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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
The Boy and the
Newspaper
BY John p. FaIIon.


One evening boy came to
his father as he was reading
TILE TELEGRAM. and told
him that he was going to quit
learning geography. as there
was nothing interesting in it.
So the father said, You're
going into business after you
leave school F."
Sure" replied the boy
eagerly. taking it for granted
that there was no more geog-
raphy for him.
We'll, here's what a busi-
ness man writes today" ana
he turned to an advertisement
about Oriental Rugs, in which
the life OF the Orient was WV
idly portrayed.
What do you think OF
tnat! ne queried.
Bully" answered the boy.
Now, that's geography"
The boy looked dismayed.
There's more to geog-
raphy," continued the father.
ethan names Of places. Tou
find out why we send to italy
for sinks. TO Germany for toys,
and why other nations come
to buy from us"
Read the advertisements n
THE TELEGRAM closely and
constantly every day for the
most important news. They
will tell you where to buy to
best advantage. Encourage
your boys and girls to follow
them carefully and gain a
knowledge of the romance of
business.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Congress has taken up in the usua,
hypocratcal manner of the majority
party the woman suffrage question.
A subcommittee has been instructed
10 Investigate and report. The sub
committee will investigate and file
a report, the report win be read
and stuck in pigeon hole, and that
will be the end of the thing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

The Huerta government in Next
co has laiI itself open to the sus-
picion O ownright fabrication by
asserting That the Madero regime
committed gigantic frauds in the
finances Of that unfortunate country
and emptied the treasury for its own
enrichment. 1t was not commonly
known that the treasury of Mexico
aid enough in it worth stealing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Several harmless investigations
and the passage of appropriation
bills appear to have been the chief
accomplishments of the outgoing
Congress. OF all the things done,
however, the most important in the
eyes of the hungry Democrats was
the passage of the outrageous and
Ubiquitous pork bill.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

When his nineteen-year.old bride
asked for kiss, Lesho Wgero, ~
years old, of Trenton. n. j., shot and
killed her aad then fatally shot him
self. lie told the police he was
tired of kissing his wife every time
he left home. 1t is great pity he
killed the girl, but a fellow like
that ought to be dead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Look at some advertised real esta lie
every few days. You'll acquire an cd
ucation as to values that may be the
making of your fortune. And you'll
not only find.buslng opportunities, but
you'll manage, somehow, to take ad-
vantage Of some Of them.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

E. D. Hupp. federal deputy mar
shal, should make speakeasy raid
in the big woods this side of Bridge
port. Report has it that a mon
istrous snake has been seen there, so
big that it has to crawl right over
the top Of fences, which crumble
like toothpicks under its enormous
weight.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
New Dollar Waists

We show the best waist IN town at $1.00.
Dainty lingerie bIouses in wonderful variety
Of attractive styles. The materials are voiles
batlste and lawns, with trimmings Of var
cluny and crochet laces. Complete range Of
sizes--al new fresh stock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Democratic senator's doubt the
wisdom of wilson's visiting the cap.
itol to influence legislation; but as
Democratic legislation is going to be
-innocuous there seems to be no oc-
casion for the doubt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

? Miss Julia C. Lathrop, chief OF the
children's bureau Of the department
of commerce and labor at Washing
ton, will be opposed in her candl-
dacy for reaPpointment under the
Wilson administration by Mrs.
Lydia w. Wickliffe of st. Francisvtlle.
Representative Robert w. WiclSliffe
of Louisiana, who was killed by q
Southerns Railway train near Wash
ington last year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Wilson's alleged innovations that
are said to be exciting Washington
remind one of the tap on the wrist
given by the saphead in the ten,
twenty. thirty melodrama.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
Dress Glnehanns, 15c Yard

The popular Anderson make of
dress ginghams, 30 inches wide, fast
colors. Sixty different patterns to Sc
lect from, stripes, plaids, broken checks
and two-tone effects. A superior fabric
for women's and :children's wash dress
eS. 49,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

i Woodrow Wilson decliaes an thvi-
tation to become an honorary men,
Der Of the Chevy Chase Club, which
is one of the centers of social life IN
Wellington. Hugh! and pifle!
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Ut deyelopes that Madero had his
life insured for $4,000 ia two New
York companies. Those companies
certainly took gamblers chance
when they issued the policies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

The Democrats OF Congress have
thrown out sop for the female
voters in the woman suffrage staes;
but It is sop and nothing more.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

It is stated that Tom Marshall is
not to be a figurehead as vice pres
ident but is to help Woodrow Will
son govern the country. Marshall
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

The trouble with ninety out of a
hundred persons who complain
about the high cost of living is that
they try to appear what they are
not.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Property that is WORTH what
you ask for it can be sold for that
price-if you believe in advertising
in the Telegram.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

See our styles and compare prices
before buying elsewhere. M. Il. Black
Krohme, The MLlliner." Sore Bldg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

There seems to be suspicion of
petticoat polklcs in The incoming ma
tiolal admInistration.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
Soc Embroidered Gallons, 25c

a score of patterns in Embroidered Swiss
Galoons. Attractive designs In floral, cyelet and
Japanese effects. Especially desirable for trimming
white fabrics and fine Ginghams. Special 2oc yard.
urday, ,25c yard.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
An Evening Echo.

: - - TSs-.t71E1 1877
What poets feel not, when they
make,
A pleasure in creating.
The world, in its turn, will not take
Pleasure n contemplating
MATTHEW ARNOLD.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03

Postal cards good for 1000 free
votes may be secured at Milliren's for
the Auto contest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
NEW KIMoNos

One hundred new Crepe Kmon6s Mom on sale
\ large variety of styles and colOrs. Made or Ser
pentine Crepe trimmed with ribbons ami satin
bands. In otldf store will you find such Kinomo
values On sale in suit department.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-03
MEW sERG coRTs. $3.50

Made of excellent quality of serge. three
quarter length, collar and revers OF beautiful
fancy Bulgarian Satin and white Broadclofh fin-
ished with braid and buttons, large cuffs Of
white Broadcloth strapped with silk braid and
buttons and front half Of cuff of fancy Bulgarian
Satin to match collar. Large fancysbuttons TO
match. Ladies and Misses sizes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
$4,000 PHEASANTS ARE SLAIN
Other Game Shot in Yakima County
In Washington During
Open Season.

North Yakima. MISUNDERSTANDING
thousand Chinese pheasants were
killed in Yakima county during the
fifteen days open season permitted
by the county commissioners, accord
ing to the estimates OF Game Warden
Frank Bryant.
Despite the enormous killing. the
pheasants are still plentiful about tho
fields and orchards and in the sage,
so that no alarm is felt for the con-
tinuation here of q bird which is rec
ognized not only as good game but
as OF distinct economic value to the
farmer.
The number of sage hens killed is
placed at 1000. blue grouse. 400, deer
seven, goats eight, bear five, and do
mestic sheep three. the latter being
prey to the bad craftsmanship OF
some Of the hunters .s:,.>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
IS MOST HUMAN OF BIRDS
Not Only in Talking, But Eating, the
Parrot Initiates Man, In Its Cap
tive State.

