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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09
A TEMPERANCE UNION.

Members Limited to Fourteen DrinkO
of Liquor Daily.
Signing the pledge is no new thing,
as is proved by researches in Italy.
Interesting particulars Of what would
appear to be the earliest examples OF
written pledges to abstain from gam
bling ana excessive drinking are given
in the Turin Studi MEDIEVAL by Signor
GIrolamo Biscaro, who has discovered
three such documents in the archives
of Milan. The first of these records is
an oath sworn on the gospels by Gin
como PasQuali and ArInanino Duca
to the effect that for two years they
will abstain from gambling il Pavia
or within three miles thereof and will
likewise refrain from inducing others
to gamble on their behalf. The penal
ty for any breach of this oath is fixed
at 5 soldi. payable to Papio BovatorlO.
In the second document Pernno de
Bono promises Uberto de Proto to
abstain from gambling for a certain
period, exception being made on be-
half of the game OF bIsmentIro, at
which. however, he was not to lose
more than dennri on any one day.
Further, he undertakes not to visit
any inn for. drinking purposes before
the uOuE OF NeS!DeES On AIOuuilN. y
breach Of either clause OF the pledge
involves the payment of soldi 10 De
Proto. BY the third document Sileto
Ferrario expressed his willingness 10
pay IL denari to his brother Lamperto
should he be persuaded TO play for
money In any place of public resort or
to spend moro than denari on intoxl-
capts IN any one day.
The motive for these contracts is not
stated, but 1t is presumed that they
were entered. into by employees whose
masters wished to keep their proclivi-
lies in cheek There Is nothing in the
documents to suggest the existence of
any organization for the proplotion of
temperance The honor of being first
in the field in this respect therefore
still rests with Germany. where two
temperance societies We're founded in
the sixteenth century.
OF these the Order OF st. Chrlsto-
pher was formed by Slgismund dc
Diettrlchstein on Jan. is, 1917, and the
Order of Temperance by the lardGrlve
OF Hcsse on Dec. %. 1900. The mcul-
beers OF the one order were pledged to
abstain from toast drinking. and the
members OF the other undertook not
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

IN Paul Gl1more's new play. The
Boys OF Company b." the authorizes,
Rtda johnson Young. has provided q
contrast between the rival characters
of Tony Allen and Arthur stabler as
lSeenly marked as that drawn between
the warning characters in any of the
better known dramas OF modern life
now on the boards. Arthur Stabler
is a typical son of a get-rIch-quick-
father Yesterday. Stabler Sr. was a
common workman. To-day ne Is an
.oVerbearing, domineeerinE millionaire.
His son, Arthur, suddenly thrown up
on the world with everything money
can buy, naturally thinks that money
is another term for happiness He
insults everyone who doesn't possess
it, parades his bank account. his au-
tomobitc. his clothes on every occa-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09
A PARIsIAN RUsE.
The Drsssmaksrs Lure That Ensnarsd
The Amerieans.

The DressmakeTs Lure That Ensnarsd
the Americana.
Grace Margaret Could tells in the
September Woman's Home Companion
some OF the ways the Partisan dress
making establishments sell their goods
to American women. Here is one rusc
that she saw worked in one of the big
gest establishments In Pnris:s
There was sudden and evident
cOmmotion among the employees
",The princess! Tie princess! She
has arrived" they cried.
American eyes began to bulge.
Out from magnificent equlpage
stepped u reGally gowned grand lady.
attended by footmen and maid and re
ccived by the whole bowling estab-
lishment, to the neglect of all othcl
customers. She was in gracious
mood this day and easy to be pleased.
praisiuS their past efforts and select
ing several Of their new creations with
out regard to cost. After she had
made her departure amid like cere-
monies there was no need of the SNles-
woman botherlng her head over sug
gestions. Every American woman
present wanted Il gown copied from
the one the princess had bought. and
she got it after mnch plendtng ana AZ
a price far beyond the limit she had
set.
And the point of this fable is this:
The princess was no princess. but an
employee of the house.
Every French gown has two prices
an American price and French price.
1t is needless TO say which is the
greater price.
Along uhout April the cry goes up,
1.-THE Americans are icoming!' and then
the prices so up too.
Along about November, when the
Americans have left. you might almost
say they are giving away gowns, only
the Freuchman never does give away
anything. Then 1t is that the French-
woman in general aud the French
actress IN particular selects her ward
robe.
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sion and purposes to buy the girl of
his choice with his fathers money
bags. Tony. on tn eotner hand. with
no money save what he earns, with
no position save that which he Sc
cures by his own cxertions, no pros
poets save those he, is capable OF earn
ing. looks life in the face with the
glance of philosopher. and deter
mines to push to the top by means
of his own energy. his own persever-
ance, his own wit and daring. A nat
ural force let loose, he wrought in
the right direction. His enchanting
art of ingratiattng himself in the good
Eraces of those he wished TO make
helpful to him, his dexterity in bring
ing things about in his own way, his
wonderful good humor and great. am
bition, his love of adventure, his gay
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remember that production running
in New York does nit need the care
and expense of u road attraction, nor
does it need all the crates, trunks,
clothes-baSs, and a hundred and one
other little necessities for the proper
care and preservation OF costumes
and properties that: are called for en-
route from one city to another. There
viii be over 100 individual trunks
alone. these belong TO principals and
chorus, most of whom have theatre
as well as hotel trunks. The thought
of such II huge attraction should
make the transfer people happy. A
great deal of money is expended in
tn course of season on transporta-
ton of trunks, properties and scenery
by an organization of such magni-
tude.
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"a Bal. One
RAILROAD.

