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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
HAS DESPERATE
 DUEL WITH DEATH Terrible Experience of An Fx-
 hauSted Swimmer ANGER SAVES HIS LIFE While Bathing Off Irish Coast Strength Fails-Body Becomes Unusual
 ReaIity-Rase Makes Final
 Escape Impossible.
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Pearson's Weekly.
 I was swimming on the Irish coast, and l swan too far. My strength failed, and I suddenly knew that if I gave in should be drowned. There was nobody ,n sight, and the shore seemed to be miles away I felt my muscles growing stiff. and I knew that if I relaxed my will all would be over. TRis is death, said to myself, and l felt a strange identity between the energy of my mind and the lethargy of my limbs. My body appeared to be part of my consciousness The mechanism of my arms and legs struck me as being my real self.
 Hitherto my body had not been a real ity. I knew it as familiar object. My face had grown familiar to me, because I had been used to seeing it every day in my shaving glass. I say knew my face, with its eyes and nose and mouth and ears. But I knew it as if it were not it. For instance, had never seen my face in moments of emotion. I had never seen it laughing or smiling, or sor- rowful, or sad, or angry. Other people had seen my face In action, but I had hONci Scch At cAStPl niiSh IL was inert and empty.
 l had always looked upon my body as something outside myself. Now I felt that my body was actually myself, and that if l lost it I should lose everything. The importance of the thing stung me. That strange white creature with it's queer machinery of head. and arms, and legs, and lungs, and stomach was not outside me. It was I, and I was it.
 Afraid to Let Go.
 I was quite sure that I must end with it. It did not occur to me that I should have another chance. I knew that if l let go my body l should let go myself. 1 should cease to be, as the blur of the afraid to let my body go felt it gently slipping out of my grasp, and the horror of the feeling was that it was refusing to obey me. I was ceasing to be myself. My personality was dwindling. The color of my mind was fading I was being drained of the quality that separated me from other things. My name ceased to matter, and I felt that my very humanity was becoming trivial. I was reduced to the stark elements of life. I was no more than a drowning mouse paving round a bucket The humiliation was un- utterable. l knew I was fighting against death like a trout on a hook, or a fly on ly-paper. There was no difference in the scale.
 When I reached the shore l fell in a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
I'M Gnoh nr EaiIn,..


Every failure is not misfortune.
on The contrary, many of them are
really helpful. especially to those
who are willing. to learn by exper-
fence. writes Erasmus Wilson inSthe
Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Some
there are, however. who can see
nothing hut flash of Ill luck in 1t,
and instead of trying to find out
what. made It so, they fall to and
rail at the facts, and even get an
CRY with God.
Broadly speaking. the reason you
nan in any undertaking is that you
have not gone about it in the RICH,
way. Right Is the. foundation. and
truth the sub-foundation of success.
OF course you viii not prosper in
trade II there is no. demand for your
wares. II yoh want to catch fish
you, seek a body OF water that is
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
sALh.oF VALUABLE srook ].

$50 :
Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, March 90, 1909 at. 10
O'clock a. M, Iwill offer for sale at
the front door of the county couet
house in clarksburg. West virginia,
thirty shares of Suffer Roofing and
cornice Company stock. par value
$4,000 per share, being certificates
20 to sS inclusive, issued to j. w.
Stark and deposited with the under.
signed as collateral to secure the
payment of certain NOTE, bearing,
date February Z. 1905. payable on
or before twelve months after date.
Inquiries about this stock should
be referred to my attorney, Harvey
F, Smith, or to the company at It's
office, 124SPike street.
Given under my hand this 10Th
day of March, 1909.
JOHN A. BATTEN.
HARVEY F. SMITH,
Counsel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Wanted-.a:sin;ie,,,e,,. -.

a. Hallecks correspondent Of the
Post Chronicle calls for some! new
songs and is willing to trade in
some Of the old ones which are held
to have 'outlived their usefulness. /,
was maintained long ago that The
writer Of the songs of people ex.
erctsed a more potent Influence over
that peoples character and destiny
than do the men VINO write the
laws upon its statute books. From
what part of the West Virginia hills
shall come a singer who may set
the pace for our modern law
Makers -Morgantown Post chron-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
roosevelt Reincallrnated.

