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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15
FQlIISHNESS
In the Extreme is a Certain
Letter Declares the Rev.
Mr. Scott.
.pear Editor

Dear EdItors:-
There are letters OF prayer again
being circulated through this section
OF the country and during oae Of my
pastoral calls was asked to. give my
opinion concerning the following
letter. It reads as follows:
Lord Jesus we implore thee have
mercy upon all mankind. Keep MS
from eyil by thy precious. blood
Take us 10 be with thee eternaly.
Amen.
Then follows in the same letter the
following superstitious and ridicu-
lous rot:
1T is said he who viii not write
this win meet with some great mis-
fortune 1t Is said one person paid
no attention and met with n great ac-
Icident 1t is said you should write
this nine times commencing ON the
day received and on the ninth YOU
will experience some JOY. 1t is said
Iat Jerusalem the Holy city, that
those who write this viii be saved
from AL calamity. This is as / re-
.ceived it, do not break the chain.
make a wish while writing and write
to nine Of your friends ana sign your
name instead OF mine. Yours, etc"
Now. Mr.. Editor, the person from
whom this letter came had written
seven and. was going to write the 9TH
er two and suppose expected the Joy,
But on hearing that j. E.. Scott the
pastor spoke in eontemptuous tones re-
garding IT. she stopped writing. Pray
er Is proper and ought to be the hab-
It Of every Christian but, wish to say
to all who have or do ever receive
a letter OF the above kind. consign ii
totthe flames Take the postage money
and give It to the children for SUNDAY
school purposes or for candy. Bet
ter ruin your childrcn's stomachs than
perpetuate such superstition. wish
something while you write. / wisb
people had sense to stop such ridicu-
lous methods. It's a scandal ON God.
70 say thatcalamity VIM come, or accf-
dent happen IL you do not comply
with some crank's letter the author
OF which Is unknown.
The threats of the letter are ridic.
uIous and the whole thing ought to
meet with immediate suppression by
all refusing to write.
Yours,
JAMES q SCOTT,
Pastor N. e Church, Adamston.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15


Our sale Is a pleasant surprise to
everyone who has Investigated the
many opportunities we are offering in
our special sale OF fine pianos now be-
ing conducted In the Traders Hotel
building.
Many thought we had shipped lot
of Inferior Instruments here and were
advertising them as first class, but
when they found here brand new pitt-
nos ingthe finest mahogany and Eng
lisit walnut cases from such factories
as Knrtzmann, chIckering, Mers ana
Pond. Emerson, the fasorite Esohler
and Campbell ana many othets tley
bought Immediately and in many cases
Influenced their neighbor to come and
look and in most instances they have
bought,
It is now admitted by ali that Lester.
Kurtzmann, 1vers and Pond and
chtrltering are the leading pianos Of
the world sess{ssgs
You can buy here tomorrow a fine
Lester, colonial case possibly the
fiaudsomest mahogany ever seen. here
sweet mellow tone. with abundance OF
power for $4,000. Regular price
sl25.0O. Small payments can be ar
ranged in payment for this and no
Interest charged.
One second hand piano that we
raded in on an 1yers & Pond, been
rsed less than a yeaf Parties paid
275 for It WIN be put on sale today
or S145. SO. cash and SIS per month
axes II. ~
We sold more pianos yesterday than
any other day. 50 we advise prompt
Investigation. We only had 90 In the
tart. There are eleven left of an. We
would be pleased to SEQ you today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15
Stockholders, MrErlNG

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Clarksburg Light &.
Heat Company win be held ut It's Of
ice Thursday. February is, 1909, at
10 o'clock a. m. for the election Of
directors for The ensuing year and
for the transaction OF any other bust
ness that mny properly come before
the meeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15
LETTER no c q sTorLrp
Cnrksburg, I

SlarbsouTg, w. Va.
Dear Sir. NE repeat:
Every job printed By Devoe, takes
less gallonsSthan of any other paint.
II not, no. pay.
Yours truly.
F. W. DEvoE & co.
?. sl-cest-Holden Co. sell our. paint
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15

TO find the stenograpacr you
should have Ind from the flrst-is
the work for the wan. nd"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-15
HIGHLAND BROS. 3 GORE.
SAI EIssORE q (lHIe
RlLRN. ID.

