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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-05-12


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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-05-12
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
THEY WILL NOT CHANGE.

What is called the deceased wifes sister" bill Is still getting itself threshed in the English Parliament. a man to marry the sister of his dead wife, and all efforts to get the Parlia- ment to repeal the law have thus far failed. For many years the struggle for and against repeal has gone on. but so far those who are against re- pealing tho prohibition have been in the majority, and there seems little more prospect of success for the re- pealers now than heretofore. The re- peal bill comes up for hearing on Fri day and it is predicted that the House of Lords will agan turn 1t down.
 Just why the peers of England should adhere to the ancient absurdity Is one of the mysteries of English con- servatism, or obstinacy. It has always been the rule, they argue. that man should not marry the sister of his dead wife and what has always existed must be right. they seem to think. Any innovation would bring the entire system or EnBllSn government u""i about their ears, Is about the way they view it.
 When told that the American people are unable to understand their adher- ance to this anticipated provision of the marriage laws an eminent English man somewhat hippantly remarked that Americans are not expected to comprehend English affairs. He was correct so far as this particular law is concerned. Just why a man who may marry almost any other woman should not marry a sister of his de- ceased wife is beyond the comprehen- sion of intelligent people on this side of the water, but that is the law and 1t must not be interfered with. else the country's done for, in the opinion of those highly favored gentlemen who compose the Lords of the English Par liament. We understand that the Com mons, who represent the people, favor the change, but the Lords, represent ing the nobility and the high church dignitaries, oppose any innovation on ancient customs. It seems absurd, to say the least of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
THURSDAY, APRIL c. 1905.
THEORIES AND FACTS.


 A singular condition has developed In Philadelphia, and one which apparently discredits some of the established germ theories in connection with dis ease. We say apparently" because there may be some explanation of the facts as stated. but as 1t stands now it is perplexing, to say the least.
 Two facts in connection with ty- phoid fever seem to have been thor oughly established in the opinion of medical men. One is that it is O germ disease. and another that foul or inn pure water is one of its sources, and is one of the readiest mediums for it's transmission. These facts would in- dicate that one of the most reliable methods of preventing or escaping the disease is to boil or filter the water so as to destroy or remove the fever germs and thus prevent them from en- tering the human system. If typhoid is a germ disease, and if the germs breed and flourish in polluted water the natural inference is that drinking such water will cause attacks of the fever.
 We say this Is the natural and log ical inference. yet 1t seems discredited by the facts in Philadelphia. Typhoid is very prevalent and fatal in that city and the papers call attention to 'the fact that the fever is more preva- lent in the northeastern section of the city, where the filtered water is used, than in the sections where the water is taken from the nasty Schuylkill without Altering is the most serious phase of the situation"
 All must admit that this is certainly a serious phase of the question, the more so as an eminent scientist de- clares that water which is absolutely pure is not good for drinking pur- poses. If the fever germs cannot be removed by filtration. and if water purified by boiling or distillation is not safe, what Is to be done? Unless some explanation of admitted facts can be offered it would seem that the germ theory. at least for typhoid levers. must be reconstructed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
A WEAK ARGUMENT.

The Manchester (N. H.) Union, usu- ally calm and level-headed. devotes column and half to an editorial on the Rockefeller affair, in the course of which this paragraph occurs:
 Hereafter. the church can utter no word of protest against Rockefeller or what he or his kind stand for: With characteristic shrewdness, he has at tempted to corner ana contsoi lae far as the Protestant Church or the Congregationalists are concerned, he has made his usual success. From now on, what Congregational clergy man will be heard to denounce the methods and the practices that char acterize and have always distinsulsheu Rockefeller and the Standard oil Com pany?
 We dislike to speak of our contem- porarys reason as absurd. but that really seems the only way to express it. If we carry 1t to its legitimate conclusion we suppose no minister should condemn or criticise any ille- gitimate business because some of the money accumulated in that business may have found its way into the church or some church organization. In other words, the church must not condemn sinners, because some of those sinners give money to the church. To put 1t differently, every man who makes or obtains money in a way the church cannot approve is supposed to be bidding for immunity from criticism by giving money for a worthy purpose.
 Now, if the charges against MT. Rockefeller's methods are true. The | Advertiser has no more defense or ex cuse for him or his methods than The Union has, and no more than any of the ministers have who opposed &C., cepting a gift from him, but that is | the end of it. We can dissociate in- sensate money from the man who &C., | cumulated 1t. We do not believe that he expected to purchase immunity from criticism by his offering. or that he had a right to expect it. We do not believe that 8 minister of the church which receives his gifts should hesitate one moment to criticise and denounce the schemes he Is charged with. Finally, we do not believe that would feel or allow himself hampered in the least by the fact that his church or denomination had received money from the rich oil magnate. Those are our views and we believe they are sound.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
HE STIRRED THEM UP.

