time to see that
the length Of the sword has dimin-
khed, the curved line that it follows
Aot being the shortest passage from
one point to nother.-Cincinnat En-
uuirer,
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oFFICB-NASONIC BUILDING.
East Nam Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. g. A, Whitmore
cas- or. Services bi.weekly alternating
moruing and evening Services ednes'
d.y.7p. m, Sunday School 2p. m.
Guild each Lords Day $50 p. m, ether SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek k,pas'
tsr, services, Sunday 10 A. N. and $50 P.
Sunday School, 2. P. x Prayer Meet
Ing, w Wednesday, 6.46 r.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
Dsugherty Pastor. Regular Services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at ~ q. m.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
Sunday School 2 Pm.
Mite Society Srmi.monthly, Wednesday
evening at s o'clock. w. Ms. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church: Rev. N. F. Oerter, Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, 4; M.
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore, alternating morning
and evening a, 10 AID $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
N. H. Courtney Pastor. Services every alter
nate Sunday at 10 A. NJ. and 7OO r. H.
Sunday School NJ 8 A. NJ. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 100 =. 81.
81. Stephens Church, Protestant Episcoal
Rev Ernest hcGill, Rector. Services
every Sunday at 1880, a. NJ, at Walkers
willie at 400 p. IN.
eerYice FRIDAYS at 400 p. IN.
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Tho first telephone that was ever
used was not electrical, nor was It a
scientific instrument In any sense OF
the term. A little more than 50 years
ago the employees Of a large manu-
factory beguiled their leisure hours
by kite flying. Kites largo and small
went up daily, and the strife was to
geo who could get the largest. Tho
twine which held them was tho
thread spun and twisted by the Ia
dies Of the village.
One day TO the tale Of the largest
hte was attached kitten, sewed in
. canvas bag, with a netting over
the mouth to give 1t air. When the
kite was at it greatest heightH2oo
feet or more-the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding the
string. To the clearness OF the at
mosphere was attributed the bearing
Of the kittens voice. This Is the hrst
account we remember OF speaking
along hne.-shefaeld Telegraph.
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Burglary Is q trade. II has its
tricks It's tools and Its ups and downs.
Il Is q trade which Is continually
changing and improving. Methods
Of high class burglars that were IN
vogue 20 years ago are hardly known
now. The thief's jimmy" is out Of
date. Safe blowing has given way to
safe cracking -Four or nve men,
with Z few sticks Of dynamite, rob q
train nowadays as easily as 30 men
armed to tho teeth did 1t dozen years
ago, But In spite Of the changes the
motto Of all low grade crooks is, The
way to steal Is to steal"
They embrace every opportunity
and steal whenever they can, often
making a bungling Job and getting
nipped. After few terms In tho
penitentiary, however, they are no
longer low grade crooks, but have be-
come educated professionals. Tho
penitentiary Is their school. There
they are taught all the improvements
Of the trade, " and there many bur
glars devices are invented by brainy
but vicious men.-St Louis Globe
Nonocrat
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A Deaf l1Aa at the Opera.

When opera was running In New
York, there was no more attentive
member Of the audience than q
slight, fair man. who was perfect in
dress and had a pleasant suavity OF
manner. he was always present
with his wife, but It was noticed that
they rarely talked together, and he
never seemed to take offenee, a. SO
many Of the audience used to do, at
the talking and laughter In tho
boxes. He was stone deaf. He en-
toyed color and dancing and piotur-
esque groupings, and he went to the
opera to sec it He could sometimes
get the gist Of q sentence by watch
ing the lips Of speaker, but he had
not even that comfort at operas
where the singing was done in Ger
man and Italian.-New York Sun.
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A Street Cor Idxl.

They were riding up town together
pretty, pink checked Ethel and her
red checked brother Ralph. In the
young woman's lap lay dAiutly
bound volume with q BIT Of winter
landscape etched upon the cover and
tho words Winter 1dys" written
acroas IT. -, :,
Soy, Ethel" inquired Ralph,
what does i-d-y-l spella"
''Idyl," replied Ethel abeentmind-
edly, looking out Of the car window.
Ralph pondered.
Are winter hles tranps, Ethel"
he went ON. And the Sbsentm1ndsd
Ethel said she guessed so.-New York
w0r1H
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Miss Sarah w. Gillette Of Evans
ton, Ills, rejoices In the possession Of
what she believes to be 6hakespeares
eyebrow.
Miss G.s father, the late DR.. 81. G
Gillette, bought the relic from b. @.
Oaks Of England. In 1851 Oaks wa
deputed to carve an olive wreath to
encircle bust Of Shakespeare. Al
that time the Duke of Devonshire
owned the Kesselstadt death mask OF
Shakespeare.
This death mask had been discov.
cred In a pawnbrokeTs shop in Kes'
selstadt and pronounced to be q
ahakespearean mask.
Oaks was permitted to use tho mask
In making the laurel wreath. BE
says: I'm my examination for the
pores In the plaster, to decide wheth.
or the cast was original or not, ]
found two hats Of the eyebrow stick
ing In the cast l extracted one On
tire; tho other broke.
These are the fragments that ~
In possession Of the Evanston lady
Pithburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Novel Dcertrsp.

