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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-10-17

From our regular correspondent.
| Mt; \, Taylor was at the county seat
| last Saturday.
Elmer Martin has good run OF custom
! to hts machine shop
| Mrs. N. Mettler and Mrs Marshall Nor.
, gan were calling In town last Friday.
a. w McGinnls has a GOOD crop IN
gather this fall considering the drouth
What has become OF Uncle Toe" Of
Brandonville' We took a deep interest In
reading his letters
c. Nj, Metzler was visiting the parental
root last week. lie is Just recovering from
severe attack OF typhoid fever
Misses Ella aud Clara Beerbower were
shopping in Terra Alta last Friday. From
there Miss Ella went to Wheeling
Aunt LYDIA Bishop had a paralytic stroke
recently but fortunately her speech was
NOT ahected' She rs going On ninety.two
years OF age
Kew. Shultz has returned from Confer
enee aud takes charge OF the Albrightsvlllc
circuit again This meets the wishes OF
the people.
Our genial merchant MIR. Sligcr went
hunting Friday aud brought In ground
pig. SO Sliger and Mason were partakers
OF fine roast.
Old Madam Rumor saws there is going to
DE wedding in our town soon We can
tell better after while whether the old
lady is truthful or not
l., Sieer has moved into the house va.
Gated by \, Gibson. Mr.. Sliger has
gone into the merchantile business on the
corner OF Buckeye Street and is doing
pretty fair business.
As the Albrightsvile news has not been
reported lately we will give a few locals.
John Rodeheaver is driving the pegs.
Noah Metzler is making the anvil ring.
The merchants are doing thriving bust
| ness.
The River House is doing good bust.
ness.
Il. w. Mason is swinging the paint brush
| on the Cheat River bridge
O. A. Bcerbower who has boon in tho
| neighborhood OF Morgantown is now at
| home.
The venerable las. Graham goes bee
hunting We don't inquire what kind of
| bees he finds.
w. G. Brown passed through our town
last Saturday evening accompanied by
| hair regiment OF dogs.
5. II. Rodahcaver has gone to Wheeling
| TO make sale of buckwheat flour. and will
be gone month or six weeks
The Epworth League will be- dispensed
| Win the coming winter. In lieu OF Ii they
wiil nave union prayer meeting to be
held nj each church.
Editor Brown. we have been ciphering
on your case, aud the answer comes to us
| II you would get train OF dogs and start
out you would capture a fine young lady
for a wife.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-10-17


WHO. Rexroad has received good
appointment at the Reform School a,
Prun'ytown and will go there IN a few days
to enter on the duties of his position. lie
will be the day guard and drill-master for
the boys. The position is worth about $50
per month and came to Mr.. Rexroad un.
sought, through ex-senator W. c. worley.
the President of the Reform School Board.
The saw mill Of Bradshaw & Hawkins
located down on Col. J. W. Browns place,
came near burning down early last Saturday
morning. II was discovered TO be on FIRE
about o'clock and several parties got
there in time to save most Of IL although /,
damaged about 500 as il was As they
we're at the mill at " O'Clock the night be.
fore and there was no ERE about At all, all
having been pa, out the day before the FIRE,
they believe it 70 be the work Of an iucen.
diary
AZ the house Of Mr.. Samuel Dill on the
Mofgaolown Pike. near Reedsville, on Wed.
nesday, October 9th, at 7 p. NJ Miss Grace
Dill and Mr. John Clcavef we're united in
marriage by the Rev. K NJ. Ramsey Of
Kingwood. Al the members Of the bin
family we're present as there has never
been death 10 the family and the distance
that separates them is small The young
couple will also reside near the old home.
stead 10 a new house lately built in Reeds.
vile. II was a quie, family gathering and
a pleasant one bui IL could not be kept
altogether quie, and some Of the young oen
living near gave the young couple an infor.
NAL surprise party They were kindly
received and entertained.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Tine Pequot club have organized bowling team and expect to have q game with the Oakville team next week.
 Mrs Ernest Niyer is said to be very i'll.
 John +. Hitchcock is having an other new house erected on Warren park.
 Mrs Schuelke has gone to Brook Iyn N. Y.. to visit her parents.
 Edwin Stoddard's chicken coop was broken into Saturday night and about twelve chickens were stolen.
 Ienten services in All Saints tonight at 7:3O with Bible lecture.
 MT Dix is clearing his woodland and it is said he intends to sell it in build ing lots.
 The Gem whist club met at r. A. Wells'S Monday evening. Consolation prizes were won by MT and Mrs Hitch cock and the first prizes by F. A. Wells and Carrie Fugent.
 The rain has caused the ice to break in the pond but no serious damage has been reported so far. It is q pretty scene to see the floating cakes of ice flashing rapidly over the falls.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

