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Sharp County record., 1878-03-01

in 1915. The cardinals are now
closeted in the. imperial city, plan
ming for a successor, These men OF
the red cap are quite ambitious, and
too often exhibit tcmpers not in
accordance with their ecclesiastical
position. The English and Ameri-
can misunderstanding and Nc
CIoskey-are mentioned as candl-
dates. Would it not indeed be an
event if Columbia should furnish the
so-callcd successor of st. Peter, and
the residence of his Holiness be
changed from the "Seven-hIlled city"
to the metropolis of America?
The war in the Orient, while a
calm just now has followed the car
mage, yet Russa's successful con-
summation Of her plans, in crushing
the "Sick man Of Europe has ere
ated the jealousy of the English Leo,
and just now it stands IN rage,
growing at the Northern Bear. The
latest is the proposed conference OF
the Great Powers at Vienna, to set
tie upon terms Of peace, but anterior
to tins we find Bismarck has been
"the power behind the throne"
forming an alliance with Prussia,
Russia and Turkey, while Austria
is kept quiet for fear Of her power
ful neighbors, or promise If she
remains neutral; while to meet this
combination, we see England, with
perhaps Italy and France.
1t seems that Turkey will be al
most blotted from the map, In an.
old volume of the fifteenth century
we read the following remarkable
prediction--a part certainly verified
in the Crimean War, and then an
other fulfilment in the Cars troops
waving their victorious banners over
the mosques Of Constantinople:
DIN twice TWO hundred years the
The Crescent shall assall; Bear
But if the Cock and Bull shall pair,
The Bear shall not prevail.
But look, in twice ten years again
Let Islam know and fear;
The Cross shall wax, the Crescent
Grow pale and disappear" wane,
The Crescent is the Turkish en-
sign, and was selected by the follow
ing circumstance: When Philip Of
Macedon approached by night with
his army to scale the walls of By
zantium, (the ancient name Of Con
stantinOple,) the moon shone out
and revealed his design, with his
moving soldiers, to the sentuals,
who repulsed him. When the Turks
took this city, they found the Cres,
cent in every house, adopted by the
people as an emblem OF their deIiv-
erance, and they then adopted it as
their national coat of arms.
Sharp County record., 1878-03-01
JOTTINGS.
BY VERITAS.

The Death of Pins " is ah event
That has been mentioned by the
press in every land. His was a
longer reign than any Of his prede-
taSsors-therc being an opinion that
no pope could occupy the high po-
5Ition twenty-five years--and most
pt the sovereign pontifs have died
before serving out their twenty-five
) ears The recent pope was elected
Sharp County record., 1878-03-01
n EW STOR z!
Drugs Liquors!
FAMILY GROGEUEES.

The undersigned would re-
specially announce to the pub
lie that he has opened a stock
OF Drugs and Liquors at the
stand formerly occupied by Col.
w. 0. Adams, in Evening Shade,
Ark, and will keep on hand d
variety Of staple drugs, choice
whiskies, brandies, wines. gin,
&C., all Of which will be sold at
reasonable rates, for cash.
Also, q stock Of family gro
ceries, consisting Of coffee, tea,
sugar, dried beef, picked pigs
feet, fish, oysters, sardines and
crackers. Tobacco and cigars.
A share Of public patronage
is solicited, Respectfully,
JNO. S. KING.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
Hair-Eels,

In many paris Of the country the no.
tion has, long JpreYailed that, IL horse.
hairs beJplaced in n brook and left there.
they wall after~a time become endowed
with life; in short, that they Will turn
into hair-eels, Very recently, q CORES.
pondence on this subject was published
IN the columns of a prominent Scotch
newspaper, between an anonymous
writer, and DIR. Andrew Wilson, of the
Edinburgh Schootof Medicine I; the for
mer alleging that n friend in'Shetland
had succeeded in efiecting the transfer,
nation OF hairs into "hair-eels," the
latter denying that any such spon-
taneous generation" of living beings
was possible. The life-history Of the
Gordius aquaticus, rs naturalists name
the hair eel, is perfectly well,known. IT
passes the earlier stages OF its existence
az ? parasite lying coiled up within the
body OF an insect, such as the grass,
hopper ;uthe wOrIu exceeding its host
many times in length In this condition
II rs immature, and has no power of re-
producing its kind When mature. il
leaves the body of the insect and seeks
the water, being found in summer at the
breedingrseason in thousands in some To-
calities. There theeggs are laid in long
strings, and from each"is developed h
tiny embryo or young Gotdjus Which
gains admittance To an insect-h Host, there
TO lie quiescent for a time, and soon TO
repeat the history of his parent pontf,
IT is plain that in such life-history
there is neither ro0m' nor need for the
supposition that hair4eels are developed
an an unnatural fashion, and at the will
of man. The failacy that hair-eeIs are
transformed hairs, arises frequently
from imperfect observation, often from
preconceived notions and from an ina
bility 10 perceive the Unnatural nature
Of the supposition, or To reason ont the
procedure adopted 10 procure the hair
eels. Thus, for instance, IL would be an
absurd supposition were any oile 20
maintain that hair-eels could only. be
formed artifcially from hairs. 1t Is a
perfectly evident truth and a demon.
strable fact that they reproduce thefr
kind by means of eggs, aud this fact
shows us that they possess q natural
method of reproduction, and further the
statement Of any supposed infringement
Of natural law should be received
with caution and suspicion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
Inc experience ofn Tarrcd and feath.
cred Man.
"s'His NrS.) 'En,sfPti-e


W. j. JeBes, who was tanted and
feathered by Reno people and then senI
out of town on the westward hound
train, was -iua 4pitiable Condition when
he reached Truekee The Rspub6oan
says; I'VE, saw the victim Thurstav y
night on the overland train He wasin
truly pitiRble condition. Coal tar or
gas tar had been used, and used freely
This substance hlisters like n mustard
plaster. The cuticle will peel off Of Mr..
Jones just as If he had been boiled. His
halr and the wound on his head was
hiled with tar. The hair stuck out in
all directions, or at least a mass of tar
stuck out. The sockets of his ewes were
level tull with solid tar, which seemed
to have been poured into 'tlem aud Md.
owed 20 cool. His whiskers seemed a
large, unhappy mass of tar Hfs face,
neck, and, we are told, his entire BODY
had thick. coating The yifIA tes
kindly clothed HIM before putting him
on the train. The sight might have been
ludierons, II IL had not been aronizine
The train was nearly three Hours in
reaching, Truckee The pain endured
by the poor fellow was excrIciating
Slghtless, helpless, coated with horridl
odoriierouS substance, he sat- silently.
with his head bowed over Occasionally
his fingers would grasp, ,spasmodicauy AT
the open air. ,Same times his,botly would
witch pervously, as if from the. pain
he endured. Arriving at Truckee Grandi.
son Jones and another colored man
were put to work 10 remove the tar. ~. II
was an hour before DIR. X. j. ,GOss "wns
called and the linseed oil which he prel
scrlbed obtained. EFerybodyo who saw
the poor wretch pitied him. The very
men who performed the deed would
have pitied him. 1iissufferings were ex,
treme:- His eyes were fairly burning
up. No one ever heard before of put
ting tar on mans face and i'm his eyes.
For six hours twomen worked
neutrahzing the tar and renewing Il
from his body We saw him this morn,
ing. His eyeswere terribly yinhamed. 1t
IS doubtful if be ever recoVers. his sight.
Ii is feared the eye balls have been
burned and blistered and forever do
stroyed," oa .Is. 'f.lIJ
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
4 Scientific Paradox.
omshs B~I


The very remarkable phenomenon ol
ice and snow forming in the brief spaos
/ ot few minutes when the Temperature
/ indicated eighty-seven degrees Fahren.
heit, and men were working in, their
shirt sleeves, occurred at the Union
Pacific transfer depot last week. Andre
hoSewater who was near by, was called
| 10y the laborers TO witness the strange
phennmenon and, if possible, explain II.
10 his surprise he observed n large
portion of the surface, of barrel of
gasollne covered with about half an
inch OF what appeared TO be ice and
snow 10 make sure that he was not
deceived he touched IL and really found
IL cold and frosty mat tier, in "A semi solid
state, resembling snow in that peculiar
ana halt-frozen and thawing condition
In whrch the term Slush is usually an
pledf ilio next took a portion to his
hps, and though cold upon touch, il
Immediately dissolved into "A gaseous
vapor emitting the distasteful odor of
Kerosene. MIR. Rosewater, who now be-
came considerably interested i'm the
phenomenon, scraped off all the forma
ton from the surface! Under ii he OBJ
served very fine streak between the,
slaves of the barrel through which.
when IL Nwas turned downward or
partially inclined, the gasoline seemed
10 leak. The men who stood by then
informed him that ~ he would turn
the barrel 80 thatit,would leak, the for
nation of snow and ice would begin
This he accordingly did and sure
enough instead of seeing the fluid drop
steadily upon the floor, itrapidly formed
a coating Of frozen matter, and in less
than live minutes surface of about
eight by six inches was covered, with q
layer, quarter of an inch in thickness.
of snow and ice Mr.. Rosewater states
that the only theory upon which he can
explain this phenomenon il that gaso-
line, Ike ether and several other fluids.
Is of 30 volatile a nature that upon
the slightest exposure il will vaporize.
1T IL a well-known fact that all sub
stances when changing from solid TO n
huid or IL fluid to vapor or gaseous
condition consume q certain quantity of
heat in 40 doing. IL is thus that the
outer surface of the gasoline in dropping
forms into yapor, and in 10 doing rapidly
absorbs the heat of the adjoining layer.
making 1t quite cold, and each LAYER i'm
succession IA il evaporates absorbs in
turn the heat of the other layers until
40 much heat has been absorbed that ice
and snow are formed. II is thus that
spray Of ether steadily poured against
n tin cup full of water will, by the
ethcr's rapid evaporation, absorb 40
much heat from the water within the
cup az 10 freeze il.
IL is possible that the phenomenon
cited can be explained upon somo other
theory, and il 80 we shall be glad TO
publish II, as great many who have
witnessed it feel an interest in proper
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
Some Old English Admirais.

Duncan, lying off the Texel with his
own flagship, ther Venerable" and
only one other vessel, heard that the
whOleiDutoh feet was. putting at sea.
He told Captain Hothan 10 anchor
alongside Of him in the narrowest part
OF the channel and fight his vessel till
she sank. 81 have taken the depth Of
the water" added he, " and when the
Venerable goes down my flag will still
ftP And,yOu observe this IS no naked
Viking in = prehistoric period. but a
Scotch member Of PaTljament, with a
smattering Of TIE classics a telescope.
cooked hat Of great size, with nanhei
Undertaking. Ia the same spirit Mel
son went into Aboukir with six colOrs
flying, 10 that even " five were shot
away itshOuld not be imagined that ne
had struck. He, too, must needs wear
his four stars outside his admiral's
froek, 10 be "A butt for sharpshooters.
d" IN honor ] gained them he said TO
obJectors, adding, with sublime illogic-
alty, " IN honor i Win die with them ~
Captain Douglas, of the Royal Oak y
when the Dutch fired his vessel in the
Thames, Gent his men ashore, but was
burned along With her himself rather
than desert hl8pof without orders Just
then, perhaps the Merry Monarch was
chasing a moth round the supper-table
with ladies of his court. When Raleigh
sailed into Cadiz, aud All the forts and
ships opened fire on him at once. he
/ gcorhed 70 shoot q gun, and made answer
with flourish Of insulting Trumpet /
! like this bTavado better than the wisest
ldispositions, toensure victory; 10 come.
from the heart and goe's 10 10. God ha.
made nOblor beroes, but he never made
a finer gentleman than Walter Raleigh
/ And as our admirals we're full Of heroic
/ superstitiOBs, and had a trutting and
yain-glorious style Of fight, 80 they dis
! covered q startling eagerness for battle
! and cOurted war like q mistress Wher
the news came ~ Essex before Cadi.
that the attack had been decided. h,
threw his hat into the ses. It Is in thi
way that schOOlboy hears Of a half
holiday bat this was a bearded man. %
1 great possessions, who had Just been al
lowed 10 risk his life. Benb0w coul,
not lie still IN HE bunk after he had los
bis leg he must be on deck in baske
! todirect and animate the fight.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
A Beautiful View IN NORWAY.

a correspondent of the Boston Trar-
eIer thus describes n day among the Nor.
wegian mOuntainss OF the DELIGHT 10
the eye Of this days tfaV no words can
give expression. Grand with majestic
mountains, fr-clad and barren, now, 90
near that they froWn down upon our
pathway, and anon, far off, leaving room
for the smiling valley to intervene :
great masses of whte.barked birch trees
everywhere Frightening Tire somber
green Of the pines and corn stalks.
changing scenes we moyed slowly through
such Is the beautiful valley Of the
GlOmmen, which no pencil Of artist or
pen Of writer could ever depict. II ~
a constant pleasure and study. About
half-past nine we came IN sight Of snow
patched mountains, and constantly as
cending, they become more numerous,
even within walking distance, while be-
low them were the green fields covered
with bluebellA Many gardens about
the scattered houses were bright with
flowers. Again the scene was entirely
changed, and the mountains, very dis
tant, gave way to beautiful valleyviews.
About noon, after many stops. we were
landed for dinner. a most novel fashion
prevails; each person wishing 10 dine
secures a seat by tipping the chair
against the table, goes, with his plate
knife and fork, TO n side table, and
helps hin or herself 70 what ia desired
We found here salmon, roast beef pota
toes, and a sort Of fried sausage, will
coffee and vino and beer. really thinI
1t is not q bsd idea for saving time. AL
were thus very quickly served. Tn,
/ dinner cost about 6fty cents, and ",
partook oft without hurry.
rr
sESAroR HAQtrN has never worn .,
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= soNG On ITALS.

beeuty, ' '"'
ot May 'N "''''
with thy vines all richly swinging
Ana thy blithe birds Sweetly singing
And thy bells Of worship ran Ing
IN the shining month Of May
Nbh thy sto0t old cnstled plaCsss
~ wiz seterc msiestie faces
Hung around with st, ried graces
Ia the brightness Of the MAY;
With thy towers that look sererely
rom their proud cliffs IN oned 50 queenty
with broad msutl's Haunting : eenIv
IN the brightness of the May:
with thy shroitd sOgrsntily sweeping
And tby sits 10 softly sleeping
Ana Thy fountains freshly leapinc
In the bright face of the day;
Win thy names that an the ages
Sta esmsn, singers saints and sage
Ana thy shTines with pictured pags.
In signincent display;
with mighty memOrie. near thee
10 strength 20 atmosphere thee
rom distant doubt to clear thee
when falls the cloudy dav;
With thy years of long probation
Dor tue glorious contamination
10 wear the ntme Of Nation
- In the brightness OF to-day
glory, VT!
And thy wealth Of spreading beauty In the shining
month Of Msyl
N1cBUlan's Hrgar,as
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
A Affecting Scene.
LBrqakfsst Tablr.I

"A PoLJCEMAN was passing down ltieh-
mOpd street last Wednesday afternoon
when Inc heard q S~6marib' Soice lifted
high in lamentation opemDgsthewicket
he strobe up to the door, where a woman
was lying prone on the steps, bedewing
the rubber foot mat with her briny
tears. .r.i
" What is the matter, mann 2'' he said
gently.
Ooh, boo, only said the stricken
female.
Now, don't take on So" said the
club carrier with tremulous gentle
ness, Z" tell me what is the matter %
oh /, I'm, a-a-ooh OOH, ;" and she
wept afresh and copiously.
Why, my dear, dear madam" said
the officer, what great sorrow has
highted your life and drove the sun.
Shine from your happy homer Where
depths of anguish Why are the fonn.
tains OF your being broken up, and your
beauteous eyes become springs from
which heaqueous Huids---I" y'-y
Ooh b6bhO0."
The sympathetic officer wax non
plused. He backed off a step or two
and as his great heart thrObbed in sym
pathy with so much suffering, nc could
but make one more efIortat comfort.
Madam" said he, and as he spoke
his voice grew hdsky with emotion
Madam, ympathize with you from
the bottom Of my heart, and while. you
dOnot seem disposed 10 trust me, yet II
there is anything In the round world
I can do 10 lift this sorrow from YOU
7 heart let me do il. assure you il is nc
/ idle curiosity ! would be your friend
| ! will avenge yOur wrongs, and the ser
| vices OF one loyal and true are yours i
| you will accept them. / would not pr
/ into that which does not concern me, bu
| / know that somegrea sorrow is upor
! you. and gently, tenderly would rails
/ the pail that hangs about your life
dress the wounds which have beel
opened in your tender heart, and pou
/ the balm Of consolation over the"
lie did not notice i'm his Vehemenc
that the woman had steathily risen, bu
she had, and launching the foot mat ful
iH his face she said
Get QUITO this, you mean old biather
skite! You're meaner than that oil
I Guardian in this dime novel, who won
} let hb neicc marry the handsome trappei
! II I want b. cry about what 7 read 81
none o your business"
Two blocks away the policeman Aicke
a boOtblsck Of the sidewalk by the cal
aud mutteTed
If women amt the curusest bui
animals IN this world, kill me for
fool
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

a YOUNG lady at Fredericton, New
Brunswick, had narrow escape from
drowning recently. She fell over a
wharf and sunk third time, and lay on
the bottom OF the river, when Mr..
Orr put down a pole and fortunately
touched her. She describes her sensa-
tons a. not unpleasant; could distinctly
see the people on the wharf and won.
dered why they did not assist her. say
the pole coming down, and imagined il
Of immense size and length the moment
II touched her she grasped IL, and say,
she could have climbed to the moon on
it.--TorOnto GiObG
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

Aud vineyards wide and farus along the valley
Are mute amid the vintage aud tho sheaves
save round the barns the noise OF rout and sally
Among the tenaut-masons ot the caves.
Atar tho'up'and glades arc necked In dapples
by hocks OF lamh- s-wamtol from tho Told;
Aud orchards bend beneath their weight OF apples
And groves are bright In scSflc, and In ID.
But hatkl hear tho phoassncs rhufied drum
ing, d.. t.t d.
The turtl = murmuring FROM distant deli,
drowsy bco In mary tnngtes humming,
The far, faint unkle tenor Of q bell.
And now, from yondcr bocoh-tTunk sheer and
sterile,
The tat-tat Of the yellow hammers bill,
The sharp staccato barking of the squirrel,
dropping nut and all sgafn u sstll.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
A Little Girl Attacked by a Bear and
Rescued by Little Heroine.

A special dispatch to the Detroit
EUening Telegram, dated Adrian, says
The particulars reached here this morn
ing Of terrible affair which occurred
near Rome Center, nine miles west Of
this city, Thursday afternoon. A large
tame bear, formerly shown in the saloon
of Chris. Hsele, Of tins city, is kept by
one Upton upon the premises Of q
brother-in.law, named Maltzmang At
the place named, Thursday afternoon,
his little daughter Edna went out with a
playmate. and commended TO tease the
brute. 1t became savage, feized and
threw her down, and began chewing her
thigh. Upton and young girl named
Ethel Hodges, living in tho house, ran
out. Upton tried to drive the bear of,
but instead of relihqmshiDg his hold
the bear ran into his kennel with the
little one, The girl picked up large
stone, rushed into Che kennel and sue
ceeded in extricatiDg the child from the
animals jaws Huge. pieces of the
child's thigh had already sloughed off
An amputation will be attempted %.
day, but THE surgeon gives little hope OF
saving her life,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

THE oceanic currents, which extend
from the equator toward the poles, are
very extensive, One can be traced from
India around by the Cape Of Good Hope,
passing by the Gulf of Mexico, along the
eastern shores of North America 10 the
coast Of Greenland. tits four thousand
leagues in length, and takes more than
two years 10 finish its course. They act
like all currents Of water, whether ON a
large or small scale, in tearing away the
shores along which they pass, and de
posting the particles at the bottom of
the ocean. They are probably owing 10
much the same cause ~ the trade winds.
At the poles. the water IL ooldest at the
surface, and warmer according to is
depth at the equator, the contrary il
Che case-it is warfnest at the surface
and cooler below, The water whef
heated appears 20 pass OF toward The
poles 10 be cooled, in great ocean,,
current on the surface, and probably re-
turns when cooled, by confederation
at great depth.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

MAMA" We'd better 90 in, darling
IL threatens to rain" Harry O, then
IL won'tH Mamma fWhyp Harry
" Papa always threatens TO vip me, hut
he never does"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

lr Is stated, upon good authority, that
the French working classes spend less
~ proportion 10 their means than any
IN the world. Here Is p lesson for All
who can not make their incomes meet
their expenses
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19
INDIAN sUnnER.
nr .. y. IRVINE.

A. last the toil-eueum hertd days arc over
Aud airs OF noou ara mellow AZ the morn;
Iae blooms arc brown upon the Seeding clover,
And brown the silks that plume the rpening
corn.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

Z" INK can be preserved from mold by
putting q Glove in the bottle" when
Mrs. Spriggins, wife OF Sprigpins. Of
the Morning AW0kepr,, read the above
she cried excitedly, There now know
what Mr.. =. always carries cloves i'm his
vest pocket fOrW And the good old un.
spsPeeHug soul looked rs pleased AZ il
she bad jast heard Of q new way Of put
ting up barberries.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

All sounds are hushcd OF rcaping aud OF moving;
Tho winds Wrei low, the waters liaunourled;
Nor thistle-down nor gos, amer l. lowing,
80 hlidan languid ludoleuca the world
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

soar touching and beautiful super
stations prevail among the Indian
tribes Chicago ,i0uBal. Yes and one
.oi Them is that tine scalp OF a white man
makes q better show on the wall than an
oil painting - Detroit Frce Presa
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

IHE cool season Is upon us, and the
frugal hOusekeepet cOngratulates her
self that butter does not age A. rapidly
A. II did month or two ago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

THY were looking at the fall style Of
bonnets Said she, 20 o. dear. Iook Al
that bird in the crown what pretty
bill" And because he turned away,
wiped his eyes with his handkerchief,
and murmured, &" J should say it WAS a
pretty BILL" she became melancholy,
and threatened 70 leave him, and 20
home % her mother.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-19

sESAToR HAaLlNhas never worn an
overcOat