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and so kill him quickly and merc,-

and SO kill him quickly and merc,-
fully?
Instinctively Palmer had kept one
arm free from the encircling tentacles.
He now noticed mechanically that the
octopus had let go it's hold of the
masonry and had wrapped itself entire
ly round him.
The sight gave him courage. Had
the creature anchored itself to the con-
crete it is probable that this tale would
never have been written and that Pal
mer's name would have gone to swell
the long list of those who have died
while following the dangerous occupa-
tion of diving.
Making desperate effort to throw
off the stupor of nausea and fear which
benumbed his faculties, the diver
reached up his free arm and pulled his
signal cord with all his strength,
whereupOn the men above started to
haul him up. The octopus made one
effort to seize hold of the concrete, but
it was just to olate, and, still clinging
relentlessly to its prey, was drawn to
the surface.
The horror of the men above when
they beheld the diver emerge from the
water in the loathsome embrace Of the
great devilfish can be better imagined
than described. While some dragged
the now all but unconscious Palmer up
the ladders others ran for hatchets and
knives, and fierce attack was made
upon the creature.
In spite of every onslaught, however,
the quivering tentacles still chung OBJ
stinately to the diver, as though loath
to relinquish him, and it was not until
the creature had been pretty well
hacked to pieces that, by exerting all
their strength, the men were finally
able to tear their comrade free and ad-
minister the restoratives of which he
stood so much in need.
When the dead octopus was laid out
on the pier it was at once seen to be Of
great siZe-the largest ever landed in
South Africa, in fact, measuring no less
than liz feet across from tentacle tip
to tenacle tip.
Unfortunately, before a photograph
could be taken of it, certain Italians
with whom, apparently. cuttlefish is a
highly-prized delicacy-got at the car
cass and cut it up, so that very in
teresting exhibit was lost to the local
museum.
Two of the tentacles and the skin
OF the creature were saved, however,
and these, at the moment of writing,
are being preserved at the little office
on the south arm. The tentacles are now
much shrunken, of course, but still
measure close on five feet long. In
their natural state they would be, at the
thickest part, about as thick as mans
arm.
All things considered, Diver Palmer
may think himself a very lucky man.
To be seized by such a monster as
this at the bottom of the sea and yet
escape alive and practically uninjured
is an experience such as falls to the lot
of but few men.
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TERRIBLE FIGHT
WITH DEVILF|SH
NARROW ESCAPE OF A DIVER
FROM AWFUL DEATH.
HELD IN DEADLY EMBRACE
Hideous Monster Wound Tentacles
Around Victims Limbs-Is FL
nally Hauled Up and Killed
by His Assistants.

New York.-Some time ago the
Union Castle liner Dunvegan Castle
collided with the south arm of Cape
Town harbor. So great was the force
of the collision that many of the enor-
nous blocks of concrete forming the
pier were forced from their places and
fell to the bottom of the sea, which at
this point Is between 80 and 40 feet
deep.
The officials Of the harbor board at
once set to work to repair the dam
aged pier and recover the dislodged
blocks-by no means an easy task.
Divers were employed for this latter
work, taking down chains which they
fastened around the masonry, the
stones being afterward hauled up by
means of powerful cranes.
One of the most experienced men en-
gagged on the diving operation was H.
Palmer, who has Is years experience
of underwater work in various parts
of the world.
One day Palmer went down in the
ordinary course of his work and was
engaged in putting chain around
great seven-ton block of concrete when
he suddenly noticed a curious-looking
object protruding from cavity below
the block.
The water was comparatively clear
and at that depth the diver was able
TO see around him with ease
Bending down, Palmer examined the
object which had attracted his atten-
ton. He was just beginning to won
der what it could be when, without the
slightest warning, it began to move
toward him. A huge tentacle shot out
from below the stone, moved swiftly
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cars unhappy subjects is the peasant;
over-taxed, education kept from him
as dangerous tool, victim of official
dom from petty village plunderer up,
he is densely ignorant, sadly underfed,
fast degenerating. His ignorance pre-
cludes use of improved agricultural
methods. Famine devastates with ap-
palling regularity, the peasant is being
ruined.
About SO per cent. of Russia's 140,-
100000 people are agriculturists. AS a
rule they do not live in isolated farm
houses but in village groups known as
mfrs. The mobiles still have their great
land holdings, the peasants acres are
paltry and mean. The great body Of
Russian peasantry own 100000 acres of
land, the small body of mobiles 10000
This prophecy was made not long ago.
"Our hundred million understanding
peasants crushed on one side by taxes
and rates, which are daily increasing. and
on the other by the police, handicapped
by lack of land and by ignorance, are
paying tribute to the state materially
and physically. But gradually they are
strengthening their brawny backs and
casting off the chains with which ar
bitrary police caprice has bound them.
The peasant movement is sweeping
over our fatherland like a vast wave
Every day brings fresh tidings Of it's
advance. 1t is but a short time since
troubles were announced in the prov
inces of Orel and Kursk. Then they
broke out in the provinces of Cherui-
goff, Kieff, Podolyn. Soon after we
heard of them in the Baltic provinces
and the Caucasus, then in the
province of Tulu. The movement is
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PACKING THE anIr.

