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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25
BLESSED THE GAMBLER.
HIS Twenty Dollar Investment In q
COlOred Church Proved Profit.
able

A. NJ. Cleland, Of Dayton, o.,
tells good story Of gam bier from
that city who has made large for
tune out Of a saloon and faro-room.
Last winter he was in Florida with
some friends, aud visited church,
whore a few poor colored people
were engaged IN worship. The roof
leaked, and the pastor prayed most
fevvontly that the Lord would pro-
vide a way to repair the roof. Then
a collection was started, the pastor
saying that special blessings would
be asked for oil contributors. One
good brother put in dime.
"a dime from Bruddor Jones Dc
Lo'd bress Brudder Jones"
Then a quarter was received.
''Brudder johnson mahtah.
DE Lo'd bross Brudder johnson. ,"
The collector reached the gamb-
Ter, who had made big winning
the night before, and, flashing bis
roll, put a twenty dollar bill in The
hat.
The almost broathloss collector
said: "Wha's dc name sah2"
"Never mind tbc name. am q
gambler from Ohio"
"Gamblah from Ohio, $40, ="
shouted the collector.
The paster rolled bis eyes up,
and, raising his bands, said, in q
voice choking with emotion:
Twenty dollars -gamblah from
Ohio. May de good Lo'd bress and
/ prospah do noble gamblah from
/ Ohio" The gambler says he has
| prosperod ever since. - FashiHDf0n
/ Sf0r
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25

calls himself a Democrat
Gold is now our primary money.
All other money rests upon gold
Paper money is redeemable in gold
and subsidiary coin is exchangeable
for it. The law makes : half dol
lars, 4 quarters, or 10 dimes in sill
yer exchaugeable for dollar in
gold. Hence gold is our primary
money and we have single gold
standard. The silver in the silver
dollar is worth little over so
cents. Legislation has made the
silver dollar so cent dollar. 1t
has made property so cent prop.
erty-50 cents on the former valua.
tion OF the constitutional standard
Of gold and silver both. Farms and
houses, lands and stock, are worth
80 cents on the dollar. They are
subsidiary to the gold interests,
you see.
The financial revolution of 1873
changed the monetary unit from
silver to gold; from the true bl-
metallism of gold and silver freely
coined at the mints to the unit aud
single standard of gold with silver
as subsidiary coin along with cop
per aud nickeD has John Sherman,
"the author Of hard times" drag.
ged US down. John Sherman, the
leader of that revolution, has de-
stroyed more prope W valuations,
ruined more homes, created more
misery than any public man Of
modern times, / was about to say
than Goth or Vandal ever did.
Let us close with an illustration.
Suppose there are different camps
of men. They all have money of
their own kind. Some have gold;
some, silver. But Uncle Sam
camp has both in about equal
amounts. The English camp nc.
complish their purpose and induce
the American camp to drop their
silver coins. AS there is fixed
amount Of gold and fixed amount
OF silver when q big camp like
Uncle Sans drop their silver the
silver camps have more to coin,
have an increased per capita, have
rising prices for products and bet
ter wages for working people. But
the fixed amount of gold is dimin-
ished. per capita when Uncle Sans
big camp is merged in European
camps Of the single gold standard.
And since Uncle Sans camp was
greater producer Of silver than gold
his camp has to borrow gold to
keep business going, has to bond
the whole camp, has to work a
double shift to get gold to pay back,
because the gold half Of his former
system requires double labor to
earn single dollar of the gold
standard. Such is the law Of sup
ply and demand that when Uncle
Sans camp outlaws one half it's
primary money and casts in its lot
with other gold camps, the average
amount of gold is less TO each per.
son, prices fall, wages are cut, and
poverty increases. That wages and
prices should go up in the silver
camps aud down in the gold camps
when great camps like Uncle Sans
go TO the gold camps to placato the
business Of the world and allow the
silver camps the pleasure OF boom
ing their industries with Increasing
stores Of silyer-that such has hap
pened is a verifcation Of the law
Of supply and demand. a funda.
mental law IN political economy.
a. w. FREDERICK.
North Fork, Cal, June 8, 90.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25
A mandsome Book on snmmer TrareI

