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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-12-21


We have ten dozen beautifully coored children
ceived from New York and copyrighted in 1904 you know
they and to date The heavy imitation quarto
that sell everywhere for % will they last at is
cents The book mounted linen end ndeructibe sells
everywhere at 90 cents Our price only 80
bound books for children at 20, 80 and 80
BOOK DEPARTMENT.
We have the largest and most complete line Books offered
for sale IL this adjoining counties with exception
We have all the Standard Authors Classics STYLES
binding and prices from 10c in paper binding padded
Morocco and Burnt and Raw Leather Binding with gilt edges
We have line of the books splendid
paper and handsomely illustrated. New and latest all
styles of binding from 25c to 80.
Handsome boxes Of the Stationery
and at all prices from &c to $3.50 per box.
POCKET DIARIES FOR 1906.
Some beautiful little pocket Diaries spendidy
and seal skin at Zoe and 30c
Souvenir Postal Card Albums Very latest thing out
Big stock of Crepe and Decorated Paper just received.
Full line of Stationery Tablets Inks Pens Pencils Clips Files
Stcke Playing Cards. Games of all kinds Finch Pit Authors
Old Maid Checkers Dominoes Dice and Souvenir Postal Cards
Headquarters for School Books and School Supplies the county
Come in and write telephone for what you
The Argus Book and Stationery Store,
KINGwOOD. w. VA.
The Argus Building, Three Stories, Price Street
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-12-21

sLIDELL BROWN. Editor and
Proprietor.
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EMlREeIPESIH

Peach Fritters-Sift together one
cupful of -four, two level teaspoonfuls
Of baking powder, and one-fourth of
teaspoonful of salt; then pour over one
weil-beaten egg and one-third of a cup
full of milk; then add three tablespoon
fuls of sugar. and four peaches
chopped in small pieces; drop big
spoonfuls into hot fat; drain them on
paper; sprinkle with powdered sugar;
serve hot.
Date Whip-Wash and soak a pound
of dates. then put them in water to
simmer on the stove until very soft.
Remove from the fire, drain, and rub
them through q sieve. And one-third
of cupful of sugar and a spoonful of
lemon juice. and whip in the unbeaten
whites Of four eggs. Turn into a but
tered mold, set in pan of hot water
and bake slowly until firm. When
cold. serve with whipped cream.
Gravied Cucumbers Fry a sliced
onion in a little butter until partly
cooked, then add six cucumbers which
have been quartered lengthwiSe. Cook
until the cucumbers are nicely
Drowned. Remove the vegetables from
the frying pan carefully and add to the
butter left in it a pint OF good soup
stock. Season to taste and thicken
slightly with flour-a teaspoOnfui will
be sufficient. Put the fried vegetables
into this preparation; cover closely and
cook until tender enough to serve
Peanut Pudding-Scald ore pint of
milk in double boiler beat the yoIks
OF four eggs and four tablespoonfuIs
Of brown sugar together. and stir in
three tablespoonfuIs of cornstarch
made smooth with a little milk Stir
this mixture constantly until it thick
ems, then add one cupful of peanut
paste and flavor with O tablespoonful
Of lemon juice. Pour into IL pudding
dish and cover with q meringue made
by beating the whites of four eggs
with six tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar. Set in the oven to brown.
Tomato WaGlcS - Pare six medium
sized ripe tomatoes, chop very fine and
add one teaspOonful of salt, one-fourth
of teaspOonful Of pepper, one table
spoonful of butter. melted after meas
uring. Sift one-haIf OF a teaspoonful
of soda in little -four; add three we'll
beaten eggs. and now add sufficient
-four to make the mixture like q thin
griddle cake batter. Have your waffle
iron very hot, grease both upper and
under lids. place small tablespoonful
OF the batter into each section, close
the lid upon 1t and bake at least one
minute on each side. When serving
cut the sections apart and arrange on 4
napkin.
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For Laundering wooIens.

In the Ladies' Home Journal, we find
the following, which we give in answer
TO query of Mrs, e. c.: Dissolve white
soap; put about two pailfuls OF warm
water IN a tub, and add enough dis
solved soap to make a heavy suds.
dissolve two tablespoonfuls of borax
In quart of boiling water; pour half
or this into the suds; shake the white
hannels free from dust and put them
In the suds; work the suds through
the articles by lifting. squeezing and
kneading; never rub or twist woolens.
A washing machine is excellent for all
wooden fabrics. Squeeze the water
from the washed article; rinse in two
waters having about the same tenn
perature as the washing suds; put a
cupful Of dissolve borax in each rims
ing water, and pass through the
wringer.
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FINANCIAL.

1t is said that American investors in
The Canton-Hankow Railroad will get
out So for each ST. they pnt into that
Chinese enterprise.
De Haven & Townsend's market let
Ter says: THE best indications point to
Gates bullishness, Morgan bulishness
and Rockefeller bullshness."
The Allegheny Valley Railroad reports
for July gain of $8I.828 in net profits,
md for the year a gain of $5oI or.
Gross earnings in July increased $780,
til.
Fred Chandler purchased for $4,000
he Philadelphia Stock Exchange seat
which belonged to the late Frank Dun
dorc. The last seat sold fetched $4,000.
In July eighty-hve railroads, which
have made reports, gained 10 per cent.
in gross earnings and 9 per cent in net
profits. In the first week of September
;wenty-seven roads show a gain Of s
per cent. in gross business.
1t would be rather funny il Gould
should get the Atlantic and Pacific ends
of the transcontinental railroad COM
pleted, only to find that he had lost the
big middle links-Missouri Pacih- and
Wabash.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
LEARN TO WALK WELL.
Even English Admit American Wom-
en- Excel In This Respect

Even English Admit American Won1-
en- Excel In This Respect.
A contemporary has been waxing
eloquent over the woman who walks
well, and lamenting the rarity of grace
and dignity in the average woman's
gait. And IL must be confessed, II the
woman whom one sees in the streets
OF the metropolis be taken as an ex.
ample, waddling walk or little mine
Ing tripping steps seem to be all-prev.
Rlent
An English woman walks worse than
any other woman. The French woman
steps out with lightness and ease: the
American with a fine strength and an
air as If the pavement belonged to her,
aRaNt ould be honored by the tread of
Ter little feet; and as for the Span
\ ish woman, even lighter and simmer
~ foot that the daughters OF Jona-
than, why hers is the very prettiest
of motion.
An Englishwoman, II | may so ex.
press myself. is handicapped by her
feet. Hers are far. very far. from the
neatest known. and her mauvaise
] honte in showing them to a watchful
world. how natural.
v Poor thing. she is too often in a
hurry. She does more in her day than
any other woman, and It is not pos
! sible to be graceful while hustling
Walk slowly (says a master of de-
portment), with a quiet swing, but
with swing. head back and your
weight on each foot IN turn. Take
zEare not to rob yourself OF inches by
giving at the knees. Practise with a
book on your head at home, and say
to yourself meanwhile as suggestion:
-The- poetry OF motion. The poetry Of
motion. "-Gentlewoman. London.
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One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the conquering of woman's dread
enemy, Tumor.
So-called wandering pains" may
come from it's early stages, or the pres
ence of danger may be made manifest
by excessive menstruation accompanied
by unusual pain extending from the
ovaries down the groin and thighs.
If you have mysterious pains, If there
are indications of Inflammation ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and go
through the horrors of a hospital opera
ton; secure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound right away and begin
its use and write Mrs. Pinkham of
Lynn, Mass. for advice.
Read these strong letters from CRATE
full women who have been cured:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- First letter.
ain looking over your book gee that your
medicine cures Tumor of the Uterus. have
been to doctor and he tells me have tn
can help me, as do so dread an operation. "
Fannie ID. Fox, Chestnut ST. Bradford, Pa.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- (Second letter.
take the liberty to congratulate you on
the success have had with your wonderful
meiicine.
stopped Shortly after felt so badlyI sub
mitted to thorough examination by a ply
stefan, and was told that had tumor on
the uterus and would have to undergo an
operation.
soon after read one Of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink
ham Vegetable Compound a trial. After
taking five bottles rs directed the tumor is
entirely gone. 1 have again been examined
Lydia E. Pinkham'S VeSetabIe Ccmpcuu
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21

Tom Mason, who lived at Bonny
Eagle. Me-, and helped" my grand
father. who was Uncle John" Oane)
on the farm. said one day: Uncle
John, want rs cents
Grandfather said: What do you
want as cents for, Tom?"
81 want to buy quart of rum" was
the reply, Ito keep Fourth of July"
Now, Tom said grandfather,
cant you keep Fourth of July on a
pint of rum?"
Tom considered for a moment, and
looking his employer straight in the
eye replied: Uncle John, perhaps |
could keep Fourth of July on a pint
of rum, but the question is, how would
1t be kept?"-Boston Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

