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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-01
The CIarkSburg
BOttIing Works
Manufacturers of
Soda Water,
Ginger Ale, Birch
Beer, Settler
and
Mineral Waters
and all kinds OF
a., -.
Non { Alcoholic DRINKS
and all kinds OF

The Clarksburg Bottling Works
was Incorporated III 1900 with a
capital of twenty-hve< thousand dol
lars, with Charles NJ. Gaylord. presi-
dent, and A. Fred Wagner, general
manager, for the purpose of manu-
featuring all kinds of nonsalcoholic
drinks. Today it is one of the larg-
est plants of it's kind in the State.
A large business is carried on
throughout this entire section of the
State. The planets located on Bal
timore street. near the depot,
The business has been on steady
increase and the company contem-
plates erecting a large brick and
stone plant in the near future.
L Mr.. Gaylord, president of the conr-
pany, has bean a we'll known travel
ing man for a number of years, and
was in the drug business for some
time. qn 1884 Mr.. Gaylord drove
from Clarksburg to New Orleans,
La, and back in thirteen months.
covering distance OF six thousand
five hundred miles. Mr.. Gaylord
has also the distinction of publish
ing he first Free Silver paper pub
4labed in the State at Weston and was
in politics for some time. but after
marrying has left the road and Is
giving his attention to the manufac-
ture q soft drinks. Every thing is
manufactured from the best mineral
water n the market and nothing bus
the pu st ingredients are used. Mr..
Gaylorl Is courteous gentleman. IS
/ promineat in commercial and finan-
pr circles and closely Identified
th the best interests of the city.
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STOUT'S
China Store
Crockery,
Foreign and Domestic
China Ware.

Among the old established and
popular business concerns of Clarks-
burg, and one which for number
of years has occupied prominent
place in public favor is Stout's China
Store, located at 4O7 West Main
street, in the Oak Hall building. This
store carries complete line of both
foreign and domestic china ware,
embracing fine line of artistic
vases. busts. dinner sets, jardiners,
pedestals and umbrella stands. AL
so line of clothes hampers, dim
ner pals, dish pans. bread cans,
crooks. jars, toilet sets and bric-a-
brac.
This store was formerly on Pike
street. but owing to the large in
crease in business was obliged to
move to the present commodious
quarters.
Mr.. c. p. Stout, proprietor, is we'll
known TO the trade. and the success
of the business has been due to his
ability in knowing how to please the
public. Mr.. Stout is deputy county
clerk, is a native of Harrison county,
is prominent in commercial circles,
and identified with the best interests
0T tba c,txy
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leading part in the manufacturing
district of Clarksburg. The Clarks-
burg Glass Company is one of the
leaders in the manufacture of win
dow glass, having the United States
as field to market their product
They sell from Duluth, Mimi, to the
Gulf of Mexico, and from New York
to San Francisco. and have accounts
In nearly all the principal cities of
the country. The continued and
constantly growing success of this
firm speaks in its own way of the
superior quality of the ware manu-
featured by the Clarksburg Glass
Company and the correctness of the
business methods employed by the
management of the concern not only
in the manufacture of the ware, but
in the successful placing of the
product
The people of Clarksburg should
feel proud to have such a plant in
their city. employing so many hands
and running full time. Mr.. William
Mount is president of the company,
w. +. Smith, vice president, and c.
A. Wiley is secretary-treasurer and
general manager, a court pus gen
tleman and well fitted to 4.the po-
sition he occupies
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kept in stock at popular prices, and
Mrs. Peters many years experience
in catering to this trade has taught
her how to buy in order to give the
patrons the benefits of the lowest
possible prices.
The interesting events of the city
have figured from the date of the
Bon-Ton's big sale; however, the
store is larger and better than ever
before. Mrs. Peters has just return
ed from the East, where she has
been buying her fall stock, which in
cludes all the latest designs. The
stock embraces several thousand dol
lars worth of the seasons latest pro-
auctions.
The Bon-Ton is the first store in
the city to introduce the latest pat
terms and designs, which is respon-
sible for the large and nigh class
trade it enjoys.
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The foreign population of Clarks-
burg and vicinity has been on a
steady increase for the past ten
years, until it has now reached up
into thousands, most of whom find
employment in the mines or in the
manufacturing concerns of our city.
Hundreds of men and women are
coming and going each year to and
from the old country. In 1903 c. F.
Zaruba & Co opened a foreign ex-
change and steamship agency at $50
West Pike street. for the purpose OF
furnishing transportation and money
exchange. They conduct foreign
exchange and steamship ticket bust
ness. Money is sent to all parts OF
the world and drafts are sold on
every important city in the world.
STEAMSHIP tickets are sold on all
leading Ines TO and from Europe.
Also carr a large line of books OF
interestinz reading matter in nearly
everey language in the world Also
carry a large line of tobacco and
smokers articles and musical iu-
struments of every description.
Mr.. C. F. Zarbua is the proprietor
and a most courteous gentleman and
has a vile experience in TIE bust
ness. Mr.. Zaruba speaks seSeu Ian1
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The Diamond Buffe
Restaurant and
Bowling Alleys
in Connection.

