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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
Burglar Discovered I'm Episcopal
RectOry.

There might have been terrible
tragedy at the Episcopal Rectory
on Tuesday night, but there wasn't.
Rev. Burkhardt Is keeping bache-
1or's hall for the present at the
rectory. George Durham was do
Ing the same thing and so he was
invited to share the pleasure OF a
temporary bachelors headquarters
with Mr.. Burkhardt. A former
rector OF Moundsvllle was also in
vited In, making three gentlemen
In the house and nobody else. The
Moundsville rector and George re-
tired as usual on Tuesday evening
and later Mr.. Burkhardt joined
them after closing and fastening
the doors and windows good and
hard, taking especial care to fasten
everything good and tight on &C.
count of the three lone men being
In the rectory by their lone selves.
Along about the midnight hour or
later, George entered the room of
his partners. announcing In sepul.
chral tones, acquired by long ex.
perienced at a bank In telling you
''your bank account Is overdrawn,"
that there was a robber in
the house. What to do was
d cussed earnestly by the three
man. One suggested that they arm
themselves with Mr.. Burkhardt's
light biscuit he had made for supper.
Another suggested they GO after the
robber with some of Georges
crisp pies, but the Moundsville rec
tor said that would be entirely too
cruel and inhuman to hit a man
with their biscuit or pie and the
best and easiest way out of 1t would
be to simply shoot him dead.
Thereupon Mr.. 3. and George de-
cided unanimously that the
Moundsville rector should then and
there be appointed committee Of
one to lead the way to the dining
room down stairs where the burglar
was and to do the shooting act.
George being very much larger
than Mr. Burkhardt @dly allowed
him to 60 second, George following
at a good safe distance n the rear,
making dire threats as to what
would be done If either rector
failed to keep his place and shoot.
George Is very unsel6sh.' We
spare the narrowing details oil
the procession. But 1t was sol.
emn, and not sound was
heard, nor funeral note as to the
kitchen they slowly went. At the
hail 1t was found that the
front door was standing wide
open aud that a window In
the sitting room was also raised
That made things look a little In
teresting but the brave men
marched on I'm, under the gentle
persuasion and dire threats OF
George, to the dining room and
there surrounded by all the silver
ware and costly jewels that all
ministers have such an abundance
of, was man. All three yelled at
him, but he moved not. 1t was
then suggested the robber had
eaten some of the grub prepared
by the three men and that it had
killed him instantly. Finally, after
much delay and explanation 1t was
discovered the robber was man
that had been made up by George
and that he was at the head of the
whole practical joke. So there was
no one shot and we will report
later how the rectors even things
up with their friend George.
H ONT N n
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31

Howard, J L, swearing
viewers road ........... 100
Moore, Calvin, surveying
road from A n Fordyces
to deep Valley . :. 500
Mccoy, J H,prinling notice
in regard to Turnpike
bonds ...................... :. 600
McGinnis, A H, superintend-
ent S q S Pike, balance. 1879 81
Pyle. s G, late Sheriff, ex-
penses in road matters..... 40 90
Spencer, J L, viewing road
from 0. Aliens to II
Thomas .............. 49,. l so
Underwood, aHiram, looking
after Lazear road. ........ 100
Underwood, G D, road ma
chine for S d S Pike, ..,,., 200 90
Warner, J G, surveying etc
roads from NJ Carneys to
Big Moses. ................ 6 90
Total FOR roads r 57R "a
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Continued from yesterday.
INQUESTS.

k@OuLIuu6Q IIOm yGSlSIudy.J
INQUESTS.
Dye, DR. Victor, examining
Ross Carothers :. ........ So 90
Taught, ] b, Justice fees
and expenses Farley child II 90
Kirkland, Lynn, j P, fees
in case of Ross Carothers 6 %
Kahle, DR. C E, coroner, ex-
aiming dead body May
9Th, 1902. -. 5 90
Sam, coroner, viewing
bodies of G. Chambers q
Engelmler .................." 10 90
Meek, DR. G III, coroner,
fees and expenses in cases
Of CourtrIte and Booth
July, 1901........... 80 80
Meek, DR. G H, coroner, fees
examination Lige Baker 90
Meek, G H, coroner, ex-
penses in case of Elijah
Rutter Observation-Disclosures. l0 W
Smith, John M, J P, fees &
expenses in case of Eliza
A Terrell. ........ Is so
The mirror., 1902-12-04

