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NTIL June 2 1885, magnificent whitewood tr,

NTH June 2, 1885, magnificent whteWood tree,
sixteen feet in circumference grew a. bridge
spanning the little creek just south Of the present JEFF
ferson avenue, Detroit, Mich and for than
fury stood the memorial Of fierce Indian ambuscade
in the of 1868 In his unrivalled series of his
tories Francis Parkman has devoted two volumes to the
circumstances leading up and following what is called
'The Conspiracy Of Pontiac, Ia conflict that not
ongived CO. but which of vital Importance
in the winning Of the west from French allegiance. It
of the fierce combats Detroit, in this
of Pontiac, that the tree received it's name.
Louisburg had fallen, Quebec had been taken, and
when Montreal capituated the rule of Canada passed
from the French to the ngsh This was at all
sfactoy to the Indians They had found the French most
consderate and also prodigal of substantial gifts and
had respect them and their power Three
under English rule had reused all their resentment The
English made few gifts and only at long intervals; their
fur traders paid too little for their furs and asked too
much for their supplies given in return. Mutterngs be-
constant and widespread and early in 1852 Pontiac
Ottawa chief, believed the time had for blow
to be struck that would drive the English out of the
try. All he went from tribe to tribe unfolding
his plan and by he gained them to his In
the fall he began to enlist them formally, and them
for the conflict. -~~ --
BY the first of April, 1853, the preparations were
Ottawas, Pottawattomies and Hurons under the very
shadow Of the guns at Detroit when the final step
determined upon ~. -. 49, = s.
Captain Gladwin, in command of the fort, had no
suspect Pontiac Of treachery and the chief had
always been allowed to and 60 at will but until
the conspiracy rpened Pontiac had either alone
with but two braves in attendance. May Pom
tac appeared at the gates with train of forty
and demanded admission The unusual following aroused
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PONTIACS TREE.
DETROIT.
XIX.

details Pontiac and his braves had shortened their
they could be carried hidden under their blankets.
They to demand council of Gladwn, speeches
TO- be made and apparent evidence Of their friend
ship, Pontiac to offer m-belt to Gladwin,-
but in reversed position the signal decided upon for the
attack. 49,.
Captain Gladwn gave outward sign Of his knowl-
edge Of reachery and when the large party of
apparently Indians asked admission the gates
swung freely open to them With Pontiacs first step
within the stockade gave great start There stretch
to the teeth. Every employe of the fur company
also fully armed while other troops paraded and drilled
and the evidently ready for action. Pom
tiac knew that he had been betrayed and that his
spiracy could not be carried out he had planned
As he entered the council chamber, he that Glad
and his officers their swords and that each
red brace of pistols The Indians sat down stoldly
started up their pipes and at the chosen time Pontiac
began his speech protesting the friendship of the
Indians for the English Gladwn, however, watch
ing him closelH and Pontiac made the first move to
raise his hand toward him offering the wampum belt
Gadwin's hand also made slight movement, and in
stantly outside there the clamor of the
roll of drums. IA ~: ~ -. i: ~. - Ss.<@ss
Pontiac, startled and bewildered, stopped short in
his speech, his hand containing the arrest
ing aside the blanket revealed the gun beneath then
reproached the chief for his reachery Pontiac tried to
make the best Of the matter and left the fort with his
party, protesting his friendship = = Il,
Several attempts made to catch the garrison
mapping and these falling Pontiac finally threw aside
all pretense and laid siege to the fort -Four long weeks
the little garrison whstood the effects Of the confined
life steadily diminishing food supplies and constant har
assing by the treless Indians. Then one happy day
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THE SELF MADE MAN IN FRANCE.

