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i^AUfciij^un xxxju THE SUNDAY TELEGRAM T'j? Leading .Ngwaptptr of Centra! West Virginia. l'uWl?h?i nxr.v Sunday mornlnr by 10*0 TBXJEOXAX < CJarkabcry, W. Va. Entered at th? goatog^e at ' CJarkabur*. W. Vs.. as second cltn mail joatter. MEMBER OF THt ASSOCIATED PRESS. TELEPHONES ~... . , Consolidated. Bell. ~ i. r.j..<*rtaj Room 1ST-T Editorial Ro-j:r. 2M-JL, Bjjlaeaa Oflice 157-L, Bueinaes Ogle* 2S3-Rj SUBSCRIPTION RATES. j ' ... By man. p-jslage i?reo^I<3. or ile*l?ere>i by carrier i * er *'eek ............ i, . OSc Per yrar Jt aO j CHANGE OF ADDRESS. j When chaaicins aJdr-ss. give vie a* w?il ^s ??w a.jdr?*a All cornmurAca.tion? must be wjr.fj, or receive no attention whatever. St"XJ>AY. MAY 2. 1915. A "Morning Motto. Pleasure is a ilower which grows indeed of itself, but only in fruitful gardens and well cultivated fields; not that we should labor in our mind to gain it; but yrt he, who has not labored for it. with i?.im it will not grow; whoever has not brought in his own character something profitable and praiseworthy, it is vain for him to sow,; even he who understands it best can do nothing better for the pleasure of another than that he should communicate to him what is the foundation of his own.?SCHLEIERMAC1JER. Errors in Newspapers. The capacity of some people for detecting errors in the news-: papers is marvelous. Also it is singular how many unexpected meanings these people can find, says ?he Iowa City Republican. If the reporter writes that a man wore a coat of such and such a character, some one may call up and ask if the coat was all j the man had on. To satisfy these literalists you must enumerate J item by item the other articles of attire, or they will accuse you of j making the victim appear half naked. The reader who digests his paper on "the quiet in his home feeis that he lias shown great brilliancy if he detects an error in grammar or capitalization. It is one thing to find mistakes at your leisure in another man's work, quite another to turn out-a high degree of accuracy and precision in the haste of newspaper ? composition. The banker makes blunders in his figures, the lawyer draws up incorrect papers and the business man submits erroneous bills. Such blunders are known only to the frw persons whom they con cern. The newspaper is like the actor on the stage, whose slightest slip is manifest to all and seems ridiculous. Prevention of Moth Damage. The various substances used to keep away moths, such as to-; baceo. camphor, naphthalene cones or balls, tarred paper and; cedar chips, have no effect if the eggs are already present in the| clothes. Entomologists in the federal department of agriculture there-; fore recommend a thorough beating, shaking and brushing of all, articles likely to attract moths before they are laid away for the; summer. The brushing of garments is especially important in or-; dcr to remove eggs which have escaped notice. If the articles are quite free from eggs or larvae when laid away, the odor from the; various repellants already mentioned or from cedar chests and wardrobes will serve to keep the moths away. This odor, however, lessens with age. so that the protection it affords is greatly decreas- ; ed after a few years. For this reason when furs and other valu-1 able garments are wrapped in tarred paper or placed in sacks of; tarred paper these containers should be renewed every year or. two. -at Are Song Birds Scarce? i It seems to the writer that the robbins. the wrens, thrushes.; catbirds, meadow larks, bobolinks, blackbirds, doves, orioles, vir-i eos, woodpeckers of all kinds, cuckoos, swallows and in fact most' of our song birds, are growing scarcer over much of the country year by year says the Farm and Fireside. A recent bird census was taken by the federal department of agriculture for the purpose of finding out in a broad way howi many birds we have, but a census of this sort is in the nature of things only a little better than a guess. One man's guess is about as good as another's and the esti- j mate of the man who is out of doors and observes the birds vear; by year is better than any tingle census can be for the reason that j he can compare present impressions with those of years ago. What do our older readers think of this matter? Are the birds growing scarcer? Are any of them save the English sparrows increasing, and, if so, which ones? * ' - i Extravagance in Education. It is very strange that those who have the control of educa-j tional al!airs cannot see that, extravagance, luxury, ease and cease less gratification are the worst enemies of education. There is not an influence that suppresses the spirit and takes the vitality out of it as luxury and ease, says the Ohio State Journal. Wherever a person's intellectual development runs up against extravagance, it recoils ?.nd never returns. There is 110 fact that psychology stands for more stoutly than that self-denial and sacrifice are the condi tions of real educational progress. There is somewhat of corruption in the lavishness that car ries its taint to the unfolding spirit and stays with it through life. Prodigality shuts the doors of the ntellect against every noble out look. The mind developed through simplicity and privation is di rected to its real goal. The character and tone of an evolving spirit mrc fixed by its environment. The association of luxury and eulture is a sad perversion of the educational idea. Extravagance and education hate one an other, but the poor taxpayer never thinks of that. A Mothers' Crusade. The proposed tour of the country in the interest of home edu cation by the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers Associations is arousing widespread interest according to infor mation given out by the United btates Bureau of Education. While child welfare conferences are being held by the state branches of the congress of mothers in Alabama. Georgia. Connec ticut, Mississippi, Missouri, Maryland. New Hampshire Utah and Wiconsin. the officers and leaders of the congress, accompanied by representatives of the bureau of education, will cross the continent, ho!dii-g organization meetings in many of the western states. SUNDAY TELEGRAM, CXiAJS&S&lJ&t&r LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT Br S. W. STRAUS _v _ PrgtiJent American Stcietf for Titrift Before an Jnyestigatin g --committee in Xew York . recently the "president o i the C&as* Board of T rade. the Sfrratest produce ex change in the ?world, called - attention t o the increas ing demand for food staff* and the'need for organized effort in meeting' this demand. It was advocated that everybody should plant something, if prices of foodstuffs are to be held down. All the world is looking to America for food, not altoRether for immediate use. but very largely with a view to the future. Millions of acres have been withdrawn from cultivation in?Europe as we know and millions of workers from the farms as well. mand upon the products nations outside the war rone is proportionately heavy. It can be met only by increased production in America. And the farmers should not be required to do more than their share. Everyone within reach of a plot of ground should raise something this year. This would add at least a trifle to the sum of the world's food supply. It may be only a small back yard. But it has un limited possibilities and the cultiva tion of such a plot yields not only a:i abundance of fruits and vege tables during the season, but is a decided aid to health and materially increases- the joy of life, for the ?worker in it. Every acre of farm land and every idle city lot within the 'bordacs of the camntry should hie cultivated thi.i yrtr. The thrift of the Germans as.* nation is proverbial. It is interest ing to note the many and novel ways in which they have been able to utilize various waste product*. A* an instance of this wonderful trait on the part of the German people I had a most interesting example called to my attention a tVw days ago. Near a large earth enware factory there had accum ulated vast piles of gypsum moulds that had been used, broken and dis carded as so much useless junlc. A number of enterprising German farmers in the neighborhood, who kn?~w the value of gypsum as a fertilizer, carted these old moulds away, placed them in the irrigation trenches where they became in time dissolved, and had a most beneficial effect upon thr land. Where this method of fertilizing -was used th? grass stood higrher and straightcr, clover crops increased, the moss in the wood meadows disappeared ar.d the crop was larger than in the meadows nor watered with this gypsum solution. The conversion of such waste substances into necessary and useful articles of commerce are noble examples of thrift. Such intelligence and enterprise, in mak ing the best use of everything; avoiding -waste and utyiecessary expenditure of money, practiced in our daily lives, is the surest way to independence, without which there is no real happiness. This toi.r is intended to make the benefits of the annual confer ence felt as widely as possible. A< many as nine conferences will be held in the proposed tour during: Mary. The first of these was in Chicago. May 1. where the leaders of the congress from the East and South met. St. Paul, Minn., is next on the schedule, where it is expected to organ ize a state branch. At Huron, S. D., the wife of Governor Frank M. Byrne will welcome the leaders of the movement and assist in organizing a South Dakota branch. Governor Stewart and a thou sand members of the mother's congress will welcome the crusad ers into Montana, and will provide for conferences at Helena and Butte. Seattle. Wash., is next on the list for a conference, then Portland, Ore., where the annual meeting of th organisation will conveni. May 12-16. The final conference will be held in San Francisco. This year's work of the congress is in close connection with i the home education division of the United States Bureau of Edu-| cation. Mrs. Frederic S<3ioff, president of the National Mothers'; Congress, is director of the home educational division, which since J it? organization in September 1913. has enrolled over 20.000 wo-' men from all parts of the country interested and able to cooperate iu organizing parents' for study of child nurture and home ma!;-, ing. The plan of the home education work, as revealed in the con-j gressof mothers and in the home educational division, is '"the or-1 gat ligation of the parenthood of the world for study of chik-.hood's needs and for the promotion of child welfare." In this ?;ot;feronce j which the congress proposes to hold, some of the topics to be dis- j lussed are: ??peace," "Encouragement in Habits of Thrift and In-: dustry," '"Spiritual Development of Children" and "Helping, Wayward Children." Eskimos Taboo Common lotfel. The United States Public Health Service, which has main truncd a sanitary service in Alaska for the last three years, finds that the mortality from communicable diseases in Alaska is grad ually falling. In the majority of the settlements the teacher is the only doctor, hut medical officers of the public health service make frequent visits to the various communities and teach both to the names and the whites the methods by which tuberculosis, eye dis eases and other common ailments are spread, and the way in which they may be prevented. This warfare against disease has resulted in the abolition of the deadly roller towel and the common drink ing cup by the natives in general, and this hygienic reform has spread even as far as Point Barrow, the .nost northerly point in North America. To those interested in public health activities it is of great in terest to note the progress made in promoting hygiene and sanita tion durirg recent years throughout the civilized world. In this respect our wards in .Alaska, the Indians and Eskimos, have not I been neglccted. The United States Bureau of Education, which jhas supervision of the native schools of Alaska, is cognizant of the urgent need of sanitation in the native homes and villages in order to check and eradicate the communicable diseases, tne effects of which have decreased the native population 14 per cent during the period 1900 to 191U, according to the United States Bureau of Census. ? A part of the appropriation for education of the natives of I Alaska is being expended for the maintenance of three impro ? vised hospitals. Ail schools arc provided with simple remedies and ia medical handbook_of instruction. Lectures on tuberculosis, eye I diseases, ventilation, care, of infants, preparation of food and othcr isubjects pertaining to disease preventive measures are delivered. ! These talks are supplemented by individual instructions in the ihomc. Pamphlets on the cause, prevention and cure of tubercu ! I'.sis have been issued to pupils throughout the school service, and i -Row to Keep Well" cards placed in the homes. Various bulle tins issued by the United States Public Health Service on health subjects have been distributed to the field workers for their infor mation and guidance. "Pap^r towels and individual drinking cups are being used in the schools in place of the common articles and their value explained to the children. This campaign of warfare against disease is showing results. | The natives arc being educated to hygienic living, care being taken (not to inculcate the customs of the white man unless they will I bring about a oetterment of health and economic conditions. This : has resulted in a general improvement of the health of the natives ! of Alaska and already the morbidity and mortality rates from the various diseases have begun to fall. The natives have co-operated heartily in this work. It is interesting to think what results would follow a ?similar co-oDeration on the part of the whites in the United States. \X WHAT OTHES X fZ EDITOBS SAY ? f "Hats \? CharM*. 'Charlesioii Mail.} "The rua<l .to Catlaia? is not one : which Js appoaiias vtT s:rocpiv joot : no* to' tou rifts. Tit pre I*. (Parkwtv&ijrs Xfews.r j Is there a second to The motion ibat i we unite to hrave tiir ffrncer or se.;rti j that greets brave men w ho appear <u j straw hats before Mar John Kvnnj. (Wheeling Intelligencer.' ! John Biranv died in his eflarts U? ? make the world ^mile. And there ar- j ; thofisands of others in the faaio burl iness who arc not so well known us i j the comedian. Uooi A 4 > ice. ? Wheeling Reenter.* If Jess Willard always remembers I that interesting family out in Caiifo;~ | nia. he will avoid hitting the high : places. an<I he will be champion long er. Old Method IX. (Wheeling Hegisfer.) Acording to a' translated Babylon ian tablet five tho'usand years old. th? tarmers in that early day fried to per. rid cf jpcttsts by cumins them. And ! there arc farmers to this day who j still employ that primitive method. PirtfrtlnTK Fighters. i ParkTsbtirg 3!?s.l Perhaps it is a gfrni in This Ohio, valley air. or something <>!se comes down th^. Little Kanawha water from the militant meadow* of" Wirt eounty. but whatever causes it, it is a fa-cr that ParkersbiirRers have a? much .fighting blood to the cubic centimeter as any other people on earth. We differ widely on most questions.; whether they affect our morai. eco nomic or political condition. In the mid^t of a heated campaign, a Strang-, er comlne to Parker?burg would think !io had in-truded Into a transplanted Mexico. This is not discrediting, but rather the opposite. It i.s proof that Park-; ershurgers are able to think for tbera-j selves and form their onvn opinions, and !t Is to the everlasting eulogy when the fighting is done fairly and squarely and in the open while it is time for fighting, and that after the question is settled, there is a new period of concord in which ail unite in . the community work of building vp a better and bigger city. f Makine ?vt Stale*. (Wheeling Register.) Tt is hard to induce the people to consent to the formation of new states out of the territory of existing states. It was done when West Vir ginia wau? born. biH it has nor been done since. Nevertheless new state projects ore revived from time to time, as in Texas, where a movement to divide the territory so as to make two states out of on? has been aban doned on account, of widespread op position. A fe.w days ago it was an nounced that business men of Glen dive. Mont., are circulating a petition for a division of Montana and th# formation of a new state. The people of the western part of North Dakota are represented to be desirous of be coming part or it. ?s A project which has been consider ed for some time, is to form the new state of Lincoln out of Western Mon tana. Northern Idaho and Western Washington. The argument for it Is that people of the three districts hare interests in common. If that were considered a sufficient reason for forming new states, {he upper Pan Handle counties of West Virginia might long ago have been atftfehed to either Pennsylvania or Ohio + CENTURY t * AGO EVENTS 5 One hundred year? ago sotn?- Im portant event? in the history of the | world occurred. James Madison was ? president, of th^ United States;' 'George lit -was king of England and I the Princes of Wales wan regent, i Louis XVIII -was king of France, . Francis I. emperor of Austria: Fred erick William II!. emperor of Rus sia: Ferdinand VII. Vine of Spain: , Charles XIII. king of Sweden and I Fius VII was Pope. I Janusry S?The battle of New Or i leans was fought, the Americans un der General Jackson, defeated the I British under General Packenham. I January 15?The American frigate President, was captured by the Brit | i*h ships. The Cyan?, under Cap la in Now Jersey. February 17?-The treaty of peace, known as the treaty of Gh"nt. be tween the United States and Great Britain, was duly ratitied by the president of th? Ignited States. It was publicly proclaimed the next day. February 20 -The Constitution fOld Ironside?? under Captain Charles Stewart, defeated two Brit ish ship, the Cyane^ under Captain Fjlson and the Levant under Cap tain Dourlass. The fighters did not know that 'peace had b??en concluded, nor dirt those who toolc part in the battle thre? days later, when, on February 2". the British ship Pen guin wan captured off Brazil ??- the American ship. Hornet. March 1 - Napoleon leftt he island of Elba, where he had been :*? earile and returned to France. March 2?Th?? United States de clares war against Algiers. March 20?Napoleon^ resumed the ?W?g*W NEW YORK. May 1.?Edwin Bliss, -who wrote the "I~uci!le Love" and other movie thriller*. wa? just en the verjee of being capitalized for $500,000 as a genie? when he sud denly passed on-at a dinner celebrat ing the event in the Vanderbllt hotel. Bliss -was a western magazine writ er who got into the fl'.rri canre at the mart and being a prolific writer turned out more films than probably any other single scenario- writer. Tiring of working for others he in terested some financiers in taking stock in himself. They were to or ganize a company whtcTi would pro duce the outpnt of scenarious pro duced by Bliss. The arrangements. Had been com pleted. the money placed In tlie bank, when at a sweep, the oniy as set passed from earthly view. AJ Pemaree I.* th? artist pitcher of the Giants. He draws a cartoon! a flay for the American and it is syndicated a boot the country. Rube Mraquard who can pull a jolc<s even j if h<* doesn't look it. gave one ofi Demaree's cartoons the visual back-! once or?ri?and then Trent to tliei ward ajtd forward?(highbrow for] Ciasts'dog hous? and 1b:s. ??Jf Demaree ever grts tired of: pitching. Col. Rupert, the big brew er. -ur'll b? able to give him a job." I Nobody said any thins but several ] picked up their bat.* threateningly. Finally Rube said: "You muj?t say "Doing What?" " "?Doing what?" ?choed several. "Dratfing beer." yelled Marnuard beating ?">? 'or shelter. The Brooklyn Eagle relates sor rowfully that : "There was no rug on the bare floor, and the only fur niture was a beij^in which lay a sick man. a broken chair ami a labl*-." A sympathetic reader, between sobs, writes that he hopes it double bed. command of the French army at Fon aineblau. .March 23?T'oe treaty -of Viefcna. beiw.??n the belligerent European na tions was concluded. .April 1?Bismarck, the German statesman and creator of. the Ger man empire, was born in Schonhaus cn in Brandenburg. June 16?The battle of Quarter Bras between the French and the al lies (British, German and Dutch* was fought. June IS?The great decisive batile of Waterloo was fought, when the Frcnch under Napoleon were totally defeated by the British under Wel-I lington aided toward the close of the! flgh* by the Germans gnd'r Blucher. I Juen 22?NapoleoD abdicated the1 throne of France for the second time! in favor of his infant son who how ever never came to the throne. June 28?Commodore Decatur, who had keen sent against the Al gerines. dictated a treaty of peace by which the tribute formerly exact-1 ed by Algeria from the United States, was renounced forever. July 2?Paris capitulated to the; allied powers, and King Louis XVIII j re-entered Paris. - ? July 8?The second restoration of the Bourbons was made and Louis XVIII again became "Sing de f^cio.,! July 15?Napoleon surrendered1 himself to Captain Maitland. on the British man-of-war Zellerophon. August 2?The treaty .of jparis be-, tween Great Britain, Austria,. Prus sia and Russia was concluded. September-.36?The Holy Alliance wss formed "between the emperors x>T Russia and Austria and the king of Prussia. J October 15?Napoleon wa? Van ished to St. Helena. The vessel be was taken there on safced AuKOSt 1 and arrived at the island October. 15. November 20-?The-second treaty of Paris was ? conel uded. France be ing a party thereto: - ? December T?Marshal Ney of the French army was executed in the garden of Fonlainebley according to official report. This has been denied 2nd it has been asserted that some other man was executed tn his place and that Ney was spirited away to the United States wh?re he lived sev eral years and then died. December 26?The treaty of peace between the United States and Al giers w*s ratified at Washington. During fhls year Gey de Lussac. a French chemist discovered cyanogen. the first compound radicle "obtained in a free or isloated state, and Sir Humphrey Davy invented the first miner's safety lamp. J RIGHT WAY* * TO SHAKE HANDS + t ****?++?*** Tf there are t*o classes of perpons I -who should be proficient In the art of handshaking:. th*y a.re the poli- j Ulrians and traveling salesmen. Both need it in their business. Bur the I "(irummw" apparently does not al ways jret the benefit h? should from a handshake, or a prominent trade journal would not consider it neces sary to offer tbe following sugges tions: ' The band should be slipped well Into, or over, tbe hand of the per son you want to shak? with?that if. push th? thumb and forefinger of the person with whom you are shak ing. Do it rather quickly and the instant you feel that your hand is in place bring the grip into play in Mauri*- Keti?n?. the Evening World cartoonist, will -soon ko o-i hin annua! vacatflpn. He usually takn a trip to sor*c watering plao* in Enrope but on account of the quarrel now goiiK on ne decided that h<? -would nee Aucrlca first. H?- (hotiRht of taki\c In' the "Ciir I out in California s^nd then he be came onthiiicefi over a camping place in Connecticut and flnall)' he decided he didn't know where hn wanted to go but he wanted some r^*ce where th?re wj? mor<- exeftment rjian either plarf lie ha<t in luind. His friends nere appealed' to. 'Here is the bom exciting one of aft: "Dear Ketty: M'hv dor't you hire & Staten Island ferryboat and try to atjs pact the forts of the Dardanelles." Krank Ward O'Mallcjr. w l;o b?i been accut-ed of complicity ia tr tangioK the Irvin Cobb dinner at th* Waldorf last Sunday night, has u friend who is h staunch Briton and declares that Kaxlacd has al-war** been fair to the l.'nited States. As proof he offers the observa tion that Britain lias not yet request ed the insurance people to remove their ad from the Kock of Gibral tar. Gum chewing is a -waste of energy and injures efficiency! So say* ProfftFsor Herbert Gard i ner Lord, of Columbia, who teaches j psychology to Dr. Butler's young men. The professor called on ft ; student to rociie and after making j several passes before his face with ; his hands the professor saw th? 1 young man gulp and swallow bis ! chewing gum. 1 Then he delivered his chewing gum 'oration. He said with students the j results were extremely bad because :al't?*r a chew of ordinary duration .the jaw was too tired to way out au answer. slantly. Don't grip the band hard enough to cause pain to the person with whom you arc shaking, but ycl give him a giod. firm crip. After you have practiced a little you can tell just about how bard you can squeeze without hurting the otheT party. Before your hands toucb be sure that you are looking the other party square in the eye. Don't wait, until you have hold of his hand, but watch his eye instantly, and if you will watch the eye of the oth?r party very closely, you will notice that when you bring the grip into play' you can ^oe r response In the fea tures of the other party.'!... The trade jou.lial further sugrgest. jtbat one should place the free hand ' on the elbow of the other part;-, and | pull the arm gemly but firmly for j ward. Obviously, when this is done roujehness must be avoided, as ther? [ is danger of giving offense by a too vigorous handshake. The average perosn underestimates the import ance of knowing how to shake hands properly. In introductions the first impression made is always better iT the handshake is hearty. When on? allows his hand to rest limply In the ; palm of a friend', ffie frfSnd is likely j to feel that the pleasure of'meetinp j is all on his side. _ * SANCTUM 1 ?VAUDEVILLE ? "Why do jou call, your boss ley?" asked the OM Fogy. "I thought lie name was .Tonea." "It is," replied >hc Grourb. "Rut we call him Gddlty because be fireii when he- g?s read;-.'"?Cincinnati Enquirer. "For $? I will forlell your future." "Are you a genuine soothsayer?" "I am." "Tfc?n you ought to know that 1 haven't got S2."?Kansas City Jour nal. ""Hello. Binkf: raisins anything Id your garden tills year you cxpect t-> put. in cane?" "Ob. ye?." "What?" "Fishing worms."?Florida Times Union. J COMING EVENTS I % IN CLABKSBUBG J Tuesday. May i --Ba.ra.bara Tonnant ; in "Mt?iss," motion picturc in tt\? parr*. Orphcum theater. Tuesday. May ".-i?Fred Mace In "What Happened to Jon*?." motion picture In fi\e parrs. Orphcum theater. Tuesday-. May IS- -I>?w Fields in "Oid Dutch,"* motion picture in Bve parts, Orphcum theater. Sunday, May 30?Postal clerics con vention. Week beginning Monday. May 31? Sunning rat", tnjr srocnda track. m?nwm?t Washington Irving hfgn school- in its auditorium, night. Saturday. Juno 5?Baseball, West Virginia University vs. W'esleyan Col leg p. Union Park. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday June 15. 16 and 1 "--Annual conven-' tIon West Virginia State Pharmaceu tical As"-o.-iation. Week beginning Monaay, June 21? ifri-state convention. Loyal Order of Moose. .Norwood Ptri. 4 Per Cent START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH MAXV UOOl) TH1>GS ARE ??tn ABOUT OUB Ut ICOSi)uC?l.. ? .?ua BANK. ALL. WHO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF OCfi SERVICES ARE WELL PLEASED AND THEY WILL TELL YOU SO. THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY A SAVINGS BANK?A BANK FOB THE MASSES?WE WELCOME T?Tg ann ACCOUNTS AS (Itmr AS THE LARfiER ONES. All Accounts at This Bank Draw The Rate el 4 Per Cent. at rfrr'-w <iv R. T. LOWNDES, President. THE LOWNDES SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST 00. GEQRQfe-L. 0UNCAN, .*4