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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
5 KOREAN cURlosITrEs.s1

The Koreans love medicine. ne
rich take pills OF Incredible size and and
richly sildcd.
There are no bankruptcy courts ID
Korea Once Korean contracts u
debt he can never escape from it, 5G3S
Korea is the only country where the
marriage certificate is equally diyided.
one half being given to the husband.i
the other to the Wife, psi
Every Korean husband Is nnsSYesasstt
BILE for the conduct Of his wife. Should
she brc.l X any Of the ordinary laws ne
must suffer in her stead.
The most important duty Of every
housewife in Korea Is to keep aHght o.
perpetual fire, which is sacred to the
dead ancestors OF the honscho DID
No Korean may 80 upon the roof ofs
his house. not even to repair q ieak.SS
without legal permission and Wtthcuts
giving due notice to all his neiShbors3
Paper enters largely into { he eon-5
strllction of every Korean house The he
interior is lined with paper e has Is
paper roof. paper floor cloth and paper
walls. s;Sa3 3S5$5SS a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
HEALTH RULES.

A clean and cheerful house makes n
happy home.
Rise early, retire early and fill your
dry with work.
Frugality and sobriety form the best
elixir of longevity.
Cleanliness prevents rust; the best
cared for machines last the longest
Water and bread maintain life; pure
air and sunshine are indispensable to
health.
Enough sleep repairs waste and
strengthens; too much sleep softens
and enfeebles.
Cheerfulness makes love Of life, and
love of life is half Of health. On the
contrary, sadness and discoura gem ent
hasten old age.
The mind is refreshed and invigorat-
ed by distractions md amuscme emit but
abuse of them leads to dissipat ton and
dissipation to vice.
To be sensibly dressed is to give free
dom to ones movements and enough
warmth to be protected from sudden
changes Of temperature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
THE STOPPING HABIT.
1t Is One of the Things That Make
Men Grow Old Quickly.

1t Is One of the Things That Make
Men Grow Old Quickly
DR. Madison J. Taylor, giving sener-
al advice to the aged in the Popular
Science Monthly, says in effect that old
people do not stoop because they are
old. but they get old because they
stoop.
The stIffening OF the tissues, which Is
the sign and accompaniment OF age, is
wa rtled Off by exercise. Self Indulgence
in eating and drinking and in lazy
ways is the sure road to senllity. Il
have often been surprised and graft
fed" writes the doctor. Ito find that
regulated movements of the neck and
upper truncal muscles, employed for
the purpose Of accomplishing some
thing else. resulted In a conspicuous
improvement In hearing, in vision, In
cerebrahon and. as n consequence, In
betterment in cerebral ejaculation.
also III sleep.
persons who ha bitually mhintnin an
erect position in standing or sitting are
stronger than those who slouch. "A
person who stoops and allows the
shoulders to sag down and forward
and the ribs to fall back toward the
spine shortens the anteposterior diam
eter Of the thorax anywhere from two
to five inches. The lungs, heart, great
vessels and other important structures
in the thoraX cannot live. move and
have their proper being under such cir
cunStnnceS-
Wherefore the proper thing for per
sons who are not SO young as once
they We're is to brace up, dress young
and feel young. Sitting ''hunched up
over Il fire won't do
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
Right and Left Handed.

It is curious to notice the vagaries Of
humanity in cases where no hard and
fast line has been already drawn. Al
though most right handed persons put
on their coats left arm first, a consid-
cradle percent ge thrust in the right
first. Soldiers fire from the right
shoulder, but sportsmen are found who
prefer the left. In working with
spade proportion of right handed
men grasp the spade with the left
hand and push With the left foot and
right hand. though when using an AK
the same individuals would grasp
farthest down with the right.-Cham-
5ers' Journal.
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The Defnnt Drummer.

ut was right funny" said Uncle
Hosea, telling of the orchestral con-
cert "a smart Aleck lookin' Teller set
in the middle, an all ter oncet the lit
tie man at the end O. the line hit the
big drum sassy rap Well. the smart
5Aleck teller shakes little stick at the
drummer an what does he do but hit
her up ag'in jest ter show he was as
good as the next man. An, by links.
he didn't take no back talk-or-. rather.
no orders-from the smart Aleci< man.
because he just kept a-whackin' that
big drum in spite O. the boss a-shakin'
that stick. as if ter say he'd catch it If
he didn't quit. Yes. sir; gloricd in
his spunk. if he was little. An at the
end O. the tune he whooped it up on
that drum harder than ever. A little
man for nerve every time
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HOW - I'VE ON

;Ent Sputr - Il ~ and /, = LIE xynnen Eat
Il STA More I,s. riIisl 49,
Il That most men il / iieirs ::raye wit u
their teeth has seldom been pointed out
more forcIbiy than iszdone in the Cen
fury in IN art icle by Roger S. Tracy,
entitled /: How to Live Long The
3threeScore and ten limit to human NE
is pronounced a4fullacss- Death from
old age, occurring ut serenfF-hNe or
eighty. is a misnoln err Conlparatlfe
Psychologists, we IRE told. have set the
ma tur:,l years Of man Mt 100, even
metimes at 100 and the reason why
the Overwhelming, ma jority fail short
Of normal life is comprised III one sen
tence-we$ all eat too much. He then.
who would live to be old. refining
sight. hearing and some digestion. not
reli,1auisling the power of healthy en-
joyment, has but to follow simple
rule Fart sparingiy. Refrain from
closging the system by an oVersupplE
Of food. Never entirely satisfy the ap-
petite. and make it 4 habit occasionally
to omit meal or two altogether
IF I We're to assign any one thing as
especially conducive to- long life from
a study of the habits of ccntenarians.
it would be semistarva ton. says one
authority quoted, and the example IS
cited of one Luigi Cornaro. who, hay
ing lived the pace that kills. amended
his ways when death threatened and
80 reorganized his enfeebled body by
life of temperance and restraint that
he lived to be 100, although the doctors
had given him up at forty In middle
life. from thirty-fve to forty-fivc, nc
cording to DR.. Tracy, there comes
waning of the powers. The effects OF
orerindulgence in eating OF drinking
are no longer vigorously thrown OFT as
in youth If the fact is not recoS-
nzed and the same habits are kept
up as heretofore, there is trouble
ahead But if the individual adopts n
new regimen of diet, diminishes his
meals and regulates his existence as
becomes his soberer years sort or
rejuvenation follows, and If ut the sec
ond climacteric, occurring somewhere
between sixty and seventy, there is Il
further pull up in the food supply.
regula ted by the slaclSening powers of
assimilation, hale old age is extreme
~ likely to ensue.
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AsSDELiBERAT 81 NAN
ne AteS His Fr1l BInner and CAUGHT
~ III e stag us Well.

ne AfeS His Full sDInner %$nnd#CnuEh
An IN stag as Vel
Charles Stuart, one time senator from
Michigan, was tray cling by stage
through his own stat The wea Their
was bitterly cold, the snow deep. the 9.
roads practically unbroken. The stage
was nearly one hour late at the dinner
station, every body was more or less
cross and in a hurry and the situation
uncomfortableSt to the last descse.
III Senator Stuart sat down to his din-
ner with his usual elaboration, not
understanding the word th.t was pass
eds around Fifteen minutes for re
freshments.
when he had finished his first cup of
coffee the passengers Were leaving the
table. BY the time the second cup ar
rived the stage was at the door. All
aboard" shouted the driver The SEN
ator fingered and called for third cup
of coffee. The crowd laughed and
flung back cllaf at the deliberate man
at the table
While the household, us was the Gus
tom, assembled at the door to see the
stage drive away, the senator contin-
ued calmly drinking his coffee. Sud
denly, just as the stage started. there
was q violent pounding on the dining
in. to find that the senator wanted e
dish Of rice pudding. When it came
he called for spoon, but there wasn't
a spoon to be found.
THAT shock headed fellow took 'e:n:
I thought he was a crook exclaimed
the landlady.
The landlord jumped at the same
conclusion.
.Hustle after that stage; bring 'em
all back.' he shouted TO the sheriff.
who was untying his horse from the
rail in front of the tavern.
A few monutes later the stage, in
charge Of the sheriff, swung around in
front Of the house. The driver was in
q fury.
search them passengers"' yelled the
landlord
But before the officer could move the
senator opened the stage door. stepped
inside. then leaned out. touched the
sheriff's arm and whispered:
..Tell the landlord he'll find his
spoons in the coffeepot- '-Boston Post.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
Who 1t Was.

A we'll known New York clergyna an
was telling his Bible class the story
Of the prodigal son at recent SEES.
sion, and. wishing to emphasize the dis
agreeable attitude Of the elder brother
on that occasion, he laid especial stress
on this phase Of the parable. After
describing the rejoicing of the house
hold over the return of the hayward
son, he spoke Of one who. in the midst
Of the festivities, failed to share in the
jubilant spirit Of the occasion.
Can anybody in the class he ask
ed, tell me who this wasl"
a small boy, who had been listening
sympa thetically to the story. put up
his hand.
IT know he said beamingly; 1T was
the fatted calf"-Harper's Weekly
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
The Number Ten,

In arithmetic everything goes br5
tens Socio!ogists trace the human lik.s
ing for that number to the pentadigsl
tate" or five fingered limb. which is$a
Characteristic feature of the entreE
vertebrate family. a frog syouidt
plump for the decimal system for just
the reasons that impe1 human beings-t
Even n horse, which now has only one(
finger md toe on each foot, has hintst
in his anatomy which show thu htsE
ancestors had the pentadisitat ar-i
rangcment Biologists are much&inter-,
ested to consider how the number
evolved was five. Why not four + IN
gers or six or more? Somehow, M ore
than five would appear to be rather,
more tlIan one brain could give nde-S
pendent attention to, while f vea# are5
more useful than -four. 3
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Hi. SELF Sacrificing Disposition.

There isn't anything my boy VII
liam won't do to obliSe a friend if he
likes him. Mrs. Hockafus was saying
1--WE had leg Of lamb the other day
for dinner, and Willie ate till thought
he'd burst, but when he went out to
play ten minutes afterward 4 neigh
bor's boy told him they We're going to
have roast goose for dinner at their
house and asked him to go and eat
with him. Willie didn't want to be
uncivil, SO he went along, and just as
sure as I'm sitting here he pretended
be was hungry and ate more of that
roast goose than the other boy didt'-
Chicago Tribune.
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HIS SHOW ,AS q VER.
a,rHssvny an E;ntertl,tnerSs nubbed ~
Sn0h fsh Patron.

FrHesNny an EsntertntnerSs nubbed ~
Snohbish Patron.
An E,ngl ishwomnn of decidedly snob7
bish Instincts. but socially lntrenched
behind great and new riches once en-
"a Eed the late Corney Grain to give
an entertainment MT her country house:
She left Instructions that the enter
tafner when he arrived was to dine
with the servants. The butler. who
knew better apologized. but Corney
was a man not easily disconcerted.
wrote Jerome X: Jerome. He dined
Well and after; dinner rose and adj
dressed the assembled coinpnnr.
..well, now, my good friends" said
he. Ell we have ail finished and If you
are all Agreeable shall be pleased to
present to you my little show
The servants cheered. The pinuo
was dispensed with, and Corncy con
trived to aruuse his audience very we'll
for half an hour without it.
AT 10 O'Clock came down message.
Would Mr. Corney Grain kindly come
up into the drawing room: Corney
went. The company in the drawing
room We're waiting. seated.
I'VE are quite ready. Mr.. Grain" re-
marked the hostess
Ready for what?'' demanded Cor
ney courteousy.
For your Entertainment" answered
the hostess.
but I've given it already" explained
Corney. land my engagement was for
one performance only"
..Given it! Where? WhenW
IAN hour ago-downstairs."
But this Is nonsense"' exclaimed
the hostess.
TT seemed to me somewhat extraor-
binary" Corney replied. but 1t has al
ways been my privilege to dine with
the company am asked to entertain
I took it you had arranged a little
treat for the servants"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
The .sudpe,s Advantage.

One of the best stories of Judge Par
ry, q famous English jurist, related to
a feeble looking man who was rebuk ed
for supporting ridiculous claim made
by his wife. II tell you candidly, I
don't believe word of your wife's
story" said Judge Parry.
eyer may do as yer like" replied the
man mournfully, but I've got to-"
1t was once the doubtful privilege of
Judge Parry to oyerhear the com
ments of two men against whom he
had decided. '''E's fool, but e did
SIS best" was the verdict of these dis
appointed suitors. zone might sleep
under an unkinder epitaph,' was the
philosophic comment of the Judge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
sBu9ING sRUBiES ~ BURMA.
ksPccaI1n1r-s Meths cd OF BnrssadninE For
1, =, F.res.fous Sfon ex

