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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10
FOOTBALL
FELLOWS
ORGANIZE
TIGERS ATHLETIC CLUB COM
pLETEs IT'S ORGANIZATION AND
IS NOW READY FOR WORK
I.ine.Up Is Strong and Success is Antic-
ipated-Game with Fairmont Has
Been Arranged

The Tigers Athletic cluL met Wednes-
day night in its headquarters in the Ja-
cobs building and completed the organi-
cation of its football team. The per
sonnet Of the team inditates that it Is
made up Of hustling set of young men
and that the team that goes up against
it win have the fight OF il life to win
the Iaurels. The average weight is put
down at 1870 pounds, but one look at
those robust. stalwnrt young men Is
enough to say that they viii tip the
scale far above that notch But maybe
they will not, and since that IS the
weight they have decided upon and fe-
ured out, no one has the right to ques-
ton it, unless question comes under the
rules and regulations of the game and
is by the chaIIengers or those challens-
cd we take it for granted that they
have figured the weight out about right
and are willing to take their word for it.
The manager of the team IS Frank
Mcconnell. and lie will see that every
thing in that line IS up to snuff. The
captain is Erik Hess. and Erik knows how
to control an aggregation OF this sort.
Suffice it to say that there viii be plenty
of infringement.
The lineup looks good to Us, and
the club is Justly proud Of it. Behold
it rs follows in print and gaze upon
it in the field:
Frank Mcdonnell, J. n
Charles Kane, l. t.
Cecil Davis, l. g.
French Jackson, c.
Nolan Wine, +. g.
Herbert Atkinson, r. t.
Fred Hess, r. n.
Lou Carr, q. b.
William Mulheran, r. h.
ISrlS Hess, !. h.
Charles Gill, f. b.
The substitutes are Charles Boughner,
.ry1o,,,;ne, Holden and Finn Fullerton.
This team will open the season here
playing the Fairmont High school team
ON the fair grounds September Is. ana
the game is expected to draw large
crowd. That it will be a good game the
club riyes out every assurance, and no
one who enjoys that sport can afford 70
miss it.
The team will meet every afternoon
nj o'clock on the vacant lot near the
new jail for practice.
They will have the set OF signals used
Inv the Michigan university team i'st
wear. Coach Yost, of that famous team
having presented the club with them.
I'D Laubenstein will coach the team
for the present. He is graduate OF
,ehiah university and knows his bnsi-
ness along this line -
The citizens of ClarlSsburg viii waten
4. t,N a. n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10
HAVE YOUR SMILES RECORDED.

Only takes a minute. Hat on; hat off.
smile on; smile off. % cute photos, 25c,
in four positions. Work that viii not
fade. Cloudy weather makes no differ
ence with our pictures. Bring the chill
dren. SHEA PHOTO co,
Jacobs Building,
op3l.Gt Clarksburg, w. Va
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10
liverpool Market.

Liverpool, Sept. lo.-Wheat opened
today n up. Corn is dull and un-
changed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10

An persons having any OF our Ice
cream freezcrs, please notify US Mt the
ntore or by mail. we viii can and get
Them. Respectfully, .. T. swager.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10

= D. sturm s s. D., = ffiaders Hotel,
Wells g Haymakerss drug store,
stones drug store Oak saiOun,
Manhattan salOo J.. Clifside sa-
loon, All Nations saloon, Blands
drug store, Imperial saloon,
Joe Latstetter'S.
Recommended by all leading physi-
clans. The bottles are flied complete.
IL 81 as not to allow gas to raise and
minerals to SETTLE. Machinery is un-
derground and the water is bottled by
natural graVitaticn.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10

- one Of the most precious Offering
that can be made. Rich, brilliant,
beautiful and incomparaloly radiant
IN the s1deboard our cut glass has
charm of its own. Each piece is hand
cut, in the latest patterns and extreme
~ artistic In effect. Our prices are
extremely low for high class gooos IN
his line.
2, a. ROBINSON & SON.
800 Street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-10
Active Quotations.

..cted Inilv 81 Edw. 7. 9. slease
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

First course. stew of seal meat, on
ions, blubber potatoes and bread
crumbs; second course, served one
hour after first, stew of raisins, blub-
Der and milk; dessert a cup of hot
chocolate. The best and most Christ
maslike feature of this meal was that
we were allowed a sufficient quantity
Of it to satisfy the pangs of hunger
Our enjoyment of the dessert, one cup
Of chocolate, we tried to prolong as
much. as possible. Over it we told each
other Christmas stories. We exchanged
"reminiscences of bygone Christmases
at home with the loved ones so far
away. We discussed the probability
of our ever reaching our own firesides
again. and we entered into an agree
ment that if we got back to civilization
before another Christmas we would
pass the day together in memory of
that awful Christmas we were then
spending in the realm of the relentless
ice king. Alas, many of those brave
fellows never lived to see another
Christmas! -Bnffalo Express.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
DETECTIVE INSTINCT.
Civilians Frequently Are Better
SIeuths Than Professionals.

Civilians Frequently Are Better
SIeuths Than Professionals.
'"The detective instinct is Unborn in
some people," observed an old detective,
"and it is Il rather curious thing when
you think about it. l have known good
detectives, naturally so, who were new
er connected in any manner with the
service. They possess all the mental
qualities of sleuth-quicknesS to
grasp a situation, keen perception. RAJ
pidity of thought, strongly developed
power of deduction and extreme nerv-
GUS activity. While it is true all great
detectives have acquired distinction
through hard work and unfagging APP
plication, It is ALSO true that many men
have the detective impulse so firmly
welded into their natures that it will
crop out in spite of themselves.
"And l may say in passing it is useful
to them in many ways. for not only OPP
eratives. but business men of every de-
scription, frequently need those pecul-
lar faculties which go to make up a
criminal chaser. / once knew man
who had the instinct so strongly de-
veloped that he thought of nothing
else than the unraveling of mysteries
and chasing clews. He found some
thing Of interest in the slightest case Of
theft and would amuse himself by
working it out. 1t became a mania
with him, and he was a source of much
amusement to the officers. There was
,,.do Mt Io
was not among the first on the scene,
and his peculiar talents frequently ena-
bled him to lend valuable assistance to
the regular force. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Snake Killing Cats of Cairo.

A native woman living in old Cairo
was entering her house when. to her
great terror, she perceived snake of
formidable dimensions, which had TAX
en- possession Of the hearth during the
wOman's absence. The woman fed,
leaving the door open. Her cat then
appeared on the scene, entered, saw
the cobra, put up its back and tail, spat
and otherwise manifested it's hostility
and in turn went out. A few minutes
afterward it returned in company with
second cat. After a similar exhibit
ton both went out and returned with
a third, and similarly went away, re-
turning finally with a fourth. Con-
sidering that sufficient force had been
recruited to kill the snake, the four at
once fell on the reptile, and after a
short but fierce struggle the latter was
literally torn to pieces.-Egyptian Ca
Zette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

The following sequel to a naval
launch in England was not commune
Gated to the press: Some years ago a
ship which was to be christened by an
illustrious parsonage got behind in con
struction. The parsonage was sure to
be ready in time and could not be put
off. but not SO the ship. As last re-
sort some portions of the superstructuro
were partly made fast with leaden
rivets in place of steel ones. the launch
took place. and the situati ton was saw
ed. When the vessel came to be COM
pleted for sea no one remembered
about the rivets. and after q coat OR
two Of paint they looked for all the
world like the real article and behaved
like it until the ship got into a heavy
sea, and the process known to Mr..
Kipling as finding herself" began. 1t
was then discovered that a defect in
machinery or other euphonism nccessi-
tated hurried return to q dockyard.
where matters were hastily put right.
London Truth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Rufus ChOate Was Beaten.

AS one of the very few occasions
when the wit of Rufus Choate was
f0iled an incident is recalled when that
brilliant lawyer was examining one
Dick Barton. chief mate Of the ship
Challenge. Choate had cross examined
him for over an hour, hurting ques-
tons with the speed of a rapid fire
gun.
''Was there q moon that night?"
ayes. sir"
''Did you see it?"
''No, sir
"Then how did you know there was
a moonY'
''The Nautical Almanac said so, and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer
in the world"
BE civil, sir. And now tell me in
what latitude and longitude you cross
ed the equator"
"Ah. you are joking"
''No, sir. | am in earnest. and | de-
sire an answer
THAT'S more than | can give"
Indeed. You a chief mate and I'M
able to answer so simple a question:
eyes. the simplest question l ever
was asked l thought even a fool of
a lawyer knew there's no latitude at
the equator "-Success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
COSTLY PRICE FOR A BATH.
1t Was So Much u Pound, and the
Woman Was Heavy.

Woman Was Heavy.
"When | was connected with the
hotel at Lake Minnetonka several years
ago." remarked a hotel man, 1--WE had
as regular summer guest a woman
from the south who was remarkably
stout, weighing something over 200
pounds. One day she called bell boy
and inquired
What do they charge for bath?
II don't know said the boy, but
I'll find out
After being gone a short time the
boy returned and said:
"'Seven cents a pound
"Whatr
Seven cents q pound said the boy
a second time, While the woman's face
became scarlet as she made her way
to the clerks desk.
81 want my bill she exclaimed.
I have been grossly insulted and shall
leave your house.
''She stated her grievance, the boy
was sent for and explained:
"'She asked ne what they charged
for bass. | told her l didn't know.
but would find out. I asked the stew
ard and he said Z cents a pound
Gas the ludicrous blunder Of the boy
daWned upon them both the clerk and
the guest made the hotel Office resound
with their laughter Milwaukee Sen
tinel
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
An Odd Spanish Custom.

An odd custom in Madrid is the man
ner Of indicating the sleeping rooms of
house by spray Of palm leaves at
tached to the railing Of the balcony.
You will see palm leaves hanging to
the balconies of nearly all the resi-
dences in town, those of the poor as
well as the rich. A sheet of white pa
per tied to the iron railing means that
the room is for rent; palm leaf means
that it is the sleeping chamber of a
pious Catholic who brought it home
from church on the last Palm Sunday
and placed it there to keep away evil
spirits, diseases and misfortunes. 1t re-
mains there the entire year until the
next anniversary, when a new palm,
fresh from the blessing of the priest, is
substituted
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
MIR. DO1an's Carria ge.

Mr. Dolan, through the agency of
butter and eggs, had reached that
stage of prosperity where he was able
to set up an establishment with a horse
and carriage, and nobody begrudged
him his success.
but what's the reason your wife
drives round in a carriage with the let
ter Q on it," inquired one of Mr.. Do
lan's friends. you've not changed
your name, Terry?"
NAV. man." said Mr.. Dolan gayly;
me name has stood me fifty years, an
it II last out me tonne But the car.
riage was a great bargain at sicond-
hand, man, and the 'C' was on it.
'Twud cost bit TO change it to d.
and | says to Mary Ann, ID is a koind
Of a broad lukin' letther, W,-oile G
is more dilicate and ornamintal,' l
says. And, besoide that, it's the very
next to d in the alphabet, and more
than ALL l says, it stands for con-
tinted, and that's what livery Dolan
that roides i'll the carriage will be, so
let it stand and Mary Ann agreed
wild me."-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Christmas Dinner Recinea.

Chestnut stuffing is the most deli
cious that can go with a Christmas tur-
key. Shell quart of italian or French
chestnuts. Put in hot water and boil
until the skins are softened; drain off
the water and remove the skins. Press
them, few at time, through a colan-
der and season with butter, salt and
pepper. Add chopped parsley, onion
and bread crumbs and season with
stock.
Giblet Sauce.-Boil the giblets until
tender; chop them, but not too fine, and
add tablespoonful of -four to the pan
in which the turkey was roasted
Brown the flour, stirring constantly,
adding slowly a cupful of water in
which the giblets were boiled; season
with salt and pepper and add the chop
ped giblets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

A tourist in the Welsh mountains
who after much difficulty had succeed
ed in making his way to solitary cot
tage congratulated himself on his good
fortune when he was asked to stay for
the night. After donning a suit of his
hosts clothes, so that his own might be
dried, be proceeded downstairs and OH
his way met the mistress with a big
Bible in her hand. In the fading light
she mistoOk the stranger for her hus-
band and gave him a thump on the
head with it, remarking. That's for
asking the man to stay all night"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Origin Of commonplace Phrases.

Expressions that we use nowadays
metaphorically were used in their real
sense in bygone days. For instance, we
speak about beating a retreat forget
ting perhaps that the phrase comes
from the fact that in war time when a
retreat was ordered the drums were
beaten in a particular manner. just as
today it is sounded on the bugle Then
again one speaks of going off bag and
baggage" How many know what the
baggage" was? The general idea is
that it was part of the soldiers kit In
point of fact the bag was originally
the soldiers haversack; the baggage
was his wife The familiar phrase "to
give the cold shoulder" originated in
France, where it was the custom to
serve with cold shoulder of mutton in
stead of hot meat a guest who had out
stayed his welcome "A feather in his
cap" comes from Hungary. it being for
merly the custom for the HungarianS
to put a feather in their caps for ev
cry Turk they killed. The word dead
head is, according to some authorities,
one of great antiquity. 1t is said that
a "deadhead" was in Pompeii an indi-
vidual who gained admission to an en-
fertainment free of charge by means of
a pass in the form of small ivory
deaths head
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
TIE GERM I tiEORY.
De Foe Gave 81 Hint OF 1t In the
Early EiGIafecath Century

De Foe Gave 81 Hint OF 1t In the
Early Eighteenth Century.
De Foes Journal of the Plague Year.
published in 1922, contains two pas
sages which grope toward bacterology.
De Foe himself pretends to disbelieve
the theories. But his way is to seem to
doubt what he is really eager to adj
vance.
Having shown that c0nta2ion was al
most certain in the case of people liv.
ing in the same house, but often avoid.
able by segregation and precaution
against physical contact De Foe saws:
'"fhis put it out of question to me
that the calamity was spread by infoc-
tion-that is to say. by some certain
steams or fumes, which the physicians
call efiuyia. which e1iiuyia affected the
sound who came within certain dis
tances Of the sick. Others talk of in
lection being carried on by the air only
by carrying with it vast numbers of
insects and Invisible creatures, who en-
ter into the body with the breath or
even at the pores with the air and
there generate or emit most acute poi
sons or poisonous ova or eggs, which
mingle themselves with. the blood and
SO infect the bedy."
In another place is this passage:
Il have heard it was the opinion of
others that it (the disease) might be
distinguished by the party's breathing
upon piece of glass, where, the breath
condensing, there might living crea-
lures be seen by microscope Of
strange, monstrous and frightful
shapes, such as dragons, snakes, ser
penis and devils, horrible to behold.
But this l very much question the
truth Of, and we had no microscopes at
the time, as 1 remember, to make the
experiments with"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
GROUSE ARE CLEVER.
They Evade the Hunter by Tricks
That Display Intelligence.


That Display Intelligence.
The grouse has a hundred tricks of
defense, says Outing. 1t will lie still
until the hunter is within a yard of
it, then soar straight upward in his
front, towering like wOodcock; again.
1t will rise forty yards away, ana the
sound Of its wings is his only notice OF
Its presence. 1t will cover upon a
branch under which he passes, and his
cap will not be more than a foot be-
low it as he goes, and, though it has
seen him approaching it will remain
quiescent in frightful fear until his
back is turned 1t will rush then, and
when he has slowed himself hurriedly
around he will catch only a glimpse Of
a brown. broad wing far away.
Wounded and falling in the open, it
will be found-if it is found at all
with the telltale speckles of its breast
against the trunk Of some brown tree
against which its feathers are ind.s-
tinguishable, and the black ruff about
tie neck of the male will be laid
against the darkest spot of the bark
Often it Will double like a fox: often
as man draws near it will spin;
noiselessly into some spruce ar. AiG'r
until he passes, dropping then "a she
ground and continuing it's feeding: Ct
ten, too. it will decline to take wing
though unhurt. and Will run fast for
half a mile-so fast that the most cy-
pert Woodsman will be unable to keep
pace with it. This it will only do or
leafy ground and never when snow
would betrav it's tracks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
A Country Named For Christmas.

A Country Named For Christmas.
South Africa was discovered by the
Portuguese, who were searching for an
ocean road to India Bartholomew
Diaz was the commander of the two
little ships that formed the expedition
in 1886. Eleven years later Da CANA
took another Portuguese feet south.
He discovered Natal on Christmas day
and thus named it in consequence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
A Bright Thought.

