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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-09-21
FRUITS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

LESSON TEXTSEMatthew 25:1A-3o: 81.
GOLDEN TEXT-Au things are yours;
Il. and ye are Christ's: and Christ II
God's.-I Corinthians 3:1-23
DEVOTIONAL READING Galatians 6:
I-8.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS Psalms 17:15: Isaiah s1:11:
Acts 1875: Romans 2:10; 6:1-2
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
nStumn.IumnW Plows.

The fact that practically the entire
surface of the areas susceptible to
cultivation in western Australia is
heavily wooded and that the dearth
and cost of labor preclude the clearing
of the land of stumps and roots, has
led to the invention of a special type
of pillow known as the "stump-jump."
This is so constructed that it will roll
over stumps and other distractions ly-
ing on the ground. The pillow was
invented by an Australian and, SO far,
has been manufactured only in that
country. In breaking up new lands
preference is given to the stump-jump
disk pillow, as it will cut many roots
that moldboard plow wouldlleave I'M
touched. AS the land becomes clean
er of roots after two or three years
application of this treatment, the
stump-jump moldboard is preferred be-
cause of its better soil turning quail
ties.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
SLACK WATER PERIOD or DAY
TWO O'Clock in Afternoon, Declares
Writer, Is for Some Reason a
Time of DisiIIusion.

Each period of the day has its own
subtle quality, which no arbitrary re-
arrangement of our own hours of work
and rest can destroy. And two o'clock
in the afternoon is time of disillus
sion, time when a man has neither
great faith nor profound convictions.
writes William McFee in the Atlantis.
The morning is gone, the evening too
far away. Even teatime seems at an
immense and tragic distance. It is the
slack-water period of the day. And it
is the period when a man may perhaps
experience, in the space of a FASH a
peculiar sensation of being an impos-
tor 1t is, suppose in such moments
that generals commanders, chief en-
gineers and the like jump overheard.
1t is a sensation extraordinarily vivid
and brief. No external evidence is of
any avail to neutralize its dire and
dreadful omniscience. No personal
written record, no esteem of lifelong
friends, no permanent. and visible ac-
complishment can shield the sensitive
human soul, thus suddenly stripped
bare by some devilish cantrip OF its
own mechanism. One feels 8 hollow
sham.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
AUSTRALIANS GREAT HUNTERS
Knowledge of the Habits of Animals
Makes Up for Crude Weapons
and Lack of Endurance.

In endurance and speed the Aus
tralian aborigine is not the equal Of the
American Indian, and his weapons of
wood and poorly fashioned stones are
effective only at short range, says the
National Geographic Magazine But
as hunter the native Australian is
marvelously adapted to his environ
ment. His success lies in an intimate
knowledge of the habits of the animals
on land, in the ground, in trees and
under water, and his wonderfully de-
veloped power of observation.
He decoys pelicans by initiating
their crys, catches ducks by diving be-
low them, locates an oposslm in a
tree by marks on the bark or by the
fight of mosquitoes, finds sharks by
observing the action of birds and fol-
lows bee to it's store of honey.
Any animal which leaves a track
however dim in sand, on rock or in
grass falls an easy prey to the native.
Children are taught to track lizards
and snakes over bare rocks and to find
their absent mothers by following
tracks too indistinct to serve as a
guide for any European. When white
man is lost in the desert or a child
strays from home the final resort is to
secure a "black tracker."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
81. Augustine NIGHTS.

BY night Gin st. Augustine) you;
may hear the negroes sweeping the
streets, doubly darkling over their
surface and softly gossiping together,
writes w. D. Howells in Harper's
Magazine. Theirs are not the only
black voices you hear for their cas-
ual race seems to have no more stat
ed hours for sleeping than eating.
Their mellow murmurs, especially
when the nights are warm, rise In
what seems perpetual Joking, as il
from their humorous pleasure at be-
ing alive together in the same anus
ing world, and if you have no worse
conscience than the takers, their
voices will lull you again to the
slumbers they have broken. 1t is as
if swarm of blackbirds, carrying
news of the spring northward, had
swept chuckling through the trees and
fiuttered the fans of the palms and
the leaves of the magnolias with such
comment in their course as would nat
urally occur to blackbirds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
A Costly Kitchen.

