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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

Tact and innate courtesy are no.
where SO evident as during journey.
whether on land or water. The pos
session OF these two traits will tell
you when 20 act or remain Quiescent.
Avoid, always, hasty acquainances, for
the slower method OF acquiring
friends is always the surest. on the
other hand do not be too stiffly rigid.
The newly rich family which was
snubbed by the dowager with social
pretensions because" as she explain
ed to her daughter III they are anx-
ious 10 meet Us we do not care TO
know them" had both right and wrong
on her side. Poise and seif-esteem
win out against fragrant ambition
when II comes to travelling etiquette.
The person who has the most com
tort In travelling knows how TO treat
the employees and servants. and the
same spirit of democracy comes In
play here also. DO not, ever. as does
certain woman who travels much
work the employees in order to save
tips. This woman chums with the Of
lcers OF the steamer. fiirts with the
employees and generally acts a very
silly part; all TO get better state
room than one she pays for. or save
dollar on tips which should really
DE given There is. in spite of feel
ing TO the contrary. a certain Justice
In up-giving. and so long as the giver
is just 10 himself IL is right TO remem-
Der In this way the persons who have
our comfort and well-being i'm their
power during a Journey.
II stands to reason that. before
starting on any trip. the ticket and
itinerary should be arranged carefully
beforehand and all further ANNOYANCE
with regard to them eliminated from
ones enjoyment II one is travelling
by rail one should be careful never IN
leave the berth until all belongings
nave been collected i'm ones bao
otherwise there may be the danger OF
having articles OF clothing locked nm
In the berth when one returns from
the dressing room.
We all think we know what is the
correct thing in travelling garb. but
how many Of us show that wisdom
when 1t comes right down to facts?
Whether travelling by rail or steam
er the simpler one dresses the better.
one may have ones clothes as well
hitting and expensive as one likes. but
simplicity should be the keynote OF all
belongings.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
What is Farm Management

Farm management as a branch of
agricultural science is defined as fol-
lows in an address recently delivered
In New England by one of the depart
ment's specialists;
"The farm management investiga-
tor gets his information direct from
the farmer. The solution of many OF
the practical problems OF agriculture
are found to have already been solved
generations ago by large groups OF
farmers; particularly is this true of
farm management and organization.
Every farmer is OF necessity more or
less of an experimenter. The results
of thousands Of such experimenters
gathered by the farm management in
vestigator. classified and interpreted
IN their bearing on the community's
problems and on the individual FARMS
problems, yield not only many funda-
mental broadly applicable principles
OF good farm organization, but also
show in more or less detail I'm lust
what respects successfully operated
farm differs from one which is a fail
ure or only moderately successful.
I'm previous decades the agricul-
tural Investigator largely concerned
nimself with the study OF how to ac-
eomplish certain ends How best TO
ICED pig or a COW; how best TO raise
potatoes or fruit. The farm manage
ment investigator is concerned with
determining whether to keen cows or
pigs; whether To raise fruit or pota-
GOES; and, IL an industry be found TO
DE desirable. TO what extent IL should
enter into the farm organization. and
with what intensity IL should be per
sued. All OF these problems have in
me aggregate been solved by the far
mers. Farm management is merely a
science for classifying and interpret-
.ng the collective experience OF the
arming people as to what constitutes
business efficiency in farming.
Farm management considers farm
ing as business. II attempts to ana
lyze the various factors having to do
with the success or failure of that
business as il is found conducted on
the individual farm. and in so far as
possible TO determine the broad out
standing factors for efficiency which
admit of general application for reg
ion"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

Baby week mas virtually become an
established institution. Under that
name no doubt the movement secures
more sympathetic support than II do
scribed az a plan for the education OF
parents.
To guard against the dangers in in
fancy to which children are exposed
through ignorance and negligence ia
To-Day duty OF the public service but
no government precautions can evar
take the place OF individual vigIlanc,
In the home. The difficulty is 10 over.
come the habits OF generations that
knew little and cared less about ordl-
nary sanitary measures and left the
survival of infants in the fight against
art and disease largely to chance.
BABY week serves the purpose OF fx-
ing public attention on tho subject of
infant preservation and the means Of
combating infant mortality. But the
purpose Of baby week will never ne
realized until there are hfty-two baby
weeks In the year and every day I'm the
year the infant in the average family
l5 assured the same faithful care as
during periods when public thought is
directed TO the unnecessary wastape
of life World
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

From present prospects tho Demo
cratic lineup in the Second district is
going to be a strong one.
John Cornwell for Governor; Junior
Brown for Congress and Sam Woods
for the Supreme Bench these are
three Of kind 10 start in with that
should win hsndny
State Senator D. y French Of Mer
Ger county is being doomed by his
friends for the Democratic guberna-
torial nomination but Il Is believed
that he would prefer and will obtain
The nomination for Attorney General.
an ofice for which he IS peculiarly
we'll fitted.
Everywhere the Democratic skies
get brighter as the campaign draws
near. and nothing but political stupid
~ or worse can prevent tboir saocess
Il the polls "a November Virginia
es Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

republics are not always ungratefuI
When the next United States battle
ship passes through the Panama canal
II Will carry as passenger John
Driscoll Of Hampton, Va n member
OF the Monitors crew, whose presence
on the warship will bear Witness IN
the navy departments courtesy 10 a
veteran Of the Civil war while also ex-
employing the scrupulous perform
ance OF a promise made by President
Lincoln over fifty years ago.
Driscoll is reported TO be the oIdest
living survivor OF the historic sea fight
in Hampton Roads After the engage
ment President Lincoln summoned
the crew Of the Monitor to Washing
ton and in thanking them for their
Valor said that II any OF them ever
wanted a favor, It would only be nee
essary to ask for t. And this is the
favor the aged veteran has asked and
Seen given.
The incident supplies pretty bit of
sentiment. But apart from that as
pect OF It there Is fine flavor OF ma
tional honor 10 this prompt and faith
iul fulhilment Of a promise made by
a President half century ago. In a
time when solemn treaties are torn up
as scraps Of paper, II ls good to have
the example Of a nice regard by a gov
ernmont for an old and weil-nigh for
gotten pledge made casually in emo
tional circumstances and binding only
az a moral obligation World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
Town Judged by Newspaper

"Show me some copies OF the paper
published in your town aud l will tell
you some facts about Il and your peo-
Pile"
The man who said that WAS an ac-
tive business man. who was oonsid-
ering an expansive proposition. The
information he wanted was all in is
sues of weekly newspaper.
He wanted to know about the stock
OF goods carried by the merchants. to
Judge OF their business capacity by
the style and amount OF Advertising
they employed-thc paper would show
him.
He wanted TO know something OF
the social activities OF the town. which
the paper would show him.
He wanted 10 know something OF
the pursuits of the people in the town
and the condition of the surrounding
country. The paper would show
him.
He would scan those papers care
fully and would be able TO give the
information as he had stated.
He would Judge the business pros
poets from the advertising columns.
OF prospective selling possibilities by
the local happenings, ftho tastes and
Intelligence of the people by the road
ing matter the paper gives it's read
ers. and whether they were a pro-
gressve.. alert, or an easy going and
comparatively inactive sort.
Your paper tells the story fully TO
the active, observant business man,
who never saw your town or its peo-
pie.
If the town merchants are not all
represented in It's columns IL would
spell Little business" n bad knock
for the town. If the local columns
showed a scarcity OF news and little
OF the social life II would spell I'm
glaring letters Nothing doing" II
there was a lack of high-class. up-to-
date reading matter on the llvest top
ics Of the times, IL would spell for him
The investigation would end and
the town be passed over as not worth
considering.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
Fish that Tratel ON land

Ihat certain species OF FISH are able
actually to flop over the land is tho
remarkable discovery Of a Johns Hop
kins professor. In the course OF his
Investigations the professor noticed
mat such fish as minnows are often
ound In the little temporary pooIs
that are left in the sand by the re-
treating tide. II the minnows are so
lnwary as 10 be caught when the en-
trance Is blocked, they actually leave
the water and flop over the sand ~
the sea The professor has often
seen scores and scores OF these fsb
leave large pools and travel over sand
bars more than II feet wide and batf
foot high. a remarkable feature
about this discovery is that the 6sb
never take the wrong direction for
any great distance When fsh travel
on land. the professor asserts. thev
5pring like snakes or kangaroos BY
sudden bends Of the body. Although
in It's fali the FISH may find its head
turned I'm the wrong direction. Il never
its fail the hah may nnd rs head turn
go tn the wrong direction, Il never
theiesa malses its next leap IN the
proper direction. These researches
raise the question Is there some
mental machinery at work IN the us-
sues OF fish, which may be instinct.
which may be sense, and which may
be something allied 70 memory?
Popular Science Monthly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
Property Values Comnnred

The following figures show the in
crease in property values i'm wet and
In dry states. They are compiled
from the census report on Estimated
Valuation of National Wealth. 1850
1912"
Maine: Total value OF property.
1900, S6S2,133.74l; 1912, $l.OG9, ,504.- =
OF; increase, 56 per cent.
New England States Maine. Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut Vermont, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island. Total val
ne, 1900, $7752.4lS.S6G; 1912. $l1.sO5.
i22,Ol2; increase. 81 per cent
Maine. Kansas. North Dakota, Ok
lahoma: Total value, 1900 $3.974. .O94.-
462; 1912. $I2,4OI745444; increase.
2l2 per cent.
United States: Total value. 1900.
SSS,517.3O6.775; 1912, $187.7So. .O71 .O9O;
increase, III per cent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
Life In the Country

The first beautiful day in fort
night seemed to be herald for the
approaching spring. and through the
little patches OF snow left from the
recent fall, the grass seemed green
and ready TO emerge from it's winter
dormant state. II conjured up the life
pastoral, and so we took down the old
volume OF Little Stories In Content
ment' and loafed an afternoon with
David Grayson. the author, took long
Journeys with him into the country
and for a while lived a bucolic life
even IL ploughing time is six weeks
away and we have been looking I'm
vain for the first streak OF crimson OF
the first robin OF the season.
One can look In vain through the
long past and find few examples of
successful men who were not OF the
manner bred or raised on the farm.
We also know that all great fortunes
come directly or indirectly from the
surface or the depths of the earth
Everything worth while is associated
with the soil. and why should not hap
piness be found there?
George Washington was farmer
before he was a soldier and after he
laid down the sword he again retired
to the farm, and writing OF II. he saws.
The more am acquainted with
agricultural affairs the better I am
pleased with them can nowhere
hnd 80 great satisfaction as I'm those
innocent and roeful pursuits. In In
dulging these feelings am led TO
reflect how much more delightful 10
an undebauched mind is the task of
making improvements on the earth
than all the vainglory which can be
acquired by ravaging it,"
This was written in 1888. one year
before he was inaugurated President
OF the United States. yet after serving
eight years as chief executive he re-
turned to his farm at Mt. Vernon.
IL seems that IL Washington found
life in the country the ideal one that
his example could be followed to the
everlasting happiness OF many others
Charleston Gazette.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
NEW CABINET MEMBER
NATIVE OF THIS STATE

Instructor at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity.
Baker conceived the idea OF home
rule for Ohio cities and led i'm the agi-
tation for the new Ohio constitution
which resulted I'm giving to cities the
right TO frame their own charters. He
led the efforts which resulted i'm the
new Cleveland charter with its system
OF preferential voting, which is one of
it's salient features.
Baker is a thorough believer i'm ma
uonal preparedness and has stood va
liantly by the President through all
of the recent discussion.
When President Wilson visited
Cleveland on his recent speaking trip
through the central west. Baker was
chairman Of the reception committee.
Baker is married and the father OF
three children.
Baker was known as the original
Wilson man in Ohio At the time OF
he Baltimore convention in 1912.
Judson Harmon. former governor OF
ohio. was candidate for the Presi-
lential nomination and controlled a
majority of the Buckeye delegation.
but Baker was for Wilson and swung
with him number of northern Ohio
delegates.
The successful fight which he per-
'onally led on the floor of the con
5ention. to prevent the adoption OF
the unit rule saved these Ohio votes
% Wilson and did much to make pos
,ible his nomination.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
BUSINESS ON THE.
BOOM EVERYWHERE
War Dogs OF the Sea

The bulldog battleships are chained
AT anchor. kenncled I'm the bay:
The swift. sleek cruisers dozo and
dream,
Lank. supple-slnowcd, graceful,
gray;
The restless beagle gunboats go
From point to point and snifr tho
sea:
Torpedo boats lie long and low
The watch dogs OF our liberty!
The wireless purrs approaching
dooml
The pack awakes The beagles leap.
The slender cruisers race tho gloom :
The bulldogs plunge along the doep
The mastiGf dreadnaughts breast the
wind.
The scent is caught. The quarry
fees
The ranging dogs In hot pursuit
In eager anger. hunt the seas.
Their scarchlight eyes descry the
game.
Their savage voices tear the night
froth of fury flocks the main
The pathway OF the running fight!
The baylng thunder of tho guns,
The tangled growls. the brutal bark
or all the dogs of war are heard
Across the distance and the dark
The painting pack limps homo at last
Along star-6lled silent sea.
Their huge hearts throbblng proudly
past
Their wet flanks grim with victory
The carcasses of mangled prey
Are stripped and ghastly. flung afar.
A great flag stiffens i'm the wind.
Defended by the dogs of war;
Perrin Holmes Lowrey I'm Leslie's
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

The knockout dose Of medicine for
the habit Of heing swlndled ls the fol-
lowing prescription" says Farm and
Firesido Read a good paper devot-
ed 70 your line Of business. and then
inform yourself as 20 reliable firms
selling the goods you need II need
be, advise with the editor. who might
be in a position 70 know a few things
about doubtful firms.
Be willing 70 pay a living price
for goods as you will expect good
prices for your produce when you sell
Remember. many we'll known firms
are selling "a prices no higher than
the swindler may ask for his goods %
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

NEW YORK, March 6 Wage in
creases that may annually approx
mate eight million dollars or more i'm
the soft coal fields Of Western Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
we're agreed upon late today by the
subcommittee OF bituminous coal
workers and operators for those states
who are negotiating new contract TO
go into effect April J. The action Of
the subcommittee will be reported
for ratification probably tomorrow TO
the full Joint conference of operators
and miners.
In the meantime the session of the
joint subcommittee OF the anthracite
miners and operators fixed for tomor-
row has been deferred until Wednes-
day to permit the miners TO complete
their negotiations with the bltumi-
nous operators. The increases grant
ed today will have an important effect.
Il is said, on the wage contract yet to
be negotiated In Central pennsylvan-
Ia, West Virginia, Michigan, Iowa and
Keutucky.
Aside from the general increase Of
three cents a ton granted by the coal
companies, the miners of Western
Pennsylvania won the mine run sys-
tenn Of paying wages. something the
officers Of the union said. they have
been striving to obtain for forty years
Tho mine run system adds 2Sa
cents a ton 70 the miners wages and
gives them about 1880. 900 a year, not
counting tbo three cents tou general
iDcrkaae also won by them
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

Members OF Congress who hold that
to surrender the right to travel by
sea Is for an individual TO yield only
little forget that there ,s great
difference between individuals and ma
tions. Nobody is compelling Ameri-
cans to intrust their lives TO vesseIs
carrying flags OF belligerenta. II for
any reason they relinqulsh their right
the affair is their own and the conso-
quences are personally only to them
selves. What Senator McCumber adj
yocated was the formal surrender not
by individuals but by the United
States OF a sovereign right.
The experience Of Serbia is a cose
forever memorable When the Aus
trian ultimatum was presented I'm
July 1914, the small state yielded lit
Tie by little to its powerful nelghbor
until 1t had conceded practically cv-
erything but its independence. AS
That also was insisted upon. war came
and today Serbia is even more OF n
waste than Belgium, which yielded
nothing at all except to oyerpowering
numbers
II the United States yields a little
today TO Germany's demand that in
ternational law Doe set aside. 30 will
have an opportunity 20 yield more
than a little tomorrow. not only 10
Germany but TO other powers that
may be equally aggressive. Where
matters Of right are AZ stake. the ma
tion That yields even a Htuo for the
mean reason that resistance may be
troublesome has taken one irretriev-
able step toward yielding an. World
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

1t Is easy to see that high values
should attach to tree that lives for a
century or two. produces regularly OF
valuable crops without labor and sells
for much good money when IL is final
ly felled. I was repeatedly told by
reliable Corsicans that while unplant-
ed land has practically no value, these
orchards were worth from $50 TO
$3.50 per acre. That puts AppaIachia
to shame, and compares well with IL
linois corn land values. One OF their
methods OF calculating the value of
the orchards is a curious compliment
10 the value Of the tree. The bearing
capacity OF the tree is estimated by an
expert. This is multiplied by five cen
times per kilogram OF bearing capac-
ity This result is reduced by one
third for the cost OF picking up. and
this result, the earning power of the
tree, is multiplied by twenty 10 give
the value OF the tree. The land is
thrown In for nothing Thus a tree
yielding 200 Kilograms (22O Ibs) is
worth 1884 francs. and ten such trees
would make an acre Of land worth
1884 francs, or more than $3.50. AS
the trees get old and must be cut out
they are worth their cost. Hence the
high-rate (twenty-fold) Of capitaIizing
the earning power Of the tree. II Is
merely the buying OF salable and non
depreciating property From "Farm-
Ing Appalachie," by J. Russell Smith.
In the American Review Of Reviews
for March. 1916.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
Chennest Permanent Rnnh

Concrete roads built I'm the United
States during 1914 cost on the average
Sll,92l mile of l6-foot width. One
hundred and forty-four concrete roads
built during the 20 years previous 70
1914 cost S12766 a mile OF 16-foot
width Nest concrete roads are 1s
feet wide. Upkeep and repair charges
nave been less than $25 a year for
concrete road built in Bellefontaine.
oamore than 20 years ago. The year.
iy maintenance of the 81 miles OF con-
crete roads in Wayne county. Mich
cost $2S43 a mile. II costs 1892 a
year to keep up a concrete road at
Spencer, Mass. Concrete roads are
not anected by the weather. traffic
or mud or trash tracked upon them. as
Is the case with some improved roads
Freezing and thrawing have no ef-
iect on them If properly constructed.
Heat does not soften them, nor cold
make them brittle. Concrete increases
IN strength with age Wayne county
Mich, has the most remarkable svs-
tenn OF concrete roads i'm the United
States. This system was begun seven
years ago The value OF the abutting
farm land has been doubled I'm some
instances, and all land has increased
In value because OF concrete roads
Farm and Fireside.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09
4 College ronrse I'm nrsn0D.l.


The bequest of 100000 made to the
University of Rochester by a dyspen-
tic manufactures to found a depart-
ment OF dietetics has a novel interest
among college benefactions for medi-
cal research. \ New York million
are some years ago richly rewarded
Johns Hopkins University for giving
nim "a new stomach" but this disin.
terested philanthropist, after a life
time Of suffering from digestive dis
Iurbances, leaves the bulk OF his for
tune TO alleviate them in other suf-
ferers.
The bequest is a handsome one. hut
VIII II prove sufficient to overcome a
national ailment In all it's varied as-
poets? Dyspepsia. in the restrained
language Of the dictionary definition
10 disease whose causes and char
acteristics are diverse" And wbetb-
er II is of the acid variety or atomic or
termentatiye or 6atulent or reflex or
something else. 1t is always a law un-
70 Itself as respects the treatment in
dicated for the individual sufferer.
Man may have lost his attributes of in
iiVidualism in other things, but ne is
StiiI the same old individual as to his
digestion.
Other colleges have done more or
less experimentation and maintained
poison squads to test the effect OF
Inherent foods. But the University Of
Rochester If it can discover a pana-
cea for dyspepsia and realize the spir-
L OF It's benefactor's gift, may outshine
Them all-World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

a university professor estimates
that before the war ends the death
roll will be fully 25,00O 900. His guess
is entitled 70 as much respect as that
Of anybody else, despite the fact OF bis
university professionally. - Seattle
Post Inteiiirsncer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-09

Sometimes. I'm a moment Of skep-
ticism. we almost believe that the
prime requisite for writing about
health is 70 be able to mako any
reader think he has the symptoms OF
something very serious Milwaukee
Journal.