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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
A PROFICIENT SCHOLAR

The Boy Who Doubted the Necessity Of
Educational Advantages.
A gentleman who spent several years
teaching gives the following account of
q teachers interview with a boy of
about fourteen in a rural district. Other
teachers have probably had similar ex-
periences:
What Is your nameP
Sam"
"What is the rest of it?'
"Sam-yell.' -
"What is your surnameP"
middle names Hozayer."
"And the lastP'
Jackson"
jackson. then, is the name Of your
parentsP"
s--"No. mum. it amt One Of EN- Is
named Willyum and Cother one Mary
Jane.
How old are you?"
Dunno"
What! A boy as large ne you
doesn't know his age?'
"Yessum"
"a boy Of your size ought to know
the exact year of his birth"
II do know The year"
what year was it?''
Same year as my sister Harriet"
1ndeedl'
"Yessum; we're twins"
81 want you 10 ask your mother how
old you are, and tell me tomorrow.
"She dunno; she dunno nothin'."
THAT is not p very nice way 10 talk
about your mother" "
"Shc don't kccr
why doesn' sheP"
"Shc's dead
Where do you live?"
ITO home
Where is your homer
"Ovor yon' This with a Jerk OF bis
head over his left shoulder.
"Have you any bOoksP'
No nom; / don need nOne.|
"Why nOt2'
m only In my b abs"
Then you have never had any edu.
caiional advantages
Boy scratchei his head and saws.
mo. nom; not that knows of. But
I've had airysiplas. " what You said g.
worse nor that don want ter ketch
it, Chicago Tribune
A new story is entitled THE FL
ito Violet and tho lowell CtLe,0
thinks that it must Le Hat
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


DR.. Tanner the fastcr, is convert
10 the faith cure.
Tho room in which Patti was die
vorced was that Wherein she was mar
ricd in 1868.
Victor Hugo spent his first earn
ings as an author in buying cashmere
shawl for his wife
Mrs. Laugtry the actress. is said
to pay her husband monthly salary
Tor keeping away from her
--Gcncrnl :. w. Crawford. one of
the three surviving officers of the gar
rlson at Font Sumptor, has completed
book of political aud military rom-
nisconces.
John G. Fremont. now seventy
two, says that he camped where Chi
cago rs. where Minneapolis is. and
whore Salt Lake City is, before thore
was house at either place.
Santa Anna's widow, n bright and
chatty little body, full of "reminiscences
oi her husband and his times, is still
living in the City of Mexico. She was
married to him at the early age of thir-
teen years.
--Jonnie White, whose death at the
age OF one hundred and twenty-five s
cook for Captain Waterfall of Con
eral Washington's stnrf. during tho
revolution.
Miss Adelaide Rudolph of Clovc-
land. o. has been selected by tho
Board of Regents ns the Latin pro-
fcssor at the state University of Kan
sas. Miss Rudolph is niece of Mrs.
Garfield. - CicUo'dnd Leader.
IN, ID
invented the famous Gatling gun, is u
stout man with n chubby face and "a
stubby gray beard His eyes are small
and squiuty, requiring the use of strong
lenses to aid them. The doctor is an
enthusiast on tho subject of building up
the defcnses OF America. -HdrtJorcl
| CoUrdIH.
Captain Richard G.. luce, who died
at Vineyard Haven, Mass, recently
was, during hir life. mt sea $40 months
or nearly twcnty-siX years He LANDED
in New Bedford 80. 900 barrels OF whal,
oil, 5000 of sperm oil, and 3S3, 0OC
pounds of whalebone. and he wa!
called the champion of the whale fish
cry. -BOStOn journal.
1t is told of Gabriolli that whom sh,
visited Russia i'm l76S Catherine wished
TO eugagc her services for which the
songstiess demanded salary of five
thousand ducats. Far too much. "
said the Empress. amazed "Why,
that is moro than | pay my field mar
| shals." Then Let your field marshals
sng for you" was the swift rejoindcr
of the Singer
Olive Logan saw tho Princess OF
Wales with her throo daughters driving
i'm Rotten row the other day, and tells
the ladies what Alexandra wore: A
plain gray Turk satin gown, fitting
tightly to the figure, linen collar and
cuils. white straw bonnet trimmed
with black velvet ribbon, cluster of
crimson poppics pinned up by the
throat No shawl or mantle, no dia-
monds, no jcwelry of any sort. Tho
three girls were dressed alike in navy
blue cashmere, with red spots, round
hats of white straw, trimmed with black
yolvct and stiff red feather.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
a Eastidious oolored Ladn.

Mrs Judge Petorby, Of Austin, em-
plOys colorod cook named Matilda
SNOWFALL, who is a great favorito with
tho storner sex, but who Is vory high
toned, nevertheless
"WhO was that horrid-looking negro
saw prowling about the back yard?"
asked Mrs. Petcrby, Indignantly
Dat a fcller keeps company wid
on weekdays
"On weok-days?''
"Yes, mum; yer don't spose I'd be
seen wild sich baudy-legged. google
eyed moke like him on Sundays does
yer? Yer Ortcr sec de cullud gemman
/ keeps company wild on Sundays.
You'd be s'prised, yer would Vs. Tcbas
Sgtings
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

IL is soon over. No. sir. il Is not tho
womon and children who mako the
trouble in this business u is the mon
Great strong. hearty creatures who
ought To be ashamed of themselves
There comes one of them now. Just
look at him. He looks aS if he had lost
every friend i'm the world He will be-
gin 10y giving the detailed ailments of
his teeth. and the vicisstudos through
which he has passed with other opera
tors, and | will begin by dosing him up
with ether aud closing him up. He's
not troubled with nerves. IL won't
hurt him. '-DcnUcr Tribune. e.Rcpa6iic-
an
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

DR.. Primes estate Is estimated ~
s30o.OJO most of which he made out
Of tho New York Observer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
IN SEPTEMBER.

Mornings frosty grow. aud cold.
brown tho grass on hin and wnldi
Crows arc fawing sharp aud clear
Where the rustlinE corn grows scar;
Mastering hoCks OF blRckhltds call:
Here aud ,hcrc a few leaves Tal.
In the meadows larks sing sweet
Chirps the cricket AT our feet
In September.
Moons are sunny, warm and still;
a golden haze o'erhangs the hill
hmbes sunshine's on the floor
Just within tho open door.
sun the criCkcts call and Ctcak-
Never found, though long We seek
or comes faint report OF gun;
Busy ties buzz ian the sun
In September.
Evenings chilly are and damn
Early lighted Is tho lamp:
f1re burns and kettle sings
Smoke ascends in thin blue rings:
On the rug the children lie,
In tho west the soft lights die;
FROM the clms robins song
hlnSs out sweetly, liGgcrs long
In September.
Elizabeth Cole. ga 81. Nicholas.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

BESIDES the nbove-named trains, there is n
way tram with asSenger car attache that
goes both East and West daily except sunday
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

Condensed timetable OF passenger trnin,
Tor the stations namod below
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

A new story Is entitled The FL
tor's W'llot' and the lowell CtLe,a
thinks that it must le Hat
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

The mosquito crop I'm Florida is
said 10 be- smaller than usual this year,
owing % the discovery Of % ST. John
hotcl-keeper. who tried the experiment
of throwing oil into ponds and aagnant
bits of water Ho found that 10 pre-
vented the insects from hatchmg. and
his plan Is coming into general use in
tho State
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

Joseph Taylor offers 10 let the cur
rent carry him over Niagara Falls for
$4,000. Mr. Taylor is extravaga-t
10 Is believed the current viii undcrta&@
the Job Tor O much less sum Puck
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

of people who attended that cere- mony showed the vast progress of the Uuion since the occosion it was intended to celebrate. The West has reccded and disappeared in the horizon which is widening back to Asia. Tennessee is united by instantaneous intelligence with
 Louisiana. Tbe dilatory and pre- careous transportation of that car ly period has been replacced by 8 system which within forty-eight hours place the hosts and arma- ment upon the field of Chalmette
 The brave and uncultured frontiers man is represented by the educat- ed and cultured statesman and scholar, and in a magnificent com parison with their graceful sisters of the South appear an hundred Tennessee ladies who had come to accept our hospitalities and cele- brate the natal anniversary of her hero who has beQueathed his sep lchre as sanctuary to their guar diaDship. Tennessee visito found themselves amid 8 concourse of all nations, who united with tn om in doing homage to the virtues, and justice to the wisdom and modera. ton of his warlike achievements.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
\ Druggist for 25 Years,

AUBvRN ALA, Sept, 1SSi.-l am an old pharmacist, and have had to do largely with blood diseases for over twenty-five years. have delt in all kinds of blood purifiers, and do not hesitate to say that Swift's Specific is the best and has given more general satisf action than any other have ever handled. Swift's Specific is an excellent tonic and as au antidote for malaria has no superior. Many ladies are us- ing it as tonic for general debili- ty, and find it the most satisfactory one ever used. l have been deal ing in Swift's Specific for five years or more, and am satisfied that l do not place too high an estimate up, on its merits. q. W. DIXON,
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
The Dyspertic.

