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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
OF GRIM WAR APPROPRIATE TO MEMORIAL DAY

below her long, thin line of faint blue stretched far beyond the village. The line moved, but it~remained unbroken. It passed fences, swept through or chards crossed the run. It's movements reminded the widow of the ripple a strong breeze makes in growing grass. The blue line seemed to bow gracefully here and there as grass dips and lifts It's head again. There was faint shimmer in the blue line. As it came nearer, 1t, too, paused near road be- hind fence. Then it was tipped with lire. The sharp rattle of musketry was borne to the widows ears.
 From that moment on the air was filled, the widows ears were deafened, With the merciless rain of lead and iron nall that poured steadily, unceasingly, all that afternoon upon the ranks of men swaying, advancing and retreating as they contended over four miles of ground that drank their blood greedily.
 Out of the dimness and vagueness of confused masses twisting in tangled lines wherever she looked the widow slowly discerned stream of wagons
 
 They moved slowly at first; so slow that the road became blocked. Then the cries and paths of the suffering, the awful groans and rnoans of the dying drove the widow into the farthest part of her spring house in an ecstasy of fear and horror.
 But the imagination of a terror strick- en woman is greater than contempla- ton of actual suffering. Soon the wid- ow emerged from the spring house again. Gods sunlight, stained as it was, Gods beautiful earth. blasted, torn ruthlessly as it was by wicked men. was blessed relief from the sensations she experienced while seeking refuge in the earth. @ '.-, #.
 So, standing there in the door of her spring house with the never ending chill of fear at her heart now, the Wid- ow Lacy looked and listened like one in a day dream more frightful than a nightmare. ...
 She could hear and distinguish voices now as question and answer followed. Vague apprehensions of defeat commit nicated themselves to the throng of men gathered on the roadway near her house. A single expression aroused her-"Battery B. With strained ear she hung on the response that followed.
 Captain Lacy's battery will be here in an hour. Our orders are to remain here and support him.
 "Is Lacy all right?' The widow clinched her hands. Oh. for the strength to pierce that crowd of men and horses.
 He was all right fifteen minutes ago." .as
 Jack-her son Jack was alive!
 Suddenly a cannon shot fairly cut it's way through the throng, leaving a quivering mass lying on the ground where sturdy, brave men stood mo- ment before.
 The widow was shading her eyes with her hands trying to banish the horrible vision when the earth trembled under the sound of horses l1oofs, and a battery crossed the slope like whirl- wind, to be checked behind her bank of sweet peas.
 An officer rode rapidly along the edge of the broad road. The way was now
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
Chess Nm China.

The Chinese are passionately fond of all games of skill and chance and in particular of chess. The Chinese form of the game closely resembles the Euro pean method, but is usually played with flat wooden disks with their distinctive marks written upon them. Servants begin to play the moment their masters back is turned. and men and women. boys and girls, sent on errands will stop in the street and play.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

from oil. water and air. furnish thS power.
 A party of forty-three landed proprie-| tors from Germany are making tours of this country for the purpose of studying our agricultural methods They are under the guidance of an offi- cial of the agricultural department
 In 1902 no fewer than 40,401 persons emigrated from Ireland, all of whom except 211 were natives. Since 1851 neSrly 100000 have left their Irish hemes for the colonies or United States
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

were Americans. The works comprised 1856 oil paintings, $500 water colors and 300 sculptures.
 Rabbi Hirsch says that if Jesus Christ could return to the earth tomor- row he would be welcomed in every Jewish synagogue in the land. He says that the Jews always loved and ad- mired Christ, who was crucified by a Roman governor at the instigation of a few jealous priests.
 It is said that vast coal fields in cen tral Illinois are to be absorbed by 8
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

idly to the vessel itself, doing away with gun carriages. It has no prope1- ling power except for purposes of di- recting the. fire.
 The Bible is now widely read in h. dia. At Singapore it is stated the Brit ish and Foreign Bible society sell the Scriptures in over seyenty-five lan- guages and dialects. The Bible has also been translated into sixty-six of the languages and dialects of Africa.
 Of the 522 painters represented at the new salon in Paris this year foPty-one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

