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The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11

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 C. H. EVANS, Stookmaa, Nab.
The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11

Thrift and stinginess are as similar as they are different.
The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11

Most men are hopelessly bad or else they are awfully lied about.
The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11
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The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11

< GOOD BUSINESS TO ENTER The Tailoring business properly handled is of tho most profitable man can enter Into and lie need know nothing whatever of making clothes nor of materials and very II tile cspi ta E required.
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The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11
For ehiooers and Moscuitoes.

Hunts Lightning Oil is great. If used in time 1t keeps them away. If after being bitten it affords instant re- lief.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Youth and Publicity.

If it often the demand Of crude youth and
half-developed women that they be under
stood All the literature Of confession, all
the outbursts Of unhappy wives and for
saken Englishwomen and neglected
geniuses testify to this inherent instinct in
the young to make noise about them-
selves, to strive and cry out upon the world
to hear while they voluminously explain
themselves. This form of publicity, too, Is
futile and mistake. There comes an In
evitable turning point. Maturity makes
complete change; selfknowledge yearns for
silence. There comes an age at which one
is haunted by the fear that he shall be
understood, and one seeks refuge in the
obvious rather than submit to publicity:
When a man really comes to know himself
he prefers to do It in silence. There is a
kind of joy in private emotions. a power
of growth in reserve, which warns him
from the mere dissipating energies In ex-
plantations. Youth may fancy any men,
tion better than none, says Womans Life
and that any form of notoriety confers dis
tinction but 1t is an unavoidable truth that
those of whom there is most to say are
those who most persistently court privacy.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
SHOWERS OF FISH.
Common in Some Countries-Smal
Fry Carried by Waterspouts.
From the Glasgow Herald

From the Glasgow Herald
The phenomenon of shower of fishes
which recently caused considerable specu-
lation" in the Caithness district is of more
common occurrence than is generally sup
posed
1t Is undoubtedly due to some small fry
of fishes having been lifted from the water
and carried over dry land by what is popu
larly known as a waterspout. When two
currents of air travelling In opposite direc-
tiOns meet the resulting atmospheric dis
turbance If on a small scale is called
WhirlWlnd and If on a large scale tor
nado, the destructive powers of which are
proVerbial.
Ralph Abercromby defines a whrlwind as
"a mass of air whose height is enormous
ly greater than its width, rotating rapidly
round a more or less vertical axis The
mass might be, for instance, 200 feet high
and only ten feet in diameter. This whirl-
ing column has a funnel-like center and
may travel as fast thirty miles an hour
in particular course.
The phenomenon is usually visible in the
sky q descending column. This is owing
to the compression OF a cloud within the
circuit of the whirling air. Should the dis
turbance reach the surface of the ground,
dust. mud and all kinds of debris are
sucked up into the column and carried
along. If the path of the axis of the dis
turbance crosses the sea or a river the
surface water Is whirled up into the fun
mel and mingles with the whirlng column
of descending vapor. This Is the effect
known as waterspout.
When the rotatory motion ceases the ac-
cumulated moisture descends in cloud
burst or as very heavy rain. The small sur
face living fry or fish in the sea, usually
herring. or even comparatively heavy fish
from shallow inland waters. are frequently
thus carried over dry land and astonish the
pedestrian by descending on his umbrella.
Many cases are reported from abroad
and they are common in India. In this
country the species of fish that thus fall are
nSnallV INDIGENOUS netRhDOrh0Ol.
which shows that their involuntary jour-
ney through the air is never very far, and
1t is probable that those that fell in CATH
ness apparently near the coast were after
all herring fry as the same phenomenon
has been seen in Rosshire.
Frogs, insects and other living creatures
have also been known to be thus transport
ed through the air.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Goats.


From the Spectator.
The long-despised milk giver lost a good
friend in the late Lady Burdett-Coutts, for
so many years president of the Goat So
ciety: but it would appear that the goat
has other influential advocates. "All my
children" writes the Duchess of Hamilton
TO Home Counties, have had goats milk
and have done very we'll on it," Lady Dun
leath testIhes to the remarkable effect of
milk from the poor mans COW" on the in
fants Of a village in which she takes a
benevolent interest. and Miss Rose Hub
bard. Miss Iris Milford and other ladies
give evidence to Its palatability. An au-
thority quoted has no fewer than seventy
goats. another has fifty. a third and fourth
possess thirty and thrty-eight respectively.
One of the goat keepers has had a sue
Cession of ''nannies in his possession for
thirty-iive years. another has had eX-
perience of thirty Years, and three others
about twenty years. From these facts, as
well as from the growing membership of
the Goat Society and the imposing exhibits
OF goats at the dairy and many county agri-
cultural shows, II would appear that goat
keeping has become serious interest in
many directions.
Noobdy knows how many goats there
are In the country. because the board Of
agriculture for England and Scotland un-
like the Irish board, does not see fit to in
Cude them in its agricultural census. In
ireland II is found that there are nearly
1uoOn goats. AS 10 the continent, seven
teen countries were returned a quarter of
century ago as possessing 1900. coo ami
mails. In Switzerland and Norway the goats
were In the ratio of one to every fourteen
and sixteen inhabitants. Swiss goat keen
ers have long had the encouragement of the
state to develop the milking powers of their
stock to the utmost degree, and a work en-
tilted Ia Chevre. which we lately re-
viewed, showed the results of intelligent
interest in goat keeping in France
Evening star., 1907-08-15

their knitting wool or the distraction Of a
serial story account for the Inconsistency;
but, be that as 1t may. the Inconsistency is
troublesome. and never SO much SO as when
uncalled-for haste allies itself with absurd
petulance and obstinacy in error. such as
when telephone girl tries to foist or force
third on to conversational couple.
But 1t seems that to be crossed in tele-
phonic tete-a-tete Is not dangerous as to
be crossed in love. two Partisan count
esses have just discovered. They were be-
moaning the inadequacy of the funds Of
their pet charity. talking regretfully of a
sum of money which would not fall into
their hands, when a telephone girl mall
adroitly introduced garrulous, loud-voiced
male intruder. Without apologZng he in
terrupted. but before his listeners could cor
rect him or remove their ears they heard
an unexpected promise-a promise to find
the wanted sum. The promise kept,
the money given; and now the telephone
girls are arguing that the story proves how
Invaluable and necessary their want Of
system Is.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Suffrage for Norwegian Women.

From Harper's Weekly.
The granting of suffrage to women IL
generally regarded as a western idea, but
for a matter Of fact 1t is gaining a much
firmer foothold in Europe than in America,
In Norway 1t has become reality by virH
tue Of the recent act of the storthingI
the national assembly. BY this act about
100000 additional votes may be cast at
the next elections.
The suffrage has been granted to all uu-
married women having attained twentys
five years Of age, and who pay a revenue
tax on 400 kroner of income If residing IN
a city or on 300 kroner OF income If resid-
ing in the country. The same right has been
granted to married women over twenty5
Ave years of age living in full or partial
community of fortune with the husbandA
provided the latter pays the above menS
toned revenue tax.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
ONLY ONE SERVICE A YEAR.
Story Of a Curious Little Church on
an English Hilltop.

an English Hilltop.
From London Tit-Bits.
There stands upon a hill in the village of
Uphill, in the county Of Somerset a small
and very old church, which is surrounded
by caves in which the bones Of all kinds
of animals have been discovered. This his
toric place Of worship. which looks down
upon Uphill Castle and the village itself,
was at one time the only place of worship
for miles around.
For several years no Sunday services
have been held within its walls. and the
only time that the public is allowed to
worship there is one night in the year-on
Christmas eve-when the vicar of Uphill or
some other clergyman officiates There is
a footpath leading up the hill to the
church, but as the hill is very steep one
and the distance great very few people
visit the church. 1t is by order of the &c
clesiastical commissioners that It is opened
to the public once year.
Curious stories are told regarding this
interesting editice, one of which Is to the
effect that the church was purposely built
on the top Of the hill so that the preacher
could feel convinced of the sincerity of the
faith Of those who accomplished the task Of
climbing 1t. The church has been visited
by people from all parts OF the world. It
Is the only building in England-probably
in the world-in which divine service Is
conducted only once a year.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
BARBED WIRE.
A Lucky Device That Brought Mil
lions to It's Inventor.

