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Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
Racial Differences as to Humor.

The comparative seriousness of the English and French races is illustrated by their mental attitude toward their respective instruments of capital exc cution.f Sometimes during the Christ mas season in Paris little crowds may be seen gathered in the streets around toy which seems to amuse them very much. This Is miniature guillotine. in complete imitation of the real thing, and 1t is caused by the men who are vending it to decapitate a manikin of lead to the great delight of the crowds.
 The guillotine is not a new toy in France. During the reign of terror little copper guillotines were worn as charms, and during the last century delicate women in the cities of France wore the same strange ornaments.
 So far as known, the English speak ing race has never converted its gal lows into toy.-Boston Post
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
RixaTrx Tn Prayer.

Turkish dignitaries comport them selves toward European representatives now otherwise than some of them for merly did. Sir Henry Layard tells an amusing encounter between Charles Alison, then chief interpreter at the British embassy, and the grand vizier, to whom Sir Stratford Canning had sent him on important business. In the middle of a discussion the Turk rose from his seat and said his prayers on a carpet spread by an attendant, concluding with the curse on all Chris tians very emphatically uttered, and going through the motion of splitting over his right and left shoulders in ab- horrence. Alison was equal to the oc- cation. Presently he, too, left off busi- ness to pray in corner, doing it in Turkish and invoking curses on all fol lowers of Islam. To the scandalized Pasha he explained that Christians also had their religious duties, and he had no doubt the formal curses of their prayers meant as little as the Moham- medan's.
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
The Kind of Eaqs He Wanted.

A New York business man has a very delicate boy who is fond of eggs, Now, the father Is suspicious of any eggs found within city limits. To his great gratification, therefore, he not long ago discovered what seemed to him an honest marketman.
 Gan you furnish me with fresh eggsY' demanded the business man.
 "Yes, sir
 Perfectly freshP'
 Perfectly"
 Laid the same day?"
 The marketman seemed a bit doubt ful as to this. T could hardly guar antee large quantity that way" said he.
 They must be perfectly fresh" ad. ded the father, ''they must be three ir number, they must be laid the day they are left at my door, and they must be one hens gs."-Lippincott's
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
convsntionalitiss of snsaoh.

Nothing is easier than to fall into conventionalities of speech, and noth- ing so impoverishes conversation. A generation ago 1t was customary to thank person for a service rendered. Now we thank him very much,' al. though the service be no more than picking up pencil. Also 1t is awful ly good" of him to hold the door open for us or to give up his seat in a ear An amusing story is sure to be ap- plauded by the inane "Oh, that's love ly! At least let us pray that we may never be the party of the second part in Flows your mother?" Nicely, hanks."-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
SPECIALLY TRAINED
Telephone Operator Must Have Tech
 nical and Practical Education.

FlCdl anu TTdCIlCdl EuuCdhtOns
 In the olden days the education of a telephone operator was brevity itself. She applied for position, was accepted by the chief operator, if additional girls were wanted, aud put to work. Today the system has changed. The applicant goes to the chief operator in the same old way but she is put through a thor ough. exhaustive course before she is even allowed a position at the switch board, with the result that the operator of today understands the tools she uses, the use to which she is to put them. and the fundamentals of the business of giv- ing telephone service.
 The applicant is first questioned by the chief operator and asked for refer ences. Her hearing, eyesight and gen. eral health are then carefully investi- gated, for your good operator must be alert, quick, and above all, physically fit to meet the demands of her posi- tion.
 Upon passing these these tests-and they are tests in every sense of the word she is placed ill the operating school, supervised by an experienced operator who deyotes her entire time to thls work. She is taught the makeup of the switchboard and the uses of it's many parts. She learns the tones of the diff ferent bells, the fire, hospital and other emergency numbers in her Exchange. She is instructed in the quickest method of answering and calling subscribers, so that the work may be done with the least possible lost motion and time. In \ fact everything she must meet, when actually at work, comes up in the school course.
 This information she obtains from I lectures by the instructor and actual work on switchboards and instruments set up in the school room. This portion of the course completed, she is seated behind an experienced operator at the central office switchboard that she may accustom herself to the sound Of the voice over the wire.
 At the end of the course-which GOV. CTS several weeks-she is given written and then an oral examination. It is in teresting to note that practically every accepted applicant passes these tests with ap average of oyer ninety out iot , one hundred.
 The system is in force that new opera tors, when put at work. may have al the theoretical and practical experience possible aside from actual work on the exchange switchboard. Your new op orator of today is not the applicant oi yesterday. but the graduate of the pres ent.
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20

