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The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26
incompetent Wives.

There is 10 greater injustice that
can be inflicted upon a girl than for a
mother to allow a daughter to enter
womanhood or wifehood without a
practical knowledge of a household
and its requiremer is. 1t matters not
how easy her life may be made for
her, how everything may be provided
for her by generous parents when she
begins her new career, nor how many
servants she may have at her call, a
woman is cruelty Handicapped who
comes to her own home without an
intelligent conception of its manage
ment 1t is a popular thing in certain
smart sets" to scoff at the utility of
housekeeping, but nothing more sure
ly stamps the intellectual caliber of a
girl than an indulgence in such feath-
er-brained commonplaces. The girl
who believes she becomes fashionable
by being untrue to the best instincts
of her sex is the girl who some day
wakes up to wonder why other wo-
men are so happily married, and she
still retains her single blessedness.
Wealth does not lessen the necessity
of knowledge of home-making and
housekeeping on the part of the girl,
says New York Weekly. The largest
retinue of servants requires a head,
and an intelligent one, just as the
largest business requires master;
and servants, whether in home or in
an office, are quick to discover inca
pacity and take advantage of it. The
woman who comes closest to the solu-
tion of the servant-girl problem is the
woman whom her servants know is
as capable of doing their work as they
are themselves. Servants of any kind
work best and only under direction,
and proper direction requires knowl-
eige. No study is more vital to a
girl than this. Many a girl after mar
riage has wished that she knew more
about cooking. The strongest love Of
a husband for a wife is not safe
guard for the discomfort which is sure
to enter a home where the wife be-
trays constant domestic incapacity.
If the husband be the master of his
business, he expects his wife to be
the mistress of her home. Writers
and public speakers have done much
harm in referring to cooking as a
homely art; on the contrary, no prac-
teal art exists which is more grace
full. A woman who fills her home in
every sense of the word elicits more
true applause, worthy at all of the
having, than the woman endowed
with any other quality.
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26
TOO MUCH LOVE FOR HIM.
Couldn't Spare Him Thirty Hours .
Day, So She Decided to Pass
Him Along.

Herbert" sighs the fair young
thing, while an expression of ineffable
wistfulness glimmers into the azure
depths of her lambent eyes. Herbert,
have thought long and earnestly ov u
it, and have decided that l cannot
must not-marry you"
What" gasps Herbert, pressing his
right hand to his throbbing brow, be-
hind which his brain is reeling and
caroning from side to side of his
Uranium in mad effort to get hold of
the inner truth of the words of the
angelic girl, and with his left hand
slammed violently against the region
Of his heart, which organ Is even now
cracking in premonitory manner in
dicating that il it doesn't get relief In
stanter 1t will simply break and be
through with sorrow and surprise and
several other sadnesses. What"
gasps Herbert Can I believe my
senses? You, whom I have fondly
adored; you, who have assured mo by
the light Of the moon and the glow of
the stars that you loved me as never
woman loved man before in all timet
You, who"
Eyes, I, Herbert" replies Angelica,
signing sigh in which all the heart
WEAKNESS and soul gloom of her hith-
erto happy young life are compressed.
Yes, l."
and why? In Heavens name, girl.
Why
Because I love you so much. Her.
bert. realize that at the present you
have to work ten hours day six days
in the week to earn $20-and know
that l can't live on less than $50 .
week, and 1 don't see how you are go
ing to work 80 hours a day and be
around home at all, so l just simply
decided that 1t is hopeless aspiration
md q shattered dream" Z
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26

Menelik is man of striking ap-
pearance. Capt. Powell Cotton Of the
British army found him sitting on
cushions on a dais, surrounded by
about 20 attendants, and he thus des-
cribes him: His is a very dark, but
not black face, marked by smallpox,
rather even but not very white teeth,
a short, grayish beard and whiskers.
a face that is full of strength and
shrewdness, quick in altering express
sion, and pleasant smile and hearty
laugh. His head was covered with
white muslin, drawn tight on the
skull. A fine rose-cut diamond in the
left ear, plain gypsy ring on the
right hand, white trousers, coat Of
green and yellow striped silk, black
satin cloak with gold braid and lined
with pink, was his costume"
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26

In real or supposed imitation Of col
lege youths. still more youthful stu
dents in high schools and preparatory
schools have adopted strange head.
gears. Instead Of the modest boyish
cap and the neat soft or stiff felt hat
for dress up" some fantastic boys
have topped themselves with SLOUGH
hats, variously distorted in the shape
of the brims, and even decorated with
markings and devices. The principal
of one high school has asked the boys
to cast off the crazy head-coverings
The matter of decency and simplicity
of dress is really important. The boy
who deliberately wears something
that draws attention to himself may
be pardoned by oneone with humor
enough to understand boyish folly
Nevertheless, the habit of unobtrus
I've dress is a good one to cultivate
early.
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26

For many years the earl of Tanker
vile has preached Christianity, and
now he has given practical proof of
the sincerity Of his convictions. For
the purpose Of mitigating local dis
tress, his lordship has reopened the
lead mines on his estate at Sailbeach,
Shropshire, and has offered the men
all the profits, while he contents him
self with taking the royalty and a
small percentage on the outlay on
machinery.
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26

Afghanistan's ameer was married,
a boy, to seven wives, each the daugh.
ter of powerful chief He now has
four wives, the eldest of whom is a
shrew, whose fierce outbreaks his
highness is said to bear with almost
Christian fortitude.
The Glenwood post., 1907-01-26

A Michigan woman wants a divorce
because her husband wouldn't allow
get it on the ground Of extrsms
cruelty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
Es:e.flonsI Strenath,

Du. to the plans of the company
in installing their compressors on the
gas field, the gas mains wifi have TO
be built Of exceptional strength In or.
der TO withstand the pressure which
the passage Of 5O,OOO.OOO cubic feet a
day VII entail.
Attorney :. }. Enslow. who is one
OF the directors Of the Columbia Oil
C Gas company, stated yesterday that
he thought St would not be long lntil
contracts would be closed with the
city u Cleveland by which the West
Virginia hsl5s will furnish Cleveland
with fuel. The building Of gas mains
alone will cost the Columbia Fuel &
Gas company probably 100000
within tns next fye years.
/, zap eabelI First.
Among the first Of the gas fields
10 be tapped, say the promoters Of the
company. TiD he the extensive hold.
inss n cabsll county. This territory
Is now considered to be among the
hest there IS in the state.
II is said that the work Of the com.
paay "iN fufoish employment to seY.
eral hundred zen, Rs the object Is to
push the PIPE line construction as fast
as possible.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
Here Is a Good
Home dy
For Rheumaties and Oyspepties, or Il
Suffering From Kidney or Blad.
der Trouble.

There Is no greater a~tflictlon than
10 have the body tortured from Rheu'
matism or have the stomach In a con
dftioH that the sight OF food Is almost
disgusting, and rs we have had 50
many good reports OF the successes
produced from this prescription We
feel bound to give It to our readers.
HERE 1T lS:-Ellxir Adjuvant, two
ounces; Compound Pastel, one ounce;
Elixir Calisaya, two ounces. Just
take a teaspoOnml Of this mixture az
ter each meal and a teaspoonul be.
fore going to bed and we know that in
n short time you will be cured Of your
trouble.
You can bay these ingredients sep
arately from your druggist and mix
them up yourself at home, or any drug
glst will make the prescription w
for you. 1t only costs a few cents and
is pleasant 10 take.
Cut out this prescription and have
1t always around the house.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
She's Tacky.
Ohio Stnte 1ournaI.

Ohio State Journal.
This Is the way one woman spoke
Of another. It Is a vague, indefinite
expression, but ono feels the meaning
OF 1t though the term Is quite lndehn.
able. It Is not a mean term. There Is
nothing malicious about It. A very
good person may be tacky. In fact, one
may say It Of another whom she likes
quite well. One may have MS sweet
p soul as ever broke into a smile and
get be tacky. She is the careless
creature, not in doing q duty, but IN
wearing a hat or fashloning a dress, or
putting up her hair, or plnnlng her col.
lar. She gives no thought 10 style or
the formal thing Of life. She never
has things Just right. There is a
shoestrlng loose, a garter gone or a
portion OF her neck that the washing
Ha one ea q"o'U sONae
slaNeopeaa an" Jus po="sOus'.
W. ,Son VICE. anu "
""S' "s
&Ihoush people sometimes crilislze
her, and laugh at her mildly she doubt
-
less bonds a more oeneiicent course
IN lie than her sister VINO Is rightly
correct and unbendinsly precise. a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
Draining Gas
Fields ofW VA
FIFTY MILLIONS OF FEET HAyl
BEEN CONTRACTED FOR
CINCINNATI.


HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Aprils2st-.
More Of the valuable fuel product 81
the state natural gas, Will be drained
out and given to cities in other states
for consumption by their big facto.
ries instead Of the factories being
brought here. on account Of an a.
rangement by which the Columbia
on & Gas Co., is to lay a pipe line
from here to Cincinnati, the work on
which will be commenced during the
next couple OF weeks.
The contract just closed, by which
this company will furnish 100000
feet 0. gas a day to Cincinnati con,
sumeGs, nscessitates the building OF
such a gas main.
The cost OF the main will exceed
81 100000. BY The terms Of the con,
tract, 10000, 900 feet will have to be
furnished after three years. and
!I5O.eOp0O0 feet will have to be fur.
nished . asy st the end of five years,
In order TO supply the gas, two more
90.inch mains Will he built from here
10 Cincinnati at an added cost Of g.,
GOO, 900 or more.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
PUBLIC OPINION
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consumed BY a desire 10 break q chair
over the peaceful apturned face.
Cost Of War.

IPlttsburg Post.
a dispatch from Madrid says that
the minister Of marine has declared
that the navel program to be presented
at the opening Of the Cortes compris.
leg fresh expenditures amounting to
slG.888.888 annually for several years.
The propositions approved by the ma.
/! val construction committee included
the construction OF a defensive squad.
ron, Improvement in the coast defen.
ses and reorganization Of the %arsenais.
II Is understood that the total Of the
appropriations demanded amounts to
fCi,O0O,0OO.
| This information ought to give new
zest TO the efforts OF those who are
advocating international peace. Spaii.
now occupies a position which practi
cally secures her from war with for.
tlgn powers. unless the folly OF her
own government percipitates such. Her
colonial possessions are too insignia.
cant TO tempt the greed Of other ma:
tons. She Is in great need OF the II.
most development Of her internal re.
sources. And yet she is now asked
TO spend sii 100000 for her navy. This
money would build many miles OF rail.
roads and improve her harbors and
rivers, and It's expenditure in this
manner would greatly aid her people
The latter cannot afford to have Il
laid out for warships and their equip
ment. II is no wonder that Spain Is
s%econding the efforts of The United
States and Great Britain to have the
question of the Limitation Of armament
discussed at the coming Hague Con.
ference, No country would be more
benefited by the adoption OF a policy
which would prevent war between civ.
lllzed nations than Spain.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23

New York Times.
That Thaw SHOULD be released on
bail pending q second trial Is n sue.
gestlon opposed by every considera.
ton Of Justice and Of the public safety.
1t may be, as his humane counsel
points out, that confinement In the
Tombs Will be PreiudlcIal to his health.
Thaw had no like solicitude for the
health Of the man he shot down. He
killed White. he intended TO kill him,
and seven men Of his jury believed
and voted that the killing was murder
In the first degree. The other five
voted for his acqulttal only because
they believed him insane at the time
Of the shooting and, therefore, legally
irresponsible. To let such a man 90
free under bail would be monstrous.
More than that-it would he. danger.
GUS. A dcpraved being Of his stamp,
declared by his own witnesses to be
subjected TO 'b%rainstorms," and by
nearly a score Of medical experts 10
he Of .nsound mind, Is no more Oil to
be at large than a mad dog.
Why so much consideration and ten.
derness for the slayer OF Stanford
White? The medical witnesses en-.
pl0yel by The state were not permitted
10 examine him. At every possible
point he was sheltered, protected and
Eedged about with safeguards as
though he were entitled TO unusual
treatment. Il he were a common Ita!-
ian mUrderet he never would have es-
capped examination by the experts Of
the state, and there would be no talk
Of battling him. The ability 10 give
bail Is no measure of the merit Of the
application for, il.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
snore of oreamless Rest.
louisville CONVERSATIONAL.

Louisville CourierJ0urnal.
Poets-the poets who write in prose
and The poets who write IN verse
have Indited many beautiful lines 10
sleep, discussing It both effectively
and subjectively. Literature has been
enriched by many a tender tribute to
Morpheus and many a euloSy Of the
blessed state Of dreamless slumber.
ICervantes blessed the inventor OF
sleep. Strene wished that he might
write a chapter upon such n fine sub.
feet. Teahysoa sung OF "the mystery
OF folded sleep" Young spoke Of "Na.
lures sweet reStorcr-balmy sleep"
and Of sleeps soft dominion" IIo.
mer apostrophized sleep as being the
nearest approach to the eternal calm
OF death. Cicero said that those who
make the least of death consider II as
having a great resemblance to sleep.
Shakespeare never wearIed OF dcScrlb.
ing the delights and consolation Of
sleep. To him 1t was "the balm of
hurt minds and Natures second
course. the chief nourisher of life's
feast, Natures soft nlrse that sleeps
the sense IN f~orgetHiness and shuts
Up sorrows eye" Sleep. he said, "knlts
up the ravel,d sleeve of care" Ovid
called sleep the gcntlest of the del.
ties.
But what would tho poets have writ.
fen about sleep had each heard his
fellows snoring. None sleeps so dream.
lessly as the man whose snorc is
strong and steady like The voice of a
.c~ross.cuts saw slowly eating Its way
through the heart Of a poplar log, but
enc contemplating his slumbers or Civ.
Ing ear to the audible symptoms Of the
profoundly OF his repose Is not in.
splfedto write blank verse, but rather.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
Comment Of Leading Newspapers on
Variety ofSToples-The sta.
pie Exports. XII


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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23

Next season Mr.. James X. fiackett
proposes TO mako a number Of reviv.
ais Of former successful plays. Includ.
Ing "The Pride OF %1cnnico," THE CrI
SIS" Rupert of lIentzau," "The House
of Silence" ~Don Caesars Return" and
THE Secret of Polichinclle." He will
also continue his present success. "The
Walls OF Jericho"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23
A~ssociai-whatl ise 3, 9s,sssss5o

Assoctli-Whati line OF defense do
you thinkse 6agh 10 adoptl
Leading eounse ror defendSnn4
an aaA sea o. eoasss, " can
+ up plea ottnsanits IN lis case
but j an Inclined to think woala
be better fcr VI 10 take The broad
ground nat II has ,ife artistic TEN.
perament-ehIcago Tribune!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23

llinistefs wife TO her hnsbandi-
WIZ you nelp me put the drsEing-
room caspe down TO-DAY de The
room 4 beautiflliy clean.
Minister yationsls All veil I
suppose viii have to.
Wlfs-And don't forget, John, dear.
while you are doing II that You are
a minister Of the GospelFTltBis
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23

Landlady-l'm sorry to say, sir, tia,
the coffee is exhausted.
Lodger-I'm not surprised. 1t has
been 50 very weak latelyI-strana.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-23

Our pity invariably Stops over when
We meet an ~easy.golng man who Is
New-York tribune., 1907-12-17
FOREIGN VIEWS OF THE CRUISE

European comments upon the Pacific cruise
of the American feet are just about what
might have been expected. Their general tone
is conspicuousiy friendly 10 this country.
though many of them differ widely from tn,
prevailing American opinion regarding the pur-
pose of the cruise. Some of them are markedly
characteristic. as those of Russia, which draw
A contrast between the condition of the Amer
ican feet and that which Russia sent on
voyage Of similar length under Admiral Ro
jestvensky 1t was natural. TOO, that the in
tensely practical German mind should above ali
others. appreciate the points which Captain
Mahan has been making about the undertaking,
that ii will be splendid practice for the fleet
and that the tactical working out of such Il
problem. which mas hitherto been addressed
only theoretically. will reveal many things
which ought TO be known and which could
scarcely be learned in any other way.
The majority in numbers. though not, perhaps.
in weight Of Judgment seem 10 persist in CON
meeting the cruise with crisis. or tension, in
the relations of America and Japan Possibly
this should not be wondered at seeing how
eagerly that idle notion has been put forth by
sensatonalists in this country. and seeing. too,
how accustomed European nations are TO re-
gard every important military movement as
being intended directly for aggression for
great deal more than in Japan itself. where
the situation is better understood and where
the cruise is regarded with pretty general equa-
nimity and with only such concern as SO unique
an adventure naturally provokes in intelli-
gent observers. But it is agreeable to see that
NOT few of the best informed and most
thoughtful European authorities share what is
said to be the French official view-that Japan
cannot possibly find cause for taking umbra ge
at the cruise.
Not the least welcome of all the observations
is that Of "The London Daily Telegraph which
sees in the cruise an extraordinary emphasiZ-
ing of President Roosevelts conviction of the
permanence Of good relations between America
and Europe, "as otherwise he would never
venture to send the whole available strength
"of the United States to the utter1nost parts OF
1.-The earth" As a matter of fact, our Atlantic
Coast is not left as unprotected as some might
imagine. Yet it is indeed an extraordinary
thing especially from the European point of
view, TO send SO large a part of the navy so
far away from the waters where its chief use
has been supposed to be. That Great Britain
for example would send her home and Chan
mel fleets to Canadian waters. leaving their
places empty for a term Of months, is simply
rrfhinksble. 1t may be that this manifestation
of faith in continued peace on the Atlantic will
impress the world no less than will the mani
festaton Of tremendous military potency on
the Pacific The world may learn that Amer
ica can send its feet from one part of its own
waters to another without either menace to
any power or fear of any. And that will be
by no means an improbable lesson.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-17

as Mr. Ridgely says, cure some of the weak
nesses of our present system ending the accu-
mutation of reserves on reserves and ahordihs
a nroper place for the deposit of government
funds But to serve the country well 1t wouid
have to be kept as free from political ana spec
uIative control as are the great nstlonaI pahhS
of Europe These are the considerations wnlcn
will probably cause hesitation 10 adopt cen
tral bank system under present cohdiuoh9.
Probably IL is an ideal to be worked to"ard
rather than one for immediate realization
For the present we need rather TO cohS'ue'
the lessons of the recent pan and to iooh ioi
remedies not so drastic rs the formation OF
central bank The existing system or keeping
a large psrt of a banks reserves IN anothef
bank. which in turn treats it as deposit ana
maintains ONLY a reserve against It, having nee"
shown to result in weakness. the law permit
ting il NAV be modified. The inelasuclty or
our currency system, moreover, may ne parIN
cured without change in our present banhlhs
ARRANGEMENTS These seem to he the greatest
weaknesses II is probably wiser TO strive no"
for moderate changes in the right direction anu
such as are not likely to arouse conslderapiF
or,nosjtion rather than for so radical REFORM
as Mr. RidgeIy advocates; though III our opln-
ion. il is good thing that the plan of a central
federal bank should be frankly recommended 10
nubljr favor by a high financial officer OF the
New-York tribune., 1907-12-17
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from Tho Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, Dec 16.-Fasnionable society WIT
messed the benefit performance tonight for the
House OF Mercy, those occupying boxes being
Mrs. Elkins, Mrs Duncan McKirn, Mrs. John
Jackson. Mrs. Charles II. Butter, Mrs Julian
James. Mrs. George Marye and Rear Admiral Silas
Casey. They all entertained parties.
The Third Assistant Secretary Of State and Mrs
Huntington Wilson entertained guests at dinner
tonight. and will give a dinner tomorrow night
in honor OF the delegates to the Central American
conference
William Moore, OF New York arrived in Wash
ington to-day to visit the counsellor of the French
Embassy and Nine des Portes for several days.
Miss Theodore Shonts and Miss Marguerite
shonts arrived in Washington last night with Mrs
William Reid Rogers. who has been the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Shonts in New York. They will re-
main here several days. Miss Squiers. daughter
of the Minister to Panama, also accompanied them
Washington. and will be Mrs Rogers's guest
until Wednesday, when she will return to New
York. preparatory TO sailing for Panama on Thurs
da+