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'or had reached her already, and held aor
where she stood, as brave little woman
az ever lived, hot, exhausted, dirty and
barefoot. THE rustlers have cut the
trestlOS down i'm Riley's cut she gasp
ed. Them ,imbers is weak, ned enough
to wreck 1000 trains. and knowod you
couldn't SEQ II from above, and YOU bo,
hind time, and c inning fast; and 1 run
and run 10 tell dNddy ia time; and when
| seen you l knowed IL WIS no use %
mako signs at you, because am oil,
ways doing some :ool capor. but the
flag WAS sure 10 fetch you, and so
just pulled off my stockings and shook
them out, and here you are, o. K.r Talk
about fain:ing as a consequence of over
refinement, delicate rearing and horsdi-
tary exhaustion of nerve tenSioni That
child painted through her explanation,
and then fell back i'm swoon, IA natur-
ally AZ If she had been Princess. And
now, Miss, you SEQ why 1 admire cardi-
nal stockings" said the engineer.
Oddly enough, the speech did not i'm
press me as importinent.
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my son." said Mulbsrrv s,-,.,
mother, Ego down n the grocery aud
get me a can OF condensed miIk.''
81 should squirm to wlggle," answered
the boy.
go on, toll you"
II should limp 10 jump"
IF yod don't go this instant Tn toll
your father when lac comes home"
81 should blow TO taitle."
"Never mind, sir"
81 should whOop 30 squsal."
when the father came lie mother said.
Il wish you would whip Tom. He po,>
itively refused to go down 10 the grocery,
and told rue that ! was a tauler aud that
he would jump on mo II didn't mind"
"Tom,"
Yes, SIR"
what was that you said to your moth.
err"
Never said nothing"
Then am story toller and you are a
pretty boy said the mother.
Look here, young man; II you don't
behave yourself will thrash you. DO
you hear?"
II should litter to snort"
"Come here to me. sir. and the voung
man squirmSd to wiggle, lmped TO
jump, blow TO tattle, whoopsd TO squoal
| and tittered.to snort.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-10-21

&NANNA ~ AAN ANHHAMH AAaa
Albany Evoulag Journal.
The body Of Georgs " ashiortnn 10 rest
Tag In a brick vault Al Mount Vernon. In q
marble cofin.
JShn Adams vas buried Ia vault b..
meath the Usitsriau!. Church ~ Quincy
The tounb 10 walled In With large bio, ks Of
rough faced granite.
John Quincy Adams lcs Ia the same
vault bY the eide OF bic father. In The
church above, 90 either uds q the pull
pit. are tablets ~ clouded marble, each
surmountsd BY bust and Inscribed with
the familiar ,pitsphs Of the only father
and son that ever held the highest Oiiics
In thu.gft 81 tho American people.
Thomas Jefferson lies In a small, unpre-
tentlous private cemetery Of 100 feet
square, near Monticello.
james Madison s.remalus res, ina beau.
tiful spot on the old Madison estate. near
| Orange, Va
James MonroOs body Feposes In Holly
wood Cemetery. Va, on an eminence.
commanding a beautiful view Of Rich
mond and the James River. Above the
BODY Is huge block Of polished Virginia
marble, supporting coffin shaped block OF
granite, ON which arc brass plates, suita-
bly, inscribed. The whole Ia surrounded
by "a sort Of Gothic temple-four pillars
supporting peaked roof, ~ which some
thing OF the appearance OF bird cage IL
impaired by nlling In the interstices with
iren gratings.
Andrew Jackson was buried In the cor
neI VI the garden of tho Hermitage, eleven
miles from Nashville. The tomb is eight.
Ten feet In diameter, surrounded by fluted
columns and surmountod by an urn. The
tomb is surrounded by magnolia trees.
Martin Van Buren, was buried at Kin
derhook. The monument is plain gran
lite ehsft, fifteen feet high.
William Henry Harrison was buried at
North Bend, fifteen miles from Cincinnati.
John TYlers body rests within ten yards
of that of James Monroe in Hollywood
Cemetery. Richmond. II is marked by no
monument, but II is surrounded by magno-
lias and flowers.
