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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21
AN AIN GUN SPIKED.


About two months since the
ARGUS scored point against Is. ID.
Splker. Journal correspondent
from Bruceton, about the Old Val
ley Furnace becoming moss grown
aud defunct under he glorious
workings OF high protection. After
six weeks brain exhaustion and
burning of the midnight oil, Mr.
Spiker replies in last weeks Jour
nal. Either he Las been on long
and terrible strain or the journal
has hesltated long about publishing
such stuff. We wasted valuable
time reading the article over care
iuily to see IL there was anything in
IT,, and we say, without fear OF con-
tradiction, that we never read SO
much stuff with so little IN it before,
and we do not wonder at the Jour
nal hesitatIng so long about pub
fishing it. We only wonder that it
gave space at all to such idiocy.
There is not a single point, or bit
oil wit or wisdom in the whole ar
ticle, and a paper that gives space
TO such rawlings is either hard mp
Tor something to publish or poor
Judge of material. We have no
particular reply to make to Mr..
Spiker, because he makes no point
worthy of notice, but We suggest to
him that If he can't shoot with
anything but an air gun, he had
better Spiker and Quit.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21

Here is an item from last weeks
Genius Of Liberty, Of Uniontown,
Pennsylvania;
And Dunbar furnace is preparing
to start after lying idle for more
than year The Hon. William r.
Wilson is very able man and we
expected him TO get up q model
tariff bill, but we hardly expected
that It would cause great furnaces
ike this to show signs OF starting
so soon after it had been reported
10 Congress. We thought the ca
lamity howlers had decided that
they wouldn't let 'em start again.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21

The kingwOod correspondent Of
the Wheeling Register say 30 woBld
rather hold that place than be edi-
tor Of the Journal, aud il the latter
wants to know why, he can give
him some pointers about printers
Ink" that will make him bave that
''tired feeling" 90 bad be will never
get over it. Maybe the JoWrhd bad
better not monkey with the afore-
said correspondent.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21
8 8 8

The Presbyterian Sunday School
VII celebrate Christmas with exer.
cises in the church that night. An
old fashioned Windmill will be
erected and old Kris Kiugle will
be the miller and grind out pres.
eats,
ARcCs v. WEST.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21

The latest addition to The choir
at the NJ. T.. church. is Emory
Albright with his violin, and he
plays very we'll too, making q good
second to the organ.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-12-21
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Some News and Notes and Current
Comment.

" He'll ''--at the Presbyterian
Church next Sunday morning. Ev-
erybody should attend. This is the
subject Of Rev. Armstrong; SER
mon and some OF our people should
post up on the place. The Devil
aud his angel will be there, (the
ARGUS Devil and his girl). and the
services will be very interesting.
s S $
The entertainment in the Court
House last Friday night by Blind
Tommy DooiittIe was not very we'll
attended. We think the name kept
the crowd away, thinking that il
would bc Doolittle performance
and wouldn't pay to attend. Mr.
Doolittle is from near Halleck.
Monongalla county, and is o fine
musician, and although totally
blind, makes his own violins and
many other things that seem won.
derfal for blind man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Electricity generated for heating or
for any other purpose must be produced
at the cost of the expenditure of some
other form of energy. such as the burn
ing of coal OF tho force of falling water.
AS the latter form of power is hardly
available for use in New York. it fol-
lows that if electric heating is to become
a commercial phase of life in that city.
current will be supplied to consumers
from central stations in which coal is
burned under the boilers. precisely SINH
lar to existing plants for the supply of
light and power. The conversion and
transmission of heat by this process is
not economical. and current from coal
burning stations in sufficient quantities
for heating could only be used by the
wealthy, to whom its convenience and
cleanliness would commend itself.
1t is apparent. however. that the coal
barons'' would have nearly as much to
say about the supply of fuel to such sta
tons as to individual consumers at pres
ent. although it is probable that the
mere cost of coal and labor would be
proportionately reduced by the use of
cheaper grades of fuel and by central
ization. Doubtless electric heating has
q great future. but at present it seems
to be principally available in localities
where water power a be utilized in
the prime movers.-Chicago Western
Electrician. -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
The Color Of the waistcoat.

Life learns from private sources that
when a gentleman goes to an entertain
ment to which he has received an en-
graved invitation he should wear white
waistcoat. If the invitation is written,
he simply wears the usual black waist
o a 1t is perhaps unnecessary to in
form our readers that the man who ig-
nores thu rule is no gentleman. Still
we hardly like to advise a hostess to
eject from her house every mar whose
waistcoat is not in perfect harmony with
his invitation.
It Is not to be expected. however. that
his welcome will be as warm as if his
w~aistcoat were what it ought to be.
Should he be. for instance. a distin-
guished author. a high church dignitary
or an eminent scientist, the hostess might
allow him to sit in the kitchen rather
than have him elected from the prem
ises.-Life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
A Novel worlds Fair Idea.

