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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14

Mr. Mckinley is very anxious to
have the country believe th4t ho is
not taking sides in the hot fqht
now going on in greater New York k's
municipal campaign, and stato-
monts TO that effect are being sent
on: from Washington. But these
statements fool nobody except
those who arc easily fooled or those
who wish to be fooled. Mr. SIC.
Kinloy is with boss Platt. and
every Federal official i'm New York
knows 1t and is acting accordingly.
lie wants Boss Platt 20 win. and
doesn't care snap whether 10 be
with Tracy for q candidate or with
O compromise candidate secured bv
the withdraw Of both Tracy and
Low. lie wants Platt to win be-
cause that would give him a strong
en- hold ON Che New York dcleqa-
ton TO the next Republican
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14
STATE or ONO. CRY or TOLEDO, [ :,

STATE or ONO. CITY or TOLEDO,
Lucas COUNTY, b
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
rs the senior partner Of the firm OF r..
j. CHENEY 81 Co doing business in the
city OF Toledo, County and State aforc-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF CATARRm that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATAHRu CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscri ped
in my pressncc, this 9th day of Dcccm-
ber, A. ID. 1886.
- a. w. GLEASON,
SEA Notary Public.
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Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
ana mucous surfaces Of the systom
send for testimonials. free
T. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. o.
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Hairs Family pills arc the best
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14
THE POLITICAL HOPPER.
Personal Paragraphs and NeWSy Notes
Picked Up and PenCilei Down by
Our Washington Cores
pOl10lt.
MckinleV's Blur, Fosters Bungling,
Hanna's Frost aud Platts's Power.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., !
October 9, 1892. {

Just from ONO, said: During the
past two weeks, | have been cam
paigning with Senator Hanna. The
audiences that have turned out to
hear him have not been large, nor,
to tell the truth, have they dis
played a great amount Of enthu
siasm. The first weeks meetings
were IN the nature of frost, but
lattorIy the Attendance has i'm
proved. The fact is, that the Re
publicans. for some cause, seem
apathetic.
TIT
1t is unofficialIy stated that the
board of naval officers charged with
the duty of investigating and rec
ommeuding to the Secretary Of the
Navy the best place, all things con
sldered, to locate government
plant for the making Of armor for ma
val vessels has practically decided
that the best place for the plant is IN
the south and that their choice is
between Alabama and Tennessee,
with the chances slightly in favor
of their recommending the after.
This recommeudation will go to
COgress, which will decide whether
the plant shall be established.
TT
The country Is beginning to see
that those who charged ex Secretary
Of State Foster with making mess
OF his sealing negotiations with
Gre It Britlin know VIVA they were
taking about. EnglAuI's uotific.-
ton TO this government that it
would take no part in tho sealing
conference to be held in Washing
ton has opened the eyes Of the
world TO Fosters 5ungling. Rep
resentatives OF Russit AMI J ,pan
are now on their way to Washing-
ton to take pIrJ in the scaling con-
ference, those governments having
accepted the assurances of Foster
that England had promiseI to also
take part, whom it had not done so.
Months ago Prof. Elliott sad that
England htd no idea Of doing 50.
TIT
When a man gets down everybody
seems disposed to give him kick.
The case Of Senator Wellington, of
Maryland, is an instance. Months
aSa, before Wellington had made
that fool exhibition on the floor of
the Senate, Boss Hanna asked HIM
to make some speeches IN the Ohio
cImpaign, and he agreed to do,so.
Several days ago Wellington was
given hint that it would greatly
please Hanna il he would cancel
his Ohio engagements on account
OF his health, or any other old
reason, and the announcement was
duly made that Senator Yelling
tons health had compelled the
cancellation Of his Ohio engage
mcnts to speak One Of IG,nna's
Ohio friends, speaking of Yelling
ton, said: III ,nna has been afraid
Of Wellington ever since he made
thai monkey speech in the Senate,
and was determined that he should
not be allowed to speak IN Ohio.
ills adoption Of gentle hint pre-
yontcd embarrassment 10 all con
cerucd.
TIT
Mr.. Mckinley is very anxious to
have the country believe th4t ho is
not taking sides ia The hot eight
now going on in greater New York's
municipal campaign, and stato-
mcnts 20 thtt effect are being sent
on: from Washington. But these
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14
Do You Use 1t?

