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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-19
$1,6oo

or will take 200 for
both properties. The
timber: alone ON the sec
ond tract Will pay for it.
This property is situat-
ed on the line of the
West Virginia Northern
R. r.. ) miles from Tun-
Melton, W. Va, The
town of Howesville is
$500 feet above the sea
level, and Will make an
ideal summer home.
Two churches near the
property, graded school
Terms, one-fourth down
balance in one, two and
three years, vendor 5
lien notes to protect
purchaser for balance of
unpaid purchase money
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-19

H
Lloyd RihEhart here IRON
lF6ston
Re- Lyon. % salem. was IN the
cIfy Tuesday
81. Norton. OF Webster Strings,
eIetus stout was here Tuesd1ay
from BrIdgeport-
n Z. Craig, OF NORWOOD = q
lgusst &C the waldo.
A, LoeIZh art. Of weston, -. 4
city business visitor.
r. W. howe. OF wheelfng, = a
lefty business visitor
GeorEess P. Morgan, OF --2afiHers-
iburR. - 4 city4YfsIboEJ
tz-J1 o.. starkey. Of Parkersbprg. Is
la business visitor here,
DR.. George R. Ogden was here
TUESDAY from Flemingt6n-
4 j. NJ. Hoover, OF webster Springs
is here on legal business.
P n Deering, OF ParksrBburs,
rs fransaeting business here
= G. D. weidenhamer is here TT0n
lBuckhannon on a brief visit
y f.. q. Bish, OF s:stersyille. is here
3 attending to business Affairs
81 CHARLES A. Short. OF sRinnston' was
a city visitor Monday eyening
walter N. Norris. Of No clare. was
In the city Tuesday on business
d. Mccarty was business visi-
jtor here Tuesday from LumberpOrt-
q IEnatius Brennan is prominen
4 business visitor here from wheeling.
& AR. and Mrs. Al Strother. of AocR
I Camp. were shopping in the city
& Tuesday.
! Ray Quinn returned Tuesday morn
( ing from Baltimore where he looked
/ after business matters
J MISS Margaret Fisher. Of Buckhau-
j non. IS visiting Miss Alice Arien a.
|! her home at Point Comfort for Few
DR.. j. B. Payne went to Baltimore
Monday night with a patent. Vtao
Twin undergo a surgical operation IN
IA hospital there.
i Miss Katherine Thompson, OF WASH
lington. d. c., Is spending the holidays
/ with Miss Frances Miles. Mrs Miles
and Miss Frances are home Tor
mas from Warrington
James Al. Shields went to Frost
burg, Nd, Monday night to spend the
ichrIstmas holidays with his sister
Mr.. shields win return to clarksburg
about the drst OF January
Mrs. Jessie Williams and SON.
Prank. went to sutton Monday to
spend the Christmas holidays, with
/ Mrs. wiIIIams's father, J. w. Nor
rison.
1 r. A. Drake went to MOrgantown
Tuesday morning TO spend several
days looking after business matters
! From there he win go to Cleveland
To-, to spend Christmas with rela-
ltlves.
Miss Louise Hampton. of Fordyce'
! Arb, viii be a guest of Miss Alice
/ Alien during the Christmas holiday.
!! Miss Hampton has been attending
Lschool at Relcourt Seminary at wash
ington, D. c.
The Rev. Joseph Gormley went to
/ salem tuesday morning to inspect the
Catholic church there. which was
threatened by fire early Tuesday
7 morning, when the Mountain state
4 hotef burned. All the furniture was
taken from the buiiGing and the
] building was slightly damaged
Mrs. Martha NJ. Mccary and
daughter. Elizabeth, accompanied by
Mrs. Edmiston and daughter, have re-
turned from Washington and VIII
spend Christmas with her parents
mr.. and Mrs Thomas J. Farnswort!i'
at Buckhannon. Before returning to
! washington they Will spend few
days in her home on West Main
/ street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-19
SOCIAL
CONTINUED from page fivo)

arasselll Methodist Episcopal church
viii hold It's Christmas sale Wednes-
day afternoon and night in the Rad
cliff store at GrasseIli. The ladies'
will have on sale fancy articles white
aprons, bingham aprons, calico aprons
and baked goods. Everyone is cor
daily invited to attend the sale
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-19
FOR RENT

7 room house for rent on
Virginia street, brand
new, all modern inn
provements, good, big
lot, rent $4,000 a month.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-19
G AS !!

Here is a property right
IN Howesvi1Ie, West
: Virginia, on the old
Howe property House
of ten rooms, and the
house is 36N5O feet, with
wide porch all along the
front, nicely finished
throughout, cellar 25x
SO feet, Staunton heater
ia the house and a store
room with the property
store room being 25X30
feet, wareroom 1890
feet, good out buildings,
such as stable and ice
house. The house alone
cost 5000, and will sell
with this property 234
acres at a price of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15
The Clever Weaver Bird.

An interesting bird is the "weav-
er." 1t seems to be fond OF max
ing enormous nests merely for the
purpose of exercise in the art OF
construction. Supply these birds
with strings and straw, and they
will use them up rapidly, and their
fabric is woven with a perfectness
that is astonishing. In some coun-
tries il is the custom of the weaver
birds to colonize and build one big
fat topped platform, two or three
yards across, which is so admirably
put together as to shed the rain as
well as any roof could do. Under
this roof they make individual pock-
ct shaped nests, bringing up under
this unique structure large and
interesting family Of little weavers.
There is another bird, called the
"tailor,v which, instead Of weaving
It's nest, incloses II in big leaves and
stitches the latter together with
plant fibcrs, just as one would sew >
piece Of cloth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15
An Advertising Speculation

Among the many incidents char.
acteristic OF human nature is one
which recently came under the OBJ
esivstioH Of young msn connected
with a prominent publishing house,
one of the eldest in the country, and
which has for three generations
been conducted by the descendants
of tue original founder. With other
publications there was issued neat
little treaIise on household econo.
my, showing how, on a small in
come, it was possible to live COM
fortably- The author was a wo-
man, anb gave her book ethe title,
How She Did It." The book
had q fairly good sale, but presently
there appeared to be a sudden and
unsccouptable demand for the vol
ume, and ever fortnieh! the house
was puzzled by order for more. 1t
ran through q fourth edition before
poung superintendent learned the
casve. The orders had invariably
come from the same source, and ii
was then discovered that the pei
sistent buyer advertised the book
extensively in sporting and other
journals His method was sim
plicity itself. The title given, he
would insert, MAILED secure for
fity cents, sealed. "-Trnth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15
ON EARLY CHRISTMAS DAYS
Quaint and Interesting Customs That
Prevailed When the Church and
Festival Were Young.

In the early days of the church, IL Is
said that the bishops used TO sing
carols on Christmas day among their
clergy. and around the sixteenth cen
tury the well-known practice observed
by children OF going around the neigh
borhood singing Christmas carols be-
meath the windows OF the houses, was
commonly observed, usually taking
place on Christmas morning One o!
the Oldest and most beautiful OF the
Christmas carols that has come down
to the present day open with these
words:
God rest you. merry gentlemen.
Let nothing you dimay,
For Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Was born upon this day.
To save US an from Satan's power.
When We were gone astray.
q. tidings OF comfort and JOY.
For Jesus Christ, our 6avior.
Was born on Christmas Day"
II is sometimes more appropriate 10
sing the Christmas carols on CHRIST
mas eve than on Christmas day. al
though they are sung at both times;
but in England the choir of tho village
church used 10 go around TO the prin-
cipal houses In the parish and sing
some OF these simple hymns on Christ
mas eve regularly.
Frequently the singers were ac-
companied ON some instrument and
often the picture presented was
pretty one. The figures OF the group
OF singers. only visible in the dark
ness by the lanterns they carried. and
the sweet melody sung and played,
made the observance striking and
beautiful one.
Sometimes In England. the carols
were also sung In the churches in
pia6e OF the usual psalms and hymns;
although 1t was more customary for
the clerk at the close OF the service
in loud voice to wish all the congre-
CATION a merry Christmas and a hap
py New Year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

