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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
GOD BLESS OUR DAD.

We happened into a home the
other night, and over the parlor
door saw the legend worked in
letters of red, what is Home
Without a Mother 2" Across the
room was another brief, God
bless our Home"
Now what's the matter with
"God Bless our Dad!' He gets
up early, lights the fire, boils an
egg, and wipes the dew off the
lawn with his boots while many
mother is sleeping. He makes
the weekly hand out to the
butcher, the milkman and the
baker, and his little pile is badly
demolished before he has been
home an hour.
If there is noise in the night,
Dad is kicked in the back and
made to go downstairs and find
the burglar and kill him. Moth
er darns the socks, but Dad
bought the socks in the first
place and the needles and the
yarn afterwards. Mother does
up the fruit; Dad bought it all,
and jars and sugar cost the
mischief.
Dad buys the chicken for Sun
day dinners, serves them him
self, and draws the neck from
the ruins after everybody else
is served. "What is Home With
out a Mother?" Yes, that is all
right, but what is Home With
out Father ~ Ten chances to
one it is boarding house; faith
er is under a slab, and the land
lady is the widow. Dad, here's
to you'll You've got your faults,
you may have lots of them, but
you are all right and we will
miss you when you are gone.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
WHAT YOU'LL EAT
BEFORE YOU DIE

If you are of average weight,
height, and appetite and live to
be seventy-five you will have eat.
en- fifty-four tons of solid food
and fifty-three tons of liquid
That is about 1900 times your
own weight.
If you we're to stack the bread
you will have consumed in this
number of years the pile woulo
equal fair-sized building. The
amount Of butter you will have
used on this bread would come
to a ton and quarter. If you
are a lover of bacon and were to
stretch that which you have eat
en- out in single slices four miles
would be the length. Five tons
of fish and 10000 eggs would
stand to your credit, while the
normal cheese eater would easily
have consumed 400 pounds.
The vegetables you have eaten
would fill train three miles
long. Yon will have consumed
some 10000 pounds of sugar
and 1900 pounds of salt. II
you are q smoker YOU will have
used about q half ton Of tobacco
in pipes and viii have smoked
| 100000 cigarettes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
WHISKEY NOT A MEDICINE.

A despatch comes from Wash
ington on July 9th stating that
the National Pharmacopoeia
Committee, composedof51 of the
leading physicians of the count
ry, has eliminated whiskey and
brandy from the new edition of
the United States Pharmacopoe-
la which will be issued about
July LIST, 1916.
This means that these liquors
have been declared officially to
be neither drugs nor medicine.
The dispatch states that after
the publication of the new book
whiskey and brandy cannot leg
ally be sold by druggists as med
icine and that regular saloon
license will be required for hand
ling them. If this is true the
elimination will prove a great
blow to the blind pigs that are
selling these liquors under the
guise of medicine. 1t is known
that one of the main reason for
the action which was taken was
because very few physicians now
prescribe liquor even as tonic.
There is very serious question
as to whether or not the removal
of these articles from the phar-
macopoeia will have any effect
on their sale in drug stores. The
writer Of the dispatch is doubt
less in error in so stating because
the committee is not a govern
ment committee and the pharma-
copoeia is not an official publica-
ton of the government. A great
many things are now sold in
drug stores as medicine that are
not listed in it.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
WHY YOU ARE NERVOUS

The nervous system is the alarm system
of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that
we have network of nerves, but when
health is ebbing, when strength is declin-
ing, the same nervous system gives the
alarm in headaches, tiredness, dreamful
sleep, irritability and unless corrected,
leads straight to a breakdown.
To correct nervousness, Scott's Emul-
sion is exactly what you should take; its
rich nutriment gets into the blood and
rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-cel1s while
the whole system responds to its refresh
ing tonic force. 1t is free from alcohol.
Scott & Bovine, Bloomfield N. J.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22

evening. At a late hour the
hostess served a delicious lunch
con, which was enjoyed by all
present.
Those present were: Misses
Leta Custer, Edna Jefferys, Ma
bel Brandenburg, Euiah Right,
Willamena Barrick, Carol Thomp-
son, Tavern Blatchford, Algie
Werner and Iona Robinson.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
900

A gentleman at one Of our
boarding houses, after having
beans showed at him each meal
for two straight weeks, asked
the waiter to please read the
eight verse Of the thirteen chap
ter Of Hebrews. We imagine
this will make some Of our read
ers get the dust off their Bibles.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
ENTERTAINED.

The members of the Scilorf
Sewing Club were delightfully."-
entertained Friday evening, Jul
ly Is, by Miss Iona Robinson at
her home on Serpell Avenue.
The evening was spent in sew
ing and various games. Miss AL
gle Werner was the guest of the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
.nnl-

The most diseraceful sight
one ever sees in this town is a
number of young bows. not yet
in their teens, with ciearetts in
their mouths. A boy behind a
cigarette is fit subject for the
reform school.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-07-22
CITY DIRECTORY
Mayor, w. B. Huffman.

Recorder, Clark Cade.
Councilmen-First Ward, M. Wer-
ner, L. D. Kittle; Second Ward, Rob-
ert Pitman, j. M. Bartlett; Third Ward,
Roy Nestor, Henry Moore; Fourth
Ward, l. F. Right, F. E. Thompson.
Chief of Police and City Collector,
M. D. Gamer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-07
C'Donovan Rosa and Itinerary

ODonovan Rosa, whose death il
announced was probably the first man
to say, It's a long way to Tipperary,
for he was made NJ. P. for that place
without the possibility of actually sit
ting for it, His friends elected him,
Immediately after his release from
prison in 1869, but as he had been
found guilty of treason felony a new
writ was ordered and Tipperary saw
Rosa no more. The House OF Com
mons, however. once did. About 20
years ago he posted himself in the
gallery under the clock and demand
ed the Speakers permission to reply
to some charges made against him in
Truth He was Immediately hustled
out,
Rossa's trial for treason had one ex-
ts'aordinary feature-the use which the
prisoner made of his judges old rebel
speeches. The judge of Keogh, who
had once trod the primrose path of
Fenian oratory. keogh made no sign
as O'Donovan Rosa cited specimen
after specimen of the judges treas
enable" language, but took it out lat
err when he sentenced the culprit to
transportation for life.-London
Chronicle. -... . -
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CHURCH NOTICES

Baptist church, Newhan street, Rev
Ernes, NJ u Holman. pastor Morning
speak upon the theme, The Woman at
the Well; Bible school at 70 o'clock.
and all are most cordially welcomed; YES
pers in the church vestry at o'clock.
Song service led by Harry A. Plummer
subject Of the discourse by the pastor.
The LeDer': PRAYER service each Tues
day evening at 40 o'clock. a. which the
whole church meet for an hour Of devo-
Of interest to all and will consist of
studies in the Epistle of St Paul. The
lesson for this week is in Titus, Chap
ter !.
Church of the immaculate Heart. High
Mass at so A. M; High Mass at 1000
A. Nj. vespers at 800 7. NJ.
Rev. FIR. Alexandra Dugre has enter
tanned number of Fathers, this week.
at his home on High street. The party
( Fr. Bourheau, Rev FIR. Arcand of Three
Rivers. Quebec. Rev. FIR. Charland, Rev.
FIR. Monorgues Of Waterville The three
Fathers coming from Canada, made the
for their homes. on Friday, Mass was
held at the church Of the Immaculate
Heart. AT 500 4. NJ. and at 80 A. NJ.
Benediction and Holy Hour was observe /
in The evening for an hour, beginning at
rs +. NJ.
c. @. Perry pastor: Morning service at
1885 A. NJ, discourse by the pastor: Bible
school and Sunday school at = NJ: eve
ming service at 100 P. M The regular
weekly meeting of the Epworth League
will he held on Tuesday evening, Aug. 10,
al the church yestry at 80 ?. NJ. The
leader Of the meeting will he Earle
! Sleeves. The subject Of the evenings
/ meeting viii he My Favorite Bible
/ Character and Why: the weekly prayer
meeting will be held Friday evening at
80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-07
Miss fife Rice

The many old friends of Miss Fife
Rice have been greatly shocked and
saddened this week by the news of her
sudden death at Palm Beach, Fla.
Miss Rice was born and lived part Of
her girlhood here and was well known
and loved by many. She was on a
motor boat sail on Lake Worth in
company with her sister. Mrs. Amy
Rice Doe and husband, John Doe. their
son Dudley and daughter Fife and i've
other friends one evening last week.
The gasoline engine was not worliru
right and the captain OF the boat at
tempted TO adjust il causing the gas
oline To escape and take fire from 1ea
rear light. His Clothes were in flames
anG some one shouted to him to jump
into the water, Miss Ellie and Mrs
Amy Doe understood the order TO he
for all 10 jump ard die SO. the hoy
Dudley also jumping over "a hcIp them.
Though Int Il Years Cd he s .. g.
ceiient sw-mrne- ard supported both
his 'rotA7r arc Aanj Eale who c,uns
'r-cjhr,, - All ne~c busy cxtin-u.eh-
ms tbs re none cf the three were
missed ant! the boat reached the doc,
sbout a 'c'.2drcd yards. Their Dudley's
cry Tor rep was heard ard Mr. Doe
Sv'a7' ea't~ta them II tf4e 62:li-Ie:-s.
When brought to hind Mrs Ton vas
unconscious, bu: enlllv revived: NJ Ms
Eff1e'e life had gone cut The r7hvsicia,
summoned pronounce7 I rot GROW ming.
but heart failure caused by the ri h
and shock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-07

Mr. and Mrs Fred Nelson of Bev-
erly. Mass. have been visiting at W.
r. Wards
Mrs. Bula Farnsworth is visiting
relatives at Saugus, Mass.
Mrs. Ola Goodwin and Eartlette
Lamson have gone to Temple Heights
for week or more
Misses Edith and Mary Washburn
are entertaining a party of girl friends
at their lake camp.
VIM. L. Lucas Of Waltham, Mass,
is a guest at Oak Crest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taught Of Swampscot.
Mass. are at Maplewood Farm for the
month Of August.
The household goods of Miss Ellen
Shaw, lately deceased. We're sold at
public auction last Wednesday,
The drama "A Foul Tip" will be
presented at the Grange hall next Fri
day evening by the Grange Dramatic
Club. 1t will he followed by a dance
The China Baseball nine will play
against the Winnecook Camp boys at
Unity next Saturday.
A new entertainment feature in the
village is q moving picture show Civ
en- each Saturday evening in the
Grange hall.
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A French Boys Pluck.
youths Companion)

A patient in the American Ambu-
lance Hospital at Neuilly- Seine
tells the following story of one Of his
comrades:
I'VE had been living in the trenches
for days with the water above our
ankles. AT that time our trenches
were only So yards away from the
German trenches, so that we could
hear the enemy talking and whistling,
and. indeed, we often called across TO
them.
"One day. young p, who was hot
tempered chap about q years of age,
threw down his shovel and said that
he wouldn't work in such a nasty hole
another moment, and that he had
rather die at once from a German
bullet than live another day in the
trench. Anyhow, he was going out
to chop some wood for a floor and
let the Germans shoot him if they
wished.
"Thereupon P calmly crawled out of
the trench, walked to a woodpile in
full sight Of the Germans, and began
making planks from the wood. He
worked a whole hour; for the Germans
were SO much astonished at his au-
dacity, and so delighted with his
pluck, that they made no attempt to
stop him.
When he had finished the needed
pile Of boards. P. as calmly carried
them into the trench: and the men
made good floor. Of them"
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Famous Red-Heaaed Men

History shows that few great gen
fuses had red hair Alone among the
poets Of the world was Swinburne.
whose hair was distinctly reddish and
a-aong the great reformers only John
Bunyans hair was really red.
The haxen- haired blonde or the man
whose hair when an adult is a true
yellow also remains marked apart as
being unlikely to possess genius.
should one such be, his only COM
ramon will he Thackeray, whose hair
is described as yellow. Mr.. Charles
kassel has carefully reviewed the BIZ
oc-raphies of most of the eminent peo-
ple Of the world and has tabulated
the results of his work so far as the
color of the hair is concerned.
Dark brown to black is the prevail
ing hue on the heads Of great men.
A list of fifty names has been compiled
in which the color Of the hair is given
by biographers, and 80 per cent are
dark brown or black. There is not,
strange to say. a single mention of
premature grayness. nor single case
Of that ashen brown hair known as
-'singed" or mouse color"
The structure of the hair-whether
STRAIGHT or curly-is given IN twenty
six of Mr.. kassels list of geniuses.
and of these all but four possessed
curly or wavy hair. 1t is extremely
notable that of the remaining four,
Napoleon and President Jackson were
the two remarkable for ''wiry hair,
and that James Russell Lowell and
Greg were those having lank straight
hair. The poets ''ringlets" and the
musicians shock of hair are by this
list seen not 10 be mere accidents,
but in some strange way are co-or-
dinated to their powers and the gen.
erai popular instinct is not at fault.
The color of boards also arouses
many points of interest. All the an
Gent tapestries show Cain and Judas
lscariot with yellow or red boards, and
Pontius PLATE in ancient art always
was given a beard. reddish beard,
however, does not carry the signifi-
canoe that goes with red hair, for a
large number of eminent men with
dark brown hair have had reddish
boards. Sometimes the eyelashes
have been rudy. Savonarola, who had
almost black hair, having startlingly
red eyebrows and eyelashes. But, as
a general rule here also a silky brown
beard, when accompanied by fine
curling dark-brown hair is the most
usual characteristic shown in the BIZ
ogra plies of men whose names have
been handed down to fame.-TitB Bits.
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graph line from Washington to Balti-
more. Most of the members of the
committee looked upon Morse as a
visionary. and his proposal as imprac
ticable.
On the last day of the session Morse
went to the committee room and told
them that he had stretched wire to
the top of the Capitol building. and
had a young man up there. If they
would write message he would send
it up; and the young man would bring
them a copy of it. None of them be-
lieved it could be done Judge Caruth
ers. however. pulled the envelope of a
letter out Of his pocket and wrote a
message. Mr.. Morse. who had his in
strument with him. sat down and sent
the message. In a few minutes the
young man walked into the room with
an exact copy Of the message. The
committee reported favorabiy. and
recommended the appropriation.
The bill passed just before the ad-
journment. Some one went TO M.
Morses boarding house to inform him
that the appropriation was made. The
daughter of the landlady went to Mr..
Morses room, walked him, and gave
him the welcome news. He said to
her. My daughter, you shall send the
first message that goes from Washing
ton to Baltimore" That promise was
fulfilled when she sent the famous
message: What hath God wrought"
Judge Caruthers was an ardent
Wing, and in 1S43 the Wings were
very angry with President Tyler.
whom they accused Of betraying the
party The message that Judge Ca
ruthers sent from the committee room
to the young man at the top of the
Capitol was: Tyler deserves to be
hanged"
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RIDGE ROAD

Dorothy Balentine, with her parents,
celebrated the fifth anniversary Of her
birthday on Thursday in Waterville.
Mrs. n. G. Chapman and daughter
leila visited Mrs. Fraser Gee this
week.
Mrs. Elton Aver of North Tassal-
boro was the guest Monday of her
sister, Mrs. L. ?. Sturtevant-
Mrs. Leonard Parkhurst of West
brook. Vivian Smith of Lakeside Drs.
w. NJ. and Nora Brown. Miss Sara
Copp and Mrs. Lottie Smith of Wat
erville were callers this week at the
home of A. T. Craig.
Mrs. George Wood of Fairfield Cen
ter visited Wednesday her sister, Mrs.
L. L. Wilcox.
Miss Marguerite Craig passed a few
days at Snow pond this week. the
guest Of Miss Vivian Smith.
Alnon Goodwin and Prof Merlin
Joy had a long automobile drive one
day this week. They started early in
the morning from Fairfield, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Almon Goodwin, Mrs.
Merlin JOY. and Mrs. L. Smell, and
drove to Old Orchard. They left the
ladies al the Simpson campmeeting
and returned to Fairfield the same
day.
Miss Beatrice Drawn accompanied
her aunt, Mrs. E. F. Mitchell, this
week to Boston, where she will remain
until September sixth
Mrs. Ella Thurston. matron at the
Bailey Cottage Good Will. who is Wis
iting Mrs. Kate B. Ellis intends going
TO California soon to pass a year with
her sister.
Mrs. Chester Emery passed Tues
day in Augusta.
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CLINTON

Mrs. Harry Grindell and two chill
dren of Winslow and Mrs. Anna Book
er Of Canaan are guests Of Mrs. Eu-
gene Lewis Morrison Corner.
Fred Gerald has been confined to his
home by sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Elliott and sons
have returned to their home in Lynn
by auto.
Mrs. Ernest Pratt and three sons
are guests of Mr.. Pratt's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Asa Pratt.
Major and Mrs. c. c. Whitcomb Of
Fort Mckinley and son Clement, who
is a student at West Point, are guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Shaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Lancy of Dor
chester, Mass, have been guests of her
sister, Mrs. 0. P. Wheeler
A little girl arrived last week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Bracket.
| Mrs. Charles Clement and two chill
dren, Vashti and Stanley, have return
ed from a visit with her people in
Monticello.
| Mrs. Alta Bickford of Lowell. Mass,
| is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benson Peavey.
| Ralph CLANCY is at home from his
| work in the northern part of the State
for q stay with his family.
! Miss Vora Kaub Of Portland is the
guest Of her uncle, Charles Spaulding.
Franz Whitman was in Bangor
Tuesday on business.
| Mr.. Gerald Of Canaan is visiting his
son Perley.
The annual picnic of the Wesleyan
Club was held Tuesday at Mr.. With
ans cottage up the Sebasticook. A
large number was present and a good
| time enjoyed.
Miss Hope Loder is visiting relatives
! in Winthrop.
Rev. Arthur Phelps Of Waterville is
to speak at 2.3O Sunday in Good Will
Pines.
A, family reunion was held at Frank
| Shaw's Thursday, while all the cousins
were served a dinner by Miss Winni-
fred at the home of DR.. A. A. Shaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gerald and
son Leland, also Geo. Jones passed
Burton Batcheldor.
Earl Steeu, VINO mas peeH WOThlilS
! for All Gerald in haying, finished work
Thursday night.
George Jones is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Blanche Gerald.
Mr. and Mrs. Al. Gerald and son
Harry passed Thursday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Gerald.
Mrs. Lizzie Goodridge, who is very
i'll with heart trouble. is reported as
comfortable as can be expected.
Miss Agatha Bickford of Skowhe-
gan is passing a couple Of weeks with
her friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Burton
Batcheldor.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Hoxie and son
Nathan called one day recently at
Ralph Geralds.
Mrs. Burton Bachelor and Miss
Agatha Bickford celebrated their
birthday Thursday evening.
Burton Batchelder passed the after
noon one day recently with Bert Ger
aid
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NORTH CLINTON

Several parties of berrypickers from
Benton and Burnham were in the
place Thursday in search OF raspber-
ries. but they are very. scarce, owing
to the heavy rains which beat them
off as soon as they ripened. Grain
is lodged badly and peas are rotting
and the pods dropping OFF before ma
turing.
Miss Gladys Huskins of Presque Isle
is passing a vacation Of two weeks
with her friend. Miss Eva Foster.
Lottie Hicks of Canaan is assisting
Mrs. A. \. Gerald in the house through
haying and Guy Dixon and George
Crosby are working for Mr.. Gerald.
F. D. Marston and Vincent Gowen
went to Sybley's pond on a fishing
trip Thursday and each secured nice
string of fish.
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PUBLICITY FOR
SCHOOL needs

Frank publicity in securing the CO.
operation of the community in the
work Of the schools is urged by W. s
Deffenbaugh, Of the L. s. Bureau Of
Education. in report on School
Progress in the Smaller Cities" just
issued
School boards that are managing
the schools ably and honestly do not
fear to turn on the searchlight," de-
clares Mir. Deffenbaugh. The senti-
ment is growing among school boards
that the public should know how its
money is expended. In the most pro-
gressiye schools, the board and the
superintendent are presenting facts TO
the people either in printed reports. IN
rewspaper articles. or by both.
Some schoolnen, however. object
to furnishing the newspap ers with
school information on the ground that
they are thereby advertising them
selves. superintendent who was
complaining about lack Of interest
among the parents in the scools Of his
city was asked whether he reported
the progress Of the schools through
the local papers. He replied that he
did not believe in advertising him.
self He failed TO grasp the idea
that school news is not for the pur-
pose of boosting superintendent:
besides being legitimate news. il calls
attention to the needs of the work Of
the school so that the school may be-
come more efficient.
I'm several cities. as Fredonia,
Kans. there is an educational issue of
the local paper. In some other cities
there are daily school news notes On
the whole. the public is becoming
better informed regarding the schools
than it was a few years ago. The
tendency is toward greater publicity
by means of printed reports and
newspaper articles.
That the schools can work to ad-
vantage through women's civic i'm
provement clubs and through parent
teacher associations has been thor
oughly demonstrated in many of the
smaller cities. Such clubs are often
instrumental in the introduction of
kindergarten manual training, and
domestic science. The superintendent
Of one school utilized the women's
clubs of the city by asking that each
club give some consideration to the
question. What can be done to i'm
prove the efficiency of your schools :?
Each club discussed the question and
sent a representative to present to thu
teachers the ideas Of the club. In