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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
Tragedy Averted

"Just In the nick of time our lit
tie boy was saved" writes Mrs. W.
Watkins of Pleasant City, Chic,
"Pneumonla had played sad havoc
with him and a terrible cough set In
besides. Doctors treated him, but
he grew worse every day. AT
length we tried DR.. Dr.King's New
Discovery for Consumption, and
our darling was saved. He's now
sound and we'll" Everybody ought
to know, It's the only sure cure for
coughs, colds and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed by D. A. Henderson,,
druggist. Price 50 c and 81. Trial
bottles free.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
INSANITY CURED.
I Was Losing Control of My
Mind and Could Not
Remember persons.

was losing control Of my mind and
sould not remember persons or names,
caused by female weakness. Chronic
Inflammation of the liver, kidneys ano
Bladder, scalding Of urine and non-re
tention of the same, had troubled nae
TOR years, making me very nervous.
ALL the medicines I used only relieved
ne for q time. You don't know how
delighted l am to think l am so much
better and stronger all through my
system, and Thompson's Barosma
Backache, Liver, Kidney and Lumbago
Cure did it. I used six bottles. 1t was
worth more than money to me, for it
gave me health and strength, for
vas very weak and miserable before.
MRS. M. A. COX,
Titusville, Pa.
Thompsons Barosma is $LOo; si1
bottles $500.
SoId nv G. w Grier. druggist.
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LITTLE.

The health of the community is
not very good. There are sew
eral cases of measles. 1t is hoped
by all that they will recover good
health again.
Rev. Hess, of the U. B. church,
will preach at the school
house Sunday night. All are in
vited to attend services.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Virden, Tuesday, a boy.
Mrs. M. J. Rockwell and her
daughter, Miss Hattie, were in
Friendly Thursday on a shop
ping trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Morris, Of
Next, were visiting their daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. w. Virden, Wednes-
day.
A. C. Cooper was a business
caller in Sistersville Thursday.
1t is reported that there will
be a wedding here soon as it is
leap year. We don't think there
will be many old maids left after
the year is gone.
School closed here Friday with
good success.
j. l.. Nissan and F. 0. Knowl-
ton are confined to their rooms
with measles
j. A.. Gorrell, of Next, was a
business caller at this place Fri
day.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
Sold by c. W. Grier, druggist.
SHILOH.

After a lsns silence, so far as
printers ink is concerned, | con-
claded to drop short mission
to your valuable paper.
Clark Flesher passed through
our town Sunday afternoon en-
route to his home at Friendly.
Messrs. Charles Hope and
Earle Rexroad. Of Wick, were
sightseeing in town Sunday.
Mrs. n. H. Brown is seriously
i'll.
Vera Stewart and Elsie Way
are suffering from a severe at
tack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Fl. e.. Mayfeld and chill
dren are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A: j. Stewart. (
George Moore spent Saturday
and Sunday here as the guest OF
friends.
Ross Alkire made a business
trip to Hebron recently.
Joseph Moore and wife, OF
Martins Ferry, O.. were called
here last week by the illness of
Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. Jas.
Brown.
The two jolly drummerS,
Messrs. Greed and Lloyd Morris,
were calling on our merchants on
Friday. .
Miss Jennie Fordyce returned
to her home at Joseph Mills Sat
urday.
Charles Cornell was calling on
his host of friends in the city OF
Shiloh Sunday.
John Lemley returned home
today after an absence OF two
weeks he has been visiting at Pa
DIN City.
A. j. Stewart and Eli Wells
were prospecting in Wick to-
day.
Miss Blanche Craig, a nurse of
the Insane asylum of Weston.
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Josie
Henderson, last week.
Mrs. Henderson, who is IN
very poor health, will start for
Nebraska soon. Her many friends
are hopeful Of her recovery.
Theo Hanes, Of st. Marys, was
the guest of J. M. Lemley and
family Saturday.
Josie Fordyce, who has been i'll
Of pneumonia, is improving.
We are sorry to learn Of the
serious illness of Fred Knowlton,
who is a victim of the measles
and pneumonia. His recovery is
doubtful.
R. J. Bonner has the meas,
les.
Messrs. Will Goodrich, Jim
Lines and Tom Wells were bust
ness visitors in SistersVille last
week.
Misses Molly and Florence
Sweeney attended band meeting
Saturday night.
HERNIA Stewart, who has been
i'll of throat and heart trouble, IS
better.
Miss Rose Lemley was the
guest of the Misses Stewards on
Sunday.
We are still having beautiful
weather.
AFavorite Remedy For Babies Wv
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
A Pertinent Communication

"To the Voters of Sisters
vile" was the heading to an ar
ticle in yesterdays paper. TAX
ing the part beginning "a little
peep, as it were, into the quail
ifications, abilities and character
istics of the respective candi-
dates might be of service in de-
termining in less than a week,
which one shall be referred to as
His Honor, the new Mayor.
There isn't any question about
the qualifications of either, but
the ability to enforce the law. :"
Cannot any one with even the
least spark of manhood enforce
the laws? If they cannot, what is
the use of having laws? And,
pray tell us, where we find a bet
ter class Of people than the Pro-
hibitionists and church-going
contingent?
What would our home, town,
county, State, or the United
States be without the church and
the protection it offers?
Take the church and church
people from our midst and what
should we have?
AS for the selling on Sunday.
Are we, the people of Sisters
vile, 5000 in number, to be ruled
and defed by seventeen saloon
keepers If one-alf our popula-
ton had as much determination
to down the saloon element as the
seventeen have to defy the laws,
we should soon have no saloons.
Then on the streets could be seen
no half-naked, half-starved chill
dren, brok e n-hearted wives,
mothers and sisters seeking in
the saloons and low dives of our
city for their loved ones. who
have been robbed Of the last
spark Of manhood.
To be sure, the man who makes
no promises will have none to fsl-
fill. He can say, 81 made no Fash
promises; therefore. I shall haye
none to redeem.
For my part, I was never IN a
city before where the choicest
sites were given the saloons. The
homes and merchants are forced
| to retire to some more remote
district.
Before closing this article, Mr..
Voter, I would like to ask what
sort of a spirit it was that
prompted one among US to east
slurs towards our church mem
bers-they who have their faith
founded on the Book of Books,
written by the hand of our God.
1 have noticed, many times,
these same people who were al
ways ready to ridicule the
church, when they come to die
more times than one, will, IN a
voice scarcely audible, say
"Please send for a minister. /"
They expect the minister to ush-
er them into Glory with more
blessings than those who served
our God for life.
Dear Voter, l leave in your
keeping and your protection the
homes in our city. The hundreds
of little innocent children who
are rapidly growing to maturity
Are their lives to be blighted as
the present generation has been;
A THINKER.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
Favorite Kennedy For Babies

Its pleasant taste and prom ot
cures have made Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy a favorite with the
mothers of small children. II
quickly cures their coughs and colds
and prevents any danger from
pneumonia or other serious conse-
querces. 1t not only cures Group,
but when given as soon as the
croupy cough appears will prevent
the attack. For sale by c. W.Grier.
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House and Lot For Sale

The handsome home of AS, Nc.
Coy, corner of Main and Catherine
including the lot, Is for sale:
House has gas, water, bath and
electric lights. Possession given at
once. For terms and price rpply
at the house. tt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-22
Greatly Reduced One Way Col
onist Fares to the West via B.

u ~. ~. W.
During the Months of March
and April the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad wiz place on sale
daily from all stations, one way
Colonists Tickets to principal
points in California, Arizona,
British Columbia, Colorado,
Montana, New Mexico, Oregon,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
Washington, Wyoming, etc., at
greatly reduced rates.
For tickets and full informati-
on, call on or address Ticket
Agents, Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22

