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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
Gle Ntp pominion.
Wednesday, December Q, 1908.
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STRANGE to say, the farmer never
calls In a cora doctor when bis corn
2 crop is threatened.
SOME men are sad because they can
not get out Of debt, and some men are
hopping mad because they cannot get
in.
COLD weather has made differ
ence in travel on the trolley line.
There is much less than in the fall
when the weather was warm.
EVERY body delights in looking at
beautiful show windows The win
dows OF the Acme are attracting lots
of attention just non.
The board of editors of the Mon
ticola held meeting Saturday after
noon and selected editors for the
different departments and divided
the labor.
EVERYTHING entirely new this Sea-
sou with Gorton's Famous Minstrels
sweet singing, great dancing special
ties, big novelty features; seen only
with Gorton's De-. 10th.
DO NOT forget the big bazaar to be
held by the Ladies Aid Society OF the
Episcopal church in the Dering build
ing December 8. A large variety OF
desirable articles will be offered for
sale.
The pleasant winter weather so
far has been very favorable for out
door work and the opportunity has
been improved by many. Among
other things q number of buildings
have been under way and fairly good
progress has been made
The Presbyterian church, a.
80 years consideration, has sctt II
the negro question as far as that
church is concerned. 1t has deaid,
to recognize negro PresbS tera
menters The same as white memheis
BY this action II, 600 negroes neconn
memhets in common, and there WI
be no distinctive African PresbY
ter,an church.
HERE are now seven pris oners
the county jan on more or les
serious eha'g biite Host Coit|
seldom has mole regnlar hoardei s
than this TIL aQh ; AID then two
or three "tfce Sc nests" are il
for logging nd bfeaaia-t.
WIEN d. 3, Purihtoa, Of be West
Virginia university, ',etures at The
Court Theatre this evening he will
be greeted by one Of the largest au
dienees that has ever been in that
house When the tickets were of
tered this morning there WAS an
overwhelming demand for them
Every seat in the house was taken
in few hours, and row was given
down each of the aisles.-W Wheeling
Telegraph.
In the crowd of people which fol
lowed Boone about the streets the
other day, young engineer well
known about town, was "touched,"
for his watch. He missed it Just
alter he re membered of being closely
pressed in the crowd. The watch
was very valuable one, besides be-
ing a keepsake. The owner discov-
cred after "a hours of misery, that
the watch had been taken by
friend in the crowd as joke. The
victim failed to see the fun in the
transaction.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
T. N. Il. INITIATION.
Six new Members Taken Into Order.
BANQUET at Cafe kaszer.


The Theta M Epsilon fraternity
held an initiation and banquet Satur-
day night and six new members were
taken into this popular Intercollegiate
society. The principal part of the
initiatoTy exercises was held in the
lodge room in the Second National
Bank building, but the candidates
were taken out for lutte run about
the town ana were given an opportu-
nifty to show their social accomplish
ments at the dance in the Dering
building. The initiates were Pritch-
ard, Washington, Simmons, Burt,
Young and Byrer.
A banquet was held at Cafe Kaszee
Messrs. Kunkle, Burton, Marshall,
Fleming, Washington, Seamon Sim
mons, Wiley and others made happy
responses to toasts. Mr.. Cornell, of
Purdue University, f. M. Lardin, OF
Uniontown, Messrs. Moore, Morris and
Fleming of Falrmont, were out of
town It. N, Els. hele for the ceremo-
MES.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09

ONLY one man in the 1908 Michi-
gan eleven is ineligible to play next
year. Captain Redden has played his
four years. The impression among
the student body that Maddox is
playing his last year is an error. 1t
is idle to predict whether one of the
other four veterans Of this year will
return, except the man elected cap
tain. Two Of Michigans stars had
drawn upa written business contract
which would have taken them away
from college for good this fall, when
Yost, after half an hours talk with
the men, changed their minds. This
lis quality OF Yost--an element in
his succesa
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09

THIS is the last week OF recitations be-
fore the examinations which close the
fall term, and there is very noticca
BILE increase in the devotion TO stadY
on the part of many students heretQs
fore familiar figures on the streets az
all hours.
BARN robes and smoking Jackets
at Hirschman's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
Bad Fight at Kiyesyille

RIvEsvILLE. w. Va, Dec. S.-A
family QUARREL resulted in fierce
fight here on Saturday night in which
one man, a keeper of church, was
badly beaten up by another who is
said to have been armed with a stone.
The injured man is to 20 to Fair
mont to secure warrants for the arrest
of his assailant.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
New Management.

SIoker and Fisher have bought
the Mcclure restaurant opposite
the Wallace House and will give
you first class meal for 25 cents.
They also make speciality of short
orders and serve oysters in every
style. Game and fish orders in
season served in the choicest man
ner Also fine line of candies,
tobies and tobaccos,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
Sigma CHS Initiate.

The Sigma Chi fraternity held an
initiation Saturday and students
Graham and Hart were made mem
bers of the well known Greek letter
society. After the initiatory cere-
monies the Greeks met at McClure's
restaurant and enjoyed spread"
together. chip Lewis, Of Clarks-
burg, was an alumnus of the chapter
present
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
Deaths.

BRAND--James E. Brand, an old
and we'll known citizen Of this
county died at his home at Easton on
Sunday, December 9Th, aged 81 years.
The cause OF his demise was the
weakness incident to age. Deceased
was a nptive of this county and had
spent his long life here. His wife
preceded him to the grave about six
months. Deceased had been a MEM
Der of the Presbyterian church for
years and died full of hope. The fu-
neral will be held from his late home
on Tuesday at ] l A. NJ. conducted by
Rev. o. f. Fowler and Rev. U. W.
Morrison. Mr.. Brand was widely
known and universally esteemed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09

On Saturday December 18th, the
Acme viii hold special sale for the
benefit Of the University Athletic
Association. On that date ten per
cent Of the entire total sales will be
given to the Association. Every
friend of athletics should attend
this sale and tell their friends about
il
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
Col. Frazer Made Address.

An immense gathering attended
the memorial services Of Connells-
vile Elks in the Colonial Theatre
Sunday afternoon. Col. J. c. Frazer
Of Morgantown delivered the general
eulogy, and Hon. Curtis ii. Gregg,
president CT the Greensburg City
Council, delivered the memorial
eulogy,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
fortunes IN Fruit.

MARTINsBURG, W. Va, Dec. Tt
is estimated that the apple crop of
Berkeley county, West Virginia,
alone this season brought il $780,
600. In Hampshire county, West
Virginia this season, the Pancake
family alone made $4,000 out Of
peaches.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
HOW BUY CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Start EARLY, Take Plenty of Time to
Study Values and adapt Your Gifts
to the Receiver.

to the Receiver.
Quite good many persons put of
their Christmas buying until day
or two before Christmas and then
rush into the stores that are crowd
ed and attempt to make their pur-
chases in an hour or two when it is
impossible to be waited on PROF erly.
A good plan is to visit The stores
where you expect to buy and take a
thorough look at the goods in stock
then take time to think over what
you have seen End to whom the
different articles would be accept.
able. You can then make your
purchases with pleasure and salts
faction.
In the early part of the Holiday
Season the chances are that the
clerks can give you better attention
than they can later on in the rush.
The Acme reports that already
people are buying heavily at their
store and hundreds are visiting the
store and looking over goods. The
immense stock carried by this
popular st ore is sure TO please gift
seekers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-12-09
PROF. ARMSTRONG
GAVE ADDRESS.
Interesting Meeting Held by the
Teachers of Fairment District.

The Reading Circle composed of
the teachers of Fairmont independ-
ent district held a very interesting
meeting last Friday evening in the
High school chapel. A special fea-
ture of this meeting was an address
by Prof r. A. Armstrong, of the
State University. His remarks were
instructive and were given the best
of attention. Several different topics
were discussed by the local teachers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
A True Financier.

"The road to financial success says
Fulton banker, lis to ask little
more for everything you have to sell
than you think it is worth. / remem-
Der a few years ago that James Stew
ert of Millersburg came to town with
& mule to sell and tried all day to sell
it for $50 without finding anyone.
"He was about ready to go home
when along about shutdown fellow
walked up to where it was tied and
looked around it, threw his thumb
under it's lip and took peep at its
molars, and finally asked him what he
would take for it. Thinking it was
like the other chances he had encoun-
tered during the day, and that there
was no hope of sale, he asked the
man $3.50.
THE stranger walked around the
mule again and offered $145. But Jim
said he was determined to get his
price; the other man was stubborn
and said he wanted to 60 home, and il
that wouldn't buy it go he must.
Finally Jim concluded that he wanted
to go home, too, and with an air of
seeming reluctancy that was played to
perfection, he agreed to let the ami
NAL. go at $145. st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
get the plantations in working orde

to get the plantations in working order
again.
From Port Antonio comes sad
story. The town has practically been
wiped out. Buildings have been wreck
ed and damaged all over the place.
Not one escaped the hurricane. The
great wind smote big, strong houses;
smote them on the hill; smote them
down in the town; racked and smash
ed them, as the fall of book smashes
child's toy house. Vessels were
tossed about and driven ashore like
so many small boats. Some of them
put to sea; those which remained suf-
fered more or less severely.
Buildings that had stood the stress
of storms for years went down to des-
tructiOn in the path of the hurricane.
The damage to the town is extensive.
Some places have been completely
wrecked. Port MOrant was as badly
hit as Port Antonio. The United Fruit
company's great house alone stands
unchanged. Other buildings were
racked and battered and broken by
the storm. Of the fruit fields the same
story must be told. They went down
as though cut to the earth by ire
mendous scythe.
Only few weeks ago the island was
full of gladness; to-day the future
seems dark and dreary. No one can
fail to be touched to sorrow when he
reads of men and women weeping In
their utter helplessness of their desti-
tuition; no one will be surprised to
learn that strong men have been para
lyzed by blow so sudden and so ter
rible that it almost seems dream.
The whole situation is heart-breaking.
Not for twenty years has the island
suffered so terrible visitation.
The governor spoke gravely of the
disaster in the legislative council. ut
is difficult" said his excellency, ito
exaggerate this calamity. We have
with a suddenness almost dramatic
exchanged our position of hope and
our prospects Of prosperity for one
which. | fear, will be much the re-
verse" This is the sober truth. Jamai-
ca has suffered a serious setback and
suffered it just at the moment when
hope was at its highest. Her people
are once more called upon to make a
desperate struggle for daily bread.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16

air was filled with the grooming and
roaring of the wind which left destruc-
ton in its wake.
At a. m. the hurricane was as
fierce as ever Huge trees that had
withstood the stress of many storm
bent and broke in twain like match
sticks. Limbs of trees were snapped
off. and hurled through the air 1t was
impossible to go out of doors. In the
face of the laundering hurricane one
could hardly stand afoot for a minute.
At 5 a. m. the violence of the storm
was undated Buildings still rocked,
and every few minutes brought fresh
sounds of houses unroofed, trees snap
ming and poles falling. At 1880 it was
all over and the rain came down like
a deluge.
Kingston presented a woeful spec
tacle after the storm. The streets
were deserted. In some quarters there
was not sign of life. But on every
the nights terrible visitation. Huge
trees-landmarks of score of years
lay across the streets and lanes.
Roofs of houses, broken windows,
fallen wires appeared in every thor
oughfare. On Orange street every
telephone pole was down. Like so
many broken masts they lay across
the streets, their network of wires in
tangled mass, all within reach of the
hand. In some places the telephone,
electric light and tramway wires were
mixed in inextricable confusion. All
over the city it was the same. Streets
and lanes were blocked by broken
trees, fallen telephone poles and other
debris.
At glance one could see that enor.
nous damage had been done. The
lower end OF the streets and lanes
were strewn with wreckage; and it
was clear that the sea had risen and
its waters had rushed for several
yards in shore. The harbor presented
sorry appearance. Wrecked vessels
dotted the beach; and shipping debris
and garbage were continually being
washed up. Vessels had dragged or
broken their anchors and the few
that were not wrecked were found far
from where they had stood the night
before.
With the exception Of small west
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
HOW BOATS ARE WRECKED
Old Sailor Tells of One Great Cause
of Loss,

Old Sailor Tells of One Great Cause
Of Loss.
Eyes, SIR" he said, II was out In the
gale of '62, off Prince Edward Island,
and there was a slew of vessels lost
then. It was my first year master. l
was 22 then. Fifteen sail lost at one
clip. One hundred and twenty lives
lost, and there were 20 widows and 140
orphans made in just that one blow.
No we don't mind flag at halfmast
any more than 1t is part of the bust
ness; that one over there had cap
tain and one man lost overheard.
Never saw them after she shipped a
heavy sea. These craft they have now
adays never lift the lee rail, and they
Just smother her down into it when
they have fare, and don't think much
Of reeflng, either.
"I'll tell you how many of them are
lost. They sink each other when they
drag their anchors. You see. on the
grounds, one vessel will anchor about
here, and another about there, and an
other one there, and so on, about three
cables lengths apart. Now. when it
comes on to hold on as long as we can,
and if this one drags, why she will
drift into that one, and they will both
sink, and sometimes that happens to
almost whole fleet. The proper
thing to do is to cut and set jb and
risk it; that is your only chance. =
Salem News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
FASHION HERE AND IN CHINA.
Comment by Ambassador From the
Flowery Kingdom.

floWery Nlngoom.
At dinner party in Washington,
the new Chinese ambassador dis
cussed American fashions satirically.
Nov, in China he said, our fash
ions never change. | wear the same
sort of hat, the same sort Of coat, the
same sort of shoes, that man in my
position wore a thousand years ago.
And it is the same with the Chinese
women. Their fashions also have not
changed in know not how many dy.
nasties. Long ago, in. China, we
found the costumes that seemed to us
the most graceful and the most com.
Portable, and we cling to those cos.
tunes. We love them.
But you-here in America-how
often it is-every week. every fort,
night?-that you change your fash.
ions? Only the other day | met on
the street an American naval officer
of whom l am fond. He had a par
eel under his arm. l stopped my car.
rage.
Come I said, let us have little
chat-a comfortable little chat
But the naval officer shook his
head. He said hurriedly:
"No, cannot. In this parcel there
is bonnet for my wife. Were 1 to
stop and talk, the fashion in bonnets
might change before reached home .
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
BNAI1AB(lH2 1NG HH
W MINISTRY @
Cow Bells.

Scarlet, purple. orange light
Fades to palest green:
Farm house windows grow less brign
Where the glare has been.
Dusky lie the fields about.
And, family heard again.
J'ar-off, thro' the mist and dew,
Cow-bells down the lane.
Tinkle, tlnkle. clink-a-clink.
Cow-pells down the lane.
Swallows cheep on circling wings;
Winds have chilly grown;
And the cricket shriller sings;
Trees look strange and lone.
Nearer. clearer. past the woods.
A silvery refrain.
Winding slowly up the hill.
Cow-bells down the lane.
Tinkle. tinkle, clink-a-cink,
Cow-bells down the lane.
Bess and Brindle. Snowflake. Jet,
Breaths like new-mown hay,
Dewy noses, trickling wet.
Barnward wend their way.
one by one, faint. pearly stars
Watch the twilight's wane.
And the put-up bars shut out
Cow-bells down the lane. n
Tinkle, tinkle, cink-a-clink,
Cowbells down the lane. N
George Cooper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16

Many ominous signs foretold the
coming of the hurricane which recent
ly devastated Jamaica. Kingston was
struck shortly after midnight, Sept. 6,
when rain began to fall in heavy, fitful
gusts. At first the wind came along,
whizzing, kissing and screaming; then
it gained in velocity, and in few
moments the whole city and neighbor-
hood were encompassed by a violent
storm from the northeast, which
swept along at the tremendous rate OF
100 miles an hour. Shortly after its
first burst the hurricane became cir
cular, the wind coming from all points.
The sky was inky black and the whole
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
|HUNl0I(|
OF TIE DkN1
Not Flattered.

"I'm going to put you in a book"
said the author.
III you do" was the reply, "Ill give
you picture for the second edition"
"Will you, really?"
"You bet | will really. All you will
have to do is to sit for your picture
after get through with you and you'll
have an illustration that will attract
attention"
"And yet," said the author to him
self. people think this business is q
perfectly safe one. Little they know
the excitement and dangers of It."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16

ern section, the whole colony shares
the blow. From almost every parish
comes the same sad story OF wrecked
buildings and ruined fields. Desola-
ton reigns on every hand In some
quarters the people have been driven
to despair. Homesteads and fields,
the works of years and months, have
been swept away. Banana plantations
are no more. Stricken trees now level
with the ground tell the story OF for
tunes lost and hopes banished.
The damage wrought can never be
wholly computed, Hasty estimates
have had to be revised and rerevised.
Each fresh report adds largely to the
huge volume of losses. The figures
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
For Svmpathv.

$50 Mrs. Fullagloom has married
again, has she? Poor woman! She's
such a constant sufferer that didn't
suppose she'd ever think Of such .
thing"
well, she had to have somebody she
could talk to about her neuralgia
didn't she?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
A Menace to Society.

The colonel-Well, boys, this is my
last night at the club. I've gotten to
be fearful menace to society, Sc
there's nothing left for me to do but
go away and be hermit for the rest
of my life.
The chorus-Why?
The colonel-Because I've lived
here so long know everybody's fam.
lily history.
The chorus-What of that?
The colonel-And, confound it, I've
got into the habit of thinking aloud.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
RUIN ON ALL SIDES

ept by hurrica n Q

are already totaling up a colossal
amount This is no mere matter of a
few hundreds of thousands lost. It
meats far more. There are many COM
petent authorities who believe the
loss will eventually reach more than
$10,000000.
The United Fruit company alone
has lost hundreds Of thousands of
pounds. This is the actual immediate
loss. Later on there must be added
the losses entailed in charters and
trade. The American cOmpany's
losses are so enormous that its busi'
ness here will be tied UP for at least
a year. 1t viii. take all of that time
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
That Arctic Mammoth.

The weird rumors which the Eski-
mo have repeatedly published about
the existence of strange men and
beasts, which walk abroad only dur
ing the sunless days in the hyper
borean regions, may after all be
founded upon truth. However, until
positive proof is furnished, Prof. Frez'
zle's statement about the live nam
moth must be taken as travellers
highly colored tale.--Kansas Cit,
Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
How It Came to Pass.

dad" said the rural youngster to
his home returning parent, what do
you reckon has done took en- hap
pened?"
How kin I tell?"
"The lightnin an thunder has kilt
yer two brindle cows an five hogs!"
That's bad, my son; but I can't be
everywhere. Providence knowed l wuz
away from home, an took advantage
of my absence!'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
Not an Investigator.

/ s'pose it's kind O. wrong to be
So satisfied wifi fate;
/ jes enjoy this world. you see.
Nor stop to calculate.
The flowers as they fade an die
Give place to others fair;
l dunno what's the'reason why.
An don't believe l care.
An when I view the stars at night,
Their message of hope
Are visible all plain an right
Without no telescope.
The pictures In the twilight sky
I'm mighty glad they're there:
/ dunno what's the reason why,
An don't believe / care.
Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
Wasn't Detected.

81 used sermon this morning"
said the Rev. DR.. Fourthly, that
preached many years ago, but. FORUM
ately, there was only one member OF
the congregation present that heard
it the first time"
"Who was that?" asked his wife.
Deacon Ironside. And fortunately
again-I may say providentially-the
deacon slept through the whole of il"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
Mo LONGER a Reformer.

Former Resident (back at the old
home on a visit)-What has become
of Lustigo, who used to be such loud
bowler against monopolists, corpora
lions and all that sort of thing?
Old Citizen-He's here still, but he
isn't doing any bowling now. He
found vein of coal in his land few
years ago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
Chicago Passenger Traffic.

Eleven hundred and 'thirty-eight
trains arrive daily in the city of Chi
cago upon twenty-three railways, car
rying an average of 100000 passen-
gers. OF these trains S3S are for
through traffic and S04 for suburban
business.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
BREAKING the News.

"I wish I had broken the news more
gently" sighed the editor, as the of.
Zee boy pied the first page by drop
ping the form down flight of stairs.
Springfield Republican.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
Distressing.

Dolly-What was the cause of Mac
and Tom falling out? AL
Kitty = A hammock.-Baltir
American