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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
ALWAYS TOO BUSY.

Are we too busy to live today
Is that the reason we put off
living until tomorrow? There
is a friend whom we should like
to visit. The days, the weeks,
the years go by and we. have
not called The friend is taken
away. We have put off the
visit too long we were too busy.
There is pleasure to be found
in a little trip to the country.
1t would rest the husband and
be a holiday for the children.
But we are too busy. We put it
off until some other time and
the other time seems never to
come. We are always too busy.
There is a hundred little kind
nesses we should do if we only
had the time. The chances are
the time never comes. We are
too busy for the kindness. We
are too busy today. We are too
busy week in and week out.
There is time for everything
if we place the most important
thing first. We are too busy
over trivial matters to get the
real good out of living. When
we get over our hurry, some
day we shall live as we wish, we
cheat ourselves into believing.
But the day never comes. We
come, we pass, and we never
know the joys of life. We have
been too busy to live. Too
busy always too busy.
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FARM FOR SALE

| have for sale one farm O.
113 acres with a fine two-story
house, one big barn, and othel
out-buildings on it, such a.
granary, hen-house, wager
shed. Fine big orchard of II
acres with all kinds of fruits. This
farm is in good cultivation ans
has good fences on it. Has !
coal bank on it of 5 acres, which
is in good working order and
which goes with the farm al
the same price-the vein of cod
is A feet. Have also a section
of the Bell Telephone line AMI
telephone. a.
For further particulars applE
to
w. H. SOTHEN,
Belington, w. Va. r. F. D. /
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FOR It. S. SENATOR.
Subject to Republican Primary
WIN. F. HITE
of Cabell County,
---OO0
THE COUNTRY EDITOR

He might have been a millionaire,
And won financial fame,
Or sat in a directors chair,
Had money been his aim;
He choose intead to spend his years
in service poorly paid,
And with the paste pot and the shears
A humble living made.
He chronicled the towns events;
The local goings-on;
His fellow townsmen's hopes anc
bents
Inspired his lexicon;
He felt the public pulse that beat
Around him, and he tried
To make his little country sheet
A thing of local pride.
Unselfshly, with all his heart,
He strove but to upbuild
His town, of which he was a part,
With great ambition filled.
He spoke well of his fellow men;
He praised when praise was due;
He welded but kindly pen,
And no reward he drew.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
HERE AS HOUSE.
HOLD REMEDIE:,

From the earliest history of Il
human race the world over, hero
roots and barks have been used
household remedies. Those aatiol
who Beopled the. civilized world 4
fore the Christian era have hand'
down to us in their Writings desert
tons Of the very same heusehold reI
edies that are in universal use todd
These remedies were laboEouslv gat|
cred and PLACED in Their credeet fei1
upon the shelf for future usa. I'll
these simple remedies were teneiciI
is not doubted by anyone; today med
cal science universally accepts theE
same remedies. Their medicinal Welt
having been proven by generations
constant use, the authorities on mi
terra rnsdica the world over agrI
upon their medicinal qualities Ned
less to say these various roots, bari
and herbs do not have the same med
cinal properties, but rather they cow
q vide range Of the many ills to Will
the flesh is heir.
Medical science of the present d
has carefully studied the many REM
dies in various proportions and thu
effects, and have scientifically demdI
strated from the entire worlds phi
ducts which are the lest under certJ|
conditions for the many different dI
eases.
There is carefully selected all
scientific combination of simple vdI
etable remedies, the original forfndI
of which is that of a distinguish
German physician. 1t is not a patdl
medicine, but the result of a perfecti
private formula which has for olI
seventeen years proven most bend
cial for the relief Of al blood, stol
ach, liver and kidney diseases. Itl
put up in small chocolate coated I'd
let's, the most convenient fora for Ut
versal use. 1t may have its imit
tons, but it has no substitutes.
merit alone it has made place for
self and written its name high in
world of family medicines, far add
many which claim to be just as god
1t is known as Gernan-American Hd
Compound, formerly sold only throuI
agents and by mail, but now it may
found in all drug and general stor
in Sc, 25c and $1.0O sizes; guarantee
to satisfy or the money win be
funded. Ask Your dealer today for
Sc trial size. For particulars, WI
International Medicine Compail
Washington, D. c.
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CALL TO ARMS.
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"a call to arms against war"
is the slogan with which Como
dore j. Stuart Blackton is her
aiding his Vitagraph propagan-
da pictureplay "The Battle Cry
of Peace" Nineteen screen
stars, $4,000 National Guard
troops, 800 members of the
Grand Army at the Republic !;
5000 horses, 5000 supernumar-
les and Admiral George Dewey,
Majo General Leonard Wood,
DR.. Lyman Abbott and Hudson
Maxim, the inventor, go to make
up the cast of characters in this
most wonderful of photo-plays.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" is
about the biggest thing yet done
by photo-play producers. 1t is
playing simultaneously, at the
highest prices yet charged for
photo-plays, at the Olympic the
later Chicago; the Vitagraph
theater, New York, and the Ma
jestic theater, Boston, in all
of which cities capacity audi
ences are registering their in
terest in the peace through pre-
paredness" movement. 81 came
to write. "The Battle Cry of
Peace" the author, Commodore
Blackton, says, through dis
cussion with Hudson Maxim,
whose book F." Denfenseless
America" has arousedb such
widespread comment. At Mr..
Maxim's suggestion | read the
book, and was struck so by the
strength of his argument that I
determined to produce a photo
play based upon it. The idea
received an immediate response
in the form of endorsements
from Americans most promi-
nent people, and | fully expect
fifty million persons will be
made aware of the unprepared-
neses of their country by seeing
the film"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
OLDER But STRONGER

To be healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice, because in the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
To he stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength-building and od-nourishing
properties Of Scott's Emulsion which lisa
food, tonic and medicine to keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol III Scott's.
Scott s Bovine. Bloomfield, N. j.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
BE A BOOSTER.
ID rather be a BOOSTER,

I'd rather be a BOOSTER,
The smallest one in town,
Than be the biggest knocker
And try TO tear it down.
I'd rather be a BOOSTER,
And with the boosters stand,
Than be a lonesome knocker
A cumbering the land.
Id rather be a BOOSTER,
And only boost a mite,
Than be a knocker knocking
At everything in sight.
I'd rather be a BOOSTER,
And wear pleasant smile,
Than be a grouchy knocker,
Complaining all the while.
I'd rather be a BOOSTER,
With purpose good and true,
Than sit around a-knocking-
Now, sincerely, wouldn't you?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Parents should be cautious
about giving their children per-
mission to stay out Of school.
Every day out is a day lost to
the school work-they cannot
make it up. They will soon be
behind and want to stop school
and find fault with the teach
er-say she is partial, ETC., when
all the time the parents are to
blame.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Homes are beautiful only
when there are equal rights
when the husband, wife and
children respect and admire
each other; where there is con-
fdence and trust; and this can
never be when the wife and
daughters are reduced to the
condition Of paupers and beg
CARS. # the evil exists in the
h6ge there should be a read
justment Of affairs, and each
member Of the working firm be
allowed his or her share of the
income. Then the home business
will not be robbed of the con-
centrated efforts of it's partners,
nor viii the girls and women be
looking elsewhere for work that
will yield a cash return.
ARE YOU EDUCATED.
A professor of the University
Of Chicago has evolved a series
of test questions for the educat-
ed which he avows are the best
evidences of a real education.
IF you can answer eyes" to all
the questions you are truly adj
ucated, the professor says.Here
are the questions:
Has education given you SYM
pathy with all the good causes
and make you espouse them?
Has it made you public spirit
ed?
Has it made you a brother to
the weak?
Have you learned how to make
friends and keep them?
Do you know what it is to be
a friend yourself?
Can you look an honest man
or pure woman in the eye?
Do you see anything to love
in a little child?
Viii a lonely dog follow you
in the street?
Can you be high minded and
happy in the meanest drudger-
les of life?
Do you think that washing
dishes and hoeing corn is just
as compatible with high think
ing as playing piano or play
ing golf?
Are you good for anything
yourself?
Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world
and see anything but dollars
and cents?
Can you look into mud pud-
die by the wayside and see a
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clear sky?
Can you see anything in the
puddle but mud?
SEA WARFARE RULES
DRAFTED BY THE u. S.
CODE SUBMITTED to beIig-
ere3tts by United States to "mGke
3aavaI acarfare Just and fair to
ALL"

/. A non-combatant has the
right to traverse the high seas
in a merchant ship entitled to
fly belligerent flag, and rely
upon the rules of international
law and the principles of hui
mainly if the vessel is approach
ed by another belligerent war
vessel.
2. A merchant vessel of any
nationality should not be sub
ject to attack until the halliger-
ent warship has warned her to
stop.
3. A belligerent owned mer-
chant vessel should promptly O.
hey any order from a belliger-
ent warship to stop.
4. No such merchant vessel
should be fired upon unless she
tries to flee or to resist by force,
and, even in such case, any at
tack upon her by a warship must
stop as soon as the flight or re-
sistance ceases.
5. Only in case it should be
impossible for military reasons
for the warship to supply a
pre- crew or to convoy the mer-
chant ship into port will she be
justified in sinking such mer-
chairman, and in that case pas
sengers and crew must be re-
moved to a place of safety
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
BUILDERS
Julian Wetzel)

NcHbdh NNtLS1/
You are a factory and you are
building a human being. What
kind OF a human being do you
want to build?
| am a Factory.
| can operate my factory just
as | choose-work it as long as
/ want to-let it stand idle
destroy mortgage it-make
it a failure or a success. Its
product will be good, bad or in
different-just as / want it tc
be.
They talk about monopolies
and ''big business" and mergers
aid trusts, but there are millions
of these independent factories
in this Republic of ours-just
like mine. And no monopoly or
trust, or syndicate is ever going
to buy them up or merge them.
What am | building in my
factory?
/ am building a man.
God gave me some blue prints
my mother gave me some in
structions-my father watched
me through my apprenticeship
other, and perhaps better, fac
tories have compelled me to keep
the quality of my product up to
standard.
There isn't much of a market
for the poorer qualities of the
product of these plants Of ours.
Some Of us only aspire to be
average men-doing no more
and no better than the average.
If it were not fort the output
of some really efficient factories
the average ould be a sorry one
indeed.
In my factory ] have often
thrown the blue prints to the
winds. | have made an awful
botch of my product for years
at time and had to tear it all
down and built it up again-on
a better foundation.
Now | have a partner to give me
hope and courage-sunshine and
happiness-in greater quanti-
ties-so that | work blithely and
sing on the job while | lay the
bricks of character and write
these words of encouragement.
And | Ihave two apprentices.
| want, oh, ever much, to lead
them around the pitfalls which
| so carelessly stumbled into. I
want them to know at twenty or
so the things that / learned at
thirty-five or Whereabouts. And
so | shall try to teach them
patiently and lovingly-of the
joys of life, the beauty and
wholesomeness Of it all, the love-
~ world and their obligations to
it. | want them to do their
part. | want them to be BUILD
Frs in the great edifce of civil
ization. | want them to stand
with their faces firmly fixed to-
ward the great light of progress.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Be sa courteous at home as you
are abroad; respect your family
as you wish. to be respected.
Don't save all your smiles for
strangers and all your frowns
for home. You will never regret
the kindness you have shown,
while your thoughtlessness and
indifference to your own may
reap bitter harvest. Life
would be smoother in many a
home if everybody would en-
deaVor to understand his or her
neighbor in the home, and if
everybody were taken at the
best and not at the worst
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
TO ALL INTERESTED.
All adult people who arc

Al adult people wko are in
terested in literary work are re-
quested to meet at the High
School Building at 7:30 o'clock,
Friday evening, Feb. 18th for
the purpose of organizing a lit
erary club. This is intended
for the public and will be sepal
rate from the regular school lit
society.
J. H. ROHRABAUGH,
SAINT.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

The habit of letting every
foolish or uncharitable thought,
as it arises, find words, has a
great deal TODD with much evil
in the world Check the habit
of uttering the words, and grad
ually you will find that you
check the habit of thought, too.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Missing his horse, which had
been out to pasture, Allen
Moore, a lower Augusta town
ship, (Pa) farmer, found that
it had broken through the COW
ering of an abandoned well and
fallen twenty feet to the bottom.
When it was gotten out, an old
rusty bucket was found caught
in one of its shoes. Moore
found the bucket was sealed.
Taking a Ratchet, he cut the top
and out rolled a stream of Span
ish doubloons valued at $4,000.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
S27,O61, 600, 900 SPENT IN Is
MONTHS OF WAR
WITHOUT DECISIVE BLOW

Two Battles Liners, 1850 Miles Long,
DeadIocked at Every Point, With
All the BeIligerent Nations Bleed
ing to Deatii-Bankruptcy Menaces.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

The European War has
lasted eighteen months January
3fst. The blacklist eighteen
months known to the modern
world!
What has been accomplished?
No European country has been
benefited, nor has human liberty
advanced at any point, nor has
any great moral principle tri-
umphed in any place or on any
battlefield.
The net result has been 1890,
900 men in the very prime of
life killed; more than 100000
made prisoners, and more than
9,830,000 wounded and MANNED,
many crippled for life.
This measureless bloodshed
and suffering, making millions
widows, and many more millli-
ons orphans, has been the heavi-
est toll of the war.
Next, the money loss-10,862
MILLION DOLLARS borrowed
for war by Germany, Austria
and Hungary ;16, 199MILLIONS
borrowed for war by France,
England, Russia and Italy; a
grand total of 27,061 MILLION
DOLLARS spent in making war.
WASTAGE OF MONEY STU
PENDOUS
The mind cannot grasp such
Istupendous figures or such vast
age. 1t means twenty-seven
times the total national debt of
the United States incurred in
1873 years of history, including
five wars.
1t means a sum equal to the
entire savings, on increase in
capital, of the entire world for
ten years.
1t means debt of about $3.50
for every family in all belliger-
ent countries-more than the to-
tai income of a year of every
European peasant family or un-
skilled laborer in Europe.
1t means six burdens for this
generation and for generations
yet unborn that will make the
burdens of life greater than ev-
er before for all.
In short, as Mr.. Diamant, the
expert in foreign exchange,
wrote in The American last
week bankruptcy is so menacing
in all the warning countries that |
IT political economy does not |
soon male an end of the lOGl'
aciu make an end of political g.
cononay"
What has been accomplished? I
The Allies have failed utterly
to penetrate or even seriously to
weaken Germany.
Germany has failed utterly to
strike a decisive blow at any of
her four chief enemies.
The F'ranco-Prussian War
was fought in 48 days, when the
French army surrendered at
Sedan and the Emperor Napol-
con was made prisoner.
NOWHERE A DECISION.
Now, at the end of SAT days,
there are two battlelines, 1850
miles long, deadlocked at every
point. Nowhere a decision. All
the nations bleeding to death,
none able to strike a decisive
blow. /
The Germans have shown
power of organization at home
and a military power in the
field that the combined armies
Of Britain, France, Russia and
Italy cannot break.
England has the command of
the sea. And in all history sea
power has never yet been beat
en-.
Where does any possible hope
lie, save in exhaustion, or the
benevolent intervention of neu-
trail powers to restore peace?
Bulldog" England has lost
many battles in 200 years, but
has never acknowledged de-
feat. Brave France has shown
a gallantry, a unity, and, above
all, steadi1aess and endurance
in this war worthy of her no.
blest traditions. Both nations
are unwilling even to discuss
peace at the present moment, be-
as long as Germany holds
in her armed possession nearly
four-tenths of industrial France
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Every good citizen of this
town should take a special local
pride in all that pertains to
home. The schools the churches,
the amusements, the business
pleasures, the picnics, the cele-
brations, in fact everything
should be looked on by our own
people as just as good as can be
gotten up elsewhere. The town
that says 1--WE can," will always
succeed.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

Don't judge a man by the
noise he makes-the poorest
machinery creaks the loudest.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10

DsxRN,R

In sealed sanitary cans. Finestfar table use
and baking. Ask your grocer for III Seal
postal card for booklet Of Prize Recipes %
P. DUFF d SONS
800 Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pa
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you breathe it out. Walk fast
as tho you were obliged to reach
g certain place at a given hour.
This is one royal road. to health
and beauty, 1t is good for the
circulation, the lungs ana the
nerves. Exercise gives even
pale faces a becoming flush. Deep
breathing expands the narrow
chest; change from close read
ing or sewing gives the lack of
lustre eye back it's sparkle. Pure
air and peace are the balms for
smoothing out ugly lines
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-10
WALKING FOR HEALTH

Out, girls! Out into the OPP
en-, this glorious winter weather,
Never mind the wind, never
mind the snow. Put an old
clothes, but get your daily walk,
be the weather what 1t may.
Dress loosely and comfortable,
wear easy shoes, hold your head
well up and your shoulders well
back, breathe deeply, II your
lungs completely, hold the air a
minute or two, then breathe it
out. Do this in regular time, so
many steps while you breathe
in, so many more while you hold
it, then just a step or two while
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
Girls! MOISTEN A
Cloth and DRAW
IT TIL Ouch HAIR
II becomes beautifully soft waYy,
abundant aud glossy
at once.
Save your hair! All dandrun'
goes and hair stops
coming out.

Surely try a "Danderine Hair
Cleanse If you wish TO Immediately
double the beauty OF your hair. Just
moisten cloth with Danderine and
draw IL carefully through your hair.
taking one small strand at time;
this viii cleanse the hair of dust, dirt
or any excessive oil--in a few min
utes you viii be amazed. Your hair
will be wayy, fluffy and abundant
and possess an Incompatible softness,
lustre and luxuriance.
Besides beauefying the hair, one
application OF Dandoriue dissoves
every particle OF dandruff; nvlgorates
the scalf. stopping itching and falling
hair
Danderne is to the hair what fresh
showers OF rain and sunshine are 10
vegetation. II goes right 10 the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. It's
exhilaratng, stimulating and life-pro-
ducing properties cause the hair 10
grow long, strong and beautiful
You can surely have pretty. soft.
lustrous hair. and lots OF IL. II you
will just get 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter and try II as
directed
Save your hair Keep Il looking
charming and beautiful You will say
this was the best 25 cents you ever
spent
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
SALISBURY R. R. AGENT
ESCAPES FLYING BULLET

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SALISBURY. Md. Dec. 9.-IIerman
Phillips. son OF Hanson J. Phillips. chief
Judge of the Orphans Court, this county,
and brother Of Round Sergeant Phillips
of tho Baltimore Police Department
was arrested yesterday charged with as
saulting, with intent TO kill, Edward
Timmons agent OF the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway at
Hebron, Md. Phillips approached Tim
mons az the Hebron station and accused
him~ Of talking slightingly about him,
which. it is understood. Timmons ad-
mitted. and after scutle, Phillips shot
point-blank at Timmons The ball miss
ed Tmmons bv fraction OF an inch.
Phillips was released on 81 900 bail.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
Mr.. PRETTYHAN TO preach
At HARRISON Street

Services at Harrison Street VI. e.
Church tomorrow viii be as follows:
Class meeting at 945 o'clock. George
b. Crossan in charge; at 1890 o'clock
there will be a reception Of members
and a sermon by the Rev. e. c. Pret-
tryman Of the Ant-Saloon League. AT
2 o'clock the Bible school will meet.
The mems class will meet at the
same hour Epworth League services
at 6.45 o'clock. A. the service at 7.30
o'clock The pastor will preach and
conduct evangelistic services.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
HAVE COLOR IN YOUR CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

IF your skin is yellow-cemplexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth-a
lazy, no-good feeling-you should take
Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablcts--a sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years Of study
with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil You will know them by their
olive color.
To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy lik
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
20 dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. That's why millions Of boxes
IRE sold annually at l0c and 25c per
lox. An druggists. Take one or two
lightly and note the pleasing results.