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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

The sono-koto, a board, bridges and
strings, is the representative instru-
ment OF Japan
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

Chimney sweeps seem to occupy the
highest position in regard to mortality
from cancer and coal miners the low.
est.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07
surprl.lnE. bat 30 Sudden.

SurprtRinRs 0ut MOI sudden
Blobbs-Dld she seem surprised when
you proposedf
Slobbs-Yes, indeed She said she
never thought hsd the nerve and
had about given up hSpe.-PhIladel-
phia Record.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
DANGER IN BEING WISE.
Employer Who Thought His Clerk
Knew Too Much.

A VOW, !, :, J, =, ~, Il j -
= 80 nlan 81 ploy 8, - - az oyseer
~ na1 80 ~ sl.ua.ion---anu 1nis
- Deeauss ~ gave prompt answer ,esl 70 ms
. loy1i : eagel quess l.oll Inc en-
H. ~ - ~ ia1el liesle lanu VT
~ =, "nion a.sla11eu ni'lcll a1lentlon
a. 1i1ey 5Nanuefeu amnesty ABOUT me
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
Glass Made by Lightning.

Tubes Of glass made BY lightning
are often found in sand. The cleo
tricity passes into the ground and
melts the silicious material, forming
little pipes, the inside diameter Of
which represents the 1sboreY Of the
FSthunderbolt." Such tubes measur-
ing as much.as ~ feet in length have
been discovered. No doubt exists as
to the method Of their manufacture,
inasmuch as people have sought for
them and dug them up still hot from
places freshly struck by lightning.
Attempts have been made to repro
duce them fcially BY passing q
powerful current Of electricity
through fnely-powdered glass. In
this way pipes nearly an inch long
and as big as a darning needle have
been obtained. Front the comparative
size one gets notion Of the enormous
energy Of lightning.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
Curious Me thod of Fishing.

The natives Of Tutuila, one Of the
islands Of Oceania, have a peculiar
method Of catching fish. At given
signal all the inhabitants Of the vii
lage assemble on the seashore, to the
number Of about 200 persons, each
one carrying a branch Of the cocoa
palm. With these in their hands they
plunge into the water and swim acer-
tain distance from the shore, when
they turn, forming a compace. semi-
circle, each one holding his palm per-
pendicular in the water, thus making
a sortof sieve. The leader Of the party
then gives a signal and the fishers all
approach the seashore gradually in
perfect order, driving before them a
multitude Of fishes, that are cast on
the sands and killed with sticks.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
CREMATION IN LONDON.
Less Than Two thousand Instances IA
Fifteen Years.

In spite Of the efforts Of well-now1
people Kate Greenaway WAS
the last-to popularize cremation By
leaving direction for the disposal Of
their bodies by this means, cremation
in London does not advance very
quickly. When the society started
work in 1885 there were three crema-
tions; in 1890 the number at Woking
was 81, and in 1900 it had advanced
to 301. The total Of 1924 as a roo
ord of Is years is not financially en-
couraging, but the society does not
relax its efforts to popularize what It
believes to be the most sensible and
sanitary means Of disposing Of the
dead. In the past perhaps the ques-
ton of expense has hindered the re-
form as much as anything London
Chronicle.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
DOLL sTUFFING.
Discarded Apparel Cut Up and Used
for Filling

