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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-09
sag Harbor Shark Tackles Tough
Proposition.
TORPEDO WINS IN ONE ROUND
Affidaviss of Eyev.isnesses Resuts
Oyster Fay Theory That Sharks DO
Not Turn Over to eito-This One
Turned Over Aftar Biting Also.

a shark which lad appropriated
Noyac bay, on Sag Harbo.. y y. VIC
lently attacked torpedo that invaded
those winters. The shark caught sight
of the torpedo cruising peacefully
along at 20 knots an hoar and started
20 chase 1t into Peconic bay and thence
into the Atlantic.
The shark caught Up with the tdy
pedo and gave It warning that the wa
tiers thercabonts were reserved. bat it
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-09
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work.

Unhealthy kidneys Make Impure Blood.
Il used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles We're 10 be
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-09

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-09
REMEMBER

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titles you to a vote in the Piano
Contest for your favorite oIder.
club or sch ool. We sell every.
thing in tho Gas and PIunb1us
line. ~ yHl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16

money is friendship. I love my friends
and / hope they love me. l am most
grateful for the many kind expressions of
friendship received from time to time
from people in all parts of the country"
Admiral Dewey is one of the best dress
ed of the governments top-notch Off
Gals. He exercises a most fastidious
taste in matters of dress. He also wears
his clothes well. His broad shoulders are
thrown we'll back, he walks with a fine
military bearing and his step is firm and
quick. His hair is snowy white and
lends kindly expression to the otherwise
strong face of the fighting admiral His
manner is at once cordial, even hearty.
I'm not seventy years old he said
gayly to some friends who were congratu-
lating him. What made you think that?
Why 1 do not expect to be seventy for
long time yet"
His friends were somewhat taken back
by the almost convincing manner in which
he said this. and particularly by his
youthful appearance. Thinking they
might have made mistake, as they only
knew of the admiral's age by hearsay,
they began to stammer for what they
thought was a grievous mistake, when
the admiral relieved their confusion by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16

sible to relive my life, I should ask only
that 1 be given good health and the same
opportunities that have come to me to do
the work 1 care most about. Men or
women who are blessed with good health
to carry on the work they like best and
are happy in the execution of it cannot
ask for more, can they? That is content
ment.''
Happiness Lies in Work.
"And happiness?" inquired the reporter.
Happiness lies in ones work, of course"
replied the admiral But equally i'm
portant for happy career is happy do
nestle life. and in this l am most happy.
Can mortal man wish for more or have
more of LIES happiness than these give
him?"
And wealth? You are not ambitious in
this financial age" the admiral was
asked. The popular worship of the golden
calf is decidedly not one of Admiral
Deweys practices. II am not" he re-
turned, but 1 feel that I am rich in
many other ways That which has
brought me in life's work more satisfying
dividends than could any amount of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
oLD-TIME PATRIOT HELD.
Noted Russian Had Been Exile for
Over Twenty-Five Years.

ST. PETERSBURG, December 1S.-No
charges have yet been filed against Mich
olas Tschaikovsky, the patriot who was
recently arrested in the city and confined
in the fortress of ST. Peter and ST. Paul.
Following a method of procedure often
used in Russia, a definite accusation
against him will be formulated only upon
the completion of preliminary investiga-
ton.
Tschaikovsky. who is about sixty-fve
years old, has been an exile from his ma
tive land for over a quarter of century.
He incurred the dspleasurs of the au-
thorites in 1879 and was sent to prison.
He made his escape. however. and went
back to Russia for the first time few
months ago. He was Immediately taken
into cuStordy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
REVISION Is DENIED.
Court Ruling on Duty on Camel's
Hair Cloth.

NEW ORLEANS. La. December 16.-In
the United States circuit court Saturday.
Judge Boarman denied the petition for q
revision of the ruling of the departments
of customs regarding the duty on press
cloth manufactured from cancels hair
AS this material is extensively used in
the manufacture of cottonseed oil. the
petitioners estimated that a revision of
the existing tariff would mean the saving
of thousands of dollars each year to man
ufacturinG interests in the south. They
contended that this product should not
be assessabe as a manufactured wool
product. but should be admitted as q
hair press cloth" on which the duty Is
far less.
The government appraisers commended
that the exception made for hair press
cloth" applied only to horse hair products,
and in this contention they were sustain.
ed by the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16

ington who are anxious to meet or catch
glimpse of the admiral.
considering the great fortunes Of to-
day. 1 am poor man." said Admiral
Dewey, in conversing with a reporter of
The Star yesterday. But cheerfully
confess that money is not everything in
life," he said. Money does not guaran-
tee happiness or even contentment."
And you are happy?" asked the re-
porter.
II am indeed" The face of the admiral
with its few lines of ,telltale marks of age
showed his happiness in little ripples of
merriment which changed his official eX-
preston as he answered the question en-
phatically, leaving no doubt as to his
meaning.
And contented?" the reporter asked
Most cheerfully so,'' replied the adj
mi.al.
And then in this age of restless men
and changing affairs the admiral, with
the buoyant enthusiasm of youth, made
this pertinent statement: Were it pos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
Moisture for Oklahoma.

DALLAS, Tex, December 16-In the
United States court here Judge Edward
r. Meek refused to grant a temporary
injunction to restrain the Wells Fargo
Express Company from receiving consign-
ments of intoxicating liquors for points
in Oklahoma.
Judge Meek held that the compliments
right to the relief sought was involved
in such grave doubt that it would be an
improvident exercise of discretion to
grant temporarily the Injunction prayed
for pending the final hearing Of the case
on its merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
Leaped From Window to His Death.

BELLEFONTE. Pa, December 10
Prof. George Blutz. aged fourty-four
years. head of the department OF horticui-
ture at State College. committed suicide
yesterday by leaping from a window on
the sixth story of the college. His neck
was broken He had been in falling
health for several months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
tionS
Advice to Young Men.


When the admiral was asked what
course he would advise young men to fol-
low to attain what he calls the blessings
of life in health and happiness, he said:
For young men who want to maintain
good health to the end of a long life, I
would advise them to live out of doors all
they can and take plenty of exercise
There is nothing else as necessary to good
health. have practically lived out OF
doors all my life. For years. when not at
sea. L rode horseback every day. rain or
shine. l always try to drive every day
now, and so keep out in the air. I be-
lieve that the Presidents out-of-door ac-
tivity is one of the chief reasons for his
being able to accomplish so much work
Such exercise for an active mentality Is
as vital. / think. as eating or sleeping. I
have lived an active life, but an active
life is the hetIthiest one. 1 have always
kept interested in life, by meeting and
being with people. A recluse hates life; q
mixer among men, never"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16

What soap will you use to wash
clothes?
If you insist on weakening your clothes
by boiling them, wearing them out by
hard rubbing, putting up with all the
"N2Hcconveniences Of hot fires, nauseous
SCANNING suds and yellow clothes, it
Idsesn't matter which you use.
But if you want to do your washing
comfortably, in cold or lukewarm water,
without hard work and in half the time
lthen there is only one soap for and
that soap is Fels-Naptha
The reason why is in the different
way Fels-Naptha is made. The results
speak for themselves. Get Fels-Naptha
from your grocer and try it. But be
sure and use it the Fels-Naptha way
no hot water. Follow directions on the
red and green wrapper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
Content With Life, He
Finds Happiness in His
Work VIII Have a
Birthday arty Wednes-
day, Tho Natal Day
Comes Week Later.

Admiral George Dewey will celebrate
his SEVENTEEN birthday anniversary
Wednesday, and he does not care who
knows it. He is proud Of the fact that
he is seventy years old. for few men have
reached his age retaining their good looks,
the vigor of mental and physical youth
and, last, but not least, the natural OPP
timism of a schoolboy.
Eyes, sah." remarked one of the colored
messengers employed in the Mills build
ing, where the admirals Offices are, as he
discussed the approaching birthday cele-
bration with his colleagues "the admiral
is sartinly the youngest man round the
buildin'. He's sho mo- younger-actin
than mos of the real young ones about
heah. The way he says good-mornin'
or howdy, with a smile, yo' sho wouldn't
think he was tellin' the truth about his
age. But 'spicion if he says so it mus
be true, for the admirals like George
Washington in that respect. He's nevah
known to tell lie. 1 'spects that's one OF
the reasons he looks so young, cause his
conscience don't pain him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
No Chemicals for Anty Drudge.

Mrs. Neghbor-"Anty Drudge, I'm you must use
chemicals in your wash. I've boiled my clothes and
rubbed them till fingers bstered, but they look
yellow beside yours.
Anty Drudge-"No, didn't chemicals nor didn't boil
them rub them hard l used Fes-Naptfa in luke
warm. water. Fels-Naptha took the dirt out of my
clothes while you were rubbing dirt into yours That
makes the difference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-16
A Birthday Party.

The admiral of the American navy will
fittingly celebrate the anniversary of his
birth with a big birthday party But it
will not be possible to do so on the eX-
act date, which is December &c. Like the
boy that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
about. whose birthday came on Christ
mas and who never had birthday gift,
Admiral Dewey has never known the
pleasure Of a birthday party. Uncon-
sciously President Roosevelt has changed
the order of things this year, and for
first time the admiral will be host at a
birthday dinner party, which will take
place at his handsome home, 1901 X
street. Wednesday evening.
Admiral Dewey had hoped to have the
honor of President and Mrs. Rooseveh's
presence on his birthday anniversary to
celebrate the occasion with him. but as
the Roosevelts would not be in Washing
ton at that time the dinner was arranged
for the 18th, in accordance with the Pres
ident's wishes.
Admiral Dewey is the only living naval
officer serving his country who will remain
on the active list until he wishes to apply
for retirement and thus be able to point
with pride to unusually long and I'M
interrupted service. He began his re-
markable career early, and could he live
his life over again. he says. he would not
change the course it has taken. After a
course at the Norwich Military Academy,
experimenting the valuable personal in
struction of his father, who was one of
the best known physicians of his day.
Little George Dewey" he was called
by his townspeople. entered the Naval
Academy at the age of sixteen. Imme-
diately upon leaving the academy four
years later, in 1858, he was ordered to ac--
tive service and. lacking only a few
months space of time, he may celebrate
on his birthday fifty-three years in the
navy. Admiral Dewey says that. except
ing the too close proximity of the bullets,
the most interesting training he received
after leaving school was under\ Admiral
aFrragut, from 1861 to 1858, in the Mis-
sissippi river squadron.
Helped to Keep Him Young.
has been have more deeply felt the appre-
citation of the country's esteem. He says
that the memory of the magnificent re-
ception which he received upon arrival
home from Manila bay is one of the things
that have helped to keep him young.
The qualities of manly character under
lying the fighting qualities of the officer
have made the hero of Manila bay per-
petual hero TO the American people. This
is daily shown by the scores OF inquiries
made by tourists and visitors to Wash
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20
WILL peLvE IN THE PAST.
Lons-euried Cities of Italy Are to Be
 Exhumed.

All the world will join In applauding the resolution of Italy to disinter what treasures may yet remain under the debris of the age-long forgotten cities of 0stia and Paestum. Both cities were unkindly dealt with by Provi. dence. The glory of Ostia, chief port of ancient Rome. receiving the corn and oil of Sicily. Sardinia and Africa. was slowly but surely betrayed by Father Tiber and flung contemptuous- ly out of reach of the shallowest ships. Time. curiously enough. has. however. failed to rob her of her industry which first made her famous. and salt is still produced in small quantities from the little village of one hundred inhab- itants that has stolen the old city's name and pays the ruins homage from the modest distance of two miles. Paestum is more Greek than Roman. and one may anticipate that if an- other temple of Neptune or temple of Ceres lies beneath the heaped-up dust of the centuries it will be Athens and not Rome that will be raised from the dead Paestumis fate is sadder than that of ostia. for the Greek col ony on Roman soil vas early snitten by malaria and an evil reputation caused her to be buried in a deeper oblivion than the wave-vashed col umns of Ostia-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20

The growing season for the crops
 will soon open. and this will he vi-
 tai factor in the country's business preparations and also in stock market
 operations, says Banker CIews. There
 were rumOrs of damage to the winter
 wheat crop in certain sections of the
 country. but these were not of sufh- cient importance tO affect values.
 Now that speculative activity has diminished. more attention is being paid to the general condition of bust. ness opinion in this respect seems much divided. Quite q number of our industrial leaders and financial magnates have been talking business reaction and their statements have been supplemented by more or less retrenchment on the part of concerns which they represent. \ certain de gree If retrenchment in projected railroad development is inevitable. owing first to the difficulty of raising new capital and next to the high costs of construction. Already. q pcrcep- tible decrease is to he noted in build ing operations. Tho total projects an- nounced in March in our leading cI- ties amounted to SJ4cCO.cD this year. as compared with sJ6.Hg.ODp last year. This is only a small de crease of about per cent. but it il- illustrates tho tendency. \ mofprar. abatement in real estate activity would probably be beneficial. e<pe- ciaIIy in the department devoted to the sale of cheap lots ion the install ment plan to parties who never in- tend to build upon or improve the property which they have purchased.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20

While international peace meas
 ures were being discussed in the cap
 itals of the world with a view to the second conference at The Hague a
 British imperial council' was sum
 moned to convene at London to con fer on the good of the empire. Al least that is to be inferred from all
 the title given the assembly on this occasion. Formerly these gather. ings, composed of representatives from the British colonies have been called colonial conferences" Evi- dently the change means something and is a hint that all the colonies are or ought to be jealous over the inn perial policy. Russia, Germany and France happen 10 have on hand at present home problems of first import ance. Apparently the four warlike nations of Europe have no time to mix in world politics in degree men, acing international peace. All of them may be said to lack that nation al unity of sentiment which wise rul- CTS hold to be indispensable for sue cess against foreign foes. But the nation which manfully makes the plea of no time to fight may take the lead as an international peacemaker.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20
HEARD IN PASSING.

Rear Admiral Evans, commander in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, de- clared the United States should keep 16 battleships each in the Atlantic and the Pacific.- Middletown Press.
 The Connecticut Agricultural col lege will stay put. That is the de- cision of the Farmers alliance after due deliberation and what the alli- ance says the legislature usually rat flies. Another rebuke administered to our reform governOr.-New Brit ain Herald.
 Great Britain is growing temper ate---or else she lis sending her "soaks" to America. Statistics show that notwithstanding the great pros perity of that country, the consump- tion of intoxicating liquors has dis tinctly declined. Here's hoping that the sobriety wave has come to stay Ansonia Sentinel.
 The tone of the proceedings of the D. A. R. convention at Washington is decidedly warlike and does not suggest the peace conference or the Hague convention. We trust that it is not the influence of the ''big stick" which may have demoralizing eff feet in the District of Columbia.- Bridgeport Standard.
 The Warsaw police declare that Russian terrorists pay $15 each for murders, which is pretty good price considering that many slayer does his work for no money consideration whatever and that in enlightened America men are sometimes slain on suspicion of intention to commit a crime.-New London Day
 What became of Monsieur Thee phile Delcasse, former prime minister Of France, and most distinguished of all the foreign guests of MT Car negie who came to see the opening of the Carnegie splendors at Pitts burg, and to attend the meetings of the peace congress? We have seen no mention of him since the time of his arrival.-Hartford Times.
 Roosevelt luck is never exhausted. Now it is Frederick Weyerhauser, of Wisconsin, who says that President Roosevelt has been "a trifle meddle- some." Mir Weyerhauser speaks with feeling. He is the recognized head of the lumber trust, whose opera tion in the west have recently land ed large number of distinguished persons of Idaho in the criminal courts.-New York World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20
DUEL IN THE DARK,
Result of a Strange Encounter Be
 tween Two Scouts,

A. T. Lawrence of St Louis has been spending several days in Spring field going over battlefelds in this vi
 einity. with which he was quite fami.
 liar during the civil war. Lawrence
 wore the blue during the war and par.
 ticipated in the battle of Springfield.
 He was with his company in the old
 stockade on Campbell street, and he
 tells many interesting incidents that
 occurred during that battle.
 We wanted some one to go out from the stockade,'' said MT Law renee, "to do some reconnoitering. There was a telegraph operator with us named Briggs, and he was the first man to volunteer. Briggs stole out from the stockade and to within 30 yards of what was then known as the city cemetery.
 "A confederate scout was hidden behind tombstone and took shot at Briggs just as he ducked behind a tree. It was along toward evening and the two men exchanged possibly 30 shots at each other in the duel in the darkness that followed. About 1 o'clock in the morning truce was agreed to by the opposing forces in or der to care for the wounded on both sides. t-
 We found the body of Briggs ly- ing at the foot of the tree A bullet from the squirrel rife of the Con- federate scout had penetrated his brain through the eye. The body of the Confederate was found in tho cemetery in sitting posture. His back was against a tombstone and he had one foot against another head stone, and was in the act of pulling on his boot when Union bullet pierced his heart. His fingers were still in the boot straps and he ap- peared as if he had fallen asleep while pulling on his boot and was killed while asleep"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20
Buyinu by Moonlight.

T made a queer trip one night not long ago" said the agent of a ceme- tery company. T went out to the cemetery after dark with a prospect i've customer. so she could sec how the burial lot under consideration looked by moonlight. The lady was of romantic turn of mind. sbe had taken a fancy to a plc; on a little knoll overlooking a lake. but before closing the deal she insisted upon see ing the effect of the moonbeams on the water and surrounding landscape I had sold many lots under peculiar circumstances. but that poetic phase of our business vas something neV. The lady seemed to derive consIders- ble satisfaction from it. Anyway. she bought the lot