davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21
The Bio Institute
To Be Held BY Harrison County
Farmers at Bridgeport,

The farmers institute to be
held at Bridgeport next Wednes-
day and Thursday, October Goth
and 9th, WILDE largely attended
by representative farmers of Har
rison county, and the interesting
program that has been prepared
for the occasion will no doubt
draw a large number from adj
joining counties. The institute
will be held under the auspices
of the State Board Of Agriculture
and the meetings are free to all,
Farmers from thisand adjoining
counties are cordially invited to
attend and take part in all the
discussions, thus contributing to
the success of the meeting. A
county society will be organized
at the meeting for the advance
ment of the farming interests OF
Harrison county. The session of
the institute will convene on
Wednesday at 2 o'clock p. M.
when the following subjects will
be discussed:
sour Field Work by Chas, @.
Brown; Improvement of Soil
by James Dunkin ;"Sheep Breed
lng' by Jas. H. McCann Cattle
Breeding" by John Lowe.
After this session the meeting
will adjourn until Thursday
morning, when another session
will be held at 10 o'clock. The
program as arranged for this day
will be OF interest to every farm
err in the county, for questions of
vital importance to the success,
full "tiller Of the SOIL will be
discussed by men who have made
farming n life study. The pro.
gram includes:
SOUR Highways" A general
discussion; announcements and
appointment of committees ;
Taxation by Ira C.Post; Dairy
ing" by VIM. Hood; Address by
Member Station Staff; "Should
Farmers Read by John Patton
"Fruit Growing" by Jno. Q Har-
rison; reports of committees and
election Of officers; Bee Culture
by 7. w. D. Steel; address by
Member Board Of Agriculture
"Soils" by Alvin Brohard. Ten
5 minute speeches by J. q. Law
son, Thos. Hawker, Prof. ]. +.
Law, Hon A. w. Davis, Jas. F.
| Allen, G. f. Randall, Hon. j. w.
Hess, Sam Ell lott. p j. Lynch,
and S. S. Farris "A general dis
cussion will take place after each
speech in which every farmer
prescott is cordially invited to
take part. The institute will adj
journ Thursday evening
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

On the second page of this pa :
per, opposite where you are now
reading, appears the great speech
of Senator s. B. Elkins, on the
issues of the campaign. This is
one of the finest addresses we
have read. 1t is too good to miss.
Read it and study 1t carefully,
and you will be able to talk
politics with your neighbor and
viii also be well posted on the
campaign.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

Miss Elizabeth Coffman will
display the finest line of hats and
bonnets ever shown in the city
Thursday and Friday, October
q. % and 80. They we're select
ed from the best cities OF the
east. 5o.2t
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

Speaking of the famous Rock
Players, Mr.. W. F. Perkins, Of
Columbus, Ohio. says I'm.
questionably the most unique
entertainment ever held in this
city, 5O.2t.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21
A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
West Virginia Owes No Man and Has Money
nifty Banks.

The following tribute paid
West Virginia by the New York
Commercial, one of the leading
and most reliable papers inthe
least. will be of no little interest
to the people Of this State.
While so many States in the
Union are trying to figure out
where the money shall come
from with which to pay their in.
debtedness, It is indeed refresh.
ling to learn that West Virginia
owes no man, and, 10 addition,
has more than 81, ooo,o 900 on de.
posit in fifty banks and if the de-.
posits increase that State may
vet become The most independ-
ent in this country.
Even though the OK team is
more peculisrin West Virginia
than the electric car; though a
large percentage of the inhabi-
tants live away in the mountains
and know nothing of the affairs of
the world until weeks have pass
"a. +tonoh the location of the
State capital be changed at al
most every sitting OF the legisla-
tive bodies, yet it seems thatthe
men that the State has produced
know more about conducting
State affairs than their nelghbors
10. Perhaps it is because they
are less enlightened in the mod
ern ways Of the world that this
condition OF affairs exist. But if
West Virginia can continue toac-
emulate money and have it on
deposit to her credit, let US hope
that she will retain the OK team,
the mountaineers as well as the
uncertainty Of the location of her
capital, and all other peculiari-
ties that she may possess.
Nothing wider than the Ohio
river separates West Virginia
and Pennsylvania. The latter
State started the oil world when
she produced the Oil City. A
few years later West Virginia
gave birth TOT greater oil centre
in Sistersville. Pennsylvania
fields were supposed to have no
superior in the country, but re-
Gently an inexhaustless supply Of
Emokeless coal was discovered in
West Virginia that is superior to
that of the Carduff district, the
most celebrated in the world.
''Pittsburgis recognized asthe
centre of the glass industry, and
yet Wheeling is now running a
close second. And what a differ.
ence exists between the financial
Rtfairs of the two States /! When
her capital buildings were des-
troyed by fireless than two years
Pgo, Pennsylvania Legislators
Bcarcely knew where the money
vas to come from to replace
Them. 1t was announced that
| Ehe State was practically bank.
| Fupt, but the taxpayers had no
opportunity to learn what had
become of their money.
"All Of this time the people Of
| West Virginia we're plodding
udustriously along in their
primitive ways, accommodating
he money which to-day gives a
hillion dollars to their credit in
he banks. Pennsylvania and
many other States in the Union
night well take a lesson from
Vest Virginia, the State that
ives no man"
The policy ofprotection for the
Foal, wool and lumber Interests
u the state is what has given 1t
Prosperity. Under the operation
u a low tariff and free trade in
|oal and wool the state lost mil
ions OF dollars.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

