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The Press., 1916-05-03
THE TREE ON THE ROOF.
An Old Building Custom to Propitiate
 the Pagan Gods.

Did you ever stop to think why a bit of ornament in the form of conven. tionalized fruit, grain or flowers is al
 most invariably added to the gable oi Gothic building and very frequently to the gable of any other type of build IngE Do you know why the lightning rods of our grIndfathers were branch ed ut the ends like little trees and why the old fashioned Scandinavian. Dan lsh and German contractors eontrive to fasten branch of tree or an eIr of corn to the topmost peak of n hous,. that has progressed SD far in the course place! Usually the contractor laughs sheepishly when he Is asked about the matter, giving no other reason than that his father always provided the birds with some grain or offered them a green brunch to rest in.
 The fact Is that the birds have moth ing whatever to do with the custom. 1t Is purely religious in its significance and entirely pagan. It had its begin ming before Christianity was inflicted on the barbarianS of the north" The gable of 6 building was exposed to both wind and lightning. so the gods must be propitiated. For Wotan ther, was a small evergreen tree and for Thor there was a bunch of flowers. If the favor of the god had been invokel while the house was still incomplete the ceremony must be finished the day the house was done by the burning of the little tree or the withered flowers. Then a bunch of grain was tied to the gable to feed the white horse of the death god. so that he would hasten on his journey without stopping at that particular house.-St Louis Globe Dem ocrat.
The Press., 1916-05-03
LITERARY HYPOcRlTEs.
Here's Writer Who Frankly Admits
 He's One of the Clan.


 He's One of the Clan.
 How many of us if we were really honest could make list of great books that we have tried to enjoy and couldn't rise to?
 We have for our own part a greater sin than that on our conscience. There are a number of books that we habitu- ally pretend we have read which we have never read at all. They are great books, we suppose. At least we've heard lot about them and read a lot about them, and people who assume to know say they are great books. Some of them we have tried to read and couldn't read. but we have pretended at one time or another to have read all of them. Here Is our list of shame:
 "Tom Jones'" We have tried to read 1t four times and could never get five pages into it.
 '4The Vicar of Wakefield" We have attempted 1t at least six times and taken the count In the first round every time.
 ~Dantefs Divine Comedy" We have been going against the Cary transla- ton. which we hear Is good one. at least once year for twenty years. and we can't get interested in 1t. Yet up to the present moment we have always pretended that we had read all of 1t and liked 1t.
 'Don Quixote." We have read lit- tie of it. and we know all the usual things that are said about 1t, and we even wrote some stuT about it one time, saying all the things that are usually said about 1t, for which we got $25. but we don't really like 1t. It puts us to sleeps it seems long drawn out and clumsy to us.
 "Boswelrs Life of Johnson" We never read any of it. But We have pre- tended to and have pretended at times to quote incidents from it and have got away with the incidents.
 We have always pretended that we were familiar with Walt Whitman's poetry. but as matter of fact we never read anything through, except ing "When Lilacs Last In the Door yard Bloomed." Don Marquis in New York Sun.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Sonethip1 Saved.

What success t.il you have raising chikcnsT
 Very little. Some escaped, thieves stole others and large number died of a mysterious disease"
 "rhat was tough luck"
 However, beat the jinx to the last one"
 How was that?"
 Before anything could happen to 1t mingham Age-TIcrald
The Press., 1916-05-03
Willy FIe.,hants.

' An elephant that is going to make trouble turns his back on his intended victim and begins to swing his great body from side to side. Then in q flash he wheels, catches the offender with his trunk and hurls him perhaps twenty feet away. following swiftly to crush the life from his body with his mighty knees.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Time to Quit.

Chief-why did Burgaleer reform1 Thief-rhe last safe he drilled and blew open only contained picture post card of the state prison.-Judge.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Curious Shoes.

In India the lowest classes wear as shoes flat block with a large knob, which slips between the first and sec { ond toes. Tbey1are sos skilled in wear ing these that they are able to keep 't them on aud walk or run with great speed. 7.s a *.t
The Press., 1916-05-03

pi> tnre ahd fhat ii would be :;i Su, cess. She. too, left ~F1orence immediately aft
 ar the tragedy and returned to Ameri- |':. where if fS tV be ~iloped she, re- penfetf of her many sins. --&> .,z>,
The Press., 1916-05-03
Homemade Gas

Spanish peasants living in the cork oak region use homemade gas obtained from cork refuse. As described by one authority, the process consists in fill Ing several large teakettles with the waste bark and placing each in turn over the fire during the evening. burn ing the volatile gas as 1t escapes from the spouts. The carbOnized residue forms the fine black-brown pigment known to commerce as Spanish brown"
The Press., 1916-05-03
, An important Man.

