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New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
CALLS 1T A ''FOOL RiChEI.
EXPERIENCE OF A CITIZEN WHO WANTED TO PAY
WATER TAX ON FIVE HOUSES AT ONCE

EXPERIENCE OF CITIZEN WttO NiA-N Ii ~
A WATER TAX ON FIVE HOUSES AT ONCE
A citizen who wanted to pay the water tax on
five houses in the city and in a hurry TO get
the bills because he was about to go TO the coun-
trv went TO the Department of Water supply the
other dav and tried TO get the bills made out FOR
him immediately He was told that there was q
rule Of the department not to make out bills Tor
more than three pieces of property at one time
unless the owner of the property filed requisitioh
and left II with the Water Register. The citizen
went to the office of the Water Register, where
young fellow met him and asked him what ne
wanted What followed has been reported TO Inc
Tribune by the citizen himself as follows;
said 1 had five pieces of property. and was vas
going away in the country; that WanteG .st siit
/ must put in a requisition. and that "oulu ~ ~
could get my bills In about two weeAs Ift
they would be sent me. and he sald yes II "a "a
him the postage told him thaJ IN ISat{ S r'Ir
Years that this was the first time that had ruh
up against any such damned 1901 rachst t, a. .b1
was He intirnated that lied ADVISED mn .<-t
was a rnuch older man than he was and that
/ knew what 1 talking about put III t"e
requisition. and there L am
..T-he reason We made the rule not TO give oillS
for more than three pieces of property at one he
10 one person said William c. Byrne the Ma1er
Register Yesterday. lis that the rule pleNsnts
agents with long lists OF proPeIy ~coi-rs ~ ~ -
and blocking the line OF pI9pery owners ~ % Mno
want 10 get their bills EtundredS OF persons
w. 1rs115 M get one bills apiece come
here every day, and some or them come from a
distance II would be,,as pc While the clerks
making bills for agents Representing many
pieces of property We permit tne I agents 20 NE
biiIs as they have time. and in week SO the
agents return and find their bills all ready for them.
ras sed with IT, and IL Will be continued because IL
Is for the benefit OF the public
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
RECIPROCITY.

From The Chicago Tribune
,,,aoSs ssid the friend of the family. How dld
you persuade your. mother 10 consent -
T .sf 'rold her replied the youthful bride-eiect, u
..h.. gf sba didn't I'd never give my consent 70
her narryirs that old wdower that's been cofnin1s
10 see her long-and Ia ten MN JUST ho" oi1
she IS"
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
CHANGES IN BROADWAY.
BUILDING OPERATIONS THAT WILL MAKE IT
sURPAss ANY OTHER STREET IN
TIE WORLD

New-Yorks most famous thoroughfare will
undergo a marvellous transformation in the
early part of this century From the Battery
Park to the Kingsbridge Road ii is the theatre
OF tremendous activity in real estate operations.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

Depew received offer of the vacant post. but he
declined. The reason he described follows:
I knew the hostility that caused withdraw
a Presidential candidate Unabdted and as
General Harrison was about TO so into another
campaign 1 did not wish TO handicap him with
that load and told him He said, generously.
II will take the responsibility" but declined.
Then he said, ''If l reelected. will you take
the place. / told him / would. and dropped
the subject there. OF course you know he was
not reelected. We never spoke of the matter, and
IL terminated with this.
Senator Depew reached into his desk and pulled
out letter. It has never been published before,
and exenplihes in an rIuminative way that Gen
eral Harrison not the man of ice that many
were inclined to believe him. The letter is as fol-
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
NFL4MNIBLE.
e Denver Post


Beaumont, Tex, oil crazed has named his
twin daughters kerosina and Naphthalina- When
they reach the age at which the flame of love
be kindled. 1t will be risky business for young
sparks flashing around In their vicinity
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

studying methodically tore it up and said de-
cisively:
General Rosecrans will not be disturbed" And
he wasn't
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
TIE EXTREuITY OF TERROR

| From The Detroit Journal
And she very pale2
i pale" exclaimed the Boston person, "a Il
she had microoe."
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
Executive Mansion,
IPrivate.l
Washington Dec IL 1892

