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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
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ne fought ike one possessed

He fought ike one possessed
There was never an instants grace
for, judgment or. execution; the one
must be synchronous with the other,
both instantaneous. or else-destruc-
ton. s
The canoe woye this way and that
like an insane shuttle threading some
satanic loom. Now it hesItated. nuz
cling a gigantic boulder over which
7, the water wove a pale green and
jglistenlng hood. now in the space OF
"a heartbeat it shot forward twice its
length through sea Of Dreaming
waves, now plunged wildly toward
what promised instant humiliation
and cheated that only by the timely
plunge Of paddle, guided by luck or
instinct or both.
! The one ray OF hope in Alans mind,
when he surveyed before. committing
himself and the woman he. loved to
that hIdeous gauntlet, sprang from
the fact that, however rough, the
rapids were short. Now. when he had
been in their grasp minute, he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were. tremendous, I'm.
believable, inspired. In the end they
were all but successful. The goal OF
safety was within thirty seconds
more Of quick. hard work, when Alan's
paddle broke and the canoe swung
broadside to a boulder, turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage welter.
AS the next few minutes passed he
was fighting like a mad thing against
Overwhelming odds Then, Of sud.
don, he found himself rejected, spewed
forth from the. cataract and swimming
mechanically in the. smooth water of
a wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy, the canoe floating bottom up
near by, and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on it.
Her eyes met his, clear. with the
sanity OF her adorable courage.
. He.foundered to her side, painted in.
structions to transfer, her hand. to his
shoulder and struck out for the
nearer shore. b.
Both found, footing at the same
time and waded out, to collapse. ex.
hausted. against the bank.
/, Then, with sickening qualm, Alan
remembered the pursuit. Hetrose and
looked up the rapid just in time to
view, the last swift quarter OF the
canoes descent: Judith in the bow,
motionless, rife across her knees. in
the stern an Indian guide kneeling
and fighting the waters with scarcely
lperceptible effort In contrast with
iAlan's supreme struggles.
\ Likes a. lying thing the. canoe
seemed to gather itself together, to
polse, to leap with all it's strength;
it hurdled the eddy in bound, took
the still water with mighty splash.
and shot downstream at diminished
speed, the Indian furiously backing
water.
!! AS though that had been the one
moment she, had lived for, Judith
lifted her rife and brought tito bear
upon her sister.
T With a cry Of horror Alan flung
!! himself before Rose, living shield
anticipating nothing but immediate
death. This was. not accorded, him.
Fora .breath lesssi instant ezwoman in
y Rsgtss55 ~ sss - q ~
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FOR SALE = General merchandise
store at Bakers Run, Braxton
county, r. o. Levi, W. Va. A good
i country stand with good surround
ing and established trade. Coco
reasons for selling. Address Ern-
est Crislip, Levi, w. Va.
9-2S-1ms,
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FOR sALE-17 acres-in one piece
-of as fine land as there is in
West Virginia. A bountfful spring
of pure water. Fronting on Maple
avenue 462 feet. 10 minutes walk
to the court house. Also a IL.
room modern frame house. Adj
dress, NJ. N. Barns, Fairmont. w.
Va, 40S Maple Ave. 9-29-ti
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I's5 lssiat,.s" p. a. y 70 A{qsfi rtslgf
the canoe stared along the sights;
then lowered her weapon land, turn,
Ing, spoke indistinguishably to the
guide, who, instantly began to ply, 6
brisk paddle.
The. canoe sped on, vanished swiftly
round a bend; I'd.
Aftersa long time, Alan voiced hit
,unmitigated amazement:
'tNhy1in the name Of heaven :!
Why" .,f,a, q @i
The girl said duly: Don't yoA
know?!9" And when he shook his head
"Iier guide told mine you had sayet
her life on the dam at Spirit Lake
Now do you see2. .. III
HIS ,countenanee was blank witt
wonder: G ratitude?p Il
Rose smiled YEARLY: Not graft
tude alone. but something more ter
rlble. !. She rose and he'll
out her hand. "NJot thatI can blamN
her. Y. I. But come; j; il we strik
through lisgei III think pick VI
/ a trail that afIl u us to III at
Beaver seta ement bSS dsll. =
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FOR SALE One team bay horses
five years old, well matched; will
weigh about 1900 lbs. Also ont
driving horse; will weigh about
1000 lbs, buggy and harness. Ad.
dress Cloyd P. Bishop, Albright.
Preston county, W. Va. ! =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

FOR sALE-ln Barrackville 6-room
house, with good cellar. out house,
chicken house and barn. Well al
|, house, also well at barn. Easy
terms. H. L. Tenant, Barracks
I Vile. 9-12,1mo.
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FOR sALE-House and lot so It. by
100 IT. Choice location for fins
residence on corner lot. Lots may
be sold off this. Call or, address
614 Locust Ave, City. s-22-1'
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FOR sALE-Blank coal options o.
the West virgtntan office. s-26+ft
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

Mrs. Albright and Miss Chedister,
manicuring and chiriopody, room 200
Jacobs Building, or inquire at Hart
leyss Department Store. Hours y
a. m. to Up. m. s-22-1mo
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FURNISHED Room with or with.
out Light housekeeping. No chill
dren preferred. Ala. Atha, ,S15
Grafton So, on paved street close
to the new Miller school house.
9-7-1mo. 4
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT.
seven room tprick) house, Nor
gantown Ave.
nine room tbrick) house, Wheel
ing Ave.
Wheeling Ave.
4 seven room tframe) house.
Wheeling Ave. ii
furnished rooms for light house
keeping. All modern convcniencos.
F53 Pierpont Ave. =.
Inquire for further particulars.
BrI SKIS S. Hutchinson, Bell phone of
flce, 1913; Res, 176. Consolidated
428. S-24-1mo.
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For RENT 8=room house, new
Sixth ward, modern convcniences.
cali at 500 BenoRi Ave. 1o-G-tf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

FOR REN Nice suite of office
roons, second floor McCrory
Hfdes oppnstte Court House. See
VI. i. LawferS Trust Co. Bldg.
7-29.ti
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FOR RENT Large business room,
Kenyon MOTEL building. Possession
at onces long lease. Apply Nc
eray's Store. sl 1:55 ! 4. st. If
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FOft REM Rooms for light house,
lleeping East Park avenue. TO
couple without children. Dell
phone 9s7SEt4 1O-S-ts
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" q. NTlap CIR For general house
York. Apply at once to Manager
Hub Clothing Co.. 1913 Main st.
zen Phone Phone $50. s-14-tf
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FOR RENTF nIsned rooms with
OF withont light housekeeping.
Mrs. Robertson, corner Monroe
ana Htgh streets: 7-s4-tf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19

FOR RENTThreeS furnished rooms
ON Merch ant street near Mononga-
hela Bank. q. Steele. Cons.
Phone g12sY Bell Phone 2627J.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
AN AGE OF IRREVERENCE.

we are living in an age of ir-
reverence and dsrespect for au-
thority. The idea is held that
God is not particular and that not
much effort Is necessary to secure
salvation, that matters will somehow
come out all right in the end The
public conscience needs tuning up"
said Evangelist l.. +. Passebois last
night In his sermon at the Seventh Day
Adventist Church. He said in part:
We wish to impress upon you the
idea that God is particular, that lie
VIII do as He says and that Christ's
sayings are really true, that il is
easier for heaven and earth to pass
than for one tot or title of His law
to fail. God Is represented as a jeal-
Gus Cod not In the unworthy sense of
the word, but as particular In regard
10 moral character God means to be
taken at His word, and wants His chill
dren to form characters of obedience
and integrity, that they may be fit
TO live with Him hereafter He de-
mands of us that we obey Him, and
promises blessings upon the obedient
and threatens curses upon those who
disobey. We have In the Scriptures
numerous Illustrations on this point
The lecture Wednesday will be on
Faith All are welcome, at 7:45.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
GOVERNMENT GETS NEW FOREST
IN WHITE MOUNTAINS.

A little more than $1,000 acres in the
White Mountains have just been ap-
proved for purchase by the government
at meeting of the national forest reser-
walton commission.
These areas are in two separate tracts,
both in Grafton county, New Hampshire,
the larger containing 81, 100 acres on the
watershed Of the Pemigewasset river, a
tributary to the Merrimac. The tract
comes within a mile or North Woodstock
on the Boston G. Maine railroad, and sew
eral good roads lead through It. The land
is between 700 and 400 feet in elevation,
and in the lower valleys are a number Of
abandoned farms now grown up to trees
Most of the conifers have been cut to
make paper pulp, but there are good
stands Of beech, birch, and maple of con-
siderable value, With fire kept out there
is said 10 be excellent promise Of a new
stand OF spruce. The price agreed upon
by the government is s4.62 an acre, includ-
ing both land and timber.
The smaller purchase consists of sew
eral areas lying on the watersheds OF
Little River and Gale River, both tribu-
taries of the Connecticut These lands
cover 1000 acres and are contiguous to
lands already approved for purchase;
hence they go far toward giving the gov
eminent a solid body of land in this To-
cality. The price for the 1900 acres, land
and timber, is $500 an acre. The tract is
in the ltcality of the noted Francona
range and Is readily accessible from two
railroad stations, Bethlehem and Twin
Mountain. The forest has been cut over
and consists chiefly OF the northern hard
woods, though some spruce remains from
the original stand.
At the same time that these White
Mountain areas were approved, the COM
mission also approved the purchase of the
Pisgah forest in North Carolina from
the George w Vanderbilt estate. These
tracts bring the total eastern forests up
to 1,077O00 acres
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
LEARNING ABOUT ROADS.
From the Providence Journal.

dl.1
The claim Of 1000 Pennsylvania en-
thusiasts who worked for day on the
roads last week that they have solved
the highway problem is open to question.
Doubtless the roads were made better by
the days labor of bankers, farmers
| preachers and students merchants and
| Others but first-class roads cannot be
built In one day and the average road
Will not remain in good Condition for a
year without maintenance, Moreover
| the best results are obtained only when
skilled labor is supervised by COM
petent engineers, and constant IN
spection is required throughout the
year That this army of volunteers
oulIt roads OF the highest standard is not
prooaole' Nevertheless the fine exhi-
oition OF public spirit is of practical val
ue.
The fact that 10000 men were thorough.
~ interested in the road question Il
encouraging. Some of them are certain
TO study the subject and gain informa,
ton that will enable them to deal intelli
gently with plans for road making. When
the people who use the roads understand
the principles of construction and know
something about the peculiar needs OF
the different classes OF traffic, the tax
payers Will get more for their money
DISHONEST contractors of course are re-
sponsible for much loss, but not ali the
waste is due to grating. Money often
Is improperly used by men OF the highes.
integrety.
1t is important. therefore, 10 guard
against the laundering Of honest me,
while keeping an eye on the doings OF
INSCRIPTIONS politicians and contractors.
II the Pennsylvania demonstration doex
not arouse general spirit Of inquiry and
prompt those participating in 1. 10 insist
upon the adoption of improved methods,
1t will be disappointing But II IL hard
ly conceivable that 1t will not help to
bring about some information OF the old
practices
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
LEFT HOUSE TO 8 WIDOWS.
For Five Centuries Unique Charity Ha,
Been Kept Up In Paris.

For five centuries eight widows have
lived at certain number in the street
now known as Rue Saint Sauveur. In
Paris. Not the same women all these
years, of course, but always widows
and always eight of them.
CASTOR de Jansac, who was lord of the
suite of Charles VII, was seriously in
jured at the battle of Cravant, In the
18th century. Eight widows of Auxerre
attended him and nursed him back to
health.
When he returned to Paris de Jansac
refurnished the building which he
owned In the Rue Saint Sauveur-it was
known by another name then-sent for
his eight angels of mercy and installed
them there for life
Then de Jansac set aside a trust fund
and drew up legal instrument stipulat-
ing that always eight widows phould live
there That was In 1882
The original building was torn down
long ago and its successor in turn gave
way to another and that one to a
third, but each house occupying the
original site has been the home of eight
widows who, otherwise, might have been
public charges.
1t has been proposed at times to trans
Ter the women to "A public institution
but the authorities have seen to it that
d. Jansac's stipulations have been fol-
lowed to the letter-New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
FOUND A WINNER.

Jones was reading newspaper in a
club some time ago, the congressman
said, when he suddenly tore OFF n loud
and joyous laugh Instantly his pals
gathered around him for an explanation.
Struck the very thing here that | have
been looking for for months" said JoneA
cutting paragraph from tho paper with
his knife. Il am going to beat straight
home and show 1t to mother"
What is 1t. JIM" curiously ouericd
the others, - recipe for angel cake. or
something telling you how to frizzle corn
on the COBB"
Neither answered Jones' carefully
pocketing the treasure "it's story about
house being robbed while the man was
at church with his wira"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
DOZEN ARE INJURED
WHEN c. Y. EXPRESS
NO. | IS WRECKED
Five Cars Leave Track-Brake.
man WhitcOmb Walks Four
Miles with Sprained An
kle to Report.

Randolph, June Flight passengers
and four train employees were slightly
injured to-day when two cars of the Bos-
ton Maine express from Boston to
Montreal rolled down a 3O-foot embank-
ment at Braintree on the Central Yer
mont railroad.
A mail car and an express car toppled
over the embankment. The baggage car,
smoking car and day coach left the
rails and jolted over the ties but were
not overturned
Among the passengers injured were:
MRS. LEO RENE, Manchester n. H.;
side wrenched.
F. j. ROBAR, Brattleboro, leg injured
and severe Commissions on head and body.
HELEN H. BROWN, Marlboro, Mass :;
head cut.
FRED DYSONE, Assiniboa, sask. ;
back hurt.
Occupants of the mail and express cars
were not seriously hurt John O'Connell
of ST. Adams a messenger, was caught
In one en-. of the express car and I'D
to be chopped out. His back was hurt
md his head bruised.
Brakeman Frank L. Whitcomb al
though he had a sprained ankle, walked
four miles to send for assistance and
order a Wrecking train.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
DEAD MEN REGISTERED
AS VOTERS IN HOME
DISTRICT OF MURPHY

New York, June 7.-District Attorney
Whitmans investigation of illegal
voting at the special election on April
Z, Mr.. Whitman announced to-day has
disclosed that in the 18th assembly dis
trict, in which Charles +. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall, makes his
home, the names of four dead men
were registered as having cast votes
In favor of the holding of a consti-
tutional convention next year. The
names of the dead men it is charged
were forged in the books, but no at
tempt was made to initiate their writ
ing.
The investigation also has disclosed the
fact that in the 14th assembly district
the names of 10 men were voted as resi-
dents of Bellevue hospital Detectives
discovered that not one of the 10 was
known at the hospital. Officials at Bel
levue informed the district attorney that
the names of a number OF employees were
voted at the election, but that the en-
ployes did not leave the hospital on cleo
ton day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
STATEMENT ABOUT
THE PROUTY LETTER

Prouty club officials have given out at
Orleans the following statemnt regard
ing the much discussed Prouty letter
TO DR. jackson:
Our attention has been called to the
various interpretations which have been
published regarding the Prouty letter
addressed to DR.. Jackson Of the progress
sive State committee. Several papers and
persons have construed the letter to
mean" withdrawal from the race" and
hs "a request that the Progressive party
withhold endorsement of Mr.. Prouty's
senatorial candidacy" and as a refusal
to permit the use of his name upon the
progressive ticket" etc.
"A copy of the letter was forwarded
10 us by Mr.. Prouty on the day it was
written. 1t contains nothing which
rould possibly be construed as a with
travail from the senatorial race; it
ioes not request the Progressive
party to withhold endorsement and 1t
loes not refuse to permit that party
o use Mr.. Proutys name on its sena-
forial ticket
On the contrary the letter is the
strongest non-partisan campaign docu-
nent tina has yet come to our atten-
ion. Mr.. Prouty points to the better
nent of the working classes, the honest
fst regulation Of big business, the re-
traint of the evils of monopoly, and the
ariff as the principal issues of the day
nd of prime Importance Nothing in
he letter could be construed as re-
usal to accept the support of the Pro-
ressive party or any other party or any
Individual voter.
"The letter was not forwarded 70 nc
or publication and We regret the
ecessity of thus correcting the false
IMPRESSION which seems to have follow
the discussion of the letter at Bra II
leboro y
I'VE again repeat our promise to
i've the people of Vermont an oppor-
unity to vote for Mr. Prouty upon a
on partisan ticket
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
GASOLINE REDUCED.
Price Reduced to ID Cents In BOSTON
Big Increase in Production.

Boston, June "A third reduction in
price of gasoline was made yesterday by
the Standard Oil, Gulf Refining and Texas
companies, bringing the wholesale price in
Boston down to "A cents per gallon.
In January gasoline was quoted a. Il
rents, but in the latter part of February
was reduced to l6. In the second week in
March there was further cut to Is cents.
There have been big reductions in crude
oil prices at the wells since the first of the
year This is, of course, due to increased
production, chiefly in Oklahoma. Oil men
also ascribe the drop in gasoline to falling
off In consumption Depression in general
business, they say. has had an effect here
as well as In most other lines. Although
there are moro cars in use han in 1913,
the number in the United States now being
placed at over 1000, 600, it is said that the
average motor car is using less gasolin
than year or two ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
BY GRAMS.

1t is terrible job to teach the metric
system in the public schools of America
Just as 1t is a terrible task to try to get
that system adopted even by the grown
ups we are used to thinking in inches
ana pounds, and we can't seem to get ac-
customed to thinking in centlmeters and
milligrams. The words are strange, the
fractions are mo So We are likely Ia
go by sounds, and then to get the sounds
confused.
"A teacher in the public schools tells us
OF the table of metric weights given by a
pupil In an examination the other day.
She comments on it, but We won't Here
was his Idea;
Ten centigrams make one pentagram.
Ten pentagrams make one epigram
Ten epigrams make one telegram
Ten kilograms make one anagram."
If humorist had time. a satirical ia BILE
might be manufactured from this -C1eye-
land Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
THE YOUNG IDEA.

Our friend the grade teacher sends us
few more queer answers from the spring
examinations. She explains that II she
had started two years ago, she could
have done better. At present, we shall
have to use these:
Q,-What did the constitution do for
the country?
Alt gave the President a head
Q'-What is yeast?
A'-feast is a vegetable flying about in
the air and hitching itself on to any,
thing.
Off you We're travelling across a des-
ert' where would you choose 70 rest?
A.-On a bed or sofa.
Q.-Describe the habits of a useful do
nestle animal of the temperate zone.
A.-The cow is a temperate and do
mestic animal. 1t has no habits.-Cleve-
land Plain-Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11

King William Of Albania the latest of
the sovereigns Of Europe. crowned head
OF the new independent provisional gov
eminent recognized by the world powers
as an outgrowth of the Balkan war. "a a
flne outstanding royal figure, barely
thirty-nine years Of age. His is truly n
crown of thorns, for his country has a
long standing record of distress, plunder
ana briR1ndagc. Close to two million
Albanians live in the mountains and the
valleys, mostly of Indo- European STOCK.
with Mohammedan leanings, the CATS
paw of their nelghbors within and with
out Albania. The great powers recor-
hized their government as a result of an
peal for protection against Bulgaria,
cfreece and Servia and Prince William
or Weld, with romantic eagorness. under
TINS mantle of protection and regal au-
thorlty essayed the task of bringina
order out of chaos. He is the elder OF
TWO brothers of Frederick. the sixth
prince of Weld. He has been living at
Potsdam and holds a commission in the
Prussan army
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
MIGHTY QUICK WORK

Conio time ago a young farmer VIC ~
joired the army and gone to the PhiliI.
pires. sent cableGra m to his father Thu
day after the arrival OF the messag. TIC
father was sreaking about 1t 10 q fa-me
friend
Great things ia that teleg am josh.
rsmorked the father. "Jes' think O. ina
message cor,r' all thcn thousand mue,v
"fca," was tho hearty response OF ycss
AN so thunder!n' quick too"
''Thundertn' quick" exclaimed thu
father We'll should say SO, Wher :,
got the message the muclaye on tho CT.
vellup wasn't dry yet - rhur .,lphH
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