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The advocate., 1894-12-05


through the ADVOCATE (the editor per.
mitting) TO show the too confident de-
voices Of the dogma that the argument
is not all on one sids-indsed, that there
are considerations sbundsntly justify
ing the action OF the people OF Kansas
as exempted at the late election. For
Rs President Lincoln was in the habit OF
answering his cabinet when it had come
to conclusion on some far.fetChed and
Abstruse proposition which they had
argued themselves into: "Well, gentle
men, you argue the question ably, and,
perhaps, unanswerSbly, but the plain
people won't see it in that light, and
therefore I reckon We won't adopt it
just yet"
Again, Governor Lewslling was un-
fortunate in many Of his appointments
not that any Of them proved corrupt,
thank God! Tney Only proved imprac'
ticabls in temper and temperament, so
that his administration was kept in 3
perpetual stew. II all had carried them
selves like Bridenthsl, Snider and the
state fi,ers, less food would have been
furnished the opposition for the cam
psign and they would have gnswed the
iron in vain. No, you say, IL it hadn't
been one thing it would have been an
other. The republican directory set
about swearing and lying the thing
through. Having no distinct principle
at stake and divided on the silver ques
tiun. they had no alternative but to re-
sort to vituperstion and abuse, misrep-
rssentation, lying and slsuder. And
these they worked for all they were
worth and with great success, for they
prevailed with the trivial and thought
less; and many thoughtful people were
inclined to believe that where there was
80 much smoke there must ba some fire.
Take the case OF Dr.. Pitcher, for exam
pie, and his srraignment, which added
to other charges worked US great in
jury, and yet all intelligent, reading
people know that his prRctics is strictly
admissible, is in vogue in all similar in
stitutions, aud will continue to be prsc-
ticed in this state 90 in the past.
And, now, what are the deductions to
bA drawn from the election, and what
the prospects for the futursH The first
is that the people are becoming emanci
pated from party domination, aud refuse
to be bound as slaves to party, thus
proving themselves free agents in poll
tics Bs we'll as in religion. When this
principle is thoroughly established, poll
tics will be purged Of ITS worst features,
and the country will have honest and
truthful platforms, for honest and truth
full candidates to stand upon, and de.
fend.
So far 30 good. But another deduc
E ON from the result is not 30 hsttering.
In the election Of q governor and con-
gresham st-lsrgs we seem to have in
terpolatsd, or, at least, to have given
countenance to q new sYstsFof business
ethics not hitherto acknowledged as al.
lowsble by the moral and Christian
world. ] refer, Of course, to the bust.
ness practices of Morrill, and Blue as
developed during the campaign.
The St. Louis Globe. Democrat re-
Gently had an article that reflected very
nnunrnlu nnnn than ~ Il unn mot In.
The advocate., 1894-12-05

The Kansas Farmer and the Apvo-
CATE can both be had TIL q year irom
next January Tor 9lb0.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-13

The practical question confront.
ing rs is this ; shall West Nlrgiuia
remain whore she now is, IN Re-
publican ranks, or can We redeem
her ,
| think we can. The effort will
require vast amount Of self sacri-
flee. and "A Willingness on the part
OF our unfortunate leaders TO sub.
init to the law of reorganization,
which is that all shall bc reduced TO
the ranks, and start over again.
The year 1896 will be PrcSl.
Dental year. For President wo
should have n Western candidate,
say Vice President Stevenson for
Vice President, we require South.
ern man, say Speaker Crisp.
In our State ticket, we mast re-
cogni2o the fact TIA We have no
longer any Loss, or bosses. They
are all dead. If we wish TO suo-
cocd, we must select as candidates
those men in whom the people Ave
confidence and who have never bccu
turned down by the popular vote /;
men who believe in the virtue Of
the people, and who do not sub
scribe TO the doctrine that tho poll
itlcs Of West Virginia is only a
question of finance.
Very truly your friend,
DANIEL Is. LUCAS.
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REPUBLICANISM vs.. DEMOCRACY.
4 Correspondent Calls Up Some Facts
From History That Exhibit a
Striking Contrast.
AURoRA, W. Va, Dec. 6, 1894.

AURORA, W. VA, Dec. 6, 1894.
EDITOR ARGUS -
In the account Of the Republican
jubilee at Aurora, on the night Of
the lGth, the reporter merely mem
tions that one young man and four
boys were arraigned and fined for
throwing eggs into the procession,
but fails to say anything about
these boys.
1t is not the purpose here to de-
fend ;heir act, (the young man can
speak for himself, if he will; he was
old enough to have had AN idea of
the conscquenccs) but there can be
no doubt that it was intended for "A
joke, though no Democrat endorses
1T. The four boys would scorn the
idea Of doing anything that they
believed to be wrong. and there is
not man, including the Rcpubli-
cans, that would say to the contra
ry, unless il would be few bitter
partisans, who now see they have
their foot in it, and would continue
TO hold out just to JUSTIFY the
course th.t was taken These boys
are all splendid fellows and Will, in
all probability, make men that will
put 10 blush the sons OF some o.
the bitter men that rcyiled them.
They are good scholars at school.
always attentive at church, and
never fail to be i'm their clusscs at
Sunday school. They are neither
rough, vulgar or prolanc. But all
Of these fcis seem TO have been
lost sight OF, and as vile offenders
they were arrested and fined each
so and costs. 1t IS probable that
q little lecture and scoldIng from
The Justice would have had q better
effect upon them; but we are not
censuring the Justice in the least.
if he honestly believed he was doing
his duty. But the average Repub
lican thinks the punishment was
not severe enough. But, "Prcsto,"
let us see how they (Repnblicans)
have acted towards us. In 1881.
when the Democrats had q Jubilee
over Cleyeland's election at Eglon.
a lot Of Repub'iclnsasscmbl and
with guns, went into the upstairs
OF q house, and with dlrkoucd win
dOws watched the crowd 20 bv;
their excuse was that the Democrats
had made threats that they intend.
ed 10 cut down The Republican Gag
pole at that place. Nobody but
Republicans ever heard such things.
and they know, or ought to have
known, thIt their assembling there,
even If they did nothing, was %
fclOniOus act and constituted riot
70 war. Tho same year. when The
Democrats were rejoicing at R)wlcs-
burg they were stoned and some
of the illuminated windows smashed
in. But what Democrat ever made
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-13

fellows, all Republicans, and one
II married man and voter, delber-
atcly went and took the flag down
and tore 1t into shreds, and with
curses and threats warned him not
to put up another such flag, or
they would give him II d-n good
pounding. Perhaps our Republican
friends dld not know that the next
day this aggricyed man came to one
of our magistrates, who was Il
Democrat, and wanted the often
ders arrested. Two other Demo
Gratis happened to be IN the Magis-
trdte's Office, and the Justice aud
the others appealed 30 this man to
dismiss all such idcns, and the
principal argument brought to bear
upon him was, that two Of the bows
were sons Of a widow lady. 1t re
quircd no small amount of persuad.
ing to get him to abandon his in
tentlon. and after he left ono of
the Democrats who was there an6
was goino 10 look ot some stocr
made II a poInt TO oo ont of his way
TO lntercedc the other Magistrate,
who was also a Democrat and oct
him TO nrge tho man i'm c,se he
came there. to rpr,,in from b;s
IDEAS. But fortunately a Dnnka,d
minister. who is tho onlv Democrat
Of that Denomination hero hoard
Of the affair. and he went to see tbo
man and the porpatrators and fin.
ally adjusted the matter. Eiobtocn
years have zone 70 eternity since
then. and those BOYS are all men
now and have homes and families.
They have spent many bappy davs
and ouiot. pe,cefnl njohts, rest
since then. and little have tb.v
dreamed that had il NOT be,n for
the intercession Of few Democrats
whom they literally detestand bate.
they would have had tb.ir uves
shadDwed with the thouoht that
they had been arrested. fined and
imnrisonod. and roeo stro,oo ,,,y
it appear when known that one
Of The sons Of the widow adv. in
whose behalf the appe.l was made.
lis the man that made The complsint
that led to tho arrest Of a SON Of
one Of his bencfactors. This il
true. and vet H. IS "a hard matter
for any one to believe that there 4.
LIVING a man that could act so mn
kind, so unjust. E.pccial,y is il
surrounded by churches, good So
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You're an Easy Prey,

