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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-14
pebater and Orator.

|CnlcaSO5 chronicle atDem.)-l
The long speech of John Sharp Viii
Hams as temporary chairman OF the
! National convention in st. Louis was
distinct disappointment. To begin
with, it was inappropriate. A plain.
tiff in an ejectment suit must win, if
at all. by the Affirmative strength of
his own title. He cannot win because
of the weakness of the defendants IL
tie. A great party asking to be in
trusted with National power is not an
unlike case.
1t was, again. a tactical mistake. 1t
magnified unnecessarily Mr.. Roots
speech to the Republican convention,
imputing to it an importance it might
not have won for Notwithstanding
it, in other words. Most Of all it was
disappointing as oratory. The .dearth
Of fine public speakers in our day
makes the public quick to give heed
even to a rumor of one. What has
been said of Mr.. Williams achieve
ments in the House of Representa-
tives reused a hope that after SO long
we might again hear an orator who
had, first, something to say worth say
ilS, anu, SVSodu, Liz sSoAlL1dhu1liS
power of the orator in the saying. That
hope was disappointed.
For Mr.. Williams it was another
case of lost opportunity. The Demo
cratic party was passing a crucial
stage, emerging from the eclipse of
the free silver obsession. To him
came the opportunity to sound the call
for a great new party career. To for
mulate, in half the time he used,
boldly, broadly, with power and dig
nifty affirmative Democratic principles,
as true to-day as they were century
ago, and will be century hence. He
threw away the opportunity. He for
got there are such uDdying principles
and gave all his strength to scold-
ing denial of Mr.. Roots claims for his
party. The broad, firm mental grasp,
the creative power, the persuasive,
convincing, impassioned, uplifting fer
vor of the orator, were not there.
The alert eye for an enemy's weak
spots, the dexterous maneuvering for
position, the opportunistic readiness
OF the rough-and-ready debater, with
others of his qualities, positive and
negative-these were made manifest,
but the debater's and the orators quail
tiles are rarely found in the same
man, and Mr.. Williams leaves us still
hungering for the latter
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crab. rhat Eat cocoanuts.

Crabs which live upon cocoanuts
which they pick for themselves are
found in the Coralislands. Nature has
provided this crustacean with claws
and nippers of enormous strength, and
it is supposed that the crab climbs the
cocoa palms and detaches the nuts. 1t
reaches the meat of the fruit by pick
ing and rapping with its claws at the
end of the nut where the three small
holes are to be found till Il Slight breach
is made. Then the nippers are brought
into use for the rough tibers which sur
round the shell. These he shredS with
his nippers and conveys to his burrows.
where they form a comfortable bed for
the crab while he is changing his coat
Some of these crabs attain length of
over two feet and live in holes which
they have made in the earth at the
roots of tropical trees.
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nait In the Adirondaclss.

Darwin in his book upon earth
worms, the "anGleworms'' OF boyhood,
gave these humble diggers the credit
for making the earth fertile by soften
ing the soil. Apparently he assumed
that they are found in all parts Of the
world.
Fishermen tn the Adirondacks know
that this is not the case In that region,
which is fertile enough when there is
room between the trees and rocks,
there are no earthworms. The guides
have, however, taken pains to plant
worms in convenient open patches OF
soil near good fishing country. The
worms thrive, SO there are always plen-
ty to catch bait fish with, but they do
not spread through the forest Green
horns consequently do not know how
to get bait upon their own hook-and
hooks.
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King TO outs !


EAustralia, so he promptly drew 8
map Of that enterprising country and
sent it to his majesty with letter de
picting the benefit to science Of draw
ing faces from maps.
In due course Hechter received a
reply from Rockingham Palace regret.
ting that his majesty had no use for
the returned profile map.
Manritius Hechter is wel1-edu-
Gated lad, and his father is promi-
nent brush manufacturer at Bucha-
rest The lads love of adventure has
been imbibed from books of travel by
various authors.
During the last ten years numerous
adventures have attempted to walk
round the world at the expense of a
confding public. Most of them came
from America, and have pushed
wheelbarrows, or are said to have
done other deeds to inspire sympathy.
Experience of an American.
At Cairo in 1896 an American, who
was walking round the world in a
brown paper suit, alighted at the ter
race of Shepherds Hotel and imme-
diately started selling his photos for
As. each.
When persons did not desire his
picture he borrowed the dollar just
the same. One of the simple thi1'gs
he asked for was passage to Bonn
bay on P. and o. liner.
The cold refusal of the captain
panied the American pedestrian be-
yond measure. Finally he had to
choose between joining the chorus Of
an Italian comic opera company and
the circulation staff of an Egyptian
newspaper.
Dodging both these fearful ordeals,
his gifts were afterward highly appre
ciated as a guide to the tombs of the
ancient kings and other more or less
notorious early people.
In order to fulfill the terms of the
competition Hechter has to continue
his walk from New York to st. Louis:
and the Mirror will provide him with
his ticket to convey him from this
across the Atlantic.
Application is also being made to
the American Embassy in London to
facilitate the boys landing in America,
as under. the present immigration
laws he is liable to be turned back if
he is without means.
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KANSAS DEMOCRATS SAY
PARKER KILLS TICKET.

