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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21

In recent issue the Tyler County
Star printed the following: Tyler
county citizens will be pleased to know
that j. Russell Wells, the retiring pres
ident of the county agricultural asso.
citation has landed a fine government
position at salary of $1,000 and ex-
penses. But Mr.. Wells Is not the only
one to be congratulated since it is the
position of appraiser of farm lands,
under the Federal Loan act, position
in which he is particularly well quail
fed to serve the people.
Mr.. Wells has the honor Cf being the
first West Virginia graduate of an ag.
ricultural school The Star can well
remember when scientific farming was
regarded as a joke and that Mr.. Wells,
CT his first return from college, was
himself regarded as more or less of a
joke. But he made good ana the joke
las been turned on the Jokcrs. He is
now regarded as one of the agricultural
experts of the state in profession
that is gaining in honor and standing
every day as the people themselves be.
gin to learn how little they knew about
farming and its problems in the old
days and how big thing it has al
ready grown into and just in its in.
fancy in this state. The Star is sorry
that Tyler county is to lose his pres
ence and advise and counsel. 1t has
been of great value and 1t has been
even ungrudgingly and unselfishly.
But we shall not entirely lose him as
he will remain a citizen of the state,
with residence at MartiEsburg, and
lie is too loyal Tyler countlan to for
get his birthplace and where he mas
l;.bored till toward middle life. We
shall still use him for our own berefit
rs occasion arises and whenever pos
sible.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21

Some weeks ago rarrn on knapps
creek was going out to CeeG his stock
and flushed large Convey OF what he
thought were large half grown pleas
ants in mis- fields, according TO the 20
cahontas Times. One flew to the top
of a nearby tree and thinking 1t strange
tc see young pheasants this season OF
the year. he drew near II rave good
look. The bird allowed him to come
close and he was surprised to see thai
IT had no tuft on its head nor run on us
neck. Then he rememDereG that sew
eral years ago the Department OIL
Game and Fishes had distributed d
number of pairs of European quail on
the farms near Minnehaha Springs nut
as the birds had disappeared after the
first season he had supposed they hsu
lot done well or had been destroyed py
the hawks or varmints. These birds
lad come through the winter and were
apparently doing fine. 1t is to be nopea
they will multiply and become plenu-
ful as they will prove TO be most ae,
sirable game bird They are nearly as
large as our pheasant. but make their
homes in and near the fields, and llke
the native Bob White live on insects
and the seeds of noXious weeds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21

w. o. w.
-, Meets every Monday evening In IN.
"oodmen OF the World Hail in the Skin
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21

R. B. Williamson, president of the
Bluefeld Chamber of Commerce, Is in
Philadelphia in the interest OF the
street railway project from Graham
to WEIGH. Mr.. Williamson went to
Philadelphia to confer with capitalists
of that city who are known to be
backing the enterprise, and it is re-
ported that the prospects are very IA
vorable for the completion of the or
gauization of the big industry. The
matter of the construction Of an cleo
trio railway through the Pocahontas
coal field has been a sort of a dream
during the past fifteen or twenty
years, but it now begins to look as
though the enterprise was going
through and that actual work might
soon be begun on the construction OF
the line. Mr.. Williamson has been In
Philadelphia for several days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY
TRAINMEN

O. c. Willis, president; E. D. Hold,
en-, secretary. Nets second Sunday
of each month at 1880 p. m. and last
unday of each month at 1880 p. m, in
the Red Mems hall.
WoMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
OF THE MAccABEES
+ Marion Review No. 30 meets every
Tuesday evening, Maccabee Hall, Main
street. Mrs. Olive E. Harden, record
keeper.
DAUGHTERS OF REeEkAH.
West Virginia Lodge TO e.. Meets
every Monday night ut o'clock at odd
Fellows Hall.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
INTERNATIONAL
Sunday School.
-: Lesson 8:

tBy u. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
4 Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
tcepyright, 1911, Western Newspaper Union.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21

Uncle Joe Marshall on Tuesday of
this week brought us an extremely old
newspaper for our examination, says
the Tyler Vounty News. 1t was the
Ulster County Gazette" published at
Kingston, Ulster county, New York
January 4. 1900. The paper was over
III years old. 1t contained very in
teresting account OF the death and Dur
ial OF George Washington at Mt. Yer
Ion, Va. The paper was iull OF touch
ing references to the dead eX-President.
AT the time the paper was published
the French forces were engaged in war
with the Austrlans; and the French
ilmy OF the Rhine on October Sth' de.
leated the Austrians, killing and cap
turing 5000; the French lost 1000.
Today the French and tue Austrians
are at war with each other, too. The
cid paper is in a remarkable good state
of preservation and it certainly is a
lare old curio. Samuel Frecr and Son
were the publishers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
DAUGHTERS OF REeEkAH.


K. o. 7. N.
Showalter Tent No. Z. Meets every
Friday evening in Mckinney Bldg.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Fairmont Lodge NO. s. Meets ev.
cry Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock
in the Maccabee Hall, Mckinney Bldg.
S17 Main street. R. D. Harden, Sec'y.
GERMAN BENEFICIAL UNION
Meets second and fourth Sundays
of each month at 119 Jackson street.
Ernest Echwaner president; H. c.
Voelker, Sec.
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD.
Meets in X. OF P. Hall. Fleming Bldg
II. T. Jones. Clerk. 2o3 Albert Court
MODERN WooDMkN OF AMERICA
White Camp No. 5473, Modern
Woodmen of America. Meets every
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Augustine j. Smith, wei. known
Clarksburg musician, has closed con-
tract with the Five Brown Brothers to
appear in huge saxaphone band they
are organizing in New York city for
appearance in long engagement in
Charles Dillingham's Hippodrume
there. The engagement will begin in
September. The band will have sixty
expert saXaphone players in it and
it will be one of the big novelties both
Of the Hippodrome and of New York
city during the coming theatrical sea
son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
LESSON FOR APRIL %
yEsus ANoINTED Ar eETAANY.

LESSON TExr-John 12:1.u.
GOLDEN TExT-she hath done wha,
bhe could.-Mk. 14:S
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
Twas Easily Done.


Hypochondria was the topic that
was being discussed at a social affair;
says the Philadelphia Press. when Sen
ator William A. Smith of Michigan re-
called the following story:
A woman who was perfectly well.
but imagined she had at least a dozen
different diseases, called one day to
consult an eminent specialist.
Il think I understand your case thor.
oughly, madam" said the doctor as the
patient began to tell the story of her
life. Just sit quite still a moment
and let me look at you"
The patient complied and after
studying her intently for a little while
the physician glanced at his watch.
s'There is nothing the matter With
you, madam" finally said the doctor.
You haven't the slightest Indication
Of fever. and your heart beat is per-
fectly normal
why, how do you know, doctor?"
exclaimed the patient in surprise.
You didn't take my pulse"
ut wasn't necessary, madam"
smiled the specialist. Il counted the
vibrations of the ostrich feather on
your hat"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
TROOPS AT so MUCH "A MAN
Soldiers Furnished British Government
by British States at Beginning
of Revolutionary War.

At the beginning of the Revolution
treaties with several of the German
states BY which they were to furnish
troops at so much a mar to assist in
subjugatins the Ad.ericans. Applica-
tons for assistance made to Russia
and Holland were rejected. but several
Of the German states responded favor
ably. There WAS no united Germany
or imperial government. no kaiser with
%autocraIie tlewer, but each independ-
II s.atc. bad n separate government.
Al EnGiiah historian says:
Finding 1t difficult or impossible to
Obtain the necessary recruits at home,
and that the existing English and Irish
lance that it was necessary to keep
d guard upon the transports to keep
them from deserving by wholesale, the
ministry applied to Russia, the states
general (Hoiland), and finally to sew
ernl Of the German states for merce-
naries. The infamy Of filling up the
British armament was reserved for the
princes of three or four petty German
states" Contracts were made with the
rulers Of seven German states under
which an aggregate Of thirty thousand
troops were furnished at SO much a
head, cash down, and an annual sum
to the rulers Of the different states fur
niSIling them.
1.-THE subsidies says the English
historian, "were to be continued for
one full year at least after the war
ended and the troops had returned to
their homes" The troops thus hired
out by German rulers to fight against
Americans were not raised easily The
American historian Bancroft says:
'vT'he whole number of men fur
nished In the war by Brunswick was
equal toG onc-twenty-seventh part of its
total population by the landgrave Of
Hesse, to one out OF every twenty OF
his subjects, or n In four Of the able
bodied men. a proportionate conscrip-
+ tiOn In 1910 would have shipped to
America from England and Wales
alone nm army OF more than 100000
men. Soldiers were impressed from
the plow. The workshop, the highway;
no man was safe from the Inferior
SCENTS OF the princes, who kidnapped
without scruple."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
Easy to Rid Home
Of Rats and Mice

There Is no need OF suffering from ths
depredations OF rats and mice now that
nearly every store. "A small box Of this
effective exterminator costs only IS
cents and is usually sufficient to com
pletely rid the house, store or Earn OF rats
and mice. The U. s. Government has
bought thousands Of pounds Of Stearns'
Paste for use In cities swhere rats and
mice are plentiful. TIE Pasye Is also
efficient In destroying c~ockroaches and
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
CHAPTER xxI-Continued.)

ITO be quite candid, answered
Pachmann, readily, II am afraic
70 give it to you on board this
boat. I chose this boat because
! believed we should be safe here
But there are spies on board one
Of our conferences has been over
h~eard-perhaps both Of them,'
and he told of the assault upon
Schroeder. "Then again, we must
not be seer too much together. ]
might be recognized; and you are
already suspected Of having
caused the destruction of La Lib
erte.n
How can that BET" Ward de-
manded, in a tone which showed
that he was genuinely startled.
For answer, Pachmann took
from his vest pocket a paper, I'M
folded it and handed it to Yard.
It was the wireless from Lepine.
That was received last Thurs
day" he said. 81 suppose you
know who Lepine is. By great
good fortune, / intercepted ii. and
sent an answer denying that you
were or board. It was for that
reason you were removed to the
drst class and your name kept off
the passenger list But how can
Ne have suspected youfn
Ward shook his head slowly. He
was 9 little pale, and the hand
which held the message rembIed.
cannot guess" he said
Yon have told no oness'
Told" flashed Ward. DO Won
not see that, unless mr. great plan
succeeds, that action VIII have
been an infamous onei To KIN 300
men u order to assure peace to
the world-that may be justified
that may even be heroic; but TO
hi them wantonIy, to kill them
and then 70 fail-that would drive
me madi' He looked al Paeh-
mann, his eyes suddenly inflamed.
And let me tell you tins. ne
added, "a q voice Of concentrated
passion, IF I find that you have
deceived me, If / find that YOU
have betrayed me, Germany shall
suffer q reprisal that viii make
yon ghudderl I swear iti's
Pachmann 5 eyes were also suf-
fused. 81 that moment, he literally.
mw red.
You threateni', he cried
Aoarsely. You dare to threat
1n
Warn said Yard. & And YOU
vii do well TO heed the warrinpi|
You are playing with f~ire--taIe
care that it does not consume
youi
Fachmann conquered his emo
hon by q supreme effort.
& is foolish to talk ia that
way be said. Ii is foolish Il
speak of deception and BETRAYAL.
There il no question OF either. But
We must move cautiously. We
must eyade spies. Even you can
80 thati,
Here u nv last word said
Verd more calmly. I'VE shaIl
reach New Yorkon Tuesday. &
M1ll await your answer for "a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
wiA 70 know what IL ssfe

the customs Ssspeetor should hap
gea 70 run Across IL he viii want
to Know what it IS
Tea Asa 1t Is a a electrical do
wee
~And If he "Opens its"
Th&t wiz DO no harm. All he
VIII Gaa is 8 saaaia metal box,
Naaea with tiny wires cooled about
each ether
Dan hresthed more freely.
"Thss samplafies things he
SAID From whs. you said when
yea gays 1t 10 me, I was afraid I
might Nave TO knock him down,
ssaatch The package, and make q
break for IT."
Na," aud kasia smiled. TT
woald appear of value only to
some one who knew what it was,
The customs Inspector doesn't
eoant"
"An5 tomorrow evening. say at
s O'Clock, I shall bring it up to
yea"
VERY well. shall expect you.
And now you must go"
Dan rose ohediently.
1T VIII be a long "A hours" he
said. But I feel more cheerful
than l did. BY the way he
aided, turning back, there one
thing / forgot to tell you. If that
other young fellow shows up again
you needn't be afraid to talk to
him. Chevrial says he's the only
enc on the ship you are safe to talk
freely with!'s
"Chevrial.' she repeated, star
ing: "Chevrial said that!'
Yes and Dan laughed. He
seems to be the wise guy, all
right" and without suspecting
her emotion, he turned and left
her. But for q long time Kasia sat
there, unmoving, trying to under
stand.
Dams evening was not so lonely
as he had expected, for, as he sat
on the bench on the boat deck,
staring out cross the water and
thinking of the morrow, Chevrial
Joined him.
I do not intrude7" the French
man asked.
mot at all. Sit down, won't
you7"
Cheviial sat down, and for some
moments there was silence.
Our voyage nears an end, M.
Webster" Chevrial said at last.
Tomorrow you will be home
again. Perhaps I may see you In
New York"
Where will you stayf'
L have some friends in the wine
trade with whom I usually stay.
The little money | pay them is vel
come to them, and / am more COM
Portable than at an hotel. / do not
know their exact address-they
have moved since I was last here:
but they r. to meet me at the
pier"
Whenever you have a leisure
evening", said Dan, call up the
Record office and ask fn. md.
we will have dinner together"
THANK you. | shall remember.
And / should like you to meet my
friends. / do not know If you are
a connoisscur of wine, but if you
are, they possess a few bottles Of
q vintage that will delight YOU"
Tim far from being a connois-
sour Dan laughed; "but I ac-
cept the invitation with thanks"
Chevrial's face was bright.
And when next you come to
Paris, he added, II hope you will
let me know. There is my card. "A
letter to that address will always
reach mewe have no telephone,
alas There ara some things I
should delight TO show you
things which the average visitor
does not SEE
You are very kind said Dan,
taking the card; 1and / shall not
forget; though I don't expect to
pet abroad again very soon. You
see, 4 have to collect q reserve
fund, first and the cost OF living
il high
Whenever N il; and the more
so0n, the better I shall be
pjeased
HOY long will you be In New
York;,
"A weekIO days, perhaps.
Then 1 90 10 Boston, and 10 Mon
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

mind me that you are a Hohen
zollern, a prince of the blood, S
scion of the house to which |, 5
petty member Of the inferior no
bility, owe allegiance. That | ds
not permit myself to forget, BIZ,
in this affair, by virtue of this ps-
per, I stand in place of your royal
father. He would not hesitate Il
rebuke you, and neither shall /
What was it you were SAYING Il
Miss Vardf"
And the prince, after $ NO
ments inward struggle, repeated
the conversation, while Pachmanu
listened frowningly-
You have baaa most adis-
Greet, be said ssvaray, wAao tie
prince had finished Eow much
harm ron have done ! cannot sav
but / must hasten ID undo Il ]
do not understand vou- Yez know
how important this affair s-von
are 3 good GGlan-an6 yas you
60 about talking u this fashion
It S enough 10 drive one msd. L
yoar father learned Of II. I fear
he wonld think II necessary 70
punish you with great severity. 1
shall not report r-but on one
condition you nust give ne your
word TO discuss affairs Of state
with no one, 20 make 10 chance
acQuEntanees, and 10 see this girl
or her father only IN my pres
enee."
And SO deeply grounded was the
habit OF obedience, SO profound his
respect even for his father sig
nature, that the prince promised.
Besides, he had no wish to spend a
year or more In some second rate
fortress and he resolved 70 watch
himself most warily, until this an
moving business was at an end and
he was back again in Berlin.
So Kasia saw him no more. She
had a little struggle with herself
before she finally decided that it
was her duty to outline the
prince S confessions to her father.
and she was deeply relieved when
he waved them aside as of no i'm
portance.
Every n knows, he said,
that Germany dreams of nothing
but humiliating England; that is
no secret-it has been the talk of
Europe for 10 years past. But it
IS one OF those dreams which never
4ccme trae-or go by contraries ~
By noon of Monday. Pachmann
had completed his scrutiny Of the
passengers, and sought an inter
view with the captain.
have discovered nothing. he
said absolutely nothing. At one
time, [ thought that / had the
man, but 1 caused his story TO be
investigated, and found that It
was true There remains only one
thing to be done. At what hour
shall we 1andf
That viii depend upon the de-
lay at quarantine. Two of our
steerage passengers are in. We
may not be able To dock before
evening,
Pachmann considered this for 1
moment.
Inthe first place, he went on.
at last, following out his thought.
You must secure for me two land.
ing tiekets-one for Yard and one
TOR his daughter, The immi0ra.
ton officers must not see them.
There must be 40 evidence thzs
they ever reached New York
Halisr1arn's face clouded,
That ID d very serious of-
tense, he pointed ont.
We must take the risk,
What will you do about their
baggagef"
will have It claimed BIZ sonae
one from the consulate
ment.
will secure tie ticket. !, 70
agreed, finally. comfortable
outlay viii be necessary,
Ycu will be reimbursed FIR
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

eEH"a
and IL sass Asss IA AsSsv ~ ss-as,s
nit. fer M wsssSs mss i -,
! cane Case sssssa Sssss 1865 =
rspsst i az ~
it WAS aarwas ~ IN essssssa !,
New YORK ana Masav 49,
sc she GeuAsa ussss,s
the chief u s 9Y~vasa saerss
service "a wAaya 81 wss ADDRESSED
reaa ii With srsss sre
Miss SarS. 4aesawAe usx
fin6SnS he ASnS aane NE arssass
had sssrassa $ Sight varsssss.
meat Tie ssv Aeara> Aas 4a,sss
there was no sssea relief 81 seht
and shs fsaaS Aarsss Say,9s-S
ress3ssS Thss wss, II savs. . ~.
1ectsas az her fathers aaas.s a.,-
she had never snawn Mr. ~ Ts~~
oat ana srvaaa The ssna n MS
face hsd &sspsaes, hss svas ws~a
h1sasa- than ever sas h wsva.s
her sagnafsazs1v awas whesara~
sae veasa7es u address aSn
Plainly, . cSs was At hsaa. ana
rs she sang hew her father was AZ
fseca She xwastaa s. with fara-
boasns.
she tried 10 read and csw Il
up for she eoal6 net TX her sssan-
tsaa 0 the mage sas fo- lanr
nine 2oos1r 3, 7ha sas sra tha1
E2rna3 her eyes away. for its rest
lessness increased her own; she
went Tor S walk about the deck.
but j. seemed 70 her N every pair
Of eyes turned gpan her there was
suspicion and aversion How glad
sic Was that tie voyage was al
most ended. L had started hap
ply enough, and then, quite sud
denly, II had become wearisome
and hateful
Il was inevitable that, al this
point. her thoughts should fly to
Dan What g nice boy he was!
she would see him tomorrow night
had promised him that. And
before tharf Would il be too I'M
dignihed for her to steal up again
10 that bench on the after boat
oeck-Would it-would it precipi-
tate mattersf She did not want to
do that and yet's
Good afternoon" said a voice,
and some one fell into step beside
her, and she looked up and saw
that 1t was Dan. For an instant,
she fancied it vas only the visual
lzation of her own thoughts; then
she W1nked the mists away.
This Is nice of you,o she said.
Il was just wishing for-some
one. I was dreadfully bored"
You were a thousand miles
away. Ipassed you twice and Won
didn't even see me. IF it hadn't
been for nv newsna nor +r.;n;n.
I'd have made off to INV dem
Tim very glad you didn't. T
really wanted to talk to you.n
Suppose we go up to the boat
deck, said Dan. where 3 -
He stopped.
Where / whatfv
Dan led the way up the ladder
without replying; but a CLEAN of
understanding penetrated Miss
Yards mind when she saw him 90
straight to the bench where she
and the prince had sat.
1T was this way.v Dan az
planned, sitting down beside her
II happened to be staring down
at the forward promenade. yester-
eay afternoon, when I Jaw vou
walking with a tall youno fellow
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

A good many men who get cred,t
for being close mouthed sre In reality
too lazy i talk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

And the more you are willing to do
for your friends the less time you will
have 20 do things for yourself.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

He is indeedaa busy man who can
never find time to find fault.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

Better late than neyer-except al
~ railway station.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

Wash day IL smile day il. you use Red
CRpes Hall Blus, American made, therefore
III best made. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22
An ~lconcc.ast.

An I~conoc!ast.
DO you'remember the famous Greek.
artist who painted grapes that we're SO.
natural the birds pecksd ut themg'
"Oh. yes, I've heard that yarn. ne
piled the superior persEn. aBut ornith-
olOgy teaches Us that certain OF the
smaller birdsshnye very poor. eyestght." !,