B. H. Co.cgroyc, in Jamestown Sun.
 The man with dyspesia. is theworst feeling man in the world. A far mcr has crops desLrDyel by q toral do, an editor is detected stealing editorial thunder froM coltem- porary, a druggist in compoundlng a prescription poisonS a whole fam fly; a grocery keeper is arrested for selling sand; clergyman in preach ing from lis notes, finds that he has left several pages at home on the washstand; a soldier goes all through the war without scratch, and afterwards gets an arm torn off in cider mill; a divorce lawyer loses his clients marriage ccrtifi- cate; d politician finds he was born without a mind; yet none of these poor unfortunates suffer the remorse and agony of the dyspep-  tic. To him this world is bitter. ness, gall, wormwood, spoiled ovs- ters, empty tomato cans. He
 looks out before him over the linn itless expanse of the eternal, and sees scattered, knee-deep, the fragments of shattered hopes and biighted ambition, then asks him. self, "Why am l hcrc' and how long, if my stomach holds out, can l reasonably be expected to stay?" The dyspeptic, is seldom seized with fits ofboisterous hilarity like a chimpanzee eating chestnuts [. He is more like an olh army mulo, =pining away with general debility. He usually wears lot of rigid pie ty,, drinks hot water by the barrel, talks about death and carries his eyes a little to cue side as though looking out for an accident. His mouth is shaped like horse shoe, heels downward, his nose hangs lonesomely over his chin, and he sings little lullabys like: "Leaf by leaf the roses fall;' II was a wan dering sheep?' and "When shall we meet again?' He cannot eat shin
 gle nails like an ostrich, or drink beer with the reckless abandon of a German at summer garden.
 He must patiently nurse his gas tric pit and ride at the tail end of life's procession on the buck board of a deep and never ending gloom
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

When were these eggs boiled" asked q man of q negro lunch deal CT. Dis morning, sAh.' Well, then they are no account. l cant eat an egg that has not been boiled several days 'Oh, does yer mean when da was fust biledF Da was fust billed las week, and was only piled ober dis mawning' Sah.'
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
\ LAdN'S Wish.

con. how I do wish my skin was as clear and soft u~ youls," said n la,ly tp her friend You can easily make it >o,' answered tn, friend. "lIow." inquired the first lady.
 "i}y using Hop Biters that makes pure rich blood aud blooming health, It did it for me as you observe.
 R-ig@N None gcnnlne without a bunch ol green Hops on the wLte hhel' Shun all tn, vile, poisonous -!utf with Hop or Hops" in their name.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
Prescribed by Physic; ans.

Ihave prescribed SwifIs Specific in mMy cases of Blood Poison and as a general tonic, and it has made cures after all other remedies had failed. R. NJ. SrRICKLAND,M D.
 Cave Spring, Ga. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free.
 TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,,
 Atlanta, Ga.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

The sting of a bee, iiis said, is scarcely disccrnible under pow erful magnilying glass. But the man who gets stung by bee sel' dom has Lis microscope with him, and always imagines that sting to be abont the size of a red hot crow bar.-Lowcl Citizen.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

A Cleveland girl happened to use in Oscar WiIde's presence the word nice. Oh, don't you think nice is a nasty word?' said the apostle of the beautiful. Do you think nasty is a nice wordP replied the girl.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

"I will love you always said a young man to the girl whose hands Were clasped. II will love you when you are old" "But will you love me when Pm fat y she said. That's the question:"
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

A gentleman who was visiting one of the public schools in a Tex, as town, asked a Urght looking boy:
 What profit is there in the study of ancient history"
 'About fifty cents, l rccI:on,' was the reply.
 .Whatn
 We'll. the teacher makes its buy the books of him, and we have 10 pay q dollar. 1 think he gets them for fifty cents apiece. so he has a clear profit of fifty cents ac- cording to my calculation.'
 The boy went home at recess, hence he could not comply with the request ot the teacher to stay in after school. .-Texas Siftins.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

A Maine jury has fixed tic ex- pense of kicking a person out of a store or other place of business or habitatiou at twenty one dollars. We are glad. we don't. live in Maine. The expenses of running our office would bonkrupt us in less than two months.-Burlington Free Press.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

Mrs. Spaggius was boasting of her new house. The windows, she said, were stained. That s too bad; but won't turpentine or benzine wash it off!' asked the good Mrs. Oldboy.-Burlington llawkcye.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

No murders to-da-,' said q re : porter on Kentucky newspaper, to the managing editor. What! not a single one?' .:W9t I believe that there was 3 littf-. one III that is all yonng malr I:Aont want you any longer. Yotf are too lazy to get around
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
How to Work'the Onions.

