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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

Children especially like Kennedy's Lax
atiye Cough Syrup, as il tastes nearly as
good as maple sugar. 1t not only heals
irritation and allays inflammation, there
by stopping the cough, but it also moves
the bowels gently and in that way drives
the cold from the system. 1t contains no
opiates. Sold 10y Strickler's drug store.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

The gentlemen holding the West Vir-
ginia certificates, commonly called the
Virginia debt, claim that we owe them
49,, 00o, 900 now. We can pay that amount
under ''tax reform and not miss penny.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

bladder remedy. be-
cause Of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulflls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism.
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. II
-----.sx t-.f.A A.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

Spread the glad tidingsl Bill Dawson
has another political job. He has been
employed by the board of public works
as bold limb of the law to help fight the
Virginia debt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

THE ARGUS makes a speciality of its local
letters and it prides itself that it has the
finest and most up-to-date corps of CORE
spondents Of any county paper in the state
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22
Subscription.
KiNowooo. APRIL ~, 1909.

The Grafton Republican has little
more snap and ginger 10 it since Bro
Gus Bolden returned from Charleston.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

DIR. Fahrney's Teething Syrup is the
only baby medicine that is always safe.
Teething made easy. No bad nights.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

The Charleston press dispatches convey
the sad news that Bill Dawson is signing
for Preston county buckwheat cakes. No
chop suey for Bill Must b. afraid Of the
heather Chimes
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

hold water and scalding pain in passing il.
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overconies that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found Just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
proved so successful that a special ar
iengement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have sample bottle
sent free by mail, also book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

ho'hes' 20 that the prospects are that
there will be nothing doing in the house
for the next three or four weeks.
The attorney general has made public
q letter addressed 10 Swift & Co., the Chi
cago packers, in which he tells them that
they have been accepting rebates, but
that they will not be prosecuted II they
will promise To be good in the future.
Under the last administration the packers
would have been prosecuted for such vio-
lation of the law, despite the fact that il
was a custom Of long practice and that
the packers seem to have been ignorant
OF the fact that they were violating the law.
1t must be admitted, however, that il il
doubtful il such a prosecution would have
resulted in a conviction, so it il perhaps
TO the best interest OF the public that they
should be left off with a warning this
time and the government thus saved the
expense of II useless prosecution.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

There will he general satisfactioe over
the decision Of the supreme court OF the
United States affirming the decision Of
the Texas courts imposing fine OF 81 600
coo on the Waters-Picrce Oil Company,
which il merely branch of the Standard
Oil Company, and ousting it from the
~ nfn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

About half Of your usual porsistency
and bopefulness, devoted 10 the task Of
advertising, win make you prosper.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everyone knows Of DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney. liver and
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

Binghamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y. on every bottle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

hnuoutH you haVe KID
ney or bladder trouble.
When writingmention
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22

Job Printing when you want II and the wav vo,,
"ant IT, THE ARGUS PRINTING HOUSE
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pa - ior sale a ~ oaice.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

Built some time between 1850 and
1850 IN the very heart of Boston. in
the old North End, the Paul Revere
house is the oldest house in the city and
the only type of a colonial dwelling
house IN this country situated in the
heart of great city. This fact alone
apart from its historic interest, would
have made II worthy OF preservation.
The house was purchased by Paul
Revere in 1170 and here he lived until
1900, through the stirring revolution
ary times From the door of this house
he went forth on his famous ride OH
April 10, 1775,
In restoring the house, the Paul Re
we're Memorial association, which un-
dertook the work, did not try TO make
simply n quaint old house; its sole en-
'dearor was faithfully to restore il TO
rs nearly its original condition as pos
Bible, From being modern, three
story building and l., with Il store on
the ground floor, the house has now
been brought back to the little, low
Btrdded, two-story dwelling house aud
i, with a sharply-pitched roof covered
with handmade shingles; fine second
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

show the paper as originally discov-
cred. On the back of the paper was
found what we should today call Il
trade mark, probably n royal warrant
for manufacture; IL was surmounted
with an English crown and part of n
date and was apparently stamped on
by hand, it rccurS at frequent inter.
walls, but no ono mark was quite per
feet; so the full date could not be made
out
On the face of the paper are figures
which look like a date in Roman char
acters, these occur on the church tower
which shows through two classic col
umns, entablaturc and arch The
church tower is surmounted by ST.
Georges dragon and is of the Christie.
pher Wren type; 1t probably represents
one Of the old London church towers.
The paper, when reproduced, came
fully up to all expectations of age and
beauty OF design which the original.
discovery promised.
The association has been assured by
experts that the paper must have been
put on prior to 1870, and therefore the
room has been papered with the repro.
duced paper in order that it may be as
it was when Revere bought the house
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE

of peace he likes is the peace-with-
honor sort. He believes in having
good army and 4 good navy, and then
walking modestly. Just the same-he
has represented the government in one
or two big legal cases, for he is some
pumpkins as Il lawyer, this big, slow
moving, soft-spoken man. And not all
The gold-laccd diplomats that were ever
choked into corsets could make "Jake'
Dickinson even wabble in his assertion
of right.
That $ what those who know him
best call him" Jake It's q good
deal like calling the sphinx by pet
name. it S true. But there are half
q dozen or so who know him so, be-
cause he is companionable man. They
used to say in Tennessee that s'Jake
Dickinson never told lie or took back
the truth" and they were likely right
He IS the sort of man who is essentially
dangerous when he is aroused. In
Nashville one night he entered a room
in which were three men, who, accord
ing to rumor, had planned to kill him.
He threw back his coat TO get lead
pencil. and the three broke $40 worth of
furniture getting to the street. 1t ism 3
any wonder that 1t g considered a good
deal of an honor TO be able to call this
big chap "Jake.' Nor that when no
gets away from the mahogany of the
cabinet table he will link his arm in
that OF the president and be able to
"Aw, come on; let's 60 fshin,' BillI''
New York Globe.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
CoonviIle Observations

/ yobserb dat little larnin' in n
big head makes lots OBJ noise wid but
little sense.
Dat some folks imagine dat hit bust
railroad up IN business TO lose one
ol empty box car.
Dat all do railroads am already haul
in too many empty cars over their
lines fo' their own profit.
Dat mos ob de ladies oh Coonville
had to leah dey new hats at homo on
Eastah and den stay wild them fo'
company
Dat dc coon what neber hab any
thing loses mo- dan dc one what hab
lots.
Dat de loss oh yo' good name am
worse dan dc loss OBJ all yo money,
Dat de man what put in dc mos
time attendin' to his own business am
suah to make de bes' neighbor-
Dat some folks am neber happy 'cep~
tin when they is maxim others mis-
able.
Dat dey is mighty few niggahs what
white man see dem.
Dat whisky make jes' as big Il
fool outen niggah as hit do outen a
white man.
Dat de right to live does not. carry
wild it de necessities OBJ life. Dey is
wo 'th somethin'.
Dat yo' hold on de wo'ld am liable
to break mos any time an let yo'
fall of. Bettah be careful whah yo'
light.
Dat de folks what live in fine houses
often wash dey windows wild tears afore
dcY can see out.
Dat n cullahed skin am no disgrace
If yo' got it honestly.
Dat while yo' may not be able to
decide as to de cullah oh yo' skin, yo'
can choose the cullah OBJ yo' heart.
Dat ottomobile Deber looks to see
whether &c man am white or black what
hit run ober.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
REvERE'S HOUSE OLDEST LN BOSTON, Has BEN RESTORED

| Wasn't it Arnold Winkelried that
made that crack about ''Yon rock shall
| fly from its base as soou as 1?'s Well,
neither Arnold nor The rock had any
thing on Jacob McGavock Dickinson,
President Taft s secretary of war. Dick
inson would not 0y-frst, because fly
ing is cougenifally unwholesome TO a
man SIX feet two inches tall and weigh
ing 270 pounds when in hard condition I;
and, second. hc wouldn't fly because he
doesn't feel like aying, aud no one he
has ever met has been able to persuade
him. lie has met good many people,
TOO. in the course of the ffty-eight
wears he has fused through since Co.
Iumbus, Miss, first looked upon him
and pronounced him good.
lie was a mere child during the war
OF the rebellion, of course, He had
hardly grown large enough to tote Il
when he rammed the charge home. But
he toted it. Just the same. and you II
find mis- name on the confederate roll
if You look for it. And, having become
accustomed to conflict and the short
end. he then declared himself a Demo
crat. And he's been a Democrat ever
since. \ Democrat, mind You. ANY
through the cane brakes following the
Bryan cowbcu is Shy the first eight
rows of his mental check rack, Dick
inson, as has before been stated. is a
Democrat, hard pedal on, flags flying,
unreconstructed and unrcpentant. He
says that S why Mr.. Taft selected him
as secretary of war
Anyhow, he's so good n Democrat
that some folks take him for Rcpub
lican, until he informs them that he
has never voted any other than the
Democratic ticket all his life. When
he is given Il choice between Bryan
and a Republican, he goes fishing. Over
in Chicago-dld any one say that he
gave up a 35,000a'year Job as gen
cral counsel for the Illinois Central
road to take the $4,000 roast as a cabi.
net officer!--oyer in Chicago the news
that "Jaken Dickinson is going fish
ing spreads like benediction over the |
city. IT ism It the fact OF his fishing, !
so much as it is the stories he will tell |
when he gets bnck. The moment he !
walks through the door of any Of his
three clubs in Chicago the steward be-
gins TO telephone the fact of his re.
turn. That night all professional Chi
cago is sitting at his feet, listening to |
a master OF the art make the fact that
Il seven-inch fish smcled at his bait
smelled, and turned away--sound like
the thousand. d.and-second tale that
Scheherezade told her old man.
He really oughtn't to be asked to
stand for Chicago, though He keeps
his voting residence in Tennessee.
whore they raise other men with the
same sort of convictions he boasts He
has the old Belle Meade stock farm
down there, where he and Mrs, Dickin-
son 90 now and then to entertain
friends and watch some little gaugling
colts bud into racing promise. Dick.
nson hasn't heaps of money himself,
for he has spent about as fast as he
made. But Mrs. Dickinson is wealthy
m her own name. is q famous hostess.
lud will aid in making the Taft cabinet
I socially brilliant one. Maybe il is
because Dickinson has seen war that
10 is a man of peace. But the sort
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Contrasts in Their Careers

the others-and seven have been
judges. Here we have thirty. four
nearly three -quarters-of our new Inv
yer-members, who have come in by wav
OF public legal Office. The figures speak
for themselves
Other Stepping Stones.
Then there is also the legislature.
Iwcnty-sevcn-over n third-of our
new members, lawyers and layncn,
have come by this route. Three have
been mayors; three, aldermen; three,
city councilmen three, pustmasters;
two, shcriiia The soldier class, too, is
smal--totaling six-four Spanish war,
one Union and one Confederate vet
Gran.
The farmers rank next to the law
yers IN present occupations. but mum
bcr only eleven. Can equal number
have been teachers in past years.)
Then come eight manufacturers, seven
newspaper men, two bankers, Il MGR
chant, real estate man. q mine own
er, il grocer aud the halter and under
taker mentioned before,
And what about education, Divid-
ing these members into three classes,
we find the college graduates far in the
lead, with thirty-four: those with com
mon school educations with twenty
five, those with high school and aca-
demic education with sixteen, the en-
tircly self educated with one.
So the line of least resistance in the
congressman career seems to be by
way Of the college TO law school and
thence to the Legislature, the bench or
the elective attorneyship.
JOHN EbTRETH WATKINS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
Rheumatism,

More than nine out of every ten cases
of rheumatism are simply rheumatism
of the muscles. due to cold or damp
weather or chronic rheumatism, In such
cases no internal treatment is required,
The free application Of Chamberlain s
I.inimcnt is all that is needed, and it is
certain to give quick relief. Give it
trial and SEQ for yourself how quickly
it relieves the pain and soreness Price,
% cents; large size, 80 cents, Sold by
all druggists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

hang Of the second.story L. and while
removing the old plaster, hand made
laths and wrought iron nails which had
been used when tho room was built
were found, and two original window
the windows had evidently been built
with easement sasbes and loaded din
mond panes. When these windows
were uncovered two small clapboards
were found underneath the Iaths and
plaster, with remarkably good mold
ing at the base; so far as known, they
are the only clapboards in existence
like those which probably covered the
carly houses in this country.
On the ground floor of tho house are
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

plodding his way through military
school and through the state unlver-
sity, yet both have arrived at the same
goal at the same time.
Undertaken and Baseball Star.
Indeed, it seems us though all roads
lead to congress If trod ~~ih steady
step. There, for instarcc. is Daniel
Drlscoll, an undertaken of Buffalo. who
has made his way to this house, climb
ing over collins and cooling boards He
has been an undertaken since he was
boy and his father was in the same
grim business before him, And he
never held public Office before his cleo
tion to.the house last fail by the Demo
Gratis of Buffalo.
The first professional baseball player
to enter, the house is John Tener of
Charleroi, Pa. lie is an 1rjshman, born
III County Tyrone, and he landed in
America when only nine. He went 10
Pittsburg, clcrEed in the plants there,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

story projecting and overhanging the
hrst, This was done by removing the
various additions aud destroying
changes that had been made since Paul
Revere lived there
In removing all these later additions
and reclaimlng the changes, much time,
money and work was spent IN dctcrmin-
ing the lines OF the old roof, the im-
mensc chimney and fireplace, the orig
inal position Of the windows, doors,
etc. and preserving every piece of old
molding. beam and woodwork that was
found, in order that the new should
be an exact reproduction of the orig.
inal. The old oall-hewn beams that
may be seen throughout the house are
most Of them the old original beams,
which III only few cases had TO be
pieced out. All the old wood taken
from the house was preserved, and has
since been made INTO small souvenirs,
which arc on sale ut the house.
An instance may be given OF the
way in which some of the above points
were determined. In demolishinp an
addition at the rear Of the house which
entirely obacured the interesting over
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

tho living room and kitchen, each hav.
ing a large fireplace. The one in the
living room is large enough for a man
III the kitchen Is now exactly as il was
when Revere lived there, and in it
hangs tho old crane used by him.
On the second floor, as on the first,
are two rooms. The floor boards on
the front room are very old. and are
from, fifteen TO eighteen inches wide.
There is no doubt that these were the
very floor boards upon which Revere
and his family walked, In the back
room, the l. chamber. is an original
door, grained in such way as to make
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

played the national game at spare mo-
ments and became professional. The
old fans remember him rs n star on the
diamond from 'S5 TO 30. He played
with the Chicago National League club.
! became well known as n pitcher, and
was selected to tour the world with the
picked Spalding team i'm 1859. Since
then he has been engaged in banking at
Charleroi, first as cashier and then as
president.
Three other one-tine Immigrants en-
tered then house the other day with
Teuer, Graham of Springfield, Ill,
came over from Ireland when IN his
teens. taught school in Illinois. studied
law while teaching, entered the icgis-
latWe and became the law partner of
Senator ,Ionn NJ, Palmer, the third
Richard Young OF Flatbush, y. y, came
from the Emerald Isle when only five.
went to school in Philadelphia, learned
the leather trade, became Il wealthy
leather manufacturer in New York was
made park commissioner for Brooklyn
and Queens and transformed the barren
sand waste at Coney Island into the
beautiful seaside park. Lundin of Chi
cago came over from Sweden, became
manufacturing chemist and climbed
TO congress by way Of the state senate
Of Illinois.
Two-Tfirds Are Lawyers.
So we have new men of all stripes
sitting down IN this congress to help
revise our tariff for us, to attend 20
the infant industries and raise spend
ing money for our uncle with the long
lean legs and bewhiskered chm. 1t
is enough 10 blast the hopes of those
lads who have set their caps for con-
grcssonal career, for they know not
which highroad or byroad TO turn into.
1t may be trite to say, as has been
said over and over again, that the
surest guide through the circumbendi-
bus is that sheep-covered volume writ
by the one hand of one Blackstone,
and that the best kit to carry on your
back is the green bag. Statistics OF
the freshman class OF this sixty-frst
house of ours bears this out.
Two-thirds are lawyers. There arc
seventy-siX of these freshmen and
forty.six have sailed in over the bar.
This makes 90 per cent plus. which is
near enough to two-thirds for moral
statistics. OF these twenty-five have
been prosecuting attorneys. district at
torueys, state 5, county or city attor-
neys-more prosecuting attorneys than
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

It look as if it had raised panels. This
is a good example Of very early co.
lonial work.
In the living room, the large front
room on the ground floor, while remov-
ing the casing of the ceilipg and post
beams, it was discovered that the rear
wall had been 'furred OUT that is,
new studs had been put in and the
wall relathed plastered and papered.
Even the new laths, however. were the
old, hand riven kind used in the late
seventeenth century.
On the original plastercd wall in
back was found an architectural land.
scapc paper, This was removed and
reproduced, small piece being left to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

Tho association has on sale at the
house small panels of this reproduced
paper showing the old London stceple,
and will be glad to furnish sufficient
amount OF the paper to paper room.
A number of pieces of old colonial
furniture have been given to the house,
rs well as several articles belonging to
Paul Revere himself, such as his water
ever, his flintlock gun, his toddy warm
er, etc,
The house is open daily, excepting
Sunday, The house is now owned by
the Paul Revere Memorial association
OF Boston, which is located Mt the
house, Nos, 10 and 81 North square.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

born IN the executive mansion in AL
bany while his father was governor,
was educated in Switzerland and at
Columbia college and then he was
social favoritc IN Washington, where he
was private secretary to his father when
the latter was head of the cabinet
Returning to New York. he settled
down to law and served eleven years in
the legislature, where he was twice
elected speaker. When elected to con-
gress last fall he was serving his see
ond term rs assistant treasurer of the
United States, directing the big sub
treasury at the metropolis,
Another scion of "A distinguished fam
lly 10 cutter this congress is John Mot
ley Morehead of North Carolina. the
grandson of that John Motley More
head who was twice elected Wing gov
ernor of that state back in the forties.
While John Grant was teaching himself
alongside his pine knot fire. down there