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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
splNNAcH suPPLANTs coTroN.
In Mississippi and Arkansas the
Earliest Green Vegetable sisslrs
Great DemaD d.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May rs pecIal
reports from points, in MississipE,Iss
Arkansas and Louisiana are to the
effect that many families hayefaha1i-
doned the planting of cotton. forsitEies
raising of spinach, the earliest Of ali
green vegetables. The demand In In the
North. SO the producers say. IS Sol
great for the spinach that it has sur.
passed the output.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 is the
profits estimated by DR.. w. e. Smith,
of Madison county Miss, for 90 acres
of land which he recently. planted In
spinach. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
We ARE HAPPY
ONCE MORE
TIE MAYOR HAS RETURNED;
THAT LICENSE is PAID AND
EVERYTHING IS PER
FECTLY LOVELY.5f5zssss

We are happy now. The license
has been paid for, and His Honor
has returned. We knew it would be-
paid. because did not His Honor so .
order it? IL was a few days late In 7
arriving, but it was good when it5got
here. S
Al the license fees have been paid
with the exception of few pool
rooms and one hotel, which viii be
paid this evening, orzthe places OF
business will be closed. s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
w h6P6 do you
buy Jour india
.LinOnS?
SLID.

il yo,. don't buy them at Hartley,s
Won are paying TOO much for them
Ever yard of India linen in this store
was bought last yea before the great
advance III cotton. We know we can
8: sac yea 20 PEI, cent on India linens.
o3hcrs will have the same prices as
': We DO. bur will the quality he. the
SAME? You must looi olrt for that
Prices RUN zoe. 12Isc, 15o. 1sc' 2oc'
25e. Sc and soc yard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
/, 6 t,IoSs sei,ool "a les.


Ses .artissy ne students 10 TIE Ei4
tIoG1 som1n erciai School organized II. z
literary society The fol4owtng OIL
Gers We're elected: President, T. 5.
secretary, Miss Anna Reinhei!ner;
treasurer, Miss Jessie Metheny Com
mittees were appointed to frame q set
OF bylaws and TO decide upon name
tcg the society. 4 great deal OF in
terest was manifested at the orsani-
zarion. and the undertaking is bound
to be success if the same spirit is
kept up.
Miss Cora. Nixon and Carney Car
penter have recently entered the
Shorthand Department
Principal Grim is out of the city to-,
ciay o nuusincsS.,----,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
Dodge is forced 70 appear in New

Dodge is forced 20 appear in q New
York court
The woman. as is generally the rule,
is the worst sufferer She clinSs. to
Morse and relies on his wealth. ito
hold Dodge in Texas and to havc"the
aanulment of the divorce revoked.
The lawyers who represent Dodge
have been drawing on Morse to sup
port Dodge. who is not anxious to
have the true inwardness of the affair
exposed in court. The hypothesis is
that the money has overcome the de-
sire that Dodge once manifested to
recover his wife and that if he can
e!ude eNtradition from Texas she viii
make her home with Morse once more
But the salient point of the whole
business is that the lawyers on either
side have been instrumental i'll the
trickery and deceit that have marked
the case from it's inception to its pres
ent status
This litigation wouiG provide the
author Of "Curiosities OF the Divorce
Courts" with q lively chapter Tor M"
book but there are plenty OF other IN
stances for the exercise of bis powers
of narrative. In Paterson, n. J., a wo-
man has sued for separation because
her husband smokes. IL the same
State man brings suit for the 'eSA-
son that his wife forgot % inform MIA
that she had another husband living,
In Indiana & clergyman is suing Ms
wife because she hides his pratcEs on
al coat ana collar when aa Is aae IN
the pulpit.
Perhaps We may !ia;I cue -%i ana
ton Of the divorce craze in & CORES
sion recently made BY a young Aus-
band who was cjandest!aeIy nsaEEed-
He said that he could not afford TIC
for Z church wedding, as his business
required ali his attention. II he comd
no: spare the hours Tor an open we'd
ding it IS sound proposition that
he will be TOO much absorbed in MS
occupation 10 give his wife the atteh-
tic1l that is her right ana t;2isr divorce
is almost sure to throw a shaGow- "'er
their lives.
4 rural magistrate the other "ay
established the rude that he would
only marry couples who consented L"
a stipulation that neither world seek
for divorce within year IN the days
of "Loves Young Dream such res
ervation seems absurd, bIlt experience
has demons trated that it has its prac-
teal uses. The glamour usu3!ly out
lives e tweIyemonth, but the ,12asis-s
trate probably thought that IL ne
could restrain a couple from coin g. ~
10 court for q year the 3reEsaessl 5rance
of the restriction would influence their
future associations and cor 5liic =; :
them thati they could reconc43:as ti e s.
differences dIirfn g that = ne a ~ 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
Found Nothinq But the BridIe.

