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Age in the Army.

The oldest Captain on the active list
OF the army is Captain Pollock. Of the
Twenty-iirst Infantry. be will be Gj
years old during the month. The old
est Lieutenant Is T.. T. Barnard Of the
Fifth Cavalry. who Is Is &. being twenty
years older than his Colonel. The old
est LieutenanC OF Artillery is y. G..
Nichols, Of the First. who is 81 years OF
age. The senior Major ON the active
list in point Of years is Edward Collins.
Of the Fifth Infantry, who is 60 years.
He ent cred the serv CO in 1876 as n
private I'm the battalion OF engineers.
and has been i'm the service ever since
that time Brovet Brigadier-Gcncral
Joseph n. g.. Whistler, Of the Fifth In
fantry. is thc oldest Licutcnant-C ColoneI
in the line Of the army; he is 81: and
Lieutonant-COlon John Hamilton. Of
the Fifth who Is 81, is the oldest of his
grade in the artillery General III j.
Hunt, the senior Colonel Of artillery
now retired, viii bc 90 voa-s Of ace
during this month General Gilbert
Colonel ~ the Seventeenth fautrv. is
the oldest Colonel of hrs aru he ser.
vice. being g.. and John T.. Hatch. of
the Second Cavalry. is the senior i'm
years i'm The cavalry. The Youngest
Major General is Schofield and the
eldest is Pope. who is 81. Hancock ia
so; he retircs in 1888. Mackenzie is
the youngest Brigadier. General i'm tho
army; be is now lj and retired. and
Miles, the next. j., %. While promo
tiOn is slower Zoo some respects in our
army than IN 29Y Usilitary service in
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-21

Europe, yet there is neither In England
nor Ion tho continent an officer OF
General Mackenzie aye, "outsido of
royal blood" who has attained his
rank. Angler is tho Oldest Brigadicr-
General, and is 6&. a Brgadicr-Gcn-
oral will 10 appointed next year
Ma or-Gencral and Brigadier in lSS6.
and likewise i'm 1888
The youngest Colonel of artillery Is
Ayrcs; of cavalry, Merritt. who is -.
and of infantry. ronnypackor. who is
~. The youngest Lieutenant. Colonel
on the Stah of the army is j. NJ White
moro, of the ordnance, and Morrow. of
the Sixth Cavalry, is the youngest Lieu.
tcnant-C Colonel IN the line :. r.. Till
man, Professor of chemistry, mincralogy
and geology nj West Point, has the cor
relative rank OF Lieutenant Colonel; he
Is 36 years old. the yom cost of the
grade i'm the United States army. The
youngest Ma or i'm the army is William
III. Smith, of the Pay Department. who
is 80; George Il. Smith. of tho Twelfth
Infantry, who graduated from West
Point IN 1879. is few months older
Otho w. Budd, who graduated from
West Point in 1873 is the Youngest
Captain of cavalry, and f. V. Green
and Carl +. Paltrcy are the youngest i'm
the corps of engineers. Ths average
OF agc of Captains of artillery is Is.
and in cavalry and infantry about Al.
In the general stan ot the army the
Youngest general officer is General
Bcnct. Chief OF ordnance who il 81.
and the senior i'm date of commission:
Adlutant-Gcncral Drum und Surgeon
General Crane are 30 years old. and
- A 80. a A
miSsary- General MacIcclcy are 90.
The oldest retired officer of the army is
General w 5. Harncy, who was born
in the last century, and who entered
the service in 1918. IIc lives at ST.
Louis and is accounted the woalthcst
nan in the army.-St. LoniS GioJc-
Democrat
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Deacon and Dude.

But the deacon was uneasy. Near
him 81 a dude from New York, with
loudly chcckered suit, silverheaded
cane. and q pronounced odor OF pat
chouly. The deacon eyed the dude,
shifted uDea ily i'm his seat, and at
length arose and said
'l guess I'd get 10 wind ard '
81 tell ye said he, suddenly cd
dressing the jude. 81 know whatH
take that air smell outer your clothes.
lou must bury en- bury en- p month.
an hen they'll bc all right Naow
when ! was q boy. / lived In the coun-
try, an one day / was goin' TO school,
au' threw n stone 40 "a little black kit
ten by the roadside. Jerusalem but
I've never stoned q black kitten since.
! reckon you run across one o them
critters this mornin'. by the smoIl--
Good gracious, where the felIcr gomez
Don't see what there was To get hu1y
about he remarkc q, turning TO the
Milling crowd that had gathdred round.
Guess he must ha' gone TO bury his
clothes. ~ Boston Globe.
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Story or n Fish-Hawk.

While three boys, whose homes are
near the Wicomico River, in Maryland,
were padding i'm n small canoe, known
as dug out, their attention was at.
lracted by loud splashing i'm cove.
not far OF. The prov Of the canoe was
turned into the cove. and they soon dis
covered what was causing the disturb
ance. a full-grown lish-hawk had Lc-
come cntangled in n gill-net, and the
huge bird had beaten the water into
foam all around H. When the boys
drew near, they saw that the hawk had
nearly exhausted itself, and il did not
take them long 10 secure their prey.
il was big thing 20 catch fish hawk
awe, and during the next few days
they were heroes indeed. But after n
while they become tired Of their captive,
which merely mopcd in its cage, and
50 they decided TO set the fsh-hawk
free. They cut their names into n
piece of leather and fastened 10 by
means Of a chain TO the birds left leg,
just above the foot That was In May,
1882. During the herring season Of the
spring Of 1888, the boys thought they
recognized their former friend, but
the hawk never would let them get near
enough % learn positively a few
weeks ago ono of the boys e,ciyed u
letter from ST. SimOn's Island. ON the
GeOrg a coast. saying that the chain
and piece OF leather which also bore
the address Of the lads, had been pic kcd
mp ut the foot Of dead pine tree, woll
known there rs = nesting place for
Osprcys GOidcH Duy..
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Bird ;e Over the Straits OF Mcssini.

In the exhibition nOw open at Turin.
says n foreign exchange, the Directors
Of the NOvara and Pine Railway show
the drawings and plans for the pro .cctcd
bridge over the Straits Of Messina. The
narrOwost portion Of The straits is two
miles across, but the depth there is 100
m OH fect). viii the shallOwest
part, which is 10 m. (jGl fcetJ decp.
run, between Cap del PczIO and Gran
zirri. Although the distance across nj
the latter point is hall a mile greater
than at the narrOwest portion Of the
straits, Its greater shallowness has
caused 70 10 be selected as the spot for
the bridge. In addit ON tO double line
of rails, 10 is intended to make the
bridge wide enough 10 include % road
for ordinary carriage traffic The via
duct VIII be supported by two land
towers and three piers each 1000 nm
(3,2SO foot) apart The foundation Of
the three piers will be constructed Of
granite ballast up tO within ~ m. (7jI
icct) Of the surface Of the water. and Of
granite masonry The latter being
carried 10 10 m. (3j fccD above the
water. Tho bridge will terminate on
either shore in tower shaped piers. con
structcd also o. granite. with the ordi-
nary dry foundations The height Of
The bridge above the water win b 100
m. (jjo fcot. The entire upper por-
ton Of the bridge q, To- be bIilt Of steel.
and The construction i-to be carried ont
in the same way as the bridge over the
Mississ ppi at So. Lou Iron Agc.
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Giving the Countersign.

During the camping OF the First
Regiment at Santa Rosa, the pickcts
found considerable difficulty in prevent
ing the men absenting themselves with
out leave, a circumstance for which the
mint iuleps of the town bar rooms and
the large contingent Of pretty Santa
Rosa girls small blame TO them were
chiefly accountable.
One particularly sultry evening.
while tho sentinels were pacing their
beats with their tongues fairly hanging
out OF their mouths with heat and
wondering whether the pirates i'm the
mess tent would drink every last drop
OF beer before the "relie" came. one
OF the guards observed q private APP
preaching who was staggering along
under the combined load OF much con
viviality and an enormous watermelon
under each arm.
"Who goes thcre?"
or hic or fren," responded tho
truant
Advance. friend, and give the
countorsign.
"Haint got no hic- countersign," ="
amiably replied the private; but III
hic give yer er- warmelin."
Pretty soon the officer OF the dav
came round, and said 30 the sentinel.
who was absorbed in munching n huge
piece Of watermelon stuck on the end
Of hrs ayonct
Ibid Perkins pass you jgst nowP''
"Yessir'
"Did he give The countersign?" in
quirel the Lieutenant. taking n bite
himself. as the man presented arms
"Well, no. sir" said The sentinel.
cOnfdontially 'tho password was
Cholera. but he .aid Watermelon. so
] Ipasscd him and put The other half in
your tent
"Did, eh." unused the officer. "Humi
watermelon, chi Well. / gucss that
was near enoughr' San Francisco
Post
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Spreading II On TOO Thick.

Mrs Eo Poultice 'I hope YOU made
yourself Agreeable 30 that Mrs. De
Fashion for she is q great authority in
society here. aud we must keep ON tho
right side of her"
Mr. De POultice -"NO danger that /
will ever make n bad impression. you
may be sure. just laid myself ont to-
please her. AID If did not spread the
nattciy on thickly my name is not De
Pouiticc. You noticed that beautiful
young lady beside hcr?'
yes
"Wcll Of course, she can't be any
near relation to Mrs De Fashion. for
the old lady is most horribly lOmcly;
but ! saw the opportunity and used it,
] can tell I'LL"
What opportunity
why my dear. I pretended
thought that lovely young girl was Mrs
DC Fashions da ighter aud 10 tickle
the old lady / spoke Of the wonderful
resemblance and "
"Oh. YOU dheaied old idiot
Mrs De Fashion has only been married
n year. --- fhi'niciphta CGH
The great reader may be esteemed
happier than even the great writer. lie
enjoys the pleasure without the labor
and sacrifice. Tie has but 20 reap in
gladue,g " ere another has sOwn in
tcprs. Minne0DOiiS Eyeufug J5uraaL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-21

Tho lum-tum thing among dudes is
now tO shake hands with the left hand.
II enhances the general effect Of ah
lassitudc On as 10 we're yah know
aud then the right hand IS usually bus,
with the end o. u mustache Lhtcaqo
Ttmcs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-21

A handsome income Is made bv a
Frcnchman at Berlin. who has intro
duccd the Partisan system OF window
cleaning by contract lie charges two
shillings e month, and has six thousani
customers IN the German capital alone,
where he employs forty men.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-21

BESIDES the above-namcd trains, there 10 n
Way Train with "A passenger car attached that
goes both East and West daily except Sunday
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B. & o. r. r. TIMETABLE,
w WESTWARD.

Condensed timetable OF passenger trains Ter
ee stations named below.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-21
MEN VINO BURY,

me LIE OF an Undertaken Anything But "a
Sad One-stories Told by One of Them
Race for the Graveyard-A Mania for
Attending Funerals
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Bri9ht's Disease.

DR.. Alex. de Bora, of Crystal
Springs, n. Y, writes that, after
years of practical test of the milk diet
tor Bright's disease. he has q long list
Of cases IN which he has made perfect
cures. Great care is taken to get alb
solutely pure skinned milk, from
healthy and well-fed cows, and no
other food of any kind is given after
the patient can bear five pints of
milk a day. Up to this point, n
until the stomach can take care of so
much, is found to be the most trying
period in this treatment, but no other
medicine is gwen, and hand and
bair-glove rubbing is daily resorted
to-.
Another correspondent makes ex>
ception to the claim made that not =
drug of an therapeutic value in that
disease has " been discovered. In
support of mis- assertion he sends Us 3
recipe which he claims has affected
a cure in Bright's disease, as we'll as
in dropsy, ia every case in which it
has been tried during the last fifteen
years. He recommends the drinking
Of an infusion of the dry pods Of the
common white soup bean, Or corn
bean. When the latter cannot be
readily obtained, the pods of tine
"snap short bean will answer, and
even the Lima bean, though the lat
ter is inferior in strength. The reci-
pe is as follows: fake a double
handful OF the pods to three quarts
of water; boil slowly for three hour,
until it is reduced to three pinls. Use
no other drink Of any kind but this,
the patient drinking as much as he
conveniently can. It may be taken
either hot or Geld"
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HALF the Passengers Carried Pts
tolls.
New York Sun-l

kSCw LULA QUILL
During q heated discussion as to
the non-enforcsment of the munich
pal regulations against carrying
deadly weapons which took place on
a night car on the Sixth avenue sur
face road Tuesday night, q of the
disputants offered to bet $40 that over
half the passengers carried pistols.
The bet was promptly take noses
were counted and showed fourteen
male passengers. and the conductor
was invited to decide the bet.
This he decli"ed to DO, as being no
part of his regular duty, and the par
ties to the wager went through the
car, asking each passenger to Own up
Four men admitted having pistols,
three others exhibited them. five
shook their heads good naturedIE,
and two denied the mild impeach>
ment so hotly as to excite Suspicion.
The deadlock seemed inevitable. but
q woman sitting in the corner asked
fol The returns.
seven to seven,' was the sad Ie-
ply:
Count me in. Eight to seven, l
guess" and throwing back her cloaa
she showed the pearl handle Of q
revolver. The bet was settled, but
the loser said something about "a put
up job" and counted out"
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TAXING ATAP.
High Betting in the Flush Days OF
California.
Philadelphia Tiral

l~Scl41elpnA 1ln4
"Monte was the great California
game in 49," said G.. Il have seen
many a big stake made OF lost at it,"
What wss the biggest bet you
EVER saw made?"
sixteen thousand dollars. There
was q little gambler in II risco' who
used to deal it; Sandy Jackson was
his name. He came, if I am not mis-
taken, from somewhere in New
England. George Walton, the banker
wandered into his place q night a
little full, ard, after looking
around rather unsteadily for q
moment, laid bis hand on Sandy's
shoulder and said:
Sandy, how much in the bank to-
nigh,?"
1.-THE other players turned to look
at the newcomers handsome. intelli
gent, but rather dissipated looking
face. Sandy took stock of his pile.
1t had been q lucky night for him.
"A thousand ounces he replied.
(Sl6 .0OO.)
will you take = tap, Sandy?"
asked the banker.
SANDY eeemeO 10 stuOy LOT q mo-
ment, He was evidently q little
staggered at the reckless proposition.
The lights shone full on his peaked,
old nannish features, The was barely
turned Of 26) countless freckle-, sandy
hair, and little, twinkIing. feIre;'s
eyes. He fixed his gaze on the vim
dow so in.ently that his eyes seemed
to pierce the panes and the darkness
beyond to seek some far away object;
his hand so penedand shut nervously.
Suddenly the lines about his mouth
tiRhrened. he leaned Lack in his chair
and turning his face up to look at
Walton, uttered the one w.rd; les.
1.-The banker seemed . little sur
prised. he evidently did not think
his offer would be accepted; still he
Wa too proud and too games man 10
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2rc}efficaM Xardf.
DR.. de Freye.

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Directly opposite public school building, one
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weaken now. So he walked over te
q side table. and, drawing . blank
| check from his pocketbOok, flied il
IN for the amount named, scrubbed
his name AT the bnttom, and tossed i,
owe to Sandy with the remark; Is
that all right?"
Sandy glanced at it "All right, ]
guess he muttered: ''do- it gr::'
The banker nodded. The gamblers
at the other Italics stopped playing
ana clustered around this n tn see
the result. In monte the first card
shown is for the dealer, The next for
the PLAYER. Sandy turned up two
the first was q queen. the second q
nine. Sandy placed them next each
other q fev inches apart. The rUOm
was as still a. death.
Sandy gave q quick glance around
the room and then began to pull the
cards from the bottom, one by one.
de was as Whit as a gno~t, tut 9th
erwi>e betrayed M emotion, nor
would any one have suppo-ed that all
be liad in the world was at stake.
Tie excitement grew interse as
card after card Was removed, but not
q nine DOR a face card showed it~elf.
Ten, deuce, eight, four. ace. Ska
dozen or more cards had been shown
when Sandy PAUSED; the card teio"
the one be Was pulling bad a thin
layer Of color along its edge-it must
be q face card: but was it q queen, or
only a jack or b king?
Sandy paused. and, taking his
handkerchief from bis pocket, passed
it lightly over his face and then re-
placed it. Again he pressed his fin
ger against the bottom card, and, as
it slowly yielded, a hoarse voice be-
hind Sandy's chair called out; "a
queen, by --w
Sandy's face was the color of ashes.
but all he said Was; II leave for the
S ates in the mOrnin'."
Then be picked up the check, and.
folding it up, carefully placed it IN an
enormous red morocco pocketoook
Games clo-ed for tonight" said he,
in answer to q question. Come on.
boys. let's 90 to the Belle of the West
and I'll set Up wine for the crowd"
AS the boys filed down the creaky
stair way one very old, white-haired
gambler whispered to another, loud
enough for me to hear;
"The slickest / eve see. Mus a
done it when he wiped his face with
that thar handkerchief"
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Stories OF Webster.

Mr.. Webster's continuance in Mr.
Tyier's cabinet caused considerable
shyness on the part Of many OF his
poll icA) associates toward hun. Alter
. brief period the iilustrioEs states
man cnnclcded the celebrated treaty
with England, which woD for Elm q
worldwide renown. At this iuBc;ure
CrloDel SeatOn gave q banquet a
which were q large number OF Seca-
tors and memCers of the HauSe Of
Representatives. The convivialities
had just begun when the digniied
form of Webster was seen entering
the parlor, and As he advanced bis
big eye surveyed the company, Tecrg-
MIXING, doubtless, some OF those Who
had became alienated from him. On
the instanr up sprang 3 distinguished
Senator from n OF the Southern
states, who exclaimed; ''Gent:emen,
I have q sentiment to propose the
health OF our eminent citizen, the ne-
gotiator of the A~hburron treaty."
The company enthusiastically re-
sponded. Webster instantly replied:
II have also . sentiment for you
the Senate OF the United States, with
out which the Ashburton treaty
would have been nothing. and the
negotia.or of that treaty less than
nothing" The quicknes and fitness
Of this at one banished every doubt
full and unfriendIy feeling. The CON-
pany clustered arou1d the maguaie
whose sprightiy and edifying con-
.versation never failed to excite adj
miration, and was agreeable to all.
Returning home on q starlight
evening, arm in arm with q friend,
Mr.. Webster suddenly halted, and.
looking up; made . beautiful remark
on the appearance of the spaDgled
sky, which he concluded by repeating
the whole of the eighth psalm, in
which the sweet SINGER of Israel so
describes the CLONES Of the
bodies. On another occa-
sion, after converting with deep in
terest on various subjects, Mr.. Web
ster checked the progress of q friend
and recited several verses from Vir- !
gil, which contained sentiments
to those iudited by the in
spired writer. Whether his theme
the past. the present, OF future.
the conversations of Mr.. Webster
were invested with an interest.
strength, and elegance which attrac-
and edited, aad left the fortunate |
listen r q wiser, if not a better man
han before his interview with the
Intellectual American.
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