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iTALY,,is! LOGIC.

The announcement by the German
Imperial ehancelio OF the details of
the concessions offered by Austria
Hungary % Italy, with a guarantee
rom Germany that they would be car.
rled into erect, and of Italy's refusal
70 accept them seems to settle the
Course that country win pursue. Her
choice, Us made clear by events Of
the last few weeks, emphasized by
a revolt IN TFiest and riots in many
Of her cities. was war or revolution
ana the oyerthrowso Of the dynasty.
Anstgats concessions were broad
enough 10 satisfy italian ambition.
But, aside from Italy's inability to
control the situation at home, there
was OF course doubt whether, If Ger.
many and Austria were victorious or
fought TO 4 draw. Italy would reap
spoils taken under duress. Austria
could hardly bel blamed If she refused
to turn over territory wrested from
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her at the point of pistol II refusal
was safe. The German guarantee
might be like the guarantee of Bel.
GUMS neutrality IL it were to Ger
many's interest to repudiate her
pledge. The pro-war leaders of Italy
see. safety for her only by sealing
with her blood what she gets by
threatening with the sword.
Italy actually cast the die when
she isolated herself by refusing to
Join her old allies when war broke
out. She was either with Germany
or against her and the day of reck-
oning was sure to come unless she
found friends able and willing to back
her up. Having burned the bridges
that Joined her to the Triple Alliance,
the logic of events inevitably forced
her to join England, Russia and
France. And she is choosing critical
moment to cast her sword into the
scale.
Our own interest in her entry in
the conflict is naturally acute. We
are not weak enough to wish to save
ourselves from the stern test even of
war by seeing possible enemy beset
In the rear But the demands this
country has made upon Germany are
more foFsbnmanity than for ourselves.
They are meant Safeguard the free:
dom Of the seas, to preserve sume;
thing Of international law that is
being trampled upon by all the com.
batants. II Germany's present dilem-
ma forces her to listen to the voice
Of reason, 1t may gain her more than
she loses by Italy's plunge.-Baltimore
Sun.
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CHARLESTON J0TT!NGS
BY |. 9. soGGs.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 21.-
While 1t is yet too early to make any
definite predictions as to Just what
will be done and what will not be done
at the extra session of the legislature,
now holding forth in this city, the
forces Of the administration are rally.
ing to the colors In noble fashion and
1t looks as II the greater part OF the
propaganda of the Governor will be
put through before the meeting is
over.
The enemies OF the Governor are
trying by every means at their dis
posal to "stall" the session and to drag
things out and to block temporarily at
least all the good moves that come up.
So far they have been met with keen
resistance and set back in their very
movement to hold up the progress Of
the session.
The efforts OF Senator Rosenbloom
of Wheeling to put over a resolution
which would hold up the progress OF
the legislature for several days at
least, while useless committee made
q more useless investigation to as
certain, as 1t were, whether or not
there is deficit in the state funds and
whether OF uOt. tGblutl5 suOuiu pS tahVh
to remedy the situation, and II 80
what action should be taken. OF all
silly twaddle, the efforts OF some Of
the members of the senate this morn
ing. to block progress was the most
astounding. They took exception to
reports that have been made to date
as to the condition of the state
finances and intimated that there was
e possibility that some Of the re-.
ports were not strictly correct. They
also stated that so many and conflict.
ing reports had been made that they
were not Just sure how things stood
and that they would appreciate an
investigation Immediately by care.
fully selected" committee Of their own
choice. The opponents Of the Gov
ernor stated that even IL all the re-
ports made thus far were absolutely
correct, they wanted a committee to
make an investigation for their special
benefit at the present time, and that
they might hear from the lips OF the
said committee things they had al:
ready heard often before they were
willing even insistent; that a great
.emnunt of valuable time be taken up
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After Dinner Minis.

The Ignorance OF some persons is
appalling. Here is WEEK Jones adj
hitting he doesn't know what pot
ticker is. Say, il you just add little
Shepherds purse and Dandelfon to the
mustard sprouts and take the rind on
the ham hook 1t can't be beat-and We
haven't tasted 1t for 80 years.
A Scottdale (Pa) man got the baby
to sleep easily for the first time in
four years and refused to shoot at a
burglar for fear OF waking the baby.
Twas a hard choice, but we approve
of his judgment.
/ They appointed committee In
Chicago to ascertain whether or not
saloons were opened on Sunday. II
the average Chicagoan didn't find his
saloon open on Sunday it would be
worth recording.
1.-THE Boston Y. w. G. A. has decided
that woman no longer is a young
woman at 80. Col. Lii Russell will
now rise in her righteous anger.
Possibly the reason the barefoot
boy has become extinct is that the
farmers son finds 1t difficult to press
the pedals of his automobile with
bare feet.
Mr.. Barnes may as we'll save his wit
nesses; we'll concede no one ever was
a boss of T. Roosevelt successfully.
The Germans have bomb to drop
from airships and make a fog over
London. If that isn't painting the lily,
what is?
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much in one Of its notes to Germany.
Both Great Britain and Germany have
ignored the declaration by sowing sub
marine mines in the highways OF com:
merce. With the declaration and
many other treaties treated as scraps
Of paper, it Is realized by all self.
respecting nations that their rights
must be guarded by themselves. They
dare not trust to The Hague conVen-
lions or any other statements OF inter
national law. They can rely only upon
their own strength Washington Post.
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Al politician, will work late at night,
but getting UP early in the morning is
another proposition, at least 1t looks
that way when one considers the time
action starts each day.
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>S~SNS@0N~S>
in this foolish investigation. They
tried, vainly, to- construe sections OF
the Governors message to mean that
he would be in-accord with such
policy. ...
While It is generally understood in
Charleston that an agreement has
been reached in the senate to put
through some or all of the revenue
propositions made by the Governor,
thereis said to be considerable friction
in the house OF delegates and that
1t will take little time to "fron out"
this rough spot infthe plans. and for
this reason many believe that even II
things go through in fairly good time,
lit will be well into next week before
the extra session can come to close.
There Is possibility that the session.
will continue even later than that, II
any unexpected crisis takes place.
Charleston is running over with
politicians, great and small, wise and
otherwise. Problems of the greatest
interest to all the voters and property
holders OF the state will be worked
out to some sort of a conclusion be-
fore the session is over. 1t is going
to be fight to finish between the
supporters of the Governor and those
who are opposed to his methods. 1t
will be keen, hard. bitter fight to
the last ditch, with the odds favoring
the forces Of the administration.
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The Germans have a bomb to drop
from airships and make fog over
London. II that isn't painting the lily,
what is?
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rwo semi 1o PRlsoN.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, May q

PARKERsBURG, ". Va, May IL
On charge Of breaking into house
boat and stealing some rope, Jesse
Swain has been sentenced by Judge F.
H. McGregor to serve six years in the
State Penitentiary. Bernard Johnson,
negro, got an intermediate sentence
of from five to Is years in the peniten;
tiary for shooting and wounding Carl
Bell.
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FRlpA MAY j 81. 1915.
aatrlsaE AaIN lET. CHANGES.


coIIapss Of the British cabinet and
the formation OF new ministry will
be pretty generally regarded as con
elusive evidence that the war has not
been Progressing satisfactorily to that
Foyernment and nation. There has
been serious friction over the man
agement % both the army and the
navy, and, worse yet from the British
standpcint, there has not been that
unity tnStheE supporting forces at home
witch IS essential to aggressiyeness
and efficiency. Hence Great Britain
ii doing in the tenth month of the
connict what France did early last fall
III Is recasting its government SO
rs TO bring into high executive posts
teptesentatiyesg OF the various parties
and substituting a coalition cabinet
Tor q Liberal ministry. The UnIonists
and ether elements Of the opposition
are gwen proper recognition and
clothed with responsibility for the
tttnre. a
IL WIN DO said by Germans and
doubtless by neutrality-suspicious. more dis
interested that this British crisis Is
nuuiyalent TO an admission of failure
In the field and on the sea, II not the
sorerunner OF eventual defeat. But
The explanation IS sure to be forth
coming that the episode is simply in
iine With traditional British expert
anees that Great Britain never really
develops rs full ytgorI until It has had
It's staggering reyerses and has been
stifred by blunde rs; misfortunes and
disasters There is not great deal
81 comfort orreassurance to be de-
rived from that sort OF q statement,
however. The outside sworld will want
aome proof Of the pudding. 1t. will
prefer 10 await demonstrations Sof
larger Effectiveness before making up
Its mind Mhethe Ter the cabinet has been
done over so much to strengthen an
already strong position as to avert
t1rther mistakes and humiliations.
From the Outset there has not been
the solidarity among Britons that
would appear 70 beEyital If 1T is hoped
10 emerge from this war successfully.
That condt tion may be improved by
the shit Of ministers that has been
determined upon! IN the meantime
the skeptteaI will do well to remem-
her that ordinarily. the British gov
eminent moves with extreme caution
and only after careful inquiry and
investigaton. e this has been the
course withgegardS to the cabinet, and
the aetion taken IS not. due to state
of panic. We may look for decidedly
interesting developments on the con.
tnent tsburgh Gazetteer Times.
80 40 n / = = r. j..
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Mr.. Barnes may as we'll save his wit
nesses: we'll concede no one ever was
a boss Of T. Roosevelt successfully.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-21
Drink Water and Live a Century.

A Roumanian scientist claims that
anyone can live to be one hundred
years old, barring accidents, II he
drinks enough water. He declares he
has discovered that old age Is due to a
decrease in the amount of water in
the system and that Father Time may
be checkmated by systematic water
drinking during middle age.
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It is costing the state about $1,000
a day to keep the legislature in ses.
sion, and yet some of the "able" poll
ticians think that that an investigation
which would use up loads OF good time
and money would bring no definite re.
suit, would be greatly rellshed by the
voters, who are footing the bills.'
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II the senate chamber is to be made
vaudeville stage, then Senator
Strother is very able senator. Other
wise he is very ordinary representa-
tive OF the people, but a right-bower
to the corporation interests as time
killer.
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The corporation interests are going
to make a hard fight against the
proposition.to tax them one half Of one
per cent on net income, but it seems
likely that the measure will be put
through.
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APPRECIATION.

ITS good have some fell disease, the rheumatism
In your knees boils upon your neck; it's good to
suiar and then from SPAWN, bunion boil wen,
and be total wreck for when you have your health
once MORE gouTestWce as happy as before the punk
you're in. when anguish dies, and you've painless
frame. The delegate who's never ILL., who never needs
The druggists dill or hears the doctors ring, can't
realxo how lie sSblest In perfect health he finds
reat its such common thing. Then rheumatism hits
bis bones and miles away you hear his sgroans as he
ononts his legs rends his garb and tears his hair
and large pieces from his chair and for the saw
bones beEs Then understand that heath,s
blessing great and that every should prize;
III get we'll instead and all my agones dsr
10 cries ~ viii not howl unless I'm hurt will not raj
Of aficons hawls man Is feeling we'll he ha
ieu Whatever Woss lbefall 5 ss gF
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When in doubt call for recess. That
is one motion that always gets over In
good fashion.
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Editorial Comments
on Current Subjects

We are not contemplating war, but
as reasonable degree of preparation
Is generally regarded as desirable, It
Is sreassuring to learn from Admiral
Dewey, who may be supposed to know
something about it, that our navy is as
good as any navy In the world in ships,
guns and officers, and better In men.
He would like to have the navy larger,
but sees no other respect in which 1t
could be improved. Its efficiency, he
says, has been improving in the last
fifteen years. This ought to silence
the Gardeners of every sort who are in
a state OF panic over our defepseless'
ness, says the Philadelphia Record.
We shall go on building a moderate
number OF hattleships, but the value
Of the battleships Is still matter of
dispute, and the result OF the wars
teachings my be that We shall discon-
tlnue the big ships and build only sub
Notwithstanding Herald.
When the United States demands
that Germany shall cease operations
which jeopardiZe the lives OF Ameri.
cans, 1t raises a question that cannot
be settled by arbitration. Practically
the whole civilized world was repre-
sented at the naval conference IN
London, where the laws OF naval war.
fare were under consideration. The
result was the Declaration of London,
a body of law intended to ciyilize
naval warfare. But the Declaration OF
London Is a dead letter, and the
United States has officially said as
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
Had PeIIagra Seven Years
Thanks God He's Cured

towards, S. C.-David G. Pate, of this
place, writes: II am glad to say to you,
after waiting forty days, that l still feel
like I am cured of pellagra. I had this
disease for the last seven years. The
fourth day after beginning your medicine
l went back to work and have been able
to do my work ever since. l thank God
for your remedy"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late. 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn,
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue a flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co., box 2O8S, Jasper Ala, remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
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WAS DOUBLING UP ON LIFE
Small Girls Unfortunate Remem.
brance of Mothers Remark
Caused Embarrassment.

Col George Harvey said at ban
quet In his honor in New York:
1--WE editors like criticism, espe
cially when it is Of the very favorable
kind that I've received this evening.
But not all criticism Is favorable
even for the most successful editors
A good many editors, in fact, otter
find themselves in the position of the
rich old broker whose little grand
niece said:
"'Uncle, how long do people live?'
THE natural span of mans life,
the uncle answered, is, as the Coco
Book tells us, three score years ant
ten
"Oh, then you'll live to be one hun
dred and forty, won't you uncle?'
THE old man looked around the
room crowded with relatives and
laughed heartily.
why, no. he said. Why, no. How
do you make that QUIZ
Isn't it true, then said the little
girl-'isn't it true what mamma says
about you living a double life?'"-
Washington Star.
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Ugh! CALONEL MAKES YOU SICK!
GIEAv AND BOWELS MY WAY
liver Tone" When Bilious, Consti.
bn't Lose a Days Work

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn.
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chill
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodsons Liver Tone instead of dan.
gerous cal0mel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.
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Health and Excitement.

The sick rate in Russia has de-
creased since the war began. Part of
the improvement-doubtless the great
er parts due to the passing Of
vodka, but something must be said for
the curious way in which the human
frame reacts to excitement and de-
velops resistance to disease under the
stimulus of strong interests or emo
lions.
The refugees from San Francisco,
for example, had not been devotees of
vodka, but they showed wonderful
health record during their period Of
enforced open-air life and short COM
mons.
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Life in London

On the day after the visit Of the
German ZeppeIins there occurred in
Southwark - so a wireless message
from Berlin asserts-the following coz,
yersation:
Betsy" whispered Mr. James, lead
ing his wife into the darkest corner of
the cellar, here is a wallet. You will
find in it all our valuable papers, the
stocks and bonds, my will, my insur,
ance policies, and the lock Of baby's
hair cut off on his first birthday
Good-by, Betsy. If | fail to return
bring up our children to be good Eng
fish men and women"
"Oh, James, dear, you are not going
On a dangerous journey, are you?"
Yes, dearest, l must go up to the
first floor. New York Evening Post
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-. SHIPMENT ORDERED IN
LAhon FOR NEXT YEARS
LOUISIANA CROP
SAYS PATRONAGE IS ASSURED
o.,I.osibIe Crate Is Also Being
= .s..,+ad. Which Will Cost Lit
=" a.ore, But Is Improvement.
New Orleans.

49, thousand dollars for one Or
- # canliHower seed. That is only
y y. contribution of the LafOurche sec
= towards Louisiana diversified
mming. ill.,.
40. caulifower was raised there
~ acreage was small, the crop fine
u The proft large. The caulihower
a,,locad the California and Florida
,rducts in the New York market and
nfropage is assured. The caulihower
ron first prize at the San Francisco
Frposition, on CALIFORNIA; own soil.
Three hundred pounds OF seed were
.,dsred direct from Copenhagen,
n.nmark the large and combined Or
i, assuring the highest type Of spe-
s,llv grown and inspected seed. There
III bs at least three hundred cars OF
no first grade product to market.
rbere will be several cars Of brined
mduct besides, which will be dispos-
aOl to pickle manufacturers. A COL
snsihe crate is also being perfected,
vblch will cost little more but
rbich is expected to furnish an ideal
ackage, which will enhance price and
scilitate marketing.
This Is part Of the scientific grow
BIZ and selling system of the Louis
ana Distributing Company, which is
made up Of the local associations In
berTiIle, Ascension, Assumption, Ter
Ybonne and Lafourche parishes. Gen,
aaal Manager A S. Baker will
lamp each crate Of the cooperative
aulifower with the fact that Louis
ana holds the national championship.
HE crop is due in December and the
marketing viii continue through Feb
Iary.
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Some one advised me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. HAD
taken SO much medicine and my doctor
said he could do me no good so toldmy
husband he might get me bottle and I
would try it. By the time l had taken
it felt better. l continued its use, and
now am we'll and strong.
Il have always recommended your
medicine ever since | was so wonder.
fully benefited by it and l hope this
letter will be the means of saving sons
other poor woman from suffering. -
Mrs. MARTHA SEAyEY, Box l144s
Unionville, Missouri.
The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound have thousands of
such letters as that above - they tell
the truth, else they could not have been
obtained for love or money. This med
icine is no stranger - it has stood the
test for years.
II there are any complications you
do not understand write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnildentiaD
Lynn,Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman and
held in strict confidence.
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FORTY YEARS AGO

BONDS PHARMACY CO. established q
reputation in Arkansas as reliable drug
gists and manufacturers. Slowly. but
surely, that reputation has spread over
the Great South so that now BONDS
LIVER PILLS are household word In
almost every county in that territory.
These pills are small, mild, safe, effect
i've and inexpensive. One at bedtime Is
the dose. You will wake up we'll from
Constipation, Dizziness, Indigestion
Headache, Biliousness, Neuralgia and
the various ailments arising from torpid
liver or bowels. All druggists, 25c,-Adv.
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Twenty Cents Out.

II made an awful break yesterday
said the fellow who is known as a
tightwad.
"That is unusual for you. How did
it happen?' asked the man in whom
he was about to confde.
II met Lulu in front of an ice cream
parlor and | told her that her lips
were like Strawberries. She said the
only way to prove 1t was by making
the comparison, so l had to blow her
to a strawberry sundae."