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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

So inch suitings--all new shades
stripes, invisible checks--newest fabrics
for stylish suits, $2.25 yd.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

Line new fall dress goods--44 inch
Chevron--black, brown, green, navy
beautiful suiting for fall wear, SIPS I'd.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

New Fall Shoes for women and chill
dren--tans, patents, demi patents vici kid
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

20 per cent off hand bags and pocket
books--both ladies' and mens--firle line
from which to make selections.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

W. GUY TETR1cK, Clerk.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-03

the effect of extreme slenderness,
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY TODAY
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15

featuring processes The mills will continue trans
form wheat into flour
Yet the Pillsbury- Washburn company has failed.
All the polite terms employed to take away the
harsh significance of the incident will not wipe out
the palpable fact.
1t is bad omen, the insolvency of great manu-
featuring corporation that procures its material
from the farms of the hard wheat belt, located in
the midst of region more nearly untouched by the
effects of the panic of last October than any other
section of the country.
The story of such failure does not sound we'll
read we'll in the hour of an election crisis from
which is to be evolved victory for one and defeat
for the other of two great political parties.
The voters of the nation have long been told that
republicansm the amulet that exercised adver-
sity, yet in the full flush of its arrogant assumptions
adversely came, armed and equipped for the over
throw of prosperity 1t has now struck blow at
the vitals of the great agricultural northwest in
making a victim of the extensive milling plant that
has its center at Minneapolis
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15

willing to let we'll enough alone, avoiding dstur-
bance of existing conditions.
Even his speech of acceptance bristng with the
rejected panks of the Chicago convention and the
accepted planks of the Denver convention, is not
credited to Mr.. Taft The public knows that it was
product of Mr.. Roosevelt's judgment and it will do
the republican party no good, for again the tee-
pathc impulse leaps from Mr.. Roosevelt to Mr..
Bryan, missing entirely the interposng figure of
Mr. Taft.
Although the managers of politics have not given
the word $50" the campaign is going" and what
is said or done will not affect it's progress The
people speaking silently to themselves and they
really do not want to be interrupted. They will
work out the problem.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
Mr.. Bryan Notified.

Lincoln, Nebraska, the scene of an inspiring
gathering on Wednesday of the current week. when
Mr. Bryan was formally notified of his nomination to
the presidency by committee of the national demo-
cratic convention. Lincoln gaily clad and the
entire city joined, in a non-partisan way, in making
the day great in local annals.
Mr. Bryan accepted the nomination in a patriotic
address, which will receive the deliberate attention
its Importance demands.
For the third time Mr. Bryan has been formally
introduced to the nation democratic candidate
for the highest office in the gift of the people and
this time it be said though with partisan fervor,
that he is more generally acceptable to the people
than in 1896 and 1900
For twelve years he has steadfastly preached the
doctrine of the democracy, asking nothing for
himself, but plainly and patiently and persstently
pointing the way to better government
While asking nothing for himself, it is not to be
said that he has not been throughout all of the years
of his public efforts receptive candidate for the
presidency Himself the special representative and
intense advocate of popular reforms, he could not
have separated himself from the crusade had he
made the effort The man and the mission are in
separable
So it came about that, when the democrats con-
vened in national convention at Denver other
nomination than his was possible and the very nearly
unanimous sentiment in his behalf, the personi-
fcation of the paramount idea, was of its own
growth. 1t was not product of machine methods,
of longing for the rewards that corrupt politi-
clans and thwart the honest desires of the incor
ruptibe masses.
AS Mr.. Bryan himself has said, in contendng
against the judgment of some of his opponents,
81 have done nothing but preach democracy" That
is all he has done, but he has been forceful, elo
quent the master of argument and on the right
side, always.
Therefore the party came to him and laid its
honors at his feet and the few that opposed him were
caught in the tremendous impulse of popular favor
and are devoting all their energies to atonement for
their past antagonsm.
The day of the formal notification witnessed the
unihcation of party that has been working, through
factions against itself since the retirement of the
last democratic president from the white house Mr.
Bryan will receive at least the vote of his party and
much more is reasonably hoped for.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
Adversely Hits Minneapolis.

Very gently and with delicate insnuation that it
was only means through which the books to
be balanced, the Associated Press broke the news
of the failure of the greatest milling corporation in
the wor1d-the Pillsbury Washburn Flour Milling
company, of Minneapolis
This is a concern with an authorized capital stock
of S. OOO 1t acknowledges total Indebtedness of
$9OOOOOO and of this sum $4,OOOO00 is secured by
the bonds of the company and $5,00OOOO represents
the floating and unsecured Indebtedness. The prop
erty owned by the company is valued at $13,O0O00O
1t consists of mills, elevators and water power and
about 100000 worth of flour.
The court has placed the property in the hands of
receivers and there is to be interruption of
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
Not Mr.. Taft's Year.

1t appears to have become necessary for General
CoFbin retired to state to the public that Mr. Taft
as secretary of war; had nothing to do with the dis
honorable discharge of the colored troops Browns
vile. General Corbin says the president was re-
sponsible for that affair.
General Corbn's appearance in the interest of Mr.
Taft at this uncture in the affairs of the republican
party suggests that Senator Foraker may not have
followed his letter of cungratulation with works
meet for repentance.
He made beautiful overture at that time, but
there has been nothing warmly responsive in the at
ttude Of Mr.. Taft since the olive branch was ten
dered and it is possible that Mr.. Foraker is moving
about amongst the blacks of Ohio, who are numerous
and full of the old grudge.
Should General Corbn succeed in loading the en-
tire unsavory Brownsville affair upon the president
it will not materially assist the cause of Mr. Taft,
for the coored people conscious that he shines
entirely by reflected light and that the president is
the luminary that now gives him his full moon
aspect
Mr.. Taft and his campaign working associates are
having trouble other than those that cluster about
the causeess discharge of the negro soldiers Chief
among these is the ceaseess and irresistible drift of
sentiment in the direction of Mr. Bryan a tendency
that cannot be stayed for it is intangible, all
permeating mental process that is not yet judg-
ment but is tending that way, and it cannot be
headed off by the campaign jugglers.
Mr.. Roosevelt perhaps sounded the doom of his
party when he instituted policies that no other promi-
nent member of his party cares to perpetuate. Try
as he will, he cannot bequeath them to Mr. Taft
The public has those policies constantly in mind
with full faith in their value to the republic and the
next thought of the public goes out to Mr. Bryan as
the only American citizen who will take up the
work of Mr.. Roosevelt and complete it with fidelity
to popular expectation.
Mr. Taft is not looked upon as an exponent of the
principles that republican administration has bor-
rowed from democratic intention, but is constantly
associated with the class in politics that is more than
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
Only Sixty-four Boilers.

In its detailed report of the proceedings of the
Mormon rump convention at Wallace, the Wallace
Times says, among other things:
The rump convention of the boiling delegates from
the regular democratic convention opened its session
in the Masonic lodge hall at II 40 and on motion
of K. |. Perky Judge Stocksager of Blaine county
was named temporary chairman. Frank S. Bur
roughs OF Canyon county named temporary
secretary Nugent of Ada moved for roll call and
by this representation the meeting claimed 1873 votes
This includes 80 votes of unseated delegations from
Bingham, Bear Lake, Fremont and Oneida counties
Several counties which the full representation is
claimed only represented in trump" conven-
ton by one or two votes from each county.
While the hall we'll filled as at any time
rising vote taken on candidate for mine supern-
tendent showed the meetings. voting strength to
be GA.
1t is part Of the record of the boiling convention
according to the account of the Wallace Times that
the ticket selected by committee and the re-
port of the committee adopted by acclamation, with
the exception of candidate for mine superintendent
The names of two men, Harry Moore and George
Lambr1X, presented for the nomination as mine
superintendent and division of the house. the
vote stood: Moore AZ; Lambrx, 17-revealing a
fact the rump gathering had endeavored to conceal
under the of committee on selection of nomi-
The vote of the convention entire, under the ap-
portonment of the call 298, and of this number
the boilers were able to muster only g. Failing
to control the convention this minority separated it
self from the convention and named a ticket of its
own and says it will go into the courts with its re-
markable demand that the disgruntled few shall d-
rect the affairs of the harmonious many.
In 1847, when Brigham Young unfured flag from
Ensign Peak, in Salt Lake valley he harangued the
the multitude of rebellious Mormons and thundered
forth as his defiance of government Rebellion
against tyrants is obedience to Cod"
The words there uttered by Brigham Young were
chosen by the boiling convention as their party"
emblem and it could have thought of nothing more
appropriate or more pleasing to the hierarchy mas
ters who commanded their uprising against the de-
mocratic party of Idaho
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15

