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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23


means Of the city. and as the Expo
nent has said tina. the city has a
competent municipal government. u
should not mig.oustrue the general
endorsement; of the ticket headed By
frank R. Moore. 1t should moi
mistake the facs that the people are
pleased with the ticket because OF
what It is, what /; has done, what
y VIII do, and what it stands for.
All efforts Of the Exponent 70
leave the impression that II denies
the praises it has bestowed upon
the present administration, 1.-THE
Moore ticket is almost entirely COM
prised of members OF the present
administrator, merely convict IT.
sen Certainly such efforts place it
in very bad light before the PUB
lie.
In this connection the Exponent
should not forget. while it is talk
ing about state machines, 10 remind
the people that only few months
ago 1t urged the people to vote the
Democratic ticket and thereby
break UP machines and boss:sn in
this state. 1t knows that what II
said was merely the forerunner OF
legislature tina. Democrats gener-
ally denounce not only here but all
over the state. The Exponent itself
became so riled that 1t actually de-
nouneed a Democratic leader now
United States senator, as a man
without character. Yet, the Expo
nent gave lis best AID in bringing
suuch a situation about. and 1t did
so with the pretense OF being
against bossism, and now 1t comes
along without single protest against
the shameful legislative scandal on
the tongue of nearly every Democrat
and tries to prejudice both Relpub
lican and Democratic voters by cry
ing out about what it calls Republic
can Ibossism. Most people are c.
the honest opinion that IT should re
move the beam from Its own eye
first.
1t undertakes to appeal to the
people to vote against the Republi-
can city ttcket-men most of whom
it itself has strongly endorsed. The
only reason it can give for doing
this new is that it hopes to profit
politically, in other words, it is in
the game, II such it may be called,
purely for. business. Thoroughly
satisfied with the administrator
and having told its readers what
splendid administration it is, the
Exponent cannot justify itself in ad-
vocating .frenudiation of the admin
istration and turning to an expert
ment. 1t has said itself that
Clarks;bprg has superior city gov
eminent al this time and hence it
must admit that 1t would be dan ger
Gus to experiment.
The people are not to be fooled
by the assertion that the Republican
ticket is machine made and ma
chine managed. They think 50 vel
of the ticket and the city govern
ment that they do not care how the
ticket was made or managed. 1t is
good government they have and It
is good government they inted to
keep.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

Brooks, chief of police. when It re-
fers TO him in The following man
ner:
"ciarksburug's alert chief Of po-
lice had his eye on suspicious
looking character"
Also the Telegram flds the Ex-
ponent within the year describing
Chief OF Police Brooks as valiant
and brave" essentials every good
chief of police has.
Alert! valiant! Brave! That
Is what the Exponent has said
Harry l.. Brooks is as chief OF police
or the city. Remember that.
But the Exponent has not stopped
at the head of the police department
in praislng i; as ideal, as 1t refers
to some OF the policemen at least as
Courageous officers" This fully
shows that IT has strongly endorsed
the police department of the city
government.
Then, go to the water works and
sewerage board, of which John O..
Brooks, nominee on the Moore
ticket, is member, and one finds
the Exponent endorsing it, too, in a
manner that says plainly that it be-
Ieves that department. is efficient
and doing splendid service. Here is
one Of the things it has said about
that department:
They are conducting the affairs
OF the city in a plain, matter OF fact,
and strictly business manner"
Thus, is another department of
the city government most heartily
endorsed by the Exponent.
Discussing another feature of the
city, the Exponent has declared that
tFclarkaburg well deserves the repu-
tation of being the most heaithful
city in the state This is a splendid
to the health department of
the present city government. Again,
the public finds another department
Of the city government endorsed ny
the Exponent.
Still another department, that of
the school board, is also endorsed
by the Exponent. Read what it says
a. follows
The Clarksrourg public school
system is conducted upon highly
basis and affords ex-
,ellent advantages and facilities"
The present city council also
comes in for "a good share of praise
" the Exponent as follows:
Just about one town in a thous-
md has the good luck and municipal
brains to start rightLClarkaburg
has both
Why should the Exponent be ex-
oected to advocate change with its
that belief and having
that knowledge?
Another strikin~ endorsement of
he police department has been
the Exponent in the follow
ing words:
The morals OF the community are
based on the highest standards"
Morals OF community certainly
depend to some extent on the en-
rorcement of law and efficient police
service.
Then read the following:
"Clarkspurg the best city of its
size in the world-paste that in
your hat"
That declaration by the Exponent
is a plain acknowledgment OF the
fact that Clarksburg must be a
splendidly governed city, and taken
in connection with the many other
tributes the Exponent pays the pres
ent city administration in It's various
departments. there can be no exas-
in referring to the admins
ration as an ideal one most worthy
Of continuation by the people.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

