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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Guardians Of our Llherty,,..

aon whose side. is that expert
witness supposed to be ,testifYing2.
asked one juror. -
q don't know" answered anoth-
err. 81 forgot to notice which law
yer called him to the stand ~
Washington. Evening Star.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Hard . Please.

Mrs. Naybor-I hear your hus-i
band is i'll. I hope his condition
isn't critical.
Mrs. Krank-No, but his DISPOSE.
ton is. He criticises everything
we give him to eat.-Philadel phiai
Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Safer eanMe.'

"Why do you 90 hunting for
qunil instead of deer? 1t isn't half
SO exciting"
81 know. That's the reason. j
don't think anybody would be ike
ly to take me for quail, no matter
how badly he had the buck fever.
Washington. Times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Could Believe In FaIrles.

5: W B.. Yeats the poet, tells how
once hesargued With Galway peas
ant. who boosted that he was an
atheists ssBut;9 said Mr.sY eats,
styou believe in fairies p Fairies p,
said the atheist. ssure, fairies stand
to raysons,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
short ACCOUNT.

La Monft-I hear that Cheaply's
money is all in his wife's name.
La Moyne- H'ml She must have
an awfully short name. - Chicago
News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
stuart,a .Presenee Of .Mlnd.

On one occasion "a great public
dinner was given to Isaac Hull by
the town of Boston, and she was
asked to sit for hispictrire to Gil
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05

Maud (shyly( Oh, well, it's sud-
den, but you may ask papa
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05

She possessed a mind discerning
That was stored aud crammed with.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05

She-We have female shoe
maker over IN our town.
L. ~. 3 ......rI =. =. :. :: y =. r . - u
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07
GEAR TO EXTEND MILLIONS
TO STRNGHTHEN FLEET AND I'M.
 PROVE DEFENSES
Settlement of Pending Difficulties Over Russian Occupation of Maaehula Not Yet Settled Japanese Minister Advocates War

ST. REFRESHMENTS Russian government has decided to increase the ordinary naval budget. Seven mil lion dollars for the purpose of strengthening the fleet will be added, as well as $1,500,000 for the bettering of the Notifications at Port Arthur.
 The foreign office here declared that the re-occupation of Mukden, Manchuria, by Russian troops is not connected with the question of the commercial ports. The railroad guards, it is explained, reoccupied the city be. cause the Chinese governor refused to comply with certain demands of the Russian commissioners.
 LONDON.-The Morning Post says that it understands that Japan is by no means prepared to acquiesce in the suggestion that she give Russia free hand in Manchuria in exchange for a Japanese free hand inI Korea. Japan contends, says the Morning Post, that the two questions are entirely separ- ate; that Korean independence already has been secured by convention, and that as Manchuria was restored to China by Japan at the instigation of European powers, she naturally can not consent to its occupation by Rus. sia.
 The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Kobe quotes the Mochi Shimun of Tokio to the effect that the diplomatic corps of the Japanese capital have no hope of a peaceful settlement of the pending difficulties.
 Even Baron Shibusawa, at a meet ing of the Bankers union, advocated war, although the interests of the bankers are logically in the direction of peace.
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CATTLE BLINDED
Result of Innoculation of Squirrels
 With Rabies Serum

Oakland, Cal.-Several months ago the University of California profes- sors inoculated with rabies serum the squirrels which infested the grain fields in Contra Costa county. It was thought at the time that the serum would prove harmful to nothing but the squirrels. The experiment. of trying serum through these little ami mals at once proved successful, and they died off Ey countless thousands.
 While the test was at first confined to part of Contra Costa county, the use of the serum soon became general throughout the farming region north east of here.
 The announcement is now made that as result of the serum tests cattle are going blind in Contra Costa county. On one little ranch twelve COWS have gone blind. The owner believes his misfortune is due to the suirrel test. The farmers are afraid the horses may next be infected.
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The Anthem,

The rustic choir's greatest show was always made in the anthem, in which some pumpkin had generally solo to exhibit his dusty voice." It was a splendid musical display-of its kind. People came from long distance to hear it and felt so satiated that they left without the sermon. No wonder Shakespeare made Sir John Falstaff pCse his voice with 'hallooing and sing. ing of anthems" To be sure, he was guilty of an anachronism, for there were no anthems in the fat knights time, but 1t may reasonably be SUD- posed that he had become so impressed with this part of the service in his own day that he dropped into the nod which even Homer is privileged occasionally to enjoy.
 The Jack Tar who explained "han- them" to his mate on the simple prin- ciples of verbal elongation was not so far out after all. If I was to say to you," he began, "''Ere, Bill, give me that handspike,' that wouldn't be a hanthem, but if was to say to you, Bill, Bill, Bill, give, give, give me, give me that that that handspike spike, spike, spike why, that would be a hanthem." Just after this fashion did the old village choirs tear and toss their anthem texts. - Cornhill Maga- zine.
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Impressions While Drowning.

Most of us, expect, at some time or other have wondered what 1t feels like to be drowned. If we have never seen any one drowning we mean by this that we wonder whether 1t is at all like what 1t is represented to be- whether one's whole past life passes before ones eyes like dream, wheth- CT one spends ones last few moments in wishing one had spent more profita- bly, the last few years. If we have seen people drowning we wonder whether it feels as bad as it looks. Now, l cannot pretend to have been nearly drowned Nor can say what it feels like to sink after prolonged struggle in calm wa ter within sight of land. But l can say what it feels like to be quite convinced that one is going to be drowned, and l nm happy to know from personal ex- perience that the feeling is one merely of disappointment. One is simply an noyed, certainly not angry, certainly not afraid.-Hubert Walter in Black. woods.
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Canine Intelligence.

A native of Peru has vouched for the following: A native pointed out one day huge white dog that lay be- fore his wattled house. He declared that his dog had intelligence of an al- most human order. He said that once. when it had broken bone In Its foot, he had taken 1t to surgeon and the surgeon had set the fracture and re- lieved 1t of its pain. Some months aft erward, in the middle of the night, the surgeon was awakened by q great scratching at his door and by a thump- ing as of some heavy body. He slipped on dressing gown and went down. to find the white dog in his garden with brown dog beside 1t that held one leg off the ground. The surgeons de- duction was that the white dog had brought it's companion there for treat ment Accordingly he dressed the leg of the injured animal, and thereupon the two dogs licked his hands with aD air of gratitude and departed slowly into the night side by side.
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TRIAL OF CRUISER TACOMA
New Vessel Exceeds All of the Re.
 quirementS

San Francisco-The sheathed pro- tected cruiser Tacoma has been given a contractors trial on the Eay and exceeded all of the government re- quirements. including that of sixteen and one- half knots. The Union iron works management did not give out any figures but professed to be highly pleased by the trial. The Tacoma is the first of the larger type of vessels built on this coast to be sheathed with copper. This sheathing, it is expect ed, will do away with frequent dock ing, the claim being made that once in four yearsuuwill be sufficient. The regulation type go into dry dock for cleaning about every nine months. The copper sheathing, however, is yet an uncertain quantity, the engineers awaiting with interest the extent of the decomposition caused by elec- trolysis, due to the juxtaposition of copper, steel and salt water.
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07

the tax in question to be unconsti- tutional as being Tn effect a tax on exports.
 Should the government not appeal from this decision, or in event of the decision being sustanied by the supreme court of the United States, the amount paid as such tax by the various steamship companies will be refunded by the government.
 This case is an outcome of the decision by the supreme court that the tax on export bills of lading was contrary to the provisions of article l, section 9 of the constitution of the United States that no "tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state" It was urged by the government that the tax on export bills of lading was tax on the docu- ment or paper, but the court held that 1t was in reality tax on the goods represented by the bill of lading.
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Lambs Taste In Books.

In this catalogue of books which are no books-biblia- -abiblia-I reckon court calendars. directories, pocketbooks the literary excepted), draught boards bound and lettered on the back. scien- fife treatises, almanacs, statutes at large, the works of Hume, Gibbon, Robertson, Beattie, Soame Jenyns and generally all those volumes "wbich no gentleman's library should be without" the histories of Flavius Josephus tthat learned Jew and Paley's Moral Phi losophy." With these exceptions can read almost anything. bless my stars for taste so catholic, so unexcluding. Charles Lamb.
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07
Too Many Revolutions.

The New York Outlook tells an anus ing story Illustrative of the vigilance of the Turkish censorship. There is a strict supervision over telegrams. A German engineer in the Lebanon placed an order with Paris firm for some sort of q stationary engine to be ship ped to him as soon as possible. The firm telegraphed to inquire how many revolutions minute he wanted. He answered, Five hundred revolutions q minute" The next day he was arrest ed. Brought into court, the judge asked him if he lived in the Lebanon. He replied that he did. Do you cor respond with such and such firm in ParisY
 "Yes."
 "Ahw cried the judge. "I know you. You are the man who telegraph ed to Paris that there are 500 revolu' tions minute in the Lebanon"
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07
HEAVY YIELD OF OLIVES
Five Thousand Tons of Fruit is the
 Estimated Product

Five thousand tons of olives will probably be harvested in Southern California, chiefly in Los Angeles district, this season. First deliveries of the crop are now being made at the various establishments where pickles and oil are manufactured. It is claimed that there were 7JOO acres in dives in this section, not counting the groves of San Diego and Santa Ba1 bara ct ties.
 California olive oil is becoming the standard article in Eastern mark cts, and it is sad the demand for the product from this section is better than ever before, owing largely to the reported adulteration of the i'm ported product.
 Olive producers say the production of oil will be heavier this year if the groves can get the benefit of good fall rain in November, especially in localities where irrigation is difficult.
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smoke Slowly and Avoid Cancer.


 From the medical profession comes warning to smokers. If you wish to avoid tobacco cancer don't smoke fast. After careful observation 1t has been practically determined that this form of cancer is caused by the irritation resulting from the heat of the cigar OF pipe. Men who smoke long stemmed pipes, it is said, do not have cancer, no matter how much they smoke, while those who indulge in cigars or short stemmed pipes are afflicted by this malignant growth.
 Tobacco cancer caused the death of General Grant. He was an inveterate smoker, and he smoked very fast. At the battle of Shiloh he Is said to have consumed fifty cigars: In smoking a large number of cigars in short time the tongue is lrritated by excessive heat and in time ca ucer is the result.
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07
Rufus Chonte and Justice Shaw

Rufus Choate was sitting next to Judge Hoar ir the bar when Chief Jus tice Shaw was presiding and the Sue- folk docket was being called. The chief justice said something which led MT. Choate to make a half humorous and half displeased remark about Shaw's roughness of look and manner, to which Judge Hoar replied, After all, I feel a reverence for the old chief justice" "A reverence for him, my dear fellowT' snid Choate. "So do I. I bow down to him as the wild Indian does before his wooden idol. l know he's ugly, but bow to superior in- telligence. ."-George F. Hoar in Scrib' ner's Magazine.
Holbrook argus., 1903-11-07
STAMP TAX WAS ILLEGAL
Federal Court Renders Decision on
 Cuban Case

New York-Justice Holt of the United States district court for the southern New York district, has handed down decision in the suit of tue New York and Cuban Mail Steam ship company, brought as a test case under the clause of the war revenue act of 1898, imposing stamp tax on
 manifests for the clearance rsof cargoes for foreign port, in which he holds
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Favor the Army Canteen

Washington, D. C.-The delegates of the American Public Health Associa- tion adopted resolution urging con- gress to re-establish the army canteen. General Carlos Foyley of Havana was elected president and Havana was de- cided upon as the next place of meet ing.
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She Knew It.

"The longer live" sighed the sage, "and the more I learn the more firmly am l convinced that know absolutely nothing!"
 ''I could have told you that twenty i've years ago." said his wife. but l knew it would be of no use. ."-London Answers.
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The Way to Float.

This is the advice of an old swimmer to those who cannot swim: Any hu- man being who will have the presence of mind to clasp the hands behind his back and turn the face toward the zenith may float at ease and iE perfect safety in tolerably still water. When you first find yourself in deep water you have only to consider yourself an empty pitcher. Let your mouth and nose, and not the top of your heavy head, be the highest part of you and you are safe. But thrust up one of your bony hands and down you go turning up the handle tips over the pitcher" There are reason and logic h this.
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Bonds Offered for Refunding

Washington-The total amount of 3 and per cent bonds offered for re- funding to date is s7,567, 100, ssO, ,OOO being offered. The amount of 5 per cent bonds redeemed to date is s99, 116,090.
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How Yeast Works.

The grogth of the yeast plant is so rapid that it's individual cells can be seen under the microscope to spring up as buds upon the parent cell and to grow to full size. These presently give off buds themselves that expand in like manner In the case of the yeast plant the cells remain attached to each other and thus form branches of elon- gated cells fixed end to end. In other cases the buds drop off, so that the plant never takes any definite shape, but remains as mass of free cells. If new cell be formed every minute by each of the cells present you may, calculate the number that will be pro- duced in an hour. Thus at the end of the first minute there will be two, in two minutes four, in three minutes eight, and so on. In five minutes there will be thirty-two, in ten minutes the number will have increased to 1,024, and in fifteen minutes there will be 32, 7GS cells.-Hospital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-09
LET EVERYBODY BOOST

The Fair Strictly "for the Good OF the
Town."
In an age when the majority of men
are strictly on the make it is not sur
prising that certain parties in Minneapolis
should fail to understand how group of
men could work disfnterestedly for the
public good with no prospect or desire for
private gain as is apparently the case
with tho men back of the Minneapolis
carnival. The fact that there has been
some Knocking" by people who fail to
understand how business men could de-
vote SO much of their time to such a
cause without pecuniaEy reward, has
prompted E. w. Goddard, treasurer of the
carnival association. to say a, few words
in behalf of that organization. Says Mr..
Goddard: ~t5s$.s
Gin justice to the carnival committee,
desire to- correct an impression which
which seems to prevail that the enterprise
is being conducted for their personal gain.
T wish to state that no member Of that
committee derives one cent Of benefit in
any way, shape or manner, and that every
one Of them has devoted his entire time
and energies to make the affair a success
entirely for the good Of the town. the
auditorium fund and charity. It may
seem incredible to- some people that there
is such a thing possible as a bunch Of
men getting out and hustling for the
benefit Of others, but want to say that
here is one case where none Of the men
who do the hard work (and there has
been plenty to do) have any desire for
reward and are thankful If they get thru
their unselflsh work without criticism and
abuse.
1.-THE Ellxs, at last years fair, origin
ated the saying: If you can't boost, don''
knock and I sincerely hope that the
Knockers will turn boosters and do al
they can in the few days remaining tt
make the fair a grand success"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-09
COAL BIDS REJECTED
School Board VIII Buy In Open Market
Bid Prices Were Too

Another effort will be made by the
board of education to obtain some con-
cessions from the fuel dealers. The board
was prepared to award contracts for a
year for about sixty school buildings, in
other words to spend thousands of dollars
for COAL and yet the prices quoted in the
bids of the combine dealers were exactly
the same. At yesterdays meeting an in
dependent firm had a lower bid but the
board thought all too high and all bids
were rejected. Purchases will be made
from time to time on the open market.
The contract for the eight-room addi-
ton to the Bryant school was let to R.
Mcmillan & Co., at $2S,386. The con-
tracts for plumbing and heating plant
will be awarded on June 18.
Miss Bonnie E. Snow, supervisor OF
drawing, was granted leave of absence
for a year, which she will spend in New
York in experimenting the publication OF
text books on drawing.
The. library and pictures at the Lincoln
school were ordered removed to the
Blaine school while the rebuilding of the
former school is going on, the removal
being made at the request of the children
Of the Lincoln district, who sent in q
characteristic petition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-09
FAVORABLE FOR WHEAT
Northern Minnesota Weather as Re.
ported by Government Bureau

