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The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
ENGLISH LIFE IN INDIA
It Is Comfortable, Despite Many
Drawbacks.
Even Smallest Station Has a CIub,
Servants Are Imposing.

The Indian club is unique institu-
ton; there is nothing like it anywhere
else, In small station il is the one
rendezvous for all the men and women
in the neighborhood. Punctually at .
O'Clock. when the sun begins to lose its
power. nearly every one moves clubward.
The giaring white road until then oc-
cupied only by an occasioRal bullock
handy with its native driver. suddenly be
comes the scene of the utmost animation.
dog carts. carriages. ponies, ana bicycles
all following one another in the same
direction.
Play and chat are at once the order of
the day, SAYS the New York Sun While
some indulge in croquet or Badminton.
others til the tennis courts. which are
provided with a number of little brown
faced boys who run about and pick up
the balls When the light fails, two
groups are formed in the compound; the
women sit and gossip over their iced
drinks while the men cluster around the
peg table. Finally, the club building it.
self is entered, and cards and billiards
are enjoyed under the punkah until it is
time to go home and dress for dinner
Nothing is more striking on ones first
visit 10 the club, says writer in the
Lady, than the extraordinary high spirits
one meets on every side Some say they
are forced. others that they are due to
the lightness and brightness of the air,
but certainly such jokes and laughter are
not heard elsewhere. Tragedy may lie
underneath. but on the surface an is
merriment Almost every one is young
and ali are ready for a little companion
ship and amusement after the long hot
hours spent in office or bungalow. 1t is
this friendly intercourse with one an
other which Anglo-Indians miss so much
when they FIRST return to England ans
have TO put up with the alOofness OF
county society OF the limitations of sub
urbia.
Then. India is the ideal country foi
visiting Each visitor arrives at friend.
bungalow with his own servants and
ponies Native servants are responsible
for their own meals of curry and rice
and curl themselves up in a rug to sleeI
in any available corner, so are 10 trou
bic in another persons household. The
butter. who knows your likes and dis
likes better tnan you do yourself, make.
/ il his special duty TO see that no home
comforts are lacking, and is always par
! ticularly generous with "a strange mas
ters'' goods.
II there are many visitors, the array.
I of smart beturbaned buffers in the din
! ing-room IS NEST imposing, and the wait
/ ing Is done as IL by magic.
There are certain advantages in living
I in d country where houses are cheap
/ servants are cheaper and meat c9n b,
/ bought for ID. a pound BY a curious
native arrangement there is no fixeS
| standard of prices for articles of foo,
/ sold in the bazaar The mem-sahib pay
much or little. according TO the salar,
earned by her husband, which is alway}
/ known TO penny.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
Flsing Fl.h STRUCK sailor.

Flum the San FFa0ci=c1 Glsg5nicle.
When the liner Korea was bowling along
on IA smooth sea in the tropics between
Yokohama and Honolulu. a flying fsh
struck Second Officer r. Altman as he
stood on the bridge and caused rim some
little injury The fish was o-e Of large
school and had flown 10 m unusual height
at the time Altman wcs az The moment
taking an observation. when he felt q
blow on his right side. 4 hasty glance
downward disclosed the flying FISH. which
lay on the bridge stunned from the impact
with the officers body. Altman was not
seriously hurt and ke saved the flying
FISH. which is retained as a memento Of
his strange experience. The bridge Of the
Korea, where Altman stood, is about nifty
feet above the surface OF the sea.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

Hl-tempered master. Shan Lonergan, for
a half year from May Day 20 holiday
l1st of November
"Ach," the iTascible Shan once said TO
Michael as he seolded hirn-"Aeh, you're
a divils own boy"
Yes. God help me. / am poor Michael
sighed. but thanks be 70 the Lord only
TIL holiday
It was either Michael or another equally
caustic boy, who said. when his mistress
rendered him his tea in a dilapidated bowl
III the presence Of company, al the same
time apoligizing for the appearance Of the
bowl
You see, Michael. / make my own Of
You"
Yes ma'ara. see that, and I'd be
nightly obliged 10 you II for the time
TO come you'd make stranger OF me-
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
THE SHEARIXC.

The day they cut the bahys hair
The house was all a-rdgct.
Such fuss they made yau would have sad
he was a king. the midget.
Some wanted this. some wsnted that;
Some thought that il was dreadful
To las a hand ur1n one strand
OF all that precious head-fuil.
While others said 10 leave his rJUls
Moeld b. the height Il folly.
Unless they I.It him with the girls
And called gin Sue or Molly
The harbcr's shears went snip-a-snip,
The golden fuf was firing:
Grandmother had a trembling lip,
And aunt was almost crying.
The men folks said: way hello boss.
You're locking five years Older
But ncthsr laid the shasen head
Clcsc, close against her shoulder
All well the nest must lose its birds,
The cradle yield its treasure.
Tine sill not stay single day
fOT any pleaders pleasure.
And when that hour WORK was weighed
The scales were even. maybo.
Fer father gained ittlc man
When motler lost her baby
NANCY BYRD TURNER
King George County. Va.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
SPRING FASHIONS.

Of course. you have a dentist
And o physician toe,
An ocuiist and aprist
And other-ists a few;
Uf eUurse, you have a surgeon
TO Emputate and twist.
But. til me-haso sou chosen
Yorr iay'Tite alieuistg
You haven't yet That statement
Your claim to Fashion kills
What You stin harbur measles
You're still consuming pillsi
You're not If the -Four Hundred,
/ snleMnly insist.
Csc. get hailncinatinns
Aad call an alienisi
New York Time
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

Japan's treaty of alliance with Great
Britain contains a pledge OF her armed
assistance in the event of any foreign in
vasion Of India. II is silent. however. on
the subject OF any peril through rebel
lion The latter is a far more serious and
immediate danger. Internal strife, dis
organization, political as well as admins
trdtive, and a condition of economic
chaos destructive TO national credit
abroad viii emectually prevent the Mus
oovite empire from attempting TO invade
India for many. many years to come.
But the possibility OF another uprising OF
the natives throughout India, such as
that which occurred exactly fifty years
ago. is by no means so remote. There are
many. indeed, who consider it as immi-
nent. and its probability was called to
the attention of the American public the
other day in a somewhat startling fash
ion by a dispatch from Lahore. the capi-
tai of Punjaub, stating that the unrest
and disaffectiOn among the HindOOs and
their open hostility toward the English
had attained such a pitch that most of
the white people there had enlisted in the
local YOlunteeTs-nOt as officers. but ~
privates-among them being the judges
of the Supreme Court. university profess
sors, high government officials, leading
bankers and merchants, all of them i'm
PEELED thereto by a sense OF the urgent
necessity of adopting some organized
means for the protection Of their families
and their homes.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

These boys and girls. though they leave
their hills behind them and their hearts
maybe also, bring with them not merely
their wits, but also their wit. One of
these boys, Michael O'Rourke. found him
self condemned to service under Il very
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

What a recurrence of the misnamed
"Mutiny" of half century ago would
mean can best be gathered from the fact
that the native population Of India eX-
eeeds 30000O,O00 as compared with the
mere handful-less than 200,0o0-of Eng
lsh. who are liable 20 be overwhelmed by
sheer force of numbers. True, the Brit
ish authorities. while admitting the ami
mostly Of the Hindoos, profess 10 be able
TO depend upon the loyalty of the Mos
lens But the latter constitute merely
about a fifth of the population; and
moreover, are quite as likely as not TO
join IN the struggle of Asia for the Ash
atics when the hour strikes for the cele-
bration of the golden jubilee anniversary
of the great rising in 1851. by another at
tempt 10 emaucipate the Deccan from
British domination That cry of Asia for
AsiatiCs was first started by the japanese.
who have taken the leading part in foster
ing the Pan-Asiatic movement throughout
the length and breadth of Asia. in India,
as also i'm China. in Tougking. and ia the
Philippines The Mikad0's government
would md il difficult therefore. under
the circumstances, to contribute TO the
suppression of a rising for which his peo-
pie would have been partly responsible,
while the sympathy of the Japanese
masses would be altogether ia favor OF
the rebels. In fact many thoughtful
Englishman. alive TO the likelihood of a
revolution i'm India, is asking himself TO-
day what would in that event be the
value OF Great Britains alliance with
Japan
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

Another difference between the condi-
tions OF 1897 and those of 1907 is TO be
found in the increased knowledge among
the natives of English and foreign affairs
and in their possession OF many of the
advantages in the way of military train
ing and armament of Western science,
and methods of organization. which for
merly the English alone possessed in
India High explosives. for instance, and
all the achievements and discoveries in
the realm Of chemistry are Just as ia
Euliar TO the educated Hindoo as they
are TO the European scientist In fact,
the intellectual inferiority OF the native
which placed 50 many advantages in the
hands Of the English in former times.
has ceased to exist. 1t is the English
themselves who are responsible for this
state of affairs,
Ever since the mutlny they have been
endeavOrmg TO expand the area of Eng
lish education in India. and in every sue
cessive generation an increasing number
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

people They were passed around by an
known hands. and II this day the gov
ernment has been unable to obtain any
cleW as TO who baked or disseminated
them. Equally at sea are the authorities
as 20 the precise message which they
were intended to convey, although the
simultaneous outbreak of the insurrectioa
Immediately afterward i'm various parts
of India far distant from one another
has led % the conviction that they con-
stituted some kind of a prearranged sig
nal fer the great rising.
Every endeavor has been made during
the last fifty years TO ascertain the exact
nature of the connection of these chu-
paIthies with the rising but without sue
cess. In fact. il must be classed among
those many mysteries of the Orient which
the white races apparently find it impOs-
sible 60 uuravel Thus, some time ago the
mango trees throughout a vast portion Of
Hindustan We're found daubed with
patches of clay. mingled with cow or buff
fal0 hair. Mango trees extending over an
area of many hundreds of square miles
were thus marked during the course of a
single night; but Notwithstanding all the
efforts made, il was found impossible to
discover the perpetrators of this species
Of plasteTing, OF the signal which il was
intended to convey. At any rate, this par
ticular signal was not followed by any
insurreCtiOn. but there have been analO-
gOus signals of an equally mysterious and
puzZling character during the last two
months and while il is possible that they
may bOde no evil 20 the English. il is
also quite on the cards that they may. as
I'm 1885, foreshadow q sansuinary fnsur-
rection.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Watson Notes

Miss Hazel Fesler, who is suffering
from blood poisoning, is some better
Mr.. Willis Criss, who was hurt at
tie mines several da.,s ago, is able to
be .out aga4
Mrs. Vincent, of the poor farm, Is
beaer.
MISS Williams, who nursed little
Robert Hansaker through the typhoid
fever. was Visiting at Tom Hunsakers
last Sunday.
Mr.. Ed. Huasaker, of Murray, WAS
also a guest of,his brotherilast Sunday.
He came up in sis gasoline boat.
Miss Mildred 1Iunsaker is suffering
from an abscess on the bone.
Miss Hazel Yates, of E!dora, was
visiting at John Hfthurst's few days
Vast week
Mr.. ana Mrs. John WEIGH, Jr., OF
Kingmont. were visiting friends in
Watson yesterday.
Mr.. and airs. win satterheld( nee
Miss Gertie KendrlxD were visiting
Mr.. satterReld's sister. Mrs. Raymond
Knight, Sunday.
Mrs. Ollie Reese is visiting relatives
at Beethsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noryal Vandervort
were visiting az Johnny ThompsoEs
last Sunday.
Mrs. George R1ttenhouse, who has
been sick for several days, is better.
Mrs. Joseph Mason and little daugh.
ter, Of Merchant street, is spending
the week with her parents, 1lr. and
Mrs. D. c. T+augh,
Mr.. Crawford is having water put
on his lots which have no Wells on
them.
Mr.. willis c, P. Hall has bought the
property now ccespied by Mr.. sypstt.
BETTE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
CONSTRUCTION
Of Gas Line
FROM WEST VIRGINIA FiELps 70
ciNcAsAT1 WAS BEeeN ois
sEDisE spAY Al CAL
iETTsBU AG


sISETssBUEG Jitiy
iumbia on and cd Comp pips
aine ID tend from me es Virginia
gas fields to Cincinnati was commene
ed Wedassday. Gang et pipe line e.
sconstrucsprs began work sim i'm
o,usly at Coyingtuu. KentucIsy and al
I.catlettsburg, ten miles west Of Hunt,
|ington. The work assumes State sig,
IIfhcance through the fact that medi
lated operations viii call upon every
resource Of gas that the State has and
VIII involve the corporations supply.
ing both Cleveland and Cincinnati
with gas
The line which will be constructed
to Cincinnati Vim be a twenty-inch
main, This main WIN be under CON
tract to supply Cincinnati consumers
with fifty million feet per day. The
lime which VIII be constructed from
The gas Held to Huntington win con
sist Of an eighteen inch main. In
accordance with the contract, the Co.
Ilumbia OIL and Gas Company viii sup,
ply Cincinnati with 5O,ooo,OOo feet per
4 day during the first year after they
begin operations. The amount Of
supply will be doubled during the sec
| ond year, and increased to 15o,OOO,oOo
3feet per DAY within Ave years.
Pipe line construction in beginning
his expected to cost between four and
! ,ave million dollars and to occupy the
i,greater pant Of year in construction
work. The construction Of second
lime wili3be commenced as soon as the
Ifirst line Is completed, and a third
lime Of the same dimensions as the
hrst will follow the construction Of
tine second,
As was heretofore stated, the Co
IHumbia OIL and Gas Company will tap
a gas fell at present largely unde'
yeloped, covering a territory Of $4,000
acres Of the best gas territory in the
State and lying along The now famous
Chestnut ridge. The company begins
.Iextstence with working capital oi
$7s,OOO,OOO, most of which has been
furnished by prominent Ne WORK 4
nancfers.
Along the ltae of present eonstrnc
ton the plan is to put gangs Of pipe
Zine bnilders to work at convenient
points ;along the whole roiite. AT the
same time the work OF development
lin the field will be carried on SO that
when the lien is ready for use, the
! available flow of gas will be, is posi-
$ble, much greater ,than necessary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
LEGAL QUESTION
TROUBLES BOARD
ItABLER EltIY SERVE As SUPER
lSTENpEfs4 AT RKERs
ByRe BEG So or TEeiis
II MIC ElTY:


RssKER HUI !, July 49, og mat 4.
.ter pf public interest has probably
caused more discussion among the PEG!
PIE d the city generally than mas the
deadlock in the Board Of Education
and as this situation continues, 50
does the discussion. "A new phase
which is now attracting some atten'
ton Is the fact that the board failed
to elect a superintendent at the frst
regular meeting. which came 70 a
close in the adjourned session held on
Wednesday evening.
It Is contended by some that under
tho present law governing the opera
ticn Of the schools in Parkersburg
district, that iuaslnuch as the board
did not elect a superintendent on
Wednesday evening, that it cannot
nov do 50, and that Superintendent
d. c. Tabler would hold over for an
ether year. This claim $ based, it
| Is sa'd, on the grounds that the law
specifies that I'll. superintendent
shall be elected at tile first regular
meeting OF the b9arl held in July.
The first regular meeting for July
was held on Friday evening, and as
no election Of a superintendent re
suited after thirty.three ballots hal
BEEN taken, a recess Of the 5osrd
WIS taken untIl Monla. evening
when three more ballots wee taken
with no election, and second recess
was taken until Wednesday evening
wren six ballots were again taken
with nobody being elected.
Ii has been stated by some who
are In close touch With some Of the
members of the board, that the two
recesses taken were with the obiecl
that an election might Hc reached N
the regular meeting, but az things die
not turn out that way, a motion fol
the meeting to adjourn was carried
Which will prevent the board from
clccting a superintendent, 1t is alsc
claimed that several attorneys in tbs
city take this view of the taa:ion.
1t is understood thas this point Is
now being investigated quite thor
ouglly, and may effect the adjustment
Of the difficulty, which appeared te
be in sight after the meeting of We'd
nesday evening, wheu Erof. Robert 4
Armstrong; name was presented
The situation has been developing
I;new phases, which only seem to pro
long the difficulty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
The
Old Officers
SPENCER HOSPITAL BOARD Ap.
JouRNEp ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

PARKERSBURG, July 19.-The an
nual meeting of the board Of directors
of the Second Hospital for the Insane,
at Spencer, was held in the administra-
ton building at the hospital on Tues
day and Wednesday.
1t was the first meeting of the new
board, and the members present were
NJ. R. Lowther, of Parkersburg; A. ].
MARBLE, of Lorentz; j, NJ. Hayden, OF
Weston; R. T. Wetzel, of Ravens
wood; P. c. Adams, Of Spencer; j..
K. wooddell, of Pensooro, and S. NJ.
Snyder, of Charleston. The absent
member was w. B. McGregora OF this
city, and there is vacancy on the
board, caused by the resignation Of
Judge McGinnlss, which has never
been filled.
The board recognized and elected
officers, the election result in the re.
tention of all the old officers as fol-
lows:
President-M. R. Lowther.
secretary-A. w. Brown.
Treasurer. C. Adams.
The board was in session until Wed.
nesday afternoon when an adjourn
ment was taken. after transactlng a
large amount of business of routine
character.
There are now 474 inmates in the
Institution, AMI the board found every
thing in excellent shape, compliment
ing supt. Lyons on his work.
1t is the intention to establish a
dairy at the hospital, and A. ]. MARBLE
and A W. Brown were appointed as a
committee to go to Syracuse, New
York, and inspect herd of Holstein
cattle, which may be purchased,
M. R. Lowther arrived home We'd
nesday afternoon, accompanied by
Wooddell and Hayden, the
latter leaving for home in the even.
Ing and Mr.. Wooddell remaining over
until Thursday morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Hillman Trying
ToRecover Gems
JEMELER. II IS SAID WILL
TAKE AcTIoH NJ cRtslgEL
88 casE AZ vas atlse


WIIfEIsils mis-
b. Hillmanlis 81 Yashing ton tgyf
ing, III Is said; to recover ciE q ac'
ton. the diamonds which he claimed
Bessie crtswell Burton obtained from
him BY fraud. The washington. Rec
ord has the following to say Of d the ne
case;
Harry E. Hillman, q tewsler q
Wheeling, who lost out in q criminal
action brought by him to recover
about $1,000 worth Of diamonds from
Mrs. Burton was an early caller a
the once Of District Attorney, Owen
10. Underwood yesterday. His mission
was to again make an attempt 70 Sc,
cure the rings BY civil action. While
in Washington he retained Attorney 7.
F. Birch as his legal adviser
'when approached by Record rep
resentatiye in the Office Of Attorney
Birch, Hillman, upon the advice Of
his attorney, would make no state
ment as to his intentions
"The four diamond rings found on
Mrs. Burton in the police station
Tuesday night are still in The First
National Bank vault.
A Mysterious Man.
"The man who was thought 10 have
been a drummer by the police Tues.
day night, and whom Mrs. Burton
talked with on the train while return
ing to Washington from Wheelins
has been proven beyond doubt to
have been in partnership with the
Diamond Queen Although, ne went
to wheeling Tuesday night after she
had been arrested, he was the firsl
caller at the jail yesterday morning
and wanted to see Mrs. Burton
When told he would not be admitted
he seemed to be greatly disappointed
at was current on the streets yes
terday afternoon that a detective
whose name could not be learned was
in Washington yesterday morning
from Pittsburg. He walked past the
Jail and saw the woman through the
bars. This, it is said, satisfied hin
and he returned to Plttsburg. It Is
understood he will rearrest the Ola
mond Queen after the local authori
ties are through with her for some
dealings in Cincinnati, Ohio.
&C. E. Gilmore, the prosecutor AM
the alleged victim Of Mrs. Burton''
cunning, It still willing to compro
fse the case, claiming 'he hates t
be the cause of a woman getting int
trouble
"SIrs. Burton spent most Of the time
yesterday telling Gold Tooth Jess
ana other prisoners IN the woman''
department of the jail, where she i
confined. how many times she hat
been arrested and how much bail sh'
had been under at different times"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
CFpguet Party.

Misses BeulahI and Mildred satter-
1eld entertained a few friends at q
etoduet party lat their home on Market
street, Wednesday evening. croquet
mas de feature Of the evening and
tempting refreshments were served.
Those present were, Artte Hatfield,
Lizzie Rumble, Clarence Hamilton,
Walter Hetfner, Mildred and Beulah
satteFaeld.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

Henrietta Crosman closed her tour
ii winnipeg Canada, a few days ago
ana is nov il New York working on
ber production o. the The Christian
pilgrim Tor next year, She will re-
man in New York all summer, taking
uccasiphal$ automobil trips only, Wis
ming friends nearby, The production
win l,e made In Philadelphia early, in
october and d special train will be
run rom Ycrk for the event,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Ladies'. Ala society.

Ms. Minnie Springer entertained
TIE Ladies Aid Society of the Dia.
mond stteetM M. B. Church at her home
on Diamond street last evening in a
most delightful manner. lutte a mum.
betSof the members were present and
intervening was very pleasantly spent.
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