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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
DEER PARK HOrLL. DEER PARE.
MARYLAND.
II Ost Delightful summer Resort Of
The Alleghenies

Swept by mountain breezcs. 2. 500
feet Owe sea level Absolutely free
from malaria, hav fever and mosquitoes.
On Main Line Of Baltimore d. Ohio
Railroad Hotel and Cottages Every
modern convenience. Rooms en- suite
with bath. Electric L,phts. Elevator
Turkish Baths. two large Svifnmin,,
Pools. Golf Links. Tennis Conrts. Bow
ling Alleys, Magnificent Drives. Com
plete Livery Service. Annapolis Naval
ACADEMY Band. Delightful cottages
furnished for housekeeping ifdesircd)
ready for occI paucy June 1st Hotel
open FROM June 18th to Scptern Der 3OJh.
For rates and information address
D. Jones, Manager. -. a. O. Building.
Baltimore, Md, until June 10th Ar
ter that tune, Deer Park, Garrett
COUNTY. Md.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
NECnNn NnIInrl

My Wife Ms gle y Cs-c.i,y h3vtp.
OF her own accord left my home al
persons ar" hereby warned not to pcr.
INIT her go incur amy debts on MY mo-
c"unt.as win NOT b., responsible. for
The sgWc. She has go,d home with
me- wh'n she DIES res to return
20 aL ISAAC O.. LAssEBAY.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15

The Spanish flag is for the first tine
in more than "a year dying in Wash
ington. 1t flies oyer tho hotel in
winch the Duke dc ARGOS, the new
Spanish Minister, and his American
wife, are guests, The new Minister
called on Secretary Hay and presented
his credentials and later was presented
by Mr.. Hay TO Mr.. Mckinley, and
diplomatic relations nre again cstab.
lished with Spain. Tho Minister has
many personal friends in Washington,
which was the home OF his wife when
he iirst met her and for many years
afterwards,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15

u. S Patent Commissioner Ducu rs
making a record as an efficient official.
lie has the work of the patent Ohice
in such good shape that Washington,
most succcssful firm of patent lawyers
G. A Snow a. Co, announce that they
can procure patents in from four to
ten weeks from date OF application.
Ihey have procured moro than 10000
patents, and IL would bc impossible to
lind a city, town or village in the u $.
which has no client OF thoirs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
A Wonderful Medicine.

McElrec's Vino Of Cardui is pure
harmless vegetable wine. u was origI-
mated By Rev ". T.. McElrce. a minis
ter of the PresbYioriun church H. has
been used by more than million
women and seldom il ever without
benefit. H. cures Lcucorrhra. falling
"i the Womb. painful, irregular. sup
pressed, scautY or too frequent men
situation. H. rs valuable during the
oeriod Of pregnancy, after childbirth.
ana Invaluable in Change Of life. ~ is
not strong medicine. but may bc
"a en- every duY in the year bY any
woman with benefit. lt does not force
results, but corrccts arrangements of
the menstrua organs IT strengthens
the nervous system gives tone tD tine
bndliY functions, nets directly ON the
genital orfauS. aud is the finest tonic
Tor women known TO the science NJ
medicine ~ is natures provision for
regulating tho menstrual function.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
Mem Orial Service.
REEpsvILLn, w. VA. juno 2 q

REEDsvGLLE, w. VA, June 3, '99.
EDITOR ARGUs:
Dear Sir;-Please publish the follow
ing for the benefit II Valley Lodge
No. o ]. o. o. +. On June 25th thore
will be Memorial Ssrvice held in tho
NJ. e church az this place. Bro. Rev
Carter. of Dellslow, MonOngalia county.
will he present and preach the Memor-
ial sermon. All sister lodges and mem.
bers Of the Order are cordially invited
to meet with It's in our Lodge Room at
p. IN. and march TO the church and
'iter the service at the church then to
the cemetery to decorate the graves Of
brothers
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15

Since getting the consent Of Boss
Hanna, the Henderson Sherman
Spcakership combine have been rush
ing things so rapidly that they have
already apparently Rot aI the other
candidates distnnced' Ia the rush the
Henderson wing of The combine has
taken the lead tosuch ao extent that
they arc claiming that Henderson is as
good as elected. and lhcro appears TO
6e good Rrounl for the claim, Dut ap.
pcaranc"s in this sort OF Hrbt arc
often deceptive 30 seems certain.
however. that the combine will win.
and that either Henderson or sherman
viii be speaker
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
I I

Although the negotiations have not
heon formally broken Off there Is
practically q dead lock over the Az
asRan boundary Months ago H. WIS
charged that Great Britain did not
wish this dispute settled, and IL be
gins to loul, as though those who made
the chhrgc knew what they were talk.
ing about. although IL is apparently
Canada that has brought about the
deadlock in the negotiations
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
Better Be Wise
Than Rich. ]"

Wise people are also rich
Suhen they knozU a perfect
remedy for all annoying dis
eases Of the blood, Kidneys.
ifVer and bo1VeLS. II IS
Hoods Sarsapailla, svfich
Is perfect IN lis action. n
SO regulates the entire sys-
TEN as to bring Vt0orouS
health. Il revsr disapootnts.
Coitre-" For i2 years had coltrc. or
swellinss on my neck. vhich was dis
couraginc ard Troublesome Rheumatism
also annoyed ma. ii0o1's S.r~ r.~i,q
cured me completely and ,he swelling has
entirely d!SapDCJ-st. 4 lady I'm A'icbirpu
saw my previous testimonial and used
Hoods and was entirely cured ~ the snu,r
trouble. She thanked me for recommend
ing IL. Mrs. ANNA SUTHERLAND, 400 Loyel
Street, Kalamazoo. Mich.
Poor Health Had poor health for
years pains in shoulders, back and hlps.
with constant headache nervousness ana
no appetite. Used Hoods SarsaparIla
gained strength and can work hard an day:
eat heartily and sleep well took Il be-
cause IL helped my husband" MRs.
ELIzABETH J. GITFEIs, Moose Lake, Minn.
Makes Weak Strong would give
~ bottle for Hoods Sarsaparilla il
could not get 81 for less II is the best
spring medicine. IL makes the weak strong"
albert a. JAGNow, Douglastown, y. y.
1RnoIS HoA,oI;W
lsl.5 S;s -Sl.ai.slAl. :L4;s q ,lTfrg
Hoods Pills cure liver nls: tho non irrtatino nnd
Nlny cathartc 10 t,ke with ~ ,od's Sars.,,r,lIa.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
AK AND SAW ARE ACTIVE.
West Virginia Becoming a Big Fac
Tor in the Lumber Trade.
HAS MILLIONS or ACRES OF
TIMBER LANDS.

Big Mills emitting Up the Trees Into
Boards nt n Rapid Rate spruce.
HCnlock and the Hard Woods the
Chief Products Tarncries anu
Pulp Mills Use Of BARK and Waste
Wider Development SNreI
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-15
JBot3 Saa4qbalM
-<Czs{.gYsI = > =. n : 81 -..,.ysy-.ss.,-,.alS

Hoods rnls cure liver nI.. tho non Irritating nnd
SllZ caihartie 10 TIE With ~ cd's SarssIari,ia.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
CUIIII TNITN!VI '.ITI VTtN - 'TiV'TT
PRINTERS ODD TOOLS.
Some Appliances Witch Our Great
t:randfatilcr. Used.


Once in awhile onc hears u reference to
tho sho@pSN:n ln%lng balls with which our
gre;tt-grisn itathers Ill the printing trade
used to I'M. Their ioEh:'. inns Is ABOUT the
on!y oia tool OF thc 'riti'e now Ill oi'use
with when the piih'efs ul t"uaF he Ia
niliar. There are others which were more
or less used at various times that have
dropped out and been forgotten. \ couple
of these have come to ilGht through an old
catalogue that has talie@ Into the writer
bands, One was II snort wooden galley,
open at one sid" and !iaTi"" clamps below,
hy means of which it might i}e attached to
tine boxes Of the upper case. Thus sup
ported it WIS thr2a OF four inches above
thc surface Of the boxes. leaving room for
the compu5itar 10 r2"Gh TIE type without
disturbing :hc @a,ltY. This form of galley
waS probably brought into use about tic
time that printers discovered il t. be Il
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
The Toy Spaniel and Pug.

The Stuarts added to the list the toy
spaniel, and our Dutch connection
brought US the pug. Both camc from
Holland, but the former, the King
Charles, was originally a pure bred
dwarf spaniel, exceptionally intelligent,
useful in finding game and differing only
in its smaller size and extreme domestic
ity from our larger breeds. The ''spaniel
gentle or comforter" which DIR. Caiu.
denounced as useless lapdog, must have
preceded the King Charles as an indig.
cnous pet. Pugs came in with chocolate
powder, negro page boys and hoops and
marked the first step in English taste TO,
the grotesque in dogs. Tho cleanliness
and absence of canine odor about the pug
as well as his decorative qualities, ais
recommended him. lie was an exotic ant
has remained in favor on his merits fo:
nearly 200 years. The spotted carriag'
dog was IL Hanoverian introduction, ant
the white Pomeranian is credited to tht
connection with Prussia in the wars 0
Frederick the GrCat.-London Spectator.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
INDIAN FIRE WALKERS.
The Practice StiII Exis:s In Parts of
the lGIlSt.

1t may interest students of folklore TO
learn that there was II fire walking ccrc-
mony ut Bcnares the other day which has
given rise to 1t good deal Of discussion in
The Indian Press. There seems to )c 10
doubt us 10 the honesty and success of the
performance, but, rs IL correspondent
points out, fire walking is much more
commonly practiced than is supposed. iic
himself witnessed three ceremonies Of the
kind between 1883 and 1856 III Mauritius,
where he believes they arc OF annual orcur-
renee. The performers were natives from
Madras. The method was exactly as de
scribed by Mr.. Lang.
According 70 this eyewitness, II priest
led off, working himself into state Of
frenzy and then walking n distance OF
about 10 feet over live embcrs, but "in
such Il manner that neither foot was long
In contact with them" Several others
on one occasion two little boyS-followcd
the priests example and were aftcrwari
fog gcd to drive away sins that had not
succumbcd to the fire wali;irg-which
seems hard No amount of flogging did
the priest any good. He had to be dipped
in the sea to bring him to his senses.
The correspondent holds by the natural
explanation of the phenomenon. He
carefully examined the men > feet and says
that they were not burned, but were ''ai
hard as iron owing to Il lifelong exposure
without boots That Is all very well,
but the hardest fecS wo;!ld surely be affect.
cd ut the end Of some II steps over iiDol
Of fire. And the fire walkers don't hurry.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
FRANKLlN'S TOLERANCE.
The Philosopher Always Ready to
Serve His Gcctur:2n Friends.

