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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
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and put the human race out OF tune
with the sun, the great tuning fork of
the universe. OF the billion and a half
people fnhabiting the globe, a few
naked savages off IN some wilds are
about the only ones whose cell vibra-
tions are what they really ought to be.
As for the rest Of us, our atomic vibra-
tions are out of whack. our cells are
starved. and here we are all full of
aches and pains and unruly nerves that
believe as you like regarding the
theory of atomic cell yibration--nevcr
were intended except as warning
that we are somehow off the track OF
rightfliving.
Tuned to the Sun
Baby Woodruff is to be put back on
the track IL his father's years of study
have amounted to anything And it is
for this baby's good and other babies,
good, even more than for his own sci
entific satisfaction, that the doctor is
testing his beliefs. He loves every
whirling atom Of this baby. though #
is not OF his own flesh and blood. and
he wants It to grow up healthy enough
and strong enough to enjoy all the good
things there are in the world
All the years OF their married life the
doctor and his wife have longed for a
visit from the stork-in vain, And so
last summer they decided to adopt a
baby. They chose baby of refined,
educated parents. Beyond that, they
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did not care AS matter OF fact, both
OF baby's parents were delicate, and
the mother died when the baby was s
days old. The doctor did not seek a
baby with a heritage of good health
He doesn't believe very hard in hered-
ity or in prenatal influence or several
other popular doctrines of similar sort
although he does agree with Luther
Burbank that every child is a composite
of all the generations of ancestors that
have gone before. But he believes
with all his might and main in the here
and now, in environment and training
1t was a little lingering faith in his
old grandmother's favorite adage-you
can't make silk purse out Of q sow'a
ear-that made him CHOOSE @ baby OF
good parentage rather than any wee
waif that might be needing q home
But certainly the one he took was not
a very promising specimen.
AT five days of age the baby had
the worst case of jaundice I ever saw"
declared the doctor when asked about
the very beginning. He was green
with it--so green that friend who
saw him went home and vowed to his
wife we'd taken a baby of Mexican
blood.
HE was bundled UP in all the usual
things in which they imprison babies.
And the first thing we did was to take
off all his clothes and put on a thin.
little cotton slip. 1t was summer. and
II the nights and mornings were cool
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il q shower came up and the baby just
crows and thinks it fine fun to get wet
and has never had a cold to make up
for it. As sun and wind and rain have
been good for him, he is to try Mother
Earth next. During the coming sum-
mer he is to spend part OF his naked
hours right down in the dirt. where
there is no grass to tickle and prick.
At six weeks. when the average baby
is a soft little mass of pulp, almost
inert. this youngster began doing
stunts. He woke up early one morning
and wanted to play. So his father took
him into his bed and stood him up
against his body. the rounding summit
of which was Just about on level with
the baby's head. Placing his hands un-
der the soles of the two tiny feet, the
father was surprised to find a strong
pressure against them as the baby tried
TO force himself up over his fathers
stomach BY the second day the baby
was able to scale this considerable
eminence, which bears witness to the
Doctors disbelief I'm diet and his belief
that good things were put into this
world to eat and enjoy.
There have never been any regular
gymnastics. for above all things the
parents want the baby to be normal.
And it has been merely by accident that
the child has been found doing athletic
stunts. While crawling about the lawn
one day he discovered his fathers sign
board planted in the ground. He drew
himself up beside il and began pulling
himself back and forth as il getting
ready to leap over it. This has be-
come one of his favorite exercises.
One day a big navel orange dropped
from tree upon his blanket, and he
picked 1t up by the stem and whirled
it about as If 1t were hollow rubber
ball.
Another time he was sitting on his
fathers lap. The father took hold OF
his hands, when he drew himself erect
waistcoast buttons. Likewise the doc
tor was holding him loosely in his
arms one day while talking with a
neighbor Mr.. Baby saw a rose he
wanted and he started out after Il,
throwing himself forward until his
body was almost horizontal. with his
back as straight and rigid as a stick.
II is no trick at all for him to throw
himself out this way with his father
holding him by the knees
The same perfect control OF muscles
and strength Of spine is shown by his
sitting astride his fathers knee and
throwing himself forward with Moth
ing to steady him but his own feet
clamped tightly against the fathers
leg.
When he gets tired crawling about
on the grass he raises himself I'D and
goes about on all fours, like a dog
or cat. He can do any number OF
other stunts, but even his parents find
1t hard to tell what they are, for he
has never been trained to do any Of
them The first intimation they have
that he can do something new is when
he does it.
His Astonishing Development
In many respects he is just an av-
erage baby He is no taller than the
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lows Tins FO& e
" MONTHS TORgO?
q g

just j. natural elements which enter
into the composition. in varying com
binations and proportions. of all or
ganic life, whether it be d blade OF
grass, the bark OF tree or the parts
OF a human being. Sunlight is the
great, vibrating, magnetic force whose
province is to quicken those natural
elements which have been attracted by
and attached 70 that spiritual element
we call life, and to regulate the cell
vibration Of those elements in harmony
with the key of composite sunlight vi
bration.
The unit Of organic life is the. cell.
The CELL whether of GRASS blade. tree
bark or baby flesh, is made up of a
group Of atoms. each atom composed in
turn of countless eIectrons. some posi-
tive and some negative, in varying pro
portions for the different cells. Those
electrons are in violent vibration. gen
Grating a magnetism which attracts "a
The various cells of muscle bone mem,
pfane and other tissue those elements
In the blood necessary to cell renewal
necessary cell foods the cells starve
and become atrophied and while there
may be no definite disease, there is no
positive health. The cell vibration is
out OF harmony with the vibration OF
the sunlight
But let the cells be properly fed and
the atomic cell vibration returns to
normal and Is identified with the KEY
OF vibration of the suns rays, which
is somewhere around $4,000, 900 600 600
(forty-five trillion) vibrations per sec
ond.
This, to descend to vulgar parlance
is certainly going some. But that is
exactly the pace at which the tiniest
particles OF Baby Woodruff's body are
kept travelling. And that is why. ac-
cording to the father. Baby Woodruff
is the sturdiest, soundest, strongest
best developed and most active young
ster for his months ever produced
with the possible exception of a few
freak babies who have grown up and
gone into the circus business.
Just a Natural Baby
1t must be remembered that Baby
Woodruff is not a freak baby, unless in
this day of sickly. spindly children A
healthy, physically perfect baby could
be counted a freak. He has had no
physical training, no massage, no gym
nastics of any kind-nothing to fur
ther his physical development but per-
feet food, plenty Of sunshine and fresh
air and a chance TO use himself as he
sees At without being hampered by
tight bands, clumsy petticoats and the
usual baby paraphernalia.
According to DR.. Woodruff, human
beings ought to grow UP like grass and
trees and wild animals, without fear of
sun and wind and rain. But centuries
Of wrong living. OF house dwelling and
wearing clothes-which he regards as
the root Of all evil and an abomination
unto the Lord-of improper feeding and
hard thinking and of everlasting driv-
ing beyond the speed limit-these things
have lowered the atomic cell vibration
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No Pink Cribs

For you must have guessed already
that Baby Woodruff is an experiment.
His parents are not poor. He could
have slept in a house in the prettiest
OF cribs with silk and lace coverlets
instead OF in a basket on the veranda.
lie could have had as many pink or
blue kid shoes and half hose, as many
embroidered caps, as many fluffy rufies
and dainty dresses as any other baby,
so far as money is concerned. But his
parents are thinking FIRST Of the baby
instead OF their own vanity and pride,
as most parents do. who In their hearts
arc pretty much like the woman who
said she wished for baby because it
woull be 50 nice TO have one to dress
up and bring into the parlor when her
friends came to call.
Besides the baby's father is a doc
tor, who has been digging into the
mystery Of life and health for 25 years:
and baby is to be a real. live demon
stration Of his fathers pet theory. He
is being tuned to the sun. whose cell
vibrations are the keynotes Of normal
health.
The doctors theory of life and health
is as simple as cold boiled potatoes.
Briefly put It is something like this:
The universe is composed Of the nat
ursl elements and sunlight. There are
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
By Bertha H. Smith