It has been stated, says the London
Lancet, that the stuffng used in dolls
has given decided evidence Of very OBJ
jectionable origin, discarded articles
Of apparel such as cut-up neckties and
scarfs having been used for this pur-
pose. Of course if this is true dolls
50 stuffed could easily be sources Of
infection. The matter is Of some i'm
portance, although we are not certain
how far the statement is justified, but
we have personally more.than once ex-
perlenced something in the nature Of
a shock on inquirin 8 into theanatomy
OF the favorite, because indestructi-
BILE, Sgollywog, for certainly the
pieces Of cloth which comprise its in
side did not look altogether free from
reproach. However, there. is no rea-
son why dolls should not be stuffed
with unobjectionable materials.
We should like to go further and
suggest that the stufing should con
slst OF material treated with a harm
less antiseptic. Excellent stuffing for
the purpose would be eucalyptus saw
dust i or antiseptic peat wool, which is
net expensive, and which, far from
being injurious, would probably ex-
ercise beneficial effect. The in
stlnctive fondness ofchildren for kiss
ing their 6dollies' is well known, and
it cannot be disputed that such kiss
ing is at all times nonhyg and it
would be better if measures Of disin-
lection could be employed whenever
the practice is INDUCED in.
The highly scented handkerchief
can be pleasant means Of accom-
plishing this purpose, and there isno
reason Why a doll could not be treated
similarly with a pleasant antiseptic.
The general idea that an aniseptic
must be disagreeable in character, as
is the case with carbolic acid. is Of
course, erroneous.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
New York's Lighting Bill.


The expense Of lighting the city Of
New York is nc small sum. For 1902
the approx riation for lamps and gas
in the two boroughs Of Manhattan and
the Bronx is $1,361, 800. In the Dor
ough Of Brooklyn it is $500, 900; in
the borough Of Queens, which is, in
proportion to its total population, by
far the best Illuminated Of the Dor
oughs Of the city, $376, 900, and in the.
borough Of Richmond, $150,ooO. All
told, the expense Of gasand electricii-
ty furnished on streets, in public
buildings and in highways in New
York city is around So, 900, 900 q year.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
MEN WHO USE HAIRPINs.
What the Girl Behind the Counter has
Observed.


Observed.
q young man approached one Of
the counters Of a department store
and said: A package Of hairpins,
please. After he had walked away
with his purchase a stranger said to
the saleswoman who had waited on
him: Hairpins for his wife, eh?0
Maybe forhis wife, maybe for him
SELF the saleswoman replied.
How for himself?0 asked the
stranger.
TO use as buttonhooks,0 the wom-
an explained. Don't you know that
hairpins make the best buttonhooks?
They give, you see, and SO they don't
pull off the buttons or tearthe leather
as the real buttonhook, which doesn''tt
give and which doesn't accommodate
itself to its work, is apt.to do. There
are lots Of men who come here to buy
;hairpins from me, and since they all
wear buttoned shoes [ take it for
granted that they want the pins for
themselves. I know that I, for my
part, would never think Of usin 6 any
thing but hairpin to button a good
shoeWiith: =
Not being a married man, J" said
the stranger, this is news to me. I'll
try package Of those hairpins, if you
please. -Philad elphia Record.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
KENMORE COOPER.
Boys Favorite Author Hated BY Boys
Who Knew Him.

Roys' Favorite Author Hated BY Boys
Who Knew Him.
Not so many boys read J. Feni-
more Cooper nowadays as three Of
four decades ago, but if it were pos
.sible to have an accounting to-day
1T would pretty surely be found that
no one, barring only Capt. Marryat,
has pleased and delighted SO many
lads with his stories.
1t is more or less of a shock, there
fore, says the New York Sun, to those
who remember him as one Of the chief
patron saints of their boyhood to learn
that in actual life Cooper and the
boys of his village were sworn enc
mics. N. G. Brewer, who was one Of the
boys, but is now an elderly man living
in Cleveland, gave the world this in
teresting bit of personal Renaissance
the other day. He lived at Coopers-
town, Otsego county, n. Y, when
Cooper made his'home there.
There was not a man in the town
whom the boys hated as they did Mr..
Cooper" said Mr.. Brewer HE wasa
typical Englishman Of the austere
sort, surly to boys and very liberal in
the use Of his walking stick on their
backs when he got the'chance.
8 ewa probably very irritable, and
the boys knew this and made matters
worse by going out Of their way to
annoy him. We used to get into his
orchard and steal his apples, more for
the pleasure it gave us to make him
angry than for the sake Of the apples.
ellis manner seemed to indicate to
US that he had very exalted sense of
his own Importance and that he
thought We boys ought to take off our
hats to>him every time we met him on
the street. | was about ten years old
at that time and had not read any of
his stories.
Perhaps it may seem odd, but it
is a fact that while / have all his
works in my library | have never read
any Of them, and the only recollec-
tions that I have Of him are the boy
hood feelings Of dislike caused by his
manners and by his treatment Of the
boys Of CooperstoWn. This seems
strange when the fact is considered
that his stories have pleased 50 many
thousands Of boys
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
TIE BAD BOY.
Was Hardly Entitled to Dino tho Kind
Gentleman Gave Him.

