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"a kiss FiRSTI"

" What keeps Bessie so long at the WOLF"
Mother wonders, but can not tell.
Dut oy the wcil-curb Bessie stands:
Ine pitcher giNspcd by her chubby hands
- empty stu. while many a trace
VI anger NcNCs the childish face
. III were boy. wouldn't tease
Leave me alone now, Bobby, please"
Up on tho wcll-Curb Bobby sits
rogutsh smile Ger his brown face fits
= ! amt yptir Kind OF "a boy. YOU see;
Give me the kiss and IN lot you bc.
n NJ welcome To drain the old well dry,
but Kiss first, Bessie. SO say L..
Ana Bobby II master of well and ropo
30 how can Bessie for victory hope:
slowly homeward little BcSS goes
hcr soft checks hlushing like any rose:
nnd Bob ithc little VcNcd heart beats rast,--
nut the pitcher is fun TO the brim at last
mere moss-grown well near 10y, and to-da,
! heard gray haired woman say:
What keeps Bessie so long at the wcllY"
All! know, but wouldn't tell.
For what ~ two 10y the wcll-curb stand
bohhy ana Bessie hand i'm hand,
What II n pitcher forgotten lies
At the feet of both. and III two hluC CyCs
sec only the glance of another pair,
Ana II there are snucy lips that dare
TO ask Tor a kiss, What harm. pray toll
III Bessie should lingcr at the wellY
VI. II. Brine, Ia HdTpcrs UcobIu
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28
PENSACOLA.
A Quaint Old Southern Town, Full OF In
tercst To Strangers.

tercst To Strangers.
If the Southern tourist will leave the
beaten tract Of travel at Mobile, and 20
by steamer 10 Pensacola, he will enjoy
a very pleasant break in the monotony
of railroading Mobile and its bay are
full Of historic landmarks, and when
the steamer leaves Fort Morgan, and
heads TO sea for the short run down the
coast, there is much that is of interest
in the marine landscape.
The approach TO Pensacola. as the
Mary Morgan runs in, is Of ever-vary-
ing beauty. Long lines Of sandy beach
and dark woodland point in converging
lines to the distant harbOr. Closer i'm
Is the tall lighthouse pointing finger
like hcavcnward. with q back ground Of
dark trees and pecpiug cottages. below
which runs like "a ribbon Of satin, the
snOw-whitc beach for miles Presently
the long ocean swell ceases. and we are
passing the forts On the left are the
ruins Of Fort McRae, now only q few
massive arches Of tough masonry tOtter-
ing amid the surges ripping under their
gloomy shadows, while opposite is Fort
Pickcns, gray straight faced, and
sturdy, crOuching, as IT were. on the
lands end Of historic Santa Rosa ISL
and. In spite Of its battle record IL
looks quite modern, with the great guns
gazing vigilantly out to sea. I'm the
distance the remains Of Fort Barancas
Tic sleeping with the memories Of Cen
eral Jackson and the Spanish com
maTdant who blew IL up at the capture
Of The place by the American army in
1912.
IS we enter the harbor wc find it
land-lockcd and Of immense magnitude.
ITS further shores appearing ~ II ON the
horizon. II is q shelter for ;he navics
Of the world
To the left appears the town, fronted
by the massive buildings Of the navy
yard, the great dcrricks holding alGft
boilers for cXpcctant hulls The size If
the place can only bc guessed at from
the steamers deck by house roofs and
distant spires
The lower part Of the town has an
essentially nautical flavor The sandy
streets are filled with % motley crowd OF
mariners. The talk f.. of ships and car
goes, and the bell of the Norwegian
chapel, nesting almost under the yard
arms Of the ships at dock, minQlcs with
the forecastlo bells striking the hour.
tolled maybe ~ some ancient quarter
master Of sexton; and strangely out
OF place seems a back-cOuntry ox-cart,
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REAL clvlL-seRWCE REFORM.
How Old WOrmwOod Goodboy Applied tho
Rules to Ills Son, LeOnidas.

