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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07

"fid on.' Som: Of the people OF CIarks-
burg claim that the city can not be run
without saloon revenue. Fairmont can
III this regard cur little city can bsat
ciarksburg, for two years we have
prosper-t before, without licensed
"bicod money" and clarksburg should
be ashamed not to do what we can.
Should clarkshurg go "dry" she would
coon be the greatest city in the state
east CT Wheeling, ex.ex-ex.exccpt FAIR.
MONT. No other city could compete
with her. But money. money. money.
that is what ctarksburg wants. Well,
hare is tie money. Circulation state.
rent issued by the United States
Treasury Department shows the total
stock OF money ia the United States,
July list. 1909, was s3,4o6, 554.31s. Dirk
bill Of united States, 1903, was s2,275,.
o75,957. .i',2
i Is it not about time we Sit down and
ponder this for awhile? After the
! American people have spent this great
sum Of money. they have not purchas-
cd as much Of real value. for wife and
children, as basket Of storage eggs.
All that money worse than wasted.
After the liquor interests arc THUG
provided for, we are, allowed, in loose
change for other lines of business the
balance amounting to $1,151,578,46'.
The total expense Of all the State, city
and local governments In the United
States, taxes In one form or another,
amounts to $1,os7, 900 600. So you sec
that It takes nearly all the money for
drink and taxes, and most Of the tai
es because OF ..dr:,k.") Remember
toe, that the saloon does Cash bust.
!ress. cIarksburg should study the
subject of drink and taxes. The liquor
men will claim they pay large. part
of these taxes. They do not pay on=
red cent of the United States revenue
tax or the saloon license tax. tn:
Eoor fellows who guzzle down the
"booze" pay all that.
49, ss4,-. "a CITIZEN
= ~ -, EF75II ~ ITsfEs. ..-l f H.-
ISSUE IS PLAIN AvNETn..AND DRY"
Editor West Virgintan: mn Y q. ~,
As Is usual in campaigns suel, as
this ono in Fairmont,|3n attcmpt is be-
ling made 10 disguise the rea'; issue and
divert attention from It by dragging IN
partisan politics ssnd making itfseem
contest between the tive dominant
parties. Appeals are being made to
pnrty prejudice and the party lash used
| to drive the independent voter into
line. Now, everybody knows the lssn.
| n not one If policy as between Repuh-
lie7ns and Democrats. 1T is a straight
issue between license ana no: lileenss.
There are some Of each III both the old
i parties. SWEET icket will attract
1 .he 4tWets'' from Pei h parties S and a
4 .tdry. ticket M ought To- attract the
.tdrysp from all parties, ana Iits viii Sifi
Loyalty tPrlncipl lie and I'ghtesusnesis
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Teachinu RIoht Llyl7u.

! This is an age when the necessity
of education is strongly emphasized.
The whole foundation of preventive
medicine, of the anti-tuberculosis
work, of the So lal service depart
ments Of the hospital, Is the education
OF the public in regard to the laws of
health. There can be little doubt that
mot money, nor even the lack Of
money, Is the root of all evil, but the
hack Of knowledge Of right living in
the broadest sense of the words. Ig-
n0ranc1 OF physical right living Is the
cause OF most of the illness and bodily
misery iH the world, while ignorance
Of morei right living is largely to
blame for the wickedness Of the world
Bad physical condition, however, and
the ignorance that causes 1t, have
ER0ra TO do with poverty and crime
than most people rea1ize,- Squaid sur.
rUlEndings, due largely to lack Of
knowledge OF proper living conditions,
and accompanied most likely by de-
creased vitality or outright i'll health,
are probably often the primary cause
of the drunkenness that brings ruin
opea so many families. The great
prss'sleM of today Is to teach the
snssses how TO live healthful life In
tnr circumstances in which they find
&.aamsclVes.- .-D!etetie Gazette,
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Pride of PanhandIer.

