Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-14

complished over a distance OF -
miles N England with insulated wires.
Last Known Survivor Of Tribe.
Andrew Harrison of New Britain,
Conn.,, is the last known survivor Of
the Mohican tribe of Indians.
Cleanliness Is Suggested.
Keep yourself clean and bright. You
are the window through which you
must see the WORKMAN and Super
man.
Telephone lnvades Jerusalem.
The telephone has invaded Jerusa-
lem, a system having been installed
that connects official points, business
houses and some residences.
New Kind of Word.
| Clyde Corntossel talked about split
ting an infnitive in such despair
Ing way that his parents thought an
infinitive must be some kind of stove
wood.
Value of Association.
| Nobody ever did people any good by
standing aloof. If the pencils of an
electric lamp are to shine they must
first touch and then keep close to
gether.
Contagious.
"'Tis strange muttered young
man, as he staggered home from sup
per party, how evil communications
corrupt good manners. I've been sur
rounded by tumblers all the evening,
and now I'm tumbler myself"
Scholars as Chefs and Walters,
Boys just out of school are trained
by the London county council to be.
| come chefs and walters. Not long age
luncheon to one hundred visitors
was cooked and served by the boys
who are being SO trained
To Make veeetarans of Kin.
In Leghorn, Italy, a wealthy Hebrew
OF the name of Modigliani has be
| queathed large estate to be used tc
| provide a vegetarian diet for his chill
dren, with the object of accustomins
them to abstain from meat
| Seeks to Reserve Land FOR Cattle.
| Germany discourages the cutting oil
| peat, as the government desires to
| convert the moors and bogs into
arabic lands through proper drainage
This action is taken because Of the
scarcity, of cattle and meat.
Dodging Promotion.
There is chatng-dish period for
every college GIRL but when the time
comes for the promotion to the higher
position hard by grand square cook
ing-stoye, most of the graduates pre-
fer to toot the alarm whistle on a linn
CUISINE.
Desire to Be Free Is Wrong.
Oh, the worth of coercion in a daily
duty which must be done whether we
like it or not! The desire to be free
from such compulsions is wrong. As
well might the locomotive ask to dash
out unrestrained over the prairie and
the bridge The tracks which confine
1t continue, it's usefulness and its life,
An Appreciative Orchestra.
Rubinstein had promised the or
chestra players supper if one of his
operas should prove success. 1t was
a dismal failure, and he went homo
sadly. Presently the doorbell rang
and, behold, there were the playersl
In response to his looks of astonish.
ment they exclaimed, I'VE liked your
operai"
Limitation May Be Gainfui.
Cowper could tell story better and
more tersely In rhyme than in prose-
The builder of engines for ships has
long been teaching the builder of en-.
gines for mills how to save space,
materials and Goals In much the
same fashion the automobile is point
ing the power house to new econo.
mics.
Broken Heart Caused Death.
A broken heart, caused by violent
beating due to sudden emotion, was
said by a doctor to be responsible for
the death of Alexander Burmese, six
| ty-four, master tailor, at a Lon@-r
| inquest Burmese fell and died during
an alteration with a foreman cutter
as to the ownership of certain articles
| which he was about to remove from
his former premises to new ones.
| Love Is Similar to Sunlight.
| How the sunlight seems to watch
or chance to get through the small
Est opening in the clouds! Love
which forgives because it Is love, and
| which waits for every opportunity to
| manifest kindness, is not going I'd
wait to be asked to forgive. Ignore
he wrongs you receive and think ove1
the good that has been or yet may be-
md the evil will dwindle into moth,
ngness.-R
Having Too Many Things.
| Many nervous, irritable, dissatisfied,
unhappy women would become calm
and contented if they would store
give or throw away half of their be
| longings. Some have abandoned ele
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