IT HE president of France, NJ Clement Armand
l. Fallieres, is 'selfmade man, wholly after the
heart of the srictest republican in the world President
peasant president" and tho the proud old aris
toeracy of has held somewhat disdanfully back
from official life, president Of the Third Republic of
France has been popular with the French people,
foreign rulers than has President Loubet.
M. Fallieres has not drop of arstocratc blood in
his veins. He is the grandson of blacksmith, and his
father while little higher in the social SCALE only
magistrates clerk With the opportunities thrown open
to ambitious young Of all classes after France had
somewhat reganed her balance after the sweeping away
of the old order in the dreadful French Revolution, the
young Falleres realized that he might rise higher than
his father So he studied law making such progress that
he became mayor of the of Nerac and then by sheer
merit thru various steps in French public life the
positions of minister of public instruction. minister Of the
interior minister of justice and in 1890 elected
SENATOR and in time promoted to the presidency of the
senate From that time until his election the
presidency of France NJ Fallieres held his high Office
without Interruption. 9. -: =" - = -
It remains to be whether NJ Falieres possesses
the personal qualities that have made President Loubet
loved by all who in contact with him, but his
shows that France at last entering into
republican spirit and that generally speaking the really
able to the highest honors matter from
what walk of life he comes. -. ~..-...,
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his and they charged gallanty the bridge,
seeking the foe that had been concealed by the darkness
The Indians however, familiar with every foot of the
country had left their first stations they had
fred and here there and everywhere pouring out
fire and bullets upon the bewildered enemy.
Even tho he could not his losses in the pitchy
backness Daze realized that he had chance and
dered retreat to farmhouse nearby AS he went, he
tried to wounded soldier, and he bent to
pick him up, he shot thru the heart Once within
the stockade of the farmhouse word sent to the FORT
asking for renforcements and hours after they had
left the remnant of the brave $50 returned, with roll
of twenty-one killed and thirty-eight wounded.
The old whitewood tree stood between Pontiac AM
the English and long it lived, its sides showed
the where bullets from both sides had struck it
the darkness Pontiac kept up the siege Of Detroit for
time ongers but the garrison yielded and in
1885, Pontiac the complete failure of his conspiracy
and made submission to the English
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Parsley, first known in Sardinia
Pear and apple are from Europe.
Spinach first cultivated in Arabia.
Sunfower was brought from Peru
Mulberry tree from Persia.
Walnut and peach from Persia.
Cucumber from the East Indies
Ounce from Crete.
Radish is a native of China and Japan
Peas are supposed to be of eastern origin.
Horseradish came from the south Of Europe.
Midland Schools.
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Where They Came From

Where They Came From.
Madder came from the east.
Celery originated in Germany.
The chestnut came from Italy.
The onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is native of Virginia.
Citron is a native Of Greece.
Pine, a native Of America.
Oats originated in North Africa.
The poppy, in the east.
Rye came from Siberia.
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Mae Harris Arson
TILE NEW HONOR BUTTONS.

ID EGINNING this week. the winners Of Honor buttons
~ will receive buttons quite different in color from
those with which they have been familiar for long
The design is the same but the blue much darker and
the red brighter and better wearing color. Juniors
working for collection of Junior buttons will appreci
the change and those who like to their buttons
will find the colors durable than the old after
exposure to the light .| =" 49, 49, -. ~:
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came relnforcements from M.
agara, under Captain Dalzel;
the besieged were heartened.
=. Captain Dalzell had fought
under Israel Putnam, and
having learned much of
Indian warfare from him,
asked permission to attack
Pontiac, who lay a mile and
a half away, the other side
of swamp. Gladwin did not
approve of. the idea, but final
<ly gave his consent and on
July 81, at 2 O'Clock in the
morning, Dalzell stole quietly
away toward little Parent $
Creek, followed by $50 picked
men. Had he taken Pontiac
by surprise, results might
have been different, but some
one in possession Of the move
ment sent word to Pontiac,
and that willy chief lay in
ambush, just the other side
of the bridge.
, The English proceeded
with. extreme caution, and
had the Indians not been fore
warned of the movement,
they probably would not have
discovered them until the at
tack was made. Pontiac al
lowed the English to reach
the middle Of the little bridge.
Then the blackness of the
night was suddenly rent by
the binding fash of guns,
and the warwhoop echoed
thrn the woods Da1zall nroed
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,.. One of Mark Twain g most amusing stories
Not is that of argument he had with an
at All Englishman to prove that English and Amer
Alike lean are two different languages. An Eng
lshman be understood by Americans, in
spite Of his difference in accent, but foreigner who
learns English from English teacher frequently has
trouble in understanding American English because
cent and vowel sounds very different. In Terri
et Switzerland there is shoe black who has put him
self Enthusiastically the side Of Mark Twain, for his
box bears the sign, 'Engsh spoken, American under
stood. - - H~~-=@ <a1~-.-.
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Junior readers who have enjoyed Mrs. Wis
Our ter's translations of German novels will
Trees in member the 'foresters house," the ''for
Austria ester'' ''the forester's daughter that
appeared in nearly all of them. The for
ester in Germany and the continent generally is de-
ededy important parsonage for the stretches Of wood
land in the old country much better cherished than
have BEEN New trees planted constantly,
the growth is carefully watched and the cutting made
judciously Only recently the Austrian sent
for thousand pounds Of seed from the famous Ore
gon pines. This order is unusually large one but it
is nothing new for trees grown from Oregon fir and
seeds growing by thousands denuded
tracts in Austria and Germany In fact the demand for
seeds of the Oregon fir far greater than the supply
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little fifty years ago, old Japan
The slipped into the background and Japan
New took the leading place. The with China
Japan. awoke Japan to the power of the civiliza-
ton of the west, and she began to study and
adapt the ways they could be made fit in with
existing conditions First it the adoption of western
styles clothes for official functions; next the total
revolution in armament for army and navy; now it is
the adoption of the English characters in place of the
queer brdrack herogphics that have represented the
written language of Japan for thousands Of years Pro
fessors from the imperial university editing
paper which Japanese and English characters
in columns side by side Evidently this newest Japan is
something worth watching :>s~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-05
STRINGTOWN