trip, nor should the Office boy be al
lowed TO do something out OF the
prescribed routine OF his duties, NOR
Should man give something to the
Salvation Army because he is a Bap-
tist. nor, indeed, should a person try
to save time. trouble, labor or
worry in any manner whatsoever
when division Of effort would be
necessary Notwithstanding that Dr..
Green. of the Post4caronicle, was
deemed incapable by the legislature
of playing the dual game OF editing
q newspaper and teaching Greek.
The night before last the Repub-
lfeans of clarksburg held their an
nual city nominating convention in
the court house. A great throng of
people attended and manifested a
notable degree OF interest in the
proceedings and in the discussions
concerning .business-like admins
tration of city affairs. Street paw
ing, water works and sewerage i'm
proyements, local public service fran
chises. police protection and other
things or interest to the people as
citizens of community were the
subjects discussed. And, Judging
from the enthusiasm and express
sions OF approval on all sides the po-
litical organization known as the
Republican party of Clarksburg has
successfully COPIED with the problems
OF local self government.
Not one word was heard about Ca
madam reciprocity, nor of national
conservation, nor of the permanent
tariff commission, nor of the federal
corporation tax decision, nor of the
Virginia debt suit No, in spite OF
Dr.. Green's imprecations OF holy
horror not a single. solitary word
Of these things was uttered during
the meeting. What is wrong here?
Surely this does not jibe with DR..
Green's shouts of warning about
mixing up national politics with 10
cal politics simply because body
of people choose to utilize one or
ganization for the purpose OF accom-
plishing more than one thing.
The Telegram, is glad to note, how
ever, that the Post-Chronicle is com
PEELED to recognize the validity OF an
argument recently advanced in this
newspaper concerning the visionary
scheme of eliminating politics from
the administration of city af-
fairs:
The Post-Chronicle has no quar-
rel with, the Tele,ram's assertion
that the legitimate business of a
municipal corporation is politics, If
a sufficiently broad meaning is given
TO the words politics.
Says the Post-Chronicle:
THE commission plan of city gov
ernmeat contemplates the selection
of municipal officials on much the
same basis as the stockholders OF a
corporation select their board OF di-
rectors."
No less should be contemplated in
the selection of city officers in pur-
suance Of a plan by which the ad-
ministration of affairs Isl unified
and responsibilities are placed upon
certain definite persons and not
scattered to the winds. II good,
honest, capable city officials cannot
be chosen at Morgantown. or any
where else, as they can in clarks-
burg, without the addition OF half
a dozen wrangling. quarreling, dead
locked boards, there is something
wrong besides the form # city gov
eminent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
St. Particles Day.

AS long as the shamrock continues
to spring from the soil of Erin the
true Celt will observe the yearly re-
curing holiday that is supposed to
mark the anniversary OF the birth OF
lreland's patron saint. 1t is true that
many we'll informed hold that the
18th Of March is not celebrated as the
birthday of st. Patrick, because 1t IS
by no means certain that it is the
correct date; but that the day Is
merely set apart as a time upon
which TO honor the old saints men,
DRY.
But, be that as it may, the majority
of people, and perhaps majority OF
the Irish, consider it the birthday an
niversary of Ireland's great evangel-
list. What the Fourth Of July is to
the true born American st. Patrick's
Day is to both the native Irlshman
and the Irish-American. 1t is true
that the latter is loyal to his adopted
country, and has many times proved
his patriotism, but when the 18th of
March appears the citizen of Hiber-
nian blood is ready to celebrate day
that is exclusively his own-a day
commemorative an event that oc-
cured fifteen centuries ago, yet which
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
Taking Politics from Politics.

The Clarksburg Telegram is Of
the opinion, apparently, that the Of
ficers OF municipal corporation
should be chosen, not with reference
to any demonstrated fitness on the
part of individuals for graphing
with municipal problems, but solely
with reference to their loyalty and
usefulness to some party policy or
organization. - Morgantown Pos
Chronicle.
The clarksburg Telegram is not
of any such opinion, either appar-
emily or Otherwise. The Post
Chronicle has been laborlng under
the delusion that multiplication OF
offices will eliminate partisan politics
from municipal government. The
Telegram is honestly of the opinion
that it will do nothing OF the kind,
as witnesseth the fierce party fights
that are carried on in most OF the
cities thst have adopted schemes of
government by commission,
Says the Post Chronicle:
THE lines which divide parties on
state and national Issues furnish no
very definite guidance as to the is
sues that arise in a municipal cam
paign."
Reasoning in the same strain, one
might declare that a person ought
mot to do two errands on The same
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

The people are sayiag that they
want no experiment this year.
Mayor Frank r. Moore is good
enough for them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

Canadian Government Agent-4l3
Gardner building. Toledo. Ohio-or ca
madam Government Agent. Second floor
lInuSs Y i!AinE. PittshurE Pa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

This does not mean that we are TO feel
no responsibility. we are 10 do our duty
as il arises. not as eye servants, but
with willing mind and step by step
prepare ourselves for higher things
when trials comes when bereavement
cast its shadow over US we must
Just be still though tempests break;
To know he never would forsake
The heart he made 10 be his own;
To know he is not King alone.
But Father-infinite in care
OF every waif that breathes the air.
II this be mine. how light the weight
1 bear through changing times estate. y
Easter bells are ringing and Easter
gladness fills the air Let US not have
kindly hearts simply these few days. LET
JUS array ourselves with the mantle OF
charity and throughout the year help TO
beautify the lives of all about us by
cheerily meeting whatever comes and
opening wide our hearts to receive the
joy that a risen Savior sends us.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
The Kingdom of
Slender Swords
Author OF Hearts Courageous Satan Sander
son." Etc.-Copyright, 1910. The Bohbs-
Merrill Company.
BY Halle Erminie Rlves,
Continued from Last Issue.)

5000
When it was brought, he turned to a
leaf UNDERSIGNED with red. Your ex-
cellency," he said, interested me pro-
foundry this evening by the account of
the disappearance of your dog. ! am
going to ask Mr.. Daunt-who reads
Japanese so fuently-to give running
translation of this"
Daunt took the manuscript-as per-
fectly executed as an inscription in I'm
cial Greek-and began to read. AS he
translated, his breath came more quick
ly, and the ambassador leaned forward
across the table. Yet the words chron-
appearance from the laboratory of a tiny
song bird-and steel pen-rest. The
close of the narrative drew an exclama-
tfon from the ambassadors lips. For
Il told of feathery sprays of reddish
brown powder on the experts desk, and
he seemed to see himself, his study lamp
In his hand, bending over curious whorls
of dust on his own piazza
may l ASK said the admiral,
whether the episode of the dog sug-
gested to your excellency the POSSIBLE
ity that your caller might himself be
able to solve the mystery of the animals
dlsappearance?"
The ambassadors reply came slowly,
but with deliberate emphasis:
.It did. The more so. from our pre-
vious conversation. In my study I have
the model of Dreadnaught. We were
discussing this, and the doctor prescribed
the fighting machine of the future-an
atomic engine which should utilize some
newly discovered law of molecular ac-
ton machine that might be carried in
single hand, to which a battleship
would be, as he expressed it, mere silly
shreds of steel He Stoke, l thought
with a strange confidence that seemed
almost unbalanced. In connection with
the conversation, the later incident, i
confess, left a deep impression. Yet
the idea it suggested was so incredible
that | have never spoken of it to any
one before"
Suppose" said the Admiral. that the
man We are discussing has actually con-
structed such a machine. What possible
connection can there be between that
and confidence in some near event
which will lower Japan's credit in the
eyes of the world?"
Before the Ambassador replied there
was the sound of voices outsde-a sud
den commotion and woman's agitated
protestations. The secretary came in
hur1iedly and whispered to the Admiral.
A door slammed in the hall. there was
the sound Of short struggle, and girl
burst into the room. She threw herself
at the Admiral's feet. painting broken
! sentences. Her kimono was torn and
muddied. her blue-black hair was
| Ioosened, and her face white and piti-
| fully working.
the Admiral's aide. He grasped her
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

