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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

Ter for MS nrerogatives, but has
found himself on repeated occasions
practically ignored by the President
in important matters affecting naval
policy and the conduct of his depart.
ment,
Lack OF health md the sense OF iso.
Iation and estrangament between him
self and President Roosevelt prompt
ell MT. Metcalf's resignation. He has
been Ill for a year, and during the
last two months he has scarcely been
able to sit at his desk. Just beh.re
Election ne had to cancel an engage
ment to speak in West Virginia.
Since that time ne has been able to
be at the Department parts of only
two days.
Mr.. Metcalf left Washington in the
middle Of last April, going to his
home in California with a hope tha,
he could regain his health. He re.
neined there until September. He
believed himself improved when le
anne back to Washipg.t n.
Since the beginning of his chie."s
IL health, Mr.. Mulberry has been
head of the Department in all bu.
name. President Roosevelt hes look
ed to linn for advice in the few mat
ters Of naval administration he did
not feel he could manage by himself
Mr.. Mstcalf las not been here to b.
consulted. and, besides. his views sanl
those Of the President have not been
Nf the same kind. His has been a
policy of retlcence with regard 70 thu
defects mentioned by critics e. tn"
ships OF the navy. while that O.
President Roosevelt and Assistant
Secretary Newberry has been one OF
npenness annI discussion.
MI NeWDerry is an enthusiast on
naval matters, and is a close sri nd OF
The President. 1t is generally .greed
he is Il better business man and adj
mtnistrator tran G.'s predecessor, anil
Is in closer tttlch with the personnel
of the navy. He has long been ambi.
ttous to be placed at the head of the
navy department, and the knowledge
Of this fact possessed by Mr.. Metcalf
did not tend to foster cordial rela.
tons between them. The friends of
the new secretary are hope:ll he viii
make such a good record tnat lie will
be asked tt remain by Presldent-elect
Taft after March A next.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
FAKE AAtR p~REpARArIoMs
Do Hair No erood, But often Cause II
to Fall Out.

Many hair preparations are fake
because they are merely scalp irri.
t:nts. They often cause a dryness.
making the hair brittle, and. finally
fifeiess. Dandruf is tbs cause OF all
trouble with hair. 1t is a germ dis,
ease. The germ makes cuticle scales
as 1T digs to the root of the hair,
where 1t destroys the hairs vitality,
causing It to fall out. To cure dand.
ruff, the germ must be killed. Destroy
the cause. you remove the effect"
Newbro's Herpiclle is the only hair
preparation that kills the dandruf
germ, thereby leaving the hair to
grow lwuriantly. Sold by leading
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01


81 thl paee Thursda
Hlanta Ha of Ri tow
SITTING the tansiy 81 i
cn Tpesday week
Misses Asia Kramer and Ruby
Gwynns Of smitatoign, were visiting
friends at this place Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. n. B. Merrifeld was the guest
Of Mrs. T. W. Arnett at Fairmont on
Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. J. l.. PrIckett and daughter,
Miss Evelyn. and grandson Percy
were calling on friends at ut. Harmo-
ny on Thursday last.
Mr.. andsMrs. Harry Summers and
family were visiting friends on Per.
simon Ridge the last of the week.
Charles Bowers moved his family
from this place to Montana on Monday
Of last week.
Misses Clara and Maggie Harris
were calling on friehds at Murray a
fe wdays the last of the week.
j. ]. Harris attended the protracted
meeting at Walnut Grove Saturday
night and Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph c.
Keener, on Tuesday. Nov. "a, a son.
Miss Fannie Harris was the guest
of friends at Murray Oh Saturday and
Sunday last.
Miss Cinda Pickett. of FaIrmont,
spent a few days the last of lac week
at her home at this place.
Miss Leslie Harris was the guest
Of Miss Hattie Hawkins at Rosstown
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Meredith and
family. OF Rosstown. were visiting the
family of E. A. pitcher Sunday.
Messrs. Clyde and Jay Kincald, of
Laurel Run, spent Sunday night with
their brother Bert, at The Amos firm.
Miss Ruth Merriield, Of FaIrmont.
spent a few days the last of the week
at her home in this vicinity.
There was a mock trial at this place
Saturday night instead OF literary.
which was very interesting.
Several of our people have been
attending the p~rotracted meeting at
the u. B. Church at Montana. We
learn much good is being accomplish
ed.
Lester Pitcler. of this place. and
Miss May Klncaid. of Laurel Run.
we're united in marriage at Fairmont
Sunday afternoon. they WIN go to
housekeeping In the house Of ]. N,
Prickett recently vacated by Cahrles
Bowers. They are both excellent
young people and their many friends
Will. no doubt, join us in wishing them
a happy and prosperous life, and es,
pecially is that the wish of
JACK THE RIPPER.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
LAST OF SANDY HOOK.
tBy s. ", Press AssnciatIonl

Wy ~ W. FFeSS Association
NEW YORK, Dec. To-day marks
the official passing ont Of existence of
the old Sandy Hook lightshlp, which
has for half a century marked the
western end OF the transatlantic WOW.
age.
In place of the oil ship will be an
entirely new one and on its side VIII
he painted the words. Ambrose Chan.
nell The land marx, or rather sea
mark. will disappear and tho name
that has for half a century been one
of the most prominent is the annals
or navigation, will disappear forever.
The original lightship was anchored in
It's place more than fifty years ago,
and the present vessel was nut into
commission in 1892. When It was de.
It few years ago that the present
ship would not last long a new one
was ordered. With the opening of the
new channel ships WEI not approach
within three miles OF Sandy Hook. For
that reason an unsentimentat light.
house board has decided to substitute
It's name for the old and honored one
OF Sandy Hook. The board Is prepar.
ed for all sorts of protests from those
who wish to cling to the old name, but
has fully decided that navigators must
use the new one. There will be no
change in the lights or fog signals.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

M. and Mrs. George Gaskfns, Of
smithtown, spent Sunday in t1is ward.
Miss Blanche Smiley. of Eldora.
is the guest Of Mr.. AMI Mrs. J.. Wal.
ker, Of East Park avenue.
Mrs. j. W, vanata. Of Diamond street,
has been quite sick for several days.
Mrs. Enos Parks, Of Water street, is
suffering with a badly sprained ankle.
Mrs. Morgan. of Buckhannon, is the
guest of her daughter, Miss Artha
Morgan.
Mrs. A L. Hammers has returned
from a few days stay at Parsons.
Mrs. Eliza Toothman, Of Monongan,
Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
HeiskeH.
Mr.. D.. Powell. of Columbia street,
remains very sick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
Revival Meetinos.

Evangelist U H D. thompson will
berlin a series Of meetings in the First
ward Christian Church on next Sat
nrday evening. This evangelist Is an
able Bible scholar and has charge of
The Query Department in the Leader
and the Way, which is edited at Gin.
fnnati, Ohio. These meetings prom
ise to be very interesting and proata-
bic All are invited.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
Mrs. Baker vead.

Mrs. Issie Baker died yesterday
morning at her home at Parsons, after
an illness Of consumption. She is sur.
lgfyed by her husband. Or. B. B. Baker.
and three children, Kenneth, Mrs. Lu-
te Rayburn and Arthur, all Of Par
Sons. Interment will be made in the
Saint Georges Cemetery. Mrs. Baker
has many friends and relatives in tlis
ward, having resided on Columbia
street until a few years ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
METCALF QUITS
THE CABINET
SECRETARY OF NAVY RELlN.
oUFsHEs PORTFOLIO IN PRES.
ioENT RoosEVELT's
CABINET.
(By S. ". Press Association.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. t.-Anothcr
change in the Roosevelt cabinet t.o%
place today when Victor H. Metcalt
of California, formally relinquished
the portfolio Of Secretary OF the
Navy, and was succeeded by Truman
H. Newberry, of Michigan, who had
been assistant secretary in name. bat
secretary in fact, since November,
1905.
Secretary Metcalf has been a stick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

Passengers baggage carried On
cars leaving Eairmont at 600. S:sa
1880, $500. 500 and $500 oetock
Passengers baggage carried on ea9
leaving clarksburg at 1880. 1880. t:Se
4:SO. 1880 and 1890 O'Clock
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
the committee on revision of the Ma
sonic laws. This committee, fsr the
Grand Lodge Is headed by w. s. Fly,
OF San Antonio, as chairman.
LORDS A ALLIANCE.
(By s. ". PrAsa "a sqncla lions

PITTsBuRG, Pa, Dec, For the
purpose Of organizing a National
Day Alliance OF the United
States, a great religious meeting will
be held here during the next three
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
NAVAL LAWS.
!. ~. Press AssoelatIon.l

IPy s. ". Press AsSOciaIi0n.l
LONDON, Dec, IA conference OF
representatives of naval powers, TO
discuss laws governing maritime war.
fare, was opened in Loalon today.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

druggists. Send 1Oc in stamps for.
sample to The Henpicide Co, Detroit
Micn. TWO sizes, soc and $500.
Cranes Drug Store. Special Agent
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
CITY Hospital.

Miss Ball is nursing a case on Lo.
Gust avenue.
Mr.. Gallagher, Of Hslleck, was adj
rnalitted Monday for medical treatment.
Nj. Carl cofrman. OF Worth!ngtcn,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

TO CURE A COLD IN oNE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quininei
Tablets. Druggists refund money III
IT fails to cure. E. W. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

The sicilian ThirnbIe club win NOT
meet this yening, as was announced
on account 81 the death d Miss Lord
Bartlett, one OF the members.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
Noy. %. ,0s.

aipfWest Virginiani
Dear Sir: In your paper giving an
aleaessonnt Of our dinner Thursday at the
B and @, Brakeman.s shanty you
Cattted the name Of one Of our men
10 partook Of the repast, Mr.. John
Gantz foreman on air.
Yours truly,
H. PEAsLEY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
Committee o Meet.

The committee on the Christmas
entertainment Will meet this evening
at 1880 O'Clock at the Diamond Street
NJ. E. Church.
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NOTICE 10

This is the last week in which you
may pay your taxes to the sheriff and
saw ehte discount. 27.9t|
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Through Service
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Try the Fai5mout West Virgiaian.
Freo to You and Evory Sister suRssiao
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dismissed.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

And y Thin the chapel, except for the sheen OF
1riastlv robes and the brightness OF the iIlai'
alI was dim and gray. Those VINO Sioou WIN
b,zved heads dreaming in the music were not
men or women who for any external reason
,,-.rc loun6 10 come. They had come because
hey were thankful to TurgVnieff and mere IN
the chapel in the sound OF the singing nc
seemed very Russian and very near Soon ihey
gathered around tho grave. petty officials,
,yorbrnen in cap and blouse. few student,
s7or,lzeep5re. artisans. The priests sang
their liturgy to the close There were no
speeches. the crowd pressed around the grave,
.saZed reyercntly at the bust and the grave
stone. then slowly and silently dispersed He
was their Turgenieff, their pride and they were
Russians
Turgenieff spent the greater part of his life
abroad. lie loved the civilization of the West,
and with all his Eentleness he found no words
too strong to condemn the Russian nationalsm
Of his time that wanted to reach the ultimate
goal Of civilization by a short cut specially
reserved for Russia a natiOnallsm that talked
elibly Of the 'rOttenncSS' of the West and the
sacred mission of Russia to renovate the
world. Russians were children. full of defects,
and must learn. ne insisted. They must tread
the path the West has trodden, and only when
the civilization of the West had entered into
her flesh and blood would Russia be able to
affirm her national independence, her national
originality. In those days some of TurgeneffS
best friends thought that he said these things
because long residence the West had alien
ated him from his native land. 1t is only now
in saying these things TurSenieff attacked the
radical defect of Russian social development
and pointed to the only remedy-not imitation,
but assimilation OF Western culture. II is only
the generation that has passed through the bit
ter experience Of the revolution than realize
that Turgenieh not only a great literary
artist but political thinker of extraordinary
penetration and a Russian who deyotedly loved
his country, and there are many happy signs
that his spirit Is moving in the new Russian
nationalism that is slowly coming into being.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

was originated in a speech Of the cx-M Marquis
de Girardin to the Club of the Cordeliers III
May. 1871
DR. Horace Allen first missionary and then
United States Minister to COrea, has described
his experiences in that country and in China in
a volume which is soon to be published by the
ReVell Company.
The Railroad SiCnaIman.' Mr.. J. O. Pagan,
whose papers the conditions of safety on
American railways have been published during
the plst wear III THE Atlantic has been asked
to lecture this subject at Harvard. One Of
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

ana her i'm meddling with the public business
The young men capable and sportfvc. They
second the girls with ardor and the fun becomes
uproarlous- Nevertheless. to enjoy it one must
cast All sense of probability to the winds and
swallow nonsense which even for a farce is
shade too steep. Mr.. Nicholson is little
heaVy handed in the weaving of his web of
goSSamer
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
TURGENTFFF.
goSSaDler.

4 Celebration IN 81 Petersburg Of the Trcnty-
ffth Anniversary Of His Death
From The London Morning Post.
Yesterday was the tWenty-fifth anniversary
or Turgenieff'S death. In a dim chapel i'm a
cemetery on the outskirts of the city a bishop
with priests and choir were singing a strangely
beautiful requiem mass low. plaintive plead
ing rising at times into outburst of passion
ate hope, with q weirdly remote sweetness as
OF some grace Of spiritual conflict high above
the bounds OF earthly life. The chapel was
full, and hundreds were waiting near the grave.
There was no extraordinary pOmp display,
there were no brilliant uniforms, organiza-
tonS with badges and banners no loads or
WreathS. A few school children with punches
OF flowers stood timidly at the door. Near
them lay wreaths sent by Turgenieff's relatives,
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

An inquiry into the famous device, "Iiberte.
Egalite Fraternite." has lately been made by
Professor Aulard, of the University of Paris,
He publishes the result OF his investigation in
an article showing that until its revival in 1S4S
the phrase seems to have been by no means
popular its public having been ordered by
the Directory in 1871 and dropped under the
succeeding Consulate. NJ. Aulard says that it
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

The publication in England of the beautif-
collected edition of Mr.. Henry James's novels.
issued here by the Scribners, will be begun this
month The special prefaces are to be in
Guided, of course, in this English edition
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

Mr.. Edward Hutton, who. announced
last week is editing DenuiStoun's Memoirs Of
the Dukes of Urhino." is also preparing Il new
edition, with notes, of Grove ana tavalcaSelle s
well known History IF italian Art The work
is to be brought up to date in the matter OF
discovery and in critical opinion The first of the
three volumes will be published Immediately,
the others next year
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
LITERARY NOTES.

The problems of American life are many and
some of them to be discussed in a fOrthcOm-
ing volume from the pen of Professor Josiah
Royce Of Harvard. He has entitled this book
"Pfovincialism, Race Questions and Other
American Problems"
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

me pleasant things which his articles have
brought to him is letter Of cordial praise from
President Roosevelt These articles revised
and enlarged. fill a volume which has Just come
from the Riverside Press.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

A flood Of books about Lincoln will greet the
huhdreGth anniversary of the great Presidents
birth Among these may be noted two an
nouncod by the 4. Vessels Company hbra-
ham Lincoln. \ Tribute lay George Bancroft"
and The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln" vol
ume containing extracts from his speeches. state
papers and letters, and edited by NJ. Nj Miller.
What is the American writer Of fiction to
look for in the way Of material in his own
country? Mr. Howes, in the new Easy Chair
makes his old novelist say to the young nov
dist
What you ought to 10 is to go home and erap-
Pc fearl@ssIy With the enlpiy native ambient
sr4rsey peopIcd that its interests are, elemental
dcal With nth them YOU viii fnd tne Of a size com
mensurate with the cnrtronnmgnt If Yea, pcnc-
T@ras {" ri 3bdT t wi en ny h% 1ifb iG
Shells rubbed smooth BY th,. social shells round
them. and hardened against community OF
thought But use the eyes you were horn with.
We Americans. like tho children Of family,
eager fer intimacy m and Losptaby open 70, 10 "n- m
bf ocGqpedb { b in rs re%nInG G vams 9T@s
with the inspects-with the rsychfcaI physio,-
nomies which our earlier. our Hawthornian r"sEi"
unveiled.
Another effort at the whitcwaShing Of an liG-
torical figure is made by Mr.. Lewis M"lvili" in
a Just completed book on George I He be-
worth noting and that he not tn" cold and
selfish parsonage ne has long been considered
The larger part Of the book * devoted to The
fifty-four years George spent in Hanover
II has been suggested that the house 1T
Broadstairs in which dickens lived FOR two
seasons and in which he finished David Cop
pcrficld' should be made permanent memorial
of the novelist. This dwelling has for many
years borne the title of Bleak HOUSE. be
slowed not by Dickens but by the tenant who
succeeded him. When the novelist lived there
was known Fort House" He loved il at
frst-"Corn growing" he wrote. "Iarks singing,
garden full of flowers fresh air on the Sea-
Oh. it is wondeTfui": but he was in the end
driven away by the street music that was cruel
ly diStracting.
John Jasper. the negro preacher of Rich
mond who amused whole continent at Ons
time with an absurd lecture called The sun
Do Move is said t" have had real originality
which easily belieVe-and attractive
powers OF humor and pathos. The ReVell Com
pany apparently considers his life and ai-
dresses interesting enough to serve as the ma
,,.-;,,j st., fort (, ming ,.IYtTu
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

selection of representative pictures in the
BRUSH National Gallery is To be brought out
in parts. The reproductions are to be printed
IN color and in large size and they are t. cover
the whole range Of art of every country and
school.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-19
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

The Christian Literature society 81
china has appealed for funds for it-
new business premises in Shanghai.
The Archbishop OF Canterbury is in
sueh paor health that De has been
forced to 20 10 the south of ltaly for
Ia long rest
The Salvation :my has secured
the old Town Han al Whiiby England
Tor its barracks. the rent 20 be hall
. crown a week.
The great byterian revival now
IN. progrcs7 m New England win ba
Kept up until March, after which
Philadelphia VIII be visited.
The Nonccuformists have won De-
cidad victory for religious equality hf
securing the rieht IA enter the new
inarmary chapel at Newcastle. Eng.
land
The Baptist union OF Great Brifaia
has sent q memorial 10 Emneror VII
liam ia grateful acknowledgement ol
the protection DE has extended to the
Baptists in Germany
The centenary of the great evan
grlfcal divine Rrv. Jon1 Newton wh0
died IL is91 has been especially ID.
sert ed recently az bis onw clrr.A.
Isl Mars Wcoin0th. ip Ianlon-
The Methodist year book fer 1HHt
shows . total membership il the
church ct se83.221 an increase ol
.es e97 ever TIE uretious year and q
total gain ince 1900 Of 3742eS