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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
AN ELECTRIC MACHINE.

How TO Make an InstPuetivo 10Y
VITA q Lamp Chimney.
Take q straight lamp chimney and
put a band Of tin foil round Its center,
fastened with little mucllage. Gum
narrow strip of the same along the
side from the edge up to within half
an inch Of the center band. Now get a
chimney brush and around the bristles
wrap a silk handkerchief and then
briskly rub the interior Of the glass
tube, being careful that your hand does
not touch any Of the tin foil. If you do
this in the dark every time you draw
your brush out Of the cylinder you will
behold a magnificent spark leap across
the space between the two bands Of
tin foil, showing that you have electri.
led the chimney by friction. Now sur.
round the central piece of tin foil with
a piece Of iron or brass wire, to whose
banging end you hang thin strips Of
rice paper. Rub the interior Of the
chimney brlskly, this time, however,
introducing your brush into that part
3oE the, chimney on the outside Of which
the long. thin tin foil is glued. The met.
al band will become charged with cleo.
tricity, which will be transmitted to
the slips of rice paper through the
wire. and you will see the slips Of paper
stand out horizontally. You will thus
have demonstrated:
First-That bad conductors of cleo.
triclty, such as glass, become electrified
by friction.
second,-That good conductors, such
as tin foil and wire, transmit the cleo.
tricity from a charged body (the glass;
to unchanged bodies (the paper. :
Third.-That bodies charged with the
same kind of electricity repel each 9th
er (the paper. Choose q fine, dry day.
and ifin addition you thoroughly dry
the glass and handkerchief 1t will guar.
antee success every time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09

IN the state Of Colombia there ID d
large ant (Atta cephalotesl which
causes a great deal OF Injury to plants-
lions. II attacks and carries Oh indls-
criminately all kinds Of foliage, and no
sort Of vegetation seems to come amlss
to II. The quantity Of foliage carried
Oh by these ants 10 immense. A natu-
Ealist recently investigated the uses to
which the ants put this mass OF vege-
table matter. and he ascertained that
they employ It to make hotbeds upon
which their eggs are deposited to be
hatched by the heat produced by the
fermentation OF the leaves. The ants do
not eat these portions for food, and the
larym are fed upon carefully selected
diet Once the brood 10 Matched the
ants clear away the hotbed, carrying
out Of their nest all the deccmpoSed
vegetable matter. This u thrown out
in heaps apart, and IN the large ant
hills these heaps VIII contain bushels
and upward.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
ia cnnlh IA rrnn4nh

Rev. Richard Cecil, who lived to be a
greatly useful minister, was born in
London in 174s. When a boy he was
strong willed, but brave, straightfor-
ward and thoroughly to be trusted,
hating all that was mean, shufing or
deceitful. One day his father, who
had business in the city, took little
Dick with him and left him in the door
of the East India house, telling him
to wait there till he should finish his
business and return to him. Taken up
with other matters, his father forgot
all about him and left the house by
another door. Richard in the evening
was missed by his mother. His father,
now remembering where they had
parted, said, depend upon 1t, he IL
still waiting for me where left him"
Immediately returning to the spot,
there, to be sure, he found poor Dick
faithfully waiting, as he had been for
hours and as he had been ordered to do:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
puttermIIk Rrenh-

The evening before baking butter.
milk bread bring to the boiling point
two quarts Of buttermllk and pour into
crock in which a scant teacupful Of
sifted flour has been placed. Let stand
till sufficiently cool and add half a
cupful of yeast and flour to make a
stiff batter; the better and longer the
sponge is stirred the winter will be
the bread. In the morning sift the
-four into the bread pan, pour the
sponge in the center, stir In some Of
the flour and let stand until after
breakfast. Mix, kneadlng for about
half an hour, the longer the better.
When light, mold into loaves, this time
molding as little as possible. This
makes four loaves and forty biscuits.
The secret of good bread. SO the orig
inator of this recipe says, is having the
best yeast and not baking too hard.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
AnuMINTuM naa poAcnrR.

durability has been attained by making
1t considerably heavier than that at
first made. A useful device at once
so simple and ingenious that one i'm.
mediately falls to marveling that It
was not invented long ago is that Of
an aluminium kettle with automatic
hinged cover. The cover Is opened and
closed automatically by lowering and
raising the handle. The steam egg
poacher depicted shows one Of the clev-
er uses to which aluminium has lately
been put 1t consists Of an outside pan
for water, an inner one for cereals or
other foods, set Of shallow cups for
eggs or oysters and a set of deep cups
for custards and puddings.- Brooklyn
Eagle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
The Flrat Enrlluh slave rrnd.r.

The First English Slave Trader.
Sir John Hawkins was the first Eng.
llsh slave trader. BE formed a com.
pany composed OF the leading men Of
London and fitted out three Hmall ships,
which sailed in 1862, Later Queen
Elizabeth lent Hawkins Jesus, a large
Rhip OF her own OF 100 tons, and took
shares in the second African company.
She not only equipped the ship, but put
100 soldiers on board to provide for
contingencies. On the second voyage
Hawkins bought 400 negroes and had
a narrow escape from losing them ow.
ing to the lack of water when he was
near the equator. But, as he piously
recorded in his log, 'The Almighty God
would not suffer his elect to perish and
sent a breeze which carried them safe
to Dominica" This was the beginning
Of the slave trade, which lasted for
more than two centuries before it was
finally suppressed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
nnrmoninnn nrnnnlnr

To dress in harmony with the com.
plexlon comes naturally to- some WON.
en-, by others 1t has been or can be ac-
quirsd. A brunette generally looks
well in cream color, for she has re-
produced the tinting Of her skin in her
dress. Women who have forid com.
plexlons look well in various shades Of
plum and hellotrope. also In certain
shades of dove gray, for to q trained
eye this color has tinge Of pink
which harmonIzes with the flesh ofJthe
face Blends look fairer and younger
In dead black, like that OF wool goods
or yelvets, while brunettes require the
sheen of satin or gloss of silk in order
to wear black to advantage. A woman
who has a neutral tinted complexion,
with eyes Of blue gray, Is never more
becomingly dressed than in the blue
shades in which gray is mixed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
a IsltoAen rlns Table.

This Is the formula for time OF cook.
ing given the cooking classes to learn:
Eggs soft, coffee. clans. oysters,
three to Eve minutes.
Green corn, small fish and thin slices
Of fish, I'VE to ten minutes.
Rice. sweetbreadS, peas. tomatoes, as
paragus, hard boiled eggs, fifteen to
twenty minutes.
Potatoes, macaroni, squash, celery,
spinach, cabbage, twenty to thirty min.
utes.
Young beets, carrots, turnlpB, onions,
parSnips, caulldower. thirty to forty.
five minutes.
String beans, Bhelled beans, oyster
plant, foTty-fvs minutes to one hour.
Winter vegetables. oatmeal. hominy,
wheat, chickens and lamb. one to two
hours.
Fowls, turkeys. veal. two to three
hours.
cOrned beef. smoked tongue, beef a
Ia mode, three to four hours.
Ham, four to i've hours.
For every pound Of halibut and saIm-
on, fifteen minutes; bluefish and bass,
ten minutes; cod, paddock and small
fish, six minutes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
nroton ana welsh.

Proof that the people Of Wales and
the peopleIof Brittany, in France, come
from the same parent stock IS given ev-
cry autumn when Breton boys go over
to England to sell onions from their
home fields. In Cornwall and Wales
their native speech Is readily under
stood. Armorican, the old Language Of
Brittany, the ancient Cornish and
Welsh-and for that matter Erse and
Gaelic-are all closely allied languages,
members Of the Celtic group. Breton
and Welsh are very much alike.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
Exercise For children.

