davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06

Persons Pass Charleston .Ex-
animation for Mine Fore
men and Fire Bosses.

CHARLESTON, Sept. 6.F'ifty per- |
sons passed the examinat ton for minef
foreman. AMI fire bosses recently held
I'm, tllis city. OF these ten recefyed
hrst grade and forty second gradet
Certificates. These men range In. e1iai
periencs from four to forty years, che
majority Of them having had more
;than fftee1 years exper.ence n NM
ing,
Gates are:
Arthur P. Burdls. of Eceles: will
liam Dover, Of EceIes; George NOS
grove. Of Boomer; John Quigley4 OF
SIanden; Thomas r. sutton, OF Mont
eomery; George w. Ki1bnrn, Oh
plymouth: wade o.. Wales, OF Bar
rsselxsyiiile.:, b. Il. wrfatop, of Win
grove;s5 b. F. Johnson. OF Price HUI y
and Robert Watson, OF Whipple.
= Second GRADS ceftitcates We're IS
-suedr g. the following ~
q .,Tef SEifi & ana ~. ..
az Mont ornerys j.. "A. osA
= no oorns. OF oindstead; 81 carpefS OF
Raleigh; WILLIAM RauHlap Of RAJ
sefgh William Robson, Of re! 9.
John w. illy, Of aintsyi ghsesF lssss
I Illanger. Of Glen white; George
lartfs, Of lIlnden: N. ~. Brown, OF
IMiniden: walter jackson, Of kings
4s6ni harden PoirieF, Of e'lethier;s ".
murphy: u wiiliaftths6ns; James
Rtsten, Of Kayford; j. b. Turner, Of
Maides: W. D, Rnigtt. o. shrewshll lsl 4
John Ii. ss5yItsa
INN Dir ,ot Canoe sN9eq'.
i.of SULLIVAN; p. O. segeFs 81 lse'Eaf
Iuornerua wearmdpf, Of Parrall; III q.
| Mason. OF Montgomery; p. a. Carr, e
Kayford; Eddie saalsDy, Of crow
! Iill: r. G. Mitchell. Of Crown t1lll;
lanes fraser, 81 Eagle; e. @. : Par
\ Eer. Of Eskdaie; q p; Sample. OF
rren Greek Il. M Stone Of iVyyn-
daiI: d. 81, yyyorlsra 90, 81 vanett'ls
4 Fred Esoberts az s;caF1ro staFIass
Gibson 81 Acpae 7Es s.Fss.las ~
iAcnle; W. A. strll of Ais han ~. a t.s
\ CidaiI. cf On lyail; W. lsssi2es
35f 81 s. Gfsistfeal'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
WESTON

WESTON. sept. 6.--Jaines Bailey
aged 50 years, wen known eoiore'
barber. was fonld dead Thursday g
his shop On FIrst street. II is thonsht
he had been dead several hours Tie
cause of his death y heart trouble
For i humber o years Bailey woris Cd
n TIL Galley house barber shop. ana
vas Dol sibiy the best known barber
Is tie public "a lie vas
highly esteemed ~ al WHO kneE
liIils ana vim BE missed ~ n ny
i Irlerai Is we're conducted Frt-
day an erIrlen took place at
AIachpe lah CEN cry,
Comp ans A. 81 this city started 70
Paint creek Erfd noon where e
had & gain been ordered Most Of the
boys sponded to the "a Ord ers
we're eivsd to secure he SER ice
OF every oneS who wa BILE to go
and ID iny or ii e boys VINO were not
regulars we're enlisted.
Mrs. Kate WALDO. who had been
nursing francis sprigg littl daug
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Sprige, was
seized WITH an tacls ef ppeh dict5
tbs Friday and had to give np her case
and 90 to- ST Mar hospital At
CIarls htlrE she VIII und ergo
an oberatfcn MISS Anna Rahertgl
3 trained nurse will nurse Mss
sprtgg ,;stsl.
Mrs. Msfgs Hickman and children
ofCsrafton. arrived here Friday e1pen;-
ifsS and win be guests 81 her moi
YRS. b A.fo eday fol- week |
4. Tlr. A.. S. Warder,J OF Grafton, was
called here Friday noon to attend the
bedside OF his nephew, Henry War
der, Who IS i'll at the home of his
father, DR.. John IFarder.
The. c:ty teachers are taking the
examination at tthe Hfgt school build
Ing. Some OF the teachers who taught
last year are not taking the examtna-
Mrs. w. II. Goe, at Marietta. Q.
Miss Ella Droppleman attended the
Eair at Buckhannon.
Born INTO Mr. and Mrs George L
Bennetts F'ridays twin sons.
a. number az persons from this city
vent to Roanolte FRIDAY 10 attend the
district Sunday school convention
which is IN. session there.
Miss Margaret Kenna has returned
from Piliiadetphia ana other eastern
Cites ~
stv. &C. casaeday: has gone to Fair
mont, where. he Ws1l spend several
days .a Ruest OF tise brptller,
j. A. Chttturn, Republican candidate
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
GlIMREEE..
List Of the Officers Chosen by.
County Woman s Ten &
perance Union.

The complete list OF officers clos-
en- by the HARRISON county Women.s
Christian Temperance Union at tts
annual convention. which closed
late Thursday afternoon at Salem, Is
as follows:
president Mrs. w. II. Cheuyront,
Clarksburg, !.
Vice9president-Mrs g. 3. CLARK
salem
Corresponding secretary -.
IS. Parrish Clarksburg:
Recording secretary MIS-.
Charles ogden, Salem.
4 Treasurer Mrs. Frank p: Gra-
ham: wallace.
The department superintendent
are as follows;
= F,Sir and open air meetings
Mrs. wv. waters. stealey Heights.
Flower mission Mrs. 2. g. Mar
tin. elarlxsbNrg
Medal contest Mrs. w. Fl. cheuv-
'front.', yClarksburg-
7. sunday school Miss Nora David
son, McWhorter.
Evangeltstic Mrs. Lille Merrl-
cid, industrial.
Medical temperance DE- chal-
fant. ShInnBton. y Y
Mass meeting Mrs. 8. Austin
Smith, CGaTksbtrs ,55 81
Press-Mra. chafles ogden. sa-
g Sepfile $
IA 81 Clark sbufBs ~
| 49,, II KR1sa jE5avyiff Stealey,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
- 3; - e y. rlla ~.

Two men ysefe scof tctet.Set street
drunkenness ald were fined % and
coli ohtlifs morning inf police
:Eniif q def ault sof they
sefs sed 10 jail unit .eyens
Ing. Al cash bond otjs4. so was for
feited bs al6t1er fellow who was
fofa 81 IKE oftense. Mayor
Frank Il. Moofe resided at the ses-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
FAI l)RES



cf5ARI.E sTc-S sept section
30. 2. as ARRANGED In the department
81 schools tor the sradsng q papers
from che urii forII xallirations has
been dispcsed Of and the eertiticates
granted have been mailed 70 the
lucky appl cants There were great
many failures, but 81 All for is sec
zion, which comprise ninete cen cciln-
ties. ], 157 persons succe passeds
or that r1lrslhe 40 recel we'd G tst grade
$50 received No and
$50 recesged 80. 3's.
N county the largest
nunl5ef of applicants recei wed 4cer-
tifIeates re having been t3f IN
that county alneteen app lcaIts re-
eeIFed 40 q larger numb e that
isof 4 fiIcIeit grade for tia class
81 cert Gates in the eptlre tier 81
nineteen uhties. The smallest
nun So al tfficates issued for any
sco11tj il the tier was that obtained
IN here only tgenty ap-l
uccessfulIy pagsed mi
Green bFfer county there were Lie ap-l
.piicants 81 hom fourteen received
ga. ri. ftcffe county made q good
Is cor dertpg the lliinlbef OF
nm en- r f5 seventeen ;of the sew
esfs s. ilccessfuIty passed. rel
ceived
S5sri,e econd section counties, to-
getller MI ne class Of certificate
81 :, .ssa,s,f4JS eonandeflt Ill
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
JON COMPANY X.

seysraf members Of company K
wilo we're. out % town when the cons
fsnys left last eSening.s went to sFeainS
s cfsel gpnctiop Friday morning on
no. 8, they vial join the COM
pany There are several others who
SsiIi eaye this egelti g.. : q !.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06

~ MI g
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06

0l char lesion
Fire bosses certificates were ISSUED
to Jemes Powell Of ParraIl; John
Stewart, OF Carlisle; and WIN Az
rough. or Dorothy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
HEAT |! E.
Parry Gwen by Colored
Misses is Very C5ngeniai !
and Well Pleased One

xrd b Rome and ophelia
Sga I.l ton al, esrt1lsrsed u number OF
friends wednesday, evening with a
tiieafer party at The Victoria theaser
honor OH the Misses Ethel and
I,nsfien spfiggs; WHO left Thufstlay
mo- tli 81 for their nome at Institute:
Aftef the show the party repatTed to
Mss villa Lees home and partook
81 light luncheon. The party con-
sisted OF the Misses Ethel spriggsg
reIlen- spriggs, villa Lee, Amelia
% ~ tEa5 5l sFtone, Lilly obinson,
va Brown. of washington. p: c.;
Opheiia washington; Byrd Rome ana
ms e. e. Ogden.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06
RAY fever VICTIMS
take THIS ADVICE
start Using This simple. Iatrlless
Treatnlcut a. Once and Ward
on .aftacir.


The ton y Nostriola tra ~
three tiaie daily drring he ny tey=
er eason. vii purify cieanse ana
strengthen the lining be ~ pa
sases So they can resist the atta els
/ I'd yon = oll lse hered XII those
dreadful spells 81 81 gheezine
Cert y ~ teitery stllLeFer frop1. lay
teier a0sild Try the 1Sostri III trea
Gten It costs hut 4 trii tfian
IN if-cent g day ma u SIR
I1rise avail Is a u - no use
The NostrfoEa treatnlent g si19ple
easily applied ana ways pfits
prompt relfef e 81 Has. neEe1
Catarsfh. Group. a llt1la q ~ q dis
easee ana ot the = ~
a u III letol iliienc
rostrel m. n Is Put q ~ ll3ll csl s. a
taIv tub Is Tor abottt
your dtnssist and yosisll " ~ 1
You had tried y I'll u soone
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06

s3hs "A
IIoosfer
tsed an the tnagazines "a HALF At1t1eIeN
@ y City or No del
sIoin the EIome Furnisilins CO lth
lssSs 49,
I'M ~.
aeedts 1onIestfeS Sehoolga ca9ilet on which
s4e
GIVE theo19FE costsn
,deferei 10 Won QQs But
Dent deIsyI JesF nayS and se s7e s F S
TRe Com has mae g cup
talSen 80 tip a4y "
set your na4lle 3a sas
nave this
4sht atvass rnsrsiy fess slseo sseezts ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06

Fred. howard apds four chill
tren returned last evening from Miss
onri where they spent the SUMMER
vi tel atives
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
An unburisd Admiral.

The bones Of John Paul Jsnes remain
unInterreti. They repose in coffin
supported on u couple Of wooden saw
horses under the stairway of the large
building used as dormitory and mess
hull by the midshipmen ut the Naval
academy at Annapolis The location 10
entirely inappropriate In all respects
1t is In the midst of the activities and
revelries of the young men who are be-
Ing fitted for the duties of the commits
stoned personnel of the nary. II Is
makeshift which does not add to the
solemnity of the situation. 1t would be
better to place the coffin In less pub
lie place. perhaps in some corner Of
the chapel mt the Naval academy or In
"a temporary structure In the academy
cemetery. 1t was intended that the
body should rest in specially de-
signed and constructed crypt. but con-
grcss has not provided the means for
this Inst resting Disadvantages
Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
A p.rky'. Partnership,

Senntor John Sharp Williams tells
the following as illustrating the sim
plicity Of the old time darky iu the
south:
Mr.. Williams wns once proceeding
along rond near u mississippi town
when he met an nged negro hauling
driftw.od into hia fnrmyard. There
the senator snw II pile Of wood already
stacked to such an extent that be WAS
moved 10 say: ss.s ~
"uncle you've gathered big lot Of
nrewo0d. haven't y0u?"
"a ahore ln,s." chuckled the old man.
IAN what YOU sees amt haIf what
I've picked up dis season..
"what did you do with the rest Of It
-seIl it:''
mo. sab. ] totes 1t up to Mr.. Per-
kins' place. bout mile from heah.
Me an him Is partners. an he let's me
have half Of all de wood picks up
81. Louis Republic.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
4M.t,y.' Il, or..t.

In Mathewson the New York team
has great winning pitcher. In my es-
tlmation he is about the greatest man
who ever tossed baseball. and the
rest of the pitching staif il stroug and
dangerous. In spite Of this fact the
Cubs us team would rather 20 up
against Matty than any Of the big
pitchers today. In saying this do not
mean to exempt number Of weaker
pitchers we are always confident Of
beating. but Of the recognized big
league pitchers today Matty is our
choice. My reason for making this
rather astonishing statement IL that
Matty Is n careful. steady. straight"
pitcher. He always pitches for the
plate and does not try to intimidate a
batter by such tricks as throwing for
his head or trying to Craze his shins.
We know that Matty has wonderful
control over the ball.-John Evers
Second Bnseman Chicago Nationals,
In Metropolitan Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
A witty Rstert.

John McCormack. the Irish tenor.
told the following story on himself at
dinner Of the Irish society In New
York recently:
"Aly wife and had been entertained
at dinner hy Archbishop Ireland Of vt.
Paul." said Mr. MsEornack. AFTER
the dinner my wife enc both sana
for the prelate. and when Mra. Mct,or-
mack had finished the archbishop
turned to me and said. 'You should he
very proud Of such talented Wife
"'Indeed. am.' replied with en-
thuslnsm.
"'This In the first time he ever made
such confesslon.' said my wife, look
ing nt the archbiahop with twinkle
In her eye.
"'He couldn't make q confession in
better place. remarked one Of the
guests. Indicating the archbishop.
"'1rrue.' smiled the prelate, but I
cannot forgive him, because he isn't
sorry for it,"
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
The
Scrap Book
osiisins the Dsetsr.


Dr. Stewart was called To the tele-
phone the other nIght in bellevue hos
pitai. New York. to hear = cheerful
voice announce:
ION xhe way down to shee you. doc!
Got fine caae tremens."
Dr. Stewart rtt,oVkuiked the yoke ~
that OF rather well to dS young man
who had made several previous trips to
Bellevue and expressed over the teie-
phone his strong regrets that he should
again be bothered BY the anttcipant
visitor.
..rhnsh a IT.. doc.'. said the vohe
through the phone. "l'm Goiu co-hic-
,p- hls-cu operate wiz you xhish time
dN.. Coin make recovery In quicke~h
time known" And he hung up the re-
reirer. In half mn hour NJ therest0uts
cab ratified In through the receiving
gate and an annoyed driver helped out
the teierhoning I'erson. BY this time
he was a[esrhisxs. The driver dragged
him inside.
I'VE xhtopped at 4 wild animal
shtore." said the driver sourly. That's
why we're late. The stew here bought
iat Of horned tOads and gartersnakes
ana things"
"Bnt what for?' asked Or. Stewart
"He said he was thryin' to help yen"
snId the driver. HE said he wouldn't
he able to shpeak by the time be got to
the hospital. but he'd bring along sam.
piles Of his symptoms!'-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
Lost No Time,

Two brothers wen, hunting. Henry
had a wooden leg and had to be per
suaded to accompany his brother. who
had reputation 0f being deei footed.
They went up 10 the mountains. where
their pack Of hounds st.ared up Zig
bear. william emrtied his gun at ti,.'
bear. but II kept on coming. William
dropped his gun and struck out for
home. leaving his t,oOr wossden legged
brofh her to look out for himseif. VIII
liam. when he got to the house. dove
through the window. sash and all. land
Ing In his fathers arms. William By
gnn to cry. telling how Henry had been
left Ishlnd nnd hOw way back there in
the wONls the b'ar was picking his
homes clean stop that nsoanin' and
weeIiin'." said the father. HE done
some lsatin' II home With the dogs !.
half an hoae ago kansas City star.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
H.st.nsd His p.ath.

The little village of Grabels. near
Montpelier. France. has 800 tnhabit-
ants aud an extraordinary record.
Among the 800 are two centenarians-
there were three until Dr.. David died
at the age OF lO3 recently-and twelve
persons in the town are more than
eighty years old. The death of Dr.
David came ns shock to the villagers.
One OF the other centenarians. woman
Of l01. explained how he died He
Insisted on walking through the pour
Ing rain to the next village instead Of
riding on his bicycle. rs he usually did
when he visited patients at night" she
said.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
whx IN. skx \. Blue.

The cause Of the blue tint OF the sky
has recently been the subject Of re-
newed discussion. According to one
view, the blue color is the effect OF
chemical matter in the air acting BY
absorption. but most physicists deny
this on the ground that these chemical
substances present In the air would
cause the setting sun to be blue In.
stead Of red. 1t seems probable that
the blue of the sky is. In any case. not
due to particles of dust or Of water. as
has long been supposed. but in reality
to the dispersal of light by the actual
molecules of the air itself.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
RayAeEs OF THE RAT.
Dreadful Record Of Disease Thst
Marks His loathsoms Trs:l.

Or0adtui Woeor0 ov 0'oSssS s"et
Marks His loatheoms Trs:i.
For one of the most terrible Of all
diseases the rat il now certainly known
to be resp0nsible-the bui0nic plague
or .black DEATH" No srOurgc Of mum
kind IN more dreadful than this. stnies'-
a writer In McClure's. II wnn Staying
the Egyptians al the beginning Of ~.
corded history. A single epidemic cost
Athens a third Of her citizens. A,
Lyons In 1872 the pestilence killed 70.
900 persons. Venice In 1915 lost 10000
During the great plague Of London In
1865 CS596 died out Of II population of
100000. and the dead iny In the sireets.
because the living were too few to
bury them.
Even M late ms 1771 an epidemic Of
the bubonic plague cost M0seow nearly
a fourth Of its 2aOOOO souls. But after
the last Parthian arrow the dixeaxe re-
tired to india and the region westward
toward the Mediterranean. which
seems to have been its original home.
and after 1850 Europe and Africa were
free.
| II DTOkc Ouk u&uiu " AcsJt hsVM -
peculiarly virulent strain that had Its
habitnt In certain districts Of northern
China. The army supply trains car
ried the rats and the rats carried the
bacillus pestis from the Mnnchurian
frontier to the sea. From there 1t
made its way back by junks to Can
ton. where between March and Au-
gust OF 1904 1t killed upward of 100.0O0
persons. Thence the Chinese strain OF
the plague bacillus passed by ship to
Bombay and difruscd itself through
India. Five million per~ona died Of
the pestilence In india during the six
yenrs that ended with 1908. and 1t was
only with 1900 that the annual NOR
tality fell below 100000.
Before It was discovered that quar-
antine must include rats as well as
men this new Indo- Chinese strain had
spread over the whole civilized world.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
Hi. Flioh. Into JeurnaIisn,.


Anthony ]. Drexel Biddle. the mil
tionairr sportsman of Philadelphia.
who In equally at home In the drawing
rom and In the prize ring. told the
members Of the Chicago Athletic asao-
ciation the other evening Of his early
experience In journalism.
''As a youth my great ambition was
to be reporter" he said. 40 went
to my uncle. George W. Childs Drexel.
who WIS editing the Public Ledger.
He gave me place on the local stnfY.
and the city editor assigned me 10 a
district in which the city morRue WIN
loc,ted. On the frxt day Of my assign
n,ent the body Of man wMx found In
the Della wnre river and brought TO the
morgue. scenting possible murder
mystery and seeing also an opnOrtu-
nifty to gain journalistic fame tn single
duy. hast ened to the ONCE and wrO'e
a thrilling story. which was largely
Imagination. In concluding gave 4
graphic description Of the supposed vic
tim. saying that the man WAS attireti
In black mustache and clothes Of the
same material.
"My wonderful story Oiled about ten
lines Of the next days paper. aud re-
ceived a summons to my uncle's ONCE
Tony he said. I can get you place
on this paper. but cannot keep It for
you.'
"My journalistic ambitions ended
then and there"
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
THEY LIon'1 LAUGH.
MARI Twain Was Funny. but His Az.
diswss Gave Him the otsmy Stare.

NS8fS saS Sshstyb 80H tVt8 ~
diswss Gave Him the etsWy Stare.
There was one occasion when Mark
rwain's humor went astray and ill.,
stead Of the hilarious laughter he ex-
pected poor Clemens got only snd and
stony stares from the three literary
hOiis at whom he had aimed his mirrh-
ful efforts as well as from the rest of
the banQueters who were all worship
ers of the burlesqued trio. The story
b told by F. NJ. Colby In the Book
man:
Marx Twain had gladly accepted the
Invitation to address the diners and,
knowing that Emerson. I.ongfellow
and Holmes were to be among them,
had prepared. In high confidence. q
little skIt telling Of three absurd i'm
posters who had announced themselves
by these distinguished names at a
miners cabin In the far west. Ac-
cortllng to the story, q melancholy min
er at whose cabin Mark Twain found
shelter one night told him that three
other ''littery men" had stayed with
him the night before and given him
much trouble. They were Mr.. Emer-
son. Mr.. Longfellow and Mr.. Holmes.
In reply to Mark Twain's question the
miner gives an account Of the visit.
They were rough lot. but that's
nothing: everybody looks rough that
travels afoot. Mr.. Emerson was a
seedy little bit Of a chap. red headed
He weighed as much as 800 and had
double chIns all the way down to his
stomach. Mr.. Longfellow was built
like prizeighter. His head was crop
ped and bristly-iike. as II he had a
Wig made of hairbrushes. His nose
lay straight down on his face, like a
finger with the end joint tilted up.
They had been drinking. could see
that. And what queer talk they used!
Mr. Holmes inspected this cabin. and
then he took me by the butt0nhole, and
says he:
.Through the deep caves Of thought
hear a voice that sings.
Build thee more stately mansions,
o my soul!"
Says l. II can't AFFORD 1t. Mr.. Holmes.
and. moreover. l don't want to-"
Blamed II I liked 1t pretty well. either.
coming from stranger. that way.
However, I started to get ont my ba-
con and beans when Mr.. Emerson
came and looked on awhile, and then
be takes me aside by the buttonholo
and says:
"Give me sGates for my meat:
Give mo cantharidcs to eat:
From air and ocean bring mo foods.
From all zones and attitudes"
Says l, mfr. Emerson. II you'll ex-
cuse me, this ain't no hotel"
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
A Prophstie Plant.

The abrus plant. which grows wild
In Cuba and parts Of India. has q rep
utation In the tropics for sensitiveness
to weather changes. This attracted the
attention of Baron Nowack. an Aus
trian naturalist. many yenrs ngo. and
he has continued since then TO study
the curious properties Of the plant. He
now contends that its behavior not
only forecasts storms ind shows nre
daup In mines. but aIsn gives reliable
warnings Of the approach Of earth
Juakes.
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
MORE PROOF OF THE FAILURE
or PROHIBITION.
Governor sreysr Of Mississippi says:
Can't Enforce the Law.
fFrom the Mobile Register. August
II, 1929

II. 1929
And now comes additional evidence
Of the failure OF prohibition from far
away Mississippi. Mrs. Harriet b.
Wells. president of the Mississippi
W. c, T. U. has written to the COVER
nor Of her state informing him that
NEVER BEFORE has there been such
wide open sale Of liquors as is now be-
ing experienced in the cities Of DRY"
Mississippi. vicksburg Ia said to be
q veritable pool Of liquor and the con-
ditions are steadily becoming worse.
In reply to the complaint of the w. G.
T. u. leader the governor OF the state
is reported to have written the follow
ing:
The Meeker herald., 1912-10-12
Solitude.
vorid I.u~h. WITH you,

Laugh and the world laughs with you.
Weep and you weep alone.
For sad old earth must borrow its mirth
II has troubles enough OF It's own.
Sing and tho hills will answer;
Sigh and it's lost on the air.
The echoes rebound to Joyful acund.
But shirk from voicing care.
Rejoice and men will seek you:
Grieve and they turn and 90.
They want full measure Of all your pleas
ure.
But they do not want your woe.
Be glad and your friends are many:
Be sad and you lose them all.
There 10 none to decline your nsctared
wine.
But alone you must drink the gail.
Feaat and your halls are crowded:
Fast and the world goes by.
Succeed and give and u helps you to live.
Hut no man can help you to die.
There is room In the halls Of pleasure
For large and lordiy train.
But ono by one We must all file on
Through the narrow aialen os pain.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox