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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-12

tho above named convention shall be
for each county in said Eighth Sena-
torlal District, one delegate for each
one hundred votes or remaining
fraction thereof Of fifty votes or
more cast for Theodore Roosevelt in
1904, that is to say:
Dele
Votes. gates.
Boone county .,.. 1884 8
Logan county .....,.. $40 6
kanaWha county S,S5S 80
Said delegates must be selected
by primary election or convention
duly called and held in each OF said
counties for said purpose by giving
at least thirty days notice Of the
time and place Of holding the same.
BY order Of the Senatorial Com
mittee for the Eighth Senatorial
District of West Virginia held at
Charleston,> w. Va, February II,
1908.
S. E. BRADLEY, :.
Chairman.
CLEMENT II. HUDSON,
2-19- to IS. secretary.
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other business that may properly
come before :said convention.
said convention shall assemble at
one O'Clock p. M. on the 10th day Of
April, 1908.
Said convention shall consist Of
the Delegates from the several coun-
Ties OF the State, appointed as fol-
lows:
Each County shall have one CD
delegate IL said convention, and no
more, for each one hundred and fifty
(1oO) votes or fraction thereof. Of
seventy-five 75) votes or more cast
IN the County for Theodore Roose-
welt in 1904; that is to say:
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Marshall A. Morris, who is now
serving his second term as Assessor
OF the upper district Of Kanawha
county, announces himself in this is
sue rs candidate for the office of
the Clerk Of the County Court. MI
Norris was for eighteen years en-
plOyed as a miner in this county, un-
til the loss Of Il leg by an accident at
the mines rendered it impossible for
him TO follow longer his regular oc-
cupatiOn. He has been a hard work
ing republican. ever since he attain
ed his majority, He was elected and
reelected to his present position by
fattering majorities after hard
fought contests, and now submits his
claims for more remunerative Of
fee. feeling that his faithful service
in the position to which the people
have twice called him entities him to
promotion. Mr.. Norris has canvass
ed the entire county on his crutches,
pledging himself that the same bus
mess methods characterizing his
present position shall apply to the
County Clerkship, should the party
decide that he is entitled to prefer
ment.
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FOR INTERMEDIATES JUDGE

| hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Office Of Judge Of
the Intermediate Court of Kanawha
county, subject to the Republican
primary TO be held May 18th. 1905.
HENRY X. BLACK.
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Capt E. f. Hood announces, in
this issue Of The Advocate, his can
didacy for the republican nomination
for the office Of Clerk Of the Circuit
Court, and asks the support at the
primary election, May 10th, Of the
readers Of this paper.
Capt. Hood needs no introduction
to our clientele. For years he has
been prominent figure in the coun-
ellis Of the party and has rendered in
valuable service in municipal, coun-
ty and state campaigns. AS to his
ability to fill the Office to which he as
pires, there is no question. AS re-
cOrder Of this city and acting mayor,
during the absence of the chief ex,
ecutive, he won the esteem and con-
idence of all classes of citizens, re-
CARELESS Of party. His popularity in
sures him flattering vote at the
primaryHa and should he be the nomi-
nee Of his party, he would be among
the strongest factors for it's success
at the November election.
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] hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination for Clerk
of the County Court Of Kanawha
county, subject to the decision Of the
republican county primary to be held
on the 18th day Of May, 1908. and
respectfully ask the voters Of the
county to examine fully into my
record before casting Their votes.
MARSHALL A. MORRIS.
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desire to announce my candida
cy Tor Clerk Of the Circuit Court of
KanaWha county. subject to the de-
clslOn Of the voters Of Kanawha
county at the republican primaries to
be held on the | 9Th Of May
IRA II. MOTTESHEARD
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FOR ASSESSOR.

| hereby announce myself as atcan-
dldate for nomination for the Office
OF Assessor of Kanawha cOhnty, sub
ject to the decision Of the Republic
can primary, to be held May 18th.
A. NJ. WOODBRIDGE
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FOR, SHERIFF..

| am candidate for the Office Of
SnertT OF kanawha county, subject
10 the decision of the voters in the
Republican primary, to be held May
10th, 1908.
Your support is earnestly solicited
r. B. Cassidy
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| hereby announce myself as can
ditate for the nomination for the 20
Still on Of Judge Of the Intermediate
Court Of Kanawha county subject tc
the republican primaries to be held
on May 16, and respectfully solicit
the support Of my friends
CYRUS +. HALL.
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FOR COUNTY, CLERK

hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of County Clerk
Of Kanawha county, subject to the
Republican primary election to be
held May 10th, 1905.
JOHN MOULTON.
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Among those who have announced
their candidacy for nominations up
on the republican county ticket. none
is, perhaps, better known nor bet
ter qualified for the office he asks
than Ira H. Mottesheard, the pres
ent efficient chief clerk in the Office
Of the Circuit Clerk. Mr.. Notes
heard 8 now entering upon the
twelfth year in the Circuit Clerk s
office, in which his intimate knowl-
edge Of affairs render him all but
indispensable. Having been for so
many years the man on the job, ~
he aspires to be the man with the
job. If proficiency and experience
be considered in selecting the man
for the place. the party will 20 far
before it finds a man who excels Mr.
Mottesheard in these respects, and
he may be expected to give a good ac-
count Of himself on May 18th, the
date Of the county primary.
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| am "A candidate for clerk of the
circuit and intermediate courts Of
kanaWha county, subject to the ac-
tion OF the republican primary to be
held May 18th.
NOON
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF..

l am candidate for the office Of
Sheriff Of kanawha county, subject
TO the decision Of the Republican pri-
mary election. Your support is solicit
ed. p SMITH
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A EMBARRASSING ONE.

'Jinks told me he felt something
like chastising his wife by pulling
her hair"
Then he would get rats"
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MUTUAL REQUIREMENTS.

Bridget, can We make good
bread?"
Sure, Dinnis. Can you supply the
Dough-"
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We Pay Interest ON Time Deposits
A Few Special
Engines at
PRICES.

The Toquet Special 81 h. p. Tor
slO5. 90 and the h. p. for $1,000 with
complete outfit, including the famous
Harthan propeller. The Toquet Spec
ial has shown more speed thah any
engine on the Shore. 1t IS very SIM
ple with very few working parts
This is the only cheap engine on the
market that is built with no packing.
All the Joints are either scraped or
ground. Designed for small working
boats and the Jersey bank skitf.
The I h. D. Stanly is medium weight
and finely finished and built for gen
eral use. % in. propeller, 81 in. pltch,
Schebler CarburetOr and up-to-date
in every respect. Complete equip
ment for $4,000. ~,
n h. D. Harris, 4 cycle engine, 81
in. Bore, = in. stroke, a in. propeller,
16- E5.iisap,s-~wet. cells and % balance o. o.
equipment, complete, ready to lnsJail
for S225.0
we are also offering the famous
Fay and Bowen engines in sizes from
II to 60 h. D., and the Harris foul
cycle from h. p. to 200 b. p.
See us before you buy your engine
and YOU will find we are Offering the
best for the price We also offtel
the motor boat, "Bessie," for sale
the fastest motor boat on the Shore
freeardfess or Rsizes santis p5wer,.u
built, size 6x3O over all, equipped With
a 10 b. p. Fay and Bowen motor gooo
as new, easy to start and operate, nc
danger getting hart with engine
IToWs excellent. Owner hasn't any
use for the DO It and will sell at
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His Own People.


The negro blood wherever it Is, de-
eIares Ray Stannard Baker in Ameri-
can Magazine, supplies an element OF
llght heartedness which VIII not be
wholly crushed. In Illustration he tells
this story of very light mulatto OF
Tennessee:
A number Of years ago it came to
him suddenly one day that he was
white enough to pass anywhere 1or
white. and he acted instantly on the
inspiration. He went to Memphis ana
boncht a first class tlcLN on Missis-
sippi river boat to Cincinnati. No one
Euspccted that he was colored. He sat
Mt the table with white people and even
occupicd a stateroom win white
man. At first, he said. he could hardly
restrain his exultation, but after a
time. although he associated with the
white men, lie began to be lonesome.
"It grew colder and colder" he said
In the evening he sat on the upper
deck. and as he looked over the railing
he could see down below the negro
Messengers and deck hands talking and
laughing. After a time when it grew
darker they began to sing the inimlta
bic negro songs.
THAT finished me-" he said. 81 goi
up and went downstairs and took my
place among them. I've been negro
ever since"
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Don't SaY CoIoqne.

She sprlnkled eau de cologne LIBERAL
ly in the bath of pink marble. 1T Is
this perfume" she said learnedly,
(which makes us think that the town
Of Cologne must be scented. Johann
Maria Farina invented 200 years asc
In Cologne a perfume made Of the oils
of neroli, citron, bergamot, orange and
rosemary. He called the perfume aft
er his city, eau de Cologne-water OK
Cologne. By the same token, had he
been a Londoner, he'd have called 1t
eau de London. In that case the Hit
crate would now think London scent
ed city, and instead Of saying correctly,
Put a few drops Of perfume on my
handkerchief they would say, Put
a few drops of London on it, In fact,
1t Is a very vulgar and silly error to
call all perfumes cologne. You might
as we'll call them Chicago or Denver"
New York Press.
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The Mouse Trap.

"The child is father to the man,
said an inventor. For instance, there
was a miller's son who invented, at the
age Of seventeen, an automatic mouse
trap. a trap that used the recoil from
one mouse's capture to set itself for
another mouse. This trap worked well,
caught eleven mice at the first go OH
and soon rid the mlller's mill Of It's
mice myriads. Well, sir, the boy IN
yentor Of that mouse trap used the
traps recoil principle for his greatest
invention, the Maxim gun, for 1t IL
Sir Hiram Maxim I'm talking about,
and if you 90 TO the Maine village OF
Sangerville they'll show you there one
Of the automatic rapid firing mouse
traps that presaged the famous Maxim
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TIPPING IN BOHEMIA.
Even the Street Car Conductor Ex'
poets His Gratuity.

In the city Of Prague a tip to the
tramway conductor is considered de
rigueur. The orthodox tip consists OF
but . heller, or two-tenths of penny,
vet as strap hanging" is allowed for
in considering the carrying capacity OF
the car the conductors should have got
goodIy pocketful of the minimum
coin by each days end.
Tipping, it was ascertained in an
other of Bohemia's larger towns, is so
fully recognized that the head waiter
at a cafe pays rent for his post, sup
plies all the journals for the coffee
room and looks after the other wait
ers and then makes an income larger
than that Of a university professor, all
out Of his tips.
After supper at one of the delight
full open air cafes of the capital 1t was
found that approximately one should
give n half krone (fvepence) to the
head waiter who took payment, two
renee to the Underwater who brought
the viands and a halfpenny to the boy
who brought-and even brought again
as one glass was finished-the beer
| London Chronicle.
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JOEL CHANDLER hSShIS'
The Way He Game to Write His
ese nUncte Renus' Stories.


Many great works of genius, as is
we'll known, have been produced by
accident. and an author is seldom the
best Judge Of his own work. When
Joel Chandler Harris wrote the first or
his "Uncle Remus" stories and pre-
sented it for publication he did so
with a hundred misglvings. He was
not sure that his venture in negro folk
lore would prove successful. He could
not know that they would bring him
worldwide fame.
At the time described Mr. Harris
was a young man of twenty-eight, en-
Moved ON the Atlanta Constitution.
Sam w. Small, afterward a reviyalist,
who had been writing for the same
paper a popular column of negro story
and dialect, had just resigned from the
staff. The managing editor of the Con-
stitution. wishing to continue the fea-
ture. said to Harris one day: Joel, II
seems to me,you could do that sort OF
thing to n tee. See if you can't turn in
something tonight"
The young writer's memory fitted
back to his early days on a plantation
All the quaint settings of negro life
the little cabins, the fddling darkies
the wrinkled story teller, the black
"mammies," the noisy corn shuckings
the bobtailed rabbits disappearing
along the road-came hurrying from
the past Late that afternoon he turn
ed in his copy. The next day his repu
tation was made.-Current Literature.
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MYSTERY OF THOUGHT.
Try to Concentrate Your Mind on One
Theme For Five Minutes.


A st. Louis physician who has given
much attention to the s,udy of mental
disease in its various phases. though,
as he says himself, not enough to quail
ify as an allenist, has curious theory
with regard to concentration Of thought
on any particular subject.
His idea is that no human can so
fix his mind on any special topic as
TO avoid even for moment the errant
thoughts that come and 90, not only
without our yoltion, but in spite OF
orr most earnest efforts at mental ap-
pllcation.
He goes so far as to maintain that
nobody but Il mon0maniac can thlnK
of one subject continuously for five
minutes and even believes that the
ability to do so is one evidence or
something wrong in the upper story.
81 once heard the subject discussed
by a party of intelligent men, and one
Of the number was so confident OF his
ability to think Of one subject an in
definite length Of time that he reused
his opponents to the point of making a
test.
off you can repeat the Lords Prayer
and then declare upon Jour word or
honor that you have not thought OF
ANYTHING else while doing it, III make
you a present Of a horse and saddle
and brldle.'
"The confident one took up the chal-
lenge and in order to fix his mind
requested the company to keep still I'M
til he got through. Then, with frown-
ing broWs and tightly drawn face, he
began aloud and went slowly and ap-
parently with the most determined at
tention straight through the prayer.
"After he said amen and opened his
eyes ne was asked how he had got
along with his task.
"Tts q failure, gentlemen. | didn
get TO the end of 'hallowed be thy
name before | wondered what kind or
horse it was going to be, and before
L leaCncu lul W III NC dOAiS N-A~Ne7N N
about black saddles and white saddles
and about the horse again; then of the
bride and the rein, whether they
would be of light or dark leather
then Of old Pete, a horse my father
had and how he threw me over his
head when | switched him with To-
Gust thorn branch then Of mare that
kicked old Pete in the ribs while they
were in the pasture together and ief'
the imprint of both shoes on his SIDE
and before reached amen | thought
of a drove Of wild horses that used tC
be out on the plains and what pile ol
money a man would make by round
ing them all up and selling them fol
farm horses.
"T did think could fix my mind OF
one thing for awhile, but when
tried my brains seemed to scatter like
an old fashioned shotgun st Louis
I cT6r Democrat.
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Mskino Hubby Appreciative.

A doctor tells Of a note he received
from a woman saying that her hus-
band. who was about to make him
professional call, found constant fault
with the dinner she prepared for him.
She appealed to the physician for aid.
The doctor examined his patient, who
had a slight attack of indigestion, and
told him to cut out lunches, to eat
nothing but a slice Of toast and a cup
Of tea. The scheme worked excellent
ly. OF course hubby returns home In
the evening. eats everything in sight
and votes his wlfes cooking even bet
ter than mother used to make.-Bos
ton Record.
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OCEAN LINERS CARGO.
Four Hundred Husky Longshorenien
to Load One Ship.


Down on the wharf the rush was at
its height. Under the sputterlng blush
arc lights. amid endless clang and rum
bic, the produce of America came in.
From the prairles, the mines and the
mills. from the forests, the cotton plan
tations, tobacco fields, orchards ana
vineyards, from the oil fields and meat
packing houses, from the grimy fac
tories. large and small, ponderous en-
gines of STEEL haryesters, reapers, au-
tomobiles, bars Of silver and yellow
bricks of gold, bales Of cotton and
wool and hides and tobacco, meats,
barrels Of flour and boxes of fruit,
hogshead of oil and casks Of wine
tens Of thousands of things and ma
chimes to make things piled up on the
wharf by the acre. And still all night
the teams clattered In and the tugs
puffed ND with the barges. and from
hundreds of miles away the trains
were rushing hither, bringing more
boxes and barrels and bags to be
packed in at the last moment
In gangs at every hatchway the 4OC
men were trundlng, heaving, strain
ing. a rough crowd, cursing and joking
at the hoarse shouts of the foremen
while from the darkness outside heavy
black rope nets dropped down to gath
er gigantic handfuls Of cargo, swing
them back W to the deck of the shiI
and then down into her hold. SO al
through the night and right up to the
hour of slling the rush went on fol fot,l
the great ocean liners work IS wortl
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
month. And the ship must sail Oh
time.-Every ybody's.
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Hearn as a Creative Artist.

TIearn's creative faculty began where
creation is commonly held to end with
the material given. OF the creative
gift in the sense in which the phrase
Is applied to the poet he had not par
ticle. He was not a maker, but a
shaper. DR.. Gould puts the matter
bluntly when he says, He had no
original thing to say, for he was en-
tirely without creative power and had
always to borrow theme and plot.
And again: Clearly and patiently 1t
was a mind without creative ability
spring or the desire for it. 1t was a
mind improcreant by inheritance and
by education. by necessity and by
trimming. by poverty internal and eX-
ternal." The truth in these words be-
comes evident when one recalls the
failure as fiction of every one OF
Hearn's attempts in this field and the
fact that his greatest successes were
won in reclothing the ideas of other
men-FOrum.
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Tho Elder Robert Fulton.

Robert Fulton was born at Little
Britain Lancaster county, Pa, Nov.
H. 1865. His biographers have called
him "a self made man" ana nave
made but brief reference to his par
entace. 1t is noteworthy that his IA
ther. the senior Robert Fulton, IN q
failure to leave financial patrimony to
his children has not been accorded the
mention Of other achievements, not
slight in those primitive days. HIS an
cestors crossed from Scotland to ire
land prior to the time Of Cromwell.
From Kilkenny, Ireland, the Fulton
family came to America before the
wear 1875. The senior Robert Fulton
was among the prominent men OF
Lancaster. his name having been on
record upon all the town organizations
which existed at that period. lie was
n founder of the Presbyterian cnurch
the secretary of the Union Fire com
panv and a charter member OF the
Juliana library Of Lancaster, the third
library established in the American
eolonies.-Century.
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THE SECURING RUSH.
A Queer Plant That Can Be Changed
Into a Mineral.

Into Mineral.
The securing rush. Equisetum hlc-
male, is an interesting plant which has
been put to practical use In old times
its hollow, lnty stems were in great
rcpu1e for kitchen cleaning purposes.
The Stems are hollow and are easily
separated at the joints. If one would
satisfy himself as to the peculiar prop
erty that first suggested the use OF this
rush for securing purposes he has only
to draw a joint across the edge Of his
teeth to find it like file.
\ very pretty chemical experiment
Is frequently made with the rush. If
one takes a small vial Of nitric acid
into which any ordinary lead is i'm
mersed he will quickly see it dissolve,
literally eaten up by the acid. But
what does the securing rush do under
such circumstances?
Immediately upon its Introduction
to the acid the sizzling process begins.
The green pulp Of the stem Is grad
ually consumed, the tube, however,
still retaining its shape becoming paler
and paler In color until after few
hours the specimen is transformed into
pure white alabaster-like column
which denes any further attack from
the acid.
-->Cn taking it from the vial and wash
Ing 1t carefully in running water the
operator holds in his hands Il beauti-
full tube of pure, CLASSY flint, or sileX'
an object of great microscopic beauty
OF construction. The securing rush Is
no longer Il vegetable, but mineral
and in observing its skeleton of stone
the secret OF its utility as a securing
brush Is easily understood.-New YORK
Tribune
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Color.

OF the light rays that fall upon an
object some are taken up by the object
and others are reflected. 1t is to the
reflected rays that we are to turn Tor
the explanation Of color For instance
= sheet of white paper is white be-
cause all the seven kinds of light are
reflected from its surface, while the
sunnowcr IS yellow" because when
light falls on it the violet indigo blue
and green rays are selected for aD-
sorption. and yellow principally is re,
Elected. The reflective rays, received
by the eye. produce the sensation Of
color. This is an explanation of near
iv all the colors that exist.
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Fitz-G Greene Halleck never married.
vet ms Mr.. Howe reminds us in his
American Boolman, he could not nave
been without attractions, for a certain
superior lady Is reported to have de-
clared:
"If I were on my way to church to
be married, yes, even if l were walk
ing up the aisle, and Halleck were to
offer himself, I'd leave the man | had
promised to marry and take him."
To this perhaps should be joined his
epigram, written for young lady VINO
had asked for his autograph:
There wanted but this drop to ill
Tho wifeless poets cup Of fame.
Hurrah. There lives LADY still
Willing to take his name.