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Gotham--Is thaL a fact2
Rly7,S

The walking sick, what
a crowd Of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
Chronic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
OF the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
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dat will make yo' tired fur year
afterwards. ! hain't saying da, de
Guild man shouldn't seek to improve
his posishun, intellectually, socially
and financially, but I'm telling yo'
dat yo' am waIkin' into trap.
"Bekase de white man does dis
or dat It don't foller dat yo' should
initiate hun, which IS jest what de
hull crowd of yo' am doin'. I'ze
BIN libin' in dis yerc world ober 60
years. / nebber had box at dc
postofis, and yit I could allus git
credit wild de grocer and butcher.
nebber had no parlor organ, but
white folks have called on me in
sickness and offered sympathy and
money. I nebber had real carpet
and stuff cheers and sidebo'ds and
SIGH, but no man has had TO cum
twice TO my house wild bill.
"I'ze standin' yere to night in de
best suit Of clothes I'zc got, and l
reckon it's about de poorest in de
hall. l had Goldfish and potatoes
fur breakfast. / shall go home to-
night to walk on rag carpet and
sleep on a husk mattress, and no
burglar will think of wasting his
time trying to break into my pore
leetle cabin. OATS me, jest as I
stand yere to-night--no plug hat, no
diamonds, no patent feathers, and
yit every one of you know dat /
have less worry and more money
dan any fo'ty of you put together.
I'ze sittin' in my old-fashionsd
splint- bottom cheer and smoking
my pipe and gwine slow, but de rest
of you am sittln' on stuff cheers,
smoking your Havana cigars and
making de place red-hot.
'Yo' hain't chen satisfied wild max
in monkeys of yourselves by tryln' TO
put on silver plate. Yo' is man.
Gin up de good ole English Lam
guage as a dog tears meat. Right
in dis hall, less'n an hour ago, /
heard Samuel Shin say to Way
down Bebee dat de reflex of de
huctuashun seemed to prognosticate
an inherent winter. Waydown Be-
bee didn't fall down in fit. His
eyes didn't chen bulge out. Oar
wasn't dc least sweat on his collar
as he answered back dat de emble.
matical desideratum sometimes
counterbalanced de symphonious
constitushun. Think of a cull'd
man of 40 Vars grabbin' at de Eng
lish language an bitin' it off in SIGH
hunks as dat.
"My frens, am done. hain't
gwine to say no mo- on dis subjeck
fur hull var. I'm gwine to keep
right on in my same ole way. and |
reckon dat most of you will keep
right on in your new ways. Ihain't
putting any obstacles in your way,
but ] am gwine to hab you plainly
understand dat when de crash
comes and dc parIor organ and cue
koo clock and lace curtains go sail
ing outer de house, dar won't be no
use of your rushing towards my
cabin. shall be sitting right dar
in dc same ole place, but ! shall be
so deaf dat when you pound on de
back doah and want to borry
money I shan't hear you.
'1.et us now break de meeting in
two and take our patent leather
shoes and diamund pins home
wards.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-28
TwO or THEM.

''Whai profession do you followpa
asked attorney for plaintiff.
THE medical profession the
witness answered.
"Are you pracucing physician
''No, sir"
ffben what do you mean by say
ing you follow the medical profes-
sionS"
y am an undeftaker. SIR
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STATIONS. wEsT. No.le. No.I

T. Stop only on signal. or notice 20 Con
duclor K BRETz eeueraikfanaxer
Passenger Schedule or the Holly River
& Addison Railway.
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whack over the snoot with club
he rushed into the yard. / aim
denying that he toyed with the
flower beds. He just gamboled
among pinks and pineys. The
widow stood there aud might have
headed him off, but she made nc
move to do so. 1t took me quar-.
ter of an hour to git the hog Out
and / amt denying that used
strong language while chasing him
up and down."
Language to make my blood
run cold" said the widow, as a
shiver passed over her, but the ma
jority seemed TO feel that the &C.
casion warranted strong language.
81 can distinctly remember all
the profane words made use OF, !"
SAID the deacon in tones of contri-
ton, "and i am deeply grieved that
they should have slipped out when
they did. You see, the wilder was
twitting me at the time the hog was
acting up, and the two things to-
gether was too much for me. Yes,
l was profane, and / admit it."
"The profanist words 1 ever
heard in all my life," said the
widow, "and you all know how my
dear departed husband used to
swear"
"Then you admit the charge of
profanity to be truer" was asked of
the deacon.
81 do brethren. Yes sir, I made
use of such oaths as by jim 'gaul-
durn it, durn your hide gee whizz'
and---and-"
"And whatp"
cts an awful word, brethren
an awful word, and / wouldn't say
it again if was driving two hogs
and met two widders. / didn't
even use it last year when was
stung by fifty hornets all at once"
''Was it so bad that you can't re-
peat it1"
"I'd rather not. I'd rather plead
guilty and take my punishment.
"But I'll tell what it was" ex-
claimed the Widow Green, as she
bobbed up. "He was trying to
head off the hog, and the hog ran
between his legs and flung him down,
and as he lay their kicking on the
grass he shook his fist at me and
called out "by thunderl"
All eyes were turned upon the
deacon, and he bowed his head in
shame and humility.
eff man can De deacon in
church and swear like that then I
want to know" continued the WI
dow.
A little later on she knew, as did
ali the rest of Jericho. The findings
IN the case were written out and an
nounced:
Gas for the charge of spite, we
find that no person driving hog is
morally responsible for the direc-
ton taken by the animal.
Gas for the charge of profanity,
we find that Deacon Carter made
use of one term closely approach
ing il, but as he was laboring under
great excitement at the time, and as
he did not repeat it later on, we
find no real grounds for the charge,
and announce his record as clear"
And when the widow heard of
her failure to down the deacon she
held up her hands and gasped:
Oval, If swearin' is allowed
then I'll say, Gosh-all -hshhooksl"
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MOrgant0yn 4 KIngEood Railroad