James X. Polk lies 10 the private gar
den Of the family residence in Nashville,
Tenn; 1t is marked by limestone monu-
ment with Doric columns.
Zachary Taylor was buried In Cave Hill
Cemetery, Louisville. The body uas sub
sCquently to be removed to Frankfort,
where q suitable monument was to be
erected, commemorative of his dIstiu-
guished services
Millard Fillmores remains lie In the
beautiful Forest Lawn Cemetery of Buff
falo, and his grave is surmounted by
lofty shaft Of Scotch granite.
Franklin Pierce was buried in the Con
cord, N. H., Cemetery, and his grave is
marked by a marble monument.
James Buchanans remains lie in the
Woodward Hill Cemetery at Lancaster.
Pa, in vault of masonry, The monu-
ment is composed of simple block of
Italian marble.
Abraham Lincoln rests in Oak Ridge
Cemetery, Springfield, ILL.,, enclosed in
sarcophagus of white marble. The non
ument is great pile of marble, granite
and bronze.
Andrew Johnson's grave is on cone
shaped eminence, half mile from Green.
vile, Tenn. The monument is of marble.
beautifully ornamented.
The body of James A. Garfield has
been placed in tomb at Cleveland.
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BROAD GRINS.


The prettisr the stockings the longer il
takes tho girl to get across the street.
This world would be drssdfullY silent
place il people talked as little as they
thought
Never, Gays an Irish orEtsT,.. write An
anonymous letter without signing your
name 10 il.
Grscie's first. experience. in eating a
peach; I've eaten It cloth and all mamma
aow what shall do with the bone.
Yes, sir, said-Mr. Gallager, 1t was fun
ny enough to make a donkey laugh. /
laughed till cried.
had an awful dream last night, said a
man shuddering at the mere thought Of II.
l dreampt was chased by shark. For a
long time it was nick,and tuck with me, but
as wassreaching-- shore be grabbed me.
Must have had late supper of welcb
rare-bit, acknowledgements his friend.
No, returned the dreamer; began the
first lawsuit ever had in my life yester.
day.
1t Is impossible to satisfy some people.
No matter how much they have, they
want more. They are like the little boy
who had gorged himself at dinner, bu,
still begged for a piece of custard pud-
ding. But my dear, said his mother, you
are so4full now you .csn'Shardly [speak.
The youthful prodigy replied: Mother,
the opple-dumplipg side OF my stomach is
full, but the custard side is-empty.
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The Man oF Purpose and the Man
OF None.

OF None.
The careers of two men in one OF our
Connecticut cities, writes Hartford cor
respondent, afford subject for thought.
whatever the moral deduced. Not TWEEN
ty years ago, ono of the most promising
clergymen IN Connecticut was Rov. Mr..
-. Settled in beautiful city, with A
parish that addOred him, young, hand
some and talented, he easily married into
one of tho Oldest aud wealthest families
of the town. To-day hear Of him a.
staggering through the streets of a rural
town, with helpless invalid wife and
half-starvsd family. The wheel has turn.
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promotion to larger and larger cities is
concerned, yet his degradation has OF late
years beer no lees rapid. Not that be
is altogether TO blame for the mischances
that have befallez him, for there have
been some domestic misfortunea. and
there were some unfortunate influences in
some Of the churches over which he has
minsterod that did not help him. Yet a
stronger maR would have overcome tbess
and the fact remains true that TO-DAY a
brilliant writer and able clergyman bas
gone all to wreck for lack Of moral princi.
pie
10 tho same city, some thirty years ago.
cane young physician, who accidentally
stumbled upon the town, dlned there. liked
the looks Of things, and stuck up bis shin
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druggist, who told him he was "a fool 20
settle there"
I'VE shall see, was the response.
The first Sunday Of his stay ho attended
church, and on his return said % hls land
lady:
II saw my wife At church to-day"
what 90 you mesn2 Understood you
10 be batchelorY"
80 am, but saw in church ibe lady
that shall marry"
"Who Is she2"
II don't know. nevorsaw her before
but che sat IN the centre Of tho middle
aisle and was dressed 20 and 20.
