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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
For Rent-Four room house. ]
7. Forsythe, No. 222 R. R. Ave.

For Rent-Four room house. ].
7. Forsythe, No. 222 R. R. Ave.
Walter Bishop, who has been at
Charleston, w. Va, and Lexiug-
ton, KY. in the interests of w. E
Cummings, returned home last eve
Ming.
Mrs. Henry Fischer, of North
Wells street, has for her guests this
week her mother and sister, Mrs
Reich and Miss Jennie Reich, of
Wheeling.
The Slipner base ball club of
Wheeling will cross bats with our
home team Friday for purse of
one hundred dollars, 1t will be
great game of base ball.
For Rent. - Neatly furnished
cottage on Brown Betty street, stu
ated between Charles aud Diamond
streets. For further particulars call
at this Office. 20 tt
Charlie E. Book, a former resi-
dent of this city, and until few
months ago In the employ of L.
Bedford, is reported dangerously Ill
In hospital at Canton, 0.
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy has world
wide reputation for its cures. II
never tails and Is pleasant and safe
to take. For sale by c. W. Grier.
The Caruation club will give a
lawn fete this evening at the resi-
dence of Z. L ellis, Hill street
Extension, to which you are In
vised. Ice cream and cake will be
served.
For Rent-Five roomed house
on Main street. Water and gas.
Rent $I2 a month. Irquire of J.
H. Mccoy at Oil Review Office.
80 If
Mrs. Bell Is moving today to
Lima ,Ohio,o account OF her health
Her husband will remain here and
continue to WORK for the Carter
OH company where he holds lu
crative position.
Ed Q1igley, ST., superintendent
Of Pipe Line construction for the
Carter Oil company, returned today
from Rochester, N. Y. During his
absence John Snufflln and Ed
Quisley, Jr.. attended to his work.
Edward Bailey, former resident
of our city, after two years stay at
his former home In Forest county.
Pa, has moved back here and Will
reside In Garry Owen, having pur'
chased Jesse Nishwander's prop
erty.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
Local and Personal Briefs

Street cars from New Martins
Vile When? Well, the travellers
would all come our way, anyhow.
Mr.. J H. Wagner, Of Batesville,
returned to her home after a month
spent with VIM. Moore, of this
county.
Miss Pearl Conley, of the Ohio
side of the river, who has been so
seriously Ill of typhoid fever, is get
ting better.
Mr.. Henry Hetzel and his sister,
Miss Marie, of Pittsburg, are the
guests of their brother, John Het-
zel, of this city.
Mrs John c. Morrison left this
morning 10 join her husband who
Is spending the heated term at Mt.
Clemans. Mich.
George H. Marshall and ". J.
HaDen, of Ligonier, Pa are here for
a short visit with their relatives In
and near the city.
The Martinsville daily paper has
not yet heard about the game OF
base ball that was played In that
city Saturday last.
The Keystone State passed down
this afternoon for Cincinnati with
a rather light trip on board of pas
seugers and freight.
Help the fremen along with
their tournament. 1t will bring
lots Of people and a good deal OF
money into our city.
The best phvsic-Cham berlain' 5
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy
to take. Pleasant In effect. Fol
sale by G ". Grier.
Hon. PA. Shanor, who Is spend
ing the summer with his family al
Middlebourne, was in the city this
morning on business.
DR. v N. Jones, the we'll known
dentist, has returned from a pleas
ure trip to Denver aud other points
of interest In the Rocky Mountains.
Henry L. Shattuck of Shellsburg
Iowa, was cured of a stomach trouble
with which he had been troubled
for years, by four boxes of Cham.
berlaiu's Stomach and Liver Tab,
lets. He had previously tried many
other remedies and number Of
physicians without relief.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05

Bids will be received by J. n.
McCov for building an extension
to Mrs H. B. Cranes residence on
Main street until Friday next.
Plans and details at the Review
Office. sgt
Word has been received here of
the accidental drowning at Wash
ington, Pa, of Miss Bertha Davis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. Davis,
who resided on East Charles street
until moving away from here two
months ago.
III. Dodge, manager of the New
England Gas and OIL Co., returned
today from Boston accompanied by
his little son, J. Warren. Mr..
Dodge will make Sistersyille his
home in the future and give all his
time to the interests of his COM
pany.
Sistersville Is a city of the young.
It Is commonly remarked by visit
ors that there are no old people
here; we haven't any octogenarian
now, and out of a population OF
six thousand, not a dozen persons
who are IS years of age. The Older
generation of our people have now
nearly all passed away, and the
strangers moving here were rarely
parsons past middle life. This Is
he explanation.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05

Circuit court next week.
Much cooler weather today.
Read the Star Shoe Store ad.
The Ben Hur passed down at
Don.
We are promised cooler weather
and rain.
Mrs. William Ihrig Is numbered
with the sick.
Clarksburg against S!stersville
tomorrow afternoon.
September fashion magazines at
McCoy's Book Store.
This Is the regular meeting night
of the Masons In this city.
The river is still falling but the
indications for rain are good.
&c. Livingston, of Friendly, Is
q business visitor In the city today.
Mrs. Lon Graham and son Leslie
are visiting relatives In the country.
w. J. Waldron, of Parkersburg,
Is transacting business here today.
For sale-Ol City boarding
house. Inquire at 600 Bro Hn Betty
street. st
Charles R. B.aney, a we'll known
business man, of Roney's Point, is
here today.
Mrs. Andy Bruner, of Stocking
auenue, IS visiting her parents In
Butler county.
Our junior base ball team de-
feated the Martinsville juniors last
week about IS to q.
Will Bailey Is moving from Hill
street to his newly purchased prop
erty near the depot.
Mrs. James Henderson and chill
dren left last evening for visit In
northern Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Nancy Adams, of Cemetery
Pike, Is spending the week at
Wheeling with relatives.
Miss Lizzie Canoe, of uppe,
Wells street went to Grandview o.
yesterday to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J Niswander, well
known residents of our city for the
past several years, will leave shortly
for Butler, Pa, where they will
make their future home. s-..
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
The Hour Glass

OF OUR GREAT GRAND
FATHERS
did very we'll in those days, but
times have changed. The success
full nien Ct to day reckon time as
none; a missed train or broken
engagement means that much lost.
A GOOD TINE KEEPER.
l.; an element ia character building.
A watch that Is always time In.
spires promptness and teaches self
reliance. Every moveDnt, no mat
ter what the grade, is backed by our
unqualified guarantee a guarantee
,ha,'s kept.
S. J. ANDERSON 6 CO..
jewelers..
Agents for Parker Fountain Pen.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
It's An III Wind That
Blows No One Good!

We are in an awful predicament-Masons
are tearing down the rear end of our store room
and in only few days the carpenters want room
so as to move stairs and side cases. We have got
to do something to facilitate their work. We
want more space. To getit and to do so quickly
we have welded our price cutting knife with
sledge hammer force. Nothing in the store es.
capped without a blow. We suggest an early Wis
it as selections will be large and at the prevailing
prices cannot last long. On coming to our
store we trust you will bear with us in our pres
ent condition of affairs as now exists. Only
short time now and all will know how pleasant it
is to shop in modern store.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
A Necessary PrecautIOn.

Don't neglect a cold. BY using
One Minute Cough Cure you can
cure it at once. Allays ipfamma
ton, clears the head, soothes and
strengthens the mucous membrane.
Cures, coughs, Group, throat and
lung troubles.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
NATIONAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT

Papkersburg, August 10. Is. d o. Rail-
road.
Only ST.. 90 round trip from SIS
tersville. Train leaves 9:2I a. m.
Returning leave Parkersburg 700
D. m. same day. Cal on agent,
Baltimore and Ohio RAILROAD for
full particulars. IS tt
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-05
BEAUMONT TEXAS
OIL FIELDS.

Through sleeping car from Chicago
without change and through sleeping
ear reservations from Cincinnati via
Memphis, Tenn. to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29
Old Map Of New York State.
Rochester Union.


Mrs. A H Bowen. Of Penfield owns a
map which was published by Simeon De Witt.
surveyor general Of the state. in 1904 and is
a condensation of his large map. Some idea
of how thinly the state was settled at the
time may be gathered from the statement that
there were six towns in Kings county and
four in Richmond. And the word town did
not necessarily imply a village
There were no people In Rochester at that
time. In fact, the name does not appear on
the map. Monroe county is not there. There
only three counties in all western New
York-Genesee county, west OF the Genesee
river, and ontario and Sreuben counties east
Of the river The only settlements west of
Rochester, or where Rochester was to be- We're
New Amsterdam, just north of the present
site Of Buffalo; Blafk Rock near Buffalo;
Niagara, on Lake Ontario at the mouth of
the Niagara river Town Plat. near Niagara
Falls. and Batavia. Near the mouth OF the
Genesee was Rundegut bay. while Braddock's
bay was marked to the west OF It,
There were plenty Of towns or townships
near here, but the familiar settlements are
wanting. On the west side of the Genesee
were Northampton and Southampton. without
a village or settlement OF any account in
see Hartford Mortified. Pittstown and
y worthy Of place on the map were Geneva.
Palmyra. Williamson, Sodus. Pennington,
Dansvile and Sparta. Canandarque IS the
rather unfamiliar spelling given the present
town of Canandaigua.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29
chrlstmas FiftY Year Acc.

T o young people who are eager for
invitations TO gay receptions.
germans. trolley rides and auto
mobiles the oId-fashioned Christ
mas Of half century ago would seem
exceedingly tame and eventless in com
parison. but they were enjoyable never
theless. and while one Is saddened to
rec0llect that the immense majority of
those who lived and participated In the
er1oyments OF such ancient merrymak-
ings are now sleeping their last sleep
under silent gravestones. stiI the re-
membrance Of the long ago will bring M
refreshing memories and even humorous
happenings in the minis OF the sur
vivors.
The ante-bellum homes were fun OF
mirth and jOllity. and good cheer was
abundant Everybody had a dining
during the holidays and the holiday week
was reasonably sure 10 be filed up with
visitors and visiting. The young people
were on the 20 the whole time and dane
ing and glee made the Christmas season
eventful foh months TO follow with these
counting lads and lassies. But Christ
mas ID the south at that time meant
home pleasures strictly. and the sbig
house" had no more OF fun and frolic than
the cabin down at the quarter" II was
q great time for negro weddings and the
fun In helping along the wedding fes-
Invites or the young coiored folks on the
plantation / recall with delight a we'd
ding among the cOlored quality" that
happened when I was on visit 10 my
grandparents IN my young girlhOod days.
I was -tickled 10 death TO be arixed to
hold the candle while the ceremony was
being performed and It was hard TO re-
press a laugh when the cOlored preacher
held a piece Of fOOlscap paper up before
his eyes that had some writing on IL.
But all the same IL was upside down.
StiIl Il filled the bill and nobody was
afraid that the nuptial knot would not
be securely tied on that occasion
I was also present some weeks before
when the colored gent brought a note
from his owner. making known the de-
sire Of samuel 10 take Sarah Jane for
his welded wife. and dear old grand
father made quite merry with and jOllied
Samuel before the natriarchal consent
vas delivered 70 the waiting swain. Sam
uel agreed to live Deaeeably with Sarah
Jane not 70 be b0isterous on the premi-
ses. and especially not TO disturb OF con-
sumo IN his wifc's Ia1in the cut fuel.
which grandsather's colOred men always
made ready for his numerous hreplaces
on Saturday afternoons before each start
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29
Death In the Dram ROttIe.

The killing OF Mr.. Ewing on the South
ern passenger train by a drunken man
with a pistol has many suggestive warn
ings beside the uncertainty of human life.
The murderer was insane for the time
being and the liquor in his brain made
him violent lunatic. No wonder he was
stunned and speechless" when he was
informed of his fatal deed. There is no
reason why every drunkard may not kill
somebody when his veins are full of the
Devils broth and his inhamed brain may
delude him. as the murderer of Mr. Ew
ing was doubtless deluded into violence.
II licenses are sold to make demons of
those who drink there should be law
enough somewhere TO hold up drunkards
and take away murderous weapons while
they are abroad 1t is simply preposter-
Gus that a man crazed by drink should
be permitted to flourish pistol in rail-
road train among passengers. No rail-
road should allow a drunken man to
enter a train where other and sober peo-
pie have paid for a ride. III there is no
law to prevent saloonists from selling the
intoxicant there should be law enough 20
prevent such a tragedy as occurred on the
southern train, on Monday afternoon by
shutting out drunken men from passen-
ger coaches. This is plain enough for
even a blind man to see.
That this drunken murderer was run
ming "amuck" is proven by his attempt
TO coerce a negro boy at pistol point be-
fore the train started. 1t was somebody's
duty TO check that mailman right then
and there. Is there not a policeman at
the passenger depot? IL there isn't, IL is
evident there ought TO be, and with au-
thority to arrest. Who is safe on a rail-
road train under similar circumstances?
who is safe in the passenger shed when
drunken men can pursue others with
loaded pistol2
Alas the vile intoxicant transforms
human being into murderous fiend for the
time being. and but for the Providence
which watches over the lame and lazy.
Mr.. Ewing's sad fate might be paralleled
any day in the week on crowded passen-
ger trains.
II is understood that the murderer knew
nothing OF the fatal deed until ii was
too late. but the deed was all the more
dreadful. because any drunken insane fool
may repeat the crime. as often as he is
tanked up. and endanger anybody's life
that crosses his path. and yet he can claim
TO be ignorant OF what he did or was try
ing TO do like any other lunatic. It is also
evident that pistols are too promiscuous.
Men with brandished pistols should be
kept away from people who are attending
10 their own business. This pistol bust
ness IS too serious in its afterclaps to go
on unrebuked. and II the liquor cannot be
kept from the irresponsible drunkard.
then the drunkard with a pistol should be
locked up until he is sober
Such horrible happenings are constant
Is occurring and we are lacking IN sense
or statesmanship when human life is held
so cheap by our public authorities. Christ
mas liquor got in an early inning, when
poor Mr. Ewing's life was snapped out
by a demOniac drunkard on a railroad
train. and nobody had authority TO kill
the mailman who was as irresponsible as
a dog with rabies.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29

ed 10 HIS own wife's house on nearby
plantations. Samuel faithfully promised
to do all these things and to cut his own
wood. and there was nothing TO hinder
the preparations for the wedding. The
crowd was 50 great that the ceremony
was performed in the yard. and the cam
die-holders were. therefore. i'm demand,
OF which I was proud TO be one. The sup
per was a gOody show indeed. because
Sarah Jane was the cooks daughter, as
well as .housemaid for my young lady
aunts. who were zealously anxious that
Sarah James wedding should eclipse eV-
erythlng OF the kind on other plantations
during that Christmas week Their gen.
tlemen visitors were only too glad TO
make one OF the company in the yard
while the ceremony was going on, and
there were merry times in the white
folks parlor as well as around the bOuntf-
full wedding supper down at the quarter.
On Christmas morning we We're reused
by tremendous racket-gun-firing, bon
fire. etc. etc. out in the big road. My
young uncle had a crowd OF darby boys
about him and they began their celebra-
ton as near TO o'clock a. m. as they
dared to. being all under age and sup
posed to be obedient to the powers that
be" There was no sleep for anybody.
and IN spite of grandfather's age and
dignity he was caught watching the row.
dy gang from his window and laughing
heartily.
A big bowl OF eggnog was next on the
program. made shortly after daylight,
and the yard and kitchen resounded with
Christmas gift" Christmas gifti' from
the darlxies Grandma Tiers dinner would
compare favorably with any modern
spread that / have known later, II good
cooking and bounteous plenty were the
essentials OF course there were no fancy
dishes mayOnaise or delicatessen. but
from the beautiful boiled ham and roast
turkey down TO pound cake and syllabub.
everything was toothsome and abundant,
all home raised and homemade. but SUI
gar and coffee. The smokehouse was full.
ditto the wheat grainary and the spindle
legged milk dairy out in the yard was
crammed. full OF pies and cakes OF all
sorts. The perfume OF grandmother's
! fine cookies has fingered with me all
these years. and blessed be the white
haired folks OF this generation who had
such bountiful grandmother, as some OF
US can now recall to mind with so much
pleasure.
Our grandparents were church people,
so we had no dancing, but we could ride
horses. play all sorts of games. except
cards. and have all the fun we were able
to get or manufacture on the plantation.
BY bed time on Christmas night we were
an tired and ready for sleep.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29

cult to provide for out OF the ordinary rev
enues of tho kingdom leaves net sur
plus revenue of about $256,6S3
Among the expense items for running
the government are these. Kings civil list
and household department, 2.OOO.OOO; pen
sions and gratuities, 100000 royal char
ity, about S27, 900: purchase of gold and
precious stones, about $4,000; entertaining
distinguished visitors, $4,000. Cremation
expenses are extraordinarily high, for
next to festivals and cock fighting, moth
ing appeals mere to the average native
than the ceremony OF. cremating relatives
and friends. This also costs the govern
Inent $250,O00 year. The kings travelling
expenses are put at about $j0O,OOO; con-
struction of provincial distilleries, which
are a source of revenue. $4,000; amount
paid for new roads. about $4,000; expenses
of the Paris exposition display by Siam,
about $4,000.
These facts give one birds eye view of
the financial and economic features Of
that far away land But there are other
facts equally curious and interesting.
Siam has a population of twelve mil
lions. covering an area of two hundred
and twenty thousand square miles, en-
bracing forty-one provinces. Bangkok,
the capital has a population of six hun
dred thousand. 1t is an intensely trop-
ical country, Win rnlnOceroseS, uBerS anu
big snakes on every mans farm. Iou
can see humming birds as large as chick
ems and butterflies with wings four feet
across from your bathroom window, and
at the same time feel the forest trembling
with the tread of elephants and hear the
scream of jungle panthers.
Garden stuff, like asparagus and pie
plant, grows as high as a horse. and any
farmer can chop down mahogany, rose
wood and ebony trees before breakfast
The climate is luxurious and the after
Moons seem a week long, with beautiful
gazeIles wandering up and down the forest
aisles.
If a man commits crime there and alb
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29


TT SEEMS that yuletide has been held
as a festival By numberless nations.
or course We understand why Chris
tians commemorate the birth OF
Christ. but the Chinese on the same day
celebrate the birth OF Buddha. son OF
Maya The reverence paid 10 Buddha is
remarkably suggestive. During the winter
solstice the ancient Druids held a similar
festival
Egypt held that Horus. son OF Isis. was
born toward the close OF December. In
the winter solstice the Greeks celebrated
the birth OF Ceres. Bacchus and Hercules
Several Indian tribes keep yuletide as a
religious festival Persia honors Mithra
at this season
Rome celebrates on December
Scandinavia held at yuletide the festival
called Jul-in homer OF the son OF Odin.
The International Encyclopedia says.
IN the reign Of DiOcletian. while that
ruler was keeping count at NicOmedia. ne
learned that a multitude ofChristians were
assembled In the city TO celebrate the
= birthday OF Jesus He ordered the church
door TO be closed. when he set fire to the
building and all those who were wOr-
Shipping persisted in the flames" This en-
cyclopedfa further says. 1T Is. neverthe-
less. almost certain that the nativity Of
the Saviour cannot be the 18Th OF Decem-
Der. because il is the height OF the rainy
season in Judea. and shepherds could
hardly be watching their fiOcks by night.
out on the plains.
Ia is in the memory OF men and women
stiil living that Christmas in the south
has oftentimes been as sunshiny and
halmy as aIay-and while cold weather is
rho rule and warm weather the exception
Nevertheless. there have been notable and
remarkable exceptions at the close OF the
..,..ss 4, r..~r..,.- a. navsr
times was passed over 70 Christianity I'm
many OF it's features. Hence originated
the Christ trees or Christmas trees OF Ia
ter times. In this way Christmas became
3 universal festival. for young and old,
high and low. as no other Christian festi-
val could have become
In the Roman Catholic church there are
three masses performed-one at mid
night. one at daybreak and one IN the
morning. In the Anglo-Cath0lic church
special psalms are sung. The Lutheran
church on the continent observes Cnrist-
mas.
The Presbyterian churches in Scotland
and English dissenters reject Christmas
as a Human Invention" and ''savoring OF
papistical worship"
Christmas Carols was the name original
IS applied 10 sacred music sung in eele-
hrating the nativity OF Christ and we're
known as early as the second century.
Under the AngIO-Saxon kings merriment
and piety we're combined. and yuletide
festivals made lasting impress on the civ
fiization Of that era
In the Puritan parliament Christmas
was abolished altogether. and holly aud
ivy we're made seditiOus badges.
After Charles II came TO the throne. the
Christmas festivities assumed their old
hearty. generous and 5ovial character.
Christmas cards are sold and distributed
by the million al the present time. and
their beauty and effect have been in
creased greatly with each succeeding
year
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29
The CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

hear The Christmas bells a-ringing
Out on the frosty air - cold.
Or IL Al the wondering angels singing.
And telling TIRE story 80 often tolds
How christ was born on Christmas day.
A. angels Watched their iocks b. night
In that bright land 80 far away
A tender BABE nrst saw the light
sspeace On EARTH the angels sang:
God VIII 70 men-Eood viii 70 men
Ger all Judea's hIIisidcs rang
from mountain TOP to ioudest glen
TIE wise men heard in lands afar.
Ard listening 70 the glad refrain.
hey followed fast the guiding star
And found the young child l0wly lain
In n rough hewn Manager for a bed.
With the sweet young mother close besides
Twas the only place for her dear head
In all the land 80 broad and wide
When you your Christmas revels keep.
Fe happy. happy children all.
It's The Christ child's birth ye celebrate
In lowly cot or stately hall
NJ r FARSSWORTH.