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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
By KIN HUBBARD

Personal magnetism is that quality
In human nature which enables TIL hui
man bein' t. git by with a red carna-
ton in his lapel an little effort-that
indefinable somethin' which enables
us t. appeal t. others with success.
Ever individual has some personal
magnetism. Some seem t. have so
much that Their means O. support is
Invisible, while others seem t. have
jest enough t. git steady job an
hold it.
Personal magnetism, like tn SQUASH
may be cultivated an developed, an
tn reward, as in tn case O. tn squash
is allus fer in excess O. any trouble
or expense incurred.
TIL next time you see q regular pro-
moter, er a successful politician, care
fully note his style o. pitehin' an OBJ
serve his magnetic quality. He may
not have warm, soggy clasp o. tn
hand or a fireman's mustache, an he
may not be dressed accordin' t. tn
magazine ads or belong t. any lodges.
But theirs somethin' about him which
attracts you t him. At first he may
impress you as bein' a boss doctor, or
one interested in tn culture O. bees,
but after you're under his spell for a
moment you feel a crumblin' sensa-
ton. You realize he's got your num-
Der an that it's useless t. plead.
TIL first step in developin' personal
magnetism is t learn t. be cheerful
tho bored. "A wide, radiant smile is tn
foundation o. magnetism. But smile
t. be effective must have a well or
dered background. TIL teeth should
be plugged an evened up. So see your
dentist before takin' up the study o.
bein' cheerful. After you've mastered
tn art O. smilin' an being cheerful
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

Uncle Ez Pash an Niles Turner
started fer Morgantown early this
mornin' by buggy an Tell Binkley
said, "Well, If they have good luck
an don't blow out any traces they
ought t. git there some time t'mor-
row, as it's only twelve miles. TIL
trouble with drivin' a boss is this,
If he's young he's dangerous, an
If he's ole it's cruelty t. animals. If
they had auto they'd be in st. Louis
by this time"
TIL auto seems t. have it's friends
an enemies jist like a teller that
amounts t. somethin'.
My, how poor ole Al Moon fought
fer q auto. He worked in tn same
store from seven a. m. It'll six p. m. fer
thirty years without even gittin' off fer
a funeral er ball game. He wuz
what is generally known in the bust
ness world as a invaluable man er
trusted employee. He made things
hum at the store, but he had t. smoke
on tn porch at home. His wife wuz
q thrifty little woman an looked after
tn Saturday disbursin' an put ever
thing over actual operatin' expenses
in a money doublin' scheme that wuz
headed by a Teller that used t. know
her paw, an anybuddy could tell by
tn way she pulled her hair back t. a
knot that she wouldn't have nothin' t.
do with a auto.
AIS salary was so triflin' that if he'd
got it semiannually in pig iron he
could G. carried it all right. But
his wife skimped till she bought 'em
home in tn dressin' jacket belt, an
he had t. wear shirts that wuz only
printed on one side an socks with
runnin' colors an smoke a certain ia
nous brand that comes three In a
pasteboard case.
He'd jist about lost all interest in
life when he caught tn auto fever an
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
SCRAPS

A thief stole $500 pounds of dyna-
mite at Millinocket, Me-, and got away
with it.
The American botanist, Asa Gray,
could instantly recall the names of 25,-
900 plants.
A gray, lowering sunset or one where
the sky is green or yellowish green in
dicates rain.
A pinocle deck was requested by
Jersey City jury that was ''hung,''
and the judge discharged it.
Ten presidents of the United States
have been elected twice: Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. Jack
son, Lincoln, Grant Cleveland, McKin-
ley and Wilson.
A patient anatomist has counted
272 hairs each square centimeter in
European, 252 to 2S6 in a Japanese,
only 214 on the average in the Amos,
Il race noted for its extreme piIosity.
The number of hairs is greater in
the blOnd-haired than among the
blaclahaired or brown-haired, for ex-
ample. 147 black hairs, 1872 brown
hairs and 1872 blond hairs square
inch.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
BY KIN HUBBARD

commenced t. send fer road maps an
told his wife that he'd been workin'
so long an stickin' around home so
much that his liver wuz off an he
had warped view O. life, an that he
had decided t. git out an see tn
scenery while Their wuz yit time. His
wife made him some burdock bitters
an put him t. bed. TIL next mornin'
he told her that he didn't feel no bet
ter, an that he intended t. mortgage
tn home fer a six-passenger, foredoor,
forty-horse power Alice-blue tourin'
car with five-inch stroke, four an a
half inch long-life motor integrade
clutch that run thro' oil, elm
mated torsion bars an distance rods,
an semi-elliptic forty-two inch front
springs.
After his wife recovered her senses
she lit in t. him an tole him he didn'
have sense enough t rup a coffee urn
err money enough t. afford four-candle
power porch light. an she locked him
in his room an hid the stogies.
Poor ole AL. He never got out O. his
room alive. He laid fer days with a
| high fever an in his delirium he'd say,
''Hey, therel Watch your horse an
never mind watchin' my auto" GLOW
fer is Charlottesville? ether goes
another tire" Hop in Sam, I'll take
yer home" an all sorts O. things. Jist
| two days before he died tn John
sons that lived next door, bought a
fine big tourin' car an when AIS wife
found it out she rushed int his room
an said, 'Iook up, Albert, it's Net
tie, an t'morrow Wen buy a machine"
But she wuz too late.
AS we journey thro' life let us live
| by tn way-even if we have t. mort
gage TIL ole home.
| Copyright, Adams Newspaper Service.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

Homng pigeons can travel 20 miles
an hour.
The Texas industrial congress gives
directions how to make an independent
living from five acres of land.
A third Of the telephone operators
become brides before they have
worked five months, company statis-
tics show
Because gongs will not awaken
deaf-mutes fire alarm for their
institutions has been invented that
flashes electric lights in their Sleep
ing rooms.
A Houlton (Me.) man, who soon Is
to enter the realms # lnatrimony, is
said to have filed his intentions of mar
riage in Houlton Augusta and Boston,
as he had not yet decided where he
would like to have the "knot" tied.
An Eastern barber has patented
device to fasten around the patrons
neck to catch and save the hair re-
moved by the shears. When he has
made the patron beautiful, he offers to
save the by-product of his clipping
until, if the patron comes in often
enough, the hair can be mixed with
long horsehair and made up into pill
low.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Modern Sanitary Dairy Stable for Tenty.Eight Cows
Floor Plan.

outside blinds, painted dark green.
This is for the purpose of shutting it
up dark after the cows are MIXED in
the morning in summer. When the
blinds are shut the stable is so dark
that flies will not stay in it. Dairymen
have taken lessons from good house
keepers in this respect. Flies will
crawl out of very small crack to get
from darkness to light. You can't
shut flies out of COW stable, that is,
you can't shut them all out; but it is
possible to shut up stable like this
so dark that they will all leave it be-
tween morning and evening milking
hours.
OF course, the cows will carry flies
In with them when they are stabbed in
the afternoon, and this cannot be-
avoided very well. However, some
New York dairymen have dark pas
sageways leading to the stables, where
good many flies are brushed off by
the attendant as the cows pass in. One
dairyman experimental with station
airy brushes in a dark passageway,
which is an automatic way Of brush
ing the flies off the cows as they enter
the stable.
Easter dairymen usually are well
supplied with small hills or banks on
which to arrange their stables, barn
yards, etc. For this plan, a gently
sloping bank, falling away towards the
south or southeast, is preferable. The
north is usually protected by group
of trees or high board fence.
During the last ten years stables
have grown in size and dimensions.
Little cellar windows of meager sizes
in lonesome connection have been dis
placed by two sash windows, as care
fully made and adjusted as the win
dOws in the house. The system of
ventilation in this stable is a combina-
ton system, with the ceiling openings
that permit the ventilators to carry
off the warm air from the top Of the
stable in summer.
There may be built-in the concrete
floor in the feed passageway-a GEN.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

I trail air duct to admit fresh air. Over
/ this air duct is placed a wooden walk
built Of by 4 cross pieces, with the
boards nailed on lengthwise. This
leaves an opening between the 2 by A
cross pieces for the entrance of air
into the stable directly in front OF the
/ cows noses.
According to the principle of warm
air circulation, this arrangement is
theoretically correct. Air is admitted
in the center of the room that is prop
erly proportional and close enough
| built to prevent the influence of out
side air currents. The cold air from
outside is heated by the lungs and the
body warmth of the cows. Warm air
will rise to the ceiling and spread in
every direction. AS it loads up with
impurities, and as it's temperature is
reduced, the air becomes heavier. AS
it reaches the outer walls it descends
and is drawn through the outlet flues
from near the floor behind the cows.
Practical stable ventilation must be
studied for each building separately.
What will work out in one stable
would be useless in another, because
of some popularity in the structure.
This center horizontal air duct is
worth a trial. Being made of con-
crete, it may be kept perfectly clean,
and, being open, it is less of harbor
for rats and mice than some of the
wall air ducts that are placed in sta
bles. This center walk is made in
sections, so it may be lifted up and
rested against the front of the manger
while the stable is being swept with
broom or cleaned with a hose.
Any system of stable ventilation re-
quires u temperature above so de-
grees F. to keep air in circulation. A
temperature above so may be main
tanned in a good stable in zero weather
by packing the cows close enough to-
gether. This is, of course, likely to
lead to the old argument about the
amount of air space required for ami
mails, and this is subject that has
never been settled to the satisfaction
of .dairymen, But good cowmen like
to have the air changed whether there
is much or little to change. These
men make their stable ceiling low and
are particular to have a good-sized
cow in each stall.
In building these stables in the
East, dairymen are particular not to
leave any Lodges to hold dust. They
use inside ceiling without beading and
they paint the ceiling in such a way as
to fill the cracks so far as possible, SO
the ceiling is smooth and alright. For
the same reason there are no window
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

jections anywhere on the inside Of the
stable. The same idea is followed in
the stall partitions.
In this particular stable the only
support to the ceiling is from the par
tition uprights between the cows,
which are cemented in the floor and
fastened to the ceiling by screws
through threaded plates. A loft over a
stable like this is not used for any
purpose except as an air space, and
the air Is changed by having window
in each gable. The silos are placed
between the stable and storage barn,
with room for feed carrier to pass
through; this carrier track extends the
whole length of the COW stable, and
runs far enough into the storage barn
to load the litter carrier.
The value of this arrangement may
be better understood by the study Of
one fact-that north of the forty-sec-
ond parallel of latitude there is an
average of only six weeks of good pas
ture. There are droughts sandwiched
In between late spring and early fall
frost, so that dairymen are obliged to
supply manger feed for ten or eleven
months. In fact, some of the best
dairymen don't depend on pasture, ex-
cept to have a run for the cows for
exercise, fresh air and general health.
OF course, they want cows to get some
picking, and this is necessary to in
duce the cows to travel about. But
when it comes TO actual feeding, the
stable is depended upon in summer as
weH as winter. The storage of silage
and the growing of alfalfa have brought
about this change.
The old plan Of growing soiling
crops is not carried on to any great
extent; labor is too expensive. Silage
and alfalfa are better and cheaper. At
the same time, good cows appreciate
feed once day of green stuff. It
may be clover, oats, suecotash, alfalfa,
or any other good forage crops, but
this feed is given as an appetizer more
4 than for the actual returns IL milk de-
! rived from 1t
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
The Naughty Master Cecil.

The waywardness of Master Cecil.
a boy of six years, sometimes made it
necessary for his mother to use her
slipper. This usually resulted in a
haughtiness of manner and expression
for some hours after Master Cecil had
been ATTENDED to- One evening his
father came home to discover palpable
proof of the fact that Cecil had been
having a private interview with his
mother.
well, Cecil, what's the trouble
now" asked his father.
'Your wife has been licking me
again, sir" was the reply
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

The important development of dairy
farming during the last decade is very
forcefully indicated by the changes
which have occurred in the stables
used on such farms. In the improve
ment of sanitary conditions around
such stables, one thing at time has
been found wanting until the dairy
stable has come strongly into the at
tention of farm-building architects,
ventilating experts and equipment en-
gineers causing it to be given a thor
ough overhauling and redesigning.
Several types have been established,
all of which aim to accomplish prac-
tically the same thing. Primarily, the
animals must be furnished the best
possible conditions in which to live
and, secondarily, the building must be
easy to keep clean.
This is an Easter COW stable. 1t has
some features which are different from
other good stables, some of which are
we'll liked by everyone who has tried
them out.
Where the winters are cold, as they
are where dairying has been conducted
to the best advantage, a stable really
should be built for warmth in winter
and clean, airy GOODNESS in summer.
This design sometimes is fitted with
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Invited Them All.

A little boy asked his mother to let
him have birthday party. She an
swered, Yes, if you are a good boy
until then" SO when the time came
she sent out twenty invitations to his
little schoolmates. When the little
guests arrived, the mother thought she
would count them so as to arrange for
refreshments, and in the meantime
they kept coming one after another.
She said: 'Why, Bobbie, what have
you done?"
'Oh, just invited every little kid
met, so l would get lots of presents"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Made Famous hy Poem.

A half century ago-April 3, 1857
a sixteen-year-old girl, named Rose
Hartwick, put the finishing touches to
new poem.
The poem was duly published, under
the title of "Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight" To the surprise Of the
young author, it swept over America
like wildfire, conquered Canada, was
given an enthusiastic reception in
England, and made the Michigan girl
famous throughout the English-speak-
ing world. 1t was one of the greatest
hits of the century in popular poetry.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
The Easter Contains Features
Not Found in Some Other
Modern Structures.
BEST PROTECTION FOR cows
There Must Be Freedom From Insects,
Good Ventilation and Comfort
In Temperature for Sure
Milk Production.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.

Mr.. William A Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford. No 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
H. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Ady.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

Pimples, boils. carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
She Had.

She Had.
"Have you ever done any deep-sea
fshing?' "Well, l become engaged on
an ocean liner"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

Great men do much for others and
take it out in posthumous fame.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
A Universal Eavorjte.

"Who is your favorite writer?" she
asked sweetly, in order to get CONVEX
sation moving right along.
"The guy who signs my pay checks"
responded the mercenary brute.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
A Kidney Medicine
Universally Successful

One of the best preparations on the
market is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root; it
has been universally successful in the treat
ment of kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles and its excellent reputation makes
its value in such conditions well-known.
About thirty years ago we began to sell
it and we have never received a single
complaint. Very truly yours,
A. G. CORBETT DRUG co.
Nov. 6, 1916 Clarion, Pa
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Alphabetic ADVANTAGE.

"Who was the first MANI" asked the
teacher.
adam" answered the member of
congress who had just answered the
roll call. Cor maybe he got the advan-
tage of being mentioned first simply
because his name began with the let
ter A."
Many a woman has lost an ardent
ndmirer hv marrying him
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

After getting the short end of it a
wise man says nothing but proceeds
to even things up.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-08

Each actef tnis life is weighted with
eternal consequences and the weight of
each act is determined by the motive
back of it. Then each act of our lives
spans not only all this life work before
US, but lops over and reaches to the re-
motest bounds of eternity. Then in
truth we are building, not only for time,
but for eternity. Eternity alone will
reveal the real characters we are build
ing Whatever may be the issue let us
look after the motive before we act.
Think of yourself as you are in the
perfection of your inner being. Your
conception of yourself moulds your
thought, and us your thoughts are, so
are you.-Nutshells of Truth.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-08

troublesome spot and that college debt
cancelled many times over. Come
home next Sunday; we're going to have
fresh pork and hogshead cheese and all
the fxings."
When he got home his father asked,
"Where'd you get your security, SOM"
'That's the funny part" answered
Richard 81 didn't have a cents worth
of security"
But he did-his iron-clad rule to Do
posit something in the bank eveptrol
week Warren Mason in Holland'sa 6
Magazine y
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-08
Here's to the Smiling Fellow.

When you come across fellow
You can never satisfy
You can bet twill pay to keep him
In the corner of your eye.
For the crouch that's always kicking
Takes the sunshine and the joys
Out of life for all his neighbors
And their peace of mind destroys.
When you come across fellow
With smile hescannot hide
You can bet that love and honesty
Within his heart abide.
Yes, the man that's always smiling
Takes the hardness and the gloom
Out of life and gives to happiness
And Joy sort of boom.
So here's to the smiling fellow;
May he thrive and multiply.
May the merriment and goodness
Ever twinkle in his eye,
For this life without his presence
Would be just place of gloom
Not single ray of sunshine
From the cradle to the tomb.
j. Alexander Killingsworth,
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-08
Good Security.

Twenty dollars!'' exclaimed Mrs.
Phelps to her son. ooh Dick, that was
too much to pay for present for me-
Just now"
'Bosh, mother dear, it wasn't half
enough. Besides, Just now is the best
time of all, because l got my increase
in pay down at the Office and this is my
way of celebrating it,"
Richard Phelps had run home from
the city where he was employed in big
advertising concern. just for Sunday
with the folks, and he brought along
rug as present to his mother to cele-
brate his success.
"Now ma, 1t ism t like you to look so
woe-be-gone over new rug-I thought
you said you couldn't ever get enough
of them to suit you?"
Mrs. Phelps looked at her big, strong
''man-boy" as she called him, and pride
filled her heart in spite of her worries.
: "Yes-butA-I don t know as should
worry you, Dick, your father has a note
coming due next week-six hundred
dollars-and he's fearfully worried
You see he just paid for the new silo
and he's got money coming in ninety
days to cover this note. But he didn't
figure on being held up ninety days"
"Wish had known-well, let me see. >
and Richard took bank book from his
pocket, studied it, made grimace, and
continued-"will two hundred and
seventy dollars and forty-fve cents
help him any,"
"Bless your heart, no, besides he
wouldn't take cent of it; it would
break his heart"
CPL see him about it,
"Wait he may speak of it when he gets
back from the village. Run up to your
room and wash up. What train are
you going back on?"
milk train, 3:l5 Monday morning.
Got to be on the job on time and earn
that new salary" and Richard climbed
to the little room beneath the ewes that
had been his since he was able to sleep
alone.
Again he looked at his bank book
He wished he had saved more.
He came down just as his father en-
tered and sadly shook his head at his
mothers inquiring glance. He under
stood palmer than words that his
father hadn't raised the six hundred
dollars.
Richard tried to make jolly, Sunday