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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06

Save oil the candle ends from the
candlesticks and ,candelabra and keep
In jar. When n quantity has ac-
cumulated. melt I'LL In n granite or
iron kettle and run the hot wax into
candle molds which have been thread.
cd with candle wicking. The can
dies will come out pretty and odd col.
ors from the various shades Of wax,
which have been melted together. In
any community is some old resident
who can show one how to thread the.
candle wicking In the candle molds
II one does not know. II the attic
does not boast set of candle molds
they can be purchased or made. at the
tinsmith's or bought at the second
hand shop or where antiques are sold.
Small sizes can be made at the tin
smiths or bought ready made for the
children TO use. Should the candle
ends accumulate too slowly wax and
paraffin can be bought and the regular
rec. .es for candle making used.-Coun-
try Life In America.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS MEET

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.-Follow.
ing the recent primary victories of
the Lincoln.Rooseyelt Republican
League, the Republican state conven.
ton opened here today to promulgate
party platform and elect new state
central committee. Hiram w. John
son, insurgent and progressive Repub.
lican, was chosen as the gubernator-
ial candidate In the state primaries
and his followers will doubtless dictate
the platform. Opposition to the al,
legged domination of California poll
tics by the Southern Pacific railway
was the principle plank in the John.
son platform which won the nomina,
ton for the governorship.
The present state centralu com.
mittee is dominated by the regulars"
and at the meeting for calling the con
'vention the members adopted reso
buttons endorsing the Payne-Aldricl.
thrift bill and denonncing "insurgen
cy." Resolutions brought up by the
insurgents denouncing the activities
of, the Southern Pacific political bu.
reau were tabled by the committee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06
HoULT ITEMS.
HouLr. ". Va sent 6

HoULT, W. Va, Sept. 6.
Mrs. Ellen Prickett is slightly i'm
proved but still very Ill.
Mrs. Alice Wilson has been serious
ly Ill. since Saturday.
The threshing machine is in oui
midst.
Miss Daisy Bowman and brother
Ray, were visiting their grandmother
at Plsgah in Monongalia county, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Holbert and chill.
dren returned yesterday from visit
TO Mr.. Holbert's brother in Pennsyl.
yania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mcdaniel, of
Barnstown, were visiting at Mrs. Re.
becca Robes Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Finn moved yester.
day by boat from here to Williamsburg,
Pa.
A horse belonging to Mrs. Rebecca
Robes dropped dead in the road near
]. N. Prickett's yesterday while be.
ing driven along in the buggy. No
cause is known except that 1t got
slightly frightened at a bag of oats
sitting by the roadside, SHE'D slight
ly and dropped dead. AS 1t was the only
horse Mrs. Robes had she certainly
deserves and receives the sympathy
of her neighbors.
A man named Peter Riley, from
Pennsylvania who had been drinking
during the evening, crawled under a
coal car at Montana and went to sleep
Friday night and when the shifter
took out the loads he was caught and
rolled, being so badly crushed as to
die of his injuries. He was not run
over and mutilated by the wheels as
stated in the papers but only rolled
and crushed under the trucks.
Another sad commentary on the
hcllish work being daily turned out by
the very respectable ~ saloon.
Mr.. Goyey TrIppett, OF Little Falls,
was visiting in Hoult Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Bowman, of
Montana, were calling on Mrs. Rcbec.
ca Robes Sunday.
A few young folks gathered at the
home Of Miss Edna Kerns Monday
night for surprise party and some
fun 1t being her nineteenth birthday.
The Forksburg correspondent states
that."Mrs. ----a and husband we're
calling on &C.. &C." Man mere man,
SO 1t would seem plays second fiddle
at Forksburg in these strenuous
times. FRITZ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06
NEWS OF THE: 0 /. I /: /.

