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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
DEATHS DOINGS.

From the Keyser Echo we clip
the following in regard to a former
Prestonisn, who was we'll known to
many of our people
Mr.. Amos Carroll. who died on
Thursday of last week. was y ma
tive of Kingwood, Preston county.
where he spent the greater part Of
his long life, being about 80 years
OF age at the time of his death.
He came to Keyser to live sew
eral years ago and for the last few
years Of their lives he and Mrs.
Carroll were tenderly cared for ar
the delightful home of their SON
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
N. j. Crooks.
About four years ago, Mrs. Chr
roll passed away and her remains
were taken to Terra Alta FIR burial
where Mr.. CAROLS were also taken
to rest beside her. Five children
are left who have in their bereave-
ment the sympathy of their friends
and neighbors. They are Messrs
James and Robert Carroll. Mrs. N.
j. Crooks. Mrs. Mollie Ford and
Mis-. LIZZIE Mcbride.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13

vet we raised in 81 s!75 900, 600
worth of cotton at the lowest prices
:. for many years. What representa-
tive whelt.raiser is on the Commits
sion To represent the makers OF
$4,000, 900 bushels Of wheat ? Is
there to be- founda representative
cattle and hog raiser on this Com
mission ? Is there n practical
miner Of coal, iron, lead or zinc on
No. Who on this commission
represents the carpenter, mason
aud other mechanics Nobody,
well, il this vIst army Of people
representing more than a thousand
million dollars Of production an
nually and sixty millions Of people
have no member to.spcak for them
BY authority, who do these emf
nently able and respectable gentle
men represent? Simply money,
stocks and bonds, owned and con
trolled by few thousand persons,
who have by aid of Legislation
co-neIed four. fifshs of our national
wealth, and insist on future legisla-
ton heing enacted to suit their con
dition." Mr.. Benton says further
that the legislation recommended
by the Commission is for the pur-
pose of making money scarcer; turn
ing over the paper money to the
keeping of those they represent.
and enabling them to control mar
kets and buy produce at their own
prices, adding in conclusion Gin
my view, the whole report of this
com mission. when boiled down.
means Eve want the law so
changed that every bond, every
dollar OF silver and paper must be
redeemed in gold, aud that Ma
tional banks shall alone be em
powered to emit paper, and more,
to have the restrictions now on the
Statute books removed so that the
banks will be responsible TO no one
by law.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13

A novelty is pu blshed in the
way Of letter from Rev. Thomas
j. Keith. Of Nincenncs, lad, re-
fnsing pension from the Govern q
ment. lie was lieutenant in an
Indiana regiment. and was granted
u pension under the dependent INV.
having serted four Years and six
months. lie doesn't want to be
classed ne "depeUdent," md
knows Of no disability that entities
HIM TO the Government bounty.
He therefore refuses The pension
and returns 1895 SO he had re-.
cci7ed MIR. Keith ina published
letter says
NV income is less than 500 per
anuum. but must be right with
God and my conscience.
A moderate service pension TO all
veterans would be less expensive
and more just than the multitude
Of very ltrQe ones issued on cv-
idence often false and fraudulent.
One Presbyterinb elder draws
$50 month far alleged deafness
while ln charge OF long.distancc
telephone.
God judges nations ihlt wink IL
perjury aud reSafd ffaud.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
CHRISTMAS.
Interesting Information BY Col. Bob
McEldOwney In The Wetzel
Democrat.