One usually thinks Of Franklin as any
thing but religious man, and religious
in the orthodox, conventional sense he Ger
tainly was not Yet he was Il believer in
God and Immortality and the efficacy of
good works. His close personal friends
were, many of them. drvG:!t Christians.
In the chapter on "FranllIins Religion"
in his MANY Sided Franklin series in
The Century Mr.. Paul l.. Ford says:
Franklin had that rarcst kind Of tolcr-
ance which toleratcs the opinions Of others,
and though he lau-hingiy asserted that
Orthodoxy is my iuIy and hct2rodo%E
is your doxy" his whole life was one con-
tradiction Of the cpigranl- for TIC faith or
lack Of faith of hiS'Ciicic Of friends :",nGCl
from the most doctrin;tl of ministers TO
the most radical OF free thinkers. For such
rigid PuritanS as the Rev. DrS. Cooper
and Mathcr of Boston, for the enthusiast
Whitefcld, for the Anglican bish0i, Of st.
Asaph and for the Ablcs dc La Roche
and Murcllct he showed as much affection
and respect as he did for ItIlmC. Lord Lc
Dispenser, Thomas Paine and others
closer in accord with his own views. Nor
was it ever ono sided regard. No man
i'll Pennsylvania exercised such influence
over the QuakCrS. Massachusetts, made
him hcr agent in Great Britain. and he
served her faithfully, even 10 the defend
ing of her religious in;a!"rHu2" against
English criticism. III Franco tho paial
nuncio consulted him frequently and fol
lowed his advice In the changes the ReEo-
lGtionary war made possible or necessary
In tho Catholic churcli in America. Alb
golutcly un$yctarian - he was franklin
apparently WIS trusted by all sccts, and lie
seems never to have refused II service that
he could render any Cnc Of them
PRINTERS, ODD TOGl2.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Doesn't Believe In Luck. but Thinks
Things Do Happen CuriOusly.

Doesn't Believe In Luck, but Thinks
Things Do Happen Curiously.
81 don't believe in luck" said the re-
tired burglar, "but it certainly is curious
how things happen sometimes. Going out
of my house one morning about quarter
of /. dropped my lantern putting it i'll
my overcoat pocket and broke the bulls
eye. 1 had another lamp in the house-a
new, perfect lamp-but it had never been
used and wasn't even filled, and it took
me half an hour or more to fit up that
lamp, and so of course l started out that
much later.
81 had the house was going TO marked,
and got there all right and got in and
got to work. But it was tremendously
disappointing. 1t was good, big house,
promising looking from the outside, but
very lean inside-that is, as to stuff that
was worth carrying off-silvcr all plated,
and that sort of thing, and didn't find a
blessed thing down stairs worth taking
away. Then started up stairs, hopeful,
of course, but the fact was the outlook
was poor; no doubt about that. With
things running so down stairs you
couldn't expect much up. And l hadn't
got half way up the stairs when l heard
somebody ut the front door outside put
ting IL key in the lock. Say, that looked
rs though it knocked out the last chance
there was of my getting anything, even II
there was anything there to get, but OF
course l wanted TO look out for myself,
anyway, and made for the top of the
stairs to look for q dark pocket to stow
myself i'll till got chance to pass out.
"But the second sound of the key put a
different complexion ON things. The man
with the key had been dining somewhere
generously. He got in finally, though
and clambered up the stairs and made for
q room at the front end of the hall, and
got in there and turned up light. Then
] L at hear anything of him for min,
Ute or two, and then he upset something
with crash that just simply shook th'
house. 1 looked to see everybody i'll II
come rushing around right off, but nobody
came at ALL Maybe they were used to
such things, but anyhow they slept
through this.
"Then heard him for some minutes al
work getting off his clothes, and / heard
him drop one shoe, and then for long
time there was perfect stiffness, and then
I heard him snoring. When venturcd to
look in, didn't need my new bullseye;
ne had left his light burning brightly,
end there he was stretched out on the bed
partly clothed and with one shoe still on
and sleeping SO soundly you couldn I
have woke him up without shaking him,
and it would have been hard work at that.
'When l had rounded up his stuff,
found gold watch, pair of diamond
Sleeve buttons, a pretty fair sized diamond
pin and pocketbook with S7l in it. II
| looked as though he carried the wealth OF
the household, and should have missed
him if 1 hadn't dropped my lamp. ]
don't believe in luck, but if did l shoule
certainly think there was luck in that. -
| New York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

The imaginary invalid who fancies h
has had all the diseases in the books or II
least all the interesting ones is not oftcI
an amusing person TO n physician, bE
now and then u valctud:narian of thi
sort affords the faculty a good deal of d,
version.
A man of GO who had been a grumblc
all his life and had long made II practic
of changing his doctors on the slightes
Provocation not long ago called in a younl
physician who had gained considerabl
reputation.
He was telling this doctor what h
thought was the trouble with him, whel
the doctor ventured to disagree with hi
diagnosis.
Il beg your pardon" said the patien
in Il naughty way. at isn't for youns
physician like you to disagree with an OLE
and experienced invalid like mcr'
And he went out to seek another physi
cian.-London Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
EnEELeV p!-AYga cHec%SR as.
While the C=58d 6s Politicians
warmed Their Heels outside.