4 \ the words Of the man who wouldn't
say an ugly baby was pretty, who
couldn't say it was ugly, and who
knew he must say something:
This is a baby"
His name is Lawrence Lyons Wood
run. His age IS Z months. His home
is Long Beach, Cal.
Instead Of being a little, rolypoly,
Cupid sort Of thing. all white and pink
dimples, Baby Woodruff at months
has q body as perfect in its proportions
as Jack O'Briens. He is brown as a
berry from head to toe, has muscles in
stead OF fat, and backbone that is
backbone. He has never had sick day
since his second week in this world.
and now at an age when the ordinary
baby is not put into any ones lap with
cut guaranty that hand will be kept
AT its back every second. this infant is
actually walking, with fathers hand for
courage. and is doing stunts that show
perfect control OF every muscle.
These arc given by the baby's father
as some Of the reasons for his unusual
development:
First Of all. he is next to nature
baby.
Iie has never slept in house night
in his life
>He has never had Oh his tiny feet
either shoes OF stockings.
lie has never owned hat or any Of
tae little fancy caps so dear to mothers
hearts.
IIe hasn't a piece Of flannel to his
name.
Iu short. his entire wardrobe consists
Of gingham rompers a coat made OF
some cotton stuf and a little sunbonnet
ordinarily the rompers are all he wears,
but when he goes for a late afternoon
drive in his fathers automobile he
wears the cotton cloak and the sunbon-
net. The bonnet is not for warmth, but
merely to keep the wind out of his face
because he hates wind-"worse that a
pig his father puts it. however badly
that is.
Lastly and chiefly. this baby has al
ways had his I'll Of sunshine. fresh
air and the necessary cell salts. Two
hours Of every day Of his seven months,
beginning with last August, he has
been stripped to the skin and put out
OF doors on the grass to roll and tum-
bic as he pleased-an hour in the morn
ing and an hour in the afternoon. Only
on the days Of cold winter rains has
he missed this chance to drink in the
sunshine and fresh air through the
pores OF his skin. If he lived in a
country where there were warm sum
ner rains, he would be put out on rainy
days just the same, in the belief that
II would be as good for him as it is
1or the trees and the grass and the
flowers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

The Remarkable Development Of
California Infdnt Who Has No Ward
robe Worth Mentioning, Who Has
Never Slept Indoors, and Who Spends
Most of His Time Frisking About
a Lawn ABSOLUTELY NAKED
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His Astonishing DEVELOPMENT

In many respects he is just an av-
erage baby. He is no taller than the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
RECESS TAKEN
BY the County Court Until
Monday of Next Week
Unless Called Sooner.

The county court late Saturday
evening took recess until probably
next Monday.
The Glen Elk Brick Company was
exonerated Of the payment OF taxes
on three acres for two years and the
same was ordered charged to the
Glen View Brick Company.
An exoneration on 300 enormously
assessed was allowed George +. Ran
dali on two lots and building in
shinnston. The value OF the lots was
reduced $3.50 and that OF the building
1870.
Tho restaurant license of Kavala-
ris and Trfpocoios was transferred to
A: NJ Dyer and U. 8. Bailey.
a bridge was established across
fLost Creek near the residence OF
Joshua Smith.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
POWDER INJURED
Several at Fairmont When
Boy Touches 1t With a
Lighted Cigarette.

FAIRMoNT, Dec. 2swhen oscar
Harr ignited with cigarette stump
bottle filled with mine powder last
night. he and three companions living
at Rellvlew, suburb, were probably
fatally injured, and several others
We're fatally injured by being murned
and cut and bruised by flying glass.
Tho Injured.
Oscar Harr, aged 16. burned about
face and cut; probably will die.
John Laughlin, aged 16. burned
about face and hands:probably fatal.
Jennings Smith. aged IS. burned
and cut.
Jesse Wilson, aged IA. head terri,
bly, burned.
John Boland, aged II. eyes possibly
destroyed by burns.
A hurry cali brought half dozen
doctors from Fairmont. who dressed
the wounds and removed the nost
seriously injured 10 hospitals.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
LOCAL COUNCIL
OF National Union, Fraternal
Insurance Order, is Or
gained Here.

a clarksburg council of the Ma
tional Union. a fraternal insurance
order, was recently organized here
by o. +. Stanton. of Pittsburg. Pa.
its general deputy. Forty were pres.
ent at the meeting and its objects
and aims We're set forth in detail by
the general deputy. The beautiful
ritualistc work of the order was ex-
emplified by Deputy stanton and
was Very Interesting and appealed
strongly to the patriotic mind. The
officers chosen are:
G. G. Mitchell. president: f. Maier,
speaker; r. H. Flowers. ex-presi-
dent; Or. N. Slater, secretary: Dor
sey NJ. Reed, financial secretary; f.
b. Cummings. treasurer; G. V. SOM
merville. chaplain: G. E. Andrews.
usher; NJ. j. conneil, S. OF A.; S. G !.
Fisher, door-keeper. and as trstees,
w. e. Cork, c. Rarlins and Ralph
Martin.
The National Union was organized
in 1881 and has paid in round num-
hers more than 81. 100000 which as
sures permanent protection to the
beneficiaries of It's members and a
rapid healthy growth of the local
council is looked Cor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31

