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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-08-26

holder of a general admission ticket,
without a pennyis extra charge. So
enorsponssis the seating capacity OF ithe
tent, that u i very seldom necessary
to utilize the end seats. swith ,ts,''
states The management, s.the occupancy
OF reserved seat s. purely q matter
Of personal preferences Of eoaging
craft and calculation We tell YOU
frankly that for fifty cenSs-yoa can Gee
just as much as any one under the can
vass, and are Just as znnGn entitled 10,
and rs frankly that It Is up to YOU 10
resent and practically rebuke the ineen.
eeivably mean and ,ngrateful .abuse To-
feTred to-" The square policy annSoufsS.
ed win tend to augment what promises
to be a record breaking Attendance here
ON Thursday, September s. 2
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WIN. TELL FLOUR Guaranteed Best.
GOOD SEATS FOR ALL.
creditable Plan Pursued BY An Honor.
able Management.

ApAG
All who believe in fair play dnd in
receiving some sort of an equivalent in
pleasure and comfort for the price of
fifty cent ticket, will heartily commend
the honorable stand taken by the man.
agement of the Great Adam Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers Shows, both in their
publications and under their tents,
against tine far too common and len.
iently dealt with swindle, worked by
means of a circus reserve sent system.
which virtually deprives the holder of
a general admission ticket of anything
like a decent chance TO catch more than
a distant glimpse of the performance
from the PARKWAY ends of the canvass
unless he has tine MEANS and can be
forced to put an extra quarter, or half
dollar, as the case may be.
IN the big Forepaugh-Seils hippodrome
and circus tent the reserved seats oc.
oupy less than three-tenths of the seat
ing capacity and are confined to one
broad side of the canvess only; every
seat in the immense space on tine other
side being reserved for and open TO every
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-08-26
SUCCUNIBS;.
To Typhoid Fever Does Hansford Bridge
a Young Man who was EmplOyed
At aasel,Atlas Glass Factory.

Hansfprd Bridge, aged twenty-hve
years; an csnploye OF the Hazel Atlas
glass factory, died at his boarding
house at the Junction Sunday afternoon.
at fosr o'clock from typhoid 'tever. BE
had been resident of ClaraSsburg foE
some time past coming here to work in
the glass f3etory from Sheraald6; Va.
The nearest relative surviving is 1frs
Ed. Borami cousin, who has ty-
Tstoid tsver. in d local hospital. No
arrangements have been made for The
funeral 1t will be under the anspicss
of the lodge OF the Maecabes Of whidb
h was a momber.
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b NIrs. G. u. west ana Ne Holdeaa

by Mrs. G. N. West and Miss Holden
executed in an accomplished nlanner.
Joseph Roster, OF Tairment, supsrin.
tendent Of the city schools OF TIA.
place, was introduced and made gen.
eral god and wholesome talk on school
work, school houses and grounds.
Walter DangerfieEd, colored, a grad.
nate of the cofored schools here deliver
ed an Grafton on West Virginia, Her
Advantages and Resource" highly en-.
tertaining his auditors and eliciting
much praise for the cleyerness Of mis-
maner and the volume and depth of
Thought.
It being board of eSucatSon and tras-
tees day, several UelnboFs OF the, boards
of education and trustees were present.
Among these were B. f. Mason. sof GicR
Fall; Hugh j. Thompson, OF Wolf sum.
init; George FrommeyeT, of Adamston;
a. W. FittFo, Sydney Kidd and Bruce
Southern. of ClaI9Ssburg, j. B. Robin.
son, of Craigmoor; C. E. Davis Sf
Johnst0wR; Theodore Radcliff, OF Over.
field; F. n. Robinson, Of Lanbepport;
olandus West, of Lost Creek: ". N.
Jones and j. b. Bartlett; of Bridgeport /;
Lloyd n. Allen. OF Sardis; t. j. CofFman
and John L. Haney, Of Bristol; A. B.
cofiindafFer, of Benson; DR.. E. n
Flowers, of clarISsburg; R. w. Young
and Thomas B. Pepper, of salem; 7. NJ
Sullivan, of Mt. Clare, and ArthuS
Sheets, of West Milford.
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William a. Brown is a business Wis.
itor IN the city from Charleston.
Frank J. Brook, Of the Acme Book
Store atsMorsautOwn. arrived mere Mon.
to assist the Acme Book Store here dsrr-
ding the teachers institute which Is in sea
sion.
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DR.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Bartlett went 10
Simpson Tuesday morning to visit
friends.
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WIN. TELL FLOUR Guaranteed i. ssst.
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WIN. TELL EIouR Guaranteed Best.
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Ladies in Attendance.
The ladies' register showed % enrolledi
by the noon ilour as follows:
From cIaSlssBurs, Alice Goodwin Sue
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

