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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
Diamonds for
Miss Wilson
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES To
GIVE BRIDE HANDSOME
PENDANT OF BRIL-
LIANTS.

WASHINGTON. =. e.. Nov. :. -
a pendant made up of one canary
diamond weighing Gls caratS. sur
rounded by So smaller diamonds. ar
ranged in Il pear shape and attached
to neck chaiu in which Smaller
diamonds are set will b. the gift OF
the house of representatives to Miss
Jessie Wilson when She marricS
Francis b. Sayrc in the White House
on November -. Republican Lead
or Mann started the movement by
which individual members Of the
house contributed more than $1,000
for the gift. The gift will be- in a
jcwclry box wiki the following in
scription:
presented to Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson by the members IF tn"
United States House of Representa-
tivGs as d 'okcn OF their aiicctiOnatc
interest and regard on her marriage.
November 25, 1913"
The faulty circir at t.lc Whttc
House is busiy engaged these days
in opening boxes, breaking seals and
unraveling packages nf every shape
and sizc--all containing presents for
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson. who is
Is be married NOvcmbcr - TO Fran
els B. Sayrc. Some of the gifts have
come from officials in distant lands
Strict secrecy, however, is being
maintained as to the nature Of tho
presents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
Still Unidentified:

PORT HURON, Mich. NOy. IL
Although many lake men are firm In
helirf that the steamer which turn
cd turtle in Lake Huron a few
miles northeast Of here during the
heavy gale is the steamer Regina, of
Toronto, others were equally con-
rinrrh that she is not. 1t Is re
gnrdcd, however, as certain that the
Regina went down during the storm.
The difference of opinion concerning
the identity OF tn" overturned vessel
is due to tile fact that the hun Of
the mysterious ship is reported as
being black and that Of the Regina
WAS green.
An official of the company owning
the Regina has visited the scene of
the wreck and he does not believe it
is his vessel.
a theory horne by many is that
there was a collision between the
unidentified vessel and the Regina.
(C,mt: MEL on rage Eight
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
Ten TOWnS
Destroyed BY
Earthquake
FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY BEFALLS
INTERIOR CITIES OF
PERU.
BELIEVED SEVERAL HUNDRED
LIVES HAVE BEEN
LOST.

lama. Peru. Nov. i2.--fcn towns
were destroyed and several hundred
persons killed in an earthquake
which occurred on last Friday in
the mountainous province Of Ayma-
racs. News of the disaster reached
this city by courier today. Tile
number Of known dead was l2e
when the courier lci, the devastated
district. aud it was believed that sew
cral hundred more bodies would be
recovered.
The survivors are living in the
cprn and are suffering prtyalionS
from loss of food and shelter. The
government today forwarded large
quantities of provisions and appr"-
priatcd funds for relief of the in
habtlantS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
To Investigate
School Board
GRAND JURY At CLARKSBURG
WILL CONSIDER COAL DIS,
TRICT CASE.

CLARKSBrRG. W. Va. Nov. l.,
The affairs Of the Coal district
board Of education are 10 be invr,ti-
gated By the regular grand jury Of
the criminal court, which began its
work here. Judge james v. Robin
son, In his charge to The jary, laid
special stress on information ami
common report that the board had
exceeded authority in laying an cN-
Cessive and unlawful Ieyy for tn'
construction Of a $4,000 school
building at Northvie%, aud that tn"
board had contracted an unlawful
debt in connection Herewith. l.. j.
Dawson was named one,of the invcs'
tigatlng body.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
Winks utGirl;
Sent to Jail
MANY MALE FLIRTERS CAUGHT
IN CRUSADE INAUGURATED
BY N. Y. POLICE.

NEW YORK. Nov. T.. On evil
dcncr that hr had winkcd AT sales
girl in the waiting room d: Sixth
avenue department store, Daniel
Sagrr wis sentenced to >" days in
the work house by Magistrate House.
Two Of ten other young men ar
rested by detectives at the same time
on the charge Of flirting were SEN
fenced to 20 days each. The other
light prisoners will b" tried today,
after spending the night in Jail in
default Of $1,000 bonds.
The arrests resulted from the
complaint of a young woman who
wrote to Police Commissioner Wal
do that while on shopping tour
recently she had been lnsuItcd while
resting in the waiting room OF de-
pGrtnIcnt store.
The detectives were assisted by
several saIcsgirls who were assigned
places in the Whiting rooms fire.
Gncntcd daily by young men.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
$500 MONUMENT FOR
HIS FAITHFUL FIDO

ROCHESTER,, y. Y, Nov. II
"Fido. our faithful friend, died May
IL, 1918. aged Is years" This is
the inscription on the face OF $500
bronze monument erected to the
memory Of the tog on thr lawn OF
Henry Zabrist, It's owner
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
FIRST ROB MAN, THEN
HANG HIM ON FENCE

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Nov. 19.--
JOIN EasmuS, of Duryca, Pa, was
held up and robbed by two masked
men. After the highwaymcn had
secured his valuabes they tied him
hand and foot. He was left hang
ing by his empty pockets on the
uickets of a fence and was not freed
for two hours.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12
TO CUT THE WEDDING
CAKE IN 1000 PIECES.

NEW YORK. Nov. 12-MisS
Jessie Wilson'S wedding cake
was baked here yesterday. The
first layer of the cake is four
inches thick and 90 inches
across. When ready for the
knife. the cake will weigh
1873 pounds, aud will be two
and nne-halr feet tail. II one
counts the vase of white or
rhids to be placed ON top. II
will cost about $500. and will
contain 10 ingredients. In 100"
Gain;y white boxes. tied with
satin ribbon. The cake will be
distributed. each box the prop
cr size to 80 under ones pill
low to dream upon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12

James o. Watson, general mana
ger of the Monongahela valley
Traction company, returned from
the cast last night, He reports that
the storm did not reach the eastern
cities. ........-.-...
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12

WANTED-Girl to learn feed press
cs. Apply s a, III. W. Va. Job Dep,
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Warmer and generally fair tonight
and Thursday,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-12

Classified Ads
8 Insertions rs Gents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03

can-fn car OF anywhere near the quality.
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A motor such as you can't surpass in $4,000
car. And all other features equally excellent
This car will lead-distance all others In It's
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AND FINALLY THE "25"-the car the trade
has been talking about, looking for, waiting
for.
while we may not hope to supply all who want
them, we will be able to appease 10000 buyers
during the next twelve months.
YOUR ENTHUSIASM win know no bounds
when you and ride in this "25."
THIS is A REAL AUTOMOBILE IS
horsepower, bloc cast motor; 103" wheel base
same size tires all around, 80 81; full FIVE
passenger body; speed selective transmits
sion; cone clutch; worm and sector steering
gear; lefthand drive; center control; magnetic
all the features Of high priced car.
AND AT A PRICE no other maker has ever
before been able TO produce such car
$3.50 plus the freight.
THE RESULT OF MORE concentrated exper-
fence, engineering and metallurgcal knowl-
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and fulf1ls our fOndest hopes.
1T WAS DESIGNED to meet the ideas and the
needs of tens Of thousands of discriminating
buyers-not beginners but experienced motor
ists-who must consult the purse and yet who
detest and decline to wear uniform and are
willing to pay little more for a car that is
q lot better.
WE WILL BUILD $4,000 of this model; IL,
600 of the "35' and 1000 to 5000 of the
Maxwell 500 in the next twelve months.
THAT'S SECOND LARGEST in tho world
and still we are not satisfied. Watch tho
Maxwells.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

a TRANSCENDENTALIST RENDEI-
Gus.

Monday, August 22d. 1921 After
leaving the book at Mr.. Emerson's I
returned through the woods, and, en-
tering Sleepy Hollow. I perceived a
lady reclining near the path which
bends along its verge. 1t was Mar
garet herself. She had been thera
the whole afternoon, meditatine OF
reading: for she had a book III her
hand, with some strange title, which
/ did not understand, II have for
gotten. She said hat nobody had
broken her solitude, and was just Civ
inhabitant Of Concord ever visited
Sleepy Hollow, hen We saw a group
of people entering the sacred pre-
cincts. Most Of them followed a patti,
which led them away from -, bat
an old man passed near us, and smiled
to e Margaret reclining on thu
ground, and me sitting by her side.
He made some remark about the
beauty Of III afternoon, and Withdrew
himself into the shadow OF the wood
Then we talked about autumn and
about h pleasures of being lost In
h woods. and about the crows,
whose voices Margaret had heard
and about the experiences Of early
childhood, whose influence remain
upon the character after the recOl-
lection Of them has passed away; an
about the sight OF mountains from q
distance, and h view from their
SUBMITS: and about other matters Of
high and low philosophy. In the
midst Of our talk, we heard footsteps
above US, on the high bank: and willis
the person was still hidden anon
the trees, he called to Margaret, OK
whom he had gotten q glimpse. Then
he emerged from the green shade.
and, behold! It was Mr.. Emerson. He
appeared to have had a pleasant time:
for he said that there were MUSES.
in the woods today, and whispers to
be heard in the breezes. It being now
nearly six o'clock. We Separated
Margaret and Mir. Emerson towards
his home, and I towards mine.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne's Amer
lean Notebook.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

awarded and the law gave has his
goods confscated to the state a
the defendant and his life put IN
jeopardy,
/ forbear to speak OF the almost
I'D thinkable iniQuity and outrage
committed In the name OF justice
when this traveSty court magnanl-
mouSlv proposed to revoke the death
sentence on condition that the pris-
one at the bar the faith
of his tribe and submit TO Christian
baptism,
And now as you see this deeply
injured man, wounded In his dearest
possession whose tendereSt memOr
has been desecrated," arise from his
seat and stagger down the long n
crowded aisle of the court o
amid the Kisses and sneers of the
multitude; and as your eye follows
the lettering frame OF h old man.
broke in purse and crushed in
spirit. shamble adown the inhOspita-
BILE street of an inhospitable city to
a darkened house and "a voiceless
h~earthstone, can there live in your
sinned against; hat his soul was scar
ed and his character marred by a
vicious environment? AntOnlO'S
ships. richly laden, reach port in
safety. BasSanio gains the Belmont
estate through the lady richly left.
But neither of these highly respected
and greatly beloved "Christian' gen
tlemen reimburse the stripped Jew TO
the of a single ducat. nor
does their of justice and Chris
tan" fairness suggest to them the
propriety of making good t o the in
exorabIe Jew the loan.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

LANG.s CASUAL OMNIsCIENCE.

Andrew Lang was never q strong
man. and he performed his multi
faIious tasks in spite OF real bodily
weakness. He was too often and too
gravely tired, and as a result a casua
omnipresence in his essays was apt
to be sighted in his more learned
works.
1t is this defect which mars his his
tcry-the subject which was probably
nearest his heart. He was intensely
conscious Of the past, and had the Gift
not only Of r%ecreating it imaginative
ty. but Of understanding it's motives
and it's long-forgotten disputes. Hence
he was peculiarly successful in his
tOricAl ~pOrtraiture. Where shall we
find a more balanced and sympathetic
rudy Of personality than his prince
Charles Edward" or such portraits as
his History Of Scotland? He was
excellent, too, at fathoming puzzles,
pursuing a clue like a sleuth-hound
among acres Of manuscript. Take
any one OF his Historical Mysteries
or his treatment of the Gowrie Con-
spiracy, or his many studies In the
career Of Mary Of Scots. He provided
brilliantly the ray material Of great
history, but he lever quite wrote it.
His mind tended to be episode and
%staccato. In his History of Scotland"
his chief work Of erudit1on, this defect
is clearly seen. It is probably the
best history OF Scotland extant. for
1t is a monument of industry and
ingenuity. and, with certain small re-
seryations. it IS conspicuously fair.
But we never get from it the sweep
OF narrative and the view as from
a high place which we get from the
greater historians. Once again, it is
q case of the trees ~obscuring the
wood. It is a collection Of diligent
researches, brilliant pictures, and il
Eliminating comments, but they are
not w together. Perhaps this lack
Of sustained power is the nrice Which
human nature must pay for versatility.
II a man touches life on many sides
he is the more liable to distraction
! From The Spectator, London.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04
LAW STUDY IN AMERICA. IT'S.

In no country perhaps in the word
is the law so general 3 study. The
profession itself Is numerous anf
powerful: and IN most provinces it
takes Thu lead. The greater number
OF the deputies sent to the congress
were lawyers. But all who read. and
most do read. endeavoF to obtairT
some smattering in that science. r
have been told by an eminent book
ness, after tracts OF popular devotion.
were so many books as those on tho
law exported to the plantations. Ths
%colonists hav now fallen into the Ny
of printing them for their own use
I hear that they have sold nearly a..
many of Blackstone's C~ommentarir.
in America as in England. General
Gage mark out this disposition very
particularly in a letter on your table,
He states, that all the people IN hi.
government are lawyers, or Smatterer<
in law; and that In Boston they have
been enabled, by successful chicane.
wholly to evade many parts OF ona
OF your capital penal CONSTITUTIONS
-. AbeMnt studio in mOreS> This
study renders men acute. inQuiSitiTe.
dexterous, prompt in attack. ready IN
defense, full OF In other
countries. h people. moro simple.
and Of a less mercurial cast. judge
of an i'll principle in government only
by an actual grievance; here they an,
ticipate the evil, and judge OF tho
pressure Of the grievance by the bad
ness of the principle. They augur
misgovernment at a distance: and
snuff the approach Of tyranny in everv
tainted breeze. - From Edmund
Burke's Speech on Cancellation viii,
America. 1775.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

BEETHOVEN IN ADlSE..

The last words Of the deaf Eecthov-
en- are said to have been: IN
Heaven I shall hear.")
AdOwn the tawny garden-waIk
The sad wind chases blood-red
leaves,
Past bare black tree and bloom
less stalk,
And the sky SrieveS
The grey SKY gricves, and from
the hedge
The bluejay scolds the slanting
rain.
That creeps from wood 10 ~withercd
sedge,
From marsh to lane.
And through the mist a speerer
form
Leaps with wild gladness, and .
clear.
Sweet voice cries, Wind. and lisp.
ing storm!
And bird! I hear!"
H. H. PECkHAM.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

Reasonable Tests for Admission. to
COllege.

OUcS
The first step toward true reform
will be the abandonment Of the certi-
f1cation plan admitting to college.
This plan, as it works out under our
system, makes college matriculation
at once too easy and too difficult. It
is too easy for those who are drawn
up, cog by cog, through twelve years
performance Of no really difficult in
tellectual feats but only an infinity
Of small jobs It is too difficult
for those who, though a~bundantly
able and eager, hav the misfortune
to be obliged to walk part way In
stead Of holding their seats in the
educational car.
an examination whose object, like
that Of the new Harvard exaInina-
ton, Is not alone to test the candi-
dates requirements in a minimum
number Of prerequisite studies, but
especially to find out the quality OF
his MIND, we would correct both these
evils at n stroke. Such an examina-
ton should be mainly but not wholly
oral; it should be conducted by a
committee Of say three persons who
vary sufficiently in their points Of view
to max h test a fair one. This
committee should secure IL advance
a. complete a description Of the can
didate as possible from the school he
has been attending or from othev
sources Should this prove favora.
tile on all points-his moral charaeter
Intellectual habits. the studies he has
pursued and the degree Of proficiency
animation would suffice. More do,ht
full cases would require c-orresnond-
tngiy minute treatment, until viii
the man who should present htm,ait
an entlre with meager Gre
dentials. the process would become
very searching.-From WHO Should
Schafer, IN the American Rax ;Usepn
= ReyteWa OF
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

The John Lane Company, publish
ers Of Anatole Frances At the Sicn Of
h Refine PedauQue and JOcasaa ana
the Famisk1ed Cat english transia-
tons) will bring out this year ike.
wise in English. the following works.
OF france: The Gods Are Athfrst.
The Aspirations Of Jean Seryien. The
Opmions OF Jerome Coi&nard. NY
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

lion. and combining tho authors
shrewd knowledge of Irish political
conditions with his now famous
unique humor; The Browns. by J. +:
Buckrose, a delightful picture OF
everyday folk. their joys, their
and their sorrows with a most unusuaI
plot and denouement; YOnder by T..
II. Young, a strikingly original
beautiful love-stOry with a strong I'M
dercUrrent Of the mystic philosophy
of nature; and The Motto Of Mrs. Nc
Lane. by Shirley Carson. Mrs. NC
Lane stands out, q cheerful philoso-
per. in the struggle with grim old pOF-
erty. Mrs. Wigs would welcome e
with open arms as one with whom 10
exchange her shrewdcSt observations.
Two other volumes published the
same day are: The Clock That Had
No Hands, by Herbert kaufman-an
extraordinarily penetrating discussion
of advertising in Mr.. kaufrnanS We'll
known vivid, flashing style; The Hand
of God, by Ma ShOop-a beautiful
and thOught-compelling tribute in
verse to Robins great statue in the
Luxembourg.
One Of our valued contemporaries
has described Conan DOyle's p%al:eoE-
biological The Lost World
Geo. II. Doran Coz las melodrama
that every high-broW may read, a
tour de force of the scientigc imagi-
nation that will rank with any by the
acknowledged masters Of that vogue,
and n shreWdly humorous a~pprecia-
ton of the scientific temperament in
all its little ways" But higher praise
still - h 4 OF a certain gentleman
(name withheld for obvious reasons)
who read The list World in a maya
zinc and took it for fact.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04
THE
OF SHYLOCk

continued from PaSe SIX

II we are like you in the rest we will
a Christian what is his humility?
Revenge. II a Christian wrong a Jew
what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge"
OF this speech Victor Hugo says:
1T Is the most eloquent plea that the
human voice has ever dared to utter
for a despised race"
Shylock sues upon the bond. An
tonic is arrested. The day for hear
Ing the case arrives. The court is
convened. It's spacious auditorium Is
packed II damned with keenly in
terested spectators. This is nc ordi-
nary occasion, this is no ordinary
case. the issue involved Is nj ordinary
issue
But did ever contestants enter the
arena sc unequally matched? Take
a peep into that court room, TANNED
and crowded from rostrum to vesti-
bule. Every y aInOng hat vast sea
of eyes, every face looking down from
tho frescoed walls Of h great Tenn
Pile Of Justice smiles sympathy and
good cheer upon the defendant. The
plaintiff sits there friendless, without
counsel, the object Of scorn, derisior
n bitter hate. even the Judge,
forgetting in his de1irium of antipathy
for the in~exorable Jew. his function,
addresses the defendant:
II am sorry for thee: thou art come
to answer
A stony adversary. an inhuman
wretch
incapable Of pity. void and empty
From any dram Of mercy"
But why is Shylock pronounced and
declared by the court, in advance.
"a stony adversary? Was not his
claim just? Did he ask for aught but
Justice according to tho law Of Ven
ice: II crave the law" Was not
his bond valid? The court so de-
cided. Was it not forfeited? In the
judgment and by the decree Of the
court it was:
why this bond is forfeit:
And lawfully by this the Jew may
claim
A pound Of flesh, to be by him cut
Nearest the merchants heart"
BY the decree Of the court the plain.
till was armed with law and right:
"A pound of that same merchant.
flesh is thine;
The court awards it.; and the law
doth give it."
And when the Mortified BaSSan1O SuX
gests to the most learned judge:
"Wrest once the law to your ow1
authority;
To do a great right, do a littl
wrong,
And curb THU cruel devil OF hi
WILL"
? the court very promptly and wisel
= replies:
ut must not be: there is no powe
I in Venice
Al Can alter q decree established:
3 Twill be recorded for a preceden
q And many an error by that sam
example
Will rush into the state; it cannc
be-"
= And yet. by the most p~ettifoggin
= sophism that is just what the con-
!" did. The shift about the no lot {
blood" was the merest bubble: fo
as n noted jurist has clearly 3,
n forth. 1.-The right to do q certain a,
y c~onfers the right to the necessa,
incidents of that act: n 1et. tn
II man asking for what "the S,,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

The lectures on the American Civil
War which Dr. James Ford Rhodes
delivered at oxford last year are to
be published later in the month IN
book form by the Macmillan Com
pany.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

S. X. Crockett, whose novels. The
Stickit Minister. The Men Of the Moss.
Hays, and Loves Young Dream are
tavorably known in this country, has
.. new book ready for publication. 1t
will probably come from the press
early in February.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

we cant help feeling sorry for 4
millionaire with Indigestion
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

On January Is the Geo. j. Dorsn
Company published: The Rel Hand
of Ulster. by G.. A. Birmingham. q
rrrei dealing with the Ulster rebel-