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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
What IL Means.

Frequently you pick up a local
paper and after glancing at it, weari.
ly thrust it aside, remarkiug, "Noth.
ing in the old paper~ Did you ever
stopto think what that phrase means1
1t means that no misfortune has be.
fallen any one in our city; that no
FIRE has wiped out neigh boris world.
ly goods; that the grim angel oi
death has not crossed the threshold
of friend; that no man, driven by
hatred or fear, has the life of a fel.
low being; that no poor devil haunt
ed by the past or misdeeds Of some
other, has crossed the great divide
by his own hand. and many other
things that might have happened
have not occurred So next time
you pick up any paper and its head
lines DO not announce a tragedy,
give little thanks instead Of grum-
bling because there IS no news.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
sCRIprURAL POEM.
n. n. REED. RrrpsvILLh.

The great Jehovah arranged the plan
For the redemption Of fallen man.
IL has been made plain 10 every mind
That Il was arranged by power divine.
When Adam was turned from Eden above
God promised him in mercy and love
That He would send a Redeem or into the world.
Whose blood-staincd banner lie would unfurL
By the patriarchs and prophets Of old
His coming was long foretold.
Tho Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah
Called Him the great Messiah.
The angels left their home above
And delivered 10 the shepherds n message Of love
Behold glad tidings 10 you we bring:
Unto you this dag is born a Saviour and king"
Tie wise men from afar
Were warned by the Bethlehem star.
The wise men gladly received the wori
And started at once 10 see the Lord
Although IL was many miles away
To the place whore the infant las.
God guided them on their way
They received divine aid day hy day.
bright star appeared and by liz bc.u tiful ligh,
They were guided safely during tho night
Until they came 10 the place
Where they bcheld the Saviour FACE.
These tidings were revealed TO King Hcrod
Who at once sought 10 destroy the Lord
And in his mad determined rage
Slew all the children under two years Of age
But Joseph and Mary were warned In n dream
or King Horois wicked scheme:
SO the king failed In his cruel plan.
For the infant was carried to IA distant land.
In that land he wac permitted TO stay
Until King Herod by death was carried away.
Then he was restored 10 his native land
Subject 10 His parents until He became a man.
Taught His doctrine through that land
Until He had completed Salvation plan:
Then suffered and died upon the cross
To redeem n world Of sinners lost
BY His enemies He was thus slain.
But their efforts were all in vain
Tho third day He Rrose--arose victorious
Over heaven and earth most glorious.
lie was so divine He could not die
But assembled TO God His Father on high:
Prove 10 be the Redcemcr Of the world.
Whose bloOd-stained banner we should unfurl.
We should all our voices raise
And sing the great Redecmers praise:
Praise Him for His redeoming love-
PRISE Him until we meet above.
Then praise him with depart ted friends
Where His praise never ends:
With saints and loved ones gone before
We may sing His praise forever more.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
MIDSUMMER HUSTLE
A Suggestion Which Should Lead
to Advertising.
MERCHANTS MAY PROFIT THEREBY
Methods to Be Adopted During Dull
Season &c Bring Trade Means
Money to Enterprising Man.

We have reached the time Of year
when people have made up their
minds to quit spending money until
fall.
That means a dull season for you
unless you have methods that will
make 1t otherwise.
You must make the people feel
that they can actually make money
by going TO your store and letting
loose some OF the change they are
squeezing SO hard.
There are many plans for convert
ing m dsummer dullness INTO mid
summer. activity. At the bottom of
all of them is work, the great prin
ciple that must be employed at ali
times il we ale to ge, anywhere.
You must do things to your store
that will make the season different
from trade standpoint from any
other part of the year.
Summer clearance sales are good,
but summer clearance sales do not
always work. Clearance sales sug
gest lines whose season is passing.
To make business you must offer
lines that people want now, and offer
them at prices that will attract.
Consider the little things. You
cannot arouse enthusiasm among
your people in midsummer on big
figures. Even the dollar class is too
high up in time of year when PEG
pie are pinched hard.
Go through your stock and pick
out list of articles that can be sold
for small amounts. Make them the
leaders in your advertising and cut
the price 10 the bone.
If you have not enough of such
items in stock invest a few dollars
in new stock that will answer the
purpose. Give such lines leading
position IN the store. Rearrange
your stock so that as many items as
possible costing little money can be
gwen a prominent place.
Mark everything in plain figures
and use good price tickets. Work
tie show windows to the limit.
People will spend nickels, dimes,
and IS cent pieces in midsummer if
you furnish the inducement. While
they are spending the small coin they
may occasionally make purchases
reaching into larger amounts. On
that basis you must frame your eff
forts for midsummer business.
1t requires much work and much
planning to make your midsummer
efforts produce results. You can get
the results by working on the items
whose cost is low. You are likely
to be disappointed if you talk big
figures, no matter how good a bar
gam it may be or how great the
sacrifice.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

viii mai YOU Tree. 10 prove merit, sam.
pies OF my Dr Shops Restorative and my
book on either Dyspepsia The Heart. or
The kidneys Troubles Of the stomach.
heart or kid eys are merely symptoms Of q
deeper aIlment Don { make the coEmon
error Of treating symptoms only. symptom
treatment Is treating the result Of your all.
ment, and not the cause. Weak stomach
ncrveS-thg inside nerves-mean stomach
weakness. always And the heart and kid
1eys AS we'll have their controlling or inside
nerves Weaken these nerves. and you ins
rvtably have weak vital organs Here Is
where Do Shops Restorative has made
Dos fame No other remsdy even claims TO
treat The inside nerves. Also Tor blost-
ing bIiousness. bad breath or complexion.
use Dr.. Shops Restorative Write me
today Tor sample end free book DR. ShoOp.
Racine Wis. The Restorative is sold 5y
StrIcklcr's drug Store.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
% New view. Of gingwood

Now on sale at 'he Argus Book
store CeI.u.oId finish and CORES
pondence ON the address side. Ieay.
ing all the reverse side for the pic
ture, and they are very fine, much
the best Of any ever ON safe here be-
Tore, but at the same price.-onIy
Sc each or soc per dozen Sent 90
any address a, same price and
stamps taken for a'i sums 1nder ~.
The views we're taken by Cumber-
land photographer, Who came here
tor that purpose and who doe,
splendid WORK.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
THE MAIL swINpLeRs.
Bogus Bargains For pumpkins Who
Bite at Big Bait and Get Bitten.


A great deal OF money Is coaxed out
~ country communities by the mail
swindIiers" These gentry not only use
the mails In sending out circulars Of
tei:ing fake bargains for the unwary.
1ut they frequently get their allurlng
advertisements into the cheap little
mail order Journals which circulate TO
some extent In nearly every communI-
~. People should be on guard against
all advertisements which offer nm un-
reasonable value for little money.
The snfest way Is 10 spend the money
at home, where you have chance 90
look at the goods before buying The
pOstoflice department issues fraud or
dcrs against any individual or concern
which Is discovered I'm the practice OF
using the malls TO swlndle, but fire.
qucntly these swindlers rake In much
money before the mails are closed TO
them.
The average swindler who uses the
mails Is n willy fellow He has learn
cd the art OF wording his offers so
they attract the remote and lndifrer-
emily educated. and so plausible do his
statements sound that he finds easy
and ready victims. One Is frankly
amazed Mt the credulity OF the human
race A typewriter company OF New
York induced persons TO send 50 30 as
n guarantee of good faith In copying
at home scheme I'm which the purchas-
er was TO have n typewriter and 100
sheets OF paper and copy letters Mt
$3.50 thousand. The typewriter
| proved to be n toy affair that was use
less for the work The purchaser was
out about 50 aud the firm I'm that much.
One clever New York firm bought up
a lot OF letters from an agency 10 get
addresses, then wrote each person that
he or she had won prize which would
be sent OH receipt of $1.37 TO cover
cost of boxing and packing charges"
| Each delighted person invariably sent
the amount and received a piece OF
| cheap Jewelry worth few cents. A
bluing company offered n new auto
matte tension sewing machine" to per-
sons selling thirty packages OF wash
blue ut 10 cents apiece. The machine
proved to he toy affair. and the let
| ter in answer 10 wOmans threat TO
| sue is filed away AS II mark of genuine
cleverness OH the part OF the artful
dodger who originated the scheme.
Bogus detective agencies were thick
in the land for awhile. For certain
sum OF money they would send n star,
certificate OF membership. credentials,
etc, to the purchaser, and not until the
astonlshed victim had been hauled up
before unfeellng magistrates for car
rying a gun or for lmpersonating an of,
fcer did the luckless fellow realize
that he had been the victim OF scoun-
drpl
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
A SHOPPERS COMPLAINT.
Mrs. Jones Found Statesmen In tho
Home Store Too Easy Goina.


