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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

In his speech Saturday night Gen.
Golf said he wanted to see more rail-
roads built, more mines opened and
more furnaces burning in this State.
He has never wanted to see it bad
enough to put any of his thousands of
dollars in such enterprises, With all
his means he has done nothing towards
advancing the State or giving employ
ment to labor, while Judge Fleming
has what little means he possesses, in
vested in enterprises that gives employ
ment to the laborers of the State. Judge
Fleming does not talk so much about
helping West Virginia labor but in
vests his means so as to employ it
Gen. Golf talks about helping it and
invests his money in Washington City
street railway and mortgages. "By
their fruits we shall know them. -
Keyser Tribune.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18
as the bin last mentioned /

as the Dill last mentioned J
He would have signed both those
bills if they had passed the Republican
Senate, but they stopped. There, too,
by the way, Gen. Goff can find other
labor bills quite as important and quite
as earnestly asked for by the intellig Mt
workingmen Of tho country. In the
same Senate pigeon holes are bills pro-
hibiting the employment of convict Ia
Dor upon public buildings and other
public works; protecting mechanics,
laborers and servants in their wages !;
and protecting free labor by combining
the sale Of oonvict-made wares and
manufactures TO the state in which they
are protected--all of these bills were
passed by the present Democratic House
and are now with other Democratic
labor measures sleeping the sleep that
knowsno waking in the millionair SEN
ate's Committee rooms.
What do the honest workinguien
who heard Gen. Golf at Palatine think
of this audacious attempt Of the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor to mislead
them by falsehood ? What estimate
do they suppose he places upon their
intelligence when in their pescncc he
deliberately asserts for truth that which
every well-informed citizen knows Of
should know is in every respect untrue2
Gen. Golf evidently thought lie was
addressing lot of ignoramuses Tues
day highland that any sort of political
roorback would be swallowed by the
workingnen before him without ques-
ton. That's where he made mistake.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

the Republicans on the committee (for
the bill was prepared in secre) agreed
with them viii they strike it outf
Not much Oh no, it was no accident,
no mistake; it was the most straight
forward design. A prominent member
Of Congress writes 1.-The only time
coal was on the free list was when il
was put there by Republican action.
The New England people on the com
mittee want it now on the free list"
Will Republican stump spcakeas Of AL
lcgany county rise and explain again ?"
1t was the Republicans who reduced
the tariff on coal in 1878 from one
dollar and fifty cents ton to rs cents
ton. Still the Republican stump
speakers and newspapers Will tell the
coal miner that the Republican party
is the friend Of the coal miner and all
laboring men. They are proving their
friendship to monopoly, not to the coal
miner, by placing slack coal on the free
list, so Andrew Carnegie can get slack
coal free to make coke They would
put bituminous coal on the free list if
the people would return them to power.
How do the coal miners of Irohdsle,
Newburg and Austen like the idea of
slack coal coming into this country?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18
GOFF TELLS FALSEHOODS TO
LARORING MEN.

General Golf spoke in Palatiue last
Tuesday evening to an audience that
filled the school house, repeating sub
stantially his Fairmont speech. The
one no'able departure from that speech
was brazeR attempt to falsely convict
President Cleveland of Withholding his
approval from certain labor Bills intro
duced in the last Congress, the passage
Of which has been strongly urged by
the labor organisations Of the country.
Gen Golf deliberately charged that
the Bill to create Boards Of Arbitration
for settling labor controversies between
railroad companies and their employees,
was defeated after it had passed both
Houses Of Congress by the refusal Of
President Cleveland to approve It,
With the same delibcration he asserted
that a bill prohibiting the employment
Of alien labor upon public works was
pocketed by the President after IL had
passed both the House aud Senate, and
likewise defeated
We charge General Golf with positive
falsohood in making these assertions
Neither Of those bills ever reached
the President for his signature. Both
we're passed by the Democratic House
and went to the Republican Senate, and
THERE THEY ARR TODAY
So far from declining to approve them
indeed the President IN . special mes
sage 70 Congress in April, 1886, actu-
ally recommended the creation Of a
Board Of Arbitration for the settlement,
Of labor disputes such as the FIRST named
bill provided for and The record shows
that while Governor Of New York he
in fact approved a State enactment Of
substantially che very Same character
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

WHY don't the Republicans want Gen.
William Henry Harrison Flick to meet
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson in joint debate
They are the respective candidates Of
their parties for Congress. But then,
it would be cruel to Gen. Flick to ask
him to meet Mr.. Wilson in joint de-
bate. The General is big man, but
he would be very small man in joint
debate with Hon VIM. l.. Wilson.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

As The time is fast approaching when
the people Of this great nation will de-
eide between the issues which the diff
fcrcnt political parties represent, it be-
comes the duty Of each voter 10 look
we'll to bic ballot on election day and
cast it IN the interest Of the one which
will best promote bis own interest and
better bis own condition a. a nation.
and it gives us pleasure 10 spouse the
cause Of the Democratic party, and
present is principles 70 the people in
1883. pure and simple, always in the
interest Of the many and not Of the few,
- il has been from the days Of Jeaor-
son down 10 che present time
We know that We ere being asnailed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

The Anticipated girl of the Journal
is so overcome with the acknowledge
nent Of the Republican Senate that
the tariff needs revision that she got
the Mills bill and the Republican SEN
ate bill mixed. The Republicans hav-
ing placed coal on the free list, the
Journal tell, its readers, who never
read but the Republican side, that the
Mills bill puts coal on the free list.
Poor soul
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

The brilliant Senator Turpie, of In
diana, will address the Democracy of
Taylor county at Grafton on Saturday
evening at Z O'Clock. A big time is
anticipated.
WHAT are the Democrats Of Preston
doing in the way of organization =? Get
70 work, boys, the time is growing
short. We must keep up with the
procession. We can't lag behind in
the hour Of triumph and victory.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

TINS Republican Senators arc trying
10 eEplone away that putting slack
coal on The free list was mistake. Tic
Cumberland Daily Times says:
AZ for explanation that it got into
the Senate bill by mistake. that n al
nonsense. The grave New England
Senators know what they want, and
are making no mistake in trying 70 get
it. They put slack coal on che free
list bsesuss they want Il there. ana all
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

JOHNNY HoMER Hour is now stumping
old Preston for the Republicans. He
is "foppcr" to the G. o. p. Every
one who knows John Il. Holt knows
that it didn't take much to flop him.
He is a disappointed ofiOe-seeker, and
hence his flop to the defunct Republi.
can party. 1t will be cold day when
Johnny gets an Office.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

Bho. WHITE, Of the Era, pours forth
bis choicest blessings upon the young
ladies 10 The last issue Of the Era. He
gives the young ladies credit Tor the
success Of tho COT meeting Were IL
not f0f bic native timidity be would be
one u che happiest benodict in the
Banner county
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

JCpsE J. 7. HoKE has identified
himself with The Halfbreeds. Tho
Judge recognizes in the valiant and
intrepid Chairman leader worthy 70
follow.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

II was ungrateful Of the New Era 10
expose who the mass convention would
nominate for clerk Of the circuit court.
That was to have been kept a profound
secret.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

s. p. McCoRnIcK is running the
Gen'l Flick campaign in the Second
Congressional district, and he is hust-
ling, but his hustling will be loves
labor lost, as Hon. VIM. l.. Wilson is
the man whom the voters are clamoring
for this year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

TBE friends Of Dr. jas. A Cox deny
that be will withdraw They Say he il
the regular nominee Of The party and
they can't afford 10 withdraw him 10
please a few sore-heads and kickers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

GES. GorY is in favor Of protecting
The American farmer by the broad
shield Of the GoG mortgage on West
Virginia farms That's the kind Of
protection that protects Gen'l Gof.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

How they lie Has Ananias been
resurrScted for campaign use Ezra.
Yes, he has been employed by the
Republican party to shout high protec-
ton "to American labor by the broad
shield of American law" The kind
of protection that protects monopoly
and impoverishes the American laborer
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

GEN. Corr gave the bloody shirt a
little shake In his speech here last
Wednesday. He said no person ought
TO be allowed TO hold an Office in the
United States but those who fought for
their country.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

The Journal should not stir up the
memories of the late war-even though
the Sheriff disagrees with him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

II wasn't necessary for the Democ-
raey TO bring out their roosters 10 crow
over the victory in New Jersey. The
victory is all going that way this fall.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

NINETEEN more days until the Re-
publicans drink the dregs of bitter de-
featl Sorry. but It's true
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

DDdOcKATs Free bags for the far
mers' grain.
Republican Platform Free whisky.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

DEaOcRATs We propose TO remove
the IS per cent on Bibles.
Republican Platform Free whisky.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

RECONSIDERATION Cheap whisky
and dear bread.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18
County Ticket.


State Senator.
w. J. Lavelle.
House Of Delegates,
James Messenger,
Jonathan Loar.
Sheriff,
A. J. Bonafeld.
Prosecuting attorney.
James H. Carroll.
Assessors,
Dorsey Z. Forman,
james s. Hunt.
County Commissioner.
James W. Brown.
Surveyor Of Lands,
George s. Deakins.
Acknowledgment District,
Peter Voltz,
Simeon Maetingly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

Judge of srd judicial district,
William T. Ice,
OF Barbour.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

NATIO NAL
Democratic Ticket.
President,
Grover Cleveland,
of New York.
vicsPresident,
Allen q. Thurman,
OF Ohio.
Cons ress- Second District,
William L. Wilson,
OF Jefferson County.
State Ticket.
Governor.
A. B. Fleming,
OF Marion.
AuUlbuTp
Patrick r. Duffy,
of Webster.
Treasurer,
William T. Thompson.
Of Cabell.
Attornsy-General,
Alfred Caldwell,
of Ohio.
Superintendent OF Schools,
b. 8. Morgan,
ofMonongalis.
Supreme Court.
Henry Brannon,
Of Lewis.
J. w. English.
Of Mason.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

Cons ress-Seoond District,
William L. Wilson,
OF Jefferson County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-05
Method of Electric Writing.

A small needle is vibrated to and fro by
the alternate currents. Attached to the
end of the needle Is siphon about the
hundredth part Of an inch in diameter,
through which ink flows constantly. Tho
point of the siphon or pen rests on strip
Of peper which is automatically pulled
under it, and as the needle vibrates the
pen marks the vibrations in zigzag lines
on the paper. The operator reads the
signals of as they pass before him and
writes them on the usual blanks, while
an attendant coils up the paper strip and
files it away. There is no noise as with q
Morse instrument, and no calling" f"
The paper goes along continually and
when the operator at the other end of the
cable has a message to transmit he goes
right ahead with it. The sending opera
tor sits to the right Of the receiver and
manipulates two keys side by side, one
for the positive and the other for the
negative current There Is no sounding
instrument except the keys, and the
operator has no means Of knowing how
well he is doing, except that when it does
not reach the other end distinctly the
sending operator there notifies the re-
cei7er at this end, who tells his associate
where to repeat from. -,
A Morse operator unacquainted With
cable work would think the sending
operator was merely drumming" on the
keys, as there appears to be no system
about it to the uninitiated.-New York
World
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How to Crush Suspicious.


