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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

~
NEW YORK, May IS Except for
activity q the expense 5ofs prices N
the var stocks, trading and price fuc-
erai Disposition on the part OF the
si 81 public to wait for the text
OF HE German note before making
new commitments. Many brokers al.
10 adrfsed their; customers. along these
lines. With the result that commission
house business was quiet.
The openingsWas quiet and without
dtnporfaTif changes in quotations. It
Was not until the last hour, following
szeaknessSo fE Rock Island and Wabash
issues, that the general market be:
cane eoft. and closed weak with clos.
in9 qnotations around the lowest for
fha session There were losses OF one
10 three points In the war stocks and
fractional declines in the standard
T3ilb and industria.s.
So -
PITTSBURGH, May 2s.-At the
openfng yesterday the Pittsburgh Sc.
ciifity market displayed frmness,
which IN e. few8minute was followed
nv weakness In some of the leaders,
aiid declines were established. The
issues distinctly weak were what are
floWa known as war order stocks. The
losses up to mid day were not wide,
but sufficient TO impart heavy and
lisfless tone TO the proceedings. IN
{fia AFTERNOON the market continued
dfaegy and marrow and the volume OF
biisinsssIWassmuch smaller than up to
initial priceslon the New York mar:
ket were at or close to final ones OF
tie previous session. AS the support
offereds was mot vigorous, the shorts
took advantage Of the situation and
did some short selling, which, with
3saies for Gprofits. caused declines
throughout the list, followed by an IN.
differentgmarketsEwhich continued for
Eome lime. The latter half occasional
advances were made in some Of the
more active stocks, but the business
81 the session showed marked fall'
ing on as compared to that OF the
previous day.
y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
Grain and Produce.

CFHCAGo May 525.-James E. Pat
ten the grain king, returned from
New York this morning, and the large
buying otl July wheat by the Bartlett
Frazier Company brokers. led the
pr6fessio nalss In the market to believe
TINT Patten was behind these pur.
chasesy
Mr Patten was asked whether he
felt bitllishg on wheat and as to wheth-
e. ne had been q big buyer Of the July
future during the day. He said that
Ite had bought considerable wheat
Siurfne the day and that he felt
friendly TO that grain; advices re-
ceiTed by his house not only this
week but last week showed that the
crop OF wheat would not be as large
ID was generally expected a few
weeks ago; that the reports Of de-
,teriorattonSare coming from new parts
of the belt and that they now include
Nebraska, Michigan and Central In
diana, besides all the other states re-.
ported last week, and that while there
might possibly have been some re-
ports OF crop! deterioration a few
weeks since, they are on the increase
ffonSdayS to day.
Mr.. Patton believes that the neSf
Government report will be arbulleh
document as losses will be shown
TINT are likely to surprise the trade
at large!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

Nansemond, the name OF river in
Virginia, is from the Indian word
Nawnschimund. the place from which
We were driven away" The Flint, in
Michigan, was called by the Indians
Perwonigo, the river of the flint"
from the abundance of this stone on
its banks. Humboldt river. in Nevada,
was named by Fremont in honor of
Baron Humboldt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

inent company's addition to the City
81 FaiFmoft. Consideration 5000.
GAYLORD s! Basnett 70 D. S. Huffman.
,aSpaTcei Of land In the East Park adj:
don 10 the City OF EairInont Consid=
Grafton 600:
License issued. 4
Tracy NJ. And rson, OF Manning on.,
and SBetra Az Carney, OF Gloyer'sf Gap.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
RAISING CHURCH FUND.

The Sunday School II GAINESVILLE
has recently contributed, $500 to a new
church fund. The church peop) say
that plans will be drawn Immediately
and then active work will start on
raising fund OF $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
Club Meeting.

All members of the Finance and
United Club OF Mt. Zion Baptist
church will meet Thursday evening,
May 81. at 5 p. flor business Of i'm
portance. After the business is over
a. free luncheon will be served.
w. A. MOORE, President.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
-AFRo.AMERIcAN NEWS.

