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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
The Rnmored Conference.

Washington, d. C.-There are
rumors here TO the effect that con.
ference between Mr.. Cleveland and a
number of the leading Members of
the House may be held soon in the
interests Of obtaining harmonious &C.
ton upon financial legislation, or, at
least, for the prevention of another
public demonstration of the woeful
lack of harmony which prevailed in
the party ranks during the last SEES
sion. There is no apparent reason
for belief in these rumors, and none of
of the Congressman already here
know anything definite of such a
scheme. In fact, there will be no
getting together on financial matters
unless the entire basis is radically
changed from that which was mani
fest during the FIRST and second sss-
sions of the Fifty-third Congress.
Everybody knows of Mr.. Cleve.
lands well.grounded hostility to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at a ratio of Is to /. and there has as
ye. been no indication that Bland,
Hatch, Bryan, Livingston, and all the
other silverites who will be here this
winter have changed front or will re.
frain from again attempting all kinds
of silver Legislation from coming the
seigniorage to the regular free coin
age act.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
origin Of Nursery RHYMES.

Three Blind Nice is a music
book of 1909.
"a Froggie Would a Wooing
Co.. was licensed in 1850.
Little Jack Horner" is older
than the seventeenth cetury.
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where
Have You Been ?" dates from
the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Boys and Girls Come Out to
Play dates from Charles II, as
does also Lucy Locket Lost
Her Pocket"
"old Mother Hubbard, /" Goo
sey, Goosey Camden" and Old
Mother Goose" apparently date
back to the sixteenth century.
cinderella" Jack the Giant
Killer ..Bluebeardn and Tom
Thumb. were given to the world
10 Paris in 1907. The author was
Clarence Parrault.
"Humpty- Dumpty' was a bold
bad Baron who lived in the days
of King John, and was tumbled
from power. His history was
3 p ! y D.
put up into a riddle, the meaning
of which is an egg,
THE Babes in the Woods
.'gas Ieppdea on -ss "a. q ilssts
committed in Norfolk, near Way
land Wood, in the fifteenth cen
fury. Anold house in the neigh
borhood is still pointed out upon
a mantle-piecein which is carved
the entire history.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
The Gold Bonds Awarded.

Washington, d. G., Nov. 30
Secretary Carlisle to-day acted in
the matter of the allotment of the
$5o,ooo,ooo 5 per cent. bonds, bids
for which were opened at the Treas.
ury Department Saturday. He &C.
cepted the proposals submitted by
the syndicate represented by John A.
Stewart. of the United States Trust
Company of New York, and others,
to take the entire issue at 117.077.
1t is the expectation of the Treasury
officials that the deposits of gold for
the payment of the bonds will be
made very promptly, and, as the I'm.
Outstanding is that none of the gold
is to be taken from the Treasury, an
early restoration of the gold reserve
to above the SloO,O0o,0Oo mark will
be the result. The bonds, including
premium, will realize TO the Govern.
ment shout S5S,5OO,O0O.
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Do We QUE II !?
The Virginia Debt Again At
The Front.

The virginia debt question is
again being agitated. Virginia
was heavily in debt al the time
West Virginia became a separate
State, and sne held that the new
State should pay one-third of
this debt. The claim is absurd,
and the manner in which oar
State has been treated by vir.
ginia in regard to this question
has caused many of our people to
assert that we should never pay
a cent of this alleged debt. The
following is an extract from an
editorial lin the Register ON this
subject
The whole scheme smells of
Wall street A syndicate of
SPECTATORS now holds nearly the
entire $40, 100000 of so.called
West Virginia certificates, bought
for q mere song. some of them as
low as two cents on the dollar.
IL this syndicate can succeed in
inducing West Virginia to confer
as to a settlement on the basis
represented by these certificates,
there will be "millions in it" for
the holders.
| The position Of West Virginia
on the debt question has been en-.
tirely honorable from the first.
and today she stands ready to
pay herjust proportion whenever
~ shall have been properly as
certained Itwill be remembered
that the ordinance dividing the
State of Virginia declared that
the new State was liable for a
share Of the debt OF Virginia as
I It existed at the lime of the d.
visitn, and Il was made the duty
d the i.esislatnfa. IS soon
sfdlsilslfoI9. u asce7lAlil TIE
amount and provide for its pay.
ment. With this end ia view.
West Virginia appointed three
commissioners who went to Rich
mond in performance Of the duty
imposed upon them. but the Vir-
ginia authorities refused to re-
ceive them. The old State had
arbitrarily set aside one-third as
West Virginia's share. There
was no consultation. no explana-
ton, no attempt to show the
equity of the amount; it had been
fixed by one of the parties to the
controversy and that was the end
of it. From this position Virginia
has never receeded, and until she
does all attempts at settlement
are barred. In the meantime the
Wall street syndicate will endeay-
or to realize on its holdings and
its schemes will be deep and al
Turing.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
.ken toward lhe capture Of the