Centrally located on Pike street
and opposite the Waldo hotel, the
Diamond Buffet controls large and
high-class trade. embracing the best
patronage of the city. The finest
products of the vineyards of this and
foreign countries, old whiskeys of
the most popular brands, rare liz
uors and cordials and the purest
goods make the place popular head
quarters for the lovers of refreshing
drinks. All the favorite brands of
cigars are sold.
In the rear of the bar are five
regulation bowling alleys. that are
kept going during the day and late
at night. Some of the best bowlers
in the country are to be found there,
who are skilled in the art of knock
ing down the pins.
An up-to-date restaurant and
lunch counter are also in connection,
where short orders or a full meal
may be had at popular prices. A
specially is made of business mems
lunch at the noon hour. Messrs.
Hickman and Jones, proprietors, are
we'll known and popular men of
Clarksburg. having been in business
here for a number of years. they are
royal good fellows. are genial COM
panions and loyal friends.
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q. M. WEST
Grain, HaYaad-Eaed Merchant,

also carries line of lime. plaster
and the best Portland cement ON tho
markets. also keeps on hand the
famous American Gypsum Woodfber
Plaster. By\strict attention. to bust
ness this house has succeeded in
building up aElarge trade. and most
of the country around clarksburg is
supplied from this store. Mr.. West
is most courteous gentlemen and
is among Clarksburg's enterprising
and progressive business men.
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LIN representing the varied indus-
trial pursuits of Clarksburg, par
ticular mention should be made of
the G. NJ. West Wholesale and Re-
tail Feed Store, located at 4o6-4oS
North Firth street, in Glen Elk, the
Oldest feed establishment in the city.
Mr.. West came here from y. Pitts
burg, Pa, where he was also eneag-
ed in the same business and started
store here in 1899, and each years
business has seen steady increase.
In addition to handling feed he
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StIS

The operation of this company's
mills. situated on the main line OF
the B. & o. R. R. in the Eastern
part of the city, means steady en-
ployment to more than 600 men, the
greater number of whom are skilled
workmen whose earnings are very
large. The mills during the past
two years, or since the time they
we're started, have operated steadily
and many extensive Improvements
have recently been made which has
increased production.
This company is the largest in
dependent producer of tin plates in
the State. their annual production
being 100000 boxes, sufficient tin
plate to manufacture 1S9,60o,oOO
standard sized cans. About 100000
boxes of terne plates are produced
annually, which product is used al
most entirely for roofing purposes
and the manufacture of metal
shingles, which are fast replacing
wooden ones.
Uncoated black plates and sheets
for, the stamping of metal ceilings.
and for enameling and galvanizing
purposes are. produced, the annual
production of which is 5000 tons.
The product is distributed all over
the United States and small per-
centage exported.
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The pse of natural gas entirely Is
of considerable advantage as more
uniform results can be obtained in
the heating of the raw material and
in the annealing of the plates. the
softness and pliability being a most
important feature of the manufac-
ture of tin plates and the excellence
of the products made by this COM
pany is partly due to the correct
use of natural gas.
Heavy Corliss engines operate the
rolling mills and electric cranes
handle the raw material and plate
through the various departments.
? The works are most modern and up
to-date in every respect, and the lat
est mechanical improvements and
devices have been installed to make
the operation most economical.
The Eastern Office of the company
is located in the Whitehall build
ing. Battery Place, New York; the
Pittsburg Office, sos Frick building.
Agencies are maintained at Portland,
Ore, San Francisco, Cal, and st.
! outs, Mo. The officials of the COM
pany are Edmund w. Nudge, presi-
dent, Pittsburg; w. H. Baldridge.
vice president, New York; D. NJ.
Weir. treasurer, and E. T. Weir,
SECRETARY and general manager, the
latter being in full charge of the
AFFAIRS of the company.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28
DEATH VALLEYS BLOOM
Springtime Turns Dreaded Spot Into
One Of the Most Beautiful
on the Earth.

