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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-10

Our great stock has been edusted and many Of
nave again been lowered in price About 200 SUITS all toll
nearly all Sizes all materials and all styles Not bad garment
IN the lot Those needing heavy for the balance Of tie
season and splendid garment with which begin next season. will
delighted when they the many beautiful styles in the various lots
note their present and former We you come and
them for yourself.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-10
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not reported. H..
Many Conversions.
Up to date there have been total
g lis conversions at the meetings
which have been in progress only a
little over week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-10
FJNERAL{oF CHILD.

The remains of Pynido. the nine
months old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim l.addaryi, were laid at rest this
afternoon in Holy Cross cemetery
by Pnderftakcr R. c. Jones. The
child's death occurred carly this
morning at Cook Hospital. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-10

Tango dance, had everything their
own tsay The audience teok k,plly,
TO ,lsnS tfpni The ssas, and isaYsh $si,
a good send-6ft: ~ 800 y : 81
The pictures included "rhe tCyphc,
! tAIssssagsssStf tYg-Fssl feature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-10
The Shop Meetings.

at noon today Il shop meeting was
held ut the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road round house. These shop meet
fnss are proving of more than usual
interest and the employees of the COM
,pany are beginning to. look forward
20 the meetings at the shops. They
will be continued throughout the
week and will be announced from
time 10 time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
NAMED BY MISTAKE.
That Is What Happened to Three Of
vermont's Towns.

II is not often that a town is named
by mistake, but about 80 years ago
this thing happened-not TO one town,
but TO three towns in Vermont. At
that time a grant of land was made by
New Hampshire to some Connecticut
settlers. This tract then, as now, was
Sivided into three notwithstanding
plain; Colchester, just north, and VIII
liston, east. The three towns We're
chartered on the same day, and it was
at this time that the names were
mixed.
The Burling family took mp their
land in the north section Colchester,
and it seems to be true that their name
was to have been given the town, so
that IL should have been called Bur
lington. Other settlers took up the
eastern portion CWilliston), and the
rest remained in the part by the lake
Burlington. Among these last was
the Willis family, and there is evidence
that they expected TO call the city VIII
listOn. However. there was so much
confusion in the enter 2 of the rec
ords that the town where he Burllngs
settled was called Colchester. the town
of the Willis family was named Bur
lington. while the town TO the east was
called Willlston. And so they have
remained TO this day.-Ladies' Home
Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
THE BLUE OF TIE SKY.
II Is Caused by the Oxygen In the Air,
Says a Scientist.

says Scientist.
Professor Spring of the University of
Liege has a theory of his own regard
Ing the blue of the sky.
Scientists have tried to explain the
blue of the sky ever since the days of
Leonardo de Yinci and Sir Isaac New
ton. Some have held that it was due
TO the polarization of the solar light,
while others have held that the blue
ness is due to the reflection. or, rather,
the vibration, upon the minute drops of
water which the atmosphere holds In
suspension or upon the matter In the
atmosphere according to Tyndall.
Professor Spring has rejected all
these theories denying the dust theo-
ry'' altogether. He holds with Lord
Rayleigh that instead of the dust in
creaslng the blueness il diminishcs it
greatly. And according TO Professor
Spring, all OF the appearances of blue
tints in the atmosphere are explicable
when we consider liquid oxygen.
Liquid air. is known to be decidedly
blue in color, so the contention that
blueness Is due to the oxygen in the
air seems TO be substantlated.
IL condensed and liquid air are blue
in color il is most probable that the
blneness Of the sky is due to the oxy-
gen In it-New York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
INGENUITY IN SUICIDE.
This Partisan Planned Most ORA
matte Taking of.

Some years ago, when there was an
epidemic of dramatic suicides in Paris,
a man who had visited the French
capital told of an extraordinary sui
eide he had heard of In that gay city.
lie was Frenchman. who was
nothing If not original said the teller
of the tale. land even when he grew
respondent he planned his death in a
most original fashion. He locked the
door of his room In the Rue Nitot and,
removing the weights of the window
cord. fastened them to the window IT.
self. He added to the weight of the
window by attaching six fatironS. On
the sill he adjusted a large triangular
bread knife. such as Is used by chefs,
and made ready n small balloon. capa-
BILE of lifting fifty pounds
~The ingenious Frenchman then put
his head out OF the window after at
tachlng the balloon 90 his neck and by
releasing the clamp that held the win
dow cnt his head or completely with
the improviscd guillotine. The dccap-
itatcd body was discovered several
davs later. hut il was not until the
balloon aud the head were found a
week later Ia the field Of a peasant
eighteen miles from Paris. that the
method Of suicide was really known
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
ORIGIN OF BLACKMAlL.
The Term Was Born Of outIawry or
the Scottish Border.

the Scottish Border.
The etymology Of the expression
''blackmail" is historically interesting
1t appears to have its origin on the
Scottish border and dating from times
when frequent political feuds between
the then two kingdoms of the British
islands tacitly justified a sort Of per
ennial terrestrial buccaneering as he
tween borderers OF each realm
Many OF these We're outlaws on both
sides Of the border. Their neighhor-
ing victims 10 save their cattle from
being lifted sometimes compounded for
safety by an annual payment rs insur-
ance 10 the bandits This fee not only
gave them immunity. but entailed
them 10 protect them from rival free
hooters. II was their mail" OF ''pro-
lection" The mail coach was 50
named because II had is armed guard
with loaded blunderbuss on the dickey
But the mail paid by border farmers
was not for honest royal protection.
but for guardianship by thieves. and
hence was black mail. the color ~
black being typical Of what was nefa-
rious. whether in art or in guardian
ship. while the guardian Of this stamp
was known as the "blackguard" Of the
district The last named latter DAY
tern Of reproach seems to have OBJ
tained its expression originally - here
s.---ft.r.- Tr~.rr.s rrnfr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
xsyR OF the Town and fllsse Told asssfb
Taz &mk Readefn-

At Burke's cash market pork roast
and chops 16 cents per lb. Home
dressed chickens 20 cents per Id.
Adv. 11t2
Joe Levin, the North and River
streets merchant, will close his pre-
inventory clearance sale tomorrow
night. He is closing out his winter
stock of mems and women's clothing
at astonishingly low prices. There
are big bargains in suits, coats and
furnishings of all kinds.
The fire alarm was sounded short
ly before o'clock this morning for a
blaze at the home of Miss l.. NJ. Bar
ney on Beech street. The pipes had
frozen up during the night and when
an attempt was made to built a fire
in the stove this morning the water
front blew out, and fire caught in
the ceiling.
What do you know about John Cal
vim? Some things not very pleasant
probably. Calvinism has been q bug
bear to good many people. But
there are two sides TO John Calvin,
and his story is very interesting.
You may hear this story and see
some beautiful views of Geneva and
Lake Geneva at the Second Congre-
gational church Sunday night.
Mrs. Catherine Kelley observed
har 2nth birthday onnivareafv az her
home on the Burgess road Wednes-
day evening. Mrs. f. A. Butterfield
and Mrs. Harry +. Daley received.
About twenty guests were present.
Cards were enjoyed and light refresh
ments were served. Mrs. Kelley re-
ceiyed many, handsome gifts, mes
sages of love and proofs of the es-
TEEN in which she is held by all who
know her.
AT the recent quarterly conference
Of the Methodist churches of Center
Brunswick and East Brunswick, \.
Y, 1t was unanimously voted to ask
for the return of Ray. George II. Dow
as pastor OF the two churches for an
other year. Rev. Mr.. Dow IS son
OF Rev. Or. p. l. Dow of this village.
District superintendent C. w. Row.
ley, former pastor of the Methodist
church here. was present and gave a
talk on. the new financial plan now
being adopted in most of the
churches.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
De n boz sLuosoE,s VA
Capt Barry Pal Of Mark Twain
Pilots Burning Beat to Shore

New Orleans. Feb. 1l.-Cap. VIII
liam Barry Of the river steamboat
Gem. which took FIRE in the Missis-
sippi ten miles above New Orleans
last night. stuck 70 the wheel. clad
only in his nishf clothes. and piioied
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
Nnhle nhounhfs-

Beautiful this thought and beautiful
lhe language wherewith Sir Philip Sid
ney gave II expression. They are nev
Of clone who are accompanied by no.
be thoughts"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13

of his books. John Hays Jim Blud.
soe' was Capt. Barry's favorite poem
1t was framed in the pilot house
where the captain lost his life. He
was 65 years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13
The dead are:

The dead are:
Ed Comeaux. son Of the boats own
er, two negro men and two negro
women.
Barry was river pal Of Mark
Twain and is mentioned in several
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13

the boat to shore, saving nineteen
lives.
Five who pe:ished beside himself
died because they became panic
stricken and leaped into the water
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
REFUSE PIRATES PROTEST
Tener Says Umpire Acted
Within Rights.

The Pittsburgh Pirates protest Of
the game won by the Giants in Fits
burgh on July II, was disallowe by
President Tener to-day.
In disposing of the protest the Presi-
dent of the National League held that
Byron. the umpire, was acting W thin
his rights and in accordance Will the
playing rules Of the game in deter min
ing whether or not interference had
occurred. The umpire's decision, ere
fore, having been based solely OF his
accuracy Of judgment, there could be
TO reversal of same and the .ame
stands as played.
The disputed play, prompting the
Pittsburgh clubs protest, occurr' IN
the sixth inning Of the twenty-one inn
ing game played in Pittsburgh. Vita
one out Wagner singled, taking hirj
on Viox's nit 70 centre. The thro oy
Bescher TO third went under We ,ner
as he was sliding. Wagner picked up
the ball, but dropped it after carrying
it some distance, thus allowing hi 70
reach home safely. Wagner was de-
clared out for interference, and Hios,
who had reached third, was sent oses
to second.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
LANGFORD EXCELS
JOHNSON IN RING
But Tar Baby" Tries in Vain
TO Knock His Rival
Out.

Sam Langford, the :.Boston Tar
Baby" decisively defeated Battling
Jim Johnson in ten rounds of boxing
at the Stadium Athletic Club last
night. Just how the defeated man ever
stayed on his feet throughout g .
mystery. Langford landed a sufficient
number of solid punches on the point
of the jaw to knock any ordinary being
out. At intervals Johnson rocked snd
swayed, apparently primed for knock.
out, but although Sam swung with sll
his power, aud landed, too, the ebony
giant refused to fall.
Johnson declared before the battle
that his left arm was out of commits
sion. His campaign bore out his state
ment He fought a righthanded battle
all through, and confined his left
handed activities to blocking. He did
some execution, too. In one of the
early rounds he had Langford slightly
groggy from a hard blow on the jaw.
but lacked the skill 10 land finishing
blow.
Langford went into the ring eager
to prove that he is still to be reekoned
with in the ranks of the hesvyweiyhts.
He fought with all his old speed, and
if confronted by almost any other man
might have won inside the limit.
Billy job brought down the wrath Of
Johnson by his method of breaking the
men. Johnson charged unfair tactics
and resented it with blow on the
face. Thereafter job was more care
full. The crowd jeered the fighter for
his action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Notes of the Game
at Polo Grounds

Life with the Giants seems TO be just
one crucial series after another these
DAYS, hut to-day will see the beginning
Of tho supercrucisl encounter with the
Braves. As Boston was idle yesterday
the Giants gained half game.
The Cardinals and the Cubs appear
10 have lust the same standing, but II
Won are interested enough in the fate
Of either 70 carry a calculation beyond
three figures you will find that Chi
capo's percentage is .S243, while 81.
Louis has only .5237.
Merkle looked like yachtsman yes
terday. He wore dark shirt and
clean pair Of trousers.
Burns misjudged Miller's line drive
in the second inning, and had to jump
TO make a catch.
That three-base hit did much TO
ssIve the feelings Of Burns, who has
taken no great Joy in his batting aver
age Of 81 since Chicago pitcher IN
a recent game passed Doyle to get at
Burns.
For the first time this season Milton
Stock received complimentary trans
portation 10 hrst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Two Bay State Champions
Partners in National
Open Golf Tourney.
FOURTEEN AMATEURS
ON THE ENTRY LIST
Good Representation from the
Metropolitan District to
Compete at Chicago.

with a total Of III names, fourteea
Of which are those Of amateurs, the
entry list for the national open cham
pionship, which begins at the Nidlo-
THAN Country Club, near Chicago, next
Tuesday, was announced az the Office
Of John Reid, jr, secretary Of the
United States Golf Association, last
night. There are no European entries.
Perhaps the most interesting fact is
that Francis Ouimet, the amateur who
won the title last fall at Brookline
after a play off with those English Fro
fessionals Of renown, Harry Vsrdoh
and Edward Ray, will start on the frst
day with Michael j. Brady, the Mssss-
chusetts open title holder, as part
ner. Thus, the two champions Of
Massachusetts,, the open and the ana
teur, will play together.
The representation from the metre
politan district is good, for there are
such men as Tom Anderson. Joe Mitch
tell. Herbert Strong, Jack Bowling,
Louis Teller, Alec Smith, Jack Jolly
and Bob Thomson. Notable absentees
arc Isaac Mackie, the Shawnee winner;
Jack Hobens, of Englewood; James
Maiden, Of Nassau; Oswald Kirkby, the
METROPOLITAN amateur champion, and
Jerome d. Travers, the national ana
teur champion.
IL will be noted that the representa-
ton from a geographical standpoint Is
excellent, practically every section Of
the United States being covered, and
there also is a goodly number from
Canada. John j. McDermott, Of At
lantic City, whose failure 70 enter the
METROPOLITAN open and TO whom a great
deal OF interest is attached through
the fact that he is the only homebred
20 capture the national open title, has
set at rest all conjecture through his
entry.
Peculiar interest also will be at
tached 20 the doings Of Charles Evans,
jr., who is specially strong at medal
play and who recently won the West
ern amateur championship in brilliant
fashion. Warren X. Wood, former
holder of the same title, is also sched-
uled 20 be a starter.
Conditions governing the champion.
ship provide for an equal division OF
/ the field, the first half playing on Tues
day over the thirty-six-hole route and
the second half over similar distance
the day following. The best 81 scores
will qualify for the championship
proper. carded TO begin Thursday, Au-
gust 20, and continue through the day
/ following. Thus the championship
proper will be at seventy-two holes OF
medal play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
SOUALL CHECKS
YACHT RACES
Small Fleet Out for First
Contests of the Great
South Bay Club.
nv relerranh 70 The Trihune.

Babylon, n. Y, Aug. flowing TO
the squall that swept over Great South
Bay last night there was only small
number of starters in the first cham
pionship race of the annual cruise oil
the Great South Bay Yacht Association
here to-day. Thirty-four boats were
sent across the starting line. The wind
was light and from the northeast, CIV
ing the craft no windward work in the
course picked out by the regatta com
mittee of the local club.
The racing in the various classes
however, was keen and interesting. The
= Division was the most important
class to start. The winner was the
Constance, the property Of +. c. South
ard. which defeated the EskawaJa, 3d.
by / minute II seconds over ten-mlle
course. The Q Class was won by the
Dixie and the Sylph was the first of the
Moriches catboats to finish. The last
named division had a great deal OF
difficulty in reaching this port.
Last nights blow sank one of the
boats, and the others found great
deal Of trouble in making port. The
cruising squadron leaves here to-mor.
row morning on the first days run OF
the cruise. The destination is Say
Vile. Here the yachtsmen will be the
guests of the Cedarshore Club, a new
organization which is making great
preparation in the entertainment line.
The summary follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Cubs Wake Up at Last
and SuperbaS Suffer
Daubert Loyal,
Says Ebbets

Charles II. Ebbets. president and
chief owner Of the Brooklyn Superbas.
denied the report yesterday that Jake
Daubert was conspiring 10 secure the
managership Of the Brooklyn superbas.
Mr.. Ebbets declared roundly that the
stories were wholly without foundation.
There Is not more loyal man. nor
a harder worker, on the Brooklyn team
than Daubert," said Ebbets. ut Is an
injustice to one of the greatest ball
players Brooklyn ever had or saw to
say TINT he is not putting his heart In
his work. II Dnubert was dissatisfied
he is the type Of n man who would not
hesitate In telling lis OF IL. know
that Daubert is on the most friendly
terms with Robinson.
"Daubert has assured me that he has
no desire to manage the team. lie is
satisfied, for the time at least. and
while he Is at his best as player. to
have some one else direct the team"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
MAXWELL WEAKENS
and TIP TOPS BOW
ST. Louis Feds Easily Cut
Down Early Lead of
the Visitors.
fRv relerraph 70 rhe Tribunc. ]

St. Louis, Aug 12.-Coming from be-
hind with a furious rush, the st. Louis
Miners downed the Brooklyn Tip Tops
here this afternoon. The score was 8
to 5. The Tip Tops dashed off in the
lead, scoring four runs. These tallies
doomed large on the horizon. for Bert
Maxwell was wellnigh invincible for
the first three innings.
Then he lost his effectiveness. He
passed four men to base, and the locals
grouped five singles around his gifts
for half dozen runs. These in them
selves would have been sufficient to win
the game, but as a precautionary meas
ure two more were pushed over in the
seventh. By that time. however, I'D
Lafitte was on the rubber.
Dave Davenport, formerly ct the
Reds, pitched for the Miners, and after
that first inning had the situation well
in hand. Although he allowed more
than the usual number of hits he had
the good fortune to keep them well
scattered and prevented the scoring Of
runs.
The fielding was loose, half dozen
errors creeping into the game.
The erora follnuvS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Notes of Game
at EbbetS Field

The Brooklyn fans are of the opinion
that Wilbert Robinson is making a seri-
Gus blunder by making Zach Wheat
play left field when he is really unfit
for service. Zach sprang a charley
horse a few days ago and still limps
painfully. He is unable to travel at
anything like speed, end the wonder is
that he is able To catch half the flies
that are knocked into his side of the
field. His batting eye has lost none of
its lustre, however, and he poled out
three hits yesterday. These were all
Brooklyn made off Cheney.
"Come on, Jonathan, get ahold o.
one" said Roger Bresnahan when John
ny Corriien came up in the first inning
The batter missed one strike. Nothing
daunted, Roger cried, "All right, Red,
take this one" Red missed again.
"Well, kid, pickle the big one" called
Roger. The board OF censorship re-
fuses to pass what he said when Cor
riden famed out.
Tommy Leach is old enough to know
better. The old fellow unblushingly
tried to steal home in the fifth inning,
but was thrown out by small margin.
Claude Derrick has changed his uni
form, but not his habits. Claude was
up four times yesterday, but failed to
get the ball out of the inheld. He
famed twice and dribbled two to the
nitcher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
INDIANS HIT HARD,
BUT BREAK EVEN
Beat Buffalo Easily in
First Game; Not SO Fort
innate in Second.

The Indians more than doubled Buff
falo's hits in a double-header at New
ark yesterday afternoon, but an even
break was the best they could get. The
Indians won the game easily by score
of s to 0. In the second they had some
bad breaks, while Buffalo broke up two
rallies, both of which threatened
trouble. The score was to l.
After the one-sided first battle,
which was all Newark, the teams set
tied down to hot struggle in the Sec
ond encounter.
The Indians looked dangerous in the
seventh, when they had a man on third
and another on first, with nobody out,
but in working the hit-and-run game
Tooley, batting for Schacht, hit into
double play. In the ninth, when New
ark made its tally, there were two out
before Getz doubled and E. Zimmerman
singled. Then Harry Smith, batting for
Brown, singled along the third-base
line and Getz scored.
Mike Heckinger, the Newark catche-,
had mis- right thumb dislocate1 by a
foul from Reaches bat in the second
inning of the second game.
The scores follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
SHELTERS LOSE IN FIRST
Rochester Pounds Out Enough
Runs to Win Easily.

Rochester defeated the Skeeters at
Jersey City yesterday by a score OF
8 TO 2.
The victors made all their runs in
the opening inning after two had been
retired. The third batsman should
have been out, but got life by Lehr's
tumble. An attack of rattles followed.
The Rochesters raped Thompson for
four singles and triple and Thompson
and Murphy also contributed an error
ench. Williams succeeded Thompson III
the box and twirled we'll and had per
feet support in the eight innings, but
the loss in the disastrous inning could
not be balanced.
Hulswitt, Of the Skeeters, had the
maximum batting average Tor the
game, a hit every time at the bat.
The score follows: