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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
Luncheon for visltcr

IGNORING Mrs. ComIey, Of indian
apnlis, Ind, who is a guest Of Mrs
Henry Raymond, Mrs. a. w. Rapp en-.
RETAINED at an Informal but enjoy
strble luncheon at O'Clock this after
noon at her home in Sixth street
u! color scheme Of green and white
Mas very prettily carried out in the
tlecofations. Mrs. Rapp's guests were
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
.5TaIked to Teachers.

aiias;Vinna Boydston, primary teach,
{ III Ill the Second ward schools, address
ia The Round Table Association at
sclarksblrg on the subject Of Primary
and Kindergarten work in the Public
Schools.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
In Neuv York
reN MEMBERS OF THE MADERo
FAMILY ARRIVE SAFELY IN
GOTHAM. i
(BY ASSOCIATED PErss.)

NEW YORK, March l5.-Ten of the
Madero family,fall relatives Of the
slain President of Mexico, arrived
here today to join the others OF the
family already in the United States.
and to consider where and how the
Maderos may reestabiish itHelr family
fortune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
FASTER SALE:

:Mrs. ]. r.. Railey's division Of the
Presbyterian. Legion willhaye an East.
q sale March IL. at the Nomesof Mrs.
i, G. Stoetaer Aprons, cakes, and
candies VIII BE sold. Hours two until
fSe o'clock. Tea viii be served ADV.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
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lie sunday attsrnoos at S0 ociocl
These gentlenensat e from PaFkers.
.,urg, and Will adaress 8 Sunday aEiet.
Communicating III colliie ticn with tie
yangelistic campaign on some topic
Stsinterest 70 the camp
#These gentlemen IRE laymsn aud
,cpyerts at The, rscan eainpalgn eoi.
.tucted in ParkeFsbars bss IsYaugellal
Lyon,
w. Va. Lodge Dol 81 o. will
serve a Chicken Supper on lie lSilI
At the odd FelloSsstt rlclsets sSe'
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-04

yacht. On the fifth he invested in
a house and a butler. On the sixth he
negotiated for a trip around the
world. When two weeks had gone by
all Joe Ransom's money was tied up
IN negotiable securities. And the
money was still a mouth distant
81 said Joe Ransom had a yellow,
streak in him, and now it came out.
n the middle of the third week met
May Latimer in the street. She tried
to hurry by me and / stopped her.
Then saw that she was crying and
she looked ten years older.
What's the matter, Miss Lati-
mer?' asked.
"'Joe; has thrown me, over she
sobbed. / said she was a common
place sort Of girl, and the type that
would blurt out that sort of thing.
But all the same she was just suited
to Joe and l was mighty sorry for
both Of them.
"The hound kept away from ME
after that. / guess he knew that l
had got wind of the affair. Folks be-
gan coupling his name with that OF
Miss Macy, local society girl, as the
newspapers phrase it. Miss Macy
hadn't any money, but she had style
and dash to sell and she wasn't lchary
about it.. reckon she was anxious to
get those pretty insteps of hers inside
that touring car. @
cit was at the end of the fourth
week when Joe burst into my rooms
one evening, as white as sheet. In
his hand he held a lawyers letter. He
handed 1t to me without word and
sank down into my leather chair
There was no tango this time. His
face was drawn and yellow. / read
the letter and looked at him, and I
was quite shocked at the change in
his appearance. i
$50 it seems there isn't any prop
erfv after, ALL said.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-04

five hundred for the clothes and it
will take me my life to pay that
back-if l get back my job
How about Miss Latimer?' ask
ed, and Joe sprang up and grabbed
me by the arm. Z
I've been a hog and a skunk,
WILL he said. DO you think she'll
take me back? Do your @
81 told him to be a man, to go to-
his boss first and ask for his old job
back; then to go to Miss Latimer and
ask her forgiveness. ! think he saw
things more seriously when L had I'm
ished speaking to him, Anyway, he
did what told him to, and the next
day he was back with his former en-
ployer, working for SIS a week. And
the following Sunday l met him walk
ing with May LatimcT and their faces
were radiant.
Eyes, that was a lesson for Joe
Ransom. All the town was laughing
at him. The little boys called 'chug,
chug,' after him in the streets. asBut
May was plucky girl and she stood
by him, and / saw that he was de-
termined to-live down the past.
1.-TWO weeks passed. The boys had
ceased to yell after Joe. The day for
the marriage had been fixed. The
tailor had been pacified, through my
Intervention. Joe's future was ap-
parentiy to be as untroubled as his
past had been. The brief splurge, the
short and vivid dream of wealth had
steadied the fellow. The yellow
streak had worn itself away And
then, few nights before his we'd
ding day, Joe and Miss Latimer came
round to my rooms together. Joe had
a letter in his hands. He handed it
to nae without word. / read it.
Dear Sir It ran:
eve beg to notify you that the
sale Of the property . -'"',r uncle, the
late Mr. Josiah Ransom netted the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
MARRIAGE BROKERS.
They Play a Queer Sort of Gamo In
English Society.

There exist in British social lif,
certain individuals known as "mar
rage brokers'" They move in thC
highest ranks and gain, often un
known to their friends, enormous
commissions for making desired
"match" possible. In some cases
says London Tit Bits, match il
made as an ordinary business ar,
rangement-that is to say, each
party to the contract, the prospec-
tive bride and bridegroom, are
aware how their meeting has been
brought about, and each is prepared
to pay handsome commission for
the introduction; but these cases
are few and far between.
What causes the business of the
society marriage broker to be great
ly looked down on is the fact that
most usually society matrimonial
agents work in secret. They are
received at the best houses, and
their hostesses, all unsuspectingly,
are made catspaws to obtain intro
ductions. Needless to say in a case
like this there is always one vic
tim, for either the man or the girl
is drawn into the match unsuspect-
ingly, little thinking that the per-
son who brought about the intro
duction may derive a lifelong in
come as the result. Sums of f20,-
600 and more have been known to
change hands as commission in this
way.
Very often the society marriage
broker sets his bait by an adver-
tisement in one of the most ex-
elusive society papers. Advertise
ments of this kind are usually
shrewdly disguised, taking the form
in most cases of tempting offers Of
employment for impecunious gen
tlemen of high birth. In this way
an interview is arranged, and in the
most artful manner possible the
proposal is put forward to provide
the applicant with a wealthy bride
in return for a heavy commission
when the wedding is duly solemniz-
ed. In many cases the impecunious
gentleman falls in with the scheme.
Should he not do so, however, a
promise Of strict secrecy is usually
extorted, and the marriage broker
sets about attracting some more will
ling fish to his net. Too often the
society marriage broker is member
of the fair sex. In this case few
manage to escape from her schem-
ing.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Motion of the Sun.

Owing to the revolution of the
earth the sun seems to make its
daily circuit around us, which Of
course is not the case. But the sun
is revolving about its center quite
as truly as the earth is. 1t was one
of the conceptions Of that most re-
markable man, Sir John Herschel,
that the whole solar system had a
motion in space and was advancing
toward a point in the heavens near
the star Hercules. Sir Johns con-
ception-as bold an idea as ever en-
tered the human minds now gen
orally accepted by astronomers, and
the opinion is quite universal among
them that the entire system is trac-
ing our a curvilinear path in space,
a course around some mighty cen
ter, probably at Hercules.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
BEAUTIFUL, BUT DEADLY.
The 6ushmaster Is the Most Venomous
Snake In the World.

Snake In the World.
"About the latest thing among
snake novelties is the bushmaster,
writes the London correspondent of
the Chicago News. "This snake, ac-
cording to Baron E. Leijonhufvud,
+. q. s., f. r. G. s., is one of the
rarest and shiest in the world. 1t
is at home in tropical South Amer
lea and occurs in Trinidad. 1t has
the greatest venom of any of the
large poisonous vipers, and as much
as $50 milligrams have been extract
ed at one time from the bushmaster.
The dreaded rattlesnake, including
the large diamond, does not give
more than half the quantity of ven
ON. Attaining sometimes a length
of twelve feet, the bushmaster is
the largest of all the poisonous
snakes of the world. The pattern
is beautiful; pinkish yellow ground
color, with rhomboid regular de-
signs of darkish brown, having a
tinge of purple and terra Gotta. In
each darker pattern is a brighter
center. spot. Its Latin name means
the silent rattlesnake.' 1t was Civ
en- this name by Linnaeus ON ac-
count of its tail, which is tapering
and horny, made of the same ma
terial as that of the rattlesnake,
but without the segments and con-
sequently silent.
"Charles, Waterton, the famous
naturalist, who made three journeys
to South America, describes the
bushmaster in his notes of the first
journey in 1912 as follows: I'm
rivaled in his display of every lovely
color of the rainbow and unmatch-
ed in the effects of his deadly poi
son, the "Counacouchi" glides un-
daunted on, sole monarch of the
forests. Both man and beast fly be-
fore him and allow him to pursue
an undisputed path. He sometimes
grows to the length of fourteen
feet. The bushmaster's head is en-
tirely heart shaped, and when rous
ed the serpent does not get into
the position of the other vipers, but
keeps the head slightly raised with
S shaped vertical bends of the body.
In striking it lets out these bends
like a spring and can in this way
reach very far. Its food is the COM
mon rat, the rabbit and the agouti.
"In Central America the bush
master is called by the Indians the
pineapple snake because its scales
are round and similar to the outside
of a pineapple. This exceedingly
delicate snake, which is killed by |
the slightest change of climate, is
not nearly so aggressive as its small
er cousin, the fer de lance, and
does not affect materially the NOR
tality on sugar, bananas or coffee
plantations.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Then He Went to Sleep.

Mrs. Popkins was constantly re-
minding her husband that shefown-
ed the silver, that she owned the
furniture, and the piano was her
own private property, and so on un-
til poor Popkins began to wonder
what she'd claim next.
The other night Mrs. P. woke in
alarm. Strange sounds were heard
in the lower parts Of the house,
and quickly rousing her husband
she cried:
"Johnl John! Get up! There
are burglars in the house"
'Eh?" inquired Mr.. Popkins, rub
bing his eyes.
Burglars downstairs!" repeated
Mrs. P.
Burglars ?" said Popkins, as he
turned over. "Well, you do the
worrying. l don't own anything"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Great Indian Acrobats.

The travelling acrobats who wan
der from village to village in India
are often surprisingly clever. In a
remarkably short time they will
erect their primitive apparatus, con-
sisting of few bamboo poles and
ropes and will then go through a
most wonderful performance, the
daring and skill of which would
greatly astonish people used to
western acrobatic feats. The poles
and ropes are fixed up in the most
haphazard fashion. and the per-
formers risk their lives over and
over again. well satisfied if, at the
end, the audience rewards them
with a few annas.-Wide World.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
A True Friend.

An elderly man in large city
died in extremely poor circum-
stances. A prominent business man,
well known for his mercenary char
acter, attended the funeral and was
visibly affected as he looked for the
last time on his old friend and as
sociate.
"You thought a great deal of the
old gentleman ?" he was asked after
the services were over.
Thought "A great deal Of him?"
echoed the merchant. well, !
should say did. There was a true
friend. He never asked me to lend
him cent, though knew that he
was practically starving to DEATH"
-Harper's Magazine.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Putting It In Plain English.

Miss Jennings was hearing the
grammar and rhetoric class. She
wrote a sentence on the board and
called upon Abner to rise.
"Thomas can ride the horse if he
wants to-" she read, pointing to the
board. "Now, Abner, rewrite the
sentence in another form"
Abner surveyed it somewhat du-
biously for a moment; then inspira-
ton came to him, and, stepping to
the board, he wrote:
'"Thomas can ride the horse if the
horse wants him to."-New York
Post.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Juvenile Musical MarveIs.

Sir Charles Halle was only four
when he first played in public;
Hummel made his first appearance
at the age of five, Mozart at six,
Chopin and Rubinstein at eight.
Mozart began composing when only
five, while Samuel Wesley wrote a
march for one of the guards regi-
ments at the age of seven. Sir Ed
ward Elgar was twelve years old
when he composed his first music
for a child's playa shameful lack
of precocityl-London Chronicle.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Nice Discrimination.

First Customer wish to select
vase.
FloOrwalker - Yes, madam.
James, show the lady to the crock
cry department.
Second Customer wish to Sc
lect a vawz.
Floorwalker - Yes, madam,
George. show the lady to the brio
a-brac department. New York
Weekly.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06
Recoanition

Brown-Have you heard Of the
adventure of old Jehones. the law
yer?
Chown-No-what WAS that?
Brown-Why, he went ont to
bathe one day and encountered a
huge shark. Their eyes met fcr an
instant, then the sharl Irshed and
swan away.-London Answers
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-06

"THE WOLF, one of the most important produc-
tions well of the big dramatic successes OF the
past several will be presented in Heppner at the
Star Theater Monday, Nov. IT, with a-star cast.
"The Wolf" is a romantic drama OF the Hudson Bay
fur country three acts and three by Eugene
Walter. Mr. Walter is author who strikes hard, and
he is said handle the story with directness that is
the vengeance wreaked upon an American civil engineer
who years before the story opens has deserted habeed
girl of the far north the girl Anette dies in storm, but
Montreal there lives half brother who has promised
his diving father search for the lost girl He discovers
that Mcdonald is the he seeks and that he is TENT
ing Hilda, the daughter of a Scotch trader, whom he
Jules Beauben) loves.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
Assistant Teachers
Assigned to Schools

Superintendent W. ". Slaton. Of
the public schools, has announced the
assignment Of the supernumerary
teachers. as follows:
Misses Lillian BLOOD worth. state
Street School; Caroline Campbell,
Walker Street; Willie Ca-michal.
Grant Park. SaIlie DeSaussure. East
Atlanta; Annie Ruth Estes, DAVIS
Street; Clara May Fowler. Fraser
Street, Irene Hancock Inman Park:
Fannie Henley. Fair Street; Annie
Whitefoord Hi. North Avenue. Sa-
ran Holmes. Peoples Street. Louise
L-iper Luckie Street, Fannie Mar
shall W. T. Sldton, Ruth Miller,
English Avenue. Ida Moore. Edge
wood. HOrtense Moran. Tenth Street.
Lillian Reeves, Hill street: Matte
Lou Richardson, Lee Street. Ethei
Rodgers, Furmwalt Street, Frances
Smith, Pryor Street, Virginia stan
ard, Faith; Vivieu Wuslow. Home
Park, Irene Silvey. Ivy Street, Mary
E Conner Girls High; A. Davenport,
Georgia Avenue; L. Harrison. For
rest Avenue r. Hubert. Crew Street.
A. J.. Ganor, Highland Avenue: Mary
l. Cray Boulevard; May Henderson,
. ". Adair.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
PASTORS TAKE UP
PRISON PROBLEM

a Statewide movement has been
put under way TO have Georgia min
listers set aside July 6 as Prison Re
form sunday" and preach on Geor-
gas prison problems from the Chris
tan point Of view. The movement
was originated in Atlanta by a reso-
luton passed by the Evangelical Min
listers Association
Ministers who put the movement
under way take the view that patri-
Otism is civic righteousness in action.
They plan TO raise the definite ques-
ton Of whether Georgia's present
prison system is in accord with civic
righteousness. and purpose inGOrsing
the appointment Of a commission to
look into the penal and criminal court
reform question Al the approaching
session Of the Legislature.
Christian people Of the State will
be asked TO support the measure ere
ating the commission
The following Atlanta ministers
have been appointed a committee TO
arouse interest in the movement in
every Georgia community:
Rev. John +. White Second Baptist
Church; Rev G. B. Wilmer, 81. Luke's
Church; Rev. Dunbar ogden, Central
Presbyterian Church; Rev. W. c.
Schaeffsr Lutheran Church OF the
Redeemer; Rev. W. p. LovejOy, pre-
siding elder Of the Methodist Church;
Rev. G. L. Hanscomb, Central Con-
gregatiOnal Church.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18

longing 10 possess IS often COntTadIC ted
BY the Inherent fear OF "A period Of dis
treHs.
But there need be no such dread in
view Of the fact that we have q most
noble remedy In what IL known as
Mothers Friend, This is an external
application that has a wonderful influ-
euoe and control over the muscular tis-
susa Of the abdomen, BY its daily use
the muscles, cords, tendons and liga-
nentS all gently expand without The
slightest strain. there is no pain. no
nausea no nervousness. what was
Dreaded az severe physical ordeal be-
comes a calm, serene. joyful anticipa-
ton that has it's impress such as our
foremost teachers Of Eugenics Hrs striv-
ing to dril into tho minds OF the present
generation.
In almost every community there are
women who have used Mothers Friend,
and they are the ones that recovered
quickly. conserved their health and
strength 70 thus preside over families
destined by every rule OF physiology and
tho history OF successful men and wo-
msn 10 repeat the story Of greater
achievement.
Mothers Friend is prepared after the
formula OF a noted family doctor by the
BrRdheld Regulator Co, 1873 Lamar
Bldg. Atlanta, Ga.
Write them for their instructive book
70 eIpectant mothers. You VIII hnd
Mothers Friend Oh sale by all drug
stores 81 LOO q bottle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
Drops in Wheat Only
Helps Another Bulge

CHICAGO. June is-The Inter Ocean
says: 1T was the gossip last night that
the largest traders who fought the a0
vance in wheat for several days. were
the best buyers on yesterdays break.
While traders generally believed that
the bull edge was Off the market they
don't expect II 20 50 to pieces at once
and believe that reaction has put Il
in better shape FOR another bulge when
conditions are right.
While there are a good many bulls
on corn. conservative people are advis-
ing caution in buying at present levels.
Many old corn traders advise against
becoming too bulllsh on drouth hulges
IN June. Bulls claim that receipts Will
drop or. but some receivers expect a
good movement for two weeks.
oats specialists said that an advance
OF cents bushel In four days was
more than was warranted by the crop
or market conditions and while senti-
meut continues hullish and tho eSti-
mated yield Is being cut down IN many
sections there is not a serious crop fail
uve so far, prices being az q level where
extreme caution should be used in buy
ing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
SCHOOLS SUFFER
FOR LACK Of
MONEY
State, Behind Financially, Has
Not Paid Any Part Of ApprO-
priationS This Year.

Reports made public Tuesday by
Comptroller General William A
Wright revealed that Georgia schools
this year are suffering even more than
usual from the non payment OF school
funds, not cent having been paid as
Vet on the 1913 appropriations
Despite the deplorable conditions Of
other years, 10 or Is per cent OF the
fund, at least, has been paid by the
middle Of June, and sometimes the
amount has reached 20 or 25 per cent.
II Is said at the Capitol that unless
the finances OF the State are better
conserved by the Legislature the
school funds will not be taken care q
next year until November, and that
soon the State will be a whole year
behind In its payments.
The last General Assembly passed
appropriations nearly half a million
dollars in excess of the revenues Of
the State for the two years for which
IL acted. 1912 and 1918 out Of the
appropriations So 800 O0O was set aside
for the public schools. but they have
not received a cent OF the appropria-
ton.
More Spent Than Received.
from all sources were approximately
S5.6l0,0OO. Appropri8t were
S5,949.00O, which would have made an
excess Of appropriations over reve-
nues Of 1899 900 had not tax assess
ments OF the State showed an in
crease, reducing the net deficit TO
1902, 200.
Comptroller Wright does not antic-
ipate a substantial tax assessment in
crease this year The estimated rev
enues reach S5,673, COS, but the Gen
eral Assembly already has appropri-
ated $59O4,567, making an estimated
deficit Of 1921 ,562.
State officials are strong in their
advocacy Of some measure or pro-
cedure that will bring the revenues
up to the level Of the appropriations.
Comptroller Wright and state Treas
urer Speer are IN favor Of tax
reform az one method 70 effect this
purpose. This is In line with Govern
or Browns annual message to the last
General Assembly.
Special Commission Urged.
g. NJ. Gambler, chairman OF the
Railroad Commission, approves OF this
plan. but believes IL Is a subject that
warrants the appointment Of special
commission TO investigate the subject
and report al next years session OF
the Legislature.
State Superintendent of Schools NJ
J.. Britain Is in favor Of an issue OF
bonds TO meet the Immediate needs
which would necessitate an amend
ment to the Constitution.