Some very we'll informed people
believe that Christmas is the tru,.
birthday of Christ. The true birth
day will never be known. But the
best historians agree that it was
about five years before the Begin
ming of the Christian Era. Hence
the present past year. 1897, was
really Ammo Domini 1902.
Christmas means Christ's mass,
aud by its name shows its Catholic
origin. The 25th of Decem Der was
chosen as religious festival in the
year 337. Before that time the
Eastern church had celebrated the
9Th of January.
The 18th of December was orig
lnally Pagan festival. The heath
en- nations, who wOrshipped the
sun as the source of all life and
light. chose the beginning of the
winter solstice for time Of rriDic
ing. because the sun, having COM
pleted its southern journey, then
beg III it's return to renew the life
and activity of the powers of ma.
ture. Had the people OF the
Southern Hemishere chosen day
for Christmas they would have
fixed the 25th of June, because that
il the beginning of the sun 3 return
to the Southern Zones. But in the
Northern Hemisphere, the events
which have controlled tho History
of Mankind, have always been eli.
acted. AS the sun is the source of
life and Light in the Natural
World, Christ is the source Of Life
and Light in the Christian world.
SO, when the heather people OF
ancient Rome, were converted to
Christianity. the transition Of
Christmas from heather to a
iotitb ANohiH ~ WA5 ElSY anu
natural. The Yule seasts of Ger
many, began on the 25th of Deem
Der, and there our Christmas trees
had their beginning. The lights
which burn on Christmas trees
wero formerly to represent the Sun
OF Nature; they now represent the
Sun Of Christianity, whose light
goes out into all the world.
But only the Catholic Christians
and by them is meant the Roman,
Anglican. including the Methodist.
the Luthern and the Greek
churches, regard Christmas az q
Christian festival; CslyinislIc or
Presbyterian churches do not so
regard H. But in the Uni cd
States it is honorod by all rs So
olal festival and time for the ex.
preston Of sentiments Of BrOtb erlv
Love. peace on earth, and good
will to men.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
PILES PERMANENTLY CURED
In from 8 10 Z aars, iimn

by the use Of Ionic. One bottle guar.
anteed TO cure any case Of Piles. re-
gardiess Of how long standing, what
you have tried, or what vour physician
NAV claim. Money refunde 1 II perna-
nent cure is not obtained In the most
severe cases. in less than days. After
all others ftU get Ionic and be cured.
Price. Is cents per bottle. Sold bv All
hrst-class druRg .At- or sent prepaid 10
any address. on RECEIPT II price Ad.
dress Harry Logue, Nilliamsport, Pa
t923-97-iV
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE
Foreign Literature, Science md Art.
THE LITERATURE OF THE WOMB
1898.
flfrY-FouRrH YEAR.

THE ECI.EC TIC MAGAz NE reprodnces from
y Foreign Periodicals. all those articles which
periodicals all those articles which are vall
uaole 10 American readers. n 3 Geld OF selsc-
ton embraces all the leading Foreign Reviews,
Nag zines ana yourua 5. and the tastes OF ali
classes OF iutelliqen readers are consulted IN
the articles presented. Articles from the
AbIest Writer'S In the World
viii be found In It's pages.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13

Representative Benton, II Mis-
souri,, thus gives his opimOn or that
alleged Monetary Commission and
its report "Spetking after The
fashion Of our plain western people,
] think the commission aud its re-
port cOmbine a stupendous exhibi-
ton Of gall. Who made the COM
mission The Ihdianppolis none
tary convention. And by What
authority? What act pissed by
any law making body gave life TO
this convention or its progeny. the.
Commission Z For whom do they
speak Or whom is this Commis-
sion composed l. there pric-
iiesl cotton pisDssr % it5 50,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
THE OLD CONS SERMON

Oar wuz er rich man named
Degrees. am lakwizr er poab man
name Latherns. Well, Lstberus.
he cum erlong bout Christmas.
M bein' all slowed up wild de ru
fnertiz an thre tened wild de small
pox. he set down fer ter res hese'f
erlongside de rich mans gait; an
Latherus bein' hongry, he holler
out: "Chris mus gi'fl' But de
rich man say $50 way frum
heah, man | amt got ez much
ez crum' fer yer - En- den de
dogs cum out an' chase him of de
phase. But Sc de prerenshun ov
.ProberdInce DE rich man overet
hese'f, an wake up stone de'd, nm
hotter dan de sun in dog. days in
August ! En- he look 'roun' an
say: "Whar is ?" En- de debil
he say: "My son, you'se in de
fab department ! Yo' jined las
night - Deu de rich man he say:
81 wish yo' ple'se tell Kunnell
Latherus ter turn or de hoze on
me, kase dis heah's hot stuff "
But de Gebil he make dis ANGER:
"Yo' fr'en' Latherus il up yonder
spendin' Chris mus wid Mstah
Aberham, an he dun stint word
down heah dat he amt got emmy
time ter fool Wild yo'. Yo's m
meet, now, an Use gwine ter brilt
yer till yer plum brown - En- al
bekase de rich man fail ter cum
down wild de mummy wen Mr.
lIatherus boiler: Chris mus g;'fi'
How menuy sinners heah is gwine
ter do lax Degrees dom an how
menny lie gwine ter drive Latherus
FUN de gate on Chris mus day
Brer Willums, pass de hat, anc
less see !"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
What EVERYBODY KNOWS.

