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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
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The Run,p Secretary.

The hump secretary III
Editor West virginian:
AS has been irtimated in these col
umns. the chief qualifications for po;
sition on the rump committee organ.
lied by L. 9. Powell and his cousin
d, Powell on yesterday, was to have
a record Of not having been loyal To-
the party in, the past, and especially
Of having confirmed conviction TO vote,
for no Republican candidate in the,
future. 1t is known that this was the
reason for SELECTING H. p. Moran for
its secretary. Mr.. Moran has been
heard to say repeatedly, land he win;
'hardlyCdshy 10 that pc would never!
vote for another Republican candi-
date. Itwill be remembered that he
was d candidate for the nomination,
for prosecuting attorney at the last:
primary. He was not nominated, the
Republicans preferring James a. Msr,
edith for that position. For that reay
son, and since that time, Mr.. Moran.
has often given expression to the
above mentioned sentiment He is
therefore most eminently qualified
for secretary Of q boiling and rumb
committee. having for its sole object
the disorganization Of the Republican
party, and the advancement Of the
cause Of the Democrats party in this "
county 1t is known that Democratic
influence weighed nightly with MI
Moran On q former occasion when he
was intrpsted by Winfield district as
d delegate to cast the vote Of the
ipublIcahs tint district tcr 4 particiIY
I'LL candidate Nh 4 STATE convention.
lsIth these things IL mind It was q
Happy cfoice found in6him for custo-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
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WORK ON NEW WATSON BUILD,
ING is PRO CROSSING IN
FINE stsAPE.

The work on tile building that IS
being erected ~ the watson, Company
is progressing finely. The fine proof
Iers are busy at work and another
riyeting crew has been put at work.
The work iii the basement Of the
building and the foundation Is near
ing cohpie tton. the granite for the.
superstricture Is now coming in.
Three carloads canes IN to-daya
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25

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Already the Demo Gratis are pfepal
ing t., ta A I over the isnoils as soog 4
the Rep1Rl icaps, throw way thsi
ctaaces tf Victory by lfigKting ampb
Themselves, Already two propihsi
Faifmont pemoc rats. who are AZ ,pta,
tical control 81 the rlmp eonmitte
are Wing ,hatteFfpg spdoT lle g
from papers outside 81 the copnty. IS
responsible positions MI; G. y, we
son I, ia linstfqr tRsa United ,s E'ttaisg
Senate and Mr. Charles Powell, ~
,pecting the aid Of bis cousin, Lama
e., for House Of Representatives. !
the Republicans OF Marion county wi
stand for the deal made by the rum
committee they are different from Oh
estimation of them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25

dian Of The arthig of the rump COM
lntttee There Is SUCH a thing as the
master known lass, as well asI
the ass knowing his masters crib.
OBSERVER
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25

The@foliewing9 editorial from ths
Charleston Nah has the hearty en- en-,
dorsement Of the West yirginiana
''Phii waters, Of this city, is being
pushed forward by the West Virginia
delegation at washington for the posi-.
ton Of Assistant Register Of the
Treasury we hope Phil will receive
the appointment, He is deserving Of
1t, and he is fttedtn every way to a dis;
charge the duties that would fall upon
him in that once, Congressman
Gaines has recommended him for the
place and other strong influence Is be.
ing brought to bear to. give him The e
appointment. me Republican party
,6fsKadaEha county owes 1t q! Phil e
arise aid give him ali the assigtShee
Tilt iieg9 its power to bring
appointment about! s5fs.s}
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
scnrT,s IPIEcllLlAR IN

VUI q q ~ A - ~ I, (, !.
The Charleston Gazette speaks Of 9
matter Of interest to West yirglnians
generally in the following:
There is something Of humor TO
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
The CRATES Tiniditv.

A giraffe is very timid on hearing
slight sounds, but is Indifferent to loud
ones. A writer in the Leisure Hour
says: "Noisy sounds, like man walk
ing by with hobnail boots, it does not
notice, but lady coming in with hard
~ more sound than the rustling of her
dress makes it start, with pricked ears
and eyes distended We remember
well, after a terrible explosion of gun
powder on a barge on the canal ask
ing the keeper of the CRATES Of that
day how they had taken it. and he said
he was surprised how very little notice
they took. They jumped to their feet,
but almost at once lay down again
when they found nothing happened.
"But,'' he added. eff l were at night
time to creep along that gallery in my
socks they would be so scared that I
believe they would dash themselves to
bits. They fear the lurking foe"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
An Australian BIowhoIe.