ana the train Grew up at the pictur-
esque little country station, which
had now been converted into tenn
rnrary GelG-hcuse. The mournful
wiid-eyed cavalcaGe. which aiighted
at the platform. We're met by the sta
tionmaster who merely motioned with
his arm, and said, In there"
The whole crowd, with one accord,
poured in the direction indicated.
a dreadful sight met their eyes. In
the waiting room and booking office
doz= Il charred remnants of human
beings We're laid out on tarpaulins-
each one of which had lost all sem
blance to humanity. There was no
clue, no possibility Of recognizing or
Identifying any.
Ted Burrirt approached and looked
down upon one then staggered and
nearly fell.
Are these aIl?" he asked. IN a
dreadful whisper The man who was
in charge of this ghastly detachment
answered, briefly, There be heap
more on EN- in the church yonder."
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two lives lost. Numbers roasted to
DEATH"
She read the brief paragraph, into
which so much horror. was condensed.
and stood as though turned to stone.
Then coming back to herself, she mur-
INJURED: Mother must never see this,
it would kill herr" And she left the
room, taking the paper with her
After all, though" she ventured to
hope, there have been some saved.
Why may not he be among them?
Surely Ted will send telegram soon.
Poor boy. l wonder what he is do
ing?" 60 D.
A little later in the morning, when
Mrs. Burritt was just being coaxed to
take little beef tea, the fateful
double knock once more re-echoed
through the house .t
whats that" cried Mrs. Burritt,
sitting bolt upright Perhaps he's
come, back safe after all! Run, May,
and see.
The housemaid met her on the
stairs. bearing a yellow envelope
The boy is waiting to know if there
is any answer. miss" she said, and
fingered in the expectation of hearing
something of the contents.
The girl seized it ana tore it
open.
To return to her brother, who had
been told that there were yet many
more bodies in the church. for which
room could not be found elsewhere
and who, accompanied by detach-
ment OF other seekers, thereupon left
the station for the sacred edifice. 1t
was relief to find themselves again
in the open air, after the ghastly
sight that had just met their eyes
-,ut there was horror in the thought
that they were only exchanging one
such scene for another.
Gould he have been one of those?"
was the awful thought which pursued
the Young man-"one of those fearful,
indescribable objects, And was it
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
A Dentists Advice.

Toledo. Ohio. Jan. 25th.-Mr. Harry
j. Lewis, Dentist, COZ Sumit street,
this city, says: Il certainly advise
anyone. no matter how severe they
may have Kidney Trouble to take
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il was troubled with Kidney Dis
ease for several years and Dodd's Kid
ney Pills cured me- had used
many so-called remedies without any
benefit Four months ago, I was fiat
on my back with this painful trouble
and must say that | almost gave up
hopes of ever getting any better.
Through a friends advice ] purchased
six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
AT first l could see but little bene-
fit, but after two weeks. | could sec
an improvement. l had been getting
up several times at night and pains
in my back were very severe. When
| had taken six boxes | felt better
than l had for years. The pain had
all gone and l didn't have to get up
during the night at all. l continued
the treatment until I had used several
more boxes, and row I am glad to
say that l am completely cured"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
CHAPTER VII.
In the Vestry.

