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CALL FOR A MEETING
OF the Democratic Executive
Committee.

The members of the Democratic
Committee OF Preston County will
please take notice that q meeting
OF said Committee Is hereby called
to convene at The ARGUS Office in
Kingwood on
MONDAY. JULY II. 1893,
at o'clock. it being the first day
oil County Court. Every member
as urged to be present, as business
OF Importance is to be consld cred
by the Committee.
j. SLrDELL BRowN, Chm.
HENRY CLAY HYDE, Sec'y.
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THE TANNING OF THE sHsEw. /"


peared card from a we'll known
character OF this town, named
Ciarissa Smith. making a vicious
and entirely uncalled for attack on
the editor of this paper. The arti-
Gle was SO false and idiotic that we
would pay bat little attention to il,
did il not make some serious
charges and bold threats OF what
would be done il we dared to reply
or defend ourself from this veno-
NOUS aud lying onslaught.
IL takes mighty good man to
blnff as, let alone a simple m nded
old woman. We do not like TO en-
gage in controversy with a woman.
and do so with the greatest reluc.
tance and only ia self defense, AS
we will not allow anyone to run
over as rough shod. and when a
woman goes out Of her way to tack
the men. she is no longer entitled
TO the courtesy due her sex. While
pettieoats may save her from bodily
harm, 1t does not entitle her to the
use Of "a free lance with Impunify.
The aforesaid Clara Smith pub
fishes personal card in last weeks
Journal, bitterly denouncing us for
an alleged attack made on her in
this paper. We will leave it to the
readers of this paper. If we ever
published anything wrong or in
sultlng In any degree about Mrs.
Smith. We have been Publishing
columns every week about the war
and giving the boys from this
county big send offs. and two
weeks ago we published simple
abatement of facis about Charley
Smith going to Fairmont and en-
listing and his mother gong after
him and failing to get him. That
was all, but the old lady was SO beat
because she ran up against some
thing in her life that she couldn't
run that it nearly broke her heart.
and she came home very mad and
hunting trouble and jumped the
tirst person that crossed her path.
and rushed into print with card
in the Journal. after having been
so mad at that paper the past few
years that she stopped it and
wouldn't allow il TO come in the
house. simply because it published
y local item OF news about her boy
being into trouble.
What we published was all abso-
lutely true, aud, besides, there was
no possible insult in it whatever.
Far be it from MS To insult or
harass Az old woman, and he boy
himself is good friend OF ours and
has written US three letters from
camp already. Here is one just re-
ceived from Charley, and written
since reading that terrible attack Of
ours in THE ARGUS of TWO weeks
ago. The boy fails to see it as
Aunt Clara did. Judging from this
letter
CHICKAsfATGA PARK IA
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q. Is. SMITH.


We have always been very friend
ly with the Smith family, and have
helped Mrs. Smith with her hotel,
as much or more during the past
ye r, than any one else. with hands
from this Office that boarded there
and base ball clubs aud players and
other parties we have sent there,
and never dreamed Of insulting or
hurting the feelings Of the old
woman in any way whateyer. We
merely mention this to show how
mean and uncalled for her TRADE
against us is, and how foolish she
- acting about her boy when he is
trying 10 make man OF himself
and accomplish some good. some.
thing be WAS rever able to do here.
II We had really insulted Mrs.
Smith, az she claims. Why did she
not send her husband around TO
settle with rs for IL? Had he, or
any other man, published as Iying
and abusive an attack on ns as she
did, some one wonld have bad a
licking ere this. We tackled SIR.
smith about il, but be denied Bit
terry having anything to do with
~, and declared that be did every.
thing IN be power 10 restrain Bis
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-07-07
SPANISH AxERIcAS wARor 1895.
Field aud stan 0mcers or 1st Regf.
ment w. Va. Infantry Volunteers
and Priyates OF Company r."