Web Amos, of near Rivesville, 8w.as
in the city yesterday. Last evening
when he went to get his horse to go go
home, he found only the bride, the
horse having broken loose and gone
toward home. Mr.. Amos had to- walk
home This morning the horse was
found along the road.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

The Sunday school at UztOWn is in
al! extremely nouriShing and prosper
out condition, due mainly to the Ell
forts of Supt- r. J. Dcnham and ms
assistant, Mr.. j. r. Watson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
Suit Entered.

Suit has been entered in the Cir
cult Court by Clara, Pyies against
George w. Pyles- The suit is IN
chancery and Attorney Ogden repre-
sents the plaintiff.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Another Republican voter arrived
in the city yesterday. but he Will not
begin voting until he reaches his ma
jority-21 years yet. he is stopping
at the home of our popular towns
man Mr.. l.. G.. Race.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
The May Paths of Divorce.

If some bright literary man would
devote a year to following up the di-
yorce tangles that are illustrated in
the courts and then submarine in
book the queer features OF the suits,
am sure that he would produce vol
ume that for human interest and pop
ularity could not be surpassed and
that would command the widest circle
of readers of any book of the times
Give it some such attractive title as
.'Curiosities of the Divorce Courts.
and he would throw the publishers
and booksellers in a feverish hustle
of activity. The material is ready
to his hand, and all the work he would
have to perform would be to select the
instances that appear most strongly
Ito the sense of the ridiculous. the com
ic and the pathetic, and tell of them
briefly in plain, vigorous English that
would be easily understood by the
masses / believe confidently that
book of that kind, holding the mirror
up to the perversionS of nature, would
be a social revelation in which would
lie all the possibilities OF amusement
and sympathy, mixed With snock
that the code of decency should De
so violated every dag by the men and
women of this time OF supposed cui-
ture and enlightenm ent.
OF all the matrimonial complEca-
lions that have lately been brought
to light none is more deeply involved
in a maze than that OF the Dodses and
Morses, which the New York courts
are now trying to eXtricate. Six years
ago Mrs Dodge secured divorce from
her husband and in 1901 she was mar
ried to Morse. who is man OF large
wealth IN 1903 Dodge concluded tnat
he wanted his wife back, and he OBJ
tanned an annulment of the decree on
the plea that he was not represented
in the first proceeding s. The woman
began a new suit for divorce from
her first spouse, and her attorney pro
cured evidence that was conclusive
to the referee that Dodge had been
represented when the divorce was
granted.
Dodge was indicted for perjury and
tccl: refuge in Texas. The woman
was saved from UestifyiCg against
him because her lawyers hurried nef
out of the New York jurisdiction ana
made her believe thar the annnlIn e1it
of the divorce decree would soon pc
rescinded and she would be Tree 10
live with Morse again. Dodge remains
in Texas and is said to be living on the
money furnished by Morse. District
Attorney Jerome, of New York is en-
=, n al n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
TAC MAR%E
rh5ngs We're Dull At II A. IL,

NEW YORK, May T., II y M,--'!'he
.,lullness Of The stock may be appre-
c!a:aa when it is stated that in the
first hour there were only :" stocNs
III which there %ere transactions 81
400 shares or over. The floor was
largely deserted ana the trading was,
wholly without significance. TftG-'@
as rule were somewhat arooi'i17
through sheer inertia. In few I'd
stances were the variations in cXceS"
Of ore-eighth to one-fourth per cent,
The second hour brought no relief
from the intense dizziness
Government bonds unchanged,
Other bonds quiet. Total sales l
coo shares.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

mechanical department Oh the on4-
verSity. was at the Tavern to-uaE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Duncan St. Clair. President Of tnD
Federal Coal Co. was at the Tavern
to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

c. l.. Michael and j. Guy orichart
came up from AIorgantown to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

c. L. Conaway and ChaS. NORRIS
returned from Grafton this afternoon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Or. c. f. Amos, of Gypsy was il
;he city yesterday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

AM extra GOOD hing in 9 fine India
Linen Embroidered Shirt Waist Pat
fern; Ths assortment OF styles IS
pretty and complete, and the very
same identical patterns we have been
selling Tor. sl.50 To make things
lively in the wash dress goods depart
nent we offer You Your choice OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

E. NJ Showalter returned from Nor
gantown at noon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Mr. A. G. Hall is very sick at his
home on Main street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Terrence D. Stewart was in the city
to-day. e:t3-,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Bert and Ed Watkins were at Graf
ton to-day. $500
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

AIRS. Emma Maulsby is the guest
OF her mother, MIS- Mary T.. menus
on E2irITlont avenue
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Elder a. - Bunner left this alter
slcofa for Man.25n Gtor-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

/ have a six room house on Bridge u;
street for rent. II. H Lanhan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07

Marriage Licenses.
Frank Ilura, &c. and Mary DenlkeIl-
clcz, %.
William NJ. PirneIl. %. and ruth
HoT, %.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04
NOT DESIRABLE AS CLERKS.