Topeka, Kan, July 14.-Many
Kansas Democrats believe it will be
useless for their party to spend time
and money in an attempt to carry this
State for their candidate for Presi-
dent. Jesse N. Haymaker, one of the
delegates to the National Democratic
convention, said:
81 have talked with several of the
well-known Democrats, and they ex-
press the belief that it will be impossi-
bic to elect an electoral ticket. We
will fight for the State Offices, but Par
ker is not popular enough in Kansas
for us to run with, him 1t might
have been impossible to have won
with any other Democrat, but it is out
of the question to try with Parker.
believe we will nominate and elect
Judge Dale, of Wichita, for governor"
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! setrayed Ry Ike E.rIensIss.

| New ork Tribune fRapsJ
Safe and Sane 4, enlocrae
betrayed In he house rIelads
when the Demo cratic Iona Or
yention adopted tfssflla eater
day which dodg ed tlsaess|
ton and failed acssnt car
voice. Or an
nanciai heresies $685.
AS Mr. Cleveland sui fss55s
the Senate had tried
zverting the
practicable, reve1iae duel 49,
ure: The counse1s bTavs asse5s
blasted in the hours 5slss|
der the influence OF I3r;:stafl's yls-s
nothing PERSONAL tl1 IVscate sss safs
d courageous gold sfasa 4 lard arsas
ton seem to- have been SCOT laea tssIs
sleep at St. Louis and the te fer
the return to SAT ty$ and satlti
freely ADVERTISED. has been sIsaslSE
forward on the caIende fe,,,.Su & issasstss
four years.
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Po1itene.. of ,1exican Children.


In Mexico a group of lads from seven
to twelve will meet, and each boy Will
decorouSly lift his hat, and saluta-
tons of extreme courtesy will be ex-
changed, and then come the boyish
chatter, the run and the laughter, the
same as anywhere. Boys there treat
their elders with respect An old man
or woman is not the butt of the youth
of Mexico. Rather for the old people
are reserved the shadiest seats under
the trees in the park. a Mexican boy
or girl on entering a room walks
around among the company. shaking
hands with all, and on leaving the
room does the same. Urbanity is
taught in the public schools as arith-
metic is at home. There is no one jos
tied on the street. The best seat in
the horse car is promptly given up to
ladies', who never fail gracefully to &C.
knowledA ! the favor. l have never
seen a Mexican gentleman fail to give
his seat to a woman, whether she was
richly or poorly dressed.-Rural Home.
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SILL ARD ours.
hesvnrEetys That May pc Found In
Stxlen, WOOD md PrIc

| styles, Wood and Prices.
Billiard cues vary greatly In weight
and price, according to the woods used
IN their making, The tops of all good
cues are made of maple wood The ma
pie is seasoned in the open air for
from six to twelve months and kiln
dried to prevent warpinS after the cues
are finished. The butts are made of
ebony. sapote. mahogany, rosewood.
cocoab olo. tulip, amarant and snake
wood, the different woods being used
to secure the proper weight. Ebony
is the heaviest wood The cost Of
these various woods. except the snake
wood and ebony, is the same Ebony
and snakewood bring a slightly in
creased price. The best cues are those
Of natural ba1ance-that is that are
weighted by the clear wood and are
not loaded or bored, although some
players prefer the loaded or bored cues
and have them constructed to suit their
taste.
There is large choice in cue tips
fat tips. round tips. narrow tips and
broad tips-but there is no real differ
ence between them, it being all q. mat
ter of what each player fancies. The
only tip which has any advantage over
the others is the removable tip, which
can be ,fnscrewed from the cue and re-
placed when out of order without any
delay or annoyance. The leather used
in cue tips is calfsllin taken from the
head just back of the ears. where the
leather is both thick and soft. No 9TH
er leather would do. as it is either too
thin or too hard. The French calfskin
is considered slightly better than the
American. but there is not much choice
between them.
The regular cues cost from so cents to
$40, the difference in price being due
to the inlaid fancy woods, pearl or
ivory name plates. ivory joints and
tips. cord wound about the grip, orna-
mented butts and other similar addi-
tons. The jointed cues are made most
~ for travel, and the best cues are not
jointed unless so ordered, as the Joint
ed cues are not SO strong as the single
piece cues.
To offset the perspiration of the
hands and to afford q better grip the
butts of the more expensive cues are
cord wound or have ornamental CORFU
cations.
The cues given for prizes at tourna
ments are handsome affairs. inlaid with
different colored woods, with a name
plate of pearl, and cost from SIS to
$50. Some cues have been given for
prizes at the leading clubs that have
had gold name plates and have cost as
much as SGo.-New York Times.
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+ Roosevelt the issue

Chicago Record Herald "a Isep,5
The platform as sFh holt is more
radical in its sound than issSi rs its;;s
sense While the Bryan st fttleia ess a s.
distinctly felt in the pilraseo net
only silver but the come r "a
government BY mi unction are 81
3nored we wan he Isl sue s. III
presented We shall find aessysa;s
irious attacks on the pub1i can al Ri
ADMINISTRATION TIL may all \ zen;
out in the one word .RooseS NJ
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Real Estate Transfers.

J. w. Parker and husband to Carrie
B. Lantz, property in Fairmcnt dis
trict; consideration, $40.
Us Sallie K. Morgan to Louisa NJ Gala
hue, property IN First ward Fairmont,..
consideration. s1.oo and other val
uab1es. s55$iS ss5 "; SsS
5s Clara d. Tuckes and husband TO
Emma Nilson. property on Tinch's
run; consid eration 500. MS
ME- The besl IaIl's i Ice cream :
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MAN
DESER'
P ARTY
ARE JOINING The.
LIsTS-cANNOT. SUPPORT
PARkER-RoosEv WILL
CARRY MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS. July live are sure
of carrying the States of Alabama
and Georgia now declared Joe Par
ker, ex-chairman OF the Populist ma.
tional committee at the Jefferson no.
tel. Mr.. Parker has just reached ST.
Louis from the national convention OF
the Peoples party, which was held
at Springfield last week. Continuing
he said: Not only Will we carry those
two States, but we may carry Nebras-
ka. and if we do not get big vote
in Missouri will be greatly surprised.
THE Democrats could not have
gone back on their promises to the
people more completely than they did
in this convention. Wall street forced
the party into its pocket. Democrats
have been teaching the principles they
have repudiated for eight years. They
have educated the farmers to the the
DRY Of free silver until it is grated
into them good and strong. Now the
leaders turn about ON their PROPOSE
ton and stand for what they have
been fighting. Do they think for a
minute that these thousands of fol-
lowers of Bryan are going to submit
tamely to such dictation? think not.
You can't change the principles in n
single day any more than you can
raise the sun at midnight.
"Our candidate for President, Thorn
as Watson, will carry Alabama and
Georgia and, l believe. Nebraska. We
will cast between 100000 and 3,OO0.-
votes at the coming election
How about Missouri" was asked.
missouri will give Watson at least
10000 votes, and, to my mind, Roose-
welt will stand an excellent show OF
carrying the State.
1.-THE Populist are in better shape
to-day than they have been for eight
years. We are beginning to find out
the insincerity of the Democrats. They
are beginning to come out in the
light of their true character. The
Populists have this year adopted d
platform that will appeal to every
laboring man in the United States.
We declare for all the cardinal prin-
ciples that the Democrats have con
tended for these many years. We be-
lieve in organizing labor, and we arc
pledged to support union principles.
We expect to secure a great vote in
the cities.''
To further show the extent of the
feeling, Mr.. Parker claims that Clar-
ence Darrow, the Hearst man from
Chicago, who addressed the Demo
cratic national convention on Thurs
dy in the interest Of his candidate, has
openly announced that he cannot sup
port Parker and that he will vote for
Watson. barrow was a law partner
Of the late John P. Altgeld, of Chi
cago.
Mr.. Parker held several confer
ences with number of delegates from
Nebraska and other Western States.
and if they did not absolutely promise
to support the Populist candidate for
President they declared they would
never vote for Parker All the Popu-
lists in the city, and there are several
who came along with Mr.. Parker, are
equally as we'll satisfied with the out
look for their candidate.
=
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SIC ! I. sllsuaf 5RIlllnderl;.

