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that minor operation would remove tn,
Disagreement

that minor operation would remove the
Disagreement.
Besides DIR. Dabney and the nurse there
were present, when Schaad lapsed into
Inconsistencies under the influence of
an anesthetic. DR.. c. B. Ballard and DR..
j. b. Penrose. AS DR.. Dabney proceeded
with the knife the two surgeons detected
that there was something wrong and both
began 10 demonstrate. DR.. Dabney be-
came angry and ordered them from the
operating room.
When the two doctors had left, ac-
cording to the story of the nurse who
had remained trembling beside the un-
conscious patient DR.. Dabney began to
dissect the face and throat OF the un-
conscious Schaad. Both sides OF the
face were laid open and deep incisions
made in the throat. But the skill OF
the mad surgeon was shown in the dex-
terity with which he avoided inflicting u
fatal wound on his living subject
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OPERATION BY SURGEON
REVEALS HIS INSANITY
Attemps vivisection on Pa
tient, Death Results and
Asylum Receives Him.

MARIETTA. Ohio. August 14-With
the commitment TO Longview Asylum in
Cincinnati of Dr. William r. Dab
ney there has come to light one OF the
most remarkable chapters in medical his
tory.
Not until the crazed surgeon had under
taken to perform vivisection upon a pa
tent was II realized by the attendants IN
the operating room that madness was d.
recting the arm and scalpel as II sought
to uncover vital organs.
DIT. Dabney entered practice In Marietta
about fifteen years ago. He made q sre-
cialty Of eye, ear and throat operations.
For several months previous to his men
tai collapse and the startling revelation
of his condition rarely day passed that
he did not perform two or three difncult
operations.
Death of Patient Brings Climax.
1t was the death on the operating
table Of an aged and wealthy farmer.
Jacob r. Schaad. that brought DR.. Dab
ney's career to a climax. Schaad had a
humorous growth on his upper jaw. He
consulted prADabney. and was assured
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
LIQUOR TRAFFIC is A CURSE
Federal Judge in West Virginia Dis.
trict Makes Scathing Arrsisn-
nent Of SaIocnkeepors.

In a charge TO the grand jury OF the
federal court in Wheeling. Judge Ais.
ton G.. Dayton of the United States
court for the northern district OF West
Virginia delivered scathing arralgn-
ment of the liquor traffic. Among 9TH
err things he said:
II has been my experience, in the
seven years l have occupied this posi-
ton on the bench, that violations of
the internal revenue law are ten times
as many as all the other offenses
against the laws of the United States
put together. Whyg Because, funda-
mentally. the sale OF intoxicating
liquor is not legitimate and honest
business. and no man can be an honest
man who engages in 1t. 1t isn't hon
est to destroy man. II isn't honest
to take away the bread and butter OF
helpless women and children Gentle
men. 1t isn't honest for any man to
come into your household and take
the bright. strong, vigorous son and
lead him on and on until ne becomes a
disgrace to you. an annoyance to his
feilowmen and finally lands In a
drunkard's grave. And yet there isn't
single saloonkeeper's saloon In this
country that does not send every year
its man to drunkard's grave, and
more than that; and when dishonest
men once get into a business 1t is the
hardest thing In the world to make
them stop.
I want to say that there is not a
very great deal OF distinction between
the man, In my deliberate judgment.
who stands up, and for revenue pur-
poses. votes to license the saloon. and
the man who conducts the saloon. The
good Christian people who go to the
polls and vote for license are the
power behind the throne; they are the
power behind the saloon, because II
they did not vote for license the fell
low could not run his saloon. tell
you in this country, gentlemen, the
cry comes up, as 1t came up to Cain,
the blood of our fellowmen cries out
from the ground to God Almighty;
the victims of this traffic in every
cemetery and every graveyard In this
country cry out to God against us, you
and me, who have permitted this traf-
fice to exist so long. See to 1t that
in this court all violations of the reye-
nue. laws are thoroughly investigated,
and that, so far as we can see, we put
ourselves on the side of utter and com.
plete and absolute condemnation OF
the whole business. from start to fin
ish
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
Wrench for Polished Brass.

side of the lever The loose end of
the strap should have holes punched
at intervals of one inch or so, to
made it adjustable to the work, with
the stud the opposite side of the bar.
The strap should be turned down
over the end of the lever, then up and
around the opposite end where it is
fastened to the stud on the under side
The object of throwing the strap
around the end of the lever rather
than TO fasten it at the end Is to in
sure maximum amount of pull on
the strap with a minimum strain
where 1t is fastened to the stud
Use this device like any other pipe
wrench. To release the wrench for
another pull, simply pull it away from
the pipe far enough to allow it to
loosen it's grip, and begin for the new
pull by simply repeating the first OPP
Grafton. The end of the strap must
not be taken from the stud after it is
adjusted until the operation of turning
the pipe is completed.
With the use of this wrench an even
strain is placed upon the tubing on its
entire surface without any possible
danger of marring or crushing it.
With few trials the work can be
done as quickly as with an open pipe
wrench.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
IRON AND GOLD PRODUCTION
In Year Of 1911 27,s7s,es2, os4 Tons Of
Metals Mined in y. S. Valued
at $7sS, s25,o46.

The total production of all metals
in the United States in 1911 was b.
S7S,2s2.094 tons, valued at s7sS.e25.-
046. In the volume OF Mineral Re
sources" published by the United
States geological survey. is a short
chapter by II D. McCaskey that con-
tains unique cable in which for the
sake of comparison tho production OF
all metals is reduced to short tons
Thus. pig iron, with production from
both domestic and imported ores of
26.04S.l6 2 short tons. valued at S327.-
324,624. is contrasted with platinum.
the production of which was less than
a ton t0.9es toni. valued at $1,30S.-
$50, and gold. with production OF
190,7o4 tons. valued at s1149S1.0s0.
In the several mining industries
various units are commonly employed
which do not admit of convenient
comparison. For instance. the pro-
ductien Of anthracite coal is always
stated by the producers in long tons,
but that of bituminous coal is given
in short tons. Again, the flask" (75
pounds) Is the customary unit for the
measurement of quicksilver. except
where the metric ton is used. The
Troy ounce is used for measuring the
precious metals.
As shown by the tables in this re-
port, however, the value of the total
production for 1911 was sS6.732, $50
less than that for 1910.
Another table gives the production
of domestic crude metallic ores. and
this, together with imports of foreign
supplies treated in domestic metal
production, shows the sources from
which these metals are derived. The
total production OF all ores In 1911
was 105 ,25S,4 92 short tons.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
BOYS ANSWER WAS VERY APT
Particular Brand Of Whisky Was Like
Bridge Because II Leads TO
Poorhouse and Cemetery.

A liquor dealer in the town of Ayr,
in Scotland, had a particular brand OF
whisky, which he wished to advertise.
One day the circus was coming to
town, and to add interest to its per
formances, and to advertise his whis-
ky, he offered prize for the best an
swer to the question, why his par
ticular brand of whisky resembled a
certain bridge across the water OF
Ayr Just over the bridge we're
some public institutions.
The successful competitor proved to
be a poor boy, who, perhaps, knew
from experience what he was speak
ing OF, and his answer to the question,
why the publican's whisky was like
the bridge" was Because 1t leads to
the poorhouse. the lunatic asylum and
the cemetery"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
IDEA ANNOYED OLD GoLDE
He Knew From Experience That Col.
tege Education by No Means
United Boy foe Work.

Woodrow Wilson naturally believes
in q college education for boys and
girls alike, said banker at the
Princeton club in New York.
MIR. Wilson, lnnching with me here,
once said IN his quaint way that the
old idea about a college education UNI
fitting lad for work had quite died
out.
When Gobsa Golde's son Scatter.
good" he explained. desired to so to
Princeton. he said to the old man:
Pater, is It true that boys who so
to college are unfit for work after.
ward?'
OF course It amt true,' snorted
the old man Indignantly Why, I've
got Princeton graduate runnin' my
freight elevator, two of my best coal
beavers are Harvard A. BIS and a
Yale B. 8. is my star truck driver"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
LIES STRUGGLE
WITH ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
old--How Finally Cured.

Euphemia, Ohio. ~" Because Of total
ignorance of how TO care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
fered from il displacement, and each
month / had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-oH from work
for two to four days from the time /
was l6 years old
Invent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there doctor told me Of
the Pinkham remedies but did not USE
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
] came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last Is years.
"1he Change of Life came when was
az years old and about this time saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one Of your advertisements. Then /
began using Lydia f. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and cannot tell you
or any one the relief 1t gave me In the
first three months. 1t put me right
where need not lay Off every month
and during the last Is years have not
paid out two dollars to a doctor, and have
been blest with excellent health for awo-
woman of my ago and can thank Lydia
Il. Pinkham 'sVegetable Compound forit-
"Since the Change of Life is over I
have bean maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting cannot over
estimate the value of good health.
have now earned comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing since
ri Esf A u. =
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
SNOTESsI

A new roofing material Is steel coat
ed with lead.
More than half OF the lake ship
ments consist OF iron ore.
The demand for their hides in South
Africa is met by Matching alligators
in incubators.
Builders of 200-foot concrete chin
ney in Germany used the reinforcing
steel as lightning rod.
About one-third of the worlds prod
uct OF pig iron Is accounted for in the
United Kingdom, United States and
Germany.
Invented by an American but built
In Switzerland, new cigarette ma
chine will turn out 600 perfect Gig
arettes a minute.
For joining lead and iron pipes there
has been invented an easily applied
coupling which is combination of
union, joint and nipple.
A fortunate landslide in China re-
Gently uncovered rich deposit OF
coal many miles from where any coal
had been known to exist
In 1912 United States railroad and
Industrial corporations have issued
81, IT'S, o22,0 900 in new securities, an in
crease of $3.50, 100000 over 1911.
Success has attended experiments in
England with spinning a textile fibre
from form of sea weed that grows
plentifully in Australian waters.
A French engineer has invented a
sand box for locomotives in which a
stream of water Is used to carry the
sand to the rails with but little waste.
Joints riveted with nickel-steel riv.
cts have been found to be more than
twice as strong as those In which
wrought iron or mild steel rivets are
used
Colored clock faces. lighted from be-
hind. have been found available for
telling the time in motion picture
places without their light interfering
with the pictures.
Turbodium is the name given a new
alloy for propellers of turbine engine
steam vessels wnich is said to resist
erosion about six times as long as
high tension bronze.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13


of the devil in it and is known as
woman.
in the latter part OF the sixteenth
century" (according to Rev Albain
Butler) the church. in the person of
St. Francis de Sales, once more
stepped IN to sanctify the rites OF St.
Valentines day st. Francis severely
forbade the custom of valentines or
giving boys in writing the name Of
girls to be admired and attended on
by them, and to abolish 1t he changed
1t into giving billets with the names
Of certain saints for them to honor
and initiate in a particular manner"
But in the end the boys and the
girls triumphed over the saint Nay.
the girls triumphed also over the
boys, wrestling from them their ex-
elusive privilege of choosing mates
Last year an irate old maid who
had been the recipient of a comic
valentine which had stung her to the
quick repaired to the factory, where
1t was made, with rawhide and a
limb of the law. She demanded the
Ildulb OIL Tic p6IbOn WIN lldu sent uel
the Objectionable missive In vain
she was assured that the factory was
the last place in the world to learn
the name of the sender. When told
that the factory sold comics by the
hundred gross to jobbers who, IN turn,
sold to wholesalers, and then supplied
the retailer dealer who vended to in
dividual customers. she swore round
ly.
Many clever young people in society
with artistic and literary ability write,
paint and otherwise decorate the val
entines they send to favored ones. In
some instances part Of the decora-
ton consists Of jewels, diamonds,
pearls or other gems, and the in
trinsic value of the bauble is thus en-
HANGED.
Valentine parties are still in popu-
lar favor, and those who have not
the ability to write love-sonnets or
design sentimental valentines fire.
quently go to artist friends, and even
TO professional artists, and have pri-
yate valentines made. At these par
ties each person exchanges valen-
tines French imported valentines run
as high as 5000 and 5000, according
to the richness of the lace and other
trimmings, but these expensive mis-.
sives are rarely kept in stock
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
Shopping Instinct.

A rural postmaster tells this story
OF on Of the patrons of his office. a
boy OF thrifty. not to say penurious.
stock. When the lad comes into the
postoffice he will thrust his wizened
face up close to the window and, In
his slow. Yankee drawl. inquire most
earnestly:
"Iiev ye got any postal cards7''
yes" the postmaster replies.
'Iaow much be they t'day?'
"A cent apiece"
Then the boy, screwing up his eyes
IN the intensity of his thought over
the question he has to decide. always
stops for c while TO weigh the con
sequences. Finally he will reply sol
EMMY:
wal, I'll take one. - Youths Com
panion.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
Guard Attached to erindstone.

ter thrown out, and the result Is an
unsightly and unsanitary floor. be-
sides being an annoyance and incon-
grind tools on that side of the stone.
The accompanying sketch shows a
pyramid-shaped guard, A, that can be
secured to the framework OF the
shaft, says the Popular Mechanics.
The upshooting water encounters it
and is detected back and down into
the basin below. The guards shape
is such that it is not in the way of
anyone working on that side of the
stone. 1t is constructed of galvanized
iron or heavy tin.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
CUPID'S ESPECIAL DAY
is THAT OF GOOD ST.
VALENTINE.

~ USTOM. more potent than any
other authority known to man.
has decreed that on St valen-
tines day those of opposite sex
shall exchange missives and epistles-
either comic or sentimental. in which
the foibles of the receiver or the love
of the sender are set forth in prose.
in verse and in emblematic picture.
Now there Is no custom without n
reason. but the reason for this can
not be found in the life OF the good
saint who is made to indorse this Gus
tom with his name.
He wrote no love songl
No one rises to accuse him OF cast
ing sleeps eyes on any Roman
maiden. He was bishop or pope Of
Rome who stood steadfast to the
faith during the Claudian persecu-
lions. and for that faith was cast into
iaii where he cured his keepers
daughter of blindness. Honi soft qui
NAL y pense! 1t is the pleasure of
Cupid, blind himself. to bring upon
his votaries similar blindness, not to
cure it.
Nor was there anything comic or
sentimental in the fate OF St valen-
tine when the miracle was made
known to the authorities. They first
beat him with clubs and then be-
headed him. What was left of him liz
preserved In the Church OF st.
Praxedes at Rome. where a gate, now
known as the Porta del Popolo. was
formerly named Ia his honor Porta
Valentino. or Saint Valentines gate,
says William s. Walsh In his "Curiosi-
ties of Popular Customs"
Bailey's English Dictionary (172D
under the subject of Valentines, says:
About this time of the year-Febru
ary-tae birds choose their mates. and
probably thence came the custom OF
the young men and maldens choosing
valentines for special loving friends
on that day"
Francis Douce (1S07}, discussing
the same subject. says: ut was Gus
tomary to put the names of young
women into a box, from which they
we're drawn by the men as chance di
rected and the Christian clergy. find
ing 1t difficult or impossible to ex
tirpate, the pagan practice, gave It al
least a religious aspect by substitute
ing the names of particular saints fol
those OF the women"
''But see how strong is the old
Adam in the hearts of the nnregen
crate, comments Mr.. Walsh. Wan
ton youth was not satisfied to imi
tate these holy fathers and ballot fol-
ghostly partner in heaven. II
longed for tangible flesh and blood
here on earth--fesh and blood of thai
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION.

The following figures refer to the
state Of Massachusetts In 1910:
Total population OF all no-li-
cense cities and towns. / ,497, 1873
Total number of high school
pupils in all no-license cit
les and towns .... 81 633
Number Of pupils In high
schools of no-license places
for each 1000 population. 1912
Total population of all license
cities and towns 1924
Total number OF high school
pupils in all license cities
and towns ........ sI.7o7
Number OF pupils In high
schools Of license places,
for each 1000 population. 1888
Greater number of pupils in
no license places, for each
1000 population ... 500
Difference in favor OF nolicense. 81
per. cent.
Keep the boys and girls In school
by keeping out the saloon. In these
days Of increasing competition, your
boy or girl will need the advantage
that high school training gives.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
WHITE PIMPLES ON HEAD

Ransom, Ill.--"The trouble started
On our baby when he was only about
two weeks old. Started like little
white pimpies, looked like an old scab
of blood and matter. His whole head
was covered for few months, then 1t
went to his ear, shoulders, and his
whole body. 1t seemed to come out
thick and sticky on his head. while
on the other parts Of his body 1t was
more like water coming out OF the
skin. He would scratch until the erup-
ton would be all covered with blood
and gradually spread The least little
stir or rub would cause the sores to
bleed, spread and itch. Never had a
full nights sleep, restless oil night.
THE sores we're horrid to look at.
1t lasted until he was about two and q
half years old. Then we saw an &C.
zema advertisement in the paper to
use -----, but it did no good Then
we used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. We put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on thick at bed time and put a
tight hood on SO he could not scratch
the sores Then we washed 1t clean
with Cuticura Soap and warm water
twice day, and he was completely
cured" (Signed) Mrs. e. F. Sulzber-
ger, Dec. 30, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
FREQ, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept l., Boston"
Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13

AND &c n IS :
MECHANICS
DEVISE CHEAP PIPE WRENCH
Implement Described That Is Simple
and Most EffieIent-No Danger
OF Crushing Work

Quite frequently 1t becomes neces-
sary to have a pipe wrench. especially
for brass tubing. that will not mar the
work and yet at the same time will
permit of using sufficient force to pro-
duce the required results without
crushing the tubing.
Here is described one of the cheap
est, simplest and yet most efficient of
pipe wrenches. 1t consists of two
parts: A piece of hard wood about
ihxl hx1S inches and piece of
strong two-inch leather betting about
three feet long. The strap should be
riveted to the wood with rivet heads
we'll sunk below the surface OF the
wood on the side opposite the strap
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
New Slavery for China

China, which so long has suffered
from the opium curse. though free
from the legal clutches of that mon
ster. is fast coming under the rule OF
King Alcohol. Liquor is there char
acterized as new Jesus poison, !"
German poison" ct cetera, to dis
tinguish 1t from the English poison
opium. 1t is reported. too. that miI-
lions OF cigarettes dipped in opium
haze been given away BY Americans
to try to create an appetite among
the Chinese youth for the double
poisons.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13

where it can be lighted. and it heats
up the top of the glove just as if there
was a coal fire below. An advantage
of this device in a house not provided
with a regular gas stove Is that it OBJ
yiates the necessity of keeping a coal
fire going all day, as it takes only a
little while to heat stove with it
and there is no fuel wasted when no
heat is needed, which is an item OF
economy.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
HANDY IN FARMERS KITCHEN
Ingenious Combination Gas Generator
and Burner Takes Place Of
Ordinary Coal Range.

An Ohio man has patented an In
genious combination gas generator
and burner that as shown in the Illus
tration takes the place of coal for the
kitchen range. The apparatus sets in
what would be the oven of the stove
and on a wall bracket near the range
is reservoir of oil. Through pipe
this oil flows into the generator, which
converts 1t into gas. The gas thus
formed spreads through a burner pipe.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
INCREASE Value Of Mantle,

An incandescent gas mantle which
has become carbonized or blackened
by use may be cleaned by throwing a
quantity of salt upon 1t while it is
glowing This has the effect of
cleansing the carbon OF. increasing the
efficiency of the light and prolonging
the life OF the mantle.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
WATER GUARD ON GRINDSToNE
upshooting Moisture is DETECTED
Back and Down Into Basin Below
Prevents Wet Floors.

A grindstone that rotates with a
small part OF its lower circumference
immersed in reservoir or basin for
the purpose Of moistening the stone
has tendency to pick up the water
and throw 1t in the direction in which
the stone Is turning. The larger the
stone, the greater the amount Of wa
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13
hIate From Curacao.

During the first quarter OF 1912 Gu
racao exported 3o.962 dozen of jipijapa
straw hats, invoiced at s91 .126. The
increased sale over previous years is
due to great improvement in their
quality wrought by the colonial school
of instruction, whose director visits
homes all over the island instructing
the braiders
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-13

DIR. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coatod,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe. Adv.