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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-03

In the pools sht io-morrow's races the
average was AZ i0llows:-
Young America stakes No. 2-Hamedan, $40;
swigest's entry. 800; Edwards' entry, $50; heId
lSiiver Bill aad Edna h. !, so.
NILE ana an eighth dash--Dan Kinney, $50; jim
Bell, $50
Miie meats. best three In nve.-Fair Play, $50;
Incl Jeu
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
A Norway Sensitive Plant.

The afectation of interest in the
sciences is leading the country a wild
chase. Many are the laughablc blum
ders that the would-be scientists are led
into by their vanity. AS soon as little
clique begin TO understand few scien-
tific terms and principles they give
themselves society name, and infict
ponderous essays upon one another. Brett
Harte's Society of the Stanislaus is
fair example of the average scientific
society. Boston is largely responsible
for this lunacy. 1t is Il case of scien-
titic vanity gone TO seed, and the seed
has spread like thistle-down. Unfortu-
nately, the wind set in our direction
What fearful responsibility is Boston's |!
This popular delusion has taken root
in Lafayette. They call it after Agas-
siz. This knot of self-deluded mortals
might have forever remained in innocent
and harmless obscurity had it not been
for that destroyer of happiness, the prac-
tIcal Joker. If the practical joker, and
the man who didn't know it was loaded,
could only overcome specific gravity and
be shot off into space, how much lighter
the world would be This Joker knew
a members of the society who was par
ticularly proud of his knowledge of
botany. Rare plants were to him a
well-spring of pleasure He reveled
in collection of no ordinary compre-
hension. He wanted a Norway sensi-
tive plant, however. The society had
been RECALLED with the beauties and
wonders of this wonderful plant. Imag-
inc his Joy, on Christmas Day, when a
warm friend and fellow-scientist pre-
sented him pot containing a shoot Just
out of the ground and of promising APP
pearance. He had been to much trouble
to procure the plant for his friend; but,
well knowing that he would scientifically
appreciate the present, he wished to test
his admiration by this little gift.
Words could not express the delight
of the savant The pot was tenderly
carried home, and placed in the most
favorable spot in his greenhouse.
Daily he would spend hours bending
over it, watering it, and watching its
beauties unfold. That little brown
stem contained revelations which it was
to present to him, and he would write a
! paper on it to read to the club. With
the patience of Bacon beside his won.
derful brazen head, he waited watched
and watered. And how was he re.
wardedY The other morning he cor
cluded that his pet needed to have the
earth loosened about it. Carefully he
broke the dirt around the stem. He
struck something soft and round. Could
his plant be bulbous2 Here was n dis
covery indeed. With eager fingers he
removed the earth and uncovered a
mouse. He had been watching and
watering its tail, which would never re-
ward him with the hoped-for buds
Botany has not that attraction for hin
that it formerly had, and his scientific
friend has gone East to apply for a DO
siti0n on the american Naturalist.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
A Terrible Tornado.

y Stanford (Ky.) special to the Courier.
journal says: A terrible tornado, with n
width OF four hundred yards, swept through
casey County, between the hours of two
ana three Saturday afternoon, doing fright
iul damage in the neighborhood of Rich
Hill and Mount Olive. The whole Of the
family OF Vincent Wesley, near Rich Hill.
consisting OF himself, wife, two grown
daughters, and a boy named Sloan, a nep-
new, ana VIM. Taylor, a neighbor stoppinp
at his house, were killed outright Anothe r
man named Richardson had his shoulder
ana collar bone frightfully crushed. Mrs.
Wesley's body was blown four hundred
YARDS, and her clothing was entirely
stripped of. The two daughters were
carried fifty yards, and were found
locked in each others arms The father and
nephew were fearfully mangled, and all
must have been killed by the first force Of
the tempest. The dwelling, stables. and
outhouses were blown entirely away the
logs being scattered for many Yards along
the sweep of the tornado, and the hearth
ana foundation stones blown from their
places.
In the vicinity OF Mt. Olive. Mrs Moroa,
wife Of j. w. Morgan, was killed. and the
dwelling and outhouses Of f. FLOYD were
completely swept away, the timbers being
scattered IN every direction. In the village
oil MI Olive, several houses were swe6t
away and the remainder otherwise Injured
fences were blown away along the whole
course OF the tornado, post and rail fences
Delhg urawn out, torn into splinters. and
utterly destroyed Large trees were tyiisteJ
from their roots, and carried hundreds az
yards. '' Vi
considerable number Of horses. cattle
ana other stock, and nearly all the poultry
~ ITS course, we're killed The pecuniarv
damage Is not less than $50, 600.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
Hon. Gideon Welles.
ICineinnati oaaette.1

The telegraph brings the announce
ment of the sudden death at Hartford,
Connecticut, of Hon. Gideon Welles.
Secretary of the Navy during. Mr.. Lin
coins administration. Mr.. Welles had
been confined to the house for two weeks
with carbuncle, but his case was not
considered serious until near the time of
his death, which occurred on the even
ing of February IL. Mr.. Welles was a
native of Hartford, and died in his
seventy-fifth year. His parentage was
OF the primitive Puritan stock, his
father being the first Treasurer of the
Hart ord Colony, and subsequently, it's
Governor. The estate in Glastonbury
where MIR. WelIes was born was pur-
chased of the Indians in 1910, and has
never been alienated from the family.
MIR. Welles' education was acquired
ut the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire,
Connecticut, and at Norwich University.
Subsequently he read law, and in Jan
uary, 1926, became editor and one of
the proprietors of the Hartford Times.
He continued to edit that paper until
the close of Jackson's administration.
and remained contributor to it until
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
In 1927 he was elected to the I.egisIa-
ture, in which body he remained until
1888, when he was appointed Controller
of Public Accounts. For more than
thirty years he was identified with the
politics, legislative action, and nearly
all important measures of the State.
In 1885 Mr.. Wellcs was married to
Mary Jane Hale, of Lewiston, Pennsyl-
vania, daughter of Elias w. Hale, a dis
tinguished member of the Pennsylvania
bar. In 1886 he was made Postmaster
of Hartford by President Jackson, and
continued to hold the Office until re-
moved by Harrison in 1871. Five years
later he was Unexpectedly rendered the
office of chief of one OF the naval
bureaus by Mr.. Polk, and remained in
the place three years. On the adjust
ment of the financial question during
Folks administration, Mr. Welles con.
cluded that the mission of the old par
ties was at an end. He was, therefore.
ready for the Republican movement
and from the day of its inception he
threw into it his whole power and in
fluence. In 1856 he was a member of
the Republican National COMMITTEES
and continued one of its leading spirits
until after Mr.. Lincoln's election. When
the latter took the Presidential chair in
1861, he invited Mr.. Welles to a seat i'm
the Cabinet as Secretary of the Navy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
INC bottom of ihe Ocenn.

Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells
singular stories of his adventures when
making sketches of what he saw on the
Silver Banks, near Hayti:
The banks OF the coral on which nv
divlngs were made are about forty miles
In length, and from ten TO twenty in
breadth. On this bank of coral is pre-
sented TO the diver one of the most
beautiful and sublime scenes the eye ever
beheld. The water varies from ten to
one hundred feet in depth, and is so
clear that the diver can see from two to
three hundred feet while submerged
with little obstruction to the sight.
The bottom of the ocean in MANY
places on these banks is as smooth as a
marble floor; in others il is studded
with coral columns, from ten to one
hundred feet in height, and from one to
eight ieet IN diameter. The tops of the
more lofty support'a myriad Of pyramid
ical pendants, each forming a myriad
more, giving the reality TO the imaginary
abode OF some water nymph. In other
places the pendants form arch after
arch, and as the diver stands on the bot
tom of the ocean and gazes through those
into the deep, winding avenues. he feels
that they fill him with a. deep an awe
as if he were in some old cathedral which
had long been buried beneath old
oceans wave" Here and there the
coral extends even TO the surface of the
water, as If those loftier columns were
towers belonging to those stately temples
now in ruins.
There were countless varieties Of di-
minutive trees, shrubs, and plants in
every creyice Of the coral, where the
water had deposited the least earth.
They were all Of a faint hue. owing To
the pale light they received, althoueh.of
every shade, and entirely different from
plants ] am familiar with that veQetate
on dry land. One in particular attracted
my attention; it resembled n sea-fan of
immense size, Of variegated cOlors, and
OF the most brilliant hue.
The fish which inhabit those banks I
found az different ia kind as the scenery
was varied They were Of all forms.
colors, and sizes from the symmetrical
Roby 70 the glObe-like unfsh; from
those Of the dullcst hue 10 the change
able dolphin; from the spots Of the
leopard 70 the hues Of the sunbeam
from the harmless minnow 10 the vora-
cious shark. Some had heads like
squirrels, Others like cats and dogs one
OF the small size resembled a bull
terrier. Some darted through the water
ike meteors, while others could scarcely
be seen % move.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

or interest, in silver coin worth in the mar
ket less than the coin received for them.
IL IS said that the silver dollar made a
legal tender by this bill will under it's opera.
tions be equivalent in value to the gold dol.
i,I. Many supporters Of the bill believe
this, and would not justify an attempt to
pay debts, either public or private, In coin
OF inferior value to the money of the world.
The capital defect of the measure is that il
contains no provision protecting from its
operation pre-existing debts in case the
coinage which IL creates shall continue to be
oil less value than that which was the sole
legal tender when they were contracted. If
IT is now proposed, for the purpose OF tax
ing advantage OF the depreciation of silver
in the payment OF debts, to coin and make
legal nder a silver dollar of less CONNER
cial value than any dollar, whether of gold
or paper, which is now the lawful money OF
this country, such measure, IL will be
hardly questionable, in the judgment of
mankind, will he an act OF bad faith.
AS to all debts heretofore contracted, the
silver dollar should be made legal tender
only at its market value. The standard of
value should not be changed without the
consent OF both parties TO the contract The
National promises should be kept with un-
flinching fidelity. There is no power TO
compel "A Nation TO pay its Just debts. Its
credit depends on its honor The Nation
owes what IL has led or allowed its credit.
oIh tOeApect.
/ cannot approve bill which, in nv
judgment, authorizes the violation Of
sacred obligations. The obligation
OF public faith transcends all ques-
tons OF profit or pulic advantage.
Its unquestionable maintenance is
the dictate as well of the highest experience
as of most necessary duty, and should ever
be carefully guarded by the Executive, by
Congress and by the people. 1t is my firm
conviction that If the country is to be bene-
fitted by silver coinage il can be done
only by the issue of silver dollars of full
value, which will defraud no man. cur
rency worth less than it purports to be
will, in the end, defraud not only the cred
itors, but all who are engaged in legitimate
business, and none more assuredly than
those who are dependent on their daily
labor for their dai bread.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
President of the United States
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb. %, 1879.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
Abandoned nd Sea.

At all times ships Of one kind or another
are floating about at sea, abandoned by off,
GERS and crew, in what seems a hopeless con-
dition. Some are dismantled and mere
hulks, some are swimming keel upwards,
some are waterslogged, but being laden with
timber will not sink, but are driven hither
and thither as the wind and waves may di-
rect. So people afflicted ~ith catarrh,
bronchitis, and consumption, are abandoned
by physicians and friends as incurabie, vet
thousands of such are annually restored 70
perfect health by the use of DR.. Sage
Catarrh Remedy and DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. The Catarrh Remedy
is unequaled as a soothing and healing local
application, while the Discovery purifies
aud enriches Che b God and imparts tone and
vigOr to the whole system.
NIDoLIA, Ia April IL, 1877.
DIR. PIERCE:
Dear Sri suffered for twelve years with
that most offensive and loathsome of all
diseases-catarrh. My taste and smell were
completely destroyed. ! procured a supply
OF DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and your
G lden Medical Discovery, which 1 used
according to directions, and a complete and
permanent cure was speedily effected.
take pleasure in recommending them to all
afflicted. Ever thankfully yours,
CLARA T.. Hunt.
wApiNo RIvEh. Burlington Co. \. j.. Feb. q. IAN
DR.. PIERCE:
Deor Sir-Your Golden Medical Discovery
is the best medicine for coughs, colds, and
consumption, | ever knew. Ii has saved my
life. Respectfully yours,
HELEN b. McANNEY.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
The CIOthes-Line.
iDanbury Newsl

Come, now, what internal barbaritv IL
this-leaving a clOthes-line out after
dark! A great deal of funny comment
has been made upon the custom bv
thOughtless people, but 10 IL a most seri
Gus matter, and IL is high time the tom
tOOlery was abolished. We are mat
as ready as anybody to see the funny
side OF thing, but we have ceased In
observe anything amusing in being un-
expectedly sawed across the neck or
Tasped across the face by a clOthes-line.
~ ~ time that there was a legislative en-
actment either 70 hang clothes-lines
sixty feet above the earth, or make leav-
ing them out after nightfal a State
PRISON Ofense. 10 IL a most incompre-
henIble fact that a clOthes-line is al
ways hung across the garden path. II
the yard was ten milessquare and a path
Two feet wide crept along close % the
fence, and the woman had but eight feet
OF line, she would manage to cover the
path. Whether this is because she IL
Perverse, or cannot help IL, we do not
know. We only know that il Ia go. and
that 10 b. an appalling evil. No home
circle is safe where this custom prevails
j. matters not how good natured n man
- Do matters not how carefully he has
been educated, 70 matters not how lofty
and noble are bis aspirations the mo
ment a ciOthealine catches him under
me chm especially If he has pan Of
ashes in his arms, that moment he sinks
with awful velocity 10 the level of the
brute, and proceeds 10 act out the condi-
tlons thereof AZ once. In its proper
place clothesline is a valuable com.
panion, but across path after dark IL is
simply a brutalizing force.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
The Markets.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a. s595 10; spring
$500 so; P ,isnt "a 23@s p; family: % 259s as
nooT, IS 9ses &c. BusfwSest so S G' u IS 7s5 q
Grain-wheat, prime TO choice red, 81 i69i IS :;
prime 70 choice smber, hill and wbi,e. 81 IS ais
s5a55. Hay, prime timothy, S9olO Mess pork,
sio 7s@li. Lard, prime steam, 7.2o@754e. Cotton,
LOUISVILLE lour-Fsney, s6a6 Is; fam.
lily, IS 2695 rs. Wheat, red, 81 1901 IS; ambe~
sfzo9i rs; white 81 25a1 Is. Corn. white. 421le;
Lard. choice leaf, in iierce, Sc; do in kegs, &C.
eye clear sides G5Esse. Bacon s6o1osrs, &c
clear rib sides 10; clear Sides 6.40c. Sugar-cuTed
INDIAEAPOLIs.- Flour - Fancy, SO ga 49,
family, IS IOg6. Ora nzwhsst. No; red, 81 i7e.
Sweet-piekled hams. 75ze. Hogs, SO SOFAS 9S.
NEW YORK.-Flour- No. 2, s. 75ai; super
hne Western and State, 81 log4 90; common to
good extra Western and State. 81 3O05; good 10
choice western aud State, s. 20g6; c@mmO1 to
choice white wheat Western extra, Sc o'gS 75 do
fancy, Is SOFAS 25; common 20 God extra Ohio, s59
25 common TO c -oics extra ST. Louis, IS I0g
Mi ssSests patent process sI@s So Rye
two-rowed State, zoe. corn. 69Cs5oc oats 2bZ i0c
Mess pork, new, e11 I0ali IS Lard, prime steam
~ pS SIies1 D,; Gj!3Gn; lS Slie.
81; Isnesoia extra ianty,
Sos hi Ins es2,a pet-nt process
winter red, k,YgssA white. 81 IS
al Sb. Corn, yellow Wsstarn, bSl frSrnixed West
cru, 6214@ 53c. Oats. white WCsterG, 3JNStzc;
western mixed. 3393s1zc. Rye, JT5@7Oc. PetTO-
leum, crude, 9s9hc re6nef, nc.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATI Beef Cattle-Conmon 2I4a2lSc;
fair to medium 2az@s1zc.; good 10 choice butcher
grades, SHg41zc.; fair 10 good shippers, 4z@6c
lair to goJd heavy oxen, 8l<a414c.; fair 10 good
feeders, 34c for light and b, avy qua tiles Sheep
Common TO fair, 3tg4c., and good TO choice, ~
acc. Hogs Common, So 35U3 20: fair TO good
light, 70 1903 30 fair 10 good packing grades 90 so
@3 95i selected butchers. Si@t 10.
BUFFALO. - Beef Catte---Medium 10 choice
steers, LOO toI $50 lbs stO5@4 IS; extra lbs
50 10; stcckers, 50 tO93 Is; light tutches tteors
50 7Nqs 10. Hogs--YoTkers fair TO sele ted. 81 10
@t2O; heavy, good to choice, 81 ls@i Is. common
NEW YoRB.-Becf Cattle Ordinary TO prime
steers To dress 90 lbs. to IOc. 10 dress 81 be-
few extra ard fancy cattle, 1O1S@llc TO dress O.
lbs. exporters took 500 head Of good 20 strictly
prime at 9h@i01zc. TO dress So 10 81 he Sheep
aCd Lsmbt-OrdinRTy 10 good sheep, 6Z6f4c,;
'xtra, CsF96Lc. Good limbs, 6TEc. Hoss-Matket
quiet az 81 2594 so per 100 lb, live, and loads
at 81 2594 IS.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattlo-Best cattle
"a 70j medium, 81 1884 so common. SO 10 az 80.
Hogs-YoTktrs. 81 1904 % per lL0 lbs, PhilGde-
phiss, 81 1904 so.
WOOL---In Cincinnati, we give as nominal al =
ta'ions: Unwashed--Fine merino, % d2ic.; cloth
ing,23a2sc.; medium delane, 2s6l2Oc. long comb
ing, 3O@32c. Washed Medium heeces 35a3sc ;
hne He' cts, $50 t0c. delaine 6eeces $50 sOc long
combing, 42@iic. tub washed, 33a3ec.; and pulled
2I93Oc per 10. under quotations
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
SANDAL WOOD.

pofitNc remedy for aII diseases Of the Kidneys
nIn';'icr aud Urinary Organs; also good IN
OroPsicaI Complaints 1t never produces sick.
ness, Is criain and speedy in its action Its fast
suPcrscdng all Other remedies. Sixty capsules cur,
10 siN u' eight days No other medicine can do this
Nc"RTe oTIn'ithtIOsts, Tor, owing to it's great
success, many have been offered; some are most
dangerous causing piles, etc.
DUNOAS DICK & CO.'S Genuine san Capsule,
containing OIL Of SaHdaivood sold at aH drug stor,.
Astoy Circular or send foy one 10 30 and "a V,o.,
tf--- en- V--t
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

MOTHERS. Mothers Mothersl Don't fail
. procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrpr
for all diseases incident 10 the period of teeth.
ing m children. IL relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels.
ayd, by giving relief and health 10 the child
gives rest to the mother. ~ is an old and
well-tried remedy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

THE people who petition against the Per.
Rims book bill know exactly what they are
about They have no desire now 10 see the
competition OF the booksellers destroyed
and the most gigantic monopolv which dc
state has ever witnessed, established under
the sanction Of law Columbus Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
Practical Gene rosity.

Or. I. 5. johnson Il Co., of Bangor, Maine,
will send by mail, postage paid, a ~ pound
sample package OF Sheridan's horse and
cattle powders, on receipt of twenty COO
cents. These powders are worth their weight
in gold TO make hens lay and will prevent
all manner of diseases common TO hens,
hogs and horses, including hog cholera,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

They have r man down East who
makes his living by guessing. He never
misses on the weight Of a hog, but the
American lunch-fiend throws him head
long into quagmire of the most
wretched uncertainty.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

Iake one cup Of butter and Iard melted
together, add one cup New Orleans mo.
lasses stir into this one cup each of sugar
and cold water, two large teaspoonfuls gin.
ger, two eggs beaten, and four cups Of flour.
having in It three large teospoonfuls pOoI.
EY's YEAST POWDER. Bake i'm moderately
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

MANY of those photographers who
have no scruples about stealing the
items Of others, wear "paste" dia.
mOnds. The honest ones wear the real
thing. Everybody knows they can af.
ford III
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

Thousands Of children have died Of dipb.
iberia this winter who might have been
saved by q single bottle OF Johnson's Apo.
dyne Liniment which costs 80 cents. Itisa
sure preventive OF diphthcria aud will cure
nine out OF ten. No family sbould be- ,citb.
out 30 dav
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
EMI&IITTSYlTIE]

, Ten years have proven their efficacy en- al hillary
g,sofnofs. Thcy restore the liver. stomach and
Aluncys tOhcalthiul action; give appetite good az
gesiion md yigOr 10 body and mind
. rev. r. J.. Simpson. Louisville Ky eava.
Iuf's PiHs are north their tocf0bf e,
gOfd. - 'g'' v"
Sayre q CO.. Druggists cay: me seV nm,
poTes IWtt's ruiz 90 ffUe Of off Others ~ ~
Price, % cents. ONCE 20 Murray ST. New Yoyk
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

a sHREwD patent medicine man has
geen chasing Alex Stephens around for
three months, trying 10 draw a bead on
him with packet camera. he wants
him Tor a preface n bis advertisements
70 illustrate before taking"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

An old adage says the hardest oper-
alton Of a war is to stop it," The same
is also true Of a dog fight.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16

ENGLAND holds 500, 900, 900 Of Turk
ish securities One cause Of her nm.
happiness.
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TIE SCIENCE OF LIFE

OR SELF-PRESERVAT
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