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fol merly q friend Of mine. He did
not want me to so. Said that he
wanted ME to spend Christmas Will
him and became excited. He went
into The room of John H. Smith at
about $50 Saturday night. When
he camc back he still was excited.
Can !oL not raise your voice and
speak fouder?" she was asked.
mo: cannot. l can never again
speak above whisper. I'll explain
that later" she replied.
Says Great Lote Did It..
"To marry Mel you'd haye COM
PEELED him tosnake q q Sacrifice, which
woilld lave lafta ;sohI a1d daughter
witnou: fatheE$aId his legal wife
without u hIisb, .fS, j
Love limbs; Fess a loved him
violently andEthat arsatsloys for.llim
compelled meFto4 fse @ ! hay e. The 1e
people may say tim gs5abouts the way
we have lived, but should a woman
loving man as l loved Mel leave
him because another woman was at
tached to him by law?
"since February, 1911, have
spent days and nights alone in that
little room. dared not go out be-
cause feared it might scandalize
Mel If did.
During the day l would hear him
talking with his clients In the office,
giving them advice and often money,
when they were hard up. File seldom
charged poor persons for his serv-
ices.
Tells How She Lost Voice.
Now III tell you why | can no
longer talk above whisper In all
these years that have been with
Mel, there has never been an hour
of night or day that we were not
afraid / would be discovered in the
room adjoining his Office. We train
ed ourselves TO talk in whispers al
ways. In all this time never have
raised my voice. The, consequence
is that | have lost my voice entire
~.
II did all this to save Mel and his
family from scandal and | would dc
1t again to save them. always
knew l>could never be more to Mel
than | was, because he was married"
It was learned today that Couch
kept the little room where the wo-
man lived stocked with food and wa
ter. John II. Smith, who has known
Couch twenty-five years and lived in
the front of the Masonic Temple
building. said today:
MEL Couch and often gave food
10 each other and we spent much
time together. Never until was
called into his office after his death
did l know Of the existence OF that
woman.
IF | didn't know, no one in this
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
State Convention.

IS, HUNTINGTON ~ the thfrty-sec-
fbnd annual convention Of the Sun
Eday,schools of West Virginia prom
|isesi6 be the greatest in the history
gpf The association.
n u Already Huntington, which is
famed far and wide as a Sunday
ttscllodl city is. preparing for the great
events
Last year the convention was NOV
ed to Clarksburg from Huntington
on account of the flood.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
New French Coinage.

Rft IS impossible to please all the
world and his father" says a vcner-
abic proyGrb. The new nickel coin
age which we have been promised
any time during the last two years
and which we are now apparently on
the way to have before many months
is not in the most literal sense OF
the term, evcrybodys money" writes
the Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Globe. Despite the greater
cleanliness and convenience of the
'nickels, few people deplore the
.passing OF the bronze coinage, seem"
.ingly for sentimental reasons al
though how any sane person can wish
to etick to the cumbrous 5 and III
centime pieces when he is offered the
neat little white metal coins, 1t Is
tritlc hard, understand.
1.-The new coins, like tile Belgian
nickcls, arc to have small holes In
the center, the reason being. so un'
derstand, to prevent their passing fol
silver. The hole, by thct way, Is q
Chinese invention, which most peo-
pic probably know, but the majority
do not know why the Celestials thus
pierced their coins. The reason !!
that. in many districts the clothing oil
the inhabitants is unburdened with
rockets, but by piercing the coins
they can be strung together and thus
easily carried. Some Of our hygienic
faddists protest against the piercine
If the nickel coinage, asserting thai
these holes form extra special breed
ing grounds for microbes, as tneN
cannot be polished by contact WIN
the human hand, To meet their CD
iections and to prevent the confound
ing of nickel and silver, an ingenious
person has suggested that the new
coins should be square or oOlong
There is no law lie says, 'compcIl
ing coins to be circular. But Ia"
or no law, they will probably con
tinue to be round and notSrectangu
lar"
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breathe Freely Clears stufed.up
1nflamed Nose and Head and Stops
Catarrhal Discharge q Cures Dull.
Headache.

