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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Miscellany !!
LOCAL BRHyITIEs AND TIMELY
TOPICS.

The sweet girl graduate is
getting ripe gradually.
General Harrison is going to
learn to ridea wheel.
A Boston justice has decided
that theosopny is not a religion.
The Greeks have had their
Bull Run and Waterloo, but no
Thermopyle
The fad of walking barefoot on
the dewy grass has had a short
run in this country.
Mrs.Langtry, the noted actress,
was granted a divorce last week
by a California court.
Hoods Sarsaparilia is known
to be an honest medicine. and it
actually cures when all others
fail. Take it now.
We desire to call attention to
the change in the timetable OF
the various Railroads, which will
be found on another page.
And now a New JERSEY dog
hos b.tobad ont chicks. With
brood of six, he has a double
claim to being called setter.
Spain and Turkey seem to be
having a trial of speed in their
race to bankruptcy, but the land
of Quixote is still in the lead.
To retain an abundant head OF
HAIR of a natural color to a good
old age, the hygiene of the scalp
must be observed. Apply Halls
Hair Remover.
The editorial excursion to
Camden. on. Gauley will De on
Friday, the last day of the Asso-
ciation-the banquet on Friday
night at Weston.
sixty-eight colored Methodists
we're baptized in .the Allegheny
river Sunday afternoon. Inc
baptism was witnessed by four
thousand people.
Philadelphia got her Washing
ton monument finished in less
than a century. This is ample
proof that the Quaker City is not
So slow as some New Workers
think.
Millionaire John D. Rockefel-
Ter had to borrow a nickel to pay
his fare on a New York street
car the other day, and the man
who advanced the loan askeo
John for security.
Pedagogues throughout the
State who are making arrange
ments for summer trips should
not forget the West Virginia
Educational Association which
meets at Clarksbnrg in July,
A congregation of poor colored
people down in Georgia last Sun
day, laid eggs in the hat when II
was passed for the usual col.ec'
ton. Money was scarce but the
hens had been working on long
hours.
The Honorable Hoax Myth is
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

A some what mean man insert
ed the following adv. IN wes-
tern paper Notice-My wife,
Della Stacy. having left my bed
and board. l will notbe responsi.
BILE for any debts she may con-
tract after this date.
JOHN STACY.
In next issue of the same pa.
per the wife had her revenge in
this way Notice Ny hus..
band, John Stacy, having neither
bed nor board to provide for me,
1 am now taking in washing at
No. 115 B. street,
DELLA STACY.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Pat Yourself
In The Place Of Your Cover
nor Aid Imagine Your
Woes.
Governor Atkinson Talks.

Governor Atkinson Talks.
A newspaper reporter recently
asked Gov. Atkinson how things
were going and his reply as pub
lished in the Inteliigencer was /:
Eve are doing the best we
can. / have appointed all Of the
State Boards, except three, and
these will be made up soon. This
will end a large amount of selec-
ton Of the right kind of men as
the managers of our several
State institutions. have en-
deavored to select the very best
men in the State as members of
these boards, and in no instance
have / sought to dominate them
as to the selection of their sub
ordinate officers. They are re-
sponsible to the State for a prop
er management of these institu-
lions. and therefore should be
allowed to use their own judg-
ment as to the selection Of the
men under them.
From the first. I have refer
red all applicants for positions
directly to the boards. and I
mean to carry out to the letter
what / have said to all Of these
applicants for positions. ! am,
however. being roundly abused
by quite a number of persons
who failed to secure places at the
hands of the directory of tine
peniteptiary. They write me
and say that / should have inter
fered in their respective cases.
aud if had done. so, they would
have been successful. They are
all good men. and are especially
deserving, but the board used Its
own judgment and these gentle
men failed to succeed. Its very,
wrong for these friends to CEN
sure me because they were not
successful. They do not stop to
| consider the fact that there were
upwards of 500 applicants for
twenty-seven places at the peni
Tertiary, and that not one in q
hundred could secure places,
nor do they consider how unjust
itwould have been for me to in
terfere with the Board. / think.
later on, they will let up on me,
and be more reasonable in their
criticisms.
II am trying to do the best l
can, and no one can do more.
The work of the Governors Of
fee is very onerous and takes all
my time.
I'VE need Pardon Board
badly, Our State is too large to
require the Governor to examine
and pass upon all the applications
for pardon. 1t will take practi-
cally all of my time to pass on
pardon cases.
Il have calls all over the State
to attend public gatherings,
which is a heavy draft upon me.
l can accept only an occasional
invitation. When my public
duties will allow. I intend to &C.
cept as many of these Invitations
as I can. in and out of the State
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1t is given out that President
Mckinley is looking pale and
wearied, and that 1T is evident
that he will break down unless
he soon takes another period of
rest. The cause of tits attribut-
ed to the fact that he is beseiged
at all hours of the day by office
seekers. who implore. beseech,
beg and threaten in order to Sc
cure interviews, and when they
do succeed in seeing him pour
into his ear allof their hard luck
stories and their tiresome
speeches setting forth their
claims to Office. While he is busy
in his Office looking afier matters
of grave Importance, he is consci-
Gus of the fact that the mob is
outside ready to pounce down
upon him, and that he will have
to see the most of them in order
to get rid of them. There is lots
OF honor in the Presidential Of
flee, but its occupant has to pay
a pretty good price for it
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Republican United States Senate
that win pass = bill protecting
the products of the American
farm. Give us the old policy of
Protection and Reciprocity and
the days OF prosperity viii be
ours again. Until the Senate
acts We must endure all the ills
ofthe old Wilson bill.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

