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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
A READY PREACHER.
Notable instance of Presence OF
Mind In the Pulpit.

Notable instance of Presence of
Mind In the pulpit.
Frederick the Great. bein. Informed
Of the death of one of his chaplains. a
man of considerable learning and Pr
ety. determined to select 4 successor
with the sau:c qualifications and took
the following method Of ascertainln@
the merit of one of the numerous can
didates for the appointment: He told
the applicant that he would furnish
him with text the following sun
day, when he was to preach at the
royal chapel. The morning came. and
the chapel was crowded to excess.
The king arrived at the end of the
ayers. and on the candidate ascend
ing the. pulpit he was presented With
a sealed paper by one OF his majesty's
aids-de-camp. The preacher opened
it and found nothing written He did
not, however, lose his presence Of
mind, but. turning the paper on both
sides, he said:
"AIy brethren, here is nothing. and
there is nothing. Out of nothing God
created all things And he proceeded
to deliver a most eloquent discourse on
the wonders of the creation
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
HE lit EIE WoRLD.4


5rrsszf aaoaS rsat IL Ias4e tut six
m m ousnrsz Year.
There Is general and widespread;
notion, which the curious Investigator
VIII ind scattered throughout both
medtaevnl and modern literature. that
the world will last COCO years from
the date OF its creation. An 1nscrip-
ton in one of Martin Luther's books
reads MS follows: Elijah. the prophet.
said that the world had existed 1000
years before the law was given (from
Adam to Noses. would exist 1000
Years under the Mosaic law (from
Moses to Christi and 1000 years under
the Christian dispensation. and then
it would be burned"
In the Etrurian account of the crea-
ton (by Suidas) I find similar ira
dition: 1.-The Creator spent 6,OOO years
in creation, and 6,OOO more, are allotted
to the earth"
In the black letter edition Of Foxes
."Acts and Monuments" there is
whole sermon given, with the G.OOO
year limit Of the earth's duration as q
text. (See above work, edition or
1922
Some writer's contend that the six
davs' referred to in Holy Writ really
mean G,OOO years. and that the ''sev-
enth dav" is a type of the coming mill
slenniun, or sabbath of a thousand
years. Tho psalmist says. For
thousand years are in thy sight as yes
tcrdny'' psalm &c, 4. See also IL
Peter iii. S1-St. Louis Republic.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
Hearst Insane, says wa-teraon.

s:ss38sSsLOUISVILLE, KY, May Ii
Henry Watterson, in his paper, the
Courier-Journa1, declares that w. R.
Hearst, who is seeking the Demo
cratic Presidentia nomination is in
sane, and he denounces the Hearst
campaign methods in Kentucky Con-
corning Hearst the paper says: I'VE
sInhesitatinglydecl are it is. our fixed be-
lief that the explanation of specta-
scie ssos astounding, SO revolving, may
found in Thu circumstance that
IS mentally unbalanced,
NOT who'll Tegpo nsib1es for what would
otaasrwise Be the most gigantic fake,
nots aYsn except the ahaire Hum
81 deFn times e his or any
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
LITTLE THINGS.
The Importance They at Times Az
sumo In AHuirs OF Life.

The Importance They at, Times Az
sumo In Affairs of Life.
"Thc longer live observed the
cashier of bank downtown. the more
/ realize the importance Of little things.
Here is 4 case in point, lie continued,
referring to Il letter he just had re-
ceiye( "a few weeks ago l had two
callers in my office, one an cNcitable
elderly man. Il big depostor, auI the
other. the president of u manufacturing
concern and the writer OF this letter.
This manufactured left. and soon aft
erward the eXcitabie man discovered
that some one had taken his hat he
storncd about the place until one Of
the clerks suggested that perhaps the
manufacturer had taken it lfy mistake.
The excitable man demanded his adj
dress and started out to hunt him down
and give him y piece of his mind
s"Thc other day I read letter from
the manufacturing concern ana was
astonisllcd to see among the names OF
its officers that of my eXcitable caller
as vice president. My curiosity whs
aroused, and I made some inquiries.
Now learn that the excta bic man
was so pleasantly received when he
called for his hat that his anger cooled
ut once. Then be got to tAl'SinS about
the manufacturers business and the
money he was making. y few days
Germ and was elected it's vice president.
And all because of that little mistake
about hnt"-New York Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN DISTRICT
CONVENTIONS

TO the Republican voters of Marion
county:
Conventions of the Republican par
ty of the several maglsterial districts
IF Marion county arc hereby callel
TO meet on Saturday, the 4th day OF
June, 1904, at 2 O'Clock p M, for the
purpose Of electing delegates to the
following named conventions:
To the State nominating convention
TO be held in Wheeling: on the 18th
day of July, 1904.
To the Judicial convention to be
held in Morgantown on the Sth dav
OF June, 1904, at 10 o'clock A. M.
To the Senatorial convention to be
hereafter called
Also to transact such other business
as may properly come before said
district conventions.
The said several district conven-
tons will be held at the respective
places hereinafter named; and viii
elect the number OF delegates herein
after designated, and no more, that
is to say:
Farmont district convention will
of Fairmont, and is entitled to elect
the following number Of delegates:
To the State convention, 6.
To the Judicial convention, 8.
To the Senatorial convention, 8.
Grant district conv ention will meet
in Mononsah (meeting place to he
provided by district committeeman.
State convention, 8.
Judicial convention, 5.
Senatorial convention, s.
Lincoln district convention will
meet at Pennington school house:
State convention, 3.
Judicial convention, 5.
Senatorial convention, 5.
Mannington district will meet at
Town of Warrington at school house.
State convention, S.
Judicial convention, II.
Senatorial convention, IL.
Pawpaw district will meet at Nep'
tune school house.
State convention. ?.
Judicial convention, D..
Senatorial convention, s.
Union district Will meet i'll the
First ward of the City of Fairmout.
al the school house.
State convention, 4.
Judicial convention, 6.
Senatorial convention, 6.
Winfield district convention Will
meet in Mt. Harmony school house.
State convention, 5.
Judicia convention. s.
Senatorial convention, 5.
1t is requested that in making Sc
lection of delegates, that only those
he selected who are likely to attend
the convention to which they are
made delegates. The call for The
state convention states that nc PROV
les will be admitted as delegates.
By order OF the Executive Commit
tee.
49,. HARRY SHAW, Chairman.
A. L. LEHMAN, Secretary.
Dated Apri1 80 1901
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
HARRY SHAW, Chairman.
A. L. LEHMAN, Secretary.
Dated April so, 1904.
Cow Stables Not In it.

WASHINGTON d. c., May 1G.-I'he
United tSates Supremt Court to-day
upheld the constitutionalitv of the or
1inance of the city of st. louis which
brownies that no one shall keep a COW
stable within the city limits wi .hout
a permit from the municipality. The
complainantS were John J. Fisher and
Bernard Schaeffer, in separate cases,
both of which were decided in favor G!
the defendant, the City of st. Louis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
The rSEur of Korea,

Only the king of Korea may rear
goats or have round columns and
square rafters to his house or wear 4
coat of brilliant red. Only the king
may look upon the faces of the queens
hundreds of attendant ladies' or have
any building outside of which there are
more than three steps. Four steps
would be high treason and would cost
their owner traitors death.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
Ages of Birds.

Small singing birds live from eight to
eighteen years. Ravens have lived for
almost 4 hundred years in captivity,
and parrots longer than that Fowls
live ten to twenty years. The wild
goose lives upward of n hundred years.
and swans are said to have attained
the age OF 800. The long life of birds
has been interpreted as compensa ton
for the great mortality Of their young.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
Russia's Resources InexhaustibIe.

ROME, May 17.-The Secolo pub
fishes an interview today with Gen
eral Garibaldi on the war between
Japan and Russia. General Garibaldi
thinks that Russia willIcome out victo-
rious in the end becaalse of that coun-
try's inexhustible resources and the
supply Of French money
He attributes t1a4 disasters which
have thussfar ovef taken Russia was
the lack ofS good aeneralship.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
BELL OF HAIR
ARD A BOY
yeWton Edwards Creates Sensation In
sssssGss: Female -Garb.

SssFa The new belle of Harvard is boy.
The beautiful maiden with artistic
Outlines, Ianguorous eyes, and dainty
way under other circumstances a
hearty healthy, and bois ferrous young
Us The Philadelphia Press.
s$9EF the prettiest girl that
harvard ever had; SO pretty, in fact,
tina the real girls are a bit jealous,
although they all want the photo
sgraph Of the Belle of Harvard"
The belle is Boston boy, named
Newton Edwards. He has athletic
Tendencies, studies reasonably hard,
and is fine specimen of young man
hood But his appearance as man
would never win for him the renown
sheShas gained as girl In a gorgeous
gown nd@a picture hat he can put
many al pert dressmaker's model to
shame.
Edwards was suddenly brought be-
fore the public eye when the Deuts-
cher Verein of Harvard put Pension
scholar. on the stage
ThefDeutscher Verein fulflls for
sthe# German drama at Harvard about
I1le same functions which the Cercle
Franchise and the TASTY Pudding
Club performs. for French and Eng
fish Iheatricals. tbs one OF the most
active organizations in Cambridge.
B For in ad dition to the production
each. year of a public play, there are
8giVensin the club rooms about once a
month plays in which new members
are required to take part. This sys-
TEN serves as a mild sort OF initia-
ton without which no undergrad
sauats organization would be complete,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

Naggus-What are you going to do
with the hero and heroine of that
magazine story you are running now?
Marry them? Borus-Certainly. They
will be married in the last chapter.
Naggus-I'm glad of it. It Will serve
them ight!-Chicago Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

Lake Baikal. the "holy sea-, is, ex-
cepting Victoria Nyanza in Africa, the
largest lake in the eastern hemisphere.
1t is 6, 100 feet deep.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

Industry keeps the body healthy. the
mind clear, the heart whole and the
purse full.-Simmons. aaf3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

II can't for the life of me make out
what my wife is driving at in this let
ter" W.
"Of course you can't, old chap. Don't
you see that she forgot to add the post
script ?''-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. +
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

It is the every day business that
counts. Read the West Virginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
is Now Open
ABBOTT B0ARDINGHOUSES
Next to the New Jacobs Building. ON.
Monroe Street.
Furnished Rooms.
Table Board. Il

Entire house newly " furnish
ed. Baths, all conveniences-
Rooms are large, airy COM
forta BILE, home ike. Beds are
soft, anew and vel q taken care
! OF. b GARD wi FL + be the best
and lots Fit. Forrates call
at house. Fire Parlor for az s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
f.. M. AND II. BRANCH.

r, N. A ID II. g ne "A n CHI.
ARRIVES.
No 5O.-Pittsburg Accom'n LOOP. M.
No. 4.-Pitts burg Accom'n 9:45P. M.
DEPARTS.
No. 3.-Pittsburg Accom'n 7:50A. NJ.
No. 5l.-Connellsville Ac'm 2:l0P- M.
No. 60 leaves daily for Morgantown
at 9:05 P. NJ No. 81 arrives from Nor.
oantown at e:55 "A. NJ, daily except Sun
day. at 500 "A. NJ. Sunday only.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

Houseleeper-Do you love children 2
Applicant-It all depends on the
wages, mum.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17

FOYeY'S Honey and ar
for chsIdren,safe, sure. NO 0DEHteS.s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-17
moNoNaAH1 DIVISION.

No. 5.-Arrives atFalrmont 5:35P. M.
No. ARRIVES at Fairmont 12:l0P. M.
No. 3.-Arrives at FairmOnt 7:45A. NJ.
No. 2.-Leaves Fairmont-. 40 A. NJ.
No. 6.-Leaves Fairmont. lisp. M.
No. 4-Leaves Fairmont. 9:50P. M.
All trains are daily except. Nos. 3
and 1 on the F., M. and p. branch,
which are daily except Sunday.
/ For sleeping car reservations and
information concerning tickets and
rates, consult
~ Ticket Agent. 8,
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
They're Smart.

White or fancy vests are always
smart. Tasty dressers are wearing
them. They serve to brighten up
. mans appearance. We ere show
ing = new line Of these fancy vests for
spring and the patterns are exceeding
ly handsome.
They are not expeDsive-in fact we
will surprise you with the amount OF
dress elegance We can provide for you
at q small expenditure. You would
look swell on Easter Sunday in one OF
these vests from 81 so to t2 90 each
THE BOSTON STORE,
1926 Jack Bros. Props.
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30

OF the finest hotels in the state Rooms suite baths
heat electric bells and all
unexced Trsncnt 81 80 and $500 Weekly
monthly low that live here
costing you. H l. RICE, Prop
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Proper Treatment Of Pneumonia

Pneumonia is too dangerous q
disease for anyone to attempt to doctor
himself, although he may have the
proper remedies at hand A physi-
clan should always be called. 1t
should be borne in mind, however.
that pneumonia always results from a
cold or from an attack of the grip,
and that by giving Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy the threatened attack
of pneumonia may be warded off
This remedy is also used by physicians
in the treatment of pneumonia with
the best results. DR.. W. j. Smith,
Of Sanders. Ala who is also drug
gist. says of it: II have been selling
Chamberlain Cough Remedy and
prescribing 1t in my prActice for the
past six years use it in Cases Of
pneumonia and have always gotten
the best results'' Sold by all drug.
gists.
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Portland.
March -. 1904.

March ~. 1904
John Houston and family left Mon
day for Florence where they will re-
main for . few days before going 70
Durango
Invitations are oct for the marrias .
of Miss Nellie Phillips of Hard-crAb-
ble aud Mr. John Brimble Of Florence
VIM. Payne of Beaver. while lead
ing come horses. coming from Canon.
Was internally injured. The horses
became frightened and pulled back
thus the accident
About thirty negroes were shipped
into Portland last week.
So many men are being set out at
the mill that Portland 10 beginning to
show a decrease in population.
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Died.

Ashpy f. Brumbaok. q consump.
tive. living on the river near Beaver.
March %, 1904
Deceased WAS 80 years of age ard
was the son Of J. E. Brumbsck who
came out to Colorado last year from
Virginia for his sons health. The
remains were buried at Beaver Gene.
tery Friday afternoon at 200 p. m.
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Cramer Crumbs

March 30. 1904.
Mr.. and Mrs John Cramer have
gone. to Denver to spend the summer.
The Y. NJ. s. 8 of Beaver. will,
give = dance In Mrs. d. +. b rnett's
house on Friday evening, April /.
The CrAmer school on Eight Mile
closed March 25 after having . nine
months ter-. The school board
purchased . fine set Of maps and an
international dictionary with standard
during the term. The teacher and
pupils gave an entertainment and
purchased twenty eight volumes for
the library. AN
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Flo ~ers In Bloom at San Antonio.

San Antonio-.q quaint and beautiful
is one of the most delightful places
in winter-Coloradoa favorite re.
sort. The Colorado & Southern Ry.
offers q round trip rate Of al. 10 from
Denver. II you do not care to go to
San Antonio, let us map out q pleasure
trip for you to some other southern
resort; possibly you would prefer .
trip across the Gulf Of Mexico.
I. f. FISHER.
Genl. Pass Agt., Denver Colo
mar 81
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
The "Edueatien~ of ch,,d Labor.


The "Edueatien" Of Child Labor.
We have heard Of the bene6cenoe Of
negro slavery lin the good old days."
we hear now Of the charitabis services
Of the sweatshop in giving work to
the starving. and now crmes . chapt-
er on the beautiful educational In
fiuence OF the cotton mills upon the
children Of the south.
The president Of the Georgia In
dustriAl association has been testify
ing before = congressional committee.
This gentleman was in Washington
for the benevolent purpose of defeat
ing the eight hour law for workers on
government contracts. He fears the
bad example created by s-ch . Law on
the veli.regulated conditions OF labor
in the south
toned the gentleman ana discovered
that children worked in his cotton
mills sixty six hours . week; that it
wss perfectly night for little boys and
girls Of l2 to so work that it "edu-
Gated" them ana was . great AdvAnt.
age. in short, for all concerned
1t is necessary that they should
prepare future operatives and it must
be admitted that this child.toil from
daylight to dark does prepare them to
be o,ile machines" If they are not
accommodating enough to live to grow
up.
The following question snd answer
supplies the standard Mr.. Gordon has
of the operatives to be desired;
THE Chairmxn-What kind Of
labor is employed in your mill 20
"Mr. Gordon White labor entirely.
They have made several attempts to
test colored labor in the cotton mills
but it has not been a success. The
negro Of the south is not apparently
sufficiently advanced to become q part
OF cotton mill. A cotton mill op.
erAtive should be very much like .
machine. He has got to be there all
the time The negro goes 10 sleep,
and after he has earned little mouey
he wants to quit work and go of and
spend it,
Booker T. Washington should look
into this. 1t is truly discourAging to
find that the negro race Is not suffi-
cieptly advanced to be content
to become machine and work all the
hours Of the day, with no chance
whatever to live or to spend the pit
tance earned except for shelter and
for food to keep the soul in the body
ready for more toll Really some
way should be found to corral the
colored babies early enough go that
they, too. may advance to the high
stage Of civilization represented by
the docile, unquestioning. poor white
children who keep the southern fact.
ory wheels in motion. Denver Times
|
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
Notice.

All persons indebted to the Florence
st cam Laundry must settle their ao-
counts not later than April l6, 1904
26 81
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30
What Are Theyf

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. A new remedy for stomach
troubles, biliousness. and constipa-
tion, and good one Price " cents.
For sale By al druggista
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30

j. F. Terrence writes New York
life insurance I'll
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30

Ladies ready to wear street hats at
the Big Store.
The daily tribune., 1904-03-30

Ladies' ready to wear street hats at
the Big Store.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-11-16
T0DO FL MJHD0 PJEOE SER TIPE- WRITER

,,itl 10 AZ OPP4OA JFa01G15, 4B1T4
pos 1fAEsTR09 De ESOUsLAS, etc., en
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
REDUCED EXCURSION RATES
From S. p. and C. & {. Points to tne
Seaside and Mountain Resorts
for the Summer.

On and after June l, 1904, the
Southern Pacific, in connection With
the Corvallis & Eastern reailriad, will
have on sale round trip tickets from
points on their lines to Newport, va
ouina and Detroit at very low rates,
good for return until October 10, lsO4'
Three-day tickets to Newport and
Yaquina, good going Saturdays and
returning Mondays, are also on sale
/ from ali East Side points, Portland 10
Eugene inclusive and from all West
Side points, enabling people IN visit
their families and spend Sunday at
the seaside.
Season tickets from all East Side
points, Portland to Eugene, inclusive,
and from all West Side points, are
also on sale to Detroit at very low
rates. with stop-over privileges at
Mill City or any point east, enabling
tourists to visit the Santiam and Brei'
tenbush hot springs in the Cascade
mountains, which can be reached in
one day.
Season tickets will be good for re-
turn from all points until October 10.
Three-day tickets will be good going
on Saturdays and returning Mon lays
only. Tickets from Portland and vi
cinity will be good for return via the
East or West Side at option of pas
senger. Tickets from Eugene and VI
cinity will be good going via the Leb.
anon-Springfeld branch II desired
Baggage on Newport tickets checked
TO Newport; on Yaquina
tickets to Yaquina only.
Southern Pacific trains connect with
the c. & E. at Albany and Corvallis
for Yaquina and Newport. Trains on
the c. & E. for Detroit will leave Al
bany at a. m, enabling tourists to
the hot springs to reach there the
same day.
Full information as to rates, with
beautifully illustrated booklet of Yt-
luina bay and vicinity, timetables,
ETC., can be obtained on application
10 Edwin Stone, manager c. & E
Albany; W. d. Conan, G. P
A., Southern Pacific company, Port
and, or to any S. P. or C. & E. agent
Rate from Salem to Newport $500
Rate from Salem to Yaquina $3.50
Rate from Salem to Detroit $500
rhreeday rate from Salem to
newport 80. .,...........S $500 |
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
Postmasters at Buffalo.

Niagara, Falls, N. Y, Aug. 22.-
The NATIONAL Association Of Postmas,
ters. the membership of which is
composed OF the postmasters of all
the large cities Of the United States,
opened its annual convention at the
International hotel here today The
sttendance IS the largest in the histo
y % the associations conventions
A brief business session was held
this aftsrnoon. a, which addresses of
weicOue were delivered and respond
sd 10 cCunfttees appointed and
ogher r0ttre business transacted.
SsssiCcs Tor the discussion Of mat
tiers relatirg 20 the duties Of the post
master and the general improvement
ot the postal service viii Be he'd dur.
ing ,ae three days beginning tomor
OE laird Assistant Postmaster
GeEeral Madden. Civil Service Com
missioner Cooley and oilers viii al
dress the couyention.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
speeial Excursion to ST. louis.

August s. 9 and 10. September 5.
6 and I and October 5. 4 and 5 are
the remaining dates upon which tiel-
cts will be sold az the reduced rates
to tne st. Louis fair. These rates
apply over the Denver and Rio Gran6s
and Missouri Pacific. For the pat
rons of these roads special excursics
cars will be run through from Po---
land and St Louis without change.
See the many points Of interesc
about the Mormon capital and take =
ride through natures picture gallery.
During the closing months travel 70
the fair will be very heavy. If 70.
contemplate going write W. c. Nc
Bride, general agent at Portland foE
the Denver and Rio Grande. for par.
ticulars of these excursions. s-5-2m