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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
JUST AS EASY.

Editing a newspaper is nice
thing. If we publish jokes, peo-
pie say we are rattle-brained. Ii
we don't, we are fossils. If we
publish original matters they
saw we don't give them enough
selections. If we give them Sc
lections, they say we are too lazy
TO write. If we don't 60 to
,church, we are heathens. Ii we
do we are hypocrites. If we re-
main in the office, we ought to
be out looking for new items
If we 60 out then we are not at
tending to business. If we wear
old clothes, they laugh at us. II
we wear good clothes they say
we have a pull. Now, what are
we to do9 Just as likely as not
some one will say that we stole
this from an exchange. So we
did. It's from the Wyoming Der
rick.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
SEPTEMBER.

The golden autumn waits with
ont for summer to depart, and
purple grapes are in her hair,
good will is in her heart. The
rustling corn is rip ming fast, the
pumpkins swell afield, the happy
farmer views his crops and tig-
ures on the yield. The COW, con-
tented with her lot, lies down
and takes her ease, the while hay
fever sufferers rise up betimes to
sneeze.
The gossamer is in the air, the
aster is in bloom, the golden rod
lifts up it's head and dons its
yellow plume. The melon crop
is now on top, the wild grape and
the plum, while through the
weeds young plymouth rocks flee
from the wrath to come. Inc
summer girl is home again, back
from the sounding sea, she brings
with her a sun-browned arm, also
a sun-kissed knee.
The corn is fine, the wheat
was good, so was the crop OF rye
and when the pumpkin crop
comes in We'll dissipate on pie.
The sweet potatoes in the hill are
busting through the earth, while
cabbages are heading up for all
that they are worth. The lrlsh
spuds make haste to see when
one will get ahead, and in their
eagerness they crowd each other
out of bed. And as we pass the
swelling hills in which they bur-
led lie, they peep up through the
earth and then give us the goo
goo eye.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The members of the Warner
family who held a reunion in this
city were weighed and the aggre-
gate weight of the whole family
was 225O. We had the pleasure
of meeting J. C. Warner of Ma
son. He is the oldest member OF
the family and called to tell us in
his judgment the Oil Review is
the best paper he knows of. Says
he likes it because we always
"paint things and parties in their
true colors." We admit we are
slightly long on painting things
sometimes about as they are.
Mr.. Warner says he takes seven
different newspapers, but they all
take a back seat until he has
read The Review from top to bot
tom. We thank him for his
kind word of encouragement.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The Star says we are an enemy
now of P. H. Anderson, chairman
of the Republican County Exec
utive committee. We deny the
accusation. We have always been
and we are still friends, We
never had a word in our lives.
If our Republican friends want
an ex-Democrat to run their par
ty, all we'll and good. We have
no objections whatever. But
there is no enmity nor i'll feeling,
neither have we said anything to
show i'll feeling in The Review
towards the Democratic Republi-
can leader.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

If there is any class OF people
who should vote UNANIMOUSLY
against Dawson it is the farmer
He is responsible, and now ap'
proves of the most vicious meas
ure ever unloaded upon the ag'
ricultural classes. When he was
passing through the country
preaching tax reform, he shed
great tears over the unhappy lot
of the poor farmer, and at the
first opportunity he played a full
hand to tax him to death. Bill
Dawson stands for that principle
of taxation which allows the
wealth of the country to hide be-
hind the poorer classes who are
made to carry taxation's burden
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
Force of Habit.

'Your church organist is fins
but the effect of his execution /:
marred somewhat by the words hc
mumbles to himself during the mu,
sic. Why don't he quit it,"
"He can't, old man. He was {
passenger brakeman in his youti
and has never quite recovered from
the habit of calling ont the stops
New C..c.n; T.:Ic--DC.:- 0@-"t.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

Two prominent gentlemen of
this city crossed the river early
yesterday morning and spent the
day in Ohio cunning. 1t may be
these gentlemen are not aware of
the fact, but all residents of West
Virginia must pay a license of $25
before they can hunt in the State
Of Ohio.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

Corn-cutting is we'll under
way now, but the farmers state
the season is several weeks later
than last year. Corn was very
backward in ripening this year.
This is said to have been due to
there not being a sufhciency of
hot weather at the proper time.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
HURRAH FOR EIGHTY ONE.