In the state of Maine an election is to be held
on the 18th of next month"; state election and the
national republican committee considers the affair
worth attending to for the effect of the result on the
national contest Among the speakers to be sent
into Maine according to the New York Tribune. is
Senator Borah, of Idaho
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
Let's confide In The People.

To the Democrats Of Lafayette
County:
Three candidates are asking
your suffrage for Representative
Judge William Young, Hon.
Joseph H. Christy and myself.
In his printed announcement
Judge Young aid:-My fore
most design that the democrats
should insist upon the frankest
andfullest statements of his pref
erences, and opinions, and condi-
tons by every manwho seeks the
nomination for this important
office.
Let every man explain his po-
sition fully, and you democrats
make your own choice; for it is
more important than anything
else in reference to this matter
that the democrats Of Lafayette
county should be represented.
Heartily endorsing every word
of the above, and believing thai
the right is vested in the people
to say who shall and who shall
not have political preferment, ]
ask and urge Judge Young anC
Mr.. Christy to join me in ar
ranging speaking dates for every
town and schoolhousein Lafayett,
county, that Individually we ma,
publicly proclaim exactly how W.
stand on all public questions.
| hope Judge Young and Nh
Christy will assent to the above
and hat we meet at such tim
and place as suits their conven
fence and dispose of this matter
Awaiting their early and favor
able reply, | am
Very respectfully,
FRANK BOWMAN.
-
Lexington, Mo-, May 6, 1908.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
MissOuri's sena tors

Missouri United States Sena-
tors have been: David Barton,
of Howard county, Thomas H.
Benton, of st. Louis, Alexander
Backner, of Cape Girardeau,
DR.. Lewis F. Linn, Of Ste. Gene
We've, David r.. Atchison, of Platte,
Henry S. Geyer, of st. Louis,
James S. Green, of st. Louis,
Trusten Polk, ST. Louis, Waldo
P. Johnson, of st. Clair, Robert
Wilson, Of Andrew, John B. An
derson, Of Pike, B. Graft Brown,
Charles D. Drake, Carl Schurz,
Daniel T. levitt, F. P. Blair,
Lewis v. Bogy and David H.
Armstrong, of ST. Louis, James
Shields, of Carroll, George G.
Vest, Of Pettis, Francis M. Cock
.rell, of Johnson, William ]. Stone
of Cole, and William Warner,
Of Kansas City.
Five of the twenty-four sena,
tors were appointed to fill vacan.
cies caused by death, resignation
or expulsion. One senator, Chas.
ID. Drake, father Of the famous
Drake constitution, resigned
the only instance in Missouri
history Of resignation from this
high Office. But senator Drake
resigned toaccept another Office,
a life time position, that Of Judge
of the United States Court Of
Claims at Washington. Only
three senator's had previously
been governors. Stone, Brown
and Polk. Polk was elected sen
ator while serving as governor.
columbia Herald.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
ENoRMOus wEALTA N sIeHr.
Some Figures Showing the Mineral
Riches Stored In Africa.

The British South African Com
pany ID raising s15,O 900, 900, much Of
which win be spent on new railways
in Rhodesia A correspondent Of the
London Times draws attention to the
rich adjoining district Of Katanza.
This district is the northern portion
OF the Province Orientale Of the Congo
State.
In the district is a great copper belt,
q tin belt, and several bodies Of other
minerals. The great copper belt runs
1870 miles. They are not copper mines
in Katanza, they are copper quarries.
There are mountains of pure hema-
tite, which can be used alone as a
lux If a central smelling plant is es-
tablished. Other mines are self-fux-
ing. Over 81. 900. 600, 900 worth OF
copper has been proved, and, asserts
the correspondent after a personal
visit, 1T would be safe to predict that
the actual wealth is ten times that
amount" Coal is also there. OF tin
more than 100000 0 worth has been
proved, and the whole is estimated as
worth $3.50, OOO. 900.
Copper is being produced at a cost
Of $50 a ton without any appliances.
Large bodies of lime (gray dolomfte)
and small reefs of iron (hematite)
abound in the vicinity of every copper
mine. Some mines have bodies OF
heavily impregnated sandstone alter
mating with lime and iron reefs, thus
being virtually free smelling.
Diamonds, petroleum and gold are
also found, but not yet in sufficiently
paying quantities.
The climate is such that white men
and women can live there and real
children.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
Take Notice.

Lexington, Mo-, March II, 1908.
Notice to all who owe delin-
quent back taxes personal and
~real):--
You are hereby notified that
the back tax books for both delin-
quent personal and real property
have been turned over to me for
suit against all delinquents, and
under and by order of the county
court, and the collector, suit will
be absolutely brought against all
who owe delinquent personal tax
es before some justice of peace in
their respective townships after
May the first 1908, also suit will
be brought against all who owe
back taxes on real estate after
May L, lSOo Tor the August term
of the circuit court.
So please call and settle all
delinquent back taxes before May
1, 1908 and save costs and ex.
penses.
This notice applies to you,
hence avail yourself of the oppor.
tunity of settling before May 1.
1908 and save costs and ex.
penses.
Look at your tax receipts and
see if you are delinquent.
Nc further notice will be given
but suit will surely be brought
after May 1, 1908.
CLARENCE VIyIoN,
Back Tax Attorney
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
MADE raousLE FoR IANIroR.
Great seulptor's Source Of Inspiration
Caused Some Inconvenience.

The eminent and lamented sculptor,
Saint-G audens, while living In Rome
had a fountain in his studio, which
he declared to be the source Of his in
spiration, and when he returned to
America he missed the sound Of the
trickling waters. 1t occurred TO him
that a substitute for the genii in the
fountain might be obtained by tying
down the faucet in the lavatory and
thus have a constant flow of soul-in-
spring aqua, a delightful accompani-
ment to hard work.
The arrangement worked very well,
and the delusion was perfect, so far
as sound, if not sight, was concerned.
Work progressed rapidly and well with
the Inspiration of the genii in the
faucet, and the day came when the
finished work must be removed to 9th
.er quarters, which removal required
the assistance Of the janitor. The
sculptor rang the bell for that dusky
person, and after repeated summons
receiving no reply, Saint-G audens de-
seconded to the regions below, where
ne found the man Of all work pumping
away for dear life.
On Saint-Gaudens inquiring why he
had received no reply to his summons,
the negro replied that he was sorry
not to be able to answer, but some
how I can't keep no watah in this here
tank, sir. "-American Art News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
FIvIno Machine an old Story.

LYNN WNAkNNAA0 So 0 ~
Talking of flying machines" said
the French professor. Jacques de
vaucanson invented in the eighteenth
century several flying machines.
But they we're very little. You may
read all about them in d'Alembert and
in the Geographic Universelle. One was
a fly that would start from Vaucan-
sons hand, circle around a room and
return to it's starting point again. An
other was a pigeon that made circles
in the air of 100 yards diameter.
"Vaucanson's automatons were in
credible. His best vas a duck. The
bird waddled about, and, when it came
to grain, picked 1t up and swallowed
It. It muddied water with its beak as
ducks always do, quacked and swan.
HE made snakes that Kissed, swal-
lowed frogs, crawled on the ground
and coiled about your arm.
"All his secrets died with him. 9th
erwise we'd have been flying long
ago."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
LOVE FOa BALL SAVED BANK.
Director Does Not Claim Credit for
Financial Aeumen.

The visitor asked to see Al G. Fields,
the minstrel The hotel clerk indicated
a large dignihed man who wore bow
spectacles.
What That man who looks like a
bank ~director?"
That nan who is a bank director"
the clerk corrected.
Mr.. Fields didn't deny the charge.
I'm tell you a story to Illustrate my
financial acumen," he said. Tin a
sportsman FIRST Of all-always go to all
the baseball games / can. The bank
OF which was a director had an un.
pleasant way of holding its meetings
at n o'clock on Saturdays. The par
ticular day l have in mind there was
a baseball game scheduled and a man
with a million dollars in electric rail
way bonds came along asking 500, 900
cash on them.
After consulting my watch l arose
at the meeting and made a vigorous
speech against giving him the money.
The president of the bank protested
--said that if everyone believed as ]
did the Union Pacific railway never
would have been built. But demanded
a vote and when the count came in
everyone except the president and
yice-president had been moved by my
oratory. Later this same inancier
went to Buffalo, got $500, 900 on his
bonds, and the bank went up in a puff
OF smoke. indicated? MOL got tc
the baseball park just as the umpire
called 'pl-a-a-y ba-l-l!' kansas City
Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

A round stone is found in the points
Of certain kinds Of bamboo. This is
called "tabRsheer," and is supposed to
be deposited from the silicious juices
Of the cone. Another curiosity Of this
kind Is the cocoanut stone, which is
found IN the endossperm OF the cocoa
nut in Java and other East Indian Is
lands. It is pure carbonate Of lime,
and is sometimes round, sometimes
~ear-shaped, while the appearance OF a
white pearl without much luster.
Some Of these stones are as large as
cherries, and as hard as feldspar OF
opal. They are quite rarely found,
and are regarded by the orientals as
precious stones, the lower classes
using them as charms against dis
ease and evil spirits. Stones are also
sometimes found In the p~omegranate,
and In other East India fruits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
countsrmanded.

A very dsvout clergyman in the
middle west had just married a cou-
pie and. as was his custom, offered a
fervant prayer, invoking the diyiAe
blessing upon them. AS they seemed
to be worthy folk and not over
burdened with this worlds goods, he
prayed, among other things, for their
material prosperity, and besought the
Lord to greatly increase the mans
business, laying much stress on this
point
In filing out the blanks 1t became
necessary to ask the nan his bust,
ness, and to the ministers horror he
said: Il keep a saloon"
In telling the story to his wife after
ward the clergyman said that as he
wrote down the occupation, he whia.
pered:
Lord. You needn't answer that
prayer"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
shan nut P~artlnsnt Adulna

Stop seeing snakes and playing
dirges inside yourself" is the advice
n woman lecturer gives and she de.
clares that II is sometimes not an ad.
vantage to have an education az one
does not need an English accent to
be able to help a friend in trouble.
Moreover. one can be a fool in plain
American and all the knowledge OF
other languages will not remedy the
matter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
Keep Your Child Fearless.

From the moment of the average
child's first fall, when the mother
cries out and picks him up with such
manner and words that he screams
with terror, the instilling Of fear goes
on. The average child begins by be-
ing care-free, but the average loving
mother undermines that confidence
with the most earnest industry. The
forbidden fruit of the tree Of knowl-
edge is forced upon the child until his
naturally erect, fearless mental car
riage gradually becomes distorted, and
he stoops and bows to the inevitable.
So writes Clara Louise Burnham, in
Appleton's.
To allow fear-ridden conversation to
take place in the presence Of children
talk concerning sickness or disaster,
is another molding influence, robblng
them Of their gladness, teaching them
fearful resignation to inimical, irresist
ible powers. Even though they show
no evidence Of It at the time 1t is sink.
ing into the curious, eager thought and
must bear fruit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
Woman Makes Pet Of Wildcat.

Mrs. G. J. Grommet, one Of Atoms
best-known society ladies', has a Mex,
lean leopard wildcat for a pet, accord.
ing to the st. Louis Republic.
1t is a gift from her husband, who
is in Mexico, The leopard cat, which
Is a mixture Of leopard and wildcat, is
now four weeks old and is the size Of
a big kitten. The animal knows moth.
ing but captivity. The mother Of this
kitten and another was killed that the
young could be taken.
Mrs. Grommet is exhibiting the lit
tie prize TO- her guests. but says she
will be careful to have a chain OF
something else to the animal when II
grows up, fearing 1t may sometimes
answer the call Of the wild.