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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-15
Lonetree.

APR. 12.-In memory of Catha'
rine G. Strickling who was born In
Monroe county, Ohio, December 10
1s49. died In same county and State
March 81, 1908. of pneumonia and
blood poison. She was daughter
of the late William and Latella B,
Maxwell, of Next P. O., Tyler
county. She was married to Jacob
Strlckling, Aug. 2, 1872, from this
union there were FIVE girls and one
son, Zone daughter dying In infancy.
She leaves a husband, one son and
four daughters to mourn her loss(all
grown). She was a sufferer from
bone erysipelas of the left arm since
1oyears old. She bore her Affections
with fortitude. She was Jealous
member of the Christian church
for nearly 40 years and she died as
she had lived, trusting In the Lord
who never said seek ye my face
In VAIN.
After very impressive sermon
by Rev Harper, of the Christian
church, her remains were laid to
rest In the old family cemetery on
the Barber Ridge, there to await
the day for which all other days
were made. A Friend.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-15

M. NJ. Austin, of Winchester,
Ind, knew what to do In the hour OF
need. His wife had such an I'M.
usual case of stomach and liver
troubles, physicians could not help
her. He thought of and tried DR..
Kings New Life Pills and she got
relief at once and was finally cured.
Only IS cents at D A. Hender-
shots drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-15
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
One-way CoIonist Rates to the,.West.

One-way CoIonist Rates to the. West.
Tickets on sale daily until April
aoth, 1908, inclusive, at all ticket
Offices of the Baltimore & Ohio R.
R. to points In Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Mexico, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming and British Columbia, at
greatly reduced rates.
For full information call at ticket
Offices Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Apr. 90
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-15
Little.

i e~lSstSe
G. w. Hess has been away on
business here of late.
E. A. Danser attended county
court last week on business.
E. w. Virdeu and wife are visit
Ing the latter's parents at present.
The better class of Little metand
organized Sunday school last Sun
day.
B, L. Bullman Is nursing very
sore arm lately. caused by the small
pox scare.
E. A. Danser attended the sale
Saturday, looking after the moving
machine trade.
W. W. Virden was a business
caller at Sanford Flanagan's last
Sunday evening.
Miss DAME Knowlton was at
home last week; she returned to
Mr.. Wells Sunday.
John Gregg and wife have re-
turned home from a weeks visit
with friends In Ohio.
c. Baker has been away from
home on business for few days,
but will return soon.
D. W. Virden has returned home
after weeks visit with friends at
Reader and Sistersville.
Charley Smith and Clark Flesher
stayed at the Lady House Wednes
day night of last week. They were
loaded for Wick.
F. o. Knowlton, J. B. and D. M.
Danser attended the sale Saturday
at the Michaels farm, near the head
of Little Buffalo.
Thomas Nally Is the father of a
fine big boy these days and the con-
sequences are that all of the boys
have 10 stand around.
Misses Annie Flesher and Ethel
lGorrell were business visitors In
our town Friday and took In the
school entertainment at night.
Miss Leila Knowlton was visit
ling her brother Fred last week.
She was also helping with the en-
tertainment at the close of her
brother Calvin's school.
The Little school closed Friday
with several In attendance. 1t was
a beautiful day and all seemed to
enjoy themselves, but the teacher,
c. M. Knowlton. He, like all other
teachers who take an interest In
their school, hated to bid farewell.
Prof. J. L Nissan made quite an
interesting speech of one half hour,
which was very much appreciated
by all present, after which, Prof.
Knowlton treated the school to
candy and the audience to some
select reading and several declama
lions, after which he made his val.
edictory address and bid all hap
py and hearty good bye, and ad
turned to meet at seven In the eve
ming to hold their free public enter.
tainment which they did, that did
more than justice to their time of
preparation, they only practiced the
most of the pieces two or three
days and there were but few out
side of the school, but they did fine
and all present seemed 10 be we'll
pleased. They had fine order con-
sidering the crowded house. Prof
Knowlton wishes to thank all for
their help and presence at the en-
tertainment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

