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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-22
Oriental Rugs

make royal sifts-as enduring as they
are handaome. We have splendid
collection of genuine orientaI-smaiI
rugs ~:th small PRES as we ash Only
domestic rug profits ..... $40 to $as
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-22
Trunks, Bag. and Gases

offer many a gift possibility Our
lihs is doubled in variety at Christmas
time, but prices are down to the usual
department stores profit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-22
Trunks, $3.4o to $3.50
Bags, 81. so to $1,000
Suit Cases, $50 to $500
Give Books

when in doubt and visit our "Little"
Christmas store, on the second floor
and look over the hundreds Of titles
we offer for only 4Sc
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-22
Hand BAGS

.she& :1,any,n effects this season.
Jewell ST itIded frames, etched German
stlvEr frames, Koran Gold finished
frames, in bright seal, mat seal, suede
and alligator. Various fittings. All
sizes and best eolors. Prices 81 =
$3.50.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
OF Painting Requirements Will Save
Much Expense.

When one gees the surface OF a
peeling, or spotted or blistered, or
showing other symptoms OF paint dis
ease" it is evident that poor painter
has been on the job, and that poor
paint was used-or possibly that a
good painter had been dominated by
a property-owner who knew nothing
about paint
1t is an easy matter to be Informed
on paint and painting. A complete
painting guide, including a book OF
color schemes, either for exterior or
interior-specificatio for all kinds
of painting,-and an instrument for
detecting adulteration in paint ma
terial, with directions for using it,
may be had free by writing National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg,
New York City, and asking for House
owners Painting Outfit No. 49.
Then, every HORSEPOWER should
make it q point to get only we'll
known reliable brands in buying his
materials. Pure white lead is espe-
cially important, or the paint will
not prove satisfactory. The famous
Dutch Boy Painter" trademark of
National Lead Company, the largest
makers of pure white lead, is an abb
solute guarantee OF the purity and
quality of the white lead sold under
II. That trademark is q safeguard
against paint trouble.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
HUMoR BURNED AND ITcHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Legs and
FACET Was Something Terrible.
Complete Cure by Cuticura.

about fifteen or eighteen years
ago eczema developed on top of my
hand. 1t burned and itched so much
that I was compelled to show it to a
doctor. He pronounced ii ringworm.
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased and went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. l went to another doctor who
had the reputation of being the best
in town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance OF
the disease, but no further. / finally
concluded to try the Cuticura Rene
dies and found relief in the first trial.
i continued until was completely
cured from the disease, and / have
not been troubled since. c. Burkhart,
236 w. Market ST., Chambersburg, Pa,
Sept. 10, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
Under the Ban of the Law
Copyright. by Daily story Pub. Coz
By j. G. Plumn1er

With the mate pulling him along by
the right arm and with the cook alter
nately launching and pushing his left
arm Capt. Buzbey kicked against
Jumps of coal. stumped against rail-
road ties and lodged lumber piles I'M
Ill Covers wharf was reached. Then
the trio tumbled into boat tied there
to and with lusty strokes the mate
and cook pulled towards the brig Iris
lying in midstream with her harbor
lamps cleaning in the murk.
Il card him when he fell and |
card i'm gurgle when he goes un-
der" said the cook, his suppressed
voice trembling with excitement
They alters gurgle when they're
drownin'," replied the mate, in the
tone of an expert.
The skipper, human paradox, in
asmuch as he sweated on the forehead
and shuddered as to his body gasped
anxiously, what in the name of Cord
will become OF me?'
IF you're not took afore mornin',"
replied the mate, Il thinks | can work
it all right
'How?" inquired the skipper, with
interest.
We'll hide you aboard the brig and
when the OFFICERS come We'll say you
re not aboard and they can hunt all
they've a mind to. When we gets to
sea We may meet a vessel bound
around the Horn or We can slip you
off on one of the West Ingy islands
and say you fell overheard"
"The galley locker" screeched the
cook.
What of it, you bloomin' ASST in
CURED the mate.
"E can 'ide in It. Coed ever think
of lookin' in a galley locker for a
MANI"
Bully" cried the mate, "you can
lay out in that captain and nobody
can find you, and you'll be as comfort
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

able as If you were in q four-poster
with wariegated quilt over you"
Lay in that box?" calculated the
skipper, ruefully.
why, it's better than the peniten.
tiary," retorted the mate
COR 'angin'," added the cook, lang
ms a lawful death"
The boarding of the brig was man
aged automatically by the mate. The
boat was pulled into the dark shadow
of the vessel and he and the cook
climbed on deck. There were only
two men on the brig, the others of The
crew would be put aboard at day
break. One of the men aboard was
sleepiy keeping anchor watch and
him the mate sent into the forecastle
on some pretext. Quickly the skipper
was brought on board and as the cook
in the meantime had taken a variety
of tins and dishes out of the locker
Capt. BuZbey stretched himself out in
the confined quarters to the marked
discomposure of divers cockroaches
and one rat which fed madly along
the deck and plunged into the forecas
tie. The cook then piled the tins. etc.
on top of the locker. "A blood ound
couldn't find i'm in there he ejacu
lated
The remainder of the crew came OIL
board just as the east was gleaminf
with promise OF the sun. but before
anchor was ordered up the mate whis
pered tn the cook
I'm goin' ashore to find out what,
dom"
He came back shortly with an ode
expression on his face and with reti
cence impaired the news that tn,
body had not been found and Their,
was no immediate danger Anchor
was raised and, pulled by the tug, tn,
Iris started down bay on her voyag,
to Antigua.
TO the lsitical mind the head OF
comet bears no proportionate value ~
compared to its tail, The meeting o
Capts. Buzbey and Hawker in Bondi
tavern may be likened to the head o
O comet--of small Importance. Thu
fact that the two shippers quarrele'
ever their cups about some matter
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
The Good Old Days.

A Leicester (Eng.) man. who is be-
lieved to be l03 years Of age, remem
bers taking service with Spaldinf
farmer for 4d. day and little milk
in the mornings, sometimes paying
out Of his wages Sd. week for his
lodgings elsewhere. and finding his
food and clothes. He says the poor
of those days did not eat so much as
they do now. He had bought tea "
London at 1is. a pould.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
NV York Has Greatest Bank

No longer is the Bank of England
the greatest institution Of its kind. In
volume of business transacted, at
least, it is surpassed by the Nationa.
City Bank of New York. Eighty nil
lions of dollars rush through this mill-
race every day. and not one penny is
misplaced. The giant safe, which IL
protected by door with "a bolts,
contains a fortune Of $9s,000,0eo In
gold and a half billion dollars In f'rst.
class securities Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

said would have to be tapped, but
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
stead, and the swelling subsidized and
the kidneys began to act properly.
Now my health is fine" Statement
made Aug. /, 1906, and confirmed by
Mrs. Johnson Nov. 16, 190S.)
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
Many Women Praise Thi. RENE

II you have pains in the back. Urinary.
Bladder or kidney trouble, and want a
certain pleasant herb cure for woman's
Ills, try Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN
LEAF. 1t Is safe and never-failng reg
ulator. At all Druggists or by mail so eta
Sample package FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray Co., lie Roy, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

with kidney trouble,
and finally had to un'
dergo an operation,
l did not rally well,
and began to suffer
smothering spells and
dropsy. My left side
was badly swollen
and the action of the
kidneys much disor'
dered. Nv doctors
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
Just the ThinQ.

How is the little bootblack gettini
on whom you started?"
He? Why, he's a shining success.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

Your working power depends upon your
health! Garfield Tea corrects disorders Of
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels; over
comes constipation, puriies the blood
brings good health.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

When a man begins to talk about
reforming it's a sign that he suspects
other people are suspicious Of him.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
TWO YEARS OF FREEDOM.
No Kidney Trouble at All Since Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs. ]. B. Johnson, TO Wee ST., Co
lumbia, Mo-, says: II was in misery
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

Chicken-hearted people are always
Matching excuses.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
WITH MOTHER A CLOSE SECOND.
(5|9E1 !.
l&1&ea)
. ~

Hi, you, Willie! Watts de natter"
"Nuthin'. I'm trainin' for Mara
thoni"
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

Mrs. wipsfow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethfnG softens the gums reduces In
nAmmstion, anays pain, cures wind collie. 2c bottle
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

Love is not blind, but those whom
X affects are.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17
! WISH HAD A GIRL

he paid t0 900 for this songts the hit OF
Complete copy by mail for seven stamps To hrst
in each town sending stamp for my big bargain
list songs make offer enabling each to get sheet
music free for months fCSiesman, H. kalamazoo Heb
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-04-17

