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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
SYNOPSIS.

by his friends. was rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was. His
but people steadily refused to do so, his
art Is considered a huge joke. except to
himself. II he asked people to dinner ey-
Bella Knowles; they i've together year
and are divorced Jimmy's friends ar.
range to celebrate the first anniversary
when Jimmy receives W "a telegram from his
Aunt Selma. who will arrive In four hours
20 visit him and his wife. He neglects TO
into his eonfidence. He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night. be MIS-;
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
6he deception works out az 4, plaRR ala
1immy's divorced wife, enters the house
and asks Kit who Is being taken away. In
khe ambulance3 Belle insists It is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim Is we'll and Is In the
house HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers man lacking card on
Che door. He demands an explanation.
bison sees the word ''Smallpox' printed
pm It. He. tells him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine is
lifted After the hftng Of the quarantine
several letters are found in the mail box
pndeliYered. one Is addressed to Henry
L!ewellyn, Iquiaue, Chile. which was
nutely Of their Incarceration. also of his
tnfatuauon for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
is taken Ill with la grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulking on the
roof. She. tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs. when suddenly she Is grasped
In the arms of man who kisses her sew
eral times She believes that HARRISON
did 1t and Is Inundated Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles of jewelry have been stolen
She accuses Betty of the theft Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings. but she persists In suspecting
Betty. of the theft of her valuables
Aarbison demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, she
tells him of the incident on the roof, he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation
Aunt Selma Is awakened during the
night; she finds Jim making love to
Bella: she demands an explanation
from Jim. Bella reveals the whole
plot to Aunt Selma. She forgives both
OF them. but calls Kit a Jezebel. She
tells Jim to reveal the true situation to
aarbison.
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You tainted him with being-fat
and laughed at him, until he stopped
eating the things he should eat And
he has been exercising the roof.
until he has worn himself out. And
now-he is i'll. He-he has a rash"
Everybody jumped at that, and we
instinctiveIy moved away from Bella.
She was quite cold and scornful by
that time.
"A RASH" Max exclaimed What
sort of rash?"
i did not see It," Bella said with
dignity. and turning she went up the
stairs
There was great deal OF excite
ment, and nobody except Mr. Harbi-
son was willing to go near Jim. He
went up at once with Bella, while
Max and Dial sat crayenly downstairs
and wondered If we would all take it,
and Anne told about man she knew
who had it, and was deaf and dumb
and blind when he recovered.
Mr.. HARRISON came down after a
while, and said that the rash was
there, right enough, and that Jim alb
solutely refused to be quarantined !;
that he insisted that he always got q
rash from early strawberries and that
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
ASK tho Grocer.

Paternalism with a vengeance ID
practised in certain New York gro
ceries. 1t Is benevolent paternalism
though.
"Ma wants two pounds Of sugar"
said child to patriarch In the
trade
He consulted calendar on the
wall
Il guess you'd better take only 4
pound today" he saidw. "and go kind
Of slow on that. The week Is only
half gone. but you have already eat
en- up three-fourths Of your allow
ance. Tell your mother so.''
The child promised to deliver the
report on financial depression.
THAT is the only way on earth to
keep those people from running into
debt" said the grocer. The system
is common In this neighborhood. ]
do It at the customers request. Ev-
cry pay day women with spendthrifs
husbands and an extravagant dispo.
sition OF their own deposit enough
money with the grocer and butcher to
see the family through the week.
They instruct US to let NO one over.
draw the amount and except In cas0s
where extra food is actually needed
We stick to our eId of the bargain =
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aDEAF" BEGGAR COULD HEAR
Incident That Struck Householder 40
Being Along Slightly Humor-
Gus Lines.

Many funny things happen In a
fiat during the course of a few
months said a Milwaukee fiat dwell
,er, but one Of the best things / ever
saw happened yesterday.
y was suddenly reused from my
slumber by three loud knocks on the
door. Jumping to my feet and into a
bathrobe, FASTENED to see what was
wanted. / opened the door in time
to see young fellow half way up the
fight to the next floor
!" Hello, there!' yelled at him.
HE turned around. fastened back
and handed out e. small envelope,
pointing to the inscription. Iglanced
at it. 1t was an appeal for aid be-
cause the applicant was deaf and
dumb.
Say, was mad enough to kick him
down stairs. Then the joke struck
me and slammed the door In his face
and went back to bed laughing"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
WHAT MISS LIBERTY SAID
Verbatim Report Of Her Protest
Against the Flying Machine That
WhirIed Around Her Head.

These queer flying machines make
me SO nervous" said Miss Liberty, ac-
cording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il don't like 'em. They haven't any
right to be whirring and chugging
around lady
Il may be French, but my standing
in this community has never been Inn
peached.
THE other day three of these impu-
dent things camc whirling around my
head. one after the other II hadn't
been busy holding up my torch might
have done something9I'd be sorry for.
Really, never saw such a reckless dis
regard for common politeness. When
the first OF the sassy things came to-
ward me just closed my eyes and
shivered. How did know he wouldn't
stun the nose of his flying contrivance
into my ear?
Il may be bronze, but l won't toler-
ate any familiarities.
And there's another thing. strong
Iy object to being made the maypole
in any foolish cloud dance. Why don't
they use the Metropolitan building for
a center shaft? don't want the honor
this is sarcastic-and, what's more.
will not permit any sporting gentle
men to run rings around me.
mo, indeed!
Liberty isn't license.
so there. now."
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"Mr. HARRISON, will you--can You
come upstairs?" she asked. Her voice
was strained, almost reedy. and her
lips were white.
Mr.: HARRISON stared up at her, with
the telephone box In his hands.
Why err certainly" he said, "but
unless it's very important, I'd like to
fix this talking machine. We want to
make food record"
It'd like to break a food record"
Max put In, but Bella created d.
version by sitting down suddenly on
the star just above us, and burying
her face In her handkerchief.
Jim Is SICK" she said, with sob.
"He-he doesn't want anything to
eat. and his head aches. He said for
me-to go awaysand let him die!"
Dial dropped the hammer immedi-
ately, and Lollie Mercer sat petrified.
with q bonbon halfway to her mouth.
For, OF course, 1t was unexpected.
finding sentiment OF any kind in
Bella, and none of them knew about
the scene In the den, in the smari
hours OF the morning.
"Sick!" Aunt Selma said, from .
hall chair Sick! Where?"
All over" Bella quayered. His
poor head is hot, and he's thirsty, but
he doesn't want anything but wa
ter"
Great Scott!" Dial said suddenly.
Suppose he should-Bella, are you
telling us all his symptoms?"
Bella put down her handkerchief
and got UP From her position on the
stairs she looked down on us with
something OF her old naughty manner
III he is i'll, you may blame your
selves. all of you" she said cruelty.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
CHAPTER Xxx.

Breaking Out In = New Place. =
Hunger reused everybody early the
next morning. Friday Leila Mercer
had discovered box of bonbons that
she had forgotten, and we divided
them around. Aunt Selma asked for
the candied fruit and got it-quite a
third of the box. We gathered In the
lower hall and on the stairs and nib
bled nauseating sweets while Mr..
HARRISON examined the telephone
He did not glance in my direction.
Betty and nal were helping him. and
he seemed very cheerful Max sat
with me on the stairs. Mr.. HARRISON
had just unscrewed the telephone box
from the wall and was squirting into
At. when Bella came downstairs. It
was her first appearance, but as she
was always late, nobody noticed.
When she stopped. just above as on
the stairs, however. we looked up.
and she was holding to the rail and
tsaubling peresptibly. -
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
WiIIino to support Proxy.

Albert Tiedemann. freshman Of
the University Of Pennsylvania, was
called upon to vote for officers In q
recent gathering. Not being well &C
quainted with the. nominees. he
thoughtfully hesitated before filing
out his ballot.
One OF the company left the room
with the explanation that he would
vote by proxy"
80 will l." said Albert, and with
his pencil poised above his paper.
leaned over to companion on his
right and asked:
Say. what's Proxy's first name?"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
"The Bard OF oden,v

The Rev. George F. .Culmer, .the
bard Of Odon,' celebrated his eighty
sixth birthday recently. The Rev.
Mr.. Culmer was born May %. 1926, In
Kent, England. during the reign Of
George Frederick George TV.). for
whom he was named. At the time Of
his birth John Quincy Adams was
president Of the United States.
DR.. Culmer has been minister for
many years ip the Methodist Episco-
pal church until his advanced age
made 1t necessary for him to retire
He is scholar and poet. Many OF
his poems have been published in
magazines and newspapers. - Wash
ington Correspondents Indianapolis
News.
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CHAPTER XXX. (contInued.)

Playing the part OF Mrs Wilson,"
he repeated do you mean"
Exactly. Playing the part She Is
not Mrs. Wilson. 1t seems that that
honor belonged at one time to Miss
Knowles. l believe such things are
not unknown in New York, only why
: In the name of sense does a man
want to divorce a woman and then
meet her at two o'clock in the morn
ing to kiss the place where his own
wedding ring used to rest?"
Jim fidgeted. Bella was having
spesms Of mirth to herself, but the
HARRISON man did not smile. He
stood for moment looking at the
fire: Then he thrust his hands deep
into the pockets Of his dressing gown
and stalked over to me- He did not
care that the others were watching
and listening.
rs 1t true?" he demanded, staring
down at me- you are not Mrs. Viii
son? You are not married at all? All
that about being neglected-and
loathing him. and all that on the
roof-there was no foundation OF
TRUTH
! could only shake my head with
out looking up. There was no defense
to make Oh, deserved the scorn in
his voice.
"They-they persuaded you. I sup
pose. and it was to help somebody? It
was not practical joker"
No" rallied a little spirit at
that 1t had been anything but q
joke.
He drew long breath
Il think I understand" he said
slowly, "but-you could have saved
me something. must have given you
all great deal of amusement"
"oh, no." I protested IL want
to tell you"
But he deliberately left me and
went over to the door There he
Mrned and looked down at Aunt Sc.
lima. Hes was a little white. but there
was no passion In his face
Thank you for telling me all this
Miss Caruthers." he said easily. Now
that you and / know, I'm afraid the
others will miss their little diversion
Good night"
Oh. it was all right for Jim tc
laugh and. say that he was only huffed
little and would be over it by morn
ing | knew better There was some
thing queer in his face as he wen
out. He did not even glance in m,
direction. He had said very little, bu
he had put me as effectually in tn,
wrong as If he had not kissed me
deliberately kissed me-that very eve
ming, on the roof.
| did not go to sleep again. la,
wretchedly thinking things over an.
trying to remember who Jezebel was
and toward morning ! distinctly hear,
the knob of the door turn | mis-
trusted my ears, however, and SO
got up quietly and went. over in tn
darkness. There was no sound out
side. but when put my hand on tn
knob felt it move under my fingers
The counter pressure evidently alarm
ed whoever 1t was, for the knob wa
released and nothing more happened
But by this time anything SO uncon
plicated as the fumbling OF a knob a
night had no power to disturb me.
went back to bed.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
The Worth o. The voice

How wonderful is the human voice!
1t is indYed the organ OF the SOUL
The intellect Of man sits enthroned
visibly upon his forehead and In his
aye, and the heart Of man is written
upon his countenance. But the soul
reveals itself in the voice only as
God revealed himself to the prophet of
old In the still, small voice, and in
the voice from the burning brush. The
soul OF man Is audible, not visible. "A
sound alone betrays the flowing of the
eternal fountain. invisible to man.
Longfellow:. Hyperion.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Showed Tact Of King.

It was the order Of the day at a
late shoot at Sandringham that hen
pheasants should not be shot, and one
OF the guests brought down a hen
which fell near King Edwards place
in the line. Anxious not to hurt the
Offenders feelings by an over rebuke,
the king pointed to the corpus deficit
and said: "Ah. Quincy, what a man
you are for the ladies!" Life OF Ed
ward VII.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Care o. Screens.

Window and door screens usuaisS
get very dusty during the latter part.
OF the summer. and 1t is poor econ
omy to put them away in that condi.
ton; neither Is It a good Idea to
wash them just before storing unloss.
they are most carefully dried to pre-.
vent rusting. Kerosene applied with
p paint brush cleans the wires better
than water. and also prevents rustinR.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
He Got The pass.

Il want pass.
Pass? Yonre not entitled to a
pass. You are not an employe.
Sorry"
No: but here the anti-pass law says
free transportation can be granted to
necessary caretakers OF live stock
poultry and fruit Well. I'm going on
this trip with an aunt that's a hen
there's your poultry; girl that's a
peach there's your fruit; and a
nephew that's a mule there's your
live stock. Gimme pass. The Way
Bill.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Development OF Man.

Man does not develop In the high
est sense until he comes into con-
scious need of spiritual attainment.
until there is hungering and thirst.
ing after the fruits of the spirit gen
tleness. long suffering, goodness, tenn
perance. Ioye.--Rey. Gay Arthur Jamie
son, New York.
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Negley-You- seem 10 have . poor
opinion Of Folders intelligence.
Gaymer-You would. too. II you
knew he had been looking in the city
directory, three days for zisgler's ad.
dress and had got only ~ far a. the
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Some Day Ask
-FOUR Physician

To tell You the curious story of how the mind
affects fhe digestion Of food
refer to the condition the mind is In, Just
before. at the time, or Just following the. taking
of food.
Hhe has been properly educated (fhe major
ffy have) he will help You understand the curious
machinery Of digestion.
To start you thinking on This interesting
spbject, will try to lay our the plan In general
way and you can then follow into more minute
details.
Pawlow pronounce Pavloh) famous Russian Ply
stefan and Chemist, experimenting some dogs, cut
into the tube leading from the throat to the stomach
They were first put under chloroform or some other
anaesthetic and the operation painless They
kept for months in very gfod condition.
When quite hungry some un-appetizing food was
placed before them and although hunger forced them
to eat shown by analysis of the contents OF the
stomach that little II any OF the digestive juices
found
Then in contrast. some raw meat put where they
couldn't reach 1t at and little time allowed for
the minds Of the dogs to anticipate and APP
voured it ravenously and wirn every evidence sat
isfacton The food passed out into dish through
the opening before it reached the stomach II was
found be mixed with Ptyalin. the alkaline juice
the mouth. which is important for the first stepoin
geston Then analysis made OF the contents Of
uThorasc q Reacor, - FIR. cavfrsor al
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Eirst Ana.

George AIDE, at a luncheon in Chi
cago, paid a gallant compliment to a
wellknown actress. HI
The actress wore harem skirt OF
the new flame color and Mr.. AIDE said
to her:
1T Is pretty. And what an odd
color It Is! Tell me the name Of the
color"
"Flamme de Vesuve flame OF vesu.
yius," the actress answered.
BE jabers," said Mr.. AIDE. we make
yurry purity crater"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22

Jiggs-That marriage broker was to
get 10 per cent. of the girls estate for
arranging match with French mar
quis, but he did better than that-he
took it all
Wigs How?
Jiggs-Married the girl himself.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Tea Time in Chile.

Either tea or yerba mate is served
ia Chile at A p! M, not only In the
homes, but at clubs, restaurants and
hotels. and many business houses. A
cup of tea and roll or small cake in
the club or hotel cost from eight to
twelve cents United States gold, while
the business houses serve it free
rather than have the clerks leave their
work to go out for It.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Seed q tina Church.

The blood Of the martyrs is the
church. the giving UP Of life is al
heart in all great movements, expia.
tory Rev. Arvn X. Foster. Baptist
Brooklyn.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
Wh-n Tsse Mocks.
ITO bad about joe"

ITO bad about joe"
Whats the matter?"
He sprained his arm and they are,
afraid he can never pitch again. SO his
folks are going to make doctor or
something of that sort out OF him."
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Speak kindly to all. It lies in Gods
hands whether or no that spoken word
shall be the last you utter to the ono
you are addressing.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22
The New vsr.lo,n.

Take care tof the pennies and ths
dollars VIM take care Of pour hsirs.-
Lie
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About Marriage.
Shea girl should look before she
leaps.
He She should look pretty or she
may not get chance to leap.
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REVIEW
Sunday School Lesson for Juns Is. 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper

GOLDEN TExT-"What Doth the Lord
Require Of Thee. but to Do Justly. and to
Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbiy- With
Thy God."-Mic SIS
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-22

Keep your heart high; that is the
sum of philosophy.-victor Cousin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-25

position. and let them be held in place
by heavy steel spring set in on each
side on A and B. at a place so that
G and E will be held at right angle
to the bottom, D. These springs
should be about " inches wide, and
set into the board about inches from
the top edge, and set far enough into
the board so that in shutting the ends
these springs will press down level
with the face Of the board and after
the ends have passed the springs they
will spring out about threefourths
inch and thus hold the end. These
springs can be secured at any black
smiths and can be fastened into the
board with screws.
With such box flet rs can be done
up so that practically no black ends Of
the fleece show, and at the same TIM
the fleece is regular and compact. A
little extra care used in thus tying
fleece woods is time well spent, for
such f1eeces present an attractive ap-
pearance that appeals to the buyer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-07-25
FARM NOTES.

Rust Is An enemy to asparagus grow
ers.
Clear cultivation will kill out bind.
weed.
Remember that the peas should "a
In deep.
Grow some good crop on every foot
of the farm.
Get the oats and peas In as soon al
1t is possible.
There is more or less science to the
cutting of potato seed
Pasturing bind-weed infested fields
with hogs Is fairly effective.
The main crop OF potatoes Is planted
about corn planting time or a little
later.
Make plans for q succession of for.
age crops. All crops grown on the
farm help to swell the bank account.
With the exception Of pigeon grass
and false fax, there Is no necessity of
sowing any sort of weed seed with
fax.
The spring and early summer is the
time when the bees need the closest at.
=, tention to see that they do not run
short Of stores.
Liquid manures are specially valu.
able when applied to the rows OF
plants or shrubs that are Of low vital
ity in the spring.
False fax Is a mustard which pro
duces a rather fat sed which Is very
apt to go along with the fax in any
ordinary tanning mill.
One good colony of bees is worth {
dozen or more when it comes to {
honey crop. as a weak swarm seldom
gets any surplus honey.
Among the many Improvement
none along the line of gardening eqna
the wheel tools for the saving of labo
and the efficiency of work.
Cultivation means more than de
stroying weeds; more than loosenin
the soil. There Is a chemical trans
formation going ON whenever tn
ground Is light enough to admit tn
entrance Of air, and the soil whic
fails to get this fulls short of the hixl
eat possibilities.