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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Last Monday week fire destroyed
the residence of VIM. Jackson, who
lives about two miles north OF East
Lynn. The household furnishings OF
Mr.. Jackson and those Of Mrs. Ber-
nard Mills and Mrs. Effie Former were
consumed by the flames which resulted
from n defective flue
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26
WEST VIRGINIA
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Governor Hatfield has announced
that after July /, when the state be-
comes dry, he will refuse to issue par
dons or paroles to, persons convicted
OF Bookkeeping or violations OF the
prohibition laws. ~.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Charleston, W. Va. June lS.-Two
hundred miners, who are employees of
the Hickory Ash Coal Co, returned TO
work today, the scale with checkoff
having been granted. officials Of the
United Mine Workers are trying to get
the agreement, and are meeting with
success.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Congressman Hunter II. Moss, of
Parkersburg, w. Va, will be nominat-
ed without opposition by the Republic
cans OF the Fourth West Virginia dis
trict at a convention there July 70,
Moss will be unopposed because no one
had signified intention OF running
against him when the time limit ex-
pired last Saturday.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26
"TIz' FIXES TIRED,
SORE, SWOLLEN FEET

Good bye sore feet, burning feet.
swollen feet, weaty feet, smelling feet,
tired feet
Good bye corns, callouses, bunions
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Too little attention to paid to the
small courtesies of the home. Fathers,
should remember that happiness is de-
rived from the little kindly acts and
words of each member Of a family.
One alone cannot make cheerful
home IL the rest make no effort.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

gush little over us when they want
a wife, or an hour in our society, but
genuine Kindness for their companion,
generally speaking, is not in their
composition or else the iniquities that
bear down so hard on women would
not exist. The Righteousness that ex-
ats nation would not be among the
lost arts as it appears to be today IL
the lords of creation showed forth
more fidelity for her who was destin-
ed from the beginning to be queen OF
the home. Trample the wife into the
dust; steep her in poverty; make OF
her a mere ''hewer of wood and draw
er of water" break her spirit and
humble her pride until she no longer
has ambition to dress and look well;
make the home as dull and tiresome
as the days grow long and dreary,
and then what? Not the present form
of government for only men OF char
acter are fit to govern themselves.
crushed and cringing womanhood.
Look to your wives, good brothers, II
you desire long continued prosperity
for this country as well as for your
selves.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26
ooL tn YOUR Wixes.

The following contribution is hand
cd us by one of our lady subscribers
and we gladly give it space in this
department.--(Ed.)
I am sometimes tempted to think
that men some men at least are so
Infatuated and Joined to their idol Of
pursuit after the worlds emoluments
or its gilded pleasures they entirely
lose sight OF the duty they owe to that
inmate Gf tine home, without which
earth would be a dreary place indeed
and home could never be home. They
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26
THE HOME CIRCLE
AND ITS INTERESTS.
Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join
The Home Circle at
Evening Tide.

How Some Men Treat Their wives.
If there is any person we despise IL
"a the man who doles out money 10
his wife as If she was a pauper anu
NOT a partner in his earnings. Anu
vet there are many such men every
where. They want to be economical
and they become brutes. There Is no
more pitiful sight than to see such
man drive in from the country with
his wife. If it is winter he wears
fur oyercoat She wears a. thin shawl
The horses are fat and well cared TOT.
The children are thin and half cloth
ed. He refuses the pitiful sum neces-
sary for a new dress but goes into the
GROCERY store and lays in supply OF
tobacco. When we see such couple
In town we say to ourselves, GOD
have mercy on that woman" The
man who refuses the money upon
things of less Importance is a more de-
apicable thief than he who simply ex-
tracts some fat pocket book from the
pocket of some well-to-do man. we
know of no more exasperating spec
tacIe than to see the wife of man
in comfortable circumstances, asking
for ten cents with which to BUY ne
cessities You cannot excuse such
meanncss in business circles would be
not take care of money. We say 1t is
her husbands fault if she does not
know how. How can she learn to take
care of what she never has? such
meanness in bushes circle would be
noted everywhere. Ina partnership be-
tween men, such state of affairs would
not be tolerated. Just because the
member of firm is elected business
manager and treasurer, that does not
give him the right to appropriate all
the money, not by any means. But just
because one of the partners in the
marriage contract is always woman,
the other member of the firm seems
to think that all the profits of the
concern belong to him alone. Give
the woman a chance to show how eco
nomicai she is and you will not only
be Just as well off in the end, but you
both will be infinitely happier.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

On account OF the sudden and ser
ious Illness Of Judge ]. b. wIlkinson's
daughter, who lives at Colorado
Springs, Colorado. there will be no
special term OF the Wayne Circuit
Court on June %. Judge Wilkinson
is at his daughters bedside and has
written the clerk and sheriff to post
pone the term.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26
Hearing.

The art of not hearing should be
learned by all. There are so many
things that are painful to hear, very
many of which, If we heard, will dis
turb the temper, corrupt simplicity
and modesty, detract from content
ment and happiness. If some person
falls into violent passion, and calls
us all manner of names at the word
we should shut our ears, and hear no
more. If in a quiet voyage of life we
find ourselves caught in one of those
domestic whirlwinds of scolding, we
should shut our ears as sailor would
furl his sail and make all tight, scud
before the gale. If hot, restless per-
son begins to inflame our feelings we
should consider what a mischief the
fiery sparks may do in our magazine
below, where our temper is kept and
Instantly close the door. II all the
things said of one by needless or ILL
natured idlers were brought home to
him, he would be mere walking PIN
cushion, stuck full of sharp remarks.
If we would be happy, when among
good people we should open our ears;
when among bad people, shut them.
1t is not worth while to hear what
our neighbors say about our children,
what our rivals say about our bust
ness, our dress or our kin.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Dressed and ready to be taken 20
the gallows on which he was to be
hanged for the murder Of his wife,
Silas Jones. colored. aged 81, OF Cabeii
county, was on Friday afternoon noti-
fed by the warden Of the penintentiary
at Moundsville that Governor Hatfield
had telephoned a respite Of 80 days.
Leading citizens OF Huntington In
terceded In Jones' behalf, declaring
that important new evidence has been
discovered in the negro's case. Silas
Jones was the servitor OF Col. ]. r.
Branch, of Branchland, and the latter
supplied the best counsel to defend
his servant but Jones was convicted
of killing his wife, Prudential Jones,
in December, 1913. with revolver.
Col. Branch continued his efforts In
Jones behalf and has enlisted the aid
of many prominent men In this sec
ton of the state to save the negros
life-Logan Democrat.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-26

Ed Napier, who is wanted on a
charge OF arson. and for whose arrest
the Wayne county court has offered
SIS and for his conviction SIS, was
arrested Monday at Paintsville by A.
]. Price. private detective, according
to telephone message received late
Monday afternoon by John Billups.
Sheriff Billups and Prosecuting At
torney Hardwlck left Tuesday for Cat
lettsburg where officer Price will turn
Napier over to them.
Napier is charged with completely In
the burning OF the Golden Rule Hall
and the residence nearby on May list.
in which fire Kenna Fry, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Cumberland Fry. lost his
life. Shortly after the inquest had been
held Napier took scare and left the
state and his whereabouts has been In
doubt until arrested by Detective
Price. He was brought to Wayne
Wednesday and lodged in jail-Wayne
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21

rain makers were a. little responsible
az the man in the moon. In fact. the
blind faith that could connect q bonn
bardment Of the sky with the begin
ming of a summer shower which
proved too light to be of benefit ana
at q time when showers were general.
Is nothing less than sublime.
This Is only one instance. but in
variably investigation disoloses a simi-
lar state OF affairs. No scientist of
standing places the least confidence
in tho preteneions Of rain makers.
The natural forces that evaporate i'm
mense quantities OF water, transport
the vapor often hundreds Of miles. and
then condense it again to water are
too immense for man to cope with.
.'Only persons not acquainted with
the facts can have enough confidence
In rain makers to pay them money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
Jayhawker Jots

Wisdom. from the Douglass Trib-
une: 1t is much easier to get laws
passed than it is to have them respect
ed and enforced.
AS the lola Register says: Just
after a man has run for Office and
been defeated, you can make him
think anything is Possible.
Although there il nothing in q
name. 1t doesn't necessarily follow
not az sharp as the next man.
A glance through the Kansas news
papers would seem to indicate that
everybody Is complaining about the
primary system for one reason or an
other. with the possible exception of
the candidates who were nominated
for ONCE.
A Kansas editor observes that when
q woman winds towel around her
means the beginning of big day..
When a man winds a towel around his
head and calls for water it means the
end of a big night
Related by Mrs. Homer Hoch, in
the Woman's Corner of the Marion
record: The little girl said: Santa
Claus is the boss Of the whole world. :"
only the boss Of the toys of it. Jesus
is the boss of Santa Claus and every
body else, to-
The Sedgwick Paragraph tells of a
family doctor who was SO tactless,
when the lady of tho house called him
to prescribe for her for that tired feel
ing. as to ask to see her tongue. And
the Paragraph takes the trouble to
add that the family now has a new
doctor.
C. G. Gridley. the West-of-Town re-
pOrter for The Pena1Osa News writes:
We know a young man who went TWEEN
ty miles last Saturday night to go
swimming. We will venture to say that
in twenty years from now his wife will
have a hard time to get him to wash
his feet twice q year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
Globe Sights
BIZ THE ATCHJ0oN GLOBE

No woman is so blind she can't find
fault with the men.
Nearly everything that discourages
conversation is good.
The man who brags on his children
probably doesn't keep q dog.
Most OF the caviar you get from now
on will be home grown.
Getting to work early won't help If
you are given to too much talk.
Your crouch may be contagious,
and you should keep it quarantined.
About the time a man feels that he
is as tough as pig iron he gets
whipped.
Fortunately most of the kin rows
have no armies to muss up the argu-
ment.
Frequently you hear a man brag on
our civilization as IL he were RESPONSE
bic for It.
BY this time the average town gar
dener's enthusiasm can't be found for
the weeds.
Alb Adkins admits that the missus
and kids have an entente which has
him buffaloed.
What she doesn't know may not hurt
woman, but her curiosity seems
painful until she finds out
The girl who marries for money and
doesn't get 1t, can't expect much SYM
pathy In this sentimental sphere.
Fashion note: The advance fall
style will continue to be synonymous
| terms.
A happy home is one where the
children spread the scars of battle
! over the furniture without fear of fu.
I ture eventualities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
AND THIS Is WAR!


The Bugle blows,
Ana tho fields deliver valiant crop
" healthy manhood: their harvests drop
And fatten crows,
The Drummer beats
ANA the sons OF the sea renounce their
nets.
Their mothers. sweethearts, and their
debts:
Their sturdy fleets.
Str1ped pantaloons, brass buttonS, ana
pleatS-
What glorious. gaudy, winding sheets.
Deaths high disguise.
Tenebral toys to WOO and win
Men to their graves for q nations sin
Or q statesI2an's lies.
TENS or hundreds in blue, and tens Of
hundreds in gray,
Face the glare OF the MONDAY sun in
serried battle array.
A dummy in red and gold. ON an estra-
pading horses
Signals. the earth resounds with the clash
OF human force.
The tens OF hundreds in blue and the tens
Of hundreds in gray
Let Death loose upon unknown heads and
DioW their souls away.
The dummy In red and gold rides to the
setting sun,
Leaving behind q stream of blood, and
talking OF battle won.
The Devil says az he drives hia
ghouls:
Thank God that men are fools!"
John b. Kennedy, in the New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
Kansas Comment
al GOOD APPErITE.

A man complained the other day that
he had inherited nothing from his an
cestors excepting . good appetite he
overlooked the fact that his was the
greatest heritage that could come to NOR
tai man. The condition of the individual
without an appetite il deplorable and pit
liable, whether he lives in q mansion or
q howell. A good appetite that bespeako
a ruddy physical condition, sends q man
out fully equipped to battle with the world
efforts or not. he can stin be happy and
contented. When appetite goes, health
happiness, contentment and effectiveness
vanish, and the wealth OF the world has
no power to lure 1t back John ID. Rookie
Teller would perhaps gladly exchange his
millions for q good digestive apparatus.
A good appetite IL q defensive armor
against poverty that makes tho battle
worth while. whether you succeed In car
rying your flag into the enemy's country.
or remain permanently in your trenches-
The probate court gets NO rake on on
the man who inherits good appetite:
the sanity Of his parental ancestor when
he made the beQuest Is never assailed.
Nature probates the estate ana no minfons
of the law come in for a contingent fee.
1t Is free and unencumbered until the In
dividual voluntarily mortgages 1t through
excuses of indiscretions. Verify. \ good
appetite IL q priceless heritage that should
carry with it gratitude and contentment--
Phillips County Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicaxo \

IFrOm the Chicago News.1
It's better to offend some people
than to oblige them.
The greatest stand ever made for
civilization was the inkstand.
One thing funnier than hearing a
woman whistle is to see her try.
Marrying for wealth is too much like
going to the hornet for honey.
The wise wife increases her hold on
her husband by holding her tongue
occasionally.
OF course a married man can live on
less than q bachelor-if his wife takes
In washing.
IAN empty purse maketh a full
heart" according to the proverb-but
how about the stomach?
When q young man gets wise to the
fact that he has loved and lost that's
his cue to change skirts.
The average woman can do any
thing with q hairpin except sharpen q
pencil-and she can do that with heE
teeth.
A married man never fully realizes
the responsibility he has on his hands
until he has to walk tho floor half the
night with q frsey infant
When you begin to notice . mani
kname in the financial columns Of thu
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Some courtships end in marriage,
and some in the courts.
None are so deaf as those who re-
fuse to hear when money talks.
In spite of his calling, the iceman is
never noted for his freezing pOliteness
Even the fellow who is always look-
ing for trouble seldom knows when he
has enough.
When a man makes a god of his
money he sometimes finds there's the
devil to pay --,. ma. - q,
You never can tell. The strongest
man in the world may not be able to
lift a mortgage.
between being plausible and being able
to get applause.
It is certainly unlucky for somebody
when there are 13 at the table. and
not enough to go around.
If every mar has his price, it must
be extremely difficult to distinguish
between price and value.
Nell-''1he man Maude is going to
marry is an aviator" Belle-"Yes.
Maude always said she would never
marry a man unless she could look up
to him.
They were discussing the civilization
of the Indian. Don't you think he
was happier in his primal state 20 sug-
gested the tourist. "Oh. don't know"
replied the Arizona man. HE never
got no liquor till we civilized him."
wigwag-'Her husband has been
dead only three months and she's en-
gagged again; and she used to say she
loved him from the bottom of her
heart'' Cynicus-"Well, many a
woman's heart has been turned, as
well as her head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
From Other Pens
SHOES AND WAR.

How many wars have been won and
lost by shoes and the lack of them?
The solid hobnailed war sandals of the
Roman soldiery made it possible for
the centurions to march their men day
in and day out to the corners Of the
known world, aid it was not until the
purveyors began to pinch" in the
quality of the military footwear that
the Roman speed of movement de-
clfned and gave the barbarians q
chance to assemble and combine. IL
was, among other things, the paper in
soles Of the French shoes that. giving
way in the Franco-Prussian war. left
the soldiery Of the Second Empire foot
sore and discouraged early in the cam
paign. 1t is not surprising, then, to
read in French journals. of the end OF
July of the present year-when war
was as yet only a threat-a statement
from the war department on the SUBJ
ject of shoes. This proclamation called
on every Frenchman subject to military
duty to provide himself with two pairs
of hobnailed shoes, broad. solid and
substantial. These he was to wear suf-
ficiently to give them the net Of the
foot SO that in case OF sudden call
to arms each would be assured of COM
fort on the arch for weeks to come.
For this outlay it was specified that
each man would be largely reim-
| bursed." Whether all had time to
carry out the order is doubtful, but 1t
shows the Importance modern military
science places on footease. Meanwhile.
we in America have been taking time
| by the fOrelock, and for months the
| United States army authorities have
been carrying on the most elaborate
experiments with shoes of various
forms and materials. studying their eff
| feet on soldiers feet during and after
forced marches. and the ability Of varis
GUS materials to Withstand the effects
Of water. sand. rocks and time. Shoes
built according to the accepted ideal
, are being now manufactured by various
contractors in anticipation of govern
| ment contracts that will be awarded
New Orleans Picayune.
| A WAR LOAN OR A PEACE LOAN?
If the great loan to France, as to which
| the government has been Intercepted by
New York bankers, means that our Amer
| lean gold is to be fed into cannon. then
| 1t should be discouraged and. II possible.
| have seen fit to throw their wealth into
q universal bonfire let us keep our own
out of the flames. That will do even them
| the best service. 1t certainly will best
| serve our own right of self preservation.
On the other hand. II great loans to
merely the establishment on this side Of
| great credits against which they may buy
our goods, they are to be considered in a
very different light.
The ends Of the United States are peace
and trade the shortening of the war. the
! restoration of normal processes of human
| intercourse. We believe not only the gov
! eminent but the great powers in onance
| and business will cooperate periodically
| to these ends.-Chicago Tribune.
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J R69 3}04CDa.h7
BY. mrs EHM4LHER

made the shoes for the hind feet. and
when he had that done he felt safe.
I get something with which I can fasten
the coat" He ran away and returned
with some long. sharp thorns.
Toms body and drew it tight. fastening
1t with a thorn which he pushed so that
the sharp point pricked Tom.
angry at being hurt; but he could not
move. the leather costume was SO stif
and tight but he grabbed at the rat with
his mouth and caught him by the tail.
mouth.
'I'n know you" Tom called after him,
wv. when I am out out, of this suit I viii catch
The rat had not thought Of that ana he
wondered what he should do. but he was
mse ee M hs he %
tiers and cousins and aunts about him.
Il met a rat today" he said, who had
to ne hs I'll q al s ssy
rats are having their tails cut on. % I
had mine done.
II you want to be in STYLE" he told
them. you must have your tails like
mine"
Does it hurt7'' asked one.
and you have mo- idss how owe s1y 5rTM:
1t is running about without tail to look
after. And II you wish to be in style at
for i've peces Of cheess tails
The rats all agreed and ran away to
get the cheese. and while they were gone
tho wise rat ran for q chUpping knife.
Soon he had the tails cut and q goodly
store Of cheese. Now" he said to him.
self. Tom will never know me from the
other rats"
He kept his eyes open for Tom, who
had called his friends to help him out Of
his suit. and told them to watch for 8
the tailless rats they gave ND looking
for the one who had put Tom into the
suit of leather. and Tom. not liking to
the next time meet q rat" said Tom,
Il win eat him. no matter whether he has
. tail or not."-(Copyright, INA, BY the
Mcclure Newspaper 1yndicatas New Yoek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21

maker, and Of course must wear my own
products.
make me pair" said the cat. and
will spare your life.''
VERY well,'' replied the rat. but first
you must bring me some leather"
So the cat ran away and brought back
two hides.
When the rat saw the amount Of leather
he was struck with an idea.
my dear Tom" he said, IT can make
you a suit OF clothes and pair OF gloves
as well as the shoes. and you will be the
envy Of the other cats"
Tom was delighted and told the rat to
hurry and make the out11r- !
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