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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-01
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The justices OF tine peace OF Til.
county have sent in their reports Of
the tinee collected by them during the
year 1909. The sum turned over to
the sheriff Is $l,o5s.so. This money
will be turned over to the State audi.
tor by .he sheriff and will become =
f7rt of the general school fund. Jus.
tifes E. S. Amos, of this city. and Lee
Taothnian, of FarmiEgton, were the
best revenue collectors for the. gen.
ersl school fund. Justice Amos turn.
ei over s417.eo. Fer three quarters
Justice Toothman collected $322.5n.
Justice Tocthman has his last quarter
yet to return. The fines fer this year
break all previous records.
The sheriff's books show the follow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-01

Mrs. r. l. Rotey and daunhtef.
Florence. who had been the guests Of
the formers mother, Mrs. Lloyd;
lefI this mornlng fol: their horne gln
Plttsburg. , 5. 4; y
Miss olive Nay has returned home
from q visit with; Mrs: 81: d grimm,
In Giarkshurg. Is:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-01
FULL FARES TO MER.. s;. &
III cHANTs.E M EETtNGs:

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-THE Western
Passenger Association agreement ahols'
is.,ing reduced fares to all me tre1antssF Z
mcetings: went into etfeer today. O
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
WISE WORDS.

There is no use trying to live any
time but just now.
Some people are so slow that time
itself has no use for them.
The fool killer doesn't understand
bribe nor overlook duty.
A man must either make a way
for himself or make way for others.
The stamp of approval is apt to
come from those who are we'll heeled.
Woman may be the weaker vessel,
but it's generally the man who goes
broke.
The greatest study of mankind Is
man, but the most popular is wom-
an.
Silence has the advantage over
speech in that you never have to take
it back.
Most people talk, but few can get
any one ready and willing to listen to
their spiel.
From the average woman's point of
view, to be able to wear small shoes
is a great feat.
One thing comforting about the in
evitable is that there is no use wor-
rying oyer it.
You sometimes can tell something
about what a woman thinks by what
she doesn't say.
1t is noticeable that people who
talk easily upon subject don't know
too much about it.
Being able to paddle your own
canoe makes the more expensive au-
tomobile seem not so desirable.
The man who always keeps his en-
thusiasm steam heated is usually
enough of hypnotist to get some
easy mark to pay his coal bills
From Pert Paragraphs" in the
Trenton True American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

penitentiary, and the latter locked
in amazement at the hitherto talka-
tive and entertaining salesman as he
fioundered hopelessly, trying to talk
business and at the same time casting
worried, penetrating and bit embar-
rassed looks at 227 himself. Finally,
with a mumbled mo use-he's un-
approachable!" Billy again clasped
his hand in hearty grip and said
in loud stage whisper: Don't be-
lieve it, old man! You're no forger
nor embezzler, and IL you need
friend call on Billy Els" and thrust
ing a card in the prisoners hand he
made rapid exit from the room.
Some months later letter was
handed to Billy, which read
"Mr. Ellis: Dear Friend-I can now
thank you for your kind words, and
coming at the time they did you
never will know how much they
meant to me. I shall always keep
your card as memento of a true
hearted American salesman. am
free now, Billy Ellis! Free to clasp
your hand in mine as man to man,
and 1 hope to do so soon. Please
read the inclosed now"
The letter ended abruptly, and
Billy scanned the closely written
pages which accompanied it. As he
finished he sprang up, started chew
ing on the inevitable cigar and began
monologue as he walked rapidly to
and fro.
Innocent! I knew It! Sisters
husband worked in the bank. too.
Been married only two weeks. Short
ages found, and old 227 proved to
himself his brother-in-law was guilty.
Favorite sister and her heart would
have broken, so for her sake he
claimed the guilt and suffered the
penalty. Brother-in-law confessed
on deathbed!"
The door opened and a boy ap-
peared. Man wants to know If you
have finished your letter yet?" he
asked, concisely.
MAN? Where? Who?" Billy
asked, perplexedly.
I'm the waiting room. Said tell
you 227-'
But he went no further. Billy
thrust him one side and made wild
dash to the room. Without word
he clasped hands with the white-faced
man smiling at him. So much was
expressed in that hand-clasp-the be-
ginning of lifelong friendship-and
after several attempts to break the
long expressive silence, Billy said:
II owe you several luncheons, old
man-come on!" And they went
out, arm-in-arm.-Boston Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
Pastor Gets Salary After 80 Years.

