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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
TEACHERS EXAMINATION ENDS.

The teachers examination held here
Yesterday and today by the county board
OF examiners was concluded this even
ing. The manuscripts viii be sent to
the state superintendent Mt Charleston
to bc GRADED. The certificates viii be
issued after this is done, likely within
the next month.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
STEEL SALE
is RUMORED
schwab is Reported to Have Sold 100000
shares Of Steel -Pittsburg In
terest Sold Also.

New York, July 24-It has been ru
mored here that schwab has been II
Harris Gates Offices for several dayt
past and has sold 100000 shares Of steel
This riinlor has been denied, however
There is rumor here this morning that
a prominent steel interest Of Pittsbnrs
has been sold out, but the name cannot
be learned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
NEW YORK HOUSE FAILS.

BY Private Wire to slcase & Go.
New York, July e4.-w. L. STOW \
Co, house closely ,identified with steel
has failcd.
Talbot j. Taylor, son-in-law OF J. X
Keene, also failed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
GRANTED A PATENT.

Among the patent rights granted this
week by the government is one to z. +.
Cunningham, of Brown, this county, for
cauthook.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
TRADES COUNCIL TONIGHT.

This is Trades Council night b'll
whether there win he meeting or not
remains 70 be seen. For several n's'ssli's
nights there has not been a quorum ana
no meetings were held as a eonnseq qae'tee'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
nApR1AeE tIcENsE ISSUED.

Tho county clerk has issued a marriage
license to the following persons;
William Morrison, aged "a years, ana
Myrtle Riley, 81 years
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-24
Will PLAY an WESTON.

The local Y. N. g. A. team went e
Weston this morning to play the NRsss
ton team, there this afternoon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
Temperance Reform in England.

London Corr. New York Evening Post.
1t has been impossible to take up a pro-
vincial newspaper any time during the past
three weeks without coming across lengthy
reports of magisterial proceedings out of
which liquor license holders have come with
ruffied plumes. Speaking of the country
generally, there has been witnessed what
almost looks like an organized determine
ton to refuse licenses wherever opportunity
occurs. 1t has been the rarest thing to
find a new liquor license granted 1t has
been not infrequent thing to find renew
ais refused. and the net result is the la
ment of the publican and the publicans
master to w.t.. the brewer OF course, the
natural inference would be that this greater
rigor on the part of magistrates is a con-
sequence Of the new liquor law of last ses-
sion; bat that is not the case. The justices
in refusing the renewal of licenses are act
ing under old powers they already possess
ed. The new act has certainly created a
black list-that is to say a police record
posted in every public house OF habitual
drunkards in the district, to serve whom
with liquor is to incur dire penalties. 1t is
also certain that the discussion which the
act provoked during its passage through
parliament recalled magistrates to the enor-
nifty of the drink problem in British cities
and to their duty in regard to It.
The net result is CONSERVATION in the
liquor camp. Publican and brewer are cry
ing aloud for compensation. Now compen-
otllOH WOutu, IL Is Sdlur mean an
penny in the pound on the income tax, and
TO politician is bold enough to hold out the
slightest hope that parliament would make
this payment out Of the imperial exchequer.
1t is more than probable that this pressure
for compensation will increase as the ses-
sion proceeds. 1t may even bring the gov
eminent into a tight place. but so many
political troubles have come upon radical
and tory ministries alike from this single
cause that Mr.. Balfour's cabinet is not like
ly to be eager to jump into the hornets
nest. What has been done has been done
by the justices on their own initiative, and,
though the state has provided no compen-
sation for deposed license holders. compen-
sation has in many cases been provided out
Of the Joint purse of the brewers left in
possession. Mr.. Balfour's NO would COM
pei the trade to organize a compensation
scheme of its own. and so soon as that is
done and magistrates are relieved from tho
reproach of inflicting hardship upon the
publican, this country may expect to see
the number of its licensed houses reduced
to something like the real needs of the
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
WITCHCRAFT OF TODAY.
Mainland the Most Superstitious Place
in British Kingdom.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
The account published yesterday of the
"bewitched' man at Bottisham, near Cam
bridge, is the second case of the kind
brought to light within the past few days
Belief in witehcraft IS today more prevalent
In the rural districts Of Great Britain than
town jewellers suspect. Not long ago two
young farmers living in Cornwall were
charged with threatening to murder an
elderly neighbor, whom they accused of
having "ill-wished" their horses SO that
they refused to pull their loads and started
kicking. One Of the defendants swore that
the old lady had cast an evil spell over
the animals. - =. .-.,,b "a
At a recent murder trial in a remote
part Of Invernesshire the constable who
discovered the body of the victim, Mr..
Rose, could not produce the boots because
he had buried them on the .seashore in the
hope that such action would LAY the
ghost of the deceased.
Some little time ago the churchgoers OF
Highland village collectively expressed
indignation at certain theological views eX-
pounded by their minister. Within few
days the unhappy clergyman began to man.
ifest symptoms ,of some. wasting disease.
His anxious friends attributed the malady
to stream that passed his house having
been bewitched by his opponents. With
solemn rite and incarnation the stream was
cleansed Of its evil spirits, but the record
fails to state whether the patients health
Suffolk, Shropshire, Yorkshire, Devon
shire and Cornwall appear to be the most
supersttious counties in England. In Suf-
folk, for instance, the peasants to this day
nail horseshoes to the beams of their
houses if they suspect the presence of the
evil one In Shropshire and Yorkshire
one commonly hears of giants having been
seen. The people of County Leitrim, Ire
land, have a strong prejudice against eat
ing hares, lest they should be transformed
into witches-the latter, according to local
belief, having a habit of adopting that
guise. The Leitrim dairymaids tie rope
with nine knots round their churns to pre-
vent evil spirits stealing the butter from
the milk.
At Coychurch, in Glamorgan, there Is
well to which sufferers repair. They dip
into the water pieces Of rag and touch the
affected parts with them, afterwad hang
ing the rags on an adjacent tree AS many
as 800 of these shreds have been seen de-
pending from the branches.
The Isle Of Man, however. Is the mos.
superstitious spot in the British isles
Witchcraft is-or was quite recently-open-
ly practiced in certain districts away from
the towns. The daughter of a once famous
"charmer' on the southern side of the
island appears to have inherited her
fathers powers of persuasion, for the fish
ermen from all parts flock to her for luck
Mainland, even in 1903. has a remarkable
population of fairies and giants, mermen
and brownies, kelpies and water bulls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
Long Way From the Post.
From the Golden Penny.

