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The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Soft and Hard Berths.

(From the Type Metal Magazine.
Sosi jobs make soft people.
We gain strength by overcoming
forces that resist us. Things tina
come easy never add anything to oul
powers.
Men find. as they look back. thai
! il was in solving the hard problems
that they developed the ability t
handle the big job that came theil
way later.
It's the principle of the carpenters
sandpaper.
If soft things took the roughness
off the board and transformed IL into
smooth, polished desk top, furni
ture makes would use velvet instead
of sandpaper.
II soft materials put fine cutting
edge on dull knife. the grinder
would use rubber instead of an emery
wheel
Things come easy to a jellyfish
All he has to do is to float along in
the current of the ocean tides and
absorb the food around him. But he
never develops a backbone. Before
an enemy he Is helpless.
A rich mans son may be given a
Job In his fathers establishment, but
unless he really knuckles down to
work he will never develop initiative.
executive ability, power of decision.
There have been thousands OF
English statesmen. but none accomp-
lished more for the British Empire
than Disraeli. Queen Victoria's prime
minister. He was Jew. and to
attain that office Disraeli was obliged
to combat distrust, ridicule. envy and
prejudice.
Overcoming these handicaps gave
him strength. He was one OF the
outstanding characters In English
history.
w. w. Maxwell. an associate OF
Thomas Edison. advises all young
men to start their business career by
house-to-house soliciting.
Meeting rebuffs and sharpening his
wits against the arguments OF hun
dreds OF persons will produce moral
fibre that will stand him in good
stead throughout life, Mr.. MAXWELL
says.
The point is this
The trying. disagreeable things
that confront us every day are the
sandpaper and emery wheels OF life.
They wear the roughness of our
inexperience. sharpen our mental
powers. At us to cope with harder
problems. and enable us to handle
bigger responsibilities.
To remember this will help us to
see our Jobs in the right light
We are all inclined to feel. at
times. that our job is the most ex-
in the world II has more
difficult angles. more unpleasant fea-
lures than any we know Of. We sigh
for a softer berth.
But if, instead OF seeking TO avoid
difficulties, we met them bodily, we
would soon find ourselves growing
In a way that would greatly increase
our earning power.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
A WELLINGTON Story.

The following story. told OF tn,
Duke OF Wellington, at one tim,
caused much amusement in London
circles:
The duke received letter from an
eminent landscape designer and au
thority on botanical matters by tn,
name OF ]. c. Loudon.
The letter was to this effect: my
Lord Duke-It would crafty me ex-
tremely If you would permit me IA
visit your estate at any time con,
venient to your grace. to inspect the
Waterloo beeches. Your Grace's
faithful servant. ]. c. Loudon."
The Waterloo beeches were trees
that had been planted Immediately
after the battle OF Waterloo, as a
memorial of that great victory.
Wellington made out the letter as
best he could. but owing to the poor
handwriting. mistook 'Loudon" for
London" and failed to decipher one
other word correctly.
Accordingly. his reply read as fol-
lows: MY dear Bishop OF London
II will always give me great pleasure
TO see you, and pray come at any
time II suits your convenience,
whether am at home or not. My
servant will receive orders to show
you as many pairs OF breeches as you
wish. though why you should wish to
inspect those | wore at Waterloo is
beyond the comprehension OF Yours
most truly, Wellington"
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Still In Egg Form.

do you know" remarked a Bos.
ton business man, that once had a
craze to be an actor! In fact. was
on the stage for a while. until I dis
covered | was not suited to it,"
"A little bird told you. | suppose.
said his friend.
well, no. not exactly" replied the
business man, but | have an idea II
might have been bird II II had been
allowed to hatch. Boston Tran
script.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Well, What OF IL?

Spud Murphy. baby water tender
Of the U. s. s. Connecticut. with a
displacement of some ESQ pounds. ed.
vertised the fact that he wanted "a
sell "di'mond pin for fifty cents" "
There were plenty OF bidders.
So Spud flshed in pocket and pro-
duced a silver dime and a pin.
He got the half.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24

He--I notice you say "idear" for
idea"
She-0nly on special occasions.
He-Nonsense
She-Yes: when any one asks for
a kiss I say FAYE, dear. Princeton
Tiger.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24

Everyone has some love OF truth
In the other fellow II not In himself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
Useless Dragging.

1t is unfortunate that most people
are in the enjoyment of some natural
ability to withstand disease, since they
are thus freed from much useless ex-
perimtnting with drugs.
Even when one is suffering from a
rather serious disorder, it will gener-
ally be found that attention to the
natural laws of health is more rational
mode of treatment than dosing.
Not that we should omit treatment
of serious illness, or cease our efforts
to provide what are recognized as spe-
cites of them. Prompt recognition of
the urgency of case and careful at
tention to the prescribed treatment have
doubtless saved many lives.
But to confound case which is really
deserving Of sympathy and careful
treatment with one whose only claim
to attention is that the patient is "mis-
erable," is highly inexcusable. To give
medicine such person may almost be
called crime, since, as we have said,
drugs are useless and positively harm
full when they are not directed against
a specific disorder in an intelligent man.
ner
A person who has long been a suffer.
er, or has shown signs of being "splee-
ny" should be encouraged to do without
drugs as far as possible He should
be led to look upon medicines as in the
main simply mixtures of poison, the
use Of which is to be avoided except
under the most urgent circumstances
In this way the moral strength of the
patient is reinforced, and he is enabled
to get away from his own troubles, and
out of himself, into a more wholesome
and unselfsh sphere.
But what is more important, and more
in line with the point which is aimed at
in this paper, is tina. large proportion
of the troubles which so weighed down
the body Of the sufferer will be founc
to have taken flight
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
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WARY GRAHAM BONNER
THE LITTLE GIRL.

Mr.. Wood Ell and the boy and girl
heard someone crying. They hurried
along in The deep passes between two
rows of small mountains.
Mother Gossip hurried along, too.
She was hoping to find out enough
Ia make u good gossipy story. Her
lips were curling, II seemed. more
than ever. And her eyes looked hard
and like sharp, bright bits of steel.
At last they came nearer and nearer
the crying. And there, near the road
they saw girl. She was not very
biz and was not very old, and she
was crying bitterly.
In front of her stood Mother Cos
sips eldest daughter Dained I-Malie-It.
A-Point-To-Repeat-M Mean Things. She
looked just as mean as could be, be-
cause she was pretending she was
friendly and she looked so like a hum
bug! And too, she looked as pleased
as she could be.
"Well, you foolish little girl" she
was saying, ''you don't know who is
your friend"
What do you mcanT asked Mr..
Wood Elf. 81 never knew you could
be a friend to anyone"
"Of course Tn her friend" said
l Make 1t = A Point To = Repeat =
Mean-Things. 81 told her that l had
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
Juggling With Fire.

Fire tricks were practised in very
ancient times, says a learned profess
sor, in the Washington Star. MANY OF
to-day's best-known tricks were en-
ployed to deceive the public Of long
ago. There is nothing even now which
astonishes the ignorant more than thu
breathing of flame. an accomplishment
handed down from remote antiquity.
The best known ire-breather was a
Syrian slave named Eunus. leader in
the servile war in Sicily, 100 B. G. He
pretended to have immediate COM
munication with the gods. When de-
sirous of inspiring his followers with
courage he breathed flames and sparks
from his mouth.
In order TO perform this marvel
Eunus pierced nutshell at both ends
and having filled il with some burning
substance, he put il in his mouth and
breathed through it. The same trick
is performed to-day, in an approved
manner. The iuggler rolls together
some fax or hemp into a ball about the
size of walnut, which he lets burn
until nearly consumed. Then he rolls
round it more flax while it is still burn
ing. BY this means the fire is retained
in the ball for long time. He slips
this ball into his mouth unperceived
and breathes through it. HIS breath
revives the f.e, and he sustains nc
injury so long as he inhales through
his nostrils only.
For receptions with fire the ancients
also employed naptha, which is SO
combustible that it kindes when il only
approaches a flame. The priests OF
old took advantage of this property OF
naptha to make their offerings catch
| fire as if spontaneously.
/ Various theories have been advanc-
ed to account for other feats An an:
Gent ordeal was the holding of red.
hot iron by the accused. Such trials
were conducted by the priests. who
covered the hands of those whom the,
desired should escape with a protec.
tive paste. The peculiar property oil
mineral salts, such as alum, in pro.
tecting articles of dress from fire has
long been known. An old Milanese de.
vised costume consisting of cloth
covering for the BODY which had beer
stepped in alum. A metallic dress Of
wire gauze was added to this, and thus
protected, man could walk on hot iror
in the midst of flames.
/ Very interesting experiments have
shown that great heat may be endured
BY the human body. Two doctors. ir
the course Of their researches on the
subject, stayed in a room where the tenn
perature was two hundred and sixt,
degrees. A beefsteak was cooked ir
the same atmosphere, and was over.
done in thirty minutes. Sir Francis
/ Chantrey remained for two minutes ir
furnace much hotter. the thermom
cter indicating three hundred anc
twenty degrees when he came out.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02

heard something about her, but that
l didn't believe it, and that stood up
for her like a friend"
oh you wretch" shouted Mr.. Wood
Elf. IF there is one person / hate
more than any other in your abomi-
nable and Objectionable and horrible
family, it is YOU"
81 tried to do a friendly act" an
swered Mother Gossip's eldest daugh-
ter
"Of course she did" said Mother
Gossip. This Is very nice And
don't sob. little girl. but come. tell
me all about IL. Confide in me-"
Yes, you want her to tell you, so
You can tell her story and add to 1t
all around. / won't let you do that"
said MIR. Wood Elf. "rll see to that.
Now, little girl, what really hap.
pened?"
The little girl had dried her eyes.
81 met this young lady," she said,
II mean, this old lady," for Mother
GoSSip's eldest daughter now looked
very old. She was quite old, for that
matter. and Mother Gossip'S children
look pretty old after they've been
seen for time.
And" continued the little girl, af-
ter swallowing hard so us not To start
crying again, she told me something
which wasn't true about me which
someone had said. And oh, | felt
dreadful. She said she was telling
it to me for my own good. She said
She was my friend and that she had
stood up for me. But oh. I'm so I'M
happy Ia think such thing was said
about me"
YES" said Mr. Wood Elf, "of
course you were, but you're going to
cheer up now and we're all going to
have moonlight supper tonight away
from this horrible family. My two
companions are tired of them already.
They never were fond of such II fam
lily, not even of the ones they'd met
and didn't know by name. And as
for the Tattle-Tale Twins-well
they'd hc enemies with my compan
ions If they knew each other forever
81 just have a few words to say 10
Miss Make 1t A Point To Re.
peat an-ThingS, and then We'll be
off.
"You know" he continued, pointing
his finger straight at Mother Gossip's
daughter, there is no excuse for YOU,
not a scrap.
you thought you were making your
self out to be very fine when YOU said
you had stood up for her, and that
you were telling it to her for her own
good.
you thought it made you seem 80
noble to say you stood up for her,
didn't you? I've my doubts about you
standing up for her in the first place,
but that isn't the important thing.
Anyone who is n friend will stand up
for his friend or her friend without
saying so. II is quite unnecessary.
quite. And no person is friend who
repeats mean things.
II like the person who makes the
mean speeches even better than I do
the one who repeats them"
They left then for happier adven-
lures.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
Natural.

Young people who do not stop to
think of the full meaning that their
remarks may have, frequently utter
the things one would rather have
left unsaid."
A group Of young ladies were talk
ing of their presents, when one of the
party, lady not so young as some
of the others, remarked:
My father has always given me a
book on my birthday"
oh" exclaimed a sixteen-year-old,
what library you must have by this
time"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02

wonder" said the facetious aan
per who put the lumber into slum
Der? ?" "'''
IT must have been my husband ,
answered her friend, the young m,
'fon' HE SHORES like a saw-mill an,
sleeps like log"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
A Practical ldealist.

Mothcr-Nevcr put off till tomorrow
what you can do today.
johnnie That's right, ina, so I've
finished up the other part of that
cherry pie
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02
A patient at a Vermont sanitarium is

A patient at Vermont sanitarum is
an anatomical curiosity All his in
ternal organs are "on the wrong side"
X-ray pictures revealed the fact tha;
the stomach is misplaced. the liver on
the left side, the heart on the right
side and the appendix on the left.
He is recovering from tuberculosis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-02

One way to relieve habitual '.. .;.s
patton is to take mia J" s,,
Doan's Regulcts are recomi'''"T, 5,rc
this purpose. 3Oc box at al -
stores.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-10
MAX TAKE 80 DAYS
10 REPAIR BH1GS
Approach Across B. & o.
Tracks VIII Be Raised
Soon

Ninety days viii be utilized in.
making repairs 70 the west end Of
the old city iron bridge that spans
the Monongahela river. The Sea-
board Construction company, New
York city, has the contract and.
their men are now on the scene ana
It Is expected that active opera.
tons will start early next week.
The approach that spans the B. &
o. tracks will be raised two feet
and the bridge proper will have to
be raised to the same height. At
least the additional clearance over
|EAe b. 6 o. tracks will be two feet.
Steel work will be utilized In max
ing the repairs. The city will raise
the bridge proper while the B. & o.
will take care of the portion over
its tracks.
The B. & o. railroad will run it's
next spring tour to Washington,
D. c., on June 18th. The tickets
will be accepted on regular trains
for a period Of ten days including
the date Of sale.~ The fare includ-
ing the war tax from Fairmont will
be $11.1o.
A night excursion to Washington,
D. c., will be run on Saturday, June
IS. The tickets will be accepted
only on the special train, which
will leave Fairmont at 8 p. M, ar.
irving in Washington at $3.50 a. m.
The fare including war tax will be
$5.15. The return tickets will be
accepted only on the special train.
Railroad employees will hold their
first Memorial service next Sunday
in First M. E. church at 2 $3.50 o'clock.
They will meet at K. Of P. hall at
1880 p. m. and leave the hall at 2:39
p. m. Major E. II. Smith will act
as marshal Of the parade. The. fol-
lowing program will be rendered at
the church:
Organ Voluntary.
Hymn No. 313-"Nearer My God
to Thee"
Opening prayer by Rev. Roy j.
Roll call of deceased brothers.
Scripture reading by Rev. W. j.
Eddy.
Solo by Miss Pauline Reed.
Sermon by Rev. Claud H. King.
Solo by G. H. Bloom.
Address by ] M. Scott, general
superintendent West Virginia dis.
|trict.
Address by B. 2. Holverstott, su-
perintendent Monongah division.
Male quartet.
Hymn No. 55e-"Blest Be the Tie
That Binds" standing.
Benediction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-10
Government Wants
Oil Engineers

The United States Civil Service
commission announces that It will
resolve applications until September
/, for positions under the Income
Tax Unit Of the Bureau Of Inferno,
Revenue, Treasury Department, a!
fellows:
valuation aid (oll,and gas) at ST.
200 TO $500 a year; assistant valu-
alton engineer (oil and gas) at So
800 TO $4,000 a year; and valuation
engineer foil and gas) at $500 to
$500 a year or higher.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the
u. S. Civil | Service commission,
Washington, D. c., or its represent
tative at the post office OF custom
house in any city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-10
spEclAL NOTICES.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
DE- WEST VIRGINIA.:

AT the June 1891, Rules held in
the clerks office OF the circuit
court in and for the County of
Marion, and State aforesaid, June
6th, 1921, the following order was
entered: Mabel Virginia Bonham,
plaintiff, VS.. FlUrde L. Bonham,
defendant chance
SUMMONS
THEASTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
~ the Sheriff Of Marion county,
greeting:
Yon are hereby commanded to
summon Floyd Lester Bonham to
appear before tho circuit court Of
Marion county, Of Rules to be held
in the clerks office OF said court
on the first Monday in May, 1921,
20 answer a bill III chancery ex.
hibited against him in said court
by Mabel Virginia Bonham.
And have Sthen there this writ.
witness, i. "A. Gather, Clerk of
said court, at court house in said
county, the Sth day of April, 1921,
and 5Sth year Of the State.
T. A. GATHER, Clerk.
The return Of service as en-.
dorsed8 by the sheriff onsthe back
Of said summons is intwords and
figures following:
The within named Floyd Lester
Bonhamts not found in my baili-
wick, April 1921.
~. S. FURBEE,
Deputy Tor ]. D. Charlton,
Sheriff Of Marion County,
West Virginia"
OBJECT OF SUIT
The object OF the above suit is
to obtain for said plaintiff an alb.
solute divorce and custody Of their
three children.
An affidavit having been made
and fledsthat the said Floyd Les.
ter Bonham, the defendant in tho
aboye styled suit, ia a nonresident
of the State Of West Virginia, 1t
IS ordered that the said Floyd Les.
ter BUnham do appear within one
month from the first publication
pl this order, In tho clerks office
Of our said circuit court, at Rules
30 he holden therefor, and do what
necessary to protect his inter-
estsi
u ordered that a copy Of this
stdeF published and posted as
feqiiradabf law.
Given Under my hand this eth
day Of june, 1891.
A. GATHER, Clerk,
French MtCray
Counsel for Plaintiff.
This order Is published for the
iirst time June 10th, 1921, and to
he published once each week for
four successive weeks.
GATHER, Clerk.
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SnEN
TICKET COSTLY
Some Things About Elk
penses the Public Sci
DOM Thinks About

The financial Abatement for Cook
hospital for the twelve months
ending December 31st. 1920, shows
~<20.6d9.6Ss for maintenance OF the
kitchen and table! It seems a large
Sum, but few people stop to think
Of the number OF people who are
daily fed IN ADMINISTRATION. Almost
as many as ina hotel. There are
usually about eighteen special
nurses in The hospital, sometimes
The number win run to twenty or
more. These nurses have three
meals affyswhilegthere. Patients
are charged one dollar q day for
board for their special nurses. This
sum is applied tolthe table expense
so farnsdtg goes. and although food
Is coming down this summer to a
slight extent! during 1920 things
we're At their very highest in price
and one dollar for three meals did
not begin TO coYer the food for
these Special nurses. A dollar will
70 further today, but even today
not many pople would like to con-
fine themseives to one dollar for
food, II they were in q position
where the payment Of service had
to be taken Reconsideration also.
There has been always CON-
plant, nor or less, at this food
charge for special nurses, but the
public should Remember that grad.
uate purses leave the hospital at
graduation. and only return there
az the request OF patients and It
you'd be impossible to take care Of
these nurses free. They are board.
led at a loss asst Is. OF course no
patient Il ever charged for the
board Of the student nurses who
reside Al the hospital.
Beside the special nurses in at
tendance there are sixteen pupil
nurses residing in the Annex There
arb twoScpoks and q trained super
visor IN charge Of the patient diet,
4 linen supervisor, and one woman
who takes care OF the dishes. Two.
are really needed TO look after the
dishes but there Is only one at the
hospital at present. There is one
maid for the nurses homo. one for
the ptrsess dining room, and two
men for orderly work, general
cleaning and to drive the ambu.
lance. Then there is the superin.
tendant and her assistant. This
brings the hospital daily personnel
to forty five individuals. Add to
this the number OF patients which
VIII average fortyfive, and the
entire number Of people to be fed
daily will reach about ninety.
House keepers who are inform.
cd aboutfood prices and who close
watch their own personal outlay
fag food will realize that ,consfd-
eriug the price OF foou in 1920,
there was no extravaganza in the
expenditure Of $~20,649.6S to feed
that manyspeople for one year. The
b1yer OF food for the hospital OK.
Uses every care to buy where the
prices are{tfeyery lowest without
sacrificing the quality Of the food.
BY buying in bulk 1t is possible
70 buy at the best advantage and
this is done as far as advisable,
It takes one bushel Of potatoes
each day fifty quarts Of milk each
day three dozen loaves Of bread
each day. and ten pounds Of but
ter each day. Three cases Of eggs,
each case containing thirty dozens
are required weekly, and three
cases OF oranges, and one Of lem
ons are used weekly, the number TO
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Made His Bed In
Dangerous Place


Going to sleep on the tracks Of
the %interurban lines Of the NJ. P.
and R. company is more or less
flirting with death, but Thomas Ro.
hey got away with the stunt last
night. He made a pillow OF burlap
and went to sleep on the tracks
near Bingamon. The motorman on
the l o'clock car spied him in time
to stop the car a few feet from
Robey.
Let her roll" was the remark
made by Robey when the crew
made him get up of the track.
A machine is used to peel oranges
that are sold in Havana, Cuba.
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was burned when gasoline exploded
while he was -idinb on a truck.
Varctta sued for $50, 900 damages
for his sons injuries. The Black
Hand gang evidently ignorant OF
how uncertain the laws processes
az then XII; aped Giuseaye Is. u
rAnsom
Il got no money! says varotta.
Il give 1t all for Giuseppe II l get
some for Adolph's hlrt."
The Iu:cG heard OF tha Kidnapping
a week tt:ev its occurrence. FIVE
men have sean a rt.at.G mt ro
trace of the boy has been found.