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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19
In Order to Bring Agriculture
Up to Successful Point
of Operation.

DETROIT. Sept. 13.-The need OF
extension teaching in agriculture.
what such instruction should in /.
elude. plans for organizing the work
involved in a campaign Of agricul-
tural education and what has been
accomplished already. were discuss
ed today BY Andrew N. soule. pres
ident Of the George State College
OF Agriculture. Mr.. sou.e's ad-
dress in part follows:
'The subject matter considered
under this caption may be divided
into four sections: First, is there
need of extension teaching in agri-
culture? second, what should extern
sion teaching include? third, sug-
gestlons for the organization of the
work along efficient lines; fourth,
some data with reference to the pro-
gress and results attained by this
method Of instruction,
Under Systematic instruction
may be included what is known as
the extension school, which under
takes. as its name shows, to carry
on definite instructions along GER
tain lines into given community
for a period OF three days to a
month. This is probably one of the
most efficient forms of extension
teaching which can be inaugurated
in any state.
THE experimental farm or def
mite soil test area will follow next
in Importance. Correspondence
courses would be found helpful.
The lecture and reading course will
also be found helpful in many com
munit!es. In other instances study
clubs may be formed, and last but
not least under this division would
be ranked the work Of the boys and
girls clubs.
Under the head OF informal
teaching probably the mort efficient
agency Is the farmers institute.
Then would come the farmerg' week
generally arranged for at the agrI-
cultural college. Conferences Of one
kind and another may be arranged
either at the college or in various
local centers. The occasional lee
turc would come under this head.
"under object lesson teaching
may be grouped the farm demon
stratlon work, the special train, the
fair exhibit. the educational excur-
sion and publications. These would
include the press bulletins sent out
weekly or monthly, the leaflet or ag-
rlcuItural periodical, series OF popu-
lar bulletins, and travelling agricul-
turai Libraries.
"The work must be carefully or.
ganlzed and efficiently manned
where effective service is contem
plated The men chosen for thI'
line OF work must be experts In fac
and reality In the administration
OF the work It viii DO we'll to have
an executive aocrctnry or director
OF tho extension service with star
OF men ana cerlB under his con
troll This constitutes lbe nucluH fot
the organization and direction .
tho WORT The experts needed u
nEronomy horlidn'lme, anlmal iris
bandrY agricultural chemistry etc
viii be delegated from tie member
81 The spsnaiissd sfaHs a. tbese a.
partmehis Nv the heads u the Sans
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19

Mr. and Mrs. olandus West have
returned from Rattle Creek, Mich.
D. $, Arnold was here Thursday
from Jane Lew on business visit,
lcircroon D. Rassel was business
Visitor here Thursday from Interstate.
lneo u Soung was a business Wis
lllr here Thursday from Lost Greek.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19

Attorney NJ. A. Samples, of Salem,
was a city visitor Thursday.
O. ]. Prunty. of West Union,
transacted business here Saturday.
Anne Mathey was 4 business visitor
here from Salem Thursday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. osman swartz left
last night for Charleston
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19
Below Is Tv|
Fine Hons.
and Tor Reason.
able Price Can.
not Be Beat /
CIARkSIRIIRG

Near fike street, in .
No. i neighborhood, on.
good street, We have a i
room frame, slate rod
house, two story, in.
ished in oak throughout
with bath and reception
hall, attic, cellar, thru
cabinet mantcls, tire
base mantels, three
clothes presses, china
closet, porch back and
front and on the side,
cement side walks, houa
finished entirely with
oak, lot - by 30 feet.
Price
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19

W K, + Pey,on, Of Weston. Is
Waldo guest,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-19

Terms, one-half down
balance one and twO
Years, six per cnt IN.
terest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Renamina indians.

Some years ago in order to make
their Inheritance OF land more simple
and secure our government commits
Sioaed Or Charles \. Eastman, a
Sioux Indian to rename more than
$4,000 Sioux with their family names.
The task was Il tremendous one and
full Of difficulties Where possible DR..
Eastman kept the original Sioux name
ot some member Of u family, as in be-
s;cwing the name "Matoska," meaning
White ReaE." on the family Of that
chief. Sometimes the combination Of
wife's name and husbands name has
produced musica! result, such as
'Winoua Otana." The favorite name
for women means she who has q
beautiful ONE" which DR.. Eastman
has Anglicized i'll the patronymic
"Goodhouse' But by far the hardest
task was in finding new names for the
absurdities Of Indian nomenclature.
"Bobtailed Coyote" was young In
dian who has come to prefer himself
as. Robert T. Wolf" After long
struggle with Rotten Pumpkin DR..
Eastman at last recorded the owner Of
the name on the tribal records under
the noncomuittal title Of Robert
PumDian.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
His MILD REPHCOF.
The Mate Let .he Captain Down Easy
About His Eiietake.

Asout His fiistakc.
The Skipper was :; u!an who had a
good opinion OF himself and bis nos
tons. I!e ':aG pGilea through ship
wreck. nlut:ny a:.1 other peri:s OF the
deep. but he CAME 4 c-oQpz- oAce. For
one Of his voyages he had shipped a
boatswain's mate who bore something
Of Z reputation
One day the skipper ordered him
slost to examine sail o. the royal
yard.
"Tain't safe. cap'n.' protested the
Eoatsvain's mate The foot ropes has
got to be fixed frs
"Do as l tell !o8:-' ,;iuadered the
captain. The foot ropes are eli right.
I know they are
The man went up.
Five minutes later be came tu11bli2s
down through the rigging from the
too Of the mast. 4 distance Of over
100 feet
With bang ne landed OF the belly
Of the mainsail and bounded into one
Of tie canvas covered boats.
The sailors. thinking hin dead
crowded about him in I circle.
To their amazenent be sat up.
Ills eyes wandered vacantly about
until they rested on the leathery face
Of the skipper, when they lighted up
with intelligence.
"Capn." be said slowly. you was
mistaken about them foot ropes. -
London Tii-BitS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
VALE OF TIE WYE.
G!irasse of an imposing and Romantic
S-o4 =, Males

Gliraese Of an imposing and Romantic
Spot II Wales.
Those who travel through strange
places with their eyes and their ears
o1eI are iikely,to make strange c:scov-
cries. but there are plenty OF other
firdS which. simply rs y delight to the
senses and without any wonder or Gu
riosi1v attending them, are we'll worth
the trouble OF trying to forget ones
preoccupation il what be sees and
hears.
Both these pleasures Of travel come
TO those who will fare slowly and OBJ
servingly through the Vale OF the Wye
in Wales. It seems almost like @ chap
ter from some magnificent Apocalypse
to travel on TO C2der and PlEnlimon
and glimpse the imposing grandeur OF
the visions that await the appreciatlye
eve. Half OF Wales seems TO lie before
the traveller The mountains Of the
CaGer range loom loftiiE. and Snow
don. of the lakes. seems to 5eckon him
on. The long headland Of Carnarvon
hugs half see il the crook Of its arm
Pembrcke.S ragged capes CLEAN be-
yond the lovely mountainous heights
No sound breaks the vast silence. You
are shut off from the bustlinS world.
The hawk circles in q noiseleSs void
above the slopes Whitened with graz
ing sheep. For i moment there may
be the feeble pipe Of the wheatear. and
for another brief space lark may lllt
praise to heaven. But that is all
Philadelphia North American
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Sherlock Holmes Original.

7 Sir A. Conan Doyle often recounted
incidents regarding DR.. Joseph Bell,
the distinguished Scottish surgeon
from whom his character of Sherlock
Holmes was drawn. One Of the most
remarkable was this:
Or. Bell was lecturing to his class IL
surgery, Of which Doyle was one, when
in regard to the subject ne remarked:
."0f course this man has been SOL
der in q highland regiment and prob
ably bandsman."
The man had the soldiers swagger,
but was too short to be anything but a
bandsnan, the doctor explained. The
man yehemently denied this and said
he was a shoemaker. DE-. Bell, still
confident that his powers Of reasoning
am deduction had not led him astray.
had the man stripped and on the left
side Of his chest found little blue
ID branded on the skin. The doctor
then declared to his class:
This man was deserter. This Is
the way they were marked in the Cri-
mean days. though it is not permitted
now"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Chinese Queer WayS.

Difficulties Of census work among
Chinese are amusinGiy illustrated by
the British commissioner 1t Weihaiwei
in his report. ~ Chinese child ct
birth is said to be one year Old" ne
writes, and after it has passed one
new year it IS said 10 be two years Old.
Thus Child i born in the last month
of the year may be said to be TWO
wears Of age before it is thirty days Old
according TO European reckoning. y
child OF eighteen months time Of life
since birth is reckoncl b. Chinese to
be either two years or three years DID,
this depending on whether it was born
in the first or second half Of the year.
It IS common for :, Chinese mother 10
give Il soa tie na:.ic Of I girl. pTesum-
ably to deceive the fatcs, It being con-
sidered easier to bring up girl. Ihere
are many large undivided families IN
Weihaivei. The largest is that OF q
widow uamed Neng VI sam. whose
family consists OF SiXty-siz, whIca,
with one servant. makes sixty-seVeH
mouths to the COMMON meal"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Or.o;n of "CaHaSG."

The French name for a duck Is
canard and French journal recalls
the etymology of "canard" in the
pejorative journalistic sense. y Farls
reporter oace upon q time in the bot
weather could lind no news and be
fell back upon his Imagination. He
published an accoEnI Of 4 remarkable
experiment conducted in farnyard.
4 farmer took twelve duckllnss,
chopped one up fine and gave it 70
the eleveu others 70 eat. y second
was chopped and the remaining ten
sobblcd him up For eight more days
one duc.Sling was ser-ed Mp to the
others. at last. when only two were
left. one Of the two was given 10 the
other TO eat. This remarkable exoeri'
ment resulted. therefore, in the one
remaining Guckling Havns eaten np
his eleven brothers.
The story of the Twelve Little
Ducks Sprans at once ia;o fame. \
"caHard" IN 4 newspaper has ever
since meant a statement nearer tic'
ton than fact.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
-. r-~o,s "c-ee, Man Of Brighton.

Tbs Saa.ous "G.een Man Of Brighton
III October. 1866. au individual was
sc be observed ;t Brighton. England,
who walked out every day dressed in
green from head to foot-green shoes,
green gloves. green handkerchief ano
other articles to match. This eccen-
tric person lived alone. knew nobody,
and in his house the curtains. the wall
naDer. the furniture. even the plates
and dishes and the smallest toilet ar
E>.es. offered an uninterrupted Sc
cucnce Of green. Having started on
his career. there Was obviously no Tea-
son to stop. and With full consistency
be carried this scrup!es so far as to
eat nothing but fruit and vegetables
of the same green color. The conse-
ouences were extremely disastrous
One G1e day the green man jumped
from his window into the street. rush
ed forward and performed q secono
somersauls from the top Of the nearest
c!if.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
How The Dust Gets In.

When the barometer falls the air
around expands into larger volume,
and he air inside the bookcase, the
clothes closet and the cupboard also
expands and forces itself out at every
minute crevice. When the barometer
rises again the air inside the cupboard,
as well as outside, condenses and
shrinks and the air is forced back into
the cupboard to equalize the pressure,
and along with the air in goes the
dust. 5The smaller the crevice the
stronger the jet OF air. the farther
gees the dirt. Witness the dirt tracks
so often seen in imperfectly framed
engravings or photographs. Remember
whenever you see the barometer rising,
that an. additional charge Of dust is
entering your cupboard and bureau
drawers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Two Champion Penmen.


A contest in the 6ne art Of penman-
ship would not arouse much public in
terest now. But there seems to have
been great excitement when Peter
Bales was challenged by Daniel John
son in 1906 Bales was the beautiful
writer who could transcribe the whole
Bible so that it would so into wal
nut shell and who had provided Queen
Elizabeth with specimen Of his hand
writing which she wore in ring. a
magnifying glass being required to
read it. When the contest took place
there were FIVE judges and hundred
spectators. The competition included
all kinds Of writing, the proficiency Of
the rivals pupils and the masterpieces
of either Bales won the golden pen,
but Johnson declared that there had
been trickery. Bales having begged to
be allowed to show the pen to his sick
wife and having promptly pawned it.
whereupon the judges had to declare
him the winner to get out Of the dlm-
Guilty. Really the award was private
~ made to spare Johnson's feelings
London Spectator.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
When the Duke Scrubbed.

When the Duke Of Coburg-Gotha was
q very young royal highness he was
taken by his mother, the Duchess OF
Albany, to Mr.. Wesley's school Tor
boys. Before taking In the royal
youngster the master stipulated that
the3new pupil must conform to all the
rules. This was agreed.
One day his royal highness upset a
bottle Of ink on the floor. Get a buck
ct Of water and wipe it up" said the
master
But" objected his royal highness'
you don't mean me to scrub 1t up
do Du?"
Yes, indeed"
!: But you must forget my grandmoth-
er is the queen:"
"On the contrary said the master,
Il remember it very well. Get the wa
ter"
Whereupon his royal highness the
Duke Of Coburg-Gotha scrubbed
Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
When vanor Is Dry.

Mr.. NJ. Mott-Smith points out in Sci
ence a popular misconceptlon in the
supposition that aqueous rapor and Ice
are wet. They are in themselves dry
and become wet only when they turn
to water. $50 dry Is aqueous vaper
that It will dry any moist object that
it comes in contact with" Superheat-
ed steam before it condenses IS a dry
gas. Ice feels wet if the temperature
Of the hand is sufficient to melt it, AS
ice it is dry Another misconception
is that the air can be. either moist or
dry. It is condensed aqueous vapor IN
the air that is moist, and it would be
moist If there were no air. a given
quantity Of aqueous vapor confined IN
a given space will be wet OF dry &C
cording to the temperature. At 81 de-
grees, for instance, 1t might be partial
" condensed and consequently wet
while at 10 degrees. owing to e1pan-
sion, it would be dry.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Eat and Fashionable.

According to the Moorish idea OF
beauty, really handsome woman
ought to be so fat that she can only
waddle, not walk. The fatter she is
the more beautiful she is considered.
II she can attain 200 or 300 pounds
Of flesh she is the envy Of all her sex.
The Moorish shape-if shape it can be
called-approaches the perfection OF
feminine beauty when it resembles.
OF, rather, exceeds, the circumference
Of q barrel. What q paradise for the
fat woman. There she can eat and
drink and feast to her hearts content,
denying herself nothing. living al easy,
indolent, luxurious life, with no hor-
ror Of accommodating fat, but rather
rejoicing in it. There the ambition OF
q woman is to acquire bulk. Physical
culture she would regard as an enemy
to beauty. and to take Turkish baths
and diet herself would be considered
the height Of folly. She wants to be
beautiful. and to be beautiful she must
he fat
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
An EarIy Street Cleaner.

Zone day. Ben Franklin wrote ID
his autobiography. Il found a poor. IN
dustrious man. who was willing to un-
dertake keeping the pavement clean
by sweeping it twice week, carrying
off the dirt from before all the neigh
bors' doors for the sum Of slIpence
per month to be paid by each house
/ then wrote and printed a paper set
ting forth the advantages to the neigh
borhood that might be obtained By tins
small expense. sent one OF these
papers to each house and in day or
two went around TO see who would
subscribe an agreement to pay these
sixpences. 1t was unanimously signed
and for q time we'll executed. This
raised n general desire to have all the
streets paved and made the people
more willing to submit to tax TOR
that purpose."-Survey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Xna,uinc The Great Men.

Nr. Browning himself once told me
how important and interesting ne
thought it that the young should have
as il were, landmarks in their lives bS
at least seeing great men WHO belong
ed to an earlier generation.
Once he said. = was walking IN
the streets OF Paris with my son, VINO
was then little boy. We saw aasold
man approaching US il 4 !oaG. loose
rather shabby coat and with Z stoop-
inc. shualing attitude and gait. Touch
tha. man aS you pass him. whisper
cd 10 my little son. ! will tell You
why afterva-d. TIE Child touched
him as he passed, and said 70 him,
Now. my boy. you will always 5e able
to remember in later years that you
once saw and touched the great beran-
oar Dean E>arrar in Men ! Have
Known
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Gilcloth as a Cure.

Pretty soon after the new arrival had
been assigned to bis room ne te!e-
phoned down to the Office for two
strips of oilcloth.
Another one" said the clerk after
assuring the guest that the oilcloth
would be sent up Immediately. HE
IS a somnambulist, l suppose. We
keep strips Of oilcloth In reserve for
fellows like him. They spread It on
the floor at either side Of the bed.
Stepping on cold oilcloth when ne gets
out Of bed is pretty likely to awaken
the most confirmed sleepwalker and
prevent nocturnal wandering."-New
York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Bra Power.


IF asked to name the strongest AMI
mails most persons begin with the lar
gest, the elephant, and continue with
oxen, horses, etc. This IS, OF course,
correct in so far as their total horse
power is concerned. but for real
strength, proportioned to the size and
weight of the animal, one must go TO
the insect world. Compared with IN
sects, the strength Of almost any large
animal. and especially Of man. IS ao-
surd. A man Is considered strong II
he can drag a mass weighing three or
four times as much as himself. put
the beetle will walk with 800 times his
own weight. If man were placed
under a wooden box with FIVE times
his weight on top to hold it down ne
would remain there indefinitely, Dut
to retain a stag beetle prisoner in the
same way one must pile on top or the
box at least 1,S0o times its weight
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Al Even Thing.

The late Sydney Mudd Of Maryland
was on a train going from Washington
to his home when man who had had
too much to drink sat down beside him.
The passenger blinked at Mudd for a
moment; then he lurched over and
asked. SHAY. wash your name"
My name is Mudd," he replied.
Said the other: You got nothin' on
me. Ny names Dennis" - Saturday
Evening Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
keepina Il Dark.

The black sheep Of the Warywalk
family had distinguished himself again.
This IS the last straw" groaned his
respectable brother. I'm goin' to ave
it put in the papers that I've changed
nv name from Warywalk to Wobble-
way, COS Of my brothers disgracln'
the name. I'll ave it printed on and
bills an, distributed by the thousand.
I'm determined nobody shall suspect
that I'm related to rm."-London Ideas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Grave Humor.

The punster is irrepresSible. Hee7er
indites his jokes on tombstones. AL
epitaph in Waltham abbey informs Us
that Sir James Fullerton died fuller
Of faith than Of fears. fuller Of resolu
lions than Of pains. fuller Of honour
than Of days"
There is another of Daniel Tears
Though strange, yet true. full seventy
wears was his wife happy in het
Tears"
This was written Of an organist
"Here lies one. blown out Of breath
who lived merry life and died Merl
deth."
Another says: Here lies Thomas
Huddlestone. Reader, don't smile, Du1
reflect as this tombstone you view thai
Death, who killed him. in very Short
while will huddle q stone upon you."
PearSon's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Parsons Poem A Gem.

From Rev. H. Stubenvoll, Allison,
Ia, in praise of Dr., Kings New Life
Pills.
They're such health necessity,
In every home these pills should be.
II other kinds you've tried in vain,
USE DR.. KINGS
And b. well again. Only 25c at all drug
c;StS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10

Charles Durham. Lovington, III has
succeeded ii iiDdipg positive cure for
bed wetting. My little boy wet the
bed every night clear thro' OF the floor.
l tried several kinds OF kidney medicine
and was in the drug store looking for
something different 70 help him when I
heard OF Foley kidney Pills. After he
had taken them TWO days we could see
a change and when he had taken TWO
thirds CT a bottle he was cured. That
is about six weeks ago aud ne has 90,
wet 10 bed since" The Dickson Drug
Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-10
Ends Winters Troubles

TO many, winter is a season OF trou-
ble: he frost-bit.en toes and fingers.
cbapoa hands and lips. chilblains,
cold-soes, red and rough skins. prove
this. Et such trouble fly before Suck
lens tSnica Salve y trial convlnces.
Create It healer of Burns, Boils, Piles:
Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Eczema and
Sprain. Only 25c at all druggists.