Think, if you will, of a long, low,
valley, lying between two lofty ranges
of barren mountains-a white glisten-
Ing sink for a miserable desert river
the whole overlaid with a thick
black pail of wind and sand and ashes
from the dead craters that fringe it's
borders; add all the heat and horrid
fumes of Gehenna, and you have
.oude idea of Death Valley in summer,
saws the San Francisco Chronicle.
wash these mountains clean with
4hree months of almost continual
c,o,idbursts and rain, rim in their feet
Andgthe whole edge of the valley with
foot deep grasses, lush and green as
apvNthat ever fooredp Sierran cien9a.
snrfnkle the white waste with green
FINISHES of mesquite all aglow with
myriad blossoms, arch over ALL an
#Adriatic sky, cooled With the baimfesf
81 bteese ssha Eesspictprea
Death Valley at the beginning Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28

spring On the face of the green earth:
HES no more terrible bit of world in.
summer no more beautiful one in
spring.
And over the graves of many.
Piute and desert tramp, teamster and
lonely prospector-who have lain
down to rise no more beneath it's
heartless skies, glows the most beau
tiful carpets of wild flowers to be
found In this bloom.famed land Of
California. Not half the plants of
Death Valley are known. to scientists:
most of those that are known are lit;
tie more than names, and will never
be more until the prying arm of the
railroad shall have laid bare some Of
the secrets of this vale OF Hinnom.
Most beautiful and most plenty, of
course, of all these plants that bloom
on the desert are cacti, and, the rapid
ity with which their dry and appar-
emily withered stalks put out bios
SONS .undef the touch of the rains is
wonderful, The life of any one of the
cacti IS the Spersonification of death
and sresurrection-and as they come
into fullest bloom on or about Easter
Il
can reach, seems like one vast cathe-
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28

this is the anti-sucide bureau of the
Salvation Army.
This institution carries on it's work
by letter and by telegraph. 1t is
correspondence school of adversely,
a repository of all trouble. Its pat
IONS who call in person are treated
with as much Difference as though
they had opened an account in a bro
kers office and the connection was
likely to be enduring and profitable.
General William Booth devised the
anti-suicide bureau in London. and
the New York establishment is de-
velOpment of it, worked out in ac-
cordance with conditions peculiar to
the metropolis of the western world
Most persons who talk mournfully
to their friends about not being long
for this world are short on resolution
when the time comes for them to
make good the threats they have
made concerning shuff1ing off this
mortal coil with their own hands.
Don't Talk of Suicide.
The men and women who silently
give way 10 despair are those who
are prone to take their own lives
without ever saying word about it
in advance The anti-suicide bureau
gives them a chance to tell their trOu-
bles in strictest confidence and to
receive help and encouragement at a
time when they would not bare their
secrets either to acquaintance or
friends on account of pride.
First of all to present himself to
the consideration of the bureau was
a youth who said that at times he was
SO overcome with the inclination to
seek the open door" that he could
not resist it. Once he had jumped off
Il ferryboat and on another occasion
bridge had formed convenient
point Of vantage from which he had
sought watery grave. Whenever
things were going against him the
impulse beset him. He was out of
employment and the feeling had Oh.
sessed him. What should he do? The
answer to that was easy. The bureau
found employment for him and he is
now. cheerful and happy.
There called few minutes later a
man we'll known in the business
world, who said he could hardly blame
men who were unfortunate from
yielding to the inclination toward self
destruction, for he himself, although
he had wealth and everything, from
a worldly point of view, which heart
could wish, and was connected with
the church, found there were times
when he had felt almost irresistibly
impelled to take his own life. Such
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28
Remembers Whom He Meets.