Schedule effective Nov %, 1908.
GtlARKSBuRts, W VA.
Daily xpaiiy excpet Sunday.
Sunday only
MAINE LINE, EASTBOUND.
Eufnb eElhnd, Washington, Baltimore
Z Rhiladelphia and New York. depart
$3.50 am, 5:40 pm. ss9;ss pm.
Arrive s12:53 nm, 1866 am, sB.0s
pm.
MAIN LINE WEsTBpuND.
Parlsersburg, Cincinnati, Lonisyfl,ef
and ST. Louis. depart sig tba & mn.
s9:55 am. Sos PM. Arrive tS.5s
am, $40 pm, 1895 nm.
J, sfrkersb burg Aeeonfno dation. depart
t;sS am, 400 pm. Arrive 1890
w VA. q PITTS NoIlIgIRoUND.
Sonnellsyille End PittshurE. depart
Ne:lo am, arrive sS11.05 pm.
tairmont and Mcfgantowii, depart
&c: 10 am, 1876 pm.
w. VA. & PITTS s0UTHBoUNn.
Weston. depart xet06 am. zf0ig5anns
. I Slli30. am. seG:45 pm. Arfiye zSs55
am. as:40 am. x2:l5 pm, .z5:25pm.
I x7:05 am.
Pickens, depart xes00 am. xG.i5 mn
Arrive xs:55 am. x7.0B pm.
Redwood. and clint er1ned iafea minis
depart x6.00 am, n 1 81 am. ArrIsts
x2:15 am, x7.Q5 pm
WEST VA SHORT LINE.
New Martihsvflle ana Wheelfne -
commedatlong depart 6900 nm
x2;i5 pm. Arrive .Itszs an.
1890 nm. q IS
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
I'm GuIlty.

Relates the Christian Register A
at various times sat on several juries:
who Influenced you most-the law
yers, the witnesses or the judge?' He
expected to get some useful and inter-
esting information from so expert
enced a juryman This was the mans
reply: I'm tell yer, sir, 'ow | makes
up my mind. I'm plain man, and a
reasonin' man, and l amt influenced
by anything the lawyers say, nor by
what the witnesses say! nor by what
the judge says. l just looks at the
man in the docks, and | says: III he
amt done nothing, why's he thereT
And ! brings 'em all in guilty"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

VIM. Boot of Estella is in Vinita today.
PHI. Crahm of Centralia is here on
business
Mrs. S. c. Hughes and little son are
visiting Mrs. Alice Lester.
W. J. Strange came up from Chelsea
this afternoon on business.
Judge and Mrs. Luman F. Parker have
returned from a visit in Texas,
Jesse Budding and son Lewis from
Spavinaw are in Vinita today.
L. D, Long, of Fairland, was minglng
with the throng in Vinita today.
Mrs. J. W. Orr and Mrs E. L. Orr went
to Chelsea today for short visit.
R. D. Hagerman a prominent farmer
from near Hollow is in town today
Mrs. C. W. Cross went to Wyandotte
today for visit with her daughter.
j. C. Starr and wife left last night for
an extended trip to Washington, D. c.
W. G. Cope of Palisade. Colo, is here
for a visit with his brother P. S. Cope.
Mrs Albert Lawson has returned to
Joplin after a visit here with relatives.
A, A. Brown will 90 to Pryor Creek to-
night where he will conduct law suit
Mrs Theo. D. B. Frear returned today
from visit with Mrs Louise Joseph at
Tulsa.
W. w. Washburn from Chicago is here
looking after his lead and zinc interests
near Alton.
Mrs Cash Wilkinson, who has been
quite sick for several weeks, was able to
be up yesterday
George A. Miller, of Tulsa and Miss
Elsie Funk, of this city were married by
Judge Freaf this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Breedlove and
Miss Lizzie Garrison of Ogeechees we're
Vinita visitors yesterday.
Fred Parkinson was here from Wagner
yesterday to meet his wife, who was re-
turning from Kansas CITY.
L. f. Baird, cashier of the First National
bank of Eureka Springs Ark, was guest
of W. M. Malone and wife, Sunday
Mrs Mary J. Engleheart, who has been
visiting her son T. E. Englehart, will leave
Thursday for her home in Oklahoma City.
A casket was sent from Lewis Rogers 5
undertaking parlors yesterday for the
remains of Mrs Sarah Wyann, at
Ketchum.
0. L. James returned TO Sapulpa Satur-
day night after spending few days in
Vinita. His daughter, Miss Pauline re-
turned Sunday night
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