and Lee met in the shock of battle so often, the earth drank mems blood so freely, that the most embittered sick ened of the slaughter.
 More men were drafted, more enlist ed, and all marched away never to re- turn save when now and then some wreck wanting a leg stunped through the village or some armIess man came back with gaunt, fever stricken com- panions to gather up strength to begin the world anew at
 A crisis sharpened the apprehension of the unlettered. The scented clerk left his desk in the city and stood shoulder to shoulder with the raw and awkward country boy. .r .<
 One morning Git was about a month after Jack was promoted) his mother
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

 ger, then suddenly ceases. Just so it rose on that July morning when the earth trembled under the tread of the armed hosts that marched toward Get. tysburg.
 There was a time when the widow neglected her flowers; when she sat on her porch with her sewing or knitting upnoticed, her hands lying motionless in her lap, while she seemed to be gag ing at nothing, unless it was the line where the earth and sky met in the west.
 The broad road crossed the hills there. Perhaps she was thinking of her soh Jack, who was away somewhere; she never knew exactly where. Jack was marching with the hosts that swelled the ranks of the Union armies. But one day the widow received a letter that brought tears and brightness to her face again. r..
 Jack was promoted. It wasn't the money, he wrote; 1t was the honor. He was the youngest captain in his divi- sion. But above everything else, it was the certainty that he would obtain a few days furlough. If 1t was only for one day, he would hasten home to her.
 So the widow resumed, life again where it had apparently snapped off when Jack marched away. Everything appetizing and healthy grew apace in her garden. Her flowers were the envy of all her neighbors. But her sweet peas! They were the marvel of all who passed that way. In height, thickness and beauty they surpassed all that eyes had ever witnessed. .--
 It was Archie Ray, an old flame of the widows, who said one day:
 Dashed if ever see anything like them vines, Mrs. Lacy! Must be an uncommon growth you've got. Why, man coming along the lane back there can't see your house till he gets bang up against 1t. I'd given all was paid for hghting in Mexico just to get behind q screen like that at Monterey. Why 1t d mask battery nicely.' t-
 Twenty good yards across the end of her lot the sweet peas stretched. The travellers on the great thoroughfare saw a mass, blaze of lovely variegated color. The widows senses told her that they were as delicate, those flowers, as sweet and as fragile as the babes that had lain in her arms brief time and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
Can You Do This ?

Get bottle of white glass, and on the bottom of the cork fix hooked pin. Any kind of a hook will do so long as you can suspend from it piece of thread. The thread must go inside the bottle. but before dropping it inside att tach something heavy to the other end of it. This will hold it perfectly straight and rigid inside the bottle. Now. one day when the sun is strong propose to your friends to cut the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

thread inside the bottle without injur-
 ing the bottle or removing the cork.
 They will doubtless smile at your offer.
 Ask one of them to seal the cork with wax. This will remove any idea of un- fairness on your part. Then proceed into the garden and with magnifying glass concentrate the rays of the sun on the thread. The heat will soon cut 1t in two, and you will be able to prove to your friends that an apparently impos- sible feat has been accomplished.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

clear. What approximations and plead- ing and threats had failed to accom- plish was accomplished only too we'll by the shot that maimed and killed scores. The distance was not great. The wid- ow beheld her son.
 While the horses paved and snorted the battery that had leaped up the hill behind the sweet peas as if sped there
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
THE HEDeEHoe,s OPINION.

When people come picnicking under my hedge, They might leave some fragments for
 me- The hedgehog exclaimed as he looked in
 the pan, Which was empty as empty could be. ''But therer' he went on in the crossest of
 tones Ere he scuttied away to his lair. Ducks are terribly greedy, as every enc
 knows; They are regular pigs. declareP'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
Noah,a New Role.

