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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04
Local and Personal Briefs

3 The city was full Of commercial
travellers today. i
Milton Devore, of Mlddlebourne,
was q business caller b ere today.
Have q look a. our china window.
M. A. Sybert Grocery Co. AT
&C. A. Brookman, of Anderson,
Ind, Is a guest Of the Hotel Wells.
]. II. McMullan. of Silby, Ohio,
was q business caller In the city to
day.
See our entirely new line of box
paper just In at Mccoy's Book
Store. sgt
For Sale-Fresh Jersey COW. FIVE
years old. Perfectly gentle. 400
North Wells street. sgt
For Rent-Two good five roomed
cottages. For Information inquire
at 8IS Main street. 3ot
Major Clint Moore returned to
the city this afternoon from a
business trip to points south.
Miss Cora Vickers, OF the South
side, has returned home from a
visit of a few days with her sister
Mrs. Cain, OF Wheeling.
The Waterman Fountain Pen Is
the only pen that gives entire sat
isfaction. We have them from 81.
10 $40. McCoy's Book Store.
43t
The oil operators were again en-
couraged today by the price ad.
vancing 3 cents. 1t Is heading # r
me $I.5o mark without a doubt.
Attend the hot supper to be
given by the ladies of the M. E.
church In the Boyers building Fri
day evening. An elegant meal will
DE served. sgt
Will Ryan, the genial manager
of the business interests In this CITY
Tor the Schmulbach Brewing com
papy of Wheeling, was a business
visitor at MiddIebourne today.
The Carnation Club will give a
Charity ball on Wednesday eve
o,ng, December 18th, In the Citi.
zens Hose House. This entertain.
ment will be one of the leading So
clal events of the holiday season.
Remember TIE ladies of the M.
E church will serve a hot home
made supper in the Boyers build.
ing at the corner of Wells and Dia-
moud streets on Friday evening.
Dec. 5th. Every body Is invited.
23t
Preparations have been per.
fected for the celebration of the
anniversary this evening
of one of our prominent citizens.
It will be In the nature of a sur-
prise by the friends of the individ-
ual, and will be quite an elaborate
flair.
Mrs. John Conley. oil DesM oines.
Iowa, and Miss Anna LOTUS, of
Grafton, who have been visiting
Mrs P. II, Gaffney and other rela
,ives In the city for a few days, left
for their homes this afternoon via
Parkersburg where they will pro.
long their visit for brief period
The new eight.cent postage
stamp bearing the portrait of Mar
tina Washington Is expected to be
especially pleasing to the women.
|entimentally, yes. But the wo
men will continue to do most of
their investing In the kind that
come four for dime with change
enough left to supply chewing gum
for two.
The mer chants of Marietta have
Merchants Association organized
upon business lines which has been
found to be popular and successful.
One of the purposes Is protection
against fake advertising schemes.
Among other things they have re-
pudiated entirely against all pre-
MUM stamps, periodical tickets,
and the like.
Marion Evans, of Luzou, was a
business visitor In the city today.
He Is very enthusiastic on the
question of an electric railway be-
tween this city and Middlebourne.
He stated the late survey passed
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04

The population of Damascus, reputeo
he oldest city in the world, Is calcu-
ated at 225.000 souls.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
The Capitol Dome.

The capitol dome at Washington IN
the only considerable dome of iron In
the world. 1t is a vast hollow sphere
weighing 5000. 800 pounds. How much
Ia that? More than 1000 tons. or al
most the weight Of 10000 full grown
persons. or about equal to LOCO ladened
coal cars Of four tons each. which, IL
strung out one behind the other. would
occupy a mile and half of track.
On the very top of the dome the al
legoricai figure America" weighing
1895 pounds, lifts It's proud head high
ln air. The pressure of this dome and
agure upon the piers and pillars IL
l4.477 pounds TO the square foot IL
would. however. require "a pressure Of
755. .2S6 pounds TO the square foot 10
crush the supports of the dome. The
cost of this immense dome was little
short Of 81 100000.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
ROOSEVELT'S SPEECHES.

