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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-12-20
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copytgnt, 1901. BY c. Z. Le,ets. s;
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-.BY ii. QUAD.

4
i am one OF the sergeants in charge
Of the central police station at night,
and during the several years have
held the position some strange things
have occurred. One of them. and one
that attracted general attention at the
time. was the way the murderer Of the
Bolton family walked In on me one
night. A family of five people named
Bolton living In Missouri was slangh-
tered one night. and. though every
effort was made to find the murderer.
lie got clean off. Two years later. one
night ut II o'clock. tramp entered
the station and queried OF me:
"If / will surrender myself, will you
send out for good luncheon? have
had nothing to eat for two days"
what crime are you guilty OIL: !
asked without, much interest.
b"Alurder. am the one who killed
the Bottoms out west"
Eyes, III lock you up and give you a
luncheon said, and took him down
stnirs. placed him in a cell and then
ordered n lunch for him from night
hawk wagon. hardly believed him
guilty of any crime whatever, but his
face betrayed his hunger. and felt
cbaritably inclined. Before went on
duty in the morning told the fellow
TINT should have him sent up as a
yagrant. and It was then that he told
me his story in such words that could
no Longer doubt him. The result you
know. He was the murderer sure
enough. ana he returned to Missouri to
he tried and hung for his brutal crime.
One night year or so later as was
eating my lunch at midnight an old
woman who ran laundry entered In
nm excited state and asked me If there
was such street in the city as Dcsoto.
/ told her there was. 1t was narrow,
wretched street In the toughest quarter
Of tile town. Then she asked me II
there was cheap hotel called the
Lincoln House on the street Again !
answered in the affirmative. 1t was a
resort of bad men and had been raided
several times.
Now, let me tell you" she continued.
growing more excited as she talked.
"Soon after went to bed tonight !
had dream Of being on Desoto street
and entering that hotel. passed in at
tile front door and up two flights. and
In room No. Z saw drunken man
lying in bed with his clothes on. There
was 4 glass with some whisky in II on
a,stand near by. ] call him a drunken
man, but he was more sick than drunk.
He moaned in pain and tossed about.
and while stood looking at him he
shIvered MS with cold and was dead.
Then two men came into the room and
searched his pockets and took out a
Urge roll OF bills. They went out for
lafew minutes. and when they returned
they carried the body down stairs. out
,l'rc.. Ii a back door. mud they We're
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scarea tl.e Old savase.

When the well known African traY-
eler. DIR. Robert Felkin, was staying
with the bloodthirsty King Mtcsa OF
Uganda many years ago. the king. out
of gratitude for his visitors medical
treatment, wished to cut' on his head.
on DR.. FeikIn representing that the
treatment WIS not finished and that II
Interrupted 1t would cause Mtesn's
death the Inter granted him n re-
prIeve until he was quite recovered.
Taen. however. nothing awaited. and
the execution was determined upon.
Emin Pasla, who was friend OF
DIR. Felkin, had instructed him most
accurately about the state Of AFFAIRS IN
Uganda and the court OF King Mtcsa
and had revealed to him an important
state secret namely. where Mtesn's
powder store was hidden. DR.. Felkin
remembered this at the right moment
ana as last resort threatened that Il
Mtesa killed him he would bring down
a dash OF lightning upon his powder
store. AItesa replied lncredulonsly.
.sTell me where It Isl Whereupon Or.
Felkln whispered In his ear. 1T Is con-
cealed under your hnrem."
Mtesa tur,ied pale and allowed Fell
kin and his companions. to live. The
"lishtnlng makers" authority increas-
ed when next day dash Of lightning
happened to strike near the harem.
Ancestors OF the Ostrich.
The ostrich Is q descendant Of a genus
OF bird which In prehistoric times at
tained an enormous size. In the allu-
vial deposits of Madagascar evidence
has been found to show that ostrlches
fourteen and fifteen feet In height once
lived on the island. ~.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

State OF West Virginia.
Al Rules held In The clerks ofiice Of
the circuit court NJ Harrison county,
ON he first Monday In December, 1901.
Stale OF West Virginia vs.. Dan
PomerOy and others. In Chancery.
An Injunction.
II The object Of this suit Is to prevent
AM hinder the sale, unlawfully, u
spirituouS liquors, vine. porter, ale and
beer, a drinks OF like nature, In &
certain room on the ground floor In q
certain building owned by Paul q.
Reyman and Harriet s. Pomeruy, the
wifeOf Dan POmefuy,i ind Lillian +
PomerOy, the WIfe,of ID ldley NJ. Pt n.
roy. located In the town of Salem, IN
Harrison county, West Virginia, and
described by the original and amended
bills and exhibits and papers filed In
the said cause, and TO abate, as q nui-l
Sance, the use Of the said room for tho
purposes herein Set out, and to this
end an Injunction having been granted
according to the prayer OF the original
and amended bills by John w. Mason,
Judge OF the circuit court of Harrison
county, against the said defendants,
restraining the defendants, Paul o.
Reyman, Dan PomerOy, Harriet s.
P0mer0y, the wife Of Dan Pomeroy
and Lillian Z. P0meroy, the wife Of
Dudley M. P0meroy, and each of them
and their respective agents, employ
ees and assigns, and all other persons,
from operating and maintaining the
said room. on said ground floor, CONE
monty called the first floor, of the said
building, described and set out IN the,
said bill, as q room. or place for the
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For SALE--One eight room resi-
derce, with bath room and pantry:
Both gas company connections; also
electric light; pract ically a new house;
very desirable property; located on
Mulberry street. Call on or address
Samuel O'Neil, Clarksburg, West
Virginia, 3-tf.
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Don't forget the place.
Consult DR.. Hardman, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist, and get spec
tacles, at Traders hotel Dec. s. 2-3t

tacleS, at Ira0erS AoGei OeS' o'
DIR. A. B. Hall has re-opened his
posite post office. -tI.
When you paint your house use the
best paint made-"The Water Proof"
sold by Cost s. Holden. 52-tf
II you want the finest work in pho
Biography go to De Moss & Co., whose
work shows for itself. You don't
need to take their word for it. 2-4t
For Sale-Mammoth bronze turkeys;
toms, $500; hens, sl.5o; also large
plymouth Rock chickens from SOC. to
s1.Oo each. Arthur Sheets, West Mil
ford, w. Va. lit.
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aoe VAIN STREET

Call at A.C. Neff's and II ar the lat
est records for graphophone. 4S-tf.
Young's Headache Powders are
harmless and produce no bad effects,
.10cts. Jul
De Moss s. Co. carry the finest line
OF picture moulding in the city. Just
got in 10000 feet of the latest de-
signs. 24o
CAsEoEEA-.
Bear. d. The Kind You Have Always BoseH;
ass : ls1zzzzs9
Motherseverywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufertngs It
has relieved and the lives OF their lit
tie ones it has saved. Strikes at the
root Of trouble, and draws out the in
Examination. The children's favorite
. cough cure, Frank G. Bland. 4S-lm.
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Sale of Real Estate for 7a1es.

Notice is hereby given described lots
snn a. Puoic
the afternoon the 18TH Gay OF
Will
for much cash thereon forth
INT lii a .
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redeemed by the
Se4t JOHN a. FLEMING, S. H. C.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
Harrison and His I,uuch

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison, one
OF the ablest men who has figured in
our public life, has always been handI-
capped by his unresponsive, cold man.
ner. When he was In the senate. Mt
Washington, ID. c., in the early eighties
he always brought his luncheon 10 the
committee room. He carried IL in his
coat pocket and would eat IL while he
went on with his work. One day when
he got IL out rs usual from his pocket.
he looked IL all over ruefully. for IL did
look rather fiat and dubious. He FINAL
iy remarked TO those near by that he
guessed he must have sat on it acct
dentally.
One OF his colleagues, one who had
recently been ignored by Harrison.
spoke up impulslvely. well, by Jove.
Harrison, IL you've sat on II, I'll bet
you sixpence IL is frozen solid" and
Of course n shout went UP from the
whole committee.
Harrison took the joke kindly and
Joined in the laugh.-Argonaut.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
The Garlic Cure.

