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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30
Funeral Services.

The funeral of Mrs. Idella May
Barnes was held from the home on
East Park avenue this afternoon al
three O'clock Services were conduct
cd byRey: G W. Bent, Of the Diamond
Street N! Z. Church. A large crowd
Of friends and relatives of the de
ceased gathered at the home for the
services, The floral offerings were
beautiful. -Interment was made in
Maple Grove cemetery by Undertaken
Jenkins.
Mrsssam Barnes, of Colfax, was
called here by the death Of Mrs. Idella
MAJ Barnes.
Rey: and Mrs. Campbell and chill.
dren o. State street, spent Thursday
at Winfield.
sfrssA Taylor and Mrs. Sarah Bun.
nerS have been the guests OF relatives
at Inilependence for the past few days.
Messrs, VIM. Gwynn, of Trlune; L.
Vincent and Wager Bunner, OF Bun.
ner;ssRilge, were business visitors in
this city Friday.
MrgPerry Bruce, of New street.
spent q Thursday hunting and returned
with nine rabbits.
Mss Maggie Morrison, of Weston,
= u MfHENaHEEUT
is5thes guest Of her brtoher, Rev. U.
Morrison.
Ernest b Harden went to Elkins
FFigay morning, where he will spend
several days with his sister, Mrs. A.
Ayers:
Lawrence satterfell is able to be
out AFTER an{illaess of several days,
w Morrison attended the
funeral of Miss Hayhurst nj Banner's
Ridge to-day
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30

Notice.

Notice.
All parties indebted to First Ward
Livery Co. will please call at the OF.
flee Of said company and settle on
or before Dec. i, 1907, as / have to
go away and Will have TO place All
claims not paid at that time ont for
collection.
II N. e. STEELE.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30
Missionary society.

The Wonlan's Foreign Missionary
Society will meet at the Diamond
street NJ j.: Church Sunday afternoon
at three O'Clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30

Notice.

I|.Ea#. -AG MLNLNM EME.INE DHLT
On and atter tne ABOVE date. the
boats OF the Monongaheia and Ohio
Packets will charge fares on a basis
of one cent per mile. with a minimum
charge Of twenty. I'VE oeaes. All fare
Of se%ycnty-fye cents or oyer includes
berth. and meals Will be served al
twenty-five cents each.
This is onc.half rate charged rs the
railroads Under the new two cont net
and We respectfully solicit yopr pat.
ronage.
Fare one way Falrriont to
P%ittsburg, $3.50,
M~cKeesport, s1:15.
Mononsaheln. s1:oO.
charleroL 90c.
Fayette cly, soc.
Brownsville, 75c.
Rates to other points al cgrrespon
Ing low rates.
E. F, MADELY, Gen, Mgr
c. Z. WATTS, Ast EalF@Sats
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30

To Cure a coldifn One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinlne
Tablets Dinggists refund money II 1t
fstlss to cure: 2 y; GROVES sigma;
tpres is on zach box. csc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30

cult. Receptions have been planned
for him By the seotchman all saiohs
the route. These viii be brought to
close by tho reeeption 81 the Gale
DOMAIN society IN this city next month.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-30

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
EVOLUTION OF a POTATO.
Variety From Uruguay Cultivated in
New Forms in France


During the last season remarkable
progress has been made in the cult
walton Of 2 new species of potato IN
the department Of Vienna in France.
1t originated in Uruguay, and is called
the sOlanum commersoni. Amid it's
new environment in France and by
dint of careful cultivation and selec-
ton it has developed several forms
which promise to become fixed and to
possess much value as additions to
the food resources of Europe. Among
these forms, all springing from one
parent species, there are yellow va
riety white variety, a red variety
and variety not especially character
lied by color, all Of which possess
distinctive shapes and qualities. A
fact that particularly interests botan-
lists and cultivatOrs is that these va
rieties have evidently not yet reached
their final settled forms and the ex-
periments Of NJ Labergerie in Vienna
are closely watched because it is
thought that they will throw light
upon the unsettled question of the
general origin of the potato
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14


ing and treating disease, and deformi-
ties. He viii give $50 for any case
that he cannot tell the disease and
where located in five minutes.
All durable medical and surgical dis
eases, acute and chronic catarrh, and
Special Diseases OF the Eye, Ear, Nose
stipatiOn, Constitutional Catarrh,
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Stomach
and Bowel Troubles, Rheumatism,
Diabetes, Kidney, Liver, Bladder,
Prostatic and female diseases, Dizzi.
ness, Nervousness, Indigestion,
Obesity, Interrupted Nutrition, Slow
Growth in Children, and all wasting
disease in adults. Many cases of
Deafness, Ringing in the Ears, Loss
of Eyesight, Cataract, Cross Eyes,
etc., that have been improperly treated
or neglected. can be easily restored.
Deformities, Club Feet, Curvature of
Paralysis, Epilepsy, Heart Disease,
Dropsy, Swelling OF the Limbs, Stric-
ture, Open Sores, Pain in the Bones,
Granular Engagements and all long
standing diseases properly treated.
AouhSs hiiuuiC-dSCu anu oAoS olhSlO
or married, and all who suffer from
lost manhood, nervous debility,
spermatorrhoea, seminal losses, sexual
decay, failing memory, weak eyes,
stunted development, lack of energy,
impoverished blood, pimples, impede
ments to marriage; also blood and
skin diseases, Syphilis, Eruptions,
Hair Falling, Bone Pains, Swellings,
Sore Throat. Ulcers, Effects to Mer-
curry, Kidney and Bladder Troubles,
Weak burning Urine, passing urine
too often, Gonorrhoea, elect, Structure,
receive searching treatment, prompt
relief and cure for life.
Cancers, Tumors. Goiter, FistuIa,
Piles, Varicocele and enlarged glands,
with the simultaneous injection
method, absolutely without pain and
without the loss of drop of blood is
one of his own discoveries, and is the
most really scientific and certainly
sure cure of the twentieth century.
No incurable cases taken. Consulta-
ton to those interested, $1.00.
DIR. REA & CO.,
Minneapolis, Mimi. Louisville, KY.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
-:c- -ato.- n.ttcntive Brothers.

II Wao commencement dav at a
wo''-kDCwr ~ir'e' seminary. and the
father &c cuc Of the young women
cane tc attC11 he G,aduGtion exer-
ciGcG. Re VS. presented to the prin-
ci~al, who said: q congratulate you,
Sir. upon yorr extremely large and
afiectiCnate family"
Large and af'ocfi0natc.' he stam-
mered, and looHiDg very much sur
prised.
Yes, indeed" said the principal.
mo less than twelve CT your daugh-
ter's brothers have called frequently
during the WINE" 70 take her driving
and sleigEing .wHi,g your eldest son
escorted her to re thcater at least
twice ? week. Unusually nice broth
ers thov ere
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
MR.. HOWARD'S BILL

Hon. John r. Howard, Sour
representative, 'sthe man who
works." has introduced bill carry.
ing an appropriation of some
twenty-five thousand dollars for the
purpose of Strengthening and en-.
larging the channel of Crow river.
This is a matter of simple justice
to the residents of those towns in
western Stearns county that lie ad.
jacent to this stream. By the
digging of bitches certain valuable
meadow lands have been practically
submerged. Two more bitches
are in prospect and will probably
be dug in the near future, and more
lands will be inundated because
the Crow river, unless it's channel
is Strengthened and enlarged, is in
capable of carrying off the extra
amount of water that is deposited
in it. 1t is no more than right
that water is dumped on mems
farms by legislative or judicial &C.
ton that they ought not to person
ally bear the burden of draining it
off. In many cases they are finan-
cially unable to do so, and if the
state does not step in and aid it
will mean the practical confscation
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
The women of the state won the
first round in their fight for the
establishment of a separate In
dustrial school for girls when they
secured favorable report out of
the committee on the "Spooner'
bill calling for the establishment
of such an institution in county
not now having any state institu-
ton located within it's borders.
This bill ought to pass without
serious opposition, and the appro-
priation ought to be made without
any bubble. The women of the
state are entitled to the greastet
credit for the earnest dIsinterested
work that they have put forth in
this matter. They have spent their
time and money without any hope
or expectation of reward except
the welfare of the people and the
good of society. 1t is always safe
to back measures that conscientious,
Christian women unanimously ask
for.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
NORWAY FOR WORLD PEACE.
King Haakon Assures Mr.. Stead of
Stand at the Hague Conference.

w. T. Stead has arrived at Chris
tiania from Stockholm in high spirits,
Mr.. Stead had an interview With King
Haakon and M. Loevland. Both de-
clared themselves in favor of q peace
budget and of making article eighs
of the Hague program obligatory.
The Hague conference will open
about June Is and be in session for
two months There seems to be no
doubt that the question of disarma-
ment and the limitation of ornaments
will be the ''piece de resistance OF
the program, and if either the British
of the United States governments
have really decided to propose this
question the powers will be obliged
to discuss it. There is no probability
of any serious political complications.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
A Great Event,

The incumbent of populous parish
who never failed to have publication
OF numerous banns looked for the
banns book as usual after the first
lesson.
Feeling assured of finding it, he
commenced:
Il publish the banns of marriage
awkward pause, during which he
looked beneath the service books, but
1t was not there. 81 publish the
banns," replied he, still fumbling, "be-
tween-between-
Between the cushion and the seat"
shouted the clerk, looking up and
pointing to the place where the book
had been mislaid.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
Edmond SCs+2rG's Home

Some of the most noted Partisan
artists have contrived TO transform
Edmond Rostand's country home. Ar
raga in the south of France. into a
fairyland The walls of his magnif.
out over the crests of the Pyranecs,
are covered with the very delightful
tales which Hans Christian Andersen
ar6 the Grimm brothers have immor-
taliZC0.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
Sounding Board in the Mouth.

At a recent musical exposition in
Berlin an invention for increasing the
resonance of the voice was exhibited.
It consists of film which is applied
to the roof of the mouth and acts as a
sounding board. 1t is intended for the
use of orators, officers and any one
wishing to increase the reach Of the
voice as we'll as musicians.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
Stolen Spanish Armcr.

A collection of arms and armor re-
Gently received from Spain, which was
offered for sale ct auction in 1889, has
since been identified as containing
many Of the extra pieces from the SUI
perb series CT suits in the Royal Span
ish armory-stolen from there by an
INSCRIPTIONS official. his theft being
concealed from the authorities at the
time by an accidental CD fire.-Art
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
FRANK M. EDDY,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Subscription, $50 a Year.
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS

There seems to be a perfect
mania for investigation broker
loose in this session of the legisla
ture. 1t is very humble individual
or very ordinary institution that
cannot succeed in getting investi,
gated in St. Paul this winter. This
is all right to certain extent, but
it seems to us that these Investigate
ing committees do everything in
the world but investigate. In fact
the very methods they adopt de-
feat the ends they seek to attain.
There has been for years a constant
stream of complaints about the
management of the St. Peter insane
asylum. Whether these complaints
are well founded or not we do not
even pretend to know. A special
legislative committee was appointed
to investigate the matter and left
Monday for st. Peter to look mat
tiers over. Their appointment was
noted in the press and the day and
date of their arrival in st. Peter
and if the authorities, no matter
what the real condition of affairs
may be, are not in frst-class shape
to be investigated we will miss our
guess. The idea of appointing an
investigating committee to investi-
gate any state institution and send
ing advance notices of their arrival
is as ridiculous as it would be to 60
up in the northern woods to hunt
moose preceded by brass band.
Scarcely less ridiculous are most
of the Investigations carried on in
the house and senate by specially
appointed committees. The wit
nesses that appear before these COM
mittees answer only such questions
as they feel like answering and re-
fuse to furnish books and documents
at will. Every rule of court pro-
cedure is violated in examination
and cross-examination of witnesses.
Generally speaking the committee
membership are wholly adverse to
the parties Investigated, and those
men and institutions that are put
on the grill stand about as much
show of fair play as man would in
court if he permitted the prosecu-
ton to name the Judge and select
the jury to try his case. AS rule,
if the chairman of these investigat-
ing committees were to write their
reports before they heard word
of testimony they would not be
materially different than they are
after examining all the witnesses.
We do not wish to reflect on this
Legislature or committee thereof.
What we have said applies to all
legislatures state and national.
We suppose Investigations are
necessary and that they will con-
tinue as long as legislative bodies
assemble, but in our judgment there
is nothing SO farcial as Legislative
investigation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

of their property. Mr.. Howard
has done the right thing in intro
ducing this bill. We hope and
believe it will become a law. This
legislative district is to be con-
graduated on having a man of Mr..
Towards ability and energy to
represent them. He has already
won the reputation of being one
of the most valuable men in the
legislature.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

A little St. Paul girl has named
her nanny goat Oleomargarine be.
cause che says she is no good as a
butter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

In St. Paul a man is charged
with being "county-optioned" when
he INDUCES in intoxicants to excess.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
GOOD ROADS

The Legislature will surely make
a mistake if they adjourn without
passing some advanced good roads
legislation. This is one of the
most important matters before our
lawmakers. 1t means more for the
development of our state and it's
resources than almost any other
measure. 1t affects more people
than any other question under
legislative consideration. Itshould
and must be attended to or the
Legislature will disappoint their
constituents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

The Minnesota Legislature is
half over but their work is not half
finished.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

'h"h ''iiy o'hNi i"N
Legislative consideration. 1t should
and must be attended to or the
legislature will disappoint their
constituents.
The Minnesota Legislature is
half over but their work is not half
! finished.
The congressman and United
States senators are focking home.
They appropriated billion dollars
in ninety days and increased their
own salaries fifty per cent, and they
behave like an ameteur athlete who
has broken a record.
The search for republican
Moses to lead the party to victory
in the next campaign still continues,
but he is still in hiding.
You cannot measure the value Of
a member of the Legislature to his
constituents by the number of
speeches he makes.
Some men muck rake and get
rich others muck rake and get
bounced.
Advertising is simply putting
legs on your business sign and
setting it up in every buyers house.
1t is little curious but the fact
that Harry Thaw has employed
seven lawyers to defend him has
not been offered by the defense as
a proof of insanity.
The legislature adjourned till
Wednesday on Saturday last. By
visiting the hotels one can easily
determine who don't have passes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

The legislature adjourned till
Wednesday on Saturday last. BY
visiting the hotels one can easily
determine who don't have passes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

Advertising is simply putting
legs on your business sign and
setting it up in every buyers house.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

Some men muck rake and get
rich others muck rake and get
bounced.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

The search for republican
Moses to lead the party to victory
in the next campaign still continues,
but he is still in hiding.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14

You cannot measure the value Of
a member of the legislature to his
constituents by the number of
speeches he makes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05
Venezuela,

Venezuela is old Spain-the Spain Of
3SlVashington Irving. She has as much
beauty, her people have the same An
tlalusian charm, and year for year
since the time Of Columbus she can
show as much romance as intricate
diplomacy and as primitive inns as
existed beyond the Pyrenees before the
guidebooks were bound in red. But
the proper way to see Venezuela is not
through a guidebook, supposing there
were one, or to limit ones days to a
circular tour in which everything il
reckoned by the dollar. The spirit Of
the land must be found before its gen
ius can be understood. Kipling's re-
frain Of somewhere east OF Suez" can
be paraphrased into somewhere south
of Hatt'ras." Then the American. like
bis British cousin, will be aple to feel
the clutch of tropic life. and the ro-
nance of il will not be modernized into
comic opera.-Reader Magazine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05

Denver toward the setting sun to the
great briny Pacific, ending at Los An
geles and San Francisco.
But there is tragedy in the story
of the building. Human lives were
sacrificed; money was spent and brave
men went to their graves with broken
hearts. Over a certain portion of the
road, where every foot of the rOad-bed
had to be fought through sOlid granite,
it was found that the expense of con-
struction had exceeded the engineers
outside estimate $4,000 per mile,
and this for some sixty mllesI
And today? Today the Colorado
Midland enjoys international fame.
The very tunnels through solid rocks
which meant manifold hardships in
the building Of the road are now
looked upon by the sight-seer and
transcontinental passenger as mere
matters of course and necessity. The
Midland recently attracted considera-
bic attention in railroad circles by is
suing one of the handsOmest photo
graphic booklets ever produced by a
railroad. The publication contains
over thirty scenes in the Rockies. 1t
Is a work of art and quite expensive,
but Is sent free to any one who takes
the time and trouble to mail a card to
G. II. Speers, the general passenger
agent at Denver.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05
The Billiard Cue.

Concerning the billiard cue and the
old fashioned billiard Isace," or "bil.
lard mast" as Cowper wrote the word,
it may be noted that the original
French term for the instrument Of the
game was ''masse" or billiard
Queue" according to Littre. was at
first the name of the tapering ''tair' or
striking end Of the less clumsy stick
that subsequently rose in favor and
eventually came to mean that stick it.
self Queue" in the sense Of the tail
of a wig, used sometimes to be written
''cue" in English. but we reserve the
Fre-ch spelling now for this and for
thc tail of people at theater door,
giving the English to the billiard stick
AM to the actors cue" if that also
represents "tail'-the tail of the pre-
ceding speech. But, as the actors cue
used to be written 20 or "qu," 1t has
been thought to represent the Latin
"quando" (wben).-London Chronicle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05

bottoms of the West and Middle West,
where railroad construction is figured
on the basis of the number of men and
teams il will take to remove or fill in
a certain amount of loose dirt in a
given territory, there are none of the
problems-or even dangers--to be en-
countered or reckoned with, so conse-
quently the flat lands" contractor, en-
gineer or workman knows little-prob-
ably, in many cases, cares less-about
the troubles of his brother, the noun
taineer.
One instance here cited will serve to
open the eyes of even the uninitlated
ia railroad building: The Colorado
Midland railway was completed and
opened for traffic in 1887. Civil en-
gineers the country over broke into
the magazines with brainy, theoretical
papers declaring that the feat of con-
structing a standard-gauge railroad
over the very top of the sky-scraping
peaks, where scarcely the foot of civil
lied man had then left its mark, was
an idea Matched in the mind of a
fanatic, and that ii was far from prac-
teal, even in theory, let alone fact.
Having thus unburdened themselves
for the benefit of an enlightened
world, they dismissed the subject, APP
parently satisfied that they had put
down and set 1T rest the wild. weird
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05
Second Wives.

You cannot be too careful In your
choice OF second wife. If you make
mistake in choosing your second
wife, 1t is obvious that you did not de-
serve TO lose your first. Marriage is a
habit that grows on one. The reason
that so many marriages turn out I'M
happily for the parties concerned lies
In the unfortunate but by no means up-
natural desire that men have for mar
rying their second wives In the first
Instance. If a man could. marry his
second wife first, there would be fewer
bachelors.-Frank Richardson in Pail
Mall Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05
She Proved the Accusation.

George Selwyn once remarked in
company that woman could not write
q letter under any circumstances with
out adding a postscript A woman
present replied, 1.-The next letter you
receive from me, Mr.. Selwyn, will
prove that you are wrong" Accord
ingly he received one the next day In
which, after her signature, was the
following: up. S.-Who is right now,
you or ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-06-05
Great Britain's Stamps.

Great Britain was the pioneer in
"stampdom," and it is noteworthy that
the photograph of the eighteen-year-
old Victoria, which adorned the first
postage stamp, continued to be the cen
trail feature of every stamp issued by
Great Britain until nearly year after
Of more than sixty years. a similar
policy was pursued in the issue of
stamps for the score or more colonies
of Great Britain, and with but few ex-
ceptions the stamps have all borne the
likeness of the girl queen.-Frank j.
Stillman In st. Nicholas.