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w. B. MOSES & SONS w. B. MOSES SONS. !.
Carpets and Rugs at Their Lowest.
The Carpet Bargain Room

Is the assembling place of the greatest carpet
values to be had today. Every carpet we
have that can be sold under the prevailing
price for it's grade is brought here to be closed
out, and it's closing price is low enough to
make 1T the best carpet bargain you've ever
bought.
Here's the list of carpets i'm the bargain
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Ability to Shoot

Following the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Rifle Association of America. held
here last Thursday evening, one of the hest
qualified speakers in the country on all
matters pertaining to rife practice dis
cussed before an interested gathering the
subject OF ability TO shoot as affecting the
morale of an army. The speaker said, in
part: ' "
1T is a very weak force. indeed that lacks
confidence In its ability to cope with ira
opponents under equal conditions Self-re-
dance is quality without which a military
u9lI-oe II company, q battalion, q brig
ade a division-cannot amount IN anS
thlng as an effectiYe force
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By Way of Illustration.

Let us imagine two bodies OF troops of
equal size opposed to each other, the one
knowing that it possesses the ability to
shoot as accurately and to do as much
damage to its opponent as the other can
possibly infiict upon II. That body Of troops
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Clotilde Woods. the six-year-old daughter
or H. NJ Woods at Old Point Va. was
taken to Baltimore to be treated at the
Pasteur Institute. She was attacked by a
ferocious dog and seriously bitten several
days ago.
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Close of the Rife Shoot at
Sea Girt, NJ.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
PRIZES THE DISTRICT RIFLEMEN
WON DURING THE MEETING.
Protest of Column bians Against. Marine
Corps Was Notwithstanding
Matches Yesterday and Today.
p ,ial From a STAFF Correspondent.

sp ,.ial From q STAFF Correspondent.
RIFLE RANGE. SEA GIRT. N. J.. Sep
TENDER 1O.-The District of Columbia rife
men are beginning to start homeward. and
not later than tomorrow all the members Of
the party will have departed from Sea Girt.
The team matches were concluded late yes
terciay afternoon and thereafter necessity
existed for only those engaged in the I'M
finished individual competitions to remain
here. The Westinghouse are leaving by
twos and threes.
The camp of 1904, which constituted city
of canvas of considerable size, has been
almost wiped out of existence. For the
past two days workmen have been engaged
in lowering the tents, folding and tying
them and storing them away for use next
summer. Only a very few canvas abodes
remain standing.
A summary of the results accomplished
by District riflemen in the team COMPETE
tions during the meet follows:
Revolver team match. fourth place: regi-
mental team match. sixth and seventh
places; company team match, first and third
places; Dryden trophy match. fourth
place; regimental skirmish match, second
and third places; tyro company team
match. third place.
District men also won the inspectors
match, the Wimbledon cup match and the
Leech cup match, the three most impor-
tant individual competitions of the tourna-
ment.
protest OF the District of Columbia team
against the Marine Corps in the company
team match The Districts protest was
based on the alleged ground that the Ma
rine. Corps. which is not oganized as COM
pan1eS; should not be permitted to compete
In company team match.
1t being explained that the entire pro-
tested team came from the marine barracks
at Washington. d. c.. and that there Is
never more than company" stationed
there, General Spencer decided not to sus-
tain the protest.
The Individual Matches,
' The leading scores in the continuous in
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Must Possess Self Reliance.

