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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
SIMPLE SIMON SIMPLE

Neil Mcneil had a narrow escape
from being ground to pieces by a
big touring ear, the other day. He
had just left "Simple Simon
Simple" rehearsal and as he turned
a corner a big car met him full tilt,
The only thing he could do, he did
and that was to jump over the motor
onto the front scat. The Chauffeur
was so scared that he lost his head
for a second or two and almost run
down Wally Clark, one of the same
company who was also crossing.
Mcneil with his customary sang
froid said "Drive me to the near
est station house." but after he
quieted down and got back his nerve
compromised by a drive round Fait-
mount Park. "Simplc Simon
Simple" will be presented at the
Grand here on Monday, March 5.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

One of the greatest fd6lles that ever
= ere known was 70 be seen AZ the
French court NJ the time Or charles TX.
This WIS . yioi 50 large that several
boys could be- placed inside OF II
These boys used 10 sit inside this queer
Instrument AMI sing The airs that the
man who handled The bow was playing
on the yiol outside. The effect Is said
to have been very beautiful. though il
would seem as IL the presence OF the
Lads in ifs interior would seriously In
terfere with the tone Of tile great I'D.
die" as II was called. Many years aft.
er another huge instrument Of this kind
WIS used al concerts IN Boston. 1t
was so large that 70 play II the fiddler
had 70 stand on q table to use his bow
at the proper point on the strings. This
Instrument was called "the GRANDPA.
Their Of fiddles.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
A LONG SEASON

Simple Simon Simple Nixon
& Zimmerman's musical extravagan-
"a, has had one Of the longest and
most successful seasons of the year.
1t opened in Philadelphia May Is
last. and has played continuously,
with the exception of one week. 1t
is now solidly booked up TO and in
cluding d return engagement in
Philadelphia, the scene of its orig
inal triumph. where the season will
close in May, thus giving the at
traction one solid year SO weeks
"a record of which few shows can
boast.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

Tie carat Is 4 STANDARD used rs the
Jewellers 10 express both weight and
oneness When II i I;l,eSl as weight
II Is equal 10 four grains. or tile one
hundred and twentieth part OF an ounce
troy. In determining the ilneness OF
precious metals twenty four carats Ii
considerel The highest standard Of pu,
rity, According 10 this standard. an
eighteen carat gold ring contains three
parts of gold and one Of some base
metal.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
Gipen ~ q Die.

B. Spiegel, 1901 y. Virginia st.
Evansville, Ind, writes For oter
five years ] was troubled with kid
ney and bladder affections which
caused me much pain and Worry !
lost flesh and was all run down. and
a year ago had to abandon work en-
tirely 1 had three 81 the best
physicians who did me no good aid
/ was practically given up 10 die.
Foley's Kidney Cure was recom-
mendedand the first bottle gave me
great relief, and after taking the sec
ond both I was entirely cured.
Why not let it help YOU? Sold by
Sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
Don,f nom

Don't tell any one your children's
faults. even TO their relatives. II you
need advice get 1t privately. Mortify-
Ing the children creates bitterness IN
their lllltrained hearts and estranges
them from you. says woman's Life.
Don't tell your own age or ask for
figures concerning others.
Don't tell your neighbor that you dis
approve Of his or her IDEAS BY so do
ing yon win find how soon you win be
forgotten by them.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
nreaa upon the water..

When Victor Hugo was IN exile in
Brussels be asked Rochefort to stand
godfather to his sou Charles. Roche
fort accepted and IN looking for suit
able present saw In n curiosity shop
window silver table ornament which
attracted him and which he bought.
though The price was 5000 francs.
When after 1870 Rocliefort was sent
to New Caledonia and bis property
confiseatesl Victor Hugo sold the orna.
ment for Tie benefit of Rocheforf's
family II turned out that 1t was tile
work OF Benyenuto Cellini, and II
brought in 100000 francs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
Tne Fifth Ner,..

Sneezlng Is ayerted 10y pressing the
upper lin because by doing so we dead
en- the impression made on n certain
branch Of the 9th nerve. sneezing be.
ing reflex action excited by some
slight impression ON that nerve. sneez.
ing does not take place when the nth
nerve is paralyzed. even though the
sense OF smell Is retained.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
a sicixroon, Hint.

10 hot applications are required for
person taken suddenly III. when the
lire IS out and there is no better CON
venience for heating at hand. a lamp
chimney Ellis the breach ad.irably.
Light the lamp full head, and in a
twinkle the chimney Is hot and ready
FOR use when wrapped in wooden
cloth A stove lid answers the same
purpose when the fire has been re
tanned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
cIeaainr nrns. uten.il..

a brass tealsettle and other brass ar
ticles can be easily cleaned, with the
exception Of Bcnares ware, in the fol-
lowing way: First clean well with lit
tie suds made Of ammonia aud soap
without water and then quickly rinse
i off. This wiz give a semipolish TO
the article and win also leave IT per
fectly free from any grease Then any
good proprietary brass polish will add
a shining surface to the ware.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
Fortunate Fnsts.

A Jewish newspaper tells the story Of
rabbi who expounded and interpreted
the Jewish law to the faithful observers
for stipend which Junior clerk
would scorn. The learned man was
asked by friend how he was getting
on. Slowly" he answered. with sigh.
IF it were not for the numerous fasts
which our religion prescribes am sure
my family would die of starvation"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
WIRELESS TELEGRApHY

5. +. Nixon, Of the firm of Nixon
4 Zimmerman, went to Europe on
the Baltic. ]. T. Zimmerman left
two days later on the Deutehland.
In mid-ocean they got into. com
munication BY wireless telegraphy
and the receipts for "Simple Simon
Simple for the two days between
the sailing of the two steamers we're
wired Mr.. Nixon on the slower boat
BY Mr.. Zimmerman on the Deutsch-
land which had overtaken it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
No Cause For Fear.

Husband That's a foolish habit you
women have of carrying your purses In
your hands when In the street. Wife
Why Is It? ITusband-B Because a thief
could easily snatch them and get away.
Wlfe-Well, II the husbands of other
women don't give them any more TO
put in their purses than you give me to
put in mine tho thief would starye to
death.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
careful Auntie.

@You win never see your Aunt Maria.
again until you get 10 heaven" little
girl was solemnly told by her mother
the other day. according to the Lon.
don Globe, @will she ask me to wipe
my feet?' was her only response. II
throws a Hood Of light on Aunt Maria's
character and history.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
orIeinaI ,reanInr o. .sno..,,

''Snobr meant originally IN the lani
OF It's origin person Of plebeian sta
ton, considered from tie height o.
birth. : It was a word used with tlis
downward eye and unwRrd nose Of 81.
perior station or assigned to the
naughty by popular convention. Then
Thaclxeray took II and reIukea with il
the social ambitions Of the vulgar.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
A Achnrncter.p

In tue churchyard OF woolwich. Kent,
England. is the epitaph: Sacred to the
memory OF Major James Brush. royal
artillery, who was killed by the acct
dental discharge of pistol by his OF.
DERBY Nth April. 1881 Well done, good
and faithful servant
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

A. T. Carter, of Ala Monticello
avenue, viii make your feather beds
into folding feather mattresses. All
work guaranteed. jan1tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

Bermuda onion and water cress make
good combination either in n salad or
sandwich. The addition of a little
horseradish gives mn extra flavor TO the
combination. When the onion figures
IN sandwich scrape or mince it. In
she salad slices are better.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
FnI.e Ones.

There is a false modesty, which Is
vanity; a false glory, which is ievity; a
false grandeur. which Is meanness; a
false virtue. which Is hypocrisy. and n
false wisdom, which is prudery. Bru.
we're.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

Laughter is day. and sobriety Il
night; a smile is the twilight that hoy
efs gently between both. more bewitcb
ing than cIiher-H W geeeher.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

An excellent article of food for chill
tiren Is skim milk. People think all the
goodness Is extracted with the cream.
but this Is not so: only the Fat has been
removed. All the protelds remain be-
find
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

The average woman is either worried
20 death because she has no servants or
'ecensc she llas.-Philadclphia Record.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

Moved to rooms Is and 16, Irwin
building. Sc US there. W. R. Nc
Eee & Co. s1janct.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

Plumbing done neatly and cheap
" by the Roberts Hardware Com
pany. dec1seodtf.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
FENCE POSTS

Just receiver car load of locust
posts, round, split and sawed.
Southern Pine Lumber Go.
ian15tf.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02
INDUSTRIAL

Have you visited J. N. Cottrill's
Industrial, YETI There you get the
same goods for less money and one
price TO all. feb19tf.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-02

SWEET MELODY FLOUR,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

her desire for becomingness and style.
Summer gowns are real summer
gowns this year, and Mistress Fashion
seems to be more in Harmony with
comfort than for some years past.
Waists may be deliberately inset with
lace or embroidered, but they are
simply made and with lacey collars or
low, round or Dutch square necks.
Everyone is wearing elbow sleeves ex-
cept those with scrawny arms, and for
them there are sheer undersleeves
which conceal any number of ugly
lines. Guimps, too, are popular fea-
ture this year, and may be purchased
reasonably in all manner of pretty
styles or be made at home? Some of
the daintiest effects are realized in the
combination of Valencinnes and swiss
or lawn.
The delicately colored slips are APP
pearing again, and under the sheer
white dresses are quite enchanting. A
white embroidered Swiss over a pink
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

Vermont, where experiments in breed
ing and selection for increased re-
sistanee are under way. These results
have been correlated with information
recently secured by a circular of in
quiry addressed to a large number of
potato specialists in the Northeastern
States and in Canada. From these 1T
appears hat a wide variation is shown
in disease resistance among the varie-
ties now in cultivation in America,
but that no one variety is preeminent.
Among those which have been wide
ly tested, the following deserve men
ton as of the resistant class: Dakota
Red. Rustproof, Irish, Cobbler, Sir
Walter Raleigh. Doe Pride, and White
Beauty.
In tests made at the Vermont sta
ton in 1905 the following varieties
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

a very useful purpose in turning the
thought of scientific and practical men
as we'll, in the direction OF the de-
Yelopment of disease-resistant varieties
with results which promise to prove
of great practical utility.
POTATOES.
During recent years the disease re-
sistance of potatoes especially has re-
ceiyed attention by several of the
agricultural experiment stations in the
united States, notably those of Maine.
Minnesota, and Vermont. A recent
bulletin of the Bureau of Plant In.
dustry of the Department of Agricul
ture, prepared by l.. r. Jones, of the
Vermont Station, summarizes and dis
cusses this work, and that along sim
liar lines abroad, as well as the ex-
p%erienee of practical growers. Sum.
marizing the results, Professor Jones
draWs the following tentative con.
clusions:
Disease resistance in potatoes is
relative. not absolute, no variety
known being wholly proof against late
blight and rot. 1t seems related to
general vegetatiye yigor, and is, there.
lore, in a measure dependent upon
cultural and deyelopmental conditions
and tends to decrease with the age of
the variety. 1t can be restored by
originating new varieties from seed,
especially of hybrid origin. Not all
seedlings show superior disease re.
%sistanee. = y
Early varieties may escape the dis
ease by maturing before it becomes
epidemic, but when similarly exposed
they are. as a class, less resistant than
late varieties.
The source of seed tubers Is a mat
ter of Importance, northern-grown
seed giving plants the superior disease
resistance in Europe. Seed from a
crop that was not too highly fortified
is probably preferable. Possibly tub
ers are better for seed purposes If dug
before they reach full maturity. High
fertilization, especially with nitro.
genous manures, lowers the power of
the plant to resist both blight and
rot.
So far as skin characteristics are an
index, the red varieties with thick
and rough skin seem more resistant
as a class than the th~in-skinned white
varieties. So far as stem and foliage
characters are concerned. the evil
denee favors the stem that is hard,
rough, and rather woody at the base,
and the leaf that is small, somewhat
rough, and dark colored.
In America trials as to disease re-
sistanee have been conducted at some
of the experiment stations, notably In
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

ish, while In average weather Doth do
the best they can to gather the crop
ahead of the farmer. Many plant dis
eases and insects can be controlled by
the various poisons, sprays, and cul.
tural methods already discovered, but
for some-as, for example, the rust of
wheat, peach yellows, cloyer-seed fly,
etc.-satisfactory remedies have not
yet been discovered.
Some instances may be cited to show
just what is meant by resistant or i'm
mune varieties and their value. Grapes
furnish a striking example. Euro
pean grapes planted in this country
fail wherever the American grape-root
louise is present, because the louise is
able to attack and destroy the roots
of these varieties. The roots of ma.
tive American grapes are also attacked
by the same louise, but are so hard and
wiry that the louise car not destroy
them. In other words they are re
sistant.
The unusual resistance of the Keif-
fer pear to blight has made it pos.
sible to grow this pear in the South.
ern States, where most other Varle-
ties fail because of blight. The va
riety of cowpea known as Little Iron
has proved so resistant to wilt disease
that in some fields it has survived
when all other varieties have been
killed. American ~gooseberries are but
little subject to the mildew which Sc.
riously affects the larger English va
rieties when grown here. With nearly
every crop grown, some of its Vari-
cites are more resistant or immune TO
some disease or insect attack than
others.
Some varieties of the same plant
are but little affected by a disease,
while others are badly injured. Va
riations in this respect also extend
to individual plants of a given variety.
These facts have been utilized to
some extent in the o~rigination of the
various so-called "disease-proof' va
rieties which have been introduced
into culture-as. for example, the
"%rust-proof' varieties of wheat, oats.
etc. AS a rule, however, these varie-
ties have not been developed by any
systematic, scientific methods of Sc
= lection and breeding, and although a
few show merit, most of them have
not measured up to the claims made
for them. They have. however, served
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

grown from the seed of one scotsman.
Many of the hills from this strain of
ROCKFORD seed remained green
throughout the season and produced
a good crop of melons. Further obser-
vations in the muskmelon fields of
that ~neighborhood also showed that
wherever this strain of ROCKFORD seed
had been used many hills were unaf-
fected with rust, while with other
strains of seed of the same variety
the vines were all dead.
The investigator selected a quantity
Of seed from the rust-resistant hills
and planted them in comparison with
ordinary seed. "On the rust-resisting
hills the melons were hidden under a
healthy growth of vines, and were
large, solidly netted, with thick, firm
flesh, small seed cavity completely
filled with seed. On the rusted hills
the plants were almost devoid of leaves
and the small melons were premature
ly ripe, with thin, watery flesh, open,
large seed cavity, and practically of
no market value"
In tracing back the history of this
strain of seed it was found that some
years before a scotsman had saved the
first lot from a single healthy melon
taken from a field of rusted vines. 1t
had therefore been developed by the
simple process of saving seed from
the best melons produced by plants
which withStood attacks of rust when
surrounding plants were destroyed by
this disease. What was thus accom-
plished by one farmer with one crop
can probably be accomplished by other
farmers with the same or with other
crops, if they will be alert, while the
crops are growing, to select and mark
individual plants which show eXcep-
tional merit along the lines of pro
life yield, early maturity, resistance to
disease, or other desirable quality. and
save seed separately from the plant
showing such qualities. Marked "a
riations which may be protitahly util-
lied in this way are constantly occur
ring and are plainly evident on all
farms.
The point to be emphasized is that
improvements in farm crop varieties
nearly always trace back to individual
plants. No one is in better position
to notice these exceptional plants than
the farmer. He is in his fields, gar
den, or orchard, every day, where these
exceptional plants are produced. Ii
n plant in a rust-infected wheat
field stands up green and free from
the disease, that is a plant to save
seed from as the basis of a rust-re
sistant strain. If one hill of pota
toes in a blighted field remains unaf-
fected by disease, seed from that hill
may produce a blight-resistant variety.
If a squash phnt is found that is dis.
tasteful to the squash bug, seed from
that hill may produce squash vines
which the bugs will not modest.
The important fact is that some
plants are much more resistant to dis
ease and insect attacks than others.
1t is a question of seeing the resistant
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

slip has a deep yoke of Duchess lace
inlet with Valencinnes. The skirt is
trothy with frills and tucks of the self
material and inset and cross-strapped
with Valencinnes. The belt is of palest
pink chiffon ribbon. Small capes are
again looked upon with favor, espe-
eially the little nantes which go with
three-pieee suits or those of lace or
lingerie fabric which grace thin sum-
mer frocks. The return of these is
probably due to the return of the small
bolero which has appeared in all man
ner of shapes and styles. the sleeves
of which often resemble cape-like af-
fairs.
The long gloves which are worn with
short sleeves are held up in a novel
way by wristlets of elastic covered
with shirred ribbon and finished at the
top with a buckle or tiny rosette of
ribbon. These are worn just below
the elbow or above wherever the glove
is supposed to end. They hold the
glove in place admirably and are a
pretty addition to the toilette. The ia
yorite color for these bracelets Is black.
but any color of glove is matched in
these tiny accessories.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
ASSsE@S1E*
SY3A &g@N.
GS8aMMM@ TO BREED RESISTANT PLANTS. EIMSNIS
s8II4G Crops, Proof Against insects or Disease Can 34YTIA
HNAA0 Be Grown by the Farmer. SO%|3&
va T1 GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. w
GUYElllOTr

The farmers too greatest foes are
insects and plant diseases. He can,
by a proper rotation of crops ana
fertilization, convert a poor into a rich
soil, and he can stimulate plant growth
by plenty of fertilization. By the
same process he can keep down the
weeds which rob his crops OF nourish.
ment and moisture. He can, to a great
extent, overcome, with but little
trouble, all the various smaller hin
ORANGES to crop growing-all but the
bugs and the blight. These twain are
hard to handle. None is so arrogant
as to profess Indifferent to their at
tacks. Not many years ago they We're
expected, not the less dreaded, espe-
cially the blights and the rots and the
mildews; they were the natural vista
tons of providence. There was no
use trying to combat them. If they
came. they came. The farmer prayed
that they might not come that year.
Now, science has shown us that they
can, in most cases, be overcome. If
not overcome, they can be prevented.
Yet the process is often fraught with
great trouble and expense to the
farmer.
Now suppose a nan could develop
a strain of plants so hardy that
blights and rust would pass them by
in disgust and so bitter and unsavory
for a bug that the HBme R0pterd. the
C%OleOpterG and the other "toughs9 Of
the insect trust would pass by and
prefer to eat oak and hickory leaves?
1t would be a cinch for that man,
would it not? He could sit in the
shade and hire myrmidons 10 do his
work, directing those close at hand
in person and those at a distance by
telephone. Such a condition may be
possible. The man who gets in first
would be the one 10 sit in the shade
and reap the advantage. Eventually
we would all get on 10 the scheme.
and. unless the population of the world
increased with accelerated raDidity.
there would be an oyer-production Of
food products and prices would eventu.
ally get back TO their present level,
so that we would all have TO work
again.
The Department of Agriculture and
some of the experiment stations have
been working along this line of Sc
lCcting resistant plants with the idea
Of at least giving the enterprising
American farmer a good big start.
In the aggregate enormous crop
losses-millions and millions-are
caused by the attacks of insects and
plant diseases. In dry weather in
se"ts are particularly abundant. and
in wet weather plant diseases flour
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
STYLES FOR WARM WEATHER.
Fashions for Heated Term are in
Harmony with Comfort.
By BERTHA BROWNING.

The summer fashions have become
quite as settled as they are apt to dur-
ing the season, and those wardrobes
which are just preparing have the ad-
vantage of being exactly what is de-
sired rather than an uncertain fore
cast. The woman who enjoys the cool
breezes of her own veranda rather than
the uncertain comforts of some other
may utilize many a summer morning
in fashioning pretty blouses of thin
material and dainty little coats of lace
or lingerie fabrics. 1t is the detail
which makes up the fashionable ward
robes, and any woman who is clever
with her fingers may make these
small garments or accessories without
a great deal of expense, and satisfy
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

The gold money of the world is 81.
81 for each inhabitant and the gold
money In the United States Is 1858
for each tnhabitant