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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

People who drive vehicles especially those who
are inclined the opinion that they above the law
will do we'll to keep posted regarding the work of that
joint committee of the two business organizations and
the Motor club which is devising system for law en-
forcement These men mean to it that the roads
Of Marion county and the City of Fairmont made
safe, and those who undertake to ignore their efforts
are quite likely to regret 1t.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

SPECIAL RoARDTo PRoRELW.W.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-creation
of special Federal commission to in.
vestlgate disorders such as those re.
sulting from the |. W. W. activities In
the West, was announced to President
Wilson today by the Council Of Ma
tional Defense. 4. .,..~ a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Samuel B. Montgomery, state labor commissioner
says that the price fixed for coal will mean loss OF at
least one hundred million dollars to this state This
he estimates is per capita loss Of $685. Wonder If
Samuel B. will stand by those figures next year when
the state will be called upon to pass Judgment upon the
acts of the Wilson administration at the Congressional
election?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

From Boston comes the news that the paper shortage
may compel the suspension of many of the college pa
pers That Is bad news About the only source of new
jokes this country has is the humor departments Of col
lege publications We could better spare some Of our
so called metropolitan dalies.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Thursday Of this week class Of 1872 men will be
graduated from the West Point military academy This
class simply will be swallowed up in the present mill
tary establishment of the United States For time
to come West Point will be nothing than leaven.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

The second bunch of uragettes arrested for carry
Ing insulting banners at the White house has appealed
from the decision of the police judge. The spirit of
aryrdom has oozed out of the ends Of their cold toes,
apparently.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

The circus gets by lots of times when local amuse-
ments are barred, but with the Sunday schools and
everything else closed to the children there was not
chance in the world for the show folks this time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28
NEW HIGH RECORD FOB REEE.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-Choice beeves
sold yesterday at the Union Stock
Yards at $3.50, new high price rec.
ord for cattle on the hoof. The new
figure was so cents higher than the
record Price established last week,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

One application has already been
made for the job Of pulling the Kali
ser's fangs, according to story which
comes to us from Huntington, where,
according to the story, a negro en-
tered the office Of the sheriff few
days ago and said he wanted to OBJ
tain certificate showing that he had
been resident of Cabell county for
a number Of years, When asked the
reason for this request he said that
he wanted it so he could go to Char
lesion and take an examination pre-
liminary to entering the dentists de-
partment OF the army. The man has
been practicing dentistry for some
time and is now volunteering his
services to the country. "You see"
he said, II want to go ovah to Eu-
rope, and after the other fellows
catch the Kaiser, I'll pull his teeth"
He was given the certificate In time
to catch the train for Charleston and
he reported there for examination on
last EEIdaZa Y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

One Of the war aims of the United States is to make
democracy in Germany attractive that La Toilette,
Stone, Gronna and others will HE themselves thher
and stay there-Charleston Mail
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

A check for $4,000 was received
by ths Charleston chapter Of the Red
Cross recently as its aportionment of
the funds collected in the recent cam
paign. The aportionment was made
at the national headquarters and the
other chapters throughout the coun-
try will receive their apportionment
Of the funds within a short time. AS
many of the subscriptions we're made
in installments, the full amount has
not ct been collected. 1t is under
stood that the $4,000, or as much
of 1t as may be needed, will be used
in eQuipping an ambulance corps or
gained at Charleston by DR.. T. L.
Barber.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28
GREAT DANGER THREATENS.