w q OoN l uOooo1
With prescriptions. We
have experienced, competent
clerks, who realize their respon-
sibility. In asking for your pre-
scription trade, we feel that We
are amply prepared to meet every
requirement. We are careful
we are accurate-we are honest.
And we pride ourselves on our
promptness. II you are not per-
fectly satisfied where you have
been dealing, we should be pleas
ed to serve you.
WELSH HAYMAKER,
City Druggists, Main street.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

Rock Band Concert at Baptist
|hurch, Monday. Oct. 81. One
housand people should hear the
fatchless music on the marvellous
|nging rocks. so ct.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

Through the influence Of Unit
edISkates Senator Elkins a party
ofca pitalists fromNew York and
Pal delphia are now making a
toSk the State, inspecting Its
adv tages in coal, iron, oil and
othsE deposits, with a view to
further operations, ard the great
prob Ability is thata considerable
addition will be made to the
capt Al already invested in West
Virginia minerals.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21


Arecent issue ofthe New York
urlcontained a very interesting
story OF one Joshua Simmons
who claims to be the champion
snake hunter of the State. Joshua
isalleged to live inthe mountains
near Terra Alta and claims to
have killed no less than 10000
rattlers. He has never been five
miles away from his mountain
habitation except once, 20 years
ago; wnen he made trip to the
city OF Wheeling. He still talks
with animation Of this trip to
that city as though it occurred
only last week.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21

The glasses adjusted by L. P.
Eurrence strengthen and preserve
he eye. Prices moderate. Re.
airing a speciality. 5O.gt
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
EDUCATING A GREYHOUND.
Twelve to Fifteen Miles
Every Day.

The right way to bring greyhound
into condition is to walk him steadily
every day from II to IS miles. He must
not be allowed to potter along the road
IN his own sweet way. but should be led
by the trainer. The reason is that con-
tinual exercise is thus given, and this
without firing the dog. When ne comes
in from his walk the greyhound is
brushed and groomed. When the grey
hound is at exercise he wears a thick
"sheet;" this is exchanged for one Of
thinner quality when he is at home,
says an exchange.
The walking exercise alone is not suf-
iicient, however. Every other day the
greyhound is galloped, and this is done
in the following manner: A kennel
man holds the dogs. The trainer walks
away for nearly half mile. At given
signal the kennel man releases one Of
the dogs, who naturally gallops toward
the trainer. When the dog has got
away about 20 yards another dog is re-
leased, and so the process goes on until
AZ the dogs are running toward the
trainer at distance of about 20 yards
from each ether If the dogs were al
lowed to run together they would either
play or fight with each other, and the
leading dog must be very good one at
Galioping or the gallop will be spoilt,
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
HYGIENIC HINTS.
which May Prove of Value TO the
Careful Housewife
and Mother.

