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The state herald., 1904-11-04
FORTUNE FOR AN INVENTION.
Immense Wealth In opaIs Waits Man
With Good Ideas.

Mr.. Robert NJ. Macdonald Is one OF
tho foremost authorities In Great Bri.
tain on precious stones He Is only IS
years OF age. yet has conducted no
fewer than dozen expeditions In
search OF gems In Central Australia.
New Guinea. the South Seas. and
South America. When a London
newspaper. man saw him the other
day, he announced that he would
shortly set out on still another expedi.
tion.
II am always successful on my pros
pecting expeditions" he said. "but
usually more SO when I go under the
auspices OF some society. or when
sent by commercial syndicate.
opal mining is very simple, neith-
er skill nor elaborate plant being re-
quired. In the region of Desert Sand.
stone. in Australia, known as THE
Land OF the Opal the miner selects
his ground at random, pegs 1t out by
inserting four posts at the corners.
sinks hole by means of pick and
shovel for depth Of about six feet,
then erects a crude wlndlass made
from the trunk OF tree. for hauling
the excavated material to the sur
face. Then he and his mate continue
sinking operations until a depth of
about forty feet is reached. II they
then strike on n seam OF opal, the
gems, after some hard work, are
taken aloft and roughly Clipped and
classified. They are then ready for
sale to the first chance buyer who
visits the fields.
But I will tell you where kind of
Monte Cristo fortune in opal awaits
the man who will find a way to ex-
tract 1t In its unbroken state from the
ironstone boulders in which it Is en-
cased. The region | refer to lies
westward from Coopers Creek. in
South Australia, and there is proba-
by more opal in this district than in
all the other known fields combined.
"A tantalizing circumstance is caus-
ed by the fact that the opal is in the
form OF kernel inside the boulders.
The boulders are too heavy to carry
away and 1t is almost impossible to
transport suitable cutting machinery
nut IN tbom
The state herald., 1904-11-04
PhRKER'S FAILURE.
Inability to Arouse tithsr Interest or
Iutbu,InW.

Alton II. Parker made an unfortunate
Impression by his speech ~ acceptance.
This Impression was drrponci by his
lung-drlny-i and murh'rprrrcici letter.
lIy these two efforts tho Democratic cun'
didhte must be- juisrd, Tor he has never
done anything noteworthy nor said any
thing 10 be- rcmrmhrr either before
or since hls nomination.
Upon every point raised by the cnndl'
date In his two uttcrnnccs Mr., Parker
has failed 10 carry the Sympathics or
the judgment Of the people, In the first
place the lack Of mrntal grasp revealed
By the man named for the highest Office
In the gift Of thp people Is painfully eyi'
dent TO the most careless reader Of his
formal statements OF opinions aud CON
Nictions upon national issues,
The effect " that Of u narrow intclli-
gcncc lnborlng TO meet expectations
founded upon an estimate II cannot ful-
I'LL. The absence OF anything Ike broad
views OF national questions Is felt, nat
urally, when one remembers that the
uitcrlncc- under examination are put
forth for the set purpose of gaining the
suifragcs of the entire people Of this I'M
mcnSc country,
WEIGHED AND FOUND WANT.
ING" Is the verdict already passed upon
Mr.. Parkcr's intellectual makeup, by the
Intelligent, instructed. thoughtful men
and women Of his own party, rs well a.
those OF the Republican persuasion.
with the emotional, the enthusiastic
and more or less irrational masses Of the
people. Mr.. Parker's failure is atill more
conspicuous. Iie has none of the FIRE Of
sentiment. the cloquencr, the magnetism
which drew the prolctiriat irrrsistibly to
Bryan In the early days Of the free sill
Yer manin. Parker repels
And. 80. the Democratic candidate has
failed. lie has neither the powerful
individuality Of the last President elect
ed by his party, nor the popular quail
ties OF that party's candidate in 1900
and 1895. Dull. secrctiyc. cold, Mr.. Par.
kcr IL utterly unable to arouse cnthnsi.
asm. or even interest. In his candidacy.
No shufIiing. no shifting OF ground such
as he has attempted in the matter of the
pension order. the trust suits. the Phil
ippine AMI other problems. could for one
moment hoodwink a wide-awake people.
His defeat was written In the book Of
fate long before David Bennrtt Hill had
fixed upon him that balcful glance which
sees only what can be OF use to the most
selfish and unscrupulous master OF polit-
ical wire'pulling in existence.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Inventions Of the Enemy.

