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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
Connecticut Mythology.

Once upon a time-to be more pre-
rise, in the latter part of the eighteenth
century-thre lived a worthy Connect
cut divine named the Rev. Samuel
Peters. Peters was a picturesque per-
sonage in his way, but bis fame rests
entirely upon the fact that he wrote
book. This is one of the most mas
velous works ever issued from the
press.
1t was Mr.. Peters, for example, who
first discovered and made known to
the world that the founder of Yale
college was a Rev. Thomas Peters,
evidently one of his own ancestors;
that at Bellows Falls the water flowed
80 fast that it became as hard as mar
BILE, making it possible to float crow
bar upon it; that two most marvellous
uuadrupeds. the ''whappermocker" and
the ''cuba" (evidently the ancestors of
the jabberwock) roamed wild in the
Connecticut forests, and it is also from
Mr.. Peters that we first learn Of the
famous incursion of the Windham
frogs.
But it was in the early Jurisprudence
of Connecticut that this expatriate
made his most interesting discoveries.
He informed his English readers--and
most of them believe the story de-
voutly to this day-that the citizens
of the state were forbidden by law
to make mince pies. to play on any in
strument of music except the drum,
trumpet or jewsharp. and that every
male must have his hat cut round, ''ac-
cording to a cap" the model preferably
being the hard shell of pumpkin
Leslie's Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

needed a peculiar setting! Was it be-
cause he feared the theme of his drama
that he first htdged ii In at Baireuth?
Sacrilegious? No. Audacious? Well
yes. And how much more daring out
in the white light of Broadway! In
Baireuth all things would have been
possible, even the sermon on the mount
as an epilogue. There, hedged with
enemies on every side, like gnats, Wag-
ner battled for the impossible and in
spite of the gnats achieved it. 'Parsi-
fal' is a monument to a daring deed
For today there is only one Wagner, al
though the many gnats still remain.
"To infuse the soul of a man-all the
delicate shades of his meaning-into a
work like 'Parsifal would seem to be
impossible AS the drama moved along
I said almost uncOnsciously to a neigh
bor Wagner is dead The best testi-
mony to the excellence of Mr.. Conried's
undertaking throughout is that one
does not rliss Baireuth and Wagner
still more. Even personal contact with
genius, so to speak, at second hand is
a priceless legacy.
"While | cannot but think the orig
inal scene of 'ParsifaP a more fitting
place for its setting, Mr.. Conried has
far surpassed the Baireuth production
His enchanted garden of the second
act, with it's wonderfully charming
flowers and beautiful coloring, was by
far the better
"In this scene Wagner brought d
storm of criticism about his ears by
the astonishing size-the exaggerated
orientalism-of his flowers. He had
his own purpose in mind, to emphasize
the symbolism of his flower maidens.
But Mr.. Conried's conception was more
artistic in that it left more to the i'm
agination. 1t was q pleasing contrast
to the garden in Baireuth, where many
Of the ladies. artists though they were.
failed utterly to preserve the illusion
Of youth or the power to tempt. The
transformation scene was magically
effected. This second act was the seen
ic Flemish at Baireuth.
1.-THE lights, too. were better here;
costumes, detail, accessories. better,
better, better Americans have a way
of praising something that takes place
at a distance. They may make many
comparisons, but there can be no ques-
ton as to the better presenta ton of the
drama ITSELF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
The Lovely Winter Time.

[Well / dunno. Of course it's kind of
nice to set around in your shirt sleeves
som etipoeS in the summer, but people ain t
never real healthy except in the winter
We need seasonable weather to kill off the
diseases and things, and a good, old fash
Toned winter always makes me feel like
gittin' up and dom somethin'. From
Heart to Heart Talks With an Old Set
teri
I love the happy winter time,
When all the hills are white,
When frost is thick upon the panes
And pipes freeze UP at night.
love the joyful winter time,
When, shutting out the air,
We huddle in our houses and
Inhale the poison there
0 happy, happy winter time,
What joy the billiards. bring
How sweet it is to have cold feet
While gladly reveling.
o glad, o joyous winter time,
When ice coats all the stones
And people without rubbers on
Get home with broken bones.
I love the lovely winter time
The time of chills and ills,
The time of doubling up on gas
And coal and doctors bills.
Come, let us join the ones who think
The winter time is grand
And that it brings a thousand kinds
Of blessings on the land.
O merry, merry winter time,
The times of mumps and Group
And smallpox and pneumonia
Let's gayly, gladly whoopi
Oh, let's exult with them who say
The wintry season frees
The world of germs and in return
Brings healthful ecstasies
IS. E. Kiser in Chicago Record Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
tOVEL GAME OF CARDS
oingpong EuLhre Combines
Two Popular Pastimes.
INVENTION OF A BROOKLYN MAN

