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FORECASTS FOR SPRING
Wool Jersey for Suits and Frocks,
Braid and Taffeta Trimmed
Lawn and Organdy Collars
and Cuffs Worn With
Suits.

NV York, January 12.-Com-
fort and conyenience-these are
the two qualifications attributed
to sport clothes since the first
woman dared don a skirt short
enough to uncover the top on
her boot. Would these same
sport clothes be quite so gener-
ally favored, think you, if these
were the only words with which
to commend them? If there
were not something particularly
youthful and becoming in the
chic severity of these same
sport togs, their sale would be
quite limited / am sure.
Wool Jersey for Suits dndFrocks
One of the most attractive of
the new materials for suits and
dresses is the latest phase of Jer-.
sey cloth. 1t is being used for
the dressier frocks and the
semi-tailleurs, for afternoon
wear, indoor skating, tea,
calling and like purposes, as
well as for the regulation sport
suit. 1t comes in all the new
shades, blue, green, brown, and
the various other tones now
modish. Often on the more
trimmed of these Jersey cos
tunes there is a touch of taffeta
of bit of braid. These suits
are fashioned after the belted
Russian models, the smart far
ed coats and skirt, and for the
strictly correct sport suit along
the Norfolk lines combined with
an equally severe skirt.
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QUICK WITTED.

A lecturer who protested
against people going to sleep
during his disquisitions on hea-
then lands, would, if he per-
ceived any tendency in that di-
rection, introduce some queer or
startling statement to revive
their tagging attention. On one
occasion, when his audience
seemed rather somnolent, he
Numbered out: "Ah, you have no
idea of the suffering Of English
men in Central America, on ac-
count of the enormous mus
quitioes. A great many of
these pests would weigh pound,
and they will get on the logs
and bark as the white men are
passing"
By this time all ears and eyes
were wide open, and he proceed
ed to finish his lecture. The
next day he was called upon to
account for his extraordinary
statements. "ButI didn't say one
mosquito would weigh pound"
he protested; 81 said a great
many of them would. | think
perhaps a million them might do
So" "But you said they bark
at the missionaries" persisted
his interlocutor. mo, no, my
dear sir; | said they would get
on the logs on the bark. You
misunderstood me-"
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DUMPING.

Congress has a serious prob
lem to face in providing ade-
quate laws against dumping"
Dumping is the selling of a prod
uct in a foreign country at a
lower price than it is sold at
home. In the rebuilding of
Europe, which must follow the
war, the United States, in all
probability, will be the object of
a dumping campaign by foreign
nations. If this should happen,
the markets of this country
would be demoralized. The
United States is rich. Foreign
nations, broken in fortune, by
every trick of trade, will at
tempt to rebuild their fortunes
at the expense of the United
States. Canada, South Africa
and Australia have laws to pro-
hibit dumping. The necessity
for adequate laws for the United
States is an immediate one.
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introduced at the present session
of congress which will effect
business interests. Those should
be passed which will help bust
ness to overcome the depression
of the past years and go onward
and upward. Those which
would further restrict business
operation should be killed with
out mercy. This is no time for
the passage of radical legisla-
ton regardless of the apparent
demand for it. Organizations
which are demanding certain
legislation are noted for the
noise they make because of the
effect a noisy demand has upon
legislators. These organiza-
lions should be suppressed alto
gether, and, if not, for the time
being at least. The govern
ment finds it necessary to raise
huge amounts Of additional rev.
enue. To make this successful,
the president recommends that
no present sources of revenue be
tempered with. Legislation
against existing industries will
directly oppose the presidents
recommendation.
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bring to the world. The armies
of the Allies and the Teutons
have been locked in battle SO
long that the world has become
almost callous. Every day we
have read in the news dispatch
es accounts Of horrible fighting.
Today forty thousand men were
wiped out. Yesterday whole
battalions were decimated. The
day before thousands of men
were caught in atrap and killed.
Reports state that Germany's
list of killed totals over 1000,
900. Beautiful cities and price
less works of art have been
RACED. Helpless women and
children have been driven by the
enemy from their homes and
starved or thrown on the mercy
of the charitable. No longer
are we affected by the horror of
these dispatches Our minds
have refused to grasp the ire
mendousness of it and we read
the war news with hardly more
of thrill than we get from a
sensational murder. Recent
dispatches from Europe have
emphasized the peace note. Ger
man socialists, apparently, are
demanding that something be
done to end the slaughter. Aus
tria likewise is ready for peace
in all probability has been for
some time. 1t is not unlikely
that France and England, des-
pite their assertions to the con-
trary, would be amenable if
proper terms could be obtained.
The neutral world is crying for
peace. Will the New Year
bring it? Nineteen sixteen will
hold much for the United States
in the way of prosperity and
progress. We have reached a
period of contraction which will
begin this year Many serious
problems are before the people
for solution, and the tendency is
to ignore radicalism and to con-
centrate our efforts on a safe
and some policy. But of all the
gifts which the New Year may
have in store for us, the great
est would be peace in Europe.
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Inc Ne1C cape Appears.
Among the new features
which, Of course, are but re-
vival of the old, is the cape. This
appears upon all types of frocks
and suits in the form of the
shoulder cape, sleeve cape, and
cape collar. The full-skirted,
simple-bodied frock of taffeta,
worn at an afternoon tea, the
skating rink, or the concert, dis
plays it's cape collar, or series of
collars, when it is not featuring
Puritan-like shoulder drapery,
crossing surpiice-fashion in
front, and held in place in back
by gridle, from below which
tiny coat tails or tabs appear.
There is some indication too, Of
the cape returning as a separate
wrap; in fact pelerines of
quantity quilted taffeta are being
shown to wear over light sum-
mer frocks and are now being
worn in the south. Many of
these display the untitled, rath-
er bunchy-looking collar which
accentuates the slope of the
shoulders thereby living up to
one of the chief requirements of
the present modes. Many cir
cular and Directoire capes
matching the hat are among the
seasons attractive fancies.
Alarming Width of Skirts
Paris is reported as practical
~ losing her head over the
width of the skirt. She gave
out the pleasing dictum of-"a
trifle more length" just a while
ago, and proceed straightway to
offset it by adding to their
breadth. Many of the new
skirts on Paris models, it is said,
are gathering material in about
the waist with no regard what
ever to the figure beneath, in
fact a woman wearing such a
skirt or frock has much the APP
pearance of an animated barrel
or something equally ungrace-
full. The medium skirts with
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ACCURACY IN
NEWSPAPERS

Professor Hugo Munsterberg
is professor of psychology at
Harvard. His head is filled with
with ideas, and he knows many
things. But some things he
doesn't know. For instance, he
has been taking a fling recently
at newspaper reporters, who, he
says, habitually distort what
men say and do, and the profess
sor regards this as a bad thing
for public morals. Evidently
the professors experience has
been with the metropolitan
newspaper On these newspa-
pers vast quantity Of news
must be gathered in an extraor-
dinarily short time. Accuracy
is aimed at and attained to a
remarkable degree. But the
metropolitan press is but a very
small part of the country's
press. Professor Munsterberg
is provincial, like many other
jewellers in Eastern cities. In
the small towns the people are
close to their newspaper. Ere
quently the editor knows every
body in the country. Accuracy
becomes a deadly necessity. No
reporter or editor who is worthy
the name dares say he does not
care whether what he writes is
true or not. His; profession and
his pride in it demand that he
gives to it the best he has in
him. Accuracy, attention to de-
tail, truth are only some of the
things he must give to his pa
per. Professor Munterberg may
be a great psychologist, but he
will never be a great man until
he learns that outside of Har-
ward, Bosten and New York
there is a great country filed
wish newspapers and newspa-
per men, and that in the lot the
venal, the deliberately untruth-
full, the mountebank are as
scarce as exactitude is in psy-
chology.
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THE OLD TIME SPELLING BEE.

he OhO l1NlC % GLAAAN0 OAIG'
Folks nowadays don't have much fun
Compared to what we had
Back in the old Fourth Reader days,
When girls in bingham clad,
With pigtails hanging down their
backs
Ut all comes home to me)
With boys in top boots met and held
An old-time spelling bee.
The teachers took turn about
Pronouncing as we spelled,
And when one missed word, it was
The "trapper" who excelled;
All, that was life,-the spelling
match
Salt of the earth were we
Who took part in such battles as
The old-time spelling bee.
But, all that braid of golden hair,
The snow, the moonlight pale
The homeward ride-the yielding
vast
And Loves sweet oft-told tale!
And, all, the lovelight in those eyes
(Not seen on land or sea-
God bless the followed memories of
The old-time spelling bee.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-01-13
THE FABLE OF THE LOAFER.

Once upon a time there was a
"goodfor-nothing, who refused
to followed his fathers trade of
stone-cutter and became loaf
er. He was fat and ugly, with
a round, bald head, think lips,
protruding eyes and snub nose.
He spent his time talking, with
whomsoever would listen to him.
He respected no one, rich or
poor. He loved a joke, went
barefoot and allowed his clothes
to become soiled. He spent
most of his time drinking at the
public drinking place. Finally
he married, but instead of re-
forming his ways, he continued
to loaf along the streets, talking
and refused to earn money to
himself and his wife.
Frequently the woman could be
seen leading him through the
by the ear, berating him
with her tongue, and
frequently with a broomstick.
That man was Socrates-the
wisest man the world has ever
seen. He had the greatest brain
of any man who has ever lived.
He was the father of philoso-
phers-the greatest of thinkers.
MORAL: Don't judge man
by his habits.
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HERBS AS HOUSE.
HOLD REMEDIES

From the earliest history of the
human race the world over, herbs,
roots and banks have been used as
household remedies. Those nations
who peopled the civilized world he
fore the Christian era have handed
down to us in their writings descrip-
lions of the very same household rem
edies that are i'll universal use today.
cred and placed in their crudest form
upon the shelf for future use. That
these simple remedies were beneficial
is not doubted by anyone; today medi-
cal science universally accepts these
same remedies. Their medicinal value
having been proven by generations of
constant use, the authorities on ma
terra medica the world over agree
upon their medicinal qualities. Need
less to say these various roots, banks
and herbs do not have the same medi-
cinal properties, but rather they cover
a wide range Of the many ills to which
the neSn is helr.
Medical science of the present day
has carefully studied the many rene
dies in various proportions and their
effects, and have scientifically demon
strated from the entire worlds pro-
ducts which are the best under certain
conditions for the many different dis
eases.
There is carefully selected and
scientific combination Of simple veg
etable remedies, the original formula
of which is that of a distinguished
German physician. 1t is not patent
medicine, but the result of perfected
private formula which has for over
seventeen years proven most benef-
cial for the relief of all blood, stom-
ach, liver and kidney diseases. 1t is
put up in small chocolate coated tab
lets, the most convenient form for uni
versal use. 1t may have it's imita-
tons, but it has no substitutes. On
merit alone it has made place for it.
self and written it's name high in the
world Of family medicines, far above
many which claim to be Just as good.
1t is known as German-American Herb
Compound, formerly sold only through
agents and by mail, but now it may be
found in all drug and general stores,
in Sc, 25c and $1.00 sizes; guaranteed
to satisfy or the money win be re-
funded Ask your dealer today for
&c trial size. For particulars, write
International Medicine Company.
Washington, D. G.
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HAVE YOU Been SICK?

Then you realize the utter weakness
that robs ambition, destroys appetite,
and makes work a burden.
Torestoretbat strength and stamina that
is so essential, nothing has ever equaled
or compared with Scott's Emulsion, be-
cause its strength sustaining nourish-
ment invigorates the blood to distribute
energy throughout the body while its tonic
value sharpens the appetite and restores
health in natural, permanent way.
If you are run down, tired, nervous,
overworked or lack strength, get Scott,s
Emulsion to-day. 1t is free from alcohol.
6 Scott & BOVINE. Bloomfield. NJ
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THE INFANT PRODIGY.

me lINF AIN ThODIO Il.
You've heard about the boy who leads
at school,
And the manly kid of six who swan
the pool;
OF the boy who knows his Homer
famous he
And the one who. played the violin
beautifully at three;
Of the girl who knows her Shakes
peare through and through,
e the mathematic marvel and his
sums of two and two.
But there's another Infant Prodigy,
Who is greater far than these,
He's not the perfect little boy
Who minds his as and p's;
i know his sphere is lowly,
He deserves greater renoun,
He's the kid who stays at home and
works
When the circus comes to town.
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THE TWO KINGDOMS

Each man kingdom may possess;
May play the monarch's role;
And his the kingdom is no less
Then that of mind and soul;
Each man, Of course, must make his
own,
And therein must live, too,
And by his kingdom he is known
What kind, good sir, have you?
A poor mans kingdom rich may be;
A rich mans kingdom, poor;
And even through eternity
Some kingdoms may endure;
Their subjects are kind acts and
deeds,
Good words, and heart-thoughts
What monarch better subjects needs !?
What kind, good sir, have you?
Some kingdoms which more pompous
are,
And full of brazen show,
Are emptier and poorer far
Than those that kindness know;
At last to dead sea fruit they turn;
Become as bitter rue,
Dead ashes in the funeral urn
What kind, good sir, have you?
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just a bit of fulness about the
waist, combined with the SIM
pie quaint bodies now smart, are
dainty and becoming, suggestive
of the grace of the CURE beneath,
as they are. The new models
so reminiscent of the days of
1880 and 1850, are full of charm
if extremes are not INDUCED in.
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Owes Her Good Health to Chamber
lain's Tablets.

II owe my good health to Chamber
iain's Tablets" writes Mrs. R. G.
Neff, Crookston, Ohio. tive years
ago was an invalid due to stomach
trouble. ! took three bottles of these
Tablets and have since been in the
best health" For sale by GRANT
GRAHAM.
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WANTED Statesmen to COW
er every town in Barbour coun-
ty. Exceptional opportunity
open. Commissions weekly.
Write today.
Brown Brothers Nurseries,
Rochester, N. Y.
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THE NEW YEAR.
Will the New Year bring
Peace?
Peace in Europe will be the
greatest gift the new year can
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CITY DIRECTORY
Mayor, W. B. Huffman.

Recorder, Clark Cade.
Councn.nen-First Ward, M. Wer-
ner, L. D. Kittle; Second Ward, Rob-
ert Pitman, ]. M. Bartlett; Third Ward,
Roy Nestor, Henry Moore; Fourth
Ward, l. F. Right. F. E. Thompson.
Chief of Police and City Collector.
M. D. Gamer.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE

10 shares of stock in the Bel
ington Handle Factory.
w. S. SHURTLEFF,
Per M. E. SHURTLEFF.
Belington, w. Va.
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Entered as second-class matter
June 10, 1912, at the Post Office at
Belington, w. Va, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1916
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR GOVERNOR.
Subject Republican Primary
A. A. LILLY
of Raleigh County.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05

appointed October is. last, and as
signed to Alden. His home isl at Mon
roe. :. c. and he was a member OF
the North Carolina legislature from
1908 to 1910. He is 30 years DID.
tons gross. She was owned by the
Peninsula & Oriental Steamer Nayi-
cation company, of London. She sailed
from Bombay. November IA. for Lon
don, and was last reported as leaving
Gibraltar on December 2.
Inc Persia was one of several ves-
sells recently sunk by submarines in
the eastern Mediterranean through
which her course to the Suez canal
would take her to Malta.
On December "a. the French liner
Vile DE La Ciotat was sent to the
bottom off the island Of Crete by a
submarine. which. according to unof-
1lclal advices flew the Austrian flag.
Saline Date Not Known.
No advices have been received in
New York as to the day on which the
Persia sailed from London. She de-
parted some time in advance of her
advertised date of sailing. which was
January 10. The voyage from London
10 Malta ordinarily requires nine days.
The Persia was built in 1900 at
Greenock. She has been in the Bonn
bay service since that time.
On o of the danger from sub
marines to vessels which pass through
the Suez canal and Mediterranean this
route has been abandoned by the Japan
Mail Steamship company, which is dis
patching it's steamships around the
Cape of Good Hope. Insurance. rates
for vessels passing through the Suez
canal have been increased by English
underwriters to three or four times
the normal figure.
Lord Charles Montague. who booked
passage on the Persia. is Il London
stock o He was born in 1860.
and served with the Yeomanry cav
] airy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05
MAN SUPPOSED TO Be
RUDOLPH EXTRUM May
HAVE Been DRUGGED
Officers Think He Was 'Doped'
at Sioux City and Put OH
Garretson Train.

Garretsrn. S. d.. Jan. Mystery
surrounds the identity n place Of
residence of a man who is believed to
have left Il train i'm GarretsOn n then
wandered 10 the Minnesota side of he
boundary line, and who now is being
held in the Rock county Jail pending
he securing of information as to who
he is where he came from.
The unknown appears to be about.
81 years of age. When found Wander
ing on the prairie and k into Gus
tody by the Rock county authorities
he was believed to be demented, but
his mental condition now is believed
to have been due to his being drugsed
by unknown persons From ~incoherent
statements it is believed his name is
Rudolph Extium.
His condition was noted after he had
put in an entire afternoon pacing back
and forth in a highway near the ROCK
county farm of John Kahler. From
his rambling remarks he evidently had
been i'm Sioux City. and falling in with
bad company may have become intoN-
iCated, and while in that condition was
placed aboard a train, which he left
in Garretson or Jasper N commenced
wandering Owe the country. III his
mental condition does not improve 1t
will be necessary to send him to an
insane asylum.
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SOUTH DAKOTA

A most interesting recent gift 10
Harvard university is Il letter written
by Thomas Jefferson from Monticello
In 1919, with advice on the diet of UNI
~aergraduatcs. Jefferson's suggestions
were the following: For breakfast
Wheat or orn bread AT enc choice OF
each particular, with butter and milk
or coffee au lait. at the choice of each.
No meat. For dinner A soup, a dish
of salt meat, a dish of fresh meat, and
as great a variety of vegetables. well
Corn or wheat bread at their choice.
milk or coffee au lait also at their
choice. but no meat. Their drink at
all times water, a young stomach need
Ing no stimulating drinks and the hab-
1T of using them being dangerous. And
i should recommend as late a dinner
as the rules of their schoo will admit.
No game of chanc to be permitted in
the house,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05

quarters was hat the position of the
united States was sufficiently we'll
known TO Austria, and the Ancona ne
EQUATIONS have been under way a suf-
flclent length of time to permit in
structlons to reach the submarine fleet.
with astonishment.
Want Full Reports.
Consul General Skinner, at London.
what information was avail
aole at the British admiralty. and his
dispatch. with unofficial reports of the
disaster, was forwarded to President
Wilson at Hot Springs.
AS IN similar cases. the policy of the
Amerlcan government will be to avail:
.uli and complete information before
moving. There is little ROOF to doubt
that h incident will mean new dino
matlc action. in which the United
states will present to Austria in tho
saMe lorcelul it's unalterablc
poiicy that the laws of nations and hu-
NANNY must be regarded by the bellig-
erents in their warfare at sea
Severance OF diplomatic relations
win an Its possibilities looms up as
one or the eventualities, the same as
II did in III case of the Lusitania tho
Arabic n the Ancona. ~
Aitnough the nationality of the sub
marine which sunk the Persia remains
unestablished definitely as was the
case with h Yasaka Maru. and the
VIE DE La Ciotat. the assumption
generally is that 1t was an Austrian
boat Count Won Bernstorff.
the German ambassador, recently dc.
CARED that no German or Turkish sub
mersibles were operating in the Medi-
terranean.
The attack On the Persis. as she was
approaching Alexandria, renews atten-
paign against allied shipping is being
carried on OF the entrance to the Suez
canal.
Arthur Gl:rels, American consul a,
Alexandria, Egypt. was instructed by
q state department to gather all
available information about the sink-
Ing OF the Persia Ind forward 1t at
once to Washington.