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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-11
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
About Cellars.

A cellar should be dry, light, and
airy. If the soil is moist IL should be
drained all around the house by deep
trench at least two feet below the level
of the cellar floor. This drain should
have safe outlet. The cellar should
be not less than seven feet deep in the
clear, and the floor should be covered
with cement. A wooden floor cannot
be healthful The walls should be laid
up with good lime mortar, thus prevent
ing the entrance of vermin. There
should be windows on every side TO let
in abundance of light and air, aud the
top of each window should reach near
10 the ceiling to afford an easy outlet TO
the air. The windows need not be large
if they are sufficient in number, and the
stills should be foot above tho ground
outside. Areas around the windows
are Objectionable as they admit the
dampest mir which floats upon the sur
face of the ground. N Y Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
TREATMENT oE SHEEP

Why the Habit 81 washing sheep Before
Shcarlng should Be Abandoned.
There are many reasons why the few
growers who still persist should abandon
the habit of washing their sheep before
shcaring, and we know of not single
argument in its favor. Tho practice
was inaugurated at an early day, and it
is 81 relic of old times. when the wool
shorn from the small hocks in the
Eastern States was largely used up at
home. Then 10 was necessary to wash
u either before or after shearinu. TO
prepare 10 for carding and spinning
Those days arc passed, and both the
sheep and their owners ought TO be glad
of &c.
The volk in a healthy fleece is ma
ture' preservation of the fiber. n Is a
sOapy matter. with strong potash
base. resembling no other animal secre-
ton 30 is, I'm fact, % soap. with more or
less fro oil j preserves the elasticity
OF the fiber and should be- left i'm the
wool until 10 is wanted for manufactur.
ing use Manufacturers well know that
secured wool, i'm time, becomes brittle
and loses It's elasticity. while unwashcd
retains all its COOL qualities indefinitely.
II is doubtful If anybody ever saw a
moth In unwasbcd wool u is. as a
rule free from al vcrmin The per
ccniagc of yolk in healthy docks Of
even grade is quito uniform. but vary
ing n different breeds from twenty-five
per cent I'm the Leicester and other
coarse breeds 10 fifty to sevonty-fve per
cent n tha very finest Saxon. The bucks
always carrying more than the ewes
The y.tom of washing i'm cold water on
She sleeps back never results I'm a
washed fleece ft for the manufacturer.
but only the eradication Of an unknown
and uncertain part Of tlre yolk. con
tanned I'm the fleece. which Is TINS
changed INTO An uumerchauUblo com
modify % be sold on it. uncertain mer-
b. as 90 sldinkage The name OF des-
iQnaiiOu of rushed wool has ceased 10
have any charm. and the sooner the
practice of washing s entirely aban-
dOned the better it will be- for the shesp.
their owner and the trade generally.
W0Oi Journal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

Coffee without sugar, after rising
m the morning, is regarded as an ef-
'ectual remedy for chills, fever and dis
orders incident to malaria - Detroit
Post
oil the farm harness at least twice
each year, being careful that il has been
thoroughly scraped, cleaned ana
washed previous TO applying the oil
Exchange.
"A simple test for the detection of
lead in drinking water is provided by
tihcture of cochinoal, few drops OF
which will color the water blue if here
Is the rcmotest trace of lead present. -
PhtiadeiI'hta Press.
-Tapioca Pudding: One cupful Of
tapioca, one quart of milk, one table
spoonful of butter, one-half cup Of
sugar Soak tapioca in milk four hours,
and then add the other ingredients.
Bake slowly one hour. The HouSehOid
1t is noticeable that only red, scar
let, white and brown threads are the
favOrite dishes of carpet bugs They
roll insect powder, as IA sweet mOrsei.
under their tongues. and battle in car
bOlic acid with impunity. - Boston
Globe.
Corn and potatoes NAV often bo
top-dressed TO advantage after planting,
providing fine manure is used. The
cultivation OF these crops during the
season will mix the manure with the
soil much more perfectly than it could
be if plOwcd under. N Y Heraid
Good crops of beets may be grown
on any land rich enough aud in suitable
filth for corn. Drilled in rows two feet
and eight or ten inches apart, much OF
the work may be done by horse hoes.
But the thinning must be done by the
hand hoe, and unless properly attended
to in time the beet crop will not amount
to much N y. tribune.
The reason for rotation of crops
is that no two plants of different kinds
require the same substances in the same
proportion for their nourishment. The
grains and grasses may soon exhaust
the supply of silica These should.
therefore, not Immediately succeed each
other in rotation. They ought TO be
followed by crop which needs less OF
silica but more of potash or some other
mineral salts. a field which would not
yield good second crop of wheat may,
even without manure, give n good crop
of clover, OF turnipS or of carrots. -
Chicago Tribune.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
A Daily Defaication.

