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Arkansas has some strange laws.
They once sent a man from that
state to the penitentiary for steal
ing a pin. It had a diamond on
the head of it.
There arc several ways of taking
a rise in the world—in a balloon, in
an elevator and by the force of
dynamite; but the safest way is to
climb the ladder, never forgetting
thejlaws of gravitation.
We said last week that the Hon.
Sam Younger’s secretary was a
white man who had a grudge against
the Argus for exposing some of his
meanness aud we proceeded to find
out who it was, and just as we ex
pected it was a prominent Republi
can “leader,” who has it in for us
calling him down and showing him
up, and he had better lay very low
hereafter or we will take his tough
old hide off and hang it on the
fence to dry.
The Hon. Jim Caldwell of Hunt
ington may be a good business man
in order to amass the fortune, he is
said to have in his own name, but
if he dabbles in Republican politics
in this State for any great length of
time he will be a wiser and perhaps
sadder man. In fact he already
has one eyetooth cut and a good
showifor the other one. Your Uncle
, Bill Dawson will give the innocent
and patriotic old gentlemen a few
valuable pointers before he gets
much older.
Dont fail to read Bro. Gardner’s
Address to the Lime Kiln Klub on
the fourth page of this issue. It
contains more philosaphy and good
advice than old Aristotle was ever
accused of. The old man call down
the colored race for their extrava
gance and fast living and refers to
the little ones as “pickaninnies”
anti we suppose the Hon. Sam
Younger, ^who is now a little older
and also wiser) will break into
pr.nt again as the charapian and
Booker T. Washington of the color
ed folks hereabouts to defend them.
Indiana’s claims to being the
literary center of the United States
will be pushed at the World’s Fair.
The state commission has arranged
to obtain the original manuscripts
of many of her famous authors.
These will embrace numerous of the
earlier poems by James Whitcomb
Riley, including those that brought
him fame. There will also be the
original pages written by General
Lew Wallace, Maurice Thompson,
Charles Major, Booth Tarkington
and other literary Indianans.
^One the last page will be found
another sketch from “doings" of
the people over at the Jericho Post
office, that makes very entertaining
reading. It tells all about an old
farmer trying to drive a hog along
the road and the trouble he had and
how near he came to being turned
out of church for swearing. There
is also a widow mixed up in the
affair to add spice and flavor to the
story. Anyone who ever tried to
drive a hog along the highway will
excuse the deacon for swearing
about it.
In another column we publish a
•trong editorial from the Parkersburg
News on "Bryan and the Bolters."
*1 he News is a rampant Republican
paper, but it sizes up the situation
so well that we give space to the
article, and we are glad to note the
truth for once anyhow in a Repub
lican paper in regard to Bryan and
his campaign. Mr. Bryan is right
when he says that "no man who
supported the Palmer and Buckner
ticket can ever hope to receive the
Democratic nomination for the Pre
sidency." Nor can that gang ever
hope to control or dictate principles
and platforms for the party.
Snyder, the biggest horse in the
world, and one of the most wonder
ful animal freaks, will be exhibited
at the World's Fair. The horse Is
a perchernn gelding and is owned by
Chailts 11. Gamble and 11. Will
iams, of New York City. He weighs
a,700 p >unds. Snyder is a beauti
ful dark chestnut in color, with not
a mark on him except on his fore
head. This and two one-inch horns,
which are growing out of his
temples, are his remarkable features.
The horns can not be accounted
for. The white star or puzzle is in
the form of the forequarters of a
horse or deer, showing the legs, head
and horns and the curve of the
neck. It has also been likened to a
map of South America. A man of
average height when standing at
Snyder'a head, only reaches his
nose and when he is groomed it is
necessary to use a step-ladder.
Ml VAN AM) THK IIO I,TK Its
From the Parkersburg News
The hope of many Democrats
that Mr. Bryan would he down and
permit those who ride in the reor
ganization chariot of the Demo
cracy to roll it over him, is blasted.
Mr. Bryan has felt the thrusts to
the hilt of that gang of platform
jumpers and party bolters in two
campaigns and a man with blood in
his veins is not one to allow such
wrongs to go unrevenged.
In his Lincoln speech of several
days ago< the Nebraskan stood man
full) by his guns and whatever may
be said of the principles he so
steadfastly clings to, it cannot be
truthfully uttered against him that
he is inconsistent.
But his reaffirmation of his deter
mined pertinacity in standing to hi*
tenets, is of lesser importance than
his warning note to the bolting wing
of the party that he means -to fight
it to the death, that he and his fol
lowers may hold the reins of party
power and dictate who shall be the
candidates and what shall be the
platform. In the eastern camp of
the bolters this pronunciamcnto has
stirred up the greatest alarms and
from there are emanating screeds
accusing Bryan of lacking loyalty
and such other patriotic pre-requi
sites supposed to be canied on the
person of a modernized politician.
