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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24
A Lesson on DIscInlIne.

Daredevil ShObeleh who blames no.
body, but accepts defeats as the "will
of God" is the most popular of the
Russian heroes. His force was on the
extreme left of Schako6ski's division i'm
the first disastrous attack on Plevna.
When the battalion of infantry was
under fire Of the twelve guns defending
that portion of the Turkish line. the
soldiers shouted Chargep and began
rushing forward. SkobecT ordered a
halt; lines were formed with the pre-
cision of dress parade, aud the com
mand was given, Garry armsW
Present arms" When the line was
at n Present" the she'll began 10 fall
among them. SkobeleGthen asked them if
they did not think "they presented a
ridiculousspectacle i'm that position under
fire" They replied that they did Then he
assured them that he would keep them
there until the next morning unless
they promised to keep order i'm the ranks
and await the command Of their officers,
instead OF yelling and charging on their
own account. The men assured him
that they saw the force Of his remarks.
They were then led forward and be-
haved splendidly through the whole
action. The incident brings 10 mind the
iron-handed discipline Of Catharine's
terrible Marshais, who opened their
batteries upon their own soldiers when
/ they were wavering in the charge, and
drummed their Generals out Of camp
when they yentured 10 suggest n retreat.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

THE Vermont courts have recently de-
cided that the fruitgrowing on the
limbs Of tree oycrhanging lands of ono
man, while the roots are on the premises
Of another, belongs to the latter: but the
person over whose lands the limbs pro
ject, may, IL he sees it, saw them of.
even to the line"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

"Is HE q good doctorT asked one
gentleman Of another, speaking Of an
acquaintance. Well, people call him
so,' replied the other; but as far as
my experience goes, If was n patriotic
mar, and there was going to be a long
war I should like TO have him i'm charge
Of the enemys wounded"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

REMARKS Of n veteran Indiana hotel.
keeper Steal? Why, you would be
astonished to find how large proportion
Of the travelling public arc Internal
thieves. They steal the bod-clotbino.
pillows, boot-iacks, soap, soap-disbcs
everything in fact, which they carry
Oft Everybody steals soap. We oxpect
that, and don't kick. You'd be sur.
priscd 10 hear that-(a noted Indiana
politician makes a practice Of putting
the soap into his valisc every time he
pays his bill lie don't seem 10 use
much Of it himself, but ! think he take.
10 home to his children"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

"TnE young man who would take the
most girls to the Grand Rapids Fair
was 10 be awarded n suit Of clothes.
Edward Cox took sixty-fvc girls, and
won the suit" We printed the forego-
ing item the other day, and now comes
another young Michagandcr saying he
took only one girl, and won q suit, too.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

ABOUT the most uncomfortable seat n
man can have, IN the long run, is self.
cOnoeit
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

Boss TWEED, under oat,a. savs that Of
all the millions he once bad, Ices than
500, 900 remain to him
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24
EVERYDAY SPICERIES.

Now with pumpkins the Gclds are golGeu,
And the woodland Is sere and gray,
Aud the huckwhoat comcth 90 usher in
The dawn of a batter day.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24

CHiEF JosEPH is six feet high and
thirty-fve years old,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
SleeD North and South.

A learned German says: "In sleep
any position except north and south is
disagreeable, but from east to west al
most intolerable, at least in our hemis-
phere it is otherwise. The cause of this
phenomenon can obviously be found
only in that great magnet which is
formed by the earth with its atmosphere
that is, terrestrial magnetism. The
terrestrial magnetism exerts on certain
persons, both hearty and otherwise, who
are sensitive, a peculiar influence won
derful enough to disturb their rest, and
in the case of diseased persons disturb
ing the circulation, the nervous func-
tions and the equilibrium of the mental
powers. There are persons whom l
know, the head of whose bed ID to the
North, and who, in order to wake early.
will reverse their usual position in bed,
but without knowing the reason why.
beyond that they could always wake
earlier, the sleep being more broken
1 have had it related to me that, at
military hospital in Russia, there was
some sick patients of highly sensitive
natures, and who were rapidly recover.
ing. When necessity compelled them
to be removed to another wing OF the
building they did not get on so we'll in
fact, prostration seemed to be setting in;
and it was found advisable to get them
back to their former wards as quickly o.
possible, where the heads Of the beds
were to the north. I have heard OF
horses going blind through changing
their position from north to south to
that of west to east"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Bombardment without War.

Passengers on the deck of q large
pleasure steamboat, running through
the narrows of New York harbor, several
years ago, were amazed and greatly
alarmed by seeing large cannon ball
pass over the boat. The ball was from
cannon in Fort Hamilton, which the
gunners had supposed was aimed at q
target nowhere near the boat. The
residents of the quiet village Of Minton,
IN England, have also had an experience
of bombardment in time of peace. At
midday a sixteen-pound shell fell in the
middle of the main street. and ploughed
up the turf long distance. Another
shell soon fell into a garden near by,
and third entering the roof Of q barn,
utterly demolished the building. The
frightened villagers fed from their
homes to the open country. It was
soon ascrtained that the Royal Horse
Artillery we're practicing gunnery upon
q lofty eminence some two miles distant,
and that the gunners had put their tar
gets in line with the village. A mount
ID messenger informed the officer in
of the village catastrophe, and
he firing ceased.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
The Wonderland OF Montana.

A correspondent, writing from the
National Park, on the Yellowstone, says I:
For the past three days we have been
revelling in the wonders of this Plutonio
region. On every side we have had
springs hot and cold, clear and muddy !;
mountains of pure sulphur, geysers
throwing water two hundred and fifty
feet high, of all shapes, sizes and varia'
tions. Right here, within two hundred
yards, the thing varies little, for in.
stead of water oozing from mounds
built up by the sedimentary deposits OF
of ages, they are funnel-like caldrons
fifty feet from the surface. There is
one that, looking down into it, appears
to be-and I think is-a subterranean
river. It is as wide as the Boise river.
and the bubbling, seething noise it kicks
up is almost terrifying. 1t is very
muddy, and from the appearance Of the
trees for five hundred yards around, and
the wetness of the surface, it must occa-
spout to an immense height.
Not far away, at what appears to be the
entrance Of q cavern, is another boiling
spring like the other, rolling out in
waves from vast hole. 1t is scalding
hot, beautifully clear, but very sui
phurous. The rocks around the en-
trance are covered with soft sediment
of various dark, brilliant colors, on whir
many names are written. Of course
added ours.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
(,hildren,S Food.

In reference to feeding children, DR..
e. Smith, an eminent English physician,
says that at two years Of age the food
should be supplied at intervals Of about
three hours during the day, and once
during the night, or at an early hour in
the morning. If the child be sent to
bed at six or seven P. n, the interval
between that and the breakfast hour on
the following morning is much too pro-
longed for proper nutrition, and will
lead to defective growth. Hence at the
period in question food should be sup
piled at six o'clock, or as soon after as
possible in the morning. A child should
never be sent to bed with an empty
stomach. A drink of milk and water
and a slice Of bread and butter is the
best Of suppers for child up to four or
five years of age, and it is of the great
est consequence that the food be given
as early in the morning as the children
rise. This may be of bread and butter
only, or with milk, whether hot or cold,
as may be convenient.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Facts About London.

London, England, covers an aera of
70, acres, or 1872 square miles.
When the census was taken last year,
there were 1900 miles of streets, 1000
miles Of sewers, 417,767 inhabited
houses, and population of 3,489, ,428.
The inclusion of fifteen miles around
makes the population 4, 1885, ,6O7. There
are over 100, 900 professional men, 211,-
600 of the commercial class, sos, 900 me-
chanics, $4,000 laborers, and 1000
whose occupation is underlined. There
are 1,633,221 males, and 1,066, ,207
females. OF the women, 1872, 130 are
married, and 226,OOO are domestic ser.
wants. There are 5000 tailoresses,
50, 900 milliners and dressmakers, a..
600 seamstresses and shirt-makers, and
"A, 900 laundresses $4,000 are returned
as gentlewomen. The number of chill
dren reported as attending school is
314, 900. London, though much larger
in populatian than New York, is not as
densely packed as the latter. New York,
in 1870, with n population of 942, ,292,
had only 65,O44 dwelling-houses, ard
the average number of persons to a
dwelling was 14.72. In London the
average last year was 8.33, and this was
smaller than the average, according to
the census of 1870, in either Brooklyn
Boston, Cincinnati or Jersey City.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Bells.

The invention of bells is attributed to
Polonius, Bishop of Nola, Campania,
about the year 400. They were first in
troduced into churches as defense
against thunder and lightning they
were first put up in Croyland Abbey,
Lincolnshire, England, in 945. In the
eleventh century, and later, it was the
custom to baptize them in the churches
before they we're used. The curfew
bell was established in 1918. 1t was
rung at eight in the evening, when pco-
pie were obliged to put out their fires
and candles. The custom was abolished
in 100. Bellmen were appointed in
London in 1856, to ring the bells at
night, and cry out: "Take care Of your
fire and candle be charitable to the
poor, and pray for the dead"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
The First Iron Sword.

There is legend in Japan Of the
EXTREMIST antiquity. It is that, for a
long time in the world, there was no
weapon that was not made Of flint or
stone. At last o sword was made of
iron, and it was tho maiden sword of
this world. It fell into the hands Of q
young prince. This prince, feeling the
greatness OF such treasure as the first
sword, went forth to see what wrong he
could right, what good he could do
went forth q sort of primitive Quixote,
but in more serious mood. He saw q
cut stick on the river, and he Travelled
up the river and there he found an old
man and an old woman with beautiful
maiden sitting between them, and all
three were weeping. The prince asked
why they wept, and they said they had
eight children, and there was in the
terrific monster with
eight heads and eight tails. This mon
ster would devastate the whole country
unless every year one of their children
was given him to devour. They had
given seven daughters, and now they
had brought the last. The monster WAS
expected momentarily. The prince
looked at his sword, but did not feel that
It was equal to deal with eight heads.
So he hit upon the device of preparing
hogsheads of wine. He had park with
eight gates, and in each of these gates
be placed hogshead Of wine, and when
The monster came eight heads appeared,
and eight heads went into these barrels
of wine. And they slipped the wine, and
leeper and deeper they went down, until
he eyes were not over the barrel, and
n fact they became intoxicated, the re-
,ult was that where their necks met in
,ne, and in the body, the prince cut off
Ill the heads at one blow, and saved the
voung lady.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
A Salt Water Lesson.

I spent (says well-known author) an
evening lately with Captain Strout, Of
the Messenger, and among other Incl.
dents of his experience he related the
following: II once had man," he
said, "who sailed with me many voy.
ages, and who, though thorough sea-
man, and ordinarily quiet and orderly,
yet gave me great deal of trouble. In
those days we used more rum than we
do now, and this man often contrived to
get tipsy, and when in that condition he
would invariably try to drown himself.
I had borne with him long time, when
as was one day in my cabin, busy with
my reckoning, I heard an unusual hustle
on deck, and upon running up to learn
the cause, I found that it came from
this follows trying to jump overheard,
and his shipmates trying to prevent him
from doing so. The man was quite
tipsy, and thought would not only
sober him, but give him lesson which
might make an impression. Accord
ingly I dispatched one of the hands for
deep-sea line. This I secured firmly
around the culprit's body, contriving
that the lead weighing about fifty
pounds should dangle under his arm.
Having made all ready, pitched the
fellow overheard, and let him sink few
fathoms. He was soon drawn to the
surface, and allowed to spurt out the
salt water and to breathe, and then I
dumped him again. As we drew him up
the second time he struggled and shouted
for dear life. For mercy's sake, don't
drown met he cried. ITO be sure
will, said I. Wont it save you from
the sin of suicide? You'd better go to
the next world by my hands than your
own And then I dropped him again,
this time letting him 60 by the run at
least five fathoms down. He was finally
taken on deck, completely exhausted,
and entirely sober. He sailed with me
four years after that, the best hand
had and as for drowning himself, he
never threatened or attempted it again."
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Paying for q Dinner by the Pound.

Paying for q Dinner by the Pound.
Vidette," writing from Montreal to
the Boston Journal says: "The other
day asked a singularly ministerial.
looking friend where I could find good
place for lunch. He looked at me
with grave solicitude, and answered: II
will show you o restaurant where they
weigh their customers when they 20 in
and when they come out, and then charge
them 30 much an ounce for what they
have eaten" Not muscle of his intel
igent face changed, o. he checked an
exclamation of incredulity by adding:
IL went there one day myself with q
couple of bricks in my pockets, which
quietly slipped under the table, and
when I tipped the scales on coming out
they had actually to pay me seventy-fve
cents. And with deprecatory ges-
ture-"I had fairly gorged myself With
all the most toothsome delicacies of the
season."
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Plucky Hrs. SaMin.

Mrs. Sawin, of Kansas, is plucky
woman who has q farm of $50 acres Of
prairie land. This spring she harvested
ten acres of wheat of her own plowing
and sowing, and put down twenty acres
more, besides some sorghum and broom
corn. She is not strong-bodied woman:
on the contrary, when she began her
plowing she was 30 feeble that she had
An easy chair at the end Of her furrow
and was obliged at every second row to
stop and rest. She chose this life be-
cause she had more fitness for it than
for anything else that gave promise of a
future for two little sons whom she de.
sires to educate to usefulness. Her
health improves, and a sheep-raiser in
the neighborhood has engaged her to
plow ten acres of land for him and take
her pay in sheep.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
The Hard Fate Of q Veteran.

A recent issue Of the Boston PosI
contains the following: Among the
persons who applied for lodgings Sun.
day evening at the Ninth street police
station was one Charles Williams, form.
erly lieutenant in the navy and at.
tached to the South Atlantic squadron
under the command Of Admiral Dahlgreh.
Mr.. Williams, previous to the late civil
war, was in the merchant service, and
for six years was the commander of tho
Lookout, one Of the finest clipper ships
which sailed out of New York harbor.
Upon the breaking out Of tho war he en-
tered the navy as common sailor, and
was very soon after made lieutenant.
During the bombardment of Fort Mo
Allister, while attached TO the Sonoma,
Of the South Atlantic squadron, he was
severely injured by the explosion of
cannon, the powder burning his face
andhands in shocking manner. From
the effect Of this accident he lost his eye.
sight, but was still retained in the SER
vice until 1865, when he was discharged.
During his service rs merchantmen and
in the navy he had managed to save
considerable sum OF money, which he
proceeded to expend at some Of the best
eye inarmaries in the country, hoping
thereby to regain his eyesight, but fin
ally gave up in despair until 1870, when
he made the acquaintance of an eminent
German physician, then on q visit to
New York. He succeeded in restoring the
lost eyesight, although in an impaired
state, and in order to strengthen the eyes
two minute glass plates be.
meath the lids, which Williams retains
up to the present time. Having been
unable to procure work in his own place
bridgeport, Conn. }, and having wife
and three children to support, Mr.. Will
liams came to this city few days since
with what money he could raise, with
the hope of procuring work at his trade,
which is sail making but being unsuc-
'essful and having used up his last cent,
le was compelled for the first time to
'sk lodgings at the city's expense.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Lost.


A wild rose. by the wayside hung
Dsw-glittering, on the morning air
pure, scarce conscious, perfume flung
looked, and found the eowret fair
80 fair, sought, with sudden xest
To wear IT, beauty on my breast.
Tho trembling petals st my touch
A sweetsr, subtler fragrance shed
lis strange loved that flower 20 much,
And-it was dead.
In that high mood when thonght hath wings
And finds alone It's speech In song,
struck IN old harr's Numbering strings,
And drew an idle hand along;
Nor deemed the careless chords had caught
The life-note that my spirit sought,
Till sudden on my startled ear
Its dream.created accents woke,
Alack bought the rapture dear
TIE string had broke.
heard wild bird on the shore,
Singing wild song 10 the sea
And bold the burden that II bore,
And sweater than all else to mo
so sweet Gagged the bird to hear
His magic minstrelsy more near.
Untamed, the captive's swelling throat
In one sad song his whole soul cast;
Too well knew his loveliest note
Had been his last.
And yet while memory hath power
To count the hours too vainly spent,
The fragrance o: that faded flower,
That harp's last dying music, blent
With the wild birds weird death-song, will
Haunt every waking moment still,
Teaching my heart the bitter cost
Of all the eye Of hope hath seen,
or all that life hath won and lost
That might have been.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
Quinlne, and the Trees that Produce \.
Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark, and IN

Qulnlne, and tho Trees that Produce n.
Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark. and IN
on. day, under its prepared form, qui-
nine, are the great weapon Of the human
race to combat malarious fever, whether
in tho Roman Campagna, the fens Of
Lincolnshire, the meadows Of New Jer-
sey, the Western prairies, or tho 18th
mus.
The first use Of the bark asa febrifuge,
really authenticated, was In the case OF
the Countess OF Cinchon, wife Of the
Viceroy OF Peru, who was cured OF
fever by IL in 1888. OF course those
who recommended it to lady OF her
rank must have produced evidence OF its
beneficial powers-whether We believe
or reject the story Of the sick Indian who
recovered by drinking from the pool IN
which o log Of this tree from the arid
slopes had been thrown.
The cure Of SO great lady was noised
abroad and, as she took back to Spain
a supply Of the precious bark, its merits
we're soon tested and made known, and
Cinchona took its high degree in Aatsrta
Aedica. The Jesuit missionaries next
became such ardent admirers Of ito
merits, that it took the name OF Jesuit's
bark. The original Ipdian name, Kina-
kina, gave place in Peru to that Of
Ccaspi-chucchu, or fever-tree.
Condamine and Jussieu first gave full
descriptions Of varieties Of this tree.
while others began to explore and deter
mine the district in which it was found.
This tract Of country is crescent-shaped,
on the western slope Of the Andes, be-
tween the ninth degree north and nine
teenth degree south. 1t loves the wood
ed hillsides, cool, dry spots, generally
shady. The species in which quinine is
active are found between the attitudes
of four and ten Thousand feet, in the
highest becoming shrub. Where the
woods are intermingled with grassy
stretches the varieties found are Of little
value.
These trees are sought out by cas-
carilleros, who then epcamp sometimes
for six months, till they complete their
work, raising crops Of vegetables in the
woods, signs Of which puzzle future
travellers. The trees are cut down, tho
outer or dead bark removed, and the
live bark within stripped off in long
pieces like shingles. The bark on the
branches is taken off entire. Each tree
will give eight or nine arrobas of bark.
These strips are then carried to the camp
md stacked up to dry. When thor
,ughly freed from moisture, tho bark
s made up in bales Of coarse woolen
10th, which are enveloped in wet hides.
which are allowed to dry on, forming
light, hard box. In this shape it is car
ried to the ports and shipped.
Attempts made to introduce the tree
elsewhere have almost always failed, and
,ear by year the destruction of this use-
ul agent goes on. Hence an anxiety
,xists that it may become so rare as ~
,e almost unobtainable as an ordinary
emedy.