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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

IT IS GODS BLESSING THAT WE
HAVE, SOME MEN IN PuBIIc LIFE
IN WEST, VIRGINIA, WHO ARE BIG
ENOUGH NOT 40 BE CONTROLLED
EITHER BY IA STATE OR A FEEDER,
AL MACHINE, OR BY A coMBIN Y
TON. OF CORPORATE INTERESTS.
AND W. P. HUBBARD IS IA MAN OF
THAT KIND, --..4e+. s.
Wheeling Intelllsehcer. July 9, 1908,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

olRL-Wanted, girl to do homework.
'i No children. Amply Manager Singer
Sewing Machine Company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

GIRL Wanted. girl orgeneral house
work. Good wages. Apply ssl Wal Wal
nut avenue 3sS II b
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

WANTED Gil for general house
|. work. Mrs. Loyal Bennett l01s
Sixth st, Fifth ward.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

MAN-Wanted a first class man to es-
tablish branch Office for the Cordi-
nary Department. Prudential In,
suffanee Company Excellent OtferI
for right. man, write quick G. A.
Yadin, Wheeling ". Va,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30
WANTED.

GIRL Wanted for general house
work, family Of 2. Mrs, H. Glenn
Fleming, $40 Locust @ y. Y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

oeSNNNSNSaNSA4NSSI
FOR sALE-suRuR5AN HOME.
A beautiful home In the edgeof the
village Of Bethesda, Belmont county
Ohio.
This place contains fifteen acres OF
good land under cultivation, fine
bearing orchard, also small fruit, q
new modern frame house Of eight
rooms and bath room hot and cold
water, furnace in cellar, natural gas
and telephone; also 2.story barn ana
large chicken house,
This residence Is sltuatedcaa lSloll
commanding q splendid yiewaot the
Village and surrounding county and
Is an ideal home. alast be seeato bel
fully appreciated. Price reasonable
ApplyitoJ, o. DIXON Real Estate
Agent Hethesdai Ohio 400 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

HoUsE.KEEPER-Wanted BY gen
tleman with family Of three girls.
aged, II, Is and 49, and 4 boy, 3
years; a refined woman toact az
house-keeper and goyerness Sat
.isfactory remuneration and good
home assured. Address with refer
ences, House. keeper. 9. Box Ss7,
,lFairmont. w. Va. 4t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22
STETSONITES~ WILL NOT

NEW YORK, April 22.-There
will be no bolt from the First
Church of Christ, Scientist. Cen
trail Park West and 96th street,
on account of the withdrawal
by the trustees last week of
fellowship from 10 practitioners
who have stood by Mrs. Augusta
f. Stetson in her excommunica-
ton and who still declare allegi-
ance to her.
All of the Is occupied their
accustomed pews at the services,
and in the afternoon they issued
a statement.
Mrs. Stetson also issued a state
ment to confute the recent false
charges and Misrepresentation
of my words and work" She
denies that she had gathered
my students together with a view
to organizing a schism,' and said:
Il do not need to build another
church. | have already prepared
an edifice, resting place, where
weary, storm tossed, suffering hui
mainly may find refuge from the
discords of material existence. l
have no intention of changing my
fixed purpose"
Edwin F. Hatfield, chairman Of
the board of trustees, ousted at
the annual meeting in January,
explained over his signature why
he had resigned from the church
rather than submit to examina-
ton by the trustees as to his pres
ent attitude toward Mrs. Stetson.
In view of his record he would
not submit to the indignity of an
examination, especially by per-
sons incompetent to pass upon
the questions involved intelligent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22
Mr., HALEY MAY GIVE US GOOD
SHOW, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL
Uncle Sans Naval Astron-
omer Says Coming Comet
Is Harmless at a Baby and
Tells Some Facts About
Comets That Die and the
Wanderings of Headless
Tails.
BY r. F. WILSON.

WASHINGTON, April 22-Prof.
Asaph Hall, in charge of the United
States observatory telescope, just
laughs when asked If some harm
may come to the earth when it
dives through the tail of HalHy's
comet on the morning of May Is.
Nothing can possibly come of
1t, unless it be a display of some
sort he said to The Press CORE
spondent. Il doubt whether we will
be aware of it when we pass
through the tail. l think there is
little likelihood even of any change
of the character of the sunlight.
But one or two nights later the
comet is sure to afford us an ex-
traordinary spectacle when it
flames up in our evening sky. 1t
will be a magnificent sight, but it
Will come after We have passed
through the tail.
we have'passed through comet
tails before, and no harm has come
of it. The great shower of meteors
the older folks tell about were
really just part of lost comets
tail
The tail isn't something the
comet is carrying along with it, as
is the common belief The comet
is continually giving off tail sub
stance which floats off into space.
A great deal of the tail is nothing
but light. partly comet light and
partly sunlight, rejecting on tail
particles. There is gas in the tail
and meteors.
so the comet head is probably
dwindling in size. Each time it
crosses close to the sun and is set
on fire it must lose a great deal of
the nucleus, or head substance.
Some comets have passed the
sun so often that their heads have
completely disappeared. The tails.
left dark and cold. continue whirl-
ing around the mighty orbits, grad
ually disintegrating and scattering
along the way. Sometimes these
tails are scattered all the way
around the old paths Of the dead
comets. This accounts for annual
showers of meteors.
'The famous shower of meteors
of nearly lifetime ago was COM
cts tail that hadn't been scattered
out along the orbit to any ex-
tent. So we ran into them in
greater quantities and our atmos-
phere burned up all of that part of
the tail that we met.
1--WE may have such a shower
when we so through Halley's com
cts tail. but that is no occasion for
worrying The great shower of me-
teors hurt no one, and we have no
reason to believe another can do
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22

ly, justly or in ChristiaIi5 man
ner." 81
Mrs. Stetson has advised her
followers to remain in the church,
because it is their own ana they
are as much entitled to eIijoy it
as are others. Persecution can
not endure, she says, and 4 they
continue patient, matters wal at
last set themselves right.S AS
they cannot have meetings n of
their own in the church there is
talk of building sort of Social
hall for them in Riverside SDrive
on the site obtained a yearMOr so
ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22

any damage.
Il take no stock in the poisonous
gas theory. Such gas is too thin to
cause us any trouble There will be
no intensificat.On of sunlight. The
worst | can forsee is perhaps vast
electrical display, harmless as the
northern lights"
Professor Hall is an astronomer
and the son of an astronomer. and
he is not worrying over any disas-
trous consequences from the col
lision. However, he signified his in
tention Of getting up early on the
morning of May IS to be on hand II
there happens to be daylight dis
play OF any sort.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22

The Daily and Sunday
Spokane Press, 10 Cents a
week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22

IF your hands are small! There are few gloves Of
L medium size in the lot-some of the larger sizes
mostly from 61a down. Of good kidskins-gray,
oxbood black-a few red suedes-12 and 16 button
lengths. The saving is big in buying them co.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Queer Questions.

Queer questions come over the tele-
phone to the newspaper offices. Here
was one that the man who chanced
to answer the phone had put up to
him the other day:
"Say," began the unknown seeker
after the truth, do you-do you re-
member who 1t was that killed Abel?"
"Why, Cain, of course" replied the
newspaper man. who put in several
years at Sunday school. Who'd ju
suppose?"
well" observed the man at the
other end in an annoyed tone, "doggon
II amt gone and made fool O. my
self. Course 1t was Cain. now that
you mention it. but l made a two to
one bet with a fellow that twas
Goliath, and now I'll have to go with
out new overcoat. l reckon, this next
winter" r"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
The Retort Courteous.

Now" said the suffragette orator.
sweeping the audience with her eagle
eye, 81 see Mr.. Dobbs sitting down
there in the third row-a man who
has condescended to come here to-
night and listen to our arguments. He
has heard what I have had to say
and | think we should like to hear
from him, and get a mans view of our
cause. Mr.. Dobbs. tell us what you
thinks of the suffragettes."
"Oh, c-c-couldn't m-m-ma am" +"
stammered .Dobbs. 81 rur-really c.
couldn't. Thu-there are l-llul-ladies
pup-present "-Harper's Weekly.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

ward signs which give to this small
and unpretentious structure a distinc-
tive character, and which, indeed, in
dicate that 1t is not a tool shed or
other like concern are two crosses,
formed simply of laths and painted
white. like the rest of the building, the
one above the entrance and the other
at the side facing the road above.
From the latter there can be dis
cerned the fact that there is an in
scription over the door. and a wooden
iettered tablet, such as is to be seen
outside church buildings, adorning the
front
This curious little building, known
to the canal boat people. for whose
benefit 1t has been established, and to
the residents of the vicinity as the
''Towpath mission" represents the life
work of one woman, Mrs s. e. l.. SAT-
fold.
Her Sunday school-attended by the
children of the boats-and her general
missionary labors throughout the
week are welcome features of the GU
rious and somewhat clannish life of
the men, women and children who
live practically all their lives upon the
cumbersome craft that ply between
Washington and Cumberland, Md,
upon the sluggish waters of the canal.
Mrs. Saffold is a lifelong Washing
toniap. A sculptress of unusual abil-
ity, she abandoned art a number of
years ago for work among the poor.
Her first educational labors were
among the children of the poor Ital-
ians of the city in the labyrinth be-
meath the shadow of the capitol dome,
known as Little Italy" Many an ltal-
ian boy and girl were saved from evil
ways through the efforts of Mrs. SAT-
fold Then she realized. after a
chance sight had led her to make an
investigation, that the children of the
towpath people were uncared for from
an educational standpoint, and she de-
termined to devote her energies
toward their welfare in this connec-
tion.
Many have been the efforts of Mrs.
Saffold to have the children admitted
into the public schools of the district
during the more or less brief and un-
certain periods of their residence in
Washington, but all such attempts up
on her part have resulted in failure. In
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Cumberland, however, at the other end
of the line, and where the boats are
tied up during the months of January,
February and March. she has been
mere successful, and 1t is owing to her
persistent endeavors and representa-
tions to the educational authorities
that the canal boat children are now
admitted TO the public schools of that
city.
1t is safe to say that there is not
family living along the canal road
which does not know of the woman
who has accomplished so much for the
hard-working people of the boats.
When Mrs. Saffold started her novel
school there was no little objection to
her on the part of some of the canal
people. But her sympathy soon won
them over, and now the mothers are
more than anxious that the children
may spend in the mission the hours
they might otherwise put In in playing
around the river front. and perhaps
forming bad habits and cultivating
evil associates.
Well known as are Mrs. Saffold and
her mission to the people Immediately
concerned Herewith. it is very doubt
full if any save these people are aware
of the excellent and efficient efforts of
this devoted woman in carrying edu-
cation into hitherto neglected field.
Under Mrs. Saffold's tutelage many
of the children, whose houses are the
boats which ply upon the murky wa
ters of the canal. have learned to read
and write, as well as the more impor-
tant lessons of Christian doctrine and
principles. There is no other school
similar to this in Washington.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Trouble In the Troupe.

They've had a frightful time in the
No. Tom Company. Hear about it?"
Nope"
Busted an wall1in' back. That's
right. Went to smash on the Vim
cennes circuit. Utility feller they
picked up at Sawville got mad cause
he was doubled as Marks an blood
hound, an sawed the legs off the lad
der, an Eva fell out o. heaven an
landed on Papa st. Clair, an Simon
Legree landed on Unc' Tom. an the
real dog bit hole in Aunt Ophelia,
an there was merry hades to pay un-
til the local manager called the patrol
wagon and had the whole bunch
dragged up the pike and dumped in
the woods. An the worst of it was
there was a record house, with nine
teen good dollars in the box!"
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Artistic White House Park.

The rulers of many nations have
contributed to the artistic and nat
ural beauty of the park that sur
rounds the White House in Washing
ton. Many of the plants and shrubs
are the gifts of foreign sovereigns,
sent through the ambassadors. By
the aid of these gifts and under the
skilful supervision of landscape
gardener, the White House park has
become a spot which is compared with
the grounds surrounding Windsor
castle and the homes Of other on
archs. The moon vines in the White
House park were grown on the his
toric pagoda in Yiddo, and were
brought to this country by Baron
Takahira. The morning glories sent
from Picking have flowers five times
the size of the ordinary morning glory
vins.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong it is generally
with the food. The old Dame is al
ways faithful and one should act at
once
To put off the change is to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Arizona
man says:
For years could not safely eat any
breakfast. 1 tried various kinds OF
breakfast food, but they were all soft.
starchy messes which gave me dis
tressing headaches. l drank strong
coffee. too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coffee
were no better, for / found the toast
very constipating.
"a friend persuaded me to quit the
old coffee and the starchy breakfast
foods, and use Postum and Grape-Nuts
instead. 1 shall never regret taking
his advice. / began using them three
months ago.
"The change they have worked In
me is wonderful. / now have no more
of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating, and l never have
headaches. 1 have gained IL pounds
In weight and feel better in every way.
"Grape-Nuts make a delicious as
we'll as a nutritious dish, and 1 find
that Postum is easily digested and
never produces dyspepsia symptoms
There's a Reason"
Get the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true and full OF hunAAA
Interest.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
zoo HAS A STRANGE PET
solenodon. Captured In San Domingo,
and Ancestor Of the Rat Family,
Now In Washington.

Washington now has a solenodon in
It's zoo. II is one of the few in cap
tivity anywhere in the world. and was
a gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Adams
of the Bureau of American Republics.
who brought back five specimens from
the mountains of Santo Domingo.
They are SO rare that the officials OF
the zoo do not know exactly what they
live on. but they can have anything
they want from peanuts to ice cream,
even II there has to be an urgent def
cheney bill presented to congress to
pay for it.
The little beast is closer approach
in general appearance to some OF the
extinct animals of bygone ages than
II is to any present day mammals. 1t
is a member of the hedgehog family
and a first cousin to shrew.
So far as is known. there is none OF
the Santo DOMINICAN variety in captivity
anywhere else. There is none even in
the Regents Park zoo in London. and
the nearest approach to It is a closely
allied animal from Madagascar In
the Jardin des Plantes In Paris.
The out-of-date mammal is about the
size of rabbit, has long nose like
little ant eater and heavy claws on the
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
HAVE A RELIGION OF CHEER
Soon to Be Built in Wash
ington.

The newest place of worship in
Washington. soon to be erected by an
Incorporated group of preachers and
eyangelists, will be known as the
Church of Happiness. The incorpora-
ton papers say the new church will
be known for music, merriment and
laughter.
1.-The old hell of the old religion,
with its flaming fires, its dancing imps
in leather hides and hoofs, its cata-
combs of bones and dead hopes, its
fumes of sulphur, is thing of the
past" the papers state. ut was an
idea adroitly employed to frighten
people into the church. The new re-
ligion recognizes that crime is hatched
where there is no mirth Depravity
fiourishes in the shades of darkness.
Music and merriment will be the i'm
nortant elements of the religion of the
future"
The idea was first set forth by Theo-
dore Valiant, an evangelist, two years
ago, and since then steps have been
taken by him and Independent preach
ers to unite and incorporate and build
a place of worship for all those who
wish to go there. The movement is
backed by influential and wealthy per-
sons, as an option has been secured
on several choice locations in the
fashionable district for church site.
The members of the Personal Liberty
league are also actively supporting 1T.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Sausage to His Majesty.

In a certain small English village
there were two butchers living in the
same street. One placarded his sau.
sages at one shilling a pound and the
rival promptly placed s pence on his
card.
No. l then placed notice in his
window saying that sausages under
shilling could not be guaranteed.
No. 2's response to this was the an.
nouncement: 81 have supplied sau-
sages to the king"
In the opposite window the follow
ing morning appeared an extra large
card bearing the words: God save
the ingi"-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
This Is the SoIendon.

front feet for digging. Those that have
been brought back by Mr.. Adams have
been fed on hard boiled eggs and sim
liar delicacies. But if it wants ants
or grubs the biological survey will be
called into consultation and 1t will
be seen whether the particular brand
of insects it affects cannot be raised
in this latitude.
Mr.. Adams is editor of the Bulletin
of the International Bureau of Ameri-
can Republics. His wife, Mrs. Har-
riet Chalmers Adams, is a lecturer of
note on South America. Panama and
the West Indies. She is of scientific
attainments, and in a horseback jour
ney of Is days through the wilds OF
Santo Domingo she was of great as
sistance to her husband in his quest
for specimens of the solenodon, which
is known to the Santo Domingans as
almilpui.
While it was known that solenodon
was to be found in Santo Domingo"
said Mrs. Adams. the only specimen
obtained in the so years was that
caught by A. Hyatt Verrill, the natural
list, many years ago. The animal died
before Mr.. Verrill was able to photo
graph it, but he sketched 1t later. When
we were touring Santo Domingo we
resolved to invade the haunts of the
ancestor of the rodent family, and aft
er 15 days of hard riding through the
widest country in the world, we sue
ceeded in obtaining five excellent spe-
cimens."
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Experience Teaches.

"Sure, and OF t'ink it pays to be
honest, afther ALL" said Pat. "oi
troied thot phoneyweight business in
my grocery sthore lasht year, and OF
losht money by ut"
How SO? Did you get found out?"
asked his friend.
mo, SORT" returned Pat. "Oi made
the mistake of film me weights wild
lead, so thot livery mon thot came to
me for wan pound of sugar got twinty-
three, ounces to the pound"
Weekly.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY

for Red, Weak, Weary. Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, Csc,
SOC, $1.O0. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, $1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
UncalIed For.

81 hear the old bridge outside of
Plunkville has collapsed"
Yes; and the town council can't un-
derstand it. We had Just given that
bridge coat of paint. Why, it looked
like new"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Starting Early.

whats the matter with that child
now"
They're playing house and George
won't let her go through his pockets"
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Must Wear MuzzIes.

The commissioners of the District of
Columbia and the health officer of the
district have decided that all the dogs
In the district. whether tagged or not,
must be muzzled the year around.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Think how utterly crushed and hum
bled the enemy would be if the proud
and naughty West Point cadets
marched out on the glory field of bat
tie and gave the foe "the silence"
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Julia Marlowe has brought back from
Europe $4,000 worth of gowns for her
performance of Macbeth" There al
ways has been a suspicion that Lady
NJ was dressed to kill.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Fortunate Hunter.

Did Tom have any luck hunting
tigers in India"
Yes; great luck"
"How?"
"He didn't meet any tigers"
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

A New Jersey wcman says she has
reached the age OF 102 by refraining
from talking about her neighbors. Ev-
identity the good gossipers die young.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Gen. Funston has objected to bell
hops dressed as army officers. Now
fits up to some naval officer to object
to the children who are dressed like
sailors.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

1t is startling to learn that there are
s6,O62 persons who are willing to put
the Oshkosh date line on all their cor
respondence.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

When is comes to foollng most of the
people most of the time, there is moth
ing that can equal the average town
clock
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

He-You don't know how long I'vo
ionged for this moment. She-I never
saw fellow long for anything so long
before getting II.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15
Explained.

Father said it is the little things
that counts"
"The little things?"
"Yes."
"The children in the kindergarten
probably"
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Kitty-Reggy Soft is continually
patting himself on the back, isn't he?
Peggy-Yes, the dear boy is so kind
20 dumb animals.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

1.-THE sorriest things in this life will
be the grandest in the next" sings FL
la Wheeler Wilcox. A line of comfort
for the wearers of the new millinery.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Liquid sugar is being shipped from
Cuba. Think what a disappointment
that is going to be to the boy who al.
ways fishes around in the sugar bowl
for lump as soon as he sits down at
the table
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

Some words creep into the common
vocabulary only to make rapid exi:.
Who hears about brainstorms these
days?
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

A convict in an eastern penitentiary
wants to be released because he has
invented an airship. If he can make
the machine take him over the walls,
by all means let him go.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

The West Point idea of giving some
one you do not like the silent treat
men" is never going t omake a hit
in politics.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

LADY OF the House-Wlh you chuck
that cord of wood in the cellar7 The
Tramp (haughtily)-Mada I may be
a beast, but | amt no woodchuck.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-15

It all the "automobile towns" have
been heard from, what is the use OF
pursuing the census subject any furth-
or?