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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20

'HE ARGUS Is going TO be very interest
ing this winter We have a number Of
features that will make the paper SO valua.
Die that you can't get along without H. Only
One Dollar per Year, go Cents for Six
Months, or 75 Cents for Three. Cash in
Advance. II you are not taking it try IL
awhile and IL it is not worth the price, we
will refund your money.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20
We note from an exchange lhal

VIC h0Ie Tom an cNchangc That
The Pennsylvania Steel Company, which
has immense iron works at Stcclion. Pa =,
has notified ns 6ooo workmcn that their
wages are 10 be reduced 10 per cent, begin.
ming with January ist. This is not the sort
Of prosperity that these citizens Of Penn
sylyania voted for few weeks ago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20

Trains Daily except sunday.
No persons carried on any other than
the trains named above and stops only at
stations designated a. MARTIN
Gen'l gupf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20
WEST BOUND.

No IS. fast train west in the evening will
stop at Tunnelton for passengers.
No. II is the regular accommodation going
west and stops at all stations.
Trains marked s, stop regularly, and trains
marked +, are flag stations. other trains do not
stop. JIM. SCHRYvKH,
ten. Passenger Agent
ID. ID. MARTIN, Manager Passenger rrafic.
a. j. BoSAFIgLD. Ag't az Tunnelton
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20

The now FLYER No. IG. leaves Grafton at
$40 y. m. and Is due at Terra Alta at
$40; the only stop In the county, and Oakland
$3.50. No. az Is the accommodation and stops at
ali stations.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20

the promotion of trade among
all the states and nations OF the
western hemisphere aud In
the establishment of more cordial
relations among all the people
OF the western world
MARK BENNIrT
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20
n.: TIL. Peach. 81. so g. 20. IS.
UIlFDV I0IV' g. g. Apple. Stand
PllhhN HIN ard and Dwarf Pear
u pluff, u

$40 Si2. St3, SIS per 100 trees. We have
everything in small Fruit Plants Ornamen-
tails, etc. at lowest prices. You CAN'T GET
BETTER AT ANY PRICE OR As GOOD for less
money Pleased patrons in every section
oil the u. ). OUR REFERENCES are the peo-
pie that have been dealing th us for the
past W years. Write TO us and IL YOU will
mention this paper we will send you free
our special wholesale price list Address
The Co-Operative Nursery and Orchard
Co. Charleston, w. Va. Box AS.
SALESMEN;-W have a proposition by
which you can make good money. Our
plan for agents is different from that of any
other Nursery concern. Send us 2oc for
two complete ca,alogs and proposition
I2i-oo
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-12-20
2. M O. TINE TABLE.
Taking Effect Nov. 25th, 1900.
EAST BOUND.

EAST BOUND.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
WANT AMERICAN FLOUR.
In the Course Of . Few Years siberia
VIII he . Splendid Market for
Our Product

William Mitchell Bunker. an Ameri-
can travelling in Siberia. writes: I'VE
never saw large loaves Of bread until
we reached Blagovestchensk. The
bakers made them round and square.
Eighteen inches square or two feet
across are the popular sizes with the
peasants. Siberian -four is inferior,
very inferior, and to strike an average
II is mixed with American -four. After
seeing these loaves and seeing Siberi-
ans eat them, the Siberian demand for
American -four is no mystery. The
soldiers are nearly all big fellows, and
was SO favorably impressed with
their rugged appearance that | asked
Russian officer to name their rations.
The soldier gets daily 'hree-quarters
of a pound of meat, three pounds of
bread. porridge and cabbage soup, and
tea or tap. When maneuvering his
portion of meat is increased to one
pound. So the army also assists in de-
creasing the visible supply Of -four and
increasing the demand for the Ameri-
Cuu piOuuSt.
''The Siberian consumption OF -four
astonishes even after one has seen the
sacks stacked at Vladivostock. Every
boat and junk leaving that port. and
every craft leaving Nicolaievosk, the
great distributing point at the mouth
Of the Amur river, carries to the in
terror -four brought from the Pacific
coast. and every steamer stopping at
village or woodpile leaves sacks of
flour. At Khabarovik we were puz-
sled at the floury appearance Of steam
ers, barges and boats and the whitened
clothes Of roustabouts and teamsters.
Our journey on the Amur river solved
the problem. The steamers dropped
flour every few hours, and peasants
who came to the riverside brought for
sale loaves of bread, as we'll us milk
and eggs. And the demand for -four
must keep pace with the growth of the
Siberian population"
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thu, giving to consumers the benefit
of this reduced cost OF production.
While the combinations in some cases
result in a reduction in the number
of employees, the report states that
at is considered by many to be an
unavoidable condition of progress
and only temporary hardship which
like that resulting from the intro
duction of new machinery, will ulti-
mately result n a greater gain"
The Commission suggests certain
legislation requiring greater public
ity regarding the profits and general
business management of trusts, which
will insure proper competition and
to prevent excessive prices and pro-
fits. The report significantly adds
that "experience proves that indrs-
trial combinations have become fix
lures of our business life ; that power
for evil should be destroyed and
their means for good preserved"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
The gold standard in Japan has

