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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-01
NOTICE FOB I aIRs ON

Notice is hereby given that until 80
p m. Of the first day of OCTOBER,
1902, the undersigned will receive seal
ed bids for the laying Of sewer lines
along and under certain streets and al
leys of the City of Morgantown. Tile
for the purpose to be furnished by the
City.
Plans and specifications for said work
and the location of the lines proposed
tp be laid will be found on file with the
Recorder, room 5, Hall building, until
FRIDAY. SEPT. 26. After that date
with j. Nj. Wood, Chairman
The City reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
!. M, WOOD,
LEE GIDLEY, Com.
M. T. SIsLER.
Morgantown, W. Va, Sept. %. 1902
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-01

To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that al ac-
e,nnts, debts and demand due the estate
of +. Pickenpaugh are IN the hands
OF the undersigned for settlement and
must besettled at once.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to his estate, or having claims
agains, his estate will please settle the
same With the undersigned administra-
tors as soon as may be.
@ PICKRNPAUGH
l. RoEMER
Administrators OF
Pickenpaugh deceased.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-01
GUIDE YOURSELF ACCORD

Hirschman's, the Big Store,
will be closed next Thursday,
October 2nd and Saturday, OctO-
Der 18th until 6 p. M.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-01

y THE only large line of carpets In
town at Hirschmans.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-01

Our store will be closed Thursday
October 2, and Saturday October 1lth
until D. m. Hirschmans.
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BECAUSE.
It's the prettiest place in
town.
The best class Of people IS
located there.
They have the best system
Of streets, alleys and sewers.
It is right on Main street.
1t will increase more IN
value than any other property
In Morgantown.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
The Dntiea Of tho Women

One of the recent visitors of import
ance arrived at n Fifth avenue hotel
from Germany with his wife and two
maids. The maids were oldsh, quiet
looking women who attracted no at.
tention beyond an expression of sur.
prise that the wife required the ser.
vices Of two women. 1t was not until
the party had left the hotel and gone
to the West that the real duties OF the
two women were learned.
The man of the family was called
back to take part in the ceremonies of
receiving Prince Henry. His wife re.
mained in San Francisco, while he
came back to New York. With the
distinguished foreigner arrived one OF
the gray haired maids She was not
in the service of the family for the
sake of the wife. but for her husband,
She acted as his valet and looked after
his clothes and his other comforts
just as n man would have done
Her employer explained to one Of
his friends that he Travelled a great
deal and was weary of dishonest and
drinking Wallets. who had repeatedly
caused him trouble in foreign countries
when he was unable TO get any one TO
take their places. For some years he
has employed and found more salts
factory woman, who is more honest
and keeps his possessions in better
condition.-New York sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
Chinese a Language Beyond Rules.

Professor Herbert Allen Giles, or
Cambridge University, England, in his
first lecture on the Dean Lung founda-
ton at Columbia University, spoke on
the Chinese language, in part rs fol-
lows:
There are two Chinese languages.
the spoken and the written, which are
entirely different and distinct. Tho
colloquial language is more easily ac-
quircd than French or German. There
are no deClensons or cOnjugations, no
irregular verbs, and the diligent stu
dent can make himself understood in
three months. The book language Is
study OF a lifetime. Few people can
read 4 Chinese book or write Chinese
letter. and women in particular seem
To fail In this.
The Chinese never possessed a gram
mar The language is beyond rules.
1t is always spoken in monosyllablcS.
root ideas, which are adapted TO sur
rounding circumstances and suffer no
change. Sounds 10 the number of i20
represent 1000 words. They are dis
tnguished by subtle modulatons OF
tone. The Chinese speak in couplets;
thus, To say "cye" they say eye" and
bail" the second word or character
tending To distinguish the first. which
often means dozen different things.
The Chinese written language is uni
formly understood all over China. and
is practically the same to-day as IL was
$500 years ago. IL looks like n mass
of signs. dots and dashcs. but is really
intelligihlc. To express the words
"nattery" and "treacherous" the Chi.
nese employ the character meaning
woman" with other characters
Friendship" is indicated by two
hands; greatness 10y the sun and
moon, and SO on. Originally drawings
the characters are now words New
York Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
Mhnt ian MileH

EngliShspeabing countries have
four different miles-the ordinary mile
of $3.50 feet, and the geographical or
nautical mile of GOSO feet. making a
difference of about one-seventh be-
tween the two; the Scotch mile of 1929
feet, and the Irish mile of 6720 feet.
four various miles, every one of which
is said to be 10y the Ledger Monthly
still in use.
The same magazine speaks also Of
the discrepancies in the miles of differ.
ent nations.
The German mile of to-day is 24.31S
feet in length. more than four and a
half times as long rs our mile. The
Dutch have Il mile of 1925 feet. the
Danes one OF 2i,S75 feet and the Prus-
slams one of 24,S56 feet: and the Swiss
get more exercise in walking one of
their miles than we get in walking five
of ours. for theirs is 27,459 feet long.
and ours but $3.50 feet.
The Italian mile is only n few feet
longer than ours. the Roman mile is
shorter, and the Tuscan and the Turk.
ish miles are $50 feet longer. The
Swedish mile is 22,O2S feet long. and
the Vienna post mile is 25.O37 feet in
length
Besides this list OF twelve different
miles. there are other measures of dis.
tance. not counting the French kilo-
meter. which is rather less than two
thirds of mile. The Brazilans have
milia that is one and one-fourth
times as long us our mile: the Neapoli.
tan miglio is about the same length:
the japanese ri is about two and one
half times as long as our mile the
Russian verst. five-eighths as long.
The Persian standard Is farsakh.
about four miles long. which is not far
from the supposed length OF the para.
sang. SO familiar to every schoolboy
who has read Nenophon's "Anabasis." I"
The distance indicated 10y the league
also varies in different countries.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

"You may sit there. Mr.. Morcet,"
she pointed to chair opposite her.
"if-are you sure your sister did not
tell youY And she blushed again,
pouting now so that Paul made haste
to reassure her
Sister? Ny sister, Do you know
herT
"NO. only yesterday at PonchartraiD.
! told her-that Is, we met"
Then he forgot his sister and the
picnic-everytbing everybody, but Ce-
leste. He wanted 10 thank her, 10
bathe In her smiles, TO breathe the at
mosphere OF her glorifed presence.
She got back TO her old, demure self
presently and deftly kept the question
away from the coin incident. When
he left her at the door 20 Fournler's
he, treading upon sunbeams, said:
80 you will not tell me where you
found my coin?"
She looked at him tantallzingly a sec.
ond, then:
"It fell inside my collar" she said,
and blusbing again, she fed into the
store.
"Pll tell you, sister," said Paul that
night after he had related the essen.
tial parts OF his experience with Miss
Constant, "I'll pay you that box Of
bonbons If you'll guess where the coin
was while / was looking for IT,"
'But / promised not TO tell"
"No bonbons, then" severely.
"Secret, then" she pOuted. "cross
your hearth He made the sign.
at was in Miss Constants stock
ing" she whispered slipped all the
way"
"That'll dow said Paul, pulling the
box Of sweetmeats from his pocket
John II. Raftery, In the Chicago Rec
ord Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
How UndIey Asked For Wife.

a story is told in faculty circles a,
Yale which goes back 10 1901 for It's
time setting. and concerns itself with
President Hadley's manner OF asking
the late Governor Luzon H. Morris. OF
Connecticut. for the hand of his daugh.
ter in marriage. Professor Hadley
made the call which was to determine
his future. just at the time when the
reelection Of Governor Morris was In
grave doubt. and the courts were de.
batting the matter and the legislature
refusing 20 ratify IL. "Wha; can do
for you. Arthur" asked the older man.
kindly. suspccting that his daughter
was the reason of the visit
II have come to you" said Professor
Hadley. making his famous forearm
gesture. ito know definitely whether
or no | may call you Governor. - New
York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
JEWEL OF A SERVANT.
Did Not Stay Long. But Did Not Steal
Anything.

