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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12

Secretary Taft, who has Just been
visiting New Haven, recovered the
huge cane. while there, that he carried
while attending Yale College It was
in the possession of Mrs. George
Hotchkiss.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12

Eureka:
The best ice cream at Hall & Hairs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12
DUST
NATioNaE LEAGUE

NATioasI EEaeuE
nesterday,s Games.
Phnadelphia, 2. Pittssurg.
osLoris, s. Chicago,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12

One of the boyhool teachers of
David Livingstone. the African mis-
sionary,. is still alive and on active
service He is Rev. F. B. Coidwell.
member of the Lancashire and Chel-
esa Presbytery in England. IS yeras
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12

E. A Abbey,s picture, a decorative
picture measuring about ten feet by
eight, representing Columbus IN the
New World. has been given the place
Of honor in the London Royal Acad-
envy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12

Mrs. Polly Nathan, who keeps a
fried fish shop in a poor quarter Of
London, is the aunt OF South African
millionaire. He has offered her q
large money inducenent to sell out
and retire. but She refuses to accept
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
THE HUMAN MIND.
1t Is a Wonderful Vehicle For Rapid
ily of Action.

A flash of light Is not sluggish, sound
travels rapidly, bullet is no messen-
ger boy, and an automobile which
shoots mile in twenty-eight seconds
is moving along certainly. When it
comes to getting over the ground in a
real hurry, however, to devouring dis
lance in dead earnest, the dreamer
marches proudly at the head of the pro-
cession. He makes the very latest thing
in the line of $50 horsepower racing
cars look like hay carts in a mnd bank.
A man sits in his chair after dinner
and dozes. He awakes with q start
and discovers, to his surprise, that he
lost consciousness for exactly three
minutes by the clock. Yet in those
three minutes he journeyed from New
York to Port Said, transferred himself
to st. Petersburg, loitered in Paris and
London and sailed up the Nile What is
Of greater Importance in this connec-
ton, he journeyed leisurely, almost in
dolently. He stopped at various points
OF interest and examined them thor
oughly, he met with annoying and
amusing experiences on steamships and
trains, he talked with acquaintance
whom he encountered in foreign lands,
and he told some of them precisely
what he thought of them. There was
genuine pleasure in that. A dreamer
can put thousands and thousands Of
miles behind him in the short space of
three minutes and lazily enjoy himself
in his wanderings. BY comparison the
chauffeur, With his life in his hands, is
slow coach, and he must attend
strictly to business. He can engage in
no conversation or sightseeing.
The human mind is a wonderful We
hicle. Some people in spectacles have
analysed it and think that they know
what it is and what it can do. But they
do not know, and they never will know.
Providence Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

Support of the shipping bill by
Charles E. Edwards, the special CORES
pondent of several Michigan democrat
newspapers, is continued in his latest
letter. He says it is not true that sup
port of this bill comes from a shipping
trust, but that it comes from merchants
and manufacturers, from the great in
terests of the country, from producers
and those who ship the products of our
country to other countries. That the
American merchant marine has declined
from carrying 80 per cent of our export
ed products in American bottoms to
per cent is an anomaly, Mr.. Edwards
considers, in the industrial development
of the United States. This declaration
from the resolutions of the Trans Miss
issippi congress, representing twenty
one states and territories west of the
Mississippi, is quoted in the Edwards
correspondence: "That every ship is a
missionary of trade; that steamship
lines work for their own countries just
as railroad lines work for their terminal
points, and that it is as absurd for the
United States to depend upon foreign
ships to distribute its produce as it
would be for department store to de-
pend upon the wagons of competing
house to deliver its goods"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Woman loves a clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters puri-
fies the blood, clears the skin, restores
rudy, sound health.
IntiuiutlOns.

No member of the British parliament
Is permitted to say bluntly and direct
ly that anothers is drunk. but he may
hint at the fact in periphrase, as when
Mr.. Gladstone, replying to an uncon-
ventional speech Of Dlsraelis. remark
ed, "The right honorable gentleman
has evidently had access to sources of
inspiration that are not open to me-"
A violent scene was caused in the par
lament Of Victoria, Australia, by
labor member saying Of legal col
league, 1.-THE honorable and learned
gentleman was once called to the bar,
and he has since gone frequently with
out being called" The angry barrister
retorted, "You tea drinking skunkw
Eventually both withdrew and apollo
gized.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Real Estate Transfers.

w. Lahring to G.. Williams and
wife, pit. S. w. u. sec, 3, Burns,
$4,000.
r. Brooks to e. S. Steele, e. u of
f.. ", N. w. Il. sec. IL, Shiawassee,
$4,000.
S. Miner to G. Dye and wife, pit.
n. WA sec. s, and pit. N. e "A sec.
Z, Owoso, $4,000
F. Wieprecht to P. Serr, 15 acres
on sec. 81, Corunna, $1,000.
II. Burnett to e. and A Defreeze,
pit N. w. u sec. 35, Perry, $135.
G. Dansby to w. Ferman w. IL, s.
W. u, sec. 20, Antrim, 500.
w. Bull, to A. Bull, lot 8, block
2 Colby's add, Morrice $3.50.
A. Van Wormer to A. ]. Van Wor-
mer, pit N. E. u, sec. 16, Vernon,
$50.
N. Phillips to G.. Seifred, pit N
W. Il, sec. SO, Shiawassee, $500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Motion was made to adjourn, and it

Motion was made to adjourn, and II
carried. A rising vote of thanks was
rendered to the visiting members and
host and hostess.
All joined in singing America,
after which we adjourned to meet
April 9Th with Mr.. and Mrs. Ethan
Young.
Following is the prospective pro-
gram for next meeting:
Can farmers realize profit on pro-
duce at present prices of labor?" Mr..
Wood. Discussed by Mr.. Black.
Fall plowing," Mr.. Oliver. Dis
cussion by Mr.. Kentfield.
Select reading, by Mrs. Ridenour.
"How can parents impress upon
children the Importance of improving
their YOUTH" Rev. Woodlands. Dis
cussiOn by Mrs. Hume.
"The invited guest" Mrs. McKen-
zie. Discussed by Mrs. Simeon.
''The value of personal appear
ance," Ethan Young. Discussion by
Mr.. Ridenour.
Recitation, by Rena Broeffle.
Instrumental solo, Jessie Ridenour.
MRS. H. MAGOFFIN, Cor. Sec.
Owosso Argus and Corunna Jour-
nal please copy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
SICIliAN MAIDS.
The Strict Espionage That IL Exer-
cised Over Them.

The Strict Espionage That IL Exer-
cised Over Them.
The young girl in America is singu-
larly unrestrained in her movements,
albeit there is so much stress laid
upon the presence Of chaperon upon
such occasions as usage or etiquette
demand it, but what is this pretense
Of espionage in comparison with what
the young women Of Sicily must en-
dure, according to q book Of sketches
published in collaboration by two Eng
llsh authors? According to this au-
thority, the young woman who comes
in by the day to do sewing brings a
chaperon. Saleswomen in the shops
are not allowed to go alone to a GUS
toner's house, the maid servants are
not allowed to leave their employers
houses unprotected, even to go to
church, according to an agreement en-
tered upon when the maid is hired
When young girl is left alone at
home she is locked into the house by
her parents.
What would the independent young
women of America think Of such as
Isiduous oversight upon their actions as
that enjoyed 60 by the fair maids Of
this beautiful little three cornered is
land off the coast Of Italy?
AS a matter of fact, few American
girls realize how many liberties they
enjoy. Free from the English nursery
system before her debut; free as a rule
to choose her own husband, unlike
most of her European sisters; allowed
fairly unrestricted companionship with
the opposite sex and altogether consid-
cred as the companion and friend of
her parents, surely she ought to appre-
ciate her liberty Ledger.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

can when you gre ready for them in the
spring.
A few words in regard to 2S-inch
row. think this is the only way to
raise 'beets. In the first place, you will
get very nearly as many tons per acre
as you will on 90 inch row and the
expense will be nearly one-third less
and the beets much easier to cultivate.
You can rig up your bean cultivator
to cultivate three rows and you can
sow your seed with grain drill and not
have to buy a beet drill or any extra
cultivators if you have suchlas I have
spoken about. By using three row
cultivator, you can cultivate eight to
ten acres per day and do good job,
and get over your ground often, for one
of the most essential points about beet
raising is to keep your ground well cul-
tivated and keep your beets growing
from the time they come up until they
are ripe. By SO doing you should make
success of beet raising.
In regard to fertilizer, 1 shall use
about seventy-five pounds per acre,
just enough to stimulate the plant. I
think this is enough on good soil On
light soil would use from two humid
red to four hundred pounds per acre
distributed all over the ground. AT
any time do not put over one hundred
pounds in the row.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
At Second Hand.

isn't it true, as. matter Of fact,
Mr.. Simmons," asked the lawyer who
was examining the man as to his quail
ifications for jury service, that all
you know about either of the parties
to this suit is what you have read
about themT'
"Yes, sir" answered the man, "but
that's all we know about Abraham or
Alexander the Great or Bloody Mary,
and yet we have pretty good idea as
to what kind Of people they WERE"
Mr.. Simmons appeared to be too in
telligent man to sit on a jury, and
he was xcused.-Chicago Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
My Way Of Raising Beets.

E. j. Smith, of North Star, writes the
Alma Record as follows
Perhaps few words along the line
of sugar beet raising might find their
way into your paper. Farmers, do not
put off contracting. The Sugar Beet
Co. should know what they are going
to do. They have to make some cal
culations Just the same as you do. AT
this time you should know what you
are going to do and should get out
your tools and look them over and fix
them up for the summer You can do
this great deal better now than you
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering 1t through the mucous sur
faces. such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney e.
taken internally, acting directing upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio. by F, j. Cheney & Co Testimon-
ials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price zoe. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
To Clean Leather

To clean leather mix together half q
pound each of French chalk and full
er's earth, two ounces of powdered
starch and one ounce of yellow ocher.
Wet this with boiling water enough to
make a thin paste and add one table
spoonful of sweet oil. When cold
spread on the soiled leather, let it re-
main until dry and brush off. Wipe off
every particle Of the cleaning material
and polish the leather with wax melted
with turpentine, four ounces Of wax
and q gill Of turpentine. If you wish
to darken the leather. add a little oil!
to the wax preparation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Marriage Licenses.

Charles A. Gordon, N. Dakota :. AZ
Louise B. Crane, New Haven. 23
James McReavy, Mt. Pleasant. -. 26
Rachel Barrager, Laingsburg. %
Leslie Lawrence, Bennington. -. rs
Carrie Raymond, Bennington. %
Oscar l.. Ryan, New Haven. :. 80
Fora Hurry, Durand =. 81
Jesse LaClear, Owosso. ...... %
Hazel Lock, Owosso -. -. 10
Seth Hosmer, Perry. ......... rs
Ida Davis, Morrice. ....... 25
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Cntarrh.

Many cases of catarrh might be
avoided and others greatly relieved If
1t the first sign Of any trouble in the
"early' snufiles" period the nose and
throat were thoroughly sprayed at
least once q day with one part Of lis
terine mixed with two parts of water.
A throat specialist thinks this treat
ment as much part of the good and
rleanly toilet as brushing the teeth or
aair or bathing.-New York Post.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Buttons Barred.

"Our collection today, my dear breth-
ren," said the rector, sis for the cloth
Ing fund. At the same time, may I
earnestly impress upon you that,
though tho collection is for the clothing
fund, it Is not necessary to contribute
buttons"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
Translating the Definition.

Johnny--Papa, what does precocious
mean? Papa-It means-a-it is term
applied to children who know more
than is usual at their age. Johnny
Oh, yes; it means fresh KID
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

There IRE three kinds Of people in
the world-the wills, the won'ts and
the can'ts. The first accomplish every
thing. the second oppose everything,
the third fail In everything.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09
AwfuIIy Slow.

He-Darling, 1 have loved you ever
since first we met. She-Well, why
didn't you say so long ago? Did you
think 1 was q mind reader?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

Torturing eczema spreads its burn
ing area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops its spreading, instantly
relieves the itching, cures it permanent
ly. At any drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

A man should be upright, not be kept
upright.-Marcus Aurelius
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
reuPTIoNs OF vEsUvIUs.

60 rarthouake gives first warning of activity of volcano
 D. 79-First eruption. Pompeh ourieo l., asbes Herculaneum swept by lava anu .,.a a,,,atier towns of Stabiae. Retina and on,ontum destroyed. Loss or hie ehoi mons no trace being left or the nSe towns. n tlons
 A D, 1Ose-stream of liquid lava pours forth. Vineyards obliterated; several VII laees ruined but inhabitants escape
 D. 6S1-Overwhelming disaster 1siobteen thousand persons killed. Crater ,,iolentlv altered by eruption. Lava reaches and destroys many coast to"hs' After Pompell, the worst eruptlon'
 A D. l676-Perpendicular eruption Mountain dwellers terrified, but no lives lost.
 A. D. 17O7-vesuvius threatens Naples. Residents pray in open streets under black nall of smoke. Relics of San Januarius paraded. Town preserved.
 A. D. 1737-Great loss of property Stream of lava mile wide sweeps noun tain. Estimated that 9OO0Oo,OOo cubic rect of mud poured forth.
 A. D. 17e0-Eruption changes shape or yesuvius New cones formed and lava and smoke issue from many sides
 A. D. 1767-Naples again terrified Streets black as night.
 A. D. 1779-Showers of ashes, scoriae and stones thrown to great height stream Of lava poured down side of cone.
 A. D. 1794-violent outburst. Town of Torre del Greco destroyed.
 A. D. tS22-Terrific eruption; 800 feet of cone blown away. Top of cone previ- ously a plane torn off and chasm formed three miles In circumference and 9SS feet deep. Pompei threatened once more.
 A. D. 1S34-Vilage of 800 houses wiped out. Inhabitants flee.
 A. D. 1S55-Flood of lava pours almost to the gates of Naples. Property wrecked over an area of several square miles.
 A. D. 1S65-Series of outbursts.
 A. D. 1S72-Eruption adds to height of crater. Stones 45 feet in circumference hurled into the air Gases envelop seismic observatory. Eight medical students buried and their lives lost. Eleven vic eruption. Two floods of lava poured out 20,oO0Oo0 feet within twenty-four hours The sea violently disturbed.
 A. D. 1878, 1880 and 1S95-Minor out bursts.
 A. D. 1900. 1903 and 1905-Vesuvius active. One thousand, eight hundred and forty four explosions noted in a single day last autumn at the observatory. Rocks two tons in weight tossed from the crater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Birminnham,s New School.

The formal opening of the Birming- ham high school is an event of deep importance in this city, for in it will be trained to the point of usefulness the men and women, in good part, who are to control in the future the des- tinies of this city and this district Dr. Phillips spoke but the truth when he said in his address at the dedica- ton ceremonies that the high school in it's new and spacious building con- cerns primarily all the people of Bir- mingham.
 Fine and roomy as the new build- ing is. the city is even more fortunate in the officers and teachers who are to handle classes in it. To the aver age boy or girl of Birmingham it is college-the only college that cireum- stances permit them to attend. Hap oily for us all, no boy or girl can be | graduated from the hlSn school ol DIT mingham without acquiring taste for and the best methods of self-edu- cation in after life. No school, no matter how high it's rank may be, can do much more than that
 Dr. Phillips has gathered together a fine staff of teachers, and every one | of them is held up to the latest and | best educational methods. The glory of the city is it's schools, but our edu- catlonal system will not even approach completeness until we have seat in the elementary schools for every child of school age We are far from that high and desirable ideal at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Settlement of spanish Claims.

The Washington Post comes to the defence of the Spanish claims com mission, of which Hannis Taylor of Mobile is an honored member. The charge is that it's own expenses out run the claims it grants. But the fact is overlooked that the good work of the commission consists in keeping the hands of looters out of the treas ury, not in giving them access to it.
 "The facts in the case" says the Post, "are simple. The total number of claims originally entered upon the docket is 542 Of these 203 were dis missed without award, The aggregate claimed in these 542 cases Is not stated, but the amount involved in the 203 cases dismissed and repudi- ated was $S,S77,21S25. There are eighteen other claims, representing in all exactly s2,3S742926, and of all this vast sum just 1862, ,252 was award. ed. It appears, therefore, that up to the present moment the Spanish claims commission has disallowed some $10,5O0000; and so, putting the expenses at $6OO,OOO, in round num- bers, we find that the commission has saved considerably more than fifteen dollars for every one expended
 The number of cases remaining to be disposed of is 321, and it is to be i hoped the saving to the government i will average as well in them as it did in the cases already adjusted. If so 1 tie sum saved will be pretty nearly twenty millions of dollars, at an ex- pense on account of the commission of possibly a million dollars.
 In the light of the facts no person of intelligence and honesty will ask the commission to change it's course. It stands vindicated by the amount of money it has kept in the treasury, not by the amount it has scattered among claimants, many of whom are undis- guised and unqualified looters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
People Courteous.

Southern people are not only the most courteous and generous I ever met, but are honest to a degree" said Martin J. Cole, owner of the circus at Smiths park
 This is a just tribute to the people among whom l have had the pleasure of spending @ most pleasant winter. 1 had not been here three weeks until I was on a trading basis with local merchants that was as safe and satisfactory as if I had lived here all my life. A telephone order was as good at any establishment in the city as a days personal inspection and 'dickering over prices. This sort of experience is something new to one in the circus business. As rule we are considered fair prey for any sort of q hold-up, but never has it been so in Br- mingham.
 T had only been here a few weeks be. fore I was greeted as familiarly and cor dally as an ex or active mayor and was made to feel perfectly at home and a full fedged citizen of this great and growing city. And l am going away feeling in fact as such, and I will return next win ter as if I was simply coming home after q business trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS
 VESUVIUS OBSERVATORY

meiri remained at his post, while around and far below him, on all sides, the fields were blasted with fire, trees were turned into burning pyramids deserted houses were overwhelmed and scores of lives were lost So steady were his nerves and so unshaken his devotion that the records of the observatory today contain minute history of every phase of this calamitous eruption which while 1t continued, spread the very madness of minimizing terror over Naples and all the country round about it."
 Palmieri was succeeded by Matteucc, who. by enduring an almost precisely similar experience, proved himself worthy successor to the heroic scientist. He spent three days, May Il. F and IS of 1900 at the crater's edge during the erup- tion of that year, and escaped with his life after the most narrowing tortures. Again all of the scenes so graphically de- scribed by Professor Serviss were re- enacted again the heat rose to incredible intensity, and once more the noxious gases and, worse, the flowing lava, sur rounded him on every side.
 With watch in hand Matteucci noted the progress of the eruption. As he watched he observed a block of mammoth size rise above the top of the crater. Car ried aloft by an unseen power. it rose slowly at first, and then, as the fasci- mated eyes of the scientist watched it's progress, 1t gathered terrific speed and was hurled high over the top of the moun- tain and precipitated with an ear-split- ti,,er to I,a of
 By noting carefully the time, Matteucci observed that the immense projectile was suspended above Vesuvius seventeen sec onds before it reached terra firna. Later. when he had opportunity to measure It, he found that it was about twelve cubic meters in circumference and weighed approximately thirty tons.
 When 1t reached the earth 1t was travel ing at rate of 300 feet per second. It was later estimated that the force which propelled this mass of solid rock into the air was equal to about e07, 995 horse power.
 For three days Matteucci remained alone in the watch tower of science" in momentary peril of his life, and when he finally escaped it was with the loss of all his baggage, except the photograph camera, to which he clung throughout the trying adventure.
 As soon as the danger was passed he returned to the tower What frightful forms the famous old volcano must have taken on, in this new eruption may be approximated by the fact that the tower survived these two terrific bombardments above described. but succumbed during bp inf If ,.I teucci and his American friends were driven out and compelled to flee for their lives, leaving behind them all of the precious records of the observatory to be swept away by the torrent of fire which overwhelmed the watch tower.