West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-06-29
WAITS AND WHIMS.


NRPTUNE's coat of arms--the crest of
wave.
THERE'S music in the heir-when
your boy cries.
ANGER always hurts us more than the
one we get mad at
ACCoRpING to mythology, Pompeii
was founded 10y Hercules.
THOSE who never retract, love them
selves better than the truth.
PRETlY women for whom young men
kill themselves are called slay-bellcs.
CHARACTER gives splendor To youth
and awe To wrinklcd skin and gray hairs.
SHoEMAKERs say that shoes, like
clothing, should be suited to the weather.
PAsrEBoARD caps, that look like
strawberry boxes with n front piece, are
worn.
BosroN now contains l9,S00 acres, or
about six times the territory il did in
1865.
DID you ever know man who did
not think he could poke the fire better
than your
Coop advice is like brown bread. IL
is very nourishing, but not always the
most welcome kind of food.
AMERICA spends 800 ,000, 900 annually
on strong drinks; England. with 6,00O,-
600 less of population, $76b, 100000.
WHEN men grow virtuous in their old
age, they arc merely making sacrifice
to God of the DEVILS leavings.-SwiH.
GONE hour to-day is worth two to-
morrow" because there may be base
ball game that will occupy all your time.
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Naur O. In NV lnNg glN hnWVa
Wen lend the ours Graphic.
The finest lawns and French main
sock are used for white dresses, and the
trimmings are embroidery, lace and
tucks
QUEEN VICTORIA has reigned forty
one years. The length of the reign of
the famous Queen Elizabeth was forty
four years.
The proprietor of the Virginia Nat
ursl Bridge has gone into insolvency.
The bridge is among his assets, and is
valued mt $4,000.
VERIFY the Indian has cause to get
mad and lift scalps, but he must learn
To lift the scalps of Traders and peace
commissioners, and let innocent people
alone.
THEY have in Congress a jawbone
which isn't exactly the jawbone with
which Samson slew the Philistines; but
the resemblance il quite remarkable
Bredkfdst Table.
The Socialistic press Of Germany
boasts no less than seventy-fve publica-
tioDs, with 1850 subscribers an in
crease of eighteen i'm the number of the
papers since last year.
THE great art of conversation consists
in not wounding or humiliating any one,
in speaking only of things that we know,
in cOnversng with o hers only on sub
jects which may interest them.
UNTIL the middle or latter part Of
June, Congress will receive a share of
public attention, but after that there
will be no reason why the public mind
should not be wholly devoted TO base
ball.
IP Edison would get up little phono-
graph for n dollar that would simply
say, Come round about the 10TH"
it would have a big sale among business
men, BredkJdst Table.
MR. SCoTT RUSSELL asserts that il has
been found commercially advantageous
10 build large steamers without sails.
They make four times as many voyages,
and pay much better than those which
use sails.
IN church festival in Newbury, Mo-,
meals were sold at dollar apiece at
two long tables A fine repast was
served at one table by negro walters,
while at the other exceedingly plain
fare was dispensed by the prettiest girls
in the village. The choice was hard
one 10 make, and the eaters we're about
evenly divided. The pastor ate plain
| food
The highest lodge Of Good Templars
resolved in q session in Boston, that
" the use of fermented wine at the sac
rament of the Lords supper is no where
sanctioned in the Scriptures; that il is
not proper symbol to represent the
blood Of Christ and its life-giving
power, and that the use of it in the
house Of God on such a solemn occasion
is bulwark Of the liquor traffic"