NIAGARA Is Huron Word,

Everybody pronounces Niagara
wrong said philologist. THE ac-
cent of this beautiful Indian word
should not be put on the syllable 'ag,
but on the syllable 'ar-the penult-
the one before the last.
Niagara means bark to the thun-
der It's accent should fall on the
penult because the Indians them
selves accent it there, because in p-ac
tically all our Indian names of places
the penult is the accented syllable.
Think of the Indian names You
know. Don't you accent nearly all Of
them on the syllable before the last?
There are, for instance, Toronto, Mis-
sssippi, Allegheny. Appalachicola,
Narragansett. Tuscaloosa, Saratoga,
Ticonderoga, Oswego. Conshohocken,
Wissahickon and Hochelaga. In all
these names the accent is on the
penult.
Niagara is a Huron word. and, II
you find Huron, you will find that
he accents it as he does Saratoga or
Tuscaloosa. don't know how we
have fallen into the habit Of accenting
it wrong
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
: snlir.ia' tArou.h the cneerl-' an

an yrir,.il' tArou.h the cheeri-' an
the uprcar.
- mean to shoot the wig OFF your
head and the paint off your face,
AdolDhe Lefevre, and leave you for
the slimiest viper that crawls without
legs
The sight of my gun lay between
his eyes AM the crowd was as st!ll
as the barrel.
"Of a sudden came a voice in my
ear. To this day God only knows
from where.
BE like unto the archangels.'
My arm fell 10 rIy side. They
lifted me onto their shoulders
The Archangel' they sent out
a-echoin' in the hills.
And it stuck. sirs, from that day
to this. though I've lived alone. sirs.
ever since"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
Bio Fees Of Lawyers.

James J. Hill says that Philander {.
Knox, former attorney general,
cleaned up 100000 in the organiZa-
ton of the United States Steel Cor
poration, which was a task Of only
few months. William Nelson Crom-
wells fees are the biggest ever earned
by lawyer in this or any other coun-
try. Eighteen years ago he was a
eoccle.eyed young attorney in the Of
fee of Algernon S. Sullivan, living in
a very modest home on Columbia
Heights, New York. To-day he is
worth $50O0,000, lives in palace in
Forty-ninth street in winter and rusti-
Gates in magnificent villa at Sea
bright in summer. Mr.. Cromwell's fee
for adjusting the Panama canal deal
was s2,000,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
Secretary Hay is Democratic.

John Hay, secretary of state, is thus
described by Washington corre-
spondent: "A short man, extraordi-
narily punctilious in dress. with an at
tentively combed beard. and attractive
face, a pleasant voice-a voice Of
singular precision and sibilance; a
man who uses slang in private conver-
sation and wields the English Ian
guage like musical instrument in his
public utterances and who always
wears evening dress in his own house
after 6 oclock-that is the outward
man of the secretary Of state. The
impression is abroad that Hay is an
aristocrat. In his tastes he is, but not
in his manners. He is democratic,
confidential, though always dignified.
He sometimes, when talking to one
he can trust, discusses great interna-
tional questions in pungent idioms and
with a Yankee rough-and-readiness
that is proof positive Of his author
ship of Pike County Ballads He Is
sensitive to criticism-there Is no man
in public life more sensitive"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
When an lceberq Turns Turtle

Think Of sections bigger than Rhode
island being torn from a glacier and
swept off into the ocean, to be ferred
5000 miles on the bosom Of the Lab.
rador current until the heated waters
of the Gulf Stream cause them to
vanish from the human ken, Then
can one form some idea of the i'm
mensity Of the ice area discharged
from The Greenland seas each year.
Thousaud.; of miles of valley are con
stantly cmptying their contents into
the bays and tiords OF the north wa
ters, whence the tides hurry the de.
tachments southwark to cumber the
wide Atlantic.
The disposition of iccbergs to turn
turtle is one of their most dangerous
propensities. 1t arises from several
causes. When they start out from
Greenland their bottoms are heavy
with the detritus gathered in their
glacial period. and this drops off at
intervals as they move south, caus-
ing heir center of gravity to change
and the berg to assume new positions,
The scientific theory of the formation
of the vast submarine plateaus which
extend from Labrador to Fundy and
are commonly known as the Great
Banks of Newfoundland is that they
are the products of the deposits OF
bergs during the countless ages.-Les.
lies Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
ANOTHER JOKE ON PATRICK.
Why He Failed in WelI-Meant Efforts
to Secure Fowl.

