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HAVANA CIGARS, 1t Jack Levy's.

~ WILL. CURE CONSUMPTION. To all SUI
fering from the folio wing diseases ray Of hope
ia hered through the Kindness of missionary
friend who has sent me the formula OF pure
" vegetable Ii. dicip 9 which has long been used
by the native medicine men Of Hindostan:-for
the positive and radical cure Of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, AS hma, Dyspepsia.
Throat and Lung difficulty. q. neral Debility,
Loss Of Mani 'Od and all Nervous Affections
tn power has been tested in hundreds of cases
without q failure. now feel it my sacred 1u-
tv ~ far a. possible TO relieve human misery
and will send the recipe-FREE OF CHARaE-to
any p, rson who may desire il with directions
for nsiEg. Sent by return mail by addressing
with stamps naming this paper. DR.. y. K.
Brigham. Drawer 28, Utica, n. \.
IA THERE Will BIZ A BALL every Monday
Wedne day. Friday and Saturday night Of each
week, ut the Cassisr Fruit stand. Oct. lin
6r A Card. TO all who are suffering rom
the errors and indiscret tions OF youth. nervous
weakness, early decay, loss Of msnhoo ', &C.,
viii send . recipe that viii cure you. FREE OF
This great remedy was discovered
by missionary in Sou america. Send \
envelope 70 the REV. JOSEPH r.
INMAN, station D, Bible House, New York City.
nov6-dw6m
, 1877-11-10
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
SEATTLE, Nov, 9, 1877

OCCIDENTAL. ss~s.
Mrs NJ F Blowers = child. Whid-
by; c NJ Hale. Olympia; J g Swan.
Townsend; Geo Bracket, Squak
Slongh; D w Crook. Salmon Bay; ;
8 Mannet, E Skies. s F; J Garrin,
Swinomish; T G Moore. La Conner; ;
c Voss, S F.; M Marks. G Doris,
City.
, 1877-11-10
Special Notlces.


~ Grand Ball At The Cassiar Fruit Stand,
Churaday night, November 8th.
- Grand Opening Night Of tho Ivy s3reen
con. Dancing every Tuesday. Thursday
nd aaturd y. nov6-lw
~ .Helio. Jones. where are you going ?
Oh, come along; I'm & yipg down to the Gen.
ennisl al0on, to have y mess Of CLAIMS. YUM,
yum. they're x0Oi.
IA THE NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL was award.
ed 10 bradldy Il kulofeUn for the best Photo
graphs i'll the UAited States, and Vienna MEDAL
Tor the best in the world. 429 Montgomer,
street.. San francisco.
n, GOLD. sILvEK AND GRwENBAcKs bought
md soid NJ the txpr ss Cigar store and Ex-
change Office. by L. b. HABkNEss. Best Cigars
and Tobaccos always on hand. oc3tf
n2 for 50,
Z for 50
, 1877-11-10

Passengers from Olympis will take stage to
Tenino and connect with the Northern Pacific
Railroad train. passengers from Seattle will
take Starts line to Tao Oma.
Tickets for sale by pursers ON Starts lins Of
Sc eund steamers; at the Office Of the N. P. X. r.
Tacoma; by W. b. pump hrey of Seattle, and
N. R. Tilley. proprietor Of stage line between
Olympia and Tenino.
j. NCCRAKEN & CO., AGT's,
novltf PoRTLANr. OREGoN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