a woman who lives IN Il thriving
town about twenty miles from II big
city was accosted at the railway sta
ton the other day by dry goods mer-
chant In her town, who inquired:
why have you quit trading with US.
Mrs. Jonesi"
The reply was not what the merchant
expected. He knew that Mrs. Jones
for some months past had been going
to tho neighborlng city to buy the
goods she formerly bought of him, and
he suspected with good reason that she
was even then waiting n train to take
her TO the city on shopping errand.
Mrs. Jones. who had known the mer.
chant for years, said,
II am going to tell you exactly why
| do not trade with you any more. II
Is because several of your clerks seem
to have too many friends around here.
When | go into the store. naturally
expect to be waited on at once in case
any salesman is not busy. But fire..
quently / have entered the store and
had to stand around and do the wait.
Ing myself, while one OF your clerks
was very busy talking to friend who
had dropped in for Il chat. After fin.
ishing his conversation he would stroll
up leisurely and ask me what lie could
do for me. \ few repetitions of that
sort of thing naturally made me less
eager to do my trading here. for ]
knew that | could go to the city and
find the statesmen eager TO wait on
me"
The merchant said lie was sorry.
While subsequent events i'm his store
are not reported for the public. II IL
natural to believe that those easy g.
Ing statesmen are sorry too.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

The nerve" pillow is something
which physicians recommend and
which Rn be easily made at home.
Gather or buy quantity Of dried
herbs, such as hops or cHtnlp leaves.
hnrberry, sweet fern. adding 20 them
sweet grass. balsam pine and as many
sweet smelling sleepy things rs one
can think Of Dry aud powder and
mix all together says the Kansas city
Times Then Gll the nerve" pillow
with the sachet powder thus formed
smf the pillow with down or cotton
batting or feathers aud scatter the
powder thickly through the aHlnq.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08
OLD HICKORY CHIPS

Hartman is thoroughly convinced
that he is sit" in tine game Of poliii.
cal tag.
Admiral Yamamoto's gift to Presi-
dent Roosevelt is being kept a pro.
found secret. Was 1t lemon1
Who says the colored race is not
making progress3 In Mississippi a
mob of negroes has Just lynched a
negro.
An Ohio man imagined he was
Adam, but the authorities locked
him up before he had a chance to
raise Cain.
Thus far the main discussion at
The Hague conference seems to have
been how to avoid hitting the limo.
cent bystandei.
None of the critics of the navy
has yet offered to stand ont and let
one of those defective" battleships
take a shot at him.
II Mr.. Roosevelt is disappointed
about having a war with Japan he
can get plenty of amusement by
arguing for tariff revision.
When the government collects
that big fine from Standard Oil it
can dig the last stretch of the Pana-
ma canal with the proceeds.
"The queen of England is Just as
fresh as any college graduate" says
Gotham contemporary. We SIN
cereIy tru this is a mistake.
In view of what has happened re-
Gently it might be we'll for the mana
gers of the Cannon boom to guard
against the danger of bareback.
The railroads are forming their
usual poor opinion OF the man who
manages to make himself comfort
able at home for the summer months.
Mark Twa.n's conscientiousness
was never more clearly displayed
than when he found himself unable
to return Bernard Shaw's compli-
ments.
"What is an optomis,7" asks
contemporary. One who can see
the home team lose by a scratch
and not believe the umpire was a
robber.
By inviting Ida Tarbel! to drop
IN for social call occasionally Mr..
Rockefeller might manage to learn
something about the Standard Oil
Company.
"Corlelyou knows how to hold
his tongue" remarks an exchange
After looking over his record it ap.
- "
p'@,' '"1' nc ais" Knows no" 70
nag 'ee" some ''ine since MI
"e' 1--WE" away library
'' '' '.'s ''Hs'y 'na' me rear OF
'y''s ''." Is no longer keeping him
o. "'0 "'s"'s.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

ln order a. wash "a print dress a
ia'her should be- nude from soau In
water moderately warm aud the dress
wished out quickly. then rinse in cold
water and dry as soon os possible. %.
Vn no account rub soap ou So or let Il
remain wet or be placed with other
wet things n there be- binck In tho
print, put golt in the riusin9 water
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

The progress Of cities is meas
ured by the public spirit Of their m
habitants. Men whose only interest
is 10 tho success Of their own Judi
vidual business may make money
for themselves, but they cannot
build successful cities any more
than pile Of stone can furnish sus.
tenance for growing plants.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

Piles get quick ana certain reitei from
~. ohoop Magic Ointment. Please note
% is made alone ilr piles and les action Isl
positive and certain itching painful pro.
fuolng of p.Ini piles disappear like magic
b. Cos use. Large rktIra1ued gfaes ara
soc. sold " Ntrrs..f. trIg store
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

nov % tconoTlIEe On Candies and boaD
Candles burn bettcr and more slow.
ly ~ they have been stored in q dry
tlace SIX or seven weeks before using
Soap VIII 20 twice as FAR If Il is wen
dried 10 should be cut into small
blocks and these arranged in tiers
with spaces between 30 allow them 20
dry.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-08-08

subsenbe ~ ~ -.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
SMaYz'M0, Del.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST Is, 1907
POun d by Robert d. Hoffecker July 5, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until Fe bruLry 10, 1907
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
FEEL EVERY CHANGE
OF THE WEATHER.
A Bad Back is Always Worse
During Wet or Chanseable
Weather.

Is your back like barometer?
Does it foretell every chance of weather?
Does every cold settle on your kidneys?
Bring aching, throbbing pains?
Does it disorder the urine?
The kidneys are calling for help.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills,
Elwood Stout, 423 East Fourth St., Will
mington. Del, says: 'Doan's Kidney
Pills proved to be as represented in ny
case. l fell dowu an elevator shaft some
years ago and strained my back. 1 appar-
emily recovered from the fall, all excepting
nv back which was weak and bothered
with every change of the weather, did
not dare stoOp or lift anything for fear of
bringing on sharp tyinges or attacks of
lingering dull pains. 1 got box of Doan's
Kidney Pills and began using them. They
fit my case exactly, the weakness and pains
left my back and have never returned. 1
made statement for publication in 1897,
and l made a second statement in 1904 con-
firming all I had said before. Today,
April 26th, 1907, am glad to confirm all l
said in my two previous statements and can
conscientiously say that 1 believe DOan's
Kidney Pills to be all that is claimed for
them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no other.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28

Apropos to the Local Option
Campaign now on, the following
short temperance lesson is timely
and to the point: "a laborer lately
told his wife, on. awakening, a cur
ious dream which he had during
the night. He dreamed that he
saw coming toward him, in order,
four rats. The first one was very
fat, and was followed by two lean
rats, the rear rat being blind. The
dreamer was greatly perplexed as
to what evil might follow, as it has
been understood that to dream of
rats denotes coming calamity. He
appealed to his wife concerning
this; but she, poor woman, could
not help him. His son, a sharp
lad, who heard his father tell the
story, volunteered to be the inter
prefer. THE fat rat, he said, els
the man who keeps the saloon that
you go to so often. The two lean
rats are my mother and me, and the
blind rat, father, is yourself"
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
LETTER TO E. L. PONTz.
Smyrna Del.


Deer Sir: We should like to set your
boys and girls at work on this question
in arithmetic and casuistry.
A farmer is fattening. three hogs in
three small pens; they have equal
room and straw aud care, aud are fed
in these three ways: first hog, on a
certain proportion of milk and cooked
cornmeal; second hog, on the same,
half water; third hog, on the same,
half water and sawdust. How long
will it take, how much will they weigh
how much will they cost, and what'll
the profit be on the three?
And a similar question in pigmentry.
That same farmer is going to paint
three barns same size; and he says to
three painters: "what'll you take to
paint that barn?"
First painter scratches his head a
few minutes and says: 'I'll do it for
$50"
Second painter: 1915
Third painter: 1897. 49,"
Will they each get barn to paint,
or one get two, or one all three, or
nobody any; and what'll they make on
the Job?
That's about how painting goes
sometimes.
But there is a way to reckon: So 6
gallon. The difficulty is in knowing
how many gallons to buy. There's g
way out of that.
Buy the least gallons paint, Devoe
No matter how much one buys; he re
turns what's left: costs nothing.
Yours truly
20 F. w. DEVOE & CO
P. s. The Iron Front Hardware Store
sells our paint.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
Reduced Rates to Saratoga Springs Account
g. A. R. Encampment.