From the Golden Penny.
People who grumbe because they have to
walk to the end of the street when they
want to post letter ought to live on Her
schel Island, situated In the far northwest
corner Of the dominion of Canada. The
island is the most remote mission station in
the world. The nearest post office is two
thousand miles away. Consequently the
packets are few and far between, seldom
more than two in the year, and the news Is
somewhat old by the time 1t reaches the
island. A large number of Eskimo have
been attracted to Herschel Island since the
Americans established a whaling station
there, and in 1892 a Canadian missionary
of the Church Missionary Society, the Rev.
1. o. Stringer, commenced work among the
Eskimo. Three years later he was Joined
by another Canadian and in 1856 Mrs.
Stringer went to share her husbands la
bors. The island is a most uninviting place
for residence. The sun is not seen for
more than two months in the winter. and
there are no trees anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
swift-Footed Dogs.
ON the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The speed OF animals was being discussed
by the keepers at the zoo. John Lover
said: The greyhound is the swiftest Of all
quadrupeds. A greyhound can run from
twenty to twenty-four yards second.
That is 100 yards in five seconds, or mile
in one minute and twenty eight seconds for
the slower dog and mile In one minute and
thirteen seconds for the faster one. Fox
hounds have great speed. too. A certain
French foxhound has a record of four miles
in six and half minutes. The fox terrier
has, for its size, great speed and its endur-
ance is wonderful. These sturdy little AMI
mails will follow carriage, an automobile.
or a bicycle for hours, covering twenty or
twenty-five miles without any appearance
of fatigue. The shepherd dog can run
about fifteen yards second, and the setter
can run from eighteen to twenty miles an
hour, keeping this speed up for two hours
easily. Among wild animals the wolf is
said to have the most endurance. I'd like
to see the sport of dog-racing introduced IN
America. The racing OF greyhounds is pop.
ular among the French. Why, I wonder,
don't we have 1t here?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
C. G. SLOAN & CO.. AUcTs, l4o7 ST. NV.

LOTS on CHAMPLAIN AND ONTARIO AVE
NuEs. JUST NORTH OF FLORIDA AVENUE,
n a RAPIDLY IMPROVING SECTION. WASH
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust, dated the
Day Of os 30 snd duly ybs
ODDS Of the District of Columbia. and at the re.
quest of the parties secured thereby We Will sell
aos HE h tFHnt fi M OF
PAL, the following described lands and premises,
with the easements, rights ways and appurte-
nances thereunto belonging, situate and lying in
the county Of Washington. District of Columbia,
swenty-one t2i). twenty. four G2g and twenty Ave
EfHS, in b9et numbered four a.. in Man and
Z G. e. No. Fl, folio 400. Of the land records Of
No. folio IS. and Liber Governor Shepherd, To-
lios 02 and 63, OF the records Of the Office Of the
Also all Of lots numbered thirty-seven an, thir-
lin iortytWo az fOrty.three IS and forty four
subdivision Of lots In said block numbered four %.
,,1 Meridian nm" ss per plat recorded In Liber
Of the surveyor aforesaid.
rot The Aes sa3 will Be &c S and
offered a whole.
Terms: one-third cash. balance in one ind two
years, with interest at So per annum, payable
the property sold. OF all cash. at the option Of the
purchaser. IL sold in detail deposit Of 500 win
Mhoe on 81 sS M be- ID
conveyancing, recording, notarial fees, etc., at
cost Of purchaser. II terms Of sale are not COM
the property In default may be readvertised
and resold at the risk and cost Of the defaultins
purchaser. after due notice published In some
THos. r. JONES, Surviving Trustee.
Sa: Safe Os3osit, SaSinss and Trust Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
Cookery.

From the London Chronicle.
Cookery il the prodigal SON of literature:
It is celebrated in endless books about
fatted calves. No philosopher. historian or
poet has enjoyed anything like the esteem
which rewards the chroniclers OF eating
and drinking. Is not Plato chiefly rernem-
bered for his praise of Attic pastry? What
honor ever conferred on the poet Is at all
comparable with the distinctions ana emoi-
uments of illustrious cooks? Today our
best verse maker. provided that he fail
into Indulgence, may receive couple OF
hundred pounds per annun from the state.
Antony presented his chef with city Of
thirty-fve thousand Inhabitants. Old Du-
mas thought it the fitting crown of his 1T
erary career to make his Ave hrndredth
volume q cookery book, which opened with
ate a Northumberland dinner for a wa
ger. beginning with twenty-four dozen
oysters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
NEW CUT GLASS
Still Prettier Designs-Gold Decora'
tions-Things Made to Order.

From the New York Sun.
Cut-glass wares were once upon q time to
be got in this country only by express or
der and at considerable cost. Now the ma
tive cut-glass makers are turning out
sparkling accessories for table and toilet
at just half the prices that used to prevail.
One may have water tumblers, cut in
dainty star patterns. for s. dozen, and
water bottles and decanters from s. up.
As for etched and engraved glass, whole
sets consisting of sixty pieces, including
dozen each OF champagne, wine claret,
cordial and water glasses. can be had for
$40 The engraved decoration consists of
empire wreath borders or feur de lis de-
signs, dainty and appropriate.
Among cut-glass wares there are patterns
as fine cut and intricate as the wheel of a
spider web. Others are holder and simpler.
Again, there are beautiful palm shapes and
exotic-looking ferns and leaves. All beau-
tiful forms In shells, mowers and insect life
nave been levied upon. And every detail
OF the costlier cut articles is made beauti-
full, the stoppers handles and lips OF bot
ties and decanters and the stems and stands
OF the wine glasses and punch cups.
The whisky and cocktail sets are provided
with handled mirror tray that duplicates
their elegance. Some sets of two or three
bottles are swung in a frame of antique
oak or mahogany. Sets fine cut and shapely
SO framed can be had from so to $40. Very
beautiful cut-gass cigar jars are mounted
In DraSS frames or graceful design. the jar
of size to hold fifty cigars costing $40
Salad forks and spoons and punch ladies'
are now fitted with cut-glass handles The
cut design on the hanale matches the de-
sign on the glass dish or bowl II is used
with
The new gold glass. in which the design
Is first cut in and then filled in with gold,
affords very handsome effects Glasses for
Rhine wine or hook, goblet shape and with
odd, twisted stems, of a rich green tint
with gold decorations, and cost $12 dozen.
Punch and sherbet cups, with saucers to
match are so enriched at SIS a Dozen
Delicate floral designs filled in with bur-
nished gold characterize these wares.
Rock crystal glass ware showing a deli
cately traced design in combination with
the cutting is novel. A handled decanter
of this character costs S14. The etching on
this rock crystal ware is lighter than white
enameling would be. and the articles are
singularly chaste and lustrous looking
Moore and more glass ware Is being dec
GRATED to order, whether Of plain crystal
or cut glass. Yachting signals are marked
on some sets, and flags and club devices
marked with the owners monogram in
raised gold Crests, notices and the SIM
pier heraldic symbols are all employed ac-
cord1ng to the fancy of the householder.
Very many of the cut glass wine SETS tea
services and dessert sets given for wedding
and anniversary presents are distinguished
with a monogram and wreath Of gold FASH
foned to order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
Sea Juiubes

From the London Taller.
couple OF passengers on the boat be-
tween Holyhead and Kingstown made a
few pounds not long ago by a method which
seems a novel type Of fraud. One passen-
ger directly the boat got clear of the
breakwater at Holyhead, showed terrible
ness. Another passenger presently ap-
preached him with little packet Of jujubes
which he stated were an absolute specific
against NAL de mer. The price OF the ju-
jules was 6s per packet. The supposed
seasick passenger purchased a packet and
In a few minutes declared himself quite
we'll. Other passengers followed his ex-
ample and the owner Of the jujubes quickly
however, the cure failed 70 work; and no
wonder, for the ju5ubes were the common
or garden description worth Id a package.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
A Japanese Mason.
From the London Chronicle.

FT0m the LOnuOh OHfuHlcIe
Viscount Tadasu Hayashi, Japanese am
bassador, who was last night initiated into
Freemasonry at the Empire Lodge, cele-
brated his ffty-third birthday just three
days ago, and he has been minister at the
court Of st. James since 1900 The cere-
mopy was a unique and interesting per-
Torrance, inasmuch as he is not only
the first foreign ambassador to be initiated
in an English lodge, but he is believed to
be the first of his countrymen. who are
mostly Shintoists or Buddhists, to be in
structed in the arts and mysteries of the
craft Although there are two lodges
in Yokohama, one in Tokyo and ore in
Yeddo, they are all under the Grand Lodge
of England, and all the members are Brit
ish 1t was only natural that the ambassa-
dor should refer with pride to the benefits
of the treaty with this country, which he
SO successfully engineered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
Of Chinaman on Visiting This Great
Country.

W - SAAu1AAoA VI V1SAtluS Ills UreaC
Country.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.
The Chinese friend whom I mentioned in
this column the other day could write a
volume Of his first Impressions of this
country which, dare say, would be as en-
tertaining as many of those books which
fitting visitors from Europe have super
ficially scrubbed about u.s. Indeed, he has
already written such volume, but it is not
likely ever to be published.
Several years ago he was one Of seven
teen young men sent by the Chinese gov
eminent to this country for education, He
was the historian of the party, and from
the little he has told me Of what he wrote
back home I judge there was many an
amusing chapter in his history" Yes and
something worthy of our serious thought
behind the amusement.
For example, when he had ridden few
miles on a railroad traversing this CONT
nent he wrote: 1.-THE people of this coun-
try are SO pious that they have erected
crosses (the symbol of the Christian faith
only few rods apart all along their lines
or travel. In fact, these crosses are so
close together that they are held up by
wires stretched from one to another"
one more example: His train was cross
ing Iowa when 1t stopped between stations
went down to look at the nude body of an
infant lodged in an eddy of a stream The
inquistive Chinaman descended with the
rest. When everybody returned to the
train, leaving the body in the water, the
historian wrote: ''They drown their sur
plus female infants in America" Then
having told infinitely what he had seen, he
drew the conclusion: when the trainmen
found that the body was that of female
they went on, leaving it in the water Had
it been the body Of a male child they would
have given it Christian burial and inquired
into the cause Of DEATH The truth was
that the engineer seeing the body in the
water, had stopped to ascertain whether
life was extinct. Finding that it was and
that the body was securely lodged among
bushes in the eddy, he went on to the next
station, where he reported the matter. No
body had legal right to remove the body
until the coroner had viewed it.
When my Chinese friend had acquired
sufficient knowledge of English to read
some of the writings of American "histo-
rians" in China he found in them many
statements quite as absurd as any he had
made about our customs and habits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
THos. J. OWEN & son. AUcTToNEERS.

