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

The election Of an overwhelming Republican leg
isature in this guarantees wise and judicious
legislation and valuable assistance to Governor Whites
administration. West Virginia will continue on the
march Of progress at least two more years
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

The Democrats have probably found out by this
time that Johnny McGraw is not the big 1t in politics
Some day they may learn to nominate some one else
As party idol he has certainly fallen.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

Ii Dayton's majority could only be sufficiently re-
duccd Johnny McGraw would doubtless bring the
famous purple pencil into for his benefit, but the
verdict of the people staggers him too much for that.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

The Democratic party made all sorts of claims
in this state but the election returns showed that it
only case Of bluff with them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07
Parsonage Wedding.

Mr.. George Steeple and Miss Anna
Kalic AustrionS, we're married in the
Catholic parsonage Monday afternoon.
Rt. Rev. Daniel O'Connor ofiiClated in
the presence ola few friends Of the
same nationality as the contracting
parties.
OAsTSFEAo
en,,4hs >sTha Kind You Have Always Bought
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07
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You will find great bargains at the
Ten Cent Counter at the Bon Ton
Store.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07

The people Of Harrison county knew Tommy Rot
Horror too well to vote for him, Down here in Har-
rison We al, prefer to vote for men.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07
He has now the greatest
shoes made In quality,
fit and style at


%REI%hhs FURNISHINGS FOR desirable
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Yhe stool Of Repentance,

"AHy infraction Of the rules at Gil
rard college," says the Philadelphia
Record. sis punished with 20 minutes
ON stool Of repentance. When the In
stitution first adopted this scheme of
punishment, one stool was enough. As
the college expanded the stools multi
piled. and today no less than 81 four
legged. painless instruments of discl-
pline are in more or less constant use
Ia a room devoted exclusively to the
punishment Of those who have trans
crossed the rules. There Ia absolutely
nothing to the disciplining except the
order to sit ON a comfortable stool for
20 minutes and think 1t over ANY Of
the lads would sooner take a sound
thrashing and have done with 1t, but
the stool of repentance has proved it.
self an ideal punishment and it has
come to stay at Girard college"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
SUCKING poisonou. wounas,

Among all people the sucking Of the
wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy of immediate
application for snake bites. In Africa
cupping instrument is employed in
emergencies of the kind to draw out
the poisoned blood. The ancients fol
lowed the same methods, and when
Cato made his famous expedition
through the serpent infested African
deserts he employed many savage
snake charmers, called "psylli." to fol
low the army. They performed many
mysterious rites over men who were
bitten, but the efficacy of their treat
ment appears to have consisted In suck.
ing the wounds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Alcohol mud the Rra,n.

A lecture delivered by DR.. Victor
Horsley in England ON THE Action of
Alcohol on the Brain" showed how
tibers connect all parts of the brain so
that it acts as a whole. 1t was desired
to find out whether the brain as a
whole works as well with alcohol as
without. One way of testing this was
by testing the reaction time, the length
taken in perceiying given signal. He
tried complex experiment. showing a
signal with a number on it which was
not to be signaled back unless 1t was
above ten. This took longer. involving
association of ideas. and the time from
the very first was prolonged by alcohol.
Professor Horsley said that chloro-
form. ether, nitrous oxide and similar
narcotics acted in the same way. Al
cohol produced dissolution Of the
nerve centers.
Kraepelin had tried the action of al
cohol on muscular power by means Of
the pressure dynamometer, which was
squeezed at regular intervals. After a
rest alcohol was taken, and at first
there was little increase, soon follow
ed by notable decrease. Under the
influence of tea there was no decrease
at all. He showed diagram con-
structed by DR.. Aschaffenberg repre-
senting the amount Of type set up by
certain compositors In a quarter Of an
hour before and after taking alcohol.
The amount was made less by alcohol.
-Argonaut.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
MORRIS coUSTY rHR'Nlc {. FRIoAv NoveMaEe % 1902.

the pumpkin pie or sandwiches are
sure to give out before the noon hour Is
past.
Its funny how lazy people are"
said one of the walters at a down
town lunch place. There are lots of
men who won't look at a bill of fare,
and they just stare over the counter
and ask for anything that comes into
their heads if they don't happen to see
another fellow eating just what they
want. If we have something sort of
out of the ordinary, like fried oysters,
something that can be written on the
card in ink, so 1t will make a good i'm
preston on the public. it's losing in
vestment if the fellow on the end near
the door happens to pick it out. Then
every one that passes him sees the
oysters, and soon there Is a regular
chorus of yells for oysters. There
amt patron that wants corn beef
hash or cold cabbage.
"People are just like sheep or geese.
They like to follow leader If it's in
nothing but eating. I've seen big word
ed articles about thoughts and ideas
being catching or contagious. Any
philosopher who has chance to wait
on a lunch counter would believe In
that theory. Ideas are as catching
as the measles. and don't you forget
it."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Australians stony Desert.

