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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

SPECIAL REr4EsRgrArrvE IN this county
and adjoining territories. 20 represent aud
advertise an old established business house
OF solid financial standing. Salary ear
weekly. with Expenses advanced each
Monday by check direct from head qnar-
tcfs. Horse and buggy furnished When
necessary position permanent Addfes
Blew Bros. Co. Monon Blds Chicago.
TIf a
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

Wanied.-To represent up in lhis county
young man, Who can furnish $500. 90
seoanty. Good salary fot night man.
INrFs STATS LiYE Srocg issuance Co.
Union rrus, Buildinei parkenburg. w. We.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23
Mckinley Prosperity.

-
Mckinley prosperity
Has arrived here at last;
/, came by way of Grafton.
From whence Il came fast.
Il broagh, foreign labor
To cut down the price,
And slashed off a third
The very first slice.
l, ran out the .'uaion."
Aud sho, at the law
For protecting the miners
Agains, starvation they saw.
Il brought in the Dago,
Aud hunted up the seab.
To crush American labor
With hunger and stab.
II 20, on, inianelions
Against every man
Who refused pauper wages
TO sons of Uncle Sam.
IL swore GU, warrants
For every working man
Who asked sufficient wages
To buy slice of ham.
II blaekguarded ladies,
Old meu and little girls,
Who asked the scabbing Williams
ropi,y age and sunny eurls.
IL armed up the dagos
With repeating gun.
To shoot The first American,
Who would refuse to run
From pleading tor living.
Aud with the blaekleg clan,
To assume little honor.
For God created man.
But lie never did intend
That man ever should
Come down with a scab
TO do the work he would,
Or HEX been differently contracted,
Something like clam,
So when he went sucking
lie wouldn't suck man.
This Mckinley prosperity
Has worked like charm,
IL made millions for Wall Street
And morlgaged the farm.
IL made the infant industries thrive,
And grow beyond expectation,
Till now they own the government
And are masters OF all creation.
Yes, Mckinley prosperity
Is most beautiful thing
For the laboring man,
As we'll as the king,
/, gives him time to help his frou,
And chance to see his country ores
With plenty of recreation now,
Among the iramps from every State
lie can BAN II II he can,
Or tramp II straight ahead,
In search Of some employment,
To earn his daily bread.
Il hsiched ont the peaeemakers,
And gave them Winchesters too.
To keep away its creditors,
Or shoot them through and through
The full dinner pail.
II kindly didn't bring,
To burden weary laborem
When they do want 10 sing
Oh, the grand aud glorious time
They arc surely having at last,
Since their blessed McKinleyism
Has so improved the past
That of having to disturb
Their darling wives so frail,
In their early morning slumbers,
TO pack their dinner pail.
BILL.
Victoria. w. Va, June 20, 1904 +
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23
AURORA

Special Correspondent Of The argus
Society has been quite gay The past week,
bot the great event q The season was The
grand ball given Thursday evening Of last
week BY G. J. Gilbert selby, Of Eelon, at
Mountain House, Egion, W. Va About
twenty handsome invitations we're sent out.
The music was furnished by Miss Daisy
Grant, Of oakland, Nd, and Gas we'll rem.
dcfed end highly eomplimontcd.
About hali past eleven an repaired 70 the
dining room, where elegant refreshments
we're served in delicious abundance. All
declared ibe occasion one q ne most de-.
rghiful ever spent 30 Eglon
X was after two O'Clock ere ihc ball broke
up and "a revoirs we're said.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

gtrie1cler' r. IoEzan rt5r5 cE Eciasrg-
weed ans -VVra. ~. Dent o. 1Ta-5r
leNrg ask fhe readers of this paper to test
The value % kOdol Dyspepsia Cure Those
been cured by IT,, do not hesitate 10 TEL.
commend ito thcir friends Kodol digcsis
what you eat cures Indigestion. dyspepsia
and aii stomach troubles Increases
strength by enabling the stomach AID
digestive organs 20 contribute TO the blood
aii q the nuirimcnt contained in the food
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is pleasant and
paiafabic
Sold by sirlckief's Drug Store and VIM.
NJ. Dent Newbufg
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ID WELL AINTED H0I.E

lu neighborhood creates demand for
others leads 20 general Improvement 10
pablo taste and increases property yaioe
A iibegh use q Green Seal LIQUID Paint 4
sound business policy
For sale ~ y. bowermaaef
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

Cleanliness Is the 6rst and fofcnosi rule
for the painter The second is Use Green
Seal Liquid Paint. For sale BY =. J. Bower
master
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23
ECONOMIC HOUSE pAINrINC,

does NOT depend upon buying The cheapest
paint without regard 10 quality. There are
some paints which cost less than "Grcen
Seali' bat they are more expensive in the
long run. For sale by r. J. Bowermaster.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23
VIII Us WoRTm pAINrING

Is worth painting we'll. Then be consistent
and use Green Seal Liquid Paint.
For sale by 4. J. Bowsfmsster
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

a car load Of Buckwhesi Fertilizer now on
The road. Send 10 your orders.
GipsoN BRos.,
~ Tunneion. W. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-06-23

Use Green Seal Liquid Palnt That's why
they age busy. For sale BY y ] Bower.
nastct
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
LATEST RADIUM REPORT.
Capable of Charging Water with Ra-
Neutrality-suspicious. Up Inter
esting Possibilities.

The latest marvel reported by the
patient and ingenious students who are
exploring the mysteries of radium
comes from Ann Arbor, where a profess
sor of the University of Michigan has
found that by surrounding a little RAJ
dunn with pure water the fluid is SOC
charged with radio-activity to such al
extent that it stops the pain of cancers
almost instantly, and 1t Seems to prom
Use the healing of several cases which
are being treated with water SC ener-
gized. Obviously, it is too early TO make
very positive claims for radium as a
curative agency, but the indications are
very suspicious.
The certainty is that radium is 10
different from other substances and
other forces that accepted views of the
physical world must be revised. and
unknown and unmeasured possibil.
tiles are larger and more impressive
than they seemed not many months
since, in the eye Of science. What has
been learned Of radium is simply
enough to prove that very little is yet
understood of the earth beneath our
feet.
We are still only experimenters,
touching the dim edges Of momentous
truths. Every point of vantage gained
widens the fields yet to be won.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
This Is Miraculous.

Manhattan, Kans., March l4.-0ne Of
the ~strangest cases that has ever been
heard Of in Riley Co. is that of the three.
year-old daughter of Mr.. Jonas Brubaker
of this place.
Some time ago the little girl took whoop,
ing cough, which was followed by pneu,
monia. When the pneumonia left her, she
was taken down with malaria fever with
at times symptoms of Spinal Meningitis,
The family doctor brought her safely
through these troubles, but after the fever
Bright's Disease set in and the doctors
gave her up. Her father tells the rest OF
the story:
I'VE began to give her Dodd's Kidney
Pills and after she had taken about three
and a half boxes, she was entirely cured;
Now she is well as any child, running and
playing as if nothing had ever been the
matter with her. The doctors said she
was beyond the reach of medicine. Dodd's
Kidney Pills certainly saved our little
girls life, when she was so far into the
chronic stage of Bright's Disease that we
thought nothing could save her"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
FARMER RAND PLANTER
G CROP OUTLOOK.
The conditions Have been rropi-
lions For the Cane sugar Crop
in louisa ma

The weather has remained propi-
tious for the planting Of the balance
OF the seed cane for the sugar crop OF
1904, and the work Is To- practically
/ completed. All the seed cane was
found TO be in excellent condition,
hence, there is ground for congratu-
lation that the crop has made a most
promising start.
Owing 10 the uncommonly favorable
weather during the winter, planters
have been able to properly prepare the
land and TO plant the entire crop. No
seed having been spoiled, a full
acreage has been put in, and, as no
delays have been e~ncountred, the
planting has been completed weeks
ahead OF the usual time. These facts
insure q good start for the growing
season.
While an early start Is not sum
cient to make a good acreage as well
as a heavy tonnage. 1t Is certainly the
essential element to a full acreage,
and 10 most cases TO a full tonnage per
acre. or course, a poor growing sea
son may cut down the final results
as far as sugar yield is concerned,
but the very fact that the winter has
been comparatively dry should bring
a reasonable abundance of moisture
later on, when 1t Is most needed,
The crop during the past two years
Lnn 49,. L. {,rnl hF Arpt,Uht dnrinV
the growing period, and last year this
defect was felt all the more, because
the crop had made a very late start,
and, therefore, backward before
the drought period was reached. An
equitable distribution of moisture and
sunshine Is needed during the entire
growing season. Should the crop just
planted experience such conditions,
there will be every chance Of a big
sugar yield next fall.
Commenting upon the present sit
uation in the sugar district, the Louis
lana Planter says:
Favorable weather conditions are
still prevalent throughout the sugar
district, ana the WORK OF painting cane
has now been practically finished and
all the seed has been found to be In
excellent condition. We now have
before US the c~ultivatlng season, and
It Ia anywhere near as favorable in its
weather aspect as the planting period
has been, the cane crop Of 1904 should
nroye a record. breaker. so far as the
yield per acre Is concerned,
There has been comparatively lit
Il rain during the past few months,
and, II the law of averages Is to be
worked out in our weather. this would
indicate that we have good prospects
of escaping the unfortunate drought,
which so often visits us in the late
spring and early summer, when the
canes are so much in need Of copious
supplies Of moisture."-New Orleans
PiCayune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

