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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-16
EpwOr,h League Convention

. H<@ The Epwor,h League Con-
tpeSSks,ie vention for this district.
PI7S which me, at Morgantowu
\e~d Nr last week was well attended
MN and pleasant and profitable
affair. This county was
CSS-% represented as follows,
Pearl Stone, Chapter No. s7oo. Kingwood,
w. Va.
J. n. Calvert, Chapter No. s7oo, King
wood. W. Va.
Virginia Brand, Chapter No. $500, King
wood. w. Va.
Luna Hartley, Chapter No. Isiss, Ma
sontown, w. Va.
w. Z. Watson, Chapter No. Isiss. Ma.
sontown, w. Va.
J. {. Gibson, runnelton, w. Va.
Jas. O. Gibson, Tunnelton, w. Va
Grace Dill, st. Paul Chapter No. 1919
Reedsville. w. Va.
Mrs. ]. $. Dunn, st. Paul Chapter No.
1920, Reedsyille. w. Va.
Leo,a Braham, Snider Chapter, Tunnel
ton Circuit.
Prof. c. X. Jones, of Morgan,own. was
unanimously reelected president aud l.. X.
Clark. of Grafton, vice president, Miss
E,helyn Bonaheld, of Tunnelton, was
chosen second vice president, Prof. n. +.
Kendall of Feuerman, third vice president.
Miss Lily Elliott, of kingwood, fourth vice
president, Miss Bessie Compton, of Grafton,
secretary, Luna Hartley, of Masontown.
treasurer and Miss Emma coombs, of Nor
ganiown Junior Superintendent.
The next meeting place was lett 10 the
Board of Control but it will probably be
Grafton. An important change was
made in the number of delegates. There
are to be one from every ten or majority
fraction instead of one for every twenty.
The dues were reduced from two To one
cent per member.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-16
ScOtl'S
Emulsion

Of Cod Liver Oil is the means
Of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men women and
children.
When appetite fails, it re-
stores it. When food is a
burden, it lifts the burden.
When youlose Aesh,it brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy, it makes life
bright.
It is the thin edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food.
But what is the use of food,
when you hate it, and can't di-
cest it?
SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod
Liver Oil is thefood that makes
ou forget your stomach.
II, you =, h9 ,y rot tried +, s ss9e , t9r
Corr a BOVINE. Chemists.
zoe Pearl Street. New York.
SOC. and Sf'oo all druggists.
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More Books Given.

The American Book Co, by their agent,
Prof. a. J. wilkinson, donated 10 the King
wood School Library, last week. ten vol.
umcs of the incest books yet received. on
GERS and teachers are very thankful to Prof
Wilkinson and the company he represents.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-16

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May Marriages.
NORTH STAR,

James T. Fretwell, ~;
Della l.. Davis, II.
William Clinton Welch, "a;
Maggie Belle Feather, ~.
All natives Of Preston county.
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Summer
Normal School.
Y HE Teachers Normal School con-
tInuing Eight Weeks, will be opened
AT AURORA.
JUNE 18th, 1901.

by a. LEE Posr and Miss JESSIE
TRorTER, of West Va Conference
Seminary.
Especial attention will be given
to the Common School Branches TO
assist those who wish to teach.
In addition, work may be taken
in Latin, Algebra, Geometry, or
such branches as a sufficient num-
Der of students may desire. Tuition,
S.. Address either of the above
parties at Buckhannon.
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SALLIE WANDER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
THE UNDERGROUND WORLD.

weave it again into rich draperies
that rival those from Indian looms,
or lace as delicate as Italy's most
costly fabric.
The making of a cave, as sci
entists have determined it, is a
simple thing-the wearing away
of rock by water containing car
bonic acid. This acid is a sworn
foe to limestone in any form, as
the proprietor Of soda fountain
learns to his sorrow when the
dripping from the faucet has
eaten an unsightly hole into the
polished marble slab beneath.
But in cave-making it is only a
case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The stony material taken from one
place is deposited in another,
and by this slow process, the un-
ceasing labor of countless tiny
drops Of water, each bringing it's
small burden to become a part of
the great and beautiful whole, the
wonderful adornment of the Luray
caverns has been wrought.
In order to correctly understand
what is meant by "cave forma-
TONS one must master three tech
nical terms, and learn to distin-
guish between the twins stalactite
and stalagmite, and their cousin.
helictite, which, by the way, is
found only in Luray. The stalac-
tite begins in drop of water
hanging upon the ceiling of a
cave. It has brought it's little
load of lime and magnesia, and as
the carbonic acid escapes and the
water evaporates the drop becomes
more concentrated at the base and
deposits the solid matter it con-
tains in a ring of tiny crystals.
This ring becomes the support of
the next drop, which in turn leaves
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
THE CASE OF MISS STONE.
getting the ransom money.

getting the ransom money.
There has been much fear ex-
pressed for Miss Stones life, but
the brigands will not murder her
when the price of her ransom is so
near their grasp.
The most deplorable part of the
outrage is the procrastination that
has marked the raising of the
ransom money. Some have adj
vanced the theory that the pay
ment of the ransom will establish
a dangerous precedent. So will
the immediate capture and execu-
ton of the brigands, after they
have been made to disgorge their
blood money, establish far more
dangerous precedent-to malefac-
tors. There is something very
mean in a policy that holds human
life cheaper than gold.
The epidemic of kidnapping
that seized upon the vicious
minded Of our own country after
the successful exploits of the
Omaha kidnappers was caused by
the successful issue of the scheme.
Had the criminals been promptly
captured and severely punished
there would have been no prece-
dent to tempt the mercenary. We
may be sure that such measures
will be taken by the president to
make the lives of our citizens who
in the future venture into Bull
garia, secure and safe from
brigandage. Mr.. Roosevelt will
evidently give the harpies at home
and the Bulgarians abroad a
precedent that will be remem-
bered by them for some time to
come. There have been altogeth-
er too many outrages perpetrated
upon American missionaries with
in the last decade. The president
will deal with the incident with
characteristic nervousness.
PENDENNIS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Onions as Weather Prophets.

In some country households
there are to be seen at the present
time IL large onions placed in
row, with a pinch of salt on the
top Of each. What mission have
these odoriferous roots to perform?
They are there, an English agri-
cultural paper explains, as weather
prophets. The onions were set in
position on Christmas day. They
we'll be kept on guard until twelfth
night. Then the believer in their
prophetic Office will examine them
with scrupulous care. On some
onions the salt will have melted;
On others it will have remained
dry. Each onion represents
month. A rainy month is indi-
Gated where the salt has melted
and dry month where it has kept
intact. N. Y. Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Fearless and Independent.

The Chicago Record Herald is a
conspicuous example of the sue
cess with which the public re-
wards fearless nonpartisanship in
the columns of a great metropoli-
tan daily paper. It is an indie
pendent newspaper in which men
and measures are invariably viewed
wholly from the standpoint of the
public good and not from that of
the interests of any particular
political party. 1t is the very re-
verse of neutral-fearless and out
spoken on all the great questions
of the day, but presenting its ed
itorial opinion upon independent
Judgment and entirely regardless
Of political affiliations. Partisan
ship is barred as strictly from the
news columns as from the editorial
page. All political news is given
without partisan coloring, thus
enabling the reader to form cor
rect conclusions for himself. In
the ordinary partisan newspaper
political news is ordinarily col
ored to such an extent as to make
it difficult if not impossible for
the reader to secure a sound basis
for intelligent judgment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

those among whom they labor, but
that does not dim their faith; If
one is taken another steps in the
place made vacant by the martyr
and the good work goes on. Scat
tered all over the globe these noble
men and women are serving the
Christ they love, without thought
of self.
In the wilds of Africa they tell
the story of Christ; among the
savages of the South Seas they
lift up the cross of the King of
Peace; the fanaticism Of the hea-
then is COMPOUNDED by the ex-
ample of their lives. And all this
labor for the welfare of the be-
nighted is not without it's dangers
and trials.
Miss Stone, an American mis-
sionary, found greater danger in
mans lust for gold than in the
persecution of fanaticism. The
Bulgarian bandits who abducted
her were prompted by mercenary
expectations. Religion had no
place in their plans; the object of
the scheme was to obtain money
by extortion. It is to be regretted
that Bulgaria is not within shoot
ing distance Of the American ma
Wy. Drastic measures are the only
ones to mete out to such scoun-
drels, and a little bombardment
judiciously placed would do a
country that harbors such fends
a world of good. The brigands
are surrounded by troops and
there seems to be no escape for
them, even if they succeed in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

D\NN( forests of vegetation.
W. What is it? A world
within a world, with lakes and
rivers, hills and plains, where is
reproduced everything growing
under the light of the sun or
formed by the ingenuity Of man.
Who is Stalacta? The queen of a
wide domain whose wonders we
have only just begun to discover;
the enchantress of the under
world at whose bidding the elves
of earth, air and water create ever
varying shapes, beautiful or gro
tesque.
1t is not SO very many years ago
since the Mammoth cave was made
accessible to the traveller in search
of the marvellous. Since then it's
fame has gone abroad until every
one has heard of it's immense size,
it's curious stone formations,
stalacites and stalagmites it's
subterranean lakes and rivers, the
home of queer eyeless fish, and the
whole list of attractions which the
enthusiastic tourist is so ready to
recount for the enlightenment of
his less fortunate friends. But
while the Kentucky giant still holds
pre-eminence in point of size, it
has formidable rival in beauty
and interest in that Virginian
marvel the caverns Of Luray, sit
uated in the famous Shenandoah
valley. Here is found the lime
stone formation which Queen
Stalacta has chosen for her own,
whose compact mass her servants
pick apart with tireless fingers, to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

time and space allowed by one
short article forbid the lengthen-
ing of this list of curiosities. There
is an end to all things, SO there
must be a termination of the Won
ders of Luray, but it is not ap-
parent to the touriest who spends
a day in it's caverns. P. B. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

and deep, set in banks Of snowy
loneliness. There are columns
plain and ornate, pillars massive
and delicate, arches airy and grace
full. There is vegetable garden,
Astounding in cabbage, caulifower,
asparagus and other stalagmitic
delicacies; a fish market, where
hang rows of stalactites that look
exactly like fish Of different sorts
black bass, silver perch, shad,
mackerel and pike Their backs
are dark, their bellies white, their
tails properly notched, and the
trickling water makes them look
as tho they are just fresh from the
river.
Draping the Balcony are sew
eral alabaster scarfs of exquisite
color and texture. Three are daz-
zlingly white; thirteen are striped
like the agate, with every imagin-
able shade of brown. In shape
each is like the wing of a narrow
lambrequin, one edge straight, the
other meeting it in gracefully
curving folds. And down the edge
of each scarf trickles a wee rivulet
that glitters like a thread of silver
under the glare of the electric
lights. This is the flying shuttle
that weaves Queen Stalacta's roy
al robes.
In the ''Cathedral' there is
great organ whose pipes are long,
sonorous stalactites, and a little
farther on are the "Chimes,"
number of short stalactites that
ring like different toned bells un-
der the guides skillful touch.
Here and there are groups of stat
uary-Hager bending grief-strick-
en- over her famished son, Ishmael;
Christ blessing little children: and
plump baby asleep with it's head
pillowed on a white stalagmite.
Then there are ''Pluto's Chasm,"
"Hades,' "Tartarus," = regions
that in spite of their gruesome
names abound in beauty and
Skeleton Gorge" a deep ravine
that in times long past witnessed
a tragedy. Here the first explor-
ers found the skeleton Of man,
half imbedded in rock. Some of
the bones may still be seen. tho
vandal- handed tourists have chip
ped away the greater portion for
relics. Also there is a fair-sized
menagery Of very docile lions,
camels and elephants, - Jumbo
bearing his howdah with ponder
GUS dignity dragon as hid
eeus as mythology could require.
There is a pyramid of cakes
frosted cakes, too, that would be
sadly disappointing to boys
sweet tooth, no matter how salts
flying they might be to his eyes;
basket of fruit, pineapple and
any quantity of grapes. There is
a Chinese idol, serene and ugly
upon it's stone pedestal; a repro
duction of Pisa's famous leaning
tower; a geyser of the Yellowstone,
stolen by Stalacta's elves and
frozen into glittering crystal. [
could go on for week telling you
of the beautiful and grotesque
things to be seen in Luray. But |
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

| eCor OF Cn0 drop, anywhere ITOIn
an inch to a yard in length. By
this time it begins to fill up and
the solids are deposited on the
outside.
This formation has infinite var
iety; "stone CLOTH" curtains
Swords" etc., are made in this
way. Such draperies are found in
the Luray caverns striped with
every tint of brown and red, the
result of varying amounts of car
Donate of iron in the water.
The drop which was the begin
ming of the stalactite had to fall
after a time. When it struck the
floor Of the cave a stalagmite was
begun, and as the successive drops
fell, sparkling white column rose
toward it's fellow suspended from
the ceiling. Sometimes they meet
in mid air and form a pillar which
reaches from floor to roof. It
grows larger and larger with every
drop that trickles over it's surface,
and is often beautifully auted to
meet some dainty fancy of Stall
acta, the queen of the under
world
A helictite is a growth of SIM
liar nature, but which for some
unknown reason sets the laws of
gravitation at defiance and grows
straight out instead of up or down.
It is very curious phenomenon,
and one which sadly puzzles the
wise men of science when they
try to account for it. In the cav
erns of Luray this subterranean
freak shows itself in a thousand
fantastic forms. Perhaps the most
curious certainly the prettiest-
is the "Baby's Hand" which is
thrust out of one of the stone
draperies, tiny, chubby hand.
perfect in outline and even in
color, it being, of delicate, rosy
flesh tint.
1t is impossible to estimate the
age Of these caverns and their
marvellous decorations. Uder the
drip of one of the large stalactites
a glass tumbler has been standing
for five years, but it is covered
only an eighth of an inch deep with
the limy deposit. Using this fact
as basis of reckoning, biologists
have declared that it took millions
of years to form some of the mas
sive pillars which reach from floor
to ceiling in the vast apartment
known as "Giant's Hail." Know
ing this, one can appreciate the
feelings of Prof. Lyman of. Yale
who, when told that savants as
serted that it took seven millions
of years to give certain column
it's great diameter, exclaimed, Il
feel like putting my shoes from
off my feet! This stone must
certainly be holy ground; for none
but the patient hand Of the Al
mighty could have wrought such
a wonder!'
The air of the cave is pure and
wholesome, varying only from
fifty-four to fifty-six degrees the
year round, and being remarkably
free from moisture. The entrance
to the cave is reached by descend
ing stairway, where one may OBJ
serve that the roof under which he
is about to place himself is of blue
limestone thirty-five feet thick
and seeming perfectly substantial
"a fact that affords great salts
faction when one is really amid
the shifting shadows and strange
shapes of the first great hall, and
experiences the Undesirable SEN
sation Of having the solid earth
over his head as we'll as in it's
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Botha had an off day yesterday
He wasn't nearly surrounded
Chicago Record-Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
HE courage and zeal of

he courage and zeal OF
the missionaries who
venture into out
of-the-way places
to spread the gospel
is sublime. Often
they are martyrs to
the fanaticism of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Paper Read Before the ChIutduQud Circle.

Where is
it? Hidden away
under tons Of earth,
mountains of rock,
forests of vegetation.
What is it? A world
Daily camera., 1901-07-16

Train No. rs win 10 Hold on Sundays.
Effective June 10Th, train No. .,
scheduled to leave Denver at 4:3) p. m.
Tor Boulder. Loui ;ville, Longmont. Love
land and Fort Collins, will be held on
Sundays until 7 p. m.
Daily camera., 1901-07-16
sum mons,
In tho COUNTY
Court,


STATE OF CoLoRADo. In tho County
COUNTY OF BOULDER, Court.
In the matter OF
Ns.a NJ. s,5s s'FrE-t, ne.- fla'a''h Summon.
HARTMAN HAPPELL, DefendanO
The People of the State OF Colorado,
To Hartman Iappeii, the defendant above
namei, greeting
You are hereby required to appear In an
action brought against you by The above
named plaintiff. In the county cour, of Boulder
County State OF Colorado, and answer the
complaint therein within thirty DAYS after the
service hereof, IL served within the State Of
rsdo. or by publication, within hty days after
the service hereof, exclusive OF the day of serv-
tee; or Judgment will he taken agnins, you &C.
cording TO the prayer of the complaint: and II
the service hereof be ade by publication then
ten days additional TO said ffty days last here
inabove specified for appearance aud answer
will be allowed before the taking OF Judgment
as Aforesaid.
The said action Is brought to obtain decree
of divorce di.solving the bonds o. ma,rimony
heretofore and now existing between plaintiff
non support. Plaintiff further seeks the care
and custody o! the minor child, the issue OF said
marriage, and to recover the costs OF this action
to be taxed sswill more fully appear from the
complaint filed In SAID court in said action TO
which reference is hereby made.
c'And 4 copy OF which 10 hereto Al
tarhed.
And you are hereby notified that il you fail &c
appea. and to answer the said com piaint a.
above required the said plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief deTna nded in her ssi
complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
,Courti OF said Court hereto afh xed at Boul
lSeai der. in said County, this Sist dsy OF
0- May. A. d. l2ll.
II X KILLER.
Clerk OF the County Iourt.
First pub June IT-iast July 10. 1901
Daily camera., 1901-07-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"This is an imposition. Your sign
says: Shoes Repaired While You
Wait and here I've been over two
hours" well, isn't that waiting?"-
Philadelphia Times.
An Excellent Reason.-"She doesn't
intend to have any bridesmaids"
why is that?" "All her girl friends
are SO much prettier than she is."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fannie-"You mean thing, you!
You never ask me to lunch, and I've
heard you ask Kate Rice more than q
dozen times" Harry-"But, you see,
she never goes" Transcript.
His Solo.-Mrs. Fitz Fijjit-"Who
was that snored in the choir this morn
ing during a pause in the singing?"
Mr.. Fijjit-"Snore! Great heavens,
woman, that was my bass solo. Ohio
State Journal.
1--WE cannot consider your story se-
riously," wrote an editor to an author;
you have killed your hero in the mid
die Of it." To which the author replied:
II killed him because he made me
tired."-Current Literature.
Mamma-"What makes you so sick?
l hope you haven't been chewing to-
bacco." Tommy-"O-boo-hoo! No.
ma'am." Mamma-"Tm glad to hear
, that, but what" TOMMY was 60
in to chew it, but-boo-hoo-Is seen you
comm an l swallowed it whple."-
Philadelphia Record.
An Acknowledgements Wife-"I
hear you are getting up ladies' band
for the baxar next month. Excellent
idea! BY the by, what is your instru-
ment?" Wears Daughter-"Weil, 1
thought of playing the violin; but il
find it is too much for me, l shall try
the triangle!"--Punch.
Not ccessful.-"Willie, said man.
ma. didn't l tell you 10 wash your
face?" "Yes, paam,' Willie replied.
"and did wash it." II don't believe
you. It's just as dirty as ever" "Mam-
ma" piped little Elsie. who had just
been vaccinated. maybe he did do It.
but it didn't take the Arst time
Philadelphia Press,
Daily camera., 1901-07-16

salt Lake ami nsturn Cheap
Via the Colorado & Southern during the
summer season. ASK any C. & S. agent
for rates, selling dates etc.
Daily camera., 1901-07-16

Another Excursion t. Bu6Aio Tar0ugh the
Lakes
The success Of the Burlington's first
personally conducted excursion 10 the
Pan-American exposition, encourages Us
to organiz. another.
The date which has been selected is
Thursday. July I8. Sleepers for Chicago
will leave Denver at Iop m that day.
Twenty six state rooms aboard tic
"North Land" sailing from Chicago Al
ago p. m. July -. and eight aboard the
"Man,tou." sailing at $ p. m. sane day.
have been reserved These are the finest
vessels on inland waters. Rates var,
from $s2 50 10 s54.2o for the round trip.
Party will b: in charge. as tar as Chi
cago. Of an experienced man who will
relieve members OF all bother about b,g
gage, transfers etc.
The first excursion left Denver Thurs
day June -. and its members were en,hu
sias,ic in commanding the perfection OF
The arrangements for their comfort. The
second X :ursion promises to be even
more successful than the first. Fo.d,i
giving details will be mliled on request
Sleeping car berths and staterooms can
be reserved at any time-,h: sooner the
better. G. w. VALLERY,
Gen'l. Agent, Burlington Route,
1899 I7,h S.. Denver.
Daily camera., 1901-07-16

SileneinG Complaints.
Servant-Please, mum, the boardera
complained that the steak was tough
this morning.
Mrs. Slimdiet-Too bad. Give them
liver tomorrow.
Servant-And they want maple sirup
for their griddle cakes.
Mrs. Siimdiet-Omit the griddle
eakes.-N. y. Weekly.