taken toward the capture of the
arsenal.
The last trustworthy report as to
the garrison was that twenty thous-
and Chinese troops, well armed,
well drilled and fully provisioned,
occupied the defences. The major
ity of the six thousand persons who
lived in the town in times Of peace
moved away several weeks ago.
Three English officers have said
within the last month that the fall Of
Port Arthur would probably end the
war.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
Another .Inek the RIpper. I,

London, Nov. 26.-A comely
woman of the unfortunate class, about
10 years old, was found dead in a
frequented thoroughfare near Hol.
land Villas road, Kensington, at
about midnight. Hear throat was
cut from ear to ear, and some Of the
newspapers here intimate that ii is
another crime of the " Jack the Rip.
per . order.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Princess Bismarck, wife Of
Prince Bismarck. died at varzin
at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Princess Bismarck, duchess of
Lauenburg, wife of Prince Bis
marck, had been in poor health
for long time. Her illness be-
came pronounced about two
months ago.
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"Unclen Jacob Kern, Of Gin.

Uncle" Jacob Kern, Of Gin.
ton district, Monongalia county,
is hale and hartyr in his eighty
fourth year. he is the farther
of seventeen children, all of one
mother has one hundred and
fifty grandchildren, eighty.fiye
great grandchildren, and eleven
great great grandchildren, a total
of two hundred and sxty.three, al
Of whom arc living.-Ex
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
MIs Foot s SIN Sore.

Washington, Nov. 27.-As the
President is still obliged by his ply
sicians orders to refrain from using
his sprained foot, he did not come TO
town to-day, SO the regular Tuesday
Cabinet meeting was abandoned,
there being no urgent business re-
curing attention.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

loWer animal; to the stranger
withlpsthe gates as well as those
Of hOusehold.
pass from the Old to the
NewSlRstament it is not an ex-
agsefslion 70 say that all is
hsanlifIAall that is good and
genero :, enlightening and civil.
ling IL christianity, is a faithful
reflection Of that book which has
borne down for many hundreds
Of years the message of peace on
earth and GOODWILL to men. For
the ev1s which Colonel Ingersoll
describes. the prosecutions, the
cruell|8s, the intolerance now
happily passing away no warrant
cansbe found in the teachings of
Him who told Peter to put away
his SWORD, who enioined the
broadeAI charity to the poor, and
whose fe on earth was an in
comparable example of gentle
ness aid self.sacrifice. To the
appropriations of eur common
nature nd not to any fault of
that Book that for eigh-
teen q turtles has been a bulwark
of hun in morals, human brother
hood y human hopes are due
the Sd and awful episodes which
every ue Christian of the pres,
ent dapS, irrespective of dogma,
deplords The human race as it
progresses toward perfection, as
it beeo1les more liberal and less
marrow Iand bigoted, is gradually
approaching. instead Of departing
from tie golden rule set forth in
that Book Of Books which Colonel
Ingersog assails, but the esteem
Of which among the vast MAORI
ty Of Enlightened mankind he
can pe| s.impair. -Er.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
Earthquake in the TyroI.

