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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
ICE CREAM WAGON
Got the Worst OF 1t In a Bout With a
Hotel Bus.

Jim Martins ice cream wagon was
damaged last night by the Watson
Hotel bus. The bus was standing in
front OF the hotel, and for some rea-
son the horses started down Madison
street at a lively gait. In attempt
ing TO turn into the alley the convey
ance struck the above mentioned
wagon. The horses We're uninjured
have a saloon centrally located for
sale quick. H. H. Lanham- y
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to More Worthy Cause.

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FAIRMoNT, w. va.

All of the latest telegraphic and
local news Will be found in the West
Virginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08

FOR RENTING dwelling houses or
Locust avenue Apply to S. E. Bill
lin ssley, 707 Fourth street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08

Sapper's store and
Watson Hotel, silver belt pin. Re
turn 20 this office. Reward.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
1t Miners Hospital.

Tony SolinsIzi was brought TO the
Miners Hospital on Il to-day. suffer
ing with a crushed arm and ieS,
which injury he sustained in the mines
at Tunnelton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
is short on Funds.

Evangelist Randall and his CO.
iSSorker held meetings on Water
asst evening The experience
81 king men was related and a
n Rear ii IN. He isshortof
81 help doesn't come he
sop the WORK and go
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captain ON Aston is in town to-
frank !. Lloyd is in clarksburg to
and Mrs.: Carl Frame are at Mt.
Lake
contractor Eldridge is in Philippi
On business.
jacob g. snyderis at the Tavern from
Wheeling
Ms. s. Flelnins Went to Oak
land TO-DAY.
80 otacer Morris returned from Pitts
burg last night.
's .e. Janes Burns, of Pennington. was
lin town this afternoon
d. schoonover, B. & O. train
B I'm ssnIiiastar in town.
n. Frichard, of Warrington
was Ins5the city to-day.
F,eIix Cunningham, of Lincoln, is a
~ iy.rT,or visitor today.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fleming left
TOR Philadelphia this afternoon
hos. e oush ietuiiiss'' ION
Warrington Visit TO-DAY
j. Wilkinson, of Grafton, was
sifo-s in the city last night:
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of Delegates On ,iie Deii'UN- q
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14

and growing and ready to fly at
their throats.
We are told there are no serfs
in Russia now, that the peasants
are free people, but from.what I
can learn from the careful perusal
of every article I see that deals
with the subject, [ Am convinced
that their condition is changed
but very little from what it was
when they were free. If there is
any change it is for the worse.
Russia's method of freeing her
serfs was very different from the
manner in which England and the
United States freed their slaves.
She first bought their freedom
from their masters, then charged
the amount to the peasants them
selves, thus involving them in a
debt which soon brought them
back to very nearly the same
servitude they we're in before.
They own no land. They merely
possess the right to cultivate it.
And they cannot relinquish that
right in any way. They cannot
even forfeit all improvements and
growing crops, or abandon the
place without being liable to arrest,
fine and imprisonment, and being
sent back again. They must keep
and work their plot of ground,
paying a good, heavy tax for it,
too. If some plots do not produce
enough to pay the taxes the more
productive ones are assessed
enough more to make up the
deficiency, SO that all are kept
down. This is very easily done, as
there is no ambition, or progress
siveness about them.
They are massive, cumber-
some people, but the greatstrength
and endurance generally credited
to them does not exist. How
could it exist with the lives they
live, dirty, INDECENT and half fed?
The unsanitary houses are diminu-
tive, one story structures, in the
squalor and filth of which live the
father and mother, the small
children, the grown unmarried
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
Russian Peasants.

Paper Reod Before the Chlutauq,id Circle.
The Russian peasants almost
said serfs are queer mixture Of
tractability and RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Let any foreign nation, or even an
Individual, attack their master,
and there is nothing they will not
do or endure for said ruler; but in
times Of peace and quiet they
most bitterly hate every one in
authority over them, including the
car, and are continually snarling
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
It was in the far south.

It was in the far south.
Flows times?" asked the tour
list.
pretty tolerable, stranger, res
ponded the old man who was sit
ting on stump 81 had some
trees to cut down, but the cyclone
leyeled them and saved me the
trouble.
"That was good"
Eyes, and then the lightning set
fire to the brush pile and save me
the trouble of burning it."
Remarkable! But what are you
doing now?"
waiting for an earthquake to
come along and shake the potatoes
out of the ground. '-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14

daughters, the sons and the sons
wives and children. And then
the food-an American pauper
would scorn it-sour black bread,
sour cabbage soup, sour milk
curds, and small fish. It is
physical impossibility for them to
have much vitality, altho they
do seem to possess passive sort
of endurance in an excessive degree.
The women work in the fields
along with the men, which is
certainly not morally elevating. A
woman will do fully as much work
in the field as man will, but that
is not saying very much for her,
as one American laborer will do
more work in a month than four
Russian peasants.
The dull and sluggish brain of
the Russian peasant has no sense
of originality or progressiveness.
He can initiate very accurately
what he sees others doing, but
cannot even apply knowledge thus
gained to anything else, no matter
how simple it may be-. And it is
with this class Of men that the
Japanese, light, agile, intelligent,
up-to-date, with strategy in place
of strength, have to contend. No
wonder they are 80 far victorious.
D. w. X.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
Rube on Road Building.
Mr.. Edutor,

Mr.. Edutor,
Dear Sur:-Did you ever see
them make little logs out of big
ones an stand them on end to
make a rode? Yes, sur, that is
Jest what Sinbad's sailin' master
had his men do out here in front
of Hotel de Stone. I tell you rite
here if I ever go lumber Jackin'
agin l will show the next rode
monkey how to build rode. Yes,
II will. The new way nocks the
soxs off the old way. Yes, it does.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
REALLY ARE
creature. The only remedy for
him is to let him die off.

/ IN 49, - ---S>-J
! him is to let him die off.
Owing to labor disturbances,
! the floating population of the
United States is increasing each
year. The tramp element isslow-
| ly diminishing and is giving place
to the more modern locker
"bug- fend," "bum,' "hobo, and
| "yeggman." The jocker is the
most degraded of all His method
I is to coax some young boy to go
on the road and then dominate his
will and mind to an utter sub
lection to his (jocker's) authority,
He than creates a loathsome sore
on the boys arm or leg, and sends
him to the mayor Of the town for
permit to solicit funds from the
business men for the avowed
purpose which seems best to suit
the OCCASION. 1t is surprising
what large sum of money a bright
boy of fifteen or SO will collect in
a day. He turns the gains over
to the locker who is his banker
and business manager. In a large
town the pair solicit without a
permit, taking the chance Of being
arrested. In fact the boy would
be more likely to get in the lookup
than a permit to beg in town of
any size.
A "bug-fend" is a man who
cripples or nutilates himself for
the purpose of eliciting sympathy
from his selected victims. The
"bun" is the everyday individual
whom we meet on the corner
begging enough money for meal.
The money really goes for whisky
OF alcohol. The bum usually
spends the summer begging, and
when cold weather sets in.he COM
mits petty crime and draws a
winters lodging in jail. The
hobo" is a man who does not like
to work in any one place for more
than month or fraction thereof.
Neither does he believe in reim-
bursting the railroad companies for
his transportation from place to
place. His evil propensities are
confined to killing time about eight
months out of the year. The
farmers and threshers of the
Northwest depend largely on hobo
labor to harvest and thresh their
crop. Many lumberjacks are also
hoboes. "Yeggmen' are simply
the criminal class in the guise of
hoboes. The man who has a theory
for the cure of these evils had better
give 1T up as bad proposition. If
you compel man to work when
he doesn't want to, you can be sure
he won't work when you can't
compel him to do so. If the public
refuses to contribute to the beggars'
wants, they will have to work,
steal or starve. If they work, we'll
and good. If they steal, they will
sooner or later land in prison,
which will exempt them from
doing harm for a while at least.
If they starve, it's no loss. So
will end the tramp evil. This
article is not meant for an argu-
ment, but simply to inform those
who wish to know more concern
ing the united band of leisure and
the opponents of anti-toil.
Stub. !
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14

way W Sii!uitlaJt L1Oiii,
are matters that seem to have
aroused the ire Of one of the con
tributors to this paper. He ex-
presses his pent-up feelings in q
contemptuous and incredulousl
"Rats!" This contributor, r. W :.
does not agree with the conclusions
arrived at by certain Missouri
professor concerning the American
tramp, and he declares very en-
phatically that he thinks the pro
lessor is talking through his shoe
strings. He explains his reasons
for refusing to accept the pro-
fessor's hypothesis; but in trying
to refute his statements, X w
''gets off his trolley" as Harley
would say. I. myself, think. that
the professor never was tramp,
Had he ever been one he would
not now be responsible for the
statement that there are 10000
tramps in the United States and
chat the people yearly contribute
$10.00O,000 worth of edibles and
clothing to their support.
It is not the seemingly vast sum
of money thai appears homogeneous,
but the statement that there are
$4,000 tramps in this country to
share it. Why aren't there 46,989
tramps to feed and clothe? The
people of this country undoubtedly
give 70 beggars food, money and
clothing vastly in excess OF $l0,-
100000. This Is apparent in the
fact that if 1-2O of the people
gave but So yearly, the sum would
reach $l2,0OO,000. But all beggars
are not tramps.
r. WIS consistency reminds me
Of the milk that interviewed the
town pump. Adulterated. He
says, Josiah Flint says there
are two kinds of tramps, but Josiah
also makes mistakes. There are
more. [ shall consider three in
the present case.
ri. The so-called professional
tramp who never works and is
proud of it.
"2. The imitator Of the profess
sional who tries not to work, but
who is driven to the pillow now and
then by hunger.
80. The laboring man who takes
advantage of the lax system of
railroad management in this coun-
try and saves his fare by beating
freight trains from one industrial
district to another. This latter
class cannot enter into any statis-
tics of tramps because they are
not tramps." If these laborers
are not tramps, why does he class
them as such?
r. w. is decidedly incorrect as
regards the tramp himself. In the
first place, there are less than 1900
genuine tramps in this country.
The rest of the travelling fraternity
come under several heads, which
I will name later. r. W. speaks
of "Weary Willie" This was per-
haps the result of his recollection
of the art productions seen in
some comic paper. In trampdom,
Weary Willie is an unrecogniz-
able cognomen.
AS / said, there are less than
1000 genuine tramps in this
country. What's more, you could
NO more induce a genuine tramp
to beat train than you could in
~duce him to saw a cord of wood
for his breakfast. The tramp is
IAN inveterate "driller." He does
not care to saw wood, but he
believes walking is good for the
complexion. When he gets tired,
he seeks shady spot, opens his
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
The last camp I boarded at the
monkey bilt a rode so COMPOUNDED

4
The last camp I boarded at the
monkey bilt rode SO COMPOUNDED
ruff that when I rode over it the
wheels of my thinkin'i apparatus
was shaken up SO that they have
been turnin' sumersets over each
other ever since. I've come to
| the conclusion that the critter
didn't no how to bid rodes, or
else his men was to darn lazy to
make small logs out of big ones.
Maybe he was a wasbboard maker
by trade an was tryin' to make
one on larger scale to git it
patented.
But speakin about smooth rodes,
there's a good one [ Kin tell you.
The man that that rode knew
his business. Yes, he did. 1t
was case Of maxim his men take
their time an dom things rite.
Some of them fellers must belong
to union. One Teller in particu-
lar had to be minded pretty often.
to Keep him from walkin' all over
hiself. Prehaps the sun bothered
him. Then there was another fell
ler that was dry all the time. The
way he drunk water started my
bug wunderin' how much he Good
hold if the water had stick in it.
Maybe it hain't my place to say
nothin' bout them fellers, but |
coodn't help noticin Rastus. He
worked so blame hard, pickin
dirt round the small logs that he
had to wear his last winters, nit
tens to keep his hands from
blisterin' Yes. he did. Icoodn't
help lookin' at him sumtimes cause
he wood peck a half dozen times
an then look at the sun an pray
for rain. | think he liked the.job
an wanted to make it last, that's
all [ haven't formed a pinion
whether them fellers work at
bildin' rodes cause they like it or
cause they like to hlrt with the
sun an get frekles. However, they
bilt a good rode, as | think [ said
before.
Now, when [ was yonnkster
grain on the farm, pop had a
dairy where he kept hissweet milk,
sour milk, skinned milk an cream,
an he used to whitewash the
shelves an walls to keep ants from
crawlin' in the milk, cause he
didn't want any of them to git
drownd an die. You no ants
won't cross over streak of white
wash. No. they won't. Well, that
is jest why them rode fellers
whitewashed them streaks long
side of the rode, an now ants
can't git on the rode unless they |
come through the front gates, an
then they will have to be gull
darned careful or they will git
ketched. That whitewashin' is a |
mighty good idea. cause it will
help Teller to keep the rode on a
dark mite. If you don't believe it,
get permission to hit the pike an
try it.
You talk about whitewash.
There's many kinds. Yes there
is. A Teller kin git a whitewash
so gull darn quick nowadays that
he'll wunder how it all happened,
an when its all over the white
wash will turn to all the shades of
blues; but to make whitewash
work on a loggin' rode a Teller
wood have to color it black. I
spose in that case whitewash
woodn't be whitewash-wood it'll
I don't no. Ask the rode men.
Lovingly Yourn,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-14
WHAT THEY

RAMPS, their habits,
their mode of satisfy
ing the inner and the
outer man, the best
way to eliminate them,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
Sl.OO per year, strictly in ad aRGs.


A. L. Craig, general pas ssngel
agent; J. F. O'Neill, travelling Greigh,
agent, and Rinaldo NJ. Hall. s.dver
Using agent, all of the o. K. a. y
Co., were here all of Thurs az al
ternoon, renewing acquair tance
with the people OF Pullman. and
getting a line on business cont ;tions
in general. They came in a. three
O'Clock, departing at sever TIA,
evening on their special train
To the HERALD the gent emeu
spoke in words of praise OF se 81
tesian city, and Of the public suser-
prise and rapid development af The
city. Mr.. Craig expressed s. prise
at the amount of building oper l.ious
in progress at the winter seas -. as-
miring especially the q lssaau
church, which viii be one nthe
most beautiful and comuodi sus A.
the west.
He stated that the Lewis a. -lark
fair was making rapid head AZ q,
Portland, and would be res = fr
the public on opening day. u es s,.
He believes the best time fm fsa
people Of the west 20 visit 1 e Eair
viii be in June, before the gre 1 tie
Of travel sets IN from the e ( -
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03
the fair will undoubtedly be at its
best in its early days.
Elect John w. Mathews.

The vote Of every voter of Pull
man who believes in the proper
and rigid enforcement of the law
and the maintenance of order
should be given to John w. Math-
eWsr Tor city attorney, next Tues
day. The zeal and diligence with
which Mr.. Mathews follows the
lsw-breaker is well known. and the
fact that be Is the public prosecutor
VII have 8 good effect toward
keeping any disturbing element
control. As city attorney, Mr..
Mathews cannot make laws. He
can enforce those that are already
on the statute books, and many of
them need enforcing much more
rigldiy than they have been.
Neither the saloon. nor any public
o. private institution, would have
anything e fear from his election.
80 long a. they intend to obey
the laW. Under the high license
system. Mr. Matthews would serve
90 The nature q a safety valve or
governor and the saloon would
get just the privileges for which it
paid. sith 10 special privileges i'm
pliea 90 wlHked at The best in
teresss q the city demand his cleo
ton.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03

The lad5es Of the Golden Rule
wll serve a hot dinner on election
DAY, lIueslay) IN the Ankeny
Elock. commencing a. 1890 clock,
- g eerfs- Al invited. Follow
ilg = tte tell o. fare Bread, hot
a1scz4l. crezEe1 potatoes, squash,
stTsng heaas. pumpkin. apple and
ElzcE pcs. sea and coffee.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03

Prot. Quinlan Is advertised to
give lecture and stereopticon en-
ierfainDcnt a. Odd Fellows hall
uext Iuesday evening. He saws
re - give a Tree prophetic read
1ng e Fuur future lite. An admis-
s1oa . cents VII k charged, the
Trocees O. 60 toHard the establish
nest 81 q World s Rescue Home at
seattle
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03

Buy your pianos and organs from
a local dealer. Jos. Wallis will
give you the best you can get for
the money. (5ItO
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-12-03

Nothing like Coles Hot Blast
Heater for these cold mornings
By right use of this stove you need
not let the fire go out till spring
Even heat night and day.
Amador ledger., 1904-08-26
Three Inquests.

A curious preceding was had in re-
lation to the inquest over the three
victims of the Argonsut accident. The
same testimony would of course apply
equally to the three cases. 1t was con-
tended, however, that one inquisition
could not include the three victims.
So the testimony OF the one case, A.
Scatena. was transcribed by typewriter
thrice, and made to fit each case as a
separate inquest. The only object of
this, that we can see, was to get official
fees for three cases instead of one. 1t
was useless proceeding, and the law
does not require useless thing to be
done. We can find nothing to show
that where several persons lose their
lives in the same accident, inquests to
the number of the victims must be held,
and distinct and separate report filed
for each case. 1t is simply piling up the
costs, without any reason therefor.
One of the maxims of Jurisprudence is
that the law neither does, nor requires
idle acts. The proceeding referred to
certainly faces in that direction, and
is needless expense to the county.
Amador ledger., 1904-08-26
M. E. Church Dedication.

Dedication services at the remodeled
and enlarged M. E. church vera held
morning and evening last Sunday,
the Rev. Bishop j. w. Hamilton offic-
iating The occasion drew a large
audience. not only from the interest
taken in the opening of the church,
but also because of the widespread
reputation of the bishop as one of the
most eloquent and deep-thinking men
of the church. The sermons were lis
tened to with deep interest, and made
a profound impression. A statement
was made by the pastor concerning the
financial affairs, showing that a sum in
the neigh borhood of 5000 was lacking
to meet the cost of building the new
church, and to clear up the balance
due on the minister's salary. At the
close OF each service, subscriptions
were asked from the congregation, to
pay off these obligations. The call
was responded to nobly, and before
the evening service was closed the
contributions promised amounted to
1925, which will suffice, making due
allowance for losses, to wipe out all
indebtedness.
Amador ledger., 1904-08-26
Jackson School Principal.

A. L. Anthony. of San Francisco,
has been engaged as principal of the
Jackson school. He arrived in Jack
son Sunday evening. He was engaged
by G. Marcia. clerk of the board of
trustees, while in the city last week.
Mr.. Anthony has been teaching in the
1orthern and coast counties of the
state. He is man of middle age and
has wife and family o: four children.
1t is understood that he has been en-
gagged at $50 per month. The rule for
the ensuing term is to hire from month
to month, instead of by the term as
formerly. Mr.. Anthony has secured a
cottage on Broadway belonging to
Frank Simcich, and will move therein
at an early date.
Amador ledger., 1904-08-26
The Railroad to jackson.

The report is now in circulation that
the Southern Pacific Company is in
control of the movement to extend the
railroad from lone to Martell's. Sew
eral things lend color to this report.
The implements are marked S. p, and
the character OF the work shows that
the line is intended for a broad gauge
steam road. There are not a great
many men at work at present. A large
quantity of grading and other tools has
been received. enough for a much
larger force than is now employed. It
is understood that about the first of
September the working force will be
largely increased, and operations from
that time will be vigorously prosecuted
until the line is completed