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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-03-25

TuE Clarksburg News and Trib
uue, Harrison County's Democratic
papers have consolidated. They
viii be Iun by joint stock Conn
pany i'm which w. Brent Maxwcll
and r.. Moore Jackson will be
chief stockholders. The former
editors will retire and The new
paper Will be issued sem weekly
under he caption News TribuRe,
and will be edited by Howard j..
Smith.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-03-25

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chair 4 massive mirror with q,
brass frame, weighing something
less than ton, aud guaranteed to
have been i'm use i'm Spain before
Columbus set sail for the New
World, was fastened araiust the,
wall in front Of the chair. The
barber shaved me with a razor that
looked more like a Spanish
machette than hair raiser and was
truly barbarous looking instru-
ment. 1t required some nerve to
undergo the ordeal. but | am here
to see the country and learn all |
can Of the people and their man
ners and customs. If it does
take tho hide off. | gave him n
Mexican quarter and he handed me
back thirteen ceutavos, so that it
only cost me six cents in our
money, and | got out Of the scrape
cheaper than | expected.
After this experience we went M
to the State Department to call on
the Governor. and found him n
very handsome and gracious official.
He received as with the utmost
cordiality and politeness. bowIng
and shaking hands with all. |
gave him my card and he wrote
something in Splnish on one and
gave to me. have it hero rs /
write, and it means in English.
Good Friend from abroad Accept
my Considerations and Respect.
r.. ARELLANo."
We found a squad of soldiers at
the entrance to the State Capitol.
and, in fact, we find them guard
ing all government property. They
allow US to 20 wherever we please
though, and are very polite.
yisited the Prison and fo,nd +,
LARGE rambling s,rrct,ro with
bioh wall and dungeons ssntry
towers and barracks and soldiers in
charge One of the on,rds sbowod
me througb and over tho droorv
old place. He took m. nm on the
turrets and in the sontrv's towor
where I baJ a snIendid view of tho
CITY We olso v;si,o1 tbo rrhl;o
schools and saw about four bun-
dred bows being drilled in one cIass
The teacher wos nuttino tbom
through q course OF calistbepics
which was the best have over
seen. Tbev were drilled about an
hour and every muscle in the bod =
was brought into pIav The scbool
seemed TO be for boys only, as I saw
no girls a. all, and here as before
described, they prepare their les
sons while walking around in the
| interior court Of the building.
| Nearly all the old Converts are be.
iuo, mood f,r b,t,1,erd soLo,1. ~.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
NO CARDS OR DANCING
DE PAW FACULTY CALLS DOWN
LIEUT.. vEsTAL. WHO RESIGNS.
Richmond People beginning to See
that Rev. HarwelI Played In
sane to Escape Prison.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Feb. 6.--Lieuten-
ant S. p. Vestal. who at the opening Of the
present school year became commandant of
the school of military science and tactics of
De Paw University, has resigned his po-
sition, to take effect at once. The imme-
date cause Of Mr.. Vestars retirement is a
difference of opinion between himself and
the authorities of the university in regard
TO social amusements, such as cards and
dancing. Mr. Vestal has exercised his pre-
rogative in the matter since his stay here,
and has attended a number of social card
parties and one or two social dances. This
led to the disagreement and his resignation
here being made. Lieutenant Vestal and
family will go to Richmond KY, where he
has accepted similar position in the Cen
trail University. Presbyterian institution.
The military commandants at De PAW
and other colleges are regularly detailed by
the War Department. to whose orders they
are subject, they being, however, elected by
the college authorities After correspond
ence between Lieutenant Vestal and the
War Department he has wired his accept
ance of the new position. and will report
there for duty March /. No provision has
yet been made for Mr.. VestalS successor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
A SAD ROMANCE,
Involving the Emotions of Two Young
People in Three Worlds.

