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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

Attention is being called in the
South, TO The fact that some large
and rich plantations in Georgia, near
Savannah, have been divided into
farms Of moaerate3 size. and in each
snatance these have been readily
sold to practical farmers from the
North, who have applied intensive
scientific cultivation to their purcha-
gen, which has greatly Increased the
Fafae of the land Thts example Is
3eng widely pointed to as. instance
of Eow 10 do Il Every instance OF
Wis kind helps to increase the
alth and prosperity OF states
#a:cA need he advance.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

Whit is "a punch" in political
speeches? To say something with Q
punch in it, is to make the other
fellow hop. It's equivalent to get.
ting under his skin" or where he
lives" It's hot stuff" and it makes
the fur fly" Usually 1t is rather per-
soma in it's application, but it is new
Ell expected to lead to blows or du-
els at 10 PAGES. If you are up
against it, you just take. your med
icine and get a side swipe of your
own when the chance comes 1t is
recommended highly by the creates
living American.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

Wf3iam i Bryan's farewell word
woodrow Wilson as he left Linz
ean. Neb., was this; "In send you
egram ore month, from tonight
e,.@rat ulating you on your election
q the resiaeacy (toodby, and may
God bless you.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

T. R. lectured the Clapp committce
Delivered stump speech and inof
IDENTIFY gave out no new facts excent
that he didn't know until last week
that Mr. Morgan gave 100000 in
1904 to the republican funds.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17
WHY NOT snow THE PEOPLE
They Have a Right to Demand This
Of the Republican Party.

dfheFSDuIS, ". 80 fl4lefe. -
something wrong With tEe State
House books. While the members Of
the administration are claiming 10
hara All #bElan&e 3f corn 80 :a3E3 q
toilars in the state syaa &3l Z n
STATE has just had to Dor! soc
GOO to pay the expenses eli re nation
al guard in the Paint Greek strike
region
The nethod o rais.ng tEts as,aae
IS very successive ut s s8G klr}
of fnane.ra!pg Nhiea va cFeaia
VIII the F57e3lty BANS III Blue
field failsd t. none oG1d na
he borrowed 69g1a anf ape ganE
and the amount was c"t W hts
smalle" Ions AThen aIaitiiH1tiaH
was nsade 10 ole he nk fer 4 art d
of the loan the replS was fha S
deposits We're uEIaI1. 75aHtd 10 &c
positors ana that.as tbs S53 q ba
seen fl to deaosst III osses banks
more liberia IL an I'm thet ri Ut.
l&r t&ph, L would tardtv IL 200
business to loan the State i9ste42
Of to- ITS regular depcsito~s 9fe
Qfa%Sa vas TIL II adj III the
.t&te 3t It's IN the banE would 81
"a. ger iii tho futHre a{sl II.
~as mada HI ts FAa..,, a8l
ase it will be remembered there
We're thy ats that tie 3eaaS Toult
be cut down uniees ceet3 :M4 e mr.
were done and theF. wers tome TIE
deposits were n5t cut down mater
ally and the ,St3te hni s# coo
i.ispos.t IN the bank Whom !. failed
Now the promise + v ado that the
deposits in p4rttru}a,. hspi. VIII ia
increased if the State is rerrftt~d
to negotiate small o@a-Whan t1c
books show a balance Of t&c ri .lliap
dollars in the tree slIrv. rhat Is TIE
way the states ronev IS rscd ID
compel f2yors OF harris Gf enc kind
and another. and tne same persons
who are using it for these purposes
are in the main candidates for re-
election
ANY wav. WIN not o.,l.1 .the h9a's
at Cnarlest8no S8ec.a al laws have
been passed for Tire sud.t;ne af coun-
tS OIIFeS. Hn1 large 9iSGfR 33tnc1Efi q ~
reported to have been discovered.
but there has been 10 prga9sitfor
under Republican administration to
audit the State House at any period
during the fHyteen years the Rspublt4
cans have Been in power. And the
desperate efforts being made by the
present party and many Of the pres
ent officials to remain in power sug-
gests the possibility that the Rapub-
lican party fears to have the books
of the State audited
The Democratic candidates for
State Office promises that If they are
elected they will employ expert &C.
countanrs to ascertain, the affaira Of
the State have been properly con.
Quoted during the last sixteen years
and to publish the results, whether
the States business is found to have
been properly conducted or not The,
have also promised, in the event o
their election to have. audits o
the State books made regularly a
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

The country. is indebted to Bo-a
Finn OF Pennsylvania for thr9 ex-
ceedingly felicitous Characterization
of T. R. as .'in himself complete
plan of government. /" There has
been nothing better from friend or
foe.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

Nero fddling amid the flames OF
Rome waf1 not as .ampaling a soec-|
tacle IS Mr.. Murphy eating frogs
legs in the -u,burbs Of Syracuse. -
View York Sun.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17
AN OPEN LETTER
To The People Of Mingo and Wyoming Counties,
West Virginia.


o il
hecourts
o
breast
aande in at
timer
o mankin $
feeling il
injustice let them gentle
romH o land
$
rht
firm
derat and HAYES
should
s
n
'front.'
loose
Respectfully
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

- an fastening home to work for
wilson and Mer. hall and Sulzer and
If}%ao." Thus Editor Hurst to Can
a'date Glynn,. settling the. mooted
ra1tcstton Of Where the editor is at in
sthis canpaign.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

We propose for permanent presi-
dent of the Ananias Club the name
OF ts*Peerhsgs Founder, Theodore
Roosevelt Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17
,ssador Whitelaw Reid com

1.Ra5assador W'hitelaW Reid comes
osEe saying that he may soon retire.
~ the political signs point that way.
Only Mr. Taft would feel disposed to
gap him in London. But.in the nat
,rab course of things Mr.. Reid would
. sGaain ambassador permanent
Iy =
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

TIE contributing editor of the
ekly Outlook has the refusal Of a
t@b as c5itor of the daily Press at a
salary Of 100000 a year, in the
event Of bits defeat at the polls not
IN nconceiVah'e qualification. The
hoo1 Of journalism should take
note
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
NATURAL MEASURES.
The Hand, the Pace and the cubit OF
tho Scriptures.

The Hand, the Pace and the Cubit Of
tho Scriptures.
The first natural measurement" to
which the memory naturally recurS is
the hand, four inches, employed in
determining the height of horses This
measure is, of course, derived from
the breadth Of the palm, and it has
become so we'll fixed in popular esteem
that it is unlikely it will ever be super
seded.
Another popular natural measure is
the pace, and probably every country
man who has had to do with land hIs
used it. The usual method is to stride
of, taking as long steps as possible
calling each pace yard.
A natural measure much employed
by u dressmaker is the yard as de-
termfned by stretching the material to
be measured between her chin and
her Outstretched hand, or If it be- u
matter of inches she will fold the
bended upper joint of her thumb along
the cloth. These natural measures are
generally close enough to serve ala
practical purposes.
For many hundreds of years there
was employed the measure of the fore
arm from point Of elbow to tip of mid
die finger. This was the cubib of the
Rfble.-St Louis Republic.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
STATE LOTTERIES.
They Were Once Very Common and
Very Popular In Europe.

They Were Once Very Common and
Very Popular In Europe.
Lotteries were common In ancient
Rome, and during the middle ages lot
teries were utilized by the Italian mer-
chants for the disposal of their goods
Some Of the Italian states then adopted
the lottery as a means OF raising reve-
nue.. and the institution of state lotter'
les afterward became very common
and very popular throughout Europe.
The earliest English state lottery OF
which there is any record was in 1869,
when 10000 chances were sold Mt 10
shilings each, the drawing taking place
in the west door OF St Paul's cathe
draL
The prizes consisted OF articles OF
plate. and the profits were employed
for the repair of certain harbors. Early
in the reign Of Queen Anne private lot
Iteries were suppressed las public null
saDces." but government lotteries. how.
ever, were still maintained. and from
l7O9 70 1924 considerable sums were
annually raised In lotteries authorized
by acts Of parliament
The average yearly profit to the gov
ernment from 1913 to 1924 was over
f340,000 On the ground of injury to
pubIic morals lotteries of all kinds
were abolished In England in 1926
London Saturday Review.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
Dickens Dsm

Dickens care for his material sur
roundIngs did not end with his bed
room. His favorite writing place at
Gadshill was Swiss chwlet IN the
shrubbery, and this he fitted up IN
most ingenious fashion. ~ have put
mirrors in the chalet where wFite,'
he says In one of his letters, ''aRd they
reflect and refract in all kinds Of ways
the leaves that are quiverinS at the
windows and the great fields OF wav
ling corn and the sail dotted river. MY
room is up among the branches OF the
trees, and the birds and the butterflies
fly IN and out. and the green branches
shoot In Mt the open windows ana thP
lights and the shadows Of the clouds
come and go with the rest OF the ooui-
puny. The scent OF the flowers and
Indeed of everything that is growing
fcr miles and miles is most delicious
-LOndon Chronicle.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
GREAT MASS OF PROOF.
Reports of 80. 900 Cases Of Kidney
Trouble, Some of Them
Heppner Gases.

Each Of some 5000 newspapers of
the United States is publishing from
week to week, names of people in its
particular neighborhood, who have
used and recommends DOan's Kidney
Pills for kidney baokache and urinary
disorders. This mass of proof includes
over 80 900 testimonials. Heppnsr is
no exception. Here Is one Vt the
Heppner cases.
A. S. Burch, farmer, Heppner, Ore
ron, says: "For about five years
had gravel and kidney trouble. There
was much pain through my kidneys
and at one time was laid up for two
weeks. The Doctors treatment help
ed me slightly, but it was not until
tried Doan's Kidney Pills that / re-
ceived any great benefit. This prepsr-
alton has done so much for me that l
gladly recommend it to other kidney
sufferers.
For sale by a deaers, Price so cents.
Foster -MilbuTn 90. Buffalo. New
York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the nsme-Doan's sand
axe no other.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
Husky pooa of Lahrador.

All along the coast at every Eskimo
encampment and about the cabins Of
the liveyeres are numbers Of husky
dogs. In winter these animals pull
the sledges and form the sole means
of travel or communication from set
Element to settlement During fhe
summer they are not fed by their
owners. but are left TO seek their sus-
tenance as best they can: hence the
hungry brutes range the land near the
coast and add to the problems Of Lab
rador, rs they permit no creature to
live that they can pull down. II a
horse were to be turned out to grass
overnight only its bare bones would
be found in the morning. Even to hu'
man beings they are sometimes dan
gerous when night begins to fall. and
on occasion when hard driven by hun
ger they have been known to attack
children In the day. Considering they
are hardly ever fed In the summer,
one only wonders that there are not
more III deeds to set to their account
Wide World Magazine.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15

Few people know that plays in Eng
Rnd. Germany, Italy and France were
f0stered for religious purposes by the
church centuries before they were TAX
en- UP as a separate secular business.
Moreover. few visitors to, st. Paurs
cathedral, in London, realize that that
church during ElizabethlS reign and
the first years of the reign of James
I. set aside one of its adjacent build
fngs for use as a secular theater. It's
little stage was famous and the COM
pany Of choir boys as, actors presented
many of the great plays Of Shake
speare's time. They acted from about
1898 to 1908 under the management
of Edward Pierce, their great master
in music, who as church almoner had
business control Of these adjacent
buildings owned by the church.-LAA-
don Standard.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
Astor's FearIessness.

John Jacob Astor. who went to h1a
death fearleNsly on the Titanic, was
always noted for his great personal
courage One of his friends told a
STORY some years ago of the cold
blUo<led bravery of the head of the
Aston family. An insane manor q
desperate criminal-met him In Firth
ayeDue one morning and. stepping
close to him. thrust the muzzle on o.
revolver against Astor's ribs. Prom
ise me that you will give me $4,000
said he, "Or will fire."
AstOr glared into his eyes. is S0aaT
old gun cockedT' he asked.
The other man said that It was
'"Then shootr' he roared.
The other fellow backed away. TN
get you the next tlme," he said
Astor walked on without boeheFing
to turn his head. He did nOA eTeN re-
peat the story to the police
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
colered Rain.

Showers Of red rain have fallen
more than once in the worlds history.
In the middle ages they were looked
upon as awful Omens Of war and
bloodshed, but nowadays we know the
hue Of the 'rain Of blood" to be due
to the presence of tiny red insect. a
variety of water flea. Red rains are
very rare, but in volcanic regions gray
rain Is comparatively common. Sicily
has had many showers Of this shade.
They are caused by the upper atmos-
phere being full of ash cOlOred vol
canic dust from Etna. This dust Is
infinitesimally fine and colOrs the rain
as 1t falls.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
Anol.nt Dress stiA Wern.

In the little town OF Munsiedel. In
Bavaria. there exists one OF the most
curious charitable foundations In the
world. One of the hHrghers. Christie
pher Wanner, died In 1851 and left his
fortune for the establishment OF
home for aged poor. He attached. how
ever, the condition that every old man
who was taken in should wear his
beard and the same cut Of clothes and
cap as be himself used to wear; con-
seQuently the ancient pensioners are
still to be seen wandering about the
streets of Munsiedel in the costumes Of
the fifteenth century.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
BOOKS IN OLD ROME.
Trained Slave Copyists Turned Then
Out Quick and Cheap.

Trained Slave copyists Turned Them
Out Quick and Cheap.
There were in Augustan Rome es-
tablished publishing houses which not
only turned out large numbers of
books. but many editions of them and
at an incredibly small price. Tint
their arrangements were businesslike
may be inferred from the testimony
Of Horace. He relates that when an
author failed to please the metropolis
the publishers shipped the entire edt
tion of his works to the provinces. and
If be still failed as a writer they made
arrangements to bring them back again
and sell them as paper to the pastry
and spice shops.
One great firm in Rome had over
1900 trained slave copyists. and their
work was swift and cheap. for Mar
tial writes that they had ready an edd-
tfon Of a thousand copies of his "Epf-
grams" In just one hour. TO be sold at
large reading public which all this in
dfcates must have been many years In
growing. and one may assume that
Rome had long been city of readers.
Atticus. the publisher of Cicero. had a
great many modern methods in the
conduct of his business. and the fact
that Caesars Commentaries" were
very quickly dispatched to the oUt-
posts Of civilization shows that the
machinery Of distribution was also
well organized. Thus we may com
clude that the advertising and pWbafC-
fly department was in good shape
BOOkman.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
A eood An. to stop Al.

A certain London merchant had for
years given a dinner to his employees
ON the occasion Of the birthday OF his
daughter. How long this custom had
held may be gathered from the follow
ing. The head clerk Of the office rose
as was also the custom, and proposed
this toast:
Gentlemen, we enjoy this evening
the felicity Of celebrating. as we do
every year, thanks to his generosity
the twenty-nInth birthday OF the re
spected and always amiable daughter
Of our worthy employer. | give you
gentlemen, her health and happiness.
London Mail.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
SUBTLE VENGEANCE.
The Gift Dumas Bestowed on a Friend
Who Insulted Him.

Who Insulted Him.
Alexandra Dumas the elder, the
great novelist, had, as is we'll known,
some black blood In his veins and was
of an unforgiving if not almost cruel
nature. In his earlier days he re-
ceived a dire insult from one whom
he called his friend TO the surprise
Of all who knew him Alexandra took
NO apparent notice of the wrong, but
instead applied himself to looking
carefully after the welfare of his sup.
posed friend. He took him with him
into society, introduced him here, pre-
sented him there and 50 continued for
three years, at the end of which time
he stood as best man" at his friends
marriage.
The wedding feast being concluded
Alexandra Dumas was leaving the
house when an acquaintance joined
him and as they walked along said:
Il have often wished to say hQxv
have wondered at your great kindness
to NJ. X, whom we have just seen
married. You have the most forgiv-
ing nature that have ever met with
He insulted you grossly some years
ago, and yet ever since you have de-
voted yourself to his happiness and
at last assisted him to get married"
That's it precisely" remarked Du-
mas slowly, with a sinister chuckle
"I fatter myself that l have given
him the most furious and lynx eyed
mother-in-law in France" London
Telegraph.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
Judqino the Colt.

The Arabs have two methods of est.
mating the height to which colt will
grow, the first being TO stretch n cord
from the nOstril over the ears. and
dbwm along the neck and compare this
measurement with that from the with
ers to the feet and the other method
being to compare the distance between
the knee and the withers with that
from the knee to the corOnet In the
f1rst method 1t is considered that a
colt will grow as much taller as the
first measurement exceeds that OF the
second, and in the second metf1Odl IL
the proportion Is as two to one, the
hDrse will grow no taller.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
STEALING A RAILROAD.
Not In a Financial Way, but by Carry
ing It OFF Bodily.

ina It of Bodily.
No stranger theft was ever commit
ted than the lifting" OF an entire
railroad, twelve and one-half miles In
length, which once connected Birr and
Portumna. in Ireland.
The line had cost $450,000, and for
years it did service for the Great
Southern and Western Railway com
pany until the year 1876. when the
company. which had been running 1t
at a loss. washed its hands of it. The
line was derelict. Nobody wanted 1t.
For a few years 1t stretched its use
less length through north Tipperary.
Then its nelghbors began to turn Gov
etous eyes on 1t.
Bolts and screws and other portable
trifes began to vanish. A few prose
cutions were instituted. but the
charges we're withdrawn. Nobody
seemed to care. The thieves. thus en-
couraged, grew bolder. Farmers
brought their carts and horses and
loaded them with spoils Of rails. sleep
ers, swR hes and semaphOres One
goodly station vanished. to Its last
brick and door, i'm a single night.
They were great times for Upper
ary. Boatloads of booty, hundreds OF
tons OF rails. were sent away from
Portumna by unlicensed contractors"
and the work of spoffatton went on
until not as much as tUTDtable was
Ieft.-Argonau
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
TAKING 4 CAMERA ABROAD.
A Source Of Pleasure That May Win
Fine and lmprlsOnment.


Fine and imprisonment.
II the American tourist carries his
,amera to Europe with him he must
oe careful to avoid photographing per
sons, private property and particular
Y government buildings, forts, docks
ind ships without permission. Many
tourists have got themselves into
much trouble In this way, especially
in Russia, where the restrictions are
unusually rigid, and in Germany also.
A few years ago Germany passed n
special bill through the reichstag deal
ing with this matter and imposing
heavy penalties upon those who In
fringe the regulations. Damages to
the amount Of $500, with a fine Of
$3.50 or two months imprisonment
will be the fate Of any one who snap
shots a private person, a work of art
or the interior Of a private building
and clrculates or publishes the picture
without permission.
Persons In the public eye. such as
members Of the royal family, states
men. actors and well known divines
are excepted. says a writer In Country
Life In America. So. too. are public
buildings and works Of art In public
galleries.
In Italy the camera of the tourist Is
made a means of providing revenue
for that somewhat impoverished cOun-
try. If you carry your camera when
on visit to Pompeii or others Of the
recently excavated ruins you may take
as many photographs as you please.
but you are forced to pay a smaN fee
for each plate exposed.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15
A Tramp's Story.

'You say you were once the editor
Of a newspaper
'Yes, lady. and 1t was a very bright
little sheet, If do say it,"
"How does It happen. then. that you
are forced to ask at back doors for
mealsT'
1T Is merely case Of the irony Of
fate. had printer who was near
sighted. and one afternoon when be
made up the paper he got wedding
notice and a murder trial mixed. SO
that after describing the costume OF
the bride 1t said the condemned man
almost collapsed when sentence was
pronounced, Chicago Record Herald.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-08-15

A teacher IN \ primary school was
endeavOring to make clear to- her class
the meaning of the words ''eHuestrian'
ism" and ''pedestrianism" when she
pant this query to one smallb0y:
What is n pedestrla7T
He Is one of those follows" said
the boy. who makes an, awful kick
when an automobile runs him down."
New York Press