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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
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Go respopicocc 90 tho Argus
SnOw HHd Zero
Floyd Coie MAS seen ON onr stree,s
last week
PRAYER aud e'ass moeiiag on sunday
m'rudng al 1880.
Those that are On the Sc, list re.
main ao~n, Tho same.
w Il Rogers tool, load OF produce
u jniout"wn th.s week.
Miss Maggie Wall, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. A n. lyons
Charlie GcibLls mad wife has return
ell To their houc IN T.yra Alta.
Mr.. GROSS tosk in the ,rcling at
friend>hip; he rcpo,,s good lime.
Rev. W. u. Pn>on Mas the guest OF
MrN. Elizabeth king last saturday.
Thomas Ryan has bon I'll, thu Eugene
King farm and will take possession
later.
Mrs. A w. Gribh,c is visiting her
sister Mrs Emma Taylor, OF Mason.
town.
There will I've spo ling bat Pleas.
ant Hili next Friday night Como one
CONG all.
Messrs. l.. Il. Walls and Il. c For.
man made "A business trip TO Kiugwood
last Monday.
Mrs. f. A. Gribblr has returned homo
after a weeks visit at her daus hters.
Mrs. Il. q. ShaAfer.
Enie Z. Gribble spent Saturday even.
ing and Sunday with her sistor.inlav,
Airs W. L. Gribblc.
There was quite lively tin,e in our
little town last Monday eyening-but
everything moved of nicely and no
damage done.
Our school teacher, Mr.. Gross was
laid up with grip last week. Miss
Percis Christopher assistant, applied
the hickory oil.
Tho organization OF tho Epworth
League on last Saturday night was n
failure. Christians come closer TO.
gether, house divided against itself
cannot stand.
Rev. Pinson preached m able sermon
AZ this place on last Sunday, text I
Samuel II and ~. II did ont taste n
littlo honey with tho end OF the rod
that was in mine hand, and la, lnu I
die 4"
MIAMI
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
Rockville
Rockville.
Correspondence OF the Argus.
Sunshine. rain and snow


Correspondence OF the Argus.
Sunshine. rain and snow!
Miss Ellie Galloway is spending a
few weeks at Kingwo0d.
NJ. +. Walls took flying trip to
Uniontown, Pa, last week.
Miss Mollis Gibson, OF Morgantowu,
W. Va, is at homo on a visit.
The Evangelical preacher. Rov. Sine,
is holding protracted meeting at
Pleasant Valley.
Miss Lissie Light. who has been at
AlbrightsVille, has retained and is
now at Mr.. J. J. Jenkins
The scholars OF NJ Nebo school will
give an entertainment and flag drill
on the evening Of Feb 22nd, 80.
Prof Samuel r. Wiley is laid up with
la grippe Chas. Michael is teaching
the Pleasant Valley school in his
absence.
The teacher Of ut. Nebo school, G.
w. Bscrbower, was away last Thurs
dsJ c'erking t the public sale oisamuel
Laub, deceased. The property offered
for sale brought good prices.
The spelling Tee 81 Mt Nobo. was
we'll attended. The order was excel
lcnt; the prize offered by the teacher
for the best spsller was won by oliver
Gale. Miss Ellie King. the teacher Of
MI Zion school, rendered very
pathetic recitation which was well
received.
The Senatorial contest seems 90 be
quite close between McGraw and scott.
This is only another point in favor Of
the election Of IT, 5. Senators by paou-
lar vote. When 10 is left To- The state
Legislatures TO choose senators. there
are TOO many places for the use OF
money 90 buy votes Ira this way
many Of our law makers in Congress
become the tools Of designing poiiti.
clans, instead Of tao representative OF
the masses QUO VADIs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
PREPARED FOR spring

