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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

XII - $500 ~ ~
duce the price of annuities. Testi
pony abundantly proves that the
primary condition Of this coun.
try are favorable toll long life.
There are unsanitary habits
which carried off the aborigipes,.
but some Of the unnomadic peo-
pie and the early settlers attain
ed great age. These favoring
conditions are TO an extent de.
feated by the worry and speed
lof modern life The sudden
breaking down of multitudes by
heart failures and paralysis is
due to the attempt to live seventy
years in thirty-tive.
Scientific study of our Western
conditions of climate and nutri-
ton would probably show it is
mot intended thatwe should come
to maturity so soon as do now,
and that our fruiting time should
moi be so short. AS it is now, a
man accumulates experience and
knowledge, and when both ought
TO be most effective for the good
sof the world he is worn out, and
departs with all his riches, and
IA younger man takes up The same
hopeless task. He ought to be
at his best from. say, the age of
10 to 100, and then go on wrest-
ing from Nature her secrets and
blessing the world for a century
more. The cultivation of the
mind ought to lnvigorate the
body, just as the judicious train
ing Of the body strengthens the
mind ana if this is not the case
there is a radical fault in our
conduct of life. There is no
sioubta natural limit to the life
OF every organism-a time of
growth and decay and dissoln.
ton. But we have by our sinful
and wasteful habits made the
standard of living too brief. The
old man of Teluca teaches US
that for men, as the discovery of
the big trees of Mariposa taught
us that for trees. Charles Dudley
Ha5ster, IN Ha,pe,'s Magazine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

For rheumatism / have found
nothing equal to Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. 1t relieves the pain
as soon as applied. j. w. Young,
West Liberty. w. Va, The
prompt reliefit affords is alone
worth many times the cost so
Aents. Its continued use will
Vt a permanent cure. For sale
Wells q Haymaker, Clarksburg
j A. Wilson, Salem. Aim.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
Very Latest
Boiled Down for Tele-
gram Readers.

President cleveland Is suffer
ing with the cont as wen as a
sprained ankle.
JohnA. Beck q leading archi.
tect of Toledo. o., committed
suicide by hanging
A plan of reorganization Of the
Nothern Pacific has been com
pleted by the bondholders' COM
mittee.
Governor electLo and Sena-
tor Mitchell, Of Oregon. have ia,
vited President Cleveland 10 visit
Oregon.
Canada is said to be willing to
give Uncle Sam free use OF her
caualsif he Will pay for their
maintenance
Marion Hedgpeth, who robbed
a Frisco train Of S2o.o00in 1899,
was sentenced to % years inn,
prisonment.
Pleuro pneumonia is alleged tc
have been discovered in cargoes
of American cattle at Newcastle
and Deptford.
Canadian and United States
capitalists are planning to build .
great network of roads in west.
ern Ontario.
Ger. Miles formerly took com
mand of the East at Governors
Island, on November 81.
Five students of a medical col
lege at Kansas City. Mo, were
arrested while robbing a grave
in a neighboring town.
George Washington B ow i
cousin of Osawatomie Johr
Brown. and a prominent q A. r,
man, died at Caldwell, Ohio.
AT Sacred Heart. o. n, a wild
hog killed a 14.months-old babe
and seriously injured its mothei
in her fight to save it.
Government authorities have
decided that it is not necessary
to send troops to the Indian Ter
ritory to suppress the Cool
gang
Ten counterfeiters, includins
4 the principles Of the notorious
Smith gang, were sentenced b,
the district court of Oklahoma.
Arrangements are nearly com
Ipleted for beginning the con
struction Of the American uni
versity at Washington.
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CONDITIONS FAVORABLE no LONG
LIFE.

We'll authenticated are the
cases Of mission Indians ia South
eru california who reached the
ages Of 100, $50 and i4o. In that
equaole region all the GREAT func.
slons Of nature go on with reyu-
iarity soas toinduce a long run
ming Of the machine. But, be-
aassssthis, these old men we're
probably free from care. from
religious doubts and skepticism
and politicalworry and ambition;
and it is testified that they were
simple inHtheir habits, temperate
and even absteminous, drinking
onlywater and eating little but
corn which they fitted for dtges.
tionlby the vigorous action of
Their own grinders. Lieutenant
Glbbons found in a village in
Perm one hundred persons over
the age of 100, and either he or
another credible explorer there
reports another man aged no.
he was a very temperate man,
ate his food cold, and never ate
meatexcept in the middle of the
DAY. In the highlands of South
America the habit of the old age
IS a long established one. In
Ecuador centenarians are com.
mon. The census of 1864 found
m The town of Pilaguin, 1900
feet above sea-level, about 1000
inhabitants, among whom were
one hundreS over 20 years of age,
thirty aoout so, eleven over 80,
five over 100 and one who was
10, Not many years ago died
inIAmbato a woman named N.
Cucslou, who was ia, and one
Don Jose Soto, aged 100, Mexico
notwithstanding its revolutions,
equally favorable to longevity
Ia the State of Vera Cruz there
died a man in 1898 who was 13i
years old. That he was carried
of Frematurely we have reason
to suppose, for at Teluca, where
the registeris officially and care
fully kept there died only a few
years ago a man aged 1872. L
1872 seems a great age, it is onl,
SO because we are unaccustomec
toit, and because we have notye
appreciated the longevity posi-
bihties of our New World.
The prospect opened up fol
the Inhabitants of this hemis
pierre is a very encouraging one
plated to increase the genera.
Spiness. if il does not lower
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

