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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913.
LAWS WHICH ARE NOT ENFOR-
 CED.

With the National Congress in ses- sion three -fourths of every year, and with forty-eight state legislatures making laws, it is not astonishing that the people of the United States are the subjects of more laws than any other population in the world. If the ordinances of the various towns and cities are added there was never be- fore such a mass of legislation in the world.
 A recent writer has stated that on an average 200 new laws went into effect every day in the year, and yet who knows what is the law? Hun dreds of courts are every day engag- ed in explaining, Interpreting and de ciding what is the law, and yet among the civilized countries of the world there is not one other in which, in proportion to the population there are so many homicides, so many crimes of all sorts, so many divorces from wedlock, and so many disputes about property, as in our grand republic.
 It all shows that it is not the en- actment of laws, but their enforce ment that is the test of public order, of protection to life, rights and prop erty and public decency and morals. By this test our showing is not very admirahle=EX
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Table Manners In the Old Days.

Modern table manners compare fa- vorably with those of the past. Mrs. Hannah Woolley, author of 'The Gen. tlewoman's Companion" the standard seventeenth century book on etiquette. found it necessary thus to warn her readers: "Gentlewomen. discover not by any ravenous gesture your angry appetite nor fix your eyes too greedily on the meat before you. as if you would devour more that way than your throat would swallow. In carving avoid clapping your fingers in your mouth and licking them after you have burned them. Close your lips when you eat and do not smack like a pig Fill not your mouth so full that your cheeks shall swell like a pair of Scotch bagpipes. It is very uncomely to drink so large draft that your breath is almost gone and you are forced to blow strongly to recover yourself"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
FATHER GREAT PIPE.
Eccentric Will of the Famous Dutch
 Smoker, Won klaes.

Eccentric Will of the Famous Dutch
 Smoker, Won kIaes.
 Ia 'Hallnnd of the Dutch" Demet. rius Boulger tells the story of the fla nous Van Klaes of Rotterdam. who was known as Father Great Pipe"
 Van Klaes smoked about half. pound of tobacco day and to save himself trouble used an enormous pipe. hence his nickname. He built man. sion in Rotterdam. with fortune amassed in the Indies. and turned it into museum for pipes and antique instruments used by primitive man for burning hemp or weeds long before the discovery of tobacco. No man who visited his curios went away without gift of choice cigars. He lived to be ninety-eight and made. while smok- ing. an eccentric will. which began by inviting all smokers in the country to his funeral.
 Each person who attended was tt. receive ten pounds of tobacco and two pipes bearing the name of the donor, his arms and the date of his death, but he imposed the condition that they should smoke without interruption dur ing the funeral ceremony. Finally his coffin was to be lined with the wood of his old cigar boxes. and beside him were to be placed his favorite pipe. a supply of tobacco and box of matches. for. as the will senten. tiously sets forth. no one knows what may happen.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Her Only Thought.

The late Duke of Sutherland. who was the largest landowner in Europe. had at Dunrobin castle small private railway line and often amused him. self by driving the engine.
 There is a little story that illustrates the reverence in which his highland tenants held the duke.
 He was driving. his little train one afternoon when he ran down an old woman. She was not seriously hurt the amateur engineer never went very fast--and after ten or fifteen minutes she came to,
 Her first words were these:
 "Is the duke very angry?"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Extraordinary. Seed.

A farmer who mainly out of curios- ity had grown crop of flax had a tabIecloth made out of it. Some time later he remarked to lady visitor at dinner, Il grew this tablecloth myself" Did you really?" she said. apparently much astonished How did you man. age it?" It was plain from her tone that she had no idea how tablecloths came into existence. so the farmer low cred his voice mysteriously as he re- piled. If you'll promise not to tell any one I'll tell you" The lady promised. We'll" proceeded the farmer still in the same mysterious tone. "I planted a napkin!"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
A WIRELESS STORY.
Call From the Pacific That Was Heard
 In the Gulf of Mexico.

Call From the Pacific That Was Heard
 In the Gulf of Mexico.
 It was "eight bells" on a ship lying at anchor down in the gulf of Mexico. The men had retired for the night to their hunks and hammocks. and the wireless operator. alone in his watch fulness. was listening in" at the head phones.
 Suddenly. out of the pitchy darkness of the sea, message that curdled the blood in his veins leaped down the an- tenna and hummed it's fearful contents. IS. o. S.-S. o. S.-S. o. S." And few minutes later. in response to the GUS. tomary reply. "What is your position?" the answer flashed back, "125 degrees 2 minutes g. seconds west. AZ degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds north.
 That meant that out on the Pacific ocean 40 miles west of Seattle. Wash -2.S5O miles away-a vessel was call ing for help.
 The call of the Pacific! The operator hardly believed it. With tremulOus fingers he repeated the call to the sta ton nearest to the vessel in distress. But already the wireless watchers along the western coast had caught the message, and relief was on it's way. Clear across the entire North American continent. over land and sea and moun- tain ranges. the ships cry had been heard.-World's Work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
 TRYING TO FOOL THE CLOCK.

The Vancouver Board of Trade re gently went on record as approving petition to the provincial legislature for a change in the standard time of British Columbia It was recommend ed that all clocks be advanced one hour from the first Sunday in April to the third Sunday in October. The petitioners argued that during the summer months people slept three hours of daylight, while if the time were advanced one hour the sixty minutes would be added to the recre~ ation period in the evening.
 You can take a pencil, paper and an almanac and figure this out and find proof of the argument of the Vancouverites. There's no question about the facts, but the experiment is not new in Vancouver. It was tried in London and New York several years ago Statisticians showed ap- proximately what would be saved- and the total ran into millions--in the matter of gas and other lighting bills, if we would only perform the simple task of adjusting our sleeping and working hours to the changing sea- sons. It is true that we sleep away many glorious morning hours-at least we are told so--when we ought to be out on our way to work, vel coming the march of the dawn over yon high Eastern hills, listening to the lark and the milkman and the other early ris IS, but the fact is that we do not do anything of the kind and do not wish to do so. We have heard all about that "early to bed and early to rise" adage and fully believe in it--for the other fel- low-but we know full we'll that we can not fool ourselves about it by the simple expedient of turning the clock back
 It all sinners down to the indl- vidual, his tastes and his necessities. If we can find enjoyment in sitting on the porch and watching the sun and the milkcart doing joint mara thon on the horizon, let him do 1t and get his fill of it. If he finds more comfort in trying to convince himself that the clock is few minutes fast, and he doesn't really need a shave this morning anyway, and maybe the cook is a little slower than usual with the breakfast, and this is the morning the boss usually is late, why let him have his way about it, too. If he gets to his work on time, satisfied with his breakfast and whistles as he hangs up his office coat, he is just as fit for service as his neighbor who tells him what he missed by not seeing the sun flirting around the snowcaps on Mount Tacoma. "a little after 5 o'clock" Getting up an hour earlier is no more an indication of progress than being in an everlasting hurry is sign of thoroughness and effi- ciency. When it is all simmered down and totaled up the value of each hour of the day is measured by your util- ization of it. You can not fool your self by fooling with the clock.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Paw Knows Exerxthina.

Willie. Paw. why do they say that all the world is stage: Paw-Bc' ca,,s.. ,!r.s" wlIO can't get in the spot Nigh, nrl ,S critics. my Mn. Cincinnati EWUiirrr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Answered..

Do you dance on your toes. Miss Quickwit?"
 Never. Mir Clumsey. Other people do that for me-"
 And he didn't know just what she meant until he tried to get another dance with her.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Side Light on History

Socrates was about to quaf the hem lock.
 'rhis.' he said. lis the cup that neither cheers nor inebriates."
 Making sort of wry face. just the same. he hastened to bring the incident to a close.-Chicago Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
She apsaks Out.

You aren't earning very much" "But. my. darling. two can live az eheaply as one"
 ''l don't yearn to live cheaply. young ;nan."-St. Louis Republic. .
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Financial Rabies.

Your husband. my dear woman. has financial rabies
 "Rut. doctor. he has never. so far as | know. been bitten by dog. don't understand you"
 Hes money ."-Detroit Free Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
How to. Bs strona.

Man is strong. only by union, happy only by peace. Be firm. not obstinate: courageous. not turbulent: free. not undisciplined: prompt. not precipitate. -COmte de Mirabean. :;
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20

The good workman doesn't say. '"There. that will do." but always. ."There. that is ft-it will last always" /" Emerson.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-20
Related Remarks.

Bix-Doesn't your wife say anything when you go out evenings? Dix-Not much: she reserves the bulk of her re- marks for me when get home-Bos- ton Transcript.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
TRUSTEES SALE OF FAIRM0NT
REAL ESTATE.

By virtue Of the authority in me-
vested by two certain deeds Of trust.
bearing date on the 23d day Of Sep
TENDER, 1912, and the cath day OF
September, 1912, respectively, exc
cuted by John B. Wyatt to the un-
dersigned trustee, to secure the pay
ment of two certain notes therein
mentioned, which said trust deeds
are of record in the office OF the
clerk of the County Court of Marion
county, West Virginia, in Trust
Deed Book No. S3, pages 1913 and
30, respectively, and default having
been made therein and said trustee
having been requested so to do, the
undersigned, as such trustee, will,
on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25tll.
1918, at the front door Of the court
house Of Marion county, West Vir-
ginia, sell at public auction to the
highest responsible bidder, a certain
parcel of real estate in what is known
and called 1.-THE Michael Section or
Google Addition to the City Of Fair
that is to say: Lot No. 18TH
OF said Michael section, bounded as
follows:
Beginning at a stake corner to lot
No. II Of said Michael Section and
running thence along the line with
lot No. II, rs feet; thence in q south
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
CAME WARDEN SENDS OUT
REPORT OF LAST MEETING

