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Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
THEY HAD PLENTY OF CLUBS
Postmaster of cherrydsle Village Names Over Its Various Oresni-
 zations for the Stranger.

'T suppose that your town is almost too small for the club movement 10 have affected it much. A town of only eight hundred inhabitants seldom has many clubs, I believe" said the stranger within the gates of Cherry dale to the postmaster.
 Well. we aint clubbed to death as some places seem to be. but when you come to count 'em up we got consid- erable many clubs for town of our size. We got a Woman's Club O two hundred members. an a Village I'm provement Club. an a Ladies Social Club, an a Friday Afternoon Club. an big Choral Club. an a Current Events Club. an a Library Club. an a Dickens Club. an a Thought an Work Club. an Art Club, an a mixed club that calls itself the Prog ress Club, an a Dancing Club. an five whist clubs an a Euchre Club, an Saturday Night Club Then the w. e. T. L., an the odd Fellows. an the masons. an Knights O Phythias, an the D. A R. an the c. A. R., an the Ancient Order O Hibernians. an the Eastern Stars. an the Sons O Tenn p'rance an the Christian Endeavorers ali have societies here. an they are tryin' to start a Y. NJ. c. A. an Y. " C. A Then with the Grange. an the Boys Brigade, an five churches. an some Boy Scouts. an a Lend Hand Society. an a Hsndicraft So ciety. an the Good Samaritans. an the Helpers Guild, we got considdable many clubs. after all Each of 'em has a fair an a couple O entertain mencs year. SO there's something 90 ,En' on good deal O the club time. even if the club movement ain't hit as very hard vet"-Judge.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
CUTTING DOWN THE FLESH
Heroic Struggles of a Fat Man Who Thought the Scales Were
 pecelVlng Him

I have about come to the conclusion that the good Lord intended some of his creatures to be fat and some thin, regardless of medicines and so-called infallible cures, writes a western man. For long while l tried all the alleged obesity cures and none of them did me any good. Then I deter mined to starye myself and take lots of exercise.
 good eating, and counted that day lost on which I did not consume for my dinner the better part of sirloin steak as thick as a darky's foot. with all the trimmings. For breakfast usually destroyed a platter of cakes. three eggs and no end of thin-sliced bacon. besides fruits and two cups of coffee.
 This lifelong system I abandoned for an entire month, cutting out all the meat and about all the vegetables. a piece of toast and glass of milk talk ing the place of my morning meals and a little rice being the chief item on the meager dinner bill of fare. Lunch l omitted wholly. In addition I walked at least six miles every day and did all sorts of stunts in my room with a gymnasium outfit. Prior to going to bed I perpetrated all sorts of muscular contortions and rolled on the floor till my body was bruised.
 At the end of thirty days I felt fit to run a three-mile foot-rsce or go in the ring with the champion. About this time 1t occurred to me that ought 10 get weighed and I made a bee line for the scales. My grocer as sured me that they were correct to an ounce, but they showed I had gained IA pounds in the period of my abstinence.-Exchange.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
HE LENDS MONEY ON ANIMALS
pr. Martin Potter Takes Strange Piedses-How Ore Of Them
 Bureoed Him.

Not even the author of the "Clpb Of Strange Trades" conceived of an odd CT means Of livelihood than that Of Dr. Martin Potter. says the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. He runs an animal pawn shop. If you have a lion that you don't need as badly as you need the money. or want to soak a trained bear for few weeks. or put up an ele- plant until you hear from home, go around to pr. Potter. He'll loan you the money against your liye stock and he will not charge you any interest. But you'n have to pay the board d your pledge. T just drifted into the business" said Dr. Potter. T started out to furnish trained animals to shows I've rented everything 10 show men from a troup Of thoroughbred horses to red eyed Numidian lion. By and by I found that had to lend money now and then 10 my patrons and take their stock in pledge. it was necessity of the business. but now like it."
 His stables contain elephants and cameis-if you're a regular snowman you'll say cam-u-el-snd monkeys and 8 dozen sorts Of dogs and all varie- ties of the cat tribe and the deuce knows what. And his proudast boast is that he was never stuck but once. Fellow borrowed SEQ from me on a trick dog" said be. Finest dog l ever saw. I'd have loaned s1O0 on him as easy But I wasn't shown all that dogs tricks by his owner. That night found that he had been trained to unlatch the door and get out-and his owner had not trained him to come back"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
When the Worm Turned.

"No power on earth shall make me 10 it!' he declared, firmly. She ap- preached close to his side Her eyes 0lazed into his and her lips sneered.
 "You shall do it! However you tread it, it must be done! You hear ne?"
 T refuse utterly! Such a thing is unworthy for 2 man of pride and hon. pr to Undertake!" he repeated, draw ng back from her as from a whip ash.
 Quickly she was at his side again, gripping his arm with fingers slim, but 1ard as steel
 She slipped a small knife into his land-a thin, sharp-pointed piece of ueel "There!" she said. His obsti- lacy was momentarily driving her to desperation.
 Her voice broKe with passion, and she cried, in a loud, angry tone: ''Wil- jam Tomkins, if you don't do what I say and go peel those potatoes at once. you'll go to bed without any
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
FOOD VALUE OF cHEsTNUTs
Are Rich in Starch and Fat, Better Than Potatoes and Almost as
 Good as Bread.

In France much attention is given to the propagsting of the chestnut, and the fruit is spoken of with enthu- siasm and respect. In French itera- ture, especially in stories for children, the chestnut tree is quite as impor- tant a feature as the plum tree in the politics of this country, where we speak lightly of the chestnut and then pay at the rate of s5 a bushel for them. The small French chestnut is called the "chataigne," but the large or giant chestnut is the mar ron" The marron is cultivated e1- tensively fin France and Italy, where 1t is used in large quantities.
 Every soda fountain menu" says the New York Soda Fountain. a trade journal. "has some reference to mar rons, and marrons glsce are favor ite after-dinner morsel at all the larg- CT hotels, yet few persons realize that while primarily a dessert deiicacy. marrons are an exceedingly whole some and valuable food. It is not generally known that the fruit of the chestnut tree is nearly as valuable as bread and more valuable than po- tatoes as food, being rich in starch and fat"
 In. some districts of Pennsylvania much attention is now given 10 the planting of chestnut trees. There are several hill counties in Indiana, like Brown. Monroe and Morgan, where the marron and the smaller sized chestnuts could be made source O. pFent.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO EAT
School Girls and Boys Need Lessons in masticstion for Their Ston'-
 achs' Sake.

Nor is t ehSugh that school girls end boys should .e taught to cook; they should also learn how 10 eat. Few learn this at home They are usually taught to eat silently, aud not to take soup of the end of a spoon or to put the knife into the mouth; but the more important art of mastl- cation is ignored. It is a branch of physiology and should be tsyght by experts in the schools.
 If it were, the next generation of mothers and fathers would know that it is a crime to let their children swal- low food. particularly milk and cereals and vegetables, before it has been kept for a while in the mouth to be mixed with saliva and made digest ible.
 If it were indelibly impressed on school children that gluttony is vice which defeats its own end, that by eating slowly much more pleasure can be got from one mouthful than by bolting a whole plateful, that this pleasure can be vastly increased by consciously exhaling through the nose while eating. and that those who eat in this way will escape the bangs of indi- tion-if these truths were i'm pressed on every child mind, two-thirds of the minor ills of mankind would dis appear in two generations. and most of the major maladies also; for the stom- ach is the source of most diseases. As Thomas Walker wrote nearly a century ago, Content the stomach and the stomach will content you"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
OLDEST TREE IS ON cos lt Measures 90 Feet in Circumferencs and Is More Than 1000
 Years Old.

The tallest trees in the world are the Australian eucalypd, which attain an altitude of 4SO feet. The biggest are the mammoth trees of California. some of which are 276 to 3e3 feet iu height, and 10S feet in circumference at the base. From measurements of he rings it is believed that certain of these trees are from 1000 to 2.5OO years old. The oldest tree in the world is said to exist on the island of Cos of the coast of Asia Minor. It is several thousand years old, but just now many no one has dared to say. The tree is carefully preserved by a wall of masonry around 1t. and the
 runk is thirty feet il circumference.
 But there are parts of trees in the ,orm of useful timber which are even older, probably, than any on the stump. Beams in old buildings are preserved today. which are known to Oe over a thousand years old. Piles iriven by the Romans prior to the Christian era are perfectly sound to- lay, and it is known that they have Oeen immersed in water for upward of -wo thousand years.
 Some woods have remarkably dur lble properties when immersed in wa CT. They decay rapidly on the stump, many rotting in from five to ten years, but when immersed in water hey last longer than iron or steel An effort has been made by cur gov arnment to preserve woods indefinite ly by treating them with oils and tar products. Already telegraph poles and railway ties have had their average fife extended from five to ten years ! oy this process.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

its use and wrote to you for special advice. In g short time had regained my health and am now strong and well. " Mrs. SALLTE STEVENS, RED, No. 2, Comanche, Okla.
 Another Woman RecOverss
 Newton, N II. -" For five years I sui fered from female weakness and drag ging down pains. Lydia F. Pinkham 8 Vegetable Compound has restored my health and the pains are gone. - Mrs. F. A. PEAsLEE, R. F. D., Box &.
 Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial Itsurely has remedied many cases of female ills, such as inflammation, ul- ceration, displscements, tumors, irregu- larities, periodic pains. backaehe, and it may be exactly what you need
 If yOu want special advice write to Lydia [. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfi- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will Ike opened, read ard answered by 6 roman and hell in strict confidence
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
Addressina Wrona crowd.

When Mrs. Ballington Booth, daugh- terinlaw of Gen. William Booth. with her husband was crossing the Atlantic. she conducted an evening service for the third class passengers in the large dining room allotted to them on the Lusitania. In the course of her address she warned her hearers against gambling and strong drink. immediately a man in the back of the room called out, Why don't you go to the first class passengers and preach to them about gambling?" The reply which perhaps would best meet the question might be that she would be less welcome there.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
GOT HIS NOTES MIXED UP
Abssnt-Minded Man Has Some Diti- eui,y at the Book Store and
 the Srocers'.

As the little man walked absent mindedly along the sidewalk he sud- denly stopped in front of a bookstore. It recalled 10 him the meaning of that piece of string on his finger. and with R frightened face he entered.
 Just a minute" he said 10 the clerk My wife wanted me to get a book for her-a certain novel she's heard a good deal about l must find the memorandum she gave me. She wrote the name on a slip of paper. and I put it in my pocket"
 After considerable fumbling he pro duced q small bit of paper. and laying lt on the counter, took out his spec , tacles and adjusted thesn on his nose.
 Here's the name-Cobb's Corna- tine. Yes. that's it"
 "L-I'm afraid don't know the book. sir" said the clerk spologetical- ly. but I'll look through the list of new ones" And he ran his eye over the list on the wall NO. I'm sorry to say cant find it here. You are sure of the name?"
 Yes. it's right here on this piece of paper"
 "wen. I'm afraid We haven't got It then"
 "But-but don't dare to go home .o my wife without it. I promised to get it for her"
 The clerk called to another in the back of the store. who came forward. To the other he said: Say. Bill. do you know of a book called Cornatine. oy a fellow named Cobb?"
 Whats that?" he asked in sur prise.
 The old gentleman broke in: "Cobb's Cornatine. Here, see for yourself"
 I'm afraid you've made a mistake" said the new arrival with a twinkle. -Cobb's Cornatine Is a new breakfast 5ood'
 "Ah, now see why the grocer didn't understand me when I asked him for a package of Queed. % remark ad the customer in manifest relief. -G. Kaemmerling in Puck.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
DELLCATELY
 FORMED

and gently reared, women will find in all the seasons cf their lives, as maidens, wives ard mothers, that the one simple, wholesome laxative remodywhica Gcto gentiyand pleas antly and naturally and which may be taken at any time, when the sys- tenn needs Q laxative, with perfect safety and really beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs and Elixir cF Senna.
 lthas that true delicacy Of fiavor which is SC refreshing to the taste, that warming and grateful toning to the stomach which responds 50 favorably to it's acticn and the laxative effect which is 60 benz ficial to the systcn when, ccca- sionally, it's gentle cleansing is desired.
 The genuine. always bearing the name Of tho California Fig Syrup O., may bo purchased from all leading druggists in original pack ages of one size y; price fly cents per bot.i-
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
Feminine Curiosity.

Little Eleanor's pretty cousin wore a new engagement ring. and tho bud ding woman regarded the ring and the giver alike with reverent eyes One night when the happy man has been invited to Eleanor's home for dinner. Eleanor unconsciously gushing. burst forth with -oh. Mir Blank. do please .ell me. In all the love stories I've read the men propose N so sudden. When it's coming on, does it--does it eel anything like cneeze?"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

Quite a novel effect is obtained in this little frOck by the use of the kimono shoulder in combination with a small yoke. The bodice is also tucked in both front and back, while the skirt is plaited all around. Plaid and check materials, plain colors in serge and cashmere. with contrasting silk for the yoke will make a natty little dress ir this style
 The pattern (560S) is cut in sizes 6, s, 10 and 12 years. Medium size requires 2}4 yards of 50 inch mate rial
 To procure this pattern send 70 cents 10 Pattern Department" Of this paper Write name and address plainly. and be sure to give size and number of pattern.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

and so rVous l could not do any thing. The doctors treated me for diff ferent things but did me no good. 1 got so bad that l could not sleep day or night. While in this
 condition l read of
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
 pound, end began
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
Why Troy Fell

The Trojans looked out and saw the wooden horse.
 "Ha. ha," they cried. somebody has left a horse standing at the curb for more than an hour. Let's run it in
 So they ran t in, and the rest is his tory.
 Which shows that some municipal regulations can be overenforced. szaAx-x=
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
An Enslsse Job.

How do you pass inc long winter evenings at your house."
 Studying the magazine club offers. trying to select a combination that will suit the entire family"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

Better Smile Than a Brown. The saint who smiles does a great deal more good in the world than thx saiT. with q long face.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

Poets Longest and Shortest Play.
 Hamlet" is the longest Of Shake speare's plays and the Comedy oi Errors the shortest.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
VI Attendance.

tt Is seldom that a man who has nothing but himself to talk about sue. ceeds in drawing a big audience.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
MRS. STEVENS
 RECOvERS
After Years of Suffering. Tells How Her Health
 Was Regained.

Waurika, Okla. -''I had female trou- bles for seven years, was all run down,
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

Morality and Business.
 If morality in business leads 1 bankruptcy. il ceases to be morality
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27

Salt 2 Universai Production. Salt IS produced in almost every country h the vcrld
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20
For President I Primary

The following petition is being circu.
lated and is being generally signed by
Jefferson County Democrats:
To the Honorable Democratic State
executive Committee of West Virginia
The undersigned Democratic voters
OF the County of Jefferson respectively
petition your Honorable Committee to
order a Presidential Primary held
throughout the State prior to the con-
vening of the National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore on June Is.
1912. Already many of the more pro-
gressive states have legalized such pri-
maries, and the National Democratic
Committee at its meeting held iu Wash
ington January s, 1912, sactioned the
State Committee in such States as have
not already Primary Election laws to
provide for same this spring
We respectfully submit that such &C.
ton would involve no additional expense.
as the sense of the voters could be
taken as to their choice for the Presi-
Dental nomination at the several Pri-
maries Or Nominating Conventions held
to elect delegates to the Convention.
which will select the District delegates
at large to the National Convention.
In our opinion, the vote, if ordered.
should be taken by ballot. Believing
that great majority of the voters of
this, one of the Democratic strongholds
OF the State, favor this reform. we ra.
pectfully ask that it be granted
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20
Disease of Honey Bees

The United States Department of Ap.
riculture calls attention to the fact tina,
European foul brood has been found to
exist in Jefferson county. The Depart
ment has no means of knowing how lono
the disease has existed in this region. but
desires to notify bee keepers of the trou.
ne and to suggest that, if not already
Uniformed concerning the disease. they
Inform themselves at once Very fire.
quently Colonies of bees are DESTROYED
hv DISEASE and the loss is attributed bv
the bee keeper to some other canse
Farmers Bulletin No. 442. The Treat
ment o. Bee Diseases. gives description
of the brood diseases and methods of
treatment. 1t will be sent free on reoueet
to the Secretary of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. {. Attention is also called to
the tact that the brood diseases do no.
at all injure honey for human consump-
ton. SO that there need be 10 fear on the
part of purchasers OF honey.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20
De :th of Mrs. N. S J. Strider.

Mrs. Emma 0. Strider, wife of N. S
J. Strider, passed away yesterday morn
ing, February 10, at six O'Clock, after ar
illness of two weeks. aged 81 years. She
was before marriage a Miss Talbot OF
Ann Arundel county. Nd. She was mar
rled IN August. 1874. and was converted
and joined the NJ. E, Church at David.
sonville, Md, her former home She
was woman of fiue Christian character,
true to her friends, her children, her
husband and her God. She had been a
sufferer from valvular heart trouble for
fifteen years. She leaves husband and
nine children, all of whom are grown,
also four sisters and two brothers who
reside in and near Washington City. The
funeral will take place from the NJ. E.
Church South tomorrow "wednesday
at 2:3o p. m. Interment in Edge Hill
Cemetery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20
81 HEAD OF CATTLE.
FIFTEEN SHOATS,
weighing rs to 80 pounds.
IMPLEMENTS

fret e1aes read wagon and bed, / heavy
wagon and new bed home mace, i log wagon
! cart and harness, i manure spreaGer. one
ii b d II drill, / plaster sower, Or snety.
ngs. pr hay ladders, / horse rake-l drag
Deerlng mower, cu1tivators, 8 double and
single shovel plows, tire, 2 horse Oliver
pattern p1ows, one 3 horse S,racusc 7 low.
square arrows, 2 springtooth harrows.
corn harrow, double spout corn shelter.
corn choppers. l double corn planter with
fertilizer attachment ,one 81 evener. pillow
springs. riding saddle and bride. gearing
complete for 4 horses, 5 sets pillow gears.
pillow brides, fly nets, check lines. crowd
sticks. single. dout lie and trebble trees: q pr
spreaders, cradle. lot luano sacks. ladder
briar scythe, grindstone Il bush,1 measure
corn king steelyards. crowbar d igg ng irons.
ice hooks. grub hoes and other articles too
numerous to menti on. Also corn by the
barrel. wy
TERMS SALE Twelve Months credit
on sums OF $40 90 and over. the purchaser
70 give q negotiable note aceeptabTy en-
dorsed anc bearing interest from date
Under 40 90 cash. No property removed
nnt,l settled for. Sale begins prompt1y ri
~ O'clock. GEO. r. HOoFc 49,, o.
1. J. West Auctioneer.
Y. III. Moore, Clerk
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20

Messrs. Geo. w. Johnson and T. O.
Everhart. proprietors OF the Rockdale
Jersey Farm at Kearneysville, this coun
ty,are planning for the addition of some
very notable thoroughbred animals tc
their live stock now on hand. MIR. Iohu.
son is arranging for the importation d.
rectly from the Island of Jersey of fftee Il
of the very best cows available, and will
also import from the home of the Be,k.
shire hog half dozen of the best sows
He has just closed deal with Mr.. Lip
pincott. of Lima. Ohio, for a boar value d
at $1,000 and two or three high grade
sows. Other valuable live stock will he
added during the next six months.
lister.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-02-20
FARMING IMPLEMENTS

Three horse wagons, Auburn. inch
tread, | 2-ho'se wagon and ted. How
wagon, Finch tread, | old farm W ,oou In
qIsc grain drill, Bickford Il Huffman maze
international manure spreader. double disc
osturn barrow. good double disc corn nlant-
81, Wlin check row and fert lizer attacb 81
.nent; osburn hay tedder, good as new. loo
loiler. good, 2 pr hay ladders. 2 sp, iDgtoot5
= We, syracuse plows for 2 or 3 borses.
Z cuitivators, double shovel plows' Deer
lug mower, Osburn corn binder IA Gocd
oruer, Sof nson wheat binder in coed shane .
oagg o., wagon harness for 4 horses lot az
p.ow gears. good hay fork. cutting boy. lot
lyon. ios u oiu
ne party buying the steers need not move
mem until The first of April. 1912 I will
rep them on fodder until that time free Of
TLRMsOF SALE. Nine months credit ON
sums 81 1000 and over. The pnrcbaser 10
negotiable no aeeeptabIy endorsed.
oeafing Interest from date and uayable A.
any an bank in Charles Town. Sale TO begin Al
~ . ciock a. N. No postpcnemert on az
count OF weather. WI " pTrpWc
neneoower and Rissler d Chan.biin. Auc-
Conrad and Yates, Clerks.