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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
Or. Ros RAAsAYs CONDITION saD
He Has Not Had a Lucid Moment For
0yefFiye Weeks. Better Now.

A letter written May 3 by II. A.
Kohr, brother-in-law OF DR.. Robert II.
Ramsay acknowledging receipt OF a
friends letter to the latter is as fol-
lows:
Your letter to my brother-in-law,
DR.. R. II. Ramsay, was delivered at
my house yesterday. He is not In con-
dition to see 1t or hear 1t read, as he
has not had a lucid moment for five
weeks and has been seriously Ill for six
weeks. A great portion of the time
towering between life and death. He
first had small pox in West Virginia.
Upon recovering he came here and
then had severe attack OF grippe.
This was followed by articular rheuma-
tism inpractically every joint. with
high rheumatic fever. Later pleurisyi
and bronchitis set in, then heart COM
plications and finally pneumonia. He
has beenas near death rs anyone can
get without dying. During the past
week he has made very slight i'm
provement each day and we entertain
hopes ofhis recovery, but it will prob
ably be good while before anyone can
see him."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

ing several million years, andif asked
how he knows he is Icerith viii say It
is hard TO remember so far back.
Amongst the women there is one that
thinks she Is the Empress Of Ger
many and cannot imagine why she is
locked up and confined.
Religion is the hobby OF large per
cent. of the PATIENTS, some Of them
praying almost necessarily and not in
frequently imagining that their souls
are lost. Love affairs also cause a
larger per cent of insanity than is
commonly supposed, that being the
predisposing cause in larger number
Of cases.
Amongst the Harrison county cases,
John r. Boggess, who was convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary, is
one of the most noticeable. Mr. Bog
CESS was supposed to be perfectly
harmless untila short time ago, and
had free access to the grounds, at
tended to the hogs, Sc, until he was
found with a collection, including a
revolver, two ra,ors and some other
weapons whereupon he was promptly
locked up in thehalls. How he got
the paraphernalla he had could not be
discovered.
Uncle Hiram Frazier, colored, Is
still an inmate and will in all prooa-
bility end his days here, as he has no
mind whatever.
Dick Stewart of Wilsonburg, is do
ing pretty well land is in god health.
Tom Allen, Of Shinnston, isone OF
the old stagershere; his condition now
is very good both mentally and phys
ically.
Waldo Payne, brother of Jed Payne,
deceased. is oneof the sad and hope
less cases.
Dozens of Others could be mention
ed: for the most part they are doomed
to end their days in the stately editice
that is now their homes, amongst
their demented comrades in mistortu-
ate. in some cases objects of tender
pity and love from friends and rela-
tiyes at home, and in Others ignored and
forgotten, but 1t matters little about
that to the miserable and unfortunate
creatures when the time shall come
when they are to part with the life
that has to them been a blight and
misery and curse, Others will I'LL up
the ranks in the army of sadness and
misfortune.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
Meets at Parkersburg next Tuesday.
"Wednesday and Thursday. Trip
to Buffalo.

The eleventh annual session OF the
State Editorial Association Will be
held at Parkersburg May %, . and
a. An elaborate interesting and in
structive programme has been ar
ranged. Among the speakers VIII be
some of the most eminent newspaper
men of the state, rs we'll asseveral dis
tlnguished West Virginians. Among
the latter are Hon. y. b. White and
Governor G. w. Atkinson. The Gov
ernor's subject will be, "West Vir-
ginia's Present and Prospective POSI-
bilities and the Work of the Press In
the Development Of the State" b.
B. Herbert, of Chicago, ILL.,, editor OF
the National Printer and Journalist,
will also address the association on,
1.-THE Unity of the Press" Special
features of the meeting will be a visit
to Blennerhassett Island by boat the
afternoon of the s3rd, and a trip to
Buffalo. y. V, viaPittsburg, starting
at 5 O'Clock p. M, May "a. Parkers-
burg has perfectedcvery arrangement
to give the editors, their friends and
all visitors royal reception and an
enjoyable time and the entire city
saws in cordial and hospitable tones of
welcome, Come These annual
meetings are of great profit and pleas
ure TO the quill drivers and thought
moulderS of this state and the one Tor
1900 promises to eclipse all past occa-
slons of the kind.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
wEsTWRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
The Summer Quarter Begins June q
and Ends September I.

