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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-20

found. after coming 5000 miles. that
he could not play the part, because
1t required a whistle, n whistle he
cant. Tie Incident made possible
his engagement with THE Truth
Tellers.s
Mabel Hite. the Coincidence OF THE
Girl and the Bandit Company. has
been dubbed BY MI. w. A. Hubbard.
the dramatic critic of the Chicago
Tribune, .the live wire Of musical
comedy" Miss Hite has the part OF
her e as Queeressa. the slave.
who tries to masquerade as an italian
princess. When the Frank L. Periey
Opera Company opened at the studes
baker last season, Miss Hite. who Is
a native Of Chicago. was paralyzcd
with fright; she was pushed on the
stage and became famous in a night.
The clever young woman is that rara
avis OF her sex, a funny person whose
sense of humor is remarkably keen.
Mr.. E S. Willard viii begin his
Canadian and American season at
Montreal October 2. Because OF the
great popularity last season Of 'srte
Brighter Side he will give that de-
lightful COMEDY a certain prominenca
In his repertoire which includes. be-
sides THE Fools Revenge" a triple
bill OF characters in which MIR. VIII
lard has ave been seen ty his Amer
lean audiences He has also in prep
aration a new play by a very well
known dramatist that may be ready
for production in tie course or the
season. Should II be produced with
the anticipated success ar. Willa'3
will give it a London presentation IN
the spring. Miss Alice Lonnon is the
leading lady.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-20
and on the first night missed only n

and on the first night missed only one
cue.
Percy Greenbank. who wrote the
lyrics Of THE Earl and the Girl the
latest Shubert musical comedy and
Basil Hood, come pretty near to hav.
ing the monopoly on the production
of comic opera books in England.
More than two-tlirds OF the lyrics
supplied to London musical comedies
emanate from them.
BERTHE Dale, who enacts the role OF
Nanny In Simple Simon Simple Is
a pretty blonde Ct the spirituelle
type. and the metamorpl osis which
she u%adergoes 1T ,a.h performance Is
nothing short OF ~urvelous. She has
a soprano voice of ring i ar richness
and sympathetic Quality, and inva.
riably receives five or six encores for
her leading songs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mansfield
lately celebrated their thirteenth
wedding ami yersary. They kept
their summer home at New London
open over this date and entertained
a large house part. Mr.. Mansfield
last week put his yacht, the Amorita,
out Of commission and his servants
were. as usual, transferred to his
private car for the winter. His home
at New London is to be leased next
year. as Mr.. Mansfield is to rent an
English country place for the sum
mer.
John Denton. who Will be seen in
Frederick G. Berger's production OF
Martha Morton's comedy. "The Truth
Tellers," is an English actor who
was recently brought over from Lon
don by Charles Frohman to play the
role Of the chauffeur in a new play.
At the first rehearsal, however. he
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-20
Flnneaan,s Ball.

In these days of new theatrical
propositions of various degrees Of
worth. it is good for sore eyes as the
old saying goes, to see an old and al
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
CALLS AMERICAN GAME BEST
Britisher Thinks We Have Improved
on Sport Of Football in His
Country.

If anybody who is a devotee of
Rugby football as played in Great
Britain reads the letter of Edward
Breck to a daily paper on the sub
ject of American football he will
probably be violently irritated,
says the London Globe. The
writer of the letter has a high
opinion of the game which the
states call football; indeed, he
considers it the one scientifcf form
of the sport. America, he SAYS,
never takes up a game without i'm
proving it, and she has done this
with regard to football. There
are, however, two opinions on this
matter. If Mr.. Breck considers
that football is improved by the
elimination of the personal equa.
ton and the encouragement of
brute force to such an extent that
the players are obliged to wear a
hideOus armOr, we are not with
him. He points triumphantly to
the fact that what he calls the
one scientifically weak point of
the English game, namely, the
method of putting the ball in play
in the scrummage, has been Sim
proved" by America. And the i'm
prOvement is that the half back is
not impeded by the other side in
passing the ball out, and the for.
wards do not push and heel to get
the ball, which is given to the side
in whose possession it was when
held or caught. 1t is typically
American to think this an i'm
provement. The great charm of
English football is to watch clever
forwards heeling and the half
back opening up the game before
his men can get round to tackle
him.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Pigeon Kidnapers.

New York cityhas amultitude Of
"fights" of pigeons. There are
few blocks that have not at least
one roof devoted to this purpose.
The section Of territory bounded
by Eighteenth and Thirtieth
streets and by Eighth and Ninth
avenues has over 80 "hights."
Their owners may be seen twice a
day, at six in the morning and
again at five in the evening, stir.
ring the birds to flight. A ten.
foot fshing-pOle, with a black
cloth at one end, is often used for
starting the birds. Many of the
flights" are used to catch stray
pigeons. The "stray," as it is
called, joins the flock in their up
ward fight and is trapped on tho
descent. On the East side it il
considered legitimate to trap .
"stray" from a rival fancier'i
dock Country Life in America.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
WAS GRATEFUL FOR SALLY.
The Old Mistress of Southern Servant
Girl Weeps at Sight of Her
Former Helper.

"Sally's old mistress was here
to-day, John"
A New York lady impaired the
information to her husband upon
his return from business, relates
the New York Times, adding:
"She and her daughter. They are
from Virginia"
"They didn't want to take Sally
away from us, | hope" replied
John. "She is the first really good
cook we have had since we com
menced keeping house"
NO." answered the wife. 'Thev
did not say that they had come for
her, though if they had said so Pm
sure she would have packed up at
once and gone with them. / can
not understand how it is with YOU
southern people and the blacks.
When Sally appeared they Just
fell upon her and kissed her and
cried over her for very JOY at see.
ing her again.
Il suppose ! must have shown
surprise, for Sally looked apollo.
getic and explained: This is m,
old mistress. She raised me down
in old Virginny."
81 told Sally to take a chair and
sit down with her old friends. D5
you think she did it? Not a bit Of
it. She only laughed, in a bashfu.
sort of way, and stood up talking
TO those people the whole time
they were here-over an hour"
"They wouldn't have kissed heI
the next time they saw her, | reck
on" said John, 'if she had accent
ed your invitation to be seated"
swell, it's all very strange ant
unaccountable to me. | confess
don't understand the relations o
the two races in the south, but
must say ! am grateful to thosI
Virginians for raising Sally 8,
that she knows how to raise brea,
and for making a good cook Of he
for my benefit"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
AUTO HAD PECULIAR SCENT
Parent Traced Eloping Daughter and
Prospective Son-in-Law by
Sense of Smell.

The pursuing parent in his 80
horsepower car of juggernaut
tore around a corner and got lost
in a shuttle of heavy motors, says
Stray Stories.
"Histw said the detective bv
whom he was accompanied, eve
must stop here while | pick up a
few clews."
The old man stood up in the ton
neau and took a couple of ample
shifts of the heavy air.
NO." he exclaimed, authorita-
lively, "they have passed through
and taken the straight road to the
metropolis. Let her loOsew he
continued to the chauffeur. "And
if a policeman tries TO stop us butt
him into the next county"
Like a mad thing the great ma.
chine tore through the streets and
out into the country along the
pine-scented roads. When they
had eaten up several miles of un.
appreciative landscape, The elop.
ing lovers were suddenly seen on
the skyline, urging their old mat.
chine to do its utmost.
"Aha" gloated the father, clap
ping the detective on the back
with a heavy hand. "You may be
a Sherlock Holiness; but there's
where Tve got YOU beat. The ma
chine they took with them is tn,
first / ever owned, and ! could tel
the smell of it among a thousand
and follow il like wolfhound."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
ONE BETTER ALL o
Candidates Vie with Each Other. But
First Conner Has Late Ar
rival 0utdone.

Two candidates for Office in Mis-.
souri, were stumping the northern
part of the state, and in one town
their appearance was almost sim
Infamous, relates Golfers Week
ly. The candidate last arriving
happened to stop at a house for
the purpose of getting a drink of
water. To the little girl who an
swered his knock at the door he
said when she had given him the
desired draught and he had of.
fered her in recompense some
candy: did the man ahead of me
give you anything?"
ooh, yes, sir" replied the bright
girl, che gave me candy"
"Ah!' exclaimed the candidate.
there's five cents for you. don't
suppose that he gave you any
money!"
The youngster laughed merrily
eyes, he did, too! He gave me ter
cents"
Not to be Outdone, the candidate
gave the little one another nickel
and picking her up in his arm,
kissed her.
Did he kiss you, too?" he asked
genially.
"lndeed, he did, sir!m respond
ed the little girl; "and he kissed
ma, tOow
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
olOthing Post ONCE Emnlnues

Twice a year some 10000 men
and boys scattered from one end
of England to the other must be
fitted out with new clothes. These
are the employees of the post Office
department, and it is no small
task to provide these garments, to
say nothing of making sure that
each is well fitted. The depart.
ment uses 2S7 miles of cloth, 3O3
miles of lining, besides three or
four million buttons and the Other
multitudinous things which 90
into the making of a garment. To
simplify this work the device Of
"ftting sizes' has been resorted
to, and as a result the men are
clothed with automatic precision
and with only two per cent. of mis-.
fits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
JAIL FOR INDIAN TRUANTs.
Copper-S Skinned Hookey-Players Wind
Up Careers with Whipping
and Lookup.

1t doesn't pay for an Indian
~schoolboy to play hockey. Guns
are employed to capture the
truant, and if caught he is not
tanned with a birch, but is hustled
to prison like a felon. Atleast, so
we are to believe if this account of
one of the tutors at the ChilOccO
institute is true, says the Kansas
City Journal.
zone party of five Ponca boys
that | escorted to Chilocco last
December remained over Sunday
and were returning to the reserva
ton ahead of me. Unfortunately,
they got on the smoker of the re-
turning train and one of them
looked into the coach. instantly
surmised that the others were
with him, and soon had three well
seated and under guard. The
fourth refused to come in and we
INDUCED in a wrestling bout on
the platform with the train speed
ing along at a rate of 40 miles an
hour. l soon quit this method of
capture, as it might have ended
disastrously for both of US. Just
as the train pulled into Ponca CITY
my runaway jumped and I after
him. He refused to stop and
fired twice, which simply quick.
ened his speed, and l am compelled
to remark that with proper train.
ing that Indian could easily join
the professional class of s~printers
landed at the Ponca agency Ions
after midnight with the three
Others, who were imprisoned"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
WHY COUNTRY WAS TAKEN
Exhaustion Was q Deliberate Scheme
Of Russia as Compensation for
European Checks.

British opinion on the whole
seems to take the view that the
Russian occupation of Manchuria'
and of Port Arthur in particular
was an act of wanton aggression,
says a London paper, principally
the work of prancing proconsulS
and ambitious generals, whose
proceedings have been reluctantly
indorsed by a government too far
removed from them to arrest the
execution of their projects, and
that now the same government
would be only too glad to be quit
Of the whole ENHANCEMENT. This
we believe to be a common notion
in France, but it is deduced from
inaccurate premises.
The expansion of Russia in the
direction of China has not been the
handiwork of adventurous spirits,
whose proceedings could have
been easily disavOwed if unsuc
cessful. 1t is, on the contrary, a
deliberate and well-thOught-Of
scheme of compensationfOr checks
in Europe. 1t is recognized By
Russian statesmen, if not openly
ayowed, that projects of develop
ment in the near east are not like
ly to prove remunerative for some
time to come, if ever, and that
China offers a far more favorable
field for their energy. If this be
the case, it is easy to account for
the immense efforts made and ex-
pense incurred in civilizing Man.
churia, in building towns and rail
ways, which the last few years
have seen.
The British people had indeed
spent a great deal less in money
and labor in the development Of
South Africa before the BOer wal
than Russia had spent in Man
! churia before the outbreak of thu
war with Japan. Why should
Russia, then, be any the moro
ready to retire from Manchuria
even if KurOpatkin be more decis
lively defeated than he has heena-
present, than the British were t.
give upthe struggle with Colenso'
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
The Capsules GANG Bncl,

"sOme days ago" remarked the
druggist, q put up a prescription
calling for quinihe in capsules, as
the doctor directed. This morn
ing a small boy came in and re
quested me TO refill the prescrip
ton and handed me the empty cap
sules in which to put the medi
ne."-OhiCagO Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
LAST STAND IN BIG WOODS
An Interesting History Is Attached
TO the Great Lumber Lands
Of Lower Michigan.

Up in the lower peninsula of
Michigan, says the Pilgrim, a big
force of men is working the year
through in cleaning up the last big
tract of pine timber south of the
straits, timber that was located
more than so years ago by the an
ceStOr of the firm that is now max
ING the last stand in the big woods,
The lumber industry Of Michigan
goes back along to the beginning
of the nineteenth century, saw
mills having been built in 1918, but
it was not until after 1880 that the
manufacture of pine trees into a
merchantable commodity began
to assume proportions of note and
not until 40 years later was the
high tide mark in production
reached. The 'big woods" which
were the scene of active opera
lions during a long period of years
and where the pine tree grew in
its glory, were located mostly
north of a line running east and
west from the %southerly limits of
the Saginaw valley, and the great
manufacturing points where the
Saginaw river district, the Lake
Huron shore on the east and Mus
kegOn, Manistee and the Lake
Michigan shore on the west. AT
the earlier period referred to this
region was covered with a dense
forest, the solemn stiffness of the
dark pine woods had not been pro
famed by the woodlands ak, the
hum of the sawmill was yet un-
heard, the prov of the lumber car
rier after its contribution to the
commerce of the world had not yet
disturbed the waters of the
streams that empty into the great
lakes, and in view of civilization
the broad domain was a solitude,
soon, however, to be broken by the
hand of progress welding the Ak
and the saw. The first sawmill in
the Saginaw district was erected
in 1882, the machinery that used its
saws having been used to propel
the Walk in the Water, the first
steamer that ploWed the waters of
Lake Erie. Within ten years mills
had been established at points on
the West Michigan shore and the
great white pine industry was
fairly launched, primitive at the
outset, yet steady progressing
until the high-water mark of mOre
than four billion feet were manu-.
featured in a single year. and the
little sawmill of three million feet
capacity in a season eyOluted into
the one capable of converting fifty
million feet of pine logs into lum.
Der in a single manufacturing sea.
son of about eight months dura.
ton.
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will CURE SNAKE BITES.
Potassium Permanganate Has Been
Found Emcaeious Through Sub
cutaneous Injection.

80 -a1 &@AALA4 A11
eutaneous Injection.
Nearly 40 years ago Fayrer dis
covered that cobra venom which
had been treated with potassium
pcrmanganate was harmless.
g'his fact suggested to him the pos
sibility of warding on the effects
Of the bites of venomous snakes by
the subcutaneous injections of pc,
taSsium permanganate into the
tissue around the bite; his expert
ment, however, failed to fulfill his
hopes in this direction.
Within a short time Sir
Lauder Brunton has devised
an inexpensive instrument which
may be readily carried in ones
pocket, and which has some
Of the advantages of the by
podermic syringe. The instru-
ment consists of a small sharp.
pointed blade set into a hollow
ROOden handle and provided with
wooden cap. In the hollow han
Gle is placed a small quantity of
crystals Of potassium permanga-
nate and the cavity closed with Il
wooden cap.
The method of treatment is to
tie a loose band around the limb be-
tweenthe wound the trunk and
insert a stick and twist the liga-
lure up tight, thereby slackening
Or stopping the circulation in the
wounded member. The region of
the bite is then cut open with the
knife blade and the crystals of per
manganate rubbed in, DR., Rog-
ers has tested the efficacy of this
method of treatment.
In the first place, it was discov-
eredthatpOtassium permanganate
not only destroyed the tOxicity
of cobra venom but also that of the
Eattlesnake, the cOlubrine snake,
two of the true vipers, and one of
the poisonous water snakes Of
India. Thus everyyenOm tried was
rendered harmless by being mixed
Hitht the permanganate and the as
sumption seems justified hat this
substance destroys the poison
GUS property of all snake yenoms
Experiments on rabbits showed
that this animal, which is remark
ably sensitive to snake bites, could
not be kept alive by means of the
permanganate treatment, al
though the period of life was pro
Ionged. Experiments on cats
which more nearly resemble hu
man beings in the solid nature o.
their tissues and in their suscepti
bility of snake poisoning, gave thu
gratifying result of keeping five
out Of six cats alive even when Civ
en- many times the lethal dose o.
cobra venom, whereas the cat
not receiving the potassium per
manganate died in every case. TIL,
same results were obtained will
the venom Of one of the vipers.
The one failure in each set of ex
periments seemed to be due t,
faulty application of the treat
ment rather than to the ineficien
cy of the permanganate. The mat
ter is TO be investigated furthe
and there is good ground to hop
that many lives may be saved b
the use of this simple treatment
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
min an stona Watnh

A watch taken to the top of
Mont Blanc will gain 80 seconds
in "a hours. The thinness of the
air, with its increased pressure,
makes the poor watch dizzy and
leads it to run faster.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
March of Science.

my automobile has the very
latest improvements"
"What are they?"
"See this little arrangement?
That registers the number of ar.
rests per mile and at the same
time drops out the amount Of the
hne ."-Cleveland Leader.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Tooth AND Nan.

Mrs stubb reading)-John, the
late election reports say there was
much scratching" in Colorado.
Mr.. Stubb-H'm! That's where
The women vote. Does it say any.
thing about the hair-pulling, tool
Chicago Daily News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
is A COMPROMISE TOWN.
Capital Of Australia Is Situated Mid
way Between Cities Of Sydney
and Melbourne.

Dalgety, the capital of Austria
Tia, is half way between Tumut and
Bpbala; it is therefore a compro-
mise, preventing the threatened
deadlock between the two houses.
1t is also, roughly, between Sydney
and Melbourne, and therefore pla-
Gates the powerful interests of the
two wealthiest states, New South
Wales and Victoria. The pros
pectiye capital of the common
wealth is hardly large enough even
to be called a township, having a
population of only a couple of hun
dred souls. 1t is right in "the back
blocks" quite off the track of in
terstate traffic, and consists of a
few weatherboard, tin-roOfed
houses. 1t is not large enough
even to exact a postal delivery
from the government.
The "tOwn" lies in the southeast
angle of New South Wales, near
the Victorian border, on the upper
reaches of the Snowy river, a trib.
utary of the Murray. The Snowy
river flows down the spurs of
Mount Kosciusko, and, fed by its
SHOWS, the volume of water that
flows by Dalgety. beneath border
ing willows, is steadier than that
of most Australian rivers. The
fertility of the district-known
as Monaro-is thus assured. The
MonarO plains are more than
1000 feet above the sea level, and
so Dalgety always enjoys cool
nights, even in the midst of
lengthy drought, Kosciusko, the
highest point in the whole con
tinent, is only 40 miles distant,
and the observatory established
there has frequently been showed
up, even in the summer months.
The nearest railway station,
Gonna, 30milesO of. is the terminus
of a branch line from GoulbOurn.
AT GOulbOurn Junction the line
joins the main route which links
up the four eastern capitals-Bris.
bane Queensland), Sydney NeW
South Wales), Melbourne (Vic
toria) and Adelaide South Aus
tralia).
In Eden, the largest town on the
rugged coast south Of Sydney, Dial
getty possesses an outlet for sea
borne trade that is even now large
ly utilized. Coasting steamers
plying from Sydney and Mel
bourne make Eden a port of call
and the harbOr there is so gooC
hat Eden was itself a candidate
for the coveted honor of becomin.
the capital.
If a "bush" capital has to be ere
ated, the newly chosen site woulC
appear to be as good as any tina
could have been obtained. Ii
pitching on so small a TOWNSHIP
the government has, at least, gOn,
on economical lines, for the vested
interests to be bought are small
From the point of view of climat,
and water supply the spot coul,
scarcely be bettered.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Do Duck Commit suicidep

Several correspondents have
written me touching the question
raised in my September notes of
wounded ducks committing sui
eide. Four or five cases have been
brought to my attention of wound.
ed ducks that have dived to the
bottom and held fast to some OBJ.
ject till they were dead. | do not
for a moment dispute the fact; |
only differ from my correspond
ents in my Interpretation of the
fact. My explanation of it is this
The wounded bird has but one i'm.
pulse, and that is to hide from its
enemy. If it were on the shore il
would hide in the grass or weeds.
In the water it dives, and in its
death agony holds to some plant
growth at the bottom. nall sucl
eases the bird is no doubt mortally
wounded and dies quickly. Wher
it is not wounded unto death i,
swims under the water, seeks thu
shore, creeps out very cautiously
and tries to escape in that way
The intent of deliberate suicide is
of course, absurd. II John Bur
rOughs, in Outing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

To the man looking ahead the Soulnrge
H. to5av when investment chances are guou
and homes can be purchased d. rom one
tenth TO one-half the prices asked III the
A----A- IL
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Barbados Poor.

The poor people Of Barbados
subsist principally on sugar cane,
sweet potatoes and lying ash.