The Newest Social Diversion Is
Played Like Ordinary Euchre With
the Exception of the Moving and
COUntfng-Tab1es Arranged In Sec
lions Designated as American and
English Courts.
Pingpong euchre, a novel game in
vented by William A. Phillips of
Brooklyn, was inaugurated the other
night at a reception given at the Hotel
st. George, says the Brooklyn Citi-
zen. Many guests engaged in the
game or witnessed it, and large num-
Der of prizes rewarded the winners.
About 201 persons played, four at each
table, which was covered with green
baize. Two green sticks were placed
at opposite corners, between when a
net was extended On one stick rested
q pingpOng bat and on the other some
times an English flag and at other
times an American fig. The greatest
interest was manifested from first to
last in the proceedings.
PingpOng euchre is played the same
as ordinary euchre, with the exception
of the moving and counting. Ten
games, called a set, are played on ta-
bles, hereafter to be known by the
name of courts. Each court is defend
ed by four players, who play as part
nerS for the defense Of that court. to
which they are assigned during the en-
tire set.
The tables are arranged in sections,
designated as American and English
pingpong courts. The moving or pro
crossing is done from the American to
the English sections and vice versa, ac-
cord1ng to the directions on the card
laid down by the referee before each
game.
The moving of the visiting couple
that is, the couple who are to visit
foreign court-takes place at the sound
of a whistle. The visiting couples take
the cards with them, and when all Wis
iting couples have reached their desti-
nations play begins at the sound of
bell and stops Immediately at the
sound of a whistle.
The counting of each court is done
by the use of pingpong ball, hung on
the net of each court by the referee
during the progress of the game The
individual counting is done by the
punching Of the TALES at the end of
the game. The winning couple are en-
titled to the ball and after having
their TALES punched they return to
their home court at the sound of a
whistle and hang the ball on the net
of their court. This ball scores for the
entire table or court.
The following are the rules First,
six minute games; second, lone hands
count two; third, if you order your
partner up, you play it alone: fourth,
no assisting; fifth. stop playing mme-
diately at the sound of the bell; sixth,
the player having the highest number
of points wins. Each player in the
court having tie highest number Of
pingpong balls on its net is entitled to
a prize. drawn for in the order of the
highest number OF punches on the tai
ties
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
a LAKE OF SOLID SODA.
Strange Discovery of Major Burn
ham, the American, In Africa.

Strange Discovery of Major Burn
ham, the American, In Africa.
Major f. r. Burnham, the American
from another difficult expedition to
east Africa, this time through the east
Africa protectorate and Uganda to the
borders of the Kongo Free State pene-
trating about a thousand miles and ex-
ploring much territory that had never
before seen white man, says the Kan
sas City Star The major was accom-
panied by several hundred blacks and
twenty white men, three of whom died
of fever and six were invalided home.
The most interesting result Of the ex-
petition was the discovery of lake Of
about forty mine square miles composed
almost entirely Of pure carbonate of
soda, forming a snowlike crust so thick
that the party Walked across on it.
In some places the chemical is solid
clear through to the ground. 1t is the
largest deposit of the kind that has
mineral springs carrying soda in solu-
ton, and the deposit is formed by the
evaporation Of the water under the
burning equatorial sun. In years to
come, when the inevitable railroads
run through Uganda, this chemical lake
will doubtless be of enormous value,
but at present it is one of natures in
violable reserve funds.
An active volcano was found at Lake
Rudolph, and several others which were
busily spouting mud and steam were
seen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
New Use For Whipping Post.