There are many suspicious that need
crushing in the bud. We fancy our
friend is cool to US; we imagine some
one has sighted US; we suspect our
neighbor Of having spoken Ill OF US.
Most likely we are mistaken, and. IN
any case, we could never probably
search into the matter. Our trust in
our friend or our own self-respect
should lead US to put away such
thoughts, to abandon such suspicious.
Some one has, perhaps, dropped poi
sonous word of scandal into our ears.
Letus Danish it from our thoughts with
scorn. Circumstances may tend to cast
suspicion on one whom we honor, let
us continue to trust him in our heart OF
hearts We may fear that some one
has committed fault, which, however,
does not concern US in the least, and in
which we are not called upon to inter-
fere; let US expel the idea as an unwcl-
cnme intruder. In one Of these two
ways suspicion may be rightly dealt
with. If as a warning it has mission
to perform, it will do its work; if it is
an unworthy or an idle conjecture, it
will be dismissed. In either case it will
pass away, as all suspicious are meant
to do. AS transient guests Of the mind
they may be useful in establishing tho
innocence which should be brought to
light, or in proving the guilt which
should be purged away. But as per-
manent inmates of the mind their infu-
ence is most pernicious. Philadelphia
Tor7rror.
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DON'T. TALK 100 MUCH.
Gints for Retail Statesmen Who Desire to
BE Successful.


aints for Retail Statesmen Who Desire to
Be Successful.
To be successful salesman one must
maintain certain amount Of reserve.
Too much talk has spoiled many gooi
trade. 1t is tiresome to purchasers,
who frequently prefer to be guided by
their own judgment than by the sug-
gestions OF store clerks. People who
buy goods, particularly the ladies, gen.
orally think over what they want and
make up their minds before they start
out on a shopping expedition about
what they want and what they feel
they can afford to pay for it. When
they enter store and call for certain
quality of goods they expect the sales
man to place before them what they
desire-not to suggest they know some
thing good deal better, which they
are sure will give them far greater satis.
faction.
Customers as a general thing do ncs
like talkative and garrulous store
clerks, they prefer 4 quiet, obliging,
digniEed salesman, who will show them
goods without any ostensatious display
OF his person or intellectual imbecility.
Clerks should never be impertinent or
snappish, even to their interiors. They
should learn to treat all customers with
courtesy and impartial politeness.
Jokes, stories and sloppy sentiment
should never by manner or expression
do or say any thing to offend the dig.
nifty Of matron or bring blush to
modest maiden's cheek. They should
never remind any homespun agricul.
turist of any unpleasant mistake he
may have made in his past career, fos
such men are always more or less sens.
;tive and do not like to be made q butts
OF.
Many clerk by trying to say some
smart thing has lost a good customer
to his employer and made himself an
object of subsequent aversion to the
party whom he has offended. Sales
men should talk just enough and
should have sufficient common sense
to know when they have talked enough.
They should be polite and patient
under provocation and use their utmost
endeavors to make friends for employ
ers, thus aiding in building up and
successfully carrying on business.
Some may think these remarks COM
mon-piace, but they play more I'M
portant part in the success or failure Of
the retail storekeeper than many I'M
agine. Grocer's Criterion.
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NO. 2S.

reckless thing is to stand still. It is we'll
to hear our commanders voice when he
says Halt but quite so important to
hear it when he says Forward This
Gospel ship made to plow the sea at ff-
teen knots an hour, is not making three.
Sometimes it is most prudent to ride
your horse slowly and pick out the way
for his feet, and not strike him with the
spurs; but when a band of Shoshonee
Indians are alter you in full tilt, tha
most prudent thing for you to do is to
plunge in the rowels and put your horse
70 full run. shouting: go 'long!' uotiI
the Rocky Mountains echo it. The foes
of God are pursuing Us. The world,
the flesh, and the Devil are after US, and
our wisest course is to go ahead at
swiftest speed.
DRIVE OUT ALL UNcIEAN THINGS.
"When the Church of God gets, to
advancing too fast, it will be time enough
to use caution. No need of putting on
the brakes while going up hill. Do not
let us sit down waiting for something SO
turn up, but go ahead in the name of
God, and turn it up. The great danger
to the Church now is not sensation, but
stsgnation. Oh, that the Lord God
would send host OF aroused and conse-
Grated men to set the Church on fire,
and to turn the world upside down! Let
US go to work and catch the last snail in
our souls.
'tWith Divine vehemence let us stamp
its life out, fof my text declares: 'Thess
also shall be unclean to you among the
crecping things that creep upon the
earth; the chameleon and the snail
have thus tried to prejudice these Chris
tian men and women against gloominess,
and SANDER, and half-and-half expert
ences, and changeableness and sloth.
Our opportunities forgetting better are
being raridlSsswalloWed up in the re-
morseless past. This golden Sabbath is
about to drop out of the calendar. This
moment may we drive out all the unclean
things from our souls-the vulture, and
the bat, and the owl, and the chameleon
and the snail; and in place thereof bring
Ill the Lamb of God and the Dove of
the Spirit! The case is urgent. Arouse!
before it be eternally too late! what
soe7er thy hand find tn to do, do it. ,"
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I.ne Child's Voice in Singing.

Frederick S. Law, in The Voice, dwells
at length on some of the dangers of al
lowing children to sing in public, par
ticularly when under the care Of ignorant
or irresponsible conductors. One case is
mentioned of girl who was permitted
to sing in halls large enough to test tho
powers of experienced artists, and who,
Consequently, at the age of 10, although
she had started out with great promise,
had no voice at all left. ut is,"" says
Mr.. Law, cas- much of an impossibility
for child to produce full and sonorous
notes as it would be to load it down with
heavy weights and expect it to walk at
once Many who would regard tie latter
as an act of cruelty will listen with COM
placency to child straioing every nerve
to I'LL large room with voice that from
it's nature is not intended for such use" ="
Mr.. Law concludes: 1.-The instruction
of children, as regards the voice. should
be almost entirely negative-that is, they
do not require teaching what to dc so
much as. what not to do. They may be
trusted to form. their tones as they please.
if they do not sing too loudly nor with
any undue effort. If these conditions
cannot be secured, they should not be
allowed to sing at all Nothing is moro
painful than to hear child struggle to
fill largo room with voice crippled
from an attempt to wrest from nature,
what Is not there. In no way can we find
compensation for such al exhibition. The
mind receives no pleasure. as there can DO
no intellectual grasp of the subject, while
the ear is tortured by shrill and distorted
sounds which awaken a natural anxiety
for the child's future welfare. A healthy
child possessed of good ear is the most
natural singer in the world, because the
most unconscious. It is only when tam
pered with BY those who should know
better that disastrous results are to be
feared. ."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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She had auburn hair, and he wanted to
say something very cutting, so he observed
SIN some parts of the West, I believe, they
light the streets with red-headed girls. "
Hump! That never would do in your
town." answered the girl. 'Why not?'
asked the young fellow. why, you'd! be
hugging the lamp-posts all day, as well as
half the night" was the crushing reply.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-05
DETESTABLE GOSSlPS.

"The most loathsome, miserable, God
forsaken whretch on earth is a gossip.
I can tell her on the street though /
have never seen her before. She walks
fast and has her bonnet strings Loose,
for she has not had time to tie them
since she heard that last scandal. She
looks both ways as she passes, hoping to
see new evidences of depravity IN the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-05
CONCLUSION.

The message concludes as follows: II
have thus presented for your information
and consideration as full and clear state
ment as possible Of the condition of the
State in all the departments of the Govern
ment. with suggestion of such measures as
have appeared to my mind expedient or
necessary. In doing this have endeav.
ored to discharge faithfully, and with loyal
heart, my whole duty under the Constitu-
ton, and now invoke upon your delibera-
tions the guidance and blessing of the Di-
vine Wisdom, the only true and unfailing
source of peace, happiness, prosperity and
progress to peoples and nations.
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when we consider that the census of 1880
gives the number of insane, epileptic, and
idiotic as 2, 700, all of whom may. accord
ing to our laws, be committed to the
asylum.
The institution seems to have been econ
omically conducted There are tables to
show that the cost of maintenance has
been gradually reduced from $202 in 1876
to $40, and that the daily cost to the State
of each patient is only "a cents. The Gov
eruor concuFs with the Superintendent in
the opinion that further retrenchment is
impracticable without lowering the stand
ard of the institution and impairing its use
fulness.