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lieved here hat the Belgians were
merely tools in the hands of the Rus
sians, and the Chinese could not af-
ford to have the Russians own their
chief railroad. The result was that
China, upon hearing Of the Belgian
plans, declared that it would have to
annul the concession or buy back the
road.
Profits o Per Cent.
This fact was communicated to
Washington and the American capt.
talists took advantage of the situation,
Pierpont Morgan, who was d~isgruntled
at some treacherous financial trans
actions which King Leopold had had
with him, forced the latter to sell
his stock back to the American COM
pany; and the king, not suspecting
that the deal with China was possible,
did SO for a low price. Then an ar
rangement was made with the Chinese
government, by which the American
rights were sold back for TO- 900, 900
taels, Or about $6,7o0,OOO in gold, and
this money was divided among the
1000 odd stockholders. How much
hard cash the Americans put into the
scheme / do not know, but that Is
what they drew out. What China got
for all this money is only q little
stretch Of railroad, thirty miles long.
running from Canton to the town OF
Samehui, which could not have cost
I should say, more than $1.000,0 900, or
$33, 0 a mile. It is a STANDARD
gauge road, aid with se~venty-fve-
pound rails. and it has, altogether.
only about twelve miles of double
and eighteen miles of single
track. A part of the road is stone
baIlasted, and a part is ballasted with
sand. In addition to this, the Chinese
have the surveys made by Barclay
Parsons and others, but they, in the
words of Mr.. Tsou, are not VIVA the
want, and could easily have
been made at a cost of a few thOus-
and dollars. I understand that the
Americans claim that they expended
on the enterprise, all told, about 3d.
900, 900 in gold; and that the addi-
tional amount of SO, 700, 600 was claim
ed for the loss of their valuable rights.
On this basis. s~upposing that h
stockholders originally paid par for
shares, which is doubtful, n
5000 shares would have cost them
$500, 600; and they drew out. accord
ing TO their own statement, S3.700, 900;
which equals over 900 per cent. In
deed:
For ways that are dark and tricks thai
are vain
The Christian Yankee is peculiar.
Since the Chinese took hold of the
Canton-Hankow system they have, as
Mr.. Tsou says, made new surveys. They
have extended the little strip built by
the Americans, so that it is now about
fifty miles long. and they are running
cars over that section. They are
building on the other divisions. and
the great steel works at Han Yang
Yang are making rails to be used in
the construction.
The road is being handled by Chi
nese engineers, and the Samshui
CONTINUED on Page Sixteen.)
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been pioneer lines. They have been
laid out through the Wilds, and the
traffic has grown up to them. China
is already developed. We have many
large cities, and the road should be
built to join these together. Your en-
glneers planned the road without re-
gard to these cities, making it more
or less straight. We are building the
road for the people and the traffic,
and diverging a little here and there
to connect the great centers. The mo-
nent the roe is completed we shall
have an enormous ~uSineSS
One Hundred Million People.
"Can you give me some idea of the
population this road will tap?'
Not in the actual figures replied
Mr.. TSOu. I'VE are backward in sta
%tistics, and I can only estimate the
possibilities. The three provinces
through which the road runs have a
population of about 100, 900, 600. There
are many large cities. Here at Han
kow we have between one and two
millions. Canton is as big as Chicago
and there are other large towns all
along the way. The road will be the
chief trunk line of interior China, con-
Meeting the capital with Canton, and
running from there to the port of
kowloon. opposite Hongkong. Ac-
cording to the estimates of Mr.. Barclay
PoPA'
ton numbers two hundred to the
square mile, but I venture it is more
than this. The country is evoted to
tea, silk and other industries. It is
agriculturally RICH, and we believe
that it contains extensive deposits of
iron, copper and lead. There is no
doubt but that the road will pay"
But you o manage it well in our
four divisions with four sets of Off
Gals directed by our different govern
ments?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Tsou. "The i'm
perial government has required that
the same gauge must e made through
out, that the rolling stock must be
tandardized and that the rails must
be Of a certain pattern and weight.
Most of the iron work is now being
made here at Hankow, and the track
will be of Chinese steel. AS to the
management, the probability is that it
will b. consolidated when the system
is completed. The different divisions
Will be joined, and there may be one
great government from Picking to
China"
C1lina's New Railroad.
"How aOut the new railroad move
ment? Is it to continue?"
Nothing can stop it. We Chinese
are slow to begin. but when we really
start we keep going. No one now
questions h valu of railroads. Both
the government and the people realize
that they are an absolute necessity
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04
CUBES colo TEN MINUTES.

We have nothing better for this pur-
pose in this country. Anything that
viii reduoa the excess flesh pound
a day without. injury to the stomach,
the causing Of wrinkles. the help OF
exercising or dieting, or interference
with ones meals is a mighty import
ant and useful addition to clvlllza.
tons necessities. Just such a cata.
logue OF good RESULTS. however. follow
the use Of these pleasant harmless
and economical little TAT reducers. We
say economical, because Marmola Pre-.
scrlptlon Tablets (made in accordance
With the famous prtscrlptlon) can be
obtained OF any druggist or the max.
ers, the Makmola Co., Detroit, Mich,
for seventy.hye cents the large case,
which Is a decidedly economical price
considering the number Of tablets
each case contains. iaj'= 3 <
o % I'd. % IT, t .
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Getting an early start.

Up in the mornin at break OF day
you hdye to get up II you want to
make hay: YOU grab your cakes and
coffee hot. and out Of the house you
80 like shot; for Spring is hens aud
the women have started. 10 plan
enough trouble to make one DOWN
hearted: each room in the house and
the wood in each room, with a Spar
tan Stain finish will blossom aul
bloom; a1d besides all this, the out
sidr:, too. with Aurora Paint will be
painted new. Manufactured by The
Marietta Paint & Color Co.. Marietta,
Ohio. Sold by NJ. D. Christie, Drug
gist, aFirmont, W. Va.
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FoRksBuRG NEWS.

..
March came In as meek and mild as
n lamb and we hope Il will continue
the same. tits different now.-El.)
Business is on the pickup now as
the big grinder on riney run has caVl.
cd back all Of he: men and Is ruin;
ming In full blast and they think rs
Mr.. Taft, the new President, will take
Ills chair the 4tli Of Mnrch. they will
rot have to close down the big plant.
Mr.. Herschel Toothman was sum.
moned to Fairview to see his mother,
who they are not expecting to live.
Toothman has been afflicted for years.
We ,are glad We have n singing
school to report since our last re,
port, which is progressing nicely un-
der, Ezra Morgan, teacher, with twen:,
ty.three scholars enrolled. They Tle,i
.clded TO change iit from the school
house TO the Mt Zion church, as It 49,
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= ~ : T-I7-ITI- - :. I'-NII. :,
New Method Of Reducing Fat.

A news item from Paris informs til
that the American method Of produG'
ing a slim, trim figure, Is meeting With
astonishing success. This syatrm,
which has made such a wonderful i'm:
preston over there, must be the Mar,
mola Prescription Tablet method OF
reducing fat. II Is safe to say that
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Il ~ lI
q more central place. We are al an a ::
ticlpation in the near future to hear
some good singing at old Mt. zion'ol ICE
again. \ N ;.tis
It was quite alarming to our com.
munity to h:ar the new fire whistle
which Is connected to the big grinder.
Our boys did excellent work. twas
their first call and notwithstanding
the severe wind they controlled the
fire remarkably well. The damage is
estimated to be. about twenty dollats,
as it burned in the neighborhood Of a
thousand rails for T. N. swisher and
Atha vangilder and others.
We are glad to receive the !nteli.
eence Of the success Rev. Brooks Nor.
gan is having at samaria, The. last
n port there were six atthe altar seek;
Ing the Lord. May Gods blessing rest
upon the good work. d;
Miss Josie, Morgan was calling on
Miss Cassie vanGilder Sunday and
Monday. t,sS liy.
Boys,.lf you have any horses 70
trade. come this way, and y call on
! . : q IL 4
Harry Long: II you don't know where
he lives enquire for the big grinder.
Aba Page is lodging for the coffee
mill on Laurel run. 5f
Wait Morgan and Ellora Moran and
son. Willie, have been cutting timber
for Mead Rose and Abe Page.
Miss bessie Long bias returned home
on a visit from Fatrmont. II
Miss Jocie Morgan was visiting the
Forksbnrg school Monday. s5
Mr.. Bailey Morgan is expecting win
Ter. We see him laying in a good pslp-
ply OF feed for some reason.
Well, \ will write more next time
when we have more news. ~.
JOHN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04


IN sad deed ot trust ribed and
.cony eyed. sitna.s sins the Jacksoa Il:
iaftion; u fhe ! cit d Sairmont, Marion
county West Yirgt q maj ~ ~ Mat
Or which said add itions Is otfreeora 3inI
the Office 81 the clerk Of the county
court 8of said county and state In Deed
Book No. 114, pages{ So s7 and o. 70
which said map or plat reference is
hereto made for a more particular dc:
scriptionS Of the property to be sold,
and consisting o. the onehalf tM, I'M.
divided interest In all Of the follow,
ing parcels Of real estate and building
lots: 55i N
Lots numbers ]. 8, 4. s. 6.7,s,9,
10, and lin Block "a" ,5}16a W.
Lots humbers1. rs, 4, 5,se,7s and
8 in Block "B." s5: n
IA Lots numbers i. 1884, S. Go. 70,
10, II. Is. 16 and IS in Block &C."
Lots numbers 8, 4. 5. 6. I'LL. "a,
Is, "A. is, 1e,s 1918, 10, 20 q, q, IS,
"a rs. &c and 81 In Block 3D."
Lots numbers 10. II. r., 10, Il. Is
1e, II. IS, 10 and 20 In Block =" y.
Lots numbers 2, 3,4. 5,6.%7.s, $40,
is, ,16. II. IS. is, 20, q, %, %. "a. rs,
rs and ~ In Block C., X
Lots numbers 6 md Z In Block IT,"
Lots numbers s, 10, 1e and % In
Block ~"
Lots numbers !, 2, g. 4,5, g., $.
9. 10. II. IL. 10. 14,,l5, le, II, Is, ~,
20. q, 20 and % in Block TX"
Lots numbers Il, 12'15 and !l. l6 N
Block IL"
Lots numbers 5. 4. Z. II and u In
Block IN" l'3S,.!l s,sS .5.. n
Lot number 6 In Block IN"
Y5 Terms Of Sale: "A
One.thlrd cash on day Of sale. and
the remainder in two equal INSTALL
ments, payable in one and two years.
respectively, from day Of sale. with
interest at 6 per cent, per annum, the
i T. d - "" ..
purchaser to execute his notes with
security to be approved by the trtls.
tee for said deferred payments. "A
lien Will be reserved on said property
as a further security for the deferred
purchase money. i.
Given under my hand this 18th day
OF February, 1903. \ ~
JOHN HENsHAW, Trustee.
Feb. 114wks, <sii&I a
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4r. nl.
(. MARCH,.
ra H.as-

From Lipplucott's Magazine.)
-Four singers bless this weary world,
And with their voices all bewltch.
Earth thrills when Joyous summer
k'9 sings III! ,t,Is I'..tv
: Contralto rich. : ia
Another then takes up the strain
And, blending with the carol glad,
Fall sings a mourntul melody q,
"A tenor. sad. i ~. s4 S5
Then winter lifts his mighty voice
And. filling every lonely place,
Throughout the wood and vale re.
sounds ~
His booming bass.
Before his echo dies away
Another joins with bliss replete, 3
And rapturous breaks forth young
s spring. s., j g
Soprano sweet.
In March We hear strange notes OF
each. =.
11rht1, In tbs, nir borsh dtsnords rinr
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Miscellaneous
INV ,i iEi'o ~ i F'I'

BoARr ANc ROOMS FOR STU
DENTs-People VINO want Normal
boar,lers or roomers for the spring
term will please notify the principal
of the school. Specify carefully price.
anil whether ladies' Or gentlemen aye
wanted, whether board aud room or
from only will be furnished. Rooms
with light housekeeping privileges are
In special demand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

$4,000 FOR SLOVENIAN made
100000 monthly: Korstad 100000.
New. exciting business. Hundreds
averaging $4,000 weekly. Experience
Credit. Strange inven'
tlon. Gives o"ery home bathroom for
$50. Cleanscs almost automatically.
Startling inducements FREE. Allen
Mfg. Co., 2,01S Adams. Toledo, Ohio.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

YOUNG MEN FOR RAILWAY MAIL
sERvIcE-Exam. May 1t. intending
applicants should begin prepara,Iq7 at
once. Sample questions and "lia"'
Government Positions are Secured"
sent free. inter State Schools. 49,
College, pl, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Ct
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

E. H. Sotnern is on his way back
east, and will have run in New York.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

A STORE WHICH ADvERTIsEs
ONLY OCCASIONALLY JUSTlFlEs
THE INFERENCE THAT IT IS
ONLY OCCASIONALLY THAT TT
HAS ANYTHING TO ADVERTISE. z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

WANTED-On No. l rell estate, ST.
900 and $4,000 loan; first mortgage.
R. R, Mason, ACT. II
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Eugene ormonde plays the part OF
a boss politician In 1.-THE Unbroken
Road" f1
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

WANTED-By the Humane seei"sy, a
good home for a healthy ten yeur old
boy. Apply 217 Jefferson street. t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

WANTED-Homes for sturdy DO" Of
IL and pretty girl OF g., Address
Humane Society," Fairmont, W. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

Henry Miller is 70 produce a new
play called 1.-THE Family" by Robert
H. Davis, Of New York. The produc.
ton will be made In Chicago March
% !; Is,. ~ & I; Isl h
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Z. ]. Connolly is to play a coined
role IN THE Dollar Princess r
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04
Trustees Sale Of Valuable Real Estate.

.T.f
By virtue Of the authority vested
in me by a certain deed Of trust made
by Samuel B. Holbert to me as tr,ls-
tee. bearing date the 10th day Of Sep
TENDER. 1907. and recorded in the Of
fee Of the clerk OF the county court
OF Marion county, West Virginia, In
Trust Deed Book No. %, page s4i, i
will on Saturday. the 18th day Of
March, 1909. between the hours o. 2
o'clock and 4 o'clock p. NJ, at the front
door OF the Courthouse Of said ctun-
ty, sell at public auction to the hikh'
est responsible bidder. the real estate
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

Sonia Adler. the daughter Of the
tragedIan, Jacob Adler. has been en-
gagged by Daniel Frohman for term
Of years. az. n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

Harry Bulger is appearing in bur-
lpsque hit. "He Was Soldier. Too"
singing a song by the same name.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

Next season Maclyn Arhuek!e Is to
be featured In "The Circus Man" by
Eugene Presbrey.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

WANTEDLOne thousand collars, on
good time. Real estate security I
per cent. Address j.. West Virginlan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

ben Hnr." with a strong cast, is
to be produced In the large cities next
yfar. One engagement made. for the
company Is Eleanor Moretti.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

REGARD.
ING patent which would be money.
maker. Only inventor who wishes to
sell direct to manufacturer need an;
swer. Give price and description. l..
Darbyshire, Box 1s22.A. Rochester, n.
Y. Ct
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Cuyler Hastings is Kathryn K]dder':
leading man. .;t5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

Fred v. Bowers is to star in q must
cal play called college Days" Of
which he Is part author.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-04

The music publisher Of 1.-THE Merry
Widow" score In Vienna is said to
have made s75o.ooo profit from the mu.
sic. nd.
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sWANTED-A girl for general mouse:
work. 324 Walnut avenue. Il

advertise it-that "opportnn'
iitygsyou are able to offer to someone
with d little money tof invest.
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MEN WANTED QUICKLY by big CHI
cago Mail Order House to distribute
catalogues, advertise, ETC.. $500 a
week. $4,000 expense allowance first
month. No experience required. Man.
ager. Dept. 500. 3S5 Wabash avenue,
Chicago.
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GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

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Lost and Found

no On Monday night at High
school building a silver purse with
initials LIN. II. 1907 engraved. A
reward sis offered If returned to this
Eoffice. Is, q Z, st
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by knowing and applying Sheldon sell
Ing methods. We have helped thou.
sands Of men secure good positions.
Write today and learn. how we can
help You. One Of the greatest books
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-09

THE report OF the State Assessors for
1909, made Yesterday, shows an increase
in the assessable property of the railroads
In New Jersey of nearly $9,OOO.OO0, the
aggregate assessment being 1921. 214. 1853.
This means an increase In the States rev.
enues from the railroads of over 1925 OOO.
The exhibit is unquestionably the result
of careful and impartial investigation
of the conditions of the railroads of the
State by the Stase Board of Assessors and
their large corps of experts. and will be
accepted by all reasonable citizens as work
well and creditably done. OF course there
will be dissatisfied people in certain local
tiles, whose habitual cry is to soak it" to
the railroads, because the assessment is
not made exorbitantly high to enable them
to secure funds from the railroads to dis
tribute among the political henchmen and
contractors engaged in efforts to make
cities beautiful at somebody's expense
than their own. These people, like the
horse. leech, are continually crying "give,
give" and no assessment of the railroad
property Of the State will suffice them.
But the present assessment appears to be
honest and reasonable, and 1t is though
the railway valuation commissions report
will indorse it, Camden Courier.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-09
Early English Scare.

In 1870 a report was circulated that
certain galleys. with multitude OF
armed men therein, were lying of the
foreland of Thanet." and an order was
at once issued that every night watch
shall be kept between the Tower OF
London and Billingsgate. with forty
men at arms and sixty archers." The
watch was kept in the following or
der: Tuesday. the diapers and the
tailors; Wednesday, the MERGERS and
the apothecaries; Thursday, the fish
mongers and the butchers; Friday. the
pewterers and the winners; Saturday
the goldsmiths and the saddlers; Sun,
day, the ironmongers, the armorers and
the cutters; Monday, the tawers. the
spurriers, the bowyers and the CIR
dlers." Even in 1916 pirate vessels
were captured Off the Kentish coast
between Broadstairs and Margate.-
London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-09
Pleasure and Sacrifice.

An alert little 1ve-year-old was visit
ing a city park with her mother for
the first time. She had noticed the
beautiful red and white swan boats as
they passed through in the morning,
and her mother had promised they
should come back after the shopping
was done and have a ride.
Shortly after dinner they stood on
the bridge over the lagoon watching
the boats below and listening to the
cry Of the barker as he tried to induce
the passing crowds to patronize his
swan boats.
But when her mother started toward
the boat landing little Elsie declared
very vigorously that she did not want
to go at all and, as her mother urged
her. broke forth in tears.
This sudden fear was so different
from her former eagerness that her
mother could not understand it until
she noticed the boatman's call.
He was crying: "Come along! Come
along! Ride clear round the pond.
Only 5 cents for ladies and gents!
Children thrown IMP
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-09
Medford.

Fifty roosters were stolen from the farm
of Albert Worrell last week.
Chas. H. Griscom has moved to Borden
town, where he has opened hardware
store.
franchise" was the subject discussed
at meeting of the W. G. T. IT,, on Tues
day afternoon, the meeting being held at
the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Friend.
The rank of Knight is to be conferred
on three esquires on Wednesday evening,
at Medford Lodge No. 10S, K. of P.
Headed by the Stackhouse fife and
drum corps, quite an imposing and enjoy
able Halloween celebration took place at
Medford on Monday evening.
The first political parade and demon
stration Medford has had for several years,
took place here on Thursday evening, In
honor of the election of Harry L. Knight,
Medford's candidate for County Clerk.
Three bands of music were in line and the
number of marchers was quite extensive.
After the parade collation. was served in
the l. o. o. F. hall, where speeches were
made by Mr.. Knight and other politicians.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-09
Animal. and Instinct.

II Is a mistake to imagine that ami
mails are prevented by instinct from
eating injurious food. A chicken will
drink paint; COW partakes of water
IN which noxious chemicals have been
washed; ducks cheerfully swallow
snails and choke themselves In the
process. No; animals, like children.
need watching.
Recently numerous cases of poison
ing in ducks, which followed the con-
sumption of cabbage leaves, have at
tracted much attention. A few hours
after feeding poisoning has manifest
ed itself by loss of appetite, great
weakness, tottering steps and some
times death. From time immemorial
ducks have thrived on cabbage leaves.
The poultry farmers were greatly puz-
zled.
Then it was discovered that various
caterpillars were concealed in the cab
bage leaves; hence these tears. But
the point is that, far from instructive
ly detecting any danger and behaving
accordingly, the ducks consumed great
quantities Of the leaves with much ap-
parent relish.-London Answers.