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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
"OId SIS Luck"

Al good Journalists will hear with
delight Of the extraordinary good for
tune which has Overtaken Col. Sam
Small, Of the Atlanta Constitution. The
happy stroke is not altogether disasro-
ciated with romance. Last year dur
ing Mr.. SmalIs visit to France, i'm the
capacity Of commissioner 10 the Paris
exposition, he had occasion TO visit
Rheims III the Interest Of the yiticulture
Of Georgia. The train by which he
jDurneyed stopped at ChalOns for lunch
con. While Mr.. Small was waking ON
tho trottoir In front Of the g0re, smOk-
ing a cigarette, he saw q large, elderly
woman crawl under the train % pick up
q pin. At that instant the train began
to back up, and the elderly person was
rolled over and over like an immense
hunk Of dough, until she was length
eued out at least three feet Mr.. Small
threw of his coat, seized her by the
exposed limbs, and dragged her from be-
meath the fire box Of the locomotive.
She had barely time to thank him, and
receive his card iu return, when she
was placed in carriage and taken to
the hospital 10 was not until the he
rOic incident was mentioned in The
London Times that the colonel learned
that the lady whom ne had rescued
was the DOwager Anna Pauliua Cath
cart, Of Somersetshirc, England. Last
week Mr. Small received n cOmmunica-
tion from Barrister Gilbert Ranlcigh.
Of No. lsO CursitOr street, London, in-
forming him Of the death Of the veal
thy widow, and mentioning the fact
that She had willed him Cj 900 lf25 ,O0O)
coupled only with the provision that
he would quit writing poetry on and af-
ter the acceptance OF the gift. As soon
as Mr.. Small has worked or some half
q dozen poems which he has on hand
more or less unfinished, he will proceed
20 England and secure his prize. His
many friends will be delighted To- hear
Of his luck, but will regret exceedingly
10 know that his muse will be forever
hushcd. Under similar circumstances
Byron would probably have refused the
money, but Col. Small Is q practical
man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
An I.Nnrrt Scientist


The hcmurdcr of Mary Stannard i'm Connect
cut, and the arrest OF the Rev Mr. Hayden
ON the charge of being the murderer, aru
fresh in memory. His trial is soon to come
OF, and science has been preparing the tcsii-
mony. Professor White has had MIR Hay
den's kniie-bade under his microscope. and
has examined every spccl> thereon
''Wha, did you find ON iti Judge llar
rison asked him at the preliminary eAamin-
alton.
Blood "
''Whal kind of bloodf
'luman blood -
And the Rev Mr.. Hayden looked as In
tcrcStcd and inuoCcntly earnest AT the Pro
tcssor while this testimony was going on AS
the student docs To the Professor i'm college
at the climax of AN experiment in natural
philosophy. lie aftcrward told and his
wife told, how the blood got there.
'tIust So Lawyer Jones said "hlood
gets ON the pen-knfe nj times Of all of us.
Mr.. Hayden had cut his finger Then
Professor White was Obliged to admit
that science had not yet got so far as TO bc
able TO distinguish Mary Stannard's blood
from the Rev. MI Haydcu's. So the blood
spcCks on the knife went for naught with
the Justice, and he discharged Mr. Hayden.
But science did not let GO of the case.
The microscope, chemicals, measurements.
keen eyes hours of patient work on "A spcck
that "A breath would blow away, have, il is
now said, made "A discOvry The muscles.
of the flesh Of Mary Stanuard 'sncck near the
stab that killed her, have been resolved to
their original gases and elements so as to
discover any foreign matter, such as a spcCll
OF steel when that which had been Mary
Stannard's neck had become vapor under
the chemists manipulation
Then the microscope was put upon the
clean, white paper, that would catch any
foreign substance and hold it. To the max
ed eye there appeared on the paper nothing
more than speck like dust. that whifT of
wind might have blown thcre; but on il
the microscopes placed "A glass that could
make one hair seem the size of rope. aud
then the spcCk resolved itself into "A rusty
little piece of steel, with clearly defined
form. II must have come from the blade
of the knife that killed Mary Stannard.
Now the glass is run along the blade OF
the Rev Mr.. llaydcns knife, on which
Professor White found blood There are
one or two little hicks seen in it, too large
to match this little piece At last a defect
is discovered. IL seems as though the little
speck on the white paper, if applied to this
defect would just fit it and by the most
delicate manipulation the fitting is success
fully done; and the prosecuting officers are
informed that the savants have discovered
spcck of steel that dropped from the fleshy
parts around the wound that just fits
nick in the blade OF the Rev. Haydcn's 4
Luif.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
some Wasted Kisses.

While Col Allen was discussing uationa
finances ON the hotel plan, Colonel Tom
| Crittcudcn quietly slid down of the plat .
form and circulated among the crowd. lie
wore delicate white duck suit. blue neck
tie and patent leather pumps, and was the
cynosurc ot all female eyes ON the promises
Colonel Tom, with an eve To business, be
gan ogliug the babies.
"Oh, YOU sweet little darling" said
Colonel Tom, addressing IA fuzzy, pop eyed
brat that lollcd hzily in its mothers arms
under one OF the trees; chow old is il
ma'am 90
-Four months sir, said the fond
mother
"A little girl ch '' said Colonel Tom.
mo, II boy replied the mother.
"Ah, yes, now that como to look at IL
more closely, detect the strong, manly
features of boy, " the colonel hastcncd to
say. Please may kiss the little Chcrub2"
Colonel Tom shut his eyes and exploded
an osculatory sound ON the fuzzy face, and
the child put in big lip and threatened to
cry
"llc Is such beautiful Child,," muir
INJURED Colonel Tom, "suCh eyes such a
head, such an cNpansc of forehead, such IA
mouth, such wealth of complexion, such
"a sweet, tranquil cXprCssion.'
La me, you really don't think SO, do
yout' simpcrcd the battered mother.
81 never saw u swcctcr little ChCrub, :"
said Colonel Tom, 81 believe IN have to
kiss him again.
Having gone through second oscua-
tory martyrdom, Colonel Tom assumed "A
scrphic louk-a look calculated to strike
tHily To the most hardened female heart, and
got right down to business.
~ m candidate FOR Governor, said he,
'Aud' ding would give me greater ioy
thu % feel assured that | had the support
= ne iathcr of this sweet babe. Come, let
he hold the little darling i'm my arms.
do think he is just the sweetest little angel
! ever saw u
The llattcrcd mother gave up the fuzzy
baby with profusc apologies about it's net
being well dressed, etc, hoped it wouldn't
trouble the gentleman etc glad to know
that hc admired II 80 much, etc
The iuZIy baby writhed ,nd squirmed
ana grew red in the face, and wrinkled il
self all up and then lay calm and composed
ON Colonel Tong trong right arm
he little pre-, Ous, cried oloncl Tom
"lou'll tell his father how much thought
oil ms little chcrub, won't you mu'am Aud
you'll tell him I'm IA candidate for Govern
or, ch, ma a'ami'
The poor womans fccc dropped, and big
salt tears came into her eyes
'Oh, sir, she said, 'you don't know
what you ask-my poor husband died of
jaundlCC two months ngo ~
There was far oil look in Colonel Tom
Criltcndcn's goldcn-gliptcd eyes as he gent
ly but firmly dumped that fuzzy baby
on the bcrcaycd woman's lap and walked
straight back to the platform aad replaced
himself on n bench
Not alone was sorrow confined tOColOncl
Tom Crlttendcn's uphcaving bosom There
were silent traces of suffering upon hig right
coat sleeve.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
$3.50 Per Annum,
VOL. III.
EVERY YEAR.

The spring has less OF brightness
Every year;
And the snow = ghAstlier whiteness
Every year;
Nor do summer flowers quicken.
Nor autumn fru,tAge thicken.
As they once did, for they sicken
Every year.
1t ls growing darker, colder.
Every year;
As the heart and soul grow der,
Every year;
/ care not now for dancing,
OR for eyes with passion glaucing,
Love Is less anl less en.raucing
Every year,
OF the loves and sorrows blended.
Every year;
or the charms OF fr.endship ended
Every year;
or the ties that still might b nd me-
Until Time to ID. ath resign me.
My infirmit es remind me,
Every year.
All how sad 10 look before u,
Every year;
While the cloud grows darker DER us,
Every year:
When We sec the blossoms faded.
That to bloom we might have aided,
And immortal gsrlands braided
Every year,
To the past 60 more dead faces,
Every year.
As the loved leave vacant places,
Every year;
Everywhere the sal eyes meet us,
In the evenings dusk they greet us,
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year
''Iou are growing old" they tell me,
Every year.
fYou are more alone, they tell us,
Every year."
You can WIN no new affection,
b. You have only ecollectioD,
e Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
Kind words