The weather bureaus climate and crop
bulletin for Minnesota reports for the
past week as follows:
The temperature rose early in the week and
the 9th, 9Th and 18th We're moderately warm DAYS
IN all parts Of the state. There was very little
rain during the week, and what there was came
In scattered showers, the heaviest being reported
In Wilkin. Polk, Mobiles and Douglas counties,
In the northern half of the state the week was
favorable to the healthy and rapid growth of
wheat, oats. barley and hax, tho rain would BIZ
beneficial for the late seeded barley and fax
and for gardens, especially on the higher lands
Flax and barley are still being seeded.
In the southern portions of the state where
the low lands were flooded and the level lands
very wet, as shown by the last bulletin, the dry
weather has allowed a rapid subsistence Of the
waters and drying Of the soil, so that the prepa-
ration of the wet lands for corn, millet corn
fodder and buckwheat has been going on rapidly.
There Is complaint that seed corn and seed pota
toes have rotted in the wet SOIL causing an ir-
regular stand Some correspondents think that
much of the seed corn this year was defective
On lands bordering the rivers the grass that
was flooded is SO covered with mud as to be unfit
for hay. The small grains which were suffering
from excessive moisture are improving. On the
| high lands the small grains in good condi-
tion and corn and potatoes are being cultivated
Rye Is in bloom; tinothy and winter wheat are
heading; clover is coming into blossom; June
| grass end red top ready to be cut and straw.
berries are ripen1ng.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-09
"INNOCENT BEAUTIES"

The Innocent Beauties" burlesque
company, which is playing it's second
week at the Dewey theater, presents an
entirely new show, which in some ways is
an improvement upon it's last weeks bill.
The performance opens with a comedy
sketch, Queen Of the Carnival The
piece has many points of merit, but is
still in a rather crude state. The best
feature is the song, "Hiawatha,' sung by
Dan Anderson and the entire chorus.
The Bastedo sisters, dancers and Sing
ers, dance better than they sing, but sing
more than they dance. Heeley and Meel-
ey comedy tunblers, are clever PERFORM
ers, but they might well cut out the bar
Der shop part of the tprn Dan Ander-
sons songs make decided hit and the
Mccall trio, in a melange of singing,
dancing and repartee, are entertaining.
Their repartee contains several good new
gags. The musical turn Of Will Busch
and Dora De We're is the best feature Of
the. olio.
The closing comedy sketch, Before His
Honor is redeemed from dullness, by
John Burke, whose work in the charac-
ter of Judge Dunn is really funny.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-09
GREAT PIANO SALE
The w. w. klnbalI Co. Making Attrac.

The w. w. kln1balI Co. Making Attrac-
tive Plano Prices.
The following pianos taken in exchange
toward New Scale Kimballs and Hallet
& Davis pianos have all been put In per-
feet repair and every one is an exceptional
bargain. Note the list:
Guild Upright, Ebony Case, $500, pay
able $500 per month.
Haines Bros. Upright. Ebony Case, $115.
payable So per month.
Kingsbury Upright, Walnut Case, $l25,
payable IS per month.
Arion Upright, Mahogany Case. $125
payable S. per month. @
Ivers & Pond Upright, Ebony Case, $l4O.
payable S. per month.
steinway Upright, Ebony Case, 5000
payable SO per month.
Gable Upright (almost new, Mahogany
Case, 5000, payable So per month.
In addition to the above, we have sew.
eral sample pianos and several dropped
from catalogue In high grade makes Al
great discounts w. w. Kimball Co., vi
Nicollet av, G. "A. Nlrnendorf, Manager.