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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-24

a select social and hop was gwen
at Burg Westra, 1.-THE elegant and
hospitnbIe home of Col. n. W.
Fitzgerald, near Terra Alta. last
Saturday night by Misses Blanche
and Amelia, the accom- plished
daughters Of the Colonel. The fol-
lowing parties from Kiugwood ut
tended: Mr.. and Mrs. j. Crane.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G.. Hyde. and
Misses Flo Martin, Nyra Watson
and Carol Robinson, and Messrs.
W. G. Brown, g. G.. Wager AMI f.
NJ. Murdoch. These with the 9TH
er invited guests made merry
party, and with music, dancing and
refreshments the time sped oy all
too fast. and it was five o'clock next
morning when the crowd from here
returned. Part Of our folks went
over III big four house sled aud
coming back down the mountain
1t WAS so smooth That two of the
horses had to be htched to each
end of the sled to keep it from run
ming away.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-24
SOCIETY EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

The largest and most ENJOYABLE
social gathering of the season took
place last Thursday night Mt Fair
fax Manor the hospitable home
Of Col. James W. Brown, on the
pike two miles below town. The
occasion was a sociable and recep-
ton given by the daughters of the
Colonel, Misses Emma, Julia and
Nellie, and to say that it was a
grand success in every particular,
is but TO describe it mildly. There
were over sixty invited guests pres.
cnt. and the grand old house rang
with music and merry laughter AS
in ye olden time of long ago, when
1T was the scene OF many IL merry
gathering. Most Of the guests were
from kingwood. but there were
Others from all around the country.
Various forms OF amusements were
engaged IN, cards. dominoes, music
and dancing, and netting to
make 1t pleasant for all. The large
old fashioned parlor on the east
side of the house was turned over
TO those who tripptd the light fan
tastic toe, and right merry did they
take advantage of it. Prof. l.. w.
lleermans and j. VI. Crane, of
kIngwood. and Walker Pell. of
Pleasant Dale, were the musicians.
About IL O'Clock elegant refresh
ments were served 10 sumptuous
abundance and the vbnle f,,,niIv
assisted by Mr.. w. G.. Brown, of
Kingwood, did everything in their
power to make 1T pleasant for the
visitors, and the small hours OF
morn were growing apace ere the
gay party broke up. In a future
Issue we shall have more to say of
Fairfax Manor" as we are collect
ing notes and data for special ar.
ticle on the subject.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-24
Weak, irritable, Tired
al Was No Good on Rarth.@

DIR. Miles Nervine strengthens
the weak, builds up the broken
down constitution, and permanently
cures every Kind OF nervous disease.
about one pear ago Tsr6s aLfscfed
tcifh nervousness, sseeptessness,
Creeping sensation fa mp legs, =.
Slight pGfpitafion Of sny heart, y
DistroctinO cosiJ ,ssio,s of the mind
Serious loss or lapse Of mens0Sv.
Weighted dorp feffh care and
srorpp. L completely lost appetite
Aud feff mn vitality scearfsg os<fS
tcas soeak, irritable assd tired
1D tccf0hf scos reduced To 100 Ibs.s
Ia fact II sCas $40 good, 0p earth
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-24

A friend brought
me DIR. Miles book.
New and Start
ling Facts" and
i finally decided
10 try a bottle Of
DIR. MILES Re-
orative Nervine.
Before ] had taken
one bottle ] could
sleep as we'll as a
l0-yr.-old boy. My
appetite returned
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-24

Full Quarts, $500;
Six Quarts, $500.

Mail and express orders shipped
promptly, and we pay express
charges on all orders OF 80. %
and over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13
POSTAL INFORMATION.
Hours of Opening and Closing
the Mails.

Mails for Columbia, points above Colnm-
bia, for the North, and West, Hamlet and
Pregnals Souta of Sumter, Ramsey, Pine
wood, Rinni, Elloree, Vance, Eutawvlle and
Pregnal, coee at 9.lo a. N.
Mails for ST. Paul and points between there
ard Sumter opens and closes at 10 p. m.
Mails for Florence and the North. for
Charleston, Savannah, Florida Hamlet, Ben
nettsville. Darlington and Bishopvile close 1T
clock p. ~.
Mails for Colnmbia and the North and
West, and for Wilmington, all close at 8
o'clock p. %. Charleston mail is also sent
by this route.
For Providence and Smithviile on Tues.
days, Thursdays and Saturdays arrive at IL
close at p. u.
For Nannrille, Mechanicsville and Bosssrd
on the same days, close at 7 o'clock a. 10 .,
arrive at o'clock p M
Cut this out aud post it up where you can
ct at it and you will not want to find so
much fault with the Post Office
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13
-@~.ee.-~

The volume of receipts Of State and county
taxes is growing, and each week shows an
increase over tie o"e preceding; hut the
payments are aot being n.ade AS rapidly as
they should be. There is 70 possb hly of an
extension, and there viii! he such rush to-
waris the last that it will be Impossible for
the Treasure. to write tiie receipts fo- 81 who
pre5en, themselves TO pay their taxes. A
g-ea, deal CT confusion AID inconvenicnce
wll result from delay in paving taxes until
The last week, ard all persons who have the
money q, hand should pay their taxes at
once Treasurer Scarborough is in his office
every dag. and is anxious 10 write receipts
row aud avoid a rush during the last weeks
of December.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13
Telegraphic Briefs.
November 9.

At New Orleans yesterday, A. G..
Gridley, a resident of Bloou'iu gsoo. j.
III , asked dealer to let him examine
pistol. This was doue and cart
ridge filled in it. After closely exam.
ming the weapon, be placed the muz-
ze to his head and sent the bullet
through his brain. He had been drink
ing absentbe in large quantities fer two
weeks
Election week was quiet one in
business all over the country. Reports
to trade journals show that the senti
III ent Of traders is for an active spring
aud holiday business.
On the L. & N. railroad yesterday
at Cynthiana. Ky, stock train ran in
an open switch. Twelve cars we're
wrecked. Engineer Kelly aud $50
head of cattle ard horses we're killed.
The grand jury of Huntington, W..
Va, has indicated several pugiiists and
number of prominent meu who were
instrumental 10 pulling eff slugging
match there recently.
A week ago ex-senator Allen G.
Thurmau, now 80 years old, fell from
sofa and bruised his hip He has
been daily getting worse, aud yesterday
his son, Allen w. Thurman, eaid that
bis father would probably live but few
days longer.
T. W Steen. prominent coal oper-
ator aud owner Of the lakewood ulnes,
of Pittsburg, has been convicted on
the charge of cheating his employees
by the use of light weight and defective
scales in weighing coal mined by bis
men.
The Berlin police yesterday seized
the eptire edition of Der Socialist. The
seizure was made before the paper was
issued to toe public on the supposltiou
that it contained sedltiors article
The Southern railway has bought the
Atlanta compress property, Atlanta.
Ga, for 1925. 600. The site will be
used for new union passenger sta
too.
Commander Richard Rush. superio-
tendent Of Daval mg: records. recon-
mends in his annual report that the
eo'ect;on of ORIGINAL manuscript for the
records of the Uoion aud Confederate
navies be made by board to be COM
posed of one naval and two civilian
members. The secood volume of the
records will soon be issued. There is
enough original manuscript on hand
to make between 20 aud 80 volumes.
The reports Of the Union commanders
are full and complete. and Commander
Rush regrets that the Confederate rec
ords are not equally so.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13
November IL.


A dispatch from Rome says that the
Pope's vital powers are warning, ano
that he has broken down very percep-
tibly.
Locomotive No. 13 exploded yester.
day on the Lebrgh and Hudson R. R.
killing four men.
A panic prevailed on the Berlin
Bourse Saturday, and some stock de-
clined 15 per cent.
Lewis Jefferson. colored. was lynched
near Ho merville, Ca, on Saturday.
Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman, o.
Ohio, is impro7
The police ha g begun war Of ex-
termination on the gambling houses in
Milwaukee. Wis.
Mayor Mcdonald, of Austin Texas,
refused to permit the double scul]
championship match between Jake
Gaudaur and James Rogers aud Bubear
and Haiues arranged for Sunday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13

Five ,raio loads OF Chicago people
have already arrived io Atlanta to take
part in the Chicago Day festivities A
great many more arc expected
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
TIME TABLE.


Guif. Colorado snd Santa &c Rausay.
SOUTH HurNB.
Galveston auI ClfraEs - pres 1.t- a. O.
1ls'hurue anf kauSa- city Exlrr- a-zs %. ua-
NORTH MDUNu.
Galveston art Ciieazs Exrr--- ts.Ea.l
Clchuruc ausi kau-a- CifY EXPIRES 90. O. an
LE- MASON. Ticket Ari-
W. - KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. AEf.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26

The following mccdote Of tame
monkey, to whom was given corked
bottle with lump of sugar inside, in
dicates that the animal, though unable
to invent, could initiate. A phrenologist
would say that the monkey had per
ception. but not 'causality" How 10
get at the sugar was a problem that bade
fair To drive him crazy
Sometimes in an impulse Of disgust
he would throw the bottle out Of his
reach and then be distracted until it
was given back 10 him. At other times
he would sit with countenance Of in
tense detection, contemplating the hot
tied sugar. and then, a. if pulling him
self together for another effort at solu-
tion, would sternlv take mp the problem
afreSh and gaze into the bottle.
He would tilt 1t one way and try 10
drink the sugar ont IF the neck, and
then suddenly reversing it, try to catch
it aS it fell out at the bottom.
Under the impression that he could
capture the sugar by surprise, he kept
rasping his teeth against the glass III fu-
tile bites, and warming 10 the pursuit Of
the revolving lump used to tie himself
into regular knots round the bottle
Fits Of the most ludicrous melancholy
would alternate with spasms Of delight
as u new idea seemed TO suggest itself.
followed by fresh series Of expert
mentS.
Nothing ayailed, however. until one
day a light was shed upon the problem
by jar containing bananas falling from
the table with crash and the fruit roll
ing about III all directions. His monkey
ship contemplated the catastrophe and
reasoned upon it.
Lifting the bottle high in his paws. he
brought it down upon the floor with
tremendous noise. smashing the glass
into fragments, after which he calmly
transferred the sugar to his mouth and
munched it with much satisfaction.-
Youths Companion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
Chair Of the Giant Idri.

One of the mountain peaks of north
Wales is known as the Chair of Idris, or
Cader Idris, as the Welsh people call it,
because its top is hdlowed out like AN
immense couch. According tu local ira
ditiOn, whoever spends night III the
Chair Of Idris will, on the following
morning, be dead, raving mad or en-
dowed with the loftiest poetical inspira-
tion. No one seems to know exactly who
Idris was or when he lived, but he must
have been a giant if his body was in
proportion with his celebrated chair "
Mrs. Hemans has a fine poem with the
Chair Of Idris as the theme, and Tenny
son also mentions it in Enid ST.
Louis Republic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
He Could BE Indifferent.

1t isn't every man that owns silk
hat, but it is the dream of every very
young mans life to possess one. A
young man in our end of town went to
the matinee with the only girl he ever
really loved, and he wore a silk hat,
he pqt it under the seat carefully, and
the next person who came in gave it a
kick that practically ruined it. Most
young fellows would have had a fit right
there, but this one said nothing at all
He was so philosophical that the girl
was charmed As they came ont of the
theater they met another. young man,
and the three went to get some soda
water. The girl told about the young
mans hat, and how philosophical he
was:
why, do you know, Jack. F" she said,
Charley didn't even look annoyed 1t
was lovely. "
"Umph, " said Jack. with fire in his
eye, 'it's all right for him TO be lovely,
but it's my hatr'
1t is just such little things as this that
wreck the friendship of lifetime. -
Washington Post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
RuMSEYs STEAMBOAT.
Records Which Show That 1t Antedated
FuItOn's Product by Twenty-Five Years.

Records Which Show That 1t Antedated
FuIton's Product by Tweuty-twO Years.
The records Of jefferson county, w
Va, prove what is not generally known
that Robert Fulton was not the first
man to build steamboat in this conn
try. He was anticipated over % years
by James Rumsey Of Charleston, Va,
now Vest Virginia. Rumsey's steam
boat was partly constructed i'll Frederick
county, Nd, in l1SJ. 1t was fitted up
with machinery partly manufactured at
a furnace called 1.-The Cocuctin Fur
mace, . owned by johnson Brothers, and
located near the town of Frederick
The two cylinders, the boiler. pumps,
pipes, etc, were built in Baltimore.
Part of the work was done at the old
Antietam Iron works Rumsey's boat
was so feet in length, ard it was pro
PEELED by an engine which worked a
vertical pump placed III the center Of the
vessel The water was drawn in at the
bow and forced out at the stern through
a horizontal PIPE. The entire weight Of
the machinery was Co. pounds. and
the tonnage Of The vessel waS three tons.
The entire machinery, including the
boiler, etc, took up space Of very lit
tie over feet square
The first public experiment took place
on the Potomac river on March Il. 1856,
when the boat showed speed Of four
miles an hour up stream. The records Of
jefferson county also show that George
Washington and Governor Thomas john
son OF Maryland We're among the pat
rons of Rumsey, and that the experiment
was made in the interest of the then
proposed Chesapeake and Ohio canal
New York World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
Marriage OF the Dead.

a strange custom prevails among q
certain tribe IN the Caucasus When a
single young man dies, some one who
has carried TO the grave a marriageable
daughter in the course of the year c.llls
upon the bereaved parents and says:
Your son is sure TO want wife.
III give you my daughter, and you
shall deliver to me the marriage portion
IN return. -
A friendly offer of this description is
never rejected, and the two parties
soon come to terms as 10 the amount OF
the dowry, which varies according to
the advantages Possessed by the girl in
her lifetime. CaseA have been known
where the young mans father has given
AS much aS 30 COWS to secure dead
wife for hls dead son --Buch fur Allie.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
A1eo NAMES.
le. others simply Stand
How 70 Distinguish.

le. Others simply Stand
How - Distinguish.
lames IN Europe may be
.wo overwhelmingly
a. Ashe hyphen is a mere piece
of snobbery and aiTectation, and those
wherein it Is consequent upon legal
obligation. The latter are in the minor
ity and are borne almost invariably by
legatees and their descendants, who have
Inherited property, usually real estate,
contingent upon their tacking the name
Of the testator ON 10 their own, or else
they are men who have married heireSses
and been accepted as husbands for the
latter on the condition that they should
append the family name ot their wives
to their own patrOnymic.
People III the other t@ItcGory, who ne
the hvphen merely with the object OF
creating the impression that they are of
more ancient lineage than is really the
case, invariably prefix, instead Of ap-
pending, the additional name. and 1t IS
this that enables one TO distinguish the
bona fide double barrel, as Lord Ran
dolph Churchill used TO call them, from
those who are not. for you have only TO
ask Mr.. PuusOnby Jones for the name OF
his paternal grandfather in order to find
ont that the old gentleman was simple
Jones. devoid Of the aristOrratic POnSon-
by, whereas in the case Of suInames
adopted in Difference to documentary
dispositions one will invariably find on
inquiry that the paternal grandfather
and ancestors bore the first of the two
patronymics.
The persons who make Use of hvphen-
atcd names without being compelled TO
do 50 are usually the owners Of patro-
nymics excruciatiuSly plebeian, who
hope, vainly, IT is true, to redeem the
commonplace character Of their name by
prefxing thereto one calculated, they
trust, to create the impression that they
are connected with some of the great
houses of the nobility. Thus it is quite
common to find Montmorency-S Smiths,
Plantagenet-R RohinSUnS and We're de
We're Browns. Chicago Tribune
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
Cost Of PolIcemen.s Uniforms.

The prices paid by the Baltimore pO-
lice are For overcoats, $50; dress coats,
90. 90; blouses, s.; summer trousers,
$5. u; winter trousers, Sc % These
prices, the commissioners say, are lower
than those in any city, with the excep-
tion Of Philadelphia, where a different
system obtains, and where the men are
required 70 purchase new clothes every
year, making the cost 70 them eventual
~ more than To the Baltimore police.
Baltimore Sun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26


NJ. T.. Church South-Corner broadway and
Church street. Preaching every sabbath
morning AT II q. m. and 80 D. m Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening ~ $50. sun
day school every sabbath az 10 q. m Ep-
worth League T. IN. y. +. Law. Pastor
Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Corncr
Church and Cumberland streets. Services
every sunday nj II a. m. and 1880 D. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday. Choir pract re
Saturday evening. sabbath School al Q;.sH
a. m. Everybody cordially invited to wur-
ship with US. j.. r. Williams. Sup't.
j. r.. Aw brCy. Pastor
Ardmore Mission NJ. r. Church South-Ser-
vices n Tabernacle. Mission Ridge addition.
corner WolVerton avenue and Carter street.
Services every first and third Sunday a. M.
and every sunday evening at $50. Come
ana worship with G>.
H. Godfrey, Pastor
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
BETWEEN
Springer and Frensly Streets.
Regular service:
Sahhath-Il q. IN. morning worship.
=. m. evening worship.
9.i5 a. m. sunday school.
Wednesdays T. M. prayer meeting.
j.. m. Session meeting.
We extend cordial invitation TO all 20
worship with Us. If q stranger. We desire
your acquaintance. In the name of the Mas
ter. We welcome you.
REv. G. c. McGINLEY. pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26

The inhabitants Of this earth never
get a glimpse Of but one side Of the
moon, but i'll the course Of year every
portion Of the suns surface is turned to-
ward ns- This Is because the sun 5 equa-
tor Is almost coincideht with the plane
Of the ecliptic. the inclination being only
about seven degrees. st. Louis Repub-
lie
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26
CHURC- DIRECTORY.

Christian Chur1 a. FrenSley street. SER
vices every Lords dav az n .p0 "a. m. and s.is
y. IN. Sunday SCI prt $50 e. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday Sis b. IN. Choir
practice every Friday evening at S:i5 B.. IN
Ladies' Aid SOcie.y every Tuesday after
noon al the church NJ y. IN. Mite and So-
cial meeting every Tuesday night ut place
announced each Lords day. Officers meet
ing first Lords Jay in each month. All are
cordially invited L. all services.
Joe NJ. London. Supt sunday ScA"ol.
Nolney Johnson. Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26

Arris ai and Departure L. :. Mails.
South bound mail closes 4.45 p- M
South bound mail arrives 5.3u PM
North bound mail closes ll;l5 a. N.
North bound mail arrives I2;tu m.
Night mails arr closed az SD p. M.
Money order department j. open
at $ "a. m. uud closed 20 3 .. ~.
Office hours from a. m, 10 8 p-Ia.
sundays from a. M. TO y n. ~.
JoHN =. HAMMER. Il. ".
EDGAR SANnLIN. Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-26

First Baptist ChurCh--Bruadway street.
Services every sunday at II 100 n. m, and 500
=. m. PRAYER meeting Wednesday evening"
at : o'clock. sunday School NJ 10 a. M.
CnoIr practice Friday evenings al O'Clock.
q. StubbleNeld, Pastor.
G.. ~. Bruce. Clerk.
hin
The morning times., 1895-08-18
ANACOSTlA NEWS.

The funeral Of Mrs. Odessa Allen, of
Jefferson street, who died Thursday, will
be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
at the ADacostia Baptist Church. Rev.
Hugh T. Stevenson will officiate. De-
ceased was the wife of Thomas Allen and
the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Roberts, of Anacostia.
Miss Mildred Peck IS i'll with typhoid fever
at her home on Maple avenue.
A fight occurred on Nichols avenue, in
Hillsdale, Friday night, and as a result
Sarah Johnson, colored, is confined to her
home because of an internal injury caused
by being hit in the side with a couple of
stones. Sarah charges that Lottie Coates,
colored, was her assailant. Warrants have
been issued for both parties.
A lawn social was held Friday night at
the home of Mr.. j. II. Simpson at Capitol
View. The affair was for the benefit OF
Gardner Memorial Presbyterian Church and
proved very successful financially and
socially. An indoor entertainment was
the feature OF the evening.
Mrs. Emma Brown, who attempted to
jump from the Anacostia bridge, as told
in The Morning Times, denies that such
was her intention, also that she was in
to1icated. She says that she merely pre-
tended the act to amuse the children.
The morning times., 1895-08-18
Receivers and Assignees.

with bats, balls, mask, and all of the
accoutrements usually required.
A crowd of children were playing on q
sandy walk Out on the lawn young
lieutenant was directing two colored boys
how to put up a tennis net, while number
of blazer-suited girls were chatting in the
shade of a neighborug tree.
Two large targets, made of straw and
fronted with painted canvas, were stand
ing on a field overlooking the river A
party of archers were busily engaged In
shooting at the objects from about Zoe
yards.
ARCHERY THEIR PASTIME.
The shafts did not all fan short or over
reach the mark by any means, and several,
even at this distance, were able to hit the
flying lance wood directly in the bulls eye
The ladies at the Arsenal are great ad-
mirers OF archery, and never let the oppor-
tunity of ofpracticipggo by. They haveformed
an organization and the members mani
fest much interest in the national archery
contest, which takes place at Dayton, o..
in a few days.
Yachting is a favOrite diversion among
those who can afford it, and a number
OF little vessels, both steam and sail, are
anchored off the wharf. These make ex-
cursions and picnics easily obtaina BILE,
and but few weeks go by in which the Ar
senal colony do not take pleasure trip
on the water.
Fishing among the older officers oecu-
pies by no means an unimportant place in
the history of the seasons enjoyments and
trips on land and water, for Potomac fish
are always on the tapis.
Bicycling is by far the most popular OF all
pastimes. Before our house stood four Ia
dies bicycles, and as two young officers
rode up on shiny steeds and dismounted
four young ladies in short skirts and len.
gings came trooping out.