It's the best thing for the
hair under all circumstance.
Just as no man by taking
thought can add an inch to
his stature, so no preparation
can make hair. The utmost
that can be done is to pro-
mote conditions favorable TO
growth. This is done by
Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t re-
moves dandruff, cleanses the
scalp, nourishes the soil in
which the hair grows, and,
just as a desert will blossom
under rain, so bald heads grow
hair, when the roots are nour-
ished. But the roots must be
there. If you wish your hair
TO retain its normal color, or
If you wish to restore the lost
tint of gray or faded hair use
Ayers Hair Vigor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14


n week IN Washington without
the launching Of new war scare
would seem quite strange, it has
been so long since there was one.
The war scare of the present week
was based upon the action of the
Cabinet in discussing the placing
of orders for a million dollars worth
of smokeless powder for the Navy,
rs soon as the money could be made
available to pay for it. This is
really about tho most war like step
yet taken by the administration.
and 1T is not surprising that 1T
should have created a sensation. 1t
may be a bluT, aud there may be
no intention TO purchase such a
large quantity Of smokelcss powder.
There would certainly be no use
for 1t, except for fighting purposes.
1t Is the belief Of some very cool
headed men that unless the admin.
lstration can bluf the new Spanish
ministry it will be in position
where it must choose between fight
ing and backing down, and the
strongest opponents of the admin
lstratlon do not believe it will back
down, simply because to do SO
would be to arouse such public in
dignatiou that every member OF
the administration would be driven
in disgrace to private life. Ameri
cans can stand lot, but they
wO1Idn't stand backdown from
Spain on the part Of McKiuley's
administration.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14

Mrs Johusing-f'll bet dat dom rap
scallion eagles round ycro doau' kerry
or no mo chillun Oh mine Now York
Journal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14

National convention, which Platt
has pledged to the support of MIR.
Mckinley for second term. No
body IN Washington will be greatly
surprised If the Democratic NJ.
uonh Committee shoald decl are
Henry George to be the regular
Democratic candidate for Mayor of
New York.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14

sonIl hound rrlnnpusMuon.- Norll Lnnnd
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-14

fToNoNGAuELA RIVER RAILEoAD.
ne WonouEHh Route 50 Thc share
'hhe Not tvocu FmirmOutusd
tiuTisburg.
The herald., 1897-04-04

While the harbor that the commits
sioners reached after long and indus
trious voyage has been known for some
weeks, the chart OF their course as pre-
sented in today's Herald will neverthe-
less be source of reflective and valua-
BILE interest. The story of the commits
sion's scrupulously careful investiga-
tion and the absolutely impartial and
prudent means by which four out of the
five members arrived at their decision
is thoroughly worthy of the study of ey-
cry inhabitant OF Southern California
that can appreciate the destiny of this
region and has its fulfilment at heart.
The conclusions arrived at are so plain
and positive that any anxiety concern
ing the consummation of the proposed
work may now be thrown aside. The es-
Inmates OF the Improvements leave no
room for the entertainment of any quib-
bic on this score, which was the last and
forlorn hope of San Pedros enemies.
Additional assurances will be found in
the interview, also published today. with
Mr.. T. E. Gibbon, who has just returned
from Washington.
The herald., 1897-04-04
DINGLEY AND THE TARIFF

Chairman Dingley, in recent dis
cussion of the tariff stated that the
farmers of the United States had now
abandoned protection as they had put
almost prohibitory tariff on the prod
ucts of the farm. Mr.. Dinsley is either
a fool or else thinks the farmers are
Our principal competitors in the grain
markets of the world are the Argentine
Republic, India, Russia and Australia
The government reports for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1896, show no i'm
The only things that might be so con-
strued are under the head of bread
stuffs, of which we imported s2,7SOS14.
We exported s129, SCI ,947 worth of bread
stuffs, which shows that the tariff can
be of no benefit at all to the farmer.
1t is preposterous that a man of Mr..
Dingley's intelligence should make such
a statement. If he knows anything he
knows that the farmers must sell their
gram, norses, cattle and hogS IN the
competitive markets of the world. And
being compelled to sell in the markets
of the world plus being compelled to
buy in protected home markets puts
the American farmer in the position of
the darkey's coon-they are caught
"a comm and a gwine.'
Putting high tariff on wool helps the
owners of the four-footed locusts, also
making the common people pay more for
their clothes or else take shoddy How
long are the American farmers going TO
be fooled with the scheme of protective
tariff? The only way it can do good is
to limit the amount produced so that
The herald., 1897-04-04
JAPAN AND HAWAII

A seriou; aspect is being added to the
anomalous condition in which the white
population finds itself in the Hawaiian
republic. The purpose of the Japanese
residents, but poorly disguised at any
time during two years last past. to take
the government of the islands into their
own hands, Is becoming more and more
apparent. OF their ability to do this,
United States, there can be no manner
of doubt tits made to appear upon the
surface that the disorder there has it's
cause in the satisfaction of the resi-
dent japanese with. the proper execu-
ton of the Hawaiian laws, in
their application to Japanese immi-
grants. But, 1t is altogether probable
that the trouble has its fountain at the
palace of the mikado. Already a semi
official denial of just this impeachment,
before any such accusation was made,
has come from Yokohama. This looks
suspicious. And when we reflect that
the diplomacy which rates the highest
in grade among modern statesmen is
that which is most artistically untruth-
full, we have grave cause to apprehend
that the lord high executioner" has
placed Hawaii upon his list.
The government at Washington seems
I to take some such view of the situation.
The peremptory orders to Rear Admiral
Beardslee to proceed at once to Homo
lulu is a suggestive premonitory symp-
tom of something energetic that may
follow if the occasion should demand It,
And it carries the suggestion that there
is some manner of occasion.
The herald., 1897-04-04

sophistry in the world. As selfish men,
while we may discuss them, we cannot
harbor them, because they suggest the
sacrifice of self. This philter is the sub
jective capitalization Of power and has
its forms of manifestation in every de-
vice through which the fortunate sub
sist in idle luxury upon the substance Of
the unfortunate. The drones hold the
philters in every impoverished hive, just
as the grand seigneur was found to pos
sess the philter in every impoverished
province in the days of Louis XIV.
Benevolence, and charity in its active
form, are the best antidote that undevel-
oped humanity can prescribe for the
philter poison. Their beneficent mission
is above and beyond all criticism. Mean
while from the study of biology We learn
that humanity is the result Of causes in
operation, and that the tendency is un-
bly, onward and upward, and with
this understanding always In view, 1t is
edifying to survey the abyss from which
humanity must emerge in order to ban
ish poverty from the world of men.
The herald., 1897-04-04
Retrenchment-or RuinP

The day of retrenchment. or the day
Of ruin, for this government is awaiting
the people of the United States in the
not remote future. We shall very soon
step from the nineteenth into the twen-
tieth century. We shall carry with us
either the germs of dissolution and de-
cay or of life and conserved energy. To
avoid the former and secure the latter
the American people should begin at
once In the household, in the factory, in
the counting room, in the management
of great lines of transportation, and In
all other interpretations of capital, to
practice something of the economy and
frugality which characterized our New
England ancestors. The cost of local
governments must be lessened. Ad-
ministration of county and city and VIII
lage affairs must be made more and
more businesslike and economical In
short, the fixed charges of American
citizenship must be cut down.. Sterl-
ing Morton, in the Forum.
The herald., 1897-04-04
THE FARMERS TRUST

Well. why not? A dispatch from To-
,edo. O.. discloses the fact that a wide
spread plan is abroad among the farm
ers of the middle states, which is ex-
pected to extend to every corner OF the
union, to form a trust in agriculture.
| If the farmers could only make this plan
succeed they would surprise themselves
| as we'll as the rest of mankind at the
power that now lies dormant In their
keeping. They now carry the whole
| fabric of society upon their shoulders,
but they do not realize, IL indeed they
| know at all, the full truth Of this great
economic fact. They deal in commod-
| ity. as the subject of their contem-
plated trust, which is the secret OF pnys-
ical life or death-food. Their trust Is
a grand possibility, but its development
will demand skill, confidence and con-
summate patience at the start. 1t Will,
however hardly succeed upon the oath
bound principle by which it is sought
| to be cemented. If the farmers would
| have a trust that will withstand IN
trigue and adversely (and they Will
have to contend against both). they
will have to follow the methods of ex-
| isting trusts In the plan of organization.
They must be bound up by self interest.
They could do this by arbitrarily dis
tricting each county into agricultural
corporation districts. Then let the heads
of the families in each district incor-
porate with the chartered object Of TAX
ing title to lands in their district and
raising and marketing crops. The stock
holders would be the residents of the
district; they would elect their board
of directors from among themselves, and
self interest would impel them to choose
their most capable business men. To
bind the stockholders to the compact
they would then execute leases of all
the lands, farming implements. etc., in
the district to the corporation. The
board would then assume the manage
ment and control of all the leased lands,
giving employment to the lessons, at
fixed salaries, whose residence need not
in any manner be disturbed. The prod
uct of the fiscal season would thus be
taken from the control of incompetents
and would be marketed by the business
men selected by the people as their
board. and the proceeds. after paying
wages, distributed as dividends. The
combination of the several districts thus
organized would cement the farming
interest of the country, beyond the power
of short-sighted or disaffected individ-
uals to disturb the general harmony.
The rabble method of farming would
be thus converted into an organized and
drilled agricultural army. The rep
resentative combination of the sew
eral counties thus organized would
evolve the greatest, richest and most
powerful of all trusts. The plan is SIM
pie enough in form and is constructed
upon the precise principle of all existing
trusts, and its success demands only
the exercise of energy and good faith
among its members.
The herald., 1897-04-04

journing. He found them on the CONT
nent one and all favorably disposed to-
wards the reform, and Prince Hohenlohe
said to him in so many words: "Sena-
tor. Germany but waits the word from
England. You have only to bring US
England's assurance that she favors BIZ
metallism and we are ready to begin the
work" This is the substance of his re-
port, about which there Is so much Gu
riosity and interest everywhere. In a
more expanded form 1t will ultimately
be laid before congress. 1t is said that
when L. ]. Gage heard what he had
brought back he gasped for breath
and exclaimed, For Gods sake. keep
1t quiet, for the present at any rate"
But sooner or later it must come out
New York Evening Post
The herald., 1897-04-04
A LINCOLN STORY
t++++++++++++++++++++++++

The following anecdote by Lincoln is
Campaigning With Grant" in the April
Century. It was told during Lincoln's
visit to the front at City Point
In the course of the conversation that
evening he spoke of the improvement In
arms and ammunition, and of the new
powder prepared for the 15-inch guns
He said he had never seen the latter ar
ticle, but he understood 1t differed very
much from any other powder that had
ever been used. I told him that hap
pened to have In my tent a specimen,
which had been sent to headquarters as
a curiosity, and that I would bring 1t to
him. When / returned with grain OF
the powder about the size of walnut
he took 1t, turned 1t over in his hand,
and after examining 1t carefully, said
well, It's rather larger than the pow
der we used to buy in my shooting days
It reminds me Of what occurred once in
a country meeting house in Sangamon
county. You see, there were very few
newspapers then, and the country store
keepers had to resort to some other
means of advertising their wares. H.
for instance, the preacher happened to
be late In coming to a prayer meeting
of an evening, the shopkeepers would
often put In the time while the people
were waiting by notifying them of any
new arrival of an attractive line OF
goods.
"One evening a man rose up and said
Brethren, let me take occasion to say
while we're a-waitin', that I have jest
received a new inv'ice of sportin pow
der. The grains are SO small you kin
sca'cely see 'em with the naked eye, and
polished up 90 fine you kin stand up and
comb yer ha'r In front of one O them
grains jest like It was lookin'-glass
Hope you'll come down to my store al
the crossroads and examine that powder
for yourselves
when we had got about this far RI
val powder merchant In the meeting
who had been boiling over with indig-
nation at the amount OF advertising the
opposition powder was getting, jumped
up and cried out: Brethren, ! hope
you'll not believe single word Brother
Jones has been sayin' about that pow
der. I've been down thar and seen il
for myself, and I pledge you my word
that the grains is bigger than the Jumps
in a coal pile, and any one of you, breth-
rem, eff you was in your future state
could put bar'l o. that powder on your
shoulder and march squar' through the
sulphurious flames surroundin you
without the least danger of an explo.
siOn.'
The herald., 1897-04-04
THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA

Every civilized country has had an
epoch which it has denominated its
Golden age. Greece boasts Of the age
of Pericles; Rome. from her fallen es-
tate, recalls with sorrowful pleasure
the age Of Augustus; France, with thrill
ing vivas, follows her victorious eagles
in the campaigns of the elder Napoleon:
England glories in her Eliza bethan age
of literature, and America, looking back
scarce four decades, selects the ten years
from 1850 to 1860 as the Golden age of
the United States. No doubt in this day
of brag and reckless assertion, this will
The herald., 1897-04-04
Americas Favorite Son

Representative Grosvenor, the Ohio
statistician, said in his speech on the
tariff question the other day, that the
name Of Dingley would go laundering
down the ages, or words to that effect.
Brilliant idea. China had her Confu-
cius, the children of Israel their Moses,
Greece her Homer, her Miltiades, her
Solon and her Demosthenes, Rome her
Cicero and her Caesar, Germany her
Bismarck, France her Napoleon, Great
Britain her Shakespeare, her Milton, her
Burke, her Pitt, her Golden and her
Gladstone, but it remains for the United
States to cap the climax with the eu-
phonious and resounding name Of Ding
ley.--Buffalo Times.
The herald., 1897-04-04
TO A VETERAN AT sIxrY-rIvR

Captain Frank c. Howard)
(Written for The Herald.
Here's to Uncle Frank!
Nearly three-score years and ten
Have brough. their shade and sunshine
To the hearts and homes of men,
Since he first beheld the glorv
OF the dawning light OF daJ
Where the spirits of the tempest
With the wild Atlantic play.
Something of the grand and lordly
Music of the marching waves
Still within his soul is eehoing,
Like the winds in ocean caves,
And he hears the swelling music
OF the billows on the strand
Like the voices of his kindred
From the mystic border-land.
Through the haste of wars alarums
And the arming of the bands.
When the standard Of our country,
Borne aloft in patriot hands,
Surged and wavered through the confiic,
Like a vessel tempest-tossed,
He was there to save and succor;-
| Freedoms cause is never lost "a
| Now the tents of war are folded
| On the blooming fields Of peace;
But the war of want is raging,
And it nevermore will cease
Till the world shall learn the lesson
| Which the Master sought to give:
''He who saves his life shall lose 1t;
He who loses 1t shall live
| But we know his ears are listening
| To the accents sweet and fond,
| On the winds of evening floating
| From the shores of the beyond;
Like psalm of life unending,
| Bearing comfort, hope and peace,
| Till the welcome home in glory
When the pilgrimage shall cease.
| %. T. Fellows.
| Pasadena, Cal. April 2, 1897.