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MeLodran1a in Real Life.

The book. II the introduction be writ
ten in good faith. is the story Of ono
Of the saddest OF the innumerable trag-
edies of New York. and one which. in its
intensity. its loneliness. and its pathos
Is more or less typical. MeIodramatic
1t undoubtedly Is. but there is more or
less meIodrama IN real life. in spite Of
Mr. HoweIIs. Moreover, when all is safc
meIodrama is interesting If it is real
The reality Of this is one Of It's unde-
niable qualities
Arthur Stirling. his unknown friend IN
forms Us in the introduction, was a
young. seIf-educated man. with a burn
ing desire to become a great poet He
wrote about a year before his death a
tragedy in blank verse under the title
The Captive and while it Travelled
from one publisher to another he was
earning bare living at uncongenisI and
wretchedIy paid work, or simply waiting
and starving until the verdict should b
announced
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Fame Only Through Death.

A stranger bit of literary history per
haps has never ccme to he knowledge
of the reading world It is new and it Is
old. The pain and the passion in it are
as old as the artist. the working cut
new. Certainly only the twentieth cen
fury could have seen so strange an IN
SEPARATION IS the poets plan to take mis-
own life and lay bare the secrets Of mis-
own valley Of the shadow of death in
order that by this dramatic incident the
book of his heart might be known to The
world.
In an older man such a scheme might
have seemed egousm. but this was a
boy Of twenty-one and he believed that
he had written q work OF genius. Wheth-
er it was OF was not the great poem
he believed it TO be, the history of its
birth must have a tragic interest.
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Us AND VIEWS OF BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS

say that the poet and the novelist should
be willing to serve their apprenticeship.
earning their bread as other people Dc
and some of those who say il do not
know what poverty means. The beauty
OF poverty. Ike the beauty Of pain, IL
apt to be seen more plainly from the
outside. We have here a youth of TWEEN
ty-one, impetuous. ardent. not strong ir
physique, passionately devoted TO his
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Georges is the alIuring title
of a book on colonial customs
in Manhattan. BY Esther Single
ton. It is a miscellaneous collection
of information on the houses. clothing.
customs. furniture and manners of old
New York, and though the book natu-
rally VIII have especial interest for
those Americans whose names begin
with Van OF bear other signs Of having
been made in Holland, the life Of the
colonies was SO much after one pattern
that it will De fascinating reading for
anyone who cares for oid-time ways and
furnishings.
It is fully illustrated from photo
graphs Of heirIooms and from pictures
published in the newspapers OF the time.
The latter form quaint tailpieces for the
various chapters.
The period included is that between
1714 and 1T76. when the life OF the New
World was taking on some Of the fash
ions OF Europe People we're no longer
obliged TO struggle with primitive con
ditions. and the wealthy. and even the
well to do, we're able to set up their
housekeeping and conduct their social
affairs with a near approach to the ways
Of people Of the same class in London
Advantages Of the Period.
Indeed, the New Yorker. the Virgin
ian. and the BostonIan had some ad-
vantages in the way of luxurious living
which their relatives in England had
not The English country gentleman or
man OF standing in London might have
his trained cook and his welI-kept es-
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Unpleasant But Correct.

