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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28
A HURRY CALL
For Policemen and Their Big Find,, Finod1,,

Last night about nine o'clock tel
epbone call from Third and Walnut
sum r1oning policeman. causea
Chief Morgan and Assistant Chlef
Bartkolow TO go over at double quick
time.
Upon their arrival, a woman resie5.
ing in that neighborhood pointed ees
some wagons standing in an aiie2,
which she desired removed.
The. oaicers are reticent about the
matter, but a chanceSremark in Police
Court this morning gave the thing
away.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28
EIGHT Cars Tomorrow.

1T is the intention of the local Trac-
ton Company to be able to take care
lofsthe crowds tomorrow. Eight cars
will be kept running, five of them on
the. Mononga end of the line. a large
attendance is expected at Traction
Park and the Company desires to give
good service.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28
grou ant T Her,et,SFron Harrison.

Dent Holden was brought here yes
terday from Harrison county on ls;: q pas pas
stardy charge made against him him Ssp5
Mollie Mill His father yyeHtsonrt rt 2 ms s
bond for s 40o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28

Dancing at East "a 4 ailril9It paySil IaI.I
Tuesday evening. Music by s haH
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28
GLENvILLE is BURNING.

). WHEELING, W. Va, May IS I.
:. a report has reached this city :
:. that Glenville, the county seat :
p of Gilmer county, is burning, :
!. and cannot be saved. The town !"
:. is off the railroad and has no :
:. photographic connections. :
:. A State Normal School is To- :;
< Gated there.
:.
J. X x i.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-28

50 x e. Leonard Here.
The steamer 2. Leonard came IN N
\ at noon today
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

The results of this experiment showed
that the copper, nickel and silver coins
had distinct antiseptic properties. The
experiment was then tried of dropping
coins in broth. and after twenty hours
inoculating the fluid with bacteria the
copper and nickel coins made the bouil-
lon strongly antiseptic. while the silver
did so only to a slight extent.
Still another experiment was the
dropping of coins upon a nutrient gel
attn. No development of bacteria grew
in the immediate vicinity of the coins
and this comment is made by Dr.
Park:
The fact having been established
that the metal in the coins tended to
destroy the bacteria. it was necessary
to see how soon such destruction took
place.
"A large number of coins were COL
lected from children having diptheria
and tested about six hours afterward
for pathologic bacteria. Thirty five
pennies, four dimes and seven nickels
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10
OUR SERVANT PROBLEM IN PARIS

coffee, a cigar smoked in a leisurely
fashion and a small glass of liqueur.
and after this they go to the Bourse
and finish their business for the day.
Masters and servants take time to eat.
Hot bread and ice water are unknown.
Those who have studied the food and
its preparation in other countries are
preaching the new doctrine of having
cooking establishments in large cities,
and of having the dishes brought to
the house. as is done in Berlin; but
IT will be a long time before this is
introduced into French families, even
for those where every member has
some outside occupation. for after din
ner they build their fire, warm the
soup which was made early in the
morning. cook their vegetables and fry
their chop, and think this meal is much
more wholesome than any meal bought
outside or than food already cooked In
cans. Which is right? So far statis-
tics show that on an average the
French are the healthiest people and
live the longest.
AS the question of servants and gen.
eral cooking is one which at present is
being discussed in America. and as the
Americans look TO France for the prop
er direction of servants and the proper
way TO live. il will not be amiss TO
give the menus of the well-to-do mem
bers of the middle classes. for they
constitute in America. as well as in
France. the greater portion of the edu-
Gated population.
The Frenchmar never loads his stom-
ach in the early morning: he simply
takes cup of coffee. chocolate or tea,
with a buttered roll. which an Ameri-
can friend Of mine contemptuously calls
the Latin breakfast, and to which
he has never become accustomed. The
hour for the second breakfast is from
IL 10 noon. This consists Of hors
d'oeuvres, that is. an appetizer. such as
sardines. salted fish. radishes and other
raw vegetables: a good dish OF meat.
well baked or grilled. which is eaten
alone or with potatoes, after which
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10
COLLEGE ATHLETE CHAIR ROLLERS

ors. Then they will be able to eaYh a
neat sum of money during the summer
months, which will enable them to pay
their expenses through school next win
ter In that we are doing a philan-
thropic service
The chair guides" will charge so
cents an hour for their services for
wheeling single chairs and 81 an hour
for wheeling double chairs. Out of this
they are to receive 80 per cent of their
receipts as wages. Should they be dis
tracted from their duties they will fall
short in their earnings and the conces-
sion will also suffer. Hence the con-
Germ of the managers in regard to the
flirting question.
Application blanks have been sent to
all of the leading universities in order
that needy young men may have an
opportunity to try for a position which
Will enable them to study the Worlds
Fair and at the same time earn a nice
round sum. Already the names Of ap-
plicants have poured in so fast that
the office of the company is over
whelmed.. 1t has been decided to take
a number of young men from each
school and their chances for securing
position will depend on the recon-
mendations Of the presidents OF their
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

respective colleges.
Another point which is of Importance
is that should the chair be broken the
guide will have to stand the damages.
A guide is also required to pay in ad-
vance for a natty uniform, which Will
identify him according to his position.
Chief among the requirements is that
the young man must be polite. All col
lege men are polite, according to the
college view of politeness, but foot
ball rush on one of the big days VIII
not be tolerated In the circular in
tended to attract applicants mucn
stress is laid on the amount OF tips
which a gracious passenger bestows. IL
is said that instances are known where
tins amounted to $25 day, although 1T
IS admitted that the amount varies ac-
cording to the entertaining qualities of
the guide. 1t is even suggested that
those students who are most success
full in getting through examinations
with little preparation will be best fit
ted for acquiring strong tips.
The principal rules which the collie
sians will have to observe are as fol-
lows:
Honesty. to patrons and management.
Uniform courtesy regardless of what
YOU expect to earn from those paying
for your services.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

question is causing the mapnagers of
question is causing the managers of
much concern. The company expects
to employ 1000 college athletes as
ROLLER chair guides during the sx-
position. says the st. Louis Republic.
1t is feared that these young men, who
come from all parts of the country,
will fall victims to the charms of the
fair co-eds and neglect duty, which
viii cause a loss to themselves and
their employers alike. Although the
company wishes to employ the bright
est and brawniest of the student popu-
lation of the several large universities
of the country, 1t wants men who can
wheel chairs and talk engagingly
TO their fares without making "goo-g goo
eyes" at the many young girls who
will likely try to entrap them into an
occasional tete-a-tete.
college men are being selected chair
guides for two reasons" said T. 8.
Clarkson. They are intelligent, and
thereby able TO explain the many fea-
lures Of the exposition to their visit
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

ably in every important war waged by
Russia during the last century. The
experience of the past indicates that
the Cossacks are the only body of Rus
sian soldiers who are mobile and well
fed on a campaign. They are mobile
because they always have large num-
bers Of spare horses, often two for each
man: they are we'll fed because of their
skill in foraging.
Russian officers spend freely out OF
their private funds during a campaign
in order TO remedy the defects of the
official transport and commissariat.
They have been obliged to do so even
during maneuvers.
The example was set by Skobeleff,
Russia's greatest general of modern
times, during the Turkish war.
He was a rich man and every ruble
hs owned was at the disposal of his
beloved soldiers when they needed it.
All the official arrangements for feed
ing the men and caring for the sick and
wounded broke down utterly. and
Skobeleff was always putting his hand
in his pocket through that campaign.
On one. occasion he spent $1,000 rublcs
TO charter a steamer to take a number
OF wounded men to Odessa for treat
n.ent. He never recovered from the
Government the large sums he ex-
pended.
Win Skobeleff was praised to his
face for his generosity toward his
troops he replied unaffectedly:
Il owe everything to these men, and
the least / can do is to spend few
thousand rubles to help them in their
need"
That spirit animates most officers in
the Russian army to-day. General
Kuropatkin. General Grodekoff and
other famous Russian officers trained
under Skobeleff followed his example.
Now il is regarded as the regular thing
in. the Russian army for an officer 10
have to spend money on his men tU
remedy official shortcomings. 1t is 10
be feared that graft has a great deal
10 do with those shortcomings.
Military experts say that only a
small proportion of Russian officers
possess the ability TO cope with emer-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

when his biscuits are full or rnaggots,
when his clothes are shabby, when his
boots drop to pieces, the Russian SOL
der" he said, reasons 1t all out
slowly and can only come to the con-
clusion, so pathetic in it's simple faith,
'Ah, if the Car only knew! Every
one within his reach he freely dis
cusses, criticizes and blames: he half
suspects that his generals may be
fools. and he is sure that the commits
saries are rascals; but no thought of
censure ever crosses his mind against
the Gar"
1t is hardly necessary to point out
the value of his mental attitude as a
military asset.
The Russian soldiers appear, as a
general rule, to lack the ability to
'shift for themselves in matters of
transport and commissariat. If their
elaborate system of baggage trains
breaks down, as it may well do under
the strain of hard campaign, they are
utterly at a loss-unless they are Cos
sacks. Kalmucks or TurcomanS, ac-
customed from boyhood to picking up
their meals wherever and whenever
they can find them.
line JAPANESE, OH lllC SOhNA SNA .
showed during their war with China
a remarkable ability to create their
transport and commissariat apparently
out of nothing as they went along
They did not trouble much about bag
gage trains; they had them, to be sure,
well supplied and well organized. but
the troops moved so quickly that they
were out of touch with their wagons
half the time. They travelled in the
lightest possible order and picked up
any old native carts or mules or cool
les they chanced to meet, making them
serve the necessities of the moment,
and then letting them go and getting
others farther On.
The only drawback of this system
was that, as the campaign advanced,
the armies became clogged by large
numbers of coolies and other camp fol-
lowers, who created a great deal of
trouble and committed excesses which
were wrongfully charged to the reg
ular troops. Some of the Japanese
commanders adopted a short way with
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

TT will be Of interest 70 Americans
who have long been struggling
with the servant problem to hear
that the question Of sanitation, of
hygiene in the household, as well as
the servant question. is beginning to
occupy the French mind. The reforms,
IL they ever occur, will be slow, for
routine here. says the Paris CORE
spondent Of the Brooklyn Eagle. is not
easily uprOoted; a cook will never learn
20 do differently from the way her
mother or grandmother did; she viii
not understand that one kind of food
is more healthfuI than another: she
viii never believe that in the pot au
feu'' boiled beef and broth. the nour-
ishing ingredients all go up the CHM
ney; she can never be made TO believe
that brown bread contains more nour-
ishment than white. that certain vege-
tables are more nourishing than meat.
or that sugar is not only put in dishes
10 sweeten them. but that IL contains
elements which increase muscular
strength. In his book on Alimenta-
tion" Armand Gauthier proves that the
first notions Of how to feed mankind
are ignored; but If the book were put
into the hands of an ignorant house
keeper or cook. she would shrug her
shoulders and say. Tout celia sont des
histoires''-all this does not mean any
thing.
Why is il. though. that the French
suffer less from dyspepsia than other
nstionsg For two reasons: Their oc-
cupations do not put too great a strain
on their nerves. and they take their
time in eating their meals. For in
stance. around the Bourse you will find
good old restaurants where stockhold-
ers. business men and spectators are
ia the habit Of going for their luncheon.
mention these classes of men be-
cause they are the ones in Paris who
seem to be the most in a hurry. After
luncheon they will take time TO pro-
note digestion with a cup Of black
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10
DEADLY BACTERIA ON OUR MONEY

were taken from the children. From
the thirty-f1ve pennies diphtheria bacillf
were obtained from three and mi
crococci from eight. From the seven
nickel coins streptococci were obtained
from one and staphylococci from two.
From the four dimes streptococci from
one and staphylococci from one.
This practical test demonstrates
that coins taken from diphtheria cases
and equally certainly from other in
fectious cases are liable to spread in
fection if distributed within a few
hours after contamination. A number
of coins were taken from persons suf-
fering from tuberculosis and tested for
living tubercle bacilli twenty-four
hours and forty-eight hours after re-
moval. No living bacilli could be DEM
onstrated.'
THE persons actually sick with diph-
iberia and tuberculosis have not as
rule had paper money which they had
recently handled. Dirty bills taken
from stores at random showed enor-
nous numbers of bacteria, among
which were the staphylococci. These
occur, not only in septic infections. but
also in healthy skin. Thus from the
washings from one bill we obtained
$4,000 bacteria, from another 126.OOO.
Two moderately dirty bills gave 225O
and 20O0. respectively. Upon all of these
staphylococci were found, but no dipth-
iberia or tubercle bacilH.
The investigation so far has estab-
lished that bacteria are not killed by
any substance in paper money, but re-
main alive until time and drying de-
stroy them No actual disease bacteria
have as yet been demonstrated
The experiments with paper money
are being continued. and it will be
necessary to inoculate animals with
the bacteria taken from the bills before
1T can be determined whether such
money carries germs which produce
contagious diseases A more extended
and conclusive report on this subject
will be made when DIR. Park finishes
his Investigations.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

gencies and make orderly and efficient
arrangements for the welfare of an
army. The military attache at the
American legation at St. Petersburg
served with the Russian forces in the
Turkish war. He formed a very poor
opinion Of the Russian officers ca
pacity in those respects, for he wrote at
the time:
IF 10000 prisoners are suddenly
thrown on their hands, as at the sur
render Of Plevna, no better eXpedient
presents itself than to herd them out
in the snow in great fiocks like sheep,
and let three DAYS pass before they get
anything to eat; and twelve days be-
fore measures are perfected for march
ing them to the Danube, only twenty
miles off.-the prisoners meanwhile
perishing by hundreds every night.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

table. All entertainments begin late,
so that people need not hurry their
dinner, for, whatever happens, that is
the principal function of the day, out
side of business.
THE French live to eat" l hear you
exclaim. Well, considering that Amer
leans are now obliged to spend so much
time trying to think out remedies for
acute dyspepsia and nervous prostra-
ton caused by eating too fast and
working too much, is it not reasonable
to think that they would have gained
some of their precious time by court
ing a good digestion. by remaining a
little longer at table?
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

there is a dish of cooked vegetables,
followed by cheese. preserves or fruit
in the season. Wine mixed with water
is drunk and after the meal cup of
black coffee is served. All this, is taken
slowly with a lot of light talk to aid
digestion. The hours for dinner are
$50, and 7:3O. The menu is repeti-
tion of the second breakfast with the
addition of soup and of a sweet dish
served before dessert.
French families usually sit an hour
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

Health, and 1t holds warning
against the habit of placing money in
the mouth 1t shows that while the
metal in coins possesses antiseptic
properties, infected coins may spread
disease If distributed within a few
hours after contamination. The ex-
periments with paper money will not
be completed for several weeks. but
the investigation so far has established
the fact that paper money contains no
substance which will kill bacteria.
According to DR.. Parks report, in the
first experiment the effect upon bac-
terra of the metals in coins was tested
by covering coins with thin layer
of diphtheria bacilli. He gives this
table:
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

paper money by disease bacteria which
he submitted to the House Committee
on Banking and Currency at WASH
ington. The report is the result of ex-
periments conducted by Dr. William H.
Park, bacteriologist in the research
laboratory of the Department OF
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

but you see two long lines of small
supply wagons gradually approaching
each other until they become jammed
and blocked in the middle of the town
Several hours or even a day or more
are occupied in unloading half
mile Of wagons and dragging them out
backward in order to reopen the COM
munication. These are things which
do not occur during the first days
or weeks, but throughout a whole
campaign of months
These defects are, however, largely
Offset by the patient endurance OF the
Russian soldier, born of his dosIke
loyalty to the Car. The American
military attache at Plevna was I'M
pressed by that quality.
when his battles result In defeats'
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

"If a bridge forming part of the
main line of communication of a great
army is constructed across large
river, one end of it leading into
miserable little town with streets so
narrow that two vehicles cannot pass,
you do not find the lines of opposing
travel SO clearly marked that there
can be no divergence from them, and
men stationed at every corner to COM
pei vehicles to take a certain direction,
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10
nuoMAS DAB

r. THOMAS DARLINGTON,
Commissioner of Health, has
lust made public the report on
the contamination of metal and
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

AN the average young college
man of attractive personal ap-
pearance and pleasant address
refrain from fiirting?" This
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
USURPATION IN PENSION ORDER

The war closed nearly forty years
ago. In the meantime many OF our
soldiers and sailors long survived the
age of sixty-two, and passed away
without receiving any pension. Skill
full pension attorneys hunting through
the statute failed to md there pro-
vision giving a pension to all who had
reached sixty-two. Many prominent
veterans urged the justice of congress
sional action giving service pension
to all veterans. Bills to that erect
were introduced in Congress. And not
until March of this year did any one
ever claim to have made the discovery
that the President hat. power to treat
the statute as if it read that when
: claimant had passed the age OF sixty
two years he is necessarily disabled
one-half in ability to perform manual
, labor and therefore entitled to pen
D sion.
The President of the Civil Service
Commission, General John G. Black,
formerly Commissioner of Pensions
: and COMMUNICATIVE Chief of the Grand
s Army of the Republic, indicated his
1 view of the order when in recent
e address he thanked the President for
@ what he had done, and advised his
. hearers to use their influence that a
= LAW might be passed to the same
effect. Full confidence after all seems
: not to have been placed on the defense
II of justification, for it is pleaded In
+ mitigation that a former Democratic
President did something looking In
10 q
which is not admitted-our present
!. duty would be none the less plain and
imperative. Our people must neyel
tolerate the citation Of one act Of
i usurpation Of power as an excuse fol
y another The first may possibly b.
u due to mistake; the second, being
= based on the first, cannot be. In ex
l. PLANTATION. however, it should be sait
ID that the. order relied on simply pro
~ vided that the age of seventy-five year
:. should be regarded as evidence Of in
ability to perform manual labor. Few
u men are able to perform manual labo
81 at that age, but nearly all men are a
lie sixty-two. The first order is based OF
nc fact that experience teaches, tn
&c other is based on the assertion OF tina
4. which is not true as general rule.
H. INVESTIGATION OF GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS.
Recent disclosures, coupled with tn
GU rapid augmentation of governments
~ EXP editufes, show a reed OF an IN
vestigation Of every department OF To
government The Democrats in Con
gress demanded 1t. The Republica
~ majority refused the demand. Tn
people can determine by their vote ]
November whether they wish q
honest and thorough investigation.
y. Democratic Congress and Executiy
ou will assure 1t.