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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
PUBLICITY
s-a
ASKED FOR
BY President Roosevelt to
Encourage Better
Country Life. f
URGES APPROPRIATION
Of $4,000 So Commission
Can Spread Information
Regarding its Work.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
President Roosevelt today transmit
ted a special message to the congress
together with the report of the Coun-
try Life Commission.
After pointing out the objects and
the results of the commission, the
President states. in part:
From all that has been done and
learned three great general and i'm
mediate needs of country life stand
out:
First, effective cooperation
among farmers. to put them on a
level with organized interests with
which they do business.
Second, new kind of schools in
the country. which shall teach the
children as much outdoors as in
doors and perhaps more. SO that they
will prepare for country life. and not
as at present. mainly for life in
town.
Third. better means of commune
cation. including good roads and a
parcel post, which the country peo-
pie are everywhere, and rightly,
unanimous in demanding.
ITO these may well be added bet
ter sanitation: for easily preyenta-
BILE disease hold several million
country people in the slavery OF con.
tinuous i'll health.
The commission points out, an6
| concur in the conclusion, that the
most important help that the Gov
eminent, whether national or stats
can give is to show the people no,
to go about these tasks of organic
tion. education, and communicate
with the best and quickest results
This can he done by the collectlo
and spread of information. Or
community can thus be informed C
what other communities have done
and one country OF what other
countries have done. Such a help
by the peoples government would
lead to comprehensive plan of or
ganization, education, and commu-
nication, and make the farming
country better to live in, for intel.
lectual and social reasons as we'll as
for purely agricultural reasons.
The only Recommendation / sub.
nit is that an appropriation OF s25,-
600. be provided to enable the COM
mission to digest the material 1t has
collected. and to collect and to digest
more that is within reach, and thus
complete its work. This would en-
able the commission to gather in the
harvest of suggestions which is re.
sulting from the discussion it has
stirred up. The commissioners have
served without compensation, and /
do not recommend any appropriation
for their services, but only for the
expenses that will be required to fin
ish the task that they have begun.
To improve our system of agricul-
tire seems to me the most urgent of
the tasks which lie before us"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
JUSTUS COMPANY
TO QUIZ BUSINESS
Owing to the Fact That An
other Room Can Not Be
Secured.

The Justus Art Company intends
to go out of business. being thus
forced owing to the company's in
ability to get another room and be-
Ing compelled to vacate the present
room as Judge Gotf is preparing to
tear down the old building for the
purpose of erecting another. The
handsome stock of pictures and
statuary is, therefore. to be all sold
within the next thirty days, and Mr..
Justus in speaking of the sale says
the people will be thus enabled to
purchase the goods at cost.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

James Levi Hon. an aged citizen ana
a veteran of the Civil War is dead at
his home on the Buckhannon road
near the city. Dissolution occurred
Thursday afternoon at 4 O'clock after
an illness of diseases incident to old
age. He was 40 years old.
The funeral viii take place at the
clifford Osborn chapel Saturday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. The interment will
be in the Masonic cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
DISCRIMINATION
Of Democrats AT Critical
Time To Prevent Their
Repeal of Option Law.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. s.
Apparent disorganization at the
time when the Democrats had en-
pected to make fight for repeal
of the county local option law will.
it Is believed, prevent the repeat
bills coming before the House OF
Representatives today. Democrats,
ar divided between the Kleck-
ner bill. providing for township
and ward option, and the Tomlinson
bill. substituting town and city op.
ton.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
COMMITTEES
Are Appointed for the Inau.
guration of Glasscock as
Governor.