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church---The old general always
wanted to be where the fighting was
thickest.
Gotham--Is that fact7
ooh, yes; why, even when he
went to church he asked if he might
sit up in the choir"
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IONS. EAST No.i5 NO.17
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18
DATES AS FOOD.

Country Life In America records
that Mr.. David G. Fairchild, the
agricultural explorer, who has Wis
tied the date producing regions Of
the old world, has written an ac-
count of his Investigations for the
department of agriculture, with
special reference to date culture in
America. 'The doctors seem
agreed" Mr.. Fairchild says, chat
sweet things in excess are injurious
to the digestion, and the dentists
claim that sugar ferments between
the teeth, forming Tactic acid,
which attacks the dentine. But for
all this it is doubtful if there can
be found sounder, stronger race
with better digestion and finer,
winter teeth than the date eating
Arabs.
'The remarkable physique of the
Arabs and their resistance to the
almost unbearable heat of their
country might be attributed, in part
at least, to tie nature of their SIM
pie food. AZ any rate, a thorough
investigationAof the food value of
the date andSits adaptability to the
formation ofsSood for our hot sum-
mer season Should be made, and
possibly thisk wonderful vegetable
product, wf$:h is now used in
America onl ,4as a second class con-
lection, miglN be utilized as basis
of { n2tritioS new food"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18

Our Ice cream is manufacture
ed from pure Jersey cream, and
we make it every hour. 1t is,
therefore, the best ice cream
that can be made. We don't
sell milk, but pure cream.
Our prices are only Csc quart,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18
John Daffin
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Fine Ice Cream
and CONNECTIONS

81 per gallon, delivered in any
part of the city. Special prices
made for entertainments, par
ties, etc. Families supplied. Try
our ice cream once and we are
sure you will continue to trade
with us.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18

The efforts to advance the pro-
ducing lines of the Big Lime de-
velopment, near Milton, Cabell
county, are all proving failures.
Two new tests have just been
added to the list of failures.
Three miles northwest Of the
No. l, on the E. w. Beckett farm,
on Dry Creek, Grant district, the
Latonia Oil company has drilled
it's test on the E. S. Jacks farm
through the Berea grit and has
given it a shot.
On Charley's Creek, in the same
district, the Stonewall Oil COM
pany has drilled it's test on the j..
A. Reece farm through the Big
Lime and has a buster.
In the same district the Cabell
Oil & Gas company is due in the
sand at test on the R. G. KilgOre
farm.
In the Yellow Creek develop
mpnt. Calhoun county. several
new wells have been drilled
through the sand.
In the same district. the South
Penn Oil company has drilled its
No. 6 on the embellishments
farm, through the Berea grit and
has a show for a 20-barerl pro-
ducer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-18

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-10
CHEF OF POLICE SAVED.


Newberry, S. CIV H. Harris, chief
Of police of Newberry, says: Il suf-
fered for a number OF years with kid
ney complaint. There was q dull
aching across the small Of my back
that was worse at night and made me
feel miserable all the time. The kid
ney secretions were dark and full of
sediment, and lack Of control COM
PEELED me to rise number Of times
during the night. Between this annoy
ance and the backache it was impossi-
bic for me to get much sleep and my
health was being undermined. I tried
a number of remedies, but nothing
helped me until / got Doan's Kidney
Pills. The use Of this remedy accord
ing to directions promptly brought
about a change for the better After
using two boxes the backache all left
me, the kidney secretions cleared up
and the action Of the kidneys became
normal"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Chief Har-
Tis will be mailed to any part of the
United States. Address Foster Milburn
Co.. Buffalo, N Y Sold by all dealers.
Price 80 cents per box.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-10
STRANGE STORY OF A BILL
Reasons Given by Kentucky Judge
for Keeping Twenty-Dollar Green
back for Over Twenty Years.