When father packs for travelling
There isn't much to do;
He chucks his best clean nightshirt In
Il handkerchief or two,
some collars and a toothbrush
And his silver-mounted comb.
There's not so much a-doing
When the old man goes from home
And daddy packs the grip!
But when ma goes travelling
And takes us kids along,
Why things is very din rent,
And it's quite another song.
She first crowds in three nighties,
For the baby, me and Ray;
There isn't room for hers, she SAYS,
She don't need 1t, anyway;
But there's brush and comb and scissors,
Soap and powder. needles, thread;
Pins and tumble and court-plaster,
Cause onc't / cut my head.
Then there's camphor and witch-hazel,
And there's vaseline and strings.
Paper, pencil, stamps and crackers
And such jolly heaps O. things;
For when We go a-traveling
There's one thing we're agreed
No one can tell beforehand
Just what US kids will need
And 1 speaks for bernannas,
And Ray wants sugar lumns,
And ma is firm for arnica.
To battle our worstest bumps,
Oh. there's lots O. fun adjusting
To squeeze things good and tight,
And there amt no use attacking
For everything's all right
When our ma she packs the grip!
Florence Perry Clark, in Good House.
keeping
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SWITCHMAN'S GOODNESS
AVERTS A CATASTROPHE
He Sidetracks Runaway Engine on
Wild Dash Through City and
Prevents a Wreck.

Brooklyn.-The rare good judgment
OF George Kidney, an old switchman
stationed at the Senate avenue cross
ing of the Union railway tracks, prob
ably prevented loss of life the other
evening, when runaway engine
dashed through the city at full speed.
The engine started from the yards
west of West street A defective throt-
tie blew out, and the scalding steam
drove the enginemen out of the cab.
The engine started, and the steam pre-
vented anyone from stopping it, Gath
ering speed every second, the locomo-
tive went bounding toward the Union
station. When it reached Kentucky
avenue the engine was going at speed
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estimated at 80 miles an hour. Kid
ney. who was only block and a half
away. saw there was something wrong.
The high speed, accompanied by a
rocking motion and a cloud of steam.
which enveloped the cab, was the sign
of warning to the old switchman. He
had but second to decide.
To ditch the engine at his switch
meant death to anyone on the engine.
To allow it to pass meant taking des-
perate chances of accident at some
other place. At the time, about SIS
O'Clock. the Union station sheds were
filled with homeward-bound excursion
lists. Kidney ran to his switch and
threw 1t so that the runaway would
take the outside track south of the
sheds. He barely had time to jump
out of the way. The engine followed
the switch and fairly flew by the sta
ton sheds and the street crossing east
Of the Union station. The escaping
steam soon began to have it's effect
and the big runaway stopped exhausted
near State street There was not a
dollars worth of damage and no one
was hurt. The switchman was con-
graduated on his quick Judgment
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swer, demonstration in the town, folk
within that respond to the Haunted flag.
Then wholesale slaughter.
1t is said that Russia had long feared
her own more than an outside enemy.
We quote from Prince Trubetskoy:
''The bureaucracy has been searching
for an enemy, but it did not notice the
foreign enemy, because its attention
had been diverted into another chan
mel, it was constantly haunted by the
ghost of an internal enemy. :.
1t found treason in every man
who placed the dictates of his
of the bureaucracy" Another Rus
sian, Vladimir Simkhovitch, writ
ing in the Worlds Work, says the
cars government tried it's best to
down the internal troubles. "It fought
as well as it knew how, but the place
of every man shot to death, fogged to
death, exiled or entombed, was taken
by hundred men ready to meet the
same fate" 1t is told that 16 Rus
sian regiments destined for the far
east were retained at home for the pur-
pose of keeping down revolt.
In Russia, industrial centerS are the
hotbeds of revolution. Not only the
workmen are fired with revolutionary
ideas, but the Russian capitalist, too, is
in the Worlds Work says: 'The Rus
sian industrial classes have been bled
mercilessly by the bureaucracy. Prog
ress and development have been con-
stantly interfered with; and great in
dustrial undertakings, doing legitimate
business, have had to pay police pro-
lection and are at the mercy of petty
officials. A well-known captain of in
dustry recently informed the writer
that he once disagreed with Trepoff
when he was chief of police in Mos
| cow. The disagreement cost him $685.
OOO."
The government tried a foolish way
| of dealing with the disgruntled work
men. AS they could not exile all the
| many thousands to Siberia, the agita-
tors were sent back each to his own
village; wherefore resulted widely
scattered preaching of the rights of
man. The villagers were given oppor-
tunity to learn what had been taught
those dwelling in cities. The disaf-
lection grew at an amazing rate.
| The Industrial strikes have political
character. The petitions ask for eco
nomic reforms, but more prominent is
the demand for political changes. The
bureaucracy. as usual. does not play
fair. When the workmen elected dele
gates to the imperial labor commits
sion, the delegates were discharged
from their employment because of the
political position held
| The widespread nature of the RISING
In Russia may be better understood ii
1t is known that practically all the peo
pie of education outside of the
bureaucracy and those that share In
the spoils. are eager for change. Con
seryatives stand side by side with ter
rorists in the desire for reforms.
The most downtrodden Of all the
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Why They Couldn't Settle It.

Judge Sylvester Dana, who was for
some years judge of the police court
in Concord, N. H., always endeavored
to smooth over any little differences
between persons brought before him.
On one occasion the, charge was for a
technical assault, and it came out in
the course of the evidence that the par
ties were neighbors and had been on
the best of terms for some years.
"It is great pity" said the judge,
chat old friends, as you seem to have
been, should appear before me in such
a way. Surely this is a case which
might be settled out of court?''
cit can't be done. judge" answered
the plaintiff, mOodily. 81 thought of
that myself, but the cur won't fight
Boston Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-09

OF long ago we were riding
on a street car, and heard
some foreign-looking gen.
tleman speaking excitedly
of a few lines of cable news
in the afternoon paper, that
first NOUS that told 81
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The Main Chance.

Lets go over and call on the Greens
tonight" remarked Mrs. Fox, as the
evening threatened to drag.
81 don't care to go there unless we
have an invitation" replied her hus
band.
But why not?"
Because they wouldn't have lunch
ready if they didn't know we were
coming. Chicago Daily News.
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And All Equally obiectfonable.

Host lat summer resort)-Our waite,
is wholesome and invigorating in the
highest degree, but you may not like
the taste of it at first. 1t is strongly
fmpregnated with iron.
Col. Hankthunder with superb
scorn) -That's all right. sir. All kinds
Of water taste alike to me. Chicago
Tribune.
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threatened uprising in Warsaw. MAT.
ty," said one, eff that's true it's an
archy."
We remembered the words when the
story of the LODI massacres reached
our ears, when the Odessa reign of ter
ror startled the world with promise of
continued sinister events
The troubles in Russia-too griey-
Gus to be borne-are social, Industrial
political, religious, agrarian; the work
man striving to better his lot, the bu-
reaucracy corrupt, persecution of Jew
and "unorthodox' encouraged, the
peasant arrayed against the landlord
soldier against officer. Strength seems
not in numbers nor in broad domain
the Great Bear finds therein weakness
From the Arctic ocean down to the
Black and Caspian seas there is revolt
against the existing order of things
And did the war with Japan not
awaken, nor inspire, patriotism? The
contrary is true. What dire tales are
these of the Black sea fleet? Tales of
murder Of men on the slightest show of
characterization. Tales of men that
would not obey officers commands dur
ing the sea fight, but helped on the sur
render. Then tales Of men driven to
frenzy of mutiny so bold as to be un-
believable, the red flag hoisted in place
of Russia's emblem and the ship sail
ing into the harbor of Odessa. In an
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Neiehbors Rave. Too.