They were comparing notes and tell
ing amusing incidents of recent trips
abroad, when a charming daughter of
the Emerald Isle. who was sitting
dreamily in the corner, apparently
taking no interest in the conversation,
suddenly chirped in with the follow
ing:
'All of which reminds me of an in
cident which happened while l lived
in Cork. There poulterer's stores are
scarce because of the proximity Of
the country, but coal HEAVIER of my
acquaintance, owing to the Illness of
his wife, was anxious TO secure a fowl
in a hurry; so he strolled along Pat
rick street in a forlOrn hope of some
sort of success. and when he came to
taXidermist's whose window dis
played an owl under a glass case,
why, poor Paddy thought that here
was the end of his quest, so he en-
tered and inquired:
How much for the hat-faced hin
in the windy?'
"'That's no hen the surprised
shopman answered, that's an OWL
>"'Yerrah,' whispered Pat: 'shure, I
don't care how ould she is, it's for
soup wants her. New York
Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
No Rose is Pure White.

Probably the largest rose cut in this
city his season is specimen of the
Marchioness of Londonderry, which
Major Barnhart has had in vase at
his residence.
This species is credited with pro
ducing larger blooms than any other,
specimens six inches across being not
uncommon, but the specimen produced
by Major Barnhart is only trilie less
than seven inches across, and contains
a double handful of petals beauti-
fully imbr!cated and appearing pure
white but there is a slight tinge Of
yellow discernibIe about the base,
Mr. Barnhart says there is no really
pure white rose, the whitest known
when placed alongside snow showing
tinge of some color. This huge
bloom was not the result of disbud.
ding Of other forcing, but was pro-
duced on a shoot which came up in
the center of the bush, and so was well
shaded during the late warm weather
which caused it to attain the extra
size and its perfection.-Portland
Oregonian.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
Stuart Robson Left Small Estate.

The estate of Stuart Robson, the
actor. whose real name was Henry w.
Stuart, has been appraised at $2S,i23
in personal property, according to a
report filed in New York by the official
appraisers. He owned no real estate.
The property was mainly in cash in
banks, the gross amount being $34, All.
from which deductions were made for
debts and administration expenses
amounting to $5,9SS. His widow,
Mary Dougherty Stuart and one
daughter inherited the estate. Stuart
made no will and the widow admins
tered the estate. He died April 20,
gU3
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
AUTHOR FOND OF SOLITUDE.
Donald Mitchell Would View Civii-
zation From Efar

Donald X. Mitchell was visited last
week by a real estate agent who
wished TO buy the hillside property
falling away before the house Of the
venerable author with the city of
Yale university at its foot and beyond
the blue stretches of Long Island
sound. elk Marvel" was not disposed
to look with favor on the spectators
offer. Il know he said what that
would mean-ncw buildings and
fresh dirt and noise and hustle
have watched every single house that
you see down there go up, be filed
with people and take it's place and
part in life. know them all and
many of them ! have come almos, to
love. But | don't want civilization
any nearer to me than it is. II it
should climb up here think should
leave this old home and go back into
the woods and wait there for the end
that is not very far away now
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
TWINS 81 YEARS OLD.
Connecticut Believed to Have Oldest
Pair in America

Julius II. and Junius n Benham,
probably the Oldest twins in the Unit.
ed States, celebrated the eighty-sev.
enth anniversary of their birth at a
summer resort near Bridgeport, Conn.
last week. They are natives Of Mid.
dlebury, that state, in and near which
place they own good deal OF prop
erty. Both are more than feet tall
stand very straight. and, except fui
their snow white hair and boards
there is nothing about them to indi
cate how many years they have lived
"he Benhams come of long-lived peo
pie, their grandfather having lived tc
be "a years old. their father, Trueman
Benham, was SS and their mother sc
when death called them, and theiI
only brother died at the age of S6.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
Cardinal Manning Took Hint.

The archbishop of Westminster
himself a total abstainer, tells how
Cardinal Manning came to be a tee
totaler. He was addressing meeting
Of temperance organization OF
which he thought great deal Il
must confess to you" he said. that
do not practice what I preach.
am not total abstainer because my
doctor won't let me be one" At once
a voice cried from the topmost gal
lery: Then change your doctor!'
The cardinal Immediately replied
Thank you for the hint. my friend.
will" And he did-and was to
tai abstainer ever after.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
RICH MEN SWEAR OFF TAXES.
New York MiIIionaires loath to Part
with Their Dollars.

The completed tax rolls SHOW that
only five New Workers whose person
aliry assessment was over 81 ,O0O,OOO
did not have their assessments re-
duced by the swearing-off process.
They are Andrew Carnegie whose as
sessmcnt of $5000,000 is the largest
in the list; Russell Sage. who pays
personal tax on $1,000, 900 of proper
ty: Frederick Vanderbilt, assessed
for $1,000, 900: Alice Vanderbilt, ST.
100000, and W. X. Vanderbilt, 81 ,OOO,-
coo The largest reduction was the
cutting off of sl.700,000 from the
So coo 900 assessment of John Jacob
Astor. Alfred G. Nanderbilts assess
ment was reduced from 5 100000 to
$3.50, 900. j. P. Morgan's $6O0,OOO as
sessment was reduced to 100000.
The original assessment on personal
~ amounted to 1859 ,966,3S4. AL
most every one included in the list
for assessment visited the Office OF
the tax department during the time
allowed for rectification of the rec
ords. The total of personally left
subject to tax after the swearing on
is SG25 ,07S,S7S.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
New American Beauty in London.

Londoners are taking an unusual in
terest in a new American beauty now
in the British metropolis. She is Mrs.
Charles Carroll Of Carroliton and her
husband is the great-grandson OF
Charles Carroll OF Carrollton. Mrs.
Carroll has always been pointed out as
one OF the beauties of the south, and
although her husbands family is rich
in worldly goods and family pride
she cannot cope financially with the
extravagant Americans who must buy
their way into Mayfair. The Maryland
bellies sponsor is Mrs. John W. Mac
kay.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22

this thing, wakin' and sleepin'. I'd
more plans than COW has capers.
We got up letterd melt snow,
ard then we waited.
First, nuthin' was said to the boys,
but when they caught on to my hang
in round the postoffice they began to
Josh. After awhile it grew SOS none
OF EN- turned up or paid any atten-
ton. Even Adolphe-he took to goin'
to sleep when | talked her.
Then whole year ran out to sum-
mer again, and I couldn't unthrone
ner that reigned in my heart.
"One day l said to Adolphe, a-work-
in away:
"'Blamed If I can forget her, the
ornament | said.
'Adolphe he went in for grub that
day and came out late, a-holdin' of a
envelope.
Here's your letter. he called.
Sure enough! / went out on the
saw-buck and read it alone Then he
sat down by me and we read it over
again.
Twas only that she'd arrive on
the afternoon train on the fifth, and
to have a Methodist minister.
Well srs, it meant good deal
for me to supply the necessaries for
tin down for her to sparkle on but
luck come my way. There'd been
mlliner up from San Francisco and
fitted her elegant place. She'd
failed, and quick's winkin | bought
her lookin' glass and red plush easy
chair. You'd ought to seen that cab
in!
"On the fourth, Adolphe revealed
he'd business in little town a mile
up the railway. He suffered crampy
kind of desperation not to be on hand
to support me. he said, but he'd come
in with the girl. Then he baked up
bread and cake and rode away.
"Sun come up on the fifth like
bull's-eye lantern. When l rode my
mule up to the depot the boys was
out, to the puniest scrub of 'em all.
They give me cheers that d blast
rock.
And there was an arch, sirs-all
Powered. My legs wanted to sit
down more than me!
"The train whistled in the distance.
There was no slaknin' of round the
corner, for the boys braced me every
where.
"Out she stepped, sirs, and wheth-
er she was the sorriest or the likeliest
lookin' critter. l couldn't a told for
the funk | was in!
After the blackness l see her long
yellow hair and red cheeks. All the
conquerin' of my youth rose up with
in me. and up and held her to me
fer kiss.
ITO the parsons the boys yelled.
II was forced of my feet, but out
came my gun.
Halt cried, 10 voice that
brought 'em all on their launches
and still as colts raised on the spur.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
Prefers Business Men to LAWYERS.

A Chicago citizen who occasionally
has business at the navy department,
in Washington says it is a great re.
lief to find at the head of that bureau
a man who is not a lawyer. II was
there last week." he says, having
occasion to ask Mr. Morton some
questions. and he gave me direct an
swers and satisfactory answers. They
we're not couched in legal terms and
helged so thoroughly that they did
not mean anything. The government
stands in need of more business men
in the cabinet and in other official
positions. Men who are not afraid
to decide things are the crying need
of public Offices