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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-02-14

A duke walking in his garden one day,
saw Latin copy Of great work on Mathc-
matics lying on the grass and thinking It
had been brought from his library called
some one TO carry it back
1t belongs TO me, said the gardeners 5
son stepping up.
"lours!' cried the duke; 500 you un-
derstand geometry aud Latini"
II know little of them, " answered the
lad modcs.ly.
The duke, having n taste for the sciences.
began to talk with the young student. and
WAS astonishcd at the Clcarncss and intelli-
gcncc of his answers.
'Iiut how came you TO know 80 much?"
asked the duke
''Onc OF the servants taught me to read, ~
answered the lad; zone does not need 10
know anything more than the twcnty-six
letters in order to learn everything else one
wishes but the gentleman wanted to
know more about it.
''Attcr learned 10 read" said the boy,
''thc masons came TO work on your house:
] noticed the architect used "A rule and com
passes, and made n great many calculations.
What was the meaning and use Of that?
asked and they told me Of a science called
arithmetic. bought an arithmetic and
studied il through. They then told me
there was another science called geometry.
bought the books and learned geometry.
Then ! found there were better books
about these sciences in Latin | bought n
dictionary and learned Latin. | heard
there were still better ones in French.
got dictionary and learned French. It
seems TO me we may learn everything
when we know the twenty letters OF
the alphabet"
They are in fact, the ladder 10 every
science. But how many boys are cOEtcnted
to waste their time at the first two or three
rounds, with not pluck nor perseverance
enough to climb highcrl Up, up, up, if
you want to know more, and see clearer
and take high post Of usefulness
III the world. And if you are a
poor boy and need little friendly encour-
agcmcnt 10 help you ON, be sure, if you
have will to climb, you will find the
way just az the gardeners son found il
afterwards in the Duke Of Argyll under
whose parcntagc he pursued his studies
and became dislin- uishcd mathematician.
StD1tc's N0th,Wuticui DictiOHury-
for stone was the young gardeners maine
was celebrated book published IN London
some years apO
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American Birds.

The Duke of Argyle says in his lmpre
slons. with regard to the birds If Mort
America, | cannot doubt from what | saw
and heard that as songSters they are inferior
10 our own. This is The testimony of Mrs.
Grant OF Laggan, who was familiar with
both. lt Is curious circumstance that be-
tween one Canadian bird and the cores
ponulng species al home the only difference
could detect was that the American spe-
Cies was silent, whilst our own is ALWAYS
talking. | refer TO that charming bird the
common sandpipcr, abouudlng ON the
banks of every rcam aud lake in the high
lands Its American cousin is equally
abundant on all the rivers i'm Canada. but
whilst at home its call notes are inccsslnt.
and the male bird has even "A continuous and
most lively song, did not hear a solitary
sound from the Sandpipcr of Canada. .his.
however, may have been an accident, aud
the sandpipcrs are no where rcckoncd
among the birds OF song One hears the
migratory thrush lrObln) everywhere, i'm
the midst of the gardens and villas OI towns
and cities, and IN every little clearing of the
forest on the outskirts of human habitation.
Ii Is pleasant song, but decidedly inferior
To any of It's cousins in Britain Ii is in
tcrior in power to the missal thrush, in VA
Ai'tN ~ 'Nl Nplllhbl lhdNlS, IN melody To
the blackblrd. Near Niagara | heard one
very broken and interrupted sony OF fine
tone and of considerable power But al
though | was in the woods and fields OF
Canada and of the States in the richest mo
ment OF the spring, | heard little of that
burst of song which in England comes from
the blackcap and the garden warbler and
the common wren, ana >lJcally) from the
nightingale. Above all there is one great
want which nothing can replace The
meadows OF North America were to my eve
thoroughly English in appcarauce-the
same rich and luNuriant grass, the same
character of wild flowers and even the same
weeds The skies of America are higher
and wider and more tul OF sunshine But
there is no skylark To enjoy that glorious
privacy of light. The sweetest singer i'm
the Heavenly Fathers choir rs wanting i'm
the New World. | cannot help thinking
that 1t might he introduced. Olcourse the
winters Ol Canada and of the Northern
states would compel it TO follow almost all
the other birds which summer there, aud
To retire with them until the return OF spring
to Virginia or the Caroinas. IL would be
AN Interesting experiment. do not know
whether 1t has been tried. Ii not I would
suggest IL to my American friends as one
worth trying. 1t would be ahappicr intro
ductiOn than that OF the London sparrow. 81"
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Lake jewellers.

