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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
\ Central African storm.

We continued sailing for half nm hour,
and as II was then near sunset, dropped an
chor I'm scvcnty-tivc fvct of water. The
wind, which had swept in strong gusts
from the northwest, suddenly fcll for i'm
the northwest the aspect Of the sky had
long been threatening. Clouds surgcd i'm
thick masses from that direction and cast
u gloom over the wOOdClOthcd slopes and
crests of Usuguru, which became almost as
black as IA velvet pail, while the lake grew
as quiet rs though vitriflcd into glass.
soon the piled up cloud mass grew Jagged,
and purtentOus Zig Zag line of deep sable
hue ran through its centre, from which the
storm seemed to issue ! :aqucstcd the
crew To come further aft, aud fastening "A
double rope 10 the stone anchor. prepared
every mug and balcr for the rain with which
we were threatened, The wind then fell.
as though from above, upon oar bowed
heads with an OvcrpOwcring force, striving
against the resistance which it met, as if il
would bear us down TO the bottom of the
lake, and then, repealed 10y the force Of the
water, it brushed into million of tiny
ripplcs. The temperature fell To- G2 deg.
Fahrenheit, and with this sudden cold
down dropped n severe shower of hnilstoncs
OF great size, which pcltcd us with great
loIcc ana lnudc our teeth chatter. After
this the rain fell in sheets, while the light
ming bazcd, proceeding the most dreadful
thundcr-claps | remember to have ever
heard. The rain, indeed. tell i'm such
quantities that it required two men for each
/ section TO keep the boat sufficiently buoy
ant 10 ride the crest Of the waves. The
crew cried out that the boat was sinking
that, If the rain continued in such volume.
nothing could save u.s. In reply, ] only
urged them tO bale her out faster The
sable mass Of UsugIru as I observed by
the bars of intense light which the iyhf-
ming flashed almost every sccond-was
still in front, and ! know, therefore, that
we were not being swept very far to sea.
Our energies were wholly devoted 10 keep
ing our poor pctted selves anDal, and this
occupied thc crew so much that they half
forgot the horrors Of the black and dismal
night For two hours this experience last
5d, and then, mburdcning our breasts with
sghs Of gladncss not unmiXcd with graft
tudc we took Our anchor ON board and
stole through the darkness 10 the western
side Of Ngcy Island, where, at "a kindly
fire, We dried our clothes and our wcttcd
bodies, and, over O hot poful Of Le;big.
affected tO laugh ut our late critical position.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
Nnc t'icSclc.

As now constructed the bicycle is n far
different thing from the clumsy "honc shat
tcrcr' introduccdin America about tenyea
ago. Great companies have been formed i'm
Euglandwhich do nothing else but rabricatc
these extraordinary vehicles; and YOU hear
young men talk about the superior speed Of
a Noveutry, a Sparrow, " or "A "Stnn-
ley The fore wheel being sixty inches,
the back wheel is ~ small that when the
machine is I'm motion YOU can hardly see it,
Ii Is, 10y regulation, not two feet i'm dame
Ter. Indeed, the appearance presented as
these enormous flashing circles dart past ON
the smooth road is that of great hoop OF
glittcring steel with a human figure perch
cd on the top OF n. The spollcs are thin
cords OF steel wire, trCndug into the tire
from very wide hub. The general rule Is
that the vehicles shall bc high-that il. the
saddle or chair of the person who rides IT,
As consequence, to learn TO manage one
requires about such u training as an cQucs.
trinn undcrgocs in riding school, with this
difference and drawback, and even when
you have mastered Il = difficulty Of keeping
your pcrllous scat YOU are unable To- quit
It, or, having qui' ted il YOU ulc unallc to
rcmount, without MD. This, pS you will
see, ncutralizCs d value of these ihscina-
ting motors as n cans of iuurncyinr i'm
strange districts. But, i'm spite of all their
drawbacks, you will meet mounts of
them 10y the dol"u ON all the smooth roads
of Ialatinalc, where the danger of sharp ns-
cents and inCCss mt traffic does not seem to
discourage the adventurous Briton. The
accidents are moi the least interesting part
of this charming stocd. You may be nd-
miring six feet of flesh and blood pcrchcd
far above you ON the high road, when of n
sudden, like flash, you see the small rear
wheel rise from the ground and climb the
backbone of the big one then you see II
convulsivc scramble of feet aud legs in the
air, and your young Hercules s shot sprawl
ing square over the handle or head of the
thing, and lands with "a somcrsaut ON the
hard roadway in front, while the machine,
moment before SO erect and glistcnng
lies I'm amcss either ON the rider or pcrilous-
ly near him. His only care, however IL to
save the Trail mechanism Il good ma
chine costs not less than 800 and from
that down To 800. At such n price IL
would bc natural to suppose that they would
he scarce, but, ON the contrary, all classes
oi the continental English have them.
saw company consisting of dozen
young oxford mcn sct out from Strnshurg
for Cologne 30 miles away. There was
IA younger son of duke the son of IA cabi-
net minister, minister's Son, and the rest
middle-class English. The captain of the
party was city merchants boy and he
gave the command to the company He
was elected because OF his physical pro
emincncc and his mastery over the bicycle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

