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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

STIRLING AZ BARGAIN

a case where Mere Money Did Sot
cnt Much OF a Figure
s.. 7er:I years ago there WAS q boom
IL, s...:ttss.iI, lands in Florida because Of
t.ich .i.1i plate deposits, said south
err i.,,a,;. Spectator asked one of
those simple Florida folk what would
be the lowest price he would take for
some land which before the boom he
had been unable to sell for 5000 The
owner really didn't know The specu-
Iator q greed to deposit in bank $4,000
to the owners credit for the land. But
this amount of money in bank didn't
mean very much to the native.
HE said he wanted q farm Of sixty
cost a few hundred.
80. What else:' ask ed the SPECTATOR.
s.Can I have q horse and saddle and
bridle?'
:. Certainly
...And ritle?'
Yes.
...And some provisions?'
Yes
THE eyes of the native began to
bulge. There was pause.
es.W-hat else do you want?' asked the
Spectator.
oh, give me $50 for the old woman
to buy things for herself and chill
dren'-
..He then started to walk away.
c.what elseT asked the Spectator.
".Is there more yet?'
Eyes
"twell, give me plug Of tobacco
and set me down where the fish will
bite all day. and you can have the
rest '-Baltimore Sun.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
Forgot His own Tongue.

A traveller in arctic Siberia, Mr. ' an
derlip, q gold hunter, told the follow
ing of his return to civilization: Il
found that half a dozen of the officers
and mon of the steamer which my en-
ployers had sent for me had come to
hunt me up. The captain dismounted
and I tried to address him in Russian,
but he said, You forget that l speak
English Now, it may seem scarcely
credible. and yet it is true, that for 4
few moments I was totally unable to
converse with him in my native tongue.
I had not used a word of it In CONVEX
sation for months. and my low phys1c-
al condition acting on my nerves con-
fused my mind, and spoke tumble
of English, Russian and horak- 1t
was q week before I could talk good
straight English again.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
POE AND POVERTY.

The Poet Was Born to Need and Left
1t LeEncy.
According to Charles Marshall
Graves, writing in the Century, the
poet Poe was two years old when his
mother, a gifted actress, was living IN
Richmond in the direst want.
Mrs. Poe's last stage appearance was
in the Richmond theater in October,
1911. The theater burned on Dec. 26,
and seventy-eight people persisted with
it. Poe'S father had died in the spring,
and Mrs Poe and the baby poet and
his younger sister went to live on Main
street, in the Bird In Hand region,
in q tenement cellar perpetually wet
by the Shockoe creek, which then flow
ed through the middle of the street.
Here the wretched woman contracted
pneumonia and died. And from the
cellar the future poet, described as
s'baby skeleton" was rescued by Mr..
Allan.
Sixty years and more later Rosalie
Poe, the poets younger sister, appear
ed on Richmond streets in poverty as
bitter as her mothers had been to get
a few coins by selling photographs of
her brother
The man who was perhaps America s
greatest poet and certainly one of the
few poets who have vitality Influenced
the literary art both in prose and verse
was born into the most wretched pow
erty and left need as keen behind him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
Mrs. e. a. nj Mccartney,
Ladies Tailoring.
Gentlemen's Cleaning and Repairing.
Cheapest price for high grade Tailoring.
Third Floor. Carr Building.
FACTIONS HAVE
UNITED IN FAYETTE'
All Now Harmonious and Tremen'
dous Majority Expected In NO
vember.

MONTGOMERY, W. Va, May =
About all the old sores in Fayette are
now healed over and the Republicans
were probably never more harmonious
than they are at this time. The county
ticket is probably the strongest the
marty has ever had, and will be elect
ed by majority of not less than 1900
for each man The factional diner
ences which for many years have split
the Republican party in Fayette are ar
now absent, and a great and md mis- mighty eatl
party is working harmoniously for the
Interests Of the county and the peo-
ple.S .ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

When Chinaman wants to have 4
tooth drawn he feels no nervous APP
orehension of pain, for the excellent
reason that he knows his dentist will
not Inflict any, it is said. The latter
simply rubs a secret powder over the
aching tooth After about five min
l1tes the patient sneezes, and the tooth
tails out Many attempts have been
made by Europeans to get some OF
his mysterious powder, but no one has
bet succeeded.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
Hard to Move In Russia.