Der of whipping posts. most of them
attached to stocks. One of the most in
teresting examples in the home coun-
ties stands on patch of green by the
roadside at Stondon Massey, in Essex.
A popularity of this relic is that
though it still bears the irons by which
offenders against law and order were
formerly ,triced up to receive castiga-
ton, it now performs the Office of a
travellers guide, having arms which
point the way to Ongar and other
places in the district, says the London
News
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
Delaware.

Delaware has been called the Dia-
mond State. for, though small in size.
it formerly was Of great political i'm
portance. 1t also enjoys the nickname
Of the Blue Hen State, this having been
bestowed on account of a gentleman
named Caldwell, who made the state
famous in sporting annals by the quail
ity of his gamecocks. which he always
bred from the eggs of blue hen, be-
lieving that this was the best color for
the mother of gamecock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
RRffera.

There are pour batters. drop batters
and coughs. all depending on the guam
tity Of -four used with the liquid used.
Generally speaking, one full measure
Of -four to scant measure of liquid
makes pour batter, two full measures
of -four drop batter and three full
measures a dough. Something, Of
course. depends on the liquid and the
quality of the -four.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
The "Angry Treesv

The ANGRY tree" woody plant
which grows from ten to twenty-five
feet high. and which was formerly
supposed to exist only in one state
in the Union, Nevada. has been found
IONA. If disturbed. this peculiar tree
shows every sign Of vexation. even to
ruff1ing up it's leaves like the hair on
an angry cat and giving forth an un.
pleasant, sickening odor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

Brass is an alloy of tin and copper.
and analysis of the earliest existing
specimens demonstrates that it was
formerly manufactured in the proper
tons of one part of tin to nine of cop
per- A notice in Genesis fixes the dis
covery and use of both these metals.
according to the Bible, at between
4,004 and 1856 years before the Chris
tan era.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
Duly Thankful.

And now one of the professors says
1t will be 100000 years before the
sun goes out. Thanks. We are in need
of just that sort of consolation every
time we're called on to settle the gas
bill.--Atlanta Constitution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

Don't you think the first year OF
married life the most trying one, Mr..
Benedick?"
ii did at the end of it. but since then
have given each recurring year the
credit. New York Herald
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

Maoy Uro d minaed p'y~iri2rs
p~~scriao Folev's Hnnry ana -. ;
Iaty 1--we never Fouud ~ afo I'D
reliable d Is meGy ;1r fi,r"a - tn2
troubles rs t.iis great ~ dicap.,
Sold by Frost & Spec
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

Mrs. AeaStiie-I S. . for Paris
hat and taai 'attt@ Woinuh Up the
street MANAGED - So 0un just like it
But stoned her from wearing it!
Mrs Neurich- How dii yon q it?
Mrs Neustile-I gave the hat to the
nurse and told her to wear it every
time she took baby out. = Baltimore
American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

One pair of work horses, weigh
ing 3,4C0 lbs, s years old and
sound. Call on or address
l.. D. PERRY,
Cable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07
7 [ ME- 7 A B L L.
EAs oNIe o3.-----
c. ST. P. M. & O. Ry.
PASSENGER TRAINS:
MAD TIT

PASSENGER TRAINS:
SOUTH NORTH
$3.50 a. m. daily 10:S5 d. M daily
lI:55 a m. exSunday rs pm. exSunday
%2:40 pm. exSunday 1896 p. M. exSunday
1880 2. m. daily 5l5 pm. Sunday only
3:05 Sunday only 1900 % m. dailY
*Connect at Ashland Junction with south
bound trains. &Connects at Ashland juno
ton for st. Paul or Chicago +Connect at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-07

Wis.W B. DUFFY. Agent, Washburn,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
pUENA VISTA SPRING HOTEL,

Franklin County, Pa- m
This we'll known resort will be open for the
season June Is, lg04, under entire NEW man.
agement. Cuisine and service will be OF the
very best and under personal superyision Coll.
and various other forms OF amusement The
water SUPPLY Is from the famous vs., HNena yihtA
datripness BY day Or night. Nc, malaria or mos
quitoes For rates and descriptive booklet aa-
dress until June nth III u. : ]. " ", .35
5l9 N. Charles ST.. Battrnare, Md
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
ROUND TRIP TICKETS, SOC.
EXCURSION TO
w AS HI N G TON
(via r.. #. & F. r. RI

WHIT MONDAY. MAY 23D.
round trip. Train Will leave Broad and
Hancock sjtreets at A. M. Returning.
leave Washington Tuesday, May 2lth, at
9 p M. stops at all regular stations be-
tween Richmond and Quantico. Take
Broad street cars right to the train.
a grand opportunity to go to Baltimore
and see the ruins. \
j. NJ. THOMPSON g. CO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
AUCTION sALEs-Monday
HlGH CONSTABLE'S SALE.

HlGH CoNsTABLE's SALE.
will sell at Public Auction, on MON
DAY. THE cad DAY OF MAY, 1901, at
Il O'Clock, A. A.. at No. 1906 q. Franklin
Street, The following property 10 satisfy
wills IL my hands, tor%s B9 rhsirs
Pictures, Lamps, Stove Rockers. Mat
tins, Carpet, two Show Cases and other
household goods
Books. II you are In need Of good books
don't fall TO attend the sale; also one
Top Wagon.
TERMS: Cash. ~,
II. G. g. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22

REAL ESTATE.
REAL EsTATEFor Rent.

ELEGANT NEW RESIDENCE
on best block on Grove Avenue near
Howtser Monument, at a very fnoder-
ate figure. Investigate this at once.
j. b. ELAN & co.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
Greenbrlsr White Sulphur Springs.

I-5I40 WEST VlftUIININ. ~
lTha "oLp WHITE" Sulphur! opens June ,y -
ments. with private baths. Orchestra Terms.
siS 10 ss5 week, $50 10 syl per month
All Eckets for St. Louis Exposition va y ano
nhur, Write for booklet. Address Until June l.
GEO, A. MILLS, lr.. Msr.. The GRAFTON.
Washington, y. {, --,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
C0LD SULPHUR SPRINGS, VA.

ZULU CVErnVn oF HIUuvj US
on main line OF G. s. o. r. r.: altitude,
1900 feet; climate, dry salubrious and In
piyorating; waters, sulphur. chalybsate
ana freesione The sulphur water has by
long experience been found to relieve. dis
k dney ana nervous trou bios. Terms mod
crate. Apply to j. s. CRAIG. Proprietor.
Cold Sulphur Spring. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22

TOR RENT.
LARGE -FOUR STORY AND BASE
tment store on Thirteenth. long In occu-
pancy of Mr.. John Bowers; alterations
and improvement 10 suit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
EXCURSION TO WILLIAMSBURG.

Unwilling ut williamsburg Of Boulder
erected BY a. p. ". AS OF washington
to the memory OF those members of the
House of Burgesses who voted against the
use of British manufactures In l169 and
l7T4.
Excursion under the auspices Of Huguc-
not Society THURSDAY, May 10Th . a.
NJ Returning reach Richmond at 2. NJ
Round trip $l,00.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
Local News
Y x 4

Honor and shame from no con-
EDITION rise"
And self-made men are men who
Advertise.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
Do You
Enjoy


Few people do.
Nature and a Neurologist can
work wonders for you, if you
are thus afflicted.
With our treatment, you will
be permanently cured, if you
follow instructions.
Why suffer when you can be
cured to stay cured?
l give a written guarantee,
that if you fail to be perma-
nently relieved, to refund ev-
cry dollar paid me.
A person who will not avail
himself of this proposition
would not accept the earth as
a present, unless there was
fence around it.
ION ULTATION FIR E E.
ND ADNED ~ THOMAS
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26

