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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
--INcI "a sAI.IIs cIeA7s.

FlIiRhe OF q aEmn Who TE4ed to Gpe
tae Best of tlis [suAtota@-
The customs regliTa lions permit
person to bring in Tor his own. corr
sumption 80 cigars or 800 cigarettes
she ruling Of the department. being
thnt for customs purposes fifty cigars
equal that many cigarettes. Travellers
are always arriving who do not know
the regulations or who try to eYaete
them. Nine times out of ten the trgT-
eier at once wants To make It per
sonai matter with the inspector and
acts as II he thought tlT4shinG the Of.
fciaI xyould get his cigars in free. Their
he coois down a little aud offers to pay
duty on all over fifty and take them
an There lie strikes a new cause of
rage The smallest number OF cigars
TINT can be imported Is 5000. Alltup
der that and over fifty are seized Ting
Inspector endeavors TO explain that he
did not make the law and is RESPONSE
BILE only for its execution as he finds i
but that seldom works. and the tray-
eier goes away breathing fire and mad
with desire for vengeance.
A man came in from Havana recent.
Is with a box OF cigars out Of which
lac had smoked fifteen There We're
eichty-five left. The inspector who e'l-
amined his baggage told him be could
have only fifty. The man declared that
It was an outrage and intinated that
he believed it to be perpetrated for the
Inspectors personal amusement
"Who gets the rest?'' he demanded
"They are seized for the government"
was the reply.
Thereupon it WINS evident TO the man
that the outrage was for the benefit as
well as the amusement of the inspect-
Il don't suppose you smoker" he
Not on duty" suavely replied the
.weII. you won't smoke these OF
duty" cried the man and began to
break them up.
Hold on" said the inspector you
mustn't do that
why not:" demanded the man
They are my cigars
oNo. they are not replied the in
spector They belong to the govern
nent.''
No words would fit that situation,
md the man went away. \ little
later he charged into the Office Of the
law division. prepared 70 tear down
the custom house. He wanted to
know, and lie wanted his Information
Not my cigars. eh2 Wen. they
hadn't been brought in set"
"oh. yes. they had They were con-
siderabiy inside the three mile limit
when .vor: bad item on the pier"
\ little argument cooled him on, and
he finally said:
Well, III take my ATTY, AID you can
have the rest.
You haven't got fifty now" said the
.tazF
Haven't got ffty?" he screamed.
.'rd like to know why haven't.
You've said all along could have
city,
Yes. but You broke them up
Il didn't do any such thing. / broke
up tie extra thirty -fiveT'
oh no. Those are Uncle Sans
You were breaking up your own. But
/ don't think sou destroyed them all,
There are about fifteen still left for
you"
And lie had to do the best he could
to seem content with fifteen. All Of
which shows again how foolish It +
to kicf against the pricks. Most men
do 1t, however. and sometimes they
beat Uncle sam out of his cigars
There have been instances where men
80 situated pitched the whole supply
overheard in their rage--Ccntury
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
lsweet MeIoey Flour
sonr stornacli.

Whom the quantity Of food taken u
too large or the quality too rich, sour
stomach is likely to follow, and espec'
ially so If the Digestion has been weak
ened by constipation. Eat slowly and
not TOO freely 81 easily digesited food
NIasticate the food thoroughly. LEI
i've hours elapse between meals and
when Won feel a fulIness and weight IN
the region Of the stomach after eating
take CiraInberlainis stomach and Liver
Tablets and the sour stomach may be
avoided. For saIe by stone s Mereer
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Wanted-For United States arm,
aBle.bodicd unmarried mea, betwe.
aees OF 81 and So; citizens Of Unit.
States, Of good character and temporal
habits, who can speak. read and writ
English. For information apply to r.
cr,iiting Officer. p. O. Building. Clarxs
burg. ". Va. julyld5 ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
Redueed Rates 70 the west.

10 all points in Montana Washing
ton, Oregon ana British Coluinbft, Sep
TENDER 18th to October 18th. 1904,
Write At once for information and
maps to w II. Allen, Travelling Agent,
Wisconsin Central R'y, G2i Park Bldg.
Pittsburg, Pa. deod-wtd
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

situation Wanted-By travelling sales
man. best OF reference as to ability
character, etc, have three years expert
enc among trade in West Virginia. WI
accept any position in which expert
ence win be of value. Address Boz
495, clsrksburg, w. Va. Ssep6t
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Wanted-cirI for general Homework.
Reference required. Apply Mrs. A. H.
cowen, between Lee and Hickman
STREETS, near Savoy hotel. 2ojul-tf,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

So3ce given
rerslfp heretofore
Charles j. Goa ana Hairy
srilSe1 tis frn name and %
wilson 4 ca has Been ttlis day dis
ia b mutual consent. an indebt
dne 70 the firm viii % collected ~
q. Wilson ana a1 monies sing ~ he
firm wiz be paid and Discharged ~ him
Witness our hands this 4sih day q.
August 1908.
CB ARIES u eoFF.
II. e WILSON
2oanglm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For sale-New six room house, tw
squares from court house. $500 vii
buy this property, if sold at once, W
G. Repass, SIG Preston street. al7-ti
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
1pEsH MILK FOR SALE.

On and after Monday yanuaf> 2
vii receive fresh milk from the count.
daily and Will sell II in any auantity
local customers
BEucHl. FRS bASERl
en,ap.o4 3Ia Pike sure"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For sale-New eight room vencered
brick house, gas, bath, electric wiring
laundry in basement and all modern con
venienees, situated on jackson street
good location, one block from street ear
Price right and tersm to suit purchaser
Inquire Of Jas. T. Drudy, 234 jackson
street. vi
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Lost-Pair gold trimmed speetaeles o.
Chestnut or West Main streets. Find
or will receive reward ii returned U
Telegram Office. 7sep4td
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Rent-'Iio gentleman. a nicely
furnished room with private family Ap
ply at 100 West Pike street jnn2sdt'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Wantad-For stead laundry. Women
mon and boys. Address w. J. G., car
The Telegram. o7ePtot'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

III you want to rent yunr vacant houst
list them with Cunningham Com
pany Rooeery building luD" lo.lt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
Drug Store
Groves Prescription Work
sos Pike street, cIarksbuFa.
w, We. irwin Building.

A prescription oiled at this phaf-
macy is guarantee Of it's strength
and purity. We aim to excel In this
branch of the business because we con.
slider it the most important both 10
ourselves and to lie customer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Pent-one 10 room mouse on street
car line near wilsonburg. Can be nsee
a. country residence or boardins
house. Nice lawn; good water; rea
sonable rent inquire Of Cunningham =
Co.. room Rooeery building, Third
street july19-tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Sale New seven room brick
house, gas, bath, electric wiring, LAUNDRY
cellar ard all modern cOuveniences. Lot
41xs2, situated on Lee street. near 18th
Three Minutes walk from the cour
qtiirv ii the Telegram Office. em&y-tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Rent-Three rooms for ligh
housekeeping. Mrs. BuclShannon, 3S;
Mechanic street. 7sep"l
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For sale-OnIy livery business In towr
81 1000. Cleared IS per cent last yea
Address boz 1l3, Elkins, ". va i9-ti
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Rent-Afodern seven-room house
Apply $50 West Main. iuly5dt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Lost-open face gold watch. Liberia
reward ifreturned to the Waldo. al5tf'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
No SubatItutIoTl.

