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on iba, day has never since been equalIed
IN Virginia.
Then came an incident that was no, cal
eulaled TO cot any figure in The great we'd
ding ceremony, hut which nevertheless, was
of much consequences 10 n humble yet inn
poriant parsonage present
The psoudest aud hsppies, moment 10 the
life of Bishop has come.
During the ceremony Bishop. IN brand
new suit OF scarlet had stood ON the steps
holding Colonel washiog,on's horse. the
magnificent animal which General Btasdoek
hal bequeath-i to Washington upon his
death. The horse was now richly eapari-
soned.
Both Bishop and his charge we'll deserved
their gay trappings. for they had each been
instrumental in the wooing, the horse in
carrying the Colonel to Major Chamber
layne's house, and Bishop in making his
young master rs attractive in appearance as
only a welI-uained body servant knows
how.
AS Bishop led the Colonel's horse forward
he was the proudes, dsrkey in all Virginia.
Washington took his place beside the coach
aud a corIege of officers and gentry who
had already mounted drew around.
Other guests entered coaches.
With the cracking of whips and the prod
ding Of darkies' heels into horses ilankes,
the gay cayalcade. started on its way toward
the home of the bride, "The White House"
on the Pamunkey
Aud such feast and frolic at "Ths
White House,'
AS the wedding party turned into the
lockwood lined lane the Cusns and Dam
bridge slaves were present TO salute the
bride and the new master. and long before
the brides coach had reached the door two
beautiful children, John Parke and Martha
Parkc Gusts, had run out to welcome their
foster father, foster father who proved
himself TO be to these little ones all that a
real father could be in tender care and
guardianship.
The mansion, within was decked with
flowers aud garlands of greenery; there were
music and feas,ing, and Colonel John Dan
bridge, enthusiastically happy over his new
son-in-law, dipped often into the great punch
bowl and drank to the health Of the bride
and Bridegroom.
There were wedding presents, the most
munihcent one perhaps not being visible,
the 100000 which by law of marriage
passed to Washington from his wifes es-
tate, and which, with his own wealth and
landed possessions, made him one of the
weal,hiest men IN Virginia
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12
lRDEk or PUBLICATION
SrA1E o. ~ VrnLnlA

STATE on WEST VRcNiA
Al rules held 10 tho CLERK Office 81 tie
on the irst Monday OF February Ioo3.
Henry T. Garlitz
vs.. In Cfaurare
Martha Conlcy garliz
1hc object of ibis sui: is 90 obtain a
divorce vincuio mstrimonii from the
defendant
And ii appearing from an afdavlt filed
in said cause that Tie defendant Martha
Coriey Garlitk Us rot resident of This
state, on motion Of the plaintiff 30 is order.
ed that the said defendant be required 20
appear within one month after the date %
The hf5i publication 81 ibis order and do
What is necessary 10 protect her interests.
it is further ordered that tbis order DE
published and posted as required by law
copy Icetc: w. WATSON Clerk
Published FIRST time February 6. fsos
Attest w WATsON. Clerk
W q Brown Counsel Tor plaintiff
rs fgos4tsi4s
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12
WHICH Is YOUR AGE!

What is the best age for a girl or
boyH Espionage.
To what age will people arrive il
they live long enough Dotage.
To what age do most women look
forward with anxiety Marriage.
What age has the soldiers often
to fnda Courage.
What age is required on the high
seas1 Tonnage.
What age are We forbidden 10
Worship Image,
What age is not less or morep
Average.
What is the age people are stuck
on3 Mucilage.
What age is both profane and de-
siructive7 Damage.
AT what age are vessels to ride
safer Anchorage,
sbe 10 necessary to the
Clergyman Parsonage.
What age is one of communica-
tion3 Portage.
What age is most important to
travellers by rail7 Mileage
What is the age now popular for
charity Coinage.
What age IS shared by the doctor
and the thief Pillage.
What age do we all wish for?
Homage.
What age is slavery Bondage.
What age is most enjoyed at the
morning meal9 Beverage.
What is the lndig estibIe age7
Sausage.
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oRgFTT

