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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-27
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Houses
Houses
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Houses
: Medium Small.

.We can 6eils rent . nd assIrs
enytnins yottlaa e sNorth money
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Motor Armchair.

Anybody who has had good case
of seasickness must have felt that
he would welcome the electric chair
as a relief. Now an electric chair
for seasickness has been tested in an
English channel steamer and an
ocean liner You sit in a snug arm
chair. A motor under the seat is
connected with the ships electric cur
rent. You sit and take vibratory
treatment. Up and down and cross
wise you are shaken. Most sitters
need but one treatment. Their ten
dency to seasickness is vibrated ont
of them. Some need a second sit
ting. A few are seasck as soon as
their treatment ends 1t Is pre-
ventive. mark you, not a cure. The
theory is that seasickness Is essential
" a nervous malady and that vibra-
ton reduces the nervousness, Ger
tainly imagination and expectation
have much to do with the disorder,
Blessings on the new armchair II 1t
can block quick-coming seasickness'
But many believe and many doubt
.-Eyerybody's Magazine.
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BATCH OF QUEER TRADES
N"'0ng Them Are Fly and Flea Catch
er'' Lien Hunters END Human
lncubators.


A request was recently sent on, hv
On English paper for sugrestions ~
"o'ei ways Of earning money. some
W. 'ne replies have novelty enough
e"u 10 spare. Here are a few "nro.
's'ons which were proposed:
"A professional flea catcher n cus.
lodian for safety pins. a collector ~
u.'ed HES for hens food purvevor
VI Iaus to the leisure classes n lion
hunting agency for societv's nso n
motor car library to cali at out Of
ne way places with the newest books
maker up of minds. a grievance
'oater a manners teacher.
evidently dried flies are in demand
iur 'he suggestion Of a dried flv mer-
gnaht came from two quarters. As
'o' 'he maker up of minds and an
'quiNaIent of the motor car librarv
'ney exist in New York at the pres.
ent time. P'e'
80 also does the umbrella and wa
terproof exchange recommended ~,
a"other person. Among the queer &C.
uPatlons described as already fol.
'oWea Is that of artistically painting
with harmless pigments. fictitious. IL
Scah'v hair on bald heads.
"A man | know" says one answer
makes his living out of funerals and
weddings. He attends a funeral gets
ilSt of the wreaths from the under.
'aRer ton reciprocal terms) takes a
shorthand note Of the minister's ad-
,'Iess' draws up a souvenir report of
the whole thing. and offers II to the
survivors.
. bereaVed people are an easy prev.
MOI lnfr5quently he receives encour-
agement also from the printer mr. tvn.
ISL II he can persuade them to have
1t put in type.
his tactics are similar in regard
TO weddings; but there. as he Suffers
severely from the competition of the
newspapers, his great source of profit
Is acting as agent for the loan of
wedding presents. 1t is said that AT
the second wedding of a well-known
politician at Birmingham the present
were valued at 100000. and two.
thirds of them were hired. Commits
sion on 100000 worth of business is
not to be despised."
Another case is that of husv
farmers wife in Australia who had
the misfortune to have paralytic
son who was bed ridden. She was
a notable manager, and, considering
the great cost of the invalid and the
loss OF his services on the farm she
persuaded him to allow clutches of
eggs to be placed with proper precau-
tons in the bed, that the equal and
continual warmth might hatch them.
This was accordingly done. and the
paralyzed youth was as proud of the
broods as possible and thoroughly
earned his living, besides gaining an
interest in his life.
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Ancient Ferry.

Proud of the fact that the line of
boats between Chelsea and Boston
has been in regular operation for 275
years, the directors of the Winnisim.
met ferry celebrated the anniversary
with a special beneficence. They ar.
ranged to turn over the entire re.
ceipts in fares for this day to the r. S.
Frost hospital of Chelsea, to be used
in the maintenance of that institu.
ton. The Winnsimmet ferry is the
oldest in the United States. Its orig.
inal charter was obtained by Samuel
Maverick, whose name comes down to
the present day in certain local des.
ignations in Chelsea and East Boston.
For hundred years the boats were
all propelled by either oars or sails.
In 1882 two steamers, the Chelsea
and the Boston, were placed in serv-
ice-Boston Transcript.
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Long Fibre CT silkworm.

Authorities and popular works diff
fer greatly in their estimates of the
length of the fibre in the cocoon of the
domestic silkworm, BombyX mort.
Published statements of the length Of
this fibre could be cited which range
all the way from LOO feet to eleven
miles. Even so good an authority as
the Encyclopaedia Britannica places
it at 800 yards. Recent measure
ments made in the division of ento'
mology show that with certain Milan
csc yellow cocoons raised in the Unit
ed States from eggs purchased from
France the fibre varies in length from
1888 to 1885 yards.-Forest and
Stream.
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[|VNA STRENGTHENS
4: Entire SYSTEM.

rbas. L. Sauer, Grand Scribe,
4, Eucampment !. o. o. f. of
4 and Assistant City Auditor,
L.tDm the City Hall, San Antonio,
|E,rly two years ago l accepted a
KIN as secretary and treasurer
sre Of the leading dry goods
|vkbments of Galveston, Tex.
|Te sudden change from a high and
|.titude to sea level proved too
iOr me and | became afflicted
sasrrh and cold in the head, and
to such an extent as to
n incapacitate me for attending
tduties.
Twas Induced 10 try Peruna, and
knking several bottles In small
y am pleased 10 say that I was
hy restored 10 my normal cOndi-
Epdhave ever since recon- nended
|mo fPeruna TO my frien ds.
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Striking Differences.

Don't whip your children" said the
theoretical educational expert to the
angry mother of many perniciously
active children. Adopt the rational
modern methods, and you will find
their rapid development along the
highest mental and moral lines re-
markable,"
There amt agoin to be no ma
chine-made prodigies in this family"
answered the practical parent, firmly,
ms she reached for her slipper, I'm
a.bringin' up these yere children by
hand. Baltimore American.
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The Lady and the Tramp.

4
n Alden was a clubwomap. Her
kvhr fad was the moral elevation
] over classes. She was engaged
Wiling a paper on the subject when
| mk came to tell her that a rough
b. man at the back door wanted
heakfast,
Bic him a soup ticket" said Mrs.
j Then, with a sudden thought
wait III see him myself"
vent into the kitchen. "My
nan" she said, will you saw
pOd If l give you a good break
kainly, madam" said the tramp,
.legantly, as he disappeared in
Erection Of the woodpile. In about
|rliates he reappeared. I'm ready
/ N that breakfast" he announced.
Ean you sawed the wood in such a
ftne?' asked Mrs. Alden, coming
ehtO the kitchen.
q madam" he answered. Then,
Ha huge mouthfuls: Excuse me,
p, for correcting you, but you
say, Have you seen the
H.
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JAPANESE CAN7EEN
ANm CONSTANTLY FOLLOWED
BY NATIVE Suffers
heen Traders, Who, in Time Of VI.
are Ever on the Alert to Get
the Money of the Sol
diers.

one VINO was with the japanese
army in Manchuria for six mont
says IN the Boston Herald. "OId far
eign campaigners remarked IN n.
helu that no army probably oyer h.d
son many canteens in its wake WI.
the army was not marching there ,yos
always canteen or two not far IN tna
rear Oh every division. When II sat,
tied down to recuperate after haiti
cahteens We're quickly established in
Manchu houses. These carried cigar.
cites. writing paper, postcards beer
imitation brandy, imitation whisky
mutation port, imitation sherry sake
ana sometimes Manila cigars
Japanese are keen traders No+
zoo feet back Of the Nanshan bp.tery
one day, in the seven-day battle of the
Snake, there was a japanese peddler
selling cigarettes, Chinese sweet.
cakes, rice and beer to the reserves
During the same battle the canteens
were never more than three miles hazel,
OF the front line of the trenches.
AS the Japanese soldiers nav is
only $l,3G a month, and the army say.
lngs banks had, considering that. phe.
nomenal deposits, there was not much
spending money in the army. A bottle
OF beer cost ten cents and packet of
cigarettes about three cents.
whenever there was a firing battle
n fnt i,, ,1,,
sake distributed as a ration. On the
mikado's birthday a year ago one ex.
ira double packet of cigarettes was
distributed to each man in the field.
This cost the emperor more than
$4,000. Otherwise, when the dis
trlbution was possible, ten cigarettes
a day went with the regular ration.
One day in an American periodical.
received at camp there was a solemn
poem celebrating the abstinence of the
Japanese from drink.
This caused concern among the
Japanese officers, who disliked tho
emphasis laid upon the difference be
tween their army and a European
al my anu lHt GOmUllSSdTy general
told the foreign observers:
Our soldiers like drink as well as
any other soldiers. Sometimes they
need 1t when they cannot get it, and
we send it to them in the trenches.
AS a matter of fact, though the peas
ant at home has hard enough time
to supply himself with food, he is not
more averse than other people tc
strong liquor once he learns the taste
of it. Many man will go home from
the campaign with tastes he never haG
before. The manufacture of beer Is
still young industry in Japan, but
from the time the process was i'm
ported it has grown to enormous pro
portions, Headquarters, even battal
ion headquarters in underground
bomb-proof trenches, were always sup
piled with beer or sweet wine. Mar
shall Oyama liked sweet champagne
The strategist of the war, Ken. Ko
dema, drank claret with every meal
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Strains of Modern Life.

We must admit that the accessories
of modern life in general are placing
greater and greater strain on the
faculties of the individual. His eyes
are strained by the intense artificial
lights, his ears are worried by the un
necessary din of the streets, and ms
nose is offended by the vaporizatlon
of offensive fumes of oil or by the
fetid air of the tube" That simpler
life appeals to him more than ever
which removes him from the madden
ing sphere of the inventors activities
Lancet.
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DOCTORS SHIFT.
!" Gets Along Without It.

(layslcian says: Until last fall
w 20 eat meat for my breakfast
'slefed with indigestion until
az mad passed from the stom-
:. laii began the use of Grape
WI breakfast and very soon
". could do without meat, for
Ivy got all the nourishment
ny from the Grape-Nuts, and
Nu | have not had any indi-
1 sla am feeling better and
Y, asFsased in weight.
n. Alalng the benefit I derived
~ S'pe'Nuts l have prescribed
M, wi all of my patients suffer-
n, h. Indigestion or overlooking
I. VII, LOT those recovering from
ma 'aere | want a food easy to
!, ~ certain to digest and which
\ ~, OVertax the stomach.
|n lays find the results I look
Il n.. prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
1 %asons please omit my name"
/ 4. S gwen by mail by Postum Co.,
reason for the wonderful
n ~ ~ amutflment, and the easy d.
ufape-Nuts is not hard to
lArh0 asst place, the starchy part
h D, ,a' and barley goes through
6O'esses of cooking, to per.
IA e., se the starch into Dextrose
b sugar ~ in which state it is
y nv W. easily absorbed by the
b s laS parts in the wheat and
sspI HS Nature can make use
/ Ia 'ulng brain and nerve CEN
M ', "a in this remarkable
a ,a. nus the human body is
|n I 81 TIL. the powerful strength
ssD easily noticed after one
" Ia ',ape-Nuts each day for a
/ DE- u uays There's a reason"
;" IN pkgs.
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No Swine Fever in Great Britain.

Swine fever has become almost ex.
tinct in Great Britain, writes Consul
Mahin, of Nottingham. This is due,
he saws. to the scientific measures OF
the British board of agriculture, work
ing with local authorities. There were
sf4O cases in 1901, and only Sl7 in
ions The entire country is divided
into groups. with effective application
of regulations.
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No Help Needed.

Hicks-I wonder why old maids are
usually thin?
Wicks-Dispensatlon OF Providence.
nerhaps. woman with sharp elbows
can make her way through the world
without the assistance of any man
philadelphia Ledger.
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Grimsey Islanders.

The people OF Grimsey, an island ~
the arctic circle, near Iceland nav
declared the birthday of the late prol
willard Flske a provincial holiday
prof Fiske by his will left a trust
fund of $4,000, the income to be usea
for lettering the conditions OF the
islanders, of whom there are only oo'
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For Preserving, Purifying
andBeautifying the Skin,
Scalp, Hair, and Hands.

, Cuticura Soap combines delicate medicinal and emoL
lent poperties derived from CucuIa, the great skin
Cure with the purest OF cleansing ingredients and
most refreshing Of flower odors. Defots London, "a
tharte house Sqj Paris, Rue de la Psx Boston, IS7
Columbus Ave Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props
m ~ Mailed Free, " How 20 Preserve, Purify, and
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Scriptures in Russia

raher remarkable that, not
Ennding the disturbed conditions
|lin in Russia last year, the
Y and Foreign Bible society re-
4 banner year in the circulation
Eiphres, over 100000 copies being
t@ed In European Russia, be-
fNery large number in Siberia.
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excitement Plan.

THE rich find that time passes very
slowly" .,,aso ,hev
nover buy anything at the rate OF
dll,ar down and a dollar per month
Chicago Sun.
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acrifcs Made by Judge.

te Holmes, of the supreme
4 10 order that he may preserve
-aa Tree from distractions of in
F'oA and transformation that
impair his efficiency and wis
ia lurist, does not allow HIM
read the newspapers.
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ouer-Eating.

church, see they are crying ior
.,,oro missionaries over in Africa
Gotham-Why, those cannibais mus
be regular gluttons!-fohAefS ~
man.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
GETS PLENTY OF LIGHT.
Rne Hotel Guest who Travels Pre-
pared For Emergencies

Bne Hotel Guest who Travels Pre-
pared For Emergencies.
81 called on a friend at one Of the
New York hotels the other day" said a
man. and found him in room that
was far, far away from daylight.
There was one electric light which did
not make the apartment lnstrous. We
had some papers to look over, and l
instinctivcly moved over near the air
shaft window.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
SOME PLANkS IN
0RANGERS' lPLATFORrl

At conference Of leading Grange
workers and representative members
OF agricultural organizations, held re-
Gently in Harrisburg, it was decided
TO arrange a platform for the farmers
for the coming State and county cam
paign, and ask their political parties
to'insert the same in their respective
platforms, and to endeavor to secure
pledges from candidates for State
office, including House and Senate, to
support the reforms. The leading
planks ofithe proposed platform are as
follows:
Trolleys to be given the right to car
ry freight.
No candidate to accept a free pass
during his term of Office.
Corporations TO live mp to the con-
stitution of the State.
No mining of coal by transportation
companies directors in corporations
not to furnish supplies to them; no
owning or operating of parallel or
competing lines of railroads.
No discrimination in freight rates
Licenses-and personal property taxes
10 be returned to the counties.
A uniform passenger rate of two
cents a mile
Equalization of taxation.
An increase in State aid for town
ship roads Efrom fifteen TO fifty per
cent.
An increased appropriation for cen
tralized township schools and town
ship high schools.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
LlFES LITTLE THINGS.
They Go IA Very Long Way Toward
Making the World Happy.

wild birds song is little thing
lost in the deeps Of a ffowning sky.
And yet as II falls on Il listening ear
and leaves its message of melody
earth's green seems brighter and life
Is sweeter all through an autumn day.
The coo Of a babe Is little thing
meaningless sound from vacant
mind
But tbs the only sound that all ma
tons heed-the one clear language that
all races know.
A mothers love Is n little thing-too
soon, alas, forgot.
But 1t typifies to blind humankind
the love and trust and hope divine that
bear with patience calm and sweet the
wlllful wrongs In these lives of ours.
A passing smile is little thing-lost
In world of toll and care.
And yet the soul with gloom oppress-
ed and the life grown weared with
burdens hard will happier be in the
afterglow OF smile that IL warmly
kind.
A kindly word IS little thing-a
breath that goes and a sound that dies.
But the heart that gives and the
heart that hears may know that II
sings and sings and sings till at last
1t blends with the wild birds song and
the coo Of babes IN what men call the
celestial Milwaukee Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
4 sIOdest Philosopher.

John Stuart Mill was au unassuming
philosopher. He stroye to give his wife
the credit of his works. and he was new
er pretentious i'll claiming precedence
among men Miss Cobbe in her Life
relates this anecdOte OF Mr.. Mills mod
esty:
She was talking to him one day about
the difficulty of doing mental work
when disturbed by the music Of street
bands and inStanced the case of a gen
tleman who was thrown into a frenzy
by their noise
1t does not interfere with my work, p"
said Mr.. Mil.
Miss Cobbe remarked that Herbert
Spencer was much annoyed by such
disturbance
"Ah, yes. of course" rejoined the
modest man. Writing Spencer's works
one must have quiet
He was so unconscious of the free
dom from disturbance required to write
his own System OF Logic" and "Po-
litical Economy" that he would allow,
while writing. his eat to lie on his table
or on his neck His gentleness and his
absorption in bis theme protected him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
CAPTAIN KIDD.
The Career and the Ending oS the
Famous Pirate.