Randall Morton has % fine place near
Pittsburgh and the boss cherry trees " the
county. There are two rows Of them.
leading from the gate 10 the house The
trees are so planted that uic inferior yaric-
tics arc nearest the gate We have great
many visitors iu the summer time, and the
first thing every fellow docs when hc enters
tho gate is To- gO Tor the first cherry tree
and partakc Of thc fruit thereof then he
naturally works bis way to the next tree
and samples the cherries bo finds the fruit
better than that of The first tree. tncn he
moves ON to the next and discovers that the
fruit of that is stall better, aud 20 hc gradu-
ally works up 10 the residence eating from
every tree ON bis way.
"What does hc do then o.
"Ihcn, said Mr.. Morton. putting his
feet up on the window sill ''his complexion
turns to q sort Of BLUSH white and ho says
For Gods sake have you any whisky
in Che house
"Ii wc have any whisky, added Mr.
Morton, "wc give him some IL we haven't
any we put q mustard plaster ON him and
encourage him by kind words
--s e-----
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
GOD PRESTON COUNTY, vA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER o. 1879

doctor said you had forgotten me 20 she eN-
claimed.
Il suppose l.had hut IN try never to
forget YOU again. Let's spell opportunity "
They spclt il So loudly that the wainScoat
echoed, and from that time forth il is re-
corded that, thanks to his wife, he guldu-
ally picked up his memory
IF we had married young should never
have lost it, said he
Better late than never, replied She
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27

"G-guilty, and YOU may say t-thIr-
ty days, remarked john Pcu1lctOn az
he stepped before the desk.
"Doyou plead e."
Don't have no fuss over &C., ] tell
yeW interrupted John, 'G'm guilty,
ready to 90 up for thirty. and that's
all there is about It,"
And so DO was.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27

There are 73J miles Of railroad now
ia process Of construction in Texas.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27

james Gordon Benefits income
last year was $3.50 OOO
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
THE HEATHEN CHINEE.

There are some truths that are diff
cult to explain by the ordinary processes
of reasoning, and yet that we know in
stinctjvely to be right. There are some
facts that we acknowledge to ourselves,
while we are not, perhaps, willing to ad-
nit to another Our belief in them, and
which we even seek by specous reason
ing to convince ourselves and others do
not exist. Of this class of self-asserting
truths is the instructive feeling among
Americans that the Heather Chinee
must go, to borrow the brutal phraseol-
ogy Of Dennis Kearney, or to soften the
epigrammatic severity of the orator of the
Sand Lots, that the Heather Chinee must
not come. 1t is true that this country
has opened its arms and hearts to wan.
derers from all nations, and has in time
gone by boosted that the oppressed Of
every cline could here find an asylum
and the latch-string is still out as hereto
fore-but still Still what? asks some
abstractionist who thinks he has us on the
hip. Still, we would reply, John Chinamar
must not swarm hither, simply because
he ought not, because tits not best, since
the popular instinct unmistakably indi
Gates that it is not we'll for the American
people that he should. And yet, reasons
our csyuist, the Oriental is docile, indus
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
The Cincinnati Star .

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Cincinnati. 1t 10 taken and read by
people of all parties and shades of opin,
ion, and it seeks to present the news Of
allkinds fairly and faithfully, with justice
to all and with especial favor to none.
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The man who entertains so little ven
Grafton for the ancient structures of his
native land as to permit them to be torn
from their foundations and conveyed
across the sea, would, in an emergency,
sell his grandmother into slavery or part
with his mother-in-law for slight pecu-
mary consideration. The same spirit
which impelled the Khedive to dispose
of the Obelisks would no doubt move
him to part with the pyramids, and this
thought suggests Cincinnati's opportu-
nifty. 1t is hardly likely that there is a
needle left for us, but pyramid is not
beyond the range of our possibilities.
We have big organ; we have the finest
Music Hall in tks land, and the hand
somest fountain. Now let us cap the
climax by sending to Egypt for a pyra-
mid and setting it up in Eden Park.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
AN EDITOR.

Pittsburg. PENN, September 10th. 167A
-"St Jacobs Oil cures Rheumatism; Of this ~
convinced. For two years l have suffered with
Rheumatism In my left SHOULDER and right arnas
and last fall was incapable of attending to my
duties. and lay many night unable TO sleep. Oh
account OF the terrible palms A few weeks ago
pcvere attack Of this trouble struck me, and this
time concluded to try st. Jacobs DILL must 10
knowledge with but little confidence in its inertia
freely confess that the result has completely -
!onished me. The first application relieved the
pain very materially, and the continued use q
only two bottles has completely cured me Of this
chronic evil and that after the most eminent ply
scians and their prescriptions had been Of No
tvail therefore consider 1t Z duty 70 publiah
:he above for the benefit OF oil sufferers Win
Rheumatism and kindred complaintA"
G. A. KEIJ.NANN, Editor Republican.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English PAPERS of This Morning.

The Commercial says: Whether there
was purpose on the part of some Of those
who are supposed to furnish ideas to the
Democratic party in this part of the world
to do something preparing the way for mus
terng under General Grant, is a question
upon the solution of which we can not
bring to bear any special information, but
it seems worth while to point out few Of
the remarkable utterances of distinguished
Democrats. We may observe at the
outset that If there was an arrangement
for the appearance of dramatic Democratic
effects Mr.. CIR. esbeck was not in it.
But the young Democratic orator. Hunt
was the man OF whom great expectations
had evidently been formed. His was the
personal toast of the evening. and his ora
ton was pronounced with the printed mat
ter in his hand. Each ringing sentence
had been measured. The rule and COM
PASS, the hammer and file had been ap-
piled. II the General had read the speech
of Mr.. Hunt and studied his reply he could
hardly have made his few words signify
more. General Grant said he subscribed
to and indorsed in the fullest sense all
that had been said, except so far as
he was individually referred TIA
ing as parenthesis. Very soon afterward
We heard from Mr.. James Edwin Spear,
the editor of the Enquirer, this hymn Of
praise: when William Lloyd Garrison
| fiirgs his sublime pledge in the face Of an
angry Nation-I will be as harsh as Truth
and as compromising as Justice; Twill
not eauivocate; l will not excuse; l will
not retreat single inch, and
will be heardp' Nothing now re-
mained but for Mr.. James W.
Fitzgerald, one Of otA most distn.
guis6ed Democratic leaders. Informally and
In burst OF irrepressible enthusiasm. Ia
] crown ~ edifice in the following words:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
Editorial Spinnings,


Ex-Governor Bullock, Of Mass, is no
beef head.
Mai. Reno thinks he was not drunk,
only gentlcmanly Lively.
Eli Perkins claims to have ALLIES
among the paragraphers.
There, l tolled you SO, as the sexton re-
marked to the church bell.
1t is melancholy fact that god
daughters do not always turn out goddesses.
The reason Grant travelled around the
world was to try and see where 1t is on the other
size that the sun sets.
The lawyer who thought he had a good
case was sappointed in not securing fat client
to put in it.
The fashionable dress makers bills
will be worn larger and longer this fall then fol-
several years. p. r..-.
You can always tell when dog has
been running as it invariably wears short pants
when it comes home.
If Freling-huysen is sent Minister
anywhere he ought to be sent to China, and he
IN ghecome back Bohea.
extra dry" wines are not thought tc
moisten a thirsty Alderman as well as another
brand. An Alderman is dry enough himself
1t ap-Noyes the u. S. Minister tc
France to have it suggested that he Is very elo
quent stump speaker in Presidential election
If the London swells don't soon stoI
that humbug about the Beefsteak Club, peopl,
over here will vote that 1t be known hereafter a!
the Mutton Head Club
Burlington, Iowa, complains of thu
want of good freNe up. Unless one is vouch
safed on this po' wave the inhabitants will brini
out their ice cream freezers on Christmas Eve.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13

trious, peaceable, ingenious, frugal; why
should we not welcome him to the tasks
we have to perform, to build our rail-
roads, to perform the laborious duties of
the farm, the menial tasks of our homes,
the laundry operations of our townss
Why should we not avail our
selves of a means so adaptive
to the requirements of our civiliza-
tion and acquire a class which will
permit us to constitute the average cit
izen master caste, as it were, to rule
over these swarming hordes of half civil
lied and docile aliens? We again reply
that such an immigration is contrary to
the genius Of our institutions, and there
fore doubly unwelcome. The Chinaman
comes here, however docile, however in
dustrious, however frugal, simply as an
adventurer. He comes here to earn and
not to spend. He comes here to sojourn
and not to stay He comes with
out wife or child, or desiring to
understand Or profit by our insti-
tutions, simply to gain the wherewithal
to return to the land of his nativity, and
there live more comfortably than before
he came. He sets UP no roof tree here,
he plants no vine nor fig; he even pro-
vides for the return to the fowery king
dom of his very bones in case that death
shall overtake him while sojourning
among us. Other nationalities, on ar
irving upon our shores, become merged
into the great mass of American citizens,
put off their allegiance to the land of
their nativity, and their children are as
true sons Of the Nation whose eagle is
the emblem of liberty and law as those
who helped to plant it on . the
rock where it is fixed forever. We
want no aliens and sojourners here. The
land is for ourselves and children; the
wine and oil it yields are for our own
homes; the liberty our fathers fought
for is for our wives and little ones, and
for the oppressed and the stranger who
comes here from other lands to share in
the labors of upholding the glorious
banner that waves above us all, and in
the rewards that industry, thrift and
an enlightened self-government affords
alike to each and every citizen who
has taken a true and faithful oath to
uphold and sustain it when assailed
by foes without or by traitors within;
we would therefore say to the copper
hued hordes from Asia who need but to
be encouraged-perhaps even no more
than tolerated here, to swarm like flies
upon ourWestern sea coast-that this land
is precious heritage handed down from
patriotic sres for the use of the sons of
liberty and civilization, and that only
those who are satisfied to forswear their
allegiance elsewhere are entitled to gather
beneath its protecting agis.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
Railroad Items.

February I'd is the day set for the sale Of
the 1 c. & L. Road. w.. a. ..e5. ..
East bound freight from this city is much
lighter than at this time year ago.
TIE Little Miami track from Loveland to
Columbus has been relayed with steel rails.
The l., c. & L. Road is no W laid with stee
rails the entire distance bet ween Cincinnati
aud indianapolis. .....f.I. ',...
Mr.. NJ. r. ingalls,. Receiver of the l.. G. Il
L., has been authorized by the United States
Court at Indianapolis to borrow $500, 900 for
ninety days.
TIE l., C. & T.. Road are turning out Of
their shops lot If coal cars with a carry
ing capacity of twelve tons.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad are preparing to replace all the
old telegraph poles along the road by new
ones. which are now being distributed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13

A RETIRED politician, whose Sands of
fife are nearly run (in horn), discovered
while residing many years ago in Colum-
bus, a remedy for the speedy cure of a
Police Board that is dying of consump-
ton, which he will be glad to furnish
(gratis) for the benefit of suffering cities
of the first class having population Of
100000 inhabitants. Address Chief OF
Police, Cincinnati, with three cent
stamp.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
A NOTARY PUBLIC.

SO Mercer street, New York, January
l5th 1871 thankfully acknowledge that the rlSl
}. tho valuable remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, has bee1
II great service to me. Isuffercd With Rheumat
c pain in the face and ears induced TO try St
I'd an entire cure. Moved by q sense of duty, Y
;ives me great pleasure to recommend to suffer
ing mankind the st. Jacobs Oil. as . remody
worthy the highest praise and unlimited patron
lgs. WIN. REYSCHER, Notary Public
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13
A RAILROAD MAN.

1. @. r.. n. shops, Waterloo, Iowa,
January 25th, 1871 was taken with acute attack
II rheum atism last fall and confined to bed. Atfnl
employed q physician. without benefit: then sont
TO Wangller Bros s drug store and oUined q bot
lie of st. Jacobs Oil, the use of which soon gave
me relief and cured me of the attack. can safe.
" recommend 1t to all suffering with Rheumatism
Respectfully, MATT. McDERMOTE