pfoyment to which they are not at
IaIl adapted, for what does the
teacher" thousands of miles away
know Of tho ability and adaptibility
Of the pupil?
The evils of the system are more
far-reaching than the public i'm
agines. One of the schools boasts
two hundred thousand correspond
ents and its statement is backed
up by the post Office department..
We know of a single county in
Kansas where three hundred per-
sons are studying mining engi-
neering and other subjects which
cannot be learned except by prac-
tical means. We know not how
many other counties ke a
similar showing. Take it all in
all, we believe this system of cor
respondence schools does more
harm than good, and everyone
should discourage their efforts to
make poor cartoonists out of first
class blacksmiths and incompetent
ad. writer's and pharmacists out of
material which would turn out
successful farmers.
Think of the thousand homes
throughout the country made un-
happy because cook neglects the
meals in order to study Pyrogra-
ply, which, we are informed, is the
art of burning beautiful designs
into wood! w. E. G.
The mirror., 1902-12-04
Cold Feet.

You have heard of the man who
always had cold feet whenever he
was ahead of the game and wanted
to quit in what be considered a
graceful fashion? Some have to
feed the horse, and some suddenly
discover that their wife isn't at all
we'll. Numerous and ingenious
are the many 'spiels" that are
brought into execution at such
times. But Thanksgiving Day,
while enjoying our outing, and
while discussing with some con-
genial spirits the subject of plan
etary communication, l was rudely
addressed by Sinbad, who was ac-
companied by two or three hire
lings that had been thoroughly
coached. He demanded that /
make good my allegation of being
the, only true blue all around A. B.
in this outfit who is not only
willing, but anxious, to present
the many pleasures and adventures
to you that fill the life of a sailor.
"You-Why you don't know a
ship from a common river tug
said Sinbad.
"Where is the yere island Of
Catuppe your'a talkin' aboutf'
asked one of the phoney sailors
ISinbad had brought along to make
his bluff good. Is
s'I used ito know guy named
Redneck Gilligan, but his people
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never seen no ship ventured an
other of the aggregation. .
Seeing that duty called me, I
arose in my wrath and examined
the bunch, Sinbad included. Not
one could box the compass [
asked Sinbad to suppose a case:
He for the time being was at the
wheel with course of N. E by N.
in a heavy fog. Suddenly ter
rible collision occurs. His vessel
is struck amidships by steam
ship. What would he do in case
Of that kind? He replied: "Why
I'd run and tell the captain that
I didn't do it on purpose it was
an accident Of course. Do you
think that | would jump overheard !
and get drowned?'
One by one during my question
ing Sinbad's retainers skunk AWAY
and the poor boy, seeing himself
deserted, said: "Well my feet are
cold and I can't stand here argu-
ing any longer
Snow isn't the only thing that
causes cold feet. Is it Sinbad?
j. 81. d.
The mirror., 1902-12-04
Mental Cultivation.

One who for nearly 5000 years
has been called The Wise Man has
written this, among the diamonds
Of truth he scattered broadcast for
the benefit of his fellow mortals:
GAS a man thinketh in his heart
so is he." Translated into modern
English this means thoughts make
the man. Is it true? True as the
mathematical theorem that a
straight line is the nearest dis
tance between any two given
points.
Each individuals thoughts are
daily and hourly molding, shaping
and carving out his life's destiny.
Thoughts are the basis of char
acter. No one has achieved great
ness, has hewn for himself niche
in the temple of fame, but his
thoughts have lifted him there
/ No man has sunk to the lowest
depths of vice and misery but his
thoughts have dragged him there.
What an English poet says of our
acts may with truth be said of our
thoughts:
Our acts are the cunning instruments with
which we weave
The tissue of our Souls robe, both for Time and
for Eternity,
And every act is deathless as the mind from
which 1t sprang.
We do but strike notes here-while the sound,
Tho jarring dscord or the harmony,
Rolls and reverberates. throughout the dread
chambers of Eternity.
No sooner does an act 60 from us
Than it's wings take up the light of other worlds,
The iridescent dyes and hues of heaven, or the
sable gloom of hell.
Such an important fact being
proven, to a thinking being one
question seems of paramount i'm
portance: How shall I so train,
cultivate and control my thoughts
whereby the best results shall sbe
obtained?
"We have two gardeners of the
mind" each of whom in all sea
sons, at all times and in every
cline is sowing valuable grain or
else weeds companions and books.
Never was there a truer pro-
verb than, "Show me mans CON-
pany and I will tell you what he
is" Also, Birds of feather
flock together" Many worthy
young man has been, ruined by
profigate companions. The rib
aid song, the immodest, obscene
tale, the vulgar oath and the
soeptic's sneer at everything sa-
cred or virtuous- how many thou
sands have these things ruined!
Perhaps nearly as many as drink.
On the other hand, companion
whose mind is clean and sparkling
and who gives forth freely, to his
associates what privilege to be
with him! How in after life we
have to thank such an one for the
The mirror., 1902-12-04