County Judge w. H Prewitt, of
Danville, KY, has in his possession a
$50 bill which has connected with 1t a
pathetic story of our civil war. While
gathering together and arranging his
personal effects, in company with sew
eral friends the other day, he pulled
from an old box $40 bill, yellow with
age, and remarked: This must not
be spent during my lifetime"
He then related the following story:
Just after the battle of Perryville
found two young confederate soldiers
two boys, about II or 18 years of
age, lying wounded upon the field
took them to my home, then in the
neighborhood of the battlefield, and
took care of them for several weeks
until they had almost recovered from
their wounds. One morning a COM
pany of federal soldiers surrounded
my house and took us prisoners to
Dauville, where they kept us for sew.
eral days before taking the boys to
prison. When the lads were about to
be taken away they gave me this $40
for taking care Of them. l refused al
first, but they insisted that l take the
money, for it would be taken away
from them anyway, and I would just
as soon have it as anybody. 1 finally
consented. They gave me the bill and
bade me good-by as they went to
prison. This was az years ago." said
the Judge, land l have neither heard
nor seen anything Of the young SOL
diers since, but have kept this money
Many times l have been broke and in
need of a dollar, but I never had a de-
sire to spend the bill. Here it is, 1t
belongs to them"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-10
ne COULDN'T "REcovER."
His Wife Thought He Was a Goner
and Accordingly Disposed Of
His Clothing.

A young clergyman in making hi. week
? visits among the poor of his parish in a
iear-by country village quite recently
earned of a poor, sick man who recently
anne from Ireland with his wife and one
:h1ld. When the minister called at the
house, relates the Philadelphia Press, he
was given onost hearty welcome, and on
eaching the bedside of the sick man was
mrprised at finding him apparently well.
The day being warm the clergyman suggest
I'd that he get out of bed and spend an hour
lnder a shade tree in the garden
1T may do you good" he added.
The wife, who was present, said her hus-
band had better remain in the house until
the following day and then take a little
recreation. When the clergyman returned a
week later ne found the husband still in
BED.
Haven't you been out of bed since wa.
here" asked the man of the cloak
"No, sir. he has not" replied his wife.
L don't like to tell you, sir, but the doc.
;or gave my husband up week ago and
We sold his clothes. That's the reason he
lidn't 60 to the garden"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-10
BUNCH TOGETHER.
Coffee Has a Curious Way of Finally
Attacking Some Organ.

Ais flat come from coffee are cumu.
lative, that is, unless the coffee i.
taken away new troubles are contin.
ually appearing and the old ones gel
worse
ITO begin WITH" says a Kansan, 'r
was slave to coffee just as thousands
OF others to-day; thought l could moi
live without drinking strong COFFEE
every morning for breakfast and l hat
sick headaches that kept me in bee
several days every month. Could hard.
ly keep my food on my stomach, bu
would vomit as long as I could throw
anything up and when I could get hoi
coffee TO stay on my stomach I though
! was better.
well, two years ago this spring !
was that sick with rheumatism I coul;
not use my right arm to do anything
had heart trouble, was nervous. Nh
nerves were all unstrung and my fin.
ger nails and tips were blue as if ]
had a chill all the time, and nv fac,
and hands yellow as a pumpkin. M,
doctor said it was heart disease AMI
rheumatism and my neighbors said
had Bright's Disease and was going t;
die.
We'll, did not know what on earti
was the matter and every mornins
would drag myself out of bed and gC
10 breakfast, not to eat anything, but
to force down some more coffee. Their
in little While would be so nervous
my heart would beat like everything
Finally one morning told my hus
band l believed coffee was the caus,
of this trouble and that l thought
would try Postum, which had seen ad
vertised. He said All right SO W,
pot Postum, and although did not lik,
1t at first l got right down to bushes;
and made it according to directions
then it was fine and the whole famil,
got TO using it, and / tell you it ha;
worked wonders for me. Thanks [.
Postum in place of the poison, coffee
l now enjoy good health, have no
been in bed with sick headache fo
two years, although I had it for 81
years before l began Postum and m,
nerves are now strong and I have NJ
trouble from my heart or from tn
rheumatism.
Il consider Postum a necessary ar
ticle Of food on my table. Ny friend
who come here and taste my Postum
say it is delicious" Name given b,
postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Get the book, THE Road to Well
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the very last striving to shield the name
of her husband. begging of her counse
to spare Jim as much as possible MOI
to bring to light the facts of his dissolute
life. Surely, it would seem that nothing
but dotage could SO have perverted the
mind of the Judge whose attitude caused
the verdict branding this woman to
punishment for the worst crimes in the
calendar.
Florence Maybrick, a southerner, born
in Mobile, Ala, made her luckless mar
riage when a mere girl. She was but Z
when she became the wife of James May
brick. of Liverpool. man 40 years; and
soon after her marriage went to England
with her husband. Seventeen years of
girlnood, 13 years of married life, Is
years of Imprisonment make the record
of Florence Maybrick's life up to the
present.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER