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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
.6Oai GltD HOUSE Furnishing Go.

At the beginning of his statement
Mr.. Cleve shows that IN 1900 the pop
ulation of the United States was s
per cent. of that of the entire world
He then proceeds to state that in 1905
this country marketed G93,O0O,000
bushels of wheat, against the worlds
production of $685., OOO.OOO-or 90 per
cent. of the whole; that in 1905, it
mined S50,O0O,000 tons of coal, against
!, 900, 00O444 OF the worlds output
or 35 per cent OF the whole; that our
various manufactured products Of 1905
represented $15.OOO,O00,0O0 in value.
as against those OF the world, valued
at $4,000. 600, OO0-or IS per cent. of
the whole; that the number OF tons Of
pig iron produced by American fur
naces in 1906 was 23,0O0.0O0, as
against the worlds tonnage of 57.00O.-
00O-or 40 per cent. OF the whole. that
In steel, American plants turned out
2O.000,0O0 tons, as against the worlds
production of 100000 tons-or AZ
per cent. of the whole; that in 1905
the United States produced 55 per
cent. of the worlds output in petro.
i leum; that in 1906 our cotton crop
amounted to 100000 bales. as
against 100000 for the entire world
'-or 20 per cent. of the whole for the
same year 1927 100000 bushels meas
ured Uncle Sans corn crop. as against
S.700OOO,OOO bushels produced by the
world-or 10 per cent. of the whole.
The bank resources Of the United
States amount. to $19.G45, OOO, 100000,
while the banking power of all the rest
of the world amounts to SSO.50OOOO,-
10000. In other words according TO
! the above figures given by Hon. Chas.
IN. Fowler In the National House of
! Representatives in n speech before
that body on the eth day of January,
/ we have two.fifths OF all the banking
power of all the world; and we pro
duced last year products of various
kinds valued at $25.OOO.OOOO 100000.
These figures read like romance,
especially when We consider the com,
parative youth OF this nation. together
1 withthe fact that its population meas
ures in such small ratio to that of all
other nations and people combined
! Think OF a country whose population
! is but per cent. OF the worlds inhab'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
public Demand It.

The salary bill for county Offices is
practically sure OF passing and that
condition shows the strength Of pub
lie sentiment. At the last regular SEES
sion a similar measure could scarcely
get peep in," now the legislators
are yieing with each other in their
support OF the proposed enactment.
It's the public demand for such bill
that has caused the change Sisters
vile Review.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Should Not Forget.

Some newspapers that are ranting
about the prices of things and Jug
Cling figures for political effect should
not forget the fact that the farmer
who brings his wool and hay and
wheat and other farm products to mar
ket now gets about twice as much
money for them as he did when he
brought the same things to market
during the last Democratic soup house
panic. And he doesn't have to carry
the stun back home either.-Clarks'
burg Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Neither could po n.

Some of the Grafton ministers are
lecturing on rs There He'll" rs
There Devn?" If the good brethren
will just wait until the political cam
paign gets fairly under Roadway they
will find many of the defeated politi-
cal aspirants who will vote ailrma-
lively on these questions. AT least
we have often heard them remark
after the ballots were counted and the
result declared. that "the devil and
he'll couldn't beat the gang. king
wood Argus.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Grange composed u fee0qee iat'lii'
er Merchants tion q Se5
MORT. 90 member aticnal sspi
citation cf ffcnlttFa lenIent and
iNehiele lan1fae turerss 900 merlbers;
Merchant Tailors ational Protectiye
Associationj American Reciprocal Tar,
liz League, Carriage Builders National
Association, American Hardware Man
uf lcturers Association. National Re
tan Hardware Association, National
p...ns UIl and varnish Association,
Millers National Association. National
Live Stock Association. American Cot
ton Seed OIL Association, Transmits
sissippi Congress. Merchants Elk
change, st. Louis; Chamber Of Com
merce, Baltimore; Board Of Trade,
Chicago; National Boot and Shoe
Manufacturer Association, New
York Manufacturers Association.
Speaker Cannon Is unfavorable to
the appointment OF the commission
and to delegation Of business men
said:
.You say the tariff ought to be re
vised. You have virtually said that
it ought to have been revised the day
It was enacted-that is was wrong in
the beginning. Well, 1t was not per-
feet and it is not perfect now. Per
lection. gentlemen, is with God, not
with humanity; and as our s0.000,00O
Of people, constitute sovereignty in
this country, and can only exercise
that sovereignty at the ballot box, they
divide us into a majority and minor
ity, SO that when you come to enact
legislation some party has always
been and always will beat least for
a generation and some times longer
responsible for that legislation, and
the other party will occupy the stand
point of criticism. That is as 1t should
be. And now that the underbrush is
cleared away, as 1t were. let's get to
the point. Let me suggest that should
the House pass such tariff commits.
olOl D4ll dS YOU doh lOI' LACl 10 nv
certainty OF what the Senate would do.
In the Senate there is no previous
question: That three Senators can.
by virtue of their right to an unlimit-
ed occupation OF the floor. hold up any
measure for as long as TWO years with
out possibility of prevention.
Former Tariff Commission.
I'VE once. remember, had tariff
commission. And l am told that it's
reports was so voluminous that it
was never even read. 1t is one thing
to make suggestions; it is another thin
to enact those suggestions into law
and take the consequences If you make
a mistake. fear greatly that your
tariff commission would turn itself into
a debating school, just as we do with
ourselves here in the House. and that
there would likely be majority and
minority report. never yet ran
against an economic question of any
sort that could not have much said
for it on the other side"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that The ans
nual meeting of the stockholders
the Fairmont Brewing Company
be held at the offices OF the COMPANY
virginia avenue and Fifth street, fail
mont, w va, on Thursday the goth
day of February. 1908, at 2 O'clock IL
M, for thepnrpose Of eleeting a Board
of Directors for the ensuing yea / unit
any other business that may PROD
come before the meeting.
II. p. GILMORE, Pres dent.
2-G-2wks.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

f.a'tor NJ G. Tough, of the Fairmont
West Virginian, has announced his
candidacy for State superintendent Of
free schools. Mr.. Tough has given
apl"v years of his life to school work.
hn"Ins entered the teaching profess
s'cn Desme he reached mature estate.
TIE Republican party couli name 70
h,tier tpndldate.-Clarksbnrg News
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Most people who think that Mr.. Bryan
can be elected have thought so before
They have thought it so many times
that 1t has become a habit with them.
They never know when the thought
passes through their minds whether 1t
is new thought or an old one left
over from former campaign.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Recent decisions of the Supreme
Court should demonstrate to organ
lied labor that its real friends are not
the men who are willing to pass any
law the unions ask for, but those leg
islators who tell the unions frankly
what Is what If not constitutional AMI
who refuse to enact laws which will
not stand the test of the courts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

success Of the Democratic party, says
the Houston Post. When one thinks
of the success OF the party in recent
years it looks as if Mr.. Bryan is in
grave danger of catching cold this
sistersville Oil Review.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Both Would Ben eft.

I The virginia State senate has pass
ed a bill requiring prisoners in the
penitentiary, sentenced to serve five
years or less, to work on the country
roads: That's a good roads PROPOSE
ton that West Virginia might well
consider. The state and the prisoners
would both be Notwithstanding
Review.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

NJ. c. Tough, editor OF the Fairmont
West virglnian. has announced mis-
candidacy for state Superintendent Of
schools. Here's hoping. Blmcfrld
Telegraph.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

There are some men SO small that
when they give quarter for the poor
they imagine they have the entrance
fee paid through the pearly gates with
a coupon for a reserved seat near the
throne.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Noisy But Hollow.

Democracy clap-trap over the ses-
sion of the Legislature sounds noisy
but hollow in view Of the public
spirited and business-like manner that
the Republican Legislators are doing
their duty at Charleston. --clarksburg
Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

We all like the West Virginia hills.
but the hills OF Fairmont when cover
ed with sleer ana ice as they are now
often remind us when going up that
we left our scotch block at home and
when going down that our rough lock
is not working right. We are not
kicking, but just sliding along.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

People who like variety and plenty
of it can have no serious grievance
at our weather reports. When it
SHOWS and rains out of the same
cloud simultaneously it would be hard
to improve as to variety,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Whatever may have been the weak
nesses and faults of Portugars late
King. Carlos l., the world will remem-
Der him now only as man, not as a
ruler, and will recall that he was kind.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

am not feeling well 2pay
Bcaws ! hear u said
thee teeeher that love so true
next Christmas Will be wed.
seen her Sunday walking round
with that new Doctor white
thee Sun Wux setting In thee West,
and itwux almost Mite.
seen them stop beside thee Brook
when no one wusn't near,
and then seen him squeeze her hand
without sine Of fearl
wuz hiding by thee bridge
and seen them plain aS Day
l didn't think SO nice a girl
wood carry on that wayI
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

1t is not known what turn the
Thaws will next take to break into
print. With Harry at Mattewan and
his sister divorced from the Duke OF
Yarmouth leaves little to be said about
them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Another BAD. Fire.

PEORIA, III. Feb. G-Firs last
night destroyed four business
ings and damaged adjoining prop
Guests of the Grant hotel were
from Their rooms Damage s59, ooe
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

There are two books that are sell
dom read that have proved of much
comfort to both men and women-a
bank book and a pocketbook.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Financial doctors who have been
feeling the pulse of the country have
decided that impaired and insufficient
circulation is what ails the patient.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

The Democrats viii have to hold n
national convention to nominate a can
dldate for vice president
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Most people who are having hot
time are spending plenty Of cold
cash.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

for next he kissed her on thee Mouth
and Rugged her oftul tite-
guess she must have liked Il though
Reaws she didn't tfteI
I told mi mother and she lated
and said, "They have Il baal
wonder what Il is they have
that makes them feel 90 glad
hate 2 think Of losing t1erl
II nalks me awl cast down.
there alnt single girl know
as nice as my Miss Brown.
spese mite as well give up,
fer what seen last Mite
sist makes it plane ! alnt thee man 7
cut cut Doctor Whitel
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

liAir. Bryan s Rfapped 7Rp3 n the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09
GERMAN CITIES OUTGOING OURS
Berlin Has Distanced Chicago and
Hamburg Is Ahead of Boston.

We think Chicago a miracle; but
since 1870 Berlin has grown relatively
and absolutely faster than Chicago
the Greater Berlin having to-day a
population of over 100000 Thirty
years ago the population of Leipzig
was less than 100000, to-day it is more
than half million
Hamburg then had almost precisely
the same population as Boston; to-
day, although Boston's growth has
been so great, Hamburg, with more
than 100000 people. is larger than Bos-
ton; the growth of her commerce has
been vastly greater, and her docks and
port facilities are incomparably finer,
models commended to Boston for imi-
:ation at this very moment by an ex-
pert commission
The Hamburg American line and the
North German Lloyd are the largest
steamship companies in the world.
larger than any English companies,
the former having more than $50
ocean steamers in its service. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09

This authority maintains, however,
that it should be easier to get on to
the target in battle than at target prac-
tice. because at target practice she'll
striking the canvas of a target-say
600 wards away-cannot as rule be
seen: while a shell exploding against
the side of a ship gives out brilliant
flame
"Shells that do not explode cannot
usually be seen: but it may be sug-
gested here that, in the case of armor-
piercing shell, it might not be difficult
to fit a sort of dummy fuse in the nose
of the shell which would explode upon
impact and give out flame. Such a
continuance. if found practicable,
would assist very much in fire con-
troll: because. after all, we are very
much more interested in the shots that
hit than in the shots that miss. Fur
thermore, among the shots that miss
the only ones of which we can take
account are the shots that go short;
and the amount by which they go
short is very difficult to estimate,
whereas the shots that hit are abso-
lutely located. Furthermore, if we
count the shots that hit. this does
not prevent us from counting the shots
that 60 short; which gives us, by an
easy method. the number of shots that
go over. The adoption of a device,
therefore, showing US positively when
a shot hits. would be means of get
ting all the data needed for correcting
the range finders and getting the sight
bar ranges"
Asserting that there is no perfect
range finder, this officer asks what
would there be impracticable, in the
early stages of the battle, in having an
observer, as high aloft as possible,
handling no mechanism except a pair
of binoculars and telephone, in tele-
| phOning down to the communication
room information as to the effect OF
each shot, until all the gun pointers in
the turrets had gotten on to the target
and had set their range finders at the
correct sight-bar range? After that
| he could come dOWn-prObably
Experiments with CrinoIine Nets.
The experiments to determine the
possible usefulness of crinoline nets
against torpedo-boat attacks have not
yet been undertaken. 1t is difficult to
see how these can fail to harm the IN
| derwater section of the monitor, but
assurance is given that they will be
conducted in such way as not to in
| jure the hull. The test which involved
the turret and it's mechanism in
flicted no great injury, owing to the
reduced charges which were used in
| the 12-inch guns of the monitor which
did the firing. In fact, complains one
critic: What is called in some quar-
tiers the shooting up of the monitor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09

the target and endeavor to correct
any errors in sighting. They watch
the fall of the shots through powerful
glasses, and according to the place
where the shot strikes a change in
range is ordered to the gunners, until
the shots hit the target. Usually the
third shot gives the right range.
Two important differences between
target practice and battle are noted by
Capt. Fiske: One is that the sea at
target practice is always smooth; the
other that the target does not hit
back. 1T may be POINTED out in OBJ
lection" he says, that target practice
must be held in smooth water, because
competition among the gun pointers
is essential to success, and competi-
ton can be had only when the condi-
lions are identically the same for all
which is only when the water is
smooth. 1t may be objected also that
it would be impracticable at target
practice to have target that would
hit back in the way the enemy would
in action"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09
DOCTOR SAID "UsE cUTIcURA"
In Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached Fearful
State-His Order Resulted
in Complete Cure.

when | was small I was troubled
with eczema for about three months.
1t was all over my face and covered
nearly all of my head. 1t reached
such a state that it was just large
scab all over, and the pain and itching
were terrible. doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura
Remedies which I did and I was en-
tirely cured. l have not been bothered
with it since. | used Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly how much was used to
complete the cure. ! can safely say
that Cuticura did a lot for me. Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich,
Oct. 20. 1907"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09

was found that the ordinary cylindri-
cal steel mast with which all battle
ships are now fitted is wholly untitled
for this purpose The Hero, an obso-
lete battleship of the second class, was
selected for the experiment. A com
plete system of fire control was in
stalled in the old warrior, and then
the vessel was anchored over a shoal
and attacked by the guns of the mod
orn first-class battleships Hibernia and
Dominion.
Although the deductions of the adj
miralty officials have been withheld,
a writer for a service journal (The
Navy has ascertained that the effect
Of the gun fire upon every part Of the
fire-coptrol system, located above the
protective deck, was disastrous. A
six-inch shell burst in the improvised
fire-control top on the mast and car
ried away the range-fnding station in
the very beginning of the simulated
combat. Most significant and impOr-
tant Of ALL a splinter of shell-not
direct hit-went through the mast, and
although the mast stood, every. one of
its fire-control wires was severed.
Changed Conditions in Shooting.
Then was asked the question
whether the modern system of fire con-
troll, with its most important installa-
tion in a cylindrical steel mast and its
observatory placed at high elevation
upon that mast, could withstand for
any length of time the fire of a
notwithstanding foe. 1t was realized
1T once that it could not-that with
the increased range and deadly pre-
oision of modern high-powered guns
not only masts but smokestacks and
other superdeck attachments are more
than likely to be shot away at the
very beginning of the battle
This brought naval administrations
face to face with new conditions. The
need of some method of CARRYING
range finders high In air had been
noted in the battle of the Tsushima
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09
FIRST USE OF KEROSENE OIL.
Fer a Long Time 1t Was Considered
Remedy for rheumatism.

"A writer in one of the magazines
attributes the discovery of petroleum
10 a farmer whose land covered the
ground about Oil Hill, now Oil City,
Pa says Prof, w. D. Butler of St.
Louis, but the fact that oil oozed out
CT the ground at many places in the
Alleghenies was known to the Indians
long before the coming of Columbus.
The Indians gathered the oil by
scooping out bowl-shaped pits on low
banks Of streams where oil appeared
on the water, or in any place where
signs OF oil appeared near a rivulet or
spring. When the bowl in the earth
had been scooped out, in few hours.
say the next morning, it was filled
with oil-covered water, and the oil was
skinned off with horn spoons and COL
lected in a crock, from which the oil
was taken from the water by another
skimming. The Indians taught the
French in the region of Fort Du
Quesne this ruds method of collecting
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-09

by the crest of very small wave is
sufficient to explode it. And one of
these bursting in the framework would
be more than likely to tear the struc-
ture to pieces and bring it Gripping to
the deck. observers, range finders and
all.
The mast was subjected to thor
ough test and emerged successfully
The first shot, a four-inch projectile,
cut one of the steel rods. The second
cut several more rods, but did not in
lure it's stability. A twelve-inch pro-
jectile likewise did very little damage.
When five shots had been fired at the
mast Lieut. Richard d. White and
Lieut.. Commander George Bradshaw,
assistant inspector of the target prac-
tice, climbed to the platform at the
top of the mast and shook it with all
their strength, but still the mast stood
firm.
Goodness and Nerve Required.
If any post ever requires GOODNESS
and iron nerve, one would think that
it would be required by the men who
take station in one of these structures
when an enemy has been sighted and
when battle is soon to be Joined. In
his admirable essay on Courage and
Prudence" published by the Naval in
stitute, Capt. B. A. Fiske says that
whatever method of observation from
aloft be employed, it is evident that,
even supposing the shots to group as
well as at target practice, the work of
the observers aloft will be of the most
delicate kind. 1t is difficult to realize
any job that could be given to mortal
man, not excluding that of the admiral
or captain, requiring such absolute
presence of mind, and such persistent
concentration, as that needed of every
member of the fre-control party.
ANY member of a guns crew, in
fact anybody else in the ship, can get
some relief by physical exertion of
some sort; or, if he be gun pointer,
can press his button and feel his gun
fire. But every member of the party
aloft must do nothing but use his
brains, with little assistance from
his eyes. The most perfect self-for-
getfulness will be required of every
one No one must be diverted by any
accidents happening to his own ship,
or by anything going on in the pano-
rama before him; and such things as
shrapnel and high explosive shells
bursting near by, and the foremost
going overheard, he must utterly ig-
nore"
How New System Works.
Capt Fiske is widely known as the
inventor of the range finder which
bears his name. The present system
is one by which group of observers
stationed aloft note the relation of the
splash of the shot to the water line of