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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-11
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For some time past TIKI WoRf.n ha.
been harnmcring away Il he s{ty
council fcr ! town clock, ard has eon-
eluded 10 use this means 70 ascertain
The feeling of the general pubbe ~
gArding IL Below We publish ; psi.
ton. which We urge every citizen Ard
business man ID This city 70 sign.
This win give the Mayor and men.
bers 81 the city council an idea what
the public Il large think n i, and
whether they are satisfied ID be With
out town clock. When . good num-
Der Of signatures are attached The
WoRLp viii place this petition before
the council, and continue doing y a.
fast as new names are added Also as
a reminder We win continue Publishing
the petition until some action il
taken. III you are not called upon N
sign, drop postal card ii the oiiice ~
to your intention, and Jon will be
promptly waited upon OHrcity needs
q town clock badly, and We are going
ID make an effort 10 get Il. Following
IS ihe petition
To ne Honorable Mayor and Members of
he city Council cf Marirsbaro. ".
Va
Gentlemen w.
We, The undersigned citizens and
business men Of the city Of Martins
burg, West Va, knowing the value
of, and advantage 70 the public gen
orally, do hereby respectfully petition
your honorable body to take some inn
mediate steps towards the erection Of
1 TOWN CLOCK. Eeighboring towns
much smaller than ours take especial
pride in this direction, and we see no
reason why our city should not have
one and frst-cIass one At that. II
ii an Invaluable thing, and We urge
you, as orr representatives, 10 take
immediate action toward the erection
81 good and permanent TOWN
CLOCK. STONED,
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II any regard Tor the taxpayer DOM
mated The councils Of the European
Powers the defeat ~ the German Army
bin would furnish the cue for gener-
u reduction d military expenditure.
By concerted reductions the relative
war strength Of each nation could be-
preserved 1t 4 saving Of millions Of
dollars to distressed subjects, and
with q restoration 70 the ranks Of
wealth producers Of millions Of able
bodied men who are now wealth des-
troyers.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-11

One hundred and fifty thousand PEG
PIE tried the latch a the gate q The
Worlds Pair "a Sunday and did not
get III. What stiekler for Sunday OBJ
servance win affirm that, with Chicago
all before them we're 70 choose except
the Enclosure If the Fair grounds. these
III, 900 people on pleasure bent were
more holly employed on Sunday out
side than they wonld have been inside
the doors of the Expositionf
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-11

THE Wontp at 1oeents per week,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-11

Those dueIIing Memphis editors
should remember that i i the basi.
ness III newspaper conductors e cron-
iele sensational crimes, not p commit
them.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-11
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
MONDAY. NAY ~. 80

DEK0CRGTTCITCKET F0RCITT coUEcILKEH
1ss Wara-AUG e MATTHAEi
2nd ward u c FRazEE.
5rd ward n. g TAnLER
4th. ward g wELLINGKK
sth. ward -GEo W scHILL.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

nan was, twenty years ago. one Of the
greatest gamblers who came from thu
West to New York He was also one a
the rneanest sportsmen who ever lived.
He WINS the exception which aii rules
call for, Heopened up q bank IL No.
1865 Broadway and thrived. one night
his partner who had only 10 per cent.
OF the gamel came to him in great dis.
tress and begged for $40 with which To
buy medicine for his wife, who was
dying, Tiernan's heart was OF flint and
he refused That night the partners
wife died for lack OF life-giyinp sneaI-
cine, and Herman lost his s., 600 hank
roll He was then worth s200. 600. A
few years later he lost his fortune 10
Chicago. He came TO his former part.
ner, Kirk Gum, for relief He had
been as.mean TO Gum as he had 70 his
New York partner, aud Kirk refused.
He told his tale Of woe TO me i con.
graduated him upon one thing. He had
never made q bad debt or d good friend.
Next day he committed suicide.
Now, o word as TO the characteristics
of the gamblers / have spoken OF. Each
and all of them do fifty times the good
that many a Christian, preacher or lay
man. does for his fellow-inan. None OF
them ever refused o friend In distress
or sent away o broken man hungry.
Contrast their conduct with that OF the
so called Christian. The good man Of
the world, when approached by the
needy or distressed, Il genial, will rive
sympathy or advice, or kind words
everything, in fact, but the wherewith
to get food and shelter II the good
man should be q high church dignitary
and austere, as becomes his station, he
will advise the needy one to step around
TO the mission. He gives him d snow
ball instead of food. II pressed too far
by the hungry man he will give him the
marble heart and chill him to death
Often 1t Is the same with the preacher
He win give the unfortunate advice, but
no nutriment. Now, respect good nd.
vice as much as any man, hut j lice Il
on full stomach, not an empty one
None Of the gamblers have quoted
would torture man IN that way.
have depicted, as far as i have been
able, the various phases Of u gamblers
life. Permit me, In conclusion, TO epit
omize the sum total of my observa-
tons. It may do some good TO the ris
ing generation. Gambling is not u
profitable field to venture In. Even. the
most successful gamblers have reaped
but a poor harvest for the years q
trials and trihulations they have passed
through before they reach the goal OF
prosperity Tho same amount Of men
tai assiduity and physical industry up,
piled 70 any other calling would have
brought in ten-fold greater returna.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03
nm WHO TRUST TO LUCK
.s.sdy Gives an Insight to Some
Big Gamblers Lives.