For RENT-Eight room house. gas and
water. Apply to j. S. Davenport If
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

Bring your work mules to me if you
want to sell them. j. C. Gray. II
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

Good farm teams for sale at Gray's
barn, mules and horses. If
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
New and lmproved pxnamIt..

An improved dynamite for blasting
has recently been put on the market
which has a great advantage in that
the freezing point Of the nitroglycerin
is lowered to 35 degrees Fahr.; more
over, when the temperature continues
to sink still lower the new dynamite
freezes with extreme slowness. When
frozen it can be thawsd with a small
fraction OF the time and expense OF
ordinary dyuamites.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
couIdn,t See the Point.

At a dinner a young lady sitting
near the bishop Of London said to
him:
Bishop, | wish you would set my
mind at rest as to the similarity or
dissimilarity between your country
and ours on one point. Does the but
terfly because the tomato CAM"
The bishop laughed heartily at this
vivacious sally. Not so a young Eng
lishman of his party, who, after din
ner, sought his host
Il want to know, you know said
he, about that joke of Miss BIS.
She asked if the butter flew because
the tomatoes could. Pray tell me what
the point is"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
Entitled to a pay of.

Experience has proved that after
l2O, ,000 miles have been reeled of a To-
comotive is entitled TO layoff and TO
hospital treatment. Steel will not
stand the thunderous jar and vibra-
ton that shakes the 1874 tons dead
weight of a locomotive making so to
10 miles an hour. Figured at 60 miles
an hour, even locomotive must be
1000 hours running TO complete the
mileage stunt Then, no matter how
clean her record of behavior, she must
20 in for an overhauling generally.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
Notice, Special Tax Warrant

The following property owners in tie
city of Vinita Oklahoma, are hereby notified
that a tax warrant has been issued and
filed in the Office of the city clerk against
the property set opposite their names
and in the amounts set opposite their
name to p y the cost of constructing aside
walk in front Of said property to-wit:
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25
Turn Out Many Bibles.
City CLERK

The Bible press 81 Oxford produces
on an average 5000 copies Of the Bi-
BILE. not to mention prayer books.
every day. The skins of 10000 ami
mails are used every year for the COW
ers Of Oxford Bibles.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

1t is not written, blessed is he that
feedeth the poor, but he that consid-
sreth the poor. A little thought and
a little kindness are often more than
a great deal OF money
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25

For RENr-Well improved farm in the
best farming part OF Craig county Room
2 Halsell building.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-25


Said property owners are further noti-
fed tkat when this notice has been pub
lshed for six consecutive issues in the
Vinita Daily Chieftain, if at the expira-
ton of said notice the amount above set
forth with the cost of publication has not
been paid to the city clerk Of the city Of
Vinita, said tax warrant as above set
forth, together with the cost of publica-
ton will be listed by the city clerk, and
transmitted to him by the county clerk Of
Craig county Oklahoma. and placed upon
the tax roll for collection and will be col
lected in the same manner as other taxes
are collected by law.
G. P. FoGLE,
City Clerk
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Ring of Chinese "crafters.n

Prince Ching, head of the foreign
department of the Chinese govern.
ment, is pictured as an eminent orr
entail CRATER by the Picking CORE
spondent of the London Times, who
writes: Since the downfall of Yuan
Sh1h-kai the Wai-wu-pu foreign of
hce) has relapsed into it's former state
OF incapacity, and for this Prince
Ching is to blame. Amiable but cor
rupt, he has stood for a generation for
all that is worst in Chinese official
dom. All stories of his rapacity, his
greed, his INSCRIPTIONS sales of office,
his Indifference to the affairs of state.
His wealth is enormous, yet no gen.
erous or charitable action has ever
been recorded in his favor. Every new
minister in every Office of emolument
has to pay him TOLL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
HUM0R BURNED AND ITcHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Leqs and
Face-It'Was Something Terrible.
Complete Cure by cuticura.

About fifteen or eighteen years
ago eczema developed on top of my
hand. 1t burned and itched so much
that I was compelled to show it to a
doctor. He pronounced it ringworm.
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased and went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. went to another doctor who
had the reputation of being the best
in town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance of
the disease, but no further. I finally
concluded to try the Cuticura Rene
dies and found relief in the first trial.
l continued until I was completely
cured from the disease, and 1 have
not been troubled since. C. Burkhart.
2S6 W. Market St. Chambersburg, Pa,
Sept. 10, 1908"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
NOT FOND OF PIGEONS
Mayor of Philadelphia Resents Inter
ference in His Efforts to Get
Rid of Them.


Mayor Reyburn, who considers the
city nall pigeons a nuisance, and
would ri'! the building of them if he
could, considers the efforts of the anti
cruelty to animals societies to prevent
the piget Ms being driven out as med
dlesome, and sometimes wakes sarcas
tic in referring to the societies.
Recently, while the mayor was hold
Ing his daily chat with the newspaper
men, several fire engines with clang
ing gongs, came laundering down
Broad street and around the city hall
The pigeons, evidently frightened by
the gongs, flew excitedly around and
around outside of the mayors office
on the north side of the building.
AS the whir of wings SWEPT through
the room, the mayor exclaimed, half
smiling, but with an attempt at seri-
BUSINESS:
My! The fire engines are disturb
ing the pigeons. Where is the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals? Such a trif1e as saving cit
liens property from burning should
not be allowed to interfere with the
peace OF the pigeons. "-Philadelphia
Times
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
FAVORED DOGS IN GERMANY
Oachshund is the Most Popular vari-
ETY., the English Bulldog Be-
ing Second Choice.

The dachshund is the favorite dog
IN Germany, and very useful and
pieasant companion he seems to be.
The English bulldog is a good second
IN popularity, and the nearer he is to
our standard points the better he is
liked. The fox terrier varies a good
deal in size and marking and is evil
IDENTITY not SO we'll known in Germany
as he deserves to be.
The ladies there are as fond of
their little Poms and their King
Charleses as are their English Sis
tiers OF their pet dogs at home.
Some few dogs in the streets are
narnessed to four wheeled trucks.
Usually man and a dog pull. The
work seemed too heavy and exhaust
ing for the dogs, which are generally
mongrels of the mastiff type. They
look in fair condition and are not ill
treated.-Farm and Home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
They Didn't Have to Chance.

During the years in which our pure
food laws have been put into effect
there has been a great hurrying and
scurrying on the part of the food man
ufacturers to change their methods to
make them conform to the law.
The Quaker Oats Company is a con-
splcuous exception. 1t was admitted
that Quaker Oats was as pure and
clean as possible and that it was an
ideal food
1t is so cheap that any one can af-
lord 1t and so nourishing that every
one needs it. The result of last years
experiments at Yale and other points
where food values were tested is that
Quaker Oats has been adopted BY
many persons as their food on which
they rely for adding vigor and endur-
ance of muscle and brain.
This splendid food is packed in three
ways-regular size, large size family
package and Theoretically sealed tins
The latter especially adapted to hot
climates.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
PAINT FAULTS.

