West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-13
WAITS AND WHlMS.

DANIEL WEBSTER is selling ice cream
at Baton Rouge.
CENTIrEDEs have four eyes on each
! side of the head.
( WlrH Egyptians il was capital of
Tense To kill II cat.
TnE limit of profitable mining is be-
lievod To bc 1900 feet.
A SCH MIST says angle worms do not
suffer when put ON the hook.
STATISTICS show that there is nowhere
lower rates of mortality than in prisons
THE average yearly income of
Frcnchman is $50; that of German
only 500.
So CALLED camers-hair brushes"
are made from the hair of the tails of
squirrels.
A LATE whim in table furnishing is
the harlequin sets of spoons and
forks-no two alike.
AN ancient book described the ETH
opians as persons with one foot large
enough for parasol.
Two hundred and fifty thousand i'm
migrants enter Texas every year. AT
this rate it will be the Empire State
soon.
FEW people know themselves because
they find the study of themselves an
employment but little calculated TO
crafty their pride.
WE are sure TO be losers when we
quarrel with ourselves; it IL n civil war,
and in all such contentious triumphs
are defeats.
a SANTA BARBARA critic says of
local singer that her voice is as sweet m
Louisiana sorghum, and as soft as APP
pleby's axlc-grease.
New ORLEANS has at present n popu-
lation of only 10000, which, however,
is steadily increasing 10y emigration from
France, Italy, and Germany.
A CHINAMAN in st. Louis boasts pos
session OF n set of rice-sticks a thousand
years old, which have descended as
heirlooms from father to son.
To be idle and TO be poor have always
been reproaches; and therefore men
seek TO hide their poverty from others
and their idlcness from themselves.
THE purest JOY is unspeakable; the
most impressive prayer is silent; and
the most solemn preacher at funeral
the silent one whose lips are cold.
Potato beetles are blown out into
perch and bullheads; but they poison
the fish, which are dying in great mum
bcrs.
SOCIETY in Republican Paris seems TO
be ~ brilliant as it could be under
monarchy, and MacMahon costs only
5000, 900 ayear, against Louis Napoleon's
$G,O00,O0O.
MILAN is TO have an international
exhibition next year, and Rome will
have one in 1881 if the Italian Parlia-
ment can he induced 10 vote $2,000,000
in aid Of the enterprise.
THE London Court Joutnai says that
" the Americans are death on the En-
glish sparrow; all the former i'll feeling
they had against us they have trans
ferred TO our representative bird"
Mr.. HENRY BERGH has lately been
confirmed in his belief that only horses,
dogs, cats and turtles have the qualities
of faithfulness and gratitude, by a con
fidence operator, who adroitly swindled
him out OF $l5.
IL is stated that there are 5000, 900
pupils enrolled in the public schools Of
the United States The average daily
Attendance is 500, 600. The estimated
population between six and sixteen
years Of age is 10000, 900.
IF there il anywhere in this uncertain
vale TO be found more piteous ex-
ample Of utter helplessness and wasted
effort than an ancient female trying TO
persuade a family horse into accelerated
muscular action IL hasn't been noticed
not up to date.--BrcakJast Toble
Ir is said that Montana, with popula-
L. N,aN
| ure in year. This circumstance is said
| 10 be due to the custom of hanging
those who are unable TO make satisfac-
tory arrangements with creditors.
GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE.
Ho liyeth long who Hyeth we'll;
AZ el-e is liie but flung away.
! Uo lvrth longest who can tell
Oi true things truly done each day
Then hll each day with What " ilI last
tuy up thc moments nB they 20;
! The life sbuve when thlgis D 80
j. the ripe fruit Of life below.
A Mr.. AUBURN gentleman pointed
out the constellation of the " Dipper" TO
his little ri the other night so plainly
that she caught tie idea. and after look
ing upon 10 with much interest for q
minute, turned and said Now, papa,
show me the wash-dish ."-B Breakfost
! T0bic
a COUNTRY editor in Michigan thus
bids farewell to his readers, his paper
having expired Good-byel Toll the
bell gently! This is our last kick.
| Handle as with carcl Lower us gently
to restl We die natural death The
wolf is at our door! Bury us under a
rose bush. Listen to the mocking
bird"
TIE false and immoral principle that
any human life may be rightfully de.
voted 10 the mere getting and boarding
OF money is the root Of The whoo evil.
That principle is itself as profoundly
immoral ~ is any act of theft or breach
Of trust which grows out Of IT, And
now deeply it has taken hold Of and
corrupted American business life. any
business man knows Pam H0nfhiU
DIR. ELIZA i. PErRIE has been al.