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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31

Any body can have the finest wall
paper for what they pay for brown
backs. H. C. BURDETTE,
Il. sample room below Watson Hotel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31

Miss Ware has arranged an enter.
tainment for Elocution department at
Normal next Monday evening. Ad.
mission. zoe. ct
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31

spa"
"well:r
Whats women's rights?"
Everything they want. Run away"
Leader
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Great Piqeon Cities In the swamps

Each spring in May all the rosy gulls of q wide region somehow agree to re- sort to particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear ing their young Just how they decide the important question is not for us hu- mans to know. At any rate, what they do select is great area of grass, reeds or rushes growing out of the water, and there, out of the abundance of dry stems, each pair builds partly float ing nest, side by side with others. thousands upon thousands of them. These great cities of the prairie pi. geon present one of the most dramatic, spectacular sights in the bird life of this continent, comparable in way to the former breeding ..roosts" of the real wild pigeon.-Herbert K. Job in Outing Magazine.
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If the Tree Falls, What of the Ivy

We hear d great deal about the mod ern girl developing mannishness, inde- pendence and losing her femininity. X great many people are much alarmed because girls are not trained, as for merly, in womanly gentleness. It is beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine character as the ivy which clings to the masculine oak for support and ill return covers and beau- tifies it's hideous knots and scars.
 But if the oak falls what becomes of the ivy?
 There is too much of this ivy clinging and beautifying idea in training girls. They should be taught that it is just as necessary to be independent, to be self supporting, as to be able to cling and bcautify. In other words, they ought to be able to stand alone if the tree falls and not go down with it, Success Magazine.
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Are Women's Watches Inferior?

''Yes, madam" said the jeweler. showing watches to woman custom CT, 'this is a sixteen point action, the best that is ever put in lady's watch"
 Don't you put just as good works in lady's watch as in gentlemans?" asked the woman.
 "Why, no, not at all, madam. La dies do not need such good watch. Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile, and then they let it be for week or two without using it. This is as good as any lady needs.''
 The woman explained that she was q business woman and just as depend ent on trains and boats as a man, but the jeweler remained unmoyed in the conviction that sixteen point was all any woman needed.-San Francisco Call.
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Toothpicks.

Toothpicl,s were in common use in tncient Rome. Sometimes they were made of quills. but preferably of the wood of the mastic or lentiSk tree, whose astrngent and aromatic gum is known to modern dentistry. Martial's ep1grams frequently mention the den tiscalpium, or toothpick, and recon mend the wooden kind above the quill The toothpick was taken to England by travellers from Italy and France.
 As Mares says, "The using of it ill public was long deemed an affected mark of gentility." Shakespeare takes this view when he makes one of the characters in King John remark:
 Now, your traveller
 He and his toothpick at my worship s
 mess.
 And when my knightly stomach is suf-
 feed
 Why, then 1 suck my teeth and catechis2 My picked man of countries.
 The most fantastic use to which the toothpick has ever been put was the sixteenth and seventeenth century fash ion of wearing it in the hat as a tro- phy or an ornament.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Blue Eyed Babies,

It Is a pity that all babies born with the prospect of being adopted out of an orphan asylum are not blessed with blue eyes. Most persons who wish to adopt children show d prefer ence for the b.1c eyed variety.
 "They seem to think" said the ma tron of one such institution, that blue eyes give promise of great intelligence honesty and general stability of char acter. That Is pretty hard cn the youngsters with eye, of brown. black gray or hazel. TrAoGhtetlly thnS4 chi dren will grow up to he just as Wertitt citizens as the blue eyed tots but il impossible to make most of the pre- spective parentsin=law believe 5o They have been influenced ly the ar guMents of certain half baked ScipA tific writers who claim that all the xir tues are found in blue eyes. and tAs dark eyed children. no matter wha their percentage, suffer from the dis crimination. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Her Limit.

The old generation of Galloway lairds were q primitive and hospita- ble race, but their conviviality some times led to awkward occurrences. In former days, when roads were bad and wheeled vehicles almost unknown, an old laird was returning from a supper party with his lady mounted behind him on horseback. On crossing the river Urr at ford at point where it joins the sea the old lady dropped off, but was not missed until her husband reached his door, when, of course, there was an immediate search made. The party who were dispatched in quest of her arrived just in time to find her demonstrating with the advancing tide, which trickled into her mouth, in these words: "No anither drap neither het nor cauld. d."-London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will ba ra- ceived up to Mon 1al, May 20, 12 o'clock noon. by t1e directors of school district of Pine Bluff, Arkan- sas, for the erection of brick high school building. Drawings and specifications can be seen after May 1 at the office of the Pine Bluff Trust company, Pine Bluff, Arkan- sas, or at the office of George R. Mann, architect, Little Rock.
 All proposals must be accom- companied with certified check to the amount of $500 as an earnest of good faith, that the bidder will enter into contract with the said board of directors to build and com plete the building for the amount stated in proposal and in accord anee with the drawings and speci- factions as prepared by George K Mann, architect.
 The hoard reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
 N s. M. TAYLOR,
 President Board of Directors M. HANF, Secretary.
 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 26 1907. 1w
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The Old LN1rf1j.1 P5r

"Yes, that is q fine s,tecimen of the old brass warming paa," said an anl.,- teur collector of antiques, quoted by the Philadelphia Record. "but 1t hangs on the wall from this time on. 1t will not be brought into acquisition for ae- tual warming purposes again. It's too good" Then he added contemplative- ly: "My daughter thought 1t would re- new the ancient flavor of things to put that warming pan to use So on one of the coldest nights of the winter she filed the pan end with live coals, shut the lid and put the pan into one of the beds. In little while the house was filled with smoke, which, on being traced to it's origin was found to como from the bed. which was alire With a few olden time wood embers these warming pans were all right but witt live anthracite they simply overdo the job. We put out the fire, but, as l say from this time on the warming pal hangs on the wall empty"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
kneada Earth.

Even old Pling wrote of ''pisework. y pronounced 'pee-say work" It was suggested by the bllt.ilg processes of the ants, and the durable walls made according to those wonderful archi- tects of the insect tribe were callesi "fornacie.' The method was wei known to the ancients, and some of the oldest houses in tie world today are of this construction. Rondelct writes oi a chateau in tha department of Ain Fraace. which he repaired in 176s: ",; was at least 150 years old. and tht walls had arqUi.ej! q hardness ant compactness equal to ordinary stone SC that ill enlarging the windows and oth CT apeItures the workmcn used tho same tools as in q quarry" Pie is simply kneaded earth. What is Mexi can adobe ?-New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
SOCK MAKERS HOLD MEETING

Philadelphia, May 13.-A trade |conyention of considerable inn |portance ill commercial circles is l that of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, which open led today in the convention hall of | the Continental hotel and will con- tinue through the entire week. Nearly all of the leading hosiery manufacturing concerns of the coun- try are represented. Addresses on subjects of importance to the trade will be made by many men of high standing in the world Of commerce. A feature of the convention is an exhibition of machinery used in hosiery manufacture, which opened this morning in a Chestnut street hall. The exposition is open to the general public. The latest improve ments in knitting machines and irn- proyeA methods of dyeing and fn- ishingV hosiery are being demon strated and tested. More than 100
 manufacturers of machinery and
 supplies are represented.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
ltaIy's Leanina Towers,

Most gleaners of the wonderful con- sider the leaning tower of Pisa to be something unique in architecture This is an error, however, for there are two others in Italy and several in other European cities. The two at Bologna are the most remarkable. One of them is 321 feet in height and leans over six and half feet from the perpendic- ular, and the other is 161 feet high and has "a lean" of over nine feet. The oldest of these two remarkable structures was built in the year 111O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
A Words Birthday.

It is curious to see how new word extends our vocabulary. For instance the discovery of photography has led to 234 words being added to the Ian guage. Dr. Murray fixes March A. 1889, as the birthday of the word "pho- tography." It was on that day that Sir John Herschel used it in paper which he read before the Royal so- ciety. The new word took root in France. and two or three months later when Argo made his report to the chamber of deputies concerning the pension of M. Daguerre he quoted Photographic" as generally accepted word.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Flies.

The astonishing abundance of flies during the latter part of the summer is accounted for by the estimate made by an eminent entomologist that the progeny of single house fly in the course of one summer will number 2OSO,32O. If 1t were not for the in- numerable enemies provided by nature for the destruction of the fly, the whole air would be filled by the end of Au- gust with swarms of flies, which would render life insupportable. I'd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Douglas Jerrold's Wit.

Douglas Jerrold was on one occasion debating with friend the respective merits of two contemporaries. The ar- gument had been long, and. thinking to conclude it by a compromise, the friend remarked:
 ''Well, after all, they both row in the same boat"
 "But not with the same skulls" re- joined Jerrold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Why He Baked.

Mrs. hortcommons-Have some more of the lamb, MT. Wisenham. Mir. Wis enham-No; 1 can't bear to eat it. 1t Shortcommons-How do you know? MT. Wisenham-Because they must have waited years and years before they had the heart to kill it.-Cleveland Leader.
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His Luck.

"Luckiest man I ever knew! Every thing succeeded with him. He had only to say what he wanted. and he got it. Why. confound it, was walk ing with him one day-the very last day of his life-and he said to me- When I die I want to die suddenly. Got run over that very night. Ever see such ck!''-I.ondon Mail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
His System,

'How do you dispose of your garbage here?' asked the stranger, who was gathering data for purposes of rubiica- tion.
 "We always throw ours in the gar bage can." said the man with the chi beard, but I don't know. of course, about the neighbors.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
HAT MAKERS UNION

New York, May 13.-The annual convention of the United Hatters of North America opened here this morning, with unions of all the hat manufacturing centers represented. The sessions will extend through several days and much important business will be transacted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
A Dipioms.

T say. father queried little John ny, whats a diDlc.rat:"
 "A diplomat, my son." replied the old man, 'is Il person who doesn't mean what he lreans others to think he means"
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A c..mper.

Marion-I showed papa those verses you wrote me, and he seemed pleased. Harry-He did? Marion-Yes. He said he was so glad to see you were not poet
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So Srdden.

Carsone-Wouid you like to own a puppy, Miss Cecei!a? Cecelia-Oh, MT. Carsone, this is 70 sudden!-Young's Magazine.
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i conspicuous vocation of the law. The memory of his stories and humor still survives in the national capital, where few men have been more popular.
 The story of the way Allen got his title of Private is still worth telling though the incident happened over twenty years ago. 1t was when he first ran for congress. His opponent was a General Tucker, and the two campaigned together. The general at one meeting told the crowd how he had saved their town during the war and grew particularly eloquent ill describ ing his sleeping in a tent the night be fore the battle.
 Allen, who was not within a hundred miles of that battle, reioined in his inimitabe manner:
 Friends and Fellow Citizens-Its all true what General Tucker told you about his sleeping in his tent that night before the battle. I know all about it, for l was guarding that tent all night long in the cold and wet picket. And now 1 just erals in the war and slept at nights ia your guarded tents, like General Tucker, you vote for him, But all you fellows that guarded the generals tents in the wet and cold like me, you vote for Pri= vate Allen.
 That speech gained Allen his sobrl quet and his election at one and the same time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Safety.

"Why," asks Missouri paper. "doeS Missouri stand at the head, in raising mules?'
 Because" said another paper, "that is the only safe place to stand"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13

Cyncism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.-Mere dith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13

ECk, THE PHOTOGRAPHER, WILL GO TO HIS MONTICELLO GALLERY THIS SUMMER AS USUAL; WILL CLOSE HIS GALLERY IN PINE BLUFF JUNE THE FIRST. IF YOU WISH ANY KIND OF PHOTO WORK MADE LIKE ECK MAKES IT, HAVE IF DONE NOW.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
Wit and Humor PRIVATE" JOHN ALLEN.

"a II ~ years of SelN
 ice, durin 2 which time he en- joyel the reputation of being the wit of the national hoiiSe of representatives, Private" John NJ. Allen of Tupclo. M MiSs, voluntarily Y retired to the more
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13
GAS ToRHA A. Bears ta. 1Ths Kind You has Ahyays Bought ''',;'''' :; &Mz71zzW
OUR STANDING OFFER.

Anyone sending us names of iu- ventors, will be paid s3 for each case we get from them. Just send the name, we do the rest. Look around you, and you will he surprised at tne number of inventors wishing pat ents. in your neighborhood. D. kpwart & Co.,, Washington. D. c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-13

Unsurpassed facilities for neat and quick job printing. All kinds. Phone us when you need any work in our hne. Both phones.
 ADAMS PRINTING co.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
"TriaI by Jury" TO BE Repeated.

Owing to the success OF the high
school musical comedy, the Trial by
Jury" which was given recently and
to the many requests that the pro-
duction be given again DR.. Epley and
the performers have decided to put
the little opera on again soon. The
program will probable be revised and
strengthened in various places and
owing to the experience gained In the
first production the entertainment
will be n very enjoyable AFFAIR even
for those who have seen the former
creditable effort
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
Circuit Court.

There were none of the many
cases which were docketed in the cir
cult court for today's business ready,
and the entire morning was used by
Judge Burnett in postponing the va
rious suits. The following business
was transacted yesterday:
The equity suit of w. w. Slaugh-
ter VS.. e. l.. Remington, ct al, was
settled.
A demurrer to the complaint ia
the Maud /. Rudolph VS.. Maye y.
GrIswold case was overruled.
The default of the defendant in the
divorce case of Lee Peterson VS..
Rhoda Peterson and the default OF
G. w. Wilson in the divorce of Mar
tha Wilson VS.. G.. w. Wilson was en-
tered.
The sale was confirmed in the fore
closure suit OF Geo. T.. Chamberlain,
ct al, VS.. George w. Johns. ct al.
A motion OF the defendant TO
strike out plaintiffs cost bill in the
suit of David Froebrlch VS.. ID. f,
Lane was overruled.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
STAGELAND ATTRACTIONS
and
Amusements at the Capital City


long absence, looking fresher than
ever.
AS Cyprienne, the dissatisfied wife
of Henru des Prunelles, Grace
George was at her best. She uttered
with sincerity and conviction the
sobhistry of the wife, who suddenly
came to believe that she had miss
ed much in life because of her lack
of experience and who rebelled
against the conventions which tied
women. She accomplished with
and grace the swift tran
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
Raymond Hitchcock, April 20.

"A Yankee Tourist" a new comic
opera in three acts. the book by
Richard Harding Davis, lyrics by
Wallace Irwin and n score of much
merit by Alfred q. Robyn, has been
selected by Henry w. Savage as a
new starring vehicle for that most
amusing of comedians, Raymond
Hitchcock, and In that vehicle he
will be seen at the Grand opera
house on next Thursday evening,
surrounded by a cast of extraordi-
mary excellence and singing and
dancing chorus typical OF all Savage
productions Mr.. Hitchcock has been
aptly christened "the totally differ
ent comedian" and In every partlcu-
lar he II different from any other
comedian on the comic opera stage.
Ills past successes have been many
and In this new vehicle he Is expect
cd 10 equal II not surpass all of the
other trlumphs he has known. Mr..
Davis, who takes rank as one OF the
most brilliant of present day Amerl-
can writer's. has studied Mr.. Hitch
cock and his methods very well and
the result Is that he has given him
as nearly Profect Il vehicle as Is pos
slble. Mr. Irwin rose TO sudden and
TO what has since proved a lasting
4 ~ H.
verses In Golfers and others OF the
high class magazines, has written
some very consistent and most enter
tanning lyrics, while the music by
Mr.. Robyn is said TO be some OF the
most catchy yet written and he will
long bc remembered for the original
lty OF the score he provided for "Ths
Yankee Consul" In which Mr. Hitch
cock made one of his most cOnyinc-
ing successes The cast surround
ing Mr.. Hitchcock is one which has
long been Identified with him and
includcs Flora Zabellc, Herbert
Cawthornc Harry Stone, Helel
Halo. Susie Forester Cawthorne,
Walter Lawrence, Eva Fallon, Phil
lip Smalloy and others. The engage
mont In this city will be limited ana
unquostionably will be numbered
among the most pretentlous theatri.
cal events of the season. The COM
pany carries complete orchestra as
we'll as am immense amount OF seen.
cry. Seats will be ON sale al tho
box office Thursday morning at Q
O'Clock Phone orders will bo accept
cd.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23

sltion from the wife seeking to leave
her husband for another by way OF
the easy road of new divorce law,
to the woman who came TO realize
that her husband had virtues that
attracted her, With the arousing OF
the first pang of jealousy she forgot
her sophistry saw the faults of the
lover and the commendable quali-
ties OF tho husband, and suddenly
found that she was not so certain she
wanted a quick divorce. Miss
Georges acting was subtle, clean-cut
aud frequently touched the height
which the role demanded
Frank Worthng. as the supposed
ly self sacrificing husband who sac
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
Curod rheumatism.

Mr. Nm. Henry of Chattanooga,
TennY loi rheumatism in HIS left
arm. "rhe strength seemed to have
gone out of the muscles so that II
was useless for work." he says, 81
applied Chamber,ain's Pain Balm
ana wrapped the arm in flannel at
night and 20 my relief I found that
the pain gradually left me and the
strength returned. In three weeks
tho rheumatism had disappeared and
has not since returned" If troubled
with rheumatism try a few appllca-
tlons OF Pain Balm. You are GER
tain 20 be pleased with the relief
which 70 affords. For sale az DR..
Stones drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-23
Job as Interpreter.

The United States civil service
commission announced that an in
terpreter examination will be held
May IS, 1907, at the places men
toned below to fill vacancies as they
may occur in the position of inter
prefer in the immigration service, at
5000 per annum.
Examinations will be held in the
following cities: Astoria, Baker
City, Eugene and Portland.
Applications will be received for
any of the following languages.
Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian (Arabic)
Bohemian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Chit
nese, LaImatian, Sanish, Lutch, Fin
nish, Flemish, French, German,
Greek, Hebrew, Herzegovinlan, Hin
doc, Hungarian, italian, Japanese,
Lithuanian, Montenegrin, Magyar,
Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portu-
gese, Slovenish (Kranish), Spanish,
Swedish, Syrian, Syrian (Arabic) &,
Turkish, Ylddish.
Age limit, 90 years or over on the
date of examination.
Applications should at once apply
to the local secretary of the board Of
civil service examiners at any of the
places mentioned above, or to the
secretary, Twelfth Civil Service Dis
trict. San Francisco, Cal, for appli-
cation forms 304 and 1141, which
should be properly executed and filed
with the civil service commission,
Washington, d. G.