HE Department Of Commerce has just sent out
warning that the Germans are making elaborate plans
to capture the great neutral markets of the world at
s end Of the war; These conclusions based upon an
Investigation made by Chauncey D. Snow. atache OF
the department. and there is not the slightest reason to
doubt them. They agree almost down to the details with
tie findings Of independent investigators. Here are two
sample paragraphs from the warning:
"In the German commercial high schools at
the present time emphasis is more than ever
being laid on the higher courses in preparation
for foreign trade. At the commercial high
school in Berlin, for the winter semester 1910
II, IFS separate courses of instruction were
offered. OF special interest are the courses on
the general science of world trade; the polI-
cal and economic organizations Of the world
war and their effect upon its operation; Ger
man cooperative organization as result OF
the war; coal and iron; the economic chemis-
try Of vegetable and animal products; vaua-
ton, treatment, and utilization of grain and
the establishment Of grain elevators; the study
Of machinery; the commercial geography OF
France and Italy; economic conditions in Rus
STA, Russian language; courses In French, ltal-
ian and Spanish; elementary and advanced
Turkish.
"At the same time that is, in 1916, in the
midst of the war, the University Of Berlin was
offering no less than "a courses Of study espe-
cially referred to as preparing for commerce
and industry There were In the curriculum
specialized courses in world trade, commercial
geography, and language courses IN Danish,
Swedish, English, French, Italian, Spanish.
Polish Arabic, Russian and Turkish"
And the face of that situation and the knowledge that
ts richest market in the whole world right here m the
United States the Department sapienty advises American
business men to cooperate and work through their organ
izaons to combat this organized drive for commercial
supremacy. Not word about government cooperation
with the business interests of the country protect the home
markets no advice regarding scientific readjusment of
ta schedules to protect the millions that have been In
vested IN manufacturing plants since the war began and the
country was thrown upon its own resources and had to have
many things that it formerly depended upon other countries
for No solcude for anything except the control of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Examining physicians for draft or
exemption boards are constantly get
ting communications from fond "bet-
ter halves" who think their bubbles
are deficient, or defective and should
be exempted. DR.. Reppard Of Mid
dlebourne, W. Va, received the fol-
lowing letter a short time ago:
Dear sir I'm writing you to let you
no my husband Is not got good mind
he is off bad at spills you are a doc
tor and I would think you would
know that mulch you aught to know
by his talk that he is not wright
l haven't bin married a very lon and
l can see some times he is of and off
bad and If you will notish you will
find it out your self and II you cant
take my word for 1t l can prove it
to you there is a dozen or more right
around here that knows the same
from"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

A patriotic celebration was plan,
ned as the principal feature of the
annual encampment Of Shepherds
town, today of the West Virginia or
ganization of the Patriotic Order Of
Sons Of America. Uniformed delega-
tions from number Of branches Of
the order throughout the state were
to march in the emcampment parade,
in which were also to appear march
ing bodies from neighboring cities.
One purpose Of the organization and
of the meeting is to arouS patriot
ism and a zeal to assist in the coun-
try's deefnse.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Berlin appears to be making light Of the entrance Of
the United States into the war So did England in 1875
and the Fatherland like the Mother country will find
out where it made mistake as as the "Sammies"
get into notwithstanding News.
The American war cry, "Can the Kaiser" though
perhaps taken literally accusing Berlin indicates only
keen desire lift the author Of the worlds not
too gently down from his high perchClarksburg Tele
gram,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Perhaps it is that the Kaiser is admitting all his
crimes in order to just how light the world is going
to let him down-Wheeling Register
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

Announcement has been made that
the entire aviation equipment of the
Princeton aviation school at Prince
ton college has been purchased for
use at the Beech Bottom school Of
the West Virginia flying corps. The
deal includes two improved aeroplanes
and considerable auxiliary equipment
and is valuable addition to the
schools equipment. Captain Ben
nett, of the Beech Bottom school, also
announces that he has secured the
services Of Frank Stanton as an in
structor to succeed Captain William
Frey who was seriosuly injured few
weeks ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

II two hundred and fifty girls can
be found in Clarksburg who are will
ing to work in a stogie factory, that
city will have another industry with
in short time The Clarksburg
Board OF Trade has advertised for
that number of girls with the state
ment that if they cannot be secured
the location for the factory will be
changed. All of the girls must be
over sixteen years of age.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-28

entered at the POstoce raFFnont West virginia as
gecnd GLASS matter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
WHY NEGROES ARE RELIGIOUS
soIaee Was Found In the Gospel
Brought to Them by Missionaries
or Taught by Masters.

The negro sought a channel for
artistic solace, into which he could
throw the symbolism Of his racial long
ing. He found 1t In the religion
brought to him by missionaries or
taught him by his masters. Here
he was free to dream his dreams
and create his visions Of future happi-
ness, for no master could punish him
for praising God. Thus he found re-
igion," and In religion he found no
mood of his simple soul unnourished.
It is, then, not so hard to UNDER
stand why the negro's folksong is, in
Its superficial form, SO predominantly
religious. The "spirituals" of the camp
meeting show a quite unecclesiastical
variety Of style and mood, variety.
In fact, co-extensive with the emotion
al range Of simple peasant life. They
Include lively dances, bitter laments.
paeans Of Joy and majestic, organliks
anthems. In the Bible stories which
are retold In ballad form in some Of
the spirituals the negro found express
sion for his buoyant, genial humor.
Nearly all the familiar moods of folk
song, from the gayest to the most pro-
toundly tragic, are to be found under
the religious veil which permitted the
slave to live his own varied emotional
life without interference from his mas
ter.-New Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
WHERE MUSIC is SUPREME
Elevated Above the Other Arts Be-
cause 1t Is the Most Detached
Of Them All.

The strength of every art lies chiefly
In the completeness Of its detachment
from reality. Sculpture does not gain
by being realistic, picturesque or dec
orative; on the contrary it is at Its
highest when it is ideal, detached and
superhuman. Painting does not gain
by being categorical, but Is greatest
when 1t seeks something beyond the
outward, physical view. The novel or
the essay depends for its greatness
on its power of relating real persons,
things, and ideas to that greater and
deeper reality Of which they are a
part. In this sense music stands su-
preme above the other arts because it
Is the most detached. The elements
Of thought and feeling and action are,
In music, presented as elements. The
thought Ia not thought even in the alb
stract, for 1t Is not about" anything
the feeling Is not actual feeling and the
action is not real action. Each of
these properties, or states, of the hui
man beings is hers expressed In it's es-
sence, detached from all actual mani
festation. None but the highest type
Of mind, none but heart full of deep
human sympathy, none but vigorous,
militant spirit, could have conceived
and brought forth such compositions
for example, as the third and ninth
symphonies Of Beethoven; yet they are
hothing but sound-neither the intel
Ggence, nor the feeling, nor the action
is real.-Thomas w. Surette, in the
Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
Rouqh for the SIackers.

For some time the boys in khaki
have been recruiting from the hurri.
cane deck of half dozen Fifth avenue
buses, which take up positions along
the curb of the white light section,
says New York exchange. They have
been doing good work and have gained
quite few recruits, but at times theil
tactics border on the rough-neck way
of doing things. For instance, the
other night the recruiting buses were
stationed at points where the crowds
pass, and to the young men who went
by, they shouted, AREN'T you ashamed
Of yourself not to be in uniformT "That
girl isn't decent If she walks with 9
Stacker like you;" There's another
who is robbing his country" and othei
similar remarks. The intent IL to
shame the man into enusting at once,
That this is doing harm is evidenced
by the attitude Of the lookers-on, sew
eral comments Of whom left little doubt
that those who were insulted would be
kept away from recruiting.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
10Y FOR THE SCRUB WOMAN
Electrical Machine Does All the redI.
.ous Work While BIddy Stands
BY and Grina.

The latest recruit to the ranks Of
electric labor-saving devices Is q scrub.
bling machine. 1t weighs about 100
pounds and is entirely self-contained
with the single exception that 1t takes
its current from any convenient socket
The machine vets, sweeps, scrubs
and dries the floor at q single opera.
ton. 1t requires only a single attend.
ant, who merely pushes the machine
forward and guides it. He controls
the amount of water distributed on the
floor by means of handle. This wa
ter is Immediately swept up by q cy.
lindrical brush which is 16 inches wide
and has circumference of 20 inches
This brush is driven by q one-fourth
horsepower motor at a speed Of 600
revolutions per minute.
The brush does the actual scrubbfng
and carries all Of the dirt and soiled
water over an apron into a separate
receiving pan, so the scrubbing is al
ways done with clean water from the
upper tank. The machine is said to
have capacity of nearly 1000 square
feet Of surface per hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
ITALIAN A FAITHFUL TOlLER
Does Not Drop His Shovel as Other
Lahorers Do When the Whistle
Blows. -

There Is a much lower percentage
OF criminality, immortality and insanity
among the Italians than among many
other immigrant races, Willard Price
writes in the World Outlook. AS for
dependency, statistics for represent.
alive year showed that out of every
2o,OOO Italians in the city of New York
there was only one in the almshouse
on Blackwell's island. James Forbes,
chief of the mendicant department Of
the @. 0. s., says he has never seen or
heard Of an italian tramp. There are
practically no drunkards among the
Italians.
The immigrant from Italy proves to
be a faithful and cheerful worker.
When contractor engaged in building
city sewer was asked why he had
only Italians in his employ he replied
Because they are the best workmen,
and there are enough Of them. If an
Italian down In that ditch has a shov.
elful Of earth halfway up when the
whistle blows for dinner, he will not
drop 1t; he will throw 1t up; others
will drop 1t. And when the lunch hour
is over, when the clock strikes the
Italian will be leaning on his shovel
ready to go to work, but the other fel.
lows will be out under that tree and
Will be three minutes getting to the
job, and three minutes each for $50
men Is not small item"
The Italians are industrious, good.
natured, very affectionate toward chill.
dren, courteous and polite often to the
point of dishonesty, generous and self.
sacrificing. But the impulse of these
excellent qualities Is Offset by the
Italians dense ignorance, which sen.
fences him to spend the rest Of his life
after he reaches America in the drudg.
cry Of unSktlled labor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
WHERE THE WOMEN WORK
Too Old or Too Young TO
Work.

No woman In Palestine is too old
or too young to work. A girl of sir
tends her small brothers or sisters,
and the grandmother weaves or spins
until the day she dies. AS is common
among oriental women, those of Pales-
tine age early, and at twenty-five the
ordinary woman of the laboring class
Is wrinkled and bent, unless as a Wa
ter bearer she preserves her erect
carriage and queenly gait.
The old woman spins wool as she
goes to her home or the fields where
the men till the ground or beat the
green DIV es from the trees. Her cos
tune is composed of two pieces, unless
she wears shoes, which Is neither
necessary nor customary. The full
dress or tobe is gathered at the waist
by q belt Of coarse cloth, and is tied
at the throat with a heavy string,
SO that q weatherbeaten strip of neck
can be seen below it. One piece OF
goods forms the front and another the
back, and until Paris fashions affect
the laborers, as they have already af-
fected the drones in the Levant, a
triangular piece of cloth, to give high
speed walking fullness to the skirt, Is
the only material added.
The veil is long and strong, and
can be used to tie up fagots or to con-
tain such measures of barley as Ruth
had from Boaz in the fields. Coarse
and durable embroidery may decorate
both tobe and veil, but the young bride
wears embroidery for which rich tour
lists bargain in vain.-Christian Her
aid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE
Chemist Offers Mankind Kind Of
Chemical Soup as Nutritious az
Beet Extract.

Science is hurrying to the rescue.
Along sanitary and military and me-
chanical lines it has made marvellous
progress. In the culinary field it leaves
much to be desired
Now comes a Philadelphia chemist
and offers mankind q mineral soup
nat is pronounced fully as nutritious
IS the finest beef extract. He told
he Franklin institute the other night
now the substitute is prepared. 1t is
/ decidedly peculiar recipe and one
hat might well make the ordinary
cookbook shudder. You take portions
of sodium phosphate and calcium car
Donate and ammonium sulphate, add
little sugar and a small amount Of
Yeast. These ingredients are mixed
and set away until reaction by autoly-
sis ensues, and brown sticky paste
that has all the nutritive qualities Of
commercial beef extract is produced.
According to the chemist it is the
Teast that transforms the inorganic
minerals into the pronounced organic
'1iNrt SODSItule. Inc yeast contains
fermentation agents called engines,
which are responsible for the altera-
tion, and produce the food qualities
from the chemicals. There were doubt.
ers about the table at the Franklin in
sttute. They insisted upon tasting
he "stone SOUP" and pronounced it
good. They even declared that 1t was
fully equal in nutrition and appear.
nnce to the market variety, and each
Of the samplers pronounced the odor
remarkably beeflike.
incidentally, the chemist announced
that the cost Of "stone SOUP" he called
It synthetic meat, is less than that
from the OK or sheep which, OF
course, was to be expected.
However, 1t can be assumed tina,
even If the substitute is cheaper and
equally nutritious, it will be a long
time before it takes the place of scrap
pie on the Philadelphia dinner plate
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
Building Concrete Ships,

Concrete ships will displace the
wooden-walled Norwegian barque, 1t
is reported, the first Norwegian con-
crete ship having been launched at
the Porsgrund Cement Works, In the
presence of the prime minister, NJ.
Knudsen. The ship is built on an en-.
tirely new system, with the bottom
upwards, In which extraordinary posi-.
ton the launching took place on
sort of underlying sledge, which glided
out with the ship. When the water
was reached the hull became detached
from the sledge and gradually sank
up to certain point, then subsequent,
ly slowly righted itself. The ship,
which is of 200 tons burden, was built
in three weeks, but the next will only
require about half that time as the
original frame will be used for each
subsequent ship Of the same size. The
casting Of the ship, when the frame is
completed will this time take only two
days. It 10 intended to start the whole
sale building Of iron and concrete
ships Of 200, 500 and 1000 tons. A
l.000-ton ship will be completed in six
weeks
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
All Circus Rings Same Size.

Railway tickets are the same size
all over Britain and the continent and
America-viz., two and one-quarter
inches-and have been so for the last
so years. This surely indicates q
world wide tendency to standardize.
Every builders ladder is built to
scale, and the flreman's ladder is on
the scale Of the seaman's run up the
ratlines, not the bricklayer's trudge up
the wooden rungs. But perhaps the
greatest triumph Of standardizing is
that Of the circus. London Tt-Bits
says: There are big and little circuses
In the world, but the ring Is always
of the same diameter, for the bare
back rider has discovered the exact
angle at which he can square the cir
Gle. No matter whether 1t be ring
cut in the turf or a luxuriously ap-
pointed theater, the circus ring never
varies foot.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
Wonders of Jupiter,

II Jupiter were cut up into 1900
pieces each would be larger than the
earth. All the planets together do not
weigh half as much as Jupiter. Only
the sun surpases Jupiter In size. A
year on the planet Jupiter is equal to
twelve Of our years. Jupiter rotates
on its axis In less than half the time
Of the earth, but because of the plan.
cts enormous size the rotation speed
IS much higher. While the earth
travels seventeen miles minute Jupi.
ter travels 466 miles a minute. II
Jupiter turned on its axis little faster
1t would burst, as some fywheels do
when they exceed a safe speed. Jupt.
ter may be regarded either as a decay.
ing sun or a developing earth. Ha
has not yet had tine to cool He Is
great globe Of gaseous and molten
matter, the most extraordinary planet
IN the entire solar system-Rocheste.
Post Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-11-02
Natures Moth Ball.

If some botanical wizard could eff.
feet a "cross" between this wild
agricultural crops the farmer wouldn't
need to worry about summer droughts.
If the corn crop, for example, had some
Of this flowers power of resisting dry
weather the farmer could fn his silos
and corncribs with little trouble. The
flower is the moth mullen.
Like its big sister. the great mullen.
Il prefers dry, open fields and mead
Sws. Call 1t weed II you WIN, call
II an agricultural pest, and II win an
swer your epithets with stalks of
pretty white blossoms. II theg grew
IN 4 garuen you wouiu can them beau