Our esteemed friend. Poultney Bise- low, nas been stirring up the animals in Boston and some of them don't like it a bit. Tn fact, he has given them couple of doses of 1t, and the last was worse than the first. In lecture to the students of Boston University he remarked that mo member of the black race is fit to legislate for cat" This was e heavy jolt. and they natur- ally went for him. The Boston Pilot remarks that "he Is built on too small a plan to be an American" Some of the coiored people called on the presi- dent of the university and wanted him to do something, and we are told that they found him very sympathetic
 All this bother gave Poultney an- other opportunity and he took advan- tage of it in a very emphatic way. It must be borne in mind that he Is not one of your unreconstructed Southern CTS. Born in New York fifty years ago, educated in the schools of Connecticut, a graduate of Yale and Columbia, he is a scholar. traveller. author. journal ist, lecturer and various other things which have fitted him to observe and to illuminate. In his second speech he somewhat amplifed his former re- marks, and some of his expressions are worth quoting. For example, he said: The idea of selecting a man from an surd. The class of people who are try ing for the negro vote have pictured the negro as he is not. You have never seen a real negro in Massachu- | setts and those condemning my so- | called heresies are judging the race as whole by what they see here al home s gs we ns in ths nto the | school of the politicians;
 We in this country think that we have done the greatest possible good amendment and then subscril~ig to | the Booker Washington school. But | we are really merely shifting the bur den onto some one else.
 Then he paid his respects to the col ored soldiers. telling the Bostonians some things they didn't know and probably didn't want to know. Tn fact, he discussed the colored man just as any intelligent and unbiased man would who has had an opportunity to inform himself. and has taken ad' vantage of 1t. He also said:
 The Southern States are far more | generous to the negro than are tht l Northern ones. There Is a stronger prejudice against the negro right hert in the North than there Is in the blacl belt. There whites and negroes worl in the same gangs. and whites ever work for negro employers, situation which is never seen in the North.
 In conclusion, 1t may be said tha | inc solution of the negro question II this country should be left to thu South, who know the negro best.
 We respectfully recommend a dos' of Poultney to certain esteemed breth rem up in New England. who are sadl! in need of information and instruction Some of them are fully imbued witl the idea that they know 1t all. ever about the negro, and an occasiona sermon delivered in their own atmos
 phere by a Northern born and educate
 man cannot be otherwise than bene hcial We also think 1t perfectly saf
 to assure them that Poultney will re
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 call him in. He seems to like 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
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 April.
 The centennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition opens at Portland, Ore. June 1. All on the western slope are vitally interested in the results of that most remarkable overland journey, because it was the first step of the government toward territorial enlargement. Thomas Jef- ferson is inseparably connected with western expansion. Twenty years be- fore Louisiana was purchased he had urged that the great west should be explored with 8 view of founding a permanent settlement on the northwest coast. He was keenly interested in everything connected with the far west. Hunters and traders were all ways welcome guests at Monticello. From them he acquired an amount and variety of information which made him understand the west as did no public man of that time, yet he himself never crossed the Alleghanies, For years he maintained that the Missouri must drain an immense territory. After Captain Gray discovered and entered the mouth of the Columbia, Jefferson studied the situation carefully and con- cluded that the sources of the Colum- bia and the Missouri could not be far apart. From that time he had a clearly defined idea of exploration, and in his message of 1903 he urged that the government send out a commission to follow up the Missouri to Its source, aim to find the heRdwaters of the Co., lumbia and go down that to It's mouth. This was on January IS, 1S03-~- The treaty ceding Louisiana was signed April 30, 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
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Pronouncing LaJoie's Name.

A group of men were discussing Montgomery's prospects for winning baseball team this season. and the con versation finally broadened into gen. eral baseball discussion.
 The ard-hitting Cleveland American League team which was in Montgomery day or two ago came in Tor a good share of praise, but the prohunciation of the name of the manager, Napoleon LaJoie, was a doubtful question in the minds of some of the group. A large Autograph on a nearby bill board at tracted the attention of the crowd, and they walked over to get a closer look at the picture of the worlds greatest batsman.
 When the pronunciation of the big Frenchman's name is left to the m agination of the baseball public, there Is a wider difference of opinion than there has been over the merits of the foul strike, rule and the much adver- tiser spit ball.
 There is only one thing wrong with that lithograph," said one. Whilst the Cleveland Club was about 1t, they should have had LaJoie's name printed so that folks could tell how to pro nounce it. I've heard half dozen dll- ferent ways and don't know which Is right" man of the party. Tt ought to pc Ia joy. if its English. or Lazhwah' If II French
 ''Very good" said a third party, Out it's neither English nor French; It s Canuck. It's Lazh-o-ay. three sylla- bles I know because l have met him and have heard his friends call him by 1t when they address him"
 "It don't make much difference how you pronounce it." said a fourth party. He's there with the goods
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
"The Yellow Perll.n
London Times

LOndon Times
 For at least half a century European nations. with England as the pioneer. have been telling Oriental nations that adopting Western habits of thought and Western civilization. In order to enforce the lesson Europe has invaded their territories, slain their people, annexed their revenues and taken pos session of their soil. One of these Oriental nations has taken the advice of Europe. It has mastered the ways nary completeness. thus showing at once that 1t Is very different from oth- CT yellow races, and that it is anxious to profit by our secular efforts for its regeneration. Yet, as soon as 1t ac- cepts our advice, and complies with our cherished notions of progressive ness and intelligence, Europe turns to peace and civilization. For a thous- and years that nation has enjoyed civilization of its own, which has pro- duced a physical and moral education now triumphantly enduring the severest tests that can be applied. It meddled with nobody, and 1t asked of the world nothing but to be let alone. Europe wise enough to learn from what went on in it's vicinity that European inter ference would go on increasing in pro- portion to its possession of things covetable. Now that 1t can protect it. self by European methods against the aggression of a European nation, 1t is declared to be the natural enemy of all been living in fear of its opponent How wise, how reasonable, how disin- terested and how entirely noble must Europe appear in that nations eyes!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06

In the old Scottish days when a chieftain wanted to call his warriors together messenger was sent out with "the fiery cross" to notify them, and every true Scot who saw that sig nal at once dropped everything and hastened to the meeting place. Among the Creek Indians the word of the chief was transmitted more speedily and obeyed as absolutely as 1t was among the clansmen of Scotland. Chief Pleas ant Porter recently stated that he had known one of his messengers to travel 100 miles a day on foot. He added; "One morning during the Creek re- bellion I sent a messenger out to get volunteers for my army and before the sun set 1,2OO men came into my camp" This exhibits both celerity of move- ment and the Indian habit of prompt obedience to the orders of their chief. Under like conditions how many white men would have been at the place of meeting?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
Value of Example.

Savannah News.
 In a recent issue The Boston Adver- tiser called attention to the reforma- tion wrought in a Western town by the example of a young girl, graduate of one of the colleges for women. Ac- cording to The Advertiser this young woman, during her vacations, had visited in the beautiful homes of her friends. and when she returned after graduation to the paternal roof it struck her as being extremely shabby. She had the house painted pretty CO., lonial yellow. She put awnings on the windows and verandas, had the fences taken down and the lawns properly cared for. Then she served tea every afternoon on the veranda. and her friends thought 1t all so nice that they went home determined to do likewise. The fences came down all along the street, and in other streets the houses took on new colors and the lawns bIoomed with velvety greenness. The value of the property rose and the mu- nicipal government, seeing that there was financial profit in beauty, went in for pavements. parks, fountains and drives. Now there is not a more beau tiful place in the West than this town"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06

Kansas City is discussing, with a prospect of early adoption. the plan of reaching out into adjoining territory by a system of electric trolley cars. One proposition is to extend the lines from 15O to 200 miles, and though The Kansas City Journal is doubtful as to the propriety of such long lines it de- clares that it Is quite certain that a system extending fifty or seventy-five miles in all directions would be prof itable from the start" That Is busi- ness talk, and The Journal is only forecasting what is bound to happen in the near future. Kansas City being surrounded by a more varied and di- versified agricultural population than Montgomery 1t might cause such a system to be more popular and profit able there than here. but a system of short lines extending from this city in every direction would assuredly bring in the business and be paying in- vestment, and is is bound to come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
Harvesting for Feathers.
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 PluckIng time is the event of the season on this Arizona farm. It comes about three times in two years and full-sized birds will yiEi. one pound to the picking. These feathers, are valued at from $S to $150 a pound, or $35 bird for all grades of feathers. The birds to be Nucked are driven into a heavy wooden pen or chute so small that they cannot turn or plunge about, It is high in front, and when a sack Is drawn over his head the ungainly captive can neither kick nor bite and the blucking begins. The exquisite white wing plumes are taken first, then the rest in order. till the bird is turned loose a disrobed and sulien car feature of his former self. The cocks of course yield the finest feathers but very beautiful gray plumes are taken from the wings of the hens. The feathers are graded as to color, size. and perfection, and sold raw (uncurled or prepared for wearing) to New York dealer. It is said that fashion has little effect on the demand, which is steady and never fully supplied. but the price is set by the ostrich auction sales of London. the controlling feath- CT market of the world
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06

A North Carolina judge recently called a lawyer someShat severely to task for referring to the witnesses in a case on trial as cattle" and the judge was right. As a rule. the law yers are as courteous and gentlemanly as any class of people on earth, but sometimes one will take advantage of his position to badger. browbeat and insult witness in a manner that 1t neither fair nor just, and that proves the attorney to be wanting in real courage. It is we'll for judge to call such unfair attorneys down when they thus abuse their privileges and posi- tion. A witness has some rights as well as other persons connected with the courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06

"The Amateur Cook" can prepare meal on a modern gas range without the burn ing and scorching incident to a coal fire. All lever valves and doors have air cooled handles, which are always cool. In lighting the fire there's no more necessity for burning the fingers than when lighting a lamp or the gas.
 Watch for our "ads." In the next few days, an ar ticle will appear with a spec ial offer to the ladies of Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
Mnnx Electric Signs.

'I don't believe there is city of Montgomery size in the United States that has so many electric signs dis played In the business portion Of the widely. and whose home is here.
 His remark IS probably true. and these signs add much to the appearanCe of Court Square and Dexter Avenue at night Their attractiveness and the number of them never fall to excite comment from sthe visitor to Montgom- cry.
 One man who had something to say regarding this fact, was prominent railroad man who was in the city ln attendance upon the session of the State Railroad Commission:
 My home city, he said. would make two or three of Montgomery as to popu- lation but you are far ahead Of us on this point. and 1t Is distinct tribute to the business enterprise and get up and get of your local merchants
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06

There are some small armies in Flu rope. Monaco's army consists of seV- enty-five carabneers. the same num- Der of guards and twenty flremen. The army of Luxemberg has 1S5 gendarmes. ITO volunteers and 39 musicians.
 After nearly a quarter of a century in the pastorate of Sefton Park Presby- terian Church. Liverpool, Dr. John Watson Clan Maclaren) has handed in his resignation, which was accepted he said. "and cannot go on."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
A Cold Day in April.

Ugh" 'shuddered the man on the corner last night as he turned up, the collar of his great coat and made a dash for an outgoing car This is certainly cold weather for April"
 The car conductor shivered in his long coat.
 "It reminds me of days around Christ mas," he said to his passenger
 The weather man said 1t was not near as cold as the people imagined. He added that it might be cooler still this morning, but the temperature would not go near to the freezing point
 At ' o'clock yesterday morning the temperature registered 54 degrees and at o'clock yesterday evening 1t was 52. At g o'clock last night, however, 1t had dropped to 49, and business offices down town turned on the heaters.
 The maximum temperature in Mont gomery yesterday was 65.