State Game Warden ]. A. Wiques-
ney, Of Belington, has mailed out
copies OF the proceedings OF the sixth
annual meeting of the West Virginia
Fish and Game association which
was held in this city December 4 ard
6, 1912. The report shows that Ma
rion county has more members in
this association than any other coun'
ty in the state. There are lis mem
bers from this county. Among the
illustrations is a picture Of Or. D. ?.
Fitch with his. dog Maxmillion and
in another illustration Maxmillion
is e alone,
Tho report isha complete book Of
all Of thc dcft 6srations Of Tho mcet-
ing and contains seine very lldlpfall
matter pertaining 70 Iisll and game,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
Auction Of Real Estate

On FRIDAY, OCTOBER III 1918, at 1880 p m. IshalL offer
for sale at public auction to the highest and best. ~bidder4the fos5
lowing described real estate, situate in and near the City Of fair
mont, being the real. estate OF the late John ". Morgan, deceased
Lot No. II, in Block No. 16, in the Harr Addition TO the City
of Fairmont, said lot fronting on Chestnut street q distance Eof3Sss
feet and extending back a distance Of 100 feet, and heag1mproyeda
by a good six room dwelling house.
Lots Nos. IS, 10 and 20 in block No. 16, Harr Addition.
Lot No, A and 70 No. 5 in block No, Is, Harr Addition
Lots Nos. to IS excepting No, 81 in block'D ofsthe WssN#
satterield Addition to the City of Fairmontt each Of saidlotss hays
ing a frontage of 40 feet, and extending back an average q ll25
feet. 8
A lot in the satterfdd Addition, fronting Al feet on eAss
street and extending back a distance of 99h feet, improved with.
a good three room dwelling house.
TERMS OF sAlE:-onct third cash in hand, balance, in one
and two years. s&Sssa
Sal. will tax. place on property, Lots Nos. 1920 in the HAIR
Addition being sold first.
For further description OF property call on
4 .r ME-. MORGAN,
Oct. S-15. tr4 ~ Hall Block, Fairmont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08

8WHRf
head out Of the way Just 10 time Bert,
.Copeley, s5daremaps on the NprtoIkIs
& Western. saved ifs life Saturday
night on the Kehoya yards butaoa
his arm. He had been hanging out
over the side of the engine looking
downward, when his hands slipped
and he plunged directly between
the wheels, his head and arm land:
ing on the rail in front Of the slow
moving wheels.
Begins Operations.
eLARKSBURG-The National Re-
Hector company, the latest concern
to take advantage Of the great in
ducements offered to manufacturers
here, after six months occupied in
installing its splendid plant upon the
property Just south Of the city. for
merIy owned by the National Alum
mum company. has started the fires
in its big furnaces and is now n Of
the full-flcdged going concerns OF
this great manufacturing center.
Fine Well
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was receive
cd here by officials Of the Hunting
ton Gas and Development company
to the effect that a new 4,00O,0 600
gas we'll had been struck on Six
Mile in Lincoln county. The COM
pany now has fourteen producing
wells, located on six-Mile, Four-MiIe
and at Interval. The new well which
shot the production from "a to 2S
million feet per day was drilled in
Saturday. 1t was not learned of
here, however, until Sunday when
the news was t%elephoned in. The
company is connecting up with new
customers as rapidly as possible and
expects within another year to be
supplying double the number Of peo-
pie MS at present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS TO
FLUSH KtDNEWS IF BLAD.
DER B0THERs YOU.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some
form or other, says u well-known au-
thority. because the uric acid III
meat excites the kidneys they be-
come overworked: get sluggish; clog
up and cause all sorts OF distress.
particularly backache and misery in
the kidney region; rheumatic tring-
cs. severe headaches, acid stomach
constipation, torpid liver, sleepless-
ness, bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts or
kidneys aren't acting fright, or II
bladder bothers you, get about four
ounces Of Jad Salts from any good
pharmacy; take u tablespoonful In a
glass OF water before breakfast for
a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid OF grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with lithta,
and has been used for generations to
flush clogged Kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity; also 10
ncutraIize the acids in the urine so
it no longer irritates, thus ending
bladder disorders.
lad Salts cannot iniure anyone;
makes a delightful %efferyescGnt ltth-
ia-water drink which millions of
men and women take now and then
to keep the kidneys and urinary or
gans clean, thus avoiding serious
kidney disease.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
Found Dead.

HUNTINGTON-JoNn McCoy, for
the past fourteen years employed as
engineer at the plant of the West
Virginia Brewing company, was
found dead in bed at the home o!
his sister, Mrs. Glen Runyan. in
West Huntington, about 0 O'Clock
Sunday morning. His death was
due to an attack OF heart failure. he
having been subjected to similar at
tacks for some time, but never oil
such seriousness that warranted stts'
ptcion that the end was so near.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
Shot While Hunting.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Collins.
son of a Chesapeake & Ohio yard
master at Russell and who is well
known in railroad circles in this city
was painfully hurt while out hunt
ing last week. He was tamperinG
with the hammer of his gun when 1t
slipped, discharging the gun and
filling every ono Of the toes Of one
foot with shot. Fortunately the
gun was so pointed that he merely
received thee dge Of the charge ami
not the full effect Of il.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08

westerly direction 80 feet to stake,
corner to lot No. 10 of said Michael
Section; thence with line Of same q
distance of rs feet to the southeast
ern line of &c" street; and thence
along said line OF &c" street, 30 feet
to the place of beginning, contain
ing $3.50 square feet. On which
said property there is a new 1--WE
room cottage dwelling house; being
the same property which was con-
veyed to the said. John b. Wyatt by
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
Serinnslv Hurt.

HUNTTNGTON-Fred Baeberlc, OF
Russell, Ky, where he has charge
OF the running repairs for the Ches-
apcukc K Ohio, was so seriously hurt
in a motorcycle accident Sunday
evening that he is ut present lying
at the Chesapeake & Ohio hospital
here, fighting desperately for his life
the attending physicians offering
hope only in case he rallies from the
shock Of the injury and the conse-
uuent operation found necessary to
give him Il chance for further exist
cAce.
Haebcrle was on the way to his
parents home near P~roctorVtlls
when his machine struck an obstacle
in the road, pitching him head!onG
into the dust, rendering him uncon-
scious. The accident occurred at
Heering, Ohio, eight miles from
PrOct0rvillc.
Tor4 on Arm
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
! Appreciation
orc. w. Post
GUEST OF HONOR AT BANQUET
GIVEN BY BATTLE CREEK
MEN.
lpatile creek Enanirer.l

the number OF 26O gathered at Post
Tavern last evening In the most i'm
portaut demonstration OF the kind
ever attempted in the city to give
expression to Battle Creeks appre-
citation Of the magnificent new i'm
provement which has Just been COM
pleted there, and TO &. W. Post AS q
town builder. The fact that Battle
Creek has in the new Tavern Annex,
by thu testimony OF many competent
witnesses, the best furnished hotel
in tile United States was n consld-
Grafton in the appreciation spirit
with which the business men greet
ed MIR. Post and reviewed the pro-
gress which he has brought to the
city.
The following poem written for
the occasion by Edgar Guest was
read:
C. w. POST.
(Thc same being a few lines dedi-
Gated to a pail
Some envy you your millions, some
envy you your fame,
Some envy you the buildings great
on which is carved your name;
Some envy you your luXuries and
some your great success.
And some the force for doing things
which you today possess.
But IL saw a young mar gaze ut
you as you passed by
And o, / envy you the look that H.
that youthful eye.
do not envy you your chance to
give in large amounts
When all is said and done It's not
the size of gifts that counts;
l do not envy you because yo'1 own
this building Nnc.
| might not be a better mar today II
this were mine.
But did a young man look at me IN
such a grateful way
LAS | have seen one look III you, ~
happier be today.
do not envy you your wealth,
might gain that and more,
And still not have n single friend
come smiling to my door;
A man might climb the topmost
heights Of fame and stand apart
The c~leverest one of all the age-and
be a cad at heart.
/ envy no mans skill, but Oh, I'll
say to you tonight
| envy you the grateful look that
made that boys eyes light.
/ envy you his smiling face, his kind
ly thoughts Of you,
envy you the splendid deeds that
some day he will do;
tFor in his eyes. I read of You, not
sordtd gifts Of gold
For which, so oft, the taker finds his
manhood he has sold,
Dut kindness in u larger sense, abovf
all place and pelf.
. envy you the chance you gave that
youth to help himself.
have no wish to leave behind great
monuments OF stone,
iTd rather leave my finger prints Or
living flesh and bone.
I'd rather leave but one behind. who
when I've gone, shall say:
"Hc helped me up to better things
he smoothed my troubled way
II only one speak this of me. ! shall
not fear to die
And so tonight envy you that loot
as you passed by.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08

plant. Wesley w. Wees, will be the
first local workman to become Il ben
cticiary of tie West Virginia work
mems compensation act, which be
came effective October LIST. The
company posted notices about It's
plant several days ago that it had
elected to come under the provision
of tho law.