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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30
PRIZES FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL
CHICKEN SHOW WILL BE VALUABLE


silver silver cup for the best display Of MI
The FIRST National BANK of Elm Grow.
Cup.
The First National Bank Of Elm Grove
OF Anconas.
The Bank OF the Ohio valley CUP.
The Bank Of the Ohio Valley offers a
Of OrpingtonS F'
The Dollar Savings q Trust Co. Gun.
me Dollar Savings A Trust co. offers
SosrINNes cup Tor the pest Display OF Dark
Security Trust CO. Cup.
Inc security Trust 20. offers a hand
some silver cup FOR the best display OF
Slngle comb Rhode Island Reds.
The State Bank OF Elm Grove Cup.
ne state BANK Of Elm Grove offers a
hahosome silver cup FOR the best dis
play OF Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds
The city Bank of wheeling Cup.
ne city Bank Of Wheeling Offers a
NJ ne sshS1i s silver cup for the best display
The eutmAn, Gibson q Moconnsu Cum.
Hltman. Gibson a Mcconnell offers a
OF Rocks Barred hooks not competina
The w Z. stone Cup.
,,rNs Il, stone. OF stone q Thomas. Of
display Of White Wyandotfes
The J. 4. Morgan Gun.
80. - MSrsan offers hands0me silver
NNhite WyandOttes not competingD
The Booth 4 Mcdonald Cup.
Booth and Mcdonald Of Elm Grove
oifers a silver cup for the best display OF
Game Bantans
The Elm Grove Milling Co. CUP.
ne Elm Grove MilliEg Co. offers a
handsome silver cup for the hest dispi.,,
OF Ornamental Bantams
The Becker & Weller Cup.
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yer cup Tor the BEST display OF Exhibt-
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30
WELLSBURG


WELLsBDHG. ". Va. Dec. 29.-lt Is
believed that an effort wss made on
Tuesday evening about . o'clock 90 en-
Ter the hardware and supply store Of J,
III. Walker a. Co. on Charles street BE-
tween Seventh and Eighth. The at
tempted entrance waf made az the rear.
ou tHe alry between Charles and Yankee
afrerfH The attempt Was frustrated
tIruuEu fuU Efforts ul hf Do. MDlIclIauQ.
who haa hir electrical shop Bra Che front
ul che WnIkrr bGu1luE on the second
floor. HeafluH the noise OF the would
b.. burEIarf DE- hurried down stairs ae
quietly al lNHHIuIf. and teIrununrd Go tue
Patterson tuufrl fIausrF. fu have Officers
cent fl fhe Htur. 60 once. chief Bailey
and bfNfrr Scott were found and uur-
r..I "A. fIn HUura. The sheriff ana "a
r mtrr 0f citizens on the streets also
won't fY tHr store but no trace nf tun
-n ~ men could ne found. Do De- De-
Moved fNnf .NNY heard Mr Mrf IaIard
H. bel wen. I.Hu Hta4IH. lUI MADE II.Ir
earara before fur Officers arrived $50
clues arrs left b. which auy ono could
ID. traced.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

MED BY VIM. Riggis. who viii visit
there.
Mr. and Mrs. W r Marsh ana daueh.
ter Miss Edith. Of clinton. returned
home sunday. after spending several
DAYS ~ guests Of Mr.. and Mrs G. w
Marsh.
Mrs william Bioomneid has returned
home after being operated upon al me
Martins Ferry hospital several weeks
ago.
Mr. Merton Winters. Of Flushing. O.
h1H returned home after spending Xmas
with relatives here. Tfo was acron1ua-
MED by sylVas Merrnar. who will spf nd
several days with him
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

set % include the last three Sundays OF
August; the 1871 2Oth and 25tb' th.
Further details as 10 Tie rnake--it' "a -
program are not yet ready 10 be an
h"unced, but Will b. made known a.
Iaplaly a. decided on b. the program
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30
~ \. cAuroh Has Tins Gomez,

pr fhc 1T. p church Inaf evening a
iil 90 audience witnessed a fine prorrar5
"hith Wa prepared hv the mrnIbarr of
~ ~ anon quite "a large crowd
HaH present The members wore vgsIi
'utrl IhH readIurs and rruafo
Was very intereatlnF ard arurrrIHtrI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

The concert az the Christia, ~br-et,
evening va "a grand success. bein,r
vel attended by The n4ornfsre 80
nln'fH 4he program was very inferesf-
ius and attentiFely listened %. several
nL Tie charar ters taxing part beinr out
N town residents 'Ne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

arerlr Bruce. 90. WaHaIIIr In
WIINam MATTERS. fI. rIffahurrh Ia
iss ilff.rn stl-iIirr en-. fIftaHurrh ia.
Irfng Hoffman HT f.r.rr'. ~
Durla ri Hwrefafr.r. HT. rIIrf.r.If. III.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

Mr. and Mrs william Winters and
family spent thriatuss with relatives
Iu Elm Grove.
hrr Merton winters and son Merle.
or Flushing o.. ufa rurafr nf her ma
This week
Mrs Alfred Turner srenf Xmas with
hfr daughter. MrH. George Tov
Mr furfIC Cain. OF ff.rrGnfr. o. has
returned home after several trreke' visit
with relatives hCro Ifr wna nrcorIrs-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-30

stead ~ Tho Sane rflr scnoof house
The church is now rcndy FOR services
after bvluE rD-tnrnishod and grained.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
Bad Habit.

Emerson Keough, the governmental
efficiency expert, said in an address
on efficiency in correspondence before
the Denver Y. NJ. C. A.:
"Why shouldn't business co%rrespon-
dence read as easily and gracefully
as a personal letter? Well, efficient
business correspondence does so.
The world is tired of the old-fashion-
ed business letter with everything re-
versed, like
"'Yours of 18th ult. to hand as
per duplicate order inclosed, for shoes,
high, laced, vici, eight dozen, shirts,
assorted, calico, two dozen; socks,
black, wool, sizes assorted, four doz-
en-
"They say that M of these old
fashioned correspondents who reverse
everything went into a restaurant one
day and ordered his dinner like this;
"'Pudding rice one; tomatoes one;
po ditto ditto; steak beef one; soup
lie turf mock one"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
Mexico Land of Cathedrals.

The distinctive characteristic OF
Mexico is a land of ~cathedrals, which
like the scattered beads from the ros,
ary of some Franciscan monk, are
strewn from the Bravo del Norte to
where the winds from the tropics
watt the palms. Previous to discs
tablishment of church and state, the
treasures and wealth of these old
monasteries were fabulous; and
though Juarez, the full-blooded In
dian who is looked upon as the eman-
cipator of Mexico, seized church prop
erty and confscated much, yet the
buildings still stand as monuments
to a colonization that was ardently
Catholic, and are wonderful types of
the Spanish renaissance. With huge
domes, h~alf-orange shape $50 desig-
mated in Mexican architecture, "Me-
dia Naranja"), these ~stupendous
buildings are decorated with wonder
full specimens of wood carving, where
solid mahogany beams form the joist
in many cases. Mexico lavished the
interior of these edifces with onyx
columns, marble affairs, silver chan
eel rails and gold tabernacles.
The m worshippers in their
mantillas and rebozas are in keeping
with the old world atmosphere and
taper lights.-Cassie Moncure Lyme.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
DISGUISE THE POWDER PUFF.
of the Ever-E Essential Toilet
Article.

Here are two novel ways of dis
guising the e-ver-essential powder
puff. The first can be made of ribbon
about four inches wide and eight or
nine inches long, the selvage edges
folded and sewed together, except for
about two inches at the center, making
a strip of double silk nine inches
long and two inches wide. Now gath
er each end up tightly and attach a
silk tassel the same shade or contrast
ing with the color of the ribbon. Slip
two ivory rings over the little bag,
and you have an old-fashioned purse
just like grandmother used for her
pennies. but which you will use to
hold in n end a powder puff, very
diminutive, but quite adequate, and
in the other end a mirror of the same
dimensions. This little vanity bag
can be carried out in the shades of
the favorite evening gown. and makes
a dainty and inconspicuous accessory
for the carrying of the evenings am
munition. The second puff is for the
dressing table, and is in the shape of
a bisque ballerina. with voluminous
maline skirts, who poises lightly atop
of a glass powder jar. The puff is at
tached in some mysterious manner to
the little bisque body, and the maline
skirts act as a pretty ornament and
a practical cover for the powder be-
meath. They can easily be renewed
from time to time as they become soil
ed or mussed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
New Asphalt Bed Discovered.

An asphalt bed which seems to be
practically i~nexhaustible is now being
developed commercially in Leyte prov
ince in the Philippine islands. The
bed lies near the shore line at Taclo-
ban, at which port ships can anchor
and take on cargo of the asphalt
from lighters loaded at the mines,
with practically no overland trans
portation. The deposits also contain
oil of a high grade. The asphalt is
almost pure near the surface, and is
exceptionally pure at greater depths;
The oil deposits-evidenced by oil
flowing with water from a spring
contain oil pure enough to be used by
the natives for Illuminating purposes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
KNOW THY
III---Telegrdph and Telephone

spring company than the fellowship
of the giant intellects that constructed
this marvellous industry and a journey
along the pathway of its development,
Illuminated at every mile-post of it's
progress by the lightning-flashes Of
brilliant minds, will be taken at a very
early date.
A brief statistical review of the in
dustry brings out it's growth and mag-
nitude in a most convincing and I'M
forgetable manner.
The telephone service of the United
States is the most popular and efficient
and it's rates are the cheapest of the
telephone systems of the world.
We are the greatest takers on earth.
We send 60 per cent of our commuri-
cations over the telephone. The world
has about Is, 000 700 telephones and CT
this number the United States has ap-
p~roximately 9,540,000 Europe 1920, 0G0
and other countries 100000, Accord
ing to the latest world telephone cea-
sus, the total telephone investment IA
$1,906, 900, 900 and of this amount ST.
095 100000 was credited to the United
StaAes, $685., 600, 900 in Europe and
$175, 000,0 900 in other countries. Tie
annual telephone conversations total
24,60O, 00O,0 900 divided as follows: Unit
ed States $1,000, OO0, 900; Europe $780,
100000, and other countries 1900, O0O,-
900. The total world wire telephone
mileage is 33,262,000 miles divided as
follows: United States 2O,24S, 900, Ell
rope 1~0,335,000 and other countries
ISIS, 900. About six per cent of
the worlds population and sixty-ore
per cent of the telephone wire milo
age is in the United States.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05

Our transportation facilities are the
most perfect product of this great com
mercial age and the telegraph and tel
ephone systems of this nation crown
the industrial achievements of the
whole world. These twin messengers
of modern civilization, born in the
skies, stand today the most faithful and
efficient public servants that eveI
toiled for the human race.
They are of American nativity and
while warm from the mind of the in
ventive genius have, under American
supervision, spun a network of wires
across the earth and under the seas.
Telegraphy, in its early youth, mas
tered the known world and the tele-
phone has already conquered the
earth's surface, and now stands at the
seashore ready to leap across the
ocean.
No industry in the history of the
world has ever made such rapid strides
in DEVELOPMENT and usefulness, and
none has ever eXerteu a more powerful
influence upon the civilization of its
day than the Telegraph and Telephone.
Their achievement demonstrates the
supremacy of two distinct types of
American genius-invention and organ
iZation.
The industry was peculiarly FORUM
ate in having powerful inventive intel
lect at it's source and tremendous
minds to direct it's organization and
growth. 1t is the most perfect fruit
of the tree of American industry and
when compared with it's European con-
temporariss, it thrills every patriotic
American with pride.
Ambitious youth can find no more In
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
TUB FROCKS OF EVERY KIND
Charming Light Materials Are Offer
ed for Afternoon Wear During the
Warm Weather

Very charming materials are shown
for afternoon frocks for the warm
days, in a great variety of weaves.
colors and design. Pretty voiles with
white or putty colored backgrounds
have large dots in a contrasting color
Another wolfe in the old-fash-
Toned Dolly Warden patterns worn by
our grandmothers when styles SINH
lar to our own were in vogue. The
new tiled checks are seen in all colors,
and are quite smart, as well as prac-
teal for tub frocks. White cotton ep-
onage in fancy weaves is suitable for
skirts or suits. Lovely fancy organ
dies and nets in all-over designs come
in the darker shades. Heavy nom
crushable linens in colors which make
useful suits for a small boy or girl
are inexpensive. A great variety of
ramie linens may be had one yard
wide. Sheer French crepes for blous-
es or frocks are embroidered in Ores
den designs
Attractive Japanese crepes in vari-
Gus light shades make pretty tub
dresses. practical for the grown-ups
as well as for the younger members
of the family, as they are easily laun-
dered. Another quality of crepe to be
had in stripes and other designs is
suitable for tailored skirts. Good
quality wash silks for shirts or frocks
are 80 inches wide
Subscribe for The Pleasantyille Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
ADD TO ROOMS APPEARANCE.
Mirrors Properly Should Be Given
High Place in Scheme of House
Decoration.

In many houses mirrors serve a
strictly unitarian purpose, being con-
fined to the bureau and dressing table
in the bedroom, bathroom and dress
ing room. Yet there are few things
more decorative in a home than good
inirrors. The darkest, ugliest room
can be greatly lightened by their judi
cious use, and the smallest room can
be given the suggestion of space
The French have long been sensible
of the effectiveness of mirrors in
household decoration. From the big
chateau to the tiny tea room they are
regarded as an integral part of the
decorations. not merely a convenience
for hat adjustment or skirt inspection.
The best way to get good, yet in
expensive mirrors for your house is
to make them yourself, and this is
not difficult.
If you have a room in which you can
use the panel mirrors you can achieve
charming effects. Select the space
where you plan to place your mirrors,
measure it. and have the mirror cut
at a glass cutters. He will sell you
the mirror at so much per square foot
thing you could purchase already
framed. Buy a simple molding, set
the glass against the wall. fasten the
molding firmly around it, and you will
have a panel mirror at half the price
a decorator would have charged you.
Glasses cut to fit old picture
frames make charming hanging mir
rors, and are very easy to set.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
HIS HEAD IN SHARKS MOUTH
Black Diver Claims to Have Remark
able Experience With Sea Monster.

Writing in Harper's Magazine of
his visit to Thursday island IN the
Torres strait, Norman Duncan mar
rates some astonishing tales of the
adventures of the natives with the
savage tiger-sharks of these waters:
at is said that the coastal aborigine
is not greatly afraid of a shark-that
he is a match for a shark, indeed,
in fair water, when not taken una
ware, He may lose a leg or an arm,
or he may be carried off bodily; but
in any event the damage will be due
rather to the cunning approach OF
the shark than to the limitations OF
the diver. Fairly warned, he will
dive to the bottom, roll the water,
and thus elude the attack; and If he is
pugnaciously disposed at the moment
they say)-if the shark impolitely
interrupts him at a critical or deep
" interested moment-he will give
fight. 1t is true, of course, thai the
naked divers are accustomed to es-
cape by rolling the water; such in
stances are common; but | have no
stomach for the tale that any MAI
will go out of his way to challenge
combat with a twenty-foot, tiger
shark-even when angered by an UNI
timely interruption.
81 recall two stories of narrow es-
cape. The one concerns a young Jap
anese diver who was taking a cray
fish to the surface, and all at once
found himself in a furious engage
ment. 1t was incautious of the div
err to have a crayfish; and this indis-
Greet diver came out of the conse-
quent encounter with a lacerated
thigh and one arm missing. The
other story is hardly credible, relat-
ed far from the scene; | cannot vouch
for it, at any rate, having had no
means of authenticating it; but as
| have not hesitated to swallow it
whole, and have been pleasantly NOV
ed to shudder and thrill and exclaim
aghast, I will tell it for what it is
worth. 1t seems that a black beche-
de-mer boy, swimming, naked and abb
stracted, close to the reef in search
of slugs, awoke all at n C to an
amazing situation. 1t was not that
the shark was near-not that it had
turned and was darting; but that his
head was actually in the sharks
wide-open mouth. The black boy act
ed sharply; he withdrew his head in a
flash, having at the same time punch
ed the shark (as they put it) to dis
tract attention from the matter in
hand; and he rescued himself after
a brisk tussel, and lived to prove the
adventure with a SCARED cheek"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
HATS OF THE SUIT MATERIAL
Partisan Milliner Has Evolved Idea
That American Women Will Be
Sure to Take Up.

The well-dressed Parisienne is
wearing now a small, smart hat made
of straw and cloth in combination;
the cloth being a bit of the same ia
brio used for stunning tailored suit.
One of these hats, just brought over
from Madeline-the originator of the
idea-is of bronze milan straw with a
crown in blocked effect made of tan
covert cloth. The undrerbrim is of the
straw and bands of straw are stitch
ed over the cloth to form the upper
side of the brim. Around the high
crown are three bands of %grosgrain
ribbon, one cream white, the next tan
color. the next brown. The ribbons
pass through a pearl buckle at the
front of the hat and are tied in a
fiat. smart bow at the back. These
little tailored hats-elongated in
shape and with very narrow brims
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
FRAME FOR THE SILHOUETTE
Best to Preserve Old-Time Style for
Wall DecOratiOns-Hard to
Improve Upon.

Should you possess an old silhouette
without a frame, and deire to proper
ly preserve it under glass, do not make
the mistake Of putting a modern set
ting about it. Avoid clean white mats
and new-looking molding.
Preserve as much of the time-hon-
ored yellow background as possible,
and put an antique-looking oval or
square frame of dull gilt about it, as
frames of this kind are characteris-
tic of the period when silhouettes
were in vogue.
Black frames are also in good taste,
but do not give the look of antiquity
so we'll simulated by the dull gilt.
In treating the silhouette in any
way it must be remembered that this
form of art is old, and its immediate
environment must be in keeping in
order to preserve its charm.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
Not Dead Yet.

DIR. Bernhard Dernburg, at the Ger
man-American chamber of commerce
in New York, said about Turkey:
"They called Turkey the sick man
of Europe. Now they have taken to
calling her the dying man. Well,
Turkey may fool them yet. She may
fool them like the dying man of Dus-
seldorf.
"a Lutheran pastor called on a dy-
ing mar in Dusseldorf. During the
conversation that ensued the pastor
noticed that the dying nan kept put
ting his hand under the bed, whence
he carried to his mouth something
that he ate with appetite.
"What are you eating, my good
friend?" the minister finally asked.
"'My funeral biscuit the dying
mar answered, with a loud. bitter
laugh. While my wife's out Pm 60
ing to finish them up"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
o OF THE PAST
Heroes of Most of Them We're I'M
possibly Good, but Their Infu-
ence as a General Thing
Was for the Best.

Do you remember the books you
used to draw from the Sunday school
library-how many years ago was it
Those pious stories of impossible boys
who died young, with a picture on the
front page showing Little Willie be-
ing carried to his grave on the Shout
ders of his weeping friends? Then,
at a later period, the books of E. P.
Roe were standard Sunday fiction.
This was a genuine relief, for they en-
bodied some ~glimmering of interest.
His first attempt was to write a strict
" religious novel, and Barriers Burn
ed Away" by E. P. Roe, became a
Sunday school classic. This was
quickly followed by those truly uplift-
ing books: "From Jest to Earnest;
or Lost and Saved" and Opening Of
a Chestnut Burr"
By this time the author found fic-
ton paid so well that he dropped the
"Rev." and went in for pure fiction.
1t was pure, and it might be called nc
ton, but it was awful slush. Closely
rivaling Roe was "Pansy," and her
books had a tremendous vogue back
in the eighties, but none of them ever
held a marker to the Elsie books.
There was a heroine who would
have delighted the orthodox soul of
Billy Sunday. At the early age Of
eight she was a walking concordance,
and her manner of shooting texts of
Scripture at the unsaved was discon-
certing to say the least. A lovely
child, though, was little Elsie. She
refused to tell stories on Sunday to
her playmates unless they would list
en- to Belshazzar's feast or that classic
about the children in the fiery furnace.
They took those or nothing. Monday
or any other day was all right for
fairy stories, but on Sunday, never.
1t was too bad that Elsie didn't die
young, but there was too much money
in her. She went through twenty
eight awful volumes. her girlhood. her
wifehood, her widowhood, and Elsie as
a grandmother quickly followed in
close succession. She is dead now
Sometimes death is robbed of its hor-
rors. Elsie was a shining mark for
years. It's a pity her end was so long
acknowledgements Union Star.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
GLASS AS BUILDING MATERIAL
Architects in Increasing Number Are
Favoring Structures Composed of
Transparent COlOrs.

Not a few architects are recon-
mending that houses and apartment
buildings be made of glass bricks.
They want glass instead of brick or
stone because it gives more light and
is easily kept clean. The blocks should
be made of good size.
They should be made of pleasing
color tints and be impervious to the
weather. They can be worked in be-
tween pilasters, domes and friezes.
Set under the veranda this glass
should have a smooth upper side with
prisms on the lower face that would
direct plenty of light into the rooms
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
EASY TO CLEAN BASKET WORK
White or Colored Variety May Be
Freshened and Made Like New,
With Soap and Water.

If it is white basket work. mix
some whiting in a pailful of warm
water to which some soap powder has
been added. Brush the basket work
with the above with a fairly stiff
brush, taking care to go in the crew
ices Then throw clean cold water
over it until the whiting is all off. If
it is brown cane, add ammonia instead
of whiting
A good plan to clean white or light
colored basket work is to put two or
three handfuls of salt to half a pailful
of cold or hot water, then scrub well
all over the basket work, sprinkling
a little fine salt on the brush to clean
the very dirty parts. After thor
oughly cleaning, rinse we'll with clean
cold water, when it will be found to
look almost equal to new. Do this
on a good drying day and not too
much in the sun.
An easy way of cleaning basket
work is to get some soft soap and
place it in a saucer. Have ready a
bowl of water mot too hot). Then
take a nail brush, dip the brush into
the water and then into the soap,
and apply to basket work When
clean. rinse we'll and polish off with a
dry rubber.-Ann Marie Lloyd.
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