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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27
NEWS VIEWS AND
GOSSIP OF new YORK
5fBy, Glenn Guernsey.)5

tBy Glenn Guernsey
a NEW YORK, June 27.-some folk
have remarkable conception CT what
constitutes humor. Esecially Eng
lishmen. To illustrate:
AT the mouth OF Nassau street.
where that swift and narrow river OF
humanity ,emptles into City Hall Park.
1 saw an Englishman-there was no
,doubting his nationality leaning
against n lamp post, laughing exuber..
antly. Beginning with chucl,let his
glee rapidly grew more demonstrative.
shaking his plump sides and trickling
out with an ecstatic wrlggle Of the
toes. ~ E, 81 .i;.4
The object OF his mlrth was .evi
IDENTIFY a newsparer-one Of the yell.
lowest OF the yellow-wtich he re-.
ferred to from time to time. each look
accompanied by fresh outburst
Then he suddenly sobered. consulted
his wa tch. examined a pocket calendar
and then Ipeeked upward to where the
sun showed as narrow rim, sur.
mounting skyscraper.aSApp arently
Satisfied. he resumed his laughter
Approaching, T asked, with respect.
full humility. to be allowed to share
the5joke. Suspiciously. in the way OF
Englishmen, he looked me over. Then.
his good humor returning. he inquired,
between gusts OF laughter:
z"It is now 1880 o'clock in the morn
ing, isn't lt?' is,@.. (.
Il examined my dollar chronometer
consulted neighboring clock. and In.
formed him that he was substantially
correct. y, ( {. 4. ,g5, y; p = 4 n 4
n. We'll, look at this" he commanded
Showing before my outraged nose til.
gaudy. red and black. headlines OF Mr.
| Hearts great journalistic tribune pl
the common people. ut Is now 10: 81
O'Clock in the morning" lie replied
"and this paper reads, six o'cloci
evenins edition. What duced strange
mistake. .doncherknow?'' 2, ~ .sf (. q z Z.
Il With that the benighted creature
a began laughing again. turned ava:
in disgust. not stepping to explain tina
what he thought a prodlgio,lsly funn
mistake was something that we Ne,
I Workers accept quite as matter q
course. And every one knows that W
. are quite the wittiest as well as til
! wisest people of the universe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27

zrentozs 70 " II. Buhpsr. 81 Of record |
IN me once ot Tie Clerk Of the
County Court off Marion county, NJ. va.
~ peed d Trust Book No. page
4os ma beihe and notihed
s6 " 40 ~ me said VI. Iis Bannes
Thiss sundersi gned WIN as such rustes
IN satnt day. July 2sth 9Ds. Ill tie
front door ot the Court Honss o. Mar
lion COUNTY. west III ginia. sell sati pub
| lie auction to- the high lest responsible
bidder all that certain: aor parcel sof
treal estate In the First ward tofS the
City }of Fairmont I'm Marion county.
West Virginia. bound ed ana described
as follows: &. ~
Beginning. at a / stake IN THE South
least side Sot$ Poke street corners to lot
belonging to Alice Renner. ami running
thence with Poke street to the corner
iut Poke and Merchant streets. and
thence extending back between Sparals
1e1ed lines. and parallel with said Mer
chant street, a distance OF 90 feet to
the line OF another lot OF said Alice
Renner. being the same real estate
which was conveyed unto the said IL.
g. Wyers and r. 4 e. Mason by j. 81.
Ashcraft and wife, by deed dated April
26th. 1905. and OF record In the once
cf the Clerk Of the County Court Of
Marion county. West Virginia, In Deed
Book NO. / 81. page 222.
Terms OF sale. n I
| One-third cash IN hand on day Of
sale, with the remainder In two equal
payments Ia one and two years re:
!; spectively after 9y; OF sale, withinter.
! est thereon from date OF sale Purchaser
/ will he required Ito give personal iae
curing to be approved q by the under.
{ signed trustee. and as addlttnoal se.
!. curlty a; vendors lien will be retained
!. on said property to secure the pay:
, ment OF the deferred 5installments OF
|. purchase money. 3; E;;55 Il h II;
E Given under my hand this the 18th
t day OF June. 1sos.s 81 IN
& ATARsHALL3W. OGDEN.
8 4 weeks shrdul cnifwyp shrd1u en-
J. GEO, 4w II 81 Trustee. II
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27

Gold Medal Flour makes llshtest bread
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27

The United States Forest Service
believes that the cheaper woods can
be generally utilized for wood paving
and has Issued a circular giving in
structions for use. 4gy
Reform OF the Anthony Comstock
variety refuses to take In the Philip
pines, according to Information re-.
ceived ut the War Department. The
reformers in that archipelago have
recently been given Involuntary mem
bership cards in the Down and Out
Club. 4 81 a {:
The New York stunt OF putting the
kibosh on horse racing resulted in to-
tai failure. The Assembly. the first
ever held in the islands. declined to
put a ban on the sport. and the booliies
will remain undlsturbed in the distant
habitation. The Filipinos see nothing
cruel or offensive In beating en- horse
races. until the lose, and then the re.
sentiment IS passing.
Efforts wre made to put the cock
Fit out of commission in Alanln. But
The game rooster men were too inflll.
entail. Effort made close cockpit
unsuccessful; protests Of indignation
by American ladies, Philippine Tea
chers' Association. $500 Filipinos
against exploitation Filipino vice.
read a cablegram sent to President
Roosevelt for aid. The i pugnacity oi
roosters is still being put to The test
however, in the Manila scockptts.
The most alarming reform attempt
ed was that to prohibit the lmporta
ton and sale OF playing cards. No
only the gamblers. but the American
women put down "her little foot" rea
hard. when they heard Of the move
(! ment. The importation OF playing
cards from Spain is a considerable
item commercially. and the Spanish
consul general hot.footed it t. Cover
nor General Smith ia. protest agains
such action. Again the Filipino AS
sembly prevented a horrible raid OF
The ,nmusements of the islands by put
ting a quletus to the movement. ~
| ~ IA d O. = j ~ I'd d v
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27
Through hi Service ii
.Fairrnont to Clarksburf

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K FARM ONT. Z a cLARksBuR6
TRACTION c COMPANY. iil
y Cars leave Cor Main and Jefferson
SITS, Falrmont, H ouRLY for Clarke
burg and Intermediate Points from
$500 A. M. until 10: 100 P. M. Il e.
Schedule OF lnterurban Cars, octc
7t Der 21, 1907. - a 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27
b linn ore Ohio
Railro aid


spaily. xDany except HHndaSs lEz1lZH
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27

The United States Forest Service
believes that the cheaper woods can
be generally utilized for wood paving
and has Issued circular giving in
structions for use. 4 Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27
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M c.: sprapue, Amos, WA.
q. p. Musgrave. F airmont, w. Vas s.
u. q. Floyd, Warrington, W. Va. e
u M. Kuhn, Mon onaah, W. Va.
RA.;Merrlfleld. FaIrmont, w. va.TS \!
10. M Davis. Falrnorit. NJ Vast
q. M Arnett, Falrmont: W. Va ! n
A.FTenn ant, RiVesvllle IS W. Va. 4sis5
III. T.. starkey, Mannington, W. Va
Morgan Hros, Z alrHon I, vs. ]. Y
vvisn1anS q 1 Hall: Fal-n1elt. ". We. 81
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27
.Wass;hkii1gtonLetter

q 49, :" ' -'''S
who have secured appointments in the
Offices OF the various departments are
related to male employees occupying
married quarters, who provld them i
home. ~ 4.
Il -. ~ ---;;,---
Is There is a boon, on now for wood
pavements. Three-Quarters OF n cen
fury ago our ancestors tried wood
street paycments. but were Handicapped
for some representative treatment to
prevent quick decay. Wood paving
was therefore Abandoned, and Its re-
ytval nowadays Is due to the fact that
experiments with creosoted wood have
proven the practicabiltty of Its general
use: h e u. At s.
Among the advantages claimed for
wooden pavements are greater smooth
ness. resiliency. ease OF! repair, and
more rapid cleaning. Through selcc-
tion:hof suitable woods. cutting the
blocks into rectangular shape so that
their edges may lie close together. and
Treating them chemically to increase
their durability. wood pavemcntsis bet
ter In many respects than any other
in com mon use. \ X
he cost OF lcreosotetl, or 5.'preservetl.'
wood, Is greater than that OF lnacndaHl.
trlck. or asphalt. but not SO great as
granite or sandstone. On the other
hind, 1T exceeds amy OF the first group
in wearing qualities. Wood paving
costs from Sc. 40 to $3.50 i per- square
yard * IA h \:
Cedar has been extensively laid HI
4 the middle west, and oak, cypress
white pine. and other conifers sinSYari
Gus cities OF 4 the country. IA pave
1nent Of Australian eucaly plus ha
LASTED one city for from fifteen u
Twenty years 4 m
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-10-16

/ hereby certify that the above is .
correct list of the daily qualified voters
S. P. CHARLES,
Supervisor Of Registration
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-10-16
List of Qualified Voters OF
Leon County.

list OF the legally qualified voters
OF Leon County. Florida, October l5th'
1908, by Precincts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
0IS impression.

MT. White-Tell me. Uncle Rufn- how did you feel when that saya., catamount jumped on your back as voc were coming through the woods In t;,t dark and began to cla " and rend yon Uncle Rufus isanA--LL. well, sah. t"} yo' what's a fact, thankee-I 'lon"e 'tw,l2 ,uuh wife. To see. l Was Eb g,ttin' home dess littlH bit antiHualeti fum Ge lodge e Ie Cl.iiud Nni- hts ir'' ShivvF'teIs. and mun nacl'l s,picioN was ,.at ,,.' lady had got tire& . wailil' an. .G.ac to Elcct me. II ( ,r:s:t.;i@et! ,.ac 'twul q armour ,;"' had me by de back, regain I'd uh ben s,,cc.cl ,>!,!-ab to death; 'n= thinkin' to mutsef dat 'twuZ noao"A but muh wife. I deSs breshed de val mint aside. ;lcca Wuin' to muh custr"t and come uh-bo@in' along home, hali in muh isnunce.--I'uck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
Former Instruments of Torture.


 Instead of gymnastics or games. ill Struments of torture were used foi modelling the figure of the young lady of 1881. An English writer of that year says that "could the moderl Schoolroom be preserved it would pass for a refined inquisition. There would b. found stocks fo, the fingers the cheiroplast and pnIleys for the neck with weights attached" Fanny Rem ble. to whom nature had been by nc means unkindly, was found wanting il department, and she writes that sh' wore "back board made of steel, GOV cred with red morocco. which consist cd of flat piece placed on my bacs and strapped down to my waist witt . belt and secured at the top by two epaulets strapped over my shoulders From the middle of this there rose |; steel rod or spine with a steel collar which encircled my throat, fastened behind" The machine proved q fail ure, and she was put under the tuition of a drill sergeant, who did for her al that was required.-"Social England y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
Four Bad Snakes.

Snakes are much maligned creatures although they are, for the most part of considerable value to man. as the! live almost entirely on insects and the small rodents that are injurious to crops. Of all the snakes that inhahi' ! North America there are really onl! four that are dangerous. These are the copperhead, the moccasin, the rat tlesnake and little snake of soutber. Georgia and Florida known as th' coral snake. Of course there are |: number of different species of the raj tier (about thirty), but they inhab; different parts of the country and a' all to be known from the fact that the! rattle" when approached. All th' rest of our snakes are absolutel. harmless, and their bite is to be lesa feared than that of mosquito. .--Scca:: ;: Book.
 Afghan Justice.
 A 1orkshire engineer acted in Af 9hanistan for many years as director of the arsenal to Abdur Rahman. On one occasion the engineer was fired at by some fanatic in a bazaar and laid . complaint before the ameer. His highness seemed to make light of the matter, observing: "I should not both- CT about 1t. You will find 1t will be all right" The engineer was by no mean4 satisfied, but, remembering the people with whom he was, resolved to say nc more. A week or so later he was in- v.ted to accompany the ameer on a ride. When outside the town they passed gibbet after gibbet. each occu pied. The Englishman at length broke silence by suggesting, "Your highness seems to have been busy of late" The reply was characteristic: "Oh, no. That is your little lot" It was afterward learned that the ameer had executed every male member of the family ot the assailant upon whom he could fay hands. .".-London Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
The Scotch Sabbath.

An English artist. travelling profes sionally through Scotland. had occa sion to remain over Sunday in small town in the north To while away the time he walked out a short way in the environs, where the picturesque ruin of castle met his eye. He asked q countryman who was passing to be so good as to tell him the name of ths castle. The reply was somewhat star, ling. "1ts no the day to be asking si.. thinusi'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
The Gioved Gambler.

An American who visited Monte Cav io was telling of an incident there. 'i' one of tn. gold rooms," he said, "; gentleman in lavender gloves wa> playing in wonderful luck, winnir: nearly every stake. AS great stacl of plaques-you know those beautifus big gold pieces called plaques s-waS pushed to him in the croupier I heard . young lady whisper in his ear:
 "It is very odd. monsieur, to wea' gloves at play. What do you do 1t for Luck?'
 '"The fortunate player smiled griml,
 "'Not at all,' he replied. I promised my wife on her deathbed never agai' to touch a carl'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
1T. B. A.'s Poem.~

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was fond 0! retelling that anecdote of his owu boy ish daring which appears in his "Ponk' apog Papers, to the effect that upo' drst entering James T. Fields office in the Old Corner Bookstore his eyes feii upon that kindly editor and publishers memorandum book, open upon the ta. ble. Mir. Fields was absent for ts!' moment, and the youthful poet cou' not help noticing the Impressive i-sf of agenda: Don't forget to mail k W. E. his contract,' Don't forget e W. HIS proofs" etc, whereupon tle young Milton," who certainly deserved to succeed in his profession, wrote upon the memorandum book, Don; !; forget to accept T. B. As poem," a,l, disappeared The poem was accepted paid for and, truest kindness of all. az MT. Aldrich asserted was never print ed. But the resourceful youth neye! lost his deferential attitude toward tbt bearers tt those famous inltialed names that had once preceded his own.-At lantic
 Daniel O'conneli.
 After dinner at Lord Dungarvan'A Lady Morgan writes in her diary, l met the redoubtable Dan O'Connell. Dan Is not brilliant In private life, not even agreeable. He Is mild, silent, un. assuming, apparently absorbed and an utter stranger to the give and take charm of good society. I said so to Lord Clanricarde, who replied: If you knew how I found him this morning. His hall. the very steps of bis door, crowded with his clientele. He had q word or written order for each, then hurried off to the law courts, thence to the Improvement society and was the guest here today. Two hours before he was making that clever but violent speech to Mir. Ia Touehe. and now no wonder that he looks like an extinct volcano"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23
Taft and the Steel Trust.

Senator CulhersOn. OF Texas.
sends letter to the New York
Herald. dealing sharply with the
attitude of the Roosevelt admin
istration towards the Steel Trust.
After pointing out the well
known fact. hat the products OF
the trust. which enter into the
daily life of every citizen, are
very highly protected by the
tariff schedules ranging from
81. OS per cent. on some articles
to SO. So per cent. adj valOrem on
others, and showing how con-
pletely the giant monopoly avhils
tselfof the opportunity to fleece
consumers in the home market
while underselling competitors in
the foreign markets, so that the
tariff profits exceed $50 600, 900
yearly-about 81 per head on
every man. woman aud child in
the cOuntry-the Senator says:
LIN spite of The exorbiiant
duty, this understandable tariff
tax upon the American people,
notwil hStandiug the fact that he
Steel Trust was already a practi-
cal monopoly and was in c0mbi
nation with Its only competitors,
the President has expressly al
mitted tHat he approved the alb
sorpIion by it. of its principal
riv al. the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company.
That one act stands as suffi-
cieut rebuttal of all pretenses on
the part of the administration, to
make efficient war upon he trusts.
No doubt the charge that the
officials and the bentficlarieS of
the Steel Trust have made enor.
nous contributions of money to
the Republican campaign fund,
is subsI antially true. In view of
the facts recited Senator Culber
son pertinently declares that the
people ale entitled to know:
l. Whether Judge Taft if elect
ed President, will recommend 10
Congress "a reductian of the iron
and steel tariff schedules, and, if
SO, to what extent?
2. Whether Attorney General
Bonaparte will at once proceed to
dissolve this com blnation of steel
manufacturers aud punish the
offenders, and whether Judge
Tatt should he he elecred, will
favor such legal proceedings
The people who are about to
cast their votes for Presidential
electors are entitled to hear IRON
Judge Taft i'll answer to these
inquiries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23
News of the State.

Cha'lrS Pierce Warrington, of
Ea>lon. died at the age of 81.
OF lirIght'S disease.
Austin Dlll was arrested in
CentcNillr. charged with steal
ing IA team Of horses.
George w. Marvilip. of Balti-
m0lc. was brow by falling
from a lauucn near Seven Foot
Knoll.
Major James Albert Clark 81
year az age, died of prrllonitls
al tue home al his 'augh er, at
Laurel
William N. SNr-ney. IA BALM
more Insurance agent. vas lnund
dead wlrn a rnl a. IL hI> cad
|, ~ office
Fine vote IN DI,trri 80 Z
ia Ghtfttt roun, " Noa, 81
Tue coming elcrlloh on tar qurs
tl'n ~ l"rai option IL ihdf di>
tticl
" amer Prn,ll,tOn an old nr
gro. Nn"i an,i Is lie iirhiA MI
liap> anothc negro near Eli
COT cry. aud was >et Tree u, =
coro el'> jnN.N
/ oe my raiI mills of the Wary
land .Strel Company at Sparruw :
PnIDi Will nave L. 81 -, Il ,Nu
again. unless turi her orders for
St'"l rall, are Ierrl, ed.
e auditorium 81 he erected
III c"eptctlon with he new build
in "t the Medical and Chlrurs
zeal Faculty Of Maryland viii "
know u as O-ler Hall"
''DI." Theodore White. who
wa~ released from the Alta "a
Federal PRISM. returned to Bal
tln"lr and sa, $ hat he Will en-
gage III the grocery hnsines>.
J ,hn II. VILLAINS, 30 years
old died AT the Maryland Peu-
ienliary while undergoing sen
fence of Is Years. imprisonment,
whlch would have expired in
1910
,lndge William Howard Taft,
Republican nominee for Presi.
den spoke last Monday night
al I he L,ric, in Baltimore City,
to- large and enthusiastic audi.
enre.
Noah Il. Emerson. one of the
lead Is of the Socialist party IN
Alleg NY county. was shot in the
fare. neck and breast by some
b"dl on a Baltimore and Ohio
train near Evitt's Greek.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23

il is quite common occurrence
for them to reject an unwelcome
Republican candidate from 2Oo TO
200 vote.
The rule in the Sixth district
has been two terms, and l am
quite satisfied that the party
which refused to elect the re-
nowned Judge McCOmas the MIN
time will decline to reflect the
present encumbent the sixth time.
This il shown by open disaffec
ton all over the District and L
am fident of winning at the
polls by a majority of from seven
hundred to one thousand."-
belland Times. Oct. 10. OS.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23
Taft's Panama Record.

There Is u Federal statute
which explicitly provides that on
all government work wosk day
shall consist of eight hours and
no more. The law is plain and
mandatory in this regard
Yet William Ii. Taft who was
in absolute charge OF the Pau.
anna Canal work up TO the time
of his nomination failed to en-
force that eight hour law on canal
work and the dredging men have
been forced tor work over eight
hours every day in violation of
the law.
Will some Taft apologist and
subsidized defender of his labor
record say that it wa the fault of
the wOrkingmen and not OF "In
junction Bill" that the eig bit
hour law was not enforced on
Panama Canal work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23

The protected manufacturers
have secured, in many cases. a
tariff of more than twice the per-
centage paid to workmen in
wages. The net profits of the
Steel Trust last year were just
about equal to the entire amount
paid in wages. and the wages con-
stituted less than IS per cent. of
the total value of the product.
Accoi ding to this statement, each
workingman employed by the
Steel Trust earned, on an average,
not only the amount paid to him,
but 100 per cent profit besides for
his employer-Br y ans Tart IF
Speech at Des Moines.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23
SO, 900 Damage Suit.

Suit has been brought by
Messrs. Stoner & Wineberg, at
torneys for Mrs. Catherine II.
Renner. widow, and James l. Ben
ner. Mary Ellen Renner and Lulu
NJ Renner. children, of the late
John w Renner, against the
Northern Central Railway Com
pany, for 500, 900 damages for bis
dearh, which was caused by the
overlurning ofthe engine on which
he was acting as firemen, on De
cemher 10, 1907, between New
Midway and Ladiesburg, this
county.