rsoyrirht, isn. by Haeheller & John.on,l
There is d period in the life Of every
..mester when his bark rises on the
80 Of the wave and the haven OF sue.
- d weil nigh within reach OF his
.rehor. when either tiInidity. irresoIn-l
m d oyerdaring causes him TO lose his
,sIsnce and he sinks beneath the billow
sspoyerty and despair. That king OF
s,nblers, the late Commodore Wander
I'M used to say that the time 10 buy
..oel;s was when they were at the low
4 ebb and the time to sell when
New reached the food tide. A tidy
hunk Of wisdom this advice. The
t-oable was, however, that few of the
famnodore's disciples had the faintest
sea when the flood tide ha6 set In.
Their gold went whore Jim Fish said
M woodbtne twineth. So with the
rambler. It is seldom that he divines
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

marley Dexter, of San Francisco. They
ae gamblers in the best sense of the
word, OF these All Smith, John Daily
md Eli Marks are the greatest. This is
a,plnity of gems. In comparison with
W. general run of mankind they are as
white stones to u tray of f-colored dia-
aonds filed with flaws. Each has u
aeaFt whose every pulsation beats in
g!mpathy with his fellow-man. These
lhree mon do more good than any three
christians, he they preachers or lay
men in this big universe. Each sup
ports small army of men who have
encountered the keen blasts of ad-
renity.
These dozen men | have mentioned
are the representative gamblers of
america and credit to their profess
With the exception of John DAILY all
y these men have fallen over the finan-
sai precipice with the past decade, only
orise higher again.
indeed, every gambler know of has
oees broke at some period of his career.
y Us fortunate for all of us that there
= no law against debt in this grand
sepaolic, II u man could be imprisond
~ the money he owes would have
eeh given life sentences many a
time ere this.
.'et us take peep at some of the men
gao have emerged from financial grave
'afds, 50 to speak.
~ smith is now worth 100000. Three
selrs ago he had not dollar. At that
s s.ae no had lost ssp0,0 within year
Two, and was thought TO have gone
ssond the point of recovery. His
osfage, however, never deserted him,
~ oy series of bold and brainy
ups IN Wall street he managed to re-
Aver his standing. Smiths nerve, In
:. ~ Is proverbial Three years ago no
TN a big game In New York for
h,s ~ -iour consecutive hours He
-, ~ sls'OOO with him-al he had in the
th Ssi,a-and never left the table until
~ m s .ast dollar had disappeared behind
s N uealer's drawer. He had intended
%aa to Chicago TO make an invest
ea ny but this untoward event, of
Sss compelled him 10 change his
IN an Arising from the table;he cheer
a. S1 , for glass OF wine, and with
NJ hunor remarked that this town
ne - good enough for him. One of the
ss,S ss,etors Of the game expressed sym=
IN Tor Smiths loss. mo loss, my
exclaimed the man with the iron
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

nerve. Il only loaned you The money.
Some day I'll draw It back with inter
est" Albert kept his word. some
weeks ago he visited the same came
and drew $40. 900 after thirtv.six hoasS.
play Pretty fair interest K that
$1,000 on $4,000 principal Tor the short
period Of three years. smith 4 4 dars
ing, persistent gambler. and has Won
and lost over . million of dollars during
his ineteoric career.
There are only two men living Il the
United States to-day that j Know AZ
who ever played higher than All smith
They are Ben Wood. proprietor II ira
New York News, and Erh Simmons a.,
Lexington ~. Simmons have ltno,yn
tolose 81, 900 1t one sitting 1t .lohr Nor !
risseys clubhouse in 1875. Ben Wood
never wassa professional gnmhier. but
that galnester never lived that eo,ld
surpass him in nerve. have known
him 70 win siso, 900 from John MOI
risey At his clubhouse IN one day and
go back the next and drop si4e. eco. HI
wasia Spartan, and accepted victory
or defeat with equal stoieisrn. In both
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

