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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-13
FREE CARNIVAL
And jubilee In the City ALI the
Coming Week.


One of the most meritorious
and attractive events scheduled
for this city during the present
summer is the carnival and jubi-
lee for next week. The festivi-
ties will begin on Monday and
continue throughout the entire
week. The attractions are all new
and up-to-date. In a bill of this
character, however, it is impossi-
BILE to present complete list of
attractions. But there will be no
end to sightseeing and amuse-
ments of a general character.
Among the numerous attractions
will be the Meredith trio of Eur
opean aerialists, in their triple
trapeze performance J Duke, the
wonderful diving dog; wonderful
acrobatic performances fire
dances, old plantation minstrelS,
the Ferris wheel, merry-go-round,
artistic glass blowers, illusion
shows, vaudeville performances,
the great electric palace and fine
band concerts. Remember the OPP
ening day of this great event will
be next Monday, and continue for
one solid week.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-13
A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure
except death and taxes, hut that
is not altogether true. DR.. King s
New Discovery for Consumption
is a sure cure for all lung and
throat troubles. Thousand can
testify to that. Mrs. c. B. Van
Metre, of Shepherdstown, w. Va,
says: 81 had a severe case OF
Bronchitis, and for a year tried
everything I heard of but got no
relief. One bottle of DR.. King s
New Discovery then cured me alb
solutely." It's infallible for
Group, Whooping Cough, Grip,
Pneumonia and Consumption. Try
it. It's guaranteed by D. A. Hen
dershot, druggist. Trial bottles
free. Regular sizes, SOC, 81.
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Sold by c. W. Grier.
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Made Young Again.

Gone of DR.. Kings. New Life
Pills each night for two weeks
has put me in my teens again, "
writes D. H. Turner, of Dempsey
town, Pa. They're the best in the
world for Liver, Stomach and
Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never
grippe. Only 25c at D. A. Hender-
shots.
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Quick Arrest.

J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena,
Ala, was twice in the hospital
from severe case Of piles caus-
ing twenty-four tumors. After
doctors and all remedies failed,
Buclllen Arnica Salve quickly
arrested further inflammation and
cured him. 1t conquers aches
and kills pain. 25c at D. A. Hen
dershot's.
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This Will Interest Many Men.

B. j. Longwell, the Wheeling
publisher, says that if anyone at
hicted with varicocele or are
weak where perfect men are
strong will send their address to
him at Wheeling, w. Va, (send
no money! he will direct them to
a perfect cure. He will tell you
how he was cured after years OF
search for relief. Hundreds have
tested this with success. 2 Write
today. 2ld&W,S
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1t is queer how much more
afraid a woman is that her dress
NAV trail in the dust when she
has on low shoes and gay stock
ings than when she has on regula-
ton boots.
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Substantial improvements are
still in progress in many parts OF
the city. Residences are being
repainted and generally improv-
ed.
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BAROSMk CURES BACKACHE

rHoMPsoS's BARosM4 win positively enre any
ease Of Backache. Kidney, Liver and Bladder
trouble. or money refunded. THoNPsoSs
sAnosMA also cures eciatIc Rheumatism, Nery-
BUSINESS and Palpitation Of the Heart. Perfectly
.Armiess. PIeasant % taxa, 4aS cured many
.5as5rae - rou-rsteutkn- Or1CxiEtsL
Sold by C. W. Grier.
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steel Dolls.

a factory in New Jersey has gone
10 making steel dolls. A steel doll Is
an indostructible doll that some par
ehts may fancy Is the right doll TO buy.
You can't yank the leg from a steel
doll. nor dislocate It's arms. nor twist
rs neck. nor dent its nose. You can
have very little fun with n steel doll.
L. may do 10 batter the piano legs,
or raise Jumps on the head OF your in
fart companion. but II can't be com
pared with a rag dollie for genuine
comfort. Every normal child wants a
doll that can be punctured and that
will lose its stufllng through the pune
tUrc
a steel doll, bah! What healthy
irfant outside OF New Jersey would
care to coddlo steel doll. or put Il 10
sleep. or dress II. or give II sugar pei.
lets? Not one. No. indeed. Tho
nan who invented the steel doll was
nc friend OF infantile humanity
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
Car Arrested-For a Minute.

