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The Washington herald., 1907-11-13

J. c. Stubbs, Of Chicago. one Of The
highest officials Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company. was at the New Willard
last night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
DROP INTO LIONS, CAGE.

Exciting Exptrisnee Of French Slack
II Wire Performers,
There was an5 exciting scene at the
Apollo, the reRest Of parisIan music
halls. the other night. One Of the mum
bers on the programme was slack wire
dancing by the Rosie sisters over a
cage containing a couple OF lions,
which meanwhile were put through
various tricks by Wood. the tanner.
Wood, having Just flushed bis per:
formance. had thrown down his whip
and was leaving the cage when the
wire on which the Rosie sisters were
making final pirouette snapped, aud
the girls fell into the cage, which had
IN open top.
The lions, alarmed ut the sudden and
unusual apparitiOn. sprane at the girls.
One OF them was knocked down and
received d severe wound on the right
shoulder, which bled proflsely. The
other girl remained lying where she
fell, fortunately alongside the tanner.
who, though whlpless. drove back the
beasts while the sisters were got out
OF the cage.
The scene caused WILD colnmotion
among the audience, and many women
tainted.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
Castro to Visit
United State S
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONFER.
ENcE WITH ROOSEVELT,
so HE SAYS.

CARACAS, Venezuela, May "a
delayed In transmission president
Castro is preparing for a visit to the
United States to confer with Presl.
dent Roosevelt about affairs affecting
the two nations. From Washington
he will go to Europe to complete his
cure at some health resort.
Castro's intention was announced 10
Congress today. 1t is probable Vice
President Gomez will be delegated TO
act in his place during his absence.
Greatly improved IN health after
his lingering Illness, Castro was Civ.
en- such an ovation never before &C.
corded public man In Venezuela on
his resumption Of his governmental
duties in public today. He reviewed
5000 troops, who cheered him as they
passed the reviewing stand.
Castro opened the session Of Cor.
gress In person, and both houses was
Unclaimed. A special mass In com.
memoratlOn Of his recovery was
sung in the cathedral.
The absolute power Castro wlelds
was well illustrated when the Con.
gress. without dissenting voice or a
question being asked, approved In toto
all Castro's executive acts and ex.
penditures from 1905 10 1907. Both
houses adopted resolutions congratn.
lating the President on the fact that
peace has been maintained at home
and that foreign claims against the
government are gradually being re-
duccd.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01


on the scene the unequal fight must
have soon been over. So Interested
were the combatants that they did not
notice the presence Of man, but when
The coyotes finally saw him they quick.
ly beat hRsty retreat With snort
Of victory the buck turned his lead
md saw the man.
He paused for the fraction OF min.
ute In surprise. Then, with lowered
antlers and blazing eyes, he made n
rush for this new Intruder, and sud.
denly Schot remembered that he had
no gun. He did not feel In mood for
foot yaciug Just then, either, SO he
Skinned UP a tree at pace that would
make the nimble gray squirrel green
with envy. Nor did he have any time
to lose, for as he swung himself Into
the first branches the tip Of the deer's
antlers tlckled the bottom Of his foot
and caught the hem Of bis oyeralls.
ripping them to the pocket.
Tint was perhaps the proulest buck
aeer that ever trod the earth In Oregon,
He had put to flight band OF wolves
and freed man. and he concluded to
camp there awhile and enjoy bis Ia
tory. For m hour he guarded bis cap,
tive, stamping his feet, shaking bis
head md making other warllke demon.
utrations, while Schot remained IN the
treetop and wished for his ride. Final.
y The deer tired Of the game and mo.
seyed OF into the woods. stopping once
in awhile aud looking back, rs II to
say, 1--WE notion to climb that tree
and get you yet"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
LET THE MILL BURN.
Woman So Busy Getting Egg That
She Gave No Alarm.

Woman So Busy Getting Egg That
She Gave No Alarm.
A Chambersburg Pa.) woman heard
a hen eaekle and went to the chicken
coop to get the egg. She noticed a
blaze in the engine room Of the plan
Ing mill Of ]. A. Holllnger e. Co., nd.
Joining, but she was more interested In
the egg. She could not reach It and SO
returned to the house and got poker,
with which she pulled out the egg.
Then she went back to cook It. While
she was doing SO she casually remark.
ed to her husband,
"The mill over there Is burning"
He made dash and turned In an
alarm, but the fire had spread to the
dry kilns; filed with lumber. The re-
suit was that several buildings Of the
mill were destroyed and thousands Of
feet Of lumber were consumed, oil en-,
failing loss Of $4,000. e .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
ATTEMPT TO KILL
BISHOP IN ROME.
A Socialist Agitator Fires at Him, But
Priests Brave Act Saves
His Life,

LuDLlN, Russia, 1une Ian at.
tempt was made yesterday 10 assas.
sina'e Bishop iatshevsky, Of the Cath.
o1fc Church. A man. who subsequent.
ly was identified as Socialist agita.
for who had twice been imprisoned,
fired several shots from revolver OF
the bishop while the latter was walk.
ing through as treet here and then at.
tackled him with a dagger, slightly
wounding him.
The bishops life was saved by a
priest, who sprang between him and
the would.be assassin, who was cap.
tured by the police.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
BEAsTLY INGRATI7UDE.
Deer Trees Man Who Saved II From
Pack Of Coyotes.

Deer Trees Man Who Saved II From
Pack Of Coyotes.
VIII schot, holding down claim In
the tall timber few miles from Butte
Falls, Ore, had IN exciting experience
one day lust month. He was at work
in the woods some distance from bis
cabin when his attention was attracted
by the feroclous barking Of pack Of
coyotes in the canyon below him, Tie
Sounds were Unlike the ordinary coyote
cry, and Mr.. Schot, becoming interest.
cd, started down the bill TO investigate,
mud as he stepped around n bunch OF
thick brush lie came suddenly within
q few yards OF n magnificent buck sur.
rounded by the pack and making 4
valiant though losing fight against the
hungry horde. With hoOf and horn be
fought them on, but It was n losing
game, and had Mr.. Scllot not appeared
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The Athletics have purchased n
New York boy Of whom they expect
great things. He Is Edward Collins,
Il student Of Columbia college. AT
Columbia Collins was about the only
real baseball player that was develop.
Ell in the last five years. He owes
much of his coaching to Bill Lander,
the former Giant third basemaa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The Bills Are Just tho Same.
why Is It that man never worries
like n woman over whether his wife
still loves him"
"oh, n man emit see that 1t matters,
anyway"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
Hospital o. K.
MEMBERS OF BOARD INSPECT
LOCAL INSTITUTION AND
FIND IT ALL RIGHT.

The members Of the Board Of
Miners Hospital inspected that instl
tuition yesterday and reported that
the hospital is in excellent condition
This speaks well for DR.. ]. ". Nc
Donald. who has charge of the lnsti
tuition.
The board Is composed Of NJ. L
Hutchinson, president; E. A. Billings
lea, secretary; Al. BonniAeld, Of Tun
melton, and ]: +. Pierce, Of Rowlesburg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Don't fall to read the great offer on
page seven Of this paper to-day.
There Is a proposition there that is Il
interest 10 all who want TO keep
posted. i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Manager Hanlon has decided to re.
move the Reds from the glare Of the
public eye. Both benches are to be
moved from the open field near the
plate and boxed in at the edge Of the
stand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Umpire Risler never places his
mask on the ground. While working
behind the pitcher he wears the
thing on his arm after the manner
of wrist bags seen in shopping dis.
tricts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

II you know Of any one who does
not get the West Virglnlan you will
do US a favor by calling his attention
TO Our liberal offer on page ] Of this
paper. s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The Yankees still hold one record
anyway. Danny Hoffman Is the lead
ing run.getter Of the American league
even II his batting has fallen to pieces
Oh the nasty Western trip. And Con,
roy heads the base-stealers with u
burglaries to his credit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
WEST PENN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Cumberland, .; Connellsville, 1.
Beaver Falls, Q; Butler, 0 (forieited)
Games To-Day.
Clarksburg at South Side Park.
Greensburg at Scottdale.
Butler at Beaver Falls.
Conneilsyiffe at Cumberland.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Rhody Wallace continues to ham.
mer the ball at a consistent rate. He
has made nine hits In his last five
games and II in the last 12.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Connie Mack has q great reputation
as a developer Of young ball players,
hut he has no medals for keeping
them. Niles and Pickering Of the
Browns, were both his, and they are
Tow one two in league batting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Bob Unglaub, the new manager Of
the Bostons. Is feeling his oats. He
is giving out short paragraphs on how
TO train ball team. This from u
man who has hardly had breakfast as
a manager.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

what do you consider your first
dutyT
ITO please myself"
"Ah, and your wIfe's?'
Same thing"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Fishing Weather.
There's no use In talking,
Cannot do Il thing;
Find myself a-balkins
When the robins sing.
Feet refuse TO travel,
Hands refuse 10 so:
Want 10 walk on gravel
Where the waters row.
Never saw such weather.
Where's my rod md line?
Here they are together,
Gee, the day Is fine!
To the winds with wishing
The desire would pass.
Have to go a-fshing
For a mess OF bass.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

It is close race between two clubs
in the old league, but II certainly
looks like an open one In the Ameri-
can. with the Sox slight favorite.
No one Of the first six clubs can be
counted out of II now.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
To.pay's Games,
Chicago at Plttsburg.
Brooklyn at New York.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Big League Dope

Clarence Beaumont made for hits
In the doHble.header at Boston and
one OF his drives in the first game
was a home run.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

AS a result Of his improved hitting
George Stone has been moved up
again TO the place OF honor In the
Browns batting order.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

A good cigar will burn slowly anil
equally; the weed that shoulders up
one side IS Of Inferior quality.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The capital Of the Toxic. Electric rail-:
way is to be Increased to So, 900, 900
foriimproyements and extensions,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

One day recently the losing teams
in seven bi.league games piled up n
total OF three runs, Certainly the at.
tendance is bigger than It ever was
at ball games, but still few more
rules TO help batters and a few less
to help pitchers would help some.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

II you know Il any one who does
not get the West virginian you Will
do US favor by calling his attention
to our liberal offer on page Z Of this
paper.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

It Is a funny stunt that the
Browns. sixth in the race, have the
best, the second best and fifth best
batters In the league, but that II what
the league standings show. AMI Geo,
Stone Is one of the three.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Chesbro has been working slowly.
thanks to Grifith's sound judgment.
The Tanks skipper will not take any
chance with the big fellow. Chesbro
says he Is In condition TO work regl.
larry, bnt Griffith, a pitcher himself,
familiar with all the angles Of the
game, knows differently.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

True, but Then
"lle Is q man Of rare good judg.
mcrt."
Indeed, never noticed it."
"What"
Cant shy that l did,
"Never noticed that he Invariably
says nice complimentary things about
meT'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The Detroit Tigers are no stronger
in the field than they were last year
and they are weaker In the pitching
staff. But they are playing better
ball than they ever DID. Maybe
Hughey Jennings knows the answer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

An Inference.
"l1ave You seen anything Of my dog
going along here?"
81 have seen n dozen dogs go past.
How should ! know yours! Does be
look anything like youi"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

The wine Of experience that Is press.
ed from the purple grapes Of youth
doesn't make anybody drunk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
o.oay's Games.

rO.oay's Games.
Detroit at Chicago.
Cleveland at St. Louis.
New York ut Boston.
Philadelphia at Washington
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

Being happy Is purely q mental con.
dillon except when You have the
grip.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01


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John Smith, His Day.
foot tootI
Lot tho born.
IN business
And The cannon
shoo,
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you
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
FL. CHENEY & co, Props,
Tofedn n

Sold by Druggists, price IS.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

A man who eau keep baby from
crying can have II square meal most
anywhere be chooses to so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01

schooltenchers earn a lot Of the tax.
payers money that they don't get =.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-01
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klATIO GAN
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16
Booming the Hog.

The boomer is at work again. At
a hog sale in Missouri last week for
ty-three head sold for an average
price OF $585. One animal sold for
$5,I25, another for $4,25o, and third
for $2,I5o. Such prices are fictitious.
We DO not mean that the sales are
not bona fde. We don't know. But
the prices are fictitious in the sense
that they are too high for the intrin-
sic worth OF the animals. Like all
booms, this will have it's reaction.
The financial wrecks scattered along
the trail during the past ten years
ought to serve as warnings, but when
the fever gets in the blood warnings
are little needed. Booms in pedigreed
live stock would not hurt so much if
the sales were anyways genuine, but
no sooner is the boom we'll under
way than a system of wash sales
and paper trades is begun, which
sooner or later brings grief to most
OF those who are parties to them.
The conservative breeder has a right
to take advantage Of boom prices and
get all he can for the hogs. he sells,
but If he is wise he will insist on get
ting the money and he will not tie
himself up to buy back as much as he
sells.-Wallace' Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16
Duroc-Ierseys Again.

Editor Florida AgrlculturlSt
| was glad to see in your late issue,
two letters eulogizing the Duroc-Jer
sey hog, both Of which | can heartily
endorse. In your letter headed, "Old
Beaut," | know from experience ex-
actly what the neighbors said, when
the proud, young stockman brought
home his high priced pig; as last year
that had won prizes at Ohio, New Y ork
and Lexington State Fairs-'A fool
and his money soon part was about
the mildest sympathy l received.
Needless to say those sows were not
bought at SO moderate price as $50.
One Of these sows had, 10 pigs the
first litter, and has just produced IS
the second The other had the first
litter, and has not yet had her second.
Of course these numbers were too
great, SO that had to reduce them to
7 and 8. Now this question of large
lltters is one of the strong points Of
the DurOc-J Jersey, because to raise a
given number Of pigs it is not neccs-
sary to keep as many sows as would
be necessary with some other breeds.
WV .OI11Sl VCIy oIlOllS pOlIllS are
their qualities as grazers and their
contented, gentle dispositions. Mr..
Fuller referred to their grazing quail
ties i'll his letter, but through all
obvious error you made him say they
were "splendid rangers" instead of
splendid grazers." Now this graz
ing quality is what makes them SO
valuable for Florida, as we can easily
raise unlimited forage and pasture
here in Florida. Grab grass, millet,
rye and oats and dwarf Eosex rape
IN the winter, supplemented with
chutas, sweet potatoes and COW peas
IN their season, we can grow pork
here as cheaply as it can be grown
anywhere. Any Florida farmer, by
dividing his farm into several small
divisions and growing a succession of
quick growing grazing crops, can, pro-
vlded he has suitable breed Of hogs.
grow pork at a nice profit Every
Florida farmer should write to the y.
S. Department of Agriculture, Wash
1ngton, for Bulletin No. 100, "Hog
Raising in the South"
Charles F. Hiley.
Orlando, Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16
Why Sweet Potatoes are Not Grown

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
| saw in your issue of the 25th inst,
an inquiry from one of your exchang-
es as to why sweet potatoes are not
grown more extensively in Florida.
l can answer that question as far as
this section is concerned, and it is
mainly because the Irish potato will
not do near as we'll on land upon
which a sweet potato crop has Just
been grown. The sweet potato Is :;
rank feeder, and takes good deal
out OF the land, in facr, 1t does not
pay to grow sweet potatoes steadily
on the same land, if you do you will
soon tail utterly. [ am, of course,
fully aware that a great many crops
have the same popularity, but it seems
to be more intensified in the sweet
potato. 1t taks the same substance
from the soil that the Irish potato
needs
[ got an object lesson on this p,int
several years ago. My crop of Irish
potatoes that season, yielded ID bar
rels of seed, small portion of the
land planted had been planted in
sweet potatoes and that portion yieIG-
ed scarcely 10 to I, and it was some
of my best land. Everything here in
the farming line is subordinated to
the Irish potato crop, which has gain
ed more important position, I think,
than even the orange used to hold. |
hear OF land being rented as high as
twenty dollars an acre per annum for
planting in Irish potatoes. That is
as much as I paid for my land out
right 80 years ago. Good Irish potato
land, OF which there is plenty in this
section, sells for big prices. So your
brother Of the Live Oak Democrat"
can see why this part of Florida has
Stacked up on growing the toothsome
tuber. l do not see why it would not
pay farmers in other parts of the state
to grow sweet potatoes more largely
as there does not appear to be enough
to supply the demand. They are sell
ing here at wholesale as high as from
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16
A Freak" Hen.

The following account of a curious
freak of nature, we found in the Poul-
try Advocate:
A neighbor here in Abingdon, Mr..
street from Rev. Mr. Hall, whose
winter egg story we told in April
number), has ''freak" hen that is the
oldest thing in the hen line that we
have ever seen. She is a Barred Rock
hen, of the Farmers Barred Rocks
type, and very good hen in shape
and color; that is-she is all right in
color, originally.
When about a year old, in the
spring year ago. white feathers be-
gan to show in the neck plumage, a
white feather appearing here and
there Gradually the white feathers
extended over the body, until, in the
course Of two or three months, she
was white all over She looked like
a White Plymouth Rock, and no one
could have told, or would have guess
ed, that she had ever been anything
but white; examination showed no
barred feathers, or 'ticked" feathers
anywhere, and she was White Rock
This spring she has started back
again, and is gradually changing back
to barred plumage. This was first
noticed four or five weeks ago, when
barred feathers began to show, a lit
tie here and there about the neck;
these have been extending over the
body, one coming OUT mere and an
other there, until she is now about
half and half. Evidently she has re-
pented of her lapse from barred plum
age and is returning to her own class.
1t is funny, though, that such a
change should have come about, both
times, in the early spring; if it had
been in the fall, at the usual time of
the mott, less would have been
thought of it. Apparently she went
through mott in the early spring,
commencing when she was just about
a year old, and it is confidently be-
lieved she did not mott again in the
fall; being the only white hen on the
place it would have been noticed,
probably, if she had molted in the
fall, and now she is going through
another early spring mott and chang
ing back to her original color.
We think this is the oldest freak
in the hen line that we have ever
seen
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16
The New Onion Culture.

Edltor florida Agriculturist:
Iell Mr.: J: E. S. Gin No. 36 of the
Agrr1culturlsD, Mr.. T. Greiner's New
onion Culture is the best book. Or
aange Judd Co., New York City, or
from the author, Mr.. T. Greiner.
Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio.
Rudolph Klein.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16

IS cents to $1.oo per bushel, and l
have seen them sold at this season of
the year for 40 cents, or even less.
Geo. Wilkinson
Federal Point, Fla, Sept. 80.