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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31
VIRGINIA. BOOMING.

- fsNfESIt Nv HllHI ~ iBOOMlNI.'t
|, Il ST Hi a matter of satisfaction to read
what george Byrne In the Manufacture
Eersf Record says about West Virginia
at present and to know it is true. as
follows s
u The new year seems pregnant OF
great achievements for West Virginia.
4 and unless the ordinary signs fail the
entire State As TO- enjoy n season OF
yeloprnent nequaled by anything 1t
ihas{hal not hitherto been dreamed of
and which5ft seemed could scarcely
again be equaled in the same length
\ OF time, but the present promise Is
that 4 all previous records will be
SMASHED by those. of sthe decade Just
nshered In. and TINT the many fortunes
acenmulated during the last half-score
! years will be realty surpassed in both
size and number by those pied up in
the next ;half-score.
us the prosperity promised going
ito DE confined to any one section: 1t
will be evenly and symmetrlcally dis
ttributed over the entire State. From
4 the4l orthern Panhandle where the
snlanuf curing enterprises are being
located and increasing numbers of
names added to the weekly payrolis.
to Med owell. Mercer! and Miugo coun.
ties, where the onlyslimi to the ont
put OF coal is.that marked by the abil-
lisity of the great. Norfolk and Western
railroad to- carTyIit: from Roane and
Lincoln on the west. where great oil
& fields have been discovered and arc
being developed, to Jefferson. Berke-
ley and Hampshire on the east. where
great farming and :fruit-Erowing inter.
i. ests sat,e springing up and making tab.
s.ulotls returns for their promoters, and
where rich deposits of mineral are
being minedsi at large pr6fit-all
through the length and breadth Of the
Z entire: State the people are awake and
+ i alert, eager and insistenr upon taking
advantage of fortune tile. now seem.
ing about to run SO full.
Nor is It the people Of the State
alone who are thus interested and
see nrinsly ready to help. From. the
Z money e;enters OF the east and from
tine me centers Of enterprise and Industry
s. q NIL points of the compass come in
4 al1rtes for factory sites. for mining
! properties. for timber lands and for
+ every species Of property that prom.
Y tses 70 yield q fair return upon Judi.
ctous investment.
mere 81 has las never before been n time
when SO many mighty enterprises
were spse1 under; IN consideration. when such
l SIN lPserdous Investments of capital were
under consi Iteration for this State.
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His Wife and
His Friend.
by Elizabeth AyrcaI. j


"
They was just like twin brothers.
and nothins but death or women
could "a parted .em. and Eof the TWO.
y sometimes think women Is the
heaterest,, Z "a s q.
This is a bit OF wisdom uttered by.
a rural lsasestbut he has nothing to
do withitth he story and will mot ap-.
pear again. His wise saw is quoted
simply to serve as an Introduction.
There Is. sometimes friendship
between man and man that: binds
them as firmly as the marriage tie
binds men and women together
There were two men once between
whom such n friendship existed. One
OF Them was a confirmed bachelor.
He had assisted many OF his ac-
q;:aintances 10 the altar, but he had
no inclination himself to play lead
Ing man to the star. OF "a wedding.
The Other did not yeurn for the cell
h.to life. aud presently be began TO
think 1t was not good for man to live
alone. The one. whose Influence
served to bring him TO this decision
was u good and lovely girl who
looked upon him with favor. The
name OF the one who willed to be
benedict was Charlie. The onetwho
elected TO be a bachelor .vns Ohm.
thri sober. diGnitied maine sitting. his
sta Bile character to perfection. though
Cll-liei out,5of his affection. often
I dwarfed 1t to- the dIminntive Johnny,
which was not a at. They advised
with each other concerning their
planES and endeayors.nn and spent long
hours together In the silent commu-
MON thatcun only come with perfect
understanding.
IT was Mt. the end OF one Of these
silent hours That. from bohind !; n
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Little. /. it Girl Dead
MARY ALICE MAssEY DIED AFTER
LINES OF CHOLERA IN
FANTUM.

