West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-03-08
WAITS AND WHIMS.

TnE Jews Of the world arc estimated
at siN and "A half millions.
He is richest who il content with tho
/ least; for content is the soul of nature.
GERMANY takes canned pumpkin from
America and calls il boss.
PROFESSOR ELLIOT thinks that the
next census will show that there are
! over forty-nine millions of us.
THOSE days are lost In which we do
no good. Those worse than lost in which
We do evil.
In two divisions of Prussia the crime
| OF bird catching led last year to the
arrest of eleven hundred persons.
THE superiority Of American Indian
corn passes unchallonged in the great
! grain markets of the world.
A CONNECTICUT woman usos her hus-
bands wooden leg to pound tho matu.
| tnal beeistcak
NEVER call attention to the features
or form of any one present in the COM
pany where you may be.
THERE are two kinds Of things at
which man should never get angry
what he can not holp and what he can.
Our own hands are heavens favorito
instruments for supplying us with the
necessaries and luxuries Of life.
AN Omaha clergyman preached to the
iiremcn of that town on Sunday, and
took for his text, "The Burning Bush"
THE hair of the buffalo is now largely
employed in making overcoats, which
are all wool
SOME matches may be made i'm heaven,
in the opinion Of the Buffalo Express,
but not walking matches.
THE world is warehouse Of raiment;
and the remarkable thing is, what coarse
stuls arc often chosen, and how scantily
some people are attired.
CAMFoRNIA raisins are improving In
quality and increasing in quantity, and
in time will largely displace foreign
dried fruits.
Alcohol was invented by an Arabian
over nine hundred years ago, and people
have been drinking his health ever
since.
THE Irish Daily Netcs says that tho
| Englishman who has ever Travelled over
American railroads ought TO be ashamed
to ever set foot in an English car again.
Ir is calculated that 204, 200 900, 900
cigarettes are smoked annuallr in
France, 10000, 900 per day, 1928 6 fery
second
AMONG the names in the Philadelphia
! Directory arc Xuschmit, Yrigoyen,
Iakrzcwski, Yuaguchel, Schwitzgoozle,
Quickendugfel, Pequignot and Oohi-
schcgel.
| WHITE silk stockings for bridal wear
arc either plain, clocked or embroidered
on the side-seams or instep, or have
.medalliOns or Ovals inserted in the in
steps or soles Of fine laces.
ONE hundred new buildings, mostly
residences, were erected in Salt Lake,
| Utah, last year, and more street inn
! prOyements were made in the same time
than during the ten years previous.
The Detroit Free Press has discovered
! that an Oshkosh girl went back on her
lover because he was 20 bowlegged she
couldn't sit on his lap.
THE inhabitants of Madagascar are
! dying 10 get hold of an American ship
captain who has sold them ten thousand
! quart cans Of tomatoes rs a new kind Of
! gunpOwder.
An instance Of spontaneous incuba-
! ton is reported from Western New
York barn-yard, where the heat of litter
accidentally thrown over a nest Of eggs
hatched out eleven healthy chickens.
TIE Japanese house which was great
attraction at the Exhibition, was knocked
down at one hundred and fifty dollars.
The duties paid on the material of
which IL was composed, amounted 20
one thousand dollars.
How many Of our most cherished be-
lefs are like those drinking-glasses Of
the ancient pattern, that serve us we'll
80 long "a we keep them in our hand,
but spill all if we attempt TO set them
down
A FARMER says he succeeds in catch
ing rats by means Of alcohol mixed with
cheap mOlasses. Rats love sweets, and
will indulge in the molasses, despite the
alcohol, until they are 50 drunk that
they cannot move and are easily caught
THE Americqn hraelite scouts the idea
that the Jews are engaged in quietly
purchasing Palestine, and says: IL is
not very likely that once would pur-
chase All the bruises, Arabs, Bedouins,
thieves and robbers Of Palestine on q
speculation"
The three children Of James Howard,
OF OcracOke Island, N. O., become
totally blind when the sun goes down
but recover their sight with daylight.
The disease is attributed 10 marriage Of
blood relations.
/ JEFrEEsON's ten rules-Take thing
always by the smooth handle. We sell
dom repent of having eaten too little.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and
cold. Nothing is troublesome that we
do willingly. Never spend your money
before you have it. Never buy what you
don want because il is cheap. Never
trouble another for what you can do
yourself Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do to-day. How much
pain the evils have cost us that never
have happened. When angry count ten
before you speak; if very angry, count a
hundred.