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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
RAISING FUNDS FOR CHURCH SITE.

The Rev. 5. X. Arbuthnot, pastor Of
Gof Memorial Methodist Episcopal
church. is busy these day. raising funds
with which to purchase the site selected
for a handsome new editice. Is has
been announced, the site viii be where
the Walker hotel now stands lie is
meeting with very good success.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
REAL ESTATE OFFICE MOVED.

Bernard Nelms, one Of the leading real
estate dealers in the city. has moved his
offices from the Lowndes building on
South Third street to the Catherine
Clancy building. just west of the Nng-
get saloon room, on West Pike street,
where he Is nicely installed and ready to
do business with all who have real estate
for sale or who want TO buy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
Compass whist Club Convenes.


\ meeting OF the Compass Whist club
OF last winter convened with Mrs. Robert
l, Morrison Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mrs. Morrison had for her honor
guest her mother, Mrs. William D. Paden,
Of Parkersburg. After twelve boards OF
the original had been played, strawber'
ries, ice cream and waters we're served
and the game was resumed by playing
the duplicate boards. The meeting was
one Of great interest as the seasons sou.
yenir was to be presented to the member
having the highest score OF the winter,
Mrs. John RuhI was fortunate enough to
win the trophy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
EVANGELISTIC
SERVICES

There was better attendance at the
eyangelistic services in the opera house
last night than the night before. The
concert and the sermon were greatly en-
loved by all present. DR.. Watson had
for his subject, Barren the Way" and
brought out the divers ways in which the
Christian Internationally keeps Others
ont Of the church. He will speak tonight
at s:l5. The concert viii begin fifteen
minutes before that hour.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
STREET REPAIRS MAKING.

Edward Doyle, superintendent OF
streets, has a gang Of men engaged in
making repairs on the paved streets of
the city. Colrman brick are being used.
The reapirs are being made in a substan-
tial manner. such as is Characteristic OF
all work done under the supervision OF
the present street superintendent. who Is
certainly making a record for himself.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
PARSONAGE
WEDDING
Will Occur This Evening at 1880 O'Clock
and Be Solemnized by Rev. Nc
DaneI Of Baptist Church.

The marriage of Mr.. Herman Martin
and Miss Fannie Everson win be solemn
ized in the Baptist parsonage at 7:3o
o'clock this evening. Rev. R. B. Me-
Daniel will tie the hymenial bands. The
bride-elect is daughter OF Jefferson
Eyerson, and the groom-elect resides in
the county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
FUNERAL OF HART ]. BOOTH.

The funeral services over the remains
of Hart ]. Booth, occurred from the
late home near Mount Glare Wednesday
morning The remains were conveyed
overland = this CITY. arriving here about
o'clock. The burial was made in the
Masonic cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
WILL SAIL FOR EUROPE.

Miss Lille KokIegard win leave for
New York Monday, from which port she
will sail for Europe on the following
Wednesday, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Koblegard and daughter, Of Weston.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
DURY BANKS ON STREETS AGAIN

Dury Banks, the eolored fellow who
was shot in the back OF the shoulder
about a week ago by Roy Green in an
alteration out on West Main street, IN
front Of J. W. Williams house, is out on
the street again, having about recovered
from his wounds. He was discharged
from the Harrison county hospital Tues
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
BIG PAY ROLL.

The regular monthly pay day Of the
Fairmont Coal company and the ClarIls-
burg Fuel company will occur Saturday
and the respective offices are busy max.
ing up the pay rolls. During the past
month work has been steady and a large
amount OF money viii be paid out TO the
employees, both in this and Marion coun-
IL.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
ANOTHER TyopHoD VICTIM.

John Damron, an empIoye at Marshall
Martins livery stable. was taken to the
Kessler hospital Tuesday to be treated
for typhoid fever.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
OPERATED ON AT
KESSLER HOSPITAL

T. c. Powell, of Doddridgc county, un.
derwent a surgical operation at the Kess.
Ter hospital Tuesday afternoon. for Sc.
rious trouble. lie withstood the opera
tion successfully and he will recover.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
pOPPEs PRESENTED
JUDGE MASON.

JUDGE MASON'
Ju,lre john w. Mason was the happy
recipient Of huge vase of poppics this
morning. They were placed on his desk
in front Of the court and attracted much
attention throughout the day. The donor
va. ]. D. McReynolds, OF Mulberry
street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20
Mrs. LeatheEbury % Entertain.

Mrs. George Lcaihrrbury will entertain
the Afternoon Eurhrc club Thursday
morning from 10 to y o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-20

Ralph PinnelI is here today from Park.
er.burg looking after business matters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
SEEDS THAT WILL GROW.

There is nothing that will make man
contract like the consciousness of a
mean act-United Presbyterian.
Christianity, wise man has said, is
for use, or it is. nothing" 1t means
the deepening life of goodness in the
heart-Alexander Gordon.
If my dreams of doing something
splendid and rising to something great
are dead and gone, will take hold with
a will at what know can do still to a
good purpose, and then let the eternal
love which is watching for me take care
of the rest.-Robert Collyer.
A man who lives entirely to himself
becomes at last obnoxious to himself 1
believe it is the law of God that self
centredness ends in self-nauseousness.
There is no WEAKNESS like the weari-
ness of a man who is wearied of himsel:,
and that is the awful Nemesis which
follows the selfish life.-J. H. Jowett.
You need not break the glasses of a
telescope or coat them over with paint
in order to prevent you from seeing
through them Just breathe upon them,
and the dew of your breath will shut
out all the stars. So it does not require
great crimes to hide the light of Gods
conntenance. Little faults can do it just
as We1L-H. w. Beecher.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
THERE is NO UNBELIEF.
There Is no unbelief!

There Is no unbelief!
Whoever plants seed beneath the sod
And waits to see it push away the clod,
Trusts he in God
There n no unbelief!
Whoever says when clouds are in the sky:
BE patient, heart, light breaketh by and
by
Trusts the Most High.
There is no unbelief!
Whoever sees meath winters field OF snow
The silent harvest Of the future grow,
Gods power must know.
There is no unbelief!
Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep,
Content to lock each sense in slumber deep,
Knows God will keep.
There is no unbelief!
Whoever says: Tomorrow, "the I'M
knowE.,"
''The future" trusts that power alone
He dares disown.
There is no unbelief!
The heart that looks on when dear eyeltds
And dares to live when life has only woes,
Gods comfort knows.
There Is no unbelief!
For thus by day and night unconsciously,
The heart lives by that faith the lips deny,
God knoweth why.
Lizzie York Case, in Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
observation-disclosures
Club and It's Types
What Is Seen and Done in One OF These Distinctly
Feminine ORGANIZATIONS OF The Cities.

and study her clothes. The newest
skirts, sleeves and hats are to be seen
at tea time in this room That woman
never wears a froek that is more than
month old"
'Is she always alone?" asked.
. eyes; at first. But she waits patient
ly for the inevitable Him. He is neither
ancient nor modern; just jaunty crea-
ture of 60 or over. You will see him
presently. She was one of the first to
appear in a new fashionable great
coat, and then every one had them"
Meantime, whilst my companion chat
tered voluhly, in that loud undertOne
which becomes habitual ere long to peo-
pie who live in public, I watched the
woman who had dropped costly wrap
in a fashion so summary. She was
young and very handsome, and she bore,
moreover, the indefinable, but unmis-
taxable stamp of the well-bred woman.
She looked out of her element, but she
smiled now and then when a smart re-
mark from some one near reached her
My friend had moved away to speak to
an acquaintance, and, when she came
back, she was laughing 'Such SELL"
she said There is the man just COM
ing in, and he only her stepbrother, after
all, and she and her husband are model
couple
ct am so glad" said
care you really?" was the reply. ri
think it's very tame. She doesn't look
domesticated, somehow"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

