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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

GRAFToN: A macadam road is
under construction from the city linn
its east to the top Of Blueville Fill,
the city bearing the cost Of the work
inside the city limits and the county
continuing the work beyond. Grafton
and Philippi are connected with a
very good dirt road, the Barbour
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

scendants Of Dutch settlers Who
moved into Michigan before the Civil
war. will cone on to Investigate the
advantages Of Berkeley and SUR
rounding counties in this state, with
moving in for permanent
settlement. 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

PARKERsBURG: David Nessel-
road, alias 'Ravenswood Kid.', In
jail here, has confessed to a number
Of postofice and other robberies IN
a sworn statement made in the pres
sence Of several local officers. He adj
mits having been a partner In this
kind Of crime with Lee Lester, who.
since his arrest in Columbus, has
confessed to many postoftice robper-.
les in Ohio and in this, state. Mes
4 selroad was arrested several days ago
fin Jackson county; where he had been
lin hiding and was lodged in jail here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
West VIRGINIA BRIEFS

WHEELING a suit for $40 200
damages for the death Of John Dc
Wolfe, killed last August In an auto.
mobile accident on q road near here
has been instituted in FEDERAL district
court against the Marshall county
commissioners. q "a
PARKERsBURG: "a deal has been
closed whereby Robert Morris. d
Harrisville, becomes proprietor Of the
Point Pleasant Gazette and the Ma
son County Republican, weekly news.
papers Of Point Pleasant, which will
be continued separately as Republi.
can organs. p. w. Morris, dean OF
West Virginia Journalism and former
editor OF the State Journal here, will
be editor OF both.
WHEELING: Fearing arrest be.
cause he put up a motorcycle owned
by another man as security for a note,
William Sampson, 80 committed sui.
eide at his home at Cameron BY
drinking poison. He left a note stat
Ing that he would rather die than 60
to Jail. "a 3 u: 4 "A 4,
Is PARKERsBuRG: The Pope heirs
have instituted suit. for $4,000
against the Parkersburg- Ohio Bridge
Company as damages for encroacn-
ment Of the Belpre bridge upon their
property. y !,
HUNTINGDON: Alleging that he
was permanently injured by a shot
fred by Frank Hartman, marshal Of
Chesapeake, John Chapman, Of East
Huntington, has fled suit for $40 900
damages against Harman. The latter
was recently convicted in criminal
court Of unlawfullys maiming Chap
man and was sentenced to serve a
year In the Cabell county jail.
PARKERsBURG: L. Dow Nutter,
formerly quite prominent In business
and social circles here, was arrested
while here on q visit and taken back
to Richmond, Ind, on a charge OF
embezzling $1,100 from an insurance
company there. Z.
MARTINSBURG: John Parson,
married, is in the city hospital here,
perhaps fatally injured as q result
of being struck on the head by a ny
ing stoen at the Berkery station plant
OF the Security Cement and Line
Company, by which he was employed.
His skull is fractured.
GP AETnN. nnaooda,os 800 q " sis
under construction from the city lin
its east to the top of Blueville ELL,
the city bearing the cost of the work
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

In the middle Of the night, In tho
middle Of q nightmare. on the middle
of his back In the middle OF his bei,
,Superstitious Eidney awoke in tho
middle Of a SILVER. z 4s
Can I have been mistaken. he
asked himself, trembling in every
limb and one or. two snall branches,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

One of the beneficial results of
'hc pfesent war has been the SOLDERING
.[ the people I'M the mattersof money
4xpenditnres. The world cannot Wit
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
Al Evening Echo.

ot III the ciamor OF the crowded
street,
Not Ia the shouts and plaudits Of the
thrpng,
ut a ourselves are triumph and de-
'l'' I 1.oNGFEaLow.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

HUNTINGDON: Even the Bertil-
lon system OF identification of crimi-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
IA Il
sGPERsTIT1OUssIDNEi.g

oh. oh! It seems he didn't have 's,.
Exactly what he thought he did,
OF course, that does-scmewhatlex explain
The actions Of our hero, SID. 8
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

GRAFTON: within the next few
days or weeks a group Of farmers
from Southern Michigan, represent
ing q colony Of families who are de-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

of his are insurance policy, but the
loss Is there Just the same, spread
over many rather than one.
The financial adjustment that must
take place when the war is over will
impose penaltyson the whole world.
Thrift must build up what war is
tearing down, and we VIII have to
bear our share. We may roll IN
in wealth for a time, but the day Of
recko ning will surely come.
The San Francisco earthquake. the
Baltimore fire and the 3Boer war were
responsible for a.period or Worldwide
read justment from which we had
barely recovered when the war broke
out. We must not delude ourselves
that this catastrophe will be without
cost to us. 1t behooves every man,
therefore, to go carefully In the mat
ter Of debt; buy no foolish luxuries;
undertake no great burdens; assume
no undue risks until the results are
definitely known.
In the heat OF battle we cannot
count the cost the world is too ex-
cited to reckon wisely The rehabili-
tation Of the countries now laid low
will be long and costly process from
which the whole world will suffer for
years to come. It well becomes us
to set our house in order, save our
money and avoid extravagant living,
for even II the results do not touch
us keenly, thrift is a virtue for It's
own sake and has its own reward.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

county section especially being IN
fine condition. IS.
SISTERSvILLE: shriver Moore,
prominent and well do farmer IS
dead at his home near Matamoras
station. after an Illness. aged 81.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

e PARKERsBURG: The Pope heirs
have instituted suit for $4,000
against the Petersburg Ohio Bridge
Company as damages for encroacn-
ment Of the Belpre bridge upon their
property. I, b 4 4 y
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
Folks Good Opinion.

Few persons do not value the good
opinion of others. Pulling down the
character of someone is not the way
to build up your own; the ruin of an.
other does not mean your building up.
There are some who appear to think
another's possessions something taken
from themselves. This is mistake.
To point out an error in another's
character is not to prove correspond
ing virtue in ones own. If we decry
another for being misery, of disagree
able disposition, extravagant or stu
pid, and expect the hearer to see the
corresponding virtue in ourselves,
we need to learn that this is not what
the hearer usually sees. Rather he
thinks how unkind such talk Is and
attention Is called to failings in the
speaker which would probably other.
wise not have been noticed. Let your
chief aim be to make yourself worthy
Of the good opinion of others. Belit-
thing them Is plain acknowledg.
ment of a conscious fault of your own.
The way to win the good opinion OF
others is to be worthy of it. If you
are you will not need to call attention
to it.-Milwaukee Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
esos@s@ses@so~e@e&e@e4o49
READING THE WILL
BY ALvAH JORDAN GARTH.

And to each of my four loving and
devoted nieces, a framed portrait of
myself, to be enlarged from my cabi-
net photograph, for which and other
purposes fund has been given by
me to my executor. l hope they will
treasure the portrait in their posses
sion and memories in remembrance
Of me-"
The cheap old hunks!" viciously
Kissed Mary Winsted to her sister.
Nettie.
Its shameful" was the angry re-
Spouse.
AFTER leaving all that money to the
theological seminary" almost sobbed
Esther Dalton to her cousin, Alice
Rowe, who sat by her side.
Dear old uncle!" spoke Alice soft
~. He was good to all of us when
he was alive. He gave me my piano,
you know, and there hasn't been q
Christmas for five years past that he
hasn't made us all handsome and ex-
pensive gifts of jewelry and the like"
Esther shrugged her shoulders un-
der the 5000 sealskin coat that Uncle
Robert had given her only a few
weeks before his death Then she
smiled sweetly at Mary and Nettie.
She was glad to see the owners Of
those angry faces disappointed In
their lofty hopes of rich legacy.
The reading of the will Of old Rob-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
CALLED "sHREDs OF SATAN
For Uneanny Knowingness and Prank.
ish Audacity the Indian Crow
Has No Equal.