Charcoal made of wheat is the best
form of vegetable charcoal.
Spring biliousness is the natural re-
suit of winter gormandizing.
Coldness of feet and limbs is almost
invariably an evidence of Indigestion.
Lemon juice will remove dandruff,
and is good for the scalp.
Neuralgia is the 'cry of hungry
nerve for better blood"
Radishes must be cooked to be whole
some. Raw radishes are hard to digest,
and contain very little nutriment.
One of the best remedies for obesity
is to eat only one thing at meal 1t
does not matter greatly what this one
thing is, whether it is any one kind of
fruit, or any ore grain. The prescrip-
tion is, eat one article only at one meal.
Good Health
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
WOMEN OF THE NAVY.
the Suspense Most n heenIy--svait-
ing and Hoping.

The women who have experienced the
most mental sufferngs and strain re-
sulting from the complications in Cuba
are the wives and families of the officers
of the navy. Few of the enlisted mrn
are married and most of them are with
out home ties, but the contrary is true
of the officers.
This is sad time for u.s. SAID the
wife OF a famous naval officer a few
days ago. "All we can d. is to wait and
hope. None Of the women of the navy
wants war. Its opportunities for pro
motion and the winning Of glory do not
compensate for the terrible suspense
and anxiety which we have TO endure.
Three of my family are in the navy,
and my earnest desire is to hear news
Of peace, although l am trying to be
prepared for whatever happens"
While her husband is looking for or
ders from Washington she and her chill
Gren await the issue of events in the
little New Jersey town which is their
present home. This is the attitude of
all the women whose fathers, brot hers,
husbands or lovers are in the navy.
Their interest in the chances of war is
more keen and personal than that oil
any other class of people, for war with
Spain means naval action. Those who
are with the southern squadron ere in
especial danger. Ever since the bow
ing up of the Maine and the subsequent
mobi!izing Of the fleet in southern
waters the crying of every war extra"
on the street. the receipt of every letter
and telegram and the circulation Of
each new rumor of conflict have caused
quickened tension in officers families.
The suspense which The whole nation
has found it hard to endure has been
most cruel for them.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
Formation of Gold Nuggets.

Concerning the theory hat gold mug
gets are formed by the depcsiting of
the gold around a nucleus from sclu-
ton, Prof. A. Liyersidge, the gold ex-
pert OF New South Wales, Australia,
has made Investigations which be
thinks disprove it. BY slicing the mug
get and examining the cross sections
obtained he found no traces of con-
centric coatings, but that the gold was
always more or less crystalIized. the
crystals being in some cases very large
and with well-detined boundaries.
Some of the nuggets also showed cavi-
ties and Enclosures of quartz, although
in many cases none were visible on the
rolled surface of the nugget.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
ROYAL HUNTSMEN.
Queen Victoria has Set an Example
of Mercy to Fer Spore-Lov-
ing Lords.
It is pleasing to learn that Queen V

Tt is pleasing to learn that Queen Vic
! II ~ u
toria disapproves Of the 'hecato21hs of
game" that constitute a feature at most
shooting parties nowadays in England.
That. at least, is one step in the direc
ton OF mercy, but even the queen can
rot prevent the English love of sport.
Perhaps it is better so, remarks the
Boston Herald. She would be very
unpopular sovereign if she did not al
low this concession Of three hours
shooting in the royal preserves. But
this edict forbidding her son and heir
TO kill more game than can be consumed
is a royal slap at her German grand
son, and it is hoped it may have the
proper effect in Berlin court circles
when they go a-hunting. There is only
me other place in England beside Wind
or where the rule of three hours
shooting prevails. The duke CT West
Minister limits his guests also and is
exceedingly particular about the num-
Ger of guns as well as the skill of those
who use them. 1t is sorry moment for
that guest who does a clumsy or un-
sportsmanlike thing to the dukes birds,
for he is always known, and, somehow
or other, gets reported at headquarters.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
AN ELECTRIC PRANK.
Lightning Cuts Up High JInEez /,
Nss.aalalI.. glle /. l.-.L


