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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

A son was born this morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. William Rey-
nolds of the Ohio side. Mr.. Rey-
nolds conducts livery, and
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

A great deal of oil well sup
plies left the city this morning
on sleds and wagons for the sur
rounding oil fields The roads in
the country were never in finer
condition for teaming at this sea,
son Of the year than at the pres
ent time
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

c. R. Mitchell of Empire, O.,
was calling on friends in the city
today. Mr.. Mitchell was accom-
panied by his friend, Charles
Holmes of Long Reach, whom he
is visiting.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Floyd Furbee of Middlebourne,
returned this afternoon from a
business trip to Marietta.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

WANTED-Agent to sell best
new gas light on the market :;
guaranteed: very brilliant; beau
tiful appearance; big money for
hustler. Call on our special rep,
resentative for particulars at Ho-
tel Wells, after 10 a. m, February
Is. The New Light Co. 2.16-2ts
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

S. w. Swartzwalder of Parkers.
burg, was calling on friends in
the city today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Charles Hare, book-keeper at
the Carter Oil company, went to
Jacksonburg this morning on a
business mission.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Ainslee'S. Argosy, All-Story
magazine and the Popular maya
zine, March numbers, at McCoy's
Book store. 2,17-6t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Clyde Williamson, who former
ly clerked in McCoy's Book store,
but recently purchased an inter
est in the Marietta Book store
and took charge of the same, has
sold out and will probably return
to the best town on earth again.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

WANTED-Circulars and sam
pie distributors everywhere; NJ
canvassing; good pay. Co-Opera
tive Adv. Co., New York. 2,1S-1t'
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Weather Forecast.
Soecial to The Oil Review.
Washington, Feb. 17.-Snow
and colder tonight; Saturday fair
and colder.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

Lem Martin and bride returned
to the city this afternoon from a
pleasure trip to Wheeling.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

The Silver Leaf club will give
another Of their enjoyable dances
at the Citizens Hose house on
February %. 2,17-4t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17

The numerous friends of Mrs.
Nallic Of Benton street, will re-
greet to learn she is confined to
her home by illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03

oial. They are delegate or representa-
 tive bodies-small parliament-ane they may have jurisdiction over dis triet, a city, or possibly a province They were expected to confine their duties to local affairs, leaving the au- tocraey to conduct unquestioned the imperial government.
 A part of the recent ruction related to the disposition of zemstvos to pre-. sent ln resolutions their views as to the imperia- government. Not one of them, so far as is known, supported the justly celebrated principle of au- tocracy. None of them probably ever will. In fact, fifty of the nobility have turned against the aforesaid principle so called. It lacks, however, the first element of good principle, and the bureaucrats are becoming in Russia somewhat lonesome. The army and the church are, however, still loyal. The great writers of the country, the common people and the zemstvos each and all desire constitutional govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
EASTER IN 1905.

From London Nature.
 The year is one in which uncertainty might arise as to the date of Easter, if the prayer book rule were strictly fol- lowed. pr. Downing F. R. S., of the Nau- tical Almanac office, states that inquiries have been addressed to him on the sub ject. According to the prayer book, Easter day Con which all other movable feasts and holy days depend) lis always the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March,. In 1905 the moon is full on the morning of Tuesday, March 21, at An 56mn., Greenwich time, and, therefore, Easter day would seem to be the Sunday following March 26. But, explains Dr. Downing, "the moon referred to in the ecclesiastical calendar is not the actual moon in the sky, which is full at definite instant of time; but a fcti- tious moon, the times of the phases of which are so arranged as not tp differ much from those of the actual moon These phases are held to occur vaguely on certain days and hold good for all longitudes. In the instance before us the acLual moon IS Iull at ffl. 0binii d. ls, Greenwich mean time. while the same moon is full at 11h. 4Smin. D. m. (on the preceding day) Washington mean time. Thus people adopting Greenwich time would keep Easter on March 26, while those adopting Washington time would keep it on April 23, the next full moon." Dr. Downing gives as the simplest ex- pression for the date of the Paschal full moon March (44-epacD. When the epact is equal to or greater than "A this ex- pression gives the date of the preceding full moon, and the Paschal full moon is found by adding 20 to this date. In 1905 the epact is 24, and the calendar moon is full on March 20 and April 1S The lat ter is. therefore, the Paschal full moon, and Easter day is the Sunday following April 2S-as stated in the almanacs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
killinu His First Deer.

q shall never forget the sensations experienced when killed my first deer" said a young attorney at the Colonial last night. Tt was over in the western DOT tion of Alabama, which, by the way, is a fine hunting ground for this fleet game.
 q was over in west Alabama looking after some business when number of local sportsmen persuaded me to go deer hunting. We secured the services of a guide. who stationed me in the woods at the place. so he said within fifty yards of where the deer would come. l had been provided with a muzzle-loading shotgun which was filled with powder and buck shot.
 q waited for several minutes when finally the dogs jumped the deer. It was not long before discovered that they were headed my way. Looking up I saw the buck coming in my direc- tion. He was galloping along gracefully with his head to the ground, headed di- rectly for me. It was at this juncture that l lost my nerve completely. l allowed the deer to come within ten yards of where l was crouched behind some bushes. l could have almost touched him. Did ire then? No, I waited until he got almost our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
Greatest Need of 1905.

"The room in which Judge Weaver is presiding over the second division of the criminal court is simply a hole in the wall" remarked a disgruntled witness who was forced to attend that court.
 'I was up there yesterday by force of writ served on me by the sheriff and after climbing to the third floor, well exhausted, 1 was ushered into this little cut in,' and with the steam heat and packed crowd of whites and blacks, many of whom had to stand and wait l suffered the agony of the congestion and of the unwholesome air afforded.
 Ut occurred to me that Jefferson county has far outgrown her temple of justice, and that the building was not considered worthy of the name by innocent witnesses who are forced into such place.
 When our court house was built not many years ago, we all thought it large enough, strong enough and handsome enough to last a half century, but Jef- ferson county has grown in greatness, in population, in litigation and in crime far beyond the expectation of us all.
 Tt Is surely time now for the Board of Revenue to find ways and means to enlarge the court house. It is the greatest need of the year 1905."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
Refnndinu the State Debt.

The refunding of sS,433,60O of the state debt, falling due next year is to be carried out at once. Bids for bonds bearing either or 91a per cent may be made up to and including April 4. Every citizen of this state knows that an Alabama bond is as good as gold in an old stocking, and great deal safer against thieves, burglars and ac- cident.
 Governor Cunningham thinks the people of this state who have thirty million donars lying idle and unpro- ductive in banks should purchase the new bonds. Their available and active capital would not be lessened a bit, for every bond is as good a collateral as an United States bond. It is good here or elsewhere, and it will be draw ing interest at all times.
 Interest disbursed at home is inter- est saved, whereas interest scattered in distant communities is money lost. If every merchant would secure five hundred-dollar bond, and every farmer a hundred-dollar bond, the bonds to soon fall due would be refunded at home, and we as people and a state would owe no outsider a penny. This is what Governor Cunningham advises. A farmer who has a hundred-dolla.' bond can Tn the spring pledge it for money on which to make a crop. He has it at hand against an emergency, and if it be registered bond it can neither be lost nor stolen. It cannot be burned up, for a duplicate would readily replace it. Subscriptions for bor, s can be easily and conveniently made through any merchant or local banker, who will be apt to know how much to bld. Every home bid for a small amount of bonds will assuredly be accepted, provided it is a bit bet ter than a bid for large amount. No governor can afford to ignore home bidders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
She will sing the savageness out of a bear.
 -OtheIIo
Two Husband Murderers.

