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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWALY BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" The Pioneer ESTABLISHED 1882. .urse Of Persecution We have condemned and killed the just, and he doth not resist you—James 5:6 verse. This fills up the measure of the iniquity of wicked nations. They oppressed and acted very unjustly to get estates. When they had them they have way to luxury and sensuality, all they had lost all sense and feeling of the wants or actions of thers and then they persecute and kill without remorse. They preend to act legally, indeed they condemn before they kill; but unjust prosecutions, whatever color of law they may carry in them, will come into the reckoning when God shall make inquisition far blood, as well as massacres and downright murders, but observe here the just may be condemned and killed: and then again observe, when such lo suffer, and yield without resistance to the unjust sentence of oppressors, this is marked by God to the honor of the sufferers and the infamy of their persecutors. This commonly shows that judgments are at the door, and we may certainly conclude that a reckoning day will come to reward the patience of the oppressed and to break to pieces the oppressor. This tent is as true today as it was in the days of the sainted Iames who is the author of it. Men and nations are still reaping their doings. England, the great slave herder in bygone days is now at this moment suffering for the cruelties inflicted upon the poor helpless Africans and poor Belgium is atoning for the sin of cutting off the hands and feet of her rubber miners and Russia is bleeding for persecuting the Jews wtthout cause. "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." N. H. Fields. Elkins, W. Va. Smell and Taste. The sense of smell is most nearly allied to that of taste. Hearing and seeing depend upon nerve responses to vibrations in the air and in the ether. In order to taste a substance it has to be wholly or partially dissolved; in order to smell a substance it must encounter the olfactory organs as a vapor, an emanation, a cloud of particles arising from odoriferous matter. Stage Type. "My bride is disappointed about housekeeping." "What's the trouble?" "She can't get a maid who will courtsey like they do in the musical comedies she goes to see."—Kansas City Journal. Clinging. "Jones used to say he admired a clinging woman. I suppose he married one." "Yes, she hangs on to every cent of his salary."—Boston Transcript. Enough Said. Strawber—Why do you think you will have any trouble in keeping the engagement secret? Singerly—I had to tell the girl, didn't I? The Negro has no ---- in front of his citizenship and no? as to his loyalty.—Richmond Saint Luke Herald. CURING TUBERCULOSIS. Care Without Climate Is Better Than Climate Without Care. A bulletin of the North Carolina state board of health gives out the following bit of advice to consumptives, especially to those who are prone to go away to take the "climate cure." It says: "Care without climate is a far better cure for tuberculosis than climate without care, and unless one has the price for both he had better remain at home and have the best care that he can afford." The reason for this advice is found in the now well known fact that consumption can be cured anywhere. "And because this is true." says the bulletin, "it is far better for a patient of moderate means to remain at home and take treatment at a nearby sanitarium than it is for him to seek some advertised climate or resort without means to secure the proper care and treatment that his disease demands and that he might otherwise have. "Rest, complete rest, freedom from worry or care, is now considered perhaps the most vital factor in the cure of tuberculosis, and this the tubercular traveler with moderate means is not likely to have. The secret of the climate cure, after all," advises the bulletin, "is living out in the open air day and night, and this is as practical in North Carolina as much of the year as in many of the western states. "Taking the cure is much of a game, anyway. If you play to win you win; if you are careless and indifferent you are more likely to lose than to win." A BOY AND HIS FUTURE. The Serious Matter of the Selection of a Suitable Carer. Given a basis of good character, good health and thoroughness, the choice of life work is the next great influence upon a boy. Many parents foredoom their son to failure by trying to force him to gratify their ambitions in a calling for which he has neither interest nor ability instead of helping him to develop his own individuality. The false idea that there is social distinction in certain professions is the basis of many failures that might have been successes in other callings. Wherever we look we see failures, many of whom were men of undoubted ability, whose talents were misdirected. You whose sons have their future all before them can guard against shipwreck by studying their taste, directing their abilities and discussing with them the problem of their future. If you cannot afford to see them through a long term of training for some profession discuss the matter freely so that they will appreciate the necessity of turning their interest into other channels—unless they can work their way through their training without impairment of health.—Isaac Dedham in Mother's Magazine. The Glare of Light Persons who shrink from the glare of light, as distinguished from those who shrink from light itself, suffer from what Dr. Ernest Clarke calls photoanglophobia. It is due to deficiency in the pigment of the retina and is especially marked in albinos. Sir William Crookes invented a glass that cuts off the infra red as well as the ultra violet rays, which cause the trouble. The Medical Record says that any one with a tendency to shrink from the glare should be careful to shade his eyes with a suitable cap, should work or read with well shaded lights; his desk should never face a window, and his apartments should be decorated in cool neutral tints, dull sage green being the best. The Zadruga of Serbia Those who know Servia well declare that the economic system known as the zadruga has saved the Serbs from the ills of poverty and all that flows from it. It is a glorified family. From one house others grow, as the family grows by marriage, until a little community is established on something like Socialistic principles. The stareshina (headman) and his wife live in the biggest house and direct the industries of the satellite houses. Anxiety as to bread and butter being eliminated, the Servian has become one of the gayest of the races of mankind~London Graphic. What Makes A Girl Esteemed Every girl has the perfectly natural desire to be popular with the other sex, and every girl is interested in knowing the secret of such popularity. Some girls have the idea that the way to have a good time is to break away from the recognized rules of social life. The free-and-easy, reckless type of girl may receive a good deal of attention of a certain kind, but it is safe to say that men do not really care for such a girl. Certainly they do not have any respect for her. They may enjoy a flirtation with her, but such a girl never enters seriously into their thoughts. The girl who is kind and thoughtful to her parents is the girl whom they admire. The girl who is disrespectful to her parents will not long retain the respect of others. Men know very well that a girl who deceives her mother cannot be trusted. A good daughter has in her the making of a good wife, and a man remembers this when he begins to think seriously of matrimony. -The Christian Record. "It says here that the Prohibitionists want a new name for their party," said the Old Fogy. "That's queer," replied the Gronah. "I thought that durn party had been called everything." "No," said the editor, "we cannot use your poem." "Why?" asked the poet. "Is it too long?" "Yes," hissed the editor. "It's too long and too wide and too thick."—St. Louis Republic. The Widower—'Tis a bright little wan, that! The Widow—'Tis, Indicate! 'Tis only yesterday he was after askin if held ever have a stepfather.—Puck. ANTI-SALOON MOST POW Organization Has Been Utterly Effort To Oloak Its America ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HAS MOST POWERFUL LOBBY American Review The prohibition forces today are organized with a degree of efficiency attained by few moments in the history of the republic. Their efficiency of organization prevents us effectually from drawing a parallel between the Dow movement and the Hobson movement, says the North American Record. The power of that portion of public opinion which now supports the demand for national prohibition is exerted upon Congress and state political bodies and in elections through the Anti-Saloon League of America. The league organizes and manages every important prohibition fight made in the country, and maintains at Washington one of the most powerful lobbies ever seen at the national capital. It is known as the national legislative headquarters of the league, and is in charge of Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie, national legislative superintendent. "Clearly a Lobby." It is a lobby clearly within the sense of the term accepted in modern On Three Counts. Just a Hint. "Clearly a Lobby." Y INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED JANUARY 8, 1913. What Has Become of All That Precious Metal That Has Been Mined? What becomes of gold? Where is all of that yellow metal that has been mined? It is one of the oldest metals in human use. There are gold bards dating back to the stone age. It is an object of almost universal desire. It is proof against almost all the influences which destroy other metals, and it has been mined in enormous quantities. Yet today more than two-thirds of the gold in use has been dug since 1849. What becomes of the rest? Where is the gold that set Jason wandering into the Black sea, that filled the treasuries of Croesus, that paid the terrific tribute which Persian kings assessed against the Punjab? What has happened to the yellow dust and "electrum" an alloy of gold and silver—which nego traders brought down the Nile to Egypt for 1,000 or 5,000 years? Ancient gold, like that of modern times, was used for money and for ornaments, but both have disappeared. Where? The most enduring of metals and yet the most evanescent, perpetually sought and yet constantly escaping the hands of even the successful seeker—that is gold. What is the reason for its curious elusiveness?—Chicago Journal. About 500 A. D. Persian monks first brought silkworm eggs concealed in the head of a hollow staff to Constantinople. Thence silk culture spread into Greece. A little later conquest carried it to Sicily. From there to Italy it was but a step. Soil, climate, people, suited it. The industry took root, grew, throve and continues to this day. The thrifty peasant manages to get silk and oil and wine from the same small holding. First he plants his mulberry trees, sixteen feet each way. Next he prunes the heads into a hollow cup and trains his vines all over them, and finally around the edge he sets a shelter of olive trees. So all seasons bring him labor and the reward of it.—London Standard. Mrs. Puritan — My ancestors came over in the Mayflower. I'd have you know. Mrs. D'Accustic—That may be, but they might not be allowed to land today.—Philadelphia Bulletin. "What did he have to say for him self?" "Nothing. His wife was with him."— Judge. LEAGUE HAS FERFUL LOBBY Fearless and Has Made No Activities, Says North Review American politics. Its representatives, backed by an organized influence of public opinion, are enabled to dictate the attitude of a considerable number of Congressmen on a pending question, with the result that Congressmen, oftentimes are driven to vote against their own views and their own consciences in favor of the measures advocated by the lobby. The harmful effect of such a lobbying enterprise upon our system of government does not admit of controversy. It is inimical to the very spirit of our governmental institutions in that it would remove the legislative power from Congress itself, in so far as the matter of prohibition is concerned, and place this power in the hands of the Anti-Saloon League. A lobby always has been condemned by the American people. The very term "lobby" has been anathema in American politics. The Anti-Saloon League has been utterly fearless in its operations, however, and has made no effort to cloak its activities in the corridors of the House of Representatives. Press. UNBRIBED BY GAIN" 1913. VOL. 34 NO. 44 CURIOUS FACTS. VANISHING GOLD. Silk Culture In Italy. Back Thrust. A Resourceful Lecturer A lecturer who protested against people going to sleep during his disquisitions on heathen lands, would if he perceived any tendency in that direction, introduce some queer and sardling statement to revive their flagging attention. On one occasion when his audience seemed rather somnolent, he thundered out: "Ah you have no idea of the suffering of Englishman in Central America on account of the enormous mosquitoes. A great many of these pests would weigh a pound, and they will get on the logs and bark as the white men are passing." By this time all eyes and cars were wide open, and he proceeded to finish his lecture. The next day he wss called upon to account for his extraordinary statements. "But I didn't say one mosquito would weigh a pound," he protested; "I said a great many of them would. I think perhaps a million of them might do so." "But you said they bark at the missionaries," persisted his interlocutor, "No, no, my dear sir; I said they would get on the logs and on the bark. You misunderstood me." Dell Iron Pillar At Delhi there still exists an iron pillar fifty feet high and sixteen inches in diameter, made of fifty pound bloom coated together. This pillar, it is suggested, may be regarded as the doyen among products of the heavy iron industry. His Business. "The dentist should make a good soldier." "Why so?" "He's drilling a good deal of the time."—Boston Transcript. Peevisbros covers with its dark face even the most distant horizon.—Kiever. Newfoundland was bought by Great Britain for $10. Nugarses potion is now estimated at 4,200 lbs. Polish industries look to the United States for considerable industrial patronage. An Englishman has invented a fly-killing instrument that works with a trigger and resembles a pistol. A parachute for aviators that has been invented in England is compact enough to be worn in a helmet, ready for instant use. Through all of that country's many changes Japan has maintained intact a museum of decorative art that was established in 756. Experiences conducted by the New York Commission on ventilation demonstrate that as long as the temperature is kept down the vitiated air of an unventilated room where the humidity is kept constant has no direct effects on the pulse, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration or metabolism, though a desire for food is appreciably diminished. Devoted to the Moral, Religious and Financial Development of Humanity. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: 1 year ..... $1.50 6 months ..... 75c. 8 months ..... 40c. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the advertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing ..... 50c Reduced Rates to Clubs. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J. R. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY JANUARY 8, 1916 As badly as this year ends for the Allies, the boasting of what they are going to do with the Teutons doesn't look so bright. A strong agitation is going on as to a ruthless educational preparation for the influx of the anticipated hordes of foreigners. It would be a thousand times better to spend the time and money educating our natural born Americans. It is useless to ask where this paper stands when the distinguished, the Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker is advocated for the presidential nomination. It is for him, as long as there is the ghost of a show, for he is one of our best friends. Is Russia undergoing an internal war? Threats to that effect for a long time have disturbed the rulers, and the fact the outside world has heard nothing of her doings since 3rd of last month,—looks mighty suspicious. Prof. A. S. Peal Principal, has our thanks for a copy of the requirements and pledges embodied in the Boys Movement of the Bluefield Colored Graded Schools. Boys who live up to such a high sense of honor will make good men and clean citizens. The Press extends its hand and wishes the organization a prosperous year. The Pioneer Press notes with a degree of interest as well as pleasure that United States Senator William Alden Smith, of Michigan, will allow the use of his name in the presidential primaries of that state. Should he be successful in landing the nomination, and likewise be victorious at the polls, the country's interests from all standpoints would be safe in his hands. What say you Robert Pelham? What a wonderful thing bravery is in any man. Were it not for such, this continent and all of its glorious beauties would be unknown, and millions of us unborn. Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Fremont, John Wesley Powell and many others, did wonders for America. Every girl and boy should acquaint themselves with what they have done. It would not only inspire them to noble action, but supreme love for the dead who have done so much for the civilization of this country. The Review of Reviews says we have 4100 millionaires now and that if the war lasts two years longer we will have five hundred more. Will that help on a war between capital and labor? Some munition firms are making a hundred million dollars a year, and in the face of it all, with bumper crops last year and higher prices than usual, yet the democratic administration is trying to pay off its blunders by a war tax when there is no war. Any one who knows by hard study the war territory, and has closely watched the tactics of war can, by this time, see plainly Germany's wisdom in all her movements. As we see it, England is the mouse, Germany the cat. That which is going on relative to the Suez Canal foreshadows where Gemny is going and when there, what will England do but beg for peace? To prevent the destruction of corn planted, birds and rabbits our legislature did a wise thing when it put a premium on the killing of crows. They have been known to destroy whole covies of quails, kill turkeys, almost kill men and positively did kill a horse in Indiana. They are fond of eggs, and carry off all they can find, and the same is true of young chickens. From time out of mind farmers and gardeners have used scarecrows, to little advantage. WILLIAM DURST DEAD. The last survivor of the famous battle between the Monitor and Merrimac died at his home in Philadelphia one day this week. The aged hero was loved by thousands of school children, who delighted to hear him rehearse the part he took in the great naval encounter. The Monitors crew consisted of 53 men the day the ironclad whipped the Merrimac. The last survivor except Durat died in California. By the death of Hon. William Seymour Edwards, West Virginia lost one of its best men. There never was a time he was false to a friend, to his state or nation. Big-hearted, big-souled—the embodiment of a christian gentleman—he was worthy in character, intelligence and nobility to have been given, for the services he gave this state, the nation and the Republic can party, every honor he craved and politics, if it has any shame, bowed its head over his casket. Every time an American or two gets blown up by a submarine, President Wilson and his crowd get up in arms but soon get down to peaceful "waiting." No crime to be shot, hung or burned here in America, but if it happen on the ocean, it's a terrible crime. The supposition that one American was drowned last week, shortened the president's honey moon and forced him back to Washington. The same week seven inoffensive Negroes were ruthlessly murdered in Georgia, and not a word has the president or his party sald against it. While delivering an address before the Tabernacle Society of Men., in Columbus Ind. the Rev. Charles M. Filmore, pastor of the Hillside Christian Church of Indianapolis, told how he came to write his famous song, "Tell Mother I'll Be There." He said he was trying to organize a little church in Peru, Ind., and was writing hymns, which he sold for an average of $3 each. One morning, while he was waiting for his wife to get breakfast he read in a newspaper a dispatch that the mother of President Mckinley was dying. He noticed that the president telegraphed, "Tell mother I'll be there." "Couldn't you write a song about that?" his wife asked. Before ten minutes had passed, the minister says, he had written the chorus and before breakfast was ready he had the entire song completed. He sold it for $3. Ten million copies of this song have been sold, and at the customary royalty of 1 cent a copy the minister should have received $100,000. But $3 is all he ever got for it. COMMUNICATED. Mr. J. R. Clifford, Dear Sir:—Enclosed find order for two dollars for the Pioneer Press. After keeping you waiting so long thought I had better pay up for two years. My father is well and sends regards to you and your family. He has been feeling fine since coming to Denver. But he thinks there is no place like old Berkeley. Denver isn't the best city in the country for our people. There is so much prejudice and the poor white man tries and does keep the colored man out of all the work he can. We have fifteen clocks and ten carriers in the Post Office; two patrolmen and a motorcycle officer for years. Also a fire company. We have too many physicians I think. There are five of them. One is a woman. I do believe another dentist could do well here, as there is only one The Birth of a Nation is playing here now. The colored people had it stopped the second night. The picture people went to court and won out. I have been across this state several times and haven't seen a buzzard yet. But at the State Agricultural School they lost their prize hogs with cholera. So that knocks your argument out about buzzards carrying cholera. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and that 1916 will prove a prosperous year to you. Yours respectfully, J. Clayton Myers. SAVE THE VOICE Do Not Sing Nor Talk When Suffering From Throat Fatigue. Fatigue injures the voice. Excessive use of the voice weakens its carrying power. From overuse or improper use of the voice a chronic pharyngitis develops. Every one knows the symptoms of overuse of the voice. The voice is husky, and its use is followed by distress. There is an increase in secretion and a constant desire to clear the throat, and there are disagreeable sensations, as fullness, tickling and the like. After a long day of shopping, sightseeing or one's daily routine of work, it is quite common to be troubled by hoarseness, which does not indicate a "cold," but is merely fatigue of parts which produce the voice. The muscular system all over the body is tired, relaxed. The throat, being a muscular structure, shares in this fatigue, and it should never be used for any particular purpose, like singing or reciting, until the whole body is rested. If one has arranged to use the voice at the close of the day or at any other time, it should not be when suffering from fatigue. Public speakers and singers take care of their voices and never willingly us them long enough at a time to weaken them. Singing only one song extra may hurt the voice enough to impair its clearness, and frequent overdoing may result in a permanent weakness. 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Part of the "Chicago Sunday Herald" story follows: If Mr. Chicago and Miss Dearborn would steer clear of the shoals of matrimony, avoiding shipwreck on the rocks of divorce, they should heed the nautical advice of that weather-beaten "old" salt, Patrick J. J. McCarthy. After more than a year's cruise in the waters of dissension, during which he saw 7,000 marital derelicts, the pilot of the good ship Cook County believes that a radical navigation law should be enacted. P. J. J. McC. is our divorce statistician—the official keeper of the "Who's Who and Why" records of inharmonious domesticity. Turning to a loose-leaf ledger he can tell you the number of and the reason for every family split-up since he took office, and then, leaning back in his comfortable armchair, he can give you a great deal more information (his own deductions). New "Navigation Law "My 'navigation law' is nothing more or less than a trial engagement," said Mr. McCarthy. "In my opinion it would make smoother sailing for the newlyweds and cut the number of divorces granted yearly in Cook county almost in half. "Let me illustrate John is in love with Mary and Mary is in love with John. They keep company for a while, and then some evening John pops the age-old question, 'Will you be mine?' Mary blushes and answers 'This is so sudden,' or something to that effect. On recovering her breath she lays her head coyly on John's shoulders and whispers, 'Yes.' They are engaged. "In nine cases out of ten John doesn't know whether Mary can boil water without burning it—and doesn't care. In a like number of cases Mary doesn't know if John is earning enough money to buy the water—and it doesn't seem to worry her. They love each other—that is sufficient. Mary can learn to cook in time and John's boss will raise his salary in time. So why worry? Startling Divorce Statistics. "The records show that in 1914 33,897 marriage licenses were issued in Cook county. A total of 5,121 divorce, separate maintenance and annulment suits were filed, and a total of 3,614 decrees were granted in the same period. The ratio of suits filed to marriage licenses issued was about 1 to 6, and the ratio of suits disposed of by decree was approximately 1 to every 9 licenses issued. Taking the figure 5,121 for the number of separations, we had 1 for every 497 inhabitant of the City of Chicago, and 1 decree for every 705 inhabitants. "When John and Mary decide that they love each other sufficiently to think of marriage they should agree upon a 'trial engagement.' John should go to his folks and say: 'Mary will live with us for a week. She wants to see what kind of a fellow I am around the house.' Home-Owning Advised. "I might advise young married couples to strive to acquire a home of their own. It seems more conducive to domestic happiness than a flat or apartment. The couples who owned their own homes out of the total of 3,614 decrees in 1914 were 73, of which 4 were concerned in separate maintenance cases and the remainder, 69, in divorce cases. Where Whole Trouble Lies. "The whole trouble lies in the fact that young couples who contemplate matrimony do not figure on the responsibilities involved in forming a life partnership; they are not prepared to make the sacrifices necessary to marital happiness, and seem prone to rear small families, if any at all. My statistics show that of the 3,644 decrees granted in 1914 the couples without children involved were 2,302." Mr. McCarthy gives 25 years as the average age of Chicago divorcees. "It says here that the Prohibitionists want a new name for their party," said the Old Ferry. "That's queer," replied the Grouch. "I thought that durn party had been called everything." HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE After Four Years of Discouraging Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Cave Up in Despair. 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