The early settlers Of Bothel, Me-,
were much troubled by black bears.
who killed the sheep, robbed the bee
hives and raided the cornfelds.
A farmer, whose corn, being in the
milk, attracted the bears, placed a
tub Of new rum and molassee in the
field. The next morning he found q
large bear stretched out beside it
beastly drunk. The tub was empty.
When bruin woke up, he found him
self securely chained.
It was an unfair advantage to take
OF a beast who only followed the ex-
ample Of many of the settlers when
rum and molasses were at hand
Youths Companion.
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Coinage was begun in Maryland
and In Massachusetts In 1869. Joseph
Jenks, "the Tubal Caine Of New
England" made the dies for Massa-
chusetts. BY them the famous pine
tree shillings" were struck. Charles
II was pacifled into submission to the
Invasion Of tho royal prerogatve by
being told when he asked what tree
was represented on the coin that it
was the royal oak which saved his
majesty's life. Who can guess with
out looking at the coin whether the
story reflects hardest on the artist on
the king; whether the artist made
good pine tree or the kings forestry
was at faulti-Age Of Steel.
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THURM0NT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday July "A. 1885,
7HI fIoFR s1LVIEi sORbKisED.

Whsa ths Tsmpls Of Dians 1ell ne Beeank
vssy Mueh Excited.
Alexander Salvini tolls an amusing
story Of bis experience while acting
al stage director for bis father when
tho latter began his last American
tour.
II took entire charge o4 tho stage
direction for father" said he In chat
the other day, and 90 relieved him
Of all anxiety on that score. I had
the most dimcuity In getting proper
handling Of tho temple soene IN Sam
pon,' where Samson pulls the shrine
Of Diana down upon tho heads Of the
people. Isuper1ntended this and got
everything into working shape, but
did not have father reheArse tho fall.
ing In Of the temple.
II know that the mechanical effect
would take care Of ttseif, 90 far a. he
was concerned, and merely placed .
dummy there 20 ~ 70 sx7ango that
none OF the debEis should fall 20 a. to
bit 6amson. Tho effect Of this tun-
bling in Of the scenery waa rather
terrifying. Il was tho 'Bupers' whom
] expected to give mo the most
trouble. OF oou1.e I w1shed them,
representing tho worshipers In tho
temple, 10 make . regular stampede,
but I did NOT rehearse them for It.
well, when We played :Sansou'
tho Azst night I seexd Just the re-
suit I wanted X4 ought to have
seem those gspers run of the stage!
1hev thought tho whole house was
tumbling In on them. Tho way they
went OF that stage was . caution.
At least they tried 70 so, but In their
terror they tumbled all over ono an
other h . heap. II produced mag
niAcent terror eject, and tho audi
ence probably thought It had AL been
yeheaxsed 70 perfection. But The su-
pers know potter"
''How did they act the next nightF
'.They didn't aet At all They were
10 terrified that they never earne
back. I expected that and had new
lot ready. The most sstDunded man
OF Ill was probably father. When
tho whole temple tumbied down
upon him, be was perfectly bswil-
dersd, and a. soon - thecu1tain was
down he turned 10 me and energetic
ally exclaimed, 'Sacra,nentol but
do you want 70 kill mef When
cautious investigation Ghowed him
that no ptece Of soenery could fall on
him, he accepted the situation philo-
sophically. ."-Minnespolis Tribune.
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A0usor Rainbow suDesssitioa.
The Kurds and A1menians, whose
many folklore stories and tales Of
superstitious fancies far exceed those
Of the gypsies, have some rainbow
beliefs which are perhaps not dupN-
Gated In the popular notions Of any
others among the races Of mankind.
They hoot at the idea Of It's being q
witness to Gods covenant with man
that the earth will no moro undergo
the ordeal Of food and declare that
It was made for the express purpose
of letting the first man and woman
down from heaven, the man securely
fastened to one end Of the great va
riegated band, the woman at the
other. The end Of time, according
to the Kurls, will be ushered In BY
the appearance Of four rainbowS
which will cross at the zenith, fur
nishing eight passageways for God
and his hosts.-St. Louis Republic,
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Three Iafsssisus Disesses st onco.