The gold standard in Japan has
proven a success. An official re-
port OH this subject by the Minister
of Finance, Count Matsukata, has
Just reached Washington, and it
states in explicit terms that the ex-
pertinent has been extremely salts
factory, both in its relations to the
internal and foreign trade, and es-
pecially in its relations to labor, the
permanent standard of value and the
evidence of fluctuations which it fur
nishes. The report says that, leav-
ing out of account the questions con-
cerning the effect on foreign trade, it
can be very clearly seen that prices
since the adoption of the gold stand
ard, have kept comparatively even,
with fluctuations remarkably slight
and the relations between the claims
of the creditor and the liability of
the debtor less subject to unexpected
changes, and as result the way has
opened for the steady and orderly
growth of commerce and industry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
THE VELVET BEAN.

peas and usually three or four are found
in each pod. The pods are short and
stout, nearly black in color and covered
with coat OF velvety hairs. The velvet
bean belongs to the same family as the
cowpea. 1t is legume or leguminous
plant, and. like the cowpea, the velvet
bean is renovating plant, having the
power to enrich the land on which it
grows.
In any comparison Of velvet beans
with cowpeas as renovating crop,
there is one point in which velvet
beans are conspicuously superior.
When frost comes the vines and leaves
settle down together in such u way
that the force of falling rain Is broken
and the network of vines is so complete
that the leaves, the most valuable por-
tion, cannot be blown or washed away.
With cowpeas the case is somewhat diff
ferent, the bare stems standing erect
and affording no means Of retaining the
leaves in place. On the other hand, bet
ter implements are required to turn un-
der vines of the velvet beans than to
plow under cowpea vines. 1t Is not ad-
visable to attempt TO grow this bean in
the north.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been allie to cure in all it's stages,
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon tho mu
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers, that they Of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure Send for
testimonials. Address,
F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the beat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08

The Democratic theory that trusts
are in some way attributable to the
protective tariff has received a severe
blow from an official report just re-
ceived by the State Department from
Frank w. Mahin in Austria, VINO
says that there is a marked tendency
in that country toward formation of
trusts; that hat makers, paper fac
tories, sugar manufacturers, shoe
manufacturers, makers of knit gloves,
ETC., are combining to reduce ex-
penses, and that the great corpora
ton formed at Buda Pesth is arquir-
ing possession of the gas plants
through Hungary. These combina-
tions are new, having been formed
in the past year, but there are also
numerous older combinations, which
have all the characteristics of Amer
lean trusts. He adds that Mt is
worthy of note that Austria-Hun-
gary has no protective tariff, except
on a very few articles, such as cigars
and tobacco, for instance, the tariff
in which is a Government monop-
oly."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
REV CHARLES M. SHELDON.

