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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
Napoleon Ills Tardy Coronation.

Among the French coins which
are no longer current are, as is well
known, those of a less value than
8 francs, struck prior to 1852, and
nearly everybody has had diff.
Guilty in making them circulate. But
how their progress has been made
comparatively easy and that by 4
very simple means. The head Of
Napoleon III. was uncrowned, and
that rendered them easy to be dis
tinguished. Some ingenious indi-
viduals have now undertaken the
coronation ceremony by means Of
an engraving tool, aud unless great
attention is paid it is very difficult
to tell them from the Others. The
only thing one wonders at is that
the dodge has not been resorted tc
before.-PariS Messenger.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
A PIasae of F.s!4 Mice.

In that part of France which
lies between the Lore and the Gs
rome there has broken oat plague
of field mice similar 20 one which
devastated the pastures in the soutf
Of Scotland few years ago. 1t has
been calculated that their hole
amount to about 10000 in the acre,
and about 100000 acres are affect
ed. A commission has been formed
by the French government to in.
vestigate the cause and cure, ami
some interesting experiments have
been tried. Professor Loefiler, s
well known scientific man in Ger
many, proposed 10 inoculate thu
mice With the bacillus of typhuS,
but tie disease was not contagious
and the cost vas considerable.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
EVOLUTION OF ELEPHANT.

DR.. Charles w. Andrews has now
published the results obtained by
him in his studies on the ancestral
forms of the elephant. His re-
searches have been carried on IN
Egypt, and as a result he is able to
show that the elephar: originated
in Africa, and that the ancestors OF
the extinct mastodon and the mod
ern elephant were small herbivorous
animals about the size of a tapir.
Three series of evolutionary
changes are notieeable-a progress
i've elongation Of the legs, pro
gressiye shortening OF the neck and
q gradual elongation of the Sncut
into a muscular prehensile organ,
which finds its highest development
In the trunk Of the elephant.
Coincident with these changes in
structure came changes in the hab
its Of feeding until the animals
were no longer capable Of grazing
like ordinary herbivorous animals,
but must convey al their food to
their mouths by means of the tle1i-
bic, muscular snout.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
The Grand Canyon.

Once crossing Il little tributary OF
the Colorado. found that every drop
splashed Oh my clothes hardened TO a
lump of pud and that where the wa
ter was but foot deep my horse was
Dearly washed away by Its force.
That fact. Roger Pocock says In an
article IN Pearson's. told me the secret
of the Grand canyon. Like the Nile,
the Colorado flows through desert,
but tie river of Egypt meanders softly
and muddy over low plains. spread
ing when it is full into harmless lakes,
whereas this headlong sluice Of run
ming sand, launched at the naked
rocks. has the cutting powers OF huge
steel saw. The country has risen per-
haps an inch a year. but the torrent
instead Of spreading out over the land,
has sawed through the lifting rocks.
The country has risen to a height of
5000 feet. while still the Colorado
COWS at the ancient level, only 1000
feet above the sea. That Is the reason
of this profound abyss for 600 miles
through the very foundations Of the
world. In all, 3G.00O,0oO cubic miles of
solid rock have been ground in this
east NAL! and hurled into the gun Of
California. "t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
Cool.

"Glad to meet you; old chap" he
said as he linked arms with a friend
whom he had met in the street
"Just lend me a sovereign for to.
day"
"Would be delighted" the friend
rejoined, ''but | have not got it.
See" He opened his purse. lis
whole contents WAS a half sovereign.
"Must do, suppose, for the pres.
ent," said the prince Of borrowers
as he picked the coin out daintily
with thumb and forciinger. ia.
ia. Take care of yourself" And he
walked away. But he returned has
tily. mind, don't forget YOU owt
me Il half sovereign"
81 owe youl" gasped the automat
ic lender.
"Of course. l meant to borrow r
sovereign from you; only got :
half. You owe me the other hal;
See? There's no hurry, of course
but I like punctuality. Name VOC:
own day an pay up panctual!!i- -
London Gh..ar{.,o.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
BOND NOTICE.

The holders Of the following
bonds of the City Of Sistersville
W. Va, viz: 20, 81, 80, &c, Is, Ill,
129, al, 159, 1913, 203, 204, 249:
PSI, PTS, 300, 312. $50, 337 and
339, are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same to w. E. Cummings,
treasurer of the City of Sisters
vile, for payment on or before
Tuesday, March 7, 1905, at which
time interest on said bonds will
cease.
LYNN KIRKLAND, Mayor.
Attest, W. B. WOODRUFF,
City Clerk.
February 81 1905. 2,22,2s;a,4
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Letter

Middlebourne, March ga. j.
Jemison and J. w. Swan, local
oil operators, were in the country
near Next yesterday looking after
some prospective oil territory.
Miss Lydia Mason of the jug,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. G. l..
Morris, and will remain until next
Tuesday.
D. w. Smith, who recently pur-
chased his old homestead on Cor
rell's Run, is moving to it today
from Pursley.
J. w. Jackson sold his gas en-
CINE to H. L. Mcintyre Of Alvy,
who will use it in supplying his
customers with ice cream.
Ex-Sheriff Grim is moving out
of the county residence in con-
nection with the jail, to his new
dwelling on Stealey street.
Clerk Duty issued a marriage Ii
cense yesterday to Irwin M. Ar
bett, age p, and Sissie Flanagan,
age 25, both of Wick, this coun-
ty.
Mrs. c.. D. Eastman and daugh-
ter Thelma, and Mrs. Mary Ann
Smith drove out to First Run yes
terday and spent the day at Isaac
Hickman's.
DR.. A. S. Grim of st. Marys, ac-
companied by Attorney G. D.
Smith was in town last evening
on their return from Shirley,
where they had been to visit Mrs.
Taggart, who is seriously i'll.
A. j. Moore, a notary public of
Bearsville. and L. P. Clarke of
Pennsboro, who has been taking
oil and gas leases for the Carter
Oil company, was registered last
evening at the Central Hotel.
The we'll being drilled on the
Ash farm by Underwood and 9th
ers was shut down yesterday by
reason of some breakage in their
machinery, and will not be able
to resume work for several days.
Clarence Kirchner, one of the
popular newsboys Of our town, IS
confined to his home with a re-
lapse of an attack of rheumatism
He has been sick most OF the WIN
ter, but we hope he may soon be
out again.
Hon. T. P. Hill returned last
night from Charleston, where he
has been acting as stumbling
block for the Democrats and look
ing out for the Republican inter
ests of his county during the reg
ular and special session of the
Legislature.
John Henderson, who lives near
Conway, has been very i'll for
several weeks, and we under
stand that his attending physi-
clan gives his friends little hopes
of Mr.. Henderson's recovery. He
has had a gathering in his head
as a result of grip.
John McGinnis of Sistersville,
who was confined in the county
jail for an assault on Dennis
To-Day, was discharged yesterday
by the Sheriff, owing to the ex-
piration Of his sentnce. He start
ed through the country for Penns-
boro, expecting to beat his way
from there to Parkersburg on the
railroad.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
Soft SOAP

She jpettishly)-i cont sec w!
it is you find poker so fascinating.
Her Husband-It'S the queens Il
the deck, my dear. They remmo
ME so much af yoI.--Pk;ladr'pi'i"
Press.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
Er Knew That.

"Do you think" Inquired the inQuis.
five man. that a college education
paysf-
We'll" replied the man who had jus
paid q tuition bill for his son, "Pll be;
1t pays .Ae college."-I hiladelphia Led@
err
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
TfN, DOLLARS FOR A NAME

A name is wanted for the new
suburban town to be laid out ana
built on the Barney Wells farm.
The Oil Review will pay $40 IN
gold to any person who will sus-
eest a name for the new town,
provided the name suggested Is
adopted by the company who
owns the land. Anybody can sug-
-eest the name. The suggestions
Will be filed in the order received
and the first one adopted will re-
ceiye the money. Use the follow
ing coupon to send the suggestion
in:
Name for Tswn,
Name Of Sender,
S........ -
Postofice Address,
..........
County,
.............
State,
...s.... '''''''
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-03
To The Public

We wish to announce that
we now have open to you in
addition to our general black
smith shop the only complete
Wagon, Carriage and Harness
Outfitting establishment be-
tween PittSburg and GnCin-
natl.
We manufacture, deal in
and carry in stock wagons,
carriages, harness and all
kind of supplies.
We also have a repainting,
trimming and rubber firing
department.
kindIy give us your patron
ace and it will be appreciated.
Very Truly,
w. H. NOIl < Sons.
, 1905-04-26

Miss Bugsky My! I'm glad Mr..
Squirrel happened along-and he goes
right by my house too.-New York
Evening journal. a T -
, 1905-04-26
A Doctors story,

At a recent meeting of a wOman's
club a physician who gave a lecture on
tuberculosis told the following story:
One day a oma who was suffer
ing from tuberculosis was brought to
my attention, and, as we could not get
her away from her work for a rest in
the country, | did the next best thing
gave her directions about ventilation,
ETC., and prescribed a tonic to build her
up. l did not see her again for nearly
a month, and l was greatly surprised
to find her exactly as thin as ever. In
fact, she weighed several pounds less
than at the time | first saw her.
"'You haven't been taking the tonic
regularly l said.
"'Oh, yes, SIR she replied. I've took
it three times a day, just as you said
"'But, my dear woman said I, you
wouldn't have those hollow cheeks If
you had. This tonic always gives a
person a fine Appetite Yes, sir; yes,
sir; I got an appetite all right came
the answer, but I didn't get nothin'
much to eat"
, 1905-04-26

vet. The outstanding brim is of the
shirred chiffon, with "A fall of lace grad
uated in the back, 80 that it almost
reaches the neck. A pretty bunch of
loops of black velvet is set along the
left side, hanging even with the edge Of
the lace.
Still another distinct shape is the
beefeater, with its bell shaped crown
and tuft of plumes. This is made of
fancy straw in almost any color. There
is another shape, called by some ''the
boat shape" There is no back part,
which reminds one of the people in
some faroff land Of fiction who had
beautiful faces, but the rest of the head
was gone entirely. 50 these are all
front and nothing else, but they are
pretty enough to pay for it. This n
here is of fancy braid, with a fiat bow
at the side. OLIVE HARPER.
, 1905-04-26
Glass and Sunlight.

Common clear glass left exposed in
changes greatly in appearance and ac-
quires color, sometimes rose purple
and sometimes amethyst. This change
has been attributed by some observers
to alkaline soils, but others maintain
that such changes occur where there is
the great activity of the actinic rays of
the sun where the atmosphere is very
clear.
, 1905-04-26

next n will have hers standing ag-
excessively upward; another will wear
hers to one side or the other, and each
is free to do as she pleases. Few hats
refuse to lend themselves to the desire
of the owner in this respect. l saw
n hat where the brim was made Of
plated pale blue chiffon, and the wide
brim was faced with the chiffon, which
was turned sharply off the face. Be-
ing wide, it would have made the
wearer look like a very remarkable
saint with such a halo, but the clever
milliner just hit it in several places
and denied it in and out so that the
hard lines were broken, and the hat
became beautiful with its unexpected
curves and bends. The crown was of
velvet in a much darker shade of blue.
and for sole trimming there was a
very large quill in gray and black.
In the illustration is one of the most
pronounced of the Louis hats, the brim
being made Of shaded brown velvet
and braid, with pretty fancy button
like ornaments set along the braid. A
fancy gilt buckle holds the two shaded
brown plumes which are drawn over
the crown down quite to the neck In the
back. Another striking hat Is OF dull
blue felt faced with velvet of a lighter
shade arranged so that 1t tilts up very
high on the left side, while the crown
Is covered with a cocks plume In pale
blue, reminding one Of the Garibal0
guards. A new fancy is a hat Of pale
ecru shirred chiffon as to crown, with
a narrow milliner's fold. Of black vel
, 1905-04-26
At the Dangerous End.

After the collapse of the Confederacy
ex-senator Wigfall, a member of the
Confederate congress from Texas, fell
In with a party Of Union soldiers In
that state. Being well disguised, he IN
tered freely into conversation with the
soldiers of the guard. In the course Of
which he asked what they would do
with 'old Wigfall" If they were to
catch him. I'VE should hang him,
sure" was the prompt reply. "Serve
him right" exclaimed Wigfall. IF /
were with you I'd be pulling at mi end
of the rope myself"
, 1905-04-26
On the Safe Side.

An old m who persisted in bow
ing during church service whenever
the name of Satan was mentioned was.
reprimanded by the minister for SO
unseemly a habit. The reproof had,
however, no effect, and the minister
asked her finally in evaporation why
h thought 1t necessary to bow.
We'll" she replied, "civility costs
nothing, and you never know what will
happen."-Harper's Weekly.
, 1905-04-26
EASTER MODES.
Timely Gossip of Interest to the
Well Dressed Woman.

In Easter hats there are enough nov
nearly if not quite as fearfully and
wonderfully made as hose of the
brave days of old when women wore
full rugged ships on their heads.
Probably the most striking and also
becoming is the variation of the Louis
shapes. The brim in these stands up
sharply above the forehead, being
made sometimes to come forward con-
siderably beyond the forehead, and at
other times they are worn so that
they set up quite straight. A very
handsome II had a brim of white
chip with a band of black velvet close
to the crown all around, and the crown
itself was made of velvet with a POM
pom of black plumes standing forward
in the front. There was no other trim
ming.
Next to these styles come the turban
shapes and the flat chapeau, with the
trimming so arranged that the hat can
be worn at almost any angle and still
be pretty. One of this style was made
of pink panne velvet entirely oyerlaid
with lace, inc on the left side, droop-
ing partly to the back and partly to
the side, was a pink sweep. 1t was a
very taking creation and was intend
ed for a lady who will wear a cape to
match to a swell function.
A hat for a young lady was made of
damson colored velvet as to the flat
brim and the CROWN, while around the
crown vas a perfect wreath of mauye
silk null made of loops; this stood up
far beyond the crown. A small bunch
of the loops was set just under the
brim on the left side. Mos fiat hats
are called sailors, even when the brim
turns up, and they are garnished in
various ways, some very plainly and
others with much of fancy trimming.
For instance, one had a standing quill
ing of velvet in iridescent browns and
yellows, while the big shaded sweep
in browns and yellows fell back from
the left side. The hat itself was of
smooth felt.
1t is not necessary nowadays to set
a fixed time for felt or straw, for dur
ing the whole winter we have seen
fancy straws mingled with other ma
terial quite as often as we saw felt
and chiffon folds as often as velvet.
Woman, and particularly the fashion
able modiste, can make laws to suit
herself, and if a thing is novel and
original the rest is all right.
And the way hats are worn, too, is
a matter of personal taste and becom-
ingness. One lady will have her hat
tilted down over her eyes, while the
, 1905-04-26
1--WE Surprised Him.

"And now, Johnny" said the Sunday
school teacher, sis there anything you
don't understand about Eve and the
serpent?"
"Yes'm."
"Well, what?"
How'd Eve keep from havin' a At
when she seen 1t comin'?" Detroit
Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
{ AN6 Z b lsf !.
II Secures ITS Prey Like an Artist,
yVItA fkeguIar sfratesEs. w

II secures It's Pres like nm A-kist,
with Regular STRATEGY.
There is a fish fla secures IFS prey
like an artist, with regular sitrateGy,
and, strange to relate, nature has fur
nfslIed 1t with full equipment for the
purpose rod, line and bait. The angler
as il Is called, is by no means a beauty
It is about a yard long and has huge,
toadlike head, an enormous, gaping
mouth and a formidable array of teeth
The first dorsal or back I'm, is almost
wholly wanting, its place being occu-
pied by two or three long. slender, NOV
able spines which are fastened to the
body by means of joints. One is attach
ed by a hinge which permits of only
backward ann forward motion.
The first spine is connected by reg
ular ring and staple and admits of
movement in all directions, as It is pull
ed this way or that by the muscles.
This is the anglers pole, which contin-
ues into fine filament or line, and at
the end there is loose, shining slip Of
membrane which plays the part of a
bait.
The angler fish is a slow swimmer,
and it would have but little success if it
had to chase the swift, active fishes up
on which 1t feeds, so it snares them.
Partially hiding itself in the mud or
sand, it waves its long filaments with
their glittering tips AS is well known,
fishes are attracted by slistening OBJ
jects moved about in the water The
neighboring fishes, following the in
stincts of their inquisitiye nature, come
to examine the curious object, and sud
denly they find themselves snapped up
in the wide jaws of their hidden foe
The angler is very voracious crea-
ture, and on several occasions it has
been Known to seize fish that had
been Looked and was being drawn to
the surface. In one such case the
angler seized n Goldfish and would not
loosen its grip until it was struck on
the head Win boat hook. On anotll.
er occasion the fish fell victim to its
own gluttony, for, having dashed at
n conger eel that had Just been hooked
and having taken it into its mouth, the
eel contrived to escape through one OF
the gill apcrtures. and thus it was the
unconscious means of involving it's cap.
tor in its own fate
Even the cork floats on lines and
nets have been swallowed by the
greedy fish, and when taken in net
it devours its fellow prisoners with
perfect unconcern.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
Time Crazy MOSCOW.

Moscow seems to be Il city where no
body knows with any degree of GER
tainty what time it is. Arthur Sy
mons in his book on "Cities" says that
no two clocks in Moscow agree. Even
in the best hotels clock will solemnly
strike 3 quarter of an hour before its
neighbor strikes Z. The confusion is
Increased by the fashion of sticking up
dummy clocks in the streets as adver-
tisements. The maddening moment
comes when you have to catch n train
at Moscow. The railway time tables
are worked on st. Petersburg time,
which differs by half an hour from
Moscow time. When you are told that
the st. Petersburg express leaves at 8
o'clock you are in doubt as to whether
it leaves ut $50. or $3.50 by your care
fully adjusted watch.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
GERMANY HARD UP
Incident Makes Plain Miserable
Financial Condition of
Nation.
Cities Unable to Contribute
Wedding Present For Crown
Prince.

BERLIN. Jan. 1.-THE miserable
financial condition of Germany has
never been made more plain than
since the suggestion was made few
weeks ago that German cities club
together for the purpose of giving a
wedding present to the value of half
million marks to Crown Prince
Frederick Wilhelm. whose marriage
is to take place in the spring.
Nearly all the cities are perfectly
willing to give. but the majority of
them find themselves unable TO do
so because they are so heavily in
debt that it is impossible for them
TO raise even the smallest amount of
money and it looks as if the idea
would have to be given up.
The winter, which has already been
very severe. has brought much suf-
fering among the poor and the poor
houses are besieged by people who
ask to be admitted. and hundreds OF
thousands of men, women and chill
dren have actually starved during the
holidays. With the ever increasing
expenses for army and navy and the
outlook that many months will pass
before the rebellion in German South
west Africa can be broken the pros
poets for the coming year are exceed
ingly gloomy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
Dynamite Scare.

Sam Clements, the colored cabman
so well known about the city, took a
business man to call upon another re-
Gently. The day being strenuously
cold, Sam had taken his charcoal
heater along for the comfort of his
patrons. Having deposited his pas.
senger in this instance, he stepped
into a mans store on State street,
taking his charcoal burner along
also and placing it down beside him.
In the meantime. while engaging in
a rambling conversation upon various
ubiquitous subjects, this, together
with his peculiar manner, seemed to
arouse the proprietor's suspicion that
Sam was awry in The upper story.
After having warmed himself suffl-
GENTLY, however, he made ready to
go on his way. In SO doing he gath
cred up the burner and thrust 1t into
the stove to heat before starting. AS
he made pass at the stove door with
il, the man who had already been eye
ing him suspiciously, now made up
his mind that Sam was off his base
Mantle bomb he had brought in with
which to blow up his whole estab-
lishment So thinking he at once
snatched it from the stove in horror,
when fierce tussle enSucd as to
who should get and retain possession
of it. While engaged in the sSirmish,
by the mans expressions used, Sam
detected at last the cause of his fears,
when he gave vent to such a bit of
maniac laughter that the man was all
the more frightened, until Sam could
finally explain the article to him.
After this he was reluctantly permit.
ted to heat the burner, when he went
on his way feeling himself made
more comfortable thereby but leaving
his host still i'll perturbed condi-
tion of mind over the episode so sud
denly sprung upon him, The whole
enjoyment for those who witnessed
it. from start to finish, for they all
took in the situation caused by the
introduction of the supposed dyna,
mite bomb into the mans place OF
business in such threatening man
ner. And since he did not know
Sam, nor the nature of the strange
machine brought in and thrust into
his stove, these two things it was
that served to bring on personal
crisis. and while filing him with fren
lied fear, only tended all the more to
increase their pent up merriment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
Mechnnica1 Heading.

Edith Wharton writes: THE mechan-
ical reader, rs lie always reads con
sciously, knows exactly how much he
reads and will tell you so with the
pride of the careful housekeeper who
has calculated to within half an ounce
the daily consumption of food in her
household. AS the housekeeper is apt
to go to market every day at a certain
hour, so the mechanical reader has of
ten fixed time for laying in his in.
tellectual stores. and not infrequently
he reads for just so many hours day.
The statement in one of Hamerton's
youthful diaries, 1 shall now COM
mence Il course of poetical reading, be-
ginning with fifty hours of Chaucer,
and, as / gave him one and one-half
hours last night, it leaves me exactly
forty eight and one-half,' is a good eX
ample of this kind OF reading"