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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

The auto delivery truck Of the Au-
gusta Steam Dye House is kept busy
these days. People have come to a
realization and appreciation Of the ex-
cellent service offered and the scien-
tific methods employed here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

women's s. and $3.50 sample pumps
and oxfords (black. tan. white and
gray) for s15o. at wellman's shoe par
lor in Darby block. Up one flight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Men will do well to get one Of c. F.
Bilodeau's neglige shirts with soft
cuffs offered at 70 cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Mothers can thank the Barker store
for a favorable opportunity to sock
up on boys hose; 15c values 10c today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Nineteen seventy-five is mighty lit
tie to pay for such a bicycle as tn
Niagara" which Cyr & Savoie ar
Offering.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Eliminating the Winners

The march OF events Is doing much
TO eliminate the chorus of winners and
calamity howlers who made both night
and day hideous with their lamenta.
uons for political effect, while last
ialfs campaign was on. The balance
OF December exports over imports was
the largest ever known. The report
Tor January will show a still greater
increase. while partial returns for the
hrst week In February indicate a bal
ance of $i4,00O,O00. which is at the
rate of $lSO,0OO.OOO month, or over
$2,O00,000 for a year.
This practically assures n balance
OF over billion dollars for tho cur
rent year and means, or ought to mean
such an Industrial boom as this coun-
try has never yet seen. With such
conditions as well assured as anything
can be, the whine OF the winners and
the howl OF the howlers cannot reach
FAR. If they are wise, they will get
on the band wagon of enterprise and
enjoy the prosperity within their
reach. If they are foolish, they will
continue to howl and sullk and lean
back In the traces and lose a golden
opportunity that is theirs for the taxi
ing. SO far as the country is con
cerned, II does not matter much what
they do. Their influence for evil is
past Martinsburg World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
"DilgledOIInr Dan-
town

once there was "A nice Old Fossil
living In town about the size of this.
When he was a Little Boy man
gave him dollar to run and get
changed
lie forgot to go back with the
change and that was the Firt Dollar
he ever earned.
When he died he had IL still.
He used to pack his Money down
into his Jeans with Hay Press.
He could make an ordinary Tight
wad look like Coal Oil Johnnie.
Whenever he needed any clothing
or shoes he grew Sick at Heart to
think of the Useless Expense.
lie did not bother the town mer-
chants very copiously, but when they
saw him coming they ducked into the
trenches.
He beat them down on their prices
until they we're almost willing TO give
him the goods to Get Rid of him.
Time rolled on until one day there
blew into town an outht which rented
an Empty Store Room and offered the
good citizens a chance to buy what
was left af Bankrupt Fire and Flood
Sale stock of Shoes and Clothing al
thirty cents on the Dollar
All! those were the happy days for
Dingledollar Dan
lie loosened up on ore Coin than
he had Emancipated for mary. many
years
Money that had been mourred as
Lost Forever came back TO life Lib
cry and the pursuit Of Hsppness.
lie loaded up with clothes and shoes
from the Bankrupt Stock
And in his mind he Groaned Ia think
Of the Good Money ne had given thc
town merchants for things that were
M Better than thore he was getting
80 Gheeply now.
lie knew they were No Better he
cause the Bankrupt Fellows told him
so.
One day II Rained.
TO his astonishment the color i'm his
new coat ran blithely away. the trous.
ers shrank timidly from his ankles, his
shoes became nice and soft like wei
pasteboard and the soles fell off grace
fully.
lie hurried to the Bankrupt Sale Il
tell the gentlemen-bu but they had gone
10 another town about the size Of this
looking for other economical buyers.
Dingledollar Dams funeral wa,
Largely Attended by his prosperity,
heirs.
Moral often the principal thinl
| Sold Is the Customer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

Many school children do not read
the papers. Hence l appeal to the
parent to use his influence to get the
boy or girl I'm the club work. Give
him or her the best acre or eighth
OF an acre on the farm and encourage
them to do their best. Allow them TO
sell the products grown entirely by
their own efforts. No boy or girl old
enough TO work is too young to earn
some money.
If the boy becomes interested i'm n
small plot worked entirely by himself.
he Will probably become intereted I'm
all farm work. II may be the means
of keeping the boy on the farm. II is
almost sure TO lead TO greater inter
est and more intelligent farming.
About six weeks ago four Preston
county boys went TO Morgantown 10
attend the prize winners course.
Next year we plan to send more than
twice that many. VIII your boy be
one? II depends as much on the par
ent as on the child. The prize win
ners' course I'm January was attended
by Walter Schnopp OF Hazelton, Rex
j. Shank OF Eglon, Ezra Hamstead of
lEglon. and Lynn Taylor OF Mason
town.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
COUNTY FARM NOTES.
by John Y. Mcdonald.
Boys and Girls Clubs.

Within the next few weeks the boys
and girls clubs will, be organized in
Preston coInty. The boy or girl has
tue preference OF joining the corn
club. the potato club or the poultry
club. Members mus; not be over rs
years of age
Let us see more members I'm IN,
acre corn contest next summer. The
largest prizes are offered TO the win
neis OF this contest. because a. grow
prize acre OF com ret. liies great
effort. One very successful acre boy
won S75 worth OF prizes I'm the last
two years.
For the potato contest only one
eighth acre of ground is required.
Preston should have the state winner
in this club.
III no more ground is available. en-
ter the 200-hill corn contest. There
competition is keencst and the prizes
arc Nbcral
Poultry club members must set at
least l5-eggs OF pure blooded fowls. In
all club work written records must be
kept and turned i'm at the end of the
yea. prizo is offered for the best
written account.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Bill's I'm Trouble.

At the request OF many subscribers
we repubiish the following poem
which appeared originally In the Den
YER New:
I've got letter parson. from my son
away out West.
An my oil heart Ia hoavv no NJ. .,,
I'm my breast
10 'hink the boy whose future I had
once SO proudly planned
Should wander from the path o. right
an como to sich an cndl
told him when he left us. only tbrce
short years ago,
He'd find himself a-plowin' In a Nigh
~ crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsel. an his
mothers prayers, too.
but he said the farm was hateful. an
he guessed he'd have 10 20.
know thar's big temptation for n
youngster I'm the West,
But believed our Billy had the cour-
age TO resist:
-" "h'h hc lclt L warned him o. the
ever-waiting snares
That lie like hidden sarpents I'm life's
pathway everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful 10 H.,
keerful. an allowed
He'd build reputation that'd make
us mighty proud;
but 1t seems as IL my counsel sort o.
faded from his mind,
Ana now the boys I'm trouble of the
very wurstest kind.
his letters come so seldom that I
somehow sort o. knowed
Ihat Billy was a-trampin' on a
mighty rocky road,
But never once imagined he would
bow my head I'm shame
An In the dust'd waller his old dad
dy's honored lame.
He writes from out In Denver an the
story's mighty short
L just can't tel his mother. it'd break
her poor oil heart:
An so ! reckoned. parson, you might
break the rews To hear
Bits I'm the legislature: but he doesn't
say what fur.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

In Great Britain and northern Eu-
rope barley takes the place OF corn
for pork production, leading all grains
I'm producing pork Of Inc quality, both
as TO hardness and flavor. Consider
able study in the United States has
been made Of the value OF barley as
pig feed, and the results have shown
that II compares vry fyroeably with
corn, but has a feeding value some
what below that of wheat. What this
grain may lack in feeding value, how
ever, It more than supplies in its ef-
feet on the carcass. AS a high-grade
pig feed IL far surpasses any other
grain, and this fact makes possible
the production OF pork Of the lrst
quality in regions where barley is pro-
duced abuudantly. Ground or rolled
barley is best fed in combination with
wheat middiings. skim milk, roots. al
falfa, etc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
How Trne!

president Wilson's charge that the
Republicans have not had a new idea
IN thirty years" carries this period OF
mental inactivity back to 1885. Search
The records. and il will be found that
in that long space of time G.. O. p.
craftsmanship has mainly consisted
IN jacking up the tariff in return for
liberal campaign contributions from
protected beneficiaries. Previous to
1885 the Republicans had carried the
Clvii War to successful finish and
had brought about the resumption of
specie payments. Progress had also
been made in civil service reform.
Since then, however, they have done
nothing toward improving the bank
ing laws. which the country had out
grown; toward a fair and equitable
revision OF the tariff, and toward soIv-
ing the trust problem. IL was left f.
the Democrats to accomplish these
thee great feats. Fol the last few
years the G. o. P has been drifting
along on forged quotations from Lin
coin, who has now been in his grave
nearly half a century.-The Philadel-
phia Record.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Value OF Rye

Rye meal ranks little below corn
and about equal as barley meal as n
fed for swine. Rye produces satsisfac-
tory pork, especially when II is fed
with other grains IL is an extreme
ly heavy, concentrated feed and will
usually give best results when fed not
to exceed one-third Of a ration. In
many sections rye Is much esteemed
as pasture, especially where the soils
are rather light, and I'm such instances
"hogging off" proves profitable.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Prohibition I'm Chicago

The number of saloon licenses in
Chicago is limited to 1852. Before a
saloon may be opened I'm a residence
district. a majority of the voters there
in must sign a petition for II. Under
this provision forty-eight square miles
of the city's dry territory and about
four hundred thousand of the popula-
ton live under prohibition. Not so bad
for Chicago! A fact to be noted is
that many of the brewers and dis
tillers prefer to make their homes in
saloonless districts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Big Planl Resnmes.

GIIiARD. o., Feb. 24-The entire
pudding department OF the Girard
Iron Company. consisting OF SO fur
naces. will resume operations I'm full
next Monday. The plant has been
operated at half time for the past
week The men will go back TO work
next week. Puddlors will get Sc a
ton. which is slightly in advance OF
tho union wage scale.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

though he will be certainly much less
proficient than his fellows, and not a
fair measure of the school that grad
yates him, he as an individual will be
better off than II he had been held
back I'm the lower grades to do the
thing impossible for him, though quite
easy for one differently constituted
Why not. IL he gives much time and
pains to his study let him plot on to
graduation, I'm the hope that some
where along the way he may "'find his
place in Gods plan and fill It," Let
the standard of work which the teach
er shall demand be fixed. not by a
school curriculum, but by the ABILITY
of the child. School teachers shodlG
not be less democratic I'm their re-
quirenents of boys and girls than GCI
vas ia creating them.
Some worth while criticism was
made concerning the way English is
taught in both graded and high
schools. II was asserted that not
enough emphasis was given TO speed
in silent reading. We try for rapid
work In arithmetic and are economical
with time In many other ways, but
we make no effort to get speed in sill
ent thought-getting from the printed
page. IL was suggested that oral read
ing ls a class exercise should end I'm
tie fourth grade. From the fourth
grade on. more time might be spent
in composition - telling something
from ones own experience simply and
accurately. sometimes orally. some.
times in writing. Mr.. J. II. Jewell. oil
the University Of Arkansas, criticized
high school English as being generally
most poorly taught subject Hc
asked teachers to teach English I'm.
stead OF teaching about English" tC
study literature instead of literary
men. High school students should not
study English critically, but apprecia
lively. There should be among sucf
students an ever growing desire Il
read more and more of the literatur,
that is worth while, the literature tha
''idealyizes the finest in human ma
ture."
Continued next week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
LIVE MERCHANT ASSERTS
THAT ADVERTISING PAYS
Declares that Right Kind Ron in
Weekly Newspapers is Highly
Profitablc-Calls Upon Country
Merchants and Publishers for Co
operation to Increase Business.

&c. H. Burritt. head OF the Burritt
department store OF Leroy. n. Y, Is
competent to speak on the value OF the
local weekly newspaper as an adver-
tising medium because he regularly
carries three column advertisement
I'm his local paper. and II is To the ju-
dicious use of this space that he at
tributes in large part the growth and
success OF his business. The remarks
below were made at the recent meet
ing of the Western New York News
paper Publishers Association at the
meeting held at Rochster. and his mes
sage is of vital import to other mer-
Editors Note.)
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Iy few, were taken by our pickets.

~ a few, were taken by our pickets.
"fhe gunboats began to descend the
river cautiously and again passed our
mines without explosion. Nothing
was seen Of the Cairo above the water
until the low water stage in the spring
Of 1863
"Mr. Weldon claimed that the Con-
federate government had offered $780,
900 for the first boat sunk by a mine
or torpedo, but I learned that for
some reason he never got his reward.
As the Confederates invented the ram
and the ironclad. they also invented
the floating mine. I suppose II bears
as little resemblance to the present.
day mine as the rapid-hre rifle does
TO our musket, but we claim to be the
first 10 mine a waterway successfully. -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Not n sRazOr. Back~

n the northern and western farmers
believe that the "rszor-back" hog rep
resents the South. they will be en-
titled TO one more guess after reading
the following from the News Of
Leighton, Alabama:
"Mr. G. o. Bowling Of Brick. claims
the banner Of porkers Mr.. Bowling
killed one few days ago that pulled
the scales to $50 pounds. This Is the
largest hog that has been reported to
as. The Duroc Jersey swine is tho
breed OF the above hog killed"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

and trade conditions are slow. He
will then realize much more on his
investment
\ much closer cooperation between
the merchant and editor would be Of
great benefit TO both The quality Of
advertising that appears in q paper
has much TO do with its influence aid
success. as we'll as It's real worth 10
the advertiser. The time will doubt
less come through this close co-opc "a
ton tiat practically all OF tie avail
able advertising space in country
newspapers will be used by local adj
yertisers-the merchants and the far
mers Of the community. Our inter
ests are so interviewer that the closer
we cooperate the better the results
will be for all.
Briefly we have been thinking Of
the necessity in advertising in the
country press of change Of copy,
avoiding jokes or sensationaIism.
truthfulness, spasmodlc Advertising.
waste Of space through lack Of know
ing your goods" clearness and con-
ciseness, use OF electr0s, cooperation
between the editor and advertiser.
There is one other very important
step that must be taken in order to
get the most out Of advertising I'm the
local paper. II Is that OF window and
store trimming. These should be
carefully planned, so as to pull with
the advertising at the same time that
the copy gets into the hands Of the
prospective customer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
Significant Fgures.

From the last United States census
we learn that the wet state OF Nevada
had. in 1910, 1858 prisoners for every
100000 Of her population, while her
dry neighbor. North Dakota, had g..
Nevada had 104 paupers for every
100000 population. North Dakota a..
Nevada had 2S2 insane people for ev-
cry 100000, North Dakota los.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04
How lie Saved

II has often been remarked that
when one tries 10 save--say. a man
by abstainihg from tobacco or cigars
and woman from candy and ice
crcan-the amount unoxperdec goes
into something else just as unneces-
sary. II is all like saving at the
spigot and wasting at the bung. Ac
cording to western paper the Hon
William Allen White has given his
personal experience with the water
wagon in prohibition Kansas. and
says: I'VE have saved about $50 n
head from our liquor bill to spend for
things worth while" Then he gives
the following as to the manner the
savings went i'm another direction:
Subscription to Commoner. .Sl.O 90
Phonograph record of "Old Black
Joe" Ok
Ditto of I'VE Shall Meet Beside
the River" p.
celluloid collars at 1Sc. ... sc
pair mail order yellow shoes. Il .9s
1000 shares of Mexican mine stock 1 90
2 cakes of scented toilet soap. Is
l pigs-in-clover puzzle. ... 10
box mail order cigars 90
copy OF The Life and Times OF
James a. Garfield" 40
Chautauqua season ticket. 90
ror the heaten in Borneo. 10
For the dittO I'm L'orp,O,a ~
For the ditto in Guatemala ..... .O5
bottles of cologne water. .35
Peanuts and chewing gum. ..3.39
l Brazilian diamond scarf pin. .... 40
l copy of Might Life in Chicago" 10
| copy Confession of an Actress 10
Postage OF 81 Applications for gov
ernment documents .. SO
Postage on 3S answers to fake ad-
Nertisements .............. .76
l divining rod 90
pounds of stick candy. ... "a
subscription TO Ed Howe's Month
~ '..... .,.........,... 10
| genuine Guarnerium violin (by
mad stone ................ is
iotdl ''................. $50 90
That is not altogether a bit of hu-
NOR. If any one kept daily list of
what he spends it will be seen that the
money is not wasted on so-called lux
iries. like tobacco. beer, candy, and
ice cream. but on many another thing
we could well do without and to which
we never give thought. Bethlehem,
pa CInha
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

That Ohio sugar beet company that
just leased 1000 acres OF land in San
dusky county to grow beets on, shows
a lamentabIe lack OF consideration for
Republican campaign arguments
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-04

The production of gold in 1919 was
17S tons. Its value was $107 ,503 900.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22

room Of the Babylonian kings. It is
SO clearly marked out for this pur-
pose that no reasonable doubt can be
felt as to its having been used for an
audience chamber. II one should de
sire to localize the scene of Belshaz-
cars eventful banquet he can surely
placeSit with complete accuracy, in
this immense room.
ut is II metres broad and Z SO
metres long. The walls on the long
est side are six metres thick con-
sfderably In excess of those at the
ends, and leads us to suppose that
they supported barrel vaulting. of
which, however, there is no proof
"a great central door and two
equally important side doors open
upon the court Immediately oppo.
cite the main door in the back wall
Is doubIy recessed niche in which
doubtless the throne stood. so that
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22
The Lion OF Babylon, /" Proni-
nently Placed ON the Palaces
Now Revealed by Excavation.

the king could be visible to those
who stood In the court. The pave
ment does not consist In the usual
manner of single layer of brick. but
of at least six, which were laid IN
asphalt, and thus formed homoge-
neous platform which rested on q
projecting ledge built out from the
walls
awhat Koldewey and his staff have
been digging for 10 years" says D.
q. Hogarth, the distinguished Eng
fish traveller in the east, seems all
to be of Nabopo1assar's time or later.
What he has revealed is the splendor
OF Nebuchadnezzar 1.-THE enormous
mass of his palace, the sacred way
which led from the Ishtar Gate, with
fits beautiful enamelled brick decora-
tions OF bulls. griffins and unicorns,
10 the Temple OF Bel. the remains of
this temple and that OF the Ishtar as
they were in the sixth century B. c.
"The revelation of Babylon. al
ready effected; is enough to stir any
mas imagination.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22


ert Koldewey, German. whose work
has had the cordial support Of the
Kaiser. and whose story of the won
derful finds Is given to us through
the agency Of a great English pub
fishing house. What message che
sends to US today, when the word
Babylon is so much used in connec-
ton with the luxurious life Of the
worlds great capitals. is one of
warning as to the penalty that time
imposes on effete and pleasure-be-
sotted peoples. for she speaks from
the depths of desert rubbish heap.
out OF which have flashed things of
rare beauty and stark. melancholy
shapes, the ghosts Of vanished glory
How powerful must be the appeal
to the Imagination Of q pilgrim from
the west standing for the first time
In the great chamber of Belshazzar's
feast. gaunt and grim as the Interior
of a gigantic skull! DIR. Koldewey,
styled as IAN excavator of extraor-
binary equanimity and extraordinary
patience" presents picture OF the
storied place in the cold dtspassioIi-
ate language of the scientific de!ter:
but between the lines we may glimpse
the color and glitter, the pomp OF
pride and power. the barbartc prodt-
gality and the sensual intoxication
which dominated like the spirit OF
wine.
ITO the south lies the greatest
chamber OF The citadel, the throne
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22

HE Tsplendors of Babylon are
being revealed to the world
as the elimination OF more
than is. years of painfully
e1ow exn1oration by DR.. Rob.
The Irish standard., 1915-06-26
Sergeant Michael O'Leary has

Sergeant Michael O'Leary has re-
ceived more advertising than the fif-
ty-seven varieties of Heinze's pickles.
It was recently announced that he
had been granted the Victoria Cross
for bravery. The number of Germans
he was reported to have captured sin
gle handed and alone, varied from
various reports from two to ten. AS
soon as his wonderful prowess be.
came known, Michael was taken from
the trenches and escorted to ireland,
where by every conveyance he was
rushed from one community to an
other, in the hopes of aiding the re-
cruiting campaign. In one district,
however, where O'Leary's reputation
was known, the population was thor
oughly disgusted with his appearance.
1t Is not known that any additional
recruits have been made, when it was
announced that O'Leary had killed at
least eight Germans. 1t might be we'll
to remind King George that men wear.
ing British uniforms have been hon.
ored by the British government for
slaughtering defenceless men and
women In Ireland and bounties paid
for the head of priest