Much less wcula b
satisfactory. The gen
ersl average 10 .Soxs
twenty bushels-
"Alisre loud In fh-ir
praises OF the xrr&t
crops and that WON
derfui country.-G-
- H.fyar. El1I.-s.1
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24

Witman- Maxwell Plumbing Co. have ordered car of sewer pipe and are now prepared to furnish the most req sonable estimates on sewer connec- tions Remember when you have your work done by skilled mechanics a good job is assured and as both members of the above firm are proficient plumb CTS you take no chances when they do vour work. 16-1t
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24

A lot on Brighton ave, 60 by 14O, planted with alfalfa and otherwise im-
 proved, and well-built tent cottage are offered for sale at $75O. Apply at Press Office 4-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
Y b. TIN TIIN oi
 City Clerk. STATE OF CALIFORNIAN COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, )ss. CITY OF FL CENTRO.

Absent Hamilton In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of El Centre, this 2ist day of July. 1909
 F. G. RAVENS, City Clerk of the City of El Centre. Cal.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

what we call its JOYS and glories penetrate
their simple, holy lives. | told the mother Just
how nv day had been spent and asked her
if it would please the nuns If | sang 70 them
She was graciously pleased, and brought
Young sister 10 me 10 talk over what accom-
Danirnents she could play. while the mother
summoned the community 70 the Assembly
Hall.
| began with Gounod's Ave Maria" and 1t
was so beautiful to finish amid perfect silence
and vet feel that silent message OF mental sat
isfaction that came 10 me from those black
robed listenerSl / sang on and on. with more
happiness in my singing than had ever
felt before the most enthusiastic worldly audi
ence.
And then, when twilight came and 1t was
time to end, the mother had one Of the nuns
sing for me, a girl, as beautiful IN features as
one of Raphaels MadOnnaS and with sweet
and pure voice as | have ever heard What
could she not do with such a voice in the
world' | thought. And then it came TO me
that she behind these convent walls was far
happier and more content than | with my en-
trv to all the opera houses of the world
And the great secret of her happiness was that
she had devoted her entire life to giving happi-
ness to others | caught Just little of the sweet
ness of that JOY in the pleasure had found in
singing to the sisters that Christmas afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
Luisa Tetrazzini

CHKIN MAS means So little % those whose
HE Is at the service of the public that I
nave To go back INTO nv childhood for a Christ
mas story. Perhaps American BOYS and urls
and the grown ups too. would rather hear a
real Christmas fairy story than something
about myself As far back aS can recall II was
my greatest delight at Christmas time u hear
my father tell us stories, and my special favorite
was The Bear with the Buttered Tail"
II Is the custom in the smaller Italian towns
Tor country people 10 bring a profuSion of
provisions to the Christmas markets and So
great Is the abundance that the market place
Is piled high, and careleSSlv too. with good
things 10 eat. The farmers sleep beside their
produce to watch II during the night The
story goes that old Bear and a Young Fox
were attracted TO town by the odor of all these
good things. Late at night when the watchers
slept, they stole To the market place: but all
they could carry OFF was a tub of butter which
they rolled out INTO the woods.
Let hide II in a hollow tree and save IL
tor our Christmas feast said the Slv Fox and
the old Bear agreed
So they Ind the butter and went of 10 sleep
Mr. Fox awake first As YOU NAV SuS-
pect, and made good breakfast OFF the hidden
butter.
Bruin awake when he returned Where
have YOU BEEN" asked the Bear
I've been To a christening -" SAID Reward
And what did they name the blbv3" asked
the silly old Bear
They called 1t Just Begun, answered the
Fox
With that they trotted Oft and toraged for
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
Marcella Sembrich

SOMEWHERE / have seen touching little
picture of ragged street urchin looking
wistfully into a store window filed with Christ
mas goodies NY Christmas this year Will be
something like that of the little urchin, and in
imagination | can see myself looking out Of a
train window at the Christmas gaietieS of the
countryside while riding from San Francisco to
Los Angeles
Christmas Day on a railroad train-isn't
that tantalizing thought No snow. no nip
ping cold. no holly or mistletoe, none Of the
picturesque touches associated with our north
ern Christmas 1t Will be a new sensation 10
see green trees and fields and the roses in bloom
on Christmas
| could bear the thought of all this for the
sake OF its novelty, but for the fact that Will
miss my Christmas tree. 1t may seem strange
that a woman of my years should want a tree.
but there has never been a Christmas of nv
life up to that | have not had one
In our apartment in the hotel, where We have
made our winter home for many wears we have
always had a Christmas tree party on the eve
of the great feast to which all our friends were
hidden To find their gifts suspended in the
branches. | confess to the love of a child for
the ornaments of that tree, and many of them
are souvenirs of Christmas DAYS | have spent
IN various parts of the world. Those that rep
resent the ChrlstmaSeS | spent in St Peters
burg are particularly costly and beautiful
After Twelfth Night" the tree IS taken
down and the ornaments stored away for the
following winter. But this wear my poor orna-
mentS VIII Slumber peacefully on IN the store
room of the hotel
Nj artists are children at heart. and that Is
perhaps why Christmas means 81 much 70 us
but Fate Is not always kind. and many of US
are forced at times by circumstances to spend
the great feast far from home and friends But
that cannot prevent us from carving the
Christmas spirit in our hearts and in that
spirit and the delight it brings | shall have 10
have my happiness this year.
As we grow older this feast Of Christmas be-
comes dearer to us because of the thoughts It
brings back so wildly Of our far of childhood
If absence makes the heart grow fonder. there
are many things | shall find an increased love
tor after this Christmas; for shall be far away
from the cold and the snow. from the cracking
ule logs. the happy faces of nv friends. and
most of all nv beloved Christmas tree.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19

breakfast. then rolled over f-- sra-l.-
Hungry Reynard waited until the Bea- - -
sound asleep, then slipped aff % y8-ge -
again on the beautiful butter B-,- ''-.,L -
awake as usual when he returned
I've been % another Christening SID
Reynard without waiting o. be- asked
And what did they name the bab,- ~
time," asked the simple Bear
This one they called Hall Finished '" sad
the sly one. '--
Then they went on % luncheon and ag.;-
BruIn lay down % sleep. SO sooner w. -
snoring than Reyuard stomach again -e-7r,-e,5
him. This time he finished the r-lb If b-,+---
Dear me- have You been O. another ck-ls-
tenlng> asked Bru1n when he returned And
what did thev name the baby This time - -
asked when Reynard repeated the same ,-ory
Ihls one they named All Eaten '" he an
swered, with sly wink
What funny names said B-uin. THav
make me hungry Let Us g look and see II our
butter Is safe
60 You haven't been eating II while I was of
to those ehrlstenlngs sald the Fox as they
trOtted along
Didn't we promise % save II for Christ
mas" answered the Bear angrilv.
Yes; but | know what glutr1n YOU are
said Reynard, and | have been worried an
dav"
When they reached the hollow tree. Reward
set up a loud howl when he saw the empty but
ter tub. % | knew YOU had eaten It'' he s1arle,i
at poor Bruin, who was almost m tears.
Il think YOU ate II yourself said Slow
witted Bruin with his first show Of spirit.
That well soon prove said the Fox. DE-
tending % be IN great rage. You know tb-
effect Of butter. We VIII both lie down here in
the sun and sleep, and when We awaken the one
who has eaten the butter VIII have a greasy
tail"
Innocent Bruin agreed. and they stretched
out in the sun Reynard pretended 70 sleep.
and when he heard Bruin snoring he crept t1
the tub and scraped 1t clean and spread the
humps OF butter over Bruins tail Then h-
stretched out % sleep IN earnest and let the sun
do the rest
Bruin was first % awake, and saw his tail
gllstenlng with grease, while Reynaris bushv
tail was drv as a bone.
"I dreamed 50 much of that butter I must
have eaten IT IN nv sleep. he said ThereuDon
he got up and crept of into the woods 10 hiie
his amaZement and shame
Reynard. who had been watching him out Of
the corner OF his eve. laughed Slvlv % himself
and rolled over for another sleep
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
Johanna Gadski

SOME days ago | read a prescription given
by one of your noted American playwriterS
TO cure the blues. e If one feels unhappy"
he said, " go do something to make some one
else happy"
That IS queer inversion of the old ''Sfmilfd
SIMflfbHS CHrdHtnr" of the homeopaths; but it
Is ethcacious as all know. Few of us are so
hopeless as to escape satisfaction through the
consciousness OF having made Others glad.
The playwriterS prescription is good thing
to keep in mind about Christmas time particu-
larly by those who through force of circum-
stance are obliged to spend the happiest dav of
the year away from home and friends | recall
how 1t dlspelled desperate attack of " blue"
for me few years ago while | was making a
concert tour through the West
Christmas came and found me with nv
daughter Lotta and German maid lust over
from the Fatherland in a big western Citv Nv
husband had been called to New York on bust
ness. It was my first visit to the city in ques-
ton. 80 there we were stranded SO to speak
IN big hotel. Lottchen was the brayest of the
three because she had been Showered with
toys and gifts, so her Christmas ioV was COM
pete. But my poor maid was spending her
hrSt Christmas away from home and country.
IL dldn seem like Christmas at all to her with
out decorated house and all the other pretty
herman customs. and her unhappineSS was not
OF sort that could be obliterated with money
or gifts.
| confess that shared her feelings acutelv
IL was cheeresS dinner that we sat down To
IN our rooms and when the meal was over the
prospect of the long afternoon ahead was dis
heartening.
When | could stand it no longer | felt there
might he some relief out of doors. Lottchen
and bundled up and started for a walk. The
streets were deserted. Everyone was enioving
themselves indoors with relatives and friends
That consciousness of walking alone and un-
happy down a deserted street knowing that
behind the walls of every house hapDiness
relgns supreme. IS absolutely overwhelming.
Arter sometime we came to great building
within an incloSure 1t looked to me ILL .
convent And then | had an inspiration
W ny not go IN and sing for the nunS' We en-
tered the gate and asked at the door for the
mother superior y sweet faced woman came
10 greet us and from her | learned that the
community was the cloistered order of III.
VISITATION nuns. Its members were shut away
from the world and only the faintest echoes Of
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
Olive Fremstad

I EFT me tell YOU the story Of a little girl who
started out u make her Own wav N the
world and landed out Of the far Northwest
alone and trIendleSS, IN the great big city OF
New York on Christmas Eve. I hear often.
especially from women the plant that money
and influence are Necessary O. aivancement.
that like % tell the story lr this little stranger
and her trSt Christmas IN this 1-g strange civ
She had been born IN StacSh .D. Sweden.
and IN babvh0Od was brought o. Awvrlca- In
a little NInneSota village she went o. school
until she was twelve Then her parents moved
% a larger city. She had been taught music
and loved II pa>SIpnatelv When She was NJ
teen. she heard the NaplrSou Ouera COMPANY
give performance IF '' II Tr,vltu-r m Mime
apolIS. She left the theater voW-r. She would
become an opera singer. And She ~v- about
Transforming ambition into 4c-1ur,, -uent
From her father deeply religious man. she
could ask neither advice nor help She -a. ~
friends and no money. >o she started r-- Oh
acquire both. Before Two wears We're over She
had the money o. take her t1 New lorS-rlS
enough money o. pay for voIce lessons 10 New
York prices. but she figured th-t She could
make money bv choir singing and piano lessons
in New York 1~ Well as IN NinueIp.,i- ani thus
WIN her wlv- Anger and dlStre~, ~,-Suei l-
the horne she LETT. and NO one 14le her G.l-
speed or wished her success.
So ON Christmas Eve the Ettle -,-l and - big
SnpWSturm arrived together lu New '-.> l--
snow was welcome everywhere. l- ----- was
no welcome for the httle stranger s-t tH- t.r
first Christmas Eve ot her life Size went @. uv.
without hanging up her stocking ,- -Ig lonely
little hail bedroom where She ortct herself Q.
sleep that night
Santa Claus came while She slept -o-
dumped a full SleIghload of determination down
her chimney. for next morning when ~l.
awoke she had no time for tears or -'Ug~.oN-
ness. She went out into the snow o. uuy
musical paper, picked out the name and -t-
dress of prominent vocal teaCLcr and Io t1e
middle of the afternoon she trutsei through
the SnOwdriftS knee deep u reach his home
The sound of laughing children 10 the C1riS,-
mas revelS came TO the bedraggled htr-e Slr, i>
she sat in the studio of the great te4che-- The
man came IN and looked at her and -lsu went
back and closed the door 70 shut out -lc laugh
ing voices She felt then she cOuIi open her
whole heart To HIM. and she told him .- her am
bitiOrS and struggles. She told hIu she had
no money and no friends q" | only want YOU O.
hear me sing and tell me honestly d have
voice enough 10 study for grand opera. she
ended
And If l say no." he asked
Il can 60 back and start all over 10 some
thing else"
Then She sang for hum pI4viu. rer 'vn A.
compartments. When she had r--~Ged he
stood up and took her hand y .u hIve the
courage anj the talent u scale .-, height ne