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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Coal Company Chartered.

The Webster County Coal Company,
OF Clarksburg, to carry on a general
coal mining business, has been char
tered. The capital is $4,000. The
incorporators are Ross f. Stout, S. r.
Harrison, f. b. Deisou, VIII. Lewis,
and Frank a, Smith, all Of Clarks'
burg.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Rummage Sale

A rummage sale will be given under
the auspices Of the Katherine Doan
Club of the First Presbyterian church
commencing November 20. Those
wishing to contribute anything for
the sale are kindly asked to send them
in TO the Katherine Doan Club.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Library Given to Y. M. c. A.

= r, T. Lowndes, Sr.. has presented
the Y. NJ. G. A. of this city with 30
volumes ofthe Library Of the Worlds
Best Literature. Ancientand Modern
edited by Charles Dudley Warner
The volumes are beautifully bound in
half.morrocco. This generous gift
supplies the nucleus for a valuable
library which the Association hopes
to build up in connection with It's
work. Book cases have been ordered
and the library win soon BE- ready for
use.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Birthday Party

Mrs. Gosnell, on Chestnut street,
gave a surprise party Monday night in
honor OF Miss Lille Whites birthday.
Those present were George Lockwood,
Lee johnson, Dave Walters, Della
MCGEE, Sadit Shepler, otle Walters,
Rhoda Walters and Ada Coplin.
Refreshments were served and u very
pleasant evening was reported by all.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
New Raal Estate Firm.

c. W. Hopkins and J. l. Cottrill,
enterprising and clever young men,
are here from Newport News, Va, for
the purpose Of opening up and con-
Quoting real estate business In all
lis branches. They are lookingaround
for suitable Offices. They are very
much impressed with Clarksburg as a
lively little city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Operator Resigns

G. W. Lucus, day telegraph opera
tor at Mt. Clare for the Baltimore *
Ohio Railroad Company, has resigned
his position and accepted place with
the Cook Hart Coal Company. He is
succeeded by Mr.. McNeal, Of Ken
lucky.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Contracts Secured by virgfs & Co.

Messrs. W. B. Virgie x Co., have
secured several large contracts for the
erection OF houses and other buildings
for the Atlantic Mining Company at
Tunnelton. The contracts aggregate
some 500, 900. air. Virgle IS hunting
for carpenters and can give employ
ment 10 fifty experienced workmen
Immediately.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14
Going West,

] col. A. W. woodford will make a
Sbusiness trlpto Barbour county this
week, after which he will start west
expecting to join Mrs. Woodford at
Cincinnati whence they will go TO
California to spend the winter. Mrs
Woodford is now visiting her parents
ia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Independ'
ent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14

Nj. John T Cooper, ofParkersburg,
dSaIlsed Thursday as Z. S. Commis.
slouer before the clerk Of the U. S.
District Court for the Northern dis.
trict OF w. Va. Mr.. Cooper takes the
place OF Mr.. C. d. Forer who was re-
Gently elected criminal Judge or Wood
county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14

Rev. William Hudson, Of waynes-
burg, Pa, viii preach al the First
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning and evening.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-14

The death Of G. w. Trlplett occurred
AT Adamston at 10 o'clock Saturday
night and was caused by typhoid.
pneumonia. He was % years Of age
ana leaves q family. The remains
were shipped Sunday Afternoon 70
Pennsboro for burial.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
Value of
Farm Lands

There are increasing evidences that
real estate investments in the country
are Of increasing value. There are rea-
sons for this that will continue and
grow more potent with time. 1t has
dawned upon the intelligence of the
American people that the abundance Of
u surplus lands is rapidly %dwindling.
The ability OF Uncle San to give every
man q farm is terminated, and the
time is not far distant when we will
have none beyond the holdings re-
quired for his own use.
Another fact affecting values in this
line is that population is rapidly gain
ing upon food production. This is true
in the United States, and to a large ex-
tent that farming becomes more profit
able and the land on which to conduct
it more valuable.
When machinery was introduced in
the 'boundless" West the immediate
result vas to deprecate farms in the
East and to drive young men from the
country to the city. There was a con-
gestiOn of labor in these centers. and
much of the trouble it has encountered
is the result of this cause. But the
West has filled up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

A general servant advertised in q
Bristol paper for a place the other day.
but required mo inquiries; no caps Oh
aprons; every evening out; good
wages" and q journalist advertised
himself as Of mo particular ability
as q recommendation. A clerk re-
Gently sought q place where great
strength, personal appearance, or abil-
ity are not required" Good butter.
Sd q lb. Nobody can touch it." was
ambiguous and may have been wrong
ly interpreted by the public; and q
Gloucestershire paper which inserted
the advertisement, Our one-and-
ninepenny dinner at $50 .. m.
Funerals promptly attended to-" apol-
ogized next day for mixing up two Yep
arate and distinct announcements. But
it Is a fact that a church paper ap-
pealed lately for "Old man, lame, deaf.
epileptic. Will any Christian take him
for a gardener" and that in a leading
Scotch journal an advertiser asked for
1855 to pay debts incurred through
losses at betting"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
SOME AGED