Beginning next Monday Rev.
Chas. NJ. Sheldon of Topeka, Kan
sas, will edit tor six days, The Daily
Topeka "Capital" in accordance
with TIE ideas expressed in his book,
or as Christ would do it. The read
ers of the Posr will remember Chas.
NJ. Sheldon as the author of the
great religious story, In His Steps
that was running in the PosT from
August to February. In the book
Rev. Sheldon laid down some plans
for running newspaper that wonld
meet Christ's approval and the man
ayers of the Capital have offered the
entire plant to Mr.. Sheldon to run
it for six days in accordance with
the query, "What Would Jesus Do"
The Posr has copy of the Topeka
Capital issued a few weeks ago and
as we have ordered this special edl-
ton of Mr.. Sheldon's paper, we
will give the readers of the Posi- an
idea of the difference between the
publishers edition of the Capitatand
Mr.. Sheldon's edition.
Mr.. Sheldon has won world
wide reputation by writing the look
Mn His Steps," The book has been
read by six million people in all
parts Of the globe. While Mr.. Shell
don's reputation has been made by
ain His Steps,, he has number of
other writings that equal, if not sur
pass, his former efforts. "The CRU
cifxion ofPhilip Strong" and "Robt.
Hardy's Seven Days" are two ofhis
master pieces either of which would
give him a world wide reputation.
The readers of the Posi- have shown
such keen appreciation of "In His
Steps" that we shall secure some
more of Sheldon's works for publ
cation in the Post. We will give
further announcements later.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
He Knew the Sex.

II understand you have consented &c
your daughters marriage to that
young Swiftpacs," said the old friend.
II have" replied the father.
II guess you don't know the young
man." suggested the old friend. point.
eily.
ION the contrary, know all about
him." answered the father, land a,sc
know all about my daughter and few
things about the sex in general. II |
had refused my consent ten to one she
would have married him anyway. hut.
having given it. the odds are easily ten
to five that she will tire of him and
throw him over before they have even
set the day for the wedding."-Chicago
Post.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08

THOSE applying for the position
of census enumerator do not seem 10
be aware that there is en- examina-
ton which all have to take. This
is done by blanks submitted which
mus: be filled out by the applicant
in his own handwriting. The vari-
GUS supervisors in the State havehad
much trouble and about nineteenth
of the applications are being rejected.
In Chester County, for instance, OF
a dozen test schedules sent out by
Supervisor Talbot not one was filled
in correctly, and the applicants, sew
eral of whom were school teachers,
did answer 40 per cent. of the ques-
tions satisfactorily. 1t looks as
though much difficulty will be ex-
perienced in securing competent EMU
mtrators, as the requirements OF the
oy, ....sirare very sevare.> re-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
Carele.sness 1. Expensiye.

We are constantly hearing Of patches
of butter brought into the market in
such condition that it has to sell far
of the regular price to be disposed Of
at all. Butter poorly packed, poorly
salted and poorly worked, is no uncom-
mon sight. In many cases the butter
would have been good If properly treat
Cd. Over It all seems to be written the
word "carelessness." To this word
might be added the word Ignorance"
and the whole truth would be out.
More study and more applications OF
the lessons learned are necessary IT
butter is to bring the price 1t should in
the market.-Farmers' Review.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
Thursday, March 8, 1900.

"PooR old Jones, the grocer, died
early this morning. said the village
editors better half. "Iiuh I" en-
claimed the local opinion molder,
"he's been dead for years"
"Been dead for years." echoed the
astonished wife. "Why, what do
you mean ~
"Just whist | said.' replied the
v.e. "Any man in business who
doesn't advertise is dead one."-
Chicago Nems.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08

A very large number of people
read with amusement and interest
Rollin Lynde Hartt's acute articles
on the New England Hill Town
in the Atlantic Monthly last year.
He follows these articles with a
series of papers called the 'Regen-
Grafton of Rural New England" in
"The Outlook" the first being pub
lished in the March Magazine Num-
ber. Here he attempts to present a
constructive theory for the improve
ment of such New England towns.
(S3 a year. THE OUTLOOK CON-
PANY, New York;
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
To the Deaf.

A rich lady, cured other Deafness
and Noises in the Head by DIR.
Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums,
gave $4,000 to his Institute, 50
that deaf people unable to procure
the Ear Drums may have them free.
Address No. 1O327 The Nicholson
Institute, 7SO, Eighth Avenue, New
York. 1-25-ly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
COUNTY CULLINGS.

