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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
LINCOLN DISTRICT NEWS.

Mr.. Enoch C. Morgan is very Ill at
his sons, Wilbur Morgan's, on Helen's
run. He has been Ill for long time.
II there isn't change soon he can't
live very long. The doctors have Civ
en- him up. Mr.. Morgan Is venera-
BILE pioneer. eighty some years old.
His many friends will BIO sorry to
learn that he is so much worse.
The rain Saturday evening was the
heaviest that this locality has had for
several years. Teverbaugh, Helen's
run and Mil Fall run did considera-
BILE damage to the roads, fences and
foot logs along their routes.
Mr.. Jack MILAN and R. E. Davis
and wife returned from Webster
Springs last week.
Miss Lille Davis, Miss Bess Book
and Miss Matte Morgan attended the
institute at Webster Springs last
week. They reported a good institute.
Mr.. Thomas c. Miller helped conduct
it. Mr.. Miller is a. live school man.
Nearly every person is going to the
fair this week at Fairmont from this
locality.
Long live the West virglnlan.
Ia. NEWSY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
VIOLA NEWS.

John Kane, Of Dunbar, Pa, was tho
guest Of Samuel Harris Sunday and
Monday.
q .. NJ. Holmes spent few days last
week in Preston county.
~ s.. Google, of Rivesville, was a
business caller at this place Monday.
Messrs ]. j. and E. E. Harris were
called to Arnettsyille the last of the
week on account Of the illness Of Ell.
lis Harris, who died at his home near
that place Friday.
's Mrs. Lester Pitcher is spending a
sfewsd days this week with her parents
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
at Laurel run. i

at Laurel run.
Miss Annie Kincaid, of Laurel run,
who has been staying with her broth
er, Bert, at the Amos farm, was mar
ried Sunday afternoon to Mr.. Hibbs.
Of Preston county.
A horse belonging to Mrs. Rebecca
Robes near Hoult, dropped dead near
this Place Monday. We did not learn
he cause Of its death.
The Kincaid Bros, Of Laurel run,
were doing some threshing in this vi
cinity last week. "a
A great many of our people are at
tending tho fair this week and as
news is little scare we will close
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
untl' the fair is over.
JACK THE 2RIPPER.
1T was noble of you to jump in and

1T was noble of you to jump in and
save your worst enemy from drown
ing.'
We'll, can't claim much credit. l
had just been reading the swimming
articles that tell you 1t is best to
avoid struggles with a drowning man
by giving him hard punch on the
jaw. y simply couldn't resist the
temptation. Washington STAR.
A store that's on a "blg scale"
should plan its advertising on big
scale. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09

Never answer a want ad out of
"idle curiosity" The want ads are
for those who mean business.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09
A ROOSEVELT ARTIC[ VERY WEEK

special article from the pen Of President Roose
welt will appear In this paper each week. Col. Roose
velts writings command the highest price possibly that
was ever paid for special articles He is
dollar aWord for the story hia African Hunting Trip
These articles will appear exclusively the West N
r ginian in Fairmont. n VIZ sS&Ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-09

American people, and i ask Ii for. the
sake OF all the nations Of the world.
that their hope may not be made dim,
and that they may continue - cher
ish the ideal of the possibility of hay.
ing government by and for; the PEG.
pie; that shall mean also the govern,
ment Of Justice and the government
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ROOSEVELT TIEING REST

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
HOODOO TOWNS OF THE STAGE.
Every Actor Regards Some Place as I'm
lucky to Him.

"Some day." said Lew Fields, "a stat
~istican, or some one who loves to delve
in fact will complete a list of hoodoo
cities as applied to persons connected
with a stage life. Every actor has a
city which be regards not as his artistic
myself approach San Francisco without
a shudder, and Boston I regard with
positive horror.
''When we made our tr~anscontinental
trip with the Weber & Fields show to
Frisco / never previously had known a
sick day. The minute / got there / lost
my voice and had to remain in the Pal
ace hotel for practically the entire en-,
gagement of two weeks with my throat
glued to a. steam heating apparatus that
was p cross between a radiator and a
Russian coffee pot. In Boston for this
first time in my life | decided not to-
shave myself. I started down the mar.
bls steps in the hotel to the barber shop
fell end broke my thigh. 1t cost me nine
weeks of valuable time and nearlY $4,000
in other expenses.
LILLIAN Russell is leery' of Cleveland
She had the mumps there at the. age OF
80. Willie Collier is afraid of Provi.
dence. He had a tip on Kilkare, a
horse that won at 100 to 1 at Sleeps
head, aud got to the poolroom just as
they were lowering the shades. 1t was
like pulling teeth to get the late Pete
DAILY to play Hartford. Every time ha
would reach there he wouldl be enter
tanned by the Beefsteak club, and never
made the next stand-New Haven. The
late Stuart Robson. once told me that ia
hated to play New Orleans. Once he
sprained his ankle, there and four years
later hi was. watching a circus parade
when an elephant stampeded, stepped on
the Robson right foot, and the company
had to lay off four weeks at full pay
Spokane Spokesman Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
ELECTING A
How Presiding Officer of House of Com
mons Is Chosen.

Whether it is decided to deal first with
the House of Lords or with the budget,
the new House of Commons must do one
thing before it deals with anything else.
1t must elect the speaker. Until there is
n speaker, duly elected in the chair, no.
body has the right to call upon anybody
else to propose anything.
The ceremony of election is quaint.
The clerk of the HouSe rises and points
in solemn silence to some person Of
weight and eminence, who rises and pro-
poses the name of the man upon whom
both parties have previously agreed. The
clerk then points to another member,
who seconds the nomination. The House
then unanimously calls the chosen man
to the chair.
Wearing court dress and q bob wig
the speaker then rises and acknowledges
the honor done him, and is conducted to
the chair by his %proposer and seconder.
Standing on the platform upon which the
chair is placed, he again expresses his
thanks, and then retires to assume the
full bottOmed wig and the robes of the
fully elected speaker.
His first duty is to go to the House Of
Lords and inform the lord chancellor
of his existence and ask for the Kings
appreciation. That being obtained, he
solemnly claims "all the ancient and un-
doubted rights of the Commons. and in
particular that they may at all times
have access to the King whenever occa-
sion may require, and that "all their
proceedings may receive the most favor
able construction" This procedure has
obtained since the reign of Henry VIII.
New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
NIGHT TOILERs IN BANKS.
Some Money Repositories Work Cler-
teal Forces Continuously.

some Money Repositories Work CIer-
zeal Forces Continuously.
Four big banks in the Wall street
district resemble the great gold mines
of the West in one striking feature,
Harper's Weekly says. They have
three eight-hour shifts Of t~oilers, and
the work never stops. One set takes
I'D the routine where the other leaves
off. All night long, Sundays and holi-
DAYS. a staff of men in each Of these
banks is busy opening thousands Of
letters, sorting and listing innumera-
BILE checks and drafts that represent
fabulous sums of money and getting
them ready for the day force, which is
the only one the public comes in con-
tact with or ever hears about. If this
work was not carried on necessarily
the banks would soon be overwhelmed
with a mountainous accumulation of
Setail.
Two shifts-the scouting force" as
they call themselves-work between 5
In the afternoon and 9 the next morn
Ing. Each bank has a big drawer in
The general p~ostofice. Messengers
tlear this of it's letters every hour all
hight long. Three thousand letters a
hay is the average mail of one of these
large banks. Two-thirds of it comes IN
during the night. These letters, in
the case Of one of the biggest of these
banks. contain from $4,000 to 10000
checks and drafts. At times these in
closures represent as much as $780,,
10000. Rarely does the total fall be-
low $40, 0O0, 900.
The letters are opened as fast as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
NJ

Piety adopted because it pays costs
more than it is worth.
All the stiffness in a mans neck is
taken out of his back.
The pessimist, always puts his best
corns forward in a crowd.
The only way to digest a good SER
mon is to do what it suggests.
Every man knows just how to play
the game until he goes to the bat.
This would be a dreary world to
some if their neighbors were all good.
Work for folks you do not like is
good training in a heavenly DISPOSE
ton.
Any one can understand the divine
love when it is in terms of human
kindness.
The most comforting truth we know
have become ours when seen through
tears.
He must be shortsighted who thinks
he is lifting himself by turning up his
nose at others.
1t is not necessary to rake over a
mans reputation before you begin to
sow the seeds of kindness.
Some men think they are faithful
because they would rather fight for
old forms than face new facts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31

they are received, the checks are count
ed and the totals verified with the
footings Of the lists. The letters are
then stamped, which shows hat they
have been proved in" as the banks
call it. After that they are turned
over to the clerks, who send out the
formal acknowledgements Of the remit
tances they contain. The various
checks are assorted according to the
numbers of the books in which they
are to be entered and otherwise; the
sight drafts are grouped according to
the routes of the banks messengers
and all is made ready for turning the
nights accumulation over to the day
force, SO 1t may be handled by it as
expeditiously as possible.
Each of these shifts of night work
ers at the banks consists of from
twelve to twenty men. Some banks
get along with but one extra set of
clerks at night. These come on duty
at midnight and leave at s a. m. This
plan of working all night long in or-
der to keep up with the tremendous
amount Of business that in by
mail was inaugurated about five years
ago. The first bank that tried it found
that so much valuable daytime was
saved that one institution after an
otner took it up, until now there are
four that have these three eight-houc
shifts of clerks, and several more who
work only a part of the night.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
WHAT A WORKINGMAN WANTS
By Rev. Myron Reed

Text: 'The rich mans wealth is
his strong city; the destruction of the
poor is their poverty. Proverbs x:15
The poor mans home is on a poor
street. He cannot be particular as tt
which way the home faces. Such
questions as sunshine, air and view
do not enter in. His home is some
thing of a shelter. He cannot afford
to trouble himself about sanitary con
ditions. For the last three years many
of the poor have had enforced vaca-
tions of a few or many months-not
tending to health. p. Tramping about
seeking work, eating broken victuals
and sleeping anywhere do not strength.
en- one.
The poor cannot take advantage OF
the market. He cannot buy coal when
it is cheap in large quantity. He
buys coal when it is winter, when
coal is dearest, and in small quantity,
a hodful when he cannot do better.
So with his food, he buys a small
quantity, and a poor quality, and pays
for much wrapping paper and
strings. His condition is the cause of
his condition. Because he is poor to-
day he will be poor tomorrow.
The poor Ia must buy cheap
clothes. They are cheap, they rip,
the buttons come off, the lining says,
they go to pieces.
Poverty means in the short or long
run poverty in the body. 1t means
no books, no pictures, and so poverty
of the mind.
Epictetus could keep his soul and
be poor. Marcus Aurelius could be
rich and keep his soul. Their souls
kept them. But the average man is
not a saint nor a hero. He is more
or less subject to circumstances. The
queen bee has from birth more room
and better food than other bees.
The existence of the poor is that
they cannot safely trust themselves
to the generosity of the rich. Some
employers are just and generous
some II not.
In federation is the only safety of
the poor so long as competition is the
custom of the world. Wild horses
among wild wolves put their heads to.
gether and their heels out and make
a good fortress. There is no other
way as long as the world is wild.
But there is a more excellent way
lay down your political economy.
employers and employees, and take ur
your New Testament.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
American Musical Genius.

One of the wonders OF musical circles
recently visited in Rome. He is one of
those geniuses who show the world that
America is not behind the other coun-
tries in the production of art. Sasa Col
bertson is only Is, but already has. been
told by the great Sefcikkel that he can
teach him no more. In Rome he played
for the American ambassador, who was
delighted, and again for Mr.. and Mrs.
Fairbanks at a private house-the for
mer saying that he was proud to belong
to the same nationality as such a prodi-
gy-and again he ave a concert at the
large national theater where the audi
ence. which included several ambassa-
doris. the Roman aristocracy, and the
whole of the American colony, went wild
over him. He was magniicentlE accom-
panied at the piano by the Winnenze pi-
anist. America Kris, himself a master,
while Nine. Maria RanZenberg of the
Metropolitan opera of New York sang
most eXQuisitely.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
A SUGAR CAMP IN KANSAS.
Cnc cf Ver12cnt's Industries Carried TO
tie Plains By an Early Settler.

Not far from the center of Kansas
end in the very heart of the region once
described as the Great American Desert,
MedOra, Kan, boasts Il sugar camp es.
tablishtd by an early settler from [er.
mont. The owner, L. u. Barnes. is now
in the midst of the sugar making sea-
son.
n quarter of a century ago Barnes
decided to New Englandize a farm he
had homesteaded by planting 250 maple
trees. The hard or sugar maple is of
slow growth, but be could estimate the
value of Il sugar camp III the heart of
the plains country after twenty years
growth.
when / left my Vermont home thirty
years ago." Barnes SAID, the Great
American Desert. as described in our
school Biographies, took in all the coun-
try. In these old books were pictures
of Indians chasing buffalo over the vast
prairies, and the name Kansas was as
ISOLATED with every one of them. There
was a lot Of truth in those pictures,
for when we arrived here the Indians
and buffalo were not far away"
1t is different now. Roundabout are
smiling wheat and alfalfa fields and
modern homes, whose occupants have
the advantages of free rural delivery of
mail, telephones, railroads and automo-
biles. Here the Barnes sugar camp is
now in full operation. The grove of
maple trees are all tapped and the sap
is being carried to the camp, where it
is boiled down. 1t is declared that the
sandy plains and the soil conditions
produce more and sweeter syrup than
the hill country of Vermont.
The sugar camp is one nf tha mosr
profitable enterprises near Medora. Mr..
Barnes could make many hundreds of
pounds of sugar each year n sell it in
the eastern market at a good profit, but
it requires less work to boil the sap, into
syrup, which is quickly sold to the peo-
pie Of central Kansas. Many farmers
in the surrounding counties annually
plant a small field Of buckWheat in an
ticipation of the pure maple syrup which
is produced at the Medora sugar camp.
In a general way this New Englander
has carried out the Vermont home idea.
The planting of sugar naples and the
growing of trees to relieve the monotony
of the level plains was MI. Barnes first
thought. He told his few neighbors that
it meant a long wait but that his chill
dren and future generations would bless
the man who changed the face of the
desert into a woodland. In the big
pasture are many varieties of
forest trees, but the naples are the most
valuablp.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
The Meosing of the Cow.

The gentle cOw, dissatisfied
With her condition, turned aside
From earthly things and shook her head,
As through her tears she sadly said:
''What care I for Mammon? What
Has wealth conferred upon my lot?
Despite the price of beef today,
| eat no finer brand of hay;
Although the price Of milk is up,
I drink not from q silver cup;
My buffers golden and the price
Is likewise, but it cuts no ice
With me, because although l stand
For food supply in this rich land.
And others work me night and day
TO make me yield them double pay,
What do l get for it? Do 1
Live better when the price is high?
Am l upifted by the price
To higher, nobler sacrifice?
Am l by greater wealth inspired?
Say, MammOn makes me mighty tired"
w. J. Hampton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
SAVES TRAINERS LIFE

At New York the sharp teeth and
claws of Clayton, a leopard, nearly cost
the life of Mrs. Pauline Russelle, his
trainer, but the length and strength
Of his tail saved her. Clayton would
not perform. Mrs. Russelle prodded
him with an iron bar and called to her
assistant for aid. In the instant of
turning her head to call, the leopard
Ieaped. He bore the woman to the
ground and stood over her, growing
and flashing his tail. 1t was then that
the quick-witted assistant, reaching in
TO the cage, grabbed Clayton's tail, took
a. double hitch around the bars of the
cage with it, and rescued Mrs. Rus
sole
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
A Calamity.

A noted judge was examining a
candidate for admission to the bar.
All the questions had been ~satisfactor-
lily answered and the lawyer-to-be had
passed SO brilliantly that the judge
decided to put a simple question to
terminate the ordeal. Gazing benign
ly at the young man, he asked:
What is the liability of a COM
mon CARRIER
Although lawyers the world over
and from time immemorial have
wrestled with this problem. though
millions of words have been taken into
the record of various cases in which
this unanswerable question was in
volved, the Hedging calmly eyed the
judge and at last solemnly replied:
Your honor, l must beg you to
withdraw that question. | did know
the answer, but unfortunately 1 have
forgotten
For a minute the judge eyed the
young man, then turning to the law
yers who were grouped around him,
remarked:
Gentlemen, this is a sad case, in
fact, a calamity. The only living
man who yer knew the liability of a
common carrier has forgotten"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-31
LENT A TIME FOR MEDITATION.
Bv Rev. ]. w. Roberts.

The Lenten season is a season wide
ly regarded as an appropriate time for
exercising the spirit of self-denial, de-
%votion, meditation and prayer. What
is the message such a season brings
to us, and especially just now? What
is the voice to which we should give
heed? / think it is not SO much the
call of the public veal as the call of
the individual life, the voice of our
better angel in the soul.
Lent should be a sitting time, a
time when we should thoughtfulIy
consider our own religious obligations,
our own personal relation to God, the
infinite source of wisdom, strength
and power. No man is living up tt
the best there is in him who does
not welcome the thought of self-exam-
ination and appraisement. To many
the Lenten season meaDs the accepta-
BILE time for this purpose. In these
days Of feverish excitement there is
certainly danger of neglecting the de-
velOpment Of our inner, spiritual life
and fostering q mistaken idea of the
L l uO lCidtAOEioI1p UCtWCCh IloLl dllQ Ills
Maker. We should try to live in such
a state of intense desire and longing
toward the Infinite Father as to read
lily respond to His will, making our
selves available to Him as mediums
for carrying out His purpose in the
world. This we can do to the extent
of and in proportion to u spiritual
J4-yo1NNxoO -144.0n s, 4cco-k92l
to this spiritual progress.
Lent is not a time for discourage
ment because of the fact that so many
purpose of their life by the allure
people are led away from the higher
ments which best their path. 1t is
more especially a time for personal
scrutiny; a time for considering where
we personally stand rather than the
wants and necessities of the multitude.
And, in any case, the way to uplift
the body polite is to upllft the 1ndl-
yidual. The call of Lent, then, is to
a higher standard of individual liv-
ing. There are reminders on every
hand that every cue OF us SHOULD live
a greater life, greater at q III de-
votion to every force of human serv-
ice.
The air is flied with voices saying:
"This man is not doing what he ought
to do "The church is telling to full
fill its mission"
So loud and vibrant are these voices
demanding investigation into the lives
and methods OF others that the still.
small voice within us can scarcely be
heard.
1t then becomes alnlost a duty and