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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

This is the kind of sn obituary
that a Georgia editor puts up for 20
man: "Poor jim Brown slung has
earthly garments on limb and
swan across The river yesterday.
iIc dida't staud back because The
water was cold, but plunged right
in amilingly, struck out for The
other shore where angels we're wait.
ing for bim with 70 finer suit shan
he had ever worn in bis lifo. jim
was q poor man but he had his
home paper all paid up and he got
there IN great shape
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

The dedication OF the Grant
Mausoleum IN New York, is going
to be made an event worthy Of the
name Of Grant. The President
and bis cabinet and doubtless q
considerable number OF Senators
and Representatives Will go over
from Washington, and foreign
nations bavc been invited 10 send
warsbips.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

An exchange remarks that the
men who get the fowest letters
complain the most Of the postohicc;
the man who complains the most
Of bis neighbo, is he moanest
nugbbor, and The man who hIs
the least scis The most conccitsd.
II may also be added that the man
who borrows his neighbor's paper
has the most fault to find With the
way 10 is run.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08
EASTMAN EXPLAINS.
lie Was Not Alarmed About Being
lynched Not locked Up InJail.

PARSONS, w. Va. March 20.
For tho qualification of all my
friends and comrades take this
method OF lOtting them know my
condition, as IT is impossible for me
to answer all enquirlng letters in
my affair at Parsons. Will first
say that | was shot twice before |
put my hand on my pistol. The
hrst shot struck me about three
inches below the nipplo on my right
breast. the second shot just above
my right eve in forehead. both of
which ! will got well Of. Had | not
turned as quisk as | til it would
have been in my back, of which full
particulars will como out later on.
hope mono Of my friends will be-
lleve any Of the false reports circu
lated by my enemies TO prciuducc
the minds OF the people against me,
~N' ''''N NY Nl NNtl blhb lutIN
are too many who know me too
we'll to believe anything they may
tell TO the contrary.
] still carry my old "rabbit foot, "
md will pull through. Neither is
IT. true that | have been locked up
in jail. havo nevor yet had war
rant served on me, and cannot get
the authorities to serve one ON me
As to the lynching while It Davis
| Will say thtt all there was in all
the talk about 1t was gotten up by
my enemies to get some OF their
friends IN as deputies and create M
much ado as possible against me
while | knew there was not the
least possible danger. will have
TO rest now, rs only have to risk
one eye tonight as my right eye is
too much powder buried to see out
Of yet. r. w. EASTMAN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08
Helpless
RheunnatiCS!

Rheumatism Is no respectcr OF per
sonS--thc healthy and vigorous are
as liable 10 it's attacks IA the weak.
The symptoms of the disease arc
hlmost unnotccd et first, so insidi-
ously do they steal over the body;
gradually the little palms and stiffness
increase, until they develop greater
Inconvenience day by day.
The knees, ankles, and other Joints
OF the body ache constantly, swell
ing TO several times their natural
size; the patient finds himself unable
10 get around; is soon ineapacitated
for business, and later N confined to
his bed, utterly helpless.
II is great mistake TO expect relief
from such condition by the applica-
ton of linimeuts and other external
remedies. The medical profession nd-
NIT that the disease is in the blood!
and 1t Is but reasonable that only a
blood remedy, one purely vegetable,
and free FROM potash, can afford re-
lief. $. :. $. (Swifts Specihc) is ar
unfailing remedy foe Rhcuinatism,
and has cured the scverest cases,
where Other remedies failed 10 reaclf
the disease
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

l took all kinds of treatment, and
visited many famous springs, but
could get only temporary relief; the
disease always returned, and at times
was so painful that ii was inipossiblc
for me TO Use my arms and legs. tried
almost everything that was sug.
gestod, and after eighteen years of
suffering, ). =. :. was recommended;
and l was happy TO, al last. find a
cure for thia painful troubie s. s.. 81
seemed 10 get at the disease promptly,
and afforded immediate relicf.n
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08
The Same.
Old SarsapariIla.

That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla rs it was made and
sold 10y DR.. J. (. Aver 90 gears
asU. In the laboratory it is
different. There modern appli-
ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa.
rilla IS the same old sarsaparilla
that made the rccord-5O gears
OF cures. Why don't we better
itp Well, we're much in the
condition of the Bishop and the
raspberry " Doubtless, " he
said, "God might have made a
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He ne,'r did. =" Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla?
We can't. We are using the
same Old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. Ia
has not been bcttered. And
since ace make sarsaparilla conf
pound ont of sarsaparilla plant,
We see no way of Improvement.
OF course, il we were making
some secret chemical compound
We might "a. But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
saparilla to cure the Same old ,
diseases. You can tell it's the
same ofd sarsapariIia be-
cause II works the same old ,
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, and-it's Ayers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

IF Hawaii asks to be admitted to
the United States as State or Ter.
ritory, AS report says she soon will,
we cannot Imagine any good reason
for refusing to take her into Uncle
Sans family.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

Mr. Grover Cleveland and Mr.. D..
b. Hill have doubtless noticed that
the Bryanites have captured the
executive machinery of the National
Association Of Democratic CIubs,
and put only free sllverites on
md
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

Whenever things get a little dali
in the New York legislature some.
body brings up that old scheme,
originated it is SAID by Boss Tweed. i.
TO make a new State Of what is now
known as the Greater City Of New
York. II is merely iatended to
bluff the farmers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

1t is now stated that there will be
not less than five candidates in the
campaign for Mayor of Greater
New York.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

Senator Plutt, of New York, got
"a black eye the other day, but it
was given him by heavy swinging
door IN the Capitol building and
not by one Of his enemies.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

RiDans Tabulcs.
RipaDg Tabules cure fatulence.
Ripaus Tabulos crre constiDa ton.
R.p3ns Tabules core headache.
Rip1ns Tabul6s cure bad breath.
H.paus TabuIcs cure indigestion
R.p8n7 TabUlas, gentle cathartic.
ltIp3ns Tabuica cure flyer troubles.
ltipaus Tabuies pleasah. laxative.
fiD1ns Tabuln8 for sOur stomach
2ipans Tabulcs cure dyspepsia
Ripans GabGIgs cure biliousness.
k.pans Tabules one gives relief.
Riplns Tabules at druggists.
Ripans faDules cure nausea
Ripans r1buIcs euro torpid liver.
Rlpans 1abuics assist digestion.
ltIpans Tabules cure dizziness
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

Speaker Reed declined TO recog-
nize rs political party the Popu-
lists IN the House, on the ground
that they were part of the Dem.
scratic party.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

Mr.. Frank II. hey.
nolds, OF Dalton,
Ga, was a sufferer
from Rheumatism
since his boyhood,
lio writest Ever
since ! was twelve
years OF age | have
suffered intcn sely
with M use ular
II n c II III atis M
which, at one time,
kept me I'm bed FOE
eighteen months,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

The experts disagree as to wheth-
er 1t is insanity or conceit that ails
the German Emperor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

A million month is now the
average output of the gold min0s Of
Cripple Greek, Colo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08
BULL FIGHTING IN MEXICO
CON PLETEDESCRIPTION or THE
GREAT NATIONAL GAME.
One Bloody sunday In The His
tOric old Capital or MOntezuma.
Continued from last week.