II was in New York on business
during the fearful heat last summer. z
said q portly-looking gentleman the
other day, according to reporter for
the New Orleans Times Democrat.
"and, as you know, men Of my type
do not find heat congenial thing, {
had pretty hard time Of it. The
heat hit US all Of a sudden, just as
though some one had opened an i'm
mense furnace door and the wind was
blowing flames toward you. Well,
anyhow, the first night it was dread
fully hot and / was afraid to 90 to
bed. I walked around until about
midnight, when I became SO tired I
could scarcely walk, and finally de-
cided that I would go to bed and try
to sleep through the remainder Of
the night. / awoke about seven
o'clock the next morning, sweltering
in perspiration.s Dressing as scantily
as possible, I started for a short walk
out into the suburbs to try and cool
off a little. When about half block
from my hotel / met an old friend Of
mine, who invited me in to have some
thing to cool off with. Well, we went
in and had our little 'teaser,' and com
ing out we stopped to have a short
chat in the entrance Of the cafe. /
noticed that in the doorway next to
the one in which we were standing a
blind man was sitting, holding out his
little cup, asking aims Of the people
who were passing. Anice wagon drew
up to the door and the iceman began
saving and chopping his ice into
pieces. A neWsboy who was playing
around near by ran to the edge Of
the gutter and watched the chips Of
ice that flew from the edge Of the
iceman's Ratchet with eyes that
cleaned like Goals Of fire. Finally a
larger chip than usual flew off from
the Ratchet, and landed in a pudd of
mud and water in the middle Of the
street. The boy made a dive for it
and brought it up in his hand with a
broad grin on his face. See how the
poor crave ice this kind Of weather.
remarked my friend, a philanthropic
old gentleman. Here, my son, here
is a dime; get you glass Of lemonade;
do not eat that ice,' said he, turning to
the boy. I wasn't goin' ter eat it,
grinned the boy, pocketing the coin.
You weren't?' exclaimed my friend,
in surprise; why, what were you go
ing to do with it??' Still grinning
broadly, the boy edged away from Us
and replied: I was goin' ter put it
down de. blind mans back .
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
Immensely Of Siberia.

Few people realize the immensely
Of Siberia. To think Of a single. state
stretching through $50 degrees Of
longitude and possessing one-ninthof
all the land surface Of the globe is
staggering. Let US measure it by the
countries we are familiar with: The
United States and all its possessions,
and all Europe, except Russia, could
be put into Siberia, with land enough
left to make 35 states like Connecti-
cut. And Manchuria will make 20
more.-N. =. Post.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
THE LONDON TAILOR.
His Dilatorinsss in Business ! Surprise
to Americans

70 American.
Do you want some clothes made in
London? asks Poultney BigeloW, in
the New York Independent. You 90
to q first-rate tailor and are elaborate
~ measured and ross-measured. The
cloth is excellent, as compared with.
New York, You are requestedt to call
and Try them on in three days. You
come 10 be tried onand find that the
clothes are basted together and that
the ut IS merely preliminary one;
the basting is all ripped open and you
are pinned up again. The tailor ex-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
SOME CURIOUS ITEMS.
Specimens Of Truly English Humor from
an English Publication.