An American wished to move from
the Hotel Europe, the principal hotel
in st. Petersburg, to q smaller hotel
around the corner. He came down
with his bag packed ready to go. "Sor-
ry," said the manager, but you can
not leave this hotel or register at an
other hotel until we get your passport
from the police, and that Will take 4
dayand n night You must go through
exactly the same procedure as if you
were leaving the y."-World's
Work
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
How wood Lasts In Dry place.

How wood Lasts In n Dry Place.
In situations so free from moisture
chat we may practically call them dry
)she dura bility Of timber is almost IN
limited. The roof of Westminster hall
rs more than $50 years old. In Sterling
|rasfIe are carvings in oak we'll pre-
Served over 300 years of age. Scotch
FIR has been found in good condition
b fter a known use Of 800 years, and
(tf,e trusses Of the roof of the basilica
Eof ST. Paul's, Rome, We're sound and
GOOD after a thousand years of service.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
lIendinE Amber.

To mend amber requires 4 certain
amount Of care, though the process is a
simple one. Apply some linseed oil to
the broken edges, and then hold the
oiled parts over 4 gas jet. covering the
rest of the amber meanwhile with q
cloth. AS soon as the oiled parts be-
come sticky with the heat press the
edges which are to be united together
and hold them very carefully till cold
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
pinc1,es All Round.

She-AIy new gown is just lovely.
{rfs a perfect fit. He-Satisfied on that
{soInt, chg She-1es. know It's
good fit because it pinches me SO.
(He-WeI, it doesn't pinch you hair as
much as it does my poclsetbook--
EtdeIphia Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
Looking For IL Cinch.

Tommy-Are you and Sister Ethel
goin' to get married? Mr. Stedily-
Why-er-what put such question In
your head, Tommy? Tommy ON,
nothin', only Billy Daily wanted to bet
me q nickel against a cent that the
match ID never come off, and I'd Like
q little inside information.-Puck.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
Amending the Notice.

The mistress of very dirty lodging
house posted at the entrance this no
tice: "yisitors will please wipe their
feet" After inspecting the apartment
one visitor added to the notice ION
going out."-Farm Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

ErIend-why do you call your work
= trade instead Of an art? Artist-Oh,
u did call 1T an art before began to
make q living at 1t.-Illusrated Bits
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
HIS Field.

"-Why do you always speak Ill Of
your friends?"
..What would you have2 don't
know any other persons
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

Never NEEDLE with a hornet or 9
nan who is m1nding his own business.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

y Some men are no bigger than their
bluff, and when that's called they are
nothing.-Schoolmast
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

Al man who is fearI is never a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09
HAMILTON & HUFFMAN,

are located on the second floor of the
Peoples Bank Building They are
prepared to do paving, grading ce-
menting and all work in their line on
short notice.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

Read the West yirginian. It has
the latest news. ss.3ss :. ssEl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-09

liar.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
REPARTEE IN COUNCIL HALLS.
Shafts Of Wit Pointed and Not Very
Delicate.

Repartee as practiced by dignifed
solons in the New York legislature
takes on somewhat of a Bowery com,
plexlon at times. One day the house
was considering a certain measure
when Mr.. Cook of Erie said courteous.
ly; THE gentleman who has spoken
in opposition to this bill is a pin
head He referred to Mr.. Cox of
Buffalo, who in his polltest manner
replied, "The gentleman who favors
this bill" Of course referring to Mr..
Cook, has a vacuum where his
brains ought to be- Whereupon AS
semblyman Lynch fastened to OBJ.
serve cordially: mr. Speaker, 1t gives
me great pleasure to find that, for
the first occasion since | have served
in the legislature with them. | can
agree with both Mr.. Cox and Mr.
Cook | agree with what Mr.. Cook
said about Mr. Cox and indorse what
Mr.. Cox said about Mr.. Cook" Then
the bill was passed.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Copper Kings Reputation Good.

Out among Montana miners some
wonder Is expressed because police
protection was sought In New York
the other day by W, G. Green, the
copper king, when someone threat.
ened him with gun. Twenty years
ago and more Billy Green was
known In Montana as about the last
man on earth to go to the police
with his troubles, In those days he
was plenty quick on the draw and
always ready to fight his own battles.
being known as "a dead game man"
from Anaconda to Tombstone.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Jas THE WORLD
! REVOLVES |
STABBED PREMIER OF SPAIN.
Anarchist at Barcelona Fails In At.
tempted Murder,

Anarchist at Barcelona Falls In At.
tempted Murder.
Premier Maura Of Spain was at
tackled and wounded at Barcelona
April u by a would-be assassin armed
with dagger.
The premier had just returned from
a requiem service for the repose of
the soul of the late Queen Isabella,
when a youth, 10 years old, named
Joaquin Miguel Artao, approached,
and shouting Long live anarchy"
struck the premier in the chest with
a dagger he had concealed in a hand
kerchief. Artao was Immediately
seized and imprisoned The premier
himself was able to send to Madrid
the news of the attempt on his life.
The force of the blow was broken
and its direction diverted by the heavy
lace on the minister's coat, resulting
in only slight scratch under the
sixth rib.
Joaquin Miguel Artao, the assailant,
is an anarchist and when arrested at.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Pope Plus Makes Many Chances

Plus X. is still engaged In planning
and decreeing numerous important re.
forms in the Roman curia. He has
just reduced his Noble guard from
seventy to forty-hve, and reductions
both In numbers and salary are antlcl.
pated shortly in the ranks of the
Palatlne and Swiss guards, whose dis.
clplinary regulations, more especially
as regards morality and mixing in
quirinal society, have been of late re.
vlsed with startling severity. There
Is reason for believing that tho pope
Will shortly publish motu Droprio a
decree ordainlng that no post in the
Roman curla, diplomatic or otherwise
shall hereafter carry with it any right
to a cardinalate. Considerable reduc.
lions in the salaries of nuncios and
other diplomatic servants are also an.
nounced
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
WELCOME TO JUNGLE RUSSELL.
Aaed Financier Pleased at Cordially
of Brokers.

Russell Sage was seen in Broad
street. New York, the other day for
the first time in over year, and the
occasion was seized by a crowd OF
brokers who make their headquarters
in front of the Exchange building to
give him an ovation. Mr.. Sage's right
hand was converted into pump han
die and one young broker stood on
from the crowd and shouted; What
the matter with Uncle Russell?"" In
stantly the reply came; Hes all
right" The aged inancler was evil
IDENTIFY much pleased by the warmth
of his greeting, and he lifted his hat
and bowed all around, just like a ran
who has been elected a school 'aus-
tee by his admiring townsmen. For
two years Russell Sage has been seen
on the street only at intervals, which
have been gradually widening during
the last year.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
School to Teach Auctioneerinu.

Col. Carey M. Jones of Davenport, a
well.known live stock auctioneer, In
association with a number of other
prominent auctioneers, will open in
July in Davenport Iowa, a school Of
auctioneering and oratory. The aim
of the school will be to develop auc-
tioneers capable Of rolling off talk by
the yard. There will be courses In
oratory, grammar and other branches
and competent specialist in charge
of each department. Col. Jones con-
Quoted sales o6tfancy cattle in seven
teen states of ho unica last year
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Our duty is to be useful, not accord.
ing to our desires, but according to
our pOwers.--Amiel.


To love God is to love his character.
AS, for instance, God is purity. And
so, to be pure in thought and look, to
turn away from unhallowed books and
conversation, to abhor the moments
in which we have not been pure, is to
love God. God is love; and to love
men till private attachments have ex.
banded into philanthropy which en-
braces all--at last even the evil and
enemies with compassion-that is to
love God. God is truth. To be true,
to hate every form Of falsehood, to
live a brave, true, real life-that is
love to God. God is Infinite; and to
love the boundless reaching on from
grace to grace, adding charity to faith,
and rising upwards ever to see the
ideal still above us, and to die with 1t
unattained, aiming insatiably to be
perfect even as the Father IS perfect
that is to love God.-Frederick W.
Robertson.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

edges always before them. But the
master-workman knows just what he
wants; he has chosen the pattern and
set the weaver at work and, by and
by, when the tapestry Is finished, the
workman is astonished at the beauty
his own hands nave created,
We have the pattern Of a perfect
character in the Lord Jesus Christ.
He sets us at the task of weaving
from that pattern every day. How
disappointing and wearisome Is my
life!" we say, Where is the use in
this monotonors round? But II our
eyes are upon the pattern and we
faithfully obey orders, though we may
net see now how the right side looks,
1t will be a glad surprise when 1t is
finished.-From "A Year Of Sacred
Song"
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21


There is only one woman coal
miner in Missouri, and she has but
one arm. Miss Minnie Petrie began
to work in the mine OF her nephew,
Theodore Petrie, near Fulton, few
years ago because he could mol get
as many men as he wanted. The first
day she worked she wore feminine
clothes, but finding, them unsuitable
the next day sho wore an old suit Of
her nephew's and, attired in mems
clothes, she has been digging coal
ever since, She ID 50 years old,
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
GOT TIRED OF APPLAUSE.
Actor Wearicd of the Efforts of Hired
CIauuer,

The claque is now Il recognized in
stitution in some New York play
houses, but the hired applauders have
not come to understand their duties
nearly SO well as their Partisan pro-
totypes, AT one of these theaters the
other evening the leading man was
brought before the curtain half a
dozen times after a good scene, chiefly
through claQuers efforts. The &C.
tor, rather Disguised with the made
to-ordor enthusiasm, was bowling him.
self off when the most yocferous
claquer broke into another volley, The
leading man paused, held up his hand,
and said, when silence was restored,
Stop it. my good friend. believe
you would encore a miracle This
produced a real curtain call, to which
the actor smilingly responded.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Eating Our Morsel Alone.


BY the Bishop Of Derry and Raphoe.
dob, 81: 10
If ! have eaten my morsel alone"
The patriarch spoke In scorn;
what would he think Of the church, were
he shown
Heathendom, huge, forlorn,
Goddess, Christess, with soul unfed.
While the church's ailment Is fitness OF
bread,
Eating her morsel alone?
I am debtor alike to the Jew and the
The mighty apostle cried;
TraYerslng continents, souls to seek,
For the love OF the Crucliled.
Centuries, centuries since have sped;
MILLIONS are famlshng-we have bread,
But we eat our morsel alone.
Ever of them who have largest dover
Shall heaven require the more,
Ours Is aftluencc, knowledge, power,
Ocean from shore to shore,
And east to west in our ears have sai9,
Tive us, give us your living Bread"
Yet We eat our morSel alone.
Freely as We have received, so give"
he babe, who hath given Us all.
How shall the soul In us longer live,
T., Deaf to their starving call,
FOR whom The blood Of the Lord was
She'd
And His body broken to give them
If we cat our morsel alone?
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Activity is the right hand of fortune
and frugality the left.
Need Of christ's Fellowship.

You will want Christ in the evening
Of life, for evening is a lonely time
without company, You will look for
Jesus when the shadows gather and
your earthly friends are gone. You
may not see any need Of having the
Master at life's noon, or early in the
afternoon when the sun Is still Shin
ing, when friends are many and life is
gay and roseate with promise; but
when evening comes there will be
change, and in tnat hour you will rec.
ognize your need of the fellowship Of
Jesus. To know the sweetness Of
his fellowship to-day and within its
silent blessedness to walk toward
heaven, is to fill both the day and
the evening of life with Joy untold.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
JOKE ON SECRETARY SHAW,
Washington Laughs at Ingenuity Of
Statesmans Excuse.

A government scientist not long ago
gave a dinner in Washington in honor
Of Speaker Henderson, The scientist
halls from the hawkeye state, so it
was distinctively an Iowa dinner. OF
course Secretary Shaw was guest,
and he was the only one absent when
I O'Clock arrived. The host waited
half an hour and then gave orders to
serve. All exactly 7.55 the secretary
of the treasury was announced, His
explanation has been joke among
the Iowa contingent in Washington
ever since, Il though this dinner was
for 5 O'Clock" said he, IN evident en-,
barrassment. Il arrived outside at
1880 by my watch. 1t was so early
decided to walk up and down the
street till | saw someone else come.
But no one came, and 50 | had to en-
ter alone"
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
DOING Duty CheerfuIIy.

Our duty is to do what God would
have us do, and to do it cheerfully be.
cause it should be done. God loves a
cheerful doer as well as a cheerful
giver. A child in the home, a man
or woman in his or her place, gives
added value to a right word or deed
by being hearty and loving in its
speech or performance. We must sa.'
and do lovingly what we should,
whether we feel like 1t or not. Dinah
Muloch Craik shows world of Wis
dom when she says: "The secret of
life is not to do what one likes but
to try to like what one has to do, and
one does come to like it in time Is
that our method Of service?
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Looking Ahead.

The child who has only sailed his
paper boat on the edge of a placid
lake might wonder, said DR.. Parker
once, what was wanted with enormous
beams and bars Of iron, innumerable
bolts and screws, and clasps and bars
Of metal in making a ship. Ask the
sailor, and he will answer; he says
we must be prepared for something
more than calm days, we must look
ahead, the breakers will try us, the
winds will put us to'the test, we may
come upon an unknown rock, we must
be prepared for the worst as well as
for the best. We call this prudence.
We condemn Its omission. We ap.
plaud its observance. What of men
who attempt the stormy and treach-
erous waters of life, without having
had any regard to the probable dan
gers of the voyage?
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

A California hotel company has had
to pay a New York lady $4,000 for a
leg which she lost in an elevator accl-
dent. But the dispatch refers to 1t as
a limb" A leg that Is worth $4,000
should be called a leg. To the low
with limb.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
Keep Your Eyes on the Pattern.

Many a one Is asking in the midst
Of hardship and sorrow, us life worth
Iiving?" We must not be swept away
by such thoughts. Ours is a God.glven
life and every soul is precious in his
sight.
Why was born? God, who never
made a human being without some
purpose, plans high destiny fol-
every one Of us. Beautiful fabrics are
woven by weavers who never see
their work but on the wrong side
they 81 before the loom with rough
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

Have another slice of bread and
help pay the war expenses. That is
the logic Of the situation the world
over. Two empires fight against each
other and all mankind pays the cost,
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

Mr.. Quay, who has been ordered by
his physician to smoke only half a
cigar a day, complies by having his
cigars made three or four times the
usual size and length. Mr.. Quay is a
resourceful statesman.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

When lonely old man wants to 60
to the circus and has no grandchil-
dren as an excuse he realizes the
truth Of all that the president has
said about race suicide.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

The Chicago man who has applied
for an injunction to prevent his wife
from playing the races may be seek
ing an Injunction to keep her from
going shopping next.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

The Chicago Daily News asks.
What do you think would be the state
Of your pulse were you to lose $5,OOO,-
900 in a week, as Cotton King Sully
is reported to have done" Really, 1t
would be quite impossible.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

II the car would mobilize the edi.
tor Of the Novoe Vremya and send
him against the Japs the war would
not last a week. 1t is too bad to
see so much belligerent energy wasted
on windmills.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

The world gets some queer theories
nowadays. DR.. Hall Of Clark univer-
sity says that men ought to dance
until 80 years Of age and DR.. Morrill,
Of Minneapolis is urging a system of
dieting at saloon free lunch counters.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

People are beginning to turn up in
all parts Of the world who were in
Port Arthur the night Of the first Jap.
anese attack. In a few years a care
full count will show that no less than
half million people actually saw this
frht as It happened.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

Mayhap In the years to come the
Long Islander who was jailed on his
bridal eve will look backward on the
restful period he once knew and fail,
ed to enjoy.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

It cost the state Of Illinois s4,123 to
convict the Chicago car barn bandits,
These luxuries come high, and the
public may be fully excused for de.
string to discourage the bandit bust.
ness.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

st. Louis people have at last been
assured that the maharaiah Of Jey-
pore will wear his $3,5OO,OOO worth of
diamonds when he visits the fair. The
gentleman is taking long chances.
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
SHOWING HOW THE MISSOURI EXPLOSION HAPPENED

l. the turret; interior of turret the bech of the twelve
inch showing how the back draft blew the flash back
powder piled up the CHARGE the hoist flame
swept ignied 1900 pounds Of powder handling room S. is
hoist communicating with the aen shows the
point reached before they met the water by magazine
flooded and which the ship saved from being completely
stroyed Z torpedo tube; 6, the magazine
The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21

If every man would put as much
ginger into his work as a pig p is into
motion when 1t scratches its back
against a board fence there W uld be
fewer failures in this world.