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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
Ancient History In "a Cave.

remarkable cave has been discov-
cred on the farm of David Samuels, 10
miles from La Crosse, Mlnnesota. The
cave is 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and
about feet high. Above the quarry
sand, which has evidently drifted I'm
and covered the Hoor to the depth of from
three to six feet, upon the walls, are
very rude carvings representing men,
arms, animals, arms and implements,
and some appear TO be hleroKIyphlcs.
one picture represents men, with bows
and arrows, shooting animals, three
bufaloes and one rabbit Another rep.
resents three animals, which, IL large,
must have been like the hippopotamus (;
, another appears to represent mastO-
don; on another picture, moose Is
quite plainly dellneated. There are
eight representations that are canoes
much carved. or hammocks, which they
more resemble. One sketch of man
Is very plain; the figure wears kind
OF chaplet or crown, and was probably
chief of his tribe or clan. There are
many fragments Of pictures, where the
rock had decomposed. The rock ls a
course, soft white sandstone. ON one
side Of the cave ~ a space about 2 feet
high and 2i2 in length, made into the
wall. Above are the fragments Of pic
lures, and below are lower fragments.
showing that they we're made when the
rock was entire. From the depth 70
which decompOsltions reached in this
dry and dark cavern, the inscriptions
must be quite ancient. If the carving
mentioned really represents the masto-
don, the work must have been by mound
builders. The accumulated sand needs
10 be removed 10 get a full view, and
possibly human remains may be found
The entrance 20 the cave had evidently
been covered by landslide, there be
ing left open only a small hole, where
traps have long been set for cOOns.
The large number Of these animals that
we're caught led to the belief that the
space inhabited by them must be large,
and investigation led to the discovery
Of the cave. over the entrance, since
the land slide, a poplar, Is inches Ia di-
ameter, has grown, which shows con-
clusively that the cave has not been Oc
cupied by human beings for more than
} n century.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
PennaYlXRnIn DnnIIerA.

The Dunkers will not take an oath.
and are not allowed to hold office; al
though where they comprise nearly all
OF the population of n settlement they
perform agreeable duties like those of
an overseer OF the poor. One of the
preachers naively suggested that the
government did not miss the Dunkers
from It's council fires, az Americans
have not all got similar compunctIons
against ofiiceholdIng. They do not
fight or engage In war. They do not
sue or appeal to the courts for any sort
of legal settlements that can be arrang-
cd by the church. If one brother owes
another and cannot pay, all the breth-
rem sustain equal shares of the debt
and wipe 1t out. If brother does not
pay, but can do 80, first one, then three,
then all the brethren labor with him,
and If he Is still stubborn they cast him
ont OF the church. This seldom fails to
bring the sinner to his senses. The
same course is pursued when
SUCH cases are very rare. If "A brother
fails or desires TO start in business, all
the brethren club together and set him
on his feet. They do this three times.
If he does not then succeed they con
slider him no longer worthy of help
and he has TO look out for himself.
They are severe upon liars and dishon-
est persons, and profess to have hardly
any in their ranks. Their cOndemnn-
ton falls upon outsiders, also, i'm this
respect, and the tradesman who cheats
the bunker Is Stunned by all forever
afterward, They are kind hearted and
hospitable, and are cheerfully obedlent
to the law that compels them TO lodge
and feed and clothe whoever calls on
them for ASST stance.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
a Base Proposition.

A Detroitcr who has the reputation of
being hard pay was waited ON the other day
by man who began:
"Mr Blank, / hold your note for $40.
II is long past due, and / wanted 10 see
what you would do about il. "
"My notel' All, yes yes, this is my
note. For value received promise TO pay,
and 20 forth. Have you been to the note
shavers with this2"
" ! have, but none Of them would have
it,"
Wouldn't ehi And you tried the
banksi"
Yes, sir, but they wouldn't look at H. +"
Wouldn't chg And suppose you went
TO a Justice 20 see about it Z"
" did, but he said q judgment wouldn't
be worth dollar"
"Did, ehi And now what proposition
do you wish TO make z"
4" This is your note for $75 Give me 50
and you can have it,"
" Five dollars No, sir No, sir. /
have no money TO throw away, sir"
" But II is your own note"
"True, sir; very true but I'm not such
AN IDIOT as 10 throw away money ON worth
less securities, no matter who signs them
] deal only I'm first-class paper, sir, and
when that note has a negotiable value will
be- pleased TO discount IT, Good day, sir
looks like settled weather again
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
The Mocking pird.

This bird possesses faculties which rem
der II one of the great objects of curiosity
and admiration among the feathered tribes.
It's natural notes are musical and solemn.
IL likewise possesses the singular power of
assuming the tone of other birds and
animals. This extraordinary bird is pccu-
liar to the new world, inhahiting warm
climates, and low country seems most
congenid to their nature; they are more
numerous in the south than in the north
The berries of rcd cedar, myrtle holly,
gum berries, and an abundance of others.
with which the luNuriant swampy thickets
of these regions abound, furnish them with
perpetual feast. He builds his nest In
different places, according to the latitude
he resides in. \ solitary thornbush,
orange, cedar or holly tree are favorite
spots. Always ready To defend, but never
anxious to conceal his nest During the
time the female is setting, neither cat or
deg, animal or man can approach the nest
without being attacked. His whole ven
geancc is directed against his natural enemy
the black snake; whenever this reptile il
discovered the male darts at IL with the
npidity of an arrow, striking il violently
and necessarily against the head the snake
doubles his cNertions, he seizcs and lifts Il
from the ground, beating it with his wings
until the business IL completed he returns
To his nest and pours out IA torrent of song
in token of victory. The Mocking bird is
so called because IL can initiate with the
greatest ease, not only the songs of other
birds, but the sounds and cries of animals.
In confinement he loses IA little of the power
a .,u L.. IL. A 4
state, when he commences his career of
song II is impossible to stand by unintcr-
cstcd. He whistles for the dog Caesar
starts up, wags his tail and runs 10 meet
his master lie squcaks out like Young
chicken and the hen hurrics about with
outstrctchcd wings and bristlcd feathers,
clucking to protect her injured brood The
barking of dog, the mcwing of "A cat. the
crcaking OF whcel-barrow, the grating of
grindstonc and the rushing of "A torrent of
water, follow with great truth and rapidity.
In regard to food we give tho following
lake TWO old potatoes (ncvcr give them
new oncs) pare and boil them, also boil
two good sized eggs, remove them from the
shell, mash them fine with the potatoes,
then put away in cool place give large
spoonful every hour or 30, feeding him by
hand just as you would an infant. In the
month of August or September, bit of n
sweet apple may be occasionally added. A
table spoonful of ants eggs soaked and
mixed with this food will prove beneficial
In the cage place plenty of river sand,
sprinkling II freely ON the bottom; also
give them plenty of water To drink, and a
bath once day in the morning; nevor
allow the bath tub 10 remain long in the
cage after the bird has bathcd, remove IL,
as there is probable danger OF the bird
being drowned
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
Chained for Years.

Entering through the wicket of the door
OF prison on the island of Cyprus found
myself in a narrow courtyard, surrounded
ON three sides by gloomy stone walls.
broken by heavily barred windows, with
here and there a strong wooden door
From under each door lazily nan gutter
of inexpressible f9tor, the naked sewerage
of the loathsome dungeon inside was at
once surrounded 10y horde of prisoners of
villainous aspect, all or nearly all manacled
IN the most curiously diverse fashions
Some wore heavy chain. one end of which
was fastened To clumsily massive shackle
round the ankle. the other tied up round
the waist. Others merely wore this grim
anklct with "A chain attached. Yet others
had huge link fastened to the anklet
which was worn against the outside of the
leg. and fastened into position by "A leathern
garter These were the liberty" men. To
whom so much favor. by reason of long
Imprisonment, coupled with good conduct
is accorded, that they are not huddlcd into
the dungeons; hut are allowed To stand out
in the courtyard. A long, gloomy passage
opened from one end of the courtyard. and
this | entered, encompassed by the con
course of villains, and with no other escort
than the little bow-leggcd warden of the
gate. Into this passage looked several
barred windows, and behind the bars there
glOwercd and strained the closc-sct faces of
the more dangerous prisoners. What ruff
iianly faces most of these werc-faces the
expressions of which, wolfish ferocious.
hungry for blood, sardonic, utterly devilish,
made the flesh creep. With every move
ment there was the clank of the chains. for
every man wore fetters The expression
'hugging his chains" | have hitherto re
gardcd as II mere allegorical figure of
speech but now | was TO see the literal
reality. The crowd around the window
gave back, and there approached tall,
stalwart figure, somewhat bowed by some
heavy burden that he carried i'm his arms.
He stopped and laid tins burden down, and
then stood erect, Hercules Of IA man, with
face out of which everything human,
save the mere lincamcnts, was erased. And
what think you was his burdcul IL CON
sisted of mass of heavy iron links knotted
up into great clump, and fastened to the
mans ankle Its weight was eighty okes.
or about one cwt., and when he unravelled
1t and stretched il out on the ground saw
that il was about fifteen feet, and resembled
in the massivencss of its links the chain
cable of trading schooner. What has
been the mans crimei Murder. How
long had he been in prisonf Six aud TWEEN
ty years. Had he worn that chain all that
timei Yes. Great heavens were not
death infinitely to bc preferred to such u
fatcf Never to move, through all these
long years, without hugging in his bosom
that huge knot of iron. | passed ON along
this gallery of crime till the spectacles and
the stenches sickencd me- and | had to es-
cape into purer air. The memory still
hamts me of ghastly faces at the barred
windows, of the clank of the trailing
chains, of the indescribable fntor of the
air in which II human being has clung to
life for six and twenty years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
10 Was Muggins.

