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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-23
TO the Citizens Of Kingwood
and Vicinity.

Having rented the room ON Price street
known as the cold Post ONCE" and hav-
ing had it reprinted and papcrod and ft
mp in iirst~class style, suitable for am
oyster saloon, ] respectfully ask all those
who desire oysters TO give me call.
They viii be served i'm every lyle in q
hrsI-cI'ss manner. j also propose TO- sell
oysters by the quart or any quantity de-
sired. Rccollcct this is strictly first
class saloon and run upon those princi-
pies.
Hoping my efforts To- mako This undor-
taking success viii be appreciated and
receive the fun uppou and encourage
mcnt of tbo cGzous. ann
HD-r.r.f fttII,,. ..,.,....
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-23

STATIONS. No. Il No. toNo. '7.No. Is
, 1878-08-29

TIE Richmond DiWatch figures it out
that the returns from the Moffet register
for the year, in Virginia, will reach
326,401 Sc.
, 1878-08-29
Gambling at Agricultural Fairs.

Eli Stilson, Superintendent OF the Wis
consin Agricultural State Fair Grounds,
lately wrote the Prairie Farmer relating
to "Gambling at Agricultural Shows"
calling attention to facts concerning the
large sums divided by sporting men and
their accomplices in crime, meaning the
81 iety managers who tolerate this great
wong by sharing the spoils under the
pie that it is for the societys treasury.
Read what Mr.. Stilson says:
During the last four years, by unani-
nous agreement of the executive com
mittee of the State Agricultural Society,
l have excluded all gambling and games
of chance from the State Fair grounds.
Yet each year the number and prices Of
fered for the use of the fair grounds show
that these vampires must be meeting
with success somewhere. | have thus
early before me, as superintendent OF the
State fair grounds, several letters and cir
culars, asking to rent for their heIlish
purposes. One offers $500, and gives a
list of fairs where he claims he practced
his denominations last year, and among
them are the State Fair Mt Dayton, Ohio,
and State fair at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
five district fairs in Illinois. Q But the
circular does not say one word about
how the good sense and moral indigna-
ton of the people at one Of those Illinois
district fairs we're so aroused that all the
officers of the fair were indicted and
heavily fined just as they should always
be, and likely will be in the future. An
other circular and letter wants to take
the State Agricultural Society in as part
ner in its cut-throat depravity, and claims
that it usually clears from $1,000 to $4,000,
and one half of this, the blood-money OF
the gambler, it will pay to the Agricul'
tural Society, in behalf of humanity, in
behalf Of Western farmers, let me appeal
to such fair managers to exclude such
gambling from their fair grounds, and on
failure to 90 50, may there be farmers or
other persons enough who have the NOR
al courage to follow the noble example
set by Illinois, and present them to the
courts for lscensing or allowing gam
bling. Another party offers $500 for ex-
elusive rights. 1t is u stain, a fraud, a
libel on agriculture, and let it be wiped
out.
Let agricultural society managers read,
mark aud inwardly digest the foregoing
suggestions, in New England as well as
IN the West.
, 1878-08-29
CA M PIN G aS aos SIs sSsHMi5E 4RtHs:

A DELIGHTFUL, INSTRUCTIVE, HEALTHFUL
"A ard inexpensive trip. Parties take the most direct
route for COulterVille, thence by good road as
mlles) to Yosemite, passing Bower Cave and Pilot
Peak, through Merced Grove Big Trees and Merced
River Canyon, by and in near view of Cascade, Rib
bon Bridal Veil and Yosemite Falls, and the mighty
Granite Cliffs and Domes OF the Canyon and Yosemite
Valley the grandest mountain, forest, rock and
water scenery In the world
, 1878-08-29
Putting up Fruit.

| think can answer the editors re.
Quest for information regarding the prep
arstion of fruit. / have large quantity
to put up every year and have always
had good luck so far. think canning
the best way to keep fruit. | use glass
cans (Masons are best and proceed as
follows; Cleanse the cans thoroughly y
and test to sec if any leak or are cracked.
Fruit should be selected carefully and all
that is imperfect rejected. Large fruit,
such as peaches, pears, etc, are In the
best condition to can when not quite full
ly ripe and should be put up as soon as
possible after picking. Small fruit, such
as berries, should never stand over night
if it is possible to avoid it. Use only the
best sugar in the proportion Of half q
pound to a pound of fruit, varying the
rule, of course, with the sweetness OF the
fruit. When ready to can, first place the
cans in large pan Of warm water on the
back of the stove; put'the sugar in nice
clean porcelain kettle, add just water
enough to keep it from burning, let it
boil TO nice clear syrup, add the fruit
and let it cook until boiling hot all
through. Let peaches, or pears cook un-
til tender; try with a silver fork so as not
to blacken the fruit, lemon sliced with
pears is an improvement. BY the time
The fruit is done the water in the pan
will be hot and the cans ready Tor use.
Take large towel and lift can from
the water; wrap the towel well around it;
drain the water out ard at once pour in
the boiling hot fruit, but not too fast.
When the can is filled to overlooking put
on the top at once and screw down tight
ly, and as the fruit and cans cool, causing
contraction Of the glass, turn down again.
Canned fruit should be kept in a cool,
dark place. Light Injuries fruit very
much-especially tomatoes. Cans should
be examined two or three days after FL
ling and if the syrup leaks from the rim
the cans should be unsealed and the fruit
scalded over, using new tops that will sl-
low no leakage. The rubber rings must
show an even edge all round, forif it slips
back out of sight at any point air will
be admitted. If, after using the cans a
few years, the rubber rings harden with
the heat, they can be easily replaced at
the dealers.
, 1878-08-29
Cnriosities of a Post. Office Report.

The annual report OF the Postmaster
General might seem, at first sight, to be
dry document, because it bristles with
figures. But in reality the report for
1875, which has inst been published, is
an amusing picture of the folly, of the
torgetfulness, the Ignorance and the friv-
Oily which must fl a large place in the
life of every nation, as we'll as Of the
qualities which give a nation dignity,
stability and wealth.
We might reasonably think, for exam
pie, that mercantile men would seldom
or never neglect to address letters con.
tanning either money or the equivalent
of it; yet Ga, 900 in cash and bank notes,
and nearly 10000 in checks, were found, 1,
ia blank envelopes. Other instances Of
carelessness are only one degree less
heinous: San unregistered letter was
recently received at Liverpool in very
thin cover bearing an almost illegible
address, and was delivered to firm to
whom it was supposed to be directed. On
being opened, the letter and its enclos-
ures, five el 900 notes, were found to be
intended for another firm, to whom they
were eventually delivered"
Sometimes, on the other hand, letters
90 astray because the writers reposc an
absolutely sublime trust in the sagacity
of the officials: "The following is copy
of a letter which also reached Liverpool,
the names of persons and places being
here omitted: This letter is for Mrs.
NJ. She lives in some part of Liver
pool. From her father John -, a
tailor from -; he would be thankful
to some postmaster in Liverpool if he
would find her OUT The addressed, un
fortunately, could not be found, and the
letter was sent to the Returned Letter
Office"
Not the least interesting part of the
report is the illustration of the multitude
of uses to which the mailbag would lie
put if check were not placed on eccen-
tricity "rhe Post-office, we are told,
"wbile fulfilling its first duty to the
public by atfording means for the rapid
transmission of correspondence, is also
made the vehicle of conveyance for
small articles of almost endless variety.
Of these, the following were observed
passing through the post during the year,
viz: Silkworms and gentles: flowers,
fruits, aud vegetables; various kinds
of game; wearing apparel; models OF
metal-fttiDgS and toys; leechcs, snails,
eggs, six white mice, sparrow, two
snakes, a craytish and dog. Several OF
these being prohibited articles, were sent
to the Returned Letter Office. The dog
was posted at the Lombard street office,
and, having fallen into the bag affixed to
the letter box, was not discovered until
the contents were turned out at st. Mar,
tins le- Grand. ."-FrOm tile London Times.
TIE Richmond DEspatch figures it out
that the returns from the Moffet register
for the year, in Virginia, will reach
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
THE BANKRUPT LAW.

New York Commercial Adyertiser.l
The debate in the Senate few days
since, on the reference of the Bankrupt
Repeal Bill, as amended by the House
of Representatives, was exceedingly. able
as well as interesting. 1t developed a
marvellous change of popular sentiment
in the short time intervening between
the passage of the bill by the Senate on
the 18th of April, by vote. of 40 to 8,
and its return from the House, with one
or two unimportant amendments to what
is called the saving clause, on the goth of
the same month. It also revealed some
what singular history of the introduction
and progress of the billin the Senate,
and of the course of its ablest opponents
on the Judiciary Committee, Mr.. Ed
munds, of Vermont, and Judge David
Davis, of Illinois. The reference was
finally carried, and it now seems proba-
BILE that an amendment to the amend
ments of the House, postponing the
operation of repeal until January 1,
1879, will be adopted. Indeed another
days discussion like that of Tuesday
would go far to postpone the whole sub
ject to the December session. Federal
legislation on. bankruptcy has always
| been surrounded with difficulties and
embarrassments, as well as serious con-
ficts between the constitutional obliga-
ton to establish system of uniform
bankruptcy and the unpopularity of
what is known as the voluntary feature
of the law. Hence, of the three at
tempts in the history of the Govern
| - 1Qf1 onI 1897 10 20 h
lish bankrupt law, the present Act of
1876 and its amendments of 1874, have
remained longer. on the statute book
than either of the preceding Acts. But
this is not the first popular outcry for
repeal. Immediately after the panic of
1873, the debtor class petitioned for re-
peal and the creditors demonstrated
against it. The contest before Congress
then ended with the amendments of
1874, which granted large advantages to
the insolvent debtor, and the system
went on pretty smoothly for two or three
years, when the creditor class assailed the
whole system, and popular clamol
was raised against it with the result
thus far of suspending the bill of repeal
between the two Houses after the re
pealing clause had been passed by over
whelming majorities in both. The re
peal bill of Mr.. McCreery, of Kentucky
was before the Senate Committee fol
nearly four months. 1t was finally re
ported by majority of the Committee
when Mr.. Edmunds and Judge Davi
gave up all interest in it, yielding t.
what they supposed to be the popula
, verdict. The bill as it passed the Senat
was found defective by the House, bu
when the amendments returned to tn
, Senate it was discovered that they di'
not cover the whole possible troubl
with the saving clause. This gave OF
portunity to the reopening of the suE
/ ject, and very strong and urgent speeche
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
More Facts About Edison.

While running to Detroit he became
acquainted with the telegraph operators
and began telegraphing the newspaper
heading to stations in advance of the
train. He became impressed with the
value of the telegraph and determined
to learn the business. He purchased a
work on the electric telegraph and, in
conjunction with James Ward, one of
his assistants, constructed line between
their residences in Port Huron, using
stove-pipe wire, insulated with bottles
placed on nails driven, into trees and
crossed under an exposed road by means
of piece of abandoned cable captured
from the Detroit River. The first
magnets were of wire, wound with rags
for Insulation, and piece of spring brass
was used for key. The first attempt
to generate current was by means of
cats rubbed vigorously together at each
end. This failing, they soon after pur-
chased some old instruments and other
materials, and a success was accom-
plished. About two months afterward,
as the railroad train was switching some
cars on the side track at Mt. Clements
station, the agents little boy, two years
old, crept upOn the track in front of the
approaching cars Edison, seeing the
danger, sprang to the ground, seized the
child and barely saved his life. ]. A
Mckenzie was the agent and operator
and in gratitude for the act volunteered
to assist Edison to learn telegraphy
Thereafter, on reaching the end of hi
route, Edison would 60 back by freight
train to Mt. Clements, and worked
nights to perfect himself in operating
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
Foreigners in Paris.

Americans make the best Frenchmen
of all the foreigners in Paris. The Eng
glish are always English, and promen-
ade in London style on the Rue de
Rivol, affect nothing but dog carts and
drays on the Boulevards and in the Bois
de Boulogne, and when they condescend
to learn French never speak it without
the peculiar nasal cockney twang of
Piccadilly. The Russians are intensely
Russo in everything, and spend more
money on diamonds, champagne, and
questionable women, than all the other
foreigners put together. The Germans
assimilate with nothing SO readily as
beer. But an American has not been a
week in Paris before he wakes his
mustache, buys plug hat of the latest
Partisan style at Chintils, sports laven
der kids and whalebone cane with ar
ivory leg for handle. wears narrow
trowsers, tightly-ftting Cheviot sacl
coat, and patent leather boots, and says
"au plasir2 2'' and pardon, messieur
every five minutes. D.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16

Good mornin', boys, and how is biaG Pm seedy-
You see, last night my little bed was Just trife
missed the train-tbat's funny too-and then /
walked the rail; IfI *
found my bed, as always do, when inn connec-
tions fail. fT
Last night dreamt dream, and wish I'd never
Yes, boys dreamt lived again before took this
yoke;
saw the forms Of other days-they'vs climbed the
IaineIed With homely throng-I wishit were 50
stilLA A&e - IS .ssft ssss.S - Z = :.
Twas banquet spread in that old home, and all
To crowd around the festal bcard-parentai bless
You Sc lived lived my life again, o happy days 50
AsI slsps on my dew-damp bed in the shadows OF
last night ~
A poor tramp printer has heart beneath his
Hard times 8 roaming through the land, and we
have felt his barb;
And, strangers, when woke this morn, with cramps
Ny God forgive my wicked wish-to never wake
again.
I've made justification in this ancient battered
And my EbenzIue wash Eve thrown aside, it's
brought 10 me much harm;
Ny proof has been corrected, a revise will needed
be,
For he who searcheth hearts will many errors see.
Ny tramp is almost ended now--old age will win
the race,
You see my hands are trembly, and cannot hold a
But f7s made an application 70 the city built Of
gold,
ysuean hold" Az
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
HosPITALITY-A BUSINESS.
New York News.I

In the early part of the present CEN
tury, DR.. Abernethy insisted that dis
eases originated principally in the liver,
and blue pills and black draughts be-
came the fashionable remedies of the
day. It appears to have occurred to a
few modern charlatans that the affections
are equally concentrated in the stomach,
and continue to secure precarious liy-
ing by pandering to its appetites.
1t may appear singular that adventur-
ers should flourish by extending instead
of accepting hospitalities, but human
ingenuity takes varied forms, and the
fact appears indisputable. They thrive
by feasting, as well as fawning; dine
themselves into lucrative positions, and
lunch themselves into speculations and
condolences. The guests are selected
with scarcely more consummate skill than
the viands. Judges and surrogates,
brokers and municipal and other digni-
taries are successfully pressed into the
service, and become unconsciously the
victims of some crafty Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece. A, we'll
arranged and pleasant lunch at Suther-
lands results in his appointment as a
commissioner or appraiser, and a more
elaborate repast at Delmonico's secures
the invaluable position of receiver. His
triumphs have attained exclusively in
restaurants, and cooks are the most i'm
portant agents in his success. Though
economical and even mean by instinct,
he understands the fascination of pdtes
de toie grds, and floats his little argosies
on the choice vintages of the Clos de ST.
Thierry and the Cote dor. Since his
capital consists of dinners, it is not,as-
tonishing that his dinners should be
capital. He keeps, however, regular
debit and credit account with every en-
tertainment, and knows the profit or loss
with unerring certainty. An enlight-
ened conception of his interests induces
him to seek an introduction to newly
elected judicial and municipal function
aries-and, indeed, to any one that can
be made contributory to his innocent
purposes. There is one characteristic
that he possesses which eminently en-
titles him to- journalistic gratitude
would cheerfnlly run in debt to dine an
editor. To enjoy the reputation of be-
ing able to smuggle into newspaper an
occasional complimentary. notice, never
fails to ingratiate him with. his patrons.
The man who ,subsists by resorting to
these prandial e2pedients must have
some cultivation, and even athin veneer
ing of respectability. However, an oc-
cupation that ingrafts selfshness on pro-
fessed hospitality, and makes social gen
erosity mere instrument of trade, is
not deserving admiration, and those who
adopt it must accept the contempt OF
the world in exchange for its loaves and
fishes so discreditably ACQUIRED,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16

sidered, and the report of the Conference

sidered, and the report Of the Conference
Committee concurred in. by just one vote
Mr.. O'Conno. s. The report Of the Confer
ence Committee on the Deaf and Dumb Aey-
lum Reorganization Bill was called up, the
vote reconsidered, and the report adopted by
55votes, exactly the Constitutional majority.
The report Of the Committee of Conference
on the bill recognizing the Blind Asylum
was carried by 57--two more than necessary
Mr.. Bohl introduced bill for paying the
expenses of the investigating committees;
The Constitutional rule was suspended, the
bill was read three times, and passed. Mr..
Jackson's Senate bill, recognizing the Dis
frict and Common Pleas Courts, was passed
by vote of 81 to 8. Mr.. Jackson's Senate
bill, making it unlawful for companies to
pay employees in anything but unlawful
money, passed by vote of 76 to q. Mr..
Forests Senate bill to reorganize the Com
missioners of Hamilton County and legis-
late Mr.. Cox out, was taken up and passed.
MAY 10.-Sendte- Bills were passed: Mr..
Crossley's House bill authorizing Town.
ship Trustees to apportion labor on roads
between free turnpikes and other county
roads; Mr.. Van Cleafs House bill fixing the
salary of the Superintendent of the Reform
School for Boys at 81 200 per annum; Mr..
Dempsey's House bill to prevent the intro
duction and spread of Infectious diseases
among cattle; Mr.. Dungan's Senate bill au-
InoTlzing tne redemPtion o. Ieal ss.a.s ow so,u
. unaer e sAgeaJJn tsa Jh wi.nin 10 que ye5a aPo1
mens ol .ne ueo'ol 70 .ne Pescnaser ~ n5 I
PayMens noIey, atouns pau .ol 'anes ,stat ant
Ispatss, Tl anu elgI PEI G5n.. M in.ss' saS
@ Ing oenass M 1seea y IN ane oasS -
Toa,m;ss;on.rs % sv m II Hsm;ltnn D enn.vn NJ
poath,s Marsa III, a.nrr;.t;sr =,
rsya;r M ssns,s J, -
man 10 Anrov;ds @ that g 500 aoo of tbe an,ount.
appropriated NAV be paid for tools, dredge
t;r%ed p e the nem;nsp;os, nm asss AL r Wr;gbt of
r;nn;rnat;. s ~ Can,r,; -; o,,sr ~ .Tnsn-sncs
Hons.MR;I,s e We're A nsssed ass : M Ss;fert;s
h;Ii snr-n,,r; .t;ns sa 'ao0 ~ nav NJ Jones,a
tbs artist for he esIySo f,;nco1n and So1diers'
Memorial. in the rotunda of the Canif6i
M. Armstrongs Senate bill for addifionai,
Judges in Hamilton County, amended By.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
HATS oFF-1AD1Es, TAKE NOTICE.
~ IChicago Times.

u IChicago Times.
Cincinnati has shown considerable
good sense in requiring that ladies shall
remove their hats and bonnets during
the. performances, of the triennial
Musical Festival. Should the practical
fashion thus set by compulsion survive
the occasion which Initials it, mankind,
as we'll as womankind, will thank Gin
cinnati and remember her triennial
music with gratitude. For of all the
devices which the French demi-naonde
has contrived to make the feminine form
odiously conspicuous-robbing wo-
mans head of its shapeliness while
artifcially elevating her stature to a
fantastic height by the aid of pyramids
of ribbons and mountains of feathers
and hills of flowers, with birds and
buckles and biijouterier 70 produce. a Pelion
of effect upon an Ossa of material the
bonnet of the period is the most detesta-
II'ble, ungraceful, unbecoming, and alto
gether intolerable. There is no good
reason why women should carry such
bizarre compositions at any time, or
under any circumstances; and there is
every reason why they should not wear
them at lectures or concerts when they
obtrude the view and distract the atten-
ton of the more civilized and refined
portion of an audience. The rule ought
to become general throughout enlight-
lened communities that no person shall
have the privilege of attiring himself or
herself in manner calculated to inter-
fere with the enjoyment of others.
There is hygienic consideration in
volved. By an arbitrary convention,
women are compelled to wear in audi
ence-rooms the same exterior cloaks or
wraps in which they ride or walk from
their homes to places of public enter
tainment. ALI winter long, during lee
lures and concerts, ladies sit in heated
halls, imprisoned within fur and velvet
and heavy cloth; the atmosphere be-
comes 80 oppressive that they grow sick
before the programme is exhausted, and
then at its close, rush en- masse into the
chilling open air. The doctors are the
only persons who acquire any benefit
from the experiment. Common sense
dictates that women, as well as men,
shall remove in places of assembly those
portions of their apparel which they are
not accustomed to wear inside. their
homes, when dressed for company y
Fashion, however, never was character
lied by sound sense, and revolution
of the kind must be inaugurated by
some emphatic and imposing event like
the Cincinnati festivals, or must be the
result of very slow sociological evolution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-16
CHINESE OPPRESSION.
Iphiladelphia Builetin.l

The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Education and Labor has
agreed upon bill imposing tax of
800 piece upon Chinese immigrants.
This measure is framed, of course, with
the intent to please the Califoynians
who hate and persecute Chinamen who
come to that State. There are many
objections to 1t, but the chief one is that
it proposes violation of Article 9Th of
the additional treaty made between the
United States and China in 1868. That
article says: Chinese subjects visiting
or residing in the United States shall en-
joy the same privileges, immunities and
exemptions, in respect to travel or resi-
dence, as may there be enjoyed by the
citizens or subjects of the most favored
nation.H Until this treaty is abrogated
Congress will have no right to tax inn
migrants from China more heavily than
it taxes those from Europe.