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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
RORSEHAIR SNAKES.
peculiar Eahits of These ThreadlfISe
Little Serpenes.

Little Serpenrs.
The .shorschair snakes" are small,
flesh colored mites which live princi-
pally In stagnant water. After going
through various transformations they
come to the surface Of the water in the
shape of very slender. purplish looking
threads. When they reach this last
stage. they Leave The water and work
their way up the stalks and leaves CT
aquatic plants. When opportunity af'
lords, they attach themselves to the
feet. legs. wings and other parts of
larger insects. often, as one authority
states. creeping under the wing case
Of beetles. In the case Of the cricket,
katydid, grasshopper and other insects
Of that ilk, whose legs are heflow, the
tiny hasehaE takes the advantage and
creeps up the hoEows into the very
vitalS.
This accounts for the fat and clumsy
condition of some individuals of the
above named species. single specimens
of the cricket having been caught with
over TWO uOZeu vi CfeSe LII eauiihe
snakes attached to and Inside of
their bodies After heavy rains. which
frequently drown criekets and katydNs
which are weighted down by these
parasites, the "hOrsehar snake
energies from the carcass Of the insect
a full fiedged miniature serpent. In this
mature state he Is the delight of the
cuReShy seeker and m4Rs Of study to
those who delight to delvs In natures
bypaths. These which have been for
tunate enough not to have been carried
very far from water by the insects
which they encountered during life
make their way back to the ponds to
lay their eggs. They then wrap them
selves around the eggs, which soon
hatch into the little flesh eolered mites
mentioned in the opening. About this
time the parent "sslake" dies to make
room Cor it's progeny.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25

The best results are found by
those VINO use Bunsen's Pine Tar
Cough Honey. One dose gives
ease and rest. This Is a new REM
edy and the only cough remedy
sold on a positive gusrantee-No
cure, No pay. Price IS and soc.
For sale by D. A. Herdershot.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Mohammed's Hair.

The most notable attraction In a
mosque at Delhi is single red hair
which Is said to have been plucked
from the mussache Of Mahsmmed. 1t is
Lsept under glass, and visitors arc per-
mitted to look at it on payment of a
sum equal to about % cents.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Parkersburg Land Co.
Citizens Bank Bldg.


In new Pullman Ordinary sleepers, wide
yestibuled and with every modern convenience,
in charge Of competent agent from Cincinnati
and Chicago Via Louisville, New Orleans
Houston, San Antonio, 81 Paso and Los Ange-
les to San Francisco, Rates for ber.hs less than
half Of cost In regular sleepsrs. For free de.
scriptive matter and full particulars, address
e. A. Richter, Travelling A gent, Illinois Central
Railroad, Saa Park Building. Pittsburs, Pa,
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
PARKERSBURG
Real Estate.

A very desirable farm of 81
acres, located on the best street in
Williamstown. The improvements
consist of a Groom dwelling, large
orchard. The land Is of good quail
ity and we'll watered. This proper
ty Is located so as to be accessible to
Marietta as we'll as Petersburg and
Is a very desirable tract. Price
$4,000.
One.acre located on the Parkers-
burg and Marietta car line, close to
us. Engine plant; beautiful stu
alton for home. Price, $500.
A splendid farm of 50 acres, 10
Gated three miles from Parkersburg.
The Improvements consist of 10
room dwelling, barn, and every
, necessary outbuilding; orchard of
selected fruit. The land Is In a
high state of cultivation and well
watered. Price, s. 900
100 acres # land between Park
ersburg and Marietta, on new street
car line; land all of fine quality and
Is so situated as to make 1t suitable
to cut up into smaller tracts. price,
$4,000.
53lots close to Terrapin Park In
Petersburg, In location rapidly
enhancing In value. Each lot 40
by 116 feet to an alley. Price,
ST., 900.
City Property.
A very desirable, new, Groom
house In good location, handsomely
finished In hardwood. Price, s.,
500, Terms very easy.
A special bargain in three-story
brick business corner In one of the
best locations In Parkersburg.
Will sell for $4,000, on long time.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
The Disanpeinted Boy.

