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EARTHQUAKE IS RECORDED.
Reported by oeodetic Survey 5000
Miles Away.

The coast and geodetic survey OBJ
servatory at Cheltenham, Md. reports
an earthquake beginning at 5:56 and
terminating at 7:17 am. yesterday. The
maximum phase was recorded at 6:1O
am The record indicates thst the orr
gin of the tremors was about 5000
miles distant from Washington.
The weather bureau announced this
afternoon that it had no record or the
disturbance.
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To Attend Fisheries Congress.

Japan will be represented at the inter-
national fisheries congress to be held in
Washington next month. by .Tasaku Rita
hari, an expert on fish culture of the
imperial department of agriculture and
commerce at Toxic. who has been desis-
mated by the japanese government for
that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-18
Hid Child in Chicken Coop.

NEW YORK. August 1S.-Dr E. X.
Conrad, president of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children Of
Hackensack, N. j.. has obtained a
warrant for the arrest of Francis MONT
Of Warren Point, who. after taking his
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Orders to Naval ofacers.

Lieut.. Commander L. A. Kaiser, from
the cruiser Washington to the Monir HOS
pital. Seattle. WASH. for treatment.
Chief Boatswain p. ]. Kane, from the
New Hampshire to the battleship Texas
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II you want work read the want col.
umns Of The Star
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Built Before the Days When
Authentic History Began.
A RELIC OF AGES LONG AGO
Population Has Not Increased in
Five Hundred Years.
THE LAST K1NG OF LIMERICK
Where st. Patrick Blessed Ireland
and Called Her the Candle Of
Gods Household.
by WILLIAM r. CURTIS
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM r. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
LIMERICK, August 10, 1893
Limerick looks like a medieval city.
and y it is one Of the oldest in Ire
land 1 haven't found anything mod
ern since since we have been here.
There is an old tower that was built seven
centuries ago, and portions of walls forty
feet high and thirty-six feet thick. which
date back to the time of King John in
the twelfth century. The Castle Is one
of the finest Norman fortresses yet re-
naming in the kingdom, and overlooks
the River Shannon in a most formidable
manner. The ancient gate Is carefully
retained and there is bridge across the
river approaching 1t that might have been
bull. by the Romans. The Shannon is a
good deal of a river here and has been
walled in with cut stone and wide quays
that are equipped with modern machinery
of loading and unloading vessels, although
there isn't much commerce.
American Wheat and Bacon.
Occasionally steamer loaded with coal
arrives. but there is no regular traffic.
and today a big four-masted bark is
OISSHoA 6MS q i6O VI WHICH, Sh1S " 90
brought all the way around Cape Horn
from California and will be ground up In
the mills of Limerick because it is cheap
er to bring 1t all that distance than to
raise wheat on the farms In this vicin-
ity.
l haven't been quite able to figure out
how that happens, and it seems incredible.
because there is so much land given up to
pastures that might be plowed and SOW
ed with grain. We have been riding about
this part of the country in an automobile
for several days and haven't yet seen
wheat field, not one, although there are
several flour mills in Limerick and the
immediate neighbOrhOod. In two grocery
stores where have inquired they told me
they handled American flour or flour from
American wheat almost exclusively, and
they were selling a good deal of bacon
from the Chicago packing houses. which
also seems strange because Limerick ba-
con is supposed to be the best in the
world and three big establishments here,
employing several hundred men, do moth
ing but cure bacon and hams. Each
slaughters about 10000 hogs a week.
which doesn't seem a very large business
in comparison with that of the packing
houses of Chicago. Omaha and Kansas
City, but over here it Is something to
brag about.
Limerick bacon brings the highest price
in the London market and sells at 3 or
cents a pound more than that which Is
imported from Chicago. In order to re-
alize the difference the people Of this
city are willing to ship their bacon to
England and eat the Chicago product.
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Aunt Chloe Gets Slightly Mixed.

