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Tooth powder, a very good one, per
bottle .l-s....5.s.g:-- 10
1900 wood toothpicks, only. .o3
japanese toothpicks, two boxes for. 90
Toilet paper, large roll or package. O4
Talcum powder, per box -....-... O5
Colgate's Talcum powder, 25c size
for -. ~
POOLS cottage thermometers and
barometer combined 10
Ladies tape measures, up from. OF
IS feet winding tape measures. "a
IS feet winding tape measures. 70
Sewing table, with yard measure. SO
9 1.2 inch brick trowels, only. Il
Handy pointing trowel, 5 1-2 inch
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We Are Being Advertised.

The special correspondents are get
ting in their work on the political stu
alton and West Virginia sreceiving
more attention than at any time since
the famous Wilson campaign of 1904
Wheeling Intelligencer.
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a Smart Suggestion.

A New Hampshire astrologer has
read the answer in the stars: Roose-
welt will be elected. But why go. TO
the stars when you can read the same
thing in the papers ?-Wheeling Intel
Igencer.
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STOLE
FROM F. KENT LOO
MIS-AT LEAST DESCRIPTION
INDICATES SUCH TO BE
THE CASE.

LONDON, Aug. ia man giving
the name of Franz Schneider surren-
dered to the Birmingham police to-
day.
He confesses to stealing documents
from some person at Southampton.
From the description given the police.
the man from whom the documents
We're stolen was F.. Kent LOOMS, who
snysteriously disappeared from the lin
er Kaiser Wilhelm II. at Plymouth in
June.
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AMONG THE EDITORS.
whv Restate Axioms?

What is the use of talking about
West Virginia's being safely Republl-
can? Why not announce that the sun
rises in the east and that the water
runs down hill?-Parkersburg State
Journal. 5.--
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sS53 What a shine the Democrats would
have cut if an anti-tax reformer had
been nominated for Governor on the
Republican ticket in West Virginia.!
:Aind't It, eh /?
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"Baby carriages? Yes, sir" said the
dealer. What sort of one. did you
want?"
"Well," said Nupop proudly. you'd
better give me six months size. Hes
only six weeks old, but large for his
age.'-Philadelphia Press.
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A Deduction.

Gle declares his wife made him all
that he isl
"Quite likely. And should judge
that she didn't waste more than half
an hour on the job.'"'-Harper's Bazaar. IS
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sS55 If you take it as you can stand il.
you can stand it better as you take il.
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Remember, you will find the largest
lines of washing machines, wringers,
tubs, &C, carried in the city at J. L.
Halls Hardware Store. x
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! n It Is not you who possess riches, but
Yonr riches which possess you.--Blon:s
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General Wilmon M. Blackmar, Of
Boston, is the new COMMANDMENT
chief of u A. r
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Y have some good lots in two squares
OF Courthouse for sale at S375.0o. b.
n. Lanharp. =
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Read the West vfreinInn. It has,
the latest news f
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blade Is. a
Ladies, s1.o6 black underwear t-s: :sssss
Wood mouse traps, different sizes s3
per hole =. W. or
Fire shovels. only ssf-
Good scrub brushes. at 81
Umbrellas, up from - -
iron vices a very handy tool D.Ss
Varnish and sash brushes, up from ss1s-S
Violin strings, per set e OBJ
small vegetable brushes
Felt window shades, complete GEsS
Opaque window shades, compIeteEs
Curtain poles, white and coIoreds
complete -. -stesss
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For Secretary of State,
CHARLES w. SWISHER,
of Marion county.
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For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,

For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
Of Indiana.
For Governor,
NILLIAM4M. O. DAWSON,
of Kanawha county.
ForS Secretary of State,
CHARLES W. sW1sHER,
of Marion county.
For Auditor,
ARNOLD G. SCHERR,
Of Mineral county.
For Treasurer,
NEWTON OGDIN,
Of peasants county.
For Attorney General,
CLARK W. MAY,
Of Lincoln county.
Eor Superintendent Of Free Schools,
THOMAS C. MILLER,
Of Marion county.
For Judges Of Supreme Court,
FRANK COX,
of Monongalia county.
JOSEPH NJ. SANDERS,
Of Mercer county.
For Congress,
b DOVENER,
OF Ohio county.
For State Senator,
JOSEPH H. McDERMOTT,
of Monongalia county.
FOR Judge Of Circuit Court,
DIN W. MASON,
! For House Of Delegates,
JAMES B. FOX,
THos. W. FLEMING,
LAMAR c. POWELL.
For Sheriff,
HOWARD r. FURBEE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
HARRY SHAW.
For County Commissions,
c. p. MOORE.
For County Surveyor,
IS H WILCOX.
FOR Assessor-Eastern District,
SIS Is Dick GILBERT HOLMAN.
FOR Assessor--Westen District,
A. y. MCDANIEL.
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For Auditor,

ARNOLD G. SCHERR,
Of Mineral county.
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For Assessor-Westen1 District,
A: j. MCDANIEL.
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7For,. GoIv,e..1rnor,7

WILLIAM M. O., DAWSON,
Of Kanawha county.
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of Indiana.
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REPUBLICAN, jI:I.' TICKET.
For President,

- . -
of New York.
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For Assessor-Easter District,
GILBERT HOLMAN.
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f For Treasurer,
= NEWTON oGD1N,
h OF peasants county.
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For Judge of Circuit Court,
JOHN w. MASON.
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For Attorney General,
CLARK W. MAY,
I ofsLincoln county.
Eor Superintsndent Of Free Schools,
THOMAS C. MILLER,
OfMarion county.

For Judges Of Supreme Court,
FRANK COX.
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Cars Pal ace

The public structures Of st. Peters
burg are diversified-some Of them i'm
pressive and some of them suggesting
an earlier and cruder period. The Win
ter Palace, taken altogether. is the
finest in Europe. There are two or
three great halls, like the throne room
and st. Andrews hall, in the Kremlin
at Moscow, which are unequaled, and
the bewildering riches of Jewels and
robes, arms and carriages, in the treas
ury of the old capital. the lavish gifts
of Tartar and Oriental Princes, are un-
matched. But in it's completeness the
Winter Palace is unrivaled. Its spa
cious proportions have at times housed
many thousands, and its ample walls
are covered with paintings portrayiHg
the history of the empire and with the
gold plate on which many municipali-
ties have conveyed bread and salt to
various monarchs.
The Hermitage, which Is modern
edifice of stately staircases and grand
corridors, follows closely after the chief
galleries of art in Europe. 1t Is natur-
ally strong in examples of Russian art,
and most of the schools are well repre-
sented 1t has the finest collection of
Murillos outside of Spain and Of Rem
brandts outside of Holland. The cathe-
dral of ST. Isaac, with its malachits
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Horses in Vogue

The demand for saddle-horses has
reached point little dreamed of in the
East and South. Kentucky is endeav-
oring to supply this demand. The
automobile is taking a back seat in
the race and the bicycle is too dead
to be mentioned in the same breath
with the saddle-horse
Good horses for the saddle are bring
ing from $500 to $4,000 in the East and
nearly as much in Kentucky. OF
course. the top figure named is not
generally paid, but it is surprising the
number Of millionaires who want
horses for saddle purposes and willing
ly offer that amount. Good horses are
hardly to be had at all, 10 say nothing
of the number that could be sold.
Prices range 25 per cent higher than
obtained one year ago and the verdict
of the leisure class has been rendered.
1t is that nothing can compare with
the pleasure TO be derived from a
blooded saddle-horse for recreation
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their Journeys twice a year in un-
broken flight each time.
From Budapest, in Hungary. to La
air line, and the storks make the jour-
ney in twenty-four hours, thus travel
Ing at the rate of 100 miles an hour
for the whole distance. The storks
which spend the summer in Central
Europe and the winter in Central At
rica travel with the same rapidity.
Slatin Pasha, an Austrian in the SER
vice of the Khedive. and now Governor
of the Central African Province OF
Darfur, was for many years a captive
in the hands of the Mahdi and the
Khalifa when the dervishes killed Cor
don and established their empire, now
overthrown, in the Soudan. One day.
at Omdurman. he saw a stork with
metal band attached to one of its legs.
He caught the bird. and found en-
graved upon the band the name Of an
old friend in Austria.
He wrote a note to his friends and
tied it to the metal band. When the
stork returned to Austria for the sum-
mer the friend saw the letter. caught
the stork and read the message, which
was the first certain assurance that the
outside world received that Slatin was
still alive.
This stork. as was proved by the
dates, made the journey from Omdur-
man to the Austrian country place, a
distance of nearly 5000 miles, at a
speed of more than 100 miles an hour.
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American Girls

The prevailing tendency seems to be
to eulogize this young Ia dy with
fervor calculated to create jealousy
among her British sisters. At any rate,
my own feeling is that the American
girl deserves all she gets. have seen
a good deal Of her not only in England,
but on the Continent. She varies, like
the offspring of all nationalities, and
it may be said of her, as OF the little
girl in the nursery rhyme, that when
she is bad she is horrid." But at her
best she seems to me to eclipse the
damsels of all other nations. I don't
quite know how she does it, and, not
being a poet, L could not describe the
process If 1 did. 1t is not that she
is exceptionally beautiful. But she has
such an irresistible way with her; she
is such an adept in the art of looking
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Tourists Woes

Uncle Sam, to make things as easy as
can be for the departing tourist, hands
him on the eve of his departure a neat
little envelope, bearing the official seal
of the United States. 1t is labeled,
Important Communication. Read
Carefully"
The passenger list of each departing
line is required to be furnished the
Collector of the Port on the day Of
sailing. The circulars, compiled from
this list. are handed to each passenger
They explain the rules as to collection
of duty on baggage and tell just what
is dutiable and what assessable. All
persons on their arrival In the United
States are required to make a declara-
ton under oath of all dutiabIe articles
obtained by them abroad This dec
'laration is verified on the pier by ex-
animation on the part of inspectors.
Passengers are warned to answer all
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questions frankly in order to avoid sus-
picion.
The original receipts for goods
bought abroad should be saved as far
as possible. Each person is entitled to
bring in fifty cigars or three hundred
cigarettes for his own use. All cigars
and cigarettes in excess of this num-
ber and less than 5000 are liable to seiz-
ure. Failure to declare articles will
render them liable to confiscation and
the tourist to criminal prosecution. In
case passengers are dissatisfied with
the values placed upon dutiable goods,
they may demand a examination.
Government officials are forbidden by
law to accept anything but currency
in payment of duties. 1t is unlawful
for customs officers TO receive any tip
or gratuity, and to offer the same is
a violation of law. A returning citizen
is entitled to bring with him, free of
duty, all the personal effects taken
abroad with him, and in addition arti-
cles purchased abroad not exceeding in
value s1G0. Such articles must be for
the use of the person bringing them in.
and not for sale. To prevent the use of
this privilege as cloak for smuggling,
customs officials are instructed to in
quire in regard to the actual ownership
of the goods. Either the presence of
an unusual amount of any class of
highly dutiablc merchandise, or fire.
quent and hasty journeys, is sufficient
to raise the presumption Of bad faith.
Such cases will be subject to most
careful scrutiny and prosecution.
Household effects may be brought in
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A Catechism of Civics

In the North. to furnish new educa-
tionaI systems.
What are the principal industries OF
the inhabitants OF the United States?
They grow trusts. buy stocks on mar
gin, and manufacture South American
revolutions
How is the trust crop grown?
BY magnates and the common people
What is a magnate?
Almost any dishonest man who has
money enough to keep out Of Jail
And when the common people have
gathered the trust crop, how are they
paid?
In common stock.
Does this yield anything?
Oh. yes. When squeezed. 1t yields
water enough to make good circus
lemonade.
What are the principal trades OF the
United States?
Operating for appendicitis, writing
advertisement poetry. and going out on
strike.
According to the last census. what
was the total population?
About seventy millions.
And how are these divided?
Into thirty-four million females and
the rest Presidential candidates
What Is the color line?
1t is an imaginary line drawn from
the Tuscaloosa Institute to the White
House dining ng-room.-Life.
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True Dreams

Here is a case for the psychologists
An English woman's dream has led to
the recovery by Cardiff chief constable
Of the body of a man missing since last
December. The case had puzzled de-
tectives and they were willing to take
up with any clew even though it hung
on so frail thread as a dream. They
remembered the recorded case of
Wheeler, who last summer dreamed
that he saw a man drowning at the
Crystal Palace. So impressed was he
that in the morning wh--e talking the
matter over with his wife he made a
rough sketch of the scene he had pic
tured. While at breakfast he was
summoned to the palace to drag the
lake for the body of a man who had
fallen in and been drowned He brought
his sketch and the body was found
In the exact spot designated.
A dream saved the life Of Mathew
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JaPan's Navy

With almost superhuman energy and
negligence the japanese have in
thirty-eight years evolved into civilized
efficiency a navy which commenced
with one gunboat. armed with an old
smQoth-bOre S2-pounder. and three iron
sieorers fitted vi 4 masts and spars.
How this has been accomplished is
truly interesting. In 1866, at the re-
guest ot the japanese q. Vernment. six
Instructors and six officers. under the
. charge admiral-then commander
eir Richard Tracey-left England to
instruct the japanese in nautical mat
ters. one Of this little band still lives
oQ the Sussex coast, in a little seaside
village.
He says 4 always expected the
Japanese would excel in naval STRAIT
. egy indeed. / would rather instruct
fifteen japanese than three English.
They are wonderfully keen. studious.
and have most wonderful gift Of ac-
curing knowledge"
O. The instructors. upon their arrival.
were ast0unded 10 find the japanese
absolutely devoid Of knowledge Of
things nautical Several self-called
naval authorities had. despite this fact.
conferred upon themselves the title Of
admiral, though they had never been
10 sea
a college-the ''Skeegee College,
for officers and cadets, was founded at
4eoo. and between thirty and forty
cadets, and thirty seniors, ranging from
- 10 - years Of age. were enrolled
- The japanese language afforded no
words OF command. so il was arranged
20 adopt British terms. The classes
worked five TO six hours daily in the
mastery OF English. and so great an
enthusiasm prevailed that the embryo
officers begged for time out Of hours in
which TO fit themselves for the discus
sion Of English subjects outside the
college curriculum
At the time the japanese We're much
sterse &c the visits on their shores OF
foreigners; therefore to insure the
safety ~ the instructors the "Skeegee
College organized in secret a guard
-of honor for them. but IL was not until
they left, some time later. that they
learned that whenever they went out
each Individual was closely followed by
shree soldiers armed with a short
sword. used for stabbing at close quar-
ters. and q double-handed sword. which
in the hands Of japanese was a most
formidable weapon.
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Speed Of Storks

No living thing, not even scared
jackrabbit, can travel with the speed
displayed by such birds as the stork
and the northern bluethroat, says the
New York Sun. Not only do these
birds fly with a speed that can hardly
be conceived, but they keep up their
rapid flight for one or two thousand
miles at a stretch without apparently
tiring.
Evidence has been collected recently
which shows that the bluethroat flies
from Central Africa to the shores Of
the North Sea. distance of 1900 miles.
in less than a day and a night, and
making 1t, moreover, in one uninter-
rupted fight.
The storks, which spend their sum-
mers in Austria Hungary and their
winters in India and Central Africa,
are also marvellous travellers, and make
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of his sentinels. gave any report of
danger He looked about, saw moth
ing unusual, and fell again to feeding.
Among the wild kindreds, as far as
man can judge, there are occasional in
tuitions that seem to work beyond the
scope of the senses. 1t is not ordin-
arily so, else would all hunting, on the
part of man or Of the hunting beasts, be
idle. But once in a while, as if by
some unwilling teleDathic- communion
ton from hunter to hunted, o. else by
an obscure and only half delivered mes
sage from the powers that preside over
the wild kindreds, a warning of peril
is conveyed to a pasturing creature
while yet the peril is far off and un-
revealed. The great moose found his
appetite all gone. He backed off the
sapling and let it's top spring up again
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Cars Grandeur

The Russian court is the most bril-
liant IN the world. The court Of vi
cnna has more Of a certain kind Of
haureur ard pretension, but the court
.at ST Petersburg is the most gorgeous
as Wen as the most gracious and grace
fuL II has a finer art and a more gen
efoUs hospitality. It's refined air and
its polished perfection might well be
envied and emulated in capitals of
higher civilization. Though the EN-
peror gives q reception on the Russian
New Year. the season really opens
. with The blessings OF the Neva. six
DAYS later II is a ceremonial Of re-
igious significance and social demon
strati0n. In the improvised pavilion
on the enbankment Of the river appear
the Emperor and the Metropolitan with
the great dignitaries Of the hier-
archy nj church and state, the splen-
did columns Of helmeted and plumed
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and lapis-lazuli, its wonderful figured
bronze doors, its colossal monolithic
columns of Finnish granite, surmount-
ed by the golden dome which CLEANS
like the sun over the city and sur
roundings, is exceedingly impressive in
it's simple grandeur. It's striking
equestrian statue Of Peter the Great
rearing over the serpent on the rough
bowlder the more ornate and less ef
fective pededtal of Nicholas, the ma
jestic Alexander shaft facing the Win
ter Palace on the one hand and the
buildings of the general staff on the
other, all add to the picturesque fea-
lures of the capital.-Saturday Evening
Post.
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Old Cigar Maker

AS the people Of Urbana daily meet
and pass Edward Hunt on the streets
of that city as he goes to and from
his work at cigar factory, few know
that he is the oldest cigar-maker in
the United States. He has sat at the
bench fifty-fOur years. He is now
past 70 years and has worked at the
trade since he was Is. He has turned
out over 1,S5O.O00 cigars in one factory
in Uubana IN his twenty three years
connection. He was apprenticed to n
cigar-maker in Trenton, N. j. and still
has the indenture, a curious document
on parchment. naming his wages as
SIS per aunum and his board.
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Kentucky rye and Scotch high balls.
Where is the Corn Belt located?
1t extends from the Chicago Ex-
change to Trinity Church in Wall
street.
Does the climate vary much in differ
ent parts Of the Union?
Yes.
What Is the mean temperature?
Where Uncle Russell Sage happens to
be-
What is considered to be the hottest
region in the country?
Zion City.
And the coldest?
John d. Rockefeller's safe deposit
vault
What common product Is raised in
the same proportions all over the
country?
Babies
Are there any exceptions to this1
Yes. Newport aud South Dakota.
What are these babies used for?
In the South, to run the factories.
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ESPECIALLY for courier, searchlight ana
freight service. STAFF officers collecting
reports have travelled 100 miles In a
day. In another instance an auto train
transported ten tons OF forage fifty
miles In a single day. saving two days
time over similar work by thirty-six
horses. In time of war the military
authorities look to requisitioning au-
tomobiles. and an officer of rank says:
THE state has the greatest interest
in the rational development of mechan-
zeal traction on ordinary roads, and
should devise means TO persuade manu-
facturers to build. and citizens to pos
sess, vehicles not only suitable for
commercial needs. but also able to rem
der good military service"
An outgrowth Of this idea is the Au-
tomobile Volunteer Corps, organized in
1909 in Great Britain. 1t has received
the sanction Of the British War OHce,
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free OF duty. II used abroad for not less

free of duty. If used abroad for not less
than a year.
The law expressly forbids the impor-
tation into the United States Of gar
ments made in whole or in part Of the
skins of prohibited fur seals, and unless
the owner is able to establish by COM
petent evidence that the garment was
purchased prior to December 20. 1897,
or that the animal from which the skin
was taken was captured elsewhere
than in prohibited waters. entry will
not be allowed. Tourists who desire
to take sealskin garments abroad
should have them registered with the
Collector before leaving.
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Giant War Automobiles

which has agreed to allow the members
81 so per day when on service. In time
Of war they will be expected to place
themselves and their cars. fully
equipped. for home duty as couriers,
patrols, etc. Rudyard Kipling and a
number Of other notables are included
in the corps.
Russia renewed its experiments at
its last army maneuvers With the Bel
gian express motor of six horsepower,
using benzine as fuel, and having an
average speed Of thirteen miles per
hour. The roads were very bad and
the ground unfavorable. the chauffeur
being often obliged to take TO uncul-
tivated f1elds. Notwithstanding these
conditions, which caused twenty eight
breakdoWns, the machine covered about