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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1901-12-20
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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1901-12-20
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LOCALLY PENNED FOR
REVIEW READERS.

Ell Davenport, the jolly drum
mer, was in the city today.
Silk waists and dresses at Fischer
Bros. 20 4t
Joe Robinson, of Wheeling, was
a business caller In the city today.
Dress goods of all kinds at
Fischer Bros.
Attorney F. L. Blackmsrr went
to Parkersburg this morning on
legal business.
Silverware and jewelry just the
thing for Christmas gifts at Fischer
Bros. 20 at
Attorney c. E. Pyle, of the
county seat, was called to the city
today on legal business.
c. B, Fontaine, fire insurance,
2I2 Diamond street. IS ct
For sale-at low prices, house
hold goods at Mrs. Kingsley's, Io5
Virginia street. IL st
The Virginia passed up at noon
today with a big trip eighteen
hours late on account of the big
river and business.
Wax candles for lighting Xmas
trees at McCoy's Book Store: 20 st
A bottle of Angelica wine free
with every 81 purchase at R. NJ.
Clendennings. IS If
John Lltman, we'll known pro
duce dealer of Hannibal, Q aio, was
calling On his patrons IN the city
today,
House for rent-1nquire of o. J.
Smith at the Tyler Republican OF :
hce. 2I tt
Mrs. VIM. Bailey, OF Cemetery
Hill, left this morning on visit TO
relatives and friends In Athens
county. 0.
lit Is perfumes you want, Her
detshol's have them In all styles and
Of best quality. Is st
DR.. Milton, the dentist, was
called to his home today In the
Shenandoah Valley, by the serious
illness of his mother.
HENDERsHor's have no bargain
counter, but every article In their
holiday line Is bargain. IS St
Mrs. Clara Crawford, of Dla-
mond street, left this morning for
Picsburg, where she will be the
guest of tIiends for few days.
When you want to buy a Christ
mas present Fischer Bros. Is the
right place. 20 II
The sleighipg still holds out
within the city linitS,and the aver
age maid carlies pleasant smole"
on her couptenanCe.
Don't buy your wines haphazard
It's dangerous. Get bottle of
port at R. M. Clendenning's free
with every. 81 purchase. IS If
All the grocery stores through
out the city will be closed on Christ.
mas day. The public will please
make a note of this fact and make
their purchases accordingly. 20 At
See HENDERsHoTs line of me-
dallions, photo frames. booklets,
calendars and Oxford teachers
Bibles and large print testaments.
Is st
There Is already one coon"
event booked for next week.
Fine linens, fancy towels, Bat
tenburg scarfs, square and center
pieces at Fischer Bros. % At
Force of habit has a good deal to
do with the way some people go on
loving each other.
A quart bottle of Pure Old Black.
berry Wine tree at r M. Clenden-
Rings with every s. 90 purchase.
IStf
When a lucky man gets /: irto
his head that he Is great man he
Is due to lose his luck.
Silk and Flannel waists are all
right for gifts, at Fischer Bros.
80 4t
The past few days have been Of
the slippery class In which the most
upright men are likely to fall.
See HENDERsHoT's line of fancy
goods before buying a present for
their goods are of he best aud
their prices are right. I6 St
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

sea, and 1t may be perceived that in
either case the knowledge to be gained
must be scant and fragmentary. The
astral explorer might capture a few
of the lowest animals in his nets and
dredges; he would probably obtain
some worms, but he would be unlike
ly to take a bird, quadruped, man or
any other thing that has the power of
locomotion. For the same reasons the
investigation Of the sea has been slow
and unsatisfactory, and but little has
been made out of even the common
est fishes. Many species and some
genera are known by single specimens,
and in several instances these have
been found by what appears to be the
purest chance.
Quite a number of rare specimens
have been obtained from the stomachs
of other aquatic animals. The greater
number of fishes are carnivOrous and
most of them are voracious feeders,
greedily swallowing anything of a
suitable size that presents itself. A
sharks stomach sometimes contains a
remarkable assortment of objects, and
sometimes rarities are discovered, for
sharks are more intent on the guam
tity than the quality OF their food.
There is a genus of fish called the
Tarletonbeanea, in honor of Dr. Tarle-
ton H. Bean, a distinguished ichthy-
ologist, but of it only three specimens
are known to exist. OF these, one was
taken from the stomach Of an Albacon
off the coast of California, one came
from a Sebastodes miniatus, and the
third was blown on board Of boat
during a storm.
A still stranger example is that OF
the seal fish" In making some in
vestigations into the life of the fun
seal a few years ago, it was necessary
to determine the character of the fOoC
on which it subsists. To do this, the
stOmachs of numbers Of seals were
opened and their contents examined
and in them the remains of a new
kind of fish were found to very com
mon. Nothing but the bones Gig /
have been found, but these in sucl
numbers as to show that there mus
be vast quantities Of these little fish
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

about to publish a book on the war OF
the Polish succession.
phya Charoon Raja Maltrl, who Is
coming here as FIRST Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Plonipotentiary
from Slam to the United States In
order to pave the way for his royal
masters visit has had a career prob
ably more remarkable than any OF the
other diplomatlst3 in Washington.
Cousin Of his King as he Is, he has
been Prince, priest, beggar and final
~ not only Prince again, but one OF
the most trusted advisers Of the
throne.
Phya Charoon Is about thlrty-seven
years old. Like most Slamese he Is
below medium size, according to our
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

research. The 'lung fishes" that can
breathe atmospheric air, and thus
avoid polluted waters, or the mud
fishes, that are captured by digging
them up, are interesting variations
rom the general rule, but the subterr
ranean species are most wonderful.
The blind fishes found in our great
limestone caverns and those from
the bitches of the rice-helds are fam
liar, but the secrets of 1.-THE waters
under the earth" are not yet made
plain. A few years since a station
was established by the United States
Fish Commission at San Marcos, Tex
as. An artesian well was bored, and a
flow Of 1900 gallons Of water per min
ute obtained at a depth OF 1873 feet.
The boring was through almost solid
limestone, the log" of the well show
ing that one tunnel some two feet
In diameter was pierced, but the flow
has brought up numbers of living or
ganisms, all new to science. So far
four species Of shrimps and a sala-
mander have been described, but these
have been abundant DR.. James q.
Benedict of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, described and named the shrimps,
and DR.. l.. Steiner, of the same estab-
lishment, did the same for the sala-
mander He gave it the name of Ty-
phlomOlge Rathbuni, in honor of
Mr.. Richard Rathtbun, the assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton.
The accompanying illustration gives
an accurate conception of this strange
animal. It's head is large and pro-
longed forward into a flattened snout
in which is the mouth. The eyes are
covered by the skin and are visible
only as two black specks. Behind the
head the external gills form festoons
about the neck, their vivid scarlet
making a sharp contrast with the
dingy white skin. The four legs are
in two pairs, the anterior ones having
four fingers, or toes and the posterior
ones LAYING five. 1t terminates in a
fattened, eel-like tail.-Scientifc
American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

with a coil of pipe in conjunction with
the fame. AS the latter can be readi-
ly regulated it is easy to vary the
temperature to suit requirements. The
inventor does not confne himself to
the use of the heater for indoor pur-
poses, but applies the same principle
to the heating of foot-warmers in
carriages and sleighs, obtaining the
heat from a lantern carried on the
dashboard for lighting the roadway.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

There is a manufacturer Of artificial
flowers in Brussels who keeps thirty
girls constantly at work without the
necessity Of having an overseer. This
strange state Of things was discovered
by an American traveller who takes
much interest in economic questions,
and an expression of his surprise
brought from the manufacturer an
explanation that is as creditable to
him as it is to the girls. Before he
engaged his employees he learned that
other factories were paying girls
twenty cents a day, and that a woman
could not live decently on less than
fifty cents a day. So he determined
that no one in his establishment
should receive less than fifty cents a
day, and that he would trust to their
loyalty and honesty to do good work
without any boss" but himself. The
result, he says, more than justifes
this, to say nothing of any other way
in which the matter may be looked at.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