A pawnbrolzer would not advance
very much on the kitchen utensils of
even the wealthiest householders in
the United Kingdom; but should the
shah Of Persia desire to pledge his
kitchen requisites he might realize
half a million pounds. Every sauce
pan Of this monarch is gilded inside,
and the dishes which appear on the
table are of solid gold, as well as the
spoons, knives and forks. The han
dies of the latter, moreover, are or
namented with costly stones, and
some are worth as much as f100 each.
In preparing lunch for the shah
none but silver spoons can be used,
and any covering used for keeping
cold meats must also be of silver.
His majesty has staff of over
thirty chefs, and altogether those en-
ployed in his kitchen number, ~
120. Their wages amount to So.
week.-Tit Bits.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
EzMr HIDING N6Fflyy5g
Beginner Has Feeling Akin to Seasici
ness Owing to the Peculiar Gait
Of the Animal.

Camel riding is learned only at the
price of suffering. This is because
OF the peculiar gait of this animal.
which produces a feeling akin to that
Of seasickness, owing to the swaying'
motion of the body caused by the fact
that the two legs of one side move
simultaneously.
This animal thrives CRY In desert
regions. And herein lies its usefulness
to man, for by its means alone is he
enabled to cross barren tracts other-
wise impossible. This ability to live
without water and with little food fos
long periods is due to two nafutX
reservoirs. Water is stored in sped
pockets in the lining of the stomach,
while large mass of fat is stored on
the back, forming the characteristic
hump-though, according to popular
belief it is here that the water is held.
Though it will manage to subsist for
long periods on the thorny scrub such
as forms the only vegetation of desert
areas, and with very little water, it's
complacency in these matters may be
Overtaxed, as was disastrously shown
during the first expedition to Khartum
Two other actors in the adaptable
'ity Of the camel to desert life hav, Z
to be taken into account. These are
the feet and the nostrils. rHhe first
named have but two toes, protected by
very thick, horny pads to resist the
burning sand; while the nostrils are
long and saitlike, and can be closed at
will, thereby enabling the animal to
survive the awful sandst6rms which so
frequently endanger the lives of trav-
elers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Uniformity of Thouaht.

No one who has traced the current
of human thought from the earliest
sources revealed to US down to the
present time can fail to be struck
with its uniformity, writes John Adams
Dix. Indeed, the writer's in succeeding
ages seem, at first glance, to be but a
succession of plagiarists; and yet they
are evidently, on a closer view, uncon-
scious Notwithstanding to be so
because the current of thought in all
that relates to the abstract runs for
ever in the same channels. Thus the
utterances of the present are little
else than echoes of the voices OF the
past There are passages in Cicero
almost word for word like others in
the Psalms of David, and in st. Paul's
epistles word for word like others in
the words of Cicero.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
WHY cred" is NOT SURNAME
Brown, Because IL Is Modifiea-
ton of the Original Word.

Black, white and brown are common
surnames in English, but there is no
English family called Red. The for
mer names were given originally be-
cause Of the complexion Of the persons
who received them. It seems strange
that in people among whom red
heads were common none should have
acquired the name Red" especially
as this is frequently bestowed as a
nickname.
The Century Dictionary explains this
as follows
"Red, like lead Qed), with which it
is phonetically parallel. had in Middle
English long vowel, which has be-
come shortened. The long vowel re-
mains, however, in the surnames Read,
Reade, Reed, Reid, which represent
old forms of the adjective, and the ex-
istence of which as surnames explains
the almost total absence of the expect
ed surname, Red, parallel to Black,
Brown, White, ETC."
The equivalent of tired" In foreign
luHS udSCo 10 just dS COlllhOn Il sui :
name as are the equivalents Of 'black,"
white" and brown" for the reason
that in them there has been no modi-
fication of the original word. In French
we find ''Lenoir, Leblanc, Lebrun and
Leroux; in German, Schwartz, Weiss,
Braun and Roth; in italian, Neri, Bian-
chi, Bruni and Rossi; in Spanish. Ne
gro, Blanco, Moreno and Rojo as the
corresponding surnames.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Making the Potato Popular.

