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MEN AND WOMEN OF CYPRUS.

The women OF Cyprus are quite peculiar
in their costumes, wearing pantaloons fast
ened around the ankles, with fancy-colored
boots, a profusion of chains and trinkets
around the neck, and a heavy girdle fasten-
ed by massive metallic plates. They dye
the hair a lustrous brown with henna. and
they deepen the expression of the eye by
coloring the eyebrows with the same dye.
Their dress is of the brighter c%olors, Grim
son, blue, ETC., and their head-dress is a per-
feet copy of that seen on the Phnnician and
Egyptian statues. They seem to take pride
IN exposing their charms, which other wo-
men conceal ; their bosoms are almost Ell
tirely uncovered. They are tall and Juno
like IN mein and figure, with remarkably
handsome and classic features. They are
among the most beautiful women of all the
islands, recalling the finest faces of the an
cient statues. Unfortunately they do not
cultivate grace of form, and by thirty they
become quite stout and heavy. There is a
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certain dignity and elegance about the wo-
men OF Cyprus that is very striking. They
probably approach nearer to the ancient
type OF classic beauty than any other Of the
modern descendants of Helen. They nave
little or no educutlon, but they are not lack
ing in intelligence, nor in a desire for know
ledge. cannot speak as well of the men.
They have been so long crushed to the earth
by Turkish oppression that they have lost
most of the best qualities of their race. They
are nevertheless industrious, patient labor
ers, peaceful and temperate.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-30
GOLDEN ga YES.

Then Danish envy from You hearts,
And keep your souls well lighted;
The world should be, rs you'll agree
At peace and s1l united.
The water course will turn the wheel,
The mill will grind the corn to meal,
And God will reign through woe and veal,
And every wrong be righted.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
pleasure hat never wears out.
The only reward Of virtue is virtue. The
only way to have a friend is to be one.
Let us always be cheerful; if life is a.
burden, let it be the burden Of a song.
He that never changed any Of his opin-,
ions. never corrected any of his mistakes.
Garments of beauty may cover, but they
can never impart worth to a bad character.
Without the virtue of humility, one can
neither be honest in poverty nor contenteh
in abundance.
In science to believe in liberty is to be-
lieve in the human reason; in politics to be-
lieve in liberty is to believe in an ethical
order of the world in religion to believe in
liberty is to believe in God.
If we would have powerful minds, we
must think ; it we would have faithful hearts,
we must love; ii we would nave strong
muscles, We must labor. These include all
that is valuable. in life.
1T you cast any reflection upon the char
acter of another person by act or word, you
receive an injury in the minds of those that
are cOrniZant at II If Won III MT onny;,o.
that in making it you were just.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-30
U-M--
ANALYZING LIFE.

DIR. Beard states that from an analysis of
the lives of a thousand representative men
in all the great branches Of the human fami-
ly, he made the discovery that the golden
decade was between forty and fifty the
brazen between twenty and thirty the iron
between fifty and sixty. The superiority of
youth and middle life over old age in origi-
nal work, appears all the greater when we
consider the fact that all positions of honor
and prestige-professorships and public sta
tions-are in the hands OF the old. Reputa-
ton, like money and position, is mainly con-
fined to the old. Men are not widely known
until long after they have lone the work
that gives them their fame. Portraits Of
great men are delusions statues are lies
They are taken when men become famous,
which, on the average, is at least twenty-five
years after they did the work which gave
them their fame. Original work requires
enthusiasm. If all the original work done
by the men under forty-five were annihi-
lated, they would be reduced barbarism.
Men are at their best at that time when en-
thusiasm and experience are almost evenly
balanced. This period, on the average, is
from thirty-eight to forty. After this the
law is that experience increases, but enthu-
siasm dinlirishes.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-30
THE FoRGETFUL HUSBAND.