A great natural curiosity is the elbow
hole" on the Australian coast near
Klama, in the colony of New South
Wales. 1t may be found in the mid
die of rocky headland running out
into the sea- With each successive
breaker the ocean spray is sent shoot
ing up into the air, sometimes from
300 to 400 feet, accompanied by rum
bling noise as of distant thunder,
which can be heard for miles. This
''blowhole' consists of a perpendicu-
lar cavity. nearly circular. with di-
ameter of about ten yards, and has
the appearance of being crater of an
extinct volcano. 1t is connected with
the ocean by a cave about hundred
yards in length. Into this cave waves
rush during stormy weather, and as
the cave extends some distance farther
into the rock than the "blowhole' on
the entrance of each wave this hole
becomes full Of compressed air, which,
when the tension becomes too great,
blows the water with great force up
the perpendicular opening. = London
Standard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
DOWN WITH A CRASH.

Ing every piece of the cherished china
down with a crash on the brick walk
before the door.
The several heirs looked at each
other in silence for moment Then
Beulah Hovey suddenly cried out, with
a hysterical little laugh. "Well. what
geese we bev'
$50 we air, Beuly-so we ARP ac-
guessed Ezra Simmons. I'D never
have made any fuss about the old
chany only for Emmeline making me
do it,
This frank confession of the ascend
ency of Mrs. Simmons created laugh,
in which every one joined.
There were several waggish fellows
in the crowd who turned the occasion
into one of such merriment that even
grim Mrs. Johnson was found chuckling
half aloud, while Thyrza Masterson
and Mrs. Simmons, being at heart good
natured and keenly susceptible to even
poor wit, laughed louder than any one
else and walked home together side
by side in the most amicable manner.
That was the end of all i'll feeling over
the china as well as the end of the
china itself.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
Changing Her Mind,

BY an unwritten law it is held to be
the privilege of woman to change her
mind, a license of which she rarely
fails to avail herself. The German
proverb has it that women are varia-
BILE as April weather. According to
an old English adage, "a woman's
mind the winter winds change off,"
In Spain it is much the same: "Wo-
men, wind and fortune soon change,
and she can laugh and cry both in a
wind" The old Latin poet Catullus
was of opinion that what a woman
says to her ardent lover ought to be
written on the winds or on running
water" Even the gallant Sir Philip
Sidney wrote:
He water plows and soweth in the sand
And hopes the Pickering wind with net to
hold
Who hath his hopes laid on woman's
kansas CITY Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
ABSOLUTE ZERO.
The Freezing Point Of HeIium Gas Is
Just Above IL.

Tho Freezing Point Of HeIium Gas Is
Just Above 1t.
Although familiar to scientists, it is
not generally known that the true
zero Of heat has been determined. By
this absolute zero is meant temper
AZURE which cannot get any colder,
which means that no heat whatever
exists or can exist at that point. This
point is only about $50 degrees below
the zero of our ordinary Fahrenheit
thermometers or 273 degrees below the
zero centigrade. To realize what it
signifies few words must be placed
here defining heat ITSELF
Heat is caused simply by the thou
sands Of little molecules in any body
or thing vibrating very fast and thus
sending out waves into the ether.
When these waves strike any matter
they cause that matter to become hot,
as we say. Now, the faster these
molecules vibrate the more heat is
given out and the hotter is the body
itself. The slower the molecules the
colder the body. So, if a condition
could be reached where the molecules
did not vibrate at all, why, there could
be no heat, and therefore the body
would be absolutely cold. This con-
d1tion of affairs is reached at the
above mentioned number of degrees
below our ordinary scales. It is need
less to say. however, that this abso-
lutte zero of heat has never been at
tanned on this earth, the closest ever
reached by man being one degree
above it. This is 272 below zero cent?
grade and is the freezing point of
helium gas, which German professor
claims to have frozen at that tempera-
ture
From this theory of heat a peculiar
view is obtained of our bodies and
articles of matter. We would find, if
we had microscope to see small
enough, that every bit of matter at
any temperature that we can now get
is seething mass Of moving MOLE
cules and vibrating particles. One
proof OF this is when a metal expands
on becoming warmer. If we weigh it
we find that hot body weighs no
more than the same body cold, yet it
gets larger, both longer and broader.
10 do this it must be composed of
moving particles that on becoming ex-
cited get farther apart Another proof
is that liquids and gases have been
forced through every solid that exists
almost. Thus water has been forced
through lead, sulphur dioxide through
iron, etc. The computed size of these
molecules is rather interesting. 1t is
claimed that if drop of water rep
resented the earth the number of mole
cules in the drop would be about equal
to the number of grains Of sand in
the earth,-EXchange
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28

