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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
The Club Vow.

If soul swear pronouncing with his lips, to do
evil or to do good, whatsoever it shall be that a
man shall pronounce with an OATH and it be hid
from him where he knoweth of it, then he shall
be guilty in one of these.-LEvIT. V, 4.
When we heard the solemn pledge read
which the political clubs have prepared
for their members to take and subscribe
to, it brought forcibly to mind the above
text. The probability is that not all, or
perhaps the majority of club signers know
much about Bible oaths or their solemnity.
They are more familiar with the "chin-
ney corner sort OF oaths. Nevertheless,
the above text applies very clearly to and
condemns the obligation these political
club signers take. They do not, it is true,
pronounce with an OATH But an OBJ
legation subscribed to to do something,
the consequence or result of which is
hid from him." is committing sin he
cannot escape. This club obligation is to
do evil or to do good. He does not know
what the result of his action in voting
shall be. If it result in evil then he is
guilty of doing evil. If his action or vote
result in good he has committed sin
little less on his part for making a blind
promise or vow. fhe change his mind
or doubt the propriety of casting such a
vote as the VozO-for that is what the
pledge is-binds him to cast, and he is
impelled as a conscientious duty to carry
out the VOW or pledge but against his will
and Judgment, it is plain the moral tangle
he has placed himself in by swearing or
pledging himself to do something the re-
suit of which he is uncertain about
All such political schemes or club
| pledges are contrivance of the evil one
to catch and bind the unwary, and fall
under the condemnation of the above
text The scheme is to catch and bind by
species of moral, conscience slavery in a
moment of excitement as many thought
less victims as possible. Who knows
what the next legislature will do? The
candidates are not being called to the
book and asked to sign a pledge defining
what they are to do, but the simple voters
are roped in and induced to sign willy
nilly so as to bring a pressure on them
and make sure of their votes and place a
check on their straying from 1.-THE party"
This hurrah club meeting business and
pledge signing is a design against the
independence and manhood of the voter,
and should be taken as an insult to be
asked to commit themselves to such a
slavish obligation. An American citizen
ought to be free from every semb.
lance of pressure upon his liberty that
seemed anything like restraint on his
free will to the last minute before he cast
his vote, and every man who does not
thus keep himself untrammeled from any
such vows falls under the condemnation
of the text at the head of this article.
What do you church members think oil
yourselves when you are brought up face
to face with this anathema in Leviticus
Rather cheap and chop fallen we should
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25

e. r. BURLINGTON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
COxey's Daily.

Coxey is the Populist nominee
for Governor of Ohio, and appears
to be making it. warm for the old
parties. He has stumped the whole
State and whenever he was adver
tised to speak the people flocked in
thousands to hear him. He has
been running a weekly paper for
several months and has started a
campaign daily under the above
title. A glimpse of this knight OF
the hastings may be had from the
head lines of an article taken at
random from the first number OF
"Coxey's Daily -
"a Tidal Wave-Success Beyond
Measure Awaits the Populist Clans
-Strongholds of Republicanism
Turn Out Enmass to Hear Our
Leader Proclaim the Better Plan
Three and Four Speeches Every
Day-Such a Canvass was Never
Before Made in Ohio"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
The Little Game.

The latest election day trick, is
buying the vote of the county and
state, and operating on sure basis,
by manipulating the Australian
ballot by the simplest invention yet
devised. The purchasable vote is
being catalogued or listed through
ont the state. This is being done
by the democrats. 1t wOnld be of
little use for the republicans to do
it-though like 'Barkis" they
would no doubt be "willin'." The
purchasable vote having been listed
and the necessary appropriation as
certained the amount of money will
be placed in the hands of the
district bosses, commonly called
"heelers.n 1t will require not
more than two at each poll, though
one could manage the business on a
pinch. The plan is this. A genuine
ticket is to be secured from the
office where they are printed. One
ticket for each poll in the county
is sufficient, though one or two
extras would be safer in case of
emergency. A stamp and ink pad
is easily procured like the genuine
stamp in the booths. The stolen or
stool pigeon ticket is stamped pre-
pared for depositing in the ballot
box. The purchased voter No. 1 is
started with his ticket and ordered
to deliver this fixed ticket to the
Judge when he comes out of the
closet and bring with him the
ticket received from the ballot
clerk. The voter having presented
this summarized ballotto the "heeler"
receives his pay and No. is started
to the voting room with the ticket
No. l brought back, prepared by
the heeler, and the automatic
machinery is kept going till all the
purchased voters have earned their
money and produced the evidence.
That is a game in which all the
cards are trump and not a single
trick can be lost. See.
The only difficulty in carrying
out the scheme is in procuring a
ticket for each poll from head
quarters where the ballots are
printed, and it would be a poor
boss indeed that couldn't manage
that. One ticket to start with is
all that is necessary. This is the
little game the German crowd are
going to play and we don't see how
you're going to head them off,
They are almost sure to win in this
county and in the state. German
is a slick one and don't you forget
it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
The Monroe Doctrine.

The administration is making an
electioneering show of the Monroe
Doctrine in the Venezuelan case to
be snubbed by Salisbury. If the
administration will commence to
enforce the Monroe Doctrine right
at home by warning British influ-
ence from meddling in our financial
affairs in place of counting and
soliciting it, such action would mean
business of practical kind. OF
what use is the Monroe Doctrine in
foreign countries when not enforced
at home?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25

The Darlington, Wis, Journal says
editorially of a popular patent medicine:
1--WE know from experience that Cham
berlains colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy is all that is claimed for it, as on
two occasions it stopped excuciating pains
and possibly saved us from an untiinely
grave. We would not rest easy over
night without it in the house" This
remedy undoubtedly saves more pain and
suffering than any other medicine in the
world. Every family should keep it in
the house, for it is sure to be needed
sooner or later. For sale by f. T.
REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25

Reform is badly needed in Mary
land but the only reform that will
ever be made by the success OF
either of the old parties will net be
for the people but for the benfit of
one or the other set of ringsters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25

If your children are subject to Group
watch for the first symptom of the dis
ease-haarseness. If Cham b r la in's
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
child becomes hoarse it will prevent the
attack. Even after the croupy cough has
appeared the attack can always be pre-
vented by giving this remedy. 1t is also
invaluable for colds and whooping cough.
For sale by E. 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
Ladies' Coats.

The unprecedented demand for Ladies' and Misses
Coats necessated additional order for duplicate lot of
thirty Coats of choice styles for immediate sales We
simply challenge comparison with $40 blue and black
line Year by year grows steadily in favor
We however intend to be in readiness all demands
New Parlor Suit Plush Upholstered Platform Rockers
among the arrivals at Furniture and Carpet Dept
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
Half ton of that justly celebrated Valley
Buckwheat that has earned such a reputation
in the past, ready.
The demands of business cuts short our talk TODAY
You WILL however, find at home and ready supply all
kinds of merchandise at the closest prices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
l. R.TFRRSo,
STOCKTON, N. Y, June 2s, 1894.

oIOGNIONI NJ I :, june 20, Io94'
DR.. M. M. FENNER, Fredonia, N. Y.
Dear .Sr:-About years ago be-
came bilious, sallow, dyspeptic and my
system was generally run down. Lost
appetite and flesh. Could not eat OF
sleep well, and had palpitation of the
heart-in fact was SO wretehed and un-
nerved that on several occasions my
friends thought ! would not live till
morning,
Two bottles of your Blood and Lives
Remedy and Nerve Tonic produced a
complete cure"
For sale by Or. L. R. Kirk, Rising sun, Nd,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
commissioners Notice to Lien
Holders and Others.
Oscar Douglass.
vs..
II. j. Harris, ct. ais,
In EHnnrarr-


10 ~ parties IA interest as lien holders or
Otherwise in the above entitled cause:
you and each OF you VIII take notice that
IN obedience to the require ments and pro-
visions of that certain decree, entered I'M the
ABOVE entitled cause on the End day or sen
TEMPER, lS!J, by the Circuit Court OF Mason
county West Virginia. in which said court
said cause Is pending, the undersigned Com
missioner in Chancery viii, on the 10th day
OF October- 1885, at 10 o'clock n m, at the law
once Of Geo Pofienbarger, in the town or
foint Pleashnt, Mason county, West Virgin
ia, proceed TO take, state and report an ac-
count, showing
LIST. What real estate the defendant. II. j.
iiaTrls, Is seized and possessed OF and where
End. What liens their prioritIes, the char.
.icter OF the same The respective amounts Of
me same, and to whom due and PAYABLE eX-
ist upon said real estate
Drd- whether or not the rents, issues and
Lrohts OF the said real estate, belonging TO the
defendant, II. J. Harris, VIII, within five
years, pay on aud discharge the liens upon
said real estate.
4th Any other matter said Commissioner
may uceTn pertinent, or any matter any par
- IN interest, in writing, may require.
IL Tor any reason, the taking Of said ac-
COUNT cannot be completed on the day alore-
sild, the taking thereof viii be continued
from day to day and from time to time until
the same IS completed.
Given under my hand this 9th day Of Sep
LsInber- ls41. GEO. POFFENBA KGER
Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit
Court Of Mason County West Virginia
JpiiS L HELLER, Sol
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Gnr. CnmnhelI.

The Gallipolis Bulletin, is doing
noble work in the fight for Democ-
racy in that State, and in an article
this week says:
flames E. Campbell uplifts the
banner of Democracy-the ensign
of the people who want no bosses
and, if elected, he will be the
Governor of the people; he will be
no mans man; he will be no plant
instrument to be manipulated by a
boss whose only instinct is inordi-
nate greed in absorbing the spoils
of Office, the incumbents of which
he claims the absolute prerogative
of naming without consulting the
voters and taxpayers"
There is a tremendous Republi-
can majority in Ohio to overcome,
but we firmly believe Mr.. Camp
bell will be triumphantly elected.
If he carries that State for Governor
he will be the nominee of the Demo
cratic party for President in 1896.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
An Ancient Traveller.

Geo. Mckee, the oldest barber in
the State, went to the Pennsboro
Fair this week. 1t was the first
time in his life that he ever rode on
a railroad. When the train got GO
ing about 40 miles an hour he got
scared and grabbed a hold of the
seat, and refused to let go When
the train entered the first tunnel he
thought it was kingdom come with
him as the train shot into daylight
he was found on his knees praying
like a good fellow. 1t was the first
time he ever tried to pray. He
said to a fellow passenger.that if he
ever got back TO Parkersburg alive
no one would ever again get him in
such a fix. George is 10Y years old
and remembers well the big snow
storm of July 4th, 1902. He is still
very spry for his age.-Parkersburg
Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
At Passing Events In Many DIneren
Places.

At Passing Events In Many Different
Fred Bull of Edon, Ind, fell from steplad-
der and crushed his skull.
Lewis Crayton of Clay county, w Va, was
found dead in the highway, shot through the
heart.
Rev. Joseph Robertson of ShelbyvilIe, Ind.
buried his dead infant in the back yard to save
funeral expenses.
Jacob Myers, Dennison, o., suicided by
hanging in an clubhouse. His wife left him
and sued for divorce last week.
Henry King, co. drank n quart of whisky on
a wager at Courtland, Ala, and the coroner's
jury rendered a verdict accordingly.
Freeman Fry, freight brakeman on the Ohio
Valley railroad, fell from the top of car near
Repton, KY, and was instantly killed.
The yearold child of Henry Hawkins, Har-
riston, Ind, fell into four gallon jar partially
filled with water and was drowned.
While Milo Jones, near New Cumberland, o.
was returning home from campm Getting he was
thrown from his horse and instantly killed.
T. It. Lewis, forger, has written letters to
friends at Urbanl, o., postnarl1ed Dayton o.,
in which he says he is making an effort to
satisfy his creditors He intimates that he will
give himself up.
Frank Ohaver and Herd Walk of Milford
Center, o., entered the cellar and went up
through the floor and secured $3.50 in gold
from n Marysville 90 bank while the cashier
was ut dinner. They were CAPTURED
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Commissioners Notice.


Jasper Lemaster, Cynthia Lemnster, Perme-
liza Lemaster, \. r. Barbee, J. p. Menager,
PoflenbaTger' J. Scheivley, Jr., Arthur
Edwards and Isaac w. Eckard, Defend
ants.
In the Circuit Court of Mason County, West
To the above named parties, PIalntiT and
Defendants.
You and each OF you Will take notice that
the above entitled cause was referred to me
one of the Commissioners OF said Cont Iy
a decree of said Court, made and entered in
for the purpose of taking, stating and report
FIRsr:-What real estate the said Pcrnelia
l.elnaster ana Jasper LemaStcr are possessed
of or are entitled to.
SEcoND:-what liens, if any, exist on
said real estate, the nature, amount and
prioritteS thereof, and In whose favor.
THIRD:-Whether the rents and profits Of
ter and Jasper Lemaster Will, In i've years
pay or and satisfy the Judgment liens
FoUETu:-And such other matters as the
parties hereto may, in writing, require, being
pertinent and proper.
But before proceeding under this order
said Commissioner shall first give notice OF
the time and place OF taking said account. by
publication thereof once a week, for four
successive weeks, in some newspaper pub
Iished in said Mason county, and by posting
y copy of the same at the front door of tho
Court House Of said county, at least twenty
days before the taking of said account And
said Commissioner Is also directed to Dive
statute. and to have the said notice posted
and published rs required by law.
In accordance with the order or reference
aforesaid, ] have fixed upon the 18th day OF
october 1888, between the hours OF . O'Clock
a. m ana o CLOCK p. M Of said day, at my
office, opposite the Court House, in thu.
town of Point Pleasant, Mason county West
' lrginia, as the time and place for taking
the account required by said decree, and any
testimony deemed necessary for that pur-
pose ana VIII adjourn my proceedings, II
necessary from time to time after said day
until all necessary testimony Is taken and
ihe report of the undersigned Commissioner
Is completed as required by said order OF
reference.
\ on and each of you, are therefore com
Inanded in the name OF the state OF West Vir-
Sinla, To be and appear before me In
ppDedlehcc TO TINS notice, and to protect your
Interests in relation to the matters before
me b aforesaid.
Given under my hand at my Office this 9Th
day OF September, 1888.
JOHN +. BELLER.
Comm lssioner in Chancery OF the Circuit
court, OF Mason County, West Virginia.
j. :. SPENCER, Sol.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Then and Now.

Talking about saving money, "
said a very rich man recently, at
is one hundred times harder now
to keep cash in your pockets than
it was when 1 was a young fellow
and didn't spend a cent. Take the
young men, for instance. tell you
it's hard for them to save in these
times. Every young man wants a
bicycle and it's mighty hard to
stand on the street and see your
friends spinning by on wheels and
not invest yourself. Again it's a
great privation for a young fellow
not to be we'll dressed. The dis
tinction between good clothes and
poor is SO sharp nowadays that it is
calling to be conspicuous by cheap
attire. Again, there is the theatre,
the excursion boat, the races and a
score of other inducements to spend
money that hardly existed in my
day and I'm glad they didn't, for if
they bad, l honestly think [ would
be poor man now" It's an easy
thing to save money when there is
no way to spend it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
ArbOr DaY.

Hon. Virgil A. Lewis, State Su-
perintendent of Free Schools, has
issued proclamation fixing Friday,
Nov. LIST, as the day for planting
shade trees and shrubbery around
the school houses by all the teachers
and school children in the State.
This custom OF devoting one day in
each year to this important work
has prevailed in this State for some
time and the interest increases each
year. We trust that Arbor Day
will be observed in this place, and
that trees will be planted in both
the High school and Langston
school lots.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Home Seekers Excursion.

Agents of the Ohio Central Lines
will sell Home Seekers Excursion
Tickets as follows:
TO Virginia, Sept. "a and Oct. 2.
Rate, one fare for round trip; limit
80 days. To Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, North Carolina South Car
DINA and Tennessee, on Oct. 2
Rate, one fare for round trip; limit
20 days. To Arkansas4 Alberta,
Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Indian
Territory, Kansas, South Missouri,
Manitoba, Minnesota, New Mexico
North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin,
Wyoming; date Sept. "a; rates one
fare, plus 81 90; round trip limit %
days for return.
See Ohio Central Agents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Ira Oakes Dead.

VIM. Ira Cakes died yesterday
morning at the Insane Asylum at
Weston, where he has been for some
time for treatment. His remains
will be brought here for burial, but
no arrangement has yet been made
for the time of the funeral. Mr..
Cakes was for a number of years
prominently connected in business
in this city and was we'll and favor
ably known in this valley. He was
a member of the Odd Fellows and
Masonic fraternities. He leaves a
wife but no children. Mrs. Cakes
is daughter of Col. a. NJ. Hamil-
ton. They had been married TWEEN
ty years.-Kanawha Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
For the Cotton States and International
Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.

For the Cotton States and international
Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.
The Southern Railway operates near
ly five thousand miles of road in eight
of the Southern States and its lines en-
ter Atlanta, Ga, from five different
points of the com pass. Washington, d.
o., is the No thern or Eastern terminus
of one OF its lines, which is operated in
connection with the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, 1.-The standard railroad OF Ameri-
ca, between New York through PhiIa-
delpha, Baltimore, Washington, d. G =,
Lynchburg and Danville, Va, Green's
boro and Charlotte, n. c., Spartan
burg and Greenville, S. c., Atlanta, Ga,
Montgomery and Mobile, Ala and New
Orleans, with connection at Salisbury
for Asheville, Hot Springs, Knoxville
and Chattanooga, at Charlotte for Col
umbus, Augusta, Savannah, and Jack
sonville, and at Atlanta for Birming-
ham, Memphis, Macon and Southern
Georgia. Solid vestibuled limited trains,
with through day coaches, Pullman
Drawing-room Sleepers and Dining
cars. Time between Washington and
Atlanta, eighteen hours, without change
OF cars OF any class.
The Southern Railway is the only
line which enters and lands passengers
in the Exposition Grounds, and no eff
fort or expense has been spared by the
management in the Improvement OF its
roadbed, increasing the number of its
coaches and inangurating its own din
ing car service preparatory to handling
eXpeditiously and comfortably the
heavy travel to and from Atlanta dur
ing the Cotton States and international
Exposition, which opens Sept. is and
closes Dec. 81, 1885.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, from
Sept. II to Dec. "a, inclusive, excursion
tickets will be sold from Washington,
D. c., to Atlanta, Ga, at Sl4 90, good for
return 10 days from date of sale.
Excursion tickets will be sold every
day from Sept. l6 until Dec. -, inclu-
sive, from Washington at Sl9.25, good
for return 20 days from date Of sale, and
excursion tickets for the entire EXPOSE
ton season with final limit OF January
Z, 1896, will be sold for Sept. is until
Dec. ID, inclusive, at S26.25.
Map folders furnished and Pullman
Sleeping Car reservations made upon
application.
L. 5. BROWN,
Gen'l Agt, Pass. Dept.
]. NJ. CULP, w. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Washington, ID. c..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Bringing Tn Children

The son of very eminent law
yer, while awaiting sentence in the
telon's dock, was asked by the
judge: $50 you remember your
father2" "Perfectly," said the
youth; whenever L entered his
presence he said, Run away my lad /,
and don't trouble me- The great
lawyer was thus enabled to com.
Plete his great work on "The Law of
Trusts" and his son in due time
furnished a practical commentary
on the way in which his father had
honored that most sacret of trusts
committed to him in the person of
his child.-Exchange.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
End OF the World.

The end of the world, announced
by the German weather prophet,
DIR. Falb, to take place in 1895, has
been postponed by the Doctor, ow-
ing to unexpected obstacles, until
November Is, 1899, between and
/ o'clock in the morning. In this
announcement Falb agrees with
Brother Philippe Olivarius, of the
Citeux Cloister, in France. Accord
ing to manuscript written in 1914,
left by the monk, the city of Paris
is to be destroyed in 1896, and the
end of the world is to take place in
1899.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-18
Notice to Lien Holders.

To all persons holding liens by Judgment
the eof. of Permelia Lemaster and Jasper
LemaSter:
In pursuance OF "A decree Of the Circuit
court OF Mason county, made In q cause
therein pending, To subject the real estat. OF
the said Perneiia LemaSter and Jasper
l.emaster to the satisfaction OF the liens
thereon you are hereby required to present
all claims held by you and each OF Won
against the said PermeIia LeInaster and
Jasper Lemaster, which are liens on their
real estate, or any part OF IL, for adjudica-
ton to me at my office, in the town OF Point
Pleasant. Mason county, West Virginia. ON
or before the eth day OF October, 1895.
Given under my hand this 9th day OF Sep
TENDER. Isttj. JOHN + REIIER
sept II i-w. Commissioners