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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21
Executors Notice.

The undersigned having qualified
as the Executor of the last will and
testament of G. P. Russell, de.
ceased, all persons knowing them
selves to be indebted to the said G..
P. Russell, will please pay such In
debtedness to the undersigned, and
all persons having claims against
the said c. P. Russell, will present
the same to me properly probated i,
at the Office of Hanes & Young, In
Sistersville. West Virginia, for set
Element. ' -.
W. r. IsHAM,
Executor.
HANEs & YOUNG,
Attorneys.
2 10 awe DIV
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF
TOLEDO, LUCAS Co

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath
tina, he is senior partner OF the firm
of F. J. CHENEY & Co, doing bus
mess In the City of Toledo, county
and state aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
add every case of cATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed In my presence this 9th day
OF December, A. D. 1886
SEA- MARY Pubic
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternaIly and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21
Mr.. wheeler Got Rid of His Rheums.
atsm.

During the winter Of 1898 was
so lame In my joints, In fact, all
over my body, that I could hardly
hobble around, when I bought a
bottle of Chambeilain's Pain Balm.
From the first application 1 began
to get we'll, and was cured and have
worked steadily all the YEAR,.
Wheeler, Northwood, N Y. For
sale by Z. w. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21
MY IDEAL VALENTINE.

At last my ideal valentine
Has drifted close to me;
But In regret I can sadly pine
For I cannot read it-see?
But let 1t float away again
On the sea of destiny.
Trusting that some future rain
Will drift 1t back 10 me.
A. L. T.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21

When you lack energy, do not
relish your food, feel dull and stu
pid, after eating, all you need Is a
dose of Chamberlain's Stomach &
Liver tablets. They will make you
feel like new MAJ and give you an
appetite Lire bear. Fog sale by
c w Grer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21
strikes O Rich Find.

81 was troubled for several years
with chronic Indigestion and nerv
Gus debility" writes F J Green, oi
Lancaster, N. II. "No remedy
helped me until I began using
Electric Bitters, which did me more
good than all the medicines l ever
used. They have also kept my
wife In excellent health for years.
She says Electric Bitters are just
splendid for female troubles, that
they gre a grand tonic and invigor,
ator tor weak, run down women
No other medicine can take It's
place In our family" Try them
Only soc. Satisfaction guaranteed
by u. A. Henderson,.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21

Love may have wings, but 1t pre-
fers to get there with both feet If
there Is a rival.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21

The OIL Review has just been
equipped with the very latest
styles of type and machinery, to
do all kinds of high class printing
Everything In fancy stationary,
wedding goods, calling cards, artis,
tic menus, bail programs and In
fact, all kinds OF first class printir G
turned out on short notice, and at
pri :es that cannot be duplicated In
cities many times the size of this.
If
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21

Public trosts have frozen the ge-
MUS In many a struggling youth.
1t requires warmth to make the
soul bl ,ssom, just the same as the
flower needs the sunlight to en-
courage full bloom.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

How many collectors of coins know
anything about the curious halfpence
issued centuries ago by English au-
of the word, since they were nothing
more than mintcd pennies cut directly
In half? Specimens of these coins have
been discovered frequently among the
buried treasures which from time TO
| time have been unearthed in Great
found rare lot of coins. among which
were several pennies OF the time Of
Alfred and Edward divided I'm this
way.
Similarly divided pence of the time
OF Edward the Confessor have been
found, and in speaking of the dscov-
cry In 1893 of n number Of these curl
Gus halfpence OF the time of William
the Conqueror an unquestioned au-
thorlty states that they were probably
issued from the mints in that form,
since the whole collection had evident
ly been In circulation.
In the British museum In London are
specimens OF these divided coins issued
under various monarchs from Alfred
to Henry III. An eminent archnlogist
accounts for the divided coins by say
Ing that this doubtless arose from the
scarcity of small change. which was in
part remedled under the reign Of Ed
ward |. by the coinage OF halfpence
and farthings.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