Field and star Ofscers or LIST Regf.
ment w. Va. Infantry Volunteers
and Priyates OF Company 'E."
The following roster of tho
Rcgimental and STAFF officers Of the
LIST w. va. Volunteers aud all the
members Of Go. &C." of EIkins,
Is furnished us by L. j. Watson.
whose boy, Hugh. is member of
this company
Colonel Baldwin w. SpllIman.
Lieutenant acknowledgements l..
Smith.
William II. Banks.
Adjutant- William j. White.
Battalion Adjutant-Davis Ell
kins.
Chief surgeon--H. Byron B,gu-
ley.
Assistant Surge ou--Culhbert
Gillian.
Assistant surgeon--Charles ).
Nesbit.
Assistant Surgeon--Capins q.
Hoeg.
Quartormaster- Henry W. Jen-
kins.
Chaplain-Rev. s. X. Arbuthnot.
COMPANY "E"
Captain--Z IN f. C,lleft.
LIST Observation-Disclosures Ii.
Higgenbotham.
2nd Lieutenant-phillip G..
Walker.
sERGEANTs.
LIST Sergeant---.Iames Hunley, Jr.
Q. NJ. Sergeant-Ephram Il.
Morgan.
Third Sergeant-John j. Nallen.
William r. Lee.
Fifth-Harry b. O'Brien.
Sixth-Oliver p. Kitzmiller.
CoRPoRALs.
1st-Charles ID. Polling.
2nd-Frank Higgenbotham.
3rd-Jesse ii. Rex.
4th--Zedox w. Morgan.
5th--Edward Riley.
9TH wayne U. Kennedy.
MUSICIANS.
Charles l.. Weymouth.
Rush X. Mum.
Artificer-Albert Hidez.
Wagoner-George w. Buckley.
PRIvATES.
Anthony, Stewart.
Brown, Charles w.
Carol, George d.
Collett, Thomss j.
Connaway, Francls.
Collier, James X.
Grow. Walter j.
Daugherty, Jesse.
Ford. William Il.
Fox, David Il.
Fleming, John @.
Friend, Ernest q.
FaIlon. Samuel p. Jr.
Golden. Taomis j..
CARRIER. John $.
Harding, Leslie.
Harr, Frank.
Harr, Hugh.
Raymond, Ulysses A.
Higenbotham, Howard Il.
HsnkIe, Cleophus.
Holmes. Henry w.
Howes, William A.
Humphrey, Berlin Il.
Kerr. Robert.
Lantz, Berlin r.
Lane, Albert p.
Lewis. Charles L.
McWIlliams. William 8.
McComas, Montague.
McComas, Greene.
Meek, Bruxton o.
Miller. John N.
Newell, Lloyd.
Nicholson, Robert @.
Omis, Frank w.
Ofner, John Il.
Oates, Lloyd.
Phares, Bruce +.
Pritts. George l..
Platz. Herman.
Russell. William.
Rucker, Jarrett
Roberts. r. NJ.
Rice, Ellery j..
Stanley. Il. @.
Stewart, j. Ii.
Smith, Erastus O.
Smith. Thomas q.
Smith, Thomas J.
Scott, Crawford.
Steffry, William w.
Tibbetts, Joseph.
Thorne, Alexander.
TinsleY, Monroe.
Westover, Slant.
Warner, Flornes j.
Whisner, George Ii.
Weese, James l..
Watson. Hugh.
Wilson, Jesse j.
Watkins, e. IL.
Wiles, Roy.
we honestly believe that The
Columbia Missouri Herald is the
finest sDeci man Of a countru vvaak y
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CHIcKAMAUGA PARK. GA,
june 80, 1898.
Mr. j. s. Brova.
Kinqwood. w. va.

hHyWVOt, ". 20.
FRIEND BRowN: II received THE
ARGUS all right, and it was a pIens
ure for me to read II, as sonnet hing
of that kind cneers person up
and makes them think they are at
home in the parlor. The Preston
county boys received very nice
present apiece, and the ladies OF
Kingwood have my thanks for
same, and l hope l will get home
some day TO return the favor.
Say, how about that 500 VIM.
@. Brown has up for the Preston
county boys? Why not divide it
equally among the boys from Pres
ton
IL is very bot here now, and pros
poets of it getting warmer il we go
to Cuba. am standing the ell
mate better than | expected to.
Well, ! will close for this time,
as 1t is nearly drill time.
You're,
The state herald., 1898-01-21
casan. the Tartar Dwarf.

In a series of papers on Historic
Dwarfs." Mary Shears Roberts de-
sribes the famous Casan. Mrs. Rob-
erts says:
Casan was the name OF little Mon
gol Tartar who ilourished in the early
part OF the thirteenth century.
He was born In the eastern part of
Asia. not far from the ancient city OF
karakorum. His parents belonged to
one Of the barbian hordes that owed al
leglance to Genghis Khan. and Casan
became fierce though small warrior.
and fought bravely under the banner
OF the great and mighty Mongol con-
queror.
The exact height Of this little dwarf
Is unknown. He was certainly not
over three feet tall. but he was active
and muscular. and like all his race.
could endure hunger. thirst. fatigue
and cold.
The Tartars were unexcelled In the
management Of their beautiful horses.
The iieetest animals were trained to
stop short In full career. and to face
without finching wild beast or for
midable foe. Casan was n born SOL
dier. and mt an early age became ex-
pert In all the exercises that belonged
to Tartar education. lie could man
age n fiery courser with great skin, and
could shoot an arrow or throw lance
with unerring aim. In full career, ad-
yansInp or retreating
Like many OF those small In stature,
he was anything but puny in spirit.
and while yet lad he gathered about
him troop OF wild young Tartar boys
as reckless and daring as himself. OF
whom by common consent he became
n leader. lie commanded his iawless
young comrades with strange mix
ture Of dignity and energy. and they
obeyed his orders with zeal and will
ingness. Sometimes they would go on
long hunting expeditions, seldom fail
Ing to lay waste any lonely habitation
they happened on.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
Eaturc Of The Pacific.

