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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-26


Five years later, one morning in May,
Mime. Manoel Alvarez nee Bardonnel,
stepped from II train at the Rouen Sta
ton and directed her way toward the
rue DIES Charettes
She did not wish to go through
France when she was travelling with
her husband without seeing again her
native city.
Mime. Dufresnes kept Henrietta to
dinner and brought out for her the very
best.
"Oh, deary, always told you that
you were born lucky. Don't you re.
member it?"
And the Lecarpentiers and my lit
tie Leonce? What has become of
them2"
what has become of them9 Oh, my
dear Henrietta, the good God has
given them their punishment.
THE linen business ran out. II Is
two years ago since the firm of Locar-
pentier g. Son failed and gave up bust.
ness.
-Four months after You went away
Leonce married Mile. Felicite Henne.
quin, whose father kept large shop.
II know. And didn't the marriage
turn out well?"
you can't really say that It did.
Nj and Nine. Leonce left Rouen when
the failure came. They are probably
living wretchedly somewhere, I'm Paris
perhaps. As for papa Lecarpentier,
his troubles have affected him so that
he Is In HIS second childhood. lie IN
begging. When you go. you have only
70 turn mp the street till you get I'm
front Of the theater, and there you'll
see him"
Arrived ut the end of the street.
Henriette saw seated on little stool
IN old babbler who handled feebly a
wheezy old accordion.
Don't you remember me, Papa Le-
carpenticr?"
The poor wretch interrupted the
fearful strains Of HIS instrument and
fixed on the young woman stony,
fixed stare.
You played me a villainous trick,
In your day, with your story OF tho
property in America. But that's all
over now Come, old scamp, here's
something for YOU"
And she let fall into the beQQar's
cap all the gold she had in her purse
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-26
Holiday Excursion Rates on the r 80

In pursuance OF its usual policy. the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co viii sell
Excursion tickets between all stations
on It's ines East Of the Ohio River for
All trains December 81. -. %. "a. 25. 81
and January LIST. valid for return Jour
ney until January 9TH, inclusive. at
reduced rates
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-26

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung 10 Castoria.
When she had Children. she gave them castoria.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-26
IMPORTANT
TO YOUNG
MARRIED MEN

II you want to make your
wife handsome, durable
and useful Christmas or
New Years Gift, get her
Improved White Sewing Machine
The Best Machine on Earth.
I will sell you one Of these fine
machines very low for Cash or
on easy Monthly payments.
W. A. STONE.
Kiugwood. W. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-26

When Rousseau's "Pygmalion"
was first produced, the lady who took
the part Of premiere acted In damask
dress, with hoops six yards ia circum.
ference, and ON her head an enormous
puff with three large ostrich feathers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
TOO smart For the Doctor.

The daughter of well known jockey
was very i'll, having caught severe
cold. A doctor was sent for and was
buttonholed by the mother, who request
ed him to favor her by advising her
daughter not to wear low ankled shoes
The daughter was sent for, and after
her tongue had been given the usual out
of door exercise, the man of medicine
said:
"Ah, you are suffering from what we
medical men call low shoe cold, and i
must prohibit you from wearing such
shoes in the future.
The young lady started, and, taking
of one of the offending shoes, exclalm-
ed:
"since you are so clever, doctor, as to
look at my tongue and tell me what IL
amiss witk my feet, will you be KIND
enough to look at my feet and tell me
whether my fringe is properly ADJUST
ed?''
He gave up prescribing for smart
girIs-London Tit-Bits.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
A CURIOSITY OF LUNACY.
Periodic Recurrence of Mania, by Which
the Patient Lives Three lives.

There is a special form Of mental dis
ease first described in France, whose
definite character is given to it by its
periodicity, and hence it is called folie-
circulaire. In it there are three sections
of the mental circle that the patient
moves in-viz, elevation, depression and
sanity-and in this round he spends his
life, passing out of one into the other,
for it is, when fully established, very
incurable disease.
The patient takes an attack of mania,
during which he is joyous, restless,
troublesome, extravaganza and often
vicious. He eats voraciously, sleeps lit
tie and never seems to tire. His tenn.
perature is a degree or so above the nor.
NAL, his eye is bright and glistening,
he is enamOred of the other sex, he
shows diminished self control and no
common sense.
This lasts for few weeks, or a few
months more commonly, and then nc
passes sometimes gradually and some
times rather suddenly into a condition
of depression, during which he is slug
gish, dull, looking differently, dressing
differently, eating differently, fearful,
unreIiant and sedentary in habits.
This state will last a few weeks or
months, and the patient will brighten
up into what seems recovery and is to
all intents and purposes in his normal
state. This again lasts for few weeks
or months, and he gradually gets NOR
bidly elevated. You find he is passing
through every minute mental phase and
habit he did at first. Depression follows,
as before, and then sanity, and this
round of three states of feeling, of intel
lect, of volition, and of nutrition, goes
on, circle after circle, till the patient
dies. He lives three lives. Hospital.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
Chinese Women's Feet.

It is the common understanding
among Americans that the women of
China have dwarfed feet. From the time
that China was opened to explorers
books of travel, and especially school
textbooks, have been filled with descrip-
lions of the dreadful agony to which
Chinese women were subjected to make
their feet small According to these
stories and according to the popular be-
lief in America, the feet of Chinese girl
babies are put in congresses until their
growth has been stunted
Travellers in China have described the
attempt Of Chinese women to walk as
something very painful. No one would
be shocked at Mrs. Yang JUS pedestrian
style. 1t is true, the interpreter of the
legation tells me, that in the southern
provinces of China women's feet are
dwarfed but it is only i'll the southern
provinces that small feet are considered
a mark of aristocracy.
Mrs. Yang JUS feet were never put
through the dwarfing process. Neither
ere the feet Of her children undergoing
that painful operation. The little tots
run about the legation halls freely, and
on the day when was there one of them
took long peep at me through the door
way of the reception room when l was
not supposed to be looking in that direc-
ton. This little fellow was dressed in
the gaudy silks which are an invariable
feature of the Chinese custom. Wash
ington Star.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
SENSATIONS OF DROWNING.
Che Experiences of a Man Who Barely Es
capped a Watery Grave.

capped Watery Grave.
When the water rushed into my lungs
and stomach, it felt for all the world
like a pleurisy pain, which has also
given me tussle i'll later years, but
was over in a second, writes man who
was once nearly drowned. Then my
body settled quietly to the bottom, and
my arms fell limp by my side. In my
half conscious condition | could see all
my relatives and acquaintance crowd
ing about me and looking down on NE
with fearful faces. All the events, it
seemed, Of my career passed slowly in
review, and the good, bad and inditfer-
ent acts stood out before me IN bold re-
lief. | knew | was drowning and re-
member thinking, "Why, this is not so
hard, after allf'
l wondered where my body would be
found and shuddered at the thought that
it might never be found. / also Won
dered whether or not my companion had
become alarmed and run away and left
me to my fate, or whether he was div
ing here and there to find me. Then l
pictured my burial, and how the clods
would resound on my coffin when it was
lowered into the grave, and my fate
would be pointed out to other boys by
anxious mothers as a warming.
At the next stage l could hear bells
softly ringing in the distance, together
with little tinklings and chirrups sound
ing in my ears Then | began to see
pretty pictures. The colors Of the rain
bow danced before my eyes and inter
mingled and formed into all sorts Of
odd shapes. had no pain and no fear
of what was expected to follow, / seem
ed to be enchanted at the scene before
me. Everything was light and calm
and moved about without any visible
impelling force. 1t was like looking
into large mirOrr with every beautiful
thing that the most vivid imagination
could conjure up revealed thereby.
The last stage that [ entered increas-
ed the beauty of the surroundings. AL
6iscordant noises ceased and were super.
seded by the sOftest, sweetest music that
could be thought of. Apparently I had
been transported to place flooded with
bright, calm sunshine. It was neither
too hot nor too cold, but seemed like
clear autumn day. Then seemed to
rise from the ground and float off into
space like thistle down. Higher and
higher I went until seemed to look
down on the world from a great height,
and then came blank.
The aext thing knew was lying on
the raft with my companion looking
down ca me with pale face.
York Journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
an AnecIIng A~ie.

Barber Poor jim has been sent 10 an
insane asylum.
Victim Gin chair)-Who's Jim?
Jim is my twin brother, sir. jim
has long been broodiD over the hard
5imes, and I suppose he finally got
crazy"
Hum! Not unlikely"
eyes. he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were so alike we
couldn't tell each other apart. We both
brooded a good deal too. No money ID
this business any more"
whats the matter with it?"
"Prices too low. Unless customer
takes shampoo or somethin, it doesn't
pay to shave or hair cut, Poor Jim! |
caught him tryin to cut a customers
throat because he refused shampoo,
and so l had to have the poor fellow
locked up. Makes me very melancholy.
Sometimes feel sorry didn't let him
slash all he wanted to. 1t might have
saved his reason. Shampoo, sirp"
Eyes, sir. New York Weekly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
that he never had the Peachblow vase. =
New York World,
THE MONEY ISN'T THERE.
A Pickpocket Who Was Foolish Enough
to Steal a Lady's Pocketbook.

A Pickpocket Who Was Foolish Enourh
to Steal Lady's Pocketbook.
81 just swiped leather jim, F." said
plckpocket to another of his profession
as he came across him sitting on a bench
in Union square.
"Wus it one O them purity ones what
the women carries round de street in
der hands?'
Yes, swiped it up on Fift' avener
when she wus lookin inter er windy. "
IF yer'd been in de bizniz as long as
l hev, yer wouldn't er took it. :"
"Why?"
" 'Tain't with it. -
"A Teller might strike er big haul,
though, that way some time.
mot on yer life he wouldn't. I've
swiped load on 'em, an never got
one yit that could git beer out on.
Dey don't carry money in dem feathers.
Dey's only er bluff Try dat one yer We
got and see if it's emmy good.
CHANGING about him warily to make
sure that no one was watching him, the
pickpocket opened the purse. He found
three samples of silkoline, a patent
glove buttoner, a card advertising a To-
ton for removing blackheads from the
face, sheet of flesh colored court plas-
ter, some samples of scrim and Madras,
a list Of prices of carpets, a circular
showing an illustration Of a patent hose
supporter a card Of small safety pins,
two slabs of chewing gum warranted
to cure dyspepsia and card bearing
her address and instructions to take her
there if she met with an accident.
"That's all dere is in it, " said the
man who had "swiped" the pocketbooll
as he turned it upside down and shook
it, with a look of disgust on his face
Didn't | tell yer, )" remarked the
other. I've 'swiped' dem things till
I'm tired. Dey're all de same De wo-
men don't carry nothin but trash in
'em. De money amt dere, neverP'-
New York Herad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
Rnclklen,s Arnica salve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores. letter, Chapped
Hands, Chillblain's, Corns and all
Skin Eurptions, and positively cures
Piles or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per
)ox.
For sale by T. D Sale Druggist
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
A Card.
CARD.

Thanking the good people of Dawson
and vicinity for their past liberal patron
age, l again tender them my profession
al services. I can be found in the day
time at my rooms in the Baldwin block
or at the Sale-Davis drug store, and at
nj ght at my residence on Orange street.
Prompt attention given to all calls. Of
flee practice solicited. Charges reason
able. Respectfully
w. c KENORICK, MID.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06

Barber Poor jim has been sent 10 az
insane asylum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
A CARD.

take this method of entering my SER
vices as a physician 20 the people OF
Dawson and vicinity. My Office rs Iocat'
ed in Baldwin's Building, at DIR. Ken
bricks old stand, and at night may De
found at the arDes House. Your pat
ronage will be highly appreciated, and
all calls will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
6. r. BUCHANAN III. D.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06
Boring an Editor.

"Are there no times, " said man. en-
tering the office of busy editor, when
Won can write better than at other
times?'
eyes"
"Ah. | thought sol That men VINO
write must consult their condition
have no doubt Now, tell me, when can
you write best?"
"When l am alone" the editor re-
plied. London Tit-Bita
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-06

Nswbern. N. c.. was named after
Bern In Switzerland by Baron de
0raasswidt, Swiss. who founded the
town in 1870.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
Prevention VS.. Cure.

Most people are quick to see the need
of medical aid when disease has fastened
itself upon them, or when they are pros.
trated by some epidemic. 1t is not ev-
eryone, however, who realizes the i'm
portance of keeping the body in such a
state of health that it will be able at all
to resist the attacks of disease. 1t is
when then the system is weakened by
overwork or worry, causing loss of APP
petite, ETC., when it is greatly debilitat-
ed, or "all run down." that the danger
of serious sickness and heavy DOCTORS
bills is to be feared. On the other hand,
if perfect health can be maintained, and
blood kept pure, and the circulation
good, the appetite normal and the spirits
cheerful, there will be no occasion to
fear the grip, pneumonia, diphtheria or
any similar ailment. AS means of
keeping the body in just this condition
of health no better agent has yet been
found than that great blood purifier and
strength builder. Hoods Sarsaparila.
While it is true that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla Cures it is equally true that Hood S
Sarsaparilla prevents sickness and this
truth is of supreme importance to all.
Mrs. G. G. Roles, of Wauregan, Conn.,,
writing to the proprietors of Hood S
Sarsaparilla, stated the case most con-
cisely when she said: 1--WE don't wait
until we are sick but take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla to prevent sickness" Certainly
prevention is far better than cure 30t2*
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The Christian EndeaVor Convention
at Boston.

At the coming general convention of
Y. P. S. G. E., to be held in Boston,
Mass, the headquarters of the Vermont
delegation will be the Maverick Congre-
gational church, Central Square, East
Boston. Fifty-seven churches in Boston
and vicinity have been selected as head
quarters for different delegations. Every
one will be fully provided by their Christ
ian Endeavor Societies with every COM
fort for the Endeavorers from the State
for which the church is headquarters.
There will be places for the delegates to
rest, a room for them to check their
clothing or small baggage, writing pa
per, tables, stamps, etc.
Every church headquarters is to be the
postoffice for the delegates of the State
quartered there. Every facility for send
ing out packages of the papers contain
ing the reports of the convention will be
afforded them. There will also be a
number of members of the church
Christian EndeavOr Society,who will al
ways be on hand to direct any of the Wis
iting delegates to any part of the city or
suburbs they may desire to visit, and go
with such delegates if necessary.
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You're an EASY Prev,

with your flesh reduced below a healthy
standard, for Consumption and other
scrofulous diseases. And it's for just
this condition that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is especially valuable.
If you're thinner than you ought to be,
whether from wasting diseases, defec.
tive nutrition, or whatever cause, the
Discovery" will surely bring you up to
the healthy standard. BY restoring the
normal action of the deranged organs
and functions, it arOuses every natural
source and means of nourishment. AS a
strength and flesh builder, no.
thing like this medicine is known to
medical science. Filthy Cod liver oil and
all its disguised compounds can't com
pare with it,
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
Some More New Books.-Two by
Anthony Hope.

Mr.. Wits Widow, by Anthony Hope;
paper, SOC.
Sport Royal, by Anthony Hope; cloth,
Toe.
The Fair Maid of Fee, by st. George
Rathborne, author of doctor Jack, -
Bachelor of the Midway etc.; cloth,
SOC.
The long anticipated "Mr. Bonaparte
of Corsica by John Kendrick Bangs,
the well known humorst contributor to
the Harpers' periodicals; cloth, $1.25.
dearest" by Mrs. Forester; cloth SOC.
The Unbidden Guest by William Horn
ung; cloth, SOC.
For sale at BANNER Stationery Store.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
How 1t VIII Run.

A JerseymaD has invented a perpetual
motion machine that will run a year. a
stock company has been formed at Newark
TO manufacture and sell the machine. 1t,
too, is warranted to run year. The in
ventor, If he manages to get any money
out of the company's treasury, is likely to
run even longer and at great speed.-New
York Times.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
To Make Pure Blood

There is no medicine before the people
equal to Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t is the
standard spring medicine and blood pu-
mtier and it possesses peculiar merit
which others try in vain to reach. 1t
really makes the weak strong. Do not
neglect to purify your blood this spring.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

The newspapers generally are Of tho
opinion that one Of the most encouraging
signs Of the times is the advance in the
rate Of wages in some of our leading in
dustries. -BoslUn Transcript.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
2. CUTLER, Dentist.
A .
Successor to Or. S. B. Pike.

DUCVCsbUI 10 UT o. D. Il ITNV'
Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonable prices,-
My aim will be give entire satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Office Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
S7tf Vermont.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

Barley grows wild in central Asia, in
Asia Minor, in Arabia Petrea, in the des-
erts about Mount Sinai in Georgia and
Circassia, in Turcomania, in the Pamirs
and in many parts of China and Siberia.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
The c, A, R. In Vermont.

Some recently prepared figures make
a vivid showing of the rise and decline
of the G. A. r. strength in the depart
ment Of Vermont. From them it ap
pears that the order was at its highest
point in membership in 1890, since when
it has gradually declined.
The following table shows the men,
bership for the past 20 years:
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

Tho name Of Peters Point, Va, given q
place because trader named Peter Jones
had store there, was afterward changed
to Petersburg.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07
DIR. B. G. JENNEY, Dentist.

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. j. N. SCRANTON.)
- Is prepared to perform all operations in L
stry in thorough and workmaniike manner.
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases subm
o his care, and at reasonable prices. ga
Ether administered or extracting teeth wher
luired. Office opposite Congregational Oh
Main ST., Bennington.
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EngIand's Tactics.

England's pacific blockade" of Mica
ragua' ports will be so arranged that 1t can
be converted into an Atlantic blockade on
short notios.-Chicago Tribune.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

To have perfect health you must
have pure blood, and the best way to
have pure blood is to take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

Hoods Pills become the favorite ca
thartic with every one who tries them.
25c per box
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

ITO RENT-Several desirable tensments. Pos
! session given immediately. hWILLIAM E.
HAWKS -. at
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-07

DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation,
Indigestion or dyspepsia, biliousness and
headacheS
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Deserving of Sympathy and Craft
fude.

Gov. Claude Matthews says he will not
refuse the Democratic nomination in
| 1896.
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BATCHELDER & BATES.

A TToRNEYs AND CoUNSELLoRs AT LAW
IA and Solicitors n Chancery.
Office in Opera House Block, Bennington.
J. X. BATCHELDEP, + L. BATES.
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Business Dirrrtorp.

CLARENCE p. NILES.
A CTORNEY AT LAW.
N Office over First National bank.
Bennington, VT.