CHARLESTON, Feb. 9-The fol-
lowing committees have been APP
pointed for the Inauguration of
state officials next month:
Executive Committee-Willlam NJ.
o. Lawson. chairman; Samuel v.
Matthews, Charles Swisher, Soyes
Stevens Burlew, Edwin Leslie Boggs,
Albert Blakeslee White, Grant p.
Hall, William A. MacCorkle.
Committee on nyitations-Wil-
liam B. Matthews. chairman: II.
Plat Brightwcll. j. Walter scherr.
John C. Donnaliy, John A. Thayes.
Upshur Higginbotham, Houston G..
Young, William T. Burdett. William
Chiffon.
Committeeon Floor and Music
John Baker White, chairman; Fred
e-ick N. Carr Frank Lively, Phillip
G. Walker, S. Pres. Smith. Henry E.
Payne. pe s
Committee on Program-charlas
F. Sterrett, chairman; Fred Paul
Grosscup, John Nugent, Richard NJ.
Price.
Committee on Refreshments-C.
f. RudsIll, chairman: Puck Will
liams. Carlos Hutsinpiller, Harry c.
McAnderson.
Committee on Finance-Isaac T.
Mann, chairman: w. C. Kelley. Jo-
seph McDermott. j. E. DANA. Joseph
E. Boury, Virgil L. Highland, w.
\. osley, James Flynn.
Committee on Decorations-M. T.
Roach. chairman, John C. Spur. Ell
mer c. Hood, John R. Foster.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
CHILD rs BURIED.

The funeral of Bryant Dent, nine
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dent. of Reynoldsvllle. was
held Tuesday afternoon. burial be-
ing in the Fittro cemetery at o'Ne!l.
Thu Iaild died Monday of pneumonia. !,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
CORN BURNED
As Well as the Mills, Cribs,
Elevators, Stables and Five
Loaded Freight Cars.

vINcENNEs. Ind, Feb. s-The
]. & S. Wilson corn mill. corn cribs
and elevator. together with the
company's stables. ware rooms and
five Baltimore & Ohio loaded freight
cars were destroyed by fire to day.
The contents. including 10000
bushels of corn and also about ten
car loads of finished product, were
also destroyed. The loss is $40. 900.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

The shortage of W. A. Lewis, as
cashier of the smithfield bank has
been settled by one of the bonds
men. Mrs. L. G. Robinson. together
with John S. Robinson and the Rob-
inson Improvement Company. The
amount involved was $4,000. The
settlement was made yesterday af-
ternoon. The denositors and credi-
tors OF the bank will be paid in full
rs the result of the settlement.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
ELKs MEET TONIGHT.

The regular weekly meeting Of
the clarksburg lodge of Elks will
he held in the lodge hall on Third
street tonight, beginning at s
o'clock, All members are urged TO
be present as there will be important
business concerning the big minstrel
show.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
SIX ARE INDICTED

FRANKLIN. Pa, Feb. 5-Follow-
ing an investigation of the charges
made against certain officials of the
county poor farm and others. the
grand Jury returned indictments
against six persons. It is said some
OF the accused are prominent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
DEATH IN FLOODS

BERLIN, Germany, Feb. s.
Floods in Germany caused by sew
eral days heavy rains are taking on :
serious aspect in many parts of the
country. Twenty casualties are re-
ported dre to the foods.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
- = - REMoVEs THE CAUSE
-. 80. % Of q czT i Al

No remedy that does entirely of Cah
blood will make the trouble Just long
contaminated with the impurities and catarrhal matters
"ncn produce the trouble
BODY will be keptin OF irritation Sprays
ner loal applications will
ng IN the head bung noises in the uncomfortable suy feeling
u .n nostr and help
] h blood disorder until been entirely the
tnefe can be
ne cause IRON the blood 1t attacks
cleansing the circulation Kidding every
s OF ,npr1ty and at the
Unnamed and rta improves general health and
so every dlsagreeable very
ana the system on Catarr
ana any medical advice 10 who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
SCANDAL IN wErzE1,,

AS the result of scandal at Reader
in wetzel county. in which young
girl was caught in the church with the
sexton after church services, an in
dictment has been returned by a
special grand jury. The little town Is
greatly wrought up over the affair.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
MRkLE HELD FOR GRAND JURY

BucKHANNoN, Feb. s-John
Zirkle, of Upshur county. who was
run down by bloodhounds as the
man who had scattered arsenic and
paris green in the spring used by
the family of Asa Williams, a far
mer of the same neighborhood. has
been held in $4,000 bond for the
action of the grand jury.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
BATTLE FOUGHT
Between State Police And
Striking Coal Miners, At
Belle Vernon.

