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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-21
BUSINESS
IS GROWING
b ENG m IRA PEI OH
ADS INC lei sin ID SIZE pELY.
ADS R s. 5lJs

~ RI so XII & 5sSsP
u Probably never IN the history Of
any West Virginia city has b street
lear coinpany's business increased at
such a rapid3fate as that of the Fair.
mont and Clark 5ufg Fraction com
pany's traffic during the past several
months, and Whtett us the days 90
by, Is still growing large:
Ii Is uRofflciaily stated that this
cornVanyhas done this Ear this sum.
[mer almost twice the amount Of bus.
illness it9did at the same period last
year during the same space Of time.
AS liberals a cause an effect for all
thipga, the increaseda traffic has been
brought about because the company
gives good service there Is none. bet
i ter in this country and that the cars
are run Into section OF this commune
ity for the convenience Of the public.
One may go to PfttsbuFg Wheeling
or any otber city in this part OF the
United States and during early morn
ing and In the evening the cars are
crowded, about half the passengers
have to stand. 1t is a rare occurance
to see passengers hanging to straps
in the Fatrmont and Clarksburg
Traction Company's cars. This COM
pany has always seen that there We're
Sufficient cars in operation to accom-
odate the public. and that when a pas
senger shall have paid his fare he is
entitled to seat, which he always
gets on the cars operated in the
Fairmont vicinity.
; The F. & C. T. Co. has greatly ex-
tended their lines during the past
year and put the road beds in good
condition, making. It much more en-
joyable fos its passengers,
The open street cars In hot sum
mer evenings are most pleasant, and
it seems that good street car sys-
TEN at this season Of the year is al.
most a Gods send for the tired house
wife, the weary laborer and the little.
children who cannot buy a horse and
buggy, to say nothing Of an automo.
bile, that they can ride about in the
"poor mans auto" That they do on
the Fairmont lines. Every warm
evening the cars are filled with hun
dreds OF passengers going around the
Loop" or riding far into the country
to cool of before retiring.
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The Official returns for the year
1901 show that during that period
traffic on the Kaiser Wilhelm aCnal
reacher maximum, with correspond
ingly large receipts. This ship canal
connects the North Sea and the Bal
tic, with Klel as its eastentlSeFlnlEds..
In all 1850 ships, With a'holding Ca
paclty of 1880, 900 tons, used the can
al, and the revenue amounted to $S7J.-
600.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-21
Vital Statistics.

Birth and death certificates were
yesterday filed with the clerk of the
county court for recording as follows:
Deaths, Or. A. D. MCEachen, one;
Frank II, TIuey, one; H. Gaskins, one.
Births DR.. A. D. McEachen, three.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-21

An members OF White Oak Camp
No. 90 Woodmen Of The World are
requested to be present at their nexl
regular meeting night, Monday. July
s24. 8BusIness Of importance to be
stTRnsacted something doing.
fisst COMMITTEE.
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ia marriage license was yesterday
issued by the clerk OF the county
Z CONT as follows:
Adam Perewsly, 81, and Francis
Kunchesky, 81, both ofsEverson.
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MnrlcE.

Why not invest your money and
get @ and 4 per cent interest payable,
semiianuunlly, See Carl Sees
hotter, Real fgsta pans and inHe
plart q Main stfae ppHosite Court
House. X n
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The following suit was instituted in
the Intermediate Court:
Emory f. Mckinney VS.. Odel p, NC
Kinney, chancery; August rules, Har'
NJ Shaw, attorney for the platntiH.
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saaIn dneI story as The wound Re
one saa could hasdly have been b..
illtled ~ play.
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Certificate Of tncsFsoration.

Certificate Of Incorporation.
certificate of Incorporation fol
the ldCGray Theater Company has
heen filed with tile clerk of the county
court The company Is capitalized at
$$25 000,S its chief offices and works arc
atocated IN Fairmont. lis purposes are
% own and operate theater. Incor-
poratofs, Charles Il. McCray, Jr, r,
aiccray, M. B. Criss, French Nc
Cray and Geo..J. Fletcher, q
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"Your store. perhaps, adyerfise1
"yonf bargain to-day Look and
knowl
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AdninIstrator Amounted.

