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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
TheIr Recora.


The Democratic papers of the
State are striving to find some
fault with the actions of the re.
cent Legislature: consequently
they claim that it did nothing.
Well. it at least adjourned within
the constitutional limit, which is
a good deal more to its credit
than can be said of some former
sessions You say, why did it
notrepeai the fee system? Well
why did your party not do that
long ago: You had the power
for twenty I'VE wears. Again you
say, why did itnotpass a judicial
redistricting bills The House
did pass one, and it was killed
by Democratic obstructionists in
the Senate. Then again, you all
set up a yell at the beginning of
the session, for fear the Repnbli-
cans were going to do the very
thing which you now curse them
for not doing There was not
one single amendment made 10
the code 1T the recent session
which does not meet with the APP.
prcval of all the right thinking
people Of the State. Bnt let us
take look at the record made
BY your party in a generation.
You passed o gerrymander which
1 deprives one-fourth of the people
of the State of a Just representa-.
ton. You unseated every legally
elected Republican whose seat
was contested. You stole the
Governorship. in the face of all
law and justice. You appointed
partisan boards TO control all oil
the State schools and institutions.
a practice which the Republican
Legislature reversed. Compare
the two records, and which
makes the best showing?-Inter-
Mountain.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
coLORED people
Going Back To Africa.


Senator Morgan, Of Alabama.
thinks the present exodus Of ne.
gros from the South to Africa
viii increase rapidly, and he be
,lieves that the time viii soon
come when the Government Of
the United States willtalke the
matter up ofiiclally ana aid in
their deportation.
Africa, he said in discussing
the question. lis the natural
home of the negro, and i major
lily of them desire 10 return to
that country. They cannot well
be blamed for entertaining that
wish, for there is nothing in this
or any other white man S country
for the African race. Sufficient
time has elapsed since the slaves
were emancipated 10 demonstrate
the white mans superiority in
all walks oflife, and an observe
ton is il they remain here they
will always occupy inferior no
sitions, and continue. as of old. 10
be little more than servants
Senator Morgan also asserted
that a large majority of the white
population in the South will ere
fer to have the negros 90,
1T is certain. he said. athat
many of the planters, the owners
of large plantations, prefer TO
have them remain, for the rea
son that they favor their labor in
comparison with a certain class
OF whites. but this element is in
the minority, and the poorer
whites and the professional class.
es in the South prefer 10 have
tne negro sent away. The poor
white man does not want his
competition, and all classes OBJ
iect to negro equahty in political
affairs, as all feel that they stand
directly in the way Of securing i
more desirable class Of residents
by preventing Immigration.
Furthermore, Il is not true. as
seems to be supposed. that only
negros can do the labor in the
Southern States, an assertion
which is substantiated by the
fact that the cotton crop Of this
country has increased from a lit
tie over 9, 100000 bales before the
war to 9, 0C0, 000.s
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
an AufdI Shock
10 his Friends Was the Sui
cideof Ex Y. S. Deputy
Marshal Hagerty.

Capt John W Haggerty shot
himself through the temple Sat.
urday last with a % calibre re.
volver ana died a short time
afterwards. He had been sick
with the grip for two or three
days and was IN bed at the time
at his home in Warrington.
His son. hisbrother and two or
three other parties were in the
room at the time and did not
notice anything out of the way.
except that he appeared delirious
at times. He always slept with
a revolver under his pillow and
often with a sheet over his face
as he was al that time. and it is
supposed that he got hold of his
revolver in his delirium and COM
mitted the rash act He was
about a years Of age he was
deputy United States marshal for
several years and served as chief
of police Of Warrington a mum,
Der of terms. He was a brother
Of Geo. w Hsggerty, of Man
nington, aud James A. Haggerty.
of Fairmont. and father of Rev.
w A Haggerty. Of the West
Virginia Conference seminary,
of Bnckhannon. He was a prom
inent Odd Fellow. and the odd
Fellows OF this place and Pala-
tine will have charge Of the fun
eral, which viii take place at
Paiatine Monday afternoon. His
scr and brothers are Frustrated
over the occurrence, and they
have the sympathy OF the entire
community in their sorrow
Register.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

now manufactured and for sale
and can be transported any dis.
lance in cylinder; LOO to 1900
cylinders are sufficient to fill a
polar balloon such as Mr.. An.
dree will use and can without any
difficulty be transported 10 Spitz-
bergen.
the balloon under construction
will be of such carrying power
as to support a large. strongly
built gondola. The gondola will
contain ozark room for photo
graphic purposes. sleeping
room for three persons. aud will
be provided with a system of
sails for steering. The gondola
will be suspended from the bal
loon IN such a way that in case
OF disaster 1T can, be Instantly
detached
An interesting feature of the
projected trip is that the balloon
will not rise higher oyer the
earth on an average than 2s5
feet. This will be accomplished
by nsof drag. lines, construct.
ed of cocoa fibre, thus permitting
them to float on water. The bal.
loon can therefore be kepta the
same distance from the earth in
passing either over ice or water
The journey. as now planned,
will be in a direct line from
Spitzbergen over the North Pole
to Behring Sound. a distance of
about :. 2o4 miles, and will not,
it is expected, occupy more than
SIX days. which is fifth part of
the time the balloon can aoat
without refilling.
Geographical and meterologi.
cal observations en- route will be
made by a competent scientist,
Photographs will be taken OF
the country as the balloon floats
forward.
In the polar regions during the
month of July the sun. both BY
night and day. is above the hori-
ION. so that the Arctic regions
are peculiarly fitted for a long
aerial voyage. The lowest tenn
perature at Spitzbergen in July
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1888. was a few degrees above

1855. was q few degrees above
the zero point.
Another advantage OF balloon.
ing in the Arctic regions in the
absence Of vegetation, and shns
the drae-lines win pass along
evenly and without obstruction.
SIM another advantage Is the
ABSENCE OF electrical storms no
record has ever been made Of
lightning or thunder in this part
of the globe. 1t has been sug.
gested that a heavy snow fan
@oald destroy the balloon, and
thisswoold certainly be a misfor-
tune, But from records made in
July at Spitzbergen this danger
is not to be feared
The total cost OF the expedi,
ton WILDE about $4,000 and
this amount has already been
subscribed King Oscar of Swe.
den takes a great interest in the
proposed balloon journey. and
will no doubt materially aid Mr..
Andree.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
To Be Reached by a Balloon.
Exenre;on
EAUUTSIUU-


start next year on a balloon Jour.
ney TO the North Pole. under the
auspices of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Science and with
financial support of a number of
Swedish gentlemen.
His plan is to establish head
quarter at the Norwegian Islands
on the north west coast of Spitz-
bergen. The greatest expert in
the world on balloon construc-
ton and aerial voyages, the cele-
brated balloon manufacturer, the
late L. Gabriel Yon. of Paris, in
a letter to Mr. Andree Endorsed
the plan as entirely practicable,
and advised him to use a balloon
of a meters in diameter, to be
constructed of two-fold silk.cov-
ers, and said that a balloon of
this size and construction would
float for thirty days without re-
filing.
The gas used for balloons is
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

in = struggle between the two
countries. for it has already
proven to be mostready in emer-
gencies. No unbiased person
would say that the American
navy could cope with england in
awar according to the present
armed strength Of the two coun.
tries. were there no other Gle.
ments TO be considered. The
United States would surely lind
some way out Of the difficulties.
She has navy now almost SUI.
ficient for all herpresent needs
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
Wagons Wagons.


! have some u, 3, 81 and 81
inch studebaker wagons on hand
that propose TO sell down below
any price ever offered ia this
State. They are guaranteed
first-class IN every respect.
/ want TO close them out
to make room for spring stock.
and propose to sell them as fol.
lows: $50. $5s, s54 and SIS, re-
spectively, cash forcomplete wag.
on; also have a fewBrown wagons
at the same price. Have a com
plete stock of Kramerwagons. 4
general line of Implements.
Hardware. ETC., as usual. This
is a rare opportunity to get a
cheap wagon. II you expect TO
secure one Of these wagons you
had better do so at once.
Respectfully,
HENRY HAwkER.
1S-tf Salem, W. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29


Easter with ITS rich and varied
colors win soonbe here and why
not celebrated IN some way We
keep in stock all the latest de.
signs in Easter cards, which viii
be appropriate for church service
invitations. etc. etc. Try tie
TELEGRAM Office on this kind Of
fancy job printing.
Ira Greenhouse well-to.do
country merchant OF Braxton
county took a man named Wheel
erwith him to Washington to
with green goods
men. They we're both arrested
last week and sentenced to six
months ia jail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

10 purify, yitalize and enrich the
";ood. and give nerve, bodily and di-
seSnVe strength, take Hoods Sarsa-
p'fiila' which makes your blood.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
Bspaper
Condolences

IUHlluS4IGOI
FEARS ago when
M ever a man read
~ a thing in the
l3sHf=lN paper he at
s{Ez1b once. If it did
NtSsf notiust suit him
eSy-s M sought the edi-
tAzE9E tor and demand
tS9lM5E ed the source
FE& from which his
Mss#$ inform alton
M@aETI came.
$-LfN Itispretty hard
hHhE TO meke a news
psr man disclose his source of
irmation, says the Oshkosh
M Western. Besides being
ccrary to the ethics of the pro
ffon. it is not good policy. as
ale, for anybody IN the bust
rs or out of it to be constantly
tang where he gets this. that
oihe other piece of information.
ut the public can readily see
ii business necessity, as well
ashe propriety, for a newspa-
p man to keep his lips sealed
il relation 10 his sources of
rvs.
\ newspaper man naturally
dpends upon his confidential
rations with a large number of
pple for his inside knowledge
GA great many things: and to
btray this confidence would be
tshut off from him, to a very
lrge extent. the sources towhich
b looks for that which is most
yIluable in his business and most
itportant to the community he
arres.
1t is not everybody's business
be a purveyor of news. What
would be legitimate for a news.
paper to publish it would often
Be improper or ridiculous for a
private citizen TO proclaim from
the house top.
The average private citizen
seldom cares to be publicly iden:
tiled with a scrap of truth that
would be good news for q news
paper, and highly interesting if
not extremely important to the
reading public.
The newspaper man is com.
PEELED to place himself IN tho
position of mediator between
sources of information and the
general public. 1t is his bust.
ness to cultivate those condolences
that will enable him to draw in
formation from the widest range
possible, and publish what is
proper and expedient, standing
on his own foundation and re.
sponsibility for his judgment as
to what is proper and expedient.
Sometimes his informant may
De wrong; therefore he must fire.
quently exercise as much judg.
ment as to reliability as he does
IN the proper use of what infor-
nation he receives. It's never
TO be taken for granted that a
good newspaper man publishes
all he hears. Far from it. He
learns the art of prudent culling,
and he that knows how to Gull
most prudently is the one who
will sustain the most advantage
ouS relations to confidential
sources of information
Prudent discrimination is one
Of the highest elements of the
reportorial art. People frequ,
emily wonder why newspapers
DO not Immediately blab,n so to
speak. in a forcible vulgarism,
every time they are approached
Tor their authority.
Circumstances must determine
whether the newspaper man dis.
closes {. his authority or not. His
hrst impulse is always to shield
his informant, and the greater
TIE matter at stake and the more
Important the disclosure. the
more essential 1t becomes forlhim
10 do so.
Thus it is that the Newspaper is
frequently charged with DELHI.
crate falsehood, and is COMPEL,
ed to rest under that imputatior
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29

Floor Oil Carpet 20 cents a
YARD at the Bee Hive Store. 1921
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-29
MorgantoMp.

James B. Lazear, formerly of
waynesburg and well-known
here. has been elected cashier of
the Union National Bank, of
Denver. Mr.. Lazear for a num-
berof years has beena national
bank examiner.
There are some railroad enter
prises on foot that if accomplish
ed viii mean a great deal 10
Morgantown. The plans have
not been developed sufficiently
to allow a detailed account of it.
A private note received from
Col. Dudley Evans under date of
February 9th informs us that
he was then in Cairo, Egypt,
taking in the pyramids, Mosques
andMoslems and would go thence
to Jerusalem. Constantinople.
Athens, Rome, Venice and across
Europe to Paris and London,
then home. The Colonel IS we'll
and having a pleasant trip.
Deputy Marshall ], T. Flowers
was here last week summoning
witnesses 20 appear at Clarks.
burg at the next term of Federal
court to testify in the Henry
counterfeiting case. Dominion.
He had kissed the maids of Spain,
Whose true love is warm, they say,
And the maids OF Buenos Ayres.
And OF Naples and Bombay;
he had kissed and kissed and kissed,
And never suffered harm,
But widow of Chicago
Made him ring Ere alarm
-7ht Fireman.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03

A youth does not always get much
comfort out of his first cigar, but
gets heap OF experience.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03

q asked Professor -. A. Sherman
of the University of Nebraska If he
found the students entering college
better prepared in English nowt than
they We're in former years. mo, "
said he, they are NOT so well pre-
paced as they used to be- The rea-
son, | suppose, is that the prepare
ton for college now is much easier,
SO far as facilities are concerned.
THAN it was years ago. In New Eng
Land % years ago there were thetwo
preparatory schools, Phillips Ando-
ver and Phillips Exeter, but the ma
1@rity of those who went to college
were obliged to get their preparation
through high schools and acade-
mics in their own towns, AMI that
meant they must do a great deal of
the work by themselves In those
days fewer boys were sent to college.
Those who went generally made
their own way, and the worl, that
they did was more apt to be thor
ough and individual work.
do you blame newspapers for the
poor quality of English used by the
people?'
No. L think newspaper English,
poor AS much of it is, is an impor-
tant stepping stone to the reading
OF the best literature. 1t forms
connecting link between the settled
book language of old and the oral
language of every day. Its prac-
tical features will be incorporated in
the literature of the future and will
make it more than it has ever been
the literature of the whole people. -
-Chautauqua Assembly Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03
"WidOws' Row."

The half square ON Berks street
between Twentieth and Woodstock
streets is known to all who are ac-
qnainted with the neighborhood as
the Widows Row." This is due to
the fact that no less than II bereav-
ed wives reside within its confines.
All of these are said to be handsome
and thrifty. Five of them are en-
gagged in business for themselves,
and II have very comfortable in
comes. Two years ago there were
90 widows i'll the row, but four have
made new ventures ON the matri.
monial sea since that time, and two
have joined their husbands in an
other land. 1t would be a breach of
confidence to mention the number
who will be remarked before the
close of the year, but it is safe to
say that the Widows Row" will
lose its prestige as the abode of lone
ly females unless several engage
ments are broken off.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03

Wordsworth was present at pub
lie dinner one night when he was
informed that Stephenson, the cele-
brated engineer, was present. While
the latter was building the Skerrie-
wore lighthouse he had been in the
habit of swinging in a hammock
during the evenings reading THE
Excursion. This was told Words
worth, who was delighted. At the
end of the dinner. he was called upon
for speech. He rose and said ::
Gentlemen cannot make speech.
I never did and am afraid l never
shall. But there is gentleman here
present, Mr. Stephenson, the great
engineer, and if you call upon him
to speak he will doubtless tell you
something that will interest you
more than anything l could say. He
will tell you how he passed the long
summer evenings when he was build
ing the Skerrievore lighthouse. -
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03
Oyster Shell! HN1KAs.

'''Houses built of oyster shells can
he seen in large number of Texas
towns" said G. A. Holland, q we'll
knOwn newspaper man of Dallas re-
Gently. 1.-THE state was at one time
undoubtedly part of the bed of the
gulf of Mexico. How many years
ago biologists do not know, and
natural historians are puzzled at the
forms of life, so different are they
frona any to be found elsewhere.
Mr.. Holland then proceeded to un-
fold a remarkable story. Running
across the state from north t@south.
be said, is an immense ledge or
sheet OF rock formed of oyster shells.
This ledge averages about 20 feet
in thickness and is used for building
purposes in some places, while in
others lit rs ground up and placed
upon the ground as a fertilizer.
There is large quarry near Hen
rietta. in the northern part of the
state, and q number of handsome
blocks have been constructed from
it. When first taken out of the
earth. it is white and soft, but when
exposed to the air it becomes hard
and turns to beautiful buff color.
1t was formerly used for founda-
lions only, but during the past few
years great many handsome blocks
and residences have been built of
it. New York Telegram.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03
HE WANTED A SNAKE STORY.
And the Man From LoudOun County Sa-
tiated His Longing.

And the Man From LOudOun County Sa-
tiated His Longing.
The man with the Loudoun coun.
ty whiskers was waiting at the Bal
timore and Potomac station for a
train to take him home, when a Star
man, housing around there for
stray bit of news, happened on him.
Hello, there, young Teller, Z" he
said cheerily, do you know any
thing about that Loudoun county
snake with pneumatic tire skin
read of in the paper?"
Nothing whatever, was, the re-
ply.
We'll, do you know, I've got my
opinion of snake stories, he contin-
ued as he made place on the truck
for The Star man to sit down. 1T
seems to me that boss tradin and
fishin and snakes and politics are all
in the same class. and a man can t
have anything to do with any of
them if he don't lie some.''
Il don't know about that"
You're old enough to-, said the
Loudoun man, with a note of re-
proof in his voice.
This is no joking matter" said
The Star man sternly. What want
to know is, haven't you some kind
of a snake story to tell?''
The Loudoun man rubbed those
whiskers for a minute or two.
well, " he began slowly, II have
run across thing or two in that
hne Last summer as was goin along
the ridge between Smokers Gap and
Ashby's I met up with a snake about
l6 feet long
How long?" put in The Star man,
with promptness.
About six feet long, " replied the
story teller without turning a hair.
and about IA inches in diameter
How much?"
About four inches in diameter.
and he had head on to him as big
as nay hat, and'-
How big did you say?"
LAS big as that, laying three fin,
gers across the palm of his hand as
lnnocently as it he had never been
called down iM his life. And he
was stretchedacross the road like he
was sunnin himself"
He stopped as if in doubt about
finishing, and The Star man urged
him bit
"Well. what did the snake do?'
he asked.
just lay there
And what did you do?77
Il slipped upon him as quiet las
could with a corn knife had alonS
with me;and give him a whack."
did you kill him?"
KAN him?" he exclaimed. MO
much. I chopped him into "a thoga
sand pieces, for l counted them .aftd
the fight was over, but elidn It xii
him after all !"
| Come off," kicked tine listener
DO you mean to tell me''-
'0f course 1 d." interrupted tn,
Loudoun man, starting for his trai1
in a hurry; 1.-The snake was dead al
hour before l got there "-Washing
! ton Star.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-03
Long Life Of Wood.

The durability of wet timber is
something remarkable. Recently,
according to Vienna paper, one of
the piles supporting the bridge built
across the Danube by the Emperor
Trsjan was taken up. Although
driven Il centuries ago, it showed
no change save that it was petrified
to the depth of three-quarters of an
inch.
The chestnut, beech, elm and oak
piles on which stand the Savoy pal
ace, London, @re undecayed. They
were put in place in the latter part
of the thirteenth century. New
York World.