Ye gods! Isn’t this about the limit,
coming as it does from a gang of
bolters who deserted party and rep
udiated platform and destroyed
tneir party in at least one national
contest, when their fealty, had they
possessed it, would have doubtlessly
won a party victory.
Mr. Bryan does not stand alone
in his position. A man who had
over 6,000,000 votes in two succes
sive campaigns, is not likely to be
stripped of all his strength so soon,
"lake right here in West Virginia, it
will be found that the Bryanites are
by no means dead, nor by no means
inactive. They have not forgotten,
nor will they. Elsewhere, it is the
same as here. The Bryan wing has
to be reckoned with. Its strength
has been shown in two campaigns,
while the claims of the bolters in
those two campaigns as to their
strength now, is an unknown quanti
ty that remains to be demonstrated.
-T —
WIIAT THE BROWNLOW BILL WILL
00 FOR THE FARMER.
There is a bill introduced in Con
gress by the Hon. Walter P. Brown
low of Tennessee, and the Hon.
Jacob H. Gallinger, member of the
Senate from New Hampshire, ap
propriating #24,000,000 on the part
o( the National Government as
National aid in building wagon
roads. This money is to be appor
tioned among the States according
to their population, except that no
State shall receive less than $250,
000.
Each State receiving National aid
from the Government must add a
like amount to the sum received.
This will, therefore, cause the
spending of #48,000,000 for roads
and will build from 6,000 to 7,000
miles of splendid road and will
place in each State from 100 to 500
miles of fine hard road, which will
not be affected by frost or spring
rains and on which the farmer can
haul the year round. It will be a
great advantage to those living near
it, but it will be a far greater advan
tage to the whole country because
It will be a wonderful object lesson
and will prove to everyone that a
good, hard road which can be used
the year round, no matter what the
rains are, is a good and desirable
thing; it will make everyone who
sees this road and who uses it want
more roads just like it, and it will
cause more roads just like it to be
built.
While under the Brownlow Bill
the building of 6,000 to 7,000 miles
of splendid road is a great thing,
yet it seems to many that the great
est advantage of this bill is the
wonderful object lesson which too
to 500 miles of fine road will pro
duce when built in every State of
the Union.
Kingwood hat not a tingle ease
of smallpox, in the town or anyways
close the town, and there is no
chance for it, so far as we know
now. The Board of Health and
town officials are taking all neces
sary precautions and hare ordered
the schools and churches and pub
lic assemblies closed and suspended
for two weeks and the stores all
closed at 7 30 every evening for
same lime Some of the papers
have published farming accounts
of the ao called smallpox epidemic
10 this county and many wild state
ments are floating around, grossly
exaggerated and misleading. There
is an epidemic of chickenpox in
some sections and some measles
and perhaps some cases of smallpox
but roost of them light and lets dan
gerous than the measles.
Two redheaded Kentuckians,
twins, whose auburn haired wives
are also twins, have applied fot per
mission to exhibit themselves at the
St. Louis exposition. They want
to represent a brilliant sunset.
Jt U , ikik .
I RAMBLER.
The Political Situation Still Worry
ing Him.
Fears the People are doing Politi
cally Insane.
Has Tried for the Office of Con
stable in Years done By
Shakespeare Not the Only Man
Who Found All Men Liars.
Portland District Has Been Heard
From by Boss Flynn.
To Escape Them He Has Emigrated
to Lc^gan County the Home of
Mingo Chief.
The Long-Legged Man Has the
Best Chance to Win in a Political
Race.
Meets His Old Friend Major Scott
Felton Who Will be a Candidate*
for Assessor. •
What a great pity it is that all of
us poor mortals cannot secure a
public office. There is no question
but what all of us have a weakness
for public office. Some great
scientist has said that all people are
affected by some form of insanity.
The major portion of the male pop
ulation are affected with politica
insanity. It is their daily thoughts
and nightly dreams. They hope
against hope that the political light
ning may strike them and place
them in a lucrative public office.
I plead guilty to the soft impeach
ment myself. I announced myself
as a candidate for Constable on
several occasion, on the solicitation
of a few friends who inflated me
with the idea that I could sweep the
district like a cyclone, but some
how the district swept me out of
the contest with greater rapidity
than a cyclone, since which time I
have contented myself with hollering
for the other fellow. It is less ex
pensive and affords me a greater
amount of amusement. The im
mortal Shakespeare saul that “all
men are liars.” He must have
written this after he made the race
for public office I have heard like
expressions from defeated candi
datesjjwho never heard of Shakes
peare. But the fact that Shakes
peare and myself were defeated for
public office will not deter other
men from running for office.
The alarming news comes from
Portland District that the woods are
full of candidates. This is the
pleasant news which Boss Flynn re
ceives daily by letter and telephone.
As they receive no response from
Boss Hynn they besiege Deacon
Brown to inform them if the good
Boss has been commissioned as
embassador to the Fijaih Islands.
As the Deacon has his hands full
keeping the baby and Jeff I.los
comb out of mischief he commands
me to allay their fears and infoim
.them that the woods are not fenced
in and keep on running. This is
my reward for being the friend of
all political aspirants. My natural
feeling is to encourage all budding
and blooming statesmen who have
never read the Declaration of Inde
pendence or the Constitution, a
crime of which I was guilty untH I
quit running for office. Father
Time, and the bumps aid thumps I
received from my fellow citizens
when I imagined I was" running for
office made the necessary impres
sion upon my mind that cannot be
effaced by urgent request of my
friends to announce myself for
another slaughter. But let me re
peat however, that it is not my in
tention to discourge others I would
caution them however to beware of
that declaration which states that,
aii men are Dorn free and equal."
Thi« is not true. Some men are
born with longer legs than others,
and in the race for office the long
man wins. As an evidence
of the truthfulness of philosophy I
have only to cite you to Judge Mes
senger. Name the man who has
ever Icon able to catch the Judge
in a race for office?
But I roust tell of my trip to
Portland District, a district which
has always satisfied the inner man
and collected no tolls. I always
fair sumptiously with a little liquid
refreshments to wash down the
buckwheats. No districts possesses
more up-to-date and enterprising
men than Portland. She has her
full quota of political aspirants who
are not afraid to ask for what they
want. They notice the prizes hang
ing on the plurnb tree and they are
reaching out for them. It would
be well for other rainbow-chaser to
keep an eye on them,
I fell in with my valued friend,
Major Scott Felton, and spent a
couple of profitable and pleasant
hours. He is congeniality personi
fied. He is one of the most popu
lar men in the district. He is go
ing to be the nest Assessor from the
Fast Side, ao the people tell me.
I always lay great stress on what
people tell me, unless the Boss
vetoes it. I must respect the Boss
if I do not adirire him. ft was he
who put his weto on my candidacy
each time I loomed up for office. I
have quit looming now and I am at
liberty to sass him.
'•When the people demand that
you serve them in public office
there is nothing left but quietly
submit to it," was the philosophical
way in which Major Felton assured
my interrogatory. "I am being
urged by my neighbors and besieged
by letters from all over the county
to submit my name as a candidate
for Assessor from the East Side.
As the honor is coming without so
licitation on my fart I have fully
decided to make tho race. I must
add, however, that I realize that roy
competitors, whoever they maybe,
will not strew my pathway with
flowers. I may have to do a little
fighting before I capture the psize,
but as I feel healthy and strong I
will not mind the combat."
"In conversation with the people,
who dwell closely to my heart, I
find that they demand an Assessor
whose eyesight is not obscured by
blinkers or cataracts, which, I ob
serve yours are free from," I orated,
in my usual good-fellowship way.
"Yes, sir, you can say to the
people that I am free from blinkers
and cataracts and that ray eyesight
i9 such that nothing can escape my
eagle-eyes. They are as penetra
ing as the X-Rays. I have already
begun to make "“mental notations of
the things I see lying around escap
ing taxation. An honest and just
taxation shall be my guiding star."
Do you anticipate competitors,
and if so, are they likely to produce
nightmares to distrub your slum
bers,J’ was my next question.
"I have no anticipations of com
petitors on the East Side, for the
people are so earnest in urging me
to announce my candidacy that I
cannot imagine a man in Portland
District who would attempt to
thwart the will of the people."
“But sometimes men who have a
fondness for office imagine they are
the people and run on false pre
sumption."
“We have no such genius in
Portland. We are all inspired by
the t ame patriotism and love of |he
Grand Old Party. Our district
leaders instruct the people how to
cast their ballolts. I fear no com
petitors. If such a circumstance
should arise I will meet it. Dis
abuse your mind of such a notion."
Major Scott Felton, Assessor
from the East Side, is the way I
have figured it out. 1 do not
claim to be a prophet but I do
pride myself on being a gnesser.
There is no penalty against guess
ing and those who figure that Major
Felton will not be the next Asses
sor let ’em guess.
On my return home I passed
through the town of our ancient
enemy, Tunnelton, and found them
still discussing their recent munici
pal election, of which I hope to be
able to write up in the near future.
