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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09
FRED HULINGS GROWS LARGER

a fence to let His Majesty pass
by.
The cause of this great trans
formation is the arrival of ten
pound boy at his home yesterday.
Fred had to grow or his son would
give him a licking in about a
week or two. We extend con-
gratulations and hope the new lad
will live and ever be source OF
pleasure to his parents. relatives
and the community in which he
lives.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

w. j. Mccoy and family
went to Wheeling this morning,
where they will visit relatives
and attend the State fair. They
were accompanied by their little
neice, Evaline Mccoy, who has
been their guest for a few days,
and who is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. E.. Mccoy of Wheel
ing Island.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

Mrs. c.. W. Sanderson and lit
tie daughters. Zelda and Uldene,
left this morning for Jackson
burg, where they will visit friends
for a few days.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

If you want a pencil box, a
school satchel, chalk, crayons,
blackboard erasers, tablets, inks,
pens. pencils, rulers, and COM
plete line of all the text books for
city and county schools you need
consult McCoy's Book store.
9.6-6t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

n. G. Stoner Machine company
have installed a new Brown &
Sharpe milling machine in their
machine shops on Burt street.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

A. j. Jemison and daughter,
Miss Lizzie, of Middlebourne, re-
turned this morning from a visit
to the State fair at Wheeling.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

Ex-Sheriff S. G. Pyle and lit
tie son of Middlebourne, went to
Wheeling this morning to take in
the closing day of the State fair.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

State of west virginia, County OF Tyler.
I. W. ]. Neuenschwander, Cashier OF the
above-pamed bank, do solemnly swear that the
above sta.ement 10 true to the best Of my knowl
edge and belief
W. ]. Neuenschwandsr, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9
day of Seytemb-r 1904.
Georz- +. Durham. Notary Public.
Robert Mccormick
r. ID. Mccoy. Directors
6. ". stocki
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
NORMAN DISTRUST.
One simple Way by which n Travel
er May Dinarm IL.

The greatest obstacle TO agreeable
pedestrianism in Normandy is the pro.
verbal Norman distrust. The Nor
mans distrust OF the stranger takes
the form OF comical sort Of terror OF
being financially duped, cheated or
swindled. not TO say robbed-probably
because he is himself perpetually en-
gagged In financial duping.
If the tramper does not succeed in
disarming by one means or another
Norman distrust his tramping nfe In
Normandy Will be made burden to
him. Norman distrust can be disarm-
ed, but 1t cannot be disarmed in an in
stant, a PAmericaine. 1t takes time
TO do it-the Norman Is the last person
In the world TO stand and deliver-and
there is no social device to be mention
ed in the same breath with drinking
for courteOusly consuming time.
II the tramper asks a simple Ques-
ton at a farmhouse he cannot decently
linger-nOt In NOrmandy-after his
question is answered II he makes q
petty purchase In a store his situa-
ton is only a tri1e less awkward
since he is morally obliged to retire as
soon as the transaction il completed
On the other hand, he has only to or
der a drink-in this country OF cider
and applejack every store and nearly
every farmhouse sells liquor-to be en-
titled to sit at table for as long as
he wills it and to talk. Booklovers'
Magazine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01

Sir CORVALLIS Harris description OF
the common zebra Is as follows: Seek
ing the widest and most sequestered
spots, naughty troops are exceedingly
difficult TO approach, as well on ac-
count Of their extreme agility and feet
ness OF foot az from the abrupt and In
accessible nature OF their highland
abode. Under the special charge OF a
sentinel, 50 posted on some adjacent
crag as to command a view OF every
avenue OF approach, the checkered herd
whom painted skins adorn' is TO be
viewed perambulating some rocky ledge
on which the rife ball alone can reach
IT,
"No sooner has the note OF alarm
been sounded by the vidette than, prick
ing their long ears the whole flock hur-
ry forward 10 ascertain the nature OF
the approaching danger, and. having
gaZed moment at the advancing
hunter, whisking their brindIe tails
aloft helter skelter they thunder down
craggy precipices and over yawning ra-
vines where no less agile foot could
dare to follow them" Saturday Re
view
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
Her Leap Year
Inspiration
BY TROY ALLIS
Copyright, 1901, bg h. NJ WhitehsId
BY TROY ALLISON

Miss Sewer was worried.
She Sat at the front bedroom window
impatiently tapping the arm Of her
wicker rocker with one hand and using
a finger OF the other to keep place In
the book that hung the length OF a list
less arm on the other side of the chair.
The attitude of the two hands was
nne index TO her disposition She
was listless and bored by the mOnotony
OF her life, but there was u strongly
conbative element in her nature that
made it impossible for her TO accept
Il with the placidity shown by the 9th
er women she knew
She was tired Of teas. She had
amused herself calculating just how
many gallons she had drunk in the ten
years Of her social career. At twenty
1t bad seemed highly elating to put on
her newest gown and drink tea with
crowd Of people She could even re-
member that the addition of q bunch
Of viOlets TO her costume had at one
time given a decided pleasure
But at thirty she forgot to pin on the
violets, even when there was a huge
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
THE Elk.
Was known to Engineers of tho
AlexRndriHn school.


The odOmeter, IN instrument for
measuring distance trayerscd in a car
riage is no modern invention. The
first description of it is To be found
In a fragment OF Greek treatise and
was known to engineers OF the Alex
andrian school
Passing to more modern days, we
find that Oh Jan. l. 1898 a book was
published in Nuremberg which pro
fessed TO give ''succinct, detailed and
positive explanation" Of various sys-
tens OF measurement by means Of
such an instrument This "divider," ?"
as the author calls it, had a wheel
which carried in its axle an indicator
worked by the circular movement; at
each turn needle made q stroke,
which was transmitted to the dial.
This odometer. divided into 100
equal parts, had long hand and II
short like modern clocks, the latter
moving one stroke as often as its big
brother made complete round OF the
dial
Another odometer, said to have been
invented by Peter the Great, was
shown at the Moscow polytechnic eX-
hibition in 1872 1t was called a
"verst counter and worked excel
leutly
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Don't volunteer too much informa-
don.
What lot OF time we waste wonder
Ing why.
Patting yourself on the back is a
difficult task-seldom done gracefully.
There are more takers than think
ers. Here you have the solution OF
gossip.
People whose regulations depend
upon their clothes have to keep dressed
up all the time
One Of the greatest virtues and the
hardest is the moral courage TO prac-
tice self denial.
Courtesy-oh, how that lubricates
life! And good nature-what an asset
OF happiness Is that!
Some folks are determined to domi-
nate or die, and as there are few who
rise to the first degree there are many
who fall TO the second.-Schoolma
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
Yellow Flats
HeiresS
By HARRISON SMITH
Copyright, 1871, by Richard B. shelton
By HARRISON SMITH

The Interstate limited had rumbled
along for the last hou" ana half
across brown, level plains, whose hope
less homogeneity Of landscape was only
occasionally relieved 10y clumps Of de
Jected and no less hopeless cotton
woods. Presently the whistle footed
hoarseiy. There was HrindlnG o. set
brakes, and the train slowed down and
came 10 stop before a bare little sta
ton. a derelict seemingly in this level
waste.
Tancred rose rather unwillingly from
his comfortable chair and. preceded by
the obsequious porter bearing his
heavy suit case, stepped from the linn
tied on TO the uneven board platform
OF Yellow Flat station He looked
about him, and his heart sank The
porter beside him seemed to him the
representative Of a civilization that
would depart when the limited pulled
out. SO Tancred gave the porter half
dollar and stood watching the receding
train with a feeling that be had been
marOOned.
There was one consolation, however.
He could finish up the business which
had brought him hither in a day or
two and quit this desolation. A week
OF this fat nothingness he felt would
drive him mad. lie sought the station
agent and inquired of him the best
way TO reach Tapley's ranch. The
agent hailed nondescript individual
addressed as Jock who was loafing on
the benches, and asked him what he
could DO for this gentleman. who want
ed 10 get to Tapley'S.
"Old man Tapley at the Az" said
Jock. Sure. Drop you there on my
way to the Crescent" He led the way
TO a vehicle outside half wagon, half
blackboard Hop in" he said hospit-
ably
Jock clucked TO his team, and they
Jolted over the brown plains behind a
pair Of piebah ponies whose chief ac-
compllshment seemed TO lie in whisk-
Ing their tails over the lines and run
ming like mad. Jock was not loqua-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
WHEN STAMPS WERE NEW.
Tr"uhl" In Getting People to stick
Them on the Envelope

When postage stamps first came in
TO use, said veteran postal clerk,
"the public didn't know how to handle
them. You remember how, when tea
and coffee first appeared among MS, the
people fried the tea leaves and the cOf-
fee berries and served them with salt
and pepper: Well, the people treated
their stamps as abSurdly in 1871.
Some folks would put the stamps in
side their letters. out of sight Here
is the official notice that We issued to
stop that practice"
The clerk took from the drawer an
aged bulletin that said:
The stamps upon all letters and
packages must be affixed on the out
thereon"
He put back this bulletin and drew
forth another one
People would pin the stamps on
their letters instead Of cumming them" :"
he said, and when they did gum them
they would not do it right; hence this
second bulletin" and be read
Persons posting letters should af.
fix the requisite number OF stamps pre-
vIous to depositing them in the letter
receivers. as when posted In a damp
state the stamps are liable to rub off
and thereby cause the letters to be
treated as unpaid. Do not pin on the
stamps.
still" said the clerk, the public
didn't understand. Think OF TIT
didn't understand the simple matter of
sticking a postage stamp on a letter.
So we got out third bulletin"
The third bulletin, in big, impatient
letters. said:
The simplest and most effectual
method of causing stamps to adhere
firmly is first to mOisten we'll the out
side OF the stamps and afterward the
gummed side slightly, taking care not
to remove the gum"
The clerk said that a philatelist had
offered him S12 apiece for these three
queer bulletlns.-Galveston Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01

the object Of Esther's admiration.
Across the face OF the heart she print
ed in faint scrawling letters. TO you
II is a rose then rang for her maid to
get out her street dress and tell James
TO have the carriage at the door In
twenty minutes
When John Darlington reached home
after trying day In his downtown
law office he found that his landlady
had put long florists box OH the win
dow ledge where IL would keep cool
He opened the box with sn expression
Of curiosity that the masculine counte
nance often wears when its owner IL
sure there Is no one to see II. There
was one long stemmed American Beau
ty. and Carringtons sensitive face
turned crimson when he saw that its
stem was thrust through hastily cut
paper heart
That night Miss Sewers listless
mood seemed to have passed away, and
she showed an unusual amount OF In
terest every time the doorbell rang.
When she had almost decided that II
was too late to expect a caller Caring
ton walked into the room. He had let
himself in without ringing and stood
before her. still in his overcoat. his hat
in his hand On the lapel OF his coat
was the half blown American Beauty.
Frances. ] have never had the cheek
necessary to ask II you could care for
so unsuccessful lawyer as | have
proved" he said slowly. but I would
like better than anything on earth to
know that you sent me this rose"
She drew paper from the folds of
her dress and showed him the sheet
from which the heart had been cut.
\ second later she rubbed her slen-
der patrician nose against the rough
Shoulicr OF his overcoat
Il think il would be pleasanter II you
would hang this rough coat on the hall
rack for an hour or 80. John. ! wish
had told you three years ago that |
never had much regard for law"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01

with Tancred across the brown plains
and her talks with him before the II
brary fire. Uncle Tapley looked on
with happy approval
They're thorouEhbredsa fine pair,
he told himself often and with much
satisfaction.
1t was at the end OF the sixth week
OF his stay Mt the An ranch that Tan
cred after 81 night OF sleepless agony
resolved to terminate the pangs of con
science which were beginning TO trou-
bic him seriously. They had ridden
that morning TO a group OF wells on
the northern border OF the ranch. The
air was crisp and clear, and Miss Par
sons, with eyes sparkling and cheeks
aglow from the ride, was doubly
charming
lancred'S mind reverted to that aft
crnoon when he had stood on the plat
form of the Yellow Flat station
Il felt as if | were marooned." he
told himself, "and was marooned-in
paradise"
lie squared his shoulders and turned
10 the girl
I'm going back tomorrow" he said,
with quiet force.
Tomorrow" The CONSERVATION in
her voice set his heart humping, but
he went on calmly
Yes: tomorrow. You and / are very
far apart" His voice had note OF
sadness.
Are we very far apsrt?" she said,
looking away.
Three hundred thousand dollars" hS
said
II don't think | understand you,"
she said, regarding him with wonder
ing eyes
Cousin Peter is responsible" he OBJ
served
"Ohw she gasped. WAS it all thatT
Yes" he said. You understand, of
course. why goE"
She was silent. Her face was turned
from him again. Presently he caught
the sound OF a sob
Miss Parsons -Gertrude.' he cried,
and-such are resolutiOns-he put his
arm about her
"I'll-Ill give it away" she said, SOB
bing unrestrainedly on his shoulder
And because Of this, brown bare Vel
low Flat became the garden OF Eden
to Tancred, at least
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
A ROMAN FIASCO.
The Colossal Show That Was Plan
ned by Symmachus.

ned by Sy machus.
SymmaChus, last of the great mobiles
Of Rome. who, blinded by tradition.
thought to revive the glories OF his
beloved city by reviving its shame.
graphically describes the anXieties OF
the preparations for one OF these CO
lossal shows, on which he is said to
have spent what would be about $50,
900 of our money. lie began year
In advance. Horses, bears, lions,
Scotch dogs. crocodiles, chariot driv
ers hunters. actors and the best glad
iators were recruited from all parts.
But when the time drew near nothing
was ready. Only a few Of the animals
had come. and these were half dead
of hunger and fatigue. The bears had
not arrived and there was no news OF
the lions At the eleventh hour the
crOcodileS reached Rome, but they re
fused TO eat and had to be killed all
at once in order that they might not
die of hunger. 1t was even worse
with the gladatOrS who were intend
ed to provide, as in all these beast
shows, the crOwning entertainment.
Twenty OF the Saxon captives,
whom Symmachus had chosen on ac-
count of the well known valor OF their
race, strangled one another in prison
rather than fight 10 the death for the
amusement OF their conquerors. And
Symmachus, with all his real elevation
of mind. was moved to nothing but
disgust by their sublime choice.
Rome in her greatest days had gloried
In these shows How could a man
be a patriot who set his face against
customs which followed the Roman
eagles round the world: How many
times since then has patriotism been
held to require the extinction OF moral
sense se?-Contcmporary Review.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
COTTON SPINNING.
The scheme by which a Workman
Kept His Bobbins Clean.

The father Of the famous Sir Robert
Peel was cotton spinner in a com
paratiyely small way until he sudden
Iy went straight ahead OF all his com
petitorS. The earliest cotton spinning
machinery gave serious trouble
through tilaments of cotton adhering
TO the bob-ins thus involving frequent
stOppases 10 clear the machinery. The
wages Of the operatives were affected
by these delays, but it was noticed that
one man in the works always drew full
pay. Ills loom never stopped
THE onIooker tells me your bobbins
are always clean" said Mr. Peel TO
him one day.
AYE they be-" said the man, whose
name was Dick Ferguson.
How do YOU manage it, Dick?'
"Why, you see, Mester Peel. It's sort
o secret, ~ | towd yo, yo'd he as
wise as | am"
That's So said Peel, smiling in
response to Dicks knowing chuckle
I'd give YOU something TO know
Could you make all the looms work as
smoothly as yours"
livery one of EN-. mesterm
We'll, what shall | give you for your
secret, DiCk:'
The man smiled and rubbed his chin.
"Well, Dick, what IS 1t to be-"
Come, I'll tell thee was the re
ply. "Gi' me quart Of ale livery day
-as I'm in the mills and I'll tell thee
all about it.
Agreed said the master.
well, then returned Dick, beckon-
ing Mr.. Peel to come closer and let him
whisper in his ear, chalk your bob
bins"
That was the entire secret. Ma
chinery was soon invented for chalk
Ing the bobbinS. and Dick Ferguson
was given pension equal TO many
daily quarts OF beer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01
CONFIDENCE UNDER WATER.
How This First Essential IR swim
ming May He Acquired.

ming Way Re Acquired
A person who is timid about the wa
ter can overcome the greatest part OF
the difficulty OF learning 10 swim BY
the proper use of a wash basin.
The obstacle that nervous persons
meet in the water is not the conscious
fear OF drowning, but an involuntary
nervous shock that causes them TO
gasp for air even before their faces are
under water. II is this gasping for
breath that browns people.
They cannot control the gasping, and
consequently they often snap for
breath when their mouths are under
water As the buoyancy OF human
body is easily disturbed. a few pints OF
quarts OF water swallowed In these in
voluntary gasping acts serve TO sink a
person who otherwise would fat long
enough for help to arrive.
Now, II a person afflicted with this
Involuntary fear OF getting undsr wa
ter will thrust the whole face gently
into an ordinary basin full OF water
every day and stay there as long as
lOSSliblt IL VIII DE- piliN SuOTt llLIe De
fore the gasping sensation begins To
disappear.
Then the bathtub should lie used. SO
that the bather, lying full length, can
immcrSe the entire head. : first this
will bring back all the ole frightening
sensations Of sufTocation. but the at
tackS Will be OF short duration, and
within few days II Will be found that
the total immersion can be maintained
for almost full minute without dis
comfort of any kind
once q person has learned how per
fccry comfortable one can be under
water the first great step has been
taken toward learning TO swim
Many otherwise good swimmers have
never really acquired this calmness
under water The result Is that when
such a swimmer is caught ia nm under
tow or q Swirling current hts conf
dencc leaves him ~ soon aS he feels
himself dragged under the surface In
stead Of diving or remaining motion
less and 50 preserving his breath he
gaSps iuyolunt"rily aud naturally swal-
lows water and the choking sensation
at once forces him to exhale what
breath lr has left and gasp again.
Confidence under water should be
the first Ies1yu ia swimming,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-01

Such GIRL AT YELLOW FLAT FAIRLY
TOOK AWAY HIS BREATH.
cious, and Tancred was in no mood to
talk. Frankly he wished the thing was
over and that he was starting back
east
He fell 10 wondering what sort OF q
girl this niece of Tapley's was like
Probably she was old and more or less
OF a barbarian or perhaps she was the
sort who would say, "Oh. amt that
lovelyv' when he told her his late eli
ent. the Hon. Peter Chisholm. had left
her a fortune that had been the envy
OF many scheming women in the cycle
OF the unmarried Peters acquaintance
Jock here beside him could probably
ennghten him as TO Miss Parsons, but
II was scarcely worth while She was
some quite impossible person no doubt
he handed Jock a cigar and put the
whole thing from his mind
II was gray twilight when they drove
up to the ranch house at the TX. Tan
cred alighted and was warmly wei
coined by Tapley.
II don't care a snap of my fingers
what business It is that has brought
you" he said to Tancred. You're TO
stay just as long as you can stand 1t
with US, and a little longer If you have
any charity for isolated old chaps Ike
myself" he added Hospitality. "A man
IN touch with things in the east is
godsend, sir. Supper will be ready
shortly, and meanwhile Gertrude shall
give you some tea. Pardon me a mo
ment, and III hunt her up"
The room they had entered evidently
served as a library. Books lined the
walls, tempting chairs offered their
comfort sE rugs covered the polished
floor. 1t WAS quiet and In excellent
taste. Tancred's misgivlngs about the
lady were somewhat mitigated
At that moment Tapley returned
"Mr. Tancred,' he said, permit me
TO present the lady whose business
brought you here. my niece Miss Par
SONS"
Tancred bowed and murmured his
greetings somewhat incoherently. for
surprise had tied his tongue Had he
met her on Broadway he would have
looked at her more than once, but find
ing such a girl at Yellow Flat fairly
took away his breath.
Wont you lei me take away the
bad taste Of your ride with some teaY
She asked solicitously.
Tancred asquiesced heartily and seat
ed himself near the dainty tea table
where she was busying herself.
Twenty-Five" he told himself men
tally, "and the finest eyes in America
In that half hour at the tea table
Tancred fell in love, and. having fallen
In love, the object of his coming here
ntrudcd itself like "A black cloud in the
tair sky Of his happiness This girl
was an heiress. II was this he had
come to tell her. And Tancred, albeit
a sturdy young lawyer was by no
means wealthy He suddenly resolved
10 let the fortune remain in the back
ground for a week at least. He would
be unreservedly happy for that time.
and then" Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof" he told himself.
Cousin Peter couldn't have left me
much" said Miss Parsons
NO" said Tancred carrying out his
resolution. I'm 70 over the papers
carefully, and in weeks time think
can tell you the exact amount"
A week went by-two weeks-a
month Still the exact amount Of
Cousin Peters legacy was not vouch-
Sated to Miss Parsons. She seemed to
aavs found a richer legacy Ia her rides