Vienna, Nov. ga sharp earth.
quake shock was felt to-day at
TRENT, in the Tyrol.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Jerome W. Stuart has moved
INTO the property lately vacated
by DIR. HUFF on Jawbone,
Mrs. Elmer Wells and daugh
ter, Mona, of Clarlsburg, are
visiting Buckhannon friends.
Prof. Jenkins has taken the
place left vacant in the Academy
by the marriage of Miss Weisen-
field.
Mrs. John 4. Hurst and daugh
ter, MISS Mary, have returned
home after q lengthy soiourn IN
Philadelphia. Banner.
Mrs. L. May Holt succeeds
Miss Weekly as Principal of MI.
sic Department of the Academy
The complete returns in tue
senatorial district places the ma.
iority of6o7 for o. G. Young.
Delta.
Aschool house at Oak Grove,
Preston county, about four miles
from Terra Alta. was burned
down Suday night about twelve
o'clock bysome unknown person.
Trouble has been brewing for
some time about having q teacher
that some of the patrons did not
want and the only way to pre-
vent having school, as the
teacher was qualified TO teach.
was TO burn down: the school
house, which occurred as above
stated.
Burning school houses in West
Virginia was certainly epidemic
in the State last week.
The Court Of Appeals Of New
York has affirmed the conviction
of John Y. McKane. the Tam
many boss, McKane hes been
liz the panllanfIafY ior several
Ahs ae4 lAA thie deelsis
last hope is gone. He must serve
his full time-h wears.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

- - ~ HPYtt,f
lngersoll has again attacked
the Bible and in several recent
lectures to large audiences at.
tempted to prove that it was not
inspired-not scientific and not
moral.
"The Biblewill survive Colonel
Robert g. Ingersoll as it survived
those superior antagonists, Vol.
taire, Pain and Renan, As d
history alone it is the most valu-
able book in existence. The
works of Herodotus, Liyy. Taci-
tus aud of Gibbon, to whom In
gersoll alludes, do not compare
with it. The Bible brings dow;n
to us from remote ages the be.
liefs of our distant ancestry.
fashioned from the chaos of ira
dltion by sages of the Hebrew
race. In its older books the BIZ
bic conveys the written story OF
that mingty deInge which, swept
q zst eat q exiyIenae AhIeaglieE
human world-~a story confirmed,
not only by Greek ond Roman
writer's, but by the relics OF Assy-
ria and Babylon. and even by the
rude folklore of the American
Indian. The-laws set forth for
the ancient Jews were severe,
but compared with the laws and
customs of other nations Of the
time, they were distinctly hui.
name and liberal. Many of the
Psalms, parts of the book of Job
and numerous passages in the
prophetical books, are, by the
universal consent of scholarship,
absolutely unapproachable in
their grandeur of diction and
their sublimity of thought. The
Old Testament is full of instan.
ces of tenderness and mercy, of
kindness to man and even to the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
IlRT ARTHUR.
'aptlre Of the Great Chinese
Tal Stronghold is at Last
Officially Confirmed.

APPS, With Their Usual Mill
by Intrigues, outgeneral
Their Adversary.
Chinese Fought Desperately.
|sulxeros, D. o.-The State
tment has the following brief
1am from Minister DENLY at
h Artaur taken 22d."
Navy Department received
loving cablegram this morn.
m Admiral Carpenter, under
/ Chefoo, November 23d:
It Arthur fell21st. Baltimore
for there to-day"
fall of Port Arthur has been
ID SO many times that some
ion was felt in accepting the
until it received official con-
on in the above yesterday
hg. 1t will be observed that
|inese garrison made a stout
\. This was only what was
looked for * ever the
might have been expected
no sl HI;
q shis-of great natural
th and garrisoned by At least
thousand men who had no
; of safety except by victory
DO were defending the great,
arsenal of Northern China.
now over a month ago that
cond Japanese army, under
i 0yama, sailed from Hioshi-
sealed orders. The troops
id to number thirty thousand.
18th of October a special
Ondent at Shanghai telegraph
fifteen Thousand Japanese
under Marshal Oyama, were
bed across Regents Sword
tory, to the north of Port
and within sight of that
tronghold. A week later a
ful landing-probably the
of oyama's troops-appears
been effected on the shores
u bay, to the northeast of
thur, and measures were i'm
ply taken to invest the place
tely by land and sea.
Japanese fleet was kept in
IS outside, and torpedoes
I'D down. On October Both
gram was received from Min
enby, at Pekin, announcing
ture of one of the forts at
thur by the japanese. Next
Herald's correspondent at
ai reported the capture of
fort. Everything was done
the net as close as possible
he place, and now finally it
to have fallen in its entirety
hands of Japan.
the Chinese earlier made any
ke adequate efforts to save
es' it seems impossible that
lceess should have been
by the Japanese with such
tive ease. The first fatal
was made in allowing
Oyama to land his troops
peninsula, for Por. Arthur,
: it is to seward, is relative
on the land side. But
iieet had suffered terribly in
e of the Yalu, and, although
readiness and under orders
ON Port Arthur before the
i October, it was too COM
lemOralized to venture upon
Exclusions once more with
py's cruisers. Thus it came
bat the delicate operation of
; large army upon hostile
accomplished by the Japan
put the slightest molestation,
irst and greatest step was
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
The Bible
find Ipgers0ll
AM AoRosTlo.

Robber of the only faith,
Offers nothing in its place
Blinded leader Of the blind.
Enslaved himself. enslayes mankind.
Ridiculous, revolving, is his plea,
Though lawyer logician would he be.
Invalid already is his case;
No chance for him to win the race.
Greed, ambition. is his aim.
Enlarge his Golfers, win his name.
Regrets, remorse will surely come.
Sorrow and shame will be his doom.
One Book, one faith, triumphant is;
Life, liberty, offers
Look, and live.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

T. -. Il - Va 49,
man & fYoumans, attorneys for
United States Senator Nj. G. Butler,
to-day petitioned the Supreme
Court to enjoin the State Treasurer
from paying the salaries of County.
Supervisors of Registration, on the
ground that the registration law is
violation Of the United States Consti.
tuition.
This action is believed to mean
that Butler viii claim that the State
Legislature. which elects his sue.
cessor and which meets tomorrow,
was illegally elected, and also that
he vii. Contest he Senatorial cleo
ton in tho United States Senate If
Tillman defeats him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
sTuH RNps 0F TnOuaHT.


The man who rushes before
the publicto defend his character,
when he hassbeen slandered by
an ass, is q fool. When an intel.
ligent class of q community ask
for an explanation of she conduct
of an individual It is then time to
explain.
Men who are vulgar, corrupt
and indecent are the men who,
having lost all self respect. will
seek TO drag others down tot their
own level.
Every human heartoughttobe
a bird cage with a singing bird in
it.
1t is not hard to forgive lie
told with good intent
1t is said the good die young
1t is known that o great many
adults are still with US.
If we did as much good as We
want others to do, the millennium
would be next door.
1t makes an honest property
holder nervous TO hear fire bell
ring.
A full jail is better sign than
an empty one.
Don't strike a man when he is
down; and don't laugh when
somebody else strikes him.
An old bachelor Is the tramp of
society.
On last Sunday a week two
young women engaged in a most
disgfacef,ll fight near Okla, in
this county. One girl by the
name of Bina Hunt was seriously
if not fatally hurt. A dozen or
more men stood by and did NOT
interfere until she was pounded
by her antagonist into insensibil-
ity. She was finally helped to
her feet and brought TO life and
she Immediately set up a TRADE
of profane abuse, and kept this
up for some distance along the
81 81
road and finally fell in an un-
conscious state from which she
did not recover for several hours
and the last our reporter heard,
she was in a critical condis
ton. The other girl who did the
Sullivan act was a Miss McClain,
OF VIM. McClain.
Calhoun Clronicai.
Marshal county is now enjoying
. large sized and healthy oil
boom. About a dozen wild eat
wells are being drilled near Bar
rackyille.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Ladies button shoes worth 50
now Sc r at 1925 at David
Davidso 46tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Marshal county is now enjoying
a large sized and healthy oil
boom. About a dozen wild cat
wells are being drilled near Bar
rackville.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
APPS, With Their Usual Mill
by Intrigues, outgeneral
Their Adversary.
Chinese Fought Desperately.

sulSerox, d. C.-The State
Ement has the following brief
|.am from Minister DENLY at
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

The Court Of Appeals Of New
York has affirmed the conviction
Of John Y. McKane. the Tam
many boss. McKane hes been
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
HOLLY, APRIL II, 189