There was very little sleep for any
one at Magnolia Lodge that Light.
Mrs. Burritt was at last persuaded to
go and lie down upon her bed, where
she was ministered to by her daugh-
ter Ind the cook. ...
So in lamentations and tprturing
suspense. together with brief intervals
of broken rest, the night wore away.
The servants, with scared faces, crept
about the house and prepared the
breakfast, which nobody touched.
May Burritt came down stairs about
eight O'Clock. and the first thing that
she saw was the daily paper lying in
it's accustomed place beside the urn.
"Ah!" she gasped, now to know
the worst"
The account she sought was as
signed the most prominent position.
and was headed in large capitals,
Terrible Railway Accident! Thirty
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
CHAPTER vi.-continued.

"A dreitiul railway accident has
',lsen Place on the Southeastern rail
way. GOES train from London to
Ailidstun. which contained two wag-
ons loadei with petroleum barrels.
through snEs nist2ke in tie signals.
ran into the 4;3D up train from Do
ver, at the point where the lines cross.
The engine, tender. and three fl, II
class coTria Sas Lave been smashed up
and burnt by the petroleum. Twen-
ty-lhree pas aGgers are either dead or
dying"
The persgiration stood upon his
brow as he read this-this grim and
chastity paragraph--oyer and over
again.
How could ! possibly let them see
this?" he groaned to himself They
would go out OF their minds with the
horror of it. And yet" the thought
struck him, what is to prevent them
from reading it all, and more beside
in the morning papers? Though, of
course. there is hope-there must be
a gleam OF hope. Some must have
cScapedi How slow this train is. And
yet. why should | want to travel fast
er? How do know what awaits me
at my journeys end?'
When the train reached London
Bridge. d little before ten, he found
all was hustle and confusion. The
news of the accident had spread like
wildtire. and momentarily increas-
ing thrOns Of agonZed friends and
relatives bes!eged the officials, at
tackled the telegraph Office and hurried
hither and thither, backwards and
forwards. In search of something def
rite in the share of information.
Ted Burritt forced himself through
the crowd which was gathered round
some person in authority. and put
the same questions which burst from
SO many lips at once.
Was anything more known about
the accident? When would the line
he clear and when would train be
allowed to run to the scene OF the
disaster?"
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And the answers, repeated over
and over again, and passed from
mouth to mouth, were
No further details of the accident
had been ascertained, and no names
OF the victims had yet been published.
as the telegraph lines had been brok-
ell. E..
The first train to Bannoci Bridge.
the scene of the disaster. would be
run as soon as the line was clear, and
that could not be for some hours long
er. The unfortunate people who
craved to know what might be the
fate of some of their nearest and dear
est, could do nothing but wait, hour
after hour, every minute of which
seemed an age, and each separate
hour an eternity.
And so, at last, the hours wore
away. and very early in the morning
train started, bearing its weary, hag-
gard load of men and women, each
',oping that God had at least been
M,erCiful to him, or her, whoever else
He might have bereaved.
Ted Burrtt sat In his corner of the
carriage, and let his thoughts wander
where they would. All at once the
thought occurred to him, What had
become of the friend? The friend
whom his father went to meet. and
who was to return with him? But
what did it matter about him? Why.
but for him. though the accident
would have taken place all the same.
it would have had nothing to do with
that pleasant, peaceful home at Dull
wich!
BY the time he had recovered him
.jeif little he saw that the day was
beginning to dawn. Surely they must
be very near the scene of the disas-
ter.
Even in the faint early light, which
was all they had to illumine the
scene, signs of the recent catastrophe
BEGAN to appear. By the side of the
line they saw drawn up some of the
ruined carriages. Another moment.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
Cheap Trains to Chira.

The Vienna International Railway
Conference has decided that the price
of tirstclass ticket from Paris To
Pekin by express train shall be $40
los I'd. The second-class fare has been
fixed AT f2S SIS
BY slow train Il will be poss!.
bic to travel second-ciass for Gl9 12s
Cd and third class for E13 I3s. Ex'
press trains Will leave the Northern
station, Paris, twice weekly Oh and
after May 1st next. and daily after
September lst The distance will be
covered by the express trains in TWEEN,
ty days. and by slow trains in about
forty "a >.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
Thought Ade Needed SCHOOLING.

The following story is going the
rounds of Highland Park, where
&c rge Ade spent the summer The
afps did was walking along the
sire, "e day when he met mite of
humanity kindergarten bent, one of
Mr AIDES summer colleagues and
friends.
MIR. AIDE called out: Hello! Going
to SCHOOL, The prompt reply came,
ship, without the least suggestion of
fipparcy, but just as Mr. AIDE would
have it: mo; are you?'
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
Not Far Away.

s! was once" said a celebrated
preacher, in Cornish mine some
hundreds OF feet down in the bowels
of the earth. Crawling down ladder,
and feeling that the temperature was
every moment getting warmer. | said
to a miner who was accompanying me:
Its getting very hot down here;
how FAR Is il. do you think to the in
fernal regions?'
- don't know exactly. he replied
but if you let go you will be there
in ABOUT two minutes Spare Mo.
ments.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
LASTING RELIEF.

MY nightly rest was broken, owing
to irregularities Of the kidneys.
suffered intensely from severe pains
in the small of M back and through
the kidneys and was annoyed by pain
ful passages of abnormal secretions.
Doctors failed to relieve me. | began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills and | ex-
pericnced quick and lasting relief.
Doan's Kidney Pills will prove bless
ing to all sufferers from kidney disor-
ders who will give them fair trial"
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y,
proprictors. For sale by all druggists,
price 80 cents per box.
He-THe injured woman must have
been out shopping She-Imposslble.
She had money in her purse.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

Mother 0ray's Sweet Powders for ChildrsA
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse
In the Children's Home in New York cure
Constipation, Feverishness. Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80, 600 tes-
timonials. At all Druggists 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy N. Y.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

Defiance Starch is guaranteed big.
sest and best or money refunded. 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

1uberculosls-A great many people having spent
the winter in feel that they we'll enough
toreturn to the East but should think doing
soif their lungs have been diseased without taking
treatment with them thut keep the good effect
of the climate and heal the lungs In low altitude.
Whether any improvement has been brDug hit xbout
the climate not patients having lived In t
for few months can frequently back if they
DIR. Shepard's tautment with them and foit,.T
cordng 70 his directions. with great deal OF ssety
The treatment In incn pcnsye and pc rIn cure
for tuberculosis. Write for booklet history sheet
u DR. W. A. SHEPARD. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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| If a man has no ear for music he can
at least use it Il pen rack.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

People sometimes say "a chip OF the
old block" when they mean Il chip OF
the old blockhead.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

Gentleman ito peddler-Call these
safety matches? Why. they won't light
at all! Peddler-Well, wot could yer
ave safer?
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

II you have stloked a Bulhead seen
cigar you know how good they are: /
you have not peter try one.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

If you step on banana peel II is a sign
| of an early fall.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

nRfTNf0 Watson T.. Coleman, PAtent
RkNS hevEs' hsvcs rHhE TafH'Sn1ss sss.. p; iei. &
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-13
INGENIOUS INVENTIONS.
Machines That Act as Though Pos
sessed of Intelligence Equal
to the Human.

A visit to the numerous factories
bout Chicago will show that ma
chimes far surprising the human
1and in dexterity and dizziness are
numbered by the hundreds. Some
Of the devices, says the Chicago
Chronicle, even leave the human
Drain far behind in quickness of
thought, seemingly.
Thus the new machine for decorating
crockery puts on the china by single
action the border patterns and mono
gram centers which formerly required
a whole process of handwork. The ma
chine is operated by compressed air and
has a maximum capacity of decorating
in this manner 120 dozen pieces of
crockery in a single hour, with the as
distance of two boys.
A new speed indicator has been added
to locomotive practice that not only in
dictates the varying speed of the engine,
but automatically applies the brakes
when the speed exceeds the established
safety limit, thus successfully replacing
the speed feel" of engineers.
To do away with guesswork in Office
and shop management and to find out
the real amount and value of each and
every different kind of labor expended
on given piece of work there is a ma
chine which makes a permanent rec
ord by card printing not only of a sin
gle period of time, but also of an indefi-
mite number of periods. This record
shows the number of hours and minutes
put on the job and also the time of day
when the job was started When the
job is done the totals of labor costs are
entered on the outside of the envelope
containing them, together with a record
OF the material used Each record is en-
tered on the factory books for perma-
nent reference
The sewing of buttons on shoes and on
garments is no longer done by hand in
modern factories. There is machine
that sews $500 buttons on garments
in nine hours-or more than eight ex-
pert sewers could possibly do in the
same time. This machine requires no
expert operator. A boy or girl runs it.
And in insurance offices where it was
formerly necessary for force of clerks
to copy names on reference cards to be
filed in various places one clerk now
writes the names on a single card with
the metallic ink. clamps it in a holder
with number of blank cards and flashes
an X-ray through the packet Thus. by
single motion, one man writes, or rath-
sr prints, all the cards.
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What he Proposed to Reduce.