help and blessing he was to us!
AS Carlyle said: "Cast forth thy
word, thy seed, into the ever
living, ever moving universe. 'Tis
g grain that will never die. I'm
seen, unnoticed, unfelt today, it
will be found thousand years
hence hourishing as "a banyan:
grove Alas! perhaps as forest of
deadly nightshade.'
Books, the second gardener of
the mind, have enriched many
minds and haye ruined more men
than has drink. H there is one
thing more than another in which
we should be careful it is the Sc
lection of our reading matter.
Some years ago in England there
was a certain kind Of candy which
was in great demand. It was at
tractive to the eye, luscious to the
taste, but was often fatal in it's
results. Upon analysis it was
found to contain arsenic. Now
much reading matter is similar,
and more young minds have been
poisoned by impure literature than,
the world realizes.
How then shall wediscriminate?
Any book, no matter who the
author may be, that clothes vice
attractively, that makes virtue
look old-fashioned and contempt
ible, that makes the heroic quail
tiles out of the animal part of man,
that holds religion up to ridicule,
laughter and scorn, that esteems
human life cheap-in short any
book that stimulates the evil ma
ture in mankind. Shun it as you
would the pestilence. It will
poison your being, and, like NOR
phine eaters, you will soon get to
the stage where you can live on
nothing but mental poison.
\ On the other hand a good book
is one of the greatest of Gods
gifts to mankind. I say of Gods,
because the writer Of good book
is inspired by the spirit of the
great author of all. Inspired in
the same way, tho perhaps in
lesser degree, as were the writer's
of old. And those who endeavor
and aim to make their mark in the
world will find no greater help
than to become conversant with
the works of the great thinkers of
all ages. For, as Coleridge says,
"Human experience is like the
stern lights OF ship, which only
illuminate the track we have trav-
ersed," meaning that past expert
ences will be of little help to US
in our future voyage, but that it
will help others whose vessels, to
use Coleridge's simile, are follow
ing in our wake. S. D.
The mirror., 1902-12-04
che Youths Companion In 1908.

During 1903 the Youths Com
panion will publish in So weekly
issues
serial stories, each book in itself
rejecting American life in home,
camp and field.
special articles contributed by
famous men and women-travel-
ers, essayists, soldiers, sailors,
statesmen and men of affairs.
200
thoughtful and timely editorial ar
ticles on important public and
domestic questions.
25O
short stories by the best of living
story writer's s-stories of character,
stories of achievement, stories of
humor.
short notes on current events, and
discoveries in the field of science
and industry.
bright and amusing anecdotes,
items of strange and curious
knowledge, poems aud sketches.
This is what the Youths Com
panion offers it's readers during
1908. And the quality of it is
fully equal to the quantity. It is
edited for the entire family. The
busiest people read it because it is
condensed, accurate and helpful.
It's weekly summary of impor-
tant news is complete and trust
worthy. Its editorial comment on
political and domestic questions is
non- -partizan; it aims to state facts
in such way that the reader can
use them as the basis of an intel
ligent opinion. It's weekly article
on hygiene is of the utmost value
for preserving the health of the
household. It reflects on every
page the wholesome, Industrious,
home-loving, home making side of
American fe-the- life of noble
aims and honorable ambitions.
A full announcement of the new
volume will be sent with sample
copies of the paper to any address
on request. The new subscriber
for 1903 who sends $1.75 for the
new volume at once will receive
free all the remaining issues for
1902, including the Double Holi-
day Numbers; also. the Companion
Calendar for 1908, Autographed in (
twelve colors and gold.
& The Youths Companion,
la Berkeley St, Boston, Mass.
The mirror., 1902-12-04

