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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
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|l9 or al the absurd forms Of 5locOnIoz
ton practlced by the creat lures of tn e
deep the most preposfe Obs iss tina Of
theSnussel. Squids III startle you by
darling backward, crabs hustle off
Sideways at lively gait. but nothing
save the dull brain OF some kind Of
clam critter. bordering OYER the trans
portation problem in those remote
epochs when time was no object, could
have evolved so slow and cumbersome
a method. 4
You may often see mussels Climb up
the pile of a wharf toward the high
water mark. Notice the black threads
attached to the clam. They do the bust
ness. The muSsel shoots out spray
Of Gelatinous stuff in the direction he
wants to go and this hardens into
those black threads. He lets go the
old ones and climbs up by the new
You can trace his progress up the pile
by the lunches Of old threads, which
he leaves behind at intervals. 1t has;
never been figured out whether he
could go q mile. in less than year,
but it would be safe to back the mus
sci in the animals .'slow race.'-Coun-
try Life In America.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Erench md English.

The celebrated Mrs. Ticknesse I'M
dertook to construct letter every
word of which Should be French, yet
no Frenchman should be able to read
it, while an illiterate Engishmnn
should decipher it,with ease, and wrote
the following:
''Pre, dire sistre, CONNIE & Sc us. 6,
passe the de here If yeux came, 6
chat tn mi dame; dine here, s. yeux
mai go to the faire if yeux plaise; yeuX
mai have tiche, muffin, pore, butter,
foule,s hair, fruit, pigeon, olives, sal
lette for ure dinner, & excellent tie, cafe,
port win, Sc Iiqueurs; Sc tel ure bette 81
poll tn CONNIE; lie go tn the faire &
visite the baron. But if yeuX don't
CONNIE to us, lie go tn ure house s. Sc
oncle. & Sc houe he does; for mi dame
ses he beant il. But douX CONNIE, mi
dire; yeuX came Ii here, yeux nos-if
yeuX louve musique, yeuX mai have the
harp, lutte, or viol here. Adieu, mi
dire siStre.'-London Globe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
The Real Unicorn.

Early in the last century the unicorn
of ancient myth came within the realm
Of scientific knowledge in the form of
the white rhinoceros, the largest, next
to the elephant, of modern quadrupeds.
For long years the unicorn's only
known habitat was on n coat Of arms.
Ancient writer's who had told Of it
We're discredited until a one horned
rhinoceros, found by Marco Polo in
Sumatra, received this name. And
early in the last century Burchell also
discovered in South Africa, between
the Orange and Zambezi rivers. the
huge white pachyderm. 1t had, in
truth. two horns, but one was so small
as to be scarcely perceptible, while the
other, tufted with bristles at the base
was SO many as four feet long, curving
and tapering to hard sharp point.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
1t Is Good to Laugh.

Health. an English publication, says:
at is good to laugh. There is prob
ably not the remotest corner or little
inlet of the minute blood vessels of
the body that does not feel some wave
let from the great CONFUSION produced
by hearty laughter shaking the central
man. The blood moves more rapidly.
Probably its chemical. electric or vital
condition is distinctly modified. 1t con-
veys a different impression TO all the
organs of the body as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey when
the man is laughing from what it does
at other times. The time may come
when physicians shall prescribe TO q
torpid patient so many pealS OF laugh
ter to be undergone at such and such
q time
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
EnGineer'S Last Run.

Louisville Courier-JourualI
Drowning is not the only expert
ence that causes 4 man to read his
ond," said F. c. Roberts, locomo-
| tive engineer.
Il was running on the passenger
trains between Atlanta and Macon
several years ago, and I was to meet
the northbound train at a, certain sta
ton on the road. Well, it was all my
fault. hadn't slept any for five
nights, and the only rest l had was
in my cab. The last stop we made
before this experience OF which I
speak, the fireman had to wake me
up when the signal to so ahead was
received l had gone to sleep in my
cab.
AS we approached the next sta
ton the conductor may have signaled
me, as he claimed ne did, but we
dashed through the town at about
40 miles an hour before / heard the
down brakes signal The minute
heard il l saw the headlight OF the
northbound train less than 300 yards
t.
threw on the air brakes and reversed
but it all looked too late. The fire
man jumped, but / was paralyzed
The two great engines, one bearing
special train, rushed together like
angry bulls, and I was frozen there
and while those trains rushed togeth-
er, l saw every incident Of my life
just as plainly as the day it happen
ed. That's all l know about it.
They took me to the hospital, and
nine days later l woke up after a
spell of brain fever. The trains stop
ped SO close together that the pi-
lots sprung out of place, but other
wise there was no damage. They
had to get a new engineer before my
train pulled ont, though, and that was
the last time I ever pulled a throttle"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

The Very acme of ease is reached in
stairs that have trends twelve to fifteen
inches broad and riSerS five to seven
inches high. The run or distance in
most houses is too short to allow OF
this, but they should come as near it
as the architect of the house iii GER
NIT. 1t is SO easy to climb such stairs
that one hardly is aware of any effort.
Numbers of incurably broken down
women owe their bad health to the
steep stairs which they have been
obliged TO climb daily.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
BALTIMORE G OHIO RAILROAD
Very Low Rate Sunday Excursion
Tickets On Sale May IS.

Effective May Is and continuing
every Sunday thereafter until fur
Their notice, the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad will place on sale excursion
tickets between stations of Wheeling
and Grafton, good going East bound
on regular train NO. ~, leaving Fair
mont at 1852 A. NJ, and returning
no regular trains No. 71-55, leaving
Grafton 1870 noon, and $50 P. M;
and good going West bound on regular
train No. 5, leaving Fairmont at 7:47
A. NJ, and returning on regular train
No. 4, leaving Wheeling at 500 P.
NJ. For tickets and full information,
call on ticket agent.
T. B. HENDERSON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
The Crucial Moment.

One of the favorite maxilns of Gen
eral Grant and one certainly in ac-
cord with human nature was that In
every closely contested battle there
comes time when both sides are eN-
haustcQ. When this condition arises,
he said, the army that first breaks the
lull and puts itself in motion is likely
to win. y blow then is worth a dozen
previous ones.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Duty Before Pleasure.

Hostess Ito new curate)-We- seem to
be talking of nothing but horses. Mr..
Soothem. Are you much OF sports
man? Curate-Realfy, Lady Betty. l
don't think 1 ought to say that l am.
l used to collect butterflies, but have
given up even that now.-LOndon Tit
RitS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
San Francisco, Cal.

Triennial Conclave, Knights TEN
plar, September SO. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or st. Louis
added to fares rendered therefrom
Chicago $4,000; ST. Louis s47.50).
Dates of sale to be announced later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
San Francisco, Cal.

Sovereign Grand Lodge, 1. o. Q. F.,
September 1925. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or ST. Louis ad'
ded to fares rendered therefrom (Chi-
cago $4,000; st. Louis S47.50). Dates
of sale to be announced later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13


newed interest IN le late yNaIdeck,
FIsousseau; who ha s. Just died tnsP Paris;
when they know til rat he was e. tanch
ally Of this xernmept in the plan
TO purchase the property OF the
French Panama Canal Company. Ny
authority for this statement is VIII
liam Nelson Cromwell, who triurn-
phantly brought about the transfer.
The distinguished French statesman
is TO have resting place in the
Pantheon, beside Victor Hugo and
Sadi Carnot.
The prospective visit OF Prince
Henry, of Prussia, will furnish occa-
sion for several high social events
at Newport He will travel as pri-
waite citizen, but the Vanderbilts and
Goelets will take occasion to return
many of the courtesies shown them
in His Highness' brother, the. Kaiser.
Apropos the Emperors new Here
shoff yacht will be built at Bristol
this winter.
A close friend of former Senator S.
W. Dorsey tells me this morning
that the famous star route states
man who carried Indiana in 1880. is
coming back TO New York. All his
troubles growing out of the Liquid
Air Company have been amicably adj
justed. Whether he and his asso-
ciates have followed the admirable
example of Charles NJ. Schwab is not
I'm
Steve" Dorsey, as he was popularity
called. was the idol OF his party. How
well l remember the dinner given to
him at Delmonico's in the February
that followed Garfeld's election.
The proudest and most honorable
men in New York were there. He
was the guest of honor, and General
Grant sat by his side. General Ar
thur, Vice President-elect, was there
John Jacob Astor, father of "Wally,'
sat beside Dorsey. A few 1 recall
were Beecher, Boutwell,. Window,
Frelinghysen, Hamilton Fish, Noah
Davis, E. w. Stoughton, Levi P. Nor
ton, Senator Platt, Hugh Hastings.
Depew, Governor Hoyt, George Bliss,
J. Pierpont Morgan, Judge Dillon, Jay
Gould, Frank Work, Horace Porter
and General Woodford. In all the
speeches Mr. Dorsey was eulogized as
the eXemplar of practical politics"
Geo. H. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,.
was particularly fulsome in his
praise. This is the gentleman who
has now left the Republican party
because it is not good enough for
him. 1t was not until July of the
next year, that S. w. Dorsey explain
ed in his own signed testimony the
methods he used in carrying Indiana.
Here are his own words:
Each one of these men, nearly five
thousand in number, reported what
they could do and how much it would
take to influence people to change
of thought. We paid $50 to some
and as high as SIS to others, but we
took care What the three men from
every township should know just
what each got. There was no chance
for 'nigging.' There. that's all there
was in carrying Indiana in October!"
Mr.. Dorsey's assistance is not re-
CURED by Mr.. Cortelyou. He would
not have him around
Engineers Last Run.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Toronto, Ont.

Friends General Conference, Au.
gust 1919. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale August
9th to 18th, good returning until Au-
gust 31st, inclusive.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Detroit, Mich.

Baptist Young Peoples Union Of
America, International Convention.
July ITO. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale July 5th
to 18th, good returning until July 18th,
inclusive.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Louisville, Ky.

knights of Pythias, Biennial En-
campment, August 1913. One fare
plus s1.0O for the round trip. Tickets
on sale August 18TH 18th, 14th and
18th, good returning until August
31st, inclusive.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
BALTIMORE G OHIO RAILROAD.
Cheap Excursions to the ST. Louis
Worlds Fair Every Wednesday
In August, September and o.
tober-Only $500 Round
Trip From Fairmont.

Tickets will be good going in
coaches only on specified trains.
Returning, tickets will be good in
coaches only on all regular trains,
leaving st. Louis not later than ten
days, including date of sale.
Call on ticket agent for time of
train and full information.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Customer-The last fish 1 had from
you didn't seem very fresh. Fish
dealcr-Well. mum, low can you eX-
pect fresh fish to come out o. salt
water" New Yorker
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
F.. M. AND p. BRANCH.

ARRIVES.
No. 5O.-Pitts burg Accom'n LOO P. M.
No 4.APittsburg Accom'n e:55 P. M.
DEPARTS.
No. 3.-Pitts burg Accom'n $50 A. NJ.
No. 51.-Connellsville Ac'm 2:10P. NJ.
No. 50 leaves daily for Morgantown
at 9:O5 P. NJ. No. 81 arrives from Nor
gantown at 6:55 "A. NJ. daily except Sun
day: at 500 A. NJ. Sunday only.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
1t Didn't Pny.

JoneS-NIorris is now convinced that
advertising does not pay. Smith-Why,
/ thought he advertised for n wife and
got one. JoneS-So he did, and that's
why he says it doesn't pay.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
AIYly0lj S
OF Reduced Fares Authorized via
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Summer Season, 1904.
Atlantic City and seashore.

! Special low rate excursions from all
points east Of the Ohio river on June
goth, July 14th and 2sth, August 18th
and 25th, and September sth-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

# you once get the habit" you will
always buy your furniture from the
/ F'airmont Furniture Co. Opposite
postoh ice.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

We handle a straight line of furni-
ture, window blinds, mirrors and pic
lures. Fairmont Furniture Co. OPP.
posite postofice Z
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For additional information concern
ing rates, routes, time Of trains, ETC..
call on or address ticket agents, Bal
timore & Ohio r. R.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

L pint Mason jars, 35c doz.; at.
Mason jars, 39c doz.; ct Mason jars,
$50 doz., at ]. L. Halls hardware
store.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

If you are in the market for a re-
frigerator, do not fail to see us. We
have them at bargain. J. L. Halls
hardware store. <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Different Points of view.

The Proverb Girl-As burned child
breads the fire, you know. The Bach
elor-Oh, but don't know. The ma
jority Of widowers marry again.-Pitts-
burg Press. IA
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Grand Excursion to Mountain Lake
Park, August 9th, From Fair
mont-Very Low Rates
For the Round Trip.

! Tickets good on day Of issue only.
-Get information from ticket agent.
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It is easy to get guesses by asking
a friend to subscribe for the West Vir-
einian six months. <.
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MONONGA8 DIVISION.

All trains are daily except Nos. 3
and on the F., NJ. and P. branch,
which are daily except Sunday.
For sleeping car reservations and
information concerning tickets and
rates, consult
T. 8. HENDERSON,
Ticket Agent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

A second prize of fifty dollars is
very liberal; and third of twenty
five is a really handsome gift. See
page eight Of this issue. <.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

g Some of the best lots on Fairmont
avenue for sale. See h. H.$Lanham.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Camp Meeting.

A great camp meeting will be held
in East Park, east side of the river
commencing Saturday, the 9th In
slant. and continuing 10 days. Best
of order will prevail, and the best of
speakers have been engaged for the
meeting. Come everybody Admis-s
sion ten cents. 81 ,i- y3g
REV. ]. H. COTT,a %. D. Mission, II.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Croquet is a pleasant pastime. Pro.
cure a. set at J. L. Halls hardware
store. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Al r. Lewis Nixon, lately president
iS5of the United States Shipbulding
5sGompany viii arrive in Sebastopol
to-day. He has been summoned to
Russia to advise about the Quitting
of the vessels not ready to go to sea
Il {3is very doubtful if Russia will I'M
sdertake to begin the construction of
eruisers or batt1eships for use against
the Japanese. If she does they are
not likely to be completed until after
4 the war is ended. Russian men-of-war
vii not be built on the Black Sea,
because the Dardanelles question is
one that Russia does not want to
raise at this time. AS the designer
and builder of the battleship Oregon
Lewis Nixon has achieved interna-
sIional fame. 1t is misfortune that
4 Croker ever persuaded him to
SO into politics He is an amiable
mar, with the manners of Chester
field, but a fleeing memory, which
enables him TO forget his inter
view. when they look unwise in cold
type. Nixon left a great record for
8 saelhaloalaTFship at Annapolis. .5335
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Reliable Furniture at mont urs
sniture Co. &.
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ONLY $500 TO WASHINGTON
And Return-OnIy $3.50 to Baltimore
and Return, Saturday Night, Au-
gust 20, via Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad.

Train No. will leave Fairmont at
S:3S A. NJ, affording an opportunity to
spend all day Sunday among the at
fractions of either the Capital or Mon
umental City.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

All good Americans will, take a re
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
LOANS
= ToGk 8
BONDS.
- BALTIMORE & ONO
RAILROAD.

DASSEN trains will arrive at
L and depart from Fairmont on the
following Schedule on and after May
22d, 1904
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Designated Depository Of the United
States and State of West Virgini
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16
MISER SCATTERS MONEY.
Giving a Woman Who Befriended
 Him $1, 700.

Ozark, Feb. 15. Billie Silers, a miser and recluse, who has been living about here for years, has suddenly become insane and will probably be sent to an asy- lum.
 It was believed he had money and the belief became a certainty Friday when he went to the home of George Cowen and gave to Mrs. Cowen, who has washed for him, $1, FOO in cash. He also gave to some other parties who had been kind to him some S400.
 Silers had not been we'll for some months and it is thought this, with his unpleasant sur roundings, caused his insanity.
 He had never paid Mrs. Cover for washing for him, but always told her he would give her g present some day.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16
ASKED TO LEAVE TOWN.
Young Married Woman of Pine Bluff Reported to Have
 Pulled Gun.

Pine Bluff, Feb. 15. Mrs. Jessie Larche, formerly a well known girl of Hot Springs, and now the wife of Morgan Larche, a prominent young Pine Blufian, has been requested to leave the city by the authorities.
 She was recently arrested for pulling a revolver on an officer and then lodged in jail. She had been released on her own recognizance pending trial.
 While awaiting trial the au- thorities have requested that she leave Pine Bluff.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16
HANNA SUCCUMBS.
Well Known Ohio Senator and Intimate Friend of Late Wm. Mckinley Dies at Home
 in Washington.