Ebert Hubbard, the Fra Albertus
of East Aurora, N. Y, causes d
shock by giving publicity to the fo il:
lowing. "A theosophist writes that
he sin receipt of message from a
.manhatina, which says that IN his
next. incarnation, Theodore Roose-
welt will be- washerwoman, the
mother of eleven children, and
have a periodic ibooze-Aghter for a
husband. This will certainly be an.
the punishment Teddy deserves for
whatever delinquencies he. has heeh
guilty OF during his presidential
Notwithstanding Register.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Dry Farming.

What Is called dry farming" Is
the tillage, of unwatered and unirri-
gable lands by such manipulation o;
the surface of the soil as to hold
and store the whole quantity Of the
annual rainfall. says the Philadel-
phia Record. This is done by deep
plowing and such narrowing and
pulverizing of the top soil as to keep
1t in absorbent condition. Through
an order OF the Interior Depart
ment about 100000 acres of land
in the counties along the eastern
border of Wyoming are to be thrown
open, at once to homesteaders, who
viii be allowed TO take either 160 or
$40 acres. This whole body of up=
land land lies in such relation to
water courses that it cannot be tr-
rigated. 1t will therefore furnish, to
eSperfmenters in dry farming an
opportunity on, a, large scale OF
demonstrating the worth Of their
method. Those who make $50
acre entries are obliged to attempt
10 cultivate their holdings; but
there Is no such compulsion insisted
upon in the case of the 16O-acre en-
Grants. II the dry farming scheme
"holds water" it will add very CON:
siderably to the area Of arabic lands
in,some Of the mountain states.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Always ON the Alert.

If there ever was a representative
y congress who was. always right
on the job it is Jim Hughes. of this
district. Mr.. Hughes looks after
the interests of his constituents ana
no matter what their politics, they
all get the same careful attention:
His experience is counting for much
and his success as indicated by his
rise intcommittee assignments shows
that ne is valuable in: the position
the fifth district has time after
time chosen him to fill.-Bluefieid
Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
JUST THE THING
Says this Business Man Of Maldo,s
Thirty-fse Cent launch.

7 think the Special Business
Mems Thirty5ays Cent Lunch is sim
ply fine declared arBusiness man
who ate one at the Waldo yesterday.
"a had wrong conception of it at
first, but I was agreeaBly surprised
when Z. got my. order" he continued.
at IS Just the thing Tor, the business
men. The service is prompt, and
mat is What g business man wants.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Though the beasts Of the forests
Of Africa are sinister, set the
Htsetse fly seems TO be far more dan
gerous ana the man Of an men Of
his day, Theodore Roosevelt, in go-
ing to Africa appears % be taking.
his life in his own hands. However.
according 20 winston churchilI
there Is not the danger there was
years ago.
Bnt, however handicapped the
ssetse ny may be IN the future pu-.
suit Of his nefarIous calling. his as
sassinattons Of the past are worthy
OF record. According to Mr.. churc-
hin, this deadly insect first appeared
IN the Kingdom OF Uganda in the
summer 81 1901 and within ave
years had killed two out OF three OF
All the inhabitants. NO less taant
2o9.00 persons dying from the
poison which he spread. 1T might
have been expected" wrote Sir II.
Hesketh Bell. the governor Of sUgan-
da, TO Mr.. Churchill, in reply to a
question on the snbiect, that, even
though the Negroes showed inability
to grasp the theory of the transmits
sion of disease by the agency of In
Isects, the undeniable deadliness OF
the countries bordering on the lake
shore would have induced them to
Zee from the Stricken land and 80
nave sought in the healthier dis
trtcts inland a refuge from the pesti-
lenee that was Staying them by
thousands. An extraordinary fatal
ism, however, seems to have nara.
lyzed the natives. and while deplo.s
ing the sadness of their fate. tl,ey
appear to have accepted death with
almost apathy"
but the helplessness OF the ma
tive has given place to the Know.
edge of the white man, before fhich
the tsetse fly has fallen back and
the sleepy sickness, If not CONQUER
ed, is less to be feared than a few
years ago. Miles of brush. fertile
breeding places Of disease. have
been cut away. and in It's place Il
growing the vigorous citronella
grass. z
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