One midsummcr's day in the long
ago, good old man named Abdul I'll
kerum, noted for his kind heart and
gentle ways, bought a Watermelon as he
was going home To dinner. Ii was the
first melon he had seen i'm twelve
months, and ono couldn't blame him for
licking his gentle chops ~, i'm imagina-
ton, he dcvOured the red-colored fruit.
lie thumped on the melon and il
thumped A /. He pressed il with his
knee, and the dull "c-rackw ~ proved a
ripeness there. The grocer said it was
.. n, the boys around said they would
bet twas, and the good Abdul I'll Kerum
handed over the cash and bore the melon
home in triumph. l.aborers gahed ON
his burden and sighed. servant girls
leaning over gates wished they worked
in his kitchen; middle-aged spinsters
sadly remembered how they fooled them
selves when they refused his escort home
from spelling-schools.
Prepare your mouth for n delicious
feast, and after dinner we'll walk down
and buy that cameps hair shawl" he
said to his wife rs he entered the house.
IL wasn't much of a dinner. The good
Abdul El Kcrum didn't believe in pie
and cake and puddings and lamb-chops,
and perhaps he couldn't have had them
If he had believed with all his might.
Now, the next thing will be some
thing else" remarked Abdul IA he
pushed his plate aside and pulled the
melon towards him. q" We can never
be thankful enough that nature has pro-
vidcd such dclicacies for the palates of
men"
The knife sank out of sight below the
green rlnd and the melon fell apart It
wasn't red core. II wasn't the hun
dreth part as rosy rs the face of Abdul
El Kcrum. 1t lacked about twenty-five
days of maturity, and the price, "be-
ing tits you,' was fifty cents.
Sold" whispered the wife as she
buttered another ear of corn.
That's my reward for following your
suggestionsp he exclaimed, banging
one of the halves against door.
What suggestionsT'
Why, didn't you say this morning
that I'd better bring home water
melonT
"No, sirl didn't know there was one
in marketW
a. !" .Se SS serea@ed .nS%1SSi
1t is an awful thing to realize that
there are husbands in this world who
throw potatoes across the table and
that there are wives who grab their hus-
bands by the hair and jam them into II
corner and bump their head against
the wall.
" Melons," said the good Abdul I'll
Kerum, as he got aboard the strcetcar,
g melons are good enough in their way,
but ] relish crab-apples above all else.
Have you seen any this year?"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22


One day, As wandered, heard a complaining.
And saw poor woman the picture ~ eIoou,.
enc giarcd at the mud on her doorstep ctwas rain
Aud this was her vail as she welded the brOo,n.
20! life Is "a toll, and love l. a trouble
Aud beauty will fade and riches will Zee:
And pleasures they dwindle aud prices they double
And nothing Is what could wish Il to bc.
There's too much ri ironing goes 90 a shirt:
ihefes nothing that Pays for the time YOU waste
There's nothing that lasts but trouble and dirt.
In March it Is mud; it's sIush In December;
The midsummer hroezcs loaded with dust;
In lall the leaves litter; In muggy September
The Wallpaper rots and the candlesticks rust.
" There arc worms in the cherries and slugs ia the
And ants in the sugar, aud mice In the pies;
The rubbish Of spiders mortal suppo~.,s
Ana rSvagirg reaches and damaging nics.
"Irs sweeping at six, and dusting AT seven.
lts yictuals AZ eight, and dishes nj nine;
Tvs P0tung aud panning from ten To eleven: .
We scarce weak our fast ere we plan how 10 dine
" With grease and with CRIME, from corner to
Forever at and forever alert
No rest for day lest the enemy enter -
spend my whole life in a struggle with dirt.
" Last night in my dreams / was stationed forever
On bare little isle in the midst Of the sea;
My one chance of life was ccaseleSs endoavor
TO sweep OIL the waves ere they swept over me.
" Alas, twas dreami Again behold itl
yield: am helpless my fate to ayertir
She rolltd down her sleeves, hor apron she folded
ihtb Eild down and died. and was buried in dirt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
EVERYDAY splCERIEs.

NEW ORLEANS Picoymc, II is said
real good men are very scarce at,-water--
ing places this season. Come 20 think
of it, there is NO place ovcrcrowdcd by
men of that sorIs spas..
"WHAr is the name of your catx Wil,
liam ~ inquired visitor. 9 His name
was William" said the host, "until he
had fits, aud since then We have called
him Fitz William
TUBAL-CAIN invented music, but lie
was honest about il. lie cnevcr dreamed
that II woman would sing through her
nose or n young man drive whole
neighborhood distracted with fiddle
NEW YoRK Hcruid: He was from
the country back of Ncwburg, and he
cane 10 town for the first time. As he
looked at the telegraph wires he said
Why do you make yourwirc fences so
high ~
WAR RUMoRs. 49, Artful Assistant
Yes, mum, these are real Turkish tow
els can't get any more when these are
sold, mum. All the towel makers have
been called out now TO fight the Rus
slams"
NEVER do anything you would not
like to see others do, remarks the New
York Herald. Well, now, that's the
worst yet. If we wanted TO marry II
girl, for instance, we wouldn't like to
see some other fellow marry her.
"Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's
honest bark" sang Byron; but then
Byron probably never tossed upon his
slecplcss couch half the night praying
for shotgun of large calibrc TO take
the sweetness out of that bark.
STIR AMONG THE DAISIES
PRrrrY Liu Of Littlcton snuntercd through tho
grassi
Tho very birds aud butterflies stopped to slc her
All the dnisics nodded to the maiden coming by,
Aud leaned acrots The pathway lett behind her.
laughed, oN6t II
We bowed too low hut really we don't mind
To bee 80 fair a maiden pass has really quite un-
strung us;
But Wen siraghtcn up, aud rcudy bc when next
-Mo,y bapes Dodgc n -. Nichoos.
WORCESTER Press; Let us not dwell
upon the future in store for the trades
man who imprcgnatcs dozen peaches
with ipccac and gives one TO each small
boy who will engage in II foot race ten
times around the block.
A SENSITIVE Plant Olon Pumper-
nickel, having just played compost
Chorus of friends" Oh, what is the
matter? What can we do for you T'
Herr Pumpernickel -" Ach, Messing
Nossingl But ven | hear really coot
music, zen must always weep"
WHILE miscr was on his death-bed
tallow candle was burning on the
stand, and ilickcring flame i'm the fire.
place. He watched the candle and then
the fire. Suddenly he called his son:
Come here" The son approached his
bedside, when the old man whispered:
Blow out that candle tallow's most rs
dear as butter"
Why she wouldn't: A young lady
was mt party during which quarrels
between husband and wife were dis
cussed 81 think" said an unmarried
older son, " that the proper thing is for
the husband 60 have it out at once, and
thus avoid quarrcls for the future. i
would light a cigar in the carriage after
the wedding breakfast, and settle the
smoking question forever" would
| knock the cigar out of your mouth"
interrupted the belle. "Do you know
! don't think you 'oould be There" he re-
marked.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
KINGwOOD, PRESTON COUNTY, VIVA SATURDAY -sE

He turned To the coal-tender. There
was fash in his face, report rang out.
and he tottcred, and dropped down
among the wheels. Something hot
spurted upward-blood--and the train
jolted.
A woman clambered down from among
the coal. 1t was Jennie, pale as death,
revolver in hand.
You, Jennie ~ moaned poor Joe; or
is il fancyr
1T is | Joe. distrusted that man.
you remember, and before the train
left | armed myself and sprang on To the
last car. You made such speed that |
have been all this time getting here;
wasn't used To running along the
roof, You know, and lcaping from one
car to another; but here l am Just i'm
time, joe"
God bless you, darling hut | fear
il is too late. Where is my watch 81
That william took it with him when he
dropped under the wheels. What is TO
be done?'
We must go just we are going now.
If we can't reach Apsley Junction be-
fore the express we are lost"
And 50 they dashed on through the
murky night, plunging deathward with
every second, Jennie looking steadily
ahead.
g | see "A lantern, Joew
a lantern y he cried trying To rise
1t is the switchman at Apsley june
ton"
At the same instant both heard the
weird and ominous scream of "A whistle
Its the express approaching at the
other end" shouted Joe with n sudden
energy of dispair. If We have two
minutes in our favor we are saved I
What is the color of the lantern, Jenny,
darling?"
Red, and he waves it up,and down.
lie is running across the track ~
Z" Sound the whistle four times ~
screamed Joe. at is the signal to
switch uson."
She knew how. Three shrieking blasts
and long continued wall The watch
man had set his lantern down. One
minute! Over the rails they iumped
and were safe on the sidingl With n
rusty groan the watchman closed the
switch. A flash and a yell, and express
No. SO had safely passed Both trains
were secure. Two minutes
Kiss me, Joe-no danger now" she
whispered
He caughther just in time, for she had
tainted. Already he had reversed the
engine, and the train was standing still.
The old switchman, with his lantern.
came hobbling over.
You whistled in the nick of time"
he croaked, tremulously. There was
only two minutes between you and eter-
nifty, my man."
1.-TWO minutes" said Joe, "and n
woman's loving heart
And that was true.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
A Hot Mine.

