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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-28
Sardine Fisheries.

The sardine fisheries have supported
many families for generations. The
chief supply originally came from SIR
dinia, whence they take their name but
for Il long time they were mainly caught
on the coast Of Brittany. Sardines are
unusually abundant in French waters
this season, and the catch will lJe larger
than in any previous year A sardine
fleet consists Of vessels from eight to ten
tons each, with crew Of from six 10
twelve persons, and goes six 10 nine
miles from land. The bait, consisting
on eggs and fish, cut up is scattered on
the water. The sardines are taken
with gill nets. a few are saltcd on
board, but the bulk are carried ON shore
Their heads arc cut on, and they are
washed aud sprinklcd with salt After
drying, they are arranged in frames, in
almost perpendicular rows, aud Inn
mersed again and again i'm the best
boiling olive oil When sufficiently
cured they are packed i'm small tin
boxes by women and children. after
which men fill the boxes up with fresh
oil and solder them tight The work IN
not complete, however for before Gt for
the table the fish require cooking. TO
this end they are placed in a covered
Kettle and boiled from half an hour to
an hour, according 10 their size After
drying, labelling, and placing I'M wooden
case they are ready for shipment The
American sardine, or menhaden, is taken
In large quantities on the coast Of New
Jcrsey, and put up i'm oil
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-28

SAID "a railroad engineer 10 an Irish
man, whose COW had been killed q but
she didn't get out Of the way when 7
rang The belt" Faith. thin" said
Pat ye didn't -htop whin she rang
her hell. naythur'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-28

HonsEBAcE riding j. now the fayorte
recreation
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-28

a little girl whose father went out a.
chaplain in our late war, PRAYED for
him one night in this way Dear
God, bless my papa and do not let
him die but, If no Is sick. you needn't {
b. troubled because he has got TEyTs
JoprnW of Heolfb.'" Did Dr. Hall ever
have q better recommendation ihnu
that Oiircr optic.
A BALprHEAD is said 10 bs an evidence
OF early piety but 10 requires q great
deal ot that or some other sort of pietv
TO keep p bald-headed man In q good
humor when blue bottle fly persists in
dancing q hornpipe on the place where
the hair ought to grow
HORSEBACK riding is now the fayorite
recreation
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-28

whispered the man, "wife viii be stand.
ing. at the gate, Watching and hoping;
and as Tar a. she can see me she II tell
10y my face that the search has not
availed J had rather lose finger than
meet her white face and reproaehful
look. J wish We were both dead I"
And with weary step and hopeless
heart he dragged along, having such y
mission ~ neither hope nor despair nor
love brings 10 one in ten thousand.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
How Sunday Was spent at the
Churches,

