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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
P0LIGE COURT

Five comedians made their first
appearance this morning, and the
large gallery were highly enthus-
iastic. All the characters were
made up to represent a person who
had been very drunk and slept IN
cell all night. So realistis were the
make ups and actors that it seemed
hard to believe that it was only act
ing. We enjoyed the entertainment
immensely, and that Is all we viii
get ont of it. One comique said he
thought he could raise $3.50, but
YOU know how hard it is to get
money from these bad actors. We
could have quite a lot OF stone
cracked ready for the winter, II we
only had the stone, and all of our
visitors are anxious to work, as the
sedeitarv life of the county theatre
pals upon them during long run.
One actor got so wrapped up m his
drunken scene that he missed the
fight of time entimely and could
not remember the year of his birth.
We decided he was old enough to
know better. so he viii devote three
DAYS with slate and piece of chalk
to reckoning up his natal day Mr..
James Vincent Brady proved quite
entertaining. He is credit to his
name. and he can get drunken than
s'inv mon be the name of Brady.
that's livin' in this or the ould
.counthrv.'' Tomorrow we.wiH have
long r=i from tho shop and we
viii devote tie time to our irnProT-
od fine rcccT,ier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
SHIFTING RESPONSE
BILITIES.

Baffied by two or three old women
who have really done nothing as yet
the city officers and the council secl
to shirk responsibility by going on
of its own membership and ap
pointing a "disinterested" commit
tee of three to declare a certain plde'
a nuisance and tear it down.
Clothed with all the power necc$
sary, why should the officers anf
conDcilmen try to put the responsl.
bility on persons, who have no sue.
power? With the law and full az
thority backing them the member
of the city administration have ful
power to act. Suppose they max
a mistake; the city must pay for 1t
Suppose the Esdisinterested com
mittee made a mistake. That com
mittee would be held responsible,
and not tie council, although J.
might appear that they acted be
cause they were delegated by thu
council to act.
The action of the council in thu
respect is so ridiculous that 1t pam
the Telegram to mention it. Real,
Nv. the council should not expec'
private citizens to do what the.
themselves seem to be afraid to do
The nuisance is there. The coun
ell has practically declared it suci
and still those whose duty it Is Il
abate it do not act.
No private citizen should act, mn
less some get together and blow TIN
place up, such as was suggeste'
would be done, if it were in the frs
ward.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

upon his watch chain to the gold
cornet. And just to show there was
no hard feeling existing between
him and father time, Hi proceeded
to double-tongue and triple-tongue,
and single-tongue, and goodness
knows what he removed the water
from, the cornet with as careless a
arace MS he did twenty years ago.
And then for an encore he played- ),
guess E'Bonnie, Sweet Bessie
that ought to have awakened some
tender memories in the hearts OF
Mr.. Gano's @barber's delights IN
the front row.
On the whole, as said before, the
show was good and gave satisfaction,
but we can't announce the date Tor
next year just yet
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
IRace Moves Rack

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Race are NOV
ing from Fairmont back TO Clarks-
burg and viii occupy the Hornor
property on West Pike street, va
Gated some time ago by the Pinnick-
lcinnicl< club, Mr.. Race being engeg-
ed here as one Of the high officials
of the Distributing company They
were former residents of this city
but have lived several years in Far
mont.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
HI HENRY'S
MINISTRIES
AT GRAND

Tie truth of the moral of Pete
Dsjry's song that 'EY on can't do any
lusiiiess, if you haven't got a band,
was evidenced last night at the
Grand opera house. Hi Henry came
a troopin' and he had band, and a
very GOOD one, and he also did bust
ness. In order to do any more
business, the standing capacity OF
the Grand would have had to been
enlarged. The performance on the
whole was very pleasing, and the
large audience seemed to enjoy the
show and applauded and eneored to
their hearts content. The male
choir in its ensemble singing were
very clever, singing with expression
and a good balance of tone color.
Candor confesses that the sololsts
had not vet familiarized themselves
with the long line of talk ABOUT
Cloths, larnyx, deaphragms, ete:'
that the voice teachers hand out.
One of the blonde wigged gentle
mon soubrettes, who sang a song
lbout some kind of tree, any tree
viii do, had evidently left Albion,s
shores recently, as the quantities of
fog he had consumed still lodged
in his throat.
OF the comedians, Johnny Love
easily carried of the honors Of the
first part, and in the olio displayed
his skin as a dancer, as some one
remarked he was so light on his feet
he must have had matches IN his
shoes. a..
Charles Gano was a trite DIS
appointing in the first part, but re-
deemed himself in the second part
G Hreminded the audience that they
wore old friends of his and then
proved it by rendering some dia-
iogue that seemed TO be very taml-
liar to both parties.
When the curtain arose upon the
full band, and marching to the cen
tire with stately grace came Old HI
$40 not that-Yo Young Hi, the same
Young Hi, from the massive charm
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

The city pays monthly $13O fol
natural gas for its various plants
which amounts to $1,560 a year
An increase of any of its plants
me ms an increase of the gas bill anC
i tine il will be paying double that
a-7or,-. An increase in rate would
M - an increase also in cost, and
after it all, the city would not own
any thing in this respect. Mr..
Kelley's plan is that this 81, $50 8
year and six per centum of $4,000
twice year go to the drilling of its
own well and the putting in of its
own plant, until the amount of
$4,000 has been paid in this way,
after which the city will own ont
right its. own gas well. That means
that So, $50 be paid year. All
can readily see that less than three
wears would be necessary to pay for
the plant. 1t is certainly a plan
to get gas cheap. The fact is the
city would really be paying only
three times the amount raised by
per centum, 1920, a year, or three
times that, which is So, 100, the other
$3.50 a month merely being the
amount the city now pays for gas
with no prospect of future reward.
Mr.. Kelley's plan ought to COM
mend itself, but the committee
should thoroughly investigate the
matter and the council do SO as well,
so there may be no complications OF
misunderstanding later. With a
clear understanding and perfect sat
isfaetion, the council should proceed
along the line indicated in the
agreement offered by Mr.. Kelley.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
DEEDS Recorded

Holm M. Robinson to Charles i.
Harmer, 10 g. 4acres, Clay district
Gertrude Colston to John l. Sc
hon, 1 lot, Northview.
T. J. Parrish to a. G. Shaffer, l
lot, Wallace.
s. .Broadwater to Waldo Broad
water, lot, Salem
Tenmile Land Company to Ghas.
Y. Moore, 1 lot, Eagle district
Clarksburg Industrial Company
to A. L. Roberts, 1 lot, Clark dis
trict. /,
Aaron Keener to b. c. Hedges, 2
acres, Eagle district
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

The corner properties on Traders
alley would not be especially bene-
fitod bv the widening of the alley.
whilo fllc properties along the alley
would be very much benefited. The
corner property on Fourth street If
said to be worth thousand dollars
a front foot and it is stated that
twenty thousand dollars have been
offere:l for twenty feet there. In
vic- of this it ought not to be expect
ed that one property owner shoui nc
delicate five thousand dollars worth
of his property free. The other
property owners could well afford tc
Join he city and pay him for it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

ton the public may confidently ex7
peer the announcement any day that
in return for a franchise worth sew
eral thousand dollars a year the
coaplny has decided to donate to
tbc city a service that costs only a
thorsrnd and a half of dollars a
year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

The city council is talking about
going into the gas business itseh.
but it ought not have to even think
about 1t. The city has given very
valuable gas franchise away and II
TefIrn. as small compensation at
least, its gas ought to be given free.
THE gas company probably never
thought OF this, and since the sub
iect has been brought TO its atten-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

The Increase in the school enroiiI
ment over that of last year for th is
irsi week is highly gratifying ~
,lfo-ys there is a growing interest IN
education and may also mean that
tl.erc is an increase of population.
Ii may also Be result OF the new
laws ON the subject. 1t likely IN
dicqscs that children who were work,
ing last year are going to school
ills year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

I. u. KeIley's proposition for the
civ 10 have its own gas well looks
like It is a good one and according
10 Is provisions the city would have
the well paid for in less than three
re r. End own its own gas absolute
IN. 1t might also prove of such sue
cos HAT the city would he in posi-
ton 10 Introduce the idea of NUM-
cipal ownership. If it can supply
iti government with gas there might
be every reason why it could supply
IT, citizens. 1t looks very much like
heinz a step toward municipal own
ersi:ip of a gas system to supply the
re-. ents of the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16

