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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-14

September 6, 1905
10 u. m.-Board met, as per adjourn
ment, with the following members
present:
M. Schiltz, chairman; Thomas AL
eXander, member; r. j. Cole. county
clerk.
The following bills We're examined
and allowed:
Richardson Mercantile CO.,
supplies for poor . s 81.
Fay Rumsey, moving poor lc.
c. 0, Marcyes, room rent for
poor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31

Charles j. Watt, formerly OF
Marietta, but now at st. Marys,
w. Va, came near being burned
to- death Thursday afternoon
while at work in the oil fields a
few miles back of st. Marys.
Two large oil tanks had caught
fire and Mr.. Watt was among
those who were attempting to
subdue the flames. With his
clothes saturated with oil which
issued from the tanks, he fought
the fire until his clothes took fire.
It was with great presence OF
mind that he rushed to a large
snow drift and there imbedded
himself.
His plan was effective, and the
flaming garments were extln-
guished before any great injuries
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
Prominent Oil Nan
Was Badly Burned

had resulted to Mr.. Watt. While
his burns about the hands and
face are very painful, none of the
flames were inhaled and his recOv-
cry will be rapid. He was taken
Immediately to st. Marys, where
he is under the care of a physi-
clan.
Mr.. Watts narrow escape from
being seriously or fatally burned
is quite singular, in that his lit
tie daughter, some five years ago,
was burned to death. She was
playing about bonfire in front
of her home on upper Second
street, this city, when her clothes
took fire. She sustained burns
which caused her demise a short
time Observation-Disclosures Lead
er. --.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
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SHILOH TWADDLE. =
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Shiloh, w. Va, Jan. 31.-Rev.
Barnhouser closed a very success
full meeting at Slicker recently.
Mrs. Alkire, who has been in
disposed, is slowly recovering.
Miss Audrey Nissan of Pursley
has been visiting Shiloh friends.
Ross Alkire was calling on rel
atives and friends at Twiggs Fri.
day night and Saturday.
Our school is progressing nicely
these days.
Shorty" Wells is doing a
rushing business.
The Misses Stewart entertained
some of their friends Friday even
ing.
The Rice coal mine is shut
down on account of the recent
freeze-up.
Spudding was commenced on
the Gorrell well Saturday.
J. W. May is at Next this week
on business.
Y. NJ. Stewart and Jas. Alkire
were at Meadville this week.
Miss Herm Stewart of this
place, is visiting Meadville friends
this week.
Tom Wells is tool-dressing on
| the Gorrell well.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
County Court Proceedings

The following business has been
transacted in the Couny Court
clerks Office in the past few days:
Assignment.
Edward Bower to D. B. Duff,
all right, title, etc., Linzay Ow-
ems 8 acres, Charles Ankrom and
wife $50 acres, and property
thereon: consideration 81; Meade
district.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
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BEN'S RUN NEWS.

Bens Run, w. Va, Jan. Oh
Harrison Barnhart has moved
from this place.
Miss Charlotte Cline has gone
to Newport to visit her sister,
Miss Grace Cline.
Dee Williamson and family en-
joyed a fine sleigh-rlde Sunday
afternoon.
Sidney Starkey is going to
Wick to work.
Bert Bell was home Saturday
evening and Sunday from High
land.
H. E. Bell was at Bens Run
Sunday evening. -.
John Brown was at Bens hun
Saturday.
Owen Beagle is very i'll at pres
ent.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
Deeds.

Sarah M. Stern and husband to
Mary Corbly and Mary Corbly
and husband to Sarah M. Stern
consideration, u of gas. A acres
and u of gas 3 acres; Meade dis
trict.
M. G.. Nissan and wife to G.
A. Henry and c. B. Henry, for
so acres land; consideration ST.
200; Union district.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31

Among the new members and
young men of the Senate is Hon.
T. P. Hill of Middlebourne. He
was born in Tyler county, and was
formerly a teacher, having taught
several years. At the age of 81
he was elected county superinten-
dent of schools of his county, and
filled the place to the satisfaction
of all parties. He was one Of the
useful members Of the House IN
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
Senator T. p. Hill

1903, hence was promoted by his
party and the people to the Sen
ate this year. MIR. Hill is espec-
tally interested in the passage OF
the bill which creates a State
School Book board, having intro
duced the bill, and bill which
simplifes the duties of Sheriffs,
and all good legislation. He is
quiet but genial and popular, and
attentive to his duties.-Wheeling
Inteligencer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
Even Rings Daughter is
NOt Exempt From Disease

third daughter, for appendicitis
at Buckingham palace. The pa
tient bore the operation well, and
is progressing satisfactorily.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31

Special to The Oil Review.
London, Jan. 31.-Physlclans
this morning operated upon Prln-
cess Victoria, King Edwards
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
niAa Look Forward.

One of the blessed characteristics OF
the Christian religion as compared
with others is that it bids US look Tor
ward instead of backward. 1t matters
little to us how good or bad people
used to be. The question Is, Are they
better now and have they something
that promises a bright tomorrow
When we take up the Christian Bible
we find the whole pull OF the book Is
inward. When a man tells what h'
has done he begins to wither. Growing
men and institutions like church can
not thrive on has beens. This Is the
practical value OF the doctrine OF thu
second coming of Christ.-Rev. Fredet
lex Z. Hopkins. Congregationalist, Chi
eago.
No loafer respects a man who works
but a hard working man rather looks
M to a nIar w'rN Is smart enough tc
i've in idlenpsS. Globe.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31
Drop In and
Have a Bite
Open House Day
and Night

Catering to hundreds daily. More
towners and out-of-towners COM
ing every day to- like the whole
someness of the fare and cleanh-
ness and order of the new place.
A big run on oysters on the half,
stewed or friend. CLANS in chow
der, or any way you like them
THE BEST COFFEE.
Our bill of fare embraces a
hundred appetizing items.
Regular dinner daily II 30 to
2 80, and supper 5 to s o'clock.
THE PHOENIX RESTAURANT
Al Toocura prom
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-31

Some people ere like river. The
only way iAry cali attract attention Is
goIng>on ii r IMAGE.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
A PAINTERS. DREAM.
Pope's Story of the Sleep Vision I
Sir Gndfrex KnaIIar

POpe's story of the Sleep Vision of
Sir Godfrey Kneller.
1 dreamed was dead, said the paint
er. Before me saw a door and
great number of people about it. AS
1 drew nearer l could distinguish st.
Peter by his keys with some other Of
the apostles. They were admitting the
people as they came next to the door.
AS the first after my coming up ap-
preached for admittance st. Peter
asked his name and then his religion.
II am a Roman Catholic" replied the
spirit go in then" says st. Peter, "and
sit down In those seats on the right
hand" The next was a Presbyterian.
He was admitted, too, after the usual
questions and ordered to sit down on
the seat opposite the other.
My turn came next, and as / ap-
preached ST. Peter very civilly asked
me my name. l said 1t was Kneller.
l had no sooner said so than st. Luke,
who was standing just by, turned to-
ward me and said, with a great deal
Of earnestness, What, the famous Sir
Godfrey Kneller Of EnglandT' THE
very same, sir" says l, ''at your serv-
ice." On this st. Luke embraced me
and made a great many compliments
on the art we both Of US had followed
In this world and entered so far into
the subject that he seemed almost to
have forgotten the business for which
/ came thither. At last, however, he
recollected himself and said: Il beg
your pardon, Sir Godfrey. l was so
much taken up with the pleasure Of
conversing with you. But, apropos,
pray, sir. what religion may you be
off, why. truly, sir" says l, Il am
of no religion" "Oh. SIR" says he,
''you will be so good then as to go in
and take your seat where you please"
-PODe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

Ebenezer Smell, the grandfather of
the poet William Cullen Bryant, Is de-
scribed as a good type Of the New
England farmer, in whose nature Puri-
tanism, with its stern rigors of conduct
and conscience, was overIaid with
many of the amenities of Yankee hu-
NOR. Bryant preserved several anec-
dotes Of his grandfather, one of which
quoted by Mr.. W. A. Bradley In his
biography of the poet, may serve to in
dictate the way in which he exercised
his humor, and also to show the patri-
archal conception of justice that was
held In remote New England COM
munity at the end Of the eighteenth
century.
My grandfather, said Bryant, once
found that certain pieces of lumber in
tended by linn for the runners of sled
and called in that part Of the country
sled crooks had been taken without
leave by a farmer who lived at no
great distance. These timbers were
valuable, being made from tree the
grain of which was curved SO as to
correspond with the curve required in
the runners
The delinquent received notice that
his offense was known and that If he
wished to escape prosecution he must
carry bushel of rye to each of three
poor widows living In the naighbor-
hood and tell them why he brought It.
He was only too glad to comply with
this condition.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01


The mistress of house in India has
to deal with strange servants, pictur-
esque creatures whose minds are bent
at every point by the traditions Of
caste or custom. Chota ChaDkidar was
tiny night Waterman employed by
COrnelia SOrabji because he had cho-
sen that occupation. But by day he
helped her do her gardening and after
burying seeds would rush eagerly next
morning to see If green leaves were
showing.
When the little green things were
really up there came white ants to eat
them, and 1t was Chota Chankidar
who found remedy.
ut behoOves us to call a magic
man." he said "He will say charms
to the white ants, not forgetting to use
some black tar and such things which
are deadly to the ant people"
Gould not you and l use the black
tar and such things. Chota Chanki-
dar?" asked the mistress humbly.
Maybe. But we could not say the
words"
But we will say words of our own"
He thought for a moment and then
shook his head with melancholy ener-
gy. "No, no. Miss Sahib! The father
grandfather ways are best always, and
our father grandfathers always called
the magic men to this like trouble.
Besides" he added appeaslngly, "of
course, though we people know better
than the magic men, the ant people are
senseless and would not understand
our language"
So the ant people were exterminated
with appropriate ceremonies.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
Answerinr the Emperor.

The following story of Kaiser VIII
liam IL and one of his generals Is told
by a biographer of the German emper-
or:
At review in Berlin the kaiser i'm
patiently reprimanded old General Won
Meerscheldt for losing his wits at a
critical moment.
IF your majesty thinks 1 am getting
too old, beg of you to allow me to re-
sign"
mo, no." replied the emperor you
are too young to resign. Indeed If
your blood didn't course through your
veins quite SO fast you would be a
more useful army leader"
On the evening Of that day the kaiser
and the general met at court ball.
The general was talking to some young
ladies.
"Ah, Meerscheldt," cried the emper-
or, that is right Get ready to marry.
Take young wife, then that excit-
able temperament Of yours will soon
vanish"
The general bowed low as he re-
torted:
Il beg to be excused, your majesty.
A young emperor and young wife
would be more than 2 could possibly
stand"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
The Japanese Jury.

In the Teiyei era (along about the
middle of the thirteenth century, a
Japanese statesman brought the laws
In touch with the people by establish
ing council of state, with twelve
judges, the same as our jury. Before
these twelve all litigation was brought
for investigation and decision. The
plaintiff and defendant had their
spokesman. who argued and defended
the case, and afterward the twelve re-
tired into a closed chamber, where the
following oath was administered:
During the elaboration of a case,
and the decision afterward between
right and wrong, neither family con-
nection nor sympathy with, nor antip-
athy against, the party shall influence.
Fear not o powerful family or favor
not friend, but speak in accordance
with the dictates of truth. Should there
be case decided wrong and redress
refused to a man we shall be punished
by all the gods and goddesses Of the
realm. Thus we swear, and afHx our
signatures
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

There is almost no twilight in Mex
leo You watch the sun. blazing orb,
descending with growing swiftness and
wreathed in veil of fire toward the
horizon. Around, the air is amber tint
ed. glowing Suddenly it begins to
drop behind the distant mountains, and
the shadows advance across the plain,
swallowing up the landscape in mellow
gloom. The shadow draws near and
nearer-envelops the town. Behind you
the sky is still lit up with the rosy
beams. A line of shadow creeps swift
ly up the rugged sides Of old Popocate-
petl, obscuring completely the base of
the mountain as it advances. Up, up
the snow capped crest, deepening in
tint until at last 1t hangs like great
opal against the darkening sky. A mo-
ment it remains so, glowing and quiv-
ering as If on fire-grows smaller and
Is gone. Night has come.
Through the dusky silence you seek
your hotel, passing on the roadside ST.
lent figures, fagot laden. "Adios, Sc
nor" Their soft voiced greeting falls
upon your ear like benediction.-Lee
W. Ziegler in Recreation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

The reputation held by Mr.. Cobb Of
Candy for making the closest bargains
of any man In the region was sus-
tanned during the summer by his deal
ings with several of his neighbors from
the city.
Mr.. Cobb" said one of these neigh
bors whose orchard was In need Of
pruning, "the man says he must have
longer ladder than mine, for when
he's finished the orchard want him to
trim that scraggly elm just this side Of
the apple trees. Have you a ladder
could hire?"
''Um-m, well, l s'pose hev," said
Mr.. Cobb grudgingly as he turned his
lean face half away from his visitors
gaze. I've got one, but It's kind Of
loose Tinted toward the top. I'm not
carlatin' to put any repairs on to 1t,
for l don't ever go clear to the top
myself. I'm willin' to let We take it,
but l shall hev to charge We thutty
cents, l guess, on account Of the resk
Of your mans breakin' through the top
rungs, he bein' so much heftier any
way than l am, and along of not in
tendin' to have 1t hired out, as a rule"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
CORRECT ATTIRE.
He Who Dresses In Good Taste Shows
That He Reanaefa HfmneIP

He Who Dresses In Good Taste Shows
That He Respects Himself.
When our country was in the log
cabin stage of its growth correct dress
was not held in high regard, and obvi
ously so. The stout hearted pioneers
were too busy hewing paths and blaz-
ing trails to cultivate life's finer side.
Theirs was the rough work of field
and camp, of hammer and saw. But
times, men and manners have changed.
and new conception of dress has
sprung up. Young men especially rec
ognize the direct relation of correct
dress in business and social prefer
ment. The well dressed man carries
his introduction with him-he is mas
ter of himself and of the situation He
commands the respect of others be-
cause he shows that he respects him
self.
1t is true that there are some men
of wealth and position who slur their
clothes and even some who feign to
scorn the niceties of dress The hab-
its Of careless youth have left their
imprint on such men, and 1t is quito
certain that their disdain of dress
played no part in their success and
detracts measurably from their enjoy
ment Of it, for. after all, the ripest
fruit Of success is the esteem of ones
fellows, and who can esteem the SLOW
en-? In talking to a man ones atten-
ton naturally roves to his clothes, his
hair, his teeth and his finger nails
Dandruf on the shoulder, stains on
the waistcoat and unshaven face, I'M
tidy hair, creases in the coat, a soiled
collar, mussed cravat, proclaim in
trumpet tones that man lacks the
truest refinement = respect of self. =
Success
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

De TOO late? DaZed and weary" she
emerged from the car into the bril-
liant California sunshine and stepped
down, half blinded, into a crowd of
strangers and John Barry's arms. He
was brown, vigorous and smiling.
Quite unabashed, he kissed her, and
they seemed suddenly to be all alone.
What does it mean?' she gasped.
He laughed
1.-THE doctors have given me up-dis-
charged me-cured, of what l never
had, and l wanted you-I"-
you might have written and not
not frightened me So" She choked
back the tears. You knew l cared or
/ wouldn't have come"
Il know, sweetheart We will have
wedding this afternoon. had to tel
egraph for fear you would have one
without me-" She turned and looked
at him In astonishment.
II didn't want Golden to get you,'
he explained
did you think he ever would?" she
asked Indignantly. 81 simply wanted
to bring father to his senses"
WELL" John answered slowly, you
succeeded. Just look at this" He
handed her crumpled telegram:
Des Moines, Ia.
John Barry, Los Angeles, Cal:
II you want to marry Rosellan, for
heavens sake do it before Steve Golden
does.
They both laughed
'Yeu see," he said, '"if l had started
to go to you, you might have taken
him before reached you, so l called
you across the continent, and Aunt Eu-
nice has divided up with me- She says
she would like to be worth at least
half as much to me alive as she would
be dead, so we can live here
Rosellan considered.
John" she said softly, II haven't a
white dress to my name"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
why the Bears Fought.

G. NJ. Russell, the western painter,
tells an amusing story Of bear fight
which he thinks is funnier than any
humorous sketch he has ever seen por-
trayed on vaudeville stage. He had
been out with guide all day, and to-
ward evening they saw far down the
road two bears sauntering along quite
oblivious of the presence of human be
ings, as the wind was In the wrong di-
rection. Russell and his guide quickly
jumped behind small thicket, and
when the bears were within shooting
distance the painter let fly and struck
one Of them fair in the side. The shot
stunned the animal for a moment, and
he was under the impression that his
mate had struck him terrific blow
when he was not looking. AS there
appeared to be no reason for this chas-
tsement he proceeded to retaliate by
attacking the other bear. About this
time the guide took shot at the as
saulted animal, with the result that
the brute was Infatuated and imagined
he had been struck with undue force
by his comrade. Upon this the two
bears set to and had terrific fight
Success Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

1t is not often miserliness gets such
a straightforward rebuke as in the
case quoted by the Montclair Times.
In the early days Of primitive Method
ism there Travelled in England an &C.
centric minister named Neale, who was
famous for his plain talking. On one
occasion he was preaching missionary
sermons at village so noted for its
small collections that he determined
to pass the plate himself
On his round he came to a farmer
who was, as Mr. Neale well knew, the
richest man in the place. This lndivid-
ual placed penny on the plate. Mr..
Neale stopped Immediately and said in
a loud voice:
''Take your penny out, man, take 1t
out! Don't you see you've covered up
your laborer's sixpence"
The rebuke was effectual, and
much more valuable coin was placed
on the plate.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

'1The most difficult part of pastors
duty" said New York preacher, "is
the pastoral calls. have always re-
membered one Of the first ever made,
when was a green youth just out of
theological seminary l had been
called to the bedside of a member Of
my church who was well known for
his peculiarities and cranklness. After
talking with him few minutes l said:
Shall offer a short prayer with
your
"'Short or long. Use your own judg-
ment,' said he.
more and more embarrassed, hes
itated, and then said. What shall
pray for?
Exercise your own discretion as
to selection of topics said he."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

The minister's wife engaged new
servant. The girl was very friendly
with constable, and one day she in
vited him to come round to see her.
When he came 1t was washing day
She went and fetched him some beer,
biscuits and cheese. but just then
voice called out, Mary. have you got
started to wash YETI"
YES" said Mary.
what are you doing now?'
"Oh, l am just filing up the copper"
London Telegraph
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

From time immemorial In Cambridge,
England, the dairymen roll the butter
30 as to form long stick weighing
q pound, which they sell in slices, as il
It were sausage In the market the
butter merchants do not need to use
either weights or scales. A simple
glance is sufficient for these people
accustomed to the time honored prac
tice. A very neat cut with the knife
divides the yard into halves, quarters
or eighths very exactly. and 1t appears
that the customer is never given short
measure
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01
Through, but Kept Going.

A long winded member Of the Mas
sachusetts legislature was delivering a
political address In town not far
from Boston, and the village folk gath
cred In the town hall to hear it.
He had been speaking quite awhile
when finally an old Scotchman arose
and walked out of the hall. At the
door one of his countrymen was wait
Ing with his hack to drive the orator
to the station.
rs he done yet, SandyY asked the
Scot on the box.
The old man turned about
AYE" said he; hes done lang ago.
out he will ma stop"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

1t was one of Joseph Jefferson's dis
tinctions that he was not only an advo-
cate, but an example, Of good stage ell
ocution He was. however, an excep-
ton that proved the rule. The first
step toward a better state of affairs is
to convince managers and actors that
1t Is desirable. With the memory Of
many bad quarter hour of strained
effort to hear what should be appre-
hended with ease, we respectfully sub
NIT this word of Century