.pOhfISSEI . GAMBLING HOUSE AT SARA
ToaA.
when the flood tide of luck has been at
taincd, and the smiles of the siren For
time lure him on to renewed effort.
fascinated by her charms, he continues
| the mad courtship, till suddenly, with
| hooking laugh, she leaves him. The
tide has receded and be is left stranded
On the hank.
Yes, may safely say that not one
gambler in thousand reaches the har-
boz of success in LIES voyage.
This Is not an alluring picture I have
eawn, and many OF the rising genera
ton who are ON gambling bent will not
| luxe it
But, MS there is a silver lining to every
cloud. 50 there are bright spots in the
| lie Of every gambler, and these | will
sudeayor to bring out. First, however,
Ii me define the meaning OF that much
.bused word gambler. /"
There are class OF men who hang
around the race track, hover about
public places and appear to have
Booccupation or aim in life save to lie
IN wait for angels and pluck a
stake wherever they can find 1t.
These fellows are not gamblers, al
though they try to make You believe they
rs They are pilsers, who look upon
de world as their, oyster and open it
whenever opportunity offers.
Heaven save the mark! When / hear
5 well-meaning but unisnowing citizen
call one of this tribe a gambler it makes
ne for the moment feel ashamed of my
profession. But when I reflect that
among real gamblers there are to be
found the best and noblest of mankind.
that feeling passes away and i really
feel honored that I am one of the guild.
Such men, indeed, are AL Smith and
John Daily, Of New York; Eli Marks, Of
Louisville, Ky; General Mike Meehan
and jimmy Colville. of Boston: John
Condor and Mike Mallory. Of Chicago;
John sullivan, OF Minneapolis; Colonel
Put Duffy and Budd Remand, of New
Orleans; Tom Muiqueen and Bat Mas
ierson, of Denver. James Carroll and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

ofthese instances Morrissey, OF course.
threw down the limit, otherwise no
such gains or losses could have &C.
crued.
There Is story to the effect that John
chamberlin, the Washington hotel
keeper, once won 100000 from Morris
sey at the same clubhouse, but as / did
not see the performance I5caunot vouch
for it saw Jack Hayeriy, the genial
theatrical manager, lose So, 900 in a few
hours at Hartford, Conn, in 1885. He
had dropped 10000 during the day
on his fayorite trotter Troubadour, and
tried town out at night also ssw Tom
Mulqueen win 81, 900 at Denver a few
years before on a 5000 investment. Tom
lived at Lcadville then, and had gone
broke He came TO Denver TO borrow.
81, 900, and by mere accident met a friend
who owed him 5000 and repaid i he loan.
Tom was not compelled to borrow that
$1,000. Neither did he 60 back to Lead
vile. He ststid in the spot where he
struck ile.r
Ex-Assemblyman Thomas p Walsh,
than whom no manlier man, trner
friend or gamer sport ever breathed,
once upon q time bucked the tiger with
varying success. He has won and lost
fortunes. His greatest feat was TO
tackle John Morrissey, at his Broadway
game, some twenty years ago for a
thirty hours sitting. He lost $4,000
and retired beaten, but not dismayed.
He returned for another bout with the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

Is born, not made. The instinct of
gambling is inbred. It's never a pro
duct OF cultivation. Nature SO ordains
it that the gambler shall be man of
bold, yenturesome spirit, iron nerve
and perfect health. Without the first
two of these qualities no one can be sue
eessful in games Of chance, and even
the last-named Is most desirable bless
ing. Men devoid of these qualities soon
feel the wear and tear of play, the ire
mendous stress upon the nerves and the
fever engendered by the excitement OF
the game. In short time they become
unstrung, and they lose that calm equi.
poise so necessary TO success. II they
continue 10 follow the bent of their
inclinations they are sure to go
broke, physically and mentally
as we'll as financially. Nature.
viii not stand tho draft drawn
upon her. Now, all of the great
gamblers whom have mentioned in the
first part of this article have conquered
fortune because they possess in the
highest degree the attributes of chasac-
7 ter now under discussion. Theo also
possess another quality, which in a
gambler ! contend Is necessary to sue.
cess. That is a nobility Of nature,
which is incapable Of meanness Of any
kind. / do not apply this rule to civil
ians generally, because we all know
that in ordinary walks OF life man can
win fame tof lsind) or accumulate
wealth by deceiving his fellow-man. A
gambler cannot do II. His fellow
gamblers are sharper than most. people
and soon find him out. Fortune cannot
always be kind 70 him, and If he once
gets down he can never rise again.
Now. with gamblers, l believe that
theif good and bad actions come back
to them like echoes As illustration,
Twill point to the case Of Tom Null
queen, which have cited above. Tom
Is q noble soul and has done many o
generous deed. When utterly crippled
financially he meets a man he had be-
friended and receives back the 5000 he
had loaned. With that 5000 he won
SCI, 900 That Is the law Of conapensar
ton.
Another case in point Frank Tier
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03
Aself-I.enrihrn,nr prnor.

A little mother, whose home duties
are numerous and onerous as well, saves
herself much time by practical bit OF
forethought which MI mothers with
growing daughters are sure to appreci-
ate. In making her little girls dresses
she takes large tuck in the under side
of the hem, and when the small gown
IL crawling up tothe knees, instead OF
ripping out the hem and going to all
the trouble of putting 1t in again, she
HIS only to cut the stitches in the tuck
2ad thu little frocls Is lengthened.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

GRAY hair IS so common now that ono
wonder. what ii comes from. Young
men hayeitin profusion and young WON.
en- are very proud when they have q
eolffnrs II which gray has prominent
part The prevalence % gray hair Is
attributed % frcqucnt cutting and soap.
The dcctors speak 81 inherent tcnden-
cies bnt soap and The barber DIS more
toward taking color and strength ont
Of hasr than anything else dcess Tho
smuggling Of hair IS done to prevent the
oils tscm exnding from ths ends 81
clipped hairs, ard smuggling il Is In this
regard better than emitting. But am.
inonia.loadcd soaps are The WORT tao
tors Many persons use ammonia when
washing their heads, anal enters into
al shampoo mixtures ltsalso ii, la
gredient q most soaps 1t dries III, the
scalp and rubs the hair 81 an It's
moisture That Is where most Of tho
gray hair os to-day comes from.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03
Three Hint. for the Home Maker.

A woman to whom the ordinary, dust
collecting, h.breeding carpet was IN
abomination, and who could not afford
to haveal her rooms refloored In hard
woods, adopted this expedient for some
Of the seldom rsed heavy ones: She SO
lected at a paper hangers u heavy wall
paper, dark in color and conventional
in design. She laid the floor first with
brown paper. Then she put down the
wall paper by first coating il with
paste and smoothing II down. when
the floor was all paper she sized and
vanished It with dark glue and COM
mon varnish. which deepened the color.
When II was dry she scattered q few
rugs about, and her paper carpets have
lasted for wears.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03
The locomotive 1ndnstrx.

Not as many locomotives were built
in this country last year as the year be-
fore. The Railroad Gazette has reports
from thirteen companies which built
1882 locomotives. Year before last
fifteen companies built 1880 locomo-
tives. As three companies reporting in
1891 do not report in 1892 the figures
are not comparable, but twelve COM
panies which report for both years
show only 1,7os locomotives built in
1902, against 1858 the year previous.
The year 1890 was the year of maximum
product in locomotive building up TO
date. The car builders tell different
story. Forty-two companies reporting
for both 1892 and 1891 built 77,e2o
freight cars in the latter year and co.
$40 in the former. In car building, as
in that Of locomotives, 1890 was the
maximum year as to product, ios, 774
cars having been built, exclusive of
those turned out from railroad shops
IT is in accordance with the fitness Of
things that all the appurtenances and
appliances of the greatest Of world.s5
fairs should beon a scale corresponding
with the exhibition itself. This VIII be
eminently the case with the steamer
which is to carry passengers between
Chicago and the exposition buildings at
Jackson park, The schristopher Co.
lumbusr obviously the. only name for
itl was built at West Superior. wis,
and the launching Of the vessel took
place there short time since in the
presence of q vast crowd It has d con-
ical bow and rounded back suggestive
Of the whaiebacls' type OF marine
architecture, and win carry eve thou
sand people, being, II 4 said, the largest
excursion steamer aiioat
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

