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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04

Some remarkable figures regard
ing pension applications have been
prepared by Pension Commissioner
Ware. These show that over 20
per cent OF The men enlisuog in the
Spanish war have filed applications
for pensions and this notwithstand-
ing that less than 10 per cent saw
actual service. Thirteen thousand
pensions have been allowed thus
far, 1885, applications have been
rejected, and 34.zIo claims are still
pending. New applications are
morevcr, coming in daily by the
hundred and il is estimated that be-
fore the close Of the fiscal year fifty
per cent Of the men who enlisted
will have filed applications. Some
Of the experts in in the Pension OF.
fee assert that unless the brakes are
speedily and eftectually applied the
cost Of pensions growing out Of The
Spanish war will exceed iha, for the
war Of 20 and o.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04
kor6antoWn 4 KlDgWood Railroad

Time Table No. @,
IN EFFECT $3.50 A. NJ. DEC. roo9
All Trains Daily Except Sunday
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04

The Labor Unions are getting so
unreasonable and blocking so much
business that employers and con
tractors all over the country are
being forced 70 organize against
them and give them a dose Of their
own medicine, which they take With a
very bad grace. This Union bust.
ness on the part Of the trades and
~orkiogmcn Us reaching % such ex-
tremes that it's going 70 over reach
itself and topple over With its own
clumsy construction.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04
D. E. w atson,
TUNNELTON, w. VA.

WANrED-SEvERAL PERSONS OF
Character and good reputation in each
state Zone in this county required) 10 repre-
sent and advertise old established wealthy
business house Of solid financial standing
Salary saI.oo weekly with expenses add
tional, all payable In cash direct each We'd
nesday from head Offices. Horse and car
rige furnished when necessary References.
Enclosed self-addressed envelope. Colonial
CO., 554 Dearborn ST., Chicago. z6t
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04

RAJ DEEDS Five Cents Each, 20
Cents per Dozen, or 81. 90 per
Hundred.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04
Grips
Grim Grasp Caused
Heart Disease.
Could Not Lie On
Left Side.
Dr.Miles' Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

Mrs II. X. lobe, formerly of Birmingham.
Ala. writes from Eldredge. the same state.
Tits with the greatest pleasure that rec
ommend DIR. Miles Nsryine and Heat
Cure. l only wish that L could tell every
sufferer how much good they have done me-
LAST winter i had a severe attack Of La.
Orippe. which left my heart In n very bad
condition. i could not lie down for the
smothering spells that would almost over.
come me and the feeling of oppression
around my heart / had not been SO that
could lie on my left side for long time. /
got your Heart Cure and took three bottles.
1 have no troubl: now with my heart and
can lie on my left side as well as my right.
Formerly had suffered for years with nsry-
Gus proStration. i had tried so many rem
edies that had got clear out OF heart Of get
ting anything that would help me. The
nerves OF my heart were so affected that
sometimes IL would lose beats so AZ would
seem to stop altogether. IL was on the adj
vice OF . lady friend that tried your Restor.
alive Nervine. felt better after the 6rst
few doses and two bottles Of Neryine and
one OF Heart Cure made me feel like a new
person. My heart is all right and my nery-
business Is all gone. 1 never fail TO recon-
mend IL to Others afflicted as was"
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DIR. Miles Remedies Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Adde'S,
DR.. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-06-04

{; Stop only on signal. or notice TO Con
ductor.
x BRETz. General Manager.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
FoRCIBLE FACTS.

One-sIxth OF the deaths from di-
sease are due TO consumption. Ninety.
eight per cent OF ell those who have
used DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for "weak lungs" have
been periectlyand permanently cured.
Cornelius McCawley, Of Leechburg,
Armstrong o., Pa, had in all eighty
one hemorFhages. He says; "My
doctor did all he could for me but
could not stop the hemorrhages, and
al gave me up TO die with consump-
tion.n What doctors could not dc
"Golden Medical Discovery" did. Il
stopped the hemorrhages and cured
their cause. This lie one ase out o.
thousands. Investigate the facts.
Free. DR.. Pierce's great work, The
Peoples Common Sense Medica
Adviser lie sent free on receipt o.
stamps to pay cost Of mailing only.
Send q one-cent stamps for paper
covered books, or 81 stamps for clotl
binding. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Stepping on a squeaKy doll in q
dark room is said temporarily to re-
lieve the worst case OF chronic rheu-
matism.
Young man, II a girl declines the
offer of your heart and hand 1t Is up
to you to make her regret her lost
opportunity.
The people Of the Uuited States
drank more coffee than beer last year.
Still there were no breweries that
closed down.
Russia is not only opposed to the
open door policy for China, but seems
to be in favor of shutting the back
yard gate also.
A girl 9 ribbons so that they
will show through summer clothes
and then pretends TO be embarrassed
II you notice 1t.
There is one class Of people who are
as hard to bear as boils, because they
want their conversation to prove in
struetive to you,
When a boy passes ~ there is al
ways embarrassment In being intro
duced to him; is it a cas of head pat
OF hand shake?
If q girl thinks her hat is attracting
too much attention she merely exer-
cises a little art in keeping her skin
from dragging.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Sinking a coal shaft is like the
weather, you have to take what
comes.
Beauty counts for more than brains
when it comes to getting a seat in a
crowded car.
After marriage the thermometer OF
love registers a constantly falling
temperature.
When charity begins in the homes
Of some men they lock the door and
keep it there.
No woman on earth would appre-
ciate a husband more than a four
year-old widow.
Nature supplies enough for all, but
she is just a trihe shy of her ability to
divide it equally.
The Doctor-"How's business?''
The Undertaker-'Oh, Pm simply
rushed to death"
When women discard the stocking
for the half-hose, where win they
carry the money.
When the world discovers q mans
weak spot it hammers away at it eve
ry chance 1t gets.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

With the dedication Of the Worlds
Fair the st. Louis citizen feels that the
stain Of the Columbian Exposition has
been wiped out.
When q man IL sick his wife has one
means Of arousing the curiosity Of
the neighbCrs that never fails: by
sending for q lawyer.
We do not wish to complain, but
girl children sre beginning to demand
ct q younger age than ever that men
tip their hats to them.
II a woman is veEy sensible as soon
az she "comes to" after her marriage,
she begins 10 regret that she spent so
much on foolish anery.
The mar who can't make any wom-
an believe that he loves her, and her
alone, hasn't enough business push
to sell ice on q hot day.
1t is a good thing for every woman
to outlive her husband, 80 that she
may have another chance of finding
that the men are not all bad.
A mar can usually manage to keep
himself busy by attending strictly to
his own business, but some men have
a mania for working overtime.
The discovery that eating borax is
an aid to a pink complexion does not
interest the girl who gets up early to
look after the morning glories.
Perhaps men wouldn't give the
women such hard knocks about tell
ing secrets If the women would some
times tell the men all about it.
A man is never sure OF woman I'M
til the preacher tells him he can be
sure. A woman is sure Of a mar the
minute be begins to look lunny.
You can always find out what gos-
sips are saying about you to other
people by listening to what they have
to say about other people to you.
II woman can't find any disagree
able gossip to tell about people she
knows she can get almost as much
fun out of telling it about strangers.
Kentucky has at last come forward
with an excuse for sending Deboe to
the United States senate. He object
ed to the plan for Goebel's murder.
"Indianola" is a soft sweet name to
most persons, but there are come on
whose nerves 1t CRATES like the gnaw-
ing of a file on a piece of rusty steel.
There used to be a time when you
could tell the hard workers among
women by the plain old-style clothes
they wore, but this is nc longer the
case.
Admiral Dewey is off on another
naval inspecting tour, but he will not
give out any more comparative statis-
tics complied for the Kaiser's special
benefit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
E88&8&&E&&8& 88&&&AAAA&%8AA
ga HANDSOME LOT y" MS
81 ~" GATHERED GEMS. No&

The average man win do more for
revenge and stubbOrness than for
right.
A scolding woman should never get
on a ferry boat, 1t would make her
cross.
After a man has been disappointed
in love he develops into a hrst-class
cynic.
The more checks a man receives In
his business career, the sooner he gets
there.
It is fortunate for boys of a certain
age that girls OF all ages are averse to
piracy.
Children are happy because they
have not learned the art of being mis-
cradle.
An men are open to conviction-ex-
cept the ones who really ought to be
in jail.
It is all we'll enough to begin at the
beginning-unless you want to go up
a river.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
Whether Simple SCTOfuIOuS or
Hereditary
Speedily Cured by GutiGura
Soap, Ointment and Pills,
When All Other Remedies and
Best Physicians Fail.
COMPLETE TREATMENT, Sl.OO.

In the treatment Of torturing, disfg-
uring, itching, scaly, crusted, pimply,
blotchy and %scrofulous humOurs Of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss Of hair,
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills have
been wonderfully successful. Even
the most obstinate Of constitutional hui
mours, such as bad blood, scrofula, in
herited and contagious humOurs, with
loss of hair, glandular swellings, ulcer
Gus patches In the throat and mouth,
sore eyes, cOpper-cOlOred blotches, as
well as boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sites,
ulcers and sores arising from an i'm
pure or impoverished condition of the
blood, yield to the Cuticura Treatment,
when all other remedies and methods
fail.
And greater still, If possible, is the
wonderful record of cures of |torturing,
disiguring humOurs among infants and
children. The suffering which Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment have alleviated
among the young, and the comfort
they have afforded wOrn-Out and wor-
ried parents, have led to their adoption
in count4ess homes as priceless cura-
tives for the skin and blood. Infantile
and birth humOurs, milk crust, scall
head, eczema, rashes and every form Of
itching, scaly, pimply skin and scalp
humOurs, with loss Of hair, of infancy
and childhood, are speedily, perma-
nently and economically cured when
all other remedies suitable for children,
and wen the best physicians, fail.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Somehow no one ever claims the
authorship of writings the real author
would ba glad to disown.
Men who spend most Of their time
sitting around saloons are seldom
able to stand prosperity.
When a woman suddenly resolves
to walk 3 lot for exercise, Il is q sign
she has q new suit or hat.
When q woman starts to break into
society her husband Is due to break
through his bank account.
Tommy-"Pop, what ls a crimlnal?'
Tommy's Pop-'A criminal, my son,
Is q mar who is found out"
Stocks have a peculiar way Of doing
a balloon stunt just after q mans last
margin has been wiped out.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Patti Is to bring 81 dogs to this
country with her. Doubtless the in
creased scale Of prices is to cover ex-
penses in case dog licenses have to be
taken out in every town.
There is a woman in town who
promises to make women Of 80 look
like women of 80. We wish a man
would come along able to make men
Of so look like men OF 30.
"You have great admiration for
your wife's judgment" said the friend.
~ have" answered Mr.. Meekton.
"She's the only woman who ever said
Yes when I proposed to her."
Don't you find literary work a great
tax on your imaginatiOn?"
Eyes," answered the author, HI
keep on imagining that every book ]
write is going to be a hit and make q
fortune"
Mr.. john Adams Lee, late lieuten-
ant governor Of Missouri, is so thor
oughly sick of publicity that be
would relish q lodge In some vasI
wilderness or the quiet obscurity o.
the vice pFesioency'
understand you had 3 fight with
Jones. How was it?"
"Oh, It wasn't much Of q hght
Jones clustered around and threat.
ened to thrash me. dared the COW,
ard TO lay g hand on me, and be die
not take the dare"
"Why, two or three persons tolC
me be kicked you into the gutter"
"Well, that wasn't laying q hand Of
me, was it,"
A Missouri editor went on q vaca
ton and left q minister In charge o
the paper. A day OF two later be 60
a letter from a "way back' subscribe.
which read; "You know / paid m,
subscription the last time / was Il
town. III get any more letters III
come down and maui heb out Of you.
The minister answered: 81 have beel
trying to maui that thing out Of Oh,
editor for years, and II you reall,
come down and maui it out Of him
then, my dear SIR, I have twent.
members Of mysschurch you can oper
ate on"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
Spring Ailments.

There is an aching and tired feeling
the liver, bowels and kidneys become
sluggish aud inactive, the digestion i'm
paired, with little or no appetite, nc
ambition for anything, aud a feeling
that the whole body and mind needs
toning up. The trouble is, that during
winter, there has been an accumula-
tion of waste matter in the system.
Herbine will remove it, secure to the
secretions a right exit, and by its tonic
effect, fully restore the wasted tissues
and give strength in place of weakness.
80 cents at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
The X-RaYs.

Recent experiments by practical tests
and examination with the aid Of the
X-Rays. established it as q fact that
Catarrh Of the Stomach is not a disease
Of itself. but that it results from re-
heated attacks Of indigestion. "How
Can I Cure my Indigestionf' Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure Is curing thousands.
nc viii cure you Of indigestion and
dyspepsia, and prevent or cure Catarrh
81 the Stomach. Kodol digests what
Won eat-makes the stomach sweet.
For sale by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
A SURE THING.

It is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes, but that is not alto
Rether true DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is a sure cure for all
lung and throat troubles. Thousands
can testify to that. Mrs. C.pB. Van
Metre If Shepherd. W. Va, says: 81
had q severe case Of Bronchitis and for
a year tried everything I heard of, but
got no relief. One bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery then cured me absolute
~" It's invaluable for Group, Whoop-
ing Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Con
sumption. Try It. It's guaranteed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Hint to the women If men will not
eat the steak, bring it on the table the
second time with a fresh garnishment
Of parsley. The third time, a hand
painted platter, assisted by the pars-
ley, may succeed in moving it.
Visitor-You say you call your
horses Biscay aud Bengal. Aren't
those decidedly unusual names for
horses? Farmer-Ef the joggraies
hain't changed since / got my school
in, them's mighty good names for a
pair o. big bays.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
Startling Test.

To save a life, DR.. T. G.. Merritt, of
No. Mehoopany. Pa, made a startling
test resulting in q wonderful curs.
He writes, "a patient was attacked
with violen hemorrages, caused by nj
ceration Of the stomach. ] had often
found Electric Bitters excellent for
acute stomach and liver troubles so |
prescribed them. The patient gained
from the first, and has not had an at
tack in IA months" Electric Bitters
are positively guaranteed for dyspep-
STA, Indigestion, Constipation and kid
ney troubles. Try them. Only SOC.
The average woman can detect fat
terry every t~ime-except, OF course,
when it is lavished upon herself.
1t is the man who wishes he had
rich friends from whom he could Dor
row money that curses the rich.
Normally the postofice staff an
ployed in the London postal district
numbers about 1000 Of all ranks.
A woman can be happier without
money to spend in the shops than
with it, but 40 shops to spend it in.
If a city man owns a garden twelve
feet square what he doesn't know
about farming isn't worth knowing.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
For those VINO Live on Farms.

DR.. Bergin, Pana, H., writes: II
have used Billiards. Snow Liniment
always recommend it to my friends,
as / am confident there is no bitter
made. It ia a dandy for burns Those
who live on farms are especially liable
TO many accidental cuts, burns aud
bruises, which heal rapidly when Bal
lard's Snow Liniment is applied. 1t
should always be kept in the house for
cases Of emergency. q cents, 90 cents
and St.00 at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
rRAINs WEST FROM TUPELo:

The announcement that Mr.. William
K. Vanderbilt has secured consent Of
the courts to wed again, followed
closely by bis announcement that be
is not going to wed the pretty twice.
widowed American IL Paris to whom
be has been playing the devoted,
would indicate that be Is not totally
immune from a little harmless hlrta-
tiol abroad.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

According to John d. Rockefeller,
Jr., playing golf without q hat on has
restored his fathers hair and cured :
serious case Of badness. This viii
mean an increased enthusiasm for
golf on the part Of most Of the bald
headed men Of the country.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

If your watch needs doctoring, or
your clock is dyspeptic, bring it, send
it or railroad it in and let us cure it for
you. That is our business. MAIER's
JEwELRY STORE,
Ahardana Miss
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
Again the hafpin as a weapon of

Again the hatpin a a weapon of de-
fence. A st. Louis girl was attacked
by a highwayman, and, instead OF
surrendiug her po~eketbook she iab-
bed the highwayman with her hatpin
and made him howl. While he was
bowling she ran away.
Mr. Bryan is said to be opening ne
gotiations with Mr.. Hill looking to
his being chairman of the Democratic
national convention, and with the in
tention nf promoting harmony in the
party. The question is whether Mr..
Hillcan deliver the goods.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06


A woman takes comfort In a future
heaven, but a mar thinks it is Joy
enough not to believe in a future hell.
The mar who hasn't the sense to
tell a pretty woman that she is, does
not deserve to ever see a pretty wom-
an.
A new order of things is easily
brought about-provided you have
telephone connection with your gro
cer.
Unusual foresight must have prevail
ed at the christening of William K.
Vanderbilt. His middle name Is Kts-
sem.
It is a great source of satisfaction to
the average man to know that fate
and not lack of ability has kept him
down.
Country women say the best chick
ems to lay are the N mixed va
riety found hustling around barn
yards.
Sometimes when a man gets rich,
his wife's extravaganza runs to health
resorts and operations instead of fine
clothes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
The Wastes oil tie Rodv.

Every seven days the blood, muscles
and bones of a man of average size
loses two pounds of worn out tissue.
This waste cannot be replendished
and health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion. When the
stomach and digestive organs fail to
perform their functions, the strength
lets down, health gives way, and
disease sets up, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
enables the stomach and digestive or
gans to digest and assimilate all the
wholesome food that may be eaten into
the kind Of blood that rebuilds the
tissues and protects the health aud
strength of the mind and body. Kodol
cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles. IL is an ideal
spring tonic.
For sale by all druggists.
A third party may be all right in
politics, but when 1t comes to court
ship it's different.
It is the opinion Of the cynical
bachelor that the original bone Of
contention was a rib.
NOJuluk ID 80 udEu EUE buOno wiz
abound in riches as to conceive how
others can be in want.
Before you aspire for Office find oui
whether you are qualified to perform
the duties Of the odice.
Money may not make the man, bal
that doesn't prevent the man from
trying to make money.
We would like to see some one whC
has -ststrong clear cut0 features, q
described in love stories.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

Laura-"You have met the two
JohnsOns. What do you think OF
them2" Maude-tWell, the one is
terribly simple and the otheris simply
terrible"
King Edwards loop-the-l loop APP
pears to have so far been a royal
success. Perhaps this is because he
hasn't made any two-for-fve speeches
while you wait.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says
the Cramps have been relieved by
raising 5000, 900 for pressing nee6s.
We have known cramps to be relieved
at a much smaller cost.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
World Wide reputation.

Whites Cream Vermifuge has
achieved a world wide reputation as
being the best Of all worm destroyers,
and for it's tonic influence on weak and
unthrifty children, as it n~eutralizes the
acidity or sourness of the stomach, i'm
proves their digestion and assimilation
of food, strengthens their nervous sys-
tenn, and restores them to the health,
vigor and elasticity Of spirits natural to
childhood. % cents at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
From a Cat Scratch

on the arm, to the worst sort of a burn,
sore or boil, DeWitt's WITCH Hazel
Salve is a quick cure. In buying
Witch Hazel Salve, be particular to
get DeWitt's-this is the salve that
heals without leaving a scar. A spe-
cifc for blind, bleeding, itching and
protuding piles.
For sale by all druggists.
The faith cure has no effect on love.
Only absence of faith cures that
disease.
II eyer there is an automobile
hearse invented folks will be dying to
ride in it.
He who loves and runs away can
figure in a breach of promise suit
some day.
Promise a man a hundred dollars.
and if you give him ninety-nine of il
he will kick.
Either a mar gets spring fever OF
he makes a fool OF himself planting 6
spring garden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
Little Early Riser

now and then, at bedtime will cure
constipation, biliousness and liver
troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are the famous little pills, that cur by
arousIng the secretions, moving the
bowels gently, yet tffectually, and Civ
ling such tone and strength to the
glands of the stomach and liver that
the cause of the trouble is removed
entirely, and if their use is continued
for a few days, there will be no re-
turn of complaint.
For sale by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06
nade Young Again.

lone of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in my teens again, writes D. ID. Tur-
ner, of Dempseytown, Pa. They're
the best in the world for liver, stom-
ach and bowels. Pnrely vegetable.
Never grippe. Only % cents at drug
storee
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-06

You can't always make q boy rise IN
the world BY giving him q blowing up.