Dou't let this season overtalSe you
before You have attended Co the impor-
taut duty Of purifying your blood with
Hood. Sarsaparilla. By taking this
medicine now YOU may save sickness
that viii mean time and money as we'll
as suffering later on. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla viii give you rich red blood
good appetite, good digestion and "A
est and best spring medicine because IL
is the One True Blood Purifier. It's
unequalled ecord Of marvellous cure
has won for DO ths condolences OF the
whole people.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09

afterwards the sore healed mn and WAS cutsa
seohd ana well. l Rln sure .. e. g. As 10y fac
the best blood remedy made
IL matters not how they nrc Acquired
or what treatment has failed. =. Is 5.
VIII cure the most obstinate. decI,-
seated sore or ulcer. IL Is useless 4,
expect local treatment OF salves. lo-
lions, etc, TO effect q cure. bccnus,,
they can not reach the real cause of thu,
trouble, which Is the blood. =. y. =.
drives ont every trace Of impurity va
the blood, and in this way cures per-
manently the worst cases. Ii is the
only blood remedy guaranteed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
1t Matters Not How OBJ
stinate, or What Other
Remedies Have Failed.

Obstinate sores aud ulcers, which
refuse to heal under oIxhuars treat
ment. soon become chronic and deem
seated, and lend TO conditions most
serious. They are caused in different
ways. but IN every case the blood is
involved, and no amount of local treat
ment can have any effect. The poison
must be eliminated from the blood
before n cure can be had.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09

wound. IL developed
intoR running sore and
gave tnc q great deal
ot pain and incOuYen.
icncc. 4 was tToated
by many doctors and
toos a number of blood
remedies, but none dtd
me any good aud did
not seem ~ cheek the
progress OF the sore. A
had hcarl SNift's SDe-
ciilc Is. o.. 81 highly
recommended for the
blood. and concluded a.
give ~ n trial. and tho
result WAS very crafty
ing =. =. =. accmed 10
get right At the trouble.
aud forced the poison
out pf NV hl.tnH aa,n
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
THROWN FROM A HORSE.

. MT. III, kuhn, OF Marion. Kansas, writes /.
- About three ycars ago my daurhtcr Her.
' Ihn Mhitwood, Was thrown from horse, r.
ss,sNlhs wound 81 the scalp. Though under
the wound remained about the same, nntil m
nnAlly bcNamc NNry AnrrN- lnnAln.. n "a ~
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
Purely Vegetable

ana contains not particle of potash,
mercury, or other mineral. 8. y. -.
cures Contagious Blood Poison, Scrof-
ula. Cancer, Catarrh, Eczema, Rheu-
matism, Sorcs, Ulcers, Boils, or any
other blood trouble. Valuable books
on these diseases will be mailed free
TO any address, by the Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09
=. s. s. Cures
Sores and Ulcers

"Somc years ago was shot an the irf, ie,fs
rccciNing what 4 conslAered only . sll. Va
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-09

- NHANhA NNNNNNAN
out into a running
sore. This soon sprcad
20 other parts of the
scalp and nan down the
Side al the neck lncrcas-
Ing I'm severity and fear
fully tlisiiguring hOr.
She was then placed un.
der The care of che fac.
nlty of a well known
hospital, but even the
treatment she received
there failed toarr0st the
terrible sore. Reading
Of the many cures ~
blood troubles effected
by s. =. 8. We decided 20
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

zeal attendance to women. When her
husband was the viceroy in India the
OF Dufferin had her attention
ralled to the pitiful condition Of native
women, who in time of illness were left
unattended. She saw them die with
jungle fever and shake to death witt,
malarial chills. She made inquiry con-
corning them, when sick with contagious
diseases; and in reply to all her questions
regarding their progress and welfare she
was told that it "made no difference; it
was only a woman sick"
This SO worked upon her feelings that,
out OF her own private purse, she started
a fund for the relief of these women.
The fund soon grew to be a very large
ore. With this money to which the queen
makes an annual contribution, homes
nave been erected for sick women and
conValesCent wards built for those who
were only slightly ill, but who needed
care and medicine until they recovered.
hut India is a large place, and in spite
of the growth of the FUND a great field
is still uncovered.
Before Lady Curzon went to India she
paid a long visit to the queen and had an
affectionate talk with her concerning the
relief of native sick women. Her majesty
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

