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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-09
Good Property
On Belt Line
For Sale.

This property is located on 9TH
street and railroad. in the 4th ward.
City OF Fairmont.
The lot is 100 feet frontage and
running back 12O feet to 20 foot al
ley.
Good brick building on the lot
5Ox1OO feet one story high, all walls
10 inches thick, covered with strong
trussed roof, NO posts in center of
building. Building lis fitted up with
an Office and all modern conyeniences,
and cemented door. The building
would be very suitable for a supply
house or a small factory, the location
is admirable for either. For further
particulars see
w. HOWARD KELLEY.
cry, Eighth st.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
The Auctioneer's HourqIass.

An auctioneer of Philadelphia col
lects all sorts of objects pertaining to
his ancient calling. He has, among
other things, an interesting set of auc-
tioneers' hourglasseS. The auctioneer
a century or so ago concluded Il sale
not by saying Going, going, gone
and rapping the counter with his ham
mcr, but it was his better method to
turn up free running glass toward
the end of the bidding and to end the
sale irrevocably when the sand ran
out. This saved confusion and dis
putc. The auctioneers' glasses in the
Philadelphia collection are picturesque
One is of tortoise shell and mothcr-of-
pearl. Another is of amber and gold.
A third is of teak ana ivory
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
The Father Fipefish.


"Thc best # fathers is the ppcfaH &c
said an angler. "lIc matches the little
pipcfsh, and after they are Matched
he carries them about with him till
they can take care Of themselves.
This fish has under his tai! a sac.
In it lie bears the pipcfsh spawn.
Thus the spawn hatch in perfect
safety. They are not dccimatcd like
the other fish spawn lying unprotected
on the bottom Of the sea. by every
hungry passcrby. No; they all hatch,
every one of them.
AS soon as they hatch the father fish
splits. or nature splits for him, the
sac, and all the little fish drop out into
the sea, but they cling to papa. Wher-
ever he goes, like n gray cloud those
thousands of tiny sons and daughters
surround him, and on the approach cf
danger they pop back again into IL
sac just as baby langaroos pop in.
the sac, or marsupial pouch, Of their
mamma.
The male pipefish is, in fact, the
female kangaroo of the sea-"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
An AnticIimax.

81 just dropped in to thank you for
that medicine you sent home by my
wife last night said the grateful pa
tent, grasping the doctor warmly by
the hand. 1--WE been laid up off and
on for years, have tried all the patent
medicines on the market and been
treated by every doctor in the neigh
borhoOd, but your medicine was the
only thing that ever did me any good. -
It's pleasure to have you come
here to tell me this" replied the doc
tor, highly catcd. Most Of my pa
TENTS are not SO thoughtful. But that
prescription is my pet favorite, and I
never yet knew 1t to fail to cure a
cough if taken in time"
"Cough?" echoed the patient. "Why,
l didn't take it for my cold. l used it
rs n linimcnt for my rheumatism"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08

Irving used to tell with dramatic cf
feet story about w G. Wills. IT,,
dramatist, who, among other services,
wrote for him the play Charles l."
When Willj was a boy ten years old
hc was IT, On to see Edmund Kcan
play Macbeth. In the murder scene
he WAS so affected by the realistic
power of tie actor that, seized with 4
severe attack of nausea, he hurried
from the box. Ten years later he was
lunching at chop house in Fleet
street when man entered, sat down
at table near him and ordered Il
meal lie was perfect stranger to
Wills. who. after a few minutes pro-
pinquity, was again seized with Il fit
Of nausea, from which he had not suf-
fcrcd since aS Il boy he was at the
thcator on the occasion mentioned. He
Was Obliged to leave the room. When
some minutes later he paid his bill the
waiter said to him: Did you see that
gentleman at the table near you?
That's Ed una Enru.'-H. w. Lucy
in CornhiIl Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08

lIero is al a...".. tription Of
queer nrc J.. . ... ....., J..g rcsidcn
tial block: "NcW vycrE one has one
room. auI iIt5 tai: y.I cram ucarlj
al your worldly J. sscssions and lcar.
all Kinds of vanishing tricks and jug
Cling fcats. such as having combina
tion bed and piano, using your wash
ing stand for your writing table and
Rpnyerting your hip bath by day witt.
rugs and cushions into an armchair
In this abode of bliss you receive yom
friends, male and female. and, If the
gentleman, sitting himself raShly on
the bed sofa. vanishes into the piano
or the lady throws herself wearily into
the hip bath armchair and it falls off
the packing case with her inside it,
no one will turn Il hair. You will in.
vitc them to lunch or tea or dinner
which ever IS approaching. ana the
gentleman will offer to 20 and buy
chops or kippers and fetch the milk
and when he returns will help YOU
cook, and you'll sit together and eat
It on the washing stand. which also
does duty as Il dinner table on such
occasions. London Standard
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
In Five Minutes.

Take your sour stomach-or may be
you call it indigo ion, Dyspepsia, Gas
tritis or CataIrh OF Stomach; it doesn't
matter-take your stomach trouble
right with you to your Pharmacist
and ask him to O pci a 80 cent case Of
Pape's Diapepsin ~ d let you eat one
22-grain Triangule and see if within
five minutes there is left any trace of
your stomach misery
The correct name for your trouble is
Food ermentation-foCd sCuring; the
Digestive organs become weak, there
is lack of gastric juice; your food is
only half digested, and you become af
fected with loss Of appetite, pressure
and fullness after eating, vomiting,
nausea, heartburn, gripping in bowels,
tenderness in the pit of stomach, bad
taste in mouth, constipation, pain
In limbs, sleeplessness, belching of
gas, biiousness, sick headaches, ner-
vousness, dizziness and many other
similar symptoms.
If your appetite is tickle, and moth
ing tempts you, or you belch gas or if
you feel bloated after eating, or your
food lies like lump of lead on your
stomach, you can make up your mind
that at the bottom of all this there is
bat one cause fermentation of undi-
gested food.
Prove to yourself, after your next
meal, that your stomach is as good as
any; that there is nothing really
wrong. Stop this fermentation and
begin eating what you want without
fear Of discomfort or misery.
Almost instant relief is waiting for
you. 1t is merely a matter of how
soon you take little Diapepsin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
The Chief Justice.

There are vc:T few people who know
the proper designation of the man who
prcsidcs over the supreme court" said
The secretary of the senate.
"Gcncrally he is referred to as the
chief justice of the United States su-
prcmc court. In fact, he is the chief
justice. That's his official title. Most
of our presidents in nominating men
for this office have fallen into the error
of giving him the long title. When
George Washington nominated Oliver
Ellsworth of Connecticut for this post
he described it rs chief justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
Andrew Jackson made the same error
in nominating Richard T. fancy. SO
did Abraham Lincoln when he appoint
ed Salmon r. Chase. Grover Clevc-
land was the first president to give the
correct designation. When he appoint
Cd Melville w Fuller he nominated
him to be chief justice and nothing
else. Future nominations will be
framed in this fashion. Washington
Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Fifty Dollar Dinners.

Dinners at 500 plate are as com
mon in New York as five dollar din
ncrs are In London and Paris" said Il
chef. "Dur rNtruyagauD dinners are
no better tLau the cheaper foreign
ones Their cost is caused not by the
exquisite cooking If exquisite materi-
ais but by the use Of exotic foods
whose expense is their chief recon-
mcudatiom What do | mean by eN-
otic foodst Well ! mean cane sugar
instead of the ordinary beet root kind
for the compete; | mean wild rice in
stead of the cultivated for the canvas
back; | mean sole brought alive from
England and stcrlct from Russia, when
our own native fish is better coudi-
toned; / mean hothouse straWDer-
ries as big as apples, pears as big as
cocoanuts and grapes as big as peaches,
all tasting rather like raw pumpkin,
but looking very fine in blizzard
weather. Foolish foods; but, then,
it's only foolish people who eat fifty
dollar dinners. Cincinnati Enquirer
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Nervous
Collapse

Il have travelled for thirty
years continually. | lost a great
deal of sleep, which together
with constant worry left me in
such a nervous state that finally,
after having two collapses Of
nervous prostration, | was
obliged to give up travelling al
together. | doctored continually
but with no relief. DR.. Miles
Nervinc came to my rescue-I
cannot describe the suffering
which this Nervine saved me.
Whenever am particularly
nervous few doses relieve me"
A. G.. c. LIBBY, Wells, Me.
There are many nervous
wrecks. There is nervous pros
tration Of the stomach, of the
bowels, and other organs. The
brain, the kidneys, the liver, the
nerve ccntcrs are all exhausted.
There is but one thing to do
build up the nervous system by
the use of DR.. Miles Rcstora-
tive Nervinc. It's strength
ening influence upon the nerv-
Gus system restores normal
action to the organs, and when
they all work in harmony, health
is assured. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all ac-
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
your money.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
ADnronriate.

\ clergyman went to have his teeth
fixed by a dentist When the work
was done the dentist declined to ac-
cept more than nominal fee. Th,
parson, in return for this favor insist
ed later on the dentist accepting vol
umC of the reverend gentleman's own
writing. 1t was a disquisition on the
Psalms, and on the fly leaf he had in
scribed this appropriate quotation:
And my mouth shall show forth thy
praise. "-Harpcr's Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Battlefield Nurseries
GETTYSBURG, PA.
C. A. STONER, Proprietor

Grower of select Nursery, Stock,
Fruit, Shade, Ornamental Trees, Shrub
berry, Small Fruits, etc, Asparagus,
Strawberries and Hedges. Also Hand
and Power Spray Pumps. Plant
Locust for timber Catalogue free.
Be your own agent. Write today.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Gave Him a Pointer.

George Ade was once stranded in n
small town. He went into the bar
ber's shop to get shaved and endured
even unto the end. When the barber
had completed his operation the hu-
morist arose and, putting Il handllcr-
chief TO his face, said graycly:
'Sir, you P0vc missed your vocation.
You ought to be an oyster opener"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Never Gives Up.

81 just had to marry him. He told
me he never gave up anything he
loved"
"Wel, it's good to have husband
who loves one"
Yes, but | have learned that he
loves money also."-IIouston Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Quite : Difference.

\ man %"ouda two hours trying to
discover what Is the matter with his
motor and two minutes trying to find
out whit is thn matter with his wife.
London Telegraph
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Che .nistry Kinderoarten.

Bobby-ls oxygen what oxen breathe
all day. Papa OF course, ana what
everything else brcathcs. Bobby-Aud
is nitrogen what every one brcathes at
night?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
Lucky.

Bcnoit, did YOU break the water
bottlc?"
"Ycs, madame, but fortunately
broke 1t into only three pieces"
"Fortunately' TIows that fortE-
natc:"
"Oh, madame. when Il thing breaks
into many pieces it IS 50 hard to pic';
them all up"-Paris Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
An Impediment.

at looks rs though my marriage
with Miss Mullins would have to BE-
postponed"
whats the matter, old fcllowF"
"Sho got married to young Dobson
Yesterday"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08

The blcsscdncss or misery of old
age Is often but the extract of our past
life-De MaiStre.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08

IS waiting for you in the shape
OF a nice set Of crocke~y. We
are now showing a splen1id stock
of good sound Crockery, every
single piece warranted fee from
fault or blemish. The finest as
sOrtment i'll the county at rea-
souable prices.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
CenaScO


Manufactured from Genuine
Trinidad Lake Asphault. The
best water proofng, also nearest
fire proohng known. Guaranteed
.nNrntn Nrnnrs
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
For Lazy People.

For years getting up in the cold morn
ings to build fire, and then standing
about il shivering until the room has
become warm, has been. a standard joke
that was not joke. It remained for
Montana farmer with inventive genius
greater than his love OF early rising to
evolve a plan which does away with this
Inconvenience.
This farmer has contriye5 an appa-
ratus which performs bv clock work,
and which operates when attached to
an ordinary alarm clock. At any hour
desired, the alarm sounds, and the at
tached mechanism begins workisg. A
bundle on matches is forced beneath o
pile OF kindling wood in the stove and !,
in a few minutes, the fire is roaring.
Then the farmer rises and finds the
room warm and the water in the kettle
hot enough to begin preparing coffee for
the morning meal.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
cAMBE cUREDGTHE Big COMET
Mercury to be Ussd Against
The "WhIte Plague.

Consumption can be and is cureed.
Mercury is thu agent that has erected a
barrier in the path CT the "White
Plague" and has halted 1t in its deadly
march across the face OF the earth.
This marvellous thing is being accom-
plished at the Unitei States naval hos
pital at New Fort Lyon, the government
sanitarium for tuberculosis sailors, To-
Gated on the north bank of the Ar-
kansas river, about six miles from Las
Animas, Colo.
Intermuscular and deep injection OF
mercury has effected well authenli-
Gated cures Of U. S. sailors and officers
who have been restored to DUTY and
who are today serving their country
without showing any signs Of relapse,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

An exehaage puts it this way: "W
live in land OF big mountains and high
taxes, low valleys and low wages. big
crooked rivers and big crooked state
men, big lakes, big pumpkins, big men
With pumpkin heads silver streams
that gambol in the mountains, and
pious politicians that gamble in the
aight, roaring cataracts, roaring orators
last trains, FAST horseS, fast young men.
sharp lawyers, sharp financiers, sharp
toed shoes, noisy children fertile plains
that lie like sheet Of wseer, and ,-thou-
sands of newsparers That lie like
hundcr
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
saraa Masksls.

ForSale.-One 20-gauge single
6arrel, full choke, shotgun.
cheap Enquire at this office.
Fine Plymouth Rock Cockerels
for sale Enquire OF Mrs. n. S.
Phelan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
The Earth VIII Sweep Through
The Tall Of the Comet Next
May.

Have you arranged your affairs
against the day in May next when the
eartn will be in the tolls Of Halley's
comet? Baltimore has had glimpse Of
the solar systems unbidden guest, and
now the less fortunate Washingtonian is
permitted TO know that its tail will be
the length of hundred full moons
beaded on a string, or long enough to
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30


The body of the comet is Of great bril-
lance, surrounded by nebulous some
thing, and as it approaches the earth in
the early spring months Venus and Jup-
tier will pale and the moon herself be
reduced in shining power. Passing be-
tween the earth and the sun at dis
lance of only 100000 miles from the
earth, the tail will envelop US in its ex-
panding width, but without evil conse-
quences, the ASTRONOMERS say.
A few years ago the earth passed
through a thick haze OF unknown
source, and it was not until some time
later that the scientists surmised that
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

''It's the Germans who brought the
Christmas tree to America" the Ger
man said. Didn't you know that?
The duke of Hesse sold a regiment,
called the 'Hessians,' after him, to fight
the Americans. They got so drunk
over their first Christmas tree here away
from home that Washington captured
them, and that started the fashion OF
Christmas trees in America. It's his
tory"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

The Parma Milling and Elevator COM
pany will be In the market for all kinds
of grain and farm produce. See us
about sacks. F. j. WALMSLEY,
Local Manager
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

The range stock needs fse aid of tn,
Humane Society at this time Of til,
year. Theieports from various regions
make us glad that not "even sparrow
can fall" without the cause being know
md weighed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

we had gone through the shadow Of an
invisible comet.
HaIley's comet is rot an entire stran-
ger, as our grandfathers we're favored
with visit about seventy-five years
age. Washington Post.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

Fog, frost, ice and snow and tenn
perature almost at par are accessories
oi the Pole that PeHfy and Cook should
have left the other side of the Circle
Even the small boss IRE tired Of skating.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
Sec alp Parma siiIiing ard
HeTatoe corHpafy ica sucks


Iil'isesar6 quarters OF. rffeat
ar' suls at Wholesale g,fitcs
llr ts,cir.er K JeWein
Thoroughbred brown fcahorn
'fitlerais- FOR slls S'i.5O By Pat
HI -ntt&.-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

FOR SALE-Wagon with sheep
box; cheap. Also about % tons
ofhay. j. NJ. Demo,
Parma, Idaho.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30

Advertise home industry
Evening star., 1909-07-18

We'll, yes" my friend replied. You
recollect that old Italian knife they found
in the drawing room. You We're there at
the time. Well the house agent has pro-
duced the inventory of all the things, and
that knife isn't in the list. They are
waiting for the arrival OF the landlady
from the north. but as the inventory was
made only week ago there seems no
question that the knife-a very servicea-
bic weapon, by the way-was left behind
by the assassin"
But who was the assassin
"Ay. that's the question, my dear boy.'
laughed my friend sticking his hands
deeply into his trousers pockets. AT
present they haven't the slightest clue.
They are seeking among the cabmen for
Information as to any one having been
driven to the house on the night in Gues-
ton Sueh an inquiry takes time. of
course. but If anybody did drive there
or If the lady drove there-they will know.
Morton isn't asleep over this-you bet
| bit my lip. That police quest would
surely lead To inquiries at the Cecil.
Morton would know that lady called at
the hotel for Ralph Garshore, and that
the pair drove out to Redcliffe Gardens.
But That was early in the evening, while
the crime was not believed to have been
committed prior To- midnight.
IN this / saw a discrepancy. In that
discrepancy | realized that the man who
hated Garshore and the fair Lydia with
equal tierceneSs filled the breach. He
could, after leaving me. easily have gone
out 10 Redciffe Gardens by appointment,
have been admitted in silence. as not
10 awaken the faithful maid. Marie Lebas,
ana left again without closing the front
door. | knew that Granny Cough was
revengeful. 1t was his nature. He was a
good fellow-oue of the very best But.
like all men OF great intelligence, he was
impeuous and never forgot an injury.
He hated that woman, Lydia PopeScu.
and had cause for his antagonism, hav-
ing in view that her ouble-dealing had
meant to him the loss of the sWeet-faced
girl Ire loved
I sat there in that silent, shabby room,
so near the hustle OF the Strand. and yet
so far from the London turmoil, speech
less in wonderment. My senses We're
pa.alyZed by that sudden and most
mysterious tragedy in which l had be-
come 80 intimately implicated as to be
almost an accessory after the fact.
! had formed a theory, II was true; and
/ rccollected the warning of the stranger
who had followed me TO Worthing. That
theory would have been a sound one,
but for the astounding fact that the un-
known woman, who had died by means
that puzzled the doctors. was not Lydia
Popescu.
Who, therefore, was she?
Evening star., 1909-07-18
CHAPTER K.
Shows the Peril of Granny Cough

About 1890 o'clock I arrived at the
Crystal Palace thigh leyeD station. and,
inquiring the way 10 the Queens Hotel,
skirted the front of the palace as / walk
ed in the direction of Granny's hiding
place.
The night was bright and starlt, and
few people were about. for in that rather
genteel and salubrious suburb of London
peope retire early. Only in the neighbor-
hood of the public houses is there any
life after ten, the roads. many of which
still retain their semi-rural aspect being
quiet and deserted
Upper Sydenham. Lawrie Park. and
Weston Hill, are districts much frequent
ed on summer evenings by London lovers,
and on winter nights are favorite hunt
ing ground for the enterprsing burglar.
Most OF the houses are detached. stand
ing back from the road In their own gar
den, and hidden from the vulgar gaze by
wooden fences. Often, too. big trees grow
In the old-fashioned grounds. nowadays.