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TsO Tsuug Tang

The Marquis Tso Tsung Tang, the
Great Chinese military leader, who was
recently appointed Imperial Commits
sioner for the Conduct of affairs ON the
Ionquin frontier, is seventy-two years
old, but owning TO his temperate and
abstemicus habits still retains the men,
tai and physical vigor Of his youth. He
IS poor in purse, but bears a character
above reproach. He is also confirmed
woman-hater and has no family. He
was born OF poor parents and in one of
the humblest social grades, and it is
said that his mary elous success has been
due TO his own merits and TO the fact
that he has never suffered contradiction.
In person the Marquis is short, corpu-
lent and commonplace, with crafty
black eyes and thin gray-black mus
tache dropping over firm and almost
cruel mouth. He is late riser and at
tends to all his official business rapidly
and Regularly. He represents the old
Chinese spirit OF hostility to all foreign
ers, although he avails himself of Euro
pean knowledge of military affairs and
treats foreign visitors with kindness.
When visited by the members of the
Szchenyi expedition he gave them
grand banquet consisting of IS courses,
including choice Tokay wine. But he
could not resist the temptation to show
his superiority to the "barbarians," and
said, seeing how arkwardly they man
aged their chopsticks: You Europeans
are truly very helpless creatures. You
cannot eat without two hands Then, as
a courteous host, he ut once provided
them with knives, forks and spoons
When any special Chinese dish APP
peared on the table, too, he exclaimed
in tone that did not admit of contra
diction: "Mejo! Mejo! You haven't
got that in your country. "-London
NetOS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
A Clever Scheme.

Mrs. Maick, a Hungarian. whose hus-
band came to this country eighteen
months ago, devised a clever scheme to
cross the ocean. One of her former
lovers was living in Pennsylvania, and
she determined to join him. She got rs
far as Bremen when her money gave
out. She met young man named HUI
dok, who fell in love with her. She
represented herself as single woman,
but refused to marry him until they
reached this country, and he paid her
passage. Upon arrival at Castle Garden
she stated that she could not marry hin
until her lover, whom she representa-
as her brother, arrived and gave his con.
sent. Hudok Immediately telegraphed
for him. In the meantime the woman's
husband heard of his wife's proposed
second marriage from an emigrant, and
Immediately went to New York. Hudok
insisted that he had a lien on the wo.
man, and Maick only secured his wife
after paying the passage money Cor.
Chicago Tribune.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
Pledging His Arms for Loan.

Can / get n few dollars on theseP"
This was asked yesterday in the office
OF Chatham street pawnbroker by a
man who was evidently not dissipated.
lie was well dressed and healthy.
Lets see what you have got" said
the pawnbroker
The man deposited a bundle on the
counter, and the pawnbroker opened it
and took out two artificial arms.
"Where did you get these?" inquired
the pawnbroker.
81 took 'em of myself, said the man,
and he held up the stumps of his arms.
You see I'm strapped. l live in Boston,
and haven't got money enough to get
home. / do not know anybody here.
and do not want to pledge my clothes.
These things cost me $3.50, and would
not sell them for 500.
After the man had received his loan
the pawnbrOker said: 1--WE seen lots of
queer pledges. a man came in once
and took out an artificial eve, and got
81 on it. have several times advanced
money on false teeth and various other
shams that are employed to enhance the
beauty or conceal the defects of men
and women. N y. Sun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
NY MOTHER-TN-LATY


married. one evening m autumn,
rosy checked tolliCking girl:
Her eyes were as bright as midsumm Ell,
Her teeth were like pebbles OF pparl.
The presents were carly presented.
As handsome as ever 1 saw
But d pnors quite frequently whispered:
beware of your uothcrin-lOw."
rented n onc-StOry cottage.
Just out OF the no AZ of tho town,
And happy as orioles mated.
We settled CoutCntcdly down.
And somehow Il presently happened
That bundles and iaintics 1 saw
Pass into tho door OF our kitchen.
Sweet gifts from my mOthcr-in-luw.
Sometimes when my lnhor was heavy,
And wages exceedingly low.
i sank on my pillow discouraged,
Bcwoiing my trials and woe:
Bat trouble was suddenly lifted,
And ley ill-humOr wOulf thaw,
When round rolling dollPIs would Jingle
From the hand of my tothcr-in-lnw.
But once on cold winter morning.
when snow munticd valley aud hill,
The wife had cherished SO fOndly
Lay silent and spccchlcss and still,
And with two wee littlo children
was left in the world all alone
To long for smile that had vanished
To weep for face that had gone.
j thought of the sorrows about me,
l thought % the varied past.
And wondered what hand in the future
Would fondlc my triinxs at last;
And 10, like an angel from Heaven
through torrents of tcar-drops | saw,
n form bending down To my babies
inc form OF my mOthcrin-law.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
Mount Cook.

Mr.. Green, the English traveller, de.
clares in his record book on New Zealand
that the chief object of his visit to that
country was the ascent of the towering
peak Of Mount Cook. He notes that nj
one time Mount Cook was said TO be
1900 feet in height and that as late rs
1875 the official handbook put him
down at $4,000. But in 1881 his exact
measurement was taken trigonome-
trically, and he was found to be only
u, $40 feet high Though not higher
than the highest European SUBMITS,
Mount Cook still outrivals them in point
of surroundings. The great glacier Is
eighteen miles long and three miles
wide, whereas the great glacier of
Switzerland Che Aletsch) is only fifteen
miles long and is never more than one
mile wide. From the summit of Mount
Cook, moreover, the sea is distinctly
visible, and the great glacier rolls its
streams of ice to n point within a quar-
ter of mile Of the sea itself.
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Extending TO the end Of my toes and to
my brain!
Which made me deliriousl
" From agony.
1T took three men TO hold me on my bed
q. timesl
THE doctors tried in vain to relieve me.
But TO no purpose.
morphine and other opiates
Had no effect
AFTER two months was given up TO diei
When my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
" The second dose eased me so much that
i slept two hours, something had not doDe
for two months. Before 1 had used FIVE
bottles, L was well and at work, rs hard as
any man cOnld, for over three weeks; but
worked too hard for my strength, and taxi
ing hard cold, was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through
my system that was ever known. i called
the doctors again, and after several weeks,
they left me cripple on clutches for life,
RS they said. / met friend and told him
my case, and he said Hop Bitters had cured
nun anu WOulu cure me poOneu NJ nun,
but he was so earnest / was induced 10 use
them again. In less than four we>-s L
threw away r1y crutcheS and went 10 work
lightly and kept on using the bitters for Eve
weeks, until became as well as any man
living, and have been so for six years since.
1t also cured my wife, who had been so for
years; and has kept her and my children
we'll and hearty with from two TO three
bottles per year. There Is no need 10 be
sick at all II these bittara are uSad
j. j. BERK, Ex-Supervlsor.
"That roor invalid wifel
"Sistsri
Mother!
"Or Daughter!
" Can be made the picture Of health with
few bottles OF Hop Bitters
" wa you let them suGerP'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

Ask for Wells, Richardson 81 Co.'s I'm
proved Butter Color, and take no other.
beware OF all limitations, and of all other
oil colors, for every other ono is liable to
become rancid and spoil the butter into
which 1t IS put II you can not get IL write
TO US at Burlington, VT, TO know where and
now 70 get IT without ezra expense. Thou
always prove No the haat.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
The Scold.