Albert O. Eldridge, of North Adams, spent Sunday at c. s. t'uller's.
 Miss Bessie Frein. of Great Barring ton was an over-Suuday guest of Mrs. E. T. Rowe.
 John Bianchi made a business trip to Cheshire the first of the week.
 Miss Catherine Mccormick of The News composing force is taking vaca- tion of week.
 A. P. Chapman, of Falls Village was in town Tuesday. He indignantly re futed the insinuation that he came up in search of a guaranteed article of hair restorer.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Brewer have been visiting in Hartford.
 A telephone is not an expense. It saves more than it costs. Have you a telephone in your home? Adv.
 Misses May and Bessie Lorrain, of Sheffield. visited at E. R. Lorrain's over Sunday.
 Joseph Quinn, of Hartford, spent Sun- day with his parents, MT. and Mrs. James Quinn.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel B. Stodden are packing up their household goods pre-, paratory to removal to Utica, H., Mrs, Stodden's old home.
 There are over I02,000 telephones in the state of Connecticut. Have you one of them? Adv.
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
"The Charles Dickens Train"

A friend of mine who was connected with the London and Northwestern railway for over forty years was trav- cling to London on the Charles Dick ems" train. Before starting he strolled up the platform as usual to have a look at the engine. Well, driver" he said, "how much of the original engine have you there today" "P'raps the whus- tie, sir," said the driver.-Manchester Guardian
Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
Floral Scandal.

You can't paint the lily" declared the rose.
 Maybe not" responded the aster. "But have you noticedT"
 Noticed what?"
 ''The lily padsT-Washington Her aid.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05

The latest desire in the unceasing
warfare Of the sanitation department
upon the mosquito OF the canal zone
is contraption which shows which
way the 'skeeter flies, where he comes
from and whittier he is going. 1t is q
small frame holding four glass plates
SCI. at right angles, with each plate
facing one point OF the compass
North. South, East or West. All are
properly coated with tanglefoot so
that wien the needless mosquito
bumps into a plate in his flight, he
stays permanently This machine has
shown that the mosquitoes fly in the
early evening something that most
Of US have discovered without the aid
Of mechanical contrivances- and make
their return fight in the early morn
ing hours. The practical advantage OF
the device lies in the fact that ind;-
Gates the direction from which the
peshiential insects came. II the plates
facing East and North, for example
are besprinkled with captuered insects
the oil brigade and the germicide men
are dispatched in these directions to
look up the breeding places that
started out the flying squadrons OF
pestilence.
Since the "misquito theory" of the
methods Of conveying balaria and
yellow fever ceased to be a theory
and became an established fact, no
pains are too great for the sanitation
force to take in lighting the insects.
In reality there is a certain humor
in this scientific bug hunting. You
are at afternoon tea with hostess in
one of the charming tropical houses
which the commission supplies to
It's workers. The eyes of your hos
tess suddenly become fixed in a ter
rified gaze.
Goodness. gracious" she exclaims,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05
RAlF0Rl d. NAM
Rundown and Nervous, Restored to
Health. by Yihol.

A. d. Robinson. Radford, Va, says:
II was all run down in health. had no
appetite and was so nervous 1 could
not sleep at night. vInol was recom-
mended to nae and after using one
bottle / noticed an Improvement.
Continuing It's use Twas completely
restored 10 health. The nervousness
Is all gone I can get a good nights
sleep and have a hearty appetite. !
can recommend yfnol to anyone who
suffers as. Il did,
{ yiliol Is the greatest body builder
and strength creator we know OF.
The cltruative elements Of the Gods
liver, aided by the ,blood-makIng,
strengthening properties OF tonic iron
Contained in yinol, restore the lack
ing ingredients 10 the blood, and the
result Is health. strength and vigor.
/ If-you need building up try bottle
of Vinol with the understanding that
your money Will be returned il II
does not help you. Stone & Mercer
druggists, clarksburg, w. va.
P. S.-If you have Eczema try our
sa'o saire. I'VE guarantee it.-Ad-
vertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05