-8- HE question Have clubs for
ESA women come to stay?" SO rife
XdEh N ten or Is years ago, is no
&WMK longer a subject for debate.
- They have justified their ex-
istence fully, and if perse-
vertng iconoclast had the power, as we'll
as the will, to disestablish them en- masse
or one by one, storm would be raised
by his interference.
Women, having tasted the sweets Of
club life, will not relinquish them read
lily for, shall we say-the monotonous
savories of domesticity? The censorious
outsider wishes us to believe that SUI
perduity of naughtiness attaches tc club
membership for women, but truly there
is nothing Of the kind. Human nature
can be to the full as rebellious and I'M
restrained in the stately mansion or the
five-rOomed fiat, as it ever has been in
the reading-room, dining or drawing
rooms of the Exclusives" 'The
Trif1ers,'' or ''Progressives" clubs
What nonsense is all this?" says one
who looks on from a distance "Is it not
notorious that club women neglect their
homes, their husbands, and their chill
dren, and that"
"Stay a moment, my dear sir or
madam. Is it not more notorious still
that not one Of the society scandals
which have come to light recently was
begun or fostered In the clubs for ladies?
These institutions are not forcing houses
for intrigues; for those adjuncts to cult
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

walton we must turn to the country
house"
Far be it from me to say, however
that there are no "frisky matrons"
amongst the members of a fashionable
club. In common with the poor, the
frisky ones are with us always, but even
the very friskiest are glad now and then
of the sanctuary" secured to them
within the portals of club from which
the troublesome and eXacting male is
excluded vigorously. Women there are,
charming and delightful women, who,
although they enjoy thoroughly the So
ciety Of their own sex, find it impossible
to resist the temptation to firt and phi
lander with a man if he is anywhere
within a three-yard radius of their be-
guiling eyes.
And yet, these women join, vOlunta-
~@rily, a club by the laws of which man
is obliged to halt upon the door mat in
the entrance hall, and to gaze discOnsO-
lately at the sacred staircase which
leads to the Paradise above. The door
mat acts as buffer between women and
their victims, and, protected by it, they
can rest for time from their labors;
plan fresh conquests or bewail oppor-
tunities lost in the past. The "Trifiers"
club is patronized largely by women of
fashion Women of fashion In 1903 are
not all of one type. But the types do
not mix; there are Philistines and b.
hemians amongst them, as we'll as the
staid and the orderly, and the Eighty and
frivolous but all must be known init
mately and observed closely, In order
to discover the points in which they diff
fer, the one from the other. There is
one meeting point, however; they all
dress extensively, and the majority dress
we'll.
The "Triners" clubhouse would be de-
scribed correctly by an auctioneer as a
'palatial mansion" and its members
are numbered by the thousand. 1t Is
managed admirably, and, if only the
tea, which is served every afternoon In
its pretty tearooms, were as good as the
tea services are dainty all would be well.
But, II the cups that cheer are somewhat
f1avorless, the conversation is the re-
verse, and the Conveying Of libel in a
frown," or "the winking Of reputa-
ton down, has been elevated to the fine
art of the finished impressionist
tits like reading one of Anthony
Hopes dialogues to listen to Them
aid a friend to me one afternoon, in a
pause in the chatter round the tea
tables
One woman in the crowd amused my
curiosity, but my friend could tell me
little about her. 'She is the wife of a
Big Somebody, and she's always here.
but then so am |. 1t saves me the sub
zcriptioQ to ladies paper to come here
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
The Man with One Talent.

There are always men who wrap
their talent for service in the napkin
OF not-worth-while.. They feel that
their ability is so small, and therefore
they do not try to do anything They
suppose that they are practicing the
much praised virtue of humility, while
really they are evading duty and re-
sponsibility and thus incurring blame
and guilt. The truth is, no one. how
ever small his ability, need live USE
lessly. God bestows no talents which
He means to be wrapped up in NAPKINS
of any kind. Of course we eanno!
give what we nave not. But we should
give always what we have. We ara
never to say, There is no use in my
giving. for I have SO little. 1t can do
ITO one any good" We have nothing to
do with the matter OF larger or small
er. We are responsible only for what
We have. If it is but one little talent,
one little talent is all that we have to
answer for. But we must answer for
that, and if we fail to use it, we shall
not only lose it in the end, but also
incur the penalty of uselessness.-J.
R Miller. .. D.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
BE CALM.
Nothing CrippIes a Man and flinders
His Working ManfulIy More
Thar Anxiety.