-hAFV to WI h t"C ohiV"'s
 Several days ago, the Governor of Texas took q horseback trip through the country, presumably to see how the people were get ting along, but in reality, no doubt, to place his skillful fingers on the political purse. Over in the "Iel- low Hill district" he stopped at the cabin ofan old negro, and when the old man came out aud placed his elbows on the fence, the Chief Executive said:
 "How are you, old man?'
 "Fust rate, bleeged to you, sah; how is it wid yisse'f"
 Il am well, thank you. Have you any gool water"
 "Yes, sah, but it's in de spring.o
 Glow far is the spring from herew
 "Bout two miles, thankee sah."
 "I didn't know but you had some good water in the house,
 "Oh, nor sah. Neber has good water in de house, case by de time we gifts it he ah it ain't good.o
 Il suppose not. Say, old man how are politics in this section?'
 "Able ter take kere O da selves; how is 1t wid yisse'fm
 What 1 mean is, how do you think the majority of the people is going to yote?'
 "Yas, sah, vas. Gwinc to vote by shsvin' de tickets inter de box.n
 "Of course; but how do they stand!"
 "On dar feet, boss; on dar feet. :"
 Look here, old man, l am ask ing you direct questions."
 "Knows yer is sar."
 And 1 don't want you to fool with me-"
 "Cose yer don't sar.'
 .''I asked you how the majority of the people in this neighborhood were likely to stand during the coming election?"
 "YaS, sah; vas. Likely to stan round de polls, sah; round de polls"
 You are an old fool"
 "Yas, sah, yas, Same ter yis- self"
 "You don't know who l am"
 Nor sah, nor; mout or seed yer 'afore but doan recolleck de fack."
 II am the Governor of this State."
 Look CT heah; yer doan tell me datf"
 "Yes l do."
 Wall, fore do Lawd. Come heab, Tildy.'
 "Whut yer want?" asked a wo nun thrusting her head from the doorway.
 "Hrah's de Gubner O de State"
 "Who, dat man?"
 "Yas, dis man."
 "He said sop
 He said so, 'oman. Whut's de matter wid yer''
 "Wall, yer ain't gwiue ter blebc eb'ry man whut comes CT long, is yerg Sias, dat man looks ter me like de gennerman wbut wuz rest ed luther day fur stealth CT sheep. Uh hub. Now he wanSter poke hisse'f off as he Gubner, do he! Come on here, man, and hoe dem ingons.'
 Mister" said the old negro, turning to the Governor; "yer may be de boss O de State, an all dat, but yer dun heard whut dat woman said. Doan like ter leabe yer in de lurch, but when dat %, man opens up her mouf, I haster trot, Gubner or no Gubner. l sees dat yer's weakenin', Gubner. Dat tells me dat yer's a married man. Good day, sah, SC got ter hoe dem ingons.-Texas Slft.ngs.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
zEorsrSh0etns a !shcc!0ifg
y. H. K.fREELL. Feb'y 2nd, 1885.
Bucklcn'S Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for Cuts. Brui. a, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhcum F cvor Sorcs Tottrr, Chappcd IIand>. Chilbbins, Corn, and all Skin Eruption aud positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed tn give perfect ,ati >taction, or money re.bni- ed. Price 25 cents per bottle. For sale by Mnncrcf M Bro
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

you have rough, phmplv, or sallow skin bad breath, Hop Bittcrs will give you fnir skin, rich blood, the sweetness breath and health. 500 will be paid for a case they vii not cure or help.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

If you are a frequenter, or a resident of n miasmatc district, barricade your sys-
 -tem against the scourge of nl countries Malaria, ED idcmic, Bilious and In ter.
 -mttent cvers by the use of Hop Bitter
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness you will find "Balm in Gilead' in Hop Bitters.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

own fault if you remain i'll, If
 you are wasting away with any form of kidney disease, stop.tcmpting death this moment, and turn for a-curc to Hop Bitters
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

Ifyou nre costivc, or dySpcptic or suffer ing from any other of the numerous dis
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

If you are suffering fromover- eating or drinking. any indi,cretion or dissipation, or arc young and growing too fust, as is otren the case.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

Said an angry judge to the law yer; "The prisoner. would steal horses, and 1 consider you no bet ter" And the lawyer said he flat tered himself that he did know bet ter, and wished he could return the compliment with justice" And thls was one of the most enjoyable incidents of the trial-for tho au- dicnce.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
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An Independent Newspaper Of Democratic Principles, but not Con. troled by any Set of Politicians or Man puIators Devoted to Collect. ing and Publishing all the News of the Day in the most Interesting Shape and with the greatest possl- bIe Promptness, Accuracy and In. partiaIityi and to the Promotion of Democratic Ideas and Policy in the affairs Of Government, Society and Industry
 Rates. oy Haa, Postpaid;
 DAY, per Year S6 co DAILY, per &oRth 50 SUN5Ay, per Year % DAILY and SUNDAY per Year 700 WEEKLY, per Year co
 Address. THE SrN S~c Fork City.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
Saturday. April ith, 1885,

between the hours for legal sale in front of the Court House door of Nevada county Arkansas, the following described lands to. wit: All the right, and title and interest of James A. Crossand in and to E !of the \ W and the N E of < W l of See. ? all intownship, II, South in Range 22 west and being situated in the county of Nevada, state of Arkansas levied upon to sat i>tv an execution in favor of Mc>lullm & Ross,
 OSCAR pHITLTPS-Shcrif.
 By Ed Hood, D'p'ty Sheriff.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

GOT if you arc in tho workshop. on tho farm at the desk. anywhere, and feel that your system needs cleansing. ton- ing or stimulating, without intoxca- 'tiup iC VnI, arc ol1
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
II fvoIl are minister. and

have overtaxed yourself with your paStorill duties, or a mother, worn out with care and work. or man of business or labor, weakened by tho strain of every day midnight work, Hop Bttcrs will most sure lJ cure you.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
A smart young man saw, with

A smart young man saw, with blushing pride, pretty actress whatching him, and, growing bold too soon, he was thus repulsed "Oh, you need not apoligize for speaking to me. l did notice you: but the fact is I am studying a big silly boys part, and wanted a good lay figure to look at. "-N. Y. Led ger.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
Words of Warming and Comic Tt.

If you are suffering from poor health or Ian, "guishing on bed of sickness, take cheer if You arc simply aling, or if you feel weak and dispirited,
 without clearly know
 ing why Hop Bitters
 'will surely cure you.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

All kinds of Legal Blanks for sale at the PICAYUNE office.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
Shcrin'S Sale.

Notice i. hereby given that bv virtue 6far execution is,aed and to me directed hy the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Nevada county, have levied upon and will expose for sale to the highest bidder, on credit of three months on
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
a SPECIAL OFFER,

THE WATERBTRY WATCH Is a l stem winder, and win run 2S hours. The case is NICkEL.SlLSER. and win always remain as bright as new silver dollar. Tbe watch has & heavy leveed edge, and a crystal fuce. Tha works arc made with the finest automatic machinery. Every watch k TESTED and is perfect b,,- fore leaving the factory, and is put up in Q handsome SATIN-1INED case.
 So well knowH have these Watches be- come, thousands are buying them in pref erence to higher priced Watches.
 We will present one of these handsomo Watches free to any one who will send us i've new subscribers tO the Weekly Arkan< sss Democrat at sl.b0 each, the regular pTice-with the money S 50, or to him N ho sends us 10 such subscribers at sl -23 ench-- our regular club price-with the money SR.50 or to any single subscriber who win send us his nsine und 800 in cash. Tho Watch rotsis at s3. .5O-sQ In this last offer you get the BEST WEEKLY STATE PAPER for one year free.
 The Weekly Arkansas Democrat Is a FINE LARGE PAPER-givipg all the State and general news, markets, etc. Ky cry one likcsi l..
 fry 1t. and yon will be h,shly9eased both with the Watch and tho paper.
 MITCHELL d BETTIs,
 Puos. Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

'.blood thin ,nd impure. pulse "feeble nerves unsteady, faculties
 waning, Hop Bittcrs is what you need to give you new life, health and vigor.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

Old papers for sale at this office at 90 centsper hundred.
The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02
New Blacksmith and
 Wood Shop.

Having just ret urned from Indi ana, and brought my brother, who is a Blac ksmith, with me. I am now prepared to make New and Repair and Paint old Wagons and Buggies and all kinds of repairs in Wood and Iron done in the best of style, and satisfaction guaranteed. zE0rsc-shOciHs n :Shcc!0isy It is important that every man that owns Horses should have his Horses shod by good Smith, and one that understands the anatomy of a Horses hoof. Many good horses feet has been ruined in shoeing through ignorance Oil the part of the Blacksmith.
 G0'e Hs q 117UI and We will Guarantee Satisfac- ton.