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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14
Purify Your Blood

Tits trus economy to buy Hoods sarzspaSslia foi
100 ID Ons Dollar" = original with and true
only % thi- popular medicine II you wish % provs
this buy bottle Of Hoods sarsaparlla and ussasurs
IT. contents You VIII hnd it % hold 100 tssspoon~
fuls Now read the directions. AMI you win INA that
the average aoss for prsons Of different Il less
than Arpoonfui. This is certainly conclusive
evidences Of the peculiar strength and economy Of
Hoods sarsaparilla
Hoods sarsasAria parlnsd my blooi rave ne
strength and overosn tbs headache and disslns~z.
go that nov am able 10 work again Irccommsnd
Hoos sareapsriia 20 oth-rs whose blood r. thin OF
impure. ana who feel worn out or down
LvrHER NAsoS. Lowell. Mas
Hoods Sarsaparllla.
soli by ALI druggist, 81 SIX Cor s. Prepared only
by Q. HoOD& co. Ap5the,ar.es. Lowell. Moss.
100 Doses one Dollar
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14
Cnfnrrh Cnrnh.

IL A clergyman, after years OF suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh. aud vhinly
trying every known remedy, at last found n
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
full disease sending self-addressed stamped
envelope TO Prof. j. A. Lawrence, 81 Warren
St.. N. y. VIII receive the recipe free Of charge.
IL afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye water. Druggists sell at 25c
per bottle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14
Chronic Cough. mud CoId..

Hnd all diseases o. the Throa' and Lungs, can
be cured by the use of Scotia EMuIsIoS as Il
contains the healing virtues Of Cod Liver oil
ana Hypophosphites in their fullest RIM. Il.
Dsauutul creamy Emulsion, palatable as
mix, easily digcstoi, and can betaken nv the
most delicate. Please rea 3: "lconsider SCOTS
Eilulsion the remedy par-oNcei lence In Tuber-
SuIous AMI Strunous Affcc ions, 10 Say moth
ing OF binary colds and throat tonbles ~
W. t. ,. CoNNELI- D., Name ester. o.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

when spring Approaches Il ic very important that
the blood should Be purihed AZ this season Inn
purities which have been sccurnuiAtins for mon ths
even years. liable 10 manifest alternatives and
seriously adect the health Hoods SsrsapariIia -
undoubtedly the best blood Puriner II erpsls every
faint drives out scrofuious humors. and gives 10
the blood the quality and tone essential 70 good
health
"Ror ave years Twas sick every sprgrg. but last
year began IN Februar, 20 iake Hoods sarsaparilla
] used i've bottles and have not . sick day
since" O. W ELoks Milton Ms-
" Ithiuk Hood's 5arsapariilA " lust ths mealene
for women. OF anyone who has bad blood" JIMMIE
y. SIXTH. East Broad Top. Pa
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists 81; FIX for sS Prepared only
by @. HOOD CO.. Apothscaries Lowell Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
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''Running'' the IIebes mt Annapolis

''Running'' che PIebes mt Annapolis.
81 Scene-A room in the hotel Half a
. dozen candidates discovered, busy over
their books. A loud knock on the door
is heard. Enter two very small cadets,
in blue uniforms bright with brass but
tons. Candidates all rise and anxiously
await developments. One of the cadets
says, loftily--"Good afternoon, young
gentlemenS
Candidates reply in chorus Good
afternoon.
SMALL Cadet (sternly to MarryasL
What's your name?
Marryat Enormously Brown. t
Small Cadet (severely)--Brown
what2 cs a
Marryat Cat guess) = Marryat
Brown. 1l
Small Cadet (scowling) Marryat
Brown what? et -
One of the candidates has evidently
been party to some previous inter
view, for he whispers something to
Marryat, who replies with more conf
dence-- Brown, sir.
Small Cadet - All that's much
better. And how do you spell it, Mr..
Brown?
Marryat- Brown, sir.
Small Cadet--Try it again, Mr..
Brown.
Marryat latter a second prompting
by the knowing candidate)-B, sir; +,
sir; o, sir; W, sir; N, sir; Brown, sir.
Small Cadet-You spell we'll. Ever
bone any math (In English Have YOU
ever studied mathematics p
Marryat (hesitating) Yesye-yes, sir.
Small cadet with lightning-Iike ra-
pidity)-- herring and half cost a
cent and a half, what1l half herring
cost2 Quick (AIarryat ponders.) "Oh,
you'll bilgeP (Which latter remark,
being translated, means that Marryat is
sure to fail at the examination and be
rejected.)
Thus the nonsense goes on. Other
candidates are called in and made to
cut droll capers. Reciting children's
rhymes, singing songs, playing circus.
initiating animals, and q hundred other
absurdities are gone through with.
The cadets never smile. They move
among tue Others like superior beings
demanding homage which is freely
given. The admiring candidates, abash-
cd at finding themselves SO green, long
for tho time when they too can sway.
ger and exact the doferential sir" and
fill their conversation with nautical
phrases. But even running is now
considered rs another form OF hazing.
and is fast taking its place among the
lost art4.--JOi1t III. Gibbons, T. s. NJ,
iD ~ his.hoIns
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

FoUR hunters fired simultaneously at
a rabbit that kept on running, and they
say all together: Il wonder who missed
that timer"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

To the EdltOr-Please inform your readers
that ] have positive remedy Tor tho above
named disease which ] warrant 10 cure the
worst cases. SO strong is my faith In It's vir.
tues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise TO any sufferer who will give
me his q. and Express address. Resp'y,
z III. q. ROOT, NJ. & {, iS3 Pearl ST.. New York.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

! For many centuries there has bean q tradi-
lion of a long lost Island called Atlanta
The Greek geographers located &c IN the
II Africa and the Pillars OF Hercules me
'ea-kings OF Atlantis are said 20 have In
gaded Europe and Africa. and TO have been
defeated by the AthenianS
AN the legends agree that 10 was . vast
Stand, OF insxhaustible resources. and IN
asbited by a race Of superior people. For
ages this island has existed only In legendary
ore. But now, when the Light Of modern
fesearch Is turned full upon the invsstiga-
ion, behold the lost Atlantis at our very
loors. 49,.
SO the bigoted medical fraternity eo>a
cropping about IN the dark, seeking for an
Atlantis OF Esculapius, when II they would
Investigate, they would behold tho lost At
ants at their very door. With thsir ancisnt
ext book. case OF physic, paper Ia their
waistcoat giving them license 20 practics, ex-
pertinent and dose with their injurious drugs,
,auterize and perform Unnecessary acts with
40 person or laws to hold them accountable,
they continue their bigoted, unjustihed prac-
ice, staring into vacancy, and imagining
hat they see In themselves an Esculapius
wrapped in ancient bigotry, they are cry.
ing out against all improvements that have
been made in medical science They de-
nounce any new idea advanced by layman
or an opposition school as fraud.
Whyl Er f. on nn
Because humanity will not be beneftedl
Not at all, but because their spocialism did
not make the discovery.
Yet they concede that there 10 no remedy
known to their materia medice that win cure
an advanced kidney malady and the diseases
arising observation-disclosures many OF them
know from crownine proof that Warner
Safe Cure will-but unscrupulously treat
symptoms and call them a disease, when in
reality they know they are but symptoms.
few OF the more honest physicians ad-
NIT that Warmers Safe Cure Is n valuable
remedy, and a great blessing TO mankind, but
say, in SO many words, when asked why they
do not prescribe IL, that they cannot, accord
ing to their code.
Nevertheless, the world Is fast becoming
satisfied that the cure for kidney and liver
diseases, in whatever form or condition, has
been discovered and there Is no doubt but
what Warmers Safe euro and its fame win
live long after such bigotry as We have in
stanced is dead and buried fa
The late eminent physician and writer, Dr.
j. q. Holland, published In ScrfbneT's
Monthly, and showed his opinion of such big
otry, and no doubt was satisfied that Atlantis
might possibly be discovered In q proprfe-
tary medicine, when he wrote editorially, as
follows:
Nevertheless, it is a fact that many of the
best proprietary medicines OF the day were
moro successful than many OF tho physicians
and most of them, it should be remembered
were trst discovered or used in actual medi-
cal practice. When, however, any shrewd
person, knowing their virtue, and foresesing
their popularity. secures and advertises
them, then, in tho opinion of the bigotad. all
virtue vent ont OF them"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

BECAUSE man sleeps well, it is no
sign that he has an easy conscience. He
may have got tired out committing sin.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

The grandmother Of tho Queen Of Ma
dagnscar Is dead She was nearly 100
yeats old.
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I,ne MLnernl IndnstrIes I'm ISIS.

The year 1888 was n very eventful
as well as very prosperous one to the
mineral industries. The value of the
mineral products, which in 1887
amounted to the enormous total OF
1912, 264, 225, was still further increased
in nearly every item in 1888, when il
undoubtedly exceeded $3.50, 600, 900. or
more than the aggregate value of the
mineral products of all the European
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-14

PRODUCTION. t
Coal, anthracite tons OF 2,2i)
POUNDS. ...s...... a0,0O0,OOO
Coal, bituminous tons OF 1910
poundsl .....-. ................ SO,OOO,OOO
Iron ore tons Of 2 go poundsj. ...... 100000
Pig iron gOns OF 2 80 poundsi ........ 100000
Steel rails tons OF 2,2lO pOundsl...... $4,000
Copper, pounds 1890, .......-.,.. 9c6,O0OOO0
Lead tons OF 2,OOi pOundsG......... $4,000
Zinc tons OF 400 poundsl ........... $1,000
Silver, troy oupces...........-....... 100000
Coming value, $40 per ouucol. 90. e5j,47OO 900
Gold, troy Ouncos. .4.... ......-..... I.G5OO00
Coming value, S20G7 per ounce. s3l105, 500
The item of greatest value Ia our
products is coal. OF this our output
has increased enormously; in anthra-
cite to about 10000, 600 gross tons, as
from full statistics; and in bituminous
TO about SQO0J,001 gross tons, as by
futures partly estimated.
OF pig iron there was produced about
G,O00,U 900 gross tons, as reported 10y the
American Iron and Steel Association.
Our average consumption OF iron orc
is abont two tons TO the ton Of pig
iron produced, and we imported about
100000 tons; We consequently pro-
dnced from our own mines IL 10000
tons OF ore -EugiHeerjpg and Min
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
BLVD

Arnold Chafee has been on the sick list for a
few days.
Curtis Tillotson who has been very sick at
F. A. Fletchers is in fair way to recover
Frank Chaffee from Canada, with his wife
has been visiting friends and relatives in
town.
1t cost Henry Adams handsome sum for
a little frolic, and disclosed upon Byron Locke
one day last week.
Oliver Potter has put in a single mill, and
will saw shingles and shave clients in the good
old fashioned way
J. c. Hodgkins is erecting a new tenement
house near his residence and has also set a
new shingle mill into his tub factory and will
soon be prepared to furnish the public with
any grade of shingles wanted.
John Pepan was called before Justice Ar
mold Chaffee last week and plead guilty to
purlOining a quantity of pork from j. G..
Hodgkins. Eighteen dollars and fifty-fv
cents was the price of the meat.
The G. A. R. Post meeting at the Junction
on Tuesday last was attended by full house
to hear the old experiences of the veterans,
and we are constrained to believe that Enos
Fletcher did have a sweet time once upon a
time. The several pieces spoken and read
were very appropriate for the occasion, and
several brought down the house. The recita-
ton of Kentucky Bill - was rendered in a
very pleasing manner by Miss Leach, she evil
IDENTIFY understood the piece. A delegation
from the Bakersfield G. A. R., headed by VIM.
A. NJ NaramOre was present, and COmrade
Naramore was listened to with attention, and
altogether it was pleasant affair.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
JEEEERSCNVILLE.

Mrs. Russin is quite i'll with cancer.
Will Osley and bride have been home
| the past week.
town over Sunday.
Carl Weston is home from New Hamp-
shire on vacation.
Mrs. Potter and j. o. French are visit
ing friends in Canada.
Winfield Scott has moved from A. G.
Fletcher's to the bakery.
Work is being pushed at the oar fac
tory now that snow has come.
Mr.. White has sold his place to John
Reynolds and is to leave soon.
Mrs. Jones, of johnson, has been STOP
ping with her mother for a few days.
The meetings conducted by Mr.. Par
sons are well attended AMI full of interest.
Carrie Blodgett and Hattie Bradley
have each finished their terms of school.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs. William Mellendy, of Nebraska.
George Lamplough went to Boston on
Tuesday, where he has work through
the season.
A. B. Sinclair and Frank Curry have
taken the job of filling the ice house, and
are waiting anxiously for cold weather.
Miss Carrie Carroll has received anoth-
er new line of cards, including all the
latest styles, with prices to suit all. Or
ders by mail promptly attended to.
The following officers were elected at
the last regular meeting of Phoenix
Lodge: A. A. Patten, C. T.; Lottie Page,
V. T.; r. 3. Thomas, Chap; Mrs. Lease.
F. s.; I'll. N Melendy, Treas; Carrie
Carroll, Sec; G. d. Lease, NJ; Bert
Hawley. c.; Willie Holmes, Sentinel;
j. NJ. Wilcox. p. c. T.; Mrs. j. NJ. Will
cox, Supt. of Juvenile Temple. The next
county union meets with this lodge Feb.
IA, with public meeting i'll the evening,
to which all are cordially invited.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
CAM BRIDGE.

Master Hilton Brush has been on the
sick list.
Mrs. Clarence Horner has been quite
i'll recently.
Henry Hatch, of East Fairfield. spent
Sunday in town.
Miss Hattie Puffer was in town for a
few days recently.
Miss Dora ShnehOur is recovering
from a threatened attack of consumption
of the lungs.
Lincoln Cook left town Saturday, his
leave of absence having nearly expired.
He will resume work at West Lebanon.
n. III.
Many from this place have attended
the extra meetings at Jacksonville the
past week. S. NJ. Stafford has furnished
free conveyance tor a large number.
The funeral of Miss Ellen Frost oc-
Cured Monday at the home of her uncle,
Jehu Weston, the arrangements having
been delayed until her mother could ar
rive.
The young peoples literary society
met at w. II. Parker's last Saturday eve
ming and concluded the reading of Long
fellows "Evangeline. The next meet
ing was appointed at the home of Miss
Kate Brush.
An informal reception was given Fri
day evening by Miss Marian Scott in
honor of her guests, Prof. M. S. Stone.
principal of the Peoples Academy, and
preceptress, Miss Chase. The evening
passed pleasantly in social conversation
and the guessing of charades and conun.
drums. No less than six former pupils
of the school were present. About 10 80
p. m. (sweets to the swee) the guests
were ushered into the dining room where
they ''waxed eloquent" over the refresh
ments provided.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
HAEDWIC K.

Geo. Kent was in town over Sunday.
d. w. Aiken & Son are soon to move
into their new store.
The G. A. r. Post are papering. paint
ing and retitting their hall.
Eldred & Co. take possession of the
Maple Park House Feb. LIST.
A good many think the liqnor law
should be enforced impartially and that
one man drunk is no better than another.
Elias Boardman has been on the sick
list, Leon Benjamin has not been out yet
and Gary Houston is confined to the
house.
Quarterly meeting services were held
at the NJ. E. church last Sunday. The
ordinance of badtism was administered
to seven. The Presiding Elder was pres
ent.
A representative of the NEWS & CITI-
ZEN will be at Shattuck's store Thursday,
Feb. z, from 2.30 to 4 80 p. NJ. for the
purpose of receiving subscriptions and
transacting other business concerning
the newspaper.
The Good Templars' masquerade par
ty was complete success and the atten-
dance large. The DISCUSSES and costumes
were much better than many expected,
as there was delay in the arrival of the
masks. The ladies' costumes were very
pretty and most of them were complete
ly disguised, particularly some of the
young men in ladies' costumes. Among
the gents costumes represented was
Gen. Grant, Judge Poland, couple of
patriarchs, some Indians and His Satan
ic Majesty, who appeared in some late in
the evening who did not represent that
character. 1t was particularly disgust
ing to the whole company that some one
should get the worse for imbibing tangle
foot, which they evidently brought for
that purpose and caused considerable dis
turbance. Aside from this it was a
pleasant time that all enjoyed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
JOHN SON.

Mrs. Law. of Cambridge, is stopping
| with her daughter, Mrs. Helen Story.
Several couples from here attended the
musicians ball at Hyde Park last week.
f. d. Eldred and family have moved
to Hardwick, where they will have the
charge of a hotel.
Edward Fay and wife, of st. Adams,
have moved here and will live with their
father, Joseph Fay.
Charles Thomas is to move into the adj
ditiOn just completed to the building
owned by Mrs. Hunt.
Harvey McLenathan was called home
from Boston by his mothers sickness,
arriving Friday noon.
The remains of the infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Fletcher, of East Fair
field, were brought here for burial last
Saturday.
Some of our town-speople are prepar-
ing an entertainment for the benefit of
the piano fund 1t will represent
''deestrik skule of We olden time"
The ladies of the Baptist society hold
their annual meeting and sociable next
Friday afternoon and evening at the resi-
dence of I'll. III. Collins, to which all are
invited.
1dfEleG y. MCF afldlu nDlSneS DeT
course of study at Oswego, n. Y, Nor
NAL School this week and goes directly
to Gloversville. n. Y, where she has
situation as teacher in a primary grade
using kindergarten methods.
Mrs. William McLenathan, who has
been very sick the past week with pneu-
monia. died Saturday evening. Her fun
eral was attended on Tuesday. Mrs.
McLenathan was a person who will be
greatly missed, and her husband, chill
dren and aged father and mother have
the sympathy of the community in their
affliction.
Mrs. Sally Cleveland died last Thurs
day, after a long illness, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. F. A. Leland. SER
vice of prayer and song was held at the
house Saturday morning and the re-
mains taken to Hyde Park for burial.
Presiding Elder Culver, assisted by Rev.
funeral services at Hyde Park.
Miss Lavinia Chamberlain, daughter of
the late DIR. Chamberlain, died at the
Fletcher hospital in Burlington Friday,
where she had been for several weeks for
treatment. The funeral was attended by
Rev. A. A. Smith Sunday afternoon at
the Congregational church. Miss Cham
berlain's bright and winning ways, to-
gether with her active unselfish life, en-
deared her to large circle of friends
who will feel Il deep sympathy for the
bereaved sisters, Mrs. Clement and Miss
Jennie Chamberlain.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
MONTGOMERY.

The recent oyster supper at the NJ. E.
church for the benefit of the pastor Melted
some S34.
Rev. G. II. Wright and family recently
visited his father at johnson, returning
Saturday.
Silas Fletcher recently buried his little
daughter and his oldest son is very sick
with consumption.
Our village school seems not quite sat
isfactOry and several have taken their
children out of school.
A terrible accident occurred at Smith
&c Robbins shop last Thursday. They
were putting up an iron chimney about
20 inches in diameter, raising it by means
of a steam lifter, when suddenly the
chain broke. letting it fall about three
feet perpendicularly, striking E. II.
Smith, who was at the moment directly
beneath the pipe resting on one knee
saving off scantling. He was doubled
up and drove into the pine, with the ex-
ceptiOn of his head and one foot, and had
it not been for a hole in the floor hi:
head would have been severed from his
body. The doctors found it necessary tC
amputate one leg and the other is badly
fractured. 1t is thought that he cannot
live, and that he escaped instant deatt
seems a miracle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31

The February Magazine of american His
tory again anticipates the popular desire and
comes III honor of Washingtons birthday as
Washington Number" Those who are
searching for data concerning Washington's
presidential career in New York City will
warmly welcome Mrs. Lambs leading article,
washington as President, 17S9-179O." a
companion piece to her famous 'Inaugura-
ton in 1889" published in December. These
two able articles represent authoritatively
from all sides the position in which Washing
ton stood at the beginning of our govern
ment, and give i'll popular and pleasing style
the exact information the public wishes to
obtain. The illustrations of the current
number act as side lights of immense value
The Tontispiece represents group, Washing
ton, his wife, and their two grandchildren, at
the age as they appeared in 1888. The SEN
satlonal feature of the issue, however is the
De Wires portrait of Washington, discovered
IN Holland the past summer by the Holland
Society of New York, while on its remarkable
pilgrimage there. Excellent articles are;
''The Mound Builders and North American
Indians, whence came they?" an elaborate
study by Jacob Harris Patton Phi D., and
Slavery in New York and Massachusetts,, y
by John Carrick, of Chatham, Ont 1t is a
unique, charming and valuable number Sub
scription price So a year. 743 Broadway
New York.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31

The friends of Mr.. George Clark
are to meet at his residence on the
Plains Wednesday afternoon and eve
ming, Feb. 6, to give him donation.
An invitation is extended to all also
to carry well filed basket.
Green Mountain Lodge of Good
Templars hold their quarterly election
of officers this Wednesday, evening.
AT the last meeting the closing ever
cises of the quarter under the compe-
tition system, were held. Ninety
thousand points were scored by the
two sides. The defeated division will
give the opposing forces ride to john
son next Monday evening.
The Stowe dramatic club will pre-
sent Riverside Farm, or Gladys Has
tings' Reward at the Town Hall,
Morrisville, on Friday evening next,
Feb. 1st. From the cast of charac-
tiers and what we learn otherwise, we
have no doubtit will prove an inter-
esting play and we bespeak for our
neighbors full house. Performance
begins at $50. Admission 25 cents
children under twelve Is cents. See
posters.
The following from the Syracuse
(Kan.) Journal of Jan. will prove
interesting to many: Married, at the
home of the brides parents, near this
city. Monday evening, Dec. 81, Mr..
Fred w. Choate to Miss Blanche,
daughter daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Hughes. Rev. A. H. Parks,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, Of
fciated. Mr.. and Mrs. Choate are
young people well known in Syracure
society, and their nuptial were attend
ed by large company of our best cit
izens.