BALTIMORE, August Is. - 1t is not
often that religion and politics meet in
good laugh, but story is going the
rounds in which these opposite elements
are both concerned. 1t seems that what
is known as "a mission in the Catholic
Church was going on in a certain parish
i'm ST. Mary county. The people hocked
to the services and appeared to be very
much pleased with the priests who assist
ed the pastor In the conduct of the affair.
One of these priests gave an eloquent ser
mon. in the course of which he used some
rather learned words and phrases. Among
other things he spoke of the power. infiu-
ence and general exalted station of "our
sovereign pontiff." Another priest. famous
throughout the city for his native wit and
keen sense of humor. met an old colored
woman after the sermon and asked her
how she liked IL.
..Fus' rate. sah." was the answer.
..Eut. aunty," the priest asked. did
Won understand II all-all the big words?'
oh. yaas. sahi 1 understood 1t all,
sah'
Did you hear him speak of our 'sover-
eign pontin' ?"
do YOU know who he is?
..Oh. yaas. sab. / knows who dat 10,
sah.
"Well, now. who is this great and pow
erful sovereign pontiff. aunty?'
.'Marse Sidney Mudd. sab.
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Influx Of Undesirables Expected.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. August 1S.-The population
OF the United States is said to be likely
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The Bells of st. Mary's.

The bells of ST. Mary's Cathedral at
Limerick are famous for their sweet
tones and a very pretty story is told
about them. 1t is said that they were
cast in Italy at the expense of a rich
Italian. and presented to a monastery in
Italy. In a few years the monks became
very poor, and sold their bells to the
Bishop of Limerick for money to relieve
their immediate distresses. The Italian
nObleman who had given them also met
with misfortune. and became a wandersr
over the earth. Coming up the Shandon
river from a long ocean voyage one day
the first sound that greeted him was the
stantly recognized the bells. the pride and
the joy of his heart. and tried in vain
until his death to recover them
Although this story is very touching 1t
is not true. The history Of the chimes
is perfectly we'll known. They were cast
in this city about 1860 by William Per-
due, q resident of Limerick, who is buried
in the cathedral with an appropriate
epitaph:
Here Is bell founder: honest ,,s and and true;
william Perdue
Obiat III Xbris 40. DIM MDCLxxIH.'
The Treaty Of Limerick.
The royal capital of the O'Briens is
often known as THE City of the vio-
lated Treaty" It was stoutly defended
against Cromwelrs army in 1851 by Hugh
O'Neill, but after a six months siege 1t
was captured by Gen. Ireton, the son-in-
law of Cromwell. who became governor
until his death of the plague the year
following. The house in which Ireton
lived and died stood next to the cathedral.
1t was torn down some years ago and the
site added to the cathedral grounds.
Limerick was also besieged in 1851 dur
ing the war between James l and Will
liam of Orange. The latter captured the
city with an army of 5000 men, and
made a treaty with Gen. Patrick Sarsfield.
who surrendered October 3, 1851. The
ninth article of the treaty of surrender
provided that Roman Catholics should en-
Joy the same privileges as Protestants
and be given immunity for all religious
offenses in the past. This article. how
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Milk-Gathering Machines.

Limerick is also the center of large
butter trade and has the biggest con-
densed milk factory in the kingdom. using
the milk of 10000 cows daily, which is
gathered morning and evening by enor-
nous motors that go laundering around
the roads like juggernauts. They look
like steam rollers, and are built the same
way, with four wheels that have tires
more than a foot wide, which serve a
double purpose in rolling the roads daily
while they are hauling in the milk. Each
of these ponderous vehicles carries large
tank that will hold hundred gallons of
milk. and hauls a trailer that carries
two tanks of similar size, thus making
about 300 gallons to the load, but it
makes noise enough for 10000 gallons. The
big tanks are painted white and the ma
chimes are polished like the knockers on
the front doors of the Limerick houses.
There are three of these machines. which
start out at daylight and each goes In
a different direction picking up the milk
that is left in cans by the farmers at
convenient cross-road stations. When the
tanks are all filled the juggernaut comes
rumbling into town. making more noise
than the railroad train, discharges its
load at the condensed milk factory and
then starts out in another direction.
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A Freak Twin Watermelon.

BALTIMORE. August 1S.-An- unusual
freak of nature in the shape Of twin
watermelons came in an express package
to Mr. William w Moore, cashier of the
internal revenue service.
The melons are of fair size and COM
bined weigh about fifteen pounds. They are
joined for a space of about five inches at
one end. The freak came from Elliott.
Dorchester county, where it was grown
on the farm of Mr.. A. NJ. Moore, brother
of the cashier.
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Goat Ate His Panama Hat.

