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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
CHUN
SUICIDE VICTIM
Kills Self Following Row
With Empress DOwager,
Says Simms
BY WIN. Phillip sImms

Washington, Dec. Gone more
amazIng chapter must be added to
the International intrigue to put
the denosed Boy Emperor back on
the throne Of China.
Despite powerful efforts to keep
the tragedy a secret, 1t Is now
known that Princess Chun, the
lads mother, did not die a natural
death as stated. but committed
suicide afer a scene between her
self and the empress dowager.
Through a friend In Picking I
have just come into possession OF
the strange details.
Tho story throws into vivid re-
lief the morbid atmosphere out of
which certain British, Japanese
and Chinese plotters would lift
their candidate to the dragon
throne.
For more than a year these in
ternattonal schemcrs have been
promoting Il match between the
boy emperor Hsuan Tung, now II,
and tho young daughter of Hsu
ShihChang. president Of China.
The believe the marriage OF the
Manchu emperor" and the Chin
csc girl would please the southern
Chineses and thus remove the OBJ
icctions to r restoration.
The empress dowager, according
to my informant, Ia an ardent
supporter of this match. The boy
emperor's mother. the Princess
Chun, was just as ardently against
II. She preferred her great niece
daughter of her nephew and the
boys first cousln-instead
Tho boy emperor himself, 1t Is
| said, does not want to marry
either one. his choice being his
| own mothers sister; in short, his
aunt.
So with this new love triangle in
full swing, the Arabian Nights at
mosphere OF the imperial court be-
came surcharged with personal
spites and jealousies.
/ The Lord Of Ten Thousand
Years" as the lad is called, sided
! with his mother and was willing
to take his first cousin to wed in
stead Of either his aunt or the
, daughter Of President Hsu.
The empress dowager was
furious, It is said. and called the
boys mother on the carpet. The
Young emperor" objected and
took his mothers part.
The row continued for three
DAYS Prince Chun, the lads father,
! falling in a faint during one Of the
On Oct. / the Princess Chun
took opium and died.
Another version has 1t that the
court physician one day failed to
; show the empress dowager the res
pect she felt was due her. where
upon she called the boy emperor
down. Prince and Princess Chun
took their sons part and the quar-
rel followed.
whichever story Is true, the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
Pretty Window
Display Shown

Courtneys' store has two unus-
ually fine window displays at this
time which are attracting consid.
cradle attention from shoppers. In
one window a Christmas fire with
andirons Is brightly blazing while
grouped about the fire are several
figures busily engaged n exatnin-
ing various Christmas gifts. The
object Of the window Is to help
shoppers to find a suitable gift for
every one. The gifts are artistlcal'
~ arranged and tagged, for tn
stance a fur coat is suggested for
mother, a suit of clothes for grand.
mother, silk lingerie for sister or
daughter and gifts for cousins.
teachers and aunts. The window
is quite unique and suggestive.
The opposite window has a SNOW
man" made entirely OF handker-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
COMMUNITY SPIRIT

ZEN to the new cafeteria, yeti" is a bret
query presented today with almost the same
frequency that folk say How are YEP There !" a
certain feeling of professional pride in the new venture
and people speak of "our cafeteria. and brag about
lis p%erfectiOns almost as # each individual had been
The new venture into being. .
It is spck. and span, and new, and i IS Just
another expression Of the wonderful community har-
inony Of the city. There is a home-lke ali about the
place. The noon hour IS like a family gathering
Much conversation is carried on, not only between the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
INDIAN SHOW Is
FOR MONONGAH
Performances Will be Given
There Next Thursday
and Friday

The dates for the performances
of the Indian Show Powhntan. now
in rehearsal by the Monongah
graded school, have been detin.
itely set for n night performance
on Thursday, December Is at s
o'clock and n matinee on Friday
at $3.50.
Miss Villa Van Glider and the
faculty are highly pleased With
the progress Of the musical play
About one hundred Of the most
musical students take part. they
will appear in Indian costumes
and the manners and costumes OF
the tribo Of Powhatan IN Virginia
will be portrayed. The play opens
with the incantatIon to the Sun
as copied down from the Huni In
dams by Troyer, and the act
closes with the capture OF the two
Englishmen, Captain John Smith
and Rolfe.
Act two is devoted to the games
and sports OF the little Indians
and papooges. the appearance Of
the Indian warriors with their cap
tives and their subsequent treat
ment al the hands OF Powhatan,
the chief,
Act three shows the arrival OF a
searching party from the ship, the
treaty OF Peace and smoking the
peace pipe. The play is Appealing
to the students, and their rehear.
sails daily after school and on Sat
urdays are enthusiastic.
The play will be given In West
.Monongah High school auditorium,
through the courtesy Of Prof
lToothmun.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
RUFF STUFF

For peace baIk line billiards, the
irish take the biscuit right out OF
the oven.
There should be peace in Ireland
even IL everybody has to fight
all the time to have it.
Al any rate what is more peace
til to a real freshman in the long
run than a good fight?
Speaking Of slippery humor
aere's n we picked up in the Pgn
Oily to Bed
And oily TO rise
Is the fate OF a mar
When an auto he buys.
While Jack Dempsey IS standing
under the mIsIletoe waiting for
some vaudeville manager to Kiss
aim, the vaudeville managers seem
10 besgetting more particular as 70
what they kiss.
ohelyes.
Ptttsburgher Wants U. S. TO
Make Poison Gas-headliue. That's
die effect Pittsburgh climate has
on Q BUY.
The city OF Buffalo. we are in
formed, is about 10 sink a few gas
aSTfI GhoIy{nV kb,k avAn In RuTalO
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09
M MO
By RERroN RRALEY'

BY YIN l.
Those good old songs. those ten
der songs.
Those southern ballads gentle,
That always make the maddlng
throngs
Grow soft and sentimental
'Oh take me back to Tennessee
And let me see my Nanny,
My Nanny dear who waits for me
Down South in Alabany!"
Those songs that say, on let
me roam
Down where tie live oaks
quiveT-
Half stolen from Kentucky
Homer
And half from "Swanee RiYer!"
These sCnS-composing gentlemen
Sing, Dixie Land Is MY land.
Through none OF them has over
been
Down South" OF Staten Island!
Oh how ! love those southern
songs
CAlthough they're slightly tinnyl
About the homcsick lad who longs
To be- "back in virgiuny,"
Those Dixie songs, those tricksy
songs,
That Groom SO musically,
Those fair old, rare old southern
songs
That come from Tin Pan Alley
Copyright 1921, n. e. Al
r..Ianal Guard n.I.h a 1ntaI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

spiamaE a6Trf BeftS
81 zones Rolttns
To r y, Johnson awarded.
the rug The weight ot the dirt
as weighed on post office scales
by q post office employe was ac-
tuaIly 5 lbs. 10 is ounces. The
five women guessed 5 lbs. 10
ounces while Mr.. Johnson's guess
was 5 lbs, II ounces.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

After all who would want a much more formld-
able weapon than red pepper? That Chicago red
pepper brigade of women were no doubt more
invincible than the old time ROLLINS pin SQUAD IN
war as vel as fashion the women usually dig up
something new.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

many more shopping days until
Emas. but
=
Well be flat before then.
.
But a fellow does not feel so bad
going broke on Xmas.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

The smokeless Cool Operators Association
looks like something that would stand looking into.
If operators are guaranteed to be smokeless both
here and hereafter, and IT is made plain that the
term has no reference to tobacco. there are great
numbers of people who would like to be solicited to
ioIn, and coal fields ought to climb out the top OF
the market because of a rush to qualify.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

State police are going to serve as shock troops
in Bridgeport. Usually this duty is nobly performed
BY the Ladies Aid societies Of the smaller towns
and Bridgeport ought to cndeavor to organize Aer
own forces and not call on the State unless It is
absolutely necessary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

Princes Chun today lies in a sui-
cide's grave; the empress dowager
is slowly recovering from Illness;
Prince Chun is broken over tbs
loss OF his wife and the boy en-
peror is in mourning for his moth
or.
Still the International plotting
goes on.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

,cietS Hs ataRdF there
With hat atop BIS head aud smes
ing the pipe Of peace.
Nearly half the population o.
France was engaged in farming be
fore the World war,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-09

The National Guard, with a total
OF $4,000 mel enrolled, has reach
ed a strength almost equal to that
OF the regular United States arm;,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
GosLlNGs NEED GREEN FEED
Very Little Grain Is Required Until
Fowls Are Fully Feathered-
S Water 10 Essential.

Goslings do not need feed until they
are SO hours old or more, when they
should be given stale bread soaked in
milk or water, to which finely chopped
boiled eggs may be added. Feed three
or four tines daily for the first two
or three weeks, with chopped grass or
some other green feed added, this lat
ter to be Increased "a quantity from
the first. Plenty If fresh, clean wa
ter should be supplied. and five per
cent Of fine grit or sharp sand may
be added to the iced or kept In a
hopper, before the Eoslings.
After two or three weeks, If the
.goslings have a good grass range, they
need only one light feed daily Of a
mash made up Of two parts. shorts
and one part Of cornmeal or ground
oats or ground barley. After they are
six weeks old, IL they still need extra
feed, change the mash to equal parts
shorts, cornmeal and ground oats, with
< five per cent meat scrap. Where the
pasture is good, many goslings are
raised from the time they are two or
three weeks old to fattening time with
cut any grain feed, but the addition
OF a mash as described above Is an ad-
vantage at all times. Whole grains are
not usually fed until the goslings are
well feathered. 4.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
TO WAGE. HARD FIGHT
AGAINST CORN BORER
Steps Taken to Prevent Spread
of Insect Pest.
Specialists in Charge Of Work Have
Completed Plans for Carrying on
Work-lnfested Area Borders
on Lake Erie.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agrlculture.) W
Suppressive measures against the
European corn borer are to be applied
vigorously this spring in the western
part of New York state to test the pos.
sibility Of preventing the natural
spread Of this pest. Specialists Of the
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture in charge Of the work have com
pleted their plans, which will be cur
ried out in cooperation with STATE
agencies.
Tie infested area where the expert
ment is to be tried out borders On Lake
Erie and partly on that section Of Can
ada where the corn borer made its ap-
pearance last year. The fight is to be
carried against the insect while in its
winter quarters. The corn stubble
and refuse that have been lying in the
fields since last years harvest will be
cleaned up and burned.
Meanwhile, as another method of at
tack, thousands of cocoons of small,
wasp-like insect whose grub has been
AOuAU W NC a pul doALAS SACAy u ~
corn borer are being sent to the Uni
ted States by representative Of the
department who is in southern France
studying the eiemies Of the pest. Thus
far about 5000 cocoons. have been re-
ceived at the Boston Office Of the de-
partment, where they are Matched out
and the winged insects liberated in
hundreds in infested fields. The Eu-
ropean corn borer. which has been
known in this country but a few
years, is looked upon as one Of the
most dangerous insect pests that have
made their appearance in the United
States. Some fears are entertained
that it will eventually make its way
to the corn belt. Infestations of the
pest occur in sections of New York
and Massachusetts, where federal
quarantine to check the spread of the
insect are in force.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
TRAIN YOUR HAM AS A
ACTRESS DOES

No class Of people devotes as much
time to beauty as do actresses, and no
class must be more careful to retain
and develop their charms. Inquiry de-
velops the information that In hair
care they find It dangerous to shampoo
with any makeshift hair cleanser. The
majority say that TO have the best hair
wash and scalp stimulator at "a cost
az about three cents one need only
get package Of canthrox from your
druggist; dissolve teaspo onful IN a
cup Of hot water and yonr shampoo
ID ready. This makes enough shampoo
liquid to apply It to all the hair
instead Of just the top Of the head.
After Its use the hair dries rapidly,
With uniform color. DandruG excess
oil and dirt are quickly dissolved and
entirely disappear when You rinse the
hair. After this your hair will be- 90
fluffy It will look much heavier, thar,
II Is. It's luster and softness will de-
hight you, while the stimulated scalp
gains the health which ENSURES hair
!. growth. Send &c to cover the postage
Tor fres trial ackage %: 81. q. Peterson
Il GA, Dept. 20 ~ y. Kinxie D.
GhicaSo q. 4 VI
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
ONLY BEST PuREBREDs SOLD
soms Breeders Insist That Every Ami.
NAL They Buy or Sell Must
Pass Standard.


So strongly has the purpose Of the
better-sires campaign, now being con-
Quoted by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, appealed to some
breeders that they are not content
with purebreds only, but every ami
NAL they buy. or sell in addition to
being purebred must pass a standard
of excellence. The methods of one
breeder in Upshur county, West Vir-
ginia, according to report received
by the department, illustrate this
tendency. This breeder has fine
herd Of Angus cattle. All calves which
fall below the standard Of excellence
that he has set are not registered, but
are either castrated or sold on the
open market as common cattle.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
There is No Excuse for Runty Pig.

animals, he says, I'm the 40 years Of
my farming and breeding and raising
live stock of all kinds do not remem-
Der a runt in any class or breed. I
have always been a liberal feeder and
q good caretaker. Besides, all stock
had access to good, fresh water at all
times. With this, in addition to good
shelter and ventilation, it seems that
my young stock would not stop grow
Ing from the time they were born.
Use good judgment in feeding, and
don't neglect the details."'
A farmer in Vermont writes, "A
well-bred animal well cared for will
not produce runts. There is absolute
" no excuse for one in live stock or
poultry. By well-bred live stock /
mean strong, healthy stock, we'll taken
care of for several generations, and
bred for constitution. This. has been
my experience from boyhood, first,
with rabbits and game fowls, and Ia
ter with sheep, hogs, horses and cat
tie. An accident to well-bred and
healthy animal will, If the accident
occurs before it reaches maturity, at
feet its size but not its productive
capacity. That is, it will not influ-
ence its ability to produce such young
as it. would have habit no accident
had occurred. Eliminate all females
that are not good mothers, and you
will soon stamp the whole herd with
constitution. Then with care, which
means attention and feed, your runta
will fail to materialize."
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
SARAH HAD GENTLY LIMITED
Remark Might Have Led Beau u
Imagine She Disapproved Of
His White Clothes.

Mrs. Morgan had a colored maid
rsmed Sarah. One Sunday Afternoon
the mistress saw Sarah's lover leaving
the house clad in suit of white fan.
mel. A little later. when the maid ap
peareG. her mistress laid:
Sarah, that beau of yours should
never wear white. He Is so black that
white clothes makes him appear all
the blacker. Why don't you give him
h!nt?"
"Why. Mis- Morgan" said Sarah
with animation, II done give him lots
OBJ hints, but he jes' natterly amt got
no sense an didn't take EN-"
Probably you didn't make the hints
strong enough" said the mistress.
SWELL. nom, OATS jes' what think
myself" agreed Sarah, reflectively; n
don't believe did. Jest looks al
him right hard, an l says, 'Niggah,
yo' sho' do look like black snake
crawlin' out OBJ cream, you dor Thet;s
jes' all says to him, Mis- Morgan
OATS all"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
Hardy Tomatoe Plant Started in Pot.

Hardy Tomatoe Plant Started in Pot
lions only by starting the plants in
doors. Garden specialists of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture say it is easy to grow plants In
doors by sowing small packet Of to-.
mato seed in cigar box filed with
mellow soil about six or eight weeks
before the usual time Of the last kill
ing frost in spring. The seeds should
be covered about, one-quarter inch and
the soil kept moderately watered and
the plants will generally come up in
less than a week after planting the
seeds. Keep the box near window
where it will get plenty Of sunlight,
and turn it around each day to make
the plans grow straight.
When the plants begin to crowd
each other, which will be in about Is
days after they come up, secure a
large, fiat box, say three inches deep
and just long enough to At into the
window, fill 1t with llch, sifted soil
and transplant, giving each plant
about two inches Of space. With
proper care to turn the box from time
to time and also to keep the soil mod
erately watered the plants will be
about four inches high, strong, and
stocky when the weather has warmed
enough to make 1t safe to set them
In the garden.
Warmth 10 Required.
Tomatoes naturally grow in warm
climate and require plenty Of warmth:
from the start. The plants should be
kept at about a living-room tempera-
ture until a few days before they are
to be set in the garden; then they
should be gradually exposed to out
door conditions to harden them. After
they are set In the garden it may be
necessary to cover them for few
nights with several thicknesses Of
newspaper to protect them from the
cold. ss sss
Tomatoes require moderately rich
soil, not, too, rich, but just such soil
as will grow a good crop Of corn or
potatoes. A little well-rotted manure.
can be worked into the spot where
each plant is to be set and a table
spoonful Of high-grade fertilizer sprin-
killed over space about one foot in
diameter and mixed with the soil will
aid In giving the plant good start.
Planting distances will depend upon
whether the plants are to be pruned
to q single stem and trained to stakes
or are to be allowed to grow accord
Ing to their natural habit Of spread
Ing over the ground. e the plants
are to be trained they may be set in
rows as close as three feet, and spaced
10 inches in the row. # they are not
to be trained the plants should be set
three to four feet apart in, each diree-
tion, M u s NE
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
CATER TO MARKET DEMANDS
Shipment 81 atlsfaetory stock BY
Growers Seriously Affects; i:
Prices Offered. N

D shippers Of potatoes would profit BY
needing market demands and prefer
cnces, say specialists Of the bureau OF
markets, United States Department Of
Agriculture. Dealers and consumers,
they find, do not desire badly cut,
mashed, frosted, or decayed potatoes,
or those damaged by sunburn, blight,
dry rot, Of an excess Of scab or second
growth Markets frequently are over:
loaded, 1t ais said. prices seriously af::
.fected, and unnecessary losses suffered
~ growers because of the shipment Of
gsluch n6satiafactory stool sss..
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
AZ Funny as Ever.

He had one of those long mus
taches-one Of the kind that. IL you
had been buying him a birthday pres
ent few years ago, you would have
thought of a .mustache cup the first
thing.
Everybody had been making fun Of
it, so one Sunday morning he shaved
it of. The first person to get look
at his upper lip in 20 years was q
neighbor girl about the age Of four.
As she came into the house she said !:
"Ohl Mr.. Bowin. you look just as
funny as ever"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
GIVE EWES NUTRITIOUS FEED
Animals Entitled to Liberal Treatment
While Carrying Young and
Growing Wool.

After the ewes are bred they are
growing their young, growing crop Of
wool, maintaining their own body and
should be fed accordingly. Give the
ewes enough good, nutritious feed to
keep them in good healthy, thrifty
condition. Where pasture is abund-
ant, they will need no other feed, as
green feed is the natural and best
feed for sheep.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
CARE OF LAWN is IMPORTANT
Moving, Rolling, Fertllizino and
Watering Have Tendency to Ex.
!, elude Noxious Plants, \,

.a The general care of the lawn is Inn
portant in controlling all lawn weeds,
including crab grass, United States
Department Of Agriculture experts
say Moving, rolling. fertiiizing, and
watering, in other words, everything
which contributes TO the growth of
the desired grasses. win tend Ato e..
clude weeds. Purchased manure, be-
cause Of the seeds contained. ~ .
frequent source Of weed sinfestation In
lawns. In sowing the seed used
should Be 81 puzs Q can ~ obtained
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
l. D " T.
S 60GG0R
KEEP PuREaRED 1--we STOCK
North Dakota Farmer Eliminates
Runts by Liberal Feeding and
Proper Management.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
To obtain the most rapid growth
and best development Of live stock
keep good stock, and see that moth
ing checks it's growth from the time
1t is born. This is the method by
which a North Dakota farmer pre-
vents runts among his animals.
In letter on this subject to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, which has been studying the
causes and prevention of understood
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
cuttcura soothe. s.hv R,.h..

cutieura soothes Baby Rashes
That itch and burn with hot baths
Of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings Of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe.
cially If a little Of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin.
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
BROOD .s0Ws NEED EXERCISE
Good Plan to Compel Animal 20 Come
Out, Of Sleeping Quarters for
Her Daily Feed.

Brood sowg need exercise to avoid
becoming too fat at narrowing time.
Exercise can be forced on the sow by
forcing her to come out for feed in
stead Of feeding close to the sleeping
quarters. AZ
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-02
cELLENT FEED FOR HORSES
Carrots Ar Particularly Refreshing
20 Hunter or Work Animal
Usually Fed Raw.

Carrots are not excelled Is food
for the horses. They are particular
" refreshing given, to hunter after
IS hard day over rough country. or
To a. work horse. They are usually