skspccnI1nrs Method Of 5Bnrssain1nE For
he Precious Ston res.
The peculiar business methods Of ori-
entail merchants are illustrated by the
manner of buying rubies In: Burma In
the examination of rubies artificial
light is not used, the merchants bold
ing that full sunlight alone can bring
ont the color and brilliancyss Of the the
gems. Sales must therefore take place
between 8 a. m. and 3 p. M, and the
sky must be clear
8s The purchaser, placed near win
dow, has before him a large copper
plate The sellers come to him one by
one and each empties upon this plate
his little bag Of rubies. The purchaser
proceeds to arrange them for valuation
in a number of small heaps. The first
division is into. three grades. accord
ing to size. Each Of these groups is
again divided into three piles, accord
i ing to color, and each Of these piles in
turn is again divided into three groups.
according to shape. The bright copper
plate has curious use. The sunlight
reflected from it through the stones
brings Aout with true rubies color eff
feet different from that with red spi-
&neIs and tourma lines, which are thus
easily separated.
Il The buyer and seller then go through
a very peculiar method of bargaining
by signs, or. rather, grips. in perfect 81
Ience. After agreeing upon the fair
ness Of the classification they join their
right hands. covered with handker-
chief or the flap of q garment, and by
grips and pressures mutually under
stood among all these dealers they
make, modify and accept proposals OF
purchase and sale The hands are then
uncovered and the prices are recorded
Jewellers, Circular-Weekly.
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you've cut down my allowance"
she said.
YES he admitted. eve been spend
ing most of my time ut the club re-
Gently. and can't pay board in two
places"
"Then you'd better stay home" she
said, ana he did. But presently there
was the old complaint.
you've cut down my allowance
again. she said.
Eyes" he admitted. I'm spending
my time at home now, and my COM
pany ought to count for something
Then she didn't know whether to nd-
wise him to go back to the club or not
Chicago Post
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No Perfcct Health,

Sir Michael Foster i'll IL lecture on
Health and III Health TO the mem
bers of the W-o1iiirgnen's c.c5 said
that health, like happiness, did ,:ot e-l-
list They had a goal. Or limit. ana.
while seeming attainabie, e!udeG per
feet possession. The body consisted
of a number of mechanisms which had
the closest and most exact relations
AS they Appropriated to harmony
there was health, but when discord
came, ill health.-London Telegraph.
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RendInE HI. own works.

1 only once heard Thackeray allude
to his works and that in Il serio-
comic spirit, which amused both him
and us 81 was travelling on the
Rhine he said On company no doubt
with '.the K1ckleburys) land enter
ing one OF the hotels on the banks, eN-
hausted and weary, 1 went into the
saloon and threw myself on sofa.
There was a book on Il little table close
by, and opened it to find it was
Vanity Fair I had not seen it since
I corrected the proofs, and I read a
chapter. Do you know it seemed to
me very amusing?" Dean Holes
"Memories.''
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JAPANESE PROVERBS.
They Are More Picturesque In Lam
EunEe Than Ours.

They Are More Picturesque In Lam
EuaEe Than Ours
.Roses have thorns'' and walls have
ears', are as common in the japanese
speech as in our own. We say More
haste, less speed" but the japanese
phrase is IF in hurry go round
In this country we very often remark
that accidents will happen i'll the best
regulated families" The Japs. on the
other hand, with an eye to the pictur-
esque, yitalize it, so to speak, In their
Gwen a monkey sometimes falls from
q tree One of our useful English
sayings is .'Those who play with edged
tools must expect to cut their fingers.
In expressing q similar thought the
Jap goes us one. better so far as pic
turesqueness Is concerned He says.
eff you keep tigers you are likely to
have trouble" One Of our standard
zmaxims is to the effect that "oil and
wa ter won't mix The Japs have not
improved on this You can't rivet a
nail in q custard'' is their way Of put
ting it '.The lotus springs from the
mud is their poetical expression of
the common thought that "out OF evil
good may come"
What could be more suggestive and
at the same time so poetic as their
..Scattering fog with a fan?" When
Jap undertakes the Impossible his
neighbors do not scott ut him or mock
him. They simply say that he is
'sbuilding bridges to the clouds or
Z that he is clipping up the ocean with
a she'll" Failure In such country
must be as delightful as success in our
more material land. Thine own heart
makes the world is worthy Of Emer-
son or. observation-disclosures Post-Ex-.
press 81.
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a
$A ri. IJCkAs lsI Ell STENAflFf III
Z ne wa~ Observation-Disclosures Ist b He yed;
His Vessel.

ID. Nsa. 1na,aIsssrSi a n ut He Snyeds
3S3 His t,xs e.
Reuben FinlshnIt AZ m tiyeSof assS ansSsss
stucket, made his first t;.i I as third lteuTst
tenant on the ship 3Eoeo Inac, " hlch I
crossed the north P:ts.i tic,ft q 8 reg1oon r |
little known to naval vessels the ss |
early Jhirties. Pink hanl had 4 been y 81 I
several whaling voyages. and wa ~
niliar with those sWaIers. he q thoorss
T OF The Island Of #Nantucset'ssssl 81 ~ ss
that one day, near sunset, he had the
watch. while the comm odore was paicc-sSs
Ing up and down the deck.
suddenly Pinkham gave the order.
nsIan the wea Their br; ct.s y. ~
8 What's that for?'' asked the COM
Inodore. s Il.
I'VE shall have wind in q moment
The commodore. went TO the lee rail
and scanned the sen and SKY. see see.
no signs Of Wind he returned. Ct
the men leave the braces. 3,5s5ssss
The crew dropped the ropes.
..Keep hold of the bra ces. every man
of your. called out Isnkhnn.# q nd the
men resumed their grasp. The COM !
modore flushed with anger and Sexr s.
claimed in pcrempory tones
..i.et the men leave the braces! ~ and /
again the braces We're dropped. s8l
Don't any OF you dare 10 drop SStHe
ropes-' shouted Pinkha1n. shaking hlss
trumpet Mt the crew., who once more
took hold Just then the wind dropped
entirely: not Il breath stirred.
..Taut. taut. Haul, all Of your CO! led
pinkhanl, and the ponderons rardsz
swung to reversed position. The VINO st11
ca me out of the opposite quarter and and
struck the ship like a sletige hammer
The vessel staggered. shook the spray
from her bows andlashcd4 ahead. 81 hes3
commodore disappeared into his ca Din llfl
without saying n word. vs.
Presently hessent the first Lieutenant
to relieve Pinkha1n, requesting to- sec:
the latter ilnmeiiateiy. When Pink
ham entered the cabin the conarnotlo 'l'.
said ifFt
Il consider that am indebted TO you
for MI OF our lives: but | viii tell yois
frankly IL that wind hadn't come rs
should have put you ia irons In two 70.
minutes 35tt
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Ens< Going Butcher,

The Kansas City Journal tells of
Kansas man who Went to rural
butcher shop in kentucky to order 4
porterhouse steak. It have just start
ed in on this beef said the butcher.
.'and I won't be down to the porter
house until about o'clock. HIS
method was to lay half beef on his
block and begin at one end and cut
along until it was gone, serving his
customers with pieces all the way from
the hoof to the neck regardless Of their
FeranceS
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Il z PARAC TE MAN
HIS Feelings MS He Sonreu$ SfSywnrds
8 ma rInnssetf 10 E,nrtl, h. f4;


ma IInnEed TO Enrti,
IN Come on !: The band S al resad y " ss
ss!5I was mot wit a roar ofs;applause as
Il ran down the hotel steps Ishe bead
blared in salute and the crowd opened
up for ME as 1 FASTENED. The para
chute was stretched out from the
strairing balloon. AS the man With
me snapped the hooks on the ring he
show ed me where the rope hung and
told me how to pull it. when cutting
loose. He was the excited one. was
: in :, semistupor. A bitter Indifference
filled me as looked ut the ugly sway
ing monster which was to bear. me to
atiiuenceo or death
Let her co."
With cleaving of the air and rush
Of sound like the coming Of cyclone
the balloon shot upward. I ran for the
bar. grasped it and SCARED.
1 tried to swing up on the bar, but
the rush OF the ascent Strengthened me
like an iron rod. I thought my arms
would be pulled out A sickness came
over me- comparable to the effect of
the start made by high speed eleya-
tor Then the motion became more
easy and swung up on the bar. |
was accustomed to gazing down from
heights and I felt no fear as l stared
at the fading crowd. l could see them
waving hats and hands; could hear the
band playing; and was conscious OF q
pleasant dreamy sensation and of
steady, easy rising from the ground.
I venturcd to bend a crab and make
q few ''anlzle drops" 1t was as easy
a. when I was only few feet from
the ground. I glanced down again.
The crowd appeared smaller and seem
ed to be walking AWAY from me- l
had commenced to drift. Now was the
time to cut loose. I wished that !
might stay where l was taking
chances with that limp bag of 4 para
chute did not look safe But it had to
be done.
1 caught hold OF the rope, braced my
self on the bar and gave short, hard
pull.
whish-my breath left me! For the
first time fear-deadly fear-entered
my heart. a jerk that nearly unseat-
ed me, and was again sailing pleas
antly through space.
l ventured to essay few additional
feats, as the ground seemed to more
closely approach me, and then I com
menced to calculate as to the manner
in which to strike the ground. Like
many other problems, 1t settled itself.
I struck 1t feet first in cornfield, was
dragged along and scratched up and
came to consciousness in the arms OF
nv new manager, who was alternately
cursing me for getting killed and bless
ing me for having saved his skin and
the $45O.-Outing.