i witnessed scene few evenings
ago which could be worked into mer.
ry farce. A young man well-dressed
and wearing a large diamond was sea-
ed on a bench, his arm enclasping the
supple waist Of a beautiful female
The pair converseG In whispers, and
took IL for granted they were lovers,
perhaps engaged TO be married.
While the pair were whispering some
sweet nothings TO each other, a couple
of middle-aged gentlemen approached =,
talking together In this style.
No. 1-"You say you want a wife.
Smith, old boy. | suppose II must be a
young one" digs mis- companion In
the ribs.)
No. 2-(Who Is wealthy Boston
pork packer)-"Of course do. wish
you had daughter, Earl"
No. l-'1 have, Old boy, and if you
can win her she is yours, with my
blessing. Evelyn seems TO be in love
with Percy Marchmont, son of Fifth
avenue banker, but I will cure Der OF
that II you want her, smith. An there
she Is now (points to pair seated on a
bcncb) as live, that rogue March
mont Is kissing her"
No. 2 2-"Marcbmontl what DO you
mean ?"
No l-"Why, this Is Percy March
mont, very young gentleman, who IL
sitting beside Evelyn"
No. 2-(Shouts) "Muggins :"
The lover jumps TO his feet, and upon
seeing the pork packer, beats a retreat.
As the young man sails away, No. 2
says: "He Is An employo Of mine, John
Mugglns. He has charge Of the picked
pigs feet department" Lady faints.
TAbleRu
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02

"Iou bet am - was his hearty re-
ply, as he hitched along on the postof-
flee steps. II never seed n Fourth o.
July yit | didn't celebrate, an I'm lust
heeled for boomin' ole time to-mor-
rer. I've been savin' up coppers an
nickels an dimes an quarters till I've
got 50, an going to spend every blizzen
cent OF IL If | never get to be Presi-
dent"
boy, can you tell me how we came
To have the Fourth Of JulyY"
"Nes, | kin, but haven't time now
| want TO go round the corner an see
them ere Roman candles. Pm goin'
to buy hull dozen, and I've engaged
three different boys an "A dog To let me
blaze away at 'em | calkerlate to
knock the spots right ofi'n them boys
an Pm goin' To Kill that ere dog at tho
first bliz -
"Do you know who George Wash
ington wasY"
~ 'spect do, but that ain { nuthin' To
do with the torpcdcrs I'm goin' To buy.
I'll have both breeches pockets full an
more I'm my hat, an tell you I'm goin'
TO be awful reckless throwin' 'em
around. know of boy'on wilkins
street WHOM let you hit him on his bare
feet six times for one jaw breaker or
two torpeders, AN that's awful cheap
fun for this time o. year"
But why do we celebrate the
dayp"
Because we feel like 1t, an becaus
we want to 80 on n bust. IL you was
me would you shoot oil the sky-rockets
In the barn, where the other boys can't
see the fun, or would you blaze away
out doors an give 'em all chancep
I've kinder thought of both ways but If
| fire 'cm of out doors I'm goin To boss
the job myself. Can't no hired men or
policemen or big boys make me hold
the candle while they do the bossing."
"Did you ever hear of the old bell
which rang out the clarion notes oflib-
crty.
81 s'pose have, but that's nothin' to
do with the big pistol I'm goin' to buy
to-morrer for seventy cents. It's an
actual pistol, and Il shoots bullets, and
the boy is obleeged to sell It cause his
father is In poor health and wUnts To 20
to mineral spring TO fatten up.
can't hardly wait to begin shootin'.
You may talk about your George
Washingtons all day, but I'll bet you
ten To one Ill Kill seven cats aforc to-
morrer. III stand of an blaze, an
you'll hear cat keel over every time
fire. Pm tryin' to hire boy To letme
shoot orange of his head, but he's
kinder 'fraid / might miss the orange
an Kill his dog ~
GLOW did the Revolutionary war be-
gin2'
"lt begun by fight, ! 'spose, but
I'm just itchin' for to-morrcr to sot In.
/ never was so big an old before on a
Fourth of July, an never had as
much chink saved up. tell ye Pm
goin TO wade right In on cokernuts,
lemonade, raisins, oranges, ice cream
an four kinds % cake, an the police
will probably take me for bank rob
Der. spect to have IA many as ten
lights, cause there can't nobody push
me around on sich day as that, an IL
go up To the races I'll bet you ten TO
nuthin' bet on the right hoss an cap
tur the pool-box. | don't purtend to
be no tarautula or any OF that sort, but
I'm goin to git up an howl tomorrow
If 1t breaks every soap factory in town
and don't you forgit it,"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
THE WIND AND STREAM.

brook came stealing from the ground,
You scarcely saw It's rilvery gl am
Among the herbs that hung around
The borders OF that wind ng strears
A pretty stream, placid stream.
softly gliding. bAshful stream
breeze came wandering from the sky.
Light as the whispers of dream
He put the oyerhanging grasses by,
And gaily stopped To Kiss the stream
The pretty stream. the fiattered stream.
The shy, yet unreluctant stream.
The water, As the wind passed DER
Shot upward many glancing beam,
Dlmpled and quiyered more and more.
And TIPPED along livel er stream,
The hsttered streaY. the simpering stream
The fond delighted, silly stream
Away the airy wanderer few
To where the delds with blossoms TEEN.
To sparkling springs and rivers blue.
And left alone that little stream,
The battered stream. the cheated stream.
The ssd. forsaken, lonely stream.
That careless wind no more came back
lie wanders yet the fields, deem
But on Its melancholy track
Complaining went that little stream
The cheated stream, the hopeless stresm,
The ever-muImuring, moaning stream.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
Excellence of Oat- Meal.

Liebig has chemically demonstrated that
oat meal is almost rs nutritious AZ the very
best English beef, and that IT is richer than
wheaton bread in the elements 20 20 10 form
bone and muscle Professor Forbes. Of
Edinburg, during some twenty years.
measured the breadth and height, and also
tested the strength Of both arms and loins.
Of the students Of the University very
numerous class and Of various nationalitics.
drawn 70 Edinburg by the fame Of his
teaching. He found that in height, breadth
Of chest and shoulders, and strength Of
arms and loins the Bclgians were At the
bottom Of the list a little above them, the
French very much higher, the English :
and the highest Of all, the Scotch and Scotch
Irish, from Ulster, who, like the natives of
Scotland, are fed In their early yeass AZ
least one meal a day Of good oat meal por
udgs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
He Caught a Crab.

She sat upon rock, fishing for crabs.
She had her dog with her-a skye terrier
snch n one as a Broadway vcnder would
charge you 80 for His hair was long
and as soft ~ silk, blue ribbons hung from
his ears, and his neck was encirclcd with a
nicklc-p plated collar Butts all that counted for
nothing as against the fearful scene through
which hc was about TO pass He lay close
10 the basket into which the Fifth avenue
belle dropped the crabs as fast as she caught
them. He was no doubt dreaming Of his
happy home far away, where he was wont
70 take his daily nap on 81, 900 sofa
Now and then a Tccn-bottlcd fly skipped
from car 20 ear OF lighted upon his back,
where the purp couldn't reach him, and at
such times he whiskcd his tail wildly iii
the intruder went away On one Of these
special occasions, after whisking of the fly,
the little silkcn tail rested upon the edge Of
the crab basket, and the end Of II dropped
inside, latitude 81 longitude 81. The
feathery edge Of it struck a crab i'm the eye,
and the claws closed on the appendage
s-i-m-u-l-t-a-n-c-o-u-s-l-yl The dog, Oh,
where was he a yelp, a howl, and then
in alvery tones the 'ti vi, ''ti vi, - as the
astonished pup sailed over the plain and
through the clover with n string Of crabs
connecting him with the empty bounding
basket, and all their claws clutchcd one
with the other, and for n minute there was
a mixed scene Of dog, crabs, basket, dust
and flying gravel, and the tail was told
There was no more crab fishing that day.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02

In the South, since the war, over
200, 900 negroes have ioined the Metho-
dist Church
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-02-07
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT
TO THE YANKEE MINE.
No. JDI.

TT y. LAND OFFICE, CARSON CITY,
". Nevada. Dce.mbgr 10. ISIS. Notice IL
hereby given that John Maxwell and J. d.
~rreadwell. BY J. Z. Gignoux. their Attorney in
vIrginin CITY. Nevada, h.. this day 1lsd his
application for . patent for Fifteen Hundred
linear feet Of the YANKEE NINE. ON the
Tucker Lode or Vein. bearing gold and oliver.
with surface ground six hundrd feet In width,
situate. lying and teing IN Gold I'M Mining
District. County Of STOREY and state Of Nevada.
and known and designated by the feld notes
and Official plat on die In this one q ar Lot Mum.
her lJ5. IN Township 10 north. Range u east of
Mount Dlablo meridian the otts'ior bounds.
nee Of laid Lot no. lis being - follows. TO
wit:
Variation 10 degrees 20 minutes east. Com.
mcncing NJ n Poet NAKED Yankee Y. 81 No. :,
being Post No. Iron whence bears the fiag-stan
on Mount Davidson north 35k degrees wet. the
hsg-stAd GU Ovtrman hoi,iibg ~.fks south ssk
desrees wet. the quarter section corner on the
north line OF section 8, Township 10 north.
Range n east. N. ID. NJ. bears north 30 degrees
10 minutes west, 2.s25 { ct distant. and running
thence from said post No. I, tlrst course, south
25degrees wet 100 feet 10 Poet No. Q thence,
second course, routh n d,grees esst COZ ieet 20
Poet No. . , thence. third course, north - de-
grces east l.sO feet 10 Poet No. 4. IRON whence
bears the north end Of Yankee Mine shsft south
3tk degrees west. distxnt W feet ihtnee from
Post No. 4. fourth course. north - degIee- west
900 feet 10 Post No. /. the place OF beginning.
containing ~ ] 100 acres. bearings expressed
from tue meridian.
This claim IL bounded on the north by the
Tucker and south Consolidated Virginia mines.
The lorAtion Of this mine IL dup r~coided In
The Recorders once Of storey County. State "
Nevada, In Book d Of Mining Claims.
Any and all per-ons claiming adverely any
portion Of raid Yankee mite OF said mining
Krr uld a. herclnbefore described. are required
10 Gle their adverve claim with the hesister OF
the United States Land once at Carron. In tbs
state Of Nevada. during the siIty days period
Of publication hereof. or they will be barred By
virtue Of the provisions of the statute.
dsi9 ESD a. N. n R~ecIstsr.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-02-07
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NOTICE NO. 3eJ.

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE. CARSON
u City, Nevada, December -. lsfS.-Noties
IL hereby given that E.W Leonard. whOs- post
once address 10 San Francisco, California, has
this day made application for United states
patent Tor thirteen bundled Il DO linear feet
of the Comstock Lode. bearing gold and silver.
with surface ground ELK hundred l6f0) i~ct In
width, being 30 feet on each side Of the middle
Of paid lode or vein, situate In Gold Hill Mining
District. County Of storey and State of Nevada.
aud ofhcihlIy surveyed. plated aud derenbsd a.
u. 3. surve, or Lot No 81 and i2G. IN Township
sixteen ll6I north, Ranges twenty 10 and
and t~ enty lone 2lD East. Mount Diablo Meridian.
aud commonly known ~ the FLORIDA slLvtK
MINING COMPANh's claim, and described By
msies aud bounds sccording 20 u. d. survey,
plat and field notes on die In this Ufnce, 20 fol.
lows, viz.
vty No. 81 and l26. located on summit OF ridge,
about 100 feet east Of American Flat toll road
aud about 60 feet touth OF the old toll gate.
and WHENCE bsars the northwest corner Of sec-
ton eighteen isl. Township sixteen d6l north.
lt,nge twentJ-onc t?il east. NJ. y. ~. south nye
and one-half toS) degrees wet, di.ta { nifty
nine t59) ieet, and the flagstaff on Mount De-
wilson north elsven and one hall iiihD drgrsa
cast thence running from said Post No. !. hrst
courrc. south l,SO feet To Post No. 2 thence.
second course, west coo feet 10 Poet No q;
thence, third course, north ! so feet to Post
No. 4; thence. fourth course. east GO feet TO
Post No. !, the place % beginning containing
sevsntsen aerr and 9i.i0U Of an are OF land.
ineluding the top or apex OF said icds or vein
Tor faid l.3Oo feet on the courre thereof.
bearings expressed from trne meridian. MAG
netic variation, 10 dsgres~ 30 minafer tast.
said claim 10 bounded on the south ~ ire
Pony Espress Gold and silver Mining Co,rpa.
ny's claim, and constitutes the noftneilp i,sso
fset of that certain minins ioesilon or,slnany
made about june -. ISL. sna ,nsu at ~