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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

We visit thc cemetery to-day
Where ouc brave heroes sleep
Welch, D.-ilinsonand CrocSct, lazy here,
Have ,ye DO tears Go weep?
Tor those, and many others vet
Whose dceJs are toll % fame,
Wen proudly through am coming years
Lisp their heroic u,mc.
What though they died before the foe
When smoke ob,curcj the sun
Or loved TO see the aftcr-glow
Aud our whole country once
B-ignt kcnua ia the Senate Hall
brave FIFE, ,rue-h,ayted friend
And gifted La,d,cy, loved Oy all,
We're heroes TO the end
Aud here beneath this sacred soil
Where sleep our ls.th and kin,
We aid as true man as God
Fer pat true spirit i'm
Boo ctuse he thoughtthc south was right
lie left the North, and took,
The foremost part iu every hgh.;
Brave oliver Dudley Cooke.
We honor the soutb's heroic sons,
Her uuforgottcn dead.
We honor the spot that now
Pillov, the veterans head
We place lovely flowers
ON The bosom OF each soldiers grave:
And sacred tears to-day we shed
TO every fallen brave
Soldiers beneath the bonnie Blue Flag
Faced many a battle tide;
Who for their country brayoly fought
And for her freedom died.
The graves of every fallen son
Is now hallowed shrine
And wreaths OF victory aud OF song
Wen hear to-day entwine
The Bonnie Blue Flag" is folded up,
with sacred love and care;
soldiers love the flag for memories
That ever linger there.
The sword is laid aside,
As token OF the fray
But well never blush to honor
The men who wore the Grey"
The fallen flag" all brave men love
VIII not be unfurled again;
Yet 10 is sacred, for it waved
Unsullied by the stain.
The blood OF Southern men
Has deeply dyed it's bars,
While tho honor Of her people
Shine like the thirteen stars.
The heroes now that sleep
On Spring Hills grassy height,
Who suffered for the principles
They loved and thought were right,
No need 70 them of monuments
That tell OF deeds of glory
For those who stand beside their graves
Will proudly tell the story
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

GA. Swindle" is the name that
appears over the Office door Of a
struggling lawyer in the city Of
Stratford, Ontario. A friend Of
the unfortunate gentleman sug-
gested the adyisability Of his writ
ing out his name in full, thinking
that Arthur or Andrew Swiudle, as
the case might be, would sound
better and look better than the sig.
uifclut a Swindlc." When the
lawyer, with tears in his eyes,
whispered that his name was Adam,
tho friend understood, and was
silent.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
MEMORIAL POEM.

D -. -, aL -. -.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

That bear story Of JEFF Lip
scomb's has been published with SO
many variations that iC has now be
come thread-blre story sure
enough. This is the only bear
there ever was about it anyhow,
and 1T was barely passubIe in the
first place. We can't bear to have
jeff chawing over one bare story 50
long and so much. and we hope he
will trot out a doar or a galzclle or
a duck or an auNt or daisy or
some other subject that will bear
relating.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
Fifty Years Ago.

Fifty Years Ago.
This Is the way Il was bouad 10 look
When grandfather had his "picter took.s
These were the shadows cast before
Tbs coming Of Couiuref Dagucrrc
Aud his art; like girl In a piuafore
Some day to bloom TO : goddess fair.
Men certainly were not a. black, VIC know
As they pictured them so years szO.
-N-OO~-~.O.~~~~
Ayers .SarsapariIIa
began to make now men, lust
es the new pictures of men
began to be made. Thousands
Of people fronted the camera
with skins made clean from
hlotch and blemish, because
they had purified the blood
with Ayers Sarsaparilla. It
ts as powerful now as then.
It's record proves it. Others
initiate the remedy they
can't initiate the record:
20 Years Of Cures.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

All Calls Answered Promptly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
MONETARY MAGICIANS.
\ Valuable Contribution on the Great
Question OF American Finances

