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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07
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IKE JOHNSON says that "Junius"
letter il TIE ARous was n" Eross
mlartprcseDtation Of facts aud WAe-
NEE's lecture. How does the reiig-
ionsly Pious Sunday school editor OF
the political freeman knox wereol
be Fp-aks lie was 10 PmksrsJure
when WARNER made bis speaeh at
this ? ace
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

: Bro. McCeERY. Of the BnchaSnor
BDHno, THINKS we ATE doug the
Democracy poor service by laying
the Prohibition scheme b,re. We
wish TO remind our dear Brother
llat be does the Democracy 10 set
usi eetyice when he puff NATE GoTF
in his editorial co'u7us.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

!. W. DoMoss is visiting friends i'm This
locality.
Mrs. Susan Suidcr has rturueI homo
irDiu Fdrmout whore she was visuinu
relatives and friends
our y"upR asp'Iauu have quito now
method OF shaving lhoro faces Thay uso
neither lathcr or r,zyr
George Graham, our handsome voupp
dude, h's IDadt quite rtisc watch.
, DC hfs' one tnH he was ever pusc.sJr oi.
lhe roads at tnis p.le. arc almost im,
pa-iblc.
Iho potmctod meeting at his place IS
shl going ou. Coon,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07
Probably Not.

M '" r"'"' correspondent
- 'D' '0'''''''' Gays '""' paper Is
']'I ~" ." '7s"'u ~ 'H9 interests
~ '''' '0'"'J' why uoesn II
'' 10 '"'o's -" e"''o''d Cd
80 '"'! '"A 4'es''o" ne u =
1'"' u '"'S county are paying al"
"'ln'a' "n""Fueh'o'e TAX Inc sour
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07
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SINCE Ediiol Kussart changed tbe
style OF his paper month or two ag,
every issue has ahcwn an increased
Improvement. We a.o glad to sec
It. III: Kmsart is pub sizing good
s'raigLtout Democratic and court ~
paper and one TIM; Prreton D-mocrals
should support We sincerity wisb
hltn success vTyrra Alta Enterprise
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

The Journal has nothing to say
about our county ages, but it inccs-
sanity and vigorously shouts about
Bourbon taxation. The farmers Of
Preston pay Bourbon tax Of 30
cents and Rpublican tx Of l5s
nhnLs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

THE Ca.houn Chronicle, published
at Grap'eyille. clips IN editorial
from THE ARGUS aud palms 10 of on
Dts readers az original There is 10
excuse for pisgisrrms Of this kind,
W.. MARsHALL.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

TIE taxes ia tbis c9uaty are out
r'goous the farmers ought 10 take
some action 10 the uape,. They
ought to vote 10 break up the Riog.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

The farmers Of this county are
paYrg more than one and n halt
Fficeut c,unty taxes. Tnisis an cut.
rage on that class Of individuals.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07
Heermans' Letter

FRANCIS HEERMANs evidently
considers his corns tread upon by W.
j. LAvELLE aud the editor OF this
paper, and comes out in letter in
this issue oil The ARGUS asking for
an investigation of certain Repub-
lican crookednessa which is purport
ed TO have transpired about the
years 1864 to 1867. Mr.. HEERMANs
admits that tho money fell into his
aands, aud this is news to the editor
Of this paper. He did not know at
The time he wrote the editorial that
HEERMANs was connected with the
matter, and that geutlemaa attempt
at vindiclion reminds him of that
old adage, "a guilty conscience needs
no sccuser..
In our editorial last week we gimp-
ly stated what our correspondent
said, and asked if it was possible
that thu money iolnd it's way into
the pockets OF certain county cfi-
cials 2 We did not mention HER
MANS name, nor could any Que infer
from what we said that we had the
leaet reference to FRANK HEERMANs
He takes the thing up however,
and By his own rashness Will lead
the Puhlc to believe that he had his
hand in the pie if it be true that
the money was really stolen and APP
piled 10 the individual interests of
ths spoilsmen.
We are sorry indeed that the mat
ter bas assumed its present shape.
w. HEERMANs is q nan for whom
we have the greatest 4espect, aud we
are doubiy sorry that he, unaccusad
rushed into this matter in the man
ner that he has, for his action will
most certainly impress the people
with the belief that his public record
IS not altogether clean, although it
may be as pure as The morning
dew. Again, let US say that we
feel paug Of anguish when we think
over the mat er, but can the gentle
man blame anyone other than him
self II the public now suddenly be-
comes Suspicious OF him ?
But he.wants legal investigation
OF the matter-wante Efr. LAvELLE
and to appoint one committeeman,
and he will appoint one, aud let
these two select 4 third just to set
tie up his business. Mr.. LAvELLE
may adopt any course he desires 10,
but the editor Of this paper does not
regard himself the proper person to
make fual settlement Of the bust
mess trdnsacted by FRANK HEERmANs
twenty years ago. If il still remains
unsettled HEERWANs should at once
seek the proper authorities and make
fnal adjustment Of the matter.and
Tot seek 10 lug the editor OF this
paper into au investigation OF HIS
buslness Tor he has never yet limited
30 bis columns that the gentleman
@po has brought himself prominent
y before The pubic lately, had been
| guilty Of crookedness.
Add further, let us add that
ihs editor Of this paper was 10.
10 Preston county at the time This
levy was made, and he wss no,
aware &c be has heretofore stated.
that HEEREAEs was Sheriff Of the
county when it is said the slesi was
made. lie jIjnp 10y lsst week thar
ue mea1. % loyestgtte the matter
but he suii msirtuns that an invss-
| ugat.ou should be- msde ifit be tru,
ella tt..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

