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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-18

Report ~ the Church school. No. i8.
or KING ogd district. for the second
uoafh. ending Jan 8. 1900. a. r.
1856 nour teacher Number Of pupils
rnrplicd Isl; average daily attendance
8l. per cent of daily attendance 81
Those present every day. were Ethel
Bromhul Vester and Alma BARLOW
Jessie Lynch and Frank lfirmun
Ihu-. who missed uut one dtY were
Willie Rromhai. Georgc and Edward
lynch hdfsurd ~Ne8rinecp. Julius
Grea-cr 0nl Blanche Miller. Six were
present aii but two days
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-18
West Virginia Northern Time
Schedule.

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-18

''No man is good enough 20 govern an
other without his consent. Abraham Lin
r,f,
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

past according to the statements of Lynn manufacturers who have made a speciality of their production in late years. Without exception, the makers report a marked falling off in the demand for them, and some concerns have not sent out any sam pies of them for this season.
 Tan shoes for women were always regard ed by shrewd men in the shoe business as more or less of a fad, and were not ex- pected to become an established feature of the business. One of the chief causes for the loss of popularity which the tan shoe has sustained Is the fact that a tan shoe, size for size, looks larger than the black shoe That also, was enough to bring 1t into dis favor and when, in addition, 1t Is consid- cred that the tan shoe, no matter how tastefully made, could never compare with black shoes of standard makes in style or neatness of appearance, its speedy decline in public favor as soon as the novelty of the innovation had worn off, followed as a matter of course.
 This does not apply, however, to the more elaborate articles got up in fancy colors such red, blue, pink, etc., which are meeting with more and more favor The fancy slippers and shoes made of these shades of leather, and furnished with the French or Louis XIV. wood heel, are being made in great numbers this season by Lynn manufacturers, who report most gratifying results in the demand.
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

steam motor will be the one on which the most reliance must be placed. Gasoline Is easily transported in the field, and water in sufficient quantities for the use of the machines can always be obtained. A motor which depends on storage batteries for its power would be hopelessly handicapped in active service, as the first rough shaking 1t received would entirely derange the stor- age batteries. ID k-TS'-Is'7's@~.
 One of these motor forts. for instance, could be equipped with a dynamite gun. Dashing from behind some shelter it could approach the enemy at the speed of an ex- press train, get within range, fire several of it's deadly shells and get away, probably untouched for it would be as hard to hit as a fast-flying bird.
 For coast defense small travelling forts of this kind would be invaluable. The could travel along the beach or sand faster than trains, and could make things exceedingly warm for any parties of the enemy which were trying to effect a landing. Of course, 1t must be remembered that such landings are almost invariably made under the pro- tection of a battle-ship, and that one big shell from a ship properly aimed would put the automobile hopelessly out of busi- ness.
 That is where of the big double tur- reted automobile forts would come into play. No sensible strategist would ever try to effect landing under the guns of a
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

ty, Maine, and yet scarcely more than one shown by the fact that not more than 5000 cords of wood are used in this industry annually
 When the logs first reach the factory they are first stripped of their bark. They are then placed on trucks moving on rails and pushed to the automatic machines, by which they are cut into veneers, which are thin strips of wood of about the dimen- sions of an ordinary piece of plotting pa- per-that is, the strips are about as thick as the toothpicks are intended to be and as wide as the picks will be long. The ma chine works automatically and with tre- mendous speed, and is so constructed that the finished picks come forth sharpened at both ends at the rate of tens of thou sands in an hour. It requires only few weeks for the factories to turn out sup ply sufficient to meet the demand for whole year. The factories are shut down again, to remain closed until the follow ing spring. The wages paid to American workers In this industry range from Sl.5 to 8 50 day.
 Many of the toothpicks made in Maine come from timber that has been seasoned in the open air and retain something of the natural sweetness of the birch ana maple and are soft and pliable, while re- taining sufficient frmness. Kiln-dried wood is apt to result in too much bitterness, causing sharp splinters to break off, which injure the enamel of the teeth.
 The best toothpicks made anywhere In the world come from Portugal They are whit tied by hand from orangewood splints by peasant girls, the only tool used being an ordinary jackknife. These picks are as smooth as ivory and will not break into splinters. They are expensive Few hotels in Philadelphia supply them. The girls who make the picks receive less than 10 cents day As the duty on foreign-made picks is only 36 per cent, they can be sold here for less than picks of similar quality could be manufactured in this country, despite the improved American machinery and skilled labor. The profit on American picks is almost exclusively on the cheaper prod ucts Some of the Portugese picks are high ly ornamented with hand carving.
 Next to Portugal Japan sends the great est supply of toothpicks to the United States. These are made by hand from fine reeds. They, too, are sold in close competition with the American product, owing to the cheaper labor in Japan The cases in which the Japanese picks are en- closed fine specimens of silk with the jackknife. They are of wood, cut into strips as thin and delicate as tissue paper but very strong The cases ornament ed with hand painted Japanese scenes and are of a size convenient to be carried in the vest pocket.
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

And yet his own father, Prince Albert,
 gave the name to the coat which is now laid aside.
 The new coat differs from the old one in having single row of buttons. It is single breasted. Could there be any greater l change-from two rows of buttons placed equi-distant to one row? The Prince wore l such a coat at the Queens garden party, l and, of course, that settled it for all fash l ionable London.
 | In the back too, there is remarkable change. The buttons exactly touch the l small of the lumbar region, which Is nut | the fashion for ordinary "frockers." And most remarkable of all, the lapeis are | faced to the outside edge with silk instead of showing couple of inches of cloth. The coat just meets across the chest The buttons are not put to button. The Princes generous grth hardly permits any coat to be buttoned All of which is an advantage, for, as the tailors to His Royal Highness say:
 'It has three advantages It Is cooler in summer, 1t is far out of the common and 1t l permits a fancy waistcoat to be shown to greater advantage.
 Of course, the old mid-time frock coat Is
 1 now gone in London. Within a week there | will not be one on view from Regent street | to Piccadilly, save upon superannuated clerks and wearers of cast-off clothes. All l fashionable London town is besieging it's l talors for exact copies of Wales new coat. When the Prince began to get too stout | he used to wear a gold link in his frock | coat fastened across the two top button- | holes This kept ''-0 coat together without | forcing him to button 1t across his burst | ing chest But even with his seal of ap-
 | proval this fashion did not go. It wouldn't t work at all with attenuated Britons. Few | Americans risked 1t, and those that did were laughed at. It is feared that even the approval of the Prince will not make this | coat popular In America.
The age-herald., 1900-08-19
THE TOoTHPICk INDUSTRY
A Forest of Timber Used and Many
 People Employed
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Ninety-five per cent. of. all the toothpicks made in these United States are formed from white birch timber in Franklin Coun- hundred persons are employed in the in- dustry in that State. Outside of the Pine Tree Commonwealth the principal factories are in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and western New York. Maple and poplar are sometimes used in the manufacture of American toothpicks, but white birch Is the standard timber in all the factories. The industry Is very simple one. First, of course, comes the work of the foresters In the woods of Maine every winter there are great camps of lumbermen engaged in felling and hauling out timber for various commercial uses. Whenever the foreman of a camp comes across particularly fine white birch tree he orders it cut down and the main part of the trunk laid aside to be reserved for the toothpick factories. That the vast supply of toothpicks comes from very small quantity of timber is
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

fort, or, indeed, at any place he knew to be adequately protected by earthworks or other Notifications. If these automobile fortresses were In general use it would
 mean, practically, that every part of the coast line of the country would be pro- tected, for if an enemy were seen to be approaching 1t would take, at the most, half an hour to get one of these fast-trav- cling forts to thethreatened point. It is, necessarily, very much easier to take aim from land than from the deck of ship, and while the battle-ships and cruisers protecting the landing might be more pow erful in armament, the advantage of accu- racy and position would be on the side of
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

head of a large syndicate which Is identi- fled with the manufacture of high-speed automobiles.
 The British Government has placed with the inventors firm an order for a number of the machines. On a level road the auto- mobile can easily make miles an hour.
 The machine which was tried the other day carries armor-plate protection and two rapid-fre guns. Four men find plenty of working room within the enclosure and are in no danger of being thrown out, even when the machine is moving at high rate of speed.
 This war car, however, Is but the small
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

est of the machines to which the motor has been applied. It is possible to build one big enough and strong enough to have the machine resemble a battle-ship on dry land. If the pistons of the motor are en- larged to the required proportion there seems to be no reason at all why the arm ies of the future should not be equipped with a double-turreted land monitor which would be absolutely impregnabe to ordi- nary attacks, and which In warfare would be more mobile than even a cavalry force.
 Before the onslaught of such a machine ordinary land artillery would be powerless. It could batter its way with its guns
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

the defense.
 The wheels are pneumatic, the outside tubes being four inches thick. The center of gravity of the machine lies so low and its wheel base is so broad that it is practi- cally impossible to upset the machine, however swiftly itmay be turned.
 The possibility of flying artillery of light field gunsmounted upon automobile carriages is being earnestly considered by officers.
 Passing of the Tan hoe
 Lynn, Aug. 9.-The popularity of the tan shoe for women's wear Is thing of the
The age-herald., 1900-08-19
AUTOMOBILE FORTS -,r a1.-.AII
 FOR THE BRITISH l. Queen Victoria is Having These Forts for the Purposes of
 a Coast Guard.

The full possibilities of the automobile have not as yet been discovered. Scarcely a week but brings news of a new machine to be run on the automobile principle. It may be only a baby carriage; it may be a van,. or it may branch out into hitherto unexplored field of usefulness.
 travelling fortress capable of running at the speed of an express train over any kind of ground has been invented by the
The age-herald., 1900-08-19

through an ordinary town, and travel conl- fortably over a path made by It's projec- tiles.
 Gasoline Is the fuel used on the motor, and a very small amount of this liquid will run the machine a long distance. Elec- tricity is and always will be favorite power for use in city streets and on smooth roads, but for warfare and across rough country either the gasoline or the
The age-herald., 1900-08-19
Very Little Space

From the Philadelphia Record.
 My parents may come between us," sh, faltered.
 'If they do," he exclaimed, hotly, "the. must be pretty small"
 And he pressed her still closer to hi. manly breast.
The age-herald., 1900-08-19
THE NEW COAT
 OF THE PRINCE
He Has Discarded the Prince AL bert, Made Famous by His
 Father-A New Style.

Double-breasted frock coats are old-fasn- toned now. The Prince Of Wales sala so the other day by appearing in a new kind.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20

the sword: the left one must be out
stretched to keep the balance. That is
the Only quick and clever way to fence.
There have been fencers who can rest
one hand upon h hip; and a rather
pretty sight they mad but it is danger
Gus. Better to have the Outstretched arm
for balance and for q quick move. You
can bend backward or dart Onward or
sideways or jump aside, if you have that
left arm working like a pendulum to
balance you all the time.
The most sever test of fencing comes
upon the wrist. Unless o have a wrist
like iron you cannot parry the thrusts
of YOU antagonist. Remember that you
stand facing him and that he is aiming
at your heart with his sword. If you
stand still you are sure to receive the
sword; you cannot jump backward far,
enough to escape. You must meet his.
thrust with a swOrdsmanlike counter,
thrust. This is done by interposing your
sword In such q manner as to send hia
pointing upward into the air. With your,
blade you strike his underneath and the
thrust Is diverted. / explain this because
l have received so many letters asking,
about the sport and how it is played. ?
'Ihe best way to learn fencing is with
another person, not necessarily a teach-
er; W. beginners stand facing each
other about five feet apart. See that the
foils are we'll provided with their butts
tons. Let n fencer make a thrust and
let the other seek to parry it by bends.
Ing backward. If the thrust is wild, or bt
meeting 1t with a parry, If the thrust be
true. Practice of this kind will teach
the beginner more han hours of study
on paper.
Il am asked what is ACCOMPLISHED
after fencing is learned; and to this /
a say. Nothing. If you do not derive
enough pleasure from the exercise of
fencing to repay you for your time and
trouble, Their your time is wasted
Bowling. pool. billiards, home-tennis,
ana all other house games for women
are admirable, but to INV mind nothing
develops beauty. slenderness and grace
like fencing"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20

kind at first. Gradually a woman can
lower to the golf heel and finally to the
sandal, II she Is so inclined.
Fencing is such a sever exercise that
a woman should at first do all she can
to favor herself. The loosest clothing,
the easiest heels and the shortest skirts.
Be comfortable is what 1 tell my pu-
pills.
AZ the time athletics came in for
wOmen-yOu will remember that it was
less than 10 years ago-there was a loud
hue and cry against the corset. The re-
action against the tight lacing of FORM
err days was SO great hat the excited
ones rushed out to spread the tidings
of emancipation. They wanted no more
cOrsetS. q 49, tt
I'm the midst of all this. while the cry
was lOudest up rose Margaret Sangster
and declared herself in favor of the COR
set. 1t may be well enough said she,
Tor the girl who has never worn them.
to go without a corset. But the woman
who has been boned all her life must
continue to wear a support of this kind
Immediately women who had torn
OH their cOrsets and were suffering UNI
told torture put them on again and by
loosening them gradually got SO that
they could go without finally.
II mention this specially because too
often the backaches are laid to athletics
which should be laid to sudden changes
in dressing.
II am often asked the ideal fencing
dress. 1t consists of a short skirt as
full as you please in the back, but very
scant in the front. The waist should
be plain SO that it will not catch or
hinder the wearer. AS fencing is a very
active sport the waist should be so ar
ranged that it can be slipped off. Under
meath the wearer is dressed in a little
silk skirt, white or colored.
THAT fencing is a very graceful sport
no one who ever saw Mrs. Howard Gould
fence in "The Lady of Venice" will deny.
Though the play was a failure that single
fencing scene lifted the actress into ia
vor. 1t was a wonderful sight to see
her, blonde, slender, and full of grace,
darting the sword right and left. here
and there, with the most wonderful dex-
terity. Bernhard does it we'll; she was
coached by Maurice, her son.
"You do not need a fencing teacher.
The play is to strive to reach the heart
OF your antagonist, or his vital parts.
OF course. you, fencing for sport, do not
seek to kill. so you fence with a foil
and you take care that the button fits
the point well.
In the ~gymnasiums you see the ad-
vanced classes fencing with tin hearts
pinned on their blouses over their own
hearts. The tin hearts glisten like the
sun n the pretty fencer tries to stab
the tin with her foil. When the button
touches it the sound rings out loud and
clear. In a real flesh and blood duel she
would have killed her antagonist with
that thrust.
Take he sword in your hand and
maxi a thrust at something. Hang a pill
low up if you have nothing better. Ar
range 1t so that it will swing. AS it
comes back stab it again. Learn to be
ahead of the other n both feet we'll
spread. The right arm is busy thrusting
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20
TO COOK

Ihe old man set the 'possum, and pota-
toes down on the pavement, or, as they
call 1t in New Orleans, the banquet
ana with a look of earnest concentration,
began with: "Now, don't you forget jest
what Use gwine to tell you about how
to cook de 'possum. Well. the first thing
you does is to get you 'possum. Dat
may be easy for you'ins, but tain for
me; dat is always. Well den when you's
dun got you's 'possum you skins him
fust. Den you puts him into de pot with
cold water and put de pot over a hot fire
and den you par-biles him-not too much
for you don't want to lose any of his
nice, sweet fat. Den you takes him out
of de pot and you dries him in a clean
towel. Den you puts him into a big ry-
ing pan; den you scrapes de ski off you
sweet potatoes n you puts dem into
the same pan with Mister 'Possum. Den
you has you stove red hot, and den YOU
puts de pan and 'possum and potatoes
into the over and den go away for. a
little while; but not too long. Den when
you comes back, you puts in a little no,
water, and den you begins and bastes de
'possum an de sweet potatoes and you
keeps on a-basting and a-bast1ng till the
'possum is a good brown-jest like my
color-and de sweet potatoes is soft and
juicy n de gravy is almost black, an
plenty of it. Den you takes it out OF
de oven and den you saots the table, and
demand. den o bars de doors, TO- the
smell of cooked 'possum goes a long ways,
an when you have only one 'possum you
doesn't want much company besides
yourself" 3.
Now, there is your recipe for cooking
'possum. and given probably by one of
the best chefs for that dish in the world.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20
To Acquiring Grace by Up-to-
Date Women.
PUTS OFE AWKWARDNESS
And Makes Ladies Who Are Too Fat
Willowy Creatures-A Teachers
Observations Given.

There is a young woman in New York
city who is earning her c%reatur COM
forts by teaching fencing to the daugh-
ters of those whom the world has rath-
err sneeringly dubbed 1.-The 400" The
young woman has taught nearly that
number of women to fence so that she
has had. according to her ledgers, near
ly all in that magic circle, at one time
and another.
1T Is generally very exciting work."
said she, but sometimes 1 have to laugh.
Imagine a woman Weighing 210-a not
uncommon weight for a fat woman-in
short skirts, blouse and sash, with foil
in hand, putting at the mouth and stab
bling at an invisible something.
1T beats ALL" said she, ''how much
women who are determined to become
thin will undergo. They would kill
themselves exercising, If we would allow
1t. I W. had to fairly wrest the sword
away from these enthusiasts,
Fencing" continued she, sis the key
to grace. Reason 1T out for yourself. All
the motions of life, from walking to the
turning of the head, are taught in this
one exercise.
all my pupils to take off ~corsets. but
] soon found them complaining of back
ache. so that / now leave the matter of
wearing corsets to themselves. A wOm-
ans back becomes muscleless through
c%orsets; she depends upon them, and aft
er a few years she really needs them,
become ill without them in fact. At
first fencing exercise I order all corsets
loosened. At the second I advised the
untying of all strings. After awhile, as
she grows stronger, a woman will leave
them off on her own accord. She will
do this as soon as she finds she does
not miss them.
I'm the matter Of heels I adopt the
same rational measures. If accustomed
TO nigh heels I say Keep on wearing
Them ] do not advise a change of any