me that even though an army of white men should reach it's base they could never scale its steep sides and reach it's top. All the Navaho tribe reverence it sincerely and all watch and guard it jealously. He would indeed be a brave white man who would dare the anger of these war like and brave natives if they forbade his approach and would attempt to scale this sacred ship rock. Net l have been near enough to photograph it, and it was when 1 showed the pho tograph to Hahtathli and he recog- nzed it that he gave me the following legend:
 Many, many years ago, when this country was young and the sun cast only small shadows, my people came across the narrow sea far away to the setting susa in the north and landed on the shores of this country. The people where they landed were
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
DefenHant's Case Proved.

Tn an application for divorce Thorn as +. Jones, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, says his wife's feet are cold. in her reply Mrs. Jones says that Thomas is a crank. In view of the circumstances it does not seem as if it would be necessary to give the case to a jury Her contention seems to be proved. while there are serious difficulties in the way of producing satisfactory proof of his assertion. 1t would hard ly do to introduce the feet as 'Ex- hibit A." and, unless Mrs. Jones has been married before, there would seem to be insurmounta ble difficulties in the way of securing corroborative evidence. Really, it would have been far better if Mir. Jones had given his wife a pair of felt boots for noe turnal wear, and thus made the best of existing conditions.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

square miles. approximately, and is situated mainly in Arizona. though there are small portions in New MeNi- co and Utah. In 1884. 46.0SO acres in New Mexico were restored tc the pub lie domain, but this order was rescinG- ed, and the lands reserved for the Nayahos by executive order of April 24. 1886. The whole population is es- timated a 2G.000. It. may here be said that this Nayaho legend has some true historical foundation. According to the highest authority the Athapascan stock or race of people have migrated from Ansl1a-wllere some of them still remain as the Tinnehs-tsome into the southern parts of Colorado, Utah and northern parts of New Mexico and Ari- zona. These are the Navaaos. Others are found in sout hern Arizona. and are the -Apaches; still others in northern California. and are the Hupas. while the IIavasupais and Wallapais of mort h. west Arizona, are of the same st ocI-.
 G. WHARTON JAMES,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
NEW PASSENGER CARS.
Latest Style Coaches Ordered by the
 Consolidated Road.

Latest Style Coaches Ordered by the
 Consolidated Road.
 Orders have just been placed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford road for forty-seven new passenger coaches. Twenty-Seven of the num- ber. eleven of them smoking cars, are to be built by the Pullman company and twenty by the Bradley company of Worcester. Those to be built by the Pullman company are for veSti- buled express trains, and the others for accommodation trains. Except for the Hestibule arrangements the cars are to be all equally good and to have all up-to-date Improvements.
 It is the intention of the company to yestibule all its express trains and the present order from the Pullmans will materially contribute to that re- suit. It is thought impracticable to veStibule accommodation trains on ac- count of the necessity for receiving and discharging passengers quickly and frequently.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
BICYCLE IN WARFARE.
Great Britain Has Had an Elegant Chance to Test It in the War
 in South Africa.

The extent to which the bicycle can be usefully employed on active serv- ice has long engaged the attention not only of our own military authorities, but of those of foreign countries. It is obvious that there is great difficulty and responsibility in utilizing in the field the services of a body of men of whose peculiar capabilities in the particular circumstances in which they are engaged nothing very definite is known. There is, of course, nat
 ural reluctance on the part of those responsible for Q campaign such as that in South Africa to make what must partake largely of the nature of an experiment while operations of a critical kind are in progress. says the Brooklyn Eagle. On the other hand, it is difficult to see in what other way the precise position the bicycle is des- tined to occupy in warfare is to be satisfactorily determined. Those arr dent volunteers who for years past have devoted themselves to the task of demonstrating so far as it is pos sible in times of peace. the utility of a force of armed men so mounted. can pOt be said to have received much en- cOuragement from the war office in connection with the Boer war. There have been few campaigns that have offered so favorable an opportunity for the special facilities afforded by the bicycle. Considering the great distances that the troops have had to cover, mobility and rapidity of move ment have been shown by events to hnan of tha while the singularly favorable circum- stance that the veldt. Of which vast areas exist, is rideable in many di- rections on a bicycle. might with a little forethought have led to the ad- vantageous employment of a certain number of men on bicycles. No one with a sense of possibility would nave suggested our making q leap in the dark and equipping thousands of soldiers with bicycles at the outset. with a possibility of<he machines be- ing found to be useless. like the pat ent carts with which the French eN- petition to Madagascar was furnished.
 The course. however. which the war office would have been regarded as justified in taking was tc permit a small force of regulars or volunteers to be properly organized. supplied with suitable machines and attached to one Of the field forces in the earlier stages of the War so that their utility might have been practically tested. Then. if they had proved of real vaine. the force could have been increased as required, for it would have been found far easier and infinitely less costly to mount men on bicycles than on horses
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

pie gazeG with wonder upon the strange and wonderful countries through which they travelled. Some times they thought they would like to stay i'll this place or in that. but the wisdom of Those Abovesaid No! and the ship sailed on. Oh! it. was a glorious people been so blessed and favored by the People of the Shadows Above.
 Finally the ship crossed the great deep canyon of the Colorado river. and ny people were afraid of its vast depths. Then the ship gently settled down 10 the earth, where it is now found, and our home was reached. It cid not. seem to be a very beauti- ful land. but it was given o us by Those Above, and my people soSn became com tent. We were shown the springs and the watercourses. and we found the mountains covered with trees. and the rivers and creeks. So that when any one speaks of cur leaving our country we are afraid and we cry: No, why should we leave. this land given to us, and which we love? Wonder is the ship
 in which we came, and never until that ship sails away with us shall we leave the land that we love so well!'
 "As soon as we were settled here, Those Above gave us some great sha- mans, and one of them told us that We must always do right for the sun, when it rises. would watch our every
 action all through hout the cay and when he went away ait night it was to tell Those Above all our evil actions, for
 which we should be puniShed."
 Thus was the story of the great ship finished. It seems strange that the Navahos should love their country so
 much, for it is not a fertile and beau tiful land, yet it must be confessed hat no people on earth are so devoted to their nativ soil as is this wilG and nomad tribe. A large portion of the | land that they once roamed over has been set apart as reservation by | treaty and executive orGer. On June | i, 1869, q treaty was made. and on Oc- l tober 20. 1878. and June 6. 1880. and again May T.. 1899. executive orders
 were issued. The complete reservation i now comprises 1,G9S, ,5G0 acres. or F. o22G
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
Twins or Merely DrGtherS:

Here is an interesting subject for discussion by the villags debating so- ciety. The Medical Record says that in a small town in Warren county. Ohio, twin brothers were born, one a few minutes before midnight on De cember 31, 1900, the other a few min utes past 12 o'.loc! on the morning of January 1 1901. The neighbors are quarreiing as to what day shall be celebrated by the two boys as their common birthday, or whether the chil. dren, being born on different days in different months, years, and even cen turies, may be regarded as twins o1 merely as brothers
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
Doan's Kidney Pills are for Sale at drug stores, Or will be sent by mail OH receipt of price, soc.
 Foster=Milburn Co.,, Sole Agents, Buffalo, N. Y.
Where Praise Is Due.

There are girls who call me friend When I've lots of cash to spend There are girls with whom such times I
 like to joke: Who are sweet sweet can be When Dame Fortune smiles ol. me But there's only one who loves me when
 I'm broke There are girls who treat me !.ice, Fen when giving them advice, Though my money may their petulancy
 cloak; For they snub me very pat When my pocketbook is flat And ther.s s only one who loves me when
 I'm broke. So quaff this cup to her To whom never doth occur The thought my watch and chain may
 be in soak; But who still is fond and true When | m penitent and blue The little girl who loves me when Tn
 broke. Roy Farrell Greene, in Detroit Free
 Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
STEAM FREIGHT WAGON.
It Weighs Ton and . Half and IR Expected to Carry n Load Twice
 It's Own Weight.

An inventor in Brompton-Crescen1 has obtained patent for d wagon to be propelled by steam upon common roads. The carriage is 27 feet in length, including seven feet for the fire, boiler, cylinder and the mechanism connected with the driving wheels.
 Instead of an aNletree passing through both the front or both tho hind wheels, as is usual in other car riages. the axis merely passes through the nave of each wheel sufficiently to support on each side uprights, which strengthen and connect the frame of the wagon.
 The direction of the carriage is eff fected by the action of a bevel pinion connected with q spindle, which is gov- erned by the coachman; this pinion
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
DAMS GIVE WAY.
Eighty peersons Rescued From Build
 ingS Crushed by the Flood.

Eighty peersOns Rescued From Build
 ings Crushed by the Flood
 Providence, March 12-Two dams ill Wanskuck.. just north of this city, burst yesterday afternoon. carving away two wooden buildings contain ing nine persons, all of whom were rescued excepting q girl named Emily Whimpey. The upper dam burst first and the water with |; rush swept away the lower dam a few minutes later. Over the lower dam were two wooden buildings, each sixty feet square, three stories in height, run as q cotton mill by George Weedin.
 These buildings were crushed by the flood. Of the nine persons caught by the flood eight were rescued by the firemen, who, with ropes tied around their bodies, waded out to the persons clinging to debris which had become lodged.
 Miss Whimpey and q man were car ried down the stream on q raft. They caught in wire fence, which crushed the raft. and only the man was res cued The firemen cried to Miss Whimpey to cling to the wire, but she could not be reached. X heavy tim Der coming in the flood struck her in the back and neck, and she was car ried under and was not seen after ward.
 Several bridges have been carried away, and the whole country below the ruined dam presents scene of de vastation. Every part of the flooded section is submerged. varying from one to several feet, the water being filled with floating debris brought down by the floods.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
To Avoid nicyc1e Accidents.

If you desire to become a finished rider, cultivate coolness. The wheel man who loses his head when he gets ill tight place and allows excite ment to get the better of him is al- most certain to come. to grief event. ually, and It is an undoubted fact that q good many of the cycling acci- dents chronicled could easily be avoided by a-little coolness and iudg- ment here exercised. Many riders never feel the slightest uneasiness in the thick of busy street traffic, as they have complete. confidence in their ability to manipulate their ma chine with safety Confidence and coolness go hand in hand. and the wheeiman wNo is of q nervous and excitable temperament should culti- vate these qualities.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
Not Afraid of the Cold.

A fire alarm sounded in the house of hook and ladder truck No. 4, in Newark, \. J., just as tine driver. Herman Hanke, was taking a bath He bounded out of the bath tub, threw on a single garment-a long India rubber coat-slid down the brass pole leading to the truckroom, mounted the truck and drove to tho fire. The moisture on his limbs froze in the chilly air, but Herman didn't mind a little thing like that. An hour later he returned and finished hi: bath.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
THE SHAMAN'S TALE.
Remarkable Legend of the Ship
 Rock of the Navahos.
An Anthropolosists Is md Historian ms Claim That, the Quaint Tradition Has . Substantial Scientific
 Basis,
Especial Arizona Letter.J

VI A 7HAI a treasure house of \MAV strange traditions the brain
 NN of an old Indian is. If one can only get possession of the key and claim entrance at any time, there is never day but that he will be able to put hands upon some quaint, queer or fascinating legend. And these In dian stories are more than mere sto- ries. They are revelations of Indian methods of thought. They show how history becomes legend, and, while we may not be able definitely to separate in these stories all that is legend from all that is history, we can, at least, do our own thinking upon the matter and arrive at our own conclusions.
 On my last visit to the great reserva- tion of the Navahos I became very friendly with one of the leading men of the tribe. He was medicine man a shaman-of great power, and known to the 10000 of his compatri ots Hah-tath-li, or the Singing and Laughing Doctor.
 He was full of stories, legends, my thology, history, and when we had fully established our friendly relation ship he. talked to me by the hour of these hidden and romantic treasures of his mind.
 Among other stories he told me this of the great ship Rock of the Maya hos
 This rock is situated in the Maya ho reservation, bout 100 miles north west of Tohatchi-wherc we then were-and some l5 or 20 miles from Carizo mountain. It is most difficult of access, and my informant assured
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
CATTLE BADLY TREATED.
Otis Hawley Receives the Attention of
 the Humane Society.

-
 the Humane Society.
 Otis Hawley of Seymour, in whose barn a dozen of his animals were found badly neglected and in hlthy condition by Secretary Miller Of the Humane society and James Ferguson of New Haven, was arrested Saturday morning. X warrant was served at o'clock by Officer Adams, who drove to Hawley's farm and summoned him to appear before court at o'clock to answer charges of depriving his ami malls of necessary sustenance and for inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon them. Hawley came before Justice Camp at the appointed hour and asked for a continuance Of the case. This was granted until next Saturday at , o'clock, and he was released on his personal bond of S10O.
 Later in the day Secretary Miller. James Ferguson, Officer Adams and Deputy Sheriff Spender, armed with q search warrant, made a thorough eN- animation of Hawley's stables and found q sickening state of affairs. Five young cattle, evidently between ? and years old. stood in one section of the barn. They were horribly emaci- ated, being merely skin and bones. and it seemed as if the bones would soon protrude through the hide. In another section of the barn were five more cows and I pair of oxen and they looked no better than the others. It was the sanitary condition of the place. however that made the visitors shudder. It is doubtful if the stalls had been cleaned out in months and the animals stood in sloughs of filth. There was good deal of hay in the lofts above and to test the appetites of the cattle the visitors fed them. They attacked the food in a manner which showed that a square meal was an un- usual thing for them. The visitors also discovered that a pitiably emaciated dead calf lay in the rear of one of the stalls, it probably having fallen a victim to starvation some hours before. In the ell in the rear of the barn was the carcass of another COW with the hide removed, and it was badly decom- posed. Acting under the general stat utes Secretary Miller removed the cat tie from their filthy surroundings and placed them under the care of How ard Chatfield. a farmer near by. The cost of caring for the stock will be charged to Hawley, as provided by the statutes. Hawley was fined about three wears ago for the same offense
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
The Champion Century Rider.

Walter \. Stannard, of Springfelds Mass, believes he has broken 8 worlds record. In the year 1900 he rode bicycle not less than 100 miles every day, and some days more. Ho finished his three hundred and sixty- fifth ride of the year just before mid- night of December 31. 1900, and at once retired to a Turkish bath. His total mileage was 3s.Ss9 miles, an av-a craze of 106 miles a day, Sundays and holidays included. His first ride of the year was l2O miles over roads deep with mud and slush. Stannard is 27 years of age and weighs 21O pounds. He wore out and broke be- yond repair sevsn bicycles during the year. In the year 1898 he rode 24,O00- miles, and in 1899 31 .0GO miles. He aoes not think he will ride much this year, saying that country riding as a business is little monotonous. 1t will seem to most people that it took him a long time to find out a simpia ruth.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

(The Singing ldedicne Man of the Maya
 hos)
 exceedingly angry at them, and when ever they could they fell upon them and slew tFem. My people did not want to go 70 war, but this inhospita- ble reception made them angry, so they put tn smselyes in war array and fell upon their foes. But there were few only of my people, and their ene- mics were so many that i5 was not long before they were in sad straits. ln- deed, they would soon have been en- tirely destroyed had not help come. In their distress they called on Those Above, and soon a messenger from the sky came to my people and said: See you wonder stone mountain? Flee to it. It will be your salvation. Climb up it's steep, strong, rugged sides and it will carry you toward the land of the South sea, nearer to the rising sun, and there your home shall be-
 My people were only too glad to obey the message. They hastened to- wards the mountain. Some who were weak were enabled to fly towards it like birds. and they clung to it's steep sides and clamEered to it's top.
 ''Then wien they were all safe on it's huge bulk. the monster ship was taken by Those Above, and it arose and sailed across the rivers and plains and moun- tains and lakes ard canyons. Several days and nights it sailed, and my peo-