There is a touch Of humor in the
method employed by the famous
French chemist Parmentier to over
come the prejudices against the DO
tato of the peasantry on the CONT
nent. He cultivated potatoes in the
open fields, in places very much fire.
quented. He guarded them carefully
during the day only, and was happy
when he had excited so much curios-
ity as to induce people to steal some
of them during the night. Then he
persuaded Louis XIV to wear bunch
of potato flowers at his buttonhole
in the midst of the court on festal
day. Nothing more was wanting to
induce great lords to plant them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03

The earliest mention of device in
any way resembling the modern ele-
vator or 'lift" may be read in Vitru-
yius, who describes hosting machine
which was invented by Archimedes.
This elevator of the second century B.
G. was worked by ropes which were
coiled upon winding drum by cap
stan and levers. The same writer re-
fers to another similar machine which
was made to rotate by man who
walked inside the capstan. Such a
primitive elevator is still in use to lift
passengers and freight from the first
to the second story of a convent on
Mount Sinai.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Thursday, January 3, 1918
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS


w. S. Moore made our office a
paying call Monday.
]. A. Yiquesney was in Phil
ippi Monday on business.
A. K. Perry of Juniors was in
town Monday on business.
Wilson Ridgeway. of Marysvile
was in town Monday on business.
J. L. Ramsey of Sugar Creek
was here on business Tuesday.
Stanley Bush was here visiting
his parents during Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Bennett
of Philippi were here on Monday
Mrs. George Francis and child
are visiting in Philippi this
week.
J. w. Thonhill returned home
this evening from a business
trip Nicholas county.
Martin Ice of Stringtown was
a business visitor in town Mon
day.
Rev. and Mrs H. M Smith re-
turned this evening from a
weeks visit in the southern part
Of the state.
Henry Ruckert, of Freedonia
Pa. was here for a week until
last Saturday the guest of j.. E.
Forney and family.
w. C. Forney and son; Ken
meth of Baden were here Xmas
the guests of J. E. Forney and
family. w. C. and J. E. Forney
are brothers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

This is not emily one of the best and
most efficient medicine for coughs,
colds and Group, but is also pleasant
and safe to take, which is important
when medicine must be given to child
rem. Many mothers have given it
their unqualified endorsement.
Sold by all dealers. (adv
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Tribute to the Worksr,

There is a perennial nobleness and
even sacredness in work. Were he
ever so benighted, forgetful of his
high calling, there is always hope in
q man that actually and earnestly
works. Carlyle.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
Just So

"You are constantly surrounded by
testers, sir"
Eyes, always got my wits about me-
responded the king, who was some.
thing of the sort himself.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03

Marks Gospel pictures Jesus as the
servant therefore, it makes no refer
ence whatever to his genealogy. The
key-word to this gospel is the word
''straightway." which is used more
than forty times, and it is a sugges-
ton as regards the obedience of a
servant.
|. Introduction wv. 1-3). The be-
ginning of the gospel is meant the
beginning of the. blessed story as told
by the evangelist Mark. Note ii is a
fulfiIment of prophecy (Mal. 81 lisa.
:3). Mark is here more particular
ly referring to Isaiah. This is the
period in the life of Christ between
his temple experience and the day Of
his baptism, when he first entered
politically into the real history of
Israel Jesus must needs have her
aid, even as an earthly king is an
npunced before his arrival. Christ
himself is the living word (John 1:D,
though the voice which announces him
is the voice of a man-John the Bap-
tier. The baptism of John was unto
repentance and the remission of sins.
1t must not be confused with Christian
baptism. Some interesting questions
arise as to the life of Jesus before
this event-his religious habits duke
:16) his attitude toward the word
of God and its prophecies Uuke III
2D; the work he had been doing in
No1orotb (Nforl- ~
II. The Baptizer. wv. 4-9). To
know what kind of a man John was,
we must look up Mark 1 :6 and Matt.
"a. His religious convictions are in
teresting also. They were matter
of his heart duke 3:S), a thing Of
his daily life duke 3:10). He was a
man who held to a strict moral stand
ard mark 6:1S). His method and his
message were protest and a warn
ing as well as preparation. Repent
ance is not remission Of sin I John
1917 John demanded fruit which
should accompany repentance Matt.
3:S, 81. His message was not ma
tioiial but individual and his sugges-
ton Matt. 3:10-12) of future punish
ment for wrong-doing is only exceeded
by the words of our Lord himself.
III. The Baptism wv. TO- III. Bap-
tism is always an emblem, a symbol.
(See Matt. 3 II Luke 3 6; Mark l 20;
Rom. 6:4) 1t is a public identified
ton, public conservation and confess
sion of faith. Jesus Christ himself
took the place of sinners QI Cor.
SGD.
While this lesson is a lesson of the
herald who preceded our Lord, who
came to prepare the way and to usher
in his kingdom, still there is the other
side which we cannot forget, and in
teaching this lesson we must empha-
size, the character of the king whom
John came to herald.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
RR0vEb UHlelN MTHRNAfI0EAb
SlJNDNS0lOOL
LESSON
(By f. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union }
LESSON FOR JANUARY 6
JOHN PREPARES THE WAY FOR
JESUS.
LESSON TExT-Mark Hill.

LESSON TEXT-Marx Hill
GOLDEN TEXT-Behold the Lamb OF
God, that taketh away the sin of the
world-John 1:29.
PRIMARY MEMORY vERsE-Thou
shalt call his name Jesus: For it is he
that shall save his people from their sins.
Matt. 1:21.
INTERMEDIATE, SENIOR AND
ADULT TOPIC-HeraIds Of the king.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Isa 4O:3-5; NAL 1913; Luke
1925; $3.50; Matt. 3:1-17; Luke 3:1-8 John
1872.
The first lesson for this year marks
the introduction of The Improved Uni
form series of international Sunday
School Lessons. This series has grown
out of several years of frank discus
sion and the presentation of many pro-
posed lesson schemes. 1t is an effort
to conserve the benefits of the uni
form system of lessons with the desire
to adapt the lessons as thoroughly
as possible to the modern pedagogical
idea of graded instruction for the vari-
Gus departments of the school, an
attempt to provide for the whole school
as thorough and as teachable uni
form lesson idea as possible.
Special topics and special memory
verses and additional scriptural ma
terial have been designated wherever
it has been deemed possible whereby
to make the lessons more helpful to
the pupils of different departments.
1t is the beginning of an eight-year
cycle, chosen with the view first, of
Incorporating several shortA topical
courses in addition to the usual series
on the chronological basis, and sec
ond the committee had in mind the
desirability of more frequent survey
of the entire Bible with varying meth
DDS of approach than is possible under
a six-years cycle. Finally, to har-
monte in the period of the cycle the
lions of the international Sunday
School association. Where no topic,
memory verse or additional material
is indicated for inter-departments of
schools, it is intended that uniform
material should be employed for such
departments.
Occasionally the general title and
lesson may be found to be more help
full than the special topics or, addi-
tional material as indicated for CIV
en- department. Sunday school lead
ers frankly acknowledge that this new
plan is an experiment. 1t is hoped,
however, that the long continued con-
troversies over graded lessons, extra
biblical material and uniform lessons
may find solution i'll this newer plan.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
the KlMsTsA PROGRESSIVE
Ezo -
PEOPLES PApERzA
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY

Tks Newspaper must first OF all be
cleam, 1t must be fair, it must be hoa-
est sad without malice in it's opinions
and expressions, and it must, at all
tirAss, devote itself unhinehingly and
feaxEsGsly to the pubic service in the
interests of the masses of the people
h Mnst always combat evil and in
jusaAas.
\. xust always fight for progress
aIs2 reform.
1t Must never tolerate corruptlsas
1t must be in sympathy with the
peer and the unfortunate.
For Belington it must always stand
with unselfish devotion, for the
achievement of the finestideals, of
every high purpose, of every enter
prise, of every step in the march Of
progress.
It must stand for good government,
freedom, equality, the public welfare,
eivis and true patriotism and undying
love of country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28
START ACTION ON
VACCINATION ORDER

"a case was started in district
court in Bottineau this week by DR..
M. J. Farnand against the Bottineau
school board. ordering the board to
show cause, why his children should
be refused admittance to the public
schools even though not vaccinated,
as ordered by the state board of
health. The case was heard before
Judge Burr the first of the week,
but was dismissed, as defendants
claimed they had not refused the
children admission to the schools.
On account of this technically the
case was started anew and will be
heard on it's new merits in few
days.
Awaiting the outcome of the case,
the children are now permitted to
attend school.
While DR.. Fernand appears as
plaintiff in the case, he is supported
by several others who likewise pro-
tested against the vaccination order
and refused to have their children
vaccinated."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28

versity authorities making this COM
pulsOry.
The precautionary measures were
taken following a threatened small
pox epidemic among university stud
ents. Miss Venner's death cast a
gloom over university circles. She
had sweet disposition and was be-
loved by all.
She was the only child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. p. f. Venner of Nebraska City.
She was born in Eagle, Nebr., but
received most of her education in
Lincoln. She attended the grade
schools here and was a graduate of
TEMPLE high school in 1916. Early
in her school life she showed except
ioral talent and bright future had
been predicted for her.
Miss Venner was the grand-daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Venner
of University Place. Her parents just
recently moved to Nebraska City
and the girl expected to be removed
to her new home today.
She was a member of the Alphi
Chi Omega sorority"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28
CHARGES DEATHS
FROM INFECTIONS HIDDEN

Death of children from infection
caused by vaccination have been
suppressed by Brooklyn physicians,
according to charges made by Chas.
nj. Higgins yesterday. Higgins ap-
peared before Justice Aspinall in
special term of supreme court. De-
cision was reserved.
F. A. Doyle. for Higgins, argued
a motion compelling the health au-
thorities to give him copies of re-
ports of death from tetanus. AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Ken
nedy opposed the order. Higgins
said he wanted the information for
reasons of pubic good. He said
that vaccination killed more suffer-
ers than the diseases it is supposed
to prevent.-New York, January 3,
1918.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28
THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMANY

There is absolute proof that vac
cination in Germany was not effect
i've to prevent smallpox, because vac
cination has been compulsory in
Prussia for the past seventy years.
In 1871 DIR. Seaton said to the Com
mittee on Vaccinations: 20. 56O8: I
know Prussia is well protected" and
the general medical opinion was ex-
pressed thus in the Pail Mall Gaz-
cite, May "a, 1871:
Prussia is the country where re-
vaccination is most generally prac-
ticed, the law making the precaution
obligatory on every person, and the
authorities conscientiously watching
over its performance. AS the result
cases of smallpox are rare"
AS a matter of fact, however, dur
ing the twenty-four years preceding
1871 there had been much greater
smallpox mortality in Prussia than
in England. Almost Immediately af-
ter DR.. Seaton made the above state
ment. the smallpox broke out in
Prussia and killed in 1912 1880
people, nearly all OF whom had been
vaccinated.-From the British I'm
ion for the Abolition of Vivisection,
August 1908.