Lacking material from which to create
issues upon the past and present conduct
of the Republican party, the Democrats
have been taking a long and soulful look
into the future, this fall, and their re-
ports OF what they see there in the dim
time to come are fcarsome.
But nobody is scared. The dreamer
nlone is disturbed by his nightmare. ex-
cept for chance neighbor who may hear
and wonder at the awakening shrieks of
the retching OF Indigestion. The visions
OF dclirium portend nothing outside of the
sufferers personality. The conjured
'wraiths OF the trance medium are visible
only to the contortionst, and perhaps a
few dupes at the contrived seance.
The country is not going to ''the dem
milton bowwows." The people OF the
United States have no desire 10 start
nm empire upon the ruins OF their re.
public. They will not even listen seri-
sously to the suggestion OF such thing.
The Philippine Islands are going to be
taken care Of. They will be free in the
hest sense OF the word The Panama
canal has been started by honorable
means, and II will 40 be finished
"God rules and the government at
Washington still lives"
The state herald., 1904-11-04
PAID DEARLY FOR CAUTION.
woman's olstaste for Publicity Cost
Pufae and handhaa.

For years Mrs Alofoy'H lifo had
been haunted by the fear that Homo
day Hhc might he called upon 10 serve
aa witness In court. Her grand,
mother was witness once, ana when
Mrs. Storey was n little girl she used
TO hear nil about II, Grandma. IL APP
aaara. had been no scared she couldn't
tell tho judge her own name,
And" said Mrs. Storey TO her hua.
band, ~ there Ia anything more dis.
graceful than 10 be unable 10 tell
your own name, ia like To know what
II H."
In order 10 reduce the possibilities
oI such n calamity TO minimum.
Mrs, Storey would walk ON with deaf,
enod ears and nycrtcd head Whenever
she happened To bo near n frc. n iight
or the scene OF an accident. Only the
other day she had occasion 10 shut
her eyes and ears TO the soothing
world about hor. She was waiting In
the Grand Central station for Mr..
Storey who had gone around to tho
baggage room to check n trunk.
Presently she became aware that
something exciting was happening
close beside her. Hastily sho shut
her eyes and stuck her fingers into
her ears. but before these protective
measures could be accomplished th.
learned that female thief had
snatched handbag which she had
found lying on tho floor, and was be
ing pursued by an excited crowd. Not
being entirely devoid OF the curiosity
Of her sex. Mrs. Storey would have
liked to know more. but the old fear
Of being detained AZ n witness held
her inert until her husbands return.
Then she vcntured to ask II they had
caught the thief.
Yes" said Mr.. Storey. but they
couldn't do anything with her. Ev.
cryone was confident the bag didn't
belong to her. but rs nobody appeared
to claim It the policeman had to let
her co.
Al that Mrs. Storey opened her
eyes. Il am so glad" she said, that
II Is all over. am ready to go now.
Butch. dear me. where are my purse
and handbag7 had them here n
moment ago! They must have
dropped-oh. I wonder"
Yes" said MIR. Storey. heartlessly.
"the stolen bag undoubtedly was
yours. New York Press.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
LINCOLN TO SCHURz.
Letter Written Thirty-Eisht Years
Ago that 1s Appropriate Now.

Mr.. Carl Schurz made long speech
nt Cooper Union In October. 1900. In
which he assailed President Mckinley
and denounced the policy OF his admin
istration.
II is appropriate. therefore. that this
letter of Abraham I1ncoln to this same
Mr. Carl Schurz should now be read
again by the people. II was written
thirty.eight years ago. having been dated
Nov. "a. 1862. or in the second year Of
the war for the Union:
have Just received and read your letter
Of the 2Nth. The purIort Of II Is that we
lost the late elections and the ndmlnistrn-
tion Is falling because the war Is unsnccess'
full, and that I must not nntter myself that
| am not Justly to blame for II.
certainly know that II the war falls.
the administration falls. and that | will be
blamed for II, whether deserve II or not.
And ! ought to b. blamed II I could do
better. You think ! could not do better
therefore blame you for blaming me.
understand you now 10 he willing TO nc-
ccpt the help OF men who are not Rcpubll.
cans, provided they have heart In IT,"
Agreed. | want no others Hut who Is TO
be- the Judge Of hearts. or Of heart In itf'
II | must discard my own judgment aud
take yours. ! must also take that Of others;
and hy the time ! should reject all | should
be advised to reject. ! should have none
left, Republicans or othcrs-not even your
self
For he assured, my dear sir, there are
mcn who have heart In Il" that think you
ARE performing your part ns poorly as you
think | am performing mine.
This has been printed before, but II
bears reading many times as an exhibi-
ton OF the spirit of the patient, for
bearing, humorous Lincoln under the jab-
bing Of chronic fault.tinder who owed
to him only gratitude and profound re-
spect Besides. it has special applica-
ton to the long speec-. OF Mr.. Carl
Srhur1
The state herald., 1904-11-04

