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The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
BUSINESS MEN AND EXERCISE
Too Many Positively Neglect the Saw
ing Antidote of Physical Train
ing Until Too Late.

The recent assertion of prominent
physician that SO per cent. of the busi-
ness and professional men in Amer
lean cities are sufferers from functional
heart trouble, or chronic indigestion,
simply because they will not take any
bodily exercise, brings home one of
the most astonishing truths of the
present day, and one that should be
recognized by every man and woman
in the country. Every day the metro
politan papers contain scores of no
tees of the illness of lawyers. bank
eTs, merchants and others of their
kind, who have been forced into re-
tirement by the continual strain of
business without the saving antidote OF
physical training. Any day when busi-
ness it at its height a physician can
point out scores of men on the streets
and in office buildings who are saIlow
and irritable with nervous disorders,
and any person may see hundreds of
old and young men hurrying about
their daily routine with drawn faces
and staring eyes, almost on the verge
of collapse. In almost every bank,
store and office in the city are clerks
with hollow chests and trembling
hands, whose labors are a constant
strain upon them and whose leisure
brings no recuperation. All of these
are truly going the pace that kills"
In short time, no matter what the
number of their years may be, they
will be decrepit old men, their yigor
sacrificed in the rush and strain of
business. And the panacea for all of
their ills s-exercise.-The Book.
keeper
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
srRArE0EoAL USES OF t. Us.
The Clever LAttle Weasel and His
Means OF Defense.

Take another of our animals, q
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
in coat or brown, in winter turn
Ing white. but always with Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine, as It IL
Incorrectly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time of II. sneakfng upon
the mice and birds upon which IL
preys, bat when a hawk takes after
1t In an open field in the sunlight or
al owl In the moonlight, 1t would
have but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping, were It not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
II constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white OF the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when We place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at 1t from a distance.
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends his life In hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing MRga-
xine.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Eectrocutfng AnamaIn-

Ths slaughter OF animals for tooA
By slsOtrocution is being experiment.
ed BY DR.. Leduc. a French Scientist.
who has been conducting his tnvssd-
cations iA the French abbattoirs He
has been using the Intermittent low,
ten&isn currents and says that ne -
sAdsaSS that the system is psiE lesz,,
the central functions OF percel tioAi
being hEst destroyed and then those
Of circulation and respiration, -
hat there Il neither suffering nor re-
action IN the animals thu killed. TAs
doctor IL sndeavoring to devise Ioms
piece Of apparatus by which the kills
Ing of cattle may be sccomplisEs "
slectriosC with economy i!nd csls -ity4
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
SmokeIeSs Coal.

4 London inventor claims to have
discovered q process for producing
umokeless coal, apparently by distil-
lAtion Of coal at a low temperature.
This. after distillation, is said to de-
posit . very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
sOal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
Sontsnds that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction, and
that By the extraction of the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
Ing burned. he has been successful
In producing . smokelesS coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07

TUsRA-sS ELEPHANTS.
OeylOn the Only Part of the World
Where They Exist.

What a sight for Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view of q
herd OF African elephants-all tus-
kersi II Is a singular thing that
Ceylon is the only part of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have miserable little
Erubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper Jaw and in
elininE downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn Ia fine specimens througout
Ceylon. Although some Of the buff
fsloes have tolerably fine heads, they
Will not bear 9 comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lers are small compared with deer
Of their Eizs in India. This is more
singular, as Il is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period Csylon was not al is
land, bat formed a portion or the
main land. It is thought there must
be elements wanting in the Ceylon
paBturSge for the formation OF
ivory Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Rushing Them Off.

What's Zeke Crosby doing rushing
down to the barn in such an excited
state for?" drawled Hiram Hard
apple.
Why, Zeke heard that one of his
seven daughters is going to elope to-
night with a summer bOaTder in
Zeke's auto" whispered the hired
man.
DO tell. And | suppose Zeke is
running down to lock the machine up
so they can't get it?"
"Oh, no! Zeke's running down to
grease it up and put the motors in
order so it won't break down and
break up the elOpement. Chicago
News.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Dogs around Blacksmith shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways 60 be found losflng about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
we'll recognized that detectives whoa
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit Rrst
all the blacksmith shops n the neigh
borhood. The reason why degs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinately the oder ard the
taste Of burning hoSss. They sziR
the odor a. a woman saiRs . roea.
and they eat the hoof psrings ~ =
gourmet eats trufaes,-AinAsaPslis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere In the world has the dog
such unrestricted right Of way a. in
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
thsn s0,0oo square miles OF territory
are sealed up in solid Ice, dogs ars
almost the sole means of getting
from place to place-in fact. they
seem necessary TO life itself.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog Ike
are the mail teams In the service OF
the United States Government. They
are to-day q superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discOy.
cries demanded Increased mail ser
Yice.-gt Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Masks for ReadInu.

The Book Monthly passes on a
warning to the researchers among old
volumes. 1t has been discovered that
the ancient volume over which the
researcher pores is full of germs, and
you should not face the tome without
a silk and wire mask to fit over the
mouth and nose.
Otherwise the reader, as Hood
wrote, will find more dust within
the heap than he'd contracted for"
The reading mask is in use in Paris.
But one awaits the fashion plate
which will encourage the ladies at
the British and other museums with a
really fascinating mask.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Supply Of Geld.

It Is mainly from Africa. Ansr1-
ca and Australia that the world
draws its supply Of gold, some $780,
100000 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads with about $780,
0O0,eeA; next GENES the United
States with about $sE. .sse.oes; Aus
trslia ranks third with some $685.
0ee,0ee, while Russia, beth in Bu-
rope and Asia, Asxiss, Canada and
several other countries. make up the
remainder.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
rhrea Man to Move BOOK.

There lies In the British MuGeun
the largest book yet printed, CO.
losss1 atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. Il takes three men TO
move IL from the giant book case
In which Il Is stored Ia the library Of
the musehm. 1t is bound in leather,
magnificently decorated, and Is fas-
tsned wits clasps OF solid silver,
richly gIIt Il is nearly seven feet
high aAd weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland In the year 1859.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Hint for a Groom-Eleet.

If a groom-elect has not provided an
extra room to his house for storing his
brides linen he should build it in time,
for in these days whenever a girl mar
FieS, her mother closes her lips grim.
ly. goes after pas pocketboOk, and
does the right thing with nine dozen
towels, Is dozen napkins. 81 pairs Of
sheets, etc. She doesn't expect her
daughter to open a boarding house,
but she has proper pride, and intends
to do the right thing by the girl, even
IL it breaks pa.-Atchison Globe.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Wangfns Pictures Dangerom

"RaIlrOad casualties receive seSa
vide publicity said Al insuTaRas
nam, ''that there is a common ,liSg
on the part of the public that oI b
more liable to accidents while tr iyel-
hing than when living the simple life
Ia the confines OF his home. "ts :
matter Of cold fact, statistics ihOW
that accident insurance comp nies
pay more money to people whs get
hurt hanging pictures or taxing
stoves apart than they do to the VIC
tins Of head-on collisions. u
sounds strange, but it's the truth. =
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
ms Shy Man.

Womsn show no mercy to the shES
Eaa, sOF he stands outside Of ths
compass Of convention. Could b
break eat all might be saved; the
MAJ might be permanently O red
But he cannot. He has been bre gh4
ap to respect convention His nus
clss may be Of steel, his heart of rrN.
but in his soul the spirit Of dimd noe
holds him in q vice. In a dra ling
room ks stands gaping. quGkiI :. .
prey % interpretive torment -hs
who weuld perhaps storm { raD
part with . triumphant mile o -
npa.-Londoa Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Dead Historians.

fOE my part believe in the dead
historians. glory in the posses
sion of soms huEdreds of volumes By
them. 4 great deal of cant Il talk
I'd aAa written on this subject, There
b An i0sa in some minds that . book
g history 70 be good must be new.
Ia nins cases cut OF ten the new book
- 3 oo1Ron-plAce re-statement OF
lasts tAA4 were better presented By
"a OlGsz wEitsr.-Ths Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Valuable East African Forest

The Colonial once recently sent
cut an expert TO report on the Ken
IL forest. in the East Africa proteo-
borats. He nnds the forest extends
ssT miles long by eight miles bread
and comprises 100000 acres oy
timber. Taking the average valu>
Of the 3Md. per cubic foot, this
works cut to s23 per acre. or total
value for the whole forest Of G23-
coo, 0o,OOe.-Lcrdon Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
A InnR RaO.

An astonishing trance czas has
come to light in Berlin. 4 clerk.
aged 4e--a healthy normal mar
suddenly fell asleep In June 1904.
All ercrts to awsksa him were un-
successful and the sisspsT st2os thea
has never opened k1s eyes. He
breathes regularly AAA swallows his
food mechanically, bnt is insensibls
to the ssYerest attsnutz t. arouso
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Draw the Line.

Mrs. CrawfOrd-Did you manage to
coax your doctor to recommend a trip
to that mountain resort you wished to
visit?
Mrs. Crabshaw-Yes; but can't
go, for couldn't get him to add that
a few new dresses would Do me .
world of good.-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Lao CwtAaAA.

Lacs lnnGow curtains sksuId Al
ways lie soaked for a hour in cold
water to which : little bsFax has
been added. befsrS kSA1g pat late
warm suds. Th8 Egsz S~t the
smoky smell that = somskfmsS 90
noticeable In cuFsAina that have
haze been used in . ciy.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Nm and weman.

A 1AAas idSA OF hsiag gtylisAlN
srA h % wear something tz'
wA - l0oks atrociously bad; .
wMS % wear something ne ether
k~aa eAa duplicate.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Life In 0eEM@Y.

Every eas Whs kas navslloS In
Germany b familiar wtsA tie word
''verbotsA"-forbIddsA. Re aAGs is
Is verbossn to slmsss sverythIns
which he thinks he has bssz secus-
toned to de IN the UztssA s<ztss.-
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
A Valnabla ReEsA

a thArtssath century eonDSS and
silt eiboriun. supposed to have cams
from MaiHssbuFy abby, wzs scie
~ sucttsn Ia LonAon t0T 9ss,eeo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs.. Sarah j. Flood

Mrs. Sarah J. (Reckart) Flood was born
July 8, l847. in Preston county; died No
yember %, 1909, ut the home Of her daugh-
ter, Ida r. Bucklew. at Rodamers. aged
81 years 4. 4.months 2l days. She was mar
ried twice, her first husband being Elias
g. Fitchett, Of Danvillc, n. C., the cere-
mony taking place December %, 1864.
Unto this union was born eight children.
two sons and three daughters of whom
survive Joseph " of Ambersburg. Ben.
jamin F., Of Ohio; Margaret a. strawscr
and Alletha NJ. Sanders, both Of Crane.
vile; Ida r. Bucklew Of Rodamers: also
four brothers and three sisters. John A
Reckart, Of Friendswlle, Nd; Henry l..
and Jacob Reckart, Of Cuzzart, Joseph
g. ReckWt, Of GAINESVILLE Mrs. Martha
J.. Chidester, Of KingwoodS Mrs. Eliza.
beth Feather and Mrs. Margaret NJ. Kelley.
both OF Terra Alta.
Mr. Fitchctt died June D.. 1897. and
November 9, 1897, she was married TO
Benjamin +. Flood, Of Charles Town. so
children blessed this union, but peace and
happiness always rcipned in their home
She proiessed hope in Christ AZ an early
age and was q member of the Evangelical
church, but for some years had been with
tho United Brethren church She leaves
q husband, five children, fourteen grand
children, one great grandchild and = host
Of friends 10 mourn, but not as those who
have no hope. She was a kind and low.
ing mother, a faithful humble, and du-
tiiul servant Of our heavenly Father. She
was loved and respected by all.
The funeral sermon was preached by
thc pastor of the u b.. church Of Terra
Alta, and was attended by a large con
grcgation. lntcrment was in the Lutheran
cemetery.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
Public plaunrnnnds


The value OF public Fairgrounds IS
deeply appreciated by those who have
20 deal with the children OF misfor-
tune. Judge Ben u. Lindsey OF Den
yer Juvenile court fame says OF their
great and lasting influence:
"In dealing with the problem Of
crime I'm youth we shall make progress
just I'm proportion as we appreciate
the absurdity OF limiting our remedies
70 the court. the jailer and the hang
man. Our plea for public Fairgrounds
is a plea for Justice 20 the boy. We
are literally crowding him OF the
earth. We have no right 10 deny blm
his heritage, but that is Just what we
are doing IN nearly every large city In
this country, and no is hitting back.
and hitting hard when be does not
mean 10. while we vaguely understand
and stupidity punish him for crime.
why shouldn't he rcbel7 Tho amazing
thing IS that no Is not worse than he
ig.V
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
Brief WiscIom.

The early widow catches the eligible
son.
Many an unsociable druggist is a
good mixer.
Men fish for fish, and women 6sh for
compliments.
What most churches need Is minis
ters who are able 10 waken men.
The successful real estate dealer is
n man Of deeds as well as words.
Don't get too gay at the start Save
your wind for a sprint at the finish.
An Ohio man says the quickest way
to get through crowd is to go around
it.
Some mems idea OF a quiet little
game" is one IN which money does all
the talking.
Some men can't understand why the
truth will nearly always serve better
than a lie.
Nothing short Of a surgical opera
tion can bring out the best there is in
some people.
It's as difficult for some men to keep
promise as II is for some women TO
keep money.
It's all right 20 look upon the wine
when It is red provided you have suf-
heient Will power 20 let It go at that
Young man, marry a homely girl II
you are fond OF good biscuits. All
pretty girl knows about dough IS TO
spend Il.
Some men never realize what con.
sdtutional liars they are until they are
compelled to make an unusual EFFORT
70 tell the truth
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
IS HIKUTfS

First thing you know you'll have your
complexion all ruined. and that would
never do. Fact is, honey. you're bark
In up the wrong tree. There's nothin'
the matter with Bill. / happen TO
know that he's got particular en-.
gagement this mornin'. and there's
good reason why he wants to look a
little spruce. There's no petticoats I'm
the deal, my dear. and as TO the new
typewriter why. she's old enough to
be your mother, and she's got any.
where from three to seven children.
l don't remember the exact number
she told me, but Il was quite bunch"
"But why" persisted Mrs. Rollins.
did he put on red necktie?"
"Ah. honey. you've got me there.
never could understand why any man
should want TO wear a red necktle at
any time. But lots OF good fellows do.
and I've never been able 10 discover
that II had any bad effect on their
morals. Seriously, though. little girl.
you mustn't get I'm the habit OF putin
two and two together, as the sayin'
goes. Nine cases out OF ten they add
up wrong, ana it's n mighty poor kind
OF 1gurin' anyhow
dispose you've heard about the sea
Of matrlmony. haven't you? or course
you have. But / don't reckon anybody
ever told you. not even your old dad
dy. about the sunken rocks. It's con
siderable Of sen. you know. and
there's lots Of ships on II. all kinds OF
ships. from little catboats to battle
ships, and some or them go saIlIn'
over smooth water all the time. and
some don't more than get out Of one
storm when another hits 'em. It's
such an uncertain sea that It's won.
derful how many vessels cross It in
safety, but there's lots Of wrecks. too,
and most OF the ships that's lost go to
pieces on these sunkcn rocks. They
hide their ugly heads just under the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09

a town that never has anything 10
DO I'm n public way is on the way to
tho cemetery. Any citizen who will do
nothing for bis town Is helping to dig
tho grave. A man that curses his
town furnishes the conin Tho man
who IS so selfish as TO have no time
from his business 60 give 20 city af-
fairs is making the shroud. The man
who Will not advertise Is driving the
hearsc. The man who Is always pull
ing back from any public enterprise
throws bouquets on the grave. The
man who IS so stingy TO be bowling
hard times breaches the funeral. sings
the doxology, and thus tho town lies
buried from all sorrow and care.-Wa-
megO Weekly Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
NUMBER
COMPULSORY TOWN PLANNING
How American Foresight Has Impress
cd Our Neiahbors Across the Sea.

How American Foresight Has Impress
cd Our Neighbors Across the Sea.
Tho magnificent ambition with which
our young towns plan out their future
growth has sometimes amused foreign
ors. especially those from old settled
countries wherc the growth of a town
has usually been spread over far too
long period TO admit of any general
plan beforehand. Dickens laughed In
his American Notes" and. Martin
Chuzzlewit" at the disparity between
aspiration and achievement not only
In the Mississippi Eden. but In the ma
tional capital. Since his day, however.
those ambitious forecasts have so of.
ten como true" or near it.that somo
later travellers aro not unnaturnlly dis
covering another than n humorous sido
TO them.
John Burns. for instance, who Is now
president OF tho local government
board I'm England. seems to have been
chiefly impressed on his American
tours with tho practical usefulness
OF tho foresight involved In these
schemes. Though mushroom cities are
rare I'm England. II Is no Uncommon
thing I'm this Industrial era, when tho
peasants are deserting agriculture for
urban omployments, TO SEQ an ancient
town suddenly expand TO double or
troblo tho sizo Il has attained In the
course of several centuries.
These additions have usually come
higgledy-piggledy with no provident Mt
tention TO the claims OF beauty and
comfort. John Burns has asked HIM
self why something OF tho American
foresight should not be imported. His
answer Is contained I'm an interesting
section OF tho local government bill
which ho is now plotting through par
lament.
This "town planning" section, as Il
Is called. goes beyond any instrument
wo possess for attaining tho samo end.
IL practically empowers tho central
government TO compel towns all over
tho country TO regulate their expansion
along aesthetic and hygienic lines. The
local government board will invite ev-
cry town to study It's possibilities OF
future growth and tho desirable or
probable direction OF the movement
and TO draw up plan for buying ade-
quato park lands. etc, I'm advance.
Tho plan will be revised by the
board. and when finally shaped tho
board Will require the town authorl-
ties to carry It out The board Will
also help them to carry It out. For In
stance. IL the scheme involves tho pur-
chaso OF private property as TO which
tho town authorities cannot come TO
satisfactory terms with tho owner the
board Will flx tho price, and its deci-
sion is TO be absolute.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
Do Tradina az Home.

The local trader is entitled to tho
support OF tho neighborhood served.
In and about great cities, while this
is conceded, consumers In suburban
places will rush TO tho cities, although
money can be saved by trading at
home. The ratio OF selling cost TO
gross profit IS far heavier in the city
where rents are exceedingly high. an
item I'm itself or 10 per cent greater
than In the country. All Is In favor
OF tho local store, provided II main
tains a satisfactory service. Somehow
people love the excitement OF the trip.
yield TO the allurements OF the depart
ment and chain stores. and IN that re-
spcct city consumers are equally un-
mindful OF tho local store. In Eng
land the same conditions exist, but the
traders there have begun campaign
Of education IN an attempt to keep
trade at home.--Cleyeland Leader.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-09
WOMEN IMPROVING TOWN.
Rendering Great Service In tho Better
ment Of Walla WalIa, Wash.


ment Of Walla WaIla, Wash.
Tho Woman's Park club OF walla
Walla, Wash. is giving a fine demon
stration OF the service that women
may render I'm behalf of civic improve
ment. OF course the women's clubs
which are devoted TO educational and
musical interests occupy an important
place among the organizations that
work for the highest welfare Of the
community, but there Is also room for
societies OF women with purposes like
that Of tho park club.
Many distinguished women have
urged their sex to show at least as
much interest I'm civic Improvement as
In self culture. A large number or
clubs throughout the country devote
their attention to specific work for
their towns, and moro would do so if
they knew how TO make a beginning.
The Walla Walla women are to build
n chlldren's summer house, with rest
room for mothers who come TO tho
park with their children, toilet rooms
and an open apartment for use as a
summer nursery. The club will also
put more boats on the lake.. lay out
tennis and croquet courts and hire an
instructor, 20 lead the children I'm their
games and teach them the use of the
equipment.
This is an enterprise Of great worth.
and the women OF the park club should
receive full credit for the good they
are doing. It has not been easy work.
The last $500 was earned by running
n restaurant during tho fair week.