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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
But She Wouldn't

She was first cabin passenger and
was on her way home from Holland.
She seemed Indifferent to her appear
ance and never even took the trouble
to fasten her collar neatly or catch up
the loose strands of her black hair
that were .straying about her face. She
wore red flannel Shirt waist, brown
cloth skirt frayed about the hem and
there was forlorn expression about
her most of the time.
One evening after a damp, gloomy
day on deck, some Of the passengers
went to the music room and everybody
who could sing or play contributed to
the general entertainment. she was
there in her red shirt waist and brown
skirt, with her hair, which she had
not bothered to pin up after prolona.
ed buffet with the wind. straying
damply about her temples and neck in
more than usual disorder. Somebody
said she could sing, and when asked
she held back for a time, but finally
yielding to persuasion stood up Iacka-
daisically and sank in a high-pitched
soprano MY Mother Bids Me Bind NV
Hair"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

In certain cities, such ca New York
Boston. Cleveland and chicagol and
In states like Massachusetts. Rhode L.
land and Connecticut, the decline in
the death rate from tuberculosis =
more marked than In the country 1t
large. which declined 1877 per cent In
the ten years from 1901 to 1910. The
National Association for the Study and
Prevention OF Tuberculosis says that
there are many factors working to-
gether to cause the decline In the tu-
berculosis death rate, such factors as
the change In the character OF our ur-
ban population, increased sanitation
and better housing. but. probably as
potent factor as any has been the ma
ton wide anti-tuberculosis campaign.
1T may be foretold with considerable
certainty" the association says, that
when the effects Of the present rapid
ly increasing provision for the care Of
tuberculosis patients shall have be-
come evident, the decline in the death
rate from consumption in the coming
decade wiz be even more marked than
that, In the last one"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

fruit comes out just as nice in the win,
ter time as when put up In summer.
Dry air in the house and damp cellar
air meet here, and the results are
very satisfactory.
The value Of house is made up Of
little things. 1t is the many little
things added together that make the
round, satisfactory whole. The man
or Fonan who. wants a house to suit
them must study the details before
starting to build otherwise the house
will be unsatisfactory when finished.
The fact is, few families can find a
satisfactory ready made. It is difficult
for anyone to feel really, thoroughly at
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Mr.. william A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building, for the readers Of this
paper. on account Of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer. he
is. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to william A. Radford. No. 178 West
jackson boulevard, Chicago, I'LL. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
1t would be difiicult to design prac-
teal house any cheaper than the one
illustrated herewith 1t is a small at;
fair intended for a new married couple
who don't require much room. 1t is
very neat, pretty little story and q
half house, 25 feet inches wide by
az feet inches long, exclusive of
porches. Love in cottage used to
mean more or less discomfort In the
winter time as soon as the weather
got cold, but modern inventions have
lately been introduced into the smaller
houses. and we are applying them in a
sensible way.
Besides a hall, we have three good,
Z large rooms on the first floor, and
we have two very good bedrooms and
bathroom tucked away in the roof
gables. In fact 1t might properly be
called a gable end house. All the win
dows you get upstairs are in the ga
bles; and, by the way, these windows
Just add the necessary finishing
touches to the large gables. A house
gable was never finished satisfactorily
until the. three window frame was In
vented, and that didn't happen until
quite recently There was some objec.
ton at first to triple windows like this,
until the women found out how to
dress them UP satisfactorily; but we
don't hear any complaint now. The
fashion seems to have come to stay
because the women have given it their
sanction. When the women nail fash
ion, 1t stays nailed until they change
their minds; and they haven't publish
ed any change of sentiment in regard
to a triple window, especially when II
decorates the gable end OF a house
roof. The reason probably is that
they have found satisfactory way tc
arrange the shades and curtains; and
they have also found out that a win
dow Of this kind admits more light
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

again You are pleased to renew old :
quaintances- A real, live. Womanly
woman Is fully alive to the fact that
most men and some women forget
things when they are out Of sight and
out of hearing; SO next fall the old
curtains pass for new draperies.
The front hall connects with the
kitchen BY way OF sort OF cellar yes.
tibule. This arrangement Is all right.
A great many houses are so built that
you can't get from the kitchen to the
front hall Is likely to disseminate the
dining room and parlor The idea
seems to be that door opening from
the kitchen In the direction Of the
front hall ID likely to disseminate the
sayory odor Of cooking when certain
vegetables are undergoing the boiling
process, and the perfume Il not CON
side1ad suilcientiy bon tom to as.
sociate on equal terms with guests IN
ihe pArIcr.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

sunshine and air than narrow. con-
tracted, old-fashioned affair.
One great advantage of house like
this is the ease with which the house
work is carried on There are many
pleasant features about the plan, one
of which is the combination living
room and dining room which makes
practically one room nearly % feet
long by 13 feet in width The partial
division In the center may be hung
with curtains or not; but usually the
archway is left open, especially In the
summer time.
If a woman has handsome portieres,
she likes to display them at the prop
er time; but she also likes to put
them away In summer, out Of the way
OF moths and the fading propensities
OF sunlight. And often think that
she does it to have "a change. / don't
care how handsome curtain is, IT
it hangs before you the year round,
you become Indifferent to 1t; In fact,
you don't see it, you don't know 1t is
there. But Ii your wife puts 1t away
you miss it, and when 1t comes back
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

pains at monthly periods, bilious spells.
and was getting worse all the time. ]
would hardly get over one spell when ]
would be sick again. No tongue can tell
what / suffered from cramps, and at
times could hardly walk. The doctors
said / might die at one of those times,
but took Lydia E. Pinkham's vegeta-
BILE Compound ana got better right away.
Your valuable medicine is worth more
than mountains of gold to suffering wo.
men. Mrs. BERTHA MUFF, SOB N, 9TH
Street, Louisiana, Mo.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound, made from nativeroots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female illswe
know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem toprove
this fact.
If yOu want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfls
dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered BY Q
woman and held in strict condolences
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
Couldn't Keen Him on.

Little Freddie was playing in the
garden. when he happened TO- notice
that the blinds were drawn down ia
the next house.
Mother. said Freddie, .4why are
the blinds down In Mrs. Browns
house?'.
only to keep out the sun. said
she.
A few days later Freddie's mother
informed him that Mrs Brown had
got son. Afterek thinking deeply FOR
q few minutes. Freddie said:
Seems to me, mother it wasn't
much good keeping the blinds downls
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

home in rented house. There are
fifty little things you would like to
have different, but You positively re-
fuse to put time and expense on a
house that belongs tozsomeone else.
This is one reason why so often rec
ommend young people to start out In
home of their own 1t may not be
elaborate, but If 1t fits the pocketbook It
is very likely to prove the nucleus of a
happy and prosperous life.
This little six-room dwelling has
been built for $1,000. 1t should not cost
very much more than that today.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

This plan. however, provides for
double doors. q precaution that IL Ike
" to meet with approval from the
most fastidious housekeepers The
ceIlar-way leads down from this little
|vestibule, and there is also set Of
shelves reaching from the floor to the
ceiling. This set OF cellar-way shelves
| is about as useful as any other fea-
i ure Of the house. For some reason
Iit.is almost impossible to Nkeep ielies
In the cellar without having them
mold in the glasses. II kept in the
kitchen the jellies shrink until the
glasses are not more than half full;
but shelves in a cellarway built like this
seem to hit the happy medium. and the
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

He must have spent mint On hia
daughters coming out party. they
had both ham and chicken sand
Wiches.
-Oh. these large affairs don't cost
as much as an outsider would imagine.
Those chicken sandwiches were only
rented for the evening
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
Coal and Wooo.

We have in stock at our yards Lykena
Valley Stove and Nut, free burning
white ash broken, genuine Pocahontas
lump and run of mine. Wood sawed and
split. Hay corn and clover seed. All
orders left with the Farmers Supply
Company will be filled day received.
Both phones. A visit to our yard vii
convince you that we have the goods we
advertise. Thanking you for the past
patronage we are, Very truly,
JOHN C. BURNS & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
BROWN AND BROWN

ATTORNEY SAT LAW
Town. effofson cunt. Wv
III attend to cases IN the yaY.ena
} urts Of Vest Virginia and Aarviana
Attention given pensions and Ill clnsa =
+ y ms ainst the 4 s. 0ovsramenN
=epe ia ttention to collections
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
Stylish new. well tailored wash suits
In white, tan, and colors. Shirt waists.
the styles are the newest design. price
within reach Of all. Burns 4 sshugert
The Presbyterian OF The
South.
$500 a Year In Advance

Contains departments for the Sunday
school Lessons, Westminster League
Books and Literary, and Church New
and is fully abreast with the Times,
Send for a sample copy to show what
we haven space to explain. Address all
communications to
The PRESBYTERIAN of the 80 UTH
Atlanta. Ga.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
r. c. GREEN

ATTORREY-A T-LAW
Cha les Town, Jefferson ounty, w. Va.
Ill ractice Ia the courts Of Jefferson.
-BGrkeley and Morgan counties, In the
United States district court st Martins.
burg the supreme court OF appeals ol
W d Virginia. special attsnt on 70 thS
HECTOR Of claims a1d prompt. remit
t nee of the same
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Probably there is nothing'more ex-
pensive. than the things we get for
nothing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
In1nortanf to Mothara
The Real cause q.

The temperance orator was waxing
eloquence.
What" he demanded, what causes
more misery than liduor?"
Christ" responded husky voice
from the rear of the hall,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23


Keep spray calendar.
Cut out the dead branches.
Chickens relish fresh lettuce.
Select your breed and stick to it
II you plant pear trees in rich soil
you invite blight.
1t is work worth while to scald the
Calls feed pail every day.
A peach tree will stand heavier
heading back than an apple tree.
Do not allow the stock to run In the
orchard during the winter months.
Eggs may differ materially in color,
and yet not differ much in nutriment.
Scatter the manure as you haul 1t,
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
Keep the feed troughs clean. It is a
wasteful practice to mix manure with
grain.
Letting the calf suck the COW the
first day or two lessons the danger of
milk fever.
II sows are expected to produce a
fall litter, the spring litter should be
weaned when about 10 weeks old.
Five or six Of the twelve or thirteen
species Of beetles attacking stored
grains are found usually in farmers
bins.
II you are still so far behind the
Age as to be dairying with no separa-
Tor, get one now, If you sell cow
10 do 1t.
An occasional colt or young horse
to sell, even when one is not making
J. business Of raising horses, is help
Ito any farmer.
The litter carrier will do much to
keep the barn clean, because 1t en-
courages the boys and men to do
their work better.
The training of colt cannot be
TOO thorough A half-broken horse is
not broken at all, and is always a
dangerous animal.
The objection to trap nests comes
from the fact that 1t is necessary to
visit them several times daily in order
to release the hens.
Calves should have plenty Of water
as early as they want to drink 1t, but
q It is best not to let them have it right
! after their milk feed.
Where from four to eight cows are
MIXED the churn should hold from
six to ten gallons. Better. little
large than too small.
Currant bushes must also be watch
ed carefully, and be thoroughly spray
4 ed at least twice or you will find more
green worms on your bushes thar
fruit
Z A vessel which would hold LOOT
{ pounds of watet would hold 1903:
pounds of whole milk, 1893 pounds O
skimmilk, or 1000 pounds Of goot
cream.
When you see the little ghost-lik'
winged creatures rising like tin.
clouds from your rose bushes, be sur
1t is the aphis. Get after them witt
the spray.
Young climbing roses =ougnt@to o.
cut back to strong eye, and tn
side shoots pruned as grapevines ar
pruned-that is, a couple of eyes from
the stem.
When cream foams in the churn ant
butter will not come. put in handful
or two Of salt and little water, slight
{ " warmed This usually remedie
the trouble.
Get some variety In the poultry n
ton. If the chickens are not eatin
heartily they may need little chang
In their food to put their appetite
back in tone.
Not few Of our dairy folks are &c
| ing to raise crop Of cowpeas as ha
feed for cows this year. Cowpeas ha
is next to alfalfa and clover in mill
making qualities
Eggs to be preserved should be pei
fectly fresh and be placed in the 81
luton the same day as laid to obtai
the best results. although eggs severs
days old viii keep very well. Washe
eggs should not be used
is - ,S.,,>1< ~, =. ~ ,,ok vent 4
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23
FRANK /. BUsHoNG
A torney-A.-Law

Will prac ice in the courts of Jefferson
and adjoining counties, Supreme Cou
OF Appeals of w est Virginia and Federal
Courts. Office Lawyers Row Charles
Town, W. Va
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Garfield Tea helps clear muddy complex
ion, dispel foul breath and sweeten the temper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The fellow who depends entirely up
on luck isn't to be depended upon.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The man who hesitates may win by
watching others lose.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

should be forced 70 take exercise.
A little vaseline rubbed into cuts or
chapped teats win soon heal them up.
Commercial fertilizer, when prop
eriy used. will increase the yield Of
crops,
The sIlo is a time saver when it
comes to feeding large number Of
animals.
The wheel hoe will save many .
backache and do the work Of three
hand hoes.
Fruit trees should never be planted
on the lawn, as they cannot be profit
ably worked.
If more farmers were tied down by
diaries, fewer of them would be tied
down by debts.
Three-pail feeds day for the young
calf are none too many. That is more !.
Ike Nature q way. &
Wheat bran has Just the elements
In it that sheep and lambs need to
make good growth.
About 20 pounds of average milk
should furnish enough cream to make
a pound OF butter.
Powdered charcoal in the feed is
good for bowel trouble and plenty of
grit has the same effect.
The best method of dehorning is to
rub little caustic potash on the Calls
little knobs when a few days old.
After chicks are a week old whole
Kaff1r makes about as good single
| grain as can be fed to make weight.
| Wood ashes are valuable to spread
around fruit trees for small fruits and
vegetables; they should not be wasted
It Is generally conceded that the
best time to sell chickens is from the
first of January to the first of Novem-
Der.
No profit In keeping old ewes that
have lost their teeth. Better fatten
them the best you can and get rid
of them quickly
The garden can and should be made
the most productive and most profit
able plot Of ground on the farm. 1t
should not be overlooked.
I The sheep manure as fertilizer
has no equal, and no manure spreader
has ever been invented that is as sat
isfactory as the sheep itself.
The check rein has no place on the
harness of man who cares for his
horses. and desires for them COM
fort and freedom when at work.
II your horse is mule, remem-
Der to speak kindly to him whenever
you fasten the traces. The same rule
4 applies when he is only 8"hoss.
/ Corn silage and alfalfa make an. ex-
cellent ration for dairy cows, and
good yields of milk have been re-
ported where nothing else was fed.
The old neglected orchard, with its
dead leaves and Wormy apples, is
e. - o1~kh Trim
spray, cultivate and get big returns.
Whatever else may be said about
a ways of getting winter eggs, few
warm days at this time Of year seem
to solve the problem satisfactorily.
Nothing is SO salable in the stock
line just now as good dairy COW. The
raising of purebred milk cows as an
industry should receive more atten.
ton.
The hand separator is good in the
ory, but the majority Of farmers do
: not keep their cream as they should,
nor deliver 1t to the creamery often
enough.
The reason why so many OF our
beautiful plants and vines are de.
stroyed by bugs is because we are too
lazy or unqualified to fight them all
the time.
It will pay to buy wheat bran to mix
| With tho harley mr. corn meal for
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The check rein has no place on the
harness of a man who cares for his
horses, and desires for them COM
fort and freedom when at work.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

If your horse is a mule, remem-
Der to speak kindly to him whenever
you fasten the traces. The same rule
applies when he is only ."hoss."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The objection to trap nests comes
from the fact that 1t Is necessary to
visit them several times daily in order
to release the hens.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The training of a colt cannot be
too thorough. A half-broken horse is
not broken at all, and is always a
dangerous animal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Calves should have plenty Of water
as early as they want to drink it, but
1t is best not to let them have it right
after their milk feed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The sheep manure as a fertilizer
has no equal. and no manure spreader
has ever been invented that is as sat
isfactory as the sheep itself.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The litter carrier will do much to
keep the barn clean. because 1t en-
courages the boys and men to do
their work better.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Where from four to eight cows are
MIXED the churn should hold from
six to ten gallons. Better a little
large than too small.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Corn silage and alfalfa make an. ex-
cellent ration for dairy cows, and.
good yields of milk have been re-
ported where nothing else was fed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The garden can and should be made
the most productive and most profit
able plot of ground on the farm. 1t
should not be overlooked.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

The old neglected orchard, with its
dead leaves and Wormy apples, Is
blot on the face of the earth. Trim,
spray, cultivate and get big returns.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

An occasional colt or young horse
to sell, even when one is not making
i business Of raising horses, is help
ito any farmer
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

- F1nnneV TRHArED give quick 70
~ DAkOEO lief, Usually remove swell
- ling ana short breath IN b few days and
~ entire relief in 1b46 days, trial treatment
90 FREE. n. anEkHs soxs, Bsx !. Ati1ni., O.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

Whatever else may be said about
ways of getting winter eggs, a few
warm days at this time of year seem
to solve the problem satisfactorily.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

+ Currant bushes must also be watch
ed carefully, and be thoroughly spray
ed at least twice or you will find more
green worms on your bushes than
fruit
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-05-23

No profit In keeping old ewes that
have lost their teeth. Better fatten
them the best you can and get rid
of them quickly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-05

We've got q cheap heating propo-
sition we want to get into the schools,
Clutter tofd the big politician. I'VE
know that we can't compete with the
other firms that are bidding on the
Jobs; our plant won't stand competi-
tion-it isn't In their class. But we're
right. Understand We're ready to
come through big on this proposition.
You and your frisnds can get as nice
a piece Of change as you've seen in q
dogs age II you'll see that we get that
contract, and nothing said about the
kind OF plants we put in"
The big fellow crossed his hands
over his stomach and said:
Now, tell You, me boy, it's Ike
this about those school contracts.
We've made It habit here-me and
the other fellows who control the
yotes-to have our finger in every bit
Of city money that's been spent for
the last ten years. We've been in on
It all. But about this school business,
y know, we got to thinking about 1t
and the first thing we knew we dis
covered that the health Of the little
kids who go to school depends whole
lot upon the heating and ventilation
system that goes into the rooms.
They get all sorts Of things the matter
with them II the heat amt right In the