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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-25

LIST OF VIRGINIA CoNGREssMEN Now
LIvlNG.-The following is a list of VirgInlans
who have served 10 the Congress of the Uoited
States and are now 10 the land Of the living -
The first named which heads the list, Mark
Alexander, Of Mecklenburg, We have no doubt
is the oldest member Of Congress now living 10
the Uoited States. Thomas S. Bocock. Geo.
w. Booker, Alexander r. Boiler. Rees +. b.
wen, f. NJ. Brayton, Sherrard Clemens. Geo.
G.. Cabell, Ohm Crtcher. d. Z. De Jarnette,
r. Il. w. Duke, II. A. Edmundson, Charles
j. Faulkner, James Garland, Johu Goode, h.
W. Hubbard, John T. Harris, r. NJ Il. Hunter,
Eppa IIuotou, J. w. Johnston. Shelton L.
Leake, John L,tchcr. j. f. Lewis, Lewis Nc.
Ke1ze, Fayette McMulIeD, Roger A. Pryor,
Jamas A. Seldom. James B. Sener. j. Amber
Smith, William Smith, a. II. II. Stuart VIM.
Terry, CHRIS. Y. Thomas J. Ran Tucker, r.
f. Wilhers. Thomas Whitehead
The following additional named delegates now
living have served in Congress from this State,
but are not native Virginians, viz. &c. @.
Walker, j. II. PIatt jr., Charles II. Porter,
W. II. H. StoweIl.
Ofthe above names the following have been
United States Senators r.. NJ. II. Hunter, j.
+. Lewis, j. W. Johnston, R. e. Withers
Aud the three following have been Governors
of the Commonwealth OF Virginia :-William
Smith, John Letcher and Gilbert G. Walker.
Or this list, composed Of thirty nine living
members, Judge James Garland, of Lynchburg,
is next to Mr.. Alexander 10 age. being 10 bis
SSH year, aud still retaining much of the vigor
of 40 extraordinary intellect, aod performing
the active duties of city Judge. Petersburg
Post
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

A Colorado correspondent of the Balti-
more american, writing from Denver,
says Of that locality:
Costly brick and frame dwellings, in
cluding ore reduction works. stamp
mills, etc, arc scattered along the canon
on either side Of the railroad Many Of
these buildings are idle and others are in
utter ruin. They we're built before
there was comparatively any ore taken
out % reduce 10 bullion, and in the ex-
citement Of the first discoveries Some
Of the mines" turned out 10 be moth
ing more than holes in the ground
while others were not developed sufi
GENTLY TO get at Natures riches. The
prOprietOrs Of the buildings gave up in
disgust and returned 10 the Fast. biam-
ing Colorado for their loss Of fortune.
whereas the main cause was in their
own want Of experience and Judgment.
Men who followed them with less capital
but more brains developed some Of the
abandoned mines and discovered others,
which netted large amounts Of money.
Mining, however, taking everything
into cOnsideratiOn, is business in
which the chances arc decidedly against
those who follow IT, Nearly Cvery one
you meet IN Colorado has n mine. of
which he has become the owner either
by purchase or by right Of discovery.
some Of these mine owners are what
they term mine poor" having sunk
their few hundreds or thousands in
developing what they supposed 70 be a
valuable piece Of property, which they
were finally compelled 20 abandon.
Others will sell half interest 10 a rich
capitalist, and the latter, II the mine
proves 10 be very valuable one, will
often freeze out" his poor partner by
getting entire control. The poor part
ner Is often q practical miner who has
struck something rich in his prospecting
tours in the mountains, but is without
the means TO develop. But the capitalist
is also heeced sometimes
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
The Joftiest Mountain In the Western
Hemisphere.

