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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Eben D. Jordan, of Boston, has
leased, for the next shooting season,
the historic Inyerary castle, Of Ar.
gyllshire, Scotland, with its estate of
over 10000 acres. XII.
Prince Adelbert, of Prussia, The
Kaisers sailor son, now serving on
the cruiser Bertha, as a mildly, is
being royalty entertained by Lord
c'nlrzon, at Calcutta, where the vessel
isslying. &;
Henry Manning Sage has resigned
from the board of trustees OF Cornell
University For the first time in
many years Cornells governing
body is without a members Of tho
Sage family.
William B. Biddle, who began his
career as a freight brakeman, has be.
come third vice president Of the Rock
Island system, having charge Of both
the freight and passenger traffic.
The Car of Russia and the 5Empe.
ror' Of Germany might,@ If they please,
dispute with each other as to which
Of the two owns the greater number
Of f;Slpalaces. Each might sleep in a
different house every night for a
month and mot exhaust the number
Of his various h dwelling places. SS
All Music sung in Wang on sale only
at Marion Piano Co. IS Va I
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( Single .Nothing 4 en-. ~,

a number Of Philadelphia lawyers,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, were Eek
changing stories Of their experiences
with witnesses under examine ton. One
Of the party told the following: \,
He was questioning "a i witness and
said, You have lived in Philadelphia
q number: Of years. How long n Il
"Just twenty-five years.
Where did you live before that
timer" asked the lawyer, hoping \ to
grove an important point. ss;s8s
81 didn't live" replied the witness.
IT was SINGLE ;5Ss5s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

|, figure. The last time L came down
theiaroad from Washington the train
had hardly reached the broad water
Of the Potomac Until a sprightly
negro announced dinner in the din.
ing car. The dining car does the
thing right, and how vastly different
from the old method! Twenty-Five
years ago, when, Travelled the South
for the first time, bumped against
the Southern bill,of-fare. u III started
with fried chicken and biscuits.
am honest enough to say the fried
chicken was prime and the biscuits
were all right. The thing that I OBJ.
jected to&was that We had them for
the next meal in the next hotel. AT
| the next town we had them again.
We found them at the railroad eating
station. In the next town We had
fried chicken and biscuits am not
surprised now when strike hotel
In. the South and have fried chicken
and biscuits offered me. 1 have &C.
quired the habit, and would probably
propose ito lynch the waiter IL he fail.
ed ito bring either $of them.
Along In 1881, had made a voyage al; !,
Of the South. Starting Fat ST. Louis,
! commenced to eat fried chicken
and biscuits down through Missouri
Arkansas and into Texas, where pork
and dumping was thrown in with
it, and I finally ended the journey
around through the Gulf States and
up the Atlantic coast, and struck the
old Girard House, in Philadelphia.
When we reached the dining room
I felt like Moses, who, from the ton
of Mount Pisgah, looked down upon
the promised land. When the waiter
asked me what would have i told
him, in a superior way Of the man
who has travelled. Anything but
fried chicken and hot biscuits. 4 And
when a fellow. who was sitting down
at the same table said, Same here,
waiter" ! thought l had made bril-.
liant play. He was just up from his
first long trip South, and he wanted
corned beef and i apple butter and
doughnuts and pie and such plumber
as we looked upon as victuals then.
! hope he has been South often
enough since then to Know the real
virtues Of fried chicken. For ii
might have been among the things
that are spoken of in the opening
chapters Of Genesis, OF which 1t is
said the Lord saw that it was good.
No two sections have the same
food For instance, in Altoona, when
the train stops they bring you a.
weiner sandwich. In the French
Market at New Orleans, il you buy
acup of coffee they throw in a baked
thing that looks like an old Dutch
pillow; but II you have the courage
to eat it you'll find it is worth the
effort. I stopped one day at Fred.
erlcksburg, Va, at, a restaurant where
some oyster scows were unloading
oysters, and told the restaurant man
to give me a quarters worth. When
he brought them in-some raw, some
stewed and some fried-I knew why.
he smiled when gave him the order.
That was before had learned that a
man may in some places on tide.
water eat all the oysters he cares to
tackle for a nickle. d
The cooking Of each section is pc.
culiar. When I lived in a lumber
camp in Elk county, Pennsylvania,
years ago, the superintendent told
me one day l could have some toma.
toes If ! would carry them from the
farm downMdt the creek UP to the
camp on the mountain. Now a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
THE: TRkIL lFTHEElUGuARI
He SisS credited NTH Being Much
q Noisier Than Others Of The Is
NJ iserg Family. b " Y