Or ought To know. is that health and
even life itself depends upon the con-
dition of the blood Feeding. as it does.
all the organs of the body, it must be
rich and pure in order to give proper
nourishment Hoods, Sarsaparilla
makes the blood pure, rich and nour-
ishing, and in this way strengthens the
nervs, creates an appetite. tones the
stomch and builds up the health
Hoods Sarsaparilla wards of colds.
pneumonia and fever, which are pre-
valent at this time
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13

The following list gives the PRINCIPAL neriod
icals selected from. and the names on some Of
the wei SHOWN authors whose articles have re-.
Gently appeared In the EcLEcTTc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
WAsHINGToS, ID. g.. /
january 3, 1895. {

The administration having sue
ceeded in whipping all the Republi
can Senators into the support of
annex ition, Senator DAVIS has
given notice that the Hawaiian
treaty would be taken up next
week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-13
1t will Surprise You.

In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective
cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head,
your druggist will supply a generous
10 cent trial size or we will mail for 10
cents Full size 50 cts.
ELY BROS, 90 W Warren St, n Y. City.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Many acquuintances have
used IL with excellent results.-Alfred
W. Stevens, Caldwell. Ohio.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
Judgement Suspended.

Another day has passed without
shedding further light upon the cause
of the destruction of the Maine and the
frighful loss of life with which it was
accompanied. The air has been full Of
sensational reports, originated in stock
jobbing Offices and fostered by reckless
and unreliable newspapers, but even
the excitable element of the populace
gave little heed to them Our people
are well-balanced, and they do not pro-
pose to go ahead until they know that
they are right. When that time comes
they will act with purpose and with
a will.
The situation sums itself up in the
absence Of all positive evidence to show
that the catastrophe was other than an
accident, and the growing belief after
sober judgment that it must have been
deliberately planned. No fact has yet
been discovered that would connect the
Spanish government or any individual
with the explosion on the Maine Moth
ing has been brought to light to show
that the cause of it was from without
the vessel rather than from within.
Yet the more the circumstances are
studied, the feeling existing among
the Spaniards in Havana, the threats
that had been freely expressed in case
the Maine should come. and the utter
impossibility Of imagining any cause
that could produce the event without
the assistance of an external agent, the
deeper grows suspicion. And it is sig
nificant that nearly all the newspapers
OF Europe, expressing a public opinion
which is far from favorable to us, but
having means Of estimating the Span
ISL character, hint gravely at intention
rather than accident.
So the hours go by, with a deepen
ing feeling of uncertainty and dissatis-
faction. Spain has given reparation
for the De LONE incident, but that is
already practically forgotten in the
presence of this graver crisis. If there
rant belief that the Maine was de-
stroyed by Spanish hands, whether
with or without the connivance of the
authorities, then the die is cast War
will come; and the United States will
do, under pressure of a fierce storm Of
national feeling, what it ought to have
done long ago for the sake of liberty
and humanity. Even under the most
favorable conditions. and If no link Is
forged to connect Spain with this aw-
full tragedy, the tension grows tighter,
and the prospect of hostilites is more
imminent. For the moment only the
nation holds its breath and stays it's
hand, until it secures the information
that must precede and justify the last
appeal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
NOTABLE DISASTERS IN NAVAL HISTORY.

WASHINGTON. of
in
squadron lost
waters In this hurricane the United States
wrecked
the United Huron off the
this 100 vessel
states me aS 0ne VI @
Atlantic the entrance
Create a equally when the
coidng
Trpoh The
off the northwest coast of Spain and all but of ITO
and were lost
DoereI explosion April at
Inns @ M he otber notable disasters % b IN fne SNIP in
- Lost
Of
Dec a. @ I St R Ssg Dssns
80 Traiao .. So
&C. sS R ASage lost of Africa 200
tuTIe Captain
l dwitni
eSpoded
Of
the Kong
1880 @ raining trial voyage
seven mem saved ou of rea coast
revolutionary party in Chile blown s
ny U"peuo '''... ~ 200
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
DAILY RUSH KEEPING UP
KLONDIKE TRAINS CARRIED MORE
PASSENGERS THAN USUAL
Mail Out In Two Sections-Other
Transcontinental Roads Get q
Good Share of the Business-Par-
ties From Various Points.

The st. Paul union depot is getting
to be the liveliest place in the city. For
some time past all the incoming trains
from the East have been pouring into
ct. Paul men, and some women, from
various parts of the country, bound for
the gold country.
The patronage is distributed among
the three big transcontinental lines
leaving here for the West.
Yesterday. directly after noon, the
depot resembled something between a
Busy. bustling market place crowded
With people, and a bench show
In crates on the platform, or led
loose by their masters along the plat
form, We're dogs of all sorts and descrip-
lions, many of them never to be much
use to their owners after they reach
the land Of snow and ice. Many of the
visitors see attractive articles here
which they add to their outfits, and in
the case Of ST Paul people the plat
forms are always crowded with their
friends and relatives when they leave
for the cold country in search Of gold
Yesterday was a big day. in fact, one
Of the biggest yet.
The Northern Pacific people split
their Pacific mail into two sections,
both Of them well filled trains. This
was made necessary by the arrival Of
two or three big parties. Many went
on the Great Northern and also on the
500 earlier in the morning.
John Miller and Capt. J. H. Triggs,
two prominent business men of Rat
Portage, are in the city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
ADVANCE OF A SIG PARTY.
A Dozen Michigan Men on the SI1ir-
mish Line.

In one Of the tourist coaches on the first
section Of the Northern Pacific train yester-
day were dozen Michiganders under the lead
Of Fred Willard of Kalamazoo. The party
IS making the trip to Spokane Falls in au-
vance Of a big party of over a hundred which
is being organized in the Wolverine state by
Frank Booth. Of Flint.
The advance party reached St. Paul over
the wisconsin Central yesterday morning and
spent the time looking over the city.
Included were Fred Willard, James Har-
gay Charles Van Keuren, R. F. Judson, ]. R.
Harris. Arnold De Heus. ]. S. Doolan Otis
Irons and Dwight Bruden, of Kalamazoo;
Factory Mills; A. ]. Townsend of Chicago,
and w. L. Gray. of Kamloops, B. c.
They go via the Northern Pacific to Spok-
ane Falls, where they will complete the
purchase of an extensive outfit, including
horses secured in Eastern Washington cloth
ing suitable for the long trip, furs and such
implements as will aid the party in mining
for gold and building beats for travel on the
rivers and streams. The balance of the party
is expected to reach Spokane not later than
March,. when all hands will begin the long
march with packs and saddles through the
Cclville Indian reservation and Okanagan
country, distance Of 365 miles to Ashcroft,
B. G.
The journey will be continued $50 miles
further on to Quesnell on the Frazier river
then across the Casiar country to TesIin lake
where the boats will be built for the balance
OF the trip.
The Hudson Bay company's sawmill at
this place will supply the lumber. and there
are in the party several experienced boat
builders. It is expected that the trip from
Spokane TO the Stewart river where the big
party will break up into smaller prospecting
parties. will require not more than seven
weeks.
Each member of the party puts up $500 to
start with, and all share alike in whatever
gooo fortune comes to reward their efforts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
MEN AND MACHINERY.
Most Thoroughly Equipped NIon-
dixie Party From the East.

Most Thoroughly Equipped EGIon-
dixie Party From the East.
The Alaska Klondike cooperative mining
expedition of which ]. w. Uppercu, a PhiIa-
delphia lawyer, is president, came into town
shortly before l o'clock yesterday on
special over the Burlington.
The expedition, which occupies two tourist
sleepers. consists of sizty-three men, and is
probably the most scientifically arranged
party which has been hauled into and out
OF St Paul. On the roster are the names of
men hallng from New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Kentucky
New Jersey, while two members of the party
are Britons, from London.
There are two physicians a dentist two
lawyers, mechanical and mining engineers
chemists, assayers, boat builders engineers,
Not the least important feature is that three
men cooks the list. Each man has
been obliged to pass physical examination
for fitness to stand the hard trip. and the
party is going on big scale. thoroughly
well equipped to get gold if there is any
to get; A fast freight line sent out 11S tons
left and it will reach Tacoma shortly after
they do Sunday morning.
There is included their outfit and provisions
containing, among other items. 20,000 pounds
OF flour, the most improved mining nipple
ments, smelling and refining machinery.
steam steam 1 Ia inc seven horse power steam
a portable saw mill and their traps Of one
sort and another.
emergency
rations when they leave Tacoma for sixteen
months, and will take forty head of horses
which they have already arranged to pur-
chase.
They will take the stickeen river route
from Tacoma, and will proceed via Fort
Wrangel to Lake Teslin thence on the water
courses by way of the Hootalinqua river
The last 300 miles will then be undertaken,
which will lead the party into the gold dis
trict.
The company has a number Of gold claims
staked W d cannot be mined except
by means or the improved machinery which
they taking with them They are bent
upon getting the gold and will not return
without 1t.
Their launch and barge. together with their
portable lumber mill, they expect will be OF
great advantage to them especially on and
near the water portion of their Journey
There exactly sixty-three members of
the party, and the officers and board Of man
ayers are as follows:
]. W. Uppercu, Philadelphia, chairman B.
F. Parker. Bridgeton. N. j., secretary; John
Stableford, New York. treasurer; Alfred H.
Fletcher, chief mechanical engineer; board of
managers and members of the party, Fred
Rofe, New York; Nancy J. Feeney, Phila-
delphia William R. Gelkie, New York:
Thomas Bell, New York; George King, New
Jersey; George Beaverson. New York; John
E. Baptie, New Jersey; David Howell New
Jersey; George A. Berger New York; Jesse
B. Kennedy, Pennsylvania; E. w. Schlect
Samuel S. Goodwin, Philadelphia, and Alfred
Martin, New York. Frank Rieger, of New
York. is superintendent of commissary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
THAT LANCASTER PARTY
VIII Make the Journey Over the
ChillxoOt Pass

The Klondike expedition from Lancaster,
Wis., after brief stay in st. Paul. having
reached here late Wednesday night, was at
tached TO the second section of the Northern
Pacific train yesterday and proceeded on its
way to the Pacific coast.
The members of the party number exactly
siXty-three an odd coincidence, for the big
party on the other section of the same train
the Uppercu party from PHILADELPHIA had
exactly the same number.
The Philadelphia people will use horses
the Lancaster folks dogs, and their baggage
car Yesterday looked like a bench show.
Ninety dogs. mostly of the big rough-coated
variety, comfortably bedded down and muz-
zled to prevent undue excitement during the
trip.
Daniel Needham. the leader of the party
IS genial. experienced fellow, who has the
confidence of the gold-seekers who are in his
band. He has been through the mining ter
r1tory of this country. and he and James Ell
well, who has gone ahead to Seattle to ar
range for outfits, sailing reservations, etc
Will direct the movements of the party
mere are several wives on the list and they
appeared to be enjoying the journey quite as
much as the men folks. The itinerary in
Guides the trip over the Chilkoot pass and
up the Lewis river and on until the upper
Yukon Is reached. The full list of the names
was published in The G o b o K!ondike col
umn yesterday morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
From the Albert Lea Standard.

Some good men believe in prohibition"
which, under the law in this state allowing
the sale Of intoxicating liquors in kegs and
cases, means free whisky and beer. Albert
Lea is an example of it. The Standard once
favored making a trial of prohibition. We
have had the trial and are yet getting it,
and we have had enough. Never before in
the history of Albert Lea drinking so
extensively carried on now, and it is prac-
tically unrestrained, because the intoxicants
are sold in packages and drunk in private
rooms, in shops in barns and in the bushes
even surrounding the city. The old drunk
ards are soaked to the brim day after day
young men are carousng night after night
In a score of rooms of the city, and thus
on goes the revery of prohibition"
whisky ami free beer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
UNCLE SAM HOLDS THE KEY.
What a Toronto Paper Says of Cam
adian Route.

In view Of the fact that so much has been
said and written about the various trails to
the Klondike and their conditions and the cir
cumstances which surrounded the passage
over them of gold seekers, the statement Of
Canadian paper on the subject may be of in
terest The Toronto World of Feb IA says:
'The outlook Is blue for Canadians. The
all Canadian route will probably be found
impracticable. Uncle Sam holds the whip
hand. The treaty of Washington provides
that the navigation Of the rivers Yukon, Por-
cupine and Stikine shall remain free and
open for the purpose of commerce for the
subjects of Her Britannia Majesty, and the
citizens OF the United States. subject to any
laws and regulations Of either country within
its own territory not inconsistent with the
privileges of free navigation The first fifteen
miles of the Stikine river are assumedly in the
United States territory; at any rate our
neghbors are in possession. Even with
sufficient depth of water in the Stikine river
Canadian boats could not clear at Victoria
or Vancouver for Glenora and ignore Ameri-