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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
BUNNY puLLs. THE STRINGS


"Bunty" is miEdisatire on Scotch
virtues and foibles. The austere re-
ligious practices are shown, coupled
with that ,shewdiess which profits by
observation OF form and violation Of
spirit. 1t depicts the stern patriarchy
Of a father, who has himself a past,
and details with an unerrpg touch OF
remarkable deIicacy lights and shad.
ows Of Scotch domesticity frugaIity
and searching cannines5, and the
small apd big impulses Of a narrow
mountain community deeply imbued
with the severe creed OF CaIvimsm.
"Bunty," who pu.ls the strings, is
the daughter Of Tammas Bisgar, and
presldes over his household as the sue.
cessor of her mother, who died two
years before.
Susie Simpson is an OH maid, and
a distant relative who !as loaned
Tammas matter OF 12O pounds,
which Tammas used to make good the
deficiency OF an elder son. Miss Stmp.
son compcs Tammds to choose be-
tween marriage and The restoration OF
her money and 1'ammas IS not in a
position to llquidate, AMI In conse-
Quence passes bad Sabbath
Jealousy Of an old fame Of Tammas
impels the yindictive old maid to de-
nounce Tammas in the kirk yard, be.
fore tho churchgoers, as i dishonest
man, when the inventive "Bunty"
promises to make good the amount
and averts the theatrical arrest OF her
father. by confscatlng the nest egg OF
her wedding with honest, numbering
Weelum Sprunt. The rest Of the play
is taken up in showing how "3unty'
sets all things right. defeating Susie
and marrying her father to his boy
hood love, smoothing the path Of her
dissatisfied brother and arranging her
own marriage with "WeeIum.' The
whole story is told with untheatric
simplicity in terms OF unEorced hui
NOR and Interpreted by actors thor
oughIy imbued with the spirit Of the
authors AT the Grand soon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
INSURANCE. MEN
NEBI1IllE IN
WEST! "a.

IL bullet ISSUED by the insurance
tntent Of State Auditor ]. .
lfaFgt nee gives brief review Of
new insurance laws enacted by
Ii termsse "a friendly Legislature"
rhes eport says
lthouh Il some OF the measures
& admitted TO this department failed
~, become laws due principally to
tiieSFery fewiworking days remaining
rs tie Legislative after the compile
tIof of Its organization, come Of the
siilosk important measures were pass.
$ed Ifor this we are extremely crate
Hill and we believe the citizens Of w.
viii share this sentiment with
gIt was particularly gratifying to
shasn these bills taken IN non'parti.
stajl measures, supported by all alike.
iIess OF political affiliations.
Stint 80 much interest was taken in
these measures by our legislators was
hugely due To the active cooperation
bur citizens--not only insurance
but business mems associa.
lions ma gtte Ibllc generally.
Senate Bill 80. %. (Mr. KeImJ
House Bill No, 10. (Mr. Johnson)
r 'fflts is orr general bill amending
gectfpn rs or chapter n q the Aces
.iot s1sO7t and contain as passed the
stStloS Ing provisions:
l9t6iiibits discrimination ana rchal'
sits III an classes Of insurance.
F'rohtbits misrepresentation" ana
Sfsistlng.
tosides for the appointment OF
solicitor byGlcaal agents OF companies
ot6er5thanslife.
Gives the insurance commissioner
3antHority to refuse and REVOKE IL
$weltas issue, agents licenaes,
Gives The insurance commissioner
slli tofity 10 exercise discfellOn III u"
seensihg companies.
Is Etoaides Off the revocation OF
sconpany's license
Resources companies to obtain per-
Srttss ion from the insurance commits
slonsF before reducing capital stock.
Requires companies to obtain per.
mission from the insurance comYis
isiSner before declaring dividends
Nom an Inadequate surplus.
III fostdes that companies cannot re
ssipsIre their West Virginia business
without the approval Of the insurance
ssommls sIoRer;
Provides that companies shall re-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
A Sire of the desirable type for tn
production Of beef cattle.

"a feet and have the feed manger in
the shed. This would allow 8 feet 6
inches or 4 feetpfora a feeding alley
and feed manEer Of 2 feet 6 inches.
This will provide ample shelter from
the storms and shelter while feeding.
The front of the shed should be Z feet
high. In other words, just as low as
possible and still permit team being
driven, under which will be found most,
convenient in removing the manure.
Careful study should be given to the
matter Of feeding. The two features
that involve the greatest amount OF
consideration are,nflrst, the most eco
uomlcaI use of the feeds at hand and,
second, the cost per head during the
winter. On the average farm there is
large amount Of roughage, for which
1 profitable market can not be found.
3ue to its low-feeding value aud hulki-
qess. These feeds can be fed to the
greatest advantage on the farm where
they are produced and marketed in the
form of live stock. This is not only a
cheaper and more profitable method
81 marketing the products Of the farm,
out will also aid in retaining the fertil.
lty Of the soil The feeds should be
led so as to make as nearly bal
anred ration as possible, Feeds rich
in carbohydrates and fats, in compar-
ison to the relative amount Of protein,
such as corn slower and corn silage,
should be combined With cottonseed,
rottonseed meal or linseed meal o"
some other feeds which are relatively
rich in protein.
Corn is one Of the leading produc.
lions OF this state, and, since 1t costs
more to produce an acre or bashel Of
corn in this state than it does in the
corn belt, it is necessary that the farm
er uses the corn that he does produce
to the best advantage. Profitable re-
suits may be obtained by making siiage
Of the corn and feeding it.
Bulletin No. 11S, issued by the Penn.
sylyania State College, reports that
they fed one pound of cottonseed meal
and all the corn siiage the COWS would
eat, which was 1854 pounds per day.
to breeding COWS during the winter
months. The results were as follows:
These COWS made an average daily
gain OF III pounds, and the total cost
for feeding each cow for $40 days was
Sigh. This was for the winter months
Of 1911 and 1912, which was one Of the
most severe winters we have expert
enced for some years. After gaining
this amount through the winter
months, these cows we're turned out
on grass pastures, without grain, and
after being on pasture for two months
had more than held their weight The
cattle men Of this state would find ii
very profitable to feed one pound OF
cottOnseed meal per head per day and
Just enough corn silage to keep the
cattle in a good, thrifty condition, and
gaining from one.half to hree'quarters
Of pound per- head per day. This isI
for yearIlng and twoyear-old steers
as the three.year,old steers do not
necessarily need to be kept gaining all
winter, but should not lose weight.
81 R: 3. HUNT,
Z q b. . ! RKlL ~ I
College Of Agriculture, West ylrginta|
University, Morgantown, w. Ya.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
..E.S.
DIED FROM BLOOD POISONING !

pARKERsBIRG Mrs. Margaret
Reed, whose home is IN Roahe county,
just across the line from Gay. Jackson
county died Thursday eyenlngat 7;l0
o'clock at the home of'her daughter,
Mrs. Pruda Greenleaf, at l1Os jeanette
street. Mrs. Reed was on o visit here
to her daughter, and last week whit
playing with a young dog in the house
she sustained a slight scratch on the
hand. At that time It was not believ
ed,to be OF any consequence as it did
not even bring the blood. Later blood
poisoning set in and this apparently
slight injury caused the death OF Mrs.
Reed. The deceased is q years ofage.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
PILES CURED AT HOME Egi:
ABSORPTION METii op.

II you suffer from bleeding.
blind or protruding Plies eas lss
your address, and ! will tell YOU l6g3
to cure yourself at home by tlIe new
absorption treatment; and mill als6
send some Of this home 3trea
for trial, with references from
own locality II requested Itanie diate
relief and permanent cure sIlfet
Send no money, hut tell Others d
offer. Write today 70 afts. siisI.
mers. Box ?, Notre Dame, ind
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
Automobile eromldes.

a could go up this hill on high If J
wanted to, but ! like to save my ell
CINE"
a had fourteen people in this car
one day last summer and she walked
right off with them"
"see llor take the corners without a
bit of additional juice. Amt it in'-
mense?"
"she rides just like an old rocktns
chair and MS for speed. well! When J
let her ont amt in the city limits
long enough to have anybody notice
me violating the speed laY."
"Havens touched the engine since
last summer
I'D like to have you along some
time when she is running right
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
euRNEp no pEArH

R1PLEY-Mrs. Estel stewart and
her months old child were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
stewar, home, near Ripley, jackson
county, last Friday. The child lived
only three hours after it was rescued
by the mother, who gave her own life
in an attempt to save the babe. The
mother lived for 4S hours.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
MANNINGToN BRIEFS.

Mrs. Y. S, Rymer and son. Fred,
were visitors in Farmlngton yester-
!, day.
Mrs, zana Blackstone has returned
from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E.
G. Smith, in Clarksburg,
Mrs. Daniel Hanley' Miss Mary and
Thos. Hanley have returned from Ma.
rletta o. where they went to attend
the funeral of T. ]. Hanley,
Mrs. A. G. Clayton is visiting her
mother in Fairmont.
Mrs c. E. Stilllngs, Of Downs. was
a visitor here yesterday afternoon.
Donald Custer is very low with
pneumonia at his home on Burt Hill.
John T. Hopkins left today for
Cory, Pa, called by the death Of his
sister, after a short illness Of pneumo.
MIA.
Mrs. John EO'Neil and Mrs. Morris
will have charge of the ST. Patricks
Catholic church exchange at f. G. Bar
lows store, each Saturday during the
coming month
Mrs. Pete Holtzhammer and Mrs,
James Tlmmlns have gone to New
York to meet the formers sister on
. T. W.. \ Al q ! .
| her arrival from Germany,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
rhat,s what They AII say.

"Henncry! | haven't had a new
Easter hat in nine years"
"Or course could have my old gown
made over for the party, hui | have
had 1t made over three times already
and every woman who will be there
knows it."
"Why don't you make a lot of mon
ey like Mr.. Zones does?"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15

Want advertisers DO THINGS
through the aid of want ads-and
would not find life in this city half so
liyabIe" without them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
The otice.seeksr.

The office.seeker.
am the otfice.seeker.
/ llatter and smirk.
! want a soft position.
! do not like to work.
I've done naught for my country
never went to war;
But It owes me living,
That's what a country's for.
It matters not what party
Wins out and takes the game.
think that I'm entitled
To some job. just the same.
I'm always in the forefront
And that's the bet that's best.
or course there may be others,
But I'm the champion pest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
ain shakspere Comes to Town.

I've got my Sunday suit pressed up"
An had my patents shined.
I've had my hair cut, a la Prof,
To make me look refined.
I'm going to wear a high brow look
An do the thing up brown,
When Ed, and Julia an their troupe
An shakspere come totown.
Bah.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15
EIRIEi;iD At RANDOM
|. ByRoy K. Mo il !

Observations of Old Cap. whippIe.
Spring is certainly coming soon
Deacon stubbs' mule IIyacinth has got
the spring halt.
Elmer Sphinx, who went to Washing
ton to attend the Inauguration, is on
his way home, but he is not expected
here until about June ], as he is com
ing on foot.
A Teller has got to have a lot of'sand
to go into the glass manufacturer bust
ness.
Hank Tumms is gettin' ready to
start in at his summer occupation.
which is that Of swattln' flies
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15

A New York paper cntlcises Wood.
row Wilson for wearing during his
Inauguration. a rundown collar with
a frock coat.
Woodrow seems to be strong on
turn.downs of more kinds than one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-15

THE Itwicey tired; people who do
tliings: the ftafdest sasa should become
ifeaasis i,'i y tAe want
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
$3.50 FOR 3 LOST ToENAlLs
New York Jury Adds Another VaIua'
ton to Long List Recently Com
piled in Court.

New York.-A toenail--that is, q
New York lady's toenail-is worth
1898 1-3, or three for $3.50, according
to the New York courts.
Mrs. Anna Elliott was tipped over
in a taxicab, lost shoe. damaged a
stocking and was parted from three
toenails for the term of her life on
this earth. So she sued for $4,000
damages. The jury expressed sym
pathy for the loss of the shoe and
stocking, but ruled them out of the
count and cut down the bill by go
per cent.
AS result list of What's Worth
What" has been compiled from recent
court decisions. 1t runs: Toes. WON
ans $4,480; mans, three for $4,000;
arms, woman's, disfgured (pair),
$500; squeezed, $1,000; legs, mans
(pairy, $4,000; scalp, woman's lost,
$4,000; ankles, woman's, $4,000 to
$4,000 each; fingers, mans, $4,000
for four; hands. mans right, $9,666;
shoulders, woman's right, injured,
$1,000; eyes, mans right $1,2S4:
operas $3.50 apiece manuscripts. not
matinees); frances (male), $2S,S28
each; sermons, SO cents, or 312 for
$500.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
LIFE IN THE HAREM
Hospitality and Luxury in a Turk
iSh Home.
Women Spend Their Time Playing
Cards, Listening to Professional
Story-TeIlers and Eating
Perfume Baths Taken.

nople.-Hospitalit among
short time ago it was my privilege,
writes correspondent, to spend some
weeks i'm the harem of the son'in-law
of one of Turkeys greatest generals,
whose leg, shot off in the battle or
Plevna, was buried in a cemetery side
by side with the body of his grand
child My hostess knew nothing but
Turkish. She was young, beautlIul
and happy Sixty slaves were always
ready to do her bidding-not slaves
in our sense of the word, but more
like adopted children.
The square, spacious house stood Ia
q lovely garden, and was divided into
two portions, one-half 1.-THE haremilk)
occupied by women and the other
half Gthe' salamlik) by men. The
sofas and chairs in the drawing-rOom
were covered with red and yellow
silk, and here ladies and slaves. all
wearing loose garments like dressing
gowns, sat for hours chatting or play
ing cards or backgammon, or listen
ING 10 LlS JdlSS VI tic uAli 1uJuS, bhC
professional women story-tellers. They
have no regular hours for meals.
snacks of food being brought TO them
at all hours. They did not sit at table
in the dining-room, where the host en-
tertained his friends and where for
eign ladies were admitted
Visits to harem are looked upon
as an indefinite thing. Some of the
ladies staying in the house had ar
rived with a small bundle of clothes
for few days and had stayed on
more than year. On an embrOider-
ed carpet in one corner of the room
large tray on short legs held all
courses of each meal, placed there be-
fore the repast began. Women, old
and young, in picturesque, flowing
garments and swathed heads, handed
delicious stews, one or two meats.
and vegetables and rice in every form.
The windows opened from the in
side, behind wooden, immovable lat
tees: Flower baths were a great in
stitution There were baths of rose
leaves and baths of heliotrope-Tose
petals were rubbed in the bAir and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
ELK LIKE HOMTNG PIGEONS
Branded and Shipped 800 Miles Early
Last Spring, They Go Back to
National Park.

Bozeman, Mont.-Sportsmen and
game wardens of Montana are con-
WINGED that the elk from the herds
in the Yellowstone National park pos
sess a homing instinct equal to that of
the carrier pigeon.
Early last spring Game Warden Fer
guson and his rangers trapped two
carloads of elk in the mountains near
Gardiner and shipped them to Ham
ilton, Mont, 800 miles away. They
were branded and turned loose in the
He'll Gate reserve, one of the largest
national forests in the west.
During the last few months ranch
men in the vicinity of Hamilton have
noticed a dwindling of the number of
ELK in the He'll Gate forests 1t has
since developed, according to the
state game wardens, that the animals
have been returning to their old
stamping ground In the Yellow
stone park
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
Scores MysteriOuSIy Disappear
From Far Southwest.
In Country of Swift Changes Customs
Are Opposed to Asking Strangers
Personal Questionable Trace
Is Left Behind.

Eel Paso. Texts there a port of
missing menu" That is question to
be answered as your fancy dictates,
says a writer. But that there is a
country from which men are con-
stantly missing allows of no con-
tradiction. A section of this great
United States of America there Ia
which literally swallows up human be-
ings and leaves no inkling of their
fates or their whereabouts. Such a
section and such places are found
throughout the great southwest from
western Texas to the Pacific coast
Not one man or one woman, but
scores of men and women, come. are
seen and vanish in this section of the
states each year To disappear from
off the face of the earth as completely
as if one had never existed is not a
feat easy of accomplishment even In
the great centers of population in the
eastern states. And in this country OF
missing men 1t happens so frequently
that only case of extraordinary in
terest commands the attention of the
natives. A grunt or shrug of the
shoulders dismisses. the matter as
soon as Ii is mentioned. One must be
rich or one must be influential if one
would have the arm of the law
stretched forth in succor The pen
atty of obscurity here, as elsewhere,
is indifference. ""Who cares ?"-who,
indeed?
But Indifference alone is not re-
sponsible for the lack Of interest In
so small a matter as the mere disap-
pearance of man. No. there is that
in the attitude of the average native
Of the southwest which makes him
hesitate to show any interest or con-
Germ in the affairs of another man.
In the east such questions as Where
are you from?" or Are you in busi-
ness here?" are common enough. And
such questions are asked with no pur-
pose or intent of prying into another's
affairs. 1t is a part of the social Gus
toms of the polite" east to show
some interest in another's well-being.
But such personal, intimate questions
never fall from the lips of the man
born or reared in the great southwest.
Only a few days ago the proprie-
tress of one of the largest and finest
boarding houses in Eel Paso furnished
mute but convincing evidence of the
fact that men disappear all too often
in these parts. Taking the CORE
spondent up to spacious garnet, she
pointed to a pile of trunks and other
effects and said: @
'You see all these trunks here?
Well, they belong to men and women
who have come to my place, taken
rooms and suddenly departed. Do I
never hear from them? Not in sin
gle instance have l received one line
from one of them, or from any one
knowing them All know about
them. as a rule, is their last. names.
don't ask them anything about them
selves. | know what you are think
ing, she added. ''You are thinking
these are the effects of fs'board jump
ers.' But you are. wrong. make
them all pay from the day they get
their rooms-a week in advance. I'm
too used to keeping boarding house.
to be taken in by men with empty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
Hunter Sends to New York Speci-
mems He Captured in
Africa.

New York.-Two specimens OF the
giant forest pig, captured by Alfred
J. Klein near the Channa river in Al
RIGA, have been presented to the Mu-
scum of Natural History. They have
been mounted by F. Blaschke.
The forest pig is exceeded in size
only by some long extinct species
whose fossil remains are found in the
western states. 1t is comparatively
unknown. partly on account OF It's
habits, which are nocturnal. 1t thrives
in the grass of the African jungle.
High up on the slope of Mount Kenla
at an elevation of about 5000 feet
Carl z. .Akeley, the elephant hunter.
found traces of these pigs, their tracks
following the, elephant trails for long
distances.
The hea! of the forest pig is long,
with ugly upturned tusks. It's legs
are slender, supporting a heavy
stocky body. 1t is agile and power
full as it goes cavorting through the
brush of the Jungle
For about Is years it was suspected
that the forests of central Africa har-
bored some giant specimen Of the pig
family. In 1904 one of these curl
Gus animals was captured by naru-
ralist, and thus it became known TO
science.
AS a gift from D. G. Stapleton the
museum has received number OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
LAND OF LOST MEN

trunks or trunks loaded with bricks
and the like. If you will lock you will
see that some of these trunks are not
even locked They are full of clothes
more or less good. Sometimes one
finds the relatives of person who
has disappeared by letters and some
times by cards and other things left
In the trunks.
This trunk here" she said, point
ing out a rather new trunk. belongs
to a young man who left here only
about three weeks ago. The Lord
only knows where he is. I've not had
line from anybody about him. I'm
holding the trunk, but, of course,
some one is in the room he had.
used to bother about such things, but
it happens SO often that ] have about
got used to it,"
Some time later group Of men
were chatting together on this topic
1t seemed to be common enough &C.
currence all throughout the southwest
Many reasons were given for the mys-
terious diappearances, but none
seemed quits good enough to answer
satisfactorily the big query, What be-
comes of the scores of human beings
who disappear each year in the great
southwest"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
CONVICT FOUR RUSS OFFICERS
Policemen Beat Peasant Almost to
Death and Are Sent to Jail for
Twenty-One Days.

st. Petersburg.-At the trial of Po-
lice Inspector Makaronka and three
policemen at Wilma on the charge of
inhuman brutality to an arrested peas
ant it was proven that they had bound
their victim hand and foot with
chains, laid him on the ground,
jumped on him. beat him about the
head and finally flung him, half dead.
into an underground cell. They were
let off with sentences of Fl days i'm
prisonment for the inspector and
seven days each for the policemen.
Radical papers are contrasting this
leniency with the punishment OF
months Imprisonment recently passed
upon M. Garbunoff. the publisher. and
his friend, M. Boulanger, for the crime
OF burying Nine. Schmidt, a follower
of Tolstoy. according to her wishes,
without church ceremonial.