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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-21
MOhammedan Mission Work.

According to the Home News,
London, the sultan of Turkey is
anxious to take steps to counteract
the growth of Christianity in Africa.
Numerous emissaries, Mussulman
priests and others. are being dis.
patched, we are told, at the expense
OF the sultan's privy purse, to
Africa, in order to spread the mos.
lem religion and ideas, and thus to
create a barrier to the advance OF
the Christian powers in the dark
continent. The sultanic scheme will.
we may safely believe, prove less
formidable in practice than ON
paper. The privy purse referred to
is not overlooking, and missionary
enterprise is rot to be prosecuted
without funds.
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Cherry Camp.

Mr.. Daniel G. Davis and fam
lily. Of Grassland, have been Wis
ting relatives here recently.
Mr.. Howard Conway, of Kan,
sas, SON of DR.. j. B. Conway,
accompanied by his wife, is Wis.
ting here. They have lived 10
The west for about eleven years.
Rev. E. S. withefs, of Bar
racksville, was here on Monday,
en- route for Charleston to attend
the M. E. conference.
Mrs. W. NJ. Gump. of Penns-
boro, was here Sunday.
This community was deeply
shocked on Tuesday by the an.
nouncement of the sudden death
of Mrs. Lou Robinson, wife of
Jas. It. Robinson, who was taken
i'll op Monday morning and aied
on Tuesday morning. The be-
reayed friends have the sympa-
thy of the entire community.
o. /. C.
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WOMEN COOP BORROWERS.
Female Stockholders in a Chicago
Building and Loan Associatlnn.

Building nd.Loan Association.
There is a Chicago building and
lean association which has great
faith in women borrowers, SAYS The
Investment Review. Running over
an experience Of eight years the as
ISOLATION has not lost a cent from its
female stockholders, and the secre-
tary is firmly of the opinion that
when woman starts out to secure
a home she does not cease her eff
forts until she gets it. The first
loan the association made to a woman
was on lot out at Thirty-frst and
Wallace streets. 1t was in the ma
ture of an experiment, and some Of
the officers thought it bad policy:
but the woman stated the case this
way: I'VE are paying ten dollars a
month rent, and l know we could
just as well pay that amount toward
the purchase of q home" She sue
ceedeG in getting seven hundred and
fifty dollars, with which the associa-
ton put up brick cottage on her
lot. Since that time she has added
another story to the building and a
payment has never been missed. 81
have observed, said the secretary,
that woman after home, If she
has a good husband, manages to
economic in such a way that she
forms the best kind of borrower.
We had one once who fell behind
several months, but she kept con-
tinually coming to the Office and de.
claring that she would come out all
right, and she did. That has been
my experience with all the women
to whom we have loaned money "
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Colored Circles.

Rev. Pride and his congrega-
ton will hold meeting at Ro-
mines Mills Sunday.
Mr.. John Rudd, ofSpringfeld,
o., was here last week in the in
terest of the Catholic Tribune, of
which he is an agent.
MISS Sarah Bowman, once a
teacher in our city, is said to
have a very lucrative position in
Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
Mr.. Charles Dcdd, of Parkers,
burg, was in the city last week.
Miss Susie Jackson was in
Bridgeport Sunday.
Mr.. Moses Powell, of Buck,
harmon, is in the city.
Mr.. VIM. Dyre was in Parkers.
burg last week.
Miss Estella Jones and Mr..
John Robinson are on the sick
list.
Mr.. Howard Jackson and Miss
Matte Miles, who have been Wis
iting Miss Maria Washington
returned to their home in Wash.
ington, D. c., Tuesday morning
Saturday is emancipation day
and a grand time is anticipated
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A WONDERFUL SYSTEM.
That by Which Uncle Sam Spots and
Catches Mail Robbers.

Catches Mail Robbers.
1.-THE system employed by the
United States post Office department
in tracing thefts from the mail is so
perfect that it is utterly impossible
for anyone to rob the mail many
times without being detected" said
a man well posted in the workings
Of Uncle Sans big postal system to
New York Advertiser man.
Every now and then you read Of
this or that person being arrested
by the post Office inspectors, but do
you know the system they use to
trace the theft?
We'll, suppose you report that
you sent letter or q package to
New York which never reached its
destination. The first thing is to find
out just what time you mailed the
matter, and from that the inspectors
can tell what train it was sent out
on. When mail matter leaves an
Office it is accompanied by the card
Of the one who handled it, and it is
the same with each messenger on
the trains.
"a list is made of every man
whose hands the mail passes through
or would have passed through on
reaching its destination and dot is
placed opposite their names. Before
long othercomplaint will be made
and the same process will be gone
through. Before the mail disap-
peared maybe it passed through the
hands Of four or five of the same
men as the first one, and two dots
20 down opposite their names. The
system is kept up, and, pretty soon,
if the thief is not caught before that,
five or six dots appear opposite one
or two mems names.
Detectives are at once put to
work shadowing the suspected men,
and, after becoming reasonably sure
of who is the guilty one, decoy let.
tiers come in play, and the work of
gathering convicting evidence is car
ried on until the inevitable climax
of arrest follows.
To accomplish this work it re-
quires complete system of keeping
tab upon each and every piece Of
mail matter. A railway messenger
is allowed thirty mistakes a month
or one each day. If he makes more
he has to explain, and if he makes
sixty off goes his head.
Sometimes one man does not re-
port another; If he does not and no
mistakes are reported against rail-.
way messenger, then the men in.
charge Of the department begin to
investigate. They know the man
must make mistakes, and they thus
force each man to report another,
for one who sees mistake and does
not report it is as guilty as the one
who rnafla II -
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HEAT AND RABIES.
More Dogs Go Mad in Midwinter
Than in Midsummer.
The Dog Days Are But Myth-showing
Made by Reliable statistIes-The
Dumb and the Raging
Rabies.

q
"0f course you know there is no
connection between the hot weather
and canine madness, said a veter-
marian in speaking to Washington
Post man the other day. 1.-THE dog
days are myth, for statistics have
shown that rabies in dogs or any 9TH
er animal does not depend on the
heat for its development; but, in
fact, there are more mad dogs in
Paris every winter. according togov-
eminent statistics, than in the sum-
mer.
But 1T is true, nevertheless, that
there have been a great many mad
dogs in Washington lately. The
most of them are not recognized as
such, but they are real rabies never
theless, and every time now that any
one comes to me to attend dog
with "a bone in his throat, l start
out loaded 70 kill a mad dog, if nee
essary.
The most people do not know it,
but there are two Sorts Of rabies, the
dumb t.ad The ragiag. III the latter
there is 10 mista1iag the disease.
The dog starts out 10 run amuck and
COOS swapping and biting at every
thing in sighttill he falls exhausted.
But the other variety is principal
ly indicated by paralysis of the
lower jaw, which makes the animal
go about with his mouth hanging
open as though he had bone in his
throat. The disease does not seem
to make the animal vicious, but he
goes around looking for sympathy,
rubbing affectionately against his
master and begging to be caressed.
He will lick the face and hands Of his
owners il allowed, and the virus is
as easily transmitted in this way as
through bite, should the subject of
the caress have any cut or abrasion
of the skin that the poison can reach.
THE animal will try to drink, but
cannot. owing to the paralysis of the
throat muscles, and the madness is
rarely discovered till in the last
stages. / have had several cases of
this kind lately among the owners of
fine pet dogs, but, of course, when
the animal is killed the matter is
kept very quiet.
Madness does not seem to be so
common among the ours of the city
as with the high-bred specimens.
Poundmaster Einstein, when ques-
toned, said that he had not met
with a case of rabies this summer,
but says it is hot enough down at
the pound Office to give the pound
master all the different sorts Of mad,
ness and brain fever in the cata-
logue, and now he is going around
looking for some one to introduce a
special resolution in the house APP
propriating electric fans for the re-
lief of the pound man" Il
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With or Without.

seedy Customer Ito drug clerk)-
Can you give me something that
will stop my headache2
Drug Clerk-Certainly. I've got
an excellent preparation here; some
thing can recommend every time;
it will fix you up in good style; in
fact, it is the only thing we know OF
that will positively cure headache.
The price is fifty cents.
Seedy Customer was in hopes
you would fix me up for nothing. l
haven't got q cent.
Then the best thing you can do,
my friend, is to 90 home and 90 to
bed, and, take my word for it, you'll
be all right in the morning. -
South Boston News.
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Even smel. Fishing Detained Him.

The old story, good enough to be
true, is revived about the late John
Quincy Adams as disciple of the
gentle art of fishing. 1t is told
that q Quincy client Of his, whose
case was to be tried on q certain
morning, was unable to get his
counsel to go to Boston, or to leave
his fishing boat, except long enough
to write a note to the judge which,
when presented, caused that worthy
magistrate TO announce TO the
court, Mr.. Adams IS detained on
important business. TIE note read:
Dear Judge-For the sake of old
1zaak Walton please continue my
case until Friday. The smeit are
biting and l can't leave. Boston
Transcript.
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.IarrisriIle.

Our active and wide.awake
miller, R. E. Mcmillan, has pur'
chased of Mr.. Charles Jarvis &c
acres OF valuable land bordering
the village.
Rev. 81. R. Hess and M. r.
Post have returned from the o.
B. conference and report a pleas.
ant trip and a good time.
Mr.. VIM. Jarvis is attending
the fair at Glanville this week.
The Sunday school at the Bap-
tist and o. B. churches at this
place are making remarkable
progress under the management
of our genial Superintendents,
Esty Mcmillan and NJ. R. Post.
Mr.. Hiram Cottrill and sister,
Miss Emma, are visiting their
PaFehfsnear here.
Quite a pleasant social was
given the young people Of this
community on the evening of the
18th at the home or Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Cottrill. All present
were filed with Joy and express
ed their appreciation of the ex-
cellent music and delicious festi-
val. We congratulate Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Cottrill for their kind
generosity and hospitality.
GUEST.
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Mt. Clare.

Miss Anna Rittenhouse, of
Clarksburg, is visiting relatives
here.
Misses Lille and Tensie Ash,
of Grafton, are visiting their
grandfather l. P. R. Ash.
Miss Alice Strother, of Syca-
more, has been visiting here.
Mr.. Claud DAWSON went to
Morgantown Wednesday where
he expects to enter the UNIVERSE
ty.
Mr.. John switzer and wife. of
Philippi, have been visiting D.
b. Booth.
Miss 1cie switzer is visiting on
Buffalo.
Quite a number of our young
people attended the Weston fair
and report a good time. ~
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aood Hone.

Mr.. Alfred Washburn is build
ing a large shop for his planning
mill.
Mr. Samuel Myers recently
moved into the house vacated by
Mr.. Columbus Smith.
Mr.. j. B. Cheuvront, Of MoDon-
gah, visited friends here the first
of the week.
Miss Ella Wolfe, a beautiful
and accomplished young lady Of
about IS years, died at her home
near this place on the 18th inst.
Of typhoid fever. We sincerely
sympathlze with the bereaved
friends.
Our Band Boys started to the
Gilmer Fair on Monday. The
Fair Company will no doubt be
pleased with their music. as they
are certainly good performers for
their practice.
Mr.. Alfred washburn is repair.
ing school house No. z near here.
Our "Dems" are hot over the
differences Of the Democrats and
Republicans on the price of wool.
They say there is a lie out; of
course we know whom they think
told the lie. U.
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ALMOST A NEW YoRKDA1LY

That Democratic wonder. Tie
Ne,0 York Weekly World, has jus,
changed its weekly into a twice.
a-week paper. and you can now
get the two papers a week for
the same old price-S1 90 a year.
Think of it! The news from
New York right at your door
fresh every three days-1o4
papers a year.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-21
A Grand Feature

OF Hoods sarsaparilla is that while it
nuri'ies the blood and sends it coursine
through the veins full of richness and
health, it also imrnrts new life and
yisor to every function of the tody.
Hence the expression SO often heard
Hoods sarsaparilla made a new per.
son of me-" 1t overcomes that tired
feeling so common now.
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On a Long Strike.

sully-Gad, Mooreley, you've got
enough churches here in your neigh
borhood. What are all their bells
ringing for? I've been listening to
them for the last ten minutes.
AIooreley-Oh, nothing in partic-
ular: they're only striking the hour.
South Boston News.
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ssgzzessEA
SraarsrEp

GFCorrespondents must write all
proper names plainly. We can guess at
almost anything except a proper name
and have hopes Of being correct
Long letters concerning unimportant
matters will not be published.
Most reporters think they must write
long letter OF none. Such make Sc
rious mistake.
II Won only have one item and that
only makes three lines, send ii on and
don't try 10 add q page 70 IL.
Always sign your real name some
where.
Wednesday. I'D.
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TO labor unduly. Sufferers from such Nerv-
Gus Affections often imagine themselves the
victims of organic heart disease
ALL NERVOUS DISEASES, as Pa
ralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, Epilepsy, or
Fits, st. Vituss Dance, Sleeplessness, Nerv-
Gus PruStration, Nervous Debility, Neural
gia, Melancholia and Kindred Ailments, are
treated Us a speciality, with great success,
by the STAFF of the InvalidS' Hotel. For
Pamphlet, References, and Particulars, en-
close 10 cents, In stamps for postage.
Address, woRLD's DrsPEXsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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'rwind-5 cents is the unique
sign Of an uptown merchant. he
has not formed corner" In atmos-
phere, as might be suspected, nor
does be supply exhausted athletes
With fresh breathing apparatus, but
he will pump the pneumatic tire Of
your bicycle full OF air for a nickle
while you wait.-N. Y. Times.
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IREpoRrrp WEEKLY ,ow,n
CnARKsBgRe, ". Va, Sept. 4, 1894. :. !
DIR. L. A. DAv1psoS,
WEST MIIFoRn. w Va

DEAR SIR Having used in nv
family your Susanna, can cheerfully
recommend it to be the best medicine
we ever tried for children when troub-
led with Cholera Infantum. Last win.
Yer our little Laura was attacked with
That dreaded disease Cholera Infantum.
We tried all the different remedies that
we knew Of and all failed to give relief
and thought she must die. We procur-
ed bottle OF your Susanna and Three
doses cured her. Parents try this
valuable remedy and you will not be
deceived. Respectfully.
m JOHN E. STALEY.
The above gentleman is the nominee
OF the Peoples Party for Congress in
the First District. fit.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-21

Now is your chance to get
goods ut prices never before
equaled in the mercantile world.
We are going to sell everything
in the line of Dry Goods, Notions,
Boots and Shoes. Hats and Caps,
Hardware, Pocket and Table
Cutlery. Groceries. School Sup
plies, etc. We are not merely
Temporarily here. but are here TO
stay and intend 70 treat all alike
fairly and honestly-and know
that the only way to gain and
hold patronage is to merit it.
Give US a trial and prove our as
sertlons true. Yours Respt.
45-tf. G. L. BARTLETT.
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Another Remedy for insomnia.

People who are troubled with
sleeplessness should drink cocoa, in
stead of tea or coffee. at the even.
ing meal,
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Alaskaa Journalism.

Alaska has newspaper which is
published but once year.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-21

The TELEGRAM, the best pa.
per in the county. Subscribe for
it and be convinced.
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Oral.

Dick Webb, of this place, came
near getting killed Sunday by a
steer striking him, the horn pene-
trating the wfndpipe.
Jim Sigley's family are down
with the fux. They have lost
one child and another is not ex-
pected to live.
Ham Lang is very low with
typhoid fever. REP.
The desire to deadhead is deep
seated in human nature-as
deep as the desire for privileges
and perquisites not accorded to
the commonality. The man who
gets a free theatre ticket, a free
ticket on a railroad, a free pass
on a Pullman car or the privi-
lege of franking his kilograms is
much more pleased aud influenced
than he would be by the equiva.
lent amount of monev
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buy your shoes and at the same
time get a chance to draw s25. 90
in cash. Att
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THE HEART

is liable to great
functional disturb
ance through sym
PATTY. Dyspepsia,
or Indigestion, often
causes 1t 70 palpi-
tate in a distressing
way. Nervous Pros
tration, Debility and
Impoverished Blood,
also cause its too
rapid pulsations.
Many times, Spinal
Affections cansa u
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Go to the Holmes Shoe Co. to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
Personals and Briefs.

Mr. d. Lamar, of New York. Is at The
Lexington.
Mr.. Hill Carter is still quite sick at
his home in Ashland.
Mr. ID. C. Richardson and wife left
-on Monday for Virginia Beach.
Miss Perrin Farrar. of Laurens, s. C.,
Is visiting Mrs. Robert ID. Minor.
Misses Kate Meredith and Mary Byrnes
will sail for Europe in few days
Senator John w. Daniel and family
are at the Sweet Chalybeate Springs.
Miss Ellen Holloran will leave this
week for Baltimore to spend the sum
mer
Mr.. william T. Mordecai has been
elected general manager OF the BROOK
turnpike.
Mr.. John II. Frischkorn. president OF
the Board OF Fire Commissioners, Is al
Old Point.
Colonel John 8. Cunningham. OF North
Carolina, Is in the city and Is stopping al
Murphy's.
Mr.. Henry Schmidt and bride have re
turned to the city after TWO weeks
our North.
Miss Annie Palmore, OF Cumberian'
county, Is visiting relatives at Cos cas-
Leigh street.
Mrs. Charles Riley left Saturday =
visit her parents. at Sunny Side. Primes
George county.
Mrs. H. clinton Boudar returned to tn
city Saturday from very pleasant visi
to New York city.
Miss Margie Powell. OF Norfolk. Is visit
ing the family Of Mr.. +. c. Garrison, ol
east Marshall street.
The Grand Encampment Of Virginia
Independent Order Of Odd FeilowA VII
meet IN regular session at Oid Point n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10

a southern standpoint. but have some
thing to say as an American citizen.
There is nothing peculiar In the southern
view of the situation, unless the fact that
the southern people TO a man are Tor
law and order be peculiar. My sympathies
are and always have been strongly en-
listed for the iaboring classes. They have
as much right TO organise for their pro-
lection and Improvement as capitai mas
for Its protection and interest, but mob
low. mob-rule. and mob-violence cannot
be tolerated In this country. II must DE
put down at any cost or the govern
uent cannot last. Defiance Of law In
more dangerous under our form Of govern
ment than any other. We have no
crowned heads, whose edicts are laws. but
we have laws made by the representa-
tives OF the people for the government OF
the people. and the people VIII see them
enforced at all hazards.
Personal liberty, which IL every man
birthrght, is one thing, but lawiessnees
is a very different thing The line De-
tween the two Is very broad ana oeep,
and the constituted authorities cahnot
mistake or ignore II. nor can the peo-
pie"
General Gordon was asked wnat ne
thought would be the result He rephen
IT cannot predict. The situation Is se,
rious. / hope the matter may be set,ieo
without more bloodshed. but one thins
IS certain. the law will be enforced ana the
public peace preserved. The courts, ,ne
militia OF the States. and the stahu1nh
army will probably suffice for TINS pul
pose; but II not. there will be no heces'
sity for increasing the standing army,
for every law-abiding citizen IN th's
country from one end OF 1t TO the ouiei'
will volunteer II need be to sustain ti'e
constituted authorities Of the iaho IL
upholding the law"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10
TRADES UNION ACTION.
4 Proposition for Joint Arbitration Com
nittee Rejected by Wickes.

CHICAGO. July 9.-The Council Com
mittee on Arbitration and the committee
Of seven appointed at last nights meet
ing OF the trades unions met at lA Madi-
son street at 1I5 o'clock. j. Elderkin
OF the Seamen's Union. presided. Brief
addresses were made by Delegates HasuA
Liudholm. and Currie, setting forth the
rOsition Of the unions. and expressing
clear realization OF the gravity OF the
present situation. Alderman McGillen re-
sponded. briefly ske ching the fruitless
efforts Of the Committee of Arbitration
and concluding with the suggestion tnat
As the Pullman Company had SAID there
was nothing 10 aTbitrate, a committee OF
five TO investigate that statement be ap-
pointed. which should inquire into all the
facts and discover If there be grounds ior
arbitration lie moved that IL De the SENSE
Of the meeting that such committee
should BE- selected, and two members De
named by the Pullman Company, TWO by
the Judges Of the Circuit Court or COOK
county. the hftu member 10 be named by
the four so chosen. The meeting Voted
unanimously in favor Of the proposition,
and a committee. composed Of Aldermen
McGillen. Mariner. Muelhoefer, and
Powers. and Delegates Elderltin, Ryan,
and Lindhoim. was appointed - lay the
proposition before Nice-President NlckeS'
of the Pullman Company, for his accept
ance or rejection. and TO report at 4.1U
=. NJ The officials OF the Pullman Com
pany absolutely refused 10 entertain the
proposition made by the joint committee.
and there seems nothing left now 10
nrevent the great strike Of all industries
arranged for twenty-four hours hence.