A sisw g othslni paper has thisto shy
about subscribers We have 4 acii.
mite, valued circulation teyaay a,noni,
people who ARE accustomed % i,ixuFil
Gus susrounaings who use costly
things, who know tho difference be-
tween common goods and 6ne I'm.
ineaiatcly following this paragraph, by
the irony 81 fate, IS i'm adyertisetnento 81
reyeraiblo collars and cniEsi
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03
FOR SALE

Two story residence on Basta.
BILE street, lot l00x300. Elegant
location. For price call on or
address. Lee II Vance 4 Bro. I.
Pike street.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

cRlpAoo has a Greek church which,
In is membership, includes one thon-
sand Of the twelve hundred natives Of
Greece who make their homes nthat
city Noone bat those o. pure Hellenic
extraction are allowed among the neia-
hefssi,i,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

wITn u population Of seventy.two
Thousand Iceland is said 70 have but
two policemen and two lawyers. There
must be but few saloons and a very
sober class Of people in that region.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

KrSTrcKy VIII make at the worlds
fair On cxh:bit Of tobacco in all It's
forms frorn the secd up 70 the mnturcd
and manufactured Leaf There viii be
exhibits ~ different Varieties Of plants
y various sta.pcs - growth. and Mus
traiioas 81 the manner Of shipping and
shnndling ne weed fFosa The time the
seed i pnt IA tie ground untii the prod.
uec soes ints s,ac hewes or smokers
mouth The people may 81 assured
that u win b tho greatest eShihition
ever giycn ~ tobacco ii nc world
The various wasa ia With tobacco Is
used u nanpfattuec viii Also 81 a
feature tAc dispis
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-03

TINS craze Of the day Is for some odd
little triniset 10 hang Ia the chain Of
the chain bracelet locked on the arm OF
every girllnclsy enough 70 have . lover.
Last year there were lucky bellies, and
bleeding hearts all diamonds, with
q single ruby drop but now the ''bat.
tered heart Is the supreme thing. It
Is Of hammered gold with the ruby
cleaning in thelnidst. Glass lockets.
too, are seen. and in their transpasS
seney fourSleaycd clover appears And
tiny httlo lanterns with magic slides
through which che girl that wears Ii,
and she alone, knows how to tlnd the
face of the man who carries the key 10
the fettcr.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-06

Hurouite, 3: Four or tive educational
institutions Of the state have an enroll
ment now of over 600, and this number
is constantly decreasing. For these four
institutions the state approprlates this
year less than 10000. Full $4,000 OF
this is for permanent improvements.
Leaving go, 100, or sl00 per capita, for
students as now enrolled. This pays all
expenses OF the student except travelling
and board and clothes, and is SO spent as
TO help out in many cases on board.
The like expenses average over $500 per
student per capita in the colleges of the
United States. This illustrates the diff
ference between fancy of those who take
no pains to inform themselves and cold
fact. No state of this union. or any
other union, ever did such educationa
work as South Dakota Is doing, at hel
age, and no state ever had any approach
to doing it's educational work 81
economically. And still while we boas
there is room for improvements which
may be reached without croaking.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-06
AGAINST HAWAII
BlouEt's Ecport s;.la to BE Opposed
to the Annexation OF the
Islands.
Question of rrGtectnrGte TO BE De-
cided by a Popular Vote Of All
Residents.
Another Compromise Measure Said tc
BE Under Consideration In tie
Senate.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6-The nature of
Mr.. Blount's recommendation regard
ing the annexation question, says a
morning paper. is to the effect that no
action should be taken by the United
States to annex the island or estab-
lish protectora;e over it without the
full consent of all the natives. The
report recommends that all ques-
tlons involved in annexation and
establishment of protectorate should
be submitted to vote of all
natives, as we'll as foreigners, and
upon their decision rests the future pol
icy of the United States respecting the
Hawaiian islands. If Mr. Cleveland
adopts the recommendations submitted,
it practically means that the queen will
be restored to power. as she is said to
be popular among the natives, each OF
whose votes is said to be equal to that
of a foreigner, and would mean, fur
ther, the complete ascendency of Mr..
Claus Spreckles. the sngar king.