IT'S tine county taxes tbat are
bsnkruptirg the farmer; not The
State taXss.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08

tant item in our supplies, inasmuch as
oil-seeds 10 the value of $500, 900 are
annually imported into Britain for
crushing purposes, and our exports of
oil are roughly valued at GI,600,000
The export of seed-oil from London,
Hull, and Liverpool, in 1880, was a.
50S, 900 gallons.
Under the head of seed-oils rank lin
seed, cotton-seed, and castor-oil.
Colza-oil, also, is made from mustard,
hemp, radish, rape, turnip, and other
seeds. Then We have olive-oil and
almond-oil. From India comes poppy
seed oil; from the Black Sea, oil of sun
hower-seeds. From Ceylon and the
Pacific isles comes cocoanut OIL From
Western Africa the palm nut oil of the
oll-palm, and oil of ground-nuts, for
use in fine machinery. From Singa-
pore and China we receive kokum-oil
and vegetable tallow. About fourteen
thousand tons of croton-oil are annual
ly imported for the use of the wool
dressers of Britain.
Besides these, so familiar to ourselves,
almost every country has some speciality
in oils. Thus, in Southern Russia, tobac-
co-oll Is largely used; in Italy, oil of
grape-stones; in China, oil of tea seed !;
in India, oil of nutmegs, of seeds of the
gamboge tree, of custard-appleseed of
cashew-nut, of cardamon, of neam, of
margoza, and many others. Brazil, too,
has large number of oils, both animal
and vegetable, peculiar to itself.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
How 10 MeSmerize.

from the Popular Science Month.y.l
will show you the method of mes
merizing which is, perhaps, on the
whole, most effective; 1t is very nearly
| that described by Braid. l have not
time to attempt mesmeric experiment
| to-nie hit; it is the method only which [
wish to show you. With one hand
bright object, such as this faceted piece
of glass, is held thus. eight to twelve
inches from the subject, so that there is
a considerable conveyance of the eyes,
and rather above the level of
the syes, 20 that he is
obliged to look upward. The subject
is told to look steadily at the piece of
glass, and to keep his whole attention
fixed upon it This position is kept up
for five or ten minutes; during this
time the pupils will probably dilste con-
siderably, often assuming a slight ryth-
mic contraction or dilation; when this
is the case, the free hand is moved slow
ly from the object toward the eyes. Ii
the subject is sensitive, the eyes will us
ually close with a vIbratory motion. In
some cases the subject is then unable
to open them, and the usual mesmeric
phenomena can be obtained. If, when
the operator brings his hand near the
eyes of the subject, the subject instead
of closing them follows the movement
of the fingers, the whole proceeding is
repeated, but the subject is told to
close his eyes when the fingers are
brought near them, but to keep them
fixed in the same direction as before,
and to continue to think of the object
and that only. The operator then for
some minutes makes passes" bringing
his warm hands over and close to the
face of the subject In one direction.
When the subject sinclined to pass in
to the cataleptic state, an indication of
his condition may be obtained by gen
tly raising bis arm; if he is beginning
to be mesmeriZed the arm remains in
the position in which it is placed. If
the arm falls the mesmeric state may
not infrequently be hastenod on by
telling the subject to keep his arm ex-
tended while be IS still gazing at the
object, or while the passes are being
made, And that is the whole OF the
process. The man thus mesmerized
sinks from manhood to highly COM
plicated piece of machinery. He is a
machine which for time is conscious
and in which ideas can be excited by
appropriate stimulation; any one ac-
quainted with the machinery can set it
III action.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
The Kinds of Oil.

y
For moment let US glance at the
principal sources of animal and vegeta-
BILE oil-supply, ere the fountains OF min
eral oil were revealed for the use and
comfort of the human family.
First and foremost, of course. ranked
the h-oils-the well-known train or
drain oil which drained from the blub-
Der of the great Greenland whale "a
large whale som times yielding f1liy
thirty tons of bluuber-each ton repre-
senting nearly two hundred gallons of
oil. Though the cachalot, or sperm
whale, could never rival the Greenland
whale in the quantity ofits contribution,
it had at least the advantage of quality
and variety, since, besides ordinary
blubber, it yields a large amount of
sperm-oil, and also spermaceti. Of the
latter valuable product, the head alone
often yields ten barrels.
Next among oii-yielding fish come the
grampus, or dolphin, the porpoise. the
shark, the seal, the cod, the herring and
others
OF animal fats are butter, tallow, lard,
goose grease, Geat's-foot oil (prepared
from the feet of oxen, and used by cur
riers in dressing leather, and mares
grease Imported from Buenos Ayres
and Montevideo, where multitude OF
horses are annually slaughtered for
their hides, tallow, and bonesD. In
Russia, especially at Moscow, yolk-oi
egg oil is in great repute for making
soap and pomatum.
Vegetable oils form q very impor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FIVE of the Michipicoten rioters have
been captured and taken to Toronto.
-Four of the ring-leaders, armed with re-
peating rifles, are fugitives in the
woods.
MARAUDERs at Czernowitz, Austria,
on the 31st, destroyed the windows of
the Russian consular building and
rulned the escutcheon.
FIRE at Ruete, Spain, on the 31st,
destroyed large factory. Twenty
persons lost their lives.
The students and faculty of Kings
College, at Windsor, Ont, are at war,
and the college lectures have been sus-
pended. The stuents burned two of
the professors in efigy on the college
grounds and demanded their resigna-
ton.
CANADA and Mexico have formally
agreed to be cordial, and now the Can
adams have an eye on the Mexican
trade.
DIGEEFF, who assassinated Col. Su-
delkin, in Russia, is believed to be in
America.
GREAT distress prevails among unem-
ployed cotton operatives at Dundee,
Scotland.
A LONDON dispatch of the 9th says
Gen. Wolseley has been instructed to
effect the rescue of Gems. Gordon and
Stewart and to refrain from unneces-
ary offensive operations.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
GENERAL.

WEIsz & MoLL, dealers in agricultur-
al implements, Sioux City, Ia, as
signed on the 31st. Liabilities about
S25 600; assets $4,000.
THE failures in the United States for
the week ending on the 31st, numbered
231.
The Washington grand jury, on the
3lst, returned an Indictment against
Col Burnside, late disbursing officer of
the post-office department, charging
him with embezzling S54, 900.
DR.. PARET, of New York, was elected
bishop by the Protestant Episcopal
Conference at Baltimore.
S. SELIG, wholesale milliner. San
Francisco, made an assignment on
the 29th. Liabilities $4,000; assets
$4,000.
THE Peoples Bank, at Canton, H.,
suspended on the 29th. Liabilities
100000.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 29th
states that yellow fever has broken out
on the west coast of Mexico.
AhE -hIAiotIOuS Wen III lilc uO1u
Greek, Pa, oil district, was torpedoed
on the 9th with fifty quarts of nitro
glycerine and Immediately commenced
to flow at phenomenal rate. The yield
per day is estimated at 5000 barrels
Before the torpedo exploded the well
was considered worthless.
On the 28th Walter Q. Gresham, sec
retary Of the treasury, was appointed
Judge of the Seventh Circuit, in place
of Justice Drummond, resigned. Fx-
Secretary Hugh McCulloch takes the
treasury portfolio.
THE Scott liquor law was on the 28th
declared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court of Ohio.
AT Rockport, Mo-, on the 25th,
William Sutherland, farm shand, fatal
ly shot his employers daughter because
she refused to elope with him. He
then attempted to suicide by poison,
but failed.
WILBUR F. STOREY, proprietor OF
the Chicago Times, died at his home in
that city On the 9th, after protracted
| illness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
How the Rebels Were Posted.