Every ingTetiien5 as specified by the
physician Is scientifically compounded
in the prescription.
our prices are reasonable and uni.
form and our dispensing Is quick and
accurate.
Give US call. al5-3md
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09
For perfect bread uss
Sew entury Flour q

Miss reurI ModlsPs ~zn ras pene
restaurant and ice cream Parlor on
Moi cello avenue, at NO. Si6. She IN
v,t- the patronage of III. aPrl3-ti
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Wanted-Girl TO cook and do general
bousework. Apply TO Mrs. w. Il
I.wis, 62s Mulberry street. al-ti
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

For Rent--A six-room house in u"
most desirable location in the city. In
quire at asa w. Pike street. 6sepdt'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

El4 Rent Furnished room with bath
al a3a west Pike street. Inquire At
.prsnises Of this office. asst
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

Cor Rent-A COCO ONCE room, central
IL located on aai1 street. Inquire go
Main street. 2Ifebo4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-09

New Century Flour IS :
Spring Patent. MAJ u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
owned that she had never heard them and

owned that she had never heard them and
did not recognize them:
And yet another. called on to write the
letter q, pronounced Virginia fashion, de-
liberately wrote 1t out"Zed." and then con-
fessed that when she began schooi she
called 1t that way, as her father and fore
from England, but one Of the first lessons
she was taukht was to say Zee" Webster
says this letter is pronounced zed common
ly in England and sometimes In America '
We pretend to be English-speaking people.
and why and by what authority do we drop
the mouth-flling. honest, sturdy and time
honored ''zed,' and pick up the zee" which
before the war was never heard In any good
company in this part Of the country and
which is an attenuated, squeaky, wretched
little creature of a sound?
pronunciation or dialect or language or
whatever 1t was vanishes fast: Apparently
all the teachers are In conspiracy against
1t. Yet it was the tongue spoken by very
cultivated people and by great orators and
masters Of rhetoric and literature just a
few years ago. We do not know what 1t
and perpetual assault. We cannot recall
that it has caused any harm In the world.
Perhaps 1t was a little lazy and slovenly
and provincial but Il was SOFT and pleasant SAINT
trickling nectar over the scarlet lips OF q
Virginia woman not ashamed OF being q
Virginian and not forgetting her mother
tongue or her personal privilege to use 1t.
Why, then, should not a few be exempt
and remnants of virginians talking Virgin
ian be permitted to remain? Why should
all of us be made parrots to follow the I'm
pudent dictums of some pretentious. hum
bug at the north who becomes an author
ity" on hts own authority by sheer power
of impudence, assertion and advertising?
The Latin taught in the schools now is
jargon to the scholars of thirty years ago.
as probably 1t would be to Caesar. Can
we not be permitted to hold some LASH
toned English of our own?
Could not we have room set apart, or
even put up, say, in the Capitol square, II
there Is fear OF contamination. and there
under an oid-fashioned teacher from Ham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
A VANISHING TONGUE.
Southern Journal Comedies and La
ments the Loss Of the Southern Accent

mouIS Cuc AOSS Oh Tue southern Accent
From the Richmond News Leader.
Now that the public schools are beginning
to open could not the authorities give a
small room somewhere and a teacher for
the benefit of the few of us who would like
to have our children taught to pronounce
the English language as we have been ac-
customed to use and hear 1t here In Vir-
GINA? There linger in this world of new
tangled words, idioms, RECOMMENDATIONS and
things and COMPOUNDED foolishness generally
a few Virginians who know nothing but
the Virginia language. SO to speak, and who
like to hear 1t, at least at home
The public schools. and the private ones
also, with much assiduity and energy are
teaching Virginia children Connecticut pro-
nunciations. We get the hard, fat as
hard, fiat and tasteless as a cake OF white
New England cheese-and even that abom-
ination Of all denominations, the coarsely
rolling r." which has no place on any
Saxon tongue A few days ago an unusual
ly intelligent girl, a public school graduate
undertook to take diction from one of these
old-time Virginians and found herself abb
solutely unable to understand him. She
had been brought up to talk different
language from his, and when he used such
words as Chance. calm class and
Calf in the way to which he was born she
balked, looked bewildered and frankly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
Po1soNs SOCIETY USES.
Drugs Now Much in Demand by En-
glish Women.