standards, but is of fine physique,
deep chested, muscular and straight.
He will be a particularly gorgeous
Minister. In Siam his collection of
jewelry is no finer than that Of many
other men of high rank, but Siam has
been amassing gems for many genera
tons. He has emeralds, rubies, pearls
and sapphires sewed into some of his
ceremonial costumes. Besides these
he has his more personal jewelry; dia-
mOnds, pearls, in rings, pins, belts
and pendants. With all his decora-
tons on, chief among them blazing
the blue-white diamonds of the Order
Of the White Elephant and the pris.
matte gorgeousness of the Chinese
Crown, he is literally a dazzling cen
tre Of radiance.
His home in Bangkok IS a spacious
palace by the river side, filed with
retainers and slaves, who serve him,
his several wives and their numerous
children. The carvings and bronzes
ana other works or art would furnish
a museum. He has a separate slave
for each detail of service especially
trained and the bearer of the betel-nut
box would never be expected to carry
the parasol, or the steersman of the
ceremonial boat to tend a door.
Not always has Phya Charoon lived
thus. Siam is the home of the most
rigid Buddhism, and the envoy is a
pious Buddhist. BY the precepts Of
that religion as practiced in Siam,
every nobleman must serve in the
priesthood a certain time. The King
himself has been priest Phya
Charoon spent his allotted time as a
novitiate in one OF the monasteries,
where he became so imbued with the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
New Use For the Lamn.

Hot water bags have grown to be
positive necessity in the household Of
late years, one great advantage Of
this being that they retain the warmth
for an extended period of time But
the heat will eventually diminish be-
yond the point, where the water bag
is useful, when the water must be re-
newed. As this cannot always be done
conveniently it has occurred to Sam
uel A. Gotcher that the water might
be constantly maintained at the re-
CURED temperature by an arrangement
attached to an ordinary lamp. He
has applied the thought in the manner
shown, simply connecting two bags
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

cunningly hidden nests, but 1t is i'm
possible to pass beneath the waves to
watch the habits of "all that dwell
therein" THE way of a fish in the
sea- is almost as much a mystery now
as in the days of Solomon, and what
is known but shows the extent of the
unknown.
Suppose that a visitor from some
other planet were to come on an ex-
ploring expedition to our earth, but
that his vessel could come no nearer
than several miles, while our atmos-
phere was opaque to his vision and
untitled for his respiration. Under
such circumstances his position would
not be unlike our own in regard to the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
To Rouse tho Maid.

Somnolent dOmestics are no longer
to enjoy just one more turn, if house
wives will only avail themselves of the
Servants Morning Calf outfit re-
Gently placed on the English market.
This novelty consists of an ordinary
bell placed in the domestic's bedroom,
a push located outside the door of the
room, or at some distance from the
bed, and an indicator in the mistress
room. The idea is to force the maid
to get out of bed to stop the ringing
Of the bell, which continues until the
push is operated, when, of course,
there is no excuse for going back
again.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
Green an UnluckY Color.

A belief of this kind prevails strong
ly with regard to a certain sept of one
of the great Highland clans. A lady
who married the chieftain some years
ago resolved to uproOt what she called
a foolish superstition, furnished Tor
induced her husband to furnish) in
different shades of green an entire
wiSS just added to the family man.
sion. Within six months the lady de-
serted her husband and home, and
died abroad soon afterward under
very tragic circumstances. Needless
to say, the popular belief as to the IN
luckiness Of green survives mistaken.
Notes and Queries.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

The chances Of smOkeless powder
seem seriously compromised by the
recent invention Of the Roman Gener-
al Gilletta. Thanks to the latter's
acoustic telemeter" it is now possible
to ascertain the exact spot whence
the firing Observation-Disclosures Guar
dian.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

religion that he donned the yellow
robe of the mendicant renowned his
riches and begged mis- food from door
to door. ..-.--.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

although up TO the present time no
one has seen one In life.
The sen Is the great home Of aquatic
life, but the fresh waters well repay
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

The King OIL Siam .
and His Family. I
This Ruler Of Strange Coun- y
try Proposes 20 Make q visit q
10 tho United states. q

T ling LEOPOLD of Belgium Is
IL not the only royal parsonage
j who is contemplating a visit
{ to this country. II Is on the
cards that he King Of Siam and his
family are to journey to the United
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

lions Of the changes which are taking
place in the Orient is furnished by the
Grown Prince Of Siam, who is now a
student at Oxford University and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

tory, and on account Of this 1t Is far
behind It's sister sciences IN the de-
gree Of completeness to which II has
attained. Land animals may be
tracked to their most secret lairs, pa
tlent research will reveal the most
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