"G9Odnoss, that IL Miss -. one Of eBr
Oldest families She won't look At poor
young doctor like you"
we shall see, said The doctor. who in
less than TIVE years made a bride Of the
lady Ia question, rose 90 a dno practice iu
town, and BE- o. day, ~ he has been Tor
years, the leading physician 81 one OF the
largest cities in America, in possession of
princelY incDme, man whose name
would be recognized BY two thirds of
your readers were it given here This
man had purpose, ihe clergyman bad
none
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rERsoNtL Sorzs AND COMMENTS.

Mr.. John Kelley knows where the
"eodoine tvineth-he's gone there.
Aiss EiwIna Booth, daughter OF Edwin
Both. Is, Il b reported, engaged TO marry
Mr. Dovuing YauH, son Of the we'll
known architect.
Mr.. walker Blaine, oldes, son Of the
Secretary Of STATE, IL reported to be cen
didaie for domination 70 Congress in the
Third District Of Maine next year.
Al,Handsr III IL mentioned as the pos
SCISSOR Of almos, evangellstic opinions. and
be often declares, Il am quite ready TO
meet death when Il comes
Bishop Simpson is 10 be formally re-
oeived By The Methodist clergy in Phils-
d'lphia upon bis return to America fort
night hence.
Blshop wiley tells the Methodist clergy
Of Cincinnati that II 10 dangerous buE-
ness for them 10 Hiss women promGcuous
ly.
Robert l.. Stuart, Rober, Lenex Ken
nedy and his sister, Mise Kennedy. have
each given Mrs Garfield $4,000. or s45.
600 altogether. The money was Deposited
BY the donors, few days ago In the Bank
Of Commerce 20 Mrs. Garield's credit.
and notice sent to her that she could draw
At her pleasure.
Mr.. Whackem Miller and Mr. Mckee
Rankin are 10 have libel suit, all about
the Shadow Of Navoo. WHAT shades
we are-what shadows We pursue. in
chasing Millsr's literary reputation and
Rsnkin's financial equipoise.
John Chlnaman in Idaho. like every
where else, Is alice sameo a. Mclean man.
muchee on tho make. In Galena City the
alnond-eysd laundrYman charges 90 a
dozen for plain washing OF small pieces
and so for shirts-about what most Of
them can be bought outright for.
A woman living In Boston apartment
house let herself down In the elevator AZ
ter the usual time for operating Il. She
found herFelf at the bottom Of the well.
with the door locked asd no steam M 70
lit the car again. The janitor, to punish
her for what she had done, left her
prisoner oil night. Then che made him a
prisoner in police station,
Ex-senator Conkling. Ex Senator
Howe, Ex-senator Boutwell,, Ex-Post-
master General Creswel. Elk. Postmaster
General Jewell, and ever 80 many more
sHs arc spoken OF for cabinet positions.
The country wants no political fossils
resurrected. Let Us have new deal, as
General Schenck would say.
DIR. J. G.. Holland, the well known lee
turer, poet, novelist and journalist died
at his residence in New York on Wednes
day OF last week. DR.. Holland leaves a
wife, one OF the Chaplin family Of Spring.
field, whom he married when % years old,
two unmerrie9 daughters, and one son,
Theodore Holland, who Is at present In
the senior class at Yale.
BuroD r. Sherman, the newly-elocted
Governor of Iowa, is distant relative Of
Senator and General Sherman lie was
practlcing law when the war broke out.
and enlisted in en- Iowa regiment a. second
sergeant. He was severely wounded at
Shiloh, and while in hospital was promo
ted to be captain. Though on crutches.
he returned to his company, aud con,in-
ued in the service until his wound CO M
PEELED his return home. Since 1874 he
has held the Office OF State Auditor.
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George Cox, Of Rutland, Vt, recently
brought suit against the Superintendent
Of the House Of Correction for cutting
off Cox's beard while the latter was con-
fined in that institution, and after he bad
waived the right to be kept twenty four
hours before being committed. Cox IN
dertook 70 revoke the waiver when be
found that he was 10 lose bis board, but
the Superintendent enforced tho rule Of
the institution, and of went the prison
er's beard. He paid bic Gne few days A..
ter and was released lie brought a suit
In the County Court, laying his damages
At 500, alleging that be took cold from
the loss Of bis whiskers, that lock Jaw
followed and nearly caused bis death.