1t is a common occurrence nova
days to hear man remark with dis
gust: 1T is impossible to have good
painting done these days; either the
paint is not good or there are no good
painters" This, however. is not true.
There is good paint, and there are
good painters. But the question is.
bringing them together.
One cannot expect a satisfactory
painting job without pure white lead.
There is a way to make sure you are
getting pure white lead without test
ing it. See that the key bears Ma
tional Lead Companys famous Dutch
Boy Painter trademark, which is a
positive guarantee of purity. However
anyone can test white lead. National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg,
New York City, will send you a lead
tester and painters outfit, consisting
OF book of color schemes, specifica-
lions, etc., upon request.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
The Good Old DAYS.

The stranger was a large, forcefuI.
looking man, with an under-shot law
and beetling brows. He entered the
retreat of the long-haired dreamer
who was endeavoring to make a living
by writing poetry.
Say" began the stranger, you're
the chap that writes these things
about the good old days, and the
longing of the heart for the times
that used to be, and the beauties of
the golden past as compared with the
present, aren't your"
AT times l do write some little
thing of that nature" replied the
long-haired one. cat times 1 do en-
deavor to express the barking back of
the soul to the days of long ago.
when the skies were blue and the
woods were green, and the roses
dripped with dew and the birds sang
their sweetest notes, and the heart
beat time to the carols Of"
We'll, l just wanted to tell Won
you're getting part of your wish" in
terrupted the stranger. This tele-
graphers' strike is a fair illustration
of how it would be to set the world
back forty or SO years to please some
of you chumps!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Paw Paw, Mich
Another Operation Ayoided.

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, Ill. II want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said I would
die If l did not have an operation, and
1 never thought of seeing a well day
again. Ihad small tumor and female
troubles so that I suffered day and
night. A friend recommended lydia
i. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and it made me well woman. Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLING, II Langdon St,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, fndiges-
ton, andnervous prostration. ItcOsts
but a. trifie to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Suppose that when
d social queen

Sat in her drawing room,
A burglar nervily serene,
Crept lightly from the gloom
suppose she shrieked, and then, ere long
She urged him not to go
But watch her sing her latest song
And trip the nghtsome toe!
., that might be-might very we'll be,
AS any of us can easily see;
for burglars armed with gun and knife
Ihus hold the mirror up to life
ana ladies who would sing and dance
VIII never miss the slightest chance.
suppose that when a signing beau
Proposes to his love-
He sings about the silvery glow
OF little stars above
AND that the room should quickly fill
With folk who bark to this
And hear the damsel gayIy trill
About the first sweet kiss!
~ that might ,e-might very we'll be.
AS any of us can readily see;
Small brothers hide behind the door.
And parents tiptoe cross the floor.
And all that's lacking is the song
SO Shakespeare wasn't far from wrong.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Mars the Next Field.

There are many who will part from
the north pole with regret All their
lives it has seemed the one unconquer-
able salient of natures fortress, the
very synonym of the impossible goal
OF human endeavor. With the pole
itself succumbing, the world is no
longer the same, and everything seems
within the realm of mortal achieve
ment. We must now think of talk
ing with Mars with more respect.
The professors mirrors may prove
any day reality.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Inventive Genius,

Quite by accident" says the man
with the dust-begrimed face, Il struck
upon a motive power for my auto
which gives it twice the speed and
does not leave half so disagreeable an
odor trailing after it,
You don't say" exclaims the man
with the serrated whiskers.
Fact. 1 ran out of gasoline 40
miles from town, and tried half a
pound of limburger cheese from the
lunch hamper"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and f1neness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods This trou-
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
"FiIthy Lucre."

The expression filthy lucre" is of
Biblical origin, and is to be found in
the third chapter of the first book of
Timothy, where the qualifications nee
essary for the office of a bishop
are thus set forth: This is true
saying. If man desireth the Of
flee of bishop, he desireth a good
work. A bishop must then be blame
less, the husband of one wife, vigilant.
sober, of good behavior, given to hos
pitality, apt to teach; not given to
wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not
covetouS."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. 1t great strength as a stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.