Today Mary Rogers was to have been hanged in Windsor, Vt., for the murder of her husband, and later on Kate Edwards will be hanged in Penn sylvania. She, too, killed a husband her own by the way.
 Petitions in great numbers have been presented to the governors of the two states urging them to exercise their powers to prevent the hanging O. the two women. Governor Bell says, however, "No," and Governor Penny packer also says No to all petitions. They are to be hanged.
 This raises a question as to mur- deresses. Wherein do murderesses differ from murderers, who are al ways with us! The one kills as surely as the other, and just so long IS hanging remains legal penalty mur- deresses will have to line up with murderers, unless indeed they have beauty, wealth or powerful friends, when a jury will release them even more freely than it turns loose mur- derers to kill more persons.
 The long and short of it is, Mary pooere and Kate Edwards have strangely enough been found guilty of murder, and they have now no more chance than men in their posi- tions would have, and it is difficult to see wherein public sentiment and the public authorities are wrong in seeing that they are hanged by their respect i've necks until they are dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Col. HIadon s Soldiers.


 ou would be surprised to see the many petitions l still receive from mem ners of the First Alabama. United States volunteers, asking for favors of all kinds said Col E. L. Higdon. who commanded Alabamas crack regiment of infantry during the Spanish American war.
 For a year or so after we were mus tered out of the service in 1898, there was call upon me almost every day from some member of my regiment. They would ask for letters of recommenda- ton, a loan of money and every other favor imaginable, and while this has diminished considerable still l often re- eeiye letters from them
 Today I had a long conference with the mother of a member of Company M, in my regiment. The young man joined the regular army several years ago and is now charged with being a deserter. The poor woman asked me to use my influence in getting him off at his court martial, which is soon to follow. l re- membered the young man quite well and
 " 'ii.e hS was !" Soou o'iuaci' "iiN shall therefore do all in my power to help him out.
 T try to keep a line on all of my old men. We have been mustered out of the regular service now for over six years, and of course many have passed away, but there are hundreds of us still left. have no doubt but what majority of those left would be ready and willing to again recruit if necessarYe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
Divorce in the United States.

In the five years preceding the year 1eo1 7Oo.00O diyorces were granted in this country, whereby the homes Of 100000 men and women were broken up, and four million children were robbed of their home rights. The evil is just beginning to get in full swing. Unless checked it will go on from bad to worse.
 President Roosevelt acted wisely when he in a special message called the attention of Congress to the need of gathering divorce statistics. None have been gathered since 1886. The President desires Congress to direct the Census Bureau to collect and pub fish statistics covering marriages and dlyorces from 1886 to the present time. This assuredly should be done, for without such facts the evils of our divorce laws cannot be brought home to the public mind.
 The chief difficulty in the wa, seems to be the disagreeing laws. and their operations in rorty-tive states. It is a subject lying wholly without the federal sphere. except in the gathering of. statiaucg. The President  hopes the full truth when told in cold figures will induce the states to act comparatively in putting down the rising danger to the sanctity of Amer ican homes.
 The practice of tandem polygamy is sapping the foundations of society, and the note of alarm from the Pres ident comes none too soon or too wig orously. No matter how much cer- tain localities and cliques in this country may favor laxity of divorce, it still stands out a custom that is leading to very serious consequences. The hands of the President in this matter should be upheld by all who believe the family and the home is the best hope of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
RACE SUICIDE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

From the New York World
 The entire legislature of New Hamp- shire, including the governors council, comprises AIS men. A vast majority of these men are native born, more than two-thirds of them being descended from a long line of New England ancestors. Of these AIS men, the state has a right to expect at least S36 children, being two apiece. The actual number, however. ac- eordng to the Manchester Union, is 6S4, or little less than a child and a half for each man. Of the whole number 355 are married, 275 are fathers. 80 are child less, and 6S are unmarried or widowed. Of the 275 fathers 94 have one child each, 7S have two, AT have three, 70 have four, IS have five, have six, have seven, have eight, have nine and have ten each. Of the fathers of six children or more each, nearly two-thirds are of for eign birth, chiefly French-Canadian. If these foreign born representatives. there fore. were eliminated from the list the showing would be st.ll less favorable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
This Districts Ambition.

Birmingham is to be, it is plain, the center of open-hearth steel, as Pitts burg is the center of Bessemer steel. At present we are outdone in Pitts burg itself, but in the long run more open-hearth steel will be made in this district than in any other district in this country.
 The ambition of this district lies wholly towards steel making. We have passed the pig iron period, and are looking towards the full coming of the steel period. It is fast coming, One announcement will determine tho rate of our progress towards steel making, and that announcement will not long De withheld.
 Happy will that day be when not q pound of pig iron is trundled away from this district. That day is act ually in sight Our rolling mills and foundries will aid our steel plants, and after while we will be able to put up a sign warning seekers after foundry iron to go elsewhere, for we need all we can make. Go to Pitts burg for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
More Office Room Needed.

T will tell you what Birmingham needs as much as any other one thing" said visitor yesterday "and that is more of flee space. There are constantly firms in the north which would consider Birming- ham as d southern headquarters if they could secure office space, but it is impos- sble in many instances to get desirable quarters. The three sky=scrapers are filed and now there are many outsiders knocking at the door and desiring office space
 "The city would easily support two or even three more steel frame buildings of ten, twelve or even fourteen stories, and they are certainly good investments. l was talking recently to large firm in Pittsburg which desired a southern office in which a dozen men would be employed. This concern would have required about five or six rooms, and the firm preferred Birmingham a little over other cities, but on investigation sufficient office space could not be obtained and Atlanta se- cured the offices.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03

N PATHETIC little story is told PO concerning the death of Isadore Rush, who died while in surf bathing in California. Although the actress has been dead three months the news has never been told her aged mother as the old woman is in delicate health and it is feared that the shock would be fatal 1sadore Rush wrote a letter to her mother every week and since her death members of the family have kept up the correspondence. Each week letter is read to the old mother pur- porting to be from her daughter and she has not discovered the mereiful deceit. Here is a glimpse of the other side. a glance behind the scenes in the life of a musical comedy queen who was as tal- ented as she was graceful
 There is lively discussion going for ward as to how a girl should salute. There is only one way for a woman to salute and that is the best way.
 The Princess Victoria, da .ghter of King Edward, has undergone an operation for
 
 ing to person of royal blood to suffer ] from complaint that has become posi- lively plebeian. Even hod-carriers and Irish washerwomen have appendicitis now, and the appendicitis paragraph this is one for example-has arrived at frayed responsibility.
 l press agent was discussing "show towns" After twenty years in the busi- ness he has arrived at the conclusion that Atlanta is the south's best theatrical town, exclusive of New Orleans, of course, which is in a class by itself According 1 to this observer the three best towns l for theatrical production to make" in | the south are Atlanta. Richmond and | Norfolk. These cities are even more prof l itable that Louisville, while Nashville and Memphis are about equal and Bir- mingham comes next after Norfolk. Sa- vannah, Ga, and Jacksonville and Pen- sacola, Fla, are off the main circuit, and are more or less dead ones." Sur prising as it may seem, Lexington, ky, is held in high esteem, for that is who're the show people always do a profitable business. Chattanooga appears to be on l the blacklist although it is large and prosperous town. For some reason the l patronage there is not encouraging and all the better class productions are | jumping Chattanooga this season, while Lexington gets the best Even Selma, is more favored than Chattanooga as the black belt metropolis gets nearly all the attractions that come to Birming- ham and her theatre is well patronized Then of course, there are a number of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
NATURAL FEELING.
From the Washington Post.
 The beef trust feels cowed.
A NEW DIXIE.

From the Atlanta News.
 One of the daintiest booklets ever issued in Georgia comes from the Free Press of Quitman, Ga, embodying in artistic beauty Dixie, Memento of Sixty-One, " by Lily Leake Oglesby.
 There has long been a demand for a more appropriate version of Dixie-one in which the words would reflect more faithfully the stirring sentiments of the civil war. Mrs. oglesby has supplied this need. Whether any latter day yer sion will ever supplant the old familiar version is an open question, but it is cer- tain that it is intrinsieally a poem of great merit It is as follows: Dixie land the land of the Saxon, Washington, Davis, Lee and Jackson, Look away, look away, look away, Dixie
 land.
 As our country's history shows, All the nations heroes Lived away, lived away down south in
 Dixie.
 We were bred and born in Dixie, Hurrah, Hurrah In Dixie land we ldht our lO iNS anu uAC lOl
 Dixie.
 Away, away, away down south in Dixie, Away, away, away down south in Dixie. With her foes we hold communion, For the men who formed the union Lived away, lived away in Dixie land. The men made made the revolution, Framed and signed the constitution, Lived away, lived away down south in
 Dixie.
 Could Liberty speak. her words would be: What l am I owe to thee, Dixie land, Dixie land, Dixie land" Could she breathe she would say: Thy sons paved the way, paved the way, Paved the way, away down south in
 Dixie"
 Dixie land, the land of flowers, Sunny skies and shady bowers, Look away, look away, look away, Dixie
 land.
 Where woman wills and menials serve, And men fight for those they love, The way. the way they fight down south
 in Dixie.
 Woman wills and for aye and aye The names of the men who wore the gray Will live. will live. will live, Dixie land; The Daughters tend them. and for aye, The graves of the men who wore the gray Will be kept green away down south in Dixie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
PAINTING OCEAN STEAMERS.

From the New York Globe.
 "The man who lives in his own castle and has it painted once in. five or ten years thinks he has done all that is nec- essary in that particular for the upkeep of appearances" said F. M. Passow the popular commander Of the American liner St. Paul. in a conversation yester- day at\ the Fifth Avenue. "It is not so," he continued, with an ocean liner like the St. Paul. for instance. Each Allan tic passenger steamer makes on an aver age dozen round trips a year, and that means that their exteriors are entirely reprinted an equal number of times. The interior is painted only when the vessel is given a complete overhauling, which is usually once every year. Now
 when you consider the size of the mod ern liner. which from water line to rail- and including the outwork of deck, cabin and tunnels, represents an area of about two and half acres, you can realize to some extent the amount of work en- tailed in painting. Thousands of gallons O. paint and some fifty or sixty men are required for recoating the vessels eX- terior every week. and yet it is only one or the minor expenses III the upkeep or a big steamship. Of course, the painting is absolutely necessary to prevent coro- sion of the fro nwork by the salt water, and also the appearances sake. Then, too, the soft coal used in the furnaces eats very quickly into the white paint used on the deckworl6 and destroys it's whiteness.
 Few perhaps, are aware that most all the painting of the large Atlantic Arn- a1u. s. lnt,a bfc eli bn rna n for that is because there are a great many more fair days in the United States than in England or the continen- l tai ports"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-03
WHAT NEGROES ARE DOING.

From Everybody's Magazine for Feb
 ruary:
 There are 9,2O4, 6St negroes in the United States, including Porto Rico and Hawaii. Nine-tenths of them live in the south one-third of it's population. T per cent work on 746,OOO farms, of which 21 per cent are absolutely, and per cent par tially owned by negroes. There are 21,OO negro carpenters, 10000 barbers, and near ly as many doctors, 16,OOO ministers, 15,O0O masons, 12,OO0 dressmakers, 10000 engl- neers and firemen 5000 shoemakers, 40OO musicians, 20O0 actors and showmen 10Jj lawyers (which seems too many). Since 1890 negro iliteracy has sunk from .51 to 44.5 per cent