The Gordon sand extension, on
Grass run Ten Mile district, Har.
rlson county, is supplying some very
credltable producers. Recent results
in this district would warrant lncreas.
ed activity. In this district, Hofmeir
& Decgan have drilled their second
test on the NJ. A. Dennison farm into
the Gordon pay and 1t is producing
Is barrels day! 1t has not been
completed and may get a second pay
and an increased production. On tho
same stream, Grass run, and In the
same district, the Marshville OIL 6,
Gas Company has drilled In test
on the L. +. Ferguson. farm and it pro.
duced 70 barrels the first "a hours.
On Elm run, Grant district, Richie
county, the swisher Oil Company has
completed and shot its No. 81 on the
George T. Layfeld farm and. has s.
lO.barrel, pumper in the Keener sand.
This location is 600 feet west of No.
20, a light producer.
On Little Indian run, Murphy dis.
.rlct, Richie county, the Carter Oil
Company has completed and shot No.
} on the G. Y. Rexroad farm and has
a 12-barrel producer. This location
Is $50 feet southwest OF No.. on, the
same farm, which had an initial pro.
duction of 80 barrels day.
Light Well In Roane County.
On Johnson Creek, Walton district,
aoane county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Com.
pany has drilled its No. II on the j..
\. Gandee farm through the Big Injun
sand and since giving it shot has a
show for n 1O.barrel pumper. This
ocation is 600Ofeet north of the Fisher
Oil Company's No. on the ]. C. Hive.
ly farm, 2O.barrel producer.
On Mckim creek, McKiP district,
Peasants county, the McKim Oil Com.
pany has completed and shot its No.
4 on the Fetty heirs farm and has a
light pumpcr.
In tho Shinnston pool, Harrison
county, the following wells are pro.
iucing 100 or more barrels day:
South Penn OIL Company's Nos. 2
and 4. N. A. Rector farm, 10 and 500
barrels respectively; No. 5 Bushnell.
Kennedy, 200 barrels; Philadelphia
Company's Nos. Z, o and 10, Thomas
l.. Swlgcr, 100, 1875 and 200 barrels
respectively. Parrish, Groves & Cos
Nos. 2 and 4, Thompson heirs arc
producing 200 and 1GO barrels re.
spectively.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06
|FINE RAGING IS feature
Continued from Page one.)
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06

John. understand that you have
been saying mean things about me to
your acquaintances."
"Why, dearest, everybody knows
that isn't SO. Why. tell everybody
that 1t is you that have made me what
1 am" <
THAT'S what ! mean."-Houston
Post. u;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06

A store that's on a "big SCALE
should plan Its advertising on big
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-06

Some store in which, perhaps, you
have mover taken any personal inter:
est, may have an ad in ,to.day's paper
that will make you one OF its regular
patrons. =. b
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The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley, lawyer, goes to
Pittsburg with the forged notes In the
Bronson case to get the deposition Of John
Gilmore, millionaire. In the latter's home
he is attracted by picture OF young
girl whom the millionaire explains is his
granddaughter. A lady requests Blakeley
to buy her a Pullman ticket He gives
her lower eleven and retains lower ten:
He finds a drunken man In lower ten and
retlres in lower nine. He awakens In
lower seven and finds his clothes and bag
missing. The man in lower ten Is found
murdered. Circumstantial evidence places
both Blakeley and the unknown. man who
had exchanged clothes with him. under
suspicion of murder. Blakeley becomes
interested in girl In blue. The train
Is wrecked Blakeley Is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
is broken. They go to the Carter place
for breakfast The girl proves TO be All
son West his partners sweetheart. Her
peculiar actions mystify the lawyer. She
drops her gold bag and Blakeley puts II
in his pocket Blakeley returns home
He finds that he Is under surveillance
and hears of strange doings In the house
next door
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
Good Advice, but

A traveller entered railway car
riage at wayside station. The sole
occupants of the compartment con-
sisted of an old lady and her son.
about twelve years old. Nothing OF
note occurred until the train steamed
into the station at which tickets were
collected The woman. not having q
ticket for the boy. requested him to
''corrie doom"
The traveller intervened and sug-
gested putting him under the seat.
Man." said the excited woman. Its
as shair as daith; but there's twa un-
der the salt a'ready,"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
His First Lesson in Economy.

When ! was very small boy and
a dime locked pretty big to me, met
John II. Farley-who had always been
my good friend-on the street one
June day" says Frank Harris.
Frank he said, the Fourth Of
July is coming soon. You'll want
some change then. Let me be your
banker until then and you'll have
some money for firecrackers. torpe
does, lemonade and peanuts
Il emptiel my pockets into his hand
and every day thereafter until the
Fotirth turned over to him my small
earnings. When the day of days came
around ! had fund that enabled me
to celebrate IN proper style, while
many of my playmates were fat
broke. II was my first lesson in thrift.
and it was good one. Hundreds Of
Cleveland people would be glad today
to testify to the fact that when John
H. Farley was a friend of a man or q
boy he was friend indeed. ."-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
cTo BE coNTlNuED3

Why Dickens Wrote "chrlstmas Carol"
! noticed statement in one OF the
papers recently that Dickens wrote his
christmas Carol with the express OBJ
ject of reviving the popular interest in
the Christmas season and its festivi.
ties. This is pleasing fiction which
had often been previously met with.
The fact is that Dickens wrote the
christmas Carol in the autumn OF
1S43 because he was short of money
and In great need Of $1,000. The most
candid chapter In Forster's Life" Is
the one lin the second volume) which
relates the tale Of Dickens disappoint-
ment and despair when he received
the Carol accounts, for instead Of
the $4,000 he had set his heart and
soul upon" the sum due to him was
only $l.t5o. Dickens wrote: MY
years bills, unpaid. are so terrific that
all the energy and determination [
can possibly exert will be required to
clear me before go abroad" Dick
ems ultimately cleared $3.50 by the
christmas Carol" on sale of $4,000
copies.-London Truth.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
A FOOD DRINK.
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment.
. lady doctor writes :

A lady doctor writes !:
Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, / will not deny myself the
pleasure Of taking a few minutes to
tell of my enjoyment daily obtained
from my morning cup of Postum. It
is food beverage, not poison like
coffee.
4 began to use Postum eight years
ago, not because wanted to. but be-
cause coffee, which / dearly loved.
made my nights long weary periods to
be dreaded and uniting me for busi-
ness during the day.
"On the advice of friend. first
tried Postum. making 1t carefully as
directed on the package. AS I had
always used cream and no sugar. l
mixed my Postum SO. 1t looked good,
was clear and fragrant and 1t was q
pleasure to see the cream color 1t as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look--like new sad
dle'
Then tasted 1t critically. for had
tried many substitutes for coffee. I
was pleased. yes, satisfied. with my
Postum In taste and effect. and am
yet. being constant user Of 1t all
these years.
Il continually assure my friends and
acuuaintances that they Will like It In
place of coffee, and receive benefit
from its use. have gained weight.
can sleep sound and am not nervous.-
There's a Reason
Read "The Road to wellvillep in pksa
Ever read the above ietteri 4 new
one appears from time 10 timc- They
are ssnujnes true. and full o. hunssN
Interest. 8;
Ever read the nbeve IsfteFS A new
enc appe&rp from tlme to t1zne. They
fre gsApiAe, trees ard a<a1l - hnnnn
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07

bring you to dinner tonight, and /
said knew you would fall all over
yourself to go. You are requested to
bring along the broken arm, and any
other souvenirs of the wreck that you
may possess"
I'll do nothing of the Sort I de-
clared, struggling against my inclina-
tion. Il can't even tie my necktie,
and l have to have my food cut for
me-"
"Oh, that's all right" he said cas-
lily. "I'll send Stogie over to Ak you
up, and Mrs. Dal knows all about the
arm. told her."
(Stogie is his Japanese factotum, so
called because he is lean, a yellowish
brown In color, and because he claims
to have been shipped into this country
in box)
The cinematograph was finishing
the program. The house was dark and
the music had stopped, as 1t does in
the circus just before somebody risks
his neck at SO much neck in the dip
of death, or the hundredfoot dive
Then. with sort of shock, saw on
the white curtain the announcement:
THE NEXT PICTURE
is THE DOOMED WASHINGTON
FLlER. TAKEN A SHORT DIS
TANCE FROM THE SCENE OF
THE WRECK ON THE FATAL
MORNING OF SEPT EMBER
TENTH. TWO MILES FARTHER
| ON 1T MET WITH ALMOST COM
PLETE ANNIHILATION.
/ confess to return of some OF the
sickening sensations of the wreck;
| people around me were leaning for
ward with tense faces. Then the let
ters were gone and saw long lev.
ell stretch of track, even the broken
stone between the ties standing out
| distinctly. Far off under cloud of
smoke a small object was rushing to.
ward us and growing larger as 1t
came.
| Now It was on US, mammoth in
size, with huge drivers and a colossal
tender. The engine leaped aside, as
II just In time to save us from de-
struction, with glimpse OF stoop-
Ing fireman and grimy engineer. The
long train of sleepers followed. From
a forward vestibule porter in a
white coat waved his hand. The rest
of the cars seemed still wrapped in
slumber. With mixed sensations I
saw my own car. Ontario. fly past.
and then / rose to my feet and
| gripped Meningitis shoulder.
On the lowest step of the last car,
one foot hanging free, was man. His
black derby hat was pulled we'll down
to keep 1t from blowing away, and his
coat was flying open In the wind. He
was swung well out from the car, his
free hand gripping small valise,
every muscle tense for Jump.
Good God. that's my mani" said
hoarsely, as the audience broke into
applause. Mcknight half rose; in his
seat ahead Johnson stihed yawn and
turned to eye me.
| l dropped into my chair Imply, and
tried to control my excitement. "The
man ON the last platform of the train, >
4 said. ''He was just about to leap;
I'll swear that was my bag"
Gould you see his face?" Mcknight
asked In an undertone. Would you
know him again?"
| mo. His hat was pulled down and
his head was bent. I'm going back tc
find out where that picture was Ia
ken. They say two miles. but 1t may
have been forty"
1 The audience. busy with its wraps
had not noticed. Mrs. Dallas and AL
ison West had gone. In front OF us
Johnson had dropped his hat and wa.
stnonins for Il
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
Good Joke on Voter.

An amusing story is told of what
happened to pluralist voter in the
1900 election in England. He was a
keen politician and believing that the
vote he possessed in distant constit-
uency would be of value to his candi-
date engaged a special train to take
him there. On entering the polling
booth he found the engineer of the
train at his heels. He then discovered
that the engineer happened to be on
the voting register of the same town
and was taking the opportunity OF his
accidental presence there to record
his vote-which was given for the
other side.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07

ed. The older you get 1t. the worse
the attack"
Johnson did not appear again that
day. A email man in raincoat took
his place. The next morning made
my initial trip to the office, the rain
coat still ON hand. l had short con-
ference with Miller, the district at
torney, at H. Bronson was under sur
veillance, he said, and any attempt to
sell the notes to him would probably
result in their recovery. In the mean
time, as ! knew, the Commonwealth
had continued the case, in hope of
such contingency.
At noon left the office and took a
veterinarian to see Candida, the in
jured pony. BY one o'clock my first
days duties were performed, and
long Sahara Of hot afternoon
stretched ahead. Mcknight. always
glad to escape from the grind. sug-
gested vaudeville. and in sheer
ennui | consented. could neither
ride, drive nor golf, and my own COM
pany bored me to distraction.
Coolest place in town these days"
he declared. Electric fans, breezy
songs, airy costumes. And there's
Johnson just behind - the coolest
proposition in Washington"
He gravely bought three tickets and
presented the detective with one.
Then we went in. Having lived a nor
NAL, busy life. the theater in the aft
ernoon is to me about on par with
ice cream for breakfast. Up on the
stage very stout woman in short
pink skirts, with smile that Nc
Knight declared looked like slash In
roll of butter, was singing nasally,
with laborious kick at the end Of
each verse. Johnson, two rows ahead.
went to sleep. Mcknight prodded me
| with his elbow.
Look at the first box to the right"
he said, in stage whisper, want
you to come over at the end Of this
act"
1t was the first time had seen her
since ! put her in the cab at Balti.
more. Outwardly ! presume ! was
| calm, for no one turned to stare at
me, but every atom of me cried out
at the sight of her. She was lean
ing. bent forward. lips slightly parted.
gazing raptly at the Japanese con-
jurer who had replaced what Nc
Knight disrespectfully called the Col
umns Of Hercules. Compared with the
draggled lady of the farm house. she
was radiant.
For that first moment there was
nothing but JOY at the sight of her.
! McKnight's touch on my arm brought
me back to reality.
Come over and meet them," he
said. That's the cousin Miss West
Is visiting, Mrs. Dallas"
! But would not go, After he went
sat there alone, painfully conscious
that was being pointed out and
stared at from the box. The abomin-
able Japanese gave way to yet more
atrocious performing dogs.
How many offers of marriage Will
the young lady In the box have?" The
dog stopped sagely at none" and
then pulled out card that said eight.
/ Wild shouts of glee by the audience.
THE FOOLS" muttered
i After little l glanced over. Mrs,
Dallas was talking to Mcknight. but
she was looking straight at me. She
was flushed. but more calm than I,
and she did not bow. fumbled for
fmy hat, but the next moment | saw
that they were going. and 4 sat still
When Mcknight came back he was
4 triumphant
/ ''l've made an engagement .or you,
4 he said Mrs, Dallas asked me e
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07

This way" motioned to Nc.
knight, and we wheeled into the mar.
row passage behind u.s.. back of the
boxes At the end there was a door,
leading into the wings, and as we
went boldly through | turned the key
The final set was being struck, and
no one paid any attention to us. Luck
lily they were similarly Indifferent to
banging at the door | had locked,
banging which. judged, signified
Johnson.
81 guess we've broken up his inter-
ference" Mcknight chuckled.
Stage hands were hurrying in every
direction; pieces of the side wall oi
the last drawing room menaced us; a
switchboard behind us was singing
like tea.kettle. Everywhere we
stepped we were In somebody's way.
AT last we were across, confronting
man In his shirt sleeves, who by dots
and dashes of profanity seemed to be
directing the chaos.
"Well?" he said, wheeling on us.
What can do for you?"
Il would like to ask" | replied, "if
you have any idea just where the last
cinematograph picture was taken"
Broken board-picnickers-
mo. The Washington Flier."
He glanced at my bandaged arm.
The announcement says two
miles," Mcknight put in, but we
should like to know whether it is rail-
road miles, automobile miles, or po-
liceman miles"
Il am sorry can't tell you," he re-
piled, more civilly. I'VE get those pic
lures by contract. We don't take them
ourselves"
Where are the company's ofices?"
| New York" He stepped forward
and grasped super by the shoulder
What In blazes are you doing with
that gold chair in kitchen set? Take
that piece of pink plush there and
throw 1t over a soap box, If you have
not got kitchen chair"
had not realized the extent of the
shock, but now l dropped into chair
and wipel my forehead. The unex-
pected glimpse of Alison West fol-
lowed almost Immediately by the rev.
elation of the picture, had left me
limp and unnerved. Mcknight was
looking at his watch.
| He says the moving picture peo-
pie have an office downtown. We can
make 1t If we go on now"
So he called cab, and we started
at gallop. There was no sign of
the detective. Upon my word"
Richey said. Il feel lonely without
him"
The people at the downtown office
of the cinematograph company were
very obliging. The picture had been
taken, they said, at NJ, just two
miles beyond the scene of the wreck
1t was not much. but 1t was something
to work on. Idecided not to go home,
but to send Meningitis Jap for my
clothes, and to dress at the Incubator.
] was determined, If possible, to make
my next days investigations without
Johnson. In the meantime, even if it
was for the last time, would see Her
that night. l gave Stogie a note for
Mrs. Klopton. and with my dinner
clothes there came back the gold bag
wrapped in tissue paper.
| t ITO RE CONTINUED
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07
Not Wanted in caIf.

Perhaps the intending purchaser
who recently wrote London book.
seller: please forward me q copy
OF Tennyson. but please not one bound
in calf, as am q vegetarian" intended
to employ the volume only as food
for thought. ~ Christian Science
Monthly.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-07

CREAM LANDS AT SKIM MILK PRICES
southeast Nj ssouu Bottom Lands-Big crops alfal-
IA corn. planty water, cool summers warm wintcrs,
40 acres good, par ly improved land o. 0o HTacres,
" acres under pillow, Sl.2OJ. box a., Doniphan- no
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-08
BOY Run DOWN BY AUTO
Was Playing in Street and Ran in
Front of Approaching Machine
Mot Hurt.

Frank p Aver last evening shortly
before 6 o'clock while going up Wash.
ington avenue in his "speedwell" ran
into a young negro boy named Gar.
ner whose home is az the corner Oh
Cedar and Fourteenth streets. The
boy was playing in the street in com
pany with a number OF other boys in
front of Simon's drug store and in try.
ing to get out of the way got in the
way. Mr. Aver picked the boy up In
his auto and took him to Dr.. Dicker.
sons office where he was examined,
but no serious injury was reported by
the doctor. The boy was more fright.
ened than hurt Mr.. Aver took the
boy to his home soon after the accl.
dent. The accident happened at
Douglas street and Washington ave.
nue..