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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
KINGWOOD, PRESTON COUNTY.w VA SATURDAY. NOW

What can have come-over meY |
am not like myself" Sibyl would say i'm
her own mind, as she wandered through
the house like q restless spirit. But
one day while sitting thinking of Her
bert Talfourd, she burst into tears, and
with woman's Inconsistency, wondered
II he was never again going TO take any
interest in her, and in her tears she
murmured -
Il do some little good secretly that he
knows nothing of but he spoke the
truth-openly i set n bad example.
Oh, shall | ever meet another man as
good as hep
And after this food of tears Sibyl was
very confident that she no longer de-
tested Herbert Talfourd
He is dying, Miss, dying fast" said
Mrs. Atwood, as Sibyl stood beside the
bedside of the sick man. "But God has
been very good To him, Miss. He has
sent him another friend to-day, Mr..
Herbert Talfourd, whom we knew i'm our
better days, and, oh, Miss Renmere, he
has already promised my husband to
provide for me and my children. / told
Mr.. Talfourd that you had promised to
do that; but you have always done so
much for us, Miss Renmere, that am
glad somebody has come to your relief"
SibyFs heart gave great bound.
She never could humble herself To
Herbert To tell him that she had always
gone among the poor and needy and
helped them: but now he knew that she
was not given, heart and soul, 10
dress, fashion and gayety, and--she was
glad.
Miss Renmere, my best FRIEND" said
the dying man, opening his eyes, "you
may never see me alive. Will you say a
prayer for me, for He will surely hear
an angels voice"
Sibyl, with tears in her eyes knelt be-
side the bed and prayed aloud.
While SibyPs voice filled the room
the door opened and a man entered.
In an instant he took i'm the scene be-
fore him; then, going over TO the bed
side, he dropped on his knees beside
Sibyl, bent his face to the coverlet, and
wept from the fullness of his heart.
When Sibyl finished her beautiful
prayer, she simply turned and laid her
hand on the mans head saying
" Herbert, God bless youw
And kneeling there, with Sibyps hand
upon his head, Herbert knew that his
love was not in vain--that he would
never again hear how sho detested him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

The discovery OF these satellites fof Marsl is on
vi the most important astronomical events OF tn
century, being parallellcd only by the discovery o
Ariel and Umbriel by Lasseli and Of Hyperion b,
iassell and BoDd.-Noih dSasrioaa Rerielr, SJ,feBs
Ter, 1877.
Z" Sir Mars" said Telescope
You cannot boast
OF lunar vasSals, loyal satellites,
And winged host,
10 do your pleasure and uphold your state,
eueh as on n0hier planets serve and wait"
Sir Telescope" Said Mars,
81 may be rcd
As Esau; bat my birthright is not spent,
Ny knighuy bead
Wears eoronet I've squires on my estate,
Ana girls TO run with lamps hen I'm out late
NV siars!i' cried Telescope.
Great Msrsl excuse
I've just this minute rubbed aud n xed in place
Glasses use
A. the right angle on my heaven-turued nose;
And now, indeed, your glories you disclose."
Sir spy" laughed ruddy Mars
Here's to your health,
And me- each fresh-rubbcd lens bring to your
glance
New news OF wealth.
One does not know where may hnd a moon
Planets, like men, must not be Judged 10 soon.n
Laura S0flford ~ ne Indepcndehf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

BY J. p. IRVINE.

AT last the aforementioned days are over,
Aud airs OF noon are mellow ~ the morn;
The blooms are taovn upon the seeding clover,
And brown the silks that plume the ripening corn.
AL sounds are hushed Of rcaping and Of moving;
The winds are low the waters lie uncurled;
Nor thtstle-down nor goStamer Il flowing.
SO lulPd in languid Incidence the world.
And vineyards wide and farms along the valley
Are mute amid the vintage and the sheaves
save round the barns the noise Of rout and sally
Among the tonant-masons Of the caves.
Aiar the upland glades are hecked in dapples
BY hocks Of lambs a-gambol from the fold;
And orchards bend beneath their weight Of apples.
And groves are bright in scarlet and in gold.
But bark! hoar the pheasanrs mufied drum
ming,
The turtles murmur from distant dell,
drowry Doe in may tangles humming,
The far, faint, tinklng tenor OF bell.
And now, from yonder beech-trunk, sheer and
sterile
The rat-tat Of the yellow hammers hill,
The sharp staccato barking Of the squirrel,
A dropping nut, and all again is still.
-Scribner for NOueu,ber.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Chinese Farmers.

We doubt if happier race exists
than the Chinese farmers and peasantrv
The farms are small. and 70 the owners
are not wealthy; but they are very re-
spectacle. Each farmhouse is q little
colony, consisting of some three genera
tions-namely, the grandfather. his
children, and his children's children.
There they live i'm peace and harmony
together; all who are able to work ON
the farm, and If more labor is reouired
the stranger is hired 10 assist them.
They live we'll dress plainly, and are in
dustriOus, without being in any wav op-
pressed. The female members Of a
farmers household have much more lib
erty than those Of higher rank. They
have small feet as usual, but they are
not 20 confined 70 the house. or pre-
vented from looking on and speaking I.
strangers, as the higher classes are. 1fa
stranger enters the court Of the house
unexpectedly, he will see number of
ladies, both old and young, sitting in
the verandah, all industriously EN-
ployed on some work-some spinning
some sewing or embroidering. and one
probably engaged in culinary opera
tons; If the stranger is an unknown
foreigner, the whole will rise hurriedIy.
and disappear like a covey Of part
ridges, overturning wheels, stools, and
anything else that may be in their way.
" This" says q writer on Chinese Gus
toms, " was frequent scene in my ear
lier visits, but IL gradually wore of
when it was found was civilized be-
ing like themselves. These same ladies
afterwards would often ask me to sit
down, and even set a chair for me, and
bring me q cup Of tea with their own
hands; and while j drank my tea, they
would 60 on with their work, laughing
and chatting AZ freely a. If ] had been
a thousand miles away.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

THE Golary gives the following as a
Western editors epitaph for his dead
wife : y" To The memory Of Tabitha, wife
OF Moses skinner, Esq, gentlemanly
editor OF the Tronibsne Terms. 81 n
year invariably in in advance. A kind
mother and an exemplary wife. Office
over Coleman's grocery, up two fights
OF stairs. Knock hard. We shall miss
thee mother we shall miss thee. Job
printing solicited"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

A WAYNE County farmer left his
vest hanging upon chair. In one Of
the pockets were about dozen strych-
nine pills His two little children dis
covered them, thought they were candy,
and ate them. Physicians we're called
and antidotes administered, but both
died within an hour.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

" issaid that the Iowa mosquito will
laugh a.hollow mockink laugh when the
man who makes a vicious slap at il with
sock skins his knuckles against the
bedpOst.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
NUMBER 10.
nr 5. ooSASr rosrkR

LOST losti
oh lost In sea Of sini
slowly, but surely, the tide comes In,
Creeping TO bosom, TO neck aud ehin,
Hearing and seeing alike grow dim
OH lost In a sea ~ sini"
Losti losti
Oh lost In sea Of siui
People go passing along the sand.
uccding no Isaycr for helping hand,
Nainly struggle ts gain the land
OH lost In a sea Of sin"
"l.osti lostl
OH lost In q sea ot stint"
Passing, a Christian has heard her call,
Reaches her side in his goodly yRwl,
Places her safe ON the strong sea wall
OH saved from sea of siai
---Nc,c licrk Cownlcrciai Advertiser
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10

IF you give love b others they will
return IL with interest, and II you
give hate you will be paid in the same
coin,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

Although the scientific study of the grass
hopper may not Immediately save the West
ern States and Territories from the ravages
of this insect it appears likely that they
will secure some palliative and will lessen
the calamity of his visitation. while afford
ing promise of his ultimate determination.
Much that is known of insect life tends to
show that there are ascertainable condi-
tons, telluric and meteorological, which
favor growth in one year and retard or pre-
vent it in another, and the study Of
these-with the observation that the
dissemination of the pest is due to
the prevalence of certain winds-are likely
to form the bases of q grasshoppcr science,
by which it may be told from year to year
what are the possibilities of n visitation in
any section hitherto devastated. Farmers
in this country certainly have learned to
respect the admonitions of science, and the
intimation that grasshoppers may be ex-
pected in any section of given State Will
discourage if it does not absolutely prevent
the cultivation for that year OF crops on
which these insects thrive. Deprived of
satisfactory supplies in any given region
they would no doubt do what they could
with the supplies they might find; but their
increase would perhaps be greatly lessened
for that year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

There seems to be very little doubt that
the Dock Department is one of the most un-
necessary as it certainly is one of the most
expensive departments under our munich
pal government It has expended over five
million dollars, and there is not one million
dollars worth of real work to be shown for
the expenditure. Its yearly salary list has
sometimes amounted in round figures to
two hundred thousand dollars, and to this a
sum Of fifty thousand dollars has been
added for the collection of pier rents. It
stands under law distinct from the charter,
and is not responsible to or under the con-
troll of the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment, as all the other city departments are.
The commissioners have the power to do
much as they please, and they have gener-
ally used this power without scruple.
There is no good reason why the docks,
Just the same as the streets, should not be
under the control of the Department Of
Public Works. All the work done upon
them, whether of repair or construction,
devolved on the Public Works Department
through the change would not necessitate
the employment Of more than half dozen
extra clerks at IN aggregate for salaries of
fifteen thousand dollars year. The collec-
ton of pier rents should be made through
the Comptroller's Office, at an additional ex-
pense of six thousand dollars, making O
total expenditure Of twenty-one thou
sand dollars, in place of two hun
dred and fifty thousand. All the ma
chinery and boats of the department,
which cost heavy amount both for pur-
chase and maintenance, would be unneces-
sary under such system. Some idea of the
money that would be saved by contract
work may be formed from the fact that the
bulkhead wall, which has cost the depart
ment, as stated by the committee of the
Commercial Association, 1850 per lineal
foot, could be thoroughly we'll built for
$3.50 per lineal foot. With these facts
before them it does not seem possible that
our Legislators at Albany can hesitate tc
abolish the Dock Department., provide fol
the contract system on oil dock work and
transfer the duties in the manner we have
| suggested.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
Public HOSPITALS.

In the fifth annual report Of the Visiting
Committee of the State Charities Aid Asso-
citation attention is called again to the bad
condition of the only great public hospital
in the city. For this trouble there is no
remedy. Bellevue Hospital cannot be i'm
proved-it cannot be made other than pest
house save by the one process of demolition
and reconstruction from the foundation.
But if it is once torn down we shall
never get new hospital on the same
site; for the inevitable process of
selling the lots by Corporation jobbery
and sending everything to the Island will
inevitably be applied, which is just what it
is desirable to avoid. AS we cannot count
upon public charity-abovo all not as it is
organized in this quarter just now-for
relief in this particular, neither can we
upon any of the establishments founded by
private munificence. Our so-called hos
pitfalls of this sort are merely expensive
boarding houses, organized as exhausters
for extorting the last pennies of the poor.
The correspondence of the committee with
the governors of the society of the Lying-in
Asylum exhibits how fund Of one hundred
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

and make it respected. They alone can
show him the way. and themselves lead the
way to breaking the mischievous color line
in Southern politics. Ifhe has the frmness,
the tact and the wisdom required for the
task he is in a few days to assume he can
very quickly bring the country to that happy
condition where neither color line nor sec
tional issues will any longer trouble, be-
cause the South, relieved of the strain which
has SO long been put upon it, will find in
its diverse industries new political tenden-
cies and ties, and there will remain no po-
litical South, as there is no longer political
North or West.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
Another Sunday Interview with
President Grant.

The most elegant and accomplished
French critic of our time, tho late NJ. Sainte
Beuve, published several volumes of charm
ing discussions under the title of "Causeries
du Lundi," being collection of teuilletons
printed on that day of the week. President
Grant has selected Sunday instead of Monday
as his day for causeries, and his medium OF
communicating with the public is not that
popularity of Paris journals, Jessilleton,
but the Associated Fress, which secures
for his ideas an infinitely wider diffusion.
These Sunday conversations with the agent
of the Associated Press have been pretty
regularly kept up during the winter. The
one printed this morning is probably the
last of the series, as President Grant will
have vacated the White House and have be-
come the guest of Secretary Fish by next
Sunday, the day on which his Office ex-
pires The recent frank communicative
ness of the former 'Sphinx" has given his
fellow citizens quite q new impression
of his character, and exhibits the
amiable side which pride or modesty,
or OF least q habit of taciturnity,
had so carefully concealed. President
Grant never had any of the priggishness
of high stepping official pomposity, and
has frequently driven about the streets of
Washington in plain old buggy drawn by
one horse; but while his ways have been
simple and democratic enough he has seemed
disinclined to let his countrymen see his
mind in undress and become familiar with
the ordinary play of his thoughts. The re-
cent Sunday interviews betoken ON agree
able change-to be accounted for perhaps
by buoyancy of spirits at his approaching
relief from public cares.
In this final interview of the Sunday
series the President touches on variety of
topics of current interest, such as the cleo
toral count, the rival State governments in
the Southern States, the successorship in
case no President is declared elected before
the 4th of March, his own plans for the i'm
mediate future, and indeed nearly all the
subjects which just now occupy public
attention. He says his only knowledge
of his intention to resign on the Sd
of March and give place to the Presi-
dent of the Senate has been gathered
from the newspapers. He expects that a
result will be declared before the close Of
the week, and that Mr.. Hayes will be peace
fully inaugurated. He will leave the South
Carolina and Louisiana State governments
to be dealt with by his successor, and thinks
the people are tired of military interference.
If republican State governments cannot sus-
tain themselves in the South he says they
ought to retire. He gives a plausible ex-
PLANTATION of his forbidding military parades
in South Carolina on Washington's Birthday.
This last Sunday interview is one of the nest
interesting of the series.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

THE WEATHER.-Our predictions yesterday
for the local weather were entirely fulfilled
The day opened with cloudiness and light rain
and snow and closed with decided indications of
clearing weather. Toward midnight, however,
khe sky became again overcast and cool north
westerly winds prevailed. The storm centre
of Saturday has passed off to the northeast and
Is now moving along the axis of the Gulf Stream
southcastward of Nova Scotia. The attendant
.area of precipitation extended yesterday from
lake Erie to the Middle Atlantic coast and
over the British provinces. Light snow fell
at Indianapolis. Tho barometer has risen
from the lakes to tho Gulf, being de-
eidedly high in Manitoba and Dakota. The
pressure is decreasing in the far Northwest,
where tho temperature is slowly rising. very
low pressure is also reported from the Pacific
coast. with rain in the southerly districts
The indications of disturbance in North
ern Mexico and the Western Gulf con
time. Bad weather ON the English and Frencl
COASTS may be expected on and after mex
Thursday. No important changes in the rivers
fhave been noted. The weather in New York to
day will be cool and cloudy, or partly cloudy, fol
lowed toward uieht By. clearing weather.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Use pippns for pies.
California will make opium.
Boston people arc having much music
LongcIlow will DO seventy years old Tomorrow
Emerson believes in palmistry and physiosnomy.
Justice Bradley SAID to resemble Andrew johnson.
Charles Mathews says that the govt Is tho cncmy Of
light comedy.
D,srucis autobiography will not DO published dur
ing his lifetime.
An old lady in London starved 10 death by trying to
pampor eighteen cats.
Tho Athennum says that international law Is tho de-
ba,able ground between law and history
Ex-Governor Fenton arrived in Savannah, Ga, yes
to-day, where he will remain two weeks
Professor Dawkins lighted paper in tho ashes oight
feet down in the crater Of Mount yesuvius.
Newton Booth walks with his shoulders sot back as
II he we're going to preach the greatest sermon.
A dress made by Worth is of very pale blue satin,
covered with Venetian point, train OF cinnamon COL
orcd silk.
II was New Jersey boy whose mother was pet,ng
him with a SINGLE who sacho didn't caro- 10 so back
of the returning board.
Nine Mchelet will spend sum OF money In having
water supplied at the Cemetery of Pere Lachase for
those who plant flowers on tho graves.
Congressman Walker, of Virginia, tho handsomcst
man in the House, is six feet high, and, though
well made is slim. Ho is forty-iour and handsomely
gray.
AT an English ball q black velvet dress with cream
satin tunic was nocca blc for Its rare Maltese ace
paIc blue silk had iunic Of Brussels lace and wrealas
of varicgatod roses.
Iyonnaisc potatoes boiled before frying, and
pu, into pan with butter and onion and the minced
parsley IS thrown in before the potatoes dono Ii
cllngs TO the potatoes.
London Fun'Chario latter staring at tho surpliced
choir for a long time In silent wondcr)-Msmma /
| Mamma-'wclL dear Charle-'Aro those all angels
| IN tho white pinaforcsr"
Sometimes We faint gImpses, in our stlcst mid
| night dreams,
or angels swinging ccnscrs waiting mist wrcaths o'cr
blue streams
Tho Virginia tNcv) papers arc having hard time o
II; but It is noteworthy fact TINT no better provin
cal papers published than some Of those that arc
| issued In that far-or frontier State
Macaroni comes IN i've Sizes Tho best Is very
thin, should not he washed, should be boiled in
water, or, what Is better, soup stock, frequently
shaken, cooked twonty mnutcs, drained, and have I,
| every half pound two ounces OF melted butter ant
four ounces OF grated rarmcsan cheese. Tomato sauc
| Is good addition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
thousand dollars may be applied for the
payment of secretaries and not prove OF
much assistance to poor women.


In their eagerness to explore the mysteri-
GUS solitudes of the Wacissa swamp our
special correspondent in Florida and his
companions do not hesitate to brave dangers
that ordinary men would shrink from.
Traversing vast inundated plain, through
gloomy cypress groves and pine forests,
wading the deep and rapid runs, the party
pushed on in the direction of ''the smoke. !"
At every step they found the waters infested
with hideous moccasin snakes which threat
ened them with their terrible fangs. Even
the alligators, awakening from their winter
sleep in the Shiny depths of the morass
declared war on the explorers at sight,
and one of the saurians made vigorous effort
to deposit colored voter in his capacious
ballot box. The discovery of thirty-two
islands-a fair count for Florida-in the
swamp is one of the most interesting results
of the exploration. To this may be added
that of the great stone idol which was
described in special despatch, but which
is again treated of in the letter we print to-
day. Whether this mass of stone, fashioned
into something like the human form divine,
was intended by the aboriginal sculptors to
be the model of Hayes or Tilden elector
the hieroglyphics on the pedestal do not
state. We have an idea, however, that some
prophet of primitive people conceived
what an official of the Street Cleaning
Bureau of New York was going to be, and
caused his antelope in intelligence and
activity to be set up in the Florida swamps
SO that the grateful people might fall down
in the mud and worship it.