A climb to the top Of "Big Craggy,"
along the banks of the Big Tree creek.
affords many bits of picturesque seen
cry, as well as a view Of surprising
grandeur from the summit. a party y
gentlemen from Asheville, who recently
visited this majestic old mountain, that
rears its head more than 5000 feet
above sea level, report an unusual man
Hesitation of the prauks Of electricity,
says the Asheville (N. CO. Citizen.
Along the top Of the ridge for a dis
tance of perhaps rs or so yards there
was a deep furrow, as if made by
large plow. As the current passed along
large pieces of turf were thrown aside,
tough rhododendrop bushes were torn
up by the roots and hurled to one side,
while huge powders that lay in the
pathway were split in twain and in some
instances shivered to atoms.
After the current had passed along
the surface cf the mountain, or top
most ridges, for SO or 60 yards, it APP
pears to have divided, one fork going
down the mountain side and the other
continuing on the ridge for some IS or
20 feet, ard then disappearing entirely.
The strange feature of this electrical
phenomenon is that the charge did not
at once disappear by taking a down
ward direction into the earth instead Of
remaining for so great a distance on
the surface
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
STORED-UP BREATH.
Among Land Animals the Java Hat Is
One cf the Most
Curious.

To a certain extent all animals that
live in the sea, such as whales, wal
ruses, seals, dolphins and porpoiSes,
have the power to store up air, as they
breathe only at intervals when they
come to the surface for that purpose,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. But of
land animals the most extraordinary
case is that CT the bat (nycteris javani-
cus), which inhabits Java and parts of
Africa. This creatures skin is only
attached to its body in few places, so
that beneath it there is 4 vacant space
which is connected with two small aper-
lures at the bottom Of its cheeks by
means of deep groove down the middle
of the forehead.
The nostrils are so formed that they
close when the animal is at rest and
open only at will, which would prevent
its breathing while asleep. But by re-
spring in peculiar way,with its mouth
closed, the animal can initiate the store
house beneath the skin with spare air,
which it pumps along its frontal pas
sage, over its back, chest and abdomen,
until it is puffed out like a balloon.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
Honesty in the Empire city.

The proprietor of one of Mnhattan's s
most fashionable hostelriei ordered
$1,000 worth of table silyeware the
other day. When the good were de-
livered he refused to take th.m at any
price, as tie name of the hotel had
been stamped upon them. Unexplained
his strange action by saving nat people
often dine at the house oby to take
away knives, forks and poons as
souvenirs. ''If the name of he hotel is
not on them" he said. "theyeave them
alone, for their only reasol in dining
here is to steal these stanped goods
and show them to their frie ds to prove
that they are in the habit of atronizing
fashionable hostelries."
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
NrZIELNLM L[ItLIlLI DIS lGE &RE[ETIa

with as much I1oI1Io = former years,
with the exception OF Easter Sunday
Holy Thursday and Good Friday are
strictly kept. 1t is obligatory for the
governor-general, his staff, and other
high officials to attend religious serv-
ices on these days, especially the Sta
tions of the Cross. They visit the
churches on foot, as no carriages,
horses or public or private conyeyances
are allowed in the streets on these
days.
People attired in black go from
church 10 church with . serious, solemn
mien. No music is heard in church
after Holy Thursday, and there is no
holy water in the font. The only thing
that breaks the monotonous chant of
the priests is the matraca, a wooden
box containing two pieces of wood,
which emits lugubrious sound when it
is shaken.
Dignitaries of church and state take
part in the procession of Good Friday,
and military bands play solemn dirges
as the image Of the Savior is borne on a
bier, crown of thorns On the brow,
and scars of nails on the hands and
feet. Theological students from the
seminaries follow behind the bier, car
rying the emblems OF the crucifixfon,
and after them come city corporations
and religious orders. As. the image of
the Savior is carried past people kneel
and cross themselves.
A procession takes place on Thurs
day night, called La Virgin de Ia Sole
dad. The image of the Virgin Mother,
attended by the beloved disciple ST.
John, is borne through the streets, in
commemoration Of the Mother Of Sor-
rows i'll search of her divine Son.
The solemn quietude which prevails
On Holy Thursday and Good Friday is
broken on Saturday. Carts rumble
again through the streets, firecrackers,
guns and cannon are discharged, and
for awhile it seems as though pan
Gemonium were let loose Thus the
people commemorate the day on which
Judas hanged himself.
The procession Of the resurrection oc-
ours on Easter Sunday at an early hour.
This usually brings out great crowd.
Children richly attired in white satin,
wearing white wells and wreaths of
flowers, take part in the procession.
During Lent the Passion Play" and
another called los Siete Dolores de
Maria," are performed at the principal
tleaterss-N. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
a woMAN's ptucgY WORK.
Helps 20 Bald Z F50tae With AeT o"A
Hands and saves sick Eus~
hands Lie,

Five miles from Cucamonga, Cal,
lives d woman who is carpenter ana
paper hanger. She is Mrs. Minnie
Warner Ewing, formerly OF St. LOUIS
a society belle and NaSsar grad-
uate Her husband held good posi-
ton, but consumption compelled him
to seek relief in California, and, with
$4,000 capital. the Ewings went west.
This money was soon expended, and the
wife found herself compelled to take
care of a sick husband and make a
living at the same time. Mrs. Ewing
preempted a tract of government iand,
five miles from Cucamonga, in san
Bernadino county. In few hours she
had made a formal entry for quarter
section, and the next day the tounda-
ton of her new home was laid. Early
in the morning Mrs. Ewing and car
penter drove to her claim in a lumber
wagon. BY eight o'clock she had
marked out the plan for two-story
frame structure. Then, while the car
penter started building, she carted the
lumber from Cucamonga. This done
she then became the carpenters as
sistant.
Mrs. Ewing also assisted in shingling
the roof, and when this was completed
she gave the roof two solid coats of
paint. Then without assistance, Mrs.
Ewing constructed a chimney Ii feet
high, and just three weeks and four
days after her arrival her house was
m or,,r,lofo q oo-+ orc cdOO
In the new home Mr. Ewing's health
is fast improving, and he viii soon be
able to take up farming.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
Artificial Marble.

Mr.. Bruhl, the United States consul
at Catania, Sicily, describes the manu-
facture of artificial black marble, as it
is now carried on in that city. Catania
is overlooked by the great volcano,
Etna, and this mountain has furnished
part Of the material employed. Com
mon white sandstone is cut into the
desired shapes, and these are placed in
an iron tank upon a heavy wire graf
ing. Then the tank is filed with a
molten mixture CT volcanic asphalt and
coal tar This is kept boiling for 36
hours, when the stones are taken cut,
cooled, dried and polished. 1t is diff
cult, Mr.. Bruhl says, to distinguish
stones thus treated from genuine black
marble. but the cost is much less
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
who Goes Home?

There is nothing more amusing, per-
haps, in all the quaint and curious GUS
toms Of the house Of commons than the
strange ceremony which marks the
termination of its every sitting. Themo-
ment the house is adjourned, stentor-
ian-voiced messengers and policemen
cry out in the lobbies and corridors:
who goes home?' These mysterious
words have sounded every night for
centuries through the palace Of West
minister. The custom dates from a
time when it was necessary for mem
bers to go home in parties accompanied
by links-men for common protection
against the footpads who infested the
streets of London. But though that
danger has long since passed away, the
question: "Who goes home?" is still
asked, night after night, during the
session OF parliament. No reply is
given, and none is expected,-Nine-
teenth Century.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
His Qualifications.

lam reminded of little boy who APP
piled for a job at a squire's house,
where he could earn five shillings a
week by making himself generally use
ful.
squire-Can you clean silver?
Boy-Yes, sir.
"Can you cook, and light fires, and
sing, and dust old china, and make
beds?"
''Oh, yes, sir"
fCan you mend electric bells, and do
plumbing and gasftting, teach modern
and ancient languages, geography, and
the use of globes?"
81 can, and also do anything else that
is required"
Then I think you viii do
Boy-Thank you, sir. BY the way, is
your house built on clay soil?
Squire-Well, it happens that it is
But what has that to do with it?
''Well, 1 thought you would like me
to fill up my spare time by making
bricks. London Answers.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-02
Vkc CnrnnIaxion.

Warm milk softens the skin on ac-
count of tie fatty matter the milk con
tains. l do not believe that it improves
the color in the slightest. l know of
nothing which may be applied eX-
ternally to improve the complexion.
fully believe that complexion is a mat
ter from within and not from without.
Keep your digestive organs in good
condition and your complexion will
take care of itself. Anything that will
close the pores of the skin viii, in time,
spoil it. Cut eff sugars and acids, and
live upon simple diet, and your skin
will soon become smooth. If the tip
of your nose is red do not usecereals.
Use in their place whole wheat bread,
and masticate it thoroughly. Take
every day a teaspoonful of Olive oil; do
not use much salt or pepper, tor slim
ulants of any kind, nor tea nor coffee
Avoid extremely hot and very eold food,
and take as much exercise-both in
door and outdoor-as possible ladies
Home Journal