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snail minimize ~senseless anomaites
without opening tie DOOR q phonet
Hcense hy then the English
iapeaKine peoples manhest un
WORTH Of the Opportunities
which fate has youchated othem-
William Archer the tLoadon1
Morning Leader, Sept 1896.
William Archer for Spelling Reform.
That the mass Of the American read.
ing public the newspaper reading
pubic-ls deliberately hostile to re-
form, I do not for a moment believe.
AT present they may be Indifferent;
but active propagandism will soon
leave the mass, and the desirabllity
of reform Will become an accepted
doctrine. Nor can there be any doubt
that English opposition viii strength
en- rather than check the movement
II there is one thing more than an
other that the American resents, it is
the idea that our birth and residence
in this island give US any exclusive
right to, or authority over. our com
MOI speech. If we accept the idea of
reform. and are willing to cooperate
in. settling the details, I trust and be-
lieye that America would welcome
that cooperation. If she did not, at
any rate, she would place herself in
the wrong. But If we obstlnately re-
fuse to consider the question Of re-
form America will go her own way,
remodel her own photography, and
leave us the disastrous alternative of
either humbly accepting her legisla7
ton. or seeing a genuine linguistic
barrier grow up between the two peo-
pies. "But that" 1t may be said,
would be as great a misfortune to
America as to lis; why, then, should
you approve her action In wanton1y
prccfpitatIng such a contingency"
Simply because the demand for SPELL
ing reform has reason on Its side, as
opposed to mere prejudice and mtstak-
en- pathological argument, unconnten-
anced by any competent philologIst.
The party of reason has a clear right
to take action: If any undesirable re-
suits should ensue through the obsti-
macy of the party of u%nreason, on
them, and not on the party OF reason.
must the responsibility rest.-Wllilam
Archer, in the London) Morning
Leader, Sept. /, 1906.
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Rrftisher Versus America.

1t is high time he Dresden Roose-
velt) holds. that q land which is alike
the Home of the Free and the Para
disc of the Half-educated should be
provided with a tongue of its own, He
has watched with sympathy, and slim
ulated by example, the efforts OF his
countrymen to emancipate themselves
from Old-World conventions. Should
anybody dispute the patriotic claim,
let him search. the files of American
newspapers and read. If he can, the
twenty or thirty columns of the Presi,
dents lsatMhrdluetaoin stil%f ,aavoned
dents last message to congress. 1t is
something, but It is not enough, that
in some of the States the spoken Ian
guage is almost unintelligible to a
Brltisher. Consider, too, the astonIsh,
ing variety of the Independent dialects
which have arisen within the Union,
1t Is even declared that a citizens
domIcile may be Identified when you
hear him eating pie. Here we are pre-
sented with a beautiful illustration OF
that progress from the homogeneous
10 the heterogeneous which Mr.. Her
bert Spencer regarded as a symptom
and condition OF Development from the
lower towards the higher life. = The
U4ondon) Saturday Review, Sept. I
1906.
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shasper and b.. johnson.

IaHEM
There Is no intention here of cham
pionIng Mr.. Rooseyelt's proposal.whtch
looks as II It would lead In the long
run to a good deal of Inconvenience
and expense without any correspond
ing saving Of time or trouble for the
moment. But It is as well to look
at the facts a little more closely with
out condemntng on-hand a number of
proposals which apparently have the
approval of such authorities on the
history of the Ergltsh language as
Professor Skeat and Or. Murray. When
people talk a little rashly about aban.
doning the time.honoured msthed of
spelling this or that word or class of
words, they are apt to forget, not only
that there are plenty Of words the
spelling of which has been changed
during the past hundred years without
anybody proving much the worse for
it, but also that standardized spelling
Is a comparatively modern institution.
Practically speaking, 1t began with
DIR. johnson. Those who object most
strongly to any sort of "tinkering"
or "tamperfng with the language of
Shakespeare" may reflect that Shakes
peare himself was so tolerant of
change as to sign his own name in
tw~enty-sIx different ways.-The Uon-
dom Spectator, Sept. 1. 1906.
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school Books Exchanged
at A G. Klnkead's, GA Main street.