TIC council was somewhat dlvld-
od on the matter of granting no
.,.o-a licenses but the majority dld
not favor the idea of having any
nor, saloons this year. The plea IS IS
l-,t there is such competition IN
,,,si;.ess that saloons are driven TO
ini.a laws. About the only thing
tl.erc is in it, Judging from state
.~n.s and arguments made IN INC
sa,n,.iI session on this subject, i
l. Il more saloon licenses would only
,,e.n more opportunity to violate
tie laws.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-16
2 .
GREATLY REDUCED
One=Way
CoLoNIST FARES
to the West
via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad


Commencing Sept. 18th
and continuing daily to and
including Oct. 80, 1905, the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
win place on sale daily, from
all stations, ONE-WA1
COLONIST TICKETS to
principal points In California
Arizona, British Columbia,
Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico. Oregon, South Da-
kota, Texas, Utah, Washing
ton, Wyoming, etc, at Great
ly Reduced Rates.
For tickets and full in-
formation, call on or address
Ticket Agents, B. & O. Rall-
: road. 12septo3Ooct
$50 = =
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02

friend who expressed incredulity.
"That must have been a great Dane
Of yours" said he. sneering!y. Yes"
replied the lieutenant, "he was a
splendid dog
A jurynaan who appeared before Sir
James Hammer in London court
room recently was in deep mourning
and claimed exemption from service
on the ground that he was interested
in funeral that day at which he de-
sired to be present. "Oh, certainly"
said the courteous judge, and the man
went sad-faced away. do you know
the man you have exempted" asked
the clerk. NO" said Sir James. He
is an undertaken" was the reply.
President Roosevelt relates story
of negro minister who, delivering q
forceful sermon on the sin of theft,
became personal. and said: II sec
before me twelve chicken-thieves. In
Guiding William Sanders" Sanders
resented this, and under threats OF
violence made the preacher promise
to retract. This he did on the next
Sunday by saying that he wished to
amend his statement Of the week be-
fore. What l should have said" he
concluded, was this: 4 see before me
eleven chicken-thieves. nel including
William Sanders"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02
TURNING ON HIS HEEL.
Gymnastics Of the Novels Hero Be-
yond Common Mans Ability.

The other day | was reading a
thrilling story and / was informed
that the hero turned on his heel and
walked away" In other tales Of
similar class, | found certain import
ant characters went through a SINH
lar species Of difficult gymnastics
without any apparent provocation.
don't see why they should do it,
for am inclined to think it is some
what unnatural proceeding. The hero
referred to was a baronet, but | OBJ
served the higher these heroes were
in the social scale the more they turn
ed on their heels. II a prince had
been introduced, he probably would
have developed into sort of human
teetotum.
AS far as my experience reaches ]
find that when anyone turns, he turns
on his toes. | know do; but then
am a commonplace person.
But let any practical person try
turning on his heel" If he has not
had some months OF hard practice at
the exercise the chances are that he
| will find himself sitting on the ground
and feeling very much hurt.-London
| Graphic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02
There before very madcat child woman!

How shall / describe her cleaning
beauty? She was slight, but fully
developed. She was AUTOMATICALLY
fair-with perfect features. Her eyes
were like the changeful sea. Her hair
was rolled back from her face in a
million ripples of softened gold. 1t
was dressed high upon her head, yet
fell about her neck in tendrils. There
the gold nestled against the white
like the yellow center of a water lily
among its ivory hued petals. When
the suns rays caught ID, and fingered
as though they loved to play in it's
meshes, the darker parts became
Titan red
stood before this grande dame,
half disguised that she should waste
such sweetness upon a thing so con.
temptible, when there was better
quarry at hand, half lost in open ad-
miratiOn, wholly spellbound. At last,
mindful Of my manners, and tongue
less conditiOn-for she looked at me
from between her fingers with both
curiosity and coquetry-I said
Il am sorry, Madame. that l should
have unwittingly been the cause of
this hurt to you"
Sorry! Sorry" she repeated scorn.
fully. What can sorrow do? Can it
bring the life back to my bird? All!
you are stiff and cold, poor pretty
dear; and to think sent you to your
death. You are a clown-a clown in
deed, if you have never seen a falcon.
gentil. Did you ever see one?" She
, asked as she turned again to me.
A clown indeed l felt myself. For
words are like pack of cards, tbs
the manipulating Of them that
counts; and I was in the position OF
one who handles them for the first
| time, and knows it will be more a
matter of luck than skill if he win
! out.
IF there is a falcon within twenty
leagues, Madame, it is yours" l an
swered, Ito take the place of yondeI
bird"
DO you think would accept aught
at your hands?" she cried.
Ere | had time to reason with hel
she was Joined with a serving maid
to whom she turned and began to tel
of the birds mishappening She
spoke in French, thinking, no doubt
the language unknown to me. heard
that milady seeing me half asleeI
coming down the path and thought t.
have some fun at nay expense. Sh,
had fowled her bird after trout, no
reckoning with either man or knife
And, the result Of their harmless bi
of frolicsomeness, he was a--deat
pet. w.
When they had reviled me enough
or so thought, for their contemp,
uousness made my ears to tingle,
said In the same speech and In a
gracious manner as | could CON
mand.
. II would recompense you, Madame
, to the half of my estate-believe me
, 1t Is yours"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02