Captain Kidd. the famous pirate.
started his career with the Intention Of
suppresSing piracy In February, 1897,
he left the Hudson In the Adventure
Galley with crew Of 80 men with
this intention. This expedition had been
equipped chiefly at the expense Of the
Whig ministers. and its cHsnmander
carried with him. besides the ordinary
letters Of marque, Il commission under
the great seal empowering him to seize
pirates and To take them TO some place
where they might be dealt with ac-
cordng to law"
The kings right to the goods found
in possession of these malefaCtOrs was
granted by letters patent to the sup
porters of the expedition, his majesty
securing only one-tenth Of the spoil.
Kidd, however. soon finding that little
was to be gained by the adventure,
threw off all disguise and hoisted the
Jolly Roger.
His rapacity and cruelty were I'M
bounded. and in less than two years he
amassed the sum of 100000 With
this he thought to make his peace with
the authorities and end his days In lux
ury. but he was arrested at New York
and brought TO England. where he was
tried and hanged at Execution dock in
17O1.-Iondon Saturday Review.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
FOOLlNG A GREAT DOCTOR.
The Trick the BelGiRns Played on
Sir MoreII Mackenzie

Sir MoreII Mackenzie
The Belgiaus once succeeded IN getting
cut rates on an operation from Sir Mo
rell Mackenzie. He engaged 10 attend a
case at Antwerp. When he landed he
was met by three men In mourning,
who informed him. according to the
Reader Magazine that the patient had
died. but that they would pay his full
fee.
And now" said the man. since you
are here what do you say to visiting
the city hospital and giving a clinic for
the benefit Of our local surgeons? 1t Is
not often they have an opportunity Of
benefting by such science as yours"
Sir MOrell said he would gladly coLI-
ply. He went to the hospital and per-
formed many operations. among which
were two OF Il similar nature to that for
which he had been called over. When
he finished, all thanked him profusely.
On the steamer going home he met a
friend who had n business house in
Antwerp.
Pretty scurvy trick they played on
you, Sir Morell."
What do you mean" asked the sur
geon.
Told you the patient died before you
arrived. didn't they"
Yes
Lied. You operated on him and a
friend with the same trouble at the
cIini,. Cot tUo oDerations for one
price,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
RUNNING THE GANTLET.
This Punishment Was Once Used For
Military DIscipIine.

The following extracts give informa.
ton concerning the punishment OF
running the gantlet:'
In running the gantlOpe the regi-
ment was formed six deep, and the
ranks opened and faced inward. Each
man being furnished with Il switch, the
offender. naked 10 the waist, was led
through the ranks, preceded by SER
geant, the point of whose reversed hal
bert was presented TO his breast to pre-
vent his running TOO fast. AS he thus
passed through the ranks every soldier
gave him stroke e"-Grose's Military
Antiquities" volume >, page 10S.
But the oldest notice / have seen is
given in "Momro-IIis Expedition With
the Worthy Scots Regiment Called
Mackeyes Regiment, Levied In Au-
gust, 1926, Etc London. Printed by
William Jones In Red-Crosse Streete,
1881"
"Other slight punishments We en-
joyne for slight faults, put in execu-
ton by their camarades, as the loupe-
garthc Tunning the gantlet; Swedish
gantulcpp. TO run through a hedge
made by soldiers. when a souldier IS
stripped naked above the waste and Is
made to runue a furlong betwixt 200
souldiers ranged alike opposite to 9th
erS. leaving space in the midst for
the souldicr TO runne through, where
his camaradeS whip him with small
rods ordained and cut for the purpose
by the GayiIliger provost marshall,
and all to kccpe good order and disci-
pllnc. London Notes and Queries.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
Wants Dead Snakes.

J. X. Owen, State demonstration and
lecturer on the San Jose scale, in a
lecture delivered at Stroudsburg in
cidentally made an appeal for dead
snakes in the interest of zoology and
to help along the good work of Prof
essor H. A. Surface, at Harrisburg
Monroe county farmers were given
to understand that anyone sending a
dead snake to Professor H. A. Surface
at Harrisburg, was entitled to a copy
of the snake book of Pennsylvania, and
that the book can be secured in no 9TH
er way.
Farmers state that the coming sum
mer will be a great snake season, as
the warm winter has caused the rep
tiles to shed their winter coats early.