by the way, you remember young
LcOnidas GOodboy? Old WormwOod
Goodboy's son, nice chap: smart, and
well behaved rs a rule He went away
TO college only last month and came
back home last week for ten DAYS visit.
He said it was the "short vacation. ~
Old WOrmwOOd had never been to coll
lcgc in his life. but he surmiscd that
something was short beside the vaca-
ton. SO one day. after LcOnidas had
called his mother Dame once or twice.
and addressed his father as "GOvcrnorn
and "GOv, called his sister "gummv. ~
and slapped his little brother. the old
man took him away into an exceeding
dark and lonesome wOOdshcd. and while
hc stood there, cutting the buckle on a
skate strap in an awfullv solemn way,
hc told LcOnidas that since he went
away in December, there had been n
popular revolution i'm the house: that
the people had successfully inauguratcd
n through ciyil-servicc reform: that il
was just little the thOrOughest and
civilicst lac had ever seen: that the rules
Of the service were most riVidlv and
most ciyily enforced. and that Section /,
Article !, was that the oldest man in the
house was boss; and Section 2, same
article was that SASS is SASS. whether it
came from tramp, % hired girl, or q
college President; that
Take on your cost, LeOnidas, my
son. said old Norwood; and then
and there made q practical application
of the rules OF the civil service with
dircctncss that showed that his
right arm had not forgot its cum
ming, and that skate strap Glove
70 the roof Of LcOnidas scholarly
back like clcavs Of the forest for num-
bcr The applicant was declared adj
mittcd, under the rules, and he goes
back 10 college tomorrow, civilly-re-
formed boy He? oh. bless YOU. no. no
dOc~n' { want to 90 back but he has to,
under the rules. and he doesn't kick.
Old WormwOOd is going with him r.
!. BUrdcnc. IN BrOOiiyH E0qie
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28
HUMOROUS.

"A local paper says, rather ambigu-
ously. that the Cornell freshmen class
this year will embrace twenty young
womcn.-N Y. IHdependcnt
An apothecary asserted i'm large
company that all bitter things were
hot mo, " replied n physician, ~
bitter cold day is an exception
do cats think?" queries a writer.
Yes, they sometimes think that the man
up in the window with the night-cap ON
is a mighty poor shot with boot-jack
The half dollar Of 1925 is not
rare, says II Philadelphia authority.
Indeed, no. II is the half dollar Of 1884
that is rare. c.-L0HisCHic Couricr-Jour-
mall
When Clara was asked what sho
would do ii nice young gentleman
would ask her hand in marriage, sho
naiycly replied: II don't think ia no. "
-JOnkcrS Statesman.
--Ansabsent- minded teacher amused
her class mt the re-opening of school
the other day. Having carefully re-
ceiycd the names in the class from each
member, she said: IL shall now call the
roll, to see if you are all present"
Bound TO Whistle:
)h, whistle. daughter, whistle, and YOU sball
Eoyor whlstled In my life, and cant whistle
now.
Oh, whistle, daughter, whistle, aud you shall
have man;
I never whistled in my life but III whistle II
can.
1t is claimed that new species of
hippOpOtamus has been discovered ON "a
remote part of the River Nile. This in
telligcnce will be received with a de-
gree Of great satisfaction. Next 10 an
other professional baseball club there
was nothing this country yearncd for
with more ycarning yearnfulness than
q new species Of hippopotamus. Nor
ristOWH Hcraid
-" What's the matter with your eve.
old man; somebody hit yOu?" Yes
] told Smith last night that he was no
gentleman and he pasted me one"
Did you wipe out the insult?'' II
didn {, but j went right home and my
wife wiped IL out rs well a. she could. /
may have 10 outgrow some Of it, Good
day; there comes Smith now. ."-B Bur-
tHgtoH HaWkeye.
The other evening quite q chill was
in the air, and George venturcd out on
Sixth Avenue with his girl The night
air IS chilly. he said. with "a little shiy.
or. II YOU were more warmly clad
would ask you TO have some ice cream:
but that thin muslin dress. and 81
am not at all cOldi" the girl interrupted.
To be sure / might have thrown some
thing over my shoulders. but George.
dear, think how warmly am wrapped
up i'm YOU At this GEORGES fears
gave way. and a few moments later a
'martly-dresscd waiter was defcrentially
inclining his ear " y. IndeUcndcni
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28
A Tale for the Marines.

The sudden change in the weather
reminded the young woman Of her seal
sgin sacquc packed away up stairs.
She brought IL down and showed il
10 her father
IL looks little worn and shabby.
my dear said the old gentleman: Il
viii give YOU the money to got a new,
one before cold weather sets in. b."
oh, no, YOU needn't, papa. A lit
tie cleaning and brushing and it can be
made to look very well for another
season. 40 least ~
She then went into the kitchen and
made some biscuits for tea that re-
minded the writer Of swans down,
only they weren't quite so heavy.
The name and address of this Girl
viii be given 10 any young man whose
references are satisfactory " T. MQii
eid EIprcSS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28
A Prudent Father.


why, don't YOU take the daily
papers at the housc2' was asked Of 4
miss Of sixteen, who was looking up
and down Howard street for a newsboy
yesterday afternoon
"Oh. yes but about every other
morning father supprcsses them and va
must go without the news" p"
"Why should hc do that?"
"Ihcrc probably another clopcmcut
with coachman, and be- doesn't want
me To- see the particulars
And So you buy the papcrs?'
just So al the morning and even
ing issues and | read 'cm 20 the last
line. Pa is "a dear. good old fellow. but
= he gets ahead Of me he's got TO stop
The printing presses instead OF .hf
papers. '- J.. f,OU Free Press.
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four Times Round the World in a Day.

a reel Of cotton thread, in its Ordi-
nary every day use, is a pretty bit Of in
significance, but when traced TO its
source is seen 10 have belongings and
surroundings which entitlc IL 10 be
ranked with the leading features of our
industrial lif5 The simple statement
that the thread works Of Messrs. Clark
(of Paisley, England), employ between
three and four thousand wOrkpcoplc.
that their group of five immense mills
contains over 23O. 900 spindles. and that
these factories turn out every dav suf-
ficient length Of thread to 90 four times
round the world, will be- enough to
show that. unimpOrtant as the bob
bin Of thread may be-. taken anglv. IL
is. before It's dispersion. y member Of
a multiiudinOus aggregate, the extent Of
which is bewildering to compute
LOHtOH SOcicfU
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THE MODEL WIFE.
The Woman Whom Husba hds Love Nor,
Than Their Cigars and Horses.

The Woman Whom Husbands Love Nor,
Than Their Cigars and Horses.
Scripture, and history, and poetry vie
with one another in sounding the praise.
OF the model wife The man who is
blessed with companion worthy the
name of model wife can snap his fin.
gers in the faces of all the old bachelor.
that ever breathed and give them point,
each dayin every exalted pleasure that
makes life worth living There is no
danger Of his applying for a divorce.
Unfortunately for the married men OF
this generation, the model wives arc
most all dead The struggle for exist.
cnce was too much for them. The
ccaseless. silent self-sacriiice needed to
build up a model domestic character
could only be met and borne as long as
there was a living appreciation Of IN,
personal laws Of duty that underlic ali
sorts of ideal existence. The men who
appreciated model wives. and were in
return willing To- be model husbands.
were so few that the good wives that
is, the model wives-grew discouraged
and took TO their graves or some more
congenial occupation.
The few model wives that are left are
cherished 10y their husbands beyond
even their cigars or their horses. The
model wife Of the wOrkingman. clerk on
business man has some appreciation OF
the ten thousand little iabors. petfy
cares and annOyances that her husband
has to go through each day i'm his work.
shop or office She considers that such
worrying cares are part Of the duties
by which her husband makes living
for himself. for her and for the chill.
dren, If there are any. And when the
husband comes home from his work.
tired, perhaps cross, and hungry and
out of sorts, she is always ready to meet
him with some quiet and gentle good
cheer Her own person is attractive
and rcstful TO him. She always has
some pleasant scheme i'm mind To- make
his home hours delightful 10 him and
so make herself indispensable and q
constant joy.
The model wife does not see how
many poor and silly or exciting things
she eau say TO her tired husband n
She has anything 20 ask she waits until
he is rested and fed. She invite, pleas.
ant people 10 her home. not TO show
how many rich things she has. but b.
make her husbands homo hours pas,
checrfully. She knows that II she /.
half woman no other can displace her
i'm her husbands affections. She is nj.
ways moro attractive i'm her manners ia
her husband than 90 other men. She is
thc genius Of the household But. un.
fortunately, most Of them arc dead.
PiiiddeiDhj0 Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28

Mother do hurry mp, Robbie; I'M
less you hurry mooc you'll never be
anything OF businc-, man when YOU
grow up Robbie: 80, yes, / will ma.
When ] grow mp and go into business.
u have lot Of clerks 10 do my hurry
- for me '-- fbfiddeiDiia CaH
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28

Besidcs the above-named trains there is n
way Train with passenger car attached that
goes both East and West daily except Sunday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28

The present style of ladies dresses
is so complicated that guide book is
necessary to teach the owner where 10
find the pockets. Rochester Dcns0crak
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28

WESTWARD.

