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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

have berries, grapes and peaches. q
year old, fresh as when picked ] use
the California Cold process. do not heat
or seal the fruit just put &c up cold.
keeps perfectly fresh, and costs almost
nothing can put mp n bushol in ten
minutes Last week 7 sold directions
20 over 100 families anyone will pay
q dollar for directions when they see
the beautiful samples OF fruit. AS
there are many people poor like myself.
} consider no my duty TO give my exc
perieDcc 90 such and feel confident auv-
one can make one or two hundred dol
lars round home in "a few days i will
mail sample Of fruit and complete di-
lcctions, TO any OF your readers. for
eighteen two-ccutstamps. which is only
tho actual cost Of Che samples, postage,
etc. To ue.
18t FRAycTs CASEY ST. Louis. Mo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
Notice 10 Creditors.

TO the creditors Of Nancy and John
sterling, deceased
tn pursuance Of q decree Of the Cir
cult Court OF The County Of Preston,
made in cause therein pending, to
subject the real estate Of The said de-
ccdente 90 the payment of their debts,
you are required TO present your claims
against the estate ~ the said Nancy
and John Sterling for adjudication 20
ny. y. Parkhurst. commissioner. at Isis
Office iu the said county on or before
tnc 10Th day Of October next
witness, j w Watson. Clerk Of said
Court This 5d day Of August 1896.
j. W. WATs0N. Clerk
P.J CnoGAv. Attv. 5000 81 $500
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
TWO GREAT LEADERS.

Blaine and Sherman have been the
greatest leaders and most eminent
statesmen Of the Republican party.
They almost worshipped Blaine and
what he said was law and gospel.
Here is bis expressed opinion Of the
gold standard.
Speaking in the house of repre-
sentstives on the 9Th Of February.
1878 be said: 81 believe the strug
gle now going on in this country
and other countries for q single
gold standard would, II successful.
produce widespread disaster in and
throughout the commercial world.
The destruction Of silver az money,
and the establishing Of gold as the
sole unit OF value must have a rum
Gus effect upon all forms OF proper
", except those invested which
yiold q fixed return i'm money.
These would be enormously en-
CHANGED in value, and would gain
disproportionate and unfair al
vantage over every other species OF
property.
In 1869 Senator Sherman said.
''Ihe contraction Of the currency ia
q far moro distressing operation
than senators suppose. 1t is not
possible 70 take that voyage without
the gorest distress. To every person.
except % capitalist, out Of debt. ora
s'larled officer or annuitant. 10 is a
period Of loss, danger, lassitudo OF
trade, fall OF wages, suspension of
enterprise, bankruptcy and disas-
ter. il means ruin to an dealers
whose debts are twice their business
capital, though one,third less than
their actual property. It means
the fall Of all agricultural produc-
ton without any great reduction Of
taxes. What prudent man would
dare 90 build a house. railroad.
factory or barn with this certain
fact before himY
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

The delegate was approached by q
newspaper representative. He was q
breezy, enthusiastic delegate; one
who seemed to be fairly bubbling
over with good material for an in
terview.
"What do you think of the situa-
tion?" the reporter asked.
"What do | think? Young man,
you utterly mistake the nature of
my employment. I'm not here to
think. Pm hero to boiler. -
Washington Star.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
The - nook Spoon 80 to M.

read in the Christian Standard that
Miss A. NJ. Fritz Station A., ST. Louis,
2-ccut stamps j sent for one and
found IL so useful that / showed 20 20
my friends. and made $500 in two
hours taking orders for the spoon
The hook spoon is "a household ncccssi-
~ 10 cannot slip into tho dish or
cooking vessel. The spoon IS some
thing that housckeepcrs have needed
ever since spoons were FIRST invented.
anyone can get q sample spoon by
sending ten 2-cent stamps 10 Miss
Fritz This is % splendid way 90 make
money around home.
13t very truly. JEANNErrE S.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

Cold Cream, Rubjfoam,
Dental Cream, Smelling Saltz,
Toilet Waters, Perfumery,
Toilet Soap. Cigars and Stogies
Telephone connected with wire No
at night
GRAHAM DRUG STORE,
kingwOOd, West Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
NnTIcr

To all whom this may concern :
l. r. T. Walls, Of the firm Of
Walls & Shaw, composed of II. f..
Walls and Dawoy Shaw, for the
purpose OF drilling wells. do this
day aOtify all persons that ! will
not be responsible for any debts
contracted hereafter against Che
SAID frm OF Walls 81 Shaw. Thus
zOth day Of July, 1896.
If Il. r. WALLS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

"Silver is the money of the Con-
stitution as much as gold the poo
pie will have silver for money and
fight for it, and the contest will not
end until it has 1t proper place in
the monetary system Of the coun.
try. Stephen B. Elkins in speech
at Fairmont, June 10th, 1894.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
IL OUGHT TO WORK BOTH WAYS

From the Farmers Advocate.
Here is "a good one from Hagers-
town. A man went into local
law office the other day to borrow
So, 900 Offering as security mort
gage on $4,000 property. The
lender demanded that the words
payable in gold" be inserted in
the mort gage. The borrower said
he did not object. After the mort
gage was drafted the lender drew
up a check for 50, 900. The bor-
rowers scanned 1t and handing it
back demanded that it be made
payable in gold, saying, since he
was obliged to pay elk in gold he
thought it justice that he should
be paid in gold. The lender said
his banker would not cIsh the
check in gold, whereupon he tore
up his mortgage and the lender
tore mp his check. The deal could
not be made. The borrower had
no difficulty, however in getting
$4,000 on 5000 property and
he was not required to pay the debt
in gold.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

Below we publish of the invitations printed
by the Secretary and posing
the reunion association the following The
ON heavy tinted folded like paper parts
three made elaborate program The English
the two Latin quotations is The first God
with fathers, may US the other means
1T will be pleasant remember hereafter
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03
A Chance to Make Money.

read how one Of your subscribers
made money selling Dishwashers; 1
ordered one, and my lady friends are
charmed, as they hate dish-washing.
Ny brother and i commenced selling
them. and have made 81, 600 after pay
ing all expenses We don't canvass
any. Our sales are all made at home.
People come or send for them. The
Mound City Dish Washer Is the best
Dish-washer on the market. Our bust
ness is increasing. and we are going TO
keep right on, until we make ten
Thousand dollars. We sell from 8 TO IS
machines every day, and some days
more The Dish-washer is lovely. every
housckeeper wants one. There is no
excuse to bc poor when so much money
can be made selling Dish-Washers For
full particulars, address The Mound
City Dish Washer Co., ST. Louis. Mo.
hey viii start you on the road 20 sue
eess.--A READER
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

An parties having claims avainet
tho estate Of Joseph Weather. deceased.
viii please present same for payment
on or before September 1st 1896.
WAND vi. j.. FEATHER
August $780, Executors
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-03

"Wiih free and unlimited coin
age Of gold and silver, we will clear
away our public debt before the
close Of che century" u. S. Grant
IN 1873.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-07-04
AN OLD.TIME FOURTH
NOW QUA FoReeArheRs ceLe.
DRAFTED THE DAY.
There Was Lees Noise than Now, but
More Feastips aud Dancins-Two
Typical Celebrations In the Early
Part Of the Century.
Grated and Feastcd.


Our forcfathers Of three generations
ego had much more pleasant method Of
celebrating the glorious Fourth than the
advanced urchin of to-day, with his hys.
terical vortex of booming. swapping, thun.
dering. cracking and crashing sounds.
Contrasted with the violent celebration Of
this up-to-date age. the Fourth Of July
Of fifty or 100 years ago presents peace.
full picture Of hearty patriotism more In
keeping with the real sentiment Of the
event than the present clustering fashion.
For instance. here Is the way the people
Of Germantown, Pa, celebrated the
Fourth Of July Of 1918. There were three
cannon in the little town which had done
service both In the Revolution and in the
War Of 1912. Several days before the
Fourth the ladies Of the place boiled
hams. roasted sucking pigs whole. baked
pics BY the dozen and biscuits BY the
hundred, made all manner Of cake gener.
ously filled with jam. and on the morning
OF the great day deposited the good things
with the proprietor Of the best tavern In
town. Early on the Fourth the young
men Of the place fired of the cannons two
or three times. as official notice that the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-07-04
Outdoor Exercise.

Family doctOr-Your wife needs out.
door exercise more than anything else.
Husband-But she won't get out
What am to doi
give her plenty Of money to shop
witlr'-New York World.
The evening times., 1896-08-17
rNIFoRM1rY OF LAWS.

An important Conference was begun in
Saratoga Saturday. one whose work, IL
carried to its last possible conclusion.
should exercise most whole. ONE influ-
ence upon the moral status oil the people of
this country. Ii is the aanual convention
of State Commissions to Promote the uni
formity OF laws in the United States, and
thirteen States. including Maryland aud
Yirginia. are represented there The time
of the meeting will be largely taken mp
with matters OF Commercial nature, and
there can be but little doubt that the buei-
ness men of the States represented will b.
greatly benefited by the work of the con-
ference. There is cause for surprise In the
presence Of less than one-t.iird OF the States
OF the unicn at a gathering Of this char
acter. for surely every State is. or should
be. Interested in having it's Jaws conform
In all Essentials as nearly as possible 10
those of the ether Common weaiths It is
greatly to be desired. therefore. that at the
next annual meeting nearly every State
will have lis Commission there to par
.lcipate IN the deliberations OF the body
Within a few days the American Bar
Association viii hold its sessions in Sara
toga. having as its guests Lord Chief Ji,s
tice Russell. OF Great Britain, aud Sir
Francis Lockwood. one OF the nnsf dis
;inguisiied mcnhers OF the English bar
II is a body than which n6he could be
more Influential In bringing about uni
formity in the laws of the States In
fact to its infiuenceis due the appointment
of these State commissions No subject
that may engage its attention can he nf
more far-reaching Importance than the sim
plificauon Of the statutes relating to mar
riage and divorce. Taking the legisia-
lion enacted by the different States and
Territories on this topic as whole, it
is the most ipcongruous jumble that can
he imagined and calculated 10 do anything
except to improve the morals of the. com
munities whose domestic affairs are regti
lated by it
More than once the desirabiiity of Com
prebensiye action on the part OF the Ameri-
can Bar Association has been pointed out.
The subject has only been touched by it
cursorily, but 1t is deserving of the best
thought and closest aud most careful atten
ton that the association can bestow
upon any matter which may come before
if
The evening times., 1896-08-17
Not "a Mine Owner.

Editor Times: In your evening issue OF
-augcst You publish an article, purport
ing to give Il list of thirty-two iiIlionaire
silver mine owners, who would lie Pc
c'.niarily benefited by the election OF Mr..
Bryan and the free coinage OF silver.
Twelfth on the LIST appears the name OF
=. d. Lane, OF California. chairman Of
:he national silver committee.
The writer has been a reader and ad-
'.irer of yo;ir paper from it's first issue
md feels confident you woald only be too
willing to correct a ndss;s ;einent, which
.oes an injustice.
II has been my rare good fortune {"
know Mr.. Lane personally. aud can state.
; believe. with positive assurance. that he
Owns neither silver niires nor stock
LOUIS BERToN AsHBY
PhilatieiDtia
The evening times., 1896-08-17
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

People who have but modest earnings
wage workers. farm laborers and small
fariners-rareiy have bank accounts. The
reason is not that they would not like TO
deposit theiriit savingsin bank but that
few banks care 10 open accounts of that sort.
No Inducements are held out to such per.
sons by the banks. aud as far as the rural
populationisc concerned banking institutions
as a rule are too remote from it TO be
made econvenientforit. Thenagainpeopleo
This class lack confidence in banks. They as
sociate the latter with spcculating cashiers
and defnulting aud absconding president.
and Consequently prefer to put their little
hoard in soine cupboard or trunk, even TAX
ing The risk OF theft or fire. For all these
postal savings banks would be iuva1uat,Ie
institutions. and no doubt would be resortcd
TO from the very beginning.
In Great Britain such tanks have been
in operation for nearly century, in Can
ada for thirty years. In the former coun-
try with Population of pr obably 80, 900,
oo0thedepositsin 1890 amounted to $685.
100000, a per capita average of nearly
$40, while Canada. with 8 900 900 of pep
pie could show in the same year see, ,00O,-
900 in her Postal banks; per capita aver
age OF So. When 1t is considered, how
ever. that only persons with small earn
ings use these banks. the average per
capita deposit becomes much larger. II
suchresultshavebee been attained where wages
are much less than in this country. 1t is
aitog ether probable that far more i'm
posing showing would be made here.
The subject has been before Congress
several times aud favorable reports have
beeuuadc ROW and then, but for some rea-
son or another it has never reached either
branch of that body for action. Ii should
have renewed attention and some OF our
financiers and statesmen should devise a
system OF postal savings banks suited to
the conditions of our country and its wage
earners
The evening times., 1896-08-17
GoRMAS DIDN'T Want 1T.

''ahan says the Senator wouIdn't Gin
on Executive Committee.
Chicago. Aug. I7.-Thomas 6o,ap ,,.,,.-
e'oe the Bryan national committee, and re-
Gently appointed a membcrof the execrtive
cohiihittee. returned To Ca:csgo yesterday
mofnihs. Mr.. 6ahan went East with ca:,,ii-
date Bryan, and did not leave New York
antis the national committee had cunchi.l.,d
its work
chairman Jones and other members of
Tue executive Committee said Mr. Gabau.
will be here early in the week. and Will
establish temporary headquarters in the
sherman House. where they will hold tial;y
sessions until regular quarters can be
secured"
VIII Chairman Jones remain In wash
ington as has been sugrcstedre Mr.. G shsu
was asked
NO. sir he will remain In Chicago.
1t is his intention to take full chir rye IL
the cumpaign"
Who Will lie chairman OF the executi,e
commit ee.''
1t is my opinion that Gov. Stone. OF
Missouri will be named. He and sena-
tor Jones are Close friends, and besides the
other members OF the committee hav,. the
highest respect fer Gov. Stones ability"
speak king OF the meetings OF the COM
mittee in New York. Mr. Gahan said that
the members had been harmonious. and
that so far as his observation went there
was no friction. The German incideat,
he said. had been exaggerated.
Il am confident the Illinois commit
teeman continued. That Senator .iorman
had no desire to be a member Of the ex-
ecutive committee: at least none of the
members OF the committee so understood
the matter The Senator will have al
he can attend to 10 ioos cut for his own
State OF Maryland. and / guess lie iu.deSs
stands that better than anybody"
The evening times., 1896-08-17

cesier: c. l. Mees. Terre Hauue; Frank y.
Marvin. of Lawrence, Kan. who is also
head OF tiiemechanicai science and engineer
ing section, and Alice C. Fletcher, Washing
ton. ID. C. F. W. Putnam. of Cambridge,
is the permanent secretary. and Charles r.
Barnes. of Madison, Wis., is general secre-
tary.
The association was chartered in 1874,
being Continuation OF the American As
sociaiion of Biologists and Naturaiists,
which was organized in 1S40. Many OF the
members OF This cociety are also nieuhers
OF other scientific societies. which meet
here this week. They are as follows:
American Mathematical Society, Lecture
Hall OF Society Of National Science. August
81 and September 1.
American Chemical Soc.ety, thirteenth
reneral meeting. High School. August 21
and 90.
The evening times., 1896-08-17
TRAIN wREckINa.

BY the merest Chance. the presence OF an
empty box car on q '.blnd' aiding. a flight
fut catastrophe was aveFted on the chesa.
peake and Ohio railway at Ravens worth
ya.., Friday night. Had not that empty
car stood there. The. express train with
it's human freight would have plunged
into rarlne. The mere contamination
OF the possibility OF such a calamity with
the loss OF life incident thereto Is sick
ening. Strange TO -eay, 10 DETECTIVES had
arrived at the scene OF the wreck vest terday
afternoon. and the scoundrcls who perpe-
frated the outrage had ample time to get
out the way. and in the absence of all Gle ws
their apprehension will be extremely diff
cult. At the same lime, it is to be hoped
that neither the railroad company
nor the Virginia State authorities
will spare any effort to track
the villains. who. for the sake or
piunder would have consigned neany two
hundred human beings TO horrible fate.
The frequency with which trains are
wilifuily and naiic:ousiy wrecked in This
country, and the comparative rarity OF
such occurrences in Europe, make II clear
that the Inspection OF railway tracks is
Dot as thorough hero as IL should he. Ad-
mi,tipg. of course. that the EXTREMIST vigi-
lance may not altogether eliminate dis,,s-
ters Of this sort, or frustfate the tiastardly
work OF outlaws, still by vigorous sys-
TEN OF patrcillDg the tracks il viii lie DOS
lsible to reduce itto minimum If such
system Of inspection were in operation
the Rayenswortii wrcckrn would have
found itmore difficult to carry their scheme
into execution. Moreover. the punishment
for train wrecking. CT even fer attempt
ing it. should he made much more severe.
The highest penalty known Ia the Law
shouidbeinflic.cdupo uponany person concerned
in deraiiing u train no matter whether it
be passenger or a fright train.
II will be necessary for TIE Virginia au-
therities to keep sharp lockout on the
tramps proving about in the vicinity Of
lonely stations and switches. for there is
little doubt that some Of Ibis gentry We're
responsible for the Ravensworth wreck.
The evening times., 1896-08-17
Briefs byWir


Ernest waby. aged eighteen years. OF
Philadelphia. was drowned while bathing
in the Delaware River. near Riyerten.
The Methodist fcharch at Bcrcs, Ark,
was wrecked by u high wind on Friday
One person was killed and several injured.
Madame Sorcho was thrown from a high
pole at Gwynn Oak, near baltimore. and
injured while giving a life saving exhi-
hilton.
AS result of a drunken brawl At a
CHURCH neciing''in Elliott county, Ky. on
Saturday. four men were killed and Two
wounded
Annie Kenny, twenty-sIx years old. was
attacked in Jersey City sby man. who
threw red pepper into her eyes and robbed
her OF $3S.
Aiois Dinkeiman, aged fifty-three years.
in New York, yesterday morning. slot and
killed his wife, Adeikcid, and then COM
mitted suicide.
The London county council reportSshows
that the net debt of London On March 81
was EAT ,e5s 5O2, which is about e. ,0o0,-
GEO above one years rateatle value
Neal Ferguson and George Shippendal,
quarrymen, Of Chester county, Pa, fought
with hare fists until exhausted, about the
affection Of girl whom both loved.
Z. 6. Holland, aged sixty-seven years.
and a resident OF Aurora. H., attempted
suicide yesterday at the st. Clair Hotel.
Pittsburg, Pa, by inbahng artificial gas.
IL is learned that the release OF the Irish
pu;atical prisoners is dae to Mr.. 7. NJ. Hcaly,
aud is one Of the compron.ss !. given by The
government for Mr.. Heaiy's support OF tie
Irish land bill.
jfin Saith Of Eleanor, Pa, was cut to
pieces by Buffalo and Rochester engine
near Dubois yesterday morning IL is
thought he was murdered and his body
placed on the track
Near West Leesport, Pa. Samuel Bor-
TO get out of the way Of a coal train, when
he put himself IN The way OF an express train
and was instantly killed.
Joseph H. Aspoh. aged nneteen years.
died of coDcussion OF the brain, il is sup
posed, due to injurics received In col
lision between his bicycle and a carriage in
Paramount Park, Philadelphia.
William A. Witinan, a Reading, Pa, se-
lcct counciimas, Twas arrested on the charge
OF trying to briie Common Councilman Otto
Me;lert. by offering him $I0e to vote in
favor OF yitrifasd,hriek pavement.
/, Lieut.. BeacdlnslU. 8. A.. at present
stiltienel at Fort Smelling, has been granted
y ieare of absence. and viii at once pro-
coed 10 Europe, where he expects tu soin
the British Soudanese expedition.
Charles Gundaker shot at his wife In
Conestosa Park Lancaster, Saturda night,
and when an officer attempted TO arrest
him few hours later me- shet himself In
the hrsd, inflicting serious woun,i
Henry Bafieid, formerly a postoffiee
emplo5f at Liverpool. England. was ar
rested on the arrival Of the, steamship
Payonia at Beston yesterday On TIE cs,arse
OF ernbezxling 44o0 from the Liverpool
postoffice.
The chemical laboratory building al the
Unlverxty Of Illinois was burned yes,rr-
day: Il is sgrposed 10 heve bee y struck by
iig Mining. The buii1tng WIS one OF the
largest aipi best OF its kind In the corntry.
Loss. = 100, 900; Isl
A Feate aud Miss Dafch, In small
skiff. were hlown oat into The lake al
BowmaAgille. ont duripE =. hsay storm
The evening times., 1896-08-17
No Danger From E.plo-,ve..

Editor Times: We are pleased to note
that IN reporting the fire that occurred at
Our place OF business On Thursday last you
did not make The erroneous statement re-
garding explosives in our building that
some OF yeur contemporaries did
The ract is, that our magazine for
explosive is located outside the Dis
irict limits, and We never. under
Hiy circumstances, keep dynamite ia
our store: and We do not keep,
aor had we at the tilec of the fire, one
ounce of gunpowder in our building, except
10 much as was contained in the cartridges
siiuded TO In your report. Besides. cart
ridges are kept for sale by a great many
dealers, in fact, there arc very few resi-
:ences where some could not be found,
,ud IL they are dangerous very few fires
could be attended with safety.
Again. does anyone suppose that we or
,ir employees would risk our lives to save
Iy part Of n stock that was well insured-
OK Rot one OF our twenty-twp men, every
AZ of whom is familiar with the Character
L our stock, left the building while the
ire was in progress. We trust you viii
giye the above space in your paper. because
ne statement Inasie By some other papers
aakes as appear as Iaw-bre akcrs and
cry unbusiness-liIe merchants. Respect
.1Hy, T. P. NAY & co.