The Hon John Kelly, the head and front
Of Tammany Hail, IA man of strict integri-
ty, an interchangeable worker, early ut his
office, late 10 leave, so burdened with busi-
ness that regular meals were seldom
known by him, with mind in constant ten
sion and energies steadily trained, finally
broke down.
The wonder is that he did not sooner
give way. An honest man in all things
else, he acted unfairly with his physical
resources. He was ever drawing upon
this bank without ever depositing a coll
lateral. The account overdrawn, the bank
suspends and both are now in the hands of
medical receivers.
IL is not work that kills mon. 1t is irreg-
ularity of habits and mental worry. No
man in good health frets at his work. By
and by when tho bank of vigor suspends,
these men will wonder how it all hap
pened, and they will keep wondering till
their dying day unless, perchance, some
candid physician or interested friend will
point out to them how by irregularity, by
excessive mental effort, by constant worry
and fret, by plunging in deeper than they
had right to go, they have p oduced that
loss of nervous energy which almost in
variably expresses itself in deranged
condition of the kidneys and liver, for it is
a well-known fact that the poison which
the kidneys and liver should remove from
the blood, il left therein, soon knocks the
life out of the strongest and most vigorous
man or woman. Daily building up of
these vital organs by so wonderful and
highly reputed specific as Warmers safe
cure, is the only guarantee that our BUSH
ness men can have that their strength will
be equal to the labors daily put upon
them.
Mr.. Kelly has nervous dyspepsia we
learn, indicating, as we have said, n break
down of nerve force. His case should be n
warning to others who, pursuing like
course, will certainly reach q like result
The Sunday Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
MEASuRINGA MILK.
The Value OF MIX should BE Calculated
by weight.


Unjust be admitted by all men who
are interested in buying or selling dairy
COWS and making butter and cheese.
that 1T is great convenience to meas
IRE milk by the pound. The day of the
four, six and eight-gallon cow is past,
as well it may be; for how many OF
these gallons were made up of froth or
out of whole cloth, who could tcllP
When we come down to pounds, men
must be more exact Twenty pounds
day means twenty pounds day, and
In the same way we measure the
amount of milk it requires TO make a
pound of butter or of cheese. Individ.
ual performances keep the record i'm a
furry all the time but when it comes
TO general average men are pretty
well agreed as TO what cows of different
breeds can do. Another great trouble
with the gallon measure arises from the
want OF agreement as TO what il weighs:
gallon of milk in one country means
very different measure from mother,
while men fail to agree upon
this important point sometimes
country or State. An exchange
''yS' A'Aiih al ltfo SOllICWlidL III
weight, but not in any important
degree. The average we ght Is very
nearly 81 pounds per gallon" At the
same time, it is the custom i'm most
factories in this country at least to call
gallon ten pound; OF milk OF course,
it makes no difference where all parties
to the contract are agreed, what weight
may he ascribed to the gallon, but it
often becomes very misleading to those
not posted ON the special agreement,
and who are seeking for general infor-
nation. The factory system of ac-
counts is generally based upon the one
hundred pounds of milk, and we are
glad TO note that most experimentcrs
are pursuing the same rule, so that the
results can be easily compared without
first going into the inquiry rs TO what
weight of gallon the writer is dealing
in. We are glad also TO note that our
English friends are abandoning the
stone and hundred-weight in their cal
culations. The stone, we believe,
varies in different sections of tine United
Kingdom, while the hundred weight,
which is not a hundred. weight, but
hundred and twelve pounds, is an un-
even and awkward measure. The aver,
age man gets along much easier with
decimals. american DatTymaR.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