The matter OF feed is Of
tremendous Importance to the
farmer. Wrong feeding is
loss Right feeding is profit.
The up-to-date farmer knows
what to feed his COWS to get
the most milk, his pigs to get
the most pork, his hens to
get the most eggs. Science.
But how about the children1
Are they fed according to
science, a bone food if bones
arc soft and undeveloped, a
o. p and muscle food if they
dc thin and weak and a blood
foad if there is anemia1
SCOTS Emulsion is a mixed
food; the Cod Liver Oil in it
makes flesh, blood and muscle,
thc Lime and Soda make bone
and brain. 1t is the standard
scientifc food for delicate
children.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12
The Old Reliable Family Companion
THE WHEELING
Weekly Register
Brighter and Better than Ever
S1O0
ONE DOLLAR

The Old Reliable Wheeling Weekly Ree.
ister will be Brighter. Better, More Inter
esting. II possible to all classes of West
virginians and those OF nearby States than
during any other year Of its history.
The West Virginia Legislature is In ses
sion. Every citizen and taxpayer must
read the daily proceedings of the State
lawmaking body. He must keep posted as
to how much taxes he is to be burdened
with.
The Register has correspondents al both
Washington and Charleston. who will keep
its rcaders posted on the happen ngs al
each point
he Registers service at Charleston is
not equaled by any other paper
II you want the best FOR the least money
subscribe Tor the Register. Other cheap
foreign papers will be offered 10 You. but
you will only get the full, complete home
news through the Register
Sample copies free
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12

vas troubled Tor several years with
mono ine geetiou aud nervous debility
Nnics Green. ~ ancaster al -
20 femeaJ hc.pcd mr until began using
EIcctfic biitere which aid me more GOOD
tnsu OF the medicines . ever peed .fbov
pave also kept my wife Boz excellent health
ipI years nec SAYS Electric Btters are
ineY ere grand tonic and lnvigorator for
"efk roo down women SO other mcli.
enc con take iis place Boz our family" nv
them only soc Satisfaction guaranteed liz
ne 1ocfe supply GO and Ifona supply
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horsantOHn & KineVood Railroad.

Time Table No. @.
IN EFFECT goa. NJ. DEC. i. Iooa
All Trains Daily Except Sunday.
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a runaway almost ending fatally. started
horrible ulcer o. tie lcr 81 Il ID Orncr
frankin Grove ll FOR four years f dr-
hcd aI doctors ard 400 remedies. grt
Buck.on Arnica Saive bad no trouble fo
cure Din. Equally good Tor Burns Bruises
SKID brnpif0ns and Piles. 2sc al Gocke'e
Store and frOna supply 90.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12

No. n is the regular accommodation coins
west and stops at all stations.
trains marked S. stop regularly and tr.In.
stop. "'"0s
lralns marked stop TO receive and dis
charge passengers, but handles no bagnaae or
express. VI
ID; u MARTIN, Manager Passenger Trafno.
=. W. bAssxTT, General Passen ger Agent,
baltimore, Ma.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12

{; Stop only on signal or notice to Con.
ductor.
FIX. BRETT. General Manager.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12
Passenger Schedule OF the Holly River
& Addison Railway.

IN EFFEcT MAY &c. rooa.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-12

One go ~. r. McNamar boiler and engine
mounted on wheels, sawmin. cutoff. rollers.
inscricd.tOoih saw. All complete. WAGONS
etc. AH on good terms. Five minutes
walk from Tunncllon
J.. W. HhLaRIrrfa.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

Chinese physicians have some curious
notions in regard to human anatomy.
The truth is they know nothing about
anatomy as that word is understood by
American physicians, their principal
authority on the subject being a work
entitled Netting" of which Huang
III, who lived from 2G97 to 2597 B. c.,
is said to be the author.
According to Chinese physicians, the
human heart occupies almost the same
position as is assigned by European
and American physicians to the stom-
ach, and bile, they maintain, has its
origin in the back of the head. They
also claim that human being has 365
bones, which correspond to the 800
days Of the year; that man has
twelve ribs and woman fourteen and
that mans skull is composed Of eight
and woman's six pieces
Moreover, they say that in every hui
man body there are twenty-five parts
which are important and fifty-six
which are unimportant, and they lay
great stress on the necessity of taking
good care Of the important parts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

