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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

definitely while the balls and daggers are
dancing in the air.
With the charmers it seems to rouse the
snakes to action after the first few notes and
keep them under control AS soon as the
Toemerie strikes up, the cobra begins to
raise itself on its tall expands its hood and
waves to and fro, and as the player becomes
more excited the reptile keeps time to the
music.
Colonel Meadows Taylor, an East Indian
traveller, relates an experiment with a cobra
at Ellichpoor in which the proceedings are
very graphically described. The cobra was
large one, and had made itself the terror of
his garden.
The charmer went to the aloeAhush, in a
hole under which the snake used to lurk, and
began to play gently and slowly Cautiously
the cobra put its head out of the hole, and
as it appeared the man increased the speed
and strength of the tune, and gradually re-
treated.
The snake ghded In pursuit, erecting itself
defantly and swayed to the music; and then
an assistant with a heavy blanket slipped be-
hind, and throwing it over the snake clasped
its head under the jaws.
The head was then pinned to the ground
with forked stick. the fangs and teeth were
extracted with pincers, and the cobra was
transferred to a basket to be taught to per-
form.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

resemblance to the quacling is almost too
faint for this to be the case
The Toomerie is a gourd, with two pipes
seventeen inches long. Inside the gourd are
two reeds formed by incisions into the small
tubes, and these are raised by few nairs, so
as to work freely. One of the pipes is a
drone, the other has seven holes, and the
scale of the instrument gives nine tones.
1t is used only by snakecharmers, acrobats
and professional jugglers. With the jugglers
it seems to be popular as marking the time
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Staccato, or Bamboo Harmonicon, is ver
popular, though, curiously enough, it seems
to be unknown in India.
1t consists of eighteen or more fiat slips of
bamboo about an inch and half broad and
OF graduated lengths, which are strung upon
double string and suspended over trough
sounding box.
The round side of the bamboo is upner-
most, and while the extremities of the Sins
are left to their original thickness, the middIs
part of each is thinned and followed ont he.
low so as to tune them properly.
The instrument is of very mellow and pleaa.
ing tone and is played on with drum sticIs
Another Of the metal instruments was ths
bars OF different lengths were loosely fixed
in a metal frame, so as to be shaken with a
ringing crash.
Another is the Agrican Zanze, where tongues
of varying lengths are held in clips and pluck
CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

a hooped frame, so that the smallest, which
is about two and half inches in diameter, is
placed at the right side Of the entrance, and
the largest, of about ten inches, is at the
left The drums have fixed tones. and their
pitch is modified by little moist clay ap-
piled to the centre of the parchment by the
sweep of the thumb.
The Patshaing is nearly five feet in dame
ter, and about thirty inches high, and is a
very gay affair with its carved ornaments
and fI1nges OF eolored cloth. AS a rule, the
performer sits in the middle and hits out an
around with his fingers and palms; but oeca-
sionally he is found in procession, when
two other men carry the instrument, and he
lodges and shuffles about inside, punching
away right and left in the most active man.
ner conceivable and keeping excellent time.
The Cheng, or Chinese organ, is also a yery
curious affair, though it is claimed by some
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
2GyRIOytG 1U1c 80
- 97IkGICAI,lNGTRlNT6EC

Snakes are not the only animals suscepti-
read of the part played by music in training
animals for the amphitheatre; and in India
at the present day the Bansee or Banfree
flute is of great service in subduing elephants.
The elephants are attracted by its melody
at once. and turn their heads and open their
ears TO catch every note in truly remark
able manner.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

III HE snake-charmer's Toomerie, or
Poongi, is one of the most interest
ing. though not the most elaborate,
I41SEkNI of musical instruments. The rea-
son Of the strange power of the few
OF ITS notes over the cobra di capello is mex
plicable, but it exists.
BY some the sounds It emits are said to
resemble the quacking of ducklings, for whom
the snakes have a peculiar longing, but the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
PRACTICE AT PARK
Players Getting in Good worI-Twc
More Report to Manager Huling.