Once upon a time there lived a serious
young man. He was serious all the way
through. AS in some streams his depth re-
yealed itself at the very top. No light
waves played upon The surface. He seemed
to have no surface. He was all inner soul
This young man loved seriously an idle
voung woman He saw her first as Maui
jocks St. Cecilia in church ta5leau. He
had loved the picture. He now loved the
much that he had not seen in the picture
She parted her hair in the middle and she
had a st. Cecilia nose. so that the young
man did not observe that there was also
much in the picture that was not in her
face. She could not even play the piano
before which she had posed.
The idle young woman loved seriously
nothing whatever. Least OF all did she
love the serious young man. If he had no
surface. she was all surface. like a brook,
all waves. full of light and brightness. The
young man attracted by the waves,
and ina ined depth beneath them. She
was repealed by the darkness OF his depth
and could imagine no waves upon its sur
face So. when he asked her to say Yes,
she answered No. He suffered greatly,
and. after time. he died. and he went to
purgatory.
Some months later she caught pneumonia
at dance and she went TO purgatOry. too.
She found him seated at a glistening dir
ner table, paying compliments and telling
funny stories 10 woman in a decollete
gown. The woman she recognized as the
head of the missionary society i'm her for
mer home. "0f all peoplei" she exclaimed
How do they ever come TO be doing that?''
penance for having been bores on earth.
and they are learning small talk so as TO
be agreeable in heaven" was his answer.
How nice.'' she thought. ''Purgatory is
quite agreeable after all. May | sit at the
end of the table farthest from them?" she
asked Your task is different" was the
reply and to her were given seven books
on sociology and seven on psychology ana
philosophy. and she was made
TO manage seven missionary societies-''To
teach you to think enough to be agreeable
in heaven.
In time her thoughts made her serious
and it CHANGED that as she sat among her
books the talk of the diners foated to her
ears. and after awhile she grew seriously
TO love the young man AT the table for the
light and dash of his talk attracted her ana
she took for granted depth beneath them
But he loved her not at ALL and thought
How dull and unresponsve she has grow
She might take the trouble to be agreea BILE
even if she does read big books This
caused her TO suffer great sorrow.
AT last the time of their preparation wa,
ended. ard it became time for them to en-
ter. perfect, into heaven and as they stood
together. perfect, upon the threshold th,,,,
loved each the other. at last. Mine ?''' h,s
asked. Forever" she answered and they
entered the gate.
But in heaven they neither marry nor arc
given in marriage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
Advertising Signs.
February Lippincott.


There must be considerable vitality in
"a custom which has survived for two thou
sand years. AS far back the beginning
of the Christian era. symbolic signs were
adopted in Rome and other Italian cities
to distinguish the various trades and
crafts for, when the art of reading was
by no means general. an emblem above a
booth was a much better advertisement
than q name.
Thus. discoveries at Pompei have re-
vealed baS-reliefS of a mule in section
OF a mill on the wall of a bakehouse and
of a goat on the front of a dairy; while
a shoemaker Of that olden time made an ar
tistic bid for custom by a floating cupid who
with one hand gayly balanced a half-boot
his curly pate and with the other waved
it's fellow in the air. Two slaves support
ing an amphora on pole across their
shoulders delightfully."- indicated the mart OF
a wine merchant.
The picturesque square swinging sign
board was the outgTowtr of the symbol
developed by civilization, and this -four
ished in its greatest glory during the mid
die ages of merry England. when hall and
hosiery alike were made interesting and
beautiful by carving. forging and Inning
and crests and armorial bearings were the
natural fruit of the days of feudalism
heraldic and emblematic devices OF ami
mails. birds, fish and flowers. figures of
religious character. as saints and martyrs
and sometimes. among mechanics, the tools
OF the artisan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07

Another Piece of Evidence Against
the Pretended Insane Minister.

