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n,onta were not important The reasons as
signed by Mr.. Adams for the selection of Mr..
Jefferson as the writer of the Declaration
are so numerous that it is difficult to deter
mine which of them he intended should be re-
garded as the principal or decisive one In
the autobiography he states that there were
more reasons than one why Mr.. Jefferson was
appointed on committee of such Importance.
He assigns two reasons: one, Mr.. Jefferson's
reputation as a writer, and the other the de-
sire of his Virginia colleagues to have Mr..
Jefferson supplant Mr.. Richard Henry Lee.
In a letter to Mr. Pickering Mr.. Adams gives
as the reason why Mr. Jefferson was placed
at the head of the committee that it was ''the
Frankfort advice to place Virginia at the head
of everything" but he also adds that Mr.. JET
ferson brought with him to congress "a repu-
tation for literature, science and happy tai
ent Of composition" and that this reputation
had been sustained by writings remarkable
for their peculiar felicity of expression" AS
in the case of Washington therefore, it would
seem that there were reasons of eminent fit
ness and qualification for the duty assigned;
and certainly the Declaration of independence
itself fully justihes the selection. Few state
papers have ever been written with more
skill, or greater adaptation to the purposes in
view. Whether its sentiments were purely
original with its author, or were gathered from
the political philosophy which had become
1am1llar to the American mind, through the
great discussions Of the time, it must forever
remain an 1mperishable monument of his
power of expression and his ability to touch
the passions, as well as to address the reason
of mankind
With regard to the passage concerning
slavery, which was stricken out of Jefferson's
draft, we may we'll conceive that both north
ern and southern men might have felt the in
Justice OF the terrible denunciation with which
he charged upon the king all the horrors,
crimes and consequences of the African slave
trade, and in which he accused him of excl.
ting the slaves to Instruction, and ito Dur.
chase the liberty of which he had deprived
them by numbering the people upon whom he
had obtruded them" Mr.. Jefferson, in draw
Ing up the list of our national accusations
against the king, obviously intended to refer
to him as the representative of the public pol
icy and acts Of the mother country; and it is
true that the imperial government was, and
must always remain, responsible for the ex-
1stence OF slavery in the colonies. But this
was not one of the grievances to be redressed
by the Revolution, it did not constitute one
OF the reasons for aiming at independence, and
there was not sufficient ground for the accu-
satlon that the government of Great Britain
mad knowingly sought to excite general insur-
rectlons among the slaves
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collodion, parafhn, etc., be applied with view
to Strengthening the parchment or making 1t
moisture proof But the committee did urge
that the document be kept in the dark and
dry possible, and never placed on exhi-
biton. Accordingly, in 1894, it was hermet-
ically sealed in frame and placed in the steel
case above mentioned, together with the
original copy of the constitution of the United
States Then, in 1902, Secretary Hay issued
the order in accordance with which the huge
square steel box that holds the Declaration
was locked and sealed. 1t has been opened
once since that time in order that the off,
Gals might ascertain the condition of the doc
ument. 1t appeared to be in exactly the same
state of preservation as when placed in tho
case half dozen years ago and indeed Mr..
John A. Tonner, chief of the division of rolls
and library of the state department. the pres
ent custodian Of the Declaration, is of the opin-
ion that the deterioration or at least the fading
of the Declaration has been almost completely
arrested.
The interior of the steel safe which COM
pr1ses the final resting place of the Declare
ton contains four drawers. In one of these
reposes the Declaration-kept perfectly fiat be-
tween two pieces of heavy plate glass. The
other four drawers are given over to the orig
inal copy Of the constitution, similarly protect