Ccndensed timetable OF passenger trains fs1
se stations named below.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28

"A hay crop Of two and half ton,
carries of four hundred pounds o.
mineral matter to the acre.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
TERRIFIC HURRICANE.
TWENTY LIVES REPORTED LOST,
Property to II Large Amount Destroyed
several steamboats, Badly Injured
Bridges Washed away-Crops badly
Damaged.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Aug. 2O.-At nine
this evening the most destructive hurri-
cane ever known here broke upon Evans
Vile doing damage of not less than
S25O. 900 in the city and vicinity. Houses
were blown down. roofs carried away.
three or four steamboats, badly injured,
thousands of shade trees torn mp by the
roots aud other injury done Probably
the heaviest individual loser is John II.
Rocker. whose new foundry was almost
wholly dumoli-hod. The steamers Josh '.
Thorpe and Silvcrhorn We're badly dam
agrd. the former being almost wrecked
several churches and new school house
were also badly damaged.
Reports have reached here that tine
transfer of HE steamer Belmont was sunk
this morning by the hurricane near Hen
dcrsun's head and twenty lives lost.
The report Is not generally credited among
river men, who think probably she is
damaged and ashore, but they say the
river is too low to he dangerous.
The vessel was turned completely over.
She was going to Henderson with Il barge
ON which was train containing
passengers of the LouiViIle and Nash
willie railroad The boat separated from
tine barge. All on the latter were saved
and al ON tn" boat except four or five
were lost Among the lost are Capt. John
Smith and f.. G. Roach and SON
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05

same results as comparison with The mum
her of marriages, in the year, and he pre-
fcrs the latter method, as the one III gen
cral use. lna recent communication to
the Springfield RcpublicUH, which had
advocated ehr method of comparison
with the estimated number of married
couples, Mr.. Dixie explained his position
as follows:
The method of comparing the divorces
of year with the marriages OF the same
year, whether right or wrong. is the one
used i'm the official reports of this country
and Europe and 10y all statistical writers
and scholars without an important eNcep-
ton Indeed, ! can not recall at the pres
rnt moment il single instance to the con
trarN.
The various possible methods of max
ing statistics of divorce and the objections
to the common method suggested, are
not as new as the writer seems to think.
With scarcely an exception they have
all been fully considered ANA rejected,
either because they are inpractcablc for
lack of data. or as giving substantially the
same results or rs fHilaCiOuS. The common
method rests ON essentially the same pril'
ciplcS rs those used in some kinds OF .
tai statistics and those ON which life
insurance is conducted. When the proper
Corrections" are made, similar to the
rcctilicatiUuS necessary in other depart
mrnts. the common statistics of divorce
are far from having little practical
value" And these conditions on thor
J ulgh Investigation, will he found to mod
| fy the general conclusion rs to the i'll
crease and prevalence of divorces much
| less than one would think. have often
| i'm a lecture taken time from Il crowded
hour to point out the modification to he
| made ON account of an increase of uOPula-
| ton or of marriages. or from the disturb
| inc influences of a locality or short period
and then shown how, after all allowances
| for these things. the essential signiiicanc,
| of the raj iU remains.
| For one. then. must continue to follow
| Che common usage Withtnc practical com
mon SENSE Interpretation, 50 long as things
are aS they are. until see better reason
| for change han amy yet given.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05

Chairman Barnum, of course, still de
MES that he knew the Morey letter to be a
forgery To an interviewer, he said ON
Saturday:
Il have not yet had time to read Daven-
ports story, but can tell You in two min
uteS all that know about the matter.
never heard of the letter until the night OF
October Is, 1850 It was published ON the
morning of the 10Th The first / ever
heard of it was about 10 O'Clock at night
on the 18TH, when Bradley b. Smalley of
Vermont, Il member of the National com
mittcc came TO me and said that eN-C on
grassmau Edwin II. Meade of this city had
informed him that Il letter written by
Gen. Garfield. and containing sentiments
damn4ing to his candidacy. was in posses
sion OF one of the newspapers. Mr.. Small
ley undo rStood that it was Il letter on the
tariff question. We had no idea then
that it bore ON the Chinese labor question:
Mr.. SmallcY wanted me to 20 down and
see the letter, but ! was very tired and
suggested that he should 20.
subsequently Mr. Hart, the publisher of
TrUth called at our headquarters and tax
ing from his pocket the original of the
Mercy l"tt,raskcd me if knew the hani-
writing. NcSsr-. Randall. Hewitt, Cooper
and others were present. and we cXamn-
ed the letter. Mr.. Randall compared il
with letter, from Garfield that he carried
with him. aud the writing appeared to he
identical Mr. Hewitt sent TO his house
for other letters from Garfield, and all
who saw them were satisfied that the Mo
rev letter was genuine ! went away lcaN-
ing ilarj and the other gentleman discuss
ing he letters. Two days later the iaC-
simi.c of the Morry letter was published.
know that every member of the commit
tee accepted the letter in rood fallh as
genuine, and that none of us had any
knowledge of its existence until it was
made known as have stated.
never knew Gen. Este, nor did have
any talk with ilndley or anybody else ON
the subject before the letter appeared.
"Thcu your relations with liadlcy in this
affair were all after the letter appeared ?
''Nr-. | cave him $3.50 for expenses TO
90 to Massachusetts and lind MoreN. |
knew nothing more about the result OF his
trip thaN ho reported upon his return.
Nv hen did Won first begin lo suspect the
letter To- Ur "a forgery
~ meyer began to suspect at all. am
not convinced yet that it wa forgery. II
was "-r ike Garfield
TIL. !a-I statement is 80 p..iHhly in-in-
ccrc. 10. to t.row doubt ou all .he o.hcr-.
The H.urut published by tine commit
tee. ,o,ru.rr f.. 1850, WAS "a mo-t dis
tiuct H.m.-- ou that the I-t'or WHs for
gerry tlorl the publisher IL INr letter.
adm teI u writings that it was II forgery.
Uadl g.. tN, author OF the iUtt,r admits
that :. vg~G forgery. Yet Mr. liarnun
declares that hc has not even begun t"
to har. amy suspicion that II "@~ for
gerry That is enough
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
Vhr next Congress.

