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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06
permanent fixture and a JOY forever.

In building roads there-is too little
Of building for the future." In build.
ing a road you are not. building some
thing just for the time being. You
are building something that is for all
time, and there should be some
thought given to it and try to make it
SC that some day twill be a perma-
nent road. l mean by this that while
we may not have none enough in
sight to properly complete it we
should at least lay the keel for a
good road. Now 1 have condemned
the entire dependence that is put in
the cu1vert. I am going at the risk of
q repetition to explain more fully my
plan for a water break. / have never
seen a header put in in this way any
place, and think the idea is entirely
original with me. My plan is to put
in a rock header. Take two large
stones, bed them firmly one on each
side OF the ditch, about two inches
apart. These rocks should be II
inches thick. That leaves a space
2x12 inches in the header. On top OF
these two place another large stone,
and pack in firmly with earth. The
idea is to pass the permanent water
through each header. The flood pass
es over the road and a mile long Win
a dozen water breaks and there is DO
more of a flood at the foot OF the nil
thar at the top. We have collected
the water all the way, we
will here put in a culvert.-Timoth9
Hay.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06
THERMOMETERS:
BuIBs,the, Tubes and the MARK
fDEsof the DeErees

OF the5DeErees.
There are observation-disclosures uses for
thermometers and as many different
styles as uses. They range from the
tiny half nch tubes attached to Christ.
mas calendars to the enormous twelve
DOT instruments used in experimental
work by m~eteorologists.
Perhaps the most difficult part OF
the manufacture Of thermometers is
thatsof fitting the tube with a bulb OF
exactly the right capacity. Tie size
of the latter must have an exact rela-
ton to that of the former. If it is too
large for h bore the mercury or col
ored alcohol, whichever is used. will
not rise high enough in the tube; if
too small, it will rise too high. In the
little clinical thermometer on whose
story the physician depends SO often
for his decision the bore is SO fine that
a human hair can hardly be inserted
AS these thermometers must be reg
ulated to record infinitely the tempera-
.ture. the person on whose Judgment
depends the size of the bulb to be at
taclled must be a highly skilled work
man. The men, VIII do this part of the
work have to be highly paid.
The marking OF, b degrees on the
hollow tube is the step next in i'm
p%ortauce in the making of the little
curse and blessing. The process is SO
simple that one can prove the accuracy
Of q thermometer for ones self by
the same method. The freezing point
is L by inlmersins the bulb in a
box Of melting ice and the boiling
point by attaching 1t to 4 steam pipe
or imnersinG it in boiling water.
Scratches are made on the tube Ct
the points. cached by the mer-
curry under these two tests, and the
space between is hen marked Off
into 100 spaces for a centigrade Their
norcetcr and $50 for q Fahrenheit in
strun,cnt. the marking beginning in
the first instance at zero and in the
second at 81 This makes the boiling
point in one case 100 and in the other
PIP degrees. Thermometers are apt
to detcriorate in value as they age,
owing: to ii contraction of the glass Of
the bull. The amount of tie ecro- can
be determined by imEersinS the bulb
in melting ice and making 4 mark for
the new freezing point. To insure the
accuracy OF thermometers the manu-
factllrers usually store them for a year.
testing them from time to tiIne.-Sew
York Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06


and Observation-Disclosures
In criticaI Paris ;France;Whence they
now no. come Ito make their first appear
ancegin this COUNTRY: Hungary con
tributes the Szarvasi .F>rencz Troupe
OF nine male and female Magyar x-
ponents of wild acrobatic Innovations,
emotional dances and mystic melodies
peculiar to a race whose origin is lost
in the din resources of the past. Their
performances are a to be now for
the first time to be seen outside their
native land. Mons Hubert also
comes from Europe to astonish with
what may well be termed prodigious
acts of strength n dexterity. In
these, after exceedingly difficult feats'
of juggling, holding a sulky high in
air by the thills, he leaps with it from
the ground to the back OF his running
horse, and also has the face to balance
a ark cart on his chin. To the forty
odd clowns who make things SO laugh
ably lively under the big top have
been added the four male and female
MaFtineks, who enjoy the reputation
of being the most tickling of foreign
funmakers. Then there will be forth
coming the Eddy Family, who need
no eu1ogistic Introduction either at
home or abroad, presenting for the
first time their new a original thrill
ing and graceful aerial stage acrobatic
act.
Aerial performances galore are prom
Used. The flying Jordans will be seen
again after a long round-the-world
trip. Their flights, dives and, somer-
saults from trapeze to trapeze and into
the hands of each other high in the
air are sufficiently thrilling for the
most exact. The Barnard family of
foul in a new aerial act will be an
other feature. Then there are the
LaCormens, who perform difficult
stunts on a slender cable suspended
just underneath the dome of the can
OF riders there are a or
more, of all schools of equestrianism.
Two score of clowns will afford
amusement for the little ones and the
~grOwn-upS as well.
The already big nenagerie has had
many features added to it during the
winter, chief among them being a col
lection Of fourteen full-grown beauti-
full Polar bears. No show has ever
before exhibited more than one. The
big bunch OF elephants include the
well-known Forepaugh dancing ele-
plants inc the equally as we'll known
Sells Brothers drill elephants. There
will be many other animal features to
muse and instruct.
The daily street parade includes
and military sections, and is
said to be a brilliant pageant.
Two performances will be given,
rain or shine.
Walking is a new delight. Dorothy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06
SET YOUR
ALARM
CLOCK

Set the alarm clock for 4 A. M. to-
morrow, and be sure to get up n
the bell rings. If you turn over Tor a
few more winks you are likely to mss
the arrival of the circus and the inter
estine unloading scenes. Circuses
have a peculiar habit of arriving in
town at unseemly hours. Inc one
that comes tomorrow is probably no
exception to the general rule 1t IS
the big Adam Forepaugh n Sells
Brothers show. 1t has not beer IN
this city for two years, but is Well re-
membered for the excellence OF its
performances two seasons ago.
This years advance announcements
| call it the "All Feature Show, and a
perusal of preliminary proclamations
and "a glance at the pictorial posters
bears out the statement. The majority
of the big acts to be presented are
novelties that will give the lie to the
statement so often heard that II you
see one circus you e hem all. \
great many of the acts and perform
ances have never before been seen in
this country.
The management of the ForepauSh-
Sells show seems to have concentrated
its resources, research and enterprise
the production of the especially
great and move features. to such an
extent that feature-hunting has appar-
entity become a gigantic fad with IT,.
Nothing at home worth exhibiting
seems to have escaped the managers,
and the announcements indicate how
thoroughly the foreign field has beer
ransacked in search of genuine thrill
ers and orisinalities.
Only the best and biggest features
of last season have been retained n
| Diavolo, the daredevil. heads h list
Nothing to equal in sensationalism his
feat of looping-the-loop on his bicycle
has yet been found. Insurance COM
panies continue to collect big pre-
miums. on his policies, though daily
expecting to settle with his heirs or
assigns. Diavolo has the lOop-the-
loop field to himself, for no n else
has been found to successfully &C
complish the feat. Many others have
tried and the doctors or the under
takers have done the rest.
But there is another fellow with
the circus this ear who is something
of a death-defying person himself. On
the bills he is called "Prodigious Por-
thos." He does a stunt on a bicycle
that runs close second to DiavolO in
point of sensationalism. Nothing like
it has ever been seen in this country
before. Porthos has a narrow rack
that reaches from the dome OF the
canvas to a point below about twenty
feet from the ground. Their it k
a short upward urn of a few feet and
there ends abruptly. Down this in
cline Porthos comes at terrific speed
and shoots off and up into the air. He
covers a distance of fifty feet and
alights on another platform that is
ten feet high; then descends on a
short incline to the ground.
In new acts brought from foreign
countries for the first time there are
Ma Famille Lecusson, who introduces
original combined four-in-hand and
park brake bareback and acrobatic
performances which are claimed to be
the only entirely new equestrian feats
introduced in the circus ring for at
least fifty years. and which for con
tinuous months attracted enormous
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06

Prohibition Union Meetings Resume.
The weekly e~vangelistic meetingsof
the Fairmont Prohibition Union will
commence tomorrow, September q. in
Willard Hall, at $3.50 p. M. All adVo-
Gates Of temperance reform are eligi-
bic for membership and are urged to-
attend. GEORGE MORROW.
President
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06

We have just unloaded our car OF
Novelty Ranges for fall trade, and are
in a position to make you close prices.
r T.. Halls Hardware Store. Y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06

Base ball goods, bicycles and bicycle
supplies; guns and cutlery are special
ties with J. L. Hall, the leading hard
ware store, Fairmont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06

Paint pride is ours in justifable
because we carry Heath &
Millegan's best prepared paint, and
satisfaction is guaranteed by its use.
=. L. Halls Hardware Store. x
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Remember, you will find the largest
lines of washing machines, wringers,
tubs, &C., carried in b city at ]. L.
Halls Hardware Store. x
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Your want" is not important--to
anyone but yourself-until it has been
"put into type" lS.Hs
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Shirts, collars and ties. B.High-$
land, agent for the F.P Sargent
gloves. C. b: Highland.
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Walking is a new delight. Dorothy
shoes. c. B. Highland. X
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We are agents for Oliver Chilled
and Syracuse plows. J. y. Ha1's
Hardware Store.
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the latest news.
Read the West@yirginian. II has
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All OF the latest Geographic and
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Reliable Furniture at Fairmoqt Fur
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To the Knights of Pythias Biennial
Encampment Louisville, KY
Very Low Rates For the
Rround Trip.

Tickets On sale August -, 10, IA, Is,
good returning leaving Louisville not
later than August 31st, 1904.
S~top-overs allowed at specified
points in each direction.
Get details from ticket agent.
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NoW@there is a wrong way and a
@5right8way to&make a water break 50
that it will be8permanent. 1t must be
sunk into the solid road. 1t won't do
TO make little pile of loose dirt
across the road-that will be cut
Through blythe wheels and wash away.
IT should be#cut down into the solia
8roadEand if possible have a backing
of solid stone onsthe face of it where
the wheels strike. You want the bot
tomEtwo or three feet wide and graded
gradually up h hill. This water
break, and. in fact any other obstruc-
lion. should always be placed on an
angle across the road, so that only
on wheel will strike it at the same
time, and eve square across the
road If only one wheel strikes the
ditch, there is no jar to amount to
anything, but if it is square across
sso.thatstWo wheels go in at the same
time it is different, and the Fool Kill
er should get busy right away.
Now with water breaks 800 feet
apart that caves more road than I
want for5water to accumulate on, SO
I would make what l will call half
breaks" That is, I would not &C clear
t the hin ditch-every so or 100 feet.
&1hese#need be only shallow depres-
sionss to turn the waite over the
brink. You see I aim to make a road
so that twill moi wash away" I
claim it c be lone without any ad-
%a1tiona1 expense. I will save more
on culverts that will do away with,
than will make and keep open my
water breaks.
If I was building a new road I
would make the water breaks a simple
I would build them right in
the grade road. would carry my
grade 100 feet, then drop a foot and
start my grade again, SO that b bot
tom Of my first water break would be
the top Of the second, and so on. A
read made in that shape would be a
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
LETTERS BY TELEGRAPH.
Invention Promises to RevOlutiOniZe
Commercial Correspondence.

Invention Promises to RevOlutiOnize
Commercial Correspondence.
Patrick B.. Delany Of South Orange,
N. j., the electrical engineer who in
vented the multiplex telegraph system,
by which six messages. can be tele-
graphed over single wire at the same
time, says that his latest invention, the
automatic machine telegraph, has been
perfected.
BY means Of the new system, he says,
a business man in New York may die
tate to his stenographer a letter Of,
say, 1000 words addressed to CORE
spondent in Chicago. The stenogra-
pher writes the letter on tape, punch
ing out the characters with machine
having a keyboard resembling that Of
typewriter.
A messenger takes the tape to the
telegraph office, it is fed to the ma
chine, and the letter of 1000 words is
transmitted to and printed on tape
in the Chicago Office in exactly one
minute. There the tape is delivered
to the New York mans correspondent.
his stenographer copies it out, and the
New York mans, letter is in the hands
Of the Chicago man in about half an
hour, almost in the, time it was writ
ten. The tariff on such message
would be from 10 to II cents.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
LUNAR SCENERY.
Hts Appearance Proves the Moons
Lack of Air and Water

Its Appearance Proves the Moons
Lack of Air and Water.
1t is by indirect methods of observa-
tion that scientists learn of the alb
sence of atmosphere in the moon.
There are various arguments that can
be adduccd, but the most conclusive is
that obtained on the occurrence of
what is called the occultation of a
star. 1t sometimes happens that the
moon comes directly between the earth
and star, and the temporary extinc-
ton of the latter is an occultation We
can observe the movement when it
takes place, and the suddenness of the
extinction Of the star is extremely re-
markable. If the moon had copious
atmosphere, the gradual interposition
of this would produce a gradual ex-
tinction Of the star and not the sudden
phenomenon usually observed.
This absence of air and water from
the moon explains the peculiar and
weird ruggedness of the lunar scenery.
We know that on the earth the action
of the wind and of rain, of frost and of
snow is constantly tending to wear
down our mountains and reduce their
hard outlines, but no such agents are
at work upon the moon.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
PRIMITIVE LETTER POST:
The Earliest Postal service Dates
.s Bac clSss tn aR a Ia1Inn Ia .z

The Earliest Postal Service Dates
|iffs Back to- OssBabyIonia.
Il No postal service has been ced ear
lier than that which was il operation!
during the reign of Khammurabf, the
.Amraphel of Genesis, who was king
of Babylonia about 23O0 B. G.. A num-
Der Of the nlissives, each inclosed in
it's clay envelope, which passed through
this earliest postofice are preserved
in the Babylonian room of the British
museum, and their contents indicate
that even at that period letters were
freely circulated throughout the en-
pire by public postal service under
governmental control.
Sir Brian Tuke was appointed post
master in England ait the beginning of
the sixteenth century, and in 1856 the
lords of the council ordered ''that the
postes betWeene this and the Northe
should eche of them keepe a bool1e
and make entrye Of every lettre that
he Shall receive. the TYNE of the deiy-
erie thereof unto his hanos.' with the
parties names that shall! bring it unto
him.
The first post for the conveyance Of
private letters to all parts Of England
and Scotland was started in 1886, when
the "letter office" was established, but
it was not till 1887 that the foundation
Of the present system was laid.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
THE LOVING CUP,
Its Origin Dates From the Assassina.
tiOn of King Edward

Its Origin Dates From the Assassina-
tion Of King Edward
The remote origin of the loving cup
dates from the story of the assassina-
ton of Edward king and martyr, who
was stabbed in the back while drink
ing. 1t had been usual at feasts to
pass round large cup, which each, as
he rose to drink, lifted with both
hands, exposing his body to attack.
This custom was altered, so that when
cne stood up to drink he who sat next
became his ''pledge' and also rose,
drawn sword in hand, to protect him.
This practice in a modified form con-
tinued long after changed conditions
of society had ceased to need it and
was the origin of our custom of drink
ing healths and particularly of the
ceremonial, preserved in almost it's
primitive form, of passing round the
loving cup, when, as each person rises
and takes the cup in his hand to drink,
the guest next to him also rises and
grasps the second handle.
Some authorities ascribe it's origin
to Margaret, consort of Malcolm, king
Of Scotland, and others to Henry of
Navarre.-London Truth.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
Acetylene For Submarines.

The peculiar property of calcium car
bide Of rapidly developing acetylene
gas when brought into contact with
water has led to it's utilization for rails
ing and sinking submarine boats. The
boat is supplied with an ordinary gas
generator and water tank. whose con-
tents serve as ballast. The upper part
of the tank is connected with the gas
reservoir Of the generator by pipe, so
that the gas can escape into the water
tank. If the tank and reservoir of the
generator are filled with water the boat
sinks. After the introduction of a car
bide cartridge into the generator an i'm
mense quantity of gas is formed at
once, which forces the water into the
sea. The boat now rises to the surface,
remaining there until the gas is al
lowed to escape from both reservoirs,
which causes them to be again filled
with sea water and sinks the boat once
more q e. l.. ~, ~. fses@s:}
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
They Kept a Bible For Luck.

At Sycamore, ILL.,, we'll known busi
ness firm makes it practice to keep a
Bible in the safe. The custom was
commenced a long time ago, and thc
big steel box is never locked up unless
it contains the book. 1t is kept in the
money drawer Of the safe. 1t is founL
necessary to remove it occasionally, bui
it is always carefully replaced.
The men who adopted this quee.
practice when they commenced bust
ness years ago have little to say in ex
PLANTATION. In all their business life
their safe or store has never been rob
bed or entered. They have had a con.
tinuous good business and are among
the most successful business houses OF
the town. All of the members of the
firm attend the churches of the town
but all are liberal in their religious
views, and the prevailing belief in the
town is that Holy Writ is kept in the
safe principally for good luck.-Ch;
cago Tribune.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
RACINE

+. Ii. Reed Was in Austin Saturday
on business.
The train service here is very unsatis-
factory. The way freight runs down
one day and back the other. The pas
Senger service consists of one day train
each Way.
The Baptist meeting house has been
moved from Hamilton to this village.
Olive, infant daughter of William
Kenyon died of pneumonia Feb. II.
Special meetings are being held in
the NJ. E. church.
MIR. IIovert has sold his store to Fred
Thoruiill of Spring Valley.
Miss Bernire Sheldon of Wasioja is a
guest of Miss Esther Allen.
Nina Wilson is OH the sick list.
Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
CURED OF HIS CLUB,
The Way One Woman Kept Her Hus
band Home In the EVENINGS

Ihe Way One Woman Kept Her Hus-
band Home In the Evenings
IL would be very happy if my hus-
band would not spend SO many of his
evenings It the club" said Mrs. Bride,
with Il sigh
"Nhy don't you try the suspicion
cure:'' said her intimate friend.
"What is the suspicion cure?" asked
Mrs. Bride.
well, my husband once got into the
habit of spending his evenings at his
club, and I worried myself i'll. Then
changed my tactics. Instead of asking
him to remain at home / urged him to
go to the clUS. The way he raised bis
eyebrows the first time l suggested it
showed that l was on the right track.
Zone night he said he had a severe
headache and would remain at home.
l. opposed the idea and insisted that an
evening at his club would make him
forget his headache He gave me a
hard look. but acted on the suggestion.
l knew he would be back within an
hour, so made an elaborate toilet. He
returned, as I expected, with the plea
that his head was worse. I ignored his
question concerning my elaborate toi-
let. He hasn't been away for an even
Ing since. 1t is almost like the old
honeymoon, only he appears to have
something on his mind.''