oh. ! said al. sorts of nice thing!
And what do YOU think he answers? flo
says that m tine first place he never
Paints on satin, che has gone far beyond
Tat and i'm the next place il would
take him week 10 do anything that he
would be willing TO have shown at a
fair. and that he is very busy just now
on portrait of his father and even i
he WAS not would not have the patience
To paint-a square for CraZy-quilt. Did
you ever hear of anything SO discour-
teous. mother? and the worst OF IL is
that he told that Mr. Marshall that he
considered il almost insulting TO be
asked such "a favor, when nc never
touches anything but canvas. an gets
three or four hundred dollars Tor even
small study. Mr.. Marshall told Della,
and OF course she came straight TO me-
with it,
Mrs. S'ormouth did not speak for
moment after her daughters TRADE
ended Then she said, in gentle
tone:
If / remember Alright, dear, you
told me this morning, when ] said |
thought it "A little unkind of YOU not 10
learn "a few pieces of music such rs
Lila liked, that you considered il al
most insulting to Inc asked to play such
trash, after the education you had re-
ceived. Don't you think that il looks
very much as if you were throwing
stones from a glass house when YOU
accuse Will Bcardsley of selfishncss and
rudenessP'
Kate was silent Her mothers gentle
words were evidently having their eff
feet upon her
uYo,i onJ wan ,ro III ..s.- L, 49,
right in cultivating your talents to the
utmost. continued Mrs. Stormouth
''but in doing SO do not forget that such
cultivation is not possible for all. and
that you owe it to those around YOU TO
descend from your pedc tails once i'm
awhile. We lose nothing by cutiyating
the graces of a Christian character, and
when we accuse others of being faulty
we must look within, and in nine cases
out OF ten will find that we are throw
ing stones from glass house"
Kate rose and left the room, and the
next time her mother saw her there
was asmile on her face. She was com
ing from the attic with half dozen
pieces OF dusty music i'm her hand.
II am going to move out of that
glass house this very evening" she
said, brightly. "And if you see me
moving back at any time, please stop
me, mother"
That's my good little daughter"
SAID Mrs. StOrmouth, as she kissed her
tenderly. II felt sure my little lecture
would do you good, dear"
The next time Kate saw Will Boards
ley she spoke to him as pleasantly as
ever, and did not allude TO the crazy
quit, which, after all, was not finished
in time for the county fair. But il lies
at the foot of Katie's bed, and she sell
dom uses it without thinking OF that
glass house, out of which she moved So
long ago.
Il wonder what made you learn
those pieces you used to dislike so
much, Kate?" said Lila, one day. at
is very kind of you to play them, and l
enjoy them so much.
Kate said nothing. She wanted no
one except her mother to know her lit.
tie secret. Florence u. HaIloweU, ig AZ.
\. Examiner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
FEEDING PIGS.
How the Danes Care for Young Perksrs
from Birth Until They Are Sold.

