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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

The big editor Of the, Fairmont
Vest Nirginianfhas succeeded In hav.
] ing about all the newspapers Of the
State turned loose against him be-
cause OF HIS persistent attacks upon
certain statesmen discovered at tie
last session Of the Legislature Edi.
tor Powell has been against good
many tough propositions IN his time.
but onSt this occasion they seem 20 lie
entilading him as well as by direct
attack and he may not be able to
stand the 5bombardment.-C Charleston
Man. n
Have no fears as to our not being
able stoi stand the commandment. snod.
grass; ofs the Wheeling Telegraph,
petered out very suddenly in his de.
Tense of Oliver Marshall, and the
clarls burg telegram Just as quickly
dropp ped dts defense OF George Cole.
Is the Charleston Gazette, and It's
editor are not satisfied with what We
rive them 4 day the next Jolt will
settle thelrE hash to- a certainty. No
Republ icans newspaper will long de.
lend the .insurgentt State Senators
when their Senatorial records be
come known: No Republican news
paper can afford to- do SO. The Tin.
sprgents', SsSill in a short time have
y look solely 10 their Democratic al
les for friendly mention. ri
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

Editor Bryant. Of the Warrington
Record, is worthy of congratulation
for the victory he helped bring about
in the matter Of securing an up.to:date
passenger station for the oilsclty. The
Record jumped on to the railroad
company with all the feet in its pos,
session for'the shabby treatment about
Y be accorded 70 the town and as a
result the company came 10 terms in
a very eommendable manner. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06
EXHIBITION GAME
OF Baseball Was Played In Wheeling
To-Day n ~ ~

b.
To-day was a+bis one in Wheeling
baseball circles. "MugsyHi Met rats
Giants played an exhibition game
with the "Stogies. The champions
of the National League yesterday de-
feated Columbus q to- land expect
to SO after The Wheeling s$hard: This
is the first game OF any tlescript
for the West 3Virginians. and they
are not expected 10 make much Of a.
showing. Three former University
stars are with Wheeling, and wilt
take part in the game. III yS are
Pop" schriyer Bull, 'asmfth 5S5 and
Lefty Core, although ait rs possible
that the latter will not participate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

Paris correspondent is creating
sensation in that city ~ series
articles on the cart AMI Necessity
OF Beating Women,ss maintaining that
women are not happy unless they
are beaten regularly by their hus,
bands. As advice touching MS
health we should suggest that he does
not come &to5 America 10 deliver lee
TIRES on The subject.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

Strange TO say It is generally the
majority party which loses in mi.
Sniclpal elections arkersburs State
Journal.
tbs strange, but the majority party
didn't lose in Fairmont tile other day.
Z 1t swept the platter clean aud diGn't
make much Of an effort either.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06
.lNISS.I |.
IN CHAIN; OF EVIDENCE AGAINST
NAN PATTERSON MAY BE
FOUND ssAT LAST.
} (Byi Publishers, Press j.

\ MONTREAL, Que Aprll G.-The
prosecution in the Nan Patterson case
is attempting to get W. E. Burgess,
of the Montreal Star. who worked on
the case while ]. Morgan Smith and
Mrs; smitt.iwere in Canada 10 60, TO
New York to give his testimony at
her trial. 1t is said Burgess has a
link in the, chain of circumstantlal
evidence that connects Stern, the
New. York pawn broker, with Smith.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

1t was indeed an act of pure benev.
olence on the part OF Elliott North
colt TO decline TO give mp law prac.
ticc worth SIX or eight thousand dol
lars year for the position of collector
of internal revenue which is not in
the line of his profession and that is
only an office of profit and not of any
particular kind of political honor or
preferment. II strikes the State Jour.
nal that Northcott's course shows Lis
good sense rather than being dem.
onstration of any David and Jonathan
or Damon and Pythias characteristics.
|-Parkersburg State Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

The attorney general of West Nir.
ginias has no power 10 vacate any
office excepting his own. His opinion
ON the question Of holding two places
at once Is Just as good as that Of ans
other fairly good lawyer and no bet
ter, remarks the Parkersburg State
Journal
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