NE- YORK, August Outstanding on
the top of narrow billboard sign thirty
feet from the sidewalk. placidly munching
on large panama hat billygoat was
the center of attraction for a crowd that
gathered in West Broadway near Broo lie
street late Sunday afternoon. AS down.
town elevated train rushed by Mr.. Goat
stood on his hind legs and saluted the
passengers. while the owner of the hat
made desperate yet futile attempts to re-
cover his property.
Bystanders were unable to tell whence
the goat came or how he had succeeded
in reaching his high perch on the four
inch board at the top of the sign. which
stretches over the top Of row of one
story shops.
The only explanation offered was that
the animal probably had gone to the third
story of an adjoining building and jumped
out of window TO the billboard. After
making way with the hat the goat ieaped
to the roof of the One-story shops below
and disappeared.
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Buried in st. Mary's Cathedral.

He is supposed to have been buried in
St. Mary's Cathedral. and the most an
cient and noteworthy monument In that
venerable temple is a brownstone slab
covered with Celtic cross and tnscrip-
ton that is supposed to be the lid of his
coffin. This monument originally stood
on the grounds outside the church, and
was moved inside In $780,
On the other side Of the chapel In which
this precious relic Ia preserved is a monu-
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Population Never Increases.

Population Never Increases.
Limerick has a population of about
40, 900, which has been reduced from $4,000
during the last ten or twelve years by
emigration to America; and. as we find 1t
the case everywhere, all the young men
who can get money enough to pay their
steamship fares are emigrating. great
many young women go also and 1.-The best
blood of the country is lost to u.s." one of
the priests remarked the other day. The
city has not increased in numbers for
centuries. It has merely held its own,
and some historians contend that 1t had
more population five hundred years ago
than it has now. It dates way back be-
fore the beginning of history.
st. Patrick's Blessing and Prophecy.
st. Patrick came here on a missionary
tour in the year 446, and that is when
authentic history begins. He remained
here for some time and founded several
churches in the neighborhood. Before his
departure he blessed the territories and
their islands. and prophesied that saints
would dwell therein. He gave their names
and the times they would arrive" The
Green Island to the west. saith Patrick,
in the mouth of the sea. shall become the
candle of Gods household. ana therein
shall be the chief counsel for the district.
namely. Senan Of Inis Cathaig. Several
of the places visited by St. Patrick and
several of the churches he founded can
still be identified. and when the Danish
power in Limerick was broken by Brian
Boru there were still many Christians
among the inhabitants.
Limerick's Last King.
In 11ss lived and regned Donald
O'Brian. the last king of Limerick. He
was fifth in descent from Brian Boru. and
was among the first to swear allegiance to
the Norman invader, King Henry of Eng
land. when the latter arrived here. He
permitted an English governor to be
placed in possession of the city. But
after King Henry returned to England
Donald OBrian lost no time IN renounc-
ence. And from that time he fought the
English with great energy until his death
in 1904 after a reign of twenty-six years
of almost continuous conflict.
However, King Donald round d. time ana 40
erect q splendid old church that still
stands. It is called st. Mary's, and is
the protestant cathedral of the Church
of Ireland. He erected several other
county which bear witness to the re-
lirious zeal of Donald O'Brian. The
ruins at Cashel, which are the most ex-
tensiye in all Ireland, are reminders Of
his piety, energy and generosity In the
Christian propaganda.
Buried in st. Mary's Cathedral.
He is supposed to have been buried in
st. Mary's Cathedral. and the most an
Gent and noteworthy monument in that
venerable temple is a brownstone slab
covered with a Celtic cross and inscrip-
ton that IL supposed to be the lid of his
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ment erected to the memory of the SOL
diers of the s5th Regiment of the Kings
Light Infantry who have died in battle:
And above it hang the flags which that
regiment carried during the last 200
years, Including the Crimean war, the
South African war, the war In Spain, the
war against Napoleon and the war for
independence in the United States.
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Floor COVerim @S.
Mattings.

Fancy Chinese Mattings: variety
i IS p sd spscta Reg: .priee'84c yd.
Fancy Seamless Chinese Mating:
R pries' q! es': yd sps Sss 1870 yd
Heavy Seamless Chinese Mating;
variety Of good patterns. Reg.
s srass; zoe .ar :,....... 15Mc yd.
Double Extra Seamless Chinese
Mattings: beautiful line of patterns
in plain and fancy mixtures. Reg.
e eE,fe :. s'e yard spe. 1910 yd.
Imperial Chinese Palmed Mattings;
plain and fancy patterns: Is styles.
s sss; price: 4oo I'd. .23hc yd.
Royal Superfine Seamless 116-warp
Chinese Mating: % styles of excel
lent patterns. Reg. Doc Nd
price. SOC I'd. Special. .. ~ w.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30
A Most Adaptable nress.

Almost every one Is feeling the
need Of new evening dress, a semi.
decollete gown that will meet a dozen
different needs. stand hard wear and
see It's owner safely through the win.
ter. There is a new model that Is
good for Just that sort OF thing, ex.
tremely simple in line and construc.
ton, while representing the last worl
in evening styles. The bodice Is
charming simple round outline n
the sort that is flatterlng to the thin.
nest neck, fne tucks that follow the
line Of the decoilete, and perfectly
adorable little puff sleeves of the real
Empire variety that accord well with
the high waistline of the skirt. The
latter is tucked to correspond with
the bodice. 1t is what call most
adaptable dress, for It is SO simple
that a young girl could wear it, and
yet 1t is So distinctly of the moment
in point of style that it will be very
popular with women who are connois.
seurs in matters of dress. saw It in
canaiy-colored crepe de Chine, with
the bands around the neck and sleeves
worked in heavy raised design in sill.
yer; a sash of silver gauze was passed
once around the. waist and tied on the
left side, WITH its hing ends falling al.
most to the hem OF the SKIRT in front
and ending in silver tasssls.-Helea
Berkeley-Lloyd in the December De.
lineator.
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Fairmont. representing the churches.
the school. the mill. the mine, the
merchant and every organization and
business interest which tends to de-.
velop and make attractive our city, all
our people to feel that they have a
part in this wonderful advertising ven.
ture. And II every citizen were sup.
piled with booklets to enclose to their
out of town friends and to business as.
soclates whom they may have occl.
sion to write in this manner dlstribut-
ing more than one hundred thousand,
what would the outcome be? We can
only answer this question by the man.
ner in which We are attracted by the
1,:r2rtts!ng matter sent US from other
communities. BY sucn a combination
Of concentrated effort the result would
be that hundreds Of letters would be
pouring into Fairmont daily asking
about our educational advantages, op-
portunities for the laboring man, In
qulring into the value of real estate,
, rents, and the cost Of living, manufac-
turing concerns seeking new locations.
farmers to truck garden, and within
five years our population would be
doubled, Are you ready for the cam
palgn?
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What TheySpent
CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES
FILE THEIR ELECTION
AFFIDAVITS.

CHARLESTON, W, va. Nov. 30
Governor Glssscocl mas fled his cam
palgn expenses, but. Bennett SO far
has not. Glasscock spent s1,6iS.2p
of which amount he sent $1,000 to The
State committee.
John Sherman Darst expended
$1,4s6.S5, of which $500 went to The
State committee.
Jere A. Miller, the Democratic can
didate for State treasurer. let go ol
$99G.S5. of which the state COMMITTEES
got $500 and the Ohio county commit
tee 500.
W. G. Mathews, Democratic candl.
date fer Supreme Judge. ~aanded over
s5OO to George I. Neal. spending
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GREATNESS OF
THE CITY DUE
10 MANY THINGS
Levi d fsarr- Asks What is Chief
Elemsut Of Fairmont.s Great.
ness.
$500
ADVERTISING BOOKLET
WOULD BRING RESULTS.
Community Offers Many Advantages
70 Manufacturers and
Investors.
az Leyi B. Harr.l

n Wewere to advertise our town by
ending q booklet broadcast over the
country, what would be the first thing
ne would call attention to? WHAT ell.
enentSof our greatness would we
mike foremost?
rhalpeaple Of the various sections
0Elsur common country view the prop.
osltion differently. Individuals Of the
same section would not agree possibly
upon one single Characteristic of our
NsslfaSe which we would first attempt
1oimpess upon the world.
The usual method of attracting PEG,
pie 70 new communities is in some
form 81 advertising. we are attract.
sato,the Cult Coast Of Texas by ser.
5es 81 booklets and circulars empia-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30

sizing the soft moisture laden breezes
from the Gulf and the rich, mellow,
boamy soil. We are invited to locate
along the Atlantic Coast from Della.
ware to Florida, being attracted by ex.
tensive truck gardening and the cot.
ton fields OF the South.
The scenery of Mexico and Canyons
in the Rocky Mountains are flashed
before as in highly colored booklets
until we become travelling agents for
the railroads and barren country, their
only resource being our curiosity.
Our people are induced to go went
and raise wheat and corn; also the
great Saskatchewan wheat belt of Can.
ada is attracting the farmers from the
States.
The climate of West Virginia is
beautiful, without excessive heat or
cold, our soil is productive, irrigation
is unthought of, and unnecessary. To
the sightseer, West Virginia presents
valleys, rugged mountain slopes, deep
canyons and rough waters. Our PEG.
pie have good markets for the prod
ucts of the soil.
All of which elements OF our wei
fare are so commonplace as compared
with our resources and their product
iveness. that the very essentials which
are used to attract people to foreign
lands, with their money and energy
reunnoticed at home.
A booklet setting forth a communi
ties resources and advantages is the
most popular form of ADVERTISING
Surprising booklet be prepared on
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5000 in addition.

Melville Peck, of Barbour, also n
candidate for Supreme bench, gave the
Democratic State committee $1,000,
about all.
Judge Ira f. Robinson parted with
s7nO. $500 to the State committee, s2cO
to Taylor county committee, and 60
cents for stamps,
County Superintendent of Schools.
NJ. P. shawkey spent $776. 500 of
which went to the State committee.
then went to Europe on his savings.
l.. J. Williams, of Greenbrler, sent
$50 to the State committee and spent
$3.50 himself.
Harry woodward, in the Fourth,
says he put up S62T.5O.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30

preferred stock. TIE regular u per
cent. dividend on common stock will
be paid December 30. the total dis.
bursement for both kinds OF stock
aggregating sS,s46,432. The surplus
for the quarter amounts to $3.50, O23.
The total earnings for the last
quarter were $27,1O6,274, showing
much better than was expected by
the most sanguine. The earnings by
months during the quarter have
shown steady improvement, the July
figures having been $S5ss6SO; An.
gust, $9,152,Sl1. and September So.
! 1854, 1873. Untitled orders on hand n
September 30 were 3,421, ST. tons, com.
pairing with S,S1S,S76 tons at the end
OF the last preceding quarter.
The earnings of $27,1O6,274 COM
pare with $202G5.756 for the three
months ended IN June 80 and with
$1S,229.OO5 for the March 81 quarter.
For the three months ended on Ser.
temper 80. 1907. the earnings were
$49,SO4.2S5; 1906. $3S,114G24; 1905.
$S1 ,24O,5S2, and 1904, $1S,773,932. On
the last date the amount Of untitled
orders on the books was 1927, 4SG
tons, the smallest total in the cor.
porations history. From that tine
the amount u untitled orders advanc.
ed irregularly until the maximum of
S,4S9.71S tons was reached in the
statement of December 81, 1906.
thereafter declining steadily until
June 30 of this year, the figures Of
September 80 last showing the first
turn of the tide.
From the total earnings q $27, 10f,:
274 are deducted charges and appro.
priations, leaving net earnings Of
$21,S10,417.
Deducting from the net earnings
of $21,SlO,4l7 the interest on thu
Steel Corporation bonds outstanding
and sinking funds for the quarter on
those bonds there remains balance
of s13,99S455. Dividends for the
quarter at the regular rates of %
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srEEL TRUST PROSPEROUS,

(By 8. W. Press Associauon.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 3O.-That pres
uerity has arrived fer the "steel
trust is shown by the report for the
last quarter, on which was based to.
day disbursement of the regular
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent. on
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30

The prospective tenant who answers
your ad. is looking for properly ot
that klpd-while the occasional ons
who sees your placard probably is mot
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30
RInk Gill; Prparanlne.

The band has been engaged to ne
main with the JACKSON Street Amuss.
ment Co. all week and an entire
change Of programme wiz be put on
this week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-30

Yes; your rent money might pur.
chase more comfort. or better location
or more room. You will never know
to a certainty untll you have answered
a few ads.