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Sloo FOR A TROUT.
Daniel VI ebster's Fondness for the Fish
 ing in Cnrman's River.
Yours RespectfuIIY,
 J. D. ALBRIGHT, M. D."

Daniel W clusters Fondness for the Fish-
 ing in Cnrman's River.
 Uncle Sam Carman, of Long Island, and Daniel Webster were great friends, and Webster came there to fish for 20 years or more. The company always had plenty of brandy, and, together with lots of tobacco, the evenings were spent around the old-fashioned fire place of Uncle Sam's house in jolly, sociable manner. The old Carman homestead still stands in well-pre- served condition. It is occupied by Henry ". Carman, Sam's son, and Nathaniel Miller's wife, of Brookhaven, is daughter of Uncle Sam Carman. Uncle Sam was miller, which, in those days, made him very popular, for peo- pie came to his mill from miles around. It was a grist mill, and he did thriv- ing business. His sons now run ths mill, which has been in operation for more than 120 years.
 The largest trout ever caught on Long Island was caught In Carman's river. It weighed 14 pounds, and when the news of the wonderful catch reached Daniel Webster he went down with a party of friends and paid $1O0 for the trout, which was served at big dinner given to Webster's friends i'll New York city. Some of those who accompanied Webster on his fishing trip to Uncle Sam Carman's were Att torney-General Hoffman, Philo T. Rug gles, the celebrated lawyer; Chief Jus tice Thomas J. Oakley, Judge William 8. Rockwell, George P. Barker, David Graham, Henry A. Cram, James A. Gerard and John J. Crittenden, senator from Kentucky.
 Before Mir. Carman parted with the b.g trout facsimile of it was sawed out of an inch board, and this Mir. Carman had rigged up as a weather vane for his barn, and it is still doing duty to show the way the wind blows at the Carman homestead,
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the worlds best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs.
 It's excellence is due to it's presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and feVers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because 1t acts on the Kid neys Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man. ufaetured by the California Fig Syrup Go. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being we'll informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered.
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ter ter balI in my life. m I've saer some l reckon. We'll, I made up my mind this mornin' that I'd fest taEe him out n drive i'm or kill i'm. one oy tother. I'd got i'm most hooked up when long comes thet entirely useless idiot Bob Smalley. Always 'sperimentin' lth proosic acid Or sulphurious acid or some sich oncertain drugs; 'n' calls ,hmself chemist.
 Well, Bob see lat I was hitchin' of the Padget colt, n I s'pose he kaI- killated ther'd be a row: so he comes Tn n looks on kinder innercent like ,n, sets down little parcel he'd been car ryln' under his arm, n jes' as I was cllmbln' into the cart he remarks. in kinder irritatin' way, thet he don't reckon as how thet colt Fl start fer me nor nobody else 'thout some sort of mechanical appliance.
 T ain't got no patience 'ith Bob no how, 'n' as was sayin', this riIed me clear through, n I made up my mind thet colt he'd got to start durn quick
 "I never would hey hit him to begin with if I hadn't been so mad at Bob. but as it was I jes' hauled off and give him the whalebone the hui length of his back, which is enough to start any thing wearin' skin 'eeptin' that ornery Padget colt. He made one jump that nearly snatched me outer the cart, 'n' then came down 'ith his legs spread out like CT sawbUc5 m his teeth set. I knowed it was no use ter hit i'm ao'in. 'n' l was @ cussin' myself for bein' so hastY with him, when Bob pipes up 'n' says, more impident n aggrivatin' than ever: Tell ye what, Bill, there ain't no use trJin' ter start thet colt, 'ceptin' by mechanical injinooity.'
 " How'll ye do ito says I.
 {" 'Lectrieity,' says Bob.
 'Well, l was clean stumped 'ith thet blame colt. n I didn't care a durn if Bob used dynamite; so I says: Go ahead!'
 Bob, it seems, was on his way to put a 'leetrie bell inter Hank Yapes' mill, 'n' he'd what he called battery in the parcel he'd been earryin'; he'd some wire n 'leetric buttons 'n' other fool things too.
 "Well, I took a short run down ter the pasture lot to put the riders on the lane fence, fore Smiley turned the mares out to water, n when got back
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HtknAn FOR prN


 The farmers of Pennsy nassla ars to be congratulated. NJ. NJ. Luther, East Troy, Pa, grew over 200 bushels Sal zer's Silver Mine Oats on one measured acre. Think of itl Now there are thirty thousand farmers going to try and beat Mir. Luther and win S2oo in gold! and they'll do it. Will you2
 Then there is Silver King Barley, cropped on poor soil 116 bus per acre in 1895. Isn't that wonderful-and corn 23o bus. and potatoes and grasses and eloyers, fodder plants, etc., etc. Freight is cheap to all points.
 IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it with 10c postage to the John A. Sal ger Seed Go., La Crosse, Wis. you will receive their mammoth catalogue and ten packages grains and grasses, in- cluding above oats. free. (K.l
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 -''Timmins says his last novel is bound to make people talk" T guess so. I fancy they would rather talk than read it. .''-Indianapolis Journal.
 Teacher -sSo. Georgie, you were ramed after George Washington. were you?n Young George Yes.n; some. time after. Roxbury Gazette.
 Alas, 'tfs eighteen ninety-aix
 And bashful man must falter:
 For woman now with clever tricks
 Will speed him to the altar.
 Chicago Record.
 Diner (excitedly) Here, waiter. there's not single oyster in this tureen of oyster soup" Waiter (politely)- "Yes. m'sieu; but m'sieu must remem- Der that he only ordered half portion. The oysters are in the other half Vanity.
 New Chambermaid-"Ar there really so many mice in the house ." Cool-''0f course not. I was deter mined, however, that mistress should get a cat. You see, I've q young man who calls on me pretty often, and we must be able to account in some way for tiiS AOou SAft nllll. --1 lIcgeHue Blaetter.
 Nantucket is famous for auctions. They are held in the public square. Meat auctions, furniture auctions. There are few things one cannot buy at auction if one bides ones tiiHe When ever an old home is broken un or a resi- dent leaves the island. the anwanted effects are closed out at auction for whatever they will bring At the last one I attended a refrigerator was put up. "Too late. The seascn's over, z shouted some one in the crowd But thereIl be another, and perhaps a hot one said the auetioneer. But one may dle before that, said the other Well. '' replied the auctioneer, '.if you die you'll be sorry that you hadn't bought re- frigerator and taken it along with you!" -Harper's Drawer.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infamed condition of the mu- cous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this tube gets in6amed you have rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal con- dition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F. J. CHENEY & Co.,, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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He had given up hope and it required great dealof begging on the part of his wife to persuade him to take them regularly.
 He, however, did as she desired. and if appearances indicate health in this man, one would think he was better than before his paralysis.
 ".Why,' says he, I began to improve in two days, and in four or five weeks 1 was entirely well and at work
 Having seen these results l concluded that such q remedYis is surely worth Q trial at the hands of any physician, and conse. quentlY when 9 short time later 1 was called upon to treat a lady suffering with palpita- tion of the heart and great nervous prostra- tion, after the usual remedies failed to re. lieve, I ordered Dr. Williams Pink Pills. The result was simply astonishing. Her attacks became less frequent and also less iu severity, until by theiruse for period of only two months, she was the picture of health, rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed, as well as ever, and she has continued so until to-day, more than one year since she took any medicine. 1 have found these pills specific for chorea, or as more commonly known, St. Vitus' dance, as beneficial re. suits have in all cases marked their use. As a spring tonic any one who, from overwork or nervous strain during long winter has become pale and languid, the Pink Pills will do wonders Tn frightening the countenance and in buoying the spirits, bringing roses to the pallid lips and renewing the fountain of youth.
 Yours Respectfully,
 J. D. ALBRIGHT, M. D.n
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7, REEVES EXPERIMENT.
and Startling Application eeo # an Electric Current.
s.art a Balky Horse-The Scheme ass to 7' put Developed Unexpected Nofnss fnasults-No More "Lectric-
 ity' for Bill.
ronprR1aHr. 18ss.l

onters of what is known as the
 frequ'v valley Trotting Circuit will
 adilr lI remember old Bill Reeves
 rsadps Accessible to forget him. They
 IS ,lf know him by the above name
 Fii po' for obvious reasons, it is sim
 ps5osr,rowed for the occasion, but ply D only one old stager of his ill1
 tnele hrsiness, and bis ininitable style n 'nS .srv telling belongs entirely to him. ssl mos only few weeks ago that the l' @N sat in the office of the dilapi- FTi'si livery stable which forms the da's4 s4lv rendezvous for the horse nsu~' ,.s of the village in which Bill has 'la1As his home for 30 yeats. It was nau. .,g and the usual coterie had as s'su,hsI sauhlesd-all but the redoubtable Will senls s wbo for some reason had de1ayeG aain' a,,ino The chair of honor-on ns % siobt of the stove, and handiest to las as box 9 of sawdust which served as q 'iis soidor-was reserved for him, and sasp .tsra was an air of expectancy upon ,te 'Ls' faces of the group about the dingy sttle 4t room which added greatly to my i.tsrest hs and impatience. I had never .ssn ,a the old chap, but his fame as q .torv M teller had reached my ears long sSo and I was determined to hear s9s s9 of his yarns if I had to wait all night. .,.5....,-.,, .ha medicine shelf in the corner began ia q doleful manner to strike eight o'clock. @ the door opened silently, and small wiry old man, with a grizzly beard and prominent nose, limped onietly in, and seated himself with evil dent pain in the vacant chair.
 This, then, was "0ld Bill Reeves. No one stirred, saving the general nod # recognition, but there was an air if surprise upon the faces of my con- mnions, not unmixed with anxiety. yomething had evidently happened to Bill.
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'ors manner seemed to undergo an en- afe change. His grim features relaxed gradually, and when he spoke again 'aere was a twinkle in his eye and q suspicion of a smile about his mouth.
 Boys, I've been 'sperimentin', an T, sou kin all bet yer Sunday clo'es at eetrlcit Il start balky hoss."
 Been s~4,.nentin' 'ith the Padget eol'' Bill?" yentured his neighbor on
 1aas," drawled the famous narra- ~ St' spitting copiouely, and changing s; ,ae Immense quid from the left to the 'ight side of his mouth.
 f.,, iaas, the Padget colt. I tole you tsiiefs Ed break i'm n. Ireclxon hev', - sa' mind you I don't kall<illate ter use ~ m more 'leetricity. It was this way: ., mat there Padget colt he'd bout uinpee never seen sech crit
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After rubbing his leg gently for mo nent, he reached painfully into his trousers pockets, and with an apparent struggle drew forth a huge slab of chewing tobacco. Another spasm, and he had secured from the depth of that eapaeious pocket an immense jack knife; the rest was easy, anu after one trial shot at the box of sawdust by way of getting it nicely located, the sage seemed to have completed his prelim- mary arrangements. and without the slightest preface he launched forth Tn, to me, most surprising manner.
 Leetricity!" he snorted, fiercely searching the eountenances of his hear CTS as if looking for some one to quar- rel with. No; no thanks; take it away!"
 short interval of silence followed this outburst, during which the ora
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Two Big Places.

London is a much larger place than Paris-that is to say, what is under stood to mean London, not the actual city, governed by the lord mayor and corporation, but the entire metropolis. Paris contains about 2,500,000 inhabit- ants, while the population of the Brit ish capital is nearly 4,500,000.
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The Gift of a Good stomach

Ia one of the most beneficent donations vouehsafed te Us by nature How often 1t Is grossly abused Whether the stomach is naturally weak, or has been rendered so by imprudence in eating or drinking, Hostel ter's Stomach Bitters is the best agent for it's restoration to vigor and activity Both digestion and appetite are renewed by this fine tonic, which also overcomes constipa- tion, biliousness, malarial, kidney and rheumatic ailments and nervousness.
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Gn1d Rinra as NIementos.

In the seventh and eighth centuries, at every wedding among wealthy Sax ons, numbers of gold rings were given away to friends as menentos of the occasion.
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WIFE-'I can remember the time when you followed me wherever l went; now you do not care to go anywhere with me. never thought that your love would so soon grow cold.n sNonsensel A man doesn't run for a street car after he has caught it.'' Boston Transcript.
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FITs.-All Fits stopped free by Dr. I5liue's Great Nerve Restofer. No Fits after first day's use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and S2 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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DooToR-"You have something wrong with your digestive organs" Patient "Well, considering my three daughters are learning to cook, it is hardly to be wondered at. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
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WHEN asked why she rejected me, Her reasons were most frank; She weighed me in the balance-and Ihad none in the bank.
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HE-'I guess there's going to be some more quarreling in our church choir" She " ou don't mean it2" "Yes, l do; the contralto is going to marry the tenor."- Yonkers Statesman.
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WITH all his experience the barber had tA employ another man to shingle his roof Boston Transcript
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TRULY we do not half appreciate the good things in this life. When q man is in the midst of a sound and dreamless sleep he mas no idea of what a good time he iS having.
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NELL-''Mr. Sophtsope said was a per feet picture n Belle-"Yes; he asked mt where you bought your color '-Philadel phia Record
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PUzzL1Na CAsn.-Miss Gushington-"Oh Jack, could not live without you" Jack Impecunious-"I don't see how the deuce you are going to live with me."-Detreit Free Press.
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YoUNG BUSINESS MAN-"When do you think is the best time to advertise?o Old Business Man-''All the time, young man." -Somerville Journal
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DooLAN-" Fitzgerald says he's discinded from some of the greatest houses in Ire land" Mulcahy-" "Mushal So he did many's the toime-on a err'-Puck
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''THIs Is a sad occasion for you, sister," essayed the comforter. "I allow it is,n as sented the widow. But 1t is heap sadder for Bill. l.N-Indianapolis Journal
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LOVE to flirt with the college boys Because they are so nice; And when they kiss me once know They're going to kiss me twice.
 Harvard Lampoon.
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''Is MARRIAGE failure2n ''No; not as means of grace" ''Er-what2" "It leads to repentance. ."--Truth.
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THIS is the course of every evil deed that propagating, still it brings forth evil -Coleridge.
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IN taking the chances, first look out that they are not against you.-Truth.
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DUUIOR ALBRIGHT.
A Broad-Minded Physician with
 Progressive Idoas.
Believes in Recommending Anv Moa,- icine That He Knows win Cure His Patients-Fhinks pr. Williarns'
 Pink Pills Great Discov-
 cry = He Cites Some

From the Examiner, Lancaster, Pa.
 AKRON, PA, April 24th, '95 DR. WILLIAMS MEDICINE Co.,:
 Gea6emen-W 1t is entirely contrary to the custom of the medical profession to endorse or recommend any of the so-called proprietary preparations, shall, neverthe. less, give you an account of some of my wonderful experiences with your prepara- uon, Df. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo. pie. The fact IS well-known that medical practitioners do not as a rule. recognize. much less, use preparations of this kind, consequently the body of them have no uennlte knowledge of their virtue or lack or IL, put Soundly condemn them all without a trial Such course is manifestly absurd ana unjust, and l, for one, propose to give my patients the best treatment known to me, Tor the particular disease with which they are suffering, no matter what it is, Where or how obtained. was first brought to prescribe Dr. Williams Pink Pills about two years ago, after having seen some re- markable results from their use. Reuben Hoover, now of Reading, Pa, was promi- nent contractor and builder. While super intending the work of erectinga large build. Ing during cold weather, he contracted what was thought to be sciatiea. He hay ing first noticed it one morning in not being able to arise from his bed. After the usual treatment for this disease he failed to im- prove, but on the contrary grew rapidly worse, thecase developing into Hemiphlegia, or partial paralysis of the entire right side of the body Electricity, tonics and mas sage etc, were all given a trial, but noth- ing gave any benefit, and the paralysis con- Gnuad. In despair he was compelled to hear his physician announce that his case was hopeless. About that time his wife noticed one of your adv ertisements and con. eIudGd to try your Pink Pills.
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'sl HAVE only myself to blame,' said Riv- CTS, shaking the moisture from his gar ments and shivering. 'sThe weather man gave fair warning it would be fair and warmer and 1 came down town with my light overeoat and no umbrella.''
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-30

M; L. Perriott is the guest of Mrs.
DIR. Posten.
Miss Carrie Perrill was at Grafton
shopping Tuesday.
Manley Fortney spent Sunday at the
home of his parents here.
O.. l.. Gray, n travelling man of Chi
cago, was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. Thomas Pell and family spent
Sunday with Eugene Higgins
j. r. Smoot returned Saturday from
business trip TO Braxton county.
Miss Grace Nc Donal OF Clarlxsburp.
Is the guest OF Mrs. L. j. Coughlin.
Miss Bell Plummer has returned from
trip TO Grafton and Mannington.
Mr.. John Alcock of Baltimore, Md.
was the guest of G. Frank Ellis Mon
day.
Is the guest of her father, Mr Il. A.
Fordice.
Charles W. Williams and wife are
tue guests of the Rev. Geo. II. Will
liams.
w. Il. Taylor has returned from a
visit at Elkins where his son James is
located.
Mrs. II. NJ. Clayton attended the fu-
neral of MIR. John s. $. Herr at Grafton
Tuesday.
Mrs. Author Harrington has return
ed from a visit TO Fairmont and Man
nipgton.
Mrs. Bucklin Smith returned Mon
day from visit at Molndsyille, Wheel
ing and Parkersburg.
Mr.. Patrick Mclaughlin. an old and
respected citizen of this place, died at
Monongah Saturday.
William II. Corbin has returned from
Braxton county. where he has been
working for some time.
DIR. T.. r.. Lanham and John Gil
baugh attended the Republican con-
vention at Parkersburg last week.
Mrs, II. U. Meyers and son of Con-
nelsville, Pa, are the guests OF Mrs.
Susan Montgomery of Water street
Quarterly meeting was held last Sat
urday and Sunday at the NJ H. church,
conducted By Rows Brooke and Will
liams.
Mrs. Dent Reichter OF Homecoming.
Md, is the guest Of her father-in-law,
Mr.. Mr.. Frederick Reichter of Nor
gantown avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Hartley and fam
lily of Meyersdale, Pa, have returned
from "A visit at Ten Mile, West Va, and
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. X.
Smoot
The ball game here between Austen
and Newburg was hot game IL IL was
one-sided we mean hot in that IL made
Austen hot when the score ran up "a 10
8 in favor of Newburg.
Mrs. w. NJ. Geesaman of Shippens-
burg, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Deerdorf Of WaynesborO. Pa, are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. j. Gibson OF
Water street Mr.. Deerdorf is prin-
cipal Of the Waynesboro pu Dlic school
VIOLA.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-30
Soldiers Reunion.

KINGwooD, w. VA, July 25, 1896.
Pursuant 10 call of the chairman of
the executive committee of the ex-
soldiers reunion association of Preston
county, the following members of the
committee were present Harrison
linn, Reno district, George w. Hart
sell, Valley district, Joseph A. Miller,
Kingwood district John w. Hill, (by
telephone) Portland district. Col. John
ID. Rigg, chairman. not being present,
George w. Hartsell was chosen chair
man pro tenn and James e. Murdoch
secretary.
On motion, Resolved that the ex-sol-
diers of Preston county hold their next
annual reunion at Terra Alta on the
18th, 18th and 10th of September, 1896.
On motion, Resolved that Col. John
ID. Rigg, John w. Hill and C. W. Craw-
ford be appointed a committee with
full power to make all necessary ar
rangements for holding the reunion.
GEO. w. HARTsELL,
Chairman Pro tenn.
JAS. Il. MURDOCH, Secretary.