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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17
Why
You
Should.
Drink
BUTTERMILK

The medical profession insists that
buttermilk is not only health assur-
ance, but in it lies the secret of
longevity. -
Science mashals these facts and ad-
vances them in formidable array. The
rich Tactic ferment Tor Tactic acid
bacillus) in buttermilk clears the in
testines of microbes and does much to
prevent intestinal poisoning, which is
generally believed to be the most
pernicious force in bringing on old
age. The digestive tubes contain
these germs that bring on senility or
lack of vigor. When Sthe fermented
milk fluids come in contact with these
microbes the little forms of animal
life give up the ghost. The antiseptic
forces of the Tactic acid bacillus are
too strong for the bugs"
Buttermilk is a strong vigorous
phosphate food, acquiring this quality
in the process>6f ripening. 1t excites
the intestines and acts as brisk
onic upon the whole digestive sys-
tenn.
The long lives of the Balkan noun
taineers is attributed by scientific
men to the eopious use Of soured milk
or what is known as Tactic acid bacil-
lus found in the greatest quantities
in buttermilk). In times Of peace
Serbia was known to have more sep
and more inhabitants
over 100 years of age in proportion |
to its population than any other coun-
try In the world. The Bulgarians, too,
boast of their longevity. Each nation |
uses curdied milk as food and refresh
ments.
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by hoDetl
These hands which you see are noru,
and coarse
And present no picture which pleases
the
Eye of beautiful mind or a lover
or mankind. for ugly, and loathsome Is
Beauty defiled, when degraded by they
Who servile become, that make OF
Divine thing Of vile clay. The knot.
Muscle, the calloused hand. proclaim.
- ing the man ysta
To be that thing most repulsiye "a
slave. ..
When the Almighty Creator formed
man for
His purpose to do. the hand was de-
With omnipotent skill, for such was
the -
viii Of Jehovah our God, that beauty
Was i'm impaired in such cunning way
Glory and praise should resound to
= his
Name. But see the hand twisted like
Root which Of its posture vile, it hides
Ostrich-hke its head in the folding Of
It's ugliness, because, having been
made
After the pattern of heavens mold, is
Now a creature Of the cutters - q
slave.
OF origin divine, and workmanship
Supreme. thou shouldest hold thy
head among
Clouds Of celestial grandeur, and de
mean
Thyself jas become one Of such des-
cent.
Now. gods and demons stand aghast
to see
Such spectacle Of amazing fear
And abject servility. The hands
which
were made to adore our
Lord
Are today held out in beseeching plea
In supplication to the powers that be
Like as to gods. Woe unto the toilers
Who has spotted the sanctuary Of
God most high, Omnipotent JOve.
who made
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Those leaving Friday morning were
Paul Kotschka, wife and two chill
dren; George Matz, wife and two chill
dren, and John Woe5er, wife and
three children. Mr.. Kotchha is of the
firm of Kotcnka and paulus, meat
dealers in tne Market Auditorium.
Mr.. Paulus will continue the business.
All are making roundabout visiting
trips on their way to Los Angeles.
The Kotchka family will go to West
Newton, Pa, thence to Morganton,
North CAROLYN, thence to Cincinnati.
fhe Mates will go to Cincinnati and
the Woebers will go to St. Louis. AL
will be visiting relatives. They will
meet in Chicago and go together to
Los Angeles, where the women and
children will remain until the men
nave established tent homes for them
IN the colony
The colony itself is attracting con-
siderable attention. A barren desert
land is being reclaimed by irrigation,
and it is the intention of the colonists
to produce all that is necessary for
life, and give no profits outside the
colony. Each colonist pays $3.50 to
join, and this can be paid at the rate
OF $40 per month. All accepted are
guaranteed a wage rate OF 81 per day,
for any class OF labor. n,
: Mr.. KotcnAa has promised to write
letters to re Majority from time to
time inlu1Aning the Wheeling friends
of the pioneers OF their progress and
experiences. !. ~.
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Cold Weather
Hurts Building

The cold spell has had a bad effect
upon building. Carpenters and sheet
metal workers have perhaps been the
worst affected, owing to the nature of
their work. Many men of these trades
are idle who would otherwise be en-
ployed, as there is some work that
only the weather is holding up.
G. K. Newland of Carpenters No. 8
fell from a stepladder in the NEGRO
reg 5 and 10 cent store Tuesday and
the igaments in his ankle were torn
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WE ARE OF AGE TODAY.


Men, IN tell you a secret,
1t Will make the Ants rage;
"A bold and frank confession
On this very page,
That the girls of West Virginia
Admit they are of age.
I'm dainty school girl frocks,
With hats upon one ear,
OF course you thought US children
To protect from harm and fear
That we really are Of age
I'm sure you're shocked to hear.
When infants we watched our sister:
React that thrilling day,
When their, State proclaimed then
ready
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17

The medical profession insists that
buttermilk is not only a health assur-
ance, but in it lies the secret Of
longevity.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17
Political Candidates
1fo.aa..Lu-s foo. Par. /,
won had they not taken B. w. Peter
sons bluff. ~ III.
AMBROSE HAeIo.

Ambrose Habig is a candidate fol
county commissioner, striving now fol
the Republican nomination. Habig
worked for years as pressman on the
News, and. after the merger, for the
Intelligencer, and was the man who
ooragnized the Pressman's Union il
Wheeling. For years he has, been in
the general store business at Twenty
seventh and Maket streets. He ser
we'd in the city council as the first
Republican ever elected from the
Sixth ward, and made q whirlwind but
unsuccessful race for circuit clerk.
CHARLES HEMNING.
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loose. He win be laid Up. for quite a


loose. He will be laid up. for quite a
while.
U. G. Fades, of No. II, who was in
jured in the jitney accident near So.
Clairsville, is recovering but slowly.
Roy Rogers of No. is confined to
his home on the Island, ILL.,
A special meeting of Carpenters Nc.
1917 of Elm Grove is called for Wed
nesday evening, March LIST; to vote
on three propositions by international
referendum, the chief of which is the
question of reaffiliating the Brother
hood with the Building Trades Depart
ment of the American Federation, Of
Labor.
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VIII 1all in doing JusL.u~
One who never. sought the laurel;
Who did the utmost for duty's sake.
And in the midst Of the battle he fell.
For unto the last ION duty" for its
sake.
He entered into life as silently
AS the shadows of night come on
apace,
And great souls bear pain, silently
The mask Of death came on your face,
Your spirit tied over the mystic river
Between earth and the unknown
SnOre- =. ~ .5
Leaving US memories that will hover
Around about and with us evermore.
He entered into life. and we
Who mourn him must also
Cross that mystic river, into eternity:
Then let our deeds here show
When the time comes we're ready
To go-with a soul, spirit tried
And found not wanting; as steady
And patient as he who died.
He entered into life, a comrade
Whose life here was not in vain.
VINO sought by voice and pen
Life more joyous for all be made:
One who loved, never hated; who
gave
What all great men will for their be-
lief
His all; and whose greater love
Us now but the measure of our grief.
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awful a pic

Ia us from seeing the
M. lie. So like unto this
W coming of the 1ovable One
I.C' .,e to the side of his Fathers. For
give, ~
He said, forgive my Fathers, oh for
give.
Poor hands, decrepit representative
OF idealized thought, do not wish to
Reproach thee for thy present condi-
ton;
! But thy deformity was never meant
= Him who designed the universe;
ather is His nostril filled with the
stencil
they ungadnly contour, which de-
signed
or an angel. has become, through
serving, y
, Like the talons Of a demoniac.
The rheumatic pains; the rending ach-
ing,
/ Are but the protest Of nature against
The degrading services that are de-
manded
From her in doing what is abhorrent
To all the better instinctsSof her heart.
The uncanny dreams; the horrible
swarm ~
Which fearful nightmare confuses the
mfnd,g Ksi 0s -'-s = f..
Are but the Nemesis of broken laws
Which the agonized soul in anguish do
Utter. Its the dissenting voice of the
Spirit that warns the toilers that so
far 4
And no further can the prostituting
OF the functions of the immortal
Part OF man go On.
When the great day shall arrive for
the soul
To pass beyond this valley of trouble
And will cross the river with Charon
A guide. The pearly gates will not
for thee
Ajar be held. Within that portal none
May enter who has not his part taken
In the glorious struggle for the free
dom rs
OF the human race. No one with
beaked
Fingers, knotted muscles, or crumpl-
ed hands
But all with velvet hands and beauti-
full
Fingers, which are in themselves the
type Of
The Freemen, who spurn, and disdain |
all the |
Frivolous creatures, who. rather than
lift
Up their eyes to the sun of liberty
Listen to the siren voice which leads
down.
Down to the cutters of dependency, /
Where all Of servile inclination throw |
Themselves and WallOw in the mire |
Of their
Own degradation. What a pity to.
See beings of such noble extraction
Who, made in the image of the perfect
One, has for temporary gain, sordid
enjoyment, cast into the abyss the
Crown Of the Eternal!
Man. be true to thyself and It follows
As sunshine succeeds rain, so wilt
thou be
True to God, home and native land:
to do
Otherwise is to debase the noble
Instincts OF the soul, and art indeed
little higher than the hearts of the
sod, who ordained the coming and go
ing
f the season; the times and periods
u the sidereal bodies in this
)rbital velocities and distance,
Also regulated mans labor in
'uch a way that each individual
lust bear his just proportion in this
vale
u tears. Man in defiance of the laws
Which from the beginning Numbered
forth from
he lips Of love, voluntarily now
,arries on his shoulders the weight Of
those
Who by mandate divine should free
ly, and
With willing mind. partake Of the
tolls, the
.abors, which IS mans inheritance.
BY q
'hus overriding the win of the One
he workers with meekness unsur-
passed
lost Willingly become an humble
slave.
y this execrable act tie doors Of
leroy are closed forever. And when 4
he lisping cry Of help is uttered by
he parched lips Of men. no help win /
come.
) no help win come when there Is
) S s. Sc !. Nan, must y III. ,ourns
thrCnGA
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17

Charles Henning is a former Ohio
county man after a state job. He was
circuit clery for two terms, and has
since been in Office in the state house
at Charleston. He is now a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for state treasurer. He was in the
city during the past week, building up
his fences.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17

This paper travels over every street
] in Town, and road in the Country.
Let it carry your message.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-17

mis- own saviour. Saliva
lies only to those who seek it, not
slaves.
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cling Families Join
.ifornia Cooperative Colony

: families have afili-
operative colony at
Los Angeles county,
lie first detachment of
left Friday morning,
six families will follow
IS the report of the ad-
rs should be adverse.
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,~uLaA

ask the ballot due to boys
~ When they twenty-one;
q; We ask the ballot due to girls,
now AS our sister states have done
We don't want to think it prejudice
~ory sban' A0ainst daughter for the son.
70 boys and girls
nay,
s. it fair and
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o!S guns went on. and fifty yards
IN front OF the men the road was
blown up in its fun width by a
shell.
we are in for il this time said
Gaspard, adding, Poor mother. il You
could only see your SON"
They turned into "A field where their
feet sank In the mud to the ankles
n they went dow through a narrow
excavation where the mud was knee
de"p. The passagc was so narrow
That the mems rifles and haversacks
!inpeded them in their march.
MY rifle is cakcd with mud" said
Gaspard.
Damn that kept" exclaimed
Mousse, fishing his cap out OF a pool
Of water.
Get a move on there in 'front.'"
shouted the men in the rear OF the
column.
II was easier said thar done. They
were having a terrible time cxtri-
eating their feet from the mud. into
when they were sinking deeper at
each step. slipping. stumbling. fall
nS, they crawlcd along: they found
II" assistance in holding onto the sides
VI NV he''1, Tor the mud was lust
a" SOFT there. Al every other stem
ther rifles would fan to the ground
II they would pick them up covered
WItn nut In less than five minutes
lhe men were caN"d with dirt from
mead 10 foot. AMI these iitty sol
di"f', marching ono nv one under
ta"S" heirt"ning conditions, seemed
80 az" nShting 10 prevent Tho .arth
ROW "oSln% NJ over thcir heads
'-h' human h".'. caIgn' "a uu.rk-
ana 'h"N went on. igNtuc Cor cvory
step lie m"n hIrtl n.,c. mak.ug
"'spcrl, efforts 20 roach "u," more
solid ground.
NJ the end of TIL. ia-nj,-c l,,y cam.
90 into what was once a small, wood.
but there VA nothing left except ,res
! trunks and dead branches. which, how.
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"Th.s thins will Kill us"
"po,r mother, II va, cou,d onl>
see yo,i, son noy.' said l;asnard iok.
iu.,y.
"l:v tho way" no added "whe,, are
Nc .nipr f., sat""
The big toothioss soldier was ouick
:, .uplly the thai, The
,t,,rs had already had their mo,l.
Ga.,arl again lost his tempcr.
You poor fool. Who asked Won
alout yptIrselfo All I h Va had IA GA,
j. , nisruit, Do Won think ia,,'s
,ua,.h for a man on a day like his
/ I'm wiling TO hclony to the Govern
nrn,. hil, they'u have 10 feed me- or
therein be some noise. You can hot
! tina, The Cabinet Ministers have more
| 10 eat than they want and ara getting
| far"
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nave % Know your procession, ior WIN
a race Hhe that its a surc tning tna'
you nave mover lone a real Gay
work.
'hou told MN that|'
"tou net did.
"Nnd you seem TO he proud OF It o
Go on back TO the prison. n Quick!'
"But now ABOUT equipp,ng the re-
rruits?'
you heard what said. Back TO
prison o 60
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c. A S p A r y

You sec. I'm going away and I'm
smiling and my pal, Nom
sieur Mousse. who is "A real pal. YOU
see. he's smiling too It's Just
like a show: You take the tickets and
YOU start all over again right away
They wcr" only twenty when they
left tho barracks this time: II vas
no longer the imposing departure ~ n
regiment. but merely "A small reen-
~forccn,ent for n company at tho front.
But with Gaspard anon the mum
Der oven - small - group assumed
an air of Importance.
lie was in The first rank. marching
Il" side his pal. and oncc again he was
g"!ug Ia battle with a smile on his lips
ana hummiug q merry tune Mousse.
wi" didn't know Just how to feel,
mir"irl %alungs,lc "f his friend Won
1crinc that this little insignificant
town should suduciily ~ Z" much
Importance - him. and he feared that
liz wl.S never goiu- to sec II again.
At the railroad station an officer
Wa waiting tor them. ~t;aspaiI's
jovial air appealed To- linn. aud ne said
".Ah. here are the y"iuutecrs' You
" pdNt W. NV Wv ''''NNii'i
c"cry one OF YOU
This pleased taslr,r,l immC nscly.
We are all Good pals he said.
And we're goIng to xo "ut and get
the hochcs if We have t. get killed To
the last man"
"Nive Ia France" shouted tho o'l-
cor. and the men repeated the words in
n long and powerful cheer.
The officer watched them pic into
~" third class compartments aud
tho, at iI'm. Ia tikiu- oil hI. h,.
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This WAS too much for the Cap
tain, who hardly knew whether to
laugh or To grow angry again. He
took the report and wrote clear across
il in large letters. This soldier has
left for the 'front.' Then he called
out to his assistant:
Get that lunatic off right away
and don't keep him here another sec
ond. why, he would wind up before
a court MARTA,
Il told you so said the .Adju-
tgnt.
Il don't want to see him again unaor
| any circumstances. Tell him to clear
OUT"
When Gaspard was informed Of the
! Captains decision he wos very much
worried. He was all ready to start.
| with haversack on his back. canvas
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and belt Gasparl dropped a photo:
graph IN the floor.
You're losing Your wife and your
KID. said Mousse quietly.
These words IMPRESSED Gaspard. who
replied:
I'm losing them. NcS hut
I'll 60; them back all right
III Nor DON'T said one uf the sol
d!srs. there wln'i hp much harm
done, seeing tina, Aou told the officer
that You were willing to get yourelf
XII cd"
Gasparl ,"o'>.d up gH,ckly and felt
Ter Il m worried at the thought
that l." might have" gone too fan in his
patriotic outbur>t. lie felt that he
Needed some advice from Mousse. who
knew more about such things. but
Mousse had nothing to say. Eager.
however. to reconcile his contradictory
statements. he sud philoSnI,hically:
We'll, you see. the Captain is u good
sort and this il his game lie
was pretty decent with MS
ana believe me. that's the sort 80 stun
h" likes to hear 50 WHY not
give IL to him."
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then reached a mass of ruins which
still bore the name of IA village. only
{; few walls were standing. most of
the houses had been reduced to stonc
Leaps from which here and there a
shaft would emerge, seemingly cal
ing ont fu help. But No more help
death and desolation. Not "A living
soul Was to II" seen. II seemed.
however. as If some II tho stone heaps
were moving and black shadows could
be- disccrned around them.
"WhNt Is it," some ono asked.
soldiers" Gaspard replied,
"WhaI are they doing there" asked
Mousse,
They are cncamped there said
the sergeant, And that's just what
we're going To- do"
lie halted the men in front of the
remains of "A stone wall with one
solitary window which no longer had
anything To protect. They advanced
along The wall and suddenly came Ia
a hoe in tho ground from which the
top Of u lrddcr emerged.
"iiu to it. one 10y one, aud watch
your step"
1T looks as II we We're going down
to hell said Mousse.
The sergeant replied:
We are going Ia reinforce the
Tenth COMPANY"
An objectionable odor greeted I'll"
men as they entered the cellar whore
shadows could no seen seated ar lying
along the walls,
Some ~ called out:
New recruits"
GdHiard lid not care much for The
atmosphere, hut he called out never.
thc!oss;
is there amy unr here from the Rue
dIa Glitr"'
Here you are sonc one replied.
a big tall soldier stepped out from
the shadow.
They shook hands lauIhingly. Gas
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By Rene Benjamin--A Soldier Of France

Come on, ana get . move on said
the sergeant. II suppose you're n
Of those slackers who aTe o proud 10
6gf&s
what" shouted 0aspard. "Just
repeat that because, o KNOW
your rank doesn't bother me . D..
just repeat ~"
well, then, what are you kicking
about?"
81 am not kicking. All I want is
something to eat"
II haven't got anything to give you
shoulder straps?"
AdjutSnt.'
What did you say? . JUS
he careful. friend. because YOU know
7 don't give a damn II you are Q
Partisan.
A tremendous explosion interrupted
the discussion.
II was wha. the French troops
call a 'marmite' and the English a
Jack JO.lnson,'' an enormous Ger
man shell exploding only a few yards
away. Gaspard WAS almost pleased
to hear evidence Of real warfare once
again at close ranee. but Mousse. who
WAS climbing M the ladder at the
time. rems ned motionless for a mo-
ment, deeply shocked by Tho violence
of tho explosion.
Up above. however. tho men were
M; in Tho slightest impressed Many
o; them were filling their pipe.
Forward" SAID TIC sergeant.
They Nere about TT" in mi
each one equipped with n spade.
They formed in fours az host they
could aud marched along slowly
through t." mud.
SANG ''Y".' The
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cal. foi twenty volunteers 10 star, a
IN forty-eight hours. DO you want to
go:"
DO | want to GO exclaimed Gas
pard.
We'll. then. for the next two days
you can help US out in the store
house. where We are equippinS the new
recruits
Gaspard was delighted, But suddenly
the .Adjutant appeared ON the scene.
III" held the report in Ills hand II an
ugly fame could he seen in his eye.
The trouble this time was "A complaint
against tiaspard from the police de-
partment in Paris.
The Captain turned red with anger,
What. in Paris too .
Did you fight with a policeman too?"
Gee, Captain. that's a shame .
! just listen . I'll tell you all
about it We'll, | just reached
tho MOntparnasse railroad station with
my mother, my kid and Ribirhc .
Eihichc, you know, Is my wife
We'll. at the gate ! turned around t.
Civ" tn" plare II list look when this
brass buttoncd fool ="
! nave Always tou You |" use more
decent language"
well. this whatever you cal
him. walks w to mo and says: Come
in or 90 out but don't stand there.
We'll . suppose "a wrong
admit ! probably was wrong, but
lust said to him: 'Youll Just keep your
high talk iii the war is over. Are yor
going e. try TO give orders to "A poilup
why. Captain, his face turned just ~
rcd AS my cap, and then he asked m,
tor my name, my number and the ago
Of my mother ! thought il
was pretty decent Of him to take 5,
much interest in myself and my fam
lily. and then, as a sort Of parting So
lutte ] just simply said: J don't have
TO ask you for your name because ]
! know II must be damn fool; nor do ]
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We'll, ! should worry," said Gapard.

Well. ! should worry" said Gaspard.
Maybe you will worry later on.
/. . This h Dead Mans Wood. and
no II comes back from st."
We'll. why tell II to me-" exclaimed
Gaspard. "rut 1t TO music and sing
it,"
THAT will do" said the sergeant.
Form fours and forward march"
The wind blow the rain into tho SOL
diers' eyes and In the distance heavy
firing could he heard. Mousse had
nothing to say: he felt a chill IN his
heart. THE little group OF men
marched along through a small wood
covered with fog and their steps could
hardly Ike heard. So thick were the
dead leaves under their feet.
Suddenly they turned into = main
road where u battery Of artillery
emerged Unexpectedly from the mist.
with i~"rscs. cannoN and gun ear
rlagrs. Tho horses were wading
through pools " mud and water WAS
dripping from the wheels. The men
wer" cndeavotiig to protect their
mounts ~ much as possible with their
coats. which We're covered with mud.
But they looked nothing like the
twenty infautrymen after they had
passed them IN the road. for the
horses hoofs and tho heavy wheels
had covered Gaspard asld his comrades
from head TO foot with n thick LAYER of
mud. They called out II protest To the
artillorymen. wh" Went on wi,i,"u' re-
pl'lnc. riiinr their horses a. though
they were glued To their saddles aud
dragging behind them tho ~sduesking
gun carriages. Ther seemed to have
little hut contempt for these men wlrn
went to war With sma rifles in their
hands.
Tho tDoo'v volunteers marched -
~ilcntl, frr about fifteen minutes and