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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17

stance lying in the gutter, will not lose his eyesight as was at first fear ed. Doctors at St. Vincent's hos pital state today the safety of the lads eyesight is assured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
WILL SAVE BOYS EYES.

Paul Wefse. eight years, who was burned as a result of throwing a quan- tity of metallic sodium in puddle of water. near his home, 80 Church street, after he had found the sub-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
Ah0EHER BURR & KNAPP
 REALTY BANGLE IN
 THE SUPERIOR COURT

FastfaasHy was heaFd yesteFday afr tsFHeeR i4 the s8PasieF court befeEe Judge 6astis fR ths suit bFe#gAt by Frank Beach and SaHFHei ". Beach ee this city against Luther BrsWR and Waiter Cash es this eitE.
 Fhe plaintiffs want the esFFt te SEE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17

While the person who writes the Woman's page in the newspapers is frequently black browed man smoking a clay pipe, the one who writes the garden hints is probably the lily faced girl who knows all about embroidery but never touched hoe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17

to go to France to obtain aeroplanes for its army. Machines of American manufacture have failed completely to meet the War Department test.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17

l Burr & Knapp and is one of the many legal tangles caused by. this firms | methods. The court reserved decision
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
Tennyson's Vanity.

The intricacies of gresL mans char acter are often simplicitIcs to his wife. Once, when the late Alfred Austin had paid a visit to Tennyson, bis i'm mediate predecessor. Tennyson walked with him as far as the gate which led to the highway. There, says Alfred Austin in his autobiography, while the elder poet stood leaning on the gate, a party of wide eyed sightseers ap- peared.
 What a vulgar people the English are." Tennyson exclaimed 'They come here to watch for me, and when they see me they say quite loudly, There's Tennyson""
 Mir. Austin afterward repeated this to Lady Tennyson, who smiled tenderly, but archly.
 "My husband would be much more annoyed If the people didn't come" !" she said
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
Good Backs
 For Bad
Alaska Residents Are Learning How To Exchange the Old
 Back For a Stronger One

Does your back ache, feel weak and painful?
 Do you suffer headaches, Ian guor and depression?
 Is the urine discolOred, passages irregular?
 The kidneys may be calling for help.
 Weak kidneys cannot do their work.
 Give them the help they need.
 To cuIe kidney backaehe you must cure the kidneys.
 Use a tested and proven kidney remedy.
 Doaa's Kidney Pills have stood the test
 Convincing proof of merit in the following endorsement:
 Mrs. c. E. spink, 6624 Carleton Ave, Seattle, Wash, says: "I had a lot of trouble with my back. It ached day and night and could not rest. When I tried to striaght-- en up after stopping, sharp pains darted through me. I was nervous and had headaches and terrible dizzy spells. The kidney secretions were unnatural. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me and I haven't been bothered since"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for 8 kidney remedy - get Doaa's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Spink had. Foster Mil burn Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y. -AdTertissment.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
Invented tho Cheek system.

John Palmer, who died some years ago in rather straitened circumstances in a little town in Michigan. was the inventor of the check system. Palmer was a fiddler and assumed responsibil. ity for the hats. coats and wraps of those who came to his dancing parties. In keeping things straight he gave numbered checks for the articles com mltted to his care. Some railroad men who attended one of the dances noticed how perfectly the idea worked, appTO- priated it and in a short time 1t was adopted all over the country. As is often the case, the inventor got noth- Ing out of it.-Philadelphia Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
THAT UPPER BERTH.
Getting Into It Sometimes Is a Good
 Acrobatic Stunt,

Getting Into It Sometimes Is a Good
 Acrobatic Stunt.
 The ascent to an upper berth Is an art in itself, and, as one would expect of an art, It is long. do not mean the ascent by stepladder. There are those who climb mountains by rail road, who let miniOns put on their bait, who require caddies to tee their golf balls, who hunt with beaters to drive the game toward them. There are also those who reach their uppers on car peted steps.
 Yet the heroic breed is not extinct. Luxury has not yet completely snpped our national virility. Some of us are made of sterner stuff. We climb un- assisted and alone.
 We are of. Quickly we assume po- sition A, with both hands grasping the horizontal bar and with our right foot firmly planted on the chest of the old gentleman in the lower. We push on vigorously. If the old gentleman's chest be of a proper drmness and resii- iency this push brings us to position B. with the left knee in the sharp knee hold on the edge of the upper berth and the right leg at large. The right leg is then brought convulsively up- ward and forward and laid carefully in the upper berth, and the left leg is at liberty to follow 1t. From this point on all is plain squirming.-Frederick l.. Allen in Century.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11

Diplomats get more profit by listen ing than by talking even when they talk Well.-Hanotaux.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
PRAYER FLAGS OF TIBET.
Every Flutter Sends Plea to Heaven,
 the Natives Believe.

Every Flutter Sends a Plea to Heaven, the Natives Believe.
 Encircling the buildings or Thasa, Tibet, is the sacred road, merely to walk along which absolyes ths mortal from all earthly sins, and many pil grims prostrate themselves for lis en- hre length, thus securing everlasting happiness in their future life.
 The most interesting portion of the sacred road is where 1t runs through some sharp limestone rocks, carved deeply with figures of Buddha painted ln many cOl0rs.
 From the rocks prayer flags are sus- pended on lines running to an island h the river. These prayers are unt- yersal in Tibet, and so long as they arc moving they are recording prayers for the benefit of those who put them up.
 All dsvotees, men and women, walk, .!ways turning a small hand prayer wheel filled with minute prayers print ed on thin paper, and larger prayer wheels. filed h some cases with tons of paper prayers, are set revolving by ths deyout or are sometimes worked by water power Smaller ones are turned by the hot air rising from but ter lamps.
 Single prayers printed on thin cloth ans strung vertically on poles or stretched across open spaces to autter In the wind and thus send millions Of prayers vibrating toward the omnipo- tent for the benefit of some one's soul They are most picturesque. An old Isma I once questioned on the sub feet told me that If the person turn ing the wheel truly believed that by doing so he was accommodating merit if would certainly count as 6 mert- sorIous on."-Nationsl Geographic Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
ENROLL TO-DAY
Song of the Birds.

Caged chadiuches are celebrated for their eagerness to compete with one another in singing. They deliver their songs alternately until one Is exhaust ed and unable to take up his turn. He Is vanQuished. So excited do the birds become that 1t occasionally happens that one of the competitors drops down dead. The originating and directive causes of the particular song of differ ent kinds of birds Is not understood. But It Is well known that they have a great gift of imitation. Parrots, piping crows, ravens and other such birds are familiar instances, while little birds, such as buIhnches, can be trained to whistle the melodies which human be- ings have invented. Exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
flows This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, g~-r. Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, cous Surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pns for constipation.
 advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
AN INSPIRING RECORD

The American Red Cross is chart cred by congress. It is the only volunteer agency for relief commis- stoned by the Government in case Of war or overwhelming disaster.
 The President of the United Stata is President Of the Society.
 The Red Cross reports to Con- gress; its accounts are audited by She War Department; all that it does is open to scrutiny.
 Since 1905 the American Red Cross has rendered valuable aid in 'S6 disasters It has received and expended more than $15,O0O, 900 in money and relief supplies.
 Thousands of families have been helped and kept together; suffering has been relieved; and great mis- cry prevented. Its work also in cludes preventive and educational measures.
 No other agency provides so practical an opportunity for help ing humanity in times of great cri- ses, when need is urgent, and the measures for relief must be prompt and adequate.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
soAAEOR,s MASTERPIECE
Story of the FameuS FrSnoh Artlsts
 Painting, HThs Horse Fair"

Painting, HThe Horse Fair"
 In her story of Rosa Bonheur in HTales From the Od World and the New" Sophie NJ. COllmann, the author, writing of the artists masterpiece, The Horse Fair" says:
 "Never, surely, had there been so nany sketches of horses; they covered the walls. the tables, the chairs, the sasels and even the floor, for the world lust then held nothing for Rosa but horses. She painted away at them un- dl she could have done 1t with her eyes shut. Every horse tn the great picture had been sketched countless hmes, and still Rosa felt that she must sry just one more pose.
 "An things, however, must come to an end, even sketches, and so in the course of time the Horse Fair was finished. The world has pronounced 1t Rosa Bonheur's masterpiece, for d. though she was to paint many splendid p!ctures ln the years still to come, none would ever quite equal this.
 "My Parthenon frieze, she called t in lest, but that is just what it is- I frieze of horses; there iS not much landscape. and the men hardly count, and they have usurped the entire can vas, these pOnderous Norman horses. gray, brown and sorrel. ready to stam- pede out of the picture and taxing all the strength of the blue bloused hos tlers to hold them in. Rosa had wish ed to portray vigorous life and motion, and sine knew that shs had succeeded.
 Many of her pictures went to for eiEn lands, and she hoped that this one might remain In France, but 1t, 600, went on its travels, and as though the restless horses could not endure quiet. never stepped until it had cross- ed the ocean, and after many adven- lures was finally tethered in the Met ropolitan museum, in New York city, far. far away from ROsa's studio"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
GLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP

Subscribing Member Q. annually ? Contributing Member annually 5 Sustaining Member -. annually lO Life Member .-- Gone payment) 50 Patron )Iife( Member -- -- a.
 .s. .- - - (one payment) 100
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
VALUE OF SKlMMILK.
Much Cheaper and More NourIShiFs
 Than Round Steak.

Than Round Steak.
 Skimmilk is a very economical food which should be more largely used. It Is the same as whole milk except that the butter fat has been taken from 1t. In skimmilk there remains all the sug- ar, about four and one-half parts in every one hundred. all of the mineral salts, all of the. protein. The protein Is the most valuable constituent Of milk. It not only serves as fuel for the body as does the fat and sugurE but supplies nltrogenous tissue build tng material.
 SkimmiIk should be chased, as whole milk is, with eggs, meat, fish, poultry and cheese. The governments food experts praise skimmills and give us these interesting figures to show it5 value:
 Two and half quarts of skimmilk contain almost as much protein and yield about the same amount of en- ergy as a pound of round of beef. When skimmilk sells for 4 cents a quart, or about cents pound, and round of beef for 20 cents pound, a dime spen: for skimmilk win provide nearly twice as much nourishment as It will If spent for round steak.
 When milk sours normally 1t still re mains good food It is not suitable for the baby, but 1t win make good smear case, or cottage cheese, one of the best Of foods.-New York Mail.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
New Enulandrs Name.

The pilgrims had nothing to do with the naming of New England. That name was coined by Captain John Smith of POcahOntas fame and one of the founders Of the Virginia colony. In 1914 he explored and mapped the northern coast. then called North Yir- ginia. and renamed 1t New England The MayflOwer pilgrims did not arrive until 1920 and the charter granted the new colony adopted the name used in Smiths map several years before.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11

Between two wo-l.s life hoyers like a star.-Byron.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
Byron and His Fat.

Poetry and a too pronounced plump ness do not harmonize well, and no one was more widely awake to this fact than Lord Byron. Many were the means he adopted for ridding himself Of bis unEelcome "adipose deposit"
 In a letter to his solicitor be said:
 T wear seven waistcoats and great coat, run and play cricket In this dress tiu quite exhausted by excessive per spiration, use the bath daily, eat only a quarter of a pound of butchers meat in twenty-four hours. By these means my ribs display skin of no great thick ness and my clothes have all been taken in nearly half a yard. d."-London Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
Cheerful Surroundings.

Uncle Josh Here's a letter from Nephew Harry. that's gone to Africa, and says that within twenty rods O his house there's a family O laughing hyenas. His Wife-Well, am glad he's got pleasant neighbors anyway that's something.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11
As Defined.

Little Mildred-What does "B. A." stand for, mamma? Bache- Tor of arts" my dear. Little Mildred And what is a "bachelor of arts" man. mar Mamma-Any bachelor who is trying to stay in the bachelor class, darling.-Indianapolis Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-11

THERE IS A SAN-TOX REMEDY for every ordinary household ail- ment. There is room for san Tox Remedies in your medicine chest. Get a San-Tox Blue Book at Keller Bros, The San-Tox Drug Store.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

Hudson Oil company has completed a
test on the Martha ]. Harrison farm 1t
is a twobarrel pumper in the second
Cow Run sand In. The same district
the Ridge Oil company's second test on
the F.. Meider farm is a buster in the
same formation. The South Penn Oil
company has the rig completed fC. Nc.
% on the Archie Elliott farm. In Ten
Mile district. aHrrisGn county. the In.
dependent Oil company has put No. 4
III the Sidney Hickman farm &c pump
ing. 1t is producing IL barrels day.
Operators are exertlng themselves
e get new work started. A great deal
of this Wort, is OF m experimental ma.
ture. On Burl; run. Clay district.
Riicl.ic county the Ri;lgeway Oil COM
Jnny has the RIG completed for test
81 The John Pool farm. On the rorth
ieTii OF Hughes rive-. III the same dis
:rict. the same company is lrilling a
test cn the A. T. Meredith farm.
On, Sugar creelt, Made district. Ty-
Ter county. til Melrose Oil and Gas CON-
rany IS due In the sand at test on A.
~ Arnctt farm. On kCck run, E2r
per district. Roane county. the Ohio
Fuel Oil company is due in the sand at
q test on the Elizabeth Rucker farm.
On Rock creek. Harper district, Tia.
Carter Oil company has the rig com
rlcted for test on the Henry and ]. P.
Young farm. On Porters creek. Union
district. Clay county, the Marine Oil
company is due in the Big Injun sand at
test on its own property. On Mill
Fork. Birch district, Braxton county,
the Mill Fork Oil and Gas company is
drilling in the salt sand at q test on
re Lewis Bennett farm.
On Big Sandy creek. Birch district,
EraXton county, the Carbon Black com.
pany has the material on the ground
Tor a test on the c. w. Goad farm. On
Road Fork, Duval district, Lincoln
county, the WaylanG Oil and Gas COM
rany has the rig completed for No. on
tie w. NJ. Goode farm. On Sans
branch in the same district the South
Penn Oil company is starting No. IL
on the Leonard Oxley farm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

~ electrified Demopo he came dur
ing the Live Stock Show, when there
was 4 crowd ia town, and personal
work on the part Of interested ones did
The rest.
It would be In impossible task to
even attempt to do justice 10 the work
Of this consecrated man in this COM
Elunity. The. man and tho people
seemed to fall In love with each other
at first sight, and they readily respond.
I'd to his appeal for the $500 asked
nom Marengo county. At the Friday
afternoon gathering over twei,ty-one
hundred dollars Of the amount was sub.
scribed and Demopolis covered the
whole amount asked for from the coun-
.ty, but It was thought best to give tho
ether communities q chance. Accord
ing to his program. an itinerary was
organized by Mr.. L. L. Shertzer. includ
ing Thonaston. Dayton. Faunsdale,
Dixon's Mills and Linden This was
Il. the form OF an automobile process
SION, and DR.. Broonfield was taken to
each of these points, winding up at Lin
den. where they came across to the
tune OF about five hundred dollars.
The total contribution TO this case
from Marengo county lie summed up at
forty.eight hundred dollars, OF which
Demopolis gave over thirty.fiye hun.
bred.
DR.. Broomfield preached to crowded
houses Sunday morning at the Baptist
church and Eight ut the Methodist
church and in the afternoon addressed
the mems meeting at the E. P. U.
rooms.
On Monday night, at the Elks' Home,
he presented by request of the Colonial
Book club, a representation of the Ia
nous Passion Play" of Oberammer-
Sau, which he had witnessed. and held
his audience entranced from beginning
to end, as he told the story OF the Christ
as portrayed in that celebrated drama.
Demopolis was given decided up
lift, spiritually and periodically, by
the visit of this distinguished divine,
who Is unselfishly devoting himself to
this work. While our people have con-
;rbuted literally, many of them de-
clare they have been amply repaid, in
the way of personal benefit they got
out of his coming here.
DR.. Broomfield left yesterday morn
ing for Selma, to begin his campaign in
Dallas county. When asked what he
would do II Dallas came forward as
we'll as Marengo, he said 1t would
make his cup too full for utterance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Nov. %. - In Pitts
burgh the local market was again
strong and trading was heavier than
Tuesday. There were 10,967 shares
dealt In, of which 5000 were Pitts.
burgh,Jerome Copper shares. which ad-
yanced cents. Fireproof recovered
from Tuesdays weakness and advanc.
led Is. Oklahoma Gas was up ", Pitts.
|burgh Coal common again went up.
ward, advancing 21s, while Unitea
States Steel was up az, emphasizing
the New York reports that the stock
|is becoming very strong and hard to
lind.
Western Electric was up ", while
fractional declines were noted in
American Window Glass preferred,
Light and Heat, Ohio Fuel Oil, Penn.
lsyIvania Railroad and R. S. Eastern
|Oil preferred.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
R[V. DR. BROOnF|ELD|
STIRRED S0UTHR0NS'
Electrified Towns He Visit
ed According to Alabama
Newspaper.

Rev. Dr.. ]. c. Broomfeld who has
gone back to Camp Sheridan and his
work with the men there after manag.
ing . campaign in behalf OF the Army
Y. N. G. a. s35.00o,o0e fund in three
Alabama counties seems to have Great.
ed something OF q sensation In that
tplacid section oftthe world. The dis.
,tfict he managed set the pace for the
whole state and one Of his three ccun-
ties was the first TO complete its can
yass. 1t finished with 100 per cent.
oversubscription. While he was at 1t
Dr. Broomfeld addressed about five
meetings each day and travelled abou.
lt0 miles IN an automobile while he
was doing 1t. The way he took the
Al&bamians by storm is reflected IN
The following article from the Dermopo.
lis Ines OF Thursday, Nov. 10:
Probably no event of recent years
has affected the Demopolis section So
much ~ the visit OF Rev. ]. C. Broom.
field, OF Fairmont, West Virginia. and
Camp Sheridan, who spent several
days here in the past week, in the in.
terest Of the Army Y M. C. A. work.
Theecall has been sent out for $685.
100000 to be raised in the United
States to be used in this work, to keep
cur young men IN the army fit. 1t
needs no preachment from the Demop.
oils Times to emphasize the import.
Gree OF what the "Y" is doing and pro
poses to do for our young men, for In
this intelligent community it has beer
pretty thoroughly explained by Rev.
Broomfield.
MT Bloomfield came to Demopolis
almost unhcralded. There was not a
! Newspaper notice OF his coming, nor
were any circulars distributed. In fact
the editor knew nothing OF his coming
u til after he had made his address on
Friday afternoon, which SO complete
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
New York

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-stocks were
more susceptible to favorable influ-
ionces yesterday than at any time since
The widespread depression engender
ed by the Russian and Italian revers.
ais. The British victory on the West
ern front and significant developments
In the domestic industrial situation of.
set further pessimistic advices from
Petrograd and another slump in ltal
ian exchange.
Leaders rose to G points after an
early period Of irreguIarity, caused
in part by Pennsylvania decline to
The new minimum of &c. Gains were
|irregula,ly but not materially impaired
on profit-taking and short selling to
v,ardssthe close.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

IDEAL FARM for sale-Four hundred
and eight acres. good house two
tenant houses. barn. peach orchard of
1900 trees. two hundred acres of good
timber, sufficient supply of water 10.
Gated on country road leading to
Aurora, and two miles south of NJ. &
X. Junction. Union district, church
and school building within one quar-
ter mile. Any further information de.
sired. Address r. McVicker. Rowles.
burg, W. Va. 11-20-26t3126.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
Oil and Gas.

Ia the list of late compilations in the
buthwest Pennsylvania, West viz
mia and Southeastern Ohio fields
|ere is nothing better than light
fmpers. In Washington district,
|easants county. West Virginia, the
kint Mayrs Oil company has complet.
No. 4 on the George ". Meanors,
farmJ. It is showing for a very
INT pumper in the Cow Run sand. In
p same district B. H. Gorrell G Co.
illed o test on the W. R. Carson farm
Rough the same formation. It is
'eter.
Fl walker district Wood county, the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR sALE-Lunch stand handling
sandwiches, soups and soft drinks
only. Making over s1OO per month.
viii take SITS il sold at once. Chas.
Travis, Point Marion, Pa.
1+9n.eto1oi
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

FOR RENT = Furnished rooms. In
quire at 602 Fairmont avenue or
phone 1871. 11.9.tf-3073
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

ladies fascinating home business.
tinting postcards, pictures. etc, spare
time for profit. $500 on 100. No call
rassing. Samples 10c (stamps). Par.
ticuiars free. Artint T9c. 81 Meserolc.
St, Brooklyn. n. Y. 1l.22.lt3123
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

FOR RENT-Rooms for light house.
keeping. 427 Quincy st. Phone
4o3-M. 11.2O'3t-3127
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

FURNISHED RooM-Large, near
South Side Bridge. $1.75 single two
S1.25 each. 610 Second St, near
Christian church. 11-16.tf.31O5.