The district of Giddings, Garfield and
Ezra Taylor, proud of its memorable
past, has approved Gen, Dicks congress
sional service by repeating reelection,
and unanimously urged upon all Ohio re-
publicans that the closest political as
sociate of Mckinley and Hanna was the
most fitting successor for the latter in
the United States senate. In 1900 he
served where Mckinley wanted him,
and last year, to help Hanna, he COM
piled with the latter's request not to
contest with Herrick for the guber-
Material nomination, and then con
Quoted for Hanna and Herrick the most
successful campaign Ohio ever had.
Such services and sacrifices for the re-
publican party have made him friends
in every county.
Not only has he been closest to Nc
Kinley and Hanna in all party politics,
but his public service has steadily
strengthened Gen. Dicks capacity for
congressional duties. Few members Of
the house of his years have greater in
auence there. Elected major general
of Ohio national guard upon its reor-
ganization, after the Spanish war, and
also by his comrades, president of the
National Association of national guard
officers, he succeeded In securing from
congress the first complete militia law.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Prof. Soule, OF the Tennessee sta.
ton, says: We had 1G grades Short
horn steers on feed; In $50 days we
made a gain Of LAP pounds, or a daily
average OF 2.40 pounds per steer, This
Is a good gain for average feeding.
Any man can MAKE good gains with
silage II fed properly. In addition to
silage we fed some cotton-seed meal
as a means OF finishing. There Is no
question of the feeding quality Of corn
at the finish, but | do not believe that
II would be or Is advisable to feed It
throughout the whole period. We have
found corn silage to be cooling as a
~roughage. We grind our corn and
cobs into a fine meal, and this works
well with sllage as a feed. We feed
cotton-seed meal, but the hogs do not
follow the cattle. We fed as high as
10 pounds of cotton-seed meal 10 these
steers on silage without any evil eff.
fects on the steers, but do not believe
this would be possible with any other
roughage but silage."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
USED TO ASIATlC WARFARE,
Gen. L~inievitch, Grizzled Russian
Veteran, In Charge of the Cars
Army in Siberia.

One of the most distinguished OF the
officers serving under Admiral Alexiefi
in Manchuria is Lieut.. Gen. Linieyltch,
who is in command Of the Siberian
army corps. He is an expert In Asiatle
warfare, having passed the greater
part Of his life In the Caucasus and the
eastern dominions Of the ear. Gen.
Linievitch is now in his Goth year. He
fought in 1859 with great gallantry
against the Caucasian mountaineers,
and won the cross of the st. Anne or
der for valor in the field. During the
Russo Turkish wal in 1877 he ON
manded the Second Caucasian rife
battalion, and again signalized himself
by his daring and military skill. His
services in Turkey earned him the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

