West Virginia argus. [volume], January 27, 1887, Image 2

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Kntered at the tx»stoftlce at Kingwood an
second-elan* mailmutlor.
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KINGWOOD, - JANUARY J7, IH*7.
Thk Dow liquor tax law is raising
a hobble of excitement in the Buck
eye State just at this time.
Tuk next Governor of West Vir
ginia will come from the eastern part
of the State. We believe his initials
are E. B. F.
The legislature will have little
time for play if they look after all
the bills now before that bo<1y for
consideration.
Thk Inter-State Com me rco bill has
passed both houses of Congress. It
was vigorously fought by the railroad
managers, but to no purpose.
The lower bouse of the Illinois
legislature has passed a bill appro*
priating $50,000 for the erection of a
monument to Gen. Logan in Chicago.
Wiiat this Stato needs is a new
and thoroughly organized Democrat
ic State Committee, Our State Com
mittee did simpl)’ nothing in the last
campaign.
The County Court of Kanawha has
granted license and once more whis*
key is sold openly at the State Capi
tal, The Prohibitionists arc said to
b: perfectly horrified.
The powers of Europe arc all
shaken up over the Bulgarian ques
tion and a general war may be In
dulged in before a final settlement of
the matter is consummated.
We do wonder if the present legis
lature will fool away much time on
the prohibition amendment question.
If they do they ought to afterwards
hire some one to kick them.
Oil, in paying quantities,lias been
discovered near Roanoke City, Va.,
and much excitement has been caus
ed in that vicinity. Drilling opera
tions are to be commenced at once.
The Republicane sat down on D.
M. Wotring with a dull thud in the
last county convention, and it would
not surprise us much if D. M. does
not forget it soon either. He says
nothing but,no dount, thinks volumes.
Fkamk Hiscock has been elected
U. S. Senator in New York. Blaine’s
man, Warner Miller, was badly de
feated. Hiscock’s election proves
that Mr. Blaine is not as popular in
the Empire State as many people Im
agined him to be*
The Journal last week announced
that James G. Blaine is preparing his
speeches for the publisher and they
will^soon be given to the public. A
number of Mr. Blaine’s letters were
given to the public in 1884, ami they
proved very interestin’ readin’.
Theiie are many leading Repub
licans througqout the country who
think Gen. Sherman, of Ohio, will be
the next Republican nominee for the
Presidency. Indeed, it looks like he
is the top dog in the fight now. The
convention is too far in the future,
however, to predict with much cer
tainty as to what it will do.
If Mr. Elliott isiuch a fine survey
or, why did not Mr. Jcssop get him
to survey the Austen mines last
week ? Why did he send down here
and get a man to do the job who nev
er studied “algebra, geometry, trig
onometry, calculus, or the higher
mathematics ?” The camgaign is
over and we ask these questions more
as a gentle reminder than anything
else.
The Rowlesburg people are al
ready discussing among themselves
the best location for the proposed
county bridge across the river at that
place. We imagine the Court will
appoint a committee to locate a site
for the proj>oscd bridge at the prop
er time, and in the mean time the
citizens of the River City may cense
their discussions long enough to take
a drink and draw a long breath.
I he engineer corps is now at work
surveying and locating the proposed
line of railway extending from Mor
gantowa via Recdsville to Newbnrg
In this county. Whether or not the
road will be built is more than we
shall at this time venture to pass an
opinion upon, but we must confess
that it looks like the company means
business judging from the manner in
whirb they are going at things. If
the road is completed it will opeu up
a rich mineral and ngricultnral sco.
tion.
It <■%<»! ii i inn % oi llc|rrl.
[We unintentionally omitted to
publish tho following last week.
-Ed.]
Resolutions of regret, on the death ;
of Charles Lee Anderson, by the
| Newburg Union Sabbath School, of
Newburg, W. Va:
Wiiekkas, It has pleased onr
Heavenly Father to remove from our
midst, by the hand of death, our be
loved associate and school mate Chas.
Lee Anderson, on tho morning of
January lo; therefore, he it
Rrsolved, That we bow in humble
submission to the will of an All-wise
Providence, and while we have been
deprived or n loving associate and
our school of an earnest scholar, we
cherish the hope that he is now join
ed to that great school above, over
which our Heavenly Fatherpresidos,
and that we deeply sympathize with
the bereaved family.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be presented to the laroily
of the deceased and a copy sent to
the county papers for publication and
a copy kept in the journal of the
Newburg Union Sabbath School.
Miss Tii.lik Smith.
Miss Maqcie Hiloautneii,
S.vmuki, Staniiaoan,
Geoiiok Gii.dbauoii,
Committee.
—The Board of Education, of
Union District, have passed an order
prohibiting the use of their school
houses for any other than free school
purposes. They are not fir wrong
in this.
-The‘following pensions have been
re issued to West Virginia appli
cants : Wm. Glover, of Terra Alta;
John W. Combs, of Newburg. The
following pension has been increas
ed : Eugene Sypolt, of Terra Alta.
—If Newburg gets the proposed
railroad from Morgantown it will be
come the business center of the coun
ty, an honor that Terra Alta, Rowles
burg and Newburg all claim heir to
at the present time,
—The protracted meeting which
has been in progress in the King
wood M. E. Church for over two
weeks was postponed last night un
til the epidemic of measles shall
have abated in town.
—Rowlesburg has a minstrel troupe
that is said to be above the average
amateurs. They expect to visit our
town before long and give one of
their entertainments, We bespeak
for them a good house in advance.
—Smith Crane, Esq., the veteran;
Clerk of our C ircuit Courts, fell on I
the iey pavement in front of his res
idence Monday evening and broke
his left arm at the wrist. The fract
ure is an oblique one and very pain
! ful.
—Dr. Scott, of Terra Alta, has in
his possession a plat of Kingwood
made more than one hundred years
ago. The court-house at that time
stood on the now vacant lot lying
east and along side of Dunn’s hotel
property.
— Mr. Jcssop, of the Austen Coal
Company, was very willing to sign
A. Judson Elliott’s testimonials dur
ing the last campaign, but last week
when he wanted some mine survey
1 ing done he sent down for Monroe to
come up and do the job. Selah !
— Ayer’s Pills cure constipation,
improve the appetite, promote diges
tion, restore healthy action, and reg
ulate every function. This medicine
is pleasant to take and gentle in its
operation. Hee article in Ayer's
Almanac.
—The trouble between Cresap’s
heirs and Mrs. Dr. Kemble in regard
to a piece of land near town has
finally been settled. Mrs. Kemble
gives the Cresap heirs $200 and get*
possession of the land in controversy.
! This puts an end to what has been
a long and bitter dispute.
—Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Is prescribed
and recommended by eminent phys
icians, and is taken with perfect safety
i by old and young. Its cleansing and
| vitalizing effects are sure and speedy,
and it is universally conceded to be
the most effective of ali blood
purifiers.
Mr. J. E, Hagans, of Thornton, I
was in town on last Friday evening,
attending a meeting of the Equitable
Aid 1 nion, of which he is a mem
ber. He made us a pleasant call.
-Mr. Win. O. Ilrown, of King
wood, was in Grafton on Monday, on
his way to Wheeling, where he ex
pected to join the State Har Associ
ation on an excursion to Charleston,
whither they were going to attend
the annual meeting of that associa
tion. The Democratic portion of
the association are not supposed to
be adverse to taking s hand also in
the fight for U. N. HenaP>r. now
raging In Charleston, and in the
I effort to unite the divided Demo
cratic forces.—(Grafton tVntinel,
A protracted ruceiiug lias been in
progress at Hie Lutheran church for
some time, which is well attended by t
all. May the good work go on.-I
Messrs. C. I*'. Dodge and Raymond i
Weills were visiting nt Terra Alta i
and vicinity from Friday till Hun- i
duy\-John Sister, of ltodumers,
passed through here Thursday en
routc to Texas'lo visit his sister who
is teaching at that place,-Judge
Vale, of Washington, I). C’., has been
in this section for some time looking
after his interests.-Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Frush and Mr. Truman '
Fyacll and his sister Ada, of Acci
dent, Md„ were visiting near this
place last Saturday ami Sunday.
We understand that Thomas Start/.- ’
man has sold a part of his farm to L.
A. 1’anlic who will soon erect a man*
sion and move thereto-We’ll bet
our best cap that we have the best
sleighing snow here that there is in
the State. The young folks arc inak
inggood use of it too. 1 used te en
joy it myself in my young days, but
as I am now neatly three score
years of age, I have no desire for
“sich things.-A certain young
man while out sleighing a few days
ago said to his girl, “sleighing with- 1
out candy is a nuisance,” when he1
sedately put his baud into his pocket
and broughtout three lozenges which
he spontaneously divided with his
sweet-heart.-We understand that
the mumps arc ^uito plentiful at
Brooksidc at present.
