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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-11-29
WHEELING INTELLIGENCE
West virginia's Leading
Family and Political
Newspaper.

Tue IsTELLIGsScER, which il now In the forty
ninth year Of its life will not only retain all the
good features 1t has been noted for, but will
add many new and attractive ones As good
as II has been IL will be better, striving TO
maintain Its reputation OF being fearless but
fair The year 1901 will undoubtedly be
signalizod with settlement Of the Philippine
ana other questions growing out Of the Spanish.
American war The proceedings of Congress
will be intensely interesting, as there has been
large gain In the Republican major ty in both
branches. Above all other interests will be
the redistricting of the state. both COMPRESSION.
al and legislative, by the Republican legislature
which meets In January, besides the selection
Of United States senator.
IHE IsrELneEScER Is distinct:vely news
paper of the people aud the home IL stand !
for the uplifting and education of all, for the
progress and advancement Of the material and
moral interests Of the sta e, ard IL IL SO
equipped with the Associated Press franchise
and a competent stan that the Q is nothing OF
moment that transpires in the world that Its
readers will rot be advised Of
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-11-29

Columbus, o., Nov. aa.-The
official election figures given out at
the Secretary of States Office yester-
day show remarkable fact that
William j. Bryan received identi-
cally the same number of votes in
Ohio that he received four years
ago. His vote this year was Ala,
$50, exactly the same number OF
votes for him in 1896. This is
without parallel in the elections
of Ohio, and, it is believed, of the
United States.
At the close of the registration in
the various cities of the state an es-
innate was made of the total vote
that would be cast. That estimate
was 1850, 900, and was based on the
registration in the cities. The Off
cial figures show that the total vote
was just 800 votes less than the es-
innate made.
The total OH the lowest three
presidential candidates was as fol-
lows:
Malloney, Socialist Labor, 1850;
Barker, Peoples, ISL; Debs, Social
Democrat, 1885.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State Of West Virginia:
Al rules held IN the Clerks Office of IN.
circuit Court for the county of Preston. ON
inc hrst Monday in November. 1900.
Jesse Spurgin
VS.. = In rha,~.x..
Lucian Spurgin
I The object of this suit Is TO subject the
real estate OF the defendant. Lucian spur
GIN to the paymedt of the PLAINTIFFS iude
men's in the bill and proceedings men
toned.
And IL appearing from an affidavit filed In
said cause that the defendant I.ncian
Spurgin. is not resident OF this State. on
motion OF the plaintiff IL Is ordered that The
said defendant be required to appear
within one month after the date Of the FRS,
tuoifcation of this order and do what js
necessary to protect his interests. II is
further ordered that this order be nnb'
'shed ana posted as required by law.
copy-Teste:
John w. WATsoN. Clerk
fuoiished first time. November 8 1000
Attest: w Watson. Clerk
=. j.. Crogan. Counsel for plaintiff.
III At ~ 7y)
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An 0dgllQI Proclamation.