Travellers In the Orient have much
to say about the Indian crow, a bird
that for uncanny knowingness and
prankish audacity has perhaps no
equal. Corvus splendens-thus have
ethnologists flatteringly labeled him
but a famous naturalist who knows
the breed at first hand has called
them "shreds of Satan, cinders from
Tartarus." To give these impish crea-
lures their due. however, 1t should
be said that life in India is not lit
tie enlivened by their presence. A
Companion correspondent witnessed
the following incident:
A small hawk had seized a little
bird and perched on a leafless branch
to devour his prey. The spectacle
drew two crows to the spot They
hoped and tapped from branch to
branch, noisily discussing the strategy
of their intended raid.
Then one Of them quietly slipped
away through the surrounding foliage.
At the same time his mate fed in front
vi SuO pOlCulu6 LAWN, duu uUf0TluS
steadily within a foot of his beak.
maintained a busting menace of
snatching the titbit. That effectually
compelled the attention Of the hawk.
His prey firmly grasped beneath his
feet, he angrily Kissed and lunged at
the lowering nuisance. So lively was
the skirmish that the human onlook-
er forgot the existence Of the second
crow. But now that willy bird re-
appeared some distance In the rear
of his destined victim. With stealthy
sidlings and short, noiseless flights,
he drew near. Then he made swift
dash, seized the hawks long, barred
tail by the tip, hung on It with his full
weight, and toppled the luckless hawk
in q complete back somersault from
the perch! The released titbit was
instantly seized by the first crow,
and the clever pair bore OFF their booty
with much triumphant cawing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
FOES FORGET HATE.
Life in Trenches Makes Friends
of Opposing Armies.
French and Germans Formulate Rules,
and Between the Hours Of Killing
Exchange Cigars and Bottles
of Wine.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SiMMS.
Omitted Press Staff (torreSpopdent \

With the French Army at the Front
French and German trenches are sc
close together that in the weeks the
two armies have been thus face to
| face the soldiers are, after a fashion
personally acquainted with each other
Here the fighting has become sys.
tematized and follows a routine. At
certain sections of the trenches the
French and Germans have reached an
agreement that before certain hour
in the morning there is to be no kill
ing; in the opposing trenches the men
are to be allowed to wash up and
make their toilet for the day. After
the gong taps, fguratively' speaking,
any head showing above the level of
the ground gets promptly taken off.
Rock battles often take place be-
tween the opposing sides. The men
grow tired of having nothing to shoot
at for hours at time and in order to
amuse themselves they lombard each
other without the thrower exposing
his person to the bullets of the en-
envy
At times the enemies, however, be-
come almost friendly.
Say, over there!" German shout
ed from his trench "Have you guys
got anything to smoker"
"Sure!" the chorus came back from
the French. Have you?"
mot a crumb!"
TOO bad. You ought to write to
the kaiser"
Gimme the makin's."
Come and get EN-"
A giant of a young fellow stuck his
head and shoulders above the ground,
placed his hands on the edge of the
trench and vaulted out on the side to-
ward the French. A month-old fiaxen
beard stood out about a very round
face. Mud covered his formerly gray.
acknowledgements uniform. A little
round, visorless fatigue cap made him
look like young Santa Claus. Stoop-
ing. he ran swiftly across the high
way which separated the trenches at
this point, and, falling fat on his
stomach, peered down into the en-
emy's trench.
Where's them cigars?" he de-
manded.
Here they are,;, Frenchman re-
piled. You deserve them. Six, and
they're worth louis apiece"
"Merci!" said the German. as he
scurried back to his burrow.
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SAY" this same German shouted
back between puffs. These cigars
are great. Real imported hemp!"
A rock the size of a mans fist was
the reply to this sally.
Hey, you Frenchers," the German
kept on. you're pretty decent lot.
Will you shoot me if | come over
AGAIN."
1--WE will that-after what you said
about the cigars
Once more the numbering giant cata-
pulled out Of his trench and ran low
over to the French, dropping on his
stomach as before. In his hand was
an object. a dark green one, with tin
foil around the neck and the words
"Gout American" on a slip of paper
across the sloping shoulder. 1t was a
bottle Of champagne swiped while the
Germans were in Reims.
Here's your health, fellows" the
German said. Drink hearty" And
back he ran.
"Hey!" the Frenchmen shouted,
laughing. you've got the nerve of a
burglar. You are giving us back our
own champagne!"
"Oh, that's all right" the German
replied, your cigars were made in
Germany. l recognize the stencil"
Later in the day the German was
killed and the news was shouted
across the road. He simply would
keep sticking his head above the
trench during business hours. But in
the night a wreath of flowers, gath
cred by the Frenchmen from heaven
knows were, and at no one knows
what risks, fell into the trench where
he was wont to have his place.
All is not cutting and slashing and
shooting and gore; the spice of good
humor and the milk of human kind
ness often, in this fighting, lessen the
sting of hatred between the races and
Of which one hears so much.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
Habit of Judging.

