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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Before asking you to gaze al a Gu
riosity most extraordinary Mr.. FalSem
has asked me to make a special an
nouncement. Photographs OF each
and every freak in this wonderful
side show are now on sale at the
main exit for the nominal fee of so
cents each. Beware of limitations.
And now for that marvellous curiosity,
the human megaphone! Step this
way, ladies'! the human megaphone
or as he is commonly known the man
with the powerful lungs, was born in
a boiler factory, where every facility
was afforded him for the development
of his wonderful lung capacity That
you may fully appreciate the freak
before you it may be said that he has
been known to enter a theatre, take
his seat and make himself clearly
heard in the utIermost corners of
the edifce. If perchance he chooses
to occupy box he is liable to talk
in what is to him an ordinary tone,
and SO keep the audience guessing
as to whether or not he is part of the
performance. Wonderful is the hui
man megaphone! Let it be further
said that the figure before you, while
occupying a seat in a noisy railroad
car can voice his valuable opinions
for the benefit of those in the next
car, and this without an apparent
effort!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
Vol HI renell ict ionaT5
M ia had for the small sum of IS

g. This way. please, n To- he extreme
end of the aisle we have one Of the
most eccentric Of all curfosities.G
Bosco. He eatsem alive! t may be-
OF material interest to those present.
to know that the real name of this
freak is Reginald Worthington De-
Puyster. a former leader OF New
Yort.'s most exclusive society. Regi-
maid was necessary adjunct at a
fashionable dinner, and as an epicure.
his reputation was supreme. IN a
vain sendeavor to find a restaurant
where he could be properly served
with a live lobster his mind became.
slightly unbalanced, and as last re-
sort he was forced to visit the Fulton
Market in order to satisfy his inhu-.
man craving for the popular shell in
its natural state. For the edifcation
of the women and children present
Bosco will now devour a real live
lobster just as it has been taken
from the sea. Note how he tears the
animal to pieces and how he swal-
lows it shell and all, Verify, it is Bos-
CO. He eats EN- alive! Step up closer,
children. This freak is perfectly
harmless.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

Your attention is now called to the
individual confined in Cage 8, just
across the aisle. Oscar Goldrocks,
the boy wonder, who lost his mind in
an endeayor to determine the value
ofs,flis fathers estate. Oscar was
just IS years old when his father
Cyrus Goldrocks, died. leaving an es-
tate estimated to be worth from 500
900 to $46,00O.OOO, invested in com
mon stock of Industrial combina-
tions. The boy started to work dill
gently at the task before him but
owing to the enormous fluctuations
in the prices Of securities he found
that he could no sooner determine
the value of one class than all his
other calculations were worthless. AS
a last resort he determined to throw
all of his stocks on the market re-
CARELESS of the price they might
bring, and then at his leisure he
could count the money, but in this he
made a fatal mistake. He was food
ed with statements from his broker,
which were SO confusing that his
mind gave way under the strain, and
his fathers paltry estate went to
found a cot in the lunatic asylum
You Will note, ladies and gentleme
that the boy is still at work on his
brokers' last statement! He has just
discovered that his father was bank
rupt!
| Before asking you to gaze at a Gu
riosity most extraordinary Mr.. Falzem
has asked mako Snonia1
| nouncement. Photographs Of each
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13

physical subuety Of explanation. The
main consideration is as broad as
the Nations interests. AS the case
is now made up we prefer the impui-
sive candidate OF the party Of conser-
ratfsm to the mildly conservative
temporizing, opportunist representa-
tive OF the Hun vote in the back
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
FINE FINISHES ON WAGONS.
Lote Of Work Required to Make the
Driving Turnouts Look Well.
rom. the New York Sun.

FROM the New York Sun.
Few realize what an amount of work Is
necessary to put the fine smooth finishes on
the driving wagons that are seen every
fine afternoon on the speedway or in the
parks. 1t is the fine finish that really costs
the money that the manufacturers ask for
these wagons. Fourteen coats of white
lead. paint and varnish are put on a we'll
finished wagon. and after each coat has
been put on it has to be almost rubbed on
again. First the plain wood of which the
body Of the wagon is built is smoothed Off
with sandpaper and made to feel like a
piece Of satin. Then filler of lead is put
on and rubbed we'll into the pores of the
wood, and this is rubbed off again with
powdered pumice-stone and water, leaving
only what has gone into the wood. Two
or even three coats of this filler are used
until all the pores are well filled and then
a coat of black is put on. This is only
coloring matter and not like ordinary back
paint, and several coats are put on and
rubbed down until the body is well colored
and is still as smooth as the original piece
of wood.
When the wagon is properly colored the
work Of polishing 1t begins. coat of var
nish is put on and when dried rubbed again
with powdered pumice and water. Usually
an old piece of felt is used to rub this fine
powder with, and the man at work rubs
and rubs until it would seem that all the
VarnlSh mas been taken on. linen anOtner
coat is put on and treated in the same way,
and coat after coat follows until a fine
polish is obtained. Six or seven coats OF
this varnish will be put on and then the
wagon is ready for the finishing coats. For
this fine quality of thin varnish Is used
One or two coats of this will be rubbed
down and the final coat will be put on
quickly and smoothly and left as 1t dries.
This coat puts the glossy finish on, and
after being left for two or three days the
wagon is ready for use.
If the primary coats are not well rubbed
down and any marks or scratches or I'm
evennesses are left. these scratches will
show through all the succeeding coats and
will be on the wagon when 1T Is finished. so
that it is very important that the work
should be started well.
1t is very hard to repair any wagon that
has been scratched or knocked. 1t Is hard
to match the color, even If it is black, for
there are many shades of black, and the
only way to make a wagon look well again
Is to take off all the enameling and paint
and do 1t all over again.
Some wagons sell for as little as $780,
but these are cheaply put together and not
finished well. When the amount of work
required to finish a wagon is understood
then one realizes why 1t costs so much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
FORCING FLOWERS BY FIRE.
Remarkable Result Of a Confagration
in a French Town.

From Chambers Journal
That flowers can be forced by heat such
as Is usually supplied to glass houses is of
course. an old story; but that the direct
action of fire heat can have any effect in
Fastening the blooming of plants Is fresh
suggestion, but one that in these days.
when flowers are demanded in season. out
Of season, at all times and of every kind
and country. is worth consideration Great
events have frequently sprung from the
smallest or the most apparently indirect
causes. and serious fire that broke out
last September at ChenseesurMa be-
tween Chalons and Vitry-le-Francois in
France. while it destroyed the greater part
OF a populous village, running many Of Its
inhabitants. may yet have result the
even greater development Of an industry
that gives employment to thousands Of
people.
The fire. which ragged on one side of the
village. made clean sweep of everything
before 1t in the way of buildings. and only
paused when there was nothing to lick up
except the orchards that once formed q
hedge between the homesteads and the
open country. Even then Ii was hardly Sa-
tiated, for 1t greedily devoured the two first
ranks of apple and pear trees, leaving
nothing but cinders; the next three rows
though very scorched. were not quite de-
stroyed, the farthest away being naturally
the least affected Some of the boughs
escaped all hurt, and it was with these
that the very curious phenomenon was OBJ
served which merits attention. second
towering commenced at once. and by the
end of October all the trees farthest from
the scene of the fire were in full bloom, as
though called to renewed life by the fresh
voice - May, instead of hushing to SUM
Der with the lullaby of October. At an
other point the flames had swept close to a
large lilac, and this as we'll as some plum
trees bewildered by what must have seem
ed to 1t sudden return Of summer put on
once more Its bridal robes
1t must be mentioned that the fire only
lasted four hours. 1t will be noticed
therefore. that there was no resemblance
between this sudden blast Of heat and the
ordinary gradual forcing to which plants
are submitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Poor Opera Glasses Ruin Eyesight.

From the Chicago Tribune
The woman was not old, but she com
planned that her eyesight was failing fast
The oculist was fatherly-looking old gen.
tleman. consequently he felt privileged to
put a few questions decidedly personal and
apparently non-professional.
do you go to the theater often?" he
asked.
"Once or twice a week"
Usually in the top gallery" came the
hestating reply
And nov. what grade Of opera glasses
do you user
I'm afraid said the woman, that they
are not good. They cost only So
II thought so, said the doctor. That's
what's the matter with your eyes. Poor
opera glasses are running them. If I ha6
my way there wouldn't be a cheap pair OF
opera glasses on the market. They are
death to the eyes. A couple of seasons OF
theatergoing in the top gallery with poor
glasses for a steady companion are sure
to damage the best pair of eyes in town
Better a hundred times let the glasses
alone. II you have good, strong pair, al
right-go ahead and use them; If not trust
to the naked eye for making out the mys
teries of the play. The sight will not suf-
fer half so much.
Poor glasses will not focus properly, and
any one who uses them frequently, espe-
ciaIly at that distance from the stage. Is
sowing the seed of headaches. dancing
lights and stars, wrinkles and host OF
other ocular iIlfirmities."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Why Game is Growing Scarce.
Edwyn Sandys In 0utir


One of the greatest difficulties in the path
of the wise and earnest protector OF game
is the migration Of such families as the
waterfowl, woodcock. snipe. plover, etc. We
are prone to the framing Of such laws as
appear good for our own grounds. while for
getting that the extensive movement
of the birds compel them to run the gaunt-
let of two open seasons in one year. When
the law Of the north declares the open sea-
son to be at an end. the law OF the south
allows the shooting of returning feathered
travellers. This of course. means that the
fowl get no respite except during the actual
breeding season. state OF affairs which
few species will for long be able to stand.
Were there no shooting in the north, the
south would have plenty Of birds for many
tunately, 1t Is impossible to do away with
the dual season. II sportsmen OF north or
south would feel called upon to lay down
their arms, the difficulty would at once be
overcome. but / gravely suspect that 1t
would require not a few pathological Bull
Runs and Gettysburgs to convince either
party of the wisdom Of such a course.
Northerners and southerners rightly having
equal claims upon sport and game, there
can be no such thing as legislation favora-
bic to one over the other. The sole FEAST
falling of gun privileges at both ends of
the migration flight. till the present de-
struction has been reduced to q point which
will permit the fowl to hold their own.
Should this finally demand an open season
OF only one weeks duration even that to
my notion. would be much better than the
eptire loss of the game In question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
The Benefit Of Fairy Tales.
Howard Pyle, In Book News.

HOWARD lyle, In Book News.
1t Is very reasonable to argue that no
creation of human fancy could last as fairy
tales have lasted through no one knows
how many hundreds and thousands of years
unless 1t was very good. For that which is
not good and not sound must surely die,
and only that which is good and sound shall
last through the grinding of the ages.
So l believe that parents could fill their
children's imaginations full of fairy tales II
they would make those imaginations strong
and healthy. AS for that man or woman
who has not these bright and joyous things
flying like golden bees through the dim re-
cesses of his memory. can only say that /
think his or her parents must have been
neglectful of the earlier training of their
child, and that 1 am sorry for that poor
soul who has lost so much pleasure out Of
it's life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Hard Luck.

81 took L'Hommedieu's selection for the
next race, a to shot, and put $50 on it.
1t won. but was disqualified because a lead
pad had slipped from beneath the winners
saddle during the race, so that the jockey
I'm weighing in. was several pounds under
weight
''Steve's picks were. as they say, ham,
merfng at the door for the remainder of
the afternoon. at all kinds of prices, but
they didn't quite connect The one he liked
for the third race was at 100 so and 90
and put S. each way on that one across
the board. The horse came like a wildcat
from nowhere in the stretch and was
nudged out by one nose for third money
three jumps past the wire the 100 to shot
was IN the lead.
1.-THE fourth race had a mare In that
LHommedieu liked to win, and to win
only. and put $40 on that one at 40 to l.
and even at that his disgust at the piking
nature OF my bets was palpable and pro-
found. The 40 to mare was beaten by half
az length by the best horse on the st.
Asaph grounds.
1.-THE remaining two races were just AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Tetanus Germs in Manila.
From the Medical Record.

The tetanus organism seems to be quite
abundant in the soil in and about Manila.
and considerable. care is necessary to pre-
vent Infection of the operative cases at the
hospitals. at the First Reserve Hospital.
for instance. the surgeon In charge uses
dust and requires that ali persons who de-
sire to enter the operating room remove
their shoes outside and wear the footgeaf
which is provided at the hospital. Since In
augurattng these precautions no further
operative cases
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
Few of the Branch Offices Where Ads Are RecelvedfoE
"The Globes Paying Wants"

CONGER BROS. Druggists, selby ave-
nue., corner ST Adams; 400 Selby ave-
nue. and $40 University avenue.
CAMPBELL BROS, Selby and Victoria.
s. II. REEVES. Druggist, Seven Corners
l. J. ABERWALD, Druggist, Corner Rice
and Iglehart.
STRAIGHT BROS Druggists Rondo
and GrOtto streets.
SEVER WESLEY, Druggist, Maria ave-
nue. and East Third street.
w. A. FROST & CO. Druggists, Selby
and Western avenues.
RIETZkE & CO. Druggists. Selby and
Western avenues
A. & c. SCHUMACHER. Druggists 400
West Seventh street
J. w. NELSON, Dale and University
e I. HELLER. COlOnnade St. Peter and
Tenth streets.
c. F. RUTHERFORD. St. Peter and
Fourth streets
J. P. JELINEK & CO.. 961 West Sew
". K. COLLIER. East Seventh street.
corner Sibley.
A. A CAMPBELL, Louis and Rondo
streets
II. I. MCCALL 4S3 Broadway.
DREIS PHARMACY. corner Ninth and
st. Peter streets
GEORGE c. DAVENPORT & CO., 973
East Seventh street.
II. ". DICKMAN, Druggist $50 East
Seventh street. corner Beech.
JOHN BODIN & CO.. SS1 Payne avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
RE-ENACTS A MURDER
WHILE HE SLEEPS
Startling Testimony Given by Woman in
an Iowa Trial.

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa, April 24-Upon
Ihe witness stand in the trial of Charles
ROCKER Tor murder, the woman he called
ms wife has told how the man. disturbed
IN MS sleep by recOllectiOns of the crime.
enacted before her the manner of his
Saying her former husband August
schroeder, near Doom Iowa, June 80,
Rocker was a hired man on ScbToeder's
farm, and after SchToeder's death he
married the widow and obtained Schroe-
oer property: 1t was shown that he has
Wlfe living in Minnesota from whom he
mas not been divorced, thus invalidatinp
ms marriage to Mrs. Schroeder and in
him. "e"iii9'
One day last summer he fractured the
Skull OF my boy by throwing a wrench
at MN. Mrs. Schroeder testified THAT
night ne came in al o'clock He slept
uneasily. Suddenly he sat up and struck
me III the race: His eyes We're shut tight
Ihen ne leaned close to my face and said
IN noarse whisper: August, you -
now I've got you
Il was terribly frightened and got ont
or bed and waited till he aWoke Their
/ asked him why he said that. He told
me he had Killed my husband who / HAD
always believed had committed suicide
He told me that when they went m Door
June 20, 1900, he bought some chIoroform
and put 1T and morphine in whisky W1ner
they got home August was taken sicL
and then Rocker strangled him and huns
his body in the barn. where / found If
When he told me this he put a revolver
at my head and told me If 1 ever told he
would surely kill me as he did August ;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25

B. A. TREAT, 442 Broadway.
2: II. INCIDENTS, 472 Wabasha
M. S. COURTNEY, ATS Wabasha.
w. E. LOWE, Prescription Pharmacist,
corner Twelfth and Robert streets.
j. A. BATTO. Druggist, 800 Jackson
A. H. soNNEN. Druggist. STA Rice
L. III. LUEDERS. Pharmacist, S79 Rice
WALTER NELSON. Druggist. 2S4 Rice,
corner Summit.
WALTER NELSON, Druggist, 500 Rice
street
WALTER NELSON. Druggist, University
avenue and Rice street
DR. MARKS, Pharmacy. 11S S. Wabasha.
HALL & KRAFT. Druggists, 42S S. Wa
baSha.
HANS MADISON, Druggist, 1876 Concord.
ECLIPSE DRUG STORE, 11S S. Robert.
G. A. WOLFRUM, Druggist, 572 Kent.
d. c. KISSEL, Druggist, SCI Thomas.
S. LUEDERS, Druggist, Front and Gaul-
tier streets.
A. L. WOOLSEY. Druggist. SO1 N Prior
f. A HOLCOMB, Druggist, 954 Payne
CENTRAL PHARMACY. Tenth and Wa
EDMUND ]; FUCHS Druggist. 1913 East
E. E. KEEPER, Druggist. $50 South Rob-
G. F. UMLAND. Druggist, AL University
avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25

A'y F No. 1899
1t is hereby ordered by the Common
Council of the City of St Paul:
That the matter Of paving with asphalt
Lawton street, from Summit avenue
southerly to the head of the stairs lead
ing down to Oakland street be and the
same is hereby referred to the Board OF
Public Works to investigate and report
First-Is this improvement proper and
necessary?
Second-Give the Council an estimate
of the expense thereof and state whether
one-haf of the cost thereof is to be paid
into the City Treasury before the contract
is let.
Third-Can real estate to be assessed
for said improvement be found benefited
to the extent of damages. cost and ex-
penses necessary to be incurred thereby?
Fourth--Is such improvement asked for
upon the petition or application of the
owners of a majority of the property to
be assessed for such improvement?
Fifth-Send the Council a plan or pro-
file of said Improvement as required by
law, If you report in favor of the same.
SiXth-Send the Council a proper order
directing the work to be done.
Adopted by the Assembly April Z 1904
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen
Approved April %. 1904.
april %. 19O4.)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR VACA-
TION
Vacation of Streets.

Notice is hereby given that the petition
of The John Martin Lumber Company, a
corporation, to vacate all that part of Van
Buren, street, in said city which lies south
of block five 60 of LafOnd's addition to
said City of St. Paul, and east of the
northeast line Of Como avenue, in said
city. and extending east to and including
all Of said Van Buren, street, which lies
north of Dawson'S subdivision of block
thirteen (13) of said LafOnd's addition.
All that part Of Gaultier street which
lies north of the northeast line Of said
Como avenue and extending north to and
including all of said Gaultier street.
which lies east of block five co of said
LafOnd's addition.
All that part of Blair street which lies
east of the northeast line of said Como
avenue and south of DawSOns subdivision
of block thirteen (13) of said LafOnd's
addition, has been filed in the Office of
the City Clerk of the City of St. Paul and
said petition will be heard and considered
by the Committee on Streets of the Board
of Aldermen of said City of St. Paul at
meeting thereof to be held in the Court
House and City Hall Building in said city
on Friday. May q, 1904, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon of said day.
Dated at St. Paul, Mimi, April %.
A D. 1904.
GEORGE T. REDINGTON.
City Clerk. City of St. Paul. MINI.
April 25-May 2-9-1619044t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
DIED..

OTTO-In St. Paul Mimi, April %. 1904,
at the residence of her sister, Mrs. E.
G. Palmer. $50 West Robbie street. Miss
Mamie Otto, aged thirty three years.
Funeral Tuesday 26th inst, at . o. m
from above residence. Services at the
German Lutheran church, corner Goff
avenue and Dearborn street, at 2:30.
WEBER-At his residence, Fort Worth,
Texas, April %, Frank Weber, aged
thirty-five years, beloved husband. and
father of Maggie and Ewing Weber, and
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Weber, 104
Granite street, st. Paul, MINI.
ALLEN-At his residence on Summit ave
nue.. April "A, at p. m, John H Allen,
aged siXty-five years, ten months. Chi
cago and Galena, Ill, papers please copy.
Notice of funeral hereafter
HURLEY-At Phoenix Ariz, John Hur-
ley, Wednesday, April 90. Funeral serv-
ices at Pine City, Mimi, Tuesday, April
20. Interment at Wyoming, Mimi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
THE ST PAUL GLOBE. MONDAY. APRIL Is, 1901.
THE GLOBES
PAYING WANTS
AUCTION SALES.

FINE FURNITURE. CARPETS. ETC,
at Auction-We will sell at auction at
the residence No 220 North Victoria
fine lot of household effects consisting
of nice parlor chairs and rockers near
~ly new leather couch, fine willow chairs
one fine GOLDEN oak hat rack, ladys
desk, sectional bookcase, one set dining
room chairs, leather seats, one extern
sion table and sideboard all the fine
Haviland china and other dishes one
gas range, kitchen table and utensils,
one upright iron bed, good springs and
hair mattress, one chiffonier and all
the fine rugs and carpets throughout the
house; goods can be seen morning of
sale be sure and attend as the goods
must go. KaVanagh Bros. Co, Auc-
-tioneers, 173-I75-177 East Sixth st
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
CHANGE OF GRADE.
City Clerks Office,

City Clerks Office,
st. Paul Mimi, April 16. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Aldermen of the Common Council of
the City of st. Paul at its meeting to be
held on Tuesday, the seventeenth 90
day of May, A. D. 1904, at 1880 D. m, in
the Council Chamber in the Court House
and City Hall Building. will consider and
may order a change of grade on;
st. Anthony avenue, from Saratoga ave-
nue. to Hamline avenue.
To change the grade on St. Anthony
avenue. from Saratoga avenue, if produced
across st. Anthony avenue, to point 200
feet east of the east line of Hamiine ave
nue., in the City of st. Paul. as reported
upon by the Board of Public Works on
February IL, 1904 which report was adopt
ed by the Assembly on the 7th day Of
April A D. 1904. The profile Indicating
said proposed change of grade is on file
and can be seen at this office.
BY order of the Common Council.
GEORGE Il. REDINGTON.
City Clerk City of ST. Paul. Mimi.
April 1920 2527-May 2-4-1904