Schedule effective May IL. 1908
CLARRSBURG. ". VA.
Daily. < Daily except Sunday.
3 Sunday only.
MAIN LINE, EASTBOUND.
Cumberland. washington. Baltimore
philadelphia and New York. depCF'
1853 am, $3.50 DIM: a9:S6 pm.
Arrive "12:6S am. 9:56 am. "G:0i
MAIN LINE, WESTBOUND.
eRTheTsburg. Cincinnati, Louisville
and st. Louis. depart "12:S3 am
1855 am, sos pm. Arrive s8:B2
am. "6:40 pm, 9:85 pm.
PRrkersburg Accom-, depart s7:38
am. daily except Sunday: Sunday
only $50 p. m. Arrive 1890 m.
I7:2O pm. Sunday only $3.50 pm.
W. va. e PITTS, NORTHBOUNDs
Connellsvf1le and PittsbuFE, depart
IB:16- am. Arrive x11:06 pm.
FaIFmont and M0rgantoVn, depart
x6:l6 am, x9:S6 am.
". va. g PITTS, SOUTHBOUND.
Weston. depart, x6:0O am. $1,000 IA,
Gi1:S0 ana, E4:16 pm. Arrive XS:6t
am, z9:40 am. x2:15 pm. $500 pm
dickens, depart xs:oo am, x&:1E pm
Arrive 1855 am, xT:06 pm.
Fleetwood and intermediate points, dc.
pRSt X6i00 am x11:80 Ana. ASE1VS
x3;16 am, x7:0E pm.
Webster Springs, depart E11:&0 am
Arrive x9:16 pm.
WEST va. SHORT LINE.
New Mart1nSViIls and WhReling 40.
COM, depart $500 am, x2:46 pm.
Arrive EI1:26 am. 1880 pm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

to drink more than seven GLASSES OF
liquor at a time, and, that not oftener
than twice day.-Chicago News
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

More P. s. 6. Naphrha
Soap is used in summer than
at any other time of year.
That's to Be expected.
In the ssdog days, when
the mercury hangs round 90
in the shade for weeks at a
time, a woman is glad. to get
hold of angling that will
save time and labor.
So she buys a few cakes of
p. & @. Naphtha Soap and
is happy.
Please remember, however,
thac p. & 6. Naphtha Soap
does jn5t as go0d 00oyk in
January as in July.
1t makes clothes as clean IN Deeem-
Der as in June; and it saves ti0gr, EqGo5
and furl in the middle of winter as
well as in the middle of summer. P.
& 6. Naphtha Soap is an ail-the
year-round soap. The sooner you
sealize chat, the better. ~
S cents a cake;
worth more.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

A small army of worKmen. seam
stresses. scenic artists and carpenters
have worked for weeks on the pro-
duction of zIegfeld's famous musical
revue. The FolIies OF 1907 making
it ready for the road under the man
sEe1nent OF Jos. NJ. Gates. One must
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

A civil service examination fol
clerks and carriers in the mail SER
vice is. to be held In the postotficr
here tomorrow beginning at . o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

