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The Virginia star., 1881-08-27
Blonde Hair Changed to Black.

A recent paper from Prof. Prentiss, re-
cords very remarkable change in
color of the hair of lady patient who
had been treated several months for
blood poisoning with iaborandi, a
Brazilian plant used in medicine. This
medicine, which is given to produce
sweating in certain rare cases, was first
given to the patient in subcutaneous in
iections in December last. At that time,
and previously, her hair was light
blonde, but within about two weeks q
change toward darker color was a
perceptible, which increased until, in the
middle of January, the hair became of a
chestnut color. In May the color was
nearly q pure black, which it still re-
tains, although there is slightly appar-
ent tendency to return again to a lighter
color. At this is the only recorded case
of this plant (Which is not, however, in
common use) having produced any per-
ceptible change in the color of human
hair, it becomes q matter of interest TO
know how this change was brought
about and how often it might accompany
the use of this remedy. A microscopic
examination shows the hair to contain q
greatly increased quantity of pigment
matter, and scientists now await with in
lterest the results of future growths TO
ascertain whether they will retain their
old color or retain that newly acquired.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27
Fish I'm Council.
1--WE muss have . chairman" said

1--WE musb have chairman, said
everybody. The whale said, as he was
a bigger fish than old cod, he would
take the chair. This occasioned great
disorder. Cries of, 'eYou are blowing"
'.Shut up. old Spouter," Save your
blubber," &c., were heard all over the
water. The whale said he knew he was
right, for he was right whale, and
therefore couldn't be wrong. Fish
might not know it generally, but he had
an esteemed colleague, for whales were
like shoes, rights and lefts, and went in
pairs. He didn't propose to be lam
pooned or harpooned by anybody. He
was fit for the position, for when he was
young he studied hard and burned out
a good deal of midnight OIL The seal
was made secretary and was warmly
congratulated by tipsy Goldfish, who
cried, "Give us your fipper, old boy,
and press my fin." Upon being remon-
strated with for thus early getting in
toxicatej, the convivial cod replied,
'Zounds and tongues, man, but don't
you see I'm afraid of dry old age. "
The subject of treasurer was discussed.
The whale said he would take that also.
He had plenty of room, and years ago
he carried around great prophet and
cast up his account at the proper time.
The sword-fish replied that the scales
had fallen from his eyes. The whale
wanted everything. The whale retorted
that he would be blamed if any gentle.
man would come to convention armed.
The sword -fsh-''Do you mean me,
sir?"
The whale Yes-in fishy sense"
The sword-fsh-'I accept of the
gentleman's apology, and sheathe my
sword"
And he did--into a young albatross
and before he thought (that is, the alba
tross thought swallowed him.
The sturgeon said he didn't like the
course things were taking, and he pro
posed to bolt, and he did, jumping abou
fifty feet over the heads of the delegates
The dolphin said that he had decided tt
change his politics, and he did then anG
there by turning about twenty differen
colors. A serious disturbance nov
arose, resulting in the disruption of thu
convention. A gigantic sea crab swan
up and commenced by remarking tina
che was a little backward in coming
forward, but -" i.
81 object" shouted sea bass in
deep, bass voice. '"The gentleman i
not member of the convention. He i
not fish-wheTe are his credentials ?"
{ "Here," cried the crab, fourishin,
= his huge claw, ''and if you don't clos
that big mouth Of yours 1 will pull you
. nose"
Friends interfered. One jealous gen
tleman undertook to hold the crabs ur
q lifted hand, but somehow he suddenl
! concluded to let go, and go about hi
q business. Only one thing more wa
q needed. A drunken porpoise came rec
:. ing and rolling into the convention.
"You git" said the star fish, who we
doing police duty.
81 tumble" said the porpoise, an
he tumbled.
The convention thereupon swan O
sine die.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27
morHER,s HEART.


