The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-17
Evening Chat

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D. Archell Pickett of Pennington
one day last week plowed up an old
one cent piece dated 1903. Mr.. Pick
EFT was blowing up the site of an old
residence that had been torn down for
over 100 years, and. the money was
plowed up near the old chimney a part
Of which Is still standing. The coin is
IN an excellent state of preservation.
The value OF the coin is designated by
the name zone cent" and Immediately
under the same the fraction 1-o0."
Even should Fairmont druggists fail
10 get any Of the supply of drugs
brought to this country by the Deut-
schland, the development OF submarine
navigation will have some effect on
one local drug stores. The Fairmont
Pharmacy proprietors, Glenn Hamilton
and MARCEL Jackson, have been work.
ing hard on a device to be used In their
store SO that while compromising pre-.
scriptions they will be able to see who
comes in the front door. On account
Of the icasc1 in front OF the prel:rip-
ton room they cannot bore hole to
look through. Therefore they will
erect a periscope which will have the
same effect as those used on the Deut.
schland. They can keep working on
their drugs and look into the peri.
scope and Command view of the front
door.
Besies being the medium through
(which the war news OF the belliger.
i nts, and much else, is exchanged, Hol.
land Is apparently the principal center
whence the respective espionage or.
CARNATIONS send out their agents into
the fenemy's country and, moreover,
fan Important spy recruiting ground.
Many Dutch citizens, even members
! Of the nobility, have. according to a
contributor to the Nieuwe Rotterdam
fCourant, entered this dangerous but
lucrative service, and not few are
now rueing the day in foreign captiy.
! fly, not to mention those who have
paid the penalty of their lives. There
!. are, It appears, two known espionage
quarters in Rotterdam, directed by
men Commanding extensive STATS. Ev.
en- an innocent visit to such offices may
have the most unpleasant, II not dan
gerous consequences. for the eyes ana
the cameras OF the opposing party are
ever on the watch and several Rotter.
dam men have long been incarcerated
In foreign prisons merely on such
ground.
Significant In this connection is the
recent dismissal from the police serv-
ice OF two detectives on the staff Of the
chief Police Bureau with the German
secret service. Their side line" In.
cluded, among other jobs, the watch.
Ing OF persons OF different nationalities
who had applied for passports to enter
Germany, but concerning whom the
German authorities entertained mis-
gtyings. Investigations are now afoot
to ascertain whether other police OIL
cfals In the chief cities of Holland may
not have yielded to German tempta-
lions.
The facility of the Japanese In turn.
ing successfully to the various forms
Of highly skilled manufacturers is IL
Illustrated by samples received Of their
work in making sports requisites.
They have made beginning with ten
MIS- racquets and footballs, but soon
to be 'able,to provide the complete out
at of the golfer, the cricketer and the
angler.
News Of the new efforts of the ia
panese in the latter lines Is of espec-
ialE interest to the English, who have
regarded them as peculiarly their own.
As one London newspaper points out,
however, in rejecting the general
view there. nothing calling for In
genuityi and subtle craftsmanship seems
to be impossible with our Eastern AL.
ly.r IN the trade some polite opposi-
ton to the new invasion, however, may
be discerned. Thus one expert points
to the fact that football is absolutely
British game and that British manu-.
facturers are able to provide all that
isirequired in the line.
One dealer in sporting goods waxed
enthusiastic over tennis racquet
from Japan at s1.s2. declaring that the
value and workmanship were marvel.
Vicious. II was the highest prices OF
the Japanese products. ranging from
sixty cents to s1.s2.
.They are going about It just as the
Germans did, and their cleverness ant
cheap labor are fast bringing them to
the top he said. There seems to be
nothing they cannot copy and copy
we'll" The same dealer called atten-
ton 70 the fact that the Japanese are
getting away from the Japanese
touch or earmark Of their goods,
pointing out that while formerly one
could tell at a glance that thing was
Japanese, now the finish is such that
It might be German, French or that
Of any other country.