!. I. . . ~ ~
Mary Alice Massey,,the little dargh-
ter Of Mr.; and<Mrs. Bayard Massey.
died last evening at the home OF her
parents, after an Illness from cholera
inflntum. The little one was aged
two years and three months. Mr., Mas
sey Is employed as an engineer and
draughtsman for the Fairmont Mining
Machinery Co, and came to this city
last fall. The family moved here only
recent Brief funeral services will
be held at; the residence this evening
ats so'eleek by Rev. stoetzer. There.
mains will be "a kentito seio. ohio, on
Friday mo ning for Int rr,e III. Under
1t s!l tilkins viii saeeoripan the par.
to- Obi as -; -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31

March was nearly all 'lamb% this
year. :,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31

dense cloud OF smoke. pulled from n
'iiheersth;hini. e pfpt,+fithe twin ]. to
Johns Charlie had spoken of the
new interest which had 1arisen
1T wont. make bit OF difference.
Johrny.@bld boy" he said, with a
burst, of deep feeling. You shall be
one OF the family: There's place
,for. you nj our fireside and seat for
you at tour stable4always. Dinna
forget" - -
u John had seen the way of the
wind, but he was not one to force a
confidence and had. quietly awaited
Developments. Meantime, he had
beer schooling himself to resign all
claims on his friend and to live with
out the undivided compnnionship
that. had grown to be part OF his
existence. John was something of an
oniooker In life. and he had listened
before to a newly accepted lover be-
slowing upon his eomradc left be-
hind in the race promises of indy
ing friendship and future. intimacy.
He knew there was another factor to
be reckoned with, factor whose
claim was greater. and whose influ-
ence was stronger. To all appear
nnces he had accepted the informa-
ttion of Charles approaching mar
riaGe and;h assurances of uninter-
'rupted friendship ,fas a matter OF
course. He said n few words only,
but the manner of their saying was
satisfying. ~,
After every great decision there
fV-nr1 nrf loo -nF -
doubt A, shadow of doubt was
glooming. the horizon of Charles
happiness,
1T won't make bit, OF differ
ence. Johnny. old boy" he declared
again. looking at his friend with a
wistful question in his eyes.
Inference! Why, OF course not
JohE answered heartily. Every man
should be married. Go on. my boy,
God bless You. I'll be following your
example some day myself B
He spoke with an air OF truth that
was convincing. He who had always
beer the soul of honor. g1oried In his
fall. and told an unblushlng false
hoot with the brazen face of q vet
ernn of les
John was best man" at the
eventual pleasant round up" In
church: All the amenities ef a we'd
ding that came to his hand lie ac-
complished with the. skill OF one long
practiced. FIe was the last to speak
words of good fellowship and to
speed the newly welded pair on their
journey. Then no turned AWAY won
dering what he would do next. He
suffered from the WEAKNESS of spirlt
that comes TO one left alone and I'M
occupied after period filled with
tho reckless joy OF livinE.l He was
singularly Isolated. He had no {rela-
tiyes or home ties. and for, years he
hat acted as. a gentle father. to the
one he called friend. Charlie was
younger and of a lighter nature than
John, and his boytsh. .waEm-heartea
lmpulsiyeness was like a tonic to- the
.staid and serious old er man.. IN
II shall have to rendjust myself
The merchant who does NOT adver.
wise HI your home ma per does NOT caro-
orsyours trade.
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ed by Mr.! Fletcher will be occupied
by Mr. and Mrs.5w. b. McGregor. sz' = +
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Crane moved
this week to the Simon nroerty ut the
head OF Quincy street. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. .B. Scott will soon occupy the lower
fnt in the InEman fats on jefferson
street and Rev. and Mrs. G. D. Smith
Will occupy the upper fiat. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Lynch will move to the
house vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Scott.
The house on Chicago street now. oc-
cupled by the family of4Mr. NJ. Rosen-
berg will be vacated In the course Of
n few weeks. the family going ID
Wheeling to reside. ~ !!
DIR. ]. Az Graham moved last week
from Piernont avenue to his new home
on Moragntown avenue. and the aome
vacated by him has been taken by Mr..
and Mrs. r. a. Watts. who took pos
session OF the house today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dohson, who re-.
side on Walnut avenue. will move this
week to Rochester. N. Y. z.
Mr.. w w. Carter moved today from
the Barns flats on upper Main street
to the house formerly occupied BY Mr..
Dallas Leonard on Washington street.
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The Windy Orator.

4 longwlnded member OF the Mas.
,sachusetts Legislature was delivering
n-polltical address In n town+not far
from Boston. and the village folk
gathered insthe town hall to hear it.
Hs had been speaking quite while,
when finally an old. Scotchman arose
and walked out OF the hall, -
At the door one OF his country.
lneE was waiting with his hnck to
drive the orator to the station.
g is be done yet. Sandy?'' asked
the, Scot ON the; box The old man
turned about. AYE" said he, ..ho,s
done lang ago. but he will M stop"
Exchnn ge. y,s ri y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31
NOTICE.

Sealed bids for score card and re.
freshment privileges during playing
season 1910, at South Side and !Trae.
ton Parks, will be received by the
airn1ont Baseball Association up IN:
tiI p. m. April 9Th, at which time they
VIII be opened. Terms cash. with ap.
proved security for same, thirty days
after opening of bids. The right is re.
Served to accept or reject any or all
bids.
BY order Board of Directors.
SAMUEL LEEPER, Secretary,
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TO RECEIVE SEALED BIDS.

The board of directors of the Fair.
mont Baseball Association will receive
sealed bids for the score card privilege
and refreshments privilege for the
coming season until April 5th. Ad-
dress all communications to Samuel.
Leeper, secretary of the association.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31

With bribery rampant in Plttsburg
and New York State Senator found
guilty of graft. where may we not find
betrayal of trust next?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31

IS The British government owns
moro than q s 90 0gcamels.
PILES ;c!lREpsfNs ia TO IA DAYS
PAzo3 OINTMENT IS guaranteed to
cnre any case ot! itching. Blind, Bleed;
Ing Or Protrutiings Piles In Gsto ia days
orsnlone7 refunded. SOC. |; z; 4!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
"MASLlN" BREAD.

Among many curious consequences
of the general election one comic re-
suit is that rye bread, which PLAYED
an important part in the political
controversies, has become favorite
Wand of the house of commons. It
is also, probably from curiosity, in
frequent demand at most London
restaurants. Rye, now seldom seen
in England, was formerly grown a
good deal in Lincolnshire, together
with wheat and barley. From the
combined flour of these three cereals
was made the "maslin" bread, much
appreciated by Tennyson's northern
farmer" The wheat gave strength,
the barley sweetness, and the rye the
quality of keeping moist for weeks.
'Maslin," variously spelled, seems
obviously the short for "miscella-
peous,a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
REPETITION.

Do you ever wonder why poets
talk so much about flowers? Did you
ever hear of a poet who did not talk
about them? Don't you think a
poem which for the sake of being
original should leave them out would
be like those verses where the letter
a or e, or some other, is omitted :?
No: they will bloom over and over
again in poems as in the summer
fields, to the end of time. always
old and always new. Why should we
be more shy of repeating ourselves
than the spring be tired of blossoms
or the night of stars? Look at ma
ture. She never wearies of saying
over her floral pater-noster. In the
crevices of cyclopean walls-in the
dust where men lie, dust also-on
the mounds that bury huge cities,
the Rirs Nemroud and the Babel
heap-still that same sweet prayer
and benediction. The Amen! of ma
ture is always a flower Holmes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
MURDERED" MAN WAS ALIVE
Roger Williams Set Free After serv.
Ing Twenty Years for the Sup
posed Killing of Another.

More extraordinary than the Wild
est plot of the novelist, are the cir
cumstances under which Roger Will
liams, who was sentenced to 40 years
imprisonment for murder, has been
released after serving half his SEN
tence. This followed the startling
discovery that Bernard Carter, the
man whom he was supposed to have
murdered, is alive, wealthy and well.
Williams and Carter quarreled in the
spring of 1890. Meeting on cattle
trail, Williams stabbed Carter and
flung the body into the Pecos river.
A few weeks later a body was dis
covered and identified as that of Car
ter. The Identification, it now
turns out was erroneous, for Carter,
by miracle, was rescued in an un-
conscious condition from the river
and sent to hospital at Ell Paso.
Carter has now secured pardon for
Williams, whom he is providing
with good home for the rest of his
life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
INSURING VALUABLE n
MEN
cies on the Lives Of Their High
Grade Employees.

Insuring valuable men in corpo-
rations and manufacturing concerns
is the latest form of insurance. In
the textile industry, for example,
this plan is being tried in the case
of officials and employees whose tech
nical knowledge is of high order
In New York state mill the life of
a man recently engaged under con-
tract for term of years to take
charge of manufacturing depart
ments has been insured by the pro-
prietors for $4,000, running the
length of time the contract is in
force. Several insurance companies
are engaged in this line of business,
and it is probable that before long
the custom will be as common to in
sure the lives of competent men as
it is to insure property against loss
by fire. 1t is said the system en-
courages contract positions for men
of value and that the idea is as feas-
ible as that of insuring the honesty
of officials by surety companies
Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
THE FRESH AIR SCHOOLS
for tuberculosis Children Which
Has Worked Well In Germany.

Fresh air schools, started and still
conducted to care for tuberculous
children, promise to have an impor-
tant influence upon the entire pub
lie school system. They are still
new in America, having been in use
In Providence two years, in Boston
something more than a year and for
shorter periods in Chicago, Pitts
burg, Rochester and Hartford. They
have been fully tried out in Ger
many, where they have been varied
into open air summer schools and
forest schools. In no place where
they have been tried have they been
abandoned. In most places they are
being extended. Thus far the
schools have included only the ply
sically weak and the mentally back
ward. With plenty of fresh air and
sanitary surroundings, these weak
and defective children have been
able to accomplish more than nor
NAL children in the ordinary schools.
In some cases progress has been ex-
ceptionally rapid. While the minds
develop as they never developed be-
fore, the bodies grow strong and
children are given chance in life
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
The Cat-Did you get your di.
CLEARLY SHOWN.

A story is. told of a simple and
devout Methodist minister who was
not sufficiently eloquent or business
like to be approved by the presiding
elder.
Through the influence of the eld-
er he felt sure he was appointed to a
small and widely scattered settle
ment, where there was much hard
work and the results were necessa-
rily meager.
One day he was commenting sadly
on the narrowness of his opportuni-
ties to friend, who said gravely
that he ought to pray for light that
he might see the hand of the Lord
in his appointment.
81 have, brother" he answered,
"again and again. But so far" he
added, with a whimsical smile, 'I've
only had light enough to see the in
terfering hand of Elder Brown"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
QUIT AHEAD OF TIE GAME
How Shrewd Farmer Got the Best OF
Two Wicked City Confidence
Men.

The farmer explained to Capt.
O'Brien how he had lost $17 and
saved SIT in a confidence game as
old as the shells on the banks of the
Nile, says tie Chicago Journal.
81 was standing in front of the
Brevoort house looking at the
pigeons when man accosted me.
"'What are you doing?' he asked
me.
"'Counting the pigeons ! replied.
"Those pigeons? he gasped.
"Why not?' I said.
"Didn't you know that those are
sacred pigeons and that counting
them is against the law?' he went
on. I said | didn't, but he declared
that he was detective and would
have to bring me in for the INSIDE
meanor.
Gle was leading me away when
another man appeared ana stopped
us.
What's the matter?' he asked.
"Why, your HONOR said the first,
this man has been counting the
sacred pigeons
""The sacred pigeons?' he cried.
Didn't you know it was violation
of the law?'
'I said l didn't know anything
about it,
"Well, III have to fine you dol
lar for each pigeon you counted.
How many were there"
"'Seventeen,' I said, and l gave
him the money. But | beat him by
II, anyhow" continued the man,
when the game had been explained
to him. 81 had counted 3d."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
coNs!DERATE BURGLAR.

The sound of breaking glass
aroused Mrs. Annie Hanson, cook
in New York house early the other
morning. Mrs. Hanson found a
man in her bedroom. He lighted the
gas. "Tell me what you want and
I'll give it to you," said Mrs. Ham
som. Blood was streaming from
the mans hand where the glass had
cut it. Sorry to have disturbed
you," said the man, with bow. "Of
course I'll go. | wouldn't offend a
lady for the world" He opened a
door on tie back porch and went
out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
MAXIM ALLAYS ALARM.

Hudson Maxim believes that little
serious destruction would result
from dropping dynamite from a fly
ing machine. He asserts that many
tons of dynamite might be exploded
in the middle of Madison square,
New York city, without any more
serious damage than the blowing out
Of the windows of adjacent build
ings by the rush of air toward the
explosion to fill the void formed by
the uprush of the heated gases and
air.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
Jane or James?
By JAMES OSBORN

The edges Of James Darcy's cuffs
were beginning to show stiff, white
fringe and there were places along
the seams of his black serge coat
that were Enthusiastically worn
through. But James only held his
head more proudly on his strong
shoulders and fixed his thoughts
with more absorbing interest upon
his work. ga few more months like
this" he would say to himself, "and
I'll deserve the other things, that
some men get too easily"
James Darcy was medical stu
dent by day, and as night school
teacher in the city schools it was his
duty for two hours every evening to
impart the rudiments of reading,
writing and numbers to 40 clamor-
Gus, undisciplined young men and
boys who, for one reason or another,
had not gone through the necessary
day-school routine.
The 40 clamorous boys had just
filed out of the room, and James
could hear the heavy scuffle as they
passed down the wooden-foored hall
of the old school building. He went
mechanically to the windows and
threw them wide open to let out the
sitting air; then, coming back to
the desk, he took his hat and we'll
worn notebook in one hand and be-
gan buttoning his worn black coat.
Then his eyes caught sight of let
ter that had been lying under his
notebook. 1t was not an oblong
letter of the official type that meant
some direction from the school
board, but small feminine envelope,
addressed in neat, easy hand, ''To
the Night School Teacher"
He opened the unsealed envelope
and read, 81 am sure you won't
think me too exacting if 1 suggest
you don't open the window by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
A GLORIOUS PART.

cat last" exclaimed the low
comedian, 81 have part that just
suits me-"
"Good," said the first old lady.
"You are the only actor l ever knew
who was thoroughly satisfied with
his part. What is its"
ooh, the part isn't much, as far
as that goes, but I'm supposed to be
q burglar, and | break into pantry
and eat real meal at every per-
Torrance"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

geraniums. 1t makes them droop,
and my children are very fond of
them. If there is anything that I
can do, please tell me-"
And the note was signed, 'From
the day school teacher, Helen
White"
James Darcy looked about the
room for the abused geraniums,
which in his preoccupation he, had
never happened to notice before.
There they were, shivering and
dropping in the cold winters blast.
James closed the window, and, COM
ing back, he tore sheet from his
notebook and hastily wrote:
"My dear Miss White: I shall
take pains in the future to keep the
window closed by the geraniums.
Thank you for the suggestion. J.
G.. Darcy" And as he placed his
sheet on the desk he folded the
dainty feminine note carefully, re-
placed it in its envelope, and put it
in his pocket.
A few nights later he found a
second communication, inclosing two
theater tickets. 1t said: "I have
thought about you many times since
your note. I wonder what you are
like-what sort of eyes, and what
books and pictures you like. Can
you accept these matinee tickets?
have few friends in the city and, as
I shan't be able to use them myself
I want you to have them. Ever
yours"
"She's got a nerve with her, any.
way" he thought as he tore the
sheet from his notebook, and he
felt vague sense of disappointment
"Still," he argued to himself, 81
need some sort of diversion" Then
on the way to the clinic the next
morning, in spirit of reckless ex.
trayagance, he ordered dozen roses
to be sent to Miss Whites room.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
ATMOSPHERE OF IMMUNITY.

$50 You are going into politics ~
said the candid friend.
q am" replied Mr.. Sirius Barker.
81 shouldn't think man of your
irascible disposition would find such
matters congenial."
"That's just the point. Politics
provides the only opportunity
know of saying outrageous things
about people without risking libel
suit"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
STILL WORSE.

Billinger is the worst henpecked
man | ever knew"
"What's the latest outrage?"
"You knew his wife cuts his
hair? Well, Billinger got so mad
after the last cut that he summed up
enough courage to hide his wife's
scissors"
eyes"
"Then she cut it with a case
knife"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

81 ask for leave to print Lucille
as a part of my remarks" said the
new congressman.
"What has that got to do with
your speech on the hog industry? ?"
inquired floor leader.
"Nothing. But the young people
of my district want me to send 'em
some good poetry to read evenings"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
CAUTION.

$50 you won't allow your children
to pick eggs on Easter Monday?"
"No. l decline to encourage games
of chance involving such valuable
considerations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

TRADE M0RAL-Joan of Arc
was the only woman on earth
able to resist a bargain adver-
tiSement-and she's dead. If
you've got a bargain in some
thing, advertise it to the Wom-
en- folks in this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
WHERE 1T COMES FROM.

Hoax-That doctor spends money
like water.
Joax-Yes; and he doesn't get it
from the well, either.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
WASTED.

Maud-Is Clara a good girl to tell
a secret to?
Ethel-Oh my, no! Why, she'll
never tell soul.