pain, nv nerves are stronger and can
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Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else he'd failed, and rec
Commend it to other suffering women. F"
Ms. VIZ. SEALS, COS w. Howard ST.,
C-eston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genr-
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Women who suffer from those dis
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She will treat your letter as
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

rails arm The latter SPOKEN voice
that held no sign of feeling.N 1t was to
present the young man to the girl In
the most formal and elaborate courtesy
The Oja-San deigns to be for but an
hour the guest Of my mean abode, he
said Instruct my karei that In that
unworthy interval he may offer her
august refreshment and afterward pre-
pare her proper escort and conveyance.
Meantime, send my aide to me.
The secretarys CLEAN of establishment
yelled itself under Oriental lashes. and a
tingue of color warmed the wilderness Of
Haru's cheek He bowed to her pro-
foundly. AS he deferentially opened the
door, she turned back, swayed. and sank
suddenly prone in deep, sweeping
obeisance.
An instant the admiral stood looking
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
BRAVE OR FOOLISH /

Dear Household: Surely after reading your
letter Mrs j. w. b.. woman would dare
become wife No. .. and mother for those
sweet slittle children. for fear that Just such
PEOPLE you have. shown Yourself 70 be would
tax 70 them and try to influence them against
her. IA step-mother knows the trouble such
people cause.
From Your viewpoint It seems that 1t IS self
lsh for any woman TO be the second wife. She
Is supposed to have no love for the husband,
father OF those little children. All she Is seek
ing Is some one to wait on her while she sits
that Is all a step-mother does. Come with
me 10 the homes of some step-mother know
aud | will prove your assertions are false.
/ maintain the point thet woman Is brave
who will consent to be the second wife where
there Is one child or more. God help her.
for without His guidance she will surely rue
the day she married him.
No. Mrs. J. W. r.. II were wife number
two. I would not have my children come IN
contact with you. for, as my little boy Is &c
fond OF singing. "a Million Pilion Dollars, y
for so surely as they did | would have troC
BILE with them Good step-mothers are the
hravest women on earth. and II IL was not
for inst such brave. good women what would
become OF those little innocent children wnt
are not 80 fortunate as to have grandmother
10 take themg No doubt yol would Suggest
the Orphans Home. Go 1 have and stay
for while in one. and then tell me- please
where you would rather have your motherIes'
children brought up.
OF it's own mother. but who knows but there
NAV be somewhere n step-mother for thai
child who IS better fitted in every way to real
II than its ovM mother?
This is another mystery we can't under
stand. but would like to have Mrs j. W. Il
views u'o" JUNO.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

after her. 1.-The petal of a palm bios
SON." he said, under the hoof Of the
swiner' n
His manner changed abruptly as me
aide entered. He spoke in quick curt
japanese, in a tone sharp and exact a.
steel shears shipping through zinc.
Something has tra.nspired Of great
moment. There is no time to, deal with
it by the ordinary channels. It Is OF the
first importance-the first importance.-
that / reach Yokohama within the hour.
You viii call up shimbashi and order
special train with right of way. This
admits of no delay. Sessd for my car
riage at once. You will accompany me.
We leave in ten minutes" The aide went
out quickly while he seated himself az bis
desk and began TO write rapidly.
Continued In Next Igsus.l
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
GIRLS WILL GET $4,000
FOR REMAINING SINGLE

NEW YORK, April 12-Three New
Haven, Conn, girls. the Misses Belle,
Henrietta and Marion Feuchtwanger, win.
receive $4,000 each from the estate OF
their uncle. Meyer Feuchtwanger, who
died in this city April 6. for not marry
ing during his lifetime. The young women
have just filed petition here. saying
that they had complied with their I'M
cie's wishes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
rnn A NAIL WOUND

I will write this for the benefit of the
lad that stuck the nail in his foot. and for
others. too. for IL Is what every family should
know
Smoke the wound with corn oobs and sugar
Get an old bucket can, put a little fire IN
IL. then cohs; when II gets 70 smoking goon
snrinkle sugar over the cobs then hold the
wound in the smoke. putting an old cloth over
vessel TO keep the smoke In. 1t will give IN
slant relief and take the soreness out. The
wonnd should be smoked several minutes and
n one smoking does not cure, try II again In
ten or twelve hours. IL is just as good for
a mash or bruise. We try this quite often
and it never fails TO give quick relief.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Luther, Tex
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

WASHINGTON.-H name was AL
ice-just plain. sweet, old-fashioned
Alice.
But il isn't Alice any more. It's
"Alys." She has asked the newspapers
to use the new spelling. and she uses
1t herself. Alys may. or may not be
just as. good a name as Alice, but it's
no ones business, anyway.
She is the youngest daughter of Sec
rotary Meyer of the navy. Since her
sister, Miss Julie Appleton Meyer, re-
tired from society because of the death
of her betrothed. young Italian no.
bleman. Miss Alys has taken her place
in society.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

in my side, sick
headaches and ner-
vousness. Ihad Ia
ken SO many medi-
cines that / W a $
discouraged a n d
thought / would
never get well. A
friend told me of
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound and it re-
stored me TO health.
L have no more
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
CHAPTER XLVT,
THE ALARM.


As the three men listened to the
swift. broken story, there was no
sound save the rustic of the wind out
side. the clack of a night Waterman,
and the ticking of the clock on the
marble mantel The crouching form,
the sodden garments, the passionate
intensity of the slim, clutched hands.
the fire in the dark eyes-all lent ef-
feet to narrative instinct with terri
BILE truth. The ambassadors knowledge
of the colloquial was limited, but he
knew enough to grasp the story's main
features. 1t capped the edifice of sus-
picion and furnished a direful solution
to what had been mysterious. Once
the admirars eyes met his, and each
knew that the other believed. Terri
BILE as it's meaning was-pointing to
what black depths of abysmal wicked
ness-it was true!
The admiral listened with counte-
nance that might have been carved of
metal, but the faces of the others were
gray-white. Later was TO come to both
the pathos and meaning Of the sacrifice
this frail girl had laid on the knees Of
her country's gods, but for the hour. all
else was swallowed up the hofrifyins
knowledge, struck through with the
sharp fact that one of the partners in
this devilish enterprise, however expa-
triate, was of their own nation. TO
Daunt this, was intensified by his own
acquaintance with Phil. Memories
swept him of that worthless, ribaId
career-the evil intimacy with Berson-
in-the gradual dominance of the bot
tie, which in the end had betrayed
him!
With a singular separateness of WIS.,
ion, he seemed, in lightninglilke flashes,
to see that betrayal; the blind infatua-
ton, the slow enticements, the reck-
less, intoxicated triumph. the final sur
render He seemed to see Haru, her
secret won, running painting through
the wind He saw Phil waking at last
from his drunken slumber-to what
shame and penalty! He snuddeTed.
When the secretary entered at the
crisp sound of the admiraps bell, he
stared at the pallid countenances In
the room. The Japanese girl stood
trembling, half-supported by the admit
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14

AYE. but human love may err. dear,
And a power all wise is near;
SO ] only pray Cod bless you
And God keep you through the year"
LULA PAYNE.