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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Visiting Speaker.
BY EARL REED sILvERs
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure


THE dignified principal of the Mill
town High school cleared his
throat Importantly.
Il have the pleasure of announcing
that on Friday afternoon we shall be
honored by visit from the assistant
to the president OF Belmont College"
he advised the school body, who will
deliver p lecture upon College Days
The students took the announcement
philosophically. Friday afternoon lee
lures failed to thrill them to any con-
siderable extent; the speakers were
genertlly bearded professors who
reeled off page after page of uninter-
esting statistics while the pupils yawn-
ed openly or read forbidden novels I'm
der the cover OF their desks.
But to little Miss Browne. the young.
est member OF the faculty, the an
nouncement was OF surprising import,
ance. II caused a slight gasp to issue
from between her crimson lips, ana
light OF Renaissance to shine from
her sky-blue eyes For the mention
of Belmont College brought back men,
ories-the most cherished memories
she had ever known.
Through the long day the reminis-
cent light continued in her eyes, and
when school was dismissed she walk
ed rather hastily to her small room In
a large boarding house and closed the
door leading to the hall. She wanted
to be alone.
Belmont College. 1t was a long
time since she had permitted herself
the repetition of that name. but the
mention of It by the pompous princl-
pal had suddenly broken her long.
nurtured resolution never to think of
Belmont again. And now, in the SO
cluslon Of her room. she left her
thoughts dwell upon It longingly, Low.
ingly. For there she had met Bob
Prentiss.
She remembered 1t all as II 1t we're
yesterday. She had gone to the jun
ir prom and its attendant festivities
with her cousin Budd Sands who had
asked her because he couldn't think
Of any one else to take, and who, hav-
ing given the invitation, considered
his obligation at an end. But little
Bliss Browne hadn't minded at all, for
on tn every first evening she had been
introduced to Bob Prentiss. The name
of Bob's guest was Belle Bentley, and
until Bob's eyes had rested upon those
of little Bliss Browne he had been rath.
or attentive to Belle. After that there
had been a noticeable difference un.
til, by the time the house party was
two days old, a casual observer would
have supposed that Bob had invited
Miss Browne and Budd Miss Bentley
Everybody seemed perfectly we'll sat.
isfied except the last mentioned young
lady, who, although she laughed more
loudly than any of the others, spent a
good part of the time watching Miss
Browne from beneath halfclosed eye.
lids. The expression in her eyes chang.
ed gradually from resentment to jeal.
ousy.
But little Miss Browne was obliv.
ious to everything execpet the light.
ness of Bob Prentiss laugh and the
droning softness of his deep svoice,
When the final day of the house party
arrived Bob Prentiss and the girl
Budd Sands had invited found them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18
Use Zen1o for Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying little zerio
furnished by any druggist for Csc. Ex-
ira large bottle, $l00 Healing begins
the moment zemo is applied. In short
time usually every trace of eczema, tet-
ter, pimples, rash. black heads and sini-
liar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making Il
vigorously healthy, always use zeno, tho
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. Il is not .
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable treat.
ment for skin, troubles of all kinds.
The E. W. Rose Co, Cleveland, Q.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18
TRY A WANT AID
HOME FOLKS TESTIFY

There are so many people in Fair.
mont and in every city, town and ham,
let in West Virginia who have been
benefited by DR.. Pierce's medicines
that it is nothing new to see their ties,
timony in print.
Mrs. Annie Lewellyn, 215 Newton
street, this city, says: II developed a
severe case of woman's weakness. l
suffered with pains in the back and
side, extending downward. This
caused me to become nervous and
weak and all rundown in health. l
began taking DR.. Pierce's FaYorlte Pre-.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

began taking it and I am now in good
health and am cured took the Com
pound three times day after meals,
and on retiring at night. Ialways keep
bottle in the house. Mrs. L. N.
BURNHAM, 295 South St., Jamaica, NY.
Women who recover their health nat
urally tell others what helped them.
Some write and allow their names and
photographs to be published with testi.
monials. Many more tell their friends.
Write Lydia e. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn,
Mass, for anything you need to
know about your ailments.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18
MRS. BURNHAM
JAMAICA, N. Y.
Sufferings Cured by Medi.
cine Recommended by
Sister-in.law.
Jamaica, N. Y.-'T suffered greatly
with my head and with backache, was

weak, dizzy, ner-
|vous, with hot
flashes and felt livery
miserable, as l was
irregular for two
y ears. One day
when I was feeling
unusually bad my
|sister-in-law came
i n and said, I
wish you would try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
|Tnropn,,adt c. T
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

paper. and bake the rice until it is firm.
Form a mound OF chopped cooked
greens well seasoned with salt, pepper
and butter. Arrange the rice molds
as a border, and sprinkle them with
grated cheese.
How to use dandelions for salads will
be told In our next issue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

GnHt one mas TO be
very careful. There is
one method, however,
that you need never
hesitate to use, even
on a baby's tender
skin-that is the res
inol treatment. Resi-
mol is the prescription
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

Of Baltimore doctor, put up in the
form of resinol ointment and resinol
soap. This proved so remarkably sue.
cessful, that thousands of other physi-
clans have prescribed it constantly for
over twenty years.
Generally rcsinol stops itching at
once, and heals the eruption quickly
and at little cost. Resinol ointment
and resinol soap can be bought at any
druggists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18
Safe Home Remedy
for Skin-Troubles

Eczema, ringworm, and other itching,
burning skin eruptions are SO easily
made worse by improper treatment
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

scription and this medicine cured me
of all my weakness and restored me to
health and strength. have never had
any return of the trouble. 1 know it
TO be wonderful medicine for women
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-18

Resinol Soap is not only unusually
cleansing and softening, but its regular
use gives to the skin and hair that
natural beauty of perfect health which
cosmetics can only initiate.
The Press., 1917-12-27
FISHING A MECHANICAL ART
Outfit Consists oF Net, Rope and pul. ley-AII Operator Need Dc IO
 to Turn Crank

Most operations nowadays can be performed by machinery. Time was when the best sport in angling was obtained by the use of rope, with patience at one end and a suitable bait at the other. The Wide World Magazine gives a revised edition of this plan. Here it is in all its slm- plicity:
 You hang an immense four-cOrner- ed net on a rope which passes over a pulley, turn handle, and drop the net into the sea. After a time, which may vary according to the mood you are in and the quality of the tobacco you are smoking, you wind up the net and look into 1t. If it is empty, you let the handle go a few turns, and drop the net into the sea again: If 1t contains any fish you draw 1t and bag them. In this way you reduce fishing to a mechanical art. When you haul up this huge net from the briny deep and find by the aid of telescope that 1t contains one tiny, solitary fish as was our caSe-after many unsuc- cessful "casts," you rejoice with joy unspeakable and call in your neigh. bOrs to the feast. r
The Press., 1917-12-27
SITTING OUT THE sLACKERs
Hospital Assistant, Threatening to Geek Alive One Patient te Obtain
 Grease, Reduces Sick Call.

Stories of how to outwit impOstOrs who report sick in order to loaf in hos pitals are among the oldest traditions of the medical branches of all airies, says writer in medical journal. A fOurteenth-century collection of anec- dOtes shows that the malignerer was known in those days and Cardinal de Bari, who had q hospital at Verceil, found it's resources were being ex- hausted by men of this type. He sent one of his subordinates to investigate. This man, Petrillo by name, who was something of d humorist, dressed him. self in the robes of a physician and assembled all the patients for an ex- animation of their wounds. Then he gravely said: There is clearly but one remedy needed for the cure of ulcers of this character, and that is an ointment made of human grease. This very day I intend, in consequence, to draw by lot one from among you, who will be plunged alive into boiling wa ter and cooked for the salvation of all." Seized by fear, all the patients made haste to report themselves fully recovered from their ulcers, and con- seQuently there was room in the hos pital for those who really needed care.
 Physicians today, by the use of sim liar ruses, have discovered many "hOs- pital slackers."
The Press., 1917-12-27
BARCELONA AN ACTIVE CITY
Most Progressive Of All Spanish Mu- nIcipaIities and Center of the Rev.
 olutionary Movement.

The revolutionary movement In Spain centers in the city of Barcelona The goal of the revolutionists is re public, and republics stand for prog ress. Of all Spanish cities Barcelona is the most progressive, writes Niksha, For ten years the conservatives have been looking askance at this great modern shipping and manufacturing center, so different from their sleepy Z Inland strongholds, and from the peas- ant villages of the quiet hills, with pO- litical ideas of the last century.
 Barcelona is great world city. It is Outdistancing Marseilles as the Commercial queen of the Medlterra- mean. The Spaniard has often been charged with a lack of business and enterprise. Barcelona is his answer, Here his factories rival those of Lan- cashire, his shipping that of Liverpool. The great industrial suburbs, each a city in itself, are reminiscent of the outlying cities that cluster about Manchester in the industrial north of England.
 Yet Barcelona remains char0cteris- tically Spanish. The city has taken the ugliness, the bitter competitive spirit of modern industry. and, more nearly than any other industrial cen ter, has blended them with beauty and Latin courtesy and good nature. Bar celona is Spain awakened, but not Spain transformed. It is sunny town, with a clear, bracing air and a blue sky that the smoke of a thousand chimneys never hides. It has plenty of parks and tree shaded boulevards: even it's poor CT quarters lack the sOrdidness of the Anglo-Saxon slum. The flower markets, the prOmenades, the cafes, are thronged with loungers, not of the leisure classes, but workmen in their leisure time. The Spaniard has learned to work without forgetting how to idle. And withal, the crowds are keen and wideawake, nightly in- terested in public affairs, and discuss ing politics with the heat that is & blrthright in the Latin races. Barce- Iona promises to remain at the fore front of progressive Spain.
The Press., 1917-12-27


 of The Press, thirty-one years ago.
 Clarence Lyon is talk ing a colleg fate course at Eastport, Me.
 Bugbee post, No. 70, G. X. R. , Holland, will have a public install ation and bean bake Friday evening, Jan. 18th, when comrale D. H Par sons of Winter post, Stafford Springs, will install the following officers: P. O, Charles U. Brooks; S. V. c, Alden B. Crandall; J. V. 0, Char. les E. Usher; surgeon, Benjamin Green; chaplain, Geo. w. Morton i; o. of D., Henry H Doyle; o. of G :, Adino E. Brooks; Q M. Francis P. Dickinson adjutant. Horatio E. Pease.
 An exciting episode at the Christ mas tree exercises at St Edward 8 hall was a very narrow escape from 8 disastrous fire, and perhaps loss of life. Timothy Desmond, deeguised in the character of St. Nicholas, was remov. ing gifts from the tree. He was robed in long rubber coat. which was covered with cotton, and wore 6 mask and beard of long wool. The cotton caught fire from the candles on the tree, and in an instant he was all ablaAe. Father Coyle, H. M. Day, Matt Doolan aud Timothy Shea promptly went to the rescue and sue. ceeded in tearing from him the cotton covered robe with considerable risk and some injury to themselves. Des- mond's life was perhaps saved by his mask, and the fact that wool, instead of cotton, made up the portion of his disguise about his head and face. AS it was the injuries of Desmond were confined to burns about the hands, Father Coyle and Messrs Day and Doolan also having their hands quite severely burned, the injuries being, however, in each case more painful than serious. The cooluess and promptness with which all acted was highly commenhable,, and the possi- bilities of the disaster thus averted are rightful to contemplate.
 In district number 'l3, Buff Gap, Holland, during the school term just closed, Catherine P. Hansen, Edith 0. Neff and Sammie Johnson were neither absent or tardy, and Lena B. Cady Nellie A. Neff, Lizzie E. Hansen, May Johnson, Carrie Neff. George Neff. Morgan Johnson and Balthazard Gouzette were never tardy.
 Born. Stafford Springs, 25th, son to John B. Bolieau.
 Staffordville, goth. son to Dwight Watrous.
The Press., 1917-12-27
Germany Short of Food.

The real food situation in Germany is the important puzzle of the war. The United States food administration has got hold of some figures on the standard German ration for nOncOm- batants, which seem to indicate that the Teutons are in desperate straits. Figured in ealorieS, the food value of this ration Is only 10000. This Is not sufficient nourishment to keep a man of 140 pounds from losing weight steadily. even if he does nothing but lie on hia back for 24 hours a day. If he has work to do, be will eat up his eat and then his muscular tissue, so much the faster. If the figures re- eeived by the food administration are correct and are not supplemented by other ratiOns not mentioned. the civil ian population of Germany must iney- itnbly be weakening fast.-Exehange.
The Press., 1917-12-27
The Kina's Beard.

An interesting story is told in con- nectiOn with the Swedish actor, Fer rasi, who was called upon to take the part of Oscar I in a play under that name at Stockholm, Sweden. The ac. tor was ordered by the director of the opera to make up with a full beard but during one of the intermlssions he hunted up the director and told him that Oscar never wore such beard. ''What kind of a beard did he have, then" .-.. To this Ferrasi replied, "Mustache and goatee, like Napoleon III"
 'HOw do you know thatT
 The conclusive reply was offered, ''From my postage-stamp collection. g
 The change was made and at the second performance the public noticed with astonishment how King Oscar had altered the cut of his beard. To stamp collectors it is hardly necessary to point out that Mir. Ferrasl secured his information by looking up the issue of Norway, 1S56-7.-Christiap Science Monitor. -.... .- s..
The Press., 1917-12-27
Strict ProhIbition Law.

Under the act of congress OrganiZ- ing the territory of Alaska, the legis- lature meets every two years. It did not meet in 1916. but the legislature of 1915 passed law providing for a pop ular vote on the liquor question In No Yember, 1916. At that election the people voted hy large majority that from and after January l, 1918, spir- itOus liquors should not be manrfac- tured, sold. transported or given away anywhere within the territory. The prohibition law thus to be established by popular vote, notes an exchange, probably will be the most stringent of any in the United States.
The Press., 1917-12-27
Cotton in Brazil.

A, L. Moreau Gottschalk, United States consul general at Rio de Jan- .eiro, is enthusiastic over the prospect of revival of the cotton growing in- tlustry of Brazil, according to the San Francisco Argonaut. He calls atten- ton to the fact that the republic is the original home of one of the parent cot tons of the world. Cotton thrives in the country when skilfully cultivated, but the industry has thus far been neg lected for others more profitable. The consul general advances strong point when he says that byrproducT of the cotton industry cottOnseed oil cake would be great help to the cotton raisers. .f
The Press., 1917-12-27
MUSKRATS ARE FOUND EDIBLE
Little Animals Sold and Eaten in
 Many Cities as "Marsh Rabbits" According to Correspondents.

Newspaper correspondents advise us, says the Peoria Journal, that last fall ther appeared in the Washington New York and Boston markets many barrels of plump little animals. all dressed and skinned, which were sold as marsh rabbits"
 It appears that for several weeks the good people bought these animals, cooked them according to the special directions and served them at family and party dinners as "rabbits" realizing that this food was really something vastly different from that of the ordinary rabbit.
 Then came the announcement thn the ''marsh rabbit" was nothing less than the muskrat.
 All of which goes to show that even now the American people are not averse to being fooled, In fact, they like it. Barnum's statement holds true as it did when he displayed a sand papered elephant as "the only sacred white elephant in captivity
 We sometimes think that this is becoming 'imarsh rabbit age"
The Press., 1917-12-27
BUYS GLASSES FOR BULLDOG
Proud Mistress Discovers Cold Wind Brings Tears to Pet's Eyes and
 Takes Him to oeuiist.

One 0f the newest features of the high cost of living investigation by federal agents has just been revealed by United States District Attorney Cline of Chicago. He told the follow ing story:
 '.I dropped into an Oeulist's couple of days ago with a friend who had broken his glasses. We found that gentleman, immediately clad. care fully fitting n pair of glasses on the pug nose of bulldog with undershot jaw and bandy legs.
 "Well, we had to wait. A lady, in handsome furs, held the bulldog by the chain. When the job was done she led 1t away. I asked the oculist:
 "sHow do you test the vision of a dog's eyesT He replied: T didn't test 1t for vision. You see 1t was like this the lady had her dog out motoring. They were riding rather fast and the sir was cold.
 "sShe noticed that a little drop of moisture gathered in the dogs eye. 1t trickled down his cheek. The lady de- eided that something must be done. So she brought him to me-the glasses are to protect his eyes when he goes motoring
 "IIow much did she pay for those glassesY asked.
 "'EIght dollars the ocullst replied"
The Press., 1917-12-27
HAD SEEN HIS FACE BEFORE
Auras Who Was Formerly Militant suffranstte Learns Her Soldier Pa
 tent Was Former Policeman.

The day approaches when in recOg- milton of the wOmen's generosity in giving their men for the war the men are asked to give women hereabOuts the vote. says a British correspond ent. Nothing could be more timely, therefore. than to recall the story of what happened In that hospital of our British allies on the coast of Nor mandy. A kind nurse was bending over the pillow of a wounded man big corporal of the Grenadier Guards. She was dear old lady. the nurse, one who had in her time en- loved full share as a militant suffra- gette. Tn fact. she had led more than one furious assault on the houses of parliament. Yet here she was lav- Ishlng the treasures of her sympathy upon the cOuntry's mere fighting men.
 "It's Odd." she said. 'Your fa@e, my good man, isn't a bit strange to me. 1 can't get rid of the idea that I've seen you many times before"
 'T can't deny 1t, ma'am," sighed the wounded corporal. struggling with a visible embarrassment. You have seen my face before. But can't we let bygones be bygones9 It's true, HI used to be a policeman. But that was before the war, ma'am."
The Press., 1917-12-27
Farming in France,

The French government has under taken to supply the depleted ranks of the farmers and to give assistance to the amateur farmer by means of a correspondence course, which has been eagerly received. The pupil receives instructions as to a course of reading, the management of small experiment plot, the carrying out of simple expert ments, visits to neighboring farms, etc. The Union of Agricultural Syndi- cates, which has assumed charge of this work for the government, has ap- pointed number of "cOnitOrs" to su- pervisc the work of pupils in their sev- eral neighbOrhoodS. The pupils pre- pare monthly examination papers and render monthly reports on their work.
The Press., 1917-12-27
Liberty Bail Bonds.

Thousands of banners and posters, and nobody knows how many circular letters and newspaper advertisements, have vied with one another in bringing to public attention the excellent rea= sons why everybody should own LibeF- ty bonds. Here is a reason which has not been mentioned by any of the ban ners, posters, or advertisements, Ob- serves a New York exchange.
 Have you hOughtS your Liberty bond?" asked McCole's friend as the two came through the tube OR crowd ed subway train.
 McCole replied proudly that he had done sO-with the bit of money he had been able to scrape together.
 ''You see," he added, "I figured they was good things to have. FIT instance, if you got arrested and needed bail you could use them and not lose the inter- est"
The Press., 1917-12-27
Dog on operatina Table.

Mack, bulldog owned by Mrs. Charles Wright, teacher at the Rulo school; says a Walla Walla (Wash.) exchange. got so many porcIpine quills in it's mouth and throat during "a fight with that animal that it had to be chloroformcd and hundreds of quills were taken out with pincers. The dog was protecting chickens owned by it's mistress. Mack has sue cessfully fought off badgers, snakes and coyotes which have sought to steal the chickens, and when the porcupine appeared 1t charged it. Even with its mouth filled with quills It continued the attack.
The Press., 1917-12-27
WIIlInq to Near.

Miss Willing" began the young man. ss he wiped the cold precipitation from his brow, ''are you fond of sto- riesT'
 If they are new, Mir. WOodby," re- piled the fair maid, ~I simply dote on them"
 "But the one was going to tell you. Miss Willing, Is not new," said the young man 'It Is, I might say, Miss WllIing-Or, Clara-the old. old story, but"
 "oh, never mind, George" she inter- rupted. Even If it Is 6 chestnut, I'm sure never beard 1t. Go on, please [" -Tit-Bits
The Press., 1917-12-27
Mntn and Renm-

Gen. George W. GOethals was lunch Ing in New York recently with a man who complained about his brothers extravaganee.
 ~Hls latest extravagance is horses, said the complainant. ''He bought a pair of coach horses last week for $6.0OO."
 "Humph!" said General Goethals. 'What did you pay for your touring carp
 "Er-ten thousand dollars"
 "Well." said the general. "don't crit icize the team in your brothers eye till you've cast the motor out of your own"
The Press., 1917-12-27
Want No Vermin,

No man is allowed to enter Germany from Russia without being thoroughly disInfected and purified. It is not dis ease that the Germans are guarding against, but something that to them is more terrorizing than disease-vermin. Therefore, friend or foe, nObleman or peas Ant. nobody, is allowed to cross the threshold of Germany without a visit to one of the dislnfecting stations along the eastern frontier. Even one of the emperOr's sons had to submit to the dfsinfecting process and re- ceivcd. along with such of the Russian CossacltS who merited 1t, certificate stating that "IIis Royal Higness Prince Adelbert is, for the time being, free from lice."