In the introduction to his article on
the Battle of Bull Rum" in the Cent
ury for November, Gen. Beauregard re-
lates the following incident, which
shows how readily, in the early days of
the war, the Confederates were supplied
with information respecting the move
ments of Union troops:
Just before Col. Chestnut was dis
patched on the mission of which l have
spoken a mission to Richmondl
former clerk in one of the departments
at Washington, well known to him, had
volunteered to return thither and bring
back the latest information, from our
most trusted friends, of the military and
political situations. His loyalty, intelh
gence and desire to be of service being
vouched for, and as | was extremely
solicitous to hear the personal observa-
tons of so intelligent gentleman as he
was represented TO be, he was at once
sent across the Potomac below Alex
andria by our agencies in that quarter,
merely accredited by a small scrap of
paper bearing IN Col. Jordan's cipher
the two words, Trust bearer" with
which he was to call at certain house
in certain street in Washington within
easy rihe-range of the White House,
ask for the lady of the house, and pre-
sent it only to her. This delicate mis-
sion was as fortunately as 1t was deftiy
executed. In the early morning, as the
pewsboys were crying in the yet empty
streets of Washington the intelligence
that the order was given for the Federal
army TO move at once upon my position,
that scrap of paper, apparently so IN
meaning, reached the hands of the one
person in all that city who could extract
any meaning from it. With no more
delay than was necessary for hurried
breakfast, and the writing In cipher by
Mrs. G. of the words "Order issued
for Mcdowell to march upon Manassas
tonight my agent was placed In com
munication with another friend, who
carried him in buggy with relay of
horses as swiftly as possible down the
eastern shore of the Potomac TO our
regular ferry across that river. Without
uptoward incident the momentous dis
patch was quickly delivered into the
hands of cavalry courier, and by means
of relays it was in my hands between 8
and 9 O'Clock that night Within half
an hour, my outpost commanders, ad-
vised of what was impending, were di-
rected, at the first evidence of the near
presence of the enemy in their front,
| to fall back in the manner and to
positions already prescribed in anticipa-
ton of such contingency in an order
confdentially communicated to them
four weeks before, and the detachment
at Leesburg was directed to join me by
| forced marches.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
The "Prettyo Barmaid,

A London correspondent, ailuding to
the number of drunken women he saw
in the great metropolis, more even than
of drunken men, has this, incidentally,
of a London institution novel to Amer
lean eyes: Whether the presence of the
barmaid behind the counter encourages
the women to come in and drink, or
whether she is put there to encourage
the men to come in, or simply because
her labor is cheaper than a mans is a
problem. She is there to stay, appar
emily, and seems to be regar ded as one
of the established institutions of the
country. 1t is the custom to speak of
her as the pretty bermsid." Perhaps
this was true of the first generation of
barmaids, but it is not easy to find the
justification for it now. The barmaid
of the period he's business-Eke, reso-
lutte look, as if she could exercise the
functions of an American "bouncer" on
occasion, but those we happened to see
were certainly not beautiful. The one
making most pretensions to prettiness
was a modest-looking girl in the foyer
of the handsome new Empire Theater.
She tried to open bottle of soda-water.
The cork was obstinate. When she put
the bottle between her knees and began
to tug with all her strength, confess
that my American instincts overcame
me. l took the bottle away from her
and pulled the cork myself. Probably
this was very ridiculous thing to do.
Sir Lepel Griffin says that the degree
of Difference paid to women in America
is absurd, or something of that sort
An American (from Wisconsin, told an
Englishman, with some Western in
tensity, that in America the man who
put a woman behind the bar to sell his
whisky would be lynched by the men
who drank it, The Englishman
seemed very much amused.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
CRIMINAL.

DAVID 5. CHADWICK, proprietor of a
brick yard at Watertown, Wis, COM
mltted suicide on the I'd by drowning.
JOHN RowLER and A. Van Pelt, Re
publican inspectors of election in New
York City, have been arrested for re-
fusing to register number of men who
applied to them for that purpose.
IN political quarrel at Allegheny
City, Pa, on the 31st, VIM. Case, a
white man, fatally stabbed Albert
Johnston, colored.
AT Hunters Point, l.. l., on the 1st,
Patrick Herman was sentenced to be
hanged December II, for the murder of
Peter Mccormick.
AT New Iberia, La, on the 1st inst.
political free fight resulted in the
death of nine men.
BEN HEFFNER, a farmer near West
minister, o., shot and killed his wife
and attempted to kill his daughter, son
and daughter-in-law, on the 31st.
Four police officers have been in
dicted at Cincinnati for interfering
with voters. 1t is charged that they
arrested and imprisoned a number of
colored men until after the polls had
closed, when they released them with
out making charge.
LEWIS WHEELER, whose home was in
Taylor, Wis, was killed by the cars at
La Crosse on the night of the 31st.
Supposed to be case of suicide.
Ex- Gov. MOSES, of South Carolina,
who is in prison at Detroit on charge
of swindling, attempted to commit sui
eide on the 29th, by hanging He was
cut down and will live to stand trial.
On the 29th, Horace Deland, of
Brookfeld, n. H, aged Is years, chained
himselfto brush heap and then ignited
it. Near his body was found a razor
with which he bad gashed his throat
before lmmolating himself. He left a
note telling his parents he was tired of
life
AT Edwardspord, Ind, on the night
OF the 2Sth, man named Dick Adkin-
son fired into Democratic assemblage
Killing Lincoln Keith, a Republican.
Atkinson is In Jail and may experience
the excitement of lynching bee.
IT was discovered on the 29th that
Fred. ". Duvernois, private banker
OF Detroit Mich, had disappeared with
from $4,000 to $4,000 of his depositors'
money. Several insurance companies
for whom he was agent, also suffered
severely.
GEo. t. JACKSON, president of the
Enterprise Cotton Factory at Augusta,
GA, is a defaulter to the extent of over
100000. He has confessed.
On the night of the 9th, burglars
took $1,000 in cash and $4,000 in
bonds of the Rockaway Beach Improve
ment Company from the store of A. B,
Smith at Rockaway Beach.
AT Good Hope, n. NJ, on the 2Sth.
Joe Hickman, miner, was murdered
by his partners, Frank Beck and Tom
Welsh, because he refused to join them
IN plan to rob a neighbor
Gro. ". SToUTENBURG, a wealthy and
prominent citizen of Chicago, commit
ted suicide by shooting at Lakeside. a
suburb of the Illinois metropolis, on the
morning of the 26th. He was so years
of age.
THREE brothers named Saam mur-
dered stranger near Weinsburg, O.,
on the 9th. Two of the brothers have
been arrested.
CITIZENS of Helena, Neb., hanged a
man who shot the sheriff while resisting
arrest for incendiarism, on the 9th.
AT Murray City, Ia, Deputy Sheriff
Locke, in quelling disturbance on the
9th, shot two Polish miners, one fatally.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
"Tell's kapelle."

Beyond the village of Kussnacht, on
the road t. Immensee, [ found the "hol-
low path of Schiller, where Tell placed
himself to watch for Gessler's arrival,
and then 1 entered the little chapel
erected to mark the spot where the ty-
rant fell, struck down by the avenging
dart that helped so much to free the
Swiss. There was another Tells
kapelle" that | visited, the one on the
lake shore erected at the spot where
Tell leaped ashore from Gessler's boat
and gave the signal for the revolt for
national liberty. The walls are covered
with pictures recalling the terrible acts
of despotism committed by the ancient
tyrants of this land. Here we have a
nobleman putting out the eyes of an old
man which looked at him too boldly as
he passed; there fathers tongue is be-
ing torn out by the roots because he re-
fused to betray the hiding place of his
son, reticence which does not seem to
have been of much avail, for a little
farther on we see the son being skinned
alive for having resisted the hirelings of
his lord. 1t would be hard to convey
an adequate picture of the frowning,
wild, savage aspect that the lake pre-
sents around here. On all sides tower
up perfect chaos of mountains, which
hem in and here and there push forth
their rocky spurs into the very bosom
of the lake: black. smooth, steep, inac-
cessible rocks, against which tie waves
dash in heavy masses driven by gusts of
wind that issue suddenly from some lair.
There are some who pretend that all
this story about Tell is legend and not
a bit historical; for my part, l prefer
81 non e vero-to belit We such stories.
To me the heroic deeds of William Tell
are a part of the history of this earth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
CASUALTIES.

A PASSENGER train on the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad was derailed nes-
Alta, O.. on the 1st Several cars were
demolished and a large number of per-
sons injured.
Two freight trains collided at Notta-
wa, Mich, on the 1st. One of the
cabooses, containing nine persons,
was wrecked, and VIM. Green instantly
killed and Geo. Koops fatally injured.
CHARLES J. FAULKNER, ex-member of
Congress, ex-minister to France and ex-
chief of Stonewall Jackson's staff. is
dead.
FRANK PIES died at Green Bay on
the lst, from injuries received through
a kick from a mule.
A LITTLE girl named Clifford meddled
with a pistol at Baltimore, on the lst.
and was fatally shot.
A FALSE alarm of fire in the Star
Theater, Glasgow, Scotland, on the
night of the 1st, caused fearful panic.
and the rush of the audience of 1000