Governor G.. w. Atkinson has
issued his annual Thanksgiving
proclamation and it is on original
lines, as it is done in poetry. 1t is
as follows
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
In all Christian Lands, every year,
for generations past, one day is set
apart as day of Thanksgiving to
Almighty God for His beneiactions
to mankind. Therefore, I, George
w. Atkinson, governor of the State
of West Virginia, do call upon all
of our people, within the limits of
the State to observe
THURSDAY, Nov. soth, 1900,
for the furtherance of this com
mendable custom and / request as
many as can conveniently do so, to
assemble together in places dedica-
ted to public worship, that God
may be glorilied and honored for
His unnumbered kindnesses and
~'~' "hAeh ilC has DcStOWcu
upon us.
To God we raise our hearts in praise,
And of Ills mercies sing;
In prayer we bow before His throne.
To Him our troubles bring.
Our faith in Him is one.
For peace and plenty, JOY and rest.
Thanksgiving here we raise,
In public aud in private place
His mercies we now praise
Our trust in Him is one.
Years and cycles come and go.
And roll for ever on
Adown the corridors OF time,
Gods will, not ours be done.
Our hope in Him IS one.
Done at the city Of Charleston, this I'd
day OF November, in the year of our Lord,
1900, aud of the State tn. thirty eighth.
g. w. ATKINSON.
BY the Governor
WM. NJ. o. DAWSON,
Secretary of State.
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ana from the roof OF his barn. lie
had looked at il at MONDAY and
squinted at il at midnight and had
come to one unaltcrable conclusion
he wanted the fgger OF gilt
angel to finish OFF that tower, and
he wanted that angel to be p'itin
upwards, same as on gravestone he
saw in Buffalo. The angel would
signify the goodness of Jericho, and
strangers would no longer stop and
raise a row because they couldn't
git glass of beer or find anybody
to take a hand az poker. Her
p'intin upward would be an object
lesson TO the Sunday school chill
dren. and the sight of her would
calm the feclin's of a man about to
lick his wife.
There was howl of derision as
Elisha sot down, and the deacon
said that no pint had bin made.
He was deacon Of the church and
a good man, but he'd never consent
to hist gilt angel on top of the
town hall. She might pint upwards
or downwards or any other way.
but angels didn't belong on towers
He called on Beverly Jones fur his
views, and Beverly jumped up and
declared himself in favor of the
American eagle. If rooster sig
nitied grit and independence, an
eagle signified all that and dozen
things more. An eagle stood for
liberty, freedom and equal rights.
1t was the emblem of glorious re-
public. It's wings sheltered the
helpless as well as the strong, and
its soft cooin lulled the infant to
sleep, while its scream sent the
father to the field of battle to tight
fur the grandest principles of man
kind. 1t was a rattlin speech, full
OF redhot patriotism, and Deacon
Spooner said that Daniel Webster
never approached it in his palmiest
days. 1t didn't affect the other
factions, however. They stuck out
fur the gilt ball, the rooster, the
compass p'ints. and the angel, and
each one declared he'd fight to the
bitter end.
As compromise, Jim Shorely,
who didn't care what they put up,
moved fur gilt goat. and Abraham
Scott, who was goin to move away
and had lost all interest, moved fur
a monkey, but they was hoo;ed
down and everybody began to jam
his elbows around and call every
body else hog. There was every
sign that the mee,in would break up
in free fight, when there comes a
flash and an awful clap of thunder,
and at'the same time Lish Billings
walked in to git out of the storm.
Deacon Spooner appealed to him to
save the honor of Jericho by bringin
about harmony, and Lish looked
around and replied
GAS | understand it, this crowd
is divided as to what shall ornament
the top of the city hall tower ?D
That's it yelled everybody.
'And you've bin jawin and
speechifyin fur the last three hours
without settlin on anything7 WAL,
l don't see no use of any more bein
said"
"But what's your idea, Lish ?"
asked the deacon.
only idea is that that fust thun-
derbolt Knocked your blamed old
tower into a Continental cooked
hat, and that you kin save your
breath to pick up the slivers for
kindlin wood"
And the crowd rushed out and
found that Lish was krect.
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bin a good deal OF discussion as to
what should finish off that tower.
Some struck fur gilt ball, some
fur rooster, some fur crossbars
with the p'ints of the compass on
'em. The town. board wanted 10
please the majority, and a meetin
was called one night last week to
settle what the thing should be-
Nobody realized how intense the
feelin was till the meetin opened.
Squar' Joslyn headed the gilt ball
party, and he got up and spoke fur
IS minits without stoppin to wipe
the sweat off the back of his neck
He started in $50 years b. c. and
come slippin down to now like soft
soap glidin down the cellar stairs
He contended that a gilt ball on the
top of tower had allus bin con
sidered an emblem of innocence.
1t would be the fust thing a stranger
would look fur when enterin the
town of Jericho. If he saw that
gilt ball, he'd put up at the tavern
and feel safe and go away speakin
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NorIcE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To MATILDA Corr /,

10 MATILDA Corr:
Take notice. that | shall, On the re, day
OF December. 1000 at the Office of w q
Brown. in Kingwood Preston county. West
Virginia between the honrs OF a. m and
o p. IN. oil mat day proceed to take the
dispositions of myself and others 10 he read
as evidence on my behalf. in a certain suit
in equity pending in the Circuit Court of
Preston county. West Virginia. wherein
you are defendant and am plaintiff.
And II from any cause the taking of the
said dispositions be not commenced on Thar
day. or II commenced and not Concluded
on that day. the taking of the same will be
continued from day to day and from time
to time, at the same hours. until the same
shall be completed.
w. g. Brown. Counsel.
Kingwood, Nov. 2. 1000. ct 81 ao1
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Mr.. BOWSER'S
TRlBULATIONS.
Things Were All Wrong, but He
Righted Them in His Usual
Way.
He Has Scrap and Gets Badly
Knocked Out.

was 10 minutes late. This
~ was such an unprecedented
thing that he looked at Mrs.
Bowser for an explanation, and she
proceeded to say:
"You see, the butcher was little
late in sending the steak, but it
may not happen again in years"
"Late, was he ?" growled Mr..
Bowser as the blood flew to his
face. "What time did you order
that steak ?"
cat ) o'clock"
"And having three hours in which
to fill your order, the butcher was
10 minutes late This is a matter
to be inquired into. If that
butcher thinks he can play fast and
loose with me, I'll show him he's
greatly mistaken. He was probably
off at ball game or horse race,
and he didn't care whether his
customers had dinner or not"
al don't think it will happen
again." said Mrs. Bowser in a voice
calculated to soothe, and just then
dinner was announced.
During the meal she sought to
divert Mr.. Bowser's mind from the
butchers slip, but, the more he
thought of 1t the madden he got. 1t
was also unfortunate that the
bakers boy had been late with the
bread and that they had to
economic with the butter because
the dairyman hadn't got around.
'In other words" said Mr..
Bowser as he rose up before his
dinner was half finished, "you'd let
these people run your house instead
of running it yourself. Do you
suppose they would dare dilly daily
around if | gave them an order 7?
What they need is waking up, and
I'll go out and wake them !"
She followed him up stairs to the
hatrack and suggested that he let
her enter complaint on the morrow,
but he clapped on his hat with a
bang and replied
I'll do nothing of the kind. 1
want them to understand who they
are dealing with. Because you are
woman who'll put up with any
thing and everything it doesn't fol-
low that folks can sit on my coat
tails. You listen for a racket"
The cat had followed them up.
and he bumped his back and
guFgled at thought OF the fun ahead.
Mr.. Bowser had only one block 10
20 to find the butcher. He was re-
ceiyed with smile, but the smile
faded as he shouted
"And so my dinner must wait an
hour and half because you didn',
get home from the races Do you
think | will stand any such tom.
foolery as this ?"
"My delivery boy fell and broke
his arm, and I had to deliver the
orders myself" explained the
butcher 81 vas about 10 minute,
behind at your house, but under IN,
circumstances hope you will over.
look it,"
w'll overlook nothing / wan
my house run on a system. II yot
can't run your shop on a system,
and better system than this, you'd
better get out"
Then the butcher got mad and
said he knew bis business, and All
about systems, and Mr.. Bowser aol
mad and said be doubted il. and
they had a war Of words which So
scared an old woman after 10 cent,
worth Of cows liver that she had
bad attack Of palpitation. Mr..
Bowser was in good trim for the
dairyman, and he walked in on him
with eyes flashing and ears working
and demanded
Are you in business to accom-
modaie the public or yourself? A
nice state Of affairs that you should
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well of the town.
If he didn't, he'd
set the folks down
as vicious and des-
perate aud drive on
to Tarrytown or
Dobbs Ferry. The
Squar' wanted that
ball as big as a
pumpkin, and he
wanted real gold
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-11-29
WASTED ELooueNcE.
A Lot Of Jericho Oratory that
Counted for Kaught.
Pap Perkins, the Postmaster, Tells
Why the Discussion Over Ornament.
Ing the Top OF the Town Hall Tower
Was Abruptly Ended
4 ERIcHo has bin

I'll EKICHO has BIN
~ buildin a town
hall fur the last
six years. 1t was 10
hev a tower in the
middle, and there has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30

