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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30
he Mckinley

In 1882, under the Mckinley
tariff. says the Economist, over
$40, 100000 was paid on the public
debt. about $3.50, 100000 paid in
pensions, and still there was a
surplus of 50, 600, 900 ia the Treas
ury after paying all the expenses
of the Government, But at the
close of Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration, under the Gorman- Tariff
reform bill. 1852 900, 900 has been
added to the bonded debt; the
pension list was cut down $12,-
900, 900, and there was not reve-
nue. sufficient to pay the expenses
of the government; factories were
closed, the working classes were
out of employment, the price OF
all products went down so low
that there was no profit in any
kind of business, and general de-
preston and bankruptcy pre-
vailed throughout the country
Yet the Mugwumps are now de-
nouncing Protection, threatening
to put the Democrats in control
of the Government again.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30
Never Too Late To Learn.

Cato, at eighty years of age,
learned the Greek language.
Socrates, at an extreme old
age, learned to play on musical
instruments.
Plutarch. when between seven
ty and eighty began the study OF
Latin.
Doctor Johnston applied him.
self to the Dutch language but a
few years before his death.
Franklin did not fully COM
mence his philosophical pursuits
till he had reached his fiftieth
year.
Ludovico Mondaldesco, at the
great age of lis, wrote the mem
oirs of his own time.
Dryden, in his sixty-elghth
year commenced the translation
of the Had, his most pleasing
production.
Ogilby, the translator of Ho-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30
Base Bali salt. and Bicycles Free.

It is safe to say that nearly
every member of the rising gener-
alton is now thinking either of
base ball or bicycling. But how
to get the bicycle and how to get
base ball uniforms, are the prob
lens. "The Philadelphia Press
solves both. The paper, which
has always led in its amateur
base ball and bicycling depart
ments, now makes two novel, in
teresting offers. 1t will furnish,
absolutely free, to the amateur
base ball club receiving the great
est number of votes before June
10, a complete set Of the finest
National League Base Ball uni
forms. This includes caps, shoes,
belts, stockings, shirts and trous-
ers, and the whole outfit will be
of the finest quality. The whole
outfit will be given absolutely
free to the amateur club receiving
the greatest number of votes.
Full details of the offer are given
in sThe Press" every day. Any
number of bicycles will be given
free to those who will render a
trifing service to "The Press
Details of the bicycle offer will
be sent to any person who sends
two two cent postage stamps to
tThe Press" Philadelphia.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

weakness and dragging, torturing pain.
No wonder women weep. The wonder Is
that theyare not oftcner in tears for all they
have to bear and suffer and the saddest
thing about il is how little their sufferings
are understood Even the doctor, nine
times in ten says "Oh, little nervous
uess, that's all T" or neuralgia" or insom-
uia,' or dyspepsia" II he suspects the
real cause he insists upon examinations and
local treatment, about the very worst thing
possible TO nervous, overwrought woman.
There Is no need of these repugnant
methods. Any woman may insure health
and strength in a womanly way by the use
of Dr.. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription. It
cures the weaknesses and diseases of the
feminine organism absolutely and COM
nletely II was devised for this special
purpose by me Of the most eminent and
experienrrd physicians IN this country: an
axpeyt specialist in womcu'S diseases.
For nearly 20 years Or Pierce has been
thief consulting physician Of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo N Y.
Anv woman may consult him by letter, free
~ charge. Her letter will be answered not
Nv mere nurse or uueducated. unscicnti6c
person, hut by the most competent medical
authority anywhere obtainable;
All women should read DR., Pierce's thou
sand.page illustrated book, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser II con
taius more clear and comprehensive ADVICE
On medical subjects than any other book
eveT published A paperbound copy sent
free for twenty-one one-ceut stamps TO pay
the eoSf of Mailing only. Or cloth bound
for thirty one stamps,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30
mer and Virgil. was unacquaint-
ed with Latin and Greek till he
was past fifty.