MY father had II curious experience
with Horace Greeley years ago, " said Mr.
Albert Calt TrlI of St Louis. ''It was in
the lively tines iust preceding t1c Greeley
Grant cam aiga. My father was then
living at Utica, n y, and hccaInc inter-
Cstcd III some political SchGmC-1 don't
know what--ahnut which i; was consider
cd very Important to obtain Mr.. Greeley S
advice. After much consultation he was
sent as Il committee of one to %Cw York
city TO interview the great editor.
"Whcn ne arrived, he found it almost
impossible to secure IN audience. Greeley
was bcSiCreti by an army of all kinds of
peuplc; hi:; party leaders frnm here, there
and everywhere T.Cre constantly tucking
in to holu conferences. The management
of The Tribun" was still on his shoulders,
on top Of everything else, and he iound it
necessary ;-J lar the way TO his Office by Il
corps of undcrIiEgS and secretaries. My
father tried V;,inly for several days to run
this gantlct, and at last he succeeded in
making an appointment lie was greeted
at the hour named by an assistant editor,
who took him aside and strongly i'm
pressed upon him the necessity of stating
his case briefly and plainly.
Gle also limited that Grcclcy's temper
was one of the best and urged him tn con-
sumo as little time us possible. With
these injuncrions in his ear he w;ts ad
mittcd to the inner sanctlm, where he
discovered the editor seated alone at a
large desk For some moments Greeley
paid 10 attention to him, but seemed lost
in thought Then he turned abruptly.
g. 'Aren' t you Il member of the Checker
club at Ctica?' he asked. My father was
greatly startled by the irrelcvancy of the
question and managed to reply that hc
was. 'H-m-lnn said Greeley. Do you
play Il pretty good ganc:' Fair said
| my father, still more astonishCd. AT that
Greeley opened y drawer, took out 4
| checker set and invited my father to ,,
seated. III try you q game now, hC
said
"They played for about two hours,
while the crowd chafcd and clamored out
| side. According to my fathers account,
| they tied, and he Won the rubber. During
| the games Greeley never said q word
about politics, and my father was so in,
| tercstcd and 1 dare say 50 excited by the
novelty of the situation that lie clean for
got his crrand until he was on the train
coming home. He Tcycr saw Greeley
again. a few months later the editor wa:
| dead New Orleans TimCS-DcnOcrat
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
ANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
They Can Eat Their Way Into House
Through Solid Timber.


Professor Dean G. Worcester, in his
book on THE Philippines and Their Pco
ple," has this to say of the ants of the
islands:
A countless horde of tiny red ants in
vaded our premises and refused to decamp
They tunnelcd into our bread overnight
and built nests there, biting our tongues
when we attempted to cat it for breakfast
They crawlcd into the sugar and died
making it necessary for US to skim out tEc
floating corpSes after sweetening ouI
coffee They particularly delighted III
fresh meat and swarned over it until il
looked like solid mass of ants. Not con-
tent with destroying our food, they at
tackled our birdskins which they seemed
to find palatable in spite of the arsenic
with which they were poisoned. Having
obtained very valuable bird just at
night, 1 suspended it by n string from the
center Of the ceiling, thinking they surely
would not find it there The next morn
ing it was completely stripped of feathers.
We put the legs of our tables in dishes OF
water The ants built bridges. We sub
stituted kerosene. They climbed up over
head and dropped down.
The white ants attack wood, paper,
titSltlIttIu' NlOlillIlS, SilpI u,
anything they can gnaw. They avoid tho
light, often eating their way into house
through solid timber, so that their pres
cncc is not suspected until one breaks
through q floor board which they have
followed out or knocks down Il bedpost
with mere touch The creatures work
with astonishing rapidity and will ccme
through the floor and the bottom of a
trunk and reduce its contents to powder
in Il single night.
On our second visit to the archipelago
we left IL part of our baggage at the
United States consulate i'll Manila. Re
turning after n short absence we found
that the white ants had eaten our chests
until they had fallen to pieces of their
own weight, had utterly destroyed our
clothing, had gnuwed the pasteboard
boxes from our cartridges and t.c sacks
from our shot, had ruined our gun wads,
letter paper and books and even eaten the
strings out of the beads intended for trade
with the natives.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03
Making New Shoes Secondhand.

"I knew Il man once" said n man whu
was getting his shoes blackc cd to his neigh
Dor in the next chair, that had IL new
pair Of shoes every week for q year, and
they never cost him IL cent.
"Why, how was that!" the other man
asked.
''IIc used to wear new shoes for Sec
ond hand shoe dealer"
What did he do that for?'
$50 rs to put some signs Of wear on
EN- and make en- secondhand bargains.
1t left 'cm literally as good us new, and
shc dealer could truthfully say that there
was pair Of shoes that had never been
worn half dozen times in the world, and
anybody could sec that that was IL fact.
Blackcd up in good shape, they'd look
slick as could bu and sell us bargain in
fine secondhand shoes and bring about
what such shoes would sell for new."-
New York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

"Stupcndo;:; union stations" says /;
CORES poEt,Gnt cf the Boston Transcript
"arc Il great Disadvantage to Ill" Subur
banitcS. vino ln.S make no u'a of the ur
ion feature and yet constitute 90 per cri.;
Suppose, of the traffic. licra is ;t:iJt!..
point. The scattered stations l.;akr i: i!1:
siblo for persons to E2l;ct suburban hoi::r
OH lines of railroads that tap the city nG'
their place of business. !'his distribute
the congestion OF great city. | have
never understood why p'2plc dJ things Il
make the biggest crowds poSSihl" Vic!
there is nothing more disagrecable tia
being crowded.
"ThcatcrS should distribute their ti:&
of beginning over the widest range p7ss.
bic, so the cars would net h2 oTcrcr1w,..
TO death onc-half hour and emily the -:
of the time. Noon hours in business O.
Establishments should be So distributed II;
make luncheon rooms hit5itaI! | nc,:
not elaborate. OEr whole Ciri.t 0f Inotlc:!
life is toward such ii degree Cf uniformity
i'll everything as to crowd everything '.;:I
leave great blank spices Of time and OPP
portunity."
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

Doctor" said he, Ina Victim Of in
somnia can't sleep if there $ the Las
Eoisc-such as II cat On the back fence, 10,
instance;
This powder will DC elective, " Irrlit.
the physician after compounding !! pre-
scription.
"Whcn do take it, doctor"
"You don't take il; give it to the cut in
little milk. .'-Exclangc
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

A charming instance of logical topsy-
turvydom was related by p. a. Barnett in
his lecture at the College of Prcccptors.
A friend of his was once demonstrating
with laborcr's wife for attempting to
feed an eight months old baby with some
form of herring.
"Do you think l don't know how to
bring up children" replied the indignant
mother. "Why, I've buried ten. Lon
don Chronicles
The aegis & intelligencer., 1899-03-03

Az author, having waited in vain fer Il
check for an accepted puc:m, wrote the ctii-
t.r mildly inquiring about it, The editor
rcI.lird:
DEAR SlE--T;." nia.-a:in2 il dead. 1t co;;ll
not stand cv"ry;liI: :. Il passed pc&cciul,y
away, with YOUR poem CH the front pa." T.:t
>hcr.tt, who is l"n If su.:!c literary abiii: y.
is nu:v wlitin il, o',itvary. The Low j sad
enc. bat we hope /" G.t Gal:il;:rs out of sou.
Atlanta Constitution