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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
WILL MEET TN CITY
Sessions of the Tenth Meeting
to Be Held in Central
School Building.


The Aonongahela Valley Principals
Association will hold its tenth meet
ing Saturday. The sessions viii be
held in the Central school building
here. The first viii begin at $50
o'clock p. m. The program VIII be as
o'clock p. m. Tn program win be as
follows:
Forenoon Session.
l Opening address, uperlnten-
dent F. L. Burdette.
2. What should be the nature of the
principals special training?-o. A.
Watson.
8. Proper standards of promotion
III L .LeMasters.
4. Spelling contests between differ
ent rooms-Theodore F. Holden.
5. In what ways should the city
school be like the country school?
Unlike?-G., H, colebank.
g. Why do our schools turn out
poor readers?-Ira L. swiger,
2. Is the school equipment used
enough by the neighborhood?-A. J.
Harbert.
/. Music.
2. What is the best method of pro-
noting eighth grade pupils from vii
lage and rural schools to the high
school?-county Superintendent A. P.
Morrison.
9. In what points are pupils weak
est who enter high school?-orle Nc
conkey.
i 4. What should the teacher know
Of the detail Of the work in the grade
below and the grade above her work?
w. A. Hustead.
5. Relation and duty of superin-
tendents to principals and teachers
under their supervision-Distrlct su-
perintendent Carl s Lawson.
8. Under what conditions should
a pupil be permitted to leave school
before the end of the session?-H. N.
Wolverton.
Z. Profitable seat work-N. G.
Matthews.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02
RgRAlES REVOLT
Against the President of Mex
leo and Join the Rebel
Troops.
O AsaeelA1En enrra,

WASHINGTON, d. C., April q
Private dispatches today say that the
entire ruraiea force in the Mexican
state of Guesrrero has revolted
against president Huerta and the
Twenty-eighth regiment has joined
seven independent troops which had
already captured and occupied the
city of Delocatam, Telocacum.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02

You shoe,ld read all about the
Daily TeIeg;'am's $4,000 prize voting
If you want an automobile, a
piano Or any expensive article you
should read how to secure them free
in the Daily Telegram's $4,000 prize
contest. q.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02

Everybody should have a copy Of
the Prohibition Law, by Mr.. Yost, in
pamphlet form, 81 by inches. Price
l6c. See A. F. Combs, at the Daily
Telegram Office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02

N. G. R4denour, of Parkersburg, is
a city visitor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-02

Miss Anne Blackwood. of Washing
ton, is guest Of Miss Julia Davis.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
GHOSTS Of LOnc'9N
Temple Bar and Tower Favorite
Haunts of spooks.
Writer Advises Americans Who Seek
Excitement to Spend an Evening.
With the Spectral Forms That
Roam In Buildings.

London.-If the Americans who
come to London find time hanging
heavily on their hands, they might do
worse than divert themselves with
ghost hunting. It is widely known, Of
course, that the shade of the famous
American lawyer. Judah P. BENJAMIN,
haunts the picturesque old Temple,
where as one Of the most successful
*. C.s" In the history of the English
bar, he once had chambers, and now
we have 1T on the authority Of one
Of the leading spook experts In this
country that the Tower of London,
where so many celebrities, from
queens downward, lost their heads, is
haunted, too, though not by rs many
specters as might have been expected,
considering the wholesale killing that
once went on there.
Thousands of our countrymen visit
the Temple" every year-mainly to
see the grave Of Oliver Goldsmith
and thousands more explore the grim
old Tower, with its racks and dun
SCoA d4l4 S1tS Oh Iu6 SCGuO1Q WuSF9
Queen Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey
and the Earl of Essex were beheaded,
and perhaps If these visitors stayed
on after nightfall, instead of going
back to their respective hotels and
boarding houses, and kept a sharp
eye out, they might be rewarded. at
the Temple, by glimpse of the ghost
ly BENJAMIN, or maybe even of tie
ample shade Of Doctor Johnson, who
likewise lodged there, or, at the Tow
er, with view of Henry VIII, the
much-married, whose spectral form
has been seen in the neighborhood at
least once.
Eliot O'Donnell, who, Of course, is
one Of the most eminent authorities
on ghosts in England. tells about the
Tower ghosts in the pages of the Oc-
cult Review, and an astonishing crowd
they prove to be- One of them, which
was undoubtedly" according to
O'Donnell, the shade of Queen AIDE
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
Showing Old Egyptian Sports.