"Yassah, I suttingly would do dat
job for yo', colonel. and proud O. de
chance to extinguish muhse'f. Would
horraw right in on it dis minute, sab,
if 'twuzn't for one thing" said a GER
tain lopsided colored citizen who was
so unafraid of manual labor that he
would often fall asleep in it's presence,
''and dat is, sab, dat I never likes to
stigmatize muhse'f by working on a
hollerday.'
"Why, this is not a holiday" re-
turned the would be employer.
''Yassah! IT'S wild me, if you'll dars
'skuse me, sab. It's de university O. de
day muh oldest boy was done sent to
de penitenchy'-Puck
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
now in the possession 81 Miss Selma

INV II Tie pOSSeSblOH OF MISS Selma
Sharpe. 5
The first corners found the present
tenant Of the cottage flying wildly
around. throwing her few belongings
into the street and screaming ..Firev,
at the top of her voice.
When the occupants Of Mr.. Drewe,s
parlor reached the cottage they found
the roof in flames and smoke pouring
from the windows, while the fire COM
pany was still in the distance.
'Has my chany been got out yet?"
shrieked Nancy Johnson.
"Your chany?' said Cyrilla Mills,
who was only fourth cousin.
I'D say my chany.'" said Beulah
Hovey.
1T won't be anybody's if it amt got
out o. there right OFF, shrieked Ezra
Simmons.
At that instant the men appeared in
the smoking doorway trying to balance
the whatnot and it's contents between
them. The blue dog toppled over and
fell to pieces on the stone step as they
reached the door. The brown one
threatened to do the same, and the
cups and other dishes were swaying
unsteadily from side to side.
"Be careful Of my dishes!' cried Mrs.
Mills.
"Your-oh!'
"Ohv'
"O-o-o-hv'
IF that amt too badv'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28

when 1 might claim 'em all. But 7
amt one to act selfish, an I'm willin'
you should all have your sheer Of
what's left after I've packed up Betty's
chany tea set an'''-
Il knowed that was what you was
goin' to say" interrupted Mrs. Cephas
King, "an' I can tell you that Solo,
mon Trip was my own cousin, an
the tea things was as much his as they
was Betty's, an I've as much right
to 'em as you have!'
A thin, sharp voice came from a
corner of the room.
"Betty Trip told me ag'in an ag'in, %
it said, "that she wanted me to have
them dishes when she was done with
'em. She said"-
"She told me the same thing" inter
posed Mrs. Iyrus Masterson, who was
only third cousin.
II took more care Of her endurin' her
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
Wild Animals In New York City

Wild Animals In New York City.
It is a remarkable fact that there
are always more wild animals about
than any but the expert has an idea of.
For example, there are within twenty
miles of New York city fully fifty diff
ferent kinds-not counting birds, rep
tiles OF fshes-one-quarter Of which
at least are abundant, or more partic-
ularly within the limits of Greater
New York there are at least dozen
species Of wild beasts, half Of which
are quite common.-Country Life In
America.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
A Hiqh Day.

Kansas City Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
MRS, Trips
CHINA TEA SET,
How 1t Brought Discord Among
Rival Inheritants.
BY FRANK II. SWEET.
copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation]

0y HnANN n. SWEET.
copyright. 1909. by American Press Assoc
ciation]
When good old Mr.. and Mrs. Tripp
died within a week Of each other there
was, regret to say, an immediate dis
agreement among their heirs over the
small property left by the old people.
Such disagreements are so shameful
~ common now that this one might
not have excited any particular inter-
est had it not been for the somewhat
peculiar nature of the article over
which the cupidity of the various heirs
had asserted itself.
Few indeed were the possessions Mr..
and Mrs. Trip left behind them. They
did not own even the humble little
brown house in which they had lived
for the past ten years, and when their
funeral expenses had. been paid there
was not a dollar left Of the sum found
In an old pewter teapot on the top
shelf of the red cupboard in the kitch-
en-. Frugal as they had been, it was
evident that this sum represented the
sum total of their savings of many
years.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Trip had not al
ways been so poor as they were at the
last, and there was one of Mrs. Trips
possessions which she had always ex-
hibited with pride as a relic of her
better days and as undeniable proof of
the fact that there had been a time
when she chad had a-plenty.''
Over this her relatives now disputed.
What was it? Only a white china tea
set, each piece of which had a broad
gold band around the rim.
Its pure chany," Mrs. Trip would
often say, with a thrill Of pride, as
she held saucer or a plate before the
eyes of her visitors. 'See how thin it
is. You kin look right through it. Sol
ONION give it to me on our tenth we'd
ding day. He was in the grocery bust
ness then an DOM we'll, an he'd gone
to New York to buy goods, an when
he come home he brung this, all packed
so carefully in straw that they Want
a piece broke, but one of the sass
dishes was cracked a little, an I never
used it none, so it amt never broke
either. think the world an all of nv
chany."
The dearly priced ''chany" had for
years graced an old fashioned what
not in a corner Of Mrs. Tripp's best
room. There was nothing else on the
whatnot but two big ''chany'' dogs, one
a reddish brown and the other a dark
blue, which looked as though they felt
themselves responsible for the safety
OF the dishes and intended being faith
full to their trust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trip had no children
but they had some relatives-cousins
and second cousins and more remote
connections. These relatives were nu-
merous, however. Just how numerous
they were was made manifest when
1t came to dividing the few personal
belongings of the old people.
The "heirs'' met at the house on
their way home from the funeral.
Hardly were they assembled when
Nancy Johnson, own cousin to Mrs.
Trip, said:
"Of course you all know that my
father an Betty Trips mother was
own brother an sister, an that made
me an Betty own cousins. So it
seems only fair that should at least
have my choice of her things, speshly
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
Getting Used to EN-.

81 just have heard of the arrival of
the third child in the Jones family"
remarked the woman. "The announce
ment of the firstborn was made by
beautifully engraved cards tied with
tiny white ribbon, the second was by
telegraph, and this third one, though
much wished for boy, was made mere
" by postal card."-New York Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
She Could Talk.

Cynicus-That girl never says much,
does she? Sillicus Why, she talks all
the time. Cynicus-That doesn't alter
nv contention. Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
Doubted the Statistics.

t'How did Harkins act when he
heard he had triplets in his family?"
Gle could hardly believe his own
census. Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28

Our wealth is often snare to our
selves and always a temptation to
others. Cotton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-18
Threshermen, Attention!

The second annual convention of the
Wisconsin Brotherhood of Threshermen
will be held in Madison, March % and
%, to which all threshermen are in
vited. Already the Brotherhood has a
good working membership, but it is
earnestly desired that every thresher-
man in the state become a member,
and help secure better understanding
among each other.
Good roads, better bridges, a uniform
price for threshing, a square deal in
the use of highways, and other impor-
tant matters will be discussed. Gov
ernOr Davidson and other prominent
persons will be present to help make
the meeting a success. A banquet will
be served on March % to all thresher-
men who register and secure badges
emitting them to all the benefits of the
meeting, excepting voice in the con-
vention, that being confined to mem
bers only. Let every thresherman at
tend and join the Brotherhood. 1t
means much for your future good. For
further particulars, address The Amer
can Thresherman, Madison, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-18
Married at Madison.

At six o'clock Saturday evening oc-
CURED the marriage of Miss Selma A.
Bakken and Martin J. Hageberg of Ed
gerton at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lars T. Bakken,
sos South Baldwin street. The couple
were attended by Oscar Mason of AL
bion, Julia Larson, cousin of the
bride, Miss Emma Hageberg, sister
of the groom, both of Edgerton, and
Louis Larson of Chicago, a cousin of
the bride, the last two acting as maid
of honor and best man.
After the marriage ceremony an
elaborate wedding dinner was served,
the tables being decorated in pink and
white. Among the out of town guests
were Messrs. and Mesdames H. Larson,
Hanson, julius Johnson, Hollend, John
Larson, N Larson and o. Larson, all
of Edgerton; Messrs. James Burull and
Henry Haugen and Misses Helga Han
son and Lille Barness, of Edgerton.
The young couple feft for Chicago
where they will remain for time Wis
iting relatives and friends. They in
tend to make their home in Edgerton.
Madison Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-18

Buy your bakery goods at Conn's.
Fresh every day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-18

Are our merchants prepared to
meet the competition, constantly grow
ing more attractive to the unthinking,
of those alluring spring catalogues from
the metropolitan department stores?
Of course the bargains at home are
better when you consider that the home
merchants give you personal attention
and the chance to return the goods
that are not what was represented.
But the public forgets this, trade has
to be drummed, and the only efficient
drummer for the home merchant is the
local newspaper.