Does fretting make us the least more
prudent? Does anxiety make us the
least mcYe Industrious? On the con-
trary, wrote Charles Kingsley, l know
nothing which cripples a man more
and hinders his working manfully than
anxiety. Look at the worst case of
ALA man who is melancholy and
fancies that all is gong wrong with
;lim and that he must be ruined and
has mind full of all sorts of dark and
hopeless fancies. Does he work any
the more or try to escape one of these
dangers which he fancies are hanging
over him? So far from it, he gives
himself up to them without strug-
gle; he sits moplng, helpless and use
less and says: There is no use in
struggling. If it will come, it must
come" He has lost spirit for work,
and lost the mind for work, too. His
mind is SO full of these dark fears
that he cannot turn it to laying any
prudent plan to escape from the very
things Re draeds.
And so, in a less degree, with the
people who fret and are anxious. They
may be in a great hustle, but they do
not get their work done. They run
hither and thither, trying this and that,
but leaving everything half done to
fly off to something else. Or else they
spend time unproftably in dreaming
and expecting and complaining which
might be spent proftably in working.
nd al nt n
heads and their tempers just when
they need them most; to do in their
hurry the very last thing which they
ought. to have done; TO try so many
roads that they choose the wrong road
from mere confusion and run with
open eyes into the very pit which they
have been afraid of falling into. AS
we sometimes say, they will go all
through the wood to cut a straight
stick and bring out a crooked one at
last Even in mere ws1ldly wy
the men whom [ have seen succeed
best in life have always been cheerful
and hopeful men, who went about their
business with a smile on their faces
and look the changes and chances Of
ILLS MOICdl lll0 flhC IuGu, ldCluS IOuSu
and smooth alike as it came, and so
found the truth of this old proverb,
that good times and bad times and all
times pass over" -tenths Of the
mistakes we make in life come from
forgetting the fear of God and the law
Of God and saying not: 81 will do
what is right" but II will do what will
profit me; 1 will do what I like" If
we would say to ourselves manfully
all our lives through, II will learn the
will of God and do it whatever it
cost me- we should find in our old age
that Gods Holy Spirit was indeed a
guide and comforter, able and will
ing to lead us into all truth which
was needful for us. We should find
St. Paul had spoken the truth when he
said that goodness has the promise
Of this life. as well as that which is
to come
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

1t is impossible to imagine greater
contrast to this Mrs Somebody. whose
lack of history had So disturbed nv
gosslp-lov1ng friend, than that other
type OF member whom l met on my next
visit to the "Trif1ers." She was a hand
some, young-loOking woman of from
81 to IS. She had dark, bright eyes. and
charming smile, but she was the very
reverse Of quiet and reserved. | had
met her at another and much smaller
club than the ''Triflers," and when she
saw me she pounced upon me with the
words: Who would have thought OF
seeing you here? Have you Joined US?
NO." | said; you are too fashion
able for me here"
And too frivolous, I suppose" she
added.
looked at her with great admiration.
She was the best-dressed woman in the
room, and, although her clothes were
the last cry of fashion-for the mo-
ment-they were simplicity itself, but it
was the simplicity of perfect art. She
was woman of rank, and an acknowl-
edged leader of fashion. but she was also
Bohemian ingram, and, at the same
time, strange as it may appear, per-
sistently conventional and a stern
stickler for etiquette and the proprie-
ties. when the occasion demanded both.
The set that she leads Is a brilliant,
but not a very intellectual section of
society. II am not one Of the brainy
ones,' she would say, "but know how
to enjoy myself, and how to make people
happy. We all know what a middle too
many cooks make, and too much brains
spoil society"
She adored young people, and had a
crowd of young men about her always.
They are not in mischief when they are
with me" she would explain, and have
been told that many a young fellow
owed his social salvation to her good
offices.
Later she pointed out, with ineisive
comments, some of the club celebrities.
"The women she said, who have para
graphs written about them, and would
rather be libeled than overlooked"
My visits to the "Trifiers'' convin ced
me that it is possible for member of a
fashionable club, who talks slang at the
top of her voice to bevy of young men,
and rubs shoulders with all sorts and
conditions of women, to be thoroughly
good-hearted, good-natured, and straight
as die herself; much more to be re-
spected, in fact, than her appearance and
conversation would lead an outsider to
suppose, and yet, 1 have heard both
men and women say: well, if So-and-
So is representative of the 5000 members
Of the 'Trifiers,' what may We expect
from the other 2,999?~
Ell. CURTIS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Found an Angel.

