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We had to git a new hired gurl yes
terday bekaus Pa fired the none that
was too full of intelleclx. She made Pa
mad bekaus she used sum words that
he had to look up in the dickshunary &
Pa sed he wuddent have gur1 working
for us that cud drive him to Webster's.
The name of the new CURL is 1mogene.
Her last name Is Duffy. She worked
in resterant along time & she knows
q lot Of nice slang wurds witch she is
going to teecn me, IL Ma doesent find 1t
out.
Well, well, & yure naim is Imogene
Duffy, sed Pa wen Ma sed this is the
new gurl. A vary unfonyus naim, I
should call it, too, sed Pa. I had a.
Irish CURL onst whose naim was BESIDE
mony Dugan, & she had the saim merry
twinkel in her eye tina t you have.
What do you mean. merry twtnkel,
sed Imogene. Say, Mister, she sed to,
Pa, II nerve was music you would be a
orkestry. Lay off on me and my mon
aker, she sed, or me for the exit, see.
So Pa didcnt say any moar until the
CURL brot in the dinner.
You mite bring me a fork, 1mogene,
sed Pa, & / think cud dispense with
ne Of these three knives. amt a
1uggler, sed Pa. j
But thought you might be sword
swallower, sed Imogene. There was q
gent used to eat at the Elect ware
worked, & he always ate with his knife.
He was ringer for you, too, sed limo
gene, a ded ringer, only he had more
forehead.
1mogene, sed Ma, that will be enutf
conversashun from you. 70 are here
to wait on US 6 not to entertain us.
doant think that Miss Duffy is going
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
TIE STATES NEEDS.

That a call should be made for adj
ditional revenues to carry on the state
government is not matter of sur
prise. Almost every time the legisla-
ture has met within the last fifteen
years there has been an increased ex-
penditure necessary to provide for
the expanding wants OF the state. The
increase In prices that has been ex.
pertenced by the general consumer
within the same period has been like
wise experienced by the state, which
has had to provide the additional rev.
enues necessary to carry on in pro-
per manner the state government.
Consequently an increased expendt-
ture OF itself would not necessarily
appear to be so out Of place
Charleston Mail.
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State Editors
the TOWN NEWSPAPER.

Stand by your own newspaper. II
there is anything in your town worth
talking about ten chances to one
your little town paper had a hand in
putting it there; and II there exists
any unsightlyy or unsavory nuisance
twenty chances to one it will stay
there till your town editor sees it or
smells it and wipes his pen on the
town boards breeches. If anybody
beyond the walls Of your little burg
ever learns that there is such a place
as Peaceville it will be through the
town oracle.
Every village gets its moneys
worth in the village newspaper. It's
the wagon that carries all your good
things. to market. It ought to be
kept in good repair. In many cases
it would pay to grease it, paint 1t,
keep its running gear in shape and
shelter it at the public expense.
Stand by your town newspaper. It's
the guardian and defender of every
interest, the forerunner and pioneer
Of every advance movement and the
sturdy advocate Of law and order.
Take it away and it would not be six
months before the town would look
as IL it had been doped. Business
would drag, society would yawn, and
grass would grow between the cob
bles.-Belington Progressive.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

ippine writer has described as "the
saddest love story ever told"
II all the world loves lover, the
world will shed a tear over the sad
fate of Rial and his bride. 1t was
about two years before Rizni's death
that the Filipino hero made the &c
quaintance of Josephine Bracken, the
adopted daughter of wealthy Amert-
can named Taufer. The latter, resi-
dent Of Hongkong, was afflicted with
q disease of the eyes which batfled
all the specialists Of Iiongkong. He
was advised to go to Manila to see DE-.
Rial, who was recommended as the
greatest eye specialist in the East.
Arrived at Manila, where he was ac'
companied by his daughter. his adopt
ed daughter, and servant, Mr.. Taufer
discovered that Rial had been banisn-
ed to an island of Mindanao. With
the permission Of the authorities,
Taufer chartered o ship and set out
to find Rial. His daughter remained
in Manila, but he was accompanied
by Miss Bracken.
The meeting between Or. Rial and
Miss Bracken was case OF love Ut
first sight. After an examination DR..
Rial pronounced Taufer's case hope
less, and he was ready to return to
Manila at once, but his adopted daugh
ter refused to leave the exile with
whom she had fallen so suddenly and
desperately in love. Despite oil en-
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iater editions the tide was ctangea
10 81 Essay on tire Pttnciple q pop:
3uiatipn; o. d view Of It's Past and
Present. Efects on Human Happanessf
With an Inquiry INTO Our Prospects
Respecting the Future Removal o..
sMitigation Of the Evils hit IL occa:'
sions.'s The main sprincipl OF the
work Isl that population when nm:
checked, doubles itself every IS
years, and thus increases In al geomet.
trical progression while the means Of
subsistence increases only in an arith.
mettcal progression. The author urg-
ed that restriction Of the birthrate
thus became necessary to save man
kind from outstripping the means OF
subsistence.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

When Looking into two blue eyes
which gaze Starlight back at you,
sWhen Watching red lips curys ana
pouts
What else coul mere man dog
Her gold head lay on my breasts
my! arm embraced her waist.
IHery1fttle hand within my grasp v
In confd ence was placed,
And ]. fresh from the teachers art
In tango and make,
Trod all the very latest steps
With skill the tyro seeks.
lame ducked the first with whtrl and
dip.
Then when saw tear
Upon my darling's cheek I changed
And waltzed the little dear,
The clock struck "one," the clock
struck "two."
My strength was almost spent,
Still through the mazes Of the dance
Unfinchingly went:
Until, at last, into her face Il
Itook a stealthy peep
And found, oh, Joy, my little babe
At last had gone to sleep.
II. S. S., in New York Sun.
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e. srhs lisxlsae lEl.n

With the present days d the high
cost OF living "a musical show at pop
ular prices Isl one that appeais to all
classes and for this reason the mans
agement of the Grand offers eThe'
Movie Girls,f for next saturdny. naatts
nee and might. There q not dull,
moment In t..The Movie Githv as an
excellent cast and d lively chorus has
been secured and they have been sur
rounded with q lavish scenic investure
that would do credit b the musical
shows playing ct htgher prices.
"The Movie Girlf a. NOT composed
of riffraffs or the hod ge:podge com
monty seen I'm cheap productions, but
is well constructed musical show
with material sof merit that sends an
audience away Laughing and happy.
And that IS Just what theatergoers
want They go to j theater to laugh
and forget their duh cares and this
fact has been realized In tue tnaDage.
ment. Pricessare: Matinee % and 90
cents; night 10 90; a. and so cents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
Best Stories.
A Bulls Eye.


A member of the Washington Amer.
lean League team, who had always
pretended to regard golf as a game
for old men and crippled women, was
persuaded to try his luck at the sport.
Almost the whole club went to the
first tee to see him drive off.
What have ] got to do, caddte?" he
asked the boy who went with him.
"You drive off from here" said tho
caddie, pointing to the tee, "and you
are to put the ball in that little hole
with the flag flying above it. I'll go
on and mark your ball."
The caddie did SO, and the ball play.
er, with proper elaboration, drove the
ball off. BY an extraordinary stroke
Of luck he drove beautiful ball,
which landed Just on the edge Of the
green, and slowly trickled down into
the hole. The caddie. wild with ex-
element, came dashing back, shout
ing: you're down in one-the balls
in the hole?"
"Well," said the novice, nonchalant-
liz, "I'm glad Of that. AT first was
afraid I might have missed it."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
FIRST THINGS.
RACE SUICIDE,

i. ID |F. . = . .
The first to urge race suicide" and
to develop his arguments into sys-
TEN, since known as Malthusianism,
was the Rev. T. r. Nautilus, who died
at Bath, England. so years ago to-
day, December 80. 1884. Since then
hundreds of philosophers and reforms
'ers have elaborated and spread his
theories, and no still has multitude
Of earnest disciples all over the world.
Nautilus held a small parish in Sur
rey, but his greatest interest was in
political economy. He carried on his
Investigations In all the countries Of
Europe, and after years OF earnest
thought he wrote and published In
1898 his famous Essay on the aPrin-
5eiple of Population, as Il Affects the
Future Improvement fof Soc iety!ss In
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
.LITTLE BOBBTE'SZ PA
BY William F. Kirk

to have q very long leeses Of life ere.
sed "a wen Imogene& went out I'M
kitchen. She talks too much With heE
mouth.
You started it yurselfs sed MA, I
shall newer be abel TO Keep q gurl II
you encourage them allStoibe dfp You
doant show ,enuffS dignity around our
servants anyway sed M, Reepaenber
that familiarity breeds tfeshness, she
toad Pa, & after this dosnot give tfte
gurl a openingi To- talk baek totgou,
suppose the reasonSI a1nt 81 i1oatt1
ware servants u.s. sedF ri. 10 belfaus ri
.hoam we,neYyerSh had 10 servant. One o.
the nabor's gurlgs used To cutn onst IN
"a. while g sElielp,! butSshe was ssrdysl
like one OF the family, 6; 1est then Inc
gene calm,in' aggenn
Say, lady, she sedl to Ma Isait afraid
that the roast iisons the tffitz. You better
tell that flsh-taced butcher he Gums
tomorrow that IL he cam furnish YOU
with big league meat he can make his
getaway, ssee::s II 51Sguz ithe Hlady q the
house I5wuddent let mutt like him
slip me q fony roast she SGD. Rather
wud perish.
/ picked out that roast rdyself, Imc-
gene, sed Ma.
Then you are a fierce picker SEQ frno-
gene Duffy. After this yous5 better leave
it to the Irish. Iset me 80 after that
butcher, she sed. 4 g e lie dpant treat
me like the iQueen3o sheeby'ae give me
the bestin his cart, he Will thinlE he is
surrounded BY ten million sntfra gets.
Then shewentl outiaggens
1 reelysbe believe she g going to be 2
jewel, sed Ma.
1 am afrade fshe will thayeto go loei-
ing for another setting, aedSpa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.
coRDoN-LENNox.

OF the noble families Of Great Brit
Gin few have played a more promin-
cnt part in the present war and IN the
South African conflict than that OF
Gordon-Lennox. The present head OF
the family, the Duke of Richmond
end Gordon, who began his seventh
eth year on Sunday, won honors In
the Boer struggle. as did his eldest
son and heir, the Earl Of March, and
a younger son, Lord Esme Charles
Gordon-Lennox. Charles Henry Cor
don-Lennox, the Earl Of March, was
born "A years ago today, Dec. 80, 1870.
AS aide.de-camp to Field Marshal
Lord Roberts, commanding the South
African forces, the youthful noble
man won his D. S. o. and honorable
mention in the dispatches. When the
present war broke out he was an Off
Ger Of the Sussex Yoemaury. anti
went to the front with that body or
famous fighting men. One Of his
Younger brothers, Major Lord Bern
ard Charles Gordon-Lennox, of the
Crenadier Guards, who had served in
South Africa and China, was killed in
battle last month Besides the titles
Of Duke of Richmond and Earl Of
March, the Gordon-Lennox family
holds the titles Of Baron Of Settring-
ton, now held by the Earl's eldest
son: Duke OF Lennox, Earl Of Dern-
ley, Baron Methuen, Duke of Gordon,
Earl Of Kinrara, Hereditary Constable
Of Inverness Castle, and the French
title of Duke d'Aubigny. The Gordon
Lennox family is descended from
King Charles H., as a result Of his
unconventional alliance with the ia
nous beauty, Louise Renee dc Per-
rencourt de Queronaille, to whom the
infatuatd monarch gave numerous tt
ties and honors, and whom Louis XIV.
made Duchess d'Aubigny. The fam
ily has long been prominent in Eng
land, and the fifth Duke was a famous
officer in the wars against Napoleon.
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All they Gould Hope For.

There is certain Brooklyn man
Of remarkably cheerful and optfm-
istic turn of mind. His wife, on the
other hand, takes things very SER
iously, and has no small difficulty in
accommodating herself to the pecul-
iarfties of her friends when. as not
unfrequently happens, they differ
from her own. b.
Henry" said she to her husband
one evening, when she had returned
home more or less agitated by some
thing. what do you thing they say
about Mrs. Eaton, the bakers vile IL
! I'm sure ! don't know said the
husband. Nothing serious, I hope
srhey say they can tie when she's
going to have callers by her washing
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Current Comment
caoouET vs.. TREADMILLs.
(Ry HeIen RIns RobInson.l

(By Helen Ring Robtnson.)
Not long ago I visited an Eastern
prison for women.
AS it happened was admitted just
In time to see the inmates taking
their daily half hour recreation in
the prison yard.
On four. sides we're high walls Of
stone and brick; in the center, a de.
jected grass plot And around and
around this narrow plot women were
marching in treadmill procession,
dumbly, abjectly, with folded arms
and curious shuffling pace, due not
so much to prison discipline, perhaps,
as to the fact that their shoes were
shaped like hams.
AS It happened. ALSO last month I
reached the women's department OF
the Colorado state pcnitentfary at
Canon City during the recreation per.
iod Of the inmates.
Vines with brilliant autumn foliage
decked like banners the gray stone
walls of the cell house, and around
1t some hardy flowers were still bloom
ing, though it was late November
For Canon City is sheltered from cold
winds and nestIes close to the sum-
The afternoon dusk was gathering.
'There Is the woman's recreation
field and croquet ground" said War
den lyman. pointing to wide green
space close under the windows OF
the cell house and yet with a sugges-
ton OF privacy about 1t.
A croQuet ground at prison!
remembered that Eastern treadmtll
and moved nearer.
-Four colored women convicts were
playing croquet, with a merry click:
ing Of balls and juicy smokers OF
laughter. /.
Good" cried Warden lyman and !
together as one of the players made
q lucky shot.
She was strapping big creature,
and as she turned toward us beaming
responsibility, her full, round black
face wrapped about with tleecy
white crocheted scarf, suggested moth.
ing so much as o sable cloud showing
its silver lining at the euses'
So"
Now, all the women prisoners at
Canon City do not spend their recrea.
ton period playing croquet, and not
everything about that Eastern prison
was so sodden and senseless US us
recreation"
Yet none the less JUST as sclehtl nsa
can-so they say-reconstruct a pre-,
historic monster from single lossll
vertebra, so two distinct prison sys'
tens were disclosed by that eastern
treadmill and that Canon CITY game
OF croQuet.
| have nothing to say ABOUT thoso
prison wardens who still hold TO lhs
stupid theory of punishment. Goa
made them, but you will nowhere reaa
that He pronounced them "gooa'
Warden tom" lyman and those VINO
hold with him are quite as far from
such men as they are from certain
other mild minded people who stew
in muddling mess OF setltlltlsiltt'...'
whenever the word prison is menelon'
ed.
Tvnan believes that men and wom'
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TODAY WE cELEBRATg.
RIAL DAY" in PAlLIPpTNEs


RECALLS "SAD LOVE STORY"
This is "Riza1 Day" In the Philip
pines. and legal holiday In those dis.
tant isles where the brown men will
today honor the memory OF their
greatest hero. "the Washington of the
Philippines" DR.. Jose Rial. A Ia
galog by birth, Jose Rial was a man
of extraordinary ability, and after sew
cra1 years in European medical col.
Icgcs and as q specialist in diseases
OF the eye he attained considerable
fame. Honored by his professional
brethren of Europe and America, with
wealth in his grasp, he abandoned ev-
erytlling to cast in his lot with those
of his countrymen who dreamed OF
freedom from Spanish oppression. He
organized the Revolutionary society
which soon became the dominant fac
tor in the Philippines. Because Of
his activities he was first exiled to q
remote island of Mindanao, and later
was accused Of seditlon and shot to
death by detail of Spanish soldiers.
The tragic death of Rial came on Do
cember 80, 1896, and the Filipfnos
have ever since observed the day as
a patriotic holiday.
Rial was the author OF two novels,
'"Note Me Tangere" and "El Filibus.
terismo," which are the great Filipino
classics, and which have lately been
translated into English under the ii.
ties OF "Thc Social Cancer" and "The
Reign Of Creed" The friars as wei.
as the Spanish officials Of the Philip.
pines are bitterly attacked, and the
books are of great historic value as
giving a picture OF Philippine society
under the Spanish regime, which now
seems like a record Of medieval OPP
preston.
The sombre hue of "The Social Can.
cer'' is ltghtened by a narrative Of
the adventures of a pair Of lovers,
who, however, are separated by the
oppression Of church and state. Many:
years later Rial was himself to be-
come the tragic hero of what 9 Phil Phi
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the children's faces! Now, you're
pretty sanguine man. Henry, but what
on earth can you hope for a woman
like that?"
WELL" said Henry, IT suppose all
we can hope for is that she entertains
good deal"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30
: A LINCOLN EPIC.

s. Benz. ]. Gum, a western poet has
I issued q poetic volume, entitled Life
Of Abraham Lincoln. Mr.. Gum
states that his poem has the endorse
E1nent Of every member of the su-
fpreme Court OF his state so that a
Critical review or its merits here
would be supererogatory, If not in the
mature If contempt Of court, yet some
81 the finer metaphorIcal images and
other figures of speech might be quo
ted to give the ignorant reader a gen
Seral conception Of the poem. iteter-
ring to Lincoln's first political cam.
apaign Mr.. Gum fires off the follow.
ing:
When he had been two years man
4 He for the Legislature ran.
2S4 votes given
In his own precinct. He lost 7.
a poetic stanza as compact as an
official count, and proof OF Ltncotn's
personal popularity at that period
I of his career, as we'll as of the conf.
s.dence reposed in him by his fellow
Scttigens is more impressive than vol
sumes Of ordinary prose writing. Mr..
Gunn proves to be loaded with exact
Information. and it may Sc said that
4 his aim is high in this epic work. His
poem takes little advantage Of license,
ssticking closely to facts, happy and
appropriate idea, considering Lin
Stoln's we'll known Characteristic Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

when a girl doesn't get letter
every time the postman makes his
rounds she thinks there is conspir-
acy on the part OF the government
1employes to withhold her mail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

We are going to have a revival Of
business, not an account OF anything
the Democratic party has done. but
In spite Of it. The war has in Of
feet given the manufacturers the pro-
lection they had under the Payne
Aldrich bill and that will help some.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

The statistics show that is prac-
tically impossible for the average
working girl to save anything out Of
her salary for the clairvoyant and for
tune teller.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

sHe is the sort OF fellow" said EDh
Wiley yesterday in referring to his
youngest daughters sutton. "who
would take the Gentleman's Home
Journal If there were any such pub
LEGATION"
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Ju;Lgt Smiles

Mr.. Morgan Finally Gets En- Al.
Thursday Mr.. Morgan took in dol
lar which was minted in 1880. The
piece is in good condition, and was
passed by Louis Pcpperel, who recely'
ed IT the day before from whom he
did not know,-Burchard (Neb.)
Times.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

When woman says she is ready to
start her husband knows it is time
for him to begin dressing for the
party.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

In country neighborhood a highly
educated person is one who can Sc
cure q certificate permitting him to
teach school.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

The effect Of the increase in rail
road rates, so far, is merely psy-
Geological as the new rates will not
become effective until January first.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

IA woman's look into the future is
directed toward the time when she
will need a new set OF furs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

No Telling How Far Arkansas Young
blood VIII Go These Days.
All L. Youngblood, of Gillett, Ark
ships fish all over the United States
and has shipped caviar to points as
far away as New Archangel Russia
Stuttgart (Ark.) Free Press.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-30

Generally speaking when an elderly
widower marries it is into the well
known Trouble family.
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Hunters. Take Notice-FIunt all you
durn please, and when you hear the
horn blow come to the house for din
ner. If you accidentally kill a cow
skin her and hang the hide in the
barn.-On a farm gate in Union coun-
ty, Ky.
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ChlaroScuTO.

Chlaroscuro.
At the gate" of the Briton the hand
Of the "Hun"
Has knocked, and all England's
agog!
The navy that fights for a place IN
the sun,
Keeps cleverly hid in the fog!
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+. Join one of the Christmas Clubs.
That's a good way save money.
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'tl,ine l5sr. lisswite's hairplns 70 clean
his ptpe With
IN tie came Of love you can atways
take heart g YOU WIN lend g dia
monds
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Move to strike out the words,
"peace loving" there amt no such
thing.
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The wild oats harvester always
looks seedy.