The great stony desert of north Aus
tralia was discovered by Captain Sturt,
an Australian explorer, in 1S45-46. 1t
is north of the river Darling and is
about 300 miles long and 100 broad,
consisting Of sandy dunes or ridges.
Its want of trees. except along the
creeks, gives the country sterile APP
pearance. These ridges were probably
formed by the joint effect Of winds and
a gradually retiring sea.
According to Captain Sturt, these
waters were gradually lost by evapora-
ton or carried to some undiscovered
sea. The only vegetation, growing scan
tily, are prickly acacias in full bloom,
all of stunted growth. Water is scarce
except in the creeks which are shelter
ed, and this is generally brackish.
Few travellers care to traverse this In
hospitable desert.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Keeping Chicken. without Water.

1NCCPAhB SAhGAGAW WAthOuH J" AtGEs
This subject was discussed in Amer
lean journals few years ago, but the
real facts Of the case seldom are pre-
sented in convincing manner. No
practical chicken fancier doubts for
moment the necessity Of supplying wa
ter or liquid food to fowls, especially in
warm weather. AS far as we can learn
the advocates of mo water" feed their
chickens and fowls soft food which
contains fair percentage of moisture.
Consequently their claim that water is
not a necessity must be discounted to
great extent. The modern system of
feeding chickens is based on a dry mix
ture of the various grains, and such a
diet demands the addition of liquid
food. We have never seen any i'll eff
fects of allowing even young chickens
to partake of water or milk, provided
the latter was pure and not offered in
unlimited quantities. How chicken
fancier can ever delude himself that
pure water is not relished by a chicken,
young or old, Is mystery to u.s. Let
such mortal get up on a dry. warm
July morning and watch the robins
and other birds suck in the grateful
moisture on growing vegetation and
also watch how eagerly the flock of
chickens awaits the coming of the wa
tering pot. 1t takes but few drops of
water to satisfy the most skeptical per-
son that the instinct of the feathered
animal demands water. 1t may be true
that some men can get along without
water, but chickens-never.-A
| Fancier.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28


with cavalry outposts News OF For
rests crossing the Tennessee had been
brought in by the scouts and tele-
graphs In all directions. Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll Immediately set out at the
head of Snllivans cavalry corps, num-
bering 300 sabers, to intercept For
rest. He met the raiders just outside
Lexington and, with 100 of his follow
ers, became prisoner to the Wizard
of the Saddle
The news of lngersolls fight and
capture was sent over the wires, and
Forests strength declared to be 1O,-
600 to 10000. Grant sent the word to
Admiral Porter and asked that gun-
boats move up the Tennessee to help
capture the raiders. He also ordered
troops to go to Sullivan's aid, instruct
ing that general to attack at once
Meanwhile Forrest rode to within four
miles of Jackson and offered battle
with Sullivan. while his detachments
were out north and south cutting the
railroad to prevent help from reaching
his antagonist
Jackson was fortified post. too
strong for Forests column to attack.
but the situation was in the grasp OF
this willy leader. He spread out his
line right and left and oven had the
drums beat infantry call TO make be-
lieye that lie had at hand the forces at
tributed to him. The danger to Jack
son was thus made the question of the
hour all along the line, and troops were
taken from weaker places to march
to the relief Of jackson.
Several hundred Federal troops start
ed from Trenton, station north of
jackson, to REINFORCE Sulllvan's com
mand Forests men made dash for
Trenton and found only a couple of
hundred raw recruits in garrison. The
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
A Musical Beat.

The Courier de Paris relates that q
party of men, sitting in front of a
boulevard cafe, were recently ap-
preached by man who had clarinet
In his hand and who said; Gentlemen,
excuse me. / have to make my living,
but l suppose you would rather give
me a sou not to hear me-" They took
the hint. He repeated this perform
ance several times till one day one of
the men said he felt like hearing a
tune and asked him to play. Il am sor-
ry," said the man with the clarinet
"but / cannot play note"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
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copyright, 1902, by G. L. Kilmer.1
~ ECEMBER 20, 1862, the dash
ing Confederate cavalry lead
er Earl Van Dorm achieved
one of the most brilliant and
important raids of the war.
But for the celebrity and thoroughness
of his sudden swoop that day at Holly
Springs, Miss, Vicksburg might cut a
different figure in the history of victo-
ries.
The middle of December, 1862, both
Grant and Sherman were moving
against Vicksburg overland and by
steamers down the Mississippi. The
chief supply depot at the front for
Grants land column was at Holly
Springs, on the Mississippi Central rail-
way. Far up the road northward to-
ward the main base of army supplies
in Kentucky Forests troopers were
destroying bridges and telegraph lines,
as well as capturing important militia
ry posts.
Van Dorm at the time of the raid had
under his command small body of
cavalry serving as scouts for the Con-
fedcrate army of Pemberton which
confronted Grant in northern Missis-
sippi. Acting on his own impulse he
made a swoop from Grenada to Holly
Springs, and so rapid were his move
ments that Grants outlying scouts
were distanced in the race to camp.
Van Dorn's attack on the post was
sprung at daylight and proved com
olcte surprise. In spite of the gallant
resistance made by the garrison after
it had been aroused the raiders cut the
telegraph wires and destroyed the mil
itary stores. TIE garrison consisted of
the Eighth Wisconsin and portion of
the SiXty-second Illinois infantry and
six companies of the Second Illinois
cavalry. The Illinois troopers made q
stubborn resistance, falling upon Van
Dorn's scattered detachments and
fighting heroically to retrieve the dis
aster.
Van Dorm estimated the supplies
burned in the raid at $1,500,O00 and
Grant at 100000. The cutting of the
wires broke the communication be-
tween Grant and Washington and
Sherman on the river. For weeks the
Army of the Tennessee remained In a
state Of isolation as great as though
steam roads and the telegraph had
never been invented.
Before the wires were cut Grant
learned Of the work Of Van Dorn's
energetic colleague up the line. With
1890 troopers Forrest had crossed the
Tennessee river westward at Clifton,
and early on the 18th of December gal
loped toward Lexington. Lexington
was Federal cavalry outpost, cover
ing on the east the important military
post at jackson, on the Mississippi
Central.
jackson was the headquarters of a
military district commanded by Gen.
efal J. c. Sullivan. and the outlying
points east, north and south were gar.
risoned by small bodies Of infantry,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Musical Snmifa.

A French naturalist claims that there
are few If any animals which have a
higher appreciation Of music than
snails. Place some snails on a pane Of
glass, he says, and you will find that
as they move over it they will make
musical sounds similar to those which
a person can produce by wetting his
finger and then rubbing it around a
glass tumbler. Complete airs, he points
out, have been played on tumblers in
this way, and he expresses the opinion
that quite as good results can be OBJ.
tanned by using snails instead of fin
gers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Not Work TO Preach.

A minister who used to preach in
Somerville had little boy. A few
days before his father left the city to
go to his new parish one of his neigh
bors said to the little boy, $50 your
father is going to work in New Bed
ford, is hep
The little boy looked up, wondering.
"Oh, no." he said, only preach. -
Trained Motherhood.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
His Success.

A writer in Country Gentleman gives
these reasons for his success with arti-
fetal methods: Keeping chicks in ma
chine at least thirty six hours after all
were Matched; feeding only when hun
CRY and not too much; grit and bone
meal mixed with all soft feed from
the first day; reducing heat in brooder
as quickly as possible and as soon as
chicks could stand it; plenty of fresh
air and exercise and as soon as posi-
BILE after being placed in brooder,
weather permitting.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
FREAKS IN LUNCH ORDERS
Waiter Calls Attention to the Imita-
tive Habit Among Patrons.

Waiter Calls Attention to the Imita-
tive Habit Among Patrons.
One of the amusing things to be no.
ticed at the lunch counters is the habit
of imitation. If the man on the end
studies the bill of fare and then or
ders a ham sandwich, pumpkin pie and
a glass of milk, all his neighbors are
likely to duplicate his order, and soon
there will be whole row eating ex-
actly the same things. Sometimes this
similarity of appetite causes serious
embarrassment. This is invariably the
case If the occupants Of the high chairs
shift about the same time and the men
on the end have numerous chances to
set examples for 20 or 80 patrons. Then
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
The Dead Sea.

The daily average of 6,500,000 tons
of water is received into the Dead sea
from the Jordan. There is no outlet,
and the level is kept down by evapora-
ton only, which is very rapid because
of the intense heat, the dry atmosphere
and the dry winds which are con-
stantly blowing down from the gorges
between the mountains.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
INTUITION.

How does it know-this tiny hidden thing
Within its wilderness of tangled grass.
The hour when summers languid footsteps pasa
And southwark flying birds the wing,
While earth is dumb with Augustus silencingf
How does it know the time for purplish haze
Or guess the wondrous transformation scene
Which sets the field and forest all ablazeH
Yet, in shrill notes, from drowsy ways of green
Breaking the spell that passing summer SWAPS,
The cricket first proclams the autumn days.
Henry Cleveland Wood in Ainsee's Magazine
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Must BE Good.