with your ncshrciuccd below health
standard for Consumption and other
ecroflIous and vigorous disease, And
its for just this con lition that Dr.
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If you n. thinner than YOU ought 70
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defective nutrition o. whatever cause,
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p. i.tls Col livsr oi. ou al its 70 -..usc 4
compounds cams eHmDtr. with It
Dr Piercc's Ps.icts cure coustiostt5n.
Indigestion, or dy.yspsit. l .ss =, a
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As long as no provision is made
for the final redemption or the put
ting aside Of the currency obliga-
uon now used to repeatedly and
constantly draw from the Govern
ment ITS gold, and as long as no
better authority for bond issues is
allowed than at present 20 exist
such authority will bo utilized
whenever and as often as it. becomes
necessary to maintain sufficient
gold reserve and in abundant time
to save the credit OF our country
and make good the financial decla-
ratio of our Government. -Prcsj-
aeutS Nlesoge
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-13

w. G.. Mann, u Moundsvile law
yer, answered an advertisement in
the Cincinnati Euquirer, "Gcntle.
men Correspondents Wanted" The
advertiser proved to be Miss Char
lotte Coon, Of IanesyiIle, Ohio, u
most charming and popular young
lady. The correspondence was mu-
tuaily agreeable, and when at tho
ond Of six months be asked permis-
sion to visit her, the assent was
promptly given with the approval OF
her parents. lie returned again IN
the fall. The friendship rlpened by
gradual stages into an intimacy that
resulted ia the marriage of these
young people last Tuesday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-13

Hon. Daniel B. Lucas Writes an In.
ter0StiDs and Able Article Review
ils the Late Land Slide.
RtoN HALL, jefferson Co. }
NoY. -, 1894. I


My DEAR FRIEND II received
yours, dated kingwood, Noycmb Der
10th, 1894, and confess frankly
that, while l comply with your re.
quest to communicate my views
upon the recent disastrous cleo
tlons, YOU will find in them only
an elaboration of YOU own, as ont
lined IN your letter. agreo with
you, that "a party which viii dclib.
erately and wilfully repudiate It's
own platform ought to be defeated. ="
As early as 1898, soon after the
extra session of Congress had been
called, | wrote IA letter to J j. Corn.
well, Esquire, OF the Hampshire
Hsriew, which was rcpubHshed in
many other Democratic papers. m
which | deprecated the course of
the President in failing to take any
| action or say "A word in favor of
/ Tariff Rcform-thc main issue upon
which he had been elected while.
in coalition with the Republicans.
he was preclpItatIng relentless
war against Free Silver. On the
25th OF September, following, in II
public address in Romney, | again
made the same point, and large
mass meeting of Democrats ex.
pressed their concurrence in my
views.
a that early day. clearly fore
saw, and forcshadowed by public
utterances, rs fatal blunder the
policy of Mr.. Cleveland in ignoring
Tariff Reduction, and subordiuat-
ing this reform to the accomplish
mcnt of a Republican ideal measure
the idol of their hearts-the com
pete Demonetization OF Silver
10 this stupendous blunder, may
easily be traced tho overwhelming
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first District-Joim o. Peudleton, Wheeling
Ohio COuuty
SeoOni District william L. wilson Charlps-
.owu, Jefferson Co.
Tairi District-Iohn D. Alderson. Nicholas C.
H., Nicholas county.
Foarth District James Capehart, Point Pleas
ant, Mason county.
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Come IN and settle up aud get
this paper tiil january 1896 for
only one dollar.
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Daniel Gallaher, of Braddock,
Pa, deserted the army for three
weeks to get married, and then
went back and fought three years
like tiger. lIo Is on the records
rs u "desertcr" and can get a PEN
sion. The very idea! The man
who would leave the incidental
dangers Of the army for the actual
danger Of matrimouy is bravo
man. Let MIN have two pensions,
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There is an old Senator from
Massachusetts whose name sounds
SO shocking to cars polite that we
will not mention it, but we arc
compelled to remark that poliu-
cally, he is actually what his name
is. and that he ought to beprohib-
tied from appearing in public.
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SCINTILLATIONS
From Bob McEldoMneN.

The Republicans are telling with
great CLEO how that w. l.. Wilson
failed Of drawing crowd at Bali.
more recently. Such is tho fckle
public. Let Mr.. Dayton go down.
lie may draw tho crowd us a curi.
osity, but he would lose it in five
minutes as u speaker.
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UNITED STATES CoURr

Jltge- J jackson. Parkersburg Wood Co.
S.erN- I. \: Moore, Clark sburg. Harrison Co.
q. ) District Atty-C. G.. Watts. Charleston,
kanswha county.
Asst. Dist AttArney-Stu f. Walker. Mar
tinsburg, Berkelov county
Z. ). Mdrshal-S. :. Niuson, Wayne county.
Chief Deputy--A. r. Garden, Ohio county
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ConalshIrs.

KirgNooi, Thomas Hawker arI GEO. p HoT
niH
valley. manuel Dixon aud J. r. watson
Lyon. |. w. CriSs and vs.. y. Taylor.
RsuO, r. Hllbrittcr ami q. S. Ri1euour
Union, y. " Myers and dol Gcissmau
Portland, W. a. Mediums and ~. r. ~hroyer
Pleasant. j. s. Kelly and =. VI shaw.
Grant, S. r. Conner ANA j. W. MichaeIs.
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TnItcd Ntalcs Srnninrs.
Memhers nrrnnrrrss.

Chs.les j. Faulkner, Nartinsburg. Berkloy
ouutS
Johnson \. Camden, Parkcrsburg, Wood Co.
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snsreme conrl nf ,nncnl.-

W. English President. Mason county.
Henry Brluupn, Lewis Co.
Homer II. Holt. Greenbrier Co.
VI. Il Dent. ray Tor Co.
Col. Charles Ietrlck. Criar. Kauavyha county
"a. :. Long, ClerE, kauawhl Co
II. =. Riley, Reporter. Ohio county
CenFeRes &C EnIflc4t3n second Weduesd "a y In
J anl2ry; Wheeling. irst Wednesday in June .
ChAr4estown, urst wednesday In september.
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DIRECTORY.
Stntnn nnirInl.

G1yernor-William A. MacCorkle. Ksnayyba
COurty. 49,"
secretary Of State-william Z. Chiltoz. Ka-
naWEa ooEuty.
AIsttor-tsaac Y. Johnson. Barbour county
Jreasurcr-john NJ. Rowan, Monroe county
Attorney -cucral-r 5. Riley. Ohio conpty
Asst. Attorney FCu' 10. II. Cook Ohio county
bl OF Schpol--Nirgil 4. Lewis. Mason C6
Alldsaat Dehsral-Jamcs A. Holley, Lincoln
county.
= ate Librarian Charles Hagan. Marion co.
fuVate Sdc'y 10 Gov John h. White Hamp-
shire county.
Caief clcra AUDITOR OficC-Wm. A. Cracraft
cee'y state Olice--G. %. Chiffon.
Nupi. schools 90 II. j. Grass.
TrDa~nrcr'S 90 Percy Rowan
Alit. Gems -----
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Magistrates.

.Kinkwo,l District, Joseph NJ Goodwin and
oseph A. Miller.
VI0sy 4 !. dlrtin ana 4 !. OeBerry
Los, nJseug lIygi1s aud James sc3Ce.
hs1a. q Wheeler and iucts Fsruuu.
UNios, Jsiiss Scheer and = " Berry.
Portland. j -hn " ull and Albert c. Mason
P,sasS1t. Levi r. Miller ant -. "a. Martin
Grant, j. f. Bird and ". II. McGibbons.
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State Senators Eleventh District
Judge, Thlri Jp Iicjal nisirIot.

William G. Worley Eiugwood, Preston GO
Alpheus Garrison, Munong4lia co.
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Judge, Thlri Jp iicial district
Joseph \. uOke, Bns 10 d, Preston County
OunISS1DNEIs OE ACCOUNTS.
". Godw and d. NJ Wotring.
CON SStONERs IN ClIANCERY.
ID. N Wotring Neil j. Fortney, aud W NJ.
.. Dawson.
REC liver OF THE COURT
James W. Brown
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
COMMISSIONERS COUNTY COURT.
valley. Mason watson, President.
KiugwpDi. J. l.. Mckenzie.
l. LfOl, ID avid =. walls
H8Lp, VI s~eS II. Sinclair.
POrt!aul William A. McGinuis
Grant Samuel t. Conner
FisAsaut, Ben A. Conner
Lniou, Page z. McCrum
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House eOrDsiega,cS.
shsrLf -Le21v sh.w

East Siis-Chri8tis1 Hartneyor. Rruceton
" est ~iIc-AmOs Hartley, MasOntOwn
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Courts Convene,

=, circuit clurt-Hlrch p, september /, and
Der- her N.
Qonnty Court Sirst Monday IN January, Aurl,
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Shsrif LEROY shaw
DErCrY -HERtFFs
h'ng" 20 Oistrict-LIt1er McMillcn,
Nti!ey-konc.
LYON 80
RenD-C, Y Ri1enour
L lion ~ ')rSc Gelssman
POrtiGnd-
GrIat Albert Y Fearcr
Plcdst - s5- pa 4. shaw.
Clerk Circuit CJurt-lohu w Watson.
CLERK County Court. Ami Martin
Prosecuting Attarney-D " Wotring.
CbN1tv Sirveypr-A. r. MrMillen
aIpt. Of soho Bis -Lpraip Fo.mev
Assessor -Etft S.tc. Gabriel Plilitm.
West sidc, " "a r.. Maucar
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Try GERMEA for breakfast.

Use Enameltne stove Polish; no dust no smell
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~ aReA1 pARls coNveNT.
Its Important Part In the Feminine World
of the French Capital.

For strangers it is difficult to realize the
part which the convent Of the Sacre-CUur
PLAYS in the existence of the Partisan great
world, and, in fact of the whole French
aristocracy. There is scarcely woman OF
any social prominence ON either bank OF
the Seine who has not received her educa-
ton within the walls of this celebrated es.
tablishment, and who has not since main
tanned in Il lesser degree her connection
Herewith, by enrolling herself among the
members of an association called the Danes
Enfants de Marie, which is composed eX-
clusively of former pupils. Once year
the members perform a retreat of eight
days devoted to prayer and meditation in
the convent, which was their school in
times gone by.
As BELTS so aristocratic an institution
it is located in the very heart of the noble
Faubourg st. Germain in the Rue de Va
renne. the building having served in turn
as palace of the Duchess de Maine, of
the Due de Birou, and of the Due de Cha
rost. whose widow sold 1t in 1920 to Nine
Barat, the founder of the order. Nine
Barat, who died as recently as 1868, was
the daughter of a cooper She was iniiu-
enced in the shaping of her career by the
fact that her brother was ii priest of re
markable eoquence and enlightenment,
and it was in Difference to his advice that
at the beginning of this century she first
laid the foundation alike OF her order and
of her school. For the litter she quickly
obtained pupils Converts at that time
had all been destroyed and their inmates
dispersed, and means of education for
Young girls CO noble birth just then were
exceedingly rare. So great was the sue
cess of Nine Barat that just about the
epoch when Napoleon married the Aus
trian Archduchess Marie Louise Nine.
Barat was elected superior Of the order,
her deputy being the Comtesse de Gram
mont, who had been lady in waiting to
Marie AntOinette.
The school occupies the mansion itself,
while the majority of the NUNS are housed
in separate buildings, which, in several
cases, were formerly used by the servants
of the original proprietors. One of the fea-
lures of the convent is its extensive gar
dens, some 10 acres in area, and grand old
trees situated in the very center of Paris,
beneath the shade of which in their school
years have lived such great ladies' as the
Duchesse de Rohan, the Duchesse q Ursel,
Comtesse de Lostange, Comtesse de la
Garde, Comtesse de Nun, the Marquise
Hervey de Saint Denis, and last, but not
least, the three daughters of Queen lisa
bella of Spain, one of whom, the Infanta
Eulalie, is so well known in the United
States.-St. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
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The Count's Reception.

Count Tolstoi, being in Tula while his
play, "The Fruit of Enlightenment" was
in rehearsal by some smart young mem
beers of the Aristocratic club there, a dep
utation of the arstocrats waited on him
to ask if he would attend their dress re
hearsal that evening, a request to which
the count willingly acceded He appeared
in good time and seemed pleased with ev-
erything except the action of one young
noble, who had to masquerade as a serv-
ant and drive some peasants off the stage
"My friend why so gentle?" said the il
lustrious man of letters. "You should
shoulder your muiiks off the stage as the
doorkeeper below did me just now" To a
volley of questions the count replied with
his adventure. 1t appears that the worthy
hall porter of the Aristocratic had orders
to admit none but Count Tolstoi after "A
certain hour, and refusing to believe that
SO exalted "A parsonage would arrive on
foot and in sheepskin surtout had
promptly kicked the great novelist down
stairs for trying to effect an entrance