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sutton II was granted shat the black
'ft' Sorcery aa" wi'chcraIt, were
the spec'" endowment OF favored
lew MHch IKE the favored lew OF
ye oIden times OF the hoary hoax Is
th' author OK gold standard d'a.
tribes on money. The monetary
mas'c'ns OF 30 day assume that
common people cannot understand
d "'Jte5 SO 'nlr'c''e as finance
''"ho' understand 'heir black art.
O"''r'on''ey 'he people nave let
V"em nave 'heIr way too long and
nave not trIed TO master the subject
% money
II the Amer!cm Yot'r at the
''''S Is ignorant OF what money is
us " sth''i fuIe' ne should not be-
P'''''''e' 10 cas-, u's ballot on mat.
'orS '''"'ihS TO 'ho ereato OF
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"no understand the almighty dol
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

Practice in Preston and adioin
ing counties, in the Supreme Court
of Appeals, and Federal Courts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
COUNTY cornrrRocErplNGs.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29


ments OF further cN;ortioa of a
second interest upon unfortunate
individuals IN business and the gen
er'I community; Whom the gods
would destroy they FIRST make
m'd. The rAp'ciy OF the t'kirs
|oi hnanc'' the monetary m'g'cmns,
the Carlisle and Gage tools, knows
no bounds. They bank upon the
belief th,t the people are fools and
Gamma, r,a.r.,.,,3 ,b.;. ll,.l. .,..
NJ c,. -.
vs. ~ "''' ''' ','"'P'N we
near oil them but the greatest OF
an Is the sound Money Trust
now entrenoh'd IN the White House
Tor another four years, as = has
been Tor m my long year since the
c'yII war.
The Government has sovereign
/ power TO create money, not 10 coE-
. fer that nrar,rtfivn u,n, nov. pn,,-
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of nonov So ,bat st,h.lity or ,r;..,
mo rrom,toJ n,, ma ol,,, ~,
wronood tbropgb gr,st cb,py.s j.,
5ebt.n,vi,c royv,r o,dth,t no.ono
|cl,ss be suffered to nroy ana, 9th
era Nancy is affair All o,Iy tho
instruments % oycb,ngi,g III, ,ro
ducts Of Iabor Nisn,s ,lono ro,
money for m,pey's s,k, Otbnrs
o.t m,n.v r,r vb., ~ ana, o,,,
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chaASo value o! money depends
upon ITS Freedom TO circulate with
out being cornered. and upoa its
Volume or oo,. co,;t, I,.Iso,
,,,..t. an. ..I
~'a W. "D''"o VI "'''OJ W
~
'i death. Legislation for thirty
years has foSler'd the cornerins of
money by the present financial sys
tenn Every freeman should mono.
rIze Lincoln apPrehenSivo forecast
OF " reduced volume OF the circula
''"g medium:
"l' " deDt Is created with Ger.
,a'u ,,,i ",iI"I' 5 az ., 'lioneY III o'rou'a-
,.,',. .0'' ~ ,t '"'n 'le sP'HI Il '''cnC con
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~, 80 ~ 7"' '7' '"' P7'P'e'
ITO" CIIicrcnt the ABOVE quota
tlon from Mckl1lcv's "sound
money" slush that The io1Iay H0i
f,r wLom , pr.,o.r,,y '' ''''
A. ". FnEDERrcH.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29

A certain tribe Of North Amcri-
can Indians have curious tradition
as to- how woman came to bc ere
ated. They said they were 70 proud
and naughty nation composed Of
men only, and had big tails like
peacochs, which they admired as
the aforementioned bird did his
tail. The Great Spirit became OF.
Tended at them for some OF their
misiccd3 and cat or thc.r tl,ls and
made women out Of them. ana that
ever since that time women had
been following Tho men around
tormcuuug them The Indnu was
not as big fool be was fool loo.
ing. 10 would have taken pretty
smart whI.o MON to como go near O.
correct theory Tx.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
DR. J. ). HARTLEY,
D EN- TT ST.

VIII visit Kingwood regularly and
do FIRST CLASS WORK, guaranteed 20
give satisfaction. Uses the famous
GREHANt METHOD for the
PAINLESS EXTRACTION or TEETH
Due notice of his visits will be given
In this paper
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-05-29

a., .4urnA 90 Vi. " rn.n. $50
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49,. a., -ur.in at,I.... r ~,
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u ..n Nur ,,ral &. .. I,.H,.
hlt.,i,i O., O. number ". o." '''''r '"I
relatives Of the Ircra-'si
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-05-29

Tie l,p triN'' pam AMI lfNIllIuu
ruu,rinN amt then 'uruI- M| l.N
rpu-litui" all IA" p""li" "a NrN N",w"
Ant "lora!o feed quite -urr thI- Zee"
,iru rtiuut lr uaIulalnr,i IA the courts
/, nuun- AMI mnlrf. the management
of lh" enterprise amt i"r the upnrnt
lullmlint- capital, hpi ia ~" eat t'r
ah-urIltN ~ tmr whole proceeding u.t-t
b" ut.lr 80 clear that II viii bee dfuplud.
IN" woik ~ dtHmlug llr tnrf. and
catching ~" water that nov run waste
H. the ocean, - they can be-
u-rl !u making Tie barren places
A" .ur "u,jrr valley blossom llkn the r,.r.
D. 90 t." much lmInrtAnr" a. have II lr.
-trNri. h" i"pafturut, 1T state and
lut,uor uul, need more lIgld ~ the fhm
OF lrrDfal Information uu ll, subject,
Wh"n, iu uur uWulpu hrl viii 4" hrth
g. upAuN 30 question and the tern.
tots rNir. justice" \, ilr ra-r unw
-lIuI-. 'aaf action ia wflpH. hIrN a.
49,. h,p" uul t-r,iatt"D- Of ,h"-,. 81 uur
Iruu,, $50 iur ,rnf- ha,r la'rh l.pkIng
forward 60 rAr'0rti rr-u't- from thr r-.
hlU-hu,ul Q" m"irru -,-lrm- ui am
grvu N'l Important stream ~ the
'uu'N
The advocate., 1897-05-05
Bnd Rogan. the skoleton tlInnt.

The following is telegraphic descrip-
tion Of a colored man living near Gallstin,
Tenn: "All who are acquainted with
Gallstin and it's surroundings have seen
and known Rogan, as he frequents the
depot at train time on a small wagon
drawn by two goats, and for a number
Of years has been able to make living
for himself and his invalid mother by
subiecting himself to the gaze of the
travelling public. He is 8 feet and 6
inches long, and from tip to tipof fingers
when arms are spread measures l12
inches (Fitzsimmons measures only 75),
bis hand from wrist to tip Of finger is
lax inches, and his foot from heel to toe
measures 18 inches. The most wonder
full phenomenon OF his makeup 10 that
there are no muscles about him except
on his face and feet, his feet being 20
inches in circumference around the in
step, while his thigh is only 3 inches in
diameter, and is only skin and bone. So
heavy are his feet that be cannot move
them without lifting them with his
hands. He is Of fair intelligence and ia
in perfect health, but so tall and devoid
Of muscle that he cannot stand up"
The advocate., 1897-05-05

which Mr. Jefferson called the ladieg'
drawing room. All of the doors on the
lower story Of the house were Of glass.
The furniture was neat, but in nowise
what might be called ornamental. There
was not piece Of 1t that was not used.
Handsome sofas we're In plenty. There
were marble aud bFesia tables and
French mirrors. Jefferson had o great
passion for slcoves and there was an
slcove in every bed room. The furnish
ings of the house we're never profuse,
never scanty. There was elegance with
out ostentation. The cuisine was French
and the plate was tasteful, but not over
powering. Jefferson adopted this happy
medium on ell his environment, within
and without, at Monticello.
Jefferson loved horticulture and gar
dening. Southeast of the house we're
terraced gardens of varying width, drop
ping down the slopes, which we're warmed
by the sun every day in the year. There
was a garden for kitchen vegetables, a
garden for grapes, another for figs and q
fourth for strawberries There we're
orchards below OF different sorts of fruits.
Flowers we're cultivated in plats and in
borders along the lawns, Here Jefferson
spent the best days Of his life, and here
he lies buried a short distance from the
house, with simple shaft marking his
grave
The advocate., 1897-05-05
Millions Of Wild Pigeons.