Gracious, Bobby" said the second
Mrs. Jerks. nee Ann Teek. 10 her STEP
sen. What are you crying abeut?"
"Bso-heew sobbed the boy. Papa
promised me new mamma. an you
amt new at all!'-Phhadelphia Rec
ord.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
The Automobile.

Yes. sir; there she is complete. VIII
you 20 with me on the trial trip"
Il will if you will aud just one more
thing"
What is that"
can attachment to carry net for ~
to land n."-IndiaRapolis News.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25

Joseph Kennedy left the city
this n orning for the McKim oil
field to look after his interests In
that field.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
An Underlined Turkey.

The Smart Boarder-Afrs. Smithers,
that turkey is net done.
Mrs. Smithers-Why. Mr.. Stump, I'm
sure
The Smart Boarder-Ne; I mean not
done growing.-Leslie's Weekly.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Hollands BARRIERS.

In Holland a FIRST class barber
charges the equivalent Of 6 American
cents for a shave and II cents for hair
cIIttin@
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Are in BeeChWOOd

The Industrial City,.
The streets are being graded.
Natural gas lines are being laid.
Every city convenience Is there.
Electric cars are giving splendid
service.
We have Our own special car
line.
A beautiful athletic park has
been laid out for the amusement Of
Beechwood residents.
A fortune can be made In Beech
wood lots.
The street car Service Is the best
In the City.
A $ ct. fare takes you there.
ALL RED CARS connect for
BRENTWOOD.
We stand ready to Put tenant
n every house you build.
The demand for houses Is enor-
nous
The houses already built are the
admiration of all who behold them.
Call and get free car tickets
S1oo, COO. WORTH OF HOUS-
ES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
ERECTED. Where In all the
State can you fud anything to
Squal this record?
We expect to land another big
Industry soon.
Get In on the ground floor while
you have the chance. Ityou don't,
you lose the best opportunity ever
offered IL this section.
Remember, we sell lots for $3.50,
small payments down.
Parkersburg Land Co.
Citizens Bank Bldg.
Mitchell & Shrewsbury, Local
Agents, 2o4 Fourth st.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25

Titamun is the hardest metal. u
looks like copper, but will scratch rock
crystal.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25

= The campaign orator will soos
be with us.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Rotort Photographic.

The photographer was drying hss
plates in the warm sunlight.
"What are you doing there?" asked .
friend.
s"Oh," was the reply, "jHst airing nay
views"
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-25
Prof. Iohn O'Hanlou, the

1lUI. JOHH y EIanIOu, IHc Up
ticiau, arrived In the city last eve
ming after an absence OF six weeks.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
By Leslie W. Qcirk in Four O'clock.

for both of us. | am sure you Woulu
never regret going. What do you
think of the plan, my dear?"
Me go to New York? don't un-
derstand what you mean"
Bonner explained more carefully
Saunders & Co. wired me to go to
New York tonight, and shall leave
on the midnight train. If you are
willing to go to that city with me, we
can first go to the opera and from
there to the station. | have prac'
tically made all the arrangements
already, and the one thing lacking is
my wife's consent. Will you go my
dear?'
But the voice broke in.
1T is too late to object" said Bon.
ner, stubbornly: At is all settled
You will go will you not?"
"Of course, if you desire it, but
But what?" asked Bonner sharply
For moment there was silence
Then, slowly, with much hesitation
came the voice again:
Why. nothing, only-it is so SUD
den, Mr.. Harland-Fred. And why
should we elope?"
Bonner dropped the receiver in.
stantly. For a moment he was
utterly confused; then light dawned
and he smiled broadly as he com
pretended the situation.
Il say Harland," he called, 81 just
proposed to Dolly in your name Ii
you care to hear the answer. come to
the phone"
AS matter of course it took, some
time for Bonner to convince the
younger man he was not joking. But
he succeeded at last through sheer
earnestness, and the two changed
positions. The married Fred left the
room almost Immediately, carefully
closing the door behind him.
i wonder" he said as he went out,
whether l called for 81 or whether
central made a mistake"
The mum of Harland's voice sounded
through the closed door for some
minutes, with occasional brief pauses.
Then the door burst open with the
sudendness of a hurricane. and that
young man with a very red and
happy face rushed out to the street.
Bonner went into the room, inverted
the receiver into it's proper position.
and picked up hat from the middle
of the floor. He thought of telephon-
ing the single word Congratulations, y
to 81. and would have done so, save
for the fact that no one seemed to be
at the residence to answer the phone.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
lMPENETRABLE SNOW.

Further experiments carried out in
Norway confirm the statement that
the bullet of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle,
which is of lead encased in steel and
has muzzle velocity of 1850 feet per
second, will not penetrate, even at a
range OF fifty yards, more than four
quently, is less penetrable than any
ordinary wood, even than oak. and
has resistance nearly equal to That of
rammed earth. Parapets, therefore,
even of more important works, may be
advantageously made of snow when
available, especially as the labor of
constructing them will not be great
United Service Gazette.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
| FORGOT.

i saw a friend in need of just the care
That l could give, but forgot;
In other words will it be shown to me
The harm that my forgetting
wrought?
| saw a timid, shrinking one pass by,
To whom / might have given cheer;
A smile, nay, just kindly, friendly
glance
Gould quick have stayed the falling
tear.
How much of heartache / might thus
have saved
If | had always really sought
To give a bit of comfort to each one
Whose life touched mine when | for
got!
Dear Lord, | thank Thee Thou dost
not forget,
That Thou dost pity and forgive;
So help these souls might have com
forted
That they may come to Thee and
live.
jeanette Hill Knox.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
BLOCKED OUR PLANS.
Three Cardinals Credited With Pre-
venting tho Philippine Settlement.

The presence of Cardinal Gotti
Steinhuber and Wives y Tuto on the
committee of members of the Sacred
college appointed to treat with Gov
ernor Taft about the withdrawal of
the friars from the Philippines was so
certain frcm the very outset to frus-
trate the object he sought to secure
that it is difficult to refrain from the
belief that the propaganda, which was
responsible for their appointment,
was bent on the negotiations coming
to nothing. For each OF the three
cardinals in question is, or, rather
has been, member of great relig-
ious order, and as such might be re-
lied upon to make the strongest kind
OF fight against everything that could
affect either the prestige or the finan-
cial welfare of the order with which
they were identified. Thus, Cardinal
Gotti was monk of the barefooted
Carmelite Order, and still to this day.
in spite of his elevation to the rank of
a prince of the church, continues to
live the live of monk, sleeping in a
cell and on a hard mattress. He was.
up to the moment of his receiving the
sacred hat, the general of the Carmel
ties, and, although of the most humble
birth, being the son of dock laborer
at Genoa, has been repeatedly desig-
mated by Leo XIII as the prelate whom
he would wish to see elected as his
successor.
Cardinal Steinhuber has for MANY
years past been looked upon as the
representative of the Order of Jesuits
in the Sacred college, and. although of
advanced age, is an exceedingly clever
man. of the church militant order.
who is strongly opposed to every kind
of concession to those whom he re-
CARDS as the foes of the church. In
deed. he is one of the most aggressive
members of the intransigeant element
at the Vatican.
Cardinal Wives y Tuto is one of the
youngest members of the Sacred col.
lege, a Spaniard by birth. formerly a
member of the BerI,dictine Order and
ever since his elevation to the senate
of the church has been looked upon
as the special representative at Rome
of the various religious orders in
Spain.-New York Tribune
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
Best Nurses Wanted.

