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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
STEE[ STRIKE GIFTS
TO BE VERY SERIOUS
DECISIVE BATTLE
is 10 BE FOUGHT
In Nicaragua Between Zela-
ya's Forces and Reyolu-
tionists Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. s.
CASTILLO. representative of the revo-
lutionists here. received cablegram
under today's date from Bluefields and
signed Estrada. stating that all indi-
cations were the, decisive battle be-
tween Zelaya's forces and revolutions
lists will be fought tomorrow at Rama.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

WILEY BEND, w. Va, Dec. O..
The 15-year-old son of James Markley
of Valley Bend district. while out
hunting. was dragging his gun along
when 1t slipped from his hand and
was discharged. The load entered his
abdomen and he is not expected to
live. t4
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
SHAREHOLDERS, MEETING.

The annual meeting of the share
holders of the Merchants National
Bank OF. West Virginia at clarksburg'
for the election of seven directors and
any other business that may properly
come before II will be held at its
banking house Tuesday. January II.
1910. at IL O'Clock a. III.
w. II. LEWIS, Cashier.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 4.-Princess
waldemar died today. She was the
wife of the youngest son of the late
King Christian. and before marriage,
Mario, Princess or orleans.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

Dyspepsia Is our national ailment
LUBBOCK Blood Bitters Is the national
cure for It. Itsstreigtbeps the stom-
ach membranes promotes tiow OF di-
gestive juices, puriiiss the bloo,..
builds you up.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

The readers OF tiiis paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages. and
the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. .Catarrl being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
upon the blood ana mucous surfaces OF
the system. thereby destroying the
Foundation OF the disease. and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
sstitntion and assisting nature in doing
It's work The proprietors have so much
taith In Its curative powers that they
oner One Hundred Dollars for any case
tnat y falls to cure. Send foft list of
Address: +: j. cHRNH4 4 co,
Sold by Druggists. 75c. : S 's' =.
Take Halls Family Pills for constfrn
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

Any skin itching is temper-test-
err The more you scratch the worse
1t itches. Doan.s Ointment cures piles
eczemar-any skin Itching. At all
drug stores
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

Il have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regu-
late the bowels perfectly. George
B. Krause. SOC Walnut Ave. Altoona,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
With Dynamite and Several
Occupants Are Slightly
Injured.
TROUBLE is FEARED
If the Steel Company Under
takes to Operate as
Non-Un

PlTTsBURG, PA. Dec. S-The
strike of the Amalgamated Assocla-
ton of iron, steel and tin workers
against the American Sheet & Tin
Plate Company, subsidiary of the
United States Steel Corporation,
which has been in progress the last
five months in Ohio, West Virginia
and PENNSYLVANIA. gradually assum-
ed serious proportions today.
DEVELOPMENTS in the labor dispute
today clearly demonstrated the tenn
per of the participants. A house oc-
Icupied by non-union men at struch-
ers. o.. was dynamited and seven
persons injured, non-union men Sc.
verely beaten at New Castle. Pa.
and the authorities at Martins Fe-.
ry and Wheeling are preparing 70.
any trouble that may occur in that
vicinity. ft.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

STRUTHERS. o., Dec. S.-A large
double frame house occupied by the
families of Harry Blerney and Louis
Smith. recently imported here by the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany to work in the local mill, where
a strike is in progress. was dynamite
ed this morning.
Several members OF the families
sustained slight injuries. The house
was practically demolished. The
sheriff is investigating the case.
BRIDGEPORT. o., Dec. s-The
strikers, officials and military are IN
an expectant attitude today pending
a conference scheduled in New York
between District Manager. Robinson
OF the Aetna Standard mills and of.
ficials of the United States Steel
Corporation. The outcome Of the
New York meeting it is believed
will he the operation Of the plant as
non-union or its permanent suspcn-
sion. In the former 1t is feared
trouble will result. Three hundred
men comprising the Seventh Infantry
left for home today. About 400
troops are still ON duty and General
speakes says they will remain hero
several days.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

Sold by Druggists, 75c. ssNS' =
!, Take Halls Family Pills for constipa.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

the phraseologv He started to rise and quickly
amended by using words" instead of 'phraseol-
ogy," and he settled back in his chair.
We'll he said, somewhat troubled, if changed
the words, then it wouldn't be what said.
That convinced me that the Battler had not yet got
to the point of being faker. The chapter went into
the book exactly as he had originally penned it.
A the end of the first week we had got to where
II we understood each other, and things went
along smoothly. One morning, after tilt over big
word he turned to me and said:
You see, Kid, I'm ducking all them big words
that can but I've got in one that's Knockout.
am going to keep that one He handed me chapter
and bade me to read l felt that he was watch
ing me intently When had finished and my face
failed show any startled wrinkles, expression of
disappointment crept over him.
Didn't you get it he asked. "The word was
see it the first thing" He then his pencil down
the page and stopped at the word unsophsticated.
He had used it in describing himself as an unsophs-
tcated kid That's it, he announced "Ant it
pippin?" and he held the paper to look at it
sdewise and get the full effect. His eyes filled
with an unmstakabe look of pride.
THAT is the biggest word in the book, he ex-
planned; but I've got good reason for using it.
piped that one off in book the other day and de-
cided to use it. You see, when these rummies get
hold of this chapter and that word they'll think
it means but it II do them lot of good, for they
will look at it the second time and find out what it
means Once they get hold OF it good it will stick
and they will learn something. Amt it bird! You
see could have used unpublished, which means the
same thing; but l think this is Knockout
l tried in vain to explain that the two words did
not mean the same thing; but he was insstent that
Evening star., 1909-03-14

he had looked it up and knew whereof he spoke 1t
was no use to argue with him that time, and be-
lieve that my efforts explanation pretty
getting me disliked for he had his heart set it.
For two three days thereafter | could see that
he had that word unsOphlstcated' on his mind
and that he resented my questioning his right to
unpolished' in it's place if he SO desired
THINK he still had that tilt in his mind when
suggested to him the next day that he devote one
chapter to the description of his best punch.
"Sh-h-h!' he whispered mysteriously That IS
the one big secret of the book. gong to expose
something that has been in print before 1t IS
my left haf-scissor hook. That is what l knocked
Cans out with three times. 1t got me the champion
ship of the world. And | discovered it myself.
You see Kid, - he went on, after | had been fight
ing two years l began to get wise. l bought one
of these charts that show you all the parts of the
/ found exactly where the liver was located, and
l knew that if could hit squarely the liver
he would crumple up with pain. Wait till l show
you"
thought saw mischief in his eye, and as
knew he had not forgotten that "unsophisticated
tilt 1 began to back away
"Oh won't hurt you, he said gently. His con-
about my welfare really would have seemed
ludicrous, unless you knew him; for when stood
his head hardly came to my shoulder He came up
and placed his arms beneath mine as if we in
l raise my left hand and with it not more than six
inches from the body hook it sideways right top
of your liver-like this!''
When l finally came to the Battler seated at
his desk, shaking inward1y and grinding out para
graph concerning the downfall of one James Edward
Britt. He had demonstrated to me the exact mean
ing of the word 'unsophistcated
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Ceremony of Adornment

THE ceremony of the toilet is about the only old
= thing we have remaining and it will be ever the
youngest as we'll as the ancient of ceremonies
1t has this lasting advantage over other ceremonies
that it is exercised for the benefit of individual
and IN order that one person may triumph.
All public functions really designed, if you go
into the philosophy of functions, that impression
may be made on the public mind and the event eel
ebrated be remembered. But with womans adorn-
ment it is for the purpose of personal a::-a--lon:
The stamping of her appearance on the memory OF
all present may or may not come; but she performs
the ceremony of adornment, often three times day,
to be personally attractive. She triumphs over the
rival public function This last kind of attempt to
stamp importance the memory often fails because
public function like another that you forget
which which.
l remember man declaring that he had never
performed a public ceremony in certain town,
having forgotten all about it, and he kept to his
assertion until he confronted with photograph
of himself taken in the act 1t is to be hoped that
the newspapers kept the record better than did his
memory.
The doctors will tell you that you may practise
ceremony in private. 1t must be rather dreary
performance 1t is probably done only for training
in after effects to be appreciated by wider circle
Circles are, however, relative. If one cannot
satisfactorily be ones circle, small number
will do; all depends degree. l knew parson in
Continued page IS
Evening star., 1909-03-14

equipped by command OF his Most Gracious Majesty
the Emperor etc, etc. PARAGRAPH 2. Your Lord
ship will accordingly embark the 12th proximo,
and will proceed etc, etc, and the reply evidently
was, "One-done. Two-shal" "
The Bow and Scrape
TELEGRAPH has destroyed much lovely
monial in literature of home and camp and
fleet. Even the old flag hosting and the present
flag wagging cannot be too full of ceremonial One
motion of letter must stand for all the elaborate
politeness of the days when time not money,
just the finger the the biting of thumb
in Shakespeares time full of meaning if not of
words. Gestures indeed often the shorthand of
language, and may be survival from the past
showing the ancient customs which they embodv,
often unConScOusy.
For instance, the bow and scrape often
even in day in rural sections is nothing but the
survival of the elaborate gesture of the polite world
of an earlier time. 1t was the etiquette when gen.
teman addressed lady for the first time, any
day, that he should take off his hat with sweeping
movement of the hand and arm, and that he should
throw back his left foot while he made a low bow.
If he had no hat the hand was carried to the heart
and the right foot thrown back. This is the
origin of the movement you may see countryman
make to-day when he puts his hand to his forehead,
bows and scrapes backward with of his feet So,
at least in the Highlands, old curtsy is observed
by some among the women in that they kiss their
own hand before shaking hands. 1t is survival of
the time when their polite countryfolk conveyed
one of their compliments in that manner, whereas
Evening star., 1909-03-14

equally endowed with the gift of the CAB and with
the authority that gift invariably carries with it
Unless these gentlemen observed some ceremonial
they would all speak at once and the value of the
individual utteranCe would be lost.
Perhaps the most remarkable exercise of the art
of poteness-for ceremonial is little else-is to be
found in epistolary style. This may be better illus
trated by the letters of the nineteenth and eighteenth
centuries than by those of the present day Elabora
tio2 of language used to soften blow as we'll as
to convey compliment. The apparent insincerity
wonderful. 'Sir" " would write to an
other, Il know your name; but you must be cogni-
zant of the fact that cannot for your char
acter. l am sir, with all esteem and respect your
most humble and most obedient servant etc" The
more domineering you desired TO be- the more obse-
quous became your expressions. Nowadays you
still call yourself the obedent servant of the man
whose proposals you kick into the dust but you are
not any longer his most obedient' and Yours
faithfully" may often take the place of the formal
declaration of the unreal service, which neither you
your correspondent desires accept to offer
Ceremonial is always tedious, and seldom anus
ing. What makes it doubly tedious in writing
Is that it seems necessary part of business. 1t is
usual when you answer man to repeat in shortened
phrase everything he has written, and state your
reply categOricay' YOU repeat his assertion
his argument. This leads to often intolerable
lengthiness; but would you be clearly understood
were you to neglect the repetition? You might
number his lines off, and quote them only by refer
ring to the numbers you have supplied on his margin
He may have numbered the paragraphs as in Gov
Evening star., 1909-03-14
The Duke of Argyll

ernment despatch, and then reference
by number becomes easier. Life has
become shorter because there is much
more now to be done in a given time,
and it may be on this account that
sentences have been numbered so that
reference for reply is facilitated 1t
may have originated thus:
PARAGRAPH 1.-Sir, | have the
honor herewith to inc1ose under cover
to your Lordship communication re-
ceived from his Excellency the Com
mander in Chief of the expedition
Evening star., 1909-03-14
A Letter By

TEAR SIR-You ask me to tell
- you the value of ceremonial. l
do not know why l am to be con-
sidered an authority on such SUBJ
ject, having had but little practice in
the art. But you may think that
have had opportunities So l have,
chiefly among red, and yellow and
brown, and black men. But ceremo-
nialmaybe held to be of some use among
white men also. Especially may its use
be manifest when there are many white
men who consider themselves to be
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

scowling Indian faces, but the prices
OF these often are prohibitive, and
there Is nothing simple and artistic
exhibited for modern tastes. Il Is
with the hope OF hlllng this need
that the lantern lamp shade Is of.
fered
The shade IS adapted from the
lanterns made by the Japanese. These
wonderful artisans carry their creed
OF beauty and strength united with
simplicity" into the manufacture OF
the most Insignificant articles they
have. Some OF their lanterns are
works OF art The rims, made OF
teakwood, and the bamboo frames
covered with fine silks, are decorated
exquisitely by these lnimltable art
sts.-Washington Star.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
RECIPES.

Beef Omelet-This Is very nice
dish for the tea table. II makes such
delicious relish and Is also
handy way TO use up steak that Is
a little tough Chop fine IL
pounds OF raw beef, add pepper, salt
and summer savory. spoonfuls OF
butter. Mix with 2 well beaten eggs,
press into a pan and bake one hour.
When cold cut in thin slices and
serve IKE tongue.
Luncheon Stars-Chop very fine
cup seeded raisins, rind Of l lemon,
IL common cracker, rolled fine. 1 IL
cups sugar, juice of l lemon, egg
we'll beaten. Use rich pie crust cut
out with star cookie cutter.-12 or
more of them on six of them; put
a tablespoon of the filing next, put
on the covers and prick the tops
with a fork Glace over the top with
milk. and bake about IS minutes.
Spanish Salad-Four large cucum-
beers, one bunch celery. three large
Spanish onions, four tomatoes, two
heads of lettuce and three green pep
pers form the basis Of a popular
Spanish salad. Chop separately all
these ingredients, mix together and
dress with vinegar; lemon juice, olive
oil and salt and pepper to taste.
Hermits-One and one-half cup
brown sugar, cup butter, IL tea
spoon soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons
hot water, 8 eggs, a little nutmeg.
pinch of salt, IL cups seeded rails
ms Toured, / teaspoon of cream OF
tartar, IA cup buttermilk. Flour to
thicken so as to roll out and cut as
cookies.
White Cookies-One cup butter, 2
cups sugar, eggs, 2 tablesPoonfuls
boiling water, IL teaspoonful soda, l
teaspoonful cream tartar. flavor. Mix
stiff. Put in oOld place a while be-
fore rolling out. Roll thin.
Spanish String Beans-String and
cut in small pieces three cupfuls
string beans. Chop medium sized
onion fine and fry in a tablespoon
full olive oil or lard Add half
can tomatoes; cook a little and sea-
son with chill, PEPPER salt and lit.
tie sugar to counteract the acidity
OF the tomato Put I'm the beans and
toss and cook about fifteen minutes,
then add enough boiling water to al.
low the beans to boil. Cook until
the beans are tender and the water
boiled down.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
HANDBAGS.

A durable handbag for shoppers is
made from cowhide lined with leath-
or and fitted with an extra purse.
dt comes in three sizes. 10 inch, IL
inch and IL inches, at SO, 1926 and
$3.50.
For business women or those who
are compelled to do much shopping
such a bag will be an excellent In
Vestment, as 1t wears splendidly.
The shopping bag OF India goat,
closing with drawstring, will also
give good service. These models cost
from 81 up--New York Telegram
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
The Vanishing Rag Man.

Rags, bones, old lron!" is a cry
not nearly so familiar to the children
OF today as to those of the eighties.
For the ragman, like the chimney
sweep and the sundial maker, is he
coming extinct. His used TO be n
profitable trade. The woollen rags
he bought. turned into shoddy. brought
thrice their cost. SO did the bones,
which were ground up for fertilizer.
So did the iron, which, when melted,
lived again. Many millionaire manu-
featuring families had their begin
nings in a long headed ragman. He
first ground his rags into shoddy.
Then he spun the shoddy into thread.
Then. a full.hedged millman, he woVe
the thread into cloth. But the munich
palities OF today contract with single
firms for the disposal OF their peO-
pies refuse, and the old ragman IL
disappearing because there Is SO IT
tie left for him. For-and this is the
great secret-while the ragman made
a grand profit on what he bought,
Il was on the refuse given him that
ne really thrOve.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
WASH CLOTHES WITHOUT BOIL
ING,

Dissolve a scent cake OF soap and
then add tablespoonfuls OF kero-
sene; put this mixture into the tub
when you put your white clothes to
soak Sunday, and every little while
pound them down. When you get
up Monday morning the dirt is all
out Of them and ready to be rinsed
and then put boiling water over
them and hang out. Save the soap
and kerosene water and put the
dirtiest of the colored clothes into
1t and let them soak a while, ana
the dirt will come out with very 1T
tie rubbing. Just try this way OF
doing your washing and l think you
will be thoroughly convinced that
this is the best way.-Boston Post.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
LEAKING GAS TUBES.

II your gas tube springs slight
leak, take some mucilage and coat
thickly over and around leak ana
from 1 to inches on either side,
then take strips OF newspaper an
inch wide and wrap tightly, making
sure 1t Is all stuck firmly This will
serve you at least "a hours, thus Civ.
ing you a chance to renew II without
any inconvenience Boston Post.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
FOR HOLDING sPoOLs.

First get small square piece OF
board and fasten into its centre eth
er a piece of stiff wire or a round
stick. In either case 1t must stand
upright. Two circular platforms are
next needed The bottoms of a but
ter box and strawberry box possibly
may be available. In the centre OF
each board bore small hole and glue
a spool there, the larger board 70
have the larger spool. Wire nails
should be driven through the bottoms
OF the boards, pointed ends up for
use as spindles for the several spooIs
OF thread. To the upper end Of the
empty spool on the top platform an
emery cushion may be glued. Nov
push the long wire or stick attached
to the base up through the lower
platform and spool and then through
the second platform and spool and
cut 1t OF at such a point that 1t VIII
no 60 quite up to the emery cushion.
You can then get the kind OF thread
needed when any mending is to be
done by merely twirling the boards
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
MISS KATE L. LUCAS,
PALATKA, FLORIDA,
MILLINERY FANCY GOODS,

Notions, ladies', Atisses and Chill
dren's Winter Underwear.
Ladies' Kid and Silk Gloves.
Laces. Embroidery, Collars. Belts.
Etc.
Experienced Trimmer and designer
employed Prices right Satisfaction
guaranteed.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

Maybe man thinks when he has
mastered the art of flying he'll have
a better chance OF being an angel
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
JAPANESE SHADES ARE BEST.

Even with the perfection attained
OF late years in other means for ar
tihcial lighting. lamps still retain
wide popularity. The sentimental
charm that is attached to many
antique objects and customs Is not
the only cause for the estimation In
which lamps are held. There Is
substantial foundation OF usefulness
underlying the esthetic enjoyment OF
the old style. An occasional depen-
dence, II modern meehods suddenly
fail, keeps the manufacture OF lamps
on a permanent basis. With the ex-
ception of an open fire, nothing rs
such an important factor In making
a room cheerful and comfortable al
properly shaded lights. The shops
contain all sorts OF bizarre lamp
shades, made Of every conceivable ma
terial. ranging from frivolous spang-
led tulle 10 heavy leather etched with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-12
GOOD CROWDS
ARE ATTENDING
Splendid Interest and Inspiring Music
at the Baptist Church
Services.

The revival meeting at the First
Baptist church are growing in inter
est and power every night. Last
night was marked improvement over
previous meetings. Men and women
We're willing to become messengers
for the king of Kings"
The evangelist preached power
full sermon from Exodus 1922. And
Aaron said, LET not the anger of my
Lord was hot; thou knowest the peo-
pie ttat they are set on evil"
The speaker said men do not need
new programs but a new right Of
Jesus" We hide behind anything
sooner than confess the truth. Never
our own fault if things go wrong in
the church, Bible school or prayer
meeting. Willing to blame the other
fellow for our own wrong. Adams
self justification, he said the woman
thou gavest me, she gave me Of the
tree and did eat. Saul refers to the
people who took the spoil, the Grim
nal says l did not do it. | was not
to blame. it was drink, it was some.
body else. If men and women refuse
to take Christ as their saN-tous 1t is
because they are contented to walk
in their own ways.
The speaker brought thought after
thought to prove that victory was
possible, that all things a~e put under
mans foot. Man is king, not slave.