Try "Ely's Cream Balm"
Get a small bottle anyway, Just to
ary tt-Appiy a little in the nostrIls
|, nd INSTANTLY your clogged nose and
;oppedrQp Dir passages Of the head
VII open; You will breathe freely.
:, hltIhess gndsh eadache disappear: B !!
,meBaingH tlfe eatarrh, coldtip- head or
catarrhal sore throat will be done
70 ,E6d such. misery now! Get the
.4maiii bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm"
at any drug store. 'ThisFsweet, fra;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
: Cata;urrh Cannot Be .!Curr,e:.i::

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. az they canno
reach the seat Of the disease. CAtarrh Is blgot
or constitutional disease, and in order to cure \
you must take Internal remedies. lIal's Cathrrt
Cure Is tIkcl internally. md actS directly upOl
the blood aul mucous surfaces Hairs" Catarrl
Cure Is not luucE medicine. 1t was IRE
scribed by one Of the best physicians ln, thI
country for years and Is n regular prescription
1t Is composed OF the best tonlcs known. com
bInct with tho best blood purifiers. acting d.
rectIy OH the mucous surfaces. The perteC
combination Of the two ingredients IL what pro
GuceS such wonderful results In curing catarTh
Send for testimonials, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists price Thc.
Take Halls Family r!ls for constipation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
III 6thlrs Z "a dsfendaa 8. 3 wllI.l

and others are defendants 4 viii on
the 9th day of December, 1915, ~ y.
the front door OF. the court house otii
said Marion county, between the
hours Of ten O'Clock. a. ms and four
O'Clock p. ~, on that day, otfer tor
sale aud will sell, at public auction
to the highest bidder, all of lots nunlF
her4five and six in the Clayton dds
ton to the town of Fairview, In Paw
Paw district. Marion county, West
Virginia, being the same property
conveyed to Cordelia Boor by Mary
c. Clayton and husband by deed dat-s
ed October %, 1904, and recorded In
the office of the clerk Of the county
court OF Marion county, in deed book
No. 1876 page IS. Said lots include.
valuable dwelling house thereon,
and the same will be sold free from
any claim oE curtesy.
Terms Of Sale: one-third of the
purchase money and astmuch more
as the purchaser may elect to pay
on day Of sale, and the residue in
two equal annual payments from day
OF sale, the purchaser being required
to give his interest bearing notes
with personal security for the defer-
! ed payments.
Given under my hand this 4th day.
OF December, 1913.
HARRY SHAW,
Special Commissioner.
/, w. s. Black, Clerk Of the Inter-
Court of Marion county
West Virglniu, hereby certify that
the above named Harry Shaw, has
given the bond required Of him as
special commissioner in the above
cause, to enable him to
make sale of the real estate in said
notice mentioned. s
.H. w. S. BLACK, -a Egi
"'s. 70 Clerk Intermediate Court
Fec. 5-l2-19-26. 90 e!y@ 9 lyt1.
l..R ....Tpstf NjIlR 10, AplGll
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NOTICE.
To Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concern:
All persons holding orders issued
against the County Fund OF Marion
county that are drawing interest arc
hereby notified to present the same
to the clerk OF the County Court for
in. crest and cancellation on or be-
fore the first day of January. 1904.
The County Court will positively pay
no more interest on these orders.
b JOHN F. PHILLIPS,
7 go. ntgos :. Clerk.
~ sr tpua
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
STATE news
Run Over by Train.

Cl4AaKsBURG - The nhngled
remains of Stephen Mahosky, aged 50
years, miner employed by the Con-
solidation Coal Company at its o.
Neil mine, were found. at 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning by Delbert ASH
craft, town marshal at Admission,
on the tracks OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company near the pas
senger station at Adamston.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G OR!A
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL
ESTATE. l,e'

By virtue of the authority vested
iii me by decree of the intermediate
Court Of Marion county, West Virgin
ia, entered on. tie 18th day OF No
velnbGr 1918, in the chancey cause
therein pending wherein Otis w.
Boor is plaintiff and j. Dillon Bool
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

Nowhere else will you find choicerI
fowl for your Christmas dinner lnan
are to be found here whether it be
turkey, duck, goose or chicken. They,
ire both young and tender. Why not
.void disappointment this year by
,rdering now and here that fowl for
our Christmas dinner2
We HAVE FRESH COUNTRY EGGS
AT ALL TIMES.
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town could possibly have known"
Landlady Says Her Conduct, Was
Eyemnlaru in Old DAYS.

P1TTsFTELD, Mass, Dec, 90
Mrs. Susan G. Ostrom. with whom
Miss Branch boarded in Goshen be-
fore her association with Couch, said
her boarder at a time and then de-
part without leaving word where she
was bound. At this time Miss Branch
was selling books all over that field.
Her life was exemplary, SO far as
Mrs. Ostrom knew, and she paid her
board bills with regularity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
WANTED This is your gofdeh OPP

WANTEDt-Thfs is your golden OPP
portunitye to fortune. Agents
s make handsome, profits, Here's
sample lpntiltssos hollow ground,
bell steel $500 srazor in neat case
showing price; leather and tubu7
q laF Web strop, worth Use; shaw
Z ing brush, costing zoe; Champion
razor 'lione, worth .75c; cake VIII
llam's shaving soap, five articles
worth $5.25. Every man uses
then. You need only show the
price sells them. If you sold but
twelve how could you make SIS
" easier? Send $1,OO for outfit
" now: Money back is unsatistac-
tory. Mercer Sales Co., Box 475,
Haserstown, Mo. 12-1-tf.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

FOR RENT - Modern house 613
Maryland Ave. Possession at once.
Apply Fmt. Bldg, & Investment
Coz 11-I5-tf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

FC(R5RENT-Two flye-room cottages
Ssewith modern conVeniences; situut-
ei$in East Park near Speedway;
five minutes walk to street car
Apply Ella Lowe, Or call Consoli,
dated phone ,29G-Y. 1O-9O-tt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

FOR RENT-7Modern four room cot
sitageja ali conveniences; East
A5PaEk; s14.00. See Albert J Kern,
Z Trust BLDG. tt
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FOE RENT

FOR aRENT-Two wei furnished
rooms, ysuitable for two or three
s. gentlemen. 4, $40 Sixth street, or
Beil phone S0S-W. l2-26-tf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

WANTED Position any kind of bus
iness or partnership. Sober and
reltable and speak Slav, Pol-Rus-
sian, Bohemian. Hungarian, Aus
strian and plain English, in Fair
mont or any other town in West
Virginia. Address Ogden avenue,
NoasSb4. N y. = .12-9-3t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

FOR sRENT-S. .oon apartment. Yost
Flats. Apply J.. G. Milley. Cooks
sHseltal. 7.1atf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

FOR RENT44Eurnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Apply 2O1
Jackson street. 12-16-tf.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

,WANTED-A business woman Of
good address. Past thirty, to look
Va after business interests for an old
established company. Address COZ
Schmulbach Building, Wheeling,
w. va. lS- t J.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

LosT-Betweon Watson Bldg. and
Marion Hardware, small pocket
book containing $4,000 gold piece,
$500 gold piece, $1,000 bill; also
snal; change and express, receipt.
For reward return to West Virgin"
fan office. 12-24-3i
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FOR RENT-one 7-room house I'd
ward, Monroe st. and ono Groom
flatF4th ward. All modern con-
yeniences. Apply Chas. B. High
lands store.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

One Drawback
Football has one great drawback
II never goes into extra innings
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26
.WANlqllIgsD

:.WANTED-Ma Maturity Nursing bywo-
man Of experience Will help with
house work. Call SS9-W Bell
phone. 12-22-et
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

WANTED-Driller to run water
q wen drill. steady work. must be
experienced. G. L. Wiifong, 626
State St., Fairmont, w. Va:
u 12-2Q-6t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

WANTED Girl for general house
work. Call sex Consol. phone,
ortaddress Boxt5St, City.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-26

12-13-tf
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
PROPOSED PRIMARY !. !
NETS DIRECTIONS


Primary elections ct the expsnse @ ths
District 6overnnent are not favored by
THE Commissioners. who waterway re-
ported adversely upon Senator bristow's
hiIl. providinG for such elections and
stipuiating that the cost should - paid
entirely out OF the city revenues
me object Of the bill b to provide
opportunity for qualified electors of the
District TO vote for candidates for Prsei-
dent and Vice President. and for the
election Of party delegates to the ma
tional political conventions and nation4i
committesmen. The Commissioners based
their objection solely on the ground th9f
the expenses Of the elections would have
70 Be paid by the District alone. ~ The
terms Of the bill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TO-DAY.


xodosieal Psfk. Chevy Chsse. the Cosuty Cub.
and Kaanston. Cans IRON giftesntA asd Mo- Yoet
stsansr 81. Joans lesses 1t - p - Sus Coaosaal
Beach from Seysnth street whah.
Steam1 Charles NaoaJeste1 leavD ffoo fooe d
Seventh Street Southwest f0 Mount Vernon. hnos
and tomb Of wsshinstea. dsily. ezespk sunday. ct
10 .. N end ~ .. a For Msrshan Han daily and
sunday. 10 .. m. IN and 81 .. y.
Nosfolk and wssAinGtea Steamboat Ou0paay's
steamer from foot d Seventh Street fR Oh Puiss
Comfort and Hoefoh daily at ssS p n
To Chevy Chaae Laks-CRs from fifteenth etssse
and New York Asenus ssesy quarter hour. Marine
Band music and dsncneN svefy sveatne
To Great falls-Waahinstoa asd on Domiuiss
Railroad esn sss1 ~ minutes Iron Thistyszth
and ~ StrsstA.
To Mount -wasAiastca Utlitis Company
cars even hour On ths hour from - q. u 10 p n.
last car. Station. rveifth strsst md fs.naUivania
Avenue.
To Cheaapeaks Beaeh-Ffeqpent thsough n,tn
servios from District Line 6tatios Sea bathing and
all amusementA Bee tz,in schedule IN railroad
column.
The nest stupen1svs picture ever pre-.
sentedI The Battle q Manila" Virginia today
Adv.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
EXCISE LAW TESTS
SOON TO BE HELD


=
That the new excise Law. although hasy
in many Of its points, IL thoroughly con-
stftutional. 10 the unofIicial opinion OF
Assistant Corporation Counsel Francis
& stephans. who ID In charge Of excise
matters In the absence Of the Excise
Board.
The question of the constitutionality
was raised in the Police Court on Thur
day. when a local attorney. representine
! client charged with violation Of the
new measure. declared that the law In
fringed upon the personal liberties guar
antesd under the sacred articles upon
which the government 10 founded.
. Il think there Is no question about the
constitutionality Of the measure" sad
Mr.. Stephens yesterday afternoon. a.
though there are many features that ara
nebulous. none Of the provisions, In my
opinion. IL unconstitutional. The same
attorney who brought this matter before
the Police Court also exprer.eA the belief
that the excise law was not In effect be-
cause Of the fact that there was no ex.
else board in existence At the present
time UnofnciaIly, think he 10 ahso-
lutely wrong. The law states distinctly
that It's provisions. with some exceptions,
shall become effective July !. 1913. The
fact that there IL no board in existence
does not in any wise affect the enforce
ment OF the law"
As soon as the Excise Board assumes
its duties. the real Tight upon various fea-
lures OF the law will commence. The
board win make public its construction.
OF the measure. and will then commence
to prosecute such violations OF the law
as thusly interpreted. There are but few
clear points in the bill. Nearly the en-
tire measure will be taken before the
courts. These test cases In all proba-
bility will not be heard until the fall Of
the year.
Although the law specifies that pool.
rooms shall not be operated in rooms ad-
Joining barrooms. no attempt IL being
made to put an end to this practice.
There 10 q question as to when this pro-
vision Of the Law becomes effective Some
that the poolroom licenses do
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
Contract. WIN ne Awarded.

The building committee Of the Con.
mercial Club will hold q meeting Mon.
day afternoon at the once Of Milburn.
Hester q Co.. architects. when II 1,
probable the contracts for the construc-
ton Of . proposed new clubhouse In
Farragut Square win be awarded. A
meeting was held yesterday afternoon.
but no decision, was reached -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12

Free Moving Pictures q BaaA Concert
-at Randle Highlands Sunday even.
ing. beginning 1880 p. m. Take Capital
and Pa. Ave-, and transfer to Randle
Highlands car. Come out and enjoy
the cool breezes.-Adv. -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
ness kin Goat a.A I.i.re swine

-Four dogs. owned by Robert Godfrey,
In Biadensburg Road. near Queens Chap.
81 Road. broke out of their inclosure.
yesterday afternoon. and going to the
home OF Henry West. half Q mile away.
attacked his stock. killing q goat. and
biting two hogs. The swine was treated
by DR.. R. r. Ashworth. veterinarian. Of
% New York Avenue Northwest The
dogs were sent to the District Pound.
where they will be asphyxiated today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-07
WHEN THE EARTH OUAKES.
Stresses and Strains 70 Which Our
Globe Is Subjected

When the stairs cre;:k and the furni-
ture gives ont mysterious cracking
sounds at night we SOMETIMES sit MP III
led and wonder if there is Il burglar
about. but it doesn't occur to Us that
what We hear is really an earthquake
on 4 small scale. The night air has
caused the wood To contract with a
snap, thus accounting for the alarming
sounds. This is just exactly what the
earth is doing periodically. To Il mi
crobe. repOSing on the polished sur
face of the table. this disturbance is
probably as violent as an earthquake
is 10 a human being
An earthquake is terrible thing 1t
comes without warning. 1t is over be-
fore one knows which way to fly. and
its fury can be abated by no man.
Yet TO the geologist earthquakes are
only symptoms. They are not causes
so much as resultS-reSultS of great
stresses and strains within the earth
that cause slippings and slidings from
time to time. If the rocks on the shell
Of the earth slip and CRATE against
each other so much as an inch along a
assure ten miles in length shiver is
felt A slip of fifteen feet along a
course of POO miles sufficed to bring
about the terrible San Francisco earth
quake and fire.
These strains and stresses accumulate
steadily within the earth. The point
at which they have once found relief is
weaker to resist the next strain. II
slips again presently. BY successive
movements its sides become more and
more Displaced. Rock layers. mineral
veins, coal seams that cross the line of
displacement. are logged out of their
course. So are roads, fence lines and
brooks that run across it on the sur
face. In the San Francisco quake one
mans front yard was moved twenty
feet to one side of his house. and in
another place the slip line came so
close to a mans barn that some piles
of straw. thrown out from the win
doWS. were carried away. In Japan a
cliff twelve feet high interrupted a road
way. and thousands of similar cases
might be cited These We're primary
movements along the line of the dis
turbance that caused the earthquakes
brooklyn Eagle
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-07
! cCENTRIc!TY OF GENIUS.
In the Days That Are Gone 1t May
Have Been Due to Eve Strain.

Il seems that At last genius is dis
covered not 10 be allied to insanity. but
that rather all its eccentricities are due
to eye strain.
Brain SPECIALISTS. for instance. are as
sorting that if Carlyle had had proper
~ adjusted glasses and good electric
light 10 work by instead Of a skyiight
over his desk. and that illumined by a
London fog much of the time. he
would not have been such Il yrunnbIer
and dy>peptic. In fact. eye strain was
the cause of all his ecventricities
All geniuSes. in fact, would have
been optimistic. says science now. if
they had only had bifucaI glasses at
The right time The same unnornai
eyeSight is given as the cause of many
tragic paintings That famous artist.
Turner. would never have painted the
slave ship in storm. but would rather
have depicted the peaceful landscapes
that so many artists paint when their
eyes are properly fitted with glasses.
Wagner. too. if he had worn the cor
rect SpectacleS and had had that decid-
Ell tilt to one eye remedied. probably
would never have written about Wal
kyrie and dragons. but would have
written pleasant dances and even
ragtime instead
Darwin also was another victim Of
eve strain. Doubtless he would never
have given to the world his theory OF
evolution which stirred society mp if
his eyes had been normal.
De OuinceS suffered from bad eyes
Surely be would never have taken
opium if he had had glasses. But
then. on the other hand. the world
would have missed his opium dreams
And. after all is considered. scientists
conclude society could better dispense
with spectacIeS than with geniuSes.-
London t-RitS.