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.s$5 ter ia king a survey s. OFF, 70 lresss
about him King solomon was moved
to record til 6 assertion that there's
nothing new under the sun. Modern
inventors have at times been inclined
to question the truth of the remark
but almost every day the world tinds
verification. The engineer OF tne
fpresent day thinks he knows much
more than his ancient brother, ard
while this is true in many things, II
frequently happens that an lnVenEoh
or appliance commonly believed to pc
long to modern times is found to have
been known and used centuries ago
Ropes made of various kinds OF
fiber and leather are of very ancient
date. Ropes of palm have been found
in Egypt in the tombs of Ben1-1assail
(about 5000 3. CO, and on the walls
of these tornbs is also shown the pro
cess of preparing hemp.
In a tomb at Thebes of the time OF
Thothmes III, (about 1000 3. CO IS
group representing the process OF
twisting thongs of; leather and the
method of cutting the leather into
thongs The Bible tells us that Sam
son was bound with ropes and that
the spies sent by Joshua into Jerlco
were let down in a basket, presume
bly, by means of a rope.
At Nimrod, Assyria, a carved slab,
showing the siege of a castle was
found. on which soldier was repre-
scented in the act of cutting a rope TO
which a bucket for drawing water
from we'll outside the castle was at
tached.
The wire rope is generally consIG
cred modern invention, a product
of modern skill, and it will surprise
| many to learn that its manufacture
is really a rediscovered lost art
Although the Assyrans practlced
the art of wire-beating, no evidence
has been found to Indicate that they
used wire for making rope.
The excavations at Pompeii have,
however brought to light a piece OF
bronze wire rope nearly Is feet long
and about one inch in circumference
This rope is now in Music BorbonlcO
at Naples 1t consists Of three strands
laid spirally together, each strand
being made up OF 10 wires l"lsl ee
together and its construction does
not, therefore, differ greatly from
that of the wire ropes of to day. Pom :
peii was buried A. d. 10, over l,Soo
years ago but how long wire ropes
had been known it is impossible to
tell, though, judging by the knowl-
edge shown in the construction, it
No "a
had been known for conslderaple
time. The uses to which these ropes
We're put are not definitely known,
but further excavations may shell
some light on the subject
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sCAELSFoR REPtJBEIGAN DISTRICT;
coMyENTToNS


70 the + publican otersS oss Mari iso''S
coans
Goryent Icn Of the Re publi lean par
sty Of the several ma gIsterIal d;5tricts
II Marion county are hereby calle,1
to meet on Saturday, the 18th day OF
June, 1904, at Q O'Clock P. Al, for the.
purpose OF e1ecting delegates to tie
following named conventions:
To the State nominating convention.
to be held in Wheeling on the 18th
day of July, 1904
To the Judicial convention to be
held in Morgantown on the sth daV
OF June, 1904, at 10 o'clock A. M
To the Senatorial convention to be
hereafter called.
Also to transact such other business
as may properly come before sald
district conventions.
The said several district "onven-
tons will be held at the respective
places hereinafter named; and VIII
elect the number of delegates herein
after designated, and no more, tEat
is to say:
Fairmont district convention Will
raeet at the Courthouse in the City
of Fairmont, and is entitled to elect
the following number of delegates:
To the State convention, g.
To the Judicial convention, 8.
To the Senatorial convention, 8.
Grant district convention will meet
in Monongah Injecting place to he
provided by district committeeman
State convention, {.
Judicial convention, 5.
Senatorial convention, o.
Lincoln district convention will
meet at Pennington school house:
State convention, 8. tE=...
Judicial convention, ,.
Senatorial convention, 5.
Warrington district Will meet at
Town of Warrington at school house.
State convention, s.
Judicial convention, IL.
Senatorial convention, H. 49,.
Pawpaw district will meet at Nep-
tune school house.
State convention, 2.
Judicial convention, S-
Senatorial convention, 3.
Union district will meet in the
at the school house.
State convention, 4.
Judicial convention. 6.
Senatorial convention, 6.
Winfield district convention Will
meet in Mt Harmony school house.
State convention, 5.
judicial cOnyen ton, s.
Senatorial convention, 5.
1t is requested that in making Sc
lection Of delegates, that only those
be selected who are likely to attend
the convention to which they are
made delegates The call for Tie
State convention states that nc proX-
les will be admitted as delegates.
BY order of the Executive Commit
tee.
HARRY SHAW, Chairman
n. L. LEHMAN, Secretary
Dated April 80, 1904.
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San Francisco, Cal.

