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lege athletes not only in football but in wrestling,
rowing boxing or any other sport.
SO to further this specially there is in the
navy regularly organized feet athletic commit.
tee composed of five officers. Lieut. S. c.. Hooper
of the flagship Connecticut is at the head Of 1t.
Ihis committee exercises a general oversight
over all sports and arranges dates for regattas
and sporting events. Outside the daily participa.
ton in sports, there four distinct seasons
when Jack is put on his mettle far as athletics
60 They are when the games pulled off at
Guantanamo, Newport, Bar Harbor and Boston
when the fleet is together At such times interest
ashore is quite as great as aboard ship.
If rooters for college games think themselves
the acme of infectious enthusiasm it is because
they haven't seen navy contest 1t takes a
bunch of jackes effervescing with the excite.
ment of an intership contest, to give the former
cards and spades in emotional pyrotechnics for
the games are always vigorously contested the
various ships crews being represented on the
side lines. bowling encouragement in their own
peculiar fashion.
AS rule competition in the events Is elimina.
tive, the ships first contesting by divisions In
championships playing each other for fleet cham
pionship.
For the last two years the Connecticut team has
the football trophy-a wooden football
gilded.
1t is when the fleet is In southern waters for
aerial target practice that baseball is particularly
enjoyed.
ties landed each day and the games are as
hotly contested those OF the major leagues
The men as rabid fans as those ashore and
keep as sharp tabs on the official scores as any
andsman. Each evening about 8 o'clock the
OF the various games in the National and
American leagues sent from the flagship by
radio.
When 1t comes to the boat races" says the
chief athletic officer, the sailor is naturally in
his element and the races are highly spectacular
The is usually between the line q ghlps
and as the boats skim over the waters all the
man the rails aud cheer their favorite team
to the echo"
service cutter of the navy is used that is unless
as sometimes happens. the men OF n special ship
get together and buy OF their own. Such a
craft is generally termed a "tailor.made" boat
because of its superior style and finish The
tho races is most desired and all efforts
are bent at winning It. large number Of other
cups have at various times been put up for com
petition, among them by August Belmont
Money prizes sometimes offered too and
ship Will sometimes wfn as much as S. 900 I'm
purses. One year the Indiana won that sum. and
the Maine s2,8OO 10 special event a threemile
race, which pulled OF In 26 minutes On
the same occasion the marines on the Indiana
won purse Of $4,000 besides the Dutch challenge
cup.
In Guantanamo also occurs the final bouts to
determine the feet championships in boxing
For this the men train az lndustriously as though
they were really the white hopes" Of tho pro
ssssiona class and in spite OF the fact that their
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or something that especially appeals stflkes up
the impulse will move them to take turn
around the deck.
porsoraIIv lack has n love OF betting. Gambling
omounts TO a passion with him and at the big
athletic events considerable sum OF money Is
apt to change hands. But Jack doesn't conhne
himself to big events, for as one sailor says, he
bets at the drop Of a hat,
He carries his propensity for wagering to the
possible destination Of the ship, whether he
will have salt or fresh water In which to wash
his hammock and a thousand and one things be
side You OF Jacks duties is to give his
hammock thorough scrubbing once fortnight,
and sometimes when the vaporzers that turn salt
water into fresh fail to work he has to use salt
water for the purpose
Every minute OF Jacks day has correspond.
Ing occupation for him, and from rcvclllc. when
the bugle's II cant get EN- up pcnctrntes to
every part Of the big Jattleship until taps is
sounded tho sailors life is busy First OF
all Jack arises at $40. His first duty is TO turn
to and wash down decks and slick up things gen.
orally. Mess gear comes at 7.15, which interpret
ed means letting down the tables for breakfast
Then comes pipe down" for mess. This is a
long drawn note the bos'us whistle.
Mess lasts half an hour usually and then fol.
lows the call for COlorB quarters. prayer and
drill, and before he knows It Jacks morning Is
gone and II is quarter TO twelve when dinner
time has arrived
stand by, scrub and wash Clothes" is tho
next order from the bo'sn, and this comes at ten
minutes past one This nrduoug duty over there
is drill until i:3O, when the bo's'n calls "Pipe
down clothes II dry" for meanwhile Jacks
clothes swinging on tho line Now the
smoking lamp" IS m and for n while Jack In
lost in contemplation Of the delicious weed
Lighting the smoking lamp" is one Of the pic.
turcsque customs that have come down from the
old navy aud at this tmc the men are privileged
TO enjoy their pipes ana cgars IN earlier years
m uu "a Nal
brought up from below decks NJ stated intervals
during the day and It the signal to smoke
up" but while in moro recent years tho actual
operation has been abandoned the term remains.
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PAY CHECKS GROW LARGER.
As Living Cost Increases, Is Colorado
Labor Bureau Report

Dcnver.-A comparative wage scale
report for Colorado has been complet-
ed by the state labor Bureau. showing
changes In earnings of various trades
men In the last ton years. with the
exception Of bankers. BARRIERS, boiler.
makers and cigar makers, whose
wages have decreased in the last de-
cndc. other labor is paid on a higher
scale now than in l9Ol.02. The list.
MS compiled by Statistician Croskcy.
iB as follows:
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servIans Occupy Port Of ourazzo

London.-Tho Scrvians ignoring the
reclamation of Albanian iudcpen-
dencc, have occupied the port Of Du-
raz2o, without resistance Thus the
conflict is now raised in acute form
between Austria and Scrvia and It re-
rains to be seen whether the Aus.
trim government will take any direct
action or viii be content to leave tho
question to the after-thc-war settle.
InCnt
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Ritchle Champion on wolgast Foul.

San FraucGco.-Wo Wobbling ON lead.
en- legs. his eyes glazed and his body
rcoling, Ad Wolgast, conqucror of Bat.
Ting Nelson, foulcd Willie Richie
twice in the sixteenth round OF their
fight at DAILY City. With the wave OF
Referee Grirfin'a hand, which disQuali.
fled Wolgast, the lightweight cham
p.onship of the world passed for the
first time in Quccnsborry history into
the keeping of California boy.
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Powers May Avert European War.

London The tension in the Balkan
crisis is scnsihly relieved by the news
that the pence plcnipotentinMes are
continuing their negotiations, that
Russia and Austria have begun work.
ing together and that Grcnt Britain
and Germany are working actively to
cecurc peaceful settlement between
AuGtria and Servia.
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Millions OF Red Cross Seals on Sale

over SOOOO,000 Red Cross Christ
mas seals are now on sale in almost
every large city and nearly every
state in the United States. The pro.
ceeds go for the benefit OF the anti.
tuberculosis movement in the commu,
nifty where the seals are sold SO
carefully has the sale been organized
exceptions of the states OF Florida.
Oklahoma. Nevada and Idaho, Red
Cross seals will be on sale in almost
every city, town, village and hamlet
in the United States, and even in
Hawaii Porto Rico and tho Canal
Zone
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Crop Of Apples Is $4,000. 1000 Barrels.

Spokane, Notwithstanding to "A
statement made by President Il, L..
Strnhorn Of the fruit growers assoca,
ton, the apple crop of the United
States fell from 7O00O,OO0 barrels in
1896 to 22OOO,OOO in 1899. but now Is
steadily increasing. The production
this year, he said, is estimated at i5,-
600 900 barrels.
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foreign port t 8,
whether on the
China station. in
the Philippines or
e | S e W h e r e, the
American sailor
e m e r 6 e S trium-
phant. But Jack
has to have the
equipment to begin
with. H e m u s t
have the spike
nail S h o e s for
baseball and the
up-to-date outfit
that goes wit h
each sport, but
given that he is
then ready to be-
stow his whole at
tention on getting
there, and that he
succeeds beautiful
ly severy athleti,
officer aboard ship
will convice you.
With great pride
they will tell you
how the men un.
der their command
compare profess
sion with cpl
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ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across tho
lolns that It was
difficult to move.
After using 5
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Able Work.

FilI.ins- Thought you intended to
sell your suburban hOmc2
wilkins did, until / read the allur.
Ing story my advertising man wrote;
then | decided to keep 1t myself
Judge
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Greeks OCCUPY kastorIa.

Athens.-A Greek division has oc-
cupied Kastoria, twenty-five miles
south of Monastr The Turkish gar
iison retired without offering resist
auCe.
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A CLERGYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop OF Wig
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for n
year. His limbs and feet were swol.
zen and puffed He had heart nutter-
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"TMc NoynI lnrr-- I-nINcr NIvrr

"Thc Royal Gurpos Feather River
Canon Route"
Taken together form tho most hcnuiI-
fuI line ~ continuous travel DuUVcr,
Salt Lake. rltF. FIu FTUUtlrrO.
The marvellous scenic ufi rultlUUH Of
tho Iurlfl,H rho GrDHt Hult Beds ut
Utah nud tho wonders ~ tho Hlsrrnf
can be- rruu from tho 'nr windows,
without DEiru rEp'Ur" Tor Hldr trips
Superb bt#lHG can SERVICE
For Illustrated descriptive matter
write Tftuk A. Wudloigh. Gnurrnl
paHnnurur Agent Denver & rio GRIND"
Railroad b'ufuf colo
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Spark Fires whIskers, Burns to Death.

Middlctown, n. "a spark from
the pipe of John Il, ellison, farmer
who was smoking, ignitcd his long
whiskers The flames spread to his
clothing and he was burned to death
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ingly done and the American sal
lors beat the Britishers at their
own game.
One of the newest amusements
provided for the sailors Is the
moving picture show, and this
they enjoy hugely. The films are
rented for the most part. though
the navy recently bought set
which Mr.. Edison took depicting
the life of the sailor. This is very
popular. How often exhibitions are
given depends on the weather and
where the ship happens to be. II
in port where the men can get
ashore, there is little need of spe-
cial recreation. But II on cruise
or the weather is bad, then tho
movies" are given two or three
exhibitions a week. Apropos Of
this feature Capt. II. b. Wilson OF
the North Dakota is considering a
plan to introduce the Kinemacolor
pictures soon.
Another innovation which Cap
tain Wilson IS also responsible for,
according to Paymaster Bovine, Is
the setting aside Of one of the gun
compartments on the ship as a
reading and writing room for the
sailors. Though small, 1t is a
great boon to them, for now they
can write comfortably at desk in
stead of on their ditty boxes. More
over, there are provided between
thirty and forty magazines with
two or three copies each of the
daily papers, so the sailors, when
at leisure, can pass the time read.
ing II they so elect,
THE sailors like dancing" adds
Paymaster Bovine" and though
they may not always take advan-
tage of the band concerts given
every noon and night, II popular
air like Great, Big, Beautiful Doll
l.. p1a foil n
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Rcd Cross Bog Blue much better, goes
farther than llnuid blue Get from any
good grocer. Adv.
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The ReaEOD.

mine Is a sunnylot," he moancd
He monncd about It because his Iot
was no sunny he couldn't sell II.
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Constipation causes and seriously agra
Yates many diseases. IL is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Picrcc's Pellets. Tiny Hugarcontod
granules. Adv
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Life IL grind but It Al least sharp
ems mans Wits
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AMERICAN HOUSE SIsjl5..9 S.II.l.:.9 4. !: !;
DENVER a mo WESTERN
IAIIIII

Depot Eatcs q. and g % European Plan
A homo pDarc All outside rooms -tc1m heat,
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7ACk at play is quite characteristic
=: : !: j: i: : !: : :
| ~ fellow when back of a 12inch gun
| sending little pleasantly to a hostile
| I'LL foe. Not that he takes his pleasure
IAVB6 seriously; quite the contrary. but he
~ does put the same vim into 1t whether
- In, nraS Of Eipht
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-12

OF Bacchus.
In the Yuletide celebrations of the Druids of
ancient Britain. the evergreen had distinctive
place with Ivy, holly and mistletoe. The Druids
believed that the evergreens sheltered the good
spirits of the air who fed to them at the approach
of cold weather.
There is Scandinavian myth that tells of the
tree that sprang from the blood-soaked ground
where two lovers met violent death, and of
mysterious lights that lowered about the tree at
Christmas time. At the period Of the winter sol
stice the ancient Egyptians decorated their
houses with palm leaves which symbolized i'm
mortality and the starry sky. AT this period of
the year the ancient Persians decorated the plane
tree with ornaments and Jewels.
An OLD German tradition gives Saint Wilfred
the credit of Transforming the tree worship OF the
savage Teutons to Christian ceremony. 1t was
about the year 725 that he led party of priests
into central Germany for the conversion of the
worshipers of god Thor Prince Gregor, the
grandson of a king, with him, having been
fntrusted to his by the abbess of the cloister
Phalzel On Christmas they were fighting
their way through the snow of the forest when
they came upon the heather tribe of Geismar
They were assembled under the thunder oak,
symbolic of the power OF Thor, and were pre-
pared to offer up sacrifice. The whitehaired
priest Of the heathens had chosen the young son
OF the chief the farest possession OF the tribe,
and he was to be offered, for the god was very
hungry and needed the utmost atonement
As the venerable priest raised his stone Ratchet
on high and brought 1t down to kill the boy,
who was ready. prepared for the stroke, Winfred
appeared and warded of the blow with his staff.
The people were gratifed at his saving Of their
favorite and allowed him speech and he gave
them the Christian creed. Then he and the
Prince Gregor took their axes and cut down the
Thunder Oak. AS it ready to fall the light
ming came and split it in many parts and it fell
asunder. The waiting tribe then beheld In its
place a slender fir tree green and sparkling and
<s<{r Ufr$r nH had h. 9Th Naar
tree to the hall of Grundhar the chieftain to
there assemble about 1t and make merry. About
this first Christmas tree the wild men of the
woods first heard the tale OF the shepherd boy
and the fields OF judah and 1t gripped their sturdy
hearts The tribes became Christian and ever
after used the fr tree token of the day of
Christs birth
Tho Christmas treo in its present style of
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Old Landmark Gone.

The Blaine schoolhouse in Mars
Hill up on the hill, the one James G..
Blaine honored years ago by giving
bell, which still hangs in the belfry,
Is no more. 1t has been converted
into storeroom and moved to an
other site. A good many bright boys
and girls, now old men and women,
graduated from this historical build
ing, and no doubt there Is feeling
of sorrow as the old schoolhouse
leaves the foundation 1t was builded
upon years and years ago-Kennebec
(Me) Journal
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Biessedness.

CHANGING over the Beatitudes we see,
running through them all, this great
truth that blessedness is essentially
spiritual that it depends not SO much
on a mans condition as on his char
acter, not SO much on what he has
as on what he is. 1t needs no great
effort of Imagination to see that If
men in general were to make it their
main object and endeavor in life to be
what they ought to be, rather than to
scramble for what they can get, this
earth would speedily become moral
paradise.-Rev. J. Monroe Gibson.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-12
Wireless Mao.

A novelty in the way OF maps has
Just been issued by the German impe-
rial post office, which has compiled q
chart showing the principal wireless
telegraph stations in the world. The
object is to advertise the facilities
now afforded in Germany for ''draht-
lose" telegraphy. German stations
are. Of course, given special promi-
hence on the map. and in this connes-
ton it is interesting to note that the
station at NeuenEis claimed to be the
most powerful In existence, its range
being 2.100 miles. This is two hun
dred miles more than that of Eifrel
tower
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-12
Perils of overdeIicacy.

A bridegroom gave his best man an
envelope.
Hand 1t to the parson after the
ceremony" he said. but don't do it
ostentatiously.'
The best man followed instructions.
but it seems that he performed his
task too covertly. for the father Of
the bridegroom, after the pair had
departed, believed that an omission
had occurred and quietly pressed a
banknote into the minister's hand.
But he also was too secretive about it,
and before the party broke up the
brides brother felt called upon to
draw the minister aside and thrust q
s10-bill upon him.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-12
A DOCTORS SLEEP
Found He Had to Leave of Coffee

Many persons do not realize that .
bad stomach will cause insomnia.
Coffee and tea drinking being such
IN ancient and respectable form OF
habit, few realize that the drug-caf-
feine-contained in coffee and tea, In
one of the Itincipal causes of dys-
pepsia and nervous troubles.
Without their usual portion of COT
fee or tea, the caffeine topers are
nervous. irritable and fretful. That's
the way with whisky drinker He
has got to have his dram ito settle his
nerves"-habit.
To leave of coffee or tea is an easy
matter If you want to try it, because
Postum gives gentle but natural
support to the nerves and does not
contain any drug-nothing but food.
Physicians know this to be true, an
one from Ga. writes:
Il have cured myself OF a long
standing case of Nervous Dyspepsia
by leaving of coffee and using Post
um." says the doctor.
Il also enjoy refreshing sleep, to
which I've been an utter stranger tor
20 years.
In treating dyspepsia in It's various
types, find little trouble when | can
induce patients to quit coffee and
adopt Postum"
The DR.. is right and there's Z
reason" Read the little book, The
Road to WelIyille." in pkgs.
Postum now comes in concentrated.
powder form called Instant Postum.
It Is prepared by stirring level tea
spoonful in cup of hot water, ADDING
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
brig the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum IL convenient;
there's no waste: and The favour IN
always uniform. Sold by grocers--50-
cup tin 30 cts, 1o0-cup tin SO cts.
A 5-cup trial tin mailed for Erocers
name and 2-csnt stamp for POSTAGE
Postum Cereal CO.. Ltd, Bstsle Creek,
Mich Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-12

A man learns to love books by
reading, and songs by singing; but
the greatest of all loves. the love of
humanity, OF lives. is learned by
bringing into our own life the spirit
of the great friend of all men. 1t il
learned just by living with people, by
taking time to find out what ia In
them. by stopping long enough in our
mad business of making living to
reslixe that. the best things OF life
lie ~ tbs love and life of others.
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YuLETlDE.

The wind across the snowclad hills,
A restless spirit, roves.
The murmur Of the frozen rills
Still echoes in the groves.
The stripped trees, bending to the eartA
Their tale OF sorrow tell:
flushed are the sounds Of recent mirth
That peeled in every dell.
Old winter breathes along the plain
Its chilling breath OF snow;
The pillows bounding DER the main
An added fury know;
The sky IL frowning, gray and cold,
The earth 10 brown and sera
Yet or each barren waste and rob-
The Yuietide bells ring saeAA
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Az1GH 10 { III -H07zzy>

YRIAD are the myths and
legends that cluster around
the Christmas tree. It's origin
takes US far back into pre-
historic times when our skin
clad savage ancestors were
tree worshippers and believ-
ed that a god or goddess
dwelt In the evergreen. Long
prior to the Christian era, the
fir tree was used in Rome in
the December holiday festiyi-
ties of the Saturnalia and Its
branches were decked with
little yellow jeweled images
Of pagan divinities, especially
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Retort DIscourteous.

hClpTL 63SOOuttSOdcs
Stranger docking at the taximeter)
Nine dollars and fifty cents! told
you wanted to come in the most d.
rect way, and think you've been
driving me round about.
Cabby-Round about, Ell? You oughx
to have hired an aeroplane-Judge.
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Constipation causes and seriously aggrz-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets Tiny sugar-coate6
grsnules. Adv
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Mrs. Newpop-I can't persuade tia
baby to take his medicine.
Mr.. Newpop-I guess he thinks it's
something to put him asleep.
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We all love peace, when things ara
coming cur way.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-02-02
How to Rise in the World.

The Clerk who keeps his mind bulght
who is quick and up to da1e, need
mot always be a clark. Some day he
will be AN employer ihimsalf.
By READING, THINKING AND
INFORMING HIMSELF he bacomes
worthy OF batter things.
Every employee, no matter what his
position, makes himsif mOqA valuable
10 his employer and h.mss!f by mad
ing the prass.
1T is MIND THAT WINS NOVA
DAYS. The man whok nows and acts
ON his knowledge is the man who gets
thene.
Don't watch THE clock. Wa'ch the
news Through this, Your home papG.