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PLANTING TRI '.More Apt to Live Than if Trans- j ' planted By Daylight. It was long since observed tiai_j Imdding trees, when transplanted in j tie evening, and irnmediatelv and co-< piously watered, Were mucn uium , .likely to thrive than those that had j been moved la the day. But this : knowledge did not lead to any wellcleaned theory on the subject until the experiments of M. Rene Hounmult. a French expert, proved beyond a doubt that distinctly beneficial results could be gained by transplanting wholly at night. Being canned upon to transplant a large tract "toward the end of May, 1903. M. _ttounault determined to work ai night, and in order to be sure that he made no mistake he transplanted a Holland linden, which had been in his own nursery' for five years, at TO o'clock at night. He carefully -watered the tree, and the branches, "which bore buds, were freely moist oned. The linden did not appear tp suffer from this transplanting and -continued to grow normally, without showing any signs of weakness. En couraged by this success, jn. Koun ault performed the work of transplantation entirely in the night-time. "The results were excellent, only two irees dying, though the choice of the species was extremely wide, contain " -1 ? ? * c;ul-,. I ling many wnieu uwt . unit to the process of transplantation. I "With reference to the precautions "to be observed it should be stated that trees should not be transplanted while their buds are too tender and that the wofk should be done bettween 10 o'clock P. St., and 2 o'clock A. M. It is desirable that the roots should be covered with earth which has for several days been exposed to the effects of air and light. This should be settled by copious watering, which forces the earth between "the roots, and not by pressure with the feet. For the .first fifteen days af ter transplanting the boughs and leaves of the trees should be abundantly sprinkled.?Philadelphia Rec ord. Paralysis of Wall Street. ISTew York Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger. As. a rule, stock brokers are taking "the undesirable situation resulting from a lifeless Market philosophically ?mosi of them can afford to do that ?but the dullness in the street is becoming a serious matter, not only for tthe hundreds of employes, who have been discharged, hut for tradesmen whose prosperity depended upon that of their Wall street patrons. First there was a decrease in the business of the Jewelers and florists on account of the. col'apse. of the speculative boom. Now i i js the haberdasher, the tailor and even the cigar man in the financial district. ? tcit untown. who are' suffering from the "lean" days on 'Change, as | "Wall street is economizing with a -vengeance. This does not mean that I ' the brokers are wearing last summer's straw hats and smoking cheroots, but it is certain that they are not spending money with their ao cnstomed prodigality, a Broad street -cigar dealer said that his business Is 50 per cent, less than it was two or three years ago. when stocks were booming, and several failures with- | In. the last few months of small shop- . Ikeepers who catered to the Wall j street public further evidence the scarcity of commissionsConditions in Stock Exchange offices are in striking contrast with those that prevailed during the boom. In customers' rooms, that formerly were well filled, there is often nowadays but a solitary, survivor. Managers and members of firms sit around, waiting for the change that -once more will bring activity. Recent instrfnces of large houses going for several days at a tithe without a i single order from the outside public | .are numerous. The worst of the mat- i ,ter, from the Wall street point of ! view,- is that there will Probably be I no rener irum ? itivity for several months at least. Saving on Good Roads. I^juisville Courier JournalIt is estimated that it costs the farmers $950,000,000 a year to move "their products to the railway sta- j "tions. The distances~to he traversed : vQjry greatly in different sections. "The minimum aTerage is four miles in New Jersey, in Arizona the av -erage is GO miles, in Utah 3S miles, and in "Wyoming 40 miles- In the Southern States the general average is ahout ten miles. It is supposed to -cost ahout 25 cents per ton to transport farm products a mile, and it is -estimated that' two-thirds of the pres',ent cost might be saved if good roads were .universal. That means an aunual saving of over $GOO,000,000 -a year. Besides the agricultural de! partment estimates that tbe value of4 ! - "the farms would be increased to the -extent of $5,000,000,000. - ees at night diarv of a mormon Diary of a Mormon. Monday?t am feeling- very tired J to-day. I came home late last nigrht j and was met at the head of the j stairs by the entire outfit. ^This was ! a case of where there was only one listener, and the lecture was given by the audience. Oh, my! Tuesday?I wired East to-day for another carload of cribs. Flope they will get here soon and relieve the pressure. I heard this morning that fourteen kids had begun to cut their teeth. More trouble! Wednesday?Croup! And only two gallons of ipecac left in town! I Well, it might be worse. Thursday?It is worse. Five newarrivals last night. Doctors report all doing well. Great Zedediah! I never wake tip in the morning that I uon't wonder how many more I'll be in the evening. Friday?To-day my nurses struck. Came forward in a body and demanded eight hours a night. As if X could guarantee them anything in the present state of affairs. Saturday?Spring openings! Today five of my better sixteenths stole away from me while I was snatching some much needed rest and went shopping. I see my finish! ?Life. OUR ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS. A study of Italian immigrants niaae oy me i\t;? isia vuuuuc^^.v, organ of the New York Italian Chamber of Commerce, shows that 3S2.775 Italians now live in New York City. T.lie majority are over 45 years of age and 4S per cent, are illiterate. Some 50,000 immigrants from Italy settle in New York every year, preferring urban conditions to rural life on the farms of the South and West. Most of them are peasants from the Abruzzi, Calabria and Basilicata. and they are physically strong and mentally alert and disposed to work industriously. Religion is not taken so seriously as formerly. Their misfortune is their simplicity, which brings them into subjection to "padrone"? countrymen who exploit their labor mercilessly and reduce them to a state of peonage. The padrone is their guide, interpreter, banker and business manager, who manages his clients chiefly to his own advantage. Passing from life In the open fields of Italy to the densely peopled tenement houses of New York, the immigrants suffer from change of diet and rapidly contract pulmonary diseases. Industriously they are useful and prospex". oeing lempexaie auu uiderly.* It is commonly thought that they are much given to murderous violence, the stiletto being the favorite' weapon; hut this, it is sought to show, is not true. The Italians hold that whereas 75 per cent, of all ci-inxes committed in the United States are unpunished. 75 per cent, of those committed by Italians result in convictions, the reason being that the stiletto is excellent circumstantial evidence. Property is rapidly accximuiated. the savings of Italians in New York banks aggregating $15,000.000, besides $20,000,000 of l'eal estate. It is held that they benefit their new home materially. "They bring better manners," in the opinion of the New York Evening P.ost, "than ours, greater thrift, a keener social sense, with a considerable adaptability to our manner of living. Already they compare favorably with any other class of immigrants, and when their colonies shall have broken up and intermarrying becomes more frequent they will certainly become a very valuable civilizing element in our composite social order." ?Baltimore Sun. Great Ocean uepms. The deepest sounding ever made by any vessel was by the United States steamship Nero, while on the Honolulu-Manila cable survey, with apparatus borrowed from the Albatross. When near Guam the Nero got 5,209 fathoms', or 1,614 feet less than G miles. If Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, were set down in this hole, it would have above its summit a depth of 2,612 feet, or nearly half a mile of water. The greatest depth from which the Albatross has secured any life was 4,173 fathoms. This was in the South Pacific, between Tonga and Ellice Islands. The dredge brought" up silicious sponges, radiolarians and brown volcanic mud. The greatest depth from which she has brought up fishes is 2,a*9 fathoms, or about 3 1-3 miles. Xhls -was the edge of the Gulf Stream off the coast of Hits glnia. The ctfiEJsest sounding made bp tl?S Affiafross was gf Sfertian 4010;" litm i* Gimm, where th? enormous dejttB af 4,813 fathoms, >tn> nearly S% muss, fvas fotmd^-NSffitm al Geographlo,Magazine. _ ^ j[ I ' 1 1 S ! HE COULD PREACH j Ai First He Thought He Couldn't But Changed His Opinion. In the eariv, d^ys of Methodism -in the West a circuit rider, if "he had a large field to cover, was sometimes permittee! to have a colleague, who was frequently a young minister, just j beginning to preach. The Rev. John | Thompson was a circuit rider in a somewhat thinly settled portion of I central Illinois more than fifty years ago. The colleague assigned to him. was Brother James Smith, an excellent young man. but with very little experience as a preacher. On Sunday Mr. Thompson had an appointment at a small meeting house ; in the country, but having a severe j cold he asked his young assistant to j go along with him and preach the ser- } mon, and the latter, as in.duty bounu, obeyed orders. Brother Smith had never undertaki en to preach, in the presence of his mere experienced colaborer. and I when, after the opening services, he rose and gave out his text he was visibly embarrassed. He stammered through a few sentences, hesitated, made another attempt and came to a dead stop. "What's the use-, brethren." he said, sitting down. "I can't preach." Brother Thompson saw that the case was one in which heroic measures v were necessary. "Young man." lie whispered sternly in his ear. "you get up again and preach that serinen or I'll take you out in the grove after this meeting is over and give you a hard spanking as sure as your name is Smith!" An electric shock could not have operated quicker. Brother Smith rose to his feet again, his hesitation all gone, and in ringing tones he preach-, ed a sermon that js still remembered by aged survivors of that old time, congregation as the most fervid and eloquent discourse they ever heard so young a man deliver.?Youth's Companion. What flight Be Done. i What might bs done if men were wise? What glorioio deeds, ray suffering brother. Woukl they unite Iu love and right? And cease their scorn of one another. Oppression's heart might be imbued With kindling drops of loving kindness, And knowledge pour, , From shore to shore. bight on the eyes of mental blindness. All slavery, warfare, lies and wrongs, All vice and crime might die together; And wine and corn. To each man born, Be free as warmth in summer weather. The meanest wretch that ever trod, The deepest sunk in guilt and sorrow, Wight stand erect In self respect, And share the teeming world together. What might be done? This might be done, j And more than this, my suffering brother? More than the tongue E'er said or sung? ! If men were wise and loved each other. ?Charles Mackay. Thou Shalt Not Pass. (Boston Transcript.) Many ol" the railroads in the South are very prone to give passes indiscriminately, so that on some of the smaller roads about all the prominent: people who live along the line are carried free. Storekeepers, saw mill proprietors, politicians; in fact, almost everybody who can afford to pay nis fare goes. scot free, while the negroes and poor country folk pay the large fares exacted?the larger, of course, for the road's loss on the deadheads. One Georgia railroad, however, has set its face against the evil, and has. resorted to Scripture to make plain its position. It has posted * " 2 ' r.ooc-oTiimr pars in Llie LWO Ui LIU cc w_. ? that comprise its equipment the following notice: This means you! Thou shait not pass. Numbers xx., 19. None shall ever pass. Isaiah xxxiv., 10. Suffer not a man to pass. Judges Hi., 29. The wicked shall no more pass. Nahum, i., 15. This generation shall not pass. Mark xiii., 30. Though they roar, yet they cannot , pass. Jer. v., 22. So he paid the fare and went. J? . nah i., 3. Visit our second floor and see oup line of China and granite, nickel, fin ' and aluminum ware. Our prices ,ao km as the lowest, quality cQHSfa? er-sd. J. L. Hall's Har.dware: Stare- ? SOME FLOWER HISTORY How Some Favorites Originated and Where They Came From. Under this title the Tennessee Farmer drives some interesting items of information: In a prominent journal Will T. Hale gives some flower history. He says: "The story of the flowers is one of the most interesting, as eariy as white and red roses were blooming in the Dutch gardens of New York. In the eighteenth century a Pennsylvania church lot was deeded with the stipulation that to the person making the donation a rose was to be paid yearly. Many of our finest roses came from Asia. As early as 1.100 the court ladies of Japan made a perfume from the Ramansas rose. The Cherokee rose, which came from China. was seen in Southern gardens before the Revolution. Fortune's yellow rose came from that country in 1V"7. The Baltimore came from the Michigan rose, and was named in 1S3G. The hollyhock was introduced into English gardens from Syria in 1573. and they were in this country as early as 1G3S. The white lily, the lily of the poets, was known as an old garden plant in England in 150G. The common lilac was introduced into Europe by way of Constantinople in 1507. Among the list of seeds advertised by a Boston newspaper in 17G0 were marigolds, sensitive plants, white and yellow chrysanthemums, sweet peas, pinks, larkspurs and sweel William." I -SC ELLA XEOTJS ADVEUTISEM ENTS CHARLES HOWARD, Pliotog rapher, Corner Monroe and Jackson streets. Opposite Grand Opera House. BILL POSTERS. FAIRMONT BILL POSTING CO.. R. E. Fisher, Prop. Office, Jackson St. Bill Posting-"and Distributing. Consolidated 'Fhone NO. 523. R. E. McCRAY & BRO. Billposters and Distributors. 321 -Madison St. F. & M. 'Phone 290. Our customers receive the best? That's ail. SEE JAKE At the Madison Street Restaurant. Regular Meals, 25 cents. Boarding by the week, 53.50. FOUNTAIN RESTAURANT, "WELLS & CRISS, Proprietors. Meals at all hours. Special attention given lunch counter. ROUSH RESTAURANT. W. H. ROUSK, Proprietor. Furnished Rooms. 200 Madison St. Open day and night. PINNELL'S i ctnin and Exchange Stable. I Porter alley, Ilear of Court-house. Phones?Bell, 147. F. & M., 209. j RHINEHART <2. FRANKINBERRY, Pressing:, Cleaning anil Repairing. All work guaranteed. Cor. Sixth street and Locust avenue. FRED MEADE, Barber. Under Billinglea's Drug Store. Madison street. YOU'RE NEXT. F. H. Jackson, Barber, Cor. Parks ave. and Main St. Firstclass work guaranteed. / No novices but experienced workmen. A. F. McKEEVER, Ice Cream Manufacturer, "Wholesale and Retail. Main street. Opposite Yeager's. NEW~IARBER SHOP, Opposite Marietta Hotel. Everything First-Class. Bath Room. Union Shop. LOYAL BENNETT, Proprietor. ERNEST SHERWOOD, Barber, 30S Maip Street. Opposite Bank of Fairmont. Eight Chairs. FAIRMONT PRESSING CO., " " r? 9AQ ATnn roc I U. fc>. O. jseuinjuu, x street. Scouring, dyeing, repairing, &c. Rates, $1.50 per month. Quick work. 'Phones. Wagon. MOUN TAJN STATE PRESSING CO. C. B. FIELD, Proprietor. Cleaning, dyeing, pressing and repairing. 329 Main street, up stairs. ERNEST SHINN, Barber, No. S14 Fourth St 5th Ward. All work artistically done. Eighteen years' experience. Agent tor Laundry. FAIRMONT TEA CO, G17 Merchant street. Teas, Spices, Refined Coffee's and Granite and Qneensware. Special Attention to Customers. MEAT MARKET, G. N. Welsh, Proprietor. Fresh and Cured Meats of all kinds. Eighth Btreet, South Side. Bell 'Phone, 243-2. WHITE FRONT RESTAURANT, Fkankenborger & Galonflne, Propr's. BoaidtaJS' bj? the week. Meal Tickets. TVs (5s aofl De conviacefi. Breakfast, 0 S) S A a.' Dtahan TT:5D t? 3 P MSttBIjer, to 3R )L 1 SpgcJal Tahtes fop Effdfes.- - ? ?@@??@?????@ ?1 ..Goal I i House Fur ? ? , ? SCREEN DOOR ? ^ We have a lot of Screer 0 will be closed out at RE pect to DISCONTINUE g BOSS WASH! Will be closed out i g $< g Get One Wh dj^ K1u...^**5Z5?2E I REFRlGf 1 we sen me ct s ess" enamel s Dest glass 11 | if uou want til 2 rzmessbb 1 PORCH 2 Lawn swings, porcl ? of ali kinds. @ Screens, ha - Come am i ..Goal i House Fur ft* CLinningliam Bldg. ? ?@??@??@????@C CALL FOR SENATORIAL CONVENTION. A convention of the Republican party of the 11th Senatorial district of West Virginia, composed of the counties of Marion. Monongalia and Taylor. is hereby called at Fairmont, in Marion county, West Virginia, 'on Saturday, the 21st day of June, 1904, at 2:30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for State Senator of said district for the ensuing term, to be voted for at the general election to be held in November next, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before said convention. The basis of representation in said convention shall be one delegate for each 100 votes or fractional part thereof over fifty cast for the Republican Presidential electors in said district at the general election held in the year 1900. - n ? The executive committee or me,republican party in each ol thtfc counties of said district are requested to provide for the election of delegates to said convention according to the usages of said party. , Given under our hands this 2Sth day of May, 1904. J. E. POWELL, Chairman. JAMES W. HOLT. Secretary. Mrs. E. A. McCartney, Ladies Tailoring. Gentlemen's Cleaning and Repairing. Cheapest price for high grade Tailoring. Third Floor. Carr Building. J. L. INGRAM, Contractor <& Btiiider, guarantees satisfaction in all his work. Screen doors a specialty. Estimates free. 718 Gaston Ave. ^HAMILTON & HUFFMAN, are located on the second floor of the People's Bank Building. They are prepared to do paving, grading cementing and all work in their line on short notioe. OR. MOTT'S rnom mi! tftotJBt? v Tiie only safe, snre and Ul reliable Female PilPevej aWBwBy offered to Ladies-. Espe J|mr cially recommended ti married Ladies, Ask fa Sliffl&SsHfcSli! DR. MCrtwe KNHYBOYAL WUS and take no other." Sens fob CfRCrrSAB Pries Si- oo per. box, 6 bases for 8B-O0 OH MOTTS CBEKiCAl Clsiafeia. OWb ??? ?' - '-i&sSiafa!-- '?sffiSS?8l ??? * * * ?! I Glty.. I I HiSllill(| GO. I I S AND WINDOWS ? i Doors and Windows that @ iDUCEO PRICES as we ex- ? i this Line of Gcods. ? NG MACHINES* ? 5.00 I for a No. f. 0 ile They Last. g iRflTORS 1 crated "Peerlined, also ttie f ined. Cheaper, ? GOODS ? n rockers and Settees g|jg|^g Japanese porch ' @ lllilfl rnmocks, etc. 9 d see them. r If 11 | Jl uibg.. j nlslilna go, i W. Hi Biliingslea, nrfgr. ? 3?????@???@???S I ST OOyy"N--;j^B ' ' 1 ' A t-?.5*4 -f^x* ?y-ve <?*- ginggg. ' i- WC wu iux | ^?'pjjnjif only on the merits of our Wall Paper and Paints. We may j sell and do sell the best on the | market at the most reasonable A. 8?i. KNIGH1V Jacobs 3!ock. Monroe St. Up Tfl | People Appreciate I The little extra style and artistic design that is contained in .! our Wooden Mantels and | Fireplace goods. We invite you to come in and look over our stock and give us your opinion about it. We Invite I criticism but are not getting it. This fact proves that our I luiQntolc. Tile anrl Fireolaces .. ;'g| are of the desirable kind. . :_jM Look at them before you are / ^ , .quite ready. ?ggfl XH. A. mOOREHE^I Jacobs BniMiUjr, Monroe - f ? ghtt Palfr \Etet CSOWB good Teaas? ' <jta?? : : :v: --