The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-24

" "@A- ~ ul1 -uu Win lvItlLuue,
and told Mr.. Dixon that he was Ger
tain there was an after life and that
the immortal part OF man could 20
about freely after death. He made a
solemn pledge that he would come and
tap on Mr.. Dfxon's door. in Washing.
ton. At midnight on the day OF the
hanging. On the date Of the execu.
ton Mr. Dixon sat up until midnight,
but there was no knock. He was
about TO retire in disappointment.
when he happened to remember that
there was a difference OF three hours
between the time in Montana and
Washington, and that probably the
ghost was running on the Western
schedule. He waited three hours
more, but the knock never came. Aft.
er this unfulfillment Mr.. Dixon does
not believe in ghosts, but he thinks
he is the first man on earth to direct
speculative inquiry as to what time is
kept in the great beyond.
Miss Batch as an Engineer.
The first woman civil engineer In
the United States is Miss Nora Stan.
ton Batch. GRANDDAUGHTER of Eliza,
beth cady stanton. She was recently
appointed a member of the star of civ.
II engineers having in charge the
work on the new 100000 900 catskll
system that has been added to the
New York water supply. Miss Biatch
received her training at Cornell,
where she was the only woman In the
class. At first, it is said, the men stu.
dents purposely chose long trails,
hard climbs and almost impossible
barriers In the attempt to tire her out.
but she donned short skirts and bloom.
ers and managed to keep up with the
best of men, thus winning their re.
spect and admiration. Before her cleo.
ton to this STAFF Miss Blatch was Of.
'fered a most flattering position in
China. the offer coming through a
high-class Chinese official sent here
to organize a corps of engineers for
work in the flowery Kingdom. She
was recently elected a member Of the
American Society of Engineers and
was the first woman to be SO honorel.
Actors Did Real Work.
AT the time of the great disaster In
San Francisco many people encoun.
tered experiences there which were al.
most as unusual and unexpected as
the earthquake itself. While Golfers
theatrical company was just ready to
sail from that port to Australia, and
as a result of their being alive and
evidently able.bodied all the men in
the company were rounded up by the
enterprising soldiers and put to work.
The tasks were labor of the hard
est kind, and Mr.. Collier was required
to shuck his coat and work for three
hours lifting heavy timbers and clear.
ing away debris. John Barrymore, a
brother of the actress Ethel Barry.
more, was put to trench digging for
the prescribed three hours. BY his
side was the Secretary of State for
California, whose official dignity
meant nothing to the burly represen.
.tatives of Uncle Sam. All were prod.
.ded into line with the bayonet when
there was any sign Of tagging, or dis.
inclination to work.
Mrs. Marie Van Worst who has
done much sincere and effective work
in the effort to ameliorate the evils Of
child labor in the United States, has,
like most writer's who see things in a
limited time, made some, amusing
mistakes. One of these is told by a
Huntsville, Ala, cotton-mill man. you
see we do not like to have women visI.
tors anyway" he confessed. Nobody
who works wants other people com
ing in to look at them in their old
clothes and asking them personal
questions. But she begged SO hard that
finally decided to let her go
through. Then we got to dickerins
among ourselves as to who would be
guide. Finally We decided that as a
special compliment she should have
our new bookkeeper, who was Just
from New England. He was a real
Bostonian and we thought he would
impress her with his manners and
fine clothes. Later, when we bought
the magazine to read her article, we
found 1t nearly all correct, except the
allusion to her guide, the dignifed
.,a,
Boston. She said she was shown
through the plant by a pleasant South.
ern boy, who spoke with the custo.
mary drawing. negro accent of the
people of that section. You ought to
have seen that Boston bookkeeper. He
simply sawed the atmosphere into
segments, and e now the mere
mention Of his negro accent causes
him to kindle with righteous anger