So much for the story OF this boy who
believed himself TO be a poet. For tbs
rest, the book has style; it has flashes
Of humor here and there. which might.
later, have grown to something more
genial than the bitter tragedy Of che
rest Of it; it is never for one page
drawing which are unpleasant but cor
rect Whatever else may be said about
it. It is an extraordinary book and
should it be followed by the publication
Of The Captive" we shall see whether
this unique heralding will do what the
living author could not. New York: D.
Appleton & Coz
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much about that as the man who has
starved.
Starvation is q much misused word.
You may ind a man eating comfortably
three meals day, and because he cannot
have seven courses at dinner. with wines.
be says he is living on starvation sal
airy. You may find a man earning a dol
lar day for all expenses. eating heartily
of coarse but abundant food. and he will
not say he is starving so long as he Is
not actually hungry.
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tate, but he could offer his guests no
such fish and game as we're brought to
the markets Of this country by the
backWoodsmen; he could command no
such extent Of country or hunting or
other outdoor amusements: and he
lacked the zest in enjoyment which
comes Of difficulty.
The Boys and Girls Of the Period.
There is every reason TO suppose that
the girls Of the eighteenth century in
New York had as delightful experiences
as those Of London. for their gayeties
had the charm Of novelty. and their cav
alters came to dinner or dance with
tastes unworn and enthusiasm unchfIIed.
As for the Inconvenience of the time.
the lack Of sanitary arrangements. Of
comfortable hOuse-furnishings. etc. they
were probably little greater in old New
York than in London. and scarcely no.
ttced by those who knew Of nothing bet
ter.
Precious Plate and China
such book as this c.sri~z one in
imagination back to the day- ra,ore the
Revolution. We see the quaia1 Uses.
theprecious furniture brought from PER
seas, the treasured china and silver
more Of the silver than Of the china
the stately life Of the day, and all that
belonged TO it, and no historical fiction
can SO wildly reproduce the real at
HosPhere Of the eighteenth century as
these furnishings, which have long SUR
vived their owners. but still express witt
singular accuracy the thoughts and char
acters Of those who made ana used them.
This. and no mere satisfaction Of idle
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curiosity, is the real value Of such a
work.
Novel Treatment Of the Subject.
The author has for the most part con
fined herself to the statement Of fact and
the quotation of old chronicles. Unlike
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle and her sister.
Frances CIary Morse, she does not &C
company these accounts with poetic and
charming fancies. and reflections on the
life of the time, but her work is none
the less interesting from this different
treatment Of the subject There are nu-
meTous extracts from old books and pa
pers. which are among the most enter
tanning features Of the work Here. for
example, is a description of New York IN
174S, by Kahn:
4 Glimpse at the Old Streets.
Most Of the streets are paved. az
cept in high places. where it has been
found useless. In the chief streets there
are trees planted, which in summer give
them fine appearance and during the
excessive heat at that time afford a cool
ing shade I found it extremely pleas
ant TO walk in the town, for it seemed
quite like a garden.
The trees which were planted for
this purpose are chiefly of two kinds.
the water beech is the nAst numerous.
and gives an agreeable shade a summer,
by its large and numerous leaves. The
locust tree is likewise frequent, its Gne
leaves and the odoriferous scent which
exhaIes from its flowers make It very
proper for being planted in the streets.
near the houses and in gardens. There
are likewise lime trees and eIms in
these walks. but they are not, by far, as
frequent as the others. One seldom
meets with trees Of the same sort ad-
Joining each other, they being in gen
eral placed alternately
The Night Singers.
Besides numbers OF birds OF all kinds,
which make these trees their abode,
there are likewise a kind of frog, which
frequent them in great numbers during
the summer. They are very clamorous
in the evening and in the nights (espe-
cially when the days have been hot and
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the poem and his journal with q letter
telling what he was about to do. and
requesting the friend to endeavor to
have the journal published, and II it
should sell to keep part of the money,
giving the rest TO a girl Who had 1nce
done typewriting for him. He directed
that the poem should be kept sealed for
Two years. then published if anyone
would take it, This friend is the author
OF The intrnductinn
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week. Pecuniarily I could not help him
for though he was poor. was scarcely
less so. At the time of his frightful
death I had not seen him for nearly
two notwithstanding to circumstances
which were in no way my fault, but for
which I cannot, nevertheless -, forgive
myself
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# Shakespeare
Wee RemCdrHdfed

II not presented in good faith, this
book would still win fame as the most
remarkable and tragic Of practical jokes
played upon the public. But as a fact
of fiction it is true book. It is alive
in every page. Moreover. after reading
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The Tragedy Of Failure.

The poem was refused by the publish
ers 20 whom he submitted it-there
were nine in all-and in WEAKNESS and
desperation he ended his life. seniing
to a literary friend the manuscript Of
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kTHE journal Of Arthur Stirling,
just published with an anony

sETHE Journal Of Arthur Stirling, -
just published with an anony-
nous introduction, undoubted-
Y VIII attract widespread ltten-
ion by the unique character of its
history. It is not usual for book 10
De read merely because of the circum-
stances in which it Was written. espect-
ally If. as in this case, the author IS
quite unknown TO fame; but that is like
ly to be the case with the remarkable
production in question. It surely will
arouse comment. criticism. sarcasm Gu
riosity, and more OF less sympathy; fur
ther than this no one can say just whas
will be its fate
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sonality is thus described by his
friend:
4 Stranger Among Millions

9'"7iitF - thu9 aE7'' ''N' ~
friend:
4 Stranger Among Millions
The writer of the journal herein con
tanned was not known. I believe. to
more than a dozen people in this huge
city in which he lived. I am quite Ger
tain that I and my wife were the only
persons he ever called his friends
met him shortly after his graduation
from college, and for the past few years
I knew, and I alone. of life of artistic
devotion of such passionate fervor as I
expect never to meet again.
4 SeB-Educafed Man.
Arthur Stirling was entirely self
educated man; he had worked at know
10. how many impossible occupations,
and Iabored in the night time like The
heroes one reads about He taught him
self to read five languages, and at the
time when J saw him last he knew more
great poetry by heart than any man of
letters that have ever met He was the
author Of one book, a tragedy in bank
verse. called The Captive that drama
forms the chief theme of his Jour
nal
He vas in appearance a tall. lark
haired boyle was really only boy
with singularly beautiful face IND a
strange wistfuI expression Of his eyes
that I think will haunt me as long rs I
live. ] made him, somewhat externally
and feebly. fear. one of the characters
in recently published novel.
That he was a lonely spirit will be
plain enough from mis- writings; ne lived
among the poverty haunted thousands Of
this city, without $50 he once told mel
ever speaking TO d living soul for q
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Social New York Under the Georges, -
IS Book Which Takes Us Back to
The Period of the EarlU Dutch Inhab-
itants of Manhattan, the Daus of Quaint
Things and Men. :. :. :. :. :, :,

go OCIAL New York Under the
Georges is the alIuring title
of book on colonial customs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-08
DEATH OF
THOS, WESTFALL
YOUNG MAN OF RITcHIEs COUNTY
PASSES AWAY AT KEssLER
HOSPITAL.
Remains Prepared for Burial and Ship
ped to His Home.-was Formerly
Employed in This City.

Thomas Westfall, young man OF
Auburn, Ritchie county, died at the Kess-
Ter hospital Thursday night. His death
resulted from a complication of diseases.
He was a sufferer from lung trouble and
was taken down with typhoid fever
The deceased is the son OF w. y. West
fan. former merchant of Auburn and
IS % years Of age. Some months ago he
was employed at Martin Brothers gro
eery in this city. He IS survived by two
sisters and two brothers, Simpson West
fan, a travelling man; Coon Westfall'
who travels for large wholesale hard
ware concern at Pmkersburg; Miss Cora
Westfall. who lives-with her father, and
Miss Losh WestfalL Of Parllersburs
The remains were taken in charge BY
the Clifford. Osborn Undertaking comPa-
ny and prepared for burial. Friday af-
ternOon they were shipped to Toll Gate.
and from there the body was taken to
Auburn, where the funeral viii occur.
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SHORT
STATE
STORIES
FoRGER ARRESTED AND HELD UN-
DER BOND FOR THE GRAND
JURY.
Pennsylvanians Make Heavy Investments
in Oil Properties Near St. Mays.
Other State Notes.

BENWo0D.-James conwell, who was
arrested early yesterday morning, on the
strength of statements that he made. in
which he proclaimed himself fugitive
from Justice for having killed his mother
in-law at Pittsburg, he sobered up yes
terday, and proved an aIibi, in showing
to the satisfaction Of Marshal Fmbee
that he had never been married
WEELsBURG.-Alrs. Margaret Fra
zier, widow Of the late John a. Frazier,
Of this city, who died at Scio, o., were
brought here for burial today. The fun-
eral took place from the home Of Mrs.
Clifford Smith. grand daughter OF the de-
ceased
WHEELING.-W. NJ. Smith. an em-
ploye Of the Wheeling Traction company.
was arrested by Detective oLeary on a
warrant sworn out by the company.
Smith, it appears, had but a few dollars
nav coming to him. and on learning that
one NJ. Smith had $l74O coming to him.
he signed a pay slip, forging NJ Smiths
name. and the money was paid over to
the wrong Smith. He wtls arraignea be-
fore Squire Fitzpatrick and was sent to
iail in default Of bond for $500
ST. MARYS.-J. c. Dinsmoore and
son of yanango county, Pa. have in
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SUCCESSFUL.
To the Highest Extent Was the Ice
Cream and Strawberry Festival
Given at the First Presby-
terian Church.

