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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-23
HE DID NOT HOLD HIS PEACE,
At the Proper Time He Spoke and
Ne Got the Bride.

81 attended mountain wedding
IN Mcdowell county, VIVA" said
Postoffice Inspector to Wash
ington Star writer. "Everything
went along smoothly at first. The
cabin was brilliantly lighted with
candles, and one of the best fiddlers
in the country was present to furn-
ish music for the dance to follow
the wedding ceremony. Nothing
occurred to mar the proceedings
until the minister came to the
point where he invited anyone who
had anything TO say why the couple
should not enter the bonds OF mat.
rimony to speak or thereafter hold
his pence, when u rough looking
mountaineer arose and said
Anything ter say, parson (? Wall
| reckon | hev. | hev allus intend
ed ter marry that gal myself, an
tibet Teller knowed it, so he Jess
KEEP outen my way. | sent i'm word
to prepare for lickin' an he lef'
the country, but KEEP a-writin' ter
the cal. Now, I'm here ter make
my word good, an fore this hyar
event goes any farder, the taller
faced coward has me ter fight"
In vain the preacher tried to re-
store order. A ring was soon
squared in the center of the room
and the men went at it. In about
ten minutes the groom announced
that he had enough, and the victor,
taking the arm of the blushing
bride, deliberately changed the
groom's name in the marriage Ii.
cense to his own, while the van
qulshed lover made his escape.
Everybody appeared to be satisfied,
and the marriage took place as
though nothing had occurred to
mar the solemnity of the occasion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-23


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COrnhili Magazine, lW ~. NallOck
Maomillan's Magazine, Herbert spencer,
New Review, IT. 4. Mahaay.
National Review, Sir Robert Ball,
Chambers Journal, prince KropOtkin.
Temple Bar, lArchdcacon Farrer,
The Academy. st George Niyarf
The Athenaeum REV ri . II Uaweis
fubltc opinion. Frederic Harrison,
saturday Review, Mrs. Oiiphaut
The Spectator Karl Blind,
ETC. etc. etc, etc,
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The following list gives the principal period
ieals selected from. and the names Of some Of
the well.knOwn authors whose articles have
recently appeared in the Ecleotlo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-23

-OF-
Foreign Literature, Science and Art,
THE LITERATURE OF THE WORLD"
1895.
FIFTY.SECOND YEAR.

THE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE repro
l duces from Foreign Periodicals all
those articles which are valuable to
American readers. It's field of selec-
ton embraces all the leading Foreign
Reviews, Magazines, and Journals, and
the tastes of all classes of Intelligent
readers are consulted in the articles
presented. Articles from the
Abiesf writer's In the World
will be found in its pages.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
ALCOHOL AS Z MEDICINE.
Opinion of a Doctor That 1t Does More
Harm Than Good in Treatment OF
Disease.

Opinion of Doctor That 1t Does More
Disease.
DR.. Tobias, of Coatsville, Ind, writes
in the Courier of Medicine as follows on
spirits in typhoid fever:
''Of what use is alcohol in medicine?
We have better heart tonic in digi-
tails; as lung tonic a vastly better in
strychnine; nitrate of amyl acts quick
er; atropine warns up better. To
tide over a dangerous time we would
prefer iron, quinine and strychnine,
concentrated food and attention to
hygiene. Is it capable of prolonging
life or in any way assisting nature in
throwing off the microbes of disease?
The most eXtravagant claims have been
made for it by the laity. 1t is the one
panacea for all the ills to which the hu-
man flesh is heir. But when we come
to look at its effects in a fair and impair
tial manner, do not its claims as q
therapeutical agent rest on a very un-
stable foundation? 1t prevents oXida-
ton of the tissues. Psychologists tell
us that when taken into the system the
effects of alcohol on the red blood cor
puscles-which are the oxygen carriers
is to lessen their power of giving off
oxygen, and in this way the oxidation
of tissue is interfered with. 1t does
not require any great strength of the
imagination to see that while this con-
dition of inactivity exists, all the organs
of the body must suffer, for any inter-
ference with the supply of oxygen will
necessarily interfere with evolution OF.
force. In Flint's physiology it is said:,
Alcohol is capable of being absorbed
and taken into the blood, but that it
passes out again unchanged. 1t cannot
be regarded as an afment, and hence,
cannot take the place of articles that,
are assimilated.' The fact that those
who indulge in alcoholic liquors are un-
able to endure the same amount of IA
tigue, is conclusive evidence that alco-
hol is in no sense a food. Men have
been enabled to endure the extremes of
heat and cold much better without alco-'
holic liquors fany kind thanwith them.
The effect of alcohol on the human or
ganism, in either health or disease, is
unfavorable, as its use tends to increase
the risk of infections in contagious dis
eases, and the progress is rendered more
grave because of diminished resistance
on the part of the organism, in either
health or disease. 1t is perfectly safe
to predict that the time is not far dis
tant when it will be as rare for physi-
clan to prescribe alcohol as it is now for
him to prescribe blood-letting, and
when a healthy man will no more think
of taking alcohol, with a view of pre-
serving health, than he would strych-
nine for the same end"
The Republican., 1896-06-11
DANGER IN EXCESS OFF EXERCISE


HouseWork, chores, gardening, walk
ing, climbing, cycling, running, swim
ming and many other sports give just
the kind of exercise that is indicated in
certain conditions, due regard being
had to the physiologic effects of vary
ing dosage. Oertel has shown how the
simple exercise of walking may be
adapted to sufferers from cardiac de
bility by prescribing the distance and
speed and the number and length of
the rests on definite paths graduated
according to their slope. His interest
ing and original work has not only
given a new direction to the treatment
of certain cardiac affections, but is des-
tined to have an important influence in
establishing accuracy in the prescrip
ton of exercise. Whoever has studied
the map of the environs of Reichenhali,
Bavaria, prepared by Oertel for the ap-
plication of his method, will acquire a
vivid idea of what precision of dosing in
exercise means. In this map the DIFF.
ferent paths suitable for the work are
marked in four different colors, to indi
cate those that are nearly level, those
slightly sloping, moderately sloping,
and steep, and figures are placed along
each route to show the space that
should be traversed in each quarter
hour.
The locality itself is prepared for its
remedial use by placing benches for
resting at suitable distances, and by
marking on certain trees near the path
circles, colored to correspond with the
map, to indicate the difficulty of that
certain section. By systematic practice
on the easier paths, the heart and sys-
tenn are progressively trained and
strengthened. Intelligent analysis ma,
do the same work for cycling, horse
back riding and many other familiar
exercises. In this way the dosage is
practically reduced to definite number
of kilogrammeters In given time, and
a step has been taken in placing the
prescription of exercise upon scien-
titic basis.-Appleton's Science Month
ly
The Republican., 1896-06-11
NOTES BY THE WAY.

BUT for moderate drinkers there
would be no drunkards and no drink
sellers.-Natio Temperance Advo-
cate.
THE landlord still finds it profitable
to throw in q kernel of coffee and a
pinch of cloves with every drink.-At-
tia, in Lever.
THERE are in the patent Office at
Washington 1877 different patents
taken out for methods and devices for
the manufacture of alcohol.
WOMEN are forbidden to enter saloons
at Astoria, Ore, by a city ordinance
passed few days ago, which also pro-
vides for the punishment Of the women
who violate the ordinance.
LIBERTY is not q barroom word and
those who use it there are too strongly
influenced by that which inebriates to
realize how sacrilegious is such conduct
on their part.-Independe Citizen.
WHEN the landlord is brought face to
face with the Almighty Cod how quick
ly will he remember his crime. His lit
tie hell-hole bar will look bigger than
the gates of Heaven.-Attila, in Lever.
IN 1891 this country imported $4,000
gallons of vermouth, and the amount
imported in the current fiscal year will,
it is estimated, reach 225,000 gallons.
AS vermouth is used almost exclusively
in the preparation of certain kinds of
cocktails it is evident that the cock tail
habit is rapidly growing to alarming
proportions.
The Republican., 1896-06-11

from him, and the mother begged him
not to take the little girl downstairs.
She had struggle with Haughery at
the door, but he good-naturedly pushed
her aside, and said:
you don't suppose I could hurt lit
tie Alice, do you?"
Haughery had made the trip down
two flights of stairs with the little girl
in his arms while drunk on another oc-
casion without falling.
Without a mishap he walked down
from the fourth to the third floor. At
the second step of the third flight of
stairs, however, he missed his footing.
He fell headlong Is steps. When he
landed the noise of the fall could be
heard all over the house. He fell right
on top of the child, which he held in
his arms.
Mrs. Ennis, as soon as she heard the
fall, screamed:
"He has killed my child"
She was so frightened, however, that
she was unable to go downstairs.
George Wort picked Haughery up. He
didn't know that the man had the child
with him, and Haughery's wife picked
up little Alice.
Haughery mumbled to himself: 81
have killed little Alice"
Two minutes after he was on his way
to a neighboring saloon to fill a growler.
Little Alice was tenderly carried up
stairs to her mother. DR.. Gardner, of
Bellevue hospital, came in an ambu-
lance, but the Ennis would not let the
little girl be taken to the hospital. They
TOOK her to DR.. Burke, of 147 Lexington
avenue, who said she was suffering from
internal injuries and conclusion of the
brain. The child died at four o'clock i'll
the morning.
Haughery kept people in the house
awake all night by fighting with his
wife. Shortly after the accident Mrs.
Gilmore, the housekeeper, saw him re-
turning with growler filled with beer.
She took the growler out of his hands.
and, after spilling the beer, would not
yeturn the can to Haughery. He prompt
ly went upstairs and got a pitcher in
which to get more beer. He was arrest
ed at five o'clock by Policeman O'keefe.
of the East Thirty fifth street station.
Before being taken to court Haughery
seemed to realize his position and was
weeping profusely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ennis were heart-broken
over the death of their child. Mrs. En-
mis- expects soon to be a mother.
1--WE haven't as much as five cents in
the house." she said, land we are too
poor to bury our little girl. We could not
go to an undertaker's, so we put our
little girl on the table. and dressed her
in her best little petticoat. Y.
World.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
BY A ROUNDABOUT ROUTE.
Course of a Missionary's Letter from
Pitcairn to Tahiti.


In the possession of one of the mis-
sionary party recently arrived from the
south seas on the Adventist vessel Pit
cairn, is a letter which has an inter
esting and unique history. 1t travelled
about $4,000 miles. while the distance
between the mailing point and its desti-
nation is but 200 miles, and it went
the most direct route possible and did
not miscarry at any stage of its jour
ney. The travels of the letter sent
from Pitcairn island to Tahiti show,
as nothing else can, the complete iso-
lation of the little Pacific paradise
founded by John Adams Tahftiais sa-,l.y
about six days sail from Pitcairn, and
is the source whence lovesick Pitcairn
ers take their wives. But letter-writing,
although it forms an important part
of the courtship, is generally confined
to one letter, as when the answer is
received it is generally the arrival of
the bride, Except a small vessel or a
man-of-war consents to carry letters
between the two points, which oppor-
tunity rarely occurs, the only remain
ing hope is from passing ship, bound
from San Francisco or Portland to Eu-
rope. A gentleman now residing in
Oakland was once deputed to carry the
Pitcairn mail from Tahiti, and he told
the story of how it was done:
I'VE left San Francisco in the ship
City of Hankow, and were off Pitcairn
island on Christmas day. Only about
one ship makes the island, and as we
should lose no ground by waiting a
few hours we hove to and signaled to
Adams point. Then the two boats
Queen Victoria and Admiral Drew came
of with two loads of vegetables. Gov.
Mccoy also came off and asked us to
carry some letters to Tahiti. We rather
smiled at first, but when he produced
seven letters and told us that there
was no other way to send them we
consented, and after paying for our
fruit and vegetables we started on our
trip. Those letters were the cause of
good deal of inconvenience. When
the captain landed at England he took
the letters ashore and went to the post
master. Then he was informed that he
must make an affidavit and must apply
to the postmaster-general for IA cents,
the tariff for carrying letters from
countries not in the postal union.
Eventually the letters were landed in
The Falmouth post Office, after we had
carried them about 10000 miles, From
Falmouth they went Southampton, and
we're sent in the usual course of events
to New York, another 5000 miles. Then
they crossed to San Francisco and
were put on board one of the Australian
steamers and put off at the nearest
point to Tahiti, their destination. The
remainder of the journey was covered
with small boat. In all, the letters
Travelled distance of over $4,000 miles
and occupied four months and half
en- route."-San Francisco Call.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
A Very Modern Antioue.

