West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
WhIFS AND wHIMS.

COFFEE, unlike music, ia improved by
grinding
"A MAN of some account The
booKkecper
POTATOES were Introduced iuto Ire
SrREEfs were first lighted with oil
lamps in l762.I y4.-t tu I..r
MEXIco,had yellow fever before tho
IorteZ ZlnVasion.--------------
THE locust sings by 6ddling on its
wing with, It's leg.
PRorEsrANrIsM made 1,00I converts
inJapan last year. I
DWELLINGS will doubtless soon be
lighted by electrieity.--
II is strange, but true, that railway
brake often prevents u railway smash.
"AN early settler Tho first drink
in the morning after a lively time over
MAGAZINE where light matter
should not be inserted--A powder mag
azine.
BUTLER says; Hc laughs best who
laughs last" He Is in favor OF Grin
backs!- Grophicy dl rl ynu-lHt
lN some apparently amiable natures
there are unsupported aud unfathomable
depths of resentment
| ACKNOWLEDGE the corn" as the
man said when he pulled on tight
boot.-Oa Cay Derrick
AMBITION often puts men TO the
meancst Offices, IA climbing is done in
the same position as creeping.
WE are often more cruelty robbed by
those who steal into our hearts than by
those who break into our houses.
ONElIALF of the world don't know
how the other half live-and IL is none
of their business.--- YoRkeyS Gdsefte.
LIVES of great men all remind us that
the average captain never feels insulted
by being called colonel.--Tun Fdils
Reporter.
WE are often harsh when we feel our
selves strong, and show indulgence only
when conscious that we are in need Of IL
ourselves.
An average bedbug (clapdiopteris be-
frkebus) will take up more room in
bed than two old maids with hot brick
at their feet
ABOUT three hundred and axty-seven
newspapers will remark that tho Afghan
istan trouble is Ameer -trifle.-P PhiLa-
UffJDHhN DuttctHi. q
CoLLoqUY between new acquaint-
ances: once sat on the Judges
bench in Texas !" "That SOL Where
was the JudgeT SS,d--+
Do not affect a motive in love. II Is
not question OF motive, but Of fact.
Don't marry to'do good. The end won't
sanctify the means.a s-fl
BY right education you give to the
child a heaven with-a polar star that
will always guide him in whatever new
countries he reaches
THERE Is no mistakihg what the sad
sea waves are saying nowadays. IT il
" Vel, if / doont see you again, HelloW
- ROchester Democrat.
FRIENDLINEss and smiles act ON tho
heart like spirits of nitre on water
making il colder when IL is cold, and
warmer when it is warm. 't
THOSE who fear their fever contribu-
tiOns will be misapplied are at iberty TO
go South and personally supervise it's
distribution.-7-R Roehester Express.
OUR humanity was given US not that
we should mourn over IL, or torture IL,
or pluck IL out and cast ~ into the fire,
but that we should use IL wisely.
The water that flows from spring
does not freeze in the coldest winter.
| And those sentiments of true friendship
which fow from the heart, csnDot be
frozen by adversely.
An old hat that once belonged 10 Ma
! poleon ], was recently sold for thirty.five
dollars, which is good price, certainly,
when we consider that both the Nap.
and crown are gone.--PUok
AN exchange asks, % Who are those
that have implicit confidence in their
| fellow-menT II occurs to US that it is
I people vino eat hash ut a strange board
J inghouse.-7B Braqfor9 Breese.
THE boys OF America will take com
fort and warning in tho statement that
man in Ian5inR, Mich, leaned out of
a sccOndstOry window 10 call out 70 his
son to quit wadiug in the gutter this
minute and come home and put his shoes
on lost his balance and fell out and
broke his back.
wmLE tho,woeis turn red end russet
And the swallow skins the weir,
D Aud the ferfiier rose Of simmer
Doth poetic bosoms cheers
While waiting for The winter winds,
Which through tho forest howl
The barber doth bestow weird
, And highly hateful sc1wi
Upon tbe young man who has decided ~
raise full beard for he winter
-MO York Graphtc.
B Tar Germans now sell their weddin,
] outfits at half-cost to the next lucky
pair instead of wearing them out. Thi
same system can be extended 10 every
: thing but collins. - Detroit Free Press