While teaching a class of girls in al school recently the master asked the| following question: What %as Noahl supposed to be doing when the animalsI were going into the ark?" He received several answers. At last little girl put up her hand.
 Well" he said, what do you say?''
 Taking the tickets. sir"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

pupils she wrote it on the blackboard and asked her pupils to compose sen- tences containing the word. One little girl came in too late for the definition, but concluded to take her part in the exercises nevertheless. Her sentence was as follows: "Our dogma has three puppies"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
NEAR AND FAR.

The president has included all the schoolteachers in the Philippines with In the classified civil service.
 Since November, 1897, when the first German sailors were landed and pos session was taken of Kiaochau, north China, which covers an area of 20S.4 square miles and counts 80,000 inha bit lnts. the German government has spent S11. 300. 900 on it.
 The New York legislature has passed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

then were recalled by the, Giver of all bounty. She rejoiced now that Jack had laughingly put the trellis higher even than she had desired.
 When the locusts began to sing that year, the air pulsed quicker with wars alarms. The vast armies under Grant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

bill making eight miles an hour the maximum speed for automobiles in any section where the houses are less than 100 feet apart and within mile of any post office. It provides imprisonment for an operator after the third offense.
 Anson Phelps Stokes, the philanthro- pist, has invented floating battery which he claims will carry enormous guns and be impregnable. It is of glob- ular shape and has guns attached rig
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

bake oven. Standing there, she strove to regain her self command. The clam or of battle filled the summer air.
 Infantry. cavalry, artillery, swarmed over the open space back of the woods. They occupied all the ground; a vast multitude blurred the slope. And away
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

ship in distress they fire rocket to her.
 This kind of rocket isN simply stick to which is attached a light rope. If the aim is true, the rocket strikes some where in the ships rigging, and the rope dangles upon deck. The sailors
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
Her Definition of '.Dogma."

A teacher is said to have experienced the following: After explaining the meaning of the word dogma" to her
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
By David Lowry

IE Widow Lacy loved sweet peas, and it is of her great bank, her monster wall, of sweet peas I am thinking now as the locusts' song swells, grows fa;~4 ,.i.oa ~aSy, ztrNYa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
WW WHEN you go to Washington do AAH not fail to visit the head
 quarters of the United States

IILS SdVIIIS sSIVICe, WI4cIS Q may be seen all the apparatus human ingenuity has as yet devised to rescue people from wrecked ships. This noble life saving service is maintained all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

Copyright, 1908,
 By David Lowry
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07

FuL INJuRIES
WINE ALSO cHoKRD HIM-As-
SAULT RESULT OF BEING OR
DERED orr PREMISES.
Warrant Sworn Out Against Him for the
Assault.-victin,s Face Of Amor
NAL Sine and Shape.

Wyatt Taylor. colored, hostler for the
Drs. Ramsey. made complaint before
Squire james \. David Saturday morn
ing, against Roy Wine, charging him
with assault and battery, and war
rant to that effect was issued by the
magistrate against Wine.
Taylor is 10 years OF age and not
very stout of physique. He Is peacea-
BILE man and says that he attends strictly
10 his own business and not even INDUCES
in cuss words His face showed evidences
of having been very badly battered. Big
knots stuck out below both eyes and
his cheek bones were of abnormal size
and shape.
According to his story, Taylor had
gone after the doctors horses ut the
stable in Glen Elk just below the bridge.
He had orders from the owners to permit
no one to trespass on the property. Wine
came along about . o'clock and tres
passed ON the place. Taylor informed
him that that could not be allowed, and
Wine then cursed him, threw him down
and kicked him in the face. A wrestle
followed, and. as Taylor was about to
get up, Wine punched him three times
with his fist on the other side of the
face. He also choked him. Taylor made
no effort to fight him, and, therefore, af-
fiicted no punishment ON his assailant.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
SUICIDE pREvENTED.

The startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide had been discov-
cred viii interest many. A run down
system, or dependency invariably pre-
cede suicide and something has been
found that viii prevent that condition
which makes suicide likely. At the first
thought of self-destruction take Electric
Bitters. 1t being great tonic and nerv-
inc will strengthen the nerves and build
up the system. It's also q great stom-
ach, liver and kidney regulator. Only
Soc Satisfaction guaranteed by Frank
G. Blan. druggist.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
WANTS
TO THWART
JUTIC e
Upshur County Citizen pleads Bankrupt
cy to Get Out of JAN for Nom
Payment of Fines.