~Recompense! Estate! You'll" she
sneeFsG. "A hut on my Lords land
with one wee pig is more like to be
| yoar estate"
She threw back her head and
| laughed, while she took me In from
my head to my foot.
do you hear that. Nurse Moffett!"
she continued "Recompense! TO the
half of my estate"
She mimiclSed me to nicely and
then went off into throes of laughter,
joined by her nurse.
| waited with grave face until
her merriment had subsidized. I saw
she was a maid of moods and fancies:
for now she sat quite down upon the
ground, unmindful Of everything ex-
cept her dead pet, and tears fell from
her eyes in big drops.
What a hell OF witchcraft lies In
the small orb of one particular tear, "
of plays and sometimes actor of the
same, and aver that he never spoke
truer words He is dead these many
years, but his speeches are remem.
bersd. and plays still 10 % ssss at the
thssters Ia Losssn.
said as | dropped ON my kness beside
her, and stretched out my hands n
take the dead thing from her.
The old dame as If DESTROYS OF keep
ing before her mistress my share "a
the miserable business made the a..
murky with her excavations.
Inwardly / cursed myself In being
so ready to cut and to slash. Perhaps
the lady read some of my contrition
in my face, perhaps she had changed
her mind as to my condition in life;
certainly she looked at me with a lit.
tie kindness and there were ques.
tons written on her face.
She let me take the bird and place
1t on the sward, and wipe her gown
where the gore had ruined 1t. So
much grace | had-no more. Too
soun sne remembered that had done
her an injury. Her eyes now flashed
like steel. Her bow-shaped mouth
drew itself into its haughtiest curves.
thungnt what a pity, love-light alone
ought to linger t121t Case dimpled
GG,1rt.rs. she arose and stepped back
with much imperiousness, strange to
see in one SO young and petite out
side of royalty. lowered head and
shoulders above her and could scarce
hide a smile at such behavior.
Get you gone to your-estate," sho
drawled, bowling low before me. my
Lord Mayor of all you survey. Get
you gone. for If you happen upon
these grounds again. in spite of ysur
great estate. shall have you whipped
off,"
You believe at least that fegies
my act?" l stopped long enough te
ask, paying no heed to her mockery.
Regret! regret!" she repeated OF
what use are regrets?"
She turned her shoulders upon me.
(To he continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02

count, he once wrote to Queen Vic
toria. Il don't know you personally,
but have met your son. He was at
the head Of a procession in the Strand
and I was on a bus" During a late
visit TO London, Mark Twain was pre-
sented to King Edward, when his
majesty greeted him cordially with:
Il have met you before. You must
remember. 1t was on the Strand and
you were riding on a bus"
A Kansas clergyman who prided
himself on his precise and scrupulous
use Of words was praying for elevat.
Ing, grace and renewed working force.
20 Lord" he pleaded, "waken Thy
cause in the hearts of this congrega-
ton and give them new eyes to see
and impulse to do, Send down Thy
lever or leev-er, according to Web
ster's orWorcester's dictionary, which
ever you use, and pry them into ac-
tivity."
Lieutenant Robert r. Peary spoke at
a dinner of the Arctic Society last
winter. His talk was on the privations
suffered by his party on his last ex-
petition. In the course of his re-
marks he mentioned the fact that the
sole article of diet for thirty days OF
one OF the members of his party, a
Dane, was dried bones. Afterward,
Lieutenant Peary was approached by
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02