States some time in the near future.
If the ruler Of this strange country
does pay us a visit 1t will be with all
the accessories Of Oriental splendor.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

We do not have to go back many
years to find Siam almost, Il not quite,
as exclusive to European influences as
China is to-day.
One of the most remarkable illustra-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

A number Of the Western railroads
have taken to growing the catalpa for
tie purposes. One company has set
out 1G5,0O0 Of these trees IN the last
few years, and another road recently
planted 10000 for the same purpose.
The Investigations which were car
rled on IN the Hawaiian Islands under
the auspices Of the United States Fish
Commission during the past summer
were very successful. The fishery
methods, laws and statistics were care
fully studied, and large and important
collections Of fishes were made. Up
ward Of 800 species were obtained,
among which are many species new
to science.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15


fully studied, and large and important
collections Of fishes were made. Up
ward Of 800 species were obtained,
among which are many species new
to science.
The coke ashes from gasworks are
now being made into bricks. The pro-
cess Of manufacture Is very simple.
says the London Engineer. The ashes
are reduced to a fine powder, mixed
with one-tenth part Of slaked lime, and
after the addition Of water, plugged
until the mass form a stiff paste. Then
1t is treated like ordinary clay, and
formed into bricks by the use of suita-
BILE presses. The bricks are then
stacked, protected from rain, and dried
In the air, no artificial heat being used.
One Of the chemical papers reports
an experiment by which an artificial
asphalt was produced, which closely
resembles the natural substance.
Fresh herring and oily pine wood were
distilled in an iron retort and the pro-
duct was condensed in a Lieblg con-
denser. The experiment seems to con-
firm the theory that asphalt and pc
troleum are the products Of q natural
distillation, by which the remains Of
early forms Of animal and vegetable
life have been transformed in the
heated crust of the earth.
1t was formerly supposed that life
could not exist in the ocean depths
because there was a lack of oxygen
there, but recent discoveries have
shown that there is always an nbund-
ant supply of oxygen even at the bot
tom. Professor Nutting says that
the cold water of the polar regions,
charged with oxygen from the atmos-
phere, creeps along the bottom of the
ocean toward the equator, from both
north and south, and thus carries a
supply Of the life-giving element over
the whole floor. 1t is this world cir
culation he says, that keeps the ocean
from becoming too foul to sustain life.
Five of the leading cement makers
of England recently visited the United
States to look into our method Of MAX
ing cement, and they went back sat
ished that England cannot hold her
trade in that commodity except by
promptly adopting American machin-
cry. 1t seems that we produce ce-
ment at less than one-half the cost of
the English article, and do it in eight
hours, whereas in England it takes
three weeks. The process used here
is secret, but one feature of it is a
rotary roasting mill which simplifies
and cheapens the work These mills
are springlng up all over the States.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

/ HE study OF ichthyology Is at
tended with greater practical
difficulties than Is that Of any
other branch of natural his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
ever since. Both parties to the suit are

