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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08
CHAPTER XIX.

Missile left of crying and stared at
Roger He told Alison afterward that
those half-drowned blue eyes made him
feel quite bad--hut then Roger was such
a soft-hearted fellow.
You do not understand" she said at
last. very slowly.
My dear little sister" he said. tax
ing her hand, Il do understand. and so
does Alison, and We are both agreed on
this point. Repentance is apt to be trou-
bleSome If It be carried beyond due bounds
and, in fact. it can degenerate into
seltshness-and you are really very self
ish about this"
"Oh, Roger" exclaimed Alison. lit
tie shocked at this plain speaking. But
Roger knew what he was about; he was
determined, as he said quantity, TO seal
up the fountain of Missiles tears
as he nos unkind?' returned poor
Missile, piteously -He calls me selfish.
Just because am so sorry about papa"
I'VE are all sorry, Mabel" returned
her brother. seriously. though we do
not go about the house wetting the doors
with our tears, like medieval sinners,
declare it makes one quite damp TO come
near you-it is really bad for your health.
my dear"
Now you are laughing at me-" she
replied. pettishIy.
True. and that is the uukindest cut
of all. IS it not? But l am nos laugh
ing when | talk about your seldshEeSs
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Perhaps there would be fewer as
sassinations If there were a stronger
probability that a murderer would be
hanged. 1t might even be sufficient
TO make a long term in the penitentf-
airy sure. Whatever may be said about
the death penalty, the certainty Of Sc
we're punishment would probably dis
courage the taking of human life At
any rate. it would be worth while to
make thorough test of this.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

lone to the sinners in the church
Without great faith in something
great character Is impossible.
The man who makes ehndren's books
is the real leader of the nation
! When the heart sings the music is
Always good no matter who makes it
The Lord loves a cheerful worker
about as much as He does a cheerful
giver.
Without the good mother there would
never have been good man In the
world
The Bible declares that nabobs are
not made out Of any better clay than
other folks.
The Lord has made every sparrow a
pledge that He viii take care Of His
own children
There are some preachers who never
try TO do anything for the Lord until
the church bell rings
The greatest trust ever formed In
this world is the one that IS formed
at the mothers knee
When you know what the deyfl Is
most against you know pretty wei
what God wants done.
II there Is a heaven for fools, the
man who expects to be saved on his
wife's church membership win be there
on a front seat
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HOY, rhe, Get IL.

An interesting though not entirel,
convincing example Of municipal econ
omy comes from New YORK. where a
piece Of property stated TO be worth
about $4,000 was wanted by the mu-
nicipal powers The owners asked
1881. 600. and the condemnation pro-
ceedings awarded them $4,000. where
upon it is claimed the city saved
$4,000. At that rate il the owners
had asked S1,oOo,oC0oo0 the city might
have saved enough TO pay OF its entire
debt.
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All Equipped.

"No, my daughter, l Will not consent
to your engagement to book peddler
who doesn't know what he is going to
do for success in life
"Oh. father, you are mistaken. His
career Is all mapped out"
How do you know that?"
"Why, doesn't he sell school aliases =
American
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

On December 81 the exact moment
when the sun turned north In its
course was flashed over the wires from
the United States Naval Observatory
in Washington to all telegraph points
in Alaska. Summer is so short in the
far north that it doubtless comforts
the people there to know that it is
''a-comin' in" the moment the solar
tide sets in their favor
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

through the Presidents own private
purse. The Senate finance committee
has reported favorabIy bill for In
creasing the ra!ary to 100000, and It
seems probable that the increase VIII
be made in one OF the regular appro-
priation bills at the present session Of
Congress. SO that President-to-5e Taft
can get the benefit Of it. There should
be no opposition to legislation SO mani
festly Just and desirable.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08
.pi.appointed.

whats the matter with Brown? He
looks disappointed"
''He is. After working for three
years to land political job he finally
succeeded. The disappointment is due
to the fact that connected with the
position is work he will be expected to
do."-Detroit Free Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

1t was in the art museum
aYes. Mandy said Mr.. Hardapple,
as he referred to his catalogue. this be
a stature Of Venus. You see, she hash {
any arms.
~Poor thiug. sighed Mrs. Hardapple-
" was just wondering
wondering what, my dear?"
why. how in the world she ever
carried her shopping bag
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

do you think you are benefited by
your sojourn at the seashore?
NO answered Mr.. Sirius Barker.
~our hotel was at one of those sandy
stretches where people tired themselves
out in weekend holidays When YOU
looked at the place you felt sorry for
the people and when you looked at the
people you felt sorry for the place
Washington Star,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

1t is explained that grand opera can
not be made to pay because the grand
opera singers Insist on having salaries
that are too high. A sad feature of
the case lies in the fact that the pau
per grand opera singers of Europe de
mand even higher salaries than our
native singers are able to draw.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

The naval board of construction has
prepared plans for three 26,0O0-ton bat
tie ships. Ten years ago 12,0O0-ton bat
tie ships were considered enormous.
What nation viii be the first to launch
the 50,0OO-ton floating fort?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Yeast-Statistics show that, as
rule. married men live seven years
longer than bachelors, and wives five
years longer than unmarried women
Observation-Disclosures if it is longer
or II it only seems longer !-Yonkers
Statesman
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Prof. PerciYal Lowell has discovered
water vapor on Mars. Many Ameri-
cans whose wells were dry last sum
mer and are staying dry under the
snow will envy the Martians.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

'Did your daughter marry the genius
to whom she was engagedf'
"Nope. l made her shake him and
marry a man that could earn living
for her. Houston Post
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Forty magazines of general interest
describe themselves as total abstain
ers" as far as their advertising pages
go. The dryness, fortunately, does not
extend to the rest of the contents.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

The United States is taking on a few
governors these days who try to make
themselves believe they are preslden-
tial size. They will know more about
1T when they have governed a while.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

There are now 100000 words in the
English language, hence it is strange
1t takes the ladies so long to say good
bye to one another?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Some grocers,s remarked the Gus
toner. have an on-hand way OF weigh
ing sugar. but I notice you're not one
OF them"
''od-haud way2 How do you meanT'
asked the grocer.
Il noticed you kept your hand on the
scales Just now while you measured
out five pounds for me. Philadelphia
Press
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

If man really is descended from the
hog we expect some fendish nissan
thrope TO take up the stockyards cry
that There's nothing lost but the
sGueal"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

A California woman has been given
divorce because her husband would
not speak to her. Probably he never
had fair chance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

Ten years for counterfelting a s.
bill is two years for each dollar. 1t
is lucky for the crock that he did not
dabble in bad twenties.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

A New York woman demands $780,
600 for the loss of her husbands affee-
ton. 1t seems to US that this is
bulling the New York love market
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

A man is charged with stealing an
otter cap on train, which will, of
course, induce every bright wit to point
out that he otter reform.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

j. Pierpont Morgan's sl0,25O Bible
contains no more religion than the
plain S1.25 edition.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

A college professor thinks Americans
Of the future viii have black eyes. II
the habit Of calling one another liars
isn't stopped he may be right.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08
RAMS HORN Blasts
Warning Note Calling the Wicked t.
Repentance.

Nobody is ever
kept awake by the
preaching Of a
man who Is him
self asleep.
1t is a waste Of
time to pray for
the conversion Of
sinners in the
street while no
preaching is being
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

London is to have theater in mem
DRY OF Shakespeare. All theaters are
memorials Of Shakespeare.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

IT is significant that no coal dealers
or Ice men have Joined the Cleveland
movement to live as Christ would.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-08

A boy or girl may legally wed in
Australia at II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
ADLER
RESUME PAINTING
WILL COMPLETE AT ONCE PoR.
TRAIT: OF HENRY G. DAVIS
FOR CHARLESTON Y.
M. C. A.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 19.-
Prof. ]. c. Adler, the well known ar
tist of this city, who has been con-
nected with the Charleston Amuse-
ment Company for some time, has
sold out his interest in that company
and will return to the brush. This
news will be learned with pleasure
by the numerous friends OF the popu-
lar artist, not only here but through.
out the State.
Professor Adler will return to his
old studio on Capitol street, over tao
Ten.Cent store, where for six years
he welded the brush. For the next
; two weeks Professor Adler will be
busy completing the portrait Of Hon.
Henry G. Davis, which he will present
to the local Y. M. c. A.. The painting
is said to be the painters master.
piece and when completed will be
one of the finest pieces Of art work
ever seen in the city.
After completing this work Profes.
sor Adler will begin some work 70.
the State and many other contracts
which he has taken recently. Tho
studio will be open at all times to the
artists friends and he will be glad to
see them again in his workshop.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
BIG CAMPAIGN
Is PLANNED
BY CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
DATE SET AND FOUR GREAT
EvANeELdsTs SECURED.

At a called meeting of the oficial
Board by the pastor OF the Contra!
Christian Church, yesterday, it was
decided to begin the great revival, for
which the pastor and his congregation
has been planning, Sunday, October
"a, 1909.
The campaign will be conducted by
Evangelist Geo. L. snively, LII D.. and
his efficient helpers. The Central
Christian is the first church, among
the Disciples Of Christ in this State,
to plan an evangelisdc campaign on
so large a scale. The date has been
set early in the autumn, so as not to
interfere with revival meetings in 9th.
er churches Of our city.
The preparation for the revival is
to be kept up all summer, nobody will
take vacation from religious work
this year.
Rev. Grisso has been holding ser
vices for few nights at worthington,
ne immersed eleven in the river yes.
terday afternoon. He will preach a
few nights this week. Almost unex.
pectedly very interesting revival has
started.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
IT'D CHANCE OFF
AN AUTOMOBILE
BASEBALL MANAGEMENT TAKES
NEW PLAN FOR RAISING
FUNDS.

In order to raise money needed by
the Fairmont Baseball ASSOCIATION tae
organization has decided to sell an au.
tomobile for that purpose.
President Thomas s. Raymond and
Secretary Asheraft have purchased a
machine from w. F. Griffith of Clarks.
burg. The machine is one of the
best makes in America, and is equip.
ped with 221A horsepower four-cyl.
inder engine, which will enable it to
go to 60 miles per hour, should susa
speed be required.
The machine will be sold BY
chances. The chances run from 1 to
$500. The tickets are one dollar
apiece. The tickets are put up in
book form, 25 tickets in a book. Each
ticket has stub which contains prac.
ttcally the same matter that is on the
ticket.
The full plans for selling the ma
chine were not effected at last nights
meeting. The work will be fully out.
lined at tonight's meeting. The asso-
citation thinks that a good way to sell
the tickets is to get the ladies' inerest-
ed in the work, and at tonight's meet.
ing number Of suitable prizes will be
decided upon for the work that Is 10
be done by the ladies.
The association needs money in the
early part Of the season when the
bills for transportation, the expense OF
trying out players AMI a number Of
other expenses that have to be met
before the association has a chance
to make any money from the gate re.
ceipts.
The management Of the charlerol
Baseball Association has a similar
contest on now. The team there is
trying to raise $1,000, and the latest
advices from that town is that nearly
all the tickets have been sold.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
BADFIRE AT HAMMOND SH0RTLY Y BEFORE NOON TODAY
BIG FIRE LOSS
AT MANNINGTON
MASNINeToN GLASS COMPANY
HAD VERY BAD FIRE
YESTERDAY.

NANNrNGToN, April 1s.-At a few
minutes past eleven o'clock this morn
ing flames were seen issuing from thc
windows and doors Of the Manning
ton Glass Company's plant and In {
few minutes it was total loss.
The loss is estimated at from fifty
to seventy-five thousand dollars, GOV
cred by an insurance OF $25,0OO.
The exact cause of tle fire is mo-
known but thought to be from the
bursting Of tank containing liquid
glass.
The frame work OF the structure wa
very dry and from the first no hopes
were held that the building could be
saved. When the fremen saw the use
lessness Of working on the plant they
centered their work on the nearby
buildings to keep the fire from spread,
tng. TIE ware house OF the plant
was saved and a house owned by t11
Warrington Window works ALSO the
boiler houses were saved. This fac.
tory was Mannington's most dependa
Bile industry and comes as most Sc.
we're shock to the men employed there
in. At the time of the burning there
was about one hundred men on the
pay roll.
Up until this spring the plant turn.
ed out nothing but milk bottles and
was the leading manufacture in the
country of this product. Only a short
time ago the machinery for pickle bot.
ties was added thereby increasing the
size of the plant and giving employ
ment to a larger number OF men. The
very best mechanics obtainable were
employed and no finer products were
turned out than in this plant. The
plant was a paying investment from
the start and was controlled mostly by
local capitalists.
Fred W. Bartlett, of Warrington, Is
president Of the company and one OF
the heaviest stockholders. Mr.. H. c.
Tuttle, of Fairmont, is general mana
ger and through his efficient working
the plant has grown until the orders
mad to be laid aside Tor future filling.
Work will begin Immediately on re.
construction and rushed to compile
ton as soon as possible.
Manager Tuttle had orders for
enough ahead to have kept running
full time for more than q year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19

MUSICAL SHOW
"THE THREE TWINS is THE
LARGEST AND BEST MUSICAL
OFFERING OF THE
SEASON.

II Fairmont amusement lovers real
ize what really great musical offer,
ing is to be presented at the Grand
Opera House next Monday night, the
theater will be filled to oyerflowing
THE Three Twins" is by far tae most
pretentious and meritorious musical
comedy that has ever visited Fairmont
Local people will have splendid op
portunity to investigate It's merits
as the same attraction plays the Court
Theater Wheeling. on Friday and
Saturday of this wek, and the Wheel
ing papers will have much to say con.
corning Its worth. Yesterday wheel
ing Register devoted a page and one
half OF space to "Tae Three Twins. !
and the advertising it is receiving
there will go a long way toward get
ting the people interested here. It il
identically the same company which
will be seen in wheeling.
Ihe Three Twins, without fear oi
contradiction, is the largest musical
comedy en- tour. 1t also has more
novelties tnan all ether musical shows
combined.
The Fairmont and Mannington Trac.
ton Company is arranging to run carl
to Warrington atter the performance
and a very large crowd Is expected
from that point. The F. and g. Com
pany will also run cars as far as
shinnston, and there will be a big
crowd from up ther liver.
From present indications aThe Threc
Twins" will break all former records
at the local playhouse.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
Shoots Farnaer
CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE IN MIN
GO COUNTY REsENTs RE.
FusAL OF SUPPORT.

WILLIAMSON, W. Va, April 1s.-
Because he would not support him ii
the campaign for a county office, Tom
Trent drew his revolver and saoI
David Howell, a prominent farmer
near this city. Lying at his come
with bullet lodged near his left lung
Howell may die. The men met at i
blacksmith shop on Pond creek and a1
argument concerning politics started
Trent was on his horse and said some
unpleasant things to Howell, who then
attempted to drag him from the anil
NAL. Reaching In his pocket Trent
drew his revolver and fred. No ar.
rests have been made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
Lucky Numbers
COAL CITY HOUSE FURNISHING
COMPANY ANNOUNCES PRIZE
WINNERS.

For some time the Coal City House
Furnishing Company has been giving
out numbers for a prize drawing con-
test, each purchaser to the value of
one dollars worth Of goods being en-
titled to draw" This morning the
drawing was made and the lucky num-
bers are as follows:
First prize, a twopiece leather set
goes to No. 2,109.
Second prize, a sewing machine, to
No. 1901.
Thirlprize, a set of Haviland china,
Nc. .a6S7.
Persons holding those numbers are
requested to present them at the store
and obtain the prizes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
FINE FAIR
this YEAR
PLANS ARE BEING LAID FOR
GREAT MEETING HERE AT
FALL FAIR.

The Fairmont Fair Association Is
daily laying plans for splendid meet.
ing at the fair grounds this fall. The
entries for the stake races for the
fall meeting closed but are not all in
yet Horsemen from Maine to Kan.
sas win have trotters on the local
track. The list Of entries now number
95 and more are coming.
Morgantown has As horses entered
for Its fall meeting and Clarksburg has
90 this leaves us ahead Of the up river
town by thirty-five horses.
This list Of horses is only for the
stake races. The names of the iors.
es and the owners have to be sent in
10 Secretary Gosher at New Haven,
Conn, Of the National Trotting Asso-
citation, before the local papers will
get an opportunity to publish the list.
The secretaries Of associations thet
have the races are given Is days to
make up this information for Mr..
Gosner after the entries close.
With this large number of horses
entered 1T is a sure thing that Fair.
mont VIII have tho greatest number
Of horses on the race track than any
other town in the State except Wheel
tng.
The entries for the class races will
follow later. They are governed by
different rules altogether.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-19
GAS EXPLOSION !
in Nl!..E!:::!L..!L!!LIN!yTOTEL ]! J! I!
PEOPLE WERE AROUSED ~ 4
NOISE AND THOUGHT BUR
GLARS WERE susY

EIKRs, April 30 An explosion Or
natural gas in the basement Of Hotel
Gassaway at / :15 oelock Saturday
morning, wrecked the furnace which
heats the building and endangered
the'liyes Of the hundfed Or more resi-
dents and guests Of he Place. Tho
explosion set IRE to ae tImbers and
woodwork Of the basement the com
bned losse from the explosion and
flames resulting In damage 81 1900
to $1,000.
The night porter had gone 70 the
Sasement to light the fnrnace fiji.
teen or twenty minutes beiore the
explosion and the natural suppo-
Atlon Is that he turned on the gas
but tailed to ignite Il ana as soon
as the furnace ana room fiIled with
gas It caught from tie iire under taa
Rupd heater letting So with terrific
force. residents Of tHe entire central
section q the city were awakened BY
the heavy jar and noise 81 the expIo.
sion and many rushed out to Inresti.
gate the cause OF che noise even be.
fore the alarm q hre was sounded.
Anumber Of persons; were of the opln-
ion that the safe IA one 81 fhe banks
bad been blown By burglars