Philadelphi North american Rst,ssss
Bad as it is in its Sins of com nlfsss
sion, the platform sorses islsg VS.
sin OF omission. he I'd illlre tss
make any mentf fnasacissl
question is xclsabl e issss ;ss
much violation Of poll ticaI onaraolis
sense as Of good morals shoisi tissss
party up to the scorn bit Fiasssl
men as d political ostrich
head in sand Of fool sEsSgos.ssl ssss
pusillanimous renegade faIsesssNte 5sss
past and fearful of Il future. Some
body has said that e the 1srno tisss
party can always BE 20 aed iI, s'ss
to make bIund ers. q iss3 been
often demonstrated. btt As sssss; so
shame lessly as in It's iona co..
vention Of 1904 ssSsS
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GRAND 5Ex uRsloN +
TO clarksbura Frida s',sSssIsz
Baltimore q; Ohio Railroad

On account Of sale OF lots OIL Jnfons
Land Compan Tickets WI II ne sod
at the very low rate OF one are Tor
the round trip for asaes
& rate less than 50 cents.
sfaresl Tickets good anne
day. Unusual attract ions ares oTersdss
for5 the entertainment$of exon tonistss
at Glarksburg Gail on agants for
FIJI particula
3sSsS easy til set guesses ny ask ma
a friend ~ subs egihe fors tlls
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Parker is the Platform.

Philadelphia Record tl1elu.)
Silent when there was no occasion
for speaking. Judge Parker has spok-
EN- the decisive word because The occas
sion has arrived. He has proved
himself the man and the patriot that
his friends knew him to be, and ris,
ing above personal ambitions and
what was believed to be party ex 'spe
5diency, he has stated with absolute,
clearness his position on the curren-
cy question where the silence Of he
platform invited misconstruction5a and g.
was liable to comp romise him HIS
5declarat ion OF acceptance Of the ex;
listing monetary system OF the oun-
try now becomes part ofs the plat
Is the Plat
ietory leopard
New ork World Demo ssSS
&As The xeyySrInvssrar eats fo mfr 1I.j
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A Marriage In China.

There is no loss Of time about mar
rage in China. The bridal party en-
tiers astemple, and there a quantity of
fireworks are let of, including large
number of crackers. When sufficient
noise has been made to waken the
great Joss from his sleep the priest
gnbbles through the service, the bride
and bridegroom take two little glasses
are an legally man and wife as IL d day
had been taken over the ceremony
Reliabre Furnit tire All Il Irmont Fur
snItureM Co <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-14

Only sailing vessels are bothered
and delayed by Gains" The steam.
ship does not have to wait for a
breeze. And in the business world
only the store that does not adver.
tise Cor that does not advertise
enough) is bothered by .1dull days
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Course David I z,

| New York Sun, lind ss5S
Personal abuse OF 81 81 Fer
his part IN the transac tion NJ
! Hill at st. Louis IS not ID ON er.s
was not Bryan who anrre tttssF
gold standard. He has II eyer been fsssss
the gold standard Ie has sssrSs
Eeven pretended to be ssI
not Bryan who profit by tho 5aFaa ms
except in Intellectual salts lon
the maintenance Of princif 1ass5
has consistently held I. and peTtlslE ,sS
also in personal enJo ynant lsis
evidence OF his thu Il Doyvs irasss
the party,s supreme colnct h.
then, should any disap poi
Democrat vent HI Ind sstla ii r,s,sa
the Hon. WI liam an tlsss
Sacred Writ teaches ~ talf.aIs'
whom to curse.
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DEMOCRATIC PRESS CORDIALLY
CONDEMNS HANDIWoRk OF
ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.