Dr.. J. T. G. Nash writes to the
British Medical journal that he re.
Gently had under his care q child Of
81 years In whom were developed
within a week the following infec:
tious diseases, in the order named.
Whooping coogh, chicken pox. mea-
sles. The inoubative period Of per-
tussis is stated to be a few days; that
Of chicken pox to be variable, and
that Of measles from seven to ten
days, and the point Of interest, the
writer holds, Is that three distinct
poisons should flourish In one corpus
vile and come to full maturity at one
and the same time.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-14

Alphonse Daudet's thorn In Tho
flesh Is the letter writer. No other
novelist, he declares, can be 80 pes.
tered by unknown correspondents -
he is. Women and young girls are
the chief delinquents, their object ID
writing being to get him TO use them
as heroines in his next novels. They
invariably inolose photographs. One
Of M. Daudet's admirers, a madman,
possibly In confinement, has fot
about Is years written regularly I'd
say that he has caught grasshop-
per, and having taught it the novel
lists name let it 60. Another fancy
Of his was to write NJ. DaudetG
name In the snow.-London Stand
Ard.
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Romance Of . Bank Note.


eome 60 odd years ago the cashier
Of a Liverpool merchant received in
tender for business payment q Bank
Of England note which he held up to
the scrutiny Of the light, so as to
make sure Of its genuinenoss. He OBJ
served some partially indistinct red
marks or words traced out on the
front Of the note beside the lettering
md on the margin. Curiosity tempt
ed him to try to decipher the words
80 inscribed. With great difficulty,
so family written were they and 90
much obliterated, the words were
found to form the following sentence:
If this note should fall into tho
hands Of John Dean Of Longhill, near
Carlisle he will learn hereby that his
brother is languishing prisoner at
Algiers."
Mr.. Dean, on being shown the note
lost no time In asking the govern
ment of the dey to make interoession
for his brothers freedom. It ap-
peared that for II long years the lat
ter had been Q slave to the dey Of A.
giers, and that his family and relar
nves believed him to be dead With
q piece Of wood he had traced in his
on u blood on the bank note the mes
sage which was to procure his re-
lease. The government aided the
efforts of his brother to set him free,
this being accomplished on payment
Of q ransom to the dey.-Now York
Home Journal.
Aalnel WosshiD.
Mr.. J. McLenuan, IN bis paper On
The Worship cf Plants and Ami
mails. calls our attention to many
evidences that tho early Romans. a.
we'll - the Greeks. worahiped To-
temA The Old Testament records
show many indications Of animal
worship among the IEaelites, which
must have lasted for ages before the
prohibition inculcated In the second
hne Of the decalogue was formulated
At q comparative late date Jehovah
was worshiped under the popular
symbol Of a bull, while the IL oxen
upholding the laver in Solomont
temple, as well as the horns adorn.
ing the altar, were drawn from tho
prevalent bull worship" Modern
research has also proved that the
chorubim were represented In the
form Of winged bulls. N. Lenor-
mant In his famous book on the
"Beginnings Of History" says that,
during the time Of the kings and
prophets, most assuredly the cheru.
BIN, a. there described, arc sni.
mails. Popular Science Monthly.
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No | ;

6.ng exprsssions generally oaag1
nate with the railroad men, and .
person not vsrsed In slang might
listen to q crowd o6 railroad men
talking for an hour without getting
tho slightest impression Of their
meaning. Consequently. when an
Atchison girl received tho following
letter from her Apollo, brakeman,
she was somewhat puxzled: my
dear, pushed the cons face yestay~
day, and he told the supe who put
mo on the carpet and finally put The
can to me. I will have to Lay ovep
on tho hill for 10 days and viii b
down to 30 you soon. n."-AtcAison
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fhs Odor Of m Old Library,

The library has It's own odor-to
the born student as alluring as that
Of the salt and springing waves to
tho born sailor. Old leather, curl
ous dampness, grave and wise antiq-
uity embodied in scent. Habitues
of the Athen@um library know 1t in
It's perfection when they climb the
corkscrew stairs and grope through
the narrow. echoing galleries and
haN Lit rooms packed to the ceiling
with faded, dirty volumes whose
very names are q lesson in ancient
history. Boston Commonwealth
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between the Acts.