The jury brought In a verdict In favor Of
the defendant. Cox took The case to tho
Supreme Court, which has Iust reversed
the decision Of the County Court. and
Cox recovered 500 O..
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10 publishing the acts Of the MisissIppi
Legislature recently the laws got mixed
with parts Of an anil-Bapiisi book that
was being get up by the SANS printer
The following was the result. BE ID en-
octed by the senate and House Of Rsprs
sentalivos u the State Of M ssisfippi ia,
DAP means 10 put under The water. and
ITO means 90 take out
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A new defnition-A jury isa body Of
men organized 70 find out which side has
the smarlest lawyer
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obstructions or uncomprehended phenomena The
Admiration OF man TO his physical environment ah'e
dates his social moral and religious eNoiuu"hs
consequently the phantasms that fade from MS outer
world have tendency TO pass INTO ms inner "o',d'
undergoing snch notifications a. enable them TO tie
scribe tue pains and pcrils which bcset his progress
beyond mere animal needs and aims.
Demons may he classified according 10 the cnai-
actor Of the obstacles which they represent. Mr..
Conway makes twelve classes representing l.
Hunger: .. Heat: 3. Cold; 4. Destructive eie-
mcpts. = Destructive animals: o. Human enemies;
:. Barrenncss of the Earth; :. Obstacles a. the
river or mountain; 9. Illusion; 10 Darkness; H.
Disease -. Death.
Mr. Conway traces the Lelefs Of VARIOUS ages ana
countries in demons whose functions corIeFl onu
with this classification, and argues from the closc
resemblance of the different myths and legehuh INC
identity Of their origin. In this part OF the "ork ~
makes ingenious use OF the light Of philology' io'
rs he truly remarks this If a case III Whi'h ""lus
are things. He presents great abundance VI
curious and interesting material in support ol 'n'
theory. and probably few will deny That III eIc"'
majority of instances his conclusions are )us'''ou ~
the testimony The pursuit OF rcsemniah'tS h""
ever il dangerous Just in proportion to its fascina-
ton. IL we are TO establish relationships merely ny
comparing countcnances, We shall soon pass ont "l
the realm Of research into that Of fancy and prcn-
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His hatred of many of the standard d"einaS 81
orthodox Christianity has overthrow hrs Judgment
and has led him into dogmatism and eNtraN agah'e'
His second volume is devoted 10 the Devil rpr'-
sentnc in a great measure not wrongs ""t
sins artificial evils the obstacles of sac'nlola'
class or the impedmcnts Of fanatical sect. III
this part Of the work his attempt 70 connect deN"
lore with personages and incidents held sacred ny
most Christian Churches well rs 10y the Jews Is
carried TO its extreme.
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Apis bull and another and failed to distinguish the
sole reign Of king from his joint reign with others
"A monarch might occupy the throne ten years IL
CONJUNCTION with his father. thirty two years
alone and three years IN conjunction with ms son
in an Egyptian royal let lac will be- credited WIN
forty-fve years although his first ten years Will
be assigned also To his father and his last thr~ TO
his SON Contemporary dynastics, If accepted a.
legitimate will appear in an Egyptian list a. con-
secutiye while dynastcs not 50 accepted. however
long they may have rcigncd, will disappear alto
rcthcrv Thus even il the fragmcntary records no"
known should bee largely supplemented 10y future
discoveries It il not probable that ia" difficulty III
settling ancient Egyptian dates will be cleared
away With respect 10 the latest period, or that Of
the New Empire. which lies between 1900 and 900
b. c.. Canon Rawlinson places the limit Of nncer-
tainty AZ about two centuries. In the Middle Em-
pirc or period Of the Shepherd Kings. IT reaches
nearly five centuries though Canon Ra"linson does
not believe that the whole duration Of this period
can exceed two hundred years. As for the remote
Old Empire the differences IN the chronology a.
signed 10 it by different authorities amount 20 no
less than two thousand years
The volumes are handsomely printed in the same
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ground" greater man than Bulwer might Oe
easily spoiled in that way. Lord lrougham was
always a fool among silly women. as wei ~ sono-
times elsewhere. 1t is by no means certain that
Wordsworths women did him any good OF that u
does any man any good TO be petted and reverenced
and worshipped a. lac was All men like it, and get
a great deal more Of it than is good for them
| once tried To read Mrs. Suneryillc's Connection
Of the Physical Sciences" under the youthful mn
preston that 1t was a book which everyone should
read through once at least if not twice. Ii WAS
lamentablc failure. The physical sciences refused
to connect in my brain. - they have refused ever
since But | introduce this learned lady merely to
tay that her husband. DR.. Somcrville who was by
no means 20 learned She perfectly dotted upon his
wife and was very proud of her. There arr pairs
literary or scientific which seem predcstned for
each other. from the beginning OF the world-the
Blakes. for instance or the Godwins, not 10 mem
tioa many Others. Sometimes they come together
in strang, ways. as in Nary NollstOnecratts case.
Bat there il a Providence. And sometimes II is all
the other way, with poor Shelley and his ilIst
poor wife.
BIT why shonld We be always peeping through
the holes in the curtains to know whether the
household gods are standing brayely upon their
pcncstals or have hccn knocked ignominiously over
in some sudden and maybe shameful squabblei We
gct enough morbid anatomy in these days without
running after il. Let those who will, smile or
sheer at the yirago. with eyes flashing aud arms
al.imbo. volubly unhurdcnng her ilinty bosom, or
hrr,oly commanding her poor good man TO write or
10 paint or to compo. music or to 40 this or that
lest the supplies be- cut Oh | prefer to think of
sweet kind natures, always ready for help. making
home attractive and convenient. sure that the last
article via the best; whatever the world may 'ay
OF 10. and striving ia all way to make matters 20
smoothly. The world is full Of these aud never
hears Of them. No matter, lis foolish old world
q l,..t
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| imagine any President of the United States thus
uanghtiiy behaving himself this thing might hap
pen again tomorrow and here. There might be
skirtcd delegations from all parts OF the land fnsh'
Ing to Washington tn bring His Exccenry back to
tho WAYS If morality. When one remembers hat
women did in the old anti-savcry times, what they
arr still doing IN the caus" of Temperance and Tor
all other good CAUSES whatsoever, a little voting
more or less does not seem 10 be- Of much conse-
qucncc There were women preaching IN Dr. john
sons time and readers will remember thr treat
CHAINS snccr at them. sir, said he to Boswell
q woman preaching is like a dogs walking on hi7
hind legs 1t il not Zone well, but you are surprised
that il il done Al all
II there bc such creatures ~ shrows IN TINS
world, which am far from asserting, | suppose
that Xantppc the wife Of Socrates. may be IT,
car,lcd a, one of the most lu-trious Of the order
one anccotc uf nor j. pcrpctually related how she
gave her wise lord sloycr-hath from the chamber
window II is odd how that LITTLE story has pleased
/ maukInl Il has been told over and over again,
and the remark Of the drcuchcd philosopher per
pctually repeated. | saw the scene IN an in'tIaI
| letter the other day. cut 10y llolhen Tor one &"
| Problems books Icn like 10 tell how much abused
| they have been. hut one does not hear so much of
abused wives, or did not until lately. q" not
know a more pitiu portrait than that which Butler
! draws Of a IIcn-Pcc}.ei Man-how lac ridcs be
hind his wife. and let's her wear the spurs and
govern the rcins" 80 he is but subordinate and
ministerial to his wife who commands in chief and
he darcs DO nothing wi hout her order She sits a.
the helm and De- does but tug like Lave AZ the oar.
Ills wife cspou~~d and took him TO husband for
better or for worse and the last word stands.
with Esau he has sold his hirthrigu FOR q mess
Of matrimony.' Ihcre Is plenty 81 tins sort OF
thing in literature il we will hut tahc tine trouble
to look it mp | suppo-c that There Is *"u' .'rn-