-THE PAPER THAT 00E8 MU.lW.od 1?M. Momboi PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT by th? Fairmont Printing and PublU W. J. WIEGEL, General Maria JAMES C. HERBERT, Editor. A. RAY MAPEL, Advertising C. V. REDIC, Circulation Man J. MONROE BOYER, Superln Publication Office, Monroe TELEPHONES BELL 1105?1106 , CON All departments reached Clreulatl through private branch Advertli exchange. | Editorial I/-; Foreign* Advertising ltepreeentatl WARD, Brunswick Bldg., New York. ; Street, Chicago. SfiKS. e? iPOAPiriYiftn wwwwwnir i ivii n? i BY MAIL?(Payable In advai Ono Year $5.001 Three Mo . Six Months 13.00 Ono Mon BY CARRIER?(In Fairn One Year $7.00 I Ono Mont Six Months $3.60 | Ore Wee PER COPY THREE CE: \ ^ BY CARRIER?(Outside of F I ; One Month 75e Ono Wee PER COPY THREE CE |-ELiGIiATIO el amounted to much things are differen of our own in the Ninety Amertcar which is bound fo H less as it pretends w of a few daj-s onlj The antl-submar of the lumbering ( it fast for a night fear of a German Daltimore. Q The British are i . VIII which has Co anvtninar mnr* f?r. ead!" Even the boara" tie ground are less ??? .. . . idictment of Chris- 2 t that this age-old l? 8t8y EWay from front of the marble There ,g ? ? municipal govern- between ,lere and is an inT ? f GoodB ^trusted tc is an indictment of onA . ? .. vara ana btay ther oplc compete with Present high pr row money away; trlets of the big < : light and lobster different sentiment le longer to make where the credttori he mounting prices great demand for c to the city govern- the Thompson rec ill have remains to godsend If there ev raging. would have been Tlle Quibble bet uld have solved it. the purchase price adoo will be made t0 come out of th : poor people will fund is the leglslat eir troubles are all not to say assininil ition upon the part movement to provl ill go home to re- through because i has pursued them euunot agree upon 0 their graves. price. It all come t that the United the cnd; it for its economic lat has to do with SHOI by seeing to it that .. ... . _ into public office. next House of Rep nave to nave some ers, respectively, i 1 that a democracy grand opportunity. ie other things that ~ Js r\ar? an ffen rrni ? er is more central- 1 clearly demonstrat wilT have to learn j are not fitted for t confirm the cabinet nominations. That ought to show even the Sennte where It stands with the Executive. NATURE gjb*IW)NDEft Jw/FUL-.y ^cnc Ahem The pomeranlan In a bleary-eyed hunch of hair. It's Just a little bit bigger than a second-rate fighter's end of the purse after his mauager gets through with it. The pomeranlan looks like it's beaded ID one direction and going in the other. The pomeranlan takes the place of children with high-brow society women. A lot of little cherubims sitting on the clouds don't know how lucky they are and ought to be very grateful to the little luckless pomeranlan. It's a toss op whether we should bawl out the pomerahtan or the society women who own them, but we'll go both or them. One's worser than tho other. A fella doesn't know how healthy he Is until he sees a little oil mop leading one of these goofy dames down the rlalto. How Wd like to sneak up and give said whisk broom a kick that would endanger the lives of neutral Holland. And wouldn't It set your celhilold collar on fire when you see. a gas chariot rolling down, the avenue with a big seal skin coat encasing nothing nnd his majesty setting along side of her ou his special outlug cush its job. J ?o MERIT WINS. situaries of the late General Frederick I he fact that during the administrations nd Taft while this intrepid fighter and >d at the head of the list of brigadiers r six times when there were vacancies enerals. That is another/Way in which ' tions in the army and navy can work. 1 ble that it is a worse way than the 1 men as Doctor, now General, Leonard ey Grayson. won for Funston. His was one of the out The officers who were able to e they pleased Roosevelt and Taft betire pay than Funston, but when there nston was called upon to do it And in a million can remember who the six n are, he was a national hero and his vord when he died. GOOD MOVE. NS are due whoever it was that eona of bringing Frank Jewel Raymond, fay of the business world, to this city eeting of the Fairmont Business Men's jp is just what the retailers of this town ministered by some one who those who e certain has no motive beyond a desire : some salutary effect, f the association ought right now to beattend the meeting which will be held , and hear the talk. it to every one of them in a plain dolSome day some one is going to set a ivn. And when that occurs those who i enter the race are going to be forced ,j w of the business world. c o " c L'nited States Senators thought they [ iigmy Mini nit* tiuuuie upemng exerield yesterday? o been resumed on the rivers at Pittair ago that news would not have for the people of Fairmont, but now t. Pretty soon we will have a boat Pittsburgh trade. t o is sailed on the French liner Chicago r Bordeaux. If Germany is as ruthto be the overt act will be a matter o i_ Ine net at Newport News caught one )ld Dominion line steamers and held and a day. That ought to quiet all underseas attack in Washington and averdoing the search of the Frederick unt von Bernstorff and his party on o lans wh# need it'won't take a notion that lecture by Dr. Bhll. o? ag about the proposed freight service Pittsburgh by the way of the river. > it will not get lost in some freight e for several weeks. ices cause riots in the tenement dlsitles, but they give rise to entirely s in Uniontown and the other places 3 of Uncle JoBiali Thompson live. The J :oal at fancy prices is going to enable t elvers to pav out. It is a financial er was such a thing. o ween the two houses as to whether i of the proposed mine rescue car is e general fund or the compensation ure's worst exhibition of Inefficiency, ty. This car Is badly needed and the de it should not be permitted to fall i. few politicians in the legislature the method of raising the purchase s out of the pockets of the people in IT AND SNAPPY. mblicans and the Democrats of the resentatlves do not select better leadr :hey will most surely have missed a ?Charleston Mail. o es who are heckling the President are ing that there are some of them who he franchise.?Charleston Mail. ion in bis outing woolen jacket? Wouldn't it make you grind your molars finer than alkali dust? And, Alec, the fuss these bridg6 whist damsels make over them! You wouldn't believe it. No wonder the Pomeranian is sickly looking. It gets so much attention, it gets weaker (if such a thing Is possible). Now we'll talk about dogs. We like dogs. We're through talking about Pomeranians, chows, Pekingese, grlfl tons, measles, etc. Give us a dogaircdale, ('instance. One that comes tearing from the kitchen to the parlor, skids on the car pet and knocks the piano over. One that would take a soup bone' the way you'd inhale an olive. There y' are. That's a dog. JAMES SAUNDER8 DIES The death of James Saunders, father of Mrs. Bruce Bailey of this city. occurreu yesiorcay ai an cany nour al bis home in Maidsville, Monongalia 1 county, after a several weeks' illness J from diseases incident to advanced age. His wife died in November of Z last year and since that time Mt. Saunders' health had failed rapidly. Funeral services wero held this afternoon. FUNERAL OF MR6. SELLARS e The body of Mrs. Lucy Sellars, wid-' ; ow of W. R. Sellars, whose death oc- E curred yesterday morning at the home 1 of her daughter, Mrs, A. B. Moore, at t Barnestown, was taken this afternoon t to her late borne at Glovers Gap where c interment will be made tomorrow. Ser- t vices were held this afternoon at 2:30 y o'clodk from the residence in Barnes- t town. Undertaker Eli- Musgrnve was i in charge of the funeral. e ? 1 Widespread Use of English. ' Of all the letters ihnt paps through r the post .offices of the world two-tlilrds ? are wrlttch by ond seut'to peqple. who t sneak English. >l... '* , BMONT WEDNESDAY EV letters toti! the enrrnr ]\ ' " ; UNCLE JOHN VEACH ON ROAD BONDS. FAKMINGTON, W. Va.. Feb. 1?.? 1 Editor The West Virginian.]?I want ! o aay a tew words to the voters of -lncoln district through your paper i o set myself right before my neighors and fellow cltlsens. There was ' . petition presented to me by Dr. Mil- , sr. asking that the good roads be ex- I ended to Jim town, to give the people , chance to vote for bonds, or no , londs, at an election that was to be i leld In the future, and said election is 1 o be held fair and square, a thing that i las not been done for perhaps fifty ears; and said petition had no refer- < ince to voting for or against bonds as , >r. Miller will bear me witness, and : signed it because 1 thought it was i lght and I still think so. Now be- ; anse I signed the petition that Dr. dlller presented, my best friends come i it me like thiB: "Uncle John, what * las changed you to be for bonds when < ou once opposed them?" Now you an see at a glance 1 have not express id myself for nor against bonds beause of signing a petition. As to bond- i ng our district 1 am of the same opin- | on that 1 was before when I tried to i vrltc against It Six hundred and fity thousands dollars is an enormous | urn of money and any one should conlder what we aro doing beforo wo ote. But for one, 1 always have been ; i n favor of good roads and to make hem by taxation. My motto is to pay ' is we go and not get ourselves in i lebt so we will have to sell a pari it our district to pay our debts, like lur state is talking about having to ay a debt that is hanging over us !: iow. That debt, I think, is very un- j, ust, and all the harder to pay. It seems to me the way to do would i ie to levy a tax each year all we can , itand, and make our roads good as ast as we can. Much ot it can be j lone with our own rock laying along i tur road side. Many ot them need not! ie hauled. And there are lots ot mcu ind boys that would like to gather hem into the road to pay their taxes, i Jut the work in the bands ot compe- j i ent men that will see that every man loes a fair day's work. In the new ; ira there would not be any that would tot want to do a talr day's work. -You lee now we are going to do as we' vish to be done by. i There have been hundreds and thou-1 i lands of dollars wasted on our roads! or the last 30 years and our roads iro worse than they were 30 years ago. j , jo the peoplo say. Now as large as hat sum ot money is?3650,000?i ] vould not care if bonds would carry,: t those who have this matter in their :are, would handle this money fair i ind square. As they have pledged , hemselves to give us one election fair ind square?something to talk and ; vrite about Now I will tell you how i would like for every man in the diu- j j rlct to vote?just as honest as we ; vant the election to be held, and be- i ;ln a new era, for as sure as there is l God it must come in cuhrch and state i ir else the religion of Jesus, the pat- , era, is a failure and 1 know it is not. | l uhqk i am pairiouc auu ama^a i iave been to the best of my knowl- j dge. 1 believe In equal rights to the lch and poor, black and white, and n a majority ot the people to rulo. | low let ue all be willing to vote fair I is we are going to have a fair eleclou. I Both sides can go to work. But not o know no clique, no farmer, no mer:hant, no lawyer, no Democrat, no Re- ' lubllcan and no autos. But to think ; if the interest of all. 1 think und have I old many of my friends that If overy ' ino would do right this world would 1 le heaven enough?good enough for ne. The golden rule being the slandird; every one seeking his neighbor's ;ood. Wouldn't that be a very diffor- , int kind of Christianity from any- i hlng wo ever saw? X.et us try It for I ince, but remember in this new em iverything must be done decently and lonorable. We must not expect anyhirtc nf mir nfflr?rs that we are not veiling to do ourselves. Now IX you vtll bear with an old clodhopper over 10 years old I will call your attention o the condition of this country, east ind west, north and south. The pcoil o saying It themselves. , I was out in Indiana to visit my i riends, and the Veach's out there are I ill Democrats, and in their town they i :alled it the "Republican Court Houbb i ling" and they were bringing in a 1 wonderful complaint of their "ring ] ule" and asked me if it was that way i n our county. I told them that was i vhat they were charged of doing, i What perfy did they belong to?" i 'Unfortunately for you they were 1 Democrats," and they had no more to i lay. Now In this new era it wo live i ly the rule laid down in these scatterng remarks wo will never hayo bucIi ' llsgrace heaped on us again, as theso wo old parties are charging each othir with. Now certain roads are to be milt if bonds should carry, and of :ourse wo vote with tho full underitandlng that there will uot be any ihortage in funds to finish said roads, ind we hope enough to build many I noro than has been named. The Goldin Rule the Standard. JOHN VEACH. OIIMtv Lucky Is the man who marries s [ood cook, for he may find that his srtfe Is able to hake the kind of pies lis mother tried to make. ERBO COUGH SYRUP s as safa and reliable as your Moth | ir's ears. "It Is free from Opiates and , ."axcotlc drugs and ca nbo taken with |1 safety. It Is a compound of which:. ts constituents are used by some o(: J he leading Doctors and Specialists of ' he country. It sells for twenty-five' :ents a bottle at your dealer. If he j lasn't It in stock, he can get It for i J ou. Every Mother should have a hot- i 1 le of It In her home, and. feel safe I n warding off the attacks of croup ind pneumonia. We guarantee that t will do as It is recommonded. It loes not dry up the cold. ,but gets Id of It In a way that the child Is lot likely to take cold again soon. AH | ve uslt is a trlhl. Manufactured by > he Marietta.Chemical Co., Marietta., WOj, - ; . ' ... n .1 Monongalia Musings Boatdn, the city ot bogus bobolinks and brazen bulldoaera. ihoold place the following notice over every sntrance to the city: "Abandon hope, all who enter here." In the midst of all this turmoil. "The fall of empires and tbe fate of Itings," we would be pleased to have a fuw illuminating chunks of worldly wisdom from Joe Cannon. The Clarksburg Excornponent recently stated that Voltaire was born in month of February. This is about is near the truth as many of the state nents we bare heard concerning the great Frenchman. As a matter of fact, Voltaire was born November 21. L684. Perhaps the Clarksburg cauliflower's years at college resemble those of Voltaire's, who, referred to the results by saying be learned "A little Latin and a Tast amount of nonsense." When the war is orer, when the 3olden Rule becomes effective, when cruel codes are repealed and the sermon on the Mount begins to sway mankind; when officials use their consciences during business hours and hypocrisy is not regarded as one of the necessaries of life, then, and not Jutil then can civllliation be regarded ;s something that really exists. Something like a century a So It was a common saying In Paris that "Nations will never be happy until tings become philosophers or philosophers kings." How many of the reigning kings of Europe are philosophers? Were It not for the accident of birth how many of them could command attention by their Intellectual force? How many of thoic. could be elected to the West Virginia Legislature? 'The statement that this Is a dry slato. In enough to bring a grin to tho cast-iron visage of a John Calvin?if he was alone. While at Fulrmont a few days Binco wo received the important Information that the weather would beconio rather docile following the new moon of Ibis wenk. The chances are that the new moon In June will be succeeded by long days, abort night, and high temperature. From the autobiography of Thomas Henry Huxley we Belect this gentlo gleam ot sentiment and sense: "I lmve been obliged to content myself through life with saying what I aiean in the plainest of plain language, than which,.I 'suppose, there is no habit more ruinous to a man's prospects of advancement. Why I was christened Thomas Hcnr* 1 do not know; but it Is a curious chance that my parents Bhould have fixed for my usual denomination upon the name of that particular Apostle with whom I have al ways felt most sympathy." Elbert Hubbard once gave his definition of what constitutes greatness. Here it Is. and if you can improve it, you should Immediately add to the Joys of nations by performing tho task: "He Is great who feeds ither minds. He is great who inspires others to think for themselves. He Is great who tells you the things you already know, but which you did not know you know until he told you. Ho is great who shocks you. Irritates you, affronts you, so that you are jostled out of your wonted ways pulled out of your mental ruts, lifted out of the nlno ot the commonplace. That writer is great whom you cannot forget." Three hundred and seventeen years since Bruno was burned for heresy in Rome. Well, we have advanced some since then, instead of showing our love for those whose ogic wc are unable to refute by burning them for heresy, we employ Billy Sunday to sit in Judgment and consign them to eternal woe. Think of Lhe sublimity of employing a Billy Sunday to enlighten mankind as to tho eternal dwelling place of the wisDSt, bravest and best- As for Bruno, his perpetual warfare was with darkless and voluntary blindness and soldiers to engage in that warfare are yet urgently needed. S. C. MUSGRAVE. Editorial Comment on Current Subjects OUR RAILWAY MUDDLE. From tho Chicago Tribune. The condition of American transportation In the present circumstances DUght to be a sharp lesson to the country. If Congress were inclined to act in advance of the public recognition jt an evu instead 01 waiting tor opinion to become vociferous and Irresistible. It would now be tackling the whole problem of railway regulation and formulating a well rounded system which should allow of the full development it our transportation facilities parallel to our economic growth. Congress, liowover, has shirked this task and either Ignored or tampered with the erudo machinery we eet up nearly a Dcii^t Rub It Qn^ Bruises or Sore Muscles I '1 lUflll 3 tiiUIUlV.Ul JWUU" S trates and soothes without *** rubbing. Cleaner than musty Masters or ointments, does not itain the skin. Have a bottle handy (or emergency, fceumntic achea andpaina, neura1(ia, turnia?o, gout, atraina, apraina and lame beck, yield to Sloan'a Liniment. At mil druggiata, 25c. 50c. end >1.00. generation ago. The mm who taltiat rwgnUtion were thinking only cf preventing the imposition cf extortionate rates. It ww like potting a brake ? on one wheel of a wagon and screw- B1 tag it down. The result in the ease of oar railroads has been certain specific benefits in moderate rates, but also the general evil from which we are R The Trthoae la set disposed to go c over the mttakes of the past. They = were eoespieeoas, costly, and dlstrib- m nted among all parties concerned. Ex- I tortioaate rates, rebates, piratic fl Banning, diversion of earnings, official graft, lopsided regulation by public agencies, unfair taxation and complicated exacttrsu. went of foresight and public spirit In management, a ems- ft logic in regulation and leglilation; In abort, a legion of ills imposed upon an economic, financial, and engineering achievement which was an cxomplo m of American enterprise to the world c: and the greatest single factor In the ? amazing material progress of the United States. ta Bat what we hare to think of today is bi our present conditions. The railroad oi systems of the country are not suftl- d: cleat to handle a situation which has been developing nnder our noses for ft two years. Their equipment Is lnade- cr quats, and the whole country 1b suf- ac fering directly and indirectly, from its lu inadequacy. It Is as If some necessary jc function of the body was suddenly nr- cl rested. When this happens health is ci arrested and lite Is endangered. in spue or me trememious business I done by the railroads since the revival! after the ante-war and war depression, fewor mllee of track were built last year than In any year of depression since 1893. Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri. Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and ? Wyoming had no additions made to their trackage, and the increase for i I i the year In the entire country was less I than ofie-balf of 1 per cent, of the to-, tal In operation. Rolling stock ana equipment were not increased or even maintained. Railway securities fell off In prleo as If business had collapsed and largo net earnings have not brought them up. New capital was not flowing Into tills Industry because there was a general feeling that Investment In /ailway securities had a dubious future. Regulation by forty-eight states and by the nation, heavy taxation and multiplying exactions, fear of labor pressure, and uncertainty as to public policy checked Investment. The railways In this vital respect were starving. If our railways are to bo privately owned this is an impossible situation. Capital for expansion must be assured or the result is deterioration of transport facilities which will mean deterioration of all American business. The railway problem Is the most Important economic problem before us. Wo are having a sharp proof of Its pravlty. Whon Is Congress going to take up and establish a broad, constructive, well-rounded syBtem of regulatlon which shall protect publlo rights while encouraging such development of the railways as Is necessary to our continued prosperity; ELEVEN PARALYSIS DEATHS. I CHARLESTON. W. Va? Feb. 21.? A report was received from'Dr. C. R. Welrlch, at tl.o head of the State Dopartment for the Prevention of Oonv / municable Diseases, by the State De- f* partment of Health today. In which he says that 11 deaths from Infantile paralysis were caused by the recent epl- 'v demlc In Elklns. There were 75 cases, j ~ In 39 of which paralysis occurred. His : rj report from Grafton covers 28 cases I.. 1j Is A" 1U Heals Skin Diseases " Ul V It is unnecessary for you to suffer with eczema, blotches, ringworm, rashes and similar skin troubles. A little zemo, obtained at any drug store for 25c, or $1.00 for extra large bottle, and promptly applied will usually give instant relief from itching torture. It cleanses and soothes the skin and heals quickly and effeetivelv most skin diseases. - Zemo 11 a wonderful, penetrating, dis- at appearing liquid and is soothing to the so most delicate skin. It is not greasy, is si easily applied and costs little. Get it vt .iday and rive nil further dirtrcss. m m - : 25 BAD BREATH f Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Remove It Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the subititute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work. People afflicted with bad breath find quick relief through Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugarcoated tablets are taken for bad breath by all ivho know them. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gently but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire system. They do that whicn dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects. . 4-&11 mc UUIC1113 UI UrfMy, MV.KCH1IIK, griping cathartics are derived from Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets without griping. pain or any disagreeable effects. Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the formula after seventeen years of practice among patients afflicted with bowel and liver complaint with the attendant bad breath. Dr. Edward^ Olive Tablets are purely a vegetable compound mixed with, olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Take one on two every night for a week and note the effect. 10c and 25c per box. All druggist* U Our Exp covering a period at 3t years ot hue found advantageous to those having Our advice or service is at your cc 8 portunlty to talk over financial probl | As an investment for your Idle fu deposit bearing a reasonable rate of 4 PER CENT. ON SAVINGS Ah THE PEOPLES NA On the Corner Near CAPITAL# tfle. W ~oo eiow. A '% Boat pot too flat petoa to ywv It for fear It elieaM pt UoatoC? ) errant**. I0NT FUSS WITH J MUSTARDPLASTERS|1 lusterole Works Easier, Quieter and Without the Blloter There's no sense in mixing a raesi of ilAiii, fin/1 ntelaa ti a.. ,.a,, a, waiiMUt uwui titivi ivfttct nusu vuu van isily relieve pain, soreness or stiifoesr ith a little clean, white Musterole. Musterole is made of pure oil of musrd and other helpful ingredients, comned in the form of a pleasant white ntnient It takes tile place of out-of- S itc mustard plasters, and will not blister. Musterole usually gives prompt reflet; J om sore throat bronchitis, tonejUtis. nup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, need- ' ;he. congestion, pleurisy, vhcuraatiim, | nibago, pains and aches of the back or lints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, lilblains, frosted feet, colds of tile J lest (.it often prevents pr.r.umonia), \ i . r B ' I .ITTLE LILLIAN j ROMAINE FISHER 1 CAN TALK AGAIN 1 r a ' v-' ffijflaWlL. 'JH ick or measles, together wi' !ver6 cold. Just at that t; 1st S. .1. Wllhelm presented 31:, ishcr with a jar of the Southern j jutsld:" treatment?V'ck's VapoRnL alve, vlilch was Just then belntf In omiteil in Hatrisburg, and reqneatod -J i..t ne Rive this preparation a thon "i must say that our baby had 1 such a cold on her chpst anil In Poi * throat that she could hardly talk. ' M and we could not get her to take anything Internally. Vlck's VapoRub Salve on hey hrea.it and throat at night before going < to bed she was entirely relieved." I No family should be without this eparatlon. It is externally applied, id so can be used freely?It la ab- I irbed through and penetrates the tin, and, in addition. Is Inhaled ae a |fl ipor. It has a hundred uses for the I any minor aliments for which every .1 other is the doctor. Three sizes, o, uOc or $1.00. CRUDEll 1 DRUGS I Roots and flowers and barks of every description. Ordinary HM imnga lor aaiiy use as well as VI the less known Items for prescription compounds. Buy all , drugs hero?wo have what you want, of the purest quality. Boneset Chamomile Soda Blearb Tansy Rochelle Salts Peppermint Epsom Salts Sage Aloes Sulphur Gum Arablo H Catnip ... /1 Pennyroyal Anise 8eed Chemicals . II Borax Essential Oils CRANE'S Drug Store I ?"| |] BinH5HC9B lness la the community will ha financial bnalaeas to txaaaaot. mmand and we welcome as opems with yon. nda we oiler our certificatea at ]' hd Interest. ID TIME CBRTtPtOATI* TIONAL BANK the Poatofflee, I I