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

The experience of
Mr.. E. J. Gibson, of
Madison, @ u. was
similar TO the above.
lie says; II tried
almost every rheu-
matte re III dy 1
heard Of, but grew
worse instead Of
better. The sharp,
aching pains, pc
culiar TO Rheuma-
tisnr took posSesgiou
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

OF my entire body, and the suffering
endured was intense. was soon
unht Tor business, and became as
helpless as Il child. The potash pre.
scriptions Of the doctors almost ruin
cd my digestion, and found no
relief in anything until S. S, S,
lSwifts Speci6c) was recommended.
Several bottles cured nae completely,
and for more than four years j have
not had symptom of Rheuina tism."
=. .. .. Is unlike the many blood
tonics on the market, for II cures the
most obstinate cases, which they can
not reach. IL - n real blood remedy,
md Is the only one guaranteed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

p Ed WETTING CURED
OR so PAY, MRS E. " ROWAN.
Milwaukee. Wis
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-08

continued on neNiya BcJ
The times., 1897-04-25
I.ongfellow's First

Itvas the good fortune OF the poet Long
fellow to succeed early in his chosen career.
he had never to encounter the bitter strug-
gle with poverty, an unappreciative pub
lie. and reluctant publishers of which
many of the great in literature have had
to complain Nevertheless, the first criti-
cism he was fated to hear upon the first
poem he ever published, was not exactly
encouraging Mrs. Fields relates the in
cident in a recently published volume.
The poem dealt with an episode of
American history, and was called The
Battle of Lovell's Pond" 1t appeared one
morning In the poets corner of a Portland
newspaper and the author that same
evening was invited to the house of the
chief justice to meet his son, Harvard
youth, then regarded by his family and
friends as a rising genius. During the
evening the stately old judge, turning with
a complacent ar .oward the young man,
inquired
did you see poem in today's paper
upon The Battle of Lovell's Pond"
mo, SIR was the reply.
well, sir" said the old gentleman, with
conviction, lit was very stiff produc-
ton Get your own poem on the same sub
ject, and 1 will re ad 1t to the company
The poem was brought, and was read
aloud with proud, paternal emphasis to
the admiring guests, while the unknown
and cruelty snubbed author of the stiff
production was obliged to listen, sitting,
as he himself said, very still in corner"
The author of the production, which pre-
sumably was not stiff, did not, strange to
say, ever become known to the great
American public as poet Youths Cou-
panon.
The times., 1897-04-25

stories of Voorhees,.

For many wears Senator voorhees, has
had a sobriquet. The Tall Sycamore o&
the Wabash" In contest for the House
of Representatives he had for his oppO-
nent Col Thomas r. Nelson. The canvass
was very amicabie one, and the tw0
candidates Travelled together much OF
the time Col Nelson invented the title,
THE Tall Sycamore OF the Wabash" and
used it throughout the campaign. Ths
name stuck.
Senator voorhees, was PROUD OF his rec
ord in the United States Senate he has
told a Joke on himself as Senator.
Everybody knows his nephew. John E.
Risley, the minister to Denmark. Risley
has a son, Richmond, of whom voorhees,
was very fond A few years ago he was
visiting his nephew. Little Richmond
shortly before had been presented with q
very fine donkey. As soon as the Senator
arrived Richmond showed him the treasure
Uncle Dam" said the hoy. that 10
the smartest donkey in the world
II have no doubt it is" said voorhees,.
''Uncle Dan, believe that donkey could
learn TO talk"
certainly he could" said yOor hees.
land If you give him a pail Of salt to
eat every morning he will learn to talk
| wouldn't be surprised If he sol upon his
legs and made speech
II don't believe l win teach him to
talk said Richmond, after gravely cons
sidering the Senator's s suggestion.
"Wny not?" asked Uncle Dan.
well said the boy, Il don't want
my donkey TO learn to talk and become q
Senator st. Louis Republic.
The times., 1897-04-25
The Seventh Cavalry Tune.