Left Handed Penmen Are Not Wanted
in Business Houses.
Few business men will employ left
handed person as a clerk or bookkeep-
er and the prejudice against them ex-
tends to the government departments
at Washington. The chiefs of those
departments are entirely willing to
overlook bad penmanship on the part
of a really good and industrious clerk,
but it is the man or woman who writes
with the left. hand at which the balk
Is made. The dead line is drawn just
the moment it Is ascertained that a
clerk is left-handed and he is forthwith
Informed that If 1t is his desire to con-
ttnue in government service it will be
necessary for him to write with his
right hand. This information Is always
a bitter pill for the left-hand penhold-
ers, but there is nothing to be done but
begin to write with the right hand or
throw up the job" and few are anx-
ious to quit government service even
for this cause. No matter how perfect
a hand the left-handed clerk may write,
there is no alternative but to learn to
write with the right hand and some
times it takes months to get to the
point where even a legible hand is
written by the clerk who Is forced to
learn the business over" But during
this period Of making the change the
chiefs are easy and patient and make
the work as light as possible on the
unfortunate clerk.
One OF the best men in the Depart-
ment OF Commerce and Labor began
his career in the Bureau of Statistics.
He had left proofreader's desk in
the government printing office to &C.
cept the clerkship in the bureau. He
began to write with his left hand and
he almost threw fit when the chief
told him to put the pen in the right
hand, that left-handed penmanshin
didn't 60 Then it was that he wished
he was back in tha big printery. where
any kind of handwriting" passed mus
ter. lust so the correct marking was
madi on the proof and was plain
enough for the compositor to decipher.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04

The rash lasts about six days, accom-
panied by fever. then begins to fade
and the closing stage-the casting of
the SKINS reached. The child should
be sponged or immersed in hot bath
several times daily, and if the fever is
very high wet pack will be an advan-
tage. For the throat a gargle Of one
part carbolic acid to twenty Of water,
followed by brushing the liberated
parts with a camel's hair brush to
cleanse them and then application of
nitrate of silver twenty grains to the
ounce of water is recommended. Cold
cloths on the neck frequently changed
are also beneficial. For the itching rub
with solution Of one part glycerine
to four of rose water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04

possessed of Gear Nicholas H. OF
his command
potentahty ne yet Is foremost
Though IN
oenaon certain kind he IS "
loving THESE
generally While not particularly
needs
found in the Czarna In her
granddaughter of Queen Victoria
German English than STAY
thought and sympathies were
Russians
naonazed drusful of all things foreign This unpopular mas
the
position.
familiar ST. Petersburg through the which they
Notwithstanding
they grand duhesses they democratic than their parents
exceedingly
Saic
of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04
THE SHETLAND PONY.
Runs Wild in His Early Days-A De-
voted Friend of Man.

Runs Wild in His Early Days-A De-
voted Friend of Man.
When at home the pony is still left
very much to himself, and during his
earlier years runs wild. But he is
easily reformed, and speedily aban-
dons his wild and odd ways and be-
comes q devoted friend of man and
an admirable worker SO great is their
affection for the ponies that the island
ers never kill them, but when they are
too old for work they allow them to
return to the fields and hills and live
out the last of their days in peace.
Sometimes the old animals, in their
wanderings for food, Ill fall over
the cliffs and so perish. They still
reach the age of 80 years or more in
their native land, and there is a case
on record-but it is probably apocry-
phal-of q Sheltie which lived to be
a hundred years old.
Like every other good thing for
which a demand has arisen, the prices
Of Shelties have increased in recent
years. There has been for a consider
able period a large export trade in the
ponies, of which there were at one
time 10000 in the islands, but accord
ing to government returns, the num-
Der Is now about half. In the eigh-
teenth century it was possible to OBJ
tain a good Shelte for so shillings
about SID, and the average price in
1909 was IS more. Half a century
ago q pony could be bought for from
81 to $50, but in 1871 males ranged
from $40 to $50, the mares fetching
only half that sum. as they were not
suitable for pit work, for which the
Shelties were mostly needed. Since
then prices have greatly advanced, and
large sums are obtained for choice
specimens of the pony, especially when
they are wanted for children's use. A
yearling will now command from $50
upward.
The Sheltie cannot be worked until
it is 8 or years old, and does not
reach maturity until it Is aged s or 8
years.-Illustrated Sporting News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04
Japanese Brains.