A berth has notyet been found for
the Hon. John Barrett, formerly or
representative at Panama. Difficulty
IS found in selecting n place sufficient
ly remote from civilization anL yet
aboun,!ins in all the Injuries Of syb.
arltish life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

Another woman has been ap,
pointed postmistrcss in Iniian Terri.
Tory by President Roosevelt. She is
!! dressmaker and on the theory that
any one who can please women in
tielr clothes can satisfy any one II is
believed she will fit the place.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

If Christ pher Columbus should
have seen far enough ahead he
.ould have hesitated befcs" he dis.
covered sSanto Domingo.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06
ON NO. IS
TOMORROW EVENING THE RE.
MAINS OF TOM BoOHER
WILL REACH HERE FOR
lNTERMEMT.
ST. LOUIS DISPATCH SAYS THE
DEATH WAS A MYSTERY
BUT THAT is NOT
TRUE.


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er' resulted IN a coroners autopsy be
ing ordered. Boomer. twenty-five told
ms employer a morse oliner, John
oNeili, VINO stables string at the
la'r sro'ihdS' thal he ielt SICK. Boo
lier visited l.. a. Goodies pharmacy.
tii' Pralrie avenue, and was given
medicine and tablets, He took two
doses ana died soon after.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

Mrs. Waitman T. Barrie has issued
invitations for card party ut her
home at the Peabody Hotel Friday
lfternoon. The affair vii! he i'll hon.
or of the Phi pi Alpha sorority
Morsantown Post.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

The President is5not the only man
who will so hunting tbs month,
Many private citizens are out hunt
tlats!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06
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SOCIETY.
Invitations Issued.


Tie following Invitations have been
received here by 4 number of people:
sIr. and Mrs. Albert Porter McIlvaine
invite You to be present
1t the wedding reception Of their
daughter
Sara Bertha
and
Mr. William Henry Losch
On Wednesday evening, April the
nineteenth. nineteen hundred n
and five
FROM seven until half after eight
il5i Girard Avenue.
Philadelphia.
MIR. I.osch Is the general agent for
TIE D. C. Fleatli Book Company and
FOR The past year has made his head
quarters in this place, where he has
/ wide circle of friends who are much
Interested in this happy event Mr..
Iosch and his bride will arrive here
n the near future and talie up their
residence on Columbia avenue. where
AIr. l-osch has recently purchased
property.
The marriage of Miss Grace Ingram,
he accomplished daughter of Daniel
D, Ingram, OF South Wheeling, TO Mr..
J. Z. MacPoland, of Morgantown, took
place ct noon today at the Church of
She immaculate Conception. nupt!al
mass being celebrated by the Rev.
Father Mullen. A large number of
friends and relatives Witnessed tho
ceremony. This afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. MacPoland will leave for short
wedding "trip. They will make their
,ome in Morgantown. where NJ. Mac
Poland is engaged in business
Wheeling Telegraph.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

The West Yirginian is delivered by
carrier to- all parts Of the city and
the nearby towns. III a single copy
ID missed. notify us at once SO that
m investigation may be made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

. Leased wire telegraphic service by
Publishers Press Association. Special
correspondents at Charleston, Park.
ersburg and other cities in the State.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24
THE FIDDLE CRAB.

fully tueks them into a pocket. thick
ly lined with fat, which he has for the
purpose When the little horses burst
their egg shells, they eat some OF his
fat, but hunger soon drives them out
into the world TO care for themselves.
See this fellows great fddle-shaped
claw. which givs him his name. He
lives, with hundreds and hundreds OF
other fiddler crabs, all along the Allan
tic shore south OF Cape Cod. He and his
brothers dig 30 many burrows. along
the banks Of the salt marshes, that
sometimes great masses Of earth are I'M
dermined and washed into the sea.
The fiddlers are shy fellows; II they
see anyone coming. or hear a suspicious
noise, down they pop into their holes.
They eat carrion, says the Philadelphia
Press, but often carry seaweed into their
burrows, as they prefer TO dine at home.
now and then. rather than to take all
their moals out
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

SAYS hermit number one. as he spies n
whelk. Il am sure that will just suit
me"
Il think that's about my size" re
marks the second hermit hurrying for
ward They arrive together. and. as
number one starts 10 back into the new
house. number two strikes az him with
his great claw. The first hermit dashes
angrily al his enemy They tear. and
pinch. and strike ore another TN poor
number one who Is smaller than his an
tagonist, drops exhausted on the sand.
Number two dons the new house. and,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

wood when the choppina was over.
That done, We fired the rows, filing
the deep OF heaven with smoke. as 1t
seemed TO me. and lighting the night
with great pillows of flame.
BY mid-autumn we had cleared to
the stumps a strip half down the val
ley from our door, Then we turned
to on the land Of our neighbors, my
time counting half, for | was sturdy
and could swing the ak to a line. and
felt a Joy in seeing the chips fly. But
my father kept an eye on me. and held
me back as with leash.
My mother was often sorely tried
for the lack OF things common as dirt
these better days Frequently our
only baking-powder was white I've.
made by dropping ash-cinders into
water. Our cinders were made by
letting the sap of green timber drip
into hot ashes. Often deer's tallow,
bears grease, or raccoon's oil served
for shortening, and the leaves of the
wild raspberry for tea. Our neighbors
went TO mill at Canton-a journey OF
five days. going and coming, with an
OK team, and beset with many difficult
ties. Then one OF them followed the
top OF stump for his mortar and tied
his pestle to the bough Of tree. With
a rope he drew the bough down, which.
as 1t sprang back. lifted the pestle that
ground his grain.
But money was the rarest Of all
things in our neighborhood those days.
Pearlash, black-salts. West India pipe
slaves and RATS of timber brought
cash, but no other products OF the
early settler. Late that fall my mother
gave a dance. rude but hearty pleas
uring that followed a long conference
In which my father had part. They
all agreed to turn to, after snowfall, on
the overland, cut a raft OF timber,
and send II to Montreal in the spring.
Our things had come. including D'ri's
fiddle, so that We had chairs and bed
steads and other accessories Of life
not common among our neighbors.
My mother had a few Jewels and some
fine old furniture that her father had
given her--really beautiful things. |
have since come to know-and she
showed them TO those simple folk with
a mighty pride in her eyes.
Business over. D'ri took down his
fiddle, that hung on the wall. and made
the strings roar as he tuned them.
Then ne threw his long right leg over
the other, and. as he drew the bow.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24
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BEGoAR AND KING.


Jewels have points that wound US; for
tune has gives that sting
Better the dream of a beggar than the
discomfort OF a king.
Asleep In the nodding grasses, the beggar
he dreamed a dream:
His was a crown and scepter, rich In
their jeweled CLEAN,
Purple and gold and ermine lent him
their pride supreme.
Revei and rout and feasting centered
about his throne:
Yeoman and slave and noble yielded to
him alone:
Castle and field and forest--all of them
were his own.
Waking, his dream was broken, as are
the dreams of men;
Idly he thought upon II, laughed, and
he murmured then:
II may regain my kingdom. for I will
dream again."
Fretting within his palace. there sat the
king in thought;
Doubts OF his sway assailed him, oft with
his fears he fought
Always, asleep OF waking. he dreamed Of
a traitors plot.
Kings they must sit and wonder; beggsrs
may rove and sing
Better the dreams OF a beggar than the
discomfort OF king.
w. d. N. in Chicago Daily Tribune.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24
THE SAVING HABii.
Little Homily on Most Imps rtant
subject-The Road to
Success.

How many boys are going into busi-
ness-how many girls7 oh. what q
great lot of hands 90 upi That's just
the way II Is with the young men In
the college. OF so many OF them are
going TO be lawyers or doctors, but .
great many more than ever before are
going into business. And II is not only
the boys from humble homes, but also
boys whose parents are wealthy. who are
eager TO get into some kind OF paying
business.
And do you know the little word OF
four letters that will help along most
toward SUGGEST Save. II Is fine
thing TO be a good salesman. or care
full buyer, or to know how 20 display
goods for sale or 10 advertise them.
A man who knows how 10 do these
things we'll and thus be able TO raake
money. but stlll be no better on than
others unless he knows how 10 save.
Now. somebody wants 10 know what
all this had to do with boys and girls.
Well. Just this-saving is really n habit,
and habits, you know. Qeed 10 be com
menced pretty early. Il Is just as hard
TO break on a good habit as a bad one.
That Is, the boy or the girl who begins
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

HOUSING THE THRIFTY PENNIES
saving early will be likely 10 do so all
through life.
II any OF you should think this sounds
like little sermon. Just remember what
the really successful business men and
women say about g. Think Of the
penny proyldent plans. where you can
deposit even pennies and receive stamps
On show the amount Of your deposits.
Then think Of all the big savings banks
that will be- glad 20 have your account
when q reaches ave dollars or more
DO you suppose the penny providenis
and the savings banks we're started by
stingy old fogies2 II you ever did have
that notion, drop Il AZ once. and learn
that the people who establish and run
such Institutions are the sound. level
headed. successful business men. They
are men who believe In having dollars
work while you sleep. They are
men who know what a fine thing
Il Is to have a little money 10 invest
when a business chance comes along.
Isn't Il worth while TO get into their
company?
IL is quite natural for a boy or girl
who really gets very little money to
think that II one cannot save a great
deal the effort isn't worth while. That's
another false notion. There are splen-
did chances right now for the small in
weston.
Get your eye on lot somewhere in
the suburbs Of a growing city. See IL
you cans buy II by paying ten dollars
down and Ave dollars a month. Then
make up your mind that In one way or
another you are bound 10 save enough
monthly 20 meet those payments. Save
even more n you can. You may need
10 give up nine-tenths OF your soda
water. but that will hurt nobody but
the soda water man.
"well.you will pay out on your 10.
before you know Il, and the pleasure OF
ownership will more than make up for
the pleasures you might think you had
missed. Then some day Mr. Smith will
come along and say: Good morning.
Harry. They tell me you own that lot
on the Circleville road"
You straighen up and look him
squarely In the face as you tell him you
do.
How much did II cost you. Harry"
zone hundred and fifty dollars. Mr..
Smith. and paid for Il all myself In a
little over two years"
you did well. my boy Do you know
property is going up on that side Of
town."
Yes, sir; father thinks may be able
10 get 5000 for II some day"
"I'll give you $3.50 for It this morning.
IT'S worth that. what do you say2"
Harry asked his father. made the sale.
and began looking around at once for a
new chance to invest $3.50. Isn't that
success?
Savel Saveli Saveiil
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

In a Massachusetts, seaport town
many stories are still told OF an &C.
centric old man who was conspicuous
figure In its streets 80 years ago.
Not manv years before he died he
married a young wife, who was a con-
slant surprise TO him. One day an old
friend met him hurrying along the
main street OF the town. one arm held
out stifily in front Of him and carrying
a white paper parcel.
Don't touch me and don't detain
mel" he cried. az his friend APP
preached.
what in the world is the matterr'
asked the other. Anybody sick up at
your housed"
''Nobody's SICK" answered the old
man, over his shoulder. "but I'm fetch
ing home a new buanit for my wife.
and want to get there before the
styles change."-Youth's Companion
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24
SOME BEACH FRIENDS.
What the ohservant Boy or Girl May
See On Going 10 the Ocean
Beach.

See this curious traveller with his
house on his back. II you are 80 lucky
as to be on the beach when Mr.. Hermit's
moving day comes around, you will be
hugely entertained When his house
begins TO pinch little, he runs out the
front door and scampers about TIL no
sees another shell, which he thinks
might be a better At He Kills It's occu-
pants and then slowly and cautiously
backs into H. out he pops again.
Worse than my old one" he exclaims.
Just then along comes a second hermit
also house-huning.
The two gentlemen in gray glare an
grily at each other What fine shelf"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

TER"
his big foot began to pat the floor a
good pace away. His chin lifted, his
fingers flew, his bow quickened, the
notes seemed to whirl and scurry,
light-footed as a rout of fairies. Mean
while the toe OF his right boot counted
the increasing tempo until II came up
and down like a ratchet.
Darius Olin was mostly OF slow and
sober manner. To cross his legs
and feel a fiddle seemed TO throw his
heart open and put him In full gear.
Then his thoughts were quick. his
eyes merry, his heart was a fountain
of JOY. He would lean forward. sway
ing his head, and shouting "Yip!" as
the bow hurried. Dri was a hard
working man, but the feel of the I'D
die warmed and limbered him from
toe to finger. He was over-modest.
making light Of his skill II he ever
sroke OF 1t. and had no ear for a COM
pliment. While our elders were dane
ing and others OF my age were play
ing games In the fredericksburg
games with a rush and tumble In them,
puss-in-the-corner, hunt-the-squirrel,
and the like. Even then thought
l was in love with pretty Rose Mer-
riman. She would never let me kiss
her, even though l had caught her and
had the right
My mother gave me all the school,
ing l had that winter. A year later
they built a schoolhouse, not quite a
mile away, where found more fun
than learning. After two years |
shouldered my ak and went TO the
overland with the choppers every win
ter morning.
My father was stronger than any of
them except D'ri, who could drive his
ak to the bit every blow, day after day.
He had the strength Of a giant, and
no man | knew tried ever to cope
with him. BY the middle Of May we
began rolling In for the raft AS soon
as they were floating, the logs were
withed together and moored in sec
tons. The bay became presently q
quaking. redolent plain of timber.
When we started the raft, early in
June. that summer Of 1910, and worked
1t into the broad river with sweeps
and poles, was aboard with D'ri and
six other men, bound for the big city
Of which had heard so much. was
TO visit the relatives of my mother
and spend year in the College de St
Pierre. We had little frame house
on big platform, back Of tho middle
section OF the raft, with hunks in IT,
where we ate and slept and told
stories. Lying on the platform there
was . large fat stone that held our
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24

There were six more days OF travel
In that journey-travel so fraught
with hardships, wonder that some
days we had the heart to press on.
More than all, | wonder that the frall
body of my mother was equal to It.
But | am writing no vain record OF en-
durance. l have written enough to
suggest what moving meant in the
wilderness. There is but one more
color in the scenes of that journey.
The fourth day after we left Chateau
gay my grandmother fell i'll and died
suddenly there in the deep woods. We
were far from any village, and sorrow
slowed our steps. We pushed on. COM
ing soon to a sawmill and small set
Element They told us there was
neither minister nor undertaken with
in 40 miles. My father and D'ri made
the coffin Of planed lumber. and lined
1t with deerskin, and dug the grave on
top of a high hill. When all was
ready, my father, who had always been
much given to profanity. albeit know
he was kindly and honest man with
no irreverence in his heart, called D'ri
aside.
"D'ri," said he, Eye we alwus been
mole proper-spoken than hev. Say
a word O. prayer?"
Don't much b'lieve l could" said
he, thoughtfully. Il hev been & meet
in, but hain't never been no great
hand fer prayin'"
"T would MT sound right nohow fer
me { pray" said my father, 81 got s.
kind o. rough when I was in the army"
"'Fraid It'll come a leetle unhandy
fer me-" said D'ri. with a look of en-
barrassment, but don't never shirk
q tough job eff 1t hes Z be done"
Then he stepped forward, took on
his faded hat, his brow wrinkling deep,
and said, in drawing preacher tone
that had no sound of D'ri IN t.: 20
God, tex care o. gran'ma Help us z
go on careful an when we re riled,
help us Z keep er mouths shet. o God,
help the Of cart, an the ex in per-
tic'lar. An don't be noway hard on
us. Amen"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-24
Ability of Insects.

There was certain little fly that
was observed to run three inches and
make, in doing II, 44O steps-all In one
half second Of time. To equal this
IN proportion to his size, man would
have TO run at the rate OF 20 miles a
minute.
The common fly leaps 200 times It's
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would have to leap
distance of 1900 feet The cheese
mite is about one-quarter OF an inch
in length, yet 1t has been seen to take
the tip OF its tail in its mouth and
then, letting go with jerk. to leap
out of a vessel six inches deep. To
equal this man would have to jump
cut Of o well from a depti Of Ia feet.