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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
THIRD
OPERATION
PREVENTED
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound

Chicago, III. I'll want to tell you
what Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. was so sick
that two of the best doctors in Chicago
said ! would die if I did not have an
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
h o. Robbery
STAMPS AND MONEY sTo THE
AMOUNT OF $1,000 SECURED 4
BY BURGLARS. l.iA
IpN lIInlina PreasA

q ~ \ T3y United f2FeSsJ TX N 4
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, May 1.-THE
most bitice at New Concord near here
Was broken Into early to-day and 81
500, chiefly stamps, taken, $500 ol
this amount was eutreley 30 clue.
70 tie robbers. 4. !. & /. .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

My entire stock to be closed out in
a limited time. Chas. B. Highland,
307 Main street. ct
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

5000 pairs of shoes at cost. Chas.
B. Highlands closing out sale. 1t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

To-day's Games.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburg at New York.
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

Delivered BY Carrier.
E,sily. one month, payable monthly ''toe
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

tan Lead is right. Manufactured ~
The Marietta Paint and Color Co. Ma.
rietta. Ohio. Sold by NJ. D. Christie,
Druggist, 300 Main. street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21

Ny entire stock to he oloset out in
g limited time. Chas. B, highland,
ao7 Main street. "A q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
Standing of the Clubs.

To-day's Games.
Philadelphia at Hetroit
Washington at Cleveland.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at ST. Louis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
PRESENT OLD DRAMA,
tUnIon Associated press.1

PHILADELPHIA, May 91.-Henry
Potters old English play, 1.-TWO Angry
Women Of Abingdon" will be present
ed for the first time in America to
night by the amateur Thesplans of the
Philo Literary Society of hte Univer-
stty If Pennsylvania. The production
win be staged in the Botanical Gar
dens Of the university, and will be re.
peated tomorrow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
TELEPHONES,

Entered al the Postoflce. at Fairmont
Eost virginia, as seeond'class matter
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-21
Standing of tile Clubs.

UmpIres cusack and Johnstons
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
Concerning the White House.

i Is not. perhaps. matter pregnant
with compelling Importance, but we are
moved to hope. nevertheless, that Mr..
Taft is not. as has been reported, going
10 bark back to the old term, Executive
Mansion" as the formal designation OF
the Presidential residence. 10 the exclu-
sion Of the more modern. and, We think.
much more attractive and significant
The White House" as employed by
Mt. Roosevelt.
To our way Of thinking. good taste is
largely on the Presidents side in this
matter-~The White House" being far
and away the better and more distinctive
name Not only good taste. but common
sense. In our humble philosophy. leans TO
the RooseveItian words This country
IS fun Of. executive mansions; every
State in the Union has one. There IS
but one 1.-THE White House'-there can.
in the very nature Of things. be but one
Indeed, every executive in the world,
king. president. OF whatnot. abides in an
executive mansion wherever he may for
the moment be. To the world at large
The White House" means the head OF
the great government OF the United
States From it IS promulgated the acts.
laws. edicts. and 50 forth. OF the SOW
ereign people Of the foremost republic
on earth The White House" means in
Europe just what It means IN America
The term Executive Mansion may
mean pretty much anything from the
mayors headquarters 70 the Presidents.
We do not suppose the upsetting of
this Rooseveltian innovation, Il Il Is.
really. to be upset. win disturb the Presi-
dents peace OF mind. especially when he
shall have retired from Office: but il
ought not TO be upset. for all that. We
suspect he would view it with that same
serenity that characterized him when
Congress ordered the motto back on the
coins with such Junction and deep regard
for the seemIy and religious Mayhap.
too. OF course, the entire matter Is one
OF individual opinion Nevertheless and
Notwithstanding. we venture the asser-
ton that much more than half the In
teIligent population Of this country would
prefer that The White House" stand as
the Official name Of the Presidents home
in Washington. rather than that ''Execu-
tive Mansion" despite the Iatter's historic
association, be readopted.
The White House is specific. beauti-
ful and clear It means just what 1t IS
intended to mean-no more, no less.
Executive Mansion" is indeterminate.
generic, and unsatisfactory. Let Mr..
Roosevelt's most excellent substitution
alone!
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
The President and q -Doctor-

There Is promise OF something more
than ordinarily interesting in the dis
closure that DIT. Charles A. 1. Reed. Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, has been described In
an official paper transmitted to the War
Department by President Roosevelt as a
man disqualified for military service on
account Of untruthfulness' and in
subordination. This IS the more remark
able since the Cincinnati physician is
man prominent In his profession. being
chairman Of the legislative council Of the
American Medical Association and ac-
tive in state politics. DR.. Reed was con-
spicuous in his antagohism to Senator
Foraker during the recent Senatorial con
test and it IS probably due to Mr.. For
aker that the Senate failed TO act IA
vorably on the nomination Of Or. Reed as
q commissioned officer OF the newly
created army medical reserve corps. to
the inactive list" Of the personne; Of
which the army medical authorities have
been adding the names Of distinguished
physicians and surgeons in all parts OF
the country Later the President with
drew Dr. Reeds nomination. probably 10
the satisfaction Of Mr. Foraker. however
unintentional such a result may have
been 10 Mr.. Roosevelt
Tho withdrawal of the nomination was
due, undoubtedly, TO the candor and. en-
phasis with which Dr. Reed criticised
the President for his alleged interference
with the official agencies engaged in car
rying out the pure food law.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
Fore.trr and Forest Fire..

From the Philadelphia Press
The State Of Penns ylvania Is now the
owner Of S17.057 acres Of forest reserva-
ton. This land is growing the States
futGre timber supply. and is almost the
only provision Tor that future as the
present system OF taxation MAKES It i'm
possible TO grow trees probably on priv-
ate lands for a future market The State
acreage in forestry would be encourag-
ing and Impressive did not Forest Com
missioner CoRklin report that il 1905 Ire
forest fires IN Pennsylvania aggregated
S5e.e09 Of burned area The state forest
land did not suffer much from IRE. but
the distressing fact remains that a great
er area OF the state was devastated last
year by forest fires than the totsI acre
age OF our forest reservations.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
vAGRANCY LAWS.
Need OF Them Emphasized by Pitts
buTE'S Experience.

buTE'S Experience.
From The Philadelphia Press
Plttsburg has suddenly discovered how
perilous It is to leave the vagrancv laws
unenforced and how certain are irritation
and public excitement when the laws in
regard TO Migrants are suddenly put in
operation against particular quarter.
a particular class OF offenders or a par
tieular color
The police OF every large city. having
It's time pretty thoroughly occupied with
current crime % a more serious kind. is
extremely apt 10 lei Migrants drift
Every policeman in the poorer and more
shiftless parts Of the town. where many
people are living on odd jobs. idling and
drinking, knows a number Of men who do
no regular work, have no regular Job and
pick up living by cheating those who
let them have a room or board. by spong-
ing on the wages Of women. often honest
and hard working, and by petty depreda-
tons
These men live on from s. 10 g a week
or less. Where they are petty depreda-
tons are common MIX bottles are stolen.
bread is fiIched, door mats 20. and there
are a succession OF trivial thefts. As these
men multiply and grow holder pocket
books are snatcheG and small confidence
games are worked and violence begins.
impUnity breeds imitation. These small.
weak vagrant thieves increase and draw
together First. one row Of houses and
then another comes 10 be their haunt
They grow frequent in back alleys and
evil courts They encourage each other.
Their thieving grows holder and more
violent and assaults begin.
Public opinion rises. Along whole
streets heusehOlders grow alarmed. Wo-
men feel the streets are unsafe. Racial
prejudice against color OF some foreign
nationality is aroused The police is at
last aroused. Wholesale arrests are
made Good and bad, mere idlers and
criminals. are gathered in. Brutal In
justice is done 10 some Of those swept up
by the dragnet. This arouses hatred and
resistance
Nothing is really accomplished. In a
few months al viii be as before Moth
ing viii clear vagrancy but this steady.
constant. answering execution OF va
grancy laws Instead OF short work
house sentences there should be a work
house farm. with industries. where va
grants went for a year. and for two
years for a second ofense-
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
ONE OF wILEY'S ENEMIES.
Representative of BOrax Trust Pos
ing as Friend Of Consumer.

On Monday last The Washington Herald
printed. among It's other communications
from the people a letter signed H. L.
Harris, criticising DR.. Wiey's attitude
respecting the use Of beuzoate OF soda as
a food preservative. In that connection
the following seIf-explanatory extract
from the New York Journal Of Commerce
/ is OF interest.
Harris has long been IN the Office OF
the Pacific Coast Borax Company. in Will
ian street. while he has posed as a food
expert under the name Of II. H. Langdcn,
With an address IN an uptown street. As
writer and speaker. pretending 70 scieu-
tific knowledge and independent judg-
I1ent, he appears before the public as
'LangdOn.' and We have IN time past re-
ceived many communications from him
IL that disguise. some Of which were
printed before his real character was dis
covered As Harris. which We under
stand 70 be his real name, ne serves the
Pacific Coast corporation that mOnopo-
Lies che b0rax supply and is concerned
In lis utmost use as a 'preseTvative. and
haunts committee rooms and Hobbies
where legislation is pending that may af-
Zee, the interest that supports him. In
acteTs. appearing In ore before the pub-
lie and in the other behind the scenes
Now there IS no objection 10 the Borax
company employing a publicity man OF
legislative agent or lobbyist II he
works openly and above board by setting
forth facts and arguments in behalf OF
an interest that he avowedly represents.
There IS no objection to a real expert
in food products having an opinion that
differs from that OF DR.. Wiley and hon
estly supporting Il. Even II he openly
takes Up the side OF a corporation for
pay. no one can reasonably object for II
he acts IN good faith Il is his right. and
due allowance for bias can be made. But
when a man is the hired servant OF an
interested concern, and acts and IS paid
as such. preteEds under another name 10
be an independent expert seeks as such
10 mislead the public and defeat the law
in the interest Of his employer. and comes
out in 6srision Of those who are striving
10 have the law upheld in the interest Of
public health and common honesty. for
bearance ceases TO be virtue and ex-
posure becomes a duty Those who en-
ploy hun are even more deserving OF cTiti-
cism
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
ComIng FIood Of Imn,igrant..

From Harpe-'s Weekly
we shall probably see a considerable
increase OF immigration in The spring.
Calabria and Sicily viii doubtless send
US an army OF refugees from the earth
quake region. and If business keeps on
improving the influx from ali sources
is likely to be greater than that OF
last year. IN 1907 we got 12Ss.oo9 inmI-
grants: IN 1865. 7S2S79; and these figures
were Offset By a strong human current
running from our ports back 70 Europe
Out Of last years total Australian
gary sent IsS.O00; Italy. including Sicily.
rs coo: The Russian empire and Fin
land. Isl. n00; over three-fifths OF the total
number thus coming from Southern and
Southeastern Europe. There is e pros
pect OF a Russian emigration Of a higher
quality than We have had heretofore,
from the refoTmer and high-grade rev
olutionist class; discouraged patriots.
such somewhat as came here from Ger
many-Carl Schurz among them-after
the troubles Of 1Sfs II has often been
said that that suppressed revolution
gave Us the very pick OF Germany. Now
4 we are 20 get the chosen best Of Rus
STA. K VIII be a considerable s0laee TO
the keepers OF our gate. albeit Russia
can III spare them 10 US
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
Mr. Knor lad DE Constitution.

Senator Knox's ineligibiIity &c & seat IN
the Taft Cabinet. unless removed in some
way, Is q rather serious matter for DIR.
Taft who has evidently counted heavily
on the Pennsylvania statesman TO give
weight and balance 10 his official family.
Unfortunate. too. for the nation L the De
partment Of State should not have the
advantage OF Mr.. Knox's cool judgment
and wide experience in governmental sf-
fairs. stu, should Mr.. Knox remain in
The Senate. his sphere OF public useful
ness would be large, and his opportunity
10 be OF service to the incoming admins
tration BY no means inconsiderable-
Although the constitutional provision
affecting Mr Knox's eligibility was not
intended 70 prevent the appointment OF
members Of Congress 10 administrative
Office. but only TO forbid the creation OF
place OF emolument for expeetant benef-
ciaries IN either House. yer it seems some
what curious 10 see the able constitu-
tionsl lawyers OF the Senate. usually
sticklers for the letter OF the Law, scurry-
ing about for means OF evading It
The salary reduction proposal ap-
pears to meet the needs OF the cas-
fairly well. but what a ridiculous thing
it seems TO be! And even that plan puts
the nominee 20 the dismantled Office in
the attitude Of accepting a place the
emolument OF which he knows and ex-
poets viii be increased for his behalf
IS soon as convenient Moreover, the
emolument actually was increased dur
ing his Senatorial term. and the appoint
ment, II made. would be made during
that term. SO that nothing is really &C
compiished by the salary reduction but
saving AFR Knox from benefting per
seneny by the increase until the ex-
piration Of a Senatorial term that has
been already terminated by resignation.
he would be in about as good a position.
50 far as the letter Of the Constitution is
concerned. II he resigned and accepted
Office as a private citizen
It viii be seen that the situation is too
intricate 10 be solved with perfect sat
isfactiOn by either OF the methods dis
eussed- Those who favor an evasion Of
the Constitution in this case doubtless
feel justified by the public interest in
volved, yet a precedent would be created
which might in time, return to plague
its inventors. II is an unhappy predica-
meHt for our constitutional lawyers. from
Nr. Taft down
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
4 Wise Executive.
- the 80 - D..

From the Cleveland Pain Dealer.
The governor OF California is a man Of
whom Cslifornians may well be proud
Confronted by q most difficult situation,
he has shown himself eminently fearless
and elear-hesded- Declining 10 listen 10
the uproar Of dsmagogues. OF to be snit-
ten BY the senseless panic that has swept
some parts Of his State, Mr. GiIlett stands
firmly for sanity and decency Not by
command or dictation. but by protest and
advice so couched as 10 exert influence
without giving ofense. this wise execu-
tive bids fair 20 be a bulwark o. national
safety. and 20 prevent the headlong agi-
tstors OF the Pacific coast from violating
national treaties and pluRging the entire
nation into an abyss OF diplomatic diff
cUlties.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
A Problem in Canal Finance.

Senator Kittredge has called the at
tention OF the Senate and Of the country
TO ne significant fact that there has been
expended on the Panama Canal prof.
ect over SI7o.e0o.0oo. Inclusive Of the cost
OF acquiring the canal righls. and that
the sum expended in construction and
sanitation has reached a total OF s1Z1.-
o00,0Oo. out OF the total of SIs5. 00001a au-
thorized By law TO be appropriated for
canal purposes. Under the Spooner act
the Secretary Of the Treasury was au-
thorized 10 issue S1S0.O0o.o00 in bonds for
canal construction, OF which nearly SS5.-
o9.oo0 have been ISSUED. OF the remainder
but $4,000 900. according 10 Senator Kilt
redge. viii be available for future canal
expenditures. so that Congress is. face 10
face with the necessity Of authorizing
a further bond issue. or OF providing
funds OUT OF the ordinary revenues OF
the government. In other words, the
problem Of financing the canal Is now
upon US. and that involves the probable
cost Of the completed canal, which every
body now recognizes viii be vastly more
than was originally anticipated. The
Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals
Of which Mr.. Kittredge Is chairman.
recommends an issue OF bonds TO cover
canal expenditures from now on.
Il has been evident for sons time that
4 serious error was made in the first
estimates OF the cost Of a lock canal
which was placed at 100000 BY the
minority members Of the board Of con-
sUlting engineers appointed By President
Roosevelt n 1896, as against the est
mate OF ssV7.o000o0 for a sea-level canal
made by the majority OF the same board. I
As the difeVnee in cost between the
two types OF ca0al was one OF the main
arguments IN ,fsvVr q the lock canal. II
is pertinent 70 inqSire. as Senator For 1
aker did, whether a financial. If not an
engineering, blunder has been made in 4
adopting the lock plan. Unfortunatelv
any attempt to answer this question. 50
far as cost is concerned. is Fure guess i
work. for no one knows what the canal
VIII ultimately cost under either plan.
Several Senator's appear to have assumed. !
for the purposes OF their argument. that
the original estimate Of the cost OF a
sea-levef canal was correct. while that for
z lock canal made al the same tine. has
proved 10 be not half large enough This
seems ike rather free assumption. IN
asmuch as ii appears to take It for grant
ed that the one estimate Includes ali the
possible factors Of cost. while the other
sgregiously failed to do. 50. The prob
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
A MOST DEADLY POISON.
Danger of Carbon MOnOxIde in Con.
nectIon with Illuminating Gas.

Danger of Carbon MOnOxide in Con-
nectIon with Illuminating Gas.
Dr. J. c. BSyles in san FraBcisco Examiner.
No leakage OF gas indoors is so slight
that it may safely be neglected or toll
Grated as cheaper than repairs. Under
all conditions and in al circumstances
gas is something to be afraid Of This
was true OF the coal gas formerly used.
It is much more true OF the water gas
now distributed Coal gas, made by the
distiliation of bitgminOus coal in retorts,
contained from 10 per cent Of carbon
mon0xide, and a great deal OF it was
needed - render air Uhbresthabie. Water
gas contains from 50 TO s. per cent OF
carbon monoxide, and very little Of Il
is Immediately injurious and often quick
~ fatal This product Of imperfect COM
bustion is the most deadly gas known
to chemistry OF those produced CONNER
ciaIly II is a blood pclsoner Of ex-
traoTdinary energy. For the hemagIobin.
upon which the blood depends for its
ability 70 perform its functions in the
human body. il has an affinity believed
by Psychologists TO be about 400 times
greater than that of oxygen II is q
cumulative poison. which in this case
means that the blood VIII take up and
hold all that it finds in air breathed, and
continue absorbing It until at about two
thirds Of ssturatiOn animal life becomes
impossible
There is no amount Of carbon mon
oxide in inhaled air so small that the
breather can afford 20 be indifferent to
it. In many cases as little as the Tooth
OF 1 per cent viii produce immediate i'll
effects and continued exposure to even
this small quantity involves danger 10
life. Il is an Od0Tiess gas. as poisonous
as arsenic, as dangerous as a blind rat
tlesnake. as incerdisry as gun GOTTEN
1t can be detected by the sense Of smell
only when associated with the naphtha
vapors which make It luminous.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11

From the Buffalo Express.
The public did not approve Of the war
OF the House OF Representatives on the
President Moreover, the public wrote 10
its varied representatives and said so. i
said so plainly and enphatieaIly. The
House viii. IN consequence. retire more o.
less gracefully from the battlefield This
shows what might be done with direct
nominations OF senator's and the ensuing
direct influence brought to bear upon
then
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
NerRdn,. Foundation.

FSon The New YORK Tribune.
1t is sometimes said that the white
population OF Nevada IS decreasing. and
that so. also. is its Monaghan contingent
There are indications, on the contrary.
that owing TO recent mining developments
in Southern Nevada the population OF
the State is materially increasing It was
q. ss1 in IS7e, s9.2s5 in 1850. $500 in 1880.
and 42.zS5 in 1900. But at the election Of
1893 23,57s votes were cast, against I2.IIS
in 1se4, and 1876 in 1900. It is not IN
likely thar the States population has
doubled since 1900
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
THE LAST HORSE.

I saw vision in M sleep
Thst gave ny spirit strength 70 sweep
AdoEn the Elf q Time
I ssw The last n equine mold
That shah creations death behold
As Adam saw her pine
Yet prOrbet-like that lone horse stood
With dzrnfleSs head on high
At the empty White House stables
He cast reproachful eye
The suns face shed g gicSly glare-
Like the paiiuT a a CuTsc
The skeletons O. nations lay
Around that Lonesome horse.
Froaa Washington - Wsrreafcu
Mixed up With broken Eheels
Ircu-ciad hoofs we're rlsfing there
With Wrecks Ct automobiles.
The marble pile where laws were made
Fstlock deep With dust vas laid.
Tie terrace. where, IN days Of yore,
Nsr Senators were kent IN store
The garage q later day
Gave cut no warning honk to tel
Nor aughf save lingering. oily smell
OF the haughty chauffeur sway
Gone was the Texas champion.
Void was the forum Old,
Ard gene was ne who sent machine
Tc lead sheep to The fold
PetitiUzs bills and messages
Were stTevn across the lea,
And there without IN cDitEuh.
Law the EsUics from Tenues-ee
IN the hall q ReVTe~ersatives
one desk was starding stu.
Cracking with the dusty weight
Of an urgent deficiency biil.
Fingers Of bone upon t spread.
Pointing in silence 70 a lire that read:
Fer agtos. reSsliss. cisaufeu-. gear,
A hsDdred millions 70 finish the year
Then gnoth the horse tc palinF sun.
In HCsJhnhum Tongue. Thy Nark IS donsi
&C. Let cb,iTion's curtain fail
Upon the STAGE Z uioTtsl nea.
Nor with thy rising beams real
The uaSldy < life again.
BYRON ANDREWS
(Hssh humble sVoloz u Thonss cszp5el.l
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
what the Fleet Costs.

From the Boston Globe.
Figuring that the cruise of the battle
ship feet. when it IS finished at Harnp-
ton Roads on WasningtOn's Birthday,
viii have cost the American people $40
o0a. 000-inciuding S. $4,000 for the main
tenance Of 5000 men and Ss.6Ge,e00 for
repairs-is hardly fair How much would
il have cost to maintain the feet II the
ships had stayed at home?
The Washington herald., 1909-02-11

Nj TON" Watson now blossoms forth
with a sneering and belittling estimate OF
son not change his doleful tune occa-
sionally. and give US something cheerful
Mr.. Watson's estimate Of Mr.. Watson.
for instance7