Jim Forcoiw.
( it ion nimrlct.
Middletown.—Our pleasant sleigh
ing snow has left ns and the fair ones
are lamenting over its loss- The
sleighing was better during the past
six or eight weeks in this neighbor
hood than it has been for years,
Mrs. Alfred Wilson and son, of Reno
Distriet, have been visiting relatives
and friends in this vicinity. They re
turned to their home on Thursday,
last.-The whooping cough has
made itself known to several of our
people*-A protracted meeting is
being held on GoH Ridge.-1. II.
Ilarshbarger spends his leisure hours
near Terra Alta. Heb May not go
back after school closes.-Mr. A.
J. L.f has an Id(e)a that he will at
tend school at Kingwood this com
ming summer,-We beg leave to
inform His Majesty, the “Reporter,”
of the Journal, that lie i9 badly mis
taken in regard to who wrote (lie ar
ticle over the nom de jilnme af “Slim
Jim.” Wc haye the privilege, Mr.
Reporter, to make known to you that
Conley is not “Slim Jim,” of the. Jour
nal. Brother “Reporter,” always
look before you leap, be sure you’re
right then go ahead.-On last
Thursday, Chas. llolyard was seen
running, hat in hand, and shouting
at the top of his voice. Every one
within hearing supposed that his
mind had become deranged. But af
ter getting him somewhat quieted,
and enquiring the cause of his great
hilarity, he said: “There’s a new
boy at my house, a seycn pounder,
too!”-Mr. Oliver Lantz passed
through here on last Friday. He had
been over in Reno replenishing the
teachers’ purse of that district. Oliver
is one of our progressive young man,
Tiie J ok Kit.
I'reo Triitlr,
The reduction of internal revenue
and tlie taking off of revenue stamps
from Proprietary Medicines,no doubt
has largely bene fitted the consumers,
as well as relieving the burden of
homo manufacturers. Especially is
this the case with Green's Axujvxt
Flower and Road tee's German Syt up,
on the reduction of thirty-six cents
per dozen, has been added to increase
the size of the bottles containing
these remedies, thereby giving one
fifth more medicine in the 75 cent
1 s'zc* The shujudf Flower for Dispep*
sia and liver Complaint, anti the GVr
, man Syrup for cough and lung troub
les, have perhaps, the largest sale of
any medicines in the world. The
advantage/} of increased size of the
bottles will be greatly appreciated
by the sick and afflicted, in every
town and village in civilized .countries
Sample bottles for 10 cents remain
1 the same size.
[1-1.1-87.
j —Apples are in grsat demand in
the east. The merchants of Terra
Alta have menoutfn different parts
of the county buying all the apples
that are for sale and paying the cash
for them. Our farmers should pay
, more attention to fruit cnlture. Met
out more and better fruit trees. It
will pay.
—A week or two nine® Mr. Hoke
and his little son Lawrence, were
passing the post-office building the
second story of which is used by the
K nights of Pythias as a lodge room.
The youngster accosted Ins father
thus: "Hay, father, jvljQt does K.
of I*, stand for ? Does it uje/jp
F nights of Poker?” Mr. Hoke, who
1 is 4 member of the lodge, explained
to the mom the meaning of the letters
and the matter was at. on op dropped.
— Misa Krnina Hhaw gave her yoiiMg
friends a parly last Monday evening,
it f»eing her 11th hirlh-day. Tim
youngsters had quite a pleasant time
a*d jifliss Krnma war. the recipient of
many beai/lful presents On the
same evening Misa /.izzie Parks en
tertained a number of her friends also.
— Harry Worthington is nnxiot/s
to he promoted in the mail service
and thinks 8am Jfooton's shoes
would exactly fit Ida feet We are
anxious to see Hooton discharged
from tie service and would ns soon
1 see Harry get his place n- any other
o»an we know of. in 1hr light of
common n*?nse and in the name of
i Democracy Hooton ought to be
fiouftted.
I’lrtt <itt lit llisliicl.
J/wiiKit.—The wcathei continues cold
and chfingciih'6-»Mwwing. mining, mil I
blpning » re^nhr burrlcHiio -The re
com snow fitled it|> the rtKidi no :«m to ;
make them clnirwt impassible fora short
tint*.— Mrs. JihKo Martin, «>r AHeight*,
is lying il t ho |x>iut of dontli ni.tl ere thin
is in print sha iimv havo passed from '
earthly view.— -The literary s«»*;b ty on ;
last Tuesday evening mbs h failure, the
weather bttiri^ very severe that the an- i
dience was vervaniall and Hie debate wti
continued until tho next meeting ^1 tho
S-x »!>/,-There i* but very li'H" sick
ness in our community at present. Some !
few are complaining ol colds,-Mr. A. I
C. Titchonell Is hauling log* to the steam i
sawmill, preparatory to building him
self a dwelling house.-Mr I’etiI* Wll- I
son* of tills place, tilks of moving his
store goods to Tunnelton. We In po that
he will conclude to stay among us as lit) j
is n jolly old veteran and a .staunch Deni- j
o< rat.-Mr. Noah A. Titehenell, wife
and daughter, Miss Ida D , have been :
visiting friends out near Terra Alla the |
past week. Mr. T., says that the sm^w is ,
drilled out thsieao that traveling is huh- j
ponded in some places.-Mr. Howard
List* ii is in tho cattle business at the
present. IN o taw him diiviug a little i
calf past Mr. A. P. Titehenell s one day |
the last week.-Clint Titehenell Is com I
plaining hern of late from loosing to
much sleep! WO guess is tao cause. A
pom- excuse indeed,— Mr., Alraham
Liston and her son, Howard are visiting
at North Union, Valley ULtiict.-Mr.
Jo I Titchonell was visiting his many rel
utiven boro since our last.-Mr. •'Tub.”
Tents is digging colo lor Henry Copo
inun of near Kingwood -Chancy Mar
tin is back from Pa. iles 3’s it was too
cold for Him to work.-Mr, Kd waid
Dishop has been visiting friends at Terra
Alta loi tin past two weeks, lie talks of
going out I here to school the rest of He
winter. —Mr. J. M, Hinson, of Mt.
Pleasant echool, was at the County Neat
oil last Saturday,-Miss Lauia lMnger
and Kntlo McNair, were visiting at Per*
ly Mtdheny’s on last Sunday.-Miss
Deitha Metheny was visiting tho past
week at Mi. Newton Marlin's.-ThU
cold weather has driven Tiny I). M., into
tho coal haiiK, to keep Itotn lieezing to
death.—— Wo aro reliably intormed, that
there is some trouble existing between
tho taacber and patrons ot tlio Deep Hol
low school house. We wore informod
that tho "Marin'' used tho lurch too free
ly on some of the smaller ones for light
ing. Nome say the trus.ecs said lor her
to whip, while others say not. • Mrs.
Civilla Metheny is visiting friends at Al
brlghtsyillo.-Mr. J. M. Gibson, tlio
young pedagogue, of this place, paid
eriundship, Valley District, a visit on
Silurduy and Nutiday.-Mr. Denton
McNair was in our midst tlio past week
on special business. Nlio says “como
again, Deni?"-.Success to T11 k Aiuius
and il this does not hit tho waste basket
wo will eotno again.
STILb GKTTINO TtIKUK,
l'ortlund District.
Oak Grove,—The meicury has been in
tho vicinity of zero several lime* this*
week.-Peter Titchcnefl end betterlui 11,
«»l Pleasant District, wore visitin'? rela
tivoH in i IiIh vicinity this wo elk.-Hev.
Moses Titchenell, of near Rrticeton, was
circulating among his friends ami rola.
lives here this week.-Wo undeivtaud
that the good people of Oak drove con
template erecting another church in tho
near future-Mrs. Kato Virus has been
confined to her room for some time. We
hope she may soon bo able to attend
meeting again,-Mr- W. It. Freeland
graced his school with a spelling beo,
Friday night, finite a crowd was present
and took an active part in tha match. Mr.
Freeland is a man of lofty intellect, of
wonderful enthusiasm, and of a deep
religious nature. lie joined a temper
ance order about a year ago, and in the
care of such a teacher can tho youths of
our land be committed with safety-——
Moses Lee will also favor his school with
a spelling m-.tcli, Friday night, Jan. V8
A good time is anticipated.-Miss Kate
bee is, we are sorry to w rite, quite ill at
this time.——Mr*. Jiulda Dodge, who has
been lying at tho print of reath for some
tlmo is, we oro glad to say, oonvaloscing,
-We notice our young Iriond Judsou j
Freeland in the vicinity of Oak drove, j
last Sunday, sleigh riding some < f the '
fair sex*-John It, May says If ho onlv
had a sleigh in which to haul his “dul- '
dim,” he would ••|je a* happy as a big
nun flower that nods and bends in the :
breezes."— We understand that the !
trustees of Hoy Run school, < r at least
two of them, Iw ye res dved to allow a
."juries pf meetings to bo hold in their'
school housosj rogardioss of the order ro
c cindy parsed by tho UoaiJ qf )$duc8tion.
