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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-12

There is an extensive saltwater
farm in Japan, where the gardeners
encourage oysters to make pearls. The
farm has an area of about so square
miles, and the water varies in depth
from five to is fathoms.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-12

Kansas City. to guard against the
destruction by fire of the records of
the city engineers office, is going to
buy camera and have Photographic
copies made OF every record. The COD.
les, which will be II by II inches in
size, will be stored lin some place
away from the city han. 1t is estimat.
ed thai the whole expknse will be less
than $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-12
-BTTBYb1T.

I'm afraid your wife's mind Is gone.
don't wonder at II, considering
that she has been giving me q piece
Of it for so long.-C fftoons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-12
Canvass at M. E,
South Going Nicely

At the Methodist Episcopal church,
south. last evening meeting of the
Finance committee was held incident
to the canvass being made to cover the
$4,000 edifice to be erected by the
congregation on its present site on
Fairmont avenue.
The canvass has been on for ten
DAYS and the work is progressing very
nicely according to the reports that
we're submitted at last nights meeting.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04

sono yecchissimi e non ( raro il case
che qualcuno di essi muoia di esauri-
mento hella sua celia.
Non tutti cinesi pOssono aspira-e
a diventar mandarin Gil esami non
sono aperti a coloro che appartengo-
no ale classi cosidette viii: mendi-
can't, facchini, pOliziotti, attori in
enere, barbieri smile altra gen
taglia".
Gil esami sono rigorosissimi a tai
punto che solo una decima parte del
candidate riesce a passare dal grado
di "tungchang" studente a quello
di 'siutsai" o talento adorno; una
percentuale ancora pid piccola con-
quista il diploma di 'Chu-Jen" che ST
gnifica Puomo promosso.
Aronauta.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04
IgnOti COStu1ni
di pOpOlaziOne
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durante le prove scritte per impedi-
re che avyengano ira una tenda e
Ialtra, comunicaziOni... ricopiature.
IL servizio di vigilanza e completato
da speciali guardiani i quail passeg-
giano di continue per i Wall che Sc
parano una fila di tende da quella
SUCCESSIVE non permettono che
Qualsiasi estraneo penetri nell'ac-
campamento. Queste guardiani mol
ire provvedono al candidate la carta
intestata per Ie belle copie" del COM
pitt scritti portano il loro cibo,
spofverano la coperta nella quale Ia
spirante mandarino ha dormito
sdraiato su' queI medesimo tavolo
che gil ha servito da scrittoio durante
il giorno.
l distintivi del Vari gradi
Solo i dignitari autorizzati por-
tare sui loro coricapo uno speciaIe
gioiello sono veramente "mandari-
ni', divisi in move gradi.
II distintivo del primo grado un
sole rosso, del secOndO un bottone di
corallo, del terzo uno zafiro, del
qualto un sole azZuGrO, del quinto
un bottone di cristallo, del sesto un
bottone di avorio, del settimo un bot
tone d'oro lavorato, delPottavo un
bottone d'oro lavorato, del mono un
bottone d'argento lavorato.
Inoltre mandarin usano speciali
insegne sui loro vestiti portano
cinture con fibbie special. In Gina,
sono divisi in due categorie: civil e
mlitari Per il primo grado civile le
insegne consistono in una CRU RIGA
mata sui petto sulla schiena, men
tre quello militare porta un iocorno
rieamato ed una fibbia di diaspro cir
condata di rubini. II secondo grado
civile porta un fagiano ricamato in
orc, quello militare un leone, ed una
fbbia d'oro circondata di rubini
In Gina
nellie grandi citta cinesi, dove lie
session. di esame 81 tengono ogni ire
ami, come in Indocina, candidate 81
raccolgono non in tende, ma in spe-
cali edifci suddivisi in numerose
celle II numero del candidate SEM
pre- grandissimo; la media di circa
$4,000, ma in alcune session. 81 sono
presentati sino a 10000 candidate.
Per. parecchi giorni questa massa di
aspiranti rimane rinchiusa, s'affan-
ma a scrivere memorial filosofici e
politici, a commentare testi cinesi
mel libri sacri del Celeste Impero,
criticare qua1che sentenza attribuita
a Confucio comporre massime o.
riginali in prOsa o in versi.
II numero del posti vacanti che
possono essere coperti dai candidate
vincitori e motto ristretto. Per e
sempio, Shanghai, mel 1897, c'erano
disponibili solo $50 posti; ma non ci
furono memo di 1900 candidate, in
modo che solo uno sopra novanta-
quattro poteva sperare dt essere ac-
contentatO.
Siccome non c'6 nemmeno in Gina,
alcun limite di eta, motif candidate
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04
La stretta di mano ALA cinese e la.
pPOfilasSi.

LIE mani sporche { anche quelle
che sembrano pulite ma 10 sono ne
diocremente) costituiscono un veico-
10 non spregevole per Ia trasmissio-
ne di germi. Durante la attuale cpl
demia di influenza deyono. avere a
Vuto la parte massima nella diffusio-
ne el morbo. Ora Lynch Cum
ming in America hanno cercato per-
suadere quanto utiIe sarebbe il meto-
DO cinese di stretta di mano. II qua
le metodo usato come salute consi-
ste nelIo stringere la propria mano
invece di quella dell'amico Al di Ia
del fatto, che manca la dimostrazio-
ne Sc Ia pratica ha almeno valso in
Gina un minor numero di colpitf, re-
sta a vedere Sc Tabitudine che ha un
certo sapore mimico di ironia ha pro-
babiltta dt venire accolta. Non sa-
rebbe pid semplice suggerire dt por-
tare guanti nei rapporti col pubbli-
co? Sono cost numerosi i casi nei
quail i guanti possono rendere buo-
nj servigi!
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04
IL PRENHO PIU' AAIBITO

Durante la guerra ogni mantle
stazione di patriottismo importo'
necessariamente uno sforzo quail
che volta dele privazioni Ma oggi
q guerra terminate quando urgono
j problemi della ricostruzione sim
pone tutti un patriottico dovere,
che pero' non porta con Sc alcun sa-
crifcio.
Bisogna dare impiego agli ex-mili-
.tari.
'ex-militare, rotto piu aspire fa-
tiche, e oggi il meglio Indicate a
qualsiasi layoro Mentalmente fl
sicamente al sommo della sua eff
cienza, egli state educate ALA scuo-
la della discipline: diventato insie-
me ottimo lovoratore sagace orga-
nizzatore del suoi propri sforzi. Oc-
cupando gil ex-militari ogni azienda
acquista una fonte di energia di
eficienza
II colonnello Arthur Woods che di-
rige con tanta competenza tanta
autorita il servizio nazionale del col
locamento al lavoro del soldati ma
rinai congedati, ha bpubblicato recen-
temente un quadro sinottico dal quale
risulta che il GA per cento del militia
ri ritornati dalla guerra manifesto
un tangible miglioramento mel vigo-
re f1sico mentale. II giovane ritor-
nato dial servizio militare di perce-
zione pi1 rapida piG sicura, come e
di membra pio agili yigorose. In
oltre egli piG resistente al lavoro.
vi sono, e vero, coloro che la guer-
ra ha deteriozati: ma questi non ven
COMO congedati Sc non quando sono
restituiti ALA integrita fisica men
tale, dagli, institui medici governati-
vi.
Insomnia: chi impiega gil ex-mili-
tari sa di potter contare su persone
energiche resistenti.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04

D. Have you read the Consti-
tuition of the United States?
r. Yes.
D. What form of Govern
ment is this?
r. Republic.
d. What is the Constitution
of the United States?
r. 1t is the fundamental law
of this country.
L. Who makes the laws of
the United States?
r. The Congress.
D. What does Congress con-
sist of?
r. Senate and House of Kep-
resentatives.
D. Who is our State Senator ?
r. Wilbur P. Graft.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
r. President.
d. For how long is the Presi-
dent of the United States elect
ed?
r. Four years.
D. Who takes the place of
the President in case he dies +?
r. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
r. Thomas r. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President
of the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
chosen?
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for
the State Of Pennsylvania.
r. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
r. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assembly
man?
r. j. T. Davis.
d. How many States in the
union?
r. Forty-eigh
D. When was the Declaration
of independence signed?
R. July A, 1776.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
d. BY whom was it written ?
r. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States Z?
r. Two.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04
Tn nuOvO prOcessO di cOnservazione
degli aIimenti


degli aIimenti
Nuovo non nella sua visione SEQ
lastica: ma quasi nuovo almeno nell
la estensione pratica 6 il metodo "a
mericano che promette di diffondersi
Sc quanto ST pubblica dal Mac Kee
della Universita di Columbia non &
semplice visione di laboratorio.
81 tratta di questo: di solito cibi
81 conservano o sterilizzati a umido
Q essiccati allaria calda (essicca-
mento propriamente detto, affumi-
camento). Or bene perch6 non 81
applica a tutti cibi il processo di
disidratazione che applica largamen-
te ALA preparazione> del pomodoro
concentrandolo mel Vuoto? E cio6,
perche non ST pratica la disiderazio-
ne del cibi mel vuoto a bassa tempe
ratura? LIE prove fatte in America
dicOno che il procedimento e appli-
cabilissimo tanto al vegetali quanto
allie carni cOmuni ed a quelle del pc
sci. Inutile dire che occorrono buo-
ne pompe da vuoto g che per conse-
guenza Ia pratica non pu6 entrare
nella industria dOmestica. Ma la con-
servaziOne e perfetta, col yantaggio
che lie yitamine rimangono integre,
che i tessuti non 81 spappolano, che
MATERIAL non subiscono le altera-
zioni che il Galore la presenza di
iiquidi sempre idrOlizzanti determi-
nano.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04
Voters CateChiSnl

D. Who are our U. S. Sena-
tors?
R. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
D. BY whom are they elect
ed?
R. BY the people.
D. For how long?
R. Six years.
D. How many representa-
tives are there?
R. 435. According to the
population one to every 211, 900,
(the ratio fixed by Congress af-
ter each decennial census.)
D. For how long are they
elected?
r. Two years.
D. Who is our Congressman ?
r. Nathan L. Strong.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
r. Thirty-eight.
D. Who is the chief execu-
tive of the state of Pennsyl-
vania?
R. The Governor.
. D. For how long is he elect
ed?
r. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. W. G. Sproull.
D. Do you believe in organ
lied government?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to or.
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Do you belong to any Sc
cret society who teaches to dis
believe in organized govern
ment?
r. No.
d. What is a bigamist or po-
lygamist?
R. One who believes in hav-
ing more than one wife.
D. Are you an anarchist?
r. Nc.
D. What is an anarchist ?
r. A person who does not be-
lieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or
poligamist?
r. No.
D. Have you ever violated
any laws of the United States? e?
R. No.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04

LEGGETE E DIFFONDETE IL PA
TRIOTA
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-10-04

Carte Giografiche
Lecture Elementari
DIZIONARII Italiano-Inglese
Galateo
Segretario per tutti
Discorsi e Brindisi
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
Tuesday, Dec. 2.
AT Winneshiek Hotel
Hours 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.

Hours 10 a. IN. to p. m.
Mr.. Fisk made visits to DEBORAH
for over 26 years. Over 100000 citi-
zens Of N. e. Iowa are using his
glasses with absolute satisfaction
You cannot consult anyone better
about your eyes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
WOUNDS STITCHED BY ANTS
Ingenious Operation That Is a Feature
of Surgical Work Among the
Arabs Today.

The mandibles of ants and Of sew
eral coleopterous insects, >Scarites in
particular, have long been employed
in, Asiatic surgery. This usage is of
the most ancient date with the sur
geons of India and is perpetuated in
our day in Algeria by the Arab opera
tors and to some extent by the Turks
in Asia and the Greek BARRIERS Of
Syria.
According to an English entomo-
logical journal, the barber presses
upon the edge of the cut with the
fingers of the left hand and applies
each ant by means of forceps held
In the right hand. The mandibles
of the ant are widely opened, the ami
NAL being in the defensive attitude,
and as the insect is gradually brought
near the wound it seizes the pro-
jecting surface and Immediately forces
its mandibles through the flesh, and
remains in this attitude, pressing the
one mandible against the other with
force and consequently holds the two
edges together. Then the barber sep
arates the head from the thorax with
snip of the scissors, and the head
with the mandibles remaining in place
continues its function while the thorax
and abdomen fall to the ground.
The same operation is repeated with
other ants until at times there
may be dozen pairs of mandibles
placed at regular intervals, so that
through its whole length the skin is
united by this very ingenious proce-
dure. The heads are allowed to re.
main few days, after which, since
the healing has been effected, they are
loosened and having performed their
Office are henceforth useless.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
SAVING THE RESULTS OF WAR
Germany Feeling Her Way to See
How Much Allied Powers VIII
Stand.

America and her allies won the
war, but can they preserve what
they won?
Over in Europe Germany is feel
ing her way to see how much the
allied powers will stand. She is at
tempting to terrorize the Poles Of
Silesia, SO that they will submit to
vote for reunion with Germany. Her
troops still remain in the Baltic
provinces, which she seeks to domi-
nate. She is making her plans to con-
troll Russia.
In this country insidious propagan-
da is heard everywhere to create
hostility against all the allies with
whom the United States was recently
associated.
Many people keep insisting that
Germany was treated too harshly in
the peace treaty. In so far as those
people are sincere, they need to go
over and take look at the French
and Belgium devastated districts.
Let them see tens of thousands OF
fruit trees deliberately sawed off by
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
Census Of a Vacant Lot.

In little town in Illinois George N.
Wolcott conducted an investigation to
find out how many animals-or, rather,
forms of animal life-inhabited an
acre of city land, says Popular Science
Monthly. The count in a city lot, OBJ
tanned by multiplying, the contents Of
bucketful by the figures required for
an acre, disclosed the fact that there
were between 100000 and 100000 Of
grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, cock
reaches, earwigs, lantern flies, plant
lice, aphids and other "bugs" in one
acre Of land.
There will be, Of course, q large va
ration In the count according to the
season in which 1t is made. For ex-
ample, there is one-third. increase in
the population in the spring over that
In the autumn owing to the rapid null
tiphcatiOn Of earthworms.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19

the Huns. Let them look at mines
ruined for dozen years by blowing
up bombs in their galleries, and by
letting rivers run into them.
Let them into the factories which
were handicapped for years by steal
ing their machinery. Let them look
at the dwelling houses of millions
of people Systematically levelled to
the ground. Let them see with their
own eyes how those fiends incarnate
tried to put France and Belgium out
of business for generation.
Then let them go into Germany
and see their comfortable and un-
touched cities, and their factories
all ready to go into with 10 years
start over the ruined industrial dis
tricts of France and Belgium. After
they get through, ask them if Ger
many got enough?
The powers recently associated to
fight Germany must stand together
to preserve the results of this war,
and must not permit any trifling
Otherwise it will have to be fought
over again. .
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
Wireless Improved.

According to an English electrical
publication, valuable Improvement
has been made in the shape of the adj
diti0n of metal springs to the aerials
on shipboard for the purpose of acting
as shock absorbers, thus overcoming
to q great degree the tendency of this
delicate instrument to be put out OF
service when the vessel experiences a
severe shock either from torpedo or
accident. Heretofore it has been neces-
sary to take the aerials down when
the vessel Is loading because of the
movement and vibration In the masts
caused by the use Of the derricks. y
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
Cards ON the Table

You can't make any stor-
age battery last forever -
that's a fact.
You've got to keep it filled
with water and test it, just
like a tire has to be kept filled
with air, or it will cost you
money.
Some day -ifyou have an
ordinary battery - it's sure
to have to be re-insulated, no
matter who made it. ..
But If you'll buy a VIII
lard Battery with Thread
ed Rubber Insulation,
you'll get clear away from
the biggest cause of battery
troubles. The insulation will
probably last as long as the
plates.
Drop in and ask us any
question you can think OF.
I. We're here to give you the
kind of help, service and.
advice that make friends.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
The Lowry cInder.

Long despised as a waste product,
the humble cinder is coming into its
own. For years cinders were anathe-
matized because the only purpose they
seemed to fill was to get into ones
eye, but with the widespread use of
cement, cinders came into use as a
base for cement sidewalks, cellar bot
toms, etc. AS a porous material to
carry water away from a cellar a few
feet of clnders placed around the foot
ings make excellent drainage, while as
a fill for holding wooden sleepers in
place in concrete, cinders mixed with
cement make light, firm bond. AS a
base for driyeways. cinders, when wa
ter-bound, and rolled or tamped, make
firm foundation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
STRANGE LAWS IN TURKEY
Penalty for Threatening Heavier Than
If You Had Struck--Lawyer
Defends Idea.

In Turkey, If you stole horse it
entailed from one to three years i'm
prisonment; If you stole sheep you
were liable to from three to seven
years. While you are figuring at this
! will give you another instance Of
subtle jurisprudence, John Van Ess
writes In Asia. If drew a dagger
on you and stabbed you seriously, but
you recovered, / was liable to prison
from one to three years. If, on the
other hand, drew a dagger on you
but did not touch you ! might be i'm
prisoned anywhere from three to seven
years. -tg %
Yusuf Effendi. leading lawyer, was
much disguised with my obtuseness
when questioned the equitableness of
these penalties.
why said he, SIT is as plain as,
day. If you go to steal a horse the
supposition is you, purpose to escape
on the horses back, but il you go to
steal sheep, inasmuch as you in the
nature Of the case cannot ride away
on the sleeps back, 1t is fair to SUPP
pose that you come armed and ready
to resist. Therefore, If you steal a
sheep you are the more guilty, in In
tent at least and deserve the greater
penalty. And again, If draw dag
ger on you and though / wound you
seriously, yet you do not die, the result
is known-namely, bodily injury. But
If / draw dagger on you, even though
I do not touch you, yet might have
killed you, and therefore also in that
case deserve the greater penalty"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19

Net Result Of Experience.
Experienced people don't tumble
when they try to get into a hammock,
because they know the ropes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-19
COL.,MARK NJ. DOOLITTLE
Auctioneer
DEBORAH, IOWA

Office at Higgins Building, Mis-
ssion Billiard Hall. Phone or write
sat my expense.
Terms: Merchandise Sales s per
ccent. Street Sales S.. Farm Sales
per cent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-18
Em1bIOyerSAnd
Labor GetEqnaL
Representation
Plans Developed For Meet
ing Ofthe International
Labor Conference.

Paris, France, Feb. 1S.-EquaI rep
resentation for all governments for
employers and laborers was decided
upon by the commission yesterday in
developing the plans for the meeting
OF the proposed international labor
conference The plan adopted was
that presented by the British dele
gates. with an amendment proposed
by the Belgian delegation Samuel
Gompers, head Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor, presided over the meet
ing
The official statement announcing
the result Of the deliberations, reads:
Result Announced.
The ninth meeting of the commits
was held at the ministry OF labor. IN
der the presidency OF Samuel Com
pers, at ESQ p m, on Monday. Febru-
airy II.
The discussion OF the procedure
laid down in the British scheme for
the meetings Of the annual conference
was continued. The commission agreed
to the British proposal. as amended
in accordance with a proposal Of the
Belgian delegation. which provided
that at the annual labor conference
the government OF each state shall
be represented by two delegates hav-
ing one vote each, while there will be
one delegate from each state repre-
senting employers and having one
vote as one delegate representing
working people having also one vote"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-18
PRISON SPECIAL
NOW DUE Path
Suffragists' Car Is Delayed
En- Route, But Cause Is
Unknown.

The wOman's suffrage car. known
as the prison special" on which %
prominent suffragets are making
transcontinental tour OF the country
for the purpose Of spreading their
propaganda, will not arrive Wednes-
day morning as expected, according TO
information gi~en out Tuesday by
railway officials. who state that the
prison car has not been delivered TO the
Southern Pacific railway yet. and is
not expected to arrive here before the
cath.
known.
Car Leaves Washington.
The car left Washington February
2. and started along the southern
route TO Los Angeles and san Fran
cisco. whence ii will return to Wash
ingtOn by the way OF Chicago and
New York city stops were to be made
at only the larger cities It was an
ticipated that the entire trip would
consume % days.
Noted Nurse Aboard.
Among the suffra gets coming on the
Democracy Special is a graduate
nurse Of international fame
Miss Lavinia Dock was for many
years at the head OF the largest hos
pitfalls in the United States She is the
writer Of many text books for nurses,
among them Docks 1Iateria Aiedica.
from which nearly every nurse in
training school has studied She has
been the international representative
of the American Nurses association
for years and organized and helped
many training schools and nurses or
ganiZation abroad She has been in
terested in suffrage for over so years.
I consider II a privilege to know
such a woman and will most certainly
meet her at the train" said Miss a.
Louise Dietrich.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-18
TO LINE UP ALL AGENCIES
FOR CIVIC RETIREMENT

The RiddeH lecture course at Trinity
Methodist church entered its second
week Monday night a good sized
audience was present to hear the lee
ture on The Science OF the Atone
ment"
DR.. Riddeu hopes to line Up this
theme with the development of CON-
munity life to the end that his hear
ers may be given a real civic spirit
He has a vision Of a city in which
there shall be such harmonious coor-
dination that every helpful agency,
commercial, educational. moral and re-
ligious shall have the best possible
opportunity to accomplish its work.
This series viii close Sunday after
noon with n great mass meeting for
men and women at which the lecturer
viii speak on The Application OF the
New Age Religion in Making a Bigger,
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