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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-01

your skin as clear rs ZEMO VIII STOP An
though you had This Torment lnstnntly
1st This reiisf instantIy nv aettinS S Ssc
bottle Of ZEM0 right away-now. There's
NO more excuse for enduring such misery.
ZEMQ Is sold and guaranteed by druggists
and in Clarksburg by F. G. Bland,
druggist.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-01
STOMACH
SUFFERERS
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy
Is Recommended and Praised By
Thousands Who Have
Been Restored

j was q sick man for
q ID out three months
caused from Gall Stones
of the Liver and was told
BY three Of our most prom.
Iinent physicians that !
Iwould have to submit 70
an operation to get relief,
but heard Of your Wonder.
ful. Stomach Remedy and
secured = full treatment
and took Il aeeordinR %
directions and pRs6ed
hundreds Of Cali Stones.
Since taking your medl.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-01
FARMS

stm have 1--WE OF the small farms
located near the city. If you want to
live independently buy one of these
lnd work for yourself, not "slaye" for
)thers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-01

tnrn must be such as VII Induce the
Investment T Is. therefore. not only
g matter Of justice. but IA the 4ruest
public interest that an adequate re-
turn should be allowed upon railway
capital. "
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-01
ea
state
COLONIAL HEIGHTS

Let me can your attention once
more to the vacant lots left in this
addition. Close to court house and a
splendid location for home. Moth
ing better being offered in the city.
Another house commenced In this adj
ditton,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

sturdy, with q sturdy trunk, broad,
spreading branches and Il crown Of
green leaves, a thing, not merely of
beauty, but of majesty and strength.
SO it is with man. He needs the
work and the play, the joy and the
sorrow. the tears and the laughter of
this many-sided life in order to be
Il symmetrical being. He. must serve,
but to serve we'll he must live we'll
and grow we'll. He is able to serve
best who himself lives the best round
ed life. and who carries with him, as
an inseparable part of himself Il spir-
~ituality which is Of the sort which
will tit into the common life of the
home, the bank, the store, the farm,
wherever men are called on to do
their work and play their part. Per-
haps Il spirituality of this kind would
not conform to the average definition.
But it is a pretty good thing, lever.
thelcSS,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
SPIRITUALITY AND BUSINESS.

We do not know exactly what sni,-
ituality is. Perhaps nobody does R,+
mere are certain things usually az
cepted as characteristic of it. Prob.
ably the word conveys to most minds
the of a. sort Of dreamy IDEAL
Ism pale complexion. a mild and
benignant disposition, and an utter
ack OF appetite for any food that
NEEDS real chewing. Coupled with all
ms according to what may be term
ed the popular conception, is a lack
~ business sense, ineficiency in max.
ing ends meet, and forgetfu1ne..
about the little bills which are in
CURED from time to time. 1t ia ,,s-
Tally believed that a man BEARING
these marks will be a bright and shin
ing light In heaven. It is absolutely
certain that he will not get verv rar
on earth.
There is a lot of false philosophy
about all this. A mans spirit may he
pure and yet his business sense acute
He may be a pretty fair sort of Chris.
tan, and yet have money in the bank.
He may qualify under Paul's deini-
lion OF charity and still pay his bills.
He may be kind and loving, and yet
be able to yell like a hend at a base.
bal game. He may be n Of the
very salt Of the earth and yet en1ov
a steak. cut thick. cooked are and
smothered in mushrooms with brown
gravy.
There is no antasopism between
real spirituality and the living Of the
life that now 10. in all its fullness and
richness The tree needs roots AZ well
~ q top. It must draw life from the
earth ~ well NJ from the sunlight. Il
must feel the sweeping OF the wind
through its branches and bend and
,swST n the storm that Its nber may
be STRENGTHENED and toughened. And,
70 growing. II becomes strong and
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE.

When a question of such import
ance as that of national defense
comes TO the front. especially in a de-
mocracy. the public is entitled to all
the light necessary to make up an
intelligent opinion on the subject. But
it is doubtful whether such a propa-
ganda as Congressman Augustus P.
Gardner is %fathcring in the house, and
which his father-in-law, Senator Cab
OF Lodge, is mothering in the senate,
will accomplish the desired object,
avs the Wall Street journal.
In Washington circles there is a dis
tinction made between an investiga-
ton and an inquiry. The difference
between the W. lies largely in the
attitude of the moving spirits concern
ed. To make an investigation is to
conduct an inquiry for political effect,
with the underlying assumption that
there is something wrong or rotten
In the situation. The plain. unadorned
purpose of non-partisan inquiry for
public but not for political purposes
Is what the country wants.
Congressman Gardeners method Of
putting things is that of the alarmist.
The effect ne aims to produce in the
public mind is to scare people. But
1t is respectfully submitted that the
country has been scared enough with
in the past few months to have a rea-
sonable degree of respite as the bless
ed Christmas season approaches. This
may be the proper time to open the
whole question as to whether the bat
tleship policy inaugurated ten or fif-
teen years ago is to be abandoned or
restored. 1t may be the right time to
determine whether the requirements
OF the Monroe Doctrine. which can
only be as strong as our navy, shall
determine our defensive policy, or
whether the contentious of the peace
propagandists shall receive considera-
ton.
But 1t is certainly not the time to
take facts wholly out Of their connec
tons n use them in an alarmist
fashion. as Representative Gardner
did In his stump speech at an eco
nomic club dinner in New York re-
Gently. The good thing about it was
that this audience refused to be a
ed. And 1t is to be hoped that the
readers Of the address will not lose
their balance to any greater extent.
A partisan investigation will not
command confidence in it's results. An
inquiry by q board of incompetents
among politicians will not bring the
needed light. Nothing but research,
from which party bias, ~inexperience,
ignorance and alarm Of all sorts is ex-
cluded, will serve to put at the COM
mand of the people the real knowl-
edge needed to decide on a national
policy Of military preparedness.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
IS A SKIN.

Christmuss comes but let a yere,
& I wisht to goodness it was hear!
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

land town meeting. Strictly local af-
fairs have been regulated by these
bodies from time immemorial. Until
some time after the liberation of the
serfs, however. during the period of
u W civil war, these local govern
ments were parts of a sort of feudal
system, and We're subordinate to the
ruling dignitary, whatever his rank
and title may have been. After the
liberation of the serfs and the allot-
ment to them of land on Easy terms of
payment, the local governments were
removed from the ~suzerainity of the
mobiles, and to all intents and purposes
they have remained independent, and
in the matters within their own field,
accountable to no higher authority.
In these communal societies the
most intimate things Of life are regu-
lated by the popular will. There is
no election of delegates to a meet
ing, nor anything i'll the nature Of
representative government. All ac-
ton is taken by the body Of the peo-
pie assembled in person. Each quail
fled citizen has one vote and no more,
II all matters are decided accord
ing to the voice of the majority. No
tice is given TO every inhabitant when
a meeting is to be held, so that all
may have an opportunity to attend.
A writer in the Geographic Magazine,
from whose interesting article these
facts are culled, says that such q mat
ter as the time to begin cutting hay is
decided at slch a meeting, and no per-
son may begin this work until the ap-
pointed day. Much of the land is held
In a common ownership or tenancy,
and 1t is at these meetings that the
II is divided and apportioned. Each
male member of a family is assigned
his tract of land, but his tract must
not adjoin that of other members of
his family. This practice is followed
in d to prevent any family from
being favored by the assignment of a
large block Of land better than the
average.
Self-government Is not by n
means a recent discovery. We find
evidence of its existence sometimes in
unexpected places. And undoubtedly
the local silf-government which. the
Russian poems have practiced for
many years, has been one of the caus-
es which has contributed to the con-
stltutional change in the local govern
ment In which the czar has yielded
some of his official authority and
something in the form Of a represent
atlve democracy has been created.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

u WITH US


Prof. Zueblin once told the follow
ing story to illustrate how Boston
people are looked on in the west:
I'm San Francisco a gentleman
once save a boy a nickel for a shine.
IT beg your pardon. sir said the
bootblack, handing back the coin.
The price Is 10 cents
WHAT exclaimed the gentle
man. we pay only 5 cents in Boston,
"'Oh. be o from Boston, came
the quick reply. Then consider your
self my guest"
Ethel-Kitty hasn't a thought for
anything nowadays except her new
ar. She's perfectly in love with it.
Jack (sadly)-Another cast Of man
being displaced by machinery.
A couple of Pennsylvania farmers,
a man and wife, drove from their
farm to the nearest railway. The
man. small n scared, sat meekly
beside his wife, who filled two-thirds
OF the seat and only spoke to COM
mand.
Finally the station was reached.
The woman hustled in, settled her nu-
merons bundles, and sat down. Look
ing e her goods and chattels she
suddenly missed something, and, look
ing about, discovered that her hus-
band had remained outside on the
platform. She raped sharply on the
window.
Hem" she called, pointing to the
bench beside her. Come set!"
TOMMY want another box of
those pills, like what l got for moth
err yesterday.
Druggist-Did your mother SAY
they were good?
Tommy-No, but they just fit my
airgun.
Now, Thomas said the teacher,
can you explain the adage, old men
for council and young men for war;"
1T means" replied Thomas, that
the bic men do the quarreling and
then let the young men do the fight
ing.'-Fun.
Comment on the perfect marksman-
ship now displayed in the navy was
lac In the form of an anecdote by
Sergeant Jones of the local United
States marine recruiting corps.
hi captain called up q gunner
and. pointing out a battleship several
miles away, said:
You see that ship?"
Aye. aye, SIR" said the gunner.
You see the officer on deck?"
Aye. aye, SIR"
We'll, you hit him in the eve with
a 16-inch SHE'LL"
AYE, aye, sir. Which eye. sir?"
asked the gunner.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
RUSSIAN

Most western people are accustom-
ed to regard Russia as exemplifying
the very ultimate of autocratic govern
ment. 1t is a fact, however, that
while the national government of Rus
STA approaches more nearly to the
despotic than hat of any other ma
ton which we call civilized, Russia is
also the home OF perhaps the most
democratic form of local government
extant. There is therefore presented
the curious combination of the ex-
IRENE of autocracy in national affairs.
and the extreme Of democracy in local
affairs.
Russian villages and similar COM
munities have for ages had their To-
cal governments which are similar in
many ways to the famous New Eng
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
FOOD VALUES.

The idea Of New York's food supply
committee of sending out it's informa-
ton through the medium of the pupils
OF public schools has been received
with high favor and is likely to have
many imitators throughout the coun-
try. The information set forth in the
various pamphlets regarding food
values is simply worded and easily
understandable. 1t is also calculated
to cut the cost of eating. For in
stance:
Macaroni, spakhetti and noodles, if
combined with cheese are as valuable
and nutritious as meat. The cheese
supplies the necessary fat and the rest
of 1t contains starch and other flesh
building material.
Careals in airy proportions contain
al OF the essential elements necessary
Tor proper nutrition. Oatmeal and
corn meal contain more fat than other
cereals n consequently make good
winter food, especially for working
people. A bowl of oatmeal for break
last will furnish a man with energy
and energy and ~sustenance during the
day, and meat in addition is not neces-
sary. Peas, beans and lentils are
placed high in the scale as nutritious
foods. Lentils are more easily digested
than peas or beans. All three, pro-
perry prepared, are appetizing. A
dish of beans costing IA cents will
furnish a family of six with more nu-
trlment than two pounds of beef cost
ing "A cents.
All OF which and more can be gar
nered from the pamphlets of the food
committee. The information thus dis
seminated is doubtless more effective
In cutting don the cost of, living thar
many books which the people cannot
or do not read.
We a see how the plan of using
schools to obtain circulation Of good
ideas can easily be perverted by fad
dists and other pests who cling to the
ialr skirts OF reform but SO long as
the food supply committee is the
source Of knowledge and inspiration,
we heartily approve-New York Com
mercial.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
he was doing that for Torp sed be-

he was doing that for Torp sed be-
cawse he wanted to.
This moaning he brot an appul &
a bannanner & gaiv them to Miss
Palmer. & not oanly that, but he had
his hoam werk all dun, the ferst time
sence thay had the new baby at
thare howse. which Torp has been US
ing as an O for not, doing his
lessons ever sence.
But the werst thing happened when
Torp was caught riting Miss Palmer
& his own naim on his slait and can
selling them to see how it CAIN out
Gen Hicks sec She honestly be-
leaved Torp was in luv with Teacher,
& it sentinly looks hat way. When
asst abowt it Torp sed it wasent amy
feller's business & he could likk amy
body which asst him amy qwestions
abowt it.
If 1t is trew it is a sure sine Torp
has went Crafty, & we think sum-
boldly had oughter lock him up, say
we!
NOATS AND GOSSUP.
On his way to school this m%oarning
Andy Anderson fownd a hoarse shoe
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
PENMANSHlP.

Language. according to one writer,
Is the medium wherewith we conceal
nur thoughts. And. i'll the same man
ner, p~enmanship is hat with which
we render unintelligible the thoughts
which we undertake to place on pa
per. Most of us are poor penmen.
Sonle of us are worse.
Many systems have been tried 10
Improve h penmanship OF the peo-
pie. and the results have been Va
ried, I'M generally bad. We hear
very often that the writing Of the
Young people of today is much worse
than that of one or several genera
ions ago. 1t may be so, bu the case
is not proven. There comes before
us the vision of all old copy-bookdog-
beautiful Spencerian script. On the
top line of each page is the copy in
beautiful Spenccerian script. Below
are the evidences of schoolboy eff
fort. The first line is begun with the
determination to do we'll. The second
line wavers a little. The third is blot
ted. Then there is rapid deter1ora-
ton until the paae is finished in a
hasty scrawl. That, as it is recalled,
was not an unusual sort of book.
some children in those days wrote
we'll. Also, some boys could throw
stones better than others. Other boys
had other accomplishments. One
could wiggle his ears in a highly in
teresting way. And try as they would,
and they tried hard. none of the other
children in that school could approach
the finished perfection Of that per-
Torrance. Some people say that n
child can become a good writer. We
deny it. One child is born to write,
another to throw stones. and anoth-
er to wiggle his ears. There is n
glory of the sun. and another of the
moon.
Be it understood that when We re-
fer to writing we'll we mean writing
excellently smoothly. easily and rap
idly, as a master paints, a picture or
Caruso sings a solo. Only q few peo-
pie are so constituted that they can
ever dc it. But the art OF writing
IN a workmal1like manner can be &C
qulred by most people, if not all. And
1t is to this end that real teachers
are bending their energies.
Once the prevailing style of pen
manship was highly ornate. Heavy
shadings were used ON the down
strokes, and various f1ourishes were
introduced to demonstrate the skill
OF the performer and enhance the
beauty of the product. Some exam
pies OF this style are still preserved.
lnder glass. in some of our most care
lully sealed parlors. in the shape of
scroll designs OF dogs. and deer, and
other wondrous things. These things
belong in the same era. with the blue
rat on the hooked rug, and the style
prevailed between the carboniferous
age and some other whose name we
have forgotten.
Pennanshlp today is a matter of
business. The child should be- train.
ed to write neatly. regularly. leeibly.
and with as great rapidity as is con-
slstent with these other things. This
means that he is to write naturally,
Tie Spencerian child is not likely to
make a good job Of vertical writing
we nave just Row coming into vogue
what is known as the muscular sys-
en- which strikes lis as being a little
better than anything else, in that it ia
nexlole, and represents an effort to
aoapt the system to the child rather
than the child to the system.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
QUAILL FEATHER AND x.Ray

An ordinary mountain quail feather
held before the eyes served the same
purpose us a powerful X-ray machine.
according to DR.. Barton J.. Powell of
Stockton. Cal, who has sent a bunch
of h feathers to the California state
university for experimental purposes.
Dr.. Powell says that while hunting
in the Sierra Nevadas an old Indian
called the fact to his attention. TAX
ing a feather from a quail the Indian
held it before the physician's eyes and
put his hand up to the light. The
bones Of the hand were plainly visible
through the flesh.
The Indian said feathers had been
used from time immemorial by his
tribesmen as an aid in setting broken
bones.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

V1tIIISI ID a SKIN.
Yesterday afternoon Oald Griggsy
met Elk Brigham & Hen Van Ness
& toald them his pigs had got out &
if thay would run them back he
would pay them. Elk was kinder
suspicious. becawse n time when
he helped drive Griggsby's cows back
& druv some that wasent Griggsy's
he got mad & dident give him amy
thing. Griggsy sed he would be fare
though, & would give them a sent
for EVERY pig thay druv back, SO
thay spent the afternoon kollecting
pigs, & by dark thay had Fl in Grigg-
sy's yard. When he scar them he
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

sed "confownd it. you have dun the
saim as befoar, druv evverybody's in
but my own, & l will not pay you,
as oanly IA of them are mine.' Then
he went in the howse. Elk & Hen
waited rownd a. littel & then oapened
the gait & all the pigs calm out. Thay
CHASED them, though & when thay
sean Stufy Balch, the constubble,
thay toad him and druv the pigs in
the pownd. Griggsy had to nav
$3.50 to get his out, 20 cts. a pig. The
next time he cheats "a boy he will
know it, say we!
ToRP HAS WENT CRAZY, SAY
WE.
Torp Stebbins has been acktinr
quear lately, he not being lait for
school let, & besides that sevverul
times he has stayed in frum resess q
c!ened the blackboard off & things
like that. Yesterday afternoon he
wasent KEEP after, but he renamed. e
Elk Brigham & Bull Hickey looked in
the winder & sean him washing slaits
& stratening out the room with Miss
Palmer. Then they toald the fellers
& pritty soon thay sean him walk.
ing hoam with Miss Palmer, CARRYING
her books & things. When asst what
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
THE RAGTIME MUSE
Knocking.

Simeon stubbs was a knocker;
Wasn't a thing about town
Wuth Simeon's old willow rocker
Allus a-runnin' it down.
GroWed OH hin1-growed 10 a habit:
DO or suggest what you would,
Gut come his hammer; with low he
would grab it
knocked. when the knockin' was
good.
Town held a rousin' mass meetin'
Bout a Well, I fergit what:
Don't matter. 1t sure got a beatin':
Was 1t wuth tryin' or not!
NOW. that's all right; a discussion
Clears up a subject a heap;
Since Stubs, though, with clapper
a-rushin',
Knocked as II hammers wuz cheap.
Old Peter Smith then unlimbered.
Got on. his feet an says he:
Knock away, Sim: the shebane il
we'll timbered
Rut-take this hint off o. me:
Don't knock outside, like a stranger.
Latch strings a-dangling-one end:
II you must knock-though in knock.
in there's danger
Come on in: knock like a friend!"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11

which Is a sine you will have good
luck all day. He thot he would try
IL by not hurrying to school & finish
ing up his rithmetick. he hoaping his
good luck would be that Miss Palmer
wouldent call on him to hand in his
siaIt. Bue he was the ferst she asst,
Anay got mac & flung the hoarse shoe
oua the wlnder. forgetting it was
noat hoam to his farther.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
i'm o r S CHI o o 1
(By Paul west.)
illustrated by Moser.)
D

Phil Wigglesworth has went into
riting Christmas potry too, he saying
If Bull Hickey can do it he can. This
is Phil's:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-21
Also Player-pianos

One Hundred player-pianos will also
be sold on this cooperative plan.
The usual price of these player-pianos
is five hundred and fifty dollars
each.
The cooperative price will be three
hundred and ninety-five dollars.
with NO INTEREST to be added.
The player-piano will also be delivered
Immediately upon the payment of
five dollars.
The payments will be two dollars a
week-giving you one hundred and
ninety-five weeks time in which to
make your payments-the same as
on the piano. The same uncondi-
tional guarantee that is given on the
piano is given on the player-piano.
You can also get your money back at
any time within thirty days.
You get the same privilege of ex-
changing within a year. as that
given with the piano.
All of the unpaid balances will be
voluntarily cancelled in event of
death.
Also, a player-piano bench and nine
rolls of music (your own selection)
are included without extra charge.
An arrangement will be made with
each purchaser whereby new player
rolls can be procured at a cost of
only five cents n roll.
TheSe player-pianos are standard
SS-note players; that is, theyplay every
note in the piano when the music roll
is in motion. These player-pianos
have an automatic shifter, which COM
pels the music to play perfectly Most
player-pianos sold at from two hun
dred to two hundred and fifty dollars
more than these will not play perfect
ly. These player pianos have lead
tubing. Most player-pianos have rub
ber tubing. The life of rubber is one
year-at most. Lead lasts forever. 1t
cannot wear out and the tubing in
these player-pianos is so placed 1t can
not be broken.
1T All of the features of the CO.
u operative plan are carried out in
~ offering the player-pianos, with
the single exception that the terms
on the player-piano are two dollars a
week instead of--as on the piano
one dollar and twenty-five cents a
week.