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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27

hurry up and don't keep us anxiously
waiting action SO long. I.
A Narrow Escape.
t"Chalkeye's Gantz, Willie Frazcn.
bach, Andrew knight and Dale
Means went out on the river with the
bottom Of skiff yesterday for a ride.
They used o shovel and a piece of
board as oars to propel them along
on their journey. But no sooner had
they gotten out from shore into deep
water than the weight Of the boys
proved too much for their light craft,
when It sank. throwing them all out
into the water. They each came up
to the surface, however, and swan In
safety TO the shore except Chalkeye,
who unfortunately came up under
the boat bottom, which Just before
had SO treacherously cast them over,
board. Weakened by his prolonged
Itussle in}extrlcatine himself, from 81,
he began | to give ont in strength be.
fore reaching the shore and cried for
help. None being near enough to be
Eof4any avail he again sank, when the
others became terror stricken, think
ing that he was drowned. Soon how.
ever, he came up to the surface once
more and with one last heroic effort
threw himself In the direction OF the
shore, which fortunately brougli,
him near enough to touch bottom, and
by the assistance Of the others, witt
rushed to his relief, was enabled Il
get out merely in time to save his
life. 1t was a venturous exploit, FOL
lowed with a narrow escape whicl
came near proving a costly expert
Iment. And for their promised fm
at so great risk, they received onl,
q most terrible fright and an all
around ducking. Their experience
will at least suggest 10 them the mex
time they wish. a boat ride, to secure
a better craft with more skilfu
craftsmen, or sound boat ana no
only the bottom OF one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
More Buildings.

Albert Growl. has the contract for
building new tlye-room frame house
gfofSh uncle, ]. ., Crowl, on Chicago
Street He began work on II yester-
day rhissis ito be followed by anoth,
serj that fan ss:room two.story brick
shopse on East Park avenue, adjoining
Tho Mrs. Della Barnes residence, for
which the ground Is laid Off.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
Horses Wanted,

l will be at Reeds stable, Fairmont.
on Tuesday, May 9, 1905. 10 buy a
car load OF horses AMI mares, from
four years old up. Want them fat:
from 900 10 1900 pounds.
B. l.. WARNER.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
5sliahtIyf5lm,Ip,roved.

n Mrs Marshall Sharp; of Water
street who has been critically III at
her home for some time with pneu.
monia as the result Of cold on the
measles and taken TO the iCty Hos
pital I'D few days ago for treatment,
Sremains very sick but is little i'm
proved. She was originally Miss Ada
Christie, Of }Boothsville, and has rela.
stiyes In Grafton. VIII the Grafton
papers therefore please copy and
Ssoblige sher&friends who may wish TO
now of y t i. :!.53s. 8 y q 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
Farm Supplies.

Our stock OF lawn seed, fertilizers
sprayers and mowers, also garden and
field seed and fertilizers is complete.
Try our poultry food, bone and grits
DEAN & REEVES. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
For Sale.

Complete outfit Of household and
kitchen furniture. Also canned fruits
before the 21st of March. 5O4 Mer-l
chant street, over Q. B. Levelle'si
store. 75} <;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27
Sudden Cali x 10 Pennsylvania.
c Complicated Case.

George Elder, Of Boothsville, was
operate upon by a corps of physl.
clans esterday for appendicitis.
There we're present Drs. Cook, Durrett
Hall and the \ Cox Brothers. They
found 1.-THE appendix enlarged by
groWth. and filled with foreign sub.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27

Inc West Virginian respectfully
sollclta Job printing of all kinds
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27

Why not lie: the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27

ST. Thomas ransferred ia a new
yacht On Tuesday from Locust ave
nue. 10 HE boat livery ,at the wharf,
Where itSWas launched blythe owner,
Misses Emma. and Ann Hamill left
8tiie city to:day for Mountain Lake
Park where theygwill spend their
Ss,lrnme Ell acation amid Its cool and
shady bowers
Miss Della Sample, who went to
Pittsbnrg ID visit, her brother, has re-
turned home. Her mother, Mrs. ".
sampl who accompanied her,
win cont inueS her visit q while longer.
Mrs Minnie Watkins, / Of Jackson
! street vito was brought 70 the City
Hospital on Monday, and was oper:
ated upon esterday,i Is doing as well
as ME cond itions could warrant, but
her case iisg critical.
n Sj33f 10 y 5S = =s.gG n
They Struck TOO \;
Morgan others, the skaters, have
complete ca their depot contract with
tile. B. and 9: railway company in
Ohio, and struck $aHundred' yesterday
on their return, where they have a
eontract sof timing for Moore and
Campbell
Sudden Call TO Pennsylvania.
II. Eckles received a telegram or
Monday, announcing the unexpected
deaf Of his grandmother, Mrs. Stark
of Addison, Pa. He left on the after
noon train TO attend the funeral ant
viii not be ableSto return before Fri
day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-27

READ the West Virginlan. 1t har
the latest newu.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

The greatest dinner that McMillin
ever enjoyed was at log house, when
he was a callow youth just returning
from a kentucky university. A very
large turkey had been secured, and it
had been carefully plucked and drawn
on the day before Thanksgiving. That
night, however, some appreciatiVe col
orel man had thrown the family into
CONSERVATION by abstracting the bird,
and the theft was discovered about 8
o'clock in the evening.
Meanwhile a terrific gale had arisen,
and it almost reached the fury of
tornado. The log house stood the
blast, but it shivered and groaned. The
wooden shutters were firmly locked,
and the bowling wind outside made
the log wood fire dance with glee,
sending showers of sparks up the
chimney. Suddenly there was a smash
against one of the wooden shutters. A
blood-curdling sound was heard Sc
curing a lantern, the head of the
household went out quickly and as
quickly returned. lie held In his hands
two huge turkeys with bronzed legs
and ruttied feathers One was a COB
bier and the other was a hen. They
had been torn from their roosts in the
mountains, borne miles by the gale
and thrown against the rude cabin by
the hand Of Providence, to take the
place of the turkey that had beer
stolen.
Providence had made no mistake II
this case, for the family were good
old-fashioned hard-shelled Baptists
and they returned thanks on the spot
The next day they enjoyed the fines
Thanksgiving dinner ever given j,
Tennessee. Governor McNIillin had n,
atidavits to accompany this story, bu
IL IS easier to believe it than to see]
to disprove it.-LesIie's Weekly,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
On Obtaining Success

Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston mil
Ilonalre' believes that it Is rather
through enterprise and originality than
through economy that financial success
may be attained.
The time is past" he said the othor
day, for such economy as used to he
practlced by an old Boston restaura-
teur, who recently died.
The old fellow was econon,,co, ~
excess but while he pottered about his
Kitchen trying to make one egg do the
work of two, his neighbor across tho
way was Introducing a roof pardon
and a mandolin orchestra, and tho
economist, l understand, hardly loft
enough on his demise to pay his debts
lie was, beyond any doubt an
economist. A couple of plumbers varo
working one day in his cellar. It wao
100 dark there to see, and the mon
asked for some light. 0"
Well, said the old fellow, here's o
candle Make it go as far as Won con
One candle won't do said H.
plumbers pun 1t won't give US sufficient
light. We must have two
The old man knit his brows ar{
thought. "S anC
40" long boys, will you be wor,,
ing down hereY he said WI Il
About fifteen minutes said III,
q, Then said the restaurateur. .cr
Tue candle in two Boston posi- "
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

yes" she replied in an even voice.
but with averted face. 1--WE shall be
sorry to have you go, Mr.. Richard"
There was a long silence. Hobson
was cursing himself and fate and So
ciety and the whole universe, but aloud
he said simply. THANK you' MISS
Molly"
Then after a pause he added, II am
to be married next week" He watch
ed her face intently through the tWl-
light, but all she said was, And /
am to be married next month"
There was another long pause.
And the MANI" he questioned, his
heart strangely heavy.
Just SAM" she said with a little
sigh. "And the lady?'
Miss Felicia Deerington," he re-
piled, with just touch of pride in his
voice.
II have read about her." she said
solLy. "She is very beautiful, is she
not?"
Eyes"
They had reached the bridge, and
the moonlight slanted across the rip
| pies of the water and shone upon the
girls white face. perhaps we had
better go back" she whispered, with
a little shiver, ''it seems cold down
here by the water" and she turned
again toward the path, with Hobsor
following. The silence was oppressive
yet neither of them seemed to care t
break it. At the foot Of the steps sht
paused and held out her hand. Good
by, Mr. Richard" she said softly. Hob
son caught her fingers again to hi
lips and his breath came quickly.
Molly" he breathed, "if l were no
Richard Hobson, If l were just a sim
Pile farmer, if" But she tore he
hands from his. Don't" she gasped
don't make it harder-for me. Good
by" and the door closed upon her.
HobSon stood like one dazed. tn
croaking of the frogs seeming in hi
ears like the pounding of his ow
heart. A merry crowd of farmer boy
passed down the road, their shrill wills
tie echoing through the night air. Hol
son looked after them with a sigh.
And | would give my millions.
he whispered, as he turned wearil
away, "just to be one of them"
And Molly, stumbling up stairs
the darkness, was crying softly an
! pressing against her face the han
J which Hobson had Observation-Disclosures
lis Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
ONE OF FATE'S TRICKS.