Some of the writer's of fashions
and society columns in American
cities now designate dry goods
stores by the misnomer of ''shop."
Quite English, you know.
III. j. B.
The mirror., 1902-12-04

The worst habit with which man
is afflicted is the habit of yielding
ready obedience to bad habits.
The mirror., 1902-12-04

Ezs.z course Of instruction by
mail, as offered by the thousand
and one Correspondence Schools"
whose ads. appear in every maga-
zine and whose posters adorn every
billboard?
Judging from the way these
schools have grown and multiplied
in recent years the business has
proven highly profitable to the
promoters, but we hear very little
from the other end of the line
the students.
These correspondence schools
had their origin in Detroit, where
for more than ten years highly
respectable concern has advertised
in a quiet way to teach law by
mail. This company, headed by g
member of the bar of unimpeach-
able character, for a fee of about
$50 furnished the student with
the necessary textbooks, and di-
rected his studies by means Of a
series of circular letters and quiz
questions sent out at regular in
tervals. The course was a good
one and some students, upon
completing the studies. gained
sufficient knowledge of the law to
enable them to successfully pass
an examination and be admitted to
practice.
The failures of this system,
Notwithstanding it's advantages,
were many, and it is impossible to
estimate the number of students
who undertook the course and
from lack of enthusiasm threw mp
the task in disgust. It is certain
that the failures outnumber
twenty to one the failures of stu
dents at regular schools, or those
who in the old fashioned way read
law in the Office of an established
practitioner. Now, there is some
logic in the proposition to teach
law by mail, as reading. the men,
~orizing of fixed principles, and a
familiarity with Blackstone form
the basis Of a legal education,
whether studied in a law Office or
at our universities and colleges,
while many able lawyers have ac-
quired their education by reading
alone in the evenings. But these
are exceptions and in almost every
case it will be found that such
men have been of exceptional
courage and possessed of ability
far above the average. Such men
would doubtless have derived ben
'eft from a course of study by
mail, but it is the average man
who is considered in this paper,
the same man who would meet
with ordinary success in any study
pursued in regular schools, or who
would master trade under tuition
of foreman in practical business
life.
The concern mentioned above
was, as has been said, alone in the
field for many years, and probably
has done some good, or at any rate
but little harm, as it's field was
limited and its followers few COM
pared with the numerous clientage
which has been secured by the
gigantic concerns of which we will
speak.
The correspondence schools of
today are immense institutions
and the harm they do is only linn
dted by their size. They advertise
their ability to teach by mail
music, telegraphy, stenography,
illustrating, pharmacy, civil and
mining engineering, cartooning,
ad. writing, caricaturing and other
lines impossible for the average
person to gain knowledge of
without practical experience.
Lack OF space alone prevents our
adding to the list indefinitely.
i g. p II 4 a
The mirror., 1902-12-04

in the shape Of Immediate posi-
tion at $50 to 500 per week. Such
promises must bring smile Of
self-pity to the present holders OF
one of the $1OOa week positions
say a cartoonist as he looks back
on the years of study and toll he
has gone through, as he thinks OF
his intimate knowledge of politics
and public men gained by years
of experience, of the weeks spent
abroad completing his studies
Behold! All this work and worry
and money might have been saved
by waiting for the correspondence
schools, which, according to their
ads, make one proficient in a few
months. So
The concerns who manufacture
cartoonists and ad. writer's are es-
pecially skillful in abstracting
ard-earned dollars from the pock-
cts of the unwary, if we can meas
ure their success by the size of
their advertisements. Their prom
ises are absurd, for who can make
a genius?
Now, an ad. writer is born and
not made, according to Charles
Austin Bates the self-appointed
head Of the fraternity in America,
and if one is not satisfied with this
authority consider that a success
full ad. writer must first be familiar
with the goods he is to advertise.
He must have that faculty, that
gift you might say, of telling much
in few words. He must be ac-
quainted with the drawing power
and circulation of every newspaper
and magazine in the country and
must know just what class of
people read certain magazines and
be able to make his ad. appeal to
that class. He must be familiar
with the names of different styles
of type, in order to have his ad.
set up to advantage. Can all this
be taught by mail? Further, he
must put part of himself into every
ad. to make it individual and orig
inal. He is the custodian of his
employers advertising appropria-
ton, running into the thousands,
and every dollar spent must bring
results. He must know the rela-
tive value of newspaper, street car
and bill board advertising in por-
tions of the country miles apart.
He must know all this to be sue
cessful ad. writer, and no other
kind can secure a position. Does
anyone believe that any merchant
is giving positions of this kind to
a person with a few months in
struction from a correspondence
school, who has perhaps been
taught a few stock phrases and
who has the idea that in writing
an advertisement he must not call
q spade spade, but allude to it
as ''soil warrior" together with
other mistaken ideas?
The above only illustrates one
Of the many trades and professions
these schools profess to teach by
mail, and oae can go through the
whole list and show how rotten is
the structure upon which the sys-
tenn is built. But you ask where
the harm lies. The harm lies in
the fact that many hard earned
dollars are coaxed from mill hands,
from farmer boys and from factory
girls. for which nothing is given
in return except perverted ideas.
1t lies in the bitter disappoint-
ment the graduates" meet with
when every possible dollar has
been squeezed out of them and
they endeavor to earn a living by
their new profession y The harm
lies in the discontented and in
competent thousands struggling
for a mere pittance at some "high
The mirror., 1902-12-04