Courses will be given in almost all
subjects. In addition to the regular
courses will be large number of free
entertainments and special lectures
and courses bv eminent specialists
from other institutions, such as Presi-
dent Guniaulus, OF Armour Institute;
President Draper. OF University OF
Illinois: President Mendenhall: of
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Pres
ident Thwlng, of Western Reserve
University; Professor Scripture, or
Yale University: and President Bash
ford, Ohio Wesleyan University. -,
Teachers will find courses that will
exactly meet their wants. Summer
Quarter work counts toward degree
the same as work in any other quarter.
Expenses are low.
The circular Of announcements Will
be sent free upon application.
JEROME I'll. RAYMOND, Pres,
26-tf. Morgantown, w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
CntnrrL Cnn BE cured.

Bunsen's Cream Catarrhal is prep
aration scientifically compounded for
catarrh, hay fever and cold In head.
II you have catarrh try Bunsen's
Cream Catarrhal. IL cleanscs, soothes
aud heals the diseased membrane and
cures catarrh, hay fever orcOldS in the
head positively and without fail. Try
it to-day. Fifty cents per box. Every
box warranted. Samples free, also
pamphlet telling how TO treat and cure
catarrh or hay fever. Address @. w.
Beggs, Sons 4 Co, Chicago, Ill. For
sale by r. j. Crlss. 26-1m.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
Mr.. cdle's Work Almost Done.

CITY Assessor L. c. Grille informed
the council last week, that this
taking of valuations would be about
finished this Friday, but that County
Assessor Lawson'S assessment ofreal
estate would not be done until the
middle of next week, after which Mr..
Grille will Immediately confer with the
finance committee, for the purpose of
getting things inshape for the levy.
There is disposition to fix the levy at
81 90 on the OOaluation this year.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
For Nasal CatarrIl

There is no preparation equal to
Bunsen's Cream Catarrhal. Ii you
have nasal catarrh give Bunsen' Scream
Catarrhal trial. Also positive cure
for catarrhal deafness, hay fever and
cold in head. Every box warranted,
fifty cents per box; sample free, also
pamphlet telling how to treat catarrh
successfully. Address c. w. BeggS,
Sons & CO., Chicago, Ill. For saleby
r. j. Criss. 26-lm
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
The Home Of Our
Unfortunate Insane
Wildly sketched by a Special
correspondent-over Fifty
Harrison County Peo-
Pile are Inmates.

Over fifty human beings, who were
once citizens and formerly resided in
Harrison county, are inmates of Yves
ton asylum as it is commonly called.
The West Virginia Hospital for the
insane has cost the taxpayers of this
state something in the neighborhood
of $500, 900, and the mammoth and
imposing structure of stone, the farm
of over three hundred acres of land,
the various substantial brick build
ings IN the rear If the main building,
an electric light and ice plant, laun-
dry In which over twenty-five Thousand
pieces d week are laundried, the beau
tifullawn and walk and numerous
other smaller items are the result.
This is the home of over a thousand
unfortunate beings, white and black,
gathered from all portions of the state
and in the neighborhood of two hum
dred employees. The current expenses
of running this institution, equal in
size toa good sized town, is about
twelve thousand dollars a month.
Everything is done that can be done
without stinting the inmates, by the
able Board composed Of nine repre-
sentative men from all over the state,
OF which Hon. B. f. Meighen, of
Moundsville, is President, to save the
funds appropriated by the Leglsla-
k,,,o - ,,,,, institution
DIR. WE. Stathers, the Superintend-
ent, gives his personal attention to a
great deal of the work Of the institu-
tion, and is personally acquainted
with every one Of the unfortunate
creatures entrusted to his care.
The different departments each have
their heads, and the condition that
the Institution is in to-day is a tribute
to their efficiency. Indeed the visitor
wonders with so many and so bad Il
set Of patients, how the floors can be
kept so clean and everything be in
order.
The idea entertained by so many
who are unacquainted with insane
asylums, of padded cells, straight jack
cts, handcuff, &C., is soon dispelled
upon entering the building, by seeing
the attendants and all Others who
have business in that part of the
building, walking and mixing amongst
the worst patients there as freely as
they would upon the street, and by
being Informed that there are no pad
ded cells, no handouts orstraight jack
cts used, and that even the worst pa
tients have the free use Of the halls in
which they are confined. Any pleas
ant day the visitor will see the pa
tients scattered about the beautiful
lawn In front of the building, sitting
on benches and lying on the ground.
I Some of the unfortunates are ex-
smely miserable, some simply melan,
choly, some apparently happy and
Others seem scarcely to know OF their
existence. In fact there are almost
all types that the mind can imagine.
The suicides have ward TO them
selves also the ones that are sick are
taken to the hospital ward.
Strange are the Authorizations that
haunt the diseased minds of the pool
unfortunates. Amongst the peculiar
patients, there is one that walks side
ways Imagining that he has women u
his feet; another imagines that he is .
God and calls himself Icerith; he also
has the delusion that he has been liv
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
a SECURE INVEsTMENT.
1t is Better than a Mortgage or Real
Estate.