Is it worth while to offer a suggestion
for the next vast assembly in Chicago
that of May, for example? Is it worth
while to set the American people think
ing about the difference between what
appeals to the eye and what to the earl
If it be, let the value Of the pageant be
considered. Let us imagine a vast room.
or a great space in the open air, with q
dias, on which the colors should be eff
fective and harmonious. Let there be
standards and floral decorations in album
dance, arranged by some artistic hand.
When the few chief ~dignitaries have
been received, let other representative
people be brought forward in groups
bearing emblems or symbols which indi-
| cate their claims to consideration. Let
delegations of the various professions
snd arts, in their appropriate robes, uni
forms or traditional dresses, be intro
| duced.
Let the workmen in every craft-the
workers in wood, iron, brick, stone, the
architects, sculptors. painters. decora-
tors, manufacturers. engineers, carriers
all who have been concerned in max
ing the exposition Il success-send their
representatives to participate in the
opening ceremony. A simple act. the
bestowal of medals. wreaths, flags,
would give point to the assembly. A
sentence from the mouth of some high
| official. q collect and a doxology would
express all that language need say ON
Srch an nfeaeiru -profpzeor n g. Gill
man in Century.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
A OTOGRAPH GUN.

A snap Shot Will Portray the swiftest
Movements of Amy Living Thing.
Recent years have seen great Improve
ments in photography, and it is daily be-
coming more and more indispensable in
many fields Of science, art and industry.
The camera now does work that was
deemed impossible only a generation ago
and does it without exciting very much
conpent. People have become go accrs-
toned to the wonders of instantaneous
photography that nothing now seems to
surprise them. When, in 1872. Mr.. Muy-
bridge of California secured the first
pictures of a trotting horse in action.
showing the position of the animals feet
at every stage of his gait and upsetting
all the preconceived theories of artists
and horsemen. ordinary folks took some
little interest in and wildly applauded
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
IRIS w. Q.

daughter was still a little girl. There
Matilda met Mr.. Gresham. to whom she
was married when she was but 10 years
of age.
The giddy whirl of Washington soci-
ETY. will have less attraction for Mrs.
Gresham than for any other Of the cab
met ladies. She is no longer young, and
life with her has never been q holiday.
Her ideal has been the bee rather than
the butterfly. But she is a woman of
sterling seage, and being the wife of the
secretary Of state she will entertain in
the M which the memorable I'M
written laws of society prescribe. Mrs.
Gresham is really a charming hostess.
She is such a thoroughly domestic crea-
ture herself that she succeeds without
the slightest apparent effort in making
her guests feel perfectly at home.
Mrs. Gresham is below the average in
height, and her figure is as slender as
that of schoolgirl. She is not an OBJ
trusive conversational, but is exceed
ingly entertaining after she warns up to
the subject. Her hair is heavily tinged
with gray. and her physical appearance
would not seem to indicate that she is
able to stand a protracted season of
Washington balls, receptions, ETC.. but
her past experience has taught her how
to conserve her strength, and she has
done an amount of work in the way of
correspondence for her distinguished
husband that is almost incredible.
Mrs. Gresham believes that the social
success of the present administration is
beyond question. AS she very aptly ex-
presses it, with a young and charming
woman at the head of society and a num-
Der of young women whose husbands are
in the cabinet there is sure to be much
to do, and every one predicts an unusual
season of festivities"
Mrs. Gresham's two children, Otto,
aged 80, and Mrs. w. Fl. Andrews, have
always lived with their parents. This
fact of itself speaks volumes of Mrs.
Gresham's tact and the attractiveness OF
her home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

This is what Aldace F. Walker, chair
man of the joint committee of the Trunk
Line and Central Traffic associations.
says about railroad rates in The Railway
Age and Northwestern Railroader: The
fact is-and it is SO often overlooked that
it must be stated strongly-the ratemak-
ing power of a railway company is its
highest corporate function. 1t is a char
ter power. Its control rests ultimately
in the state. In acts of incorporation
this power is universally conferred upon
the boards of directors-the highest seat
of corporate authority. 1t should have
been treated with seriousness and as rep
~resenting the most important duty of the
several boards. But instead of this our
country has been treated to a carnival of
rates-rates-rates. Hundreds of thou
sands of tariffs have been filed in Wash
ington during the last five years. The
directors of every corporation have prac-
tically abdicated this most important
duty and have left it in the hands of sub
ordinates, who have patiently developed
a most ingenious confusion through
which they alone are competent to pick
their way
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Bradstreet's commercial report of the
18th inst. says: Exports OF wheat from
United States seaports, both coasts, in.
GLIDING -four as we'll as wheat, equal
2,894,OO0 bushels against 3,251,O0O bush
els corrected total) the week before, and
3,754,OO0 bushels in the like week a year
ago. Trade estimates OF the quantity of
wheat in farmers hands have ranged
FROM 100000 bushels to 100000
bushels. Bradstreet's estimate of March
8 was 100000 bushels. This points to
q reserve July next OF 100000 bushels,
against 100000 bushels last year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

4 Washington correspondent OF the
Minneapolis Journal thinks the South
Dakota democratic politicians not with
out considerable cheek from the manner
and numbers which they flock to Wash
ington to secure appointments to which
applicants from other states are entitled.
These Dakota politicians tried to deliver
the vote OF their state to Weaver and
now expect the first appointments under
Cleveland, with Kyle as an end man to
help them out. This is what he calls
cheek"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Rev. p. FL. Grant, Unitarian clergy.
man, is becoming the DR.. Parkhurst OF
Sioux Falls. Last Sabbath he preached
to adults only on the subject: "What are
our young folks reading?" and had pro-
cured samples of very salacious books to
exhibit to parents for their inspection.
These books were:bought off the coun-
ters in Sioux Falls, He outlined the
contents of these books, and purposes
making an effort to secure the indict-
ment Of these vendors of vile literature,
should they continue the sale OF such
publications in the future.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The wheels johnson, the noted cyclist,
expects to ride the coming season weigh
only eighteen and sixteen and a half
pounds, respectively. They are made ex-
pressly for him by the Stearns company.
johnson inaugurated quite a craze for
elliptic sprocket wheels by riding one
lost year, but he has now discarded them
and uses a round ~sprocket wheel with a
much lower gear than he used last year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The Wisconsin legislature is wrestling
with the problem OF forbidding consan-
guineous:smarriages, something Mime
sofa would do we'll to follow. South
Dakota, fortunately, stands on q high
plane In this respect. Speaking in favor
Of the bill, q Mr.. Gaynor, Of the Wiscon-
SIN legislature, said he had examined au-
thorities and made a summary which ID
practically the same IS that on page 5,
volume 4, Encyclopedias BRITANNICA. He
showed from this that children OF con.
sanguineous marriages, were defective
To loyer % per cent. This being true
the marriage Of cousins resulted in II
per cent. OF the children thereof bein,
deaf, 5 per cent. blind, and IL per cent
idiotic. He wrote to the head OF til,
Wisconsin school for deaf and foun'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Congress granted an issue of 10000
souvenir coins to the Board OF Lady
Managers of the worlds fair, and already
they have been offered $4,000 for them.
The coins are 25 cent pieces with a por-
trait Of the Spanish Queen Isabella on
one side. 1t is to be a marvel of artistic
minting art and is the first instance in
the history of American coins in which
the portrait is represented.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
Intense excitement was created at th

Intense excitement was created at the
funeral OF Mrs. Engle, Ii the Methodist
church at Aberdeen the other day, by
the father, Geo. s. Engle, and his brother
trying to abduct his little daughter who
had been allowed to sit with him during
the services. They grabbed the little
girl by the wrists and would have forced
her into a closed carriage In waiting at
the door had not the chief OF police stood
in the doorway and prevented their es-
cape. Legal possession OF the. child was
given by the court shortly before the
mothers death to her brother, hence the
attempt of the disreputable father to
steal the child.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

rapid lts motion. Tho gun is the inven-
ton of a Frenchman and is u breech-
loader.
The enterprising amateur may now 10
forth in quest of his game looking like n
sure enough sportsman, a gun ON lis
shoulder and u belt full of cartridges
about his waist-only the cartridges will
contain extra sensitive dry plates, which
though sure enough on snap shots, will
not prove deadly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

There is a chance that the country will
have some more souvenir coins. When
Mrs. Potter Palmer was before the SEN
ate subcommittee OF appropriations in
advocacy of the additional $685. 900 desir.
ed for the board of lady managers, she
suggested that $lo,0 0 of the sum be Civ.
en- in souvenir coins, and the suggestion
apparently met with the favor of the
committee. 1t il the intention to have
the coins of the value of % cents each,
making 10000 quarters. They win bear
upon one side the head of Queen Isabella
of Spain, on the other a picture of the
Women's building at the fair and viii be
known as the Isabella coin" The price
at which they viii be sold has been kept
discreetly secret. Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

ffty-six deaf children in twenty-six fam
lilies where the parents were related.
The total number of children being 126.
The intermarriage of cousins causes de-
fects-usually deafness, club feet or idi-
ocy. These statistics were shown and
the gentleman said he thought it time a
halt was called in the state OK Wisconsin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Sioux Falls Press, II: Not much has
been heard about the Sioux Falls and
Madison railroad of late, still the enter
prise is enjoying its healthy develop
ment, and its projectors assure the
Press that it will be one Of the valuable
additions to Queen City's enterprises OF
1893. Eastern parties Of plenty OF cap
ital are behind the undertaking.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Ex-Auditor Taylor. in reply to the
charges of the legislative committee that
he went outside the law and reasonable
prices when he had his biennial report
printed in his own Office at Alexandria,
meets the charge in strong terms and
shows that he neither went beyond the
law nor reasonable charges in dong Sc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

Look out for Hicks great storm on the
I'D. 1t will range from Huron and
Watertown on the north southwark and
be terrific in Missouri.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

THE new PREMiER,S WIFE.
Something of this Personal Characfe risti
csgFws yy.lt.r n GrnsI..r~

of Mrs. Walter g. Gresham.
Walter @. Gresham has been soldier,
lawyer. jud5e, postmaster general. secre.
tary of the treasury aiudge again, prom.
inent candidate FER the Republican pres.
idential nominations and is now the
Democratic secretly of state. The news
papers have for ma yyafrs devoted much
space to his sayings AMI doings, and yet
very little has been printed tshout the
sterling woman who has been his faith.
full helpineet since 1858, when she became
Mrs. Walter @. Gresham.
Mrs. Gresham was born in Louisville.
Her maiden name was Matilda McGrain.
Her father was a merchant, who moved
TO a small town in Indiana while his
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
Munster Dining Table.

The Union League club has the iarg-
est dining table in New York. 1t has a
tor surface of about $50 square feet and
is nearly 20 feet long by 154 feet broad.
1t viii accommodate 35 persons comfort
ably.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The state convention OF all prohibition
forces. called to meet at Huron on the
18th, has been postponed, but the future
date is not announced.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
sieirhs aas; Girls and sSs.

Sleighs and Girls and SIS.
Two young men met on Woodward
avenue the other afternoon.
"Been sleighing YETI inquired one.
mo" was the brief reply.
why mott"
''Oh, because"
Because what: Because you can't
get a girl, that's why" nagged the first
one.
The other looked at him with profound
pity.
"Girls nothing!" no said. why, my
dear boy, IL | could raise 81 to put in a
sleigh for every dozen girls ! could raise
for the same purpose, | could go sleigh
ing three times a day from now until the
Fourth of july" and with that he passed
on.-Detroit Free Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14
TEpMs OF SUBSCRIPTION,
re ADVERTISERS.
N. SOUTH DAKOTA.

TAG DAILY LEADER makes a special feature o.
I'm rnishiny Information concerning toe AdVah,
tages and resources of the city OF maa.son ano
the state at large, emitting IL to the patronage
or 4avcrtiser- of every ciass.
J.. r. STAHL.~ Proprietor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

The consul of the Argentine Republic
at Bangor, Me-. was called upon recent
ly for the first time IN 20 years to afaz
his seal and signature to o document.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-14

In France it seems there has lately
sprung up q desire to make horses last
longer than they do at present. In spite
of the horse eating proclivities Of the
Parisiana
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
Hog-Growers and Pork-Eaters.

The price Of hogs depends in the main
on the ratio between production and con-
sumption or between the hog-growers
and pork-eaters. Financial stringency
crop failures and speculation may modify
this rule for time. but in the long run
the supply produced by the hog-growers
and the demand created by the pork
eaters, fixes the price. The future price
Of hogs, says the Homestead, depends
to a great extent upon the future ratio
between the two classes. The number
Of hog-growers depends largely upon the
number Of corn-growers, and in the in
crease of the by-products of the dairy
the distillery or other establishments
which consume grain for other purposes
1t is somewhat notable fact that the
number of corn-growers, or to state il
more accurately, the acres of corn grown
are gradually decreasing, and that too
by the operation of a fixed law With
the exception of the states of Kansas and
Nebraska, there has been no increase
worth mentioning in the acreage of corn
for some years. On the other hand
there has been a steady decrease in such
states, as Illinois and Iowa, among the
greatest corn-growing states in the union
or in the world. The diversification of
agriculture, which always accompanies
AHfbIuNciHcnl III TneIHOQS.
necessarily leads to a decrease in the
acreage of such crops as corn, which is
not fully compensated by the increase III
the yield per acre. We have frequently
furnished the statistics of these two
states as showing the workings of this
law. Kansas and Nebraska will. in a
short time, come under the operations of
the same law, and inasmuch as the west
ern limit of the corn fields has been
reached by immigration, and the north
ern limit determined by temperature, it
may be safely stated that the acreage of
corn in the United States has already
reached, If not passed, its limit. While
there will, with improved methods of
culture, be an increase in the yield per
acre, yet we doubt if for many years
this will equal the decrease in the num-
Der of acres. 1t follows, therefore, that
the number of hog-growers must to a
certain extent, be determined by the
number Of corn-growers.