Now we think it host for those trustees I
to go a little slow, m they aro lialde t*> ]
get a ‘‘dishonorable discharge” at any j
lime.-(Ji Inert Metheny has about con
I eluded to purchase sixty acres of laud of
Thomas p. Alhrlidit and n.ake his fu
ture home in neii'hhoihnod, dilhoit
is a popular young man, an<l yyo would
be glad to have Idui i.i our midst. —
Mias Nora Darned returned to her home
in Pleasant District, a few days ago.
Charles Vanslokle and .vife, ofUiant Dis
triot» were visiting relatives ho'o this
IIaiuiy IIai.k.
ftnmel li i Mif % on >
** Wliyf"
lleoauao it will nM you morn tl hu any
thing al*e fnacuulrlng knowledge. Ur
I oeyirp t '"III hof|* % on t.> m gfMxl bi *lne**_
'*Fniy r*n ft h« Kirn «l*'
Mv the aht of a nbvl,o<J n* borne
j mid lemon* by m ill Iro n an fieen'mbhah (
I nil tMdier
•‘At what expense ?•'
| 'flip trifling hmin or ftl.flO, Inelmling
book.
' VN liy no ofie.ip wiinn I ,oj I eye* aflynr.
ll*« Ifio *:<iiip noil rim of instruction* for
Itnmniae n new tegbook I* lined Unit
reduce* the labor of learning ruoporliotv I
at« It to the difference In price by dm
a.v*te,« being made *lmntei than hereto
k>re and more prueMeni, haring the en
riorament of our f'ongle* atonal mid profes
H»o mi i^portei* everywhere loge'lier
yvllii a over looo g»»donte« of our nimbi
i of rjienogrWiiTiic Colbge*. |,.,y» and
men on the farm, Jo w oYtcdiojef niid cNe*
w beie girl* at hnftye In fa> forfeit nrul at
*d»on|, have |eHrne<l the ait |n fIOiri
three |o*ix month*' atinly during *n*ro
momenta Mi,Mrotl flowne where fbey
have rarned from ft J l.» $V0, * week,
Wrife ami n« k fora tree ennifilo copy of
a li,rmt«rrtiph«' A/, ti'/lij nrnl full
partienlat*. Addre** |r, |„ Neon lirowne
iQ Clinton Place, New York, N Y.
Nov. ll.J
WRECKERS OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
Trfiiurn In th«» Ilnn.U of tli« Spoilrra.
An Atrocious Lice.l.
Xauticnl In*itrnmcnts In these hungry
waters avail the mariner taught, for
frequently n week will pass during which
lie #»'i not once nee the nun by day or the
stars l>y niiilit. In the late summer the
Austin Saxon, laden for the greater
pnrt with costly tales of silk, lost her
beariug*, ami while at full speed was
lifte«l upon a inontser billow and laid
across a sunken rock that tarred the
mouth of ('banco Cove. On'* wild shriek
arose and the light kcejier heanl it
through tlse wailing of the wind and the
thunder of tho soa. Crew and passengers
amounting In all to many score, were
thrown into a deep hole inside the rock,
where the greater number perished. The
tidings were promptly dlsputched to tho '
capital, bnt. not in time to save the treas
ure* from the hands of the spoilers.
The tog lifted and revealed the strand
pale with »orpscs. Round about the
fishermen “ha-«led” their nets and spil
liards In the fog, l*«it with electric swift
ness went tlie tidings of a wreck. They
came there in scores and loaded their
taats with hales of silk; and they were
busy as ghouls among the dead upon the
bench. Many of the passengers were
persons of note, ami they wore cosily Jew
els ujk)I) tlielr clothes and lingers. When
ever a ring could nut he removed from
flic rigid Huger the wrecker drew his
shenth knife nnd in a horrible way ta
eniae master of the treasure.
It is stated, indeed, npmi good author
ity, that one poor lady succeeded in clutch
ing a piece of the wreck- nnd reuching
shore. Sh«* passed through many a
fathom of breaking sea, and when she
reached the beach was to all appearance
dead. One of the wreckers, knife in
hand, went to where the Indy lay, and
his eye gleamed ns lie saw the trensun
upon Iter lingers. She moved a little and
moaned, hut this was no safeguard.
Stooping, the mull seized her hand aim
began to remove the rings, although she,
by her feeble cries, protested. All came'
away save one, and this tho man knew,
from Its size nnd brilliant gleaming, to
ta most valuable of nil. After trying for
many minutes to obtain it, lie pulled out
his knife and severed tho finger. Then,
the story goes, the poor mutilated lady
arose, opened her eyes, nnd held up her
bleeding hand as if asking judgment
against the heartless wretch. One wild
piercing cry, nnd her sorrows were ended.
As she fell hack upon the snml tjie
wrecker gave n chuckle nml went his
way. Such an occurrence could not hut
1111 the minds of all good people with
horror; and it was not long before the
imagination of some of the coast dwell
ers furnished n sequel to the atrocious
deed.
For it is told, nml believed by many a
man nnd woman upon the coast, that this
same poor lady sometimes appears in tho
dreadful cove when tho storin'"rages.
Scores will avow that she appears by the
edge of the sea clad in white, her dark
linir (railing in the wind, and holding up
o little*, pale, bleeding hand. — Kdmund
CTollins in Urooklyn Magazine.
Thu Queen ns Seen l*jr an American. $
I saw the queen in Edinburgh. She is
a fnt stout olcl womnn, with « rosy face
find dark gray hair. Her features are more
German than English, and they look
very inoffensive nml uncharacteristic.
She is probably a woman of great intel
lectual strength and of queenly thought,
hut, as to appearance, you may seo bet
ter faces at any reception in America or
In any day’s shopping. Sho was on her
way to the Edinburgh exposition, and
the streets of Edinburgh were cleared of
carriages and street cars during her
march. Tho enthusiasm of the people
was not great, and the cheer as she
passed along was not equal to that of an
Amercian procession in which the presi
dent takes part. Queen Victoria with two
of her daughters sat in a double seated
carriage hauled by four horses, and a
half dozen lords and dukes rode in front
of and behind her. As the cnrrlngo
passed along, the three women, the one
old and tho others middle aged and
younger, kept continuously bobbing their
heads in bowing a response to the cheers
of the crowd. The whole scene was a
ridiculous one.
A day or two later T saw Queen Vic
toria again. At. tins time she had been
driving about tho city seeing its sights.
There were crowds gathered on the
streets to see her pass by, and, as before,
When her carriage came, the police and
soldiers clenred tho way for it. First tho
police came, then a carriage with one of
the queen's retinue and a policeman, then
tho outriders in gorgeous uniforms, and
lastly the queen in her carriage with tho
Princess Ileatrlce and her husband. Dur
ing part of the rifle there were no police
men stationed on tho sidewalk, and it
seems to pie t lint a dynamite fiend would
have little trouble in assassinating Queen
Victoria if he wished to.—Cor. Cleveland
Leader.
Wlmt They One* Did With Itondniera,
I( was no light matter to Rrooin n horse
In Washington’* dnyj for Just an flin
heads of gentlemen wero plastered and
Ircwlgged so tin’ horses were made to
undergo what would seem to us now a
rather absurd practice. The night he
fore a horse was to he ridden he w as cov
ered from head to foot with a paste made
of whiting and other ingredients; then
1|M was well mapped in eloth and laid to
sleep on clean straw. ]ly the nex| ,norij
lng the paste had hardened, nnd I* was
then vigorously ridde d in and tlie horse
curried and brushed. The result was a
glossy and satiny cunt. The hoofs wore
blackened nnd polished, the mouth
washed, the teeth pii !«d and ( leaned,
and the horse Vns then ready to he sad i
died and brought out - St. Nudioin*
Tntirltlng tlie Itextli leather.
During flu* medicine dance in honor of
IlufTalo Dill, an eagle's feather was
planted in the center of the great tent In
which the Indians were seated, nod ns
)hoj made their wild dance around if, no
nhe (fared iu touch that feather unless j,o
had killed a ninh ifj Antfle nhi| roil pi
prove ft by sntni* one present itorkv !
Hear, chief of I he Dgaiinla hand, intuited I
It several times; so did American Horse,
the warrior chief of the Sioux nation; I
Iahic Wolf touched It sixteen times and' j
then plunged Ids arm Into a large kettle !
of boiling water and took a lwcf hone ,
fjtofn ^h« Wot tom New York "World.
America's Water Wore*,
In the pifhiphhds of statistics
of
l-s HI r* • /IT l*s| 1 f *4 O:
Americ an water works prepared by .1. .;
H. CToe«f it is staled Hint there are i,
this country f,AfM c Itlc* and towns sup
p-t.-i njtl, , e'er works system. <)I
♦ In s-. nearly oh/Miftlf are .or r,eg py
inn tic Ipalitlet* and .VMM,y private corpora
Hons In als.nt '.'00 case* H,o system U
nnan ed so as to ptltnp the water dl
Info ft,,, inn I ns width gives the Ik‘*I
witisfai tIon, wlierc the supply Will ner
n»11 It. Iloslog 1 rgnscript ’ *
.p luwtA "xvjivj
I arc.I to rurrdsh „|| (dn**c« with on|>l»v
• rf'ot at lionic. the w hole of the ilme. oP
their spare moments. Hoslncss i e v,
Mil*, and protit ih'e. Person- of cither
O «l!y earn from A<) cents lo f.,00
and a pi-WHotml Mini hv dr
ve.ling alj their lime in li e
l|oys sud g'rls cun nearly ns much ss
men, I'liaf all who - no this may (.end
*heli address and lest tin. tumbles*, w,
ni>«kn Mil 4 < Hrr T(» kiich hm nr** not u H|
sali»tied we Will scud one dollar to |„y
Iho Ironhlo of w riling. Pull parth'iilai*
and outfit Imp. Address Ueorga Stinson
A Co f Portland Maine.
LIFC AT THE HAGUE.
An ArUtorrallc City lu JlelUad—It*
I'rralltr Fraturtm
The 1 Incut*. called by the rat fr?n
S'Gravenhagc, can hardly be regarded as
n characteristic Dutch city cither in an
old or in a recent sense. It is i% city of
aristocracy, of tbo wealthy middle class,
and not of eminence. Where its archi
tecture Is national It lacks something of
the national character, and where it is
really modern or cosmopolitan it is want
ing in elegance. Its streets ure narrow
and crooked for the most part. Its open
places, which are sometimes set with I
trees, occasionally laid out with shrub
iter} ami flower beds in the Dutch fosh
lyn, but ofteuer paved with brick set up
on edge and surrounded by old and tm- I
attractive building*, which partly atone
by their nu er and spaciousness for
their lack of more pleasing rjualities.
There Is an air of solemnity about the
place more marked since the shortening
of the days and the flrst premonitions of
autumn. The grnss keeps Its iutense
greenness, hut the trees begin to show an ;
ominous yellowness of leaf. The skies '
are often leaden. The sun is seen rarely, I
and never iu the plenitude of its splen
dor, and there Is little In the life of the
place to lend nn artificial radiance to the
universal gloom. There are few noisy
vehicles to waken discordant echoes, j
There ore street cars of the American
pattern winding their sinuous way
through the tortuous streets, giving a
little movement and making distant
neighborhoods more accessible. There !
nr<?n few fnshionable shops. The others j
are small, and their business is carried '
on wltihout noise or bustle. The cafes i
nr<* neither numerous nor handsome, nml I
their patrons, whether they consume
cofToo or beer, seldom indulge in hilarity.
The colors worn In Holland ure gener
ally black, which bellts the gravity of tho
people and harmonizes with the sky and
landscape, nml the inhabitants of Tho
Hague have a stronger prejudice even
than their compatriots of other amphibi
ous districts against bright colors. What
would be the use of putting on summer
apparel one dny to take it off nml lav it
nwny permanently in the clot heap ress
the next. They have, if possible, a liuio
more than the average natural thinness
nml severity of feature, and they only
smile when something occurs that is in
disputably amusing.—Holland Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
No Wonder They Arc Startled.
In a country where n greased cartridge
shook mi empire, it is easy tu see that the
invention of oleomargarine and its com
pounds may rock the foundations of tho
state. According to The Times telegram
from ( alcutto, a panic has seized upon
the Bengalese on account of a discovery
that- ghee, the clarified butter which
they eat themselves, and which they offer
to their gods, is being adulterated with
fat. The Mohnmmedans fear that their
ghoo may be larded; the Hindus are
equally afraid that their ghee is mixed
with the fat of oxen or of sheep. To ent
such fat is in their eyes a deadly gin, to
offer it to their gods an infamous sneri
lege. Hence legislation in hot haste
against Impure ghee, and suspension of
all standing orders in order to hurry tho
bill through all Its stages Without delay.
Who can say how many souls might be
lost forever if oleomargarine were once
to be Introduced among the natives of
Imliat The Ynnkce buttermakors have
already much to answer for. Their oleo
margarine, when treated with 30'per
cent, of lmtter, is indistinguishable from
the unadulterated product of the dairy.
They are ruining tho buttermnkers of
Cork, and now they are endangering the
peace of our Indian empire. What a fer
tile field of speculation is opened up by
this incidental illustration of the politi
cal, social, and religious effects of a sim
ple invention In the art of manipulating
fnt!—Pall Mall Gazette.
to JtlTOIllo llotoctivCMt
The Pinkertons have applications from
hundreds of women who want to become
detectives. There are sharp rascals in
nearly all the large cities who are mak
ing money out of the young men and
young women who, by reading sensa
tional stories about detectives, have been
imbued with the idea they would like to
become detectives. These rascnls open
what they call schools and bureaus for
training in detective work. They agree
for a few dollars to put greenhorns at
work in the detective field. The average
greenhorn from the country believes that
places like New York, Chicago, Cincin
nati and St. IiOUis nre vast dens of crime,
tilled up with robbers, burglnrs, cut
throats, footpads ami villains of every
description, They nre Ailed with a great
desire to get to the city to help unenrth
and run down these criminals. The sly
bait thrown out by the bogus detect!/o
bureaus induce them to invest their
money and lose it. However, they get a
little experience out of it and possibly as
cheap as they could get it any other way.
—Saratoga Cor. New York Tribune
A furious OKI Jtible.
A resident, of Minneapolis is the owner
Of a Gcrmnq Bible over 3(H) years old.
Owing to its bulky proportions, he doe*
not carry it to and from church on Sun* I
day. It is printed In type of large size,
the pages being nearly two feet in j
length and of corresponding width. At
the top of each page is a line in red Ink '
which reads: “This is a history," and 1
the work is ornamented with many Ulus* ■
trAtionspf fl. decjded|y primitive clinrite
ter. The owner has'declined tempting ,
offers for the venerable volume. lie
hopes to prevent the encroachments of
time by keeping It carefully stowed away
In a Hour snek of the largest caliber,— I
Pioneer Press.
An Itiiljnn |n f>r|«
Ai, Halinrj workman jij Faff* needs qq
uwaf and no wine; ho ( an vegetate on
water and macaroni, and sleep on a
plank tod In a rickety loft, while hi*
French brother innst have his mattress In
hia room, hi* pint of claret and hi*
atewed tocf, and a respectable Idonse to
nn« on when Sunday morning comes
antnhd Oiks franc a day wjlj aatjafv the
Wants Of dne, While ft' fake." 'four frnht*
<e» do JtiMflrei to the rmergencierf of the!
other, and thus It Is why Italian work,
men are* to I*• found renely and nulling to
toil during ten, e»r even twelve hour*
for 20 or 2.» Cents.—Foreign totter. ’
rnffflomir* CtM,
Jtltk'ii H!rb • ()rt 2V~° W Thomas,
TerWf ■he! Th »tihu» HMgb*;. eg N* *
York, Uin'ltl the ITAIM,!*BfHPH tiffult
court to foreclosure the fleet mortgage (*i
tiie iZ'Zr * HvuWj^ro r«Urvft, of
which they are creel I tor* Th* toke Shore
& Michigan Southern KallrAed company
which jeer*>8 *h* Chicago Ac Canada Henjth
•rn. Is niaete a ro-defendefll Jj,* hUl a»hr
tor th* usual injunction anef th*f a rereir^f
to appe.lnteet. TH* first mortgage le for
#1#10,000. The in tar eat* of the plaintlfT*
represent * total of 11,1*10,000
in be made Cm ihl*
out x,u| return |o us,
anel we will arml you
tree, Man thing of great
value hiuI lnportane-n t<*
you, that w ill start you in htislno * which
will bring you In morn mouev right
a vay Minn any thing also in this’ world.
A'p/an Oo tha , ork ami live at
home, hither *e*; all ages, • i,»ng
now, that Ju«t ooilts money for nil work* |
er«. Wo w ill atari von*onpital ne>t need- 1
ed. Thin la oflo ot the geuulno Important '
cb tne-es of a lifetime Tnoae who are
ambitious and eutm pi (sing will not delay i
Oranel out tit fine. Address Tliun ,v Co 1
Augusts, Maine,
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