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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
SOME LITTLE PIG TROUBLES
Do Not Feed Dirty, Spoiled or Sour
Feed-Good Remedy for Ricketts,
isolate Sick Hoqs.

II your little pigs are troubled with
scours change the diet OF the sow. Do
not feed dirty, spoiled or sour feed.
Thoroughly cook all meat scraps.
II hard, bony engagements form on
the hook joints of your small pigs, the
chances are that they have ricketts,.
Introduce some new blood into the
herd and feed your pigs per each 100
pounds weight mixture of calcium
phosphate pulverized, nux vomica two
ounces, artificial carlsbad salts ten
ounces.
For worms give FIVE grains calomel
and ten grains santonin per each 100
pounds, followed in about six hours by
a bran mash, or give ten grains SAN
tonin and 20 grains areca nut after q
24-hour fast.
Follow some of your hogs to the
packing house and see them inspected.
1t will pay in case they are tubercular.
Use plenty of whitewash around the
pens.
Isolate all sick hogs. Burn all dead
ones
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10

Until One Does IL 10 Hard to Realize
the Number Contained In
House.

II was not until I began to count
The number OF corners that realized
how little I really knew about my
house. despite the fact that II had
been built according to plans and
specifications furnished by ourselves.
To begin with, there are the nine
rooms.
Well" you will say. put down
four corners to each room" But have
brushed too many cobwebs out OF the
ceiling corners to have them thus ig-
aored, so I put down eight to each
room. or 70 for the nine rooms.
In the upper and lower hally, includ-
Ing side entry and back passage. there
are 20 corners, which. added to 70.
makes the irst 100.
There arc two flights of stairs, one
1t the front and one at the back OF
the house. Each stairway has 10 steps.
and N they are OF the Enclosed type
sash step has two corners which
brings the sum up to 176.
There are ten closets, including pam
tries and storeroom. Counting eight
corners to each we have ESQ corners.
But these closets, pantries and store
rooms all have shelves, which in turn,
have corners from the depths OF which
refractory particles of dirt must often
be tediously fished out with some sort
OF an improvised skewer Here we
have 100 more corners, or 356 so far.
The 40 windows In my nine-room
house must need be frequently cleaned,
800 corners in all. Add this to 256 and
we have 676 corners. While these are
the main details, 1t Is easily seen that
II we are to consider the woodwork
which must be rubbed down with q
dustcloth after each sweeping, the
number OF corners made by the join
ing of baseboards, carpet strips, door
and window stills and other architec-
tural details would carry the num-
Der far and away beyond the limit OF
1000, which perhaps you tn )ught i'm
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
METHODS OF FILLING SIL0S
Careful Trampins and LeveIlns. To-
oether With Other Essential
Features, Are important.
By W T.. Marley. Wisconsin Expert
ment StationD

tBy ". T. MARKEY. Wisconsin Expert
ment Station)
Haphazard methods OF filling silos
nave spoiled many thousand tons OF
good corn and often given silage a
black eye" Careful tramping and
ieveling. together with other essential
features in filling the silo are i'm
portent.
Corn makes the best silage when the
majority OF the ears are dented, or
Just beginning TO glaze. IL corn is put
Into the silo before this stage OF ma
turity Is reached, the silage becomes
very sour or acid, and is apt to have a
low feeding value.
When corn becomes dry from being
frosted or allowed to get ripe, 1t will
make good silage II water is added at
hlling time. No definite rule can be
given as to the right amount OF water
to add. but the aim should be to make
the moisture content equal to that OF
green corn.
IL Is very essential that the cut corn
be thoroughly mixed after 1t Is elevat-
ed or blown into the silo. II this is not
done. the heavier portions will fall In
one place and cause the silage to settle
unevenly, resulting in much loss, due
to spelling.
During the process of filling, the cut
material should be kept slightly higher
at the edges than in the center, and
we'll tramped close TO the sides where
friction prevents 1t from settling. It
Is not necessary to tramp in the GEN.
ter. OF the silo, for the weight of the
silage there is sufficient to insure
thorough packing. Silos that are deep
and OF large diameter require less
tramping than those of smaller dimen-
sions.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Children Of Sick Mothers.

Many a mother who has been urged
TO submit to an operation to restore
her to the health which Is necessary
for proper care OF her family has been
distracted at the thought OF being
obliged TO go to a hospital and leave
her children without proper care dur.
ing her absence. Especially is this
true among the very poor, where
most OF the relatives, male or female
leave to go out to work, or, perhaps,
have large families OF their own to
feed.
To meet this emergency an excel.
lent charity is being financed by some
wealthy women in Gotham. who have
established nursery where young
sters ranging from a few months to
I'VE or six years can have trained
care while their mothers. with easy
minds, are trying to regain their own
strength.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
PLANTS HAVE MENTAL LIFE
Scientific Discoveries Concerning tho
Lower Forms Of Living Matter
Are Interesting.

That plants are very much alive to
their surroundings, and respond to
stimuli in a manner quite similar to
animals is an old story now. Their
sensitiveness differs in quantity rath-
er than In quality from that of man.
II one chooses to take broad view of
psychology, that science may be held
to include a sub-department dealing
with plant sensations and intelligence.
Vegetables can certainly feel, and at.
ter a fashion are endowed with a con-
seriousness OF their own; they may be
scared, and in a primitive, protoplas-
mic way show signs of reasoning. To
press the analogy somewhat, plants
show wide variations in intelligence.
so we may post a cultured as well as
n stupid class among them.
This juggling with words, however.
belongs properly to the romance de.
partment of science. The mental life
OF plants Is, in the ordinary under
standing of that phrase, a purely sub
1ective phenomenon with the human
observer. Its use is justified, perhaps,
for the purpose OF awakening popular
interest in these manifestations OF the
lower forms OF living matter the
more particularly as the study of such
phenomena Is likely to help US in uu.
travelling and explaining the compli-
Gated mental processes OF the human
brain.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Relic of Bronze Ane.

A rare find has been made by Don.
aid Macdonald, farm servant, at Bal
loch of Culloden, near Iverness, Scot
land. While hoeing on the part of the
farm which had at one time been a
loch, he turned up in the ground fine
specimen OF bronze ak or palstraye.
The weapon. 1t is said, is $500 years
old. The total length, including the
shaft for binding 1t to the staff is So
inches. The shaft is grooved on both
sides. and about an inch wide. The
ak head measures three inches across,
and must have been an effective
weapon. Experts have traced the be-
ginning of the bronze age in northern
Europe to about 1900 p. c., and have
brought it down to about 500 B. C..
The weapon found at Balloch may be
at least 5000 years old. According to
various authorities the bronze age ex-
listed in pre-Celtic times
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
PRESENTS SOME NEW TRUTHS
Somewhat PessImlstic Writer Comes
Forward With Considerable Food
for Thought.

When, In the course Of human
events. 1t becomes necessary to arouse
a people to a high pitch of emotion
and dissatisfaction In order that they
may be willing to get together and
throw off a rule that has grown OPP
pressive, inefficient and Anticipated, 1t
will always be found efficacious to get
up some kind OF high-sounding docu-
ment which can be Numbered forth in
hypnotic frenzy by orators. and which
pays more attention to rhetoric than
to the truth.
We hold practically no truths to be
self-evident, and certainly nothing
could be farther from the truth than
that all men are created equal. We
believe that they are endowed by
their Creator with practically no
rights which are not readily alienable;
that no rights are more easy to alien
ate or more often alienated than the
rights to life, liberty and the pursuits
Of happiness, and that all governments
all the time ALLEVIATE these alleged
rights OF thousands of its people with
out the slightest whimper. In fact,
a government may pay almost no at
tention at all to the needs OF a ma
iority OF it's citizens and yet be called
democratic.-Life.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
PREPARATION FOR ASPARAGUS
Work Should Be Started in Fall and
Manure Used With Greatest Free
dom-Plow Land Deeply.

Preparing for asparagus for field
planting should begin in the fall. AS
paragus makes the best growth in
soils Astounding in vegetable matter.
This means that manure should be used
with the greatest freedom, and IL
clover sods are available, they should
help materially in the starting OF the
plantation. Land of any kind to be
planted with this crop should be
heavily MANFRED and plowed in tho
fall, repeating the operation and add.
ing more manure the following spring.
The blowing should be as deep as
possible, although care should be ex.
ercised to avoid turning up too much
OF the subsoil If of a clayey compost
ton. Disk and cutaway harrows may
be used to good advantage in prepar-
ing the soil. Effort should be made to
secure a fine bed to the full depth OF
the plow furrow, with all vegetable
matter thoroughly incorporated with
the soil
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Naval Code Books.

On every ship in the American navy
the commanding officer and the second
In command are each furnished with
copy of the secret naval code of the
government. These books are bound,
not as ordinary books, In cloth covers,
but In heavy metal backs. The object
is to prevent them from falling in the
hands OF the enemy, for their weight is
80 great that. when thrown into the
water, they sink Immediately, where.
as, IL bound in the usual manner, the
spreading OF the leaves might keep
them afioat long enough to permit a
vigilant enemy to pick them up.
These officers are commanded first
of all things to throw these book over.
board before surrendering their yes.
sells or whenever there is danger OF an
enemy getting aboard. The capture Of
one Of these books. It Is considered by
the naval authorities, would be more
disastrous in time OF war than the
loss Of battleship.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
ABSOLUTE PROOF OF DEATH
Simple Tsvt Familiar 20 Al PhysI
eIans Prevents Possibility Of PEI.
sen Being Buried Alive.


To many persons the dread OF be-
Ing buried alive is an obsession. Sci
ence has SO many tests now that ouch
thing Is almost impossible. There
Il no necessity now for such precau-
lions as were taken in ancient times.
ut the request OF those who feared
this contingency. When the attend
ing physician is in the least doubt he
has a very harmless and simple mode
OF testing the point and proving abb
solutely whether the patient Is really
dead or only In cataleptic At, sim
ulating death.
II IL known that even though tho
finger cannot detect the beat OF the
pulse, nor the stethoscope bear to the
listening ear OF the physician the
least beat OF the heart, a quiet cir
culstion OF the blood may be going
on, and tho person DO actually alive.
though giving no signs that can be
noted by touch or hearing.
1t has been proved that IL 16 grains
Of fiuorescein--a substance explained
by the chemists as an anhydrid OF
resorcin, the well known aseptic
agent-be injected into the circula-
tory system. say at the jugular vein. in
few minutes the mucous membranes
OF the patient will appear decided
yellow. and the eyes will be phosphor-
escent-if there is any circulation go
ing on in this persons body, be 1t ever
SO silent and gradual.
II, on the other hand. there is no
circulation, the fiuorescein will have
no effect on the mucous membranes
whatever, and the eyes will not have
any brilliancy, proving that there is
no life In the body Of this person.
Here is one Of the simplest, and at
the same time surest, tests OF life
known to science. There Is no reason
whatever for the fear Of being still
alive when buried, II this simple test
IL made.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
A Monument In Altklrnh

One Of the public monuments IN AT.
kirch commentaries the dellverance
OK the town from an attempt 20 cap
ture II made in 1875 By a troop OF
English freebooters. Their leader was
son-in-law OF Edward III. Enguerrand
De Coucy, who was then waglng a
herce but futile warfare against the
Hely Roman empire and had pillaged
number OF towns in Alsace. and on
reaching Altkirch penetrated into the
Town Ia the small hours OF the morn
ing, Wben--eo the legend runs-an ao-
partition appeared in the sky 70 warn
me Inhabitants. who promptly sprang
from their beds and routed the lnvad.
srs. Every year, February 2, AItkirch
holds fete 10 celebrate its escape
from de Coucy and his English MERGE.
uariss.-London Chronicle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Ancient Gates In Britain.

IT. Great Britain there are splendid
gates, and some badly restored walls.
telling of the amazing Roman invasion.
York, with its cathedral, has one OF
the finest OF the old Roman gates.
There was the Roman capital Of the
days when Rome sat on her seven
hills and from her throne Of beauty
ruled the world" The city OF Ches-
GER has a fine wall (restored) and
gates where at one time there was
tremendous lighting with bowguns and
all sorts of weapons that would be
laughed at in these days Splendid
bits Of architecture they are, but not
one monument OF that sort Is left in
what are called the walls OF Paris. ."
and the gates" OF Paris is a word
which means less to that city than the
Perrysville road meane 20 Pittsburgh.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
ANOTHER APPEAL MADE
Lack OF Food May AnnihiIate Beiaians,
10 Cry Of Relief Committee.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE woman's
section of the American commission
for relief in Belgium has sent broad.
cast through the country an appeal for
food to save the Belgians. 1t Is point.
ed out that extraordinary measures are
not only necessary but they are i'm.
perative.
These people who have borne the
brunt OF war and its devastation are
confronted by famine. Over them
hovers the fear OF utter annihiliation.
I'VE ask for food, for non-perishable
food" says the appeal. when de.
sired by contributors transportation
from any point to designated seaboard
ports will he paid for by the commits.
sion. Money and gifts can therefore be
represented entirely in food. Oversee
transportation is at the expense of the
commission"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
NO TRUTH IN OLD STORY
Oliver ooldsmIth's Dead Body Never
In Danger Of Being Seized BY
hIs CREDITOR.

Moro or less credence has always
seemed TO be given to the story that
Goldsmith's debts disrupted the ar
engagements made for his funeral. His
biographers have not been above
dwelling on this unhappy report. Now
comes Case and Comment with the
legal side OF Il, and makes out what
appears to be a clear case. A public
funeral In Westminster abbey was de.
signed, the pall-bearers had been Sc
tected from the distinguished circle to
which Goldsmith belonged; and then
the rapidly maturing arrangements
came to q sudden halt. The public
funeral was given up without explana-
ton. The burial took place simply.
almost secretly, in the ground Of
the Temple church. None OF the old
literary friends was present. This
strange change In procedure has been
explained by the statement that
friends feared that creditors would IN.
terfere with the public funeral BY
seizing the body, q right which Il IN
alleged the creditors had under the
law at that time. This explanation
has been reiterated until It is quite
generally believed. AS a matter OF
fact the story is without foundation,
because the law of England never
gave a right OF this nature to cred
ttors. The story has also been quite
industriously circulated about Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, who likewise died
heavily In debt. Whatever It was that
changed the arrangements of a public
funera' for Oliver Goldsmith, It may
DO safely asserted as a legal propo-
sition that there was not any likeli-
hood that the dead body would be
seized by creditors. Goldsmith was
buried by his lawyer friends and
neighbors within the boundaries Of
their own domain. He had lived his
harpiest days among them. and 1t was
after all more fitting that he should
he down to his long rest In the midst
OF them. rather than in a garish and
splendid tomb In Westminster abbey.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Wax as rheumatism Cure.

Hundreds and hundreds of cures
and remedies have been patented and
practiced by medical men to cure
rheumatism. The newest cure is not
OF a medicinal preparation. however,
but Is said to be better than drugs.
II Is TO envelop the afflicted portion Of
the body In a solution OF mineral
wakes and raise II to a temperature
OF not less than so degrees Cent.
These wakes maintain a temperature
Of above 43 degrees Cent. for "a
hours without being renewed. Be-
sides healing rheumatism, excellent
results are given to govt. arthretis.
lumbago. sciatica, etc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN

Pittsburgh, Nov. II.
Butter-Prints, 37@37k; tubs, 1914
637. Eggs-Select, fresh, 80.
Cleveland, Nov. II.
Hogs-Yorkers. 1925; mixed, 1925:
pigs, $3.50; roughs. $685.; stays, $3.50.
Calves-Good TO choice, 81; fair To-
good, s9910.25.
Sheep and Lambs-Good TO choice
lambs, SS@S.25; fair to good, S7@Z75;
wethers, S4.75@5; ewes. s4.5O6475;
oulls and common, 1904.
Chicago. Nov. H.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000. Bulk, $40
as; light, S7.65G810; mixed, 1850
S.25; heavy, S7.5O6S10; roughs. $3.50
Q765; pigs. S45O06.5O.
Cattle-Receipts, 1000. Beeves. $3.50
ali; steers, s57509.30; COWS and
heifers, S3.0009.65; calves, S7.5001f.
Sheep--Receipts, $4,000. Sheep. S5.15
@6.6O; yeariings. 16.75@775; lambs,
s7.5069.25.
Wheat-Dec., 1.151z.
Corn-Dec.. 67H.
Oats--Dec.. 49ik.
East Buffalo, Nov. II.
Cattle-Rsceipts. 200. Prime steers,
t950G 1880; COWS, $307.5O.
Calves-Receipts. %; market f5c
higher.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts %:
lambs PC higher; culls 20 choice. SO
0S.25; sheep. $306.
Hogs-Receipts, go; SOC higher;
good grades, &s0S.5o; pigs. 37.5o@s.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
WASTING OF HAY PREVENTED
box. Two Feet Square at Top and
Four Feet at Bottom, VIII Prove
Quite Satisfactory.

The useless waste OF hay. noticed
On SO many farms In feeding horses
and other live stock, may be prevent
sc by the employment of box as de-
scribed herewith:
Box extends from loft to manger.
II is two feet square at top and four
feet at bottom. The hay slips down
through boxes as fastsas eaten. Nail
boards across bottom of box and let
hem extend out on the side where
the opening is. Nail a six or eight
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
POULTRYNoTHs
lANaSSsN ~ e1an..a

Get foundation stock from reliable
sources.
Strains are more important than
breeds in the poultry business.
IL is a pity so many people dopy
know how many chickens they raisei
Profit flies out OF the door when
NTH accumulates in the poultry quar-.
ters.
There Is more cholera in the drink,
ing vessels than anywhere else. Keep
them clean.
Sprinkle the nests with solution OF
diluted carbolic acid. It win aid mate
rally in keeping down lice.
Clean, dry earth is one OF the best
absorbents for the poultry house. Scat.
ter It literally over the floor.
Don't forget to keep tab on the
thrifty pullets They are to lay the
ulBhest priced eggs next winter
Scald out the drinking vessels oncs
week. Filth is easily carried to the
system through the drinking water
a place for everything and every.
thing In its place applies to chicl.ens
as well as TO everything else about q
farm.
Sell the young ROSTERS in the best
market as fast as they come. There
ls much waste in keeping too Many
ROSTERS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
CARING FOR FLOCK OF DUCKS
Fowls Do Better II Given Same Ra.
ton Every Day-change 10 Likely
to Stop Egg Yield.

Handle ducks by the neck-never
carry them by the legs.
II duck breaks down in driving
to pasture, mark 1t for the butcher:
we want vigor in the breeding stock.
Ducks may be housed for laying
early In October. Do not put over 20
ducks in a pen together; they pile up
at feeding time, or IL scared, and are
apt to get injured in large flock.
A duck fed for eggs in October
should lay in six weeks. A good feed
is made by taking equal parts OF corn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
PROVING an AIlbt

Your honor said the prisoner. II
am not burglar. These jimmies and
explosives found in my bag we're not
meant for dishonest purposes"
Then why did you carry them wita
you7" asked the interested fudge.
i travel daily between my home in
swarthmore and the city" replied the
prisoner. "snd use them TO open the
car windows"
Whereupon he was bonorabiv dis-
chargsd.-PhDadelphia Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Eradicate Canada rbIs,Ies

Canada thistles in small patches
may be Killed by covering the ground
with tar paper or other heavy building
paper. overlapping the edges so that
no plants can reach the air and sun.
light. The paper may be weighted
down with earth. stones. or fence rails
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10

Lady" said Flooding Pete. would
you mind letting me have some mus
tard or some horseradish7"
What for? haven't given you any.
thing 20 eat"
No one knows IL better'n me. But
I'm member OF the 8. p. G. A. an
harbor no grudge. That dog Of yours
has ies' bit a piece out o. my leg, an
mt to give him some seasonlng."-
'~rto1 star.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
villa Urges Neutral Commission.

Eel Paso, Tex. Nov. 17.-General
villa in dispatches received here urged
the REIMBURSEMENT of Vera Cruz By
the United States to a neutral com.
mission.
He suggested that the United States
before withdrawing it's troops might
secure from Provisional President
Gutierrez and General Carranza
promises not to occupy the port until
one faction or the other were in com.
plete control. In the meantime a neu.
tral commission would administer the
affairs of the port, including the col
lection OF import duties, and would be
bound to turn over the funds TO which.
ever party ultimately came into con.
troll OF the government.
Queretaro is to be the provisional
capital OF Mexico pending the retire.
ment OF Venustiano Carranza, accord.
Ing to advices received here. Gen.
eral EulaliO Gutierrez will leave for
Queretaro In day or two.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
The White Queen.

meal and bran, and two parts OF low
grade -four with FIVE parts OF cut clio
yer or clover char. Ducks do better
II fed the same ration every day; a
change OF food usually stops the egg
yield.
When feeding beef scraps to ducks.
soak them over night, and then mix
with the grain and clover mash.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-12-10
Brain Conclusion Fatal to PLAYER.

New Brighton, Pa, Nov. 17.-Fred
Treece, seventeen years old, quarter.
back on the New Brighton High school
football team, is dead from conclusion
OF the brain sustained Saturday in a
football game between the local team
and the New Wilmington High school