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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23


Not one person in ten perhaps
knows just what the 10 per cent
tax on State bank notes is, or when n
or how it was enacted.
II is commonly spoken of as a
war measure, and yet it was not
adopted until February, 1865, when
the war was obviously nearing it's
end, and did not go into effect
until August l, 1866, 10 months
after Lees surrender. 1t usually
regarded as an integral part OF the
national banking system, but in
fact it was not thought Of whom the
national banking law was enacted,
or for two years thereafter.
The original national bank act
was passed in February, 1868. 1t
was radically amended in June,
1854, but still without any discrim-
mating tax on State bank issues.
The bill imposing such tax was
first offered in February, 1865, and
defeated. On the same day it was
offered again in slightly different
form and passed by an accident.
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, bit.
terly opposed it in debate. but
voted for it for tho purpose OF NOV
ing reconsideration. Had he
voted against it the result would
have been ca yeas to 6s nays. AS
it was, it stood 6S years to O7 nays.
A motion was made to reconsider,
and Mr.. Washburne. of Illinois,
moved to lay that motion on the
table. The vote was tic. Tho
Speaker voted in affirmative and
tho measure stood.
In the Senate it was reported
adversely from the Committee on
Finance, but the report was over
ruled by majority of two votes.
Tho original purpose of the tax
was to encourage the establishment
OF national banks by giving them a
monopoly OF noteissuing, and thus
to increase the market for Govern
ment bonds. This it did in a very
slight degree. But that act served
another purpose. 1t extinguished
variable and uncertain currency
and gave us one, every dollar OF
which was as good as the credit OF
the United States could make It..
There is no longer any concern for
the bond market, but the country
is properly anxious not to return to
uncertainty as to any part OF its
currency. Nero York Bor1d.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23
DANGEROUS AND COSTLY FUN.
SIX Randolph CountJl citizens Tried
For Murder.

There WAS universal rejoicing nc
Beverly, Randolph county, on Sat-
nrday, over the acquittal Of six OF
the most prominent citizens OF that
section on "a charge of murder, trial
and acquittal in the criminal court
of Baltimore city. The gentlemen
who were thus placed in jeopardy
were j. l.. Wamslcy, the prosecute
ing attorney OF Randolph county,
Nelson Wilson, deputy Clerk Of tho
Circuit Court, S. A. Brown, cx-
deputy Clork, and the editor OF tho
Randolph Enterprise, Leslie Hard
ing, acting deputy clerk OF the
County Court, aud II. b. Coplingcr
and Il. d. Wamsloy, two prominent
farmers. All tho parties live at
Beverly, which is also tho terminus
OF the West Virginia Central Rail.
road. The men were specifically
charged with having murdered al
old man named Paul Raimhild.
lie was hurt on the night of March
9TH last, and dIod on March 25, ac
the home Of his son, Louis RAIN
hid. on south Fremont street, In
Baltimore. 1t was charged Al tho
time OF the occurrence that the
young men accused had arrived III
Baltimore from Washington in q
hilarious mood, having attended
tho inauguration OF Presidont
Cleveland. They went to the
boarding honse OF Mrs. Mary Bow
ers, where they were assigned to u
room. They were "skylarking"
for long while, and Raimhild,
who had an adjoining room, was
alleged to have been hurt by them,
receiving Injuries from which hs
died. 1t was never claimed that
there had been deliberate murder,
the sole contention OF the State
being that the men were guilty Of
manslaughter. None Of the dcfen.
dants wore ever arrested, aud they
voluntarily went to Baltimore for
the purpose of being tried. They
are a fine looking set Of feliows,
young and intelligent, and as soon
as they surrendered themselves
they we're bailed. The triaI did not
last long. All the evidence was
circumstantial, and no evidence
was produced to show that they had
at any time come in contact with
Raimhild, though there was eyi-
dencc, which was ruled as inadmis-
sable which would have tended to
show that in a statement made by
the old man before bis death no
said he had been hurt by the young
men at the boarding house on the
night Of March 9TH. The counsel
for the prisoners decided not to
offer any testimony for the defense,
az no ease had been made against
their clients. The case was sub.
mitted to tho jury without argu-
mont. They we're out but a short
while, when they returned a verdict
Of acquittal, and the West Virgin
ians were discharged from custody.
They reached their homes OH
Saturday, where they we're vel.
coined by general congratolatiou
and rejoicing IA the community.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

The great Columbian Exposition
was not, strictly speaking,a Worlds
Fair, in the sense that it should
have been. It ia true that there
were exhibits and exhibitors from
all parts Of the world, and there
should have been a good attendance
of visitors from ell over the world.
and it was expected that all nations
would come and see this great coun-
try Of ours and learn something Of
its achievements, but Ia this respect
the Fair was a failure, as Europe
only sent 1000 visitors ont Of an
attendance Of that many million.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

The Democrats carried virginia
by over 10000 at the late election,
but there is no more harmless
amusement in the world than vot-
ing the Republican ticket down
there.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

Owing to tho time OF tho Prcsi.
dent being taken up with his mes
sage to Congress aud that of tho
members of the Cabinet with their
annual reports, thcrc will probably
be very few appointments made
until after Congress meets.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

IL is now considered probable
that the new tariff dill will be com
plcted in about ten dlys. There is
q possibility, however, that It may
not be made public until after Con.
gress meets, as there is quite a
strong feeling among Democratic
members Of the House that it will
save time, not TO mention annoy-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

A good joke is told on Sam Jones
during his meeting in Kentucky,
recently. An old darkey stepped
up to the Rev Sam and said: "Bro.
Jones, God bless you You is tho
preacher for me / understand
every word You say. You breaches
just like aniggor. You has q white
skin, bat thank God, you has a
black heart"
AZ one Of the colorcd services, q
good colored preacher prayed the
opening prayer, and among ether
things, he prayed that the Lord
would bless brother Jones, and help
him to preach. and "oh Lord when
be stands before thee, wretch
uudone, havesmorcy upon him, and
take bis feet out Of the mirv clav
and place them on the rock where
mercy and hope can not reach
him. ".--kx.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Special Correspondence Of the Argus.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., J
November Is, 1893. {

Special corrcspcndc,cc of the Argus.
WASHINGTON, ID. O.,
November Is, 1893.
The fool killer ought to have been
in Washington this week. He might
have worked twcnty-four hours ev-
cry day without completing his Job.
Although there is no cable to Ha-
waii aud no possible way that any
news could have been received from
there since that which reached here
by telegraph from San Francisco on
Monday, aud that which came to
the State Department from Minis.
ter Willis has not been made public,
the town has been full ef stories
giving details OF what had or had
not been done there. They arc all
alike--mere guess work. and q ma.
jority of them are but STUPID
guesses. No one in Washington
knows to certainty whether tho
provisional government of Hawaii
has retired in favor of tho Queen
who was, last January, by the action
OF Minister Stevens in ordering n
forcc Of U. s. marines ashore, bull
dozod into abdicatlng in favor Of
said provisional government. al.
though those who have sccn the
communication of Minister Stevens
could doubtless make guess that
would be very near to the facts. A
good many of those who went of
half cooked, Us the saying goes,
when Secretary Gresham s report
recommending that the wrong done
by Minister Stevens should be
rlghted by the present administers
ton was made public are now sorry
they did not do moro thinking and
less talking. A man cannot be
good juror who would decide upon
his verdict rs soon as the testimony
OF one witness is heard. Only one
witness has been heard in this Tia.
waiian business vet. When all the
evidence which is in the possession
OF the administration shall have
been made public, as it all will be
in due time, no Democrat will have
any reason to blush for the verdict
OF the people, bat some Republl-
cans who have been prominent may
blush for shame, il they have not
forgotten how.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

The Tanmany Tiger got badly
tanned in the recent election in New
York. In fact, he got skinned
alive, but his fur will grow out
again all right.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23
SOLDIERS OF WEST VIRGINIA,

II you have claims against the
Government for PensIous or IN
crease. write to N. ". FrrzeERALD.
Washington, d. q. lie isa citizen
Of West Virginia, and has procured
Pensions tor thousands from this
State.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23
HOTEL CENTRAL.
GRAFTON, W. VA.

LOCATED NEAR An DEpors.
0bliging and polite porters.
Reasonable rates. Well lighted and
Free Sample Room.
4 we'll kept Bar Of fine Wines, lii
quors, &C., lately opened.
Fine whisky a speciality.
T.J. MoAVAY, Proprietor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

fowa omeiais.
uoYor--Juiins X. Monroe.
Rooordar-v -veiiz Rniott, yr.
oaanciimsn--T. AMI Martin, WIN. r. Manear.
Msrshai 9. Feather, VIII A. Thomas and J..
rewa ssrge1nt-c5arics W. Dorsey.
soclefsfs
k.fgnts Of pVthlas--f.odeo meets every Tuos-
oar oveniag at their hall over J. VI Bakers
Insenensent order Of odd Feilows Lodge
seats nvery SATURDAY ovoninE ~ their hall In
Bfshoo's Block at 500 O'Clock
ns7ts Pirst ard THIRD Monday evenings q
Zach n)nth. 81 the Odd Fellows Hall, over the
postouee.
The Independent order of Good Tompiars :
o. - nail. at 7:30 O'Clock.
xiox Phnip rrlbo 40. ~, Improvod order of
Fat Hs1 meets eyegg cys2,l,ng zen, ~
Blakerfs store.
Riaxwooi counon. No. 81. yanior order Uni
tst t1ssdo11 Mechanics Meets eyery We'd
isvvs sfali over the Postoaioe.
Pseston ta1ge, No. 81, a. y. and A. N.--Hocts =
n Il tbs gairhts of Pgtbias iisil over Bakers
Churches.
x. charoh rev ~ W. Rldsy Pastor
e.rvlna4. Pro- ttlfi0g evorY A1ndqy af i0y0 M.
$500 s1n4ay school AZ p. IN. Glass
Msaflfx1 =. ~ Yo41g folks MeetlnR at G30 p.
y. prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at
4.,.ir 1a4ro9 9sy. Z. D. stasxey Pastor.
'si ssp,cs, e, -'s,1,al ali Fsarta Sunday IN each
sss.ss sss2 4 firsi 2 aai n Tsiri saaia5s At 7.r n
p,shvtevi,n Church Key. ,. r. Armstrong
.ss, moeus<' overg "Wednesday evening.
ss4i,ay school e ePN
- 4 r,nynh4 rev n s. Smith pasfer
pFs. nine fourth sunday 10 eech nosItb.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

President Cleveland must feel
like asking himsolf sometimes
whether a man forfeits all the rights
he is supposed to have as citizen
when he becomes President. When
he does not advertise his intentions
IN the newspapers he ia accused OF
surrounding himself with mystery.
Because the newspapers were not
informed beforehand that the fami-
ly Of the President was 10 move this
week from their suburban residence
to the White House that simple
domestic event was heralded to the
country as q sudden and mysterious
change Of plans on the part Of tho
President, and lot Of fool reasons
given to account for It. After Sec
ing his family settled in the White
House the President committed the
heinous crime Of going TO New York
in company with Secretary Lamont
to attend tc some pressing private
business, without telling tho news.
paper men about it. AS soon as
they found he was gone they made
the wires hot with stories about his
having gone to New York for the
purpose Of having q dangerous snr-
gical operation performed, etc.
Now, could anything have been
more absurd How probable it
seems that a man having two com
Portable homes in Washington
whore he could have tho constant
attention Of loving wife would
prefer 20 90 to New York for sar.
gcon, II he bad need OF one, instead
Of having the surgeon como to him
at bis home President Cleveland
Is back at his desk and there is
nothing the matter with him, ex-
cept that he believes he has the
right to regulate his private AFFAIRS
to suit himself; but some people
seem to think that serious com.
plaiHt.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23
aisssll"Hs'as sarSs.

Practice in Preston and adjoin-
ing counties, in the Supreme Court
OF Appeals, aud Federal Courts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

Coxrts coayenc.
cS-o>lt coart--Iiroh e, September !, and
pessaabe-i
ysaaty csars-- First Monday January. April.
July and October.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

Jaifc-y.J yaexssn, Parkersburg. Wood Co
G.s. Distrist Att'y--C. c. watts. Charlcston
nnawhz coasty.
Asst. Dist. Attoraey-s Stuart II. Walker, Mar
fnsburg, Bork eloy county.
Y. y. Asrshai-S. s. vinson. Wayne county.
Chief De3uty-a. X. Garden, Ohio county.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-23

w. Enxlish President Hssoa county.
Holry 1rannon. Lc Wis Co.
usasr =. uoit, Grconbrier Co.
u. III, Dent, Taylor Co.
oel- Charles usdrick, crisr. Kanawha county.
9. ~. LsaS. CLERK, Kanawha Co.
T.6. Riley. Reporter. Ohio county.
Ccaysncs At CnkrIcston second Wednesday IN
IAasry; Waealing. hrst Wednesday In June
ehriesto "a. drst Wednesday In September.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
Artificial Quinine.

Among the great discoveries of the
year 1892 in medicine and science will
be recorded that of artificial quinine.
Scientists have long sought to manufac.
ture artificial quinine SO that th4 med.
ical profession need not depend upon
the supply Of the trees from which the
drug is obtained for their important
anti-fever medicine. Doctors Grimaux
and Arnaud, of Paris, have succeeded in
obtaining an artificial substance similar
to quinine in its effects, and the method
of making it is given as follows. The
base cuprein contained in the shrub
Remijla pedunculata found growing in
Brazil is treated with sodium, aud then
the combination thus obtained is treated
with chloride of mcthyl. The result OF
this combination is drug that is idcn-
tical with the substance which we know
as quinine. It has the same effect when
given in fevers, and it will answer the
same purpose as the natural product
when applied for other purposes than re-
ducing the temperature of patients. The
result of this discovery which has long
been anticipated will be the cheapening
of the drug, and the regulation of the
prices during all seasons. The dis
covery, however, will lead to more i'm.
portsnt results in the way of enablin 6
chemists to obtain analogous medicin es
of great value. Yankee Blade.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

The startling announcement is made
that the whole range of the Andes is
slowly sinking into the earth's crust. As
proof of this La Gazette Geographique
says that Quito was 1896 feet above the
level of the sea in the year 1745; in 1900
it was only 9570; in 1881, 1857, having
sunk twenty six feet in the fifty-five
years following 1745, and but three feet
during the thirty years which inter-
vened between 1900 and 1881. In 1868
the city's level had been reduced to
$500 feet above the level of the Pacific
Ocean. To sum up the total, we find
that Ecuador's capital has sunk seventy
six feet in 122 years. Antisana s Farm,
the highest inhabited spot on the Andes
(40o0 feet higher than Quito itself,
which is the highest real city on the
globe), is said by the same authority to
be 218 feet lower than it was in 1745.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
Spontaneous Combustion a Myth.

In medico-iegal works cases are
recorded, generally of somewhat an
cient date, in which it was supposed
that the body was either spontaneously
consumed by inward combustion, or ac-
quired such extra ordinary combustible
properties as to be consumed when
brought into contact with fire. In 1925,
at Rheims, the remains of woman
named Mlllet were found burned in her
kitchen. Nothing was left of the body,
except some parts Of the head, of the
legs, and of the vertebr@. Suspicion
was excited against the husband; but
learned experts reported the case one of
spontan eous combustion. In 1847 the
body of man, aged seventy-one, and
who was neither fat nor a drunkard, was
found in bed in state of combustion.
DIR. Mason, who was. commissioned to
investigate the case, reported that the
burning must have resulted from some
inherent cause in the erson-probably
reused into activity by q hot brick which
was found at his feet; and Orfila COIN
cided in this opinion. In 1S47 the
Countess OF Goerlitz was found burned
to death, and the valet, John Stauff,
was accused, but escaped on the hy-
pothesis of spontaneous combustion.
But afterwards, detected in attempting
to poison the Count, her body was ex-
humed, and being examined by Liebig
and Bischof it was proved that she was
murdered, and before his execution
Stauff confessed that he strangled and
then burned her. Liebig distinctly
shows that all such cases are unworthy
of credence. It may certainly be pre-
dicted that, so long as the circulation
continues, human body will not take
fire, even if limb be held in the fire un-
til it be charred. Spontaneous combus-
tion in living body may be regarded
as absolutely impossible. Yankee
Blade.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
The Yosemite Valley in Winter.

Snow storm follows snow storm.
Winter has spread his icy mantle over
the Yosemite. The mighty cliffs and
domes look down upon the valley as in
the summer months, but it is with for
bidding stateliness and with threatening
aspect. How changed the scene and
different the attractionsi The smiling
vale is no longer gay with gorgeous
bowers and bright with green meadow
lands; no longer is it resonant with the
hum of busy insects, the murmuring
lullabies of slumbering streams, and the
joyous songs of summer birds; zephyr no
longer whispers to the pine fronds as he
floats softly through the forest; and echo
no longer repeats the exclamations Of
glad visitors. The Mercsd rolls its
swollen current impetuously through the
valley, flooding many an acre of the
meadowland-for rain as well as snow,
has fallen; the woods are hoarse with
protesting against the ferceness of the
storm blasts; the snow-slide holds the
beholder in awe as it races with the
waterfall in its downward plunge, and
slabs of talus and unshapely chunks of
rock loosen their hold of their parent
cliff as water and weather do their work
and are washed with din and hes1long
speed down into the valley. It is true
that such terrifying storms do not occur
with frequency, but one such was wit
messed by Mr.. Hutchings and his family
during the winter of 1867, when they
were the only residents in the valley.
On that exceptional occasion the rain
poured down necessarily for ten suc'
cessive days; all the meadowland was
covered with surging flood; large
trees were swept over tie ridge of the
Upper Yosemite and shivered into frag-
ments on the granite rocks, and pines
and cedars were blown down and piled
in confusion upon each other by the
wind storm that followed the rain.-
Californian.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Pure sugar never sours or gets mouldy.
Electricity is now applied to the or
namention of glassware.
Laudanum has been used by physicians
since 1910, and morphine since 1903.
French physicians hold the bicycle is
responsible for the prevalent 'shollow
chest"
Professor Halstead's experiments dis
prove any danger of sterilizing the soil
by sponging with Bordeaux mixtures.
On account Of the varying distance Of
the. moon from the earth, she appears to
us somewhat smaller at certain times
than at others.
The electric street cars of Albany, N.
Y, are provided with an automatic de-
vice that shows the name of each street
just before it is reached.
Experiments in irrigating and with
the grasses and forage plants are special
features of the work of the Wyoming Ex-
pertinent Station, at Laramie.
The astronomers at the Paris Observa-
tory are already making preparations for
the observation of the expected total
eclipse of the sun in April next.
Professor L. F. Blake, of the Univer-
sity of Kansas, says that he considers
lightning rods for buildings in cities,
except high structures, altogether un-
necessary.
A Philadelphia boat builder is max
ing an eight cared aluminium racing
shell for Cornell and anot her for Har-
ward. Such boats weigh IL pounds. A
paper or cedar shell weig hs about 225
pounds.
AL the motions and sensations of the
various parts of the body are represented
in the surface of the brain as on nap.
Thus there is separate brain area neces-
sary for sight, another for hearing,
another for the motions of the fingers
and so on.
In one of the Comstock mines new
water wheel is to be placed which is to
run 1850 revolutions q minute, and have
speed at its periphery of 10, ,805 feet
per minute. A greater head of water
than has ever been applied to a wheel
will be used.
Expert photographers and others of a
curious mind and faculty for figuring on
things that seem impossible of solution
have concluded that the waters of the
oceans and seas of our globe hold not
less than 10000, ,0oO, 900, 900, 600 tons
Of salt in suspension.
Animprovement on the pneumatic tire
the air wheel--has jlst been invented
in England. It is constructed without
the usual rim or spokes, and consists OF
single rubber aud canvas chamber Of
compressed air. The centre is COM
pressed deeply by two metal disks,
through which the axle is passed.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

caprice stands at bay before pesecu-
ting world2 Can it be that the Goddess
of Whim has determined to defy all on
slaughts of reason or even of ssgood
style," and has perched in this form up
on thousand heads of blond or brown
or black, ruling above these brains
feminine in theatre or at concert or in
the sanctuary? The high hat has been
sufficiently attacked for its ubiquitous
ness at the theatre. It merely bIistles
higher, like an offended cats back. But
the high hat in church, particularly at a
Unitarian or Quaker meeting, is ter
rible barrier to devotional thought,
especially if one wishes to see the
preacher. A reverend psychologist.
who goes one deeper into things than
our lay province permits, says that it
may well be questioned whether or not
the high hats worn by too many New
England women have had subtle COM
pelling influence in drawing men into
Episcopal churches, since there, at least,
these hats may not constantly tower,
Haunting defiance to man, but must bow
down good part Of the time.- New
York Commercial Advertiser.