, It is an undisputable fact that the
public addresses of PRESIDENT Roosevelt
receive very much more attention
throughout the country than Is COM
mony accorded even to the utterances
of a President of the United States.
Statements made by him are gener-
ally carefully analyzed obscure pas
sages are considered almost as labori-
ously as if they occurred in the Bible,
and from the time of their deliverance
a copious comment is put forth from
thousands Of American printing press
es Mr. Rooseyelt's friends point to
this with pride as an evidence Of the
powers of their strenuous hero. 1t
is because he is a weak man.
A common mistake is to estimate a
mans strength by the strength of his
passions. Not the manifestation of
passion but its control. shows
strength. The true strong man has
intellect, moral sense, and a will that
not only controls others, but controls
himself The President can not con
troll himself. hence he is unbalanced.
This is the secret of the great atten-
ton that is paid to what he says.
The people are uneasy They want to
know what he will be up to next.
The lack of balance which Is
charged against the President as his
prime fault as a statesman-his prime
faults as an individual seem to be his
vanity and overbearing disposition
is shown by his policy in the
Philippines and his domestic policy
as to the trusts. As to the Philip
pines, both in his message to Congress
and in all his addresses, including that
delivered at Pittsburg on the Fourth
OF July, there is pronounced uncer-
tainty. He would hold them and he
would let them go. So as to the
atrocities in the Philippines, he will
punish the offenders and yet he ex-
been committed and yet he severely
condemns any one who dares to think
that such is the case. So as to the
trusts, the President does not seem TO
know what to do He praises them
and their makers, urges lenient
treatment for them and a fuller an
probation Of their public utility, and
then he orders the prosecution of some
of them with apparent yigor and
treats the others "delicately." as he
said in his message to Congress all
of them would be treated. The flag
was to stay put" without quali6-
cation and yet he ordered it hauled
down in Cuba and then congratulated
himself and the Cubans and American
people.
This is the reason the people study
the public addresses of President
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
rh. v4srmtt Crab.

Gently crack the shell OF the wheik,
for YOU viii find it almost impossible to
extract the occupant alive otherwise,
md you will see what you may be par
doucd for supposng miniature Iob-
stcr but which in reality belongs to an
u1hcr distinct species namely, the her.
nit crab. Pagurus bernhardus. Wheth-
or he has obtained occupancy by force
Of arms or merely through deccase OF
the original tenant Is moot point, but
the first supposition is highly probable,
as he is Il most beligerent little Gus
toner
An amusing scene may be witnessed
by placing several hermit crabs depriV-
cd of their shells In an ordinary soup
plate. with a little sea water and some
empty shells fewer shells than crabs
The fighting and struggling to secure
houses is ludicrous in the extreme. One
NAV be seen almost successful in moor
ing himself within shell, which, by
the way, is effected by means of the
shelly plates at the extremity OF his
soft and twisted tail, when another
seizcs him by the nape OF the neck. as
It were, and he is dragged reluctantly
forth. The evicter still holds him strug-
Cling at claws length. and not until he
himself is safely ensconccd does he re-
linQuish his grasp.-Chambers Journal.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
we Grew ola In Pieces.

The general impression IN that the
body grows old uniformly. From birth
I'LL the age of twenty-five II grows In
sixe and weight, from twenty-fiv 20
ffty II remains stationary. and from
that period 1t decays. Observations of
expert Psychologists show us that this
impression is not a correct one.
Each organ begins TO age lndepend-
entity, each has Its period for the
change. and These periods differ with
:he various organs and do not take
place coincidently. as we may hare
supposed. The body attaihs it's great
est size during the third decade and
remains in about the same condition
during the fourth and fifth decades.
that Is true. but the brain reaches its
greatest size In the second decade. the
kidneys reach their maximum size dur
ing the third decade, the muscles. skel-
eton and intestines during the fifth. the
heart and lu.igs in the eighth decade.
Increase or decrease in ths size or
weight OF the body consequently is
not due to simultaneous increase or de-
crease In all Its parts.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
A Boek sanmser's w@wwy.