For the National Encampment,
Grand Army of the Republic at Sara
tOga Springs, N. Y, September 8 to IA
the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell
excursion tickets to Saratoga Springs
from all stations on it's lines Septem
Der Z to 9, inclusive, good returning to
leave Saratoga Springs September to
II, at reduced rates. Stop overs at
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington will be granted on
tickets reading via those cities.
Tickets via New York will be hon
ored by Hudson River Boat lines
between New York and Albany or
Troy.
By deposit of ticket with Special
Agent at Saratoga Springs and the
payment of $1.OO an extension of the
return limit to October may be OBJ
tanned.
For full information regarding
stopovers. rates of fare, conditions of
tickets and train service consult
Ticket Agents.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
What Strawberries Really Are.

The PUPPY portion of the strawberry
Is not really fruit nor even a berry,
but is a cluster of dry seeds slightly
imbe'ided in a mass of pulp. The little
seeds are the true fruit. 1t is surpris-
ing that the pulp enlarges; that 1t does
not remain small and dry. By some
wise provision Of nature the pollen not
only directly gives life to each seed on
which it falls, but also stimulates the
surrounding portion of the receptacle
Originally small and hard) to grow into
the soft, juicy and lustrous form.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
How Whales Are Killed.

The feature attracting the casual OBJ
server is the vessels harpOOn gun, sit
uated forward of everything, from
which the formidable harpoon is fired
into the whale. The gun looks like a
small cannon, and about a pound of
powder is used to discharge the har-
poon, which is rammed home in the
same manner as n shot would be and
tied from the outside end with a small
cord, this breaking, of course, when the
gun is-firc:l. The harpoon is a very
heavy missile, weighing several hun
dred pounds, which necessitates it's be-
ing fired only at pretty close range.
The lance head pierces the whale and
soon afterward explOdes a bomb con-
tanned in it, while still farther back on
the shaft are barbs, which expand on
entering the whale, making it next to
impossible for the harpOOn to be drawn
out again. Each harpOOn after being
fired has to be Strengthened by black
smith in order to again fit the gun
barrel. A stout hemp rope four inches
in circumference is attached to the har-
poon about eighteen inches from the
point. This line is of great flexibility
and strength and is manufactured sole
ly for whaling in Norway. A few
fathoms of this line are coiled on a
plate directly under the gun, the re-
mainder being below decks clear to
run. There are two of these lines,
each 1900 feet in length, and some.
times they are none too long for the
Metropolitan Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
REED BIRD SEASON OPENS MONDAY.
Reported to Be Very Plentiful Along the
Marshes Of the Delaware River.

WuA5uSS VI ahS OSioWoAS NHSts
Reed birds will be plentiful this sea-
son. The marshes along the Delaware
river are full of them. They now out
number the blackbirds which have
been feeding numerously in the
marshes for some time. Two weeks
ago not a ''reedy' was to be seen.
Now they are everywhere aud their
"chink" can be heard at any time.
The season will open next Monday
morning. The reed bird is known by
many names. Around Delaware he is
called the reed or rice bird. He goes
north about May to breed and comes
back early in August with his new
family. Sometimes the air is black
with them. They arrive lean and worn
out, but few days rest and feeding
on wild oats make them plump, when
they are ready for the hunter who has
to shoot several dozen if he wants a
meal of them. Each flock remains on
the marshes about two weeks when
those that escape the gunners resume
their fight south to spend the winter.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
TOMATO CROP SLIGHTLY UNDER NORMAL
Tristate Packers 10 Convention at Wilmington
Say Yield Is 81 Per cent This Year.

Trlstate Packers 10 Convention at Wilmington
Say Yield Is 81 Per cent This Year.
The Tri-state Packers Association.
comprising practi cally all of the prom
inent Gamers in Maryland, Delaware
aud New Jersey, held an important
meeting at Wilmington Thursday. Ex-
Congressman Walter o. Hoffecker, of
Smyrna, presided. G. NJ. Dashiell, of
Princess Anue, Nd, was the secretary.
Reports received from all tomato grow
ing sections in the three States showed
that the prospective tomato crop will
average 81 per cent. of normal yield.
Those present in addition to President
Hoffecker and Secretary Dashiell,
were: William A. Wagner, Baltimore;
J. G. Smith, W. W. Wright, Choptank,
Md. J. s. Reynolds, Frederick, Del.
s. H. Derby, Woodside; Charles T.
Wrightson, Easton, Md; S. Kline,
Trenton, n. j.; Robert FARRELL, Colds
borO, Md; Paul Holsinger, Ridgely,
Md u. NJ. Swing, Ridgely, Md; Will
liam B. Walton, Iron Hill, Md; A. S.
Silver. Aberdeen, Md.