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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

J. Frank KIcppInger. Of cherryville.
northampton county, Pa, who is Il
years Of age, has been working at his
trade as painter for 50 years. and is
still actively engaged ut It. Mr..
Kfeppipger is in fine health, halo and
hearty and is, no doubt, the Oldest ac'
tive paintergln the county. He issthe
last survivor Of a family 81 10 chill
dren. n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
Entertained Choir.

Miss Nan Cox, OF Stevens sereef,
crtertained the members Of the choir
Of the Palatlne Baptist church last
evening at her home. The. hours were
tery pleasantly spent md choic.
course OF refreshments was served
Miss Cox assisted in entertaining by
Ter sister, Miss Nellie.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
Win Return Home.

Mrs. s. A, shuttlesworth. who has
been Ill at Terra Alta, Is improving
ard'it is thought that she wifi be able
to be brought home in a few days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
MEN AND woMEN..

There isllislns in Nashville, Tenn
IT the age of log, years, Aunt Mar,
White, colored. who wos cook in tShii
White House during the presidency
u James Knox Polk. who was fnaug.
irated' In 1875 Aunt Mary does not
!cok to be over so years old, we are
told by the Nashville American, de
spite her shriyeled face, Her hearing
fsremarkaby good and she talks dis.
tInctly. t,a.. 70
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
WOMAN,S WISDOM i I \

The worried mother brean- le
the woopng
aor when perhaps the trouble
neeieai
T. rterse M She thing
niue oea Two million households this
i aS tG oay 5 n smps-i 200 pages splendid cloth binding
either
mts ~ respect his FayG,e Prescription which
the painful womany diseases which undermine
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

MY desire Is to write few lines 10 lot You know what
S9ir yaia9e medicine has done for me-" writes Mrs
MARGARET IUERERr. Of :!3 S. BcntpOn Street BALTIMORE
MD fepre tho storck TO orr house was very sick
woman Wrote you for advice which kindly given and
taking TIE ast bottle q Favor!te Prescription begaH
50 that hardly knew was in such cond ton
S%T%ng and the worst Of all nursed three children who had
,Sfoso easy WIS H. The baby ~ fat rs bIttorhaL
lr PiercS FnyrtG Prescription Is the best nnlirpe for
any woman t.taEe when In this c0nd:l recommcnd Il
10 I'LL my frends.n ~ N''''''" +"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

New Candle Shades.
Very fetching are the new candle
shades whose foundation is finely
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
cArARRH cAisEoI- s. cUREp

.Ilth LOCAL APPLICATIONS. Al
hey cannot reach the seat otsiAe ais
.ase. Catarrh is a blood Or cghstitp.
( ,onnl disease, and in order to cute1it
ou must take internal renralgs
lars catarrh cufe 81 ttket inteS
nally, and acts directly oil Inc blobs
and mucous surfaces fiati'f: Ca
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IL was prescribed BY one ei The bess
physicians Ia this country fos year.
and Is a regular StescSipti ion, 4
composed OF the best tonIcs known,
combined WITH the best blood puriiI
as, acting directly on the npccre
surfaces. Fheperfec. Combination q
the two ingredients Is what produces
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FIJI. CHENEY Il Co, Props, 4
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by druggists, price TIC.
j Take Halls Family Pills FOR sonttl-
patton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

Jean liensl Fa1Ic, Do CHRONOLOGICAL.
shdse book I'M liss ana 6Lvo q
6e lnsseF vas ph6nshea ma yraf.
when THO author was III his 1ishti.
tlghth year, has been gtanted a iitet-
~ pension III 500 q year By fha
renc1 EoysFnment, mo ased sell
;atlst denied however, thst he Is poor
brtlahappy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08

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The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
PRODUCER OF PLAYERS
st. Louis Has at Least One in
Every League in Country.
Mound City Sends 160 Boys to Differ
ent Clubs This Season-Fred
Clarke Of Pittsburg Gets Big
qest Part Of Talent.