The Baltimore g. Ohio r r Co. has
just issued a handsome book descrip-
tive OF the various summer resorts, in
the mountains and by the seaside, ad-
iacent 90 or reached BY its system Of
lines
10 Is finely printed and illustrated by
q number of very fuo cuts Send 10
cents 90 Chas o. Scuu. Gent Passenger
Agent Baltimore, Md, Tor a copy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25

worse until / was un-
able to take my food
or handle myself in
any way; 1 was abso-
luteiy helpless. Three
bottles of S.S.S. re-
lieved me so that 1
was soon able TO move
my right arm; before
long 1 could walk
across the room, and
he'd one dozen bottles
Lely and am as well an
n no -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25

President Cleveland adhered to
his sensible rule Of refusing TO go
to the Capitol to sign bills passed
during the last hours Of the session,
and insisted upon having all bills
sent TO the White House, where he
could give them careful examina.
tion, as is usually the custom.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-25
Rheumatism

Is blood disease and only blood RENE
ay can cure 1t. So many people make
The mistake of taking remedies which
at best are only tonics and cannot posi-.
bly, reach their trouble. Mr.. Asa Smith.
Greencastle, Indiana, says: "For years
4 have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma-
nsm, which thebest physicians were un-
able to relieve. 1 took many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble. I gradually grew
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
Not Resp onsIblr.

In the United States Court yester-
day morning decision was rendered
III the case of the bondsmen Of. j. T.
Jones sustaining the demurrer.
Ile bondsmen were Frank Golden
and Jake Klein and the demurrer
offered by their counsel was to the
effect that the robbery of the Mint
was committed before the bond was
given and that the bond didn't go in
to effect prior to its existence.
The Court was Of the same opinion
and the plaintiff was given until Feb.
urary 18th in which to amend the
complaint Carson Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
A Shower or Birds.

One day last week early risers in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. witnessed. a
peculiar sight in the shape OF ashow-
or of birds that fell from clear sky,
literally cluttering the streets of the
city. There we're wild ducks, cat
birds, woodpeckers and many birds
OF strange plumage, some of them re-
sembling canaries, but all dead, fall
ing i'll heaps along the thoroughfares
the singular phenomenon attracting
many spectators and causing much
CONNECT. The most plausible theory
as to the strange windfall is that the
birds were driven inland by the re-
cent storm on the Florida coast, the
the force of the current of air and the
sudden change Of temperature caus-
ing death to many of the feathered
creatures when they reached Baton
Rouge.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
Highest Of all in Leavenne U. R.rst
R0!a!!!ll! R RakiaRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

FRANK Brown, the Huntington stage
driver, left last week to work at the
Horseshoe ranch near Battle Mount
ain. Yesterday his horse fell with
him while crossing bridge and his
right leg was broken between the
knee and the ankle. He was brought
up on the train last night for medical
treatment.
st. Paul Pioneer Press:--Col. Ing
ersoll's knees are said to have been
"a Effected by his attack of sciatica,
Well the Colonel can do without his
knees better than some people
could.
J.F. Holland, has the contract to
deivererall the freight to be hauled
from Elko to the Island Mountain
placer mines. He can give employ
ment to number of men and teams
during the winter. See his. notice
elsewhere.
w. w. Booher returned from San
Francisco this morning. He left Mr..
dibbets In the French Hospital. He
is. getting along nicely and is well
satisiied'with his surroundings.
No magic about Trib,S no witchcraft
just inimenr; but supreme.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
800 RewardRIOo.
STATE OF ONO, CITT OF To- !
.I Gtor-.-r...


LEDoLUCAs COUNTY. %
Frank 81 Cheney makes oath that
nd is the senior partner Iofthe firm of
F. j, Cheney Il Co, doing business in
the City of Toledo, Comfy and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the cum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of Ca
tarrh that connot be cured by the use
Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANKJ.4 CHENEY.
Sworn to beforemea and subscribed
in. my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1886. IL
~, A. W. G EASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
~ EHEFyrd
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly ON the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO..
Tdledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pile are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
LOST!

On the road to Murpby's field, on
North Fork, one roam horse, with a
pack on. also riding saddle, used, rs
pack-saddle. Amy one findlng said
horse will be rewarded by leaving
word with j. Mateer or at this Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
Attention. Tean,xtera!

Transfers are hereby notified that
they can find plenty Of freight to
haul from EIko to Island Mountain.
For terms, apply to JAS. f. Holland.
Elko, Nevada.
Elko. Nevada, Dec ID, 1896. In.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
SALMAGUNOl.

d. Meaos ntCIe daughter, Oracle,
mite sick with the pneumonia e.
saG the new .ad. Of the E. It. M
It will interest you. p.
liver bits and spurs made and re-
ed at Garcia's harness shop. 4
mes Holland 'unloaded a carload
lmber for the Gold Creek placer
es today. ..... ..:-
Q who let's the weakness of a
med muscle become chronic re-.
5 it a life time. Trib will cure it.
:. G. F. Moore, Dentist, Ell,o,
Vn and bridge work. Teeth with
plates. Office at residence.
/ nile in San Francisco last week.,
met number of old Elkoites. ALI
bed to be happy and contented.
be highest vote ever cast in.
ada was 1861, at the preside otial
ion in 1876. This year the total
Of the State was but 1895.
ply ten of Elko county's taxpayers
we'd their taxes to 60 to delinquent
amount of the delinquency is
BIT S2O2,71.
ave Casper has Just received a
lot OF samples OF Fall and
ter Clothing which will be made
rider from $3.50 up.
be charges against HiIderbrandt,
supposed Carson firebug, were ig-
I'd by the Grand Jury and he was
harged. -
be ladies of the Episcopal church
give an invitation social in the
ding lately occupied by Fogel &
IS next Wednesday evening.
be Grand Jury indicted James
Fney for assault with intent to
Bail was fixed at $3.50, which
gave E. P. Hardesty and John
Wright signed the bond.
PIN T. O'Rourke is i'll from Ruby
ley. He says four inches of snow
there yesterday morning In about
hour and more was coming fast
% he left. 49,.
Thile you are looking for a change
The weather. examine the latest
terms in wall paper at the Postof-
All goods first class and at the
est living prices. Gail in and ex:
me my stock. No trouble to show
DIS. |. N. SHERWOOD. y
be Grand Jury of Ormsby county
prned a true bill against u. s.
tnct Attorney Jones for assault
Sam Davis, Editor Of the Appeal,
, brass' sknutk4es.: Judge Mack
dJones' bond at S1,50O. g
new and complete Hall and
hter line Of gents and children's
= e - '
hing, furnishing goods, hats and
+ bootsanai shoes'att rnaFVelous!
Pw prices Have also added dry
|ds to the above stock. The latest
sof ladies' Winter goods. at 20,
ISANDEn,s. et a9f. a,;ia9'7 i1at -
/ is reported that ex-SurYeyol
peral Irish Withhold down his, ole
in Nevada for the next four yeare
importation Of this despicable
Pet.bdgger will be a hard pill fol
Fada McKinleyites to swallow
n we pity themi
|ustice Of the Peace Robinson Of
|hn fled a contest in the District
|qrt today against James RutledgG
|On the commissioners declared
ned to that offics;for the term be
Ping next January. ~
30 Way to Cure catarrh is to pur
she blood, and the surest, safest
! way to purify the blood is b,
ing Hoods Sarsapari,la, the On,
pc Blood Purifier.
PooD'S PILLS are prompt, effl
|at always reliable. easy to take
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14
SChOOl Rennrf.

Following is the report OF the Fort
Ruby school for the month ending
Dec. 4th, 1896:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-14

KATIE MCCARTHY,
Teacher.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Mysterious Murder.

w. d. Carlisle, young man and a
stranger, who was found mortally hurt
in box-car near the Union elevator at
Decatur, ILL.,, expired at the hospital
Thursday night. He did not regain
consciousness for minute, and the au-
thorities are at sea as to how or by
whom the stranger was assaulted.
The inquest was held Friday. Boys
have been found who saw and talked
with the stranger near the elevator last
Tuesday. He was hanging about the
yards, apparently avoiding notice.
Thursday evening, near the box-car in
which Carlisle received the fatal blows,
was found thick piece of leather such
as the railroad companies now use for
fish-plates for fastening joints Of rails
together.
There are thought to be spots of
human blood on it. It was discovered
in the woods near the car. All that
can be learned concerning the man is
surmised and gathered from the letters
picked up in the car and presumed to
be his property.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Finding Reversed.

The secretary Of the navy has disap-
proved the proceedings, findings and
sentence of dismissal by court-martial
of Assistant Paymaster Webster, lately
attached to the Yorktown on the China
station. The officer was accused of
having retained, by bond exacted by
his pay clerk, w. J. Tobin. after hav-
ing dismissed the clerk. The secretary
finds that there were grave informali-
ties in the proceedings of the court
which convicted the officer, and more
over inclines to the belief, based 'prin-
cipally upon the testimony of Chief
Engineer Mr.. Harry E. Webster, a
brother officer of the Yorktown, that
the money, amounting to 80, 500, placed
in the masters hands by Tobin's moth
er, was technically loan and not a
bond. For these reasons he reverses
the findings of the court and restores
Webster to duty, but he takes occasion
to say that the transaction in any sense
in which it may be viewed is disgrace
full to Paymaster Webster and to the
navy and in spirit a violation of the
statute prohibiting any officer to take
money for procuring an appointment.
''It was scandalous in any case," says
the secretary, 'that Webster should
fail to pay back, sitter the termination
of Tobin's service, the money received
by him in considerable of his appoint
ment as clerk"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Pardons by the President.

The president has pardoned John
Gallagher, sentenced in Minnesota to
six months imprisonment for assault
ing an officer, and II. Fl. Mallory, SEN
fenced in Florida to five years for rob-
berry. He has committed to two years
imprisonment the three-years' sentence
imposed in Mississippi upon w. H.
Gibbs for embezzling postal funds.
Applications for pardons bave been re-
fused in the cases of Thomas l.. Eads,
sentenced in Indiana to three months
for violation of the postal laws, and
James Moore, sentenced in the Indian
Territory, to six months for larceny.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Protection for Torpedo Boats.

One effect of the China Japanese
war which is just developing was to at
tract the attention of naval architects
to the necessity of providing some ar
NOR for the little torpedo boats which
form the main reliance of many ports
for defense against hostile fleets, and
are also necessary .adjuncts of these
very fleets. Among these Japanese
torpedo boats which covered them
selves with glory in the attacks upon
the Chinese fleets at Port Arthur and
Wei-hs-We was the little Kotaka, a
vessel built eleven years ago by Var
row. She had some armor, not much
it is true, but one inch over the boilers
and machinery, and this enabled her
to run in where no other boat could
escape destruction. The British de-
signers were quick to see the sdvan-
tages of this slight protection, and in
formation reached Washington, Friday,
that Yarrow had Just had a successful
trial trip of one of four boats built for
Argentine, all intended to be similarly
covered over the vitals with half an
inch of high grade steel armor. While
a slight sacrifice of speed is made to
carry this armor, it is held that it will
give the crews greater confidence, pro-
tect them against the rain of small
missiles which are really more destruc-
tive than heavier projectiles, and so
make the boat more effective. Prob
ably the idea will be taken up by our
naval experts before long.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
A Mistake in the National Platform.

A Mistake in the National Platform.
The National Democratic Platform
adopted at Chicago as certified by the
official stenographer, Mr.. B. Dickin
son, contains q clause in the money
plank, which according to Senator
James X. Jones, chairman Of the Ma
tional Democratic committee, was re-
jected by the convention and has no
place in the official platform. In the
certified copy of the platform, after
the sentence demanding that the silver
dollar "shall be full legal tender,
equally with gold, for all debts, public
and private and we favor such legisla-
ton as will prevent for the future the
demonstration OF any kind of legal
tender money by private contract, F"
appears the clause: ''But it should be
carefully provided by law, at the same
time that any change in the monetary
standard should not apply to existing
contracts"
The latter clause, according to Sena-
tor Jones, was not adopted. 1t was
offered as an amendment by Senator
Hill, of New York. The erroneous in
sertion into the official platform of this
clause by the official stenographer was
discovered by Col. J. N. Smithee,
editor OF the Arkansas Gazette, who
wrote to Senator Jones in regard to the
matter Friday. A reply has been re-
ceiyed from the senator stating that all
amendments to the platform proposed
by Senator Hill were rejected.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07

called in and cancelled because the
word tranquility" in the extract from
the constitution on the face of the note
is misspelled, in that it contains but
one 81 " The extract given is a copy
of the constitution, on file at.the State
department, and is historically correct
The trainers of the document did not
use the modern system of spelling. A
second package of $1,000 has been sent
to New Orleans, will be followed by an
additional lot just as soon as the de-
partmept can secure more of the new
notes. The department. people say
mat gold is not demanded, but where
it is offered preference will be given to
those rendering gold in exchange for
the new notes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Presidential Appointments.

The president has made the follow
ing appointments: John Sheridan, of
West Virginia, to be government di-
rector of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, vice Fitzhugh Lee, resigned.
Lewis E. Whitcher, of South Dakota,
receiver of public moneys at Mitchell.
South Dakota, vice Welsh, deceased.
Benjamin O. Ash, of South Dakota,
agent for the Lower Brule Indians, to
fill an original, agent for Indians or
the Klamath Agency in Oregon, vice
Petit, resigned.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Report without Foundation.

The published statements that the
president had appointed John Sheri-
dan, of West Virginia, government
director of the Union Pacific railroad
without consultation with Secretary
Hoke Smith, the cabinet officer under
whose department such appointments
fall, it is learned, is entirely without
foundation. Senator Faulkner, of
West Virginia, chairman of the Iowa
congressional campaign committee, is
the sponsor for Mr.. Sheridan. He saw
Secretary Smith some weeks ago and
regarded Mr.. Sheridan fit for the office,
and at that time demanded Demo
cratic national committeeman from
West Virginia. The appointment was
decided on the meeting of the senate,
and the secretary, with the approval of
the president, which was given, as the
appointment shows.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
OIL. 4. JOSEPH La. FRIDAY. AUGUSTA 1895

section of the postal laws and regula-
tions referred to above and also of the
order of the president issued July IA,
1886, which is still in force, and was
made part of the postal laws and
regulations subsequently and repro
mulgated by the postmaster general
May 25, 1894" The formal order was
brought out by complaints against
some Of the clerks. The postmaster
general will issue general order of
the same tenor to all classes of en-
plyes in the entire postal service later
on. 1t will not be done, however, nm
til complaint is made.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
Warned to Let Politics Alone.

Postmaster General Wilson has is
sued an order to all railway mail clerks
directing them not to take an active
interest in the political campaign, such
as would be involved in their attending
political conventions as delegates, max
ing political speeches or assisting in the
management of political campaigns.
The postmaster generals circular ex-
pressly states that he does not desire to
control their opinions on political mat
ters. The order, which is in line with
the famous ''pernicious activity" or or
of President Cleveland in 1886, was
issued Friday by General Superintend-
ent White, of the railway mail service,
by direction of the postmaster general.
1t follows: ''The attention of all rail.
way postal clerks, regardless of the
character of the duty to which they
may be assigned, is directed to
section 435, page 192, of the
postal laws and regulations of 1893.
''The department does not attempt or
desire to control the political opinions
of any one connected with the postal
service, but insists that employees of
the railway mail service shall not take
an active interest in politics in the way
of attending conventions as delegates,
making political speeches, or assisting
in the management of the political
campaign. These employees should
recognize the fact that their tenure of
Office depends upon themselves; if they
conform to these requirements and are
efficient, honest and courteous to the
public, their officers and comrades and
obstain from assembling and in secret
language discussing candidates or part
les, they may reasonably expect to re-
main in this vicinity. All this will
not interfere with their voting sc-
cording to the dictates of their own
conscience or of expressing their opin-
ions fn an intelligent aud courteous
way. More than this, however, 1t
is detrimental te the best interests
of the service, and is violation of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-08-07
wheelmen Race a Locomotive.

When the westward bound Empire
State Express was about six miles west
of Syracuse, N. Y, Tuesday afternoon
it raced with six athletic young men on
a sextuplet. Arrangements for the
race were quietly completed several
days ago. At this point is a stretch of
cinder path about four feet wide and q
mile and balf long. AS soon as the
Empire hove in sight the sextuplet got
under way. The Empire was soon
abreast and the race began. For a
quarter of mile it was an even thing.
At the end of half mile the sextuplet
was four lengths ahead. The sextuplet
was then obliged to slow down, owing
to short bridge quarter Of a mile
ahead. A number of railroad officials
and bicycle men witnessed the race and
four photographs of the race were se-
cured