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The Lamar register., 1910-11-09

"I understand. Mr.. Reuben" said
49, '''-''~- that your son is devoted
to the turf" Hl .saG
reckon he is." said the old
man. "Jabez kin lay down on the
grass for hull hours 'thout maxim no
complaint Harp. - Weekly.
The Lamar register., 1910-11-09

He woke up one morning and
found himself famous"
"Well?"
And then went and made a mon
key OF himself in time for the after
noon papers to get hold Of IT"
The Lamar register., 1910-11-09
SAVED
FROMAN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

De Forest, Wis
after an opera
ton four years ago
1 had pains down
ward In both sides,
backache, and Q
weakness. The doc
tor wanted me to
have another opera-
ton. Itook Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
1 am entirely cured
of nv trOuhle9p-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
A5REcoRp CHRISTMAS.

The "Do Your Christmas shopping
early" campaign which was com.
menced a month ago in the West vir-
gilman, has born good fruit.
Yesterdays volume Of business, &C.
cording to- merchants. street and
steam railroad men, postmasteriss8 and
express men, broke alfrecords:
These authorities say lit is doubtful
If that high mark Of prosperity re.
mains before Christmas Day.
The ideal weather. the improved
stores and highways, the better man.
agement Of all Transportation compan.
les. are TO be credited with a share In
this profit.making achievement, but
in the final reckoning, the first place
must be given to the educational pub.
licity concerning the wisdom of early
shopping. s.
Christmas giving is an Institution
that will not pass away.
1t s&eetens life. and when coupled
with discretion, is trade stimulant
that does not work hardship in the
home.
i marks an epoch in the lives Of
children, refining them and making
them unselfish. 1t opens the hearts
Of the thoughtful and brings Joy into
countless homes.
With the same regulation of the
custom we have nothing to fear for
the oyerworki1g of store people nor
Tor the pecuniary distress of the Civ.
ers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
HEREDITARY P;AuPERisM.
philadelphia Record.)

A very careful investigation has
been recently made in England with
view to determining by scientific
inquiry how far pauperism might be
dealt with as a transmissible and
hereditary evil. The investigation
goes to show that pauperism tends to
recur in successive generations Of the
same families. 1t is propagated in
large degree by free unions among
unmarried persons of moral feeble-
ness and consequent illegitimacy, as
shown by backward examination Of
pedigree. Paupers appear to prefer
pauper alliances. The resulting In
breeding tends to the perpetuation of
degenerates.
Much, of'course, may be due to en-
ylronment as consequence Of herd
ing paupers togetherzin poofhouses or
work houses provided. at the public
expense, fbut if.heredity be a dominat-
Ing factor in producing and reproduc.
ing through succeeding generations a
definite nauper stock, with a native
incapacity to live In any other way
except as social parasites, the laws
should be shaped so far as possible to
bring about a means of prevention.
There should be sex separation in so
far, as such a rule could be enforced
by State authority. We take great
pains, to secure the propagation of
healthy and superior breeds of domes-
tic animals. There seems to be. no
sound reason for, a failure to protect
ourselves as far as We may against
the deterioration Of the human, stock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
A PooR@wHlTE SLAVE.

.. Way
They say a mob is forming to give
Chief High Priest, Levi Lupton at All.
lance, Ohio, what SIS coming to him.
that he has heard of 1t and has cleared
out.
He has acknowledged his guilt.
His wife is as guilty as he and his
young girl Victim, for she, the wife
seemingly approves Of the nasty at.
fair, Us
We do not approve Softlynching but
according to our opinion a good pub.
lie whipping for both Lupton and his
wife wouldsbe a good thing for that
community and II the lashes are laid
on so sufficiently hard that both will
leave the country as has been sug.
gested by one of the Apostles good
brethren, another stencil on the good
name religion, will have been re.
moved.
We have some sympathy for the
poor victim and IL there is no way to
remove her from the hypnotic influ.
ence of this devil in human form and
the State refuses to act why should
not an outraged community assert it.
self?
White. slave traffic!
What else is.ithis?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

A British steamship arriving In this
country tells terrible tale of the
crew held prisoners six hours in the
rigging in, heavy sea by huge and
Infatuated snake which storm In the
Indian Ocean had liberated by smash
ing its cage. The serpent was finally
lassoed and made fast TO the, mast.
As the latest type Of snake story. this
ought to''be yielded the record, the
only detail missing being that dur
ing the gale. With the crew perchlng
aafoft, the snake nayiEated the rolling
tahd pitching Fessela Bal timore Amer.
lean, t3s :, !
we are reads to venture the assert
ton that. gtoE was served regularly
on thai Steamship.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

4 II the defense, Of Wellesley is to be
accepted. college life for women will
be highly approved. by both sexes.
This defense asserts that statistics
prove seveIreighths OF all college girls
marry, and that they are much more
able to rule mans heart through his
stomach than their unframed stay
athome sisters. An intellectual wife
who can help her husband In his bust
ness troubles and who Is also a good
cook is not to be despised in these
economical times.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

pREsIpgMT TAET 3ANp LABOR.

PRESIDENT TAT AND LABOR:
Omaha Bee. !. Z.
President Taft distinctly recon-
nends that congress extend the ope-i
ration Of the eight.hour law SO as to
include worlmen engaged in private
as we'll as public shipyards, and II.
congress acts upon this advice 1t will
serve to clear up a situation about
which there has been all too much ir.i
ritation and annoyance, both to labor
and the government. The President
pays a stout tribute to common sense
when he says he cannot see the diff.
ference in building ships in public or
private yards when 1t comes to the
matter OF this law. That ought,to graf.
lily unlon> labor very much.
The workman should find much of
interest to himself by careful study
Of Taft policies relating to labor. This
recent message TO Congress is strong
with a fair consideration Of the inter.
ests Of union labor. He not only
comes out in cordial commentator of
the eight-hour law and its general ap-
plicationito government work, but he
firmly reiterates his advocacy OF a
better system Of employers liability.
q thing labor has been perslstently de.
manding. This is one of the demands
the President has all along declared
he would urge upon Congress- at this
SESSION and he has done SO. 1t COM
prehends fair compensation for acct
dents and sitsls hoped thaf1t will fap-
peal to the sense offjustioefof the en-
Iployer.u n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
euNNsR's RIDGE.
.Eyerybody "a m 'the MESH n heaitG

Everybody is in the best Of heait6t
at present. Il; q 4. Z. Z, f, II ,ls
s. We VIII not have very much to say
this week for the cold weather has
kept evergbodyta t home. z,
Mr.. Iearts afotanS was visiting at
his home Monday and Tuesday. sl
Emmett / IKE was calling on Mr.
5Arl Bunncs Sunday afternoon. 4. I!
5Mr. K.@C. Bunner was visiting at
his home Monday and Tuesday I. Y
Messrs. Mearl, Elmus and Harold
Moran, *. q, and Arl ;Bunner went to-
meeting Al McConkey last Monday
'alght iii the Bunners Ridge dying
machine!
onrteaeheri Mr.. Grlmp, Is tired Of
teaching school. He says he's ding
10 Washington to strike Taft Tor q
iob. ',S RuS1s4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

The pneumatic package tube be-
tween New York and Chicago will be
extended 70 reach from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific Coast. Perhaps in a
few more years even airships will be
obsolete, and people will be shot from
one poiat 10 another through pneu.
matte tubes, beating the whirlwind
Englisliman by crossing the country
In a day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
{. PUMPKIN PIES.
Said Johnny Fraser's mother

y
To johnny one fall day:
Run quickly to the pumpkin field
That lies across the way,
And'bring the ripest pumpkin
That ever you can find;
The leaves must be Of velvet green,
And mellow, golden rind."
Away sped Johnny Fraser
To the pumpkin field close by;
And ripen one big pumpkin
Did Johnny Fraser spy.
But some he found not mellow
And some were rather green;
That kind that Johnny wanted
Was nowhere. to be seen.
"oh, shiny sun" cried Johnny.
Please shine with all your might,
And rippen one big pumpkin
X For pumpkin pie tonight.
Mother, wants It mellow.
! want It big and round.
So please pick out the largest
That ever can be found."'
"Then sit down, Johnny Fraser,
<Aiiu tloaV sOula lLNtlC GgSs,
When you open them again,
You'll find a great surprise.
III call my dancing sunbeams,
And the pumpkin fairies, too. >.
I'm sure they'll work willingly ~
For q little boy like you" say
He shut his eyes, did Johnny
AS tight, as tightaieould be- ialilt p
Didn't peep a little bit 3isf E.,
He'd promised mot to seei a N Z
And oh, the dancing sunbeams,
: And the pumpkin fairies, too,
Cried: Wait I'LL youisee, Johnny,
The melons ripening for you! y
Open your eyes. Johnny Fraser,
And see what for you. we've done;
The whole fieldfis golden yellow I
We've ripened them, every one"
"oh, my!" cried happy Johnny,
Enever saw such a sight.
A thousand boys just like me.
Could have pumpkin pies tonight"
Dear sun, said Johnny Fraser,
And dancing 5sunbeams, too,
And all the pumpkin fairies.
I'm much obliged to you.
And now, this great, big pumpkin,
That Is most as big as me, r
I'll roll Just like "a barrel
TO mother, don't you seer
50 Johnny Erase mother s
|5 Made pies both Feat and sstnallss
invited dill the neig hbofs,
VI Big, 1it le, hort aud Ia Il. 4! rs
That M / N en- oliiiny fras y.
Shut d sift HIS sleepy eye, W y
said he.Ss iity hnrd to beat Y
Our mothers pumpkin pies.
= .AIA1sTfnls a. oglsfs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

The travelling public is going to save
a million and a half year by the re-
duction in the price Of upper Pullman
berths. If the same proportionate, re-
duction is made in the tips to Pullman
porters the general public may get a
chance to keep up with the high cost
of living.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

With the exception OF Chief Justice
Tsney. Mr.. White is the first Roman
Catholic to hold this great. office. All
this speaks well for President Taft.
He is not looking for politicians, nor
men of certain sect or creed. He
wants men and thus far he seems to
be able to find them. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

The fellow who makes up his mind
that girls face is her fortune is u
consumate fool, according to our way
of thinking. What n hard working
man most desires in a female is a
kindly disposition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

( "A smile is always in good sty!e.%
says the Cumberland Daily. News in
talking about the things as they exist
or rather as they ought to be at this
season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Poor Mr.. Dooley! Press dispatches
say. he is the father of twins. Fate
is never happier than when playing 4
joke on professional humorist.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Michael Cudahy left $11,OOO,OOO and
in view OF the recent prices of meat
the pulic is surprised to discover that
he left SO little.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Pretty near time to commence
studying UP those New Year resolu-
tions but let's get Christmas off our.
hands first.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

oryille Wright opines that the aero.
plane is much safer than the automo.
bile, And |. doesn't cost as much to
keep It up" y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

The orangemen Of Ulster seem de.
termined 10 hang a few Dedmondites
on their Christmas tree. s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Minister jackson reports the In.
production OF IA bill In the Cuban
House Of Representatives: To amend
tariff No. 81 by prohibiting the I'm
portationi OF leaf tobacco. cigars and
cheroots. II is claimed thattthis pro;
.hibition is necessary to protect tiiet
good name of Cuban tobacco, u under
the existing tariff 1t Is possible for
tobacco from other countries to be itns
ported Into Cuba and then exported
as being OF native production.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
TAsRE,s AsoN,I


Never were the airmont stores
both big and little more attractive
than they are today.
You can tell by reading the adser-
Using columns pt the West ytrginian
which are reliable and which can be
depended on % give you value for
money received. y 3fls
There are some people who do not
adyertiss ( \.
shuns them. As onefof oar good ad.
vertisers says: 5;3I
There q q reason,
Reputable newspapers frequently
refuse to. accept the advertisements
Of firms that "look suspicious, IL
They are the fellows who have
something Just as good, ss,or a little
better w, n y
But they are afraid to announce Il
in public. n s' j
United States laws prevent many
men from advertising. 81.
You had better patronize those who
do.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

OF course the old superstition about
walking under ladder does not ap.
ply to the mistletoe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
Only three days off.


Faith, hope and charity are the
watch words Of Christmas. Is.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Believe in Santa Claus and try and
make all those about you happy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

I'M 1ala there were 1850 miles sof
railway In Austfal ia owned by priS
companies: of which 8 miles We're
for general traffic and 63I miles for,
special purposes. The capital cost OF
these private railways, with the eS.1
ceptton OF 2S5 miles for which stalls
tics were not available, was estinat.
ed at 1901, 1893.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Operative Society does a yearly cash
business of $1,500, 900 and Its member.
ship numbers $50. -
For use in. manual training schools
a Wisconsin. manslias patented a tool
chest which may be converted into a
work bench by, clamping 1t 70 the top
ofStwo desks. .s.., I,
I Japan exported nearly 100000
worth Of toys in 1909. the United
States taking $1S7,6TO worth, England
$6S,2l3, China, $SS, r$75, british India,
fSo,s7l and Gegnayly $40 III Vi,
Il : tn hTiE ifsH isyS,s er.
During 1903 Great Britain bought
i47,526 square yards OF Japanese car
pets out Of total Of 623692'yaFds en-:
ported, but in mating the United
States takes practically all Of Japans
output.
Consul General Richard Guenther,
duction Of calcium i6$f90S as amount
ing to 100000 tons, NonesfEth of.Which
was produced in the gifted States
and Canada. 4Ss,, + r !.
4 Australia and the unSteI States de.
mand nearly all OF 9ap6G,s sulphur
output, the former TAXING 35,421 .604
pounds adm the latteSs 37,45O,515
pounds in 1909. S8sttzsFland takes
about 100000 pounds snonthly.
y Ia
Both the Standard OH Eompany and
the Asiatic Petroleum. Company have
extensive facilities in Hong Kong for
the storage Of oil. both in cases and in
bulk, and both operate plants for tin
ming oil received In bulk. ~ Il
One OF our consuls In Mexico est.
mates that Ikfie American sharehold:
ers In rubber planta ton scheme in
that country +hapessinHesSefi snothless
than $19,0OO,O00, d twentieth OF tHat
sum would represent the riotie s.==ellI.
ployed in actualvrubber tree planting
and cultivation. Il. ar
The Chinese appreeiat 81 I he agrpates
security offered by snbstaltiaI Brit
fish government, and, accordins DO he.
ports from Chinese sources. ssiBSt T.SVy
more Chinese capitaltcame Int III 6tlg
Kong for Investment 10 smanufaetiRI
ing enterprises than for number Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
MEN AND WOMEN.

~ . e ~ T. u &
Howard Bolton, on whom an in.
quest was held at the London Hos.
pital. died from the effects of swallow.
ing a toothbrush while endeayoring
10 dislodge q piece of meat that had
stuck in his throat.
Alderman Brown, lord mayor OF
London in 1873, caused an order of the
court. to be made that when any ac.
cnsed persons were acquitted they
should Instantly be discharged in
court, without paying any fees what.
soever. M.
Frederick Caesar De Sumichrast. an
associate professor Of; French at Har.
yard. resigned to take effect Septem.
per i next. Professor De Sumrich.
rast has been an. Instructor at Har.
yard for 10 years. The board Of over.
seers has conferred on him the title
Of Associate Professor of French
Emeritus. a., .% q
Walter McClintoek. whose new
book, The Old North Trail, !" has just
been published, has spent much Of his
time in tho last few years lecturing
on. his life among the Blackfeet In.
dams, the subject. of his book. He
narrates his experiences subsequent
70 and preceding his adoption into the
George Leal, a merchant in South
Africa. having business in Boston,
took a. steamer from Cape Town to
Southampton. A railway train rush.
ed him to Liverpool. He arrived here
on, the Mauretania recently, caught a
morning train for Boston and return.
ed In time to sail on the Mauretania
for England. i.
5EldressSt Anna White head sof the
Sorthn Family Shakers, al Mount 1leb;
anon N. X, died recently at tthei age
|of IS years. She Joined he Shakers
at the agelof 1 S In the year 1 $40 and
had lived there uninterrupted first
|as o noyiate then q sister. and for
the last so years Inns been head tofgthe
Largest OF The Mount Lebanon Shaker
|famIlies. 3;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

In Dunfermltne. Scotland the Co.
Operative Society does a yearly cash
business OF Si500, 900 and Its member.
Ship numbers 1863. N VI . 9
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

In the Village Of Bonneville, near
st. Etinne, the local postmen, who
goes his rounds in aiblouse and car
fiest ans umbrella was caught BY theS
gale a few days ago and blown nearly
half a mile. He came safely TO ea rtlis8
again, but he lost his letters.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

years. Y ~ ri
The first impression gained from a
study of agriculture in Sind Is sfhat
there should beSa vast market for 5ags
ricultural implements aud machinery
otap improved type, All Work Is done
with clumsy tools at a great expendi-
ture of labor and small returns.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

For use In. manual training schools
a Wisconsin. man mas patented a tool
chest which may be converted into a
work bench BY clamping 1t to the top
ofStwo desks. NJ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Consul Genera RIchard Guenther,
Of Frankfort, fep6ffs fhe worlds pro.
duetion Of calcium i6&f90S as amount
ing to 100000 tons, oheififth of.which
was produced in the tpited States
and Canada. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

Japan exported nearly 100000
worth Of toys in 1909. the United
States taking $1S7,6TO worth, England
$6S,2l3, China, $3S, fS75, British india.
fSo,s7l and Gernaliy t$$s9, OBS !;syg. We
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-22

During 1908 Great Britain bought
i47,526 square yards OF Japanese car
pets out of total Of 62S692'yagds en-.
ported, but in mating the United
States takes practically all Or Japan's
output.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-09
%, 5S7,O79 CATHOLICS.
Advance Sheets of Official Directory
Under United States Flag.

There are 22,587,O79 Catholics
under the United States flag, accord
ing to advance sheets of the official
Catholic directory published in Mil
waukee. The count includes the
Catholics of the United States prop
err Alaska, the Philippines, Porto
Rico and the Hawaiian Islands. The
Catholic population under the Brit
ish flag is 12,053,41S.
In the United States proper there
are 14,347,027 Catholics, showing a
gain of 1876 over a year ago.
The Catholic population of the
certain states in the Union is as fol-
lows: New York, 2,722,649; Penn
sylvania, 1,494,766; Illinois drops
from second to third place with /,
444,752; Massachusetts is next with
1,375,772 Louisiana has 557,431;
Texas 2S3,917 and Kentucky 1884,
296.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-09
w. C. T. u. NOTES.
Contributed by the Dawson Chapter.

Therefore alcohol must go"
The first woman school superin-
tendent of note is Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young of Chicago, who has been
put at the head of city schools, and
is making a most successful admin
istration of this great system. She
is eminently practical in her ideas,
and one feature of her school gov
eminent is the inauguration of a
plan for civic study, which has been
much commented upon. Children in
the eighth grade of the Chicago
schools are to study Chicago itself,
their home city, at first hand by act
ual contact with it's great manufac-
tories and Industries. The plan is
not confined to the industrial side,
but the girls and boys are shown
Hull House, the drainage canal, the
parks and Fairgrounds, and taught
something of the actual working sys-
tenn of the public library, the fire
and police departments, and the in
ner workings of the city hall-that
is as much as outsiders are ever al
lowed to see.
Mrs. Young believes her plan
should be adopted by all cities, for it
would make good citizens alive to
the needs of their communities.