And Self-made mel are hheh VIM
Eadvertise.
We had a fine rain last night.
4 4 4
Quite cool again this morning.
p = 4
Z. The merchants are displaying
fall goods.
Farmers are blowing preparing
sssov wheat: : = .
The fremen's carnival opens
week after next.
4 = q
FOR SALE-House. Inquire at
rs Curry street, Mccoy Heights.
6,30-tf
J. S. Grouse of Graysville, O.,
was business caller in the city
today.
4 z 4
FOR SALE-Seven-room house.
Geo. F. Bell, 10 Catherine street.
81 S,23-tf
Miss Emma Schmuck of Emlen-
Con, is the guest of Miss Sara Ag-
new.
Green gage plums so cents for
Is bushels at NJ. A. Sybert Gro
kscery company.
Is Remember our county fair OPP
@ens next Tuesday, and viii con-
tinue for four days.
= z 4
~ John Shannon, a prominent
nbafNer of Matamoras. was a bust
ness caller in the city last even
ing.
Samuel McCOach purchased two
{ns Jersey cows yesterday for his
Dairy from L. A. Witten, of Wit
Ten, o.
sA Mrs. G. E. Schupbach spent yes
terday afternoon with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Shapelev, of Grand
view, O.
T. The blackbirds are gathering
up getting ready to 60 South for
HE winter.
Il With the advent of cooler
Weather comes movement in gas
stocks. AS the meter moves SO
goes the little indicator.
K 4 y
M. A. Sybert Grocery company
are giving away free beautiful
piece of imported china with each
pound of their high grade teas
x 4 4
It is rarely the case that a man
doubts his ability to conduct bus.
mess or enterprise successfully
which he knows absolutely moth,
ing about.
4 4 4
w. L. Knapp and family spent
Yesterday afternoon with friends
at New Martinsville, and incident,
ally took in the sights at the coun,
ty fair.
A fatboat load Of watermelons
. is lying at the wharf. They were
grown near Letart. O.. and are be,
ing disposed of at very reasona.
BILE prices.
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A heavy windstorm passed over
the city last evening about Z &c
o'clock. The storm. which came
from the west. was followed by a
heavy shower of rain.
4 > 4
Miss nellie Burns, who spent
three weeks at Chautauqua and
Allegheny, n. Y, where she Wis,
tied relatives for a week, has re-
turned to her home in this city.
- 4 4 4
FOR RENT-Two rooms fur
nished for light housekeeping
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26


also a house Of five rooms in good
location and cheap rent. Inquire
at 296 North Wells street. 8,24-3t
4 q e
Master Will Strickling return
ed this morning from a visit with
relatives in Doddridge county.
4 y Il
The trolley line had another
busy day conveying people to and
from the Wetzel county fair.
John Shepherd passed through
the city this morning on his way
to Middlebourne to visit his fam
lily.
Peter Dolan of Benwood, was
visiting his brother, James Dolan,
proprietor of the Arlington hotel,
today.
See our line of fruits and vege-
tables before making your pur-
chases for Sundays dinner. M. A.
Sybert Grocery company.
4 4 q
The opera season opens in Sis
tersville next Monday evening.
Vogel's great MINISTRIES will be
the attraction.
4 4 4
An overcoat felt quite comforta-
BILE early this morning. The heavy
rain of last evening had the good
effect of cooling the atmosphere.
4 x x
Have you tried the little home
grown gems at, M. A. Sybert Gro
Gerry company? Sweet as honey,
and only so cents a basket.
x 4 a
Governor White has issued his
proclamation designating Monday,
September 5, as Labor day in this
State. It's legal holiday, but has
never been observed in this city.
Get your imported china free
NJ. A. Sybert Grocery company
are giving it away with every
pound of high grade tea.
John Rine, travelling represent
ative for a well known drug firm
of Wheeling, was calling on his
patrons here today. Mr.. Rine
will spend Sunday with his family
at Adonis.
w. E. Appel, the South Side
grocer, has closed out the Kenton
Baking Powder contest for the
large steel range on display at
his store. The holder of ticket No
130,639 may call for the prize al
any time.
M. A. Sybert Grocery company
have a fine window display of i'm.
ported and domestic china, your
choice of any article in the win.
dow with a pound Of their reg.
ular 60 or 80 cent tea.
4 y y
Yesterday was a very warm
day-a regular August day. AL
though the weather man told us
we would have fair and cooler
weather, we had a fine rain last
night which was accompanied by
a high wind, thunder and light,
ming. 1t is much cooler today.
\ Il y
w. B. Craig, the Middlebourne
hackman, will make special trips
on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday of next week
during the Tyler county fair. Will
leave Sistersville at Z o'clock a
m. and leave Middlebourne on the
return trip at Bop. m. 5,26-5t
4 e q
! 1t is said that there was no end
to gambling devices at the Wet
Eel county fair, and the way Ger,
tain individuals were feeced was
an outrage and a disgrace to Wet.
Eel county. Our neighbors up the
river always had the reputation of
conducting the most corrupt and
fakish fairs in the State of West
Virginia.
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