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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-22
DAWSON'S FEES.

The most important among
these bills that failed to pass the
Legislature was the proposed bill
to make the Auditor the statu-
tory attorney for all foreign and
nonresident domestic corpora
tons fixing his fee for same at
$40 per annum in every case, and
requiring that fee to be paid into
the State treaury.
The Wheeling Intelligencer,
one of Mr.. Dawson's most super
serviceable organs, says as to It's
failure: "No good reason exists
why the bill should not have
been passed. 1t was expected to
have furnished from $4,000 to
$4,000 annually to the State
treasury.
But is there not a reason why
it should not have been passedE
For several years the law has
required the appointment OF a
statutory attorney by this class
of corporations, but it left to
them the selection of such attor-
ney. 1t has been the almost IN
variable custom for the Secretary
of State to solicit and secure this
appointment, charging these cor
porations $40 per annum each
for his services. Mr.. Dawson has
been Secretary of State for over
seven years. During that time
he has secured a clientele OF this
class of corporations which IS es-
timated to net him $4,000 an
nually in fees. Some estimate the
number of corporations he thus
represents as high as 5000, or
fees aggregating $4,000 per an
mum. These fees do not expire
when Mr.. Dawson's term as Sec
rotary of State ends. If elected
Governor he will doubtless con-
tinue to represent most OF these
corporations during his term OF
Office and for years to follow and
will probably in ten years in the
future have an income of $4,000
annually from this source. The
rule is that such corporations do
not change attorneys, and he will
only lose a client by the termina-
ton of it's corporate existence.
Is there not in this fact a suffi-
cient reason why this merltorlus
bill failed-a bill which the Intel
ligencer says would have put
from $4,000 to $4,000 per an
mum into the State treasury?
Mr.. Dawson represented HIM
self as a most Jealous and ardent
tax reformer before the conven-
ton acted upon his nomination;
but the history of transactions
which relate to his personal in
terest in tax subjects fully dem
onstrates that his tax reform
ideas lose their keen edge when
brought to the test of reforming
money out of his own pocket into
the public treasury.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-22
Made LIN For II Then.

"How did you discover that Van Ma
jor was one of the no breakfast advC
catesT'
81 invited him out to lunch will
rne."-Cincinnati Tfmes-Star.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-22
The Belle and Her Dress.

Once upon a time there was IA
nous belle who made frequent visits to
her dressmaker and stayed quite long
each time because she was particular
about the fit of her gowns. and the
modiste desired to please her.
They would cut and ut and shape
and work to bring every line and curve
into proper relation. so that the effect
would be artistic and pleasing to the
eye.
Moral.-Matters Of form are often th'
important matters.-New York Herald
81 don't know that ! should eat
these Russian sardines," said the
guest undoubtedly. you know, |
ain a japanese sympathizer."
"Well, don't worry" whispered
the hotel proprietor. ''They are la.
b.led Russia but put up in Maine.
C...c&,:-,a .,ers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
Alaskan Tin.

The tin finds in the United States that
have been periodically announced for 50
many years have tended 10 make men
skeptIcal as to the probability of the eH-
istence of this valuable metal in this
country in large quantities. However,
contrary to past reports in this cOnnec-
ton. the value of the in bearing dixie
recently discovered in Alaska seems to
increase with time. Ii has been reported
that ore to the amount of fifteen tons
from the Alaska Tin Mining company
was brought to Seattle. Wash. recently.
This ore was taken ont by sluice boxes:
and resembles ordinary gray sand
tstream TIM, and samples taken from
The cargo aSSaycd d per cent. tin Mt
government assay office. This ore had
all been worked by hand. but having
demonstrated that the ore was in Suf1-
cient quantity and rich enough to pay
to work it, the company plans to put n
pumping plant and ma chinery that will
handle 800 tons of dirt day. The sea-
son. however, is limited TO 100 working
days.
\ later report in regard to this Alaska
ore has its source in an assay office IN
Providence, X. l., which announces thar
it is a very high grade or almost pure
cassiterite. and needs no concentration
whatever; further. that twenty claims
have been taken up by different parties
two Of whom have sent to their office
ore which averaged nearly 80 per cent
tin. In view of the fact that hitherto
no tin has been profitably mined in the
United States and that for the years
1890 and 1902 tin imported was worth
about - cents r pound at New or"
city. on a consumption OF over SJ,"H''
600 pounds the importance Of TINS di>-
covery is apparent and Minerals.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
SIMPLE WEATHER PROPHECIES.
Watch the Clouds, or Solution of Cam,
phor, or Spiders.

