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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-04
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MEVlaPA.

Chicago News Is H.
ia addition To the aues tionf Of State
sovefeignfty which has arisen at this
session 81 Congress I'm connection
With Federal tory enactm ents,
one cthe issue of fun entail I'm.
poFtance S. our cove mental system
has come into prominence again. 1t
Is the dnes ton 81 the prcpe ofordin-
alton 81 the different governmental
departhents ana Of the proper sep
afatlon 81 their various functions
The Presfdentss activity In support.
Ing several of the pending bills has
caiied forth loud protests charging
him with unwarfantable interference
with legislative ahtatrs. In the same
way tiie rate Bill and other measures
haze brought up the question Of the
respectise functions Of legislature
and judiciary
Tlie need of keeping the three
branatles separate is recognized as
Fundamental. Legislature, executive
ana judiciary were wisely separated
lost OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tl lt|eAt PoFEfsSl9
gise birth to arbitrary and irrespon.
sfbie government. While II is essen
tial8 that these powers be kept in
eqhfilibrium much Of the talk now
oeeasioned by supposed fnfringements
mon such powers indicates mis-,
conception OF the facts. The truth
Is that neither one Of the three
branches rs completely independent.
The president already has a voice In
legislation He has the veto power.
Bs tie Constitution he was made to
this eatents a factor OF very great in
|duence iii legislation. In the same
way Congress- which has the power
ofsinseating q President by impeach-
mem also has authority to make laws
pr scrIbing the duties and functions
81 ildg There has been no depart
ufe from fundamental principles.
Rathef, there is gradual adoption
of tie method of applying them to
meet the needs Of changing condf-
ions p
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The Labor scarcity.

Boston Herald.
The scarcity of labor seems to be a
feature of every section OF the coup-
try. The Galveston News says taat
farmers and others in Texas are a.
most literally crying for help for the
saving of their grain ana the cult.
walton of their corn. Farmers are
obliged to work Sundays to gather in
the wheat crop. and a good part Of
the nights they are cutting and shock
ing grain. There is not much ltkelt-
hood of Texas getting the necessary
supply of laborers, because it is SO
located that Arkansas. Louisiana, Ok
lahoma and the Indian Territory in.
teffcept all who would seek the Lone
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Pan1apered.

Hannibal had ordered the elephants
to the front.
They refuse to work unless we
feed them peanuts, and the supply
has given out" the Carthaginian lieu
tenant explained.
This comes Of 1oaning 'em to the
circus, grumbled the great com
mander. Don't do 1T again
And the battle went on. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Revised in Kentucky.

The Major-1 say. cunneI, what
great poet was it that said: Drink to
me only with those eyes?"
The Colonel really don't remem-
Der, sub, but have revised the quo
tatfon for my own use.
The Major-Your own use?
The Colonel-Yes, sub, say,
Drink to me only with thine eye
openers. - Chicago News.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE, OIL INTER-
EsTs, ETC,


~ Eirtpe ot tile autliority sestssi
81 die sxs,s ees Is, aas lsg
the tertlis 81 II In tieed 81 I'm
rnent Isl IS li9 sintrs %. on
the 4th day Of Nay Sto 81: e.
Snyder and N. AN Jollifti trustees.
(which said deed Of assignment was
duly recorded in the Clerks once of
the county court Of Marion, Wetzel,
Harrison and Mpnongalia counties,
West Virginia.
The said trustees will offer for sale
at public auction at the times and 4pIa-
ces hereinafter set forth, the follow
ing described property, viz:
/. The one-half undivided interest in
the Jackson Hotel property fronting
IS feet on Jackson street and running
794h feet back to W. s. Haymonds
line.
2. All that certain lot or parcel Of
real estate, and appurtenances belong
ing thereto. situate in the Fourth
ward Of Fairmont. w. Va, fronting
SO 1-3 feet on Benoni avenue and ex.
tending back 40 feet to an alley.
9. All that lot or parcel Of real es-
tate, wlwth appurtenanees belonging
thereto, known as the Kerr property,
fronting 1879 ON Main street and ex-
tending back s24S feet.
4. All thar certain tract or parcel
Of land situate on a branch of Big
Indian creek in Grant dis, Mononga-
liza county, w. va. containing 1854
acres more or less.
5. The one-fourtll undivided inter-
est in and to certain oil and gas
lease on one acre more or less. sltu-
ate on Btngamon creek. Harrison
county. W. Va, known as the B. F..
Hildreth lease. One producing well.
6. The one Eighth undivided inter-
est in and to a certain oil and gas
lease on a tract OF land located In
Wetzel county, w. Va, containing
81 acres more or less. known as the
Levi Shuman heirs lease.
One producing we'll.
q The one-fourth interest in and to
the Catherine wetzel heirs oil and
gas lease located in sardis dis. Har-
rison county, W. Va. containing 1903
acres more or less.
One producing well.
Said several above described prop
critics to be sold separately.
Said above described parcels of real
estate numbered /. and 3, respect
lively, situated in Marion Co, w. Va,
to be sold at the front door Of the
Court House thereof on Saturday, the
2Sth day Of July 1906, at 1890 p. m.
The said above described parcel of
real estate numbered 4. situated in
NfonongalIa Co.. w. Va, to be sold at
the front door of the Court House
thereof, on Saturday, the 4th day Of
August, 1906, at 1880 p. m.
Said above described oil and gas
interests numbered and z respect
lively, situate in Harrison Co., w. Va,
to be sold at front door Of Court
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bine win joln tlle roledo sice combine

9HA&4 a4t4RlRALt
in the cataspfy o.
Purchase Of Canal supplies. #
Brooklyn E:agl
The ctions of Congress in getting
that suppl lies for the Panama Canal
be purchased exclusive1y "a this
country, unless It can be shown that
the bids submitted by American com
ipetitors are extortionate, has given
to the Isthman Canal Commission less
liberty than was at arst demanded
for 1t. It puts upon the commission
the burden OF proof in and action at
law brought forth by q disappointed
American bidder. The commission,
IL it rejects an American bid on the
ground OF extortion, and gives the
contract to foreign frm, may be
called upon in court to. prove that the
bid actually was extortionate and that
It would have been an unwarrantable
sacrifice of governmental funds to
have accepted It. The commission at
first desired from Congress the priv
Hedge OF sending any or all contracts
for machinery and supplies abroad
when it could be shown that money
could be saved in the process.
That would have materially cheap
.ened the cost of construction and
would have left the commission with
an absolutely free hand. But under
the mandate OF Congress the foreign
competitor will not be encouraged to
enter the field, and the domestic man
ufacturers will be under no ob1iga-
ton except to keep their bids free
from the imputation Of extortIon. It
would have been simpler and better
il the commission had been instructed
to follow the original policy of Sec
rotary Taft and buy in the cheapest
market. In that event We would have
witnessed the spectacle OF American
manufacturers, who are quite able to
compete with their foreign rivals,
without special legislation in their
behalf, presenting bids as low as any
that came from Europe.
X
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FRANCHISE.
MloITlcE

81 "a " a. . E 81 . It'
Notice Of the application Of the
Marion Railroad Company to the
County Court OF Marion County, West
Virginia, for franchise for a railroad
operated by electricity or other mo-
tive power on, along, over and across
public roads and county bridges Of
Marion County, West Virginia.
Pursuant to Chapter 90. pages So
and SO OF tE> Acts OF the Legislature
of 1901, notice is hereby given that
the Marion Railroad Company will.
apply to the County Court OF Marion
County, west virglnlan. on the
srd day Of September, 1905, at 10
o'clock a. m. Of that day or as soon
thereafter as the mater may be heard,
for the right, privilege and franchise
Of constructing, maintaining and oper-
ating railroad tracks, with necessary
aud convenient switches, turnouts,
side tracks, poles. wires, supports
masts and other appliances and FIX
lures, and to be operated by cleo:
trlcity, or other motive power, on
along, over and across public roads
and county bridges OF Marion County,
West Virginia.
At which time and place an oppor-
tunity will be given any citizen or
corporation interested in the 8rant-
ing or refusing of said franchise to
be heard.
MARION RAILROAD COMPANY,
By THOMAS w. FLEMING,
President.
ALLISON S. FLEMING,
Secretary.
Dated the 25th day OF June, 1906.
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A Theory.

"what makes Dumley keep talking
about hot weather."
81 suppose" answered Miss Cay
enne, tits to. get his mind on it.
He's one of those people who never
give any thought to what they are
talking about" -Washingtpn Star.
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Hears Him Just the Same.

Jim-Does your wife sit UP for you
when you are out late at. night?
Tim-No. she does worse. She
turns out the lights and sets a rock
ing chair in front of the door for me
to stumble oyer-Detroit Free Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-04
Mlqht Be an Improvement.

He-Do you think you could live
on love alone?
She'd like to try 1T awhile; I've
never had anything but money and
flattery.-De Detroit Free Press.
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Chandler stflI in the Pines.

f. President Roosevelt and Senator
Tlllman have been reconciled, but
this is no sign that hey will bury
the pitchfork and the big sttck.--st.
,I,ouis Globe Democrat.
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Une,.q,ual Justice.

indianapolis Star.
day Or two ago tie dispatches
contained an account of the release
ffeln custody by a New York court Of
nan who had embezzled 100000
nd the sending to prison for a term
al sis years man who had stolen
rs cents: it IS true that. the first of
fender had made partial payment OF
tie stolen money aud promised to re-
Turn the rest, and that the second
man mar had been twice in prison before,
Sttts lie discrimination in favor of the
~ A who, though he was thief.
conld command large sums OF money
made an unpleasant impression on
Nose who read of it and gave sup
f,orf to the charge made by discon.
tented eiements Of society t:lat our
eonft 81 Justice are ruled by mercen-
any interests. The case Of Mrs. haut-
mann ofS Sioux Falls, 8. D., encour-
aess tie same idea. Charged with
tile prolonged torture and final muir
def III Is young servant girl, and with
5her iii il hardly to be questioned. she
Was admitted to bail in the sum OF
sss5. 600, which her husband, veal
I'M and influential man, Immediately
nrcyided; Great anger is felt by the
community, which holds, no doubt
{ sbffectly. that woman of lower
social class would have been kept In
ian. These two cases are typical
ME same sort Of thing is constantly
occurrfllg. not In every court or eV-
5ery. i5Ia Tvs but. so often that it is the
comm on saying that money can buy
.iastice This is a time when much
ia said about square deal. If courts
as not administer square deal, as
fliey are sworn to do, they cannot be
seompelled TO that course by statue
hui must bs taught the force OF pub.
lie opinion
Another Trust Busted"
Pittsbnrg Dispatch.
NE decision OF Circuit Court Judge
Ryan. of st. Louis, that goods bought
rom an Illegal trust need not be paid
fSf Was based upon the exact LAM
mage Sof the Missouri Antitrust Law,
%hfcii provides that any purchaser
M article from any individual or
gioIation 81 that law shall not be la
he Tor the payment Of such article
ana may plead the law as a defense
ir aaSs suit! Nor was the case one OF
dishonest debtor taking advantage
81 the law: The defendant had been
admittedly good customer OF me
piafntift corporation for three years.
tut after the plumbing Trust was
fofned it refused to sell to him be-
cause he was not a member OF the as
sociation ne thereupon refused to
nav the small balance of his account.
ana the company entered suit. with
ne festiits noted. Although the trusts
wnnid have little to fear from imi-
tation III ti1is proceeding by other
Iebtofs, since its customers are part
~ IS ths fact that its illegal com.
,Ination has been proved IN court
can. und er arothe Ter section OF the
sstne ias: Sc used to- obtain motion
81 cont that an q the tndiy iduals OF
cofpofa IONS beionetng To 81 he dis
soiyeds deprived 81 their nhaFrters
aid an other pFfyiIeg and gbs :sIts
strained foreyer from doitig business
fiji tie state. 50 IL IS alto lille
~. rs4 ,5s5ss9sii ia -. tFtI3,Af5
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
Rnbab,s Family.

We knock and hear a voice call,
"Come in" and in we There I find
the mother, father, BIRD and sisters
of Rahab sitting togo q as though
they were waiting Cor s4SA ag awful
to happen. l say to the old man. who
is evidently the father of these grown
up children: Man, what are you doing
here? Why are you shut up in this
house? Why are you not sneering and
scofing and making merry with the
other inhabitants Of the city of Jeri-
cho, deriding the besieging army? Do
you feel that the city is to be destroy
ed by the footing Of a rams horn?"
With that the old man turns upon me
a look of solemn significance and says:
Friend, knowest thou not that God
has sounded forth the deathknell of
this city? My daughter Rahab had a
vision from him. She not only sur
rendered her heart to God, but she has
led us all to read his prophecies and
learn to love him also. Jericho shall
fall. His messengers have thus told
us. We are all here waiting for his
summons. Yes, we are all here, father
mother and our boys and girls. We
are all here in Rahab's house to meet
the manifestations of Rahabs Cod"
Is this an absurd picture ! have
drawn? Have you not in your own
life seen one Christian girl or boy win
a whole family to Christ? We have
And do you not fully realize that if
you once surrender your heart to Jesus
Christ, as Rahab gave hers to Cod
you. by the help of the Lord Jesus
Christ. can capture your whole family
for the Saviour? There is a beautiful
story told that many years ago in Per-
sia a Christian lady married a Hebrew
husband. Time passed on and a little
girl came to bless that home. When
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23


the child was about ten years OF age
she sickened unto death. Just before
she was about to pass away she turned
to her Hebrew father and said: Papa,
when l go to heaven and meet my Saw
four he will say, why does your IA
ther hate me?' Then what shall say,
/ papa?" With that the father said,
''Tell him 1 did hate him once, but that
love him now" All, that may be the
story of our own life. If you will, you
can win your whole family for Christ.
No one has greater influence than you
with that father. that mother, that sis
ter, that brother Like Rahab. are you
converted through and through, so that
your dear ones know that your conver-
sion is no sham? whatsoever We shall
ask in my name that shall ye receive"
Is it too much to test Gods promises
in the salvation Of your own dear
ones?
But l learn another fact from Ra-
habs reward A man or woman may
make a complete social wreck Of life
and start all over again. They may be
moral outcasts and yet reform, as did
Jerry McAUley or John B. Cough or
John Newton or Richard Baxter or
Rahab, and rehabilitate themselves and
become useful servants of Jesus Christ
and mighty messengers for the better
ment of the worlds salvation. You can
find this gospel truth not only taught in
the character of my text. but also from
many other characters of the Bible.
Some time ago / read n powerful dis
course by the greatest of English |
preachers Its title was "Shaven and |
Shorn, but Not Beyond Hope" Its |
hero was Samson This sermon de-
scribed Samson betrayed by Delilah;
Samson with his hair cut; Samson |
shorn of his strength; Samson with his |
eyes out; Samson grinding in the prison
house. But after awhile it showed |
Samson with his hair growing and |
getting back his great strength. Old |
Samson never got back his eyesight,
but he was able again to put forth that
old strength, and in his own death he
slew more of his Lords enemies than
be ever slew in his life. Cannot you
see the old grizzled giant. shaggy
bearded and his hair like lions name,
and the old muscles again knotting
themselves out in their strength? Now.
ny text says Rahab was a harlot. She
was a social outcast. But Rahab the
iepraved not only became Rahab the
but she also became Rahab
he Rncestress of Jesus Christ.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered aftervears
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23


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DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROot is not rec
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Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK E?

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23

We knock and hear a voice call,
Come in" and in we There I find
the mother, father, BIRD and sisters
of Rahab sitting togo q as though
4I,ov- ,,,a,.e ,,-oitir,o. FOR. q r,o, awful
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about thrilling adventures and hair
breadth escapes on this part of the
journey. he said there were none. Yet
to the listener it would seem that the
whole trip, between masses. of floating
ice In a tiny nutshell of vessel, while
the fog put even the stars out of COM
mission as far as navigation was con-
cerned, must have been one continuous
hairbreadth escape.
The favorable weather conditions
made it possible to complete in one
summer what Amundsen had expected
to do in two. and SO the Gioa anchored
in September of the same year in the
snug little harbor on King Williams
Land which bears her name This is
the spot where the main work of the
expedition was done Magnetic obser-
.vations, taken Immediately upon their
arrival, showed that the place was as
near the magnetic pole as it was pos
sible to get, and here the work of TAX
ing observations was continued for
nineteen months.
The only expedition ever sent out
with the express purpose of locating
the magnetic pole was that sent out
by the Norwegian Government in 1929
under Professor Hansteen. who hoped
to find the pole in Siberia. 1t is need
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OF gay COP snAxsen IN Order to take
the same training that Captain Amun-
sen himself had taken when second in
command on the Belgica expedition.
The other members of the expedition
were Norwegians.
The trip to Godhaven, Greenland, was
slow owing to the contrary winds. At
this place a magnetic station was es-
tablishe1 and more dogs were shipped
in addition to the six dogs of the Fram
expedition previously taken from Chris
tiania. At Dalrymple Island. on the
northwestern coast of Greenland, pro-
visions that had been deposited for the
Gjoa expedition by Scotch whalers were
taken on board.
Observations taken at Beechy Island.
which the Gjoa reached on the ed of
August. showed the pole to be in a
southerIy direction and sail was ac-
.cordingly set on that course. Off
Prescott Island. in Peel Sound, the re-
fusal of the compass to render further
service showed that the pole must be
near. The Gjoa continued her course.
navigating by the nelp of the stars.
Just as the Norsemen did when they
discovered America q thousand years
ago.
when 1 asked Captain Amundsen
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thing in which she ran short was tea
The name Gjoa badS been given the
sloop by the man who built her thirty
years ago and named her. after his
sweetheart. IT is dialect corruption
of Gyda, the name of the proud prin-
cess who melted Harold the Fairhaired
to gather the whole of Norway under
his scepter more than a thousand years
ago. Amundsen did not change the
name of the vessel when he took it,
1t is safe to say that Norway will see
a revival of the old-fashioned name
now that it has been made famous 1t
is so rare that even Norwegians did
not know the origin of it, but guessed
on everything from goddess to IL dog
(from the Norwegian gjo. to bark) !,
until the story came out about a plain
man in the little town of Sandefjord,
Norway, who meant to honor his bride
and who builded better than he knew.
On the night between the 18th and
18th of June, which, of course is as
light as day in those ATTITUDES, in the
year 1903, the little expedition set sail
from Christiania- Next in command
under Captain Amundscn was Lieuten-
ant Hansen of the Danish navy, a
brilliant. young man. who gladly left
his military career and all the delights
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In selecting the rIny sloop Amund-
sen was not actuated solely by mo-
tives of economy, though these were
naturally of some Importance. 1t was
his idea that a small vessel had much
better chance of slipping through the
ice than a larger one No vessel is
strong enough to force the ice, there
fore size is OF no particular adYan-
tage. The sad fate of the Franklin ex-
petition of 147 members had demon
strated the impracticability of the big.
unwieldy polar expeditions. 1t is
easier to carry provisions for small
number than for a large-that was
the main point. The Gjoa had a crew
of seven men and carried provisions
to last them for four years.
The GJoa was originally nothing but
a small freighter. built for the Nor
wegian coast trade. She was strength
ened with crossbeams and a sheathing
OF two-inch oak planks for protection
against the ice, so that she was de-
clared by Colin Archer, the builder Of
Nansen's ships, to be, after the Fran.
the strongest-built vessel he had ever
seen. She is seventy three feet long
and twenty feet wide and registers
forty-six tons.
Her cabin was lined with cork
and birch bark for greater warmth.
1t was heated only by an oil stove,
and even Captain Amundsen admitted
that the heat of an oil stove is hardly
satisfactory at a temperature of sew
enty-nine below.
For heating purposes and for the
small petroleum motor, which was in
stalled as an auxiliary power, the
Gjoa carried 5000 gallons of petroleum,
of which 1000 gallons arc left over
She depended in the main on her sail
rower
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Good instruments and Food.

In the matter of providing good in
struments no expense was spared Il
food supplies were so abundant thai
when the Gjoa met the American
whalers last winter she needed nothing
OF what they offered her. The only