washington. Dec. u. lS92
My Dear Mr.. Depew Your philosophical mind
the presidency" you hold by a surer tenure
than the breath of popular favor Will help you to
bear the election result at least with fair show
Of calmness. l. too. able, but for very different
reasons. to look forward 10 an early retirement
from public life without share of personal regret.
Both will however, greatly regret that some public
policies that have highly promoted the national
prosperity be abandoned.
l greatly obliged TO you for very many friend
" acts and words. and hope that my offer of the
Secretaryship OF State after Mr.. Baines retirement
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
CONSUMPTION

is, by no means, the dreadful
disease it is thought to be-
in the beginning.
1t can always be stopped
in the beginning. The trouble
= is you don't know you've got
it; you don't believe it; you
won't believe it. till you are
forced to. Then it is danger.
Gus.
Don't be afraid but attend
to it quick-you can do it your.
self and at home.
Take SCOTS Emulsion Of
Cod Liver Oil, and live care.
fully every way.
This is sound doctrine.
whatever you may think or
be told and, if needed, will
save life.
II you have not tried II. eord eoy
atn PIE. Its agreeable taste Wlil
a6SSc s2 ssI5l S 3 5ss9}wNE. oaem,rgta..
coo. and si.ooi all druggistss.o '"'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
LICENSED DRAM DRINKERS.

The State Senate of Arkansas. by
a vote of IA to 1, has passed bill
making 1t unlawful for any person
to drink any intoxicating liquor as
beverage unless he shall have
first obtained license as dram
drinker.
The license fee is fixed at S. per
annum and the penalty attached to
violation of the law is SIS fine or
Imprisonment for thirty days.
One of the strongest arguments
advanced in favor of the measure is
that its enactment and enforcement
would compel almost every man in
Arkansas to contribute to the public
revenue.
The bill is now in the House and
hight is made on the ground that
1t is obnoxious to the better class
of dram drlnkers in Arkansas be-
cause of its extremely democratic
and levelling tendency. The poor
est topper will be on practically the
same plane with the richest, the
humblest with the proudest, the
blacklist with the whitest.
While providing for regulation
tin tag of the size of an ordinary
buiter-dish, to be furnished at
public cost, the bill permits all
legally deceased dram drinkers to
wear, as substitutes, badges de-
signed to meet the stations, means
and tastes of the wearers, on condi-
ton, however, that every badge
bearer bears the letters al. d. d."
(Licensed Dram-D rinker).
There is no provision in the bill
for the relief of the Arkansas man
who finds himself in a strange town
without his badge. He might Dor
row tag and one man could STAY
outside while the other was taking
his drink, but the effect of this
would be demoralizing to an ancient
custom in Arkansas which makes il
an objectionable sin for a man to
drink alone.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
no LONGER USELESS.
MANY Valuable Products are Now Made
From Sawdust.

Scientific men have long been
engaged in the study of methods of
utilizing waste products, such as
sewage, garbage and many other
things, formerly thrown away as
worthless. After il is ascertained
just what these materials contain
that can be utilized ingenius men set
their wits to work to invent machin-
cry and devise processes by which
the valuable commodities may be
extracted. In this way many mil
lion dollars worth of oils, fertilizers
and other useful substances are now
saved and the world is so much the
richer.
a great deal of sawdust has al
ways gone to waste, though many
mills have used it to supplement
their fuel supply. Chemical anal
ysis have been at work on the saw
dust problem, aud it has been
shown clearly that it contains very
useful elements that are worth saw.
ing, and now machinery has been
invented to extract these materials.
The experiments have proven
that 1000 pounds OF sawdust will
yield about 100 pounds of char,
which is practically the same as
charcoal and equally as serviceable
$50 pounds of acids, 1 90 pounds of
tar and quantity of gases that
have been tested for heating
and Illuminating, and found 10 be
excellent for both purposes. While
the acids, tar and char are the pro
ducts particularly desired, it is said
the gases are of commercial value.
"A machine has been invented in
Montreal for the purpose of dis.
tiIiIng sawdust and obtaining the
desired products. Consul General
Bittlnger writes that the machine
treats about 1000 pounds of wet
sawdust an hour. AS Canada man.
ufactures enormous quantities of
lumber it Is expected that country
will be an important source of val
liable commodities.
There are twenty places in Europe
where oxalic acid is extracted from
sawdust. In Scotland sawdust is
used to make floor. cloth, coarse
wrapping paper and MILL board
which is a kind of Dashboard used
by bookmakers in the covers of
books. Thus sawdust, once thought
to be good deal of a nuisance, is
beginning to be considered quite
useful article
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
McKINLEY'S BLACK SUIT.

A suit of clothes made of black
wooden cloth which has never been
through the dye tub is probably the
most remarkable costume that Pres
ident Mckinley has ever owned.
That he can wear it, as one of a
very few men who have enough of
the wool to make a suit of clothes.
is due TO the courtesy of George w.
Peterson, who owns flock of 10
black sheep, the only really black
flock in the country. Mr.. Peterson
has also given Senator Platt a guam
ity of the same cloth. No dye of
any sort was used, and the wool is
as pure in color and texture as when
1t came from the sleeps back.
As this is the only known instance
IN which black cloth has been made
without dying the wool, President
Mckinley will be a marked man
when he appears in his priceless
suit of clothes. Mr.. Peterson, an
amateur stock breeder, who has
farm at Austerlitz, N. Y, raised his
black sheep at great expense land
with much care.-Exchange.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

TO wealth and a seat in the legisla-
ture. Therefore. Disgusting myself
as person of sense aud importance
In the community, (my best disguise
IN which l am never tecognised) |
do hereby, in behalf OF the Whatcom
County Agricultural Association. of
which / should be an honorary
member, bid them welcome; and
say unto them, in whichever Ian
guage they best understand, "Take
forty or half-section at my right
hand, and be neighborly."( Eastern
papers please copy.)
Now, would be pleased, like
the brooks of Tennyson, to "go
babbliDg on forever" but in the
business college, where | learned
etiquette, was incidentally taught
that the briefer my remarks, the
better; particularly, if / had no
special message to deliver TO the
world, anyway. One instructor in
that memorable institution even
made the peculiar statement in re.
ferring to business letter had
laboriously constructed, that if /
had quit at the colon following the
salutation, it would have been as
satisfactory to all concerned.
As l have no idea that you will
read down this far, my dear distant
relative, | feel safe in assuring you,
as the poor girl did her insane
sweetheart, that you may go out of
your own mind but never out of
mine.
Asking you to pardon my sup
pressed merriment, which is largely
due to my abbreviated understand
ing, l get off here. lean.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
LOOKING FOR THE DEPOT.

From the Fairmont Sunday Leader
The following is told by one of
the mail carriers An old fellow
wearing the Grand Army blue, and
who was from the buckwheat farms
of Preston county, was standing on
the Racket Store corner the other
morning just as the six o'clock mail
collection was being made. He
was intently gazing at the signs on
all the doors in that vicinity. AS
the carrier approached him he ask
ed "Young fellow, can you tell
me where the street car depot is
at1" "The what ?" asked the
astonished carrier. "The street
car depot" again answered the old
vet. "You see, l am goin' to New
England to visit my son, and they
told me down at the railroad to
take the street car out, and / want
to buy ticket" The carrier then
explained that no ticket was neces-
sary on the cars, and was leaving,
when the old fellow said "You're
mighty young lookin' to be John
NY" GA what asked the car.
rier. ga JOHNNY Reb-you're
wearing of the gray" Here the
carrier made further explanation,
and left the old man waiting for the
first car to New England.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02


Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chic
ago, whose third election TO that
Office has caused his name to be
more or less talked Of in connection
with national politics, spent most
OF this week in Washington quietly
resting. Asked the blunt question.
whether he had any intention of
entering the national political arena,
Mr.. Harrison, replied 81 am not
fooling with national politics. 1t is
enough for me now to attend to nv
duties in Chicago" When asked
what the Illinois Legislature was
likely to do, Mr.. Harrison said !:
"The Republicans in that body
have done almost nothing outside
of a discussion of apportlonment
bills. They have quarrel among
themselves over the subject, and I
should not be surprised if the legis.
lature adjourned without passing
any measure for apportionment."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

Editors are often requested to
publish items by persons who have
grievance against another person
and they think the way to get even
with such person is to have them
exposed through the home paper.
This is a sneaking and disreputable
way to get even and none but a
coward will result to such tactics.
If you even have to settle the diff
Guilty with fstic encounter it is
more manly than drawing a news
paper man into your petty quarrels.
-Ex.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

That the Philippines must neces-
sarily be a large and continuous
source of expense to the United
States has been evident from the
day Spain goldbricked us into be
coming their owners. a board Of
naval officers, under orders from
secretary Long, are now engaged
IN preparing plans for a $4,000, 900
naval station, which is to have
$1,000, 600 dry dock, at Olongapo,
oubig Bay Luzon. Those plans
will have 70 receive the approval Of
Congress before they can be carried
out
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

"A grandmother at twenty-six is
Mrs. May Campbell, who lives in a
log cabin in the mountains of
Oconee county, South Carolina.
Mrs. Campbell was married when
eleven and was the mother of a
daughter when twelve. This daugh-
ter has now become a mother.
Mrs. Campbell has nine children
and is in good health.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
Heart
Pains

are Natures warning notes of
approaching danger from a dis
eased heart. If you would
avoid facilitating diseases, or
even sudden death from this
hidden trouble pay heed to the
early warnings. Strengthen the
hearts muscles, quiet its merry
GUS irritation and regulate its
action with that greatest of all
heart remedies, DR.. Miles
Heart Cure.
"My heart beat so hard that IL
shook the bed, and the pain was
so sharp and severe that could
hardly breathe. L used four bot
ties OF DIR. Miles Heart Cure and
the palpitation and pain were
gone" Mrs. 9. BLACK,
Charleston, S. @.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
DR.. Miles
Gore

controls the heart action, accel-
crates the circulation and builds
up the entire system. Sold by
druggists on a guarantee.
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

Trains Daily except sunday.
NO persons carried on any other than
stations designated J. A. MARTIN,
Gen'l Supt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

On European railroad they have
provided a car for drunken passen.
gers. All holders Of tickets and
jays are taken 20 this car and turned
loose, the windows are barred, the
doors are locked and the intoxi.
Gated passengers are allowed 10
have things their own way. Sorting
them out at the stations must be an
agreeable task for the conductors
and brakcmen. Xxx.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

- p - cI1 og 100.

'IAIE of ONO. Cry or TOLEDO
Lucas C0rNrY
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath tbs, ITO a.
senior partner % ihe firm Of B. !. Cpgvry
q Co.. doing business IN the CityofTo,edo.
County and State Aforesaid and thst said
firm will pay De sum Of ONF fyNDDFp
DOLLARS ior each and every case n
CArARFn chat cannot De cured by Che use
% HALL s CArARgH CUR
FRANK } CHENEY
sworn 20 before me and subscribed ID,
my presence thia orb day fDcc IssS
q. W. GLEASON
.hNi. Notary Public.
Halle Catafrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on tbe blood and rucons
sariaces Of the system. send Tor tosfno.
n's's. free w. CHENEY = co
Toledo Ohio
Sold by druggists zsc
HALLS Family Pills arc the best
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02

published on Monday. wednes-
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lng reading fsr al vino wish 90
Keep in close touch with news
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price $3.50 per year.
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I50 Aeres.
CloMMIssroNrR.s sA1n

II ~ ffAisf.
Sarah ". Ia Raw. Guar ct,A
VS.. rt
Grace A. Ia Raw al o"""Oery
Pursuant TO the provisions ~ , do.
In tnc above styled cause. optcrod az 70
13fo day OF March. 1901. will. on "" '"'
Thursday, May 2nd. 1901.
on ihe premises IN tho TOWN, or TFppA
go ~. w VA. oher for sale. the real &c
80 'l VIC hil and proceedings i'm esid
AUS mentioned aud described upop ti,c
S'"le 'l SO much cash in hand on the IA,
~ ~. as WIZ De necessary TO nav ~
fos, ~ Haiq suit and expenses Of sale and
~ VIC siauc upon credit Of o NJ and
- nouns. thc purchaser 10 give intorcst
nb NOES ".ih good personal sccnrifS
money. W purchase
DEscRIrrioN This is very des,,,t,.
Popcity consisting Of Lot 81. and part -
I.,i 20 ln SAID town with valuable iro
provements on Lot 90. TO wit.
4 Good Dweiling House
ana necessary outbuildines. This propert,
N sitnltcd on tIc north side Of efate :,
dlnlning John 81 Frcelaud ON f6o ~,
",o extending 60 the alley on the east
sac VIII commence at f.sop m
W MONROE Special Conn
hereby certify that bond with eecu,i,,.
has occn given in the above cause arcorS
ing oiaw and The decree therein
y - 80 - J W. Watson. Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
y
Thos. a. Poll. Admir-. etall
VS.. (,Ls.
Moilic a. Fortney ct al

4 CiNiooiONEK - SALE.
Thos. a. Poll. Admir-. ALI
VS.. (.Lau.
Moilie a. Fortney ct al.
pursuant 10 the provisions of a dec,.. =.
d dae aVoNe sly led cause entered on the and
day OF April. 1901. will. on e @""
Friday, Nay 3rd, 1901.
on on the premises. about three miles from,
NeWUurg Preston county. w Va. procesd
TO sell the real estate of which hk'oOeeo
Reason A. Pell died seized unou M , .~te
OF so much cash in hane on the dav 81 esin
as may be necessary to pay the cos,s ~
sur anu expenses of sale and for tbc 80
que upon credit Of 8. u and ne mon,La
the Purchaser giving interest besrin.
notes WIN good personal security To- ,pss
peIerIeu instruments of purchase monev
~ rs -. y his property lies on The
nedu waters OF Cooks Run. on The 100
leading from independence IN Kine,,, ,os1
duJolning the lands OF Thomas q pou
ECO - Moore and others. cousistirs -
TWO tracts and containing IN all about -
I59 heres.
mere arc very comfortable buitdi.
tplSSIeOn. consisting OF a good DWEI + iN!ss
O,CnLt necessary out houses stable 80.
a"o q me orchard. This sale js az ~,
surface only, the coal. with one or to- -
CSptlons. which will be pointed out or a..
OF safe hasybcon sold. NdJ
NaIe VIII begin at II O'Clock a. m.
~ W. MONROE, Special Com'r
a.. hereby certify that bond with secu,i,v
i,.e ~, Detn gwen ~ The above cause. accord.
'ns TO law aud The decree therein,
OF At-sol J w. Watson Clerk
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
WASHING TONLETTER.
OFFICIAL RASCALITY IN THE
COMMiSsARY DEPARTMENTAL
MANILA.
senator Coekereil Comments on The
Cuban constitutional Convention.

WASHINGTON, April ~, Ioor.-
Denials having been rendered
ridiculous by press dispatches from
Manila giving names and details.
War Department officials now con
fess that there have been extensive
frauds in the commissary branch of
the army in the Philippines, and
announce with flourish OF honesty
and virtue that an official investipa-
ton is now being made with view
to the exposure and punishment of
all those who have been guilty of
wrong doing. This announcement
would have carried more weight
with the disinterested public had II
not been accompanied by another
saying that the conduct of the in
vestigation had been placed in the
hands of Adjutant General Corbin.
General Miles is commander OF the
army, and as such should have
directed that investigation, and if
the truth and the whole truth, re-
CARELESS of whose toes might be trod
on, had been sought, it would have
been allowed to remain i'm his hands
where 1t properly belonged-he had
proven his fearlessness in uncover
ing fraud in the embalmed beef
cases. But If the object of the in
vestigation be to whitewash the
guilty officers who have Republican
political pull, and to make scape-
goats of those who have not, the
choice of General Corbin to direct
1t was wise. He has record of
political partisanship never equaled
by any holder Of a major generals
commission in the United States
Army, and there have been some
radical partissns in the army, too.
while General Miles has never been
partisan and is suspected of be-
lieveing in democratic principles.
Major George d. Davis. one of the
officers said to be implicated in the
frauds, is now in Washington on
sick leave. He has been connect
ed with the commissary branch of
the army for several years, and was
regarded as General Eagan's right
hand man when he was Commissary
General. Major Davis was at the
War Department this week and was
questioned by Commissary General
Weston. He denied the charged
cabled from Manila that the books
of Evans & CO., government con-
tractors showed that sums of money
had been paid to him and Other
officers; also that he had any know
ledge of wrong doing on the part of
either officers or contractors and
announced his willingness to return
to Manila at once and assist in the
investigation. He might be able to
render valuable assistance in the
whitewashing.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
FREE LUNCH IN CHURCH.

The latest innovation is free
lunch at church, and strangely
enough, conservative Brooklyn will
inaugurate the "eating feature of
religious services" A dispatch in
the Sunday Globe-Democrat says :
Free lunch has previously been
monoPlized by the saloon, but
Plymouth Church, beginning to.
morrow, will divide the drawing
power of sandwiches and pickles
with the liquor store. The Rev.
DR.. Hills, pastor Of Plymouth, is
sponsor for the church free lunch.
After the evening services he plans
to hold a reception, and he wants
the people to stay-especially the
young people. The lunch is offered
as an inducement. Plymouth
Church has a well equipped kitchen.
Here the free refreshments will be
prepared, and the ladies Of the
church will take turns in serving
them. While the congregation is
eating Dr. Hills will be getting
acquainted with its members.