H. The Democratic platform is still 6
live topic with the newspapers. es
pecially the Democratic newspapers
few Of which accept it without pro
test. Some comments follow:
Insane and Unsafe.
New York Times (Dem.) j
No Democrat who is not utterly
blind can fail to see that the conven
ton has not made It's appeal in q way
to regain for the party the confidence
of the people. The dull. british stu
pidity of the refusal to recognize the
established and immutable fact of the
gold standard provokes distrust even
more than the immortality of the un-
DERIVING motive of 1t all. AS we'll de-
NY that the sun is a source of light
and heat, or refuse to affirm or deny
the law of gravitation. The voters
are not fools, they will not put power
into the hands of fools. This lurch
the Hearst disgrace. That is vastly
more loathsome and repulsive than
Organism. The presence Of hun
dred or more Hearst delegates sitting
in Democratic convention is eva
dence not simply OF corruptibility, but
of hopeless, downright. driyeling id.
ocy, such as no party in this country
has ever previously exhibited.
The two together, the Hearst dele
cations and the successful assault of
Bryan upon the vital and saving part
of the platform, reveals to the aston
ished country, which had expected.
something very different, condition
of the Democratic party not very
much better than its condition during
the Bryan supremacy. The aDemoc-s
racy is far from cured. 1t is only COIL
valescent. President Roosevelt has.
his faults, and some of them are
grave. But his intirmities and indis-
cretions expose us to no such perfls of
disaster and dfshonor as those we,
fought to avert and did avert, in 1886
and 1900, perils which the Democratic
party with incredible folly once more
evokes at the dictation of the man
who in those years led it in the path
Of destruction. Our money system
must be kept sound, our dollar muss
be honest. Whenever that issue is
raised it dominates the field, it is SUI.
preme. Better another term o.
Roosevelt, better Roosevelt indefinite
ly, than one term of a President ca
pable of yielding in the slightest de-
gree to the dangerous demands OF a.
party which confesses itself to be
still insane and unsafe.
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Gold that's pnt to- use more gold
begets Dollars grow NJ and raise
large Families. only when invested H.;
never hen boarded. Put youI. hid
den real q into real estate--but
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a Duty Not Done.

Philadelphia Public Ledger tDem.l.l
Where the convention has failed.
and failed lamentably, is in the omis-
sion of any express repudiation by
the country again and again. The re
lection of the gold standard resolu-
ton is not even excusabIe as meas
ure of political expediency, since it
appeals to public sentiment only In
certain Western States not likely to
he carried by the Democrats, and
weakens the party in those Eastern
States without whose vote it cannot
hope for even an approach to vic
tory The positive attitude of the
candidate, forcibly and unequlvocally
expressed, may partially Offset the
negative attitude of the conventions.
But not even the confidence felt in
Judge Parker can redeem the fanito
a party organization that has thus
failed in Judgment, in duty and IN
common sense.
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If you have real estate to sell this
is the poorest time of the year to keep
quiet about it-and the best time of
the year to advertise it; for hundreds
of buyers are watching the ads every
day III.
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'OlAlIIl)R IS ARG USED
AGAINST PLATFORM

who weakly SURF ndered on his
issue. when he ought t,4 lssii
1t to the floor OF the convent ION mud
reversed the unrepressnta yasss
his own admonition of 1asss
ago " Remember election IN i ss
,Remember It not ins Il he ~ sbors;
sough Territories with 40 assttsrals
vote. not in the sea Il cred isaags
camps and sure Republica
not in the securely rnocrati ste es
OF the South. Remember II RAJ Ter
New York, New Jersey. conneesicli
and the other doubtful States sWIaose
electoral votes are essential ta
Democratic success. Every one az;
these States is an Indus rial oslls
with enormous business isls
terests. Their election are decided
not by thick-and.t thin part isans, but
by the silent. thinIkin q. thrift fI1tsgsz
pendent citizens Who vote AS hessts5!
consciences. and he'll inter rests KS
tate. Every one Of these States
certain to vote gains " tie DeIlts,ss
cratic ticket this We MS sSsi sstss
in 1896 and 1906, HI the Fpte this
class are gfyen greu nsissz
for fear or even suspicion # thar tissssi
standard of honest none elaacesl
by still Organized Democracy.g
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Not to Be Wondered At.

Brooklyn Eagle. fDem.)
Judge Parker has been nominated.
Preceding his nomination, the con-
vention unanimously adopted a plat
form. That platform is silent on.
some subjects it would better have
treated 1t is erroneous on some it
does treat. 1t is, satisfactory on quite
a number of still others. In short, It.
is such a platform of compromise,
evasion. silence or commonplace as
might be expected from long: and
sore1y divided party, OF which the
factions were willing to exchange.
concessions. in the hope Of bringing
them all together. y
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ietory IS Y eo f,arrsiiSz;:

! The sgorId, Z, Rel eats to EIiII.i
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d esls Hall,s Ice cream.