The satisfaction to be found * tobacco
IL no doubt rather soothing than ;stimulat-
Ing. And yet one statesman OF bote owed
his life to cigar. This was GUszot who
was probably a better historian than poll
tfcian.
He was strolling In the public gardens in
Paris one day when he observsd an III
looking fellow ehadowing him. He sat
down on bench, and his persistent follow
er seated himself there also. allSth time
watching him with threatening Fair. The
historian was not troubled. He pulled q
cigar out of his pocket and Lighted IL. At
that action the strange man Srose and
muttered that he had been mistaken, as
the scoundrel he meant to kill did not
smoke. The historian was coSside bly,
puzzled by this occurrence until fse learned
several days afterwards that .man an
swering the description OF the fellow who
had followed him had been arresSed for a
m murder assault on a public Official.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
The Marion Trusf Co.
n. E. Cor. Monument Place and e. Markef 81.
Hours 8 TO 4. Closed Saturday Afternoon.

position In the fog with comparative ac-
curacy.
For fishing vessels ball receiver has
more delicate intonations aboard a Steel
vessel. The value OF the apparatus was put
to good test recently when thu steamer
James 6. Whitney was approaching the
Boston lightship on her return from New
York. The lighthouse was obsEured by
rain and fog. Thanks to the signal appa-
ratus, the captain Immediately Heard the
bell and got his direction. 1t wasi not until
five minutes after that he heard She light
ships whistle for the first time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
Gen. Young Favors the Canteen.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2--Although he
has held his office for only a few months,
Lieut.. Gen. Young, chief Of staff, has made
a report to the secretary of war. 1t is said
for the most part to be a compilation of
recommendations made by subordinate off,
GERS. General Young urges the re-establish-
ment of the canteen. Regarding the gen.
eral staff system, he says: 1.-The experience
gained during this short period does not af-
ford sufficient basis for an exhaustive dis
cussion Of the merits of the system, which
should be deferred until experience in its
actual administration has extended over a
greater period. In the results thus far at
tanned the wisdom of the authorities in
promoting this measure seems fully justi
cd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
Signalling Under Water.
Golfers Weekly.

COiuerS weekly.
The cause of three-fourths Of the ship
wrecks and loss OF life at sea seems about
to be removed. 1t Is not a wire or even
the air, but the water this time that Is used
to transmit sound vibrations. For some
weeks there has been installed on the
steamers of the Metropolitan Company of
Boston. an apparatus which may yet make
IL possible for the vessel beating about the
coast in q storm to know where the rocks
and shoals are when the fog will not per-
NIT the light to be seen and the noise OF
the winds drown the sound of the bell-buoy
or the siren: for a battleship TO know OF the
approach OF a submarine and a fishing
smack of the approach OF a liner or the
banks Of Newfoundland.
The apparatus Is extremely simple. II
amounts to nothing more or less than ring
ing q bell under water. which the pilot or
captain can hear telephonically. Screwed
on both sides OF the vessels hull are two
receivers. which are connected by wires
with the wheelhouse These receive the
vibrations from the bell hanging In the
water on the side of the lightship. The
navigator has only to put the earpiece to
his ear and ascertain on which side the
vibrations are the louder In order TO know
the direction Of the lighthouse aid his own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
FOREIGN MOTORMEN.
American-Born Men Won't Work Long
for Wages Paid.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
In order to obtain able bodied motormen
capable of standing the nerve racking
strain of operating trolley cars in this city
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company
has asked William Williams, Commissioner
of Immigration, to inform young Irishmen.
Englishmen or Swedes who speak the Eng
lish language that positions as motormen
grants who land upon these shores and who
prefer city life to tilling virgin soil in the
West are requested to present themselves
at the offices of the company: If they sat
isfy the appointment clerk that they are
qualified TO handle the brake and controller
they are promised places at 500 per day
for the first year and a gradual increase
thereafter. Special emphasis is laid upon
the fact that no political influence is need
ed and the fact that the applicant is not a
citizen will not bar him from becoming a
Metropolitan employe.
Oren Root, manager of the Metropolitan
system, in a letter to Commissioner Will
liams, said:
This company is having difficulty in OBJ
tanning the right sort of men for the posi-
ton of motormen, and we are DESTROYS IL
possible, of bringing to the attention of the
English Irish and English speaking Swed-
ish immigrants the fact that, If properly
qualified, they can obtain positions on the
surface roads of New York without any
delay or political influence. Applications in
person can be made any week day morn
ing at our appointment office. No. 76s Sew
enth avenue
Il will greatly appreciate anything which
you can do TO facilitate the giving out of
this information among the class of immi-
grants / have mentioned.
Mr.. Root, when asked yesterday IL there
were not enough men already in this coun-
try to I'LL the vacancies on the Metropol-
itan lines said:
I'VE have about 1900 men In our employ
and we are constantly seeking to better
our force. 1 sent letter to Commissioner
Williams and I have sent similar letters
to other labor bureaus in order to remove
the impression that political influence is
necessary TO obtain work on our road. We
want good, strong men, such as young
fish. They make good motormen, and we
do not care where they stand politically"
At the car barns Of the Sixth avenue line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

Recent Discovery in Paris Of . New
Use for Electricity.

Use for Electricity.
London Telegraph.
Wine testing by telephone is the latest ap-
plicati0n Of electricity in Paris. Unscrupu-
lous vendors will not bless M. Maneuvrier,
assistant director of the Laboratory of Re-
searches Of the Paris Faculty Of Sciences
He has just discovered an infallible method
of ascertaining by the use OF the new tele-
phone how much a given quantity OF wine
has been watered. The principle on which
bility of different liquids, notably OF wine
and water. The originality Of NJ. Maneu-
vrier's ingenious application Is in his use Of
the telephone to determine to what degree
the liquid under observation Is a conductor.
He has constructed an apparatus which
achieves this object satisfactorily and ac-
set down in tabular form the results of vari-
Gus necessary calculations made by NJ.
Maneuvrier for the purpose, an operator
with the telephone can easily and in q short
while find out the exact proportion OF water
in the wine which he IL testing, whereas the
chemical analysis processes hitherto en-
ployed are lengthy laborious and costly.
sells, one containing wine known TO be pure,
the other the same quantity of the wine TO
be tested. are placed on an instrument out
phone IL In contact with both liquids. IL the
sample Of wine under observation is as pure
the standard used for comparison, no
sound Is heard; II, on the contrary, Ii con-
tains water. the tell tale telephone speaks"
and the greater the proportion OF water the
louder the instrument complains A dial on
which a number Of figures are marked Is
connected with the telephone. To ascertain
the proportion Of water in the wine tested
the operator moves hand on the dial until
the telephone. which has been speaking
all this time, relapses into silence. The hand
has thus been brought to q certain figure on
the dial. This number 10 then looked up in a
chart which the Ingenious and painstaking
inventor has drawn up. and corresponding
to 1t IL found indicated the exact proportion
OF water contained In the quantity OF wine.
M. ManeuvrieTs remarkable invention can.
he says, be easily applied to the testing Of
many other liquids and even solids. which
may be adulterated by the addition of for
eign matter possessing conductibility Diff
ferent to that Of the original substance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
COUNTRY PARSONS VIEW.
No Race Suicide Among Farmers He
Declares.
Boston Advertiser.

Boston Advertiser.
Crowded cities cause many men to lead
life of single blessedness; the loneliness
of the country drives men to matrimony.
There is no race suicide in the country"
said the Rev. ]. N. Pardee, of Sutton, in
his address on 1.-THE Country Town as a
Country Parson Sees IT. at the monthly
meeting of the Unitarian Club.
Great changes have taken place in the
country during the last forty years, and
recent literature bearing on rural life does
not show these changes. Dramatists and
story writers are forced to resurrect the
old figures and dialect which sleep in the
graveyard of memory.
1.-THE great changes wrought by new in
ventions, and concentration of capital have
taken most of TIE young blood from the
country, but they have also taken the I'M
desirable proletariate, the loafer and vaga-
bond, and there are now no class dis
tinctions.
'sThe economic forces which have
changed the population have also changed
the agricultural system. Agricultural
products have increased In value a hun
dred fold. and the farmer of to-day is a
shrewd, energetic scientist progressive
with the new theories evolved in agri-
cultural institutions.
books, and the librarians claim that
readers call for books of information al
most exclusively.
artist as well as the practical business
man and fnancier. However he may look
outside, he Is no SLOUGH inside.
Home conditions are materially i'm
proved. The farmers wife is not slave
and a drudge, the girls are educated, and
the boys, If they show capability in making
use of their opportunities, sent to col
lege to make themselves what they will.
Old customs have decayed, and refinement
is everywhere seen.
1.-The country schools have been i'm
proved, so that they are now in a position
to compete with the city schools along all
lines.
1.-The labor problem is not solved as yet.
Before the war there were plenty OF good
men for small wages, now there are only
unskilled men who demand high wages.
The country church is the center of In
tellectual and moral life In the community.
The minister is no longer a dogmatfc
ecclesiastic. but power. whose force is
as great as his personality will allow him
to be-
1.-The eccentric rustic is no more, but
any one staying in the country, who can
catch glimpses of real life, will find that
the heart Is still sound TO the core.
j. w. Stockwell, ex-secretary OF the Mas
sachusetts State Board of Agriculture, and
agent representing the State agricultural
exhibit at the st. Louis fair, made an in
teresting address, THE Country Town as
Seen by Farmer.
According to him the trusts and the I'M
equal taxation system are the only things
holding the country back to-day.
A new agricultural era Is beginning, and
with the improving of the schools, libra
ries and other country institutions, the
future is bright.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
Senate VIII Vote Dec. 1e.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-The Senate
committee on foreign relations to-day au-
thorized a favorable report on the bill Civ
ing effect to the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
The Republican and Democratic leaders of
the Senate were in conference much of the
time to-day over the question Of fixing a
time for a vote on the Cuban reciprocity
bill, and, so far as they were empowered to
do so, entered into an agreement to take
the final vote on Dec It, or a little more
than week after the converting of the reg
ular session of Congress. There was no OPP
portunity to consult some of the Demo-
cratic senator's who desire to speak on the
bill, but it is not doubted that they will as
sent to the ARRANGEMENT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
II Sahara Were n Sea.
London Answers.

French engineers have declared 1t is per-
fectly feasible to convert the desert of
Sahara into a vast lake. thus opening to
commerce great regions OF the interior of
Africa, which can now only be reached by
long. tedious and dangerous caravan jour
neys. They say that large portion of the
desert lies below the level of the Atlantic,
and that by digging a canal to let in the
waters Of the ocean the great change could
be effected easily and at cost which
would be small compared to the benefits
which would accrue.
Ii the whole desert lay below the level
of the Atlantic the flooding of il would
create a sea more than four times big
as. the Mediterranean; but as the Sahara is
composed of elevated plateaus. mountain
ranges and depressions, only a part would
be covered with water when the waves of
the ocean were let in and the new sea thus
formed would be irregular body of
water, probably OF about the same size
the Mediterranean. Great commercial cities
would at once spring up on its shores and
trade and civilization strike at once to the
heart of Africa The sea of Sahara may
never become a reality, but, in any event,
1t Is a gigantic and pleasing dream
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
For Drunkenness. on Duty.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-The Navy De-
partment is informed that Lieut.. G. L. P.
Stone, of the navy, attached to the monitor
Wyoming on ahe Pacific station, was con-
victed by court-martial of drunkenness on
duty and sentenced to lose ten numbers in
his grade and to be publicly reprimanded
by the secretary of the navy. Rear Adj
miral Glass, in reviewing the proceedings,
said that he did not regard the sentence
awarded as adequate to the offense COM
mitted by Lieutenant Stone, but approved
the sentence lin order that the officer might
not entirely escape punishment for his very
serious offence" The secretary Of the navy
has ordered the publication of the proceed
ings, findings and sentence in this case. to-
gether with the remarks of Admiral Glass,
as compliance with that portion of the
sentence calling for reprimand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

New York Commercial.

Since wit and humor were so long asso-
ciated with the speakers Office Speaker-to-
be Cannon will be expected TO say many
funny things. His humor is not of the
same sort that caused thousands of stories
to be told OF Thomas b. Reed. but Cannon
already has a fine record as the author
OF dry" sayings. The latest is about his
house-for Speaker Cannon will occupy a
private residence this winter. Somebody
remarked TO him the other day that it
was a good thing TO live In ones own house.
wal yes, IL is" was the reply, in a
drawl not unlike that OF the late Mr.. Reed.
1T isn't such a fine house, though. It's
mp here on Vermont avenue, half way be-
tween wealth and poverty"
Mr.. Cannons description OF the locality
was strictly correct. He will live In a
neighborhood that is neither plebeian as
Northeast Washington nor ultra-fash-
ionabe as Connecticut and Massachusetts
avenues and Washington Heights.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

in isthmian and South American waters
have convinced the Washington government
of the necessity of increasing its mosquito
fleet. The matter has been called by the
State Department to the attention of the
Navy Department. and Secretary Moody.
after a careful study of the subject, has de-
cided to recommend to Congress In his
annual report that an adequate number of
these vessels, probably not fewer than six,
shall be authorized. These boats will be of
the Nashville type, with certain modifca-
tons They will be of about 1000 tons dis
placement, and will cost about $4,000 each.
They will be especially useful In the waters
Of the southern American republics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

at Fiftieth street, several motormen and
conductors said last night that the long
hours required by the trip system and the
small pay, compared with the cost Of liv-
ing, caused many men to quit the company
before they had been with It one year.
1T often requires from twelve to thir-
teen hours to do ten hours work, for which
conductor is paid 81 and a motorman
$500" said one conductor.
Single men may struggle along in New
York on $l4 a week. but a man with g
family would starve. The company is hard
pressed for men, simply because so many
of its old men quit and 90 to other cities,
where the pay is just about the same and
living is cheaper"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
ENTITLED TO S12 A MONTH.


WASHINGTON, Nov. H.-Commissoner
of Pensions Ware has decided that the
Mexican war veterans who are on the rolls
at s. a month are entitled to an increase to
sl2 month, despite a conflict of declara-
tions as to what constitutes the sixty days
service required of these veterans The
Pension Bureau during the eighties issued
pensions at S. each a month on the con-
struction that the time OF the homeward
travel after discharge was to be included in
the sixty-day requirement Former secre-
tary of the interior subsequently held that
travel time is not part of the service but
Congress at the last session pensioned at
sl2 those then ION the rolls at S." on ac-
count of the Mexican war. Commissioner
Ware has now decided that. despite the de-
partmental construction, the act of Con-
gress makes ii obligatory to increase the
pensions of those already on the rolls IRE
spective of any faultiness in the original
action of this bureau in granting pensions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
Clerk Bacon Removed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Frank Bacon.
clerk in the city postoffice. who signed
an affidavit making charges against sew
eral officials in connection with the case
of Louis Kempner, the recently dismissed
chief of the registry division of the Post
office Department, has been removed by
order of the postmaster general. Bacon
charged that Chief Inspector Cochran and
other officials smuggled cigars through the
mails without paying duty. His case has
been before the postmaster general for some
time and the charge he made, not being
sustained, was recommended for dismissal.