Walking is not an exercise to which
young children take kindly at any
time. It is extremely wearlsome to
them. 1t is the poorest form Of exer.
else they Gun take, involving the great.
est amount Of fatigue with the least
amount of active movement The ef.
fort of keeping the spine erect and bal
anclng the body is very fatiguing to
the young, and this may easily be dem
onstrated by taking a young child for
a long walk and noting how very
quickly 1t becomes tired and begins to
drag Its steps languidly along. The
best form of exercise for children is
one permitting of the greatest amount
Of movement and the most exercise for
the least fatigue. Games such as chill.
dren love, with hoop or ball, are much
better for them than long, dreary set
walks, allowing as they do constant
change of muscular movements, giving
each muscle its due need of exercise
without overstraining one particular
set of muscles. In this way all the
muscles of the body may be pleasantly
exercised without any being overfa.
tigued,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
women ana Athletics.

Lucille Eaton Hill, director Of phys.
ical training at Wellesley, has made
protest against competitive athletics for
women, and her warning voice 10 both
timely and rational. She recently ex-
pressed her .dlsapproval Of basket ball
for girls as a rough and tumble game,
likely to do more harm than physical
good. There may be two sides to this
question, and many physical directors
do not agree with Miss mn about bas-
ket ball as an aid to feminine culture.
But It is undeniably dangerous for
young women in their teens to struggle
to the limit Of their nerve and strength
in track and field programmes which
include most OF the features Of mas.
culine competition, such as the broad
and high jumps, shot putting and hur.
dling.-Illustrated Sporting News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
Tartana d sooteh clnnn.

Many Scotch clans have several tar.
tans, such as common tartan, a hunt.
ing tartan and q full dress tartan. Ear
" in the day d highlander Of position
dons a kilt Of plain tartan, and IN the
evening for dinner he puts on his full
dress tartan, with sporran and richly
jeweled dirk. For example, the Mac.
pherson dress tartan Is black and
white, with a narrow red line, and the
hunting Macpherson is a small blue
and black and red check. The stuarts
have three tartans, and the design Of
their hunting tartan in dark blue and
green is particularly fine. Each clan
has Its own badge. The Dun men wear
holly, the Gordons an ivy leaf, the
stuarts an oak leaf, and so on.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
Can Bees ralkl

1t is not easy to set bounds to the in:
telligence of the busy bees. They are,
AZ everybody knows. splendid builders
and skillful travellers. But have they
a means Of communicating with each
other? One observer says that every
hive Of bees has a sign or password
which is known only to them. Lord
Avebury seems to think there is some.
thing in the notion. 1t is supposed that
the chief use Of such a signal is to pre-
vent the admission Of strangers into a
hive not their own.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
The Jnw and the Fnce.

A certain cosmetic dentist who prac.
tees among the people Of wealth I'D.
vises the chewing of gum for children
whose teeth are crowded. He attributes
the crowded condition to the narrow
ness of the jaw and asserts that the
jaw can be widened by the chewing of
gum or by other exercise of the jaws.
The physical culture of the jawbone
is something that might be studied by
the woman with a very narrow, point.
ed sharp jaw, and 1t is a subject that
might be looked into by the woman
with crooked jaw, for this is a de.
feet that can also be remedled. A
crooked jawbone makes crooked
face, and many persons are made home
Iy from this defect, one side Of the
face being considerably longer than the
other. Usually this shortening Of one
side of the face can be traced to miss.
ing tooth, which can be replaced by i'm
planting or bridge work. After the
tooth is replaced the face will gradu-
ally straighten out again, and the short
or crooked side will resume Its natural
shape.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
A Dining Table Hint.

That the greatest treasure of the
household, even when placed upon the
dining table, should pass unremarked
or but casually noticed is certainly
more than an up to date hostess can
suffer with cquanimlty. To avoid this
introduce the menu card used In Eng
land. White or of the most delicate
tinting, these cards are plain except up
in the left hand corner, where is to be
found n clever representation Of a
highly priced possession, such as the
wonderful Venetian glass centerplece
of the dining table, the unique speci-
mems Of Sevres china, curious and his
toric silverware or anything else for
which you are envled and which 6g-
ures on your dining table and no other.
Thus do your menu cards become in
divldual and unique and your treas
ures secure greater notice than II left
to the undircctcd eyes of the none too
observant guests.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
COOKING UTENSILS.

