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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15
An incident at the Monte Carlo Gam
bling Tables-The Queer super
stitions of Gamesters.

common household fly recently
a1ighted on No. 9 on the roulette Ia
bic IN one Of the gambling rooms at
Monte Carlo says Pearson's Week
"" The players had suffered a per-
sistent run OF bad luck. Was this
an omen of changing fortune7 The
superstitious did not hesitate. With
in a few moments the 'middle-dozen''
that is, the numbers Is to 24-were
literally covered with stakes
Quite undisturbed by the feelings
it was arousing, the fly walked from
No IS to No. 10. and then over all
the numbers from 10 to II. To one
superstitious old gambler the hy's I'M
cons cious action was pregnant with
possibilities. He piled napoleons on
every one of the lucky squares.
The ivory marble was sent spin
ming around the roulette wheel;
there was a moment of suspense, and
then the croupier announced the Win
ming ,number-13 But what is far
more extra ordinary the same number
came up three times in succession.
That fly cost the Casino $4,000
1t is very unusual for colored tour
lists to be in the neishborhood OF this
city OF riches and ruin, and when, on
his way from Men tone to Monte Car
10, there jumped into his compart-
r11ent five negroes an Englishman
well known at the gambling tables
saw fortune in the incident. Upon
reaching Monte Carlo he at once
staked FIVE louis (about Ell SIS alto
aether) on black at the fifth table.
leaving his money on for run OF
Eve AS luck would have it, his in
spiration came out trumps. Five
times black turned up. enrlching him
to the extent of e124.
There are very few habitual gam
blers who do hot possess some tails
man or charm. Yet one seldom hears
traced directly to some object signifi-
cant of fortune. There are one or
two exceptions, however.
A small piece Of common coal is
the much cherished possession of the
owner of a large estate in Scotland
Though now immensely wealthy, at
one period Of his life he would not
have parted with this piece OF coal
for a big sum of money. And for
this good reason.
\ regular visitor to Monte Carlo,
Infatuated with the gamblers pas
sion, he had found luck entirely
against him. Again and again he
lost till he was all but ruined One
evening. while wandering, norose
and despairing, along the quay, he
passed a barge at that moment being
unloaded of its coal. AS he walked
under the swinging crane piece of
the shiny material fell from the car
rying bucket into the gamblers coat
pocket
Here was a lucky omen, if you like.
Raising all the money he could he
determined to stake it all on a last
chance. When he left the tables in
the early morning he had over 10000
francs 1.2O0) in his possessi ion
his nights winnings. From that
time he never left the gaming tables
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15
AS a War Preventive

Indianapolis News. 5SS!s$$s55$s;
We do not agree with those whns
think that arbitration will succeed N
putting an end to war-at least noe
in the near future. But it's trlu1upt1s5
have been so signal and SO frequent.
that we must believe that 1t can ure-7
vent many wars. Arbitration, coup.
led with the deadly efficiency OF mod mod
ern weapons, the fearful cost ofEaaTs44
and the burdens which great armies
and navies impose on the people gh1s
are beginning to weary of the burden
will certainly circumscribe war and
will keep nations from rushing head;
long into it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15
FOR lists
fla We BEEN CHOSEN
TRAINING OUR
! GU[NNERS
Great Care Observed In the seseoton
Of Gun PoInters-Usc OF the,Dotter.

1t is only half the work TO arm
proved guns and sights: they. must
also have a highly trained person.
incl capable Of manipulating guns, tur
rets and torpedoes, writes Lieutenant
Commander Gleaves in the Worlds
Work. When China found herself ar
rayed against Japan she offered $500
cash per month for skilled sun-point-
ers. but, in all great ravies, gun.
pointers are trained, not bought, and
when the fight is on, it is too late Tor
instruction
How does man become an expert
gunner? lJligent drill and constant
training are not enough without a
certain amount OF natural aptitude.
One man after another is tried. A
few days drill in the turrets eliml,
mates all except the fairly promising.
4 For the talent of eye and nerve
which marks the born sun-pointer the
government pays from 50 TO $40 a
month in addition to the regular pay.
This premium is not confined TO any
/ race. creed or color On one YeSsel
lin the navy, one OF the gun pointers
is a negro.
Selecting gun-pointers is one of the
most important duties in the navy.
Having selected the men for gun
pointers, the peXt step is to train
them. Two methods are now in
vogue, both having the same princl'
ple, but differing in detail. In the
old days of sails and s1nooth-bore
guns, the nvariable rule-and the
only rule the gun captains knew-HEas
this: Fire at the top OF the down
ward roll Gust as the ship begins TO
roll toward the target, and aim at
the euemy's water line This rule
lasted far into the age of steam and
turret guns, and has only recently
been supplanted by continuous aim
firing or the art of keeping gun
trained on the target, regardless OF
the OSCILLATIONS Of the vessel during
the whole or portion of the roll.
The method OF training men by tbs
new system--by the use of dot
ter''-was devised by Captain Perry
Scott. of the British navy. The dotteI
/ is a mechanical device which causes
small target to move across the face
/ of a gun, with combined vertical
s,l horizontal motion. The gun
pointer must make the gun follow the
target, and whenever the sights are
! on the, bulls eye, he presses q button
This causes pencil to dot the target
| That is his shot. The other methOG
of instruction is with the Morris tube
which consists Of a small gallery rifle
| fitted on the gun, to take the place OF
| the sdotter" pencil.
So proficient have the bluejackets
become in handling the turret guns
! that in actual target practice on bCarC
| the Alabama a 13-inch gun is loaded
| and fred in IS seconds. Two kinds
| of target practice are employed now
| in all aavies: one in which the target
| is stationary and the ship moving;
the other ia which both ship and tar
| get are moving.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15

NOTICE. viii sell you millinery at
your own price June II, 1904. Call
and see me, Mrs. Laura Frazer, 42ss
jackson street
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15

g In Kansas City recently a three
story brick house was raised 1Go feet
So ii a steep bluff The house was
carried on strong framework of
timbers and raised by the turning of
800 jacks divided into 80 groups
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15

Visit our second floor and see o '1ie.
line of China and granite, nickel, aiIl,
and aluminium ware. Our prices arc
as low as the lowest, qualify eoussaA
cred J. l.. Halls Hardware Storex
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15
NOTICE.

$55as45I still have some very pretty dress
hats, street shapes, and flowers on
hand. VIII sell you at your own
price this week. Mrs. Laura Frazer,
423 jackson street. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15

you are il need OF bicycle we
.caTTya complete line from $50 to $40.
III. L.SHaIl.s Hardware Store. x
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-09
GREAT SALE OF REGIMENTS

Greatest Individual Sale record in Topeka. We
make appalling sacrifices to create fast and furious
ing
We have gone over this entire stock of Piece Goods,
short length and odd lot of goods to be saugh
cred in Saturdays SALE The greatest collection of Rem
nants and at positively the lowest prices gathered
under roof Three heapng bargain tables arranged
front of store for this SALE Extra saespeope have
been added. Doors open at m. Be among the first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-09
BARGAIN AISLE SPECIALS
Reduced Prices Rank These as
Bargain Wonders.

Mennen's Borated Talcum Powder.
the best made. a can -...---. 121@c
Lot all silk Taffeta and Satin Rib
bons, and widths. choice .-.- &c
Full size Umbrellas, fast black. Clio
ria cover, special, each 800
China Silks we have black. white
and all colors Saturday sale, yd 39c
Heavy cloth Window Shades on roll
ers, complete, ........-...... 12h
Misses Muslin Drawers, all sizes,
pair 1Oc
Large size Red Table Cover. spec
1al d0C
Good quality Cotton Towels for Sat
urday's sale ............ SIC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-09
Fearless PriCe=Cutting on
Dress Goods.

"A mighty effort will be made to un-
load the stock through the channels of
slaughter prices
54 inches broadcloth: 4S inches Silk
finished Henrietta, in black; 40 inches
all-wool black serge; 80 inches black
Cheviot; SO inches all-wool filing
Henrietta, in old rose, pink, wine and
garnet coIorS; 40 inches aIl-wool Hen
riettas and AIbatross, in pink shades;
also half-wool Voiles, in pink and gun
metal.
Your unrestricted choice of the
aforementioned lots, your choice
one-half price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-09
Great Sale of Underwear.
Prices About Il the Usual

Anticipate your wants and take adj
vantage of this saving opportunity.
a large assortment of nearly all kinds
values uD to Csc marked out a gar
ment ...-......... &c
Ladies' Extra Heavy Flat FTeeced
Vests that formerly sold at 75c mark
ed out a garment ....... Csc
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Underwear
Fleece Lined Use and S5c values a gar
ment ................. 19c
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
ERRORS IN ILLUSTRATIONS.
How Easily They Are Made, and in
Haste May BE Unavoidable.

| now Ehslly Ihey are mades anu IN
Haste May BE Unavoidable.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Perfection of detail" said the car
toonist, lis very rare in the making
of pictures, whether they be painted
on canvass by the great masters or
drawn in line by the men who illus
trate the daily newspapers. 1t is the
general effect that tells. There are
few newspaper pictures-and 1 don't
exclude my own-in which you can't
pick some flaw from the standpoint of
realism. In the hurried effort of the
newspaper artist who counts the min
utes by the clock there may be some
excuse for this, but when we see a
man carving a turkey left-handed on
the cover of a magazine we must agree
that the artist has either been careless
or else has employed a left-handed
model to pose for him, and the latter
solution is scarcely probable. A fish
erman landing a trout on a light rod
with never a finger on the reel is
quite a common mistake among maya
zine illustrations, and in the matter
of costumes of various periods the
4liuoli dlOIS eIG WOlQily ldNhlil6 III III"
formation.
ITO illustrate how apt we are to
make mistakes" continued the car
toonist, several years ago l drew a
figure representing Cuba, emaciated,
starving, a thing of skin and bones.
The figure was half naked, and 1
tried to bring out all the horrible de-
tail-the shrunken limbs, the gaunt
face, the ribs protruding through the
skin, and, above all, the hollow cavity
where tht stomach should have been.
friend Of mine, a doctor, took me to
task about it. Persons who are starv-
ing to death he said, may be alb
normally emaciated in every other part
of the body except the stomach. The
abdomen in the advanced stages is
expanded with gases until it puffs UP
like a balloon, giving the victim a
grotesque appearance. To substanti-
ate this statement he showed me some
photographs taken in India during
famine. and l was forced to admit
that he was right"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
B. & B. To MERGE
WITH THE A, & B,
REPORT HAS CONFIRMATION.
AT ATLANTA THE BEST AUTHORITY
VOUCHEs FOR 1T.

1t Is SRid That the Merger of the
Two SOuth Georgia Lines Will
Amount Practically to the Pur-
chase of the BrunswicIx and Bir-
mfnGhRm by the Atlantic and Bir-
nlinGhnm-Denl Is Not to he Made
rs Early ms Feb. 1, as Reported.
Atlanta. Jan. 16.-The report pub
hshed in the Morning News this morn
ing from Brunswick is confirmed here
on the best authority that negotiations
are pending for a merger of the At
lantic and Birmingham Railroad with
the Brunswick and Birmingham Rail
road, which will amount practically to
a purchase of the latter by the for
mer.
These two roads meet at Nichols,
and such a consolidation would give
the Atlantic and Birmingham the out
let to the sea which it is seeking.
The deal will be made shortly,
though not as early as Feb. 1 as has
been rumored.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
BY R. NJ. Larner.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Every day
now Secretary Root is packing up so
to speak, and preparing to vacate the
cabinet office he has held since Aug. /,
1899. He is 10th to depart from office,
and yet glad. for he sees ahead a great
deal of lucrative law practice in New
York city. The last year before he
entered President McKinley's cabinet
Mr.. Roots income from his law prac-
tice was $4,000. The figures sound
large, and generally such stories about
the income of lawyers are exaggerated.
But the figures of Mr.. Roots profess
sional income, as stated, are authentic.
There is no doubt about them.
The mail that comes to him daily
in the great War Department con-
tains a multitude of offers from bust
ness smen to take up cases for them.
Mr.. Root will not have to wait for his
practice to pick up. The moment he
turns his portfolio over to Judge Taft
he will find himself a full-fledged law
yer, and the moment he gets over TO
New York and back into his law Of
flee he will find himself as much up
to his ears in law business as he has
been in the War Department with the
business of the United States.
The retiring Secretary of War stiff
looks a young man. He would hardly
be taken for more than so years of
age. AS a matter of fact he will be SO
Feb. 10. next. But he should be able
In the next few years to put aside
enough to keep the gray wolf from his
door for the remainder of life, and also
to provide for the wants of his wife
and children. He already has money.
Undoubtedly he will be able to save
100000 a year from this time on as
long as he cares to pursue actively the
profession of law.
Presumably Mr.. Root is going out of
public. life forever. but that is by no
means certain. Party exigencies may
call him back again, although it would
undoubtedly be for something greater
than a cabinet office. He was prom
inently mentioned for the vice presi-
dency in 1900 and is said to have been
the late President McKinley's prefer
cnce, for a running mate. The coun-
try recognizes in Mr.. Root a man big
enough to adorn the presidential office.
Just now there seems to be no pros
pect of MIR. Root ever being called.
But in 1908 he will be but g. if living
and the age limit would not be against
him. President Roosevelt's possible
election next year would give New
York eight years in the White House.
The politicians would be averse to Civ
ing the state another candidate imme-
diately. But Mr.. Root will by no
means be lost sight of.
Political Gossip.
At present New York state is decid-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
HANNA is SATISFIED
WITH BEING SENATOR
The Republican Leader Says He Does Not Care
for the Bigger Job Of President

President Roosevelt's political affairs,
and the silent man from Pennsylvania
is said TO have a variety of political
tricks up his sleeve, which he proposes
to introduce during the coming cam
paign. He could have the chairman
ship of the national committee, if he
could be induced to take it, but he says
Nay, nay"
Postal Changes Announced.
The following postal changes in
Georgia have been announced: Mail
messenger service has been establish
ed at Zana, Irwin county so often as
required from Jan. Is. Commissions
have been issued to the following new
ly-appointed postmasters: Randall j.
Davis, at Elsie; Jordan c. Bass, at
Loftin, and James l.. Mitchell. at
Tobler These are not money order
Offices
The star route service has been ex-
tended from Joiner to Chauncey, omit
ting Xebec, discontinued to date from
the 18th inst.
Bacon and williams Better.
Senator Bacon, who was reported
seriously i'll yesterday, is greatly inn
proved to-day. He has slight cold.
which may keep him in doors day or
two.
John Sharp Williams. Of Mississippi,
who was threatened with pneumonia,
is said TO be out of danger, and is
greatly improved to-day
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
COULDN'T FIND TOLL.
The Search for the Explorer Has
Proven Fruitless.

The Search for the Explorer Has
Proven Fruitless.
st. Petersburg, Jan. ia dis
patch from Yukutsk. Eastern Siberia,
dated, Jan. Is. says that boatmen of
the expedition. commanded by Lieut..
Kolachiak. had arrived there and re-
ported that the effort of the expedition
to find Baron Toll at the New Siberia
and Bennett Islands. in the Arctic
Ocean, has been unsuccessful.
Baron Toll left documents on Ben
nett Island. showing that he turned
southwark, Nov. 3, 1902
dispatch from st. Petersburg, JULY
81 of last year, said that the Imperial
Academy of Sciences was beginning tc
entertain serious fears for the Polar
explorer, Baron Toll, from whom moth
ing had been heard since he left the
yacht Zaria, May 49, 1902. in company
with two Yakuts and started for Ben
nett Island.
The Zaria left her winter quarters
early in June of 1902. to find Baron
Toll and his associate. the BIOLOGIST
Biruliu, but was unsuccessful in its
mission, and returned to the river Lena
Biruliu escaped across the ice.
Three relief parties were sent out by
the academy early in 1903. one of them
being under command of Lieut.. Ko-
lachak.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
SECRETARY ROOT PACKING HIS GRIP
Getting Ready to Leave the War Department and
Make Pot of Money

edly the center of interest in the nolit-
tcal agitation which is raging with M
accustomed fervor in Washington IT.
Democratic National Committee has
held its meeting and decided the rate
and city for it's convention. The o.
sembled politicians constantly sought
sign from the New Workers. who
were present in numbers, but the New
Workers gave no signs. Boss Murphv
of Tammany mingled a little in the
hotel Hobbies and attended a politi-
clans dinner or two, but he was al
ways secretive beyond stating what
has already been known, that he VS.
for Cleveland. Ex-senator P. H. Nc
Carren, the new boss of Brooklyn and
the ally of Tammany Hall, was out
spoken for Judge Parker. That in.
creased the belief that New York
state would eventually agree upon the
judge for the standard bearer
Nevertheless the German supporters
have been putting some hard ticks for
their candidate and from the Wash
ington standpoint the Parker boom
has receded little since the Demo-
cratic Committee adjourned. Should
Mr.. German capture New York the
South would promptly fall in line for
him and that would be very near as
surfing his nomination. But the BRYAN
opposition to the Marylander would
have to be reckoned with. The Dem
ocrats were made very hopeful from
Mr.. Bryan's attitude, when he was in
town at the close of the Democratic
meeting, for he seemed to Indicate
strongly that he was going to turn
in next summer and do all in his DOW
er to help toward the election, of the
Democratic candidates whoever they
may be or whatever the platform.
Friends of President Roosevelt are
well satisfied with his prospects. 1t
is true the opposition to him is MAX
ing considerable noise but it Is the
wall of despair. AS Senator Foraker,
of Ohio, said the other day, those men
"are up against it." An opposition
ntan always makes as much noise as
three men standing for an admins
tration. If one should listen to the
talk about the corridors of the Capitol
and in the hotels he would think that
Democratic and opposition Republicans
were going to sweep the country at
the next election. But a few men are
making more commotion than all the
administration officials would make in
a year. 1t is yet nine and a half
months to the next election and 1t is
the show of strength, not talk, that
counts.
But after all is said, one must re-
member that this is the quadrennial
noisy period. Every president for the
last half a century has had to en-
counter it more or less, according to
conditions and circumstances. Repre-
sentative Burkett, of Nebraska, one Of
the rising young men of the House,
said to-day that he was surprised that
there had not been more of the noisy
talk. The outs want to convince the
country and get in themselves. 1t
is part of the great American game Of
politics.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
TRICKS OF TRADE
Upton PLAYS
CHICAGO HORSES AND PIGS
FIGURE IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
BARONET.

Secretary of Agriculture Tells How
the SpOrt-LOving Irishman Works
IA Scheme Upon His Cousins of
EngIand-ChicagOH Horses Are Con-
Verted Into Irish Jumpers for
British Fox Hunts, and Chicago
Hogs Are Sold as Irish Bacon.
Washington, Jan. 16.-Although the
United States are deficient in creating
new breeds of animals, according to
Secretary Wilson, who outlined the
policy of the Department of Agricul-
ture to the House Committee on Agri-
culture to-day. Sir Thomas Upton
buys horses and pigs at Chicago. The
horses. said the secretary, he ships to
Ireland and trains them as jumpers,
then sells them in Great Britain to
ten stone Englishmen" as Irish
jumpers. The pigs. of which he Sc
lects the thin ones, he cans as Irish
Bacon which he also sells in Eng
land.
Touching on the statistical work of
his department, the secretary refuted
the idea that there was or could be a
leak" regarding crop prognostica-
tons. He told the committee that he
had invited the New York Cotton Ex-
change to send a man to him, and he
would appoint him on the staff of the
bureau so that he might learn the
methods employed. The man was sent,
but the secretary declared him to be
incapable of grasping the system. Mr..
Wilson invited the committee to visit
the bureau, telling the members that
he would lock them in the room with
the statistician when the results were
being tabulated so they might observe
the whole process.
The object of the bureau is to fur
nish producers reliable information re-
garding the state of the crops of the
country. This had been done in the
past to a remarkable degree of accur-
acy, and he believed the cotton sta
tistics of this year would prove nearly
as correct.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17
Bv r M. Larner

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Hanna
returned to Washington with his re-
election to the Senate dangling from
his belt and straightaway announced
that he is not candidate for the pres
idential nomination.
Senator Hanna says to his personal
friends that he is entirely satisfied to
wind up his political career as a United
States senator. That is sufficient hon
OF for me-" remarked Senator Hanna
to-day. "and all this gossip and specu-
lation about me intriguing to capture
the nomination from President Roose-
Welt is bosh."
Senator Hanna was not willing to in
hulge in speculation as to the result of
the national election next November,
but some of his close friends declare
that he is better satisfied with a GER
teinty in the Senate than to take
chances in presidential contest and
all its embarrassments.
The friends of President Roosevelt
10 not hesitate TO say that Senator
Hanna may be strong with the profess
Dional politicians, but ne would be
weak at the polls.
Senator Quay has taken charge Of