1nthe federal court Friday at Parkers-
burg the habeaus corpus case of Jacob
KiIlenburger, of Upshur county, was call
ed and continued to Clarksburg, October
10th.
This case involves a novel question,
and one whose final decision will be
watched for with great interest by the
legal profession. The facts are these:
Jacob Killenburger, an old German far
nier OF Upshur county, was tried in that
court for violation of the revenue laws,
and lines were assessed against him. Up
ON capias profines he was arrested and
placed in jail for the nom payment of
these fines.
Having no property he fled petit
ton in bankruptcy, giving the state mo-
tice to prove her claims and asked for
his discharge from jail. This being de-
MED, he brought the case before Judge
jackson on habeas corpus, alleging in
his petition that he is confined in Jail
against the provisions of the bankruptcy
laws.
The question arising upon these facts
is whether fines payable to the state are
provable claims in bankruptcy. If they
are, his adjudication releases him from
further liability, under the state law.
If not, he must stay in jail until the
fines are paid.
This question has never been settled
by the court of last resort, and the
authorities upon it are conflicting. Some
years ago Judge Jackson had similar
case before him, and held that fines ore
prcvable claims. As his decision In that
case was made upon careful investiga-
ton of the authorities, It Is not likely
that he win reverse his original de-
cision. The state is preparing to carry
the case up to the higher courts for q
definite settlement Of the principles In
volved. The point has an important bear
ing upon the criminal procedure of the
state.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
RE-uHIoN
AND BASKET PICNIC.

The committee appointed at a meet
ing of Union soldiers held at the court
house March 2sth last, have decided to
hold reunion and basket picnic at
the old fair gounds in Clarksburg on
Tuesday, August 25, 1908.
All Union soldiers residing in Harri-
son county, with their families and
friends, are cordially invited to attend.
and once more meet their comrades and
renew the associations of former years.
BY order of the committee.
HENRY RAYMOND.
Chairman.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
HELD FOR
GRAND JURY
wa. Chan Craven, Who j. Charged
With Entering House IN Glen Elk
and Stealing Property Belong
ing to I. ]. Webster.

Chan Craven, alias Frank hin, charg-
ed by /. J. Webster with entering AIRS.
cunningham's home in Glen Elk Thurs
day evening and stealing from his room
q sl5 suit of clothes and IS silverine
watch, was arraigned before Magistrate
" s. Riley Friday evening at ! o'clock.
He waived examination and was bound
over to circuit court in the penal sum Of
$500. He was not prepared to furnish
bond and was sent to Jail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
CLkRKSBURe ARGHlTECT
Gets Orders for Preparing Rlans for
Handsome New Buildings at

Architect E G. s Holmboe, Of the arm
of Holmbce 3 Iafferty, returned Friday
night from Belington and Philippi, whore
he has been on business connected with
his firm. At the latter place he secured
the order for preparing plans and spec
i6cations for the new addition to the
National bank building, and submitted
bids for new hotel building and new
school building. The contracts are all
large ones. The bank building, to which
IN addition is to be erected, was built
by this firms plans about a year ago.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
END Of plTIER F1eHr.

Two physicians had long and stub
born fight with an abcess on my right
lung" white J. F. Hughes, Of DnPoat,
Ca and gave me mp. As a last resort
I tried DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. The benefit 1 received wa.
strilsig and / was ON nay feet In few
days. Now I've entirely reeained my
heaith.s II eonquers all coughs. colds
and throat and lung trouble. Gnaran-
teed by Frank G. Biand's drug store.
Prise SOC and si.oo Trial bottles free.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
BAND cHALLENcE WILL BE ISSUED.