From every mountain, dale and
glen
The cry from West Virginia men
Is heard, 'Hurrah for eighty
one!"
From Gauley's Banks to Binga-
From Tygart Vale to Coving-
ton,
They shout, "Hurrah for eighty
one!"
For four score years through veal
and woe,
We We seen the old man come and
He's kept the faith, he's pure as
gold;
We Ill not desert cause he's old.
He's fought our fight for many
years;
He knows our wants, respects our
tears
We love the man of eighty-one.
Our fathers loved him years ago,
Their sons no backward move
ment know
We praise the man of eighty-one.
For four score years he's climbed
our hills
For four score years he's quaffed
our rills.
He's kept the faith, he's not
grown cold,
We love him now because he's
old.
When riches came he did not
swell;
He kept his simple life so well
That youth came back at eighty
one.
His ev'ry year is loaded quite,
With something added to the
right,
With manhood's crown at eighty
one.
For four score years on life s
stern field
The first to strike, the last to
yield.
At forty, brave, at sixty, bold;
An Ajax yet because he's old.
Youth has it's worth and middle
age
Too long has filled the story s
page;
Make room for men of eighty
one.
All youth is wrong, mid-age is
crime,
The age of eighty is manhood s
prime;
Its glory starts at eighty-one.
Virginia loves her household
Lares;
Her men grow great with grayer
hairs.
And West Virginia Roman mold
Makes grand men grander when
they're old.
JOSIAH II. SHINN.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The Monroe county, Ohio, fair,
which closed today at Woods
field, is said to have been the
most successful in the history of
the organization. The exhibits
in general were greater and bet
ter, and the racing was unusually
interesting.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The assessor will not have such
a hard time ascertaining the real
value of your land under the as
sessment law as you may think.
He has the right to inquire of
your neighbor what your land is
worth, and almost any man has a
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
Local News


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The river is exceedingly low
The delightful weather contin-
ues.
The Woodsfeld fair closed to-
day.
J. C. Archer of Adonis, was
in the city today.
The atmosphere was not so
cold this morning.
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The long-continued drouth per-
iod is still with us.
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James Pierpoint of Next, was
a business caller in the city to-
day.
Attorney F. w. Clark of New
Martinsville, was in the city to-
day.
Miss Nelia Parr has returned to
the city after vacation of sew
eral weeks.
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Mrs. Louis Martin, who has
been visiting Mrs. Henry Roberts,
left for Friendly last evening
where she will visit relatives for
a few days.
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Miss Elsie eating has returned
to this city after an extended visit
of several months at her home in
West Freedom and other points
in Pennsylvania. Hiss eating
also visited the st. Louis exposi-
ton while away.
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We must have room for our
mammoth stock of holiday China
therefore, all goods on our s.
cent counter. goes 3 for 10 cents;
all 1O-cent goods goes 2 for Is
cents. M. A. Sybert Grocery
company. 9,23-lt
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Robert Mccormick and family
returned this morning from
Woodsfeld, o., where they were
visiting relatives and attending
the county fair. Mr.. Mccormick
states the Monroe county fair
this year was the banner one in
the history of the association and
the attendance larger.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

Everybody's magazine, contain
ing the fourth article on "Fren
zied Finance, by Thomas Law
son, is out and on sale at Nc
Coy's Book store. Buy now be
fore the lot is sold out.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

neighbor who is willing to help
the assessor out in fixing the
value of his land for taxable pur-
poses. Especially if they have
had wrangle over a division line
or a racket over breachy stock.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

Everybody should read "Fren-
zied Finance" in Everybody's
magazine. Big lot of them at
McCoy's Book store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The boiler and machine shops
throughout the city are all run
ming on full time. A few of these
industries are behind with their
orders.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

Ducks are said to be quite plen-
tiful in the river just north ard
south of the city.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The Star has a long editorial
this week to show the taxes will
not be higher under the new tax
law. We suggest the Star prints
the new laws and let the farmer
draw his own conclusions. But
if there is any one thing more
than another you won't find in
Republican papers this fall it is
the publication of copy of the
tax laws as they are. If the laws
are good and reduce county
taxes, why not publish them?
That is what we are doing. We
want the farmer to read for him
self. If the Tyler county farmer
can have his land assessed at
what it will sell for, increasing
the valuation two-thirds and
won't have more taxes to pay,
then he should vote for Dawson
and Hill. But a man who thinks
the tax bills on $4,000 worth of
property will be cheaper than on
one thousand can vote for Daw
son and Hill. If he don't know
no better now he will later on,
when he has to pay the tax bills.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23

The Star is still insisting to it's
readers that the Oil Review still
owns the Tyler County journal
and the sale of it is all bogus and
a makeshift. Well, We are will
ing for one cent in cash to trans
fer to anybody all Of our inter-
est of any and every kind we own
in the journal. If we own it.,
here is certainly a good chance
to buy a newspaper plant that
cost nearly $4,000. We don't
own a penny in the Journal plant
directly or indirectly. We do not
have a word to say about its man
agement, and don't care what it
does or does not do. So far as
we know John L. Mason owns
it, and he is as rabid a Republi-
can as we know Of. We hope in
the future the Star will omit The
Reviews name in connection with
the sale of the Journal.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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There should be something beside cloth in clothes Stein
Bloch smart clothes have caught that somhng and made their
own and for the they have beaten the merchant
tailor they have been able to keep the prices reasonable level
Our fall aortments ready all carrying this mark of right
Sole Agents for Celebrated Knox Hats
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-19
PARQUE ~B0RINQUEN


RESTAURANT
tEe la contratadop para este unO de los mejOres
4CAEFo0 de Ia isla, ad1nas do este panto salem
To 80 puede contar siempro con servicios instan-
tanoos, y una estricta limpieza.
CANTiNA
Toda clase de rofrescos y licoros y cervezas.
Prontitu1 J esmero en- ell servieio.
BANOS
Sc encuentran on este sitio los mejores baaas
de osta costa, cada casa de BANJO ti9n6 su da@ha
de aqua fresca. Sc cuonta con Ia c0lnpI9Jo surtl-
10 de trajes dc banos de todOs tamanos que SO
~alquilan.
ssJARANAS
Los sabados por La noche, mdsica per la or
Hauesta de La PoIicia InEular.
GONCiERTOS
clos Jueves y Domingo por la noche ystard0s
de los domingos, mdsica pOr la POlicia Ilsular.
\ En- estos dias seipres5ntaran al pdDlico diversos
espoctaculos, os4cual7s 90 annnclaran oportuna-
mente. Los conciertos emQ9zaran, por "a tarde
IA la g., y por la noche a las 3.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

j. N. Abee1, who imposed upon Miss
Anderson by impersonating J. Ogden
Goelet,- Jr, has been convicted Of for
gerry in New York.
On the ninety-fifth ballot. Judge A.
r. Weber, of Lorain county, was nom
mated for both the long and short con-
gressional terms by the republicans OF
the Fourteenth Ohio district.
Senator Hanna and seven members
of the house died during the session OF
congress now about to close.
The house was in session for over
five hours Sunday for the purpose OF
paying tribute to the memory Of the
late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, the late
Mr.. c. w. Thompson (Ala.) and the
late Mr.. w. w. Skies (O.).
Henry Eggert, St. Louis miser, who
committed suicide to escape the priva-
lions he imposed upon himsalf, was
buried in a coffin trimmed with gold
The casket cost $1,000. Eggert left an
estate of 100000.
Judge George Gray will preside over
the tenth annual conference on inter-
national arbitration, which will be held
at Lake Mohonk. N. Y, June to 3.
William Jennings Bryan, in an ad-
dress in Chicago, scored the New York
platform as being evasive and dishon-
est. and said none but IAN artful
dodger" could stand on it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
FOREIGN.

The total loss by the fire which te-
stroyed the wholesale district Of Toronto
will reach $12,O00000; the total insur-
ance is $S,36O,000. The area swept by
the fire embraces II acres. Nearly $50
firms were put out of business, ard 122
buildings were burned
The Japanese landed force on the
Liaotung PENN sula and attacked Port
Arthur by land and sea, according to a
dispatch from Yinkow.
The latest and probably the most ac-
curate estimate of losses by the Toronto
fire place the total at $13.O00,000, with
insurance at $10,000,000.
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph says that Port Ar
thur undoubtedly is effectually blocked,
and that events are eliminating around
the doomed fortress.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the cost to Russia of the war up to April
S, in all branches of the service, is Of
fciaJly estimated at s46,250,000. The
cost by June will reach 100000 600.
About 100 miners have been buried by
an immense avalanche near the village
of Pragelato Italy.
The japanese bombarded Newchwang,
according to a report received in st.
Petersburg, and troops have been landed
which will attempt to effect junction
with the army disembarked at the mouth
of the Yalu three days ago.
The wife of Gen. Strandman was
murdered in St. Petersburg. A valet
was also murdered. The motive was
robbery. Thousands of roubles in
bonds and securities were taken by
the perpetrators of the crime.
During the placing of mines In Port
Arthur harbor by some steam launches
Lieut.. Pell and 20 men were killed
through a mine exploding prematurely
under the stern of one of the launches.
Rumors at st. Petersburg declare the
Japanese army has crossed the Yalu.
Port Arthur reports the defeat of $500
Japanese soldiers.
Three Japanese armies are ready to
invade Manchuria; one will attack Port
Arthur, one Liaoyang, and one An
tung.
Russians were repulsed in a skirmish
on an island in the Yalu river opposite
Wiju Three were killed, and an officer
and II wounded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The working force on the worlds
fair in St. Louis has been increased by
1000 men.
Spectators have advanced land val
ues from SO to $4,000 per acre in the
new Texas oil field.
A new and valuable zinc discovery
has been made near Diamond, in the
vicinity of Joplin. Mo.
Miss Louise Allen. daughter of St.
Louis millionaire, is to become deacon
ess at Pittsfield, Mass, to prepare for
work as a missionary in China.
Robert Nicholson, chief boatswain' s
mate On the United States gunboat
Petrol, killed himself at San Francisco
rather than face a petty charge.
1t is the general opinion in Europe
that the latest Alglo-French treaty
will work powerfully for the worlds
peace and clear the way to many re.
forms
Without kith or kin at his bedside
Thornton Fleetwood aged ~, claiming
to. have formerly been a professor at
Eaton, England, died in the charity
ward of the city hospital at st. Louis,
A duel between George Waring, son
of the city health officer at Kansas
City, and William West, a negro, re-
suited in the death of the negro and
10 knife wounds on Warnings body.
The National Congress of the Daugh.
tiers of the American Revolution
adopted a memorial asking that Sen
|ator Reed Smoot be debarred from a
|seat in the United States senate
Public school teachers of Pittsburg,
Pa, have organized Union. which
has for its purpose securing increases
in salary and other benefits.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, president of
the board of lady managers of the
worlds fair, Is in St. Louis giving her
personal attention to the Women's
Building, and expects to have it ready
for the opening.
Secretary John O'Callaghan, of the
United Irish League of America, has
announced New York City as the place
and Aug. 30-31 as the date for the Sec
ond biennial convention of the league.
A: ]. Davis, a rectifying gauger, has
been convicted at Greensboro, N. c.,
of making false returns, whereby the
government was defrauded out of
$4,000 in less than four months.
Davis, it was alleged, acted for COM
pany with headquarters at Milton,
n. C..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29

The court Of appeals ct Franklin
KY, affirmed the sentence Of the i'm
prisonment imposed upon James How
ard at his last trial OIL the charge OF
numbering William Goebel.
The contract by which the owner
ship Of the Panama canal passes to the
United States is signed. sealed, deliv'
cred and complete. The title to the
canal route is now vested in the gov
eminent of the United States.
Sheriff Barrett, of Chicago, has be-
gun an agitation to change the law SO
as to have all Illinois hangings In the
states prison at Joliet. He may ask
the substitution OF the electric chair.
Three firemen were killed and Is In
jured at Newark, N. j., by the caving
in of a roof from which they were
fighting a fire in the factory OF Wei
mer & Co.
The general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church opens at Los
Angeles. CAL, on May 3, and probably
will continue for month.
In the house during the special and
regular sessions Of the Fifty-eighth
congress there were 1898 bills, 349
resolutions, 1872 joint resolutions and
81 concurrent resolutions introduced. Oh
these 1888 passed the house. In the
senate there were 5,645 bills introduced.
A total of over 1,40O bills have become
laws.
While asleep on the tracks at Vino
ma, Mimi, four tramps were ground to
pieces by q Northwestern train.
A severe tornado struck Mcpherson,
Kan, demolishing six residences and
causing more or less other damage to
property. Three persons were injured.
1t is reported from Warsaw that 1e
conspirators have been hanged after
their trial in connection with a Polish
revolutionary plot.
Everything Is in readiness for the
opening of the louisiana Purchase ex-
position in st. Louis April 30.
Western vaudeville managers have
formed a trust and will operate thea
tiers in IL western and southern cities.
Farmers of eastern Washington con-
troll all of the wheat crop remaining
unsold, aggregating 100000 bushels.
They are holding for higher prices.
DR.. Edward Henry Lee. of Chicago,
surgeon and clubman, fell from the
ninth story to the first floor Of the Chi
cago Athletic association clubhouse
and was killed.
Three baseball players and three
scorecard men were arrested to make
test case of Sunday games in Brook
Ign.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
Heavy Losses for Fruit Growers.

New York, April 26.-Hudson valley
fruit growers will lose 100000 as the
result Of the extremely cold winter. &C.
cording to advices from Kingston, N. Y.
The failure of the peach crop has been
conceded. The more far-reaching dis
aster of the freezing-out of the trees is
now confronting the growers, and it is
believed those on low ground are in
jured beyond recovery. It is thought
that pear trees have also been killed,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
KANSAS IS FACING A FLOOD
CONTINUED RAINS CAUSE KAW
RIVER TO RISE.
Farm Lands Overlooked, But No Fear
of Repetition Of Last Years
Disaster Felt.

Kansas City, NO., April ga steady
rain was still reported falling Monday
morning in western Missouri and in
Kansas as far west as Manhattan, and
many small streams which had over
flowed their banks Sunday were still
rising and spreading out over valuable
farm lands. In this part of the south
west rain had been falling for from 36
to 48 hours without cessation and the
prospects were that it would continue
to rain at least another "a hours. While
the Kaw, or Kansas, river, the principal
stream in that state, which did so much
damage in last years great flood, is ris-
ing slowly. no fear of the outcome is felt
as yet. At Lawrence and Topeka, above
Kansas City, the Kaw has risen five feet
since Saturday night, but no alarm is
felt. At the mouth of the Kaw at Kan
sas City the rise during that time has
amounted to three feet, and while some
minor damage has been done it will
take very much greater rise before the
danger point is reached here. At Ar
mourdale, the foot bridge that replaced
one washed out last year, is under wa
ter, and near that point Turkey creek
has overlooked it's banks and driven
half dozen families from the low lying
district This is in what is called the
West bottoms. In the East bottoms
along the Missouri river, which also is
rising slightly, ten families, living in
shanties near the banks, have been
forced to seek higher ground. Trains
from the west are late, the tracks at sew
eral points being under water or unsafe
At Lexington heavy rains have caused
the river to rise rapidly. and, it now
stands at 16 feet above the low water
mark. This is considered dangerous
rise for April. 1t continued to rain there
Monday and the river was still rising.
Much anxiety is felt.
Fort Scott, Kan, April 26.-The flood
situation. Monday was better, although
there is still danger. Heavy rains are
reported south of here, and all of the
tributaries of the Marmaton, and Mill
creek, are swelling rapidly. Here there
was three-foot fall during the night.
The street bridge at Belltown probably
will be saved. The Missouri, Kansas &
Texas, and the Missouri Pacific bridges,
across the Marmaton, were saved by
placing loaded coal cars 60 them. The
estimated loss to live stoc, drowned and
property damaged is 100000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-29
Banks to Consolidate.

boston, April 26.-It was announced
Monday that the First national bank of
this city will soon absorb the National
Bank of Redemption and that Daniel
&. Wing, president of the First national,
will serve as president of the merged in
situations. The plan of combination
calls for the liquidation of the Redemp-
ton bank. The consolidation will rep
resent an institution with a capital of
100000, a surplus of $2,000,000, and
deposits eggregating about $35, 900 900.