When a contemplated picnic party
makes one anxious about the state of he
weather, il is convenient to possess a few
infallible weather signs, by means of
which one can foretell rain within twcn-
ty-four hours without depending on The
weather man" who has occasionally
been found wanting in his prognostiC4-
tons.
Simplest Of all signs is a bottle cun-
tanning Il saturated solution of Camphor
and then Il little camphor besides. That
which does not dissolve will remain at
the bottom of the bottle. if the day Is
to be pleasant while an approaching
storm is signified when the residue rises
in the solution. making it cloudy instead
of clear. Alcohol should be used in max
ing the solution.
\ very reliable method of foretelling
the state of the weather is found in the
clouds. Look out on the horizon for the
smallest bit of :; cloudlet and watch it
carefully. II there is To be rain on
dull. cloudy day the little cloud will he
seen to grow gradually larger. gathering
to itself any clouds that are near il. ma
til tile original cl0und has grown larger
and blac6er and Increased three or -four
times its first size On the contrary. if
the day is 10 be fair the little cloud will
thin gradually. until il disappears alto
gcthcr. small pieces of cloud breaking
away from the first cloud from time to
time. until the whole Vanishes and leaves
the blue of the sky in its place
1t is in this wav that sailors f0Ietpll
pleasant weather of the contrary and
the method is considered infallible
One should not Danish rhe spiders from
the piazza and garden by sweeping away
their neat little homes, luilded with such
infinite pains. such wonderful patience.
The large striped spider, with his bit of
home. is one OF the prettiest sights TO he
found on summer morning. especially
if the web is fieched with dew Aside
from Mr.. Spiders beauty and usefulness
as a fly catcher, he is Il perfect little
weather prophet, always TO be depended
upon.
Whenever one sees n cobweb house torn
by the wind and beaten by the rain, one
can be quite sure that ii is that most desc
late of all things. an abandoned home: for
the spider, when he feels this approach Of
a storm. never fails to fold his tent. -
and seek shelter under some overhanging
| trellis or under the ls.:ns of a vine
| These tiny creatures have an instinct
which would make the fortune of a
weather prophet. and they are also suffi-
GENTLY wise to come i'm out of the wet
If. upon consulting this little weather
vane. one finds the web in place. and Mr.
Spider ready to do business with any
chance flies 50 unwise as TO walk Into
his parlor.' one can he quite sure thar the
day will pass without rain, however low
ering the sky may be.
Aside from the old superstition that il
is unlucky To Kill n spider or to destroy
his home. this is another reason why he
should he left to round ont his existence
in the natural way.-Thc Boston Cooking
School Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
THE cHAmBERED NAUTILUS.

This Is the ship Of pearl, which. poets feiSn.
Sails the uBshad0wed main
The ventureseme bark that nings
On the sweet summer wind its purple wings
In CULTS enchanted, where the Siren sings
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea maids rise 10 sun their
streaming hair.
Its webs Of living gauze no more unfurl:
Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
And every chambered cell.
Where lis dim dreaming life was wont to
dwell,
As the frail tenant shaped his growing
Before thee lies revealed,
Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt
unseaied.
Year after year behcld The silent toll
That spread his lustrOus coil;
StiH, as The spiral grew,
He left the past years dwelling for the
new,
stoie with soft step It's shining archway
through,
Built up its idle door.
Stretched in his last-found home. and knew
the old no more.
Thanks for the heavenly message brought
by ti:ep,
Child of the wandering sea.
Cast from her lap, forlorn!
From thy dead lips clearer note is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn
While on mine ear ii rings,
Through the deep caves of thought hear
voice that sings:
Build thee more stately mansions. o my
soul
As the swift seasons roll,
Leave thy low-vaulted past.
Let each new temple, nobler than the last
Shut thee from heaven with dome more
vast.
Till thou at length art FREQ
Leaving thine outgrown shell by lifes un-
resting sea.
oliver Wendell Holmes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
SET THE TIME FOR SCOTLAND.
Ball on One Hilltop Drops When Cannon
on Another Is Fired.