writer and theatrical manager. especi-
ally in the last named capacity, had
notions of his own us to what consti-
tuted attractions for the stage. For
instance. he bluntly maintained that
the selection of all ladies on the
stage, except for the chorus singers,
where vocal accomplishments were
paramount, should be governed by n
desire to put pleasing forms and faces
before the public. His view Of the
stage was that, however 1t might be
judged from lofty heights, It was not
platform for the exhibition of grand
mothers and maiden aunts. II physi-
The state herald., 1904-11-04

hand he seemed lhrErr than h- seemed
~ distance ~ iirOyor Cleveland IL
was -1li lhlt he was iurh more impFes,
hiyr at distance that br was close at
hand President Roosevelt II the same
srrn near or aorn fir-Ilwnys alert aud
Wide awake always energetic and busy,
always doing something and accomplish
iHs results. always master ~ the siuh'
tlnn This i. the Kind ~ man tho peos
pie Ike llr has made y great Prcsi'
dent, aGd u would be- rank inErnttude
~ the part ~ The people not 10 rc'slect
him
The state herald., 1904-11-04

The man who advocates the destruc.
ton OF all trusts and corporations is n
political Iunck and demagogue. Large
corporations employ hundreds OF thou
sands of men. To destroy them would
throw an army OF workingmen out of em-
ployment The thing to do is to enforce
the laws against corporations and trusts
which are violating them aud thus put
all on law-obeying basis. Tha,
has been President Roosevet's policy
and will continue to be.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

fatherly heart and. without more ado.
he rolled his own up as we'll as he
could and slipped out with 1t on his
shoulders. But he had not bargained
for the watchful police and he was
presently in the custody Of two vene-
tian gendarmes. AS soon as they rec
ognized him, however, they took
charge of the bundle themselves and
carried 1t to where the good cardinal
directed.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Bryan srlft,mcrt i strong, II viii be
-yiirnr. that the frirnd- NJ Alr Brynn
resent tho rShrrhln'I'nrkcr trle'
gram trick, Ilf II lirytn Democrats
wish ~ more strongly frsrnl the trlrk
played un them q E,lpuH nud H. Louis
they onH vote Tor Roosevelt, and " they
d. not cnrr g. d. that there i q third
course opcn-they may stay at home on
,lrrtIln day.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

"If n tnriT law pas,e under which
the country prosperH. ns the country
has prospcred under the present tariff
law, then nil cinsses will share In the
prosperity. If tariff law L. passed
aiming Mt preventin: the prosperity
of -omr of our people, 1t is ns certain
n> anything can he thnt this aim will
he nchievcd on y by cutting dow" the
prosperity of all of our peopic,"- Roose-
yclts letter of acceptance
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Edward Atkinson. one OF the so-called
anti-impcriuliSts. recently prepared n
newspaper article in which he attempted
to show that the Philippines may have
cost, indirectly, over billion dollars.
The letter probably was prepared for the
benefit of Judge Parker, for the Demo-
cratic candidate gives Atkinson as au-
thority for the statement that the tax
payers have paid nearly II billion and n
quarter dollars for the islands, What
WAS Atkinson paid for his misleading
nrtipley
The state herald., 1904-11-04
WILL COME BACK FOR CUP.
French Rider Determined to Win
Automobile Trophy.

Albert Clement, the French rider,
Who participated in the Vanderbilt
automobile cup race, has sailed for
paris. A few days after his arrival
there he will enter upon three years
y, military duty. While in the French
army he will act as special amtomo-
h,le driver to the general in chief,
dr,ving him on all military inspec-
t,ons. army maneuvers, etc. During
.hese three years he is In the army
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Preached Word seventy.FIve Years.

Preached Word seventy.Flve Years.
Rev. William May, probably the old
est Methodist preacher In Kentucky,
If not In the country, is dead at his
home in Perryville. Mr. May was 9S
years old and had been preaching for
seventy-tive years, but during that
time had never accepted cent Of
money for his services. He had, it
is said, married 5000 couples, baptized
5000 persons and ofIiciated at 5000
The state herald., 1904-11-04

What kind of a President would Far
ker make il he should not prove more
accurate and reliable as chief executive
than he does Ms campaign talkerl Z
Parker says the Philippines cost ST.
20O,OOO,0o0, but the records show that
the total amoint paid out for the islands
is only SlS9,0O,O00 1t is becoming ap-
parent that "Ananias." instead OF al
ton" should be the first name OF the
Democratic candidate.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Too Dear at Any Price.

That the governments expenses are
greater than they We're in 1898 is true
But the expenditures are all for tn,
work the people want done, There arc
things that are too dear at any price
One of these was the experience of the
American people in 1893.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

A man must think he has sure thing
when he is willing to het to | on Roose
welt. and man must he willing to say
good by to his money when he takes thu
small or Parker end of such odds Bnt
these are the odds to-day that pnralleet
the odds on Mckinley at the close of the
campaign In 1900.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Rc,etit,op Of Fa,,ehood.

Candidate Parker keeps right on as.
serting that 1--WE have wasted more thar,
$3.50, 100000 OF the peoples money In the
Philippines" Notwithstanding the repeat
ed demonstration, from actual figures, OF
the falsity OF the statement. Anything
TO keep up the appearance OF activity.
And the father OF lies IL ever busy,
The state herald., 1904-11-04

A vote for Judge Parker Is vote OF
censure on President Roosevelt. Is
any patriotic American willing to take
that position towards one Of the best
Presidents and hest administrations the
country has ever had?
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Put Cardinal Under Arrest

Very few knew that the present
pope was once arrested. He had visit
ed a poor man dying and stretched
on the bare ground. On retiring to
bed the thought Of the poor man
without mattress came back to the
pre!ate. This was too much for his
The state herald., 1904-11-04

In Wall street the Democrats say
President Roosevelt is too strenuous in
his attitude towards corporations. while
in the West they charge that he is a
friend of the trusts They ought to try
and get together.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

white the election of Roosevelt aud
Fairbanks 10 assured if nil Republic
can. vot- on November 3, the lower
branch of Congress NAV he uncom-
fortabiy close. No Republican should
he Induced, because of local or other
Influence, to vote for any Democratic
caud idate. Vote for the Republican n
nominee for Congress-, because he will
assist the President In carrying out
p.an hlicau pOlIcIes.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Kuropatkin and Oyama between them
have not yet succeeded in sacrificing 100.
900 lives In the bloody struggle over
Manchuria. but Judge Parker. with one
snap OF his frce-trnde jaw, has added
over 10000 TO the death list in the
Philippines. 1t is evident the Judge
needs an automatic airbrake on his
mouth or he may dccimate the universe
before the American voters get chance
TO relegate him to nnocuous oblivion.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

1t is estimated that this years harvest
is the most valuable ever gathered on
American farms. rough estimate
shows nm aggregate value for corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat. hay.
potatoes and cotton of no less than S3,-
200,0OO,OO0 against S3,OI3,000,000 last
year. These enormous figures suggest
100000, 600 reasons why the American
farmer will vote the Republican ticket
this fall.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

funerals. He was a great horseback
rider, using his steed for travelling
over his district, but had never been
on train, and in order to make liv-
ing conducted farm, with which he
was eminently successful.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Judge Parker has not yet announced
whether he stands with David B. Hill
on the anti-government-by injunction is
sue or adheres to the principles he main
tanned as u sitting magistrate.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
Hn. 10 stand for II

Poor Parker, With sudden wrench
He jumped from the judicial bench
And sought the Presidential chair,
But we will not let him st there.
And now he asks, with puzzled frown
30, where. o, where, can sit down p
The state herald., 1904-11-04

IL you hitch up your horses to drive
to the voting place on election day you
may as well take along with you one
or more Republican voters who might
not care to walk to the polls.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
His Depth.

DO you think there is any depth
that MANI"
Not much" answered Senator
'orghum. 81 never knew him to dig
" deeper than $4,000 for cam.
ign in all my life."
The state herald., 1904-11-04
In the Rnckurouul-

For instance, now, who knows when
fate
Will launch man straight into fame ?
The Democratic candidate
Say, what the dickens Is his name?
The state herald., 1904-11-04

"lts all over but the shoutng." sounds
well. but the fact remains that no elec.
ton is decided until the ballots are east.
Don't forget to vote early on November
9Th.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

We now look to Judge Parker to take
mp the cry against government by in
junction to which his David d. Hill has
given vociferous utterance.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

The thing for Republicans to do this
vear is to VOTE. The Democrats have
she money OF the trusts and can bring
out TO the polls all the ignorant. purchas.
obIe element. But they cannot bring out
.nouph under any conditions to beat
RooseyeIt. II Republicans VOTE.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Judge Parker says he is in favor of
the rauama canal. but opposed to the
methods BY which its construction was
secured. No method that Republican
administration could have adopted would
have met his approval. The only method
ever pursued by the Democratic party
was one of trifing aud delay.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

cal beauty could be got with brains
and talent, SO much the better. The
first choice was physical beauty.
The state herald., 1904-11-04
The RenI Rrturn-

When the returns are in at last
They'll show Democracy IL spurned
And that by a percentage vast
The President has been returned.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

BE sure to cast your vote November
Sth. You'll never be sorry il you do;
YOU may he sorry II yon don't.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

II "A large vote be cast for Watson. the
Poppllst candidate. in communities where
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Don. rullify your vote .or Roosevelt
and Fairbanks by failing ~ support the
Republican candidate for Congress. A
Republican Congress is as necessary as II
Renuhlii.n" p-asidnut
The state herald., 1904-11-04
A Ou..,,,, for H. co.v,

"Buchanan's times" you say, were best
or all the times you ever saw.
Is not your memory suppressed
Now, how about Methuselah?
The state herald., 1904-11-04
The othe, Way About.

Mr.. Jones-It b. ehe man with the
Il that gets afeLd.
Mrs. Jones-Don't you believe it; it
the man with the head that gets the
nil
The state herald., 1904-11-04

young Clement will be allowed to In.
dulge In automobile racing to his
hearts content. He will be allowed
time to prepare his machine for any
race he may enter-in short, his army
service will in no way interfere with
his racing. He has definitely an
nounced that he will come over and
drive in next years Vanderbilt cup
race, and In his broken English add
ed: Next time | get it."
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Canadian Grown Tobacco.
Winnipeg is about to manufacture
tobacco grown in Canada.
The state herald., 1904-11-04

1t used to he said of President Harri-
aon that when one saw him close at
The state herald., 1904-11-04

Advocated Beauty on Stage.
The late John Hollingshead, noted
IN London as journalist, magazine
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04


times hichShad5been
eration.asgThe Democratic party I
any safer8or saneTnow than5it*Was
then. InSfaetit IS a$little W~orse#than
before. because II tbs rent with.
5factionalism and divided bysa 9 Of
selfish interests.
This Democratic documentd does not
present any scheme of taxation It
does not offer any plan to the voter
in lieu Of the one which it attempts to
tear down. It does not give al single
hope Of fair play and honest tax revis-
ion.
It deals simply in a lot Of glittering
g~eneralities and we do not think the.
people will be SO foolish as to accept
them in place of the fair and honest
plan which the Republican party has.
outlined and which it has started to
put into operation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04

that $4,000 Wer spentonsthese,xat
session IN the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tax laws, Which$is about s near as
the Democrats ever comesto the truth:
The factsofEEthe@ matter is shat b ex-
ira session cost SIS, 900 and the bene-
fits derived from twill be many.times
that sum. The reduction of our pres
ent direct State tax of 35sents yonSthe
hundred dollars to 5 cents in 1907,
which cents shall be for the benefit
of the public schools, IS an achieve
ment worth every year the cost of sew.
era1 extra sessions t b alleged Cos
lossa1 and inexcusable extravaganza of
the Republicans melts out Of sight in
the face&of 100000 surplus, nowNin
the treasury and a bankrupt Demo-
cratic treasury which confronted the
Republicans when they came into pow
er. 1t is quite true that the State ap-
preparations AVE increased but the
State has grown wonderfully in the
last ten years and larger ~appropria-
tons have become necessary for the
conduct of State institutions and gov
eminent. The peoples money has
not pSSu "dSLSu III. SpeALyCA sdSdAt-
ly and great improvements have been
mad without raising the tax rate one
emmy, without the slightest additional
burden on the tax payers, and still we
have on hand a large n healthy sur
plus. The Democratic charge OF ex-
travagance is as old as the hills and
one OF their favorite stock in trade.
They deceived h people with it in
1892 and gotta Democratic administra-
ton. The tariff was revised with the
result, as Roosevelt says, that capital
did not make too much and labor did
not make anything at all. The Dem
ocratic leaders juggled the figures in
1892 and led the people to believe
that protection was a robbery and
when they attempted to prove it
plunged the country into the worst
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04

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States and State of West Virginia..