The less we know the more we
think we know.
The mirror., 1902-12-04
Wisdom by Parcel Post.

S IT possible. for a per-
son to acquire - prac-
/ tical working knowledge
of the trades and pro-
fessions by taking a
conrSa of instruction bv
The mirror., 1902-12-04

During 1908 the Youths Com
panion will publish in 81 weekly
issues
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-23
FINE ARTS EXHIBIT
Annual Exhibition Of Society Will
Open Sept. 20.
ENTRIES TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 1
The Society Negotiating for a Course
of Lectures by Ernest F.
Fenoliasa.

Last year the Minneapolis Society of
Fine Arts decided that it would be advan-
tageous to change it's annual exhibition of
paintings from spring to fall and no gen
eral exhibitiolAwas held in the spring. The
exhibition wilfopen Sept. 20 and will close
Oct. -. Preparations are in full progress
and they are so encouraging as to give
strong assurance of the wisdom of the
change. The entries will close. Sept. /.
Among those already received are those
of Will H. Low, Charles H. Davis, Elliott
Daingerfeld and many other favorites of
the past two exhibitions, besides a num-
Der of new names not unknown to fame
in the east.
The society is also negotiating for a
course of lectures by Professor Ernest F.
Fenollasa whose authority on oriental art
stands unrivaled. Likewise among the
probabilities for the near future is a
Photographic salon." proposed by the
Photographic section of the society, better
known as the Camera club. The series OF
lantern slide exhibitions, which forms part
of the latter's contributions towards the
years entertainments, will also begin ear
ly in the fall.
The work of the past year and the plans
for the immediate future give proof of the
very active spirit animating the board of
directors, which should meet with the
greatest appreciation on the part of the
hublic. While some understanding will
doubtless be arrived at with the present
library board by which the society will be
able to remain at it's present location, it
is quite evident that this will not long
meet the requirements of the art society
and the only final and permanent solution
of the difficulty arising from the healthy
: expansion of both institutions will be the
erection of fine arts building by the So
ciatV.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-23

properly clad and clean Of hands, face and
and attire. One company that prescribes
uniform including blue flannel shirt, and
olue trousers, also prescribes white sus-
penders, which must be spotlessly clean
daily. Supplies are given out to last one
day and If the days intake Of money is
smaller than the supplies used would war
rant at the end of the day then an ex-
planation is due
Most companies use the bell punch as
a check on dishonest boys and have also
inspectors regularly visiting the boat or
other places where the boys work One
company gives its boys printed set of
rules to observe, a prominent rule being
that only English shall be spoken in the
presence, of customers. The idea is that
talk by the boys in an unknown tongue
will give rise to the customers suspect
Ing that uncomplimentary comments are
being passed upon them.
Almost the only old-fashioned boot
blacks, with boxes slung on their shoul-
ders, now In New York are to he found
away down in the vicinity of the post
office and city hall. These are all small
boys and they charge 5 cents only In
stead of the regulation 10 cents, which
has become the standard price of pol
ish'' in New York.
None of these boys are colored. The
colored bootblack, like the colored bar
ber, and the colored waiter, has virtu-
ally disa ppeared from the metropolis.
Why, no one seems to know.
Tho corporation bootblack, by the way,
is almost the only person now minister
ing in public to individual comfort who
never expects tip in this town.