"Oh, dear! what shall | do? The hoop
has burst off my wash-tub, and my suds are
all over the foor?:' said Mrs. Alden in a
tone of dependency. to her husband, as he
came in to wash his hands at the sink, after
oiling his new horse-rake.
"That is bad, Jennie. You will have to
let your washing go till tomorrow; then
you can borrow Mrs. Selden's tub.''
But this will all fall to pieces if it stands j;
and we are expecting company tomorrow
81 can't help it | can't stop the work to
go off with it now. You must make hay
when the sun shines if you do all. Can't
you tie it up, so that it will do to-day? [
should think you might"
perhaps SO, if you will help me. What
can / take?"
"Oh, anything for this time; but really l
ought not stop a minute. Where is your
clothes-line?"
1.-THE colored clothes are on it, to dry"
Hang them on the fence and let's have
it quick"
So Mrs. Alden trotted out and moved her
clothes and took the line down, while Mr..
Alden stood in the door and whistled impa-
tiently.
do mop up this water, Jennie. How
can you stand in such u puddle? There, I
forgot to get you a new mop handle, but
you can make it go to-day, can't your
II suppose | shall have to. Yon prom
iscd to get one three weeks ago. when you
broke this"
81 know | did, but | never think of ia
man has so many things to see to. There,
that will go this week; it doesn't leak much.
! don't know what made it break
"The hoop rusted out. The old tub has
lone good service it has been in use fifteen
years."
"There! what did you leave the wash
board there for? l have broken it all to
pieces"
1T is worn out and rotten. l wish you
would get me a new one. I can never tim
ker it up again"
Rub your clothes with your hands; my
mother always did, and she never had a
washboard in her life."
Alden marched off to the bayfield,, before
he met another catastrophe to take up his
time.
He was hardly out of sight before a tin
psddler's cart stopped at the door, contain
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The 10 M CIRCLE,
TIE WATER THAT Has PASSED.

Listen to the water-mill,
Through the live-long iay.
How the clanking of the wheels
Wears the hours away
Languidly the Autumn wind
Stirs the greenwood leaves;
FROM the fields the reapers sing,
binding up the sheaves,
And a proyerb haunts my mind,
AS a spell is cast: - ...
The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed.
Take the lesson to thysclf,
Loving heart aud true;
Golden years are fleeing by,
Youth is passing too;
Learn to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day;
Time will never bring thee back
Chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid;
Love while life shall last
The mill never grind
With the water that has passed.
Work while yet the daylight shines,
Man of strength and Will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill.
Wait not till to-morrow's sun
Beams o. the way;
All that thou canst call thine own
Lies in thy to-day.
Power, intellect and health
May not, can not last:
"The mill can never grind
With the water that has passed.
Oh! the wasted hours of life
That have driftcd by;
Oh! the good we might have done,
Lost without a sigh.
Love that we might once have saved
By q single word;
Thoughts conceived, but never penned,
Perishing unheard,
Take the proverb to thine heart,
Take! oh! hold it fast
.The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed.
- Songs in g The Man Of Airlie.'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-30

A WOMAN in a Kansas Pacific railroad car
sat facing a man who, with one eye at least,
seemed to be staring tixedly at her. She
became indignant, and said: !" Why do you
look at me SO, sir?" He said lie was not
aware Of having done SO, but she insisted.
II beg your pardon, madam, but it's this
eye, is it not? lifting his finger to his optic.
Eyes, sir, it's that eye." "Well, madam,
chat eye won't do you any harm. It's a
glass eye, madam-only a glass eye. Ihope
you'll excuse it. But, upon my soul, I'm
not surprised that even a glass eye should
feel interested in SO pretty a woman.' The
explanation and the compliment combined
put the woman in a good humor.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-30

IT is very dangerous to make up your
Judgment concerning a young lady's weight
by measuring her signs.
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rough places have been smoothed in a most
satisfactory manner. Her good man had
never thought about it. He did not mean
to be u~njust,-but he didn't :hinA!-Rural
Press.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
OIL IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
Leases Being Taken Rapidly
Wells will be Sunk as Soon as
Possible.

Grafton Eagle.
What may prove TO be the biggest
boom that ever struck the business in
terests Of this country is now rising in
Booths Greek and Pennington districts.
Ii theories and speculationS are substan-
tiated by practical investigation and ex-
pertinent the day is near at hand when
Taylor county may excel, in business
and wealth, all other counties in the
State.
Since last July Mr.. Simpson, praC-
teal oil man of Parkersburg, has been
engaged in prospecting in the western
part of this county. He has been very
reticent as to his intentions, and it was
not until few days ago that the people
rightly understood the matter. We
have it upon pretty good authority
that Mr.. Simpson represents a wealthy
company of New Workers and Penn
sylyanians, and that he has traced the
celebrated oil belt of Pennsylvania
through this county. Mr.. ). is now en-
gaged in taking leases OF all the land be
can get in belt Of country two miles
wide, extending from Valley Falls TO
Pennington, a distance OF about ten
miles. He pretends that he is doing
this for the purpose of sinking a salt
well, but well informed men in that
neighbOrhOOd have no doubt but that
il is oil he is after. We hope his investl-
cations NAV be crowned with success
and that oil may flow in this county
even into the pockets OF the people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
LITTLE ROCK.
Fire and Loss of Life.