The japanese have attracted so much
attention and admiration by their re-
markable progress In the ideas and
practice of Western civilization, as
well as by their native genius in art,
that the results of an investigat ton Of
the brain weight Of the Japanese peo-
pie as compared with Europeans must
interest everybody. For ten years
Professor Taguchi, of Tokyo Univer-
sity, has been studying the brains of
his fellow countrymen. He shows that
with adults the brain weight compares
favorably with that of Europeans of
similar stature, and may even be
slightly superior. There is one striking
difference, however, in the fact that the
Japanese brain grows more slowly dur
ing infancy and early youth than is the
case with Europeans. In Japan, as
everywhere else. there is found a posi-
tive relation between brain weight and
stature-that is, the larger brains. gen
orally speaking. go with the larger
bodies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04
Not BETTER Than Others

There is a popular beIlel III 'u,'
trv that American railroads al, =.
superior to those in England ~
equipment and in administrator -. V
ney Brooks, writing in harp! I'm
". takes exception to this opi-u Wv,
makes some interesting Assem- asn
prove its fallacy. The equlp~
the American railroads. say! ~.
Brooks, is far behind that ' o. ..n'
glish lines. In England 'ns ,.o,r
ninety-eight locomotives for t s,"t !,
miles of railroad and in Ame e. 1oo !, i
ty; 3o7 passenger vehicles PEI u, l mel
in england and eighteen IN ~ AMI IN
s,161 freight cars per 100 miles lies. ~
land and only 719 III AinI cad
smallest villages are provides .lso.
well-built, comfortable s as.I"s d
generally with asphalt plaI ,.p stat;
Of England and the un aass IN +
shows an immense percen'a7
Of the English manaSelD'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04
Women's Work in Korea.

AS there are no labor-saving ma
chimes in Korea, womens work is done
by the crudest and hardest methods
possible, from hulling rice with a
heavy wood or stone pestle to washing
clothes by beating them in the streams
and ironing them with sticks. In or
der to iron, the clothes must always be
ripped apart and wrapped round a
wooden roller while damp. They are
then beaten by either one or two wom-
en-. It is surprising to see the gloss
on the white calico and the sheen upon
the linen produced by this method of
ironing. 1t surpasses the dressing one
sees in this country on newly bought
linen. Since the people dress exclu-
sively in white, the woman's day-and
often much of the night, too-is spent
in wash-ironing ironing and sewing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04

The possibilities open to a modern
apostle are seen in an attractive light
through the experiences Of a Massachu-
sets clergyman who, in a little more
than a year, has completed "a preach
ing tour round the world" supporting
himself and family by holding meet
with only nine dollars, and seems to
have earned his expenses, or more,
even while visiting Japan, China and
India. But the minister who under
takes such trip in this year Of our
Lord owes most Of his success to those
earlier evangelists who did not find
many friends along the road-until
they had made enemies their friends.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-04

Farming must have been profitable
in 1902. The Department of Agricul-
ture reports that the average wages
Of farm laborers in the whole country
were greater that year than in any
previous twelve months since 1866
The rate of wages varied, Of course,
with the conditions of labor. Men in
Montana received $50 a month and
board, whereas the South Carolina la
borer received only $S.25. The expla-
nation is that q man, mule and
pillow, the unit of labor in the cotton
belt, produce crop worth not more
than $3.50; in the wheat district, with
traction engines, an engineer with two
helpers in blowing and eight in har-
yesting produces a crop worth $o,4Oo.
There is not so great variation In the
hours of labor as In the rate Of wages.
the spring and summer is eleven hours
q day, and in the busiest season a
little more than twelve hours. In Con-
necticut, Montana and Wyoming the
men seldom work more than eleven
hours at any season. On the other
hand, there are sixteen States and two
territories where thirteen hours is a
days work when the men are rushed.
The farmers are an Independent class.
About two-thirds of them own their
farms and work them with little, If
any, hired help. Indeed, the census
report shows that more than one-half
Of the people engaged in outdoor farm
labor are members of the families of
the farmers, and that there are not
enough hired laborers to supply one for
every two farms the year round. The
American family, whether it lives on d
farm or in the towns and cities, seems
to be able to take care Of itself pretty
well. Not only is all the outside work
on the farms done without hired help
in q surprisingly large number Of
cases, but the homework in eleven Of
every twelve families Is done by the
mother and daughters. Family indes
pendence is the rule, even where the
farmers exchange work with one an.
other in the busy season.