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New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
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was not because Jim Merrill was "a big
league ball player that | married him. |
have known him since we were children
IN small Indiana town. We were al
ways swccthcarts, II seems 10 me, but
we became actually engaged when he
wen, 20 work as clerk in old man Friz-
zcll's store. II is our ambition 20 own
fhut sfnrc snmc dlN. and the chnnccs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18

Originally hypocrisy was the science
of preaching one thing loudly and do
ing another in an eminent'y stealthy
manner.
There were great many hypocrites
in the world 1900 years ago, and they
we're all flourishing until one day they
got put together and described by q
mysterious itinerant preacher with
such consuming eloqnence that they
have been unpopular ever since.
Hypocrisy in late years has been
borrowed as a weapon by the oppo-
nents of reform and its definition has
been changed. Nowadays hypocrite
is man who demands that something
shall he changed for the better,
1t is very easy to prove that such a
man is a hypocrite. If he demands
that the rascals shall be thrown out
he is "holier than thou" sort Of q
chap. And yet it can be easily proven
that three years ago he took drink.
This makes him a hypocrite and very
naturally proves that people should
have nothing to do with his reforms.
The word "hypocrite" is now the
:
chief defense OF the man who doesn't
want moral conditions improved. lie
will admit that they could be i'm
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
BRIDGE TESTED.

HUNTINGTON-The c. 4 o. bridge
across the Guyandotte river was given
a preliminary test, dead" freights be-
ing pushed across by engines which
were not allowed to so upon the struc.
ture. The tests seemed to indicate
that the bridge is now reliable, but nc
risk will be taken. The bridge will
be thoroughly tested and strengthened
before human freight is allowed to
cross it. One OF the tests yesterday
morning comprised a train of fifty
loaded coal cars.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
WALy MASON
DARK DAYS.
Tho Pen Philosopher

There's nothing doing at the park,
the bleachers all are bare, the grand
stands empty, cold and dark, no fans
are yelling there. Where are the lads,
the gifted lads, who lately played the
game, and thereby gathered in the
scads, and wreathed themselves with
fame? Where are the men who
brought distress to foes, and won the
goal? An, some are writing for the
press their dreary rigmarole; which
'rigmarole, all full OF us" gives man
kind clammy thrills; the baseball lads,
If they were wise, would throw away
their quilts And some are doing mon
ologues' upon the weary stage; atureu
in circus actors toys, they earn their
winter wage; their monologues are
full OF Fps" and also full OF mes:
and hearers say, with heartfelt signs.
that something smells OF cheese. And
some are wrangllng loud ana long,
with energy and fire; one says that
tother did him wrong, and t'othcr calls
him Tyre. And thus themselves they
advertise, as busily as bees. with end
less jags OF big fat rs" and wagon
loads of mes" Oh, I'll be glad when
spring is here. for then the players all
will quit their capers strange and
queer, and play the game OF ball.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18

proved and ought to be improved
hut he insists that the movement shall
be led by perfect man. II he isn't
perfect he is a hypocrite for de
nouncing vice. Thus vice reigns su.
'pretne, slightly rumpled, hut wholly
indicated, and the men who cry out
against vice have the bony finger OF
public scorn bored through them for
their shocking hypocrisy.
According to the new dispensation,
every man who tries to live correctly
Is hypocritc because sometimes he
fails. Virtue is hypocrisy because It
isn't as good as It tries to be. The
man who yells for the enforcement OF
the laws is II despicablc creature be
cause, most likely, he is breaking
some laws himself.
Therefore, wo have only one virtue
left-yice. Vice is honest, frank and
unashamed and should be honored for
it. And the Iawbreakcr who calmly
prociaims the fact and then buys the
jury in a broad.ntnded and public man
ner, paying spot cash and not cheat
ing anybody Is our only true noble
man. 20 ,rr
Hypocrisy ls'the curse OF the nation
and viii be until we learn not to be
afraid OF it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
GIVEN FREEDOM.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Kelley, one
of the women who figured in the Cat
lettsburg mystery which caused the
death of James York and Minnie Tur-
ner, Huntington residents, has been
exonerated by the Boyd county grand
jury, and the last hope of unraveling
the hotel mystery has disappeared.
The Kelley woman had been in Jail
at Catlettsburg since the death of
York, held under the suspicion that
she might have criminal knowledge
OF the cause Of the tragedy which
took two other lives and imper'led
her own.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
LEG AMPuTATEo.

Observation-Disclosures William
T. Eskey, of the B.. 4 o. whose right
ankle was broken and crushed when
he jumped from his engine at Salem
earlier in the week, when his engine,
No. 2O4S. dropped q crown sheet, on
Thursday, underwent an operation in
which his right foot was amputated.
His condition is said to be serious,
although it is hoped that he may no"
recover. Eskey was one OF the
popular engineers on the road and
his many friends regret his misfor-
tune exceedingly He had refused
to allow the amputation of his limb
until It became imperatively neces'
sary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS
SALE

Lee r. Shriver VS.. Fairmont &
Pittsburgh Railway Company. In Debt
and Upon Attachment. Intermediate
Court. Marion County, West Virginia.
Pursuant to an order entered in the
above styled action by the lntermedl-
ate Court of Marion County, West
Virginia, on the 14th day Of Novem-
Der, 1912, the undersigned Special
Commissioner will,
At II a. H., on Friday, the 14th DAY OF
February, 1913,
offer for sale at public auction. at the
front door Of the Court House of Ma,
rion County, West Virginia, to the
highest and best bidder, the following
described real estate, to:T!t: All
those certain parcels or strips OF lard
situate in Mannington District, Ma
rion County, West Virginia, and more
particularly described as follows:
First. A parcela3O feet wide Tying
Is feet on each side Of the center line
&C the Fairmont & Pittsburgh Rail-
way, as located upon and over the
lands of ]. T. 'shr:yer. distance Of
1891 feet, and being the same land
conveyed to the said Fairmont e.
Pittsburgh Railway Company by ]. 7.
ShriYer.
Second. A parcel 80 feet vide, ~.
irg IL feet on each side Of the center
line OF the Fairmont & Pittsburgh
Railway, as located through the lands
OF Thomas Gross, ct al, distance Of
1449 feet, and being the same land
conveyed to the said Fairmont &
Pittsburgh Railway Company by
Thomas Cross, ct al.
Third A parcel 80 feet vide, lying
Is feet on each side of IT'S center line
Of the Fairmont & Pittsburgh Railway,
as located through the land Of W. B.
Cunningham, and being the same land
conveyed to the Fairmont G Pitts
burgh Railway Company by said W. 3,
Cunningham.
Fourth. A parcel 80 feet wide, lying
Is feet on each side Of the center line
Of tEe Falrmont & Pittsburgh Rail
way Company, as located through tho
hands of syrena A. Wykoff, contain
ing 80 of.an acre, aud being the same
land conveyed to. the Fa'rmont &
Pittsburgh Railway Company, by said.
syrena A. aWykoff. III
Fifth. A parcel 30 feet wide, lying
| 15 feet on each side ofithe center line
Of the Fairnont & Pittsburgh Rail.
way, as located through the lands Of
| Nancy A. Cunningham, containing 81
Iiof an acre, and being the same land
conveyed to the said Faitmont &
Pittsburgh Railway COMPANY by the
said Nancy A. Cunningham. 4
Sixth. A parcel. together withsth
buildings thereon, situate in SAID
Manning ion District, Oh the atefs %
Bpagio Creek adi aipia ths lands
Morgan ana pthers ana beS
Wing the sumo land ccnFeyed 10 the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18

,44s.i.4 ~ ySs5y9 Il ~ 5ifllsit ~ ss
Given under my hand sis tltlt any
Of January, 1919
FRAiSK; WI gER
Special Commit slollei.
!, W. s. Black, CLERK ~ 5tae inter.
mediate Court OF said Marion County,
do hereby certify that bond With SCI
'curity approved bytnes ilas been eNe'
''cuted by the above naned special
Commissioner, as required tlie or
der entered in said cause
Given under my tiaad TINS tIsll; iay
OF January, 1913.
Nv; y. BIZ eISs
Clerk of;said Court.
v.t l.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
WOMAN KILLED.

CLARKSBURG - Mrs Sarah Win
don, wife of Charles Wiudon, Sir, of
Reynoldsville, was struck and instant,
ly killed by an easthounG fast freight
train opposite John B. strother's store
al wilsonburg at 1880 O'clock Friday
afternoon as she was walking west on
the main track.
Owing to her advanced age Of
about so years. IL is believed that
she became Sbewildered as she saw
TIE train apBIfi i'll o5saebiHs, ~ II 10 post
saiSles taas sas slisd 4 jtist stepped
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
DAILY
CHIT
CHA1
By RUTH CAMERou
ILS .
THE EDGE OF CULTIVATION.
Its the edge OF cultivation,
Amt no use in going farther"

~ 3 lIE SuSC vi GultlhuAlOuI
Amt no use in going farther"
-Kipling.
We were speaking the other day
about a queer little railroad built and
run in a very peculiar manner. when
that road was started forty years ago, "
said man OF sixty, everyone said it
would never come to anything because
It deHed all the established presidents
CT railroad building To-day that
defiant little railroad is the best rail
road proposition within radius of
several hundred miles.
There is 10 edge OF cultivation. Ev-
cry century has been taught that les.
son. None has learned it. What
would the men OF the eighteenth cen.
fury have said II some one had told
them that it was possible to harness
steam and make carriages go a hun
dred miles an hour? What would the
men Of the nineteenth century have
said II some one had told them that
men would learn to fly? What DID
they say? Witness the humorous
poem OF Darius Greene, Or better still
ask Wilbur Wright.
And still the lesson is not learned.
The men and women OF the twentieth
century have come TO accept the Won
ders of steam and electricity and tho
flying machine as commonplaces, but
If you should prophesy some new and
startling possibillty--say the medical
miracle OF limb grafting-there would
be plenty OF folks as certain as their
predecessors that they also had reach
ed the edge Of cultivation.
There is no edge OF cultivation in all
the world. The world is round, not
flat. and therefore you cannot come
to any edges You may come back into
familiar country II you travel far
enough, but you cannot come 10 any
edges because there aren't any.
"Its the edge of cultivation" is the
natural proverb OF age Youth knows
better. Age is always telling youth
that this or that cannot be done and
youth is always doing it. And then
alas, youth itself passes on and says
to another generation about other mat
tiers, tits the edge OF cultivation"
Z "It's the edge of cultivation" is the
word of the mediocre man. The big
man knows nothing so well as that
there are no edges, He recognizes that
there may be limits to his ability. but
there are none to the worlds posi-
sbllities., 4a=
There is a certain make Of candy re-
Gently put on the market which is in
llnitely superior to all similar candies
II you had told the manufactures OF
the old product that 1t was possible to
make anything so much better than
their product they would have said,
"nonsense. We know all there Is to
know about Yais subject and VIC are
getting out the best thing possible.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
STATE NEWS.
NEW YARDS

MORGANTOWN - Definite an
nouncement was made by Chief Engi.
neer Samuel D. Brady OF the Little
Kanawha syndicate, that the assem-.
bling yards of the Buckhannon and
Northern railroad will be located be-
tween Vaudeville and Jimtown where
40 acres OF land have been purchased.
While ii has been generally report
ed that the yards would be located at
that place there has never been any
official announcement The freight
yards however, will be on the west
side, opposite the wharf.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
BOUGHT AND PAID EeRg
WAS Ill Ar cARiE
ia 10 3 u.s.


With eyet member Of the com.
pany having an excellent interpretas
ton OF his or her part Bought and.
Paid For one or the most delight
FIJI aud plain spoken dramas that
has ever been seen in the Burlew
theater was presented Saturday, matt,
nee and night, says the Charleston
Mail, to audiences that were both
large ana appfecfatiFe.
This piece is from the brain Of Geo.
Broadhurst, and It teaches a lesson
concerning sensitive women, whenia
drunken husband, no matter how con;
sIderate otherwise, is to be contended
with during welded life. The story is.
a masterful one, and It was given Q.
splendid portrayal by this Brady COM,
pany. "A
There is not weak spot in the com.
pany, and because of the cleyerness Of
the other members OF the cast, the
stellar artists do not shine with spe-I
cial radiance among the others. The
part OF Robert Stafford is taken IN
this company by George MacQuarrieer.
He is an artist OF exceptional ability,
is Of physique suited to the role, and
has particularly acceptable voice;
As Virginia Blaine, with whom he falls
in love and later marries, Miss Helena
Van Bluen has a fine conception of
the requirements of the part and
had nature been kinder to her, she
could we'll shine in any company
while carrying out part suitable to-,
her particular powers.
1t IS not often that one can go
through the entire cast and consclen'
tiously say something favorable about
every person taking part, but in this
case SUCH may bS NShS "ISHNAS itANN1A
danger of iucurrmg sensible contra
dicucn from an observer. AS James
Gnley, William Carlyle, neither over.
does, nor under plays the rather eX-
acting part that devolves upon him.
fIe falls into the part as IF especially
prepared for it. Ralph slmons. as
Gku, the japanese servant, helps to
make the production what 1t should
be to please all.
In the part OF Fannie Blaine, Vir'
ginia's sister, Miss Maude Allen very
happily carries out the part and proves
n condiment that lends to the flavor
pcrmeating the production. Miss Hell
err MacKellar, as Josephine hasn-
much to do, but what is to,be done by
that necessary adjunct in the Stafford
household is done with nicely by her.
This attraction will be at the Grand
soon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
HYPOCRISY.
sy GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of AT Good old sIwaSh."

Copyrighted by George Mathew
AdamR.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
said Falrmopt & pittsbufEhaRailHny
comnanS 'by i. ]. Tnharty.

Said sale viii ne upon the following
terms: one!tnird f1.3) cash, ana as
much more thereof as the purchaser
may elect to pay on day OF sale. and
tile residue thereof tc be paid in tw
equal instalments, payable in Sly and
swelye months from day OF sale With
interest on such deferred payments
until paid, and for which deferred pay.
ments the purchaser shall give to said.
Special Commissioner his notes with
good personal security, and a vendors
lien shall be retained upon the said
property as a further security.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18

of a stletrack onto the main track
that she believed she was on side.
track or q different track from that
on which the train was. She stopped
and looked at the train approaching
without making an effort to get off the
track.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18

4Hotaer words, we've reached the edge
Of cultivation.
But they hadn't, for the other fellow
went far beyond, and some day some
one will probably go beyond him.
There is no edge of cultivation.
Don't believe anyone who tells you
there is. There's always a use in go.
ing farther for the man who has the
grit to do it. D. 1,<
And who knows but that you are
that manor woman?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
nlII FENCES
PRAISES HIettY BEARS REMEDY FOR COUGHS
COLDS AND WEAK Lungs Hi TRIED IT AND he KNOWS.

prof samuel r. j. Pence QUA NJ writes follows:
D.. Bear, Elgton, Va
Dear sistenw recommended Bears Emulsion 10
tonic remedy for coughs colds and weak lungs
have used several bottles in my family believe
the best remedies coughs colds bronchitis
lungs builds the system gives strength
health the body bottle just before starting
daily teach school, and have not felt better and
stronger foryeas weigh than have for years
~ t75sf :" Respectfully yours
S. TT FENCE.
Emulsion strengthens that weak rundown nervous ysen I'M
appetite builds the weak lungs people are
they tried But Tilt doesn't BEN
bottle will cost cent One dollar bot
City Drug Co. Johnsons Phar
macy shinnston, W. Neutrality-suspicious.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-18
WHAT AsoUlTH's HOME
RULE BILL PROVIDES.

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Asquith's
home.rule bill provides for the estab.
lishment of an Irish Parliament, con.
sisting OF Senate and House OF
Commons, with power to make laws
for the peace, order and good govern:
ment OF ireland. 1t provides that the
matters to be excluded from the con-
troll Of the Irish Parliament are the
Crown, the army and navy, imperial
affairs, the Irish land purchase and
the old.age pensions and national in.
surance acts, the Irish constabulary,
the postoffice savings banks and pub.
lie loans, in addition to those excluded
by the home-rule bill Of 1893, which
left the customs under the control of
the Imperial Government.
Provision is made for the protection
Of religious equality in Ireland.
The Irish Senate is to consist OF
40 members. and the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes OF 1914, of which Ulster is
to have 50 and the Universities two.
The 1G4 Representatives are to 'be
elected from constituencies having d
population of more than $4,000:
Several important amendments have
been made to Mr.. Asquith's original
bill. One of them provides for pro.
portlonal representation In constitu'
encies which return thre, or more
members to the House.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-24
DOWN IN THE DEPTHS

The mermaid was i'll. She sat lean
ing against a rock, urmindful Of the
sand that was settling on her beau
tiful tail In fact, she was too far
gone to care about anything.
Later, when Father Neptune care
along to inquire how she felt, sis
cheered up little.
"Oh, Father Neptune" she cried,
could you not slip up and ask the
people on the beach if there is a doc
tor among them?"
Neptune, only too glad to be. of use,
departed, and was seen returning
with a young man of professional
appearance.
The young man presented his card;
the mermaid smiled, read it, and
tainted.
--He- was. a chiropodistl
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-24
THE BOSS WHO WASN'T

THE BOSS WHO WASN'T
Once on a time, runs mode-l
fable, youth about to embark e
the sea of matrimony went to his
father and said:
Father, who should be boss, OF
my wife?"
The old man smiled and said:
Here are a hundred hens and
team of horses. Hitch up the horses,
put the hens into the wagon, and,
wherever you find man and his wife
dwelling, stop and inquire who is the
boss. Wherever you find woman
running things leave a hen. If you
come to place where a man Is in
control, give him one Of the horses"
After ninety-nine hens had been
disposed Of he came to house and
made the usual inquiry.
'Pm boss of this farm" said the
man. g..
So the wife was called, ard she
affirmed her husbands assertion.
"Take which horse you wan"
''I'n take the bay"
But the wife did not like the By
horse, and talked to him. He retur..-
ed and said:
81 believe I'll take the grey"
Not much" Said the young man,
"You get q hen"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-24
THAT USEFUL THOUGHT

| IFlAI SSEE VI iIlSSNhii
Smithson had been travelling all
night, jolted and iostled by the train
tas it raced on it's journey north.
Toward seven o'clock in the morn
ling he reached his destination, and
now, being ravenously hungry, has
Etened from the station to Reighbor-
| ing restaurant, where he impressed
1.-THE one and only waiter then astir
fWith his immediate need of coffee and
1.-TWO big boiled eggs.
Z Five minutes later this meal was
tserved.
"But, waiter" said Smithson, as
he glanced at the table, why in the
world have you brought me three
eggs. 1 only ordered two"
5. "Oui, m'sieu," replied the waiter;
ebut m'sieu he did look so hungry
that bring dree eggs. thinking
one might fail him."
Hold the wine-stained parts of
tablecloths or the napkins in boiling
lsmilk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-12
PYTHON HAD HAD FULL MEAL
No Less Than Six Ducks Taken From
Stenssn ef Snake Sf1et hy Hunt
ers in Bombay.

The Journal of the Bombay Ma.
uonai Historical Society published the
following account of the yoracity of a
python, by Mr. p r. Cadell. /. c. s.:
On Nov. 10. 1912. during the Dewall
holidays. while shooting at Popaturan
near palya, in the Ahmedabad dis
trict, | was walking after snipe in
company with Mr.. J. H. E. Tupper,
!. c. s.. when one of the beaters cali
cd out that there was a big snake
We found that II was a large python.
lying torpid. We proceeded to shoot
II, and as il was lying half eoiled up.
its body was naturally a good deal in
Jured In the process. Seeing a feath-
er sticking out Of wound. we told
one OF our men to extract the bird to
which 1t belonged. He pulled duck
out OF the wound. and took out five
others. one after the other six ducks
In all. They we're all quite, or recent
ly fresh. their feathers being com.
plete and none far gone in digestion.
They looked as IL they had all been
swallowed at about the same time.
There were gadwall and spotbill
among the ducks. but we did not note
the description OF all the ducks. All
had been swallowed head foremost.
The python, when stretched out and
roughly measured. was fully eight
feet long. Is not this an unusually
heavy meal for a python to make?
Shortly after while wading iE the
water after a wounded duck. saw
snake swimming near me. II mado
little attempt to avoid me, and I shot
u through the head II was a py-
thon about six feet in length"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-12

for which an appraissement is shown.
Ten per cent of the highest bid must
be deposited in the hands OF the rep
.resentative Of this office at the time
Of sale in the form of bank draft made
payable to r. Kessel, cashier Of the
Union Agency; the remainder Of the
initial installment Tor the remainder
OF the consideration If sale is for CASH
to be paid within ten days from date
Of the call therefor.
Any part OF the consideration to be
paid in deferred payment will be di-
vided in equal installments, due in the
periods as stated, such deferred pay
ments to be evidenced by the purchas-
er's notes and secured by mortgage
upon the premises conveyed
Interest at the rate of per cent
per annum will be charged on deferr-
ed payments.
Option will be given purchasers to
pay entire consideration in cash where
lands are advertised to be sold by de-
ferred payment plan.
Deferred payments and accrued in
terest may be paid at any time prior
to maturity of notes.
Written bids on any OF the above