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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

The administration this week de
cided that Minister Conger should
remain in China and represent the
interests Of this country until some
sort Of settlement IS reached. This
decision was largely brought abou,
by the published interview with
special envoy w. w. Rockhill Civ
ing views antagonis;ic 10 those held
by the administration. ROckhill
has denied the authenticity Of the
interview, but it is not believed that
the denial will save him from a
speedy recall Although stated in
the most positive terms at tho State
Department that nothi lg is officially
known Of the replies Of the powers
to Russia's proposal for the evacua
ton Of Pckin, there is plenty Of
evidence in sight that the admins.
tration knows the nature Of those
answers, whether it knows officially
or unoficially that il is, in fact,
acting upon that knowledge. Long
messages we're received this week
from Minister Conger and Gen.
Cha6ee The latter was made pub
lie but not the former
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

The Designer for October, pub.
lished by the Standard Fashion
Company, is one Of the most at
tractive magazines Of the month as
regards fashions, literary features
and illustrations. This number con
tains three choice short stories, also
a bright little comedietta. Among
the especially interesting features
may be mentioned October Flori-
culture" "A Halloween Supper
Party" "Health aud Beauty" hints
on Nervousness" screens and
How 10 Make Them" "The X Kinder
gartcn in the Home" etiquette. 4"
Nursery Lore" "Iousehold Ad-
vice" and recipes for making
"Pickle Preserves and Iellies. -
Besides these there are numerous
designs for tatting, crochet and
other fancy work; Book Notes. +"
Points on Dressmaking,' suggestions
for the boys. winter wardrobe.
Autumn Millinery" musical bits
Of verse, and 1p-to.date chitchat in
"AmounR ourselves" The Designer
Is only ten cents a number and
certainly furnishes most excellent
value far exceeding the price.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

al am Republican, but hon
estly believe that, with the Ohio
crowd in control, the best thing that
could happen the Republican party
this fall would be the success of the
Democrats.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
CENSUS OF TnR CITIES.

The Census Bureau hasannounce ed
tae result Of the count Of population
in several Of the great cities, as fol-
lows:
Chicago, b60S,57s, gain over
1890 Of 81 per cent
New Orleans, z87, ro4, gain
over 1900 IS, COS, or 1902 per cent.
Pittsburg, 3zI,6r6, gain of 81, B.
800 or 34.78 per cent
Allegheny City, Pa, f2o, 800, a
gain Of z46o0, or 1881 per cent.
Kansas City, Mo, r63,7sz, a
gain over 1900 Of sbo3O, or $3.50
per cent.
Kansas City, Kans., sL48, a
gain Of I3,roz or 34.r0 per cent.
Newark, N. j., z46,o7o, a gain
Of 64,z4o or 1888 per cent.
Baltimore, 5o8,957, a gain over
1900 Of 1858 or f7.t5 per cent.
San francisco, 347,78z, a gain
Of 43,78s or I4.64 per cent.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
WHAT PINGREE THINKS
OF THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY,
The Governor OF Michigan Freely Ex-
presses His Opinion ON the Present
Administration.

"There should be general clean
ing out of the gang that has betrayed
the Republic at Washington"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
Ffnh Notice

my wife. Maggie T. Cassaday. having
icft my bed and board without duo cause.
J hereby give notice thst will not be- re-.
sponsibic for any debts contracted By her
Sept SEQ fNJ Isaac CseeADAy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

"How long will the American
people tolerate a state of affairs like
that in the Philippines and China ?
How long will they suffer TO be
controlled by such enemies Of the
Republic as Hanna ? "
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

al have always contended that
McKinley's backbone did not reach
far enough toward his neck TO sup
port his brain or will power"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
Mckinley Badly Scared And His
Cabinet Out On the Stump.
The Chinese Question sim Troubling
the Administration.
From our speeIaI corre.pondenl.

From our Special Correspondent.
WAsHISGroN. Sept. 8, 1000
MIR. Mckinley is still in Washing
ton, but instead of devoting his time
to Chinese matters-He has reason
to think that there will be no with
drawal of allied troops from Pekin
for many months and that the settle
ment of the matter will not he until
long after the election, he is hard
at work studying up schemes to
help his waning political fortunes
and to head off the stampede of Re.
publicans to Bryan, which con-
hdential reports have caused him TO
fear. He will send four members
of the cabinet on the stump. Post
master General Smith has already
gone to Maine and from there will
go on an extended speaking tour,
including West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and any
other States where there is demand
for his services. Secretary Wilson,
will stump in agricultural sections.
Attorney General Griggs will not
make long trip, but will speak
wherever Hanna desires, and Score
tary Root, will make a few speeches,
mostly in the big cities. Mr.. Nc
Kinley's personal task is to try 10
answer in his letter of acceptance
some Of the broadsides fired at the
administration by Col. Bryan in his
speeches, and he recognizes that it
is a difficult one. Secretary Gage
is not speaker, but he was ordered
to write the answer to the recent
letter of Hon. Carl Schurz, which
tore up Mr.. Cages recent attempt
to create financial scare so effec-
lively, and as soon as he finished
the task he went away for months
vacation. The contents of Mr..
Cages last letter may be summed
up as "what | said first, say last"
/ ! /
Senator Blackburn spent several
days in Washington this week. He
has no doubts Of the result in Ken
lucky. He said Of Democratic
prospects "Mr. Bryan will carry
the State by large majority. Mr..
Beckham will also be elected.
There is already a movement on
foot to food Kentucky in Novem-
Der with U. S. Deputy Marshals.
1t has been talked over by the Re-
publicans and the plans will be car
ried out. We have but one u. s.
District in Kentucky, and Judge
Evans presides over the court. He
and | have long been warm per-
sonal friends. We served together
in the State Legislature, and there
has never been anything to mar the
pleasant social relations between us.
But in politics Judge Evans is
bitter and narrow partisan. The
law allowing deputy marshals at the
polls was repealed eight years ago,
but last year Judge Evans claimed
authority for appointing them, and
he will do so again this year"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

over in Boone county, where
news is scarce, The editor made the
following apology awe expected to
have a death and a marriage to be
published this week, but violent
storm prevented the wedding, and
the doctor being sick himself, the
patient recovered, and We are &C.
oordingly cheated out Of both.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

1t is stated that the Cabinet con-
sidered the horrible stories of loot
ing and murder in China by the
Russian and French sections of the
allied army, sent by the Associated
Press, and published all over the
u. S., this week, and decided to do
nothing, because the matter did not
concern the U. S. If that decision
was actually made, Mr.. Mckinley
and his advisers have made another
serious mistake. This government
has made itself an equal partner
with the other powers which have
troops in China and the improper
acts of the troops of any one of
those powers does very seriously
concern the u. S., as Mr.. McKin-
ley will learn when the people are
heard from. The proper thing for
this government to do is to ascer.
tain officially whether those stories
of horrible barbarities, which would
disgrace an army of savages, are
true, and if they are, to make q
strong protest to governments o.
Russia and France, accompanied
by demand that steps be taken tc
prevent their repetition while this
government is a member Of the ALI
ance. If such things are counte
nanced, the claim of civilization
and Christianity now made by tn,
allied powers will necessarily be
come ridiculous.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

THAT religion and reality are sometimes
placed in piquant opposition at Oberam-
mergau during Passion Play season is amp
ly witnessed by the following Incident
recorded by the Critic: The wife of an
illustrious German scholar. a woman noted
for her punctilious piety. arrived in the
celebrated village to attend the play. At
the Board-anG-Lodging Bureau she was
politely offered q choice Of ~accommoda-
tons.
viii you stop at Burgomaster Lang's?"
asked the functionary in charge. Burgo-
master Lang was cast for the part Of
Caiaphas, and the devout woman would not
hear OF crossing his threshold.
you might 20 to Diemer's. madame"
But Diemer played Herod. SO this sugges-
lodge with an enemy Of Christi" exclaimed
the woman.
but where will you gor' inquired the at
tendant, quite at his wits end. There are
no quarters with Christ. nor with any Of
the disciples"
The functionary thought a moment. then
Of a sudden said: "Oh, I beg pardon.
madame: I think 1 can get you in at one
OF the disciples after ALL" and with that
be handed her an address.
In a devOut tremor the woman FASTENED
to install herself a member Of the humble
household. and, after trying without sue
cess to catch a glimpse of her host, she
proceeded to pass an almost ~ecstatic night
under his semiholy roof. The following
day, on running her eyes over the pro-
gramme she discovered that her host was
none other ~than-Judas! She had slept IN
der the roof OF the Iscariot,, Furious at
having been yictimized. she left Oberam-
mergau that very day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

I AN longing. so sadly I'm longing.
For the beautiful days OF the past.
When bright hopes around me were lying
Which. alas! are all withered and dead.
Hopes that / thought ne'er would perish.
One by one withered away.
There is nothing on earth that We cherish,
That Is lovely and true that will stay.
CHORUS.
Fitting, fitting away.
All that We cherish most dear.
There is nothing on earth that will stay.
For roses must die with the year.
Eyes that with brightness were beaming.
Lips that our own often met.
Which the mold of the grave is now dim
ming.
n in silence unbroken are set;
Oh. how I long for their greeting,
Tender and true have they proved:
But the heart soonest hushed in its beating,
Is the one that's most earnestly loved.
Far away. where the summers are sleeping.
Lie the beautiful dreams of the past,
And my eyes nave grown weary with weep
ing
For pleasure I fancied might last.
Lovingly, longingly, signing over the ashes
We sit.
While around US the roses are dying,
And the moments SO speedily fit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

/ DO not know how early I began to write
dCggerel. but at Is / wrote a love poem.
writes Thomas Dunn English in Success.
II appeared in print over my initials.
through the grace of n good-natured cdi-
tor. A musical composer of the town saw
the lines. married them to a melody, and
published them. This put IL into my heal
that l was a poet. and I proceeded forth
with 10 continually infiict on the public
a number OF verses. to which I incautious-
ly affixed my name. Fortunately. these
were either published in journals now dead
or were overlooked by the public in general.
Occasionally. however. l meet with some
venerable gentlewonan who says TO me:
Doctor. ! have such a charming poem
of yours in my scrapbook."
backbone for | know what Is coming. She
produces one of thsS. early efforts. and, on
looking at it, | feel very much like the
plous deacon who exclaimed. when viewing
the skeleton of u donkey: How f"arfully
and wonderfully are we made However
great your productions may seem TO you
at first. they are not SO great as they Will
be later. 1t Is to be hoped; and they will be
sure to rise up before you in the literary
day of Judgment. Begin with an alias, and
wait to see II you can make an impression
on the public before you unmask yourself.
Thus Won will save yourself much literary
remorSe.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

AN amusing bit OF Thackerayana IS to Ire
found in II. Sutherland Edwards's ReColiec-
lions. wherein he tells of the great writer's
failure as a playwright. He was L compcti-
tor for the prize of $50 offered by the man
ager Of the Haymarket Thcater for the best
comedy. and 1t is quite unnecessary TO say
that he did not get it. Indeed, VIC know OF
nothing coming from a man 80 great more
pathetic than the Wolves and the Lamb
his decentralization of Lowell. the Widowcr."
which in Itself WAS a rather pitiable story,
and the following aneCdOte shows how
completely untitled he WIS for work for
the stage:
MANY years afterwards Thackeray wrote
another comedy. or. perhaps. it was only
the old competition comedy brought up TO
date. 1t WAS entertained for a time at the
Olympic. and. II need scarcely be added, was
not brought ont. 4 friend of mire was
complaining 10 Thackeray that he had writ
ten a piece in which there were only four
CHARACTERS. and yet could not get 1t pro-
duc.d.
Why. there were seventeen IN mime
replied T~hackeray. and they wouldn't have
it,"
There was also a hanson cab.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

A diet of nothing but celery is said by
some physicians to be a sure cure Tor both
rheumatism and neuralgia. Free use or
this vegetable is always recommended 10
rheumatic patients.
Baked potatoes are digcsted more easily
than boiled potatoes. and should therefore
be preferred by dyspeptics.
In cases of anaemia. cabbages and spin
ach are distinctly beneficial. Spinach is also
almost as valuable as lithia water in its ef-
feet on the kidneys
Beets and turnips keep the blood pure and
improve appetite.
Tomatoes are thought in India to be a
preventive of cholera. Like endives and
watercresses, they stimulate the healthy
action of the liver.
Just after the battle Of Fort DOneis0n
General Grant is said to have te~legraphed
to Washington that he would not Permit
the army TO move till forty wasonloads Of
onions that had been promised to him
should arrive. Onions are essentia to the
army mess. to make pork or beef paiatabie.
Rut they are also an admirable cure for
sleeplsssness and indigestion everywhere.
Garlic, leeks and olives stimulate the cir
culation Of the blood.
Too much meat and too few vegetables
make up the average diet. Health depends
on continuous variety.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

IT was a grand day In the old chivairlo
times, the circlins around the board IN a
noble hall, and the sculptured walls rang
with sentiment and song. The lady OF each
knightly heart was pledged by name. anu
many a syllable significant OF loneliness had
been uttered, until 1t came to ST. Icons
turn, when, lifting the sparkling cup on
high:
.I drink to one" he said.
Whose image meyer NAV Depart
Deep craven on a grateful heart:
TIL memory Is dead.
ITO one whose love for me shall last
When lighter passions long have passed.:
So holy it's and true;
To one whose love has longer dweit.
More deeply fixed, more keeniy felt
Than any pledged by you" 500,
Each guest upstarted at the WORD.
And laid a hand upon his sword.
With fiery flashing eye;
And Stanley said: w crave the name.
Proud knight, OF this most peerless dame.
Whose love you count SO high
St. Leon paused, as IL he would
Not breathe her name in careless mood.
Thus lightly to another:
Then bent his noble head, as though
To give that name the reverence due.
And gently said. My mother"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
ature-POpular Old Songs. y

THRO' the gioaming chilly falls the silent
snow
Like a shattered lily. drifting TO and FRO;
Yet beside our ingle summer dreams arise.
II YOU love me. darling. tell me- with your
eyes
CHORUS.
Listen to my pleading: speak. dark eyes OF
blue;
Lift YOUR dusky lashes. let the l've-lishs
through.
Be no promise spoken. breathe no broken
sigh:
II YOU love me. darling. tell me with your
eyes
Fires that burn in quiet long and brightly
glow
FLAMES that rush and riot soon 10 ashes go:
Lips that move not often when they love
are wise.
j. you love me, Darling. tell me with your
eyes.
There are none to listen. yet why should we
speak?
when soft slances s!isten. whispered words
are weak;
We who know loves silence need no low
replies.
II YOU love me. darling. tell me with your
eyes.
Samuel M:nturn Peck.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

FRIENDS: I come not here to talk! ie
know too well
The story OF our thraldom-we are slaves!
The bright sun rises to his course. and
A race Of slaves. He sets. and his last
beam
Falls on a slave-not such as. swept along
By the full tide Of power. the conqueror
leads
To crimson glory and undying fame:
But base. ignobie s~laves-slaves to a horde
Or petty tyrants. feudal despots. lords.
Rich In some dozen paltry villages.
Strong in some hundred s~pearmen-only
great
In that strange spell, a name! Each hour.
| dark fraud.
Or open rapine. or protected murder.
I Cries out against them. But this very day
An honest man. my neighbor-there he
stands
Was s~truck-struck like a doggy one who
wore
The badge OF Ursini! because. forsooth.
He tossed not high his ready cap in air.
Nor lifted up his voice in servile shouts
At sight of that great ruffian! Be We men,
And suffer such dishonor? Men and wash
not
Tn stain away in blood? Such shames are
Common.
I have known deeper wrongs. I that speak
to you.
4 Aiia a. ti.Ct, d EFdclctS Doy,
Full of all gentleness. of calmest hope,
OF sweet and quiet joy; there was the look
OF heaven upon his face. which limners
give
To the beloved disciples. How loved
That gracious boy! Younger by fifteen
years.
Brother at once and son. He left my side,
A summer bloom on his fair cheeks. 4
smile
Parting his innocent lips. In one short
hour
Tn pretty. harmless boy was slain. 1 saw
TIL corse, the mangled cOrse, and then I
cried
For vengeance! Rouse. ye Romans. rouse,
ye slaves!
Have We brave sons? Look. in the ue1t
fierce brawl.
To see them die! Have ye fair daughters?
Look
To see them live. torn from your arms,
distained.
Dishonored! and IL ye dare call for Justice,
That sat on her seven hills. and from her
throne
OF beauty ruled the world: Yet We are Ro-
maps!
Why. in that elder day. to be a Roman
Was greater than a King-and once
again
Hear me. ye walls. that echoed to the
tread
OF either Brutus! once again. I swear.
The eternal city shall be free. her sons
Shall walk with princes.
M. r.. Milford.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

BIiEATHES there the man with soul so
dead.
Who never to himself hath said,
This Is my own. my native land,
whose heart hath ne'er within him burned
As home his footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on a foreign strand?
II such there breathe. go, mark him well:
For him no minstrel raptures SWELL!
High though his titles. proud his name.
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles. power and pelf.
IA wretch, concentrated all in self.
Living, shall forfeit fair renown.
And doubly dying, shall 90 down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept. unhonc rcd and unsung.
Sir Walter Scott
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
From Golfers W eeKiy.

From Golfers NeeKiy.
ENGLISH statesmen of prominence have
invariably possessed a marked fund of hui
NOR: none more SO than the well-known
Canning, whose exuberant vitality. which
endeared him to all who knew him, found
vent in frequent witty sailies. On one oc-
casion Whitbread, the son of the Whit
bread of brewery fame, one of Canning's
opponents, pompously opened a public
speech with an announcement that the day
was doubly sacred to him. both because it
was the anniversary OF the founding of the
brewery and of his fathers death. Can
ming, without an ~instant's Hesitation, scrib-
bled these few words on an envelope, which
he passed to his neighbor:
This day 1 still hail with a smile and q SIGH,
For the beer with an c and the bier with an L
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

COME. rest in this bosom. my own strick-
en- deer!
Though the herd have fed from thee. thy
home Is still here;
Here still is the smile. that no cloud can
o~'ercaSt
And the heart and the land all thy own
to the last!
oh what was love made for, IL It's not
the same
Through Joy and through torrents. through
glory and shame?
1 know not. I ask not, II quilts in that
heart.
] but know that I love thee. whatever thou
Thou hast calrd me thy angel in moments
of bliss.
And thy angel I'll be mid the horrors Of
this,
Through the furnace. u~nshrinking. thy steps
to pursue,
And shield thee. and save thee, or-perish
there. too. Thomas Moore.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

DO you know you have asked for the cost
lest thing
Ever made by the Hand above?
A woman's heart and a woman's life
And a won;an's wonderful love?
Do you krow You nave asked for this
priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died TO win,
With the reckless dash Of u boy?
You have written my lesson OF duty out
Man-like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of a woman's soul.
Until l shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be
hot.
Your socks and shirts be whole.
I require your heart TO be true as Gods
stars,
And pure ss heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and
beef,
Y require a far greater thing:
A seamstress you're wanting for sock, and
for shirts.
I look for a man and a king.
A king for the beautiful realm called home.
And a man that the Maker. God.
Shall look upon as He did on the first
And say. 1T IN very good"
I am fair and young. but the rose will fade
From my soft young cheek one day
Will you love me then mid tho falling
leaves
As you did 'mong the blooms Of May7
I require all things that are good and trle,
All things that a man should be:
II you give this all 1 will stake my life
To be ali you demand Of me.
II YOU cannot be this-a laundrcss and cook
You can hire and have little to pay;
Blu: : woman's heart and a woman's HE
Are not 10 be won that way.
Lena Lathrop.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

DOWN on de Mississippi floating.
Long time ! trabble on de way.
All night de cottonwood a-toting.
Sins for my true Tub all de way.
CHORUS.
! Nelly was a lady. last night she died.
Toll de bell for lubly Nell. my dark Vir-
ginny bride.
Now I'm unhappy and I'm weeping.
Can't tote de cottonwood no more:
Last might. while Nelly was a sleeping,
Death came a-knocking at de door.
When I saw my Nelly In de morning.
Smile till she opened up her eyes,
Seem'd like de light Of day a-dawninE,
Jist fore de sun begin to rise.
Close by dc margin OF de water.
Whar de lone weeping willow grows.
Oar ibid Virginny's lubly daughter.
Oar she in death may find repoSe.
Down in de meadow 'mong de clober,
Walk wild my Nelly by my side,
Now all dem happy days am ober,
Farewell. my dark Virsinny bride.
$. {. Foster.