New Members to Take Place
of Former Ones in Davis
Shoe Company
FIRST OF THE YEAR
Fred Davis is to Be Retained
as the Manager of the
Shoe Store.

A business deal has been con-
by which the present
stockholders of the LAWS Shoe Com
tpany are Mordecia Lewis. r. H. VIII
liams, Samuel A. Elliotr and FEED
Davis, the retiring members of the
company being George P. Leather
bury and c. r. Weekly. The new
ownership Will become effective jan
uary /.
The company owns and operates a
large retail shoe store in the Traders
building at the corner of Main and
South Third streets, which under the
management of Mr.. Davis the last
1.-TWO years and half has been quite
successful and the company now en-
joys lucrative patronage.
1t is the intention to take the in
ventory of the stock next Thursday,
aand the store will be closed that day
for the purpose. Upon the compile
tion of this the store will reopen
with Mr.. Davis manager the same as
he has been since the store first open
ed.
The new ownership expects 70
make the stock of goods bigger AMI
better and has already taken steps
to that end, having made large pur,
chases for the winter and spring
trade.
The gentlemen Identified with the
company as recognized like those
of the first company are bushes:
men of enterprise and integrity and
success is assured them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
COMMISSIONERS SALE or
TOWN LOTS.

+ BY virtue Of the authority vested
in the undersigned special commits
sioners, made in the oliancery cause
of Frederick e. Dclbriige versus
benjamin Deibridge and others
pending in the circuit court OF .Hnf-
rison county, West Virginia, and en-
tered therein on the 2srd day OF Oczs
tober. 1908. which decree Is engross-
cd In chaneery Order Book No. 90,
at page $50, We Will, as such spaGIai
commissioners. sell at public 6utcry
at the front door OF the court house
of said county, on.
T Friday, January the 18th, 1900.
at one o'clock p. M, to the highest
and best bidder therefor. two. certain
lots or parcels of land located In the
town OF shinnston. HARRISON county.
West Virginia, and being known is
lots Number 81 and 3s. in said town.
and being the same lots or parcels 0r
land of which William F. Delbridss
died seized and possessed. There
are two small buildings on these lots:
Said lots viii be sold free rand ac-s
quit from dover.
Terms Of Sale; 0ne-halt cash on,
day OF sale, and the residue upon a.
credit of six months. the purchaser
giving his note with good persona
security. for the deferred payments;
bearing interest from date. And
said commissioners will retain yen
doris lien on the property sold. Ns
further security.
MELyIN G. sPERRY.
CLARENCE b. sPERRYs Il.
Snecial Commissioners
State of West Virginia,
County of Harrison. to-wit:--
]. Homer W Williams. clerk OF the.
Circuit court of said county do here
by certify that Melvin G. Sperry and
Clarence y. spcrry, the above named
special commissioners. have executed
bond before me. as required ny the
decree in the above styled cause,
conditioned according to law.
Given under my hand. this ths
18th day of December. A. ID. 1908.
II. w. WILLIAMS. Clerk
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
TO ENFORCE OPIUM Law

AMoY, Dec. 2s-orders have been
issued to a number of natives at Tun.
gan. 2 omiles north OF Annoy. to
cease planting opium popies., They
declined to acducsce and riot fol-
lowed in which one officer and ten
civilians We're killed. The populace
of Tungan is up in arms and 500
troops have been sent there to re
store order. The authorities an
nounce their determination to en-
force the anti-opium edict.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
Mnscnlnr Pains Cnrcd.

During the simmer of 1903 was
troubled with muscular pains In the
instep of my foot" says Mr. s, Pcl-;
lar. of Toronto. Ont. ..At times II
was SO painful i could hardly walk.
icfamberlain,s Pain Balm was recon :
mended to me. so i tried it and was
completely cued by. one small bot.
tie, have since recommended Ii Is
several of my friends. all OF whom
speak highly of it, For sale by all
dealers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
HOLDuP|S! OCCUR
In One Of the Wards Of Nor
gantown and Complaints
Are Many.

!, MoRGANToWN. Dec. 2s- Com
plants are being made by residents
OF the Fourth ward that numerous
holdups have been attempted alorg
Beechurst where 1t passes through
the university grounds. More than,
one pedestrian has been attacked
but in no case yet reported have the
holdup artists succeeded in getting
any money I'M some instances two
men have been approached. and in
at least one instance a man and his
wife were Swallowed entirely through
the grounds.
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In the Interior of the State
and Will Run Full All
i the Winter.
a TRACTION LINE
Is Under Consideration and
Big Coal Development is 4
Expected Soon.

sasiness y booming In the Interior
OF the state, especially IN the neigh
pornood OF Richwoou. where q num-
Der OF Dig lumber mills are located
and there are hopeful signs for the
future there. Unless the winter be-
comes very severe there win heSno
suspension or ciirtaiiing OF opera
tons and the lumber product VIII
equal that OF any year past.
Coal development promises to be
one OF the chief Industries In that
part OF the state I'm the next few
years. Within radius OF twenty
five miles OF redwood are rich coal
deposits, shown by actual test by the
f'airmont Coal ccmpanys chemists
and New York buyer. AT this time
three miles from Redwood. or ut
Penwick, the Penwick Lumber Com
pany is operating light vein. and
from Bolair in Webster county run
ming into Nicholas county. the vein
Is said to be from nine to thirteen
feet thick, This immense coal de-
post is arrestlng attention and capi-
tai Is expected to low into these
counties to develop 1t.
SO rapid Is the development and
SO hopeful are the residents Of that
section of the State. that there is
now a moyment on foot to build and
operate an electric railway line from
some OF the big lumber plants into
Redwood, the appealing feature OF
which is the proposition to utilize
superfluous motor power at the mills
in conjunction with special power at
reduced cost This movement is said
to be under serious consideration 1t
offices of the capitalists in Phlladcl-
phia and Scranton. who are interest
ed on a large scale in the Develop
q nIdu ~.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
PAPER CHANGES HANDS.

KINGWooD, Dec. 2s-The print
ing plant Of the Preston Leader, at
Kingwood, was sold at trustees sale
to Maurice L. Jackson for $1,000.
Mr.. Jackson was formerly connec:.-
ed with the Leader. He proposes to
run an Independent Republican pa
per to DO known as the Preston
News:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
GREW LOST
In Collision Between British
Steamer and Bark at
New Castle.

NEWCASTLE. n. S. w, Dec. IS
The British steamer Advance and tho
British bark Iyerna were in a colliss!
lion here today. The Advance went
down and all members pf the crow:
except the first officer lost their'
lives: The Iyerna put into New.
castle leaking badly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
Good Cough Medicine for chlldrcn

NsNOo NOutsA
The season for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care cam
not be used to protect the children.
A child is much more likely to con-
tract diphtheria or scarlet fever when
he has a cold. The quicker you cure
his cold the less the risk. Chambers
lain's Cough Remedy is the sole re-
lance of many mcshers. and few
of those who have tried 1t. are will
ing TO use to use any other. Mrs. F..
f. Starcher. of Ripley, w. Va, says.
IT have never used anything other
than chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for my children. and 1t has always
given good satisfaction" This remedy
contains no opium or other narcotic
and may be given as confidently to n
child as to an adult. For sale by all
dealers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
snLLs WEDDING JANUARY /

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s--Thc we'd
ding of Miss Beatrice Mills and the
Earl of Granard will take place ON
Thursday. January IA, at the city
home of the bride-elect's father ogs
den Mills. according to an authorativc
statement. The ceremony will nc
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
Co.ADJuToR NAMED.

WASHINGTON. b. G., Dec. Is
Bishop Dennis J. o'connell, .recto.
of the Catholic University OF Amerl-
ca, has been appointed Bishop Coz
adintor- of San Francisco.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-31
Everett Gfimm! 4 ~ \, e

Everett Gslmm, 4 Rossment lad.
] g g patient In 81, MaSss hospital d
the result Of discharging small Dis.
tol. The contents Of the gun badly
shattered the lover part OF one leg.
He was brought to tie institution
THURSDAY evening by Dr.. George
R Ogden q glsntngtou