Tom Tighe and Haley are the lat
est arrivals for the tryout practice of
the local team of the West Penn
league. There are still three to re-
port, namely. swanders and Peer, OF
Titusville. Pa, and Richards. of
Findlay, o.
The workout yesterday afternoon
was fine, to use the adjective with
which Manager Huling describes 1t.
Another workout took place this af-
ternoon and proved eminently salts
factory.
Jesse sackett is having the out
field rolled today. The diamond
viii be peeled ten or fifteen feet far
Their back than last year and will be
rolled and scraped, so as 10 make the
very best grounds possible.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Parnistant.

A middle aged man stopped at the
subpostofice in the North end and
asked IL there was anything for the
Murphys
NO there Is not, said the man at
Che window
Anything Tor J;tne Murphyr'
NO"
Anything Tor Anne aurphy'~
"No."
anything Tor Bob Marphy7"
"No."
Anything for Terry7"
Y mo, nor for. Pat nor Tor Dennis nor
Pete nor hiatt nor Edward Murphy.
There is. noting f..J :.iy .i,;-p,iy. dead,
living or unborn. native or foreign, civ
ilized q savage, n.a,e or female. black
or white, rrancii,sd or g.s:ranchised.
No. there Is positively nothing for amy
OF the MutrtliyS n,they individually.
collectively seeesally. aow and for
ever, one AMI luseparabie.
The little nan ca the outside Of the
window loai.ed auiaEad aud then in a
persuasive roice sat,I, Please look and
see II There T. aa9thiGs for P. ]. Muir
ply. "-Coiumbrs Discnteh.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

After every ardent collector of post
cards has filed few albums she be-
gins to yearn for another mode Of
classifying and arranging her still
growing fad. And, knowing this, a
clever person has evolved the charm
ing idea Of utilizing these decorative
cards Ia l,oase decorating purposes
with amazingly artistic results.
One l.as chance for great ingenuity
and originality in the making OF
screens. panels or boxes small ones
for gi9tes and handkerchiefs and large
ones lor ones delicate blouses, pretty
corner cu2!:oartls. mirror frames,
friezes Tor the nursery. with appro-
PIRATE cards, or for ones own dainty
bedroom: with quite another sort OF
caris. o. stu another Kind for biI.
lard room or Il mans small library.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Busy at Latrobe.

Twenty-seyen men are on hand
and busiiy engaged in practicing at
LatrObe. The weather has been
against them there like it has all
around the league but they manage
to put in several good ticks at the
park every afternoon. This afer-
noon the LTc1zeesport P. o. M. team
is scheduled to play with Latrobe at
the latter place and this game viii
likely show up a few eye-openers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Stop That Cold.

10 eheckcany colds or GrippeWith 'PTeyentics-
means sure defeat for PneuEncniA. To stop a cola
with PTeymti0 Is safer than to let Il run and b
obliged 70 cure Il Afterwards. To be sure. Pre-
yenties WIN cue even deeply seated cold. bui
sakan early-at the neeze s.ags-they break. or
head OF these early colds. That's surely better.
That's why they are called prsyenties.
PTeventicsare little Candy Cold Cures. No ouin.
Inc. no phyhc. nothing sicksning. Nice for TIA
ehildren-and thoroughly Eais too. II you ieei
chilly. ifyou meeze you ache al over. think q
Preyentics. Promptness may also save half yous
lsral sickness. And don't forget your child. Is
ihere Is fevsnshness. nightor day. Herein prob
ably Hes PseventieS greatest efficiency. Sold II
70 boxes for the pocket. also In Csc boxes Of q
PreYentics. Insist on your druggists giving Scu
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
TO REMOVE HASTINGS.
Threads Should Be Clipped az later.
walls of Three Inches.