How the Danes Care for Young Porksrs
from Birth Until They Are Sold.
Their first food is Of course the
mothers milk. After the lapse of three
or four weeks the sow's milk will be
found insufficient for the rapidly-grow-
ing young and they should be assisted
with supply of other kinds of food.
For this cows milk can not be recon-.
mendcd, inasmuch rs it is liable to sub
iect the young pigs TO d'arrhea, very
probably owing TO the circumstance that
even fresh COW milk has the tendency
to a souring reaction. and these young
animals arc incapable of supporting too
much acidity 1t will therefore be
found most advisable to give them in
tho first instance barley in its whole
state which will also assist i'm brnoino
forward the teeth grinders. II is 0encr-
ally the custom TO allow the Young pi0s
90 suckle for Che space Of six weeks. and
then 10 wean them toy degrees, i'm such
manner that 40 first they are only al
lowed TO come TO the mother three
times IN the course Of the day, then
twice and finally once, until they are
entirely taken away from the sow. A
strong, hca thy pig may re taken away
from the mother at the aye OF five
weeks while the weaker ones may be
permitted TO suck until their seventh
week; by this means they can
often be made TO come up to
the lirst-uamcd For the weancd
pigs sweet COW milk will be found the
most suitable food, and it should never
be forgotten tuat abundant feeding is
in fact saving, while scantv feeling
may be regarded in the light Of waste.
The sweet milk by DEGREES may be re-
placed by -kimmcd milk. During the
first months buttcrmilk or sour cream
can easily cause darrhra Whenever
diarrnWa makos its appearance the
trOughs should at once be cle8nso1
with sOda-'yc; and Iu al cases wbcr,
these are old and completely saturated
with ihe sour matter hey houlI al
ways be replaced by new ones Tho
young pigs feed willingly ON ground
barley and steamed pOfatocs. but this
description Of food is not well ADAPTED
for Che rapidly growing young animals.
ina much as IL docs NOT contain n suf-
iic cncy OF protciue and mineral sub
stances 10 VIII bc more adyanta0p
To give them "a mHturo of rvc-brau
coarse ground oats and buucrmlk. to-
which 70 i5 recommended 90 add small
quantity Of prepared bouc-dust Vrry
suitable cakes composed of oonmeli.
rye-Dron and b,uc-du7t 1rc now manu-
iactwcd for this purpose The feeling
Wtr bOncdusf has aIway had % favor.
able influence ON Oh p r Development.
NJ need mea. is also good foe fo
young pigs 10 a. sy OF q acs ion
when gitcn together with potatoes i'm
Che proportion ~ one 10 TN or ono 10
twenty Whom thc pigs have reached
their tIrd or fourth month they may
b' said o. have pa Sod the dangerous
stages Wien pigs Gre Intended for
salc ~ Tie age OF ght to ten months
they mu.t bs loi 40 % uniform and
pountiul rate " s.. CousW 0s CO.
pcHhuglu.
To spoil house plants. wator them
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
Some Things Education Can't Reach.


There's some things" said a Broad
way policeman the other day as he
mopped his brow carefully. (which
makes me feel as if there wasn't no use
spreadih' edjercation and SIGH like with
lavish hand in this great country.
Peoples so internally ignorant of com
mon things. Now I stood on this cor
ner about half an hour ago watchin' an
umbrellar family tryin' to cross the
street.
What kind of a family?'
"A nnmbrellar family. Father.
mother an nice. large, fat, pious son
Every one of them had big new UNI
brcll, an they carried the umbrellas open
to perfect themselves from the sun. The
sun was shinin' at an angle Of about
forty-five degrees, but that bloomin'
family insisted upon holdin' its umbrellas
straight up in the air They paraded up
Broadway three abreast, with their big
umbrellas an three red mugs, which was
drippin' wet. The sun fell on them like
furnace, but they stalked on on the
sunny side of the street until lost TO
view, tho still 20 memory dear, an
sen To- myself, what's the good of edgur-
kation after allp"-BrOoklyn Edgle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
THE HERITAGE.

INC rich mans son inhcrits lands
Ai' pilcs OF brNk, ard stone. and gold
AnI lac inhcuts soft, whit" hands
Ana tondCr flesh thai feels tho cold.
Nor dur"s 20 wear "a gGrincut old;
\ heritage, ~ seems tu mo.
ph' scarce would wish 10 hold in fec.
Tho rich mans son inhcrits cnrcs:
ne blnk may break. the factory burn,
n breath tuay burst his bubble SHIRE.
ana SOFT, white hands could hardly earn
living that would serve his turn;
n heritage 10 seems 20 me,
Ohe scarce would wish 20 mold IN fco.
Tho rich mans son iuhcr.tS wants.
His stomach Graves for dnluty Tnro,
win stated heart, he hears the pnnts
ol toiling binds with brown arms bare.
Ana wearios In his easy chair:
y heritage, tsCcms toiro.
ono scarce would wish to hold in fee.
what doth the poor mans son inhoritI
stout muscles and "A sincwy heart
n 1ardy FRAME a harder spirit.
King OF two HANDS, be docs his part
In every useful toll and art;
a heritage, 10 seems 20 mo
"A King might wish to hold in fec
What doth the poor mans son inhcrit2
Wlshos o'CrjCycd with humble things
n rank adludgcd 10y toll worn merit
content that from employment springs.
heart that "a his labor sings;
"A heritage, II seems TO me-
"A King might wish TO hold in fee
What doth the poor mans son inherit2
n patience, learned by being DOOR
courage, N sOrrow come, 10 bear it.
a acknowledging that Is sure
10 make the outCast bless his door;
a heritage, IL seems To me-
A-hing might wish to hold i'm fee
- rich mans son! there is toll
That with all others level stands;
Largo charity doth never soil,
But only whiten. soft, white hands
This IL the best crop from thy lands:
a heritage, IL seems TO me-
worth being rich to hold in fee.
y poor mans sonl scorn not thy state;
mere is worse WEAKNESS than thine
III merely being rich and great:
Ioil only gives the soul to shine
AND makes rost fragrant and benign.
a heritage, IL seems TO me,
worth being poor TO hold in fee.
Both, heirs TO some six feet OF sod
are equal in the earth ut last;
Both. children of the same (oar God
ProVe title TO your he.rship Vast
by record TO "A wcll,flled past: -
a heritage, IL seems to inc.
Wen worth life TO hold i'm fee.
-Jdmcs Russell LotOcu.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
IA llttln a. h nnlcl,lr troddc, nr,f

"a little fire. - quickly trodden ont
when. be- ng suuered rivers can uotquench-~
Procr0stination may rob you OF time,
but by increased diligence you can make
up the loss; but il IL rob you OF life the
loss IL irremcdiable. II your health Is
delicate, your appetite tickle, your sleep
broken, your mind depressed, your whole
being out of sorts, depend on IL you ara
seriously diseased. In oh such cases DR..
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will
speedily effect n genuine, radical cure
make a new man OF you and save you
from the tOrtures of lingering disease.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

"OH, you can laugh" exclaimed Fen.
derson, with show of impotence, "but I
am not quite so much Of a fool as you
think am" Tell you the TRUTH said
toRg. 81 didn't believe IL could be Uossf-
BILE. "-BOStOR TrduScrfpt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

when IL is the old-fashioned blue mass.
blue pill sort, and insist on using DIR.
Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" q,
modern medical luxury, being small,
sugar coated granules, containing the act
i've principles of certain roots and herbs,
and which will be found To contain as
much cathartic power as any Of the old
fashioned, larger pills, without the latter's
violent, drastic effects. Tho pellets oper-
ate thoroughly but harmlessIy, establish
ing permanently healthy action of the
stomach and bOwels,and as an anti bilious
remedy are unequaled.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

Where you find one young man
who can, if he has to, saw wood to raise
a family, you will find two others who
can display only white hands and talk
nonsense. - Chicago Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

AT negro wedding, when the minister
read The words Glove, honor and obey
the groom interrupted him and said
'ltead tnat agiu, sab; read 10 wunco mo-,
sos dc lady kin ketCh no full solemnitv Of
de meauiu' Pse been married befo' IN
j. SIN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

The Goddess of Liberty is TO be married
20 thc Boy Of New York. They will begin
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

A SHIP is called "she" because IL always
has the last word. The ship is bound 10
answer its helm every timo.-B Boston Tran
script
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

1T is useless TO interrupt the course of
true love, "A Liverpool woman, TO relieve
her husband, who was charged with cut
ting oil the end of her nose, swore that she
blt 10 of herself.0
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21

Piles, fistules and rupture rad
ically cured. Book of particulars two let
ter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo. n. Y.