Merchant am sorry to lose Miss
Pinkies services, but what must be
must. May ask how it is that wealthy
young man like you should have chosen
shopgirl to share your fortune?"
DeRich-Three or four of my family
made unhappy marriages, and 1 vowed
that la never wed a woman who wasn't
a born angel, and know Miss Pinkie
is Ihave heard three different shopping
ladies speak we'll of her.-N. Y. Weekly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Two Kinds of Men.

Il tell you it keeps me busy these days
trying to earn my salary" said the drum
mer with the prominent jaw bones.
HUH" said the drummer with The rec
nose, you amt half as busy as am.
have to make my boss think I'm earning
my salary. '-Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Modest Indications.

HAS my daughter, sir" demanded
the stern father, lever given you rea-
son to think she would listen to a pro-
posal OF marriage from you?"
well" said the young man, twirl-
ing his hat in his hand in an embar-
raised manner, except that she calls
me darling and always kisses me
when | bid her goodnight, ] can't say
that she has. '-Tit-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Peppery.

The Landlady-Are the pickles too
highly seasoned, Mr.. McGinnis? Why,
thought you liked them that way. |
made them especially for you.
Boarder-The way to a mans heart
is through his stomach. Mrs. Irons.
but not by boring hole through it.
Chicago Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Deserves 1t.

"The president ef a southern college
is to be put in the Hall of Fame,
whats he done remarkable?"
tWhy, he spoke two hours the other
night, and didn't once mention the ne
gro problem. N. Y. Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
MY Fate.

One night quite late I met my fate,
And by her side tarried;;
She said: Don't wait Regret to state
I'm married"
Town Topics
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
&gsIsn = i : IA !
In Its Worst Form.

II thought you said you considered
sailing the poetry of motion"
chuckled the old salt to the passenger
who was hanging over the rail-
The passenger turned green face
and yellow eyes to the old salt.
ut u.s." he gasped. "It's-it's-why,
dadblast it! it's the rag-time poetry of
motion. Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
What He Wanted.

First Boarder-I wish some benevolent
monopolist would organize hash trust
Second Boarder-Why?
First Boarder-Because I'd like to see
the article out of the reach of the masses.
-JuG0e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
For Company Use.

Visitor During temporary absence
of hostess)-What beautiful teeth your
mamma has, Tommy.
Tommy-Yes'm; she never wears
that set 'cept when she has callers
Baltimore American.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

Blinks-That was finished speech
| delivered last night, if l do say it
myself.
Blanks (rather doubtrully)- Yes,
s'pose it was. There was q time there,
though, when 1 began to think it never
would BEN. Y. Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

The Footpad-Lummy. bowed if
some bloomin' thief amt bin and
pinchsd my pocket 'ankercher.-Chi-
cago Chronicle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
The Usual Thing.

Were I rich as Croesus,
Know just what l would do;
I'd never sleep a wink until
1 got as rich as two.
Baltimore News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

Peddler-Madam, have here a fine
complexion beautifier, which
Lady-No, you don't work any skin
game on me.-Corneu Widow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
The Larger Crime.

An apple caused our parents fall,
But think what future Knocks
The man who fills with berries small
The bottom of the box
N Y Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19

Commercially, we are taking money
from you right along" asserted the
American.
well, as long as you use it to buy
titles with, we don't mind" returned the
Englishman.-Chicag Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
Fair ExchanHe

lost my heart and when I tried
With Dolly's aid to trace it,
She held hers out to me and cried:
Here's one that may replace it,!
IN. Y, Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-19
According to Her Folly.

The f1irt is not contented, for
Hers is no happy lot;
She worries when she is in love
And also when she's not.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.