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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-14
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Moderating.
! Not so cold today.
4 q .
\ Sunday-week is Christmas.
Much warmer this afternoon.
! The drought still holds sway.
Il. A. Smith Of Frew, was a
business caller here today.
D. E. Thoenen made a business
trip to Parkersburg today.
Contractor George Wolfe left
this. morning for points south.
Merchants report the Xmas
trade the best in the history OF
the city.
. q
Ed Hanlon went to Bens Run
. this morning to look after his oil
interests.
The Barnsdall is running as a
|. ferry boat between Bellaire and
BeuWOod. .......... ...
Robert Miller, of the Paden City
Land company, arrived in the city
this morning.
More delightful winter weather
than we are enjoying just now
could not he, desired.
W. P. Norris of the Eureka
Pipe Line company, left this NOR
! ming for points north.
Doc Bowen, a prominent Repub-
lican politician, made a business
trip to New Martinsville today.
D. L. darlington, County Sup
erintendent of Schools, Of Alvy,
was a business caller in the city
today.
Mrs. Alex MCGEE of Middle
bonrne, went to Pittsburg this
morning, where she will visit rel
atiyes.
Into the Yukon, by William
Seymore Edwards, Of Charleston
Kanawha court, West Virginia
price $3.50; at McCoy's Book
store. 1885,
The regular meeting of the D.
of R. Reading circle will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O in
the Odd Fellows hall.
4 X ~
C. A. Allen, father of w. E.
Allen, has just moved his family
from Friendly to this city. They
occupy a residence on Hill street.
4 y n
+ Mrs. Chas. happen Of Brock
ton, n. Y, who has been visiting
her father, D. E. Arnold, of this
city, left for her home last even
ing.
A new Buster Brown book just
published, Buster Brown and His
Dog Tige and Their Troubles
bound in album style at 60 cents
McCoy's Book store. 12,13-5t
r. L. Gregory, ESQ.,, is clos
ing out some of his furniture pre-
paratory to moving to Parkers-
burg to engage in the practice of
law in that city.
\ y =
The street cars had to stop
running in Parkersburg on ac-
count of the shortage of gas. They
could not get fire enough from the
gas to make steam to run the dy-
namos. Well, move the little
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-14
cHR1sFaGAs CANDIES.

Our stock is arriving daily. This
store has always been headQuar-
tiers for Xmas goods, and our as
sortment this year beats all for
mer attempts.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-14

burg up here where you can get
plenty of gas all the time.
: q o %
Fine sleighing out in the coun-
try now.
No boats are running except the
ferry boat Orion.
4 sc
Guess if the swimming Presi-
dent was running now things
would 60 different. Nm
= . &ANA /
At Beaver notice has been given
for everybody to use water eco
nomically. The Beaver river is
nearly dry.
Into the Yukon, by William
Seymore Edwards; a book writ
ten by a West Virginian; get a
CODY at McCoy's Book store; $3.50
net. lZ,l5-ot
1t may have been only a coin
cidence, but it does look as if peo-
pie refused to believe that Xmas
was really so near at hand until
the snow came. ............
In another column of today
issue will be found the program
of the pipe organ recital, which
takes places at the Presbyterian
church Friday evening. All are
cordially invited. .
Frederick Gehering Of Wheel
ing, a practical piano maker, is in
the city, and will remain a few
days in his profession as a piano
tuner. Persons needing his SER
vices will leave orders at the Ho-
tel Mercer Thursday and Friday.
12,13-3ts
1t seems that the bankers who
were fooled by Mrs. Chadwick
were all innocent of wrongful in
tent. They belonged to the class,
however, which is very fatal to a
bank-the fools that mean well.
The Woman's guild of St.
Paul g church will have sale OF
needle work and fancy articles to-
gether with a market of cooked
foods, cakes, candies, ETC., at the
hose house on Hill street, Satur-
day, December II, beginning at 3
ip. m, continuing during the even
ing. You can be served a cup Of
cocoa and waters &c" ten cents.
12,13-5t
STOCK SALESMAN-A prom
inent Cleveland brokerage house
desires a first-class representa-
tive for Sistersville and vicinity,
| to handle high-grade dividend
paying zine mining stocks; eXcep-
tional references required; this is
an unusually remunerative oppor-
tunity for a gentleman of address
and ability. Address Salesman,
care w. n. Gates & company,
Cleveland, O. 12,14-6ti
We are pleased to note the fact
that Joe Williams of the Pleasant
County Leader, has been appoint
ed postmaster at st. Marys.
Joe deserves the appointment,
and we are glad he got the plum.
The office is worth about $1,000 a
year,
The country merchants are TAX
ing advantage of the present fine
shedding to have their holiday
goods transported to their respec>
tive places of business. Merchants
have laid in unusually large
stocks this season, which is evi,
dent they anticipate a good holt
day trade.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

A Boon EoR SHIPS CREws.-Capt.
William Williams, q retired sailing
master, OF Oakland, CAL, has obtained
a patent in this country and England
whereby the crew Of ship will be en-.
abled to spread and furl sail from the
deck, by means OF winches. The
winches, in the model, are on q bridge
over the deck, and may be used like.
wise for bracing the yards and hand
ling the sails expeditiously of square.
rugged ships. The wonder is that
some such device had not been adopted
before the twentieth century, affording
AS it will SO much protection to life
and safety for the vessel in stress OF
weather.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

OREGON LAND FRAUDs.-It seems
that the government is in earnest in
its prosecution Of land frauds, and an
Oregon jury have found ono woman and
three men guilty of peculation. The
conspiracy consisted in obtaining good
titles for public lands, outside of for.
est reserves in exchange for scrip Sc.
cured by settling up fraudulent and
worthless title to lands within the Cas-.
cade reserve. The Interior Depart.
ment think that these people are
merely the tools of those more promi.
nent, and the acts of u. s. Senator
Mitchell and Representative Binger
Hermann, former Commissioner of
the General Land Office. have been
focused for investigation. The lady
implicated is Miss Marie Ware, of the
sub land Office at Eugene, who has
been acquitted Of one charge, while
two Others. one . charge of forgery
still remain for trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

ADVERTISING PAYs.-It is more than
probable that w. L. Douglas, the
Brockton shoe man, owes his election
as Governor moro to the advertising
of his wares than to anything else.
His plurality was, as Democratic can
didate for Governor. 1910. while
Roosevelt carried the State by Q plur.
atty of S6,279. For many years past
he has made the merits of his $3.50
shoe known, supplied direct to the
purchaser by mail, if they could not be
supplied by dealer in your town. His
factory is now the largest of that
trade in the world and his business
amounts. it is said. to An aggregate of
eight millions of dollars per year.
Personality has been established by
his portrait as . trademark, appear
ing in every advertisement of the
Douglas shoe. He is q good.looking
man, resembling, it is noted, very
much the portraits of Alton B. Parker.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

THE CAUSE, PLAINLY STATED.-A
church.member, when asked the other
day why the moral element" had
not united to down "Big Bill' and
Black Pete" replied: "What better
could we have expected from 'the
gang had it been successful 1t had
full sway the past two city admins.
trations, and had given unrestrained
license for violation Of law. Who in.
augurated the open town policy, in
its full limit, but Mayor Lordf And
now, when The Devil . saint would
be- who should be blamed for doubt
of fulfillment Of any promises made
while up against the WALTZ Our PEG.
pie are true in their desire for law and
order, when it may be shown that
fairness and honesty will be upheld
and pledges redeemed. It may be that
the present experience will open the
eyes of politicians to the fact that
when they play Good Lord, good
Devil they cannot count upon sensi.
BILE people for support"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

PREPARING FOR THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
1t is said that the King county dele.
CATION to the Legislature now dine 10.
eether daily at one of the leading Sc.
attic restaurants, to practice diplom.
acy and statecraft in order to be able
to stand off the wicked politicians
from the remainder of the State, and
elect Piles to the U. s. Senate. One
object is to entertain visiting members
and get hook in their gills while at
the wassail bowl. Seattle has tried
almost everything else to win, and will
be excused for keeping "open house"
- part of its lobby tactics.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

FIRES have been Of frequent occur
renee on the st. Louis Fair grounds.
The Missouri and the New York
buildings we're consumed in the clos.
ing days, and now while the work of
removal is in progress, the Japanese
pavilion on the Pike" has gone MP
in smoke, including some fine paint.
ings from "Quo Vadis." valued at $78,.
OOO, painted by Styka, . Polish artist.
While the fire was in progress, = pile
OF burning newspapers was discovered
il q closed building opposite. The
doors we're forced and man suspected
OF arson was arrested.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

The STAY.AT.HOMEs HAVE BEcIOUD.
ED MIssouR1.-While the Republicans
are Jubilating over Missouri's vote for
Roosevelt, the totals show that that
party has sustained loss. 1t was the
stay'at-home vote which gave him the
State. The Republican decrease on
the vote OF 1900 is about 10000. Folks
plurality over Walbridge if 3O,1OO, and
and majority over all six candidates
Tor Governor, is 1920. Roosevelt's
plurality is 25,62O.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

A SQUEEZE EASY mop has been in
vented which resembles a clothes.
wrin ger on pole. handle between the
rollers of which the mop.rag is inserted
and when in use it gathers the water
from the floor, when a simple turn of
crank runs it through the roller and
squeezes every drop Of water into a
tub or bucket, leaving the cloth dry
Tor another "swipe." It is said to be
a great labOr.saver in foor.cleaninp.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

The trial ofs Nan Patterson, the
actress, on charge of killing Cesar
Young, in New York, suddenly ended
after submission 10 the jury, by the
illness of one of the jurors. A new
trial will have to be ordered, and its
result is foreshadowed by the first
ballot of the disbanded jury: Nine
for acquittal, none for conviction and
three ballots blank.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

The Mikado of Japan is said to be a
drunkard. If it be true, it is evident
from bis war successes. that he uses
the same brand of liquor that Grant
did and which received the approval,
when judged by results, of President
Lincoln.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

No PROSPECT OF PEACE CONGRESS.
The Gar is unwilling to entertain
Mr.. Hays proposition for q second
peace congress, until the war with ia.
pan is settled. In fact, it seems that
none of the great powers are in much
OF hurry for o conference just now.
While they all express approval OF the
proposition, there seems to be a con.
census of opinion that it is not an op.
perfume time to begin cultivation of
amicable feelings when the milk of
human kindness has fairly curdled in
the viens Of the worlds arbiters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

1T is said that invasion of the Brit.
ish Columbian lumber market from
the American side, on account of the
small demand. has closed many mills,
and it is now contemplated to ask
parliament for duty on rough lum.
Der.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

MRS. George Henry Gilbert, the old
dest actress on the American stage,
died in Chicago on Friday, the I'd inst,
from stroke of apoplexy. She was
born at Rochdale, England. in 1921,
and was therefore SO years old. She
was in active service at the time of
her death, and was cast for Granny"
In Clyde Fitch's play of that name
written for her. She died of cerebral
apoplexy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

CORRECT.-The Atlanta Constitution.
whose opinions should carry con-
siderable weight, declares that to
succeed, the Democrats must assert
themselves; that twice the party has
surrendered to mugwaumpery, and
that it was twice the precise cause of
defeat. The late travesty at St.
Louis is one Of them, and the other
was when that prince OF political
traitors, Cleveland, was elected under
false colors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

DECEMBER I'd was the eighteenth
anniversary OF the wedding of Theo.
dore and Mrs. Roosevelt. The occa.
sion was quietly celebrated by family
dinner at the White House. Con.
gratulatory messages and letters were
received from all parts of the country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

same, while oats return 800 per cent.
and rye 400. The Department is now
sending out free of charge enough
inoculating material for several acres
to each applicant. A package costs
the government less than four cents a
cake, or a cent an acre, and saves the
farmer $50 or $40. Dem.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

OFFICIAL FIGURES OF THURsToN
COUNTY ELECTION. The tsbulated
statement of the official vote OF
Thurston county in the late general
election is republished on the first
page, in response to q very general
request for copies to file away for
reference. 1t is the only complete
statement that has appeared, and al.
though We printed several hundred
extra copies of the number immed.
lately after the official count the edi.
ton Was soon exhausted. and the de.
mand has grown go insistant for a re.
publication that we yield considerable
OF our limited space as a matter of
public duty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

IHE mammoth Great Northern
steamship Minnesota will arrive at
Seattle on the 22d inst, and the
Chamber of Commerce of that CITY
have made arrangements to meet the
hviathsn of ships at Port Townsend
with fotilla OF Sound crafts to escort
her to Elliot Bay.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09
Mis Chadwick Financial Career

They have the champion borrower
IN New York, in the form of a
woman-Mrs. c. :. Chadwick-who it
seems has been able to gather in
treasure to the extent OF many hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars of banks,
on a mere statement that she had
millions of dolla.s in security locked
up in safety deposit vaults, and her
exploits are Just now creating a sensa-
ton III the financial world. 1t is
claimed in justification of this conf
dence, that some OF the dupes had seen
a note held by her with the signature
OF Andrew Carnegie appended to it,
but 1t is said he processes to know
nothing of how his name came into
her possession. Reputed wealth was
her stock in trade, and her hypnotic
power over men seems to have contri-
buted to perpetuation OF a career SINH
lar to that OF the Humberts, who
" banked" on an alleged twenty mil.
lion dollar inheritance kept sealed in
a safe, until, like in this instance,
tumbling brick set the whole wall in
motion and the insecure structure fell
upon them. Mrs. Chadwick's exploits
have brought her into notriety, if not
fame, and her presence on Wall street,
the other day led to riot in which
5000 persons gathered quickly 70 see
her, and police reserves were called
out while she climbed over roofs to
make an exit from the palaces of the
money kings. Many are the banks
and large the amounts that have be-
come involved in her operations, but
it is now thought that she is at the
end OF her career, as she will probably
have to secure immunity from re-
sponsibility for many demands through
bankruptcy proceedings. An unsuc.
cessful attempt has been made to con-
meet her identity with the financial
exploits of an adventurist many years
ago. who served a term in prison for
mammoth swindling schemes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

CASTLE Rock. that bold promontory
on the Columbia river, which com.
mands 80 much admiration from the
tourist, has been bought by Charles f.
Ladd, of Portland, from Jay Cook, of
Philadelphia, who has owned it several
years. The consideration paid was
$2,1O0.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

The Union Theological Seminary of
New York has discarded the West.
minister Confession of Faith of the
Presbyterian Church and adopted
new creed. This, it is claimed, will
place the church upon a broader
plan of usefulness and unites believers
OF other creeds under liberal evangel.
ical alliance. 1t is stated that while
the subsidies for the Seminary will be
forfeited, that there have been gifts
aggrega.ing S2JO,OOO donated to re.
place it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

SAN FRANCISCO was the center of %
earthquakes, last week, the severest OF
which happened on Thursday. The
first shock came before people were
out of their beds and was heavy
enough to cause general awakening
of the sleepers. Within five minutes
thereafter, there were three more dis
tinct disturbances, and they were OF
enough magnitude to cause very gen.
eral alarm. No damage was reported,
however, and for the present, at least,
the upheavals have ceased.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

1T Is estimated that fully sixty per
cent, OF the st. Louis exhibit will be
transferred to the Lewis and Clark
ialr, to be held next year in Portland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

AND now we have the origin OF the
word tip" 1t is simply the initials
OF the words "To Insure Promptness
1t is good enough TO be true.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

CHURCH WOMEN AS Corn. HUsKERs S.
. parallel to the feat per.
formed half a century ago by Rev. ].
F. DsVore, the Methodist pastor in
the then village of Olympia, when
Clsnrick Crosby, owner of the little
sawmill at Tumwater. offered to give
him for the new church all the lumber
he could raft in one day, when he sue.
ceeded in obtaining enough for the
whole building, by beginning early
and working late, was corn.husking
match at Wabash, Ind. 1t seems that
farmer, J. H. Ball, agreed to donate
to the ever.zealous women of the
church all the corn they could husk
in day, which they might convert
into cash to increase the building fund
of the church. The offer was accepted
and Al women reported for duty. The
corn was husked in the field. When
they quit about four in the afternoon
they had 40 bushels in piles over the
field. Az it was sold 1t auction il
brought good rates, and afforded quite
An aid to the building fund.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

A PARASITE TO PROTECT OUR FRUIT.
The utter destruction OF apples and
pears in some orchards from the cod
lin moth, will, it is hoped, soon be at
an end, as the governments attempts
to import the ichneumon fly from
Southern Europe has been quite sue
cessful. 1t is estimated that fully fifty
per cent. of the growing apple crops
on this coast, and half as much OF
pears, have been lost from the plague,
despite persistent spraying. From
three to five applications of the best
exterminators have failed in some in.
stances to arrest the ravsges of the
pest. The Goblin moth lays its eggs
on the tree, which developes into .
worm, and that in due time eats its
way into the fruit. Thence it falls to
the ground and crawls beneath the
bark OF the tree and hybernates in a
cocoon it spins. The next season it
appears as . moth again, and the proc.
ess goes on until the tree and crop are
destroyed. It is hoped that the wasp
ish parasite, known technically as
Thalessa LunatOr, will prove a valuable
and welcome aid in every orchard
where the pest has taken possession.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

HEAVEN OR HADEs-WHIcH?-Mr.
and Mrs. George O'Flyng, a newly
married couple from Salem, Oregon,
came over to the Sound lately to enter
the ideal paradise for newly united
lovers and at the same time to look
for permanent home. Through an
inadvertance, excusable under the cir.
they passed by Olympia
and tarried in Tacoma. 1t was not
long, however, till Mr.. O'Flyng was
taken sick, and q doctor detected the
symptoms of smallpox. To the pest.
house be was ordered, and the faithful
wife insisted upon accompanying him
as nurse; hence it happened that their
honeymoon was passed under unusual,
not to say unpleasant, conditions.
Soon as the groom was on the pathway
towards recovery, the bride, very con.
siderately, it is said, contracted the
disease and passed through all its
stages. including the eruptive or
" breaking out" climax, which, it is
thought, would prove an ample test Of
true.love. The recovered, however,
and are now under process OF fumiga.
ton. When released, there will be big
money for some fortunate iaber.pusher
to get, if be can, q true statement of
psychological conditions that may exist
between parties filled with the divine
affiatus and the germs OF loathsome
disease, at the same time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

1T Is announced that Russia will he
represented at the Lewis and Clark
fair next year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

The Governor has issued q pardon
Tor st. John Dix, the bank.wrecker of
Bellingham.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09
The Reveille, a Republican paper
has the honesty to cay that

Official figures on the result of the
election show that Roosevelt's naioritv
was due more to the failure of the Dem.
ocrats to vote than anything else. That
Ocrat." e"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09
THE BtrEE BlT.-The tobacco chew.

THE BirEE BlT.-The tobacco chew
ers have just ran up against a snag.
Many have been saving up tags" for
10, these many moons, with the ex-
pectation OF receiving valuable pres.
ent promised them, from the dispenser
Of Star" or Horseshoe" or some
other brand of the nicotine trust, free
OF expense, as they have been led to
believe by the skillfully-worded prize
lists, in which various articles ..are
awarded on return of certain mum
Der OF tags. Notice was lately given
that unless these tags were in for re.
demption before Nov 80, they would
not be received. So hundreds Of pack
ages went in for various articles. Those
"presents' that could be sent by mail,
for nominal cost, came to hand with
out growl, except as to quality, but
those sent by express, to collect trans
portation, caused much swearing.
Frequently the express charges far ex-
ceeded the cost of the article in this
market. For instance hammocks that
could be bought of Mr.. O'Connor for
less than the outrageous express rate,
and pair Of rol'er-skates that could
be bought for just about what the way
bill called for from San Francisco,
about 900 miles away, and much in
excess OF the rate from New York over
a 3,000.mile route. Those who are
"bit" once generally let everything
that Wells, Fargo & Co. have to do
with. very severely alone, but it seems
that the tobacco trust have been
examining the express company's
Christmas stocking doubtless from
fellow. feeling"