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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10

Pooh OLD MAN THE wheezy,
broken backed press owned by our
esteemed cotemporaty fell to pieces
the other day as he was getting
ready to work his outside form, and
as soon as we heard of the accident
we rendered him the use of ours.
lie gratefully accepted, but, alas
no act OF kindness or generosity can
change the leopard's spotsl His
circulation, while given at 1850, is
in reali y only $50. He hadn't the
manhood about him to bring along
his $50 sheets of white paper and
depend on our honor, but he hires
n cart and drives mp with two whole
bundles, and then pretends he has
run short Two men arc kept
hard at work oil day, and hundreds
OF sheets Of paper we're recklessly
wasted, that the old hypocrite and
fdl5ifier might flattor himself that
we were deceived. We don't like
such men. We can't believe they
arc an ornament to a growing west
ern town.
No BooM.-We understand that
several real estate firms in this town
have combined to get up boom
and make things jump. In fact,
they offered rs a balf-pago ad. for
this week, but we didn't take. As
an individual We might cheat n man
from Omaha at poker, but as an
editor we can't be hired to help
swindle our subscribers. IN order
to Offset the Vaccinations Of this
syndicate we wish to say
We have got tho fag end OF one
railroad here and neither want nor
will ever be able 10 get anything
more.
Society is not cultivated. Such
a thing as toothbrush or volume
Of poems found on q man here
would hang him.
The land around the town is so
poor that it takes nine feet Of #
over a dead mule 10 ho'd the carcass
( down.
Itisnot a sanitorium Tor iavalids.
II The climate didn't Kill 'om, our
doctors would.
This is about al, but enough 10
| put our subscribers on their guard
and to clear our conscience II our
advice is not taken. Now, gcntle.
men of The combination, 90 ahead
with your boomlcl
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Western Journalism Has It's Petty
Annoyances.
New York World.

WE DID IT.-Bill Burbanks, the
mule-whacker on the other side of
the creek, is trying to make great
mystery Of the fact that he got a
dose Of birdshot in this town the
other evening. lie says that some
one certainly attempted to assassi-
nate him as he was riding along
Cheyenne street ut midnight, and
he thinks Of offering q reward of
5000 for the arrest of the wretch.
William is simply playing the
public, but he can't play us. We
had just stretched out on our cot
Thursday night, and the hour was
about twelve, when Bill came along
on his old dromedary. We heard
him cussing when he was yet long
way off. When he reached the
Office he dismounted and hunted up
a club, and was about to smash in
window when we peppered him
with handful of fine shot kept on
hand for such emergencies. We
hardly believed any of them would
get through the buckskin and dirt,
but it seems they did, and he had
to have doctor pick them out.
The best thing Bill can do is to
keep shet. He attempted smart
trick and got left, and there isn't a
man this side of Tombstone who
would have cared if all the shot had
gone clean through him and his
dromedary, too.
CALL Him OFF. IF the so called
Major Skinner, who has loafed
around this town for the last six
months, has any friends who have
his welfare at heart, they will call
him off the perch. 1t seems the
major has been laying his pipes for
Office, and that our article Of two
weeks ago, asking him where he
stole his last COW, has somewhat
clouded his prospects. lie now
threatens to shoot us on sight, and
was seen at the post-ofiice yesterday
with big revolver belonging to
Luke IIiggIng.
Weregret these hitl annoyances,
but if they must be met we are not
the men TO shrink from the task.
Tomorrow afternoon. after our first
form goes to press and we work Off
200 auction bills we shall strap on
our gun and take walk. If Major
Skinner has departed from Tucson,
he may live to be a hundred years
old if he hasn't he will make No.
10 in our private graveyard. This
is official, and comes right from
headquarters.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10
Worlds Fair Visitors Will
Not Miss l..

The EXHIBIT which the South
American republic Of Colombia will
make at the Worlds Fair will be q
very notable and interesting one.
A communication received at Ex-
position headquarters describes its
character in part as follows
COLOMBIA s Worlds Fair build
ing will be modelled after her ma
tional capitol at Bogota. The ex
terror will be in imitation of sand
stone, of which it is built, while
the interior will be partioned and
ccilinged Throughout with the prec-
lous hardwoods of the country,
comprising more than a hundred
varieties, both rough and polished;
an exhibition in wood alone, par
allel to which has never been pre-
sented by any other country in the
world, The interior will be filled
with the products of the country
coffee, cocoa, rubber, ivory, nuts,
wax, gums, fibers, etc.-whilo the
mineral exhibit will doubtless be
the richest ever shown in the United
States.
"Withln the building Indian wo-
men will be seen weaving the much
appreciated Panama hat from the
fiber prepared on the spot, all hand
work, yet strip ping and weaving
the fiber in threads as fine as linen.
An 'Alpargarteria' (manufactory of
hemp sandals) will be seen in full
operation, while the 'petate' Ga fine
palm fiber mat) will be turned out
by the native hand loom manipula-
ted by skillful workmen Of the
country. Hammock makers will
braid the beautiful grasses of Col
ombia into artistic work, all of
which can not fail to find apprecia-
tive purchasers, thus leading to a
commerce in these useful and val
uable articles. These latter ex-
hibits will be made by private par
ties but will have place within the
Colombian building, because they
present an interesting and impor-
tant feature of her industries so ex-
clusively Colombian that her ex-
hibit would not be complete with
ont them.
"Other exhibits by private parties
will be made, the principal of which
and probably the most valuable and
interesting will be the recently dis
covered antiquities in solid gold,
weighing an aggregate of forty-eight
pounds, consisting of hemlets,
idols, birds, animals, ornaments,
ETC., valued at more than $50, 600.
These objects are all curiously and
Gelieately hand wrought, the wor
of people who lived ages ago, but
whose history is lost to the world.
These antiquities were discovered
buried in vaults or tombs deep in
the ground, supposed to have been
the burial place of a king or cac-
ique. This exhibit will be under
the direction of Lieu. Lemlcy, of
the United States army to whom
great credit is due for his successful
efforts in having diverted it to the
United States, where 1t is hoped
Ut may finl permanent place in
the national museum.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10
ARREST OF 8 PROMINENT BANK.
ER.
a Mysterious Prisoner Taken 10
uenfnnnriara.

a Mysterious Prisoner Taken 90
headquarters.
Great excitement was caused by
the report.of the arrest Of q leading
fiuanclsr. At headquarters it was
admitted that there had been an
arrest, but the detectives refused
to give any further information be-
yond saying that they had been
working on the case for weeks. and
were satisfied that the right party
had been captured. The amount
involved is said 10 DO over four mill
lion dollars. They further inform
ed Che reporter that the full par
ticulars Of this startling affair were
given in cold Sleuth. the Detec.
tive" issued to-day as No. 2 of The
Calumet Series. Any newsdealer
viii gladly show you a COPY
Hew York PaDers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10

Here is something We copy from
ah exchange that is worth trying /:
" If you wish to get rid Of the flies.
hang mp in room bunch OF
clover blossoms, and 10 a few DAYS
every fly will disappear. let the
clover remain in The room dry. A
hy cannot sand the scent Of the
blossoms.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10
Or. VI. SIM0NTOH.
DENTIST.

VIII continue 70 make his regular visits "a
Nowhurg. Rowiesburg. Function and KineWood
uonoiice of BE next visit 10 each place r,ii
appear IN this partf,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-09-10

We Have BY Far
The Best Outfit,
Most Complete Stock,
The Best Stand,
Do the Finest Work,
And the Cheapest Work
Of any Office in the county.
Give rs trial and be convinced.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26

THAT sight Was too much for Tom
He went o7er to her, lifted her from the
floor, and sat her upon his knee. And
then he said: My little girl, what is it@
l cannot stand this any longer; you
IL tell me what the matter Is
.'And she threw both arms about his
neck, and between her so6s she whls-
pered into his ear all her troubles; and
quick as a fash they were as loving as
they had been all summer; and the first
thing they did was to sing the long
metre ~doNology.'
.'What had been the matter, Aunt
Jane?" asked Abby, in an Interested
voice.
And Aunt Jane said: THAT is the
very s~trangest part of it; from that
dav TO this not II of the neighbors
could find out. Of course, there had
been some sort of a quarrel, but we
know they had made it up, for Joe
Hines was going up the hill, and he
stopped a minute to hear them sing,
and under the crack of the curtain he
saw them kneeling by the sofa, and
Tom had his arm around llet'S waist
and he was praying out aloud. And
lIet after told the neighborS that the
next day (that was New Iearday), was
the happieSt day OF her life"
How long ago vas this, Aunt Jane?"
inquired, And to my establishment
her reply was:
Lets see: Observation-Disclosures,
it must be nigh on TO sixty years, and
there's been no happier home in all the
country than theirs, How time does
Nv. 1t all turned out well in their
case but don't quarrel, my darlings;
Won mightn't come out as well, Sixty
years. How time does fly, to be sure,'
But auntie," l commenced, and
Abby gave my arm a jerk as she said:
Hush, Lila; she's gone to sleep, and
that's all she knows about it, any
way
We looked at her white hair that
Shone like silver in the sunlight, and
thought what a wonderful thing it was
to know stories that happened sirtg
years ago: and we wondered if our
faces would be all seams and Fuckers
if we should live to be as old as Aunt
Jane. And as we cropt softly out Of the
room we heard her murmuring, as in a
dream; sixty years; how time does fly
Isabel Olcott, in Christian at Work,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
AN ENGLISH PREJUDICE.
A Contempt for Books tina should "
nsplored by Every Engllshman'

coDtsmpt for Books that Should Do
Dsplored by Every Engllshman.
Almost the first thing which strike q
foreigner in talking to Englishmen'
even of the best class, is the scarcely,
yelled contempt with which they all
sneak of book learning. was aston
ished once to find that a gentleman
who had been mentioned with un,
feigned respect as "a good man al
round" was not of a high order u IN
tellirence. A fine rider, sportsman,
and cricketer, his accomplishments
were mainly physical. English school
bows, | am assured, think more OF oou,
ilv strength and nimblenesS, thar OF
study, and their heroes are not senior
ars, or thinkers, or artists, but athle'es,
And their boyish and extravagant CUT
of the body is universal in England
Almost every Englishman one meets
quotes with high approval the saying
which is ascribed to the duke OF "ei-
lington, that waterloo was won On the
PLAYING fields of Eton." Yet 1t is even
o scarcely doubtful that the water,
loos OF the future, at least, Will
be won by the head rather than by the
arms and legs, useful as these are Ana
what about the industrial battles Oh
our time? Some of the gravest short
comings of the English to-day can be
ascribed to the national contempt Tor
science, and learning, and art And as
science in our time is coming more ana
more to rule industry, their contempt for
it is already handicapping them IN the
race of life. A year or so ago MI
Goschen delivered a speech in when ne
exemplifed, in many ways, the neces-
sity of education in our industrial CIV
ilization. He drew attention to the fact
that German clerks were ousting Eng
lishmen from situations in the city sim
ply because they were better educated
The Germans knowledge OF two or
three languages gave him the superior
ity. Mr.. Goschen showed, too, that
English trade with the continent and,
indeed, with all foreigners, is suffering
because English commercial travellers
are generally ignorant of the language
of their customers. lie dwelt upon the
value of technical education and de-
plorcd the rarity of technical schools
in Great Britain. But in spite OF the
fact that the chancellor of the eXche-
quer spoke wisely and with authority,
his words appear to have remained
without effect. Review.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26

know what's the matter with Mollie.
She's walkin' about the yard barefoot
and Just a nightgown on and its freez-
ing hard. | spoke TO her, and She
never turned her head, but just kept
on"
Just as ! thought" pa said, jumping
up, ''the woman is a somnambulist a
sleep-walker. You must not make a
noise. or wake her suddenly
We came upon her at the bars, She
pulled out one as well as / could do,
and got through the hole, and then
moved swiftly toward the henhouse'
which was in the back lot We fol-
lowed there. and she was fumbling III
the moss and straw of an empty nest
She drew something out, and the moon
was as bright as day, so we could see
it was Il white bag.
'Her money, I'm sure" whispered
pa
She took the bag to another neSt'
and covered There carefully, and then
marched out of the henhouse, not see
ing us. though we Were almost touch
ing her. ,
She went straight to her room and
pa said we must leave the money in the
nest and we could tell her and let her
get it herself.
You ought to have seen her the next
morning when we took her to the hen
house and showed her her treasure.
She Rugged the bag and kissed it and
cried over it, as if it were a lost child;
and then she hollcrcd about her in
Justice to her darlint, Terry O'Brien,
and how she would send for him and
marry him hat very day.
But | am glad to say that "MiSther
O'Brien" didn't have the spending of
Mollic's earnings. He had been con
cerued in a burglary and the police
were after him, and that is the reason
he had left town in such a hurry.
He never came back and Molly still
lives with grandma Marie B. VIII
liams, in Youths Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
Breadstufts

1t is not n matter of surprise hat we
export to South America so small
an amount of IL surplus agricultural
products when it is remembered that
these countries OF South America are
but sparcely settled: that the greater
part of their people are themselves
agriculturists: that the conditions
necessary to make farming a profit
able industry are favorable, such as
fertile lands, a temperate climate and
abundant rainfall. Instead of being
importers of farm products they are
themselves exporters in competition
with our own farmers.
How, under these circumstances can
it be expected that RECIPROCITY with
South America will open up markets
for our "bushels of wheat and bar
rels of pork" If Mr.. Blaine has the
interests of our farmers at heart why
does he discourage at every point
trade with Europe, which takes
nearly eighty per cent, of our
total exports and a still greater
proportion of those strictly agricult-
ural? Why not make reciprocity treat
les with these countries and thus bene-
fit our farmers? Were our secretary of
state pressed for an answer, it would
be found that he is not looking for
markets for agricultural products at
all, but is doing his best to increase our
exports of manufactured goods. This,
to be sure, is we'll worth the attempt,
but why try to disguise it? Our man
ufacturers have already gained a foot
hold in these markets, and by this sys-
TEN of selling agricultural machinery
and implements at less prices for
export than for home use are
rapidly building up foreign agricult.
ure to compete in European mar
kets with us. How in view of
this should the farmers of the United
States regard an administrator
which has passed a tariff bill aimed at
discouraging trade with such countries
as import the greater part of u agri-
cultural products, and fostering by
reciprocity treaties a trade in
manufactures with countries which
do not now nor a ever be expected to
be great importers OF farm produce?
Is sudh a policy n which will open
up markets for bushels of wheat" and
barrels of pork"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
u PASSING YEAR.

BY the glimmer of green and golden,
The leap and the sparkle Of spray,
by the heart of the rose unioldcn
To the breath of the summer day,
BY the shout and song of the reapers
Binding the ripcued sheaf,
BY the bloom on the fragrant cluster,
BY the fail of the loosencd leaf,
by the feathery whirl Of the winter,
And the deep waves hollow sound,
BY the moan of the wind in the forest
When the night was gathering round,
By the sweet OF the honey OF lilies,
BY the fields all brown and sere-
Through the march of the changing seasons
We measured the passing year.
BY the brave things thought or spoken,
BY the true deeds simply done,
BY the moan things crushed and conquered
And the bloodless battles won!
by the days when the load was heavy
Yet the heart grew strong to bear
by the days when the heart was % aven,
Lacking the strength of prayer;
BY the hour that crept 10 .footed
And the hour that flew on wings,
The time When the harp was silent,
The time when we swept the strings;
BY the dearth, the dole aud the labor,
The f~ullness, reward and cheer
by the book Of the angels record,
We measured the passing year.
-Congregationalist,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
FREE TRADE IN MEN.
Glands or Immigration is the Keynot
of Hiph prptpctiou.

Glands or Immigration is the Keynote
of High Protection.
Eyes, men are on the free list. They
cost us not even freight, We promote
free trade in men, and it is the only
free trade I'm prepared to promote"
said Hon. William d. Kelley, of Penn
s~ylvania, the leader of the high pro-
tectionists in congress in 1872.
Ever since the contract labor law of
1864 was sandwiched in between the
internal revenue laws of 1862 and the
tariff of 1864 ''free trade in men" has
been the keynote for the high protec-
ZIONIST policy. This contract law went
so far in its promotion of "free trade in
men, as to provide that manufacturers
who imported their workmen should
have a first lien upon the workmen's
wages to reimburse them for their ex-
penses.
So persistently have the protection
lists advocated "free trade in men" that
to-day thousands of workmeu are en-
ployed in the coal mines and iron mills
of Pennsylvania whose names are not
put down upon the day books of the
manufacturers, but who are desig-
mated in the pay rolls by numbers
alone.
That the beneficiarics of high pro-
tectionism will see to it that this pol
icy of promoting free trade in labor
shall not be changed is shown by the
following statement made by Andrew
Carnegie just before embarking at
Liverpool for the United States.
Mr.. Carnegie, in reply to the question,
"What do you think, Mr.. Carnegie, of
the unchecked flood of undesirable i'm
migration into American" said: 81 say
don't touch immigration; let it flow
on. We are getting the cream
of Europe. | want to see America
great, really great. We need all the
population we can get. We have only
seventeen persons to the square mile,
and there are hundreds of millions of
acres Of land where the sod has never
been turned. say, hands off immi-
grafton"
When the Mckinley tariff was being
discussed its promoters demanded its
enactment on two grounds:
First-To provide work for the unem.
ployed in new industries; and
Second-To provide a home market
for our surplus farm products.
Nothing vas more prominent than
the protectionist assertion that the
labor market was con gested, and tina,
our farmers were suffering from over.
production. But now that the tariff
bill which they advocated has become
a law they are using every effort to
keep the labor market congested, and
at the same time to continue the over.
production of farm products. This
means low wages for workingmen and
low prices for farm products. At the
same time, the real benefciarics of th,
tariff, by the formation of trusts to reg,
ulate production and raise prices, vii
see to IT that they get all the bonus tn,
tariff allows. Free trade in labor. tn,
only thing the workman has to sell
and high duties upon everything tn,
workman has to buy, is the keynote o
high protectionism.
How long will 1t be before the farm.
ers and w%orkingmen will see through
this hypocrisy?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26

Years with her. When l say all of us
l mean pa and ma and Helen and Alice
and myself (Robert), the only boyin the
family, and l can tell you being the
only boy, with two older sisters order
ing you round, and nagging and max
ing fun of you, isn't a delightful posi-
ton.
Pa is grandma's only child, and that's
the reason there's SO few of us when
we come together at a family dinner,
To be sure we have other relatives,
but they live way up north, and
haven't seen half of them and couldn't
even tell you half their names,
Grandma lives on a farm about two
miles from the town of Shelton, and
though she's a very old lady she's as
spry and active as if she was young,
and manages the farm by herself just
as well as grandpa did when he was
living.
We live so far from Pine Grove
that's the name of the farm-that we
always get there a day or two before
New Years. must say for grandma
there isn't any stinting at her table, OF
winking and frowning at you not tc
take two helps of this or that, and
when she catches ma or the girls doing
it at me, she calls out:
For goodness sake, let Bob eat as
much as he wants to! Where's the
sense of stinting a boy of thirteen IN
his eating? like to see young people
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
EARLY ENGLISH POSTMASTERS
Some Interesting Royal Edicts in Regard
to the nnstnl Service.

'ottib II tt'i"' ''''
to the Postal Service.
BY name Brian luke, with an honor
able prefix of Sir, is described 1888 In
official records as "Magister Nunciorum
Cursorum, sive Posarum 80. both in
England and in other parts of the kings
dominions beyond the seas Long
subsequent to such appointment, so the
records of the time saith, details of
such service Of accommodation were
regulated by proclamation and orders
in council. In a curious collection of
such royal edicts preserved in the
library of the Society of Antiqaries is
one of Philip and Mary, to regulate the
supply of horses for conveyance of let
ters to Dover.
A little later 1856 is the date given)
the lords of the council gave orders
that the postes between this and the
Northe should cche of them keepe a
booke, and make entyre Of everie lettre
that he shall receive, the tyne of the
deliverie thereof unto his hands, with
the parties name that shall bring it
unto him.
In the earlier years of the reign of
Queen Bess much of the foreign postal
service to aud from England was con
trolled by the incorporated merchant
strangers"
After James First came to the throne,
the use of p%ost'horses came into vogue;
and early in the seventeenth century
appointment was made whereby the
first Lord Stanhope, and his son after
him, should hold the Office Of post
mastership of England, under the title
of "Master of Posts and Messengers
with a salary of one hundred marks
Ia little over three hundred dollars) a
year, with all avails and profits thereto
accruing .-Harpers Bazaar.