ed. The constitution, it may be added. is in
does not need the extreme protective meas
ures to which 1t is subjected because of being
in company with the Declaration
Present-day visitors to the state denartment.
although they may not see the original Dec
laration of Independence, can inspect some
thing almost as interesting-namelv. the orig
lnal draft OF the Declaration in Jefferson's
handwriting, with few interlineations made
by FRANKLIN and Adams. This is displayed in
steel cabinet that stands adjacent to the
SAFE containing the original Declaration. The
steel exhibition cabinet also holds one of the
fac-similes of the engrossed copy Of the Dec.
larat1on-one OF those reproductions made bv
order OF President Monroe in order tn secure
200 copies for the signers of the Declaration
and their heirs.
In glass case in this same treasure house
OF historic mementoes is the small. plain I'm.
polished mahogany desk on which JEFFERSON
wrote the Declaration of Independence This
interesting relic came into possession of the
government in 1880. The desk had been given
by Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge. Jr..
upon the occasion of the latter's marriage to
Jefferson's granddaughter, Miss Randolph On
the death of Mr.. Coolidge, whose wife had
died year or two previously, the desk became
the property of their four children and was by
them presented to the nation. It was the ex-
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possible care dates from period somewhat
prior to the Worlds Columbian exposition in
Chicago IN 1893. 1t was proposed to transfer
the Declaration to Chicago for exhibition and
steel safe "paclzing case" as it was then
termed, was specially constructed to serve as
a repository for the document en- route and
during the period of the fair. While these
preparations were in progress the officials of
the state department turned the matter over
in their minds and eventually came to the
conclusion that 1t was risky business to have
the nations most honored relic carted about
the country, even If the moving was done
with all possible care. The president took
this view Of the matter also and so it was
decided not to allow the Declaration to be
transferred to Chicago
About this time John Hay, who was then
acting as secretary Of state, asked the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences to carefully inves-
ugate the condition of the document and to
make suggestions as to ways and means for
It's preservation. Accordingly President Agas-
siz of the National Academy appointed spe-
c1al committee, consisting of John s. Billings,
ira Remsen and Charles F. Chandler, to con-
Ter with Secretary Hay on the subject Even
tually this special committee was given an
opportunity to make careful examination
of the precious instrument with the assist
ance OF Mr.. A. H. Allen, then serving as the
chief of the bureau Of rolls and library Of the
state department and also with the aid of DR..
Wilbur M. Gray, Of the Army Medical museum.
1t was found that the document had suf-
fered very seriously from the very harsh
treatment to which it was exposed during the
earlier years of the republic. Folding and
rolling have creased and broken the parch-
ment The wet press-copying operation to
which it was subjected about 1920 for the pur-
pose OF producing a fac-simile copy, removed
large portion of the ink. Subsequent ex-
posture to the action of light for more than 80
years while the instrument was placed on ex-
hibition has resulted in the fading of the ink,
particularly in the signatures. The commit
tee was pleased however, to find that no evil
dence of mold or other disintegrating agents
could be discovered upon the parchment by
careful microscopic examination. They also
reported against the proposition which had
been advanced to apply chemicals with view
to restoring the original color of the ink. It
was the opinion of the experts that such ap-
plication could be but partially successful in.
asmuch as considerable portion of the orig
inal ink was removed in making the copy of
1920 and also because such application might
result in serious discoloration of the parch-
ment
Finally the committee reported adversely
upon the suggestion that any solution, such as
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7ennys0n and the Ladies'

Mrs. Thackeray Richie was at AID.
worth the next time l was there and
we were all entertained-l for the Sec
ond time-by the monograph, into
which. as the poet remarked, they
make me spout things!" Mrs. Richie
was trying to listen, think, to the
bugle song from The Princess and
was consequently impervious to his
reiterated request to make room for
him beside her on the sofa. when he
remarked with the most comical ges-
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ture of mock Impotence, the wom-
ans written so many books, she can't
understand common English" Decided
ly he enjoyed testing the capacity of
his lady friends in the matter of ''ta-
king cEaff." Presently his baby grand
son. the little ten-month old Lionel
Hallam, was brought ina bright love
ly boy. J. had him In my arms, when
his grandfather babe me turn him to
the light that Mrs. Richie might see
him better. adding " always feel OF
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Loves PRIVILEGE

"A woman should be able to tell by
glanc1ng at her husband If things have
gone well or i'll with him. His voice,
MS walk, his bearing, all tell his Sc
crets to the woman who loves him and
by virtue of the special study she has
made OF him she should be able to go
straight into the secret chambers of
his heart and find there the sorrow he
has hidden from her, and give him the
sympathy he cravex. = 's>7> =
It was more than beauty, more than
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

youth and charm that made Djemil the
ARA say to his beloved:
'Wh1le 1 live my heart will love
tnee' and when shall be no more.
still Will my shadow follow thy shadow
athwart the tombs."
women are much more given to the
use OF verbal endearments than are
men; and they often overdo it. They
should try to learn the wisdom OF
economizing in terms Of endearment.
lest they become commonplace
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the committee in designating the
person or persons who were to pre-
pare the draft of a Declaration Mr..
Adams states that Jefferson and
himself were appointed subcom-
mittee to prepare it; Mr.. Jefferson
states that he alone was directed
by the committee to write the Dec
laration. This question is not i'm
portant, since Mr.. Adams version
does not in the least impair Mr. JET
fersons claim to the authorship of
the instrument.
It is proper to add that Mr.. JET
Persons account is confirmed by the
original manuscript draft of the Dec
laration, exhibiting the corrections
and interlineations made by Dr..
Franklin and Mr.. Adams in their re-
cpoctivo handwritings These amend.
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The circumstances under which Jefferson
lected for honorable task Of writing the Declaration
of Independence at time the subject of con-
siderable controversy. The evidence the subject
derived chiefly from the writings of John Adams and
Of Jefferson himself. These two distinguished states
men disagree as to important details
Mr. Jefferson in his memoir written in 1921 states
simply that the committee for drawing the Declaration
desired him to do it, that he accordingly wrote it. and
that being approved by the committee he reported 1t
congress Friday the twentyeghth of June, when
after three days of debate it was adopted on July
In Mr.. Adams autobiography he says: 1.-THE COM
mittee Of independence Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert R.
Livingston. There reasons than for the
selection Of Jefferson for such important work. He
had the reputation Of mastery pen; he dele
gate from Virginia. Another Richard
Henry Lee not beloved by most of his colleagues
from Virginia. and Jefferson was set up to rival and
supplant him. The committee had several meetings in
which proposed the articles of which the Decla
ration was to consist and minutes made of them
The work Of making the draft left to Jefferson and
me- but on my insistence Jefferson alone did the work
Summed up, the substantial points of difference in
the accounts Of these two men regarding the same
>AS
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Preserving the Declaration
y - of IndependenCe~An6S e nr~crr1

pressed wish Of the donors ito offer
it to the United States that it may
have a place in the department of
state with the immortal instrument
which was written upon 1t in 1776."
The desk bears an inscription in
Jefferson's handwriting as follows:
Thomas Jefferson gives this writing
desk to Joseph Coolidge, Jr., as a
memorial Of his affection. It was made
from drawing Of his own by Ben
Randall, cabinet maker, Of Philadel-
phia, with whom he first lodged on
his arrival in that city in May, 1776,
and is the identical one on which he
wrote the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. Politics as we'll as religion has
its superstitions. These gaining gain
ing strength with time, may one day
give imaginary value to this relic for
it's association with the birth Of the
great charter of our independence.
Monticello, Nov 10. 1925"
Although Jefferson was nearly SO
years Of age when he presented the
desk, his donation inscription, above
given, is written in the same bold,
clear and strong handwriting in which
he penned the Declaration of indie
pendence almost half century be-
fore, when a young man little more
than 90
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

OLAS4 "o0IOs " CdA
kidneys do not fil-
ter off all the bad
matter. This is the
cause of rheumatic
pains, backache and
urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure weak kidneys.
Rev. A b r a m
Weaver, George :
town, Tex, former
editor Baptist Her.
aid, says: AT a
Baptist conference
at Jackson, Tex, I
fell from a platform
and hurt my back.
l was soon over the
injury, but the kid
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Too Loud.

Jack-Say, Tom, will you do me q
favor?
Tom-Anything in reason, old man,
Jack: Then kindly leave your trous-
ers out In the hall tonight
Tom-The idea! What do you
want me to do that for?
Jack pattern il 90 loud they
will keep me awake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

The best people on earth are your
Wife's folks-so she thinks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

Pettit's Eye Saive First Sold in 1907
100 years ago, sales increase yearly, wonder
full remedy; cured millions weak eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

When an aeroplane chauffeur drops
it's all up with him.
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baby like that that it will be the
father of finer race."-E. r. Chap
man in Putnam's
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ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
the signature Of e. w GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure q Cold in One Day. Csc.
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"
ordered, passages painful and often
bloody. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
this trouble completely"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. so cents a box.
Passing the Superlative.
II am going to have Jagsby for my
best man.
"Oh, know better man."
WE PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
and Furs, and sell guns and traps cheap.
N. w. Hide G. Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
Philosophy and Religion.
The idea of philosophy is truth; the
idea of religion is life.-Bayne.
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DON'T NEGLECT THAT COUGH
It certainly racks your system and may run into
something serious. ALIENS Lung Bdlsano will check
tquickly and permanently For sale all druggists
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WELL KIDNEYS KEEP THE BODY
WELL.

When the kidneys do their duty, the
blood is filtered clear of uric acid and
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has remained ever since
in the library, which has
spacious quarters on the
fourth floor of the great
granite building occupied
by the state, war and
navy departments.
The present solicitude
for the preservation of
the Declaration with all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

A brother is a young man who
flatters his grown-up sister.
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An UngentIemanIy Reply.

Eyes, know it. That was before I
had any idea you were going to be-
come the dead weight of it,
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
namma allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
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The Feminine Bias.

The Feminine Bias.
"Why doesn't our canary sing,
papa?"
Hes getting new coat"
why, surely, that should make him
sing well!"-Fliegende Blaetter.
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Dlstemper
In all its forms, among all ages of horses
and dogs, cured and others in the same
stable prevented from having the disease
with Spohn's Distemper Cure. Every bot
tie guaranteed. Over 100000 bottles sold
last year. $50 and $l.OO. Good druggists,
or send to manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. spohn Med; Co.,
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Lots Of people will accept a favor
who wouldn't take joke.
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PILES CURED IN g TO IA DAYS
PAZO OINTMENTi S guaranteed to euro any case
of Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
6to IA day s or money refunded. 500
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Give truth a square deal and it will
not be crushed to earth.
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"A man reaps what he sows-and
rips what his wife sews.
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For 80 years Lydia e. Pinlkham's Vegetable
compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to it's credit.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinlkham, Lynn, Mass,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-03
Aluminium Demonstration.

Mrs. Anna F. Davies, representing
the American Aluminium Cooking
Utensils OF Pittsburg, is at Hartley's
store this week demonstrating the ia.
nous Wear well cooking utensils. The
demonstration is being held in the
basement. Mrs. Davies demonstrates
to all callers the baking Of excellent
flour griddle cakes, on an aluminium
griddle without greasing the griddle,
also the browning Of a pot roast in
the aluminium kettle without the use
Of water. Aluminium ware outwears
all other cooking utensils, is easier to
handle and more sanitary A visit 70
the basement where this dehonstra'
tion is being made will thoroughly
,oonyince- one of the.superioFlty of al
uminum ware over any other kind OF
kitchen ware. Each piece bears the
trade mark swear WE'LL"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-03
4 VICTIM Of
WHlTEEPLAgUE
WILLIAM e. PARRISH PASSES
AWAY AFTER PROLONGED
ILLNESS.

Last evening shortly before eight
o'clock, at his home on Locust avenue,
occurred the death Of Mr.. William E.
Parrish, otter a prolonged illness.
Mr.. Parrish had been in poor health
for some time and last winter suffered
a severe attack OF grippe, which re-
suited in tuberculosis which caused
his death.
Deceased moved to this city from
Salem two years ago, and until over
taken by i'll health was employed in
the Monogahela Produce store on
Jackson street. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Amelia Parrish, with
whom he resided. and three children,
Lily, aged 8, Aubrey, aged q and
Wayne, aged 4. His wife died at sa-
lem two years ago from tuberculosis.
The remains will betaken to Salem
on wednesday, where they will be laid
to rest beside those ofhis wife.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence this evening at eight o'clock.
The remains will be taken to Salem
tomorrow morning on the seven
O'Clock train for interment. Undertak-
er Cunningham in charge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-03
COURT ENl0INS
CHARLESTON mail
MATTERS NOT RuNNINe.sMooTH.
LYTHE COURT is ASKED TO
GIVE AN INJUNCTION.

CHARLESTON, May 3. = The
Charleston Mail has been cnjoined by
Judge Burdette for printing matter
it is said that seems to have bad in
tiuence on the business interests Of
the paper. The order of the court is
as follows:
eWheteas, At the time Of the ap-
pointment Of the receiver in this
cause the newspapers published by
the defendant, the NCws-Mail COM
pany, we're and had been Republican
In politics, and for that reason it was
proper that said newspapers should be
continued without change in politics,
but the Court being Of the opinion
that it is improper that said news.
papers, while under the control OF
the Court, through its receiver, should
be used to advocate or take sides in
any division or factions within the
Republican party in the State of West
Virginia, and particularly in Kanawha
county, or be used to attack the action
or motives of the regularly constitut-
ed committees with the Republican
party or the members thereof, or to
advocate or oppose candidate for
office with said party, therefore, the
receiver in this cause, and all its
managers, agents and employees are
ordered not to permit the said news
papers or either OF them, by editorials
or otherwise, SO far as relates to.
Kanawha county or the State OF West
Virginia, to- take sides in any diyi-
sions or factions within the Republic
can party, orato attack the action or
motives of any committee within said
party or OF any membcr thereof, or to
advocate or oppose any candidate for
Office within said party, and whereas,
said receiver and his counsel are alb
sent from the county, leave is given
to said receiver to apply hereafter to
the Court for any modification of this
order"