From the London Chronicle
A London chemist has assured me that
he sells on the average 100 bottles Of chloro-
dyne a week, and knows that per cent OF
his customers are addicted to the habit
After all, chlorodyne is merely a pallia-
tive, not cure, as some vainly imagine,
and to fly to 1t for solace upon the least
ache or pain be like fraternizing with a
vampire.
Among the society women arsenic Is IN
great vogue, largely on account OF It's
identifying effects Those who are more
concerned with brilliancy of conversation
than of complexion give the preference 10
sal volatile and ether. Ether drinking as a
secret drug habit is especially popular IN
London. and during the season large guam
titles of the mixture are sold. Inc rapiu
exhilaration produced by ether compounds
and the transparent complexion of the
arsenic taker are paid for dearly by the
physical ailments that ensue.
Some women fancy various aromatic eX-
tracts, such as eau de cologne, lavender
water etc. AS these extracts are often
made with the coarest spirit, the result oi
this tipping may easily be imagined
Another addiction Is the ginger haDlt. f1s-
sence of ginger is formidable preparation;
almost double the alcoholic strength of or
binary brandy or whisky Many whose d.
gestions have been already impaired py az
cohol find the effect of this fiery mixture
curiously soothing. Yet while It deadens
the gnawing pain and promises relief. it Is
all the time aggravating the morbid condi-
ton. The ginger habit is more common IN
America than in England, but the sale Oh
ginger essence in this country is growing.
A comparatively new drug habit which Is
becoming frequent among harassed brain
workers is chloroformism. The drug Is
slowly inhaled, and the dreamy forgetful-
ness, the sense of pleasant languor begot-
ten followed by complete oblivion, mas
wonderful fascination for those suHerlns
from insomnia or worry. Sickness ana oe
pression are the immediate penalties exact
ed and If the habit be persisted In an IN
fammatory condition will supervene winch
ends in DEATH Indeed chloroformlsm is one
of the most subtle and dangerous haolts,
perhaps more so than the better known
chIoraI ba bit which is not so popular as
formerly among sufferers from sieepless-
ness. ,..,a Cor
Of late there has been n great demand TOT
certain coal tar derivatives. such as anu.
nyrin. phenacetin and sulphonal to compd u
ches or insomnia Although valuapIe
in small quantities and on occasion, ~these
drugs are too frequently made crutches VI.
The taker should take in mind that, taken taken
heedlessIy, they produce distressing nervous ,,,,
symptoms Phenacetin, for instance, IS Wy
no means the harmless remedy some peop,e
imagine. Indeed. at its best, the drug haoi'
is misfortune; at its worst, Tragedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09

A corporal In an Italian regiment of con-
scripts, on duty during the disturbances at
Innsbruck, Austria, yesterday confessed
that 1t was he who bayonetted and killed
the German artist, Prezzey. The corporal
says that, fearing discovery, he hid the
bayonet.
John Wiles, wealthy farmer and miller,
was killed yesterday afternoon while
hoisting a large stone by means of der
rick for the foundation of new Touring
mill he was building at Startown, three
miles north Of Hagerstown. Md. He was a
bachelor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09

Bed Pillows, filled with steamed
feathers, and covered with feath-
er-proof ticking, size IS by 2fk
inches. ONE DAY, A PAIR, 19c.
Each, 4Oc.
First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
+ +

over or New Kent or Essex have a few
children permitted to retain the Virginia
as and RS, or lack of RS, and to forget
some of the everlasting terminal g's7 We
might have 1t done in secret, as Polish is
taught I'm Russia or as Gaelic used to be
taught in Ireland In the days of tyranny.
for 1t seems to be offensive to the school
authorities, If not absolutely under legal
interdict. Can't we keep alive the tongue
Of our fathers so that Ii shall not be clean
gone forever and our individuality as a peo-
pie may survive?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
'On1nan's Attention.
lie. Pillow Cases, 7zAc,

Pillow Cases, As by 36 inches,
made of ends of cotton, such as
Pepperill. Dwight Anchor, Fruit
of the Loom, etc. ONE DAY,
each, TIC.
First Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
Csc. Conn plexion
Brushes, 12c.

OF rubber and very eft1cacious
in keeping wrinkles away.
First Floor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
WILL INVESTIGATE
 CONVICT LEASING
HUGH MceEEvER AND JOB GOING APPOINTED BY BOARD OF REvE- NuE TO REPORT ON SYSTEMS OF WORKING CONNECTS.

Hugh McGreever and Job Going were, by the adoption of a resolution yester- day of the County Board of Revenue ap- pointed a committee Ito confer with the state board of convict inspectors in order to ascertain the best methods for working the county convicts to the best interests of Jefferson county as well as the health and safety of the convicts.
 Three methods are receiving consider ation from the board
 1. Leasing the convicts to the highest bidder.
 g. Adopting the system in operation un- der the state convict board.
 B. Working the convicts on the county roads.
 The plan of leasing convicts to the highest bidder Is perhaps least considered by the county board. The system of working the convicts in the mines. partly under state supervision and maintenance, is thought to be more profitable than the leasing system. Then general opin- ion, however, is that the system of work ing the convicts on the county roads Is the most desirable, inasmuch as it is thought that the $6s000 expended by the county in working the roads will by this system be, in great measure saved. From the humanitarian point of view, also the third system is preferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
BEST POLICEMEN
 ARE PREACHERS
JUDGE FEAeIN ENDORSES STATE MENT MADE BY DR. FORBES OF ELPHiA-PULPlTS MAKE POLICE FORGE EFFECTIVE.

The statement made Thursday night by Dr. Forbes of Philadelphia, in the simpson Memorial church. namely. that a preacher is a policeman and that If 1t were not for the sermons preached in churches every bank would fail, the val ue of property would decline and the population of the city would be depleted. was read with a great deal of interest in religious, legal and business circles yesterday.
 q was struck by the Idea enforced by Dr. Forbes" said Judge Noah B. Feagin, in commenting on Dr. Forbes sermon. He has expressed view that I have held for many years. The more I study conditions in urban communities the more I appreciate the value of the pulpit in enforcing law and maintaining order
 Twenty years ago was talking with a distinguished citizen of Birmingham who had a leaning toward infidelty, or. at least, toward agnosticism. He once asked me what would become of the churches If the women and children were taken out of them, intimating that men did not attend church and that the churches had little influence with men. In answer to his taunt. I asked him what would become of the women and children if we took the churches out of tho community.
 '"To that question he could make no answer. He realized that without the churches, without the influence Of tho pulpit, our wives and daughters and our little children would be safe nowhere. They would not only have no moral in- struction, but they would not be secure from bodily harm.
 "Dr. Forbes Is right. The preacher Is
 the best the most powerful, policeman in the community He creates the senti- ment which organizes the police force and makes 1t effective. I am glad that some one has brought to public attention q fact that we are too frequently inolin- | ed to forget"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
HANUkkAH FESTIVAL.
1t Is Celebrated at Temple Emanue
 By the Jewish People.

Last night ushered in the ancient "Fes- tival of Light in the Jewish households
 The celebration is In memory of the glorious victory gained by the Maccabe- san heroes in the year 165 B. C., over the Syrian despot, who endeavored to destroy the Jewish religion and It's politics.
 The story of that valiant struggle for religious freedom Is recorded in the two books of the Maceabses, which are part of the Apocrypha of the Bible.
 In those books 1t is ordained that the anniversary of the re-dedication of the temple at Jerusalem should be observed on the 25th day of Rislev and continued for eight days. Accordingly, lights are kindled in Jewish homes and houses of worship.
 The Sunday school of Temple Emanuel will observe the festival by special exer- cises Sunday afternoon at 3:30 O clock, af- ter which the children will bespresented with the customary gifts by the school board