1t Is not only in initiating human
speech that the parrot excels most of
the birds. The parrot is alone among
birds in taking food in it's claws. With
these two characteristics 1t makes more
or less use of that which distinguishes
humanity from the rest of the animal
kingdom-the hand and the larynx.
The monkey uses its hands and the
elephant it's trunk in feeding. Various
animals have a habit of paving their
food. Rodents have serviceable toes.
Still. the parrot Is pre-eminent among
birds in this regard The secretary
bird is said to attack reptiles with its
claws, and some observers have said
that owls make partia! use of their re-
markedly flexible perching toe some
what more than does hen in scratch
ing for food. However, there is no other
bird which, when given a piece OF food,
will accept it in it's claws.
Parrots, Of course, do not talk, as
we use the word. in their Wild state,
and are not known to be initiative Of
neighboring sounds nor to possess the
repertory of the hooking bird. It is,
therefore, a question whether or not
their use of the claws is largely imita.
tive also. The shape of the parrots
beak would indicate that some assist
ance in eating has always been a part
of the birds characteristics.
Like man. the parrot makes it's ap-
pearance in the world naked and help
less.-Harpers Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
eprlna Clipping Of Horses.

The modern practice among the bed
posted and most progressive horse owners
and farmers il to clip all horses in the
spring. Il is done on the theory that In
their natural state horses were not obliged
to work, 50 could shed the winter coat in
comfort over a period of several weeks.
Since we oblige them to do hard work ON
warm spring days, the winter coat should
be removed for the same reason that we
lay off our heavy winter garments. Clipped
horses dry of rapidly, hence they do not
take cold as easily nor are they as prone
to be affected with other ailments as IN
clipped animals whose longer hair holds
the perspiration for hours Because clipped
horses dry off rapidly they rest better, get
more good from their food and come out
in the morning refreshed and fit for work.
Since the advent Of the ball bearing en-
closed gear clipping machine, the work Of
taking off the winter coat IL easy. With
the machine horse can be clipped all over
in half an hour, whereas with the old two
hand clipper it required several hours to
do It.
Dairymen also now clip the COWS al
over two or three times year. The tanks
and udders are clipped every three or four
weeks, SO it is easy to clean the parts BE-
fore milking. This means less opportunity
for dirt and other impurities to get into
the milk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
SERPENTS R0UT POLICE FORCE
Owner Of Reptiles Finally Capture.
Them After Feeding Them With
Live Rabbits.

Paris.-Two huge serpents took
complete possession of one of the
Paris police stations for several hours
early the other day. They had been
brought to the station house in a
wooden sack left in subway car
Ths sack was thrown into q corner
TO await a claimant. Suddenly the
policemen on duty noticed the sack
mo@ing slowly across the room.
Several patrolmen rushed toward It
and ripped it open with their sabers.
when two great snakes of the beacon.
strictor species reared their heads and
caused the policemen to evacuate the
station in terror
Shortly afterward the owner Of the
serpents. the manager Of show, ar
rived to claim the sack Hearing that
the snakes were loose. he fetched
some live rabbits which he fed to the
reptiles and. after their meal they
were easily captured.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
Locating the Draughts.

a boy employed at messenger Of
flee claims to have been sent oh the
most peculiar errand so far reported
in that office. A delicate looking man
with western accent wished him to
60 to the public library. ask for a
certain book and read it, sitting for
a few minutes at each chair in the
general reading room.
What want you really to do"
he said. IFS to locate the draugbts
l have studied in many libraries End
have contracted the worst colds of
my life there. find that in every
library there are certain chairs that
are exposed to draughts. 1t may not
be strong draught, but it is strong
encrgh to cause bad cold. l catch
cold very easily, and cannot afford
to experiment with the draughty
spots, so before I go down there
want to make sure that l have 4
protected chair
The boy departed on his delicate
mission. He came back sneezing, but
he also reported the number of the
desk which he considered suf11ciently
sheltered from draughts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28