The relations OF the great powers are
changing, and the Pacific Is becoming
the center of their striving. The pow
ers that ndjoin this ocean are destined
to be the actors In the next drama OF
the world. and the Pacific the stage
thereof. England is the greatest Of
these powers. This she owes TO Can
ada and to her possessions In the east.
Russia Is destined 10 n future greater
than England's present. France Is
making desperate efforts 10 build M
for herself an Asiatic foot hold In this
company. Chlna's vast population ana
wide territory make her another factor
In the problem. She may he conquered
and enslavcd for years, but the great
vitality, the great individuality, the cx'
elusive cohcsivencss Of her people seem
10 destlnc her TO nm ultimately indie.
pendent national existence. She must
eventually emerge from her position of
subJection and inferlorlty and becom,
one OF the great nations of the earth
The state herald., 1898-01-21
THE FRENCH CURIOUS PEOPLE
They Havc Vanity, but not Pride; Religion
hut not Morality.


They Havc Vanity, but not Pride; Religion
hut not Morality.
"The French must be the most curl
ous people on earth" writes Lillian
Bell in II letter from Paris to the jan
uary Ladies' Home Journal. How
could even heavenly ingenuity create n
more uncommon or bewildering con-
tradlction and combination? Make up
your mind that they are as simple as
children when you see their innocent
plcnicking along the bOulevards and In
the parks with their whole families,
yet you dare not trust yourself to hear
what they are saying. Believe that
they are cynical, and fin de steele, and
skeptlcal of all women when you hear
two men talk, and the next day you
hear that one of them has shot himself
OH the grave of his sweetheart. Be
lieye that politeness is the ruling char
acteristic of the country because man
kisses your hand when he takes leave
of you. But marry him, and no insult
Is too low for him to heap upon you.
Believe that the French men are SYM
pathetic because they laugh and cry
openly at the theater. But appeal to
their chivalry, and they will rescue you
from one discomfort only To offer you
worse. The French have sentiment
tality, but not sentiment. They have
gallantry, but not chivalry. They have
vanity, but not pride. They have re-
ligion, but not morality. They are a
combination of the widest eXtrava-
gance and the strlctest parsim0ny.
They cultivate the ground so close TO
the railroad tracks that the trains al-
most run over their roses. and yet they
leave Place de In Concordc in the
| heart of the city"
The state herald., 1898-01-21
A Kansas Wonder.

Byron Gilbert, the 7-year-old son OF
Judge w. ID. Gilbert. Of Atchison, Kan,
has been granted conditional license
to practice law before the supreme
court OF Kansas. The license is to
take effect when the lad shall become
2i years OF age. This boy IL wonder.
He is well versed In all law points, aad
the examination which he passed
would have been creditable one to
any applicant. He is the youngest
practitioner ever admitted in this ter
ritory OF Jurisprudence. His father was
formerly Judge of the district court OF
Atchison county. and is well known In
legal circles.
The state herald., 1898-01-21

Pale People and Re'iei u ChU Lpe.
since then have been free from all pain,
headache and dyspepsia. | eat heartily
and have no appetite for strong drink
or tea or coffee, and feel twenty years
younger.
"Mp ueiDht has increased IS pounds. l
cannot say too much for DIR. Williams Pink
Pills and claim that they have cured me.
Jons B. Cook"
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sixteenth day of February, 1897.
A. 7. BARKEn, Notary Public.
To people run down in health from what
ever cnuse-drink or diseasc-the above in
terview will be of interest. The truth Of IL
Is undoubted as the statement is sworn to,
nnd we reproduce the oath here. For any
fur .her facts concerning this medicine
write to DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y.
The name and address Of tho subject OK
above interview Is John II. Cook, Of 20S
South 9Th Street. Lvon. Iowa.
The state herald., 1898-01-21

"For years l was
unable to do my
work. / could not
sleep nights or rest
days on account of
continuous pains in
my stomach and
back. l was unable
TO digest my food.
II e adach es and
painful urination
were frequent, and
my hearts action
became increased.
i left my farm and
retired to city life,
for ! was a confirm
ed invalid, and the
doctor said ! would
never be well again.
"Soon after l hap
pened to use four
boxes of DIR. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for
The state herald., 1898-01-21

are children. and they don't like TO
change. Still. there are many people
who now write though, tho; cata-
logue. "catalog", and programme PRO
gram" and 60 on. A writer In re-
cent publication pokes fun at the re-
forms proposed. and publishes this lit
tie verse to show how queer our Ian
guage would look II all the words were
spelled Just as they sound:
"Litl Will had monk
Claiming up yelo stik:
Hi sukt dhi yelo pant ol of.
1t mad him dethli six; =,
Dbl huming top is salient now,
Dbl Dol liz lad asaid
And dhi munki duzent jump around
Sins It'll Will daid'
The state herald., 1898-01-21
hoy. Learn 10 nr rlremen.

Instead of having military drill the
boys of the Cambridge (Mass.) Manual
Training school ara learning to be
fremen. 1t is perhaps the only school
for fremen in the world. 1t is moi
the object. Of course, to make fremen
out of the boys, hut to give them cool
ness, courage and promptness in the
face of emergencies. as well as to make
them ready and efficient in case u
fire breaks out and there are no ceg.
ular firemen near at hand. No boy
Is allowed to take the work unless he
is sound physically, and before he can
try the more dangerous exercises OF
understanding and the use of the life
line he Is compelled to harden as
muscles with "seti!ng up exercises.
The school possesses complete fire
apparatus. including engines, trucks,
ladders and hose-carts, and the boys
learn every detail Of the work frcm
splicing n hose TO running up lal-
der.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
A Droppinr-in Partv.

Surprise parties are rather out OF
date now. but there's a "dropping-in
party that's heaps more fun. The
guests. instead OF coming In n crowd.
drop In" at Intervals Of Ave minutts.
or course the surprised one" never
knows when all the guests have ar.
rived. Each one brings some goody-
cakes or nuts or oranges or candy
and when all have dropped In" 'hc
spread takes place. or course the sur.
prlscd ones mother must be In the
secret.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
Scientific.

A correspondent In North Carolina
sends uS q definition OF fog given by
moun,nincer, who evidently reasons.
II he does not reason well.
Fog" he said "ls when the ntmos.
phorc and the hemisphere come To-
gethcr That produces great pres.
sure and causes the earth TO sweat.
The sweat We call fog. Youths Com.
panIon.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
How to Make FadEes.

II isn't "oh. fudgcr any more. It's
"Oh, fudges!" And aren't they good!
Any one who has ever eaten Judges
stuck ns full OF nuts as Jacky Horncrs
pie was OF plums-will know that they
eclipse anything every Invented IN tho
line OF goodies. They aren't no hard
10 make. either. when you once know
how. hut you must follow directions
closely, for Judges can cut up the most
unusual and extraordinary antics. II
tol made exactly right they will crum-
,le or refuse to harden. Here II n
good recipe and II won't fail you. Take
three cups OF granuln,od sugar. ono
cup OF sweet milk and two squares OF
the bes, chocolate. which. OF course.
must be grated: let these boil for
eleven minutes. Just before the time In
up add n piece OF butter the size Of
walnut. Fudgcn must be stirred
constantly. and when removed from
the fro should be beaten briakly until
they harden; then spread on n butter
ed platter. cut into small squares and
ac, out Of doors 10 cool. II nuts are
added they should be chopped and put
into the Hirup when II ID taken on tho
stoyci English wninuta or pccans are
best, There's only one trouble about
Judges. They look so nppc,iEing that
you can't wal, for them TO cool. And
they taste 10 good that they don't last
any time nj ALL by the time they're
done they're eaten. aud every ono
wan, more. 30 make lot'-chlcago
Record.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
Dogs Laugh, Too.

or course dogs laugh. Every boy
who has pet terrier or mastiff or
Newfoundland knows II well enough,
but 1t is only recently that scientists
have begun to study the subject. A
Frenchman has found that the dog
and the bear and very few other
animals actually have smile muscles in
their face. and the picture here given
Is from Photograph of fox terrier
owned by the scientist. He believes
that dogs show their JOY and delight
by smiling just as a boy or girl would
do. and he says that somo dogs are
so amiablc that they seem to ";m;le
all over" from their wagglng tails 20
their faces. A monkey. although high
er in the scale of animal life, is al
ways sorrowful faced. and in this -
The state herald., 1898-01-21
Iiow's Thlsi

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
FOR any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
sured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
y. J. CHENEY q CO. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known +.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West N Truax, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. o.: walding. Kinnan a Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Chtnrrh Cure Is taken Internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimo-
niais sent free. Price TIC per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
NECESSITIES COSTLY IN PARIS.
Water the Most Precious and Exclusive
Drink; Coal Ii Very Expensive.

Drink; Coal In Very Expcnnisc.
"Water is the most precious and cxclu-
slve drink you can order In Paris" writes
Lillian Bell in letter from the French
capital to the January Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Imagine that-you who let the
water run to cool IT, In Paris they actu-
ally pay Tor water In their houses by the
quart. Artlchokes. and trufiies, and mush-
rooms. and silk stockings, and kid gloves
arc SO cheap here that It makes you
blink your eyes. But eggs. and cream,
and milk are luxurles. Silks and velvcts
arc bewidoringly inexpensive. But cot
ton stuffs are from America. and are ex-
travagances. They make them up into
costumes, and trim them with velvet rib
bon. Never by any chance could you be
supposed to, send cotton frocks to be
washed every week. The luxury OF
fresh, starched muslin dresses and plenty
or shirt waists Is unknown.
shall never overcome the ecstacies
of laughter which assail me when l see
varieties of coal exhibited In tiny shop
windows. set for.n In high glass dishes.
as we exploit chocolates at home. But
well they may respect 1t, for 1t IL really
very much cheaper to freeze to death
than to buy coal In Paris. Tho reason OF
all this is tho city tax on every chicken.
every carrot. every egg brought into Paris.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
p,,,.,n. cop.ul. =. Drumm.r..

Great Britain In consulting her con-
pula M to the feasibility OF giving more
Of their time 10 commercial interests
than has been the practice. She lH
also sending out commercial repre-.
scntatlyoH for the express purpose Of
keeping the people nt home informed
M 10 the best way 10 capture foreign
trade.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
nrnnt, Is Eiood Dccp.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit. Cnscarets, Candy Cathar-
tic c,eans your hood and keeps IL cloan, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'M
purities from the body. Begin to.eny 70
bnnish pimples, boils, blotches, ,blackhesds,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascnrots, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, aSc, Doc
The state herald., 1898-01-21
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting IN the courts our right 10 the
exclusive use Of the word "CASTORlA" Z" and
'PiTcHERs CAsToRiA, as our Trade Mark
J. DR., Samuel Pitcher. OF Hyannis. Massaehu-
setis, was the orislnaiorof "PITcHERs CAS-
ToRiA." the same that has borne and does now
bear the fac-simile signature Of CiiAs, H.
FLETCHER on every wrapper This 10 the
original ''PiTciiERs cAsroRIA" which has
been used In the homes OF tho mothers Of
America for over thirty years Look carefully
Mt the wrapper and se. that II Is the kind you
have always bought. and has the signature OF
chAs H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper No
one has authority from me 10 use my name
except The Ccntnur Company OF which chas.
~ Fletcher IA President
March 4. 1871. SAMUEL PITCHER. NJ d.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
GAINED FoRTY-EIoHT POUNDS

81 had strong appetite for. liquor which
was the beginning Of the breaking down OF
my health. l was also n slave to tea and
coffee drinking. ltook the gold cure but
1t did not help me-"
This is portion of an interview clipped
from the Daily Herald, Of Clinton, Iowa.
1t might well be taken for the subject Of
temperance lecture but that is not our OBJ
ject in publishing it. 1t is to show how a
system, run down by drink and disease,
may be restored. We cannot do better
than quote further from the same:
The state herald., 1898-01-21
How Would You L,l. sham Oysters,

oysters are scarce and expensive In
France, so clever French inventor
has invented kind of artificial oyster
which Is said TO be- 80 nearly like n
real oyster than only an expert can
tell them apart.of course the shells are
genuinc-but these can be used again
and again at comparatively small cx-
pensc. Tho French authorities are
trying To stop the manufacture on tho
ground that the materials used arc
harmful.
The state herald., 1898-01-21
The Cuban Scare.

Although the diplomatic ENHANCEMENT
with Spain over Cuba is to some extent
influencing the stock market. Wall Street
expects no serious complications. Never
theless serious complication with other
maladies may be expected to follow nm at
tack of biiousness which IL not checked
nt the outset. The most effectual means
TO this end Is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
an admirable remedy. moreover, for dys-
pepsa, malaria, kidney trouble. constip ipa-
tion and nervousness.
The state herald., 1898-01-21

Montrosl'a foreign trade wna over
81 ,ooo.oO greater In October than In
tho corresponding year month Las,
year.
The barber Is tho only man who does
hendwofk ylih hlt hands.