BELLvERNoN. Pa, Feb. 5.-As
the result of violence being offered
by striking miners at the fremont
mine to non-union miners, who went
10 work yesterday. a troop of state
constabulary charged the strikers to-
day. Several persons on both sides
were slightly injured.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
Britons Honor the Fruit.


Apples were held in high honor
and revefence by the earliest inhaD-
itants OF Great Britain. On the eve
of Epiphany the farmer and his
workmen, with large pitcher OF
cider, went to the orchard and there
encircling one OF the hest bearing
trees, drank the following toast:
Here's to the old apple tree.
Whence thou may'st bud, and
whence thou may'st blow;
And whence thou may'st bear ap-
pies enow;
Hats full! Caps full,
Hats full. Caps full!
And my pockets full. too! Huzza!'
In its wild state the apple tree
Commonly called the crab is found
over n considerable portion of Eu-
rope, Its native region is generally
conceded to be Southern Europe.
They were brought to England by
the Romans, and to this country by
the French Jesuits.
Early in the history of horticul-
ture the apple attracted attention
by Its improvability; that is TO say
It belongs to the class of culture
plants. Among others cultivated in
the middle ages We're bitter sweets.
mentioned by chaucer.
In 1858 there were seventy-eight
varieties cultivated in the neighbor-
hood of London. and since then
there have been developed about
1000 varieties.
Generally speaking. the apple is
Indifferent TO locality; it will grow
anywhere. 1t has followed civilI-
cation in this country from New
England to the Pacific. II we are to
believe the story of John Apple Seed
1t got a great part of the way far
in advance of it.
John. so the legend goes. was a
simple hearted body. who loved to
roam through the forests of the
Northwest In advance of his fellows,
consorting alternately with the red
man and the white. He was es-
teemed by those who knew him a
vagabond who Just loafed. He had
his use in the world however.
When among white folks he saved
the seeds of all the best apples he
met with. and carefully preserved
and carried them with him. When
far away from his white friends he
would select an open spot OF ground,
prepare the soil and plant the seeds,
upon the principle perhaps of the
old Spanish custom that he owed so
much to posterity.
1t is probable that the trees cred
tied to John Apple Seed were those
planted by the Jesrits.
Massachusetts and Connecticut
grew apples at an early period. and
New York received them from other
states. In turn, Michigan Illinois
Wisconsin and Iowa took ethem
from New York. and thus gradually
they meandered to California;. Wash.
ington and Oregon. where they have
attained their greatest commercial
value. which must be accepted as
the best estimate of their quality.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6-The Amer
lean battleship fleet hoisted anchor
for the last long voyage around the
world at IL O'Clock to day. 1t is
due at Hampton Roads February
%.
The battleship fleet left Hamp-
ton Roads December 16. 1907.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
ACTOR DIES.

PAR1s,France Feb. s-Ernest
Alexander Honore couquilin. a
French actor known under the name
of couquilin Cadet, died here today.
He was brother of Benoit Constant
couquilin, who died January 81.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

Any skin itching IS temper-test-
er. The more you scratch the worse
it itches. Doan's Ointment cures
piles, eczema-any skin itching. AT
all drug stores.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

Don't use harsh physics. Thu
reaction weakens the bowels. leads
to chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily, tone
the stomach. cure constipation.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

"Doan's Ointment cured me of
eczema that had annoyed be long
time. The cure was permanent. -
Hon. s. w. Matthews, Commissioner
Labor Statistics. Augusta, Me.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

a specific for pain-pr. Thomas
Electric Oil. strongest. cheapes.
Imminent ever devised. A household
remedy in America for Is years.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11

CHA$GE OF ApDREss-when
ordering the address of your paper
changed always give the old as well
rs the new address. l. your paper
Is not received rcgularly. notify us,
and always give postofkse. county
and state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
GOOD STORY TO POINT MORAL.
Told BY Rabbi krauskopf, Who Be-
lteves In Divorce.