A professional panhandler ap
preached man crossing city hall
park, says New York exchange, and
demanded nickel, which the man
good naturedly handed out, saying: Il
suppose that goes for glass OF beer"
"Surest thing you know" replied
the panhandler unblushingIy. "And
by the way, while We are on the sub
1ect have now in my possession two
nickels. Would you mind giving me a
ten-cent piece for them?"
81 will on one condition" said the
man, whose curiosity was aroused,
Whats the answer"
We'll, you see. it's this way" ex
planned the panhandler. IF l have a
dime I go into a saloon and ask for
beer. have nickel comeback which
enables me to ambIe over to the free
lunch counter and fill up. Maybe you
don't realize that getting change over
the bar gives a man a certain tone
that doesn't belong to him If he just
coughs up a nickel"
The national forum., 1910-08-27

r. A., declared that London should be
rebuilt with white marble. Time
would he said, tone the material
and touch it with mellowing tints;
moreover, marble building could be
cleaned down in a few hours with a
water-jet." But the caustic comment
was made in connection that 1t was
not matter Of prettiness and poetry
but of the solvent action Of acids upon
calcium-carbonate Undoubtedly, how
ever, high.class marbles, particularly
the Greek varieties, are finding dis
tinct and increasing use in the build
ings OF Londons newer and imposing
business edifces.
Marble and Granite 0uarrying.
The principal methods of marble eX-
traction that modern experience and
practise have evolved are those Of saw
ing and channeling, The former sys-
TEN is used largely in France, Italy
and Belgium, and almost exclusively
on the Marmor properties in Greece.
The saw itself Is an endless steel rope
of three strands, loosely twisted to-
gether, This cutter is passed round
driving-wheel and carried on guiding
pulleys from power house at high
speed. The wire saw enables stone
not only to be cut from the rock bed,
but sawn on the spot into blocks of
handy size for export.
What Is known as the channeier, or
channeling machine, is in operation at
all important quarries in the United
States. A locomotive machine, feed
ing on rallied track and driven either
by steam or electric propulsion, 1T
consists Of row of long vertical chis-
els set In strong travelling frame.
The gang of chisels vibrate up and
down, rapidly cutting channel In any
direction In the face Of the solid mar
BILE ledge or floor.
In Aberdeenshire. granite areas
reach their maximum. The Rubislaw
and Kemnay quarries are the largest
granite 7quarries In the United King
dom, and have each depth Of 800
feet. The rock is removed by boring
and blasting. and as the material Ia
blasted out the blocks are lifted from
the working face by cranes and cable
ways, masses beyond the power Of the
lifting appliances being further broken
uo as they lie. Rock drilling Is carried
out by power drills. either by steam or
compressed air. At the Rubislaw
quarry a complete new air-sompress-
ing plant, driven by a 100-horse power
electric motor, is installed for working
rock drills, the pressure being 100
pounds per square inch
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Nice's Pumpkin Festival.

The pumpkin festival at Nice Is one
Of those old world customs rescued
by popular sentiment from a gradual
decay that was Fastening towards OBJ
livlon. 1t is celebration singularly
unique, in that the widest exuberance
Of spirit alternates with serious cere.
monies, representations of art and
prosalc business dealings--a celebra-
ton so quaint and so little like the
usual productions of modern mankind
that 1t leaves one with the impression
of having witnessed a scene idealized
upon the stage rather than an actual
festival Of the present practical age.
Yet the pumpkin custom undoubtedly
reflects the character and individual.
ity of its resuscitators, the inhabitants
Of Nice, whose deep religious in.
stincts. innate refinement of feeling
and intense love of the beautiful were
the underlying forces which prompted
them to revive time-honored custom
without the least trace of vulgar adj
vertisement or sordid materialism to
mar its perfect harmony.-Wide
World Magazine.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
AGE OF PARENTS COUNTS
Theory That II Has Much to Do With
Qualities and Capabilities
Of Children.

Do the qualities and capabilities of
children vary according to the age Of
parents? DR.. Charles Retnhardt, the
author Of "One Hundred and Twenty
Years of Life" who raised the inter-
esting question In lecture on the
prolongation of life, stated that the
theory was based upon researches of
the late Professor Lombroso. Follow
ing up these researches statistics, he
said, had been obtained in Boston and
other cities Of the United States, and
had been the subject Of examination
for the last IL years. The conclu-
sions so far obtained are as follows:
Great philosophers, philanthropists,
poets and thinkers are generally
found on investigation to be the prod
uct of fathers comparatively advanced
in life, and not very youthful mothers.
Successful generals are usually the
offspring of fathers who are men Of
forty, generals being regarded in the
light not necessarily so much of fight
ers as Of great organizers and men Of
intellectual capacity. Brave and dar-
ing deeds are found to be done for the
most part by sons whose fathers--not
so much the mothers-are youthful.
The children of very young parents
are generally egotistic and selfish,
and not deep thinkers. The explana-
tion of the last of these theories is al
legged to be, said Doctor Reinhardt,
the age of the father.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
iKNOX'S OLD CHURCH
ST. GILES BETTER KEPT THAN
IN DAY OF REFoRMER.
Famous Edinburg Meeting House Now
Swept and Garnished, With Mod
ern Stained Glass Windows
and Monuments.