All members Of Dunbar Co. 20, K.
of p, are requested to meet at the
hall on Friday evening at s p. m,
May 2S.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
Finance, oil and Real Estate

3yelopment Company and the South;
and shot No. a on the Z. N. dorgan3
farm and have a dark oil producer
good for Is barrels day IN the
Maxon sand. In Burning Springs dis
itrict, Writ county, the South Penn Oil
Company has drilled a second test on
the Phoebe Pepper farm through the
salt sand and has light pumper.
On Laurel creek, Spencer district,
Roane county, the South Penn Oil
Company has completed and shot its
test on the G.. & G. Short farm and
has show for a 15-barrel pumper in
the Big Injun sand. The same COM.
pany has now completed and shot No.
8 on the ]. g. Greathouse farm and
has 10.barrel pumper. The same
company has started to drill No. 4 on
the Douglass heirs farm and the Fish
er OIL Company has the rig completed
for mo. 8 on the j. K. knight farm.
Light Producer In Doddrtdae.
In New Milton district, Doddridge
county, the South Penn Oil Company
has drilled a second test on the Stella
Nicholson farm through the Big Injun
sand and has 15-barrel pumper. In
Clay district, Monongalia county, the
Hope Natural Gas Company has drill
ed test on the Presley Shriver farm
into the Big Iniun sand and has a
show for a light producer. They are
still drilling in the sand. The same
company's test on the H. Clark VIII
son farm is due In the same forma-
ton.
In the Weir sand pool on Blue
craek Elk district KanaWha county,
the Ohio Fuel OIL Company has drill
ed No. IL on the Edward Gebhart
farm, through the sand, and has
dian creek, in Elk district, the United
Fuel Gas Company has started to drill
No. on the w. H. and Mary ]. Nor
ris farm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

sALTIMoREs sALEs-MAY IS.
fFurnished by Nv, w. Lanahan & Co.,
rnamberof New York and Baltimore
Stock Exchanges Main floor, CAL
verf Bufldfng,f Baltimore, Md
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

.weehall continue the sale Of Goats one day
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26

longer. 56pew Goats that range insxaluel
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
NEWS NOTES.

The French continue their often
sive, particularly in the. neighbor-
hood of Arras, without cessation.
They report the capture of a ridge
at Souchez, north of the refinery al
SO held by the French. This ridge
was strongly organized by the Ger
mans, but was taken by assault.
Col. E. M. House, one of Presi-
dent Wilson's closest friends, who
has been in Europe since January,
returned aboard the St. Paul. Col.
House admitted that he had met and
talked to many of the most impor-
tant ministers in the warning coun-
tries, but denied that he went to
Europe on a mission of peace, or
that he was in any respect the
emissary of President Wilson.
The Carranza paper at Vera Cruz
published a dispatch saying that
representatives of the convention
party in Mexico City had made over
lures to the Carranza General ad-
vancing on the capital, and that it
was believed that the city would be
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
A CONFESSION
Hopes Her Statement, Made Public,
will Help Other Women.

Hines, Ala.-''I must confess, says
Mrs. Eula Mae Reid, of this place, THAT
Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done me
a great deal of good.
Before | commenced using Cardui, ]
would spit up everything | ate. had q
tired, sleepy feeling all the time, and was
irregular. | could hardly drag around,
and would have severe headaches con-
tnuouSly.
Since taking Cardui, I have entirely
quit splitting up what | eat. Everything
seems to digest all right, and have
gained 10 pounds in weight"
II you are a victim of any of the numer-
Gus ills so common to your sex, it Is
wrong to suffer.
For half a century, Cardui has been re-
lieving Just such ills, as is proven by the
thousands of letters, similar to the above,
which pour into our Office, year by year.
Cardui is successful because it is COM
posed ofingredientS which actspecifically
on the womanly constitution, and helps
build the weakened organs back to health
and strength.
Cardui has helped others, and win help
you, too. Get a bottle today. You
won't regret it. Your druggist sells it.
Write TO-: ChattanooSa Medicine Co., Ladies' Al
Visory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special Ia-
stT1tcfions on your case and 6f-page book. Home
Treatment for Women sent In plain wrapper. NC 10
Cut the weeds. It pays.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
taken without a hard battle.

A severe windstorm in Indianapo-
lis put all the north and east street
car lines out of commission, as well
as electric power plants and tele-
phone lines. The damage was esti-
mated at 100000.
Three of the crew of the torpedo
boat destroyer Bailey were seriously
injured by the blowing out Of tube
in the boiler in Chesapeake Bay.
One man was killed and three
persons injured when c. K. G.. Bill
lings' yacht collided with a pas
senger steamer in Long Island
Sound.
Employees of Chicago's street car
and elevated systems to the number
of 14,5OO went out on strike.
An Greensboro firm has been Of
fered contract to manufacture s.
100000 Mauser rifles for the Allies.
Daniel Carone, a sailor, jumped
off Brooklyn bridge, escaping serious
injury.
Call $50, Union City Ice & Coal Co.,
when you want coal right now.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
Memphis
Conference
Fennale
Institute
JACKSON, TENN.

I. Historic College for young ladies of the
South.
2. City Advantages cars at corner;
depots; fine churches; US, Government
building: Carnegie library; Y. Nj. c. A.
building. all within few blocks.
3. Beautiful campus, ample brick structure;
electrie.hghts; baths; steam heat in reci-
tation rooms; gymnasium; tennis and
basketball courts; chorus and physical
culture course free.
4.sA. B. and B. L. literary course free; con-
servatory advantages in Music, Art and
Expression; piano direeress studied in
Paris and Berlin.
s. Educational Trps to Memphis and St.
Louis feature of l9I5-l6 session,
which opens September IS,
boarding attendance doubled last two
years., For catalogue address
H. C. HAWKINS. President,
Jackson, Tenn
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
Building in Hickman.

Hickman, Ky, June CIV. T..
Grissom has been granted a build
ing permit for the erection of a
two-story brick building on his lots
in West Hickman, occupied by his
frame store building. The lower
floor will be occupied by Mr.. Girls
som as a grocery store and the up
per story will be used for residence
purposes.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18
". C. C|agett Co.
Safety First.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat revives
old memories when it calls attention to
the fact that few years ago when a
young man bought a new buggy the
editor said, Look out girls. Now
when the young man buys an automo'
bile the editor says, Lookout, every
BODY. Nashville Banner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-18

Call $50, Union City Ice & Coal Co.,
when you want coal right now.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

movement of the toes nor the use Of
several pairs of socks. The tight
lacing of shoes, also, he points out, is
frequent cause of frost-bitten feet
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

jaw, huge grinding teeth, retreating
forehead, widening behind and covered
with tangles of black or brown wool
Iy or wavy hair-all these would i'm
press his mind. She would certainly
exercise her power of speech, such as
it was, in yells, bowls and resonant
EXPLANATIONS. Perhaps she was intel
ligent enough to throw stones. sticks.
fruits or whatever came to her hand,
at the enemy.
These three things, all very unsu'
ual in the Pliocene world-energetlc
if inarticulate vituperation, an erect
position and action at distance
would surely confuse and impress the
primitive brain of Felis Groeneveldtil,
and he would probably retire, with
dignity, to seek some easier prey
The description is based on a skull
fragment discovered by Doctor Dubois
in Java-the skull of a creature al
most exactly on the line between man
and the higher anthroroid apes.
The very origin of the human race
according to Professor Elliot, may
have been in North America On this
subject he writes:
1T seems probable that 1t was in
North America that the very first
primate originated. These interesting
animals are found in the lower Eocene
deposits, which mean that they are
perhaps the most ancient of all known
mammals"
Later, primates-that is, the very
first links in the chain binding man to
his beginnings in antiquity, the forms
of mammal life aeons older than even
the Missing Link-were living in
Egypt. Near Paris and in South
America more Eocene lemurs dwelt-
they we're widely scattered
Though the primate probably origi-
mated in North America, Professor FL
lot believes man did not come to the
new world until after the Ice Age
long after he was to be found in the
old world.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07
The Kaiser's Wardrobe.

The kaiser's enormous wardrobe eH-
tends only to the top layers Of apparel,
according to the intimate disclosures
made by the author of "The Private
Lives of William II and His Consort"
In the matter of shirts he is stated
to be restricted to the historical half
dozen of the 'Iohenzollern house. and
even these are innocent of cuffs. a
commodity William attaches with the
aid of buttons and pulleys, like any
poor lieutenant" OF socks also never
above dozen pairs are in use"
though there is no limit to handker-
chiefs. But the outer garments,
which could equip the marines of a
first-class battleship or the officers
of ten army corps, are contrasted
with Frederick the Greats wardrobe,
sold to an old clothes man for 300
thalers."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07
somethlnu Of AM Inslnuatlon.

rs dem you-all's chickens?" "Cobse
dey's ingalls, chickens. Who's chick
ems did you s'pose dey was?" II
WASH sposen' muffin about EN-. But
| les say dat it's mighty lucky dat
chicken won come a-runnin' an
a.waggin' it's tail when its regular
owner whistles, same as dog
Washington Star.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07
DODGE War Bread With Cake.

Those who have been unable to
adapt their appetites to the new style
of bread now in use in Germany have
taken advantage of the rule allowing
a certain percentage of white flour to
be used in cake and are eating so
much of the latter that the mayor of
Berlin has had to issue warning to
them.
He declared that the permission to
Use -four in cake does not indicate a
permission to use cake without re-
striction and says that this substitute
for bread must be eaten sparingly. The
continuance of the habit of using cake
without limit, he says, will be followed
by action on the part of the authori-
ties.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

ely from the cold The explorer, DR..
j. B. Charcot. son-in-law to the poet
Victor Hugo. has suggested the use
of very big shoe, Polar explorers
never found their shoes large enough
he said, and in all cases of frost-bit-
ten feet the cause could be traced to
the tightness of the footwear confin-
ing the foot so that it cannot by its
own exercise accelerate the circulation
of the blood. This, Doctor Charcot
thinks, is the difficulty with the
French military shoe, which is so fiat
at the toe as not to permit the free
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

/ T H e C A N T II r o =
PUS ERECTUS was his
name. He couldn't pro
nounce it, much less
spell it. Yet this litter
ate person was some
thing of a parsonage
the first man; the Miss
ing Link!
We're all of the Erec-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07
Big Shoes Keep Feet Warm.

Frozen or swollen feet are so COM
mon among soldiers living in the
trenches, says the Paris correspon-
dence of the Associated Press, that
hundreds of depots have been estab-
lished behind the line for the repose
of these famed soldiers, who are other
wise in perfect fighting condition.
There they rest from four to eight
days before they are able to return
to the trenches.
In addition to the action of water
and mud the men have suffered cru
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

nothing to signify, for even at this
period he probably chased small ami
mails and hunted on foot.
"At night he would retire to rough
ly woven nest in the branches OF a
tree. When sleeping his head would
be bent forward over his wrists; these
would be crossed in front of his chest
with elbows down and outward His
legs would be strongly bent or tleXed'
so that the knees were also near the
wrists. His waist measurement would
be excessively small or he could not
assume this position, which is, as
matter of fact, hardly possible and
certainly painful for civilized man.
On a similar nest close by would be
his wife or wives, with Titan red or
bronze babies sound asleep, and yet
clinging round their mothers neck.
Should a raging gale, with sheets
of driving rain, fall upon him, he
would still sleep on. The rain would
be conducted away by his hair and
beard, by his elbows and hip joints, so
as to drip nearly clear of the face and
body The hair on the arm, even OF
those civilized men who retain suffi-
cient to trace the arrangement, turns
down both upper and forearm to the
elbow; outward and downward from
the wrist. Moreover, If the reader
tries to realize this attitude he will
kl,oN hof urfth hofr WhiCknrG
beard and eyebrows, even midges and
mosquitoes might be puzzled; they
might lose heart. being, diverted and
led astray by the tangled labyrinthine
masses of his chevelure. But we must
leave him in this position asleep, per-
haps dreaming, /. e., experimenting by
his senses some particularly delectable
dainty (perhaps with corresponding
motor reheXes)."
Can you trace, from this descrip-
ton, afamily likeness in any of his
descendants?
And here WIS his diet:
Fruits of all kinds nuts and fleshy
fruits, small birds and eggs, honey,
grubs and insects.
He may, Of course. have eaten
shellfsh, and especially oysters; West
African monkeys are still fond of them,
and for many primitive peoples she'll
fish are of the first Importance"
Barring the grubs and insects he
was something of an epicure, it seems
plain
Even in those days, it seems, the
female of the species was more dead
" than the male" Mrs Pithecanthro-
pus Erectus was a fighter-a danger
Gus foe for beasts, no matter how fero-
cious.
Professor Elliot says:
"One of the hardest problems in the
story of the earliest ancestors is to
understand how early man succeeded
in surviving through a period when
many ferocious carnivora undoubtedly
existed. Suppose that Pithecanthro
pus was caught, when munching fruit
by the redoubtable Felis Groeneveld
til, the name (somehow appropriate
enough of the fearsome creature, hall
lion and half tiger which was one Of
her contemporaries in Java
she would at once draw herself VI
to her full height (about LOO MILL
meters). Her appearance would Their
be sufficiently alarming; the strongly
marked eyebrow ridges, the powerful
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07
Related to Judge lynch?

There's new sort of photoplay com
ing out soon; it's entitled Judge Not {"
Guess I've read about it in the pa
pers, of course, but must have forgot
ten. By the way. who was this Judge
Knott and what did he do to get him
self into the limeligh. Paramount
Magazine.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

tus family, you know. Old Pithecan'
thropus was the founder of the line;
he makes us kin to kings and emper-
ors, to Thomas Edison and Andrew
Carnegie; to Sitting Bull and Raisun
as well. He gives us a family tree
which reaches back to the Pliocene
age, making American colonial geneal-
Ogies mere sprigs on its most extended
boughs.
And our great.great-great (repeat
ad infinitum) grandfather was quite
chap, take it all in all. G. F Scott
Elliot has been making an extended
study of the old fellow and presents
the result in his newly published book,
Prehistoric Man and His Story" g..
B. Lippincott Coz
No family portraits remain, 1t seems.
Old Fan Pith-etc. was not much on
beauty and anyway, he couldn't paint
or photograph.
yet" says Professor Elliot, ut is
possible to give a rude, blurred pic
ture of the Pliocene precursor when
he was just on the point of venturing
on the great step upward"
So here goes-and remember you
owe him respect as the head Of your
family:
His body would be covered with
hair or fur except on the palms or
soles of his feet. On his head the hair
grew long and thick and was contin-
ued, in all probability, down his cheeks
and chin to form a combined beard
and whisker fringe. We do not think
he had much of mustache, but prob.
ably his eyebrows 'beetled.'
The hair was wavy or curly; it
may have had tendency to be lank,
straight and stiff on his head, but this
is doubtful. 1t was not so woolly as
that of the negro. His children prob
ably had rich Titan red or bronzy
coat of fur like that which one sees
on young Galloway cattle. In the
epidermis as we'll as in the hair we're
both black and orange pigment, but on
the whole he was probably moderate
ly dark skinned.
1.-THE face would probably be low
and broad, as compared with modern
races.
His nose would be as broad as II
was long, with nostrils wide apart and
facing a little upward and outward
The bridge would be almost concave
nj o1I 4, -
there is-of the most retrousse The
eyes were small and deeply sunken
under the rather prominent eyebrow
ridges 1t would not be easy to distin
guish the peculiarities of his jaw on
account of the hairy beard, and per
haps it was best so, for he had nc
real chin and very retreating lower
jaw; long and narrow as well as pro
jecting or prognathic upper jaw
heavy cheekbones and extremely
large teeth, often with five roots t.
them. Those muscles which are al
work when chewing hard food would
be enormously developed, but those
which are used in speaking would BIZ
feeble and weak.
Seen from in front, his appearance
would be the reverse of prepossessins
the narrow, receding forehead, be
ginning with its strong eyebrow ridges
would seem to disappear under tn,
mop of dark, thick hair, out of which
the little apelike ears could hardly b.
seen. He might have stood about fou
feet high, with hands, when so stand
ing, reaching to the knees; both hand
and feet would be large, chest narrow
he would be slightly bandy-legged, blu
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-07

Gen. L'Aghs Melloul, commander Of
the Legion or Honor and possessor of
many decorations, has proved his 10y
atty to France by sending to the front
several of his sons. Recently he
visited them in the trenches. He is
one of the best-known personages in
Algiers.