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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-29

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-29

The Mountain State Business Colleges,
Cumberland, Nd, and Parkersburq. w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-29
HERRING & BROWN.
The West Va. Argus.

A Flrst-clsss paper. entered as Second
class matter In a Third-cl Postofhce
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-29

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The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
A Monater of the neen.

Captain Stavely, Of the Clumbernall,
of the Furness Steamship Line, has
recently been a visitor in the vicinity
of Great harrington, and has told an
exciting story of a sea monster which
he encountered on his recent voyage.
On a voyage form San Francisco to
London the captains attention was
called to a large sea monster, heading
four points on the port bow Of the
ship. The monsters color was of large
blotches of black and a sort of sand
and gray in between. The monster
was OF Whalback shape, and fully 200
feet long. the highest part Of its back
extending nearly twenty feet above
the sea surface. After approaching
the steamer the animal remained on
the surface for a few minutes and
then hurried away. Captain Stavely
did not see the two extremes of the
monsters body. After arriving in
London Captain Stavely learned that
the sea monster had been previously
reported by a steamer that had passed
It on a moonlight night. During his
visit in Berkshire the captain took the
second sIeighride Of his Iife.-Spring.
field. Republic
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
Landscape Refinement.

According to e. C. Piexotto, in the
Sunset Magazine, the American has
not as yet the art Of making his home
nor his land picturesque-of planning
the unexpected, the accidental. Cali
fornia has been endowed with a eli
mate as faultless as any on earth, and
with every beauty that nature can be-
stow, yet the American as yet has done
little to enhance her attractiyeness. |
say "the American" advisedly, for be-
fore his rule there was another civiliza-
ton which has left here, and there is a
legacy which we should jealousy
guard. As Charles Dudley Warner SO
aptly puts it: 1.-THE traveller is enthus-
iastic about the drives through these
groves of fruit, with the ashy OF the
snow-covered hills for background and
contrast, and he exelaims at the pretty
cottages, vine and rose-clad, in their
s~emi-tropica1 setting, but if by chance
he comes upon an old adobe or a Mexi-
can ranch house in the country he has
emotions of a very different sort"
Let us, in future, build strongly and
solid1y, and in a manner appropriate to
u climate SO that future generations
may inherit something from us-some-
thing that has been lived in and about
which stories can be Woven-some-
thing that a be imbued with a charm
of by-gone days-and then will Cali
fornia possess the one thing now neces-
sary to complete her loveliness-the re-
fnement of landscape that comes only
after long cultivation.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
Queer Old Ideas About Animals.

Our respected ancestors had some
queer notions in regard to natural his
tory. Old Sir Thomas Browne, in his
Inquiries into Vulgar and Common
Errors" discusses many of these.
THAT a brock or badger hath the legs
ON one side shorter than on the
other" he says, though an opinion
perhaps not very. ancient, is yet very
general" This belief was received
not only by theorists, but by most of
those who had daily opportunity to be.
hold and hunt them; yet Sir Thomas
could not accept this belief. because
it seemed mo easy affront into rea-
son, and generally repugnant unto the
course of nature" Wherever he
looked be saw that the limbs of ami
mails on the opposite sides of their
bodies were of the same length and
number, and that none of them had an
odd leg. One would think that the
question might have been put beyond
cavil by simply measuring the limbs
of the animal, but perhaps they never
thought of that.
The worthy knight, however, could
accept the basilisk, though it does not
seem that he ever saw one, and did
net question it's power to kill by Gin
f1icting its eye" as old DR.. Parr would
have expressed it, upon it's enemy.
And why not? For if plaques or pes
tilential atoms have been conveyed in
the air from different regions, if men
at a distance have infected each 9TH
err, If the shadows of some trees be
noxious, if t%orpedoes deliver their
opium at a distance and stupefy be-
yond themselves, we cannot reason
ably deny" he says, ''that there may
proceed from subtler seeds more agile
emanations, which contemn those
laws and invade at distance unexpect-
ed" But there was a limit to the
credulity of Sir Thomas, and as for
the generation of the basilisk, that sit
%proceedeth from a cocks egg Matched
under a toad or a serpent" he
thought it a conceit as monstrous as
the brood itself.-Forest and Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04