Come" said DR.. Samuel Johnson,
when he and Boswell went to the
great church of st. Giles, "let us see
what was once a church" AS great
mediaevsl churches so the collegiate
church of st. Giles never was very
famous srchitecturally, says the AID.
vance. rFhe present structure dates
from the fourteenth century. Its lam
tern tower and the artful arrange.
ment of its interior pillars are the
only features Of interest remaining.
Here as effectively as anywhere the
reformation created havoc and let
loose the dogs of war The hammer
like eloquence of John Knox, who
preached here his 20 sermons week,
each an hour or two long and terrific
in vehemence, smashed the stained
glass windows, shattered the carved
images of saints, broke in pieces the
priceless fabrics of medieval art, de.
stroyed affairs and shrines. In DR..
ible. st. Giles was occupied by four
distinct congregations of worshippers,
the great church being partitioned off
for their convenience. A prejudice ex-
listed even against cleanliness in
churches, The pew swept and
lned!" cried Mess Johns wife; my
husband would think II downright
popery!" Even Boswell admitted that
the church was shamefully dirty.
Since Johnson's time the higher
aesthetic taste of nations, the appre'
citation of medieval art first stimu'
lated by the Waverley novels, have
caused the attempted restoration Of
st. Giles. The place is swept and
garnished There are modern stained
glass windows and monuments
abound. The memorial OF Robert
Louis Stevenson 10 placed among
thuse Of Montrose and Argyle. The
war-worn banners of Scottish regi
ments give touch Of color for the
eye and thrill to memory. Here
Knox shaped history. Here Jennie
Geddes threw her stool.
A mediaeval church, especially OF
the Gothic type, is not well adapted to
the use of the protestant religion.
There is an incongruity in the struc-
ture. The great choir, separated for
merly by an impenetrable screen; the
many chapels for masses, the ar.
rangement of the building for wor.
ship by the clergy exclusively with
out reference to the comfort or con-
venience Of the people, without the
idea of an auditorium for the preach
ing of sermons. make an awkward
adaptation for modern needs which
will be especially observed In the
cathedrals in England. The Scots,
more logical and less conservative,
rooted out the screens and turned the
church into meeting house.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Fish influenced by the Moon2

A recent report of the Scotch fish
cry board mentioned a curious habit
which, according to fishermen, is as.
sociated with fish; the phases of the
moon, it was asserted, have very di-
rect connection with the willingness
of fish to be netted.
To test this theory statistics were
obtained Of the catch of herrings from
1860 to 1900, with the result that the
biggest catches were found to have
coincided with new moon and the
smallest with full moon. The report
suggested that full moon enabled
the nets to be seen much more easily
than at the times of new moon or the
crescent phase or that the tides,
which vary with the lunar phases,
were possible factors in the matter. -
Westminster Gazette.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Martyr to Science.

1t has been reported that more than
five thousand members have been en-
rolled in the Kiss Not" club In Gin
cinnati, and that the club has received
notice from many places where SINH
lar organizations have been founded in
the interest of good health" A teach
er in an Indiana town who wished to
enlist the cooperation Of her friends in
the cause sent out circular letter
and received among others this reply:
Nearly two years ago | was so un-
fortunate as to be kissed by man
whose lip was not entirely free of
germ fostering hair, experienced no
Ill results up to the present time, and
should like to make further research.
am perfectly willing to take the risk
in the aid Of science should the OPP
portuniiy present itself"
The national forum., 1910-08-27
SiliaS Johnson
New Pool and Billiard Parlor
l72l IL Seventh Street, N. w.
BARRIERS OF ANCIENT TIMES
Introduced Into Rome From Sicily,
Their Shops Became the Re-
sorts of the Fashionable.

