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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

Charming Widows at the Hippodrome
Eastwood Harrison and a company
Of comedians and pretty girls are at
the Hippodrome flying the banner Of
the Charming WidowsMuslcal Comedy
Company. They are here Cor the
week and will present three different
bills during the engagement. This
Is the Life" was selected for the open
o. and proved to be a well'liked We
hlcle by those attending the three
performances yesterday. In the male
portion OF the contingent appear
richard Lloyd, a splendid singer, who
vas seen here earlier in the season
With Dave Newman's Tabarin Girls,
he having Joined that show immedi'
Otely after leaving Harvey Orr's Mil
hon Dollar Dolls. and Jack Gray
clever black face artist and also a
GOOD character comedian, who Is en-.
tirely new to Fairmont audiences.
Miss Bushman and Miss McAllister
are the luminiaries in the feminine
department. The chorus is composed
Of pretty girls who can sing dance
and wear pretty clothes. Mr.. Harri'
son himself Is an excellent performer
and will be remembered b. some for
his mr.. Bowser" in "Hcnpecked
Henry" which he presented here on a
former visit Until a few weeks ago
be starred in the play on one night
stands through the west and scored
heavily IN every town the company
played. It is probable that this play
will be produced here by him during
the engagement, and funnier inter
probation OF the part has never been
given by any other star appearing
here at any time in this always pleas.
ing comedy.
On Wednesday the fourteenth, ana
next to thc last, chapter Of The Lost
Express" will be shown on the screen.
The exciting moments OF the mystery
which surrounded the disappearance
OF a train going at full speed viii!
reach their heighth in this and the
final episodes. Beth will be interest
ing episodes even to those who have
Of seen any OF the preceding chap.
iers
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
IN THE
FRONT ROW
AGApLlNERs TONIGHT
Musical Comedy

THERE are 1850 stars in the Patht
Service Flag.
= Mr.. Ferdinand Zecca the new
Director General Of Productions, who
arrived recently in New York from
PaFiS, says that more than 1000
French. English and Italian employees
Of Pathe have served in the ranks Of
TIE Allies as officers. non-commis.
stoned officers and privates.
More than 200 died on tho battle.
aOldS.
More than FIVE hundred have been
decorated for bravery.
A large number have been wound
ca, released from service and return
ed 10 their positions with the EsIao'
liBSements Pathe Freres.
More than so men have responded
to the call to the Colors in the United
States and the list is rapidly growing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
STEEL RAIL PRODUCTS
facts and Figures Brought Ont =,
bulletin Issued By Iron md
steel Institute

me American Iron and steel 1,s,,-
,ute has issued a bulletin on the nrn-
uuc'ioh OF steel rails during laI7
"hlch shows that last year ,her. was
a 'o,al or 2,3fi.l6l tons Of r.ua rallied
IN thc United States Of which . Dao
- IONS were opcn-hearth steel rniIs
30 90 tons Besse'ncr steel raIIs .nS
i',o": tons were rerolied from olt
'dIS ot the entirely new rnns rolled
HsFfesating 2:25.522 tons. the Reese
hh'r iaiI constituted less than II n.,
'""t ana the open-hearth rails more
ma" ~ per cent. which plainly shov,
we tremendous growth Of demand for
lhc en-hcarth product as comu,reL
WIN re" years ago, for a. recently
az 1917 the production Of rails was
ABOUT equally divided between H..s..
insT ana open hearth, with the huIk r..
we former type. But after I'm, va, ,
CpcH-hearth rails gained fast in mann
amy owing 10 their distinctive merit.
me year 1911 showing 1876 101 ,nns
OF open hearth rails rolled az ,p,in.,
"h'y !.pob,300 tons ot Eesscm.r Thc
io''o"!nI year There was y,ll l,,v.r
"o""t'oh OF open-!tcarth rails rolled
90" IN" year after that the aggregate
OF HtSs.incr dropped below oto am
spi' 'ot IN" hrst time in many year,
"'hce then the annual total OF Re,as.
n'e' Ta4!s has been nlwayE helow INIT
hgure' The demand for rails o, beavv
| Sect'"hs continues TO increage.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
AN ANTHRACITE SHORTAGE "
SEEMS TO BE INEVITABLE
Mining Companies neg8Ins Uncle Sam
to Druft M Few Miners ~
Possible.

Every, mine worker lost to the An
thracite Industry. now short hand ed
TO degree seriously curtailing outuut
OK coal, says an authority, means loss
OF potential production Of 600 tons
per annum. That presents the s,tu,
ton which now confronts millions ~
consumers OF anthracite more ser,
ously than II docs tho Industry For
consumers 1t means shortage OF coal
and discomfort. IL not actual SUFFERING.
FOR the industry. 1t means only con-
Germ at inability to do what could be
done with greater labor power and
shortened business profits.
Last month the average production
OF anthracite per mine worker, avail.
able to the industry, was forty-eicht
IONS. That Is at rate OF nearly $40
tons year per man. Thus every man
lost to the industry now means loss OF
labor power 10 supply ten families
with anthracite. The magnitude of
the loss and the baneful effects. for
output. appear In the fact that $4,000
from the anthracite region since the
war began. That mems an annual
loss of nearly 100000 anthracite tons
of marketable coal.
With decrease Of mine workers from,
l!hooo to the present working fore.
OF $4,000 men. the Industry is now
apprehensive Of the result to con-
sumers OF coal OF the still further
drop next month. when the new draft
will take from the State 1900 more
men.
The Lackawanna is short $500 men.
and can use at once sos miners and
2.lSJ men. The Hillside Coal and Iron
Company wants $50 men at its four
teen coilieries. and can use 2SG miners
and sos lahorers and motor runners.
The Lehgh Coal and Navigation
Company; the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal Company: the LehIgh VAL
ley Coal Company: the Pennsylvania
Coal Company: the Susquehanna Col
lieries Company. and the Delaware and
Hudson Company are all hard pressed
for help. and need all the certified
miners and mine workers they can get.
About $500 mine workers are needed
right now by all these companies.
This illustrates the straits the
mining companies are in. and shows
the reason why the operators are ask
Ing for exemption OF mine workers on
the ground that their services are moro
vital to the nations needs getting out
coal than serving as soldiers lighting
the Hun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
RAILWAY IN WATAUGA
Iron Horne Now Heard I'm Every County
OF Old North state Except
One,

BOONE, y. c., July 6.-The extension
OF the East Tennessee and Western
North Carolina Railway is expected 70
DC completed 10 this place by Septem-
Der i. The Appalachian Training
Hchooi, which Is one OF the two noun
tam schools maintained BIZ the State
mas made a gift of the site for the
station which is within a few yards
%. the campus. Up TO last year, When
ms railway was constructed TO Shulrs
Nils Watauga County did no, have an
men or railway, but now Allegheny is
IN" sole county in the State having no
td"Toad The other terminal Of the
East Tennessee and Western Eor,n
m"ro!iHa Hallway is Johnston civ
cAn' This road handles the extreme.
~ high quality iron ore from the Gran.
oefFH mine In Mitchell County. North
aroma 10 the smelter at Johnston
ctE lot conversion into steel.
III is OF course, the plan that this
road VIII 30 beyond Boone. but as vs,
INC route is not decided on. Wat,,o,
when now has a railway and wbirn
''"S al last voted bonds for good roads
- soon TO be one OF the mos, notable
mountain counties in the whole South
not only for fruit-grow!nr ca,tIe.,at.
InR ana cheese! akin. but also ,. :,
resort. {" d
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
FlSHERMEN'S BIG LUCK
One of Big Companies Buys Out
Another and Increases Stock-l.arGe
Catches mud Dirihends.
Especial 10 Tho Times Disuatch

Special TO The Times Dispatch
l4EATHSNlLLE. VA July 6.-The
Eubank Tankard Company stockholders
met recently and voted TO buy the Bus
sells Hubbard Company, Incorporated.
out which Will give the former con
Grrn an additional boat, the Joseph
Davis" thus relieving them o. the
necessity OF building one. and giving
them Immediate use Of same The Of
heers and directors of the Bussells-
Hubbard Company were J. T. Bussells.
Dr. Hubbard. w. y. Eubank, +. NJ.
Arinsworthy and W. T. James. They
had acquired the Davis" from the
harton Fisheries Company The
fuba k-Tankard will increase its Cant
taiization TO 100000, OF which the
stock holders Of the Eubank-Tankard
set 100000, and the stockholders OF the
rNsseiiS-H Hubbard Company, 500. 900. 4
ih one days fishing the Eubank
!"nkard stockholders was declared on
the present capitalization of $4,000,
- one days fishing or the Eubank
ldnkard Company caught 900 fish.
"hich was the biggest catch OF anv
factory around, the Morris FISHERIES
neing c.ose second, though they hay.
eight boats and l;ubank- Tankard In,
two. The Virginia Fisheries and the
{. l.. Davis Packing Company each
get about 100000, the former with
but one boat.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
ALL OVER THE SOUTHLAND
Government Stili Invc.tinE Inst Sums
In DiAie-rriVnte Devciopmental
Efforts Also Very Extensive.

! BALTIMORE. MD. July Charge in
rcstmcn;s of capital will be required
for many new Southern Industrial en-
tcrpriScs announced during the past
week. especially FIR several government
plants which will aid in winning the
war. These developmental announce
ments are detailed in to-days Manu-
facturers Record. and they include ref
e"ences to Slo,ooo.ooo to s2o.ooo.ooo
expenditure planned by the War De-
rartment for 1 powder factory with in
dustrial city ut Louisville. five dry
docks to cost S;,200.000 at Norfolk for
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. twin
craving docks costing sl5o0.0Oo for the
Ncrfolk Navy Yard. erecting shop and
equipment costing sl.200.o00 for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Cum
horland Md. and sl.o0o.o0o initial
unit for steel fabricating plant In the
birmingham district. This lattcrSpiant
will produce steel plates. shapes and
other structural material for govern
mont ships built on the Atlantic and
Cuff coasts. II viii &c established hy
Henry l.. Britain. of New York (presi-
dent Of two southern shipbuilding COM
lanes and ricc-preSiGent OF another),
ana associates.
Other important announcements are
: sl.ooo.ooo cattle ranch company in
Florida. s5.ooo,ooo sulphur develop
ment company in Texas. a 100000 lum-
Der manufacturing company in Florida.
n $4,000 lumber mill company In Flor
ida, and $4,000 900 grain elevator COM
pany in Texas.
Other industrial announcements NAM
ing capitalization OF 100000 or more
may be briefly outlined as follows:
Virginia mines will be developed by
tho STANCE Mining Company. Narrows.
Va. incorporated with s250.0o0 capital
by Pittsburgh and Narrows investors
Coal mines and coke ovens will be
operated by the Gordon Miller Coal &
Coke Co. Louisville. Ky. chartered with
$50, 600 'apital.
Livingston County fiuorspar land will
be developed by the United Fluorspar
Company. Paducah. Ky, Incorporated
with 100000 capital.
Ink VIII be the product OF the Jasmine
Ink Corporation. Norfolk. Va, chartered
with $4,000 capital.
Phosphate vii! DC mined near Column
hia Tenn. by the Armour Fertilizer
Works OF Chicago, which will build
Slioo 600 plant.
Beaver Creek coal lands will be de-
ve!oped by the National Elkhorn Coal
ompany. Whitcsburg, Ky. incorporated
with sie5,oe0 capital by West Virginia
investors.
Timber land will be cut and lumber
VIII be Manufactured by the Mountain
Land and Lumber Company. Jonesboro.
Tenn. incorporated with 100000 cant
tai.
Cement products will lie manufac-
tured by the Waterproof Cement pro |
ducts Company. Norfolk. Va. incor- /
porated with 100000 capital.
Goa! will be mined by the Black I
Raven Coal Company. Willard. Ky. in. /
clT2Ora;ed wiki 100000 capital.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
built in that country. is nearing com.

built In that country. is nearing COM
plction in England.
musician I'm Europe has invented
bellows operated by tho feet that sup
ply air to a mans mouth to help him
play wind instruments.
Agricultural stations. especially for
the education OF orphans and aban.
doned children. will be established by
the government OF Brazil.
To promote the home manufacture of
drugs the Japanese government has en-
courased tho cultivation Of the poppy
and tho preparation OF opium.
Cactus candy Is a CONNECTION being
introduced from tho countries to tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
shiphui,dlnr ut Wilmington.

WILMIECTON. y. c., July 1.-THE
big schooner that was launched here a
few days ago by the Wooden Shipbuild-
Ing Company IL $50 feet long, forty feet
wide across It's double decks. four
masts and Will have a gross tonnage
o. 1850 tons. The schooner has been
named the Isabel e.. Harris. Her equip
NJ cnt includes anchors and cargo hoist q
operated by n donkey engine. Keeis
ar" being laid TOR two other schooncrs
o! Identical design and for two OF
1000 tons register at the companys
yard. and eight barges Will be con-
structcd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
,rhom..vlne,n Ncw Mo,iery comnnn,

THOMASVILLE, y. c.. July C-The
Standard Manufacturing Company has
been incorporated here with y25. OOo
capital stock for the manufacture o..
hosiery. d. Van Horn and II. w Nor
risetse are the incorporates. The
company will be organized next week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
SOME FACTS FROM AFFAIR
Stray Paragraphs Showing What II
Whit I'm Lands Tint Are
BeHOnd the Sem.

Membership in Austrian trade unions
has decreased to 10000.
or $1,000 miners in the mines Of
South Africa only $4,000 are white.
Russia has tho longest canal In the
world. extending from PetroGrad to
China. a distance OF nearly $500 miles.
Australians are experimenting with
Il mammoth oil driven harvester which
strips grain fields at rate OF about
sixty acres day.
The largest electrically propelled
vessel in the world and the first ever
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07

All kinds OF news comes from Russia
these days. 1t Is now said that an
equivalent to jute, al article that Is
shipped to this country In immense
quantities, is being made over there
from Il plant which the Russians call
"kenafe," which grows abundantly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07

south, OF US. It consists OF prepared
cactus dipped in a hot strip.
1t Is estimated that Australia has
cows enough to give each man. woman
and child In the island continent three
each, while Argentina can do even bet
ter. There are five cattle to each In
habitant in the big South American
republic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07

Housewives hereabout who are hav-
ing so much trouble with the servant
problem may find hint in an adver-
tisement which recently appeared in
the Help Wanted column OF the Shelf
field (l;ngland) Daily Telegraph II
reads. Mistress will give maid les
sons in two foreign languages. and
master will instruct her i'm differcntial
calculus and comic sections"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07

Fordson Tractor In Northum berlnhd.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
HEATHSVILLE. VA. July 6.-Palmer
Sand Moore's demonstration OF the
Fordson tractor at Heathsville lately
was quito an interesting exhibition,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Before Days of Printing

The difference between script and print
are to be referred to date long before the
invention of printing. We must not sup
pose that the ancient scribes, in writing
papers of but temporary value, would la
Dor to follow the same alphabet that the
carver employed upon the monuments of
stone destined for all time. AS far back as
records have been preserved there was in
existence a cursive style of writing. In
stances have been preserved abundantly in
Pompeii of random remarks by the ordinary
citizen scribbling idle sentiments upon the
walls.
The alphabet of the monuments was
commonly the model for writers of formal
literature, professional penmen who looked
forward to the library preservation of the
works upon which they were engaged.
Business men used the cursive script, which
was far more readily and CORRESPONDENCE
more rapidly written. The monumental
and manuscript hand has served as the
parent of the printed letter; the cursive hand
is the ancestor of penmanship.-Es.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Curious Use For Catfish

1t is reported from Portland, Ore, that
the catfish is valued adjunct in the street
department, because the terra-cotte sewers
and drains, especially those in the lower
part of the city, frequently become checked.
If the sewer be not broken, it can be
cleaned By passing rope through it, to be
pulled backward and forward until the OBJ
struction is loosened and removed. The
street officials have had much such work in
hand and for a long time remedy for the
annoyance caused by the difficulty 10 get
ting the rope through was the thought up
permost in their minds. FINAL, however,
someone hit upon a quick, sure and easy
method of obviating the difficulty. A cat
fish is caught, string tied to its tail, and
it is dropped down manhole into the sew
er. AT once it starts for the river and forces
its way through any obstruction not as
solid as brick, all the while dragging the
string after it. Then the workman pro-
ceeds as far down the sewer as he deems
necessary, and picks up the string, which
he employs to draw wire through the sew
err, and with this rope is pulled through,
and the sewer is cleared.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Living

We know one you loved is now missing;
We know you have sorrowed and wept.
We know you no longer are kissing
The lips of the one who has slept
Drear months in the earth. Are you giving
Too much to the soul that has fed?
Won't you give to the heart-hungry living
What you're trying to give to the deadi
You did all you could when you had him.
When you looked at him eye unto eye;
You stayed till the end, and you babe him
A loving aud tender goodbye.
There ended the best of your giving
Just there when the farewells were said.
Ye can do-O so much for the living,
But you can't do thing for the dead
In your heart keep the tenderness, dearie-
The living have need of it all.
They need you all blithesome and CHEEKY
Not reeking with NORWOOD and gall.
And l think He'll be slow in forgiving-
Aye. perhaps He may chide you instead
If, neglecting the heart-hungry living,
You give all your love to the dead.
Strickland GILLIAN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Monkeys Actually at Work

Monkeys actually are made to work in
Malabar, India, which is perhaps the only
place in the world where they earn their
salt. The Malabar monkey is of the fine
species known as the langur. 1t is very
warm at Malabart and there is fan called
the punka, which used to be kept in motion
by slave.
1t required slave to work each punka,
but now every punka in Malabar is worked
by a monkey. 1t was an English officer
who conceived the idea of making the Ian
CUR work in that manner. The fan is a
movable frame covered with canvas and sus-
pended from the ceiling. The motion is
caused by pulling cord. The officer tied
the hand of langur to one of the cords,
and then by means of another cord put the
machine in motion.
OF course. the monkeys hand went up
and down, and the animal wondered what
sort of game was being played. Then
the officer patted its head and fed it with
candy till soon the langur thought it fine
fun to work the punka. The experiment,
was successful, and now thousands OF
monkeys are in harness.-Es.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Grow Rich in Canada

In Wakayama Japan, is fishing village
which has supplied nearly one thousand
men and women for the fishing industry of
Canada, according to an Osaka paper.
Many of these migrants have made money
and some of them have become so comfort
ably circumstanded that they are able to
take occasional holidays at home. This is
chiefly in the winter, when many return to
the village of Milo to choose wife. leave
child at school, or simply to enjoy the old
environment. When steamer from Ameri-
ca arrives, it is sight to see long lines of
rickshas along the road to MILO with youth
full passengers dressed in the latest Amirican
style. At the entrance of the village they
are met by crowds of relatives and acquaint-
ances, and pretty girls dressed in their
gayest kimono are not wanting. -Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Thanksgiving is See1nly
[contin ued from page one.l

tests itself in bestowal Of benefits received,
upon those who are in need. Extremely
selfish should we be did we enjoy these
bounties alone. How can we do it, when
the people of Belgium are paying twenty
FIVE dollars head for dogs, sick or we'll,
when the Russian people are stewing grass
and weeds for food; when the ravished Ar
menians are perishing by thousands for lack
of a millionth part of our Injuries; when re-
liable authorities estimate that twenty mill
lions of earth's inhabitants will die this
winter from dearth of foodi Providence
gives US these untold blessings that we may
share them with earth's suffers, and an I'M
pardonable migrate is he who does not COM
ply with the unspoken command.
Our Thanksgiving Day this year should
be the climax of unstinted giving to the
Red Cross. the Y. M. c. A., the Belgian
Relief, the Armenian and Syrian Relief and
those other worthy agencies which are allie
Waiting the worlds sickness, poverty and
thralldom.
Americans, great is our opportunity for
patriotism to government on earth, and
loyalty to kingdom in heaven. Give
thanks for present benefits, and future needs
will be supplied.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Wedding Rings

1t was under the shadow of the pyramids
that brides first wore rings as symbols of
wedlock.
In the early Egyptian home it was the
custom of the wife to keep all her jars,
closets and storerooms sealed. A different
seal ordinarily was used for every door or
jar containing certain foods. Preserved
sweets for instance, would be sealed with
one device and some sharp appetizer with
another. So the course of time brought the
Egyptian woman goodly number of seals,
the special mark of her wifehood.
Then it became custom for the BRIDE
groom on his wedding day to present the
future homemaker with little string of
seals. In the beginning they usually were
suspended from an ornamental chain about
her neck, but afterwards it became the Gus
tom to carry the keys on an ornamented
cord around the wrist. And finally the
keys were attached to woman's finger by
means of cord or gold wire. This natural.
ly meant reduction in the number of seals,
and some genius of the days of old hit upon
the idea of combining the seal and the wire
together, from which we get the signe,
ring. Such ring was regularly presented
to the bride on her wedding day.
Things had reached this state of progress
when keys seem to have been first used in
Egypt to any great extent. The coming Of
locks did away with the wifely seals and
her peculiar mark of sovereignty in the
home. By degrees the signet ring went out
of fashion as the special preroga:ive of the
bride and was succeeded by plain band
ring such as every young lady of today ex
poets to wear. Numbers of these plain anc
signet rings have been found in old tomb
in northern Africa.-Sslected.