Garlic is the latest cure for consump-
ton. DIR. Giulio Cavazzani, an italian
physician, has been experimenting in
the hospitals of Venice and is convinc-
ed that garlic is most valuable thera-
peutic agent in cases Of phthisis. II
has long been known to sailors who
have traded to the malarial coasts of
West Africa that garlic used i'm liberal
quantities was preventive Of coast fe-
yer. Garlic is a most powerful agent
for the cleansing of the alimentary ca
nal, which may account for some of its
medicinal virtues. Dr. Cavazzani gave
to his patients garlic cut into small
pieces and dried. He had to admins
ter it in fractional doses in order TO
combat the distaste which most of the
patients bad for the taste Of the veye-
table. He treated over 200 patients.
giving TO them in addition to the garlic
the ordinary symptomatic treatment
He atiirms that an Improvement took
place in all cases and was especially
marked in those which were i'm their
first stages. The bacilli gradually grew
less until they finally disappeared. the
cough leSscned and the local physical
signs began to disappear. There was q
marked Improvement I'm appetite and
general condition. 1t is n little early
yet 10 pronounce upon the doctors dis
covery, but he has every faith i'm Il. and
1t Is attracting the attention of the pro-
feSSion
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
HOG scALPERS' METHODS.
In Chicago They Made Money Until
the Yards Were EnIarged.

In Chicago They Made Money Untii
the Yards Were Eularsed.
There is one class of men in Chica-
go who certainly did not shed maay
tears over the death OF the late Phil ID.
Armour" said former resident of
the Windy City, Il refer to the peo-
pie who used to be known about the
stockyards district as 'scalpers.' Brief
~ told. they made business of buy
ing up special lots of hogs. of varieties
that they had reason to believe would
soon be In demand. fattening them for
brief period and then selling them
at profit to the packers.
In those days the stockyards were
provided with only one tier of pens.
and the accommodations were entirely
Inadequate TO the supply continually
coming in. Consequently it was i'm
possible to hold over big herds from
one day TO another. and the packers
had to use their. stock as fast as they
got It.
The Scalper, however, would watch
his chance and engage space for, saw.
carload. Then he would be on hand
when the stock trains arrived from
the west, and as soon as he saw a
car full Of fine; medium sized hogs
the kind that bring the highest prices
he would buy it on the spot. For
the next two or three days he would
have the animals well fed and cared
for. and in that condition he could
generally get an advance for them of
all the way from 2 to g cents a hun
dred. 1t meant handsome profit,
and the packers were glad to avail
themselves of the chance to get choice
stock Sometimes the scalper would
get a tip that certain packer had
an order for a lot of extra small hams.
and he would Immediately search
every train to secure hogs of the exact
size wanted. l have known as much
as ~ cents hundred TO be cleared on
deals Of that kind.
ITO succeed I'm the business. howev-
er, the scalper had to be n hustler from
HuStlerville. Often 1t would be neces-
sary for him to get up before day and
intercept some train. with the mercury
10 below zero, and, taken altogether,
he earned his money. But Mr.. Armour
made up his mind some years ago that
the traffic was n needless tax on the
packers ard set about to break it up.
He succeeded in getting the stockyards
completely remodeled and double deck
Cd thus giving twice as much room as
formerly and enabling the packers to
hold over stock and Gull and feed it
themselves. That virtually knocked
out the scalpers, and in six months
there was not one remaining.
THE change in the yards was .un-
doubtedly great Improvement, but
the men put out of business never for
gave Mr.. Armour and retain their bit
terness to this day. Some had accumu-
lated enough TO retire on, and others
went into different lines. Their earn
ings in the old days averaged easily
$50 week."-New Orleans Times
Democrat
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
NORFOLK ROUTE.
Potomac River Route.

Beginning Tuesday. .Becembe 25th.
steamer Potomac will leave Pier 9. Light
Street, Baltimore, Tuesday and Saturday
at z M, fOI the Potomac River. calliny
ut Miller, Bromes, Bacons, Grasons'
ItWis,tia, Bundicks, Cowarts, Walnut
Point, CoaD, Kinsale, Mundy's Point.
Lodge, Adams, Piney Point, Abells'
Leonardtowp, Coburns, Towards and
Stones. On Tuesday only for Lancaster
Eastwood, Riverside, Liverpool Point
Glymont, Alexandria and Washington.
Returning will leave 9TH Street Wharf
Washington at 4 p. m Thursday, calling
nj all the above mentioned wbaryes'
leaving Leonardtown at 6 a. n. Monday
and Friday, Kinsale at 10 m, Millers AZ
4 p m, Grasons at 5 p m. and Bacons ST
q p. M, arriving in Baltimore earIv
tuesday and Saturday mornings.
Freight received daily at Pier o, Lisbt
Street. - eH'
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
o Baltimore, Md.
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents.
w ~ Washington, D. @.
Alexandria, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
Recorei. of Old ro.,a

Signor Constantine Macs, the Italian
srchaoloSiSt. says that 3.C0O bronze ia.
Dies. constituting ~. records of Rcme
from It's founta,!vn to tho time of YES.
paSian nre b@ried IN the marsh Mt Os.
Tia, near Rene. having been carried to
ostia AFTER Il. Gc rescued from the fire
which devoGrrd tie cap!tai IA the year
ID OF the Christian era Signor Macs
suggests that the marsh should he
completely drained in order TO recover
this historic treasure.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
Mexican ProcI,u,,,o

In Mexico the custom survives of pro.
claiming important laws 10y means OF n
bando. The essence OF this ceremony
consists OF posting n printed notice on
the walls OF many of the city's build
ings with certain formalities intended
to give solemnity 10 the act. When the
result OF the late presidential election
was known and had been proclaimed
by congress, printed copy OF that
proclamation was posted in different
parts or the city In the presence and by
direction OF the then governor of the
federal district, Hon. Rafael Reboliai.
and the municipal authorities a. well
as large military force. AS each copy
OF the proclamation was posted the SOL
diers presented arms and the bells of
the churches were set ringing.-Mexi-
can Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
CouIdn,t Stand Erccanm

Some strange scenes, says our Naples
correspondent, took place i'm Italian
prisons when the late amnesty was
proclaimed. At Portoferraio one man
burst into tears when he was told that
he was free. In order to remain he de-
ciared that he was guilty of two seri-
Gus crimes for which he had never
been tried. Nevertheless his Chains
were removed. and he was sent out.
Then he threatened TO throw himself
into the sea. saying he would never be
so comfortable again as in the prison.
In Bologna man when told he could
go threw himself out of a third story
window, crying, IL cannot outllye
thisr-London News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
CANNON ron HAlLsToRMs.
Remarkable Rapid Fire Gun Invent
ed by an ItnIinn For Enrmerx

These are queer times. The farmer
will have 70 start cannon brigade if
he wants TO be up to date I'm the peace
ful pursuits Of agriculture. The fash
ion comes from France, where they
have a rapid firing. breechloading. ag-
rieuitural cannon which is a wonder.
In France, where SO much of the
wealth OF the whole country depends
on the vineyards. there is one enemy
which has hitherto been unconquera-
bic. That is the hail. In half an hour
n severe hailstorm could pulverize a
prospective fortune. In Italy also the
hail is menace TO the vineyards. aud
the vine growers of the two countries
have been making some exceedingly In.
teresting experiments i'm fighting these
storms
Fighting Is good term for their
methods. They lombard the clouds.
When they do this, according TO their
published reports. the movement of a
hurricane is stopped. the lightning and
the thunder cease. rain or melted snow
begins to fall, and the clouds soon pass
away.
This bombarding has had good
~->-f $3.50 - 10 'etANa thct ttC NlntNd
protected by the cannon were spared.
while those outside the lines were de.
stroyed by the hail. Several guns have
been invented for this rural warfare.
the most remarkable being the powder.
less cannon of an Italian firm.
Acetylene gas mixed with air is used
as the explosive. OF course there is no
charge. 1t is said that the apparatus
can be placed anywhere and left safely
TO itself even for years at a time.
farmer can have. say, 80 cannon sta
toned at different points of his estate.
These are connected by an electric wire
so that single operator can discharge
the whole 90 guns either simultaneous.
ly or consecutively.
This takes about ten seconds, and
then the whole thing begins over again.
The generator permits the cannon to
fire more than 1000 times without re-
loading. and that is supposed to be a
sufficient supply to last six months.
The gun is not for sale. but the invent
ors intend to begin next year to insure
vine growers against hail.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
Paris n city of Ncyr,n,,cr

At the moment of writing there are
Of papers published in Paris. The pre-
else time and the exact number are set
down designedly, for the business or
Journalism in France predicates bewIl-
dering mutability. Newspapers are
born and die after the manner of the
proverbial flea. IL n current publica-
ton is not feasible for the matter in
hand, a paper is issued to advocate a
course, to exploit scheme. is used as
an instrument or reprisal. a medium
for private PRONUNCIATION, and It Is
snuhed out directly the matter for
which 1t was brought into being is re-
Quilted or propitiated.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
q nIu ceit

Toronto rubber manufacturing
house rcccn;ly turned on what is be.
heVed TO lie tisa isrge't machinery belt
ever nia'!c. To- De-; IS of rubber and
is over 'I.c-thii.'@ cf = n:;lr icn@ to be
exact @.'-J feet. II v,eigliS nine tons
ana Is now being used for the transport
ration OF grain Mt the elevator of tho
intercoionial railway at st. John. N B.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
Inc Washington Steamboat Com
pany Limited.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
winter Schedule. In effect Sept. Is. 1900.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD

STEAMER WAKEFIELD
Leaves Washington. n. q s.var.. O..
FERRY Wharf, Mondays, Wednesdays and Sstl
days, a. m. anu sat
M MeRSany sd for Fort FOote Fort Washington
poor Point. Clifton Beach (Smiff 81 Pr -. S.s~
Suoiinnerset beach, Stuarts, Swans fRiversida1'
ina1nias folnt, Dflls (Lower Cedar pr \ W.T.
Point T.an SosShiai Beach, B1shwOod, Rock
sops. Deep Point, Mount Holly. Nomini'
returning leaves Coltons AT 3 a. m on I,,as-
inSton ah nseT landings, and arrives at wash
w wednesdays for Fort Foote, Fort Washing
ITon, aarshall Hall, Glymont sIndian HeaS
ss ttic.00s p0int, Clifton Beach lsmiths Pt.,.
Stlyerside), Matthias Point. DiJl,s ,I"waS
Seoar Pt). Wilkersons, Colonial Beach Rnsb-
WOOD, Rock Point (LancastersS. Coitons-
iys Non,,iIdh ompsons, Deep Point, Mount Hol.
Returning leaves Nomini THURSDAY 2 n M
iSs Mou m Holly. Deep Point, sIhompsons,
BusbSoad Rnos SoeDrnms, Stones, Coltons,
nTeaeSh, W6lEersons, Dills (Lower Cedar Pr.
sop, aas f p swans SRiyerside). Stuarts,
P oiIse. Beach: Stins, Clifton Beach (Smiths
foiDtl, Liverpool Point, Alexandria
Arriving at Washington FRIDAY morning
us unks Tor fort Foote, Fort WASHINGTON
MAI rsn ma HALL Giymont, *Indian Head, Liver,
somerset Beach, Stuarts, swans tRiversidAs,'
Mathias Point, Dills Clover Cedar PIT Wtis
8pe e,s Colonial Beach. Bnshwood, Rock
sons, Deep Point. Mount Holly Nomini
returning leaves Coltons at 8 a. M SUNDAYS.
l Ipr river landings, aud arrives at Washington
Landings marked thus ri are beat. tide or
fair weather landings. '"o' VI
N. BAH schedules subject to change with
G. w. RIDLEY, GEM Manager.
r yoHANSEN, Agt. 7th st. Wharf
- u fADSEII. Agt.. Alsxa ndria Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22

"Yes." said the woman from Des
Moines, there's no doubt about 1T. /
had a perfectly lovely time when 1
was In New York two years ago. Just
think OF 1t. my dear! heard every
one Of the three De Reszkes."
What ARG you talking about?" ex-
claimed her more up TO date friend.
There are not three De Reszkes. There
are only two"
We'll. think I ought to know. I
heard them There was Jean De RESI-
Ike. the tenor. and Edouard De Reszke,
the bass. and Pat De Reszke, the man
wir) plays the piano."-New York Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
A yz,ae,z S,,,t r,or,.,

Young GoverGo' Yates OF Illinois,
who began his teri. CT office the other
Gay under most halcyon auspices, said
In the course OF his inaugural, my
predecessors have deemed 1t best TO. In
their inaugural addresses, both convey
information and recommend legisla-
ton" a statesman who splits an in
hnitive as wide open as this is not do
Ing right by the college town Jackson
ville) that nuctured him and made him
a judge before he became 4 governor
New York World.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22
How Jannn WorI....,

An amusing story is going the rounds
that at the siege Of the legations, when
the Japanese minister called for volun-
teers to assist in the defense OF his
legation, no less than 30 officers OF the
japanese army. who had been scattered
about PekinS in various DISCUSSES, re-
sponded to the call. One had been the
foreigners barber. another Lad been
the leading photographer. etc. which
perhaps accounts for the excellent in
formation about things in China that
Japan possesses.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-22

there shall Ice no more pain" No part
Ing at the front door. no last look at
faces never 10 be seen again. but home
with God. home with each other. home
forever. And that right after the mott.
Ing season. when ''thy youth is renew
Cd Ike the eagles"
Wines 20 hover free
Ger dawn smpurpled sea;
Wings 'bOve life 10 soar
And beyond death foreycrIrcre.
tCepyrght. 1901, by Louis S'opsch.1