Bret llarte was often asked to write
his autobiography, and it is said that
the idea had taken possession of his
mind in his later years, but not n line
of 1t did he write. 1t would have been
worth reading. for the author knew
most of the interesting people of his
time. There Is an amusing story told
by ]. L. Toole, the English actor, of a
luncheon with liartc: after greet
ing from my host he said, Let me In
troduce you to the Duke of ST. Al
bans 'Oh, yes | said, with a smile,
and shook hands with the gentleman
who was assuming that character, ms
| thought. Then he introduced me to
Sir George Trevelynn, and had hard
ly shaken hands with him when my
host said. 1 would like TO introduce
you to Count Bismarck oh, yes !
said, bowling TO the newcomer. How
many more of you are there? There
is Won Moltke, for instanceY Bret
Harte laughed; so did Trevelyan. A
comedian is allowed certain privileges,
and my remark was considered, | dare
say, more or less complimentary; but |
had no idea what n fool | was making
of myself At luncheon | said to the
man who sat next me, Who Is the
gentleman Harte introduced me TO as
st. AlbansY The Duke OF St Al
bans he replied. And the man oppo-
siteT Herbert Bismarck, the princes
son. No. | said. 'Reallyr oh, yes,
he said. And the man talking To him
That is Sir George Trevelyan.' | wa
never more sold In my life"
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

II is an interesting fact that the two
studies OF arithmetic and geography
often seem to be opposed TO each other
In the affections of school children.
Pupils who are particularly proficient
in the one nrc apt to be backward in
the other.
A story Is told of youngstcr who
was slow in arithmetic and whose APP
parent stupidity In this field was n
great source Of grief TO his father, a
clever mathematician.
One day when the father and son
were walking out they passed place
where "lcarned pig" was OH exhibi-
tlon. and the father took the boy in to
see the prodIgies that the animal could
perform.
''Just look at that" said the father.
"Why, there's n pig that can count and
add up numbersl Don't you wish you
were as smart as heT"
''IIa~ answered the boy. Just let
me ask him n few questions In geog.
raphyl reckon | could beat him at
that~
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

In all ages women were supposed to
be more prone to superstition than
men, and who knows but that the
dread of n woman on the appearance
of rat or II mouse may not be due. In
part at least. to an ancient superstition
which has travelled down the ages
from the time when our remote fore
fathers believed that rats and mice
were the souls Of the departed? Nu-
merous are the stories which made the
anclents believe that souls were rats
and mice. and some of these stories are
very curious.
in Thuringla, at Saalfeld," says
Barring Gould, "a servant girl fell
asleep while her companions were
shelling nuts. They observed little
red mouse creep from her mouth and
run ont of the window One of the fel-
lows present shook the sleeper but
could not wake her. so he moved her
to another place. Presently the mouse
ran baek to the former place and dash
I'd about seeking the girl Not finding
her. 1t vanished At the same moment
the girl died"
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
CYNlCISMS.

Most people would rather throw
stone than II bouquet.
Every wife has the inward hope that
her husbands next wife will be mean
TO him
Don't think n man can keep Il secret.
Just think of the bad things he knows
on himself.
A father has much to be thankful for
If his daughter doesn't look apologize
when he enters the room.
When kin apparently get along well,
they get less credit for peace than for
ability TO keep their skeleton hidden
from the public.
When man keeps a bill before pay
ing IT TO look IL over II means that he
doesn't expect to find blunders, but
that he wants TO gain time.
If you praise n man who really ought
to be in Jail, II Is said that you have n
kind heart but If you praise n worthy
man II Is snld you belong TO Il mutual
admiration society and are slushy.-
Atchison Globe.
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SwnIIOws' Nest.

Two swallows, writes II correspond
ent of an English paper, built their
nest IN an clubhouse, and the hen laid
five eggs Before they were hatchcd
she was killed by knocking her head
against the Intel of the door. For n
month the nest remained unused and
deserted, the eggs cold. After that
time the cock bird found another mate,
and he and the little hen were very
busy for few days bringing fresh hay
and mud 10 the nest. | did not like
TO watch too closely, but | certainly
wondered what they were doing TO the
eggs, as no traces of broken eggshell,
etc, were to be seen on the ground. |
let them bring mp their young brood
undlsturbod and then removed the nest
ut was getting late In the season., when
| discovered that they hnd built false
bottom to 1t, with II new cdglng of
mud to hold the hay together, and that
the new family was brought up above
the cold eggs. The false bottom, with
mud attached was easily lifted Off, the
cold eggs being found intact beneath.
do not know If this Is common oc-
currence. | have not come across IT
before.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
OUR SENATE.
An English View of Its Power, Au-
thority and Performance.