The Northview band is preparing to
issue challenge TO the ClarlSsburg OPP
era House band for $50 contest in a
concert to be given on the fair grounds
the afternoon of the first day of the APP
preaching fair. The band which proposes
to issue the challenge is composed mostly
of boys, but it does some very efficient
work, and, of course, the other band
must take cognizance of the challenge.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07

Murder may vet Be the result Of q
mos. brutal ana vicious assault made by
Allen fs1tsSa and three OF four others
st AdansI6a FEidas evening At about
80 s'ri5kk "a a iexander Herricls, broth
u II lie Azsyrian merchant, Thomas
! in.s. 5. that place. The first news
41f1g.ll here WAS by Charley Hefricls
and islt dozen OF his own nationality,
N..o apnSatsd IN the sherifss Office at .
o'eIpsS "a al excited manner and inform.
I'd SlssiR Fleming that the man was
dssg Asa been murdered, and finally that
be lsxel a nttle.r They labored un-
der extreme excitement and 1t was with
difficulty that the sheriff understood
,1eni II Ill when he finally learned
lie situation. he sent them to Squire Ri
l14 IA whose Office the scene in the sher-
ill's ONCE was e-enacted. The magis-
trste was convinced that a terrible
crime had been committed and he made
in possible speed to the scene. Upon
his arrival at the Herrick abode he
found the room swarming with excited
foreigners, al jabbering at once. BE also
found the victim Of the murderous as
ssult IN stupor, although physician
Had been there and dressed his wounds.
The magistrate was unable, In the
eiamors excitement and confusion to learn
the details Of the bloody affair, but
s56n became convinced that there were
good grounds for the issuance of war
Tant against johnson and his confed-
crates 81 the dastardly and cowardly at
tempt b snurder the foreigner. He re-
burned TO his office and awaited develop
ments Then warrants were issued for
Johnson and Others, whose names the
magistrate refused to disclose, and they
were placed in the hands of Constable
Merritt to execute.
From what can be learned of the af-
fray It appears that johnson and his
companions were standing along the
railroad track when Herrick came along,
As he was passing them they asked him,
with an oath, where he was going. He
made some reply to the effect that it was
none Of their business. Then they grab
S bed him and made the assault ON him,
striking him ON the head with bowl
( der, fractnring the skull, it is stated, and
causing concussion of the brain.
One Of the women of the Herricls
household, holding baby in her arms,
saw the attack made and she rushed to
Herrickss assistance. She laid the baby
down ON the way and then one OF the
ritfiians hit her In the back with stone.
3 Another picked up a large stone and
they gathered around the child, and
made motions as if to crush its head
with it
It Is also claimed that when they
struck Herriess, they knocked him against
. passing train and that the car step
struck him ON the head, but this story is
tiiseredited.
Latest reports from the injured man
are to the effect that his condition is.
efiticai and there IS more .nan a proba-
biiity that he may die. The attending
physician hopes, however, that he will
pail through.
The Others Implicated in the matter
are said to be two men named Ayers
and two fellows by the name of Ken
dan.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
Piles. letter. Eczema.

Boro-C arbol Salve viii cure blind,
bleeding or itching piles where all other
ointments have failed. 1t absorbs the
tumors. aliays the itching at once, acts
like poultice and gives instans relief.
Boro-Carbol Salvc is prepared expressly
for piles, letter, eczema, and all itching
skin diseases. Sold on n guarantee-no
cure. no pay. Now e5c per box. Sold by
Wells & Haymaler.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07

Henry Randolph. a colored cook at the
Metropolitan hotel, met with painful
= ~ Thursday night IN the kitchen Of
che hotel BE was engaged IN hacking
hr<4k FOR bread and butter pudding.
when he struck the index finger OF his
Isit hand with The butcher knife, cutting
4 y ne bone and making 4 very PAIN
~ injury. Anspntstion WIN not be nee
ss',sy psiess blood poison sets IN.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-08-07
THE DEATH pEnALrY.

A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insignificant
cuts or puny boiis have paid the death
penalty. Il is wise to have Bucklenss
Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best
saive on earth and win prevent fatality,
when burns, sores, ulcers and piles
threaten Only ese at Frank G. Biand's