Speaking ot clocks said the traveller.
Edinburgh, Scotland. has the most inter
eStlpg time marking device | ever saw.
The city lies between two hills. On one
Of these, known as Carlton Ill., there is
an observatory tower. in the top OF which
a large black ball is suspended. Across
the valley. probably mile away, is
Castle Hill. surmountcd by the historic
Edinburgh Castle. One of the large guns
IN this fortress, pointing toward Carlton
Hut. Is electrically connected with the
ball in the tower mile away. Every
evening mt e o'clock the gun is fired, and
at the same moment the ball falls. The
device sets the official time for all Scot
land,
1T is interesting 10 stand ON Carlton
llill al the appointed hour 10 sec the sim.
uliancouS flash of the guu OH Castle Hill
aud the fall of the bali close nj hand.
while the roar of the gun is of course
some moments in crossing the valley. On
The other hand, it is equally interesting to
stand beside tbs hig gun at dusk To watch
the ball on Carlton Hill fan lust as the
shot IS tired. ! recall once standing in the
courtyard of the castle. watch in hand.
waiting for the cannon iust overhead Ia
be hred 1t occurred Ia me il would he
more exciting 10 watch the crowds of
passing people, especially since nat nnn
was apparently thinking of the Shot from
the cannon. When the roar took place.
absolutely without warning. hardly a ward
ahore the heads of the crowd. the scene
well repaid my waiting Evervhody
lodged Children screamed and men ,nd
women jumped 10 the side Of the wall
or course ii was all over in a second. huf
IN that moment il Seamcd that an electric
shock had passed through the crowd
Birmingham News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
Canada's Attractions.

The Dominion Exhibition is one tina,
attracts hundreds of thousands eoch
year. This wear il will be held IN Win.
nipeg. Manitoba Canada, and with the
material assistance given il by the Ua.
minion government. il will be one of tbp
most successful ever held. Besides Inc
number OF special attractions that will he
offered, there will be brought together nm
exhibit Of the Agricultural and Industrial
resources of Canada such as is rarely ar
tempted by any country. Visitors will no
jhere in large numbers from the Tinted
States. owing 10 the low rates offered Inv
railways, connecting with the Canadian
roads. II is expected that Hon. CGffor,l
SETON. Minister of the Interior, will he
there on the opening day 70 declare the
viii be afforded by this exhibition ia
meet friends. Hotel accommodations
will be quite ample
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

the stones? And made neat iob &c
il. 100. by summy. ''0 81
Il did 30 mp there" William With.
confessed. but II was already broke I'M,
and the stones was sone.
Bunny Price fell back fiat with 1ba
remark: sac
We've been done tn the wide worll~,
There was somebody else in the sen
game them queried the dazed WiIlja.n
Nithers. Only bit too previous ~. ~.
US. That it, you think -
You're 4 little w.onger than uSn.l
Willy. but somebody WAS too praviol,'
for Us. And | can give you his nam.
l Thought. he added after q pause. II
Thought the job was a site TOO neat fur
YOU
Who was it then as done it,"
Bunny Price smiled wryiy. "YoS v,,
are a fool" he said critically. -Wby
don't You rocker: 1t was Jones himself
Homes" .ga~pcd William wither..
''What forE''
oh. it's as clear mud said Bunny
Price. He guessed what we would he
up to after giving himself AWAY lie
that. lie saw the only thing to do w.
To clear ont. He only kiddel us he'd for-
gotten all he told US the night heforp
Then he went back home, forced those
locks i'll that artistic way, and bolted off
" III Luc stun. ne Itdu us Ike books
And pretty TRASH we are. Look AT rbe
start he's got. OH Bunny Prics
pummeled his own head severely. W.
shall never see him again for million
pound. Oh! Call me something suit
able
From out of the depths Of his troubled
mind William Withers brought up one
pearl of thought. One thing about bcin'
a fool he said; you never need feel
lonely. The King
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The human species offer frequent ex-
smples Of individuals attacked by al
binsm. 1t is found Oftenest among men
of the black race. White albinos have
skin Of peculiar paleness, blond hair,
white or colorless beard, pink iris and
red pupils. The negro albino has skin
Of variab bic aspect; in some cases 1t is
white as milk, in others it is like wax
or rather resembling the hue of a corpse.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23
Nice Yellow Cream.

