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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
THE WHIP-POOR- WILL.

When spple-bTanches, flushed with bloom,
Load June's warm evenings with perfume,
And bslmior grows each perfect day.
And fields are sweet with new mown-hay.
Shen, minstrel lone, l lear thy note,
Up from the pasture-thickets float
Whip-poor-wil!
Thine arc the hours TO love endearcd
And summoned by thy accents weird
What wild regrets-what tender pain.
Recalls my youthful dreams again.
As floating down the g adowy years,
That old refrain fond memory hears
Whip poor-win
Tho gsrish day inspires thee not:
But hid IN some deep-shaded grot,
Thou like a sad rocluse dost wait
The silver hours inuolSte,
When every harsher sound is flown,
And groves and glens arc thine alone.
Whip-poor-wil!
Then. when the m t. voluptuous night
Pants IN tho young moons tender light,
And woods. aud cl,fts, and shimmorinl
streams,
Are splendid in her argent beams
How thrills tho lovers heart to hear
Thy loud staccato, liquid clear
Whip-poor-w II!
Whence comes thy iterated phrase
That TO the wandering ear conveys
Half-human sounds, yet cheats the sense
With yaguoness OF intelligence,
And like wandering voice OF air,
Haunts the dim fields, We know not whore
Whip-poOr-win
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
vA~s . 9asa NO.

hut Inc said nothing S,iHcd nay now loud
gasps and leaned forward to hear more.
"Elwyn - And now the one was
changed. IL was as if the words were
forced, wrung from her "llayc PITY
love you
Gracious heaven" | knew he had
started To his feet, ''Iou tell mc this ,
You 2"
II do" she answered trcmulously /:
''aud morc-VDU ior, me- r'
heard him groau, and knew hy instinct
That his hands were stretched towards her
as though 90 defend her from her own
words
"lou love me, She continued. more
calmly, land love YOU. | have waited
for You Go speak, hut YOU would Not so |
have done it. You may imagine. It You
Will, what IL costs woman to make such
confession unsolicited. DO YOU blame
me- Elwyn 2"
'Blamc D. he said "my beautiful. my
dearest And yct-Oh, the traitor the
miserable traitor you have made of me,
Eleanor 49,
at is because love you. Forgive me.
if too well, Elwyn.'
'Ntc loves me, hc said
''Ihat childi' she answered. with "A
touch of sarcasm. ''Ilcr hc,ut istoo Young
for amy deep impression. Oh, Elwyn.
what is her love to mine She is pretty
toy, paything. WuLyou weigh her in
the balance against me o.
Eleanor, hc pleaded. have mercy /!
Take my life as YOU have my love but leave
me at least, a little sclf-rcspect We are
strong in our love, and can bear more than
she can. DO not Ice cruel i'm your power. 90
What do you want 10 dof' she asked
"To bc true 10 her, ' he said bitterly. vet
Oh, how grimly 81 wish her never To
know that it is TO traitor her pure faith
mas been given. For | will marry her and
and cherish her as though YOU and | had
never met. SO help nae heaven !'
And what is to become of me q
Have mercy Why did you ever come
between us %
You say you love me- ask, what is
TO become OF me You say YOU love me-
Elwyn T.
''Ah, better than my own truth and
honor -
Oh, how changed aud broken. his voice
sounded
| waited ia hear no more. Nv resolve
was taken. His pride was humblcd to the
/ dust-trmpled beneath the feet of his
great passion. lie should never knowingly
make me witness his humiliation This
much could and would do for him.
That evening | asked him 20 walk down
the avenue with me, for the last time, and
then said, Elwyn, this must end between
us ! will not marry YOU
IL was "A strange start hc gavc-a strange
/ look, almost OF joy that flashed over his
face, only to be gone again. And then
| gained strength TO tell the falschood, that
was 10 set him free
II do not love you, Elwyn.n
II is needless TO repeat his hurried words
Of question and confused rcmonstrance.
( But ! saw that he believed my love was
gone from him, and therein could be
thankful.
a short month, and they were married
| never saw them again.
I But long after they told me hc was dead.
and that she was about TO wed another
/ husband, and they gave me the little packet
/ of hair that nc had addressed with his own
| hand to his "First and latest love"
His first and latest, forever
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
skulls OF Niurdercrs

One Of the most curious collections i'm
the great AnthrOpOlOgical museum i'm the
Paris exhibition of last year was collcc-
ton of thirty-siX skulls OF murdcrers who
have been guillotincd in France This
collection has been carefully studied by DR..
BOrnlcr, who has published the result Of
his studies in the last number of BrOcu' 3
RcCUc It dI0thrOpOiO0ie. The mast strik
ing result of his observations is the very
large cubic capacity of these crania I'm
fact, the average volume Of the thirty six
skulls, measured with shot by Broca's
method, is as much as ,547.91 cubic cen
timcteTs. Eliminating, however, one of
skulls, which is Of unusual size (2.G7G
cubic ccitimeters) and is obviously abnor-
mai, the average is reduced 10 ,53I cubic
ccntimcters, But even this figure is con
sidcrably higher than the average of any
ordinary series Of modern crauia. I'm order
20 find skulls of equal capacity it is ncces-
sary to go back TO prehistoric times: thus
the capacity Of Solutrc skulls is BIB. and
that of the type from the cave Of M'IIom-
me Mort is ,GO6.5 3 cubic ccnGmctrcs. The
development Of the murdercrs' skull is not
in the frontal but I'm the ricto-occipital
region, aad IL appears TO indicate a low in
tcllcctual standard, with strong tendency
20 powerful action. Most Of the celebrated
characteristics presented by the skulls Of
these criminals are comparable with those
of prehistoric races. murderer may be-
regarded as an anachronism, and his char
actcr may be explained ON the principle Of
atavism. or rcvcrsiOn 90 an early type II
a prehistoric savage could be introduced
into modern society hc would probably be-
come notorious criminal ON the other
hand, if one of the brutal murdcrcrs of
mIdern times had lived i'm prehistoric ages
he might have been chief of bis tribe,
highly respected.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20

cutting. Presently this big machine il
strCWiug the corn around it as easily ant
gracefully as "a ships keel slices the sea aud
lays 1t ont m foam; and the Muscoyitc
peasants marvclling at the spectacle, rest
idly ON their SCythcS and utter tNClamations
of delight. bat Bcuiudas lifts both his
hands Indignantly and calls ON them tp do
their duty you lazy swine, do YOU think
II for this give you each Your ten kn-
pcCks day Chcrc'l hc no kWass for YOU
10y and 10y If YOU don't heslir yourselves. "
Now kwaSS is "a very small beer which the
Russian peasants love. Prince Nolinc's
Tenant S set to with a will aud soon there
are mo- sounds heard hut their tuilsomC Casps
mugling with the swiShiug uoisc of their
blades as they sweep through the corn in
vigorous SCmicirClcs. Even women and
children are at work with siC>lcs and as
fast as ShvayCs can bv made up little bands
OF toucring boys and girls carry them to
the carts where some sturdy luuts pack
them down tight tin each cart holds "a pyr-
amid, which is covered with "A tarpaulin
Then the carts set of, and old Brniudas.
who has been surveying all the operations.
returns to the field nwurdly Cl>uCkliny hut
uutWardly muroSC. lie never shows his
lahurcrS that lac is pleased with them, else
they might be asking for more kwass OF
this liquor each reaper gets as much as can
make him glad, but no more and Bcnm-
das, as hc prowls about, notes every skulk-
cr who, after doing less than his share of
work, would like TO secure more than his
allowance of beverage: "Now, then, You
hog, he oil "a few moro of your sort would
ruin me. shan't employ YOU tomorrow. ="
These are the hcnsons which Bcnmdns
scattcrs about him as lac stands i'm the
shadow of IA roadside fir tree, carefully
protecting his venerable head from the sun s
IuNS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
Ln.l NhLlhrcn.

A mother one day lost 0uo of hrr child.
rem, child of two years, and after long
aud anxious search found him boo thc kifch.
cn closet, boo % hugo iron pot, fast asleep.
llo had been lcf. boo charge of % scrvcnt,
who had fulfilled hDr duties by taking tho
child tJ thc Kitchen and tbcn going of lu
gO ip IS Mrs ID of Darlington, af
terra .Iui.ar experience, found hcr missing
child bob 10 bread trough. swnnily sleeping ou
the dough The trough was 70 very large
one, used for missing bread for the ship-
yard men. and when ull of dough usually
stood 0u loss attoe near thc fire., chat 'bo
bread might rise thc quicker Tho child
during thc absence of his elders from Che
Kitchen, crcpt iu and made himself com.
Portable but moro amusing than flIis was
thc case off "a lady who loH hcr baby, and
after disturbing thc whole community, and
crying herself nearly blind, found baby safe
in tbc cradle, with clothes hcapcd in SO
disorlgy mauucr os 60 have dchcd pre-
viDus search
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
Cat ana Looking-G GLASS.

Many years ago, at Came farm house,
where relatives Of mine were then living.
the household cat was observed to enter N
bedroom in course Oi being spring cleaned
The looking glass being ON the floor. lhc
cat, ON entering, was confronted with JOS
own reflection, and naturally concluded
that he saw before him real intruder ON
his domain Hostile demonstrations were
thc result, followed by rush tO the mirror
and then. meeting an obstacle to bis ven
gcancc, iruitcss cut round Co fhc rear.
This mauWuvrc was more than once rc-
praicd with. of course, Iual lack of sue
cess. Finally ihc cu was seen tp dcIiber-
atcIy walk up To- thc looking glass keeping
its eyes ou thc image, and then, when near
enough ty thc edge, tO feel carefully with
ono paw behind. for thc supposed intruder.
while with its head twisted round tO the
front DO assured itself of thc persistence of
tho reflection. The result of this expert
mont fully satisfied thc cat chat hc had
been the victim of @ dclus1in, and never
after would Doe condcsccud tD uoticc mere
reflections, though the trap was more than
once laid for him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20

Many persons who cross the upper ferry,
on The Hudson, may have noticed rows Of
small wooden boxes, about the size Of nn
ordinary soap box, placed few yards
apart These boxes have covers ON tOp,
and wire screens ON the bottom 10 admit
fresh water These contain small cells
which, at This season of tho year, arc
caught by thousands near the State dam iu
the following manner The agent OF thc
fish commissioner proceeds 10 some small
outlet or milltai 40 Cbb tide or slack water
and with small screen, similar tO those
used for sitting -four, which hc dips into
the cddics, sometimes gathering as many as
% thousand at dip. 10 is nothing unusual
tD gather a half million at one fishing.
When caught they arc placed boo these boxes
iu running wafcr until enough arc accm-
uIltcd ID make 20 shipment They arc chem
placed boo ordinary milk cans, which CON
tain about two inches of sJll sewer mud
with packing wail of marsh grass, newly
cut, upon which thc cells arc placed to work
their way gradually to thc bottom Then
another layer Of grass is placed ou mis
Tho whole is covered with "a small piece of
icc 10 regulate thc temperature, and then
ihcy arc ready for transportation At tbn
prescott time They arc being shipped fo
Michigan under tho supervision OF Ouu w.
Chase who for thc past lH years has been
connected with thc State Fish Commission
cr Seth Green, and has bad entire control
OF thc catching and shipping Of these m-
mCnsc uJmbcr Of small ccls Set there
seems to be BOO decrease as each season
brings Dos millions tO our water Eols arc
said tO deposit their spawn boz fhc same
manner as other fish and, according to tbc
best authorities, who have OF late years
carefully investigated the matter their
spawn is deposited in thc mud in the
winter and incubatcd by tho wpru temper
aturc of the water iu June
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20
= Minl.ler nonrLIy IInnnlcn.

a local preacher had been preaching iu
thc afternoon in village not far from
Newcastle, England, and having accom-
panied ono Of the chapel members to bis
house, was OF course introduced to Dis
wife, who appeared very glad 10 see him.
and warmly pressed him for 70 fall quarter
of an hour tO stay tO tea. llc at last cYn-
snuIcd. While alI this pressing was going
ou, the husband was quietly standing by.
preparing tO wash his hands and face. The
good lady then went To- Vct the tca ready.
and 30 was not long before both the tea and
her temper were brewing for hearing, as
she thought, hcr dearly beloved washing,
sine made for thc little window which CON.
municaicd between Che kitchen and pantry
where she was, and taking advantage of hia
position, moro quickly than one could say
'J1ck Robinson, shc administered two or
three hard raps ON bus bald pate, acc0mpau-
led with the exclamation "lll learn SO to
bring them hungry preachers here Co tea
every time they come io preach .h
As soon as Che unfortunate individual
could get Che soap .suds out ofhis eyes hc
began jO think what 10 alI meant. but could
come Co mo- other conclusion than that One
old lady had made "a sad mistake which
she also found ont, Tor upon returning 90
the parlor. she saw hcr husband patiently
awaiting bis turn 90 wash
-s @~-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20

lr must be very warm weather that
Will take the corn starch o Cf cheap
ice cream.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19

The Democratic papers roll up
their eyes and fold their hands
simultaneously whenever Repub-
lican paper paints true picture of
what the result will be when
the Brigadier" element of their
party gains control of the Govern
ment. When it is charged that
there is lurking away down in their
unreconstructed souls an undying
antipathy for the amendments to
the Constitution, and an unfaltering
allegiance to the old Estates
Rights fallacy they with loud
voice deny it, and exclaim with
frenzied shrieks, Radical lies,"
"bloody-shirt," &C." Their leading
papers swear by all that's holy that
they are patriotic party, seeking
only the good of the people, when
all the time the little sheets which
are the best mirrors of public senti-
ment are giving Publicity to such
utterances as the above. They
may succeed in persuading the men
who were loyal to the Government
in her hour of direst peril that now
the best thing to do is to allow them
to take in their hands the reins of
power but for our part We doubt it
very much.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19
MARCH 10. 1879.
THE FEDERAL ELECTION
LAWS.

Yesterday morning we published
the Federal Election Laws, the re-
peal of which is so streneously de-
manded by the Democrats. and to
accomplish which repeal they have
forced an extra session of the
FOrty-sixth Congress with all its
expense TO the country. We pre-
sumo that our readers have observed
the provisions of these laws, and
how little there is in them to which
any honest man can reasonably
object. In fact they are absolutely
free from objection. They provide
for the appointment of Supervisors
by the United States Circuit Judge
in the Circuit where application is
made. These Supervisors, it will
be seen, are not clothed
with any arbitrary authority,
but are simply to scrutinize the
manner in which elections are held
and see if returns are made in ac-
cordance with the facts. No hon
est voter can object to this. An
honest voter does not care who sees
him vote, and he does not want his
vote rendered void and Of no effect
by the operations of the rascally
ballot box suffer or repeater. 1t is
the Eph Hollands who vote early
and often for a stipulated price; it
is the assassin and bloody-minded
bulldozer who kills those who re-
fuse to vote his way, that objects to
being watched. He thinks it a
great outrage to be watched by Su,
pervisors. Eph Holland, of Gin
cinnati, was detected by some
of these Supervisors, in re-
peating at the ballot-box in that
city, using for that purpose a
score of ignorant roughs and brutal
bullies. He was arrested and sent
to the penitentiary for two years.
Now we can very well understand how
Eph. Holland andhis gang are OPP
posed 20 the Federal Election Laws.
Gle who feels the halter draw, has
u poor opinion of the law" but how
honest men, men who profess to be
in favor of honest elections can op |
pose so righteous a law, is more
than we can understand. The Dem
Ocrats in Congress will regret before
they are through with it, that they
ever raised such an issue.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19
SENTIMENTS SIMMERING IN
THE SOLID SOUTH.

THE Okolona (Miss.) States, OF
March y h, thanks God that the De
mGcTacy have captured the Capitol,
aud says that in 1850 'Our man Will
walk up the White House steps,
and
Then v i'll We proceed to tear your
amendments from the Constitution
and trample them in the miTe.
Then will we break the shackles
You have forged for the Free, Sow
ereigu and Independent Common
wealths of the Union.
Then will we recognize the right of
secesSi0n-2 right that is not dead, but
sleeping.
IBeu will we decorate the CapitOl
with the pictures of Davis, and Lee
and Stuart, and all the glorious leaders
of a Cause that is not lost, but still
living.
Yes, thank God, we HAVE cap
tured the Capitol, and from that coigh
Of vantage we propose to- rule the Re-
nublic in way that will make your
II Adical laws and your Radical leaders
forever Odious in America"
No doubt the old saying that
mercy is not strained, but falls from
the heavens and blesses both him
that gives and him that receives, is
a fine sentiment. Unfortunately in
this base world of ours theory and
practice can never be the same.
When the Unionists, at the close of
the Rebellion, proclaimed pardon to
the Confederates for misdeeds in
the past, it was doubtless the states
manship of Heaven and the Millen-
ial. A glance at the above will show
that this indiscriminate pardoning
was not a blessing in the case Of the
man who wrote it. A little perse-
cution would undoubtedly improve
him, not to mention the severance
of his head from his body.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19
very much

The re nomination of Speaker Ran
dali, who is pronounced rilden man,
by such a conclusive majority would
seem to Indicate that the 5 ge oil
GrameTcy Park il not so far behind in
the race for the Presidential nUmina-
ton as his opponents would have us
believe. There's life in the old man
yet Tribune of yesterday.
Yes there is, and the cold man "
has a grasp on Democracy that is
pretty hard to shake off or elude.
He does not exactly charm with a
wizard spell, but there is magic
in his " bar'ls " that inyigorates the
pulsations of the Democratic heart
and lends additional lustre to the
Reformer's eye. The Sage of Gram
Grey Park may not have absolute
control Of a wicked and perverse
nephew, but his grip on Democracy
is as tena 2ious as that of the grim
king of Terrors upon defunct At
rican.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19
VAEEEsEES.

On March IA h in the United States,
SIX mea were hung.
The annual eDdO wments OF the pub
lie shoots in The United States amount
toss, 900. 600.
The grand prize of the French
Academy for poetry has been awarded
to the Communist refugee. NJ. Re-
nard, now professor in Louisiana.
The proprietor Of - restaUrant un-
der the chamber Of tue House of
Representatives sold 2.976 gasses of
beer during the last night o: the late
session of Congress.
Nj Chas Raade is des cribtd as
tall t,-.iuguished ia person and man
ner, ut easy and simple in spsech
ANA b. airing, with 10 more vanity
th8u ite las right to have.
IA Rhinebeck, New York, there is a
theological seminary. Not long since
some OF the students got on "bum"
and cut high jinks" generally. OF
this the Warden, to correct false i'm
pressioos. says, "Only three got very
drunk, four moderately go, aud the
rest happy"
The Ohio Republicans hold their
State Convention on the 28th of May,
at Cincinnati. Judge Taft will pro-
badly be the candidate fer Governor
on a reliable, old hard-mOney, anti
greeuback platform, and then the
next timing viii be his inauguration.
Il is rather strange that the Prime
Ministers Of the strongest Catholic
countries IN the world are Professionals
and were former school. mates a. a
little scno0l ia the Latin Quarter,
Paris. One of them is Richard Wad-
dingtou of France; the other II HfnTi
Guslave Jolly of the province of One
pee, province, which although un-
der English dominion, yet Is as
strongly French as France.
At the close of performance in a
New Haven theater the curtain was
ruDg up, the band struck up the
Wedding March," Mr.. James Jones
and Miss Jose Blanchard, both MEM
bers of the troupe, stepped to the
front OF the stage, and were united
in the holy bonds of matrimOny by
a Justice of the Peace. If this sort
of thing keeps up, man wanting
TO get marriedsiu a novel way will
have TO take a wedding tour to the
moon, or the center of the earth, or
TO the Pole.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19

THERE can be nothing more dis
gushing to the credulity of the pub
lie than to read of secure all nos~
trums so frequently advertised.
The idea is simply preposterous.
How different with standard pro-
prietary medicines, such as DR.. c.
McLane's Celebrated Liver Pills,
prepared only by Fleming Bros, of
Pittsburgh. They have stood the
test of fifty years, and to-day
more popular than ever-are esti-
mated "worth their weight in gold.
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