James Fletcher, a miner living near
Round Mountain, in the eastern part Of
Shasta County, California, tells Of flock
Of wild pigeons in that neighborhood
that lays in the shade anything in the
pigeon line since the pioneers days Of
the Middle West, when flocks came in
such numbers as to darken the sun and
to break the branches OF the trees where
they roasted.
Fletcher says that he heard whirring
noise behind him like the rush Of a COM
ing storm Of wind. Turning, he saw q
flock Of wild pigeons. The whirring
noise was only prelude to great storm
yet to come, For probably FIVE minutes,
he says, he stood dazed, watching the
fight Of the birds, that came by hundreds
and thousands He was so startled and
so lost in wOnderment that he can give
no adequate description OF the size Of
the flock or make any estimate OF the
number, Standing alone In the little
valley All the base Of the mountains, he
rs
The advocate., 1897-05-05

was too much excited by the novel sight
to take it in calmly, but he says that he
thinks the flock must have been mile
in length and with a varying with Of
from one hundred to two hundred yards.
The birds took possession OF the grove,
and apparently every twig and limb Of
the trees, covering perhaps 100 acres Of
land, was a roosting-plaoe for birds
which he could now readily recognize
to be a variety Of pigeons, though plainly
not the domestic pigeons that abide In
our barns. The cooling and loVe-making
going on we're enough to make his
bachelor heart sick. The pigeons have
evidently taken possession Of the grove
for a nesting and breeding place.
The advocate., 1897-05-05
The Young People.
THE SOUND OF THE SEA.

The sea awoke at midnight from It's sleep,
And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
heard the first wave OF the rising tide
Rush onward with uninterrupted sweep;
A voice out Of the silence OF the deep,
sound mysteriously multiplied
AS Of cataract from the mountain side
Or roar of winds upon wooded steep.
SO comes to us at times, from the unknown
And inaccessible solitudes Of being,
The rushing OF the sea.tides OF the soul;
And inspirations, that we deem our own,
Are some divine foreshadoWing and fore
seeing
OF things beyond our reason or control.
-LORgfellOW.
The advocate., 1897-05-05
Dan voorhees, and the Donkey story.

A story Of Dan Voorhees, is told by his
granddaughter, Richmond Risley, the son
Of our Minister to Denmark. Richmond,
who was then a little fellow in knicker-
bockers, bad received present Of
donkey, and showed it to his Uncle Dan
as "ths smartest donkey in the world"
"If you will give him pail Of salt
every day." said Senator Voorhees,, she
will learn to talk"
"I'd rather not, " said the boy. because
il he does, they may take him away and
put him into the Senate"
The tots answer, SO Mr.. Voorhees,
afterward admitted, hit him SO hard that
he could not make up his mind TO tell it
for several years.
The advocate., 1897-05-05
Beginning Early

Is half the battle. Don't wait for your
cough to run into consumption There's
always danger Of it, The germs or seeds
Of this disease are all around you. All that
they want is an inactive liver and the
scrofulOus condition that follows it, to de-
veIop them. You need Dr. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery now to thoroughly
purify your blood build up sound, Hrm,
honest flesh, and make every weak spot
strong, It's certain remedy for the
earlier stages Of eCnsumptIor,
The advocate., 1897-05-05
Preaching, Praying and Singing by Ma
chinePy.


chineFy.
Among the most wonderful inventions
of this or any other age is the phOno-
graph, often called the "talking machine"
1t not only receives and retains voice
sounds, but gives them forth again just
as they were uttered. In this way
speeches, vocal and instrumental music
indeed all sorts Of sounds--may be
reproduced.
At South River, New Jersey, last
Easter Sunday, the preacher, Mr.. Sam
mis-, let one Of these machines assist him
in his evening service. He had announced
beforehand that he would have a phono-
graph in the pulpit, and Of course the
church was crowded. Here is descrip.
tion, taken from the New York World,
Of what took place then and there:
1t lay upon the reading desk-the
phonograph Of commerce. It's harsh out
lines we're hidden by the snowy petals
of clustering Easter lilies. A metal fun
mel stretching from it's mouthpiece gave
token that what it had to say would be
said boldly and without fear, And fac
ing it was the biggest and most expect
ant congregation that South River had
ever seen.
''The Phonogrsph in the Pulpit" was
the pithy way that young Dominic Sam
mis- pnt it. What wonder that the Bap-
tist Tabernacle was thronged last night,
and that the other churches in the little
brickysrd town had empty benchesl The
village responded to a man-and to a
woman.
In the crowded pews we're people Of
many sorts. Tittering maidens and their
sweethearts came to enjoy laugh if
the photographic service gave them the
ghost of an excuse. Palpitating elders
came prepared to be highly shocked if
Mr.. Sammis's innovation proved to be a
breeder of irreverence.
Between these two extremes were per-
sons of all sorts and shades. But all
we're filed with common curiosity, and
they watched the metal funnel as il
they expected to see something of vast
Importance issue from it's mouth.
Pastor Sammis was calm. He was the
one unmoved person in the church. He
was buoyed up by that spirit which
comes to those who make great discov-
cries. He had no apologies to make,
and no explanations. The photograph
could speak for itself.
"The phonograph," be said, after the
Introductory prayers, "the most won
derful invention Of an age prolific in
wonders, will produce rendition upon a
violion Of a famous Easter selection, Han
del's JOY Joyl JoyP"
There was a fiutker Of anticipation
followed BY d moment ot breathlesE
1N "a li
The advocate., 1897-05-05
LITTLE FISH.

II some people do wrong,
To their ignorance look.
Like beautiful trout
That swim In the brook,
They Jump at the fly
Without seeing the hook.
n these poor little fish
We're so bitter to eat,
They'd be now in the stream
And not In the street.
Irene Alderman.
The advocate., 1897-05-05

silence. Pastor Sammis adjusted a cyl
inder, and then with preliminary rattle
the sound of a violin filed the place.
There was a little Photographic squeak
in the music, but the violin was nobly
played, and South River is not critical.
As the glorious notes scared through
the little auditorium the smiles died
swsy on the faces Of the frivolous, the
ready to.be shocked expression on the
countenances OF the pious gave place
to looks Of interest and pleasure, and
all listened quietly to the notes OF the
master. The photograph had triumphed.
Pastor Sammis adjusted another cylin-
der and the phonograph began to reoite
the Twenty-third Psalm. An orator had
spoken it into the receiving instrument,
and as the words came out-slowly, clearly
enuncivted and in voice well modulated
to the varying emotions Of that beauti-
full song, "The Lord Is My Sheph erd; l
Shall Not Want"--a stir ran through
the congregation and to many the
words assumed a new meaning.
And now came a new experience in
photographic representation. 1t was
daring innovation, but Dominic Sammis
was still calm.
"Let us pray" came from the myste-
rious depths of this talking machine.
Some Of the audience bowed their heads,
but many surreptitious peep through
gloved and ungloved fingers showed how
deeply curiosity was stirred by this un-
wonted performance.
1t was a hearty prayer that the pho
nograph turned out. Some Of the con-
gregRtion smiled a bit, for they recognized
the voice of the pastor. There was
little peeking to see il Mr.. Sammis was
not really talking, but his lips were
quiet and it was plain that they did not
frame the words Of the petition.
After q sermon on Easter eggs the
phonograph resumed it's program. An
orchestral rendition Of q chorus from
"The Messiah" was given with good ef-
feet, and at the conclusion Of the novel
service it was the phonograph and not
the pastor that gave the benediction.
81 suppose | will be criticised for this
Innovation" said DR.. Sammis after the
service, "but do not see why / should
be. / see no reason why the phono-
graph should not have place in church
work as we'll as the magic lantern.
81 am not courting notoriety, but l
want to impress spiritual truths upon
my people, and if old-fashioned methods
will not attract them I,consider it my
sacred duty to use up.to-date methods.
AS soon as people get accustomed to the
phonogrsph in the pulpit it will cause
no more sensation than does the organ
our fathers condemned, or electric lights
or cushions"