the SUM-" It is q draft of@he camp
Of Rameses II. before the Hfttite City
of Kadesh. It plainly shows the diver
sions of the Egyptian soldiers in their
hours of leisure. In it the artist has
depicted boxing, baseball, horse rae
ing and even the gentle pastime OF
crap shooting"
The smaller sketches might have
been made on any professional ball
ground In this country, barring the
uniforms. One of them might have
been labeled safe on second" It
probably aepresents a. runner stealing
second sliding into the bag after a
headlong dive under the baseman-
The umpire is shown with down
turned palms, indicating that the run
ner Is safe, while the baseman Is
evidently protesting against the de-
cision.
The other cut depicts another IA
miliar figure and Is evidently intended
to represent megaphone man an
nouncing a change of batteries, or,
perhaps, informing the fans" that
"OSarkon, the great Memphis pinch
hitter, will bat for Si-Bast, the south
paw tWirler, who has been taken out
OF the box by Manager Rut Ammon.,
The amusement OF crap shooting
was probably introduced into the
Egyptian army by the Ethiopian or
Nubian mercenaries, as it is still the
n re ~
the hunters st Equatorial Africa. Just
who introduced baseball into ancient
Egypt is not known, but the Records
of the Monuments" show that Father
Time discovered the game before eth
er Father Chadwick or Father Spald-
ing.
Truly there is nothing new under
the sun. What with the discovery
that Egyptians in the dawn of history
probably used electric or hydraulic
drills toa shape the blocks of granite
for the pyramids, and the granite pic
lures showing that even baseball and
crap shooting were popular sports,
and boxing bouts regular thing
among Egyptian soldiers when ancient
Greece was a backwoods settlement
and Babylon one-horse town, the
fact that there was boxing In Greece
1890 years ago is a modern incident,
and in all likelihood it was only
hoary sport introduced into Greece
along with other civilizing Innovations
from the Land of the 9haraohs.
Professor Dusty Miller q
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
SPORTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Boxing and Ball Playing Were In
Vogue Centuries Before Greece
Was Known to Exist.

Athens, Greece.-That boxing, ball
playing and sprinting were favorite
sports of the ancient Greeks is widely
known. But 1t is not generally known
that these sports were In vogue in an
cient Egypt centuries before Greece
was known to history.
The accompanying sketches are RS
productions of prints from the works
OF Lepsius, Rosellini, Maspero and
other Psychologists. The large print
Is copy of photograph from rock
carving which was executed In Thebes
during the reign OF Rameses II. in
the early part of the fourteenth cen.
fury, B. C. Long before Moses led the
hosts OF Israel into the Sinaitie
desert; long before the oldest books
of the Old Testament were written;
and four centuries before Solomon
wrote, There Is nothing new under
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
SHE HAD TWO PERsO lTIEs
London Physician Describes Two Go,,a
sflicting Natures OF Girl BY Use
OF Hypnotism.

An hysteriso case similar to that Of
Miss Beauc1 mp Of Boston, who It'd
three distinto personalities, two n,ora
or less well behaved and one always
naughty, was described recently by
Doctor William Brown In a lecture At
Kings College.
Doctor Browns case was also pa=
tient Of DR.. Morton Prince Of Boston,
the discoverer of the three Miss Beau.
champs. The patient, a woman Of n
for months had two personalities, 4
and B. 4ssz
B was 6 gay, pleasure loving girl q
constant thorn in the flesh OF her stala
and sober minded second conscious
ness, A. AS gloomy outlook, which
kept her In a general state OF low
health, was being constantly further
depressed by her receipt in waking up
in the morning of frivolous notes writ
ten in the night by the irrepressible B
By the use Of hypnotism Doctor
Prince was able, at first temporarily
pnd finally permanently, to merge the
sWo diverse personalities A and B INTO
a healthy, enormal personality
don Mail.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
TO TEACH HENS TO LAY EGGS
English Agricultural Experts Tour
North Wales In Special Train
to Show Machine.

London-The Agricultural Organi-
cation and the National Poultry Or
ganization Society are jointly respon.
slole for unique scheme by which
1t is hoped hens may be taught to lay
What is known as the golden egg
train left London recently bearing a
party of poultry experts who are going
to teach the hens in Wales how eggs
really should be laid. The train con-
sisted of three special coaches, fitted
with every modern device calculated
to encourage the most educated hens
TO lay prize eggs, and 1t will travel
from station to station in North Wales
for fortnight. The poultry experts
VIII lecture at each stopping place to
the local chicken farmers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
GERnE TUER
GRIPS The GR|PP
Why Tamely Submit When Yo,.
Have a Cure in DR.. Nna's
Royal Germetuer.

After the grippe the body is left
depleted condition. subject to ST. ST.
from almost every kind Of disease TIL sss
sands Of untimely graves have been a asss
by pneumonia. constipation, Brsehf,s. a aas
ease and other troubles following US ~.
Grippe. = & w
Ordinary remedies are inefficient haca,,
they do not provide for Thorough es sause
ztuffqnal recovery. Dr. Kings RoyaI ,saa
metuer cures the Grippe and does 80 Mt as1s
antly. promptly. safely and comnleta,, 49,
DR.. w. G. Cunningham, NashyilIa ny.
editor OF the Sunday School Literas,.aa.s
NJ E. church. South, records his firat ~ y
per1ence with La Grippe as follows. .sr * $.
February I suffered g. severe attac tsass
La Grippe and in the early part ~ IT y
summer 1t returned. was for aas,a ~
weeks unable to do any work. / hapsn &C., =
use DR.. Kings Royal Germetuer and sa,. "
almost immediate relief. My appetifs l asss
turned, the languor and depression atsas =.
Ing the disease disappeared. and NV s.as
creased in flesh and strength. am na "
quite we'll. I give DR.. Kings Roya1 CIV CIV
.metuer the credit for ALL After The A.
attack I took nothing else.'' a1ss
DR.. Kings Royal Germetuer Is so,s S.
nearly all druggists. II your druggist -. =
not supply you. send 81 to Ellis-L illvhe 49,
Drug Co, Memphis, Tenn, and a Lara
bottle will be sent you by prepaid exnras e
adv 58z
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
ERAsERS BRING HER FAME
Mrs. Houston, Originator of Rubber
PENCIL Tips, Brought to st.
Louis for Burial.

st. Louis, Mo,-The body of Mrs.
Mary q. Houston, reputed to be the
originator Of rubber eraser tips on
lead pencils, was brought to St. Louis
for burial. Mrs. Houston, who was
IS years old, died at Greenwood, Miss,
OF apoplexy.
In 1859, Mrs. Houston said, she en-
tered stationery store in New York
city to purchase g. pencil. She asked
the clerk why rubber tips could not
be placed on the pencils. The clerk
called several officials of the firm and
explained her suggestion. Before she
left New York, Mrs. Houston said.
lead pencils with rubbers attached
were advertised there for the first
time. The stationery house refused
70 ADMIT it was indebted to her TO,
the suggestion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21

| lars he said May I tear this into
| pieces and throw them into you,
waste-basket?"
It was strange, the extraordinary re.
| vuIsion that came over the double. He
had his enemy at his mercy, this
Governor Haines who had hated him
since their boyhood, and on whom he
| could now take effective revenge. Sud
denly he felt that his whole mental at
titude was changing. He thought OF
the man, brave1y and silently fighting
down the scandal Of his past life, Of
his incorporating battle for purer
politics. He stretched out his hand
impulsive1y and took his pen, and In
large letters wrote at the bottom OF
the bill vetoed He held 1t out to.
ward searles.
searles seemed completely non.
plussed. For whole minute he
stared at the vetoed bill. Then he got
up and stretched out his hand.
Governor Haines," he said, 81 think
the world of you. You have won the
fight and I'm man enough to recognize
it. You'll have the people on your
side now-and don't kick against the
pricks. You've bested' me and you'll
have the entire SearIes organization
with you when we offer you the nomi-
nation"
He shook Haines by the hand and
walked slowly out of the Office, shak.
ing his head. The double at the desk,
however, was even more disconnected
than searles. Why had he done this
thing. he whose whole life had been
dominated by hatred of his enemy?
He must have dozed, for some min
utes later, when he looked up, he saw
his enemy before him. Governor
Haines was looking steadily at him.
but he evinced no surprise.
Lets fight this thing out right
now," he said. I've finished with you.
I shall t never temporize with you
again. eirr I have compromised and
feared you; henceforward it Is war be.
tween us for ever"
IF you had told me that twenty-five
years ago should never have troubled
you at ALL" answered the double, hum.
bly,, rising.
Governor Haines did not answer
him, but watched him leave the room
The sleepy secretary outside did not
notice him pass. Nor would he have
seen him even had he looked for him.
Each man has his double, his worse
nature. But when he Mas conquered
him the double becomes a harmless
wrath. transparent as a breath OF
marsh air that is dispersed in the SUD
light.
Copyright. 1913, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
BABY THREW MONEY AWAY
seeeiworker Gave Child Pocketbook TO
Play With on Train and He
Drops 1t Out of Window.

Newcastle. Pa-According to WORD
received here from Fernando Russo,
q steelWorker now at Harrisburg, Pa.
MS savings, small fortune, were
thrown from train near Philadelphia
by his baby, Jose Russo, and his fam.
lily are stranded.
Russo, his wife and children were
returning from New York, where they
went to meet relative, when the saw
1ngs OF several months were thrown
away The parent gave his baby his
pocketbook to play with and Jose
tossed 1t out of a window. The family
Travelled from Philadelphia to Harris,
burg on 4 freight trair
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
MEMORY IMPROVED.
Since Leaving OF Coffee

Many persons suffer from poor
memory who never suspect coffee has
anything to do with 1t.
The drug-caffeine-in coffee, acia
injuriously on the nerves and heart
causing imperfect circulation, too
much blood in the brain at one time
too little in another part. This often
causes dullness which makes 2 gooo
memory nearly impossible.
am nearly seventy years old any
did not know that coffee was taa
cause Of the stomach and heart troa
BILE suffered from for many yeafs
until about four years ago.. writes Y
Kansas woman.
"a kind neighbor induced me Y
quit coffee and try Postum. nad
been suffering severely and va
greatly reduced in flesh. After us'ls
Postum a little while found inysel
improving. My heart beats becams
regular and now I seldom ever. no1
tice any symptoms Of my old SON
ach trouble at all. My nerves " w
steady and my memory deelaeaH
better than while ] was using cones
I like the taste OF Postum fuli, 9
well as coffee" IL
Name given by Postum Co, b a9a,.s
Creek, Mich. Write for booklef las
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum Genes In two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled.
Instant Postum doesn't TeanlIs
boiling but is prepared instantly 0
stirring a level teaspoonfui In az "
binary cup Of hot water, which MAJ
1t right for most persons.
A big cup requires more and ~.
people who like strong things pas.s
a heaping spoonful and temper Y W.
q large supply Of cream. s.
Experiment until you know II
amount that pleases your palate -
have it served that way in tlis fususS
There's . Reason" for Postum
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
HIS WORSE NATURE
Il Is Each Mans Double and Be-
comes Harmless When
Conquered.
BY ALTON EDWARDS.

Nobody except the Governor knew
that he had a double-not even the
Governors wife, who knew him, per-
haps, better than anybody else. The
two men resembled each other 80 COM
pletely that 1t would have been impos-
gible for their most intimate acquaint-
ances to distinguish them. II there
was any distinction, 1t was that the
expression OF character and sincerity
upon the face OF the states chief ex-
ecutive was replaced, upon the face OF
the other man, by q certain furtfve
cunning.
From his earliest years Governor
Heines had been engaged in a con-
slant fight against this man. He had
intruded into his life, had placed him
In invidsous positions, had, in general,
committed actions which had needed
all the governors ability to nullify.
And he had followed him even to the
executive chamber, blackmailing him.
offering compromises, threatening.
The executive mansion was totally
unguarded. IN that sleepy little capital
town formali1ies had not come into
favor The double stroIled quietly
across the lawn, entered the mansion
and made his way to the Governors Of
fee His secretary, nodding at his desk,
bowed to him, unconscious that this
could be anybody but the Governor
Haines he knew.
MIR. searles has telephoned that he
will be here in half an hour, SIR" said
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
LOVER OF GRACE DARLING
Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng, Once
courted Famous Life-Saver-But
She "Wouldn't Leave Daddy"

Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng, who
for nearly 60 years was dock gate.
man and assistant engineer, is a link
with the past, inasmuch as he was the
sweetheart OF Grace Darling.
Listen to the following conversations
with the old seaman and live over
again the memories of that brave ex.
plot near Longstone Lighthouse that
made immortal histogy:
when young man I took q cargo
Of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland.
While there I left my brig and was
made coxswain of a coble that sup.
piled Longstone Lighthouse with pro-
visions.
"This was in 1889, and as Grace'a
great deed took place the previous
year was anxious to meet the famous
girl. On my first trip in the coble
saw her standing at the lighthouse
door, but, although trid to drew hes
attention, she got behind the door.
''The next time I visited che light,
house I took silk handkerchief full
of grapes and gave the lot to Grace
when I saw her. She thanked me,
and we got on we'll
"Grace was not handsome, but she
was passable, with dark eyes and hair,
and face bronzed by the sea air, ano
conveying sense of purity and limo.
cence that have never beheld in any
other. A.
"shd Swore very short skirts and a
dark blue Scotch cap, which suited
her we'll. She was as good as any
sailor, and could set sail or pull ar
oar with the best of them.
"Her father. an old man, nigh TO
was very old-fashioned man, and al
ways wore drab knee-breeches and
buckled shoes, with Sparrow-tail
coat, big waistcoat, and a round skull
cap trimmed with fur. He didn't think
much of my carryings-on with her.
"She showed me her presents, in.
Guiding gold slipped in a scarlet mo,
rocco case, which the Gear Of Russia
sent her. She was often asked to go
to London, but she wouldn't leave
Daddy And, although I became her
sweetheart, that was the reason she
gave me for not marrying, and so we
drifted apart. STRAY Stories.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
Superstition and Juriea.

After having sat onsmany juries TIA
observant man is of the opinion ma
the whole humaN race is still strong strong
ly tarred with TIE brush Of superstI.
ton.
Il am confirmed in that belief by thu
amount of damages invariably voted a.
plaintiffs whose injuries smack Of NJ
perstitious origin" he said. 'Ifa loaa
Of bricks should fall from fifth story
window onto the head of man who
happened to be walking under a ladde.
he would gee twice as much damages
as IL the laOter were not there. tbs
element of bal luck that attaches 10
ladder would insensibly influence ever
Juror, and the sum awarded would a.
feet their prejudices ana sympathies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
YOUNG GIRL RIDER
HORRIBLY MANGIED
Star Circus Equestrienne Il
Thrown From Horse.
DRAGGED AROUND RING
After Running Around Circle Several
Times the Animal Leaped the Love
Rngside and Dashed OF Through
the Arena, and Then Back.

Brooklyn, N. with $4,000 horri.
fed persons looking on, little May
Wirth, star equestrienne of a circus.
was terribly injured at the perform
ance here the other night when her
horse dragged her again and again
around the center ring In which she
was performing and through the
arena, her body humping against the
tent poles as she passed.
The handsome young woman. one
foot hooked in the girth, the other
braced against the animals glossy
neck, tore around the ring, her body
perpendicular to the horses side,
when one foot slipped. Spectators
gasped as she slipped, limbs outspread
10 the ground.
The fall scared the usually gentle
horse and as he quickened his stride
1t became apparent that the girls
short ballet skirt had caught in this
stirrup. Fidem Wirth, the ringmaster.
leaped to the bride as dozen attend
ants rushed into the ring.
The big horse shook off the ring
masters grasp and raced around, the
girls body dragging helpless1y along.
The center pole Of the mammoth
tent rose from the middle of the ring.
Twice as the maddened animal tore
around this the girls body swung n@ar
the pole. The third she struck full
against it, she thud of her body caus-
ing cry Of horror to go up from
hundreds of throats.
Seeing himself hemmed in, Prince
leaped the low ringside and dashed
of through the arena, narrowly miss
ing those hurrying up to stop him.
Every attache who could get hold was
desperately clinging TO his heaving
sides, but he reached the edge OF a
stage at the end OF the tent Then
he plunged back to the ring and ran
four more times around 1t. Mays
now limp body still trailed beside him
In the tanbark
Performers, canvas men and train.
ers brought the horse to a standstill.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21

iaide, the wife Of George ~, ap-
peared to two persons, one of them a
former keeper Of the crown jewels at
the Tower, as cylindrical figure,
like a glass tube, about as large as
ones arm, and seemingly filled with
dense fluid" and another In the
shape of u huge bear" which issued
from underneath the jewel room door.
"A soldier thrust at 1t with his bayo.
net, which, going right through It.
stuck In the doorway, whereat he
dropped in a fit and was carried
senseless to the guardroom, dying op
the following day"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-21
When Friendships .cea.es

st. Paul, Minn.--Friendship ceases
when man knocks a woman's teeth
gut in friendly dispute, according
TO Miss Theresa Smith, who brought
complaint against Mike Cummings in
municipal court for assault and bat.
terry.
You don't love him any more, !
suppose?" asked the Judge OF the com.
planning witness.
Cant you see that some of my
teeth are gone? OF course I don't"
the woman replied.
Cummings pleaded guilty to the
charge.
He was given a suspended sentence
OF 45 days In the workhouse.