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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

The country paper gathers up the
news Of the home community and
sends it forth on press day. That news
must be true, or the editors reputa-
tion for veracity is ruined and his ca
reerfof usefulness is at an end.
Faults that are condoned or entire
ly overlooked in the big daily are
unanimously condemned in the hum
Bile weekly.
The city daily often builds up a
tremendous circulation by pandering
to one of the worst elements in hui
manity-the Unsuitable desire for
scandal.
The country weekly builds up its
circulation by catering to a higher
plane Of citizenship, by the dissemina-
ton of facts in it's news columns, by
a rigid adherence to truthfulness in
its utterances.
The world has apparently learned
to expect about a certain amount of
fakery, exageration, sensationalism
and sensuality in the metropolitan
daily-though happily there are few
dailies that are disappointing to their
readers in this respect, they are de-
cent.
Of the country weekly it demands
the traversing of the straight and
narrow path-the elimination of sug-
gestive and questionable matter-the
publication of sheet which would
not shock Christ if he came to earth.
Why the double standard?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Boil two pounds of sound chestnuts,
from which the tops have been cut off,
until tender. Remove the outer and
inner skins and stew the kernels in a
sugar syrup favored with lemon peel,
and, if desired, wine glass full of
brand When soft and clear pass
through sieve. Sweeten a pint of
cream and whip until stiff; then fla
vor with vanilla, and mix gradually
with the chestnuts. When thorough
ly mixed place the chestnut cream in
fairly deep dish and stand on ice
for an hour. At the end of that time
cover the chestnut mixture entirely
with whipped cream, sweetened and
favored with vanilla, and decorate
with candied cherries.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
HOMEMADE EXTRACTS.
These Are Reliable and Are Quite Easy
to Mix When Needed.

These Are Reliable and Are Quite Easy
to Mix When Needed.
Homemade extracts may be prepar-
ed thus:
Buy from reliable druggist oils OF
the following fruits and spices BY the
ounce: Nutmeg, cloves, lemon, orange,
pineapple, raspberry. strawberry, bara-
ma and wintergreen.
One ounce added to pint Of grain
alcohol makes an extract equal to the
choicest brands sold at the store.
You can make a lemon extract also
in the following way: Take fresh lem
ons with thick skin and plenty Of oil.
Dampen clean cloth with cold wa
ter and wipe the lemons carefully, 80
as not to start the OIL With sharp
knife shave or the thin yellow rind
and put in a wide mouthed bottle and
cover with the best alcohol.
Let it stand overnight, then pour Of
the extract into another bottle. Over
the peel In the other bottle pour
tablespoonful Of cold water for each
peel used. Shake well and add the
water to the bottle containing the ia
vored alcohol. Orange extract may be
made in exactly the same way.
An excellent substitute for fresh
lemon juice for fiavorings and for LEM
onade may be made in the following
way: Shave off the yellow peel as
thinly as possible. Remove the thick
white inner peel and throw away
Slice the lemon thinly and place with
the yellow peel in a glass jar. Cover
with a quart of vinegar and let stand
for ten days Strain, bottle and cork
tightly Use one or two tablespoonfuls
to glass and sweeten to taste.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
THE WISE GUYS DICTIONARY

Reub. A man who owns 240 acres
of farm land valued at about 5000 an
acre.
Jay. A man who owns a 1915 auto
mobile.
Country Jake. A man whose home
is equipped with gas lights, hot and
cold. running water, bath rooms and
hot water heating plant
zap. A man whose son is leading
his class at the university.
Hick. A man whose signature is
good for $4,000 at any bank in the
country.
Boob. A man whose daughter finds
herself worth $4,000 when the will is
read.
Simp. A mar, to corral whose vote
the congressman tramps over forty
acres Of plowed land.
Wise Guy. A city chap with about
30 cents in his pocket who uses the
above terms.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Would you like to make this Christ
mas just little different-and little
better-than all others Of the past?
Would you like to feel just a little bet
ter satisfied with yourself? Figure up
about the amount Of money you ex-
pect to spend, and then send check
for about one-tenth or ne-twentieth
of the amount to your church treas
urer. If every person in town did that
it would save the ministers good
deal of pleading for funds. Of course
the suggestion is rather startling, but
it would be quite in keeping with the
Christmas spirit
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
TO STIMULATE
SCHOOL MUSIC
Efforts Will Be Made to Have More
Attention Paid to This Branch.

GhoAto VIII dc nAduc " nave Wore
Attention Paid to This Branch.
What percentage of the pupils in
the grammar grades of our public
schools can sing an ordinary hymn
at sight?" One hundred and nineteen
schools out of 433 say that rs per
cent. of their pupils can do this, ac-
cording to the United States Bureau
of Education.
Convinced of the fundamental i'm
portance of music as school sub
ject, DR.. P. p. Claxton, commissioner
of education, requested Mr.. Will Ear
hart, director of music in the schools
of Pittsburgh, Pa, to make a thor
ough investigation of music teaching
in the schools of the several states. A
bulletin containing the results of Mr..
Earhart's Investigations has just
been issued. According to this bulle-
tin about 80 per cent. of the schools
of the country require music and prac-
tically all of these have the coarse
graded. The weakness of the present
system, in Mr.. Earhart's view, is that
only a small per cent. of the grade
teachers are required to pass an ex-
animation in music. The work in the
schools is done largely through super
vision of directors of music.
Ten per cent. of the schools have
pianos, half that number have organs.
The order of popularity with the stu
dent in regard to music reverses ex-
actly the order that the school author
tiles desire
Students regard music first from
the standpoint of appreciation, then
history, and finally harmony. Mr..
Earliart finds that "the less formal
and academic the plan the greater the
popularity
In discussing Mr.. Earhart's findings
Commissioner Claxton declares:
Good music is necessary not only
for enjoyment and recreation, but also
for inspiration and for salvation from
deaths in the din and rust of trade;
and this music should be democratic
IN the truest and best sense.
Although not recognized in the
course of study of our earliest public
schools, music has, within the last Is
or 30 years, been introduced to some
extent into tha schools ne ,,ae+ 49,
gressive cities and of many towns.
villages and country communities,
though by many it is still considered
unessential and a fad. Sooner or later
we shall not only recognize the cul-
ture value of music, we shall also
begin to understand that after the
beginnings of reading, writing, arith-
metlc and geometry, music has great
er practical value than any other sub
Ject taught in the schools"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
LUKE MCCLURE SAYS

A man can lie out of lot of things.
But he can't deny it when he eats
onions.
A man will pay dollar for So
cent article that he wants. A woman
will pay 40 cents for 39scent article
that she doesn't want.
A girl is real proud when she grad
yates from college with B. A. But
she is even prouder when she enters
the school Of matrimony and adds B Y
to her degree.
A girl can wear long skirt and
make it display more hosiery than if
she wore SHIFT skirt. 1t is all in
the management.
a mother never changes. When
her son is 40 years old and wear long
whiskers she won't call him anything
else but "Willie."
The Scientists must be losing their
grip on the Peepul. In December of
last year the Harvard savants an
nounced the Great Discovery that
nearly al women are knock-kneed.
But you may have noticed that the
fool men keep right on getting mar
ried and taking chance.
A Massachusetts girl cut off her
hair in her sleep. Most girls yank it
off before they go to sleep.
The Hibrows claim that the use
of medicated tissue screen will make
kissing "safe and sanitary" 1t may
make it sanitary, but there isn't any
way to make kissing safe.
It must be a terrible jar to the Re-
formers to realize that the fellows
who smoke cigarettes manage to cop
out so many good jobs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
ALLlGAToRs OF PANAMA.
One Man Eater That Had Terrorized
Two Neighboring Villages.

One Man Eater That Had Terrorized
Two Neiehboring Villages.
With other white companions | have
often plunged into the waters of the
Tuyra, fairly large river which flows
into the gulf of Panama after having
traversed immense stretches of i'm
'penetrable forests Regularly score
or SO Of alligators assisted at our gam.
bols at distance Of thirty or forty
yards, and we came to look upon them
as quite harmless
After an absence of two years | re
turned and In two neighboring villages
found the inhabitants terrified No
one dared to go near the river at night
fall. No one ventured. even in broad
daylight, TO cross the stream in the
narrow canoes which are used by the
natives to carry bananas and vegeta
bles from their plantations
The cause of this terror, | discov
cred, was an alligator that had de-
voured thirty persons in less than wo
months, surprising some on the river
bank and literally swapping others out
Of their canoes Thirty people. and
the two villages together only nun
bered $50 souls
After a series of fruitless attempts
we ended in capturing the brute with
baited hook. an enormous affnir, TO
which we fastened half pig The
creature was close on twenty four feet
long. He was so old that seaweed
and mosses We're growing between his
scales, and he presented the appear
ance OF tree trunk that had been
long time submerged He was. we es
timated.. more than 100 years old Pau
Drevy in Wide World Magazine.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
DAINTY SANDWICH FILINGS.

Chopped meat mixed to paste
with cream. salad dressing or
ketchup.
Cheese. American cream. Swiss.
paste. either plain or mixed with
mustard or other seasoning.
Cream cheese and chopped
nuts, olives. pimentos. jelly. mar
malades
Salmon. anchovy, tuna. sardine
or other fish. either in paste or
mixed with salad dressing or
lemon juice
Fruit combinations
Lettuce, celery or cucumber.
Jam. Jelly or marmalade.
Chopped nuts. salt and thick
cream
Chopped nuts and olives with
cream cheese.
Chopped green peppers and
cheese.
Pimento cheese.
Egg and sardine.
Chopped canned pfmento mix
ed with butter or cream cheese.
Brown sugar.
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

The Term Does Not Necessarily indI-
cate Terrific Slaughter.


Many Of the phrases of war are mis-
leading to the reader who is ignorant
of the technical meaning of military
terms. That is the case With the words
AannihiIated" and destroyed. The
breathIess reader learns with horror
that '.an entire division was destroyed
while attempting to storm the forts ut
A." or that "a regiment of cavalry.
while accommodating on the flank of
the enemy. was anninilated He i'm
AGNES terrible scene of slaughter in
which ALL or virtually all, the soldiers
are left dead on the field
The truth. however. is quite differ
ent. BY no means was every soldier
or every trooper killed; the division or
regiment was destroyed or annibilated
as an organization or effective fighting
unit
In time of war men fight, not as in
dividuals. but as parts Of lighting
unit. That unit may be regiment.
division or an army corps. In order
to he of any real use those organtza-
tons must be maintained When the
organization is broken up the individ-
ual soldiers who compose it, no mat
ter how brave they may be personally.
degenerate into mob. and, as mob
or mere disorganized collection of men,
they are unable to attack the enemy,
and usually unable to make any de
Tense against attack.
So. when the organization Is thus
broken. ii Is said to be annihilated or
destroyed. although perhaps only a
small part OF the soldiers have actually
been killed or wounded Indeed. 1t is
rare that lighting unit survives the
loss of more than 10 per cent Of its
men. That Is because the mortality
of officers is always higher than that
among the privates. and when nearly
half Of its officers are killed or wound
ed the organization generally goes to
pieces. In such case the men go to
the rear as individuals or In such order
as they can maintain. There they must
remain until the organization Is recruit
ed, reoff1cered and reorganized. Until
that is done they are useless for war.
In the Boer war General Butler,
with an army Of some 10000 men, at
tackled the Beers at the Tugela river.
He was defeated and lost about $500
men, killed and wounded-less than
one-tenth of his whole army. Yet his
army was said to be destroyed. as. In
fact. 1t was. After the defeat it had
lost all organization and virtually de-
generated into a mob 1t had to re-
would be safe from Boer attacks, and
there it lay for several months unable
to make single move until it was
recruited, reofticered, REINFORCED and.
most Of all, reorganized. Youths Com
panion
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

that in instances where the state loses,
that the costs are not to be taxed
against the district board of ducation,
but against the county, just as in
other misdemeanor trials. The fine
collected is to be turned over to the
sheriff and not to be RENTED and
"blue orders" turned in to its amount.
The campaign began in the schools
is statewide and is expected to not
only better attendance but add hun
dreds of names to the school enroll
ment.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
Animals and Electricity.

Man has much greater power of cleo
trical resistance or much less suscepti
bility than many other ANIMALS A
ieech placed upon copper plate which
rests upon larger plate of zinc is un
able to crawl OF on account Of the
feeble electric action excited by the
contact Of the metals Horses are trou
bled hv slight differences Of potential
An OK treated for rheumatism With
electricity succumbed to current alb
solutely inoffensive to man.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY TO SEE:
A landlady boarding a train.
A crooked man straighten UP.

A landlady boarding a train.
A crooked man straighten up.
Two aeronauts fall out over hen
house.
A deaf man get a hearing in court
A policeman pinch felon. Ouch!
A vaudeville team hitched to star
An attorney pressing his clients
suit.
A ward heller arrested for NAL
practice.
A Chinese laundryman clean up a
fortune.
A young rector giving society
belle q ring.
A wife practice on the piano be-
fore she tried to lecture her hus-
band
A train Of thought wrecked in a
brainstorm.-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914
METHOD IN MADNESS.

Buy a bale o. cotton, Bill,
Buy heavy ham;
Buy bar1 of apple sass,
Buy a jar O. jam.
Buy box of oranges,
Buy a car of oats,
Buy yourself a suit of clothes,
Buy some overcoats.
Buy yourself ton of hay,
Buy load of bricks,
Buy pair of rubber boots,
Buy a flock Of chicks.
Buy yourself some chewing gum
Buy it by the box,
Buy yourself an auto,
Buy a dozen sox.
Buy years subscription,
Pay it in advance,
Then your friend, We editor,
Can buy a pair o. pants.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

The best goods are always the adj
yertised goods. The most substantial
and most reliable stores are those that
take the public into their confidence
IN formal newspaper announcements.
The consumer will serve himself best
II he buys advertised goods at stores
that are themselves advertisers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

One Of the aIluring trimmings Of the
new season Is ostrich, and one Of the
most Affirming ways Of using it is &c
the hands and throat Of q silk or satin
ffeck One in cid gold charmense of
soIt color and texture has brown os.
trleb nues outlining the round neea
and finishing the very long sleeves
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
Stylish Evening Wraps.

For evening wear there are wraps
and loose, voluminous coats made Of
rich fabrics In variety OF styles. Vel.
vets light weight pushes and broad
tails are particularly desirable for
coats or this character In the cheaper
grades Of evening wraps broadcloths
and light colored woolens are used to
some extent, as well as fur fabrics.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Crowns and military genius may
bring greatness to kings and en-
perors and generals, but there are
heights to which even they may not
aspire. They cannot edit a country
newspaper.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

The simple yet effective street gown
pictured here is charming for the debu-
tante, for whom It may be carried out
II my Shade Thai suits the taste me
model is Of dark blue serge III Russian
effect. The wide belt and sleeves are
banded IN black silk military braid.
The collar Of white satin rises above
bow of black satin ribbon.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
The Human Eye.

The human eyeball rests In cushion
OF fat. by which It is surrounded on
every side. When the system becomes
greatly emaciated through disease this
fat is absorbed and the eye sinks deep
er into the head thus giving the sunk
en- appearance so common in disease.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Those men seem well connected
said a bystander as he looked at an
piaictr anu prisoner uaItuviitipu ioxrtii-i
er on their way to the courtroom. st
Louis Post Dispatch.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

The queen of England has written
very nice letter thanking the people
who contributed to that shipload of
presents for the orphans of Europe.
Good for Mary! We might stretch a
point and dish up little extra rhet-
oric ourselves if some one would start
a like movement in our behalf.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Croker Land, which Peary claimed
to have discovered at the time he an
nexed the north pole to his fame, is
now said by explorers on the spot to
be only myth. Aheml And few
more ahems!
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
Those KIND Erienris

Evelyn What did everybody say
when they heard of my engagement
Dorothy They said your fathers
failure couldn't have been as bad as re-
ported New York Times.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

An ostrich feast was on the menu
Of a Chicago club Thanksgiving day.
Ostrich meat, which is considered a
rare delicacy, consists Of legs, wings,
neck, wishbone and wishmore.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

It is claimed that peoples talents
vary according 10 the month in which
they were b3rn. If you are not salts
fed with yours, change the month.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03

Pass the Plate For Starving Bel
gians. Headline in Randolph Enter
prise. Why not pass it for some Of
our own people in this state?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-03
Advertising Rates on Application

We will not be responsible for the
views Of correspondents.
Entered as second class matter June
13, 1912, at the Post Office at Being
ton, w. Va, under the Act Of March
3, 1879.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-04
Farewell Party.

BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 4.-Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Warner. who will soon
move to Staunton. Va, were rendered
farewell party Wednesday evening
by the members of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church and their husbands. Mrs.
Warner was charter member of the
society and served eight years as sec
retar. The evening was delightfully."-
spent in conversation with music as
an entertainment feature and later
cake and coffee were served.
Miss Ella Benedum, in a few well
chosen words, presented Mrs. Warner
a handsome cut glass vase, gift of
the society.
Those who enjoyed the evening
were, Mr.. and Mrs. N, L. Fitzhugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Peshak. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Thrasher, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Silcott, Mr.. and Mrs Wade
Swiger, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Hurry, Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Weinold, Mrs. d. II.
Gawthrop, Mrs. F. NJ. Cole, Mrs.
Ralph Jones. Mrs. George Brown.
Mrs. H. L. Dean, Mrs. Charles Pe1l,
Mrs. Elizabeth Golden, Mrs. John Ty-
son, Mrs. A. p. Sourborne, Mrs. Marie
Bartlett. Mrs. E. o. Russell, Misses
Ella Benedum. Bessie Golden, Kath-
leen Warner. and Alice Grouse; and
Willis Dean, Cleon Fftzhugh and the
Rev. c. w. Stephan.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-04
PERSONALS

Miss Katherine McAndrews and
brother Frank, have arrived home
from a vacation trip OF several weeks.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farnsworth,
OF Buckhannon, are guests Of relatives
In the city.
Mrs J. Phillip Clifford has arrived
home from Buckhannon.
Miss villa Straight, OF Fairmont, Is
spending several days in the city vis-
iting MSS Retta Newton at her home
on Buckhannon avenue.
Judge George w. Atkinson, of Wash
tngton, d. c., who arrived here two
days ago from Charleston, went to
Terra Alta Friday morning to attend
Young Mems Christian Association
conference.
samuel r. Bentley will return today
from Warsaw, Ind, his former home.
and Hamilton, Kan. where he visited
his brother, A. w. Bentley.
L. e. avrner was here Friday from
Bristol.
chant, left Wednesday evening on a
tri pto Washington, Atlantic City and
New York.
T. B. E. Spencer is here from Hunt
ington on a business visit
Nord Satterdeld is here from Man.
J. o. Huffman, of Parkersburg. is
guest at the Gore.
G. H. A. Bailey, of Morgantown. is
transacting business here.
Fred II. Brown, of Martinsburg, is
a visitor In the city.
w. G. Duffy is here from Weston.
J.. A. Chittum, of Weston, was a
visitor here Friday.
Aft Walker is here from Sutton.
T. e. Gaskill, of Parkersburg, Is a
visitor here.
P. q. Brake. of Parkersburg. Is a
city visitor.
7. S. McIntire is here from Morgan
H. D. cuptlip is here from Burns
s. A. Hays of Ps4kersburg. was
here Friday on business connected
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-04
Social and Personal
Married Here.

The following was taken from last
evenings Grafton Sentinel:
It has just become generally known
here that h. M. Fauley and Miss Iva
Adams had been married In Clarks-
burg on August 10. They returned to
Grafton q couple of days ago after TAX
ing an extended wedding trip. Mr..
Fauley is one of the best known young
men OF the city and is an enterprisiug
insurance agent. The young couple
are well and popularity known In the
city and are receiving the congratuIa-
tons of many friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fauley are spending today In Clarks-
burg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-04
To Hold Picnic.

Thursday September 10, the Hur-
ricane Corn Club Boys and Girls will
hold a picnic at the Laurel Run
school near Maken In Tenmi1e dis
trfct, next Thursday. This is to be
the second picnic held by the club of
Tenmile district this year. The club
has arranged for games and contests
to be in the morning about 1890
O'Clock. In the afternoon there will
be base ball game. The public is
cordially invited to take baskets and
join the club and friends of the club
in jolly time.