This class of persons lived before the
time of the Pyramid d-bmlders but i'm their
progress aud their discovery, fins, of bronze
and finally of iron, they may have been
slower and later than the ancient Egvp.
tIanS. The only knowledge we have of that
strange people, who once lived i'm curious
rounded houses built on platforms erected
for some distance from the shore out into
the lakes of Switzerland, is derived from
archaeology In 1854 the waters of Lake
Zurich (and of some other Swiss lakCs) re
cedcd farther than they had ever been
known To- sink before during the historic
period; and farmer, digging the rich
muck thus exposed for his gavdcn. was as.
toniShed upon coming upon masses of piles,
ana, mixed among these, bronze mplc-
menlS-kuivrs Chisels, axes, etc. In other
localities subsequent explorers, digging
down INTO these lakes and in other places.
came upon implements of stone as well ms
bronze; but 1t was found in every instance
that the stone implements lav below those
ot bronze. Whether the aye of bronze came
Ion the Lake Dwollcrs at the same time
that II did TO those wonderful pcople i'm.
hamting the valley of the Nile. is very
doubtful, if the Lake Dwcllcrs were earlier
than the Egyptians, they were also slower.
bronze. But they reached that ave. They
had luuccs fish hooks, siCblcs, axes. all of
bronze. II was an age In which men did
not know the use of non. And the bronze
implements they had were cast iu the forms
IN which We find them I'm some localities
we come upon articles of bronze and of
stone IN others of stone only. The qucs-
ton arises was there ever "A prriod
IN which mankind used only implements of
stone. There is no doubt of il. From one
lake alone in switzerland no fewer than
2,Gl3 axes have now been recovered. l43 nr-
rows and variety of other weapons and
domestic utensils, all stone Other Swiss
lakes yield similar suggestive revelations
And 1t was the same in Great Britain-it
was the same in France 1t was the same
throughout Italy, Germany, and most parts
OF Europe-it was 50 even i'm Egypt Not
even the Egyptians knew, at one time, the
use OF iron or bronze.
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Havana.

Havana Is cosmopolitan One sees IN her
streets almost every nationality and hears
many tongues. Coolies are employed for
much of the work along the harhor front
and also swell the ranks of the pcddlcrs
The vanity bred in the CaSliliau is cVinCed
10y the many varieties of gorgeous uniforms
meeting the eye. Almost every third man
Is I'm uniform, and score or So differently
trcked out may hc seen at glance Some
ol the officers wearing side arms also carry
MalacCa sticks with golden brown cord
and taSscl, which strangely suggests Cock
nCNism. One of the CommOncst tVpcs is a
swarlhy bearded man dressed i'm "A very
neat light blue striped material. with white
vest, low cut, exposing gorgeous shirt
front, small pancake cap with straight
tortoise shell visor, gold bowed eve glasses.
aud all the decorations in cap and uniform
that his rank will allow The ladies sell
dom 20 covered in the street Their coifl
ures are most elaborate; and only film of
lace is occasionally worn on The back of
the head. Some of the poorer classes wear
even less than tine traditional Topsy. and
during the mornings drive our company
passed several groups of negro children
with only natures covering. In the even.
ing the social lie of Havana begins. The
long lines of the Prado are aplaZc with
light, the numerous cafes ovcrn W To the
sidewalks which i'm many instances are
under hrC0dCs, and the theatres and the
circus furnish amusement. Brilliant pri-
vaie oqulpagcs and less ambitious victor.
ias dash along with their loads of dark
bearded men and smiling scnoritas The
lhcon theatre has probably world wide
reputation. For some cause it is closed AT
present, aud the fashionable house is the
Theatre Payrel dc la Puz, Il handsome new
Theatre, standing i'm "a square nearly oppu-
site the Gacon. The payrct il probably ns
large as the Boston theatre, which il very
mnch resembles There is IA parquet circle
and four tiers above, two of which are di-
vided into boxes. The theatre has "A fair
company and IA remarkably large orchestra.
which discourscs excellent music The
curtain remains down about fifteen minutes
between the acts, and the parquct is entire
ly cmpticd. The men throng out into the
the lobhics or the adjoining cafes, smoke
cigarettes or drink coffee. The American
bar is feature of the Havana cafe, but not
the prominent feature. Ii is found on one
side or in corner while most of the space
is devoted To the handicapped tables for
coffee drinkers
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KINGWOOD PRESTON COUNTY, A. 1880

this fatty matter, and It's behavior with
acids and alkalics, prove that its chemical
composition differs from that of all other
oils known. Like all drying OILS il forms
10y the action of neat a glutinous substance:
but, white heat is indispensable to make
such oils more sicCativC, thc Min grease
loses portion of this property through
heating. The elastic substance of oils is
soluble I'm ether, and especially in mrpen-
tine, but that of min is nearly msoublc i'm
these materials. In some localities in Cen
tral America this oil is largely employed
for painting wooden utensils, such a ladies'
etc, mass being made with color. chalk,
and the grease, and applied precisely as in
ordinary oil painting Ii has been observed
that articles painted with IL may bc pre-
served for long time. Guitar manulac-
turors also use this grccsc i'm vanishing
their Instruments. AS yet it has received
mo- application in pharmacy. Ii is probable
that the ancient race which formerly pcop-
led Central America used this grccsc i'm
painting their buildings, and it is for this
reason that, after n lapse OF several ccntu-
rlcs the decorations are still To bc seen i'm
That perfect state of preservation which
caused the admiration of MIR, Stevens when
he visited these ruins i'm 1912.
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Marrying at Large.

A New York justice Of the peace was re-
Gently called TO German house i'm that city
to marry couple. Putting marriage
certificate in his pocket, he started for the
festive scene Arrived at the house, under
the direction Of IA bluc-lcggcd little boy,
who pointed out the place, he knocked aud
went in. In the middle Of the floor stood n
stout German girl, sorry and plump, her
blue eyes rolling out tears as large M butter
pats.
Whats the matter1' said the sympa-
thctic judge.
Matter" said the girl, ''dat Gotleib
went off and wouldn't marry me- amt itl"
The justice said he supposed il was and
intimatcd that lac had come TO marry some
one, and requested the old lady to bring on
the lambs TO the sacrifice. Old lady said,
Dare vos no lambs-Gotlcib sh run OIL,
and vii not marry my Katnrina"
"Well, said the justice, "Gotlcib isn't
the only man there is--send for some other
man to marry her
AT this Katarlna's face frightened up,
and she CALCULATED, "Yah-dat is goot-
send NIT Hans
Hans was sent for, but couldn't come.
When her messenger returned, Kaiarina.
determined not to give it up, SAID, 'Send
nit ShOscph'
Shoseph was sent for, but nc couldn't be
found. Katarina's looks fell at this news.
and the justice was growing impatient
just then Kalarina looked out OF the win
dow and saw short and thick young
German going by, when she rushed 10 the
door and halloOcd, Fritz Fritz"
Fritz shortly made his appearance al the
door, when Katarina's mother said, "Friz,
you lOfs mine KatarinaP
Fritz, allowed he did, "morc as sauer-
kTaut."
Then stand mp here cried the Justice:
and before Fritz could realize his position.
hc and katarina were man and wife, and
hhlarinas arms were around his neck.
and her lips pressed 10 his she crying the
the while. "Mcin husband -mcin Fntz,"
Our duty as correct historians compcls MS
10 say That Frirz huggcd back as well as hc
knew bow. The justice with head erect,
stepped smiling out, leaving the lovers TO
themselves, and walked away mcditativcly.
IL holy calm stealing all over his massive
proportions, the cOnsciOusLess OF having
done lis duty cleaning in his eye, and
honor, honesty, and reclitudc IN his foot
steps.
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In 1894, an English Judge delivered the
Following charge 20 q jury iu u duelling
case: 'lt rs now a painful duty which
jointly belong 10 us, 30 is mine 10 lay down
the law, and yours tO apply 10 To- The facts
before you The oath by which ] am
bound Obligcs me to say that homicide.
after due interval left for consideration.
amounts 10 murder The laws OF England
in their utmost lcuity and allowance for
human frailiy extend their compa ssion
OILY To- sudden and mOmcutary frays. and
then, ii the blood has not bon time % cool
or The reason tO return. the result is termed
mauslaughtcr. such is the law Of the land.
which undoubtedly the unfortunate gentle
man at The bar has violated. though hc has
acted iu conformity 10 the law oi honor.
Ills whole demcanOr in the duel, according
To- the witness whom you are most % be-
licve, Colonel Stanwix, was that of perfect
honor and perfect humanity. Such IS The
Law and such arc the facts. IL you cannot
reconcile the latter TO your conscience, you
must record a verdict of guilty. Buff the
contrary though The acqutta may trench
on the rigid rules Of the law, get the YER
dict will be- lovely In the sight Of God aud
man. But finer still was the direction Of
the Justice Fletcher in 1912, on a similar
occasion, when addressing an Irish Jury, he
summed up in two minutes. "Gentlemcn.
it IS my business 90 lay down the law TO
you, and / shall do 90 Where two peo.
pie go out to fight duel, and one Of them
falls, the law says IL is murder And tell
you, by law this il murder; but, at the ssre
time fairer duel / never heard oT in the
whole course Of my life"
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$3.50 Per Annun
VOL. III.
A BABY GIRL.

little one climbed in my lap last night
fair little crs ature with shin, eyes,
That seemed TO have taken tn ir radiant light
From the fsirest hue Of the summer skies
And down on my shoulder she laid her head,
And settled herself with quaint little twirl;
And then. looking up in my face, che said.
Now, sing mo-a song Of baby glrl."
-of a Aby girl :" How nv thoughts few back
To another time aud another scene,
Far lar adown on my memorys track.
With many Joy and sorrow between
To another time when At evenings close.
Tired out with the long days busy whirl.
l. too chmbed up for sweet repose
On my moth re lap-a baby girl
How We change, how We change, A. the years
go on
There are silver threads in my hair to-day :
And the loving and CHI rished motber In gone
To the pl' asaut lNud where angels stay.
o, wonder. / wonder. II e'er che looks down
From the beautiful city with gates OF p arl. q"
From the slundng harp aud the cleaning
crown"
To follow the fate of her baby girl
What is this, little one ? All, her head droop-
low,
And her fingers have loosened their olrging
clasp.
For the innocent slumber but children know
Holds her baby brain in its soothing grarp.
And L gather more closely her form to my
breast
And tenderly toy with c.ch clust ring curl
When our labor g done; may our inalIest
BE as sweet AZ the sleep OF my baty girl!
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THIS insect, which has considerable eco
nOmie use in Central America. belongs to
the same genus as the cOchincal. and is
called by the native name Of "ni-in." Be.
ing unknown 10 science. tbc author names
IL COccus adpofcra The females are " "a
coral-red and are covered with fine whit
ish powder they live ON trees belonging
20 the genus SpOdias, and known as "hog
plumbs.' They adhere 90 the trees by
means Of their boaks, remaining moiionlcss.
and existing iD such large numbers that
they frequently cover every portion OF the
plant. There is extracted from these fc.
males 26 tO ~ per cent. Of their weight of
a bright yellow fat having an odor suigc-
nris, and whicb when recently melted is
homogeneous. but in a short time becomes
granular and Of a lighter color. II Is the
most quickly drying olcaginous substance
known, since 10 becomes Immediately
covered over with pcllicle full of wrinkles
and folds and II this pcliclc be- dipped
into the Rrcese 10 exclude It's surface from
coniast with the air the whole mass shortly
becomes transformed into ON infusible an
insOlublc rcsinOus substance Applied to
paper OF any other surface, This grccsc dries
in six or seven hours 80 as 20 form "a smooth
luslrous sugiacc and almost odorless Mixed
with cOpal, or any other resin. and tupon-
tine, 10 forms a gylden-ycllow drying var
nish. It's melting point is SO Heated
10 a temperature Of 2OOo 60 2lOo until it
becomes glutinOus, il changes on cooling
into bland elastic mass (caOutchOue Of
ni-in) which is almost insOluble in spirit Of
turpentiuc, but insoiuble IN bisulphida Of
carbon. In 70 per cent. alcohol il Is but
slightly soluble. The various properties Of
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weather news

January viii be rather warm, but not
very warm somewhat moist, but not very
moist; just moist enough There will be
some cold weather, and some not quite 81
cold just cold enough.
February The weather will be like that
Of January, only more 80, with slight var.
iatiOns
March-C3n't say whether we will have
any weather this month or not The game
Is blocked and the machine won't indicate
but it rs safe TO say it will rain, and it never
rains but IL pours
AprI-PcOpe will be greatly fooled on
the weather Of this month. We know
what 10 will be, but don't propose % spoil
all the fun by giving it away.
May-We may have some rain this month.
but it will not rain all the time The sun
will shine.
By the time we have got along 10
This month we will all begin 10 see the cf
fccts Of the famine Oh, but 10 will be hot
some of The time but 10 is well enough for
some folks To- become acclimaled
July-Some dust, rain. clouds and wind.
but more sunshine it will be quite hot.
August Considerable fair and warm
weather but not more than We can use.
september Some rain, at least enough
TO supply milkmcn Sunshine.
Octobcr-Talk Of a boat race will pre-
vent a storm this month
November-Some snow and rain
December More snow.
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Sweet COurtship.


They were sitting on s,ilc-Sary and
steve. lie at one end, soemnly "gnaw-
lng ms tawhy moustache, she at the other,
soicuiiiy khIItihB cott"n lace. lie smiled.
onc a;H Sn''lcu nc slipped up close to her
sue tooh piS sweet potato out Of his
PoOHo' anu NIPeu II carcluily on ms sleeve.
HVSS swap, Sald ne, IN deep, rich tones,
a. as ne IiaIlue'i her inc potato, and, taking
'iio u'Isy Cotloh Iace from her hands, he
coPIGtl,Shiy wrapped II around his hat.
"cil, less, she rcphcd, gnawlng at the
law Ia" PC'ato' Zen minutes OF dead silence.
~ ileH ~ from aho'heT PocKet he handed bun
u'' ..G. s'Gu up ID nahdkerChIei;
UuCs What l We got SAID lac, nrchly
"To ~ - '"'''''
..C,im,,or o,i,,.,,,
..%n 2,
..Chi,t.,.,,i...,,,
..Na >, P'''''
..Iyar,,,s,n
..Nlc -
..Goohors9r
C'OoVisI
.F%r % 90, ,o,, Wv YucS' VINO 'ney 10 iur.
..vl 20 mar
.JN; 80,
az P"'
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The census act authorizes the CCnsus
bureau To report "thc kind and amount of
power employed In establishments of pro-
ductivc industry, and the kind and number
OF machines In use, together with the maxi.
mum capacity of such establishments.
where the superintendent of census shall
deem such inquiry appropriate. The IN
formation which this inquiry will bring out
VIII he OF great value and importance, and
the superintendent Is taking measures to
make II thorough and searching In 1870
there were reported 2,TO7, ,I2l persons I'm
the United States employed IN mnnufActur-
ing, mechanical and mining industries. and
0,"22, 600 employed In ngriCulturc-mak-
ing n total of $500, i2l persons engaged I'M
productive pursuits. But this piece OF in
formation ~ incomplete without knowl-
edge of the aggregate power of all the
steam-engincs and water wheels harncsscd
To the work also. Very little labor. com
paralivcly, IL now done without the aid of
power machinery, and the human muscles
contribute but small portion of the power
employed. IL is estimated that the steam
engines in France give an aggregate force
equal to that of 81 600, 900 men and 10 has
been asserted that the power machinery in
Great Britain has IA force clual to that of
SOO, 600, 600 men. To know what the pro
ductive capacity Of our country is, there
fore, we must inquire, not only how many
persons are employed In productive pur-
suits, but how many stcam-cngincs and
water wheels, with the horse power they
represent, arc employed also. 1t will
throw some light on that very interesting
and much disputed question, whether the
world is able to consume all that IL is able
To produce.
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where doc. llle nnr teein2

As a matter Of fact, the day begins all
around the wOrld-uot At the same instant
of time, but just az the sun visits success
sivc portions Of The earth In his Journey
from east 10 west. But the traveller who
crosses the Pacific ocean can give another
answer to- the above question that on the
18Th degree Of longitude one half Of the
circumference Of the globe, starting from
Greenwich east or west, these is an ar
bitrary change or dropping of dav, and
that at this point, If anywhere, the day
may be said To- begin. II was with strange
feelings That the writer, crossing the Paci-
ic, having gone 90 bed on Saturday night.
leaving everything pertaining 10 the alma.
mac, in satisfactory condition, awokc on
Monday morning Sunday had completely
dropped from our calendar for that week
at least Every one knows that i'm travel
ing round the world from east TO west n
day is lost, and in order 20 adjust his rec
kOnlng TO that Of the place hc has left. one
must drop day as If ne had not lived IL,
when iu reality the time has passed by
lcuE.hcnng every day during the journey
For % long time It was the custom for sal
Tors % effect This change pretty much
whcrc they pleased but IL has now become
settled rule among American and English
uayiga.ors that at tbc l5Oih degree q day
must be passed over If going west, and one
added II going east, in which latter case the
traveller caJnys two Sundays or two Thurs.
days, rs the case may be. II is most likely
That this particular degree was decided on
from Che fact That, except q few scattered
islands Of Polynesia, there are no large COM
muuities, with their vast commercial and go.
cial transactions, % be affected by the
change
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Keep 20 he Right

ln the cities, the custom of keeping to
the right hand side Of The sidewalk should
be invariably observed; anyone who persists
ln taking The left hand may be deemed
ignorant aud rude, unless there are very
special reasons for his conduct For vchic-
cles, The right hand side 10 the right side.
alike in town and country. Some Of The
States have statute laws commanding this.
ln others The rule upon customs.