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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
Doctors Said He Had Dropsy

Some time g I had an attack of
grippe which finally settled in my kid
neys and bladder. 1 doctored with
the doctors and they claimed 1 had
dropsy; l tried other remedies and
got no relief from any of them. My
condition was such that / was unable
to workA for about two months and
the annoying symptoms caused me a
great deal of trouble and pain. I was
hardly able to turn over in bed.
Seeing one of your Almahacs. I de-
cided to give DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root a triA and after taking several
bottles washable to resume my work
again. 1 cannot say too much in
praise of four Swamp-Root as the re-
suits in Ny Sase were truly wonder
full.
EYoufs very truly,
ROBERT BALLARD.
Mansfield, Pa.
Sworn land sabscribedt before me,
this 9Th hay ofSAiay, 1912.
fRAYiC. EoNGBoTHUM,
Notary Public.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
Too T-enser.Heart.s

Some men, said Uncle Eben, riz
SO tenderhearted dat dey is almost
wilIin' TO make trouble fob a friend.
5es' to show how kind an sympathiz;
In dey kin be-"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
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Prove VIVA. sasmp Rses VIII DC

Send ten dapts to DR.. Ktlmer & Co.,
Binghampton, u. Y, for d sample size
bottle. It will 6aYtace} anyone. You
will also receiyesa bookef Of valuable
informatious Telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When wiring, be sure
and Attention the Farmers Eree Press.
Regular flfty-cent and one-dcliar size
Evening star., 1915-05-02

to someone in England and would have
to pay that much in normal circumstances
now has to pay only $3.50.
II LAWRENCE. kAN.-There is no in
formation about the Continental
Wireless Telephone Company, because
the concern is absolutely dead. The pro-
moters are in Jail at Atlanta, Georgia.
MRS. w., STATEN ISLAND, N. "
The reason the Cities Service Com
pany stopped paying dividends on it's pre-
ferred stock, although all of its properties
are in this country, was because most of
its financing has been done abroad, and
the war has stopped it's normal channel
for raising funds. Its earnings, however,
are improving.
r OwENsBoRo. KY.-St. Paul General
Mortgage AZ bonds do not bear
coupons beyond 1899, although the
bonds run to 1889, simply because there
would be so many coupons as to make the
bond too bulky The company will pro-
vide Il new sheet of coupons in 1899.
X b. D., RICHMOND, VA.-One of the
best ways of building home is to
join Il building and loan association. The
only means of finding out about one is to
inquire in your own locality; for these
concerns are absolutely local in their char
actcr. There are $500 of them in the
country.
Evening star., 1915-05-02
Many Athletes Are Short-Lived

FOR, be it remembered, the liver is re-
sponsible for oXidizing all the acid that
enters the body or is developed within it.
1t is the systems official clearing house.
To illustrate more clearly: Many ath-
letes are short-lived The reason is not
so much because of the strain put upon
the heart and arteries, as because of
the strain put upon their livers. A prize
fighter ora ball player may be an old man
at forty: not, as we We're formerly told, be-
cause of his brittle blood vessels, but be-
cause his liver has been overworked in at
tempting to oxidze the excess amounts of
acid generated in his system from the
rapid breaking down of tissues due to the
violence of his cXertions.
Buttcrmilk in moderation is an eX-
cellcnt food, especially when it is freshly
prepared by ferment tablets, so that it
gets no chance to become contamna d
as the discard of the churn frequently does
Buttermlk freshly prepared from whole
milk is best; for it isn't necessary to drink
gallon or two of it in order to get de-
cent amount of nouriShment.
But however popular buttermilk may
be as Il food it is now largely discredted
as life saver
Evening star., 1915-05-02
What Shall | Do
With the Money I've Saved?
By ALBERT W. ATWOOD

ID CHARLEsTowN. w. VA.-It is i'm
n possible to say whether the stock
- of the United Dry Goods Company
will have any value until after the reor-
ganization planned is made public, which
will be soon. The affairs of the company
are very complicated.
n b. W., OAKLAND, CAL.-You need
not be afraid of buying school bonds
Every city and town is proud of its
schools and will strive to the last ditch to
pose.
6 Copy, WYo.-I cannot tell you any
' thing about orchard property in Mis-
sissippi You would have to go there and
investigate it personally.
X GRAFTON, PA.-The so bonds
A>' of the California Gas & Electric
Corporation are good enough for any
body. Do not become nervous about
them at all.
n B. W.. WEsrrIELD. N. Minimum
prices for stocks on the New York
Stock Exchange are the prices established
by committee with supreme power, be-
low which no one is permitted to do busi-
ness.
r. d., WILLouGHBY, OHIo.-Demand
exchange at $3.50 simply means that
Il man in this country who owes $4S665
Evening star., 1915-05-02

lion acid-forming germs that are as busy
as hive of bees doing the wrong thing.
Emphatically these remarks cast no re-
Election upon the value of buttermilk as
food. 1t is food, and a very wholesome
and excellent food ii it agrees with one. If
it doesn't, it is modified poison; for with
some individuals it "clogs the liver,
loads the system up with underoXidized
acid, decreases the alkalinity of the blood,
and produces bilousness. This is Il most
important point usually overlooked by
clinicians.
Evening star., 1915-05-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 2, 1915
Does Buttermilk Really Prolong Life
By EDWIN F. BOWERS, MD.
Each week Dr. Bowers will the most interesting question
received Next week: "Is 1t Work Worry That Kills.?

TT was Professor Metchnikof who first
startled the world with the asser-
ton that the reason the Bulgarans
grew to such a ripe old age was because
they lived on buttermilk.
This may or may not be so: it has
never been definitely proved that the
Bulgarians live any longer than non-but-
Notwithstanding races. Living in Bull
garia, it may only seem longer to them.
And though they may look older, it
doesn't necessarily follow that they are
older. In fact, it is highly probable that,
under identical conditions, these old men
and women might be twice as old as they
arc--if only they had refrained from in
dulging in their Ponce de Leon beverage.
Indeed, many of the most eminent die
fists claim that, granting for the sake of
argument that Bulgarians live longer
than buttermilk abstainers, it only proves
that they do so in spite of their butter
milk and not because of it.
Bacilli Don't Always Make Good
METCHNIKOF may have erred; for
there is no conclusive evidence to
prove that the microscopic vegetable Or
ganisms that flourish in the intestines are
responsible for the development of old
age. And there is still less evidence that
the little lactc acid-forming baciIli in
buttermilk can, or care to, destroy these
minute plants. If they can, they are
very backward about proving their Prov
ess in the test tube, or on the laboratory
plate. And when invited inside human
being for demonstration, more fire.
quently than not they merely produce an
active fermentation.
When this occurs the patient is infinite
y worse off than he was before; for, in adj
dition to all his original fora and fauna.
he has taken aboard cargo OF several mil
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10
SUGGESTS BROAD PLAN
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.

Inersase Standing Regular Fores-Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.
But war las never been a mere mat
ter of men and guns. 1t is a thing
Of disciplined might. II our citizens
are ever to fight effectively upon a
sudden summons, they must know
how modern fighting is done. and what
to do when the summons comes to
render themselves Immediately avail
able and Immediately effective. And
the government must be their servant
ah this matter, must supply them with
the training they need to take care of
themselves and Of 1t. The military
arm Of their government, which they
will not allow to direct them, they may
properly use to serve them and make
their independence secure and not
their own independence merely. but
the rights also of those with whom
they have made common cause. should
they also be put in jeopardy. They
must he fitted to play the great role
IN the world. and particularly in this
hemisphere. for which they are quail
fled by principle and by chastened am
bition to play.
1t Is with these ideals in mind that
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR GREATER NAVY.
Always Looked to II az Our First and
Chief Line of Defense.


Chief Line of Defense.
The program which will be laid be-
fore you by the secretary of the navy
is similarly conceived. 1t involves only
shortening of the time within which
plans long matured shall be carried
out, but it does make definite and ex-
pllcit a program which has heretofore
been only implicit, held In the minds of
the committees on naval affairs and
disclosed in the debates Of the two
houses, but nowhere formulated or for
mally adopted. 1t seems to me very
clear that it will be to the advantage
of the country for the congress to adopt
comprehensive plan for putting the
navy upon a final footing Of strength
and efficiency and to press that plan
to completion within the next five
years. We have always looked to the
navy Of the country as our first and
chief line of defense; we have always
seen it to be our manifest course of
prudence to be strong on the seas.
Year by year we have been creating a
navy which now ranks very high in
deed among the navies Of the maritime
nations. We should now definitely de-
termine how we shall complete what
we have begun and how soon.
The program to be laid before you
contemplates the construction within
five years of ten battleships, six battle
cruisers. ten scout cruisers, fifty de-
strOyers, fifteen fleet submarines.
eighty-five coast submarines. four gun
boats, one hospital ship. two ammuni-
ton ships, two fuel oil ships and one
repair ship. 1t is proposed that of this
number we shall the first year provide
for the construction of two battleships.
two battle cruisers. three scout cruisers.
fifteen destr0yers, five fleet submarines.
twenty-five coast submarines, two gun
boats and one hospital ship; the second
ten destrOyers, four fleet submarines.
fifteen coast submarines. one gunboat
and one fuel oil ship; the third year
two battleships, one battle cruiser, two
scout cruisers, five destrOyers, two fleet
submarines and fifteen coast subma-
rines; the fourth year two battleships.
two battle cruisers two scout cruisers.
ten destroyers, two fleet submarines.
fifteen coast submarines, one ammuni-
ton ship and one fuel oil ship, and
the ffth year two battleships. one bat
tie cruiser, two scout cruisers, ten des
stroyers, two feet submarines. fifteen
coast submarines. one gunbOat, one am
munition ship and one repair ship.
CONTINUED on Page 10.)
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10

mems choosing ought ever to be set.
Every American who has drunk at
the true fountains of principle and ira
ditiOn must subscribe without reserva-
tiOn to the high doctrine of the Vir-
ginia bill Of rights, which in the great
days in which our government was set
up was everywhere among us accept
ed as the creed of free men. That doc
trine is, "That government is or ought
to be instituted for the common bene-
f1t, protection and security of the peO-
pie. nation or community" that "Of
all the various modes and forms Of
government, that is the best which is
capable of producing the greatest de-
gree Of happiness and safety and is
most effectually secured against the
danger of maladministration, and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary to these pur-
poses a majority of the community
hath an indubitable. inalienable and
indefeasible right to reform. alter or
abolish it in such manner as shall be
judged most conducive to the public
veal" We have unhesitatingly ap-
piled that heroic principle to the case
of Mexico and now hopefully await
the rebirth of the troubled republic.
which had SO much Of which to purge
itself and so little sympathy from any
outside quarter in the radical but nec-
essary process. We will aid and be-
friend Mexico, but we will not coerce
her, and our course with regard to her
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
lea that we seek no political suzerainty
or selfish control.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10
PAN-AMERICANISM HAS
NONE OF EMPIRES SPIRIT,
Economic Adjustments Inevitable With.
in the Next Generation.

Economic Adjustments Inevitable With.
in the Next Generation.
The moral is that the states Of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals, but coop
Grating friends, and that their grow
ing sense of community of interest,
alike in matters political and in mat
ters economic, is likely to give them q
new significance as factors in interna-
tiOnal affairs and In the political his
tory of the world. 1t presents them as
in very deep and true sense unit
in world affairs. spiritual partners.
standing together because thinking to-
gether, quick with common sympathies
and common ideals. Separated, they
are subject to all the cross currents of
the confused politics of world of hos
tile rivalries; united In spirit and pur-
pose, they cannot be disappointed Of
their peaceful destiny.
This is pan-Americanism 1t has none
of the spirit of empire in it. 1t is the
embodiment, the effectual embodiment,
Of the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
A very notable body of men recently
met in the city of Washington, at the
Invitation and as the guests Of this
government, whose deliberations are
likely to be looked back to as marking
a memorable turning point in the his
tory of America. They were repre-
sentative spokesmen of the several in
dependent states of this hemisphere
and were assembled to discuss the
financial and commercial relations of
the republics Of the two continents
which nature and political fortune
have so Intimately linked together. I
earnestly recommend to your perusal
the reports of their proceedings and of
the actions Of their committees. You
will get from them, think, a fresh
conception of the ease and intelligence
and advantage with which Americans
of both continents may draw together
in practical cooperation and of what
the material foundations of this hope
full partnership of interest must con-
sist-of how we should build them and
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10

the plans Of the department Of war for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which viii be laid before
you. and which urge you 10 sanction
and put into eject aS soon as they can
be properly srntiDized and discussed.
They seem 10 me the essential nrst
steps, and they seem tO Inc for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase OF the
standing force Of the regular army
from It's present strength OF 5O23 OFF,
GERS and 1O2,9sJ enlisted mon of all
services TO a strength OF 7,13G officers
and 134,7O7 enlisted men. or 1888
all told. all services, rank and file, by
the addition of fifty-two companies of
coast artillery, fifteen companies Of en-
gineers, ten regiments Of infantry, four
regiments OF field artillery and four
aero squadrons. besides 7JO officers re-
quired for great variety Of extra
service. especially the all important
duty of training the citizen force of
which I shall presently speak. 792 non
commissioned officers for service In
drill. recruiting and the like and the
the quartermaster corps, the hospital
corps, the ordnance department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for its present du-
ties, duties which It has to perform
not only upon our own continental
coasts and borders and at our interior
army posts. but also in the Philippines.
in the Hawaiian Islands. at the 18th.
mus and in Porto Rico
BY way of making the country ready
to assert some part of its real power
promptly and upon larger scale
should occasion arise the plan also
contemplates supplementing the army
by force Of 100000 disciplined citi-
zens, raised in increments of $4,000 a
year throughout period of three
years. This 1t is proposed to do by a
process Of enlistment under which the
serviceable men Of the country would
be asked to bind themselves to serve
with the colors for purposes Of train
ing for short periods throughout three
years and to come to the colors at call
at any time throughout an additional
"furlough" period Of three years. This
force Of 100000 men would be pro-
vided with personal accouterments as
fast as enlisted and their equipment
for the field made ready to be supplied
at any time. They would be assem-
bled for training at stated intervals at
suitable units of the regular army.
Their period of annual training would
not necessarily exceed two months in
the year.
1t would depend upon the patriotic
feeling Of the younger men of the
country whether they responded to
such call to service or not. 1t
would depend upon the patriotic spirit
of the employers of the country wheth-
er they made it possible for the young
er men in their employ to respond un-
der favorable conditions or not. for
one do not doubt the patriotic devotion
either of our young men or of those
who give them emplOyment-those for
whose benefit and protection they
would in fact enlist. 1 would look
forward to the success of such an ex-
pertinent with entire confidence.
At least so much by way of prepara-
ton for defense seems to me to be alb
solutely imperative now. We cannot
do less.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10

In NJ. County
STATE PURPOSES Sinking Fund, mill; University
mill; State Hghway mproyement Fund mill Total State Leyy
Fund MILL County Road Fund l2 mill Bridge Fund 5l2
Building Mothers Pension Fund, O97 mill
PURPOSES: table below:
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10

Ohio do hereby give notice that the number Of mills
y for the tax year 1875 is follows:
Fund, .0925 mill; State Common School Fund, .055.
mills
und, 145 mill; Infirmary Fund .1SS mill; Improved
mill; INDECENT Soldiers Relief Fund, .116 mill; Blind
County Debt Fund, .6OS MILL Children's Home Fund.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-10

Continued on Page 10.)
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-18
Do We Want War;?
Labor Does Not, as it is a Source of Profit
Only to the Rich.

Do we want war? We of the working
class answer in the negative. We of
the working class certainly do not want
war. The red specter OF war, the kill
ing of working men by working men to
satisfy the proud ambitions of the crimi-
nal ruling class and the rapacity of the
prohtmonger class, has no charm for
us. We regard with suspicion. the in
sidious efforts of those who fill the air
and the newspapers with whisperings OF
danger and with cries of prepared
ness
We suspect Interior motives in this
wretched lingo business, feeling that the
contemplate war cry and prepared
ness preaching have for their sole
purpose the suppression of the eco
nomic and industrial unrest that exists,
and that is bound to become wide
spread, in this land The masters,
whose reprehensible methods create ull-
rest, hope to smother it by shouting
The Philistines are upon thee, oh,
Samson, war is approaching, beware,
prepareH They hope to counteract
menacing unrest by pointing to the
menace of war. Suspecting this. we OF
the working class refuse to become en-
thused over the preparedness move
ment and to be drawn into what we re-
gard as a deceitful design and sub
verting OF the real issue.
Moreover, we know war is highly de-
sired by those to whom war means
profits and dividends and gold-filled cof-
fers War is source of profit to them,
but only death and destruction to us.
the working class. We say to the lords
OF the industries, the money changers
i'll the Temple of Mammon the manipu-
lators OF profits, the expoiters of labor
we say to them: If there is discomfort
and unrest and brewing revolt in this
land you. and you alone. are the cause
OF it; you are responsible for it-you
by your perncious methods have
brought it on.
The unrest is the result of the meth
ods OF your harsh and ruthless reign
and of your cruel conspiracies against
labor. You have used your wealth and
your power not in the elevation, but in
the enslaving and crushing, OF labor
In saying this we but repeat what the
Federal Commission on Industrial Re
lations has incorporated in its official
report after a long and painstaking in
vestigation of your methods. And you
wonder why there is unrest and talk o
revolt among your victims! The charges
we have brought against you are veri-
fed in the report of the Federal Com
mission. and you stand indicted We
made it clear to you that it was not your
wealth. but your ways OF squeezing
wealth and OF those who toll for yor
that labor despised. We hate not
wealth, but wealth's way; the way il
crushes protest; the way it violates the
law; the way it manipulates the press
the way it controls the legislatures ant
corrupts them; the way it packs juries
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-18
Persuasive.

Far from concealng anything OF per-
tinency to the issue, the old serpent
freely confessed that if Eve should eat
the apple it meant clothes from that
time forward.
But" he argued and never more CO.
gently, CLOTHES will be something to
talk about when you are tired OF the
weather and don't happen to be par
ticularly brainy.'
And the first mother, bethinking her
how many OF her daughters were des-
tined to find themselves in suchwise
circumstances, thereupon yielded the
point, with what result is only too well
known to the present generation OF
mankind.-Boston Journal
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-18
Peculiarities of Russian Winters.

There is one curious thing about a
Russian winter-in the latter part OF
October or the beginning OF November
the weather will be quite mild. Not a
sign can be seen OF an approaching
change, then suddenly, without any ap-
parent warning, light haze will be seen
in the northern sky. and in twenty
four hours the thermometer may fall
80 degrees. The change is so sudden
and violent that travellers are frequently
frozen to death before they can gain
shelter. 1t has occurred that farmers
out looking after their flocks have
been caught in one OF these billiards.
and, missing their way home, have lost
their lives, their bodies remaining under
the snow until spring.