In peeling potatoes it is often OBJ
served that the outer flesh Of the tuber
contains brown slivers extending from
the surface inward to the depth Of
about one-eighth Of an inch. These sliv-
ers do no harm except to slightly injure
the appearance of the cooked potato
Usually their location is indicated ex-
ternally by minute puncture in the
skin. In some cases each silver is sur
mounted by a pronounced elevation,
and tubers so affected are called PIN
ply potatoes.
The slivers and accompanying PIN
pies are caused by minute white
worms, the larvae of the common flea
beetle, which bore into the tubers while
they are growing. Naturally slivers
are most common in potatoes in locali-
ties where flea beetles are most abun-
dant. 1t is likewise plain that to pre-
vent the appearance of sliyers in the
tubers it is necessary to prevent flea
beetles from attacking the tops. This is
best accomplished by spraying the
plants very thoroughly with bordeaux
mixture containing paris green at the
rate of about twelve ounces to fifty gal
Ions of bordeaux. The same treatment
prevents blight and the ravages Of po-
tato bugs-F. G. Stewart in American
Agriculturist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
A Text That Stumped Him.

~ once heard minister who boosted
from his pulpit that he was able to
preach from any text III the Bible Off
hand without thought or other prepa-
ration, and as test of his talent in eX-
temporaneous speaking he invited his
congregation the next Sunday morning
to hand in any texts they would like
him to preach from, when he would
show them what he was able to do"
relates the Chicago Record Herald. TN
order that he might not be suspected of
surreptitious preparation the passages
of Scripture were to be written upon
slips Of paper, sealed up in envelopes
and placed upon the pulpit immediate
ly before the opening Of the service.
The next Sunday morning the pastor
came bounding in, pride and confidence
cleaning in his eyes, and found num-
Der of sealed envelopes lying upon the
big Bible. After the preliminary serv-
ice he called attention to them and said
he would preach from the text con-
tanned in the envelope that lay on the
top Of the pile. The remainder he
would reserve for future Sabbaths.
Tearing it open, he unfolded slip Of
paper and read the words once adj
dressed to the prophet Balaam, Am l
not thine ASST"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
WEST BURKE.

Last Sunday was observed as temper
ance Sunday at the Methodist church.
In the morning the pastor preached an
excellent sermon from the text, rs the
Young Man Safe" In the evening the
program sent out by the Anti Saloon
League was used with some additions
Rectations were given by Mrs. Cochure
and Mrs Cra'g and short addresses
were gwen bv A l.. Aldrch, w. P. Hickie
and Rev. c. 6. Gorse, on these respective
h, mes, "Who Wants the Saloon ?'"The
Price OF License and who is Respon-
>ihle ?" Each address was interesting
and we hope wi tend to increase the no
vote on February 3.
This Wednesday evening the W. c. T.
U. have arranged a grand temperance
rally to be held in the 6. A. r. hall The
principal speaker OF the evening is to be
ton. full attendance is hoped for as
Mr.. Ferguson is orceful and convinc-
ing speaker. This place is alive to the
dangers threatening the state and a
large vote opposing the referendum is ex-
pected in the town.
A. w. Brockway, who has been very
i'll with the grip, is now able to be out of
doors, and his furniture store is open
again.
H. H. Powers is very i'll with pneu-
monia. Mrs. Eliza Belden is caring for
him.
The voting contest of the Hickie Hard
ware Company closed last Monday noon
and the successful ladies are Mrs. John
Rosebrooks, Burke; Mrs. Fairbanks,
Newark; Mrs. Fred Chapman, Sutton
Each lady received ID handsome set of
semi porcelain dishes.
The Ladies Aid serve a supper in the
Methodist vestry this evening.
Miss Edna Sisco OF Sheffield has been
spending two weeks with her friend,
Miss May Aldrich
Mrs. F. 7. Porter has been entertaining
her cousins, the Misses Nichols for few
days.
Miss Carolvne Gadupee was i'll and
unable to teach school part of last
week
Charles Roberts is i'll with grip.
A. w. Brockway has purchased the
Booth house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

An Irishman who had gone into a
dentists to get tooth pulled had it
out in few minutes.
''That will be half crown" said the
dentist.
"Half a crown" said Pat. "Why, the
last tooth l got pulled at home the old
doctor set me down on the floor and
put the nippers in my mouth and pulled
me round and round the room, out Of
the door and down the stairs. When
we got to the foot. the doctor said, BY
the help of heaven and the attraction
of gravity We'll hey her out yet so
when we got to the top out came the
tooth, and he only took shillin'!'-
London Tit-Bits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
The Extinct Quagga.

The quagga, the half cousin to the
wild ass, has vanished from Africa
and only exists as imperfect specimens
in the European museums.
The quagga exists as a name still in
South Africa, for the name has beer
wrongly applied to Burchell's zebra
but the true quagga, which took its
name from it's cry ''quacha," has beer
extinct since 1872, when the last OF
his or, rather, of her race, for this
quagga was female, died in the Lon
don Geological society's menagerie.
Its extinction in South Africa was
due solely to the zeal with which the
Dutch farmers hunted it for it's hide
and it is a saddening reflection that
thousands of Katfirs used to be fed on
it by their Boer masters.
The idiotic wastefulness of thus ex
terminating a species becomes the
more marked in view of the fact that
the quagga, which was midway be
tween a zebra and a wild ass, coulG
be broken to harness and was the
bravest as we'll as the hardest of ami
mails. Some Boer farmers used tt
keep tame quaggas on their farms tt
Craze with horses in order to protect
them from beasts of prey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
WEST CONCORD.

There will be social entertainment at
the Universalist vestry Friday evening,
Ian. 3Oth, to which all are cordially in
vited. Oysters will be served from 5 80
to 8.
Mrs. Carrie Douglas was called to
Portland last Wednesday to care for her
sister, Mrs. Brown, who is very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Crane Of Dan
vile were called here Wednt sdav by the
serious illness OF Mrs. Cranes sister, Mrs.
l.. S. Richards, but as she is now much
better they have returned home.
Mrs. Cora Forsaith and daughter
Leola have been called home to care for
her aunt, Mrs. Sara Hovey, who has
been i'll for several weeks.
William Folsom of Lancaster has been
spending a few days with Mrs. c. B.
Folsom and other acquaintance.
Mrs. Hattie James of Whitefield, is
spending few days with Mrs. Warner
Bingham and other relatives.
L. w. Hastings has been finishing
off an office in the east end of his resi-.
dtnce.
All of the mills in this village are put
ting in heavy stocks of logs and promise
to do good business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
Ants Magnetic Nests.

Port Darwin, in South Australia,
boasts of some of the most remarkable
ants nests in the world. They are
known as magnetic" nests, for the
simple reason that they are without
exception built in a due north and
south direction. Consequently a trav-
eler journeying through the district in
which they abound may readily direct
his course by their aid. No living man
knows why these tiny architects build
them in this way. They are merely one
out of the many maryels Of the great
land down under" 1t seems, how
ever, probable that instinct leads these
tiny creatures to so construct their
dwellings that the fierce monday sun
shall have the least possible effect upon
their interiors.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

"The last age of love in a mans life
is the dotage," says Dorothy Dix in
Ainslee's. "This is peculiar to wealthy
old men, and its most pronounced
symptom is a mania for presenting
diamonds and opening bottles for
chorus girls, who call him papa. At
other times in a mans life he has some
slight misgivings about love being al
ways conducted on a reciprocal basis,
but when he reaches this age he throws
fears to the winds. He knows he is
loved for himself alone. The man at
twenty-five doubts his power to win a
woman's heart. The man of seventy
five is cocksure that he is charmer
nothing feminine can resist. He knows
the ratio of his fascinations has in
creased with his advancing years, and
he quarrels with his family, who are
cruel enough to suggest that the debu-
tante he leads to the altar may have a
weather eye on his will.
"The last age of love is the most dan
gerous of them all and is generally ia
tai. In fact, love is like the measles
1t is safest and goes easiest with man
when he has it early in life"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

That make believes" of the stage
are not so easily detected now as in the
days when Mr.. Joseph Jefferson was
beginning to earn his reputation as an
actor is shown by this story of dramat-
ic business" in the earlier days of the
Walnut Street theater in Philadelphia.
There was scene in the course Of
which a servant was to enter with
lights.
"In those days." said Mr.. Jefferson,
"sea island cotton was stage ice cream,
just as molasses and water was stage
wine, sherry or port, according to the
proportion of molasses. The actors
were seated at the table where they
had been enjoying such viands as
these, and their dialogue was making
the very best sort of an impression on
crowded house.
"Then in came that maidservant
with the wabbliest sort of candelabra.
The scene was so engrossing that she
was scarcely noticed, but when she set
down her burden on the table and one
candle toppled out and put the ice
cream in a BLACKWELL, the entire au-
dience burst into laugh, and the cur
tain had to be rung down"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

In Korean schools the master Is
dressed in white, generally wears spec
tacles and always has a rod in order
that the child may not be spoiled. He
gathers his flock around him in the
most fatherly manner and deals out
justice with an unsparing hand. The
scholars are dressed in their best, but
must study without their shoes. These
latter are kept in sight of the master
at all times. The course Of study is not
very extensive to look at, but when it
comes to studying the Korean language
through the medium of Chinese it must
be confessed that the beginning of q
course is difficult. The scholar is first
taught the name and meaning of Chi
nese characters and then their meaning
in Korean, just as though he were
obliged to learn English through the
medium of the Greek alphabet. Stu
dents keep up a steady drOning noise
as each one goes on repeating his por-
ton of the tasks aloud, regardless Of
what is going OH round him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
Billion and TriIliOu.

There are two systems of numera-
ton in use at the present day, COM
monty called the English and the
French systems. In the former the
billion is a million of millions, a trilion
a million of billions, and each denomi-
nation is million times the one pre-
ceding. In the latter, which is the sys-
TEN used in the United States, the
billion is a thousand millions, and each
denomination is thousand times the
preceding. Therefore, according to the
English notation, a trillion is the
product of a million involved to the
third power, or the number represented
by a unit with its ciphers annexed;
according to the French notation, the
number expressed by a unit with
twelve ciphers attached. A billion ac-
cording to the French method is the
number represented by unit with
nine ciphers and according to the Eng
lish method with twelve ciphers an
neXed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
Some Garter Customs.

1t was a common custom with our
forefathers to wear the carriers of Il
pretty maiden either on the hat or
knee. says the New York Press. Brides
usually wore on their legs host Of
gay ribbons, to be distributed after the
marriage ceremony among the bride
groom's intimate friends. The piper at
the wedding dance never failed to tie
a piece of the brides garter around the
stem of his bagpipe. The Lombard
country girls used to wear daggers in
their carriers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

To talk through a human body, or a
row of human bodies, for the matter of
that, is one of the weirdest of the cleo
trician's feats. If telephone wire be
severed and the two ends be held by a
person, one in each hand, but far
apart, it is quite possible for two indi-
viduals to carry on conversation
through the body of the medium as
readily and as distinctly as if the line
had been properly connected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

The prevalent belief that suicide is a
product of the higher civilization is
contradicted by the fact that in India
suicides by opium are committed by
the natives for the most trivial rea-
sons, even children destroying them
selves after being scolded and wives
because husbands complain of their
dinners. There are no regulations for
the sale of poison and anybody can go
into a bazaar and buy as much as he
wants.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

Richard Eastman, who died at his
home in Manchester, Thursday was well
known TO many in this place.
Mrs. John Ripley is in Brightook Hos
pital for treatment for spinal trouble.
Charles Humphrey from Little Comp
ton is guest at Charles Gray's.
The Congregational Ladies Aid society
will have supper in their vestry Friday
evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

Let men tremble to win the hand of
woman unless they win with it the ut
most passion of her heart. Else it may
be their miserable fortune when some
mightier touch than their own may
have awakened all her sensibilities to
be reproached even for the calm con-
tent, the marble image of happiness,
which they will have imposed upon her
as the warm reality.-Hawthorne
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28

Avoid all drying inhalants and use
that which ceanses and heals the men,
brane. Ely's Cream Balm is such a
remedy and cures Catarrh easily and
pleasantly. Cold in the head vanishes
quickly. Price SO cents at druggists or
by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great extent loss of hearing
By the use OF Ely's Cream Balm dropping
OF mucus has ceased, voice and hearing
have greatly improved-J. w. Davidson,
Atty at Law, Monmouth, Iii.