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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09
MARK TWAIN ON THE MENTAL PHOTOGRAPH

characters in Romance? Byror
Family.
In History ?-Jack the Giant Killer
BOOK to take up for an hour?-
I Nanderollt's pocketbook.
! what book mot religious) would yor
part with Iast?-The one might hap
pen 70 De reading on a railroad during
the disaster season.
what Epoch would you choose IA
nave lived in?-Before the present
Erie-it was safer.
mere would You like to live Pin
the moon, because there is no water
+, there.
FaVorite amusement ?-Huntipg the
Tiger or some kindred game.
FaVorite Occupation ?-"Lfke dew on
the gowan-lying."
what trait of Character do YOU most
dofhlre in Man?-The noblest form Of
cahhlpailsnl-love for his feIlovman.
In Woman ?-Loye for her follow
man.
What trait do you most detest IN
each u hat trait" which Won mt
or to- to describe its possessor.
II not yourself who would you rather
pe 1T ne Wandering Jew, with a nice
annuity.
what is your idea of happiness
lndlng the buttons all on.
Aour Idea of Misery ?-Breakfn an
egg in your pocket.
What is your bette noir?-CWhat is
my which?)
what is your Dream ?-Nightmare
as a general thing. |
What do you most dread2-Fxnos.
ire
what do you believe to be your Dis !
lhsulshing Characteristic? -Hungar.
"hat is the Sublimest Passion of
'hlch Human Nature IS capabIeo-
owing your sweethearts enemies.
nat are the Sweetest Words in the
GRID Mot Guilty. i
W nat are the saddest ?-"Dust I'M
0 Dust Il
nat is your Aim in Life? -To en-
eaVor TO be absent when my time
ONES.
what is your Motto?-Be virtuous
nd you will be eccentric
But, testing aside, the Mental Photo
raph Album is a novel and ingenious
lea. If one will take the trouble to
rite answers to those questions. Sc
ously and conscientiously, he will
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09
(t'rom the Buffalo Express)

1 have received from the publishers
Leypoldt & Holt, New York. a nearly
| printed page of questions with blanks
| Tor answers, and l am requested to fill
those blanks. These questions are 60
| arranged as to ferret out the most
| secret points of mans nature with
| out his ever noticing what the idea is
! until the thing is done and his s'charac-
| ter gone forever. A number of these
| sheets are bound together and called
| a Mental Photograph Album Nothing
could induce me to fill those blanks
put the -asseveration of these gentle
men that it will benefit nv race bv
enabling young people to see what I
am, and giving them an opportunity to
become like somebody else This cam
dor oVercomes my scruples have but
little character, but what I have T am
willing to part with for the public
good. l would have been a better man
II L had had chance, but things have
always been against me. I never had
any parents, hardly-only lust a
rather and mother-and so I have had
TO struggle along the best wav Il
could. do not boast of this character
further than 1 built it up by myself. +,
CT VIZ nun >, uuFiIlS the last thirty
years, and without other educational /
aid than I was able to pick up in the
ordinary schools and colleges. 1 have
filled the blanks as follows:
WHAT IS YOUR FAvoRITE.
Color-Anything but dun
Flowers THE night blooming Sirius.
Tree?-Any that bears forbidden
fruit
Object in Nature-A dumb belle.
Hour in the Day The leisure hour.
Season of the Year The lecture sea-
son.
ume?-Cent per cent ,
Gem THE jack of diamonds when
t is trump.
Style of Beauty?-The Subscribers.
Names, Male and Female M aimee
Maimie). for a female, and Tacus and
Iarius. for males.
Painters Sign painters. G
Musicians Harper & Brothers. c
Piece of Sculpture The Greek Slave.
With his bod. a
Poet?-Robert Browning, when he
as a lucid interval g
Poetess ?-Timothy Titconb il
Prose Author Noah Webster. IL Y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

oue III explaining to the unfortunate
that Sirius Is the dog-star and blooms
only at night, I am afforded an op-
portunity to air my erudition Ut is
only lately acQuired)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

discover, when he is done, that he has
made a record whereby a stranger may
gather pretty fair estimate of his
real nature and the peculiar bent of
his character. A welI-filied album Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

this kind ought to make an entertain
ing book to take up for an hour"
MARK TWAIN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

shortly after leaving college. I was
troubled with skin disease which showed
Itself hrst at the ankles. Physicians ,,ro-
nounced 1t eczema, and treated me for Thar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

grant you this is a little obscure:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

ed the thieves not brt-srJe' they were
any less daring or wori.iaanli.e, hut
owing TO the sheerest bal luck. They
constructed n tunnel from a house they
rented to the vaults OF the bank. but
failed by q few hours to reach the val.
uables, worth an enormous sum Of
money, owing to an accident.
1t CHANGED that when these men had
tunneled distance OF some thirty
yards and arrived just within the vault
where the safe was some of the beams
they had used to shore up the tunnel
collapsed. causing slight subsistence
Of the banks foundations, At the same
time the manager happened. quite CON
trary tothis custom, to so TO his Office,
and he was surprised to find dill.
Guilty in opening the door OF the room.
A cursory examination was enough to
show him that since closing ti,ne the
wall of his room had sunk slightly.
causing the door to press on tie floor.
Probably this circumstance alone
would not have shattered the thleves'
scheme, since the manager would have
waited till the morning to call build.
er in, by which time the safe would
have been emptied, but while he was
considering the matter the thieves in
the vault below were making frantic
efforts TO repair the damage to the tnn.
mel sufficiently to enable them to com.
plete their task before daybrcak. and
tile manager heard them working be
meath his feet. The consequence was
he Immediately took a light and re.
volver and descended to the vault
Two men suddenly appeared before
him. He shot one dead. but the other
disappeared in manner which utterly
bafiied his comprehension till he search,
ed the vault and came on the mouth
Of the tunnel. which, Of course. ex-
planned everything.-London Standard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
HoULT.

Jas. d. Bowman and his brother,
John, have returned from weeks
visit in Barbour county, and his broth.
er has returned home near Little
Falls.
Newton Hess. of Enterprise, has
moved back In his property across
the river fror, the round house.
l.. D. Ingram has moved across the
river in the Pitcher brick.
Joshua Harr moved to Jamestown
to-day.
Rev. o. C. Phillips. of Meadowdale,
preached at the NJ. E. Church here
Sunday. The Mtrgantown confer.
ence returne'. him to aieadowdaie
circuit for another year.
Charles R. Houli and wits we're at
Pittsburg for 2 few days Last week.
A B. and @. camp car belonging to
Mike Cunningham camp was burn.
ed on the Aurora sidins Saturday
night. 1t caught from lamp. About
700 pounds of meat were lost, together
with other supplies.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

street bound for the Inquirer Office at
Twelfth and Market. TIL. leaders
apparently awe.inspired by the pro
portions and spirit their following as
sumed. sent the transparency down a
side street But the crowd marched
on
Instead. of spreading they formed
Ia solid mass on Broad street and
pressed on the Inquirer Office build
ing until the megaphone man was
jammed up against the big front
Office window. From this place OF
vantage he led the cheers for Mayor
Weaver and Governor Folk and all
The city party candidates.
The crowd crossed to the south
side of Market street but stopped only
a few minutes to boot. The Hotel
Walton was the next objective point
OF the. crowd. The committee was
sent in to call out Governor Folk, but
was informed he stayed at the Belle
vue-StratfoFd.
Stylishly dressed women and men
joined the crowd and when Governor
Folk finally came down the hotel
stairway everybody rushed forward.
81 have just come down for few
minutes to see what kind OF people
you are said Governor Folk, sr'iling
pleasantly at the hoarse crowd.
When your enthusiasm keeps you
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
HALLE,s CAKE DANCE.
An Ancient Ceremony That Is Sacred
to the Salt Workers.

An Ancient Ceremony That Ii Sacred
to the Salt Workers.
Halle, the little German salt making
city. whose inhabitants are supposed
to be descended from an early race of
different blood from the modern Ger.
mans, has curious fete of Its own,
which has been celebrated annually
for many centuries. On that day the
masters and the salt makers, clad in
red nantes, follow to church the cake'
Of the feast, borne aloft by youth,
accompanied by his sweetheart. After
the religious rites follow banquet
and dance to the music Of instru-
ments specially devoted to the pur.
pose.
The fete originated In an Incident
that took place SO long ago that the
very date has been lost. A mill be-
longing to the commune was burned,
and the family of the miller was saved
by the salt workers. When the mill
was rebuilt the commune voted to the
salt boilers in perpetuity an annual
cake of 100 pounds, to be blessed, car.
ried in procession and then eaten SOL
EMMY TO the music of drums and
flies.
The ceremony had been going on
thus for generations when In 1876 there
was new fire in the city which de-
stroyed the city hall, but spared the
salt works and the dwellings. Then
the pious commune adopted n. resolu
ton thanking God for what he had
spared and declaring that thereafter
the cake bearer and the salt masters
and their men should make the process.
sion clad not in black. rs formerly. but
in TUNES of ardent red, with plumes of
the same color in their caps. The date
of the fete was also changed from st.
Peters and st. Paul's day to st. Johns
day. the longest day in the,year. Since
1876 this order has been faithfully OBJ.
served. The cut of the tunic has varied
somewhat with the fashion prevailing.
but the style Of Louis Nv. predomi.
mates. Thus appear the carrier of the
cake and his sweetheart, and thus Is
clad the halberdier. After the banquet
the men and maidens of honor, being
those who in years before have carried
the cake, decorate with red peoples the
crowd that presses In the public square.
Then in the midst of spot protected
by barriers the men and maids of hon.
or execute not cake walk, but n cake
dance, grave function in which one
must neither speak nor smile. The
dance is not complicated. but the music
is of special character, and this gives
the whole peculiar distinction. In
the evening there is dance of a gayer
character Mt an inn. The waltz here
begins really at 4 o'clock in the after
noon and is continued until dawn. The
red habits are put away at the end of
the fete, not to be brought out again
for year. They descend from father
to son and are preserved with the ut
most cnra
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Ben Jonaon Knew HI. Merits.

Among English writer's Ben Jonson
had as good conceit Of himself as
most, and he was not afraid of utterlng
his conviction Of his own superiority.
His egotism was almost fierce in its
intensity. For example, he left his
"Cynthia's Revels" to the judgment Of
his audience with the assurance that
the play was good and that they might
like it II they pleased, and in the last
line Of the court epilogue to Every
Man Out Of His Humor" he proclaims
In Latin that he hunts not for the
fEffrages Of the windy multitude" But
IN determining to maintain high po-
etc standard Jonson overacted his
part and laid himself open to the ridi-
cule and sarcasm of lesser men.
AS the late ]. A. Symonds said, "He
Identified the sacred bard with his
own person, posed before the world as
.pollo's high priest and presumed upon
his erudition to AFFECT the lordly airs of
an authentic Aristarchus." And yet,
when the victims Of his satire dared to
put in a good word for themselves ana
to accuse their tormentor Of self love,
arrogancy, impudence and railing;~
Jonson blazed out In righteous indig.
ration at their amazing conceit:
Il they should confidently praise their
works.
In them X would appear imitation,
Which In n full and well diResfed man
Cannot receive that foul abusive name.
Paul Gilmore, Grand Opera House
W. ,<~<t-.< .<~-t..-- r y, F. ~ .t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

up until the early morning hours !
know you will win II every city In
this country had citizens like you es-
cry CRATER would soon be in his hole.
II used to be that public Office was
a private snap, but the time has come
when public office must be n publi1
trust.
"You are soldiers Of peace. Some Of
you are without doubt Democrats. and
some of you Republicans. but you are
all Philadelphians, and believe me,
though some OF you would like To SEQ
Philadelphia go Democratic and some
IL you would like 10 sec PhiIadciphia
Republican 1t Is far more Important
that Philadelphia goes honest. I shall
watch the returns from Philadelphia
ard hope 1 will not be disaD-
pointed"
mot on your life. interrupted a
voice.
81 hope to get the Opportunity
continued Governor Folk, 10 seiiq
congratulations to new Phiiedef
pbia: Philadelphia redeemed = The
closing words Of Governor Folks
speech were drowned In hnrrnhs and
and everybody rushed up the ,'ufel
steps to shake tie hands OF the Mis-
souri, chief. He was jammed and
pushed before special policemen ex-
tricated him. (.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Popular Couple to Wed.

Mr.. ]. Clark Evans, head bookkeep'
er for the wagner-Palmros Manu-
featuring Company. viii be married
ut ESQ tomorrow evening to Miss
Helena Eleanor White. of Manning.
ton, at the Bartlett Hotel. Manning.
ton. After brief eastern trip, Mr..
and Mrs. Evans will take up their
residence on Castor avenue In this
city. s'1s4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Rhotoaraph Of children.

All the members of the Kindersar.
ten are requested to come TO the
home of Mrs. Barr. on Quincy street
tomorrow morning, rs photograph
of the school WILDE taken promptly at
9:30 o'clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Marrlaae Lleenses erantea.

N. w. Garden tohio county,, 20,
and Jeanette Robinson, %.
j. Clark Evans, 90. and Helena
Eleanor White, 81.
George E. Peddlcord. 81. and Caro-
line F. Watson, %.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Rohhers al Moraantown.

Burglars broke into The b. 6 o.
freight Office at Morgantown last
night and got S76.4o in cash and
checks amounting to about 5000. The
checks have been found, but the rob.
bers and the cash are still in hiding.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

Capt. and Mrs, Thomas Reed and
Mr.. and Mrs Charles d. Wise and son
spent yesterday at Hutchinson with
Mr.. and Mrs. Turney Reed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
Betting on Mcclellan.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Bettlng on
the curb in Wall street to-day was 4
to that Mcclellan would be elected
mayor. Last week odds of to were
offered. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

Paul Gilmore is Fairmont favor.
lite and will no doubt be greeted by a
crowded house Wednesday evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17
SOCIETY.

WIN Entertain This Evening.
The Cicilian Club will be enter
tanned this evening by Mrs. Homer
Hall at her home on Water street.
First ward. IS. .s... D. .....,- :
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

Lost anything? A West virgin1an
want ad. will find It for you.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

wANTED-Recruits for the U. s.
Marine Corps; able bodied; unmar.
;ried men between 81 and 35; good
character; must speak, read and write
English; citizens of the United States
or those who have legally declared
their intention to become such; ma.
rines serve at sea on men-of-war in all
parts Of the world, on land in our
island possessions, and at naval sta
tions in the United States. Apply 1o1
Main street, Fairmont w. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or man and
wife to keep house. Apply this of
flee. If.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

IosT-From carriage. a dark Oxford
coat. Sunday night between Fleming
Chapel and South Side Bridge. Re-
ward for return. Jackson Hotel. IT.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR RENT-A few choice office
rooms In the new Peoples Bank build.
Ing. Apply at the Peoples Bank.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

WANTED-At Vineyard farm, 200 To-
Gust posts and some fencing plank
Write q. S. Fleming, Fairmont. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

,WANTED-A girl for general house
work. Apply to 500 Fairrnont avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

who had despalred of making the mob
hear him. and who was addressing
the boy in the hall. who was there as
if to keep the McNichol flag flying
u d to show that one soul in that
house was not afraid.
From McNiehols' house the crowd.
ever growing, surged east in Race
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

Paul Gilmore. Grand Opera House
Wednesday evening. u.s. ~ 8 {: 8
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR RENT.-Furnishe rooms, mod
ern conyeniences at Duvails, No. 4,
Rhea Terrace.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR sALE-Six room house, all
modern conveniences, at bargain
ON easy terms. 30 CASTOR avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR RENT-A number of. fine office
rooms for rent in the Geo. NJ. Jacobs
building, Monroe street. Inquire OF
Geo. M. Jacobs. County Clerks office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR RENT-Four roomed house. Ap-
ply s05 4th street, Fifth ward.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR REIMBURSEMENT room, front.
ing on Parks avenue, under Citizens
Dollar Savings Bank. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

FOR RENT.-one seyen-room, one
six-room, three four-room and one
three-room houses. Modern convent.
ences. Good locations. Inquire H.
Shain, over Peoples Bank.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-17

Eat supper with the Kings Daugh-
tors at the NJ. E. Church, Thursday,
Oct. 10Th. x.
Paul Gilmore, Grand Opera House
"Wednesday evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18