Standard time has so long been in use
by the country generally that a report of
a discussion by the Common Council and
citizens of Detroit as to the propriety OF
adopting it comes like an echo from the
dark ages. The character of the discussion
indicates, too. that the remnants of those
ages still lingering in that city are uncom-
monty dark. An effort having been made
by some residents of belated enterprise to
secure a change, opposition developed and a
public meeting was called for the presen-
tation of arguments for and against the
boring element, which was represented by
several aldermen. One of these advanced
the pious proposition that. as Detroit time
was established by the Creator, it was
good enough and ought to answer perma-
nently. Another held that so serious a mat
ter ought to be submitted to a vote of the
people for decision at the coming Novem-
Der election, but this was opposed by the
advocates of the change on the ground that
in so short a time the necessary campaign
VI c0QCdtlOu COuiQ HUI Dc COluuClCQ ai0
the measure would be defeated.
AS the discussion progressed 1t developed
that what the labor aldermen feared was
hat the setting back of the clocks half an
hour woul lengthen the working day that
much, or, perhaps, twice that ~much-there
was an uncertainty on this point-and cur
tail the period of recreation proportion
ately. Although friends of the reform
carefully explained that the running time
of factories could be so adjusted as to In
clude precisely the same number of hours
as now, the champions of labor continued
to regard the proposed tampering with the
sole advantage of corrupt corporations.
Railroads had initiated the agitation for
standard time. and the gas and electric
light companies would be the chief gamers
being. apparently. that when night came
half an hour earlier by the clocks, lights
would be turned on accordingly. The Coun-
cilmanic committee then resolved to go to
Cleveland to see how standard time
worked, and there the matter stands.
Detroit is to be congratulated on it's eff
fort, tardy though it be, to catch up with
the procession. but until it can change it's
zens: Backward. turn backward. o time
just half an hour-is likely to be sung in
a hopelessly minor key.
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GENERAL HowARD,s EXAMPLE.

Those who are opposing the canteen as a
part of the post exchange in the army
have been telling the public that General o.
o. Howard, retired major general. was and
is opposed TO the canteen. In this instance
they told the truth. His judgment was
against the experiment. and he repeated his
opposition in all of his reports. General
Howard is a strict temperance man who
believes in prohibition. 1t is probable that
his judgment is against the canteen at the
present time. Now, if those who have been
applauding General Howard and commend
ing his views to the public and asking the
people to oppose the army canteen because
General Howard does. are consistent. they
will do as General Howard is now doing,
namely, working for the reelection of
President Mckinley. Indeed. there is no
more earnest supporter of the President
than is this retired army officer. He has
been on the stump in West Virginia and in
Nebraska urging the reelection of Mr.. Nc
Kinley as a patriotic duty. 1t is hoped he
Will have a week in Indiana later on.
A man OF large experience, with patriotic
purpose, General Howard is able to see
that there are vastly more important is
sues before the country than the post ex-
change, in which limited quantities of beer
and wine are sold to enlisted men. He lost
a son fighting for the flag in the Philip
pines. He believes in the flag which he has
followed since 1854. and in the defense of
which he gave his right arm at Fair Oaks.
Va, In 1862. He believes in the flag be-
cause to him 1t is the insignia of the best
human government in the world. and be-
cause. wherever 1t goes, liberty. justice, or
der and education follow it. AS he did not
leave the army in 1s61-65 because camp
followers prowled after it and its flag, so
he does not now desert it and its COM
mander-in-chief because the traffic common
TO this country, which he d~etests, is not
cast out in the Philippines. AS a native
of a prohibition State and a resident of an
other he does not believe hat total alb
st.nence can be promoted by having sneaks
enter banquet halls to see If wine is served
out and II the President partakes of 1t. or
prowl about the apartments of the Presi-
dent in Chicago 10 report IL walters take
champagne thither. regardless of the fact
that 1t is ordered for an invalid wife. As
a man taught to tell the truth he does not
believe that a good cause can be promoted
by systematic falsehood and vftuperation.
In no sense is General Howard a profess
sional politician He has nothing to ask
Of those in power. Seventy years Of age.
he is sacrificing his ease to promote the
election Of william Mckinley q the best
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

She is a poor woman who has not one
club to spare-The Bacillus of Beauty.
The human heart is incapable of bestow-
ing ~unadulterated pity: there must be some
contempt in 1.-THE Isle of Unrest.
He had that air of waiting without ex-
pectancy which is assuredly the dungeon
mark, and a moral mourning worn for dead
Hope.-The Isle of Unrest.
II am not used to joy" she said. Per
haps IL we ever get TO heaven our first inn
pulse will be to run back again TO purga-
tory. where we are more at home-"-Rob-
ert Orange
Unselfshness and pity Turk. often unsus-
pected. in the hearts of all women, and
when these feelings are at work We wonder
at their magnanimity and practical views.
The West End.
People were less reckless in the old days
when they had perpetualiy before their
eyes the vision Of a hair-trigger God. al
ways cooked and ready TO shoot II they
crossed the line OF ~duty--The Bacillus OF
Beauty.
Farm life can never be entirely monoto-
nous to a woman II she takes into her
heart the many creatures Of the farm and
gives them that maternal interest that Is
always near the surface OF any really wom-
anly nature. BY habit. a. well IS by In
stinct. q woman takes to young creatures.
and e she helps to minister to their wants