John s. Pople was appointed admin
istfatof of the personal estate of the
late Margaret Pople, Bond OF $500
tgisaI,
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Burglar Befrlended Him.

A burglar was arrested for robbinS
q house up the state some time since.
and the next morning the victim rush.
ed wildly into the magistrates Office.
AS soon as he could get his breath to
working again he told the official that
he had come to see about the pris-
oner.
"Glad you came down." was the at
fable response of the magistrate. II
suppose you want to appear against
him"
well, guess mott" exclaimed the
victim with a glad smile. Il want to
kiss him on the brow and give him
$40. Among other things that he stole
from the house was package of love
letters that wrote to my wife before
we were married"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-14
FIND PLAYERS BY ACCIDENT
Come Of the Greatest Players Diamond
Has Ever Known Were DISCOVERIES
by Sheer Luck.

Some of the greatest ball players
the game has ever known have been
discovered by accident, or through
sheer luck. And this statement is the
truest thing you know. Five players
have been picked at random, but they
stand among the best the game has
ever known, just to show the truth Of
the above assertion.
The men are the late Ed Delehanty.
Amos Rusie, who many believe was
the greatest pitcher ever in the game;
Hans Wagner-by the way, his proper
name is John Paul Wagner; Ownie
Bush and Ty Cobb.
Rusie began his ball career with the
old Grand Avenue team in Indianap-
oils, when Indianapolis was member
of the old 12-club National League.
This was back in the eighties. Rusie
was a pitcher, a powerful, husky
young giant, who had world of speed
and dazzling array of curves. The
Grand Avenues had one large picnic
with the other teams in the old In
dianapolis City league when Rnsie
pitched.
Jack Glasscock was playing short
stop on the Indianapolis National
league team at that time, and Jerry
Denny was holding down third base.
Glasscock was captain of the team.
He heard of Rusie's pitching, and one
Sunday took Denny and hiked ,ut to
the City League park, where Rusie
played. Glasscock watched the young.
ster work, and both he and Denny
were SO impressed that Rusie was ia.
ken downtown after the game.
The next day Rusie appeared at
League park in an Indianapolis uni.
form. The story of his career in the
big league is now baseball history,
known to all fans. Rusie was a won
der, but his habits put him out of the
game when he should have been in
his prime He is now living at Vim.
cennes, Ind, working in lumber yard
and dredging for mussel pearls In the
Wabash river.
Ed Delehanty, the greatest Of the
Delehanty ball-playing family, began
on the lots around Cleveland, his home
city. In 1886 some one told the man
ager of the old Wheeling team that
Delehanty was a great ball player.
Some days later Delehanty received a
letter offering him a trial with the
Wheeling club.
The youngster didn't have any
money and no transportation was in
closed, but he started for Wheeling
and made his way there by riding
freight trains and walking. He was
an infelder, playing second base, and
he made good from the jump. In 1887
Philadelphia decided to give him a
trial, and along in the fall of that
year Delehanty made his major league
debut, succeeding Bastian, one of the
greatest players of his time, at second
base.
AS big league second basemen the
man who was destined to become q
terror to the best pitchers the game
has ever known was not brilliant
success. Neither did he shine with the
bat in his first year, as his average for
Sc games was only .227. In 1893 he
played in 81 games and soaked thu pill
for grand average of .292. He alter
mated between second base and left
field, and in 1890 he went to left field
and remained there until his trngic
death.
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To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.

To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.
To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them well covered in a jar full of -four
until used. and as soon as removed
from empty jars. One can then afford
a good quality of rubbers, as kept
thus they will safely last several sea-
sons. When there is doubt Of old
rubbers, they may often be made to
exc out one more season by using two
of the rubbers to each Jar and screw
ing down tight. Always stand newly
filled jars upside down until cool. to
test the tops and rubbers.-Designer.
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to overhear the gentleman opposite
say to his neighbor:
II had an amusing experience the
other morning. was telephoning,
and the wires became crossed. I sud-
denly heard lady's voice say: 7 have
such bad throat I shan't be able to
go to that dinner party Just for fun,
broke In and said: 'Gargle your
throat with cooking soda, and you'll
be all right The lady's voice in re-
ply sounded rather surprised. I won
der If she took my advice"
Mrs. Brown was greatly tempted to
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reveal her identity as the heroine ct
the episode, but she decided she could
get more fun in another way. She
made careful inquiry Of her hostess as
to the gentleman's full name and ad-
dress, and next morning called him
up. When he answered, she said:
IT just wanted you to know that I
took your advice, gargled my throat
with cooking soda. and was able to
go to the dinner"
"Who-who is this speaking?" came
an astonished voice from the other
end If the wire.
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time that catcher throws the ball back to the
pitcher until he delivers it again, batter
should never take his eyes off the pitcher.
All Of the grooves" Of batters are carefully
catalogued. Every hitter in baseball, with the
possible exception Of Lajoie and Wagner, is sup
posed to have what is known to the profession
as groove" certain real or imagined weak
ness. Some pitchers work to fool a batter, and
others aim at his groove" Young and Powell
are Of the second type, and 1t is this style Of
pitcher that always try to make pitch to the
limit. as they have to depend absolutely on
their control
The catcher Is obviously included in the
guessing match which always results when a
batter faces pitcher. recall funny instance
Of Hal" Chase making Ira Thomas look like
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Star In Getting Signals.

Star In Getting Signals.
Detroit players are unanimous In
agreeing that the Athletics have every
club skinned eighty ways when 1t
comes to ferreting out the signals Of
the opposing team.
Some of Mack's players have Sec
ond sight," remarked Oscar Stanage
recently. "They tell me that Hartsel
delights in disclosing the other teams
signs to Connie. l guess he is the
chief detector of signals, even If he
is not a regular outf1elder."
Ira Thomas is another cute reason
er, as is also Eddie Collins and the
placid Irishman, Danny Murphy. Con-
ME Mack has scheming bunch and
when they get together on the bench
they make MacKs task as manager an
easy one.
"Get their signals" is a slogan al.
ways heard in the Athletics camp.
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ooh, that you will never know" an
swered Mrs. Brown, laughing, and
rang off.-Lippincott's.
A Glad Relief.

Thank heaven, those bills are got
rid Of" said Bilkins, fervently, as he
tore up a bundle of statements of &C
count dated October 1.
"All paid, eh?" said Mrs. Bilkins.
"Oh, no." said Bilkins. "The dupli-
Gates dated November have come 10
and / don't have to keep these any
lopAer.~-Harper's Weekly.
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IWO SITlkSS anu one Dali OIl Iu0 III
a game in Cleveland. He walked
out of the box and part way to
the catcher to receive the ball.
Easterly, catching, signed for an
offering that did not coincide
with "Cy's" idea of the exigen-
cies of the situation. The old
fellow shook his head twice,
which Immediately forced me
to conclude that it would be
neither a curve nor a fast one.
Oldring was on first base at the
time, and 1 guessed that ICY"
must want to waste one, think
ing he was going to try to steal.
When the ball came to me about
chin high, I at once concluded
that my diagnosis was the cor
rect one, and I let 1t go. But,
when about two feet in front of
me, it broke across my letters, a
beautiful strike, and l had not
even taken my bat of my shout
der. ICY" had dished up a spit
ter from somewhere in his as
cnrfrnnnf ond 7 dfIr,k orox, I'm ry
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times, and said that ought to have an
operation. I would not listen to that,
and when friend of my husband told
him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now / look the picture Of health and
feel like it, too. I can do my own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk q COW.
can entertain company and enjoy
them. I can visit when I choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. I wish I could
talk toevery sufferingwoman sxSdgirl."
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
It is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. It has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in-
flammation, liberation, fibroid tumors.
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion.
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why don't you tryitS
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Let Him Do The Guessing

"Gargle your throat with cooking
soda, and I think you viii be able to
go to your dinner"
who is this speaking?" asked Mrs.
Brown, startled.
"Oh. that you will never know" an
swered the voice.
Mrs. Brown was greatly amused and
decided to try the remedy Her
throat improved and she went to the
party. During dinner. she CHANGED
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M'INNIS is FAST INFIELCER
Youngster Is Not Vet Old Enough to
Vote, but Is Sensation of Amer
lean League.

Jack McInnis of the Athletics is not
old enough to vote, but he is the best
substitute infielder in the country.
"Stuffy," as his team mates call him,
first saw the light of day in Glouces-
ter, Mass, in October, 1890. He
joined the Athletics in the spring of
1900, having made a name for him
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that he could throw one. He simply outguessed
me and caught me in the arms of Morpheus
He had wet the ball, while walking away from
the plate with his back to me, after getting it
from Easterly, thus giving no hint that he was
going to throw splitter"
Young invented this trick and applies 1t &C.
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certain Kind OF Dali.
Working in combination to outguess the bat
tiers, catcher will often help pitcher out
by talking necessarily, hoping in this way TO
distract hitter's attention from his business
Street of the Washington club is one OF the
worst takers in the business, and is called In
some strata of baseball "Gabby." From the
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Mira. Brown, II Must Be Conceded,
Had by Far the Better End
of tho Joke.

Mrs. Brown, telephoning to a friend
'one morning, happened to say:
81 have such bad sore throat, I'm
afraid cannot go to that dinner-party
tomorrow night"
Just then something went wrong
with the connection, and she heard a
strange voice break In:
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"You can't get one by me-" his
manner appears to challenge. He
is simply bullying with confidence
He is the one hitter and the only
successful one I ever saw who appa-
rently doesn't try to guess what the
pitcher is going to throw and really
doesn't care. Pitchers have never
been able to discover any groove"
that he is concealing. He simply
wades in and hits at any kind OF
a ball. He is one batter in thou
sand.
Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit star, is
the exactly opposite type of hitter.
He is thinking all the time he is
at the bat, figuring, planning, to out
guess the pitcher and the fielders, In
baseball parlance ito cross" his OPP
ponents, legitimate procedure. Ii
he thinks that the third baseman
expects a bunt, he will hit 1t out.
He never chases a bad ball, and he
makes a pitcher work to the last
notch. He worries many of the
men in the box by his restlessness,
ond hecause he ia constantly guess
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a sort Of instinct which some players have and
others never attain. man seems to do 1t Dy
intuition and often cannot tell just what con-
crete hypothesis leads him to reach certain
conclusion. But believe me, 1t is great art for
ball player to have. a great art and one to
be cultivated.
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Extrava CANT.

Ada-Cholly Saphedde was in
brown study the other day, and Of
fered him penny for his thoughts.
Edith-You spendthrift! You never
did know the value of money!
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Luz lOuT OT i've DAYS
at a time every
month, and so weak
I could hardly walk.
I cramped and had
backache and head
ache, and was SO
nervous and weak
that I dreaded to
see anyone or have
anyone move in the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine to
- A.
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Laloie,s Absence Costly.

Charlie Somers had a bunch last
winter that Larry Jajoie was to have Q
bad season this summer. The absence
of the big fellow has kept the Maps
out Of the race for the season
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spect. and remark dropped by him will give
batter the key to the situation which will
enable him to outguess the pitcher. A thing
of this sort happened to me in Chicago one
day last season, with Walsh pitching and
Payne catching.
Payne dropped remark, which set my mind
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ing right. He has almost clairvoyant ability
to outguess pitcher
In some games, have been able to guess
right almost every time that the pitcher has
thrown the ball to me and yet have not beeD
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SIX n1ckelS In game last sum-
mer. Thomas formerly played
on the Yankees, and, at the time,
Chase's sign for the squeeze
play was given by putting his
right hand to his nose. Ira had
seen him give this many times
when they were team mates.
But on this occasion, Chase
was playing on the New York
club, and Thomas was catching
on the Philadelphia team. 1t was
In the eighth inning with the
score tied, and New York run
ner on third base, champing on
his spikes to get home when
Chase stepped to the bat. One
was out. "Ha1" went through
the usual preliminaries Of knock
ing the dirt out of his spikes, fix
ing his hat the firmer, as If he
expected to take a long run and
didn't want to be called back to
get the cap, and splitting on his
hands. Then he put the first
digit of his right hand to the side
Of his nose.
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working and which led me to forecast what
was coming. This cue and the resultant con-
clusion I drew, based on the hasty hypothesis
of Payne's remark resulted in timely base
hit. The conditions and circumstances of the
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verse English on it. It was case of him out
guessing me- The veteran Cleveland pitcher
is as different from Walsh, in his style, as white
is from black. ICY" relies on a curve and a
fast ball, never using splitter" Young had
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Modern Ethics.

Do not kick a man when he is down.
Turn him over and feel in the other
pocket.-Galveston News.
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SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. -"For seven years /
suffered everything. I was in bed
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nit are not likely 10 occur OFTEN III
a game with Walsh pitching. He
is a spit ball pitcher entirely. He
uses his splitter" and a fast ball
with no curves. On this occasion,
Payne signalled for either spit
ball or fast one, I don't know
which. Walsh shook his head in
reply, and Payne gave him another
signal to which he again shook his
head
you don't want this one?" Payne
mumbled in his mask, but loudly
enough for me to hear as he gave
another signal. Walsh nodded as
sent.
Now here is what passed through
my mind, after listening to the hint
carelessly dropped by Payne. Two
were out at the time, a man was
on third base, who, II he scored,
would put us ahead, and the count
on me was two strikes and no balls.
My flash of thought must have been
instantaneous. try never to pay
any attention to the monologue of
q catcher hut Pavna IN naturally a
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self as a member of the Gloucester
High school nine and the Haverhill
New England league team. Mack
started him in as regular, but he
soon yielded the shortstop position
to Jack Barry. He made nine hits In
thirteen times at bat in the recent Sc
ries with the Highlanders. getting
five in one game. McInnis is the
sensation of the American league sea-
son.
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coming. Thus Chase doube-crossed Ira.
ball player is trying to outguess the pitcher
from the time he leaves the bench until he
sits down again. He doesn't terminate his
engagement at the plate. AS soon bats
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of baseball to let the first one go by to get
look at the style Killing would say:
He liked the looks Of that Let's try him
On another" Then up would come a curve
A favorite trick of his is to get the batter
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AhNo Gil al s ulhOll, anu nave
his pitcher shoot over a fast
one. He tried this on me in
the first worlds series.
so they say that you are
the best base runner in the
American league" was his
opening line. We'll, you are
not up against American
league catchers now, young
fellow. Let's see you steal a
base if you get down"
l paid no attention to him,
although he evidently hoped
that l would turn around and
reply, so that 1 would be
caught off my guard. And
not in conceit, but, as a his
torian, I relate the sequel. 1
did get down to first base,
and by pretending l was go
ing to steal, made him signal
to Overall to waste two balls.
Then, when he had to put a
strike over, went down.
Sometimes a catcher will
everyday his part in this re-
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VI LIE, WhASh
Is high, fast one in the vicinity
of the neck, is villainous ball.
A pitcher Of Young's type would
Just as soon tell the batter where
he is going to try to throw the
ball. because 1t is generally known
that he Is pitching at batter's
weakness.
So batting in the big leagues is
largely a game of thought. The
man who outguesses the pitchers
accumuiates the most hits and
the largest batting average. Lajoie
is the only exception to this that
1 can recall. OF course, self-oon-
fidence is an absolute necessity to
any successful hitter, but the
Cleveland second baseman is more
chock full of reliance in his own
batting ability than any other
player I know. 1t is not conceit.
just faith in his eye. He shuffles
out to the plate, almost carelessly,
and bangs his bat down two or
three times as If to say to the