You want to know why David
Davidson can sell you boots and
fhoes cheaper than any one else
? the city, because he is always
P the market for bargains, buys
? large quantities for cash and
Fiscounts his bills and always
FILLING to share profits with his
customers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14
> The Mountains, Lakes and Sea-
shore via Big -Four Route.
Wheeling, W. Va.

The favorite tourist line to Put
IN Bay and all Lake Erie Islands
gia Sandusky. Lake Chautauqua.
Niagara Falls, st. Lawrence
River, Thousands Ids, Lake
Champlain. Adirondacks, Green
end White Mountains, New Eng
land Resorts. New York and
Boston via Cleveland, Lake Shore,
New York Central and Boston
hhd Albany Railways. To the
lake Regions Of Wisconsin, Iowa
Pad Minnesota via Chicago. To
the Cool Resorts of Michigan via
Benton Harbor. When you go
pa your Summer Vacation see
lhat your tickets reeds via the
Big Four Route. E. o. McCoR-
klIcK, Passenger Traffic Manager,
u. B. MARTIN, Gen'l Pass. and
Picket Agt., Cincinnati, o. soft
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-14

Why pay a big price for sad
ules and harness when you can
buy them 80 cheap at VIM. s.
Summers tennery West Maik
Street. 7tf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

be allowed to sit on the grip cars. or to
stand On the platforms, where he could
locate his expressed Juices Of the weed
nicotian" without encroaching upon the
lights Of any other people. It might be
stated that the "easements'' Of passengers
riding In street cars ara similar to those of
the property holder. namely. light, air
and access" The parallel is not 30 strong
as to light as to the others. The tobacco
juice that IL besprinkled about on the floors
so generously certainly affects the atmos-
phere. and interferes with good, healthy
breathing. The moistened floors endanger
the skirts Of ladies and often the trousers
or men with testes for long-geared ap-
parel. 1t Is no uncommon matter to see
ladies in cars obliged to lift their skirts
from the floor as though they were cross
ing a muddy street. The introduction OF
the latticed floor does away with some of
the nuisance, but 1t is only a partial rem
edy. The man who cannot quit chewing
long enough to ride few blocks in a street
car should form association with the
man who cannot cease drinking long
enough to sit In his seat in the theater
during single play. These two would be
appropriate companions. Meanwhile, let
the local companies do the right thing,
and the decent thing, and forbid the cars
to any one who insists upon befouling the
air and the floors of the vehicles that were
built and are run for a good many people
besides himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

The next meeting of the board Of trade
Is likely to develop the interesting and al
together creditable fact that an over
body favor extension of the civil service
rules to District offices. This more than
probability-which Is not at all surprising
lis based. first on a reasonable assumption
which credits the members of The board
with the possession of more than the aver
age amount of good. common, everyday.
business sense, and. secondly. on a poll of
the board, which has been conducted nv
Progress" The result, as shown elsewhere
In The Star. reveals an overwhelming pre-
ponderance favorable to the civil service
reform proposition; one hundred and
twenty -one members having declared them
selves as friends to that reform, while the
minority foots up a membership of but
twenty-one. The figures are most graft
Tying 1t was naturally expected that the
reformers would outnumber those who on
posed the resolution, but not even the mcst
sanguine of those who believe in a tusi-
neSs-like administration of governmental
affairs looked for anything like so large
majority. Before final action Is taken the
resolution will doubtless be much strength
ened by amendment; there will evidently
be very full accord with the proposition
to have the board of trade put itself fatty
on record In favor Of a business admins
tration OF municipal affairs by bona fide
residents of the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
II Is eviden, from communications tina

II Is evident from communications that
are being printed in The Star, that soma
of the lons-sufrering people have been
aroused at last against the tobacco mil
sance In street cars. There can he m
question as to the fact that the expectora-
ton Of tobacco Juice In public vehicles "a
as much of a menace to the comfort and
perhaps. the health Of the passengers, as
the smoking Of pipes or cigars inside the
car. There are some people to whom to-
bacco is a poison, whether smoked or
chewed. and these people deserve consid-
Grafton just as much as though they rep
resented ninety-nine per cent of the popu-
uation. If the smoker Is made to occupy
certain seats In the car where his exhala-
lions will not annoy other passengers why
should the chewer Of the weed be permitted
to enter the car and sit with folks who
are sensitive to this odor and, by his pro-
fuse and continued expectations not only
defle the floor. but disturb the stomachs
Of his neighbors7 There can be 10 distinc-
ton made between the two habits. To-
bacco Is tobacco. whatever may he its
form. In Baltimore the chewer is Obliged
to cease his mastication of the guild when
he enters . closed car, or else he is forced
to leave the vehicle. This rule Is printed
plainly and hung before all eyes, so that
he who ohsws may read It is enforced.
too. which L. the best part Of any regula-
tion- In this city the tobacco chewsr might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

1t Is not the rule that rapid progress is
combined with permanance. This is es-
pecialiy true or municipal growth, whose
uncertainty has been painfully illustrated
during recent years by the boom towns
of the west. The hard times have in many
cities. caused values to depreciate to an
extent which was thought impossible dur
ing the prosperous periods. Washington
has not suffered this depreciation In any
thing like the degree that 1t has been felt
elsewhere. Rents have become lower, but
there has been no rush to dispose of prop
erty. In Individual cases Of financial ne
cessity, cases where a stress of unfortunate
circumstances has made sacrifice inevitable,
property has gone for less than its value
but such cases are far less numerous In
the District than elsewhere. The fact that
government employees are sure Of their
compensation and OF employment Is the
cornerstone OF the city's Importance as a
stable municipal structure. The feeling
that Washington has no rights as a city
that II Ia merely a rendezvous for Con-
gressmen-is rapidly disappearing There
Ii no logic In any effort to perpetuate It,
unless in cases where the District is merely
to be used for the benefit Of outside In
terests. The Star has uncompromisingly
and unwearyingly str1ven In behalf of
Washington for Washington's sake: not
occasionally as a matter of policy, but I'M
swervingiy, as a matter OF principle. Cues
tons pertaining to the actual welfare of
the community 1t has never shirked nor
VIII II at any time seek to dismiss flip
PANTY or smother with rhetoric question
pertaining to local interests because 1t Is
formidable. The Star is Washington's
newspaper. and 1t is proud Of the fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Nov that II has been made so clearly
apparent that popular sentiment is antag-
onistic to the locating of the contagious
hospital in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
there IL possibility that the District Com
nissioners may reconsider the conclusion
over which there has been so much of
warm discussion. 1t may be that the Com
nissicrers have not yet decided to re-
consider, but to an unbiased observer II
seems az though reconsideration was due
not only those who feel aggrieved but also
the commissioners themselves. That the
commissioners believed they were doing
the proper thing must be admitted even by
the people who 50 vigorously disagree with
the authorities as to the propriety of the
Mount Pleasant site. but by this time 1t is
quite evident that the public sense Is so
thoroughly adverse to the project that
amendment of the commissioners plans is
now In order. A great many people have
found IT difficult to understand why such
an institution as this contagious hospital is
intended to be should not be located in a
neighborhood already devoted to pest
house and prison purposes. A great deal
Of suitable ground can there be had at
reasonable figures; away from all the
great business arteries and far removed
from the possibility Of contact with the
multitude. There would be no depreciation
of property values consequent upon the
erection Of an additional hospital In the
region to which reference is made, nor
would the presence of the structure in any
way hamper the city's growth. To abuse
the commissioners because OF their action
In this matter Is unfair, improper and I'M
wise-thcy did what they honestly believed
to be the right thing; the remedy will
doubtless be applied the sooner for the use
of rational argument. Of which the oppo-
nents of the Mount Pleasant site should
and doubtless do have an ample supply.
The commissioners need not fear that by
any change of site they will find them
selves with q useless piece of real estate
on hand. for. while the market is some
what duh at this time, yet 1t is safe to
aver that many citizens stand ready to
pay even a little more to the commission
ers for that Mount Pleasant site than the
commissioners paid to those from whom
they purchased It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
The New York World says:

1.-The New York World says:
The people who are given to attributing
all the evils Of this country to foreign i'm
migration may finally take some time to
notice that In the last year more people
have left the United States than have come
in. And they may finally learn how close
the connection Is between this and de-
creasing values in this market.
On the contrary. the fact that these peo-
pie have left indicates their lack of sub
s;antiality. They are drifters and cling to
America only because 1t affords better sub
sistence than they find elsewhere. An
effort to attribute hard times to immigra-
ton is logical somersault that stops half
way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

There were forty-two men at work on
the city post-office building today. Forty
two men who know how might, according
to The Stars munificent reckoning, conf
plete the structure by March 20, 1899, but
the probabilities point to no rev post office
before August II. 1906 1t Is two years,
nine months and seven days since the work
was begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

The Boston Globe has secured express
sions Of opinion from a number of notable
people as to the location Of Hades. 1t
might have saved some trouble and expense
by waiting until next Monday and getting
full particulars from its congressional re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
Why Japan Wins.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

The Japanese are a patriotic people. In
the present struggle with China they have
voluntarily contributed s15,OOO,O00 to carry
on the war. The Bank of Mobiles has do
mated 100000 and loaned s15,OOO,OOO more
without interest. Many noblemen and mer-
chants have given 100000 each, and even
the poorest citizens have contributed small
sums.
But the Chinese manifest no such spirit
They are not willing to part with their
money or risk their lives. The highest
officials steal government funds, and the
soldiers try to skulk out Of every battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
THANKSGIVING Eve.

When golden shadows streak the west
And stars are softly cleaning
When signing zephyrs tell of rest,
And all invites to dreaming,
The universe. half-drowsy, feels
The luxury of living,
And everything that is, reveals
The spirit of Thanksgiving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

When the citizens of Denver. Col, pre-
sent petition to the governor In behalf
Of the gamblers that infest the town. there
seems to be ground for scientific inquiry
as to whether Governor Waite is not, after
all, to some degree the creature Of environ
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
The Soul of n Patriot.

II reckon the President'I give us some
thin red hot In his message" said one ru-
raj statesman to another.
Yep. He kin touch things up on the
tariff, and civil service reform. and free
coinage, an the democratic slump, an lots
o. things"
II s'poss so. But whut I'm most anxious
ter see is how he stands on the mileage
question"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
PrecautfOn.

John" said the man who had been
abused by the newspaper. will you be
using your foot ball suit tomorrow"
why, Of course" replied his son.
well. hurry up and get through with It.
I'm going over to demand satisfaction of
the editor, and think maybe it'll be a good
idea for me to wear it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

As matter Of Justice to a body which
includes many estimable men. 1t should be
made clear that the suit for divorce against
Millionaire Addicks' Immediately after mis-
development Of Senatorial aspirations is
purely matter Of coincidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
SHOOTING STARS.
Memories Of Bliss.

Are you going to have as good a time
this Thanksgiving as you did last? asked
the lady who is generously disposed.
II dunno" replied little 'Rastus. with a
grin. II specks KANT do 1t. done ct so
much las Thanksgibin' dat de doctah
thought wus gwipter die, sho'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Washington has been very literally
squeezed In the past, but the impression
that 1t is anybody's lemon is rapidly being
done away with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

1t would be neat thing for the Congress
sional Record to print the last objection
Mr.. Holman makes in black-face type with
turned rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
A SOrdid Mind.

(Which would you rather be-" said one
ambitious young man to another. "a great
orator or a great writer?'
I'D rather be a great orator" was the
answer. when you just talk 1t doesn't
cost anything for postage stamps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Dr. Parkhurst's declaration that he is not
''out for the loaves and fishes has nothing
to do with the proposition that as a re-
former he takes the cake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

1t Is understood that Oscar Wilde will
defer contemplated epigram exhibit In
America until after the Presidents mes
sage Is out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Financier Wallis efforts to make himself
theological issue are interesting. but up
to the present time unimportant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

An italian earthquake which would shock
the vitality out of the Malta would indeed
be blessing in disguise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28
Why He Was Popular

The troubadour touched his guitar
And gaily enough warbled he;
He was welcomed both near and afar,
For he never had learned Sweet Marie. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Senator Quay is In a position to do q
liberal share Of the experimenting and still
be playing on velvet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Senator Hills sore throat has been cured
Tammany's prospects for convalescence ar
still remote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

Ii may be demonstrated before long wnlcn
Is the dangerous part Of the pop-gun bill:
the ammunition or the recoiI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

The Presidents injured foot will hardl.
prevent a vigorous kick from materlalizin,
next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-28

DIn order to avoid delays, on ac-
count of personal absence, Letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed TO
my individual connected with the Of
nee, but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business Departments
according to tenor or purpose.