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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
Ksrf'S New Ground Floor Studio
..CHRISTMRS..
is COMING

How about that large por-
trait you intend as an Xmas
present9 Give us time enough
to get it out right.
In holiday mountings tins
wear the manufacturers have
excelled anything they have
produced in years. Come In
and see them.
A fine portrait of yourself ar
tistically posed and properly
finished makes a more satisfac-
tory present than anything you
can buy for 10 times the money.
If you can't 60 home on a
visit this year,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17

you WIN" ADMITTED SPEAKER CANNON.
Mr.. Cannon. 81 obtained it from
a native of the district. 1t seems
that the advance guard of civiliza-
ton in the Arkansas wilderness was
trapper, with the usual dog. One
day a bear gave chase to the dog,
and the fugitive lost his tail. In
his flight the dog CHANGED to dash
through a pool of the hot water
formed by an adjacent spring,
and"-
"My cuew laughed Senator De-
pew, interrupting. "The next day
a new tail grew on the dog and the
springs were discovered"
"No," replied the speaker solemn
ly. "The owner of the dog killed
it by poor aim while shooting at the
bear. The dogs tail dropped from
the jaws of the bear into the spring,
and"-
"a dog grew on the TAIL" sug-
gested Mr.. Depew.
"You win," admitted the speaker.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
pANK STATEMENT.

RANK STATEMENT.
Report Of the condition Of the First National
Bank, at Friendly. in the State of West Virginia
at the close Of business, Nov. 10th 1904.
RESOURCES. DOLLARS.
Loans and Discounts. IS IIo 10
overdrafts, secured and unsecured..- 4s7 90
o. S. Bonds to secure circulation..-.... IS oooeo
Premiums on o. S. Bonds...........-...... 1900 90
Banking house. furniture and fixtures 10 ass 10
Due from National Banksl(uot reserve
$40 "a
Due from approved reserve
agents SIS II
Checks and other cash items. ..-........-- ISS 90
Notes OF other Nat'nr Banks--.....- I65 90
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents..-......... 1888
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK,
VIZ.
Specie .....................-...... 4o7o %
Legal-tender notes.--.--..... 1900 90 6476 70
Redemption fund with o. S. Treasur-
er Is per ceut Of circulation ......-.... $50
$rIs s6S "a
LIABILITIES. DOLLARS.
Capital stock paid IS 900 90
Surplus fund 1850 90
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid ...-.........-... $50 g
National Bank notes outstanding.--. IS 900 90
Individual deposits subject to check -. 7o 33I IS
Time certificates Of deposit...-........ IS $50 50
Total .sIIs SIS a
State of West Virginia, County of TYLER, IS:
l. E L. Morgan, Cashier Of the above-named
bank do solemnly swear that the above state
meut Is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
E. L. Morgan, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of Nov. 1904.
4. NJ. Sellers, Notary Public,
Tyler County.
Correct-Attest:
I'D. Livingston
Hugh Thorn, Directors.
E. L. Morgan.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
coNJUcAL DEVOTION OF BIRDS

The wagtan frequently migrates from one part of the country 10 an- other, and sometimes congregates in
 1ocks. but he pairs for life, and the same pair always reappcar, sometimes when they are least expected, and all the more welcome from their ccca- sional absence, on their favorite lawn Their devotion to one another is ex- treme. as a scene I witnessed some forty years ago, but which is as fresh in my memory as if l had seen it yes- terday, will show.
 A wagtail had been killed, probably by stone, and was lying dead in the middle of the circular drive in front of the Down House, Blandford. The sur Yivor seemed beside himself with grief. Like Eve in Paradise. he knew not what death was" or. at most the reality was only gradually break ing in upon him. He kept running up to the body with loud and plaintive call notes. He called but there was no response. He caressed the body caught hold of it with his little bill. coaXed 1t to move, drew it after him for yard or two. He even tried to rise with it in the air. Then, like enc distraught, he dashed away to the edge or the drive, and then, as quickly, dashed back again to go through the same mournful processes. Sometimes he would fly right off in waverfng. un- certain flight, as far as the eye could follow him, as though he could bear the sight no longer, but, without stop ping to rest, he hurried back in straighter and quicker fiight, unable to tear himself away, or as if he hoped that something might have happened m his absence. This long-drawp tragedy, this abandonment of grief. I watched from the window, throughout the afternoon till darkness came on. Next morning the body had disappear ca and l saw the survivor no more.- R. Bosworth Smith, in the Nineteenth Century.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
EARLY JUSTICE IN CALIFORNIA.
Case in Which Expression "f This Court Knows Herself Was First
 Use5.

A Pike county Missourian is credit ed with having first used the express sion If this court knows herself, and she think she do.'
 Long before the discovery of gold in California a Pike county boy named Blackburn, so it is said, ran away from home and went to the Rocky noun tains, where he grew to manhood as Indan fighter, hunter, trapper and mountain guide. He became feet 4 inches tall, approximately thin, and marvelously awkward. lie had many encounters with grizzlies and Indians. He was scared from head to foot, one eye had been party gouged cut, his hair was thin and coarse, and stood straight up on top of his head and hung in every direction from the sides. Blackburn, as might be supposed, was not an educated man, but he was not lacking in keen wit and sound sense.
 When gold was discovered Black burn went to the mines. and the min CTS. as a sort of a joke. elected him alcalde. an office similar to that of jus tice of the peace. The first case brought before the alcalde was that of a gambler who, while drunk and on horseback, had run over a young Mexican woman, knocking her down and seriously injuring her. The trial took place in the largest house in the neighborhood, which was packed with roughly dressed, much bewhiskered men. The gambler, who was rich, hired able counsel to defend him. AL calde Blackburn called the young wo- man, who told her story in broken English, but frankly and honestly When she finished, the alcalde per emporiIy ended the trial. The attorney for the defendant protested vehement ly. but the alcalde ran his hand through his hair and it stood up straighter on top than ever and re- marked:
 If this court knows herself, and she thinks she do fine you $500 dam ages and assess you the costs of put tin this yere gal in good condition"
 When asked what he meant by good condition,'' he replied that the fgamb- lin chap" must pay the doctors bill and all ether costs of the wOman's ill., ness. A mere learned Judge might have made more formal ruling, but scarcely a juster one.-Kansas City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
SOCIAL SIDE OF BANKING.
An Indisns Firm With Widows For
 One Speciality.

The investigation into the affairs cf l A. Mccoy x Co. the Rensselaer, bank
 ing firm that went under a few days
 ago. and whose liabilities are close up
 on half million. with assets not to eCNeed S300.0oO, brings out the SOC al Il phase of their business methods. says
 a dispatch from Indianapolis
 ! The hank made speciality of widows. | Every Thanksgiving and Christmas a | wagon load of turkeys was sent out
 by the bankers to distribute among | widows. When the crash came, seven | teen widows had deposits in the bank. ranging from slO 10 s6OoO. The total amount which the widows of Rens- selaer had in the bank when it closed. was Sl3.S00.
 One Of the most elaborate entertain- mcnts ever given in Rensselaer, was to the school officers and teachers: and the McCoys were the hosts. The en- tertainment was followed by a gradual withdrawal of deposits by teachers and a concentration of these deposits in the Mccoy institution. The school officers recognized the public spirit of the bank CTS by putting a part of their cash in the bank. and when 1t closed the teach ttf ENu OlANtiH AuuAu N4Atlii9OlNtS OGN Slo..5O.
 When S. R. Nichols was elected coun- ty treasurer, the McCoys furnished the bond. it having been generally und IT. stood during his campaign that he was the banks candidate. and all the W d. OWE and school teachers having worked for him. Mr. Nichols had S22,000 on deposit ia the bank at the time of the failure. and deposits of other office s. including the county assessor and county clerk. ran the amount up to S35. .1Oc
 The seventeen widows have been com pairing notes regarding the cost of their turkeys and find that they ran all the way from 8 to $500. Mrs. Lem nie Grant. who had S20 in the bank, and Mrs Alter. who had s6000, each re- ceived four turkeys, and Mrs. Payton, who had but $lO in the bank, received two.
 Three teachers, who did not depo 1t with the McCoys prior to the enter tainment. reckon the cost of that func- ton to them at s6OO $500 and $94O.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29

''As the guide and moved here and there a valet, attracted by the noise came to see who we were, and after he had satisfied himself about the matter, the valet fingered, joining in the con- versatioD now and then.
 ''I fingered the gold shaving set curiously.
 And does the duke said, shay, with these things regularity
 ''The guide shook his head. He did not know, But the valet knew.
 No said the valet, he doesn't. But I do.' '"
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
DID THE DUKE KNOW.

John D. CrimmiGs d short time after his return from Europe was talk 'rg about inc sights he had seen abroad.
 One afternoon" said MT. Crimmins. "I visited a famous English castle. Here the guide took me through thi state chamber and that state chamber, and finally, the family being in London, he led me to the rooms of the owner himself.
 "In the owners dressing room there was shaving set of solid gold-gold shaving brush, gold cup gold mounted stroP, and six gold handled razors.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
DOMESTIC SERVANTS IN RUSSIA.
Law Excludes Them as Witnesses
 Against Their Employers.

The Russian servant is hired for one year, and is told exactly what his par ticular duty is to be, says the London Daily Mall. He then sticks to the one duty. As long as each servant faith fully performs the special duties Of his position all is well; but the neglectful butler, or cook, or coachman is sent by the employer with d written note to the police judge, who, after careful ly Investigating the complaints has right to order bodily punishment or to write bad mark in the book kept for this purpose.
 In great Russian households often from twenty to fifty servants are kept, and even the middle class families have two to four. The pay of these ser wants varies according to the line of work. While the "chiefs' in the kitchen of wealthy families often re- ceive f3C0 a year, cook in an ordin- ary citizens employ gets no more than f12 a year, and d maid of all work never gets more than f5 a year. At Easter every servant gets a present generally a suit or dress.
 Every other Sunday the servants in d Russian household are entirely free. Their work stops Saturday night after supper, when the servants leave the house not to return until the next Monday morning. The employers never ask where or how the free time is spent.
 Russian servants will pilfer. Since Russian ladies leave everything to the care of the servants, the latter do as they please.
 The men servants smoke cigars be- longing to their masters and they pay frequent visits to the wine cellars of the house, but a gentleman would con- slider it "demeaning" himself to prose-
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29

most select family m @ district overlooking the city the Wiltshire Mooish % and is lighted by beautiful the cold in e room steam heated throughout Being
 
 Sl200 Co $50 - - -
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29

The Anchorage" recently completed lat Oceanside, vii be one of the unique small hotels on this coast
 It was built by the Oceanside I'm provement Company, a corporation composed mainly of Redlands people who have invested in property at this beach resort, and the plans are mob eled on the lines of the new Glcnwood at Riverside.
 The hotel has 35 rooms and is situated in the >center of a block facing the
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
cute a servant for this

cute a servant for this.
 The Russian servants will talk about fellow servants, but never about their employers. Even when they quit one place and take service in another fam fly they would never mention anything about their former masters. This dis cretion goes so far that even the law considers it. In Russia the law ex- cludes servants as witnesses against their former or present employers, so long, at least, as these servants are not suspected of having taken part iD the crime.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29

ing it now very complete and efficient, besides having doubled the length of the pleasure wharf. This pier is now 1900 feet long. and is constructed of steel, making a very attractive fishing resort and a good landing place for small boats of all kinds
 The residents along the ocean front have completed a mile of cement walk along the bluff, and altogether this re- sort shows signs of much careful work in the line of improvement in the San Diego county town.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
WHY HE WAS SURE.

Pete PersimmJns-"But why am yo' so praycr2'
 Brother Johnson-''Why, d,dn' I had two rabbits foots in nah pocket ali d. time l Wuz prayin"?'-J
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
MISSION


THr raf-rs Fafar.tes .nf siasern Adaptations s of fsr araf la fr Iirra ef California lts severity ..-.fIf Ir. I f.a r1l.iI. uEsh combines well frr -atrr s.fH. .f f....Hnr asf f.Istt haafs aHf E s-tale for
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29
Men, ! Have the Cure

tall! who
 
  off ducton friend whom had confidence  tool? Iwigi nyo ownt whomIh havecu Ihavecu
Arizona republican., 1904-05-29

ocean, and adjoining the new steel pier, and the property represents an invest ment of about $2O,OOO. A. B. Benton, architect on the new Glenwood is the architect, and the hotel when opened will be a desirable addition, as Ocean, side has had no large hotel since the burning of the South Pacific in 1896.
 The improvements of the past year lat this resort are considerable. At an expense of S25,OO0 the city of ocean side is said to have partially. rebuilt and enlarged it's water system, mak-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09

used 10 Die far east news service, l.
not without an element Of romance.
lee De Forest. the Inventor. vas an
Iowa boy @ho worked his way through
Yale taking a special course In ths.
study Of the HrrtZlan wave theory. the
principle Ou which the wireless Il
founded, and gaining the degree OF
Pm. u. for bis mastery OF the subject.
Young DE Forest then took an addi.
tiOual course IN the Armour institute
or Chicago. At both Institutions hs
spent a considerable portion Of bis time
In working out an invention In the
wireless system on which he had set
his heart tie made his Hrst outdoor
experiments in Chicago and was 80
successful that be went 70 New York.
whore hc met with the usual hard luck
OF the inventor Al last. however, he
was successful In getting the United
States government TO see the advan-
taZe OF his system. and from that be
was q made man. He was only TWEEN.
y nine years Of age at the time The
De Forest system differs radically
from the Marconi In the substitution
Of a responder In place Of the some
what clumsy and uncertain coherer
adopted by the Italian inventor. The
responder IL more accurate. simpler
and IL capable ~ taking ucnrly three
times "a many words a minute as the
MarCOni aYsteu
A short time before the outbreak OF
the war In the far east Or. lie Forest
was In England making some expert
ments In which Captain James. the
famous newspaper correspondent, be-
came Interested The upshot was that
two OF the outfits were ordered and
sent to Yokohama Hurrylng to the
east, Captain James hartered the Hal
nun as a press boat. aud this was at
once equipped for the wireless service.
A station was then established at Wei.
haiwei. China, at which point Captain
James established his headquarters.
The station was located on a peainsu-
10. and bamboo mast $50 feet IN
height was erected. At hrst II was
intended to place another station In
Korea. but this idea was afterward
abandoned. and messages instead wers
taken direct from the press boat. which
has been accompanying the japanese
feet Messages are sent all the way
from 90 to $50 miles. The system
has been found to work perfectly II
was gaInst this service that the Rus
sian government issued Its recent
ukass
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09

lance. These interests embrace the
Missouri Pacific. Denver and Rio
tsrandr aud Wabash systems and " tth
other lines now building or Recently
acquired viii. IL - expected sssOu give
the 'iouids and Hockrrellcrs new
transcuntlneutat system extending
FROM the Atlantic seaboard To within
a few hundred miles of san FraugiseO
10 maintain the position Ia tie uu8n
cial world which h~ os-cupies as rlr
head VI the Gould house means laburt
Gus toll Tor the young mntimHlIoual
Ills life l. no mere eurrvr og so,-t-.ty
functions hud he has plenty % ap fs.
sides choosing " here Co make crfIg SEES
on his magnificent yacht or planning t1
add more beautiful Things 20 t,-ors ia u
Court. his palatal ,uuufrv hom- az
Lakewood y. Last Summer Mr.
Could was So busy thpJ b" id not
have time for a y1rnTip such B. .-vvu
a ten dollar week clerk expects g.
get some time during the season aF hot
weather aud summer Iauguor Nj
tpuid'- occupation A. manager ~ mlI
tuus may look easy bat 70 the man
50 h1~r datIs aain<@ Involve irauHa,.
fi"ns reaching M into The hTutr,-d
thousands There com,-- brrfn rsti sue,
IS hen rho Office lrsk is rI5std fhHt fhv
hbUrrr tu the H~li Ell nuut uutI..r.ruud
b"cuu-s be- has aryrr Experienced D.
The Etrnt growth iu the '.gua fortune
since the death ~ Jas t,"rll hrs bs,rt
due 70 the work Of G~prar t,guil aEd
to his intimate kuuH ledge ~ bis "a
theirs affair." Indeed he prprsu#uy
managed hl. fathers bu.snr+s for
about I've years before the latter &.
d"tfh whieh Dcrurrrd Boz l~r ~Uu
George G"ul Is comparatively yHuue
man. having 1s"u bern iu lSsH ils Il
doubtless the most powerful ps fh..
young northumberland ti~ tlu.- urf
attempt tn dazzle W1Il street but his
ability and conservatism command ~
spset from the ananrl world
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09

'T~7HAT was q
/ great we'd,
/ ding at New
York the 9th
er night" remarked
Flanagan, til .
brakeman, after Col
ouel Monroe had in
vited him to join the
little group which
regularly meets ON
Saturday evenings
In the rear room Of
LincOlnville'S post
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
WARTIME WIRELESS
NOVEL MEANS OF TRANSMITTING
NEWS FROM The FAR EAST.

IntsFesJtnE QusatiOAA Raised hy R1s-
sia's warRtnE AgAaAst the system.
Ths Station at wsahaiwsa Ama thS
Press Beat HAimH@.
Amid ths bursting OF SHELLS, the aink-
ing Of battieships and the claah Of ar
mics In the far east the noise OF con-
nlct Is 30 great that II dtstractn the
worlds attention from an event OF an
importance almost equal to that Of the
contest .tself-viz. the introduction OF
wireless telegraphy In war. Not only
are the Russian and Japanese ships
equipped for sending and receiving
messages, but news Is being transmit
ted by ''aerograms." some OF the mOat
thrilling stories OF the struggle having
been sent to the western world by
means OF the wireless telegraph.
The Russian heet uses the Popon
system. which Is kindred to that OF
MarconL The japanese have a system
OF their own, and Admiral Togo has
used IL on numerous occasions In Civ
ing orders 10 detached japanese YES
sells. 1t was by the happy accident of
lnterceptng a Jap wireless message
that the Russian VlAdivostok squadron
was appraised OF the approach OF the
enemy and was thus enabled to escape
Ia fog
The really important use to which
the wireless has been put, however. "a
in the sending OF war news The cen
sor cannot blue pencil" the air. Pos
sibly that Is the reason Russia has 80
vigorously protested against the use Of
the system, even going to the length OF
threatening To hang as a spy any cor
respondent found using the wireless.
This warning. however. has caused lit.
tie more than amusement. In the hrst
place. 1t Is not believed that the car 1
government would go To the length OF
making the blum good even II It had
the power In the second place. II has
not the power. So long as Togo Is
abroad there Is every probability that
Russia's Port Arthur squadron viii
keep too close inside the protectlu Z
harbor to venture far In the pursuit OF
new spaper correspondents.
The story of the De Forest wireless
telegraph. which Is the system being
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
WOMEN OF ICELAND.
Though sIHsBI- Peasants. They Are
Exceedingly pirtur%saap

some Of the most picturesque inter
esing md com~ly women In the world
are 10 b" found among m" humble. Hsh
err folk 81 Z"el1ud. Holland The VIII
lagos Of Holland have each their ar,,,
clal dress and quaint customs Though
belonging 10 a peasant CHASE and 1r,,tr
pied In lowly pursuits rhe fisher fDjk
live IN much comfort and caloy what
might even BE- called Injuries The
dress OF the women Is much the same
as Il has been for 80 years or morr
When approached courtcuusly by zfrau=
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
A MASTER OF MILLIONS.

George Gould, = Great Figure In
the WarAd OF Finance,
The night of the allied Gould aud
Rockefeller railroad interests to OBJ
tain a footing on the Atlantic seaboard
has been directed by the energetic head
OF the Gould house, Mr.. George Gould,
who ON the death OF his father. the late
Jay Gould. took charge Of the immense
The financial world has watched
with interest the struggle which has
been going on between the Pennsylya-
MIA railroad and the railroad interests
controlled by the Gould Rockefeller al
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
one Occasion.

There was one OCCASION" said the
enthusiastic fisherman, when we
turned the Ia bles"
when was tbBtr'
when the whale that swallowed
Jonah had to return and tell his in.
eredulous associates how be caught .
remarkably zig man, but lot him asf
Washington Star.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
A. odds.

Brown stopped At the farmers front
gate
Paw at homer" he asked Of the boy
al play Ia the yard.
"Sop." drawled tho boy Gone to
the canyon"
Gone afootT asked Brown.
Mop" answered the lad. about .
mile. "-Lippineott's Magazine.