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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
MUzzLE PLACED ON PLAYERS
Remarks to Themselves-Must
Not Address Umpire.

A new ruling in baseball forces
players who are on the bench to con-
nne their remarks to members of their
own team, and does not allow them to
address the umpire. They've debru-
taiized the game to such an extent that
umpiring nowadays is hardly consid-
cred prec.riOus occupation.-De-
troit News.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30


usually
a
Mackm
delivered
one o
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
Looked That Way.

Mrs. Yeast-I see by the paper tLat
the ancient Romans used invisible ink.
Mr.. Yeast-That's why Caesar
thought Mrs. Caeser's letters were out
of sight, / expect.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
Near Experience.

''Have you had al experience In
his floating hotel businPssr"
''In n way. / once boarded vessel
and lodged n complaint there"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

1t is said that the streets of London
If laid end to end. would stretch from
New York to San Francisco.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

Ten smiles for nickel Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
His Tree.

His Tree.
Bill-fIas he Il family tree?
Jill-Oh, yes.
What is it?'
well, it's of The nut-hearing fam
ily."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
Should Have Won a Prize.

Unless he Is prize winner no man
should advertise marriage as n lottery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

The pnbilc's neck is always exposed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All groccrs. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30

Fred Jacklitsch, one-time Brooklyn
catcher, is the latest ex-Fed to sue the
defunct outlaws under his mutual
contract. He wants the Baltimore
Feds to pay him $3.aO0
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Typhoid Feoer Reduced in Rural Communities.

REDUCTION typhoid fever and Improvement IN sanitary
conditions have followed the intensive Investigations Oh rura
communities carried on by United States Public Health SerV
ice in cooperation with local and state health ocer according
TO the annual report of the surgeon general OF that service Dur
ing the last year. $3.50 rural homes in eight different states
information was obtained the prevalence OF disease ana
sanitary conditions and complete sanitary survey OF the prem
sconducted This followed by renspectlons to
if remedial measures had been instituted In but relatively
small percentage the did the persons aer
having their attention drawn to the danger OF u
hygienc condition. fail to inaugurate corrective measures
Mus was given to the work by of public lectures the lorna
ton of active sanitary organizations and the enstg Oh all
lie spirited citizens in the campaigns for REFORM Pubic pua
nes were also inspected and local authorities expert advice
In solving such sanitary problems the disposal OF excrea e
prevention soil pollution and the maintenance OF pure wafer
supplies. , tht 8,
The surveys made during the 1914 had shown that IN
rural communities less than per cent of the homes had san
ary toilets and that than fifty cent OF the people were
using water from polluted This condition. according
TO the public health service made the rural sanitation qeso
loom large among the matters vitality affecting the welfare OF e
nation Following these studies and result OF the interest
aroused the typhoid fever rate excellent indicator OF the san
ary status of community has in some places frequen Dee
cut to onequarter of its previous figure In Berkeley county,
Va the typhoid fever were reduced from 49 TO lor
one year. Orange county, N c. the rural sanitation campaign
resulted in reduction of the from ftynne to seventeen
The tangible results of operations in rural sanitation ol-
cate that marked advancement in maintaining ygenc ana sa
factory surroundings country districts is possible by the APP
picaon of the common principles preventive medicine In
sanitary conditions largely because they not known to
be SUCH Actual demonstrations of their harmtuness ogeer
with definite recommendations for their correction remain one OF
the gratifying and successful methods Tor nsttung re-
forms and been the experience of the public health service
invariably accompanied by definite and measurable results
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Potency of Assafetida.

WONDER how many young people today when physiology is
one of the grade courses the public schools know ANYTHING OF
the curative and preventive value attached to things In
those days knowledge of physiology and hygiene confined
folk Now everybody the school children in the
grades are supposed know the secrets the human body holds
the common rules of health and other things. sda
One of the most curious beliefs of former days not SO far
away about assafeda Do you know what assafeda
Well if you within sufficient distance to get Whit
of your curiosity will probably be satisfied without any desire
Ito get closer 'acquantanceship with it,
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls this old belief and tells
about it as follows
physician says that assafetda is " specific for grip
That will surprise many persons But many others will recall
assafetida once was than 1t preventive
An authority that assafetida is "a stimuant to the sym
pathetic SYSTEM excellent carnative and smuant
of unstriped muscle fiber used in hysteria but in an en-
pca fashion, and that cts further study desirable" The
authority says that it substance derived from herb
found Persia Trkestan and Afghanistan and that the prod
uct is composed of res ethereal oil vann and feruc
acid. @
But every whose grandmother made him little cotton
bag Of edy around his neck during the period of the year
drug which does the work 1t frghtens the germs of all af
fcons the Just the pied skunk by the roadside fright
the country belle upon the to the ball with an ounce OF
perfume scattered her party That is why anyone
who born when there still old who knew the
secrets of life and DEATH and how the devils of dis
eae put his sfedty with his blue flannel undershrt in
late October and walked confidently amid the dangers of winter
This why he arrived safely the for thannua drenc
ing with sassaras ea after which time to look forward
Jane apples and the delights OF the swimming hole as tire reward
of discretion.
Grip been discovered imported in the days when
small chunk assafeda depended upon to form coat OF
mail against he pneumony fever congestve chls aqua an
fever and other winter Illnesses But there had been grip in
the atmosphere grip without clohespn his nose
would have tried to get anywhere near the child protected by and
saturated with odor which had the penetrating power of
modern projectle. ss5 ssa
Asafeda is not specific for grip The fact that grip
among diseases which turn tail and flee before its
fune Its use grip preventive is merely the revival
of remedy which served previous generations as tasan
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

except on large farms localities where labor not avail
able for handling crops to best advantage.
That few hogs should ordinarily be fed for the market
That the region is notwel adapted to sheep farming
That ocks of 100 to $50 hens most easily made profitable
That fruit and truck should grown chiefly for home use
That potatoes probably occupy about their proper place In
Chester county farming.
That yields per acre can proaby be increased to about
forty per cent above the average After that the LABOR income
falls off. sF'' 80
That labor income increases with the size of the farm and
that the average for farms Of less than forty acres TOO low
to keep up a good standard of living. Is -.
That farms where Investigation about the average Tor
the section are usually profitable than those where farm
p is either more or less diversified than the ~ @
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
An Error Corrected.


AS told in the news columns Of the
Nail last Saturday, the name Of u. G.
Plerson appears on page 140 Of tie
recently issued audit Of the finances
of the state Of West Virginia as hay
ing received pay as a committee clerk
o. the Legislature. A note added 10
this item in the official report reads:
"See No, 34." A reference to item no.
"a shows a payment Of salary to i.
G. Pierson, pardon attorney, and tile
reference note on page 14O was i'll
serted for the purpose Of showing TIE
two payments were made to the same
person.
1t seems, however, that the pay
ments we're not made to the same per.
son, but to two persons Of the same
name, and the tax commissioners Oh
fee is sending out correction. The
error is a regrettable one, primarily
committed in the compilation Of the
official report; but the Mail, never
theless, regrets that, through accept.
ance Of the report as accurate, 1t uD-
Willingly gave further currency to the
erroneous statement.
This explanation is made entirely
without solicitation, in simple Justice
to Mr.. Pierson, the pardon attorney,
who was the unfortunate victim Of q
singular error in state report which
was intended, no doubt, to embody
only the greatest accuracy Of state
want d. Il.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Two Kinds of Professors.

MEMBER of the professional staff Of Columbia University
reminds New York newspaper that there two kinds Of pro
@ The world cannot do without Professor n put + ea
statements for the sake of notore The professor who IN d
eusng the war cannot properly distinguish between good and
evil right and wrong mislead the thoughtess ana ne a
este in the special studies to which they devote their lives than
in ravenng politics scorned by the wise or in schemes o ae
oyerturning Of the universe Jowe Maay can 40 more
for the enlightenment poery by showing what Greece a or
civilization than OF aa CA can 40 a
writing books which only crude attacks on "e Oil 'e
sumption that its possession is crime .l.,
The really great professors have ever preferred Sc
cusion to spurious and evanescent popularity They se III
high ideals rather than in the manias OF the hour Ine rs
offset the errors of those wo while incapable of adding to the
knowledge or wisdom of mankind console themselves Tor er
lack of erdon by striving the applause of the unhnkng
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Vocational Guiadoace.