From the New York Press.
THE luckiest invention in history said
a patent official was that Of barbed wire.
It came about by accident.
Isaac L. Ellwood was the inventor
of barbed wire. In his youth he lived
in De Kalb, ILL.,, and, having neighbor
whose pigs trespassed on his garden he
put up one day a wire fence of his own
make This fence had barbs and points
on It, 1t was queer and ugly, but 1t kept
out the pigs.
TT was a real barbef wire fence, the
first in the world and there were millions
Of money in it, but young Ellwood and his
friends laughed at its freak appearance.
"One day two strangers saw this fence,
perceived how we'll it kept out the pigs,
realized how cheap it was-realized, in a
word its value-and ordered several tons
Of it from Ellwood Furthermore, they
contracted to sell for a term of years all
the barbed wire he could produce.
"Ellwood borrowed $1,000 and set up
a little factory. A few years later on
he had paid back that loan and was worth
a small matter Of s15,000,000 besides.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
15c Ladies' Collars. 4hc,

manicure cases around her on either side.
1t is draped with French cretonne in porr-
padour design-a deep cream background
with panels of pink rosebuds and blue for,
get-me-nots in the quaintest Of little baa-
kets tied UP with true lovers knots Thu
drapery falls from a canopy four feet above
the table and is caught at the side of the
oval mirror with huge rosettes and then
drops IN straight folds to the floor. The nt-
tie drawers on either side are covered with
the same dainty material and ornamented
with crystal handles; the lounge chair. the
footstool, with its crystal corners. and
"causeuse" each Is covered with the samA
fowery fabric. Everything harmonizes IN
this tasteful bonbonniere, even to the minial
ture marble timepiece, which is set with
rhinestones and jewels to match the color
scheme in the furnishings. incidentally thia
boudoir timeplece is one OF the latest noveis
ties: ii is made quite fiat and serves the
double purpose Of tmepiece and papeT
weight.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Sweets and the Disposition.
From What to Eat.

From What to Eat.
Nothing could be said in greater praise of
a people than that they like sweets. It
shows q wholesome, vigorous, healthful
condition-an appetite not jaded from ex-
cessive Indulgence. The child whose appe-
tite has not become polluted or calloused
by false relishes smarting sauces and
burning drinks loves sweets; so does the
girl of bright eyes and untainted youth, as
is evidenced by her fondness for Ice creams
and desserts. The young athlete among
men loves sweets nearly as we'll as does
the child. But the barroom lounger the
cigarette fend,' the dope fiend' and the
depraved of all other classes do not like
sweets Long ago their minds and appe-
tites lost the desire for everything pleasing
to the natural palate.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Tableau With a Moral.

DR.. Albert e. Palmer, who won the blue
ribbon at the recent Chicago husband show,
was talking to a reporter about marriage.
Marriage will grow happier" said DR..
Palmer. 'as men learn to regard 1t more
unselfshly. Men are still too much like the
savage. They still incline to consider their
wives too much In the light of servants.
why, not long ago at the seashore, do
you know what I saw? l saw little tab
leau that revealed to me in miniature the
chief cause of unhappy marriages.
"A little boy and little girl were dig,
ging in the white sand with toy spades ana
buckets. The little boy laid down his tools
and said:
"'Clara, do you want to be my wife?
Yes said the little girl, with happy
smile.
The boy sat down on the sand and put
up his feet toward her.
Then he said gruffly, take off my
shoes and stockings.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
A Cretonne Boudoir.

dainty "cretonne boudoir" has been re-
Gently furnished by a well-known New
York upholsterer and is awaiting the ar
rival Of It's chatelaine-a charming bride
now on her honeymoon. 1t is a mass Of
pink, blue and white. The dress table Of
horseshoe shape is covered with a polished
plate-glass top which allows madame seat
ed in the center. to have her dainty acces-
sories Of perfume bottles, powder boxes and
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Fortunes of the Telephone.

Paris Correspondence in the London Standard.
Just as true love rarely runs smooth,
conversations by telephone in Paris-I am
speaking of no other place-rarely run on
uninterrupted. If the telephone girls We're
logical they would be quite as slow in cut
ting conversation as they are in estab-
fishing communication. which would be
some compensation at least; but none today
dare say that they at all consistent
In their slowRess. Perhaps the knots In
Evening star., 1907-08-15
It's Nerves

That make life worth living-when
they are all right. But when weak
or exhausted it's different; some Of
the organs do not get enough nerve
energy. Their action becomes weak.
The penalty is aches, pains and mis-
erv. DR.. Miles Nervine restores
nervous energy. 1t establishes nor
NAL activity, so that nature can cor
rect the irregularities.
Or Miles Nervine has completely cured me OF
nervousness aud indigestion. l suffered untold mis-
cry for months. The first half bottle Of Dr. Miles
Nervine relieved me. ! have used bottles in all,
and now feel well as ever eat heartily. dlges
ion good, nerves strong. sleep well" MRS. MOL
LIE FLENoR, Campbell, Texas.
II nrst bottle fails 10 benefit, money back.
Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Sets to Match.

1t is charming conceit to have ones
handbag match the buttons used on ones
gown. and there are sets, consisting Of
neck chain and locket. buttons and metal
wristbags. that come to be worn together
A bracelet to match Is added and the set is
eharmingly unique and dainty.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
YOUTH OF fHE ANCIENTS
LIFE OF THE CHILDREN TWO
THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
Stories Told by the Nursery Toys Col
lected by the British
Museum.
From the Spectator.

From the Spectator.
These Greek and Roman nursery toys in
the British Museum collection belong only
to the nursery, and that Is to an age which
can never be later than yesterday. There
Is, for instance. only one date to which can
be assigned the leaden chariot with its two
prancing horses, possibly an inch and a
half high, and the leaden horseman cut
out of a thin sheet Of metal like biscuit
stamped from pastry. Both of them be-
long to the same period as the Little Tin
Soldier who went sailing down the gutter
in the paper boat Of the German fairy tale,
and the Grenadier whom Stevenson's child
buried and exhumed, lamenting neverthe-
less that after "all that's gone and come,
shall find my soldier dumb" Nor are
they worse made: nor is the tiny chair
more clumsy which, belonging also to the
lead age, would have brought sudden hap
piness to the owner of a Roman doll 8
house. The date, indeed, now and then
only an antiquarian, and an antiquarian
who knew something about soldiers and
furniture. could easily determine. Here,
for instance, is a sofa made of a brown
glazed ware. 1t is strong and solid, meas
ures some three or four inches in length.
has back and arms of an imitation rolled
pattern, would seat two or three dolls, and
is of an extremely satisfactory nature. 1t
might have been made last week at the
Doulton ware factory, if you get sofas
in DoultOn ware.
Evening star., 1907-08-15

Prof. William L. Patton, forty-siX years
old a prominent educator of Southwest Vir-
ginia and member of the brilliant and
well-known Patton family of East Ten
nessee, died unexpectedly in Bristol, Va,
of heart failure.
Evening star., 1907-08-15

Betty Washington Lewis Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution of Fred
ericksburg. Va. has sent to the Jamestown
exposition box containing articles of his
torical value to be placed on exhibition
there.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Bread-Making Woman.

Here again Is a model of woman knead-
ing cake or a roll. She has no legs, for
legs would destroy the balance of the
model and prevent 1t being easily set upon
the floor or the table. But she Is cleverly
pinned by the top Of her skirts TO her pas
try board. her arms are jointed, and she
would move her rolling pin Unfortunately
lost up and down the board as ingeniously
and industriously as any saving bear
carved at Brienz in the darkness of last
winter. The Swiss and the Roman wood
carver know their business. and combine
simplicity, regularity of movement and
imitation Of the doings of "grownups"-all
the essentials of q proper mechanical toy.
In this market, whatever the supply may
be- the demand does not vary. The first
necessity, or nearly the first, is toy capa-
BILE of providing a satisfying noise Such a
desire Is met in the collection exhibited by
two or three different specimens of rattles;
one of rather elegant description, a mix
ture between an owl and an amphora
which would probably do nicely for a GIRL
another, heavier and more masculine
modelled into hollow pig. AT a little later
period comes a demand for mugs to hold
milk and water, and these, of course, are
painted with figures of children, generally
crawling for an apple or an orange on the
floor, and in one case, perhaps designed
for twins with a picture of q boy and a
girl teaching a neat-looking dog to jump
through hoop.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Animals and Dolls.

In a year so comes the parting of the
ways, when the nursery demand is divided.
1t was supplied 2020 years ago as it is sup
piled now, by models of animals and by
dolls. In the one division you get donkeys
carrying panniers of loaves, negroes riding
mules, a leaden Pomeranian dog apparently
once painted white, fox terrier collared
''all proper, with q fine long uncut tail
and an inquisitlve nose, a monkey eating a
bun, and a handsome soldier with a round
red shield riding a charger with a really
good hogged name. For the dogs there
which modern civilization has forgotten
how to model out of mud, 1t used to be
modelled, and for an even later period there
was to be reserved the noble Joy of fishing
with real hooks. There is not much more
than a little rust to differentiate the best
of the Roman fish hooks from the modern
product of Limerick
Dolls of Long Ago.
So much for the masculine demand and
supply, unaltered throughout time But
the feminine-the dolls? Have they al
tered? Perhaps, for some children, a little
Most of the dolls shown at Bloomsbury
must have been expensive, In which they
do not differ from many dolls of today;
like modern dolls too, they had beautifully
jointed legs and arms. But the particular
specimans exhibited have been little used
teach once belonged, it is an unhappy thing
to remember, to its proper urn) and they
would not to modern eye, hold out strong
attractions TO a child. Some of them are
carved already dressed. and some possibly
were meant to be dressed or wrapped up by
their owners. But they are all of them
models of grownup girls and women. and
II is not easy to see why child should
have been supposed to want to nurse them.
1t is difficult to be certain about these dolls
except one. That is a rag doll faded
and yellow The others are elegant things
TO hold or to be brought out to show to
visitors on grand occasions. But this one
was some little chid's baby.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-06-05
PERSONAL

Miss Fannie Bartlett, of Clay
street, left Tuesday morning for Al
lance, o., to be the house guest Of
Mrs. Harry Drummond.
Mrs. Joshua Wood, of Philippi, is
the guest of Mrs. E. B. Hustead dur
ing the commencement exercises of
Broaddus Institute.
D. D. zinn, of Philippip, was the
guest of his son, Dorrance, OF Broad
dus, Monday.
Mrs. E. P ,Drummond returned to
Weston Monday after a visit of sew
eral weeks with friends and relatives
in this city and shinnston.
M. P. Dye to WI. Rowland, 1-16
of oil and gas, N acres. sardis dis
trict.
Mr.. and Mrs.sgJ. j. Meade are
here from Pittsburg on a visit.
E. N. showalter, of Fairmont, was
here last night enroute home from
Parkersburg.
Frank R. Moore has returned from
Philippi, where he attended federal
court.
George NJ. Whiescarver, of Graf
ton. is among those who are attend
ing the Broaddus commencement ex-
ercises.
Captain NJ. c. sperry will leave
the last of the week for the James
town exposition.
Charles A. Short, of shinnston.
spent Wednesday in the city.
Samuel Gain. of Salem, spent
Wednesday here.
Deputy sherif W. f. Leonard, Of
Salem, spent the day at the sheriff's
office.
Rock Bell leaves tonight for a
stay OF several weeks at Mt.
Clemens.
Hood Hornor was here wednes-
day from Lumberport.
T. A. Laffey, of Salem, spent We'd
nesday in the city.
Flavius B. DAVIDSON was here We'd
nesday from Bridgeport.
A. J. Michael. of Dola, spept a
few hours here Wednesday on bust
ness.
Samuel Elliott, Of McAlpin, was
here Wednesday
NJ. A. Samples. of Salem. was a
prominent young visitor here We'd
nesday.
L. W. Ogden hes returned from a
visit in Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. AnawaIt left
last night for Central City Neb
with Mr.. Carl sinsel to visit an his
home for a few days, and from there
they will go to Fresno. Cal. where
Mr.. Anawalt has accepepd nosi-
ton with large department. store.
Rev. L. B. Moore, former presi-
dent of Broaddus Institute is here
attending its commencement exer-
cises. Mr.. Moore now resides in
Parkersburg.
S. L. Watson, of Fairmont. was
here looking after business inter
ests Wednesday.
Harry Thatcher, formerly trainer
for the schmulbach stables IN
Wheeling, has arrived in the city TO
train horses for Messrs.. sommers
and Moore at the new fair grounds
John W. Davis, E. G. Smith anc
H. T. Houston will go to Wheeling
Thursday to appear as counsel in
cases before the Supreme Court Of
Appeals.