Private nursing should be done only
oy the best nurses. A nurse who has
never before known what it is to have
no one in authority over her. to whom
she may flee in an emergency. finds
herself alone. maybe, in the country.
miles from doctor. The patients
lie NAV depend upon her competence
TO act promptly. She may find her
self with a cantankerous old patient
who can be managed by no one who
has not an immense amount of inspir.
ing confidence. She has to know
when II IS necessary to summon nsdi.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
Clubs for Australian Mothers.in.Iaw

According TO Professor Baldwin
Spencer, formerly Of Oxford. now of
Melbourne university, the blacks CT
Central Australia are free from one
white mans burden" He has spent
several years making chronological in
vestigations among them. and one o.
his discoveries was that motherin.
law was not allowed to come within u
mile OF the "mia-mia" t(hut} of her
married daughter, II she did so tn,
husband was authorized by the tribs.
law to use his cluS. The professor
expressed admiration of this drss tic
method of preserving domestic peace
and tranquility York Tribune
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02

cal aid. how to calm the nerves OF
ANXIOUS friends. who would wear the
doctor out with ceaseless calls upon
his time and patience unless the nurse
had enough knowledge and assurance
to allay their fears. She must know
how to walk into disordered house
hold and restore order out OF chaos.
Possibly the head of the household
has had a stroke. The family is dis
tracted, the servants are weeping. A
quiet, calm nurse, with a full knowl-
edge of the gravity of the case, steps
in. and order reigns again.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
Bank cIearinas Increase.

New York, Sept 20.-The statement
compiled by Bradstreets shows the
total bank clearings of the principal
cities OF the United States for the
week to be s2.496.57s.672, an increase
OF 1913 per cent. compared with the
corresponding week last year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
Rindoo Incomes.

Millions Of Hindoos live, marry and
rear families On an income which
rarely exceeds half a dollar OF our
money week. They never eat meat
and need hardly any clothing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
Didn't Want Crackers.

There once was young lady DR..
Who owned a bad parrot that mr..
He would likewise ,blaspheme,
Using language extreme
All Of which. so the lady said, shr.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02
JAKE DALE.

JAKE DALE.
"a new poet, Joseph Mills Hanson,
whose verse reminds one strongly OF
Bret Harte's earlier and breeZier
verses. has just begun to have his
work noticed by the magazines. In
the August number of Leslie's Month
" there is a ballad by him called
"Jake Dale" which is one of the best
things he has yet published.
What, stranger? You never heard tell
O. Jake
Jake Dale, O. the Lucky George?
You must a. been raised in the East,
my son,
If you never clapped ears to the yarn
that's spun
Of Jake Dale an the race he won
In the year o. the big ice gorge.
Come March in the spring O. 81,
An the river broke at Pierre,
An come rantin' down on the clean
rampage.
She marked SO on the Yankton gauge;
Which 7 reckon you know is some of +
stage,
An, she covered the bottoms here.
Yeh see that pint acrost the bar
With the rifle O. shoal below?
Well that's where the widow O. ole
Buck Slack
Once't had claim an drift-wood
shack
Where she lived an shaved with her
youngun pack,
All which was some time ago.
Well, we on the George" had tumbled
out
The roar o. the jam was wild
When we heard a cry through the
shriekin' night; ,f
An there il the pint, in the pale
moonlight,
A wavin' an yellin' with all her might,
Stood Buck Slack's youngest child.
When all at once we heard yell,
An down cross the willow bank,
A layin' course that We skeercely
snug,
Came Jakey Dale, with his whisky Jug.
AS drunk as the mate of a log-raft
tug.
An a-swearin' somethin' rank.
"You rust-chawed fragments O. Junk"
seq he,
'NnW what do h;Yo1z
A-standin' round on this old bilge tank
Like bunch O. frogs on f1oatin'
plank
Be yeh lookin' fer gold in yon cut
bank?-
An then he heerd that sound.
AS quick as the jump of piston-rod
He was over the wheel-box guard:
An efore we could figger on stoppin'
him.
He had slashed the falls from the
long boats rim
An was out past the slush O. the chan
nePs brim,
A-pullin' quick an hard
When he showed her off from the
gumbo pint
She reeled like swyer snag.
Then the current caught her along the
beam
An she whirled around and shot down
stream,
With the foam from her bow like
cloud O. steam,
AS fast as a red-tail stag.
He damned her bow through the buck
in tide
Till the painter foated free.
With blinded eyes and drippin' skin
He fought for the race he had set to
win
Like soldier fights, till the ice rolled
An ground against her lee.
But he'd got her up to ropin, range
An we hauled her to the rail
When he'd landed the last one, safe
and sound
Jake followed, an says, as he looked
around:
You fellers fetch out that jug YOU
found.
I'm as dry as the Mormon Trail"
Wen, stranger, that there is the yarn
o. Jake
Jake Dale O. the Lucky George
He wasn't no saint with a gilt-edged
crown;
His language would shatter church
steeple down;
He'd thirst in his throat that moth.
ing could drown,
An fist like blacksmith's forge
But all the same, he'd a Christian
soul
If he hadn't the Christian creed.
An a better heart. by blame long
shot,
Ihan Some niQt1e falEc @y,z.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-10
New Edges For Curtains.

Many new edge finishes are observ
able upon the cretonne curtains so
much used as overhangings for mi
lady's bedroom or boudoir at the pres
ent time. One simple idea for a por-
there had both sides of the same mate
rial to match. The edges had good
deep three-quarter-incE turn in and
then were machine stitched about
three -eighths of an inch back from the
edge.
Another effective finish is binding
of braid about three inches wide, not
unlike Hercules braid in weave, COM
bining all the varied tints of the BIOS
som bestrewed cretonne. Cotton fringe
combining all the colors of the pattern
Is another popular edge finish.
These cretonne hangings are effective
in the extreme, Ghd grow in favor
every day. For windows over muslin
curtains, where the inside does not
show, they are often left unlined.
Again, they are, lined with a harmo-
nious plain shade of silk or sateen.
For portieres, as has been mentioned
above, they are made double of the
same pattern, or when between bed
rooms, where cretonne is used in each,
one side one pattern, the other side the
other.-Philadelph Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-10
Electricity in the House.

Not every man who airily claims
that his house is equipped with mod
ern improvements has any idea of the
have been developed.
Not so long ago steam radiator, Il
gas jet and q bathtub constituted all
the known improvements that even
the owner of Il modern palace would
dream of GOV citing.
But the marvellous application OF
electricity to every existing domestic
institution has made the present list
of improvements a burden to count.
To be quite up to date, for instance,
you must equip every room in your
new mansion. especially the sleeping
rooms, with hand lamps which light
at the touch Of a spring. Equally con-
venient is a pocket lamp and battery
made like folding camera-obviously
great convenience to burglars
something, indeed, that nobody in the
world of graft can afford to do with
out.
There are also ornamental candles
With immature ngntS at tntr ups,
tiny lamp attaches to the front of a
clock, and small lamps for decorative
purposes.
A current is introduced in a house
to supply power for fiat-irons, curling
irons, coffee mills, ice cream freezers,
and sewing machines and heat for
chatting dishes and tea kettles. Tele-
phones are replacing speaking tubes in
most of the new mansions and also
to connect with stables and other out
buildings. If power from a waterfall
or windmill Is available the owner of
a house can install an electric plant of
his own at small cost. In many large
country houses the dynamo is run by
a gasoline engine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-10
The Cougars Thick Hide.

The fighting dogs We're the ones that
enabled me to use the knife. All three
went straight for the head, and when
they got hold they kept their jaws
shut, worrying and pulling, and COM
pletely absorbing the attention of the
cougar, so as to give an easy chance
for the death-blow. The hounds
meanwhile had seized the cougar be-
hind, and Jim, with his alligator jaws,
probably did as much damage as Turk.
However, neither in this nor in any
other instance, did any one of the dogs
manage to get its teeth through the
thick skin. When cougars fight among
themselves their claws and fangs leave
great scars, but their hides are too
thick for the dogs to get their teeth
through. On the other hand, a coug-
ar's jaws have great power, and dogs
are frequently killed by single bite,
the fangs being driven through the
brain o: spine; or they break dogs
leg or cut the big blood-vessels of the
throat.-From with the Cougar
Hounds" by Theodore Roosevelt, in
Scribner's Magazine.