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CORRESPONDENCE.
Newsu Letters from Different Parts
OF the COUNTY,.
hdunie Branch, W, Va.
Our meeting is still i'm propre,

Our meeting is still in propress.
Bro. Skean, who has been sick
with neuralgia, is able to be out.
Miss Ada NJ. Plymale's school at
Kellogg has closed. There was quite
acrowd there the last day. They had
two graphaphones, besides good
singing and splendid time gener-
ally. ALI enjoyed the occasion very
much.
Girls, don't forget that this is
leap year. Some of the young ladies'
of this Branch are likely to .pop
the question"
Harvey Plymale, young school
teacher, jokingly asked the girls to
accompany him home the other
night. They accepted and many
boys went along, there being about
twenty-five, all told. They remained
all night. Although MIR. and Mrs.
Plymale has retired, they got up
and enjoyed Ike fun with the young
folks.
Misses Mary Cole, Syntha MAYO,
Hattie Gregory and Drusilla Fuller
were the guests of Miss Ada NJ.
Plymale last Sunday.
Uncle Guy delights in carrying a
lantern for some one to see to walk
by.
Sam Porter's daughter, Of Hunting
ton, was visiting friends here last
Sunday.
Mont Bolt has fine drove of
cattle. RED ROSE.
Jan. 25, 1904.
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Items from StOnewdII District.

Thinking it time for the upper
tug region to be heard from, we
Will try TO pen you few items.
L. g. Parsley, our prominent
merchant and timberman, has lust
returned from business trip to
Huntington and Catlettsburg. u.
u. is hustler and a money maker.
Fletch Fry, of East Lynn, and
John Whitman got in dispute
over crap game at Will Workman's
saloon and Whitman was badly
wounded about the face and skull.
1t is claimed that Fry used beer bot
ties and steel knucks. Whitman
died two days later from the effects
OF the wounds. Bill Evans, Whit.
mans fatherin law, tried to auell
the row and was shot by Detective
Clark but not dangerously hurt, and
old man Lawson was also struck bv
Fry and seriously hurt. Fry and
Clark made good their escape. There
is 10000 reward for them.
We notice in the last issue of the
ADVANCE that Prof. +. B. Mcclure
IL talked Of for Congress. The
writer would be glad to see the Prof.
get the nomination, as he is a scholar
ly gentleman and worthy of the place
Would be glad to see his picture in
the ADVANCE.
There is to be change in our
Postmasters shortly, A. j. Parsley
being recently appointed. The
office will be moved to tho Mouth of
Jennie's creek, which will he incon.
venIent for the majority of the peo.
pie, as il leaves the Stone Coal peo-
pie without an Office and puts stone
Coal (when movedD within I of
mile of Mary II. o. We think the
distance should have been moe
equalized.
The ice has at last broke up in
Tug river. The people are rejoicing
as it will give them something to
eat. The river has been blocked
for nearly two months and it's the
only means of transportation we
have.
5. i. Beaire was calling on Miss
Mae Mead Saturday evening. How
long will it be Sam?
Schools have just begun around
here. Scarcity of teachers and
building new school houses made
them late. Miss Lizzie Osborne is
teaching at Lick Branch, G. f..
Harris At Silver Creek and ID. -.
Wallace at Jennie's Creek.
Mrs. ID. ID. Wallace has nearly
regained her health again. She has
been quite sick for awhile. She
will soon open her school at Stone
Coal.
j. B. Meade and Will Parsley
were calling on some of Kentucky's
fairest ladies last night. They seem
to be captivated.
We have plenty of mean whisky
along this line of X. Il. and we
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1904

think it time that the good people
try to put sop to the out
RACES. We can't have church or
Sunday School without some one be-
ing noisy. We need good anti.
whisky men for our officers and then
we would have different communi-
ty.
Carpenter Il Boxley have put the
heading through the Marrow bone
tunnel. Work seems to be on the
slow order along here. We arc
anxious TO see trains running down
Tug river. BowsER.
Jan. 25, 1904.
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Shoals. W. Va.

o. B. Carroll is on the sick list
this week.
Rev. G. G. Watts is mending nice
ly.
David Luther is still improving.
Miss Mollie Plymale, of Hunting.
ton, was visiting friends here last
Sunday.
Mrs. Jane DeFoe and son Frank
are visiting relatives in the mount
aims above Dunlow.
Mrs. r. A. Tbarp arrived home
this week from long visit to her
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PharOah, W. Va.
We have plety of mud.

Allen Christian has sold his land
and will move to Matewan. We
dislike very much To see Mr.. Chris.
tian leave this neighborhood, for he
Is good man and was a splendid
citizen. But we look for him back
this fall, IA we do not imagine he
viii like mining. lie is II good Re-
publican and we may need his vote
here. You must come back i'm time
to vote, Mr.. Christian.
TATrLER.
Jan. 80, 1904.
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The Washington times., 1904-12-23
THERE Is A SANTA CLAUS!

years death, A Dana New
editor published
Dear Editor eight old Some little
there
Please tell me the truth: is there Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA oHANLoN
115 West Nnety-ffth
Virginia by
the kepicism They they
They think that nothing
their little minds All
little In this universe
his intellect
him. measured by the intelligence
truth and knowledge
Virginia there Santa
as ereary as if
toleable this
sight The
fills the world would be exinguished
n as believe in
all the
chnneys they
prove? Not
Santa
dancing the
No
and un
in
may noise
which not the
men
fancy poetry
superna
is all real?
nothing
lives, he lives forever A
years
from viii make
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
Fools Rush In.

DR.. Chadwick is said to be coming
home. He viii have cordial greet
ing. A grand jury already has pre-
pared e paper which is in some sense
an address of welcome A thoughtful
sheriff out IN Ohio intends to have
quarters ready for the homing wan
derer
It's none of oH affair, of, course,
but curiosity as to why Chadwick
could come just al this time, is nat
ural. 1t may be that shortage has
arisen IN the commissary department,
of which Mrs Chadwick was dis
bursting agent. That extraordinary
woman is in a cell. Her property is
conhscated. There are liens against
her to an amount that would make
a kings ransom look like a plugged
dime. She can't help the doctor, and
unless he can breathe substance into
the mythical millions with which
rumor has equipped him, he can't
help her II. is not supposed he can
tell anything about the Carnegie notes
that the public will have. the least
inclination 10 believe
Europe is large place, with many
Interesting corners. Retreats may be
found there, far from .1he madding
server of writs. The doctor is in
delicate health and needs quiet. He
won't get much satisfaction out of
The case, anyhow, but he could skip
some turmoil by getting direct knowi.
edge of it by cable.
However, the doctor is coming, and
getting into the class prone to rush
in where angels fear to tread.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
MISS LETTER MAY
WE'D ON MONDAY

Major and Mrs. t,1lin Campbell ar
rived in Washington on a late train
last evening, and are now with Mrs.
Letter. Mrs. Campbell's mother, at her
home on Dupont Circle. Joseph letter,
also arrived last evening, and every
thing indicates that Miss Marg ledite
Hyde Letter, the youngest daughter of
the house. will be married Monday.
The details for the wedding, which Will
he one of marked simplicity and privacy
on account of the deep mourning observ-
ed by the family for the late L. z.
Letter. will probably be fully arranged
by that time.
The Hon Lionel Guest, son OF
Lord Winburne, has arrived from Eng
land to serve as best man for the Earl
of Suffolk and Berkshire.
After the wedding Mrs. Letter may
make short trips to Europe to visit her
daughters, and will spend some time
occasionally with Joseph Letter in
Chicago. but she has not the slightest
intention OF selling her house In Wash
ington- 1t especially planned to
suit her taste and that of her lat. hus-
band, she Is much attached to the resi-
dence because all of the late years cf
Mr. Letter life were spent there and
she viii always maintain il as the fami-
~ residence, and place IN which to
spend the rest of her life and TO re-
ceive her children and grandchildren.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
To Get The Rabies.

A Chicago man has just died of the
rabies. The peculiar fact in the case
is that he had not been bitten by any
;jnfected animal The fatal disease
had been established without any
other aid than acute sympathy The
man had owned dog which last July
was bitten By rabid animal, and
then killed. He had brooded over this
circumstance until he suddenly de-
veloped an acute and fatal case of
the malady.
Some people still contend that there
is no such aiIment as hydrophobia,
and must regard as singularly per-
verse the other people who insist upon
dying of it. The instance cited shows
anew that hydrophobia lis real, but
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
Bad and Good Building.

A bill providing for an examination
of Columbia and the maintenance by
such means of a striater supervision
over all building operations has been
given the approval of the District
Commissioners. The measure had it's
origin in the two associations of
master builders now maintained in
Washington, and is approved by most.
if not all, of the men who supply capi-
tai for the construction OF Office build
iags and houses. .a,s
Il the measure become law the
restrictions on buildings in Washing
ton will be these-that the matter
builder under whom the work is done
must have established his compe-
teney; that the materials used and
methods employed must meet the
fixed standards of the Building In
spector, that the plans must conform
with certain regulations for the public
safety made and published by the
District Commissioners
Evidently there will be enough law
7en the subject. But it is doubtful
if law can remedy the real evil of
poor building The question is not
merely Can the building pass muster
when new?" 1t is more largely Can
the building ever pass muster when
Of
thousands of tenants all over Wash
ington is that the second question
is rarely answered 4Yes"
Window cases in dwelling houses
are sprung" until the coal bills ex-
ceed all reasonable proportion to the
size of the house Varnish and putty
cover gaping cracks in joints Cheap
! thing and beveled mirrors are relied
upon to hide walls of "rip-rap.', .
Woodwork is rubbed with oil before
it is sandpaperei. And after a few
years the repairs needed TO keep the
building in frst-class order would
consume all the profit of the invest
ment except that they are rarely
made.
The remedy Tor this practice does
not lie in the law. It lies in an in
sistenee on the part Of the tenant
that he get house well built. Com
petition is as keen among agents who
rent houses as tits among other mer-
chants. Enterprise not farsight OF
better sort has already led some
of those agents TO improve the quality
OF their houses, but the general i'm
prOyement can come only through the
vigorous expression of the tenants
demand that he be given a house
worth living in. If he is vigorous
enough he will get the house.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

adds the knowledge that it may be
due to the imagination.
The first faith in the curative power
of mind over matter could in all prob
ability be traced to the contrary
effect. and the conclusion that the
rule works both ways. A man can
die of any disease he may imagine
himself to have, or be killed by con
ditions purely fanciful. AS a recent
example may be cited the individual
who was by accident locked in a re-
frigerator car AS he grew colder and
more cold until the pencil slipped
from his numbed fingers he left rec
ord of the symptoms caused by freeZ-
ing, and then he died. The tempera-
ture of the car was fifty-seven degrees
above zero, not dangerous, nor very
uncomfortable. There was no ice
in the ear, and the apparatus for
congeaIing the air was out of order.
This man was the victim of deiusion.
The catching of hydrophobia in the
absence of anything from which To
catch it, ami the suceumbing to frigid-
ity in warm place, are equally sense
less. The subjects would have been
all right if they had belonged to a
Don't Worry club. Nor are they
by any means rare examples. The
world is accustomed to folk who suf-
fer terribly from that which never
happens except in their own mental
processes.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
Hazing of Students.

The attempt of Columbia sopho-
mores to kidnap young Gould, and his
deelination, accentuated by a pistol
shot, to be kidnapped, calls attention
to a practice from which the mind
seldom is diverted for any long period
1t is fortunate, of course, that Gould
did not kill anybody. but for him to
have winged sophomore or two
would have been pleasing and re-
formatory.
Authorities at West Point and An
napolis have the proper estimate plac-
ed upon the practice of hazing. They
refuse. to tolerate it. The cadet or
midshipman found guilty is expelled,
and no political or family influence
can save him. If this were the habit
at other institutions, an awkward
problem would be eliminated.
Contests and exhibitions of rivalry
far from gentle would not be objec-
tionable. A black eye received in a
lair fight between students could not
be regarded as any sign of depravity
on the part of giver or taker. The
trouble with haZing is that it has de-
generated into a cowardiy and degrad-
ing show OF ruffanism. a crowd sets
upon and captures member or mem
bers Of another class. The prisoners
are made 20 cut capers, at once silly
and humiliating. They have to pa
rade in scant or grotesque attire.
swallow nauseous compounds, and
sometimes submit to usage that per-
manently Injuries the health.
The student who knows that the
gang in pursuit of him intends to
make him drink soapsuds; or do
something equally distasteful, assur-
edly has right to protect himself.
The young maj of ordinary feelings
would hesitate to be made a fool of
by circle of grinning captors, each
trying to devise some new form of
torture The discomfort would be
considerable, and the after effects
worth thinking about. Evidently,
/ Gould had been thinking about them
| II is not seemly, of course, that a
| student go around with deadly
weapons, nor is it seemly that the
| conduct OF other students should
make such tactics necessary.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
COMMANDER EVA BOOTH
TO VISIT WASHINGTON
Head of Salvation Army Will Make
Two Public Addresses Here
in February.

Commander Eva Booth, head of the
Salvation Army in the United States,
viii come to Washington early in Febfu-
ary to make two public addresses
On the afternoon and evening of Sun
day. February 5, Commander Booth
will speak in the Columbia Theater on
the work of the Salvation Army in this
and other countries. She is regarded as
a forceful speaker and her first visit
TO Washington will be of vast interest
To many persons, particularly those in
sympathy with the work of the instu-
ton.
Since assuming charge of the Saliva
ton Army In this country Commander
Booth has made many important
changes and it is possible that some
will be effected in the local sphere
One of the branches to which the new
head OF the organization is giving her
particular attention Is rescue work and
a home may be established IN wash
ington where unfortunate women ma Y
bc taken care of.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
FUNDS NEEDED To
FIGHT THE TRUSTS
Efforts TO Be Made to
Squet ze Congress.
INADEQUATE APPROPRIATION
Work Cannot Be Accomplished With
out Money-Past Pairing of
Estimates.
INADEQUATE APPROPRIATION

VIII Congress provide the money!
IBIS is the question uppermost in the
MINDS OF those who are desirous of see
ing the Department of Commerce and
Labor investigate oppressive capitaIistic
combinations engaged in interstate com
merce- Without sufficient appropria-
uoh ior carrying on the work there
VIII De as little danger to unlawful COM
oines, from any official investigation, as
lhere is in a law which prohibits the
doing of certain things and then fails
to provide suitable penalties or the
means of enforcing them.
Secretary Cortelyou's estimates last
year for the conduct of the department
were pruned down TO such an extent
that the head of the department could
hardly recognize them in the form they
hnally got through Congress This year
friends OF the department work are
likely to be aggressive in presenting its
Claims. and more SO than ever, prob
ably, because of the prominence given
the trust question in the late campaign
Publicity the Cure.
After all the experimenting which Of
heials have gone through in investiga-
lions OF this sort the trail invariably
has led back to the belief that pub
porate ev.is as are complained of by
the public in many vague ways A num-
Der OF years ago President HadIey, OF
Yale uttered his famous prescription
of social ostracisna" as the only cure
which would really reach the worst Of
tenders But as those who are spoken
OF in opprobrious terms as depressing
the public through controlling the ne
cessities of existence, are invariably so
high up that they are not affected by
such a proceeding. the cure has not
proved successful in any noticeable de-
gree.
The germ of this idea is to be de-
veloped. however. by making a feature
Of. the publicity plan, provided Con-
gress will appropriate the money for
investigations by the Department Of
Commerce and Labor The necessary
machinery has been created. but Con-
gress has not authorized the employ
ment of the extra men TO do the in
creased work or the money to paw
them for their services. Members last
year could not be made to see the neees-
sity for spending SO much money in pro-
noting the publicity idea. and the ap-
preparations actually made for the Ru-
reau OF Corporations were extremely
small
The entire appropriation fo, the last
fiscal year which was the first full year
of the operation or the bureau, for sal
aries and the expenses of special at
torneys. special examiners. and special
agents in this bureau, amounted to only
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
WOULD REGULATE
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES


Major Sylvester has submitted 70 the
commissioners q proposition which is
aimed at employment agencies and
which he recommends be enacted into
law
The proposed measure makes It a mis-
denleenor for ary employing agency ad-
vertising for help. male or female, an6
receiving money in advance, to fail TO
return the money within fo-sy-eight
hours aDon demand in case Of failure
to provide position for the applicant
A fine Of from SO to $50 is proposed
The measure also prohibits an employ
nent agency from requiring applicants
10 sign any contract or agreement OF
any kind
Commissioner West mas referred the
proposal to Corporation Counsel for his
opinion as 10 the second section in par
tfcular-
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
KNOCKED OVER BY TRAIN
ESCAPES WITH SCRATCH

PLAINFIELD, N. J., Dec. 23.-BowIed
over by a fast train on the New jersey
Central in this city, Thomas Tivell, an
expert machinist. is walking about with
only a scratch on his forehead to re-
mind him OF the fact he had the mar
rowest escape from death in his career
He attempted to iuaKe q short cut
across the tracks near the Grant Ave-
nue. station, when the locomotive pilot
struck him on the side of the head and
rolled him down an embankment.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
CHRISTMAS STOPS
THE SOCIAL VH|RL
Smart Set Goes Shopping
and Takes Rest.
LIVELY TOMORROW EVENING
Many Leaving the City and Guests
FROM Elsewhere Arriving by =
Every Train.

All the social set is shopping for
Christmas today, and aside from the
most informal affairs, and the arrival of
house parties, things will be compara
tivel quiet until tomorrow afternoon
and evening, when Christmas Eve en-
tertainments viii begin.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Mrs. Chadwick has succeeded in break
ing number of banks that never had
even the remotest dealings with her.
She deserves indictment for felonious
assault upon public confidence
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

The crowd at trial in New York
eheered the verdict acquitting a mother
who had killed her child Then a col
lection was taken for the woman. Had
She had twins TO murder she might have
retired from publicity in affiuent cir
cpnstances.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Chicago man kissed a girl against her
viii and was fined 800 1t seems that
he had been SO violent IN reaching her
resistless cheek that the impact Knocked
her off the walk Probably the man was
fined for awkwardness.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
Dance of Fox Head Club.

The Fox Head Club of Washington
will give its annual dance at Linthicum
Hall, Tuesday, December q. The com
mittee is composed of Randolph Coyle,
William Coleman Worthington, Francis
Philip Morse, Erskine Gordon. Basil De
Lashmrtt Boteler. Albert Wilson How
ard and Roger Moore Stuart
The Washington times., 1904-12-23
Points IN Paragraphs.

Young Gould could not think of anv
good reason for permitting himself to
be mauled and maItreated, although he
thinks as readily as the average boy.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Some Missouri women must pay s5o0
damages for iashing one whom they
reckoned TO be an erring sister. Here
after they viii rely upon the tract as
the niedium of reformation.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

T Provided 100000 of Suliy debts be sci
aside, small creditors think they might
get dividend. Feeling of big creditors
not reported
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Some of Senator Depew's friends think
Black is rightly served III having Lou
Payne's Endorsement as a handicap.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Miss Patterson was painez to learn
the difficulty of getting d Jurymaa to
look at things from the standpoint CT
the prisoner.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Carl Kaufman left for his home,
A2bon, Switzerland, today, but will re-
turn in June, when he will be married
to Miss Blurnenthal, of NJ Street.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Juror Anderson says he is not a friend
of Gassenheimer. Anyhow. If Gassen-
hein1er is a person of natural impulses.
he is a friend OF Anderson.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

Russian officers are ready to swear
they saw torpedo boats in the trawhng
feet Probably they saw q. few sea SER
pents, too.
The Washington times., 1904-12-23

And now the censor of Chicago's soeia!
list is being rudely questioned as TO who
gave her the job.