+. f. Hilbish held his l96th
horse sale at Freeburg last Friday.
A mar can live without, taking
local paper, but he soon becomes Il
back number.
The accounts of the Tax Collector,
Supervisors and Overseers of the
Poor will be audited on Monday,
March II.
The coat of Harry Reed was
caught by Il belt in the Shoe Factory
at Sclinsgrove, and he was whirled
once around the shaft, but the gar
ment tore off and he escaped with
his life.
VIM. Gutelius and family of near
New Berlin spent Il day with the
formers brother, n. c., Il. kreamer
last week. They took the train and
moved to kittanning, Armstrong
Co., where he intends to work at his
, trade (coachnaking.2
Rev. Simon Aurand OF York Co.,
brother of Perry Aurand, preached
very interesting sermon in the
kreamcr school building ON the cv-
cning of Washlngton's Birthday.
The citizens of that place are alway.
glad to have him come there.
About a hundred feet of Schnure's
dam across PENIS creek, at the Isle
of Que Mill was caried away by
the ice on Sunday Il week. This
break will stop the mill until the
dam is repaired, which owing to the
high water and the inrlement wealth
cr, can not be repaired until milder
weather and the chill is taken out of
the water.
On Monday afternoon OF last week
when Rev. George W. Genszler was
returning from the Baker cemetery,
after the intermeut OF Mrs. Susan
Fisher, he was thrown out of the
buggy and had his scalp lacerated'
We are pleased to be able to state
that he was not more seriously in
jured. Paul Boyer who was in the
buggy with him was also slightly
injured in one of his limbs. The
buggy was almost completely de-
molished.
Last Thursday one of tSelinsgrove's
oldest citizens, Mr.. Frederick Gun
drum, passed his Ssth birthday and
entered his S9th. On Friday while
we were canvassing the town among
the republicans-we called upon oul
old friend and found him busily en-.
gagged at his loom weaving carpet
The old veteran informed us that
the work did not 90 as well as i,
once did, but that he is enabled tc
earn something by it. Mr.. Gun
drum is stalwart Republican ant
in his life voted at fourteen Presi.
dental elections and nineteen Gov
ernors' elections. In allthese years
ne never missed a general election
Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
Soda a. q Fertilizer.

Where the potash supply is limited,
the soda is useful to certain plants
either as direct plant food or Indirect
ly by virtue of its liberating potash
from the soil. as demonstrated at the
Rhode Island station. The results at
hand have not yet shown definitely
whether or not It Is profitable to in
tentionally limit the potash supply
enough to make the soda act, nor can
conclusions be drawn a. to the direct
manurial action Of the soda until the
analysis Of the material Il completed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
PORT TREVERTON.

Geo. Rine spent Sunday with his
best.
VIM. Schrawder left tor Philadel-
phia Monday.
Banks Reichenbach spent few
days with his sisters.
w. G. Neitz, ournotcd baber, has
built himself a new chair.
w. =. Noll was called to Steelton
on Friday to view the remains OF his
sister.
1t is expected that W. Geist will
be our next proprietor at the Ferry
House.
Windy Bingaman received a new
position on Monday to steer the
steamboat.
J. G. Neitz and S. Herrold are
making an addition to X. Rother-
me's house.
The Evangelical conference has
appointed Jas. S. Boyer to this place
for the coming year.
We are sorry to see Mr.. Fenster-
macher leave us, for he has always
done his duty as far as we know.
Henry Hoover spent few days
ON the right bank of the Susque-
hanna in the fore part Of the week.
G. H. Hoffman, S. p. Steffen's as
sistant hostler, made a trip in the
country to gather up produce last
Thursday. "
Nibrey is studying to become a
detective. His first case was to find
Garley's calves which he lost Satur-
day evening.
Pharus Schambach of Middle
burg and Isaac Schambach of In
diana were visiting'at n. f. Scham-
bach's Sunday.
The ferry at this place almost
came to u standstill in the forepart
of last week owing to the fact that
the ferryman was on the dry-dock.
Miss Stella Troutman and her
friend, Miss Messenger, of New Ber-
lin, are visiting the formers parents
who moved to this place several
months ago.
Judge thinks that gas lights are
becoming monotonous since all the
stores have them besides Trout
mans. Judge, you are all right,
but Katy don't think so.
Nine of the leading society of our
town and five of Selinsgrove spent
Ian enjoyable time at the sociable
which was given by Miss Martha
Snyder of Seliusgrove on Saturday
evening. OF course her friend,
Arthur, was present. All the de-
licies of the season were served. AT
a late hour they all went home.
: The "Sheeney" while making his
regular trip from Shamokin Dam to
our place on Sunday morning, had
the misfortune of breaking his buggy
while coming through the narrows.
He thought the only thing he could
do would be to get off and walk.
When he left Sunbury, he did not
think that his name would be Walk
er before he would get home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
THE Labor Commission, createt

The Labor Commission, created
by the last Congress, which has de-
voted a good share of its work to an
investigation of trusts, has Just pre-
sented its report on that interesting
subject. 1t finds that great combi-
nations of capital fer manufacturing
purposes undoubtedly reduce the cost
Of production, and that competition
between great organizations has a
tendency to prevent excessive profit,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
what do the Children Drink?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN.O9 Its delicious and nour-
ishing and takes the place of coffee.
The more Grain o you give the chill
dren the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain'O is
made OF pure grains, aud when prop
erly prepared tastes like the choicest
grades OF coffee, but COSTS about az
much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
A Mans Idea,

He-Before q girl gets married she
likes to compare bear to q man be-
cause he can hug.
Shells that SO?
"And after she's married, because she
can make him dance."-Yonkers States-
man.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
Republican Standing Committee.

Adams--C. +. Bingaman, }. ID. Sipe'
Beavcr--A. W. Musscr, Calvin Drecse:
Beaver W Fred > Gundrum. Thos Herbster.
CentHe--Allen Boyer, l.. A. slime.
Chapman =. A. Troup, &. ii: Cpdegrove'
FrnnsIin--M L. Walter, ii. L. Bolender.
IJsckson--J. Harvey Mover. q. A. Brouse.
Middleburg- Edwin Charles, Frank Reitz
Middlecreek- John 5. Meiser, Geo. Z stuck
Monroe--W. l.. Young, Peter Young.
Penn-A. X. Smith, Geo VI. wilmer.
perry-Irwin Boyer " o. Smith
Perry W.T.. r. Graybill, G. ;. Spriggic
Selinsgrove--J A. Lumbard, Coca Livingston
Spring-G. VI. Smith, John \. Rcigcl.
Union--Jacob Stahl, C. ID. Bogar
Washjngton-John NJ. Meyer w. +. Roush.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
@VIo J
I |fARr\&4G|lARlE!M!!!: !!!!
s1s:,7A!s:::ss,M,,s, }.?SaS:ws'''
THE VELVET BEAN.
A. q Renovating Crop II Has Some
Advantages Over the COwpea.
Which u Resembles.

A bulletin of the Alabama expert
meut station says: The velvet bean
(Mucuna utilis) is plant which. in
general appearance Of leaves and
stems, is nearly similar to the run
ming varieties Of cowpeas. The vines
attain great lengths. a growth OF
20 fee, being usually made and much
greater lengths being sometimes at
tained. The beans are larger than cow
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
A Good Suggestion.

Miss Youngbride-I have not the
slightest idea how the wedding service
begins. I'll hive to look 1t up.
Her Intended (glancing with admira-
ton at the wedding gifts)-Why not
start. of: "Know all men by these
esents!"-Harlem Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
Its Protective Feature.

"Ruggles, If had such a cough az
that l should do something for it,"
THAT cough, Whiggins, is indis-
pensable. When life insurance agent
calls to see me turn it on and he never
stays longer than about three minutes"
Chicago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
AccOuntIng for II.

Walton-l assure you. sir. that some
Of the best fish stories are never told.
Calton-Yes; suppose fishermen are
occasionally drowned.-Judge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-08
She Meant Business.

Maude-Did Jack kiss you when
you accepted him?
Clara-Certainly. wouldn't con-
slider any but sealed proposals.-Chi-
caCo Daily News.