NalS OF lHFee lnCHeSs
The proper removal Of hastings
from the completed garment Is as
necessary as the proper putting IN.
Many dress has been ruined By
hasty, i'll calculated pun. Did you ever
watch novice catch the end OF a
thread and then. after pulling up the
seam Of n skirt in hard bunch. bring
all her strength 10 bear TO break the
thread or perhaps even TO bite Il on?
And did you ever see the seam Of the
skirt afterward?
IL you have. you probably know that
the pristine beauty Of the material was
gone forever. If 1t was silk or lawn
there were holes in 1t all up the seam,
possibly pulled placc~ part way across
the breadtls. n the goods was so
stout as to defy such cruel treatment.
then 1t was probably wrlnkIed so badly
that pressing would never bring the
defect out entirely.
Blasting threads should be clipped at
Intervals Of three inches. anu each
short length should be removed with
out wrin6ling the goods IN any way.
Indeed there VII! be no need, for. clip
ped In this way. the thread will yield
to the slightest pun. II any one thread
seems obstinate. do not jerk. There Is
probably q slight knot somewhere and
another clipping win remedy the evil.
An ivory or bone stiletto is most con,
venient thing TO have in ones work
basket, especially when hastings are to
be removed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
DIAMOND is 10 BE GIVEN
To ady VINO Sells Most Tickets
BY Lawson.

President Lawson OF Butler knows
from experience how fond ladies are
Of diamonds and 50 he has evolved
the SCENE of giving away real dia-
mond of the sparkler class to the
lady who sells the most tickets for
the opening days work The con-
test is omen to all and the reward
for the work will be sufficient to
cause : good hard fight Mr.. Law
son win have the diamond on exit
bition one OF THESE days and it is
likely that the ladies will get to busi-
ness in short order.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

the tea MOWERS to attend, as at the
present time they are busy getting
things arranged for the starting of
the season.
Every town Is alive with base
ball, says Lawson. and the man
ayers and team owners have a big
bunch Of candidates on their hands,
and for that reason the date has
been changed.
Lawson says he has many things
10 bring before the meeting and It
is expected that every magnate viii
attend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Couldn't Get Blue Hen.

cunkle. the pitcher signed for the
Butler trycut, who vas touted as a
wonder. has struck his tent and also
the home trail He wandered into
the city hut finding that no tohac-
conist sold Blue Hen tobacco he slim
ped away and another budding twirl-
er is lost to the baseball world.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
s4omerie SYMBOL

You know The dne picture in Homer
Of the dead 'tares which fall to make
place for the y2cnS b4,.S. 1t Is as true
Of men as ~ t7ees: we have our time
and PASS aitey Bcaind our vanished
youth gern'nates zoe youth Of others.
Our childra'S DESTINY ought not to DO
dulied by what there has been In ours.
Revue dies Deux Montles.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Hair on the Arms.

BY using depllatories for removing a
growth of soft hairs from the arms
You win create for yourself a fine out
put OF bristles 1t is absolutely impos.
sible for any external application to
actually kill hair growth. for the hair
creating papilla is often a fourth OF an
inch below the surface Of the skin, and
this panilla goes on creating hair I'M
til the pap;lla itself is destroyed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

a simple orange ice requires one pint
Of water boiled with one cupfui aud a
half Of sugar and mixed when cold
with one Pint of orange juice and the
Juice OF one lemon. Freeze and pack.
then set aside for two hours before
luncheon
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

Fairmont win be played next SUNDAY
a Traction park between the Regu-
lars and Yanigans. When two teams
are picked from the candidates
neither Of them vim be easy pictip,
and the game win sure be a warm
one. =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
LEAGUE MEETING
At Fairmont Has Been Postponed to
Sunday, April %.

President Lawson has postponed
the league meeting which was to
have been held in Fairmont next
Sunday until the following Sunday,
April IS. 1t is thought the latter
date will be more convenient for.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
LOCAL MEN LOSE
In Contest With Two Man Team
From Fafrmont ut Rowling.

Dreshbach and Davis, the Fair
mont two-man bowling team, came
to clarksburg Wednesday night and
skinned the noted twoman team com
posed of Peoples and Drake by 14s
pins. A big crowd of rooters ac-
companied the two Fairmont men on
the trip. Following are the scores:
FAIRMoNT.
LIST. I'd. Sd. 4th, 9Th. TIL.
Dreshbach 2O2 LAT 176 100 17O--ss5
Davis 4. .1s9 17s lat 1s6 16O-S7O
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn and Pittsburg Don't Know
Whit 1t Is to Win Yet.
Standing OF the Clubs.

Yesterdays Result.
Chicago 6, Pittsburg 2.
Boston 2, Philadelphia 1.
New York 2, Brooklyn 1.
Cincinnati $. St. Louis 3.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Today's Games.

Today's Games.
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at ST. Louis.
Chicago at Pittsburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

Totals .:3s1 S25 S2s $50 s3o-1755
cLARKsBURG.
LIST. I'd. Sd. 4th. 9TH. It'll.
Peopes 143 100 TIA 15s 1S2-79s
Drake j.. .16S j17S 40 17s 16O--s9O
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
Cleveland Beats St. LOuis Making
Leader and TafIender.
Standing Of the CIul,s.

Yesterdays Results.
Boston 2, Washington /.
Chicago 4, Detroit /.
New York 5, Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland 5, st. Louis 2.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

Today's Games.
s. Louis at Chicago.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

EFairmont's First Game.
The first game of the season al
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18

Totals BOO 8ea BIZ aa2 292-lsO7
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-18
CORN FLAKES, Ready toser,e. HoterCad

Cheerful faces, good dig estions and
Kinks" regularly. Delicate, tasty, digestble,
sustaining made Of matted corn and q wel-
come treat for any meal At your grocer's
Tor only SC. package.
THE no CO., BUFFALO, n Y.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-25

his own eating and drinking ves-
sells which should be sterilized af-
ter every using.
AS ninety-nine cases in every
hundred are due to drinking in
fected water, all water used by
patient and family should be
boiled whether kaown to be infect
ed or not. As milk Is east
ly infected by the water, all milk
should likewise be boiled. And If
there have been many cases, all
vegetables that are not cooked
should be thoroughly washed In
boiled water. Careful examination
should be made to see if there is
surface drainage into the water
supply and, if so, corrected.
Cows should not be permitted
to wade in infected water, if pos.
sible to avoid 1t, and the milk ves-
sells should never be cleansed in
other than pure water. All weeds
and high grass near the water sup
ply, and in fact everywhere about
the house, should be cut to adj
nit the sunlight and air. Stag
nant pools should be drained, the
yards cleaned up and lined, cellars
should be emptied of all stale veg.
eta bles, mouldy wood, ETC., lime d
(unslaked) and opened to sunlight
and air.
1t is believed that manure heaps
are the sole culture bed for flies.
Manure heaps, therefore, should he
removed several hundred feet from
the house or covered so that flies
could not deposit their eggs in
them. The privy should Re fur
nished with metal boxes o. boxes
metal. lined and so darkened that
flies would not enter, and box
containing earth, ashes or ne, or
a mixture of them, should be in the
privy so that the box contents
could be kept dry at all times.
Somebody has said: For every
case of typhoid fever someone is
responsible; fer every epidemic,
the Whole community" and | may
add that any community that
knows the sources of infection and
does not use some such means Of
prevention as indicated herein
takes its own life in it's own hands.
AS parting word; Boil all
water and all milk used.
By order Of the Board of Health
Of Rock bridge County.
A. d. EsTILL, MD,
Health Officer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-25
Perfect Spraying IS What
We Guarantee
Announcement for Overseer
of the Poor

hereby announce myself for Over
seer Of the Poor fol- Lexington Magis-
terial District, and ask the support of
the Voters and Tax Payers of said Dis
trict, and pledge myself, II elected, to
SEQ that the deserving poor, both white
and black, do not suffer. | will see that
no one store in town shall furnish said
persons every thing, and give the poor
man or woman no chance to say where
they may deal. will see that what
they get shall be OF good material, both
in way of eating and fuel not just cedar
wood as they have used the last winter,
and that in small quantities. / shall
not ask the Supervisor, Mr.. Whitmore
(should he be elected, to sign a lot Of
warrants for me to carry around In my
pocket, without his seeing what he Is
signing, as he has been doing. will
divide the money over the town, and
district as the poor may want. and
under the law none can be sold ut my
store. shall not ask the Supervisor
to give me $4,000 per year, as he is
doing outside of the County, which pays
5000. | will see il Taxes cannot be
cut down for this District.
The Poor cost Lexington District
from July, 1906, to July, 1907, nearly
$4,000, and for the other five Dis
tricts, less than $4,000. SO under the
present management, Lexington had
better start little poor house Of its
own, II things have to be run this way.
Below see where this money goes to:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-25
REVENUE COMMISSIONERS

The Court of Appeals, at Staun-
ton, on Tuesday entered an opinion
that has been awaited with much
interest, and settles the question
raised as 10 the constitutiOnality
of the law enacted by the last
Legislature comforting upon Circuit
Courts the right to appoint Com
missiOners of the Revenue in the
various counties of the State. The
question came up for disposition
by the court of last resort upon
petition for a writ of PROHIBITION
against Judge Grimsley, of Cul.
pepper county, and the Supreme
Court upheld the validity of the
law mentioned by denying the
writ of prohibition prayed for.
In some quarters it is very evil
dent that the act changing the
manner of selecting these officers
is for the present unpopular, and
certain it is that it places upon
the Judges of Courts a responsible
ity that they, doubtless, would
rather not have. At the same time
we cannot help believing that if
the reasons which prompted the
Legislature to make the change in
the method Of selecting these Of
ficers were clearly understood by
the taxpayers generally, there
would be less objection to it than
there is. However, it could not
be expected that any act of any
Legislature would please every
body.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-25
Woman's Home Companion for
October u

The Woman's Home Companion for
October Is primarily a Fashion mum.
her, not that the other regular depart
ments are sighted in the least, nor
that the fiction Is In any way below the
excellent standard the Woman's Home
Companion has set for itself Grace
Margaret Gould, the Fashion Editor,
has done more than any other one person
to make this October issue interesting
and helpful, contributing, as she does {,
page afterpage OF attractive and pract-
ical designs for Fall aud Winter cos
tunes. A particularly novel and help
iul page gives Photographic illustra-
tons OF the newest silks, fabrics and
trimmings; another shows the new hats,
going into detail as to shapes and col
ors. There are still others of waists
and lingerie.
Two OF the many good articles de-
serve-special mention-Jack Londons
Riding the South Sea Surf" an ami
mated description of that Royal
Sport fer the Natural Kings of Earth, q"
and Anna Steese Richardson's 1.-THE
Influence Of Women on Business. Mrs.
Richardson. herself most successful
business woman, is telling the hard
truths connected with woman's en-
trance into the field of business in O
series of three remarkable articles, Of
which this is the second, on "The
Woman In Business.
There are good stories by Anothony
HOPE, IONA Gale, Herbert ID. Ward,
Elliot. Flower and others. DR.. Ed
ward Everett Hale contributes a de-
lightful talk on THE Division Of
Time" and the Editor has some pun
gent things to say about Your Gro
Ger " The cover Of this issue is the
thlrd-pIize winner in the recent prize
cover contest, a CHI Irming painting by
Herman G. Wall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-25
Financial Statistics on Value of
Education

In discussing the opening of the
schools and the value of an educe ton,
the Lynchburg News says:
Some one has we'll said thai a
grammar school education or its equi-
valent adds so per cent to The worth of
Il iran, high school education 100 per
cent and a college or university educa
ton 800 per cent. A careful study of
the facts shows that none Of the emf
nertly successful men in the list of
Who's Who in America came from
those with no education, only small
proportion came fIom the men With a
common school education, large
per cent from those with a high
school education, aud so on up the lad
der. Drawing the lesson IN another
way, we find that the boy with no edu
cation stands no chance of great sue
cess, but one chance in 5000 il he has
only comm On school education, one
chance in 400 If he has high school
education, and one in 40 If a college or
university education.
"The average educated man receives
a salary of $1,000 per year. In forty
years he earns $4,000. The average
uneducated day laborer earns 81. 80 per
day, $3.50 per year, or $4,000 in 40
years. The difference between the two
or $22, 200, equals the value of an edu-
cation. To acquire this earning ca
pacity requires twelve years of school
of $50 days each, or 2,160 1ays. Each
days schooling, therefore, is worth
$4,000 divided by 2,160, or about $40.
Can boys and young men afford 10 miss
going to school? If employed in the
day time, each evening of study in edu-
cational work on the same basis to the
average student Is estimated to be
worth about So. Why is it that not
only so many boys 10 to IA years Of
age ale leaving school, but also very
often with their parents consent and
desire, in order that they may secure
some trlfling job to earn fifty cents to
one dollar per day and thus lose their
six to nine dollars per day by dropping
out Of the regular course Of study in
the public schools"