i'm me- Her large black eyes which We're
wont to look 81 bright, now had far away
look; some one thing seemed absorbing all
her mind There was no evidence of
physical disability She had not noticed
me, for | stood under the shade trees hv
the sidewalk, and as ! stepped from under
their COuCgallug branches / resolved to
know the cause of her sorrow fastening
10 her home | arrived there just as she
stepped from the carriage to the door. We
met. Trembling with excitement, she well
coined me, and invited me 10 "a scat i'm the
parlor. Drawing "a chair to her side, in
quircd the cause Of such change In her
iaCe-wly So sad and dcspOudcut With
considerable hesitation she finally said
''Oh, Mr.. Bralcigh, ! cannot, cannot tell
you. You do not know what change
have experienced
"A change, Aliccl What do you
mean
"IIauy thought l loved YOU, but
within the last few weeks ! know that il
cannot be So
Cannot be So Aicct Why, what can
be the matter .'
As | asked this question l looked into
her face with strainiug eyes as if to read
her inmost thoughts. 1 knew and felt she
could not, did no, feel what she was
saying.
lit is mother, Harry"
"lour mothcri Spcal, then, Alice, and
let me know ALL | said calmly and with
dclibcrulion
"Mothcr says she hates YOU and will not
permit you again 10 see me. Why. | do
not know. She will not explain some
one, no doubt, who is an enemy to you,
has told her bitter falschoods concerning
yourself n
"And do YOU believe them ~ | said,
trembling with excitement and Indignation.
believe them, Harry t' she replied. As
She spoke her manner was sufficient 10 con
vince me she did not "Bclievc them,
Harry No and no most cmphalically; /;
and if you say the word, / will be yours
and only yours till DEATH
Kind reader, what would you have done
under the circumstances Here was a
young and beautiful girl, whom had loved
most passionatcly, willing to leave home
and all TO bc my wifc-rcarcd i'm luxury
and refinement, To go 20 home, Heaven
only knows where, for | was poor; hut,
thank God no one could point the finger
of scorn at any period in my life when a
single deviation from the right course had
Dcch made. she, aS | have said was Will
ing to be "a partner of my joys and sorrows.
On the other hand, "a proud and fastidous
mother who was anxious that her daughter
should occupy higher position in life than
the one which ! could command. She was
eager to have her daughter sacrifice all the
fine and noble instincts of womanly love
To crafty "A vain and ambitious fancy,
took her hand in mine, and with the words
scarcely audible to myself, told her how
had loved her, but TO the honor of her
parents she owed them IA duty, and that
was TO obey. Passing TO the doorway
was Fastening away. Throwing herself in
my arms, and with tears streaming down
her face, she bcsought me not TO leave her
With an effort / gained the street. And to
this day question which / have asked
myself n thousand times remains unan-
swcrcd 1t is: "Who was rightl"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
age GLASS,

The oldest specimen Of pure glass hcar
ing anything like date Is q little nodded
lions head, bearing the name Of an Egyp-
iian king Of eleventh dynasty, in the Slade
collection at the British Museum. That is
10 say, at period which may be- mOdcr-
atcIy placed at more than 1000 yeas y. G.,
glass was not only made, but made with "a
skill which shows that The art was nothing
new. Tho invention Of glazing pottery
With film or yarnish Of glass h 80 old that
among thc fragments which bear inscrip-
iiDD5 Jf the carly Egyptian monarchy arc
beads possibly of thc first dynasty OF la-
Ter glass there arc numerous examples.
such ae 70 bead found at Ihcbcs. which has
thc name Of Quccn HatasOO or Ilashcp, of
The eighteenth dynasty. OF The same per
iOd arc vases and gJblcts and many frag
Wcnis. 10 cannot bc doubted that The story
prepared by pluy, which assigns the credit
of thn invention to the PhWuiciaus, is So
far true thai these adventurous merchants
brought specimens fo other countries from
Egypt Dr. Scb'icmauu found disks Of
glass boo The excavations at MyCeuW, though
Homer does NOT mention it as "a substance
known iO him That the modern art of tie
glass blower was known longer before. is
certain from representations among the pic.
turcs ON the walls Of a tomb at Bcui Has.
sam, of thc twelfth Egyptian dynasty but
much older picture, which probably rep
resented Che same manufacture, is among
The half-Obltcratcd scenes in "a chamber Of
the tomb OF Thy 40 Sakkara and dates
from the time of The fifth dynasty, u time
81 remote that &c is not possible, iu spite
of The assiduous researches Of many Egyp
tologers 70 give it a date in years
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
Liverpool Docks.

The Liverpool docks, as they stand at
present, are among the wonders of the
world. Since the formation Of the first wet
dock, In l7l9, the extension Of these INLAND
basins has been continuous. Fifteen years
ago they covered AN area Of water space 10
the extent OF PIT acres, and the quays were
nineteen miles in length. Siucc then there
has been no cessation Of dock extension.
To enumCratc or describe them would hll
many pages. There are the SalthOusc, Al
bert and Canning docks, the Clarence half
tide dock, the Princes half-ildc dock, the
Manchester basin, the Mapping basin, the
COburg, Brunswick, Union, TOxcth and
dozens Of other docks, with the Gore Pi-
azzas at the bottom Of 81. James Street, a
short distance from the Town Hall Every
convenience and facility for the speedy
transaction Of business surrounds them. A
broad open 'hOrOughlarc, tapping at right
angles many Of the principal streets, runs
along their whole length; i'm this roadway
is "A double line Of rails, which branch of
also and surround several Of the basins and
docks; omnibuscs and tram cars traverse it
perpetually during the day from end to end
The scene is busy one always A hurry
ing polyglot multitude, constantly on the
move i'm and out about the sheds; great
vans and vans, laden with produce, cotton
bales, ores, Manchester piece 60. ds cases
OF every size and description, containing
cochincal, indigo, flax, jutc, guano, ma
hogany, dressed hides and untanncd mo
lasscs, raw silk, and tho thousand and one
articles OF home, colonial and foreign pro
ducc needed to carry ON the manufacturing
processes Of the world the engines rattlnp
and pulling lmpatiently, a. they rub
along with their long line Of attendant wa
gons, q" rohtc for the great terminus hing
or mp in the town.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
Exports Of Manufactures.

The exports Of American manufactures
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879,
amounted 10 Fl27, 1O2, Cos, against $40,
OlG Gj9, during the fiscal year ending June
a0. lSi9 The changes in articles, whose
value exceeds & !, ,ODO 900. have been as fol-
lows: Agricultural implements have in
creased from 81, ,OGs, ,47G TO 1888, 1888 [:
books maps paintings, paper and station
cry, from SJl2, GG3 90 $2,O3G,Sl4: carri-
agc7 and railway cars, &g7G 5i2 TO $I,273.
l2S clocks and watches Sjs9. OOS 90 ST.
OJO,433; manufactures Of cotton, 43,7s7, 81
2S2 TO B,s53, 800 manufactures of cop
per, TjOl,T4l 20 $2,s31 ,Oj3 drugs, dyes
and chemicals S2,495 1876 90 $8,Ogs, BOO ;
manufactures Of hemp, except cordage,
go, O3j TO 81, ,l53,47I; manufactures of
iron and steel 5000, ,ssl 90 $1O,g2l, 1919 ;
leather and manufactures, 1868, 33i 10 81
7G9, O69 mineral oils. not including crude
and rcsidum, 500. .429, ,Oj7 Co $3T,gIl1lO;
veg tables oils, 1912. l1O 90 81, 4g7. Gg4 /;
ordnance and ordnance stores, SI.22.5TO to
1866, $50 spirits S7G7, ts $2,723,-
Ol6 spirits turpcntinc Fl,25T, 3O2 Co 81, -
O45, Ga sugar and moIasscs 1861 ,52G, to
SI,llS, GI3 manufactures of tobacco. 81 -
GO4, 800 to $3.Oj7,S7 manufactures of
wood 81 1896, $50 TO Sl2, 700. O32. The
only articles in the whole list which show
a decrease are sewing machines, which de-
creased from $2,223, 32G to $t,GlS,9I5,
aud firearms, which declined from $5,Ol5,-
732 TO 81, 100, 23O.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
THEY COME NO MORE.

They come no more
The little voice that lisped it, morning soug:-
The little feet that pattered all day long
The little hands that mine 80 Low to press. -
The little lips whose touch was a caross,-
They come no more
They come no more
The laughing eyes that fondly looked in mine -
The baby ways that round the heart-strings
tHlnc,
Tho cur head that nestles on my breast
All, al have left me for a sweetar rest, -
They come no moro
They come no more
Aud. yet, to soothe my sorrow aud regret,
The feeling comes my boy is with me yet
know that some day, when this life has pat,
Loving me still the same with joy at last,
He'll come once more
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
The Tale Of the Frogs.

The boys up in the lake country Iowa,
arc remarkably agile and most thoroughly
verScd IN the art of catching anything that
walks, Crawls hops or swims. About two
weeks ago there were, among other tourists
ON llarvcys Lake, two gentlemen, one
from the Twentieth and the other from the
Sixteenth Wmds of Chicago one day
they wanted some frogs for bait They
found some boys
Bring us, said the tourists, "Somc
frogs Bring them To us this evening.
fresh and alive, for we would fish ON the
morrow
And the boys spoke unit, them, "llow
many frogs would they wan, t'
And they said, Go to, bring us as
many as you can CATCH
For they wist not that the boys were
lightning on frogs
And the boys were astouishcd, and
marvclcd within themselves, and said,
80 many Z"
And the tourists were wroth and Cntrcat-
cd the lads roughly, aud said "N Yea, So
many Ups get thee away, for the day
wancth.' Aud straightway the lads got
up and got.
And it was so that the two fishermen
sought yet other boys, and spoke unto them
in like manner as they had said unto the
first, for they feared there would hc ro
bait for the morrow's sport.
Now the fishermen desired that they
might have twenty five frogs and no more,
hut they withheld this mattcr back from
the lads, and said unto them - Bring
unto us all the frogs you can catch. See,
is not here silver and uiCklcs {"
Now, when eve was come the lads
returned, and they brought with them frogs.
IN oyster cans III irult cans, sardinc boxes,
old bottles, in carthen vessels and tim buc-
keis, in baskets and in gunny sacks in
their hats and in their pockets, yca in
everything wherein frog might be con
talncd, brought they frogs; big frogs little
frogs fat frogs lean frogs, old frogs,
young frogs, male and female brought they
them.
And the fishermen were amazed, and one
said - 10, what have we here ~
And the lads spakc unto them, saying,
frogs
Ana thc head fishermen cntreaied them,
saying 10, mere are lar more frogs than
we ""ni, but we VIII take them. We VIII
lump lhc Iol al hundred. Here ~ SILVER;
lo' lhat suffice thcc.
bnt the hds SAID, - Nay, we will count
ucll'
Ana lhcy tailed the tale OF frogs, and
thc number thereof was two hundred and
,hIet score ana nine. Ana the people
Iausll'u anu cl"pPeu 'heir hahds ana made
merry.
put inc hShcIiheh were Wroth without
cause
ana II was 80 th"l yet othcr lads came
IN 10y ones ana lwos and thrccs. And they
DIoughV "iIh Incin each lad ms iuII tale OF
frogs so that the Ilhc oil 1t had never been
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
The termination Of Mushroom spores.

II has been generally supposed, and in
fact IL is asserted in an works ON ihc sub
jcct, that the spores Of the common cdi-
bic mushroom cannot be- made 20 gcrmi-
nate until they have passed through the
body Of horse, or some graminivorOus
animal Mr. W g. Smith, an eminent
authority denies this however He says.
bon Che current number Of The Gardener
Chronicle, That cit is mistake tO SUPPOSE
that The mushroom spores win not gcrm
nate until they have passed through the
stomach Of some graminivOrOus auimal. for
have several times seen the spores rormi-
mating upon clean grass ] fr noticed
the fact by accident. after ] had left "a
number of freshly fallen spores under The
microscope all night. On looking at the
slide in thc morning nearly every spyre had
gcrmiuaicd. But thcuthc spores were per
icctly fresh and alive Ny observations
lead mc To- think That spores very soon die
boz unsuitable dry air or when they fall upon
amy unsuitable matrix Many other fun
gus spprc- will germinatc upon glass 90 be-
ing always remembered that for This pur-
pose the spores must Doe perfectly fresh
from thc hymnim of tho parent flr gus.
Fungus spores wil grow freely upon damp
bIoiung paper They cannot bc seen
when upon thus material, but they can Dec
easily transferred lby mere C9uiacy t0 o.
damp glass slide Several dung born aga.
RIGS. Gas they are often tcmcdJ. including
the mushroom, are not uncommon on
thc sea sands. boo position where uamini-
vcrOus animals rarely dispori themselves "
-e ma
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

About 10000 telephones are now
in use in this country, and about 500 in
England.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20

CANFIBALIsM prevails at the Con-
'ecticut state prison. The convicts have
ske1 bein's twice a week.--HarttoTd
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20
The Mysterious Leather Bag.

The scene is the Cafe du Rat-Mort, in
the Quarter Pigalle, and one of the
,ctors is respectable man who enters
the establishment, refreshes himself with
consommation," leaves a black
leather bag in charge of the proprietor,
and departs, promising soon to return
md claim his property. The day ad-
Tances, the cafe is crowded with Gus.
omers, and all goes on IS usual until
Complaints, muttered here and there,
Became loud and general that the place
i pervsded with a horrible smell.
There can be no doubt sbont it, for even
he "patron" acknowledges that some
hing lie wrong somewhere, and, what is
Eorse, becoming more and more wrong
very hour. Diligent search follows,
md by the process of following their
loses, the hunters came upon the
|'espectsble persons black bag. Atonce
horrible suspicion seizes every mind.
| No donb. the bag contains human re-
nSins ia Sn advanced stage of decom-
POSITION, and one and all refuse to touch
! t. The case il for the police, and
pedily commissary, attended by two
Nnisrmes, appear upon the scene
llere is the black bag; there, still more
enpha .icslly, is the awful smell, and
here is the man to open the one and
discover the cause of the other in the
lame of the law. So, holding their
loses, all gather round the piece d accusa-
oa. The fastenings are quickly undone,
|ind the eager hands of the commisssry
|'ypoees to view-a somewhat ancient
Iivarot cheese. Tableau.-London Tele-
rr0s1b
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20
o,.,ar,ne Gold on the Sea shore.

The mining of gold on the ocean beach
"a. always been one OF the leading pro-
I Iac,;ye industries of Curry County.
49, mines have been found to pay
i a the Coquille south to some distance
LIZ t.J the mouth of Rogue River, and a
100 number of these claims are still
ODD property. Dennis Cunniff not long
.;rce sold some claims of this kind near
pIIenburg for $1,000, and much higher
arures have, been offered for some of the
other beach mines in that vicinity, says
the coast Mat Among these may be
~sntioned the Ophir Beach Mine, de-
r.,sit of black sand on and near the beach
shout FIVE miles north of Rogue River,
Me. Will Huntly, the present owner,
bss constructed dikes, etc, that supply
water all the year for working the beach
below high water mark. 1t pays from
IS to $40 per day, and sometimes more,
% the hsnd-owing to the freaks of Nep-
time in throwing up the sand. The bluff
mine in twenty-five feet above tide and
!. an old beach in which there is stra-
un of sand from ten to twenty feet
nick, that assays from 81 to $50 to the
cubic yard. Experts who have exsmin-
a black sand pronounced this the rich
Il they have seen in Oregon or Cali
ornia. There is from thirty to forty
let of gray sand above the lead, form
ing a bluff of seventy five to 100 feet
Shove tide. During the winter season
Mr.. Huntley runs one hydraulic under
forty feet pressure, using fifty.
inches of water FIVE or six months in
the year, doing all the work himself.
and realizing from IS to an ounce day.
If some enterprising Yankee were TO
.ske hold of this mine and construct a
ditch from Euchre Greek, distance of
zen miles, it would afford 200 inches of
water all the year.-Pmtland (Oregon)
D..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20

>A-RVlLh AVOID the use OF rasp;ng csthar-
They weaken the bowels and le9ve mem
: 81 thsn before. Use instead. that saIl !.
. Aoa-lrr1tstlng sDerient and suti-Liiious
4c-Ae, Dr. Morris VEGETABLE I.TyFR pms
- wi not only achieve the desired object
-1aI4on Of the bowels, without causing pair,
,sAs-heajafng them, bu. prolaote digestion and
"a "a zen and depurste the blood The nils
cd ,? al druggists
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20
Tossing Upon n Red ofAxony,

FOrtured in every joint with in6smmatory
journalism, ia a prospect which may become
fact If the twinges of the dread
.sorder are not checked at the outset. Per-
ing of 3 rheumatic tendency find Hostetter's
SNmach Bitters useful remedy. nor do
hey encounter the risk in using it they do
tom resortmg to that active poison Colchi-
am. which is often employed to arrest the
aasGy, The use Of the Bltters is equally as
.ssctiye in its results, and is attended with no
asa. There is ample testimony to prove that
aa medicine possesses blood depuratng quail
Is Of no common order, besides those of a
Jml and general Alternative. 1t stimulates the
E,-cn Of the kidneys and promotes the rennov-
+ from the system of impurities which devel-
/ disease, and are fraught with serious dan
r. Fever and ague, dyspepsia, debility, ne~-
fogyQtss constipation &c, are remGdied by it,