The trails of the Sjaguar are many,
but they learly all lead to a river,
for err appears to be more needful
TO the tiger than any other OF the cat
family. And this is not; that he &c acs
|,tpally drinks more, so far as / can
learn but rather because along the
waterways he finds an easy and
abundant food in a river hog, in the
small deer that come Sdown5to drink,
and in the fish that swim plentifully.
In all these streams, says Casper
Whitney in Outing. Sin the Rio de
Ia Plata, Just OF Buenos Ayres, lis
anSisland where at one time mum:
berof jaguars lived and thriyed prac.
tically on the fish they caught, for
there9was nothing else on the island,
and none ever heard Fof+their visiting
the mainland because Of It's settle.
ment and not on account Of the dis.
lance to. shore, for the tiger is! / a
strong, bold swimmer, and minds
no; river of South America, not the
widest, Il he wishes to reach the sop.
posite bank. Y He lis a patient, uner.
ring fisherman, watching for long Pc.
RODS from some vantage point, which
may be elthersa fallen tree trunk, .er-
tending into the stream, or at the
banks edge, until a victim appears
when! with a lightning blow he hurls
the fish out on the bank, OF. clutches
It as itsswims past. i
4 While the swampy jungle and the
water-course are his habitat yet the
juguar will make incursions upon dry
ground II cattle, or horses, or dogs,
or poultry offer, and river food hap.
pens to be scarce, or for the time be.
Ing more difficult to secure. II heard
several trust worthy accounts OF cat:
tie and colts killed by the jaguar,
though his rayages are not so fire..
quent as once they were, owing to
his farther inland habitat. His meth.
cd Of killing animals of this size is
to elieral talk them up and wind,
that no scent may reach the victim,
and then spring on their back, fas.
tenlng teeth and claws in their back;
with smaller animals the jaguar
springs for the neck at once, and ap-
pears to prefer the headquarters to
the stomach, which is left for the .vul.
lures that are omni-present in the
open country.
The tiger is a much noiser ami
NAL than any other of the feline fam,
lily, particularly at night, and roams
the jungle disdainful Of lesser beasts
in his manifest superiority. And he
is without doubt absolute king OF the
South American forest; there is liter.
ally none to dispute his domain,
none even worthy to do him homage,
for the puma, which is fairly plenti:
full, has as little courage Of his con-
yictions in South as in North Amer.
lea. &
"a n -, Sc 80.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
Fried Chic zen and Bis cults

change from fat pork and beans 70
green stun was "a cheering prospect,
so ] toted the basket theEthree miles
and had happy visions. The toma,
toes came on the table cooked In
onions. and not a mani the thirty
would let them come near his plate,
We had "a cook from over in York
State, who had that kind oftideas.
I'll Ito 30 Continued To. Morrov., e a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
a Sense Of Personal Ins x, !, III. "

M a Senbe OF PeraonnI !lnsecurfty. u
what would you do IL you [ saws a
ghost ?"said the man who tries to make
sport Of people.
H"Dat amt de- question. !. answered
I MI. Erastus Pinkley. What bothers
me Is what dat ghos's Is; gwine to do; II.
he sees met ashingtons Star. Il. !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Il Does she object; to the fact that her,
husband deceiyes Sher? SSi Y IA n
!sss Not so much as she does to the fact
that he let's her know he does Il, New
York Tribune n ri
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Correctly written Fire Insurance
Policies in reliable Companies insure
prompt settlements in case of loss.
Tall with Junkins & Michael <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

isssS Mr. ;Jones---Mary, can woman
keep anything to herself? q. (
Mrs. Jones-7;Yes; her private opin.
ion OF her husband Chicago Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Quick collections, prompt aettie
tnents Narion Claim Agency, i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
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To- ee Lauahed At.


S: * on went 10 bed very late iaat (
inisht,'E said the girls Inother, 8
Il 4 replied the girl Y had to
5sltsups with q slck man 4
WHAT, +
N as loye.sick man in Tie parlor.-- (.
MI. staylate YOU know phiiadel.
sphla Press
y! Have \ YOU 4 ever done any sps +
slatings SWallastreet 4
Il though il %spe calat ting was where
YOU had ~ chance to Win chleaso
Record Herald
Ma 4 Wadd Hes wish you'd forbid
Bridget tof start fires lin Tie range WI IS
kerosene oil <:
Pa Twaddles seesswe eve
Bridget a couple Oh months wares,
don 4 w? Y &
Ma TWadd Hes Yes but Il
\! r. "a TWadd les veil act her alone.
~ yelandS Leader e & X 5
XIV r " =
Sunday School q cher Nov; Iiiiii. (,
els$swho were our flrst parents s, s.
III Etbel ~ don't remember my
mamma was marie SIX times aud
my .papa five but think ths frst
ones were smi III New Folk slu
ff5Ss5 ,Giis s. "a il
The New Maid lam YOUR li,is-
band 8isS wing nnc onsc ious in the II,
brary, with q large box beside him
and crushing 3a paper in MS hand.
81 Madam III, my new nat has come!
Life. 3 4.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

He yet me think q minute. She
But TIE doctor aaid yous mustn't oyss-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Sammy Rldenour prime End"
With the Habit. Elks' Minstrels. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

We have already started on a .iishs
ing snow shovel business and our
lines of Ice creeperss sleigh bells.
skate straps. skate sherpeners and
ankle brace are complete y i. FAIRS
Hardware. *
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

Heck Martin viii positively appear
ss principal end. Elks MinstTels. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07
BArT i MOI oRE q iii lLRoAp
Tours To- tashington.
Fl Thursdays February sth and
a March s2ad Only ss.25 Found
Z Trip From sEairbfont.

Es On above dates tic ets will he sold
for all regular trains, valid returning
ten days. including date d ssIe.
beautiful and arts tic Guide to I
Washing tom profusely illustrated
and complete IN detail. with conssi
fnient reference map can DE obtained
,atSallS ticket age ncies Of the 3. & o.
r.. R. Efors ten cents per copy. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07


vi She is. said the critic, "a vos
man Of infinite variety g
= af.'t exclaimed the theatrical
SInanage rs q wonde IL i could get her
10 90 into vaudeville Chicago Rec
ordsHerald. Z.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-07

All Music sung in Wang on sale only
at Marion Piano Co. 81 &, Vi Il D, Z.
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work yourself 81
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
FILMS DEVELOPED FOR :oc
ny size. CREYNE'S STUDIO.
Do You Like GOOD coHee7

If so get a pound OF that 25 CEN
kind Beaslev & Bush are making such
q hit o. Phone Is, II
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11

Many years ago the wild deer tina,
roamed through the forests of Englant
used to dig holes in the earth witt
their forefeet. They paved it on
sometimes to the depth OF severn
Inches, sometimes a foot or more
These holes We're called "scrapes," anf
travellers at dusk or night or those whi
were careless about their footing Offer
tumbled into them. They were laughed
at for their heedlessness when they
came home covered with mud, and, as
THIS frequently occurred after they had
been imbibing a bit, they were said t.
have got into n scrape." Some Cam
bridge students took UP this expires
sion, and thus II camo to'he applied to
people who had got into difficulties of
various sorts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
HAMPTON, PH0EBUS AND OLD ~POINT-Contintled.
MAKING PIPE
Work That IL Done I,
Il YoicinE Room.

the VoicinE Room.
Both the metal and wooden pipes OF
a pipe organ are made on the selfsame
principle OF the willow whistles that
every man made when he wax { boy.
and SO, after Ill, q pipe Drain the
mightiest musical Instrument sSA In.
vented, is but the evolution oS@E ht
primitive pipe of Pan, the willow vhis,
tie.
The most int, esting place in an or
gan factory is the voicing room. Up to
the time .he pipes enter this room the,
are as dumb as broomsticks. Here the
breath Of life is breathed into them
and they are made to speak, each IL
the voice intended by its maker. Hero
the big fat pipes are taught to thundcl
out their dlaDason' and those scarce the
diameter OF Il slate pencil and one-hnl
IN inch long to utter their shrill wills
lie and others the thousands Of varyin,
tones between. And not only must tn,
pipes OF II stop speak correctly as In
dlyiduals and members of their owl
particular fimily, but they must be ii
accord with all the hundreds of other
Hi "noSc Unjust tlty ure 90 lNe. IL
sec that they do this Is the work of 1,
man whose ear Is keen to the slightesi
variation and who must know why {;
pipe does not speak az it should ant
how TO make it. One by one the pipe
are set Upon the wind chest standln,
here, with the bellows and all the in
tternal mechanism Of an organ properl,
adjusted and With q keyboard In fron
Of him the volcer tests each one. Is.
changing the size and shape OF III
aperture through Which the wind pass
es he governs tho tone until It is exact
ly what it should he. q task which onl.
n man with the incest sense of SCUM
can accomplish .
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
DESKS OF FAMOUS MEN.
There Arc Many of Them scnttere.
About the

ADout the Country.
The desk of Salmon p. Chase, n plal
piece OF furniture made from mahoe
any, is in one OF the rooms OF the trca.
ury department. at Washington. Their,
Are many OF these old desks scattere.
about the country, tl,eiy chief claim I,
interest being TINT once some wei
known mar leaned over them.
Alexander Ilamiiton's travelling desk
made OF mahogany and measuring /.
by 10 Inches and 10 inches high, is ~
interesting object. Upon this desk wa
written much OF his literary work, ant
the worn green ba!Ze with which 1t
lined a~ttests TO tho use to Which 1t wa.
put. There is q drawer in one side an,
several compartments for pens an
ink, while upon the top Is iu,aid n 81.
yer plate with the name General Al
cxandcr Hamilton" engraved upon Ii
Within the top Is n strip of parclnncn
which says, "Given by Mrs. Genera
Schuyler TO her daughter, AIRS. Ger
eral A. Hamilton" No doubt tie col
ycn!ent size was what recommended !
to the general.
Nathaniel u%awthorne's desk is pre-
served at the custom house, Salem.
Mass. A desk at which he wrote som
OF his inimitnble romances was just /;
board standing out from the wall Mt al
angle. This is still in the tower roo:
at Wayside, his home at Concord
Mass. Victor Hugo had In his Guerp
sey house q study built almost %entirel
Of glass and perchud upon the root
Like Hawthorne, he, too. stood Mt hi
writing, and his desk was q mere shell
fastened by hinges 20 the wall.-Delino
ator.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Y. NJ. G. a ELECTS
OFFlCERSsFOR YEAR
Charles M. %sangester is Again Presi
dent, MIR. Cumming Chosen Treas
.urer, and Mr.. Lackey, Secretary.

The board OF directors OF the Hamp
ton Young Mems Christian Assccia
tion Q. its meeting Thursday even.
ing elected officers for the coming
year.
President Charles NJ. Sangstor Was
reelected for another year, MIR. w. w.
Woodward n chosen v~ice.president
Mr.. NJ. o. Lackey, secretary TO the
boarl and Mr. James NJ. Cumming,
treasurer. The new officers are
Messis, Woodward, Lackey and Cum
ming,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Cooked Under water.

In 1T06 ono Jamesf Austin laid u
wager OF $500 that he would cook o
plum pudding Zen feet beneath the sur
face Of the Thames near Rotherhithe
The bet was readily accepted. and
many people locked TO the appointed
locale to watch this strange exhibition
OF the culinary art. Inciosed in a tin
pan in the center OF a sack Of lime the
pudding was lowered beneath the wa.
ter, where for two hours and a half 1t
remained. II Was then taken up and
partaken of by a. committee, who de.
clared that Austin had won his wager,
the pudding being, if anything, over
done.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Crockett.a Revenge.

There is Il story of. Crockett. OF
"Stickit Minister" fame to the elect
that wlien'iie offerGu his first volume to
a Scotch firm they returned 1t with n
polite note assuring him that there
was no market for tint sort OF thing.
.rhe letter was marked mo. 306b." In
later years when the same publishers
asked him for n OF his manuscripts
lie politely requested them to refer to
their previous correspondence with
him marked '.396b."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Ii lamp onlans are Defeatsd III a
Close Cont sf.E
v!;ToRs G in BY ONE POINT
In One OF the Closest and Most Excit-
ing Game of Basketball the Visitors
Dow Their Opponents by the Score
OF 10 to t2.

In of the most s%tubbornly and
brilliantly played game OF the season
here the Phcebus Graded schools
basketball five defeated the five Of the
Syms- Eaton Academy on the latter's
court yesterday afternoon. 10 to IL.
The closeness of the score indi-
Gates the %ferceness of the struggle.
Both fves were composed. of young
girls attending the two institutions of
learning and the Phoebus contingent
was" hilariously happy over the re-
suit of the battle.
The Phoebus five accompanied by
probably fifty or sixty enthusiastic
rooters, came to Hampton on a special
n over the Hampton Roads line and
the roofing on both sides was n decii.
ed feature of the battle. In the first
half the score ended S to 5 in Phoe-
hus' favor, hut during the second
half Hampton took n squirt and played
a decidedly stronger game, scoring
seven times to Phoebus' five in thi.
half.
The game was clearly fought and
the fact that the Hamptonians lost
on so close a margin was the source
of Il little heart disease" with the
Hampton rooters.
Another game will be played in Tie
near future, which will take place al
phoebus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
How John Hay Regarded Crit,c,.

How John Hay Regarded CrIticn.
John Hay was chatting about his lit
erary experiences With an intimate
friend when the latter asked:
John. What feature or phase OF tltls
writing business has impressed you thu
.nostf"
We'll" was the reply. and the speak
Cr's eyes twinlkled nriscNievously, $50
far as l am concerned. it's the things
chat Tie critics fish out Of Il fellows
printed stuff that he never pat there.
but I suppose that critics, like the rest
OF us. have 10 show excuses for, living
success Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Fire Losses Paid.

Ii the Phoebns fire the Prudential
had two losses. the Fireman's Furt
four and the Milwaukee Mechanics
enc, among the Ere insurance COM
panios represented by James NJ. Cum
ming. Three OF these losses were paid
in full Saturday evening. the day ~
the fire, n on Wednesday,, two on
Thursday and the last, Friday. p"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Rrond Hint.

Mamma" said a six.year-old girl,
entering. The sitting room one morning
recently, don't you want some can
lya'
The mother was writing a letter.
Why. yesss dear" she replied. GIVE
NE q piece."'
81 amt dot any" came from the
child, IAN I ein't dot any nickel TO
dit none" 50
She got the nickel. Kansas City
Times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
No Genius.

Of you he'd n spnrk Of genius" he
began GROSSLY TO his typewriter.
9" wouldn't be here" she interrupt
ed. AMI no iuore was said.-Clicago
Record Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
Apparently They pid.

Frlend-DidFt the lawyers get you con.
fused? Ex.Witness-Did they get me
confused? Why. l testified that Jones
lived next door TO the, but < couldn't
remember the street nuinber.-Puck.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11

Education begips the gentleman, but
reading, good company and reflection
must finish him.-Locke.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
chlEYNE.s sTunIo

Will mako you four portraits: Of your
self on a post card for soc, from now
until Xmas. II
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30

The best instance I know is that
of an amiable Irish judge, now nc
longer on the bench. Among other
amusing tales told of him it is said
that on the occasion of "bar din
ner" he went upstairs to dress, but
did not reappear The company sat
patiently for some time till al
length, just as their hunger was get
ting the better Of their manners and
an emissary was being dispatched to
hunt up the missing judge, his lord
ship appeared and explained, with
many apologies, that, imagining he
was retiring for the night, he had
undressed and got into bed. After
an hours snooze it suddenly struck
him that he had not yet dined, on
which he hurried down to his guests
Spectator.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30
Reciprocity.

AS the desire to give advice to all
persons and upon all occasions
seems to be natural to most human
beings, the following story told OF
a well known woman writer may not
be without interest: While speaking
at a working girls club writer OF
successful novels asked the members
how much they earned and advised
them to put aside certain amount
each week from their wages. A few
nights later the noyelist's doorbell
rang, and one of the members OF
the club presented herself. She had
come to ask what the income OF her
late adviser was and to suggest what
percentage of the same ought to be
put in the bank.