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Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
London,s sea Gull Visitors.

LondOn's winter visitors, the sea
gulls, have arrived particularly early
rhIs year. Never since the hard win
ter Of 1895 first impelled them high
up. the. river, and into hitherto un'
known regions of parks and private
gardens, have the birds omitted to
make their yenrly cali to the Serpen'
tine and KensingtOn.. gardens round
nohd. On. the river, of course, the
gulls, single or in flights. have been
T. regular habItues for many years, per-
haps centuries. Feeding the gulls
from the bridges is favorite occu'
patton for many a LondOner, or rath-
er II used to be- for now the feeding
of birds is forbidden, on the ground
of waste, by the defense of the realm
regulations. The gulls will have to
shift for themselves this winter. ana
Londoners' reputation for hospitality
Will suffer accordingly In the bird
wOrld?-Christiah Science Monitor.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
How's ThiS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
Ave years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh.. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol
SON from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you Will see q
health. start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
' r. y CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. &c.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
FOOD SUPPLIES N COMMON
No Eskimo Allowsd 10 Go hungry
while HIs More Fortunate Broth
ere Ham. Plenty.

The arctic explorer. DR.. Donald y.
Macmillan, who returned recently
after four years spent In thee arctic
regions, has many interesting things
10 say about the domestic and social
customs Of the Eskimo.
!. All property is owned In common
nc tells us. When you enter VII
laee you are not invited to come In.
II 10 your right to enter and. II you
are hungry, to help yourself to some
thing to eat. II you happen to visit
n house where n poor hunter lives, he
says, "Nurket-turange (Nothing TO
eat)." He does not 20 hungry, how
ever, because his nelghbOrs. have some,
md he lives on his nelghbors. Every
thing is divided up that way. II oil
the villagers hre good hunters, their
supplies last long time, but II some
are poor hunters. the clever fellow
must share with them.
An Eskimo does not eat three meals
a day and sleep at regular Intervals.
He eats when he is hungry, and sleeps
when he Is sleepy and he puts 1t on
as lonP as he can. 40 that he will en-
ioy Il all the more. He will so around
for six hours talking about how hungry
he is. and then he will set TO work
and eat all he can. 1t is the same
way with sleeping. He will 20 with:
out sleep for 4S hours. and when he
cnnno. keep his eyes open any longer
he turns in for 24-hour snooze.-
Youths Companion.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

such fellows right here in town. Such
a spirit of selfishness will tear down
a community in spite Of outstanding
assets such as rich ore mines, concrete
highways or anything else that at
tracts money to spend itself. When
the people of Baxter Springs and its
environments wake up to some Of
these things we will begin to get our
stride. Until that happens we will
still be just a small provincial trad
ing point, no better than the remotest
hamlet over in Arkansas.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
NEWS AND COMMENT

Old man Kelley, of the Toronto Re
publican, is seemingly born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward. Just when
he had his boy, Tom, broke in to run
his type setting machine, Uncle Sam
came along and tagged him for the
army. Kelly took it all in good spir-
its like good Irish citizen would be
expected to do and went back to the
old way of setting up his dandy week
" paper. Now that the war is over
and Tom is about to get home again
and into the harness something else
bobs up, and that something is a lit
tie girl down at Toms wife's home,
and Tom 1000 miles away. After Tom
gets acquainted with the new family
he may get around to help the old
gent out in the print hsop. Tom
Thompson has already named her
"Pat."
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
The Last Request.

Leader of Lynchlng Party In Far
Gest-You got anything to say before
we string YOU up?
The Condemned Man (apologetical-
W.T. it aln't too much trouble I'd
like to have you trim the end Of the
ope where It's frayed; 1t tlckles me
neck.-Ideas
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
-! ~ y. hna


In claiming draft exemption from
the Blshopsgate (Eng) medical board
n munitions worker gave this remark
able catalogue Of his Ills:
One lung chronic liver complaint,
no teeth, varicocele and chalky gout,
piles and chronic eczema. suffered
pleurisy and pneumonia twice, rheu-
matte. fever. Inflammation Of bowels
twice.. malaria and typhoid, liberated
stomach several times, "cOlitis," eight
years acute neurasthenia, several
heart attacks and influenza.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Some people haven't been able to
get up in the morning lately, as the
sun rises so late, and they won't be
able to get up in the morning next
summer, as the long days will make
them sleepy.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

These employers that turn. down the
soldiers that want their jobs back,
should ask themselves who they ex-
pect will do their fighting next time?
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

It is said that 90 per cent Of the
soldiers and sailors will marry soon
after getting home. They are evident
ly used to going over the top.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Farmers. will be benefited by the
big snow fall today; so will the auto
mobile repair shops.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
with APOLOGIZE 70 Mr.. Burgess

Mrs. Wren-"Have you people
built your home for the summer"
Mrs. Jay-"No, we will continue to
spronge of our neighbOrs until build
ing materials come down again"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Much is being said about gasoline
substitutes, but the only one that has
been demonstrated as thoroughly
practical is leg muscle.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

The city election this year will take
place on April 1st. Judging from the
indifference of the voters don't be sur
prised if the result is in keeping with
the significance of the date.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Senator Hawk, of Harvey county
has introduced a bill in the legislature
to put the barn yard decorations
Of former days back onto our ballots
Kansas voters are intelligent voters,
read daily papers and form their own
opinions and the day of the ward
healer and political henchman is past
in this commonwealth. Then too the
Kansas people don't believe in always
voting the ticket straight. The wo-
men have a look in at the candidates
and may find better looking man on
one ticket than on the other, or, the
men voters may find a good looking
woman to vote for on the opposite
side. At any rate the day is past
when it becomes necessary to decorate
the head of the ballot with the picture
Of q Rooster, Eagle or Donkey; lets
have some sense in our voting as well
os in other lines of business.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Fast approaching signs of old age
steal upon a fellow after he gets past
the thirtieth' mile post and he will use
all kinds of dope to ward off the ap-
pearances of senility but it doesn't
help his feelings much to have his
best friends always calling attention
to his bald spots or gray hairs.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

There is a complaint Of the high
cost of peanuts, but peanut politics Is
as abundant as ever.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

The peace table has been leaved
out so big to accommodate all those
delegates, that one must have to
stretch terribly reaching across for
the butter.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Miss Hazel Ballard, of Neodesha,
Kan, is the guest of her cousins, Ber-
nice and Lora johnson.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
FLASHES AND SPARKS

A frequent verdict in suits growing
out of automobile accidents is, that
both parties deserved all they got.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

A common drunk down at the Elite
the other night insisted on using a
lady's head, in the row in front Of
him. for a footrest. He should be
more polite in the future and first re-
move his shoes.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Some mems idea Of prosperity is to
gather all they can to themselves, for
getting the other fellows welfare;
fhsre seems 70 be a good many OF
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

One thing we can point to with
pride. We didn't get any Of that Ger
man slush fund that some OF our
neighbors are going to have to ex-
plain.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

There are no Bolsheviki in this
country. Merely plain thieves and
burglars.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Pittsburg, Kan, now boasts an auto
school and some home made aviators.
In five years the fiiers will be as thick
as Fords.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Has anyone heard from the Wilson's
lately?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11
.SJlTTHSO OMAN IlVIg ITIIClNlS PARTY
FINDS RED IAPEA PLElVTYLV AFRICA
AFRICAN BAGGAGE

SIX thousand pounds once ongne sau
900 s5nes kppered behring's deyed harm baked beans Jam
se condensed milk biscuits salt chocolate canned soup
MES cocoa lent vegetables prupe soup cubes pepper sen
raising -four rasins cunts maeaTon plum pudding
gus tins mushrooms Worcestershire sauce
S Eps een tents insect proof red tent Innings 10 folding
nails water bags IL folding cots and mattresses tables
sns folding and wash basins mosquito curtains
beds and tents. =, $685.. ..o. .n.,.. ..... at
@ 90 steel chests inches long Is inches high and u inches
IN pounds of pounds OF nails pounds OIL ack dozen
hooks 400 Yards fishing lines, 3 folding stoves
Six shoguns automatic army pistols % rifles osoO rounds am
nnon 10 acetylene bicycle lamps aceyene headlights
animal ,-,.. a.. 10000 49, ..tss
mails Animal sknnng outfit comprising 80 pounds wire par wire
nv dozen knives pair 10 forcep 20 scapes 50 pounds
Cotton batting 40 pounds bolt cheese CLOTH bottles ink
Ten saddles blankets IL cnteens mess KITS and
ortts conner alcohol fly tents cork tents, horse tents
rubber ponchos, duffe bags.
ton picture film many films for st pictures film packs ana
portable developer mosquito head nets tins ny DOPE III waterproof
match boxes pair field glasse hot water bottles
collecting specimens OF rodent ire
so rat trans 70 wolf traps 5000 identifying skulls
Pack sacks thermometers tools flashlights medicine cases knives
axes cmpasses p helmets aside from personal clothing equp
AND THE NEGRO PoRTERs 1T ALL ON THEIR HEADsi
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Every Paw Paw
Teacher at Institute

The teachers of Paw Paw district
met yesterday in their first institute
meeting of the year. ]. C. Hupp, the
district superintendent, discussed many
Improvements and work that would be
carried out during the school year. A
very helpful and pleasing program
was then carried out.
]. E. Campbell discussed the New
School Cole with reference to COM
pulsory attendance. Miss Alice V.
Cook educational movements in and
out of the state. Claude McBee, Read
ing Circle Work for the Year. Miss
Clara Widlson, Daily Preparation of
the Teacher. H. S. Rhodes, Thrift
Campaign. o. G. Tenant, Standards
of Promotion Miss Anna Howard,
Essentials of Primary Work.
NJ. j. Halter had charge Of the meet
in gand general questions were dis.
cussed. Prof. Walter Barnes, of the
Normal school, presented to theEinsti-
tute the Normal school extension work
for this year and much interest was
shown.
County superintendent Homer q.
Toothman gave talk upon the teach
ing of the essentials and asked that
special emphasis be laid upon the
things set forth by the state superin-
tendent for this year.
The institute adjourned with hun
dred per cent. enrolment in the Edu-
cational Association to be held this
year in Fairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11

en- Friday loaded S46 cars of coal and
coke-S39 cars Of coal and Z cars OIL
coke. ,,, :,
Friday there were 345 cars OF coal
loaded. which is especially heavy.
Coal loaded east was 739 cars and
west 1OS cars over the B. & o. rail-
road. A car of coal was loaded by
wagon mine.
SIEVE cars of coke we're loaded on
the B. 60. railroad, there having
been four east and three west.
Daily Car Supply.
Mines along the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to-
6ay ordered 1885 cars. There are
$50 cars on the division today and
they are classified as follows: open,
1.141; coke, 9. The placement at I!
o'clock this morning was l,O6O and
it is expected that the loading Will
run fairly heavy.
This weeks loading will be one
of the heaviest In the region for the
current year and If more than S67
loads are placed on the cars 1t Will set
the pace for weekly production re-
cords for 1919. Cars left over from
the previous day were SO.
On the Monongahela Railway today
there was 100 per cent car supply
with a placement of 221 at z O'Clock
this morning. There are 200 cars in
sight for Monday and 100 per cent
sunnIv is assured for that day also.
Fridays Shipments.
Curtis Bay shipments dropped to sc
cars on Friday and no cars were load
ed for st. Georges. other shipments
were: Ohio points, 81 cars; lakes, 6
cars; miscellaneous points, 43 cars:
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments on Friday
totaled 40 loads. B. & O.. shipments
dropped to Ga cars. New York Central
was down to IL cars, but Philadelphia
& Reading Railway was up to 81 cara.
Maine Central broke into the market
and secured cars.
Personal Mention.
S. D. Brady is witnessing the w.
V. pitt football game today in
j. A. Clark is home from Mt,
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Getting An Expedition Into
the Interior Started a
Hard Job.
nY EDWARD M. THIERRY.

NE. A. staff Correspondent Attached
to Smithsonian Institution African
Expedition.
CAPE TOWN, Oct. f1.-All the red
tape isn't in the war zone. 1t flour
ishes in South Africa. The Smithson-
ian African Expedition found that out.
Getting a scientific expedition un-
loaded, unraYeled, untangled and I'M
der way is a reah job. It took the best
part Of a week, grew few extra gray
hairs for the business 'manager-Dr.
Joseph A. Armstrong of Los Angeles
and gave him a finished education
in diplomacy.
Official South eAfrica greeted the
members of the expedition warmly.
But in spite of the heavily embossed
and golden sealed, credentials of the eS-
petition, straight from the Smithson-
ian Institution at Washington, it was
mighty slow process getting 81 tons
OF equipment cleared at the custom
house and procuring the endless per-
fit necessary for "a trip through the
Dark Continent.
A passenger on1the same ship had
to pay duty on some family photo
graphs. Which gives an idea what a
job the expedition had getting seven
motion picture cameras, battery OF
still cameras and endless miles of film
into the country. William Stowell,
movie director, and the other Universal
Film company's staff attached to the
eXpedition, sweated blood for days.
DR.. H. L. Shantz, botanist from the
Department of Agriculture, had to
swear his life away in order to get
permission to bring in pet collec-
ton Of seeds.
There as no less trouble for H. c.
Raven, Smithsonian naturalist He
ran a halt who goes there" gauntlet
just because he was bringing in a
packing case full of pill boxes. The
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COAL DUMPING AT
Continued from page one.)


gestion they could offer as to what
would facilitate the handling of export
coal would be welcome. 1 have also
invited the West Virginia coal opera
tors to visit the pier or 30 send COM
mittee to visit it and sec what they
can suggest.
The facts are that the Baltimore
and Ohio have very modern pier at
Curtis Bay which was built for the
handling of coastwise vessels. There
mas been very decided change in the
-. ,.4.f:c and the business which is
-, ----....s is for export nan entirely
..-. =. pc OF vessel. The vessels
...us classes and kinds and
lii 49,. - either were not built
for - -. .-Ie or are OF. old types
which d. 49,. -. 10 load. The new
coal pier :. 49, =. dumlhng 500 or
600 cars a -, 49,. x IS mol possible
to do this ana no tho EXCESSIVE amount
of trimming and U-..-..-.Ig required
The vessels are taK...e Sufficient bun
ker coal to permit OF IUund trip. In
fact, the amount of Goa. lor bunker
ing to the cargo has increased 30 per
cent as compared with previous
years.
in order to meet these conditions
we have arranged to open upt our old
pier and keep 1t in operation in addi-
ton to the new one. We are also en-
deayoring to make arrangements
whereby the vessels will take their
bunker coal in the stream, and have
increased the force of trimmerstso that
there will be ample men available at
all times to do trimming, regardless OF
expense.
to cooperate with us by reducing the
number of consignmehts so that il will
be possible to assemble cargoes and
match I'D with the boats. At present
there are seventy one different con-
signments andN it is neither practical
nor possible to hold sufficient coal OF
that number Of classifications to match
I'D with boats. A special committee,
consisting of representative of the
railroad, representative OF the Ship
ping board, a representative of the
pool interests, a representative of the
non pool interests, representative OF
the executive committee of the North
Atlantic ports has been appointed to
90 into this with view of reducing
classifications to something like area
sonable number.
81 have visited Curtis Bay and have
gone into this situation personally, and
/ do not feel that any comparisons at
all can be made between what has
been done in previous years and what
is being done now because of the very
different conditions which exist, both
as respects the nature Of vessels and
the classificat!ons,"
Regional Production.
Regional production in the Fair
mont region on Friday was 1S1 cars
Of coal and coke-1,1S4 cars of coal
Mines along the B. & o. railroad
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The d. v. 4. W.
lCarksburg-Every Hour on te hour from
5 a. m. to 10 p, m.
ManninEton-Every our on the hour
from u. m. 30 10 p. m.
Fairview-Every hour on the hour from
a. m. to 10 p. m.
Rivesville- Montana-Every hour on the
half hour from $3.50 a. m. TO 10 p. M
Cars every half hour between Fairmont
and Rivesville Junction.
Locust Ave.-From Adams and Madison
Sts. every fifteen minutes from 5: AS a.
m. to IL go p. m.
Watson-From Adams and Madison SIS.
every fifteen minutes from 6 a. m. TO
East Park-From Adams and Madison
SITS. every fifteen minutes from 6:S5 a.
m. to IL 10 p. m.
Norwood (via Speedway-From Adams
and Madison SIS. every thirty minutes
25 and SIS minutes after each hour from
5:55 a. m. until s :25 a. m. and from
2:55 p. m. until 1875 p. m. daily exc
cept Sunday. Schedule extended each
Saturday until 1885 p. m.
NoTE-All cars except Clarksburg begin
running one hour later on Sundays.
U. S. MAIL DISPATCHED.
Fairmont Postoffiee dispatches mail for
the following points at time speifedc:
North, Northwest via Pittsburgh-5;l5
a. m; 1;45 p. M; II p. m.
East, via Grafton-6 a. m; II a. N. l:2o
D. m; s; 80 p. m.
West, via Wheling-6 a. m; s:i5 4. m. /;
SOUTH S;iS Via u G clarksburr-s a. m; p. m:
4:20 p. m.
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((Reg. Pdg. o. S. Pat. Off,
Answers to Yesterdays XVII.

Ia drudge is person engaged in
mental or dull occupation with scant
fecompense.
pa dredge is a machine for dig
ging channels or excavating under
water.
San abatoir is slaughter-house.
REX Beach is popular Amer
lean novelist, author Of stories Of life
IA Alaska, including 1.-THE Spoilers"
and 1.-THE Barrier"
5-The term, Bleeding Kansas"
arose because Of the fierce struggles
between the pro-slavery and anti
slavery settlers, in that state.
6-aDollar diplomacy" means diplo-
matic activity looking more to COM
mercial gain than amity.
1.-THE complete expression Is
agfeen as grass"
s-one must cross the English
Channel to reach France from Eng
land 49,.
s2True wax is obtained from the
hives Of domesticated or wild bees !;
& is yellow, fatty substance excreted
BY bees and fashioned by them into
small cells WueISln INC HSASS ~
posted.
10-Whales are captured by fisher
men by plunghg a harpoon or lchg
spear sometimes Of an explosive type
into the quarry.
New Questions.
1-What do they mean when they
say man has "hedged"?
2-What are stocks and bonds?
S-What is a ruble?
-Who was Mark Hanna?
SIN legal parlance, what is a
punishment?
6-What is founding?
Tin what state do giant redwood
trees flourish?
SWaat is lumberjack?
9Why must we breathe to live?
What is butter?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11

boxes are just like the ones yOr buy
at the druggists full OF liver pills.
Raven uses them as prison cells for
rare bugs and insects.
Edmund Heller, Smithsonian natur-
alist who heads the expedition, had to
exnlain in words of one syllable what
he was doing with 5000 tin tags. The
tags are Intended for labelling animal
skull specimens-but the custom Off
cial looked accuslngly at Heller as II
he intended collecting skulls OF cia-
zens of the South African Union.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11

Clemens, Mich. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Clark.
H. B. Clark is in Pittsburgh today,
G. T. Bell is in New York City at
tending a meeting of the eastern
freight traffic committee.
East Of Grafton.
East Of Grafton on Friday the B. 6
o. railroad drew l lbs loals OF
freight.
There were s eastern coal loads d.
verted over the F. NJ. & P. and Con-
nellsville route.
United Mine Workers
Sanford Snyder leaves today fot
GAINESVILLE, o., where he will attend
the meeting of the Ohio State FEEDER
alton Of Labor, which opens on Mon
day.
Tonight H. E. Peters, president of
sub-district 4, will leave for Charles
ton, where he will attend the district
convention Of the United Mine
Workers of District II, which con.
venes on Tuesday morning, II will be
a constitutional and scale convention
John Costalac, district organizer ,is
today at Zeising,
Edward Matthews, secretary OF SUBJ
district 4, Is on business in Gypsy to-
day.
]. L. Ballard, international organ
izer, today is at Middleton.
Opening New Mine.
jenkins Coal Corporation OF Graf
ton, is opening a new operation near
Buckhannon. It is block Of sixty
acres and the Elklick vein VIII be-
Screened To Slack.
|. Railroads are speeding up In hand
ling the coal production all over the
country and they are making good IN
their efforts.
OF the 800 900 men employed in the
bituminous fields and 100000 are en-
ployed in unionized districts.
Freight claims have been cut S5.5
per cent and 2S7,391 loss and dam
ages cases have bene settled in three
months by the United States railroad
administration.
There is possibility Of ntlrlne en-
gineers on the tug boats at Boston
going on strike. There is much con.
cern over the situation at Boston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11

The movie men, George Scott, Pliny
Horne and Hank Kohler, went around
talking about shooting" Which got
them suspected of all sorts OF criminal
purposes until they explained they
meant camera shooting" and not
wholesale homicide.
Troubles multiplied at first, but they
were slowly ironed out. There will be
plenty more, however, before tho exc
petition gets through South Africs and
begins to trek for the jungle country.
1t means lot Of delay and lost mo-
ton.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-11

Had for Grand Jtifs seo Burns ana
zoe Moore, colored charged with rob
berry. we're brough before Justice Nus
prove yesterday. and after bearing
with Attorneys L, G. Musgroye ana
Charles q. Miller respectively repre-
senting the two colored men and the
state, It was decided to hold the men
for the next grand jury with bond
fixed at $500 each. In default Of this
the colored men went back to Jail.