Il knew they used empty tin tobacco
cans for advertising in cigar store WIN
dows." said the Harlemite, and empty
champagne bottles in saloon window, s.
empty cracker boxes in groceries, empty
patent medicine receptacles in drug
stores and fake hams in meat markets,
hut my wife ran into new one on me
the other day. She went to creameES
10 buy a quart of milk. The clerk sara
they were all out. She saw at iesst 4
dozen bottles in sight all filed ~ ana
with about two inches of nice ,yeii""
cream on top. The clerk caught he'
glance .,t.1
'.Oh." said he. chose bottles are hied
with -four with layer of c0rDnleai Oh
top. New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Take a thin glass flask partially filled
with liquid, such as wafer, spirits or
wine. etc, and focus the rays from an
arc lamp at short distance above the
surface of the liquid. After gentle heat
ing a large number of small spherical
bodies are seen floating about in the
space above the liquid. Mr.. Hovendon.
the scientist, claims that these small
spherical bodies are molecules Of the
iouid
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The New York Herald estimates the
wealth of New York city at thirteen
billions of dollars. The total wealth of
the United States in 1850 was officially
computed at seven billions of dollars, or
not much more than one-half of the pres
emit wealth of the single city of New
York. The aggregate wealth Of the
United States at the present time is
something in excess of one hundred bill
lions OF dollars.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

More than thousand years ago there
was a great city in Central Africa which
was the capital of the empire of the
Songhais in the Nigerian Sudan. The
empire Of the SonghaiS was the largest
and most powerful black empire which
ever existed. Even after the fall of thu
empire kouklya was a very prominent
city. hut about 150 years ago il was nj.
terry destroyed by the Touaregs and is
very site was forgotten The Academy
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The disease which caused the death Of
thousands of menhaden fish in Nara
eanset hay recently has at last been de
termined by Prof. +. r. Gorham of
Brown university, who has worked on
the case at Woods Hole at the United
States fish commission laboratories. He
has discovered that germ existed in
the blood of every fish examined which
caused disease known as pop eye.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The German EmperOr'S determination
TO order Il yacht with the same lines as
those of the American schooner Ingomar,
which is showing the yachts in Germany
how to sail. is another Herreshoff tri-
umph But it should be remembered that
Emperor Williams Meteor was designed
as a cruiser rather than a racer, and her
failure to lead the German racing yachts
is not therefore aScribahle to faults on
the part of her designer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

BY taking globe and stretching Il
thread from the mouth of the Columbia
river to the port of Manila in the Philip.
pines, it will be seen that the shortest
or great-circle route passes through tie
Aleutian islands, and close to the Jap
Rnese coast, leaving the Hawaiian is
lands far to the south.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

This is the explanation of the hair
turning white: The all-deyourmg cells
known as phagocyteS are the cause of
the mischief. These cells, which fire.
quently have ameba-like processes. are
developed in the central or medullary
part of the hair whence they make their
wSy into the outer or cortica layer.
where they absorb and thus destroy the
pigment grauules
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Elijah Dowie declares that he intends
70 try to throw King Edward from his
throne. He has not yet given particu-
lars as to the meth0d-wlether it is to
be Graceo- Roman or catch-as-catch-ca
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Ten thousand persons have entered
their names at the Yankton land office
as participants in the rush for the Rose
bud Indiana lands. making an entry list
long enough to entitle the sprint to des-
.gnation as the human race.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The effects of alcohol are especially
seen in the case of mothers among the
iaborms classes of England: ~ per cent.
Of The offspring of inebrlate women die
at birth or under years of age, white
IN the ease of sober women only 26 per
t.nut die
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The Thibetan young man of fashion
wears his pigtail like the Chinese, and
would be lost without his native girdle.
This is a complete mutum in paryo, at
once his arsenal, his pipe rack and his
treasury. In it he carries all that is
really near to his soul.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

In an account by japanese officer Of
the first fights on land near the Yalu he
records that the men could not keep their
European-fashioned boots on their feet
so that most Of them preferred to sling
their unaccustomed footgear over their
shoulders, wading through the icy mud
in their bare feet
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

$. II. Powell of Fulton, Mo-, is the
owner of diminutiye gold coin which
was prented TO his grandfather sol
der in the Revolutionary war, 10y George
Washington, while the latter. with his
army, was making his celebrated crossing
Of the Delaware river ut Trenton. \. j..
in the early morning OF December rs
lTT6. The coin was milled by Spain in
lI29
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The japanese jinrickisha has been used
at treaty ports for about thirty years,
but it reached Pekin only about five
years ago. There are over $500 of them
in Tien Tsin, each of which pays tax
Of about 81 a month to the government.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Judge parkers mother says She
switched him onto the track Of fame
with a birch rod, when he was boy.
This heads OFF the seers who would give
al the credit 10 the divininS rod.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Servian statistics for 1897 show three
persons between 135 and 140 years OLD,
is from 1876 to 1%5, 1913 from 10 to 120
and 900 from 100 to 115. in 1890 there
were in the United States 1881 persons
over 100 years old and 81 in London.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

OF Paris recently sent out Il mission TO
discover the ruins and they have JUST
been found by Lieut.. DespiagneS, about
100 miles south of Gogo, on the banks
,,F tho \i9pr
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The nail of a person in good health
grows at the rate of about one-sixteenth
OF an inch each week, but during illness
or after an accident or during times of
mental depression this growth is not
only affected and retarded so far as its
length is concerned, but also as regards
It's thickness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

British soldiers are provided with
boiled water for drinking The water is
FIRST clarified by a kind of rough ttra-
ton through charcoal containing Il Ger
tain amount Of potassium permanganate
and then "steriliaed" either by filtration
or by heat, after which it is distribuget
10 the troops hy means Of water carts
reserved fer safe water only.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Hats worm by Korean state function
arieS have brimS of enorncns dimen-
sions. three feet across sometimes, and
are required TO be made Of clay. The
reason for this is that scmc years ago
the then ruler of Korea was annoyed at
The habit Of whispering that prevailed
al court and So decided upon compelling
his courtiers to wear hats that would
make it difficult for them to put their
heads together and exchange condolences.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

Vt Binot, chief of the Paster ins.i-
tute lahratory, has been studying the
Mont Flame glaciers from the hacterio-
ngical standpoint by taking boiings 1t
different points. so as to bring MP spcci-
mems Of ice from various depths An
examination shows that liz all LAYERS OF
the glaeial ice coloAies of microbes Of
different SPECIES IRE present..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

We are warned by the Lancet Uon-
dom not to open letters ut the break
East table. They are usually laden with
germs which it is not well to mix with
food. The envelop flaps and stamps
that have been moistened by the human
tongue may be bristling with containing
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

A harpsichord maker Cristofori, in the
employ Of the Duke of Tuscany, III III
made the first successful piano. Two
pianos of his workmanship are still in
existence
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-23

The Champ expedition which sailed
from Norway for Franz Josef Land,
'iu supplies for the Iiegler Fiala eXpe-
dtion which steamed to that archipelago
early last summer. is not a relief eXpedi-
lion in the sense that it will give urgently
needed help. 1t is a part Of the original
plan to replenisl the supplies for the
chief explorers. Franz Josef Land is
not so far up in the frozen country that
explorers who use it for base are in
peril.