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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-03-03
Local and Personal Happenings

lust think of Martinsville and
Marietta.
We will clean house this spring a
little early.
We can be thankful that nobody
was drowned.
March has come In like regu.
lar old rip shorter.
There are many "He Rows" In
Martinsville today.
Yesterday was a busy time for
rats In the low districts.
We are are all surrounded with.
beautiful, cold, muddy water.
Democratic convention at the
Auditorium tomorrow night.
We had sunshine, heavy wind,
rain, sleet and snow yesterday.
The Oil Review Office Is slightly
disfgured, but Is still In the ring.
II Bryan had been elected we
would have no food. That's
fact.
The city water works now fur
nishes the people with mud baths,
free gratis.
The kodak fends were out yes
terday In ali their glory taking snap
shots of the flood.
Attorner S. B. Ankrom, of Mid
dlebourne, was called to the city
today on legal business.
Mccoy avenue Is chuck full of
floating Ice It would be fine To-
cation tor an Ice cream factory.
Superintendent Scraford, of the
Eureka Pipe Line Co. Is not gilt
tering success as river prophet.
Miss Rachel Henderson and Miss
Danser, of Little, are the guests of
Mrs. A. A. McKelvey, of the north
side.
There Is one advantage In hav-
Ing no mails-you don't get any
statements with please remit on
them.
Some people who thought we
would not have a food Saturday
night are now convinced they were
wrong.
Talk about display of wealth,
yesterday we noticed one family
had nearly q bushel of Irish pota.
toes on hands.
Harry Stanbery, who has been
absent some days In the interests
of the Carter OIL Co., returned
home Saturday.
They say the Republicans are
going to have warm time of 1t In
the Third ward over who will be
their councilman.
The New Martinsville Dispatch
Is respectfully informed that we are
glad we live In the Suburbs" to
the frog pond north of US.
We have ten inches of water on
our first floor In the lower rooms
of our printing office, just enough
to soak the dirt loose and save us
the trouble of cleaning house next
month.
We are sure that the Chicago
person who kissed King Edwards
hand and then backed off like a
Sangamon county haytedder will
gct all that Is coming to him when
he reaches home, provided he has
the nerve to return.
D. A. Morey, proprietor of the
Hotel Morey, at Middlebourne, has
been flood stranded" here since
Sunday. However, the genial host
OF that popular hostelry Is taking
life quite cheerful, when all the
surrounding circumstances are
taken into consideration.
Mrs. G. E. VanDeusen, of Kill
bourn, Wis, was afflicted with
stomach trouble and constipation
for a loug time. She says. II have
tried many preparations but none
have done me the good that Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets have" These tablets are for
sale at Grier's drug store. Price IS
cents. Samples tree.
The river here was about as high
as 1t was In April, 1901. The prin-
cipal difference between this food
and the last one was that this time
the honorable editors of the Wheel
Ing Register did not get to sell a
big lot of Its Saturday edition to the
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-03-03
FOR sale.

A good house, very cheap. In
quire of Mrs. Landwert, upper
Wells street. I2t
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Rev. lrI r. Hicks 1903 Almanac.

To say that this splendid work OF
science and art is finer and better than
ever, is stating it mildly. The demand
for it is far beyond all previors years
To say that such results, reaching
through THIRTY YEARS. are not hased
upon sound sense and usefulness, is an
insult to the intelligence OF the millions.
Prof Hicks, through this great Altman
&C. and his famous family ana scientific
journal, Word and Works, is doing
work for the whole people not ap-
preached by any other man or publica-
tom A fair test will will prove this to
any rea sonable person Added to the
MOTT luminous course. in astronomy
foT 1903, forecasts Of storms and
WEATHER are given, as never before, for
every day in the year, all charmingly
| Illustrated with nearly two hundred
ehgravings. The price OF single Altman
ac, including postage and mailing, is
| Thirty Cents. Word and Works witt
the Almanac is $1.00.a year. Write tt
Word and Works Publishing Co.. 2201
Locust Street, ST. Louis, Mo-, and
prove to yourself their great value
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Mrs. E. E. Goodlett.

After a lingering illness Mrs,
Eta Elford Goodlett, wife of DR..
M. l.. Doodlett, quietly and peace
fully passed into the great beyond
on Sunday morning the 23rd. inst.
For many months her brave spirit
fought the encroachment of the
fatal malady that had fastened it.
self upon her life and being, and
when the sad realization came TO
her and her loved ones that the
frail body could not long with
stand the attacks Of the insatiate
disease, a calm resignation came
over her gentle spirit.
Mrs. Goodlet was born in Green
vile, S, G. where she spent the
first years of her life. She was the
daughter of DR.. Elford, who had a
national reputation as man Of
learning and was the founder of the
periodical "Kind Words, which
still is recognized as the best liter
ature for children. Under her
fathers guidance she received a
finished education, both in litefa-
ture aud music, which in after life
made Of her most entertaining g
and Interesting woman. AS hos
tess, she was not surpassed by any
Que and her home was the seat of
hospitality. Her friends were
found in every class of society and
her sweet and amiable disposition
drew around her large circle OF
devoted friends and admirers.
In early life she joined the Bap-
tist church and it was her greatest
delight to engage in christian
work. For many years she has
taken an active part Ill building up
and sustaining her church at this
, place and will be greatly missed.
She leaves a husband, who is N
, very feeble health, and two sous
to mourn her loss
The funeral services took pla. o
from the Baptist church Menday Y
) afternoon. Rev. L. r. Burress
5 who was for many years pastor of
the church here, conducting the
; services. He spoke III eloquent
9 terms of the beautiful life of de.
ceased in this world and the life
0 beyond.
e To the bereaved family the Jour.
nal extends it's sincerest sympa
thy.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
The United States Must Pay Claims
Against Spain.

Washington, Nov. 24.-The
Spanish claims commission has
enunciated the principles by which
it will be governed in passing upon
the various demurrers which have
been submitted to it in connection
with the claims now under consid-
Grafton owing to the war between
Spain and Cuba. The general
basis is laid down that in assuming
the responsibility, which would
otherwise have been Spain's, the
United States is bound to pay all
claims for which Spain could have
been held. It is further held that
the lnsurrection in Cuba had gone
beyond the control of the Spanish
government and that it was not
responsible for damages done to
foreigners by the Insurgents. II
however, it be shown that the
Spanish authorities might have
prevented the damage done in any
particular case by the exercise ot
| due diligence the commission an
nonnces that it will hold that Spail
was liable.
The commission announces fur
ther that 1t will take judicial nolict
that the Cuban insurrection passet
from the first beyond the control o
Spain and so continued until TIL
intervention Of the United States
/ It is further said that Spain wa
| entitled to adopt such war meas
lures for the recovery OF her author
| ity as are sanctioned by the rule
and usages Of international wal
fare. If however, it be allege
| aud proved in any particular cas-
that ths acts of the Spanish az
liberties or soldiers were contrar
to such rules and usages, Spai
| will be held liable in that case.
This commission does not go s
far as to say that concentrate
lorders are in line with human wa
fare.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
DR.. Fulton FavOrs Labor Organizations.

New Orleans Nov. 25.-"The
laboring man has the right to earn
his bread and support MS family
by laboring at whatever honorable
trade he chooses or at whatever
employment he eau get," said
Chancellor E. B. Fulton Of the
University of Mississippi at the
st. Charles hotel this morning.
81 have been north for the past
several days and have not followed
the proceedings of the convention
of the American Federation of
Labor, held in New Orleans and
therefore do not know the merits
of the controversy between DR..
Elliot and the Federation. | do
not know that DR.. Elliot has plac-
ed Harvard University on a very
high footing and that he is a man
who generally studies and weighs
everything before he speaks On it.
II have never made specially
close study of the organized labor
movement, but l believe from
what have learned with regard
| to it that it has been beneficial to
| wage earners in general. Society
| is collections of individuals, and
| as the largest number of individu-
ais, so is the society. Therefore
it is we'll to look out after the in
terests of the largest number.
There is no doubt of the fact socie.
: ty is more nearly concerned with
the welfare of the aggregate mil
lions of wage earners. who are in
! the labor unions of this country
) than with the welfare of the scor'
: of capitalists who are now 81
! prominent in all the big organiza
tions Of industrial interests called
/ trusts.
n II believe that society coul,
: get along better without the fey
capitalists than it could withou
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Thompson-FauIkaer.

At the close of thanksgiving SER
vices at the Cumberland Presby-
terian church Yesterday morning
the audience was treated to a real
surprise when MIR. j. w. Thomp-
son and Miss Leonora Faulkner
presented themselves at the alsar
to be unltedi III marriage. In his
usual happy aud impressive man
ner Rev. }. A. Bowen spoke the
words that made of the happy
couple husband and wife and pro-
nounced the benediction 11a
large audience came forward saI
extended to'the newly wedded 1psir
their heartiest congratulations md
best wishes for life of prosper
+ lty and happiness. Miss Fault
ner is the accomplished daughter
OF Supt. Faulkner Of the Iupalo
Cotton Mill and is deservedly po8-
ular. Mr.. Thompson is a moet ex-
cellent young man and is an at
tache of the Cotton Mill where he
is held in high esteem. The hap-
| py couple have the best wishes uf
a host of friends in which the Jour :
NAL joins.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Dolls and Toy Department.

We have given up two entire
buildings Tor this department, and
a visit to it will be interesting to
young and old alike. No Toy de-
partment on such a mammoth
scale has ever been known in Tu-
pelo. You will see here mechani-
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Umbrellas.

Mems steel frame Umbrellas,
with natural stick handles.
Ladies steel frame Parasols,
with fancy handles, regular 81 so
grades Csc.
Mems Umbrellas, good gloria
coverings, natural congo or bone
handles, steel rod, paragon frame,
our $l.75 line reduced to $1.25.
Mems Umbrellas, natural congo
handles, steel frame, piece dryed
taffeta coverings, our 5000 grades
at 81 As.
The union square Umbrella in
26 or 2S inch, tape edge, taffeta
covering. fancy congo handles,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

steel rod and paragon frame,
regularly sold at $2.75 each, we Of
for them atspecial price Of $l.9S.
Mems Clothing.
1t will pay you ha ndsomely to
see our line before buying your
Suit or Overcoat. Below we give
you line of what we have to Of
fer in our mems clothing depart
ment and at prices that will bear
com petitions fercest assault-a
story where words are upheld by
deeds.
For instance our line of men S
Suits at $500 would not look so
marvellous for the money if their
equal could be had elsewhere for
less than $3.50, and our mems
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Darllag-MitcheIl.

At the residence of the brides
father east of Guntown on
Wednesday afternoon the 10Th
inst, Rev. J. E. Darling and
Miss Alma Mitchell were united
in marriage, Rev. j. Il. Jenkins
performing the ceremony in the
presence of friends and relatives
of the contracting parties. The
bride is the pretty and accomplish
ed daughter of w. r. Mitchell,
while the groom is young minis
ter of the, Baptist church, and
who is most highly esteemed. The
happy couple have the best wishes
of host Of friends for long
and happy life.
| 3 a IN N ER 8 9Aay 6
I f.s~. asnA A. ~
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

the millions OF lab0rerS represent
ed in the unions. | believe that
whatever is for the interests of
these laborers and for their well
fare is for the welefare of society
as a whole. For that reason | be-
lieve that if there is any more
right to organize one side than
there is for another, that greater
right lies with the laboring men.
"But do not believe under the
laws and institutions of our coun-
try that any organization of men,
laborlng people though they may
be, has right to force individuals
to become members in it. Nor do
l believe that any labor union has
the right under our institutions to
say to a man that has been labor
ing right along at the same occu.
patton with it's members, that he
can no longer work if the union
calls a strike. If he has had con.
scientious scruples against becom-
ing a member of the union anC
desires to continue at his work
cannot conceive of a course of rea
! soning that would allow thai
union to dictate to one not affiliat
ed with it and who had neve
been "
Mississippi is attracting the at
tention Of capitalists all over tn
country. Nearly every train bears
persons from the North and Yves
seeking Investments here. Only
last week a large delegation o
Bankers, manufactures and fal
IuCIS iuduO a bOUI VI tIO olou
stopping at all the principle cite
making careful note of all the
saw. 1t is hardly worth while t
say that they were pleased ant
even surprised at the growth an
development everywhere seer
There is no better country o
earth than this and outsiders ar
beginning to find il out. This
not all there will be a gratifyin
increase in values here within til
nextfe years that will certainl
bring wealth and happiness
, our people. In fact the tidal wa,
, has already began rising as ey
. denced by the last assessment 0
the State showing an increase
> value Of twenty millions. .-Kosc
: usko Star Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

all pure wool SUITS at $500 are Of
such fabrics and workmanship as
you would not think of getting
for less tlian $500 to $1,000 and
even more:
A line of mems wool suits at 2
81 so, of good material and we'll
made after new models and are
really worth 81. so.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The rapid Skirt selling of the
past few weeks has left us quite
an accumulation of odd Skirts,
two, three and four of kind;
this lot EN- braces some of our best
and fastest selling numbers in
walking and dress Skirts; but in
orker to clear tables of odd lots,
the entire accumulation Of $3.50,
81 Is and 500 Skirts will be sold
tOmorrOW at S3 "a.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Corset Department.

so dozen perfect fitting, we'll
boned Corsets, in new models,
trimmed with lace and ribbons,
nothing better offered at 75c.
Just to seem these, move we put a
sbecial price on them. Your
choice in any number 45c. each.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

cal Toys, electrical and steam
Toys in great variety. Doll
furniture, small miniature fur.
niture store. Doll carriages, 60
carts, rocking horses, tool chests,
wagons, guns, drums, balls, games
novelty Toys too numerous to
mention.
To out-of-town merchants: We
are prepared to fill you an order
on toys and quote prices that will
compare with st. Louis, Chicago
or New York. Place yonr order
early to insure prompt delivery.
Walking and.Oress Skirts.
At $3.50, $3.50, $4.75 and $500
values.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
MEN'S,and BOYS SHIRTS

At 4yc. worth dollar.
A fortunate purchase by our
New York buyer of 200 dozen
mems Shirts, enables us to offer
this exceptional value. These
Shirts are we'll made of splendid
materials in a wide range of neat
and desirable patterns. The en-
tire line goes Out on the coun ters
at 49r.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
One of Fields Crazy Jokes.

III his biography of Eugene Field
SlaSon Thompson says that shortly aft
er the humOrist's arrival in Chicago it
occurred to him one bleak day in De-
cember that it was time the people
knew there was a stranger in town
So be arrayed himself in long linen
buster, buttOned up from knees to col
lar, put an old straw hat on his head
and, taking a shabby book under one
arm and Il palf leaf fan in his hand, he
marched all the way down Clark street,
past the city hall, to the office. Every
where along the route he was greeted
with jeers or plying words, as his APP
pearance excited the mirth or commits
GRAFTON of the passersby.
When he reached the entrance to The
Daily News office, he was followed by
q motley crowd of noisy urchins, whom
he dismissed with a grimace and the
cabalistic gesture with which Nicholas
Kooran perpleXed and repulsed An
tony van COrlear from the battlement
of the fortress on RenSselaerstein.
Then, closing the door in their aston
ished faces, he mounted the two flights
of stairs to the editorial rooms, where
he recOunted, with the glee of the boy
he was in such things, the success of
his joke
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
COOKING HINTS.

Don't add lard molasses or sugar to
bread if you wish to keep we'll and be
wholesome.
Potatoes baked thoroughly, but not
allowed to turn dark, are the best to be
used for creamed potatoes
If salad dressing curdles when being
mixed, add little cold water, stir
quickly, and it will become quite
smooth.
If tea be ground like coffee or crush
ed Immediately before boiling water is
poured upon it, it will yield nearly dou-
BILE the amount of it's exhilarating quail
tiles.
II a sliced onion and carrot are cook
ed with veal, it will be found that the
flavor Of the rather tastelesS meat is
much improved. Veal outlets rely for
their flavor on the tomato sauce that
is usually served with them.
A delightful flavor is sometimes CIV
en- to steak by placing it overnight in
q bath of oil and vinegar. In the morn
ing it is wiped before the broiling, but
enough of the mixture has been alb
sorbed to give it a decided flavor.
If in making split pea soup a teacup-
full Of whipped cream is put in the
tureen just as the soup is poured over,
the improvement in flavor of the soup
will be noticeable. This PURGE has
sometimes a fiat, even watery taste
that is not at all agreeable, which the
whipped cream entirely removes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
William Wirt's Reformation.

William Writ, the great lawyer, at
torney general of the United States
and prosecutor of Aaron Burr when he
was tried for treason, was stupefied
and made sensuous by liquor. At times
he lost all self control and self respect.
On one occasion while drunk he fell in
the streets Of Richmond. While lying
there asleep Miss G., the most beauti-
full woman in the city, tC whom he was
betrOthed, came along. saw him and
placed her handkerchief on which was
her name, over his face. He wakened,
saw the name, learned the incident
and it reformed him.-Beverages
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
A RIVER OF LAND.
Astonishing Amount of Earth Thnt
Flows Down the Mississippi.

''The capacity of the Mississippi for
filling up canals and old channels is
something awful" says John Swain IN
Ainslee's. Government engineers have
found that the amount of solid matter
annually carried past Vicksburg In sus-
pension is enough to make block OF
earth 300 feet high and mile square.
Fifty feet off the top of this is spread
around on the valley between here and
the sea, and the rest goes out into the
3ulf Of Mexico to build up more CONT
nent.
\"Think what that means. Instead of
q river of water this is river Of land.
1t would make a solid stream of earth
five feet deep and nine feet wide, flow
ing night and day as fast as q man can
walk, four miles an hour, all sliding
down off the northern half Of the coun-
try toward the sea. Year in, year out,
that endless line Of earth goes on. 1t
would take a force of more than $4,000
men working in eight hour shifts to
throw the dirt into the stream, suppos-
ing the river bed were rigid and an in
cxhaustible supply Of dirt on the bank
1t would make 25,0OO,0O0 wagon loads
every year.
But herc-what are the use Of such
figures? Below Vicksburg-and above
it, too, to an eXtent-we have the earth
itself to speak for it. Except for the
occasional! fragments Of the line of
bluffs along the eastern edge below
here which bob up at Fort Adams, at
Natchez, at Grand Gulf at Baton
Rouge, at Port Hudson, there is moth
ing about the level Of the high water
river except the artificial levees. These
are in places miles back, great earthen
banks, sometimes thirty feet high or
more, sOdded and free from trees,
which protect the wonderfully fertile
region behind them.
And all this level country which
the river overfows and fertilizes is
constantly increased by this river Of
dirt which the Mississippi brings down
from the inner region, gathered all the
way from the Rockies to the Allegha-
MES. Sometimes the river starts to eat
away this land that it has made. In a
single summer, if it will, it eats away
half a mile Of it out of some bend. 1t
cuts it out sometimes an acre at a
bite and takes with it forests, houses,
4eveeS and all else.
'"The river is not uniformly moving
stream. One side or the middle moves
swiftly; the other parts are still or
sluggish. Sometimes even these run
up stream. The swift part is the chan
mel current and runs in the deepest sec
tons. 1t makes crossings whenever
driven off shore by promontory.
These crossings are dumping places
for the surplus earth the river has
picked up in the bend it is eating"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
Municipality Meeting.

A dozen years ago the city reform
ers were theorists, as a rule, people who
got what they knew about cities from
books. The gathering at Grand Rap
ids June So shows advance along this
line. The league is made up of city
officials, men who have been elected
in practical politics and who are them
selves charged with the conduct Of
their cities. Grand Rapids is not los
ing it's opportunity and both Governor
LaFollette and Mayor Rose have been
secured to make speeches. Mayors Of
Grand Rapids, ViroQua, Ashland,
GAINESVILLE, Monroe, Reedsburg and Co
lumbia are also listed for addresses.
These conventions are useful Even
the most hardened spokesman feels the
influence Of the reform propositions
and to q degree commits himself to
them.