The habit of judging is SO nearly In
durable, and its cure is such an almos,
interminable process, that we must
concentrate ourselves for a long while
on keeping it in check, and this check
is to be found in kind interpretations.
We must come to esteem very lightly
our sharp eye for evil, on which per
haps we once prided ourselves as clev.
erness. We must look at our talent
for analysis of character as dread.
full possibility Of huge unchayitable-
ness. We are sure to continue to say
clever things, so long as we continue
to indulge In this analysis; and clever
things are equally sure to be sharp
and acid We must grow to some
thing higher md something truer than
quickness in detecting evil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19

She felt it her duty to tell him the
truth regarding the reasons why she
had broken her engagements with
him. She was surprised to see the
deep shadows that crossed his face
as she spoke.
Il was informed wrongly" he said.
MS voice unsteady with some deep
emotion suddenly revealed. IL was
piqued at your indifference. land
now it Is too late!.
They were interrupted at that mo-
ment. "Too late"-for what? The
words rang in Alice's ears for hours.
Could 1t be possible that he had cared
for her, that he had been cajoled into
engaging himself to Esther, that now
his eyes were opened to the truth!
Before Alice could fathom the
depths of the complication there came
strange and disturbing news. The
rich relative of Worth Davenai had
plunged too deeply in his stock ex-
cnange speculations, had lost his en-
tire fortune and both he and his pros
pective heirs were beggars.
Then came the climax Esther
turned against Worth in disdain. One
day he met Alice. He found her the
loyal friend she had proved to be.
She advised him, she encouraged him
when he sought work like the man
ne was. Then true love shone forth.
They became engaged. At the end of
the year, In modest but happy home
they set up housekeeping amid the
sneers of Affects three cousins con-
corning those paupers!'
One day there came to the humble
cottage the executor of Uncle Rob
ert's estate.
"Mrs. Davenal," he said, pleasantly,
with glance at the portrait of her
dead relative occupying a prominent
place on the wall and well cared for,
Il see you still remember your uncle"
Il shall never forget him." declared
Alice. HE was very good to me. and
l loved him dearly"
You are not like your cousins,
then," said the lawyer Those three
other portraits have gone to the rub
bish heap. So / have a special mis-
sion tn coming here today"
Alice looked inquisitive and her hus-
band interested.
by private arrangement made
with myself" explained the lawyer,
Il was to watch the manner in which
his portrait was cherished by his
nieces. To the one who showed a
genuine interest in his gift, / was to
give, at the end of two years, the sum
of 100000. That legacy you have
worthily won, and It Is now at your
command"
And ''those paupers" were no longer
pitied and looked down upon by the
ill-natured trio. who had lost a for
tune by showing up their real petty
natures in true colors.
Copyright. 1914. by w. G. Chapman)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
GETS MONTHS RENT IN WILL
Baltimore Landlord Makes Request to
Tenants,-Five Dollars Eacf,
to Choir.

Baltimore.-A months rent free to
each Of the tenants of his many dwell
ing houses is unique feature of the
will of Robert ]. Devenny's estate for
his tenants.
To a number of friends of his fam
lily Devenny left five dollars each to
buy a trinket Of some sort in memory
of his mother. He also gave five dol
lars each to members Of 1mmau-
uel Episcopal church choir, In appre-
citation of their services, and he left
property to the church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
STREET IN BELGRADE

. much of this, however, due to poverty,
is tawdry.
The capitals houses are long
stretches Of white. with more of gar.
den and tree planting around them
than is usually found in a western
city. The population has grown rap
idly since 1867, from $4,000 in 1884.
to $4,000 in 1910, and is typical Bal.
kan city mixture, composed of Ser
vians, Bulgars, Greeks, Turks, Mace
domains, Czechs, Jews, Hungarians
and Germans. The city has a number
of handsome public buildings. many
large, well-appearing business struc-
lures. numerous hotels. a university
and national library with $4,000 vol.
umes.
The beginnings of prosperity were
evident before the first Balkan war.
The exports Of the Servian people
passed mainly through Belgrade, and
were taken by Austria Hungary. These
exports consisted almost entirely Of
raw materials, for Servia has never
enjoyed sufficient period of peace
and good management to save a CAPT.
tai for industrial development. Bel.
grade had some ndustries-leather
working, brick making, alcohol distil-
lation, printing and brewing. Most of
its manufactured goods, however, were
imported.
Belgrade in latter years has been
one Of the most patriotic capitals un-
der the sun. It has seethed and bub
bled and boiled with pride and hope
for it's country. The Serbs have un-
dertaken every effort aiming toward
making their capital known, respected
and even admired abroad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
RUNNING the Gantlet.

The word gauntlet" in ito run the
gantlet" is improperly used. The word
should be "gantlope." Phillips, in his
World Of Words" tells that ito run
the gauntelope" is punishment
among soldiers, the offender having to
run, with his back naked, through the
whole regiment, and to receive a lash
from a switch from every soldier 1t
is derived from Cant (Ghant), a town
of Flanders, where the punishment
was invented, and the Dutch word lope,
running.
King Rewards His Honesty.
When the king OF Siam was passing
through Moscow on his European Wis
1t, q white feather fell from the plume
Of his helmet, and was picked up
by a peasant. who FASTENED to restore
it to the chief Of police. He was great.
ly surprised several days later upon
receiving from that official In the name
of his Siamese majesty, a casket con-
tanning a portrait Of the king and a
massive gold chain decorated with
the royal arms of Siam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
ALL ARE WEARING RoMPERs

La the course of the last few years
rompers have become the regulation
garment for the nursery; in fact, one
might almost call them the nursery
uniform. In shape and fabrics they
have improved greatly since their
initial introduction. and are new to be
had in aristocratie linens as well as
10 the humber seersuckers and the
durable galateas. For the little girl
the romper Is cut exceedingly fun In
The skirt, and In many instances It d
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19

ment made. Within six hours after
the burial took place there came a
telegram from Missouri. Relatives
wanted the body shipped to them for
burial there.
The body was disinterred, en-
balmed. and shipped by express in a
metallic coffin to the supposed rela-
tives Of the dead man, but short
time after it arrived at it's destination
there came a message that the body
was not that of the missing relative,
and as result Missouri has a dead
body that it doesn't want, while the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
Tho uncomplaining Woman.

Lives there q man who does not
believe that an accomplishing woman
has nothing to complain Of? It is his
masculine prerogative Of destiny. Be-
sides, does not he himself when hurt
below like a bull? Why. he argues.
should not wounded woman do the
same?-W. ]. Locke in "Simon the
Jester"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
GRAVE DUG TWICE IN VAIN
Men Is Still unoceupied In
Kansas.

Junction City, Kan.-This is the tale
of a grave twice prepared for occu-
pancy, and yet empty today.
A man, who had been going by the
pame of Dunn, but whose name, it is
now thought, was Sails, died at the
county poor farm. The grave was
prepared, coffin supplied, and inter-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
Lost Wife Remarked.

Philadelphia.-G. L. Comes, an act
or, who w3s unable to locate his wife
after he Had enlisted in the Spanish
American war, met his daughter, Hell
en-, seventeen, whom he had not seen
since she was an infant. Comes wife,
believing him dead after seven years
absence. remarked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
shaped on circular lines.

shaped on circular lines.
Many mothers like to rake the Sim
pie little rompers for their children,
although the shops offer these gar
ments at attractive prices. It Is an
excellent plan when making the romp-
ers to reinforce the seat with an ex-
ira piece Of the material The creep
ing child, and the child a little older,
collect the floor dust (that Il found
even in the households Of the best Of
families) and the laundress Is forced
to put an extra rub or 50 on the kneea
and the seat e: the garment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
What He Wanted.

"Canvases?" said the artist fiatterec
by the presence of the millionaire in
his studio. Eyes, sir, shall be happy
to show you my best canvases. Some
thing allegorical? Or do you prefer .
landscape?" What want" said Mr..
Newrich, the eminent contractor, with
decision, sis something about yard
and half long and yard wide, Co
cover some cracks in the frescoin'."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-02-19
T~ Thumb Tacks.

If thumb lacks instead of ordinary
tacks are used to fasten white oilclot;1
to pantry and cupboard shelf, the oil.
cloth may be easily removed when
cleaned.