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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-17

horn on a steamer can be- heard in
the distance gradually getting louder
and louder. The hero, who has been
wounded by the villain. recovers suffi-
GENTLY to realize the impending dan
ger of the slowly approaching vessel.
The oil for the lamps has given out,
not drop being in the place; but a
boat from the, shore is expected with
help, and through the darkness the
headlights Of an enormous steamer
are seen approaching. There is moth
ing to be done but ring the fog bell
The hero, With one arm useless,
climbs IN to the outside Of the light
house, reaches the beam and rings
the bell Just as the small boat from
the shore arrives, bringing help. The
huge ocean liner IS seen dashing to-
wards the rocks with portfolios aglow
with light. The beacon light OF the
Coffin Rocks breaks forth and as the
curtain descends you can see the
enormous steamer backing away from
hanger. 1t is a thrilling scene mag
efficiently staged
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-17

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-17
De Vol Hopper.
c!Icent,

which dc WOLF Hopper and his com
.pany will appear here Wednesday, NO
yember 2Sd. Wang comes more
nearly 10 the standard of comic opera
taan any other musical piece which
survives, with a possible exception of
I" E;rminc. Its characters all have a
Legitimate reason for existing, and
they alone tell the story Of the piece
and supply its hlnlor, Moreover, the
score OF Wang" is melodious to
degree rarely found in these times of
syncopation and altered tempos. De
WcIf Hopper, who is one OF the most
capable comedians in America, has
never been supplied with role which
fits him as thoroughly as that of the
anllrupt Regent of Siam, to which his
personality lent Itself SO completely
that it is difficult even now to think
of one without thinking of the other
Among the people engaged in support
Of A1r. Hopper are Marguerite Clark.
Frank Belcher, Ada Deayes, f a
Bishop. Sabry D-Orsell, Frank Casey
and sixty Others.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-17

We have Just unloaded# our car or
Novelty Ranges forS fall trade. and are;
ina pos1ti onst to maxi you close; prices.
Halls Hard ware store.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02
NEW CLAIM AGENT.

General Claim Agent W. E. Jones of the iron Mountain, with Headquarters at St. Louis, an nounces the following appoint merts:
 H. Nj. Washbuo has been ap- pointed assistant claim agent in charge oC ttc m3n line from #eWpa., to I."ae AanG and Little Rock terminals vice W. D, Bu-ke resigned. Nr. Wash burn has been assistant claim agent in charge of the central division of the Iron Mountain for some time and this change is in the nature of a promotion.
 J. M. Ellison, assistant claim agent with headquarters at St. Louis, has been transferred to the
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Dance at opera house Monday night.
 Mrs. Elisha Mills of Little Rock passed through the city Saturday, en route home from a visit to Cushman.
 R. F. Drummond and Mrs. Fannie Robinson attended the big barbecue given by the w. o. w. of Grubbs Saturday.
 Miss Stella Lippmann is enjoy ing the pleasure of a Colorado visit, having reached Colorado Springs last Wednesday.
 Wade Golden was tried before Esquire Guy Smith, Friday after noon, for assault with intent to kill, and was bound over in the SuIn Ol 0LUu.
 Judge M. M. Stuckey, wife and daughter, Jennie, will leave Sun day night for St. Louis and will be gone for the week. Judge Stuckey will attend the Demo- cratic national convention.
 T. J. Watson and wife and Dr.. Ebert Watson left at noon Sa,- urday for a several weeks so- journ at West Baden, Ind, for Mir. Watson's health, which has been very bad for the past few weeks.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02
DAVIS REFUSES TO
 SIGN CERTIFICATES.
Appointments of Election Com missioneYs Are Legal Not withstanding the Gov
 ernor's Refusal.

Little Rock, July 3. Governor Davis refused to sign the certiti- cates of appointment of those election commissioners which were selected by the state board over his objections. He affixed his signature to the certificates for only thirteen counties and the others were sent out signed by Secretary of State Crockett and Attorney General Murphy. As only two of the three commits sioners are required to sign the certificates the validity of the ap- pointments is not affected by the failure of the governor to aiflX his signature.
 The certificates were signed by Secretary Crockett and Attorney General Murphy Thursday after noon, ana Gov. Davis was noti- fled that the certificates were ready for his signature. He failed to appear in the secretary of states office, but the certih- cates were held overntil yester- terday morning, when they were taken to the governors office by E. L. McHaney of the secretary of states office. The governor signed the certificates for St.. Francis, Prairie, Poinsett, NeYa- da, Mississippi, Lonoke, Lincoln, Jackson, Lee. Howard, Dcsha, Pope and Garland counties, bat the remaining N,g-tWo were tc- tuned without Lis signature.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02
MONDAY NIGHT.

MT. and Mrs. Gibson will give a Fourth of July ball in the opera house Monday night, and every body is invited to come and dance. The floor has been put in good condition and everybody who attends these dances will be insured good time. Admission 75c. Ladies free.
 Read the Daily and Weekly Independent
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02
LAST CHANGE!

To secure tickets to the dane ing school at half price for chil- dren is today andtonight.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02

Dance at opera house Monday tight.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02

central division, succeedingMr. Washburn. These appointments are effective today.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-02

John H. Diggs, representing the Commercial Appeal, was in the city Saturday.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
our cnIendnr.

1t was not until the date we now
should term 532 A. d. that n monk
named Dionysius Exiguus. a Scythian
By birth. suggested that all, Christians
should adopt the epoch Of the birth Of
Christ as a starting point for counting
time. At that time the precise date Of
the birth of Christ had actually been
forgotten. Dionysius made researches
and eventually decided that it oc-
Cured on the 25th day of Decem-
Der, in the seven hundred and fifty
third year from the foundation Of
Rome, and TO this date the Christian
world has ever since adhered though
it is now well known TO be Incorrect.
At first it was suggested that the
Christian year should commence from
that day-Dec. 25. But this was
found inconvenient, and eventually the
ordinary Roman usage of commencing
the year on Jan. / was adopted. so
that our calendar dates from New
Years day Of the seven hundred and
dfty-fourth year from the founding of
Rome.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
HEAT AND MOTION.
varfsus Theories About the Connec-
ton Between These Agents.

Varfsus Theories About the connec-
ton Between These Agents.
The idea that heat is kind of motion
was entertained by Plato, who makes
Socrates say: For heat and fire which
generate and sustain other things are
themselves begotten by impact and
friction, but this is motion. Are not
these the origin of dre?
Bacon defined heat to be "a motion
acting in its strife upon the smaller
particles Of bodies" Newton, Boyle
and HoolSe considered heat to be mo-
ton. Locke described it as "a very
brisk agitation of the insensible parts,
of the objects which produces to US
that sensat sn from whence we denom-
mate the object hot; so what in our
sensation is heat in the object is moth
ing but motion. This appears by the
way heat is produced, for we see that
the rubbing Of brass nail upon a
board will make it very hot"
Many scientific men have held heat
to be matter, and in spite of Rumford's
vigorous exposition Of its fallacy this
material theory held its ground until.
comparatively recent date, when Sir II.
Davy took up the subject and by his
experiments proved conclusively that
this view is unsound.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
Cardinal woIaex.

If Quentin Matsys had a picture on
the easel Wolsey was ready to pur-
chase it. If there was a curious clock
It was secured for him. His fondness
for tapestry amounted to a passion.
Trusty agents ransacked the conti-
nent TO procure choice sets of arras,
new and old. for the rising palace. II
the owner generally preferred Scrip
tural subjects, as became a prince of
the church, he also collected many
hangings wrought with scenes from
classic or medi@val story Thus, while
the walls OF one chamber set forth
the history Of Samuel or David or Es-
thcr, those Of another glowcd with the
labors Of Hercules, the woes Of Priam
or the Romantic Of the Rose" In the
rooms where he received visitors the
tapestries were changed once a week
-Macmillan's Magazine.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
ANCIENT ENGLISH INNS.
some Have Doen In Ezistence Tor
Nearly Thousand Years.

some Have uOen In Ezistence Tor
Nearly = Thousand Years.
Round and about London and its
ever extending suburbs there may stin
be seen inns and taverns of great age
and interesting associations.
The Angel inn, Highgate Hill, dates
back to the time of the reformation.
Originally it was called the Salutation
inn. 1t is built entirely of wood.
Another famous inn is the Bald Faced
Stag at Edgware. Nobody knows when
it was originally built, and it would
seem as though each successive propri-
etor has endeavored to place his mark
on its architectural aspect, for many
parts of it have evidently at different
times been rebuilt In the stables, II
is alleged, Dick Turpin had his horses
shoes turned. so as to make his pursu-
ers imagine he had gone in an opposite
direction
Among the very Oldest Of suburban
London inns are the Plough, at Kings
bury Green, and the King James and
Tinker inn, at Enfield The first is said
to be $50 years old, and the latter was
reputed to have been first built as an
inn and under another name 992 years
ago.
Its present name is derived from an
encounter which King James 1. is said
to have had with a tinker at the door
of the inn. The tinker's conversation
so pleased the king that he made the
mender of kettles "a knight, with five
hundred a year."-LOndOn Mail.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
ORIGIN OF oRAToRIos.
They Were First Introduced In the
sixteenth Century.

st. Philip de Weri, n Florentine
priest, born 1915, first introduced dra-
matte services in his oratory. In order
to draw the young or careless to
church he and others who followed his
lead had hymns, psalms and spiritual
songs, or cantatas sung either in cho-
rus or by a single favorite voice as spe-
cial attractions.
These pieces were divided into two
parts. Sacred stories or events from
Scripture written in verse and by way
Of dialogue were set to music. and the
first part was performed before the
sermon, which the people were induced
to stay and hear that they might not
miss the performance of the second
part.
The subjects in early times were the
Good Samaritan" and the "Prodigal
Son." which by the excellence Of the
composition, the band Of instruments
and the performance brought the mu-
sic Of oratory into great repute.
Afterward any such rendering Of sa-
cred musical drama obtained the gen
eral appellation of "oratorio." The first
oratorio in England was performed in
London in Lincoln's Inn theater in
Portugal street in 1882.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
Hnrr RncLa Grnrr.

Rocks do not grow in the sense that
plant grows. They may increase by
accretion, and they may undergo chem
ical change. The old sea bed, being lift
ed up, becomes sandstone and lime
stone. Thevolcanic ash and lava strewn
over the plains become tufa, hard
enough for building stone. The pebbly
shore Of a river becomes conglomerate.
The simple mineral does grow, how
ever, when it takes crystal form. The
sparkling prism of quartz increases
from an atom to a crystal as large as
a forearm by a process of addition and
assimilation, wonderfully slow, but
beautifully regular, exactly as crystals
Of ice form on the window pane.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
THE SURGEONS PROBE.
See That He steriIizes 1t Before He
Uses IL.

See That He steriIizes IL Before He
Uses IL.
1t frequently happens that the doc
tor has occasion to probe a wound OF a
sore.
Notice him When he does It. He
opens his case of instruments. He
takes out a long, slender silver OF hard
rubber rod which is from six to ten
inches long, with a smooth, round end.
Some of them are as small as a darn
ing needle. Others are as large as a
pencil.
Watch the doctor closely when he
takes this probe and attempts TO use it.
If he does not take the precaution to
clean it, stop him. Don't allow him to
touch your sore with it. lie has been
using it on some one else and may poi
son you if you allow him to use it.
Call his attention to the fact that he
boils an instrument when he operates
on any one, and rhe should also boil his
probe before he uses it on you either
for n sore or wound. Make him do it,
Tell him you will furnish him with hot
water, and he can dip it in it and clean
it carefully before he uses it.
Otherwise he will use it on you and
slip it back in his surgical case and
use it on the next person. In this way
he scatters infectious dirt.-Medical
Talk.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
cnuse,rnr OF nendlng rn1nr..

p Nature has hewn many upright pill
lars from the rock at various prehis-
torlc periods, but so far as is known
she has completed but one group OF
bending pillars. The causeway at Stat
"a, in Scotland, is after this original
design. The stone shafts rise perpen-
dicularly to a height Of fifty or sixty
feet, when they curve inward IN a
long, sweeping line at once graceful
and massive. In some places a perfect
Roman arch has been formed in this
way. The formations are so symmet-
rical as to suggest the hand Of the
architect.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
snail FruIts.

The principal small fruits are straw
berries. raspberries and blackberries,
but gooseberries, currants and grapes
are also included. The most profit
able fruits are those that receive atten-
ton during the entire year. The straw
berry win thrive and bear we'll with but
little cultivation on some soils. and
often receives no care after the plants
have been set out other than TO run
the cultivator down the rows once or
twice, but IL win pay well for any ex-
ira labor that may be applied, however.
The largest berries are grown from
plants IN single stools. but the largest
yields are usually obtained from the
matted row system The first essen
tial is to get the young plants in the
ground as early as possible so as to
aford them an opportunity to grow and
make headway before the dry season
may come. High winds and "A dry soia
viii make short work of young plants
The rows should be just wide enough 70
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
An+,oui.v Of PIN.

Pins Of various sorts have been in ex-
istence ever since our. FIRST parents'
clothed themselves in palm leaves
which grew wild in the garden Of
Eden. AS a matter Of fact, pins claim
n very high antiquity, the earliest form
being a natural thorn, which is still
used to some extent for fastening the
dress by the peasant women of upper
Egypt In prehistoric times pins were
also made Of the small bones OF fish
and animals.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
pend Dog. and corI...

The Partisan ragpicker is q well
known character to all who have trav-
ersed the streets of that capital at
night, but he has a colleague concern
ing whom little is said or known, the
dead dog" and "old cork" collector
Why these two industries should go
together is inexplicable, but such is
the case. Dead dogs are by no means
bad property. The skin fetches from
twopence TO. threepence when it has
not become deteriorated by long res
idence in the water. The fat is
worth fivepence the two and one-
third pounds, and the bones also
sell for n trihe. The corks are by
no means so valuable, as after they
have been cleaned and pared they will
only sell for fivepence per hundred. The
profession is only sufficiently lucra-
tive to maintain a few members g
francs a day being the average gain,
who reside for the most part in that
chiffonier quarter the Rue Petit, Cite
Philippe.-London Globe.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
The Frncrnnt Lemon.

Lemon trees of California are a thing
of beauty and n joy forever. The lem
on is the emblem Of productiveness.
At all seasons of the year can be found
on the lemon tree the blossom, the
tiny formed lemon and lemons in ali
stages Of growth to the fun grown
fruit It is a perpetual bearer. The
blossom, the leaf, the wood, the fruit
and all parts Of the tree are delight
fully fragrant.-Country Life In Amer
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
Note. Aloud the Farnl.

Notes About the Farm.
Horse radish is extensively grown
by market gardeners near large cities.
It requires a very rich, deep, rather
moist soil. and is raised from sets
that Is, thin pieces OF roots, the trim
mings off the previous years crop, cut
into pieces Of four TO six inches In
length. The LAND should be well work.
ed before planting, which has to be
done early in the spring. In field cul-
ture the plants are set in rows about
three feet apart and is inches IN the
rows The planting is done by simply
making a hole with a pointed stick
dropping the root set so that IT Is about
three inches below the surface and
then pressing it firmly with the foot
During the first month or two the
ground must be kept well cultivated and
clean; later the leaves cover the entire
ground. so as to make cultivation use
less or unnecessary.
II is time lost and aching backs to
undertake the sowing OF garden seeds
by hand. Use a drill which puts the
seeds IN regularly evenly marks the
rows and covers them at the right
depth. There are many handy little
implements suitable for the garden
that are not In frequent use. Even n
trowel does excellent service IN trans
planting and a weeder Will tear out the
weeds much quicker than can be done
by hand. Garden implements are all
being improved. even the hoes and
ralSes. and their use is economical and
convenient
Very few orchardisls give their trees
enough fertilizer to insure the greatest
success. Too many not only neglect to
fertl!ze. but do their best TO exhaust the
soil by growing grain crops among the
trees, or pasturing It al any season Of the
year until the soil IS as hard as the pub
he highway.
The peach trees should be trimmed care
fully when such work IS done. so as to adj
init air and light. The peach tree fruits
on the previous years growth and not on
spurs. as Is the case with some kinds. The
spring Is the best time TO prune but both
spring and fall are important seasons for
an examination Of the trees In order to de-
stroy the borers.
From rs caustc nature lime corrects
Injurious matter. such as sulphate Of iron
In soils. Lime breaks up AMI pulverlzes
stf cays. improving their texture. IL de-
composes inert vegetable matter, peat
roots. etc 1t haatens the decay of stable
manure and dead carcasses, puiresccnt
matter. etc.. but in an such cases. A. the
manurial qualities are TO be made useful
they must be covered with earth during
the ection Of the lime TO absorb the am.
monia
In planting berries Of any kind do not
put fresh manure under them. as 1t may
heat and burn the roots. All fresh manure
should be put on after the berries are har.
vested. and the rains win soon carry II
down In reach OF the roots. A mulch OF
old hay Is excellent for berries. ospeclal ly
Ia case Of dry weather. Rotten manur,
only should now be used Tor berries ant
should be thoroughly mixed with the sol
before the plants are set in the row. At
tenuon 20 this win make fine bed of ber
rles. DO not use manure fun Of weed an,
clover seeds
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
The Usus1 Thing.

Mrs. Knowitt-I hear you celebrated
your silver wedding last week. Mrs.
Wise-No. To judge from the presents
we received think It was our silver
plated wedding Chicago Journal.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
The RElcHsTAe eAsPEp.
Then II Roarcd After Monmsen
Called Bismarck to order.

Then II Roarcd After monmsen
Called bismarck to order.
Mommseps observation-disclosures led
him into all sorts Of predicaments.
One Of the most amusing Of these was
concerned with his first-and last-ap-
pearance in the reichstag. While Bis
marck was chancellor Of the empire
Mommsen was elected to the lower
branch Of the imperial parliament by
the Social Democrats. The student
body escorted him from the university
to the reichstagsgebaude and through
the galleries prepared TO give their ia
vorite professors maiden speech "a
good sendoff." What happened is thus
described.
"After he had taken his seat Momm-
sen was observed to tumble in his
pockets and draw out a paper that the
students supposed was the speech in
question. No sooner had he done this
than Bismarck arose 10 address the
house. AS usual, silence the most pro-
found reigned until the chancellor had
begun to fiji the chamber with his
resonant and powerful Voice. But not
the slightest attention did Mommsen
pay TO the great Bismarck. The emil
nent historian sat absorbed in his pa
per, which he held close up to his nose
after his usual manner.
Suddenly. without warning, a most
amazing thing happened. bismarck,
he who ruled Germany with a rod Of
iron, was in the middle of one of his
most earnest addresses, when up
jumped a member of the reichstag and
cried:
"'stopl stopl Stopg
at was Mommsen. The spectators
were horror struck. Bismarck stood
aghast But Mommsen, peerlng ex-
citedly about him with his almost
sightless eyes, again raised his voice
and shouted:
"'That foolish STUDENT That foolish
STUDENT Is he going TO talk all day ?
What foolish student is it that talks,
talks, talks, as IL we had nothing to
do but listen to his talk2 If he is not
quiet at once l shall call the attendant
and have HIM removed And Momm-
sen resumed his seat.
"For perhaps a minute the stiffness
was like unto that which nbides in the
grave Then a great burst Of laughter
awoxe the echoes and rolled up to the
roof and IN it Bismarck had to join,
for the explanation of the great his
torians outburst was evident to all.
The paper he had been examining was
one connected with his duties as a pro-
fessor, ana he thought he still was at
the university. With his mind intent
upon the paper, in which he was deep
ly Interested, undoubtedly Bismarck s
powerful voice sounded in his ears like
the monotonous buzz, buzz, buzz Of n
bee. When he awoke to the nature OF
his surroundings and learned who it
was that he had commanded TO keep
still, old Mommsen the Orphan was
overcome, and never again could he
be induced to enter the reichstagsge-
baude."-Frank Barkley Copley in
Critic.
The annual report of the Western
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
OF Course Not.

Marriage" remarked the mOralizer,
''is a lottery"
"Yes," rejoined the demoralizen, but
it's one of the games Of chance that
clergymen do not try to discourage -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
Inprovedf

Miss Summit-How that young Mon
roe girl has improved Miss Palisade
Hasn't she? Why. l can remember
when she was such a modest little
thing. Town Topics.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08

The Judge-If you should find a ten
dollar bill. what would you do?
The Witness-I would advertise for
the owner.
The Judge-The witness Will be ex-
cused from testifying in this case.
1t seems strange that we should ap-
plaud the charity of a man who
squeezes the poor to make a million
and gives a hundred Of it TO the church.
Read The Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
Lorer OF the aIountnin..

'Do you like mountain scepery?
''I might as we'll"
"Might as wellT l fear i don't get
your meaning"
II might as well like it, for can't
change it."-Houston Post.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08

Success may sometimes come unex-
pectedly, but work alone can hold it,
Murray.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08

Germany and England get most Of
their fax from Russia. The failure Of
the last crop in that country has led
to an advance of 25 per cent. in prices.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08

Steam launches with SASS bottoms
are now at the service of those who
wish to view the marine growth about
Catalina Island. California.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08

In the city of Washington there are
$1,000 Browns. 1900 Smiths. 1900
Johnsons and 1000 Joneses.