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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15
ELECTION roMoRRow.

ELECTION TOMORROW.
Outside Of the interest aroused on
the license proposition and the little
factioaal disturbance In the First
ward, one would hardly know that
there Is TO be an election in the city to.
morrow, SO quiet has the campaign
been. But there will be an election
and an important one. A city clerk
and 1--WE councilmen are to be elected,
In addition to the vote on the license
qnestion For the First time in many
years straight party tickets have been
named by the Republicans, Democrats
and Prohibftionists In all the wards,
and the campaign has as conse-
quenee been devoid OF the PERSONAL
lies invariably melted by mixed tick
cts, whilesit Is somewhat diffcult to
form correct estimate OF the result,
owing 10 the seeming lack OF interest
in the campaign. 1t is safe preiic-
ton, we think, that the whole Republic
can ticket viii be elected by very nice
mnjorities The outcome of the vote
on the license question is quite prob
lematical The temperance people
claim they will have 1000 votes. II
that Is the case, they will win. The
other side give no figures. but they
will not let the matter go by default
that rs u eineh.
The result by wards will be about as
follows, according TO present tndtca.
tons:
First Ward.
The situation is more muddled in
the First ward. than anywhere else
owing 10 the factional differences
which have sprung up over the ques
ton Of street paving and some others.
AS there are four tickets in the
fela, however. and the Republican ma.
jority Is large, 1t is thought that Mr.. q.
w. Morgan. the regular Republican
nominee, will be elected by very
handsome majority. Mr.. Morgan Is IN
excellent man and has hosts OF
friends That he will make good
councilman no one for moment
doubts. The First ward is rapidly
sts.ls y .pe irolil anu 10 ueSer''ns
~ prosressise anu worthy representa-
~, tneels ~ .ne re'
elp'.s anu tae 'os"i r'epuo''e't"S
~ wy H,sss wary e"t' 'oe Fe''eo upon
~ e ie.a MN.
Second Ward.
The race in the Second has been so
soodnatured and quiet that It reminds
people of the good old times when the
ONCE sought the man. and not the
man the once. VI. A. Jollif. the Re
publican cal nominee. rs Known by almost
every man, woman and child In the
toWn, and DE-. Jesse Janison mas given
piiis ana powders 10 nearly as many
ass Jollif knows. Both have agreed to
iet me people decide the question
without making fight and using mon
eys AS one Is a regular Republican In
good standing and the other Is Dem
ocrat N twhom there Is no shadow oil
TURNING q strict party vote Is expect
8eddn! which case Mr.. JoIEtn viii have II
safe lead.
Third Ward.
su 'oo.y n,F" every r'"s
-. as ea ", gu" pe"ee,"' 80 F."
s,as llnlolt,as. ne ca .a, mas sun
p,ss 9osssa aious M.Io"' 'nc'"e''t'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15

Read the Daily west VlrgInlan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15
AGAINST LICENSE
7ENE ..NENcy

Sample Of how to vote out the "a.
loon, Cooks Hospital. w. II. X.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15
Third Ward.

In the Bloody Third" everything
has been as calm and peaceful as a
May morning. The campaign has sim
ply logged along without incident,
with Jim Morgan and Tom Hail Won
dering which can knock the persim-
mon Both are good men and well
known and the matter will in all prob.
ability turn on the political affiliations
of the two men, with Morgan having
the usual Third ward lead.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15

Fine scribe, that payys
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-15
Fourth Ward.
Flfth Ward.

For the arst time In several snm.
mers, all Is peaceful and serene in old
West Faitmont EVERYBODY is for his
own ticket in the FIFTH and It doesn't
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
is rather interesting exception to

is rather interesting exception TO
the general rule that, as in so many
matters, old age returns to the
needs of infancy. As regards sleep,
old age is more remote in it's needs
from infancy than is any other pc
riod of life, II elderly people OBJ
tain good sleep during the first few
hours and If they have not lost that
delight in reading which We all had
in youth, but which so many of us
curiously lose, their case is not to
be grieved over. The special value
of the earliest hours of sleep. by the
way, has been proved by psychology.
cal experiment The popular phrase
beauty sleep" is well warranted. 1t
is the early (the deepesD hours Of
sleep that make for health and
beauty,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
A Fish Story.

Trout protection Nonsense said
gunner of local eminence Trout
are amply able to protect themselves,
Look at their depredations among
ducks, for example, and you will agree
with me that it's the birds thar need
protection. It's a common thing for a
trout TO jump from the water. seize a
duck by the neck, drag the unfortunate
fowl into the depths sufficiently to
leave its feet sticking in the air where
1t can get no purchase upon the uni
verse, and thus drown It, Then the
trout picks the feathers from the bird.
eats it at its leisure and swims away
out of the jurisdiction OF the courts.
Are there any fishermen? None? Too
bad. This would be a match for one
Of their fish stories"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
MENIAL OFFICE HELD HIGH.
Man Of Ability Willing to Be Scullior
to Young Queen.

In the court of Louis NV TO hold
the candle at night for the king to
get into bed by, and to help him on
with his shirt in the morning, were
the two highest honors to which his
mobiles could aspire. In the court of
Queen Victoria the office of chief soul
lion to her majesty was hardly less
honorable. Fancy the great philan.
thropist, Lord Shaftesbury, being of.
fered when Lord Ashley, by Peel this
imposing post! Lord Ashley, having
served in the Wellington administra-
tion, and having been offered by Can
ming a prominent administrative post.
was during the ministerial crisis of
1889 asked by Peel to become chief
scullion TO the queen. The forma-
tion of a cabinet. Peel explained, was
nothing compared with the compost
tion of the royal household; while
Lord Ashleys connection with the re.
ligious societies marked him out as
proper attendant on a young woman
upon whose moral and religious char
acter the welfare of million of hui
man beings depended" Lord Ashley
replied that If Peel really thought he
could serve this purpose by becoming
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
HAD MADE AN IMPRESSION.
Effect Of lnprovised Sleeping Ae.
eommodaticns on Weighty Senator.
CHAELES II. GRAVES.

Ex-senator Billy Mason tells of a.
political campaign wherein he had
been called upon by the state com
mittee TO take a part. When Mason
arrived at his first town, where ne
was TO deliver a speech the next day,
he found that the two so-called hotels
were crowded TO the doors.
Not having telegraphed for accom-.
,modations, the Illinois man discov-
cred that ne would have to make
shift as best he could.
He was compelled for that night to
sleep on wire cot that had only
some blankets and a sheet on it. AS
Mr.. Mason is a man of considerable
avoirdupois, he found his improvised
bed anything but comfortable.
Well asked the proprietor when
the politician appeared in the morn.
ing, how did you sleep?"
Fairly WELL" answered Mason.
but | certainly looked like a waf.
f1e when ! got up"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20

sively, and he was holding her close
Have faith in me, Verbena," he whis-
pered. Trust me! That's all that
can ask now"
Verbena did not answer in words,
but she touched his lips with hers
for just an instant and drew away
from him. You've barely time to
catch that freight"
And so she hurried him off, and yet
the words that he carried with him
down the headlong slide of rocks
were: Il do trust you; | do believe
you"
1t was curious betrothal. perhaps,
but Nerbena never doubted for an
instant that she was betrothed to
John Cox. A few months later, she
received a little sprig of verbena en-
closed in blank sheet of paper She
did not know that it had grown in
prison yard, and she accepted it as
a message that the waiting might be
long.
Twice the best room was opened for
funerals, for Mrs. Lombard died soon
after her husband. Then more years
passed, and every day Verbena tend
ed her sanctuary.
At last love came to her there.
Just at nightfall, when Verbena was
closing the house, she saw an unfa-
miliar figure coming toward her. And
yet her heart had recognized It. In.
Ctn CHI
best room and threw the door wide
open.
For was it not in the best room
that all girls received their-their
beaus?
I've paid more than / owed, Ver-
bena" He spoke slowly in the old,
low voice. ITS long story, Yer.
bena.''
Il don't want to hear IT., John"
Have you thought of me always
as John Cox?'" he asked Il was
Jared Conklin, murderer. 1t was a
quarrel. / killed him in reality to
save myself. If had not run away.
| might have got OFF, but when went
back-because l loved you-I had 20
pay the full penalty of the law. And
now I've paid it and overpaid it,"
Verbena was looking at him close
ly, thinking how little he had changed
since that first morning in the old
schoolroom. Possibly her mind led
his back there. for he said: DO you
remember that first morning at
school? l wondered even then If l
should ever be free to ask you to
marry me. Now l am free, and you
you are just as adorable, just as
sweet"
That's what mother used TO say" she
whispered, about that sweet green
stun in the garden. Ii might be shriy.
eled and wilted--the years have been
very long. John-but IL would be-.
would be just as sweet"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
Beeny's Best Room
BY Kathryn Jarboe
copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
BY Kathryn Jarboe


him that she was ready Noiselessly
they left the house, Verbena lead
ing him by the hand as though he
were a child.
Our horses are at the lower
gate" she whispered.
Il am only going with you until you
are safe. And | must be back before
the day dawns."
Must you go, Verbena?' Yes;
must go with YOU ! told you that !
must until you are safely out of this
part of the country. There is no road,
but have been over this path every
day for the last two weeks. ! know
it and the horses know it. There is
no time 10 be lost Come
They were hardly in their saddles,
but Verbena was already of. 1t seem
ed TO him that they rode for hours
Then they began TO climb ever so
slightly, the pace 10 slacken ever so
little.
At last she stopped and slid from
the horse. From here, your way
is down. she said. Give Jocko his
head for ten minutes. BY that time
youll strike the trail freight stops
at Red Tank Siding for water at 5:4S.
Il" Her voice broke. A culver.
ing sob slipped from her lips.
The man drew nearer to her. stretch
ed his hands toward her, then clench-
ed them fast together. Verbena! !
did kill him, Verbena, but"
oh, | know it, she cried, impul-
sively, but l wanted that you be hon.
est with me; just with me!"
| In another instant she was in his
arms, clinging to him, sobbing convul-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
His Most Thrilling Time.

When teacher asked her pupils to
write an account of their most thrill
ing experience, one of them hesitated.
Then he raised his hand.
I've had two" he said, pretty
much alike. don't know which to
write about. They were the San Fran
cisco earthquake and the Britt-Nelson
fight"
Well" the teacher said encourag.
ingly, take the one you think was
really the most tremendous, the most
exciting"
little later he turned in the theme.
The doorkeeper wouldn't sell me a
ticket because | was so young" it be-
gan, but L"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
FRIENDS HELP
st. Paul Park Incident.

After drinking coffee for breakfast
1 Always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition TO get TO my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or so a
weak, nervous arrangement of the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force | would frequently
have to lie down.
Al other times | had severe head
aches; stomach finally became AFFECT.
ed and digestion so impaired thar I
mad serious chronic dyspepsia and con.
stipation. A lady, for MANY vears
State President of the w. C. T. II
told me she had been greatly bene.
hted by quitting coffee and us;n,
Postum Food Coffee: she was tron.
Dled for years with asthma. She said
IL was no cross to quit coffee whom
she found she could have as delicious
an article as Postum.
Another lady. who had been from
bled with chronic dyspepsia for wears
round immediate relief ON ceasin,s 80,
Zee and beginning Postum twice a dar
Sac was wholly cured. Still anotbe,.
friend told ME that Postum Food Cot.
Zee was Godsend TO her. her baar,
trouble having been relieved afts,
leaving on coffee and taking Postum
30 many such cases came 10 my
houce that / concluded coffee was ~
oause OF my trouble and ! cult and
TOOK up Postum. am more tban
1 Lon ~
p,e'1seF ,'i 10 say that my days Of tro.
PIE nave disappeared am well aYd
Happy. There's q Reason" Read
me Road 10 Wenyille." in pkgs
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
WHERE WOMAN is SUPERIOR.
Vegetarian Springs a Few Facts on
Rstonished Companions.

Since the first of the year" he
said, 81 haven't had smoke, and
haven't taken drink.
Everybody looked at him with
amazement, respect and awe How
strong -willed he must be, they said;
how ascetic, how spiritual! II was tre-
mendous.
And yet said pale vegetarian.
all women, or at least 80 per cent. of
them, maintain this wonderful absti-
nence their whole life long Why
don't you praise them for it?'
With his medicated handkerchief
he brushed the sneer from his lips,
We men," he said, beside women
are hogs We call our women silly;
we won't give them the vote: but the
average woman lives ON a higher
plane than the average man, She
thinks of nobler things than money
grubbing, drink. tobacco, food
Did YOU ever hear your wife
growl about the cooking? Die you
ever hear of woman epicure? No;
woman is above the hoelike pleasures
OF the table. She is above such a
tobacco and whisky seance as is now
going on here"
! The vegetarian put on his cap Of
medicated flannel. and, despite the
warmth of the night, drew the flannel
eartabs over his ears.
: Give woman her due he ended.
"She is a finer-hbered, more temper
ate, a more spiritual creature than
coarse, gross. hog-like man."-Cincin-
matt Enquirer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
Experience.

II was Sunday afternoon, and the
infant class teacher was trying TO i'm
press the children with the beauties
of the Garden of Eden. But, chill
dren," she said, there was one thing
In the garden that Adam and Eve
might not touch"
Il know" said little boy, who
had evidently had some previous
knowledge of beautiful gardens; 1T
was poison ivy."-Harper's.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
Too Much.

THAT man Richerndirt is the most
conceited, insufferable, vain. arrogant
.nsolent, purseproud individual that
trammels the earth" said the man
with the automobile goggles.
why, / heard that he towed your
runabout in for you yesterday" said
the man with the gasoline on his
coat.
"Towed it in! Darn it! He happen.
ed along in his big touring car when
my little machine broke down, and
I'll be hanged il he didn't rig up a
derrick OF some sort and swing my
runabout into his tonneau and haul
it inl"-Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
A sardonic Definition,

Father" said the small boy, what
IA a scienist?"
"A scientist. my son. is a man who
calls ordinary things by such long
names that you can't recognize them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
GEO. II. HEALY,
Land Scrip for Sale
os,sss, In Land snd Mortgage o>ssa
RIVERSIDE, OKLA
ALEXANDER 4 BDALY.
woodward, OhlahsaA
pQfrOniZe
the adUsrtis.
' ers in this
paper

See ~ thou caBst fnd out Sneak's
noise: Mistress Tearsheet would tain
hsAy some music" says one drawer
% ths other at the Boar's Head tav-
srn; and just as Ben Jonson has "a
noise OF folders" and "a noise Of trum.
hafS
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
Sleep and Old Ace.

There is no question that the guam
tty OF sleep required steadily dimin.
ishes from infancy to old age. This
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20
sarclne Industry.

sardines used 10 be brought into the
markets Of Europe pressed and salted.
Not much more than half century
ago the custom arose OF canning them
y ess- Boy o time, butter was used
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-20

the queens chief scullion he would
accept the office. But the negotia.
tons fell through.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-16
INCREASE OF INSANITY
 AMONG IRISH PEOPLE
A Table Showing the Tendenc; in That Direction in Twenty Years.

London, Oct. 15.-One of Irelandhs most serious troubles is the appalling increase of insanity among her peo- pie. This is indicated by statistics given by Dr. Graham, medical super intendent of the Belfast anI District asylum. He shows that there is one insane person in every 119 of the pop ulation, and that there are 230O lIn- atics in Belfast and county Antrim. where fifty years ago there were only $50. The total number of lunatics in all Ireland is 25,O5O. or 5G.2 per 10000 of the population. The increase of in sanity in Ireland is strikingly shown by the comparative increases in the ratio in the three kingdoms during twenty years:
 1sS1-England. BOA per 10000; Scot land, 34 per 10000; Ireland. 3O.5 per 10000.
 19o1-England, 40.S per 10000: Scot land. 45 per 10000; Ireland. 56.2 per 10000.
 Continual emigration, of course. has affected the statistics of lunacy in Ireland. The population is rapidly be- ing drained away to the United States and the British colonies, while all the insane persons are left at home to crowd the asylums.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-16
PACKING HOUSE CASFS
 IN THE HIGHEST COURT
The Reasons Why the Defendants Think the Judgment Should Not Stand.

Washington. Oct. 15.-In the brief of the Armour. Swift, Morris and Cudahy packing companies cases, praying for a writ Of certiorari received by the supreme court of the United States today. in which 1t is sought to have that court review the sl5,000 fine i'm posed on each of these companies by the United States district court for the western district of Missouri, sev- eral grounds of defense are outlined.
 It is stated that the~Elkins act, un- der which the fines/were levied. does not apply to the shipper unless he is guilty of some bad faith or fraudulent conduct. using some kind of device, dishonest or underhanded method of obtaining a rebate, concession or dis crimination. It is also claimed that the Elkins act does not apply to ex- port shipments.
 The iur sdiction of the Missouri courts is denied on the claim that the evidence shows that the concession was obtained in Kansas, for trarspor- tation east of the Mississippi river. It is also claimed that the indictment un- der which the conviction was had. was not sufficient. The rebates are alleged to have been obtained from the Bur lington railroad.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-16
JARRED
 BY EXPLOSION
An Indiana Town Wiped
 From the Map
Twenty-Five Killed by Blowing Up of Powder Mill.

Terre Haute, Oct. 15.-The Laflin and Rand powder mills exploded at 9 o'clock this morning, practically wip- ing out the town of FOnteinet, killing twenty and injuring seriously one hundred. The mills are burning and the bodies cannot be recovered. Ev- cry building in town was wrecked. The Big Four railroad ran a special train to the scene with nurses and physicians. The injured are being brought to this city. Superintendent MOnahan of tine mill is still missing. Panic prevails in the surrounding country. Photographic and telephonic communication is broken.
 There were three explosions shortly after nine o'clock and a fourth at ten when a number of physicians were slightly injured. The latest estimate says that twenty-five or thirty ar. dead or dying and that d hundred are injured.
 The first explosion occurred in the glazing mill and was quickly follow ed by the other mills which blew up at intervals of a few minutes. At the time seventy-five or eighty men were at work When the first explosion came the men ran from the other mills and many escaped death but sustained severe injuries. At the first explosion the inhabitants of the town ran from their houses, saving themselves. No one was killed in town.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-16
An Objectionable Feature of New York's
 Regulating Law
Compelling the Companies to Make Immense Expen. ditures for Elections Whether They Are to Be Held Or Not.

New York. Oct. 15.-An effort is to be made by the great life insurance companies before the next session of the New York legislature to bring about modification of the insurance election law which grew out of tLe re-
 cent life insurance investigation. This announcement followed the issuance of a statement by the International Policyholders' committee that there will be no tickets nominated by the committee this year in opposition to the administration tickets. In the an nouncement representatives of the big companies declare that from the first the companies accepted every provi
 sion of the new law in good faith and have lived up to the very letter of the statutes. One of the most objections ble features of the law, from the view point of the companies. is that proyi- sion which compels them to make inl- mense yearly expenditures in prepara- ton for the annual election of officers. In view of the fact that an opposi- tion ticket was put in the field last year by the International Policyhold- CTS committee, no protest was made
Arizona republican., 1907-10-16

against this feature of the law. all though the expense which fell directly upon the policyholders of the New York Life Insurance comapny alone exceeded $20O, ,000. With the announce ment of the managers of the Interna- tional Policyholders' committee this year that there will be no opposition to the sC-callcd administration ticket, however, the companies feel that the time has come when they should strenuously seek a modification of the law. In illustrating the condition which they desire to remedy they point out that the New York Life already has been compelled under the law to spend more than S15,0O0 this year in preparation for an election which they know will never take place. This is entirely apart from the S200.000 spent for a similar purpose by that company last year. The officers of the big companies believe that the interest of their policyholders demand a modifi- cation of the law to the extent of freeing them from the necessity of eX- pending these sums when there is ab- solutely no need for so doing.