Motorists will be amused To hear OF
an adventure which befell the car
when he was staying at Darmstadt a
short time ago. The czar was driving
I'm a motor car with Prince and Prin-
cess Henry OF Prussia and the Grand
Duke OF Hesse. and. when passing
through Bockenheim, a suburb OF
Frankfort. the car slipped on the
greasy cobble-stones and came In con-
tact with the wall OF house. Happily
no harm was done. but the car had
hardly been backed into the road again
when a policeman stopped IL and de-
manded the name OF the owner. The
car replied II am the Emperor OF
Russia" and tho policeman was so
taken aback that he let the car go on
without taking any further steps. Tho
czarina was much amused at the in
cident. and II is said that she has
made tho momentary arrest OF the
car the subject OF one OF her carica-
tures.-London Sketch.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15

you blame me as though II were
PERSONAL" broke in Franklin; but she
ignored him.
"My father. my mother my two
brothers. nearly every relative had.
killed In the war or by the war-our
home dCstroyed-our property taken
by first one army and then the other
you should not wonder II | am bitter!
IL was the field of Loulsburg which
cost me everything. lost all-all-
on that day which you wish me TO re-
member. Why. sir. II you wished me
10 hate you. you could do no better
and | do not wish 20 hate any one.
wish 10 have as many friends as we
may. here In this new country; but for
remembering-wh can remember
nothing else. day or night, but Louis
burgl"
you stood So" said Franklin. dog
gedly and fatuously. lust as you did
last night. You were leaning on the
arm OF your mother"
Mary Ellen's eyes dilated. 1T
was not my mother" she said. I'VE
were seeking for my friend. her son.
Captain Franklin. | know of no rea-
son why We should speak OF such
things at all. but Il was MY was 10
have been married 20 the man for
whom we were seeking. and whom we
found! That Is what Louisburg means
tO me-"
Franklin bowed his head between
his hands and half groaned over the
pain which he had cost Then slow.
ly and crushingly his own hurt came
home to him. In his brain he could
feel the parting one by one of the
strings which but now sang In
unison. Dlscord. darkness, dismay,
sat on ali the world.
The leisurely foot Of Buford sound
ed ON the stair. and he knocked gaily
on the door Jam as he entered.
We'll. niece. said he Mrs. Buford
thinks we ought 90 be starting back
for home right soon now"
Mary Ellen rose anl bowed 20
Franklin as she passed 90 leave the
room: but perhaps neither she nor
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
Disease OF Salmon.

Since the researches OF the late
Prof. Huxley the wellknown salmon
disease has always been regarded as
caused by the attack OF fungus. Mr..
Hume Patterson has recently conduct.
ed a research for the Fishery Board OF
Scotland and has come 10 the con.
clusion that the disease is due 10
invasion OF the tissues OF the FISH by
a special bacillus. which gains access
through some abrasion or liberation
OF the skin. When the skin OF the
fish Is in a healthy state the disease
is evidently not contracted. The
bacilll remain alive In the dead Ash,
which therefore prove a source OF In.
fection. They should be removed and
burned rs soon as they are observed.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
Dumas, Love for His Por,hos.

Like Balzac. Dumas was fond OF his
own creations. Among them all he
loved Porthos best. The great. strong,
vain hero was a child after his own
heart. One afternoon. Il is related, his
son found Dumas careworn, wretched,
overwhelmed
What has happened 20 your Arc
YOU sick?" asked Dumas nls.
No" replied Dumas pere.
We'll. what Is a.. then?"
Il am miserable"
"Why2"
This morning killed Porthos.
Poor Porthos. oh. what trouble
have had to make up my mind to do
Il! But there must be an end to all
things. Yet when saw him sink
beneath the ruins. crying IT Is too
heavy for me- ! swear to you that
cried"
And he wiped away tear with the
sleeve OF his dressing gown.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Another Hour.


But II seems az though | he'd nj.
sEays known YOU" said Frankie turn
ing again toward the tall figure It, tIe
sindoy. There was no reply TO this.
neither was there wavering In the at
sbtude of the head whose glossy back
-Sas turned to him at that moment.
1T was like some forgotten strain
eof mu sic'" he Numbered on. feeling
how hopeless. how distinctly absurd
was AZ his speech Il surely must
always, have known you. somewhere!
Mary Ellen still gazed out OF the
window In her mind there was a
Dcene lstrangoly different from this
which she beheld. She recalled the
green forests and the yellow farms OF
dQuisburg. the dronIng bees. the
broken; flowers and all the details OF
that sodden. stricken field. With a
shudder there came over her swift
resentment at meeting here. near at
hand. one who had had a share In
that scene OF desolation.
She turned toward him slowly at
length. and so far from seeming Sc
AaChns hNA 70 NNlf Ant AidAfh VI
q smile DO you know" said she.
II think I heard of a stage-driyer-
wasn't II somewhere out west-who
was taking a schoolteacher from the
railroad To the schoolhouse-and he
well. he said things. you know. Now.
ne had never seen the schoolteacher
before"
Yes have heard Of that story"
said franklin II don't just recollect
oil about t."
1T seems Co me that the stage
driver said something's. like-may.
DC he said II was like forgotten mu.
sic to him"
Franklin colored The story was
all absurdity. like many others about
shc west" he said. But" he bright.
sned. the stage-driyer had never
seen the schoolteacher before"
IL don't quite understand" said
aBary Ellen coldly. I'm my country II
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vas not customary for gentlemen 10
tell ladies' when they met for the FIRST
time that II was like n strain OF for.
gotten music'-not the first time"
"Music never forgotten. them" said
Franklin impctuOusly. This Is at
least not the first time we have met"
In any ordinary duel OF small talk this
mad not been 80 bad an attack. yet
now the results were something which
neither could have foreseen. To the
mind OF the girl the words were shock
ing. rude. brutal They brought up
again the whole scene OF the battle
Geld. She shuddered. and upon her
face there fell the shadow of an ha-
.oitual sadness.
You have spoken OF this before.
Captain Franklin" said she. "ard "
what you say Is true. and " Indeed
you did sec me-there-at that place
II can see no significance In that ex-
rept the lesson that the world IS a
very small one. have no rocollec.
zion OF meeting you. But, Captain
franklin. had we ever really met. and
N you realty cared TO bring up some
pleasant thought about the meeting,
you surely would never recall the fact
that YOU met me upon that day"
Franklin felt his heart stop. He
Hooked aside. his face paling as the
even tones went on:
THAT was the day OF all my life
ahe saddest. the most terrible have
been trying ever since then to forget
n. / dare not think OF &C. II was
che day when-when my life ended
when lost everything. everything on
earth I had. Because OF Douisburg-
Why. thls-Elllsvillel This is tho re.
suit OF that day! And you refer TO Il
With eagcrness"
-noor Franklin groancd at this. Il
rsnow-I could have known" he blum
.dered-"I should not be so rude as 90
chat I remembered The war Is past
and gone The world. as you say. Is
very small. II was only that / was
glad"
"Ah. sir" said Mary Ellen. and her
voice now held a plaintiveness which
was the stronger from the droOp OF
che tenderly curving lips-"ah. sir.
bu' you must remember To lose your
relatives. even In war for right and
principic-and the South was right"
lthis with fash Of the eye late pen
sivel that Is hard enough but for
mo y was not one thing or another;
"a was the sum OF a thousand mis-.
fortunes I wonder that 7 am alive.
It f. no wonder that those OF us left
Slivo went away anywhere as far es
we could that VIC gave up our ooun.
ssry-ihEt We camo even horei"
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BOOK III.
The Day of the Cattle,
CHAPTER XIV
ElIIsvIIIs the BED.

Ellisviile the Red.
Gourdlike. Ellisvillo grew up IN
night. Il was not. and 10! IL was.
Silently. steadily. the people came 20
this rallying place. dropping IN from
every corner OF the stars. The long
street spun out stu longer It's string
of toylike wooden houses. The Cot.
tage Hotel had long since lost It's key.
and day and night there went on vast
revelry among the men OF the wild.
wide West. then seeing FOR the first
time what seemed 90 them the SOY
and glory Of life.
Land and cattle, cattle and land.
There themes were upon the lips Of
all. and In those days were topics of
peace and harmony. The cattleman
still stood for the nomadic and un.
trammclcd West, che West Of Wild
and glorious tradition. The man who
sought for land was not yet rccog
nized az the homestoadcr. the man Of
anchored craft, % settled convictions.
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Franklin was fully conscious OF the
leaye-taking. Buford saw nothing out
OF the way, but turned and held out
his hand. by the way. Captain
Franklin" said he. I'm mighty glad
Co meet you. slr-mighty glad. We
shall want you 20 como down and see
us often. II isn't very far-only about
twenty-five miles south. They call our
place the Halfway Ranch. and it's not
bad name for It's only about half
way as good a place as you and have
always been used TO: but it's ours.
and you will be welcome there We
shall depend on seeing you now and
then"
Il trust We shall be friends. mum.
bled Franklin
"Friends?" said Buford cheerily. the
smiling wrinkles OF his own thin
face signifying his sincerity; why.
man, here Is a place where one needs
friends. and where he can have
friends. There Is time enough and
room enough, and-well. youll come.
won't YOU" And Franklin, dazed and
missing all the light which had recent.
ly made glad the earth. was vaguely
conscious that he had promised 90
visit the home Of the girl who had
certainly given him TO invitation TO
come further into her life. but for
whose word OF welcome he knew that
ne should always long
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15

OF adventures ended. For one BRIEF
glorious reason the nomad and the
home dweller shook hands In amity.
not passing 90 consider wherein their
interests might differ. For both. this
was tho West. the free. unbounded.
illimitable. exhaustless West-Homer-
ic. Titanic, scornful OF metes and
bounds. havi~g no scale OF little
things. The horizon Of life was wide
There was no time for small exact.
ness. A newspaper. SO called. cost a
quarter OF dollar. The postmaster
gave no change when one bought a
postage stamp. A shave was worth a
quarter OF a dollar. or n half. or a
dollar. as that might be. The price
of a single drink was never estab-
lished. since that was something never
called for. BY day and by night.
ceaseless. crude. barbarlc. there went
on q continuous carousal. which would
have been joyless backed by vitality
less superb. an experience less young
Money and life-these two things we
guard most sacredly in the older
nbAAtAAttt AnN III AlbNA l'AAbAeAgH NA1
latter with a lesser care.
The transient population OF Ellis
vile. the cattle sellers and cattle buy
ers and land seekers, outnumbered
three to one the resident or perma-
nent population. which catered 10 this
floating trade. and which supplied It's
commercial or professional wants.
The resident one-third was the nu-
cleus OF the real Ellisville that was
To be. The social compact was still
In embryo. Life was very simple. II
was the day OF the individual. the
day before the law.
With this rude setting there was TO
be enacted a rapid drama OF material
progress such as the world has never
elsewhere seen; but first there must
be played the wild prologue OF the
West, never at any time to have
more lurid scene than here az the
Halfway House OF a continent. at the
mental trails. the bloody angle OF the
plains. Eight men In a day. a score
in week, met death by violence.
The street I'm the cemetery doubled
before that OF the town. There were
more graves than houses This SUI
perbly wasteful day. how could II
prcsage that which was 10 come? In
this riotous army OF invasion. who
could have foreseen the population
which was TO follow, adventurous yet
tenacious, resolved first upon inde.
pendence, and next upon knowledge.
and then upon the fruits Of knowl.
edge? Nay. perhaps, after all. the
prescience OF this coming time lay
over Ellisville the Red, SO that IL
roared the more tcmpestuously on
through its brief, brazen day.
(To be continued.)
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The Duke OF MarmeIade.

IL Is not generally known that there
is Haytian nobility. When. many
years ago. a negro general made him
self dictator OF Hayti. under the title
or Emperor Faustine the First. he
created numerous counts, marquises.
dukes. and other mobiles. Their do
scendants claim the titles 20 this day,
though they are not acknowledged By
the Hsytian government. Among these
comic opera noblemen are the Duke
OF Marmelade and the Duke Of Limon-
ade. who take their titles from tho
places with those names in Hayti.
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THE OLDEST MAN in AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters
by Using Pe-ru-na.

This centenarian Il an ardent f-iend of
perunA. having used IL many years.
la speaking OF his good health and en-,
treme old age. Mr.. Brock says
After a man has lived Ia the world 40
long as / have, he ought 20 have found
/ think have done So
zone Of fbc things \ have found
our 20 my entire satisfaction Is rho
proper thing for ailments thai arc
due directly 90 the effects of tho
climate. For rs years have
wifhSfood the changesbIe climate
of fhe United States.
"I have always been very healthy
man, but OF course subject 10 the little
affections which are due To sudden
changes In the climate and temperature.
During my long life ! have known q
great many remedies for coughs, colds
and diarrhna.
"As for DR.. Harfman's remedy,
Peruna, 4 have found IL 10 be rho
besf, If NOT fhe only, reliable rem.
edy for these affections. IL has
been my standby for many years,
and ! attribute my good health and
extreme old age 10 this remedy.
lit exactly meets all my requirements.
II protects me from the evil effects Of
sudden changes; 10 kecps mo Ia good
appetite; IL gives mo strength h keeps
my blood In good circulation. l have
como TO rely upon IL almost entirely foy
tho many little things for which need
medicine
when epidemics OF In grippe hrst
began Co make their appearance in this
country / was sufferer from this dis
ease.
81 had several long sie9es with
the grip. AZ FIRST did nor know
that Peruna wss a remedy for
this disease. When heard fhsf
In grippe was epidemic catarrh, .
tried Peruns for In grippe and
found IL 10 be Just fhe thing"
In later letter dated January 81, 1904
Mr.. Brock writes:
II am we'll and feeling a. well -
have for years. The only thing that
bothers me IL my sight. II could see
better ] could walk all over the farm and
it would do me good. l would not be
without peruna."
Yours truly,
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
SIGN OF THE PAwNsRoKER.
How the Design Of the Three Balls
Was Originated.

lombard street. noted in history as
the great London street OF bankers.
derived its name from the Longo-
bards. a race OF rich bankers. who
settled there in the reign OF Edward
H.. and whose badge. the three golden
balls. taken from the lower part Of
the arms of the Dukes OF Medici. con-
tinues 10 this day to be the sign Of
pawnbrokers money.lenders. The
balls on the rich crest OF the Medici
were blue. and only during the last
half century have they. in the pawn
brokers' signs. been gilded. The po-
sition OF the balls is popularity be-
lieved to indicate that there are two
chances TO one that what is brought
there will not be redeemed-St Mich.
oIas.
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Wig. a Lord Mayors Banquet Costs.

WHIT a Lord Mayors Banquet Costs.
Fourteen tons OF coal are consumed
in cooking the banquet given at the
London Guildhall In honor OF Lord
Mayors day. Forty turtles are slaugh.
tered 20 provide $50 tureens OF soup.
each tureen holding pint and half.
while the serving OF the banquet re-
quires $50 walters and 5000 plate
changes. the total cost being about
$1,000.
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blood OF the ElIlplnos.

Ethnologlsts Of the Smithsonian IN
stitution have investigated the Phillip
pines. with results that arc of rare
interest to science. They have called
attention 10 the fact that In the veins
OF the tribes Of the archipelago flows
the blood of all tho races and vario.
ties Of mankind.
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5 Born before the United States was
( ormed.
Saw ~ Presidents elected.
Z Pe-ru-na has protected bim from
s all sudden changes.
! Veteran OF four wars.
( Shod q horse when go years old.
Always conquered the grip with
Pc-ru-na.
( Witness I'm q land suif az the sge
OF no years.
Believes Pe-ru-na fine greatest
\ remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
N>~~~~o.~~-~-~~~~
WSAAC BROCK. a citizen OF McLennau
III county. Texas. has lived for lis years
For many years he resided NJ Rosqut
Falls, eighteen miles west OF Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills. Texas
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15

A short time ago. by request, Uncle
Isaac came Co Waco, and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held stick cut
from the grave Of General Andrew Jack
son, which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock Is dignihed old gen
tleman, showing few signs OF decrepi-
tude. His family Bible - still preserved,
and II shows that the date Of his birth
was written us years ago.
Surely a few words from this remArka-
BILE old gentleman. who has had us years
OF experience To draw from, would be
interesting a. well AZ profitable. A
lengthy Biographical sketch Is given Of
this remarkable old man In the Waco
Times Herald, December (. 1893. A still
more pretentious biography OF this. the
oldest living man, illustrated with n
double column portrait. was given the
readers OF the Dallas Morning News,
dated December II, 1893. and also the
Chicago Times-Herald OF same date.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
a4,s1 @sssN,

For free book on catarrh. address
The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus. q.
IL you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF PerunA
write at once 20 DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement OF your case. and he will
be pleased 20 give you his valuable nd
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus
Ohio.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
Twain. Humor Too pesn.

Mark Twain was once asked by an
English clerk In a London book store
TO write his autograph. MY chirog.
raphy is becoming less and less dis
tinct." complained the author within
sicaily az he complied with the re-
quest. IF this keeps on I'll have 10
30 getting somebody else 10 write my
autograph for me-" But. SIR" serious
ly responded the clerk. nobody would
want IL them"
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-15
rso.lnto ana ninIop DOLLAR Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth.
ono good for IL tons hay and the other
% tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere 10 does Victoria Rape. yield
Ing 6o0Oo lbs. sheep aud swine food per
acre.
JUST SIND iOc N STAMPS To THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co. Ia Crosse. wis,
and receive In return their big cAtAlog aud
lots Of farm seed samples. wv. n. u