Those Made d Aluminiun Are time
and Labor savers.
The housekeeper who has replaced
her tin or agate kitchen utensils with
light shining aluminium may count
herself thrice blessed, for she has pro
yided a lasting Joy In her housekeep-
ing. Labor and time saving devices
are the rule nowadays in the well ap-
pointed kitchen. and aluminium uten-
slls may well be reckoned among these.
They are more easily kept clean, and
the rapidity with which they can be
heated makes less time required to
cook anything in them. In the newer
output Of aluminium ware q greater
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
The skuuk,o winter Homo.

Perhaps the funniest Of all preparen
for winter is the skunk, says st. Nlcho-
las. His serene highness calmly walks
into q woodchuck's burrow and says
to himself, for he has NO friends.
Whats the use OF working when you
can get some one else to make every
thing ready for your winterT And he
calmly takes possession and settles
down.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
The Throat.

Soap has a drying effect on the skin
of the throat and should be applied
not oftener than twice a week, unless
exposure to some unusual form of dirt
makes a more frequent scrubbing i'm.
perative. Rosewater, which is so use.
full an article to keep on the toilet ia.
Bile, makes good washing fluid for
the throat with drop or two of alco.
hol added to 1t Hot water is best Sc
verely let alone in this connection. II
warm water is used, 1t should be fol-
lowed by cold water dashed on smartly
to brace muscles and flesh.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
The nlind lIan,a WhIntla.

In Japan the blind carry peculiar
kind of whistle, which they blow az
they pass through the streets, and peo-
pie who hear 1t separate and leave
the pathway clear for them. There are
a great many blind persons in Japan,
and If they were to employ the make.
shift of child or dog to lead them
there would be numerous complications
on the narrow streets. When heard in
the dead of night. the "blind whistle"
has an especially pathetic and mourn
full sound.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
rh.,r rirut Ealing Ont.

The speeding trains came together
with a dull, sickening thud. A moment
later the happy pair sat facing each
other in the cornfeld far away.
well, what IRE you crying for?r
asked the man. The lady wept anew.
"It-it Is our first falling out" she
Eobbed. Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
una-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
Not q Cheerinr Prospect,

A little eight.year-old boy rushed in;
to the room from school. his eyes were
very bright, his cheeks aglow with
health, victory in the quick steps and
poIse Of the head.
ooh, mother! / am through with
vulgar fractions. l am through with
common fractions, and next week 1
will go into dismal fractions. Little
Chronicle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
NC Kn,rht e . sslt q IN.
THR KN1aHr on HIe eTRRp.

A little man in suit of mall got on q
hohbyhorse
And said to the children watching him,
with dignity and force:
This iS the way the knights 80 bold
Rode in the good old days Of old.
Only. II all Of you laugh like that, can't
look fierce, Of Counsel"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09

Mr.. Charles L. Patton, of the firm of
L. NJ. Patton and son, dealers in general
merchandise, olarksburg, W. Va, Gays
'he has never taken anything better for
his stomach than Susanna"
dec3. .2bw
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09

Fifty houOoo ars needed in East
clarkOburs. tt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09

q bqgaeg., Elabgta COMMA. il-t
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09
/ AM WELL PLEASED

Is the general verdict of the many who
have had readings. Mrs. C. A. j. Smith,
elairyoyant, room o5, jacobs building,
nov0.tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-09

selline everytaLng . "a. Going QUO
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-06-20
i ne BurYIdr'S fIed
For Glenn n c.y

"Yes." said the burglar when con-
frontcd with his accuser, Il robbed
your house, but l don't think you will
care to prosecute me-"
"Why not?" demanded the indignant
householder.
because" replied the burglar, "the
day after the robbery your wife told
the reporters that all your solid silver
was taken in addition to four watches
and her personal jewclry. She placed
a valuation of something like $4,000 OH
what you lost and had the ncighbors
all talking about your treasures"
"What of it,
ooh, nothing much, only it would
make you look sort of cheap If 1t ever
came out that your silver was all
plated, that the jewelry could be du-
plicatcd at bargain counter for $14.68
and that there wasn't but one cheap
watch in the family. OF course you
can prosecute if you want to, but IL
you're wise enough to talk it over with
your wife first | don't believe you
will. Chicago Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-06-20

TOWN AND VICINITY.
Keep the POst-Omcc Open.

a Baltimore S"H dispatch from
that
Postmaster G.. +. Shaffer, jr.. of this place,
received orders from the Postoifice Depart
ment Il few days ago to keep the Laurel
postotfice open hereafter on Sundays. For
the first time to-day the order went into
effect and the postotflce was well patronzed.
1t is thought that the increased circulation
of incoming and outgoing mails has brought
about the change.
An improvement of that character is
what very many people i'll Frostburg
want.
The outer post-office room should be
open all day every day in the year, Sun
days and holidays included.
All the pieces of every arriving mail
should be at once distributed and made
available to the general public for a
short time after each arrival, and to
box-renters at all hours from day to
dark
As the situation is and has been those
who pay fl and 30 year for special
boxes get very little more time for help
ing themselves than those who pay no
thing and get waitsd on.
Indeed, the 81 or IS is just so much
contributed to the conrrnicncr of the
postmaster and his assistants.
If it be objected that these concessions
to the popular convenience are burden
some to the officials, the same excuse
holds good in Laurel and hundreds of
other towns of less Importance than
Frostburg.
Moreover, when public servants are
unwilling to serve the public when the
public wants service, let them give way
to those who a., willing to make all the
sacrifices the service requires.
This article, marked, will go to the
Post-Otfice Department.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-06-20
SEMI-IIOCAL.


Everything seems to go around in Il
circle these times.
Just as the JOURNAL was about getting
through with the unregencrate human
nature that revels III the hog pen, a
topic Of discourse that defies decent die
ton, here comes the Carroll County
Record with this:
A good paying subscriber, for years, to the
Rc"ord, recently ordered his subscription
discontinued, and, on being asked the
reason, replied:
Il trade off with my next door neighbor; :;
| loan him another weekly and he loans me
his R,cord."
On reference to our books we found said
"neghbor' to be i'll arrears over two years,
and not a good risk, as the insurance men
say.
We said nothing, but did a lot of decided
ly emphatic thinking. The case is referred
to brother Oder of the MININ,; JOURNAL the
highest known authority in such cases, for
a properly clothed opinion.
The JOURNAL has survived Il worse eX-
perience, about ten years ago, when q
fellow had the gall to announce that he
was "a subscriber, getting all in the
paper every week, and that for 10 cents
year,!
that the paper went to the address of
one of Il club of 8, and every Saturday
night in his own house the ad'lressce, Il
half-bakcd clocutionist, read The paper
aloud to his audience of :.
On looking up the addresses account
the JOURNAL found him not only in ar
rcars, hut he lad never paid cent He
had gotten tn" paper two years and -. sc
i'll money.
One of two poor fellows who had dug
fnr months on ii stubbornly unbearing
claim cried, stormed and swore bitterly
when the purchaser to whom they had
at last sold the claim, struck rich lead
few hours later.
The other bore his i'll fortune silently.
Finally, the noisy fellow yelled
Say, Jim, why don't you cry, too,
and swear and bewail your bad luck"
Don't say nothing, Jake. I'm
bleedin' inside y
Poser.
ODtimiSt- Our dclusions are the
sweetest things in life.
PpSsimiSt How about the man who
imagines IA hogpen can be kept clean: