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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
60 to Church Sunday

Sunday, May 3rd, has been set
apart by the State Sunday School
Association assembled at Hun
tington, w. Va, April $40, 1914,
as 60 to Church Sunday. 1t is
earnestly hoped that everybody
will attend church on the above
named date. If you are not a
regular attendant at church, this
is a good time to begin.
If all were now church-goers
there would be no churches,
which condition would be most
deplorable. What would be the
nature of our civilization without
the church. Our civilization
would recede to the moral bad of
those countries where there is no
christian church and where the
story Of the Master is not known.
Respectfully,
r. o. PHILIPS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
LOCAL NEWS

Miss Kathern Van Gordon is
here the guest Of her sister. Mrs.
S. 7. Keller.
The special lunch in the w. @.
w. hall Monday night brought
out several members and all re-
port a good time.
All together on May 1st and
and End and clean up the streets
and alleys and show Mayor vi
quesney that yon are with him.
G. H. Dent has purchased the
J. w. Thornhill property on
Brown avenue and is moving in
to it. Mr.. Thornhill is moving
into the Griffith property which
is being vacated by Mr.. Dent.
In the deal Mr.. Thornhill be-
comes the owner of the w. w.
Right lots and barn in ward four
which were owned by Mr.. Dent.
In honor of Geo. F. Baer, whose
funeral took glace at Philadel-
phia Wednesday at 2 p. M, the
Western Maryland Railway joined
in closing down their entire sys-
tenn for one minute, from 2 to
POI. Mr.. Baer was 70 years of
age, and had been very active in
the organization and manage
ment of many coal, iron and
transportation companies, being
president of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway at the time of
his death. This closing down
affected the Belington shops.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Business. Not friendships.

The friendship that keeps q ledger
and Is always balancing accounts ~
not friendship at all The fear that
one may give more to his brother than
he receives from him, that must have
every favor returned as though u
were a loan, every gift, visit, invita-
ton, even expression Of affection. paid
back In kind--that may be o pleas
ant business proposition, but It has no
chain to be called friendship. Great
Thoughts.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
PHIuppI, ROUTE 8.

Quite a number of people from
around here attended the Kit
Carson show at Philippi Monday.
Miss Opal Williamson and Mr.
Reed Elliott were the guests Of
Cornelia Thompson Monday.
night.
Mrs. Nd. B. Strawderman has
been quite sick but is getting
better now.
Misses Dottie Phillips and
Delta Bennett, of near Fleming
ton, spent Saturday night and
Sunday at theirIhomes on Route 3.
Mrs. Sallie Ann Polling is right
sick at this writing.
Bruce Wood was at Guy Will
liamson's last Sunday evening
on special business.
Most every one in our neigh
borhood are planning to attend
the big show at Beling next We'd
nesday, May 6.
Ada and Carrie Huntington
were at Philippi Monday.
Everette Myers, of Philippi,
has been doing painting for Guy
Williamson.
There will be preaching at
Jerusalem next Sunday morning
Mays.
Kathleen Strawdermanhas been
right sick for some time with
rheumatism but is some better
now. WANDERER.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Had It's Advantages.

Mr. Cohen-"De modern sgool-teach.
ings are no goodt Dose pubils h~f to
forget schoost about halluf vot dey
learns ven dey goes into peesness.
Here's key learnin' percentage at Won,
two, dree, four, fife, undt six per
cent, ven he'll neffer hat to use less
dan sefen ven he goes into peesness."
Little Ikey-eYes, fadder; but it'll
gone In handy ven you seddles mid
your gredittrs Puck.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Child Poisoned by Matches

Elizabeth Rebecca. little two
year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. 7. Keller, who reside
on Tmith street, died Wednes-
day evening from poison caused
by the child eating the heads off
of twenty matches last Friday.
A physician was called immed-
irtely. Saturday and Sunday the
child appeared to be getting bet
ter and was out at church SER
vices Sunday. Monday evening
the parents were again alarmed
when the child became worse.
All medical aid possible was CIV
<en but Of no avail the deadly
Sssison had done its work, and at
4:35 Wednesday evening the end
came, when the Master said,
Elizabeth, we need you.
One less at home.
The charmed circle broken a
dear baby face
Missed day by day from an ac-
customed place;
But cleansed and saved and per-
fected by grace,
One more in Heaven.
Elizabeth was the only daugh-
ter, the baby a d favorite OF
the family. She had four broth
ers all living.
Many wreaths and boquets OF
flowers have been sent by the
Sunday school, employees of Kane
& Keyser Hardware Co., w. O.
w. lodge and other friends as
tokens Of love and respect.
Special services were held at
the home this evening conducted
by Rev. r. O. Phillips.
The body will be taken to Mid
dlebourne Friday morning for
burial Friday evening.
The parents and brothers have
the sympathy of their friends far
and near in this sad hour.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Runaway Team

A little excitement prevailed
on the streets today Thursday
when a team of horses belonging
to N. A. Saffel, Of Route 3, be-
came frightened near the corner
of Grim avenue and Bridge street
and made a mad dash southwark
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Spring Laxative
and Blood Cleanser

Flush ont the accumulated waste and
poisors OF the winter months; ceane Your
stomach, liver and kidneys Of all lmpnri'
ties. Take DIR. Kings New Life Pills;
nothing better for purifying the blood.
Mild, non-griping laxative. Cnres con-
stipation; makes you feel fine. Take no
other. Csc, at your Druggist
Bucklen's Arpica Salye for All Hurts.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
London Lost Musical Honor.

There was period of his life In
which Handel, the famous composer,
retired from London in a fit of dis
gust. He went to Dublin and II was
therein the Dublin Music hall--that
his great masterpiece. 1.-THE Messiah
was produced. The performance"
writes d. A. Chart. was for the bene-
fit of MERGERS hospital. In order to
provide room for large audience, La
dies were requested to lay aside their
hoops and gentlemen their swords. BY
this means an audience of 700 was
crowded into the space, and the con-
cert realized $4,000"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
BEuNGTON, ROUTE 2.

The farmers were very busy
last week with their spring plow-
ing and planting.
Essie Zirkle was "a Philippi a
couple of days this week.
Benton Talbot and wife who
have been living at Akron, Ohio,
for the past year came home to
his fathers last Sunday where
they will visit for a week. Mr..
Talbot has purchased the ]. D.
Thacker farm and will move toi
about May LIST. Mr.. Thacker
will sell his personal property
next Thursday and move his
family to Belington.
Next Sunday the Rural Church
Day will be observed at Talbot
church, Rev. Lobdell will be
there. Addresses will be made
by a number Of ythers. Special
music is being arranged for the
occasion.
The prospects for fruit is ex-
ceptionally good in this section.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Various Edible insects.

The Creoles OF Bourbon are said to
broil and eat the cockroach. Ants,
cooked in various ways are eaten by
many different tribes. The Africans
cook them In butter while In Brazil q
resinous sauce is used. The Siamese
use the eggs of the ant. The white ant
is eaten raw by some, while ant pie Is
a dolicacy among some Of the natives
of India. The natives Of Ceylon are
said to eat bees and the Mexicans eat
a cake made out OF bees eggs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Lyceum League Elects Officers

At meeting of the Belington
Lyceum League. held April 18th.
officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
Fred. E. Thompson, president.
G. Ross Kidder, secretary.
A. C. Bolton, treasurer.
Committees as follows were
appointed to take care of the
different branches of the work:
Advertising &C. M. Parrish, @.
G. Thompson. A. c. Bolton.
Ticket S. T. Keller, H. D.
Thompson, w. G. McCloud, G. E.
Cain, w. G. Cade, w. e. Coff-
man, M. R. Keyser, Leland
Gamer.
Property W. B. Gall, C. M.
Parrish, c. Ross Kidder, Floyd
Ware.
Selecting Course = Fred. e.
Thompson, M. R. Keyser, A. G.
Bolton, C. Ross Kidder.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
lexington Public Schools

The Belington public schools
will close Friday. May 8th. Com
pleting exercises of the 8th grade
viii be held Friday evening of
the same date in the Baptist
Church. The Hon. J. A. Viques-
ney, our townsnan. will deliver
the class address. The class SER
mon will be preached by Rev. R.
O. Philips in the M. E. Church
at the usual sermon hour. The
diplomas will be presented by
the presid mt of the board, Mr..
Ferrel.
No exercises will be held in the
grades on the closing day. If
the day is fair, a school parade
may be given in the morning
about ten o'clock.
The outgoing class cleo
ted a class sponsor, some
thing entirely new in connection
with our schools. 1t is the duty
of the sponsor to visit the class
during its stay of four years in
the high school, to encourage and
advise the members Of the class
and try to keep them in the high
school until they finish the course.
1t is the duty of the members of
the class to look upon their spon-
sor as one who is capable of CIV
ing advice and encouragement at
all times, and one whom they
should consult when in need of
counsel. The sponsor may be
of valuable assistance to the pu-
pills even after their graduation
from the high school. There is
an opportunity to cement a bond
of friendship which may never
sever, and who can forecast the
results in after years?
AS we stated above the spon-
sor is unique in our schools and
we shall watch the results with
interest.
1t will be our purpose in the
future to have the class elect a
sponsor from among our towns
men each year, after whom the
class will be named, and we shall
compare results.
The party who is to deliver the
class address was selected by the
pupils for their sponsor, after
whom the class is named.
The annual class social will be
given Friday evening, May LIST,
from 7::30 to 10, to which the
parents of the class are especial
" invited. REPORTER.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30

From the striking relation of plan
etary motions, British scientist has
made the deductions the the planets
grew out of scattered material each
bringing the next into being by per-
turbation, with Jupiter as the starting
point, and the only planet with an
original nucleus. From the law OF
evolution worked out, 1t is concluded
that the nearest planet beyond Nep-
tune should be 47.5 as far from the
sun as the earth, and comparable
with Neptune in size.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Duty.

One sound always comes to the oa-
that is open; 1t is the steady drpW
beat Of Duty. No music III Il, e
haps--only dry rub a,dab. MI
that steady beat maliss 'ln
whole orchestra Of eGr' ipl
1t says to you. ID go@ 81
the duty nearest yoi iae
that druin-beat, and F3'e q II 4 n
is taking you home 4s;fqss b
Ram.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Cough Medicine
for Children

Too much care cannot b. used il select
ing cough medicine for children. Ii
should be pleasant to take, contain no
harmfni substance aud be most effect ual
Chamherlain's Cough Remedy meet
these requirements and is favorte With
the mothersloi young children esery-
where. For sale by
tAdy.l Grant tSta san
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30

10y Keiser has been carrying
mail on Route 2 the past week as
substitute for F. H. Thacker.
Chas. Davis of Belington. was
the guest of Miss Essie Zirkle
last Sunday evening.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30

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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30
Addition to Store

S. L. Brooks has added new
ware room to his store on Brown
avenue. This is in line with his
increased trade. He is one of
Belington's progressive business
men, and one who has been sue
cessful.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-04-30

along Grim avenue. 1t was found
that no damage had occurred to
either the team or the empty
wagon which they were drawing
when they were halted by
hurley George.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-04

to me 1t was time 10 survey the pas ture. and see how much in the way of grub could be spared 10 a poor widower. These people eats meat. but they like 1t butchered for em, and ripened. Down at the south end, spared Eph a family of wolverines, one at a time. to make the rations hold out. He began to get encour- aged. Then this place was just hum ming with rattlesnakes. so Eph and me just went around together so long as the hunting was worth the trouble. I doubt if there's any left"
 Al that l breathed a sigh of relief.
 Then Eph gets sassy. wanting squir'ls and chipmunks. Now thar 1 was firm. Every striped yarmint or 'em may rob my oat sacks, every saulrl may set up and cuss all day. but they won't get hurt Though they has enemies-foxes, mink. skunk. weasel. l fed that lot to Eph. saving the foxes. Teil you. Kate. the land. lord began to get so proud he wouldn't know me"
 Your great eagles, Jesse; they kill squirrels, too"
 That's fact. If I shot the eagles. them squiI'ls would get too joyful. Eagles aeks as a sort of religion to squirls. or they'd forget their prayers. The next proposition was cougars" YOh. I'm glad you killed them. At the old ranch l was so terrified I'd lie awake all night"
 'I'm sort of sorry. Many's the time. camped on your bench land, which l own is a good place for cou- gars. I'd set up half the night to listen. They sang love songs, big war songs. and all kinds of music. Fancy you bein' scared,
 Kill them7 They're hard to see as ghosts. and every time you fire they just get absent. That ain't the reason though. for if the landlord wanted cats meat, I'd like to see the fight"
 "The'd never dare to fight that giant bear!"
 T dunno. Eph ain't lost no cougars. He treats them as total strangers.
 But the real reason fed no noun tain.lions to Eph is mostly connected
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Wow thai's whar yo're dead wrong. He <hrew a log of cedar upon our camp altar. making fresh in. cense to the wild gods. "The land. lords a silyer-tip. fat as butter Down in the low country, whar feed Is mean. and Rritishers around the bars is poor, and called grizzlies. I'd be ashamed to have a grizzly on my ranch"
 Why Is the landlord called Eph?'
 'Chnstian name. Most bars is Ephraim. but he's Ephrata which means be open I tried to get him Co be open with me instead of steal. ing chickens That's when the bad year come''
 Were you in dificultiesg
 Eph was. Them canneries down to salt water. had fshed the Fraser out. and the hatchery didn't get to It's work until the fourth year. when the new spawn come back to their home river. Yes, and the sarvis Der. ries failed So when the salmon and berries went back on him, he sort of petered out. He come 10 the cabin and said, plain as talE. he was nigh quitting business"
 But. Jesse! A starving gr-I mean bar. Weren't you afraid even then?'
 Why for? My pardner attends to his business. and don't interfere with my hawss ranch. He owns the grubs, berries, salmon. wild honey and fix. inss. l owns the grass. stock. chick. ems, and garden sass When we dis. agreed about them cabbages, shot holes in his ears until he allowed they was mine. His ears is still sort of untidy. As to his eating Sarah, wall. I warned her not to tempt poor Eph too much"
 "Sarah?"
 Jones foal. Being a fool runs in her family. Wall. Sarah died. and cabbages was gettin' seldom, and Eph was losing confidence in my aim, all though l told him I'm tough as sea beef"
 He did attack you then?"
 Not exactly. His acts might have been misunderstood, though. Seemed
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with sheep. Cougars does right smart business in sheep. specially Surly Browns Sheep Is meaner n snakes. sheepmen is meanern sheep. and if the herders disagrees with the cougars give me the cougars. Sheep men is dirt.
 There spoke the unregenerate COW. boyl
 But. Jesse dear. are you sure that Eph won't expect me to be spared next time he's hungry?"
 Why. no He was raised respect. able. and there's a proper etiquette for bars on meeting a lady. It's sort of first dance-movementsi- eral slide, pass the cloak-room, and whar's my little homer"
 Jessss Note.
 N. B.-kate and me agrees thet the next chapter has to be cut out. being dull. It's an about the barn.raising after we got home to the ranch. The neighbors put us up a fine big cabin connecting to One old one by a GOV. INANh VI N'hdl cndhtcs nat where the firewood lives. the water. butt. the grindstone, which Kate says Is exactly like my singing voice. like. wise the ax and saw.
 Of course our house-r raising was a celebration, with a dance campfire waterbutt full of punch. and head. aches. l bet five dollars was the only semaphore signaler in our dis. irict, and lost it to Iron Dale, who learned signaling five years ago dur. iag the Riel rebellion. Cap Taylor put up a signal system for our use oi fires by night or big smokes by day. One means a celebration, two means help. and three means war.
 After the celebration We settled for the winter. and l put all the ponies except Jones and the sleigh team down in the canyon pasture. That made the ranch sort of lonesome. but we're short of hay on account of the wedding-trip. We're broke.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-04

that Ponders place was unoccupied open to all. Am l mistaken in sup posing that this Is Ponder's placer"
 "lt is."
 "Er--may venture to ask if youl husband holds squatter's rights, oi has the homestead and pre-emption 2
 You may ask my husband"
 Thank you. madam. Our foreman instructed me to say that if the place proved to be occupied, 1 was to ask terms for pssturage. We've only two hundred head"
 MT. Smith will consider the mat ter"
 We're camped in a little cave al the south end of the bench, deuced comfortable"
 Of course I know I'm a fool, and expect to be treated as such. But this man claimed to have camped ai the South Cave without passing this house. which was impossible.
 "Camped at South Cave?" said I. Tn that event l need not detain you. Mir. Smith no doubt will call on you after dinner. Good morning, sir"
 But this was not to his mind, and 1 gathered vaguely that my husband was not really wanted at the Bay Y camp. l even suspected that this wis. itor would rather deal with me than see my husband. It required more than a hint to secure his departure.
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Fraser Rapids, and l own that puppy piano appeals to my best instinks. AS for me. my names mud. and sh, treads it.
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This morning, after rigging a life line to the stable because of this continuing blizzard. l went to the
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CHAPTER VI.
Robbery-Under-Arms,
JESSE.
KQfe's Ndrrdtipe


 Kafe's Ndrrdfive
 We have started visitors book l. opens with press cuttings of inter views with Professor Bohns. the far nous archaeologist. who came to ex- anime the paleolithic deposits at South Cave. Next are papers relating to a summons for assault, brought by the late MT. Trevor against J. Smith. But the gem of our collection is letter of lengthy explanation from an eminent Italian cur. who spent a whole month at the ranch last winter. Nobody is more hospitable. or more hungry for popularity than my dear man, but l think that special prayers should be offered for his visitors. He has a motto now;-'Love me: love my bear,
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CHAPTER V,
The iliustrious SaIvator.
Jesse's Letter.

otoot Q LttttI.
 Mother. I'm married. I thought I'd got bliss by the horns. but seems I've not roped what l throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble. Wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fel. lows lonesome. Nobody loves me. and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
 l can't smoke in the fady's home. and when its forty below zero out. side, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath. Chewing is worse, because she cried. She don't need my guns. saddles. and me, or any sort of litter whar she beds down. and my table manners belongs under the table. Men, she says, feeds sitting down, so they won't be mistook for animals, which stand up
 jest moved back into the old cabin with Mick.-he's wagging himself by the tail between my legs to say as this writing habit is a vice. If I'd only a bottle of whisky now I'd be good, but as it's eighty miles to re- Treatments, he's got to put up with vice.
 Mrs. Trevor's husband was an opera singer which mislaid his vocal cords. so settled here to be on his romantic lonesome. and spite his wife. He went loco, and mistook her for a bear; she broke her ankle stamped ing; and took an interest, he shoot Ing me up considerable until he met with an accident. Then his widow married me, and I'm plumb disheart. ened.
 l was cooking slapjacks, which gives quick satisfaction for the time invested. when Iron Dale rolled in on his way home. Says my high-grade slapjacks is such stun as dreams are made of. With him quoting Scripture like that, I got suspicious about his coming around by this ranch, instead of hitting straight for Skyline. On that he owns up to something dam curious and disturbing to my fur Thar's a stranger at Hundred Mile House. claiming he's come from Lon. don, England, to find my wife.
 On the stage sleigh from Ashcroft this person got froze, which mostly happens to a tenderfooL who'd rather freeze like man than run behind like dog. So of course he comes in handy for poor Doc McGee. He's got a sort of puppy piano along. which grieves me to think our settlers must be getting out of date with such lat est improvements. and other settle ments liable to throw dirt in our face. Seems it's called harpsecord. and this person plays 1t night and day, so that the ranch hands is quit, ting, and Cap Taylor charges him double money for board. wonde, what he wants with my wife. anyhow. The missus wants me to take the sleigh and collect him. I dunno but seems to my dim intellecks that would be meeting trouble halfway. besideA robbing the doctor and Capt. Taylor who done me no harm.
 III.
 This morning. after rigging a life line to the stable because of this continuing blizzard. 1 went to the