sinister name-is mercifnlly chlofo-
formed and deposited in the phial. for
a later post norton, with his dash
light the inspector examines all the
dars places Of the house to seek for
possible aceompllces, ana having
learned that nobody has been bitten
takes himself of.
It does seem ridiculous amount o.
fuss about a mosquito. doesn't It?
But since that sort OF thing has been
done on the zone death carts no lon
ger make their dismal rounds for the
nights quota of the dead. and the raw
ages of malaria are no longer so
general or so deadly as they were.
When Col. Gorgas came to the 18TH
mus the two towns, Panama and Co.
Ion. were well fitted to be breeding
places for pestilence. Neither had
sewers nor any drainage system. Tho
streets of Panama were paved after a
fashion with cobblestones and lined
with cutters through which the LIQUID
refuse OF the town trickled slowly or
stood still to tester and grow putres-
cent under the glowing rays of the
tropic sun. Colon had no pavement
whatsoever. Neither town had wa
terworks. and the people gathered
and stored rainwater in cisterns and
pottery Jars. which Afforded fine
breeding places for the mosquito. As
"a matter OF fact the whole isthmus
not the towns alone, furnishes plenty
OF homes for the mosquito. With a
-, -, -, 1ao4lt,tr t1,rn,,oh,y,f afeytt
months. of the year much OF the soil
is waterlogged. The stagnant back
waters OF small streams; pools left by
the rains; the footorints Of cows and
other animals filled up with rain water
quickly breed the wrigglers that ul-
timately become mosquitoes. Mr. A.
H. Jennings, the entomologist of the
commission, has identified 1876 varis-.
ties of the mosquito. Of which how
ever, the anopheles and the stegomyia
are the ones peculiarly obnoxious to
mus 1t is proper to indulge in humor-.
mon or summer resort variety Of mos
quito with a fondness for ankles and
the back of ones hand. A careful study
of literary authorities indicates to me
that at this point in the description
of he mosquio plague on the 18th
mus 1t 81 proper to indulge in humor-
our reflections upon the fact that the
bite of the female only is dangerous.
But giving the fact the humorous ap-
plication seems so obvious that the
reader may be trusted to draw them
for himself-it would be idle to say
herself" for the women will not see
humorous about itsat all.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05
IEE|lll
In the Office of the County
Clerk Here to Be Re-
corded by Him.

se
Pansy E. ]. Con to T. J. and A. D.
Snider, lot, Salem, Tenmile district.
Charles Mayer to T. j. and A. ID.
Snider and G, w. F. Randolh, lot.
Valley street, Salem.
John Eperson heirs to Gertrude
Anderson. part lot, Buckhannon Road,
Clark district,
Cosimo Luccarillo to Biagia Mer-
endino, lot 10, Kelly Hill addition,
Clark district.
Edmund Hugill to Cecil C. Jarvis,
lot, Point Comfort, Clark district.
Emza G. Riddle and heirs to Fran
els Reeder. lot IA, Parrish addition to
Wallace, Sardis district
W. H. Mcwhorter TO board of edu-
cation. Grant district, one-half acre,
McWhorter. Grant district
John F. Randolph estate to p NJ.
Randolph, lot, home place, Salem, Ten
mile district.
L V. Hornor to Mary Effie White,
2 acres, West Fork river, Eagle dis
trict.
A. ]. Michael to S. r. Michael 1874
acres, Shinn's run, Eagle district.
Lynch-Elliott Real Estate and Inn
provement Company to Joseph H.
Fittro. lots 152 and 1873, Glenwood.
Coal district
Kedi Gleidura to George Abraham.
one-half interest. lots is and 10, Sum
NIT Park, Coal district.
George Abraham to Patrick Conley,
lot, Locust street. Coal district.
Lloyd Steel 10 Patrick Conley, lot.
Locust street. Coal district.
Patrick Conley to Lloyd Steel, lot,
Locust street, Coal district.
Homer Tate to Lido c. Ronine lot
IS, Francis addition to Reynoldsville,
Coal district.
Robert Ford to Sankey Lawrence,
one-half interest, lot No. ., Borgess.
addition to Adamston, Coal district
Clarksburg Baptist church. James
Allen. ct al, trustees, to H. z. Walters.
e. al. trustees, Barnes Memorial
church. lot ~, Upland Grove, Coal
district.
George T. Watson to James A. Allen
and Carl L, Hornor, lot, Elk creek,
Coal district
| George T. Watson to James F. Al
len and Carl L Horror, lot, Elk
creek, Coal district.
Lena Gray and heirs to Michael G.
Ingram. lots 81 and So, East View adj
dition to Salem. Tenmlle district.
Clarksburg Board OF Trade Land
Company to Empire Laundry Com
pany, lot 500, Norwood addition, Clark
district.
Clarksburg Board OF Trade Land
Company to L. G. Riggs, lot 1876, Nor
wood addition, Clark district.
/ Clarksburg Board OF Trade land
Company to S. R. Bentley, lot 525,
Norwood addition, CLARK district.
Lynn Hornor to Charles G. Har-
! desty, lot IS, and part lot II, Mary R,
Goff addition. Clark district.
\ A. A. Stout to Charles d. Elliott,
lots 6f6 and 617. Fair Grounds addi-
ton. Clark district
| Ida v. Dreppard and heirs to L C.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05
stella IIKEsIJAiI.

Stella Quinn was released from the
county iail yesterday after serving a
fifteen day sentence. Alas, but she
had been out only long enough to
get q whiH Of fresh air and TO satisfy
her thirst before she was back again
and this time for thirty days. She
was arrested this time on charge OF
drunkenness. the liquid refreshments
having made Stella somewhat delir-
ious.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05
NINR pRUNKs.

There were nine DRINKS caught in
the police dragnet yesterday and last
night and they We're arraigned before
Mayor VIII n. Cole at the morning
session Of police court. Four of the
Offenders were released. four drew
five days and the remaining one got
thirty day sentence.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05

Hinzman. lot too Fair Grounds add,
ton. CLARK district
clarksbuGs Board Of Trade LAM
Company to Beuiah w, Morgan, l6t
56s. Norwood addition. Clark districs
clarksburg Board Of Trade Land
Company TO Il a. Smith, lot i55, Nor
wood addition, Clark district
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-05
.GANNING1 THE NI0slgTa
Some Phases Of COL Gorgass Warfare on the Insect that
transmits Malaria and YeIIOWFeyer.

By Willis abbott the Canal in Picture ana
Copyright 1913 Syndicate Publishing rights reserved
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

4 curious suit Il reported from
Avtgnon, France Il Is brought by an
antiquary 10 obtain possession OF the
door OF the city OF Alan. which ne had
bought Possession was refused On .
prior contract with another party. but
this contention was discovered At
this stage Il vas discovered that an
old agreement existed prohibiting the
demolition Of any part OF the property.
This agreement i now being contest
ed and K Is anticipated that the sale
% The a1riquary viii be confirmed
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
CAMERA HERO SAVED TRAM
spoiled Films an III Reward for Ac1
That Deserves Better Things
OF Fortune

The slave OF the camera was doz1ng
n the smoking car when a haH dozen
shots rang ont IL the night air.
The train slackened- There we're
more shots
Train rohbers.- shrieked . pallid
passenger as be crawied under the
seat
TIE camera nan grasped his black
boz and tripod. and. running 20 the
car platform. sprang OF into the dark
ness
The robbers. most CT them we're
grouped about TIE express car There
was much money IN the express safe
The company said not over ST, but
Il must have been thousands Any
Ea~. the robbers were determined 70
get II. whatever Il swaA They lad
done a lot OF Wild sheosfng and sew
eral persons lad been hurt Now
they rad showed stick Of dynamite
into the car and were Just about 70
/ ignite the fuse
/ Suddenly q hlfndang glare filed the
air with dazzling IRE
With = wild shrek the robbers fed
i % the woods
I The fsshEght OF the camera man
had saved the train
When they found hin he was
crouched before 3 train hands Ian
tern. weeping bitterly.
Something went wrong with ths
4 dun thing" he noaned- The Films
! spoiled
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Seward Herd Of
Stillman Valley, H., who came here
last week from Palm Beach and have
been the guests OF their friends. Mr..
and Mrs. J. Y Zeigler, at their win
ter home on Cypress street, de
parted Thursday by boat for st.
Augustine on their return north. Mr..
and Mrs Herd had visited the west
coast as well as the lower east coast
out as is generally the case were
charmed with Daytona and think ii
surpasses IN beauty any other place
they had seen.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
A. c. L TRAINS WILL BE
HELD FOR PASSENcEF

W D. Stark, travelling passenger
agent for the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, who IS now in this city,
has been advised by A. W Fritot,
division passenger agent at Jack
sonyilie. that second division trains
Nos. IS and IS wiz wait one hour
for T. E C. railway connection train
No. IS. Second division trains so. 3
90 and 81 VIII wait one hour for 2
E c. trains Nos 80 and "a. Ehenevel
passengers are reported for these
trains.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

Further, Il Is pointed out. the t-oa-
ser leg was dra1ghTy and cold. and at
the same tine drags itself into hid
eous coItortious with every movement
OF the leg In the neither garment OF
celebrities distortions we're described
suggestive Of concertinas. eorkscraxs 5,
and huckled tubes-Exchapge
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

VIM Lee arrived in the city
Wednesday to spend few days with
his sons, B. F.. F. w. and ID. H Lee
Mr.. Lee has resided for many years
at Largo, on the west coast, and
owned handsome orange grove prop
erty which. however. he has just sold
at very satisfactory figure. desiring
to spend his time less strenuously in
future. He expects 20 leave To.
morrow on his return TO Largo.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

ssFORCED SALE - One 26-acre
farm, good rich hammock land, s.
room house. barn, flowing vel,
about Ii acres cleared, just outside
city limits. Also one 5-room cottage
on South Palmetto ave, almost new;
lot e0xI05 feet. Take a look al this
property and make me an offer. N.
H. Zuber, at the Rosedale.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

NUTRITION IlEFAIREn
sToo MUCH FAT IT.
DIETARY.

Too much Fat IL = m
cause Ct trouble, and mauls
dren are often uninteutio
cver<ed with fat xzyo
John Ruhrah in the Jcur1,
the American Medical Assnr
ton These ar. cases q n
nutrition in wnirh large CO
titles CT t1tter. cr=ana- co.'s
e~ oil and ether fats are o.
with the icea CT fsttenina q
child and restoring II ncru1c7
condition. The result q -
the nutriticr ID rot Inrrux;6
but il usually, made wcr,n
Fat r-exerts tie access a u
saliva Ia The sfa-ch n H.
r.as,sn and e=ors~A ard -
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
Tombstone as ; ea-,-s4..

Cpeon- near Peterborough. che Of
e1e smallest parishes il England.
numbering only fourteen houses ros.
ssSSss 4 mysterious tonbsto3a :.
oL4eA marble. which emits damn
ooze N patches when il Is abor,- -
ram L Is regarded in the viIla-a - :
al infallihle barometer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

A piece OF plate glass 10 1ay over
the polished surface o The dressing ta-
bic Is a modern fashion which pre-
serves the wood from stains Or scorch
marks caused oy spirit lamps and
tongs, while the washing OF toilet
covers IS avoided and busting sinpli-
fed.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
Net 70 Re Eallnn..s

Brownie, do y0U expect q keen
O. shaving people when yon get 70
heaven asked a customer. a. ~
towels were firted OF Deed 7
dunno. boss. / 'spects. e I does. m
be ooleeged % drum up a new bunch
CT customers judge
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
Arsenle for Rakinc Powder,

To use arsenic instead OF baking
powder while she was making bread
vas the terrible mistake made By 9
native woman recently. At Ia Cs@1ge
Bay, " A Five natives died from
eating portion q TIE Leaf. and two
others are recovering
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

VERY few mosquitoes taste any,
thing but the juice OF tender plants.
remarked the naturalist is that sol
exclaimed Farmer Corntos<el 1T
kind o looks as If human beings
hadn't been properly advertised as
mosquito food
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

Does your father object 10 ny stay
ing so late9" "N-no. but he thinks yoa
shouldn't come quite 50 early" All,
I will tine my coming 70 suit him.
Let me see-I left al II last night
What time did he think l should have
arrived" He says that when you
leave at II you should come about
1875 .H-Houston Post
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

w. G. Hobbs returned Thursday
evening from Tallahassee. where he
had been attending the head camp
meeting OF the Woodmen Of the
Void In session Tuesday to Thurs
day. Mr.. Hobbs Is a past council
commander and was delegate from
Daytona Camp No. n OF this city.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
Loose Screws.

Very often a screw hole gets 50
worn that the screw viii not stay in
In such a case cut narrow strips Of
corn and al the hole completely. Then
force the screw IN This viii make
It as tight as II driven into an en-
tirely new hole
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14

He says there was between 400 and
500 Woodmen present and q number
OF members OF the Ladies Circle Of
thu " O. W. which was also in
session. An interesting fact brought
forward at the convention was that
Florida leads in having the largest
percentage Of increase in membership
for the past year.