If i nlrpndy certain that the next Sen
ate will he Republican. Twenty-ninc Ike
publican members Gncluding senators
Malone and Riddiebcrger of Virginia.
who have now become regular members
of the partD hold over and the Rcpubll-
cons have elected or will elect eleven new
Senators from Colorado, Connectlcut
Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. New Hampshire,
New York. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Yer
mont. and Wisconsin. This assures them
forty o' the scventN-siN members ol the
upuri. branch. and they have also ialr
chances for the seats which are to ran va
cant from California. Nevada and Indiana.
At any rate the Republicans VIII nave
clear majority.
In the House there is Il reasonable
chanorthat the Republicans Will regain
control IN the present House the Demo
crat, laycu majority of about seventy
and ID is therefore necessary for the Ike
publicau+ 80 pick up about thirty five dlS-
trict,. besides those they NOW control ph
looking over the figures this would seem
TO be Il comparatively easy task. lhllN IN
the first California district, long reprcScht
ed by y Republican, Democrat slipped III
two wears ago by a majority o1 ohIN "N"'
I'm tie First ConncCticut the Demo
craft, REPRESENTATIVES, majority was hut
113. i'm the Tenth Illinois 39l, in the
Eleventh IN. and in the Sixteenth StS in
fine EIGHTH Indiana 2si; in the Third
Kentucky 1870; in the Sixth Massachu-
sctt. >5l All these are districts ordinal+
ily Rrnubliran. and there is every reason
to Lcli,y, that with proper effort they
may IL. restored to the party. In New
Work. Tive nrpuhlicans ought to gain at
Ica,l tx districts, In lSsO the Republi-
can. carried twenty of the thrtN-thrrt
districts. and the Democrats but thirtecn
while in l~-! the Democrats secured TWEEN
ty-nmr Of thr thirty-fuur Representatives
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
Proposed County Changes.

Notice is given of an application to the
| legislature to establish two half shireS in
Orange county instead of the present
SHIRE, one at Bradford and one ii West
Randolph. Orleans county is ALSO to
have the iuNury Of renewal of the con
test over the shire ut the next
session Of the legislature. Appica-
ton, VIII he made to- have the
county seal removed to Newport,
Jo some point on the laS~umpNic
road (Which probably means iartoul, and
to lay Il tax Upou the county for the pul-
pose ul uuiidiug It new court house and
Jail All ila-bWg, ur some other point with
DID the county,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
TURBULENT MINERS
Hooking valley Men Attack the Guards
one Man Killed and Two Injured

CoLUMErs, O., Aug. 3l.-Repor,S have
come from Hooking valley to the effect
that miners at Stake Hollow made an at
tack ON the guards ut Two this morning.
one of them being killed and two wounded.
1t is reported that about 5000 miners came
from the surrounding country. The tclc-
graph lines are all cut and the shcritlS
are unable to communicate with the
governor. one of the hopprrS was burned
$1,000. The Columbus and Hooking Val
ley Railroad Coal compHny's officials Went
down on ii special train this morning.
They expect further trouble later in the
day or night.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
More Outbreaks Reported at Gore.

CINCINNArl, sept. IA despatch from
Gore, Ohio, reports the excitement in that
region undated, and that there are ru-
mur, of more outbreaks having OCCurro Il
last night, of which no particulars are ob-
taiuublc.