inches long. and cut the tin strip d
long enough so that when its ends
are tackled to the sides of block G it
will form a sleeve large enough for
the upright to slide through Gig. s..
Drive nail into one side Of the block
for the cross-bar or rope to rest on,
and screw a screw-eye into the face
Of the block for q set-screw. This
screw-eye must have a long enough
screw to extend through the block
and into the upright.
Mark off the length of each up
right, on one edge, into feet and
inches, as suggested in Figs. 1 and
4. The reading at the top edge of the
tin sleeve should show the correct
height Of the top Of the cross-bar or
rope above the ground; so the point
at which the nail pin is driven into
the block will be determined by the
thickness Of the bar or the rope.
After laying of the measurements
with rule and pencil, go over the
marks with small brush and paint,
to make them permanent.
A piece of cl0thesline is more salts.
factory than a cross-bar, for the rea'
son that it can be weighted at the
ends and be kept taut. A stick is al.
most certain to bend at it's center,
making a correction necessary when
reading the heights on the uprights;
besides, it is too easily broken when
kicked of or jumped upon to be sat.
isfactory, unless there is an unlimit-
ed supply of long sticks near at hand.
The weights upon the ends of the
rope should only be heavy enough to
take up the slack; if too heavy, the
rope will not knock off easily and
may trip the jumper. Fig. 7 shows a
most satisfactory weight. The size
Of the block will depend, Of course,
upon whether it is made of soft or
hard wood, and upon the length and
weight of the rope.
For the jump board Gig. 81, get a
piece OF 2x4 IS inches long Gig. 81,
draw a diagonal line from end to end
as shown; and rip it along this line
The two triangular pieces thus OBJ
tanned will form the supports for the
platform. Cut the platform boards
16 inches long and nail them to the
supports. Then drive nail part way
in, near each end of the SUPPORTS, on
the under side, as in Fig. 10; these
nail ends will sink into the ground
and prevent the board from shifting
out of position. The regulation Jump
boards are covered with heavy rub
Der, to prevent slipping. If you can
find an old bicycle ire-a single tub.
ing, or an outer tubing-you can Gu,
two pieces from it equal to the length
Of the jump-board and tack them side
by side, as indicated in Fig. 8.
! Copyright, 1912, BY A. Neely IIaul
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
FOR THE OUTDOOR GYMNASIUM.

A pair Of jump standards is one OF
the most important pieces Of appa'
ratus for a boys backyard or vacant
lot gymnasium. Here is good
scheme for making a pair; also the
working drawings for a jump board,
or slightly raised platform used to
take Off, from in jumping. AL.
though primarily intended for indoor
work, to supply the spring lacking In
the wooden floor, the use of the jump
board out of doors will eliminate the
wearing Of hollows in the ground at
the point of taking off,
The six-foot lengths of Turing
strips -strips one inch thick and
two inches wide used in building con-
struction, or two 2x2 obtained by rip
ping a piece Of 2x4 in halves, will do
for the uprights of the jump STAN
dards
Cut four strips 10 inches long,
inches wide and inch thick, and nail
two of these to each of two opposite
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28

sides OF each upright, at one end and
at right angles to the upright GA, Fig.
%; then, at right angles to these
strips, nail a pair Of strips that are
long enough to extend across them.
placing them close against the sides
Of the uprights (B, Fig. -. This will
complete the base of the standards.
The screw-eyes shown on one side of
strips A are provided so the stan
dards can be pegged to the ground as
in Fig. I.
Figs. 4, S and show in detail how
to prepare the peg supports for the
cross-bar or rope Cut the block C
Gig. g. equal to thn width and thick
ness Of the standard uprights and 2
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
For Users Of Tobacco.

A writer in LIE Temps gives the fol-
lowing advice to deyotees of Lady Mic
otine. Avoid moist tobaccos, which al
low nicotine to pass off undeco,nposed
with the water vapor. Do not smoke
on an empty stomach nor shortly be.
fore a meal. Smoke cigars or cigarettes
with mouthpiece of amber, meerschaum
horn or cherry wood. AS nicotine va
porizes at ESQ degrees Centigrade
the portion which remains decomposed
in the glimmering tip tends to distili
over toward the mouth end. For thif
reason 1t is well to reject the las;
quarter Of a cigar or to use pipes with
a long stem or reservoir. The cigar
cite. unless INDUCED In to excess. IL
Of all modes of smoking, the leaS
harmful. r-,j, = $500. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE
She Married Him.


In 4 vell-known colored school in
the south the lesson in general his.
tory one day was on the life Of Queen
Elizabeth.
Thomas, did Queen Elizabeth ever
marry?" asked the teacher.
Eyes, ma'am, l think she did, re-
Piled Thomas.
Are you quite sure?"
Eyes, ma'am, the book says she
did"
1T does? Will you please find it?'
Whereupon Thomas opened to the
lesson and to the great amusement of
the teacher read the statement that
Queen Elizabeth was married to her
realm"
There said he, triumphantly.
doesn't it say she was married?
don't exactly know who the gentleman
was, but it certainly says she married
him"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
WHIPPED. BY NIGHT
RIDERS IN |. /. GEORGIA
Men and Women Are .Lashed by
Masked Band.
A PANIC IS STARTED
One Man Given Hundred lashes and
Allowed One Minute to Get Out Of
Hostile Ranqe-AIIeged immoral
;ty Given as Cause.

Dalton, Ga-A panic has been start
ed in the southern portion of Whit
field county by night riders, who are
whipping men and women for alleged
immortality and other offences. The
night riders have been at work for
some time, have whipped several per-
sons and have warned others that
they will be whipped unless they
mend their ways.
The other night the night riders Wis
tied the home Of John Shannon, .
prominent planter, dragged him from
the bed and dashed him until he was
nearly dead. There were about forty
men in the band and all wore masks.
1t Is alleged that the band gave as
their reason for whipping Shannon
that he had not conducted himself be.
comingly in his household Shannon
says he recognized some Of the night
riders. but is afraid to give their
names. He has arranged to dispose
Of his property and go to Atlanta.
William Brown. who lives in the
southern part Of the county, was used
by the band as a guide to Shannon's
house. Brown says the man was TAX
en- from home, that about hundred
lashes were given him and a minute
was allowed him to get out OF hos
tile range. Following the whipping
others were visited. and told that the
whipping given Shannon was only a
sample of what they would get if they
didn't quickly mend their ways.
Earlier in the week two men were
whipped because, it was alleged, they
were unkind to their wives. Two
women were also whipped on the
ground that they cared more for other
| men than for their husbands.
The night riding began here in Dial.
ton about two months ago, when
masked men entered the town afte;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
9nuarino the Riil.

The bright little surgery at the rear
of the doctors house was occupied by
two-the medical man and a patient,
who was being attended to for the
last time, seeing that he had got over
his illness.
YES, yes" said the doctor, you're
all right now. You needn't come here
again."
But, sir" remarked the patient,
"vot ABBOTT der bill? amt got mooch
money. VIII you dake der bill out in
trader . ...,....--....-.... ......,..
The sawbones looked the man up
and down. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-03-28
Calumet Guarantees Baking Economy

Have you ever stopped to think just
what ''economy' in baking really means?
Some folks seem to have the idea that
saving q little on the cost Of the mate
rials-the -four. eggs. etc.-is economy.
Others are of the opinion that they have
been economical when they buy the low
priced baking powder, and save 10c to 2oc.
But both are wrong. For the real econ
omy-the economy that counts-consists in
doing away with the failures that. 80
often waste far more than is saved in
buying iow-briced materials.
And that beyond a doubt is the reason
that Calumet Baking Powder Is the favor
ito of millions Of cooks. 1t absolutely
prevents failures-and guarantees sue
cess-which In the end is the same thing
as economy.
Calumet is unfailing-.it makes every
baking good-n1Ore tasty. more delicious.
more evenly raised-simply because 1t is
rot only pure and wholesome itseif-b ut
depend upon it, Two Worlds Pure Food
Expositiens-one at Chicago in 1907, and
the other at Paris, France, In 1912-have
officially pronounced Calumet the best
baking, powder made.