Tie ice cream and strawberry festival
given at the First Presbyterian church
Thursday evening was highly SUCCESS
ful affair." From Z to Il o'clock the la
dies Of the church served delicious crcaas
and berries 10 large number. Those
who attended the social not only enjoyed
the delicacies served them, but were
greatly pleased with the generous hos
pitality accorded them by the ladies. The
affair was given for the benefit Of the
church choir. The net proceeds amounted
10 a trirc under $50, and this sum is to
20 towards the salary of Prof. johns,
The newly appointed musical director Of
the choir The festival was the first one
Of the season, and the guests who were
50 royally entertained were very urgent
in their request that it should not be
the last one.
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MAYOR HESS
GOT DRUNK
MannhgtOn's Chief Executive Got on 4
TOOt m MOundsyiIle and was Ar
rested and Fined.

About II o'clock yesterday morning
Police Officer Bennett noticed a tall slen-
Ger young man at the B. 8 o. depot, who
appeared to have on board more enthus-
iasm than was congenial to the. ladies'
and gentlemen about the station. The
officer took hold of the gentleman, who
Indignantly informed him that he was
the mayor of Mannington and an Elk
The officer informed him that he was
no respector of persons and did not care
if he was president of the United States.
and marched him to the mayors Office.
A fine of 81 and costs, $500 in all was
imposed upon Mr.. Hess, (for it was the
city Dad of Mannington) and he was al
lowed to go his way. -NEr. Hess upon
meeting the officer who arrested him,
short time afterwards, congTatulated'hiin
for discharging his duty and invited the
officer to have a drink. The offer vas
good naturedly misunderstanding. ]
correspondence to the Wheeling Register
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UNUSUALLY BIG SUIT
INSTITUTED in COURT
Pennsylvania Coal Spectators are.
Sued For a Large Amount Said
Yet to be Due on the Sale
ofLarge Coal Tracts in
Harrison and Dod-
bridge Counties
twenty-five Thousand Acres Valued at Nearly a
Half Million Dollars are InvoIved-ShOrt
History of the Case According to Depo-
sitions of the Plaintiffs

A suit of unusual proportions has been
instituted in the circuit court here. The
plaintiffs are George NJ. Price J. NJ
Browufeld, A. Howard Fleming, James
R. Linn, L. Evans Lynn, A. L. Lehman,
Lamar c. Powell, Thomas W. Fleming,
WV. Freeman, and the defendants are
J. S. Douglas, A. F. Cooper, J. Q. Van
Swearingen, John P. Conn, j. Q. Van
Swearingen, trustee.
The object of this suit is to obtain
\ decree recovering the sum of $3O,s29.l2
in favor of the plaintiff against the de-
PENDANTS, ]. S. Douglas and John P. Conn,
and the enforce the payment OF the same
by enforcing a lien of an attachment is
suel in said cause and levied upon a.,
Ol2.lO5 acres of coal land with the usual
mining rights and privileges situated in
Harrison county and Doddridge county,
West Virginia.
The property involved is situated south
Of the Baltimore s Ohio railroad, the
eastern line starting at Bristol, and it
extends in a southwestern direction to
Middle Island in Doddridge county. As
has already been stated it consists of
about s5,OOO acres Of coal land.
On January II, 1901, according to depo-
sitions taken IN the case in behalf of the
plaintiffs they entered into a contract
with the defendants, agreeing to sell
them I5,OOO,at $l4.5O an acre. Later
they agreed to sell them 5000 acres more
at SIS an acre and still later another
5,OOO-acre tract at SIS.
One June :, 1901, the plaintiffs pooled
their Interests, giving them iive-eishths
of the property and Douglass got one;
fourth for Sl7,5OO. Several thousand
acres were conveyed to sweariugen. As
trustee, for the agreed price of $2l7,5OO.
and Douglass 5000 acres at $l35,ls2.92.
making an aggregate price Of $352y6s2.92,
The farmers and other owners of the
property were paid s243,5Os.TS, and the
cost Of sruvey, abstracts and deeds
amounted to $4,000, making a total
original cost of s267,5s9.73.
There appears to have been a profit
of little over $S5,OOO Douglas and
Conn have paid to the plaintiffs S29S,5SO.
leaving balance OF $54.lo2.4O. of this
amount the plaintiffs claim $32s29.
The suit is expected to attract much
attention among the lawyers and liti'
gants at this bar.
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THE DUST
Time is at Hand to Get the Street Sprin-
kler in operatiOn-Liberal Pat
rOnage is Needed.

The dust on the streets has begun to
Nv and prove itself a nuisance. Last
year George AIurray's street sprinkler op-
Grated very successfully in the business
positions of the city and the nuisance
was overcome. The cost of operating a
street sprinkler is much more than some
people imagine and IN order to have its
advantages this year there must be suf-
fieient subscribers to Justify it. Mr.. Muir
ray will continue to operate the sprinkler
if the people desire and manifest that
desire by their patronage. 1t is to be
hoped that they win see their way clear
to do this. All its advantages can be
had for nominal sum from It's subscrib-
ers. An expression of their intentions in
the matter should be given at Onec,-as
the use of IT IS already badly needed.
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DELEGATE
Was Frank Stout by His Fellow Wood
men to the Head Camp to Be Held
in Indianapolis Next Month.

The state camp of the Modern Wood,
men of America in meeting at Parkers-
burg. has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
Homer B. Woods, HarrisyilIe, State
Consul.
Fred B. Wilson, Huntington, State
Clerk.
S. \. Moore, Keyser, Advisor.
James Rusk, Charleston, reelected
Banker.
The delegation to the Head Camp to be
held in Indianapolis next month are W
Frank Stout, of Clarksburg; DR.. E. X.
Wilson. of Romney, and J. H. Connolly
OF Parkersburg.
The next biennial meeting of the State
Camp will be held in Warrington.
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COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
AT THE WEST VIRGINIA CONFER
ENCE SEMINARY AT BUcKHAN-
NON WILL BE OF INTEREST.
Dr.. Levi Gilbert, Editor of Weston Chris
tian Advocate, VIII Deliver the
BaccaIaureate Address june "A.

The commencement exercises Of the
West Virginia Conference Seminary at
Buckhanon viii begin the last day Of
this month. Sunday morning, the 3lst,
the baccalaureate sermon win be preach
ed BY President Wier The annual SER
mon viii be preached in the evening by
Presiding Elder Grummett. Commence
ment day proper will be the 4th of June.
DR.. Levi Gilbert, editor of the Western
Christian Advocate, will deliver the bac-
ealaureate address on that day. The
oratorio Of Elijah will be given on the
evening Of the Sd OF June. by the Con
seratory Of Music. Other days Of the
week viii be fully occupied with various
exercises. It is expected that this will.
be the most interesting commencement
the institution has ever had. 4 num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen OF note are
expected to be present. The Seminary
has had a very prosperous year in evry
rspect. The Baltimore s Ohio railroad
will issue excursion certificates at one
and one.third frst-elass fare. These ex-
tend from May 2Gth to June 5th, max
ing return trip good on June sth. The
certificates can be had from the presi-
dent Of the seminary. and can be used
at any ticket agency in West Virginia.
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SHOWING
OF Oil in the Williams We'll in the Salem
District at Thirteen Feet in the
Gordon Sand.

Credit balances $l5s; certificates no
bid.
shipments, CPemsylvania), S4,57s
barrels; average, 97526; barrels; runs
9s 92s barrels; average, Gs.49o barrels
Shipments qimal 56,Oo2 barrels; az
erage Cs,775 barrels; runs, G4675 bar
rels; average, 1926 barrels.
In the salem district, this county, the
South Penn has drilled it No. 8 on the
u. NJ Williams farm Is feet into the
Gordon sand and has light show ot oil,
In The Folsom district, Wetzel county
the South Penn Oil company's No. on
the HalI.Pricc farm is holding up at 100
barrels, No. 3 J. L. Price At 100 barrels
and No. / Peterson Price at 100 barrels
a day. !
The South Penn b drilling in at q
feet in the stray at its test on the Ben
Higgins farm and has no show OF oil
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-08
GRAND COUNCIL
Meeting of the West Virginia Improved
Order of Red Men at Hinton At
tended by clarksburg Del
egatiOn.

D. R. Reed, A. P. Monroe and Charles
W. Lee have returned from the Grand
Council meeting of West Virginia, of the
Improved Order of Red Men held at Hin
ton, Tuesday and Wednesday. They
went as delegates from the local lodge
Of Red Men. The Grand Council was
largely attended. On Tuesday there was
a large parade, in which all of the del
egates participated, and on Wednesday
night the Daughters of Pocahontas, a
branch organization of the order, served
banquet for the lodge men.