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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
WUCHANG'S HOSPITAL.
It Was Built by President Seth
Low and His Brother.
The buildings Are Bat story in Height
and Were Planned TO Harmon.
he with Their Oriental
Surroundings.

President Seth Low OF Columbia
college and his brother, Abbott Au-
gustus Low, Of this city and Brook
lyn, says the New York Herald,
have Just built and presented to the
mission station OF the Protestant
Episcopal church in Wuchang,
China, a hospital for the use of the
mission and the people of the town.
1t was erected to perpetuate the
memory of their father, the late Abel
Augustus Low, who was for many
years one OF the leading merchants
in Canton.
The new building is called st.
Peters hospital. Although the
building has been in course of con-
struction for many months, and it
was occasionally alluded to in the
correspondence of missionaries in
China with the board of missions in
this city, no member of the board
knew the identify Of those who fur
nished the money! for its erection UNI
til short time ago. when Bishop
Graves, of Shanghai, disclosed the
names Of the donors.
Wuchang is situated in the prov
ince of Hupeh, on the Yang-tsei
river, and is six hundred miles from
Shanghai. 1t has o population Of
$50, 900, and is surrounded by wall
thirty feet high and nine miles in
circumference.
The new st. Peter hospital, with
its group of separate buildings, has
been so planned as to harmonic
with It's oriental environment. The
buildings were made but single
story in height in Difference to the
sentiment of the Chinese, who are
opposed to buildings with stairways.
The style OF architecture is the com
posite, the roofs having the tent
like curves OF the better class Of
Chinese houses. On account OF the
intense heat of the months of sum
mer each building is surrounded by
a broad veranda.
The institution will furnish &C
commodations for twenty-four per-
manent patients. The administra-
tion building and operating aud re-
ception rooms have been supplied
with the most modern furnishings
and appliances for the welfare OF the
inmates and the comfort Of the staff
Of physicians and attendants. Part
OF the furnishings and a fine micro
scope are gifts from st. Georges
church, this city, of which Mr.. Low
is an active member.
Medical work in all the Chinese
missions of the interior is carried
on under great difficulties onaccount
Of the suspicious nature o. the peo-
!sals AZ. AZ q = s;iis,ite
fortunate event to the wicked mach
nations Of the foreigners or the
malign influences OF evil spirits.
Especially is this the case when
surgical operations are Necessary.
Despite these obstacles, however,
considerable medical work was done
during the last year at Wuchang
mission.
At the dispensary there was an
attendance OF ,649. while 1876 per-
sons were admitted as in-patients;
$50 minor operations and 119 seri-
Gus ones were performed; 1853 pa
tients were attended at home, the
majority being for opium poisoning.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Thousands of West Virginians
will learn with personal sorrow
of the death of General Bill
Gibson at his home at Tiffin,
Ohio. He was a lawyer. soldier,
statesman and. preacher, but
especially an orator of wonderful
power and eloquence. Asapub-
lie speaker there is none left in
Ohio to fill his place. -Er
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
Just the ThIng.

What shall / dor" she moaned,
q have broken my bicycle"
Let me see the wreck" said her
mother why, these wheels are
very light, indeed,
Yes. the lightest manufactured.
well, there is no need Of wasting
them I'll take them down town and
have some trimming put on them.
They will make lovely hats for you
and your sister to wear to the thea
ter. Washington Star.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

The arrestof theatrical mana,
gers, bill posters and advance
agents for circulating theatrical
Autographs continue throughout
the country. A Montreal mana
ger hes been fined $50 for expos
ing to public view Autographs of
women in tights. In the South
there have been number ofcon-
victions, and men have been i'm
prisoned and fined in Chattanoga
and Memphis. In Cincinnati a
manager was fined $50 for put;
ting up Autographs which dis
played helegs of the dancers Of
of his company from the knees
to the ankle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
The Best Medicine.

n j. q. WILSON, Contractor and
k5aliaer, sulphur Springs, Texas,
linus speaks of Ayers Pills:
Ayers Pills are the best medicine 1
yer tried; and, in my judgment, no
better general remedy could be devised.
j have used them in my family and
recommended them to my friends and
Employees for more than twenty years.
BIO my certain knowledge, many cases
h the following complaints have been
enmnletely and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

Quite a sensational case is on
trial in the Huntington court.
VIM. Smith and his beautiful
young wife, leading society PEG.
pie of Huntington separated
some few weeks ago and the hus.
band sued the wife's uncle. a rich
natural gas operator, Of Indiana,
for enticing her from home.
When she returned, a day or two
since, he gotou a writ of habeas
corpus for possession of his child
claiming that the wife was not
the proper person to raise it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30
SALEM
college,
Open to both sexes.