Professional BARRIERS are said to
have been introduced into Rome by
Menas from Sicily, Of which island he
was praetor in the days of Cicero.
Under the empire their shops, In some
instances, became fashions5ie tesorts
at which every luxury ol the toiiet
was enjoyed, and the gossip and newa
Of Rome and the empire weEs 9i9.
cussed. The means, luEaly and ws4R
nesses of personal adornmept therein
carried to excess is lnply ignmorlal
lied In the pages Of Te'rance. Elauses,
Horace, Juvenal and Martial ,Othe.
barber shops were more retired, as we
learn from the annals OF the Emperor
Commodus, who, having wearied at
times Of the wholesale tragedies Of
the Coliseum, wherein armies and
fleets engaged in murder at his savage
behest, and being desirous of a little
humorous diversion used, like the
Caliph Of Bagdad in the Arabian
Nights, to disguise himself and sally
forth accompanied by two or more OF
his favorltes, and having hired bar
ber's shop suitable for his purpose
would place one Of his men at the
door to solicit custom. Having Sc
cured a customer, the emperor-barber
would politely afflx the towel and ap-
ply the lather, all the time keeping
up a running fire of the latest jests
and little pleasantrles until the GUS
toner and himself were almost over
come with laughter Then the keen
edged razor would slip and among re-
grets and proifers Of assistance the
noseless victim would be assisted to
the rear of the shop, where between
threats and bribes he was kept from
making a riot until one or two more
victims were added to the number and
Commodus, tired of his demoniac
pleasantly, was ready to return to the
palace or the arena.-Charles Winslow
Hall in the National Magazine.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
CAN'T ELAY "CATTY"
POLICE ORDER MAKES BOYS OF
CALTiMoRE Wall.
description cf the Game That Is
Barred From the Streets Be-
cause Now and Then Same
Pedestrian Is Injured.

The Composite Kid of Baltimore
has a Eick--a real genuine, heart
throbbing kick. says the Baltimore
Evcntng Sun.
Marshal Farnan has ISSUED orders
that boys must cease playing catty on
the streets The marshal tod all the
!assemb,ed captains of districts that
Chief Engineer Samuel Dukehart OF
the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's asso-
citation had been struck in the face
by one of the flying catties. And the
marshal said that this thing of play
fng catty on the streets must stop.
Here is the way you play catty
Take two or three inch piece OF
pine, round It off and whtttle both
len<ls to point; lay the catty on the
ground, hit one end with stick and
sas IL Oops up in the afr smash 1t ns
you would bat ball. Then W J
tine other kid to get it In so many
Jumps, and IL he can't do 1t he gets
lwhack across the pocket handkerchief
with the bat That's the game Mar.
@hal Farnan is stopping, because, now
and then, an indlscreet batter lands
che catty In pedestrians eye, or
spreads CONSERVATION In group OF
'front.' step sitters in an otherwise emil
nertly quiet neighborhood.
The Composite Kid was standing
outside the courthouse this morning
while Marshal Farnan was issuing his
orders. He was freckled and snub'
nosed and had string tied around
his right great toe In one hand he
carried dead sparrow and In the
other cigarette.
What do you think OF that?" he eX.
claimed In disgust. "Sa,, mister, what
chances a. boy got nowadays, anyhow?
Why, first thing you know they'll be
passing laws to keep kids from grow
ting. I was raised in Anne Arundel
county, but my dad sold the farm and
bought some ground rents up on Lex
engtOR street, so we moved to town to
Board. Soon's came here | found
out there WASH a swimming hole
enearen'n Gwynn falls or the public
baths over In Patterson park where
you have to wear bathing suits, and
darn bathing suits for kids, that's
what say saw lot of kids crawl
tns through sewer pipe to swim in
Jones falls up by the candy factory
but that's too dirty for me. And we
had the darndest time trying to get
q place TO live. The agent wanted to
know how many children there was
and asked II the boys were rough on
wall paper
The national forum., 1910-08-27
AN AID TO DIGESTION
Medical Investigators Have Concluded
That Plentiful Drinking at Meals
Is Distinctly Beneficial.

Medical investigators have reached
the conclusion that instead Of being
harmful to drink quantities of water
with meals 1t is distinctly beneficial.
Recent experiments along this line are
described in The New York Medical
Journal. The writer says:
mot long ago 1t was almost the rule
for physicians to discourage the habit
Of drinking water except in minimum
amounts with meals. on the ground
that the gastric juice was thereby di-
luted and that digestion was impaired
and delayed. This opinion Is still held
by many physicians, and is the pet
hobby of great many diet cranks
and cranks-professi and anna
teur.
"On the other hand, there have been
many who believed that an appetite
as widely distributed as the desire to
drink at the time Of eating, an appe-
tite seen in so many animals as well
as In man, was a perfectly safe guide
to trust, and that 1t was obviously a
provision Of Nature to supply water
which was needed at this time.
Recent experimental evidence
seems to confirm the latter view. The
work of Foster and Lambert has
shown that water is distinct stimu-
liant to the gastric mucosa, and that
instead Of the presence Of water in
the stomach resulting in dilute gas
tric juice, it, on the other hand, occa-
sions the secretion of juice Of higher
concentration than under ordinary cir
cumstances.
More recently Fowler and Hawk
have made study of the metabolic
influences of copious water drinking
with meals. A normal man, % years
of age, was studied for preliminary
period and then for period of five
days, during which he drank three
quarts of water day with his meals.
The result showed an increase In
weight of two pounds.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
HAS NEAT TRAP FOR INSECTS
Device Patented BY An orcsonian For
the Protection of His Apple
Orchard.

In the country all sorts Of homely
devices are used to catch the bugs
and kill them, and an Oregon man,
who probably had his apple orchard
overrun by some destructive species,
patented trap FOR the pests.
A barrel has pieces cut out Of the
upper portion and is half-filled with
rotten or bruised apples or some other
odoriferous fruit. On top Of the bar
rel is placed pan partially filled with
water, oil or some poisonous liquid.
From the apex of tripod that keeps
the basin from falling off the barrel
hangs a lantern.
In the daytime the insects will be
attracted by the odor of the fruit, and
in flying up to feast many of them are
likely to fly into the water. At night
the lantern is lighted and bugs will
come from afar to tlutter against it
and meet their death in the liquid be-
low.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Palace Pool ParlOr
CHAS. (BOOdy) ANDERSON,
Proprietor.
l448 P Street, N. W.
EXPERTS WORTH HIGH PRICES
Enormous Charges Are Often Justified
by Years Spent In Acquiring
Great skin.

A great many people cannot under
stand why professional experts charge
such enormous prices for their serv.
Ices; shy an eminent surgeon, for ex'
ampiN, should charge $4,000 or even
$4,000 for a single operation, or
great law specialist like Elihu Root,
S2,5O0 for few hours work in cross.
examining witness.
They do not take into consideration
that the surgeon has spent years In
learning how to perform quickly and
efficiently the difficult operation which
saves life that might have been lost
In less skilled hands.
Much of the training Of the special.
LIST is to enable him to meet the un.
usual, the unexpected demand. The
surgeon trains for the rare operation,
the possible emergency. He knows
that there are times when il is know.
ing what the ordinary surgeon did
not think 1t worth while to learn that
may save life.
Ihere are surgeons now living who
never had a dozen emergency cases
In all their experience which called
into play the utmost power and skill of
which they are capable, but it was
these few extremely dangerous oper,
ations which gave them their great
reputation and enabled them to get
enormous fees.
1t is not the good surgeon, but the
superb operator, the man who knows
little more about anatomy, who has
little steadier nerve, more acute
touch, little better education, that
is sought to perform the delicate op.
Grafton in the emergency, when life
hangs by a thread d--Success
The national forum., 1910-08-27
Census of the t1sathen.

The millions still unreached by the
gospel are these: Asia, $4,000, 900;
Africa, 7O,OOO,OOO; Arabia, 100000;
Syria, 550000 the slnaitic peninsula,
$4,000; eastern Sumatra and adjacent
islands, 3,2500O0; Madura, Bali and
Lombok islands, 100000; Malay PEN
insula, 100000. Total, 10000 900.
In all, 1888 Protestant missionary So
cieties are at work In foreign fields.
The annual combined contributions
are $25,350,000. There are 5,522 or
dained missionaries, 9S2 physicians,
2,503 men lay missionaries, 5,4O6 mar
rled women, 1883 unmarried women,
or total of 1920 foreign mission
aries. There are 5,045 ordained ma
tives and 92,9lS unordained teachers.
preachers, Bible women, etc. The to,
tai living baptized Christians are
3006,373; adherents, 5,2S1,871. The
native gifts aggregate $4,000, ,0oO.---
Christian Herald.
The national forum., 1910-08-27
aped,er's Acre :"

Lambeth (Eng) "Old" Church has
numerous historic monuments, and In
one Of the windows is the full length
figure of a pedler with his pack, star
and dog. This is supposed to repre-
sent the unlSnpwn person who present
ed "Pedaeg's Acre" to the parish upon
condition tlaAt his portrait and that
lof his beloved canine companion
should be preserved in the church and
that his dog should be buried In oon-
secgated grOaud,