Stats Of the closed shutters, and or
ders were given for the saddIing Of
horses. The servants blew out the
last Earrings of the candles and opened
the windows. The air came rushing
in sweet with the smell Of earthly
things, cutting its way through the
dense smoke-laden atmosphere. The
money still lay on the table dull and
sOrdid in the light Of day.
Gil" said l, see that my Lord
FELTON, has back what was his before
we leave" | touched the gold and
notes with the tip of my sword-"ex-
cept this" With a light laugh | took
up the promise of marriage and
dropped it carelessly into my pocket,
even as one might take an uncut dia-
mond of which he knows not the
value, and puts it heedlessly away.
And he is welcome to the rest for
its sake"
you are to be congratulated" said
Harcourt Nym. IF you succeed with
that bit of paper; fear me it is too
perishable."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02
CHAPTER I-Continued.

Lord FELTON, sat during our heated
talk a figure of marble, with an i'm
mobile face, eyes staring-staring at
nothing, like a drunken man's-only
his fingers rat-tatting on the board.
Now he aroused himself.
Let there be no brawlng," he said,
and he imperiously motioned the
crowd back. Il have staked naught
that belongs to any one else, think. =
sheer lowered on his lips as he
looked at the flushed faces of the
men, and especially at Raoul Dwight.
1t was fairly won. We shall see you
ia London soon!" His words were
new addressed to me, and they were
sourteousness itself, yet | read the
menace in them, as did the men also.
They seemed satisfied that my lord
would find a way of relieving me OF
my newly and most Unexpectedly &C
CURED treasure-the promise of a
bride-beIore | should have time
to use it.
Ere many days shall have passed."
/ replied.
You will be welcome" he~said.
Il shall bring that which shall win
me a welcome" return ed.
IF you still have it," muttered
Raoul Dwight.
DO you threaten?" I sneercd.
His reply was a shrug Of the shout
der, and as he. the only one still
whipped his sword up and down, Mas.
ter Arnold cried:
You are my guests, gentlemen;
seek some other place to do your
brawling."
You were not wont to be so par.
ticular, Master Arnold" said Raoul
Dwight with a snarl. 1T was in this
very room, if | remember rightly"
"Raoul Dwight" Master Arnold's
voice rang out sharply.
Sir Raoul Dwight laughed unpleas-
antly between his teeth, but ha
stopped. for Lord FELTON, had arisen
and made him a motion not to be dis.
obeyed.
The first faint streaks of the early
morn now began to show through the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02

A short time ago inquiry came from
the union forces to know IL Mr.. Post
would keep still" If they would call
off the boycott on Postum and Grape
Nuts. ..
This is the reply: "The labor trust
has seen fit to try to ruin our business
because we would not join its criminal
conspiracy. We are plain American
citizens and differ from the labor
union plan in that we do not force
people to strike, picket, boycott, as
sault, blow up property or commit
murder.
We do not pay thugs $40 to break In
the ribs of any man who tries to sup
port his family nor $50 for an eye
knocked out.
We try to show our plain, honest
regard for sturdy and independent
workmen by paying the highest wages
in the state.
We have a steady, unvarying re.
spect for the law-abiding, peaceable
union man and most earnest desire
to see him gain power enough to
purge the unions of their criminals
practices, that have brought down upon
them the righteous denunciation Of
long-suffering and outraged public, but
we will not fawn, truckle, bend the
knee, wear the hated collar of white
slavery, the union label. nor prostitute
our American citizenship under cor
ders" of any labor trust.
You offer to remove the restriction
on our business and with union" gold
choke the throat and still the voice
raised in stern denunciation of the
despotism which tramples beneath an
iron-shot heel the freedom of our broth.
ers.
You would gag, us with silver bar
and muf1e the appeal to the American
people to harken to the cries for
bread of the little children whose
faithful fathers were beaten to death
while striving to earn food for them.
Your boycott may perhaps succeed
In throwing our people out of work
and driving US from business, but you
cannot wrench from us that priceless
Jewel our fathers fought for and which
every true son guards with his life.
Therefore, speaking for our work.
people and ourselves, the infamous
offer Is declined"
POSTUM CEREAL CO.. LTD.