Open to Both SEXES.
Four courses OF study. Ancient claa.
steal, Modern Classical. Scientific and
Normal. Over $50 students Inst term.
Growing more popular every wear
superior Advantages for T'enril-
sls Best course Of study outside the
state University. Competent and 81.
pertenced Instructors. Good library
tree TO students Well earned reputs.
tlen Tor thorough work. Salem students
take highest grade amon0 tenrhers
Iney are IN demand for high school
work. Nearly half the College students
are teachers, r $500 z
Best School OF Teiegraphy il, the
state Instruments all furnishea.
Teacher experienced in railroad work
and gives thorough drill IN every branch
Music teacher OF superior niiltnf9
nom Boston Conservatory OF Music
Expenses exceedingly low. Heaithfni
locality, with excellent moral surround.
,ngs Situated on d. 4 o. Railroad
between Grafton'and Parkefsburg.
WinterTerm opens Dec. 3, 1894.
sssend for Catalogue,
THEo. L, GARDINER x NJ
Salem, West Virginia. sss'lsn' AZ
VI
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

William II. Fowler, OF the.
Laurel IRON works. Monongalia.
county, was arrested Saturday
at Uniontown and placed in jail.
for kidnapping. About a year
ago he left his wife and went
South. He wanted their little
boy, but the mother refused to
give him up. He afterwards
kidnapped him, butMrs. Fowler
with the assistance IF officers,
procured him from Fowler, who.
short time afterward, attempt
ed to kill his wife and was com
PEELED to evade the officers ofthe
law. which he succeeded in DC
ing until yesterday 4
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

1t begins to look as if Col.
Kolb's Alabama campaign OF
blood -or-niake me Governor is
degenerating into a keep.off.t the
grass Goxey war.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-30

In Switzerland a milkmaid or
man gets better wages if gifted
with good voice, because 1t has
been discovered that a COW will
yield one-fifth more milk if
soothed during the process Of
milking BY q pleasing melody.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27

%p'cy Extracts from the \ick>burg Dali,
('itIzen of ,JuIy = ISG3


Citizen of July 2. 1868.
Our excellent friend. Mr.. Armand
Hawkins of New Orleans. sends us Il
'ntch of curios. among which we find
/ copy of the VickSburg DAILY Citizen
ior July > 1868. This copy is printed
lpon wall paper. and we find it inter
sting reading at this time. thirty
years after the date of publication
gracious! how tine does fly. 1t seems
is if It were only yesterday that Il
little boy down among the New Eng
land hills heard them tell of the siege
Of NickSburg. Well. let us see what
this local paper has to say of those
trollblouS times:
eve are indebted to Major Gillespie
for Il steak of confederate beef. al as
mule We have tried it and can as
sure our friends that. t il : rendered
necessary. they need have no ScruplcS
at eating the meat. 1t is sweet. Sa-
worry and tender. and so long rs we
have Il mule left we are satisfied our
soldiers will be content to SubSiSiSt OF,
it,"
''On Dit-That the great Ulysses
tle Yankee generaliSs' mo. surnamcd
Grant-haS expressed his intention Of
dining in VickSburg on Saturday next,
and celebrating the Fourth of July by
a grand dinner. and so forth When
asked if he would invite Gen. 10
.IohnSGn to JOIN he said NO: for fear
there would be Il row at the table.
Ulysses must get into the city before
ii" Dimes in it, The way to cook a
rabbit is first to catch the rabbit. etc"
The Memphis Bulletin at present is
in lurcs> and edited by Il plunknoScd
Slah-si,lcd. toad-cating Yankee who is
Il lncal descendant of Judas Iscar.Ot
and brother gprmain of the greatest
puritan:cal. Syc1phlntic. bowling
Scoundrrl unhung. ParSon Brownlow."
1--WE lay before our readers in this
.SSue m account of Lees brilliant and
successful onslaught upon the aboli-
ton hor,lcS. and show cen from their
own record how our gallant boys Of
the cavalry have ficShed their swords
to the hlt with their vaunting foes
and how each musket of our Infantry
has told its fatal leadrn tale. To-day
Maryland is ours. tomorrow PrnnSyl-
vAnia will be. and the next day Ohio
nov m t:wIy. like Mohammcd'S coffin
will fnU. Success and glory to our
arms! God and right are with u.s."
'PortHr is enjoying Il season of rest.
and his men are doubtless obliged to
I'm for his kind consideration for
fhcir welfare. On Tuesday he fired a
few shots from his Parrots and kept
his men tolerably hlSy SharpShoot:ng
across the river with no other result
than night be expected. The mortars
have not been used for nearly forty
eight hours. Poor fool. he might as
well give up the vain aspiration he
cntrriainS of capturing our city or OK
terminating our people and return to
MS master to receive the reward such
Il "l>r"naling dolt will meet at the
hands of the unapprcciating govern
m"nt III Washington. "-Ch:caSo Re
cord.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Lines About the Mouth.

A writer IN Blackwood'S who has
made a study of facial expression says
that. generally speaking. it is a siren
uouS contest with minor difficulties
!llat produces Il thin and rigid set of
lips. 1t is seen almost invariably. he
has observed. IN housewives of the
Martha type. who are careful and
troubled about many things. land
who's" souls are shaken to the centre
by petty worries within doors and
strife l'outrance with the shortcom-
ingS of the scullery maid or the cook
il is. therefore. persons Cf weak will.
he argues, who have habitually com
pressed EpS. for the strong will is con-
StiollS Of its strength. # not agitatcd
10y the worries OF the hour. The same
writer. after citing the unconscious
imitation of all of us in giving back
'rown for frown and smile for SIN le
and yawn for yawn. says: 81 know a
tutor whose peculiar.tioS of speech and
carriage have been adopted more or
less Ivy every one of his pupils within
the last six years. and several of them
have ccmc to resemble him in feature"
He concludes with the interesting
query: HAS it occurred to many
careful parents that the good looks
If Their daughters may depend in no
slight degree upon their choice OF
nurSc-girl or gOverneSS?'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27

We frequently hear journcymen com.
plain that employers who have them
selves risen from the ranks are not al
ways as liberal and tolerant in their
treatment of union men and union
rules as their familiarity with both
would lead one to expect. As n mat
ter of fact it can be said that this class
of employers are, if anything, the
hardest to deal with. We believe this
to be true, and we believe that a rca-
sonablc explanation for such conduct
can be found, which will show that
the employer is not always to blame.
The fact is that workingmen are too
prone to discourage attempts COM
panion may make to embark in busi-
ness for himself They not only dis
courage such endeavors, but we have
known many instances where OBJ
stacles have been placed in the way
of workingmen who would strike out
on their own responsibility. When Il
shopmatc, as a result of his frugality
or skill, is enabled to embark in busi-
ness let us extend to him that loyal
support and warm friendship which
he has right to expect, and the
chances are that when the time comes
when he can be a friend in need he
will not disappoint our expectations
Chicago Eight-Hour Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
The English Language.

Is the English language destined to
become the universal language? Three
centuries ago it was employed by less
than i.00O.O00 of people: to-day it is
spoken by over 11J.MO,OO0 people n
all parts of the globe. and s constant
ly increasing. both as to population
aud territory. At present it is dis
;t'.butrd as follows: United States,
65,oOO,000: British Islands. $4,000 900;
Canada, exclusive of French Canad-
iluS. 40O0.0O0: West Indies. British
Guiana. etc. 1.500.0OO; Australasia. a.
o0o.00O; South Africa. India. and other
colonies. 2.50O,0OO. This includes only
those whose mother tongue is English
no account being taken of the vast
number who speak English but who
,havc another tongue. The increase
of English speakers is calculated to
he fully 2.O0O.0OO annually. No other
language of modern times has made
Suuh RAPID progress. Three hundred
years ago the 3.OOo.OOO people who
spoke English resided principally on
more or less in nearly every country
on the face of the earth. The pr.n-
cipal languages which compete with
cS" and Hndostanee. are French
Spanish. Russian and German French
is practically stationary as regards
the number of its adherentS: Spanish
is largely spoken in South America
and the southern part of North
America. but it owes its prominence to
llr colonizing genius of its speakers: !:
where German is introduced it rapid
" -.vcS way to the native tongue, gen
orally English: Russian. like the Ger
man. has Ettlc influence upon the
Western civilization. 1t is remark
able fact that while the English in
ihnir colonies and offShootS have alb
S"rboh millions of aliens there is no
record of any great body of English
speakers having become absorbed by
tay other race. In the United States
here are millions of Germans and
'lh,r foreigners who have become
'acrgcd with the English speakers in
i single generation. they losing even
:hrir family names: and the children
III many cases do not understand their
parents language. In Canada. how
ever. the FrcnchSp' lking population
: increasing faster than the English
speaking. This is not because the
French element abSorbS the English,
hHt because it crowds it out. While
TN" French is seldom absorbed by any
other tongue. it is most always alb
;"ibrd by the English.
The Engl Sh has practically driven
HE French out of Egypt. and it is
rap'dly driving the Dutch ont of
Africa. This has been accomplished
II Egypt within Il dozen years. The
change in Africa is being effected with
even greater rap,dity. As the Eng
disappearing settlers rush into the
new c0untry. the Dutch and other Ian
guagrS. which are rarely to he met
with drop into the backwoodS and
are finally lost. Africa is witnessing
a repetition of the fight of the tongues
N America three centuries ago. which
resulted n victory for the English.
The history of lngual development in
America alone is Il sufficient argument
for the prediction that no languages
excepting possibly those of the Orient
VIII long remain formidable compete
tors of the English.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Seeds SoMed With Artillery.

Alexander NaSmyth. the landscape
painter. was 4 man fruitful in eXped-
tents. To his mind the fact that Il
thing could not be done in the ord:n-
AIRY manner was no reason why it
should be gwen up. His son relates,
IN I.rnd,n Answers. the following in
,rr sting example of his ingenuity:
The Duke of Athol ,says he, CON
suited him as to some Improvements
VIII, ch he desired to make in his wood
ana scenery near Dunkrld. Among
lhrr til ngs. Il certain rocky clnS
lrrd'd to be planted with trees. to re-
eve the grim barrenness of its ap-
p"aranrr. The question was how to
d, IT, is it was impossible for any man
To climb the crag. in order to set seed
or plants in the clefts of the rock.
4 happy idea struck my father Hav-
inw observed in front of thc castle a
iflr of small cannon. used for firing
.lllIlcS on great days. it ccurrcd to
him to turn them to account. \ tin
smith in the village was ordered to
make Il number of caniStcrs with coy
crS. The cln'SterS We're filed with all
sorts of suitable tree seeds. The cam
non WAS loaded and the caniSterS were
fired up against the high face of the
rock. They burst and the seed scat
tered in all directions. Some years
af or. when my father revisited the
place. he was delighted to find that
his scheme of planting by artillery had
proved SuccpSSful; the trees were
hour'shing in all the recesscs of the
cliff
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Oldest of All Games.

Chess players with turn for the
history of their strategic amusement
will be interested to learn that all the
hypothesis as to the origin of the
game have suddenly been mated" by
Il recent extraordinary discovery in
Egypt. 1t was generally assumed un-
til now that the ancient Indians had
invented chess; that it was introduced
from India to Persia. in the sixth cen
Jury. and that by the Arabs. and that
in consequence of the Crusadcs it
spread from east to west.
1t is true that the ChinrSc--who in
vented many things in ties long ago.
hut which had afterwards to be re-
invented in Europe-nSScrt that they
can trace chess in their own country
10 about POO years before our era. Now
there can certainly be no doubt that
in the character of the figures at
present used. aid in some of the words
connected with the gamr-Such as
"Shach" shaw and matt or mate
an Indian. Persian and Arabic infiu-
;,nce IS traceable.
But here comes the news of the
latest excavations on the pyram'd d
fields in Sakkara. which have brought
To light a wall painting on which II
il .h official is represented as playing
chess with partner at the time of the
government of King Teta. who belong
I'd to the sixth dynasty. Prof. Brr"Srh
correcting this chronology. puts it Dack
to still greater antiquity. namely To the
year 33OO b. C. So that chess would
have been known in the once myster
ious land of MiZra.m something Ike
300 years ago.-New York sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Nnn-Mapnetisable Matches.

