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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

'kismet' IL an Arabic word mean
Ing fate" or 1T IS fated" a belief
In predestination is one Of the funda.
mental principles in the Mohammedan
faith Not only a mans fortune. but
his deeds, and consequently his fu-
ture reward or punishment. are, &C.
eofaing 70 this faith. irrovocably, and
mus unayoidably. pre-ordaiued- doc
trine which has contributed largely 70
me success of Islam by inspiring It's
champions with the greatest conteDpt
TOT the dangers Of waTefare. When A
hohammedsn meets with any disaster
or misfortune, no matter how great.
he accepts the situation calmly. mere.
" saying "Kismet"--'it is fsted."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
"Not Worth the Candle

The well-known saying, "the game il
not worth the candle means that IL
10 not worth even the candle that
lights the players during their game.
1t is used with reference to an under
taking TO signify that the results
would not be sufficient TO justify the
trouble or expense incurred. The
French have the same saying-"le jeu
ne vaut pas la chandelle." In the ia.
cula Prudentum; or Outlandish Prov
cribs, Sentences, etc." OF George Her.
bert, an English writer of the seven.
teenth century. occurs the proverb:
1T is a poor sport that is not worth
the candle" The saying is one OF
those old ones, the origin OF which it
is difficult, IL not impossible. TO ira ce.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
WILSON HELD UP BY nALLBoy.
Younsster insists on Announcing
President Before Adnnittina Him.

rounsster Insists on Announcing
President Before Admitting Him.
New York. president Wilson on q
recent visit here decided to pay brief
visit to Mrs. Anna Wilson Howe his
sister. who has apartments In the Ho-
tel Anderson. One OF the proprietors
OF the house has had difficulty recently
In impresslng upon the elevator boys
that no callers shall be taken up until
they have first been announced to the
guests. Recently the rule was violat-
ed by w. Higgins. West India boy.
whereupon Miss Anderson reproved
him.. and TO Impress upon his mind
firmly that the rule was a liked one.
she cried:
Understand now. Higgins. no one il
to be taken up until he has been
announced first-no one. understand
Not even the president OF the United
States" she added severely.
Higgins was on duty when two dis.
tnguished looking gentlemen. followed
by several alert young men. entered
and walked directly to the elevator
Higgins promptly intercepted them.
THE rule is to announce all gentle.
men first," he said.
VERY WELL" replied the taller OF
the two callers. 'Just say to Mrs.
Howe that Mr. Wilson is calling"
Higgins turned toward the telephone
when one OF the young men halted
him:
"It's all right. boy" he said This
Is the president OF the United States"
Higgins looked the party over. bow
ed. but continued on to the telephone
Don't make no diffrunce. boss" he
said. "Mis Anderson say even the
president of de United States got to
be announced first"
The president burst into hearty
laugh.
THAT is perfectly right. my boy"
he said. Besides he continued. Il
find a certain sort OF satisfaction In
the fact that there is some one in New
York who doesn't know me and to
whom have to be identified"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Drastic and novel measures against
food aulterations were taken By
Jacques de Tourzel. seigneur Of
Ambert In decree issued So 1881
he directed that "A funnel shall be
placed In the mouth o. any man or
woman convicted o. having cold wa.
tered milk and the said watered milk
shall be poured down the funnel un.
III such time az a doctor shall declare
that the culprit cannot be made 70
swallow any more without danger Of
death" The seller Of impure butter
was 20 be put In the pillory. when
the butter shall be crushed down
upon HE head and shall remain there
until the sun shall have melted g."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Strawberries have been known in
England from the earliest times, but
the luscious berries now grown there
are quite modern variety. Until the
fifteenth century none but wild ber-
RES we're obtainable. and even the
good Strawberries" which according
70 shakespeare, grew in the Bishop OF
Ely's Holborn garden, can have been
only transplanted "wildings" In the
eighteenth century an improved va.
riety was cultivated, known as the
"Iiautboy," which greatly pleased the
taste OF Doctor Johnson. but the mod.
ern berry comes from a cross with a
Chilean variety introduced only cen.
tury ago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
PARIS GAY AGAIN AS
| HER CITIZENS RETURN
Streets Crowded and Schools
Reopen After Months.

Paris.-Paris is filling up again and
appears to be getting back some small
signs OF being her old self Her streets
are fuller. shops are reopening here
and there. the cafe terraces are less de
serted. and the arrivals OF whole fami
lies from the provinces grow in mum
Der daily. IL Is estimated that from a
quarter to half a million people have
returned within the last fortnight.
Reasons for the return are not far to
seek. In the first place. the fear OF be
ing shut up In a beleaguered city is so
greatly diminished as hardly TO count
In the calculations OF those who fed
when those terrible Germans" were
practically under our walls Winter is
coming on. and life 10 n metropolis I'm
winter. especially when one Is in ones
own familiar home. is preferable to the
discomforts and rigors OF an unknown
countryside or provincial town Schools
have reopened. and parents naturally
wish to be with their boys and girls nj
this important period
Bombs from the enemy's Taubes are
still ugly possibilities. TO be sure. but
reflection has led people to see that the
chance OF their being the individuals
victimized is 80 small in city Of
nearly 100000 inhabitants ms to be
negligible.
Consequently. though half or more Of
the shops are shut and nearly all the
hotels are shut though there are no
motorbuses. the city Is beginning TO
look normal again. the sidewalks are
crowded save at the sacred hour OF de
Jeuner. and while the cafes are open.
which Is until y p. m. they are nearly
as thronged as in the antebellum DAYS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
CANAL NEUTRALITY RULE.
Only elk Fighting Ships Of Warning
Nations May Pass at One Time.

Only elk Fighting Ships Of Warrino
Nations May Pass st One Time.
Washington.-Pesident Wilson ~
Gently issued proclamation announc-
Ing the neutrality regulations for the
Panama canal zone.
1t provides that all vessels OF beIlig.
erent nations shall be allowed TO pass
through the canal In the order of their
arrival ut either end. but that twenty.
four hours shali elapse between the de-
parture OF vessels flying the flags OF
two nations that are at war.
War vessels shall pass through rs
rapidly as possible and shall not re-
main In waters adjacent TO the canal
longer than absolutely necessary. No
vessel shall remain In the canal more
than twenty-four hours.
The docking and repairing facilities
Of the United States shall be used by
belligerent ships only to make repairs
that arc necessary to their seaworthi.
ness.
War vessels shall not be allowed IN
provision I'm the canal zone EXCEPT
when absolutely necessary and then
shall take on only enough to meet their
needs until they arrive Mt the next port.
Aeropianes are forbidden to cross the
zone or to make landing at any point
on the zone.
Commanders OF belligerent vessels
are forbidden to embark or disembark
troops In the canal zone except for the
purpose OF making necessary repairs.
Not more than three vessels flying
the nag OF any belligerent nation shall
anchor In the waters adjacent to the
canal at one time. and not more than
three. making six I'm all. shall pass
through the canal ut one time
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

the ranking animOsity that prisoners
or Libby and Andersonville knew after
the civil war. There will be naught
but praise for the enemy and largely
because of the women.
Then, too. women are spreading the
spirit OF charity. They are taking the
human element to the battlefieIds, and
they are preventing many soldiers
from feeling that they must retaIiate
for actual or fancied atrocities of the
enemy. That Is what l call the wo-
mans influence OH the moral questions
involved in war
But the woman is paying "a terrible
price. Miss Boardman declared. She
must stay Mt home while loved ones
are fighting in the trenches. She must
suffer the torture of silence or worse
the torture of knowing that her loved
ones have been killed or wounded.
Woman has been called the great
est victim or war; Miss Boardman
said. 1T is all too true She Is the
greatest victim OF the present strug.
gle"
But woman's part in the world after
the war Is over can be more infiuen-
tial than ever. Miss Boardman held.
She favored formation of "a nonpoliti-
cal women's party" which would deal
with affairs not involving business or
politics.
"Such a party" she said. could lend
Its influence toward permanent peace
and Its influence would be one OF the
strongest influences 10 maintain this.
The individual and the mass must be
educated to abhor war. to be willing
to submit to arbitration and to have
a sort Of world politics. and women can
play their part In fostering this spirit
hprpaf tpr'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Habits.

Imagine Hercules as oarsman In a
rotten boat; what can he do there but
by the very force OF his stroke expe-
dite the ruin OF his craft? Take care,
then. OF the timbers OF your boat. and
avoid all practices likely to introduce
either wet or dry rot among them.
And this is not to be accomplished by
desultory or intermittent efforts OF the
will. but by the formation OF habits.
The will. no doubt. has sometimes to
put forth its strength in order to
strangle or crush the special tempta-
ton. But the formation OF right hab.
Its is essential to your permanent Sc
curity. They diminish your chance OF
falling when assailed, and they aug
ment your chance of recovery when
overthrown.-John Tyndall.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

On3 mistaken idea has taken root
and fiourished In the minds OF many
American women. II is the idea OF
mans dominance and woman's servi-
tude. This may apply to other coun-
tries. but IL has no foundation OF truth
In civilized America. No finer type OF
gentleman can be found on the face
OF the globe than here In the United
States OF America. His attitude to-
ward women has ever been chivalrous.
The modern woman will never accom-
plish the results she anticipates from
equal suffrage that she might accom-
plish by the exercise OF that innate
moral charm. the potency OF which
has moved the world in all agcs.-Sub-
urban Life.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
NOTICE
STATE of WEsT VIRGINIA, To-wfT:
BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE
CnMNIISSInN

No. IL.
STATE OF W EsT VIRGINIA, To-wT:
BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
In the Matter OF the Application of the
Consolidated Telephone Company OF
West Virginia for Leave To File Local
General Tariffs of Rates for Telephone
Service for Each District. Including
Rules and Regulations, TO Become Ell
fective January !, 1915, (and Super
seding Schedule Effective May 81, 1919
and TO be Hereafter Known aud Desig
mated az Consolidated Telephone Com
many OF West Virginia. L sc. w V. No !
The foregoing application was fled in
the office OF the Secretary of the Public
Service Commission on this 10Th day of
October. A D., 1914.
An examination Of these proposed
81 hedules and comparison of the same
with the schedules in effect on May 81 !,
1913, show no increase i'm rates or
changes in rules and regulations except
Cd That the method of rendering bills
is by tie proposed new schedule changed
from quarterly TO monthly ills
90 That in certain stricts the dis
count OF fifty cents Tor the prompt pay
neui al quarterly bill IL Will drawn, and
''Ht " lO aDOut
uniformity in the practice of the Com.
parry in its entire service, tu-wit: no DIS
counts are to be allow ed or offered after
January ], 1915
Up, full consideration whereof, it is
ORDERED that leave he granted TO any
perscn interested to file objection in
writing to said application within thirty
600 days from this date, and notice is
hereby given that this matter il set down
Tor hea ing at the peI eral session of the
Commi zion to he held AZ the Capitol, in
the city OF Charleston West Virginia, on
Tuesday, the 9Th day December, A. ID :,
l9f4, at two o'clock p IN at hich time
all persons interested may appear and
make such objection and present such
arguments and evidences as they may
d, em proper in the premises.
And IL is further directed that this
order be- published by the applicant, Tie
Consolidate Telephone Company of West
Virginia, once each week for four con.
srcntive weeks in some newspaper pub.
lishrd in caclI OF the COMMITTEES and prin-
opal cities and towns where the rates 70,
telephone service, as heretofore charged.
VIII be effected by the withdrawal of the
quarterly discount, as hereinbefore stated
and that due return thereof sha be
made To the Commission
A COpy-Trste
2-4t X. b. BERNHEM, Secretary.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
MOUSE TIES UP WHOLE TOWN.
Causes Short Circuit at Light Plant
and Everything Stops.

Neesos oHoTt SircuW at Light Plant
and Everything Stops.
Hutchinson, Kan. - An understood
mouse short circuiting some wires In
the city electric light plant here stop.
ped the street cars, put out all the
lights In the city. shut down certain
parts OF the salt plants. chemical
works, -four mills. strawboard plant.
newspaper typesetting machines, one
telegraph company and other indus
tries depending on electric motors for
power for an hour
Edward Benson, assistant engineer
Mt the plant. tried to get the mouse out
with pair of tongs without shutting
down the plant. and the little animal
jumped into connection that electro
cuted II. causing several thousand peo-
pie to take a vacation until the burned
out switches and wires could be re.
paired.
Mr.. Benson was badly burned about
the hands, arms and face. but Will re-
cover.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
OLD THIEF SAVES BOY PAL.
Found In House He Stays TO Let
Youth Upstairs Escape.

Youth Upstairs Escape.
Terre Haute. Ind. = Dan Mccarthy.
aged sixty-one years. calmly waited
Tor arrest when the police were sum
moned 10 a house by burglar alarm
over n telephone. He stood In the hall.
making no effort to escape. Later he
explained that be acted as he did In
order to give his pal. who was up
stairs. chance TO escape.
The pal. he said. was only boy. the
son Of Chicago saloon keeper. and
the old man did not wish the young
ster caught dead 10 rights" which
would mean a prison term. He said
that ne had served so many terms be
did not mind another one
In the city court be said he did not
wish lawyer and waived examina.
ton. speaking as one acquainted with
court procedure. He was bound over
20 the ~srcuit court. whore. he says. DO
~iII plead guilty He talked freely
asout his career. telling o. bis various
prison experiences
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Taxpayers

Notice is hereby given that the under
sgne will be at he following places on
date named, 1914, for the purpose Of e.
ceving taxes:
Austin, November 20.
Mannheim, NOven beer %.
Az hich iin'e and places hi count of
Two IN hslf Percent viii h. allowed
10 All 'Tsons who pay the whole amount
OF & cir taxes in cash.
section of Chapter 5 Of Acts of 1904
!ht' rest at the nate Of Ten Percent per
'nnun' on tie amount OF each tax bi
HAL he added thereto from said first DAY
~ January until payment.
". fosrER HARrNAS. Sheriff.
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seventesnth centurn auhmarln..


Submarines are not so modern an
invention as most people imagine.
in the early years OF the seventeenth
century a Dutchman, Cornelius Ore
bel, built an underwater boat, in
which he made several trips from
Westminster to Greenwich. SO i'm
pressed was James that he award
cd Drebel an apartment in Ethan
palace, and desired 20 be kept in touch
with all further Developments OF the
Dutchman's invention. a contem-
porary writer states that Drebers boat
was 80 constructed that a person
could see under the surface OF the
water without candle light as much
80 he needed 10 read in the Bible or
any other book
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
WOMEN ALLAY
WAR BITTERNESS
Red Cross Head FOresees New
Work For Them.
THEY PAY A BIG PRICE.
Must Stay at Home and Suffer Torture
OF Silence While Loved Ones Are
Fighting In Trsnohes--Miss Board.
man Favors Formation Of Non.
political Women's Party.

man Favors Formatio Of q Non.
political women's Party.
Washington. was at session of
a fashionable housemaids' sewing cir.
Gle. The little French maid had been
saying explosive things about the Ger.
mans I'm her mother tongue. When she
subsidized another housemaid yentured
to say that she wanted the hospital
supplies which she was then sewing TO
be forwarded to England only. Right
there the little French maid exploded
again
Humanity knows no nationality"
she said In flash. These things
shall go to all nations"
This anecdote was related by Miss
Mabel Boardman. active head OF the
American Red Cross, to illustrate the
part women are playing I'm the war
and the spirit they should manifest to
make their influence the strongest.
"The idea that humanity knows no
nationality" she said. lis the thing
that Is making women strong i'm this
war Women's ministratlon on the
battlefield and woman's aid at home
mean that after this great war Is over
there Is going To be better interna
tional spirit. Wounded soldiers are
going back home to tell that women on
the battle6elds of a foreign land were
kind to them. There will be none OF
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
N. ak. Railroad

Leave NorRaptowu--EG :5Oa. ul ~ N
% ~ and $3.50 y. IN.
L"avc Kiugwood--sS rs ~ 2.lSr
~ and 81 ~ y NJ
Arrive " d X Junctiop-Eg.OI d.
2:56 q. M and 81 90 - m
Leave VI. u X Junction. 25 a.. I'd.
100 p. m, aud $500 - ~.
LeaSr Kiupu ood-slU.O7 a IN. n;
= M, and '6.4l p m
Arrive Morgantown--+1l:35 a m. 6:2s
p. M, and 3S:0S y. ~.
sDaily except Sunday.
Saturdays only
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
EAGLE BOARDS SHIP; FIGHTS.
Though Exhausted by Long Flight. Il
Injuries Two Of Crew.

Though Exhausted by Long Flight. IL
Injuries Two Of Crew.
Philadelphia. = When the Longscar.
the British tramp steamship. came into
port from Huelva. Spain. her crew
told how a brown feathered eagle
measuring five feet from wing to wing
had come on board In an exhausted
condition when $50 miles from the
Delaware capes and had given two OF
the crew good fight before It was
captured. Boatswain Smith had a cut
over his left eye. and Seaman Hughes
right hand was scratched and cut.
The eagle was seen astern Monday
morning. and after three hour flight
II seemed TO squirt itself for final
dash and landed on the foremast
Smith went TO pick the bird up. when
II turned on him. The fight followed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
FINDS VOLCANIC REEF.
Did WhaIer Discovers Ledge Where
Chart Calls For Plenty Of Water.

O'o Wnaler OIscoVers Ledge Where
Chart Calls For Plenty Of Water.
San Francisco.-A remarkable phe
nomenOn in Alaskan waters IL re-
ported by Captain G. r. Petersen. an
old whaley and explorer. who return.
Cd 90 San Francisco few days ago
from tie far north
He says that on the chart the depth
Of the stretch Of water between Hog
island and Amaknok island Is given
as nine and n balf fatboms. while now
there are only two fsthoms to be had
NJ high water. Volcanic eruptiOns
probably caused the reef 20 spring %.
Captain Petersen saya
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
HENS LOCATE GOLF BALLS.
Setting 5iddies Aid Players, but Hu-'
Owners Business.


Atlanta. Ga.--Artbur Bender. who
lives near the East Lake golf links and
raises chickens. has about decided to
move or go out of the poultry business.
Golf has wrecked the chicken ranch.
Bender has some old hens with the
setting habit. They would set OH door
knobs or anything that looked like m
egg. He bid everything Of that kind
on the place. Then the hens climbed
through the fence and got TO waiting
around on No. II green. Every time n
good mashie shot sent a golf ball to
the green the hens would be after II
and by the time the golfer got there
the hen would he industriously trying
to hatch H. It made the balls easier to
And. as each was marked with set
ting hen. but II interfered with Ben
der's business
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
REASONS WHY MEN DRINK.

'Toothaehe,H HEAVY Cold" and "Ston1-
seh Trouble" So They Say.
Columbus, lud.-A survey OF the
causes that take men into the city
court here shows that toothache IL to
blame more than anything else. Next
10 "toothache' Is heavy cold" and
stomach trouble" runs a poor third.
Nearly every man who Is arrested on
an intoxicatioD charge has some such
excuse. There are few. however. who
admit they get drunk Just to be drunk
and have no excuse 10 offer
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Too ereas Belief lnLunk.

Many fellow ~ such firm be.
lever in luck that he would rather
LOOK for fourleaved clover than
hustle for Job.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Despite the fact that some Of them
manage 20 get enormous fees, Il is
said that the doctors. as a class. get
poorer and poorer. financially. every
year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Virtue - = device for making death
iees horrible. Virtue Is the will win.
out The deed Virtue is Sc own pup.
iahment--Smart Set
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Rev. Caller--"Well, Mrs. ManRIee.
end is the good man any better7" Mrs.
Bangles--"Oh. yes, sir. Els nearly
al right agen, sir. 'E don't say Is
prayers no more Of a night now, SIR"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
SANDER.

When the tongue of Islander stings
thee let this be thy comfort: They
are not the worst fruits on which the
wasps alight.- -Gottfried Burger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
The CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi-
cal Health.

The experience of Motherhood is a try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not ono
woman in a hundred Is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her
self. OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial Of strength, and when Il IL over
her system has received shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
Of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There Is nothing more charming than
ahappy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing IL
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator Of the female organism.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

In m an y homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause of the fact
that Lydia L. Pink
hams V eg @ table
Compound m ak e s
won en- norm al,
healthy and strong.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

III you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
DC opened, read and answered by a
Worea and held I'm strict confidence.