Remembers Whom He Meets.
Congressman Charles Curtis OF
Kansas, who has been named to sue.
ceed Joseph r.. Burton in the United
States senate, has had career out
OF the ordinary. Not the least inter
esting thing about him is that he has
Indian blood in his veins.
When "a he held his first ofnce-
prosecuting attorney OF Shawnee coun-
ty. In 1890, ten years after his ad-
mission to the bar, he was candidate
for congress, and lost. Two years
later he tried again, and won. % It
is said he shook hands with $4,000
men in that campaign, and remem-
bers to- this day the name of each.
He has served II years in the lower
house. ....sz ..s,.......>-.k :. f.. ,.,,,.,f.s
Yes know most of my eonstitu-
ents, Curtis has said. "and 7 have
..always made It . point to do SO. One
day I was ii the home town Of !
senator I'm the Fourth district, ma
hentook me around to Introduce ME to
some eaofs the meA Id che town. Y sIa,sfa
fact that he'd sforsotten the nameB 81
some Of the men he'd lived near for;
80 years. and I had to tell him Who
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28

work in an endeavor to gradually pay
back the money which disappeared
through his peculations.
No. was paper-hanger, whose
trouble was due to lack of employ
ment Although he was past middle
life he was found to be active and
proficient. The officers found that he
was so overwhelmed with despair that
it took an hour and halfs talk to
bring him around to face life again.
Victim Of Robbers.
Robbers had deprived No. I, man
of So, of all he had, and he was about
to take his own life when the thought
occurred to him that perhaps he
might gain strength and resolution if
he talked the matter over with the
anti-suicide bureau. Within an hour
or so after he had told of his predica-
ment he found employment as an ele-
vator pilot in lofty building through
the efforts of the army.
Employment was also found that
day for No. 8, young foreigner who
had come to tbs country with a small
sum of money, which had disappeared.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28

lleve, the step is taken in the strug.
gle to be goOd-in the vain effort. to
master some hated evil-with the
sense of utter helplessness. No one
is at hand with sufficient sympathy or
sense to understand them, to whom
the bleeding heart can be laid bare.
So the fatal step is taken. Suicide, in
80 cases out of 100, must be the tri-
umph of despair
But l will not argue about causes.
Can anything be done to prevent the
suicidal tide from rising? This is the
practical question. And it seems to
me that We must supply the friend
less with friend, the broken in heart
with comfort, the dazed, bewildered
creatures with a guide, the momentar-
lily maddened slaves of folly with
thought and hopes that will steady
them, and, above all, lead them to
the arms of Him who is still saying.
Come unto Me, all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and l will give you
rest
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28

dral arched with turquoise, hoored
with emerald and gayly. garbed in
giant Easter lilies.
The largest and showieat blossom
of them all grows on a short, stocky
stem, which, during the summer. does
not seem to have life enough to pro-
duce the magnificent waxy flowers
which are often as much as five inches
across. A cactus much larger than
this the barrel cactus-has a very
small and Insignificant bloom, while
the tiniest of all, a low, creeping,
roundsstemmed, jointed growth, has
an immense pink flower, beautiful as
any orchid, and rivaling the fairest
rose of Persia in it's odor.1 :, :
Unfortunately the names of these
rare species are not well 1xnown, and
the commoner varieties which are
also found @onf the coast slope, bear
mo such gorgeous array Of blossoms. al
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28
laceS That Will Not Wash.

Laces that are embroidered with silk
and colors, tinsel or gold and silver
should be spread out smoothly on a
clean piece of calico and cleaned care
fully with a soft brush dipped in spir-
its Of wine. Ii silk lace is much dis
colored it should be- soaked in hot
milk for three hours before washing.
No starch must be used and the lace
must be kept very carefully covered
whilst ironing. Stains on gold lace
can be removed by boiling the lace in
hydrochloric acid, slightly diluted with
water.
The acid will dissolve and remove
the verdigris and leave the gold unin-
iured.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28
RZ.AD| TO -ASCZ1WD

;. More and more interest is being
taken in ballooning in this country as
the time approaches for the great in
ternational contest at st. Louis this
coming summer, and people who have
never had the opportunity of a bal
loon journey Or who would have
lacked the courage to venture had
the opportunity for fight come, are
eager to read how it feels to others
to be caught up into the heavens and
to be driven hither and thither by the
fitful winds like a bit of fleecy cloud.
Men aeronauts are common and their
experiences have often been related,
among the rare things OF earth, and
just what the sensations of balloon
ing are to her have not so often
been told. There have been numerous
women parachute jumpers in this
country but few if any balloonists. In
daring women aeronauts, among
them Princess di Teano. OF her ex-
periences she says:
Thei'frst thing that strikes one
after becoming a convert to balloon
ing is the extraordinary ignorance of
everybody in general concerning the
sport. To begin with, an idea firmly
rooted in the human mind is, that
whichever way the wind is blowing,
and at whatever rate, you must i'm
mediately and inevitably be carried
out to sea and drowned the only other
alternative is that the balloon should
burst in mid-air, and that forthwith
YOU are landed in fragments on Moth
er Earth. There seems no middle
course available. If you are of an
argumentative turn of mind you will
point out that on a tolerably calm and
clear day there is no reason why you
should not descend before you are on
the brink of the sea, for possessing
eyesight and maps you can scarcely
come on it unawares, and if you start
in gale you know what to expect
and are willing to risk it. Balloons
do not burst through pure contrari-
ness, and only suicidally-inclined
aeronaut would tie up the neck of his
balloon and thus court disaster. If
you succeed in arguing out these two
points, your friends will fall back on
the minor horrors of ballooning.
They will say they are bad sailors
and would certainly be i'll all the
time; besides which they suffer from
giddiness, and would no doubt jump
overheard. Of giddiness I know moth
ing, having never experienced it,
either when ballooning or otherwise;
but as to seasickness I can speak
with assurance, for If anybody was
likely to feel it in a balloon I should
be the first sufferer. No, it is all COM
fort and peace and perfect rest.
From the moment that the signal
Hands Off" IS given and you have
cleared the roofs of the adjoining
houses you may settle down among
the ballast-bags for a happy day. The
air il absolutely still, for you travel
with the wind, and therefore do not
feel even the faintest breezes. There
is no sense of motion, OF course
how could there be?-for there is
nothing to jar or shake the car. The
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Homemade Ointment.

An excellent remedy for eczema anG
other skin diseases may be made by
working flower of sulphur into vase
line. This ointment may be easily
manufactured at home by turning
plate bottom side up and putting up
on it about half spoonful of vaseline
and then adding the sulphur. little
at a time. and working it into the
vaseline with a broadbladed knife, un-
til of the right consistency. 1t will
have the appearance of a bright yel-
low salve when the molding process is
completed. 1t may be kept in one of
those ordinary small glass boxes with
metal tops to be found in every house
hold, and will keep Indefinitely.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-28
In the House.

Wall space is often added to room
by swinging the door to open into
the hall instead of having it open back
into the room. When the hallway is
wide enough to admit of this plan it
will be found to work satisfactorily
In crowded quarters doors are neces-
sary evil, and the perplexed furnisher
sometimes wishes that they could be
slid back into the wall, as is often
done with double doors. AS time goes
on, if houses keep on growing smaller.
some such plan will probably be adopt
ed, but at present no such general re-
lief is available. 1t has come to b.
quite a custom to hang POI :iere aI
the bedroom door so as to in:ure SUI.
ficient privacy without having tha
door shut. The portiere is ,aher az;
addition to the room than OF herwise.
and is easier to handle than Il screen