,,tt,e dreaming, such - mothers Know:
little lingering over dainty things;
Ahanpv heart, wherein hope all agioW
s,,rs ike a bird at dawn that wakes ana
And that is all.
,,ttie clasping to her yearning breasts
A IIttie muslng over future years;
heart that prays, Dear Lord, Tnou Know
est best,
But spare my nower life's bitterest rain o.
tears"
And that Ii all.
little spirit speeding through the night;
little home grown lonely, dark ana cnih;
A sad heart, cropping bIindly for the light;
A little snow-clad grave beneath the nii-
And that Ii all.
little gathering Of iife's broken thread;
A little patience keeping back the tears;
heart that sings, 'Thy darling Is not dead,
God keeps rs safe through His eternal
years.
And that is all.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27
Profeaaor Mnrsh. of Yale co

Professor Marsh, of Yale college, has
recently discovered In the cretaceous de-
posts OF Kansas the remains of a great
number OF toothed birds. Scientists aver
that the discovery and study of these re-
markable extinct forms by Professor Marsh
has thrown much light upon the derivation
OF the birds. and furnishes another very
strong link in the chain of evidence in fa-
vor eff the theory Of evolution, which is now
almost universally accepted bv naturalists.
to account for the origin OF the existing
forms OF organic life.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

AT fruit and flower tent at fash
ionable London entertainment one beau
tiful young married lady sold button
hole bouquet for $50. One or two gen.
tlemen collected much money by charg-
ing Ave shillings to point ont and name
he professional beautias.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

"GET out Of here, I" demanded Little
Rock saloon keeper OF free lunch visitor,
'.you do not patronage my house..
~ am patron, sir."
"Yes, and you owe me ten dollars now. .
81 know, but I'm benefit to the house.
owe everybody In town, and when come
in here the bill collectors follow me, and
before they leave ] worry them 30 that
they have to take refreshments. Give me
q run punch.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

King Kalakaua, Of the Sandwich Is
lands. was formally presented the other
day to Queen Victoria, who received him
at Windsor, surrounded by several Of
her sons and daughters.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

TouRo ought to be q good place fcs
double-scull practice
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

uay, aoout twenty OUNCES OF uquld f0Od.
Beside this about fifteen ounces of nutrient
enemata were given. AT $50 p. NJ. his
pulse was 10; temperature, 100. l /; respi-
ration. 10. The temperature and pulse
declined. as usual, after the evening Dress
ing of the wound, and he was reported
resting comfortably at night. The Presi.
dents case is thus described by Secretary
Blaine in despatch to Minister Lowell
sent last night; "His general condition u
serious-if not critical. His failure to re-
gain strength Is the one feature which
gives special uneasiness and apprehension -
In the same despatch the Secretary saws
the Presidents present weight is l25 to
l30 pounds, against 205 to 2I0 when he
was wounded.
Two men were killed and two injured
by the bursting OF portable boiler in Raw
City, Michigan, on the 22d.
james s. Farwell. OF Chicago was
drowned in the bay Of San Franc: SEQ ON
the 2lst, by the upetting Of sail boat
Robert McGill Stuart, Of Montreal. az
years Of age, was drpwned while bathing
In the surf, near Boston, on the same day
He was carried of ty strong undertow
Lawrence Single. hker, of Reading. was
drowned on the 22d at Shickshinnev. Pa
by falling into the c,nal while drunk.
Since the 2orh gang Of burglars has
been operating extensively in LuzerDe
county. At Wyoming, the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western depot and freight
louise and the Shovel Works have been
broken into and robbed. Three houses
and Wisner Il Strorgs foundry, in West
Pittston, were also uslted, and at Nanii !.
coke the safe In D. 2. Crocketl's mills was
rihed OF its contenta.
The Virginia star., 1881-08-27


and boy. The man, who was unhurt,
caught the horse and, Jumping into tho
wagon, drove away, leaving the boy lying
In the street. The boy, who is unknown,
was taken to the hospital, where be died
from fracture of the skull
The Sheriff Of Tucson, Arizona, re-
turne from Deming on the 22d, and re-
ported that within ten days not fewer than
twenty-five settlers were killed by Mescs
lero and Apache Indians, about fifteen
mile north of Mutt Station. These Indl-
ans were moving south towards Chihuahua,
ana numbered about seventy-tiye. One
hundred soldiers and fifty Indian scouts
were In pursuit.
Perry and Alexander Mason, coiored,
accused OF murder, were taken from the
jail, AZ Monroe, Louisiana, before daylight
on the 2Sd, and lynched by mob.
The Mayor Of New York on the 2Sd
removed fram Office Police Commissioners
Frencn, Mason and N chols, for failure to
Keep the streets Of that city clean. The
removal Is subject to the Governors ap.
proval.
The latest accounts of the elections In
France, mnutely verified, show that SAT
elections were held. at when 4S3 Deputies
were elected, and that 81 second ballots
VIII De necessary. The 4S3 mempers com
prise SS Monarchists, ~ Ronapartists. ana
4OS Republicans or the latter. "a belong
TO the Left Centre. l57 TO the Left 1877 10
the Hepuhlican Union, and 25 To th4 Ex-
sreme Left. Tho Republican gain Is ss
and the loss 10. The Monarchal gain II
ana the loss ls. The Bonapartists pa,s ia
: and the loss 20. The Republican gain
,nc.uues - ~ seats formerly belonging to the
,sanonarcnists, ~ TO the Bonapartists, and
~ were obtained In new electoral districts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-23

IT appears that the Universal Life In.
surAnce Company, which has Just failed so
d%lsastrously, was primarily organized for
the purpose Of taking risks that had been
rejected by other companies, and in this
business II was at first reasonably success.
ful. lts Corporators and directors were
officers Of other insurance companies.
The leading insurance companies often re.
jeCt On formal grounds risks upon the
lives OF seemingly healthy persons. There
is nothing unsound 10 principle about
insuring impaired lives, II 1t be clearly I'M.
derstood that the risk Is extra hazardous
and the premiums made proportionately
high. The Universal went on for a while
insuring invalid lives and charging safe
rates Of premium, but subsequently
q change took place In iLS policy. It be.
gan to take ordinary risks at low rates;
and this led to q disorgsnization Of the
board OF directors. Then II got into bad
management, and finally into bankruptcy.
A demand hiss been made upon the stock.
holders 10 raise nearly 100000 10 meet
the obligations Of the company, the oriRi.
nal capital stock amounting TO only 5000.
900. II thus appears that the Universal
conducted lie insurance OF invalid lives on
asaie basis, and failed in the ordinary life
business,
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The following statement Of William ].
Coughlin, OF Somerville, Mas, Ia 30 remark.
able that we beg to ask for the attention 81
our readers, He says: I'm the fall OF 1875 /
was taken with aviolent bleeding Of the lungs,
followed by a severe cough. soon began "a
loose my appetite and flesh. was 90 weak
at one timethAt | could not leave my bed. In
the summer Of 1877 l was admitted TO the City
Hospital. While there the doctors said | had
q hole in my left lung as blgR hall dollar.
| expended over 0 hundred dollars In doctorE
aud medicines. Twas so far gone OF one time
q report went around that / was dead. l gave
up hope, but q friend told me OF DR.. William
Halls BalSam for the Lungs, laughed Of
my friends, thinking that my case was incur
able, but l got a bottle 70 satisfy them, when
TO my surprise ana qualification l commenced
To feel better. Ny hope, once dead, began IA
revive, and to-day / feel In better spirits than
| have for the past three years,
~ write this hoping you will publish II,
30 that every one inflicted with Diseased
Lungs will be induced 10 take DR.. VIM. Halli
BalSAm for the Lungs, and DO convinced thai
Consumption can be cured, | have taken two
bottles, and can positively say that II has
done more good than all the other medicines
| have taken since my sickness. My cough
has almost entirely disappeared aud shall
soon be able to go TO work." Bold by drug
giSts.
Wells 4 Dent, Druggists and Apothe
carries, Bank Building, Bridgeport, Ohio, alsC
Logan, List & Co. Wholesale Agents, Wheel
Ing, W. Va TTHBAW
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The committee having charge Of the un.
yelling Of the soldiers aud sailors monu.
msnt in this city, have invited General
Nate Golf to deliver an Grafton, and have
also asked the Secretary Of War, Hon:
Robert T. Lincoln, TO furnish q dediCatory
address on that occasion. There Is reason
to believe that both these invitations will
be accepted, and that the sxerClses in con.
uection with the soldiers reunion, which
comes together in this city on the
day appointed for the dedication Of the
monument, will attract a large number Of
visitors. The time, appointed by the com
mittss to meet the views Of the military
organization, is the second Thursday Of
September next This leaves but little
more than amonth Tor preparation, which
ought to be energetic aud complete,
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PRESIDENT G%ARPlRLD's doctors, in their
letter to Dlatrict Attorney Corkhill, canuot
be considered, under all the CirCumstan.
ces, to reproducing or suggesting an un.
favorable turn in the Presidents case!
Guitesu has the right due to every Grimm.
al oil a speedy trial as soon as the exact
nature Of his oGense lie known. A prompt
indictment and an early trial for the Lesser
crime Of au assault with intent to kill Ia
Giteau's right as soon as 1t Is certain that
he has not committed murder, and the
District Attorney ls bound 10 proceed
under the first charge as soon as be learns
that death lie no longer likely to DO caused
by Guiteau's shot A letter now from the
physiClsns announcing that the President
wal out Of danger would raise the legal
doubt, II the Presidents illness finally
took on unfortunate turn, whether death
was really due to the bullet; q doubt which
played its part in aCquitting Fisk's asssss.
In OF the charge Of murder.
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The Leonard Ee0It PubIiAhing CompAny.
In BiGek1OOd'I Magazine for July, repub-
lishsd by the Leonard Scot Publishing
Company, Al Barclay street, New York,
note the following articles:
"Besiegsd in the TransvaAl; the DelenSe
Of Standsrton," The frat part Of q spirit.
ed account Of some Of the incidents Of the
African War, told by the officer in com.
mAnd Of S~andsrton, which was surround.
ed by the Beers and cut offrom commuR.
ication with the outsids world Tor ninety
two days,
"Reminiscences OF Prison Life" de.
scribes some oflhe peCullarities Of prisonS
and prisoners.
Hfhe Land Of Khemt. Part H.: The
Labyrinth and the Lakes" An excursion
to the pyramid OF Howara, supposed to
be the Oldest OF all the pyramids, and the
Labyrinth; also a trip through the cane
country to the government sugar factory,
and y visit to & "Bedouin lhSikh living
like a civilized being in q large white
washed two-storied house,
"Ths Private Secretary, Part IN" "a
FrsnCh Lady and her Friends" A notice
OF "Souyenirs OF Mime. .. JRubert," with
~letters from her friends, Berger, De Mus
Get and Heine.
liking Bembas Point, A West African
Slory,"
"RecolleCtions q la FourChette" recall
some special occasions when food seemed
particularly good, and the circumstances
that produce that best Of all sauces, q good
appetite.
"Tunis" It's position, and enough Of
it's past history to explain its present i'm
p~ortsnce.
"The Late Andrew Wilson" an obituary
notice Of the author Of "The Abode Of
Snow" and other sketches Of travel that
have appeared In thin magazine.
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Ex. CoEGRRtSMAN KELLOGG OF Connect.
cut sketches a plan for = Presidential sue
cession which proposes thai The members
OF the Cabinet, in regular au cCetslep, as
sumo office upon the dead Of the Presi.
dent and viCe.P eaidOnt, There iS nothing
new in this. At the first session Of Con-
gress, after the electoral dispute otlS77
had shown the danger Of reaching the
end Of one Presidential term before anoth.
or President had been selected, scores Of
bills had been introduced in both Houses
regulating the Presidential succession in
all sorts OF contingencies, most Of which
turned to the Cabinet for provisional
Presidents. None Of these bills were passed,
and the country still remains, and it Is
only too probable will remain, with no
legislation on a most important subject,
just as 1t is still without any legislation
regulating a dispute over the electoral
count.
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VERMONT 10 just now In the endowment
Of a tax law, which wRs devised especially
to catch the tax dodgers" and which
Beens 10 have been quite successful in thia
nnble work. The first fruits Of The nav
assessment under the law Ia 10 In.
crease the taxable basis from 500, $50, 900
10 SlO3, 59l .OOO,ah increase Of q little more
than SO3,OOO,OUO. This is due largely 10
the increased value OF real estate In and
near the tlourishing towns, but Ia perhaps
still more LARGELY owing to success In
reaching petBonal property OF the tAx
dodgeCs. The principal charge in the law
is this: |. requires each ~tax.payer TO re-.
turn 70 the assessors a full and complefa
list oil all bis property, even IL be M
more than a two dollar watch, and mats
oath TO lie fuineSs and correctness, shnnld
the taxpayer fail or teiuse 10 do thjs,
then the assessors must estimate In liz
best Of their ability the value Of the NOR.
etty, and Assess the delinquent Al donbIa
that amount. This law has, o%tconfss, az,
asperated many Of the chronic tax dodveTs
but 1t appears 10 have worked well, tina
courts have shown the strongest disposi.
ton to give effect 10 the statute. Judge
Vea2y directed the grand Jury 10 indiSi
any appraisers who had failed 10 appTSiss
properly at its true value. "tf" saId tbs
learned Judge, "the enforcement NJ tbiS
tax law should All our prisons or dive az
people moi. willing to bear their ShSts n
public burden, the better II viii be Iot liz
State. Better asmall population Of honsSI
men than a laige one OF pefIuferS AMI
shifks." e' anu
II the judge would suggest The with.
dtaWAl Of the tax on personal property,
and The combining Of assessments 10 realty'
he might avert this unpleasant spectacle
Of Incarceration and de%populAtion. Con.
tining taxation to tangible and uncon.
cealable property, such as real estate.
would leave nc temptations lying round
tot Taxpayers with weak condolences; and
90 everybody lie obliged to use real esla,e
In some form, II would not be long beiotS
the burden laid upon 1t would be equally
over the community.
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pnANe, The well. known chrome lltho-

prapher, oilers for the third time a set Of
handsome prizes for designs for Christmas
cards. The first set are "artist prizes"
four in pumber-arst, $1,000 second,
$500; third, $500; fourth, 500, The Sec
ond set, OF popular prizes, are similarly
divided. The competitions are open to all
American artistic, foreign artists resident in
America or American artists resident
abroad. The popular prizes will be
awarded by the SURFACES Of the VISITORS
the artist prizes by a committee Of artists.
The prize designs are to be the property
Of Prsng & Go.
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FOOD FROM HOME,

"ThOreau lived in that place for eight.
cen months. ION another occasional
the Concord School last year-Mr. Alcott
told how Thoreau's philosophy WAS helped
along by provisions brought from home,
and now glad he was to taste bis mothers
pie.1 He withdrew almost wholly from
human Companionship. He said, Il was
born among men, Of course. l could not
help myself, l had n choice about that.
l like my friends, but | cannot be o part
OF society where 80 much wrong Ia done.
Here 10 our Government stealing Texas
and trying 10 steal half Of Mexico. Here
is African slavery. l will not live In 30.
Ciety which tOleTates such things. l will
live with the animals and birds. They
shall be my companions, They are Chaste
and atfeCtionate and do no moral wrong,
But shall l take my fowling piece and
bring down the bird which sits on the
bough2 No, that is not bird which lies
on the ground at my feet, II is q mere
body. That 10 the bird which is all pslpi.
tating with lite.' So Henry studied the
birds as he saw them around him; he
learned their habits and wrote their bio.
graphies. They came 10 know him and
would fly 10 him at bis tall. Theequirrels
would come and cit on his hand, and he
would study their dentistry while they
were cracking nuts. So he lived among
his pets, and sometimes distinguished Wis.
itots went 10 see him.
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issi. sv,d Al ySaTs' Z xRIR vi! Of iSs IstS Jane,
Lewis and daughter Of the late Henry Parker Of thia
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DEPARTURE OF TRAfNs-wnEELiSd TINE.

fDaIiy except SundaJ-NeVafk Accommodation.
tStelbenViIle Accommodation. This train dntng
the day pAsse1 back ward and forward between Mar.
tins ferrI and BOllalTe; stopping when REQUIRED al
shermAn House, RlnaVille, West wheeling and
Gravel Hill.
lufichISllia Accommodation.
tCAnaI DOVpT Accommodation,
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DIED.

vANrE-On Friday morning, July ., 1881, Al
The residence Of her SOn.in.lAW, John G.. Patterson,
70; 90 e., E:tF 81 sIT tst, Wh %nI1E. W. W. y: MAS SARAH
Funeral from the residence Of her IOn.in-laV at
p. N. this afternoon. Friends Of the family respect.
fully invited to attend. lntermsnt at Peninsula
Cemetery,
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Funeral will take place on the arrival Of the 1880
train over the o. 4 o. R. R tron the depot, this
Saturday morning, All friends arc invited.
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VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE

WESLEYAN FEMALE lNslllViA
w BTAUNTOS, VIRGINIA .pw
UpebI Heptember 7Oth, 1881. Que o. nrrrDD
Schools RoR YOUSO LADtAt ~ lH. ID
sTATRs, Surrounding beautiful Uig" fIr
AMONG THE BEST IN TIE uElVN "a
Wa,hIhE, Eng iIh Course, Latin, Ffeath Ta
f%bIttumehtai Mnalr, dr Tor Scholastic X
Bart. 10 JUNE, a98A. Tor catalogue "ta'
REV. WM. A. HARRIs, D. D fys,,ti
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.

Nine departments d study 'ot'',',h q
Of e0St, calendar arranged 70 tliI yt.s-
penSri iof one IVar from el56 y sAV' NJ,
ST6n, ifhsiti, thorough. Fsli tHl ,hsg
t4faIeF 7ih, 1881. AtRadsrc ~ n
counties a. West viyinla 'nd roo h,s h, y;
~TItories. Number Of students MEoi w"
y6aIs previous. ,,,.-st5. ~
tibt Acting rTTIdtni, y. H. ruri"'""' ~
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