STRINGTOWN. May Miss Ida
Hall. who has been visiting her sister
Mrs copenhaver, of Respect, has re
turned home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sturm have NOV
ed into the Davis property.
Mrs. Bessie Hildreth, OF Respect, is
here the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs James Sturm-
Miss Lizzie Hall, who is attending
school at Metz, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents here
L. d. Smith, Of near this place, ana
Miss Allie Lynch, Of Wyatt, were quiet
" married at the home of the bride
on last Sunday.
Rev. Blackburn Hall preached at
his church at Enterprise on last Sun
day.
Mrs. Charles Atha- of Warrington.
was visiting relatives here recently
Rev. James Scott, of Wyatt, was
calling on friends here last Friday
A D. Hess is completed and is a
Sasser.
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Mannington

--'iEGIoN. May 4.-Emmet
fCansle;on Is home from Lirteton for
a few days.
Miss Clara Warden is visiting home
folks for a few days at Fairmont-
VIII Phillips has been working in
Hundred for the past few days.
Jason HollobouSh who has been at
tending college at Pittsburs spent
Sunday with his parents in this city.
c. C. Fisher was in Lietleton yes
'terday on business
Ruby Knechr. Ionic Dresch. Frank
Altman and Napoleon Nolan are re-
cent arrivals at tne pottery from
Evansville, Ind
Tommy HoIcroft left yesterday for
his home in Perth Amboy, New Jer-
sey
Mrs. Claude Hawkins IS visiting rel
atives in Downs
James Hawker left on No. last
night for Fairmont on little business
trip.
E J. Thomas was in Glover.s Gap
yesterday on business.
Mrs. Lucfan Boor left last night for
Fairmont where she will visit the fam
lily of Sim Bright.
Ben Rigby. Of New Martinsville- is
visiting old friends and schools mates
in the city. He viii be in town the
rest of the week
Dick Porter was visiting friends in
Fairmont yesterday.
Miss Daisy Loom has returned. from
a visit to relatives near Fai-mont-
Mrs. A. c. Free, WAC has been Wis
iting her mother. Mrs. John Black
shere on Main street, left last night
for her home in Kentucky
Among the guests registered at the
Bartlett yesterday from nearby towns
were: w. H Hagans. of Cameron. E.
L. Benton, of Sistersville, and Frank
Reynolds. of C1arksburg
Owen Nolan has accepted a position
at Keyser and left for that city on No.
II yesterday.
W. c.. Shields, of Pennington. is reg
istered at the Arlington.
John Modi left last night on bust
ness trip to Wheeling
Bud Wilson was business visitor
TO the county seat yesterday
The erection of a new glass factory
in Homewood seems to be an assured
fact and the people of this SECTION of
the city are very much enthused over
the prospects.
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New Regime.

The Commercial Hotel, of Water
street, is being renovated from top to
bottom. and a new dining room and
lunch counter are being installed and
handsomely fitted up on the first floor
in the most modern artistic style. 1t
will be under the management OF E. H
Watkins, the popular restaurer, who
will be ready to open his doors to the
general public on the 18th instant, and
will serve meals for the future on the
European plan to his patrons Dutch
has always borne the reputation Of
furnishing first class service, but prom
Uses to surpass the past under the new
regime.
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New Arrival.

: The steamer Clyde" belonging to
the Clyde Coal SEQ, of Pittsburg,
which arrived at the wharf last even
ing. brought up a fat to the coal
mines below Lock No. Il. and viii
take 2nother back from that point this
morning. She is much larger boat
than the Mason. with about three
times the capacity of running power
and only had three inches to spare in
passing under the F., N. & P. bridge
With a slight increase of water she
would have been compelled to return
without completing her trial to our
city. Among those aboard were Supt-
Clyde and his family. in charge OF
Engineer D. G. Eshman, OF Rankin,
Pa Their trip up shows the supreme
urgency Of dealers at present in get
ing all available coal in the marker
as needed.
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Programm
OF coLoRED ODD FELLOWS GEL
EBRATIoN TO BE HELD SUN
DAY AFTERNOON.

Sunday afternoon at two o'clock
the colored Odd Fellows will meet in
thanksgiving and memorial service
in the Grand opera house Prof ].
McHenry Jones viii be the principal
speaker. He is a speaker Of unusual
force and earnestnesS. and the mem
bers Of the order are looking forward
to his address with pleasure.
The programme will be rendered as
follows:
Piano voluntary
Selection-Band-
Reading OF Proclamation and Law
Sons-Coronation-
Prayer-Rev. H G. Reid
Authem-Choir.
Responsive reading
Singins-Blest be the Ties.
Responsive reading
Solo-Mrs. NJ c. Harris
Thanksgiving Sermon J. McHeHry
Jones. G. NJ.
Solo-Miss Mary e. Jordon-
Thanksgiving Offering
Selection-choir
Decoration OF graves and memorial
exarciseS at cemetery -
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St Ward ]
EsSS kx<< Xxx ,

Mr. Burt Francis has returned to
his work, having been of duty for
some time suffering with a crippled
foot
Prof and Mrs. Jacob Mays have re-
turned from Washington, where they
stopped of for short time on their
return from Jacksonville, Florida
Mr.. Weekly has moved from the
conner of Ferry and Diamond streets
into the John Q. Levelle property near
the coal bank
Mr Frank Watkins has returned to
Bradloe, after short visit with his
brother, Mr.. J. S. Watkins. OF Ferry
street.
Miss Daisy Ayersman returned to
her home at Rowlesburg yesterday at
tera short visit with friends in the
city
Mrs. a. A Ayers, Of Elkins. who has
been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
IT. D. Harden, for a few days, return
ed home to-day
Miss Marie Scott is now GONZALES
cent from an illness of stomach trou-
BILE
~ Mr.. Frank Vurner moved yesterday
from the Gasldns property on Stew
ems street TO Water street, into
!: house owned by Mr. Holt.
Mrs. Annie Satterheld, OF State
street is very sick
Harry Wilson, who has been i'll
with tonsilihs for the past week, is
much improved and is able to be out
again
Born, to Prof and Mrs. Benjamin
Stephens, OF Water street, on Thurs
day, May srd, nine pound boy
Mrs Grifen is confined to her home
on Morgantown avenue with an attack
cot laTppe-
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Returned From His Charge.

Rev Moran returned home last ev-
enins from the Presbyterian Church
at Downs, where he was called on
Wednesday to assist in the closing
of series Of extra services being
conducted by Rev Ryland, Of Pitts
burg, and his assistant singer, Miss
Richardson, Of the same city Rev
Moran spent Thursday and Friday IN
the final work Of looking after the
fruits Of their labor, and will return
again tomorrow to preach during the
day and garner in the gathered sheaves
as many as there may be. The peo-
pie there are made glad for the good
results to the church achieved through
the earnest efforts OF these faithful
workers.
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Recovering.

Mr.an Mrs. Lee Watkins arrived in
the city Thursday from Breedlove and
are quests at the homa-se1he for
.meS' brother, Mr.. J. s. Watkins, of
sFerysreet. Mr. Lee Watkins. while
5choppang wood some time ago. the
axe slipped and cut deep cash in
his foot, severinS several small lead
sers. He has come TO Fairmont to have
lit treated, as it did not heal up as
1T should. DR.. E. W. Howard is the
physician
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wish them many years Of happiness to-
gether, with no shadows to darker
their path
More Danger Ahead.

The alley up past W. S. Thomas
stable, between Merchant and Dia-
mond street. on which the bad acct
den from an upset occurred on We'd
nesday. is in terrible condition and
should be repaired at once before a
worse misfortune befalls the next
team and wagon passing that way
Such a condition within the city should,
not be allowed to go another day
without being remedied.
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Diamond Street NJ. Is.

Rev. L. w Roberts. pastor-Sunday
school at 9 a NJ; preaching at 1o-45
a. m. Rev William Anderson, prsid-
ing elder of the Grafton district. VIII
conduct communion service. General
class meeting at 2-3o p. m; Epworth
League at $3.50 p. M: preaching az
7:3o p. m, subject, The Minister'S
Responsibility in Crime as Shown in
an Editorial in the West Virginiau OF
April Both" An are invited to come.
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On to Their Job.

The three barber shops of the First
ward, run by bud jenkins, w B.
Jenkins and George Lyons, respect
lively; have taken their cue from other
shops of the city and after the 10th
instant will charge their customers
scents extra for a neck shave Next
they win charge for 1ather and let
their patrons do their own "toaming-"
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Wedding.

Mr. Samuel Shuttlesworth and Miss
Blanche Stealey slipped away from
sus and went to Oakland Thursday
where they were married They re-
turned in the evening on No. SIS and
WI make their home for the present
With the brides parents. This viii
not besa surprise. as report OF their
marriage has been circulated twice
recently but the third time is the
charm, and Sit is true this time We
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CHURCHES.
Baptist

Rev. T. 3. Lawler, pastor-Sunday
school at $3.50 a m: preaching at
1920 a. M, subject. The Sweetness
OF Youthful Victories" B. Y. p o.
at 1 p. NJ; preaching at p. ua-, sub
ject, Going Back TO Egypt A cor
dial invitation is extended to the pub
lie
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Jolly Jokers.

Misses Pearl and Ella Davis will be
hostesses on Tuesday evening to the
Jolly Jokers at their home on Coluu-
bia street
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MONONGAH

MoNONGAH, May 4.-Herford Cray
was calling on friends at Worthington
on Sunday.
Peter McDiret was visiting friends
at Glover's Gap on Monday and Tues
day last.
Postmaster l. NJ Kuhn was bust
ness visitor at Fairmont on THURSDAY
II. B. Sturtevant, of Boston, Mass.
representing the Edward s. Rogers
Company, of Cleveland. Ohio, was here
on Monday and Tuesday taking orders
for fine tailor made suits.
Carson Mason. OF Weston. is spend
ing the week here with relatives
Lorenzo D. Cochran and Marion
Streets, with their families. departed
for keystone, Ind, Wednesday. where
they viii reside in the future
Ed. w. Mills, the State Prohibition
organizer, delivered two addresses in
the NJ P. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings of this week
Rev. John S. Stump, of Petersburg.
representing the American Baptist
Home Missionary Society, delivered
an interesting address at the Baptist
Church on Sunday evening. Special
emphasis was given to the Mormon
problem.
The action of the county court on
Monday seems to have been olsap-
pointing all around, except to those
who were successful in securing Ia
loon licenses. Our Prohibition friends
were dead sure that no license would
be granted in Mononsah and of course
they were disappointed Those favor
ing license were disappointed because
other applicants We're not given IL
cense- The town council met in spe-
cial session on Monday evening ana
revoked the licenses already granted
but no attention was paid to its ac-
ton, and Sam Cornell and Thomas
Cornell opened up for business or
Tuesday morning. and the news
spread rapidly. and large crowd
from the nearby towns Of EverSon,
Middleton, Highland. Chiefton and
worthington were in town Tuesday
night
1t was reported on Thursday that
Dary Levy had transferred his u
cense to the Curry Brothers and that
they would open UP for business on
Friday morning. It has not yet de
veloped how much truth there is IN
the rumor. The town council me-
again ON Wednesday night and re-
scinded its action taken on Monday
night, and also increased the license
from $500 to 81 600
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First NJ. 2

Rev D. S. Boggs, pastor = sunday
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Ed. w. Mills, the State Prohibition
organizer, delivered two addresses In
the NJ P. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings of this week