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE BUILDING
LOT FACING SOUTH on MORTON PLACE
FRONTING TWENTY FEET THEREON BY
DEPTH OF SlXTY-NINE FEET, BETWEEN
9TH AND ITH STREETS AND l. STREET
AND FLORIDA AVENUE NORTHEAST.
BY virtue OF certain deed OF trust bearing
date June Sth 1900, and recorded June 18th, 1900
In iiber No. 2i90. folio Dos ct seq. OF the land
records of the District Of Columbia, and by the
written direction OF the party secured and holder
Of the note thereby secured, the undersigned will
offer for sale. at public auction in front of the
premises. on THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH
DAY OF MARCH. A. ID. 1903 AT HALF-PAST
-FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described real
estate TO wit: Lot Nc. 10l In j. D. Cameron
James Lowndes and William p. Kellogs subdIvi-
sion Of square numbered S55, said subdivision
20 recorded In the office CT the surveyor of the
District CT Columbia. In book No. is. page No. 7S
Terms OF sale, which TO be complied with
within u Gays from the time Of sale: All cash
or one-thisd cash, balance I'm one and two years;
notes OF the purchaser secured the property
sold tearng interest from date of sale at the rate
OF per centuu per annum, payable sem annually
The trustees reserve the right to resell the prop
srty the risk and cost Of any defaulting pur-
chaser after five days reimbursement ia some
newspaper published In the District OF Columbia
AL copreyarcing, title examining and recording at
the ncEse OF the purchaser.
EDWARD +. RIGGS. Trustee.
laos N. Y. ave-. Bond building
GEORGE j. EASTERDAY, Trustee
rnh6-d&ds 1S1o ST.. Amos building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
FUTURE DAYS.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS NO. 1l09
STREET NORTHEAST. IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Under and by virtue of a certain deed of trust
dated the 18th day of February. AID 1881. and
recorded in Iiber 1872 folio 454 ct seq, Of the
land records of the District of Columbia, and nj
the request of the party secured thereby, we, the
undersigned, will sell, at public auction in front
Of the premises, THURSDAY, THE NINE
TENTH DAY OF MARCH, AID. 1903, AT HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following de-
scribed real estate, situate in the city of WASH
ington, District of Columbia, and known and deSiS
mated as and being lot numbered one hundred and
square numbered nine hundred and eighty-one (9Sp,
the same being improved by two-story and back
building brick dwelling, known No. HOO
street northeast.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, and the balance
in and two years from day of sale, for which
the promssory notes OF the purchaser must be
given bearing interest payable semi annually, az
the rate of five per centum per annum until paid,
all cash. at the purchasers option. deposit
of $500 Will be required at time of sale. All con-
veyancing. recording and acknowledging at pur-
chaser's cost. IL the terms Of sale are not COM
piled with in fifteen days from day of sale the
trustees the right to resell at the risk and
cost of defaulting purchaser after three days pub
lie notice In some newspaper published in Wash
ington, ID. Z.
JOHN T. ARMS.
$40 F ST. NV,
LUCIUS F. RANDOLPH. Jr..
$50 st. rw.,
Trustees.
THOS. J. OWEN & SONS. Aucts. mh9-d&ds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
College Gayety.
From the Springfield Republican.

The Greek letter fraternlties in the fresh
water colleges are more and more adopt
ing the fashion OF winter house parties,
when their club houses are turned over to
their 'fbest girls" duly chaperoned, and
dancing and social frivolity prevail for a
period. This is all very pleasant. but we
can imagine tho faculties grooming over the
injection of such diverting matters, cspe-
ciaIly as the men who most enjoy this sort
of thing are the very ones whose scholar
ship tenure is most in doubt. 1t will not
be strange II time reveals that this giddy
departure must be regulated by the col
leee authorities in the interest of those
objects which colleges were created to
serve.