DAYTON. w. VA, March Is,
1877 have been taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla for several years
whenever / have needed it, and
l have always found that it gives
relief. Twas troubled with dys-
pepsia and futtering of the heart
but Hoods Sarsaparilla has cur
ed me of these difficulties. I also
had rheumatism. and l find Hoods
Sarsaparilla relieves this trouble
also. AMIR SINCLAIR.
Hoods Pills act tremendously
with Hoods Sarsaparilla, CSC.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30
Crdel War!
Facts About the Situation in
Greece.


The war In Greece is now at
tracing the attention OF news
paper readers. and as usual in
such cases, the newspapers have
been filed to such an extent
with miscellaneous and conflict
ing articles, that many readers are
not Just informed as 10 the. real
cause Of the war and the situation
as il exists in Greece today AS
this is a matter that becomes
modern history, upon which
teachers as well as tine general
reader will desire TO be accu-
rately informed. The TELEGRAM
is pleased to present the situation
to its readers in a manner that
will give them an intelligent UNI
Outstanding of the question. The
motives that impel the Greeks in
this war are the noblest that can
ever actuate a nation. For more
than three centuries and half
all of Greece lay PROSTATE under
Turkish despotism, suffering such
outrages as one shudders and
weeps to narrate. At last in 1921,
the standard of the war of indie.
pendence was raised by Alexan-
der Ypsilanti. For eight years
the struggle ragged, far more terri
BILE and bloody than our War of
the Revolution. The massacre
oftwenty thousand Greeks on tho
island Of Scio by the Turks was
one of the incidents. At last
England and France becoming
suspicious of the designs of Rus
STA. effected a concert for the
settlement of the Eastern ques.
ton. This arrangement lnvolv-
ed the granting of freedom to a
small portion of Greece. Ac-
cordingly, Admiral Codrington,
in command of the combined
English, French and Russian
fleet, met and annihilated the Turk
ish fleet at Navarino on October
Goth, 1887. But his superiors
had not intended that he should
hurt the Turks much. THE blow
at Turkey was disapproved by
English opinion The victory
was regretted as an .'untoward
event" Still the center of
Greece was now free and a new,
national life begun. What has
been accomplished in these sew
enty years, starting from nothing
but a pile of bloody ruins, is be.
yond all praise.
The island of Crete lies but
sixty miles from the Greek main
land; her people ale Greeks in
race. language and religion.
Again and again these poor
Cretans fleeing from massa-
ere have dragged such of their
children as there was time to
save from their burning homes
and, hurrying half naked into
their little ships. have crossed to
Greece. They have always been
Hospitality received and fed at
Government expense. A large
share of the national debt of
Greece is said to have originated
in the support of Cretan refu-
gees.
When, last February, this be-
gan again, everyone in Greece
felt that the situation had be-
come intolerable.
An ormvuae nnusfarad ont and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

Thirty years is along time to fight SO
painful trouble as piles, but Jacob
Mitchell. of Unionville, Pa, struggled
that long before he tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, which quickly and
cured him. It is equally
effective in eczema and all skin affec-
tons. r Criss
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

t40 po&b VI 0AOSN0t ssesNA ~
ed the withdrawal Of the troops.
The Greeks refused. and war
ensued. The Greeks have small
but efficient feet. and this is their
only point Of advantage over
Turkey. This feet was built at
q great sacrifice, and is the hope
and pride of the nation. In naval
warfare Greece stands q nuch
better chance for overcoming
Turkey and repelling this invas-
ion of the Ottoman oppressors.
than if the conflict we're waged
on land.
Our readers are familiar with
the dastardly deeds Of Turkey 10
connection with the Armenian
imbroglio. The following shows
an estimate of the outrages en-.
dured by the suffering Armenians
at the hand Of the treacherous
Turk
Killed in the massacres about
$4,000.
Towns and villages laid waste,
about 2, 500.
f,hnr.hes and covents DESTROY.
ed, 5es.
Forced to adopt the Moham-
medan faith, $50 villages. with
all their surviving Inhabitants
and hundreds of families in the
towns.
Churches turned into mosques.
2s2.
Number of those without means
of subsistence, about 500, 600.
These figures only give the ex.
tent of our statistical informa-
ton. a full statement of the
facts would be much more ter
rible.
When we think of the thous-
ands in the unregistered villages
who were murdered or died of
their wounds, or who persisted
trying to escape. or succumbed
to hunger or disease and were
buried in the mountains under
the ice and snow. we shall be I'M
derstating the number of victims
of the Armenian massacres if
we reckon it to be 100000.
And now Turkey has turned
her attention to the defenseless
Cretans
AS the awful consciousness of
her loneliness came over Greece
and the fearful forces began to
tighten around her, not a man or
woman seemed to finch.
One sacr ed rpos 9
animated all. There was no boast
ing, no expression even of hope
of victory. They said simply,
we can die, but we cannot with
draw the army from Crete. All
social pleasures were suspended.
The young men crowded into the
army; the young women, even
the most fashionable, began to
learn hospital nursing. Once
again, after the lapse of so many
centuries, Greece takes her place
as the noblest nation in Europe,
the representative of all that is
best in civilization, the glory of
mankind.
Leonidas and his band at
Thermopyle were sublime. fac
ing the hordes of Asia and con-
tending for all that was most
precious to mankind, much more
is Greece sublime to-day, stand
ing alone for national unity and
liberty and Christianity, against
such a combination OF land and
naval forces as the world never
before saw, armored ships, heavy
guns, millions of disciplined war
riors-Greece. the forlornest OF
nations in her poverty and weak
ness, standing to protect her men
from massacre, and her women
from rape and her homes from
fire, against the Turks and the
six greatest Christian Powers.
God help her!
Never Too Late To Learn.
Cato, at eighty years of age,
49, GroaL 1op0uapn
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

Always is it desirable, when
possible, to kill the first flies
which come to play havoc with
the housewives peace of mind, A
poison that is recommended in
the New York San is offered as a
possible solution of the difficulty.
1t is this Take a tablespoon
full of ground black pepper and
mix it with two teaspoonfuls of
brown sugar. Moisten the COM
pound with milk and place where
there are rays oflight. The files
will generally be quickly attract
ed, eat greedily. 1t they do. it
will be their last meal, for the
least of it is, to fly, poison.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

Secretary Bliss announces that
he will as far as possible reap
point every Union veteran who
was removed from a place in the
Interior Department for political
reasons during the Cleveland adj
miristration, and in that purpose
he will be faithfully upheld by
all true friends of honest civil
service. Many vetrans thus I'M
Justly dismissed have already
been restored by Mr. Bliss, and
there are other cases of the same
character in which similar action
will be taken as speedily as pos
sible. These changes are all
along the line of genuine civil
service reform and will be recog-
nized as such by every intelligent
supporter of that movement.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

Those who want to take out
shares of Building Association
stock should remember that they
han commence any time with the
Home Builders Building and
Loan Association. You don't
have to wait for the end of a
series or year. but the books are
always open at D. K. Reed & Cos
Store. 21tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

They all read the TELEGRAM
and admire it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

Genera! Manager Greene. of
the Baltimore & Chic Railroad,
has issued an order requiring all
live stock to be watered and fed
at least once every "a hours.
Yard Masters are 10 be held
strictly accountable. and the pen
atty for violation is rather Sc
we're.
The 500. 600 passenger station
that the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company is erecting in Bal
timore. to take>the place. of the
old Camden Station. is being rap
idly pushed to completion. The
train shed will be ready for use,
probably. by the first of May,
and the rest of the structure will
be thrown open to the public
about June 1st.
The Foraker railway pooling
bill, which is now before the U.
S. Senate, If passed, willprobably
place the railways on a more solid
footing than they have been for
years. 1t is not denied that pros
d l. .
porous railways make prosper
Gus country, and now that the
Supreme Court has declared
traffic arrangements to be illegal,
the railroads will either have to
have pooling bill or submit to
an era of very disastrous rate
cutting.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-30

In Maine there are sixty-two
thousand families occupying
farms. and ninety.two per cent
of them own their farms.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03
COAL! COAL! COAL!

Kohinoor Lump, S3; Kohi- noor Nut, $2.25; Montevallo, Climax, S3.5O; Splint S3.OO. I make a reduction of 5 to 8 per cent. on list prices for cash. Am also prepared to deliver up stairs, etc.
 J. R. BLAIR,
 1901 1st Ave. Phone 26O.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03

 so close to art as to attract more than passing notice from the aesthetic con- noisseur and collector. . s
 Yet, from the very earliest times, some sort of public advertising was felt to be a necessity. Thusswe read of notices, in the first days Of the children of Israel being posted in the high places of the cities, = proelamations. generally, of kings and prophets, inscribed on .parch- ments and papyri, more than three thous- and years old, have been exhumed from the ruins of ancient Thebes on which are written descriptions of runaway slaves and the rewards offered for their return. ~
 Another heather mode of attracting attention was to-hang onsthe statues of internal deities, within the temenos. of the temples, sheets of lead bearing curses and prayers of yengeaflce against those persons who had stolen goods or other wise injured the advertiser, the evil to be deprecated only in case. of the restitu- tion of the property. A coll sction of such imprecations. that was discovered in the temple of Demeter at Cnidus in 1858, may be seen in the second vase room of the British museum
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03
BAREFOOT BABIES.
Cleveland Leader,

CleYeiand Leader
 q chanced to be, present." remarked a trained nurse to group-of professional friends, when a little girlethree years of age, just returned from the west, was being put to bed. It was the last day of August, and I noticed that she was suffocating in heavy, high-necked lons-sleeved flannel shirt and under drawers, long, thick stockings and a flannel skirt, besides the full cotton out fit; and this would, I know. be generally accepted as quite the proper and ra- tional way to prepare a little child for long journey. To me it seemed little less than cruelty ss
 "Oh the other hand, I am watching with great interest little nine-monthS old who has never had a shoe or stock ing on or had it's little feet covered in any way during the day Whenever the weather is chilly, the nurse gives them an occasional brisk rubbing, but argues that since its feet have never been cov- cred they are no more sensitive than the hands, and it is true that the little one never has had a cold. During the hot weather, tco, it was dressedin compara- tive comfort, which, translated, heans as little clothing as possible.
 "One of the leading specialists in chill dren's diseases in America, a most dis tinguished man, by the way, never allows his children to wear shoes and stockings except when out of doors in midwinter,
  through the spring and early summer they may be seen in park and public gar den, walking about with their nurse, ex- quisitely frocked, but barefooted. Later comes the long country rambles, and even in the winter they never wear shoes in the house. The result of the experi- ment in his own family has proved more than satisfactory to the famous physi- elan, and the general ruggedneSS and vigor of the children is the most powerful argument when using the whole weight of his influence to prevail upon other parents to go and do likewise.
 "It is to be hoped that saner notions in regard to dressing children in hot weather may in due time percolate all classes of society.s and that those who would hesitate before the barefoot idea, may at least go so far as to unburden their children of that heavy weight of clothing. which is more productive of colds and weakness than all other causes combined t.s
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03
MIR. BRYAN's 100000.

Syracuse Courier.
 Those who scoff at the idea that the number 13 is q harbinger of i'll luck are respectfully requested to study the vicis- situdes of the Hon. William Jennings Bryan in this year of grace, 1896.
 MT. Bryan began his famous campaign for the presidency on the 18th of july sure hoodoo in the minds of the super stitious.
 AS an offset to the hoodoo the aid of the rabbits foot mascot was invoked, but by singular fatality it appears that thirteen of these were thrust upon him before the close of the campaign, com pounding and complicating the original simple straight draught- hoodoo.
 He had thirteen conspicuous Heuten- ants in his great fight, which added heavily to his handicap in the eyes of all true believers.
 Since his defeat lecture tour, which promised him a grand succession of ova- tions, was arranged for him. Now it appears that the thirteen hoodoo has fastened itself upon that.
 At his first lecture in Atlanta Wednes- day night the receipts were s1,534. The sum of the figures 1-5-3-4 is thirteen
 In addition to that. his train on the Southern railway was No. 13 and, just to prove that the hoodoo is in good working order, it ran off the track near Chattanooga, forcing him to spend his Christmas on the cars
 As an indication that the power of the hoodoo is appreciated, it is announced that MT. Bryan purposes abandoning his tour.
 Of course, there may not be anything in the thirteen theory, but after Mr. Bry- ans experience it is likely to have more supporters
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03

AN ENGLISHMAN'S IMPRESSION. Leadville Letter in London Mail.
 Not knowing a soul in the place,
 had followed my usual method of call
 ing upon the leading newspaper. The
 invariable result followed-first, that
 was interviewed, and, secondly, that
 received the honorary freedom of the
 town. And for social life-except on
 dynamite nights-give me Leadville.
 Before the huge fire in the hall of the
 hotel was the whole camp-the mine
 owner dressed for all the world like one of the strikers, the local editor in cor
 duroy trousers the officers of the ar my of occupation in their workmanlike
 blue uniforms, the Governor of the state
 this order of equality and friendliness
 I was initiated, and the officers hospit-
 ably asked me to join them as part of the Governors escort So I hired a
 mustang or burro, or broncho, or what ever 1t was-to me it looked just like a plain horse, and on the whole it behaved as such-fell in behind the staff officers, and rode off to inspect the camp.
 If anybody is apt to think little of the United States militia by reason of the everyday looseness of their equipment and the apparent easiness of their discip-
 line, he is in fair way to be badly sur- prised some day. know nothing of mill itary affairs, but 1t was impossible for the greenest greenhorn to see those men
 without recognizing the as the real stuff that wins battles. Spare and active, hard as nails, with intelligence and deternina- tion stamped on every face, on the best of terms with their officers and each oth- CT, they were quite plainly the men for days of forced marching with straight shooting at the end of 1t, and shooting right to a finish. Up here in the clouds, with spells of four hours sentry-go in the icy nights. with no air to breathe, the sentry surgeon told me he had only found half dozen men unfit for duty in almost as many weeks
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03

Bible and religious ideas Each man, of course, had homemade Illustration
 The gentleman opposite spoke first. His boy goes to Sunday school and when he started to church last Sunday his mother asked him if he had a verse ready for his teacher.
 "Oh. yes" said the youngster tits dead easy. Pussy little children to come unto me-
 That reminds me-" said the man on the right. My little boy goes to the public school, and 1 thought the other night that it was about time he learned the Lords prayer I took him on my knee and began to repeat it. when he exclaimed: oh, rats, pa, they say that at school every dayp and then began to say it. All went we'll until he said Thy will be done on earth as 1t is in prison. ''
 It was now the turn of the nelghbor at the left.
 My son." he said, 'is very much ex- cited about heaven. Now the other day he stood looking up at his grandfather's portrait, and my wife coming along, he turned to her and said:
 Is grandpa dead?'
 1" Yes said my wife.
 And up in heaven?' Yes, dear
 Oh. well, then said the boy with a long g-drawn sigh, T 'spose he's crawling along the sky now. !" And then the fourth man thought of what he is missing in not having an heir to teach him the great truths.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03
FREE TO EVERY MAN.
THE mETH0D 0FsA GREAT IRsATnERfE Which Cured Him After Everything Else
 ~ Failed. s

Painful diseases are bad enough, but when man is slowly wasting away with nervous weakness the mental forebod- ings are ten times worse than the most severe pain. There is no let-up to the mental suffering day or night. Sleep is almost impossible and under such 8 strain men are scarcely responsible for what they do. For years the writer rolled and tossed on the troubled sea of sexual weakness, until it was a question whether he had not better take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles. But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combination of medi- cines that not only completely rsetored the general health, but enlarged his weak, emaciated parts to natural size and vigor, and he now declares that any man who will take the trouble to send his name and address may have the method of this5wonderful treatment free. Now, when I say free, mean absolutely without cost, because I want every weak- ened man to get the benerit of my expe- rience.
 I am not a philanthropfst, nor dc pose as an enthusiast, but there are thousands of men suffering the mental tortures of weakened manhood who would be cured at once could they but get such remedy as the one that cured me Do not try to study out how I can afford to pay the few postage stamps necessary to mail the information, but send for 1t and learn that there are a few things on earth that, although they cost nothing to get, they are worth fortune to some men, and mean a lifetime of happiness to most of us. Write to Thomas Slater. Box 1S1, Kalamazoo Mich.. and the informa- ton will be mailed In 9 plain sealed enz velope. s R S-30-su&wed-tf '