lylrginia city New Enterprise.l
The Savage incline, at q point near the
water, is 80 hot as to be almost beyond
human endurance. But for their shirts
the skin of the men would be blistered
as though by jet Of scalding steam. A
man from the mine recently showed n
blister on his arm that WAS nearly as
large as n mans hand. This blister was
caused by exposing his arm ut the bot
tom Of the incline II il so hot down mt
the water that in scrcwing a nut on the
end Of n bolt one man would be obliged
10 retreat Another would then descend
and give the wrench two or three turns
when he would fall back, and third
man would go down and give 10 few
turns. The other morning the giraffe
got of the track we'll down the incline,
and in trying 10 replace IL one Of small
party Of men was 10 overcome by the
heat that he fell down i'm state Of ia.
seBsibility. His companions carried him
from a point between the one thousand
seven hundred and the one thousand
nine hundred foot levels 30 the one thou
sand three hundred foot level of the
Hale and NorcrOss mine, where he coulc
obtain n mouthful Of fresh air lie wa
still Unconscious when he reached The
point named.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
Went TO His Own Funeral.
lRnsfon Adrcrilrrr.1

Says "A hackman 10 a patron, pointing
to cabby sitting on his box near by.
% You sec that man? Well, he attended
his own funeral" "Not really" ex-
claims the surprised passenger. ''I will
tell you how il was" continued the cab
man. "That man complained not long
ago TO his wife of hard times, and he
said he was going TO drown himself
Now, it happened that on that very day
a body, resembling his, was fishcd out Of
the river. As he had not been heard Of
for three days, the family concluded he
was dead. Now, on the day Of the flu
neral he was driving his carriage along a
street when he spies his wife and all his
relations following a hearse. That's
sad, said he to himself 'there'smy poor
old aunt, who is being buried 50 he
joins in the line. AS luck would have
it, the aunt he thought was dead turns
around and speaks to him. Then, you
see, those two dead people began talking
to each other, and the procession stops.
And they tell me that livelier funeral
was never seen i'm our town"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

last, after more wanderings than
Ulysses ever knew, he reached Philadel-
phia.
?" You must have enjoyed the Exposi-
ton" We suggested, latter travelling
such a weary way to reach it,"
Even itg'' he groancd. "Ncver saw
a smell of it. Exposition had been
closed three months when l got there
And j started homo the next day and
have been travelling ever since, and have
three hundred miles ON two roads to 60
VCt - 9
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
NUMBER 3.


The sunset fades along the shore,
Aud iaints behind yon rosy rcach ol sea,
Night falls again, hat ah no laorc,
No morV, no mnfse
My loVo returns io me.
The lonely mVou builds soft and slow
Her silver bridge acr~ss thcmatn,
Hut him who sleeps the wave below,
Love Inourns in Nain;
All no, ah NO,
lie never comes algaini
but when some night, beside the sea,
watch, whcu sunSctSr,d has cCnse, 10 burn
That silver Path, aud Sigh, All me,
All mc, Rh me-
lie newer will rcturn,"
II on that hridgc Of rippliuy light
Hts humcward feet should Gnd their way,
should not wonder at the stght,
hut only SAY,
"Ah love, my love.
knew You would not siayN'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
mHere,s Your Mule"

The Enquirer says that Miss De
Honore made successful hot-air
balloon ascension from Inwood Park,
Cincinnati, on n recent Sunday, arising
gracefully, and remaining in the air
about forty minutes. She made her
landing at the University Building with
q dangerous rush. The voyage was
made under the auspices Of Professor G..
w Seward, who promised to take live
mule up with him the next Sunday.
The balloon, when at n height of about
twelve hundred feet, carccncd, and the
Madame pulled both valves, which let
the hot air out rapidly. The canvas
fell like stone rocking ~ IL went down,
and swinging the air goyagcr like n
pendulum. Everybody expected p
crash, bat fortunately, the basket struck
q ire-alarm telegraph wire at the
University lot, breaking the wire and
breaking the force OF the fall The
basket touched the wal Of the University
lot, and bounded to the sidewalk, and
the Madame sprang out smiling aud
tripped up the hill Ike % gazcllc The
balloon Topped over ON the other side OF
the fence. IL escaped injury entirely.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

CHICAGO T,Tbuuc: a prOyident and
busincss-like man, ON leaving the city for
his annual summer trip with his family,
placed "a placard just inside tho ball
door, couchcd in the following language: {:
" 70 burglars, or those intending TO
burgle Come, now, let us reason to-
gether' All my plated icwclry and
other valuablcs are in the Safe Deposit
COmpany's vaults. The trunks, cup
boards, etc, contain nothing but second
hand clothing and similar matters too
bulky % remove, aud on which you
would realize comparatively little The
keys are in the left hand top drawer of
the sidcboard, If you doubt my word
You will also find there q certified check
to bearer for fifty dollars which will
remuucrate you for your loss of time and
I disappointment Please wipe your feet
on the mat, and don't spill caudlcgrcase
on the carpetsR
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
A Yankee Hotel Trick.

a high-collared, eye-glassed, mutton
chop-whiskered, snobbish-looking Eng
lishman up at the Glen House, the other
day, was gazing at the big patch Of snow
on Mount Jefferson with an immense
amount Of wonder. Finally he turned
to q native and inquired z" say, mis-
taw, can--ah--yoU tell me if that Is
snow ] see up yondawP Ono, sir,
it is not" was the reply. But, sir, /"
exclaimed the Englishman, 81 am told
it-ah-isa snow-bank, and you know"
81 know" said the American, that
they say it is snow, but he added
cOnfdentially-"I don't mind telling
you how IL il. You see, few Of US
went over there to-day and we found IL
is nothing but a big ledge which our
friend Milliken here has had white
washed 20 AZ tOmakc his guests think they
arc looking at n snOw-bank. I tell you,
my friend there is nothing these Yam
kee hotel men won't do to get custom"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

Lon" HUBBgLL, the strong man
Of the world" once wcl-knOwn in the
circus arena, is in the poor house Of
Putnam County, New York. He used
10 be able to hold back n span Of horses
and support q weight Of eighteen hun
dred pounds on his breasD while he
arched his body on his hands and fec e.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

a PEARt-wmTE lobster was taken
with Others i'm trap at Salem, Mass,
lately, and it is 10 be sent 10 the Essex
Institute. Such Holsters are very rare.
When boiled it is said 20 remain clear
white.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

THE H1wk-Egc says: The other night
woman odt on South Hill was sewing
i'm her room, when she was somewhat
annoyed TO see the apartment suddenly
FIJI with nOn-explosive kerosene oil. She
felt that she had occasion togo out into
the air, and, as the evening WAS
cool, she wrapped a window sash
around her delicate form and strOlIed
through the front fence, remarking 10
n ncighbor who was passing, Fire"
The remark attracted his attention, and in
the course Of the evening he repeated il
to several Of his neighbors and acquaint-
ances, and their curiosity led them 70
visit the wOman's house and pour eight
thousand nine hundred and twenty three
gallons Of water on the best carpets and
furniture. The place Is now Illuminated
nightly with tallow candles.
The average number Of seed I'm
s.eftesI 81 f. e. 4 /.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22

The average number Of seed in
pound Of oats is twenty thousand.
The New York herald., 1877-11-19

Kars has always been regarded by military en-
gineers as position OF groat natural strength, and
during the past thirty yoars vast amount OF labor
was s,outly defended 10 1928 It not until its new
works were built under the direction Of able English
engineers that IL became tho stronghold II now Is
Alter tho surrender OF tho place from star
vation in 1855 mahy OF tho outlying forti-
HcatIons wcro demolished. Upon the revcrson
OF the city 10 Turkey under tho Treaty Of Paris the
Turks restored tho deiences and greatly strengthened
thom. Tho above map shows tho location OF every
tort and the relative situation OF the and citadel
The various lines OF rino pits constructed by the
Turks since the beginning OF this war havo been so
often abandoned and destroyed that IL has not
been decmod advisable 10 include them in tho
map. Tho old town OF Kars, with lis suburbs lies on
The southwestern slope OF hill which crowned by
tho citadel and castle. This hill Is covered on the
northeast by the Karadagh, or Black Mountain, and
on tho west and north by the great ravine Of the Kars
Tchai River, n branch OF the Araxes. Beyond the
river arc two nearly parallel ridges covered by for
tfcat,ons. The inner ne Is that which was SO stub
bornly defended by Sir Fenwick Williams Tho
outer ridge or tho Tchackmash forms the advanced
westerly line OF defence and Is protected by several
important works. The key OF the whole system Of
deicnces Ia the Karadagh and It's forts. which COM
line which extends from Fort Arab 10 Fort HaHz
Pacna that tho efforts of the Russians directed
In order however TO give the Tcador dca OF
the relative strength OF tho different fronts the follow
Ing description OF the forts is pcccssary:-
The New York herald., 1877-11-19

nearly surrounding plateau OF solid rock twenty co
Ing the whole group. This fort commands the road
entering the city from Aexandropol and the east
Fort Halz Pacha, tho next In order toward tho
SOUTH Is the strongest Duilt OF all the works, although
dominated OF course by the Karadagh. II is closed,
tho wall only pierced by one cato toward the town.
Tho whole is surrounded by deep trench, contains
magazine and is protected on tho southeast by an
open outwork called EchalL
Fort Chanli, ut tho western extremity OF the plain
consists OF a closed lunetto, and two advaEcod rc.
doubts, protected by deep rock.hown trench and
traversea II contains powder magazine.
Fort suwarr', semi enclosed work, commands tho
tains a small magazine. Several small earthworks act
supports 10 this fort, and further tho ap-
proaches OF tho Erzeroum road
Across the river sharp promontory stands Fort
Tchim, simply battery, without any trench, but pro-
tecicd by gacs seventy yards front 1t con-
tains powder magazine OF fifty cubic metres capacity
Almost west OF Fort Tchim and about and
quarter miles distant begin tho Tahmasp Hills, tho
southwestern approach being crowned by Fort Tchnc
max. Tho ascent TO this work is graduated and CON-
paratlvcly easy--a sort OF maInelon 1t consists OF
racks powder magazine. Tho crest Of this range
OF hills contains Forts Yarmai YakscK Fort Tcek
stocp hill, commanding tho hnmots OF Mason and
Tchacmak. completes the line OF works on tho west
To the nor,hward, iurhcst away lies Fort Muchliss,
which has never been brought to state OF compile
tion, It having been originally built thai Il did not