HOLLY, APRIL II, 1894.
Clarence Fisk, of Shelton, has COM
nenced teaching the Harrison school.
Miss Helen To1es' term of school
here was completed on Wednesday.
She has the Humma Humma school
for the summer term.
Services were held at the Holly
school house On Sunday by the Rev.
Young of Lil1awaup. Subject of his
sermon was "What we Ought and
Should Know"
Mr.. Mcnamara and family haye
moved into Mrs. Campbells house at
Anderson Bay.
Capt. Libby is getting a new cabin
built On the Str Rainier; meantime the
Anna M. Pence is taking her place.
MURPHY.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

NEW PATTERN HATS AT MRS. EATON'S.
EASTER HATS" FOR THE LADIES IN
the latest styles and trimmings at Mrs. Mon bl os
Prices are low this season. Call and examine
before the line is broken.
FOR WALLPAPERS AND MATTINGS. L. K
Munson has just received the largest lines ever
broughtto Shelton, both being complete in the
latest patterns, at hard times prices.
A BIG LINE OF STRAW HATS, CLOT HING,
Dress Goods and Ladies & Gents Furnishing
Goods just in at Mcdonald & ONeills Were
bought and will be sold at hard times prices.
A big line of the latest styles in Wall paper
and Mating, just arrived at l.. X. Munson's,
bought at hard times prices.
McLARTY, HANSON & CO., ARE IN THE
lead on Underwear and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Try them for quality and price before buying
elsewhere.
Simmons Liver Regulator is my only family
medicine.-Rev. J. NJ. Rollins, Fairfield Va.
''That's what get for my palms." sobbed a
small boy as he swallowed dose of castor oil.
Increase the appetite by the use of Ayers
Cathartc Pills They cause the stomach, liver,
and bowels to perform their functions properly,
do not debilitate, by excessive stimulation, and
are not irritating in their action. AS an after
dinner Pill they are uneQualed.
Women troubled with headache. will find
Simmons Liver Regulator relieves and cures
Hot and Cold Baths, Shaving, Hair cutting
and shampooing. at Drolet's.
LEW. K. MUNSON NOW HAS AN ASSORT
ment of spectacles and glasses, and Mason
County people can be fitted at very low prices.
WHEN IT COMES TO SEED-GARDEN OR
field, package or bulk, Mcdonald & O'Neill
have the usual big stock of reliable seed from
Ferry and Bowen, and as to prices, we are strict
ly in it.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
chow THANKFUL WE sHoIJ1D RFp,

Ii tongues were all attached to brains.
How thankful We should be! =,
Ii hogs" were barred from railway trains.
How thankful we should b..
IT fads and foibles were tabooed,
II sweets were not by ladies chewed,
Ii death would kindly steal the dude,
How thankful we should bel
Ii cats would only sleep at night,
How thankful we should be,
II money would not get so tight,
How thankful we should be,
II women would not talk, forsooth,
Ii ladies' hats were less uncouth,
If weather clerks would tell the truth.
How thankful we should be!
1t fisherman would stick to facts.
How thankful we should be,
Ii men would sit between the acts,
How thankful we should be!
IL girls IN front their hats would doff.
II folks would stop at home who cough.
II EN- PITY guns would not go of,
How thankful we should be!
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20

TROUT FISHING.-It may be OF in
terest to anglers to learn that it is un-
lawful to catch trout in any of the
streams of Washington between the
first day of November and the first
day of May; also that State Fish
Commissioner Crawford announces it
as his intention to patrol the trout
streams of the state and prosecute all
persons apprehended violating the
game laws. So it would be wise for
our local authorities to keep an eye
on strangers as we'll as the "bob"
by the way, Crawford has been re-
appointed fish commissioner, and our
Joe Gale and all other applicants for
the position are out.)
Work on the cutoff is progressing
rapidly, with about one hundred men
at work. The contractors have camps,
cook house, store and full outfit on
the grounds, as we'll as a large num-
Der of men who follow them about on
grading contracts, and no local men
have been employed. Three miles Of
right-of-way is cleared, and about enc
mile of grading already done. The
Granger Lumber Co. is putting
up one camp, in charge of Grin Win
tiers, and the railroad company will
lay the track on the first mile, at once.
Logging will begin within two weeks,
and all the idle men in town will be
employed in the camps.