Those Who Have an Easy Life Live for
Quite Lengthy Periods.
In the vicinity of Paris a home for
old domestic animals was established
some time ago. and among the present
inmates are a mule ~ years old, a COW
36, and a pig 25 years old.
1t is claimed that domestic animals
which lead an easy life are likely to
live far beyond the average age, If
properly cared for. Many birds GER
tainly attain an extraordinary age.
Eagles, ravens and parrots frequently
live a hundred years and pelicans prob
ably live as long, for it is recorded
that one Of these birds was placed in
the Amsterdam geological garden some
time before 1892. and was still there in
1870. This pelican, too, was at least
four or five years old when it was
placed in the garden.
Eels are also long lived. Professor
Buchner tells Of one, which was kept
for twenty-six years in q pond at
Thiengen, in which 1t was placed at
the age OF eight years. It attained q
length Of nearly five feet, and its fav-
orite haunt was in the current thar
flowed into the pond. All authorities
agree that domestic animals which are
obliged to do a good deal of work do
not live SO long as those which lead a
placid life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
MODERN
NAVIES

An amazing confusion prevails. For
a long period the single screw was pre-
ferred to the twin system in England,
and now in the German. American and
Russian navies triple screws are being
fitted. While these rivals are develop
ing the screw system, the British adj
miralty are looking to the turbine as a
possible means of securing in men-of-
war a speed hitherto regarded as I'M
attainable.
The British have been using the
Belleville boiler; the Germans are
building ships of war, not one or two,
but many, in which half the boilers
are cylindrical and half water tube. In
the British navy coal is exclusively
used; Russia is building ships in which
half the boilers will be heated by coal
and half by oil, In England two big
gum are mounted in the turrets of
battleships, fore al daft; the Ameri-
cans, in spite of the diversity of opin-
ion prevailing on the other side of the
Atlantic, are placing n turret on the
top OF the other, which is known as
the "superposed turret' system. Swe-
den is following the American fashion.
France is relying mainly on torpedo
boats; Great Britain is placing her
trust il t~orpedo-boat destroyers. Her
neighbors across the channel are mod
ernizing many of their older battle
ships; the English are concentrating
all their efforts on entirely new ships.
France hurriedly adapted an armor-
piercing shell for her fifty-ton guns;
the English experimental. and have
now a much superior projectile. The
great powers some years since estab-
lished pigeon lofts along their coasts
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
A TOWNS RAPID GROWTH.
Eject Of President Hayes Visit to .
Kansas village.

Eject Of President Hayes Visit to .
Kansas village.
Mr. George Clements of Kansas City,
a well-known knight of the sample
case. is responsible for the following
story:
Talk about the rapid growth of
cities. why, Neosho Falls, Kan, holds
the record. l think the town is still on
the map, but l won't be sure. At any
rate, l remember when the population
jumped in one day from 600 to 10000,
and the next day jumped back again.
1nis was merely occasioned by a fair,
and not a county fair at that, but SIM
ply a little crossroads celebration. 1t
was just after President Hays had been
elected. He was touring the West at
the time, and the citizens of Neosho
Falls secured a premise from him TO
attend their fair. The town was for
~tunately OF the line of a railroad, with
a service of two trains a day, but when
the company learned of the Presidents
proposed visit a gang of workmen at
once started to lay sidings. At least
a dozen were constructed around the
little frame station, together with a Y
for the convenience of the engines.
When the great day arrived the Presi-
dent was at hand, with several mem
bers Of his cabinet and a military es-
cort from Fort Riley. The railroad
company estimated that 10000 people
visited Neosho Falls that day, and I
dare say some of them are talking
about it yet. The next day the visitors
were all gone, for there were no hotel
accommodations, and nothing TO feed
them with. The gang of workmen
came back and tore up the sidings and
the Y, and the town again resumed its
normal p]acidity, just as though moth.
ing had happened"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
Naval Equipment
of the Present Day

The description Of the two armored
cruisers the Pennsylvania and Colora-
do, now building at the Cramps yards,
bring out the fact that they will be
packed with guns. Each vessel will
carry sixty-six pieces of ordnance,
ranging in caliber from the S-inch
breech loading, high-powered rifle to
the 1-pounder. Each vessel will mount
four 8-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns,
which will constitute the main batter
les. The auxiliary armament Is made
up Of eighteen 3-inch, twelve 3-pound-
ers, eight 1-pounders, two 3-pounder
field guns two machine guns and six
automatic pieces.
Such an armament reveals a tenden-
cy to return to the old method of CIV
ing a ship as many guns as she could
carry and serve effectively. In the old
days Of the sailing navy some OF the
lin~e-of-battle ships, notably the Penn
~sylvania, carried as many as 100 gun
Very few Of these pieces were OF heav-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
European Powers
Have Varying
Ideas of Warfare.

and spent large sums in breeding and
training suitable birds to carry COM
munications from ships of war to the
naval centers ashore the British ad-
miralty hesitated, at last established
three lofts, and now it is evident that
wireless telegraphy will supplant the
winged messengers of war.
These are examples of the disordered
state of naval opinion as it appears TO
any one who attempts to get a BIRDS
eye view of the tendency Of construc-
ton and equipment in the arsenals OF
the world. says the Nineteenth Cen
fury. Some of the powers are endeav-
oring to perfect flying machines which
will bring aerial warfare within the
realms of possibility; others are rely
ing on the feasibility of carrying de-
struction secretly beneath the waves.
There are persons again-and among
them one. of the most skillful nava
constructors under the admiralty-who
believe that in the near future a COM
plete revolution in the means OF nava
warfare may be Witnessed. They look
to the marshaling of ships in some
thing of the same order as land forces.
In their dream they see squadrons
afioat corresponding to an army divis-
ion on land, and comprising the three
arms, infantry, artillery and mounted
troops. The battle ships will be heav-
lily armored and will carry big guns,
but no torpedoes; the cruisers, built to
scout, will nave lighter guns. but will
be also without torpedoes, and, lastly,
torpedo craft will be innocent Of guns
of any type, even Of the smallest cali
Der, relying solely upon the weapon
that gives them their distinctive name.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
Warships Now Supplied
with All the Guns
They Can Garry

Ter caliber than the 80 or AZ Founders.
The 68-pounder was then regarded as
a very heavy caliber, and the larger
shell II was supplied but sparingly.
A ship like the Pennsylvania OF the
old days-she was burned at the Nor
folk navy yard in 18~61-required from
1000 to 1000 men to perform the du-
ties OF seamen and artillerists. The
broadside weight of metal thrown
from a ship of this class vas very light
as compared with one of her success
ors of today and the amount OF phys
ical labor required to produce this re-
suit was enormous The aggregate Of
metal thrown by twenty-five 42-pound-
ers each of which was served by a
crew of six sor eight men, would not
equal, or more than equal, the weight
of n modern projectile of the highest
type.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
T~urquoiaes in Asia.

Turquoises are the favorite stones Of
all the Mongol races, and are gener-
ally worn in their original state, ex-
cept by the Chinese women, who have
them roughly cut, and wear them
mixed with pearls and coral. Both
the Tibetan men and women ornament
themselves with lump turquoises, the
men wearing them attached to their
single gold earrings, which are worn
in the right ear only. The women of
Ladakh carry their fortunes on their
hands, in the shape of a broad strip
Of red cloth studded with huge tur-
quoises. which, starting from the fore
head, is carried over the head, and
hands nearly to the waist. These
peraks. as they are called, sometimes
cost as much as EGO. BY the Ladakhis
those turQuoises are preferred that
have little black specks on them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
I'VE have had to-day"

we nave udU tO-udv.
The grave that held her youth and
pointed to the water below, where a
boat rocked softly.
Come" he said.
Matilda moved slowly from him in
the direction Of the church spire.
The music" murmured the man
impressively. "is going down the other
street."
Where are we going?" asked Ma
ulda. She had stepped into the boat.
ITO q land Of mutual discovery" he
said gayly. 1T leads through winding
paths; perhaps it returns to the level;
perhaps 1t goes to the heights"
Mattlda's heart had leaped to her
throat at the look he gave her. 1t was
q strange proceeding for 30 aged a
heart that had put aside all youthful
folIies.
The boat moved slowly; the river
swept away into the forests depths.
Their laughter was the spontaneous
laughter Of two who find content in
each others presence; their silence
held no estrangement.
A purple mist settled on the blue
mountains that belted the distance;
from some near hill, a milkmaid's call
noated. The knowls above them were
massed In bloom. A deep. sweet hap
piness filed the woman's soul. 1t was
but just that life out of its fullness
should have given her this one last
day Of youth.
The boat turned homeward. The
sun. . ball Of IRE, was dropping behind
. far mountain peak. It was dragging
her Oh to . dream country from which
she would wake in a shiver. Alas,
that from dreams the dreamers awake.
But the boat crept on-in the perfumed
gloom the laurel crowned hills were
white. It vas still q dream. A school
girl dream come true. A castle built
on lonely evenings when the wind had
shivered and the thoughts were long.
long Thoughts castle turned to
cleaning marble.
an instant the man felt the pressure OF
her light weight; then h stood be-
side him on the river bank.
"Good-by." said Matilda. She held
out her hand; her eyes had q strange
sweetness-the sweetness OF . Joy re-
linquished ut birth, laid r%everently
away with her one day Of youth.
"Good-by," she faltsred, 1T grows
late"
"Good-by!" the man said, puzzled.
Then he laughed down into her eyes,
"Good-by until tomorrow"
I'VE have had to-day" said Matilda.
"And will have tomorrow" The
mans boat shot out into the stream.
Matilda climbed the hill that led to
the village-the dreary village. And
In the west where the day was fast
dying the star that first to the
waiting sky glowed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

Minister'S In Testing Humor.
When the Methodist ministers of
Philadelphia meet on Mondays there is
often a lack of decorum about the pro-
ceedfngs which would cause a stranger
to doubt il the assemblage were really
composed Of staid preachers Of the gos-
pei. One Monday the dignifed presi-
dent, DR.. William Bamford, pastor of
the Central church, Frankfcrd, ex-
pressed a desire to say a few words to
those present.
Suffer me a moment, brethreh," he
began.
How are we to suffer-" asked one
from the front benches.
Why should we suffer-" shouted
another.
How long will you make us suffer-"
called a third.
DR.. Bamford seemed slightly put out
by the testing, but made his little
speech, in which he criticised very
gravely those who had stayed down
stairs gosstping in the Methodist book
room while the opening prayer was
being offered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

The Holton Recorder tells an anus
ing story Of an Indian from the Potta-
watomie Reservation who visited an
oculist In Holton to get a pair of
glasses. The oculist seated him. and
went through the usual tests with
printed cards, eliciting from his Gus
toner but little comment as he tried
on the different lenses. At last. when
the oculist raj almost in despair. the
Indian pulled a couple of dice from
his pocket. threw them on the floor,
snapped his fingers as he grunted,
'Come seven!" and then smiled all
over his fat face when he found he
could distinguish the spots readily.
And the lesson seems to be that even
the unphilosophic red man has grasped
the immortal truth that the price of
success r painstaking attention to
matter Of equipment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
Age Of the Eggs.

The Backer und Konditorzeitunx
gives tie following method Of deter.
mining the age Of eggs az practiced In
the markets Of Paris: About air
ounces of common cooking salt ID put
into q large glass, which is then filled
with water. When the salt IL in solu-
ton an egg is dropped into the glass.
II the egg is only nj day old It imme-
diately sinks to the bottom: II any
older it does not reach the bottom Of
the glass. II three days old It sinks
only just below the surface. From i've
days upward. it floats; the older Il il.
the more It protrudes out OF the
water.~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

fearful tax on our working capacity.
It trebles the temptation to overeat-
ing; our champions stagger under the
weight of a physiological handicap:
one-half OF the functional energy OF
the system is diverted by the exigen-
cies OF digestion. No other hygienic
mistake has done SO much to make us
a generation of dyspeptics as the Gus
tom OF a~fter-dinner work. It's victims.
moreover, incur the risk OF CONTRACTING
the form OF moral dyspepsia called
pessimism. It tends to rob the work.
ing day Of it's reward.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
.what did you bury theref"

who were much nicer than whdte-mus-
lined. blue-ribboned. giggling girls"
"Out there" with = comprehensive
sweep OF her hand that took in the
world beyond the blue circle Of noun
tains: here" she pointed to the VIII
lags church spire that cut the blue
reach Of sky. - woman's life ends Ct
thirty. II she's unwed- She II . per-
s0nal grievance to every mai and
woman II the village. and % long a.
thersss breath ~ her body they feel
rsspcnsibls tor her and try to marry
hAr "a. IT. had enough whom q new
mea comes into the community; it,s
ehfvsry when ! mans left q widower-
q. how ! hats widowers!" She made
assure 0f despair.
Yen might try suicide" the man
0sEsstsd-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07
Reasons Advanced. for
tho Continued In
crease In Prices.

Skill and ingenuity have done about
all possible in the output of agricul-
tural machinery. This again puts the
East OF a basis Of profitable produc-
ton. Its farms are advancing in value
and many of those that were aban-
doned during the western boom are
being reclaimed. The most depressing
demand for help is now in the country,
and a vast amount went to waste dur
ing the last season because the labor
required in harvesting was not to be
had. Now there is a tide setting in
toward the country.
The income of the farmer is practi-
cally assured and the demands upon
his products are bound to increase with
each year. The means Of communica-
ton are greatly improved, new and
paying crops, such as beet sugar and
northern tobacco, are being raised; the
farmer is now in touch with the world
and the outlook for him was never
brighter.-Detroit Free Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-03-07

oSSAOy~A oCuVXLlornOrn Gall m,
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four months, when my husbanah.
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gist he advised him to get I,,Ss
Ptnkham's Vegetable Comsa
and Sanativo Wash. How IN
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