4 Old THE EKVO
- -
THERE rs NO DEATH"

These verses were written by j. L. Nc
Creery, an Iowa editor, and were first pub
lished in Arthur's Home Magazine of July,
1863. Shortly after this the Farmers Ad-
vocate, published in Chicago, printed an
article written by Eugene Bulmer, who saw
at to attach the poem to the end of it. A
Wisconsin editor clipped the poetry and
credited it to E. Bulmer. Another editor
thought I'm" should be "w" and credited
it to E. Bulwer, and in time E. Bulwer was
transformed into Edward Bulwer, Lord
Lytton. After a chase of nearly twenty.
five years Mr.. McCreery was able to catch
up with the lie and nail it fast. He is now
widely known as the author.
There is no death! the stars go down
To rise upon some other shore@
They Chine T forevermore
Where is no death! the forest leaves
SConvert to life the viewless air;
Me rocks disorganize to feed
She hungry moss they bear.
There is nqFleatht the dust we tread
To golden grain, or mellow fruit
Ct reinbow-tinted flowers.
There is no death! the leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours.
The warm, sweet breath of May.
There is no death! the choicest gifts
That heaven hath kindly lent to earth
Are ever first to seek again
The country of their birth.
And all things that for growth or Joy
Are worthy Of our love or care,
Whose loss has left us desolate,
Are safely garnered there.
Though life become a desert vast,
We know its ~fairest, sweetest flowers,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
Nutshell Farms,

To conduct a farm no larger than a
quarter Of an acre, and to make a
good profit thereon after paying the
high annual rental Of SIS for the tiny
area, is one Of the current ACHIEVEMENTS
of agricultural science. The secret is
irrigation directed by educated men
Egypt is the scene of these success
full agricultural experiments.
The farming is carried on by the
Egyptian Government at the School
of Agriculture at Gizeh, not far from
Cairo. The students are high-caste
natives and are allotted each a quar-
ter Of an acre. Water pumped from
the Nile is furnished the student farm
er, and he is taught when and how
to distribute 1t over his miniature farm
Of sugar cane, cotton, forage plants.
and tropical and semi-tropical fruit
His canals, dams, and little reservoirs
are conducted and operated scientifcal'
".
The school leases the land by the
year at $50 an acre, and the student
is given the use Of his quarter-acre
plot at a proportionate rate.
The revenue from one of these lili'
putian farms has been a surprise to
agricultural experts, and would be an
amazing revelation to many British
farmers, for whom a quarter of an
acre scarcely affords space for nipple
ments and barns.
Although their experience is all
gained from their miniature farms,
these Egyptian students are develop
ing into such expert agriculturists
that they are receiving offers to accept
the management Of extensive sugar
and cotton plantations elsewhere.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
Thin Watches for Full Dress.

The man who wearsa dress suitmay
take courage. A new watch has made
its appearance in New York, and the
pocket need no longer bulge because
of the huge, clumsily shaped time
piece. This, the latest novelty in the
jeweIry stores, is about the size of a
silver dollar. The ordinary watch is
twice as thick and bulky as the new
one. The idea for the thin" watch
comes from England, where it has
been extensively adopted by we'll
dressed men.
For the use of the gentler sex
similar design has been adopted, the
only difference being in size. The
lady's watch is about rs large as a 10
dollar gold piece and of the same
thickness. The surprising thing about
the new watches is their accuracy as
~timeKeepers. A New York jewelel
says the umepieces lose nothing In ac.
euracy on account of their reduction
IN sisA.-New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04

other Of escape. And out of that boil.
ing vortex emerged u two boats, still
uniniured, a large black mass floating
between them in utter immobil1ty,
while far to the windward a tall jet as
of steam from a high pressure waste
pipe showed where the agile bull was
making his utmost speed from the
place Of death. And in deepest silence
and sorrow we distributed ourselves
among the rescuing boats and pre-
pared to tow to the ship our hardly
won prize,-London Spectator.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
The Rewards of Loves

Spiritual Development, materlah sue
cess and the general upliftment consul
tute no mean bounty. But loving mas
other rewards. One of these Is beauty
Not alone beauty Of character ana pur.
pose and gentllity Of nature; but actuai
physical beauty, Of contour, expression
and grace. Hatred and pessimism
take but a short time to wreck the
most wondrous beauty. They set mean
lines by the mouth; they contract and
harden the eyes, fixing little wrinkles
there to emphasize their stamp; they
square the shape Of the jaws; detract'
ing from the beauty Of it's oval; and
they give to the countenance wherein
they sit a downward lit that hollows
the cheeks and dispels every vestige of
beauty:
And love? Love Is the natural beau
tifer. 1t begins with the foundations.
It makes young the heart, installing it
as a veritable fountain Of perpetual
youth, to pump gladness and enthus-
iasm through every vein. 1t imparts
puySlCdl DOlSG dS well as LAChSoA' @Ao
every impulse Is filed with tenderness,
so does every act become gentle and
the bearing that Of genuine culture.
As every thought is pure and unselhsh,
so does it leave its imprint on the face.
AS optimism becomet y habit, so do the
corners Of the mouth go up, and
wrinkles keep away. AS faith and
gladness are ever present, so do the
eyes flash wide, and the creases Of con-
traction are avoided. People who are
plain and unipteresting have grown
fascinating under the influence of low
ing. a Women wlo are undoubtedly
homely have changed till by common
consent they were called beautiful.
Men Maawere graceless have found q
chwm. For it is true that thought
will alter not only the expression, but
also the lines and contour of the fea-
tures.-The Cosmopolitan. s
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
Transplanted into paradise
Adorn immortal bowers.

1IdISpIdIISu HUI poiholoS
Adorn immortal bowers.
The voice Of birdlike melody
That we have missed and mourned so long
Now mingles with the angel choir
In everlasting song.
There is no death! although we grieye
When beautiful, familiar forms
That we have learned to love are torn
From our embracing arms
Although with bowed and breaking heare,
= With sable garb and silent tread, -,
We bear their senseless dust to rest, ~
We say that they are dead -
They are not dead! they have but passed
Beyond the mists that blind us here,
INTO the new and larger life
Of that serener sphere.
They have but dropped their robe of clay
To put their shining raiment on;
They have not wandered far away
They are not "lost" or gone"
Though disenthralled and glorified,
: They still are here and love as yet;
TAe dear ones they have left behind
They never can forget.
And sometimes, when our hearts grow faint
Amid temptations fierce and deep,
Or when~the wildly raging waves
Of grief or passion sweep
We feel upon our fevered brow
! Their gentle touch, their breath of balm,
Their arms enfold us, and our hearts :
Grow comforted and calm.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless universe
Is Life;-there are no dead!
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04

Fire Signals.

~ y meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. !, held ON July Q,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and o Code Of Signals was
adopted in order to facilitate tbs loca-
tion of fres In the future. The town
was divided 40 follows:
District No. ALI that portion of
kwn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that p6rsEaG
town bounded by Bellevue street on
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
District No. 3-The portion of town
Iyiag west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line as the south and west boun.
dairy.
District No. @The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by cor-
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
TO indicate the district in which the
fre is located, followed by a rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
erai alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 3, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
i'd alarm. and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
ACADEMY
-oB TMN-
IMMACULATE j: CONCEPTION,

UPELOUsAS, La.
Uaasr tho Direction Of che Sisters MaKiaAls4
Of Roly Oross.
oners 70 ysung ladies every facility
Tor acquiring Q thorough christian ed
ucation. Constant attention is paid %
home and social culture. Lessons ara
given In nusic. painting and other
useful arts. The sisteYs also AayS
charge OF the boys sehool. The course
2. instruction il two-fold-Pgaparatorss
and Commercial. French Is taught 10
the two aGarssa. Fer ~psrticulara, Cd.
aEsss SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1903-07-04
FOR sale.

A house and lot in the town Of
Washington, La, in the square bound.
ed BY Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes an6
Dupre. Frame building made OF
choice cypreas, ceiled inside. weather.
boarded outside, 2Ox30 feet. Will be
cold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For p~articu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
lousas, LA. IL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15

board of safety, particularly at this time, should weigh all charges thor oughly, and consider the source whence they came, and the motives that inspire them before disgracing any officer who is and has been doing his duty. This is time when lot of good horse sense is needed, and there is no doubt but what the members of the board realize this also. There has been much ado about nothing" in re- gard to the police department for sew eral weeks, and the board of public safety knows this as well as any other, body of men in the community. Don't smirch mans character unless there is good cause for so doing. .s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
HEARD IN PASSING


 Reginald C. Vanderbilt has just paid court fine for fast driving, and All fred G. is under bonds for speeding his automobile. What fine old family names are to be found on court rec ords.-Ansonia Sentinel. ty
 Kaiser Wilhelm celebrated Good Fri day at his royal castle in an unprece- dented manner, placing the imperial standard at half-mast in memory of the crucifixion of Christ. The emperor is not always strictly orthodox, but he is usually earnest and invariably original. He is by far the brightest of European sovereigns and undoubtedly the most erratic.-New Britain Hraeld.
 It Is now established that the explos- ion of the twelye-inch gun on. board of the battleship Iowa was not the result of a defective shell. but of the weak ness of the gun, which had been fired 127 times and went to pieces because it was worn out, It is doubtful wheth- CT any rif1ed gun of large caliber, in which the high explosives are used, can ever be safely fired as many as 150 times. An entire new outfit of ordnance on all our warships at short intervals will probably be necessary.- Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
GERMANY ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
state Department to Probe Caroline
 KsIands Case.

Mate Department to Probe Caroline
 Islands Case.
 WASHINGTON, April 15.-The state department has asked the German government for statement of the facts connected with the deportation from the island of Ruk to the island of Ponape, another of the Caroline group, of a number of native students of the American missionary establishment there.
 The matter was brought to the atten- ton of the state department formally by the Rev. Dr. Judson Smith, secre- tary of the American board of foreign missions, in a note reciting that these students had been harshly treated, &C., cor1ing to the accounts reaching him, and asking that the state department look after the welfare of the American missionaries in that quarter and see that their work was not needlessly in terrupted.
 Dr. Smith knows nothing himself of the facts, but is simply acting upon statements that come to him from the missionaries on the island.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
If all the accused policemen that

If all the accused policemen that we hear about are as guilty as Patrolman Samuel Walsh was shown to be last night it seems a pity that so much of the time of the board of public safety should be taken up with the charges
 1t was cease of the jury acquitting the accused man without leaving their seats" Officer Walsh's accusers had such a poor case that Attorney O'Neill, who appeared in his behalf; didn't think it worth while to argue the case
 The verdict of the commissioners bore him out in this determination As we said yesterday it is very easy to prefer charges, but it is always best to be sure there is some ground for them be- fore going before the public and drag ing men along who are trying to do their duty and uphold the law. The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15

In his Milwaukee speech the presi- dent spoke sarcastically> of alleged remedies" that tsseek to destroy the disease by killing the patient" He then added: Others are so obviously futile that it is somewhat difficult to trent them seriously or as being ad- vanced in good faith. High among the latter I place the effort to reach the trust question by means of the tariff. You can of course, put an end to the prosperity of the trusts by putting an end to the prosperity of the nation, but the price for such ac- tfon seems high.'' The prosperity of tihe nation has nothing to do with the prosperity of the trusts The trusts have emerged from every pan ic and business depression absolutely unscathed and fourisI1ing as before, simply because the tariff was stiil there and still doing business at the old stand. The president has appar- entity changed his mind about being able to do the taxpayers of the coun- try some good by lowering the tariff since he resigned from the Free Trade club in New York, shortly after he was elected to the assembly there in 1884 on an Independent, fusion and antl-Platt ticket. He was then speak Ing srrenuorlsly for free trade and re- signed only because he thought and said in a letter to Pouqtney Bigelow that he thought his membership would stand in the way of political promotion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
woman Leaps From steamer.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 15.-A woman Jumped from the steamer Ire mont, which arrived here yesterday from New York, while the vessel was in Long Island sound between Eaton's Neck and Bridgeport. Her effects, in which there was nothing by which her identity could be determined to the steamers officers, have been brought ashore. The woman is described as be- ing about forty years of age and feet ( inches in height.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
Discussing "war" on America.

ROME, April 15.-After a lengthy discussion the international agricul- tural congress has postponed to the next congress further consideration of Count von Schwerin Loewitz's propo- sition for European zollverein against American competition. The discussion on what is styled "Europe's declara- ton of war against America" aroused great interest. The Marquis di Cap- pelH, the president of the congress occupied the chair, and all the notabili- ties of the congress were present
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
wants to Be Taxed.

PERTH AMBOY, N, .J., April 15.-J. F. Holm, Danish vice consul for New Jersey, has made vigorous protest to the board of assessors here because he has not been assessed or received op- portunity to pay tax during his sev- en years residence in this city. Tn an open letter he says that he has four children attending the public schools, and he feels that he should bear 8 share of the expense He asks that he be assessed for the current year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
Tbe caro1,ne Arre.t..

BOSTON, April 15.-The American board has made public reports received from Rev. M L. Stimson and Miss Jennie D. Baldwin concerning the ar rest, recently announced, of native missionaries by the captain of Ger man war ship in the Caroline islands. The reports announce that those in custody number four and that they were taken by the captain of the Ger man war ship Cormoran. They were accused by German trader of impro- priety toward Germany.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
North Aceepta cenuua poat.

| BOSTON, April 15.-S. N. D. NortR of this city has decided to accept the directorship of the United States cen sus bureaR, the position recently of fere1 him by President Roosevelt. The matter was left to the executive com mittee of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, to which organi- zation MT. North felt that he owed prior allegiance, and they have re- leased him from his obligations as sec 7etary, with highly commendatory res OIJrtfons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15

Another competitor for the $100,- 900 prize offered in the aerial tourna~ ment at the worlds fair, St Louis, has been announced. Bradford Me Gregor of Covington, Ky, designer and mechanical expert, has built a model of an airship which he says will be success. He claims that he will travel through the air from Covington to St Louis to show that his plan of aerial navigation is cor rect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
Rrfanl Party In Ronton.

BOSTON, April 15.-Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Claypool Vanderbilt began their honeymoon in this city and are occupying apartments at Hotel Son. erset, in the Back Bay, where they ar- rived from Newport. Their. special, consisting of, an engine and passen- ger coach, only came as far as the Roxbury crossing station, where the young couple alighted and took car riage in order to avoid the curious who were watching for them at the in town stations
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
McCu11agh's Funds Cut.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 15.--Senators Bracket, E. R. Brown and Elsberg, Republicans, voting with the Demo- crats, $25, 5,00O was cut from the item for the metropolitan election bureau, leaving $75,00O in place of $10o000 for John McCullagh to hire deputies with. The appropriation bill was then passed under an emergency message. The bill carries S17, 400, ,O00.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
secretary Ailes Leaves Treasury.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Milton D. Allies, assistant secretary of the treas ury, severed his connection with the department today to accept the vice presidency of the Riggs National bank of Washington, one of the oldest and most prominent financial institutions in this section of the country. Presi- dent Roosevelt's letter accepting MT. Ailes' resignation was highly compli- mentary, as was also that of Secretary Shaw