The senate has played very great
part in American history, and, on the
whole, the tremendous power and au-
thorlty welded by the senate have been
we'll exercised The majority of the
senators are statesmen of great polit-
ical ability rs well as men of high char
actcr.
There are few sights In the political
world on either side of the Atlantic
more impressive than the senate In ses-
sion. The sense not only of very
high standard of personal capacity, but
of the immense powers which it wields,
seems TO pervade the assembly. The
smallncss of their numbers, the fact
that they are armed with authority
which Is executive as we'll rs legisla.
tive aud the knowledge that they rep
resent not mere localities, but states,
In their corporate capacity, and states
which are often as populous as Euro
pcan kingdoms, naturally fill each indi-
yidual senator with the sense of per-
sonal distinction. A United States SEN
ntor is n very great man, and he knows
Ii, and the senate, as n whole, Is In
tensely conscious and proud of the
might, majesty and dominion which Ii
wields. 70 make n comparison, II mat
tcrs very little what an individual
member Of the British house of COM
mons thinks and means to do, still less
what an individual British peer thinks
and means to do on any given subject,
but ii matters n very great deal what n
single United States senator thinks and
means TO do.
The senate can veto every appoint
ment made by the president, whether
the man nominated for office be
judge of the supreme court or an am
bassndor or merely n collector of Gus
toms. Again the senate can, by refus-
ing to pass II, veto any bill sent up
from the lower house, no matter
whether the bill Is concerned with the
raising or spending of money or with
alterations in the law. Lastly, not a
majority but any minority which num-
bers over n third of the senate can re-
fuse TO ratify any treaty presented for
ratification by the president. Thus the
executive can make no binding treaty
With any foreign power unless It can
obtain n twothirds majority In the
senate. In other words, the senate can
say the final word not only in regard
TO all legislation, but In regard 10 all
finance, all appointments to high office
and To foreign affairs of the nation.--
London Spectator.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

land, and day by day the fire flashed
in Gabriellc's dark eyes and her little
pointed chin tilted higher as she
waited.
1t was night of early autumn glory,
| Monday. The September moon rose
like great flame colored flower above
the crest of Mackinac, and by the time
it had reached midheaven the glamour
of its golden witchery spread over the
face of the waters like magic spell.
Gabrielle watched it from the tall
sand dunes, the ones where Put had
borne her ON his shoulder to watch the
boats come up the straits. There was
no light on Mandego point, but the
4 night was clear ard bright, and she
caught the sparkle of dripping oars
as n boat shot out from the shadows
of the mainland into the broad path
of moonbeams that bridged the way to
! the point. There were two figures in
j the boat She held her breath, striv-
ing to catch the sound of voices on
the still night air. but instead from out
the darkness toward Mackinac came
three long deep signals. Gabrielle
started to her feet at the sound. 1t
was the North Queen bound for Buffa-
10, and i'll her course lay the boat.
Suddenly she saw that Danny had
shipped his oars and was standing.
She knew his slight form instantly,
| but the man AT the rudder never
stirred. Danny bent over him mo-
ment as II to reassure himself, then
slipped overheard into the water and
made for the mainland with long, sure
strokes
An instant and Gabrielle hesitatcd.
Again the North Queen signaled, and
her port lights showed bright and
clear as she swept past the great. shad-
owy Macliinac island and came on like
a phantom ship Of the night.
And, for the rest, they tell II at Petit
Jeans. and blind Louis made song of
1t and of Gabrielle. who sailed bride
on the Bon Ami, with Put Mandego
captain, They show the wreck of her
boat where the North Queen crushed 1t
like crumpled autumn leaf, for out
Into the waters of the straits went
Gabrielle that night. with only the
hope of her love to give her strength,
and In the drifting boat she found Put
dead to the world from Petit Jeans
brandy and left to drift to his death
by Danny Dermot. Leaving her own
boat In its place, she had rowed the
other out of the moonbeam path Just
us the great steamer bore down upon
her course.
At dawn next morning Put stood on
the sand dunes of Nevaire's island and
watched the Tidy ABLY put ont for
Lake Michigan, but no farewell was
waved from her decks by Danny. The
North Queen caught him fairly as she
rounded Mandego point, and blind
Louis stumbled over what was left
when he walked the shore below the
point after the Bon Ami had sailed Oh
her honeymoon trip.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
BILLIARDS FOR WOMEN.



In France a gentleman is not ashamed
10 take his wife to see a professional
billiard game. Frenchwomen are good
billiard players and like to see all the
fancy shots made by professionals as
soon as they begin to attract attention.
They read the billiard news in the
daily papers and subscribe to journals
published especially for blliardists.
According 10 Shakespeare, women have
played billiards from the time of Cleo
patra. In 30 Il. G. he makes the Egyp-
tan queen summon Chairman to bill
lizards. Mary, queen of Scots, was pas
sionately fond of the game. On the
evening preceding her execution she
wrote TO the archbishop of Glasgow
that her billiard table had been taken
away from her as a preliminary step
TO her punishment The Empress Jo-
sephine used to rouse Napoleon from
his gloomy moods by game of bill
liards. Adeina Patti became disgust
ed with her English table and had one
mnde In New York for which she paid
$500.
The efficacy of billiards as a health
restorer is beyond dispute The mo
tions gone through will reach every
part of the body and operate on the en-
Tire system. They completely dispei
languor and that tired feeling" The
tension of the muscles Is tested and the
blood sent in swifter circulation through
the veins.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

came Il pandemonium such as two
maddened and baflled hounds alone
could make. Rushing In. Arthur de-
scrled the two dogs making wild eff
forts to seize dark object showing
cleaning white teeth from the top of
n wardrobe. Tipping the heavy piece
of furniture, the dark object slipped
unwillingly to the floor, where the two
hounds pounced ON 1t, and In another
instant dead red fox lay on the floor.
II trust you will pardon this intru-
sion, Miss Geraldine," said Arthur
wlckcdly, kicking the dogs away from
the fox.
"Oh-h, Arthur, Is ii you" said Il
fearful voice under the bedclothes.
Take care! The horrid thing will bite
your
1.-The horrld thing Is only poor lit
tie helpless FOX. and he's dead as a
doornail. I'm going to cut his tail
Of" declared Arthur heartlcssly.
"Cut the brute's head of if you
want to-" came the unexpected reply,
"And now, Arthur, dear. please &c
dN y Nlll- -ullu Gull anu StN llit Ill tnt
morning"
Where did the creature come from? p
asked the blushing Geraldine the mex
morning. There had been explana
tions. and Arthur was holding a hant
on which certain ring again sparkled
Prom bird and animal store
around on the avenue. A man called
to see me bright and early this morn
ing with bill for one red fox, $50;
cheap enough" said the happy Arthur
"Oh, by the bye" fishing In his coat
tail pocket, I've brought you the
brushr'
"We'll have it mounted for souve.
MR." said the hater of fox hunting
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

1t was Maine girl of whom the sto-
ry is told that she refused to marry q
most devoted lover until he had amass-
cd fortune of $4,000. After some ex-
postulation he accepted the decree and
went to work. About three months
after this the ayarlclous young lady,
meeting her lover, asked:
"Well Charley. how are you getting
alongT
"Oh, very well indeed" Charley re-
turned checrfully. ave $1S saved"
The young lady blushed and looked
down at the toes OF her walking boots
and stabbed the inoffenslve earth with
the point Of her parasol. II guess" she
said falntly-"I guess, Charley, that's
about near enough" - Philadelphia
Ledger
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

An admirable way TO take the morn
ing bath by those who dread daily
plunge into cold water IL recommended
by an authority as follows: Stand in
hot watcr deep enough TO cover the
ankles, III basin with cold water and
sponge the body off quickly. Dry and
rub vigorously and get into flannels
before drying the feet. This Is better
for any one than daily immersion. 1t
is the rubbing more than the water
that is needed. Sponging off gives the
excuse for the after rubbing, and the
good result is gained.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

At an auction sale that lasted for
the best part OF week the auction
GERS throat began to trouble him great
ly, and to save himself as much as pos
sible he had one OF his employees read
OFF the number and name of each arti-
Gle as 1t came up for sale. The assist
ants pronunciation of such words as
"marqueteric," Francois" "Sevres,"
'Delacroix' and "Beauvais' was so
weird that the audience got on to
him." and all those who were not too
buslly engaged in making bids were
reading their catalogues to follow the
assistants blunders. lie met his Wa
terloo when he started to read Bronze
and ormolu empire clock, set Of three
pieces, supported by Egyptian figures,
chiseled'' And as he came to a full
stop the catalogue readers burst into II
roar of laughter that was inexpllcable
TO the rest of the audience. The word
after "ehisel2d" which the assistant
simply refused TO have n try at was
"hieroglyphics. New York Press.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
Nv Mozart.

The average compositor has a most
intense dislike for contraetions and
rarely puts one in his pages when it
can be avoided. When he and the re-
porter disagree as to the meaning of
some abbreyiation, the result is some
times amusing.
A good example Of this occurred In n
southern city where popular touring
orchestra was giving Sunday night
concert. Naturally their selections were
principally of Il sacred character. Next
morning the Daily ~ announced;
'The second part opened with q
| splendid rendition of the Overture
| From the Twelfth Massachusetts, by
| Mozart "-IIarpers.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

A New York bride committed suicide
because her husband spoke slightingly
of her new spring hat. Perhaps 1t is
just as well that she ended her trou-
bles at once, az no good could come Of
a marriage where the husband didn't
know enough to always admire bis
wifes hat.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

1t Is said that the Russians are
building submarine boat which will
ing ships OF the world. However, 1t IL
noticed that the powers do not show
any indications of abandoning the bat
tie shiDs.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
Followed the Example of Cato,

In the first year of the last century
London affected great admiration for
Cato's suicide, the feeling being arous-
cd by Addison's play. A gentleman
named Budgell, after witnessing its
performance, threw himself into the
Thames oil his way home. His body
was recovered, and on 1t was found q
scrap OF paper with these words: what
Cato did and Addison approved must
needs be right
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

The National Association of Manu-.
facturcrs, in session at New Orleans,
adopted resolution recognizing the
right Of laboring men to organize, but
denying their right TO take concerted
action on the question of wages and
other conditions Of labor, This would
appear TO be something like the attl-
tude taken by the good woman who
did not object TO her daughter going in
to swim and advised her to hang her
clothes on hick61y limb, but Insisted
that she iuust not 20 near the water,
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29
Wins,

"Ah," she sighed, ''the great men are
all dead!p
"But the beautiful women are not, "
he answered.
Then she looked soulfully up into his
eyes and told him she had said 1t just
to be contrary and not because she
thought It for moment.-Chlcago Rec
ord Herald.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

A Marlboro Comm man won Il prize
of $50 by saving seventeen cords Of
hard wood in i've hours. This is be-
lieved to be the record. but any one
who doubts 1t is at liberty 90 get II
wood pile and buck saw and try It,
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

"You don't care much for display?"
mot much" replied the very wealthy
man.
"Yet there is some satisfaction In not
being wholly out of style"
THAT is the point exactly. The
things that money buys go out of fash
Ion In n few months, but the money 1t
self becomes more stylish every cen.
fury. Washington Star
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

A bronze statue weighing ton has
been stolen from the fourth floor of
building in Chicago. Doubtless the
thieves were frightened away before
they had time to return for the build
ing
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

A Missouri magistrate reprimanded
u juror for eating peanuts while the
court was in session. The point was
well taken. as no man living can eat
peanuts and attend to any other bust
ness ut the same time.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

When the New York farmers pause
to consider what slight proportion of
their products Is to be found In a
Raines law sandwich, the proposed
boycott of the metropolitan saloon
keepers upon "up state products will
not be found particularly alarming.
The Lambertville record., 1903-04-29

The political agitator named Stad-
kopevtsve, who was lately arrested in
Moscow, might be placated and made
n good citizen If the government would
give him n decent name.