4 rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, our elo-
quent preacher" said Philadelphia,
"sees good rather than evil in the fire.
quency of American divorce. He sees
In 1t 6 sign that American wives will
not endure the treatment that ~Eu-
ropean wives pat up with. He sees in
1t promise that the married men of
the future will live better.
"Discussing the divorce question the
other day, he told me that they who
perceived only evil in it reminded him,
In their illogical and confused view.
point, Of little boy with whom he
once took stroll.
"As they strolled, they passed tho
young girls of a neighboring boarding
school out on their daily walk The
girls moved in military formation, two
by two. In front were the youngest, In
skirts to their knees. Next caxe the
Older. ones, in the order Of their ages,
their skirts .lengthening with, their
years. And in the rear came the old
est Of all. the; young ladies', whose
skirts hid even their boots. ''''':.>
THE little boy looked at the girls.
Then he frowned and said:, ~.
"'Why is it that their: legs grow
shorter as they grow bigger"
cftrlcilRA elIoea lin
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
DIDN'T REALIZE
How Injurious Coffee Really Was.

Many persons go on drinking coffee
year after year without realizing that
1t is the cause of many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The drug-caffeine-i coffee and
tea, is very like uric acid and is often
the cause Of rheumatic attacks which,
when coffee is used habitually, become
chronic.
A Washington lady said, recently.
Il am sixty-five and have had q good
deal Of experience with coffee. l con.
slider it very injurious and the cause
of many diseases. l am sure it causes
decay of teeth in children.
when I drank coffee l had sick
spells and still did not realize that
coffee could be so harmful, till about
a year ago I had rheumatism in mt
arms and fingers, got SO nervous
could not sleep, and was all run down.
AT last, after finding that medicines
did me no good, decided to quit cot
fec entirely and try Postum. After
using it six months I fully recovered
my health beyond all expectations, car
sleep sound and my rheumatism il al
gone" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Resd the famous little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville," in pkgs
oae appears from tlse to tinse. TleJ
aEe ge1ut1es t1Ues ana fun o1 h111oS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
To Avoid Taking Cold.

Persons who take cold easily can
greatly strengthen the entire respira-
tory tract by bathing the chest and
neck morning and night with cold salt
water; by drawing" the salt water
into the nostrils and expellinE it from
the mouth, and by taking deep fnhala-
lions of fresh air before an open win
dow, expanding the chest and holding
the air as long as possible, then slowly
exhaling it. Do this morning and night
for. ten minutes, and all tendency to
colds will vanish; besides you wiz
notice tremendous improvement in
your health and appearance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26

action irregular, and my back so weak
and painful I could hardly stand it..
There was also an irregularity Of the
kidney secretions and a cold always
made the whole trouble worse. could
tell many other symptoms, too, but
shall only add that Doan's Kidney
Pills made me free Of all Of them"
Sold by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foeter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
Southern Mountaineers a peijoht "a
the Antiquarian.

The antiquarian finds endless inter.
est In the British survivals among the
people Of the Blue Ridge and Great
Smoky mountains, which are readily
traced when one begins an intelligent
search. Here Is the pattern in a bed
kiver" which you have seen, perhaps.
in English tapestry. and which must
have been transmitted from mother
to daughter for two or more centuries
Here is a snatch of song that you
will not easily find in a book, but
which harks back to circumstances Of
English town life quite remote from
the experience of the singer. Prof.
Shaler Of Harvard once found a man
In Wise county, Virginia, hunting
with an English cross bow! OF course
ne owned = rife. ~ well,- but powder
was hard to got, and he had not lost
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
What He Lacked.

It Is related of a South American
general, who was extremely we'll
pleased with himself, that once, when
about to sally forth to a grand dance,
he surveyed himself contentedly in the
mirror, and then soliloQuized thus:
"Ah! Thou hast all-bravery,
wealth, position. good looks. All, what
dost thou lack?"
Whereupon his orderly, who, I'M.
known to the general. was close at
hand, remarked:
Sense, general, sense!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
Proving His Caution.

Elder w. H. Underwood, chaplain
OF the state senate, was walking down
a street at his home at Clay Center re-
Gently with friend. Another friend,
with whom Underwood joked good
deal, met them and said: Elder, I
thought you were careful of the com.
pany you keep
Il am" replied the chaplain, walking
right on. Pm not going to stop
Kansas City Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
Unfortunate Expresslon.
His Humorous Error.

During one of the banquets OF the
Church Congress in London, Ger
tain bishop had as his left hand COM
panion = clergyman who was COM
pletely bald. During dessert the bald.
headed vicar dropped his napkin and
stopped to pick it up. At this moment
the bishop, who was talking to his
right-hand neighbor, felt slight touch
on his left arm. He turned, and, be-
holding the wears pate on level
with his elbow, said, no, thank you.
no melon. l will take some pineap-
n1alp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
What Allied Tommie.

Tommie was eating walnuts. His
mother cautioned him about eating
many, fearing they would make him
sick. Presently he came in. his hand
on his stomach and very distressed
look in his face
Those ruts have made you sick, I
see. l just knew they would" said
the mother.
They haven't, either" whined Tom
ME. Il am not sick; it's just my
pants are too tight."-Delineator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26

!ney trouble was he
reditary, and my
parents spent hun
dreds of dollars try.
.ng to cure me. /
was nervous. my,
eyestght had failed
nottceably, my cir
culation was bad,
a1een .f}tf,I1 hoar&
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
WHAT WIFE SAYS "GoEs."
But It Sometimes Is Bad for the
Painting.

When property-owner knows moth
Ing about paint it is bad for the
property-owner, and bad for the paint.
er. 1t would not be so il the property.
owner would always hire a skilled
painter, and then really leave every
thing to him. But the HORSEPOWER SO
often fools himself on one or the other
OF these things.
The skilled painter in every commu.
nifty has some Of the most incompetent
competitors that ever vexed a consci-
entious workman or contractor. and
the incompetents get Jobs generally by
working cheap. In the next place,
when the skilled painter is hired, they
do not leave everything to him, as SO
many property-owners boast they do.
They interfere most ignorantly and
most fatally. They insist sometimes
on using paint materials without in
vestigating whether they are good or
not. Or perhaps they insist on the
painters hurrying the work.
I'm not going to have that painters
mess around my house month";" the
wife says. and what wife says goes
at the cost of a lot of wasted painting
money.
If the painter stays away a few
days to allow the paint to thoroughly
dry the owner says: THAT painters
neglecting this work-guess he's side
tracking me for Jones' work. I won't
stand it."
What chance does painterhave to do
good work for man who is continually
nagging at him and otherwise handi-
Gaping him without meaning it, of
course)? A poor job Is the inevitable
result of such interference.
Poor painting costs the HORSEPOWER
money-don't forget that. It might
pay you to get the practical paint
book, painting specifications and in
strument for detecting paint adul-
terants, which National Lead Co. are
offering under the title of House
Owners Painting Outfit No. 49, Ad-
dress National Lead Co., 1902 Trinity
Bldg, New York City. This company
do not make paint (they leave that to
the painter to do) but they make
pure white lead Clutch Boy Painter"
trademark kind, and they can tell
you how to save money by securing
durable painting.
Unfortunate Expression.
That fruitful source Of mirth, tho
mixed metaphor, is ever with US. It
illustrates on almost every appearance
the truth of the saying that the sub
lime and the ridiculous are but a step
apart.
In book on the laboring man, con-
tanning some excellent ideas, there
appeared the following sentence:c
What manner of woman Is she who
would turn her eyes toward other
things, which would become ashes on
her very lips?"
The f1ippant answer is, of course, "A
cross-eyed woman.-Youth's Compan-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26

Browns Bronchial Troches'' relieve
Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh and Throat
Diseases. q cents a box. Samples sent free
BY John !. Brown 4 Son. Boston. Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26

You will respond very quickly to the
Garfield Tea treatment, for this Natural
laxative corrects constipation, purifies the
blood, and benefits the entire system.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
Where's that Canada ssp1 Hurry!

A dimple in a woman's chin makes
Q dent in a mans heart