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WAVES oE AIR.
The Atmosphere Disturbances which
Were Caused by the Eruption la the
straits of sunda la 1883.

The Atmosphere Disturbances which
Were Caused by the Eruption la the
straits of sunda in 1883.
II is an IN wind that blows nobody
any good; and the atmospheric disturb
auces caused by the great eruption in
the Straits Of Sunda in 1883 formed no
exception to the general rule. Accord
ing TO the report of the meteorological
Council for that and the following years.
which has just been issued. 10 was no.
ticed that at all the obscrvatorics. with
out exception. peculiar baromctrical ir-
regularitio. had been recorded during
the last five days OF August. which were
nearly simultaneous, and wcrc accom-
panied by e change of ygrithcr The
fact that these disturbance could also
bc traced in the daily curve. published
by the Brussels Observatory. and had
succeeded after short interval the
violent eruption OF Krakatoa on the
26th and 9th Of that month led 10 the
suspicion that connection existed be-
tween This phenomena. aud according
ly copies Of barOmctr.cal records were
obtained from ST. PETERSBURG ON the
east and from COimbrI on fho -outh-
west ON rNamiu1t tou these were
found tO exhibit similar disturbance Of
pressure. -O hat thc connection between
70 volcanic mauIfn-lat On iu fbc Eastern
Archipcl go and oscillations pf baromci-
r.cal pressure boo Europe became de-
monstrablc. n now seems tO have been
proved that an Op nion expressed by
General SirHchcy Vas correct that a
series OF conceniic aerial waves was
started by tbc eruption. aud Chat these
Travelled around the world 200 tbcrato of
nearly 200 mile, du hour. returning Boo
the opposite direction after having met
40 thc aufpOdo- of kakaloa. and chat
% succession oi such waves wrrr rr
peatcd three or four Times This con-
cIusiou DEL borne 0ul by report. from 900
parts of thc world and tbo data -0 ob-
taiued were .IiIl iu thc course off being
compared and considered when thr
present report was drawn up LoUoyu
GSJbt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-05-29
HUMOROUS.

"Oh ma, said n child of five. II
am so GLAD there was "a nood!' "Why,
childy' exclaimed mamma. Because,
if there hadn been any flood | shouldn's
have had q Noah ark.
"Ah, my little man, good morn
ing, pleasantly remarked an old
gentleman rs he stopped and pattcd a
Hcwes street little boy ON the head,
"havc YOU any brothers and sistcrsP'
Eyes, sir; got four, but I'm the only
one that mounts 90 anything, replied
the TChin. - BrOOktyH Times.
a woman recently entered q store
in Connecticut. and sat down in front
of an iron safe TO warm her feet After
sitting some twenty or thirty minutes,
she remarked thus: II never did like
them kind Of stoves. They don't throw
out scarcely any heat, those oas-burn-
ers don't ~ j. Hid,pcndeuL
First Boston girl Going to vocal
practice this morning Mincrya?'
Second Boston girl. "No. my dear
Calliopc ] have n bad cold and am
quite hOar-e First Boston girl. "Ahl
been exposing yourself TO the weather.
Second Boston girl: "Gcs / went
out yesterday and forgot 10 put ON my
spcctaclcsp' BOfOp COHricr.
Railroad intelligence. When
Major Converse was laying out the line
Of thc Sunset Route to SAN Antonio, he
one day took observations with hi. in-
strumcuf near the cabin Of an old negro
ON CibOio Greek 'BOss. am de- rail-
road gwintcr como neah my housc?
"lt viii gO right through it replied
Converse "llit viii? Why boss hit
amt 0wiutcr be- safe for do ole woman
and dc children in de- house Of de- kcar5
runs mack fru hit T,r0s SijtiHgs.
Mr. Ba-hful My daughter is max
in" surprising progrc a- au amateur
artist She recently painted land
sclpo which was 500 real Chat the bel-
lowing Of cattle could lo heard dis
tinctlt Mr. Ha-hlui Pcltt good but
my dartnr Sal KIN beat tha. Mr. B
What has your daughter been develop
ipg u embryonic arti-t2 Mr. ~
Ldou know cI sine hes bin doiu that
but sSo painted picture of 20 green
cOwcumbcr p natural th8tit give lne
hull jai1ily the cholera morbus
Mary Had % Little Lamb in
Frcnch-En0lis
Marr possess ono smaIl mutton.
Hlor uair was black Use fnowe.
And H.i over that Marie prOnDuadoe
Those sheep follow hrr nose.
In German English
Tho MHric diu.uut'vo 'amht'u had.
And cvcr, whcro wbiincr Mario O. vafsing
Idon1cn lomDanvas compaqlog O. her,
She bad voice like a siren oed
when Shoe sang
Ndpa sure sand poI 1ce-. though hcom
Hc avcrsc. ob wum bun There snow play
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

A sou of Charles Dickens is Cap
tain in the Canadian Mounted Police.
Maggie Mitchell will write her
stage experience for n New YORK maga-
zine.
The Queen of Portugal has the
reputation of being the best dressed wo-
maa in Europe.
The daughter of General Banks.
who has just gone upon the stage, has
pCrCcptiblC and very pretty moustachs.
James Garfield the oldest son m
the late President is tall, blonde and
athletic. Harry. his brother, is short.
dark aud wears brown side whiskcrs.
A Hartford newspaper. after re-
counting lguatius Douneliy's $ wonderful
literary achievements past and yroS-
pCctivc. concludes: 1--WE are glad Don
nelly didn't miss being born.
Miss Marie Van Zandt made hor
first appearance ON the stage at Groton.
Mass, when she took part i'm a flower
through life has been strcwn with
posic~.
Five octogcnarians, tile oldest of
whom was nincty-four years, died i'm
Marathon y. Y. recently inside OF one
all i'm good health. Each one of them
had lived all his life in that vicinity,
Syracuse JOuyW0'
AS between Germany and the
United States. the relative literary
activity oi the two countries is shown
10y the following figures: I'm 1883,
American publishers issued 3. .iSl looks.
the German, 1T, I,SO2; in 1884. the Amer
can i,O3S, the German, 10, Coz
Philip II. of Spain delighted in u
cat organ upon which y bear performed
This instrument was composed "uf
twenty cats separately confined IN mar
row eases, i'm which they could not stir:
their tails protrudcd from the top and
were tied To cords attached 10 the key
board OF the organ According as the
bear pressed upon the keys the cords
were raised and lhc tails were pulled to
make the cats ucw iu bass or lrohle
tones rs required by the nature of the
airs ~
a printer ON the Eric Opa.) Hcraid,
known az Father Quinn has i'm long
life SET, 10 is estimated, type enough TO
weigh $4,000 pounds or uinctv-four
tons, which this old man has lifted picco
by piece in the specified time I'm set
ting type the average distance the hnnd
travels is foot and "a half or there
abouts Consequently his hand has
travelled DIG, OOO. 600 feet. or q matter
of 977 miles, or within few hundred
feet of being four time the circumference
OF the earth.
OF Richard Grant White il is said
that while literature was his pro-
fcs.ion. music was his solaco and
delight. and he was far prouder of his
knowledge OF violius than OF his repu-
tation as IL Shakospoarcan scholar. "
OF this violin connoisscurship wonder
ful stories are told, and there seems no
doubt that he possessed rare and
peculiar faculty of discrimination in re-
gard 20 these instruments His own
instrument was the cello. upon which
he played in n quartet that met at his
house weekly - ChjcagO inter OccuR
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VERY POLITE

Boarding-House Keeper who Gould
Treat Guest with Distinguished Con-
sideration Tho ugh His House Was on
Fire.
] have heard of "A great many cases
of politencss. know the French are a
most polite Nation, and have heard il
said chat some Americans can be polite.
But the proprietor of "a lodging house
in New York compares favorablv with
the record. a friend OF mine went up
one day TO this large lodging house TO
take apartments for his mother. who
was coming from California He rang
the bell it was not answered He
rang again. There was some skurry-
ing inside but the door did not open
Once more he rang. The door opened.
Have you any rooms to letP'
Well, no, SIR. and the speaker
kept glancing uneasily upstairs as he
spoke. "The fact is, they are all held
by people who are out Of town for the
season
Have you nothing at alp
II have some upstairs; but ] could
perhaps suit you about the lst OF Octo-
ber.'
Can't see them now?'
Just then boy appeared at the head
O. he stairs
It's breaking out all over" he
said
Really you must excuse me, sir
should be delighted to show you the
rooms, but the fact is-the house is on
fire upstairs. Ring the alarm, John
NY
And in ten minutes the neighborhood
was strewn with engines and streams
Of water were pouring everywhere -
san F'rdnCiscO Chronicle
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a eoYs. secREr soclerY.
'eminisceuces by - Free aud Accepted
Member of the order.

teHiHtFteufes by a Free aud Accepted
Member of the order.
Boys, do YOU remember that secret
society we organized at the old school
house many years ago. I have been
thinking about 30 for week. and
whenever / think about anything so
long as that. ] am obliged to write
10 wa- known az the H. D. J.. So
but what on earth those cabalistic
initials were Intended for was one Of
our profounde-' secrets The meaning
of those letter, was as simple a. could
be-. and as thc society i- dead with no
prospect of resurrection. it strikes me
that d am ab-oltcd from my oath of
secrecy. and ! win explain t The
meaning was plain. haru-yad guka
Juvenile Literary Society some
thing which there was about a. much
necessity for Keeping secret ~ there
would be- Tor concealiuQ the name of
the President Of the United States.
We organized lho u j. T. S for "a
purpose. We had bad lvceum iu the
village and the old men came iu and
took tho reius and elect "a each other to
Office and monopOlIzcd the thing until
we scarcely got smell This de
tcrmiued 10. Co ster. boom of our
own. and the i d g. was the re-
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orously backward and forward aS he
rushes by. He is the slim impaler
Woe TO the tender ribs with which his
steel-pointed weapon comes i'm contact
lie jabS before aud behind. dealing his
blows with CHEEKY energy. and he will
keep on until some happy day we shall
hear how he prodded a sensitive prize
fighter. who took him aside and slew
him, and laid him away among the
violeiS. Then we will rejoice and make
merry.
Here is another specmen-th
stranger from somewhere out of town
who wanderS about in quest of the new
and strange. Here he stands gazing
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RHEUMATISM AND COLDS.
Why They Are Prcvalcnt-An ENceSs si
Heat Unfavorsblc TO the Maintenance oi
Health.

Why They Are Prcvalcnt-An ENceSs Of
Heat Unfavorablc TO the Maintenance of
Health.
In consequence of the unusual
changes in our climate. the fierce winds.
the cold weather and the hot fires. there
has been notable prevalence of colds,
so-called. and rhcuh attic affections.
These have been much increased and
aggravated by false ideas of preventive
measures the most important Of which
is to SO fortify the system 10y producing
real health and strength that no form
of disease can gain an entrance into the
body. This is done by promoting good
digestion, that we may gain the most
from our food, 10y cquNhling the circu-
lation of the blood. bV exercise and "A
proper care of the skin, BY cleanliness.
and by remaining perfectly cool, so that
all of the powers will bc in their natural
active state.
Ii is well understood that we are more
vigorous i'm cool than i'm hot weather.
while II is manifest that we gain a stock
of health in the winter TO carry us
through the heated term. While we
remember that the heat of the body is
produced within by the activity of its
own powers, IL is manifest that ID is
most successfully and appropriately in
duccd when these powers are naturally
active. 1t is also manifest that the ac-
tlvitN OF these powers will depend upon
the necessity for action, or that no un-
necessary effort will be made i'm this di-
rectiOn Hence If We wear too many
clothes, II our rooms are too warm, lust
TO this extent will the internal powers
be relieved, doing CORE spondinglv less
III true, the hot rooms 50 usual in most
of our dwellings, supposed To he ncccs-
sary rs means of wardmg on colds.
are untavorable To the maintenance of
good health. While intended for pro.
lection against colds. they are among the
most direct means of producing them.
Moderate CoOlness Is favorable TO good
health, to the greatest energy OF the
system, TO the normal activity of all of
our powers, the recupcratlVe included,
while heat is exhaustive, 80 weakening
the body that disease finds ready ac-
cess. general depression oI the
powers of the body by abnormal heat,
10y eXhausting tolls, by the action OF
purgatives by the reaction following
the use of intoXicants, stimulants and
narcotics, with a relaxed state of the
small vessels of the skin affecting the
pores, are two conditions of easy cold
taking. This relaxation of the skin. It's
general depression, are caused by un-
due heat more than 10y other causes.
There is no philosophy, therefore, no
reason why our sitting-rooms i'm winter
should be any warmer than i'm the sum
mer, if they should be as warm What
are the factsp II is wcll-known fact
that those most removed from fires i'm
the winter, those at work in the forests,
have the fewcst colds none Of tho
bogus colds" such as appear in con
sequence of n arrangement Of the
stomach, with no closing of the pores.
DR.. HdHdtOrd, IN GOLdcp Ruie.
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MADE an OPENING.
4 swipdIing Yagrant who was Elevated
for sixty Days.

swiDdIing Yagrant who was Elevated
for sixty Days.
81 came here" nc explained, TO the
Police Judge the other morning, "to
hang out a sign Of i ann blind. but J
had scarcely got on the train when J
found two chaps working the racket
Too much blindness arouse. public sus
picion.
WAS that the only opcniug2'
No. sir ] started out 10 tie my head
and arm up and work the Help ihis
poor man who was hurt in railroad
accident but the two best corners ip
the town We're occupied One fellow
had been crushed by q saw-log and thC
other had been terribly burned while
rescuing baby"
PITY the poor fire sufferers, sighed
his Honor
About the only thing left couGn.
ued the man. "wa- t1 ba born deaf and
dumb. but while ] was getting 70 pla.
card printed by 20 grocer. clerk the
owner Oi the store came in and said hr
had Just seen two such chaps walked f0
tho station Then DO was either go to
work or come here ana be- sent up.
And you couldn't work"
We'll. ] was wearing q placard read.
ing This man would work for
twenty-five cents per day but for hN
poor health. when thc officer collared
me Guess you v have 20 make an
opening for me somewhcre
His Honor gave him q placard read
ing. fIhis unfortunate person has
heen elevated for two months DE.
fysH Free Prcs
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While in India. says Lord Gar
moylc "I was asleep in ms bed one
night when ] awoke feeling sometime
very clammy sticking to- my great toe.
u was q cobra Putting my hand be-
meath the pillow drew out my revolver.
took aim. fired, and shot % the Toe with
the snake attached to 10 The toe was
-uDscVu 'uuy examined by au expert
cucrd surgeon. who discovered that TO
"a. lmpregnatcd with poison Had it
moi. therefore. been for ny presence Of
mind, ] should never havc seen my ua
tive England again. ErmfRiscepr,
IOd bV HimgliC
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be disposed OF, there will arise a man
who will lead the peOple-thc man Of
the occasion. and he and they will fall
on the umbrella-iiend family and de-
stroy them. They will pass awav,and we
shall have laws and penalties. and the
penalty for carrying an umbrella under
The arm or over the shoulder or lab
bling or tripping or otherwise than l.
herein prescribed. -hall boz burning qt
Che stake iili done brown. Let the tim.
,oon come w. NJ McDougaIL iu "
j. WOrlh
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WHAT HAVE I ooNE9

i lay my huEer ON Times wrist to score
. The torwart-surging moments, ns they roll /:
Bach pulse seetns quicker than the one before;
ana 10! my Gays pile ND against my soul
As clouds pile mp against the golden sun:
Alas What have doucf What have I donef
never steep ths rosy hours in slcep,
:. Or hide my soul, as In a gloomy crypt;
No idle hands int9 my bosom creep;
drip,
10, viewless, melt my days. and from me run
elas! What have dona3 What have done
have not missed the fragrance of the tiowers
or scorned the music of the flowing rllls
whose numerous, liquid tongues sing TO the
hours;
Yet rise my days, behind me- like the hil's
tnslarred by light of mighty triumphs won;
Alasl What have I donSl what have doney
be STU, my soul restrain thy lips from woi
Cease thy lament for life T. but the flower.
Inc fruit comes after death; how canst thou
The roundness of its form. its depth of
powerI
Death is lifes mOrning. when thy works be-
gun,
Then ask thysclf; What yet is To be doneY
-LtlicR Blanche Fearing hi CitJTSut
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Although one foot seems an insiq.
niiicant advantage ln race of twenty
fSc miles. yet chat wa. tbc exact di.
tance by which -printDr won such a
contest in Bath. Me. several weeks ago.
while more e.eutly in Florida a wager
was made Coat a yacht could go twcnts
mile iu two hour, and was n0u by eN-
a'tly seventeen seconds
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TeHse U'pTaVlTY OF an eileIc CIVILIZATION.
and the fact is, that it is not only the
casual umbrella-caiTier who makes life
IN this vale of tears more miserable,
but that the worst and most d.abol' cal
acts are committed by the men
who constantly are accompan ed by old
gingham family-umbrelas. worn ON
their tips to sharp points by frequent
use and with "A thousand little WAYS OF
using them acquired by years Of prac-
tice that the young and unwary know
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-05-29

An English lockmaacr bias ,ou-
,tructed O. soy which Doc ly- i- capable
ot opening 2l.6DJ patent lover locks.
al' of which differ .u their wards or
combinat ou- As described tbe key
weighs three ounces. is nickel plated.
and i- sad to b. the result of three
years labor ou part of tho inventor
Hu making drawings of Che di0cront
wards and .OmbIuaC 0u..
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door or course
heuever get. the
um brcIIa 70
Omchov leaves
the cellar for
Che man swcars
be never saw DO
when hcis .kcd
for IT,
And -O thcy
go ON We see
the elderly gen
tlcmau. fat aud
pOupous who
always walks to
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INTO a window.
The faded cotton
umbrella is stuck
under his arm az
right angles to
his body and his
hands are deep i'm
his pockets. Ever
and anon he turns
TO catch what is
going on in the
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vanced than by
I a k ing your
5 { a N d o n a
S { T g ct along
which people
are passing in
crowds on a
day when it has
been raining
mass of
humanity roll
past YOU like
an everlasting
torrent, a n d
watching close
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not Of They
would like to s.c
umbrellas armed
with shearpoints
and with battle
axes on the hand
les. But in the
future, when the
great problems
which now agi
tate parties and
Legislators shall
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an easy, but firm, unyielding grip, till
You get it to the Office and lock II in the
safe. Centuries of domestication have
not tanned the umbrella-it will escape
on every occasion.
There Is no surer manner of testing
the truth of the statement above adj
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D. q o. r. n. TIMETABLE,
W wESTWARD.

oondensed time-tahie OF passenger tr~lns q
Ne stations named below.
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sp0ak. CUrsOrlTv and possibly picks n
fight and is arrested All of which he
might prevent by carrying his umbrella
properly. but he forgets tho occurrence
and goes ON doing it for the rest Of his
life
Nearly related TO him is the imbccile
who uses his alpaca as p cane and goes
humping along, pounding The pave
ment till the tip catches i'm % crack be-
tween the stones and breaks sharp on,
or suddenly seeing its opportunity
noisriessly slips from his grasp. and
with great precision dives through.
grating and is lost TO @ght When he
goes into the store To- recover it. he
finds tina. the cellar Is locked. the
man who has the key IS Oh fishing.
aud nothing but dynamite will open the
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ly you will see here and there troubled
movement and commotion like the boil
ing Of the torrent over hidden rocks.
Ii is the umbrella at work You look
closer and you see IL all There is the
man who carries his umbrella over his
shoulder and goes plunging along.
wrapped i'm thought and an old duster
until his eye catches something i'm a
window Then he turns suddenly
around, and the tip Of his old gingham
snatches off and holds aloft in triumph
lady's new spring hat for moment.
then drops itin the mud, where a hun
dred feet trample it into shapeless
mass while he goes on towards the gal
lows.
Then there passes man who carries
his neat silk. cane-like umbrella trailing
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and from thc Office for his health sake
tie holds hie umbrella in the middle
sOrilontally at his side. swing NJ it yig.
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many points of
wire offer a larg-
er field for the
fen d $ adrOit-
ness The crop
of eyes picked out
by the wires of an
d and expe-
I'ienced umbrella,
if collected, would
con vince any
skeptic Of the in
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street Every time he turns he pokes
somebody in the eve or nose and en-
tangles the end of hs umbrella in some
delicate lace of lady's dress, then, in
his embarrassment. he lowers it,. labs
another mau i'm the leg. aud finally. at
tempting TO apologize TO this one. puts
the umbrella deftly between the legs OF
"a passer-by and sends him sprawling ON
the walk. When he returns To- his ma
tive village he narrates this incident to
illustrate the manner in which city peo-
pie interfere with strangers, and his
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hats; and also with him might bc classcd
the man who places his umbrella be-
hind him, and, leaning back upon il.
braces himself to converse with friend
or survey the process of erection Of
some great building He is contempla-
tive and placid, secure in his position,
aud stands easily and gracefully as
model posing as Adonis. Suddenly il
slips away from him or is kicked by the
ever present boy in passing, aud Tor
moment there is an exhibition of nth-
letic high-kicking, and he fal'- on his
neck, paralyzing his spine and wreck
ing his constitution. The umbrella in
this position is the only peer of the
roller-skate, and the wise put trust in
neither.
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As TO opening the umbrella, the ca
pacity for creating profanity and woe il
even increased in some respects, as the
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ms temperament ana breed
ing; none in so sure a man
ner as in the carrying of his
umbrella. There are several
eminently proper ways of
holding the useful. but err
ratio obiect-to wit, hold il
a. "A soldier does his gun at
carry arms, straight up at
the side, or grasp il securely
and let it hang down in
front; also you can carry it
dude-like, elevated and lit
Tie in advance of the body.
But the most graceful as
well as convenient manner.
is TO carry il at the side with