In view of the fact that scoldin0 is
such an unenviable accomplishments,
ana one so easily acquired. il is odd that
anybody should take credit TO herself
Tor vocation in that direction. and vet
we sometimes hear people boastinp
about their ability to give certain
friends or foes piece OF their mind
calculated TO stagger them, rs if one re-
CURED a special genius for the task
which any iish-wifc is competent to per
form to her infinite satisfaction. Who.
indeed, has rot met those who ab
soiutely plume themselves upon their
powers OF scOlding. and do not allow
them To grow rusty for lack of use?
mere are mothers whose children live
III constant dread Of prolonged repri-
mand II any little accident happens TO
their clothing, although we are warned
by the sage that scolding tends TO make
enid sly and irritable, and prefer any
place before home. 1t is lamentable
TACT that when we think of the scold il
IS always rs feminine noun: whether
II Is that man discipliues himself TO
make the best of inevitable annovances
ra'her than rail against them. or
whether, owing to his more robust
nature and his interest i'm larger pur-
suits the trliles which irriiatc the
senSit We feminine world have no effect
upon his toughened cuticle. tits di1icult
To decide. We would naturally
suppose that the s.old would possess a
strong physique; that one who was for
ever kicking against the pricks would
need muscle and nerve for such cpcr.
getc existence; but rs we often find
her an invalid, or one who has added
mat Foin 20 her other accomplishments
ana who cNhorts from her comfortable
couch with The strength Of ten. She il
confined 10 no class Of ,Oeicty, but may
De met with in hOvel or palace. Does
she not sit down 40 every BOARDING.
house table in the land. and did one
ever travel without cucOunteriu0 here
She inycigh- against the wind at the
summit Of Mount WASHINGTON. and at
inc Tack of it in the valleys below. She
Us ingenious in finding cause for e<er-
cIslng her free speech her neiObburs
hcf friends, her servants, enjoy the ben
eht OF her liberality ina that respect.
indeed She would cease 10 be happy if
there were nothing to rail against. rs If
such state oil thing were OWING 10
some neglect vt duty ON her part
Nothing is too high or too common TO
escape hcr oratory. and although she
may not be called % cOnvcrsationaiis,
nor remind me Of % Madame Do Stool
or Margaret Fuller. set. when She warns
20 the Occa ion. 60 IS doubtful n either
Of these could rival her --- H1rD-r's
ffg.Yr
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
walnut Tear Hair Restorer

Is entirely different from all others. 70 Is
as clear as water, and as its name indicates
Is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. IL
will Immediately FREQ the head from dan.
drum, restore gray hair TO its natural color
and produce n now growth where 10 has
fallen OF It does not in any manner AZ.
feet tue health, which Sulphur, Sugar Of
Lead and Nitrate Of Silver preparations
have done. 10 will change light or faded
hair in q few days 90 beautiful glossy
brown. Ask your druggist for it. Each
bottle Is warranted. JOHv D. PARK e.
Sons, Wholesale Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio
and &. N CRiTTENrOV. n. Y.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

MY father had an eating cancer for sew
eral years, which had eaten away his under
lip and the inside Of his check, down 20 tho
bottom Of his gums. We GOT some Of
Swifps Specific and gave him, and tho
elect has been wondefful-almOst miracu.
lous. The sores are all healed, and no is
perfectly we'll Every one here said it was
only question Of time about his death,
and his cure has created tho greatest ex-
element i'm this part OF the country.
WIN. Is. JATHROP.
South Easton, Mass, Jan. Z, 1884.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
Seven 1yI.e Men Rnmn.t.

Tho n. Y. Morning Journal says that
Mrs. F. q. Kellogg, 90 T.. Seth ST., was par
TALLY paralyzed, and lay for seven days In
commissions. Physicians were engaged and
discharged until seven had failed 20 help
or cure her. She was unable e leave her
bed, and was as helpless as a child. After
using all sorts OF salves, ointments, lotions
aud plasters, her case was given up as
hopeless. She was induced TO try st.
Jacobs Oil as a last chance. She began TO
improve from the time the first application
was made, and by It's continued use, she
has completely recovered.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

In dinner cards the newest have q
conundrum on one card answered on
another, and il is understood to be
great fun passing them all around
the mahogany.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

IRON Colonel G. III. Mackey, 32nd Iowa
Infantry: have derived more benefit from
Ely's Cream Balm than anything else L
have ever tried. have now been using 10
Tor three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. L have
been a sufferer for twenty years. g. III.
MAcKEY, Sigourney, Iowa, Feb. %, 1882.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

DR.. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment
Warranted 70 cure any case OF blind, bleed
ing or itching piles At druggists.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

sBloating headaches, pervous prostitution
and spinal weakness cured by Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

REV. Mr.. GRyESFIELD, OF Knoxville
Tenn, says; Samaritan NeTriRe cured
my son OF epileptic FITS"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

A charming resolvent, a matchless laxa-
tive, an intellibls nerve conqueror, Is
Samaritan Nerpins.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

Don't Die I'm the House. "Bough on Rats"
,lears out rats, mice. die reaches bed-bugs 15c.
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Files, reaches. ants, bed bugs, rats, mice,
crows, cleared out by Rough on Rats."f5c
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no MEDICINE has ever been known 80 Of
r,s tual in the cure OF oil those diseases
arising from nm impure condition Of tho
blood as SCOvuI's SARsAPARILLA OR
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
A Messenger OF Health.

Sent free TO sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, etc. IL tells Of
wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scotps Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81. DIR. Scott, Kansas City, Mo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

BEWARE of the iucipient stages OF Con.
sumption. Take Piso's Cure in time.
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Singing, irritation, al kidney and BIad
der Complaints, cured by "Buchu-Paiba"S 81.
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HEREDITARY TAINTS.

SALLIR WANDER Is a hard girl 20 court.
She doesn't care for sparks. Troy Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

Wells Rough on Corns." 1Jc. Ask Tor II.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

TEN silver dollars i'm each vest-pocket
will keep the vest down some.-N. Y Post
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

REDptyo'a Russia saivc is unoqualed for chm.
blains, chopped hands. frost bites. etc. Try r.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

CAUTION.
swifrs Specific Is entirely Vegetable preparation,
and should not be COMPOUNDED with the various sub.
stitutcs limitations, n0n-s secret humbugS "buccus
Alterans," eic., etc which are now being manufact.
urpd by various D rsons None of these contain
single article which enters into the composition Of g.
s. = There IL only one Swifts Specific and there tg
nothing In the world like IT, To prevent disaster and
disappointment, BE- sure 10 get the genuine.
Swfts Specific Il com picte antdote IN Blood
Tant Blood Poison. Msiarfsl Poison aud adn
Humor. J. DICKSON SMITH NJ D., Atlanta, Ga
have had remarkable succcss with Swlfrs Specific
in the treatment OF Blood ana skin Diseases and I'm
Female DISEASES. TOOK II myself for Carbunoles
with happy effect.
ID. o. O. HENRY, NJ. D.. Atlanta, Go.
used Swift's Specific on my little daughter who
was afflicted with some Blood Poison which had re-
sisted AL sorts OF The Specific relieved her
W. Y. BRoNrE. ~. D., Cypress Ridge Ark.
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
70 app ieants.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer g. Atlantis Ga
New York ONCE, 100 West I'D Street.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

Hale's Honey az fforchound ma Tar
Cures coughs, br1uchi Us aud consumption.
likc's t)otIncho Drops cure In ono minute.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

The Chicago Trjjluc has seen
irving and avs that 90 his .utclIecfu-
aily luminous and widely EYri-
/"ned. Gosh. Sounds Ike q dcscrp.
ton Di one OF the red uu-os IIenr.
Wi'' send homo 70 cops % that paper.
LDWeH CHtslU.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29
A Dangerous Case

RoCHEsrER. June 7. iks2. - Ter
Years ago i was attacked with the uFost
Intense aud deaihly pains IN my back aud
-Htdnsgs
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f. % 90 =,

- The best family pill Inodoiiavioy's stomach and
iAvcr RIO 20 Ileaeant In action and easy n take
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-29

COX = WEEK o. Aecnfs. Automatic Pit.
Vha0 w. GREEN. I'd control st. Boston. Mass.
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Good Fay Tor Agents. 500 20 aqOO D.,
nc. made ,aclIing 0u- 0uc Rocks a. TtIbi..
write 20 o. q. Mcturdy a. Co, CINCINNATI, q.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10
Personal Attire Forty Years Ago.

In dress black was the prevailing
color-black for promenade, parlor,
church, ball or business. The motto
ran: ga black suit is always genteel."
The hat was bell-crowned, long-napped.
broad-brimmed and pressed vice-like on
the head.
People then did not so much give
away their secondhand clothes Or dis
pose of them to the sold clo'" man.
They "wore them out" For this
reason the ssswallow-taiT' dress-coat
was often an article of everyday attire.
1t was the secondhand swallow-tail.
supplanted by the new one for Sunday
or state occasions.
The shirt collar was high, standing
and sharp-pointed at the ends. The
black frock-coat was short-waisted, mar
row-chested, with long, narrow skirts.
and the sleeves were as tight as pos
sible.
The ladies' bonnet was modelled after
the coal-scuttle An artificial full
blown peony or bunch of roses adorned
its summit. A plain cloak or shawl
hung like rag from the shoulders. A
plain untrimmed skirt reached to the
ankle.
Their slippers were heelless, fiat and
secured by black strings wound round
the ankle. The parasol was edged with
deep, heavy silken fringe. A bag of
gayly-colored silk, embroidered with
beads, was necessary for full-dress.
The handkerchief was bordered with
lace and carried exactly in the middle
by the thumb and Observation-Disclosures
Mulford, tn San francisco Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10
IF.

II men cared less for wealth and fame
and less for battlefield and glory;
II writ in human hearts. a name
St Q ned better than song and story;
Ii men. instead of nursing Pride,
on learn to nate and to abhor it;
II more relied on love to guide,
The world would be the better for it.
II men dealt less IN stocks ana lands.
And more in bonds and deeds fraternal;
If Loves work had more willing hands
To link the world to the supernai;
III men saved ND Love S oil and wine.
And on bruised human souls would pour II,
II yours and "nline" would once combine
The world would be the better for 1t.
If more would act the play of Life,
And fewer spoil it in rehearsal:
II Blgotry would sheathe its knife
Tell good became more universal:
II custom, gray with ages grown,
Had fewer blind men to adore it;
If Talent Sfioae for Truth alone.
The world would he the better foris-
If men were wise in little things.
Affecting le 5 in all their dealings;
If hear had fewer rusted strings
To iso.ate their kindly feelings;
If men. when Wrong beats down the Right.
Would strike togei ner and restore It;
If Right made Might in every fight,
The world would be the better for it.
Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10
A Pitable Race.

The story recently published of the
astonishing results of volcanic erup-
ton which occurred near Onalaska,
October IL, has not only brought out
confederation from another source, but
has evoked the recital of other phenome-
| ma of similar character. The new
narrator is M. Malowanski, who has
been for many years a resident OF the
trading post of Petropaulovski; and, as
the bulk of the incidents which he re-
lated had their scene in the Kurile
Islands, Il few words of description of
this almost unknown archipelago will
be pc tinert. the kurile Islands, then
droop like chain of small links from
kamschatka down to the japanese
Island of Yesso. so closing in the
Okhotsk Sea from the Northern Pacific.
Russia claimed them as a part of her
Arctic possessions, but they have re-
Gently been ceded by the Gar to the
Mikado in exchange for the large Island
of Saghalien. Russia has pfofted by
the transaction, for Saghalien affords ex-
cellent fishing grounds, while the Kur-
lie Islands, rich as they once were with
the costly fur of the sea-otter, are now
little more than barren reef. The sea-
offers have been eXterminated, and the
Kurileans have almost become extinct.
The islanders are a small race. hardy,
honest and peaceable. BY the Aleuts
they are called the ''hairy men," but
whether this is because they dress en-
tirely in skins or because they are spar
ingly provided with that Arctic rarity,
beard, is not known. Anything more
cherries and unlovely than the lives of
the Kurileans can scarcely be imagined.
Living on what is not much more than
a succession of huge stepping-stones
from Kamschatka to Japan, they are
exposed to the full fury and rigor of the
winters of the far North. The late
spring is comparatively pleasant, but
with the summer come on such fogs
that an impenetrable wall seems to be
raised between the islands and the rest
of the world. The fogs clear off, there
is brief glimpse Of low sun, and
then the bleak winter comes down
blackly again. Not thing grows on
the islands except moss, the whole
group being destitute of tree, or shrub,
or blade of grass. For food the natives
depend on whatever they may catch in
their fishing and hunting expeditions,
with the rare addition of a little bears
meat whenever bruin is adventurous
enough to swim off from the mainland.
Just as the islands are destitute of
foliage, 50 they are of animals-the only
creature on them besides the natives be-
ing a breed of small, swift foxes. The
habits of the Kurileans are in keeping
with their surroundings.
Hardy and adventurous, having no
such word as home in their meagre Ian
guage and no appreciation of such an
institution, they roam in their canoes
from island to island, killing whatever
breathes, putting up rude huts when
they are forced into winter quarters, but
generally despising anything like shell
ter and living in their boats. So little
are they used to the ar of construction
that, unlike their feliow-natives, they
do not build skin canoes, but make up
what are called baidara, class of craft
that is as primitive as the rest of their