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quietly. seize the precious machine and
turn il over 10 Deas. He was 10 put il on
board canal boat secretly ard run il
down the Hudson. from New York it was
TO be sent 10 Virginia He thought il
quite possible TO carry ont the scheme to
4 successful conclusion before the ma
chine was missed. by seizing it on a
Sunday morning.
Ii vas planned for the nail works men
To rendezvous az the gas works. one Of
whose employees was 10 help. ON sunday.
April H. But this came to the ears Of the
Nard boss. and he laid il before Supt.
Dauchy, Of the works. He consulted with
Mayor Van Alstyne and Hannibal Green.
an iron merchant The last named was
a Catholic. and the three called on Father
Havermans, pastor Of st. Mary's Church.
They thought he might influence the men
by addressing them, but he had better
plan.
Leave this matter 10 me-" he said. II
Will attend 10 it properly and without
any trouble.
And he did. but in a way no man OF
less originality and less knowledge Of
human nature would have dared 10 at
tempt
Flag Flies Below Cross.
The meeting Of the mayor. the gas SUI
perintendeut. the iron merchant. and the
priest took place Saturday night. and II
broke up as soon as the last named had
! assured the other three that he had a
peace solution of the difficulty in mind.
! soon after they had gone Father Hav-
ermans got United States flag and
nailed it 10 staff. This he put in the
hands of a man whom he could trust and
. Il.
/ old St. Mary's and faSten the staff firmly
/ in a little window so that the flag would
/ float where all could see. Next morning
when the nail workers, going up Third
street TO the gas yards. reached Wash
ington square, they saw "Old Glory
/ flying just below the cross.
! Amazed at the sight, they halted. while
one-a foreman in the nail works-shouted
out in his surprise.
! IT'S no use going any further. boys
| The old man is in It. Let's 80 back {,
/ the nail works.
They did, and the wisdom Of Father
/ Havermans plan was vindicated. The
/ flag flew from St Mary's spire every day
! thereafter so long as the civil war wen
on.
Raises Company for War.
! Young Olmsted was not personally con
nected with this incident, but he knew
about it-Dauchy being his brother-in-laW
and at the same time was busy playing
his own part in the war dramas first act
The first gun was fired on Sumter OF
| Friday, April y. on Saturday. April 13
word of President Lincoln's call for 900
men was wired from Washington. 4!
soon as he knew about it Lieut.. Georg,
l.. Willard. another officer on Gen. WoOr!
staff, went 10 young Olmsted and asked
him to get out and begin the raising o
recruits.
Olmsted wished to do this as much al
Lieut. Willard wished 10 have him. II,
was not only one of the most popula
young men in Troy. but he was also
corporal in the West Troy City Corps
and thus it seemed especially fitting tina
he should be the first TO enlist soldiers
in Troy for the Northern cause
1t was Lieut.. WIZARDS notion that tn
young man should begin ION the quiet
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METROPOLITAN MANNERS.
Women the Chief Offenders Against
Rules Of Breeding.

From the NeT YORK Times.
Nowhere are the metropolitan manners
more conspicuous than in the favored
haunts Of the modern New Yorker The
theater. the opera, The tables and corri-
dors Of fashionable restaurants. and the
great cafes Of Fifth avenue furnish the
evidence from which one may arrive at q
fair estimate Of the degeneracy 10 which
New York manners have been subjected.
There was a time. not Ions distant.
when there were great ladies' in New
Y FORK society holding their own with the
great ladies OF Washington. Boston.
Philadelphia. and Baltimore. and there
were polished men OF the world here too
who cultivated and preserved manner
as well IS good manners. \ contingent
OF this class still exists in New York. ap-
palled ar the monster of the younger
generators creation But this race is
fast dying out. and IL is a lamentable fact
that, so far as their descendants are con-
cerned. they have left few successors.
| Tennyson's T is only noble TO be good
may indeed be paraphrased into ct is
only smart TO be rude and the coterie
OF the rich and rude UnQuestionably rules
the social rocst.
The modern breed is exempIified in
what may be called the "shrielrng sis
terhOod. whose members set such IA bad
example OF high-ptched vOlubility thar
minded women outside the EEK
elusive" circle argue TO themselves that
since K is smart" 10 shrek at the opera,
the play. and the fashionable restau-
rants. they viii shrek TOO. Hence, pan
demOnium.
The Opulent parties in the boxes at the
opera or the theater often see no reason
I why they should not shrek through the
/ performance as well as during the noisy
/ entr' actes. The chosen spirits and kin
I dred souls who convene at luncheon, din
ner. and supper flood the restaurant with
/ their acute accents. Equally obliyiOus and
diSdainful OF the existence of others who
may not be equally interested IN the sub
/ jects that pre0ccUpy their small minds,
I they chatter like cages fun of monkeys
or parrots. Having shrieked through the
! Newport season and the fall season at
/ the Virginia Hot Springs. they come
Shrieking back TO town for the November
horse show and opera-and there indeed,
/ by their shrieks shall they be known.
GentlewOuen never shrek in public; their
I amusement IS subdued, and it IS one Of
the first principles Of good breeding 10
| converse in lower tones ut public restau-
rants Little however. care the members
! of the shTieking sisterhOOd for this rule
/ OF etiuuette
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on Saturday and have whole company
enrolled by Monday morning as sur
prise 10 everybody. But Olmsted remem-
Dered his duty to the railroad company.
ia Ike TO DO st." he told the leuten-
ant. but l can't leave my work. I must
turn in the weeks passenger and freight
receipts and keep faith with my en-
ployerS can't go out and raise re-
cruits unless the railroad company gives
its permission"
Waits for Employers Leave.
Then a committee of twenty-five citi-
zens waited on him and asked MIN 10 give
up mis- place altogeth he gave them
the same answer. and they appealed 10
the New York Central authorities.
III William wants 10 go" said the rail
road officials, we give our consent. Will
ingly"
So on Monday morning he went 10 the
City Corps Arsenal. instead Of the rail-
road companys office. got into his cor
porals uniform, and with a man 10 carry
a flag another 10 beat a drum, and a
third 10 blow a fife. he started out. He
didn't go 10 South Troy among the nail
workers. but TO North Troy, in the parish
OF st. Peters Church. reaching there
about y O'Clock. Sometimes the chap
lain of St EliZabeth's Hospital tells his
friends about that memorable 18th day
OF April 1861.
There were many vacant lots I'm Nortf
Troy" he says. "and some of them were
inciJsed by high. tight, hemlOck hOar6
fences. Behind the fences, which acted
as great sounding boards for the drum
and the fife, young fellows were filling
up the noon hour playing ball The mar
tial music made them throw down THEN
bats and give up their game to hear what
] had 10 say
He told them briefly that an act OF
war had been committed; that "Fathel
Abraham" had called FOR 1000 trCOps
that New York State was asked TO con.
tribute thirty-eight regiments, and thai
he wished 10 raise a company without
delay.
Great Crowd Ready 10 Enlist.
Fired by his enthusiasm. the first grouI
OF young men who heard his words fci
in behind him. and on they went Al
hour Igter, having made the circuit o
North and West Troy, he was at tn,
armory again with a crowd OF 5000 fol
lowing along. Then from the balcony h'
harangued the growing throng. closins
by saying that certain papers had TO b'
prepared and other arrangements 10 b'
made. but that at o'clock on that sam,
evening enrolment would be begun
Many more than could possibly be en-
rolled We're at the armOry when : O'clocl
rolled around, and, seven to eight hour
after the young railroad man had begul
to talk to the youth Of North Troy, II
volunteers. the pick and flower of thou
sands, had been recruited. Less than hal
/ Of them went 10 the front with Olmsted
/ however. Four days later. on the nine
| teenth. when the recruits We're inspected
/ MAJ r. W. Kenyon announced that onl,
seventy-four men and three officers woul
/ be taken into the first company.
This was the first volunteer Orsaniza
| ton for the civil war got together in tn
! Empire State. II was the nucleus Of tn
/ Second New York state Volunteers. Thi
! regiment reached Fort Monroe on Ma
! "A, and there being no quarters availabl
! there. quarters were improvised on tn
| grounds OF the girls seminary. nea
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neIivernnce of Wetmore

From the Hartford Co,uant-
That seat In the United States Senate
is not for Col Robert Hale Ives Cod
dard-amiahle. estimable gentleman as he
is. Rhode Islands general assembly viii
De Republican in both branches. Hon.
George Peabody WetmOre has been de-
nyered out OF his Affections.
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From the Alunclener NIedizinisci Wochenschrift.
The whiteness and beauty Of the teeth
Of the African negroes are generally as
cribed TO the food which they eat and
to favorable climatic conditions, but
these ignorant natives take special care
Of the teeth and are familiar with many
remedies for the treatment Of the dental
diseases.
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WARRIORS NO MORE
Priests Who Have Exchanged
Swords for the Gross.
FR. OLMSTED ONCE GENERAL

Man Who Raised First Company Of
Northern Volunteers and Fought
ChnpIain-Futhcr Chidwick and
Bishop CapcrS Also Examples
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

who formerly stayed At home have
taken 70 visiting and have GOT: the
halt as the Royeroft sage express.
es II.
When the rate law went Into eject
the Union Pacific stopped work on
half a dozen cut:otf sections. but ii
has resumed with unprecedented en-:
'efgy because rate regulation spelled
y ftiereased prosperity instead Of bank;
\, d}ptcy or s'.coniiscat tom Y as the rail-;
road attorneys prefer to express ii.
Understanding work Is going on be.
tween Omaha and Ogden as hard as
it5ean be pushed. The Burlington Is
getting Its share, a corps Of clerks
was put to work at the beginning Of
theerate law operation 10 make a
schedule Of traffic losses with a new
to putting the law out Of operation,
but with every one inlulging the tray.
Ell habit the figures simply made the
management1ook silly. and she clerks
were called Of.
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were Id eilees IN 1906 and thar The
people enjoyed a .reduction Of IL cents
on the stVo ID the State levy BY rea,
son Of the new iaws. IN making com:
PARSONS We must go back 70 4 gcf, the
last year under the old Law. but may
lie; 1t is asking too much 10 ask a
Democrat TO remembe back 50 far as
three years. :, Z "
The Times says whd It knows Is
not true when 1t asserts that II It
finds that II has been wrong on this
TAX question It Will cheerfuiiy ae-
knowledge it Just as well expect
Satan 10 renounce sin and sing the
songs Of Moses and the Lamb as to
look Tor m acknowledgement Of be.
ing In the wrong from the Falrmont
Times.
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6v,,EI:RFlY,,,,,.5..v,lE:RiY,,l KIND. !.

The editor Of this paper would ua.
less than human did he not appreciate
deeply anil sincerely the many exceed.
ingly kind things that the papers Of
the State have said concerning him!
since the Morgantown Post. without
his knowledge or consent" started
a small boom for him for State Super.
;ihtendent OF Free Schools. No init:
nation SO far as we are aware has
ever been published in these col
,tlmns to indicate, that the editor Of
the West yirginian will be candidate
for this very important Office, but we
cannot refrain from saying that any.
one who would be ginsensible to the
uniform Kindness with which the sug:
gestlon Of his candidacy has been re.
ceived would be unworthy OF support
from, anybody. In all Of the endorse.
ment by the various papers there has
been tone of sincerity that could not
be overlooked and the following from
the Huntington Herald is no excep-
ton to the rule:
It's sort Of a. trulsm that a man
who would teach others must first be
equipped with experience and complete
understanding of his task. In other
words he must have his idea so clear.
~ forhlulatedSin hfs own mind that
he can present It to others In crys.
tallized form. The man who is to be
an educator must be educated in all
the term implies. He must be broad
and strong and kindly. He must be
effective. He must have personality.
All these requirements lit, too, the
man who will elected rs State SUI
perintcndent OF Schools next fail.
There have been many names mea-
toned in this connection but in review.
ing them all, the Herald finds none
more fit than, that Of NJ. C. Tough,
editor of the Eairmont West Virgin.
ion, member. OF the State Board Of
Regents; man whose powers Of mind
are familiar to every West Virginia
educator. BEST OF all 1t is evident that
Mr.. Tough would appreciate the hon.
or II directed his way. 1t doesn't al.
ways happen that the candidate is
Just us big or a little bigger than the
Office, ms occurs in the present in.
stance.
Mr.. Tough knows great deal about
school work in West Virginia. He be.
gan to find out about 1t when he was
a youth working his way into an edit
cation. ASH teacher he has learned
even more, and his experience as edi.
tor and member of the Board OF Re
gents makes him one of the best, il
not the best. informed men in the
State as. to West Virginia school ne
cessities. On with the Tough boom!
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Secretary Taft,s Mission.

Philadelphia Record.
Tho goal Of Secretary Taft's Jour:
ney Is Manila, Toxic and Yokohama
being mere. stations on the outward
voyage, as ylalivostock, st. Peters.
burg, Berlin, Paris and London Will
be on hts return. Whilst the Philip.
pines are the object Of his mission,
that does not prevent the Secretary
OF War and confidential adviser: Of
President Roosevelt from exchanging
diplomatic conrtesies in the. capitals
in which he may halt. Hesis, never
theless, the bearer Of an Informal mis-:
sion to Japan, no only as secretary
Of war, but, as he has good humored.
ly expressed 1t, as secretary of peace.
In conveying the friendly greetings Of
the American people to Japan he
neither makes peace nor. maintains
peace, but confirms the existing good
relations between the two countries.
g. Il NgfT l-TT1T
. It Is well enough, however, to bear
IN mind that neither Japan nor Rus:
sia, nor Germany, nor any other coun.
try is the object Of his journey. 1t
relates to the Philippines alone. As
former governor general of the Isl.
ands he enjoys a popularity among
the natives such as has been attained
by no other official, military or civil.
who has been among them. They rec.
ognlze that he has sincerely endeay.
ored to relieve them Of grieyous tar
III restrictions in their commerce
with the imperial country; and to i'm.
prove their conditions in many other
ways, II anyone can persuade them
that colonial subsection is the best
means Of preparing them for indie.
pendence and self.government he Is
the man. But the task is too difficult
even for him, and so far as the Phil.
ippines are concerned he is likely to
come back as he went. Z
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Peoples FORUM
AfCoIrrrtclction,I
gMoUNTsHARMoNYost. 4.
Z U.s. ~

n v MOUNT HARMONY ut.
Editor West Yirginian
sWill you Kindly giveSspaces in me
PEOPLES Forum for a few words IN re-
ply to my friend at Honit OF septeIn-
Der 30. The article IS headed win.
field for Amos We wantsto change
the heading to Marion county for
Amos. Having known Mr. Amos all
Of his life from a school boy to! help
erin the old blacksmith shop, a psol:
boy yet an honest one and by his
honest dealing and business ability
has made a success financially and mo.
rally. A good nblican; d good eft.
izen, a good flnancIer and Will make
as,good q sheriil as ever Marion count
ty had. Give us g. =. Amos as d cal-
Slilate for sherlff and old Winfield viii
roll up one Of the biggest ma prltiess
you ever saw. Say, YOU man over at
HouIt, whoop .em. up. u
ONE THAT KNOWS.
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coh,'dENT, or LEADING NEWsRA
PERsi ON A.iyARlETY; oEsToP;
lcs-No sPANAceAsFo
GOOD GOVERN
MENT.

indianapolis Star, III
h Des Molnes has a new charter, whose
early cGsets are saIutary and encohr;
aging. The city Is run by a commits:
sion Of shigh.grade citizens, one d
whom acts as mayor. his office cor!
responding, however to the president
OF corporation that is ruled by a
board of directors. Each Of the four
commissioners, or directors, has
charge oftone department Of the city
government. Together with the may.
or they constitute a governmental
body which rules the city completely.
The result Of this system, like the
result Of the. similar system at Gal.
weston, has been the elevation OF frat
class citizens to the commission. The
city gets the benefit Of the brains and
character which other cities are al.
ways trying in, vain to, get into the
mayoralty, the public boards and the
council, and so Des Moines IS delight.
ed with its new government and thinks
other cities ought to adopt the plan.
It might be worth while for, this to
be done, II only to attract for the
time. being citizens Of great worth and
capacity into municipal affairs and
thereby to secure at least an example
and precedent in economical admin.
istration that might extend on into the
future. But nobody need suppose that
the Des Moines charter or any other
charter will of itself and automatlcai.
ly bring good government; for good
government is not a matter OF forms,
but OF good citizens at work. The
price of honorable and economical nd.
ministration, in any city and under
any system, Is the active and vlgilant
activity Of citizens instrustlng the
government to honorable and economl.
cal men. This can be done under the
indianapolis charter as well as under
the Des Moines charter; but It will
be done under no charter u the good
andswise men Of both parties abandon
municipal politics and permit the nom.
nations to be made by those who
~, ai,a thatr tf,,f,., .s-,t.tH ~
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A newspaper change Of interest Is
that of Col. ]. T. Carter repurchasing
bis old paper, the West Union Herald,
from Mr.. Frank Shannon. Col. Carter
is an all right Republican and COOL
newspaper man. While regretting 10
lose Mr.. Shannon, We give a warm
welcome to Col. Carter on coming
back into the journalistic fold.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

The Parkersburg State Journal bids
adieu to two well known and popular
men in the following characteristic
style:
"on with the Tough BOOM" remarks
the Morgantown Post to the extent Of
nearly column. This ought to do
the work. To Messrs. shawkey and
santee-goodbye!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

Nothing could please Republicans
better than for the Democrats to keep
up the fight against tax reform. It's
a cineh that tax reform will win as
long as people hayeNa chance to vote
for their own interests.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

Since Great Britain issued its i'm.
perial edlct forbidding New Foundlanl
to interfere with the American fishing
vessels, Premier Bond must know how
It feels to be properly spanked.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

County School Books Exchanged.
bring In your old McGufry's Readers
ana Spoilers, also Rays Arithmeties.
We make a liberal allowance for these
on the new books FIST adopted. Globe
Book Store, Watson Hotel Bldg. If
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

y The army is anxious to show the
President an exhibition Of long range
shooting at Fort Monroe. The Presi.
dent, has been carried away with the
prowess Of the navy, and the army
thinks 1t Is It's turn next.
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Work u, or Would be ",

Z Naturally, Admiral Dewey tells the
interyiewers that he is opposed to re-
linqulshing the Philippines. He would
hate to see, a whole busy forenoon's
work wasted-Kansas City Star.
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School books and supplies at Globe
Book Store. Watson Hotel Bldg. tt

II must confess" growled the dis.
satisfied tourist, that l can't see why
SO many people want to come here.
No scenery, no amusements. no COOL
things to eat-absolutely no attrac.
tons!
"Ah, signor," said the innkeeper,
i"zey come because we ave re gr-ran
labe Ito stick on re luggage Success
Magazine.
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Mrs. Augusta Hale Clifford, sister of
Senator Hale, Of Maine, has gone
abroad to gather material for a his
tory OF Russia.

abroad to gather material for his
tory OF Russia. 3s34,.
To train every horse on her estate
to know her and her son is the feat
that has been accomplished by Mrs.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the mistress Of
Oakland Farm, at Portsmouth, near
Newport.
Governor Frantic (the defeated
Rough Rider Republican candidate for
governor of oklahoma) holds the rec
ord for strenuous campaigning. He
went to bed in three different towns In
one night, says the Kansas City Joul.
nal. Il
The University Of Leeds has confer
rcd the degree Of Doctor Of Letters
on Rev. Robert colIyer, the we'll
will be S4.years ollsin December. He
will be 81 years old in December. eli
was born in Yorkshire, England, and
started life as blacksmith.
The Rev. Frederick j. Kinsman. pro.
fessor Of ecclesiastical history in the
General Theological Seminary. New
York, has been elected vice rector Of
ST Paul's School, Concord, N. H: Mr..
Kinsman is an aIumnus and former
master OF the school. Z.
Mrs. Richard B. Chew, who originatt
ed the Teddy Bear 10 sell at one OF the.
ID. "a. R. fairs several years ago, Ga
an original Observation-Disclosures
shetisfa graduate In Law, and also II
great worker IN the charity circles Of
Washington her home. Her mother
is theanearest living relative TO the
late Baron Springer.
Or, Walter j Qeiclt. Of Gosport In:
diana. has been elected dean OF the
agricultural department and PROBES,
sor Of agriculture Of the Virginia Poly:
iteehnlc Institute and The Agricultural
and Mechanical College located at
;Blecksburg. He was strongly recon.
,senfied nv fI,a lending .,J,tsst f,rc s.n,,3I
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ter Blpndon VIII, haze returned to
their home at Ann Harbor, Mich. after
a pleasant visit to her hister, Mrs. W.
B. Mathews.

4
The repairs now being completed IN
the secretary of agriculture's office.
will make decided change for the
better in this branch. Secretary.
Garvin is giving the matter his per.
sonal attention and when thrown open
to the public for Inspection. will be nj
agreeable surprise to every one. The
arrangement of exhibits will be sar-
ranged by Mr.. Garvin in a systematic
manner, and there will be q few more
attractive offices in the State house.
The secretary has taken great pride
In his office and Is never too busy 20
give every visitor all the time at his
command in showing them the prod
ncts OF this State.
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Entertained Aid Society

4 Mrs. N. D. Boland entertained the
Aid Society of the; NJ. q. Church,
South on Tuesday aftcrnonn lat her
home on sBenoni sayenne. Y ii!s5
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HSipTrooiy.

NJ. Troy, famlllarly known as ..si,.
Troy. died on Thursla! afternoon at,
the Miners Hospital, where he had
been for the past few weeks ON
September the 10Th while ut work In
the New England Mines, Troy was RIM
over by several loaded mine cars. He.
was brought TO The hospital here but
little Hopes for his recovery were en-
tertalned. Services were held In the:
jenkins Morgue this afternoon and
the remains laid to rest m Maple
Grove Cemetery.