Ii appears by the reports and facts
spoken of at late meeting in New
York, Of the American Geographical
Society, that the result of the recent
geographical exploration and measure
ment OF the mountains of South America
shows (what was already known) that
Aconcagua is the highest summit of the
Andes. This giant peak, the lofticst
mountain of America, is in the Andes
of Chill, about one hundred miles east
of Valparaiso, and nearly in latitude
80 80 south. It's actual height is not
positively and accurately known, but
the measurements made by NJ. pissis and
subsequent scientists make il certain
that the elevation is between 22, 400 and
"a, 900 feet above the waters Of the sea
The French explorer made il 22, i22, or
four miles and 1902 feet over, which
would he nine hundred and ninety
eight feet higher than the snowy summit
of ChimboraZo, IA Humboldt measured
the latter, when in 1902 the great Ger
man made his famous ascent of that
mountain, when Bonpland, to height of
l9,2S6 feet Aconcagua, seen from the
Chilian seaport of Valparaiso, is shown
only as peak, towering above the other
heights of the Andes, at distance of n
hundred miles or more inland, toward
the sunrise. From the sea il presents,
at much longer range, grand spec
tacle but il is only from the east--from
the upper country of La Plata, in the
Argentine Confcderation-that the vast
height of this mountain monarch, tower
ing To the skies, is seen TO the fullest adj
vantage. From the town, or city, of
Mendoza, fifty miles east of the noun
tntn 40 VIC l,n 4 Al
of any mountain on earth for, owing To
forbidding conditions the highest noun
tains of the globe (in the Himalaya, n
range of the East Indies and Thibet) are
not seen 10 the best advantage from any
accessible point of view yet attained.
Aconcagua has been called an extinct
volcano; but the best examination vet
made of it's summit do not appear To
bear out that idea. The recent observa-
tions, referred TO on Wednesday at the
meeting of the Geographical Society,
makes the height of the Chilian noun
tain %, 200 feet, and probably over
that figure. AT 10000 feet Hum
boldt found il hard TO breathe, and his
strength failing him, Mr.. Il. G.. Squier,
the explorer oil the mountains of the
old Peruvian lncas, experienced similar
sensations at an elevation of 10000
feet, and his native companion dropped
from his horse, bleeding at nose, ears
and eyes From the sea Chimborazo
usually presents "A finer spectacle than
Aconcagua. The elevation of Mexicos
highest mountain-Popocatepetl, or
smoking mountain us nearly 5000
feet less than that of the Chilan peak
and Mt. Shasta and Mt. Hood fall short
TO about the same figure. Pixies Peak is
about 5000 feet lower than a Aconcagua
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
More Nose Than Brains.
breakfast Table,

You hain't seen nothin' of nary stray
boy goin' along here, 1 reckon, have
you y inquired Colerain granger of a
Fltth-street policeman, about three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon
l don't know as have" replied the
officer. "What sort of n looking boy was
he"
oh, he was young slip of boy
with more nose than brains, kind a.
stoop-shouldered, and with about all
the mouth he has room for; upper
lip bulged up, and six or eight
shaggy teeth allus on the lookout for
something To do. He had on butter
nut wammus, made with belt round
the middle, an a sort of yallerish gray
slouched hat hiked up over one ear"
Was he your SOM the policeman
inquired"
No, an I'm thankful for il. He be-
longs To widder neighbor, an seein' as
l was comm in with a load of hay.
nothin' would do but he must come
along and git peep at the town, which
he'd never seen before. | told his mother
| was kind o. 'fraid he'd stray oil an
git lost, but she made him promise he
wouldn't 60 out sight of the wagon. an
so | fetched him along; but while | was
busy in the hay market lookin' around
for buyer, he struck out alone, and
here am in n nice fix. III | go home
without him, the widder'll hitch the hull
blame on TO me, and cry herself into
bysterics besides, and if don't soon git
started my old woman'll worry herself To
death, and the brindle heifcrll have to
go 'thout milkin', for nobody on the
place kin git nigher'n a rod of her but
me. Blast the boy, anyway / might n
knowed better'n TO be bothered with
him. But you amt seen nothin of the
lad, Is'pose2 A man told me he thought
he see him amin up this way"
think | saw about such n looking
boy going down that way, a few minutes
ago" replied the officer pointing down
Vine-stTeet
The farmer posted forward in the di-
rcction given, and presently overhauled
the youth in the Arcade, where he found
him posted before one OF the large mir.
rors, admiring his full length figure in
the glass, and comforting his features
into every imaginable expression, much
TO the amusement of the throng of people
passing.
Well, Gabe Jinkins, il you amt one
of the durndest fools | ever hauled Ia
town, hope I'll never taste cider agin, -
said the granger, as he grabbed him by
the collar and gave him vigorous
shake. you consarned jaekass what
are you doin' there anyway? Can't you
see that you're maxim laughin' stock
of yourself for the hull town? Come
along this minute"
never knowed how looked, nur
jest edzactly how big was afore," said
the boy, as he skunk along at the farm
er's side. What heaps o queer things
they does have in the city"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

One squsw had a painted stick thrust
through the gristle of her nose betwixt
the noStrils. The children were clothed
IN castotf garments, absurdly too large
for them
Wolf-skins, bear-skins and moose-hidcs
with few old blankets, made up the
stock of bedding.
Rathsbon and Young Bill" went off
to another house, for this house was but
one of the nine or ten "holes" which
made up the village" My stomach
was all night long in too shaky a CON
dltlon for me to sleep much managed
To endure 1T out till morning, but was
glad when the light, shining in at the
smoke-hole, announced that at last day
had come. Then / crawled out to the
upper world, and filled my lungs with
God 5 blessed aud undefiled oxygen. |
didn't 60 back in doors"
Al breakfast we had fried fish and
moose-meat, but not morsel of bread
AS the storm had ceased, and the sun
was breaking forth, already the foot of
snow which had fallen was melting, and
we returned TO the baidar.
We went by better path than we had
come and were followed by the motley
troop of Indians, great and small.
lhey went down To trade. But at this
season they had nothing to pay with,
and 1t was contrary to all my notions of
commerce To " trust such n set of tat
terdemalions, Timberlake however, said
they were good pay" and he already
had nearly all the names of the men on
his book.
We trusted" them that morning To
the amount of almost three hundred dol
lars. On our return down the Yukon,
two months later almost every one paid
what they owed in furs and wild-goose
feathers
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
Grains or Gold.

He who masters his passion subdues a
fearful enemy.
To believe a business impossible is the
way TO make il 80.
Under our greatest troubles often lie
our greatest treasures.
He that knows not when to be silent.
knows not when to speak.
The tears of affection are dewdrops
from the blue sky Of the soul.
There is hardly any circumstance that
may not have been worse.
lie that can compose himself is wiser
than he that cOmposes books.
The enviOus man grows base by CON
templating the success Of another.
Those who trample on the helpless are
disposed TO cringe TO the powerful.
Never deceive, for the heart, once
misled, can never trust wholly again.
No trait Of character is more valuable
than the possession OF good temper.
Think not Of faults committed in the
past when one has reformed his conduct.
IL is not enough 10 have good qualities
we should also have the management Of
them
Nobody takes reproof 20 kindly
as he that deserves most TO be com.
mended
Those who come TO you 70 talk about
Others are the ones who 90 10 others to
talk about you.
No reports are more readily believed
than those which disparage genius and
sOothe the way of conscious mediOcrity.
We must love our friends IA true anna
teurs love paintings; they have their
eyes perpetually fixed on the good parts,
and see no others.
Haste in making ones plans is less val
liable than slOwness and sureness i'm the
consideration, and ali due speed and
promptitude in carrying them out.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
Coinage at the Philadelphia Mint.

The Superintendent of the Mint at
Philadelphia, in reply TO some questions
addressed him by an Inquirer reporter,
relative TO the silver question, said
/ presume the Philadelphia Mint will
receive 81 600, 900 a month Of this coin
age, and perhaps 81 100000. There has
been no distribution Of the coinage made,
and it is barely possible that this Mint
may get $4,000, 900 of the amount named
in the bill. IL this is so we will have 10
make some preparation, but very little
and, if necessary, the Mint could exceed
that amount. But it is not our desire TO
go beyond the capacity of the Mint un-
der ordinary circumstances. With "A
coinage of $l,000,000, or 81 100000 per
month, the force is so well organized
that the demand could be met without
extraordinary effort. This is the amount
that will, within all probability be
coined at Philadelphia, and the balance
will be given TO the mints at San Fran
cisco and Carson City, Nevada, the only
two in the United States besides that
located in this city the capacity of the
one located at San Francisco being about
81 ,000,00 or 81 800, 600 per month, and
that located at Carson about $500, 600
per month.
An incident of considerable interest
in association with the coinage Of silver
dollars Of the standard weight of 412J
grains at this mint is that the first dol
lars Of this weight were coined here, and
the first Of the recoinage will be struck
from the same place There are now
prepared and were forwarded 10 Wash
ingtOn as soon as the Silver Bill be-
came law two very pretty specimens Of
silver dollars. These we're inspected
by the Secretary OF the Treasury and the
Director Of the Mint, when one of them
was adopted. On the diverse side of
one Of the dies is the head OF the God
dess Of Liberty with q wreath entwincd
in the hair and wearing q cap upon
which is subscribed the word Liberty"
The periphery or circle consists Of thir-
teen stars, representing the original
States, and Immediately over the head
is the motto, f Pluribus Unum, ="
while AZ the bottom is the date, 1878.
On the reverse side is an American
eagle with wings extending and holding
IN his talons spears and arrows, en-
blematical Of defense. The eagle is sur
rounded by wreath, and Immediately
above his head is the motto, "In God
we trust" Around the periphery are
the words United States Of Americs" "
At the bottom of the coin are the words
" One dollar and the weight
The other specimen has upon its OBJ
verse side the head Of the Goddess Of
Liberty, differing but little in contour
from the other Immediately above this
is the motto, In God we trust" and
around the periphery are thirteen stars.
the date being At the bottom Of the coin.
The reverse side consists Of an eagle.
with tho wings extended, but dropping.
The motto, r Pluribus Unum. over
the eagle, is in German text The
words, United States Of America" cx-
tend half the distance Of the periphery.
and beneath the eagle are tho words.
One Dollar"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
SIeges on ConstnnfInonIe.

Constantinople has been besieged
twenty-eight times since its foundation
The first siege, according TO an article in
the Fremdenbion, was in the year AZ
u. G., when Pausanias marched 10 the
town after the battle Of Platea. In 40
y. G., IL was besieged by Alcibiades; in
347, by Leo, General 10 Philip Of Mace
don in 1917 a. D., by Septimius
Severus in 313, by the Emperor Maxi
mus in 315, by Constantine the Great
in GIG, by Chofroes, Of Persia in 626.
by the Chief Of the Avars; in 656, by
Moavia, General 20 the Arab Prince Ali;
in 500, by Tesid, his son; in Ga. by
Sofia Ben Aaf in 719, by the two sons
Of the Caliph Mervan; in IA by
Soliman, son Of the Caliph Abdul
Melek in 764 by Paganor, King Of the
Bulgarians; in 1856, by HarOun al
Raschild in 7S9, by Abdul Melek in
8l1, by Hirumus, despot Of the Slavoni-
ans in 800, by Thomae the Slavonian
IN 886, by the Russian Varangians.
under Ascold and Diaz; in 9f4, by
Simeon King Of the BuIgarians; in
1913, by TOrnicius the rebel in 1881 by
Alexius Comeneus; li04, by the Cru
saders; in 1861, by Michael Paleologus
in 1896, by Bajazet; in 1902, by the
same IN l4l4, by his son Musa in
1922, by Murad II, son Of Mehammed
!, and in 1853, by Mohammed II, who
captured Constantinople on the 29th Of
May In that year
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

a YOUNG man was arrested in a New
Jersey town, few days ago on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons.
On searching his person a bowie-knife
was found in each boot leg, q seven
shooter in his hip pocket and slung-
shot in his inside coat pocket, cavalry
sword slid down his back, billy" in
each coat-tail pocket and q dagger up
each coat sleeve. That was all He
was discharged when he explained that
he was on his way to Princeton College
TO enter the Freshman class, and had
merely taken some precautions to pro
tcct himself from the attacks Of the
Sophomores. Baltimore Bulletin.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
sEGOyIA AND MADRID.
BY RoSE TERRY COOKE.

IL sings to me In sunshine,
IL whispers all night long;
NJ heartache like an echo
Repeats the wistful song;
Only quaint old love-lilt.
Wherein my life lies hid
- Ny body II in Segovia,
But my soul is In Madrid"
/ dream and wake and wonder,
For dream and day are one,
Alight with vanished faces,
Acd days forever done.
They smile and shine around me.
As long ago they did,
For my body is in Segovia,
But my soul Is In Madrid.
Through inland hills and forests
hear the ocean breeze,
The creak Of straining cordage,
The rush Of mighty seas,
The lift Of angry billows
Through which swift keel slid.
For my body Is in Segovia,
But my soul Is In Madrid.
Oh. fair-hRired little darlings,
Who bore my heart away,
A wide aud woful ocean
Between us Ioars to-day;
Yet am close beside you,
Though time and space forbid:
My body is in Segovia,
But my soul is In Madrid.
II we're once in heaven,
There would be no more sea
My heart would cease 20 wander,
Ny sorrows cease 10 be-
Ny sad eyes sleep forever,
In dust and daisies hid,
And my body leave Segovia-
Would my soul forget Madrid7
-HGypef's s Magazine.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06
NUMBER 81.
4 TRUE RENOwN.
ny ST. oEoRoE pKsr.


There was a man In Rome
Who did some notic deed;
I stood beside his tomb.
Hut nothing could read
Upon the marble stonc
Of either praise or blame;
Yet, stranger, twas that none
Could even tell his name.
Nor how, nor when he died,
Nor what II was that made
Him almost deihed.
noted while stayed
That every one that passed
Uttered simple prayer,
Aud some there were who cast
Flowers upon the fair,
Unlcttercd tablet that
Betokencd where he lay;
And murmuring Re9hieSonf
Ia pace, turned away.
This Was true ronown,
A proudcr tribute than
Tho wcarcr of crown
Wins from his fellow man.
In that though years have passed.
And buried rank and name,
They have been powcrlcSs TO cast
A shadow on his fame.
His good deed (whatsoc'or
II waS) n lost yet will
The flowers of memory hear
The fragrance OF II still.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

THE Buffalo Etpress replies TO the
Pittsburg Telegraph inquiry, Can
two constitute a riotW by saying, " Not
unless they happen TO be married"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

LIFE is in living. The marble palace
is not always the bower Of love. Every
kind word is a flower, which win
beautify our final home. Every good
deed is an evergreen, which will mark
our resting place.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

A PAINTING by Gabriel Max, now on
exhibition at the Austrian Art Union,
is exciting attention in Germany. It is
called "The Child Murderess," and
represents a mother with the little baby.
whom she has loved and killed, in her
arms, crouching in desolate place by
the side Of q stream, and giving the lit
tie bleeding head one passionate kiss be
fore throwing it into the river. In point
Of color and execution IL equals, IL IL
does not excel Max's most famed work
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

AMERICAN Congressman have little
Politeness to learn from the English
Parliament.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

THE earnings by nan are the esti.
mate by the public Of the value Of his
labOrs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

THIS is the kind Of weather in which
70 take cold. DO not be deceived by the
flight Of birds northward, by the sud
den raising Of windows, or by the sound
ing Of accordions at midnight. Summer
Is not here. Keep on your thick shoes
and If you wear a red flannel pen-wiper
on your chest, do not take il off until
turkeys eggs are in blOOm.--P. l. Nan
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-21
An opss,as 10, The uoal ,srsi.

AnstrsiiN has rr4vntis nfrgvsi . lAfEs
mung, priar i,r The boat mn~ry NHd
rvst.ct n ros ,,vsNNns 10 stretching
iutth be- hand e. NmsfigNs oihrf pride
and o'psirfi, the sui,Hi iPt,un ls-,A
agent
\ vuhi,shins hnasr tn ucfiin Is ats,ul
tn is,ac iu werkl, uf monthl, parts =
tur', volume history II ,hs wrfii ao,i
cant as.ers ~, wanisei ,ioto b. = dity-t
appeal tu ogc milltau Nfnd,tgan grade
ATE. IT thv suhrrttrtIun t.urk sth,~l
tbc t-,,k cav, sssiug bus,a.ts IA a little
dali ,n the United States ius' \
large part ~ ,hs capital IT the %,uunif,
L. tod up ia inflated Nolsmrs Which can
noi b. brough, dosn tu = i%,'c'ic hssi,
oar farmer. Arc we'll Supplied slth go
cottage hlllc. Shile all ,hc ,~cmainlng
mrmt-rs ~ ont population, utih .lr,
rn parts ~ Picturesque AmetiCs Va unr
haud and thitioen parts ~ Nj iamb's
New Nutk w the ether. are s~Iundinr
their dsSs To- wondering " tho csinolud
ing numbers stii ever bc Furnished
TITO t-onk s.cn, has l-cn Ia %dfnopiag
spirits tor some time. iOt tviirt Ia TOE
=, hand H. NAV noe lind y trs.h field
sh' ~ 'N"h'' ~ Nv w ~'f'fNhshf wv
af,iul ipdgv. siii DO ncs IN that un.n'
lishiched land NJ doors will hc slam
med in his fs,r hN hno.,ag servants,
and the n.Hut ,n,k ~ ssnilng In a
card ard pretending to he . grn,i-maH
caller. would doVoy the game lot" the
\ pstlur e'ctt tune
Wha, = chance iur the high cisiliss.
ton ~ the American r~an,asset' Then.
wonder ~ wonders. ,hts antiqa,,"i
pupplr has vi, Ne, evolved ltseif ,hrb'
the chrome -psch' Tho publishers IN,
nnunce' thu, y chrome p ,n ~ vita ,hI
FIRST numbct - their ibrtt volume HE,
,"ry How easily the American osn.
yas.er o.Iuld ou,alrip h,s Uermsn cam
pcti'"r ~ ihrr~ihg In = i"sSn .stra
| ,hramos NJ his avn r~,pousa'
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-21
NInrr'. Snprr.tiiion A..

A rport.r ' taking With an old
mIne, = few d.. app, sha impl,citiy
believed tina, ~ death eve, took place
Ia the mjnr without q - waning ~ SOM.
Kind
"yuu zee. he said. death never
rumos II . sudden upnu "a. men ln "a.
mines. You pppt,.r. write up Nori.
den,s and how something gay. "a, nt
fell au,rk AMI Allied -s1mrisst, Noe
Thu. ain, - There alaays .nms
waning When | see ma, ~lsn,srp l..
gin "a inrn iD~ dowp and hue. Ik,nu
that thrn Il danger abe "a Ifp losps
on Tor q ie- da,s aad ,h.a layins L.
~aycr and airtrr. ~ watch IL olnsa g.
see ~bsrc h, ,.,ih,. Nov. ,nu may s,t
me ur for a tnoi. bu, ub.t I'm %,ellg'
,o, IA. gpsnsl ,futb be, tbe
iamc lean. ntst. a. IA IL aas hains
worked ht a hlas plpc. aud p.,,nts Ia q
man. death has marked him san.