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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

tain; gold medal and $1,000 for the
purchase Of 4 home.
jeremiah NJ. Littlefield. aged 40
Block Island, r. I, brother.in.law d
the captain; gold medal and $4,000 foI
The education OF his son.
Edgar littleield, aged IS. Of Block
Island, R. |. brother Of Jeremiah NJ:
gold medal and $4,000 for the educa
ton OF his three children.
Other Awards Of Commission.
Earl B. Spencer, aged II. Of Nortl
Dishton. Mass. saved Frank Perry
aged 10, from drowning In n mill pont
on January Il, 1906: bronze medal.
Thomas b. Bockwich. aged 10, o
Waterbury. Conn, saved Harold C.
Ashborn. aged 0. from drowning In
reservoir in Lakewood park, on Janu
airy l, 1906; bronze medal.
Malcolm c. Auerbach, aged II, u
Washington, D. c., attempted to save
Charles l.. Erdman, aged 20, from
drowning at Ocean City, n. j., on Jul.
I, 1906: bronze medal.
LYNDON B. Phifer, aged IS, Of Rici
Hill. Mo-; saved Patti |. Burrows. age,
Is, from in front Of n moving passen
ger train on Missouri Pacific rallwa!
bridge on October Il, 1905; bronze
medal and $1,000 for educational pu,
iroses. SD
Miss Jessie K. Nelson. aged 81, o.
Washington, D. c.; saved John B. Nc
Closky, aged " years, from death IN
der a street car OIL July II, 1905;
bronze medal and iisablement benefits
Of $3.50.
Fenton S. Gregory, aged II, OF In
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

to spend the whole night with q
tremendous strain on his respiratory
organs. have time and again gone
home 70 worn out that could neither
cat nor sleep, and number Of my col.
leagues have been In the same condition.
"Bat PERFUME has changed this. I
found that after using q bottle or two
my system wasgreatly invigorated with
new life and force, and can now fortify
my system to endure a greater strain
than was ever possible before. Peruna
certainly is very necessary TO me, and
Keeps me In splendid health"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

ceyville, Wyoming. county, Pennsyl.
vania; saved William +. Bohlaypr
aged %. from drowning In susquv,
hanna river, June %. 1906: broMa,
medal and $4,000 for educational pur
poses.
Gustav Wohl, aged 80, Of Hartford
Conn.,; saved Clement R. Donehue
aged 5, from drowning In park river
On December Is, 1905, silver medal.
Thomas H. Burns, aged II, Of
Lowell. Mass; drowned while attempt
Ing to, save Frank Newell, aged 5
from drowning In Pawtuckett canal;
silver medal awarded father Of would
be rescuer.
George H. William s, aged a, Of
Quincy, Mass; ATTEMPTED ao save
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Hill. aged 43, from In
front of a New York. New Haven and
Hartford passenger train; silver med
al and 81 900 to llquldate mortgages or
his property.
John Morris, aged 60, gate tendc;
lat Hartford. Conn: Killed while res
culng unknown woman from In front
Of train on May 10. 1905: wife Civ
en- silver medal and death benefit oil
$3.50 year during her life.
The export TO April 80 shtowed IS:
cases refused 81 granted and Gl3 pend
ing. total Of 1876 cases. The award
Ing Of 81 medals to-day makes total
OF l02 medals awarded since the
commission began It's work.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Doctors Called 1t CONSUMPTION. slS
Miss Ella i. Matthews, Box iii, Hill,
City, Tenn, writes: 81, n
"rflnd much pleasure In writing YOU
to letyou know that have been taking:
your wonderful tonic, Peruna. From
experienced have decided that there,
could DO no greater medicine H. ksa.
world than Pcruna. 4. tis.l5i ,1I-7-t
several physicians had pronounced
my disease as consumption. ;Tbad been!
a sufferer for several years, and was,
growing weaker all the while, until Il
could hardly walk across my room.
~ was so fortunate as to get d Peruna
book, and after reading 1t carefully Il
decided Pcruaa was the remedy for ms
SO l began takingit To-day my hcalth
is better than 1t has been since ! Ind the
measles ten years ago. cannot express
half the praise which Is due to h Dr.
Hartman Tor his great and. wonderful
remedy and his advice regarding health..
| do not think ! would be living ithiai
day had 1t not been for Peruna. ',s{$i5.
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Aids Digestion, Promotes Sleep.

Mr.. +. Arnold, Westerly, Il. l., writes:
II wish TO my good word for your
valuable remedy, Peruna. have taken
many kinds Of medicine during my life,
but find that Peruna stands ahead of
aM Itaids digestion, promotes sleep,
quiefs tho nervous system, strength.
ems tho throat and vocal organs. l have
used 1t for catarrh and to break ur
sudden colds which is tho best OF all.
II contracted severe cold once which
ended In pleurisy and left me weak, and
every change OF weather would bring q
return OF old pains. Peruna now van
ishes all pain. cannot praise It enough.
tell all my friends that 1t Is the best
medicine used for the Ills Of life. fany
word Of mine will lead others to try II,
you are NJ liberty to use my testimonial
In any FORM"
Gave New Life and Force.
2 Mr.'B.F. Sellet, 1854 Olive street, st.
Louis. NO., writ: X
"Any man In m, profession often has
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

The Warrington Record published (,
story Of n well known man about town
who had a room in well known citi.
zen's house being caught in the bed.
room of the well known citizens wife.
No names were mentioned and q dozen
well known men about Town called on
the editor and thanked him for lear.
ing their names out.
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Headache and Backache.

Mrs. Mamie Hall, IL Herbert street
Atlanta, Ga, writes: ~
II write to tell You how much good
your Peruna has done for inc. was sc
sick and nervous that ] was almosl
dead. could not eat nor sleep nor work
any at nil, but was In bed nearly all the
time. and was almost a skeleton I was
SO poor. Now ! can eat anything
want and It doesn't hurt me, and I car
sleep all night long and ret up and
work all dry. ! don't have any nervous
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

OF the captain; gold medal and 50,
900 for the education Of his son.
Hurry l.. Smith, aged "a, of Bloch
Island, R. l., nephew OF the captain;
gold medal and $1,000 to be applied
on tine purchase OF home.
Earl A. Smith, aged 80, OF Block
Island, R. l., nephew Of the captain,
gold medal and $4,000 for the education
OF his son.
Louis E. Smith, nephew Of the cap
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Buckhannon has a peculiar fire wills
tie. A Morsantown man, in Buckhan
non the other day, whistled so good an
imitation Of II that the whole town
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

stopped work and ran 10 hunt The
fire. The Morsantown man was ar.
rested and fined for giving a false
alarm OF fire.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Seth Gibson. 16 years old, shot and
killed his step.fatner, Benjamin Hamr.
ton, at Montgomery, because the stem.
father punished him. The boy fed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Clay Coffman, ianitor Of the govern
ment building ut Parkersburg. has
sent TO Morgantown, for Identification,
a photograph which he took from ly.
Ing Union soldier at the battle Of Ce.
lar Creek, October IS, 1861. It was
q photograph Of the soldiers wife. and
he was from Morgantown, but Colt.
man. who was then a drummer boy,
forgot his name.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

A Turkish bath house employee has
been arrested at parkersburg, charged
with stealing from the clothes of pa.
irons who were taking the baths.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
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3. 3: 8 Is Z 4 81

n &. g n "a
John Shore ~. clarksbprg. was
inlthe citsfyes tefday.s x & i
\, Jesse 4. Masters il quite slck
~ his home On Falrmonti avenue.
.shefif 4 CIV oodford, ofiPh!lip.
&piss - 70 sFairmpnt; visitor today.
Mrs Johng Hood Sof SLowsyllle, came
S to Falfmonti yesterdayton 1.-THE &"col.
sumbtal and 1ss The guest Of her daugh.
ltef, Mrs Fred Haney. VIZ /
Miss Hazel Mcdonald will leave to.
morrow fortWheeiing where she will
visit Miss Alberta Fox for several
days: Il y D
Marjorie. and Mildred I.eSiasters, the
1ittiesd hterssof Mt. and Mrs. Jesse
Lesiasters, ARE In Morgantown; the
guests sof Mrs. Leroy Taylor.
81 u. y. n. Eddy returned last even.
8ing from flarksburg, where yhe attend,
sea 3thes Dental Association, which was
;session, there this week S3Ss
Miss Winlfred South, Of Morgan,
tow, - III the ely the guest Of Mr.
and lt Mrs. Jesse ! LeMasters on Fair.
Mppt avenue.
II Miss Elizabeth Murphy has returned
Y h from IA two weeks'gyi at Manning.
Sston. y 4
81 alr., George Suffer. Of Warrington,
visitor In the city 5,.,s
Dr. Floyd Smith, Of Barrackyllle, is
I'M the city. to-day. 4 n ,
~ Mrs. George NJ. Lloyl and children
frank and Ella May. Of Paulsboro, N.
9:;S arlyed In the city yesterday even.
ling on IS dfare guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs.,A. y. Lloyd, on Graf,
ton street.
q Mr. fand Mrs. Arthur N. Barnhart,
4A55 iDrexel boulevard, I accompanied
4by Mrs. Barnhart's brother, Mr. L. l..
S1sazelle, left yesterday ror a trip to
the Virginia Hot Springs and the
jamestown exposition. They Will also
sssFIsitIWashIngtoa and will be away six
weeks. Chicago Evening Post.
Mrs, Richard Hall and little daugh.
ter Doris went to Wheeling this at.
terhoon where they will visit relatives
fora couple sof weeks. ,''
:Sls Mr., a. Ross Fleming, Of Wheeling,
cashier Of the New York Life Insur.
4 alce Company, Is a visitor in the city
today.
Artists materials, paints, oils, brush.
es, drawing paper and tracing cloth at
Globe Book Store. as tt
" Hear ". H. Peck, Of Syracuse. to.
& might at Courthouse. Free.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

ness now, but am happy all the day
long. sing the praises OF Pcruna
wherever 1 60, and l believe 1t
saved my life. ] could not have lived
through the summer In the condition
was in.
~ had tried many doctors, but they
did me no good. Peruna certainly
cured me. had headache and
backache and was very nervoifs.
could not eat nor sleep, and was al.
most in my grave. l tried your
Peruns, and felt better from the start.
| took about five bottles Of Peruna and
the awful headache md neryousness
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

0. G. Wilson, who will graduate
from the West Virginia University
next month. has been made superin
tendent Of schools at Central City for
next year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

John T. McGraw expects TO pipe
natural gas 10 Grafton and compete
with the company which now supplies
the town.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16


MILD Townsend sute Sand Century m Joseph ch writes;
u am grateful for what Peruna has done for my family
six months whe health very down lacking
V1gor and suffering with pains in her head and back
"a friend advised her try Peruna which she did
results In few weeks she completely
Is now happy, well and strong, thanks to Peruna
have tried Peuaa myself
stance have felt better within or twon " =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Sam Barr, editor OF The Gran.svi}le
News. was recently sent 10 the Spencer
hospital for the insane. His, daugh.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Mrs. Elm Mamgen, H. writes.
Ever spring and M for eleven years. troubled with ca
tarrh in my throat and hoaseness.
~ peruna
received benefit and viii! hereafter
~ always keep 1t in my house In Of sickness.
~ recommend your medicine 10 eyery sufferer nc
excellent medicine" $40
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

The Woods, father and sons. charg
ed with the murder Of their neigh
Dor, John Barnes, over line fence
fight in Richie county, will attempt
to prove that his death was caused b,
peritonitis and not by any wounds
they gave him. 49, o"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

It Is believed that Mrs. Joseph Mras.
who was said to have committed sui.
eide. ut Morsantown, accidentally sbo;
herself.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

The bridge across the Monongahe,a
river at Morgantown wifi be torn down
and ferry company is asking for fer.
ry privileges.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

a Grafton Young man had n saloor.
keeper arrested for selling liquor to
the young mans father, who Is said
10 be an habitual drunkard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Bishop J. W. Bashford, Of China,
will preside over the annual confer.
ence Of the Methodist church In West
Virginia, TO be held In September.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

was gone. | could eat anything, and
my nerves are all right, and I have no
more backache. lam we'll. and Peruna
cured me-" -., ~
Cafarrh of the Head.
Mr.. G. Hallock, Antwerp, o., writes:
"My daughter Allie, after taking three
bottles Of your Peruna Is; entirely
cured OF catarrh OF the head OF two
years. standing. We have used Peruna
asagenerai tonic, Us we'll as forcatarrh,
and are we'll pleased with 1t and recon-.
mend it 10 anybody who has caiarrh.
Anybody w'.hins any information can
Writb to nlr.r "a ~ 80 sH7.t
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HAPPENINGS IN
WEST VIRGINIA
INTERESTING BITS OF lNFoRMA.
TON PICKED UP AT VARIOUS
PLACES IN THE STATE.

Another daily paper Is talked Of 4,
Grafton.
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ter. Miss Maude Barr, will edit III
paper. p
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Hear W. H. Peck, Of Syracuse, 10
night at Courthouse. Free.
Read the Daily West vir9inlAn.
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Commission

Continued from Page one.)
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III sPfIng=Time Many People Need a Good Ionic!
.Pe=ru-rlla, a Standard Tonic thew,

From the Maag balmy
that affects less multitude
+ change require medical
11uch neglect
and the victim rendered an ailments
1thas been the
Kinds Of remedies herbal and have been used There usually
operation Of the
Peruna the hand has
amutude that its beneficial
certainty Pena beree
ton, which the Of good blood
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

:iear3 W. u. Peck, Of Syracuse. to-.
might Gat Courthouse. Free.
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Artists materials, paints, oils, brush.
Ees, drawing paper. and tracing cloth at
Globe Book; Store. II
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-17

here; and the most learned men of
the Mohammedan world are glal 10
lecture in the AI-Azhar without re-
ward. In fact. the only man about
the president, who has 10, 900 piasters
a year. This seems much until one
knows the plaster is only 3 cents. and
that it takes this many of them to
make $500.
I asked as to the government Of The
university, and was told that it had 4
principal and under professors. All
students are under the direct control
Of the university, and if they mi5be-
have outside its walls the police hand
them over to the collegiate authorities
for punishment. The students are cx-
empt from military service and il is
said that many enter the Institution
for hat easOn alone. There seems to
be no limitation as to aga nor as
to the time one may spend at the col
1ege. l saw boys between six and
eight stu'ying the Koran in one cor
men sitting round Il professor in an
other. The most Of the scholars, how
ever, are from sixteen to twenty-five,
Of about the same age as or crileg.
students at home.
Education in Egypt.
h university has but lite - ID
with the great movement of modern
education which is now going on in
Egypt, 1t is rather religious than ell
uCaUOnaI, and the live, active.
educational forces outside it are two.
One of these is the United Presbvtcri-
an Church and its mission school, Of
which I will write later. when | visit
their college at AssiOut. about three
hundred miles further UP the Nile val-
ley. and the other is government, Ii
rected by the British, who are collect
ing the taxes and administering all
matters Of Importance il Egypt today.
ms addition to these there are about
one thousand schools supported py
Copts, h by the way are tnc most
intelligent of the native population.
Egypt was very illiterate when the
British Took hold of the a.l:niniatra-
ton. and even now not more thar six
or seven ,ber cent of the natives can
read and write. The GeA.r. Cor learn
ing is Increasing, however. and the
system OF common scho liz which has
been lnaugurated is being rapidly de-
veloped. There are now over ten
thousand schools in the country, with
something k ten thousand teachers
and perhaps a quarter million puI.iIs
mere are a number Of private schools,
several normal schools and also
SCHOOLS devoted to special training. In
the last few years a system of techni-
cal education has been -augurate
and the government now has model
workshops at Boulac and Assiout. 1t
has a school of agriculture mere n.
CAIRO, q school of engineering an
chool Of law and medicine.
The Village Schools.
An important movement has been
the introduction of modern studies
into the village schools belonging tr
the Mohammedans. These were for
merly, and are still TO some extent
under the university of Al-Azhar
Ihey were connected with the Mosques
and were taught by Mohammedan
priests. Trey were supported bv the
people themselves and also by a Mo-
hammedan religious organization
known as the Wakf. which has an
enormous endowment. Thera ara
something like ten thousand of thee
chool here and there over the lower
part of the Nile valley. and they had
an attendance Of something like two
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-17

arcades and in the immense rooms
beyond We're thousands and thou.anGa
Of students. They sat in groups on
the floor, listening to the professors,
jects, wayIng back and forth as they
sang out their words of wisdom.
Some of the groups were studying
aloud, and altogether the confusion
was as great as was that of the Tower
of Babel when the tongues of the
builders were changed. There were
at least 5000 men. all talking at once,
and some, it seemed to me. were
shouting at the tops of their voices.
l had many unfriendly looks as |
made my way through the mass, and
narrowly escaped being mobbed when
1 tool snapshots Of the professors
and students at work under the
bright sun which beat down upon the
court. The inmates of this chool are
among the most fanatical of the Mo-
hammedans, and I have sine learn
ed that the Christian who owe
among them is in danger Of personal
violence.
I spent some time in this university.
going fro.l hall to hall, and making
notes. In one section l found a class
of blind boys who were learning the
Koran, and l am told that they are
In mother place / saw forty Persians
listening to a professor. They were
sitting on the ground, and the pro-
fessor himself was sitting fiat on the
floor with his bare feet doubled Up
under him. I could see his yellow
toes sticking out of his black gown.
He was lecturing on theology and the
students were emit
Another class nearby was taking
down the notes of the lecture. Each
had a sheet OF tin, which locked as
though it might have been cut from
an oil can. and he wrote upon this In
ink with a reed style The letters were
in Arabic. and 1 could not tell what
they meant.
I looked about me in vain for school
furniture such as we have at home.
There was not a chair nor a table in
the halls; there were no maps nor
diagrams and no scientific instru-
ments. There were no libraries visi-
bic, and the books used were mostly
pamphlets.
The Sleep i'm the school Rooms.
There is no charge for tuition. and
the Door and the rich are on much the
same level. Many of the u~ndergradu-
ates are partially supported by the
university, and it Is no disgrace to be
ithout money. some OF h students
and professors live in the university.
They sleep in the school rooms. where
they study or teach, lying down upon
the mats, and covering themselves
with their blankets hey eat there,
and there are peddlers who bring IN
food and sell it TO them. Their diet is
plain, u bowl of bean CUP and a cake
Of pounded grain, together with a lit
tie garlic or dates. forming the most
m meal. Such food costs but
little, but to those who are unable to
buy the university gives food, 600
loaves of bread being supplied without
charge to needy students every day
AS I passed through the halls I saw
some of the boys mending their clothes
and others spreading their wash out
in the sun to dry. They did not seem
ashamed of their poverty, and I saw
much to admire
The professors serve for nothing.
and support themselves by teaching
in private houses or by reading the
prayer at the mosques. It is conSid-
cred a great honor to be q professor
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nedan world II has more students
han any of QUIZ colleges, and twice as
many as either Harvard, Yale or Cor
nell 1t has all told, over 5000, and
IT'S professors numbe 24o- Its stu
aents come from every country where
Mohan.medaT1s flourish There are
hundreds from India and some from
Malaysia and Java There Is a large
huInber from Morocco and also from
Algeria Tunisia and Tripoli- There
ire Nubfans as black as your hat, Sy-
dans n Turks as yellow as rich, Jer-
sg cream and boys from southeast
frE Europe with faces as fair as our
pWn- There are long-gowned. tur-
Paned Persians, fierce-eyed Afghan
by1anE and brown-sk1nned men from
the Sudan and from about Kuka.
Boruu and Tfmbuktu- The students
tire OF all ages from fifteen to seventy
Fye- and some have spent their lives
b the college
a Mighty Nohanrnetian Force.
Tne university has been in existence
pE almost a thousand years It was
founded AID 9SS. and from that time
70 this ii has been educating the fol
0Ters OF the prophet II Is today per