"Yes. ma'am," said the obseQuious
grocery clerk to Mrs. Bridey, who was
ordering her first bill Of supplies, give
put down parlOr matches. What neXt?"
''Well-er-I suppose | ought to have
some kitchen matches. too, oughtn't
IY-Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Waiting a Second.

"Wait second" she said as she
stepped into the store.
Certainly" he replied. and when he
had been uptown. looked through his
mail. spent two hours on change and
taken luncheon at the club he returned
and found her just emerging from the
door.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
x I'M .. ~
II e ar the
n Q rGI2 Pole

"sTY THINK Christmas 1883, was
my most memorable one" said
L. General Gre~.y tie arctic ex-
plorar. with my command l
was proceeding southwark in the hope
Of obtaining help, and about the goth
of October we ensconcad ourselves in
a little hut at Cape Sabine Our sup
ply of food was running very low, and
we were on very short rati0ns, every
one being allowed just food enough in
each tWenty-four hours to sustain life.
Under these depressing circumstances
and amid the awful silence of the
polar night the cheerfulness that we
continued to maintain was remarkable.
1t would have been a splendid Oppor-
tunity for Dickens character Mark
Tapley, who was always seeking some
specially depressing situation in life to
show how jolly he could be under adj
verse circumstances. AS the Christmas
season approached we all looked for
ward to it with eager anticipation, not
only as a festal day the associations
and memories Of which would to some
extent vary the Wearisome m0notony
of our lives, but because we knew that
the winter solstice would fall about
Dec. % and that then the sun would
return and the long, dreary night be at
an end.
"Christmas day came at last, Christ
mas in the arctic regions! AT 6 o'clock
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Lack of Judgment.

'Was you really plannin' to run away
with the hired grip asked the old
farmer disgustedly.
That's what | was thinkin' of do
In" admitted his son.
''Ain't you got any sense at ALP de-
manded the old man. Don't you know
that hired girls is harder to get than
daughters-in-law? '-Chicago Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

eight hours as the extreme limit Many
a good load of fruit. flowers or vegeta-
bles that may arrive late for one mar
ket or that may not be instantly sal
able is pledged. Next morning the stuff
can either be redeemed or sold by the
hrOIzpr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Cabbages La Pledge.

There is one pawnbroking establish
ment in connection with Covent Gar
den market that is absolutely without
rival. This pawnbroking license ena-
bles the holder to lend money on gar
den and other produce by special con-
tracts that only he'd good for for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

knowledge ought to bring us happi-
ness, whether it brings us money or
not; for knowledge is life. and no man
lives in this age who has not knowl-
edge; for ignorance has neither life nor
happiness more than comes to that
which grazes in d.-Schoolmaster.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

"I trust I am not unduly trospassing
on the time Of this court" once said a
prosy counselor to Lord Cockburn.
"There is some difference" the judge
quietly observed, between Nespassing
on time and encroaching on eternity =
Success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Too Grabby.

'Some of the young girls nowadays"
said Miss Ann Teek, 'are positively
terrible. The idea Of girl being en-
gagged to two young men at once! It's
shamefulw
and" suggested Miss Pepprey, 'it's
aggrevating, too, isn't it?'-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

Time never drags nor does life ever
seem monotonous to those who are al
ways working. thinking. learning and
growing. Talisman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

Emeline-Sara is my greatest con.
ISOLATION in lifey
Why?
Emeline-Everybo says she talks
more than | do Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Her Bread.

Walter-Have you ever made bread
before, Marie?
Marie-Oh, yes; 1 used to make it for
my father until his doctor made me
stop.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

He-Their engagement is broken off.
She-For what reason?
"Why, he told her one night that
when he was at his work her face was
ever before him."
"Well?
"Why, he's cartoonistr'- Yonkers
Statesman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
A WOunan's Wish.

Mrs Housekeep-My husband has
been complaining good deal of late
because his dinner has not been served
on time.
Mrs. Clubb-Gracious! I wish mine
would.
Mrs. Transcription do?
Mrs Clubb-Yes; because he'd have
to come home earlier to do it.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

Shrinking modesty is an attractive
trait Of character, but it seldom gets a
raise Of salary. Journal.