My. line of Groceries are fresh
and up to date. Try them. Weld
enhamer. 26tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

ours again. Until the Senate
acts We must endure all the ills
of the old Wilson bill.
Official statistics show that the
United States has more telephone
stations than all the European
countries put together. It may
be inferred from this that the
Americans are. particularly
strong on long distance CONVEX.
sation.
A Chicago church choir sang,
Where is My Wandering Boy
Tonight 81 and a repentant
criminal in the congregation inn
mediately told where four of EN-
were, his information leading to
the breaking up Of q desperate
housebreaklng gang. The latter
doubtless thinks it hard that its
interests should haye been sac
riiced for q mere song.
Thomas F. Bayard, Elk: Ambas-
sador to the Court of st. James,
arrived at New York Saturday
morning. He is said to be as
brown as an Indian. from con-
slant exposure to sun and wind.
Mr.. Bayard had the May flower
Log in charge. which he will
present to the Governor OF
Massachusetts.
Little Miss Dorothy Drew is
the 7-year old grand daughter OF
Gladstone. the grand old mar
of England. The Queen was
ANXIOUS to see the child who has
| played so prominent a part in the
| domestic life of the great states
man, and the ex Premier and his
| wife were delighted when they
received Victoria's command the
other day that Dorothy should
visit Windsor Castle as a special
guest. Thus it came about that
a ~.
little Miss Drew took lunch with
1.-THE Queen.
John b. Sparks New Rail
Road shows will exhibit in
Clarksburg both afternoon and
evening on Monday May 24th,
Also giving a free balloon ascen-
sion at 2 p. N. Admission, only
10 and 25 cents. This show is
recommended by both public and
press wherever it has exhibited
as being the best25 cent show on
the road. The show consists OF
q highly educated troope of dogs,
ponies, goats and monkeys, to.
gether with fine acrobatic per.
formance. Don't fail to see the
balloon ascension at 2 p. m. on
Monday, May oath.
Mr.. David B. Martin. manager
of Passenger Traffic of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad has de-
cided to secure an entirely new
series of scenic views of the line
He has secured the services OF
Mr.. VIM. Dlnwiddie, a noted
photographer of Washington,
whose skill in that line of photo
praphy is unexcelled and Mr..
Dinwiddie is now engaged in
taking the necessary observation
before he begins the real work.
A caboose car will be fitted up
for his use, and he will probably
be kept busy all the summer.
The new photographs will be
used for advertising the pictures
que B. & o., and no expense is
te be spared In getting the very
best effects possible.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Preserve Your. Hair.

