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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

DENocRArs: We propose to reduce
the tax on carpets from 50 per cent. to
30 per cent.
Republican Platform We favor the
entire repeal Of the Internal Revenue
laws rather than surrender any part Of
our protective system.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

IT WAS a sorry day for Brother Daw-
son when he decided to use the party
machinery to defeat Mr.. Mccormick
for State Senate. Mack is one of those
rare creatures who have the happy
knaek Of turning defeat into victory.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
Judicial Sale.
Mnr'''' VS. LETTERS Equity.
Jacob Stemple.


by virtue OF decree Of tho circuit
court OF PretCn county, " est Virginia.
rendered in tho abuYe styled cause, on
Tho % day of April A, ID. 1887. tho under =
signed special commissioner will offer
Cor sale to the highest bidder at The front
door OF tho courl-housesof sail county on
MONDAY, AUGUST 10. A. ID. 1888.
the following property:
A tract of lard containing S0l arres in
Union district about niles fiom Aurora
being the same which WAS conveyed by
Marcelius JeiIers To jacob Stcnpls IN
the LIST day OF November, A -. 1872, Tue
tract has about 30 aures cleared, ana ia a
COOL state OF cultivation. with a dwelling
house and Stable, yuung orchard aud "A
never billing spring q. good water. Con-
venient TO market. school and church.
TERMS or SALE Enough cash in hand
to pay costs of suit and expenses of sale,
anu the residue upon a credit of 8, IL AID
y months, the purchaser executing for
the deferred payments interest bearing
notes Will approved security.
L. j. CRc GAN,
Special Commissioners.
Bond and security have been given by
the ahOvo named Commissioner as re-
quired by law.
1914 SMITH CRASE. Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

The ARGUS was put to press" sew
eral hours earlier than usual this week
as the editor was compelled to go to
Oakland to see lis mother who is Sc
riously, perhaps fatally in. We hope
our readers will excuse our lack Of
reading matter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

DID we dream'it, or did we see it
in print somewhere that Dawson had
ceased to be chairman and general man
ager of the Republican campaign COM
mittee 7
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
Julius K. Monroe,
SURVEYOR OIL LANDS.
KsNGwOOD, w. VA.

VIII answer calls for land surveying
rom any part of the county, promptly
sui ~ reasonable rates. Plots, drafts. and
calculations, neatly and accurately made
rom deeds or field notes. IayirO ont
and prBdiug pixies. county roads and
'fam"ays; aisV laying out town lots
ST Gets foundations, etc. Correspondence
solicited.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

1T Is noted that while Gen. Harri-
son has made eighty short speeches
since his nomination, he has not said a
remarkable thing. The party has not
had one single rallying sentence from
him. He has not even uttered a
solemn truism in a mighty way.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

GENERAL HARRISON is playing see
ond fiddle to James G. Blaine. One
would suppose by reading the Repub-
lican newspapers that James g. Blaine
is running for President instead of
Harrison.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

VIZ HOPE the Journal will not over
look the fact this week that we pro-
pounded a series of "dodging ques-
tons" to it last week. We are anx-
ious that it should answer this week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

Will the Journal please answer
whether it is in favor of high taxes in
Preston county? BY so doing, it will
confer favor on the taxpayers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
SHERIDAN DEAD.


General Sheridan died at 1920 last
Sunday evening. The immediate cause
of death was heart failure. The remote
cause, disease of the mitral and a@rtric
valves, the existence of which was
known to his physicians, to himself and
to his family in November of last year.
The complications which have occurred
have been nervous exhaustion, pulmo-
nary insarctions, pneumonia, pulmonary
@geria, anasaca and hcmorrhages.
The last day of his life was some
what restless, but no more so than he
has been several times since his arrival
at Nonquitt.,
At about $3.50 symptoms of heart
failure u ldenly appeared The rem
edies which had hitherto been success
full were vigorously applied, but proved
Intellectual and he sank rapidly, dying
painlessly at the hour named.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

THE Republicans will use their great
"Tipsy Canoe" to navigate Salt River
next November.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

DEMOCRATS Free bags for the far
mers' grain.
Republican Platform Free whisky.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

DEnocRArs: We propose to remove
the % per cent. on Bibles.
Republican Platform Free whisky.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

GIyE us Crogan for Attorney Gen
eral and Preston county will give an
increased Democratic vote this fall.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

HoN. HENRY G. DAVIS is out in a
letter declining to be a candidate for
Governor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

We THINK Judge Hoke is beaten for
the judgeship. Mr.. A. G. Dayton, of
Barbour county, will be the lucky man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
JUDICIAL SALE.