Young Husband--My dear Melanie,
must say that this pudding tastes
very bad.
Wlfe-All Imagination. dear; it says
in the cookery book that 1t tastes ex-
cellent!
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Good Reason.

II wonder" began the man with the
investigating mania. what makes ba-
bies cry?"
Probably" butted in the practical
fellow. contemplation of some of the
things they're in danger of being like
when they grow Baltimore News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
Am AgreeahIe Change.

How handy it will be for the good
housewife to be able to change the
monotony Of salt meats for fresh
chicken and how easily this is accom-
plished Farmers Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
New York,s Egg Production.

The last census report says that in
1899 the production Of poultry in New
York state amounted to $147 ,491, of
which SO per cent was for eggs and Al
per cent for poultry. There were more
than 100000 more eggs In 1899 than
in 1885, a gain Of nearly SO per cent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

A good thing about poultry is that
the small flock of hens always does
better than the large one. thus making
1t possible for the poor man and the
one with limited range to still make
the keeping of poultry profitable.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

The states of Colorado and Kansas
are having tilt in the courts over the
right of the first named state to tap
the water supply of the rivers which
they own In common. Colorado is so
thirsty that there is nothing left for
Kansas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

In talking with railroad section
hand lately he told us that the old ties
removed from the roadbed just about
supplied the hands on the section with
fuel. provided they had section boss
who would give them fair deal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

A few fruit men whom we know have
made a success of grating choice
varieties Of apples on the wild crab,
but 1t is not at all a harmonious union,
for the scions will outgrow the stock,
the crab being of very dwartish habit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

Almost any crop will do well on a
clover sod, especially wheat, potatoes
and corn. Oats are liable to grow too
much straw and fall down.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

A few years ago 500 bushels of wheat
was thought to be big carload. Now
$500 bushels are carried in the mod
ern steel freight car.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

Forty cent born and five dollar pork
make very good combination. not an
agricultural bonanza, but good, legit-
innate, healthy business.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

A friend told us the other day that
he once hauled load of farm produce
to town and got $1,001 for it. What
was it? Hops?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

There is a good deal of satisfaction
in watching the coming of the first
snow when one has the corn all in the
crib, the fuel in the woodhouse and the
roots in the cellar. Winter is not half
bad when one is prepared for It,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

One twenty acre tract of land at
Baku. Russia, has produced 100000
barrels of oil. This beats Texas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

We are growing the blue Moldavka
(Russian) plum with success. 1t seems
to be perfectly hardy and bears large
purple plum of good quality.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28
A good deal of live stock was killed
this year through the west by October
thunderstorms.

Florida will only show up with $780,
600 boxes of oranges this year, about
one-half of the crop of 1901.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

Winter is the best time Of the year
to thin out the sparrows. Batting and
shooting them is about as good a way
as any to get rid of lot Of them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

There is great waste of the best of
fertilizers in the dumping by the rail
way companies of the contents of their
cattle cars where they cannot be used
With so much poor, starved out land
this waste should be remedied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

Reports Of outbreaks Of hog cholera
are beginning to come in, just as we
expected. as soon as the shotes were
fed all the new corn they would eat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

1t has been an unusually good fall
for the sowing of winter wheat In
Oklahoma. Kansas and Nebraska. and
the acreage will be much larger than
last year
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

AS soon as he had cut his oats in July
he sowed five acres of the stubble to
rye, putting the crop in with a disk,
and when we saw the field in October
he had seventy-tive head OF nice shotes
Just where they liked to be.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

The northwest will produce $4,000
900 bushels of fax this year, worth to
the producers $1.20 per bushel
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

The farmers Of South Dakota have
become so prosperous that money now
goes begging at per cent where not so
very long since 20 per cent was de-
manded and obtained.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

We are told that one of the reasons
why more corn is not raised in the
southern states is the fact that after 1t
is raised II is very difficult to keep it
owing to great humidity of the atmos-
phere.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

The apple crop of the country this
year Is placed at 100000 barrels
against 27,000.O0O barrels last year.
While the crop is large, it Is not Of the
best quality.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

The cows in Norway, it Is said, will
eat and are fed dried Goldfish. From
this we infer that all that Is needed to
secure nice Goldfish gravy is to thicken
their milk with flour.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-28

~ ECEMBER 20, 1862, the DASH
ing Confederate cavalry lead
er Earl Van Dorm achieved
one of the most brilliant and