The word banquet" formerly meant
dessert
California oranges are now sold ex-
tensively in London.
The marriage rate for London is high
er than that for England and Wales as
a whole.
Bathers at borough private baths in
London numbered 2,:oI,3S3; at the
swimming baths, 2,502,5o
new high record has been made in
the sale Of a seat OH the New York
Stock Exchange. One just sold brought
$4,000.
The gas plant at Hull, England, is
owned by the municipality The cost
OF gas TO consumers in Hull is from S.
TO 90 cents per 1000 cubic feet inside
the city limits, and from 62 to 65 cents
outside
Although the Smplon Tunnel is SO
much longer than either the ST. Gothard
or the Mont Gents, it was completed in
six and half years, while it took eight
years TO construct the St. Gothard and
IL years for the Mount Gents. The diff
ference in favor of the Simplon was due
almost entirely to the improved rotating
drills now used in tunnel construction.
In the case of all arrested motor
driver at Hailsham, England, the other
day the police swore that lie was driv-
ing at the rate of 87H miles au hour,
and they refused, under cross-cxamina-
ton. to take off even the one-haif
Exports from Yokohama, Japan, tc
the United States for the year ending
June go last aggregated i'll value S44,-
s27,25o. The bulk of this was made up
of raw silk and silk goods. the value of
the former having been $3I,o74.o45 and
the latter $6,o76,o33. Tea was also re-
ceived in this country TO the value of
$3,867,o4o; curios, $I,oo5,3o6; provisions,
$4z6,6so; chip and straw braids, $780,
46o, and GOTTEN goods, $7go,4or.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
Sunday Night Supper.

I wish l could head an instruction
against the Sunday night supper as it
is usually met. 1t would be swept
out Of existence with a celebrity that
would be astonishing even in this day
or rapid transit. Gone forever would
be the supper table of one section of
the Countrywide plate Of cold chopped
beef or dried Goldfish. the pile of white
and brown bread, the little dishes of
apple sauce, the large ginger cookies.
Gone, too, would be that other variety
Of supper table which thinks TO make
up for its lack Of savory dishes by its
much cake. | am afraid even baked
beans and brown bread, beloved as
they are by certain worthy beings,
might not stand against the bosom OF
destruction.
Instead of any or all of these the
supper table that should supplant
them should be a board OF surprises.
The Sunday night supper should be
the unexpected feast OF the week. At
this meal the family would never
know what to look for. One time the
repast would be hot and savOry; the
next it would be cold, but no less
savory. New and startling salads
would make their first bow, so TO
speak, at the Sunday night supper
table, and it would be the housekcep-
er's dissipation to devise and search
out novelties for this meal. Here she
should give rein TO any pioneering or
adventurous spirit she had in her and
train her family TO equal daring.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

r. c. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade" says:
Industrial. commercial and agricul-
tural progress continue satisfactory.
Nothing has occurred TO weaken con
hdence, the disposition being TO extend
plans further into the future. and many
plants have their facilities engaged well
into next year. AS demand broadens
there is natural tendency to enlarge
capacity, which adds to the already ex-
ceptional structural activity.
JobberS have secured much more for
ward business than at this date last
year, especially in dry goods lines, and
the frequent reminders of autumn tenn
perature stimulate retail distribution of
wearing apparel
Thus far the weather has not been
cold enough to harm the crops that re-
main to be harvested, and another week
OF favorable conditions should insure
an Unprecedented yield of corn.
Railway earnings thus far reported
tor September were 81 per cent. larger
than last years.
Each week brings better news from
the iron and steel industry, demand
broadening and production keeping pace.
Failures this week numbered 1914 in
the United States, against 224 last year,
and 20 in Canada, compared with FL
year ago"
Bradstreets says the wheat, including
Hour, exports for the week are 1852 4o4
bushels, against I,Io4,zI5 last week, o35.-
S34 this week last year, I,ooooS3 in 1908,
and 5,435,3z3 in 1902. Corn exports for
the week are I,226,o63 bushels, against
I,4o4,oo2 last week, 42o,I58 a year ago,
707,IIo in 1908 and 54,ooS in 1902.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
Set a Hard Task.

Edwin Stevens, when he made up
his mind to tackle vaudeville. for the
first round selected Manager Meyer.
felt. founder of well-known circuit
The manager had a gruff manner and
a German accent. and was, moreover,
very busy. Turning on Mr.. Stevens
brusquely, he exclaimed: well. vat
do you vant?" 81 would like To go
into vaudeville" responded the candi.
date, meekly. Vat do you do-vat is
your liner" 81 am a comedian" was
the modest but very general answer.
"A komiker, heinz" and the manager
faced him sternly. We'll. make me
laugh"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
HONEST PHYSICIAN.
Works with Himself First.

IT is a mistake to assume that ply
sicians are always skeptical as TO the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs
Indeed. the best doctors are those
who seek to heal with as little use of
drugs as possible, and by the use OF
act food and drink A physician
rs from Cslif. to tell how he made
wei man of himself with natures
remedy:
Before l came from Europe, where
was born" he says, at was my GUS
Sm TO take coffee with milk (cafe au
with my morning meal. a small
(cafe noir) after my dinner and
or three additional small cups at
- club during the evening.
In time nervous symptoms devel-
oped. with pains in the cardiac region.
and accompanied y great depression
of spirits. despondency-in brief, the
biuesr / at first tried medicines. but
kOt no relief, and at last realized that
- my troubles were caused by coffee.
thereupon quit its use forthwith. sub
Fituting English Breakfast Tea.
The tea seemed to help me ut first,
T. I'm time the old distressing symp-
returned, and / quit it also, and
80 10 use milk for my table bever-
This I was compelled, however,
[to< abandon speedily, for while it re-
kieKed the nervousness somewhat it
&brohght on constipation. Then by a
Rappy inspiration ! was led TO try the
Postum Food Coffee This was some
kncnfhs ago. and ! still use it, am no
nor do j suffer from
re pains about the heart, while my
res have left me and life is bright
re once more. know tilat leaving
Zee and using Postum healed me,
eke IL a ralc to advise my pa
nlsaSf" Name given by Pos
Greek. Mich.
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by the physician and he says have no signs
or a tumor now. 1t has also brought my
monthlies around once more; and am
entirely well. / shall never be without a bot
tie of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
in the house. Fannie d. Fox, Bradford, Pa
Another Case of TumOr Cured
by Lydia f Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
About three years ago had intense pain
in my stomach, with cramps and raging
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me,
but finding that did not get any better he
examined me and, to my surprise, declared
had a tumor in the uterus.
II felt sure that it meant my death warrant,
and was very disheartened. spent hundreds
of dollars i'm doctoring, but the tumor kept
growing, till the doctor said that nothing but
an operation would save me. Fortunately
correspondent with my aunt in the New Eng
and States, who advised me to try Lydia E.
Piukham's Vegetable Compound before sub
hitting to an operation, and at once started
taking a regular treatment, finding to my
great relief that my general health began to
improve, and after three months l noticed
that the tumor had reduced in size. kept
on taking the Compound, and in ten months
1T had entirely disappeared without an oper-
alton, and using no medicine but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and words
fail TO express how grateful am for the good
it has done me. Miss Luella Adams, Colon
made Hotel, Seattle, Wash
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the value of Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and should give
confidence and hope to every sick
woman.
Mrs. Pinl1ham invites all ailing
women TO write to her at Lynn. Mass,
for advice.
m Nnu,ouVo nar,odx, Ca S~-.o-Vo UrI~
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To Dip Broth.

10 dip broth or soup from the kettle
when cooking. and the fat is on IT,
draw the kettle forward to the hot
part OF the range. making the soup boil
turiously. This raises a large bubble
In the middle of the pot from which a
cupful of soup at time may be dipped
out-that fat all goes to the sides of
the pot
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
WEBSTER "a GREAT ANIMAL"
Wonderful Orator Seemed Half Asleep
When Trying a Case.


When Trying a Case.
Il heard him once in Faneuil hall.
Boston Every man in the audience
-and the hall was crowded-gave one
shout OF applause at what Everett
said. The subject have entirely for.
gotten but this fact | remember"
says writer in the Critic. l inquir-
ed If he had ever heard Webster pro-
duce such an effect on an audience.
He said never; but he had only heard
Webster In court; 1t was in defense of
celebrated criminal-perhaps the
Phoenix bank cose in Boston. "Mr.
webster seemed In a semi-dream.
thought him half asleep, for he had
his eyes almost closed and was in
GSayy state, taking little notice of
:. in court. William De-
f. ~ >Ssn, sat near him
81 81 ~. : law books and
1870 he were there
DsSSer awake. There were
ii lPSIges on the bench-probably
p5udge Shaw and two others-one on
each side of him. They watched Web
ster closely, for 1t would not do to
neglect what he might say. He, on
the contrary, appeared to take no &C
count or other persons, as If his mind
were anywhere but there. I fancied
he was thinking what his next politi-
cal move should be. He was a re-
markable man TO look altar other
than the ordinary run OF men-I sup
pose the most remarkable American In
his aspect that ever was seen. They
Thought so in England, where they
stopped to look after him in the street
But he was heavy-a great animal. in
volved in his own dreams and paying
little attention to what went on
around him"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
ButtonhoIes That Last.

In making buttonholes in children's
underclothes. after getting the hole
ready to be worked. place q cord q
use fine binding twineJ around the hole
with the part at the front (where the
wear OF the button comes) and work
over 1t; the buttonholes will then out.
wear the garment.-A. NJ. B., in The
Home.
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DISFIGURED BY Eczema
Wonderful Change In N NIght--In = Month
Face Was Clear as Ever-Another
Cure by Culicura.

L had eczema on the face for five
months, during which time | was in the
care of physicians. My face was so dis
figured could not go out, and it was going
from bad to worse A friend recommended
Cutlcura. The first night after | washed
my face with Cuticura Soap and used Gu.
tlcura Ointment and Resolvent changed
wonderfully. From that day | was able to
go out, and in month the treatment had
removed all scales and scabs, and my face
was as clear as ever. (Signed) L. j Soth,
BIZ Stage Street, Brooklyn, N Y"
Coal costs most in South Africa; least IN
China.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21

>Matters
A Beautiful Flower Piece.

For beautiful flower centreplece ihn
glass bowl with carbonated water
and Immediately arrange in 1t nastur-
uums with plenty of leaves. The flow-
ers viii soon be covered with sparkling
dew. presenting the coolest appearance.
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WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore.-FLOUR-Firm and I'M
changed; receipts, $3.50 barrels.
WHEAT-Quiet, spot, contract. 1855
@83H; spot, No red Western. S4H
@84N; September, S3}S6S31z; October,
834@84; Decembs'r, S5M6S6; steamer
No. red, 76076H; receipts, 1904
bushels; Southern by sample, 68(d83 !;
Southern on grade, 7o1I@84H.
CORN-Strong; spot, 58H; Septem-
ber, $50; year, 5oA@5oH; January,
4oH@4oH; February, 40; March, 40;
steamer mixed, 500; receipts, 2I.25o
bushels; Southern white corn, $1,000 !;
Southern yellow corn, $1,000.
OATS-Firmer No. 2 white, 81 sales :;
No 3 white, 3I@3IH; No. 2 mixed,
2oz@3o; receipts, $3.50 bushels.
RHYTHM; No. Western, 64O
641S; receipts, 1884 bushels
BUTTER-Steady, unchanged; fancy
imitation, 10000; fancy creamery, 220
221; fancy ladle, 1000; store-packed,
1916
EGGS-Firm, n.
CHEESE-Firm, unchanged; large,
I2N medium, I2H; small, 1875
SUGAR-Steady; unchanged; coarse
graduated, 5.4s; fine, s.45.
New Observation-Disclosures, 5000
bushels; spot stronger; No. red 1914
elevator; No. ? red, So1z f. o. b. ahoat (;
No. Northern Duluth, oIM to arrive
(. b. ahoat
OATS-Receipts, 1880 bushels ex-
ports, 2o,5I8 bushels; spot hrmer; No. z,
COZ elevator and 5o34 {. b. ahoat; No.
' yellow, 6IH; No. white, OLA.
OATS-Receipts, I32,5oo bushels; ex-
ports, 4,o4s bushels; spot hrmer; natu-
al white oats, 80 TO 81 pounds, 32HG
So; clipped white, SO to 40 pounds, 35@
81.
CORNME AL-Steady; Kindred,
3o503.Io.
BARLEY-Firmcr; feeding, 80 c. j. f.
Buffalo.
CHEESE-Steady; receipts, 1888
State. full cream small, white fancy,
ny; do. fair to choice, II@IIX; do.
:olored fancy, IIM do. fair to choice,
tI@IIH; do. large, white and colored
fancy, IIM; skins full to light, 21z@
10.
POTATOES-Irish steady, 1902 90 ;
sweets, easy, I.ooGI.5o.
TALLOW-Easy; city. "A; country.
t}s@45S.
CoTTONSEED OIL-Easy; prime
yellow. 25A@26.
81 IAR-Raw nominal; fair refining,
3H03 $40; centrifugal, 90 test, 800
1916; molasses sugar, 27s02 1916;
refined quiet.
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were too copious and frequent. and
very bad in appearance. 1t was in
1903 that Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me so quickly and cured me OF these
troubles, and I've been well ever
since"
FoSter-M iiourn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale oy all druggists. Price, 90
cents per box.