That St Louis is the greatest base
ball player-producing city on the map
Is proven by the fact that more than
$50 boys from the Mound City will
earn their living as members Of differ
ent league clubs. At least one player
Is represented in nearly every league
in the country. Every one OF these
men has at one time played in the
Trolley league or on some of the st.
Louis lots.
OF this big number of ball tossers.
16 are big leaguers, one of them being
a member of the Cardinals. Gene
Dale, a pitcher of whom Roger Bres-
nahan said nice things last fall. Fred
Clarke of the Pirates seems to get the
biggest part Of the st. Louis major
league talent every year. This sea.
son he will start on his training trip
with five Mount Cityans. Bobby
Byrne, who has been third sacking
for the past two seasons, and Lefty
Leifield, the mainstay of the twirling
staff last season, are the two vets" of
the team. Ray Jansen, who played
with the Keokuk Central association)
team last season and who will furnish
competition for Bobby Byrne at tho
far corner; Walter Regh, shortstop
who was drafted by the Red Sox but
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

One of the Oldest cultivated plants in the
world is the date palm. At least 1000 years
ago 1t was growing on the banks of the Eu-
pirates. and 1t is this plant and the camel that
together made it possible for the Arabs to
populate the great deserts OF sorthern Africa
ana ASIA The date palms wouia grow where
the water was alkaline, and the vGmels were
able to make long Journeys across the desert
10 take the dates to the coast to market and
sell them for wheat and olives
In these deserts of the old world millions Of
Arabs live on dates, for the date palm Dan be
cultivated on land so salty as to prevent the
culture OF any other paying crop, and II will
hVe In the hottest regions on the face Of the
globe; not even temperature Of 125 degrees
F. will affect it. This obliging plant does not,
however, insist on such temperatures, but will
stand some frost, and has been known to live
where the mercury falls to IL degrees F.
1t Is also the only wood obtainable in the
GASES OF the Sahara, and on the shores of
Arabia boats are made Of It.
The date palm has both male and female
flowers and they occur on separate plants. and
the Arabs have to plant one male for every
plantation Of a hundred females, making
harem as l: were. The artificial pollination or
fertilization Of the female palms is one of the
most interesting processes practiced with
plants, a spray OF flowers from a male palm
being bound with bit of palm-leaf fiber in
each inforescence Of the female tree Propa-
cation of the date palm can be accomplished
by means of seeds, suckers, which are
thrown up at the base of the palm Suckers
will start, however on land so salty that the
seeds refuse to grow on it.
Four years from seed, trees of some varie-
ties begin to bear and in six years will have
paying crops of dates. They live to a much
greater age than almost any other of the fruit
trees, and specimens century old are said to
be still a good investment
The date is not dry-land crop, but requires
irrigation to grow and produce fruit A planta-
ton once established requires to be kept free
Of weeds, to be pollinated when the palms
come into bloom, and to have the fruit har-
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

into the country, and has been directed by a
great and growing body of research men and
women into those regions where 1t was
thought they might make their homes.
In the brief space OF a short article and to
avoid what would be almost bare enumera-
tion Of plant names, prefer to treat only of
few of the many important problems with
which the Office is working, passing by, also,
the introduction of the Durum wheat, the
Japanese rice, and giving the Siberian alfalfas,
which are earning for the farmers of the coun-
try many millions Of dollars a year, bare
mention, for the reason that they have been
so often described in the newspapers of the
country.
The mango is one of the really great fruits
of the world. India, with its hundreds of mil
lions Of people, has for centuries held 1t
sacred, and celebrates annual ceremonies in
its honor. The great Mogul Akbar, who
reigned in the 10th century, planted the IA
nous LAX Bag, an orchard Of a hundred thou
sand mangoes, and some Of these still remain
alive. 1t is fruit the Importance of which
Americans are at last beginning to recognize.
notwithstanding the unfortunate discredt
which the worthless Seeding mangos of the
Americans generally.
There are probably more varieties of man.
goe than there are Of peaches. l have heard
Of one collection CT 500 different sorts in In
dia. There are exquisitely favored varieties
no larger than plum, and there are delicious
sorts the fruits of which are six pounds in
weight. In India where the wage of a coolie
is not over 10 cents day, there are varieties
which sell for $3.50 hundred, and the COM
monest sorts bring over cent apiece
The great mango trees of India are said to
reach height of 70 feet and are so loaded
down with fruit that over $3.50 worth has been
sold from a single tree.
These fine varieties, practically as free from
fiber as freestone peach, can be eaten with
spoon as easily a cantaloupe. Train
loads Of these are shipped from the mango
growing centers of India and distributed in the
densely peopled cities of that great semi-trop-
ical empire: and yet, Notwithstanding the
great importance Of this fruit, the agricultural
study of it from the new standpoint has
scarcely been begun. I believe that it has
never for example. been tested on any but its
own roots.
We have gathered together in Florida and
Porto Rico and Hawaii more than hundred
varieties, and some which we have fruited
have already attracted the attention of the
fancy fruit-dealers, who agree that the demand
for these will increase as fast as the supply
can be created, and maintain that extrayagant
prices, such as so or even rs cents apiece,
will be paid for the large snowy, delicious
tfu1ts. Last year 300 dozen Mulgoba mangos
were sold in Florida for So dozen. The Gov
ernor Of Porto Rico has committed himself to
policy which, If carried out will cover the
island with hundreds of thousands of mango
trees Of the better varieties.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
REGULATING
THE STOMACH
That Important Organ Works
According to the Quality Of
the Blood That Is Fur
nished to Il.

There is the most intimate relation
between the condition of the blood and
the activity of the stomach. The blood
depends upon the stomach for a large
part of it's nourishment; while every
act of digestion, from the time the food
enters the stomach until it is digested
and assimilated by the blood, needs
plenty of pure, well-oxidized blood.
The stomach works only according to
the quality of the blood.
The most common cause of lndlges-
tion is anamia, or lack of blood. In
deed there is not a single disturbance OF
the health of the body poc sny form OF
exhaustion or lowered vitality, that
may not lead to stomach trouble. Dis
ordered blood is the one common cause
of indigestion. Thin, impure blood
weakens the muscles of the stomach
and lessons the product of the glands
which furnish the digestive fluids.
Nothing will more promptly cure in
digestion than plenty OF pure, wen-oX-
idized blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People increase the red corpus
cles, the oxygen carriers OF the blood,
until the blood is rich and red. A
thorough trial of these pills gives .
hearty appetite, perfect digestion,
strength and health.
Mrs. Emma M. Mayne, of No. 635
Second avenue, Clinton, Iowa, says:
t'I had just worked myself out briag-
ing UP family of five children and,
while in this rundown condition, l took
sick with some kind of stomacht trouble.
doctored with several physicians and
saw a specialist in Chicago but received
Little help. I could not eat anything
with relish and could not sleep. I
would have deathly sick spells and
would vomit. I had terrible head
aches and dizzy spells. got very thin
and my friends thought 1 was going
i1to consumption. I doctored for q
year or so without help. While visit
Ing niece she told me that she took
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, so tried them. They soon helped
me and few boxes entirely cured me"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt of price, SOC. per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Send for free booklet, "What to Eat
and How to Eat"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

was obtained on a claim by the
Pirates, and who will try to beat the
mighty Honus Wagner out of his job;
and Bill Kelly, who is battery mate
Of the famous $22,504 Marty O'Toole.
are the three recruits.
The Cubs have two, Ed Reulbach,
one Of the mainstays in the pitchers
box, and Artie Holman, who is rated
as one of the best outfielders in the
National league.
Arthur Fletcher, who warmed the
bench for McGraw a couple of sea-
sons, finally got AL Bridwells job at
short, and who was a star OF the last
worlds series, is the only member OF
the teams representing Gay Gotham.
Vim Campbell, star outfielder, who
has been with the Pirates for the past
two seasons, will line up with the
Boston Nationals, having been traded
for Mike Donlin.
The Phillies will take two young
sters who played in the Trolley
league last season on the spring train
ing trip. Red" Smith, who caught
for the Ben Millers, last years city
champions, and Red" Roach, another
marksman, who played with the Hyde
Parks. There is hardly chance fol
these sorrel-topped lads to make good
on such big jump, but according tc
minor league managers who tried te
get them, they are both players oi
great promise.
yJbIro tbo National Iaoo,,a fokoc I !.
players, the American only takes 4
3 as members of the White Sox-Rube
Peters. who was one of the star pitch,
ers in the American association with
the Minneapolis team; Chink Mat
tick, an outfielder, who halls from the
western league, and who had a trial
last spring under Hughey Duffy, and
Joe Berger, a shortstop, who also
comes from the Western league. They
will make the training trip under the
eve of Jimmy Callahan. Berger had
a trial last spring under Clark Grif-
fifth, then manager Of the Cincinnati
Reds. Bob Groom, who has been a
member of the Washington team for
several seasons as pitcher, is the
fourth member of the American
league.
In addition to this grand total Of
100 baseball players, st. Louis will
also send out two umpires, Garrett
Bush, who graduated to the National
league from the Texas league last
fall, and RED" Held, who will work
in the Connecticut league,
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
To Introduce Polo.

Polo is to be added to the list Of in.
tercollegiate sports If the program of
several enthusiasts at Yale, Princeton
and Harvard is carried out. Efforts
will be made to enroll fourth college.
possibly Columbia or Pennsylvania.
There are about dozen men at Yale
who have played the game extensively
and these men will form the nucleus
Of the squad. Louis e. Stoddard.
Yale '99, one of the American interna-
tional players, has consented to coach
the local team and will lend some Of
his ponies, which are quartered at a
farm near the city.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Dillon TO Rejoin IIiinI.

Chester Dillon, the sensational half
back Of the University of Illinois, has
about decided to return to Illinois next
fall and play another geason for Coach
Hall. He has been with the team for
two seasons and planned to give up
the sxidiron forever. His reconsidera-
ton will be welcome intelligence to
the football followers Of the univar
dty.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

been waiting her decision with some
anxiety, she cried: You couldn't
think I would pay more for stale
crackers than you are offering fresh
ones for. now could you. Uncle Isaiah?
But I'll take the broken ones II you'll
let me have them for 10 cents. It
really doesn't make much difference
to US. and suppose you want to sell
the stale ones"
The pennies count in little old gro
Gerry stores in New England, where
the profit Of year Is often not more
than three of four hundred dollars.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

quarter full Of not very fresh looking
biscuits. they'll cost you IL cents a
pound. have to charge you IL be-
cause they cost me 10h cents q
month ago"
He paused persuasively.
But II you want them," and he fndi-
Gated with some reluctance a new tin,
you can have them for 10 cents
pound. Crackers went down last week,
and they only cost me eight"
'T'll take the fresh Ones" the girl
said; then, seeing shadow fall on
the face Of the old man, who had
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Pickering Offered a Job.

Capt. Earl Pickering, Minnesota uni.
versity football player last season,
who was protested by Wisconsin before
their annual game, has been offered
the post of coach at the University Of
Vermont for next season, according to
announcements from Minnesota. II al
30 was said Pickering was offered the
same post at the University Of Ne
braska
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Took the New Crackers

How much are milk crackers a
pound, Uncle isaiah" the young
daughter OF one of his regular custom
ers asked him one morning.
'Wa-al." Uncle Isaiah replied, after
some deliberation, "that depends on
which lot you want them out of. If
you want them over there" he pointed
to box on one of the nearest shelves,
which showed through its glass face
that 1t was somewhat less than q
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Isaiah, Who Keeps a Grocery In
Massachusetts Town.

On the depot road" In little sea-
side towr in Massachusetts Uncle
Isaiah Saunders keeps small grocery
shop 1t used to stand near the dock
and sapply the small schooners along
the sound. bat 80 years ago it was
moved up q mile into the village.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

Il can't let you have them cracker
for 10 cents, Nellie. I'd like to do II
but can't" Uncle Isaiah replied firm
y. They cost me 10h cents" b
sighed.
You'd better take the new ,nes.
And Nellie did.-Youth's Compan
ion.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Nothing Hard About That.

"The woman 1 marry" he said,
must be able to blush" "Oh," she
replied, Il can do that. I blush every
time 1 am seen anywhere with you."-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

Usually a man is a poor judge of
his own Importance.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

A long life and merry one may be ex.
pected by those who use Garfield Tea, the
natural herb regulator. For sale at all drug
stores.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
Its Nature.

'Does anybody ever win at tea
fght?"
"Of course not. 1t is a drawn bat
tie"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniamma.
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22
The Species.

lis that party to be stag affair?
Il don't know about the stag par
but it's going % - dear affair.
right"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put
up 40 years ago. They regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar
coated tiny granules.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

PILES CURED IN TO Ia DAYS
Your d ruggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind.
Rleeding or Protruding Piles in 10 Ia days. 6Oc.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE ON CROP
payments. ]. MULHALL. Sioux City, Ia
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

Love laughs at locksmiths, but It
sometimes cries over spilled milk
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

A sermon is either based on a text
or a preteXt.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

Many a man can't afford to dress
well because his wife does.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-22

vested when ripe. OF insect pests
we know too little as yet, though
the prospective planter should
count this in his estimate Of ex-
pense; remembering, however.
that modern scientific methods
have overcome the greatest fruit
pests, and that these on the palm
are not different in general char
acter from those which are now
under complete control.
Very little pruning of the palms
is necessary, and the harvesting is
very simple, since the dates grow
in great punches, which ofter
weigh from 20 to 40 pounds apiece.
There are over hundred varie-
ties of dates now growing in the
government gardens in CalifornlS
and Arizona, from which are being
distributed to prospective planters
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-14

a glass of cognac up to the half-con-
scious man
Drink this, sir he ordered with a
professional air. Mechanically. 'Lindener
took the glass of spirits and drained it.
Slowly he set down the glass and drew
a deep breath that was like the gasp OF
dying man. Tokoramo shuddered for
a sound that was like 1t still echoed ter
ribly in his ears.
The powerful brandy quickened the
mind of the artist that had been numbed
by the shock. The dull, glazed look in
his eyes was gone when he raised them
from the door and they burned with a
wild light as he fixed them on Toxic
ramos bowed figure.
''Tokoramo, my friendn' he said, in a
low voice that was all the more terrible
for It's calm. Tell me what has hap
pened Where is Illona?''
Tekoramo did not heed. but before his
Silence was noticeable, Joshakawa had
taken the burden of explaining upon him
Sc T.
at has heen a very dreadful affair
Herr Lindener," he said gravely. You
have the utmost sympathy of all of us
and we throw ourselves upon your mercy,
since it was one of our countrymen that
has brought this terrible grief upon you.
Lindeners fists were clenched hard and
his whole figure strained with the effort
he made to listen quietly; but he did not
interrupt.
Continued in Tomorrow's Paper.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-14
By j. w. M'coNAUGHY.
1912. by tine New York Even
ing journal Publishing COMPANY.

ing Journal Publishing Company.
And this fellow" The sergeant point
ed to Yotomo. Joshakawa shrugged his
shoulders compassionately.
"A poor half witted boy, who, with
what mind he still possesses, follows the
traditions of our people and would sac
rifce himself for his friend. "
Yotomo. restrained by several of the
younger men, nodded proudly. The ser
geant looked from Yotomo to Joshakawa
and then to Hironar, and then frowned
angrily,
Il will hold every one of you!" he de-
clared. Il believe you're all in this. And
you"-he fixed a glare on Joshakawa's
imperturbable countenance-''yo know a
lot more than you have told.
A rustic at the doorway caught his ear
and he turned just in time TO see Ko-
bohashi disappearing with Teri. The Jap,
not making sufficient allowance for the
promptness of the police, and experience
ing rather more difficulty with the young
lady than he had anticipated, had de-
cided TO take her to the house, where she
could be dealt with quietly. The sergeant
had stationed no guard at the main en-
trance. and he did not know the police
were on the premises until he opened the
door of the library.
"One moment Madame! called the
sergeant sharply. Kobohashi released