Though he waited long for it, the
Rev. Henry Vogel has thankfully re-
ceived portion of salary overdue
for more than thirty years from his
earlier Madison congregation.
Mr.. Vogel, who is pastor of st.
Johns Lutheran Church, before COM
ing here was stationed at Madison,
and when Mr.. Vogel left the congre-
cation was indebted to him for about
sS5.
At the annual meeting this year
the Madison parish found itself
money ahead and no, current debts.
A question arose as to what to do
with the balance. One of the older
members recalled that there was still
an item of sS5 on the parish books
for salary overdue thirty-three years
to Mr.. Vogel, and he suggested it
might be no more than proper to pay
up the old account The congrega-
tion voted Mr.. Vogel the sS5 and SIS
additional.-Jefferson correspondence
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
Tendency of Government.

There is no question that American
democracy is veering away from rep-]
resentative government toward form
of democracy in which executive ard
the people themselves will make laws.
And, notwithstanding all the perils
that come from Capitalization of pow
er, which is the ultimate effect OF the
abandonment of representative gov
ernment for so-called direct action, so
long as legislative bodies continue to-
be proved unreliable, and strong-will-,
ed and honest executives offer them
selves to the people, so long will this
trend continue. Unless sse people
discover and utilize ways of selecting
better representative lawmakers, or
Legislators prove themselves more
trustworthy, the transfer of power
and prestige from the legislature to
the executive will continue, until
there Is in effect king ruling by
popular consent, uncrowned, but
despot to the extent that he can play
on the popular mind, its passions or
prejudices.-Boston Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
Power Of Suggestion.

1t was the reserve force stored up
In the years of conquest and the habit.
of triumphing in whatever they under
took that gave such power to the
Washingtons, the Lincolns, the Glad
stones and the Disraelis, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine,
1t is the reserve power which we feel
back of the words and between the
lines of powerful book; not what Is
actually in the printed words that i'm
presses us most. We are not so much
affected by what an orator like Webs
ter actually says as we are by what
he suggests; the latent power, the
mighty reserve force that we feel he
might put forth were the emergency
great enough.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
A VERY OLD DOLL.

Do you know that over two hun
dred years ago big ship went out
to America with passenger on board
whose acquaintance you could still
make If you were in that country?
And what do you think that passen-
ger was? A doll.
The ship on which It sailed was one
in which an Englishman, William
Penn, went to America. He had been
there before, and while he was back
at home he told his little girl that the
children in the country he had been
visiting had no toys at all.
She was so very sorry for them
that she asked her father to take at
least one doll out and give it to some
little girl there, says Home Chat.
1t was a very grand doll, with a
dress of velvet and brocade; and after
all this time it is still kept carefully,
to be shown now and then to Amer
ican children.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
A CLEVER PARROT

One of the most talented parrots in
the world was some time ago ac-
quired by Baron Alfred de Rothschild,
who purchased it for very substan-
tial sum from Herr Albert Perzina,
who was appearing with his wonder
fully trained animals at the Alham-
bra. says the London Chronicle.
Baron de Rothschild also bought
what Herr Perzina describes as "the
best rabbit in the world"
The parrots name is Laura
Laura aux Afrika," she will say IL
anybody asks her. Her plumage is
brilliant green, her expression one of
eerie wisdom, and her voice, when she
sings, is like the twanging of loose
banjo string. Laura has learned over
200 words, and can sing quite NUM-
ber Of songs. She does not know a
word of English, but her whole reper-
toire is German.
A short time ago, writes Daily
Chronicle representative, was intro
duced to Laura by Herr Perzina,
when she was "at home" in her cage
in one of the Alhambra dressing
rooms. The following dialogue, in
German, took place:
Herr Perzina-"What is your
name?"
Laura-"My name is Laura from
Africa"
Herr Perzina-"What do you think
of children's education?"
Laura (sings brokenly in Germany
-"Artig sein, huebsch und mein,
muessen allie kinder sein."
In response to a request for song,
Laura sang that old German folk
song:
''Kommt elm vogel geflogen
Setzt sich nieder auf mein Fusz,"
and a martial song to the effect that
any one who wishes to be soldier
must carry a musket and load 1t with
powder and ball.
"She took me years to train," said
Herr Perzina, "and I'm sorry to part
with Laura. But Baron Alfred de
Rothschild makes, l believe, a hobby
of collecting tame and performing
animals. He has some horses which
he himself has trained, and also two
clever gazelles, which are among the
most difficult animals in the world to
train.
1.-THE rabbit which I sold him Is
very intelligent animal. I have 1t
trained to come out of basket, leap
over some obstacles, climb back into
the basket and pull the lid down."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
n 90 o O @ o o O O
sEor the ChildrenkaSoa M

try to run across the street before 'its
tags 'em. And Saratoga or Guess
or New York. as 1t used to be called
when played 1t, with the procedure
all the same. One side illustrates
some process, as picking cherries, for
Instance, and the other side guesses
what they're doing. And as soon as
they guess they :.sh to tag members
Of the other side and include them
in their party. OF course you know
all about it. Didn't you play it the
same way twenty, thirty years ago?
"Grownups have to abridge and re-
wise their games and sports every year
to keep up interest. They're jaded
and satiated, but the kids are more
consistent and more simply satisfied.
They like their games and there are
enough of them for variety. KAN
sas City Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
THE DREAMER.

ecorn not the dreamer, ye who strive
In busy marts the goal to win;
BY other ways shall he arrive,
And other gates shall enter in.
In touch with natures mysteries.
His is the heart that understands;
To paint the picture that he Sees. =
: His are the artists slSillful hands.
Like that far dreamer Of Judea,
Who, true of heart and wise Of brain,
Was made Egyptian Pharaoh's seer.
And saved the Kings domain.
Up from the River crept the lean,
Long years across the desert sand;
Behold, the Dreamer rose serene
And fed the famished land!
So to the Seer the power is given,
And time fulfills the vision dim;
The Sun and Moon and Stars eleven
Bow down and worship him
M. L. Buhler. in Outlook Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
FOOLISH TEDDY.

am going to tell you about our
little fox terrier. He was black and
white and was not year old. At
one time all the dogs had to wear
muzzles, so we had one made for
him. He seemed very much ashamed
of 1t, and If any one came in the
room when he had it on he would
hide his nose.
He also had many cute tricks. He
could beg, shake hands and play
dead dog" When it was time for us
to come home, Teddy would get up
in the window and watch for us.
Teddy was very. fond of chasing
motorcycles. One day he ran after
motorcycle, and trolley car came
along and killed him. We were very
sorry and missed him very much
Ruth Tray, in the New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
A Wireless NeuIect,

1t is remarkable that, while wireless.
telegraphy mas made rapid strides,
veery important considerations have
been almost entirely neglected. Much
attention has been paid to attunement
and selectivity and also to the re-
finement and, instruments, while
the development of the antenna has
been slow. At the receiving station
particularly not much has been done
toward locating the antenna wires 81
as to intercept a maximum Of wav&
energy. Aside from Braun's fan
shaped grid, which marked an epoch,
very little along this line has been
extensively adopted in practice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

and was so dizzy feared to go out
lost thirty pounds in weight and for
whole year could not do my house,
work. After doctoring and using diff
ferent remedies without help, Doan's
Kidney Pills brought relief and finally
cure"
Remember the name-Doan's For
sale by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
A LONG-FELT WANT.

n LON0-r ELL ehNls
One day wee Willie and his dog
Sprawled on the nursery floor;
He had florists catalogue
And turned the pages DER.
Till all at once he gave spring.
"Hurrah!" he cried with joy;
Mamma, here's just the very thing
To give your little boy!
"For, when we fellows go to school,
We lose our things, you know;
And in that little vestibule
They do get mixed up SO.
"And as you often say you can't
Take care of 'em for me,
Why don't you buy rubber plant
And an umbrella tree"
st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

AS the Glidden tour this year Will
pass through territory where the tele-
phone and telegraph service is very
poor, it has been decided to equip the
cars with wireless telegraph apparatus.
This will make it possible to keep in
close touch with the contestants, and
the latter will be able to report acci-
dents and call for help when neces-
sary.-Scientific American.
The International Meteorological
Committee, which assemblies trien-
nially. will hold its next sessions in
Berlin during the last week of Sep
tember, 1910. DR.. w. N. Shaw, d.
rector of the British Meteorological
Office, is president of the committee
and Professor DR.. G. Hellmann, direc-
tor of the Royal Prussian Meteorolog-
ical Institute, secretary.-Scientific
American.
A convenient method of determine
ing variations in the candle power OF
a lamp was described in recent
number of Elektrotechnische Zeit-
schrift. A selenium cell is employed,
which is exposed to the lamp under
test and is placed in series with a
recording milliammeter. The curve
recorded by the milliammeter, which
is due to the variable resistances of
the selenium cell, indicates the varia-
tion of the candle power of the lamp.
To be sure, this does not give an ac-
curate photometric measurement
Scientific American.
Chicago is trying a new car de-
signed to remove city garbage over
the street railways at night. The car
is of steel construction, thirty-four
feet long, divided into three sections
which are so shaped that they can
be dumped with pole by a single
man. thus doing away with the neces-
sity of using air cylinders or other
mechanical dumping apparatus. The
sections are made watertight, so that
there will be no leakage of wet gar
bage. The car is not provided with
motors. 1t Is intended to use the car
in the daytime for hauling concrete
and construction materials. Scien-
tifc American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

virtues and values OF Munyon's. Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
Juice of the Paw-Paw fruit I un-
hesitatingly recommend these pills az
being the best laxative and cathartio
ever compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting free package OF
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
CHILDREN's GAMES UNALTERED

CHILDREN'S GAMES UNALTERED.
Youngsters grow up, develop and
alter, but their games, the frivolities
of school yards, street corners and
vacant lots, are unchangeable.
A man who knows kids has inves-
tigated. He romped with half dozen
little bundles of huskiness in his
neighborhood yesterday, parrying
both shocks to dignity and loss of
breath. He vouches for the state
ment that the little folks games
never change. Further he reports as
follows:
"The games are precisely the same
as when was small and robust, only
maybe little more rough and tum-
BILE. 'Technicalities haven't changed
a bit.
Hide and go seek'-why, I un-
derstand they played it years and
years ago in England just as played
it and the way the children play it
now. Some one is it and everybody
else scrambles away to hide, and then
after it has counted fifty or sixty or
a hundred everybody is anxious to
touch its base before it does. OF
course you remember that whoever is
caught first has to be it the next
time.
"And Pussy Wants a Corner
where pussy or it again tries to slip
into corner while one boy or girl
is changing places with another. Not
fractional change can be found in
it. And London Bridge is Falling
Down. where some one is caught by
the bridgeholders and has to pay a
penalty or choose to support one OF
the halves of the bridge in the tug
of war that finally results. Can you
find any alteration?
And all of the varieties of tag
wood, iron, grass or paper 'tag'-how
could 1t be supplemented to make it
any more enjoyable? And Run,
Sheep, Run'-you remember 1t, OF
course, ,sdon't you? And Cheese an
other sort Of Tide and SeeS, where
you can run only while it isicounting
ten und holding its eyes s1ut. And
King, King Calico, another abridgc-
ment of tag in which the little folks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
German in South America.

: Herr Won Waldthausen, formerly
German minister in Buenos Ayres,
has presented to the German EN-
peror the sum Of 100000 marks. the
interest on which is to be devoted
to the maintenance CT German schools
in the Argentine, Uruguay and Para
guay.-Frankfurter zeitung.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
OUR PET CAT, TRICKS.