ETY. and independence. his assurances
and his intelIiEence. his gentlei1ess
ana lsindess Of heart his Tever-fasl-
ing earTestnesE Of purpose that makes
everything ne does elesrvinG OF ar
tentioa and RESPECT, ana his after hi
tolerance OF anything that aunaeks of
deceit or triclSery-t hesN are traits
that make Tony Alien one OF the stur-.
dIest and best beloved characters on
the stage to-day Paul cSilmore VIII
1. seen in the role OF Tony Allen at
the Grand on Friday, November ID
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

GPfth d0etQT5lg Iae -Ssi ectS, WINE the N9H9s
sIlat diSsdss undermined The system.
what 10 No.
There Is comfort IN the knowledge so
often expressed, that DIX kilmeg's
Swamp r DOT, the great Kidney remedy,
fnifi1ls every wish IN curing sTil,
pain IN the back kidneys, Liver. bladder
and every part Of the urinary passage.
Il corrects inability TO hold water
and scalding pain in passing 1t, or bad
effects following use Of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcones that unpleasant ne
cessity Of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect OF SNEamp-Root
6 soou realized It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
&ressing cases. If you need medicine
Won should have the best Sold by drug
gists in ffty-cent ana one-doIlar sizes.
You may have sample bottle and a
book that tells an SIX
about it, bottsent free SEE
by mail. Address DIR. = ) n
Kilinsr S Co., Bing- = s4sS9s@
hatnton, y. Y. When Home Of sWasllp-F Rose
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, Dut remember the
name. Dr.. ISilmer's swamp Root, and
the address, Bingharutou. n. =.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

l'S oTdsr cold hiedni Flour next time:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

You can not find it more pleasant |
anywhere than TO spend an hour in !
bowling at the Box Ball Alleys, !
Fourth street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

VVANTEp-ROOmers and table board
ers. 40 Lee street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09

FOR RENT-one four-room cottage
on West Baltimore street, with hot
and cold water and bath; good
cellar. Inquire SIG West Main ST.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-09
Thousands flals kid1sy
Trouble ard Never Suspect III

spitA doetOFing The eittets, while the orig
nal dissass undermine he system.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Cleo Dillon Captures
the Occidental
Nose Finishes Mark Opening of
Harness Racing at the
State Fair

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 2s.-Three nose
finishes out of four heats of the Occi-
dental stakes valued at $4,000 featured
the opening day of the annual harness
meet at the state fair at Agricultural al
park here today. Never before in the
history of fair time racing has SUCH
a closely contested event been run, the
field OF six starters romping around
the track closely punched and the
stretch racing producing the most SEN
sational driving seen here since the
betting days. On account of the elimi-
nation OF this feature small crowd
was in attendance.
Cleo Dillon, E. "A. Gammon's fast trick,
took the stake race In fair time, losing
the first heat to Katalina, owned by j.
". Zibbell, and then taking three
straight.
$500 pace in straight heats.
Summary: First race trotting, Oc-
cidental stake tbest three in fve).
value S2,500-Cleo Dillon won second,
third and fourth heats in PIG, 2:16A,
2:20. Katalina won the first heat in
2:l51l DR.. Lecco, Bessie T, Debuan-
tie, Siesta also started.
Second race, pacing, 2:12 class, purse
$500 (best three in fye)-Charley D
won straight heats in 2:os,. 2:1o1k,
2:12k. Ray o Light, Explosion and
Pilot also started.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Motorcycle Club to Run
to Fresno

The endurance run of the San Fran
cisco motorcycle club, beginning on
September and concluding the after
noon of the 9Th. to Fresno and return,
viii be the second of its kind ever held
in California by the local club. The
committee in charge of the event has
made out its rules and regulations OF
the contest Those competing will
leave Oakland pier, broad gauge, at
q. m. on the morning Of the Sth. Ihe
riders will start in groups Of three at
Ave minute intervals. Five minutes
leeway is allowed at all controls. For
every minute earlier two points viii be
deducted, and for every minute late
one point will be deducted. A competi-
tor arriving Is minutes early at any
of the controls viii be disqualified.
The running time of the route is as
follows: Oakland pier TO Iivermore,
via Hayward and Dublin NH, nour
and so minutes; LiveTmore 70 Crow
landing, via Tracy or Banta, % miles,
hours (at this point so minutes viii be
allowed for luncheon); crows lanoln
TO Los Banos. 3S miles, hour and AZ
minutes: Los BanoS TO Fresno, 6S miles
hours and 80 minutes.
The start on the return home on the
9Th win be made at a. N. The re-
quired running time and distances are
miles. hours; Los Banos to Gilroy
via Pacheco pass, SO miles, hours and
50 minutes go minutes will be allowed
for luncheon at Gilroy); Gilroy TO San
Jose, 30 miles, I hour and 80 minutes
san Jose to san Francisco, 2 hours and
10 minutes.
No repairs or adjustments are to be
made in controls Gas or oil may be
taken at any point Riders must not
come within sight of the controls and
wait for the time to elapse, under pen
atty of disqualification. No entire
change Of motor, frame or wheels are
permitted
Every rider making a perfect score
will be given a button stating the fact
and the date of the event. Certificates
of performance will be given to all
others if they wish them
W. c. Collins, president of the club
who met with a painful accident or
the Concord. track, is up and around
again, but very weak as a result OF
his experience.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

Don't pay 9l5UO tor a car
with insufficient bearings on
its crank shaft.
See, first, all the good,
extra-yalue features you get in
this new $500 Mitchell.
= r =
Almost any manufacturer
can turn out a car at $500
He can buy his engines of
one maker. His transmission
of another. Various parts
here and there. And at $500
he can still figure a profit.
The Mitchell car is made
complete at our factory in
Racine.
We build the engines. We
grind the pistons. We cut the
gears We case-harden the
steel. The same quality of
workmanship in an Assem- bled
car would cost you $1,000 to
$500.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Three COrnered Match
for TrOtterS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

BOSTON, Aug. 2s.-Plans are being
worked out by the Readville track
management for three cornered
match race between Allen Winter, win
ner of the trotting derby; Sweet Marie,
the scratch horse. and San Francisco,
third in the event. 1T is proposed to
hold the match Wednesday and have
each side put up s2,500. It is under
stood that Sweet Marie's followers are
eager for the match, that Lon Mac
Donald has it under advisement, and
that P. w. Hodges Of California. owner
of San Francisco, has not been heard
from to date.
Another match being negotiated in
wolves the superiority of Allen Winter
and Prince c, winner of second in the
derby. Myron McHenry has offered
TO put up $4,000, Prince C's winnings
against Allen Winter for distance OF
one and a half miles in a dash, Allen
Winter to give Prince c 100 feet handi-
cap.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
TOURISTS IN TAsMANIA

About $4,000 tourists from the main
land OF Australia visited Tasmania
during the recent summer season. and
a number OF them brought their cars
with them. The metal roads Of Tas-
mania, built originally by convicts. are
superior 10 most OF the roads of the
mainland OF Australia, though they are
very hilly, and make many very sharp
turns.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Ketehel's Victim May
Not Recover
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.-With con-
cussion of the brain and frequently
showing signs of approaching insanity,
the condition of Paul Ackley, the young
sparring partner who was nearly killed
yesterday by Prize Fighter Ketchel, is
so serious that surgeons say he may
not recover. When the boy had been
partially restored to consciousness late
last night Ketchel placed him in an
automobile and sent him to a farm
house, where he has been working in a
dairy though the rancher protested
that he was not in a position to give
the terribly stunned victim of heavy
fist proper care.
Today a police surgeon went out and
made q thorough examination, tndicat-
ing that official cogniZance will be
taken Of the affair. He stated that
Ackley is doomed if cerebral hemor-
rhage results from the blow on his
brain, as this would cause death. The
boy mumbles and means and seldom
talks intelligently. He does not know
what happened, but believes that some
thing very heavy fell on him.
Part of the japanese wedding cere-
mony is the burning of the discarded
toys Of the bride.
In Ashantee is a tree which fur
niShes butter.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
soNoMA RACE MEETING
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CAL

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 2s-The Sonoma
County driving club has decided to give
two days racing on October 8 and 10
at the Santa Rosa stock farm track.
fered by the club, and it is expected
that fine program will be arranged
for the meet. Gentlemen owners driv-
ing races, ladies driving races, bronco
other features will be arranged for by
the special committee on program con-
sisting of L. L. Cannon, DR.. J. ]. sum
merfield and William Healey. The
president of the club is Sampson b.
Wright and Henry H. Elliot is secre-
tary.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
$500
+. o. B. FACTORY, RACINE

Take one example:
The crank shafts of ordinary cars are suspended
from bearing at either end. There is play in the
middle. Where there is play, there is added strain
And there are broken crank shafts as result.
In the Mitchell Crank Shaft there are FIVE bear
ings. One at each end, and three extra ones in
between.
We have made 5000 crank shafts in this way,
and not single one of them has ever been broken.
Consider this when you look at any other $500
car. Open the crank case and bear down on the
shaft at its center See the play and imagine the
added strain the pisons exert their power upon It.
Then decide whether you would rather have the
kind of crank shaft that breaks under sudden
strains-or the kind that, in 5000 cars, has never
had to be replaced
We could multiply comparisons endlessly. But
we would rather that you see for yourself.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
NAMES FORGED TO PETITIoN

BERK kelley, Aug. 29.-As a result of
the Investigations being made by the
town clerk as to the authenticity of the
large number of forgeries have been
discovered. Town Clerk Jesse Men
denhall has received dozen letters
from alleged signers of the petit
tion in protest against the use of their
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
LEE ESTATE WORTH s1c7.2s1

REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 2s.-John
Morton. ]. p Weller and d. C. Brown
of San Mateo. appraisers appointed by
Judge Buck for the estate of Mary a.
Lee proprietor of the Hotel Mateo site
and valuable real estate holdings
throughout the state. have filed their
appraisement valuing the personal and
real property at $167,2SI20.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

In Ashantee is a tree which fur
nishes butter
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

New Model & I9US model
including $50 Splitdorf
Magnetic 32x4 in. tires
and $500 worth Of actual
Automobile value which
you can get in no other car
of its price. Touring Car
or Roadster-Price
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

Part of the japanese wedding cere-
mony is the burning of the discarded
toys Of the bride.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Don't Pay this Price and Get
a Lesser Car

Compare this new $500 Mitchell with the hest
American cars - 10 matter what their cost or
pretensions.
You will not 6nd In them more vznadium or nickel
steel. You will not find In them perfect engines
You will not find in them any single feature which
this $500 Mitchell lacks
This $500 Mitchell is an imposing looking car
1t has wheel base of 1O4 inches The body u
wholly of metal. Its four cylinders are cast sepa-
rately the cylinders Of the best engines always
are. $3.50 horsepower.
The engine is housed under big, handsome
hood-no taxicab effect such seen IN many OF the
cheaper cars.
The springs are of vanadium steel
Aluminium castings are employed wherever pos
sible only we 90 to the trouble and expense Of
Strengthening them with bronze where there IS
wear and strain
The wheels are big-thirty-two inches fitted
with detachable rims and four-inch tires.
There are two complete ignition systems-the $50
Splitdorf Magnetic and regular battery system.
The lubricating system is the best that We have
found IN eight years of experience.
The transmission is of the best seIectfve sliding
gear type-as IN $500 to 5000 cars.
The battery and tool boxes, made Of baked enau-
eled steel furnished without extra expense you
The tonncau is detachabIe-and ycu have your
choice of either tonneau, surrey body, rumble scat
roadster or runabout deck at $500.
Judge this car by any standard-judge it by its
beautiful, graceful hnes-judge it by its tried aad
proven power plant-judge It by the simplicity and
fexby of its control-j1dge BY its ease Of riding
Judge it by its luxury.
Or judge it by what it viii do and how it viii wear
Send the coupon for detailed description, to en-
able you to check this up With others at its price
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

Cuban streetcar lines are now using
sight seeing cars.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-03-30
JArs sTAY AT HOMIE

OF - Emigration Companies Last
Year, Only Three Remain.
VICTORIA. n. C.. March az
News was brought by the Empress Of
China today that of the 2s emigra-
tion companies doing business In ia
pan last year but three remain, which
report business slack.
The Morioka company is arranging
to send emigrants to CallAo, the first
shipment of 1000 being embarked
before the Empress OF China left.
the Merrill company win send 500
japanese to Peru in April, and the
kokoku company il arranging to
send 1000 70 Brazil. The Morioka
company has chartered the steamer
Itsukushima Maru to carry 5000
Japanese to Chile at the rate OF 1000
monthly.