In these days OF active speculation
1t is more secure and pays better to
deposit your savings in the Pittsburg
Bank for Savings, No. 30 Fourth ave.
Pittsburg, Pa, where it earns 4 per
cent. interest, compounded twice a
wear, than to take the chance in in
yestmepts not absolutely sure Of a
dividend. You can deposit by mail as
easy and safely as in person In this
bank. Write or call for booklet de-
scribing howit is done. 1913,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
Health officers Notice.

DIR. MI. Bartlett, health officer,
has issued the following notice on
sanitation:
All persons are hereby notified not
to deposit any garbage, boxes, barrels,
cans, paper, decayed vegetation or
other tilthupon this or any other lot,
or the banks of any stream within the
city limits.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

J. Q. Hood, Justice of the Peace,
Crosby, Miss, makes the following
statement: II can certify that the
One Minute Cough Cure will do all
that is claimed for it. My wife could
not get her breath and the first dose Of
1t relieved her. 1t has also benefited
my whole family" IL acts Immediate
" and cures coughs, colds, Group, and
grippe, bronchitis and all thDat and
lung troubles. f. q. Bland, q
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
Don't Know About IT Yet.

1t is economically denied at the
Governors Office that the members Of
the State Pardon Board have tender
ed their designations to the Governor
because he turned down the recon-
mendation Of the board in the Madam
Dowd case and refused her pardon,
and yet no attempt is made TO Show
what the boards intention is in the
matter.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

j. C. Kennedy, Roanoke, Tenn. says
81 cannot say too much for DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salye. One box cured
what the doctors called an incurable
ulcer on my Jaw" Cures piles and all
limitations. +. G. Bland. q
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

w ToMEN assaed every turn by troubles peculiar
w to their SEX Every mysterious ache or pain is a
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
on coming unless properly treated
The history of neglect is written in the faces and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

wasted figures of nine
tenths of our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham.
without charge. by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
MtSS I,uIA EVANS. of
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18

The Pike street china store is the
place to getgoods cheap. Call and get
prices. 25-4t
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-18
WOMEN WHO
NEED MRS.
PLMKHAM'S AID

Petersburg Iowa. writes of her recovery as follows:
"DEAR MRS P1NKHAM-I had been constant ST
for nearly three years Had inflammation of the y
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
SERVING FRUITS AT TABLE.
How They Make the strOnEest Appeal
to the Eye and to the
Palate.

Strawberries may be served with or
without the hulls. If they are hulled
they must be handled lightly and the
hulls taken of just before serving
time. When served with the hulls on
Strawberries should be neatly ar
ranged around the edge of individual
plates with little powdered sugar in
the center of each plate. When eat
ing take them by the stems. dip into
the sugar, and eat them from the
hulls, says Ladies' Home Journal.
Raspberries and blackberries do not,
as a rule, require washing. They
must be handled carefully in looking
them over: being soft, they are, easily
bruised. Arrange the raspberries on
a fat glass dish. sort of tossing them
up into pyramid. One may sprinkle
over small amount of currant juice
and serve them with powdered sugar.
Plums, if served raw. may be put
in fat dish or basket garnished with
greens and passed just as one would
serve peaches. They should be peeled
before eating. Pears and apples may
be served in the same way.
Cherries are palatablc raw. but
without doubt they are more digesti-
bic when cooked.
Peaches are more attractive when
served in their own skins. Serve just
at the right temperature. not warm.
but still not overchilled. This makes
all fruits sour.
Grapes are daintier served in fiat,
open basket, decorated with their own
foliage.
Watermelons and cantaloupes are
always best served simply chilled-not
cold enough to be unpalatable and
tasteless, but with no tinge Of
warmth,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

You have made fair success 81 yoHe
domestic affairs If you are OF speak
ing terms with all of your kin.-Afchi'
son Globe.
The true woman would believe the
weather bureau predictions. II they
were made by the man she loved.--De-
troit Journal.
"You treat me-" cried Mrs. Peck. "as
though was a monkey" "Oh, no."
responded H. Peck. ''One can train
monkeys!"-North American.
"You arc tickle! You think you love
him, but he couldn't hold you for two
days-no man could. /" ''Oh, no, he would
have to stop.to eat."-Town Topics.
JIMMY guess you feel pretty bad
that you have lost your job" JOHNNY
Il don't care = bit about the job; but ]
wish 1 had the pay, just the same. ~
Boston Transcript. M
Wife-"Oh. John! was stopping at
Joblotz's to-day, and I saw just the
sweetest thing there" Husband (dip.
lomatically)-"Yes. That's q great
scheme of Joblotz to have mirrors all
through his store" = Philad< lphia
Press.
McJigger-"So he's married sgain.
Married widow" Thingumbob-"Ye Yes.
with six children, ranging from two to
IA years. When they line mp they're
regular steps," McJigger-"Naturally;
they're his observation-disclosures
American.
Wife (reading the paper)-"Now.
here is a young girl who has actually
climbed Mount Blanc and sung Be-
cause / Love You while she was on
top" Husband-"How considerate of
her. Usually they do it in The next
fat. News.
"How old are you?" the census emu
merator proceeded, in his question ask
ing. Il won't tell you!" She was very
decided about it, too. 30, well, never
mind" the enumerator went on, with
the air of man who had given up the
struggle, sin what year were you
born?' I'm 1s53.".Pittsburgh Chrun,
icle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
For the Toilet.

There are very few women who are
not interested in the care of the COM
plexion. and establishments in which
defects of feature and complexion are
treated flourish in various parts of the
country. The services of professional
are expensive. however. and the woman
of moderate means usually prefers to
do this work for herself. A little study
Of the subject will enable her to obtain
very satisfactory results, for many
homemade lotions are as good as any
of the patent articles on the market
Since exposure to the sun and wind
tans and roughens the skin, it is best
to wear veil while working in the yard
during the spring and summer wealth
er. Use filtered cistern water for the
face and hands. If you have no cistern.
enough water for THIS purpose can
usually be caught in barrels. A COM
plexion that is already tanned may be
whitened by using lotion made by
dissolving 20 grains of borax and 30
grains of white sugar in two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice. Use soft
sponge and apply it freely and FREE
Quently-Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
Personal AND LITERARY.

Paul Borget has become a practisinI
Catholic, according to the Tablet, fol
lowing the fashion set by Mn. Brunei
iere and Huysmans. 1t is. moreover
reported that NJ. Bouget Is revising hi
books from Christian point of view
There have been some young gov
ernors in Illinois. Ninian Edwards. ex
ecutive of Illinois when it was terri
tory, was only "a when appointed; Gov
Coles was Sc when inaugurated; Gov
French was SO and Gov. Hamilton wa
Sc.
Among those who assisted Presideni
Monroe to lay the corner stone Of al
arsenal at Philadelphia was Fredericl
Fraley, who was then 13 years of age
To-day, aged 96, he is the oldest maj
in the active business life of Phila
delphia, going to his Office daily a
president of savings bank.
October 25 next will be the fifth cen
tenary Of the death of Chaucer, and NJ
attempt is being made in London II
induce the court of common council Il
erect statue to the poet in the Guild
hall of the library. The author of thu
Canterbury Tales" was = Londonel
BY birth, but no suitable memorial o.
him exists in the city of his nativity.
DR.. Boyakin, the coroner of Mar
shall county, Kan, is 93 years old. Or
being asked by local paper for his bi
ography, he wrote this modest para
graph: II was born in the country
bare-footed and bareheaded, they told
me. / lived in the country 81 years
/ then moved to the city and lived 3,
years. I then went back to the coun
try and have lived 81 years and three
days"
In japan poets abound and the EN-
peror hohis a competition every year
when he and the empress and all ths
court perpetrate poems on given sub
ject. Brevity is fortunately insisted
upon, the number of syllables permit.
ted being 81. This, it is said, otter
makes the poems obscure. These po-
etic diversions are not, however, con.
fined to the court circles, but are com.
mon to all classes.
It is estimated that the fame which
attaches to Stratford-on-Avon because
of the fact that Shakespeare was borI
there, is worth $5,oO0,00O to that town
The charge OF. admission to the poets
house. to Anne Hatheway's cottage, te
the church, to the memorial, and te
the grammar school net $1sO, 600 year.
ly-a sum which is equivalent to ar
income of three per cent. on the S. ,000,-
900 capital. This calculation does not
take into account the income to the
railways from the pilgrims to the
Warwickshire Mecca, and there is nc
estimate of the porfits of the Strstford
tradesmen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
Fee1paity e TIE Oy.ter.

The oyster fiourishes lest at depth
anywhere from the surface of the
water to 800 or 400 feet down. Here
the young fasten themselves to any
hard substance, and if sufficient food
IS carried to them by the currents
hey thrive, grow fat and multiply in-
definitely. The rate at which the
,yster rcproduces is something which
Aoeses far beyond anything in the ami
nal kingdom. Prof. Brooks, of tho
Tohns Hopkins university. has esti-
mated that the average female oyster
the Chesapeake bay win spawn be-
ween April and October no less than
5000, 600 eggs, while the largest spec
mems will spawn as high as 10000, ,0c0
q single season. OF course, the per-
.entage Of these eggs which are fer
.ilized and hatch into living spat
which come to maturity ia infinitely.
small. Billions of the young fry are
,aten by the grown oysters. Others
lie, while still others find suitable
.odging place and, adhering, com
mence to form . protective shell.-N.
Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18
IT WAS A RAG BABY.
~Llttle Mothern And Her CHARGE Il
Path Of Frightened Horses
Escape.

A tragedy was averted in rag tim
at Central park last Sunday. The da,
was bright and balm,, and the usua
throng of rich and poor were gathere,
there to enjoy the fresh air and Sc
the usual sights The rich rode il
carriages, the poor walked, and tn
tramps, to whom every day is Sunday
lounged upon the benches, relates tn
New York Sun.
About three O'Clock in the afternoon
over near the Seventy-second street en-
once attracted the attention of hun
dreds of persons. A span of terrifiet
horses attached to light road wagol
appeared around a curve and sped to
ward the center of the park. Thel
out from one of the walks, 200 yard
ahead of the runaway horses, came ,
little girl. She was about six year
old, and her clothes were the best o
the ragged East side. In her arms sh'
carried baby almost as big as her
self. The infant East-sider was deckes
with a sprig or two of green.
The little mothers back was turnet
to the oncoming horses. A seedy-look
ing man with n dirty face and greas,
clothes sprang out from the sidewall
and threw himself at the horses reins
He caught them. held ON for a moment
and was hurled to one side. A mo
ment later, a distinguished-lookine
man in the walking garb of fashion
uhN hn
ways charged past him he threw away
his cane and dashed into the roadway
He caught the bit of one of the horses
but was also flung violently to one side
A big policeman saw tragedy impend
ing and ran to reach the child. The
little girl turned, saw the horses com
ing, and stood for moment paralyzed
with fear. At last she darted forward
but as she did so she stumbled and fell
dropping the baby. Then she made
one feeble scramble, just sufficient to
clear her from the horses heels-but
the baby lay quietly, and the next
moment the horses and wagon wheels
dashed over its little body.
A cry of horror arose from the spec
tators. The policeman reached the
baby first, closely followed by the man
of fashion and the tramp, both breath
less. The little girl was standing cry
ing at the side of the roadway. The
policeman stopped and tenderly picked
up the baby from the dust. Then he
smiled.
"Why, it's big rag doll" said he.
"'Pon my word, it is" said the man
of fashion.
"Well, I'll be blowed!" remarked the
seedy individual.
"Here, little girl" said the police
man, cheerily. Heres your baby. Not
hurt bit. Now, 60 and find your
mother"
"And buy some candy on the way"
said the man Of fashion. squeezing 4
dime into the little girls hands.
"You was born lucky, you wus," said
the tramp to the child.
And the three kinsmen, made so by
one touch of nature, struggled out
from the gathering crowd and went
their several ways.