Low Comedian-Here's the latestl
Who Is It that both pleases and scare1
the publici
Soubrette - Terry-he Give N
something easierl
Low Comedian--Well, how's .thisi
Who plays the devil with William
Terrissl
SoubtettS-Hving; In Faust" Tai
Ta.-Hallo.
Fsst rs,ksrs.
When Charles Mathews WIS In tAh
country, the rapidity Of his speech
was . cause Of much astonishmenA
but there was no loss Of distinctness
on that account. He was ssid 10 b
the most rapid talker and singer on
tho stage. Sarah Bernhardt talh a
. furious speed sometimes, but 0ver7
speech that Is to be spoken fAst y
practced again and again, . NttN
more quickly each time. IN order toanr
sure clenrness OF utteranoe.-Ne0
York Bun.
oomo women arc - 0evored % ~
man they love that they become eel.
6sh to others In his behalf. demand
ing of them what he is unentitled to
ana what they have no right to claim.
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How He Knew Of H.

~ allus knowed woodcock time
had c,arn." once said Q marsh farmer,
when parson reads 'burning fiery
furnace In church lesson" He was
much more sportsmsn than theo-
logian, adds the relater Of this story,
but he meant the morning lesson (old
style) for the nineteenth Sunday aft
or Trinity, which fell about wood
cock time. --Baily's Magazine.
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When ITCHING Tsohu, the grand
chamberlain and brother-in-law cf
Prince Kung Of China, was buried, he
was followed and preceded BY 10
markable procession. The mer was
carried by 80 men, each pair Of whom
had poles Of different lengths under
It. These so men wero proceeded by
le flag bearers, 8 casnels and =
milk white horses. Behind tho pail
bearers came 100 men, each bearing
their portion Of 16 long planks.
These planks or boards were painted
red, and over this in yellow letter.
were the names and titles Of the de
ceased nobleman.-St. Louis Re
public. - --.--. -.. 20.
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Patents

Csyeats and Re. Issues secured; Trade. Marhs
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
to validity and infringement of patents; As
signmsnts, Contracts, etc, prepared and recor-
ded. and oil business in the Patent ONCE in
tho UNITED STATES and oil FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecuted. Upon receipt Of model or sketeh or
photograph of invention with description, I
will advise as to patentability frse Of charge
Main offices directly across Jrom the U. q
Patsnt Office, and attention is specially called
70 my perfect and long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
specially FEES MODERATE and exclu-
sive attention given to patent business. Book
Of information and advice, and special refer
enoes, sent without charge upon request.
J. r. LlTTELL,
knernsy and Coanselor in Patent Causes,
Washington, d. c.
Opposite 9. 8. Patent Office
fNeRton this Paper.)
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Hard Water.

Aunt Jane-Is tho water where yuu
i've now soft or hardi
Wee Niece--I guess it's pretty hard.
Tho girl spattered some on th' lamp
chimney the other night, an 1t broke
al to pieces, Good News
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Very Thin.

The Berlin gold beaters at the Paris
exposition showed gold leaves 80 thin
that it would require 2s2, 900 to pro
duoe the thickness Of single inch,
yet each leaf was so perfect and free
from holes as to be impenetrable by
the strongest electric light. t.-'Ec'
<hange.
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A Drsvinr Room Idyl.

strephon-Win you accept thS
ring as an emblem of my love, b.
cause It has no endingi
Phyllis-No; because 1t Is also an
emblem Of my love, for 1t has 10 b
siuuiua. Bazaar.
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The death rate In London in 1891
was 2l.4 per 1000 Of the population,
which compares favorably with other
large towns, Liverpool rising as high
as ~ per 1000.
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He hssisnssA and woa.

Tho young man hedtated The
dock struck 10.
my dear Miss Hattie" f" he said, Il
am going"-
he hesitated again.
"Oh, don't Be in hurry, Mr.. Fe
liz; 1t Is early yet"
He heGtated again.
II am going"--
''6o earlyi" and there was regret
In her voice.
He hesitated once moro.
liam going"-
Don't, abe pleaded.
He heitated more than ever.
Then he braced himself.
Il am going to ask you to marry
ma, he exclaimed.
DO" she whispered yearningly.
And he did with phenomenal 500
>aaa-DAtroit Free preAa
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Marshal Breze once accidentally
killed a relative while both were nab
bit hunting and ever afterward
would swoon at the sight Of hare
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg AZ
s9e and 10 40 q m, and 8 81 and 9 So p nj.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro, Cham
bsrsburg Shippensburg, and intermediate sta
t,ens at z O6 and II 45 m and 35 m.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 O6
aim and rs and 8 10 p m.
Leave Brucevllle tor Frederick at 39, 8 IS
and 10 40 m and s 89 and 9 25 p m, and for
Littlestown, Taueytown, Wrlghtsville and
Columbia at 8 AZ m and S45pm.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops TO land Passengers from Baltimore.
IN. HOOP, B Fl. GRIswoLD.
0snl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen