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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09
I'M TIE MIDST OF NOTA-
BILE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
country,

GUILTY.
In spite of millions spent in I'm.
proved and new traCkage and equip
ment by the older roads 0: the section,
facilities are unequal to the handling
of present traffic. and there is in hardly
any quarter any belief that the CON
etructiOn of the new lines will take
one pound of freight away from the ole
roads. They can handle only up TO
the extent of their capacity, and it Is
believed that developments and the
growth Of industries the country over
will continue to test the capacity Of
not only The old roads, but OF ever"
new line that means can be sccurel
to construct.
- So important has ii been considered
Ivy the great railroad systems of the
country to get into the coal fields Of
this section that in many instances a
veTitable scramble has occurred for the
possession Of points of strategic i'm.
portanCe and the results Of the con.
llicts are in many cases not determined
yet. Gould's entrance into West Viz.
ginia some years since through the
purchase of TIE Davis.Elkins West
Virginia Central & Pittsburg road was
the eye,0pener to the railroad world
i'll general and since then nearly ev'
FRY great system of the Middle States
has sought an entrance into the sec.
ton or fought to strengthen the held
already possessed.
New projects of greater or less mag,
uitude are Of frequent announcement
and Others known to be under way {
rot yet given publicity. The great
eepwatGrTidewater road, to reach
from the lakes TO the sea, while under
contract from the Kanawha to Hamp'
ton Roads, is a mystery as to its route
to the lakes, end also as 10 its afilia'
tions when completed. How Gould
will get out of West Virginia to con-
nection with his Pittsburg line is not
yet known, nor is there public knowl'
edge of the plans Of those who pur'
chased the holdings of the Little Ka'
nawha Syndicate.
The Davis-Elklns interests nave
Just driven the last spike in their Coal
and Coke Railroad, which runs from
Charleston to a connection with the
West Virginia Central at Elkins and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Beiington, anu which via the Gould
roads will give a new trunk line from
Charleston through the center of the
State to Baltimore for both freight
and passenger business, as we'll as pro
viding a new and important feeder
for the Kanawha and Michigan and
Chesapeake and Ohio roads for bust
ness to the West. A feeder for the
Coal and Coke road Is to be built VI
Buffalo creek in Clay county by
syndicate of which ex-senator Dor
Cameron is the head, and which owns
a large tract of coal lands in that vi
cinity.
Then there is the Blue Creek road
now building by Scranton people
whose plans are not yet ready for an
nouncement and the Coal Rive
branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio
to be finished within two years, and
various other extensions and branches
Of existing roads, as well ms project:
for new and independent lines OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09
PAWPAW BRANCH.

(Monday, Wednesday and Saturday,
No. 2O1-Leaves Fairmont. 100 A. M.
No. 2O3-Leaves Fairmont. .4:00P. N.
No. 2O0-Arrives at Fairmonts :55 Am
No. 202-Arrives at Fairmont 5:40P. M.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of this bank will be held
al their banking house in Fairmont,
West Virginia, on the 9th day of Jan,
uary, 1906, it being the second Tues
day of said month, between the hours
of eleven and three o'clock, for the
purpose of electing FIVE directors to
serve for the ensuing year.
J. E. SANDS, Cashier.
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No. 2O2-Arr1ves at Fairmont 5:4OP P. n.
MONONGAH DIVISION.
No. 1.-Arrives at Fairmont IL 00,P. NJ
o.5.-Arriyes at Fairmont. $50 p u
No. 3.-Arrives at Fairmont 1872 a. II
No. 63-Arrives Fairmont '11:50 a. N.
No. 2.-Leaves Fairmont. :. 7:10 A.Bo
No. 6.-Leaves Fairmont. 2;25P. y.
No. 64-Leaves Fairmont. 2:25 P. N.
No. 4.-Leaves Fairmont... 945 P. N.
No. 66-Leaves Fairmont. L. 800 A. NJ.
No. 69-Arrives at Fairmont. 8:45 P. N.
Nos. 2, 4, and daily except Sun
day; No. So, g., 66 and SO Sunday
only.
For sleeping car reservations and
information concerning tickets and
rates, consult
T. B. HENDERSON,
Ticket A0ant
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varying lengths and Importance.

lucky, ana over the southern borders
of Kentucky in Southwestern Vlr-
ginia, there are developments Of the
same character and of equal interest
and promised significance The Ches.
.apeake and Ohio has recently extend.
ed its Big Sandy line to EIkhorn
City, and lateral branches will open
up for the first time the vast and very
rich coal fields of Southern Kentucky.
A large Development is in prospect
on the holdings of the Big Sandy Com.
pany in Pike county which branch of
the Chesapeake and Ohio penetrates.
In addition to this development,
there is unusual activity all through
the Eastern and Southern Kentucky
territory. The Continental Realty
Co., in which Pennsylvania as well as
local capitalists are interested, is un.
Idertaking the development Of coal and
timber properties in Breathltt county,
and number of other companies Of
greater or less magnitude are work.
ing along the same lines.
OF surprising interest are the
moves likely to be made by Eugene
Zimmerman, who is in the public eye
as the negOtator of the sale of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad to ]. P. Morgan. Mr.. Tim,
norman is largely interested in the
Northern Coal and Coke Co., which
owns 100000 acres of very rich coal
and timber lands in Pike and adjacent
counties in Kentucky. He controls
the Detroit, Toledo and IrOnton road,
with its important terminals at TOle.
do, and he is also the dominating fac
tor in the bridge company now con,
structing a bridge across the Ohio
river at Ashland. 1t is printed that
he will build road from Ashland to
and through the Northern Coal and
Coke Co.'S lands and to Pound Gap,
according to some intimates, he will
be joined by the South and Western
road, the line now under construction
at various points north and south
from its present terminal at Johnson
City, Tenn, and Spruce Pine, N. c..
This road is owned by the Blair.
Ryan-Cooledge Syndicate, the same
interests who control the SeabOard
Air Line, and the southern end of the
road will connect with that road in
North and South Carolina.
Should the reported plans of Zim.
norman be carried out this would
mean a new north and south line of
vast importance to the entire section,
and one that would bring big devel-
Opment in those portions Of Kentucky
and Southwestern Virginia. The South
and Western Is being buit to excep,
tiOnally low grade, and as the Zim.
norman road would doubtless be Of
the same character if built to a con-
nection with the South and Western.
there would be a trunk line of the
finest construction added to the rail.
roads of the country, and one that
would be of vast advantage to the
section penetrated.
In addition to these great projects,
which are full Of significance as show.
ing the interest taken by leading fl.
nanciers and railroad builders in the
Development of the section, as we'll
as indicating their belief that the
times and conditions point to activ.
ity in development by others, there
are to be noted the operations of the
Southern Railway, Of the McHaare
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09

Come In during our removal sale
and buy your Christmas China" Some
good things cheap. Coal City House
Furnishing Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09

All kinds of meats, oysters galore,
and chickens dressed ITO a Queens
Taste" on short notice at the South
Side Meat Market.
C. 3. & H, B, MASON,
Prop. South Side Meat Market.
IT, rrnnA Irirnir,inn Iunnk Al
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The Peoples Bank Of Fair
mont.
CAPITAL STOCK PAID
I'm, $I5O,OOO.OO.

Directors-Geo. N. Jasobs. W. S
Meredith, J. NJ. Hartley, Harry Shaw
W. S. Raymond, c. E. Hutchinson
Howard R. Furbee.
We solicit your business, which vii
receive prompt and careful attention
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F., M. AND r. BRANCH.

FSS MS AMI 4 = bBSAApN'O1AS
ARRIVES.
No. 62-From Morgant'n. o:55A. Y,
No. 66.-From Morgant'n. 7:50A. ",
No. 50-PitTsburg Accom'n 1:OOP.M.
No. 2.-Pittsburg Accom'n 7:20 Pm
No. 4.-Pittsburg Accom'n 9:40P. N
No. A.-From Pittsb'g.... 9:40P.E
DEPARTS.
No. l.-Pittsbdrg Accom'n 500 AM
No. 3.-Pittsburg Accom'n 7:50A.M.
No. 5l.-ConnellsVille Ac'm 2:25P. u.
No. 69.-For Morgantown 9:00P. "
Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 81 daily except
Sunday; Nos. "A and GO Sunday only.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-09

Our fire and burglar proof vaults
are free to customers FOR prirAs
papers,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
The French Girl.

Today the French girl must submit
to having her husband chosen for her
exactly as did her great grandmother,
and that in every class Of society. To
the average French girl the fact that
she will one day be wife and proba-
bly, mother is as inevitable and GER
tain as is death itself, and from child
hood she is educated with view to
fulfilling her vocation. Again, from the
day she is born her parents begin saw
ing dowry for her, and should they
fail In amassing sum proportionate
to their means public opinion judges
them very severely. It also frequently
happens that several relations, even if
by no means very we'll off, will join to-
gether to provide small dowry for an
orphan niece or cousin. Daughters
share with sons any fortune left by
their parents All this makes the po-
sition of a Frenchwoman very secure
and akin to that Of the man whom she
may marry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Blue Hair,

blanche notices, in his "History of
British Costume that in most Anglo
Saxon Illuminated manuscripts the
hair is painted blue and that the men
are depicted as veritable BluebeaIds
In Saxon Pentateuch Ewes locks
are of this cerulean tint There is
also early evidence of green and
orange fashions for the hair, but blue
seems to have been most fashionable
ARTS of this kind" says another
writer, ''were undoubtedly practiced
but whether it was done by tingeing
or dyeing it with prepared liquids, ac-
cording to ancient eastern custom, or
by casting it into powder of different
hues, agreeably to modern practice, l
cannot determine"
Blue hair powder was worn about
ITO by Charles James Fox. The
Monthly Magazine, 1906, gives an ac-
count of that statesman's dress and
describes him as a leader of fashion.
HE had" says the writer, "his red
heeled shoes and his blue hair DOW
der"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
You-you are visiting here:' asked

"You-you are visiting here:' asked
the man.
"Oh, | live in the city" Georgina
watched the Interrogation mark plant
itself in the mans eyes. Why was
she on sightseeing coach il she lived
here? But he said not a word.
81 just came out for a lark" said the
girl Il have often wondered what it
was like when I've watched these ears
roll along filled with open mouthed
strangers.
WAS 1 open mouthed?" asked the
man.
"N-no."
I'm just killing time till train time"
he said.
And you'll remember me to your
sister when YOU get there" Georgina
suggested, with mischief in ner eyes
Just remind her of the girl whom
| met on the touring coach?'' he laugh
ed. She'll know definitely WHO YOU
are he added, with good numored
sarcasm.
''Morningside park cried the man.
columbia colleger'
Isn't lie Il wonder?" asked Georgina,
Selling the opportunity to beg his
question.
perhaps he isn't lonely in his won
derfulness, . said the man briefly
Georgina looked at him. NO? Well,
well, I'm Georgina Claire Winterton-'
George for short. Let me impress
upon you the fact that at Mrs. Finish
ems school we did not learn to ,allS
to strange men on sightseeing coaches
In snowstorms, but
Slut what?"
well, you see, my veil blew in your
face, and / had to apologize. and-then
neither of us was a bit interested in
the returns from the megaphone, and
well, we drifted into the acquaintance.
Didn't WEI"
''We did," said the man emphatically.
"And so soon as l can get home Bess
will write to you, and / fancy you'd
like her awfully if you knew her bet
ter
"Oh!" Georgina elevated her finely
marked brows.
Grants tombw yelled the man.
"Any one who wishes to may get out
and inspect it. General Grants body
lies in the tomb, and that of his wife,
But Georgina and Bess Burruss'
brother were drifting.
"And 1 shall certainly tell her that
the young man
MY cousin, Jack Clayton
''That Mr. Clayton never says pretty
things unless he means Them
Thanks. That's very good of you
And now, as our house is just below
here, would you ask that man to drop
me-
''Oh, 1 say, we've got Wall street and
the Battery YETI
Il wasn't after sights-just new
sensation, and I've had it."
The man from Pittsburg tried to
look into her eyes. She was gathering
her skirts in her hand. The big sight
seeing coach was stopping before a
granite mansion.
"And whom l come to New York
again may r.
81 really think you ought to look
Jack over-just in a brotherly way.
He lives with us. Goodby."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
A Quotation Traced.

Who wrote the words "a prospect all
on fire." They are quoted by Words
worth in his Evening Walk" and Pro-
fessor Knight and his helpers had been
unable to trace it. But NOVEL; Smith
communicates to the Athenaeum his
discovery that it comes from long
forgotten poem, Sunday Thoughts"
by Moses Browne. Moses Brownies
phrase lives like fossil in Words
worth's poem. Browne died in 1877
and was not unknown to DR.. Johnson,
at whose suggestion he brought out an
annotated edition of the "Compleat
Angler" His Sunday Thoughts" was
reprinted as late as 1906. He held the
living of Olney for a short time dur
ing Cowper's residence there and had
John Newton for his curate.-London
Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
The Duty of a Gentleman.

On another occasion, having return
cd from playing poker at the club, my
grandfather said:
When man is hard up he should
borrow. but he must devote his ener-
gies to paying back and remaining the
equal of the man from whom he has
borrowed. If he cannot pay back, let
him be frank about it, for it is better
to steal than to cheat"
And again:
ITO ride straight and to shoot
straight, to win money cheerfully and
to lose it cheerfully, never to be boor-
ishly in debt or swinishly drunk, to en-
joy flowers and music, and if possible
to be in love with at least one good
woman, is half the duty of a gentle
man"
whats the other half, grandpa"
l had asked him.
'Why, to be gentleman, of course"
-Gouverneur Morris in Reader Maya
zine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
An Ancient Tunnel.

Tunnels are no new things in his
tory. The only known inscription in
early Hebrew records that the conduit
which conveys water from spring to
the pool Of Sloan, on the west side Of
Jerusalem, was, like the Simplon tun-
mel, cut from both ends of the interyen-
Ing ridge. But the Hebrew workers
miscalculated, and while there should
have been still three cubits (about five
feet to excavate they heard the voices
Of the workers in the other tunnel, as
there was a deviation of the lines,
which should have joined.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Reading a TELEGRAM.

mere are two members of the racing
fraternity, both ardent horse owners,
whose early education was sadly neg
lected, and neither can read. Both
conceal to the best of their ability their
shortcomings in this regard One Of
them received a telegram the other
day, but he could not read it and did
not wish to expose his ignorance He
met the second hOrscman and as he
was looking anything but pleasant he
was accosted with:
Whats the matter? You look like
trouble
Trouble? Sure Just. read that"
And he thrust the telegram into his
friends hands.
Wen, should say it was troublev'
was the unexpected reply. "Tm sorry
for you, old fellow" And the tele-
gram was handed hack, neither being
any wiser as to it's contents
At this juncture a stable boy came
Whlstllng along, and the recipient Of
the message hailed him with jocular
remark and after quizzing him awhile
said:
I'll bet you can't read, son."
Huh, that's where you're way off!
kin read as good as you kim"
wen, let's hear you road that. If
you can it's Il two bit piece for YOU"
The harmless telegram was read, and
now both of the men are wondering
what the other meant by saying the
message denoted trouble.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Proyident Animals.

All birds of the crow tribe, rocks eS
pecially. eXhibito tendency toward
winter-like squirrels and some other
animals-to lay up a store of provisions
for their sustenance against season
of scarcity. While jackdaws select
holes of trees and old buildings to store
away such provisions, rocks convey
them away to their rookeries There in
last seasons nests they deposit them.
Toward springtime, when they begin
thinking about setting their houses in
order, they visit their rookeries and
when rebuilding their nests throw out
the unused store. Thus it is we often
find an accumulation of acorns, pota-
toes and what not on the ground under
their nests.-Nature Notes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27


PAsTIAN EARLY. ARLINGTON FAvoRITE.
ion is expressed that Eclipse is the
leading variety for early punching or
later cutting for market 1t is globular
in shape. color dark red, quality excel
lent, being fine grained and sweet. 1t
is very early, maturing only a few
days later than the Egyptian
Crosby's Egyptian is recommended
for its value as extremely early, but
not for fall or winter use 1t lis of
fattened shape, desirable for bunch
ing or cutting when small but almost
worthless for market when matured
owing to its irregular appearance. Col
OR deep red, tops small and dark
Arlington Favorite is reported not
equal to the Eclipse or Egyptian for
early punching or cutting, but valuable
for later use owing to the fact that it
does not become oyergrown as quick
~ as most varieties. Size medium
nearly round, color very dark red,
quality good, tops large.
Bastian is an early, light colored tur-
nip beet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
No Escane.

The following telephone conversa-
ton is reported to have been heard be-
tween a certain we'll known young
financier and a society woman whose
functions are considered somewhat
boring:
'Ts this Mr.. --y'
Eyes
''This is Mrs. -. Won't you give
Us the pleasure Of your company at
dinner on Monday?"
II am SO sorry, Mrs. -, but have
an engagement for Monday"
"Can you come Tuesday, then?'
"Why, it is most unfortunate, but
have a partial engagement for Tues
day also"
''Well, how about Wednesday,?
"Oh, hang it, I'll come Mondayw-
Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
siIa.s For Dairy Cows.

Facts reported by the Ohio expert
ment station are thought to justify the
conclusion that silage can be made to
take the place Of considerable portion
of the grain ration for dairy cows. 1t
is believed that by growing more Of the
feeds rich in protein-clover, alfalfa,
soy beans, cowpeas, field peas, vetches
and ensiloing them or feeding them
as hay it will be possible to further
reduce the amount Of grain fed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
The Wisconsin Central Ry

Reaches the principal points in
Wisconsin, offering Pullman Sleepers
Free Reclining hair chair, modern
coaches an l dining and afs service
between hicago, Milwaukee, Mani
towoc, and ST, Paul. Minneapolis.
Aslllll lnl Duluth. onnsction
are made with diverging lines at all
terminal points. Meals served Ia
carte. For tickets, sleeping car re-
serservation and further informa-
ton apply to agents of this company
or write Jas. c. Pond, Gen L. Pass.
Agt., Milwaukee, Wis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Manager wanted.

We desire to employ trustworthy
lady or gentleman to manage our
business IN this County and adjoin.
ing territory. Our house is we'll and
fayorably known.
$1,000 straight cash salary and all
expenses paid each week by check
direct from headquarters. Expense
money advanced; previous expert
ence unnecessary; position perma-
nent. Address Thomas Coooe..
Manager, 1910 Caxton Building
Chicago, III
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Improving the Mountains.

Switzerland for its mountain hair has
a supporter in writer in the Irish In
dependent, who remarks, '"There are
many mountains in the country now
bare and desolate whose brows if whisk-
cred with forests would present strik-
ing ce."-London Punch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
a variation with a Big difference.

A Variation With a Big Difference.
Eyes, he used to be in the newspaper
business, but he's studying for the min
istry now. He says he decided that he
couldn't be reporter and save his
SOUL
Indeed? l believe his old city editor
put 1t differently. He says he couldn't
be reporter to save his soul."-Ex-
change
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27

A true man never frets about his
place in the world, but just slides into
it by the gravitation of his nature and
swings there as easily as a. star
Chaplin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
A Tried and True Friend

One Minute Cough Cure contains
not an atom Of any harmful drug,
and it has been curing coughs and
colds, Group and whooping cough, so
long that it has proven itself to be
a tried and true friend to the many
who use it. Sold by Fox Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Wanted the Legal View,

"Of course you know how many min
utes there are to an hour" said a
lawyer to a witness in an English
court
"Well," said the witness after pom
dering for awhile, "let's hear your YER
sion of it,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
DON, ] E: seSA ; : 5 Sk <

You can be cured of any form of tobacco using
new life and vigor by taking EsO-TO-k3Ags
that makes weak men strong Many gaia
ten pounds in ten days. over 6 90 o. goo
cured. All druggists Cure guaranteed Book
let and advice FREE. Address STERLING
6IsMEDX CO.. Chicago or New York. 437
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27

BETS FOR TIE GARDEN.
Some Good Varieties For Market or
Tor Home Use.

Tor Home Use.
Many varieties Of beets exist. but
the majority of people are interested
only III knowing what are the best two
or three, and the question is constantly
being propounled what are the best
..'3r general use. On the New Hamp-
saire experiment stations list of veg
/, .ablcs for best success in market gar
.ening or IN the home garden the opin-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-04-27
Children, Weeds, Cows and Hens

CnKIUren, Weeus, CUWs AnU Helm.
A Tennessee woman says in an eX-
change: The children are given ground
and seeds and are encouraged to watch
things grow. They can be Of help in
pulling weeds good for pigs and cows.
Purslane is the only, weed i let grow
in my garden, for the only "good weed
is a dead weed" but I always like to
pull big punches of purslane for my
cows and chickens, both of which like
it. AS the COW, the hens and the gar
den are three money makers each
should help the other.