Hard coal is certainly king-in the
stock market
London bought American securities
freely during the week.
Western farmers are storing their new
wheat recently threshed and will wait
for higher prices.
The character of the Lehigh Valley
buying is excellent. 1t comes from the
anthracite combination"
One block of 10000 shares of Penn
sylvania was recorded as changing hands
at las. 1t was probably a bogus trans
action.
Admirable, most admirable" was the
way one of the highest authorities on
the steel industry in Philadelphia dag
nosed the state of trade at this time.
Englishmen marvel at the waste OF
human life on American railroads. An
official report says only one passenger
out of 2oo,ooo,ooo is killed on British
railroads.
There is remarkable evenness in the
division OF the sexes in Japan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
IMPORTING AMERICAN COTTON.
The Docks at Kobe, Japan, Crowded With
Many Bales.

Seattle, Wash. Especially When the
Kanagaga Marue left Kobe on her last
voyage to Seattle there were more than
80 ships either at the docks of that port
or lying off awaiting their opportunity
to discharge their cargoes, which, for
the most part, consisted of cotton. This
commodity, according to Captain Vale,
of the Kanagawa, is crowding every
warehouse along the waterfront of Kobe
and is overlooking into the fields which
extend back from the town.
Shortly before the departure OF the
Kanagawa a FIRE started in this cast
amount of cotton, and before it could be
extinguished had destroyed some 10000
bales. Captain Vale states that the
loss was scarcely noticeable to the casu-
al observer, and that the space which
the burned cotton had taken was filled
almost Immediately by other bales which
were discharged from the many ships.
The greater part of this cotton is Amer
lean product, although a small portion
is from India.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
Foreign

The Venezuelan government has sign
ed 100000 contract with the Schnei-
der Company, of Creusot, France, for
eight batteries of 75-millimetre CAM
paign guns and four batteries of noun
tain guns of the same caliber.
The trial of So mutineers of the Rus
sian training ship Truth at Sebastopol
has resulted in IS being acquitted, a
condemned to be shot and 8 sentenced to
penal servitude for life.
The national referendum on the dis
solution of the union between Norway
unanimous for dissolution.
As a result of the famine in Anda-
lusia, Spain, sheepkillers do not avoid
arrest, desiring TO be sent to prison, that
they may be fed.
The congress of the German Chess As
ISOLATION was opened at Barmer, Ger
many.
In an audience President Butler, OF
Columbia University, had with Emper-
or William the subject of an inter-
change of professors between American
and German universities was discussed.
Helen Dunlop Hunt, an American,
was drowned near Brest, France, by be-
ing overwhelmed by an incoming tide
while sitting on rock sketching.
The driver who slashed Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gould with whip while they
were automobiling near Lucerne, Swift
zerland, was sentenced to three days
Imprisonment.
OF 32I,358 votes cast by Norwegians
on the question of the dissolution of the
union with Sweden only I6I were
against il.
The new cabinet for the Netherlands
which did not meet with royal approval
has been recast.
The Russians are reported to be re-
firing across the Tumen River, to avoid
battle in Northern Korea
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18

Al ,oo. - L ~ - ~
n' moon lne nour Oh inc crisis lna'
was 70 oetelInine the question OF peace
=. wac was nNea al ocioek Al nignI
.ne oli,e'sl alinou,ceinen, was maze lnal
sevsiaI aays wili m an prooaDii,!y De
sonsunleu ny INC ENJOYS III me aiscus-
s'oi OF tne suDJect unaer consideration.
ana' TOPIC was me nrst ciause OF lne
spanese demand. What II is can only
DC &c Son,ee.ureo.
me Fusslan ENJOYS aavocated pup
ncny o. oeil9erations' Inc japanese
opposed II. Henee me present mystery;
q y announced Inat inc cession OF
-saknailh Is NOT now unaer considera-
ton. 80, .
4 Igasmuch as several days may be re-
quired to reach decision, it is sug-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
Mint Officials Suicide.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD Robert S
Huston, who for number OF years
held the position of chief clerk in the
United States mint here, committed SUI
eide some time during the night by
hanging in the cellar Of his home. Sew
eral months ago Mr. Huston suffered
stroke of paralysis, and, although he
recovered sufficiently to return TO the
mint, he did not grow entirely well. he
was 48 years old