The mar who Is so situated that he
can use purchased protein feeding
stuifs prottably is able TO enrich his
land In the cheapest way possible.
When he is buying bran, middlings,
etc, he is getting the elements we pur.
chase in a commercial fertilizer-nitro-
gen. phosphoric acid and potash. sta
BILE manure is a variable quantity, so
far rs actual value is concerned. The
character Of the food largely deter
mines the character Of the manure.
When concentrated foods are used. the
manure is rich. The protein foods
that are rich in mineral matter-as
bran, for example-bring to the farm
relatively large quantities Of such fer
tility as q good commercial fertilizer
contains. II these foods can be used
with profit in feeding, the fertilizer is
gotten without cost. The direct ma
nurial value OF some protein feeds is
as great as their selling price, or rather
would be II they were available in the
ground and needed in the proportion
found and capable Of ever distribution
like commercial fertilizers. While these
conditions are not met, and %one-fourtb
Of the fertility may be taken out by
the stock, we can see how rapidly a
farm may be built up in this way II the
manure Is carefully saved and evenly
spread upon the ground. The man
who buys feed for stock is buying for
tility.--Farm and Fireside.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
EARLY PLANTING BEST.
Foliy of Putting on Planting oil
Crops Untii the season Has
Too lar Advanced,

Last year demonstrated the impor-
lance Of early planting and the folly
OF putting of planting until out OF sea-
son, the soft, understandable corn,
short oats crops, low-grade tobacco, all
are evidences, Oats we're sown In May,
when the regular season Is late March
or early Auril; corn was planted In
June. that should have been planted In
the period from April 10 TO May 20;
tobacco equally late. II is true that
last spring was an exceedingly unfa-
vorable season for spring work. but
did We make the best OF the conditions7
Did We begin as soon " we should
after the rains ceased? Didn't We give
up because It was too dry, Us we
thought Didn't the neighbor who
took advantage Of every moment dur
ing the planting season, plow!ng the
driest land when ii would do, without
waiting til the whole field was dry
enough, and working up the clods and
planting when II seemed too dry, uc-
ceeded in getting through in season,
and so raise a fine crop? have In
mind two renters on the same farm;
one, with IT acres to tend in corn, put
In every moment that would do, and
raised n bumper crop high-grade corn,
The other one, with 80 acres, found 1t
too wet 10 pillow, and before he got
to work It was too dry; so he planted,
at last, 25 days later than he ought,
raising n poor yield Of soft, unmar-
ketablc STUFF, OK sappy to keep, or TO
sell at more than rs cents per bar
rel, when matured corn was $3.50 per
barrel, In this state | have had bet
ter success with oats sown from tho
list to goth of March, having TO re-
SOW only once in ten years on account
OF freezing ont; with corn planted from
the middle of April to the middle OF
May, OF even earlier, with the late
heavy yielding sorts, If the ground is
warm. Having corn frosted down
when six inches high, without having
to replant, and a fine yield, too,-Cor,
Epitomist,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
COTTON BELT SITUATION.
The p~ripcipnI Are boil
weeviI, 0ver-Production and
Neglect of Home Supplies.

Cotton growers were neve before
on a better financial footing or more
hopeful to the future than now, with
the possible exception of a%nte-bellum
days. Among their enemies, however,
are the boil weeyil, danger of over
production and the neglect to raise
necessary home supplies. These must
be combatted while prosperity lasts.
Improve the home by a judicious ex-
penditure of surplus cash, raise meat,
vegetables, etc, for home consumption,
and plant no more cotton than can be
prepared for and fortified properly.
The planter must move faster than the
boil weeyil by adopting cultural meth
DDS.
There are many evils that may
befall the cotton planter. A general
European war, which the conflict be-
tween Russia and Japan may bring
on, would injure the cotton market,
and the price of the staple would
fall, while foodstuffs would increase
in value. This would injure the money
crop Of the southern farmer and in
crease the price Of necessary home
supplies. Overproduction hurts any
business, and to no other crop is 1t
more fatal or less excusable than to
cotton. Wise acres" told US a few
years age that we would never again
see ten-cent cotton, while knowing
one now talks as II cotton will al
ways fluctuate in the double figure
column. The conclusion Of the one Is
as faulty as was the opinion Of the
other. But the price Of cotton can
be kept up to a paying figure by in
telllgent diversifcation. If not In past
years by reason OF their financial con-
dition, the cotton raisers are now In
a position to adopt this system.
Cotton is selling for four or five cents
more than In December, 1902. This
is partly owing to decreasing supply
and Increasing demand, but not wholly
SO. Speculation has had something to
do with this advance. A full, or even
an average crop, or an excessive acre
age, such as is likely to be put In this
year, may not only lose to the farmer
the present prices, but coupled with
speculation, which 1t is sure to be,
may send prices as far below the cost
OF production as they are now above 1t.
Speculation Is on the farmers side now,
because the supply is short, Keep II
there by raising home necesisties-then
all the cotton you, can.
The farmer should make his home
attractive, and prevent his children
from seeking a livelihood in the city.
To do this, ''one-sided" farming must
be abandoned. Change the system Of
education which teacher that 1t is de-
grading or beneath the dignity Of an
educated person to labor on the farm.
Acqualnt the rising generation with the
fact that agriculture, rightly conducted,
calls for a higher order Of intellect
than any other profession, is surest in
Its returns to all the essentials Of hap
pines. Agriculture is the backbone OF
the nation; the life Of the world; the
noblest Of all pursuits, and therefore
the most useful and honorable.-Cor.
Farm and Ranch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
OHIO'S NEW SENATOR.
CHARLES DICK WILL SUCCEED
THE LATE MARK A. HANNA.
Has Had an Active Career in Ohio
Politics and Was a Close
Political Associate Of
Mckinley.

Charles Dick. of Akron, o.. is only n
week younger than President Roosevelt
He was born at Akron and received what
education he has in the public schools,
where he studied until he was IA years
of age. He then commenced to work his
own way in the world, clerking in a
store two years and in a bank six years;
his next position wa in a factory,
where he was employed for two years
keeping books, At "a years of age he
went into the grain and commission
business with Lucius c. Myles; at 2S
years of age he was appointed auditor
Of Summit county, serving two terms.
During these years he studied law, and
was admitted TO the bar by the Ohio
supreme court.
Always active in politics, he was In
1884 chosen chairman Of the republican
county committee, and, as such, was In
very close touch with the late President
Mckinley when the latter won his cam
paign for congress in Summit county.
Inns ltu " NCfNluiSs taillhS uPSh DiNh
to help him In his campaign for nomi-
ration and election for the governor
ship and later for the presidency.
He has been campaign chairman for
the Ohio republicans from 1892 to 1903.
In 1896 and 1900 he was secretary of the
republican national committee. and in
1902 and 1896 he was delegate from the
Nineteenth district to the republican ma
tional convention. In 1900 he was dele
gate at large and in charge of the west
ern headquarters at Chicago.
When the Spanish war began Gen.
Dick, then lieutenant colonel of the
Eight Ohio national guard infantry, at
once enlisted with his regiment, serving
in Cuba until the fever mortality around
Santiago grew so great that Gen, Shat
ter ordered Col. Dick to Washington to
report personally to President Nc
Kinley on the urgent need for change.
It was Col. Roosevelt who urged Col.
Dick to this duty. While he was still
In service the Nineteenth congressional
district republicans nominated and
elected Col. Dick to congress to succeed
Representative Northway, who died.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
NEVADA HOLDS ONE RECORD.
In Its Statehood Existence Of Forty
Years It Has Had But Six United
States Senators.

Nevada was admitted into the union
as a state in 1864 and its first represen-
tatives in the United States went to
Washington in that year. They were
William NJ. Stewart and James w.
Nye.
Forty years have elapsed and Will
liam NJ, Stewart is still the senior rep
r~esentatiye Of Nevada in the senate,
the position which he took in 1864, He
has not held the place continuously,
however.
He had as successors two mining
magnates. as they were called at the
period of their election, William Sharon
and James G. Fair. In 1887 Senator
Stewart was reelected, and he has been
senior senator continuously since that
time.
The post Of junior senator from Ne
vada has had only three i~ncumbents-
Nye the first. John p. Jones the second,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
HERE AND THERE.

The yermin, which are 50 trouble
some among chickens can do little on
ducks and geese, because of the heavy
down; they are also subject TO few
diseases, and easy TO raise.
The most economic way to begin
with pure-bred poultry Is to buy eggs.
Set them under a good hen. You may
raise some as good as the breeder
from whom you obtained them, and
which could not be purchased except
at a large price.
With all wisdom and skill In
breeding, no one has yet produced a
COW that Will make as much milk
from discomfort as she Will from com
fort. An animal OF extreme hardness
may be produced; but good, paying
COWS are not built on those lines.
Some farmers spend enough time In
looking for tray stock to more
than keep their fences In good repair.
1t Is not pleasant work looking for
strays, especially when they are found
In some other mans lot. neither is 1t
conducive to ~neighborly friendship.