Mrs Nexdore-Prof. Fortay called It
our house to-day and my daughter
played for him. He just raved over her
playing.
Miss Pepprey-How rude! Why
couldn't he conceal his feelings the
way the rest Of Us do?-Philadelphia
Press
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Just Resentment

lyon say your beard began to grow
when you were 16," remarked the Wis
itor at the dime museum. MAY l ask
how long It has taken you to bring
it to its present magnificent proper
tfons?''
Sir" said the Bearded Lady. justly
incensed, you are the first man that
has ever dared to ask my age!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Sex characteristics.

Have you ever noticed in fashion
able crowd low much like men the
women are and how much like women
the men? It is not that the men are
really prfeminate or the women really
masculine. as Il keen observer once put
it, but there is. nevertheless, curious
approximation in type. 1t may be to
some extent Il matter Of dress. Women
affect the manniSh in their costume,
Mon il summer seek more color. But 1t
Is not dress alone. The woman's face
seems stronger and tEr mans less sen.
suaI than II would have been even g
century 40. The ti.,Ure. too. has chang.
ed. The man is less cross. the woman
mor" 3th!";.c, and both are taller.
London Taller
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Zen that greatest of all
jewels, health, is often ruined IN
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in it's early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive the
dread disease from the system. 1t
is not a cure-all, but it is certain
cure for coughs, colds and all
bronchial troubles. You can get
DR.. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09

The following business has been
recorded by the County Clerk IN
the past few days:
Chas. w. Carse and wife and
Carter Oil company; agreement
as to royalty and rental on 20
acres, in Meade district; consider
alton ST..
Arthur Ankrom and wife to
Rodney Hill; deed for 10 acres, IN
Ellsworth district; consideration
5000.
Rufus Meredith to L. j. Tall
man; deed for Lot No. 3, Duty's
addition to the town of Centre
vile; consideration $500.
Sarah W Morrison to R. E. Nc
Carney, I. N. Gold, G. L. Lowther,
G.. H. Alexander, F. L. Blackmarr,
C. R. Devore, Adam Hilliard and
H. H. Work, trustees of NJ. f.
church of Sistersville; deed for
Sx1O5 feet of north half OF lot
No. 43, City of Sistersville; con-
sideration 5000.
A. H. McGinnis and wife to A.
A. Reed; deed for No. l, block
A in Westminster, an addition to
the Town of Middlebourne; con-
sideration $3.50.
A. H. McGinnis and wife to 5.
J. Moore; deed for lot No. .,
block H, in Westchester, an addl-
ton to the Town Of Middle
bourne; consideration 1928.
| j. A. Davenport and wife to
Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Elec-
trio Railway company; agreement
for 80 feet right of way for rail
way; consideration $2OS.33.
II. E. Davenport and wife to
Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Flee
trio Railway company; agreement
for 80 feet right of way for rail
way; consideration $291.67.
Frank Wells Clark, executor OF
Mrs. F. R. Wells, deceased, to
Parkersburg G. Ohio Valley Elec-
trio Railway company; agreement
for 80 feet right of way for rail-
way; consideration $500.
A. R. Williamson and wife to
Parkersburg G. Ohio Valley EIec-
trio Railway company; agreement
for 80 feet right of way for rail-
way; consideration $500.
w P. Hayes and wife to Park
ersburg G. Ohio Valley Electric
Railway company; agreement for
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Cnd~rstooI His Arr

H.ron vor Steuben was the Gr'1!mss
ter of the Continental army at Nalleo
Forge. At first the men In TIE ranR'
did not know the manual exercise.
many Of the officers knew little or moth
ing Of maneUvering. One Of the latter
turned out for inspection IN d dressing
Gown. "Himmei und erde" cried the
baron. "What kind Of creature IS thlsF'
Baron vol Steuben was choleric ana
p-ofare. but he understood his art He
swore at the Jagged Continentals In
both German and French, but he taught
them the value Of drill and discipline.
When he had exhausted all the French
and German oaths he knew he would
roar to his aid. Come here, Herr Haupt-
mann. and help me curse these block
heads" But he turned the undlsci-
2lined militia into well drilled troops
Never again was the enemy able to
laugh at "3Ir. Washington's rotten reg
lmepts Of racamufins."
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Proceedings Transacted in
Office of the County Clerk

80 feet right of way for railway !;
consideration $3.50.
S. f. Howard and wife to w.
Fl. Henderson; deed for lot No. 9
block f, in Westchester, an addi-
ton to the Town of Middle
bourne; consideration $75.
O. w. o. Hardman and wife to
G. P. Myres; deed for "A acres
and 1877 poles in Meade district,
reserving 70 of the royalty oil
and gas rental; consideration
$500.
A. II. McGinnis and wife to
South Penn Oil company; agree
ment for privileges to remove
boiler engine, wood rig, tank, cas-
ing, etc., from property; consld-
sideration $40.
David Underwood and wife to
South Penn Oil company; agree
ment for a right of way for a 2
inch branch line through land
in McElroy district; consideration
$31.10.
David Underwood and wife to
! South Penn Oil company; agree
ment for a right of way for a 2
inch branch line through land IN
McElroy district: consideration
| 1910.
Elizabeth Allen to South Penn
Oil company; agreement for right
of way through land in McElroy
district; consideration $500.
w. H. Watts to South Penn Oil
company; agreement for right OF
way for pinch branch line
through land in McElroy district;
consideration 1920.
M. V. B. George to South Penn
Oil company; agreement for right
of way for pinch branch line
through land in McElroy district;
consideration 81.
W. R. Mcintyre to South Penn
Oil company; agreement for right
of way for pinch branch line
in McElroy district; cosideratlon
$3.50.
Oliver Pitts to South Penn Oil
company; agreement for right OF
way for pinch branch line
through land in McElroy district;
consideration $3.50.
Silas Wyatt to South Penn Oil
company agreement for right OF
way for pinch branch line
through land in McElroy district;
consideration $3.50.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09

The large circle of friends of
Mrs. C. C. Mccormick will regret
that her condition still remains
very critical. The patient, how
ever, was resting more comfort
able when we went to press this
afternoon than last evening. She
had a very restless night, which
was a severe test to her weak
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
His Designs on Choos.

A dry goods merchant was G.
planning the situation to the y.
traveller he had just engaged. IS o.
predecessor" he said. has got h
business all tangled up, and if yc,
take his place you will have a dim
cult task in getting order out OF
chaos"
81 don't know who Chaos is,
cheerfully replied the newly op
pointed traveller, ''but I'll bet vol
III sell him some goods if | have K
hang on TO him week"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Mrs. &C. Mccormick Grad
uaIIY Growing Weaker

condition. The attending physi-
clans have no hopes of the recov-
ery of this estimable lady. She IS
afflicted with cancer of the breast,
and has undergone number OF
operations during the past few
wears, but all that the most skill
ed surgeons were able to accom-
plish did not check the ravages
of the malignant growth.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-09
Eskimo Masks.

The Eskimo are the greatest OF al
mask makers. During their religious
ceremonialS they impersonate their OVID
various gods, wearing masks for the
nurpose. but the most curious thing Is
that they wear little masks on their
fingers as we'll as big ones to cover
their faces. These finger masks. the
ike of which are unknown anywhere
else in the world. usually represent the
sun They are of wood, carved with a
laughing or weeping face. and the rays
of the SUE are renreSentcd by white
hair from the belly Of the wild rem.
deer set around as Il fringe. The sun Is
The most imrG~'anf Of the EskimoS Ill
whites. ana tie principal object OF tire
Water ccrrlc!i:al is 20 persuade the
san gid to come back from the south