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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-19
REVIVAL
In the Seventh D2y Baptist
Church at Salemis
Powerful.

SALEM. Feb 19.-The revival
started at the IS. D. b. church here
nearly three weeks ago BY Pastor Hills
and Elder seagsr is still in progress,
forenoon and night. Elder seager was
Obliged to so to- Berea the latter part
of last week to hold the quarterly
meeting and become engaged in re
vival meeting in that locality with the
Protestant people and win not return.
During Elder seager's absence Pastor
Hill has been doing the preaching as
sisted as much as possible by Pastor
Backus, Pastor Woofter and the Rev.
10. E. Sheets Of the city. Early in the
meeting some of the young people
of the college and church organized
themselves into band of helpers to
assist the ministers and their combined
efforts have awakened wonderful
spiritual Interest. The meeting soon
drlfted into, and assumed the form Of
a union meeting and the members of
all churches are working together for
the conversion of the unsaved. The
house is full to overlooking each even
ing, an available standing room is oc-
cupied and many so away. unable to
get inside. Up to the present time
about 10 have been converted or
reclaimed and about 20 are ut the altar
for prayer, seeking pardon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-19


Hugh 81 Martin was here tea'ss
from shinnston % business
Misses Lorretfo Keenan, and Bessie
Byrd vent 70 Aforgantown today e
tend the university BAH and win pc
The guests q Mrs. Sumner Stuart
CHORD AN + suffering from q se-
Sere inIllTy u he left arm and II y
feared blood on may develop.
Rly Carr llss recovered from .
bfie illness ana again at mis- post
81 apty 1t tlie Imperial restaurant
Waitsr Herring WIN address ~
young people; meeting "a Brbad Oaks
sat,ifSiay nisht
Mr.. and Mrs George II Whit
searses are here from Grafton.
Rev. John Sum, Of Parkersburg,
iis in the city
2. r. Nnzum Is here from Bristol.
Howard Robinson, of Rosebud,
spent Friday In the city
J. w. Johnson was here last night
from Bristol.
c. E. Robinson Is here from
Wheeling.
A. y. Holden. Of Bristol, was here
last night,
y. D. Harden, of sutton. is a city
business visitor.
Mrs. Edward NJ. Jackson arrived
here last evening from Buchanan
to visit. her brother. stuart F. Reed.
bryan Rittenhouse was here today
from Parkersburg the guest of his
uncle, steadman Bryan. before going
to Fairmoht Tor the basketball game
tonight.
/ Stuart y, Reed returned last night
from business visit in West Union.
e. ]. skidmore. Of Parkersburg, Is Il
city visitor.
S. L. o'Neal, Of Philippi. is visitor
here.
Charles b. Kefauyer. of Parkers-
burg, clerk Of the Unied States dis
trlct court is in the city attending to
official duties.
f. M. Leonard-is here from Wheel.
ing.
r. Il Mem, Of Eairmont, was a bus.
mess visitorshere Friday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-19
POINT PLEASANT WANTS
NEW p. o. BUILDING

WASHINGTON, D. G.. Feb. 49,
Judge Pottcnbarger, Captain Howard
and Postmaster Lewis. OF Point
Pleasant, are here urging the Sc
lection Of certain site for a new
postotfice building there. They con-
'ferred with Senator Scott today and
aided by Congressman Hughes WIN
present their claim to the treasury
department tomorrow.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-19
REPORT or PROBE.

CHARLESTON, Feb. 1g-Tag
penitentiary investigating committee
has been unable so far to complete
its report and has decided to defer it
until Saturday.
Theoretically the commuters
time expired yesterday and it is
dead, but no objection viii be rails
ed on that score. A vlndication ion
the prison directors Is predicted.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-19
Carp OF THANKS.