LITTLE Rock, December l4.-AbOut
three O'Clock this morning the two story
brick livery stable occupied by j. Gillis,
corner Of Scott and Elm streets, was dis
covered 10 be i'm flames, and i'm a few
hours, despite the effort OF the fire de-
partment, Owingto the intammable char
acter of the contents, was wholly de-
stroved. The flames communicated to
the cotton compress adjoining, and 1t
was also DESTROYED. The family of Gillis
were asleep in the second story, and the
only safe avenue OF escape being cut off
when they were aroused, Mr.. GILES and
wife dropped their children out ola win
dow to the ground below. The wife was
SuHOcated bv the smoke, and falling back
she was burned. Gillis jumped from
the window and was picked up in an
unconscious condition from injuries
about the head. 1t is thought he in
hailed the flames and is fatally injured.
Both children were severely injured.
About ten horses and several carriages
and buggies were destroyed. About 100
bales OF cotton were burnedat the Com
press. The loss, about $4,000, is entire
on the stable and stock, the building be-
longing to Bishop Fitzgerald. The COM
press is injured to the extent of twenty
five thousand dollars; insurance only
one thousand. There were ten thou
sand dollars insurance on the burned
cotton. 4 fireman named Brown, OF
the Urgnhart Hose Company, was dan
gerously hurt from falling down the
outer stairway OF the Odd Fellows
building to escape the falling front.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
THE IRON CITY.
Grants Reception.

PrrrsBURGH, PA, December l3.-Our
city appears in holiday attire to-day in
all its parts, but more particularly along
the line of march of the procession. The
dingy cOlors peculiar to the buildings OF
the smoky City are hidden by graceful
garlands. Eyergreens, flags and
proiuSiOn, and The principal
streets present beautiful appearance.
General Grant and party left Columbus
at one o'clock this morning, and arrived
in this city shortly after nine. \ COM
mittee from the State Legislature and
the citizens committee met the train ut
Mansfield and welcomed the General to
the State. To avoid the crowd at the
Union depot the train was stopped at
Fourth avenue and Try street, where
carriages were waiting, and the party
were quietly conveyed to the Mononga-
hela House
At l. o'clock the procession moved,
the column being composed of the city
police, the Eighteenth, Nineteenth,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Thirteenth
Regiments, the National Guards, Grand
Army OF the Republic, Gen. Grant IN
carriage with Mayor Liddell and Judge
Aguew, Legislature committee in car
riagcS, citizens committee, fire depart
mentS of the two cities, etc.
Upon arriving at Library Hall the
formal address of welcome was delivered
by Hon. Danl. Agnew, eN-Chiei Justice
Of the Supreme Court.
How He Passed Sunday.
PITTSBURGH, December l4.-Cieneral
Grant passed the day very quietly. He
q. tended Christ's NJ. f. Church in the
mo ming, accompanied by General Kane,
an Md friend, and Colonel OF the
Penns vlvania Bucktail regiment dur
ing the war. During the balance
OF the dav he remained in the hotel,
owing TO the illness Of Mrs. Grant, who
contracted q cold by exposure yester-
dav. Lady callers being denied access
10 Mrs. Grant they were received by the
General General Tyner and wife
leave Tor Washington tonight.
General Grant and party leave for
Harrisburg tomorrow morning at u
O'Clock, accompanied by the legislative
committee, Adjutant General Latta and
others of the Governors staff, and Gen,
Brisbin. of the United States army, and
,pifa
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15