Gen. Leonard Wood, at one time sur
geon himself, is fond of stories in which
the joke is on the doctor. He tells this
one:
A doctor was sought by man who
fancied there was something wrong with
his heart. The physician made a cur
sorry examination, which disclosed a
large swelling in the mans cardiac re-
gion.
There certainly appears to be an ex-
traordinary swelling right here" said
the physician, tapping with his finger on
the mans side. I'VE must reduce this
at once, sir; at once!"
A faint smile came to the face of the
patient.
"Oh, Doc!" he exclaimed, that swell
ling is my pocketbook. Don't reduce it
too much, pleased IN Y. Press.
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NEW FORM OF WRESTLING.
After Little Practice, Boys Fond of
Athletic Exercise Will
Enjoy the Sport.

The boys down east have new sport.
Wrestling has always been a fine ex-
ercise, needing all the strength and agili-
ty that boy can have. 1t also needs
good deal of thinking, as those who
have wrestled know. There are a good
many kinds of wrestling. too, but foot
wrestling" seems to be really something
new.
Two boys stand facing each other.
Each stands on one foot. With the other
foot each boy locks heels with the other
boy From then on it is a test of skill
in balancing and of which boy is the
better thinker. Strength has not so
much to do with this sort of wrestling
and often small and clever boy can
make big rival sit all over the ground
There is bound TO be a good deal of sit
ting down to this game. You may not
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think So but try it once. You will be
surprised at the suddenness of your sit
tings.
You can stand on either leg and wres-
tie with the other Some prefer the right
leg to stand on, thinking it firmer, but
a well-developed boy should find no
difference.
Direct pulling seldom wins the bat
tie. 1t takes better generalship than
that. A pull would merely make the
other boy hop forward a little and give
you cAance to fall forward. You might
try quick swing to the right. Your
opponent will then swing to his right to
balance; then jerk your foot suddenly
toward you and you will have a chance
to crow over the other fellow as he hits
the ground and wonders what happened
to him.
Another trick is---if your adversary
should swing his leg far to the right,
forcing you to your left, you should hop
quickly to the left. Then hop forward,
pushing your ankle against his, and I'M
less he has been as quick as you he
will tumble over to the left. and, ker-
flop-there he is on the ground again!
Nonresistance is a good policy, too.
Get your opponent tired out without
fighting him. and then little shove or
Jerk will do the Chicago Jour
nal.
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THE LEGEND OF THE CROW
His Once White Feathers We,
Turned Black Because he
Had a Black Heart.

Way back in the beginning, deariS
when the earth was fresh, and beast
and birds had the best of it, the croI
was very different from what he now il
In the first place, his feathers were
white as snow. His voice.. too, was Oh
of the most beautiful in the bird king
dom.
But something happened From
somewhere. no one knew exactly HOY
or when, strange stories were Whispers
about Crow which Set all the birds nod
ding their heads and chirping to eacl
other in mysterious tones.
Queer things were happening. Grow
who had always been one of the bes
beloved birds in the forest, stole awa
from his companions to be by himself
Oftentimes, when Lark or Robin sur
prised him as he perched upon the linn
Of tree, or walked stealthily through
the grass, he appeared frightened, an
flew away to the thickest part of tn
thick forest
The birds could not understand Grow
Honest and truthful themselves, the