their pain, and stopped 10 look ~ IL
1t was a poor woman. who had fallen Just
outside the city, too sick and tired TO sst In
where she might have found shelter. The
soft snow made OF drift sort Of pillow for
her and she would soon DO SO sound asleep,
IN the wintry air. that no one could ever
waken her again. All this Pedro saw IN .
moment. and he knelt down beside her and
a little. as though he would have trisd 20
carry her away. He turned her face tovard
him. so that he could rub some snow on IL,
and when he had looked at her silently q
moment he stood up and said
It's no use. Little Brother. You win have
TO go on alone"
"Alone7" cried Little Brother. And ron
not see the Christmas festivaif"
NO" said Pedro, and he could not keep
back a bit OF choking sound N his throat.
See this poor woman. Her face looks Hike
the Madonna In the chapel window. and she
will freeze TO death II nobody cares for her.
Every one has gone to church now, but when
you come back you can bring some one to
help her. / will rub her to keep her from
freezing. and perhaps get her to eat the bun
that Is left In my pocket
But cannot bear to leave you, and 70 on
alone" said Little Brother.
"Toth Of us need not miss the service
paid Pedro "and IL had better be than you.
and OIL II you get q chance. Little Brother.
20 slip up to the altar without getting IN any
ones way. take this little piece OF silver OF
mine. and lay II down for my offering. when
no one is looking. DO not forget where you
have left me. and forgive me Tor not going
with you"
In this way he hurried Little Brother on
TO the city. and winked hard TO keep back
the tears. as he heard the crunching foot
steps sounding farther and farther away In
the twilight Il was pretty hard to lose the
stmas celebration that he had been planning
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15
JOHN LOREY
Ths Furniture Man on the Square.

The merchant who feels like he has done nobly
when he pays SO for ten acre space of advertising
in his local paper would doubetss have sudden
heart failure he to put up for printers ink at
the rate paid by some of the big advertisers in the
larger daiier and magazines. A single page in a
in single issus of the Century magazine taken for
advertising purpose costs $500; in Harper's S400;
other prominent magazines from $3.50 to $780, A
yearly advertisement of one column in the Chicago
Tribune costs S23 90: in the New Yark Tribune,$ $40,
900, for the lowest rates; in the New Xark Heard
the cost is S3f, 900 to S394, 900 for the highest
priced colume. Yet one can see that these papers
are always full of advertising matter; even at
these enermons prices Why do they do it? Be-
cause it pays.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

We have jusl received infor-
nation that the Herrick Seed
company Of Rochester, N. Y.
want q lady or gentleman repre-
sentative in this section to sen all
KINDS OF Roses, Shrubs, Trees
ano Seeds. They inform us that
Without previous experience it is
possible to make good wages
every week. Any one out of
mp'oyment write them for terms
ana enclose this notice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

-,G~ yVu, su. YOU'RE . mu-
-Sirf II werc a nghting ~ =
hnock yeu down for that"
~IM'bst you $40 can puQvs r.
~ Eor~nsvuS DeGs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15
For s7OO. We will sell a 4

room cottage on a lot 4Ox1OO Gel
on East 4th, Street his is a
bargain, S400 cash md YEAR,
ime on the other 30. ee'
BEN. ED. DoANE. Jasper, nd
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

Inc man who is fol today will
" foo' tom 'Ir,w nless he does
sue e,In. iyr II.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

No. IL

their
gold
sreas ws ssosht bis book and LAST all walked
hoping
vent sst srmur Through the church
stone and lag cleaning on the altar hs
holy Chhd the
now Tor nothing IKE this has happened -
In the tower
the people shook their heads:
had before.
chimes and doubed a ./s:MH =
The H.
Suddenly the he ~
shot
standing BY holding
Not sound could be heard from iii
the people strained their
but dhtincty swinging through
the
seensd-so much vAHY
had heard before RN
that the people the a
though so1ehng held each Of
stood together
gift had awakened WHI
he
or Little brother. who bad
looking and had
on the Na<. y Copyright LbyB Bobs-xe oo)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

music and celebration that he had been planning
90 long
The great said that X
walls with the sound and little fearo
the felt earth tremhe around MIN
the with Tie one - -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-15

oid Papers the Courie office DC
per package Of 25.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18
Llxerpool,s aIa Clock.

Liverpool Is to have the largest
clock In the kingdom. Big Ben's dial's
are ~ feet 8 inches In diameter:
those on the Royal Liver building will
be "a feet. Big Ben requires the serv-
ices Of two mon for five hours every
other day in order that its great
weights, weighing az tons. may be
drawn up 100 feet to keep the clock
goin. These weights occupy the
whole Of the center Of the West.
minister tower. and they represent .
grandfather clock On q tremendous
scale. With L~iverpool's new clock.
however. affairs will be different.
There will be no weights at all. and
no enormous pendulum comparable to
that OF Big Ben. Instead. 1t will be
an electric clock. It will not need
winding at all. the only requisite be-
ing q steady supply Of motive power.
London Mail.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18
Wealth Comes
in at the Door
By MARION N. WALTERS

- HUeS ASUN ~
There was q queer, half humorous
twist to Ada's lips ~ she said to Bar
olAy:
Don't waste pretty speeches upon
me. please. 1 refuse to 80 on tne
waiting list-it is too long already"
Barclay flushed visibly. Il hate rid
dies. Please explain" he entrsated
plaintively.
Ada laughed softly. "Actually-you
bear a conscience In spite OF every
thing" she said. "Or rather hall 9
conscience-your face admits what
your lips deny"
II don't In the least understand
Barclay murmured, then tried adroit
ly to talk of something else.
Ada shook her head at him. Little
pitchers have big ears" she said
Tiny was in the library while you
talked with her big brother-she
came to me with eyes Of wonder te
ask what a waiting list was
What did you tell herr Barclay
interrupted, with a sickly grin.
"Oh! That is was charm-string, but
made Up of girls, not buttons" Ads
expounded airly. you must know
about charm-strings-we all had them
back in the dark ages when l was {
brat"
You forget that boy is another
name for ignorance" Barclay an
swered. Thank you, though, for en-
lightenment.'
mo need" Ada interrupted, goin,
on remorselessly. Instead, tell me
all about this waiting list. AS
understand now, it is made up O
half-a-dozen girls you mean to make
love to, after you finish the afail
with Mabel Brough."
81 am ignorant, still too wise tt
contradict a lady. If her mind l!
made up to anything l accept 1t as
factor the time being" Barclay
said, with his grandest air.
There was mockery In the gran
deur-it made Ada angrier than al
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18

he intended to make his wife-had
promptly and on first sight assigned
him to manual labor, evidently mis-
taking him for some outdoor worker
hired by her husband.
Nothing like favoring the idiosyn-
crasies Of relatives-to-be," unused the
youth, as he strobe into the first
hardware store he came to and or
dered the paraphernalia essential for
tree clipping.
Lee Forester was an observing
student OF the things that took place
about him. Otherwise it might have
been difficult to have essayed the role
given over to him by the mistaken
Mrs. Collins.
Forester, the son Of Battle" For
roster, amalgamator Of a dozen rail-
roads, had no reason to know the
technique of tree clipping. but he did.
Therefore, the naples and poplars Of
the absent Mrs. Collins were safe.
Limbs fell before the ruthless on
slaught Of the strenuous young man.
me for this line of work. II I'm
ever up against It," unused Forester,
indignantly, as no blithely sawed and
| clipped. Nov I can understand
where my august ancestors got the
family name. and some inherited cum.
ming has certainly descended to me.
like the game"
F~orrester's facetiousness was due Z
sudden jolt.
Say, you. what are you doing in
that tree?"
Having . brain. my friend, and
what might be termed q pair Of fairly
intelligent eyes,, l shall suggest that
you Sherlock Holmes your own prob.
lem"
Fresh. amt your" asked the
other. Il want you to come down
Sorry l cant oblige you," an
swered Forester. This IL mi busy
day"
The man below vas . bulky fellow
heavy Of face, and huskily framed.
He wore I scrubby mustache, and
appeared, as he pushed back the
SLOUGH hat shading his dull ensemble
OF features. to be- about forty-nv@
years Of age.
You're on my job" he groaned,
and I wans-you to get out Of here,
This IL tho Collins bunch Of trees,
this Is. and I'm here to grab down all
the graft"
You're . little late" came saroas
ticaily from the younger man. 1--WE
been working several hours. and, Is
you see. ! Am nearly DONE"
That's nothing to me. I'm the
one who's got the contract for the
lob"
It was a new sensation-this argu.
ing for the paltry sum due the youth
Lfor tree doctoring. It amused him.
Cant We compromised" asked the
son Of BATTLE" Forester. earnestly,
sfvo done everything Il. ~ yOs
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18
Value In Petroleum.

In the earlier days of refining pc
troleum the residuum left. in the re-
torts after the refining process had
been completed was thrown away as
worthless. In 1875. while q chemist
was experimenting In his laboratory
with some Of this stun. he discovered
that 1t contained many valuable com
mercial substances, processes for the
separation and recovery of which
were %afterward invented. At present.
over 200 different chemicals and prep
arations are made from 1t. Probably
In the development Of no industry has
the service rendered by science been
more important, for, by unlocking the
treasures hidden in this n substance.
not only have thousands of people
been made rich. but many lives have
been savod.-Columbian.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18
E LITTLE
MISTAKE
NJ STACEY =. BAKER

II am the. began the youna
man, after an a~pprsciativs glance at
the radiant Mrs. Collins.
The slim. youthful matron in the
doorway had waited long. She had
no time for introductions.
II know" she interrupted impa-
tiently. Mr.. Collins telephoned to
expect YOU"
"Mr.--
"Mr. Collinav reiterated the wife OF
that estimabls person. And. really. !
haven't time to talk further. AS you
see, ] am gowned for the street
These are the trees-these naples
and poplars just In front of the house
Do not thin them too much; a branch
off here and there, II you willard
strive to strike an eve balance. !
will return by 5 o'clock, and ii you
are finished before then, you may go
and come back for your pay later"
The youth stared long after the de-
parting Mrs. Collins, his fingers ruf-
fling the hair of a puzzled head. Al
last he heaved a heavy sigh and
strobe of in the opposite direction to
that taken by the lady. q curious
smile on his lips.
Lee Forester was tall and broad
unusually tall and broad-and this
may have accounted for the heavi
ness OF the sigh in question. Also. he
was dressed very becomingly. and In
the height of the autumn fashion
His own eyes could detect no flaw In
his clothes or bearing. and yet this
woman-the sister Of the girl whom
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18

that had gone before. Out OF her
anger was born a purpose-to capti-
vate this self-satisned, vain creature,
whom Heretofore she had disdained.
So she masked her wrath under her
brightest smile and began to talk.
gayly, brightly. of affairs in their
summer world.
cloud in the emotional sky. And
really II Miss Ada Noon had chosen
to do 1t, she might have made him
uncomfortable. She had attracted
him In a way, from the very first,
but there was Mabel on his hands, a
beauty, a belle. a past mistress also OF
the lne art OF flirting, and there were
the others-Alice Ewell. Jenny Ware,
Cora Linton-several more-he had
thought, and even said. they would
have their turn.
He was a connoisseur in beauty,
In fascination. Marrying was for
him out of the q~uestion-he had
never cared enough for any one
woman to make himself proof against
the charms Of another-and still
others. A temperament Of that sort
was the dynamite for married happi-
ness. Women had spoiled him
from the era Of roundabouts. yet
he had somehow a sense that there
were those OF the sex who would
not put up with philanderings. A
sixth sense had told him early In
the anne that Ada Noon was that
sort.
Notwithstanding. he had not been
able to resist the temptation OF
making half-love to her-they were
out In the Bretons' adorable gar
den, gay with September's won.
derful roses. Ada In her leafgreen
frock, touched with gold and slashed
with dull scarlet, fitted into the
picture. He had told her so. add
ing something of his desire to keep
sthe picture forever. She had
promptly taken him up. and shown
him where he stood with her.
BARCLAY was not conceited beyond
tho masculine normal-but 1t is not
IN the sex to rest a under mis-
nr,son. What wonder. then, that
he set to- work, delicately but un.
mtstakably, to show his Lady Dis
dain. how little ground her disdain
had, He no longer made love tc
her with his eyes-in fact, he nc
longer made love to anybody save
Mrs. Breton. Tiny and Bob's grand
mother. a grande dame, adorably
young at seventy.
Mabel Brough was plainly pfqued
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18
Glasses for stage Folk.

A recent instance Of American In
genuity IL afforded by the device Of
an optician for the relief Of stage
folk aflicted with defective eyesight.
Glasses fitted with tiny lenses are
now made for the use Of the actor SC
afdicted. who. in Difference to the char
acter he is enacting, may not wear
the regulation eyeglasses or spec
tacles. These special glasses 1T close
TO the eyeball, and are hardly discern
able from the front Of the house. ex-
cept when footlights are at their
highest point Of Illumination. The
aosepiece. or bridge connecting the
enses, is covered with iesh-colored
material. which aids the Illusion.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-18

Many irish Girls Making Lace.
There are about 5000 girls engaged
. lace making in Ireland.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-08-03

The Giants kept perfect stand.
Ing yesterday In the Star league by
defeating the Moonshiners s TO o
In fivs-inning game. Blair was
n puzzle 10 the Moonshincrs. who
got but one scratch hit off his do.
livery. and his support was firm.
Only one Moonshiner reached sec
ond base. Rose singing. and going
to second on a Wild throw.
Brooks wiidness. few timely
bingies and Wild base running gave
the Giants their taiiIes.
Rose pulled off pretty double
play in the fourth when he hauled
in Steiner's hot drive and trottcd
over TO third base. catching Potter
off the bag. The score: