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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
ONLY ONE DOZEN BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED DURING WEEK

Nh''lInr estimated cost % $500"
sohr D. oIrstl Go contractors
Matthew Graham. siN-rcom resi-
deuc' on \o-fh Huron street a. on
estimated cost 90 $500 " : Davis
contractor
Miss Jennie R"ich. general repairs
to r'.'.-.r No q Thirty -drst street
estimated cost $50 ; q starr con
tractor
Charles D Wahr~has garage. rear
rs Fourteenth strc,t. az an estimated
Co-f Ot So
" j Burns. warehouse IN Alley &C..
az an estimated cost ~ S4no. Ocd,u
g. Nlurr contractors
4 " PAUL N,nulator. Main street.
a. an estimated cost Of $50 VI o.
Cline contractor
Cline a luk'0s. r~cfrc-hment stand
ar Ii"ll" '-l, estimated cost $50 NJ
ID 'lIu. contractor
Hotel Windsor. alterations and 20.
pairs Uf Twelfth street between Main
and Water streets estimated cost
Sl.a'" Narttour brothers contract
or-
lout- HartfouE repairing Ere dam.
axe to HtrftouC fats. ON the Island
az Maryland and Indiana streets -.
tiwat'd cost $1,000 HarttonE Rrotr.
crs contractors
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
MUCH BUILDING BEING DONE
IN THE DOWN RIVER TOWNS

M~oundsviIie. the city on the river
that the river doesn't harm. b. under
goinr a rapid change In her building.
and within the next few weeks a num-
ber Of ner and important buildinxs
viii probably be- erected The main
structure OF the town will b. the new
FEDERAL building. situated near tho
old C~iendenninR hotel The contract
has not been let a. yet. there being a
difference Of opinion a. 20 what Kind
OF material should BE- used Twobldr
have been ~presenbrd. one OF $4,000
for limestone and $4,000 for sand
stone. A. Eoon ~ the bids are let.
THO work Of constructing the new
building will b. Immediately put under
way. and MOundsville will have a FIRST
class post0fhce building.
Glendale.
Another small suburban town Of
quite a distance away from the CITY
IL To be considered In the town OF
Glendale. Situated in a valley of i'm
mense building tunities. In Is not
remarkable that IL o. fast taking is
lac as a home center. Many per-
sons are Wiling TO pay the additional
carfere TO be able TO have their homes
IN this little place. Many beautiful
and expensive homes are being built.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06
WINDSOR HoTEL co 70 MAKE
REPAtR@sUtLD GREEN or
THOOON CHURCH

Building Inspector n D Fahsy Tor
the week eutiuE yesterday. issued an
even dOrnn building permits MANY OF
these were for rather large contracts.
Nhil" sowr were Tor general repairs
Several larrv residence permits were
allowed. along With a number %
garage
The Windsor Hotel company made
application for a permit 20 make ad
tifoual -'t4frs and alterations to
fltir huillfrE al an estimated cost Of
1880 The total cost OF tho work a.
esfuafrd iu tho permits. vii amount
10 sli.-"n The following permits
We're issued
Permits
Thomas NOr-au. uUW residence at
1911 Wood street. a. an estimated cost
Of s. George Reed contractor
Leon and Harry Frank. garage. rear
~ 81 Twelfth street estimated cost OF
500 " " Fair contractor
John Wolf. GaraE' 90 -2b G~randvisw
street. az an estimated cost OF 5000
George Reed contractor
John I. Giesey Co. for alterations
TO the Greek orthodox church In South
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06

Y -" that the bachelor tax BIN has
been thrown out"
And very properly Instead Of tax
taH elors the women should nav
nom hountlee for not making homes un-
happy. Hoson Transcript
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-06

and within the newt few DAYS a large
boom ts cnpccted 10 materianze In
that neiEhborhood
hcNechen.
FARTHER up the river from the Mar
snail county metropolis lz the town Of
McNechen Although not 90 well stu
afed as other o. her sisters. yet she
o. making strides that must BE- taken
accOuut OF New school buildlnrs
have been erected. and many new
homes built Different business enter.
prises rave opened. and living there b.
anything but unbearahle.
Ben~ood.
Benwood while ~ q mostly a mill
center. has a strides In the way OF
building Stretching out over the
hills. n has expanded and its vings
are last taking possession Of the out
lying districts New stores have been
built. and although tho present status
of conditions AZ the mills makes their
existence a question. yet some are
stll In operation.
II SO that the bachelor tax BIN has
been HNH0mm nHrH H
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03

the wires OF which run sixty to the
inch each way. The coal by this time
Is finely powdered, and four ounces
are taken for the actual test.
These four ounces are as nearly
representative of the 500 tons deliv-
cred by the barge rs IL is possible to
secure. About one gram of the pow
der Is placed in platinumlined steel
bomb containing oxygen enough to
produce 800 pounds pressure. This
contrivance Is known as the Atwatcr
bomb calorimeter. The bomb Is then
put in a tank containing about three
pints of water, and the little pan of
coai which 1t contains Is ignted by
electricity. fine fllnment which con-
meets with the pan conveying the
current.
The burning Of the coal raises the
temperature of the water in the tank,
and standard thermometer scien-
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time may BIO responsible for defect,
I've eyesight, which 80 often makes
backward pupils OF children who are
normally bright and capable at their
lessons.
The suspicion that the character OF
the water habitually drunk has much
to do with the condition OF the teeth
was amply Justified. The inquiry was
very thorough. being conducted In
localities supplying water OF total
hardness, OF temporary hardness and
Of permanent hardness.
Under each Of these conditions tho
children examined numbered eighty.
The percentage OF those having four
or more decayed teeth varied In a
most convincing manner according to
the hardness Of the wster supplied in
their locality, the remark OF the In
vestigat.t being emphetic that:
1.-The harder the water the bettsr
the teeth"
It was also found that tho lower
the infant rnortality"--the smaller
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and In growing nerves out Of these tiny bits of
brain membrane, thus proving conclusively that
the nerves are actually outgrowth of the 'pia
mater" the membrane covering the brain.
He also proved that the nerves do not attain
their full growth III few years any more than
does any other organ muscle OF the body.
They grow gradually from infancy 10 maturity,
until finally they honeycomb the entire body
like railroad tracks in freight yard
Now. while the nerves growing onward to
maturity they gathering Impressions. and
these impressions, properly correlated. form mem
DRY and. what is even more important than mem.
DRY, association OF ideas. The latter faculty Is
OF the utmost importance to everyone: 1t ia. so
to speak. the vitalizing principle without which
the facts garnered In the storehouse OF memory
would be u lot of worthless junk It Is only when
the nerves of taste, sense. smell, feeling are
properly co-ordinated and working IN harmony
that can know SO simple thing as that
certain green apple will taste sour and a certain
red apple sweet when smell them.
BY his wonderful experiments DR.. Ingebright
has proved that brain tissue Is subject to the
same laws Of development and growth as every
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the coal purchaser to compel the coal dealer to haye
every wagonload OF coal officially weighed at one OF
the weighing stations, but has demonstrated
oy the Interoorough merely weighing coal does not
aaoro sufficient protection 10 the consumer The
nlcpa testing station would therefore seem to be the
logical solution OF this phase Of the coalbi problem.
But there is another phase OF the question. When
coal 10 delivered II Is usually wet II
plant is made the coal-wagon driver will explain that
1t is necessary to wet the coal in order to keep down
the dust, and to that may be true. AS a
matter OF fact however, coal Is very often wetted down
to such an extent that the water represents ave per
cent or over OF the entire weight that Is unnecey
sary.
The lnterhorough has provided against this fraud
by subjecting all coal to test which dis.
CLOSES the amount Of moisture II contains Tho Inter-
borough does not believe in paying for water wheu Il
wants COAL and refuses allow more than four mar
cent water IN soft coal 1t allows mono at all In hard
coal.
To test the amount OF water In tho coal q small
sample Is taken from each 200 pounds at Il comes on
the barge and. after being weighed. 1t placed In spe.
clay constructed and subjected temperature
OF 1o7 degrees Centigrade for period of three houra
Az the emo OF that time all moisture Is supposed have
e'aporated, and the coal Is taken and weighed
AGAIN the difference between the final and the original
weights showing tho OF moisture orig1nailN
contained by the coal The pany Is penali1ed for
all excess water
The Peterborough some 2ss,ooo tons Of coal q
out OF II. It pays only for what 1t gets
The Individual consumer ought BIO equally CON.
ceheo even though his annual coal bill is nhnitesimai
compared with that OF the great public service como
rations. AS long have to pay for coal we might
as well be sure that Is coal we are getting and not
slate or dirt water.
logical cut the publics coal bils Which Of ,sts
nave been growing larger and larger.
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Why YOUTH Is the BEST TIME FOR STUDY

~ OSWELL in his Life OF Johnson" quotes
~ the doctor saying that practically all
mis- knowledge was acquired before his
twentieth year. DR.. Johnson's experience Is the
experience OF humanity at large; but just why
this should be has never until lately been
thoroughly understood.
Some extremely delicate experiments con-
Quoted by Dr.. Raguvald Ingebrghrsen. OF the
Rockefeller Institute, make the matter quite
plain
Dr.. Ingebrightsen chloroformed number OF
young administrations. puppies, baby guinea
pigs-and took from them tiny pieces OF the
membrane which covers the brain and forms It's
nerve cells. These he Immersed In saline So
luton. They were then cat into enthusiastically
small pieces. pieces about as big pin head,
and placed in blood serum.
The experiment is extremely delicate. for the
nerve cells die If more than from twelve to AZ
teen seconds allowed to elapse between the
moment at which the membrane of the brain Is
detached from the living organism and the mo-
brightsen, however, succeeded in performing 1t.
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often only the most valuable parts of the cloth
ing are taken off in the presence OF superiors.
Captain Cook tells US that during his stay at
Tahiti two men came board. and sign
Of respect, took off the greater part Of their
clothing and put 1t on Cook and his friend.
In Abyssinia, Spencer tells us, It was the custom
for interiors to bare their bodies down to the
grdle before superors. But in the presence OF
equals only corner OF the tunic removed
so as to bare the shoulder. This barring OF the
shoulder, especially throughout the Gold Coast Is
custom common taking off the hat with
us. Uncloaking in Spain is similar in origin.
In Africa the men bare their shoulders and doh
their caps to superors, thus Joining two customs
In one
1t must be remembered that this act OF uncov-
ering the body ceremonial in nature and
used to show reverence to a superior. Then
came the of the ceremonial to propltiate the
dead. We see a remnant Of this most any
time. At funerals and in our graveyards men
take off their hats. They st.ll take off their hats
entering churches and before the images OF
Christ and the Madonna.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
''HARD'' WATER Does Your TEETH Good

HROBABLY It will be news to
most people that the condition
OF the teeth-especially Of ohil-
dren-is governed to a large extent
by the character Of tho water habitu-
ally drunk. In localities where the
water Is "hard"-that is, containing
a high percentage Of lime-there Is
much less demand for the services
Of dentists than where the main sup
ply OF drinking water Is soft"
This might have been suspected,
as lime enters largely into the com.
position OF teeth, but It Is only re.
Gently that the matter has been set
tied by scientific investigation. The
inquiry grow out Of observations OF
the widespread prevalence OF dental
carles"-decayed spots in teeth
among school childrea in England.
There. as in this country, more and
more attention ds being given to the
condition OF schooIchildren's teeth
because Of the disastrous effects of
bad teeth upon tho general health.
Children who appear badly uour>
fshed rarely have sound teeth. Bad
teeth nearly always cause digestive
disturbances, and In the course OF
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WYE consider man gentleman who takes
w off his hat to lady AT least the act
w is thought to be gentlemanly polite. The
origin of this custom, like many other GUS
toms common among so-called civilized peoples,
goes back to primitive times.
When person made captive his conqueror
stripped him of his weapons and clothing and
left him without anything he could call his own.
The captive thus made slave, his lack of
clothing being evidence of his subjugation. We
need only to look at the sculptures OF the
Assyrians to the truth OF this fact. And in
Isaiah Ky, "a, find the following statement:
And the Lord said, like my servant Isaiah
hath walked naked and barefoot three years for
a sign, shall the King OF Assyra lead away
the Egyptians prisoners and the Philippians cap
tives, young and old, naked and barefoot"
The first step then, In racing the origin OF
taking off the hat. Is the surrender of the cloth
ing among primitive and ancient peoples as a
mark of submission. The next step is the un.
covering Of the body mark of reverence
There all degrees of uncovering, though
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03

become more deeply immersed In the sea than
the port one. and the steering is exaggerated
The top-sp!nning action Of the fywheel OF an
automobile Is interesting, too. The axis Of an
automobile hywheel runs backward and forward
and the fywheel crosswlsc. II you stand behind
an auto you see the wheel revolving as do the
hands OF clock. If man or woman IN
car tries to turn the auto toward the left the fly.
wheel tries to spin Its way upward. In conse-
quence couple" as 1t is called, acts on the
car and throws the weight OF the machine on the
back wheels.
When an automobile turns to the right the
weight is thrown on the front wheels because of
this top-spinning action OF the iywheel. Many
accidents to motor cars are due to interference
with this top-spnning action when turning
corner sharply or at great speed.
Turning motor boat, ships head and an
aeroplane. as well as the rolling and pitching of
great vessels. all bring about unookedfor
catastrophes by virtue OF this mysterious top.
spinning devilishness.
Copyright, 1914, BY the Star Company, Great By.ta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
By Paying for the HEAT UNITS
Of4o, FJEVY PED

scientifically adjusted in the tank registers the actual
rise to 1-2oo0th part Of degree.
According the United States Bureau Of Standards.
OF coal ought to produce 5000 small caories.
equivalent to 14400 British thermal units u. T. U.s).
which would be to raise the temperature OF the
water In the tank $40 degrees Centigrade
B. T. o., may be explained, is the amount OF
heat necessary raise tho temperature OF pound
Of water one degree Fahrenheit.
II the coal tested ia below standard. the fact is at
disclosed by the standard thermometer. BY OBJ.
serving Just how degrees the temperature Of the
water s raised It is possible to tell many heat
units the sample Of coal furnishes and from that to
figure the heating value OF the whole cargo.
The difference IN the number Of heat units supplied
by different bargeloads OF coal ia considerable Some
times there is much 1000 B. T. U.s variance be-
tween the number OF heat units the coal In question
will give and the number of units the same amount OF
standard coal would give II the difference Is in favor
Sf the coal company-in other words, II the coal Ia
above standard-the company is credited with the ad.
ditiona heat units. but the coal Is below standard
the company iB penazed accordingly. the rate IN each
being cent per ton Tor fifty B. T. U.'s
difference
Suppose for instance tho 800 tons of coal is bought
at $3.50 per ton The coal company renders q bill for
$3.50 The tests show that instead of furnishing 144oO
difference Of 1000 B. T. us. In that event. the
company would penaized cent ton for every
80 B. T. us. total penalty OF $3.50.
The apparatus used for these tests somewhat elab
crate and much too expensive for the average house
holder to possess but In view OF the efficient check
enables the coal consumer to keep the coal dealer,
such testing apparatus ought to be generally available.
This could be done by providing central testing sta.
cities public weighing stations have long been estab.
ished In the cities referred to II Ia possible for
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In times Of chivalry men raised their hats to
ladies' to show reverence. But this was only
SUPERFICIAL In meaning knight would ride
oown poor peasant woman carrying a large
burden and never think of helping her-least OF
al would he think Of taking off his hat to her.
however II he heard Of some beautiful damsel
or his own GLASS in the slightest danger, imag.
mary or real, he would go to her and, hat In
nand' kneel and dedicate himself to her service.
To-day much the same thing occurs. OrdI-
nariiy gay youth forgets to take OFF his hat to
mis- mother. yet he shows this Difference TO his
pest girl After ali 1t is only FORM and polite
ness should go deeper than this. However, the
form persists. and 1t is OF historical interest
TO remember that 1t Is remnant OF the print
tive stripping OF captive by which process was
expressed the fact that he yielded up all he had
sionally not only the yielding up OF all you have
out the getting OF all she has. Ceremony ia often
nothing but hard calculation In regard to per
sonaI results, especially where se!f.aggrandize-
ment is the ultimate aim Of the polished indi
vidual
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nIhg Top behAVlO!.
Submarines, aeroplanes and dirigibic bal
looms would be more stable and less dangerous
II we could only solve the mystery OF spinning
tops action.
The gyroscope is toy top within tin rim 1t
IS made OF a heavy trimmed metal fly wheel
mounted in a frame. Friction is reduced TO
minimum by the spindle rotating on ball bear
ings. Thus great velocity is possible. En-
sneers and inventors learned from boys to spin
this gyroscope top. They are always hoping for
a clear understanding OF the spin
The gyroscop.c action OF the paddle wheels OF
steamer exerts s:eady!ng effect upon the YES
sci at the expense OF her steering qualities. The
effect Of this is to cause the steamer to run
away TO starboard when acted upon by cross
sea This makes her turn TO starboard when the
Sea would be expected to send her the other way.
On the other hand, when paddle steamer Is
steered to port she heels over to starboard be.
cause Of the top-spinnng action OF her paddles.
This causes the wheel on the starboard side to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03

other organ OF the body. The man who uses the
muscles forming the biceps good deal becomes
strong or arm. Similarly the thinker using his
brain necessarily, becomes brainy and increases
the weight OF his brain.
1t was formerly believed that some mysterious
attribute making for vigorous thought was Inn
bedded in the ridges OF the braln-the convolu-
lions. If these were deep, the owner OF the brain
was endowed with greater intelligence than the
person having shallow ridges AS matter of
fact these ridge. deepen as the nerve cells of
the brain grow-thnt is, the growth OF the cells
deepens the intervening ridges.
The weight of the normal, average brain Is
1900 grams. Turgenief. the famous Russian
writer. had the heaviest brain on record-2,O12
grams. Daniel Websters brain weighed 1878
grams. That Of Dr.. Sptzka, who died recently.
weighed 400 grams. but 1t was understood that
disease had reduced it from Its normal weight
Bert!llon, the famous French detective slightly
ranked Webster. with weight OF 1895 Walt
Whitman. the American poet OF nature, forms a
curious exception. His brain weighed only 1889
grams-in other words, less than the average
brain.
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the percentage Of deaths IN infancy
the better the teeth"
The connection between q high
percentage OF cases Of decayed teeth
and OF high death rate among chill
dren was very marked-and both
these conditions were associated with
soft water areas.
A German authority has written on
this susbiect:
Where there 10 special demand
made as for skeietal growth"--bones
and teeth-''the shortage OF calcium
sats Immediately becomes evident.
and the saliva becomes defective In
alkalinity and carries Is liable 70 90
our. There Is probably certain
amount OF truth In this superstition,
and 1t IL supported By the taot that q
somewhat lower percentage OF carries
was found IN the teeth Of the ohfl,
dren dwelling In the hardwater dis.
trtots Of Baden and Thuring ta than
IN the children who lived only a few
miles away but drank soft wateH"
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A New Way to
REDUCE YOUR
COAL BILLS

VERY effective plan to cut It's coal bills has been
~ worked out by the marlborough Rapid Transit
" - Company, which operates the subway and ele-
waited railways in New York City. The best part about
1t Is that It Is which might very well be followed
for the benefit OF the public at large.
The marlborough uses about 500 tons OF coal day,
buying 1t by the ton just the the individual
householder. who possibly year. But 1t
doesn't pay for its coal in the way pays only
for what It gets out OF the coal in the way actual
heat In other words, 1t buys by quantity, but pays
strictly according quality
The ordinary citizen orders Il ton coal, and as
long as he gets load weighing 1000 pounds is quite
conented. AS matter of fact, OF course Instead
being 100 cent COAL the delivered only
60 per cent coal and 40 cent dirt slate. and
other useless constituents. The fact that the Inter
borough has reduced its coal consump ton per
since it installed its system OF purchasing coal
ought to have lot Of significance for the ordinary
householder who for his by weight never
considers quality.
The coal used by the Interborough is delivered In
barges containing approximately 500 tons apiece
coal is weighed delivered but although the price
fixed at SO much ton just 1t is when individual
buys it, the amount the company for It depends
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ant for Science to Know WHY TOPS SPIN

Y-@V EW boys ever stop TO think why their tops
r. spin. Neither do the grownups who pause
- to watch the tops pinning which is so
universally popular every Spring.
Yet engineers, astronomers, physicists and
inventors would all like 10 know more than they
do about spinning tops. a great many matters
OF the utmos; importance TO the human race de-
The earth which live Is top So are
Mars, the North Star the sun Itself, and all the
other celestial bodies. 1t is suspected that
atoms and electrons spinning tops. The
cirigible torpedo Is top, the monorail car is
top the bullet sped by the gun is top.
new form of compass, called the "top" or
gyToscopic compass gives direction without be.
9Ag affected by the iron Of q batleship or the
rolling and pitching of the steamer
al! speed machinery has top" action, which
must De reckoned with. Rotary engines, tur
oines, DieSei engines and all machines which
drive TX w1ee-& and propellers have the spin