Alta vandervort VS.. Curtis Wander
vort.-1n chancery In the Intermedi-
ate Court of Marion county, West
Virginia.
To Curtis Vandervort:
Take notice that the deposition OF
myself and other witnesses will be
taken at the law office of ogden & Og-
den in the Hall Block in the city OF
Fairmont, Marion county, West Vir-
ginia, on the 5th day of October, 1906,
between the hours of 9 O'Clock a. m,
and 6 O'Clock p. m. of that day to be
read in evidence on the hearing of the
above styled cause In behalf Of the
said Alta Vandervort.
II from any cause the taking Of the
same be not commenced or being COM
menced shall not be completed on
that day, the taking of the same will
he adjourned from time to time until
they are completed. Yours. &c.
ALTA vANDERvoRT,
By NJ. ". OGDEN,
Her counsel.
Sent. 5-11-1S-25.
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Spelling Merely a Matter Of Fashion.
The spelling Of English words is
largely a matter Of fashion. and has
varied, like the fashions in clothes.
from generation to generation, and
still more from century to century
There5is no logic, rule, or natural law
about it. The rules which govern 1t
depend entirely upon custom. and the
variations which occur in the preva-
lent custom from time to time have
their origin chiefly in the composing
rooms OF printing shops, just as the
variations in the cut or colour of
clothes originate in the shops Of the
mil1iners and tailors. That SO much
Importance should be attached to the
spelling of words in accordance with
the fashion of the day, and any de-
parture from this fashion be regarded
as a supremely comic exhibition of
boorish ignorance. only shows how we
are dominated by the tyranny OF the
majority and the force of habit. -
Henry Labouchere in (London( Truth,
Aug. 80. 1906.
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Spelling in the Prayer BOOK.

Those who are readiest to condemn
as "~scornful innovations" or "Ameri-
canisms'' varies suggestions for an
altered photography are apt to forget
how arbitrary the greatest of English
dictionary makers occasionally was in
his choice between variant spellfngs.
1t was DR.. johnson who added the
tk' to "musick" and 'rhetorick" and
"physick.' which before his day were
more commonly spelt as we spell them
now. Labor and "honor" and TIA
vor'' irritate many readers, who style
them Americanisms. But 1t was DIR.
johnson who introduced the unneces-
sary, though, perhaps, rather graceful
"u," and who wrote, in addition, a IL
thour' and "errourr and "governour,@
The last spelling has only dropped out
of the English prayer book in the
twentieth century. How many church
goers have noticed the change?
There are, as a fact, a large num-
her of English words the spelling of
which has been undergoing, and is
now undergoing. a series Of changes,
yet which very few readers Or writ
ers notice are being changed, simply
because the change is coming about
SO slowly. If the same change that
is now going on slowly we're suddenly
recommended. or commanded, there
would probably be an cutlery. Take,
for example, the words judgment"
"skillful," "dogmatize," "fulness," and
quartet" Contrast with them "quar-
tette," Guinness" %dogmatise,' skill
full" and Judgement" Which is the
old and which is the new spelling?
Probably not one out oft hree ordinary
educated men would care to risk his
reputation on the or~thogrophy OF all
five. AS 10 Exist" and ''blusht,"
which ara two of the Presidents
choices which have been subjected to
much criticism, both forms are just as
pleasant to see and hear as kissed
and "blushed." But it was not Presi-
den Roosevelt who invented them.
They belong to all the poets, ancient
and modern, and perhaps they are
only objected to because they do not
seem to At in quite properly with the
prosiness OF modern existence. The
Q4ondon) Spectator, Sept. l, 1906.
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EnoTand Interested.

Our correspondence columns have,
for weeks past, been giving evidences
OF the public interest int he question.
The letters have ranged from the pri-
vate expressions Of desire for reform
and simplIhcation to outrageous exam
Piles OF the worst that may be expect
yed: from sane counsel like that OF
MI Mayhem or OF MI. Robert Bridges.
whose very tntsresttng letter we
publish o5tay. hs Wild some
zines ia sfafnmaHpa ometime
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ssts[TbFof SfnSonsh eIiver sconaplafnE
tarnfd 1fyer e1rsh fITnT1ams ieliTnnie novel
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whateyeF reginn nSme or nature. II Is
s1sn 4 %sneeiFe N aDi siich chronie
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esnaeiailt In S6rSduefnr pefel
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Tandrnks root nd 0neenis f6otEaH 81
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Sff do aboya mant{0ned afectlona
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EnsIand's Enemies oppose stmpIitfed
Spelling.

E.
The Presidents action has made
English photography a question of urg-
snt importauce-an International, or
even ito adopt DIR. Relch's favorite
world a geopolitical question. 1t is
of the greatest moment that England
should take up a well considered atti-
tude on the matter. We find our
selves, with somewhat startling sud
denness, at a parting of the ways. We
must choose, either the path OF unity
and solidarity with America in the
usufruct OF our great common herI-
taEe, or the path of linguistic diverg-
ence, which a few literary Little-Eng-
landers on this side, and a good many
political EngIand-haters on the other,
would deliberately prefer. Fortunate
", 1 believe the party Of wilful dis
union to be comparatively small on
either side of the Atlantic. A greater
danger lies in the sheer mental tner-
tia OF the British race-tts shrinking
from the eSertion of overcoming a
great deal Of absolutely Irrational pref
udfce and acertatn amount Of real diff
fculty. i do not pretend that the mat
ter is quite a simple one-it is not.
The proposals of the simpllhsd Spell
ing Board, which President Roosevelt
has adopted, far from being final and
adequate, are only provisional and
tentative. Until a final and adequate
solution of the problem is arrived at,
la greatde deal of confusion Is inevitable,
land for a time the difficulties Of or
typography will be Increased, rather
than diminished. But Il we cannot
tcomas through this linguistic crisis
With reasoaabie temper And
al speItnagg whieh
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The Burden Of the chiIdren.

-
From my individual point of view. the
thing is not very important way
or the other. But there is n point
OF view from which 1t is very import
ant indeed, namely. that. of the rising
generation. The great practical evil
Of the condition into which the spell
ing Of the English language has drift
ed is that it takes boys and girls years
and years of constant application to
master its fnscrutable eccentrlclties.
and that countless hours are thus
wasted, often in vain. which might be
applIed to the acquisition of some
knowledge OF practical value. have
read Somewhere that an Italian child
can be taught to read and to spell
correctly in less than a year from the
time it begins to learn, and there is
no reason why 1t should not be SO,
for, when once the child has learned
to appreciate at a glance the vocal
significance of each letter, 1t has MOTH
ing further to learn. Compare with
This the years Of tedious drudgery
which the English child spends in COM
hitting to memory-there is no other
method Of mastering 1.-THE incOnsist-
emit and hewlldering photography" of
tens of thousands Of words in his own
language, and then think of the edu-
catIonal handicap which is thus laid
upon him in competition with the
italian or German child. In the pres
ent day this is a consideration which
we cannot afford to lose sight of, not
only because our children have to
compete in education with the chill
dren of all other nations, but also be
cause public education is a very heavy
charge upon all of us in ii capacity
OF ratepayers and taxpayers, and we
do not want to keep a child at school
for seven years learning, and even
then only learning lmperfectly, what.
under a more rational system, he
might learn in seven months. | be-
lleve l am right in saying that this
was the consideration which chiefly
moved the German government In in
shutting stmplfhcation in German
spelIing.-Henry Iabouchere in lion,
dom Truth, Aug. 20. 1906.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

- d.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
At rules held In the cIerF's Office OF
the Intermediate Court Of Marion
county, West Virginia, on the first
Monday in September. 1906.
George W. Ridenour, VS.. jennie Ride.
nour.-In chancery.
Summons.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
To the Sheriff of Marion county,
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to sum.
mon Jennie Rfdenour to appear be.
fore the Judge of the intermediate
Court Of Marion county. at rules to
be held in the clerks Office of said
court, on the first Mon lay in Septem.
Der, 1906, to answer a bill in chancery
exhibited against her in said court by
George W. Rtdenour.
And have then there this writ.
Witness, r.. B. Parrish. clerk of oul
said court, at the Courthouse Of said
county, the 29th day OF August, 1906
and 44th year Of the State.
r. 4 PARRISH, Clerk.
The sherir's return or the foregoing
summons is as follows:
The within nar1ed jennie Ridenoul
is not found in my baliIwiclk, neither
is she an tnhabitnnt thereof.
Z.F. DAVIS.
Deputy for H. II. Furbee, Sheriff OF
Marion county, W. Va
object of Suit.
The object OF the above suit is to
obtain, on behalf of the plaintiff,
George W. RldeHoru, a divorce from
the bonds of matrimony from the said
defendant, Jennie Ridenour. and to
secure the care. custody and control
of their infant son, John Ridcnour.
An affidavit having been made and
filed that the defendant, Jennie Ride
nour, is a nonresident Of this State,
the said defendant is required to ap,
pear within one month after the date
of the first publication Of this order
in the clerks office of our said court,
to do what Is necessary 10 protect her
interests.
And it Is ordered that this order be
published and posted according to law,
Given under MI and this sd day OF
September, 1906.
R, u PARRISH, Clerk.
M. w. OGDEN,
Counsel for plaintiff.
Sept. 4-1l'1S-25.
School Books,
New supply at A. c. Ktnkead's.
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The English language ana French.
President Roosevelt hopestha thus
simp1ifed the English language viii
soon triumph oyer the French as the
language Of diplomacy. He has declar-
ed himself an enthusiastic admtrer OF
the Anglo,saxon tongue as well as Of
Anglo-saxon institutions. and he sees
no reason why the language Of the
dominant race should not be recog-
nized as the dominant language OF the
whole world.-Le Matin Parts(s Aug.
n. 1906.
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WASHING WITHOUT WATER
L. Like Trying to Get Rid Of Dandrun
without HerpIeIde.


without Herp1cIde.
Did you ever see any one trying to
wash themselves without soap or
II you did what would you say Of
him?
rid Of Dandrun and to preve Bald
ness by feeding the germs which cause
1t, with Ca~nthrarides. Vaseline. Glycer-
Inc and similar substances which form
the principal Ingredients OF most So
called Hair Vlgors.
Newbro's HerpicEde is successful be
cause It attacks and kills h parasitic
germ which feedsapn the hair roots.
It is the original and only genuine
scalp g~ernicide manufactured.
Sold by leading druggists. Send loo. in
stamps for sample to The Herptclde Co..
3. A. BiIiingslea Z Co, ap'eaA
agents.
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COMMENT FQR AND
ACANS SNPuHED SPELLING

gar e~1trayagance Of the thorough5go;
ing enthusiast on either side. There
can be no question that the leading
phtlogists. at any rate ii this country.
are ON the side Of reform-Professor
;skeat, Dr.. Bradley, DR.. Murray, Pro
lessor sweet-The London) Acad-
envy, Sept. 1, 1906.
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that It should Arouse Id us no spirit
of reckless pride, and least of all a
spirit o. needless disregard OF our
responsibilities but rather a sober
sense of our many blessings, and a
~resolute purpose, under providence,
not to forfeit them by any action of
our own.
Material w%ell-being indispensable
though it is, can never be anything
but the foundation of true national
greatness and happiness, if we build
nothing upon his foundation then
our national life will be as meaning
less III empty as a house where on
ly the foundation has been laid. Up
built a super-structure of individual
and national life Hved in accordance
with the laws of the highest moral
ity or else our prosperity itself will
in the long run turn out a curse in
stead of a blessing. We should be
both reverently thankful for what
| we have received, and earnestly bent
upon turning it into a mean of grace
and not of destruction.
Accordingly, hereby set aside
Thursday, the 29tn of November next
as the day of thanksgiving and sup
plication upon which the people shall
meet in theI homes or churches, de
voutly acknowledge all that has been
given them, and t. pray that they
may in addition receive the power tic
use these gifts Alright.
In witness thereof, I have hereuntC
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington
this 22nd day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and six, and of the iniepend
ence of the United States the one
hundred and thirty-first.
(SEAL) Signed, Theodore Roosevelt
By the president.
Elinu Root,
Secretary of State.
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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Secretaries

Resolutions Adopted by chaVes coun-
ty Convention, September 4, o
We, the Democrats of Chaves coun-
ty, in convention assembled, hereby
adopt the following resolutions:
1. That we favor the establishment
of a railroad commission, which shall
have power to regulate boil freight
and passenger rates, upon terms fair
both to the railroads and the public
2. We are in favor of a provision
to the effect that no county, or other
municipality, shall be allowed to bond
vate enterprise.
3. That we favor liberal homestead
exemptions.
A. That we favor a provision in the
constitution prohibiting the sale or
barter of intoxicating liquors, or the
giving of same to minor students of
schools, or to habitual drunkards,
VINO have been so declared by mem
bers of their family OF by the court.
8. That we favor the adoption of a
provision in the constitution pertain
ing to local option.
6. That we take this opportunity
of expressing our admiration for, and
our confidence in, our matchless lead
er, Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
whom we propose to elect, in 1908,
President of the United States. There
fore, we hereby instruct our delega-
ton to the Territorial Convention to
vote for and attempt to secure the
adoption by that body of a resolution
endorsing him az the democratic nom
inee for President at the mex ensu-
ing presidential election.
z. In view of the fact that this ter
ritory has bee for years seeking in
vain to be admitted into the Union
as a separate state, and, in view of
the further fact that it seems that
statehood will not be accorded us by
the republicans; who have been for
many years in power, and will prob
ably remain in charge of the senate
for several years after the next cleo
ton, though the democrats may
the next President and a ma
jority of the members of the Lower
House of the next Congress-; and in
view of the fact that the people of
this territory do not desire longer to
under a territorial form Of
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Presbyterian Notice.

The members of the Presbyterian
church and congregation are cordial
meeting at the Presbyterian church,
Monday evening, October goth. Said
meeting is called for the purpose of
discussing the propriety of calling a
minister. By order of the Session and
Board of Trustees. 03t2
KARL A. SNYDER,
R. s. HAMILTON,
Secretaries.
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10Th Representative District, com
posed of the counties of Chaves
Eddy, Roosevelt and Licoln.
One County Commissioner for the
First District for the term of four
years.
Second District for the term OF
two years.
One Probate Judge.
One Probate Clerk.
One Sheriff.
One Assessor.
One Treasurer.
One Superintendent of Schools.
One Surveyor.
Two Delegates to the Statehood
Constitutional Convention.
The polls in the various precincts
shall be re- from 9 O'Clock a. M.
until six o'clock p. m, of said
day and said election shall be
held in conformity with the cleo
ton laws of New Mexico heretofore
established for the election of Ter
I'll liz SouALy oLICCIS, anu uu-
der the Act of the Congress of the
United States approved June 10,
1906, for the election of Delegates
to the Statehood Constitutional Con
vention and Shall Arizona and New
Mexico be united to form one state,
n the election for the purposes of
said question is hereby proclaimed
and called in accordance with said
Act.
Be it furthermore proclaimed that an
earnest invitation and urgent request
be and it is hereby extended to all
the voters in the severa precincts
opposite opinions on the question
Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united to form one tate? to be
present at the time and place where
votes are ~canvassed, in the sew
eral precincts, and also hat citizens
Of different opinions on this question
be present at the session of the
Board of County Commissioners at
which The returns for the county are
and certified.
VIII uC Dy Sucn means as InlS
hat we will convey to the people OF |
his Territory, to those Of Arizona, !
o the authorities 1t Washington
md the Nation at large. the fact that
he people of New Mexico believe
n an honest ballot and a fair count
Ipon all public questions.
Witness the eal of the Board of
Commissioners of Chayes
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hospital for the past three weeks with

hospital for the past three weeks with
typhoid fever, is getting along nicely
and expects TO be out in ten days.
J. NJ. Coburn, OF Lakewood, mana
ger OF the Turkey Track ranch, came
up on business this morning. He
states that his company has sold
only the farm near Lakewood and
still owns and operates it's ~ranching
interests.
w. s. Prayer and w. b. Getting
ham, of Mcpherson, Kan, went to
Riverside today TO load ten cars OF
lambs which Mr.. Prayer has sold to
Mr.. Cottingham. They were accom-
panied by J. w. jenkins, of McPhert
son.
A very attractive window can be
seen at Kipling's Candy Store. Fresh
chocolate creams have been arrang
ed so as to form the word KIP
LING'S." To the back of this car
be seen many different kinds OF
tempting candies made fresh from
the candy kitchen.