How Sunday Was Spent at the
Churches.
Father Weninger opened a mission at St.
Xaviers Church yesterday.
The Synod of Cincinnati meets at Ripley,
Ohio, on Thursday of this week.
The Columbia NJ f. Church wiped out
an Indebtedness of $500 last week.
The Official Board of Asbury Chapel have
decided to expend 81, 900 in repairing their
chapel.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
hold their next meeting at the Second Pres
byterian Church tomorrow afternoon.
Rev. George B. Beecher delivered prac-
tical and able sermon last evening at the
First Presbyterian Church upon the subject
of getting on in the world.
Rev. Enos Campbell, of Louisville, a
nephew of the late Alexander Campbell,
occupied the pulpit of the Central Christian
Church yesterday morning
A concert will be given at the Union
Baptist Church on Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings of this week, under the direc-
tion of the Church choir, the proceeds to be
applied to the repair fund.
The annual meeting of the Freedmen S
Aid Society of the NJ. E. Church for the
election of officers and the transaction of
other business will be held at the Book
Concern of this city on Wednesday of this
week.
Memorial services were held in the Zion
Baptist Church, on Seventh street, yester-
day afternoon, for DR.. R. H. Tate, the
young colored physician who went South
to attend the yellow fever sufferers and died
at his post.
Rev. E. D. Ledyard, pastor of the Mt
Auburn Presbyterian Church, yesterday
morning, delivered q sermon in commem
Grafton of the tenth anniversary of the
foundation of the church of which he gave
an extended synopsis.
Rev. G. Griffiths, pastor of the Welsh
Congregational Church, on Lawrence street
preached very impressive sermon yester
day morning. in memory of the late VIM
A. Richards, recently student at the Ma
rietta College, and son of Stephen Richards
of Walnut Hills
Rev. Mr.. Hayden, of the Mt. Auburn
Baptist Church. after pastorate of twt
years, handed in his resignation yesterday
which will be acted upon tonight. Mr.
Hayden is not only leaving the church bu
also the denomination, with which his beliefs
will no longer permit him to remain. He
has not yet decided with what church he viii
unite but is leaning strongly towards the
Episoopalians. In his sermon yesterday
morning he set forth his belief in full.
The Episcopal Church Congress will con
vene at Pixies Opera-house on Tuesday
evening and continue in session until
Friday evening. The Introductory ad
dress will be delivered at Christ Church, on
Tuesday evening, by Bishop Dudley. On
Wednesday morning the holy communion
will be administered at St. Paul's Church
and communion address delivered by
Phillips Brooks. On Thursday night the
Sunday Question will come up for discus
sion. Papers will be read by Rev. D. R
Goodwin DID,, LID, of Philadelphia, and
Rev. Edward A. Washburn, D. d., of New
York City. The Hon. John W. Andrews
Rev. R. F. Alsop and Rev. G. F. Bugbee
will also take part in the discussion. Bishop
Jaggar will preside at all the sessions.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
No Failure Known.

There is no case on record known where
DR.. Morris Syrup of Tar Wild Cherry and
Horehound has failed to give satisfac-
ton. On the other hand, wherever it has
been used by our people, in severe colds,
coughs, asthma, bronchitis, Group, whoop-
thusiastic in its praise Containing no
opium or other dangerous drug, it does not
constipate and is safe to administer in all
conditions of health. This is an important
announcement, and the suffering are ad
vised to heed it. Trial size, 1Oc; large sizes
SOC and 81.
Sold by John Keeshan, Sixth and Walnut
streets; j. D. Wells, Fourth street and Cen
tral avenue; H. F. Reum, Fifth and Broad
way.
Also Agents for Prof Parker's Pleasant
Worm Syrup which is sure death to Worms
Pleasant to take and requires no physic
Price 25c. Try it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
OCTOBER IA
AS TO CIRCULATION

The representatives of the Cincinnati Times
having had the sudacity to dispute the large cir
culation of the STAR before the County Commits
sioners, when the award Of the contract fer pub
fishing the delinquent personal tax list was about
to be made to us, we propose to settle the question
of circulation before the public as fully as we did
before the Commissioners. We therefore propose
to the Times to prove the following propc sitions
FIRST-That the DAILY STAR has published and
circulated more papers any one day during me
present year than the Daily Times has during the
whole six days of any week in that time.
SECOND-That the DAILY STAR circulates IN
the City of Cincinnati regularly more than three
times as many papers as the Daily Times
THIRD-That the DAILY STAR circulates in
Covington, Newport, Ludlow, West CoVington
and Dayton, Ky..-the cities on the opposite bank
of the Ohio-more than ten times as many
papers as the Daily Times.
FOURTH-That in the cities Of Springfield, Ham
flton and Piqua, Ohio; Lexington, Covington and
Newport, Kentucky; Greensburg, Vincennes and
Lawrenceburg Indana-three representative cit
les in each OF the three States tributary to Cncn-
nati-the circulation of the DAILY STAR Is more
than fifteen times that of the Daily Times
FIFTH-That the STAR has lists OF regular SUD-
scribers in three times as many places as the
Times, and that these lists of the STAR average
three times as many subscribers as those OF
the Times.
We challenge the Times to a con-
tradictiOn of these five PrOpOsl-
tiOns, and offer to refer the matter
to any fair person of their selection,
and afford every means of arriving
at the truth, SO far as the circula-
lion of the STAR is concerned.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

If any of our many readers should hap
pen to visit Philadelphia either ON busi-
ness or pleasure. sojourn at the Colon
made Hotel" at the corner of Fifteenth and
Chestnut will make him about as happy
and contented as he possibly can be. There
is an amount Of real comfort, as well as ele-
gance, about all the appointments of this
admirably establishment rare
ly met with in an American hos
telry. Without attempting to particu-
larize any of its special merits, it is enough
to say that everything is in perfect order,
that nothing is wanting to make one alto,
gether comfortable, and that an unusual
quantity of courtesy and good manners
marks the conduct of all the attaches. Mr..
H. J. Crump, who has entire charge of the
house, has clearly demonstrated the fact
that he knows exactly how to keep hotel,
and under his capable management the
Colonnade will undoubtedly Give long and
prosper. - Baltimore Gazette
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

The great Robinson circus and menagerie
returned home yesterday after an absence
of eighteen months. 1t went at once into
quarters for the winter, on Livingston
street near John. On last Thursday night
terrible accident happened to the ele-
phant Conqueror while the show was on its
way, by rail, from Frankfort to LAGRANGE.
The train was going at the jog Of ten or
twelve miles to the hour, when Conqueror
found himself, after knocking out the end
of the car, in fearful position Of torture.
His fore legs were astride OF the couplings,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

TALL AT THE AMERICAN SEWING MA MA
u CHINE ROOMS, 1T WEST FOURTH STREET
AND SEE THE NEW BUTTONHOLE MA
CHINE,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

The New York Hotel Gazette and Trav.
elers' Monitor which is considered the lead.
ing hotel and travellers paper, says of that
famous hotel, the Delavan, at Albany
"Messrs. Chas. E. Leland & Co. have in the
Delavan one of the finest and best of hotels.
All the notables and distinguished people
stop at the Delavan, and since the rates
have been reduced to So, So so and $4 pei
day, we believe almost every person going
to Albany will sojourn at this house. as the
best accommodations can be had at prices
in accordance with the times"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

his whole weight being thrown upon his
breast and his tusks on the platform of the
next car. In this way he travelled half a
mile or more before the train could be
stopped, with his right fore foot whipping
against the ties When at last the train
was stopped, it was found that Conqueror's s
foot was half torn off and left dangling.
1t is not definitely known whether the ami
malls life can be saved
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

The violation of any of natures laws
brings it's warning by the feeling of discom-
fort. Exposure will induce colds: throat
diseases, consumption, ETC., all of which
give warning by a troublesome cough. Use
Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup in time, and remove
both the cause and effect of your d!scom-
fort.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

Parties visiting st. Augustine, Florida,
have this advantage: an assurance OF first
class hotel accommodations, at one of the
largest and most reliable of Southern ho-
tells the St, Augustine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14

BLACK DRESS GOODS.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

GRIP VAN wINKLE' AT THE GRAND.
This week we are to have at the Grand
Opera-house Mr.. Joseph Jefferson in his
great portrayal of rip Van Wrinkle" 1t
is piece that always draws full house
and well merits all the praise bestowed.
The play will be produced with the fol-
lowing excellent cast:
ACT RIP Van Winkle, Jos. Jefferson;
Derrick Won Beekman, money lender, Mr..
H. B. Norman; Nick Vedder, landlord of
the George III, Mr.. l. N. Beers; Jacob Stein,
Mr.. c. r. Webster; Cookies, Derrick's
Vedder, aged eight years, Birdie Hodges;
Clausen, Mr.. W. Richardson; Gretchen,
Rips wife, Marion P. Clifton; Meenie, Rips
daughter, aged six years, Little Laura Horn.
ACT "Trip Van Wrinkle, Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson; Swaggerino, Dwarf of the Cats
kills, Mr. S. Phillips; Spirit of Hendrick
Hudson, Mr.. l.. ]. Loring. Demons of the
Catskills. "a lapse of twenty years.
ACT HI.-Rip Van Wrinkle, Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson Derrick Won Beekman, Mr.. H. B.
Norman; Cookies, Mr.. Harry Harwood ;
Seth Mr. J. L. Hay; Hendrick Vedder, aged
twenty-eight years, Mr.. L. R. Warwick; ;
Gretchen (now married to Derrick) Marion
P. Clifton; Meenie, aged twenty-sx, Molie
Maeder; Katchen, Miss May Brown. Viii
layers, peasants, etc.
New and elegant scenery painted ex-
pressly for the piece by Dewitt G. Waugh
Appropriate incidental music under the
direction of Professor Richard Maddern.
Mechanical effects by Joseph Morse. Ee-
giant and unique appointments by John B.
Booth. Gas effects and illuminatons by
Oscar Warden.
GRAND CENTRAL TUEATFR
Victoria LOTUS British Blondes arrived
in the city yesterday, and opened
last night for one week at the Grand Cen
tral. Long before the time of opening, vast
throngs began to congregate in the lobby
and before the curtain rose every seat in
the house was occupied and people were
standing in the aisles and leaning on the
railings and window slls and still the
crowd continued to come. Hundreds were
turned away THE performance began with
a short sketch entitled "The Stagestruck
Chambermaid, " in which Mr. Harry LeClair
showed himself to be a wonderful female
impersonator. The piece was fall of wit
and was we'll received. 1t was followed by
short olio in which the old time favorites
Cummings and Harrington introduced
their musical sketch of the "Lovejoy Fam
ily" They have an abundance of new
Jokes and kept the audience in continu-
Gus roar. The whole concluded with the
very amusing buresque "Atalanta."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

Ryan's White House Theater, over the
Rhine has lengthy programme this week.
The Coliseum has an entire change OF
programme tonight and an inviting bill is
offered. Hereafter the Coliseum will give a
matinee on Saturday.
Oliver Doud Byron is at Heuck's this
week
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-18

Pretty Work for Leisure Hours.

Among the pretty things for the par
lor which may easily be made at home
are lamp-shades and window transpar-
encies cut from Bristol board. For a
lamp-shade, take five pieces of Bristol
board, three inches wide at the top and
five at the bottom, and sloped like a
dress gore on both sides. On each Of
these, sketch lightly in pencil, or, ii
your skill is not equal to this, trace with
impression paper any simple picture you
please. Flowers, leaves, a spray ofany
sort, a vine with leaves, grapes and ten
drills, are all ei' ectiv. and pleasing pat
terms. After the pattern is traced take a
sharppenknife and cut through each line
taking care to leave enough of the
board intact at the base of each, so as to
prevent any part from being wholly de-
tached and so falling out. The design
may be colored on the reverse if desired,
and for this no skill is necessary-bold
strokes and dashes of color answered
perfectly, provided there is no blurring
of the lines. We have seen some such
shades where, instead of using a knife,
the designs were pricked with a pin or
with a large needle. When the parts
Of the shade are all done, bind them
with narrow ribbon or gilt paper pasted
on, and join them together. This may
be done by making a hole at each cor
ner of each gore and tying them to-
gether by means of narrow ribbon pass
ed through the holes. If a larger shade
Is desired, six pieces may be made, but
five will be sufficient for the ordinary
size. The effect of such a shade will,
when the lamp Is lighted, be found
equal to the finest bisque or porcelain
transparencies. For windows, cut the
board in rectangular shape and proceed
In the same manner with your picture.
We have seen n head of Christ and a
Madonna and child beautifully execu-
ted in this easy art-work. Your knife
must be sharp and your hand steady.
1t Is well TO fasten the work to a draw
ing board, as artists do their drawing
paper, to hold 1t In place while doing
1t, since this insures more regularity in
the strokes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-18
A Debatable Question.

While much has been written concerning the
use OF "Iut up" medicines, the question il
still an open one, and demands Of the people
a careful consid6 ration. The salient points
may be briefly stated and answered as follows:
lst-Are the sick capable OF detei mining their
real condition, the nature of their malady, and
selecting the proper remedy or means Of cure?
2d-Can q ply stefan, no mater low skillful,
prepare a universal remedy, adapted to the Pc
culiar ailments of a lar Q class OF peop.e, re-
siding in different ATTITUDES, and subject to
various climatic Influences 2 In answer 10 the
fret proposition, we would say, diseases are
named and known by certain signs or symp-
t ms, and, IA the mother does not need a ply
stefan to tell her that her chi d has the whoop-
ing-cough, or indicate a remedy, 30 peope
when afflicted with many Of the symptoms
concom tant to impure blood" torpid ~iver,"
and bad digestion" require no other know
ledge Of their condition, or the IT medy Judi
Gated, than they ali eady possess. Sec
ond proposition--Many ply siciaus argue
that diseases are sectionSlly pecu lar, and tba
their treatment must therefore very, and vet
q%uinine, morphine. po~dophylin, and hundreds
Of other remedies are prescribed in all cum
tries to overcome certain conditions. Is it not,
therefore, eelf-evident that q physician whose
large exper ence has made him familiar with
the many phases incident to ali impurities Ct
the blood, general and nervous debility, liver
complaint, dyspepsia, consumption and ca
tarlh, can prepare n = ries OF remedies exact y
adapted to meet the conditions manifest,
wherever and by whatever means, 1t may have
been engenderei ? The family NEE cines pre-
pared by IL V. Pierce, M. d., Of Buffalo. N. Y,
fulfill the above requirements. Many physi-
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Golden Medical Discovery has no equal as q
blood putifyer and general tonic, While his
Favorite Prescription cures those weaknesses
peculiar to women, after physici,ns have
failed. His Pleasant Puryatiye Pc let's, which
nre sugar-coated and little anger than mustard
seeds, are q safe and certain cure for torpid
liver and constipation. II you wish TO rave
money by avoiding doctors and keep or re ain
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Medical Adviser, an illustrated work Of over
900 pages. II contains instruction concerning
anatomy, physiology, hygiene, and the trent
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Address the author, H. V. Pierce, N. D.. Buff
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-18
The Thugs OF India.


The Thuggs-a set of assassins of Hin
dostan-are SC called from their religious
name, L'Huggna, d%ecelvers. They
follow their fearful practices not from
any desire Of plumber, or to crafty
malicious propensities, but from what
they hold to be true religious devotion
to the "Black goddess Kati- malta" who
is supposed to preside over murder,
bloodshed and death, and to deligh. in
such crimes. Her worshippers, there
fore, bind themselves to do her service.
At one time they had spread themselves
all over Hindoostan, and they are still
to be found in some parts Of Guzerat,
Marwar, and Clutch. The members of
this a%ntrocious association belong to all
the different religious castles and nation
alities to be found In India. This sect
originated with the Mohammedan
banditti, who were introduced into In
dia about the Tenth Century, and were
afterwards joined by the savage and
vicious of all classes. The dress assum-
ed by the Thugs is that of merchants
and pilgrims, and their instrument of
destruction Is a simple handkerchief.
Their mode Of proceeding is as follows:
A number Of young spies are SEN out
every morning to the market-places, or
with goods for sale, to obtain informa-
ton. These return in the afternoon
with particulars relative to the route,
habits, appearance, dress and wealth of
their intended victims. A number of
the gang then start off, and travel so as
to be near each other. The entrapper,
by artful management, attracts the poor
unwary traveller whom they design to
murder, to some Isolated spot. No
prayers, no payments of money can
save him. The Thugg holds him by
the throat, another member of the gang
produces his handkerchief, and with q
slip-knot and dexterous movement the
poor wretch Is strangled almost In the
twinkling Of an eye. Immediately
after u murder the Thugs who have
committed the deed repair TO the temple
Of the black goddess. Here the guroo,
or priest, unites with them In prayers
and the chanting Of triumphant songs,
which service is concluded by their
~partaking of the dark but consecrated
drink of the goddess Of death. The
plnnder is then divided by the priest
and the head man. One third goes to
the widows and orphans of their sect,
one-thlrd is dedicated to the goddess
Kali, and one.third II the reward of the
partners In the assassination.