PRoBAplY no phase of the movement for vocational education
exhibits clearer evidence of the rapid evolution in thought and
practice that is taking place than vocational nc says Dr.
States Bureau Of Education his annual review of for
the year 1916 made to the secretary of the interior
Ony few short months vocational guidance was con-
ceyed of chiefly as matter of giving to boys and girls advice
the choosing of life work and assisting in the securing of posi-
tons In view the ambitious attempts made in few quarters
and especially the claims of few that have investigated
the commercial possibilities of vocational guidance exravagant
expectations been raised in the popular mind that have not
been realized.
E "Th conception rapidly passing however and the
leaders the vocational guidance movement the chief function Of
and opportunities and the making of the resulting information
available to boys and girls.
"he most important service that be rendered the in
dvidua youth under the of vocational guidance to set
him thinking the proper time about the problems of choos
ing life work problem to be seriously faced and prepared
for-to make him fully conscious of its existence problem
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

taken for granted generally that one
who is thrifty with ones money, also
will be thrifty with ones time.
Happily, American, are becoming
more thrifty; but the most frugal
citizens in this country are those OF
foreign birth.
Economy is great revenue" said
Cicero, and the postal savings de-
posts in this country would seem to
bear him out in this statement The
Postal Savings System is designed to
promote thrift and economy. Al
though everyone has easy access to
it, it is utilized for, the most part by
I the wage eafners., Mr.. Alexander NJ.
( Dockery, Third Assistant Postmas-
ter-General, Is authority for the state
ment that 50 per. cent OF all the de-
positors at the close of the last fiscal
year were born outside of the United
States and owned u per cent Of all
the money on deposit. The statistics
show that the Russians outstrip other
foreign-born depositors, with 20:7
per cent of all the deposits to their
credit. The Italians are next with
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

tspIc,AL TO the TsLsaash,
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-ETerybody's
writing now-aren't you? Isn't your
life more thrilling than any book you
ever read? sAnd,couldn't you do some
thing heaps better than the twaddle
YOU read in magazines? Statistics
gathered in New York show that the
literary impulse is as widespread as
literary achievement Is rare.
More than $50 persons quit regular
Jobs the first of this year to write and
gosh how the magazine editors dread
it. In fact it is said that five-eightns
of the population Of the United States
has a secret ambition to write. One
of the unmistakable signs appears in
the form of bone spectacles.
Many men have given up drumming
to improve the magazines. Most OF
them return to the suitcase, but they
had a good time and Its great sport
to knock the magazine editors-most
of whom don't know good story any
way.
One Of the biggest magazine pub
fishers in the United States, located in
New York, recently created new $15,-
900 year job with his publication.
The Job is to hunt for new writing
geniuses. Every manuscript that
comes in is to be studied carefully to
see If there is not a spark Of genius
hidden under the mass Of rhetoric. 1t
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
LITTLE q TALKS on THRIFT.
By S. W. sTRAus -
Psm4tnt Amtie4s Sseis1 u, Ta,jf

NJ per cent Natives of Great
Britain and her colonies rank third.
with as per cent. Auittians come
next with 81 per cent. These are
followed by Hungarians with 4.3 per
cent; Germans with Al per cent;
Swedssiwit1 e. per cent; and Greek,
with Is per cent. There are num-
Der, Of other nationalities that own
7pef cent Of the deposits. New York
leads all the other states with de-
post account of 81, 1896; Illinois,
SsOo8, 146; Pennsylvania, 4700,ll2;
Ohio, A,5466oo; California, S3,772,-
0sJ; Massachusetts, S31s8 2S4; Mich
igan, New Jersey and Washington
each have more than 100000. and
Minnesota and Missouri have nearly
that amount; Oregon, Wisconsin and
Colorado have reached the 81, 10000
mark.
The popularity of the Postal Saw
ings System and the rapidiy of its
growth may be seen from the fact
that during the six months of the
fiscal year 1911 when the system wa,
first in operation, the deposits were
S677,145. At the close of the fiscal
year, June 80, 1915, the deposits were
S65,6e4708. At the end Of the fiscal
year 1911 the number Of depositor.
was ,ll,gl8; at the end of the fiscal
year 1915 the depositors numbered
s25,5l4. 1t is estimated that on the
Goth OF November the number had
increased to 100000. with a deposit
account Of S73,0O0,0OO. The net profit
from postal savings. for the year
reached 2l,028.44.
II will be seen from the foregoing
that thrift is on the increase in the
United States; at any rate, among
the foreipn-born residents. ga I
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

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Ano"' now nv 's M
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zone ine i. :. sa.,,ne tho. hes
.ne aem s .a,'eh :, .raatine human nan
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1one ane.aR, .s, ;%se =, MN Nav vort
sas maSe st t Iau nswsnsnsrs hsys taken
II up ana are .rslng :, e Hpr,sarS M
W., miliiaM . sa;ast ssSo q tonrd ,hss n.;y
lne pas si'tan "no t0uu @ ~.
tfe Ia ee..,s,,. u6ts,.o o,J,,.aS
~. eeo,se ,o.a, W. li -, - os ,ran,
se,es, naae UP ss =. ~ eue vo Wy s,hnd
Lcs Anseiss ~ stu =, >. .s,! ns .han nv
anu ~ p sooet ~ a Kansas nS CIV came to
=, ~. , saveraI New yoyt doctors
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

be solved and aware Of the sources Of data having bear
ing on its solution1 4SGytt 49E a
Vocational guidance its application to college and unyer
y students has receiving special attention. according
Dr. Bawden He points out that sooner or later closer core
the life Of the community for which students educated
Probably the serious to progress in vocational
guidance is the aoofnes of the school teacher under ordinary
Conditions from such of the worlds work. and the practical diff
fcues in the way of his knowing much about certain vastly
important phases Of through actual participation, even
through close contact.
important events during the last year include the offering
college course for vocational cousors by the Boston Uni
vers cooperation with the vocational bureau Boston Mass
and the by the Tuck school Of finance and
managers to consider the problems arising in connection with
the examination employment and training Of staff Of employees
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Not Saying Much

The announcement that they are
dosing with whisres those Pennsyl-
vania mules that tafe the grip, re.
calls the times when whiskey In he
United States YVES once considered the
iniversal remedy. ! his reminds also
that the Chinese universal remedy Il
ginseng. Latterly there has arrived
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
-T||-T7s ? X
SA.'4..NCTLl.J.M
VAUDEVILLE


Are raw oysters healthy"
az never knew one to complain" =
Princeton Tiger.
% aiadge-H yop're angry with Charlie
how are you going to get square by
accompanying him on sleigh ride?
Marjorie-I'm going to wear a veil.
Judge. A-
'FTow did Jack come to break with
Miss Sweetleigh? He used to say that
she was as good as gold" :
ayes, but you see he's got acquairtf
ed with girl who has goldi9-Boston
Transcript. ~ s
ivan Nibber and spenderly are
about on a par socially, aren't they?
"Just about. Van Nibbler uses his
inclosed car all summer, and Spen-
DERBY. uses his touring car all win
ter."-Puck. 49,.
81 know I'm going to have trouble
with that new neighbor." IT,
what makes you think So"
Hes already begun advertising
himself as lover Of Deace."-Detroit
Free Press.
He-Can't you find anything pleas
ant to say about the members Of my
family? 1f 81; .u-.f fs-A
She-Well, I remember they were
all opposed to our marriage.-Rich-
mond Times Dispatch. al's
Sporting Editor-Bink, the new
heavyweight champion, has a vocabu-
larry Of only eighty-seven words. Get
story and a list of the words.
Reported-Not a chance. We could
only use seventeen Of them.-alichi-
gan Gargoyle. N''IN' =" %
Ibid. my housemaid testify, at the
trial"
Eyes, but her testimony was strick-
en- out as incompetent"
How like her!" murmured the
party of the first part.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer. 80
willie" said the teacher Of the
juvenile class, what is the term &C.
used for%
ait is used to make people believe
that we know a lot more than we
really do" replied the bright young
ster.A Chicago News. ,aT
,"what is your dogs pedigree%
HE hasn't any" replied Mr.. Crouch
er. That's why / keep him around.
I'm shy On distinguished ancestry my
self. and ! enjoy having a creature at
hand whom / can contemplate with
supercilious superiority" washing
ton Star. :,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
AN OLD VESSEL.

LONDON, Jan. pa Danish sails.
ing, Vessel that Is 12s years old, but
q still n sound condition put into
West Hartlepool recently to discharge
cargo. The vessel, named De Tyende
Brodre-"The Two Brothers"-was
built at iMefstal in,17S6. Owing to the
demand for ships Of all classes, the
De Tvende Brodre Is doing a brisk
business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Our Morning MOTTO.

INDEPENDENCE is the birth right and that which each
Of us ought to cherish beyond all earthly possessions VIII e
you what slave Isl slave he who watches with ab1ec spr
HE eve of another he waits md till another man shall nave
told him whether to be happy miserable today ms COM
forts and his peace depend the breath Of anothers
w. Godwin
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

York ,harbors They get no immunity
from. not being armed; they might as
wellegain such defense as is obtain
able from light guns.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
THE DAILY
NOVELET
Might as Well.

charleston Post.)
The nations which have occasion
to send their vessels through the sub
marine infested area cannot be blamed
for openly arming. them with rapid
fire guns, after the manner of the
Italian liner, Verdi, Just come to New
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
! Probably Sees the joke.

(WheeIins RegIster.J
Germany has decided to petmit the
Ford peace pilgrims to pass through
that county ill their way to, Tic
Hague. To have refused this permits
sion would, have seemed as al cx-
change suggests. like taking joke 100
seriously.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

While the
saving OF
money is only
one aspect Of
thrift, it IS
very impor-
tant, especial.
ly because of
its influence
Oh CudloS@t
building. II
also Is more
tangible, and
affords easier
means of OBJ
timing stats
AL n -, he
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Truth and Safety.

Truth and Safety.
Charleston Mail)
Why was the disaster Of the Ka-
nawha? 1t would appear as II this
were the most pertinent inquiry wdien
could Just now DE- pursued in the IN
terest Of truth ard safety.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
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i : n & Sc, Se0

Teram Street
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

willie" said the teacher of the
juvenile class, what is the term &c.
used for?
ait is used to make people believe
that we know a lot more than we
really do" replied the bright young
ster.L Chicago News. '3
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-09
F AR ME- R KILLS
MAN WHO MADE
ATTACK On GIRL
J.. II. FERGt son THEN
WALKS TN MiIES TO CITY
TO CINE SELF Up

Oklahoma city. Okla March 81
81 Ferrusoa. mrmer r.siding)ab
len miles northeast OF here. shot and
Killed Rufus Brake. a farm hand in
front oi tie lormer's home. early this
morning
Immediately after H. killing Fer
rusou walked to this city and gave
himself up 20 the officers, lie is be-
ing here Tor trial on a murder charge.
Ferguson pleads justification on The
ground that he found Brake In his
home last night and that Brake at
tempted 20 wrong his l5year-old
daughter Ruth. The slayer pleads ad'
ditlonal defense in thar h. claims TO
have released Brake after ordering
the invader Of his home 10 depart, and
that Brake returned TO the Ferguson
place with a shotgun in his hands af-
ger threatening @ get the farmer and
me whole family
About midnight Ferguson said he
heard his daughter screaming. He
eaped from his bed. armed himself
with shotgun, and rushed to his
daughters room. One OF them said a
man was in the bed, but fled when
h screamed Ferguson found Brake
an adjoining room and ordered him
to leave Hall an hour later he said
Brake returned with a shotgun and
hat when he refused TO halt be shot
him Ferguson is father Of ten chill.
lrne. three OF whom are in the sub
marine service Of the United States
army. Ferguson IS in jail her on
charge OF murder, pending inyestiga.
lion