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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-19

fads about different kinds of entrance
ways and different arrangements Of
rooms; we may do away with the front
room; but after we have experimental
with all the different arrangements
possible to make, we shall come back
to the front hall and front stairway
going up from it, with a good, CON-
Portable living room to one side, as an
old standby for the most satisfactory
and desirable entrance to a dwelling
Every woman likes to have a front
hall and a front stairway. and she
doesn't care TO have the stairway
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-19
New I. o. o. =. Hall.

Letcher. - Elaborate ceremonies
marked the dedication by members
of the local Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges of a fine new lodge hall, which
will be the permanent home of the
NO lodges.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-19
Articles of Incorporation.

Pierre.-Articles OF incorporation
have been filed for the Guaranty III
vestment company at Faulkton, will
a capital of $1Oc, 900. Inccrporators.
w. j. Frad, F. Z. Snider, M. Jean Will
hanson, Faulkton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-19
Mean Thinu.

Man never knows what untold ag.
ony woman suffers" exclaimed Mrs.
Gabb.
The only untold agony a woman
suffers Is when she wears tight shoes
to be stylish" replied Mr.. Gabh.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-19
Woonsock.t Y. "A. c. A.

Woonsocket.-At a meeting CT a
large number of the young people a
Y. NJ. c. A. organization was perfect
II.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
Villa torInyestigate.

DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug. 21.-Gen-
eral Francisco Villa today telegraph
Colonel P. Elias Gales at Magda-
lena that he and General Alvaro OBJ
RECON soon will come to Sonora to in
vestigate the differences between
and Governor Maytorena.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
Rigid Standard
ForSoHDrinks
COLD WATER IS BECOMING THE
STATE BEVERAGE s0F
WEST VIRGINIA. I,

A soft drink in West Virginia:
must tbel soft. ut can't be medium
soft, fairly soft or Temporarily soft!
1t must be soft to the limit. The law
says It must not contain more than
one-half tof one per cent Of alcohol,
and Fred o. Blue says the limit is
one-half-not a tenth of a per cent.
more than one-half-but a bare half
or less. ,rsaaas
That's the sort of a test all the
new soft drinks must pass before
they can be sold legally. Not every
body knows about it, but there have
been a lot Of so-called soft drinks
discovered, invented, compounded, al!
most-brewed, what-not, since the
state went dry and many of them
have been trying to see how near
they could get to the limit without
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
ABOUT WHIppoRWI1Is

Just about this time in the month,
Of August these birds come out in}the
open and for many successive even
.ings, show themselves. preparatory to
taking their long flight to the semi
tropical regionsiof. the q. S. and still
further on to Central America. Last
spring Just when the hepaticas. the
wood anemones; and the yiolets were.
making glad the solitudes Of the deep
woods and tile sequestered thickets,
with their fragrance and deiicate.
blossoms along came the whippor.
wills to spend the remainder OF the
spring and the bright summer days
and to bring up their young families
in the way they should go Having
accomplished this, they leave their.
abodes in the woods; the thickets and
fields and back pastures
and show themselves in tile open as;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
100 Sit s-;slicN SAf
THE WAR SITUATION
FROM DAY TO DAY


- "a AhAab1As Ed"
We are prepared for the news of
the taking of Brussels and Antwerp.
The advance during the last four
days has been unusually swift. II
must be remembered that modern
artillery is so extraordinarily de.
structtse that infantry must intrench.
Continuously. An advance Of TWEEN
ty -tiyc ,lilGs from Aix-la-C lapelle 70
Diest in sixteen days in the face Of
effective artillery fire is certainly an
exploit worthy Of the best days Of
the Prussian infantry.
We, German sympathizers, find. hut,
few crumbs of comfort In most of the.
reports that cnihnato 'front.'. Paris,
Brussels and Lohtlon:l The details, of
the German advaSnice sspihl ,iutake ,es-
tremely interesting reading. Tic
uhfans are probably exhibiting Won
derfnL courage and Northumberland
military achievements Will NOT fail
70 .ineludeEthc c. brarc.troops OF light
cavalry that rode into L.icgetin a dcs.
perate attempt to capture the Bel
| gian general staff under the very
guns Of the fortress. Not n man!
came back. Isolated 'instanccs IA
such hopeless daring cannot fail Is
stir the blood of those whose love for
the Fatherland dominates their atlil
tudesi in the war: 80
1T is reported that tile Crown,
IPrince lies, seriously wounded, at
Aix-la-c hapellc. It is natural for
1.-The young Prince who spoke $50 feel.
ingly in his farewell address to the
Death Head Hussars" a few months
ago, to have risked his life at the
front. 1t Is in keeping with his i'm
petuous character to have been.
where the fighting was thickest.
Germany does not breed m~ollycoddlcs
in her royal family. Her princes, are
men of blood and iron. Germany
will make tile same sacrifices both oil
her great as we'll as her small.
Reports that describe the German
lines as demoralized and d~isorganiz.
ed may besdismissed us absurd. Vic
toriousr armies are not In the habit.
of yiefding1ito panics; Furthermore,
Germans do not do things that way.
Not. only, the tarmy, but all Gorma-
ny Is So completely organized for this
situation that ordinary business is
carried on from day to day. with only
slight Interruptions. Naturally the
factories are silent and the wheels q;
commerce revolye. slowly. But there
is no complete Reorganization. No
moratorium has been proclaimed,
such us other nations have resorted
to. There is no imitation of prices,
for the government posts each day
the price of all foodstuffs and con
flscates any commodities offered at
higher prices. The German mind Is
quiet, determined and absolutely log
ical.
American tourists who have re-
turned from abroad deny absolutely
the unfounded stories published III
the American press that Americans
were treated brutally. Lies, all lies.
1t Is very easy to exaggerate, and /
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

49,, ~. rH"HMH aHFHr#rHf"
understand Journalism we'll enough
TO know that the publisher should
not be held accountable for every
Item printed in his publication. 4
say this moro In n spirit of forgive
ness than of explanation.
iGermany is very calm. Her crops
are being harvested by the old men.
the women and children. Her peo.
pie are of heroic mould and patient
under the most adverse conditions.
rake, it as a fact that neither ut the
front nor at home does Germany suf-
fer 1.-The least Reorganization.
The opinion Of the Staats-Zeituns
General STAFF is divided us 10 the pol
Icy of Germany after the occupation
of Belgium has become an accom-
plisled fact. Some hold that the nd
vance on Paris will proceed with nil
possible dispatch, while Others, and
include myself among the number,
believe that Germany will content,
herself with holding the line on both
borders Of France. To take Paris, in
my estimation, is to attempt the i'm.
possible. II is TOO we'll fortified. 1t
cannot be surrounded except by n
million men, and Germany cannot
afford sucli an! army to undertake
siege operations that would last N
year. at least: ThG-linesl OF ChataI5a.
were no stronger than th~eElcfdnccs
of Paris l,isi%l.f
On the other hand. Germany couii
Indefinitely hold the frontier against
The. assaults of the; Fretshs,armies.
DeadloeE issthc only answer To- IT'D
clash %. the nations. They wifi find
themselves each secure behind their
own lines. The Russian advance will
not stand the whitening FIRE of tho
krnpp guns: %Thes Y ,ssian5troopssoro
mot SlredA witlf8th spatri6tic da9otlon'
thatSstirsaFran Germany:SRis.
|sia has not placed her national life
at stake4an will notsfght with fln
same COURAGE hndstcnaGity that has
been shown by Belgium and Ger
many.
tits but natural that We German,
sympathizers on the receipt OF tho
news Of the stirring events of the
last few days in Belgium should show
something more than the well-brcd
enthusiasm exhibited occasionally by
the Evening Post. In its habit oil
Fletcherized journalism the Post
chews over facts and fails to arouse
even the most, dignined emotion. In
its reserved and stately editorial Of
Monday 1t shows some Of that bias
that hasty COMMUNICATIONS objec.
to. Personally. ! plead guilty to al
certain prejudice, but heaven forbid
that the Post should incline, even by
ever 50 little, from the absolutely i'm
partial viewpoint.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
Serious Damage.

ELLENBoRoAA cloudburst and
storm Of a recent night did much
damage in the southern part of
Ritchie county, A bridge and sec
ton ofitrack was washed away on the
Pennsboro and Harrisville railroad,
putting thes Pullman branch entirely
out OF commission. IA large barn be-
longing tor. e. Il. Frymier was
swept from its foundation. and much.
damage was done to growing corn
by the wind and rain.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
Fewer Fatalities.

cHARLEsToN-The accident re-
turns for the month of July. Just
made public by the state department
of mines. show that despite the fact
that some OF the miners of West vir-
gtnia are stirl risking their lives by
violations Of state mining laws and
of the rules OF the companies, the
number OF fatalities Is decreasing. AS
in previous months, many OF the min
ers who violated the rules lost their
lives thereby. Thirty-three miners
were killed in this state last month.
as against forty-one for the month Of
June.
Earl a. Henry, chief mining in
spectors points out that IL each OF
the men who lost their lives through
c~arelessness had exercised due care
the fatality list in West Virginia in
July would have been reduced to
t~wedfysfottr.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

New SIS Sample Fall
Suits
sl4.7 S
ONLY SIS SUITS
SIZES "a, 36 AND SO.

Our Buyer just shipped In this
lot o., spic and span newest suits,
right from the largest sample
rooms In New York, So suits; they
were bought at rock bottom price,
as the Maker has started on his
summer samples and needed the
room. The materials are English.
All Wool-Warranted for satisfac.
8 tion-the skirt has a very neat tu.
mic and cut along graceful lines
the coat Is trimmed with Velvet
and Braided Belt In Back. The
eolors are this seasons most favor.
lite, Plum, Green and Dark or Light
Blue. Sale Price, S14.75.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

Thos. Gather, Of Winchester, Va,
is = visitor In the city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21
STATE NEWS
Charleston Man Dead.

eHARLEsToN-Robert,w Butler,
Is dead, after a short Illness OF ty-
ph6id feyef. aged 10 years. safSfvs
Ing are q Widow AND two children
Tie deceased man was a son of Will
liam Butler, OF The claim Department.
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
who resides At shepherdstown. AHisi
body Wilt inferred here Friday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

COMMISSION AND SAL
AIRY to look after our business In
your community. Interesting. dig
nified, healthful work. Interna-
tional Magazine Company, 119 w.
41st ST., New York City. s-21-St
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

above stated.
as a rule their flight not Very
high above the earth and within easy
range of the rifle or slotgni for this
reason anylthoIghtlcss persons fkil
ond cripple many of them; knowing,
too. that, 1t Is a violation 81 tile laws
Of this state.
II Is easyIto d~istIngptsh these
birds from others. TheiTfIight ana
hn9tioilsi are sinilari, 10 OF the
aea sull.p When III flight heir long
wings, marked with t~rantyerse bars
on the u%nderside, areSat rsht angles
to their bodies.
By some .:natnre4fakirs9 ms Theo-
.dorc would say, the hipperwi1l rs
called bull bata when Gil fact there Ia
no such bird. There are tSgo other
birds to which Il issallied, The night
jar and the night hawk, ana accord
ing TO ornithologists tish Species of
.canrlmulgus, but IS never atbullsbati
Now 1t is to be hoped that when
these birds make their Appearance, >
which will DC Seen. now, lat lovers
of birds will see thatfthcy hfe not mo-
Tested. and IL any be found Filling or
manning them, that they VIII be ar
rastel and dealt with according to
In conclusion tho Writsf would
say 10 all persons who san @lippor-
@liis"are bnll-bats, please bring out
your authority and proyeEthat you
are right. 3t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
THE poo As WELL AS 11-e sAeT GETS a LIFT

blankets and kettles, room somehow is
made for her chickens and parrots,
which ride in state on top of the pack.
eackling and screeching their accom-
paniments TO the tune of the kettle
drum music.
The Chihuahua, or Mexican hairless
dog. is a much loved pet of the SOL
dadara, and not infrequently as she
trudges along one may see emerging
from the sheltering folds Of her silk
mantilla one Of these tiny creatures.
for which American fanciers would
give many times the $500 Mexican
money which she values it.
When taken prisoner the soldadara is
free TO desert. Yet few do so. In
enemy. she continues her ministerins
mission, emulating in no small degree
the unselfish devotion and self-abne ga
ton of our Red Cross nurses who con-
slider neither caste. cause nor creed.
There are two other classes of women
i'm Mexico, those of the middle class
and those Of the upper class. Al
though the spirit of the Amazons is
not manifest in these women they dis
play their patriotism in other ways. In
the small towns they hold sewing bees,
which. unlike such affairs of our own
land. except in their informality, are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

army is concerned the women from the
very first demanded performance OF
these services 80 their right. They re-
fused TO remain lin the service Of the
rear and permit men to be ammuDi-
ton and food bearers. Every man,
they knew, counted in their fierce fight
And so they took upon themselves The
deadly task that in all other armies
men perform.
This explains why the casualty lists
of Villas battles have borne so many
women's names. They have braVed
the bullet hived zone between firing
and cook lines. They have worked
their way into the trenches, there TO
fire the rifles of their men while the
men took respite for a few minutes
from the grim work Of war.
The soldadara is entirely ignorant Of
our modern appliances for washing
clothes. -he open air is her laundry.
A running stream is her washtub; and
two stones, between which she pounds
the clothes TO dislodge the dirt, serve
as washboard, mesquite bushes are her
clothesiine The desert sun dries her
washing more quickly than could any
steam dryer of the most up-to-date
laundry.
With head and shoulders wrapped in
a silk mantilla Of her own weaving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

their search for water, extend as FAR
as twenty feet into the ground. The
solda dara must dig up these roots with
whiUl to make a fire before she can
cook her food
The meat question in Mexico is 4
problem. There is plenty OF beef to be
had, but ii Is hard to keep it after the
killing. A flank hung up awaiting need
spells within a few days. Therefore
the beef carried by the soldadara mas
first been put through process of
drying, and cut into strips. The COL
dadara moistens this beef and adepily
converts it into tasty dish by use
Of the condiments so acceptable TO the
Mexican palate.
But preparing food, or even procur-
ing it under starvation conditions. is
simple compared with what she must
do with it when she has cooked it. A
mile or so to the front-a mile swept
by shrapnel and small arms bullets
that have overshot their marks the
firing line. The men on it must be
fed. They must be supplied with hot
coffee. Their empty cartridge BELTS
must be -efilled.
The task Of doing these things IS the
soldadara's. Nor was il forced on her
as the price of her presence with her
man." So far. at any rate, as Villas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

empire, and each needs the support OF
the other TO meet il.
Our visitor could find but one word
TO express his first impression of New
York. Its immensely" he said, over
whelmed him. And then its energy, its
feverish employment Of every minute
of its time. The beauty Of our skyline
he admitted readily, but to him the
real effect of our towering buildings is
only really felt when one examines
them separately. one by one. More
than BY the Woolworth Building even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
AUSTRlA'S ENDURING AUTO
CRATIC SYSTEM.

Austria's methods of government, be-
meath their apparent modernization,
DR.. FarkarshaZy maintains, are still
those of the absolutism OF Metternich
Under them no real progress is possible
for Hungary, since, under the tariff
regulations Of the Dual Monarchy, she
is forced TO sell her natural products to
Austria and to take the latter's manu-
featured goods in exchange. She is
bound hand and foot economically, and
the Labor party seeks by all means IN
its power to perpetuate this condition
of affairs. The cost OF II is appalling
not only in money but in all that
money stands for in the state-educa-
ton, the development of means Of
communication, Improvements. prog
ress in every direction. The dead hand
of Austria must be removed IL Hun
gary, naturally one of the richest coun-
tries in Europe. is TO come into her
own. And the Scparatist party claims,
this can only be brought about by COM
plete separation from the empire.
Austria's race problem, Or. Farkar-
shay added, is far more serious and
complicated than that of Hungary. A
liberal, Independent goternment. free
to devote itself 10 the interests Of the
country without control and inter-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

rock III the light weather was particu-
larly favorable to the American vessel.
as it enabled her to carry full sail for
every knot of the contests.
No description of yacht construction
the builders who have played such
prominent part in the sporting history
OF the Anglo-Saxon race and whose
names have become bywords on both
sides Of the Atlantic. OF these per-
haps the best known is Nat Herreshoff,
but the name of Edward Burgess
should also be given attention. He re-
ceived the unusual honor of having a
degree conferred on him by Harvard
College for the excellence OF his ship
designs. He planned the lines OF the
three successful defenders. the Puritan,
the Mayfower and the Volunteer, and
WAS presented with some $4,000 by
different yacht clubs in recognition If
his efforts. After he died, in 1891, an
other fund OF $50. 900 was raised among
yachtsmen and given to his family.
Graduating from Harvard in 1871,
Burgess became naturalist, and for
a year after graduation was employed
as an instructor by has alma mater.
He then became the secretary of the
Boston Society of Natural History, and
remained in this position for fifteen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

soldier of Mexico belongs to the com
missary department of the army, The
conditions under which she lives while
ministering to the soldiers and supply
ing them with food are less simple
than primitive, less human than ami
NAL.
In a country where there is no fresh
food and little water, n soldadara will
prepare nourishing and palatable re-
past of tortillas and frijoles from the
little pack which she carries on her
burros back. Her foods are unpre-
pared. She has not the advantage OF
canned foods, bread, or even bareback,
as carried by the commissary depart
ment Of our own army. Tied to the
corn grain. This she first must grind
into meal between two desert stones
before moistenirg and moulding it into
little cakes, which she fries on the
most primitive of stoves.
If there is no camp stove she invents
one by placing a piece of sheet-iron or
tin. large enough to hold several YES
sells. upon two stones. Under it she
builds fire.
In the desert the root of the mesquite
is converted into firewood. Mesquite
grows in little clumps above the sur
face Of sandy wastes, and its roots, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

Mexican endurance is the story of the
"Soldadara Of the Red Mantilla,' as
she was known about Villas camp.
This woman was noticeable figure
among villas troops because she al
ways wore a bright-rcd mantilla and
skirt one lay. In the march from
Ojinaga 10 =. vfeon. she Jagged fur
Their and further behind the troops,
falling behind the brigade in which her
husband served. one or two at the
end Of the column. observing with
what difficulty she seemed TO be trudg-
ing along. asked her If she were tired.
She replied that she was all right, but
probably would drop out Of line until
the next day.
The following day. at dusk, this SOL
dadara reappeared in camp, minus the
red mantilla and skirt. She wore a
black petticoat and waist. In her
arms was crumpled bundle of bright
red hue. AS she passed Villas head
quarters he recognized her. He ques-
toned her as TO why she had not come
on with the rest. Her simple answer
was to unfold the red mantilla. In it
lay a newborn babe.
The soldadara's is not Red Cross
duty. incidentally, in Villas army,
the Blue Cross takes the place of our
Red Crosse Primarily the woman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

its edges invariably a maze OF origh'
colors. drawn work and fringe, WIN
here and there thread Of GOODWIN
her saddle pommel always covered win
a multicolored Mexican blanket, ne
soldadara presents picturesque inquire
on the otherwise dull camp ground AS
she follows the troopers over the desert
wastes. In these accessories, however,
she displays her only luxuries, her
other garments being Of coarse Mexi-
can make or American hand-me-downs.
Usually the soldadara follows the
army on foot. Sometimes she rides IN
one Of the gondola cannon cars OF tue
railroad. Occasionally she is supplied
with pack saddle burro but this shc
seldom rides. More often she trudSes
along at the burro's side, that her
babies or her pets may ride. All Mex
leans ardently love their pets, and al
though the soldsdara's burro always
is heavy laden with food supplies,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
The Death Lists of Huerta, Villa
and Zapata Carry Names of
Many Women Slain While
Fighting in Battle or
SkirmiSh.

can city across the Rio Grande from
Juarez, itself 225 miles from Chihua-
hua. Her cracked lips asked piteously
for food for her children. willing
American hands supplied it. She was
asked to tell whence she came.
When first she described her hus-
bands life and her own with the
Huertistas she was not believed And
incredulity increased when she told
the story Of his death and Of her wan
derings with her five little ones. over
225 miles of SUMMARIZED desert and
lonely mountain range. Her phrases
were few, her gestures graphic, her
attitude merely, Il don't care whether
you believe me. Just feed my chill
dren" Then some one recognized in
her the famous Federal soldadara and
vouched for her. She and her little
ones now are safe in the American
refugee camp in New Mexico.
Another instance of characteristic