Special to the Indianaoolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 6.-From the
facts made known here to-day it seems
that there can be but little doubt. if any,
that the Rev. j. II. Harwell was guilty of
forgery. Walter Ratliff of this city held
chattel mortgage on Rev. Harwelis goods
to secure the. payment of 5000. which
amount he had loaned him. Yesterday he
went to Cambridge City to see if he could
secure the value of his claim, but all that
he could get possession of was one secre-
tary and a library of 800 volumes on the
ology All the rest of the household goods
were claimed by Mrs. Harwen, except a
piano. which was taken by the John
Church Company, of Cincinnati. as the in
strument had only been partly paid for.
Mr.. Ratliff held note for the amount due
him and this note bore the names: Rev.
j. II. Harwel NJ. p Harwell and H. N
the signatures and he decided that the two
Harwell names had been written by the
same man.
Mr. Harwell. the brother from Georgia.
was at Cambridge City, and when he was
shown the note he said that his name was
a forgery. He is back there to help Mrs.
Harwell remove to the home of her father
and says he is having his brother cared for
at Atlanta. Ga. The developments stated
above do not tend to strengthen the belief
that Rev. Harwell is insane, which has
been doubted by number of people from
the first. They think it was simply a dodge
to escape punishment Some of the books
in Rev. Harwell's library show that he
seemed TO have another mania besides that
of writing checks, which was that of sign
ing his name on the blank pages of the
books. His name appears written scores
NJ. p. Harwell regrets that he cannot pay
off his brothers Indebtedness. and ii looks
as if those who have lost by him will have
to abandon any hope of getting their money
back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07

ing matter. telling her history and the his
tory of the gypsy fiddler, giving interviews
with her telling what she said and how she
looked and what she is going to DO. she
has occupied far more space in the papers
than the statesmen. the philosophers. the
moralists upon whose thoughts and actions
the welfare of the world depends. OF
course all this fiap-dooGle has been swat
lowed with hungry avidity. and the dlmen-
sions of her folly have been increased ac-
cordngiy. All the world has virtually sale
to ali other nascent fools, Now. II you
want to become famous and TO appear De
fore the world in picture and III print and
to be interviewed and TO have your name
in everybodys mouth, why, do as nearly
as you can exactly the same thing. You
NAV not be princess, you may be III hum
BILE station. but you can use your oppor-
tunity, and if there is not a gypsy nddler at
hand then you can run off with drunken
tinker who already has wives scattered
abroad in the community. may answer. Or,
you can take UP with some one who is
drunk without being tinker, and who has
not even the redeeming quality OF doing an
occasional job of tinkering, perhaps. owing
to your humble station you may not get
quite many columns, Dut you VIII nave
done your best.
Some millionaire who has inherited money
he never could have earned does some fool
ish, startling snobbish loud thing. His
purpose Is to create a sensation, and forth
with we all begin TO talk about him, and
to write about him. and to print about him.
and to administer fap-doode. not by the
spoonful, but by the ladieful, or by the
bucket, and the dimensions of his folly
seem TO increase before our eyes. ana a
prize is offered 10 everyone else who will do
something as ridiculous. 1t does not make
much odds whether the profuse notice
which we take of the frugally-endowed is
commendatory or condemnatory, the grea;
thing is to be talked about in the papers.
Notoriety is the vital air. the life blood, the
food of CoXey. of DebS and of all that class
OF fellow-beings.
The situation may be briefly stated thus:
More notoriety. more fools less notoriety
fewer fools; no notoriety, 10 fools. For the
fool does not exist for naught. He is fool
for what of notoriety there is iii it, There
are other elements entering into the consti-
tuition of fiap-dcodle, but the one which we
have named eClipseS all the others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
HUGE GAMBLING DEVICE
CHARGES AGAINST CITIZENS
sTREET-RAILRoAD Corporation.
Additional Brief Filed Yesterday in
Church Case-AIleEations Against
Werner and Mckee.

Additional reasons for the appointment OF
a receiver for the Citizens Street-railroad
Company were set out in a brief fled yes
terday by one of the attorneys for the
Churches in the suit pending in the Federal
Court. Ii is alleged that the company is
insoIvent, its assets being worth less than
100000. while il has liabilities outstanding
as follows: First-mortgage bonds, 100000;
second mortgage bonds, 500. 900; third-mort-
gage bonds $1,000 600, beside floating debt
estimated at 100000. II is alleged that the
company's franchise is worth less than
$1.O00.O00 and that this is so imperiled by
threatened legislation and further litigation
as to be practically valueless. On account
of the gross abuse of its charter privileges
the corporation stands in danger of being
deprived of it's existence. Reference is
made to the fact that the district judge has
expressed the opinion that the company's
rights terminate in January. 1901 1t is al
legged that five of the seven directors who
have been instrumental in destroying the
value Of the property are in charge. It's
charged that the method of the directors,
unless ended by the interposition of the
court, will lead TO the ultimate and COM
plete ruin Of the corporation.
II Is charged that there is a claim of
$Z.ZJc,OOO against Mckee and Werner on ac-
porate assets. Under the present mana Se-
ment. IT is alleged, this claim will be lost
as the bonds were donated to Werner and
Mckee. and the directors could not be ex-
pected 10 bring a suit that would be an
acknowledgment of their own wrong
doing. As valid reason for the receiver
snip. il is urged that 270 stockholders in
seven or eight states may unload their stock
on unsuspecting persons. The corporation,
IL Is charged has become but little more
than a fraudulent gambling device
a number OF paragraphs recite the good
that would be accomplished by a receiver
ship In the first place it is said that the
plant can be operated with proper regard
for the public service: second the claim
against Mckee and Werner can be enforced !:
third that without interfering with pro-
posed legislation, with the road in the hands
of a receiver. the Legislature would have a
very different case before it. and fourth
by bringing all the assets of the company
into court claims of guilty parties can be
anHlIlled. 1t is urged that if a sale and
distribution of assets is necessary there is
extraordinary need for this process for
eliminating unjust and Illegal claims. while
In the event of an arrangement being made
with the city the company may be restored
to its solvency and turned over to the true
owners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
WATSON NOT A CANDIDATE.
Enemies Coupling His Name with 6
Proposed Judgeship.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
RUSHVILLE. Ind, Feb. 6.-Great sur
prise has been occasioned among the
friends of the Hon. James r. Watson by
the publication of the report that he was Il
candidate for judge in Rush county should
the late proposed measure to make sep
arate circuit in this county gain the day.
There not the slightest foundation in
fact for the story and it is supposed to have
originated in a quarter hostile TO Congress
man Watson. He has never been a candi-
date for the proposed judeship and in pri-
vate letter from Washington diSclaims all
knowledge of any connection with the af
fair. When the matter of a new circuit was
talked of i'm the papers Mr.. Watson had no
notion of being "a candidate for the posi-
ton, even if the bill should become Jaw.
His letter says under no consideration
would he have il and the connection of his
rame with the place was wholly unauthor-
lied by him. Mr.. Watson's ambition is to
return to Congress and he will be a candi
date for congressional honors in this dis
trict two years hence. 1t is reported from
Washington that Congressman Johnson
will not be candidate after the expiration
of his next term
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
FOOD FOR FOOLS.
They Thrive and Fatten and Multiply
Upon NOtOriety.
Philadelphia Press,

In Marryatt's entertaining but not very
O Brien says of a certain person He has
eaten a great deal of hap-doodIe in his
life" ''Flap-doodle? What is that?" in
quires Peter Simple in perplexity. Flap
doodle" replied Lieutenant O Brien, lis the
stun they feed fools on
We are Warranted in thinking that the
more abundantly hap-dood,e is dispensed
the more Will the number of fools be null
tiplied. the greater the dimensions to which
the members of this race will attain. On
the other hand. the more frugally we use
fiap-doodle the more will the development
OF the fool class be checked. Ii is not i'm
possible that some of us have been manu-
featuring and dispensing rap-doode with
out being aware of it, 1t Is profitable to
consider what are some of the elements
entering into ii. that we may avoid its
use.
The great element in the composition of
fiap-doodle is notoriety. 1t IS this which
fools long for; il is upon this that they
thrive and fatten and multiply. for il is a
well-known fact in natural history that any
species multiplieS in proportion TO the
abundance of the food supply.
The other day a fool woman in Europe
lett her husband and took up with a gypsy
fiddler Thereupon the whole world has en-
tered into a conspiracy TO give her all the
notoriety possible. Her portrait. the por-
trait of her former husband and OF her
present companion adorn the papers and
are illustrated by several columns of read
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers will give their
first masque ball, in Masonic Hall. Feb. 10.
Mrs. w ID. Owen has been having an at
tack of la grippe. but is now able TO see
her friends informally on Thursdays, at the
DenisOn.
Union w. c. r. u. will entertain the state
superintendent in public meeting at Eel
lowship Church. on College avenue.
At the Holy Cross fair which was held
realized was about $1,000. which will ma
terialy reduce the indebtedness on the
church.
Charles T. Studd, of England class of "a
of Cambridge University, who at one time
was the champion cricketer of England
will, this evening, fill the pulpit of the First
Baptist Church.
Miss Ricard, of 1.-The Prisoner of Zenda
company, will sing an Offertory at st.
Pauls Church this morning. Mr.. Monteith,
of the same company. and formerly organ
list of Calvary Church, New York city, Will
preside at the organ.
DIR. T. j. McShane says ex-Mayor Caven's
condition is not as serious as reported. He
has beer suffering from gastritis and not
liberation of the stomach His condition is
improving and his physician hopes he will
be able soon to be on the streets again.
The pending treaty between the United
States and England and the Importance of
ate before 1t becomes law; VIII be the topic
of Rev. ID. l.. Mackenzies sermon this
morning at the First Lutheran Church.
Invitations have been issued for the OPEN
ing assembly of the oxford Dental Associa-
ton, at Mick's Hall. on North Illinois
street tomorrow evening. Weekly sessions
will be held Mr.. T.. Ashbel JOhnson's name
appears principal of the association.
Jimmie Blackwell and Tom Scanlon,
1.-The Irish lad" will box fifteen rounds to-
morrow night at Mozart Hall. There will
also be a wrestling match between
Bobby Ford and Tom Alexander for
purse of s25. Other local ''pugs'' will also
take part in the boxing and wrestling. and
there will be an exhibition of bag punching
The Women's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church will hold its annual
meeting on Friday Feb. r. at 2:30 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. ID. j. Ellison. No. 42o
North Delaware street. The annual cleo
ton of officers will take place, and the
annual reports will be read Mrs. S. G.
Hanna will read a paper on Mrs. Haswell
and Her Work" and one on 'Tidings from
Utah" by Miss Bertha F. Moore, mission
ary among the MOrmOnS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
SPANS CONQUERING HERO.
Rhy thmicsl Picture of General Wey-
Ter on the Battlefield.
Boston Advertiser.


There is a grooming down in Cuba like
the moaning OF a tuoa, and the hearers
blood with horror is CONCEALED. There is
worry at the news that General Meyers in
the fleld. He has gone, the reckless ngnter,
and he's taken his typewriter and his other
horrid panoply OF war. He is bent upon de-
Struction, and there's bound TO be ructiOl,
which is just what he Is really aching for
So by every stream and river all the PUSHES
wildly CULVER, as they shudder with an
anguish not concealed: "Oh, what awful
awful sorrow will the rebels feel to-mor-
row, now that Captain General Weyler's in
the field"
There is bitter desolation in a sadly wor-
ried nation now that Weyler has at last
agreed to move, and his secretaries many
ali agree, there isn't any doubt of what
the fiery future soon will prove. Many a
dark and dire disaster now will follow fast
and faster in the burning news dispatches
of the week, while the Captain General
hurries and Ger mountain ranges scurrfes
hunting fleeing rebels down from peak 10
peak. While the hunted wretches flee him
in our fancy we can see him, ever running
madly onward, breathing hard: while be-
hind him rolls the rattle of typewriters
awful battle as they turn out war dis
patches. Couriers rush so madly hither or
cavort more madly thither with dispatches
which the general has just sealed; and
heart to fire with descriptions of brave
Weyler in the field
See his brave Damascus glister. See his
secretaries blister their poor fingers as
they pound upon the keys. Still they work
on firmly stole. while ne prances on heroic
only stopping still al intervals TO wheeZe
Now he pounceS on a village near some
fields that show no tillage; still ne Sallops
brayely onward Ger the roofs. Then mo-
ment's rest he snatches while he reads his
last dispatches and inserts a few correc-
tons in the proofs. Just note 10 call at
tention to some fact they failed 10 men,
ton of some deed of special daring that he
did: then an extra cipher losses in the to-
tai rebel losses" and with steady hand
directs II to Madrid" Munching on a
green banana turns him back TO dear Ha-
vana. orders all the city's church bells 10
be pealed. and big Illumination and a gen.
eral celebration in his honor when he comes
back from the field.
Let the epic poets chatter with their de-
suitory chatter about heroes of the very
olien times. Let Nacauley's admiration
give poetical ovation to Horatius the