Hoge, Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Lucas. II is
understood that Mr.. Martin desires a
third term, and the other two would not
be averse TO the trial OF first. Public
opinion has 50 little developed itself
that | cannot say in whose favor the
current runs My own name has been
mentioned in connection with the place,
but as / retired voluntarily from the
House OF Representatives, and have
reached that period of life that | cannot
solicit or struggle for nominations IOra any
position, il is not likely that my name
will be before the Convention.
R.-Some doubt is entertained by
your friends as TO your wishes and posi-
ton in reference TO the Gubernatorial
nomination. Have YOU any hesitation
in expressing frankly what your posi-
ton is2
Nonein the world. haveno secrets
no concealment in public affairs. /
have been annoyed by the misrepre-
sentatiOn of several papers in this State
and out of it, which have spoken Of me
as anxiOusly and eagerly canyasslng for
the nomination. Now, every person that
knows ANYTHING about me at all knows
that 10 be false. There is not a man
living in the State, to whom | have ever
expressed wish to Neglected Governor
of the State. The utmost that | have
ever said upon the subject, and that
only i'm reply to direct interrogatorles
propOunded TO me, has been that II the
people Of my native State-not few
editors or politicians, but the people
believe that | can render them any ser
vice in the executive department oftheir
government, and desire me TO fill that
position, | would not feel myself at lib
erty to decline it, whilst | would per
sOnally greatly prefer that they would
confer that distinction upon some other
person. l could name a dozen men
in the State that would most cheerful
" vote for in preference to myself. My
acceptance OF such nomination would
be solely based upon the duty which
every man owes 10 the community IN
which he lives to conform 10 their de-
mand for service, in peace or war,
where such demand is made upon him.
do not seek the postiOn-l would
most gladly avoid it-I shall not shrink
from it, ii it is imposed upon me by
full and fair expression OF the voice OF
the people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
A WEST VIRGINIA MAN
TRAP.
The Remains of a Missing Man
Found in Il Shaft Over King
wood Tunnel

TUNNRLToN, W. Va, December l3.--
The remains of Joseph VI. Ashby, hOr-
ribly mangled, were discovered in an
old shaft over Kingwood Tunnel, near
this place, this afternoon. Ashby was
last seen alive on the night OF October
22d. leaving here intoxicated for the
west end Of the tunnel. 1t is thought
while trying to follow the path over the
mountain, which passes within a few
feet of the shaft, the night being dark,
he plunged into il, fdlling tO-the depth
of one hundred and twenty-five feet.
Having told several parties heintend-
ed going West, his absence caused no
alarm, and no tidings being received
from him 10y his family, steps were at
once taken to search the three shafts,
George Williams, coal miner, from
Kiugwood, made the descent and as
serts there are abundant evidence in the
shaft OF other remains, both human and
animal. The excitement is intense and
a thorough examination will at once be
made Of all three shafts. Ashby leaves
a wife and four children in destitute
condition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
A NOVEL CASE.
Charged With Holding Two
Girls I'm Slavery.

MEMPHIS, December l3-Judge +. 5.
Hammond, Of the United States Circuit
Court, to-day had a novel case before
him. J. c. Birmingham, OF Lauderdale
county, Tennessee, has been indicted for
unlawfully holding two colored girls in
slavery. Ii appears that Birmingham
refused 10 recognize the abolition oi
slavery, and ever since the war has
claimed to own the girls because he
owned their mother. The conduct OF
Birmingham excited the Indignation Of
his neighbors, and at their instigation
the United States grand jury recently
found an indictment against him. Judge
Hammond quashed the indictment,
holding that the act Of Congress which
SAYS that every person who kidnaps or
carries away another person with the
intent that such other person be sold
into involuntary servitude or held a.
a slave, shall be punished by fine AMI
imprisonment, could not apply 20 any
one holding or pretending to hold per-
son IN slavery in this country, because
slavery having been abolished, there
could be no slaves here, and therefore
no one could be held as a slave. This,
the Judge said, is an Ohense not pro
vided for bv act OF Congress, and not
punishable by indictment in the Fed
eral Courts.
The defendant was discharged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
PARKERSBURG.
Obituary-SchOOl-HOuse Burned
-Diphtheria WOOl-GrOwers'
Association.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, December l3.
james Hiett, one OF our Oldest and
most respected citizens, died at his resi-
dence yesterday OF apoplexy. Mr.. Hiett
was eighty-three years OF age at the
time of his death.
Fire-bugs set fire to and destroyed a
school-house on Spring Greek, Roane
county, few nights since. This makes
the second school-house burned at that
place.
Diphtheria is raging to a considerable
extent in the country adjacent. In
one family, that of Mr.. Stewart, four
children were taken with the dread dis
ease, two OF whom died and were buried
yesterday, in one grave, while the other
two are not expected to live.
The call for a wool growers associa-
ton to be held in this city, yesterday,
was responded to by many OF the
prominent sheep raisers OF this State,
A constitution was adopted and the
following officers were elected. J. c.
Gist, of Brooke county, President
eleven Vice Presidents were also elected
:. A. Cockayne, OF Marshall, Treasurer
r. +. HOrner, of Wood, Recording Secre-
tary; A. d. Hopkins, OF Jackson, Cor
responding Secretary. The next meet
ing will be- held in Wellsburg, Brooke
county, on the second day Of the fair in
September, 1880.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
AFGHANISTAN.
MoPherson,s Failure.

CALCUTTA, December l4.-Gen. Rob-
erts telegraphs confirmation Of the
report of Gen. McPherson's partial
failure in his attempt on Friday to cap
ture the ridge above Bala Hissar at
Cabul On Saturday morning Gen.
Baker attacked the Afghan position
with two and one-half regiments of in
fantry, two regiments OF cavalry and
eight guns, and succeeded in capturing
the hill and driving the Afghans from
all of their positions. A letter dated
Candahar the lst instant, and published
at Bombsy, says: General Stewart has
been instructed to send a messenger TO
Arjoub Khan, the Afghan commander
of Herat requiring him to hold Herat in
thenam of the British Government, and
threatening the advancement thither of
the British force in case of his failure TO
do so.
LONDON, December l4.-Gen. Roberts
telegraphs from Cabul, under date OF
the 18th instant, that the enemy has
been defeated on all sides, but that not
withstanding their heavy losses, parties
of Afghans still remain in the neighbor-
hood. General Roberts announced his
intention to attack on the l4th instant
to-day, unless these parties disperse.
The total British loss during the three
DAYS fight is 43 killed, including 6 Of
ficers and 76 wounded, of whom 10 are
officers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
TERRIFIC NlTRO-GLYcERINE EXPL0-
SION.
Crushed to Death in a Coal Bank-Big Fire
at Little ROck-Sucdes es-RailrOad
Accident Fatal Shooting
ARRAY in Cincinnati.
Fishery Disasters.

Fishery Disasters.
GLOUCESTER, December l3.-The fish
ing season closes with loss Of 30 vessels,
valued at over Sl3O,OOO, and 26O men.
Nitro-Glycerine Explosion.
AMLEGsTBURG, ONT, December l3,-
An explosion OF three tons OF nitro-glyc-
crime on Fox Island shook and broke
things here as if a violent earthquake
had occurred. The report OF the explo-
sion was heard forty miles away.
Suicides.
SANTA FE. December l3.-Chas. W.
Merritt, near relative of General Mer-
ritt, late Lieutenant of the Ninth cayal-
nv, but dismissed some three weeks ago
by general court-martial, committed
suicide in his room at the Exchange
Hotel, this city, last evening, by shoot
ing himself.
ATLANTA, GA, December l3.-Rev.
w. II. Pledge, recently appointed at the
Methodist Conference in Augusta, TO
take charge of the church in Atlanta,
committed suicide in the Markham
house, this city, by cutting his throat
He was a minister of prominence and
leaves a family. No cause is assigned.
Crushed to Death in a Coal Mine.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, December 10
John Hates, miner at the Pioneer Coal
Works, was killed instantly this eve
ming by falling slate.
Fatal Shooting Affray.
CINCINNATI, December l3.-Charles
Brockman, son of prominent grocer,
this evening shot and fatally wounded
VIM. Burke, aiteran encounter in which
Burke and his friends had fallen upon
Brockman and beaten him severely.
Brockman gave himself up to the au-
thOrities
Hotel Burned.
CINCINNATI. December l3.-The Com
merciaPs special from Alliance, Ohio,
SAYS that the Continental Hotel OF that
place burned between II and o'clock
this morning. Loss, $4,000. The build
ing was owned by Black Bros, OF Cleve-
land, and was insured for $4,000. The
furniture was insured for 81 LOO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
CHARLESTON, w. VA.
A Fraud and Horse Thief SEN
fenced.

CHARLESTON, December &c. w.
Hartwell, the clever horse thief, who
tried to play brother Mason on our
sheriff, and thereby get off, was sem
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
by Judge Smith to-day. He is the man
VINO played brother Mason at Ports
mouth, Ohio, last fall, and got money
from the order to go to Virginia, but
when he got this far he left the train and
stole horse, for which he goes to
MOupdSVille