All is not gold that glitters, and all
antiquities that come from Egypt are
not genuine. A lady who recently re-
turned from that land of mystery
brought with her terra Gotta figure
of a cat, which she saw with her own
eyes dug up out of the ruins of Kar-
nae. She paid a good price for it, AMI
was delighted with her purchase. I'm
fortunately, the other day it was
knocked down and smashed. It's head
was then found to be stuffed with old
numbers of the Birmingham Post, and
it bore other traces of being distinctly
of Brummagem oriQin.-London Chron.
icle.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
She Managed Well,

Apropos of the facility with which
women can adapt themselves to circum-
stances, little woman boarded street
car with two babies in her care, one in
her arms, the other by the hand. She
also carried a satchel, a bunch of wild
flowers she had evidently gathered that
morning, her pocket book, and as there
was only one seat for the trio, she took
the other baby in her arms and held
both during the ride. IAt the piece-de-
resistance was her door-key, which she
held, like some faithful Bruno, between
her teeth. Nor did she relinquish it
through the entire trip, but carried it
with the air of one who had place for
everything, and everything in it's place.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
FRECKLES-SUNBURN.
Women at tho Seaside and mountains
Should W ear Wells and Gloves.

Should W ear Wells and Gloves.
"What is sunburn, dcctor?" was
question which Mercury representa-
tive asked an eminent specialist re-
Gently.
"Sunburn," said the polite doctor,
sis only a universal freckle, and if you
know what freckles are you know what
sunburn is as well as l do myself.
Lentigo tour name for freckles) is an
excessive deposit of pigment in the
skin, appearing as small, round, or ir-
regularly-shaped pin's-head or pea
sized, yellowish, brownish, or blackish
spots. They are seldom seen before
the third year, and with advancing
years they may disappear permanently.
persons with fair skins, and par
ticularly those with red hair, are espe-
cially liable to their development;
nevertheless they appear in brunettes
and mulattos. A freckle is shown by
microscopical examination to consist
essentially of circumscribed collec-
tion of normal pigment cells in the rete
mucosum. Chloasma Diver spot) diff
fers from it simply in the size and shape
of the patches.
But l cannot describe sunburn as
universal freckle without calling at
tcntiOn to one important distinction.
Freckles are sometimes due to morbid
condition of the system. | have had
patients not ordinarily subject to
frecliles who developed them when
their digestive organs were seriously
out of order.
''On the other hand, those who are in
perfect health bronze much more readi-
ly than those whose constitutions are
unsound or who are sickly | may add
that one bronzes more quickly from
exposure to the sun during the morn
ing hours than in the afternoon, while
exercising than when at rest, and when
the atmosphere is surcharged with
moisture than when it is dry.
"But sunburn is much more than
this continued the pleasant physician.
ITO say that it is only skin-deep would
be altogether superficial. You must
not forget its deep social Significance
a coat of tan marks and distinguishes
man who has had his holidays. Are
you a man of means? Are you a man
of good taste? To prove that you are
both you must show a brown face in the
autumn"
"And how about the ladies', doctor?"
my dear sir, wells and gloves at the
seaside for ladies who have plump and
round necks. 1t is simply a question
of full dress next winter. And yet [
may say that l knew a very original
young lady who scored a positive tri-
umph at fancy-dress ball by appear
ing with her bare arms delicately
bTonzed on the upper side. 1t seemed to
make her skin look all the fairer; and
doubtless suggestion of healthy out
door life is the crowning charm of
| beauty" N. Y. Mercury.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
THE FASHIONABLE WINEGLASS.
Instance Where 1t Ruined One Cultured
Refined Lady and II Is Running Others.

Refined Lady and 1t Is Running Others.
Some years ago the editor of the Adj
vocate, while passing through one of
the worst districts of New York, saw
woman emerge from dark, narrow al
ley. 1t was early in the morning. She
looked, haggard, pale and filthy; was
bare-headed and almost bare-footed.
She was a pitiable object. The night she
had spent on the hard stones. She
passed him and entered low grog-Shop.
Placing some pennies on the counter,
she took in her trembling hand the
glass and drank, and then passed out,
and with uneven steps went down the
street A policeman, on being spoken
to, said she was a common drunkard,
that like as not she would be in the sta
tion-house ere night, and that night
she slept there.
And who was this degraded creature? ?
How came she so low? Had she always
been a child of poverty? Oh, no, it was
drink that did it. Once that poor out
cast was a beautiful, accomplished
young lady; once at the head of fash
ionable young lady's school; once q
teacher of youth with few superiors,
whose society was courted and her
friendship valued. But fashionable
wine-drinking proved her ruin. She
slipped, she drank, yet all went well,
till one day she crossed the line of pro-
priety-she entered her school-room
under the influence of wins. Then the
friends who had taught her to drink
lifted up their false hands in holy hor-
rsr, ashamed, disgraced. She left the
place, came to New York, where, giving
way to the appetite, her degradation
was soon complete, and to-day she
sleeps in a pauper's grave.
Would to God that she had been the
last victim, but she was not To-day
the cup still flashes its light in beautys
face, to-day it yet touches female lips,
it still drags it's victims down to the
grave.-National Temperance Advocate.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
HOLLANDS PERMANENT WAR.
No General Is Allowed to Win Final
Victory.

victory.
A correspondent says that a number
CT men were talking about England's
little wars at the club, and, most peril
nently, man, Boston man, who has
only been ashore four or five days after
voyage of something like lis days
from Java in a sailing ship, Clipped in:
I've got yarn to spin in that connec-
ton" You will notice the nautical way
he spoke, after his experience at sea.
''As all the world knows, the Dutch
have for years and years been trying to
conquer the island of Sumatra Su-
matra is the largest island in the world,
bar Observation-Disclosures what he said: I
am, geographically speaking, too weak
to stateit as fact-"and as the Dutch
men have made Java great source of
revenue, they have been trying to con-
quer S4matra as well.
Il got to know our consul at Batavia,
the principal Javanese port, and,
through him, a lot of Dutch officials,
and l thought I'd like to take shy at
going to Acheen, the one place in
Sumatra where the Dutch have n safe
foothold, and see how so long-drawn-
out war was conducted, for the Dutch
have every modern appliance for romp-
ing over such savages as the natives of
Sumatra, and only the interior climate
is against their easy success.
IL got a tip from the inside that | had
better not waste any time, as under no
circumstances would the Dutchmen at
Acheen let me go to the front, where
military operations were going on. That
point, as | understand it, is some 300
miles inland.
"'And why?'I asked.
For the very good reason said the
man who gave me the tip, that this war
is permanent thing for Holland, and
soft thing for the ring. There are
government officials in Amsterdam and
Dutch government colonial officials out
here who each make from $4,000 to 2O0,-
900 fiorins year out of the war in the
way of supplying military stores, and
the transportation of troops, or by
means of any various little games that
big politicians out for the dust have
way of playing. Not very long ago, in
q moment of enthusiasm on some ones
part, Dutch general was appointed to
the command of Sumatra because he
boasted that he could put an end to the
war in few months. He started in at
full speed, and was keeping his promise
so well that vigorous (but very quiet)
row was kicked up In the innermost
circles and he was recalled There
fore, didn't bother to go and investi-
gate the Dutch campaign in java
Boston Post.
The Republican., 1896-06-11
Women Are Queens There.

One would hardly think of going to
the country of the czar to find an exam
pie of women's rights, but there is a
place in Russia, Smoleusk by lame,
where women are said to govern every
thing. This is not because they do it
better than men, but because the town
is so dead that in order to earn a living
all the men are compelled to go away,
thus leaving matters entirely in charge
of the women. Plainly, the ideal and
complete kingdom of women is place
where no man can gain a livelihood
Detroit Free Press.