Triennial Conclave, Knights Tenn
plar, September SO. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or st. Louis
added to fares rendered thereflom
(Chicago $4,000; st. Louis S47.5O).
Dates of sale to be announced later. .
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San Francisco, Cal.

Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. 0. Q. F.,
September 1925. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or St Louis adj
ded to fares rendered therefrom (Chi-
caSo $4,000; ST. Louis s47.5O). Dates
of sale to be announced later
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Toronto, Ont.

Friends General Conference, Au-
gust 1919. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale August
9th to 18th, good returning until Au-
gust 31St, inclusive.
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Detroit, Mich.

Baptist Young Peoples Union OF
America, international Convention
July 40. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale July 9Th
to eth. good returning until July 18th,
inclusive.
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Louisville, KY.

Knights of Pythias, Biennial En-
campment, August 1919. One fare
plus $1O0 for the round trip. Tickets
on sale August 18th, 18th, 18th and
18th, good returning until August
81 st, inclusive.
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Atlantic City, ~. j..

American Academy of Medicine
f.June 4-G) and American Medical AS
sociation (June no. Very low rates
Tickets on sale June I'd and 9Th, inclu-
sive. good returning June 4th to 18th,
inclusive
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Indianapolis, Ind.

National Prohibition Convention,
June 1880. One fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale June goth, to
27th, good returning until July 10th,
inclusive.
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Boston, Mass.

National Encampment. G. A. r., Au-
gust 1920. One fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale August 18th
to 15th, good returning until August
goth, inclusive.
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CINCINNATI, o.

Grand Lodge, B. P. Q. Elks, July
1923. One fare plus S1.0O for the
round trip. Tickets on sale July 18th,
10th, 17th, good returning until July
Esd, inclusive.
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Atlantic iCty, NJ J.

Imperial Council, Ancient Order OF
Mystic Shrine, July 1915 Very low
rates. Tickets on sale July 18th and
18th, good returning until July 2Sd,
inclusive.
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f., Nh. AND II. B BRANCH.

f., M. AND r. B RANCH.
.-. ARRIVES.
No. 5O.-Pitts burg Accom'n LOO p M.
No. 4.-Pitts Accom'n 9:55 P NJ.
'.. DEPARTS.
No. 3.-Pitts burg Accom'n 1850 A NJ.
No. 5l-Connellsville Ac'm 2:l0 P. NJ.
at 9:O5 p. M, No. 81 arrives from Nor
gantown at 6:55 A. M, daily except Sun
day; at 500 A. NJ. Sunday only.
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ANlyOUN , ] ! N
or Redueed Fares Auth orizedSSSv ia
Baltimore nd ohio e ailroad
Summer Season, q 9o4
,tlantic city and Seashore.,

Special low rate. EXCLUSIONS froLnsa1i
points east of the Ohio river on June
goth, July 18th and 2Sth, Augusts11th
and 25th, and September Sth.
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For additional information concern
ing rates, routes, time of trains, etc,
call on or address ticket agents, Bal
timore & Ohio r. r.
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The latest Sterling Silver and Cut
Glass novelties, just in at Coehran's.
the reliable jeweler. Just the thing
for wedding gifts. y
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The Daily West Virginian contains
more good reading matter than any
other paper in Marion county.
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NOTICE

| will sell all street hats and flowers
I now have on hands regardless OF
cost this week. Come and get hats
and flowers almost at your own price.
Mrs Laura Frazer,
90. 42S Jackson st. X
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If you are in need of a bicycle we
carry a complete line from $40 to $40.
J. L. Halls Hardware Store.
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aONONaAH DIVISION.

M UIV UIN VUE "a M ~ = y HHeo y . ~ =
No. 5.-Arrives atFairmont 5:3o P M
No. ARRIVES at Fairmont 12:lO P. M.
No. 3.-Arrives at Fairmont 1:45 a NJ
No. 2.-Leaves Fairmont... 7:l0 A. NJ
No 6.Teayes FairmOnt.. 1853 P. NJ
No. 4.-Leaves Fairmont-- 800 P. M.
All trains are daily except Nos. 3
and on the F., M. and P. branch,
which are daily except Sunday.
For sleeping car reservations and
Information concerning tickets and
rates, consult
T. B. HENDERSON,
Ticket Agent.
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WEST BOUND.
No. 7.-Chicago Express i:2l "A. M.
No. 5.-Wheeling Accom-
mediation 1:47 A. NJ.
No. 55.-Wheeling & Gin
cinnati Express 1:29 p NJ.
No. Wheeling Accom-
mod alton .... 1876 P. NJ.
EAST BOUND.
No. 8.-New York, Balti-
more and Wash
ington Express. 1925 A. NJ.
No. 72.-Grafton AccOm'n 1858 "A. NJ.
No. 46.-New York, Balti-
more and Wash
ington Express. Las P. M.
No. 4.-Grafton Accom'n 1888 P. M.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
Diversion on a Journey.

A Harvard '43 man who went from
his Kentucky home to Cambridge to
enter college has recently given rem-
lniscences of the long and arduous
trip. General Winfield Scott was a
fellow passenger. When they reached
the Allegheny Mountains they found
that because of recent robberies the
stage company had given orders that
the stages should close up and ascend
the mountain road together. The pas
sengers We're required to organize,
elect a commander, and, armed by the
company, march at night Immediately
behind the coaches. General Scott was
chosen to lead the force. The general
is said to have entered into the fun Of
the occasion, and during two hours
climb he gave many commands and at
tempted various military movements.
When the time came to resume the
seats in the coaches the general thank
ed his command for their obedience to
orders. Young men going to college
this year did not have such diverting
adventures.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
Negro Dies Out in Cities.

In view of the current discussion of
the race problem it Is interesting to
know that the vital statistics of the
twelfth census show that the death
rate exceeds the number of births
among the negroes in practically ey-
cry city In the country to n remarkable
extent
In Chicago there were $3.50 births and
go deaths among the negro popula-
ton in 1900, making the excess Of
deaths 300. Negro births in St Louis
in the same year were 594. while the
deaths exceeded them by 5G1. In New
York City the excess of negro deaths
over the births was $40; IN Boston, 81 |;
Washington, 101: New Orleans, 1,5T5.
Out of fifty-siX cities reported by the
census in all parts of the country the
death rate among negroes is found to
be greater than the birth rate in fifty
cities. The remaining six cities are
nearly all places with very small negro
populations, where the excess in birth
rate might be accounted for by acct
dental falling off in the death rate for
that particular year.
Students and economists are asking
whether this excess of deaths over
births will gradually bring about ex-
tinction of the negro race.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14

Salt In water is the best thing to
clean basket-ware and mating.
Cauliflower used for pickles should
be prepared by first boiling the vegeta-
BILE.
Ounces and pears should be boiled
in clear water until tender before be-
ing put in the syrup.
Egg shells crushed and shaken in
glass bottles half filed with water will!
cleanse them quickly.
When juice is left from canning it
may be boiled low, made into jelly or
syrup for favoring purposes.
Coffee roasted on Il hot shovel, sugar
burned on hot Goals, or vinegar boiled
with n yrrh and sprinkled on the floor,
are excellent deodorizers.
If any foreign substance is swallow
ed which is sharp. needle for in
stance. do not give an ometic. bit con-
fine the diet to mashed potatoes fer
two days.
Many good housekeepers rely al,o-
sether on kerosene for polishing fulni-
ture removing scratches ard un>ishtiy
marks in general.
Books kept in cid Try bco.;shcl9.
and thus exposed to the ali. VIII keel
much better than those II b0o.:ca @
wi h closed doors
To remove walnut and fruit satin
from the Gnae.s,
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churchc. a. Place. Of n.n., In wa,

our ancestors transacted n good deal
OF business Of one kind or another In
ana about their churches. To hefin
with, the churches of old England in
turbulent times We're regarded as
places Of safe custody for public ard
private property. In the border land
OF England and Scotland the idea was
carried out still more completely, and
churches, or at least their towers, be-
came regular fortresses and not in
frequently were objects of offense and
defense. We may note in rural Eng
land that in the case of ancient church
cs the towers are often not merely dis
pfoportionate in size to the rest of the
church, but are carefully and strongly
built, evidently with an object.
Even in peaceful Surrey and Sussex
the belfries are veritable strong rooms
with barred windows and massive
doors and often contain massive
treasure chest. Hitler, at the first
alarm, money and valuables were hur-
ried, for beyond the security of thick
walls and bars and bolts there was an
9gis of sanctity which in a supersti-
tious age protected the building from
the most ruthless of foes. The fortress
like construction of many of the bor-
der land churches is an interesting
study of tiquarians.-London Stand
ard
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
The Evolution of Names.

The evolution Of names from foreign
tongues into English is in many cases
easy. From the German Bauer to the
English Bowers and from the French
Boulanger to the English Bullinger is
but step, as it were. But there are
no people who are oftener more hui
morously accused of altering their
names than the Irish. Thus Crchan
has become Rehan; Carroll, Karl; Dill
Ion, Dyllyn; Diver, Devere and Devyr;
McCarty, Macartee and Makart; Stat
terry, Slater and Satterlee; O'Brien,
Obrion and Breen; McGinness, GUM
ness and Innes; Reilly, Relyea; Duffy,
Dufay; McGuffin, Magoflin; Quinn,
Queen; Fogarty, Fougert; Haggerty,
Haggart; Sully, Soule. The English
singer, Braham, merely dropped a let
ter when he went on the stage. He
was a Hebrew, and his real name was
Abraham
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
The Dahlia In England.

The dahlia has become popular
among English gardeners. III the wild
plant the flowers are single, with d1ll
ray and yellow disk. The varieties of
the cultivated forms are almost end
less.
The original was discovered in Mexi-
co by Vincent Cervantes about 1874
and was first brought to the botanic
gardens Of Madrid, and the same year
it was introduced into England by the
then Warehouses of Butte. The plant
became extinct in Britain. 1t was
again brought there in 1904, and in
that year is found the earliest men,
ton of the dahlia, named from Andrew
Dahl, n Swedish botanist and pupil of
LinnGus.
In Mexico the tubers are cultivated
as food on account of the quantity of
inulin they contain, but in Europe,
though many times tried, they never
became popular.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
DOES NOT LIKE VINEGAR
HAD His Fill of It While Ded q In q
Duty at Sea.

Had Ills Fill of It While bod sin.
Duty at Sea.
Il hear any number Of queer stories
from superannuated old salts who have
obs as watchmen along the North
River 'front.'" said Bayard G. Fuller, in
spector of fruit, 10 New York Times
reporter the other day. but the fun
NEST one yet was from grizzled vet
eran who told me how dosing himself
with vinegar had saved him from u
seafaring life, and probably from a
watery grave.
He said that fondness for the sea
had made him run away from home
and ship before the mast on voyage
around the Horn, thence from San
Francisco on to China. By the time he
got to Frisco his love of the sea was
entirely gone. He tried to get the cap
tain to let him off there, with the con-
sequence that he was not allowed
shore leave while the ship was In port
AN old sailor who took pity on the
lad told him to drink all the vinegar
he could get hold of. He had money
and he persuaded the jackles who had
shore leave to bring aboard three or
four gallons OF it In bottles, stone jugs,
or anything else they could get hold
OF. He began drinking 1t while the
ship was in port, and although the cap
tain noticed the lad was getting pale
ard weazeny, he would not let him
ashore for fear he would desert
ITO quote the mans words" continu-
ed the inspector, II drank about a
quart of vinegar every day. As fast as
l emptied the bottles my mates would
fill them up for me- When we sailed
1 had good store laid in. Well, sir,
l could almost feel myself shrink. The
men told ME not to so 1t too hard or |
might have to be thrown overheard be-
fore the ship reached Hawaii. The
first mate asked me one day what was
the matter with me. | told him that
both my father and grandfather had
died from poverty Of blood. " We'll,
l guess you'll die of it, all right says
he.
"T'll never reach Shanghai on this
ship l says
"The capn looked kind of queer at
me, but never said nuthin until the
day we was nearin Honolulu. Then he
cursed me for shore lubber and said
he wouldn't have such hunk die on
his ship. But he put me ashore all
right, and paid me what was due me
tco. l didn't know for three years
afterward that his ship never reached
China.
Il was taken care Of in Honolulu
and worked on n coffee plantation until
had enough money to bring me back
to New York rs cabin passenger on
clipper ship. Work OH that plantation
drai all the vinegar out of me.
when | got back to New York a
friend got me city Job through the in
fiuence of Mayor Fernando, and | kept
it until he went out of office. Then
got to working around the river front,
and | have been here ever since. Vine
gar? No more in mine thanks"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
Thief Cleverness.

A magistrates clerk has been know
to have his tie pin stolen while il
court, and one in Birmingham few
years ago lost his coat in the same
way, but more remarkable example
perhaps of thief's cleverness under
the very eyes of the police was that of
the burglar at Clerkenwell who man
aged to conceal two diamond rings
while the police were searching him
and passed one of them to his wife in
the cell while the police We're looking
on. The rings were under his tongue,
and one of them passed from his mouth
to his wife's when he vas kissing her
goodby.-London Answers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
"A Cutting Story.

A story is told Of major In a GER
tain regiment who has great con-
tempt for incapacity of any kind and
is somewhat impatient. Some time
ago he was in charge of a detachment
of men guarding the lines of communi-
cation, and a sergeant complained to
him that he could get no man to I'M
dertake the duty of barber to the coul-
pany.
rs there no gardener In the COM
pany:' asked the major, testify. II
seem to remember one. See if you
can find him and send him to me-
The man was duly sent, but, on re-
ceivlng orders to act as barber ven
tured to expostulate. Great guns"
cried the major. IF you can cut grass,
you can cut hair. Go and do it,
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WIN T Err IS COMING
sRi1ei@Ne CATARRH

Every Catarrh sufferer breads t
breath of the ice-king" this mise
the disgusting symptoms return.
throat can be kept clear of mucous
and splitting. Catarrh is a nuisance
and source of annoyance, not only
to the one who has it, but everybody
else. The thick, yellow discharge
from the head produces feeling of
personal defilement, and the odor OF
the breath is almost intolerable.
The catarrhal poison brings on
stomach troubles and affects the Kid
neys and Bladder. 1t attacks the
soft bones and tissues of the head
and throat, causing total or partial
deafness, the loss of smell, and CIV
ing to the voice a rasping, nasal
wang. No part of the body is secure
from its ravages. Catarrh makes
you sick all over, for it is a dis
ease of the blood, and circulates all
through the system, and for this
reason, sprays, washes, inhalers,
powders and salves have proven
failures.
The way to cure Catarrh thor
oughly and permanently is to cleanse
the blood of the unhealthy secretions
that keep the membranes of the body
lnt1ained, and nothing does this so
surely and promptly as S. S. S. AS
long as the blood is poisoned with
Catarrhal matter the discharge OF n
of the miserable disease will cOntinu
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14

Butter an oval mould slightly, then
arrange cooked macaroni and truffles
around the sides. Crate six cucumbers,
add to half pint of water, with slice
Of onion; simmer five minutes; remove
onion and add one teaspoonful salt,
one-fourth teaspoonful white pepper,
one tablespoonful gelatine. softened,
two tablespoonfuls white wine vine
gar; line the mould with this. also;
then add any preferred meat, fish or
fowl, cut fine with celery, green pep
pers, moisten with seasoned and stew
ed tomatoes. Set on ice until firm.
Garnish with mayonnaise and parsley.
What to Eat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14

Shred fine white cabbage into bits.
Put layer Of the cabbage in the bot
tom of the keg and cover with a layer
Of salt sprinkled on generously, then
add more cabbage and more salt and
full, pressing down each layer hard
Put weighted board on the surface
Of the cabbage and stand away to
rlpen. The liquid will exude from the
cabbage and salt and the scum must
be removed. Stand for some weeks
before using.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14

Three dozen cucumbers and eighteen
medium-sized onions peeled and chop
ped very fine. Mix thoroughly with
three-fourths of a pint of salt, place
in sieve, and let drain over night Add
one-half pint cup Of whole mustard
seed, ground black pepper to taste
about one-fourth of cup. Mix all
thoroughly and cover with the best
malt vinegar. Bottle. A fine relish
with fish dishes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
Mashed Potatoes, Miianaise.

Boil the required number of potatoes
till done, drain till they are perfectly
dry; then mash with fork till smooth
and creamy, moistening during the
MASKING process with chicken stock.
Season with salt and white pepper and
add considerable whipped cream
enough to enable you to beat the pota-
to with an egg beaten. Put into a dish,
smooth lightly, sprinkle grated parme-
san over the top and brown in rather
hot oyen.-The Epicure.