The worry Of finding that book 10
Incomplete IL often TO be expected.
Often most respectable looking books
have page missing somewhere. One
cannot trust even folio that has been
connected with religious houses all It's
life 1t may be invincibiy bound In the
strongest calf: 1t may have passed all
its quiet. unread days behind glass and
be as clean as on the day ON which is
was issued. and yet page 34l may have
Vanished.
belief In the devil and for this reason: ::
He said that he could hardly count the
imperfect books by which be had been
uiisletl In his time. and In nearly every
case these books had highly respect
able past. They bad grown me..ow in
monasteries or had been carefully tend
ed In great libraries, where they were
never touched except 10 be busted. IL
seemed morally impossible that harm
could have come to these books. and
yet each one had Il page missing some
where. Therefore he was reluctantly
forced TO the conclusion that the devil
was In L. He supposed that when tho
devil was In need Of more quotations
he distracted a page from some little
read book. choosing II both In order
that he might obtain reputation for
wisdom and also that be might not be
found out.
We do not uphold this theory. but We
do recommend the book hunter. 20 far
as possible. TO collate every BOOK or
aUy importance which he may con-
>emplate buying ng.-Macmillan's Maya
zine
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

The Cear'p smuMDO2.

Cxar Paul's snuffbox was MS sacrai
as the imperial crown Itself. No ors
was allowed to touch II. Kapioff wa
gered that he would take pinch on
of II. One morning he walked up To
the table which stood near the bed on
which the czar still reclined and boldly
took from IL the majestic snufrboY.
Opening it noisily. he inserted his fn-
gers, and while Paul /. was watching
him In stupefaction at such audacitT
be shifted up the fragrant powder with
evident satisfaction.
what are you doing there. You
roguey" exclaimed the czar excltedly.
Having a pinch of SNUFF. sire.
have now been on duty for eight hours,
and, feeling drowsy. thought II
would keep me awake, for ! wouiG
rather break the rules OF etiquette
than neglect my duty"
Paul burst out laughing and merely
replied
That's right enough, my lad. but Az
the snuffbox is not large enough for
both of us you can keep II for your
self"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
A RIVER OF LAND.
Aatonisbing Amount Of Earth T@~s
Flaws Down the Misaissippt.

Flows Down the MAbAtsbtpPAs
"The capacity of the Mississippi Tor
filling up canals and old channels IL
something awful" says John Swain IN
Ainsiees. Government engineers have
found that the amount OF solid matter
annually carried past Vicksburg In sus-
pension Is enough TO make block OF
earth 300 feet high and mile square
Fifty feet off the top Of this is spreac
around on the valley between here ano
the sea, and the rest goes out into the
gulf OF Mexico to build up more cont
nent.
"Thnk what that means. Instead OF
a river OF water this is river OF land
1t would make solid stream or earth
FIVE feet deep and nine feet wide, now
Ing night and day as fast as man car
walk, four miles an hour, all sliding
down off the northern half OF the coun-
try toward the sea. Year in, year out.
that endless line OF earth goes on. II
would take force OF more than 10000
men working In eight hour shifts to
throw the dirt into the stream, suppos.
ing the river bed were rigid and an in
cxhaustible supply of dirt on the bank.
1t would make 95.0O0,000 wagon loads
every year.
But here-what are the use OF such
figures? Below Vicksburg-and above
it, too, to an ,axtent-we have the earth
itself to speak for 1t. Except for the
occasional fragments OF the line OF
bluffs along the eastern edge below
here which bob up at Fort Adams, at
Natchez, at Grand Gulf. at Baton
Rouge, at Port Hudson. there Is moth
ing about the level OF the high water
river except the artificial levees. There
are In places miles back. great earthep
banks, sometimes thirty feet high os
more. sodded and free from trees,
which protect the wonderfully fertile
region behind them.
"And all this level country which
the river overfows and fertillzes IL
constantly Increased by this river OF
from the inner region. gathered all the
way from the Rockies 10 the Allegba.
nIes Sometimes the river starts to eat
away this Land that IL has made. In
single summer. IL it will. 1t eats away
half mile Of II out of some bend. II
cuts 1t out sometimes an acre at o
bite and takes with 1t forests. houses.
levees and all else.
The river Is not a uniformly movins
stream. One side on the middle moves
swiftly; the other parts are still o.
sluggish, Sometimes even these ruH
up stream. The swift part to the chan
mel current and runs ID the deepest sec
tons. 1t makes crossings whenevei
driven of shore by promontory.
These crossings are dumping places
for the surplus earth the river has
picked up In the bend Il 10 eating"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
No Chnnce For Hin.

"Now that we are engaged" said the
fair young thing, Il will tell you that I
do not fear mice"
That is nice. said the prospective
groom.
And" continued the fiancee. II can
drive nails without hitting my thumb,
and know how to use a paper cutter
without running book, and | can add
row Of figures without making a sep
arate sum for each consecutive figure.
and can build n fire, and l can tell
when picture is hung straight on the
wall"
Here the man drew himself I'D with
much dignity and sorrow and cried:
Then cannot marry you alas"
"Why| gasped the girl.
What prospect is there for my ever
being. able to demonstrate the superior.
ity OF man over woman il / marry
woman who possesses such traits of
character as your Baltimore Amer.
lean.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
we canary Ia q Little fiR.

The canary is aiways regarded as o
small eater, just as the pig is notorious
for it's gluttony. People with small APP
petites are often twitted for not eating
mora than enough TO feed canary.
aud this led man who was tiny eat
er TO watch the yellow bird and report.
He found that canary that weighed
247 grains ate just thlrty-two times its
own weight In a month; that is, 1t .ate
rather more than its own weight on an
average every day. Anyone who watch
es the little bird will notice that it IL al.
ways eating. Nav. says the investiga-
tor. a pig doesn't eat its own weight ev-
cry day. glutton as 1t is. Hence be
thinks that the canary deserves to be
classed as a little pig.-Lond0n An
swers.'
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
The Tw0.0rnhmmm.

Two little girls leaned over the fence
that incIoses the playground Of the Lit
tie Wanderers home. says The Chris
tan Register.
'Oh. N.Y. said one. Don't they
have a good time? If should be an
orphan, | am coming here"
oh" said the other. the one at Rox-
bury is ever so much better. would
so there IL We're an orphan"
Il wouldn't" replied little girl No. 1.
''cause In this one Id be near papa
and mamma"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
Have Courage.

You must have courage. my boy. No
matter what band Of circumstances ar
ray themselves against you, II your
purpose is right you will succeed. Life
is a beautiful thing. The chance to
fight is great blessing. No matter
how hard the situation may seem, keep
ION doing right, bravely face the future.
Set your standard high, work and wait,
be patient and thankful. aud you will
win. You may never be rich as the
world goes-not rich in money or rich
In power-but you may be rich In the
knowledge OF the truth that you have
made the best OF your chance to be
man. Don't set your standard by the
men who have achieved great wealth.
That is nothing compared to the riches
that belong to him who has struggled
TO enlarge and ennoble the circle OF
life In which he is cast-Schoolmaster
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

Those who remember that Henry
Watterson predicted the campaign Of
1852. if Cleveland We're made the can
didGte. would be like walking through
a slaughter house into an open grave,
needn't worry over his predictions
now. Watterson ought to support the
Democratic party in at least one Pres
idcntial campaign before he resumes his
old place as adviser n-chief. He was
an assistant Republican in 1896 and
1900
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
varioaa styles Of maird d..--.-.-..


The various styles Of hairdressing uu-
der Louis XVI. were known as the cas-
cade of st. Cloud, the windmill. the
sheep and lambs. the hen and chickens,
the dog and hare, the peal of bells. the
milkmaid. the bob wig. the bother, the
kerchief the oriental. the Circassian,
Minerals helmet. the crescent, tbs
enigma. the desire to please. the turned
up calash, the treasurer OF the age, the
frivolous bather, the rat. the drunken
monkey and the lovers snare. the last
named consisting of mass OF curls
covered with powder, particles OF
which, deposited on the coat or Shout
ders Of gentleman. indicated the
previous whereabouts Of the lady's
head.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

Roosevelt. In the expressive Ian
guage OF the street they want 70
know where he is at, and they can't
make out. Momentous domestic and
foreign problems are pressing on us for
solution We are steering an unknown
course in an unknown sea, The man at
the helm is erratic. We are going zig
zag. That is why the people are keep
ing an eye on him. At the first OPP
portunity they will take the wheel
away from him for he doesn't know
how TO steer.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

maintained and fostered by the trusts.
Instead of responding to the Phoenix
Republicans plea for effective anti
trust legislation the next session Of
Congress will devote its energies 70
putting the infamous ship subsidy steal
ON the statute books. Hanna is more
powerful than Roosevelt, and Hanna is
the accredited agent of the trusts is
we'll as the boss of the Republican
party. The Phoenix organ need have
no fear of a poverty of issues during
the next campaign.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
Ran wishout Legs,

A certain congressman has a smart
granddaughter. whose clever sayings
are the delight OF her parents. The 9th
er day she came to her grandfather
With her face a II smiles.
Ora ndpa." she said. II saw some
thing This morning running across the
kitchen fioor without any legs, What
do think il was
Mr.. Congressman studied for awhile
aud gave Up. What was IT," he asked.
Water" said the youngster irium.
phantly. ST. Louis Post Dispatch. d.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
The Belief In q Devil.

A maidseryant belonging to one or
The women's colleges had been out
with her lover without leave from her
mistress and was returning late along
my road, at the top of which lived the
lamented Professor Nettleship. Now.
the latter had large yellow dog that
took the usual canine delight in seeing
cats scatter and fee, and. the better TO
pounce on them when they were
stealthily crossing the street, he would
perch himself on the top of the pro-
fessor's garden wall, surrounded and
half hidden In the foliage. AS the tru-
ant maidservant passed beneath him
he caught sight of cat in the middle
OF the road and. making a spring at 1t.
collided with her and knocked her
down She picked herself up aud ran
screaming home. almost mad with ter
ror. because. as she said. the devil had
jumped on her back and thrown her
down.-~International Monthly.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
A had BNwinnlUw

Il have known better days, lady"
began Faded James.
"Yes. its a wretched morning" re-
piled the farmers wife. "but I've got
no time 10 discuss the weather with
you, bad as it is" And she shut the
door and left him. m.-Philadelphia Bulle.
tin
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

II political clubs are for the propaga
'Ioi OF party principles and not Joint
STOCK concerns for the political aggran-
"lS'm'ht of their members. we woula
IIN" to know what objection there is 10
the kid Republicans of Tucson meeting
occasionally and listening to the musi,
Oh 'hFir own bazoos? 1t would he
'rucI to curb the amusement of the
h:hS, especially as their entertain
mont is harmless and on the whole
t'hGIns t" promote the gaiety of th..
oi town
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

1t is said the real cause OF Bailey S
attack on his brother Senator was too
much beverage. How is that Senator:
Arizona Star.
A cowardly, malignant and in
famous insinuation. Joseph Weldon
Bailey is small in nothing. He mas
not even small vices. He neither
drinks liquor nor smokes tobacco. He
would perhaps be happier at times If
he did both in moderation. But
there is a puritanical strain in him,
inherited no doubt from a Massachu-
setts grandfather His only lapse from
Democracy was when he advocated
prohibition in Texas in 1887.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
LET THE CITIzEN FOLLOW you.

Parties leaving for the coast or other
resorts for the summer months can
have The Citizen mailed to their adj
dress at the same price at which 1t Is
delivered by carrier. Leave address at
The Citizen business office, corner
Stone avenue and Broadway, or tele-
phone Main III.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
who Sir Roger de coverIey was.

Sir Roger de Coverley was the name
of a member of the imaginary club Of
twelve under whose direction Addi.
sons Spectator was professedly pub
llshed, He was an old school. bluff,
good hearted and simple English gen
tleman. The dance named after him IL
an English contra dance corresponding
somewhat to the Virginia reel.