ever since. Both parties to the suit are
under twenty-one years OF age
Officer Pettus, of the Chesapeake anu
Ohio staff this morning arrested Richard
Patterson, alias Jim Jones, a negro,
whom he caught in the act OF breaking
into II car on the yards.
The Circuit Court is engaged IN the triai
of the suit of Sol Miller and l.. a. Mey-
ers against the city of Newport News
The action is brought to recover 5000
damages for alleged injury done to prop
erty by the Twenty-iifth Street paving.
The School Board tomorrow night will
elect a principal for the East-End school
to succeed L. I. Cheetham. who resigned
a short time ago while charges against
him were being investigated.
The congregation Of the Newport News
Baptist Church has decided to purchase
three additional lots for the new church.
making eight in all.
The battleship Kearsarge came up from
Old Point this morning to take on coal
for her bunllers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Corporation Court within the past two
months At the last term the jury failed
to agree in a gambling ana assault case
when the guilt OF the defendants was APP
parentIy very clear. States Attorney
VenabIe asked the court to discharge the
jury for misconduct in the jury-room
Judge HanckeI sustained the motion, ana
the jury were discharged. This created
a sensation.
y few days ago Robert Digs (colored
was, for the third time. tried for muir
der Two previous juries disagreed This
jury also disagreed and Digs was al
lowed to plead guilty OF manslauShter
and given eighteen years in prison.
Last night the jury faie0. To agree in
the case of e. y Willis. who deposited
a worthless draft in the Citizens Bank
Willis family wanted TO compromise and
get the banks consent but states At
rornev Venaole refused. SAYING it would
compound a felony The case came to
trial and the OLD story of disagreement
was recited by the foreman. and not
wanting to put the State to further eX-
,pense the case was nole pressed.
Willis was to-day rearrested for the
Atlanta authorities on Il charge of for
gerry.
Judge Hanckel and Attorney Eenabie
appear to be Disguised, and it may be
that jurors in future Will be secured from
out of town.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
The University Lectures.
Especial Dispafch to The Titnos)

UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA, Dee. IL
Last evening at the University Chapel
DIR. Strong delivered the first oi the s.
ries of lectures. of which the two remain
ing ones will be given on Thursday and
Friday evenings. DR.. c. w Kent who
introduced the speaker, stated that the
University Bible Lectureship Fund. on
the basis of which these lectures We're
given to the University, had now reached
approximately 100000, and that Jhis
amount would be used to procure lectur-
ers on Bible history and literature and
ultimately 10 secure q permaneut teacher
fos- the department of Bible Instruction.
lie announced that four such courses
of lectures. and possibly Il fifth wolid
be offered this season Dr. Strong's sls5-
Ject was THE Social Idea Of Jesus.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
MRS. CARSON ILL,
A New Coal Company Organized at Lynch
burg-Liquor Dealers to Protest.
pccial Dispatch to The Times


Ll NCHBURG, VA. Dec. 11.-NIrs. Car
son. wife of DR.. r. N. Carson. has gone
to Johns Hopkins Hospital for the pur-
pose Of undergoing a diagnosis for
trouble with which she has been suffer-
ing for some time. It is feared that Mrs.
Carson is suffering with a serious malady
and if an operation is decided upon she
will return to Lynchburg ana have the
operation performed at her home
Lynchbursers are extensively interested
in the coal fields of Virginia and West
Virginia, and they are becoming more
SO every year. The last company to be
organized here is the Climax Coal Com
pany, which has secured a valuable coal
property near WEIGH, in Mcdowell coun-
ty, ". Va. The officers for the first year
are L. Goodman, president; ], G. Kinnier,
vice-presi0'ent; j. Singleton Dggs, secre-
tary and treasurer. and W. Y. Hufford.
manager. The property of the company
is said to promise a brilliant future.
Several liquor dealers of Lynchburg,
including W. E. Bigbic and L. Lazarus,
expect to go TO Richmond to oppose the
measure before the Constitutional Con-
vention taking away from the cities and
counties the power to levy taxes on sa-
looms
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING.
Miss Susie Gertrude Hanks the Bride OF Mr.
w {. tieadley.
Especial Dispatch to Tho Times.)

Especial Dispatch to Tho Times)
FARNHAM. VA. Dec. n.-Jerusalem
Baptist Church. Emmerton. Va, was the
scene Of. a beautiful. marriges Thursday
evening, when Mr.. William Eugene head
lev led to the altar Miss Susie Gertrude
Hanks. the beautiful and accohlp!ls"e,s
daughter Of Mr.. George W. HANKS OIL
Richmond county.
The bride was handsomely atured IN
white silk. deliberately trimmed win race,
and wore orange blossoms and d!lle ven
an. carried in her hand a Bible
The bridesmaids We're all dressed IN
white and carried white carnations. me
church had been beautifully decorated
with evergreens and white chrysanthe-
NUNS. The church was illuminated by
chandeliers and wax candles. The cere
mony was performed by Rev fuchafG
Edwards. pastor of the church:
The bridal party was rendered a re-
ception at Captain Thomas W. HeadIeys,
father of the groom. The bride and
Groom were the Recipients Of many
handsome and valuable presents.