BY virtue Of ,lecrae rendered by tho
circuit court Of Preston county, Wesi
Virginia, on the 10Th day of Apfii, 1855
IN the chanrery cause . elias Nine vs.
NJ. G. x J. w. Beatty. tie undersigned
commissioner Wit on
MONDAY. AUGUST -, 1888,
the same being a circuit court day for
said county. sell To the highest RESPONSE
bile bidder the land In the biz and pro
ceedihgs mentioned. com listing II n tract
of land situate In Union districts, Preston
county, West Virginia. being the same
land conveyed by Elias Nine and wife to
Mary g. Beatty by deed dated or the Both
day al May, 1879. which deed is recorded
I'm decd book No. o., page l23, of the
records of Preston county.
TERMS OF Saskatchewan cash in hand
To pay costs OF suit and expenses Of sale,
and the residue upon credit OF and ~
months, tho purchaser executing notes
OF equal amounts, with good personal
security for the deferred payments OF
purchase money.
IiEERY CLAY HYDE
Commissioners.
BOND and security has been given hv
said Comm.ssi ner Ia tie above cause rs
required by law.
49, SMITH CRANE, Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
STORY a. CLARK ORGANS.

These are woll-knOwn aud thoroughly
roliabio Instruments. hive the metal
stop knob, which adds very much 90 The
appearance of an Organ. Handsome
e-pure. sweet tone.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

REpvnLIcAN platform Cheap whisky
and dear bread.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
HENRY CLAY HYDE,
Attorney at Law,
KINowooD, w, VA.

VIII prlciice in Preston and adjoining
counties, in Supreme Court of ApoeaIs ri
West Virginia, aud i'm the United States
Courts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

Stop at the Central Hotel.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

Decker Bros, X nabe Behr Bros.
Fischer Pianos are too we'll known
universally admired CD need any racn
mendation here. They are simply
best" Catalogue FREQ.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

Are Unsurpassed in durability and tone
qualities. Tacy contain n chime Of
thirty Swiss bells. with which the most
charming and fascinating effects may Be
easily produced.
The ShoniDger has a beautiful Chime
Catalogues, tcrms. pr
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS.
These Organs have nicklo-platod pedal
protectors, and are very handsomely fn-
ished throughout. Si1tY-two Of. these
Organs now in uso iu this county alone.
They arc very popular.
Of ThirtySwiss Bells
ces, and all information, free by mail
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-04
A LION IN THE WAY.
Enhert L. BanQs.

EyO6Ft II. I1UHyo.
The Bible tells us of a man who was
afraid to go out and breathe the fresh
air, and take little wholesome exer-
else. because "there was lion in the
way.u
He had not sc en- the lion. We are
not told that lie had ever heard him
roar. nor are we certain that he had
ever seen his tracks. But he was sure
there was lion waiting to catch him,
and so he timidly kept within doors.
Our whole country has lately been
agitated on lion question. Statesmen
have been and still are discussing the
chances of q visit from one OF these
kings of beasts. His den is in beau
tiful island far over the sea, but he is
good swimmer, and swim OF three
thousand miles would be mere pastim'
| for him.
He is not OF Numidian extraction bn
of British; and because the British iiol
growls and lashes his sides with hi
i tail in anger over the fishery question
we DeQ1U TO examine Jul GO0cs ~ liSS
few wash-tubs do not constitute
very effective navy. Onr borders ar
Iauite extensive, and it Is no more thai
prudent to put ourselves on tue deien
siye. But the lion is outside our Dor
Iders. A mighty ocean rolls betweel
him and us. Yet the millions we ar
to expend on coast defenees, viii oe 81
excellent investment.
:. But what would you say OF farme
who should build round his farm
fence that was horse high. bull stron
aud. pig tight, to Keep out puiI !.
Bashanl, while all the time, right q
his own house there was an immens
rattlesnake, amusing his little chiidre
with its tail for rattle box?
Now the saloon Is a rattlesnake.
is not q foreign reptile. We are pre
I-tecting our frontiers, but how aoou
our homes? They are the heart OF Oh
country and right ct our neare ines y
venemous snakes lift up their ioatn
some heads and with rattle anu MS
bite unto death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-04
The Tariff.

That the poor are becoming poorer
and the rich richer; that class legisla-
ton is becoming common; that the
richer classes are exercising an lnfiu-
ence disproportionate to their members;
that that influence is toward an avoid
auce OF an equality of the burdens OF
no thinking man Will
deny.
In the years gone by it was the free
will Of free men which decided the
policy Of our government; the mature
of our laws; the rights and the duties
Of the citizen and Of the State. And,
however much, at times, passion and
prejudice swayed the decision OF the
people, and however wrong such de-
cision might be, conscience and justice
abiding with them. wrongs, IN time,
were righted.
But that era has passed away 70 some
extent. Not the unbiased will alone
of the people decide. now, upon ou'
policies and our laws.
Giant JHngss Inc outRIoWtH - lesy
causes, chief Of which Is the generous
|over-induigence and apathetic 90
nothingness Of our citizens, have, from
small beginnings, and At first, BY segIt'
Innate means, arrived at Tint polp'
where they overshadow the peoples -
lterests, sap the citizens well being
land lake into their oWn diseased veinl
the life blood Of free people-if
money.
Our laws and our government threat
Ien now to become not the ex pressian 9
the free ndivldual cItIzen, but e be
come the mere handIwork oi = privileg
81 class, is the interest of thai clns1
mat their hoIdlngs of stock u tlaes
fungus COR Ions and trssts my y
enll lzneed III prix IIege prey os1 81
i peops 4 neceskities
And flae mel lcall T,snple nv asls'
"a u 81 the baiIok b0x enll M flle|
sotes. stamp u III " s1ses
ins aud dslivsrs q ~ 81 ) hien q =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-04
IRONTON MO. O.THURsDAY. QCIOBER e. l886.--=-=

starveling Mary! So, too. IN It he found. !.
not your pansy sibreafh Of June the
carol OF the lark, and the dews Of
nigl,tn that kiss the coming corn. but
the frosted shiyers of December the
bark of the wolf at his door, aud the
fetid damp of the night of despair!
Then you sang to him. nf the wealth
of summer and autumn's q rich content
that should twine The neck of your
bourbon chalice; hut your song clad
his summer in pauper life, and tWlned
his lie, fless autumn ton winter inns
prisonedu in darkness
But still the friend of your fascinat-
ing hatred drank on till, in the dark
rum-celIar aud the crawling saw-dusi.
he listened for your Harvest home, &
and caught the cry of the curse-your
linen and maitlens' in chilling BIAS
phemy of the Master. and hawking
loud their vpndable shame with becon1-
ing burst of unclean melody! Why,
sir! he drank till the heavenly laugh
ter of ..little children round bis knee
gurgled into restless moaning-dIed
into the dying child's whispered wall
for bread!
Drank? Yea, fast and deep he drank
yovr adroamy' potion off, till deep and
fast s.within lis blood'he .4felt, nnever
"star-led dawn,n but forever the set
ting of the sun of hope-a sinking,
sinking, toward the midnight without
morning; into the tarrying place o.
the drunken, the damnation that's
endless in its desolation!
There. declining enemy, you'll md
your friend. And the days of his ador'
alton before your deformed genius be
ing spent. he'll mutter courage e
whisper you: "False Ingersoll, II from
out thy old earthen vessel has crel
ane liquid joy to me. it is that here
| look upon its giqer eternally kenneiet
beside the offspring of his gift-tbJ J
soul weary, scorched, and quenchles,s
1messma te at the feast of thy betrayed
the host that worsniped thee and th'
sfeastl whence the skeleton shall nev
er depart!, Yruly not yours.
| JAMES CLEMET AMBROSE.
| Evanston, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-04
NJ. q. T. u. NOTES.
WHAT BECAME OF IT.

WHAT BECAME OF 1T.
aA The sequel to Col. In
Nz7fAaI gersol's rhapsody on 9 jug
MHEW1 of whiskey, which has
.:ss,.s s:ss s''ss s's.. .s' !: :'sss' 's's II If
this suggestive letter:
MY QUEER CoLoNEL:--lt ieakea q ou. ].
that YOU once sent jug OF whisky g 3
friend. labeled with this rna apsouy =
praise to his enemy:
II send you some OF the most WV. s !.
derful whisky THAT ever drove .ns aaI
skeleton from the feast, or palntsa y
landscapes In the brain Of man. = =
the luinled souls Of wheat and corn
In 1t you will find tire sunshine aho
the shadow that chased each other ov.
er the biliowy fields. the breafns g
June, the carol OF the lark the deWs g
night, the wealth of summer, anu Pr.
nmn'a rich content. I'll golden Wi1H
Imprisoned light. Drink III ana yo1
viii heer the Voice Of men and mnideni
singing the Harvest home mlngle.
with The laughter of children. Drlne
Fit, and you will feel with your bloof
the startled daw 10, the dreamy staWnJ
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-04

nos


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g tne rsAe g *Ao' 81 zss3 |g| >(|! =
citizens s AZ
4 the ratio psr ne.s. ~ " = q ~ u
ed g necolne 80 Il ss's a ssg h
g vi
were g renlst1 n W 2. 81 : e.
get aIon6 ~ o.as' 49, 4 81
Ing, - 3 peop'es tl'ous q. 81 Il |
Bnt have W. aaly =.
present, and 1aos.''s q sl 8 i
under our present Iass III NJ 3z RI 1 +
volume ol curr0ncy " ass ~ vi n
creased. thAt fhAt losl3ls y ~
not be increasesl. eslq s 81 i 'ss y
70 the increase on 10 ~. q
the decrease on ne otsaes y 81 ~ '5I
will not become naraef, g|.l s
ness outlook Worses S$
R IN less than two yemfls eAS L .E
Il, the treasury frous ns.g
kinds, as.increased &l1Q ~ i S|
reasonable 70 uppoee-- ~ ~ x.sZ h. N M
in fact. that, our exFs,atl II IN
upon an economic and hc'asst f. i .!|5
not great than now that - 3 ~ VI
roll by tnat surplus ttlas !s2s Y
suit of taxation. Wilt go on Nh NJ NJ i |ss
And will any man deny fllnt i =! !!!.!.! ~
itures being kept dow,s "a tn ( "a aE$ a|#z
basis, and, consequently ths y N
the difference between goyerS ~
Income aud governmertaI y
continuing 70 accumuIate aad ~ \ I!
crease, that III proposition 40 {l1<
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-07
THE VALUE OF A CHEERFUL
MINISTRY.

The minister of fiction is generally a
sour faced, sepulchral-voiced, strait
laced person, and is represented as the
deadly foe to laughter and innocent en-
joyment. 1t may he doubted whether
such monster ever existed outside of
the imagination of novelists, though it
is true that more austere view of life
and duty formerly prevailed among
ministers than is now common. A
solemn visage is not regarded as an in
dispensable outward sign of a pious
character. Public opinion does not
prescribe the minister whose face shows
that he covers a heart full of good
cheer, and who knows how on occasion
to make joke, and (what is rarer &C
complishment) to take one.
But while a gloomy and saturnine
countenance, and tone and manner of
speech suggestive of untold tragedy,
are no longer regarded as a part of
minister's outfit, as obligatory as
black coat and white tie, a good many
ministers are sad-faced and sad-voiced.
1t would be uncharitable to charge them
with affectation let it rather be as
sumed that they feel as they seem. But
why should not minister of Christ be
cheerful ? Why should not smiles come
to his face m ore naturally than frowns?
Why should not songs of rejoicing be
more spontaneous than wailing and
lamsntation ? Shall it be said in reply
that man who realizes what sin is,
cannot be expected to be caperlng and
grimacing? True, but is it not just as
true that man who knows what heav-
en- means, and is conscious Of personal
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-07

"kind of machine for grinding general
claws out of large collections of facts,
"but why this should have caused the
"atrophy of that part of the brain alone
ION which the higher tastes depend, I
cannot conceive" Nor was it an in
different matter to him. He said con-
corning it: 1.-THE loss of these tastes is
"a loss of happiness, and may possibly
"be injurious to the intellect, and more
probably to the moral character, by
embedding the emotional part of our
mature" Darwin was lovable man,
a good man; he controlled his temper,
sacrificed his preferences, was unaf-
fectedly simple, modest, unambitious,
without envy, without consciousness.
We were about to say he was eager to
find the truth, but that is too inclusive
word he was eager to find facts. To
the wide heaven of truth he was blind;
it was "the emmett at his foot' he saw
perfectly. Had he raised his eyes, and
seen the God in nature, as well as he
saw nature herself, his spiritual part
would not have been atrophied, and he
would not have had the riddle to solve.
He apparently did not solve it it is
hard to see how he could without the
key,-and the key he could not get be-
cause it had become impossible for him
even to entertain the thought of God.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-07
WHAT rs A SAVAGEP

No one would call the ancient Brah-
Minis savages, and yet writing was un-
known to them before the third century
B. G. Homer, quite apart from his
blindness, was certainly unacquainted
with writing for literary purposes. The
ancient inhabitants of Germany, as de-
scribed by Tacitus, were equally ignor-
ant of the art of writing as a vehicle of
literature; yet, for all that, we could
not say, with Gibbon, that with them
the nobler faculties of the mind had
lost their powers, the judgment had be-
come feeble, and the imagination Ian
guild. And as we find that the use of
letters is by no means an indispensable
element to true civilization, we should
arrive at the same conclusion in exam
lining almos every discovery which has
been pointed out as sine qua non Of civ
ilized life.
Every generation is apt to consider
the measure of comfort which it has
reached as indispensable to civilized
life, but very often, in small as we'll as
great things, what is called civilized to
day may be called barbarous tomorrow
Races who abstain from eating the
flesh Of animals are apt to look upon
carDivorOus people as savages; people
who abstain from Intoxicating drinks
naturally despise nation in which
drunkenness is prevalent.
What should we say if we entered a
town in which the streets were neither
paved nor lighted, and in which the
windows were without glass; where we
saw no carriages in any of the thorough
fares, and where, inside the houses, Ia
dies and gentlemen might be seen eat
ing without forks and wearing gar
ments that had never been washed
And yet even in Paris no street was
paved before 1885. In London Hol-
born was first paved in 1417, and Smith
field in 1914, while Berlin was without
paved streets far into the seventeenth
century. No houses had windows of
glass before the twelfth century, and as
late as the fourteenth anything might
be thrown out of window at Paris after
three times calling out care peau
Shirts were an invention of the Cru
sades, and the fine dresses which ladies
and gentlem an wore during the Middle
Ages were hardly ever washed, but only
refreshed from time to time with prec-
ious scents. In 1850 we are told that
there existed in Paris no m ore than
three carriages-one belonging to the
queen, the other to Diane de Poitiers,
and the third to Rene de Laval. In
England coaches ESQ called from the
Hungarian ossi) date from 1880, though
whirlicotes go back to the fourteenth
century. So far as we know, neither
Dante nor Beatrice used forks in eating,
and yet we should hardly class them as
savages.-MaT Muller, an the Nineteenth
Century.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-07
SHALL WE NOT BE REvIvEDP

We believe in revivals. All Uni
versalists do so believe. We do not be-
lieve in reviving the fears of humanity
by portrayal of the divine nature and
governm emit in terms so fearful and lu-
rid as to make that nature and govern
ment more unlovely and shocking than
any presented on the pages of human
history. We do not believe that any
person is helped by exciting his ner-
vous system to unhealthy action
through representations of his liability
to an endless hell beyond this life for
being a sinner who was placed in this
world without the ability to comply
with the conditions of escape from
the awful doom beyond. To paint God
thus; to state human contingency thus;
to say in connection that an angry Gre
ator accepted an innocent substitute
for mans guilt and punishment, and if
man fails to reach heaven the fault is
his own, is only to confuse the needy
one, who, if he is moved to do some
thing " to save his SOUL" is governed
by m otive as low and selfish as any
the gospel of the Saviour plainly con-
dennis. Wo do not need a revival of
such false ideas and fears and of such
selfish efforts. We do not need any
where the revival of an hysterical relig-
ion in any of its manifestations.
We do need a revival of the love
of God as Father who loves every
sinner, who sent his son to teach man
and lead him out of error and sin into
truth and righteousness; a revival of
faith in God, in the gospel, in heaven,
in the spirits endless life; revival of
love for man, and an interest in all that
makes for the progress of the world in
the divine way; a revival of sympathy
and goodwill among all classes, and of
a common effort to build up the king
dom Of heaven on earth. Shall we no
be thus truly revived?- Gospel Banner.