utterly impossible to body of troops with
out confidence in itself and Its ablnty 10
take care of itself
Must Possess Self Reliance.
Therefore we can but assume that unless
opr troons possess the self-reliance that Is
brought about by their confidence In their
ability to do at least as well, and perhaps
better than their opponent, disaster must
ensue If our troops of the future possess
every qualification excepting one, ana tnat
one be known inability to shoot effectively
we can but expect disaster. what may we
expect from an army put In the heid, say
In 1904 in case of war. aggregatlng ooo'VVo
men2 We have at present only $4,000 en-
list ed men In our infantry and cavalry; pre-
sumably half or a third will be on duty
in the philippines, Porto Rico or at distant
stations from which they could not De
withdrawn. so that only $4,000 or there
ahouts would be trained soldiers to be de-
pended upon - 'oraarod
into service for nine months, SO maj %
during the war, we should at once nave 10
organize as heretofore, volunteer troops
made up TO the extent OF about 10 per cent
by civilians, that practically ~ per cehe
az our 200 600 men would be civilians VINO
will not have been able to obtain the ma
tional arm they are called upon TO use.
and who today have not place TO use II
If they could get 1t.
Civilians Should Be Marksmen.
ct would therefore seem that II we are
going to present better defensive force
we must take steps to supply the most
necessary qualification OF ability to shoot
In our recruits who will be mustered In Tor
service when war comes. and provide
ranges, ammunition and guns. so that our
civilians as well as our National Guards
men may have an opportunity to learn to
shoot The annual competitions. such as
the one in progress here, help very ma
| terially, but much more is needed"
The Seabury Match.
The Seabury long-range military rifle
| match was won by Lieut.. Tewes of New
| Jersey. George E. Cook of the District of
| Columbia finished second. The scores of
i l. i..l 49,
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never will become panic-stricken; it can
be welded at the will OF its COMMANDER,
and made to perform feats that would be
utterly impossible to body of troops with
out confidence in itself and its ability to
Of
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The Individual Matches.

The leading scores in the continuous in
dividual matches in which National Guards
men of the District of Columbia are COM
peting, and which will close at 5 o'clock
this afternoon, are:
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HYPosCoPE MATCH-N. J. 3. R. A.

MINOR Young. District of Columbia w 3
Lieutenant COokson. District of Columbia 2
Lieutenant Marshall. New York 9
Captain Martin, New Jersey ........ 2
Lieutenant Tewes. New Jersey .....,, D
Charles Naxheid, n. r. A............. 2
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Civilians Should Be Marksmen.
The Seabury Match.

The Seabury long-range military rifle
match was won by Lieut.. Tewes of New
Jersey. George E. Cook Of the District of
Columbia finished second. The scores of
the leaders were:
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Doctrines Of Jefferson.

The doctrine of territorial expansion Of
the country, to which so much objection In
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II(IIIII
$s1HES UNJuST caARGES MADE
SSs5AGAINsTsH v UNLESS ASKED
o RESIGN BY THE PRES
iDENT.

SYAsHINGTON, May 16----I1dwin G.
madden, #of Detroit, Michigan, third
#assist Postmaster General replied
Safnrdaynorlin ing IN answer to the
question if he would not resign his I'M
Ger pressure. hat he would remain
and fight the unjust charges that have
been made against him, unless his
resignation was asked for By the Pres
ident. lis understood that the re-
port Of INSPECTORS has been completed
and placed in the bands OF assistant
Attorney General Robb Of the Depart
5ment Of Justice, the special legal
commissioner selected by the Presi-
dent 70 review to each report of the
sPostoRce investigarion and recon-
mend such action as he deemed adj
YisabIe siS#
Postmaster General Payne stated
this morning that he was not familiar
with the progress of the. Madden in
5vegtigation and that the recommends
tionS of Mr.. Robb would in all prob
ability be- made directly to the Presi-
dent. when his inspection OF the re-
ports was completed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
THE ORIFLAMB
a Standard That Has Played Il Con-
spicuous Part In History.

a Standard That Has Played II Con-
spicuous Part In History.
The Carlovinglan standard was real
~ no other than the oritia NJ b. which
has played SO conspicuous Il part in
French history. but was not formally
adopted until 1852. in the reign of
Philip l. 1t consisted of red or Grim
son flag, mountd on n gilded staff. the
flag being cut into three "vandykes,"
to represent tongues Of fire." with
sill1en tassel between each.
The old romance writers pretended
that the inndel was blinded by merely
looking upon it In the Roman de
Garin' the SaracGns uie made to ex-
claim, IF we only see it, we shall be
dead men," and Froissart afhrms that
as soon as it was unfurled at Ros-
becque the fog vanished from the
French line of battle, leaving their
enemies still shrouded in darkness.
Thus red, the color which the church
has consecrated to her martyrs. be-
came in its turn the color of the
French kings. They wore it on their
coats of arms through the whole pc
Rod of the crusades and as late as the
closing decade of the fourteenth cen
fury were still faithful to this ''Glorl-
Gus blaZon."
The famous Du Guesclin. lighting
against the English in Poitou. wore
the red cross. while his adversar1es
wore the white. But after the great
defeat at Agincourt in 1415 the French
kings abandoned the orifamb, because
it had been assumed by Henry " and
his successors. and adopted white as
national color when England had dis
carded it. This is Il curious but little
known historical facial the Year
Round
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
TURNING AN EGG

Cooks are often accused of want Of
method, but the Aunt Dinah in How
ard PaIi's new egg story is not open
to any such reproach. invariably
when she put the eggs in saucepan
she began singing Rock of Ages,
and sang through two verses. Aunt
Dinah,' asked Mr.. Paul, ARE there
not three verses IN that hymn? ' "Da"
is. massa, nut l only sings two When
I wants EN- soft and three when |
wants EN- hard His other egg story
is good too. He was travelling on a
Pennsylv ania railway, and when his
breakfast was brought. the eggs We're
undone. what time ere we making
on this train?' be asked the waiter.
"a mile minute, sir Then boil
the eggs another mile, sir, they'll be
be quite right
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.sWhen thou sittest to eat with a
ruler consider diligently him that is
before thee" says the Hebrew prov
erb, warning kings guest to regulate
his appetite by his hosts temper. Bos-
we'll. DR.. Johnson's biogra pher. gives
in his notebook Il modern paraphrase
of the old Jewish proverb: II said Of
q rich man who entertained US luXuri-
orsly that although he was exceed
inrly ridiculous. we reStral ned our
selves from talking of him as we might
do lest we should lose his feaSts. He
makes our teeth sentnels on our
tongues said IL
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|; IIEc Oh Ii PREAGH.
lot First He TIiouEIfHe He CouI dn't.:
but Chan Eed His OpfnS ON. sEs

3 lt First He Tho ulsIif5 He Couldn't,
but Chang ed 4 Hi Opinion.
/ 4, the early days Of N ethodIsm in the
,,est a circuit rider, If he had large
field to cover, was sometimes permitted
to have a colleague, who was frequent
- young minister. just beginning TO
prea CHI The Rev. Jofln Thompson was
a circuit rider in a somewhat th1nly
settled portion of central Illinois more
than fifty years ago. The colleague as
signed to him was Brother James
Smith, an excellent young man, but
with very little experience as
preacher.
One Sunday Mr.. Thompson had an
appointment at small meeting house
in the country, but having severe
cold he asked his young assistant to go
along with him md preach the sermon,
and the la tier. as in duty bound. obeyed
orders.
Brother Smith had never undertaken
to preach in the presence Of his more
experienced colaborer. and when, after
the opening services, he rose and gave
out his text he was visibly embar-
rassed r.
He stammered through a few SEN
fences, hesita ted. made another at
tempt and came to dead stop.
Whats the use. brethren?'' he said.
sitting down. Il can't preach"
Brother Thompson saw that the case
was one in which heroic measures were
necessary. -5G
Young man. he whispered sternly
in his ear, you get up again and
preach that sermon or III take you
out in the grove after this meeting is
over and give you hard spa hiking, as
sure as your name is Smith,
An electric shock could not have op-
Grated quicker. Brother Smith rose
to his feet again. his hesitation all
gone. and in ringing tones he preached
a sermon that is still remem bered by
aged survivors of that old time congre-
cation as the most fervid and eloquent
discourse they ever heard so young a
man deliver.-Youth's Companion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
Bees Used In War.

There are at least two recorded In
stances in which bees have been used
as weapons OF defense In war When
the Roman general Lucullus was war
ring against Mithridates. he sent
force against the city Of Themiscyra.
AS they besieged the walls the inhabit-
ants threw down on them myriadS of
svarms of bees. These at once began
an attack, which resulted in the rails.
ing of the siege These doughty little
insects were also once used, with equal
success in England. Chester was be-
siered by the Danes and NorweGia MS.
but its Saxon defenders threw down on
them the bcehives Of the town, and
the siege was soon raised
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16

NO @ not ABB, ES.

The Duke Of Cambridge has been
Succeeded as doyen OF the knights5of
the Garter by King Edward, who, as
Prince Of Wales, became knight com
panion of this order at his birth.
DR.. Carl Schmidt of heidelberg. Ger
many, has succeeded, after seven
years of hard work, in piecing togeth-
er 1000 small fragments of papyrus
and translating the contents from the
Coptic.
Joseph Battell of Middlebury, VT,
has bought Ellen Mountain, which
rises 1000 feet above the town of
Warren, Vt. and purposes to convert
it into a park for the benefit of the
citizens OF the Green Mountain State.
The German portrait painter, Franz
Won Lenbach, whose death at Munich
has been noted at the age of Sc, was
esteemed the chief in his art. and by
his portraits of Bismarck, Moltke and
Pope Leo XIII. wei. approved that
Judgment.
Mrs. Arthur Bishop, of Newark, N.
J., has in her possession copy, print
ed on white satin, OF the famous proc
lamation of President Jackson to the
people of the United States on Deem
Der 10, 1882, known as the ''edict as
to notification drawn UP by South
Carolina.
Mrs Fanny J. C"osby, the blind
hymn writer, has just found in the
Presbyterian church of Metuchen, N.
J.. the organ she played so years ago,
y, t, of ho n
stitute for the Blind. She recognized
the instrument at the first touch. and
was so overjoyed that she burst into
tears.
In telling of his first visit to Bayard
Taylor, then on the New York Tri-
bune, the late R. II. Stoddard writes
on his "Recollections: One was not
carried up to the editorial room by an
elevator nor on reaching it's entrance
debarred until he should write his
name and state his business on the
little slip Of paper which is now in
solently furnished him for the pur-
pose.
James W. Sanders, who has just
died at Kansas City, was the man
who claimed the credit Of naming the
Republican party, which originated
according to MI. Sanders, at Ripon
Wis. OH March 20, 1851, when a small
anul-slaveiy: >:;;.s; >ss:,-:-> sd ca
gresS in opening the territory OF Kan
sas and Nebraska to slavery caused
dissatisfaction in Ripo,, and on March
20, 1851 there was meeting of cit
liens to priest After frUitless dis
cussion as to an appropriate name for
the club Mr.. Sanders moved that it
be named the Republican party, and
this motion was adopted. The ieso-
uItions were sent to Horace Greeley,
who published them and full account
Of the meeting in the New York Fri
bune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
An Endless Chain.

"Isn't that the same suit you had
last year, Uncle Peter?' the agent for
sewing machines inquired.
The postmaster, storekceper, town
clerk and iceman looked at him in
silence for moment. Yes. Sir. he
said at la st in a chilly tone. 1T is the
same suit I had last year, and it is
the same suit you asked me last year
if it wasn't the same suit l had the
year before. Now, have you got any
more questions to ask, or will they hold
over till next season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16

=. sVVONDERFi a N MA l-.Es
fri q $,cnrtleS Is a PecuIia SIR Crent ure sia
In Sxrr ~ II cspe g y.

In Many IKcsDectH.6
Almost alone ainong$God's creatures,
the turtle has but single enemy
man 1t does not seem TO ma tier to
the turtle whether he stays beneath
the surface for an hour or 4 week. nor
does it trouble him to spend an equal
time on land If the need arises. .He is
neither fish. flesh nor fowl. yet his
liesh partakes Of the characteristics Of
all three. Eating seems mere super
Guity with him, since for weeks at a
time he may be headed up in barrel
with the bung out and emerge after
his long fast apparently none the
worse for his enforced abstinence from
food. from light and HlIacst from
air. and. finally. it may be truly said
that of all the higher, warm Dlooded
organisms there is none so tenacious
of life as the turtle. can truly say
that have seen the flesh cleared out
Of turtle shell and hung up on tree,
where for hours the quivering. con
vulsive movements Of the muscles
went on. Not only so. but on one oc.
casion only the head and tail were left
ATTACHED to the shell. Some time had
elapSed since the meat had been cut
out Of the carapnce. and no one could
have imagined that any life remained
in the extremi:ieS. But young Dane,
noticing that the down hanging head
had it's mouth wide open, very foolish
ly inserted two fingers between those
horny mandibles. They closed. and
our shipmate was two fingers short
The edges of the turtles jaw had taken
them Off clean. with only the muscular
power remaining in the head. SiSnor
Redi once cut q turtles head off and
noted that it lived for twenty-three
days without head, and another
whose brain he removed lived for six
months, apparently unconscious that
it had suffered any loss.-Leslie's
Monthly.
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BALLOON SPIDERS.
They voyage mt Great Heights Over
Sea as Wei Land.

Sea as Well rs Land.
Given steady breeze and a free
course. there is practically no limit to
the distance which q ballooninS spider
may traverse. The writer has taken
orb weavcrs from their snuggeries I'M
der divers sheltering projections at the
highest attainable point on the dome
of ST. Peters in Rome, whittier they
had doubtless been carried by the wind
when younglings. One may see fecks
Of goSSamer adoat at far greater
heights. Seafaring folk often note
spider balloons speeding by them at
sea or entangled upon various parts Of
zhe sesse! Darwin. in his famous
VOYAGE OF fIIs--% - ~ - 81 sixty
miles from land saw great numbers Of
small spiders with their webs When
they first came in contact with the rig
cling they were seated upon threads
and while hanging to these the slight
est breath of air would bear them out
Of sight. Thus. though so far from
land, the wee voyagers were still NOV.
ing on over the main.
A steamship captain told the writer
Of like observation made by him.
While sailing along the eastern coast
of South America during the month OF
March his ship was covered with lnnu-
merable spider webs. He was then
more than 200 miles from land. about
400 miles south Of the equator The
wind was blowing from the continent
The spiders seemed like elongated
balls said the captain, with q sort of
umbrella canopy above them. They
settled upon the sails and rigging and
finally disappeared as they came. You
know" he added. THAT it is not I'M
usual for birds to be blown out to sea.
How much easier for Il spider. provid-
ed he has the means to keep himself
suspended in the air.''-H- c. McCook,
Ii. D., In EIarper's Magazine.
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is CANDLE TIME

,Tis candle time; the day has grayed
To dusk; the low tea tables laid,
52s And Flo and Phyllis costly
Discuss their world, aud sip their
tea
From curious cups of priceless jade.
IT'S now each calls spade a spade,
r'cr, if there is one hour made
For gossip most especially,
lis candle time.
ase.d abel1a's gowns a horrid shade;
Whatever made her choose hracade?'
Ovens firr:ng most outraseouslv-
She'll soon win Jack from poor
Marie. - -..--
Alas. I'm ver..- much afraid
'Ts scandal time!
Caroline Mischla Roberts i'll the
Smart Set.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
Times HIVE Changed

Once upon 4 time Il superstition eS'
listed that a lady ought to blame her
self if a man whom she did not intend
to accept proposed to her. but that,
should such an unpleasant incident oc-
cur, it was at least not to be made q
subject of gossip among her acqualnt-
ances Parents thought it incumbent
upon them to let a man understand
in time if they did not wish him as a
son-in-law. 1t is needless to remark
that such honorable reticence and
kindly prudence are quite out Of fash
ion.-London Standard.
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MODERN 1 W IOOODltilffNIa
viii Go to Warrington Next Friday
Night.

Deputie Lappert and Connolly, who
did such good work Ter the Modern
Noodmen of America at this place,
have worked up another large class at
Mannington. The class viii he mi
$Sttis.ted Friday night and the Forester
team Of the lodge OF this city is to do
the work.
large number of Woo linen will
I go to that3place Friday and banquet
viii be held after the initiation. At
;east IS are expected from this place
and al who so will have an enjoyable
time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
TROUBLE BREWING
Between United States and Canada
Over Coast Laws.

VICTORIA, B. c., May 1G.-Troube
is brewing between Canada and United
States regarding the coast laws. The
Canadian off Gals fined the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company $500 for
attempting salvage in Canadian terri
tory. The American officials fined the
Canadian Pacific railroad $500 for car
rying passengers from Skagway to
Seattle. The American company has
appealed to Ottawa and the Canadian
governnr ent to Washington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
How the Russian Soldiers Were Trans
s:is: ported.

& From the Railroad Gazette.
s Russian freight cars. like those of
other continental countries are all
4 labeled win the number of men or
4 horses which may be put in them, in
military seryice-usually forty men or
ten horses. But what is possible for
weather not much below freezing
i may be quite impossible for one last
ing two weeks or more, with the Their
5mometer 40 or so degrees below zero.
sSEs55 To provide for this the cars used
II in$Scarrying soldiers were lined with
" felt or felt paper, little glass windows
were set in the sides and an iron
stove set up in each. The benches
were made! 50 that they could be trans
formed into hunks at night. At ey-
cry alternate station hot water was
provided for nakipg tea. IN nearly
every train one car was fitted as a
Kitchen, ana supplied the .nen with
hot rations Of meat and porridge.
sShoEeIs we're carried so that in case
M SNOW blockade tile men could
train III surgeon and hos
III TAI steward aoconpanied each train.
several stations on the line camps
ere ablished where the men rest
Ia iay y, M Iii faeilit tiles for washing,
ears we're inspected as
s. ssBIs