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Newport daily independent., 1904-11-25
TO CALIFORNIA.

Via Union Pacific. Millions have been spent in the improve ment of this line, and all human ingenuity has been adopted to protect it's patrons against accl- dent. The line is renowned for it's fast trains and the general su- periority of it's service and equip ment. Fast time, shortest line, smoothest track. Tourists sleep CTS a speciality. Inquire of
 J. H. LoTHROP, G. A.,
 9O3 Olive street,
 St. Louis, Mo.
Newport daily independent., 1904-11-25

At the open meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church Sunday night the program of music prom ises to be a rare treat. An or chestra of five instruments will play the instrumental selections, accompanying the songs.
Newport daily independent., 1904-11-25

Solicits the accounts of depositors who desire the accommodations of a first-class, we'll equipped and reliable banking house.
Newport daily independent., 1904-11-25
INDEPENDENTS
 BABY CONTEST.

!
 rules governing the contest:
 There is a handsome $25.O0 .lid gold locket with diamond NE5ing and solid gold chain, on
 3ay at the Palace Jewelry GRO to be given away Decem-
 .4th, 1904, to the baby boy ,irl under two years of age, Wno wins the highest number of votes as the prettiest and sweet est baby. Now the baby that is not pretty is surely sweet, and if the wee tot be a little cross at times, beauty must offset this badness. Fond parents at least are expected to think their ba- bies are both sweet and beauti- full, and so they do. But to set tie once for all the claims of the under two, and put at rest this rivalry of mothers and fathers, the Independent has inaugurated a contest that is to be determined by that cherished right, popular ballot, and in accordance with the following rules:
 BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
 First-No baby that has reach ed the age of two years Nov. 1, 1904, is eligible to this contest, nor shall any employe or party connected with this paper be eli gible to vote.
 Second-Every issue of the Daily and Weekly Independent from November l to December "A, will contain a ballot entitling the holder to one vote in this contest. For every dollars worth of job, work, advertising and subscription paid for between these dates a coupon good for ten votes will be issued, but no cou- pons will be issued for sums less than $1.00. Coupons will not be sold, and will only be issued for job, ad and subscription busi< ness, but extra copies of the In- dependent at 2 cents per copy, each containing one ballot, will be sold at this office.
 Third-All votes must be sent to this office and will be de- posted in a lock box, to be opened at 8 o'clock each publication day and counted. The daily issue of that afternoon will contain the total of the several candidates and the public will thus be kept informed of the voting each day.
 Fourth-A committee of three good business men will be select ed to canvass the ballots the morning of Dec. "A and announce the winner. All ballots must be deposited at this office by II a. m., Dec. "A, 1904.
 Read the rules carefully.
Newport daily independent., 1904-11-25
WOOD & HUMPHREYS Art and Frame Company Enlarge Portraits in Oil, Water
 Colors, Pastel Sepirose,
 Crayon and Sepia.
 Guarantee Satisfaction. BRADFORD, ARKANSAS.
TO:THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $9.55 for the round trip; return limit fifteen days from date of sale. T. H. REAMEY. Agt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21


lae q.
u 0rouSh pros HI s afIslsIltl AZ
In al den lines behring's were thoushf
sscod for kins ~ lser-ii
So za3
+ s. Ia sd one h8moIiarch
seemed TO ti:inls for ward 4. ina ss6
bound Yarmouth by eharter#to SEND SEND
Annually TO court tw emf -four herrtnS
pies or pas les, containing aSshundred
i,errirs,s. and forty lasts of red b, her: err
ring were IN 1900 ordered from the
same place for the kings use In the
same reign the :spuissa Mt" fish served
rs honeymoon fare for a royal couple
too. When Margaret. daughter OF Ed,
ward l., married the Duke. OF Erabant'
1862 herrings we're prcvic&d for the
victualing of the ship which conveyed
the bride and bridegroom to the CONT
nent, So much for the het!insaS asso-
citation with royalty; SO 1lUch TOR nus
claim to be royal himself, 4 claim as
strong now as it was when Nash wrote
so grandiloquently OF it. for never
was there a monarch whose rule was
more firmly established. whose power
increased more steadily. = London
Globe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
Il I
M

Few people have any idea of the vast
areas given over who'll TO- the Guilt
syation Of opium. The consumption
and the manufacture or tnisSdrnss. Tar
from being on the decline, are on the
increase to an almost incredible eN-
tent. The greed for gold Is far more
predominant il. the human MAKEUP
than is the philenthropic spirit w fich
seeks to elevate mankind: though its
purse may suffer in SO doing. England
reaps more benefit from the cultiva-.
ton of opium than all other nations
put together, says the Scientific Amer
lean.
In the district of Bengal alone there
are nearly 100000 acres devoted leS-
cIusiyely to the cultivation of,the pop
Ply. Its cultivation Is lesalized and in
every way encouraged by the British
govern nent, which has an absolute
monopoly Of this Industry in India
The two principal districts arc. pre-
sided over by and Under the direct con
Patna and Ghazipuh. The t3ahar agen-
cy embraces an opium field Of aboui.
100000 acres and that of Benares is,
:. close second with 473,50o acres.
There is .ierce dispute going on
just now as to the relative merits or
dement's of opium. Many eminent
men in the scientific wcrlt! openly de-
clare that opium is blessing The
government experts in the country
where it grows so SO far as TO say that
opium is a blessing instead OF being
curse to the natives. However TIC
vast majority of mankind will long be
of the undivided opinion thut opium
is the most all.crushins curse that
afflicts man. The enthusias is, or rath-
or the extremists, OF the International
Opium Society picture the condition
of India under the ban OF opium in the
most dreadful manner possible. Ac'
cordng to one Of these men. all or
100000, 900 human beings in Asia are
exposed to the evils of the opium trade
as lagalized by the British govern
ment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21

n sEN S.
lIver Tokens From Gersaalr rites
s ss1cyVn q az National 'aNiilon "a Y
Worlds Fair.

.
DBIS. May %. - 4 exhioit At
theSYEorld,s Fair which is attracting
nss7s.h attention is the one personally
gznaae br Emperor William in the Ger
man .,nildin Y con sists OF several
smasssveS silver pieces which We're pre-
sssg.nted to- The Kaiser upon his mar
HI rrtfase m 1851 by the municipalities OF
his empire Among the pieces IS a
Izrse ship of highly ornate silver
eIsiling at least $50 pounds, four
4 feet ii. length and two feet high; two
rDEps of:an allegoricaI character rep
rsss.nting the Gods of the Fhen and
"a ne E1be,, two candelabra OF ornate
~ssss1gn. each with sockets fol. II
sfshfs Two massive goblets for use
sf11on state occasions and weighing 20
pounds; and a shell tray in the shape
s4na a fan a number of pieces OF fuTn1.
sssIre have also been loaned by the EN-
5peror-43
The German building is faithful
reproduction of the central portion OF
the. Royal pavilion Of the Castle OF
EhaTlottenberg and has the distinction
or having been selected by Emperor
William as characteristic example OF
sssserman architecture.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
THE USE OF ARSENIC. !
Instead of Curing Nervousness 1t IL
Said to Produce 1t.

s. - r.
One might as well take whisky for
chronic alcoholism as to take arsenic
for nervousness. Arsenic in any form
is as sure to. produce nervousness as
an overdose of whisky is sure to pro-
ducc drunkenness
Arsenic will not cure nervousness II
will produce nervousness. NO one was
ever cured of nel.s- BUSINESS by arsenic
Thousands have been made nervous
by arsenic. Thousands more viii be
made nervous by arsenic Het the doc
tors so right OH prescribing arsenic for
nervousness.
= There are various preparations OF
arsenic known byta great many names.
Arsenic is death to the nervous SsyS-
TEN. Arsenic produces bloodlesS nerve
centers, causes the nerves to t1nEle,
tremoie and CULVER. Arsenic Will make
hysterical babies of the strongest ath-
letes. 1t Will convert Il wholesome
healthy woman into petulant, pulling
faded invalid.
If the doctors were Obliged to- take
arsenic themselves long enough to dis
cover by personal experience the dis
astrous condition it is sure to produce
they probably would then quit admin
1stering it to their patients. But it is
an ada ge that doctors never take their
own medicines. They conclude what
any medicine will do by what the
books tell them or what some poInpous
professor has declared. Then they
commence giving and continue to give
in spite of the fact that their patients
grow steadily worse.
Arsenic, like bromide of potash, IS
given almost indiscriminately by the
average drug doctor for nervousness.
Neither Of these drugs ever cured or
ever helped a case of nervousness.
Both of them will produce nervousness
of the worst form without fail. It is
Just such drugs as these that are re-
sponsible for that condition OF body
and mind known as Americanitis. We
are a nation of nervous men and Won
en- Our nervousness is generally at
tributed by the doctors to our climate
and our habits of business and pleas
ure.
This is not true We have an excel
lent climate, and our business methods
and pleasures are of the best character
better than in any other country. 1t
Is the miserable drugs that we have
been deluded into taking that are re-
sponsible for our nervousness.
OF all the nerve destroying drugs
that were ever invented by the medical
profession, arsenic, bromide of potash
and strychnia lead the list. No nerv-
GUS person ought ever to take a single
dose of such medicines.-Medical Talk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21

IS TO give up OF yonr. d own will what
5wouId cost too much in time and
strength is not fail It Is success
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
The Gronth,of the Beard.

If a youth began to shave at the age
of seventeen years and continued to do
so until he was seventy he would, as
suming that his hair maintained the
average rate of growth, have removed
q length of nine yards. But had the
hair been allowed to grow the result
would have been different from what
might be inferred The growth from
the roots would have continued, but on
reaching 4 length of between eighteen
and twentyfour inches the hair would
have become brittle, have split and
broken. The greatest length Of beard
usual in our. climate seldom exceeds
two feet. In hot climates. owing to
the moist state of the skin, the hair
grows much more rapidly and profuse-
~ than in cold or temperate climates
IN the east flowing boards from three
to four feet in length are not unusual
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
The origin of Carrier pigeons.

The origin of the use of the carrier
pigeon is lost in obscurity, but the first
people of whom we have any record OF
employing it are the Greeks. BY them
it was used with great success. and
the knowledge they had acquired they
impaired to the Romans, who first
used it as a message bearer about 100
years before the Christian era About
500 years ago pigeons formed part OF
Geographic system adopted by the
Turks, who erected high towers thirty
or forty miles apart. They were pro
vided with pigeons and sentinels stood
constantly ready to secure the mes
Sages as the birds arrived.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
a HAMILTON Il HUFFMAN

are located on$t the second floor OF the the
Peoples Bank Bull ing They are IRE
prepared to do paving gradin &C. css=
3nenting and ali worl IN the irSl ineson
ssohrt notice. sasi X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
FRANCES BEST
BAND COMING
IA Eande de la Garde Republicaine, of
Paris, to Play at the Worlds Fair.

The great military band. known as
the La Bande de la Garde Republi-
eca5ue, OF Paris, and regarded as the
finest band in France, is coming to
@america to play at the Worlds Fair.
KewiH play in concerts along the
& route from New York to ST. Louis.
The Worlds Fair will be represent
ssaa9 by many of the greatest bands OF
the worlds greatest nations and Wis
s:zt1rs viii have such a variety of music
as was never heard in any city before.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
EAEL FOR REPUBLICAN DISTRICT
CONVENTIONS.

the Republican voters OF Marion
county:
Conventions OF the Republican par
OF the several mag1sterial districts
1s Marion county are hereby caleb
to meet on Saturday, the 4th day of
sIuze, 1904, at 2 O'Clock P. NJ, for the
! nRrsose OF electing delegates to the
following named conventions:
re che State nominating conyentinn
to De held in Wheeling on the 18th
dag July, 1904
TO the Judicial convention to be
held IA Morgantown on the Sth dav
srI June, 1904, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
TO the Senatorial convention to he
Hereafter called.
Also to transact such other business
4-as may properly come before said
district conventions.
The said several district conven-
items will be held at the respective
places hereinafter named; and Will
elect the number Of delegates herein,
after designated, and no more, tEac'
ms TO say:
Eairmont district convention VIII
meet at the Courthouse in the City
sof Eairmont, and is entitled to, elect
the following number of delegates:
70 the State convention, 6.
To the Judicial convention, g.
To the Senatorial convention, 9.
Grant district convention will meet
an Monongah (meeting place to be.
provided by district committeeman. f,
State convention, 8.
0 Js1diciaI convention; 5.
i,1
Lincoln district convention viii
Ss&g State convention, 3.
sFi judicial convention, s.
Senatorial convention, 5.
Warrington district will meet at
Town Of Warrington at school house.
S late convention, S.
judicial convention, IL.
Senatorial convention, II.
Rawpaw district viii meet at Nep-
tune school house.
58s$ State convention, 2.
& .Jutlicialeconventiol ).
Senatorial convention, 3.
Union district will meet in the
First ward of the City of Fairmout.
szat the school house.
State convention, 4.
judicial convention. 6.
Senatorial convention, 6.
Winfield district convention viii
meet in Mt Harmony school house.
State convention, g.
3s judicial convention, 5.
Senatorial convention, 5. 4
s ss55s IT is requested that in making Sc.
section of delegates, that only those
4 ne selected who are likely to3attend
the convention to $wnich they are
made delegates. The call for Che
state convention states that ne prov
I les WI be admitted as delegates.
order Of the Executive Commit ON: y
tee
MN HARRY SHAW, Chairman 81
8 LEHMAN. Secretary as
Datad arilss 3 20, 100
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
Notice.

will sell al, street hats and flowers
1 now have on hands. regardless OF
cost this week. Come and get hats
and flowers almost at Your own price.
Mrs. Laura Frazer,
423 Jackson ST. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-21
Biggest Printing order.

When a certain strip was first intro
duced into England the proprietors had
the enormous number of 14,0O0,O0O
pamphlets printed Nearly 6ooO,O 600
of these were circulated through the
postoflce to the principal inhabitants
Of every county in England. Prob
ably in point OF numbers as well as
bulk this is the largest order for print
ing ever given for completion at g
specified time BY any & rm or factory i
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
Spokane Chief Fired.

Spokane, March 9.-The city coun-
Gil has, by vote of to 4, removed
from Office Chief of Police Woydt.
Captain James Coverly was unani-
mously elected Woydt's successor. This
Is victory for the element in favor of
wide open town, which elected May
or Boyd last spring. Upon the attempt
OF Chief Woydt to stop box rustling in
the variety theaters last fall, Mayor
Boyd declared an emergency and sus-
pended him from Office under charges
Three weeks ago the chief was exoner-
ated by the council and the mayor
withdrew the charges of inefficiency,
Last night Mayor Boyd sent commu-
mcation to the council requesting the
removal of the chief. The combina-
non which kept Woydt in office was
broken with the result above stated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
In PITIABLE PLIGHT
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES IN STATE
OF PANIC.
and Commissary De-
partments Are Hopelessly Inade-
quate---Troops Going to Front
Suffering Terribly for Want of
Proper Food.

st. Petersburg, March l.-(Via the
Frontier, March 5.)-There is no long
er any pretext on the part Of the gov
eminent to deny that the military au-
thorities are in state of confusion
which borders upon panic and chaos.
So far the Russian arms have not met
with the slightest success, either in the
matter of engaging the enemy or pre-
pairing for future movements. The
complete humiliation of the navy has
thrown the entire burden Of transpor-
tation on the Transsiberian railroad,
and it is we'll known fact that this
has proved lamentably inadequate.
There is not sufficient rolling stock to
accommodate any great number of
troops, and the conveying of men in
ordinary freight cars has resulted in
much disease and many deaths The
interruption of traffic at Lake Baikal
is much more serious than has been
admitted, and the fact remains that
the transportation Of provisions and
stores to Port Arthur, Dalny and Vlad-
livestock and other points that are dan
gerously isolated, has been suspended.
The transportation department of
the government is paralyzed and chaos
reigns supreme in the commissary
offices. No measures have been taken
for the accumulation of food stuffs and
proper provisions, and it is known that
the troops which are being hurried to
the front are suffering terribly from
want of proper nourishment.
The almost complete establishment
of the Asiatic squadron by the Japan
csc has rendered Port Arthur useless as
strategic center, and it is more than
possible that the wiser heads in the
council of the car will urge its evac-
uation and destruction. If Russia had
maintained partial supremacy on the
sea, Port Arthur would have been the
point of destination for the transports
and the center for the mobilization of
troops, but now that Russia is not in
position to transport hel forces to
the East by the sea, Port Arthur is
valueless from a strategic point of
view and merely means that the fail
ure to evacuate and destroy the forti.
fications will result in siege OF as
sault which may lose the point and
give the japanese possession of the
post before it is made useless by being
blown up.
AS for the national attitude, it has
changed from disgust to the gravest
apprehension. The people realize that
the government is unwieldy and alto
gether incapable of meeting the situa-
ton, and the possibility of embroil-
ment with other powers might mean
blow that would threaten the integ-
rity of the empire.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
MONSTER MASTODON.
Well Preserved Antedeluvian Dis.
covered Near Dawson.


covered Near Dawson.
Dawson, Y. T., March Embedded
in the golden paystreak of an ancient
channel, thirty eight feet below the
surface of the ground, where the frost
is practically permanent, the complete
form of mastodon was found Friday
at Hillside, opposite No. below Am.
ick's discovery, on Quartz creek.
The flesh of the animal is somewhat
decomposed, but the hair and skin re-
main intact Owing to the frozen
ground the work of excavating the i'm
mense beast was very difficult. 1t was
only by the use of steam thawing
plants that it was brought to success
full conclusion.
Three men named Pierson, Swanson
and Porter, are the owners of the mas
todon. They state that only one or
two other specimens have been discoe-
cred previous to this one, and that in
the museums where they are kept a
valuation of $50, 900 each has been
put upon them. The tusks of the ami
ma lare intact, and are fast to the
giant skull, giving the monster hide
Gus appearance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
SQUATTERS WIN OUT.
Some Valuable Iron Lands Trust
Did Not Get.

Some Valuable Iron Lands Trust
Did Not Get.
Washington, March 9.-While the
country was waiting in suspense-at
least the financial part of the country
for the decision in the Northern rail-
way merger case, the United States
supreme court handed down another
decision involving millions of dollars
which attracted no attention what
ever. This was the case of certain
squatters-six or seven in number-on
lands around Cedar Island lake in Nor
thern Minnesota, adjacent to the Du-
luth district. The Security and De-
velopment Company, which is said to
be part of the steel trust, filed suit
in ejectment against the squatters.
The lands are enormously valuable for
iron, although when they were taken
up ten or twelve years ago it was sup
posed they were valuable only for tim
Der. The supreme court upholds the
Judgment of the Minnesota state court,
which was that the squatters were en-
titled to the land. The decision means
millions to several poor men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
NOT FAIR TO WEST.
Senator Fosters Opinion of Latimer
Good Roads Bill.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Foster has stated that while he is
heartily in favor of the good roads
movement, there is nevertheless con-
sidera blec riticism of the Latimer bill
in that it makes the basis of expendi-
ture of the $24 100000 appropriated
the population of the various states
and territories. Accordingly the state
of Washington would get its pro rata
on the basis of approximately 600, 900
population, while new York state, with
approximately one third less area than
Washington. would get its pro rata on
the basis of 10000, 900, or something
like sixteen times as much money as
would go into the state of Washington.
The Western states need good roads
more than the Eastern states, and yet,
under the Latimer bill the bulk of the
money appropriated would go the East,
while as matter of fact the great ag-
ricultural districts of the West, which
largely provide foodstuffs for the en-
tire country, in addition to keeping up
our standing in export trade, with an
area entirely out of proportion to that
of the East, would get but small por-
ton of the entire appropriation.
The little state of Massachusetts, has
more population than all the Pacific
states combined, and would, therefore,
obtain more money under this Dill
than the entire coast, and it would
take practically bushel of the Bay
states to cover the area of Washing
ton. Oregon and California.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12
ALASKA CABLE COMING.
Last shipment Made From Hobo
ken, N. j.

ken, N. j.
Seattle, March 10.-With the ship
ment to this place of 1870 tons of wire
cable from Hoboken, N. j., over the
Lackawana railroad, the order Tor
800 miles of submarine conductor Tor
the government cable between Puget
Sound and Sitka, Alaska, is now COM
plete.
This consignment consists of forty
one miles OF cable, thirty miles OF
which is one conductor size, and thir-
teen miles is ten conductors. 1t aver
ages in weight ten tons to the mile
The cable was made at Bayonne, con-
viewed TO Hoboken on lighter, where
il was loaded ON five of the Lacka-
wana's largest freight cars. Ordlnar-
ilv such shipment would require
twelve cars. 1t took twenty-eight men
five, DAVIS TO remove the cable from the
lighter and to coil it in the cars, the
entire number of which will be han
died together between Hoboken ana
the Pacific coast.