and you preserve your youth.
IA woman is as old as she
looks" says the world. No
woman looks as old as she is
il her hair has preserved its
normal beauty. You can keep
hair from falling out. restoring
its normal color. or restore the
normal color to gray or faded
hair, by the use Of
Ayers Hair vigor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Oficial statistics show that the
United States has more telephone
stations than all the European
countries put together. 1t may
be inferred from this that the
Americans are. particularly
strong on long distance CONVEX.
sation.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

pigrims Walruses travel in pods, or heruS
and are generally found on an ice pack OUT VI VI
sight of land. There are some men on ese,y ,,,,
whaling vessel in the Beh-ing Sea VINO have
hired out as valrus-shooterS. When q pou VI
walruses is seen an ice foe In the dav t'ie 'iic
walrus- shooter starts from the VesSei III {,
dnky' which is n small skiff. with Doaru
painted white to look like ice fastened IN front
of il to shield the hunter from view. one Hlust
approach a walrus pod with great CAUTION ~,
if two or three big walruses become irIShteitu :,
and slide off the ice into the water the whoie
pod is liable to follow. and then all hunting Is al
an end was hunting walruses all the way
from Bchring Strait to Point barrow IN ,%he %
summer Of 1850 When went out in dlnky
after = pod of walruses l. always carried d
Sharp's rifle .O-caibre, which could be used lor
both close and long range shooting. O"lhs "
the location Of the lee pack one could so',ie-
times get within 300 yards of n walrus pon pe-
fore firing the first shot. but often could get
no nearer than GOO yards The hrst two or
three shots must be with sure ann, ana
walrus must be killed each time outright. II a
walrus is wounded he nOps overheard ana 'ne
rest follow. If two or three can be killed thclr
bodies roll over the ice. there Is no coflio-
ton and the whole pod remains on the lee
mack After killing the first two or three then |
worked my way in the dinky gradually tow
ard the ice pack, until | could make a landing
and hide behind the carcass OF one Oh 'ic ""i
ruses had killed
81 would then lie behind 4 dead wairus ana
shoot others all day long 1t is then mere mat
ter Of loading the gun and shooting, Tor no SIKH
is required to XIII the Otil'T NdHuS'S H'''N
hidden behnd a dead warus and poked my gun
ha rr,I against the head of a live Walrus ana
shot it. | have killed 1000 Of these aniH!aIS III
one day. The brain of a walrus IS not IN the
ton Of its head but is located in the hump on the
back Of it's neck. That hump Is the target TOT
the walrus shooter. for a bullet through the
brain is instant death 10 the animal some OF
the bulls are so old that tney have barnacles on
them.
"A fun-grown walrus. bull or COW. is larger
and heavier than Il Texas steer When alarmed
they whistle like the steam launches we see
in the lakes in city parks The walruses are
killed for the ivory obtained from Their
tusks The ivory runs frGm six pounds in
a young cow to seveniy-tive or eighty
bounds in the two tusks Of an old bull In IN>o'
when | was walrus hunting, walrus ivory was
worth 81 - per pound. Th'n, a warus turns
out from two To three barrels Of blubber, worth
81, a barrel Walrus oil is sold In the market
for whale oil and is just as good In qua!lty.
"Walrusas never fight Il hunter on the ice, nut
they make it lively for him som'tim's IN the
water Walrus hunting is not without IFS dan
gers Walruscs sleep in still waiter among the
ice packs with their brown heads out OF the
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

ting ont" as the oystermer say, meanwhiie.
"Drinking" makes the oyster firm and round
and white. filling up all his pores. ana taxes
away the otherwise brackish taste.
What is very curious about this drinking
Is that the water has to be precisely right Tor
the oyster to get in his proper marketable con-
diton. If the water is not right the oyster VIII
not touch it in any quantity. and he might lie
in If n week without being improved 1t must be
fresh, but not too fresh. An interesting drink
ing incident occurred last week in reference to
a cargo. In consequence of the storms the Rari-
tan River was swollen and muddy The oysters
out TO drink" in it were nabby and brownish
green when they arrived at the scoWs Ihey hau
refused TO drink" and their flavor was lowered
by several gastronOmical degrees.
AS has been said. the present crop Of oysters
comes from the shores of staten Island. the
most famous locality being cove called Great
Kills. Along in December the Eastern and Sound
oysters will begin to be at their best in New
York Blue Points and Rockaways VIII arrive
some time earlier being at their height about
October.
An oyster sloop can carry as many as l-''W"
oysters a trip though few are loaded beyond the
fftv- thousand mark. The sloopmen get about
So 80 a thousand for the small oysters and ~ Jo
for the large a boatload would thus come to
about 500 at the most. One hundred and fifty
large oysters ill a bushel basket. There are
go small ones in a bushcl.
How many oysters a day the market sells has
never been calculated. a million and a half to
q million and three-quarters in the heat of the
season is the closest estimate. One firm alone
has the record of 100000 in one day.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

ters from the bottom When. toward the close
Of the season. the beds get fairly well worked
out, dredges are used to gather up the oysters
remaining. and the steam vessels that have late
ly come into the trade and have been built by
wealthy companies are equipped with steam
dredges that can clean up an oyster oeo very
completely.
Tongs and rakes are handled by men in skihs'
who work ON the beds In the intervals between
low and high tide. Rowing to the shore with
their cargo. up inlet, or, as is frequently the
case around Princes Bay. UP the Raritan River.
they put the oysters to drink" This means
letting them lie in ~noats' Of fresh water for
four or five hours. or between tides but the ex-
preston drink Is quite accurate. for that Is
precisely what the oyster does He opens his
shell little and absorbs the fresh water. spit
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

these floating warehouses and haunts OF trade
are sloops and oyster steamers of ugly shape
but attractive in their bold evidence of clumsy
power, close together, cheek-b jOwl, that
their sides touch and scrape as they move up and
down with the tide. 1t Is dull day, too when
there not several more vessels drifting out
side, waiting for an opportunity to get place
to tie up Half Of these vessels have their decks
piled up with oysters. their masters laZily await
ing the demands of trade-the moment when
some prosperous merchant will appear at the
back door of his scow and beckon smiling be
cause Of the bundle of orders in his hands.
PUSHING a TRADE
Then the master will step brskly over the
long teetering board that is the pathway from
his vessel to the nearest scow. and merchant and
oyster craftsman VIII haggle over the price a
thousand 1t usually ends in The digger-sailor
accepting the merchants figures. Sometimes he
is obstinate, though and rather than sell at what
he thinks too low a price will lie in the cove
all night. hoping the mornings demands will
make values so higher. Occasionally. even after
waiting over night, he still holds out for his
nrice and actually sails back to the grounds
with all or part Of his cargo, dumping 1t over
hoard when he gets above the beds. This makes
the oysterman q curious type Of trader, and a
seemingly improvident one. for when his next
cargo is loaded he has to pay his men for bring
ing up the same oysters and for "drinking' them
anew.
"Drinking" is one Of the many interesting
features Of the oyster trade. Oyster beds lie
some six to twenty feet below the surface Of the
wafer These beds "staked OUT as are min
ers' claims "staked OUT quite literally. the
stakes being in plain view above the water In
order that there may be no poaching, watchmen
in boats are continually on guard The delect-
able adult oyster is from two to four years DID,
nj his best at three, as 4 general rule Three
sizes are sold, box 0he large ones). "cuens'
Ohe small ones) and "cullentines' Che very
smalD. These latter are. however. only for half
sboIp, use and as soon as Blue Points come in
the cullentines are no longer brought to the
market.
CATCHING OYSTERS.
huge rake and pair Of still more huge
tones arc the implements used to raise the oys-
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

announcing its proprietor's name. These are the
offices OF the oyster merchants. who buy from
the sloopmen that sail into this cove formed BY
the White Star piers. and who. In many cases.
own grounds or beds" and vessels themselves
The fronts Of the lower floors Of these scows
are thrown wide open all the day. and there are
picturesque views within of tubs and buckets
sturdy, broad-shouldered. jolly workmen opening
the bivalves by the thousand and tossing them
with quick sleight-of-hand into receptacles In
which float great Jumps OF ice Others are pack
ing the oysters into bushel baskets-these in
tended for consumption at nearby points. Ex-
press wagon after express wagon and truck
after truck rattles up along the bulkhead. and
moves away well loaded.
1t is behind the scows however. that the
scene Is at its best Moored along to the back Of
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
COST or A RACING STABLE.
From LesIie's Weekly.

From Leslie's Weekly.
II IS perfectly safe to say that the owner VINO
maintains a completely appointed stock iarnl.
onother where the yearlings are handled from
trna until October and which becomes the WIN
go Quarters as soon as the racing season iS
clnsed and a stable of horses in training be be,
sides must win each season SIo.OOO to Sioo,no
before he has made profit or cou'se' ne mas
~, ,,, ,rd the on nioylnent Of seeing his homebred
horses beat those of other breeders, but most
men like a substantial profit as we'll as some
compensation for the risk they have assumed.
II no crack Jockey is retained. but chances are
,ato, IN securing the services of the free-lance
Jockeys. Of course a material saving Is Effected.
Most owners take these chances because OF tne
uncertainty Of the true racing iorm OF their
two-vr,r-olds for nothing Is so CALLING as 10 see
your Jockey getting his $1,000 or $l2,WV
wear standing the ground. with no horses
YOU can give him o mount on.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
THE DESCENT or RIVERS.
,-oo Tho Ohio State Journal.

Prom
Generally speaking, the slope OF the beds of
rivers flowing into the Mississippi from the
East is. on the average, ABOUT thiee inches per
mile Those entering it from the west have an
average descent Of about six inches per mile.
The average descent per mile Of the Missouri
afier IL leaves the mountains is reckoned about
a foot: the Des Moines, from us source TO us
Conjunction with the Mississippi about 7.3
inches The entire length Of the Ohio shows a
fal Of even five inches The Mississippi, from
the mouth Of the Ohio to the gulf. has a fan Of
about two and = half inches
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
ARCTIC WALRUS HUNTING,
THE PERILs OF SHOOTING THE BEASTS
ON THE ICE PACK.

From The St. Louis Globe Democrat
when the temperature was 60 degrees below
zero and no gale blowing / have lain upon an
ice pack in the Arctic Ocean in 10 degrees north
latitude and have shot walruses for forty-eight
hours at a stretch" said Charles f.. L. Foster,
whaler from San Francisco who Is stopping at
the Pilgrim Hotel. Now I am not boasting
Walrus shooting under the conditions named
Is really fine sport If one is prepared for the
weather. l enjoyed it as much as country
boy does hunting quail in Missouri in a snow
covered field in midwinter. The first thing is
to know how to dress, with flannel and fur un-
derwear and sealskin boots and overcoat ma
hood and mittens, as The Globe Democrat mas
often described for the benefit Of the KloHdike
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-06-26
MI AlLU'S GROW III.
10 the Dispair Of Artists. the CiU I, Bs-
l0minE NoierniIcd.

NOmlnk NuIeTnlIcu.
lac city nj Mexico IL faplik gInWIng
tu hr one ut the handsuiIIp,t cities uI the
continent says the MrxIrhn nTald II
Is no longer presenting the ASPECT al
rty wh'-e Development wA- arrested
during the NlceTrgnl pctlWi. hr old
spauiards builiri we'll for their time. tut
their -olldity aud architecture Nrrr H..
l"ctrd nn their architecture, often I'M
poslng enough Ani ~ glnOmy ~ k~cut
lal itself. There - still existing here
streets through which Ia walk l. {" have
the sensation of having been. l., some
magic, transported back Ia the tllur-
when the g,nh \lrrfw Rl,illaglgrdo
walkei abroad IN the dust. murll"h we'll
III has ample cloak, 10 see II police rrgu
lallOns were observed.
The city IN becoming moirfui2rd. not
only IN the pleasant outer wards lillrd
with pretty and attractive houses, hut III
the Nrrv center the transformation l.
going On, and the great Teresa block.
swinging around 10 face on the naIa
Mayor, II the beginning uf complete
Architectural transformation uf the huge
'dnafe Witch will admirably lend itself
I" new and grand0i-e structures Much
NJ artists aud lovers u the picturesque
ma, like II. u city wh"~e architecture
viii he totally distinct from the massive
AMI somewhat glnIIN frHlutr- uf old
MrSiru
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-06-26

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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-06-26
ARIZONA HENS

he ktI INA Sentinel l. telling the
pruplr o' IL section Of the advantages ~
yin" apple culture, I'm" apple can. IN
all probability hr cultivated successfully
III the Yuma region
\ iuIrr II tNrnt, i've mrn Hrr nov
working on the hing ri Arizona, AMI the
number will h" Increased from lal Ia
iHN
4 III year old -on II William Hawkins
VIA bitten by n tAtllrsuakr recently. In
the Verde valley, Medical nltrndnurr
Wa secured aud hiH llfr saved