"Garryowen'' and The Girl I Left Be
hind Me- were The tunes of the Seventh
Cavalry. Gen. Clusters command. and the
last one was played when the final march
began, and had the brave band returned
their coming would have been announced
by "Garryowen," which was known as the
Seventh Cavalry tune. The chorus of this
fayorite cir showed its foreign origin.
Instead of Spa Wen drink down ale.
And pay the reckoning on The nail,
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen and glory.
1 saw the widow of the Indian fighter
at the theater on an occasion of a mill tary
play being given in Detroit, near her hus-
bands home. AS the stage regiment was
more like real one than usually
left for the field of battle the air of The
Girl l Left Behind Me- was played with
so much power and pathos that the whole
house was visibly stirred, but only saw one
pale face down which the tears were 81
lently coursing. Before the evening was
over some soldiers who Were present, and
had been In her husbands command at one
time, saw Mrs. Custer and gave her a mil
itary salute, end the next night they gave
her an ovation. Not only did the soldiers
of the Seventh Cavalry love the tune, but
they also knew the words and sung them
The hour was sad left the maid,
A lingering farewell taking;
Her sighs and tears my steps delayed
/ thought her heart was breaking.
In hurried words her name l blessed,
breathed the vows that bind me,
And to my heartin an guish pressed
The girl left behind me.
Chicago Times Herald.
The times., 1897-04-25

The Journal here ceases Some Darticu-
lars OF the descent were communicated,
howe yer, by Nr Aims worth 10 Nj For
syth. 1t was nearly dead calm when the
vovaeers first CAME in view Of the coast,
which was Immediately recognized ~
Mr.. Osborne The latter gentleman hav-
ing acduaintances at Fort MOUlcrie. 10
was immedately resolved to descend in
its vicinity. The balloon was brought over
the beach. the tide being out and the
sand hard. smooth and admirably adapted
for a descent, and the grapnel lot 20. which
took firm hold at once. The Inhabitants
of the island and Of the fort thrOuIed out,
of course, to see the balloon, but it was
with the greatest difficulty that anyone
could be made to credit the actual voyage -
the crossing OF the Atlantic Tie crapnel
caught at r m. precisely, and thus the
whole voyage was completed in seventy.
five hours, or rather less, counting from
shore to shore. No serious accident Oc-
Cured; no real danger was at any time
apprenended. The balloon was exhausted
and secured without trouble, and when the
MS from which this narrative is COM
piled was dispatched from Charleston thu
party was still at Fort MOultrIe- Their
further intentions were not asceTtained,
but we can safely promise our readers
some additional information either on
Monday or in the course of the next day
at furthest
This is unquestionably the most stupen-
dous, the most interesting and the mOsa
imuortant undertaking ever accomplished
or even attemptedby man. What ma gniff-
cent events may ensue it would he useleSS
now to think of determining.
The times., 1897-04-25

And who is the author of The Descend
ant?" 1t comes anonymously, unheraldeti,
unproInising and surprising. 1t is rad
ical novel of vital present questions of So
ciology as affecting the individual, The
writer seems brave In her dt reads as if it
had been written by woman, not neceSsa-
rily effeminatel theories end expositions-
Put are we to reconcile the bravery of the
expounder of the matter of these pages
with the timidity which keeps secret the
name of the writer?
whether or not the view point from
which the people OF the story see life is
our own. the strength and dthoughtfulnesso OF
the writer is apparent through and through.
Her hero is q boy who is born out of we'd
lock. In his native Virginia village this
hereditary blight blackens his life, snd,
with hutred In his heart, but steel deter
minatsor, he goes into the world" which
In this case is the vortex Of New York.
There he becomes socialist, an fcono-
ciast.
He meets q young woman. an artist. She
The times., 1897-04-25
Moral Science.

Once upon time prominent scientist
was asked: why does bucket OF water
weigh no more after live fish has been
thrown in?' lie wrote learned expIana-
ton. Other scientists took up the ques-
,icn- Fish were dissected. their lungs were
examined under the microscope, all the
laboratories looked like fish markets, con-
troversy ran high. New theories ofSpecifio
gravity were revoIutionizing science, when
an inquiring small boy discovered by ex-
pertinent that three pounds of live fish 90
add Just three pounds TO the weight of .
bucket of water. Moral: 1t is Just as well
to know that thing is so, before trying TO
find out why il is so.-New York Journal.
The times., 1897-04-25
Upanswerable.

Mr.. Fussy-I don't see why you wear
those ridiculous big sleeves, when you
have nothing to fill them.
Mrs Fussy--Do you fill your high hat?
The times., 1897-04-25

The first volumes OF the new illus
trated edition OF Francis Parkman S
Histories viii be published by Little,
Brown 6 Co. in May. The edition is
TO be limited one, and will be printed
from entirely new type. 1t will be in
twenty medium Svo. volumes, and VIII
be superbly illustrated with 120 photo
grdvure plates, made by Messrs Boussod,
Valadon & Co., consisting chiefly of au-
thentic portraits and contemporary prints,
with a number of original Illustrations by
Howard Pyle, B. West Clinedinst, Thule de
Thulstrup, De Cost Smith, Frederick Rem
ington, F. de Myrhach and other noted
artists.
The times., 1897-04-25

Perhaps we have not vet even had the
last Of the Duchess " books. Last
week another of the ro:nances of the late
Mrs. Hungerford was published. 1t is
called 'Lovice'' This is the odd name
or the heroine OF the story. She is young
girl who fell into the tragic trap which
life has set for so many-she married the
wrong man In the silence OF her heart
and the noise of the world she works out
her life. suffering but submissive, and the
end is the inevitable. 1t is a sweet char
acter, and the story is permeated with
those agreeable attributes of all the late
novelists other works. In the presence
of the freshness and beauty Of this story
one is moved to renewed admiration and
wonderment at the resources of the remark
able Duchess philadelphia: Lippin-
cott Washington: Woodward & LothropD
The times., 1897-04-25
49, 49, n
1'A4]kQ'15 y

is one of the advanced type, who reject
love and matrimony and live for art alone
lie has q tinge of this in his nature, but
the inevitable overtakes him earlier They
do love. But she sets up her credo against
Der heart. Upon his part it is the nemesis
of here,lity. Then each fights IL out in his
own heart. Until this pointit reads power
fully and promisingly, but in the last third
Of the book the author seems to have be-
come submerged in the oyerwhelmingnesS
Cf her own subject.
In some respects THE Defendant" sug-
gests Patience Sparhawk" Each re
sented the provincialism of the native
home Each had battle against unde-
sirable ancestry. Each of them floundered
inexperienced into actual spinning modern
life In each book there is tremendous
eaneStness, but Miss Atherton handles
her resources better. The author Of 1.-The
Decendant' paints in a hopelessly black
monochrome. There is not the relief that
the opening paragraphs suggested.
There is in the world opportunity and
hope even for the Michael Akershen. HUI
man nature in cosmopolitan centers is
broader than il can possibly be in provincial
villages, and only perverse self need court
what may suggest itself to pessiinism as
the inevitable Rachel was the fool she
mmeaningly called herself, and Michael
at last broke on the stone wall his own
blindness permitted him TO hammer him
self against. Still, tbs none the less inter
esting and none the less commendahle In the
ambition of it's boldness and the display OF
fine literary qualities, which are in eVl~
dence on every page. New York: Harper.
washington: Woodward 4 Lothrop)
The times., 1897-04-25

Messrs Dodd. Mead & Co. have secured,
for immediate publicationin America, The
Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton" with
photogravIIre portraits and numerous illus
trations This is the life story of most
interesting and picturesque personality -
Lady Burton, the wife of the famous 0rien-
talist and explorer. The truth about her
romantic love and marriage and her unique
devotion to her husband is here told in
a manner to excite a more than casual
attention Her travels and adventures in
South America, the Syrian desert the Holy
Land. Arabia, Egypt, India. etc, are
fully recountedin in most interesting man
ner The real facts concerning the burn
ing of THE Scented Garden" are told and
her real motives are given. One of the
interesting features of the hook is
large number of letters from the famous
Gen Gordon, hitherto unpublished and
of great importance. The work is prom
ised for publication in few weeks.