Anything.
81 imagine people must get tired Of
hearing their nelghbors complain about
the question OF servants" remarked
woman In the Government service, to
friend.
II guess they do" acquiesced the
friend. "but then you know we all
have such troubles, and when We hear
others relate their experiences we can
say Il have troubles Of my own"
The woman who started the conver-
satlon told how many servants she
had employed during short time, ana
how they had not given satisfaction.
Finally" she said. II sought relief
by doing what | thought was an act
Of charity and at the time getting
woman who | thought would be
jewel. She was q white woman, the
first woman of my own color | had ever
employed"
This woman, she explained, was
taken from an institution where great
amount OF charity Is done. She was
given the best room in the house, and
In the morning when breakfast was
over she bundled up the dishes in
hurry ana gave the appearance of be-
ing rapid and willing worker In
the afternoon when her employer re-
turned home the dishes were still piled
where she had seen them in the moih-
ing The washtub, boiler and irons
had been used by the woman, who
had evidently washed and lroncd her
own garments and departed. ON the
table was note which read: MY
dear Mrs. ---. found the work was
too hard for me-"
But she was n jewel after ALL"
concluded the woman who had been
her employer for so short n time, "for
she did not steal anything"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

forts to find the lost gold piece, but,
perhaps with visions of the empty car
and a lonely search for his own benefit
he gave IL up and left Paul to his own
resources. If the confused artist had
been less deeply in love with the un-
known girl beside him he might have
at least wondered at her impassivc
behavior. She knew he had lost So,
yet she sat there like beautiful
image. blushing, tidgeting little, but
Offering neither TO stir nor aid in the
search What she didn't know was
that the missing money constituted
PauPs only hope Of giving his mother
and sister nm outing with dinner at
Lake Ponchartrain. He had only for
~ cents left after paying three fares,
and there was nothing for them TO do
but turn about and get back to the
city.
But he made no move. He would
not have disturbed the girl beside him
for an ocean of five edollar gold pieces.
He would take his chance of finding
the money at the journeys end. When
the car was empty he bade his mother
and sister wait for him in the little
depot. and he did search most care
fully for the coin. lie gave il up when
the bell rang To start back for the city.
and made the most of the twenty-five
cents at his disposal. But the after
noon had lost it's glories for him he.
oauva In his xxopdor,nco Al hout tb, Iok ,
he saw no more of the girl Of the cafe.
His mother thought he was worrying
about his lost coin, but his sister raj.
lied him in most unwonted manner,
offering 10 wage box OF bonbons that
he'd get back the money.
How on earth can | get IL backT
he asked. glad to be misunderstood.
Never mind; will you bety"
And SO they wagered, going home at
dusk tired but happy.
Ii was the very next day at lunch
con in the old cafe that Paul turned
over his plate to find beneath tiny
packet of paper marked "Mr. Pau
Morcet" He unwrapped il. A five
dollar gold piece jlngled out upon his
plate. He looked up-for the frs
time in his life he looked directly in
TO those two smoldering brown light,
and-she was smiling like the morning
blushing like IL too. The paper was il
his shaking fingers. and as he stood
up he read
Dear Sir-This is your money that
you lost yesterday. IL your sister
didn't tell you. you may speak 20 me
Yours respectfully.
CELESTE CONSTANT.
Paradise had opened then. Pau
was at her side In a moment. thank
ing her She put her white hands ovel
her flushed face and laughed into then
a low, sweet. irrepressible song bsi
confused him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

- T was In little cafe In Dryades
street that Paul Morcet saw her
first, a demure, beautiful child
just blossoming into womanhood.
Being painter of fine fancy, Paul had
q hard time keeping his eyes off her
Hower-like face, but being a serious
minded, reverent young fellow and
having a sister OF his own he relned
his worshiping glances and contented
himself with making furtve sketches
OF her on the tissue napkins of the
little French cafe. Besides, there was
O little mirror in the angle Of the wall,
and out Of 1t he stole many linger'
Ing impression of the lovely creature
who awed and fascinated him.
Her hair was like hanks of spun cop
per, her skin like the texture Of lily,
her eyes two smoldering brown lights.
So Paul began to paint her for himself,
wondering il chance would ever throw
her and him together. You see he was
q very diffident fellow, not at all like
most modern young men of twenty
one. True, he noticed her entering
FourDier's glove store one day, and on
another saw her emerge from the same
place. But IL was mere accident on
both occasions-or so he told himself
SO in six months he only knew that
she was his divinity, that she worked
In Fourniers, and-that she was very
fond Of tapioca. Not much Of foun-
dation for q romance, but Paul builded
one that was anchored in the granite
Of his heart and lowered where the
clouds of fancy swan gold and white
Always she sat at the small table
facing the light and always he sat at
another table from which he could
feel, If he could not always see, her
radiant presence. If he had been n
chair, a pillar or any part of the cheap
furniture of the cafe she could not
have paid him less attention. Some
times he came first, sometimes she.
Often she left before him and so was
obliged to pass bis table, but she never
let him catch her looking in his direc-
ton. As for him, the rustic of her
skirts-they were getting longer as the
months few by-were to him as the
rustic of an angels wing. Matters
were that bad with him. He loved
her the better that she was so modest,
so aloof, so unattainable of all men.
1t was of rare Sunday afternoon in
May that Paul Morcet took his mother
who was feeble, and his sister. who
was an invalid, on the little dummy
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
Iuauisitive Tommy.

When he questioned his mother as
10 why father went to an office and
what he did there. his mother said:
Father goes 10 the office TO make
bread and butter FOR us. dear. Last
week mother and son went down 10
that wonderful office. While the
mother was talking busily the child
went on tour OF investigation. Not
box or drawer within his reach
escaped his bright eyes. At each pile
Of snuffy. dusty papers which he dis
covered the child's face grew more
disappointed and perplexed A little
sharply father said. Tommy. what
are you after in those boxes and
drawcrsy' II was looking for the
bread and butter mother said you
made replied The child in a tear.
ful way. "and didn't find one slice
New York sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
A Mountain of Chalk.

On the Manor Farm at Newton
Toney. near Salisbury, and in close
proximity to the new railway station,
as remarkable piece of work is heing
completed in the way Of shifting and
repiling chalk Caused by n change of
plans in the construction OF a light
railway rs has ever been accom-
plishcd in England. 4 four acre field
was purchased from the estate of Sir
Il. Malet, Bart. over this large area
the chalk has been piled in the form
Of huge square with sloping sides
Of great depth. On the southeast the
depth is quite twenty-five yards. while
the southwest cmbankment is nearly
ms deep. The precipitous sides of the
immense mound are being covered
with n layer Of earth. wherein trees
are to be planted. This has been done
partly to relieve the bald, glaring as
pcct OF the mammoth chalk heap as
viewed from the village of Newton
Toney. The cubic contents are esti-
mated at 100000 tons.-Salisbury
Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

salad, for he could not get the cafe
out Of his head. He dared not look
about lest he might scare away the
deity at his side.
Fares pleasew repeated the conduc.
tor, and Paul fumbled In his pocket
where his small store OF money lay.
He was obliged to reach his long arm
behind her In passing out the coin, and
his heart beat some fearfully delight
full measure as he wondered If the day
would ever come when he might freely
throw protecting arm
Cant change more than two dol.
larsw interrupted the conductor.
Paul looked up across her face at the
man, who continued:
This Is hve-dolar gold-piece.
Haven't you anything lessp
"Oh yes" Paul said again extend
ing that lucky arm. IL thought It was
a quarter / gave you"
But in taking back the gold piece his
hand involuntarily brushed the SHIN
mering aureole OF her hair, his fingers
trembled, the coin slipped from his
grasp.
"Did you drop itY' grunted the con
ductor.
Eyes, er-that is-never mind. III
find IT. Here's the quarter"
Paul blushed furiously as he passed
out the money. The 1ower-like face
beside him became the color OF a rose.
The conductor made n few careless ef-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

railroad that ran out Canal street and
through a dozen shady, green avenues
TO Old Ponchartrain. 1t was TO be a
gala day for the old widow and her
two children, and she was very proud
of her handsome son. He found them
seats together. and himself sat further
back by a window, through which he
watched the beauty Of the spring and
saw only a myriad variations OF the
one vision that filed his mind. In
fancy he was again In the old cafe in
Dryades street. Then the car stopped,
the familiar swish OF skirts fell upon
his ear. he turned about and looked
up into the face Of her of the cafe.
When she saw him she turned away
as TO seek another place. but every
seat was occupied. and so she slipped
softly into the place beside him. and
The numbering. screeching. wheezing
train became an apotheosis Of moving
glory-a chariot Of the sun. When the
conductor came to Paul for the fares
for himself and his mother and sister
he came very near ordering shrimp
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

There is land called Lazy-ho,
Where girls and boys are free, you know;
With never a cross old aunty there,
To scold or comb out tousled hair!
There, all the clothes are soilled and rent
And no boy 10 on errand sent
When he is busy having fun;
But every lass and laddie may
Play tag or shoot a really gun,
And have molasses every day!
In this far-distant Lazy.ho
There's no such thing az a stubbed toel
But bonbons grow on apple trees,
And sugar plums are thick as bees!
The water is as sweet as milk,
And every doll il dressed in silk
There il no school in Lazy-ho,
Nor any chores" that must be done
No sums 20 do, no corn 20 hoe,
But toys galore for every onel
Detroit Free Press
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
THE HOURS.

60 slow they go, So slow So slow!
The huurs Of waiting and OF woe!
When we must toll till set OF sun
IL is so long ere day il done.
The hours OF darkness feebly grope
Toward morning when, untouched by hope,
The pendulum swings 70 and fro.
So slow they go! So slow! So slowl
So swift they shift So swift So swift!
The hours when pleasures gaily drift
AdOwn the sun-kissed stream OF time,
With silsen sails OF love and rhyme.
These are the truest and the best,
Worth all the rigors OF the test,
But vanished like an elhn gift
So swift they shift So swift! So swift
Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

Victor-"How Is your new mamma
Bobby" Bobby-"She does very well
for an amateur."-The Smart Set.
Gladys-"why is it that ministers
usually marry so young" Harold
"Oh, that's the only game Of chance
they're allowed to play"-Puck.
All that glitters is not gold,
Tis this that prompts the feeling
That when your umbrellas old,
IL isn't worth the stealing.
Philadelphia Record.
Manager (of the automobile com
pany)-"Do you know the rules Of the
roadP The Would-be Chauffeur
Sure! When you run over a guy, get
awayw-Puck.
Miss Lightly-"I see that they now
tax bachelors in Argetina." Miss
Elderly-"I decided some time ago
that | should spend the winter down
in that delightful climate."-Tit-Bits.
Hoax-"If you go the right way
about it it's easy 10 convince a man
that he's wrong" JoaX-"Yes; the
hard part is making him admit that
he's convinced. d."-Philadelphia Record
She used to fancy tragedy,
But now it's farce for she
Has bought a set OF store teeth
That are pearly as can be.
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Styles-"Oh, Henry! | saw q
beautiful hat at the milliner's this
afternoon. 1t was a perfect dream"
Mr.. Stylos-"Well, dear, just dream
that you bought it."-Boston Tran.
script.
Judge-"IIave the letters been duly
examined by the handwriting expertT
Prosecutor-"Yes, your honor" Judg,
VERY well, let the handwriting ex
pert now be examined by the insanity
expert. State Journal.
"They have just established tele.
phone stations all over the Alps"
Isn't that nice! When they get lost
up there now, all they'll have to do
will be to call up the st. Bernard
dogs. s."-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
In A. ID. 2OO2. Teacher" said the
bright little son Of the poor billionaire
lis it true that the multiplication table
one hundred years ago began with the
very lowest units?" Yes" said the
kind teacher, "in those early days it
didn't begin twice one million is two
Million as it does now. w."-Philadelphia
Press.
$50 you wish to leave to get mar
ried, Mary. l hope you have given
the matter serious consideration
"Oh, | have, sir" was the earnest re-
ply. "Ive been to two fortune tellers
and n clairvOyant, and looked in a
sign book, and dreamed on a lock Of
his hair, and been to one of those as.
terrologers. and to a meejum, and
they all tell me to go ahead, sir.
amt one to marry reckless sir."-Tit-
Bits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18
About Eskimo Dogs.

Eskimo dogs are as good fishermen
as they are draught animals. Though
they do not like cold water, one will
stand b,cast-deep in it, motonless
until n fish comes within range, when
he will dive like seal, and come up
ten or fifteen feet away with the fish
in his mouth.
When the Eskimo treats his dog
cruelty, as is often the case. the dog
runs away and Joins some pack of arc
tic wolves. Most of them have some
strains of the wolf in them. But it Is
not so much n disgrace 10 be related
to wolf as ii is to act like one when
you are not related.