Specimens Of Truly English Humor from
an English Publications
The London Times reprints from
its issue of November 90, 1901, the
following curious items: "a milliner
adVertises that she will not be Wis
tied on foot, and assures her custom
ers that her father kept his own
coach. This is very true o. 305,
and drove it also"
s a greatcha1ge IS announced in the
sporting world. Powder is utterly out
Of fashion, and a gentleman would
Isccrn to knock down a partridg e with
anything but an airgun, always ex-
cepting the long bow, with which SO
many Of our best shots kill their
game
Among the lay sportsmen the con-
test lies, who shall kill the most head
of game; but your sporting parsons
think nothing Of one another till they
have had shot at the squire"
con Friday coal porter exhibited
his wife in Smithfeld, with halter
round her neck, for sale; he demand
ed guinea for her, but she hung on
hand for some time until man Of
good appearance made the purchase,
and packing her, halter and all, into
9 hackney coach, drove for Black
friarss Bridge, amidst the huzzas Of.
the mob"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
SNOW SHOE IN WARFARE.
Soldiers of Norway and Sweden Are
Good Ski Runners

One thing is certain-if ever the
armies r1[s Of Norway and Sweden are
called out to defend their country
from an attack in winter, their sh-
running capabilities will stand them
in good stead. Their ski will become
singing weapons. In time of war
every able-bodied man would be called
upon to take up arms or to put on his
ski to serve his country in carrying
dispatches, OF spying out the enemy's
movements. They could send word
Of the enemy's doings with far greater
sWiftness than pursuit could follow.
The invaders could move but slowly
through the deep snow the country
folk could travel at any speed up to
nine miles an hour. On their ski they
could attack where they pleased, with
such sudden sWiftness that they could
be away attacking elsewhere almost
before their first,assault could be met.
In winter one meets soldiers on ski
everywhere. st the military stations
IN the country regiments are to be
seen marching, cunning, leaping ma
neuvering on the plains, on the frozen
fords or on the great inland lakes,
glissading down the hills, threading
their way through the vast pine
woods, No enemy could come upwith
them or escape from them across the
snow.-Pearson's MAGAZINE.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
USE FOR MESQUITE BEANS.
Plan to Make Food Out of Worthless
Product of Southwest.

The utilization Of the mesquite
bean as a substitute for coffee and as
food product is proposed. James
Egerton says that he has discovered
method Of treating it which gives it,
a flavor closely resembling that of cof-
fee and that another process makes it
an excellent substitute for corn meal.
If he is right, says the New York
Sun, many millions Of acres Of arid
land will be made productive. The
mesquite is essentially desert growth
and fourishes where all else save the
cactus perishes from want Of water.
It is found on nearly all the unirrii-
gated lands in New Mexico, southern
California and old Mexico, but is par
ticularly common in Arizona.
As rule the mesquite shrub at
tains growth Of ten or fifteen feet,
but sometimes develops into tree, in
shape much like a full-grown apple
tree. It's wood is. worthless save as.
fuel.
It's beans grow in long pods, and
Whileit has long been known that cat
tie and horses would browse on them
when other food was scarce and that
some Of the Indian tribes used them.
as food, it has never been believed that
they would become Of marketable
value.
It was two years ago when Egerton
first visited the Pima reservation in
the ella valley that he first conceived
the idea Of using the mesquite bean.
The white settlers above the reserva-
ton had diverted the rivers flow on
their own lands and left none for the
Indians. As consequence the In
dians suffered greatly.
The grain fields we're ruined
through lack Of irrigation and their
cattle died from hunger and thirst.
The Indians themselves subsisted for
many months upon almost an exclu-
sive diet Of mesquite -four, and thriyed
upon it apparently as well as upon
grain food.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
MOVING PICTURES.
The Trick Of Giving Uniform Develop.
ment to the Films.

