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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Most Primitive Race Of Men.

The North pole natives alluded to
by Captain Amundsen in recent lee
ture were discovered by him while he
was navigating his little craft, the
Gjoa, through the Northwest Passage
in 1903-1907. He christened them
Nechiln, and considered them to be
the most primitive race on earth. No
white man had ever before invaded
their icy Businesses. Consequently they
were ignorant of the use OF iron. Their
fishing implements were long spears,
fashioned out of reindeer horn. They
knew no other method of procuring
fire than that Of rubbing two pieces of
wood together. They were, in short,
still In the stage of civilization reached
by our ancestors Of the stone age. So
cut on were they from others of their
kind that they imagined their tribe
WAS the only one in the world, and dis
played the utmost establishment when
told of populous countries far to the
south, where neither ice nor snow was.
The Gjoa and her crew they thought
to have dropped from the moon. and
the first Nechilli to come aboard felt
the deck, masts. boats, oars, all the
while whispering to one another in
amazement: How much wood there
Is in the moon-how very much"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
INDIANS HAD EDEN STONY
Creation as Told by Brazilian Tribe
Greatly Resembles the Biblical
Tale.

An account Of the creation, AZ n.
lated by members Of the tribe OF In
dams living in the mountains which
divide Brazil from British Guinea.
has been received at the University Of
Pennsylvania from Dr.. William @.
Farabee, leader Of the Amazon expe-
dition OF the university museum. The
tribe never before had seen a white
man, according to Doctor Farabee,
and had been cut on from the rest Of
the world for many centuries.
In the account told by them to the
explorer 1t was related that great
tree bearing on its branches all kinds
OF fruits and vegetables had been -
existence
The legend OF the tree is that in 50
beginning there were two gods, Tumin-
kar and his brother, Duwid. Tumin-
ward the lower animals, and Duwid
brought men and women food from
the tree. TheFpeople later learned the
location of the tree and told Duwid
that he need not trouble himself to
bring them food any more.
Duwid then told the people that it
should be as they wished, but that
they would thereafter have to work
for their food and warned them that
II they would not starve they should
break off the branches and plant them,
that they would grow and bear fruit.
The legend goes on that the men
started to do as the god said, but soon
tired, SO that when the tree was cut
down only a few of the many varie-
ties Of food which it bore had been
saved for mankind.
A great rock said by the Indians to
be the stump of the original tree, was
pointed out to the explorers, who made
photographs of it. These photographs
were received at Philadelphia with the
story.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
FOUR MILES in AIR
WONDERFUL VIEW AFFORDED TO
THE AVIATOR.
At That Height Two Hundred Miles Of
the Earth, In Every Direction,
May Be Scents Effect
on the Nerves.

Augustus Post writes Of the Expert
ences Of an Airman." He has been up
four miles and tells how the earth
looks from that altitude.
For every miles ascent" he writes,
"96 miles of view open out, so that
at the highest point have reached,
more than four miles, one could see
200 miles on the earth's surface in
every direction, unless low-hanging
clouds lie between the aeronaut and
the rest Of humanity. Sometimes like
fields Of polar ice, sometimes opal and
rose and gold-it is a wonderful thing
to see the upper side of sunset
the floor OF the clouds, ever shifting,
ever taking on more varied shapes,
moves beneath you, or you rise
through high-foating one, In brief
white solitude.
zone side of the cloud floor, may
be red above the last rays of the sun,
while waves of orange, purple and sui
phurous yellow stretch across to the
cold blues Of the east and the silver
splendor Of the moon, for 1t is at full
moon that long distance balloon races
are always arranged to take place.
Here and there fountain-like forms
rise from the mass stretching beneath
you and curl back like giant flowers;
they are currents of hot air breaking
through the cloudbank from below.
'Your pulse rate rises, your respira-
ton grows faster, perhaps your hands
and feet are trifle numb, as the
Paragraph needle rises-indeed, by
this time 1t has risen above the card
entirely, for the instruments common
ly in use record only to $4,000 feet,
and Is making its mark In the metal
cylinder; in time it will leave the cyl
inder altogether.
If you open bottle of water the
air that has been confined at a lower
level pops out as If you were open
ing a bottle Of charged water. Going
higher still-for men have reached an
altitude of seven miles-the air iS so
thin that one must take along oxygen
to breathe, the pressure Of sea level
being is pounds. Up here you are sub
Jected to only half the PRESSURE; you
feel lighter than cork; the nerves are
drawn taut.
If you poke pencil or your finger
into your skin the indentation will
remain just like making hole in a
piece of putty. Doctors call this
'pitting,' and on the surface OF the
earth they take 1t as a proof that life
is extinct. There is less mountain
sickness than one would think, judg-
Ing from the nausea felt on the high
peaks Of the earth, but then in noun
tain climbing there is great physical
exertion, exhaustion even, and here
there is absolute calm-nothing to do
till tomorrow, and that seems long
way ahead with no breeze, no sound,
no motion save as some movement of
your own jars the basket a trifle."-
American Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Trv to Prove Gas Kills Microbes.

Try to Prove Gas Kills Microbes.
Gas companies, faced with the peril
of seeing their product supplanted by
electricity, are struggling vigorously to
find arguments that will prove the SUI
periority OF gas over electricity for
lighting, cooking and heating.
The advocates of electricity urge
that electric lamps do not pollute the
air with the products of incomplete
combustion and do not form hot com.
bustible gases that must be removed.
The advocates of gas reply that the
great production Of heat by gaslight
fixtures brings about natural venti-
lation effect through the air currents it
produces, SO that the deleterious gas
eous products of combustion are never
allowed to accumulate in the air, They
also, assert that microbes in the air are
destroyed by the gas fame and by the
traces of combustion like sulphurous
acid, which exhibit an antiseptic &C.
ton.
DR.. K. Ahlborn reports to German
medical magazine on experiments
made in the Hygienic institute of the
University Of Munich. In room Of
81 cubic meters capacity with arti-
fetal ventilation the number of bacte-
ria in unit volume of air decreased
"a per cent in one hour Under sim.
liar conditions, but with three large
gas flames burning, the number de-
creased 40 per cent in the same pc
Rod
This leads the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical association to remark
that such difference, amounting at
best to only 16 per cent, is too small
to possess any serious significance
from the point Of view Of practical
hygiene"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
To Amuse Children n

So much has been written regarding
entertainment for little folk on rainy
days one would suppose all had been
said. Not SO, for little people will take
great delight in the following pastime,
which is so easy that the mother will
feel well repaid:
Take an old magazine, on it's pages
carefully paste cuttings, some news
illustrations, which make the book
quite attractive. Save the fairy and
other stories which are published in
the Sunday newspapers; ask friend
or two to do the same; supply the
children with blunt-pointed scissors
and jar of paste. The result will be
many happy hours and an amusing as
we'll as instructive book.
OF course, a blank book or scrap
book is more substantial, but for econ
omy and pastime an old magazine
will answer.
Pictures from old calendars are
good, as they usually picture some
noted spot about which mother or
nurse can readily weave some story
starting with the time-honored "once
upon a time"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
ONLY KEY TO GOOD LUCK
self-conquest Always the First Step
Leading to Real Success
In Life.

Is success .'luck?" According to the
president Of the great telegraph COM
pany, 1t depends upon what may be
called stimulated luck" l. e., the art
of taking prompt advantage OF oppor-
tnnities. The telegraph man says, for
instance, that he has conscientiously
kept himself in good condition Of body
and mind, 30 that when opportunity
came he would know 1t and be ready,
adding: There have been great sick
men, but most great men have been
we'll. Edison. is well. Probably none
OF the many victories of Roosevelt's
career was harder won than his vic
tory over physical weakness" Certain
Z IL the victory over self Is the initial
story, says Golfers. He knew this
who wrote that the man who ruleth
his spirit is greater than he that TAX
eth city. After self-conquest, the
habit Of industry is conquerable.
William Goblet, the self-made jour-
nalist who came to America in the
early days and made name for him
self as Peter Porcupine," offers tes-
timony to this effect in his diary when
he writes at an inn: Weary of being
idle. How few such days have spent
in my whole life." Goblet thus re
cords another secret of his triumph
over circumstances:
Scores of gentlemen have at differ
ent times expressed to me their sur
prise that l was always in spirits, that
nothing pulled me down, and the truth
is that, throughout nearly forty years
of troubles, losses and crosses, assailed
all the while by numerous and power
full enemies. :. and performing labors
greater than man ever before per-
formed; all those labors requiring
mental exertion of the highest order;
the truth Is that throughout the whole
of this long time Of troubles and labors
have never known single hour of
real anxiety; the troubles have been
no troubles to me; have not known
what lowness Of spirits mean; have
been more gay and felt less care than
any bachelor that ever lived. You are
always In spirits, Cobbett!' To be
sure, for why should l not? Poverty
have always set at defiance, and l
could, therefore, defy the temptation
of riches"
We have defined worry as diseased
thought" Cobbett's mind was essen
TALLY free from this poison. Is not al
most every man whom we describe as
lucky" equally free from it?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Good Ground From GARBAGE,

Most cities burn their garbage. and
the expense Of disposing Of it is not
small. Seattle, in the state of Wash
ington, has hit upon plan that not
only does away with the cost of an in
GENERATING plant, but increases the
value of city property. A swampy piece
of ground near the city limits was Sc
lected. and on this the garbage was
dumped day by day land spread over
the surface. An antiseptic solution
was sprayed over this, to prevent de-
cay, and porous sand or crushed ashes
were used as the top layer. Finally
grass seed was sown over the plot, and
a highly fertilized piece of ground was
the result. instead of useless swamp.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
WOMEN IN ARsENALs
HANDLE EXPLOSIVES WITH SKILL
AND FEW ACCIDENTS.
Government Declared to Have Gained
HundredfoId Since Their EN-
pIoyment - Quickly Become
Expert, Always Careful.

Much of the important work at the
United States government arsenal at
Frankfort, Pa, Is in the hands of
women who are as skilled at making
deadly weapons as are their sisters as
nurses in army hospitals or on the
fields Of battle. They are regarded
as more trustworthy, proficient and
conscientious than men, and are in
such demand in many departments
that they are worked in two shifts
Even In the fuse room, where the most
dangerous work Is undertaken, wom-
en- are employed and accidents are
few and far between, due in a large
measure, it is declared, to the greater
care taken by the female employees.
Most OF the work in the hands of
the women Is regarded as skilled la
Dor, and 1t is strange to see such cap
tons as Mary Mathews, skilled labor
er." Every precaution is taken to
safeguard the workers and no one is
overworked, but the government has
gained a hundredfold since the wom-
en- have entered the arsenal as work
ers.
Each cartridge inspector in the ar
senal inspects $1,000 cartridges day,
an average that has been maintained
for several years. This work is very
important, for the slightest defect, one
not even to be detected by the expert
enced eye, might mean a premature
Nd &ha - i,
or life to soldier.
1t is interesting to watch the girls,
most Of them quite young, handling the
big machines, some automatic and
some handled, In the rooms where
the cartridges are tapered and clipped.
In this work eight girls are employed
and each one handles $4,000 cartridges
a day
The girls employed on the gauger.
are especially expert, and have been
In the arsenal a number OF years. One
girl gauges the cartridges and two In
spect them The gauger is also an ex-
pert inspector, and when the supply
gets too large for the girls to handle
she assists them.
The cartridge passes from the gaug-
er to weighing machine, and If the
powder shot Is the slightest degree
underweight the machine throws 1t
out. Every cartridge is weighed a
second time. It Is interesting to note
that not an underweight cartridge has
reached the Philadelphia section OF
the arsenal in five months.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Restraint Needed.

What have you to say for your
self" asked the Judge of the prisoner
at the bar.
Gust this. your honor; I'm afflicted
with a dual personality. Good and
evil are constantly at war within me
and the crime Of which / am accused
was committed when my better self
had been overthrown."
I'm that case. the best place for you
Is prison cell, where even If your evil
side does triumph occasionally, It will
only result in a minor infraction Of
the rules; two years"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Horses skull to Improve Acoustics.

Horses Skull to Improve Acoustics.
In demolishing the parsonage of the
Lutheran church, built eighty-two
years ago, the skull Of horse was
found embedded in the wall.
In this section there is a supersti-
ton that If the skull Of horse is
placed under the church It would help
the acoustics properties, and the voice
Of the minister or any one occupying
the pulpit could be heard to better
advantage Elizabethtown Correspon
dence Philadelphia Record
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15

and distance of rs inches between
the heads. The outside measurements
of the bulge must be "a inches. Al
though the barrel may be made in
other forms, it must contain 1850
cubic inches. The use of any other
than the standard barrel or any of its
multiples will be punishable by fine
of $500, or Imprisonment, or both.
The law viii be enforced by the U. S.
Bureau of Standards and the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Weather Forecast.

When the horns Of the moon are
clearly discernible by the naked eye,
It means that there is nothing in the
atmosphere to obscure them. An at
mosphere as clear as this generally
indicates that it has been swept by
the winds in the upper ether. and
these winds win probably reach the
earth before long.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
peeadent sport.

"As matter of fact, a prize-rin9 is
square"
That's true"
And the floor. understand. must
be level"
Yes, but you are speaking literal
Iy. The average prize-ring is neither
square nor on the level"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
Bank More rhat ralI.

Bank notes that speak have been
patented by an English inventor. to
battle forgers. The edge Of the note ia
perforated 30 that. when placed In q
photograph, the rough edge generates
sound waves that form words. A dis
puted note placed In the machine
would say. for instance, = an 9 gem.
Inc sYe-Doand nota."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15

The bill for standard barrel pass
ed by Congress during the closing
hours of the last session, went into eff
feet July 1st. Satisfaction with the
new law has been expressed by mer-
chants, farmers and shippers, through
out the country. For fruit and ivege-
tables and other dry commodities, the
bill provides that the barrel must be
made of slaves % IL inches long.
with heads II 1-S inches in diameter
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
There IL No Luck.

There Is no such thing as luck"
There isn't Ell? Did you ever see
anybody upset an inkstand when It
was empty ?"-Judgs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15

sl4 90 week Double $4,000 to
$2 per week; private
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
MORSE WINS
 STROKE OAR
 ON YALE CREW

New Haven. Conn. April 2s.-An- thony Morse has regained his position as stroke of the Yale varsity crew for the triangular race with Cornell and Princeton a week from Saturday. Will liam Adams, IT,, the big sophomore who stroAed the second Yale varsity to success in the Schuylkill in the blizzard of April 3. and took Morse's place in the varsity soon after the crews returned to New Haven. has been sent by Coach Guy Nickalls to the second boat. That this change will last until after the triangular race was announced by Coach Nickalls yes terday.
 Morse's experience and his finish as an oarsman won for him over the SO phomore. Morse is a senior, is five feet eight inches tall, and weighs 157 pounds, while Adams weighs 1892 and is five feet Il inches tall. Both are shorter and lighter than the average men on the crew.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
GUNBOAT SMITH IS ABOUT READY TO
 RETIRE FROM RING

Discouraged by his recent poor showing, Gunboat Smith is said to be anxious to retire. It is only a short time ago that Smith was regarded as the best of the white hopes He had a. terrific punch which put many opponents away for the count. Lately however. he appears to have sIumped- !. Gunboat's last good bout was the one in which he was credited with de- feating Sam Langford, Nov. 17,-1913. That. victory instead of giving him confidence and causing him to inn prove, had an exactly opposite effecE According to the referee, Smith de- feated the noted negro by outboxing him. This added to the surprise of the occasion, for Smiths lack of box ing skill, always had been something to cause wonder, his terrific overland right being his one and only asset a
 Smiths poor work of late probabIy will prevent the proposed rnasch with Mike Gibbons even if the St Paul phantom's ideas of the worth Of the match undergo a change. Gibbons recently mentioned $1O,0OO as the sum he would require for his end. Evidently Gibbons has not kept in close touch with the situation or he would not have made such a r3dicu- lous demand. In his present form Smith would be a great deal easier for Gibbons than more than onemid- dleweight who is hot on the trail of St. PauIs crack. boxer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
FOUR NIBERSs0F
 NHANG FAMILY IN
 BASEBALlsHARNESS


 An interesting instance of that old uroyerb. "a chip of the sold block. Is the Schang family of baseball players. There are four boys in theA family and i've girls. and all of the boys have earned enviable reputatiOms az base ball players, particularly sVzalIy and Robby. who are at presenter playing in the two major leagues.
 The father of this unusual baseball quartet, too, had his day on the dia- 1nond, and while he did not advance as far as the major leagues, he never sfheIess was considered star back stop for many mdIes around his home town, wales Centre, N r. Therefore, ft was only natural tbat the oldest member of the Schang family of boys should endeavor to emulate his father. and the remaining three, in turn, dis played keen inclination to initiate th s achievements of their older broth aef until at the present time all four are prominent in baseball circles
 The home of the Schangs is on a farm near WaIes Centre, N.sfY. This town is located g miles from the qity of Bufralo Robby Schang, the main stay of the Pittsburgh club in the catching department. and regarded as one of that clubs premier hitters, is the oldest of the family, having been 26 years sldson Dec. 7 last. He is al most four years older than his brother, Waffle, works behind the bat for the Philadelphia Athletics
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
BRAVES GET
 RACAN FROM
 BROOKLYN CLUB

Through the exercise Of his right to claim a player upon whom waivers had been asked Manager George Stall ings of the worlds champion Boston Braves has secured for his team Pat Ragan, for many ears member of the Brooklyn club. Ragan has been ordered to report at once to Manager Sta1lings. He is now in Philadelphia with the Robins.
 The deal is the first that has been brought about through the new rule against the recall of waivers, put through by the. National league at its meeting last. winter. President Ezb- bets asked for waivers a few days ago, but did not plan at that time that any other National league club would. se- cure the pitcher. His plan was to get waivers and then send Ragan to the Newark club of the International league.
 Boston blocked this deal by making a demand for the player. President Ebbets put up a protest against turn ing Ragan over to the Braves, where upon Owner James E.. Ganney of the Boston club appealed to President John K. Tener of the National league.
 After hearing all the facts in the case President Tener awarded Ragan to the Braves, at the same time send ing notice to the player at Philadel- phia that he was the property of the Braves and should report to Manager Sta1lings at once.