I have so many pressing invitations
and write ups that I am consider
ably behind with the potitiral situa
tion. I am on the trail. I'll catch
up-- The Ramhler,
The Democrats of the House of
Representatives, under the able
leadership of the Hon. John Sharp
Williams, are lining up in solid array
against the Republican party and
all it stands for. The Democratic
party in this House is going to stand
for something besides negation,
something besides mere obstruction
of Republican tactics. Hitherto,
this has been the height of the am
bition of the Democratic floor lead
er. If he could line up the Demo
crats to oppose anything that the
Republicans suggested he seemed
satisfied, and let matters go at that.
Not so with John Sharp Williams.
He wants the Democratic party to
stand for something positive, and to
place the Republican party on the
defensive, and he intends to do so
if the Democrats who are the lead
ers of the party on the floor of the
House will back him up in his in*
tentions.
Wc believe that mot of the
smallpox in the county is nothing
more are less than contagious im*
petigo and chickenpox. There are
probably smallpox cases along the
railroad and if is possible that they
have it in the Greaser family two
miles out on the pike towards Mor
gantown. Ed Greaser jmd his wife
and Dale Snyder and wife who all
live in one house and a daughter of
George Bosley, who went there to
work all had some kind of a cutane
ous eruption, but alt about well of
it and all had it very light except
Ed who had a more severe case
than the others, but at no time was
in a dangerous or critical condition,
all reports to the contrary notwith
standing. John Greasers family
who live, across the road from Ed
have been quarantined and one of
the girls had it in a very light form.
John has been out at work every
day.
Card of Thanks.
I desire lo express my sincere ihsnks to
th« people of Independence in general, and
to Fairplay I.odge I. O O. F. and U. M,
W. of A. in particular, for the kindness they
have shown us in the hour of our bereave
ment for the death of husband and father,
Mrs. Thos, Busoess and KamiIt.
IMETKICIt AND DRIUDS.
Haw One Want Free aad the Other te
Prlpea tinder the Name Law.
Senator Charles H Dietrich,
accused of brioery in connection
with the appointment of the post
master at Hastings, Neb., is a free
man. The United States circuit
court, decided that as Dietrich had
not been sworn in as a United States
Senator at the time he was accused
of selling the postoffice, he had not
violated fhe law. No attempt was
made by Dietrich to prove his inno
cence.
The Senator had not only sold
the postoffice to the highest bidder,
but had succeeded in getting it
moved into a building he owned,
for which he was to receive a yearly
income of $ 1,300, although his
building was no more desirable than
the one in which it was formerly
located, and for which the govern
ment was paying a yearly rental of
•700. This state of affairs is shown
by the postoffice inspector’s report.
hdmund H. Driggs, a former
congressman from Brooklyn, was
convicted of receiving compensa
tion for aiding in the procurement
of a contract with the government.
Although Driggs’ attorney contended
throughout the trial that his client
was not a congressman until he had
actually taken the oath of office.
Judge Thomas instructed the jury
to find him guilty.
Driggs was convicted on the same
grounds on which Dietrich secured
his freedom. Both are guilty of
being connected with the postoffice
robbery and both should be severely
punished. But Dietrich is a Repub
lican and Driggs is a Democrat.
ROHR.
John W. Lewis of Scottdale Pa.,
has been visiting friends here the
past few days.
H. H. Reed the Recdsville poet
was seen in' our midst last Saturday.
Mrs. Anne Pickenpaugh of Mor
gantown is visiting her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Molisee.
I*rench Wilson of Pisgah has been
visiting at N. J. Cresses the past
week.
A Mr. Jansan of Wheeling W.
Va., was here last week securing
stock holders in the interest of a
large manufacturing plant of that
city.
Miss Luna Shaffer who has been
sick for some time with a severe
attack of quinsy has about recover
ed.
The gypsies are still with uj.
They have been camping here ovor
three weeks telling fortunes, trading
horses, guns and jack-knives.
The protracted meeting held at
Mt. Zion by Rev. Northey was sus
pended for a few nights last week
owing to the inclement weather. .It
will resume its work shortly.
School begins at Enterprise the
25th. F. O. Shaffer will be the in
structor.
W. T. Wolf has donned the garb
of a coal miner and is digging coal
for the Push-along Scott Coal Co.,
of Masontown W. Va.
Our town is becoming quite a
place for sports. Here you can
find most any kind of amusement.
The principal pastime at the present
is boxing and some of the boys can
bring their pugilistic powers into
play in a way that is altogether
surprising. Zurn Shaffer licks
them all.
"Old Sears.u
CUZZART.
Our community is having a seige
of chickenpox.
Ray, the little son of Samuel
Feather is very sick at this writing.
I*ce Frankhouser is calling on
friends in this community.
Rev. Weigle was calling on a
number of our people the past week.
Oliver Vaniraan had a wood chop
ping Saturday.
W. A. Crane is out after several
weeks sickness.
Our school is moving off quietly
with David Vansicle at the helm.
Jerome Kelley was in our com
munity buy ing cattle the past week.
Jerome is a hustler.
A. W. Chidister has been doing a
rushing business in his store this
winter.
W. A. Wolfe was at Bruceton and
Brandonville the past week making
arrangements to extend the tele
phone line from Brandonville to
Bruceton.
James M. Barnes of negr Glade
Farmes and Miss Cora Ditmore, the
handsome and accomplished dsugh
ter of Josiah Ditmore was quietly
married at the bride* psrents on
hist Wednesday evening by Rev.
Jerry Thomus. The happy couple
went to the grooms home the next
morning. We wish the happy cou
ple a long journey through life.
We saw the smiling face of Josiah
Ditmore this morning, ffc was on
his way to his school.
■Jl. irwwt-JPookeat ^Do-tor,
Never In the war. no trouble to carry,
easy to take, pleasant and never falling In
results are DeWitt a Little Early Kiser*
A vial of these little puts In the vest pocket
l# a certain guarntee against headarlie
biliousness, torpid liver and all of Urn Ills
resulting from constipation. They tonic
and sirengthed the liver.
Sold by Wm. M, Hi nt A Co. Newburg.
Kingwood Pharmacy. Kingwood. is
I KONA.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Wakefield
were the guests of Terra Alta friends
since our fast issue.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Shears, Jan. 15th a fine girl.
E. W. Thomas and Jesse T.
Peters are out at Mttsontown where
they have a large contract of haul- \
ing.
Geo. Beveriagc and his friend
from Cumberland spent a few days
with friends here during the past
week.
Miss I.eota Brahani spent Sunday
and Monday with Kingwood friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilson,
Miss Mollic Griffith and Lucy
Savage returned from a weeks visit
among Kriendsville Md., friends.
Mr. anvl Mrs. Win, Beveriage
and daughter Lillian returned from
a two weeks visit among Fairmont
and Flnterprisc friends.
F^very one seems to be greatly
excited over the smallpox scare.
All public meetings are closed
around here and some of the
schools.
Some of the m.'ners arc still out
on a strike while a great number
of them have gone to work.
John Shears happened with a
very painful accident Sunday by
falling on the ice and cutting his
hand and breaking several bones in
it.
J. J. Cribble moved 'Thursday
from house No.6 into one of C. A.
Craigs houses.
Some men will work overtime in
trying to devise schemes to avoid
labor.
A man of mark is one whose sig
nature looks like the end of a saw
buck.
"All is not gold that glitters” but
some people don’t know the differ
ence.
It doesn’t take a mutton-headed
dude to cast a sheep’s eye at a pret
ty girl.
Trying to run a business without
advertisigg is like trying to burn a
lamp without oil.
It is a mistake to think drinking
liquor will drown your troubles, It
will float them.
Our friends may sometimes think
of us, but our enemies often speak
of us.
“TIIF. NO BABY CLUB.”
February Number or “Revelations’’
Writes it Up.
The February number of “Revelations,”
Ross Morris’ monthly magazine, printed at
Fairmont, W. Va., is just out. An essay
on the “No Baby Club” is perhaps the
wildest of all the untamed disquisitions in
the magazine. . It is snid that some Ameri
can folks who don’t want to be bothered
with babies started the club, and “Revela
tion*"’ grre* after it with heavy guns. There
is an essay on IJonie, Reed Smoot, Modesty, !
Mugwump Mayor, Tax Troubles and twenty
"or thirty other things in this issue. Morris
lays of his paper : “The circulation is al
ready twice ns large as I. expected it would
be in a year. “Revelations” will continue
to print the truth as near as it can and let
’em howl. It seems to suit the thinking
public.”
“Revelations” costs a dime nt all news
stands. For sale at the Argus Rook Store.
PLEASANT VALLEY.
Correspondence of the Argus.
J A. Light and S F. Calc were at Terra
Alta, Mouday of last week.
Miss Msbla Rigg, who was visiting at
her grandfather s returned to.her home at
Terra Alta last week.
There was a larfe crowd attended the
spelling B at Sugar Valley, on Saturday
night.
K. C. Bishop sold a line horse to John
Miller.
We sec Karl Bishop on otir streets with
a fine horse. Earl is ^trader.
D. F. Gale Is going to move to Wood county
in the spring
1 hero was a sled load from here railing
on Ollyer Liston and wife of Valley Point
Sunday.
Our school is gcltiog along mpet) this
winter with Mrs. H. H. Griffin teacher. Wc
would be glad If she would give Pleasant
Valley a spelling B sometime this winter,
Miss Minnie Smith of Terra Alta tsyfisli
her brothers. Wilbert sad Lawercnce
Smith of this place.
We see J. T. tiaily in our neighborhood
looking up more coal land.
_ / R*n Kosr,
C«l. Nemcgjel |»ead
The many friends in this county of Col
Pellx' de Nemegyel will regret to learn of
hlA death, which look place in Charles
Town, this State, laat Sunday January 24.
t«©4. «Hlor a short illness from kidney
trouble The funeral waa today, in Wash
ington City and the burial In Congressional
Cemclry. The deesased was born January
*Sth, il>5 in Hungary and had a varied oa
rcer. He had been residing in King wood
for several years and spent last summer
here. He spent several years in Central
America aa a civil engineer. Jle came to
Preston county in 1*77 and opnated Iron
dale JMtrnance for acvera; years. He it
survived by his wife, who was Miss Kilts
beth Young, a daughter of hr. Youifg of
Washington City, and a daughter Mrs
Henri de Hlllier, and a son H lyfor.
A Vert f lose Call.
' I stuck to my engioe. although everr
Joint ached and every nerve was racked
with pain." write* C. W. Bellamy, a lo
comotive fireman; of Burltngtrm. Iowa.
’•I was weak and pale, without any appetite
and all run down. As I was about to give
up. I got a bottle of Klectrlc Hitlers, and
after taking It. I felt as well as I over did
In my life.” Weak, s-ckly, run down
people alwaja gain new life, strength and
vigor from their use Try them Price so' .
Hold by J A l^nhart, of Kingwrmd.
Oocke Supply Co., of Howesvilln: Irons
Supply Co . of frona.
Settee.
All person* having claims against the
Town of Kingwood for the year ending
Jannaty 31, 1004, are requested to present
the same to the Recorder At once, as the
preaeni council desire* 10 settle up promptly.
Respectfully,
Joins It, Kr»kt», Recorder,
Forrml According U the Frsgnmtict*
lion "fl'i'or HUk*.
Uy the i*t. storm areas will begin to form
over the western parts of the country
marked depressions of the barometer will
be moving eastward, and wide areas of
rain and snow and sleet will pass east
u unity across the country during the ist
to the 4th. Ordinarily a cold wave and
bliriard would appear before the 4th, but
the Moon does not pass the celestial equator
uotil the 4U1. hence the storms of this
period may not reach blissardoua propor
| tions until after that date. The Mercury
disturbance continues up to about ilia 10th.
hence cloudy, murky, sleety weather will
! continue in atl probability Into the reac
tionary period central on the 61I1. 7th and
8fh. If heavy snow sod sleet storms do
not appear during the first four days of the
month, such storms will almost certainly
develop about the 6th to the 9th. But the
chances for marked winter storms on and
near the first day of the month are many.
Upon the whole, muck threatening weather,
with severe wittier storms are almost
certainties during the firjl eight to ten days
of February, or until the Mercury influence
subsides. This will prove one of the most
general and destructive sleet periods of
the winter, and at least one severe cold
wave may be counted on. Two ara quite
probable, one not lar from the tst. and
another on and about the 7th and 8th.
Thqse who (live out on the great plains of
the west and north should exercise prudent
watchfulness for themselves and their live
stock at this time. In the nature of the
case tlie Mercury perio I groups the first
two storm periods of the month into one
prolonged spell of threatening weather,
and severe winter storms.
I lie third storm period is central on the
lath and reaches from the loth to the 161I1
Falling barometer and general storms of
rain and snow will return about the 14th,
15th nnd 16th. Tills period will culminate
about tiie time of the new moon on the 16th,
bringing storms of a tropical nature south
ward, with change to bllxxardous features
in the west and north. This period is also
prolonged by Hie new moon on the 16th
nlmost up to the reactionary storms about
the 18th and Iqlb. If rising barometer and
cold wave follow immediately after the
new moon on tbo totji, a sudden revulsion
to storm condition will reappear about the
i8tli to aoth. These storms will also be
followed by a high barometer and cold
wave about the aotli to the sand. All
through the last half of the month this
growing Vernal equinox will bn fcltt pro
longing the regular storm peiiods, causing
sporadic squalls of rain, wind and snow,
and bringing some dangerous tropical
storms up from the regions of the equator.
The last regular storm period for
February is central.on the34th, its disturb
ing influence reaching from the 22nd to the
»7lh. The first stages of this period will
bring change to much warmer in western
parts—winds will change to southerly and
easterly, the barometer will fall, the
hygrometer will show increasing humidity
and more storms of rain, turning to snow
on the north side, will pass oastwardly
over the country from the 24 to 27th.
As the month goes out generally fair and
colder weather will prevail. In the western
extremes, reaction to warmer will hare set
in, and the barometer will bo falling
preparatory for the reactionary storms duo
the first three days of March.
We take occasion tossy again that the
, half of February annually is under the
growing Influence of the Vernal equinox,
and for this reason alone threatening
weather with spurts ol rain, snow and sleet
are liable to ap.-ear any day. Our critics
arc right in saying that we cover almost
the whole time with Causes of storms,
lint they forgot in making these criticisms
that they themselves claim- that "it is
storming somewhere [every dav." If this
lie so, then there must certainly be some
cause or causes or It trams* and storms
without a cause. Isn’t this logical? If
there must be n cause for these things. It
must vary In its effects from time to time
or the phenomena which we witness is out'
of harmony with their cause. All know
that ilu-j>»Hs not the same amount and
intensity of storm and precipitation "some
where every day." but that these phenomena
rise and fall to maxima and minima peri
odically. I he intelligent millions have
already tested and decided the fact that
our storm charts explain and provided lor
these periodic maxima and minima periods,
giving a reason for any light disturbances
that may occur "somowhere everyday,"
and for the great storms and tempests that
are general at other times. The groat
equinoctial storms are not predicted to fall
on a fixed or specific day. but within
clearly defined periods. The March and
September equinoctial periods extend to at
least four weeks before and after the
^enfral days of the. periods, dangerous
tftorms being probable at anv time in those
periods.
TIIE BCCKEYE STATE.
Clayton. Ohio.
Dkar Editor:—A» we litve been penis."
ing your paper and love to read the bap
lining* of our old home and othei placet,
wilt try to give a thort description ot our
present abode, and If this letter escapes
the waste basket, may write again sometime
This little village of al ul four hundred
and fifty Inhabitants Is located twrflvc miles
northwest of Dayton (on the Dayton A
Northern Traction'ine.l und one mile south
of the National Road. A beautiful vulley
divides the town Into two parts, and just a
little to the west is the line road dividing
Randolph township frpm Cloy. There is
but little water now in the small stream Rt
the bottom of the velfey, but several years
ago there was a small river flowing be
tween the banka. Cutting off the timber
lias depleted the water supply, and a little
race which formerly supplied a grist mill.
Is dry and over g£pwn with grass, and the
mill Itself is no longer open.
South of the Traction line can he seen
the remains of a distillery, which was In
operation before the war. 'I he owner of
this distillery became a millionaire while it
was In operation; built a theatre In the
city of Dayton, and spent bis last days In
the “Infirmary “ Such are the wages of
labor In the manufacture of the "poisonous
stuff" that drags so many people to de
struction.
A llttlfc way up the stream hf a huge
boulder, liow it came there Is a mystery.
There Is nothing like It anywhere near,
I ho boys have decorated it on all sides
with their names and Initials, until it looks
like some old Indian relic of pre historic
times. A little f *rlher up the stream Is the
finest stream of water In the country, ft |g
familiarly called the * Rattlesnake Spring.’'
The name of the spring Is something of a
misnomer, as there are no rattlesnakes
near the place now, but when the country
wa* new this was one of the favorite sun
nlng spots of the reptiles, (list across the
valley from this Spring is a gas well that
was drilled at an expense of fa 000. There
is gas in the hole, but it Is not of a good
quality Too much soot is left when It
burns, and although It is piped to an ad
joining houss, it is not used on tills ac
count. Still. It would doubtless be prefer
able to aoft- coal, especially as long ns It
remains #115 a ton and rero weather
"’bin*. Two Pskstoxians
THE PANAMA KEVOLITION.
* -
E«rl» as Enralsbed »#y Ike New Turk
Wnrk.
Beluw are given the actual fact* of tba
revolution in Kanawa which resulted ia the
rrcatiow of tbe Republic of Panama and n
trensy with the United Stnte* by which the
Utter w to construct the Isthmian canal. R
These facts present the revolution and its
consequences in an entirely contradictory
light from that given by President Roose
velt in his special message to both houses of
Congiess in which he declared that Itia Ad
ministration had uo part, directly of in
directly, in the revolution. '
The World gathered these facts from men
who took an active pert in tbe eveuts de
scribed. The greatest care was taken to
tubetantUie all of the statements here given,
Lacts gathered from o-te source were sub
mitted to others, usually those with inteieata '
antagonistic to the original informants, and
a complete check was made by the World,
as far as could possibly be door, to verify
all of its information. These facts show :
1- I the Panama revolution was fos
tered and promoted in many ways by a syn
dicate of New York and Paris brokers who
had formed an inuneoae pool for speculating
in the shares and other securities of the
Panama Canal Company. This syndicate
furnished *100,000, which was used by tbe
revolutionary parly in Panama to perfect the
revolution. Of this money *8,000 was
used to bribe Colombian troops and get
them to leave the Isthmus.
2. ihe agent of chief reliant* of thi*
speculative syndicate was Philippe Bunau
Varilla, the present Minister of the Panama
Republic to Ihe United Stales. The leading
member of the syodicate was Minister Var
illa’a brother, Maurice Varilla, editor of the
Matin, a Paris newspaper. The'shares of
the Panama Canal Company when the
bankers’ syndicate took hold of the revolu
tionary project were Selling at 67 on the
Paris Bourse. Yesterday they were selling
at 115. The profit! of the syndicate at
present prices are estimated at $4,000,000.
3. That the operations of the bankers’
syndicate and (he connection of Minister
Varilla with the speculative pool was not
known until quite recently by the native
Panamanians who went into the revolution
purely out of a spirit of loyalty. There is
no evidence that any of these joined with
the speculative pool or reaped any of its
profit*.
4. 1 hat the appointment of Varilla as
Minister of the new republic to this country
was bitterly opposed by leaders of the
revolutionaiy parly on the Isthmus until
they discovered through representatives they
had sent to Washington that nothing could
be done in the way of getting assistance
fromathis Government except through Mr.
Varilla.
S• *oroe time befure the revolution
occurred Varilla insisted to the active lead
ers of the revolution that he must he made
Minister of the republic to this country, in
exchange for whlrt he would furnish : First,
the revolutionary fund necessary; second,
that lie would have United States warships
on the scene at the proper moment to serve
the interests of the revolutionists; third,
that he would have the United State* rec
ognize the Republic of Panama imn-ediately
after the revolution, \farilla kept all three
pledges.
MOUNT ZION.
Correspondence of The Argus.
Permit us a small space in your paper for
our few happenings and excesses.
M. S. Johns is still among the afflicted of
1 our community.
Such feed at hay. straw and fodder
seems to be holding out pretty well so far
I in.this part of the county.
Ezra Forman is spending a few days at
j home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Warned were
callers at Kingwood last Tuesday.
W’olle and Falkenstine have their saw
rnilHn operation now. back on the Frank
houser p-operty on the hills ol Cheat.
Addle Graham was calling at Hudson
Thnrsdny. s
Miss Cora Cale of Pleasant Valley, was
visiting her sister Mrs J. R Johns, a few
days last'wcck.
Chas. Warned of Hudson, tfas the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johns Saturday.
Chas. Seal and Miss Kheua Warned were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warned
last Sunday.
Among our Monday travelers were John
and Frank Wolfe. Henry Smith and Oliver
Cale. of Rockville; Will Walls and Winfield
Frankhouscr, of Pleasant Valley.
No bodv dead with smallpox yet or at
least we havent learned of any yet. And
as for th it article wc wrote that did injure
to Terra Alta aa the Republican ataled in a
late Issue, we feel sorry for that now but it
cant be helped. Th# scare originated I
suppose from what we wrote. We have
two letters here showing in black and
white from Terra Alta that the smallpox
was raging about there and the letters
also stated that about three fourths of the
people had resorted to vaccination for a-'"
preventive against the disease And if we
havent forgotten our selves the Terra
Alla correspondent to the Argus aaid
something to that effect and he also stated
that the town council would not allow any
church meetings war any thing of the kind
l or our part we din t know but what It
was true until the publishers of tha Tnrrn
Alia Republican called The Argus down
We dont care for our selves so far as that
goes, but we are sorry that the report
went through the columns of The Argus
and injured terra Alta, but we hope, nor
neither do we think, such will Injure any
place again by us at least Brown will have
to phone around when wc write and aae if
things arc so We hope the Republican
will pardon The Argus, but for ourselves
•we dont ask any apology. For we can
show in black and white what we have
said already, which came from that place
We wonder If it wouldn't be a good idea
for some of our preachers to announce a
smallpox scare In hell, we predict ihere
would be more good accomplished at the
end,
lv E E I* O U T
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CASIONAL GLASS OF
LKWIN’S WHISKEY
STRAIGHT, OR WITH A
LITTLE HOT WATF.K
ALWAYS IN STOCK.
Finch", SRt. Vernon.
Ouckonhelmer. Dllllnger.
Gibson Overholt,
Large* Thompson.
Bridgeport.
and we will offer them to yon unadulterated
6 year old at fs.oo per full quart, 6 quarts,
oo '
Grandfather's Choice
Whiskey guaranteed j yesrs old, ftoopti
gallon.
We p«v express charges on all mall
orders of $5 00 or over. Goods shipped
promptly.
ROBERT LSWINAOO •
Wholesale Dealer In Wines and Liquors
NO 14 SMITHFIEI.Dn.,
Pittsburg. Pa.
BHI Long Distance Telephone tty*.
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