 Washington, Feb. 15. Marcus A. Hanna, United States senator from Ohio and one of the fore most figures in American public life, died this evening in his apartments at the Arlington hotel at $40 p. m., of typhoid fever, after an illness of two weeks.
 He passed away peacefully and without pain, after being un- conscious since 3 a. m., at which time the first of a series of sink ing spells came on, from the last of which he never rallied.
 All the members of the family, with one or two exceptions, were at. the bedside when the end came.
 During the last hours life was kept in his body by the use of the most powerful stimulants.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16
CIRCUIT COURT
Docket Light, and Only Two Visiting Attorneys
 Are Present.
AT AUGUSTA.

Augusta, Feb. 15. - Circuit court convened here today, Judge H. N. Hutton presiding and Prosecuting Attorney P. R. An drews in attendance. The docket is very light, and only two visit ing attorneys are attending, B. c. Kramer of McCrory and Roy D. Campell of Little Rock.
 A poll of the grand jury was taken, which resulted in a tie, eight for Wood and eight for Davis.
 w. H. Humphreys of Cotton Plant entered the race today for the legislature as an advocate of the four-wire fence.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16

H. A. Ridley, a delegate to the state convention of the Knights and Ladies of Honor at Pine Bluff from the Newport lodge, left Tuesday afternoon over the Choc- taw.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-16
BERNSTEIN-CO COIN.
rriage of Miss Blanche Bern stein to pr. Seldon Cohn Beautifully Performed By Rabbi Wolsey-
 Banquet And
 Ball Follow.

The sacred solemnity of the T marriage VOWS is beautifully re- cognized in the Hebrew service. The significance and full portent E d promises that are never ended nntil death do us part, is dwelt upon in symbolism so natural. simple and true, that the effect falls both upon witnesses and those for whom it is primarily meant. It is the heritage of an ancient race who have ever held in highest reverence the marriage rite and who have embelIished it's forceful ritual through his- tory of nearly four thousand years by appropriate and effec- tive symbols.
 Newport society thronged the parlors and lobby of the Hotel Hazel long before the appointed hour Monday evening, as the ap- preaching wedding had been a much-talked-of and keenly an ticipated event. To this home assemblage was added the faces of many visitors, friends and rela- tives of the contracting parties. The pretty costumes worn and the loveliness of beauty thus adorned, together with the rare efforts of the decorators art in the parlor's floral ornaments, fur nished ample study and contem- pIation for the guests prior to the strains of Mendlessohn's. |.
 The march was played by Mrs. w. A. Az O'Neal, the bridal party entering from the hallway by the rear parlor. First came the ushers, MT. J. M. Berger, IT,, and Dr. c. E. Carroll, MT. w. T. Dunn and MT. A. Arndt, followed by MT. and Mrs. William Cohn, father and mother of the groom, Mr. D. Mendel, the groom's grandfather, and Mrs. H. Bernstein, Miss Della Bern stein, carrying a beautiful boquet of bridesmaid roses, MT. H. Bernstein and fair daughter, the bride.
 The groom, Dr. Seldon Cohn, accompanied by his best man, MT. T. H. Lovelace, entered by the front parlor door, meeting the bride upon the arm of her father at the altar, upon either side of which the attendants had taken their places.
 Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Little !, Rock stood beneath a wedding bell, decoration of smilax and fern that hung gracefully from an arch of calla lilies and roses, whose white splendor and purity was enhanced by mingling of the green of fern leaf and vine.
 The well modulated tones ot the officiating rabbi carried to the hearts of his hearers the beautiful and felicitous expres- sioR of his thoughts and inter- pretation of the significance of the vows taken. His words were liquid streams of eloquence as he passed in turn from the sipplng of the cup of joy to the ring ser vice in which both bride and groom placed upon the others finger this seal of their devotion and then tasted of the cup or sorrow, which they were to bear as one through life, even as With life's pleasures and successes.
 Upon the conclusion of the i'm pressive service the bride and groom were fairly overwhelmed with the congratulations of friends and relatives.
 They were the recipients ot presents, too numerous to men ton, expressions of the esteem and love of hosts of friends, who found nloas,,ra in looking at