Mr.. ana Mrs. H. c. Harris wishes 10
express through the columns OF the
Telegram, their thanks and apprecia-
tons for the many kindnesses Of
friends In the death of their son.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
said the rabbit. "and cabbage. so that

said the rabbit, land cabbage, so that
| may not go hungry
And behind the barn they DROP
armfuls of sweet, juicy hay" said, the
deer. that / may come in the night
and feed"
And the little fir tree said: They
are good children. and i would rather
be here than in the big, big city. And
then it whispered. Goodnight" and
the wild things went away
And in the morning when the chill
dren came. they cried. "Oh. father,
father. look at the beautiful tree.r
And the lumberman came in and cried
in establishment. "Who brought ii
here?" And the little fir tree whisper.
ed and sang:
Il ran away from he forest. l ran
away"
But they could not understand, and
so they stared and wondered. and al
last the lumberman said. 1T is toe
late to carry it now TO the city, so II
can stay" And at that the children
cried. "A Merry Christmas to ALL
And the fir tree whispered happily, "A
Merry Christmas" And out in the
forest the owl and the rabbit and the
white-tailed deer wished each other
"A Merry Christmas as they hur.
ried away through the snow-Evenine
Wisconsin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
The Best Christmas Gift.

A great many people think that be-
cause they are not able to give Christ
mas gifts. because they cannot give
money or what it will buy, they can
give nothing. How little we realize
that the best thing anybody can ever
give in this world is not money. not
clothing, fuel. or provisions. but him
self.
know lady who is very poor. She
has no money To give to the poor ii
Christmas But she goes around for
days before Christmas, visiting every
person she hears of being sick or Grip
pied or unfortunate. everyone who has
any trouble. whether she knows him
or not And she gives out such
wealth of love, of sympathy. of encOur-
agement, good cheer, and sunshine, that
these people feel enriched for a whole
year. The material things they receive
are cold and unsympathetic in compari-
son with what this poor woman gives
them. On the other hand, | know Il
man, wealthy but selfish. whose con-
fore Christmas, and he sends out
checks. coal, clothing, provisions 10 the
poor people. Then he feels a sort Oh
relief; he has eased his conscience.
which prodded him. But he rarely,
if ever, goes To see these poor people
never gives them anything of him.
self. his encouragement. or good cheer.
This is not the spirit OF Christmas.
The spirit of Christmas is the Christ
spirit. the helpful spirit. 1t is the Civ
ing of what Christ gave. He had 40
money to give-IIe was the poorest OF
the poor-but did ever any CroesuS
have so much To give? Did any nm
lionaire ever radiate so much power
and hope To the discouraged. SO much
cheer to the disheartened, or SO much
comfort to the sick and the sorrowing?
o s. Afarden in Success Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND.

A soldier in scarlet coat,
One winter long ago,
Went out and met pretty maid
In woodlands white with snow;
She stood beneath an ancient oak;
Her name was Mistletoe.
Her cheeks and lips were glowing red,
Like peoples in the wheat;
Her locks were twined with milky
pearls,
Her eyes were blue and sweet;
He looked and loved and. kneeling.
laid
His saber at her feet.
From icy regions of the Pole
The norther blew all night,
And hung the branches of the pine
With tinlcling fringes bright,
And made beneath the aged oak
A frozen mound Of white.
But when the panes are thick with
And nights are bitter chill.
And silence, in a crystal coat,
Has eased the silver rilI.
The pair of faithful lovers haunt
The wintry woodland still.
When with the burden of it's years
The oak is bending low,
The soldier holly. stiff and straight,
Stands bravely in the snow,
Its slender saber still unsheathed
To guard the mistletoe.
-Minna Irving in the Criterion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
NEW YEARS BREAKFAST.
In Japan 1t Is u Religious Rite and
n Serious Matter.

n Serious Matter.
To devout Japanese breakfast on
New Years day is religious rite
rather than a vulgar satisfaction of
the appetite. No ordinary dishes are
consumed at this meal. The tea must
be made with water drawn from the
we'll when the first ray of sun strikes
it, poutpourri of materials specified
by law forms the staple dish. while
at the finish measure OF special sake
from red lacquer cup must be drain
ed by whosoever desires happiness
during the coming year.
In the room is placed an "elysian
stand" or red lacquer tray. covered
with evergreen leaves and bearing a
rice dumping. lobster, oranges, per-
simmons, chestnuts. dried sardines
and herring roe. All these dishes have
special Specification. The names of
some are Homogeneous with words Of
happy omen; the others have an allie
gorical meaning. The Holsters curved
back and long claws typify life pro-
longed till the frame is bent and the
beard is long; the sardines, which al
ways swim in pairs, express conjugal
bliss; the herring is symbolical of a
fruitful progeny.
These dishes are not intended for
consumption, although in most cases
the appetite is fairly keen. The ortho-
dox Japanese not only sees the old
year out; he rises at to welcome the
newcomer and performs many ceremo-
MES beNre he breaks his fast.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23

The Rev. Clarence Godfrey, on retir-
ing one night. determined that he
would try to ''telepath" a phantasm
of himself to a lady living in another
part of the city, tells II. Addington
Bruce in Success Magazine. For about
ten minutes he endeavored. in thought,
to appear to her At the end of that
time he fell asleep.
About four hours later the lady on
whom he had been "exerting his will"
awoke with an impression that she had
heard a curious sound. She felt ner-
vous and uneasy. and thought that IL
she went downstairs and took drink
of saltwater it might have quieting
effect.
Coming back, she was astounded to
see the form of Mr.. Godfrey standing
Oh the staircase. He remained stand
ing there for three or four seconds.
while she stared at him in horrified
amazement Then, as she approached
tho staircase. he disappeared.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23

Doctor. you're not so foolish as to
think you can make people good by
performong operations on them. are
your"
THAT depends upon what you call
making people good. You can check
their disposition to commit crime"
las, for example,
We'll, l once knew a man who was
cured. by simple operation. of a ten
dency to rob banks and hold up rail-
way trains
Did you perform II, doctor?"
NO: / was merely called on to ver-
ify the result after the operation was
over"
We'll. who did perform it?"
"A frontier sheriff. Chicago Trib-
une.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23

Watson was n hurry to get home
in order to make his fourth annual
appearance in the popular and mirth-
proVohing character Of Santa Claus.
fhs regular passenger train passing
through Ballyboggin. where he had
been detained on business, would land
him at the union station in Chicago
at precisely 7:3O, which would mean
o'clock by the time he could posi-
bly, get home
He coniided his difficulty to the SYM
pathetic landlord of the hotel and the
landlord said: There's a freight
leaves Hardwick at 1850 and you
ought to be able to make connection
with the Egmont express slap into
Chicago If it makes anywhere near
time. That will be three hours earlier
than the regular passenger, but you'll
have to get livery rig to get over
to Hardwick and that'l cost you So
Five minutes later he and his valise
were packed into a buggy and a start
made. The roads were particularly
bad, however. and about half way to
Hardwich the driver announced his
cheerful conviction that they would
miss the freight Watson thereupon
urged him to apply whalebone to the
team with the promise of an extra
dollar If he made the freight When
they arrived at Hardwick they found
that the freight was s6ill there.
Watson paid the driver, climbed into
the caboose and disposed himself as
comfortably as possible on the long,
slippery, cushioned bench that ran the
length of the car. Then he looked at
his watch and found that ii was five
minutes past the time for the freight
to start After while he got up and
looked out of the car door.
There was nobody IN sight. He
stood there wondering whether it
would be safe to go in search of some
one, for the freight was a little dis
lance out in the yards. After what
re thought was half an hours cons d.
Grafton he got down and started TO-
ward the engine. He had got about
ten steps when the changing of bell
sent him back on the run. Just as
he climbed aboard the cars began to
jolt and bang from the head of the
train down. and the freight began
slowly TO back. Then it came to o
standstill.
Watson was thoroughly exasperated.
In the course of three or four more
backward and forward movements he
settled into a sort of desperate resig-
nation and it was in a tone express
i've of this frame Of mind that he adj
dressed the brakeman when that
worthy at last came into the car and
climbed up to the cupola.
Would you mind telling me what
we are waiting for now?" asked Wat
son.
waiting for the passenger to go
past" replied the brakeman.
Not the 2:10 from Ballyboggin?"
"Sure. That's her | guess we will
start now"
1t was past midnight when Watson
reached his home. Mad? You ought
to have seen him.-Chicago News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
M5DW[p(y[L&[2 g
IE@oGMg5 SA0elsR

Working on the theory that earth
quakes are preceded by an electro
magnetic disturbance, an Italian sci
enlist has devised an instrument
which gives warning that an earth
quake is about to occur a few minutes
before the disturbance is felt.
Researches by horticultural ex-
pert show that the so-called wild ap-
Pies or wild crab" from which
many of the present standard CONNER
cial varieties have sprung, were way
ward descendants of trees originally
eign countries in the eighteenth GEN.
fury.
DR.. Ponza, director of the lunatic
asylum at Alessandria, Italy. has cured
many of his insane patients by confin-
Ing them in rooms of some uniform
color Patients suffering from acute
lmelancholia have become cheerful af-
ter confinement in a red room. But
some forms of life are adversely af-
fected by certain colors. 1t has been
observed. for instance, that flies and
other insects do not flourish or are
killed outright by the light which
comes through blue glass or blue
gauze.
AS all schoolboys know. suction
pump can theoretically elevate water
only about 33 1-3 feet, column Of
water of that height balancing the at
mospheric pressure. Recently, now
ever, a means has been found of caus-
ing suction-pump to raise water to a
height of even go feet. The invention
was made by a workman in the French
marine. Monsieur Eysserie, the chief
engineer of the marine, remarked
that one particular pump showed ex-
traordinary qualities in drawing water
from ships holds. Inquiry developed
the fact that workman named AlZial
had thought of the plan of introducing
air into the water at the point where
the suction was applied, thus produc-
ing an emulsion of air and water.
which, because of its diminished den
sity, was capable of being elevated TO
considerably greater heights than pure
water. The air is introduced through
a small brass tube.
Prof. H. Z. Armstrong, at the recent
meeting of the British Association,
made some curiously interesting re-
marks about carbon and the astonish-
ing relation of its properties to the
geometrical figure known as the tetra-
hebron, a solid bounded by four equi-.
lateral triangles. He said that the
completeness with which the funda-
mental properties of the carbon atom
are symboliZed by regular tetrahe-
dron is altogether astounding. That
atom has four affinities, which operate
practically in the direction of the four
radii, proceeding from the center to-
ward the four solid angles Of tetra-
hebron. I'm the future, when stran-
ger~ dig for signs Of our life, they
will find the tetrahedron and the ben
zene hexagon among the mystic SYM
bols which they have difficulty in in
terpreting. IT, like the ancient Egyp-
tians, we made our tornbs records or
our wisdom, such symbols would long
since have acquired sacred signi1-
canoe"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
The Runaway i.
|, Christmas Tree ,
1SSvESA&ASx&a

All the little fir trees in the forest
were very much excited.
Tomorrow We shall be cut down. !"
they cried. land then we shall be car
ried to the big city"
Nov, none of the little fir trees
knew what the city was like, but they
murmured and rustled and WHISPERED
of the wonderful things that they
should see.
But there was one little tree that
asked: DO we all go?"
Yes" said the other trees: to
morrow we start ON our travels"
Then the little tree sighed and said:
But | was promised to the children
of the lumberman."
The lumberman is poor" said a big
oak. "and these are hard times. This
year they must go without a tree"
The next morning, very early, the
children came trudging through the
snow and stood under the branches of
the little fir.
This is our tree" said one of them
proudly. ION Christmas it will be
lighted with candles, with an angel on
the topmoSt bough-"
such a dear little tree" said an
other; "how we shall love it,"
And the little tree trembled as it
heard them. but the children thought
that it was the wind that shook it.
Then they went away, and later
NTH oil
the young trees and laid them on a
great sled to be carried away.
And in the evening, when the sun
made a red path OF light on the snow.
the children came again. and when
they saw that tree had been cut down
they cried: "Where is our own little
tsee?" And the little tree that lay
on the top of the sled answered loud
ly: Here I am, here | am" but the
children did not understand they rub
bed their eyes with their rough red
hands and sobbed.
whats the natter" asked their
father, as he came tramping through
the wood.
"Oh, our little tree, our own little
tree" walled the children. 1T is cut
down and piled with the other trees
that are to be sent to the city,
I'VE are too poor to have a tree this
year." said the tired man, sadly, and
the children went away mourning.
And the sun went down and the
moon came up, and showed the dark
forest and all the little fir trees living
on the great sled, and presently the
animals of the forest began to creep,
creep among the new white stumps-
so you are going to the city" said
the white-tailed deer, nibbling the
moss beneath the snow.
Yes" whispered all the little trees
excitedly But the little fir cried: Il
don't want to co.
why not?" asked the white-tailed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
THE CHRISTMAS STAR.
Behold the town of Bethlehem

Behold the town of Bethlehem
one midnight long ago.
When not a fOotstep in the street
Was moving to and fro.
lantern in stable door
Sent out a feeble bar.
And slowly Ger the humble thatch
Arose the Christmas star.
1t silvered every scattered straw,
And touched the olive boughs
With brightness like the aureole
That crowns an angels brows;
1t lit the manger-bed where slept
The Prince of Peace. new born.
And poured upon His infant head
The glory of the morn.
Three thousand years or more have
passed.
To darkness whence they came.
unnumbered worlds have dropped from
space
In winding sheets of flame.
And countless moons have waxed and
waned.
And countless suns have set.
But over all the ancient earth
That star is shining yet.
1t shimmers on the tropic sea.
And gilds the arctic shore;
1t beams, lamp TO dying eyes;
The grave is dark no more
Undimmed by either storm or cloud,
It's splendor never dies.
But night and day il lights the way
That leads TO Paradise
metropolitan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23

wind blew and blew again until the
little fir tree stood upright on its stem,
and the little fir went hopity-hop. hop
ity-hop until it came to the house
where the children lived
Then out from the forest came the
white-tailed deer and the big rabbit.
and the little white OWL and the deer
pushed softly against the door of the
cottage, and the owl pecked at the
lock, and the rabbit hunched and hit
with his hind feet until the door was
opened. And then the little fir tree
bent its head and went in and stood
in the corner of the room, and the
three wild things of the forest went
softly from room to room, and came
back with things to hang on the tree
And last of all the little gray owl flew
to the tOpmost branch and hung there
the pink wax angel with golden wings
They are good children said the
little white owl, as he flew down again
when the winter is cold, they hang
scraps of meat for me on the trees"
And they put carrots in the path,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
Peter stuyvesant.s Rev Years.

The custom of celebrating New
Years Day in our own country is
largely due TO the Dutch. Old Peter
Stuyvesant made much of the day, and
CHEEKY assemblages were held at the
governors home in New Amsterdam.
The Dutch method of kissing the WON.
en- for "a happy new year" was OBJ
served and toll taken of all who were
young and handsome. In fact, during
the reign of Peter Stuyvesant New
Amsterdam was the most thoroughly
bekissed country in all Christendom
and formed a marked contrast to the
staid Puritans. who thought the OBJ
servance of this day savored strongly
of reverence for the god Janus and
who made no note of their first New
Years Day in the new world save &c
record. I'VE went to work betimes. -
New York Evening Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
SORE EYES CURED.

Eye-balls and Lids became Terri
bly, Inlamed-Was Unable 10 Go
About-AH Treatments Failed
Cuticurn Proved Successful.
"About two years ago my eyes got
In such a condition that 1 was unable
to go about. They were terribly In
famed, both the balls and lids. l tried
home remedies without relief. Then L
decided TO 90 to our family physician.
but he didn't nelp them. Then l tried
two more of our most prominent ply
sicians, but my eyes grew continually
worse. At this time q friend of mine
advised me to try Cuticura Ointment.
and after using it about one week my
eyes were considerably improved and
in two weeks they were almost we'll
They have never given me any trouble
since and am now sixty-five years
old. l shall never fail to praise Cuti-
cura. G. b. Halsey, Mouth OF Wilson,
Va, April 4, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
P. rps. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23

H. c. atfield-Taylor, Chicago's
well known clubman and author. was
ringmaster at a recent children's cir
Gus at Lake Forest. One Of his jokes
as ringmaster was as follows:
"Hark." he said to the clown, there
has been a sad accident in the side
show"
How so, GOVERNOR the clown ask
ed as he jumped through paper hoop
"A poor man." said the distinguish
cd ringmaster, visited the side show
with his twin boys, plump little fell
lows, and the cannibals got loose and
ate philopena with them"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
deer. and the little fir told of the chill

deer. and the little fir told of the chill
dren.
And the deer came closer, and for a
long time the two whispered together,
and presently big gray rabbit Joined
them. and a white owl flew. down and
added wise counsel, and after while
the deer and the rabbit and the owl
went away, and the little tree lay very,
very still until midnight.
Then when all the other trees slept
it rolled from the sled into the snow,
and the wind, which blew through the
forest asked, What are you trying to
do, little tree?" And the little tree
said, Help me to stand So the wind
blew under it until it was upright on
its stem, and then the little tree went
hopity-hop. hopity-hop. until came to
sheltered valley, and there it lay
down and went to sleep.
1t lay there Sleeping and waking in
the sunshine until the men came and
carried off the sled full of young trees,
but no one noticed that the little fir
was gone.
And the night before Christmas the