The Trick Of Giving Uniform Develop.
ment to the Films.
Cone Of the queerest and most in
teresting things about the making Of
moving pictures said an expert the
other day, according to the New Or
leans Times Democrat, SIS the devel.
opment Of the negative. Any anna
teur knows how difficult it often is to
get good results from single small
.photo--hoW the sensitive gelatin will
display nothing short Of total deprav-
ity the moment it gets into the bath
and he will be prepared to appre-
ciate the difficulty Of developing q
ship a hundred feet long, containing
over q thousand separate pictures, all
OF which have to be brought out
with exactly uniform distinctness.
Yet the way it is done is comparative
~ simple. To begin with, avery large
dark room is necessary, SO the OPP
orators can move about without
croWding; I call to mind a firm Of
film makers that has one 78 feet long.
# IS illuminated with ruby light, and
down the center is porcelain tank
containing the developing solution.
Suspended above this tank. SO the
lower edge dips into it, is a glass wheel
or drum about six feet in diameter.
When the film is taken into the dark
room the first thing done is to wind it
around the drum, which is then set
slowly revolving BY perfectly adjust
ed machinery. The result is that the
strip is carried through the solution
at perfectly regular speed and each
little picture on its surface is. devel-
oped with absolute uniformity. The.
drum has an electric lamp inside Of
At, and the operator can see exactly
how the work is progressing by simply
turning it on. Of course the subse-
quent drying .l 6, toningg, fixing and SO on
are mere child's play and involve no
trouble, but before the developing
wheel was thought Of fully three films
out Of five were accidentally spoiled.
The retrenching Of the sensitive strip
is another interesting feature Of the
process Of manufacture, and has lat
terly grown into something closely
approaching an art. "A modern expert
can remove almost any defect or add
any detail that is desired. When an
effort was made to get pictures Of the
great Fitzsimmons fight at Carson
City, Dan Stuart, whoh had the record
ing Il machine in charge, very foolishly
ordered the wooden framework to be
painted on the morning Of the battle.
When the apparatus got into motion
the rapid vibration scattered hun
dreds Of minute drops Of paint over
the surface Of the film. This was not
discovered until it was brought east
for development, and the operator at
once declared that the record was
ruined. Accordingly twas castaside.
At present the spots could have been
removed with the greatest Of ease.o
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
DEFENDS HOT BREAD.
Agricultu Department Publishes 81
Ietin on the Subject.

Agricultural Department Publishes B.
lstin on the Subject.
Helen w. Atwater has written 1Dr
the agricultural department. a bullstn
N which she takes position thatvM
be approved in the great hot bread
belt OF the south, at least, says The
New York Sum- She says that bet
bread in itself is not injurious.
She argues that it is not the faet
offs being hot which makes the bread
injurious. Hot bread may be injurisus
Just as old'bread may be, and the casse
is identical in both cases. She says
The fact that the bread is hot has
little to do with the matter. New
bread. especially that from large
loaf, may be readily compressed int
more or less solid masses, and il Is
possible that such bread would be
much less finely masticated than
crumbly stale bread, and that, there
fore, it might offer more resistance -
the digestive juices Of the stomach.
However, when such hot bread %
rolls, biscuit or other form in which
the crust is very large in proportion
to the crumb, is eaten, the objection
has little force. There is little din
Guilty in masticating the crust, and +
is doubtless usually finely divided"
The advantage on thescore of eosn-
omy only, to say nothing Of Superior
ity in actual quantities Of nutrition,
Of homemade bread that's the work Of
a housewife who knows her business
IS also presented in Mrs. AtWater's
pamphlet. Experiments madeat New
Brunswick, n. j., and at Pittsburg,
Pa, show that in New Brunswick two
lots of bread made from materials
costing respectively 1928 and 1886
were sold for $3.50 and $6.08. This
represents a profit Of 1863 per cent.
over the cost Of the materials.
In other words, the baker received
S216.5O for bread the materials Of
which cost him 500. In Pittsbung
the average increase in price over the
original cost of the materials was 10
per cent.
Even subtracting from this the cost
OF labor, rent, fuel, ETC., the profit
made by the baker is very large. WIFI
a good housewife who knows how 10
make her own bread there would be 4
saving of anywhere from $50 to $76
on every $500 spent for bakers bread.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
Gave Him a Chance.

Don't compel a man to fight for his
rights at every step. Concede few
of his rights, and give him achanceto
be Observation-Disclosures Globe.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
Wasted Sympathy.

Express pity for man and imme.
diately all the. women. who are present
will scream: 6 Well, I feel sorrier for
his Wife!" Atchison Globe.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
a Large Iron Pillar.

The largest wrought iron pillar i
at Delhi, in India. It's 60 feet high
and weighs II tons.