', Always boasiing. eh!'
 "Yes: everything connected with him is always in the superiative Eyer when he had cataract on his eye tt was a regular Niagara Kansas City Journal -.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Abrupt,

"cou'l roh 1end inc dollar, old 11an!" E~'
 "Certnh.h.! f""'l'l q" lots "r things l:nc lao rirll '"l, "i .l"'n:. Ni.'r day.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Practical Appraisement.

Ma. James asked me last night to Share Ills lot" x. Did he say whether it was one in good building section ?''-B Baltimore American.
The Press., 1916-05-03
Chinese Typewriters.

"A Chinese tyiewriter is wonderful rUntrivaict IL has l.2W characters. It has only three Keys. It can make 10000 l.lleis or characters by combi
 nations of the basic 4,260: To write a letter you turn q" cylinder upon which are. the 4.2OO characters Gnfi1 the righ, one comes opposite the keyboard of tlie guide 'olii "n"thrr. cynntIer After strikins lale t,rintilE:s. key, just az on ail American machine. syon begin Ia still hunt. for the next character which. you are: to. print. and so, Spn while treason tasts.-Christian Herald. ,,s-
The Press., 1916-05-03

He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut Persian Proverb. ...
The Press., 1916-05-03
Iis' Mn4iuA

Judgse-7Why did you. commit "a sec ond theft after: you had just been. .ac quilted of the first one7 Prisoner.I mad to pny.. my lawyer. your honor, Boston Trnmscript. ........
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08

A big book and over 800 pages, size 10 7
inches. handsomely and durably bound in
cloth. containing the dramatic history OF the
great events leading up to the present time
over 30 important and timely special articles
BY experts on the different phases OF the con.
fict; hundreds Of graphic pictures. por.
traits. Photographic, diagrams, specially
drawn war maps, Illuminating statistical
records. copies Of official documents and dip.
powers-a clear, vivid. accurate, permanent.
interesting and valuable record-a record
which once seen you win not willingly be
without. Europe's past and present are here
dramatically pictured and presented. Hun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
TESTING THE VALUE
OF ADVERTISING

A vital element of the advertising
problem was taken up at the annual
convention at Philadelphia OF the As
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs OF the
World. An accounting system was
recommended by which retail merch'
ants can test out the results OF adycr.
Using. How complicated or difficult
this would be for the ordinary small
merchant is not stated. But It is the
experience of most newspaper peo'
Pile that merchants make no reliable
tests of the valve OF advertising.
After paying for a good line of pub
licity, many merchants seem to feel
that they do not have to cooperate.
A person reads about the bargains in
the newspaper, and comes to the
store with a definite purpose to buy.
The advertised goods are frequently
not emphasized. There Is nothing
in the way they are displayed to
make the customer realize that they
aiS 40 any opNNoA
value. This is not good salesman
ship.
Whenever special bargains are ad.
vertised, some display should be
made in the show window At least
they should be placed on the coun'
tiers in conspicuous positions near
the front of the store. Many merch-
ants allot certain counter space for
these special bargains and find a
constant stream OF people coming
direct to this spot where they have
learned to look for special opportunl-
ties.
A lot OF cards ought to be printed
with the words As Advertised con.
spicuous. and room to write or stem
Gil in the price underneath. These
should be displayed as far as posi-.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08

bic with every bargain prominently
advertised.
When a customer enters a store
and sees advertised goods displayed
In this way, the favorable impression
given by the advertisement is deep.
ened and confirmed. The idea is
given that the bargain is a real one,
In which the merchant has contid.
ence. II handled in this way, test
according to the methods suggested
by the Advertising Clubs will show
results that would surprise a great
many merchants.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
SORE ARMS
A RESULT OF
VACCINATION
News From Troop n. Boys Still
Stationed at Fort
Douglas
BY Elmer Johnson

Salt Lake. July THE boys of
Troop H now stationed at Fort Doug.
las are fast becoming initiated into
army life and as time goes on are
showing more marks of the soldier
The first week there has been spent
In vaccination against smallpox and
typhoid fever, the placing of the men
and for the issuing OF material.
The health OF the boys has been
good except that OF some on whom
the vaccinations were little severe
although most OF them have had to
nurse some very sore arms.
The hours Of the daily program are
quite different to that to which the
boys have been accustomed. Rising
at 5:45; setting up exercises for IS
minutes; breakfast and then a prog.
ram full OF work is quite new thing
for most OF the boys, at least. All
the equipment OF a modern cavalry.
man has been issued to each OF them
which includes saddle, bride, halter,
spurs, pistols, guns and sabres. On
Wednesday sleeping bags were issued
which will tend to soften the night
hours materially. Beginning next
week various drills will also be prac.
ticed each day and 1t Is hoped the
efficiency Of the boys will be raised
materially within a short time.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
Scenes Of Horror
Mark Battlefield
or First Great Allied
Thrust

Paris, July 5.-The first French
officer to inspect the German position
captured by the British around Mon.
tauban. describing the battlefield TO-
day. says: a
"At Maricourt roofs-were torn from
houses, whose walls had yyeat ho;es
through them. Gardens Had been
swept away. It was tho same In
village after village. Turning from
Maricourt. we passed the Avenue Of
Poplars. the pride Of the region. The
poplars are only bare trunks.
Before us opens vast plain,
ploughed with four inch shells which
are still bursting and giving of their
greenish smoke.
AS reached what was the first
German line I thrilled with satisfac.
ton. What wonderful work has been
done by our batteries! How splendid.
ly have our British comrades aided
us. What was. formerly the German
line Of trenches has now become only
vague, chaotic furrow. It resem.
bles choppy sea.
"A little farther on lie the first
corpses of the Germans "a hideods
line along what was the parapet of
their trench-awaiting the moment
when It will be possible to give them
decent burial.
"The communicating trench leading
to Montauban is nothing but a rough
path. cut every two or three yards
by shell holes. It Is strewn with bro.
ken rifles, abandoned grenades, car.
tridges, scraps Of garments and the
pieces of equipment. Everywhere are
corpses.
"Montauban, like yermelles, Ablain,
st. Nazaire and Carency has almost
disappeared under the fire which It
suffered in order to become French
again. Having been reconquered, 1t
must still suffer, for shells are rain.
ing on the ruins. The Germans had
sent away the civilian population
and the town was empty when the
British entered. But the cemetery
was crowded to overlooking, peopled
with German corpses.'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
REDUCING SUM M Err
STOCK

Every merchant confronts In Juty
the problem whether he will mari
down his stock, or take chances on
carrying 1t over another year. Nc
store can get along without buying
more goods than II can sell at regu
lar prices. IL must expect to have
special sales or carry things over.
A good sale has value apart from
the immediate proceeds OF 1t. The
people who came for specially ad.
vertised bargain, who bought and saw
the value they were getting, are a
good asset to have. They will come
again the next time any article they
want is advertised and will also make
visits at other times.
The merchant can not well await
until late season before starting to
work Off his summer stock. A moder-
ate reduction in July will move lot
o! goods that could only be carried
out on big cut later on.
A special sale simply has to be
advertised literally in order to draw
the crowd. A store can attract at
tention by regular use OF small
space, and it will create its own
regular customers without big
splurge II the advertising is done reg
ularly But to get the crowd aud
move lot OF goods, the merchant
has got to blow in little. Other
wise 1t will seem to the public as Il
the thing was not genuine.
People have become used nowadays
to the big advertisements in the big
city papers of special sales. They
look to the home merchants to do
the same thing.
There Is a psychology of the
crowd. A well filled store is conduc-
i've to buying. If the atsles are filled
people believe that the sale is a real
thing, and the bargains genuine. their
ever caution disappears, and they
buy what they want instead OF watt
ing. No other way exists Of starting
the crowd but by good big news
paper advertisement. 1t costs some
money and II brings some returns.
II starts business on new level
OF prosperity.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
CONSTIPATION AND
INDIGESTION CURED

II have used Chamberlain's Tab
lets and must say they are the best
have ever used for constipation
and indigestion. My wife also used
them for indigestion and they did
her good" writes Eugene s. Knight,
Wilmington, N. G. Chamberlain 8
Tablets are mild and gentle in their
action Give them a trial. You are
certain to be pleased with the agree.
able laxative effect which they pro-
dhce. obtainable everywhere. -
Adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
A LAUNDRY RUN
AS A FAMILY
AFFAIR


room, one OF the leading laundry
journals OF the United States, Frank
r. Arnold. under the above caption,
had the following to say OF our own
American Steam Laundry:
When the co-workers, directors and
| stockholders Of the American Steam
Laundry in Logan, Utah, sit down
for their annual dinner, they might
easily call 1t a thanksgiving dinner.
Although 1t comes in August and trout
and chicken take the place Of turkey,
they have as much cause for thank
fulness as any family on the last
Thursday in November in New Eng
land, where gratitude for blessings
past and present is supposed to have
had its origin and where 1t has reach.
ed its finest Towering.
In the first place the dinner Is the
climax of the annual outing. Last
August everyone connected with the
laundry, with wife and children. went
up ten miles into the mountains to
a summer camp. There were fifty
three in all They left after work
on Friday night and we're back at
work on Monday morning and so had
two entire days OF wholesome outdoor
life. Everything was arranged with
military exactness with especial at.
tention to the commissary depart.
ment. Each one had his place reserv.
ed in the autos going up and back.
each had his own place at table. each
took his own bedding and each was
responsible for some part OF the en-
tertainment OF the others The girls
put on a play to amuse the men. The
men BACKED UP and did negro farce
to amuse the ladies. A piano, the
first to ascend the mountains, was
on hand An orchestra OF three piec-
es furnished music for dancing In
the evening and over hundred
guests came In from neighboring
camps to enjoy the dancing. The
river was at hand full Of trout and
the ladies of the party had only the
supervision of the meals; none Of
the cooking nor cleaning that eats up
so much time in camp and tries ones
soul and temper.
Here are some interesting commits.
hale nf
one gallon of vinegar, three bushels
Of potatoes, one half dozen hams.
ten pounds OF candy, thirty head Of
cabbage, sixteen pounds Of butter.
There were also peroxide whether
for the unnatural blondes or not We
cannot say, headache tablets and
snake bite medicine. 1t was very
thoughtful married man who planned
some OF those details. The total ex'
pense of the outing amounted to
s134. 35 and was borne entirely by
the company. Dishes. knives, forks
and spoons are owned by the CON-
pany and serve from year to year.
On Sunday came the annual dinner,
n gorge OF good things with music,
toasts, and general counting OF the
blessings OF the past year for dos
sert.
1t was a very happy, enjoyable &C.
easlon and the seventh Of its kind.
These outings began with summer
Eicnics and grew into summer camps.
One year the same crowd spent two
days at a mountain ranch owned by
Mr.. C. NJ. Harris one of the dirHc'
tors of the company. and there the
daytime was spent in horseback rid
ing over the mountain ridges and
pastures. Every horse had to carry
double and so the riding was leisure
ly enough to take in the fine views
These outings are not only enjoyable
for the co.workers, but they are what
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
COURTESY

Discourtesy Is the unseen rock In
the channel OF commerce that has
sent many lives Of business to the
bottom OF an ocean OF failures.
The truly big man 10 always court.
eous. The best conditioned mind Is
always courteous to others.
Find a sound piece Of American
manhood and you will simultaneously
find a courteous man.
II we were conducting a large es-
Enlistment, employing a great mum
Ter OF men who came in daily con.
tact with many people. We should in
sist upon courtesy to the big. cour.
tesy to the little. courtesy to the rich
and courtesy to the poor Pocket
Book.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
Much In Little.

Tommy-Pop, what does multum In
parvo meant Tommy's Pop-Multum
In parvo is Latin, my son. It means
er-well, haven't ysu ever seen fat
woman in bathing suiti-Philadel.
phia Record.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08
Feminine JArenoloyy

stella-How old is Mabell BeilN--,
Old enough to be younger.-New York
Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-08

Our Want Ads are business getters
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08

We are yet blessed with beau
tlful weather.
Thcse on the sick list for the
week are Mrs. Mamie Anghn
Mrs Lucy Redd and Mrs. Berlie
iairston.
Mrs. Mary Gravely and daugh-
'er Pearl spent a night and day
10 Danville last week.
Miss Nettie Moss, teacher in
,oe NJ. Z. :, has been a sufferer
from neuralgia for more than q
week.
Mrs. Martha FAance was call
ed to Roanoke To be at the bed
side OF her daughter, Mrs. Carrie
Prunty.
Mrs. Bertha Hairston and
children left for West Virginia
tbs week.
Mr.. + F.. Holley is at home
from McAIpin. w. Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
KEYSTONE HONORED BY THE VISIT OF
THIS DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN.
Lords Hall the Scene of One of the Most Sue
cessful Stays Ever Pulled Off in Old
Mcdowell County.

Each guest responded and We
we're treated 70 an intellectual a.
veil as a material feast.
Those present were: Capt. j
r. Hsmlin. Attorneys n. j
Capehsrt and A. G Froe, Drs
-. A Rogers. j. +. Hereford j
:. Brown. G. n Marshall, w. "
Hridgeford and w. L. Colson
Prof. T. L. Ram and Messrs.
e. r. Hill, Fred 0 Grady and
". H. Harris, Jr.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
v. '. c. |.
wins FROM
WHEREFORE
BEAT The "STUFF-
ING" OUT OF EN-
ON TURKEY DAY
Annual Thanksgiving
Tilt Goes to West
Va. by ESQ Score
(By Roy l.. Stephens.)

West Virginia Collegiate In
stitute closed the season in a
rlazs of glory by defeating the
nieskin chase-s of Wilberforce
University, WILDE I rec. o on
turkey day, by score OF 26 too
The ohio lads fought gamely,
stubbornly and tiercely at times,
trying to check the terrific on
slaught of the Institute war
riors, yet they were unable to
p :netrate unable to topple over
the impregnable and gigantic
wall OF Smiths proteges. The
tissue paper consistency of the
Wilberforce line contributed
largely to their downfall and hu-
initiation. AT one moment Har-
dy. whiriing, Keeling and spinn-
ing would sprint thru the line
for twelve and fifteen yards, the
next moment the fast flying and
wonderfully daring Bartlett
would dart thru for ten or twelve
more yards. Wilberforce was
completely outclassed in every
thing-so completely outclassed
that there WAS nothing to do but
sigh and sigh and take the druo
bling only as good sports do.
In straight football, in line
plunges, in broken field run
ming, in forward passes, in every
thing, Institute demonstrated an
overwhelming superiority. Whom
they wanted to make end runs
they made them. When the ides
flashed thru their craniums I,
resort to the aerial route they
did It. In fact they did abou
everything they wanted to do
We wont designate any particu
lar stars for Institute, for in do
'ng that would be only calm,
the roll, because there wer,
eleven young, speedy and YER
satile warriors right in Their
lighting desperately and cling
ing on teuaciously to the last.
You might want to know VIII,
PLAYED the n ost CONSPICUOUS par
ior Wilberforce. You might asl
VINO we're the stars, the fas
shooting meteors. the sensations
Oh. there are many things 20,
might want to know about tn
playing ability Of those Obi
chappies. We'd be awfully gla,
10 say Something nice abou
Il EN-. Honest to goodness W
would, but the tragic part OF
Is there is nothing to say.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
VILLA MS0M,

Rev. Norman Brown spent
Thanksgiving in Huntington.
Mrs. B. f. Ashe and daughtes
left Saturday for Marion, NC.
Mr.. Hill Taylor has returned
from Homestead. Pa.
There was great success 10
the house warmer given at thu
parsonage Of A. NJ 4. Church
tuesday night with Mrs. Suhs
"a manager.
Mr.. Robert Cowss r is confined
to his bed suffering from a frac
tured knee sustained on I he n
& w. yards.
Mr.. N. A. Morris, Red Jack
EFT, spent Sunday with bis
brother. G II. Morris.
Don't forget TO call on the
White Swan for cleaning, press
ing, shining and eating when in
William son.
DIR. j. M. Whittico has return
ed from his home in Virginia.
where he spent several weeks
with relatives
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-08
cOMGRtss IN SESSION.

The Congress OF the United
States 10 again in session. Pres
ident Wilson has delivered his
address recon intending addition
al railroad Legislation including
amendments TO the Adamson
Law, compulsory arbitration and
many other new laws regulating
domestic Affairs. The high cost
OF living 10 being investigated by
the President and me mbers of
his cabinet and in the mean time
the cost Of living isgolng higher.