break Of the pearl mania, the chief CEN
ter of the excitement being kansas
which had never before known it. There
it extended west into the Indian Ter
ritory and north Into Missouri, while
Georgia and portions Of Tennessee were
largely affected.
A peculiar circumstance connected
with the Arkansas discovery was the
cause of increasing tenfold the fever for
pearl finding. A large number of the
best pearls were found, not by opening
the shells, but lying in the mud on the
shores or at the bottom of shallow waters.
Often they were found in or upon the soil
at some distance from streams or lakes.
This was due partly to the wide extension
of the waters in flood times over the low
regions of the state and shifting Of the
streams. Another reason, too, was our
in the fact that in some circumstances,
probably of agitation by floods and fresh
cts, the loose pearls are lost or shaken
out of the shells. This was like picking
up nuggets in the Klondike. Farmers
found pearls in digging post holes and
fishermen picked them up by fishing them
out of the shallow water. Boys found
pearls and used them as marbles. This
indeed happened nan years ago as we'll
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

orders that houses should be secured and
medical men brought from England as
quickly as possible.
The women Of India, while much
stronger than those of more civilized
Countries, are still heir to the illnesses of
the flesh. They W. the ordinary dis
eases and for years have died of them.
The men, on the other hand, are treated
by native doctors, and recover in the
ordinary course of event But when it
comes to a question of treating the wo-
men they have always laughed at the
thought of it in India.
Lady Curzon will introduce a great
many innovations in India of a quiet ma
ture. She will not attempt anything ar
bitrary or masculine. Her charities will
be along womanly lines, but she will deal
them out with lavish hand.
This is the most remarkable innova-
ton ever made general in India, and it is
no wonder that Calcutta is discussing it.
The women, such as have been informed
of the new state of affairs, are incredu-
lous, but thankful, for the work done in
the one hospital has long since reached
their ears.
1t is said that Lady Curzon will start
an American subscription among her
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

specially mentioned the Dulferin fund,
and expressed q desire that the money
might be SO distributed that it might
cover the whole of India, SO that no wo-
man in her majesty's domains could say
that she lacked the care ordinarily dis
tributed by humanity upon it's ailing
ones.
Lady Curzon expressed her intention of
making the fund prosper, and that means
a great deal to a woman of her riches.
Immediately upon arriving in India, be-
fore the first great functions were over,
her ladyship inquired into the disposition
OF the Dufterln fund and found that the
money was not sufficient to cover half
the territory of India. She immediately
gave a large private donation and or
dcred that native houses be purchased
and devoted to the care of the sick.
Lady CurzOn also appointed several of
her ladies to make a tour of India and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

mass of bloom, and everybody ought to
have enjoyed himself. We were having
a very good time of it among ourselves
reading the absurd signs, until we noticed
the three girls who sat opposite to us,
They had serious faces, and long, con-
sumptive teeth, which they never sue
ceeded in completely hiding. l knew Just
how they would look when they were
dead; | know that those two long front
teeth would still They listened to all
we said without the flicker of an eyelash.
Occasionally they looked down at the size
of Julia's little feet, and then involun-
tarily drew their own back out of sight.
presently | espied a sign, Funerals
for this week only at half price I seized
Julia's hand. Stop, oh, stop the coach
and let's get a funeral. We may never
have an opportunity to get a bargain in
funerals again. And the sale lasts Only
one week. Everybody told me before I
came away to get what 1 wanted at the
moment | saw it; not to wait, thinking
l would come back. So unless we order
one now we may have to pay the fun
price. And a funeral would be such a.
good investment; it would keep forever.
You'd never feel like using it before You
actually needed it. Do let me get one
now!' a
"Of course, Julia, my sister, and JuIia's
husband were in gales of laughter; but
what finished me off was to see the three
serious creatures opposite rise, as if
pulled by one string look in an anxious
way at me and then at the sign, while
the teeth began to say to seach other,
What did she say? What does she
mean? h does she want a funeral
for?"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of jefferson St.

Leave for Oswego daily at 1920, SO :4O a.
m; 1890, 1855. 1925, Sis, 6:25, sos, 11:30
p. m, and 900 a. m. on Sundays only.
Arrive at Portland daily at "6:35. $50,
5000 a. M; 1875, 3:15, 4:3O, $40, TAO, 1000
p. M; 1910 a. M, daily, except Monday.
$50 and 1905 a. m on Sundays only.
Leave for Sheridan daily, except Sum
day, at 4:30 p. m. Arrive at Portland al
$50 a. m.
Leave for Airlie Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, at $40 a. m. Arrive al
Portland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 3:05 p. m.
%EXcept Sunday.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
HE ATTRACTED A CROWD.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: In front of the
New England building a member of the
Salvation Army stood the other day with
his t~in-labelled contribution box, with its
plainly lettcred invitation to contribute
to a Christmas dinner fund, poised in
front of him, and watched the passers-by.
Perhaps a lack of dropping nickels and
dimes prompted an innovation in his
methods, perhaps not. Anyway he sud
denly raised his voice and cried:
How to make 5,000!"
He stopped suddenly, and SO did several
people.
How to make $1,000" he cried again.
BY this time twenty people We're halted
him.
How to make s, 000!"
The twenty grew to q crowd.
Then he finished the sentence:
"How to make 5000 poor people hay ;
with a Christmas dinner!"
OF course a large proportion of tho
crowd drifted away, but quite a number
left a remembrance in the tin box.
And the wise soldier of the cross smiled
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
Lady CurSOl'S Indian Charity.
SHE HAS INTERESTED HERSELF IN THH DUFFERIN FUND FOR RE-
-IEVING SICK WOMEN-THE FIRST WOMENS RELIEF
FUND TO BECOME GENERAL IN INDIA.

1t is incredible to think that in this
year 1899, which we think the most en-
frightened of the century, that there exists
upon this earth, Gods fOotsttul, a coun-
try in which women are neglected.
In India, the great section Of the world
over which an American girl has gone to
rule as vice-queen, with so much pomp
and splendor, there is no hospital for wo-
men. If a woman is taken sick in India,
she either gets well or dies, as fate may
decide. But as for giving her medicine,
treating her well, and taking care of her
SO she will recover, it is not done in
India.
The Foreign Missionary society has in
Herested itself in thism matter to the extent
Of building a hospital in India to which
sick women can &C and be treated; but
unfortunately, one hospital makes a
small showing in such a large country
as India, and there are hundreds of miles
of territory in which there is neither
hospital nor medical relief.
The Dufferin fund was started a few
years ago for the purpose Of giving med
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
PEARL FISHERIES
OF UNITED STATES
MORE PROFITABLE THAN ANGLING
FOR TROUT OR SALMON.
WHERE PEARLS ARE NOW FOUND.

one of the unObtrusive industries of
new York state is pearl hunting. So
little is known of it that this announce
ment to many people, perhaps a major
lty, Will be as a matter of news. Yet in
the northern part of the state livings, if
not fortunes, have been made in the
business. The principal scene of activ-
lty mas been in the northwestern angle
or the state, along Grassy river and it's
a1iluents that drain from the Adiron-
dacks into the ST. Lawrence. The CEN
tral point has been the town of Russell,
st. Lawrence county. Two years ago M.
Z. Rowe of that place on opening a
mussel for bait while fishing in Fresh
brook, a tributary of Grass river, found
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
that her wishes were carried out.

see that her wishes were carried out.
She will shortly send to England for
trained nurses, and will place them in
these hospitals for the purpose Of taking
care of the sick.
This will be one of the great innoVa-
tons of the new reign and will be the
grandest that any woman
could erect for herself.
Lord CurzOn has only one wish in life,
namely the happiness of his wife. He
and she are singularly united upon all
aims. One of Lord Curzon's great
sources of pride is the beauty of his wife.
He told her that he wished her to be the
best dressed woman in India, and with
this end in view she purchased a trosseau
at a cost of nearly $250,0OO. Several Of
her handsome jewel-embroidered gowns
cost $4,000 each. After a. love for his
wife's beauty, comes the cherishing of her
pet fads, fancies and charities. Any OBJ
ject In which Lady Curzon interests her
self is also interesting to his lordship, and
as soon as the ~vice-queen interested her.
self in the Dufferin fund the Viceroy gave
! NFMSt~, ~
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
WISCONSIN PEARLS.

stream, each man having slung about
his neck a perforated tin pail. To his
face is strapped a water telescope
which is a light, square wooden box,
open above, shaped to fit the face, and
closed below with a piece of glass. The
pearl-hunter walks in a STOPPING pos
ture. with the lower end of the box i'm
mersed, 50 that he can see the shells lying
on the bottom, and take them with a
''spud,' or pole, carrying at the end a pair
of spring clasps or nippers.
NEW JERSEYS FEVER OF 81.
The first fine pearl found in the United
States in recent years was taken in 1857
from Notch Brook, near Paterson, n.
j. 1t became known as the Queen
Pearl and was sold to the Empress Eu-
genie for $500. Today it is worth four
times that figure. The news Of this
sale created such excitement that search
for pearls was started throughout the
country. Pearl oysters were gathered by
the million and destroyed, often With
little or no result. A large round pearl
Weighing 400 grains, which would have
doubtless been the finest pearl of modern
times, was ruined by boiling to open the
shell. Within Il year pearls were sent TO
the New York market from every state,
in 1857 fully II 1000 worth. The excite
ment, however, began to abate with the
next Ntdf ana ili u revive Ill loUO,
when many fine pearls We're obtained
from the Little Miami river, in Ohio.
Some of the finest American pearls that
were next found came from near Waynes-
vile, Ohio, $4,000 worth being collected in
the vicinity of that town in the pearl eX-
element Of 1876. Since 1880 pearls have
come from comparatively new districts
further west and south, the supply from
which is apparently increasing. At first
c--, ,,.c,n fnt,n1 ON. no 1oAp fauv ,Syntn Innl-
cd for west of the Ohio, but gradually the
line extended, and Kentucky, Tennessee
and Texas became the principal pearl
producing states, and some pearls were
! sent north from Florida.
A few years later the interest ex-
tended to the northwestern states. In
the summer of 1889 a quantity of mag
nificently colorcd pearls We're ound in
the creeks and rivers of Wisconsin.
More thar $10,0 600 worth of these pearls
were sent to New York within three
months, including one worth over $500,
and some of them were equal to any
ever found for beauty and coloring. The
colOrS were principally purpliSh red, cop
per red and dark pink.
These discoveries led to immense ac-
tivity in pearl hunting through all the
| streams of the region, and in three or
four seasons the shells were almost eX-
terminated. LII icVV IL tAl'iidCu
| other sections of Wisconsin,, and also APP
peared in Illinois. The pearl fisheries
of Illinois have produced at least $780,
900 worth of pearls since 1889.
The northwestern pearl excitement sub
sided in a few seasons, as the others had
done in turn before by the exhaustion of
the mussel beds, and the consequent
stoppage of product. Every ten years or
so a fresh wave of excitement arises in
connection with new discoveries at some
point where the shells have lain long I'M
disturbed.
THE ARKANSAS FINDS.
In 1897 there was q widespread out
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
AMENITIES.

What claim have you to rank as a CIV
iliZed people?" inquired the skeptfcal
American.
What claim!" echoed the member of
Aguinaldo's forces. Whenever we take
possession of anybody's property or pro-
coed to any sort of extremity with him.
don't we say beg you pardon the same
as you do when you tread on some ones
corn or knock his silk hat into the gut
teri"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
SENATOR RANSOM'S P~OLITENESS.

Washington Correspondence of the
Chicago Record: People who have been
spending some time in Mexico report that
there is a striking contrast in the condi-
ton of affairs around the American EN-
baSsy in that city now and during the
last administration. General Clayton is
all business. He devotes his entire time
and energies to his official duties, and
leaves nothing undone, while his prede-
cessor, ex-senator Ransom, of North
Carolina, was a prince imperial among
idlers. He spent eighteen years Of his
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
COLoRED PEARL WEIGHING 11A PEARL GRAINS.

a PINK pearl as large as a pea. This
he sold at a good price, and has since
made several hundred dollars by col
lectlng pearls thereabouts. Last season
there was great activity, and many per-
sons have been ~pearl-hunting.
n streams in that region are clear
and rapid, and those who make pearl
hunting n business have special out
fits for the work. Rubber suits are worn,
consisting of boots and long trousers in
one piece, with which they wade up the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
"A BARGAIN IN FUNERALS.

We are going or a coach to Richmond
with Julia and her husband,' writes
Lillian Bell in the January Woman's
Home Companion, describing in her in
imltable way many amusing incidents of
her stay and adventures in London.
1T was a lovely day, The trees were a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

zen, and 1 find the subject very Interest,"
ing. Now, what do you think is the best
way to equip battleships?
And without hesitation the ~laconio
friend answered.:
I'm a hurry.'-Washington Star.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
p m
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Rates and tickets to Eastern points
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