William ], Bryan helped to de-
feat the bill in the Nebraska legis-
lature authorizing the state uniyer-
sity to accept pensions from the
Carnegie pension fund. 1t now re-
mains to-tbe seen whether the Peer
less one VIII be as active and soiiS-
itous about urging the State of Ne
brask to pension its superannuated
teachers. -
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

ALI Republicans sand many Dem
ocrats can consclentiously vote the
Republican ticket from top to bot
ton" It is composed Of men worthy
OF. their votes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

1t is not admitted that the Demo-
cratic ticket is as good as the Re-
publican ticket. Then. why not
vote the latter. If 1t be the better
one?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

There is no question about Harry
Brooks being an excellent police Of
ficer. His record is fine one, and
there can be no question albout his
making a good chief.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Frank R. Moore. the Republican
nominee for%mayor, lisa gentleman
who will look after the streets and
the business of the city in detail as
mayor of the city. 1t is common
saying that he will be the best may
or Clarksburg ever had.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

The amount of work council or
dered done and the street superin-
tendent failed to do will bury him
in the coming election.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
10 WI WIN.

Miss Barrymore's press agent no
doubt, regrets her marriage. 40
more can he have her engagement
reported, but now he win have to
dig up new material: eelIag
News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Charleston is still making a noise
about that fifty thousand mark in
its population. People over there
talk like they will reach the, mark
about -as soon as clarkshurg touches
one hundred Thousand. We'll. there
Is nothing like being ambitions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

The mud upon some of the out
lying paved streets is SO thick that
1t win not likely be removed before
election day. unless an extra force
Of men is employed. Citizens re
siding JON Sthe. main square of the
city are sometimes thankful that we
have city election once yeas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Jack, Wilkinson certainly had to
go up against odds ut Grafton and
it was an odd majority -ofs one;he re-
ceived for council.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Am Erening Echo.

The man who pays more for shop
cent than for advertising does not
know his Dpslpess.-Horaee Greedy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Good OntIook.

And now the news has come that
the mills Of Wheeling are starting
up with good long runs ahead. The
outlook in the Ohio Valley for the
coming year is all that could now
DE asked for, and it will mo- doubt
have a weTy prosperous season.
'sistersyiile Oil Review,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
-A NOVICE.

The clergyman who tola his CON
gregation that he could take pen.
ell. a pad of paper and 500 aud
make a fortune in Wall street IS ey-
idently a novice. The professional
idea is to use some other persons
500. Even then the whole opera
ton is subject ito the hazard that
when 500 has grown, so as to be
worth while. one of the big opera
tors from the inside may conclude
that he can use It in his business.
|PittsbuFg Dispatch.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
s4As,Fss,e
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
TIhe Nanehty ThInR.

a tfiai marriage down Ia Kea5
taslSy mas been found gailty Par
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

The Young Womanss Christian AS
ISOLATION Of Seattle has actively un.
dertaken the mater Of protection
for Young women visiting the city.
during the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc ex-
position, and extensive preparations
are going forward for the care and
comfort of young women visitors
during the summer months.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
Muck Rakers Stabbed.

Bonfke Cochran censures the
press for too great leniency topub-
Tic men. What a clever thrust at
the muck rakers. santown New
Dominion. s.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
FAGEH0Us FLASHES

she is wearing her hair in some
entirely new style. / can't make Il
out"
That's the aeroplane tousle. -.
Kansas City Journal.
The cat that posed as rabbit
In restaurants will blossom
Now into more famous role.
And viii be served as possum.
Houston Post.
Maglstrate-You say you want a
divorce because your married life IS
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Make 4 good light IS the Tele-
cram advice 70 every good Repup-
lean
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

What's the matter with the Res
publican tieketa ms an right
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

The callet---I called NJ answer toI
yer al feF q tfst-class cook, mum.
The Lady seaseriy And you want
the position
The caller-Not "a prIsint. num-
There's three other parties ahead 81.
1yez but IN accept 4 three months
option on the job wiaout any consid.
grafton Puck.
I Waiter lholding out collection
plate Pardon. mister Tor % band.
BIZ snooks tscooping up the coin)
the music was pretty rot
tent London Opinion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Has she sense II apmorg
can't ton:
~SYhy not
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

Because she looked seriops wheni
she told me she admired your sirg
ing r. cleyeiana Plain Dealer
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

The week Commencing July 5, win,
be known as Psthian week at the
Alaska yukon-P Pacific Exposition.
and $4,000 knights from British Co
lumbta and the United States viii
participate.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18

y
The Alaska -YuRo Pacific exposi.
lion offers more delightful side trims
and counter parts Of interest than
could any other possible point I'M
the United States. There is not ono
single mile of the shores otsPuget
Sound or tile9st.aiEs OF San Juan
de Fuea but offers 10 the view, the
most beautiful land and sea scapes
Imaginable.
Part of the United States exhibit
at the Alaska 81 Rom Pacific exposi.
ton win eIade display BY the
Weather Bureau and weather re.
ports and sndieats Ions VIII be recely-
ed and published daily throughout
the fair. s..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-18
WORLDS FAIR NOTES

te.ooSo3tecececeoeocetcsaoooa,asa.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
MILL GIRLS DREAM OF
WEALTH COMES TRUE
Rich Uncle Would Adopt Blooms
burg Mil Worker.

Bloomsbury. Pa. Sept. %. - From
the lot OF a mill worker to wealth is
the future prospect of Miss Lizzie r.
Martz. who resides with her grand
mother. Mrs. Emma Martz, here. She
has been offered this II she will but
change her name and become the
adopted daughter Of her rich uncle.
Harry Colbaugh. of New York city.
Mr. and Mrs. Colbaugh have never
had any children and are DESTROYS Of
adopting Miss Martz, who they saw
ten years ago, when she was but ten
years OF age. Offering her everything
In the way of education. money and
pleasure II she will consent.
Miss Martz has been employed in a
local mill since she was able to work
and is the sole support Of her grand
mother. She left on a visit to her rich
uncle in New York She says she will
accept nothing from him unless her
grandmother is well taken care OF.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25

present controversy is settled by COM
petent authorities"
Commander Peary supplemented this
briefly. He was asked when the public
was likely to get a decision on this
subject. and he replied II do not
know. but what have to say will not
be very long delayed. Whsther my
statement will be issued In one week
or two weeks depends upon eircum.
stances"
when the Roosevelt lay at the city
wharf an eager throng OF sightseers
visited the ship and went through her
from stem TO stern. Souvenir hunters
carried ayay everything portable. and
many valuable records and data be-
longing to Professor Mcmillan were
lost These were records Of tides and
animal life north of 50 degrees lati.
tude. the names Of all the Eskimos In
the Etah region. together With more
than a hundred books In which many
important marginal notes had been
made. No records bearing on the dash
to the pole we're lost. The missing
books are OF immense value and can.
not be replaced. but the authorities
are issuing a public appeal for their
return.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
SCORES DEAD IN STORM
Fifty-five Bodies Found and Forty.five
MISSING.


New Orleans. Sept. %. - Gradually
New Orleans and the territory sur.
rounding the Crescent City Is recover.
ing from the first effects OF the tropi.
cal hurricane. Fifty-ive human lives
are now positively known to have been
claimed as victims of the storm. and
forty-fve others are reported to have
been lost in Lower Terrebonne parish,
but as yet this report has not been au-
thenticated.
The property loss will run into the
millions. Miles OF territory have been
laid waste and crops have practically
been ruined. Dwellings, cotton gins and
sugar mills have been levelled.
Both the Illinois Central and the
Louisville & Nashville railroads have
suffered heavy loss. miles of their
tracks having been washed away. II
will be several weeks before the latter
will again be running trains over their
own tracks.
Pleasure craft and shipping Of all
kinds In the Bayou inlets vert totally
destroyed and the loss will be very
heavy.
Store houses, sugar mills and dwell
ings OF every character at Houma and
other villages suffered heavily, and
scarcely a structure was untouched by
the hurricane.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
PEARY RETURNING
Explorer Leaves Sydney by Train For
Portland.


Sydney, N. s., Sept. 23.-After hun
dreds OF miles over sea and ice to the
North Pole and back on ship and
sledge. Commander Robert L. Peary
enjoyed the novelty OF journeying by
railroad train, when he departed for
his home on Eagle island. Maine.
The explorer, accompanied by his
wife and family. with a score Of news
paper correspondents. He expects to
spend few days at Eagle Island. max
ing up his reports and preparing a
statement on the question Has Cook
been ut the pole?" He said he did not
think 1t would be long before the state
ment was made public.
Commander Peary will accept no In.
vitations to receptions and no public
honors until the question of the dis
covery OF the North Pole has been de.
cided by scientific authorities. This
he made known In the following state.
mont. which he gave out for publica-
ton:
Acting upon the advice OF General
Thomas H. Hubbard and Herbert L.
Bridgman. president and secretary re
spectively Of the Peary Arctic club.
wish to express my thanks to friends
for their kind offers and invitations
and also beg TO say that ! have de
cfded not to accept any invitations tc
receptions. or any ovations. until the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
HEAD
FOUND IN mine
Perfect Specimen Found 800
Feet Under Ground.

Mahanoy City. Pa. Sept. 23.-Eight
hundred feet below the surface of the
earth miners digging tunnel un.
earthed mans head. petriiied. in the
Maple Hill mine. The specimen. which
is a perfect one. will be sent to q
Philadelphia museum.
The eyes. nose. ears and even the
hair stand out in excellent relief. II
is believed that the head is the re-
mains OF workman who met death
years ago and no one was ever able
to find his body. The freak find was
made under large rock. over which
running water passed.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
Court Forblds Him to Spank His Chile

Pittsburg. Sept. 23-Thomas Wilson.
of Carnegie. must not spank his own
child. Whenever any correction is ne
cessary. his wife Anna will perform
the act. This point was decided by
Judge John @. Haymaker. Mrs. VIII
son. making a charge of assault; and
battery against her husband. said he
had abused the child. Whenever II is
necessary to correct the little one. "
said the Judge. Mrs. Wilson can at.
tend to that"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
ROBBERS MURDER
entire FAMILY
Six Persons Killed and Burned
With Their Home.
BLOODROURDS TRAIL FIEKDS

ricSn ana bonee were Founu IN
Debris Of House and Mans Mutt.
lated Body In the Yard--Murderer
VIII Be Lynehed n Caught.
Bluefeld. w. Va. Sept. 23.--An en-.
tire family OF six persons were muir
dered. and the bodies OF all but one
OF the victims were burned with their
home at Hurley. Buchanan county. Va.
The motive was evidently robbery. as
the owner Of the house. an aged woman
known as Aunt Betty" Justis. was
generally supposed to keep large
sum of money about the place.
Mrs. Justis, her son-in.iaw. George
Meadows; his wife and their three
children were the victims. Meadows
body. badly mutilated. was found lying
In the yard of his destroyed home. the
funeral pyre of his loved ones. Two
bullet holes through the body and a
CHASTITY wound In the neck. which al
most severed the head from the body.
gave the discoveries their first evi.
uchto Vi tue SAtrut vi tlc tIdBCuy.
| A search OF the ruins of the house
disclosed slckening spectacle. The
blackened masses OF half-burned flesh
and charred bones of the two women
and the three children were found be.
meath the debris. each body bearing
evidences of murder committed before
the house was destroyed by fire. evi.
IDENTIFY for the purpose OF hiding the
crime. The elder woman's skull was
upturned some distance from the re-
mainder of her half-burned body amid
the smouldering ruins.
Another daughter OF Mrs Justis told
the police that her mother had a large
sum of money buried under the sill OF
the house, and they succeeded in dig.
ging up $3.50 in gold and silver. The
murderers are supposed to have Sc.
cured the 5000 which Aunt Betty" al
ways carried on her person.
Bloodhounds were rushed to the
scene and in short time they took
up the trail of the supposed murder.
ers In a cornheld which adjoined the
Justis home. There the footprints OF
three men were found impressed In
the soft soil. a posse of citizens, all
heavily armed. are following the blood.
hounds. bent on lynching the murder.
ers II they are captured.