@n OILY stepped lightly over the
lmI low wall and came toward
A0GA the house. HobsOn, seated on
the lowest step of the piazza, turned
his eyes from the contemplation OF
glorious sunset to the neat, girllsh ng-
ire, His experienced eye took IN eV-
ery detail of the slender form from
the crown of her fluffy brown head 10
the trim ankle which peeped out from
below the clean calico gown. He won
darad If there was among the ladies'
who lounged in his mothers drawing
room one who could show such an an
kle. such a fresh complexion, such
radiant eyes. Hobson doubted It, But
after all, he thought what were Molly's
charms compared with Molly herself
the sweetest little woman In the
world.
"Retsy generous tonight, Miss Mol
ly?" he called out.
Eyes. See," she exclaimed Triumph
antly. exhibiting a foaming milk pail.
"Only she stepped on my toe" she
added regretfully. She deposited the
nail on the ground, and. seating her
self on the step beside HoPson, calm
" removed her slipper. ITS torn"
she said, inspecting it, "and the stock
ing, too" And she ruefully regarded
the little pink toe which looked out
bravely from the rent stocking "But
II didn't hurt much" she added with d
smile.
At that moment Hobson was trying
TO imagine Miss Felicia Deerlngton re-
moving her slipper and exhibiting a
torn stocking in his presence. The
thought tickled him and he laughed
aloud, The girl turned quickly anC
regarded him, then, with the crimson
slowly suffusing her checks, she thrus
her foot hastily into the slipper, and
, lifting the milk pail, walked. silently
I'M the steps and into the house. Hob
q son bit his lips In vexation. what
fool l am" he muttered impatiently
as he went in search of her. How
ever, 1t was some time later that h
. succeeded In finding her alone. TIL
; moon was just rising and Hobson
with AIolly's hand on his arm, wa
strolling down the narrow path to tn
: old bridge Are you angry with me
Miss Molly?" he pleaded. Il know
- =" but the girl checked hin
= please don't say any more, MIR. Rict
ard" she said quickly. II did nc
realize that - you see, +" sh
paused in confusion, and Hobso
caught her fingers. I'm a brute" b
whispered, and then because SOM
thing welled up into his throat b
could say no more, but with a sudde
movement he crushed the finger
n against his lips.
Then the face of Miss Felicia fiashe
# into vividness In his brain and with
4 sigh he released the hand.
4, 81 am going away in the morning
he said, presently.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
OUR HEALTAtEsT CITIES.
Mostly in the Central West aud North
eFu Mississippi Valley.


Mostly In the Central West aud North
ern Mississippi Valley.
The mortality tables compiled by the
census bureau show that about seven
teen out of every thousand Of the pop
ulation of the United States die each
year. If these figures are correct, then
the United States is one Of the healthi-
est countries on the globe, being ex-
celIed in this. respect only by Denmark,
Sweden and Norway. The most health
full part of the United States seems to
lie in the central west and in the north
ern regions of the Mississippi valley
and Its tributaries.
The significance Of the death rates
In the larger cities, as compiled by
the census statisticians, is to consid-
cradle extent destroyed on account of
two interfering facts. The negroes in
the South and itinerant consumptives
In the West, both are victims of high
mortality, which gives an excessive In
crease to the death rates of the places
where they reside. For example, &C.
cording to the census, Pueblo Is the
most unhealthful place in the United
| States, But nobody believes that death
turks in the pure and invigorating at
mosphere of Pueblo. Its death rate of
thirty-two per thousand Is due to the
mortality among stricken consumptives
who go there in search of health.
In an equal degree the high death
rate among negroes affects appear.
ances in most all Southern cities. For
example, In Charleston, s. c., the death
rate among the whites Is 26.6, while
among the colored people it Is 37,5. In
New Orleans 1t Is 23.S among the
whites and $50 among the negroes. II
Savannah 1t is PAT among the whites
and 84.3 among the colored population
This proportion prevails generally
throughout all Southern cities, anG
gives them a reputation for unhealth
fulness which. SO far as the whites ar
concerned, is not deserved,
Il may be said that, other things he
ing equal, the healthiest cities are usu
ally situated near a copious supply o
water. St Joseph, South Omaha, ST
Paul, Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis
which all have very low death rates
afford conspicuous examples Of thi
r fact.
The Missouri and Mississippi river
: are especially free from faint an
deadly germs. In spite of the large in
land territory they drain and the II
Vulnerable communities situated alon
: their banks, their waters remain exceI
tionalIy pure, from source to mouth
Chicago Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

LLOYD C. GR1sCoM. can minister, Llovd
G. Griscom, during this period. The
Japanese are sensitive people and
little less of wisdom and tact and the
good offices Of America might come
with less acceptance than they have
thus far. Nothing could exceed the
kind feeling existing In Japan TODAY
toward the United States, and this
feeling has been greatly enhanced bv
the American minister.
Mr.. Griscom is one of the younpast
men holding such an important posi.
ton under our government. He suc.
ceeded the late Col. Alfred e. Rnc,,
who died early in 1903. He represent
ed our government in Persia before
going to Japan, and was also hefore
that charge d'atfaires in Constantine
pie. In both places he distinguishes
himself by his efforts to secure fnI
recognition Of the rights of America n,
without friction or unpleasantnesS
| American interests have never beer
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

than 81 worth Of goods head year
", while we sell Canadians nearly
S24 worth q head, and Cubans, even
without reciprocity, SIS worth. The
trouble lies with our export trade. We
buy enough from South America
three times more than we sell to it |
We sell it Kess than $40,o00.000 worth.
and buy from 1t $120,0o0,00O worth a |
year. The cash balance of $S0,00O,- |
COO year of American money which |
South America receives from us Is
spent Ii buying goods from other ma
tons. In the last thirty years we
have bought from South America ST.
700, 100000 more than we have sold
directly to it.
Why? 1t seems TRANCE to charge
| Americans with lack Of trade energy.
| We should regard 1t as offensive II
some foreigners accused as OF 1t; but
| the officer whose report we are quot
| ing does not hesitate to say that is
| what is the matter. We lack energy
| and enterprise in not having better
shipping facilities. Canada has d.
rect line Of her own to South Africa.
II ia not creditalGe that we have none
tn the east coast of South America.
Even more important Is the need, OF
studying the people and their wants
snd then catering to them. That Is
what other nations do. That Is what
we do not do. Other nations manu-
facture goods expressly for the export
trade, such as are never seen in their
domestic markets. Americans seem
to think that what they themselves
want 10 precisely what everybody else
ON earth wants, or ought to want, and
that all that is necessary is to make a
lot more than we can use ourselves
and then dump" the remainder upon
other countries at big profit.
That works we'll enough with food
stuffs, which form the bulk Of our ex
ports, because grain and meat are the
same the world over, and because
however, other nations have simply
got to come to US for food or starve
It ts no credit to our business energy
i | that we have so big a trade in food
| stuffa But that rule will not work II
: manufactured goods, as our beggarl!
} little trade with South Americt
Q shows. We need to get move on
We need to find out what South Amer
+. leans want, and then supply thos
+ wants, no matter whether they are ac
r cording to our notions or not. W
q need better shipping facilities. W
a need to learn the languages the
speak down there. We need America
banking facilities in those countries
We need, too to establish system o
credit such as South Americans a
most invariably demand. Better,
y says this consular report, good az
:. counts on the books than idle good
on the shelf" That Is sound sens
+ It Is time the American commerce.
q world woke up to the facts. 1nstea
l. Of $4,000 a year, we ought to sell
IS South America $400,000,000 a yea
b. We could do so If we practiced in OF
L. South American trade half the sens
10 and energy we show in other affair
n That we do not practice it is the mo-
a amazing anomaly in our whole cor
te mercIal record.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
HOW TO EAT.

Don't bring worries to the table,
Don't bring anger, hate or scoWls'
Danish everything unpleasant,
Talk and eat with smiling joWls
1t will aid your own digestion,
If you wear a smiling face;
1t will jolly up the others,
If you only set the pace;
KnowingEsomething funny, tell 1t;
Something sad, forget to kneIi it;
Something hateful, quick dispel 1t
At the table,
Cares domestic, business troubles
Ills Of body, soul or brain;
Unkind thoughts and nagging tempers'
Speech that causes others pain,
Public woes and grim disasters,
Crimes and wrongs and rights dc
feat
None of them are to be mentioned
When you sit down to eat.
knowing something funny, tell it;
Something sad, forget to knell it;
Something hateful, quick dispel 1t
At the table.
What to Eat.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

, The trouble with many actors, -" s.td
the man of ponderous wisdom 49, saiu
'ne ego 40 not take their work seriously"
You do US an injustice" SAID ~.
Stormington Barnes. "Hundroda i.
miles away from home, hotel hills III VI
railway. fares to pay, salaries dns anu
m ta9a, uncertain-who could helm
taking everything seriously Y'-w oe,p
ington Star. WISH
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA.

In Thirty Years It Has Increased ouly
3 Per Cent.
A subject which we have often dis
cussed In these columns is raised
again In the daily consular reports OF
the department of commerce and la
Dor in an interesting communication
from the American vice consul st
Trinidad, says the New York, Trib-
une. That officer calls attention to
the comparative iixity Of ouS South
American trade In the last thirty
years our trads with the rest Of the
world has more than doubled. That
with South America has increased
only 5 per cent We are selling to
Tie people Of the latter continent less
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
The Sneakers Magnetism.

Paterfamilias has come, Eo1t sno-
into the parlor and had found mat's
much as he might have expected c y.
sidering that Reggie Addelpalt anu ,s "a
daughter of the housewere there a'Vs.
and that he had sneaked in. q.
"Ahw exclaimed the father anu =
remark was singularly well chosen =. >.
I'LL was only rehears'nS d No ~.
recitation l had just learned
mered Reggie .u,,s
$50 suppose" said paterta''i,.sr,
"hut the thing l objected to was In
peculiar method of holding your "0s,
ence.' baltimore American.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
No Longer ON the Map.

What makes you so later askeu
Tins father, who in the boys aOseh''
had had to see to the evening chore'
himself
Teacher kept me in"
"What for?"
"Cause l couldn't find Moscow %
the map" w..
Couldn't find Moscow? And ia hhs
to know who could, then! Why' ~
member hearing tell of Moscow oslns
burned when l was boy! It's a guy
rage to, put such nonsensical ques'iO..
to children what's there to learn SONY
thing useful. I'll look into that au'
let yer teacher know l amt been elee 4
ed on the School Board for noth'ns'
London Globe. -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

cared for in Japan with more dignity
and safety. and Mr. Griscom holds
not only the constantly growing re-
spect and admiration Of the resident
Americans and travellers through
japan. whom he always receives with
rare grace and cOrdiality, but he
commands the esteem and regard of
the diplomatic corps and the Japanese
government.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

eign states means
so much to her, the
position of ambas-
sador to the NIika-
dos empire is a
place of no little
Importance. 1t is
not fully known
how much Japan.
and the world owe
to the friendly and
tactful course pur-
sued nv the Amari
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

He-Tts ridiculous for you women
to talk of intuition" and all that.
She-Not as ridiculous as to talk of
a mans common senes," for any sort
of sense in q man would be most IN,
common.-Philadelphia PEesA
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
The Ups and Downs OF Life

When a man is single he mari'ss
settle down. After he is marrleu iii
kept busy trying to settle up'-
more American.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18
OUR MINIsTeRTo JAPAN.

Our Interests There Well Guarded nv
Comparatively Young Man.
While Japan is going through her
great international struggle for exist
ence. and when the friendship of for