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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-25
literally a "harseed, contributes hand.

literally "hayseed' contributes hand
sonely to the prosperity OF the nation.
The farmer who has abundance Of
hay of good quality ready for. the mar
bet can put money In Ills purse with
out trouble. Who would not b. a
t'hayseed" in these fortunate and h;.p.
.py, circumstances?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-25
ONLY oNEELosER.
death keenly.

Five. winners out OF six conventions
is the record Of Chicago as the gath.
erIng place OF the Republican party.
Abraham Lincoln was first nominnt-
e dthere. and SO was Grant, Garfield,
Harrison and Roosevelt All were
elected to the presidency after being
nominated in Chicago.
y Blaine. who was nominated and de-.
feated III 1854. was the only loser ever
picked by the party In Chicago.
Tho conventions of the Republican
l>:rty since its organization, with the
nominees were ms follows: n
1886. Phlladelphia-Frce AMI
Dayton. 80.
1850, chlcago-.incoln and Ham,
lin.
1861, Baltlmore-Lincoln and john
son.
1865. chicago-Grant and colfnx.
1872. Philadelphla-Grant and VIII
son. 4
1s76. Cinclnnnti-Hals md Wheeler.
1880. Chicago Garfield and Arthur.
1854. Chicago-Blaine and Logan.
1883. Chicago-Harrison and Nor
ton. B ia ~,
; 1892. aIlnneapolls-Harrlson and;
Reid.
1896. St. LouIs-aIcKinley and Ho-
bart. K. Il q, l; B
1900. Phlladelpllla-7NlcK Inleyf and
Roosevelt. e 81 b
1904. chioago-Rooseyelt and Fair
hunks. K = 4 s, 81 Z. Z.
1908; Chicago-Taft and Sherman
& Out of the fourteen National Repub=
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-25

ifcan conYe tons. seven haye been
held ~ Chicago Ohio has fpfnished
three Presidents and the fourth one
Us on tie way.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Look Forward.
From Success Magazine.


Do not tell your troubles this year, be-
cause the fewer people who know of the
things that have handicapped you the
better it is for you. You will then be
spared the influence of the unfortunate
suggestions which your hard-luck stories
make upon other peoples minds.
Then. again every time YOU repeat the
story of vour uoiSfnrtuneS YOUR troubles.
your trials. your failures. you etch The
dark nicture little deeper In your own
mind make a little more real to you what
you ought to erase forever. What cannot
be cured should be erased forever. What
cannot help us, what can only hinder,
should be forgotten, discarded once for
all.
The only thing to do with bad piece
of work, with an unfortunate mistake.
with sad experience. is to let 1t go, wipe
il out, get rid of it forever. Never allow
the hideous image to come into your
presence again TO mar your happiness or
sap your strength.
II is a good time to resolve that what
ever has happened to you in the past
which has caused you unhappiness. which
has disgraced you. which has made you
think less of yourself, and MADE Others
think less of you, you Will drop 1t. you
will not drag it through the door of the
new year, that you will lock 1t out with
the old year; that you will clean house
that you will only take with you the
things which can brighten. cheer and help
you.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

can be readily obtained from state hlgn-
way commissioners, and in those states
having no highway commissioners dem-
onstrarions and instructions in road
building may be obtained upon appllca-
ton to the Department of Agriculture.
There seems to be mistaken luea
that rural free delivery service requi -es
ideal roads and that they must be mac
adamized and graveled. This is not
the case but it is required that they be
kept reasonably smooth, free from WASH,
outs and ruts. and properly drained ana
e AIDED so that they may be traveieo py
carrie rs with celerity and safety Al
though it is desirable that roads oe mac
aderYized a or grayeled with view 10
their pernanency. it has been practical
ly demonstrated that earth roads can be
greatly improved by the systematic and
Intelligent use of the road aS and pS
rolling and proper drainage. The mainte-
nance of good roads not only insures an
earlier and more expeditions delivery TO
the patrons residing on that portion OF
the route last to be served, and rom
whom the most complaints come. put
lessons the liability of irregular or sus-
pended service on any part of the route.
LAS a result of the establishment OF
rl,ral delivery and the necessity for the
maintenance of good roads to insure It's
continuance great activity has been ulS-
pfayed in various parts of the country
looking toward the Improvement OIL roao
conditions.
"Taken all in all, the establishment OF
,ra sa-yice as an entirety may be said
TO be one of the accomplishments or the
times in which we live, and as great as
have been the results already attained
tbay may be considered small to what
will accrue in the next generation.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
FOR A SPANISH EXPOSITION.
Plans Being Made to Hold One in
London
Special CabIegram TO The Star.

Special Cablegram 10 Ine Star.
LONDON, January 25.-Inquiries among
Spanish consular and commercial circles
in London make it Gear that the proposal
of the Spanish minister of commerce &c
hold an exhibition OF Spanish arts and in.
dustries in London in f90s is warmly wei
coined by the Spanish colony in the me.
tropolis as additional evidence o. the de.
sire of King Alfonso to cement yet more
closely the entente that unite5 the twC
countries. -H
1t is pointed out that Spain has .c.oss
commercial relationship with Great Brit.
ain. -.er imports are considerable, though
fiuctuating n quantity and value from
year to yea Manufactured cork, cottor
waste, fresh and preserved fruits, metals
and ores. olive oil, Esparto and other
vegetable fbers, skins. wines and to.
ticles that Englishmen obtain from tho
country Of the Cid, and there is ample
material to form an instructive com.
mercial and Industrial display.
Spain is rich. too in historical treas.
ures and could fill galleries with price
less paintings. rare Illuminated missals
fine examples of bookbinding, costly
specimens of old lace. antique ians, the
famous blades of Toledo. together witr
the productions of her young school on
artists. Then there are the bands of Span
ish gypsies, with their characteristic mu
sic, exponents of the national dances
palota players from the Basque provinces
and such an innocent representation of
bull fight as would not .sEoek b itisf
susceptibilities. If the scheme comes tt
a head Spanish residents in London dr..
convinced that display worthy of theL
country could readily be organized.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
INDIA HAS A BOYCOTT
IT STRIKES HARD AT BRITISH
MANUFACTURES.
Object of the Movement Is Political
and May Foreshadow Home
Rule Agitation.
Snecial Cahlecram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. January 25-Writing from
eastern Bengal. the stronghold of the
Swadeshi movement, and the home of
the boycott against British goods, which
has been it's necessary instrument, spe-
cial correspondent describes exclusive
dealing" as he finds it, with vividness
which must be painful to some of his
readers. The boycott chiefly affects
Manchester cottons and Liverpool salt.
The origin of the boycott the writer does
not discuss, except to say that it was
directly due to the partition of Bengal.
and that the movement was designed to
draw the attention of the English people
to feeling which the government of
India under Lord Curzon ignored. We
have his word for it that in every detail
the boycott was thorough. Merchants
called upon to have no dealings with
British goods. The young men of the
towns and villages formed themselves
into associations to preach the boycott.
Shops that continued the sale were sur
rounded by groups that implored GUS
toners for the sake of their country to
go away. Boys threw themselves pros
trate in supplication, as is the regular
Indian way This was the only form
of persuasion used. But in some cases
usually they were first paid for.
India for the Indians.
The extension OF the boycott from the
goods to the venders of them marks the
completion of the movement There is
now no need to preach boycott or Swa-
deshi:, every one knows the principle. even
in the furtnermost village of India The
political boycott on British goods is be-
coming merged i'll the much larger eco
nomic movement of home rule. for the
revival of all purely Indian industries, and
the methods no longer consist of appeals
to shopkeepers and customers, but of
a social boycott on the merchants who
still insist on dealing in any foreign
rather than Indian goods The writer
of the article recently met number
of merchants who had large dealings in
Manchester cottons, and in consequence
were generally Stunned. BARRIERS would
not shave them, milkmen would not sell
them milk friends would not come to their
daughters marriages. 1t was distressing
and inconvenient Would ] please set
everything right as 1t was before? They
were the martyrs to the cause of British
commerce" The correspondent doubts
if the Swadeshi movement can now be
ended by any political reform, since it has
gcertain obvious economic advantages.
The watchword India for the Indians Is
indeed becoming very powerful forge in
the eastern empire. \ high authority on
Indian affairs said the other day that
within five years there Will be the graVeSt
possible situation in India.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
British Naval Casualties.
From the Engineer.


An analysis of the official return of
casualties to ships in the British navy.
which has just been published. shows
that out of total of eighty-one recorded
casualties" understood in the naval
sense. there were thirty-eight collisions
ard thirty-one groundings. The record
of last year was forty-two collisions and
thirty-two groundngs. and that of la,:;
thirty-eight collisions. As ships now
spend more time at sea than they used
to. the risk of accident has been proper
tionatelv Increased. That the liability to
accident has not increas sed the United
Service Gazette regards as undeniable
proof that the art of seamanship is not
suffering.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
QUICK Wit SAVES HIS LIFE
FLoURIsHEs FALSE TEETH IN
FACE OF MEDICINE MAN.
Latter Cannot Perform Same Feat
and Is Driven Away by the Tribe
in Lasting Disgrace.

Residents of the capital interested in
missionary work in far parts of the world
will be pleased to learn that it is pro-
ceeding with satisfactory results in the
islands of the southern Pacific said a
gentleman actively identified with reig-
ious work, and who has just sreturned
from a long trip through the islands in
the southern seas.
i Missionaries have much to contend
with in dealing with the tribes on some
of the islands, and | am reminded of an
incident happening on a remote island of
the Fiji group whose tribes were still in
fuenced by the savagery of cannibalism.
y German missionary had made excellent
progress toward the enlightenment of d
tribe of savages in the interior, when he
was taken i'll and forced to abandon his
work and seek recuperation in a village
along the coast.
During his absence a native medicine
man succeeded in undoing all that the
good German father had accomplished.
The latter was warned that under the
circumstances it would be unsafe for him
to return to the scene of his labors upon
his recovery, but he decided that his duty
called him there, and upon regaining his
stNngth he journeyed inland to the vii
lage whose inha bitants had gone over to
the teachings of the medicine man.
His reception was decidedly warm
one and he was Informed that unless he
made a practical demonstration of the
superiority of his teachings over those
of the medicine man he would be con-
verIed IN short order into food for the
hungry tribesmen. He at once realized
that his LIFE hung upon slender thread,
and eEdeavored to show to the saVages
by argument that their conclusions as to
his edible qualities were entirely erro-
neous. and that they should turn their
thoughts to other kinds of food as well
as to higher subjects.
His efforts were in vain. however. and
just as he was about to be struck down
by the uplifted clubs of the chief men
n the tribe he happily bethought HIM
self of the fact that his upper teeth Were
false. Opening his mouth he hastily eX
tractcd his set fiourished it in the faces
of his astounded opponents, and particu-
larly the features of the medicine man,
and, replacing the teeth as suddenly as
he had extracted them, rebuked his
charges in a manner which can better be
imagined than described. The tribe. be-
!ieving that he had performed "A miracle
in taking out and replacing his own
teeth. drove the medicine man from the
village, and restored the missionary to
his former place as uplifter of their ma
terial and spiritual destinies."
Evening star., 1908-01-26
FRENCH THEATER ROBBERY.
Provincial Managers Grated on the
Authors Rights.

Special Cablegram to The star.
PARIS. January 25-Dramatic authors
have made a strange discovery 1hey
have been told that they are being robbed
at the rate of 100000 year. On the
other hand. they are now to get even
with the delnquents, and their incomes
will BE- proportionately increased
The French Society of Dramatic Au-
thors has contracts with every single
theater in France, by which 1t draws all
royalties on all performances. Authors
receive their rights thus only through
the society The committee. having
doubts about provincial managers sent an
inspector to tour the provinces. who has
returned, after several months travelling.
with the news that out of sixty chief
actly five which pay authors honestly.
Dion is the only large town in the
French provinces where managers are
scrupulous. and a few smaller places
follow it's fine example. Everywhere else
systematic fraud exists. The manager
declares only a portion. sometimes barely
half of his takings and the authors per-
centage rights are paid only on the state
nent made The inspector found theaters
where managers pretended TO MI thelr
houses with paper, which was really paid
for. or smuggled in paying spectators by
private doors, to escape observation from
the society's representatives. Often the
inspector, on entering "a theater unan-
nounced, found the mousse luii' "iiie. at
cording to the managers accounts, 1t
ought to have been half empty.
NJ Victorien Sardou. honorary chair
man of the society. has taken the, matter
up with the impetuosty of youth. and
the committee intends getting for dra-
matie authors every sou owing to th2m.
French playwrights are lucky in having
an almost omnipotent society to back
them before which managers quake. NJ
Alfred Capus. present president of the
oai.at ING nhlInSnnhv
that things will arrange themselves"
ANA is skeptical about the figure of $780,
eco which, as the authors rights are 6
per cent. would mean the provincial man
ayers had concealed sum of nearly
So, $50 900 which should have appeared in
rheir books.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
WENT MUSIC MAD.
Partisan Boys Brain as Weak as
His Voice.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. January 25.-Disappontmen
caused by melancholy tiasco has driven d
young man mad. and a crazy attempt to
extract from his throat a treasure which,
in his sane moments, he had believed TO
be there has had disastrous consequences.
He now lies in Paris hospital with
slight if any, chance of recovery. lie
was a light-hearted youth, apprenticed to
a locksmith. and SO CHEEKY that he useo
to sing all the day over his Work
In an evil hour one of his companions
said to him You have marvellous voice.
and when young man possesses sucE
a treasure in his throat he does not re
main long a poor apprentice. am SUR
that ii you could only get TO sing at q
concert you would make your 10 tune
The hint was sincere and Wel meant, ID
the youth really had good. though Gh,
trained voice but unfortunately 1t iea
him to attempt To soar aloft before ne
could safely fly. The words uttered by
an admirer sank deeply into his MIND. anc
he was continually pondering over them,
visions of a grand success haunting his
ina gnation.
Great was his pride when. afte- many
attempts, he managed to obtain permls-
sion to make what he regarded as MS
debut at a small concert nan IL may
have been nervousness. but when the mo
ment to which he had b en- looking fof.
ward so eagerly arrived his voice tailed
him; he made such lamentaple eSalp4-
ton of himself that laughter, Jeers ana
Kisses resounded from every corler OF the
music hall, and without even trying IL
recover himself and his voice he fiec
rom the place.
The next morning after having passed
a feverish night he said to. his mother,
a poor woman dwelling in the BellevtHt
district: II hava a treasure in my throat.
| have been told So and i am. CONVINCED
of it Dear moth +, we are rich There
was no idea of his going to work that
day, but his mother could not remain
idle, so she went out, leaving him alone
at home. When she returned in the even
ing the first thing that size beheld was
her unhappy son lying on the floor In
pool of blood. In his delirium the ap-
prentice had cut his throat TO extract TIE
treasure which he believed to be in II.
He was promptly conveyed to the near
est hospital.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Importance of Good Roads.

ties that desire it to secure an improved
condition of the roads through demon
strafions and instructions in road build
ing and the use of the road drag which
Evening star., 1908-01-26
ROYAL MARRIAGE RUMOR.
Engagement of Alfonso and Bea-
trice Is Denied.
Ial Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
MADRID, January 25.-Several Spanish
and foreign papers have published mes
sages from Coburg announcing the be-
trothal of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Or-
leans and Princess Beatrice of Sake
Coburg. This caused surprise, as the In
fanta Eulalie was in Paris and the In
fant Antonio. father of Prince Alfonso.
at San Lucar de Barrameda. Seville. 1t
may be remembered that last summer
the Infante Antonio sent to the press a
letter saying that he knew nothing Of the
matter and had never given his consent
to such marriage.
Official denial is now made to the news.
The prince who belongs to the Spanish
royal family and is a Roman Catholic,
is at present student in the Military
Academy in Toledo. The difference OF
religion alone wiuld be strong imped.-
iment to such an alliance. Ii would be
necessary to take certain preliminary
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Paris Theater Hat Crusade.
Special Cablesram TO The Star.

SpFCIaI
PARIS January 25.-Except on sub
scription nights at the Opera and Opera
Comique it has always been the custom in
Paris for ladies to attend the theaters
fully dressed and wearing hats and not
baraheaded as in most American theaters.
Two hundred invitations to theatrical
performance this week, however. bore the
words: Ladies should wear white man
tillas and not hats" Many of the most
aristocratic women in Paris were press
ent and every one of them wore white
mantilla coquettishly draped into the hair
and falling artistically over the shoulders.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
WITH GREAT STR|UES
Remarkable Progress of Rural
Delivery System.
ADVANCE IN A DECADE
Appropriation Increased From $4O,-
600 to $2s,000,O00.
NOW 37,72s ROUTES ON LIST
Difficult to Estimate the Ultimate
Limits and Cost of This Pop
ular Service.

"The close of the year 1907 serves to
call to mind several Of the radical changes
this country has witnessed in the pre-
ceding decade" said q postal official. land
of these the institution and expansion of
the rural free delivery system, begun in
1897. is one >of many inviting brief at
tention.
beginning with modest initial APP
preparation of $4,000. of which only about
S14 900 was expended, this now far-reach-
ing postal scheme started its existence
with eighty-three carriers. In seven
years the cost of the service jumped to
$12 500. 600. with 24,566 barriers. while the
appropriation last year was S2S, 35o.o $50.
with 1852 carriers on the rolls and a
total of 81. 12S routes on the list
mo such stupendouS figures IS these
were contemplated by those who at the
outset favored rural service. as the propo-
sition at the time met with considerable
opposition in some quarters, as the small
tentative appropriation evidences. IN
deed it was then considered that about
$50 OGO, 600 would be the maximum ulti-
mate appropriation when the service
would be fully extended, but SO great was
the popularity of the movement in all
parts Of the country that this sum was
equaled during the first eight years of its
life. and while the service is now we'll
extended it would be hard to state with
accuracy it's. ultimate maximum limits
and probable cost. 1t has now. however,
been pretty well developed. the system
has settled down to a good working basis,
postal scheme of the country along the
lines the cit v free delivery
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Black-Coated Paupers.

FROM Tue LOhuch brapHIC
We are becoming not only nation of
shopkeepers, but nation of clerks Every
young man wishes to be clerk, every
young woman a typewriter. The profess
sion is frightfully overcrowded and fright
fully underpaid. We have neither serv-
ants nor laborers, only. an army of black
coated pauperS
Evening star., 1908-01-26

steps in order to secure the consent OF
the royal family. of the state and OF the
VAT can before the engagement could DE
contracted No such consent has so Tar
been requested. The motives for the pup
lication of these rumors of an alleged en-
eagement are unknown in court circles.
Those most surprised are sthe family oi
the prince
Evening star., 1908-01-26
n ems Unsurpassed
So Grade Shoes at

Eight styles of extremely SerN
Winter Shoes. Tan or black waite
calf. box calf and gun metal
blucher or laced styles.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

Bennie A. Walker. son of Mr.. and
Mrs William b. Wake: Of Canton. Ohio
is thought to be lost in the mountains
near Los Angeles. Cal. He has been
missing since January 15.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

Twelve Ip-to-date Benchmade styles-Patent Colt.
Metal Calf and Tan Calf-in medium and narrow
toed bucher, laced or button styles-some with per-
forated vamps Very exceptional values
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-04

Eva z. Snow, china decorating,
moved to IS Hooper block.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-04
The cameraphone's Program.

AT the New Lyric the current week
there is a bill of more than ordinary
attractiyeness, headed by that famous
old light opera. 'SThe Chimes of Nor
mandy" The cameraphone is said to
produce this piece with perfect sound
and action. Planquette's opera was
never more attractive on the stage,
with life in every motion, than it is
on the screen, with the same amount
of life and the moving pictures exud-
ing melody in harmony with action.
There are several good vaudeville
features to supplement the leading
number on the program, apsl promi-
nent among them will be found Clara
Thropp, who sings two delightful
songs that are instantly infectious.
Then there are Milton and O'Hara and
Grant and Stott, two more teams that
give clever sketches.
The bill is unusually good, owing to
special effort being made BY Man