The English Admiralty has been
making some interesting experiments
on tile effect of powerful magnetic
fields upon the going rate of non-mag-
tisable watches. The watches were
placed within quarter of an inch of
rhe pole of dynamo generating a
heavy current, which had stray
licld. the influence of which was per-
crptible 40 feet off. The watches Were
kept in this position for ten days. at
The end of which. curously enough,
they kept better time than when under
normal influences. All through the ten
days there was never a greater daily
error than one second, and on four
days the variation was so small that
it could not be determined The daily
error of the same watch. during six
days under ordinary conditions, was
never less than half second, and at
one time went as high as four see
onds. The watches Of different max
crs were tried and the results were
practically the same.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Joints and Cartilage.

Why do joints work so easily and
never give us any pain? In a fresh
joint its appearance in life can be-
readily studied. In the bah and
socket joint the round end OF the b ,.l,.
rs we'll as the cup. are covered or
lined With a smooth substance called
"tlrtlage," or ''glistlc." kept moist
and smooth with SynOvia. Carthage
contains no nerves and has no feeling:
if t had. we should hav" pain wAcn we
moved. The b0nes are kept in place
ut Nhc joints by. very strong bands or
lgamNntS; in hinge joints Il num-
Der Of these bands are fastened above
ana below, but N hall and socket joints
they Also surround the JOINT fJr>H NJ
Il cap. in which the joint moves fee
ly. In disease this smooth cart lHgc
gets worn away. and the ends Of BON"
rub together like th,Se of Il skeletons;
III" pain is great. because the h.GrS
have nerves. though the cart hl%r has
ntc". \ bone without cartilage is like
Il dccayed tooth with an exp Sod
nerve In n healthy t"ath til" nerve
* Wcn covered. alG- %'vCS no PAIN:
and in a healthy bone the nerves Hr"
;,lerr. but thcy are only felt when the
rh; lagc is Worn away.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
The Mysterious Formation Seen on the
Pacific Coast.

The mystery of the strange bark
MAT three ship captains have reported
stranded on Il reef fifteen miles west
of the Straits of lie Mare, with all
maS;S and rigging standing, seems to
be solved. A few days ago a vessel
reached London and reported having
past within short distance of the de
serted bark. and interest was renewed
i'll the thricercportrd stranded vessel.
All agreed in saying it was an iron
ship. and most likely of German con
Struction. 1t was bark rugged. and
had back painted portfolios. Ship
ping and insurance men have been
trying TO determine the name of the
wrecked bark. but without success. No
vessel of its description should be
anywhere III the vicinity of the Horn.
ana none is overdue at amy port that
would pass within thousands of niles
of the spot
II is not likely that ii could he taken
for the Crown of Italy. which ran on
Il reef in the Straits of lie Mairc about
two and half years ago. 1t WAS Il
full-rlgged ship. and when 1t struck
most of her maStS went by the board.
\ few days afterward the sea WAS
Strewn with wreckagc. and nothing
WIS aga II seen of the wreck. \ few
days ago the British ship. Cedric the
Saxon. arrived in port from Swansea,
and it passed close to the spot where
the mysterious bark has been seen.
Capt. RecS tells a story which further
complexities matters. He says the So
called bark is nothing but n rock. al
though its Semblance to a ship is so
strik 'ng that he made an entry in his
log to the effect that a ship was
stranded. with all the rigging intact.
He says that he was out fifteen miles
when he first saw it, and was sure it
waS a wreck.
AS he approached it he found it was
Il huge rock sticking out of the water.
1t was only about half Il mile away.
but oven then its srmblance TO a bark
with pa nted ports was so striking that
Ill hands had to be called for an opin-
ion. The puzzle to the sea captains
who have rounded the Horn dozens of
times is that the strange rock has
never been seen before.-San Fran
cisco Call.