I want to tell you true story
about our pet cat, Tricks. We got
him when he was a tiny kitten. His
mother was killed by a dog. He is
now eleven years old and is SO kind
and gentle with sister and me. We
used to live in the country, and when
we moved to the city we gave Tricks
to neighbor. But he was naughty
and caught the baby chickens, so
they sent him back to us by express.
He arrived just at dinner time in a
baked bean box which had printed
upon 1t, "a Dainty Morsel for Din
ner." Needless to say We did not eat
Tricks for dinner, but took him back
to our home and hearts instead. He
is very fond of liver and will eat
hardly anything else. He will stand
up and beg for it and will NEW every
letter when we tell him to spell It..
He is fine hunter and still catches
large rats. When we lived in the
country he caught several large
snakes.-Robert Walworth, in the
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

tneSe ailments are
usually due to.
trouble with the
kidneys. Doan's
Kidney Pills re-
more the cause.
Mrs. Rudolph
Ruscke, A VIII
son ST., East Buff
falo, N. Y, says:
For several
years | had Sc
we're h eadac h es
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
ORATORY.

Seems to me Congressman Wom-
bat wastes time"
"As to how?"
yesterday he had fifteen minutes
in which to discuss the hog industry
of his district, and spent ten of theni
complaining about certain crowned
heads of Europe. louisville .Coar-
ler-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
THEN THE DELUGE.

"My daughter is engaged to a
young fellow and I'd like to find out
something about him."
That's easy. Can't you get him
mentioned for some fairly prominent
Office that is vacant?" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
1q&t8|iq(9AS''ty L (|E''t
ws===sA
OH, YOU voTREss.

Wow, i
What row
The women raise r.
When the men suggest ways
And means for them to show
Which. way their suffrage winds do blowl
Why don't they stop their patter?
Why not remove the mote
That's in our eyes by putting
Their notions to vote?
The men, at present masters,
Are only waiting till
They have full expression
OF lovely woman's will.
What?
Oh, you votress!
w. j. hampton, in New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
LITERAL LANNIGAN.

Mrs. Subbubs (who has hired
man to plant shade trees)-"Digging
out the holes, see, Mr.. Lannigan."
Lannigan-"No, mum. Dim dig
gin out the dirt an lawn the holes"
Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
THE DISGUISE.

Customer-"I'm going to masked
ball, and I want something that will
completely disguise me-"
Costumer-"Certainly, sir. l will
give you something nice. ."-Pele
Mele.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
COURTESY.

"How did you earn the title of
Colonel?"
"By bestowing it upon everybody
Else. Courier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
GOING THE WHOLE HOG.

She-"They say that an apple a
day will keep the doctor away"
He-"Why stop there? An onion
a day will keep everybody away
Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
A Package Mailed Free on Request n
MUNYON'S
PAW.PAW PILLS

The best Stomach ana
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Jaundice,
Billousness. Sour Stom-
ach, Headache, and alb
ailments arising from D
disordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain In concen-
trated form all the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
GOT THE TOE, PROBABLY.

Father-in-Law-"What! you have
the cheek to come to me Just after
the wedding and ask me to rut you
on your feet?"
Son-in-Law (coolly)-"Yes, sir; 1t
was courting your daughter that put
me on my uppers. Boston Tran
script.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
wOMEN's ILLS.

Many women who suffer with back
ache, bearing-down pain, headaches
and nervousness do not know that
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
THE FUR COAT.

Maid-"What animals skin is
that?"
MISTRESS (absent mindedly)-
Mine. Bon Vivant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
WANTED TO KILL 1T DEAD.

Clerk-"Revolver, yes, sir. Six
shooter, sir?'
Customer-"Better make it a nine
shooter. I want to kill cat. Dos
ton Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
HEARD IN SCHOOL.

Teacher-"Give me an example of
a transparent object"
Boy-"A keyhole. ."-Rire.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
PERFORMANCES 8 TIMES DAILY.

Hiss Bright love dancing.
What is your favorite dance, Mr..
Boniface?"
Boniface -" "The menu-et, dear
dy."-Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18
VERY REMIsS.

'I'm dissatisfied with your account
of my discovery" declared the scient-
list. 81 told you that it would be i'm
possible to exaggerate the Importance
of this discovery.
"Well?" said the reporter.
"You didn't try."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-05-18

The Count = what? Jack and
Jill married? I thought he was just
flirting with her"
Lady Maud-"Yes-so did Jack!"
Pick -Me-Up.