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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
REEDSVILLE.

Mr.. John OveIfield, Jr., formerly of thiI
place but now of Independence, was visit
ing al Mr.. j. K. OveTfield's Sunday.
Mr. l. j. Welton is burning a lime kiln
which he expects TO use as featilizer on his
spring crops. II others would do like
wise there would be better crops raised.
Rev. A. ]. Greenwalts protrac,ed effort
at Mt. Vernon is still In progress and &C
far he has not been able TO awaken the
sinners to q sense of duty.
Our County Superintendent, A. w. Fred
erick, was looking after the interests of
our schools in Valley last week, but our
opinion Is, he is looking after his own
matrimonial interests as we are informed
by the school children of Mt. Vernon that
when he was going to start lao bid the
school Miss good evening twice and left
leaving his umbrella which he had to re-
turn after.
10 makes frequent visits over TO Brown
vile here of late. suppose be will soon
be on the ely" if all reports are true.
MIR. and Ms. Jacob Borns, of Irondale,
are visiting al Mrs. Mary Born's.
S.S. Loar killed two red foxes last week.
John Born spent last week at his home
here.
Our old friend Us. Brown, of Albrights.
ville,sPent Saturday and Sunday with us.
He is always welcomed by Miss Belle.
Mr.. j. E Overfield will erect himself q
stable or bar0 in the spring.
Misses Agnes Fshrell and Lille Over
field are afflicted with diptherIs,
PATSY Doodle wants the County Seat
removed to Tunnelton. That's right,
Patsy, whoop 'em up.
On Wednesday the thermometer register.
ed 10 degrees below zero at this place.
AS the days lengthen the coal bills
strengthen,
Our old friend, James Little, had a
dream the other night which brought him
in personal contsct with His Satanic Maj
esty. We would like to give the dream 10
full but 1t is little too personal.
AS soon az the Democrats assume con-
troll OF the Government our coal dealers
say We will get five pecks of coal for a
bushel. This is one good result of a
change. SELDoM.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
FROM ANOTHER SCRIBE.

Our mosto-"Dont tread on me-.
Winter is still scsntily scattering liz
white blessings over the land, and causing
the romantic school girl to dream dreams
of sleigh-riding with her sweet heart IN
der the bewitching rays OF fair luna.
We presume to fancy That our last com
municstion was too Insignificant for the
heightened aud egolis,icsl dsie, polly
5nider" to condescend to notice. If this
fails TO attract his much coveted atteptiop,
We will forever keep silent, and shall put
on "ssck cleth and ashes" and remain In
obscurity in weeping, wailIng and gnash
Of teeth.
And on the heels of Polly Snyder
comes seldom" With an innuendo as 10
the veracilY of our cat story Nov, "sel
doin, " dear, we thank you for your wise
suggestion but when We desire your ms
tured adv c., wewill honor you by calling
inpropriapersoua at your private Office.
Mise Viola Stone, Of near KiDgwood, Ia
visIlipg her sister, Mise Hattie, At tbe
Lloyd House at Reedsvillo
We set The Rambler Of the Journal.
down 40 regular GOSSIP; yet be advanced
one idea IN which We we're greatly INFER
ested That is, that the pencil showers
hold q convention, and perfect an organ
izstlon. Nothing would please ne better,
and we sincerely hope that al tho news
psper correspondents will sivc this matter
their attention. But, on, myi what a
miscellaneous mixture II would bel
We can say for the good people Of Val
ley, tbst they would rather see y NJ.
5quires elected Couotg superintendent
Than sny other Republican in The county
WhoOp him up
The Drotrscied meeting 81 MssoDtown
eth continues, aud is quite a success
Large crowds attend from here every
night.
Old Grandma Menear s lying very low
81 The resideuCe Of Jacob Erwin.
Dsnliu Sapp was Ia town Saturday on
professional business. TAO a. Pure.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
GAINESVILLE.

The GAINESVILLE Institute convened on
last Saturday prosnptly. Quite Q number
Of teachers were present, and the pro-
grsme ss directed by County Supt. wa4
carried out To the letter. Tue evening
session was good. We discussed the Ma
tional Aid question. Among the eKer
cises OF the evening were several English
songs by Mr. Lawson who is an Eoglish-
man. The style WAS that Of a drauatist
which, at the conclusion OF each perform
snce, brought oceans of appliances and In
the language of Jennie squibs, never
saw such an uProArous, jovsl time D.
moDgst an sudiosse any here. We have
certsisly rpesiveA fGzD shower Of ed
ucational usAngs end this section Of
Portland b scAassr numbered with any
such inttmatisn - fustitute being defunct
as our bretbern have II at Terra Alta.
House over Wheimipgly full at every
night session.
Our next Institute will meet Saturday.
~ 80 nv - III ORthme AZ rtQueB
ted or presented by County sup,. All are
cordially envited IN attend and TO assis, in
shaking up the dry bones.
During the past two weeks the AlbrigL !
brothers of this place SHIPPED TO Terra AL
IA by the way of horse power and sleds
forty thousand feet of lumber. They ruu
from elk to fourteen teams daily. Several
# our citizens were busily eng ged In
hauling logs 70 the mill.
Our doctors are on the 60 all the time
Scarlet fever and mumpG are in the mids,
of the community.
BY tho -Nay OF improvements Doctor
Albin FSchtn"r takes the lead. He 10 build.
ing aD ice house, a new feat IRE for this
part of civilization.
On Monday evening it was 90 warm
that We had thunder and lightning here.
Within twelve hours Afterwards the Their
mOmeter registered from 16 To 20 b, low
zero, and Tuesday was the .stormiest day
We ever saw in our live5. Reader how
would you like 10 live In the PHr
Swamp
G. w. FIR Eel came to town yesterday
morning aud stood around the stove IN
the store all day with lis head hung
down~arGs. WHAT the IN ltter Col.
said Jack Sanders "Why said COL
my best eve froze to death last night.
Don't it beat the devil -
w. X. Suaffer has articled with the
Trustees of HOpewcll, Grant District. for
four months term Of school sitter March
18th. w. r. will be Il citizen Of Gran,
then.
We have heard much being said abou,
who will ar shall be our next County
Superintendent. We would suggest that
teachers of Preston county meet in Con
ventiOn and nominate . candidate from
their own body. During the meeting Of
our InStiautss tue subject might ba All
taaeaa. Let Us hear from you, brethren,
on This SnbJ ~ct. PAssIM ScRIBI.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
1885
Dynamite--How it is Made.

SINCE dynamite is the subject OF
much comment aud consideration,
AMI the object Of much terror At this
time it will not be inapl TO notice it's
composition. the period Of tie inveu-
tion and the.oause Of It's terrible re-
cult. This explosive which in the
last few years has attracted such uu-
iverssl attention was invented AZ ear
rly as 1867 by Noble a German chem
ist. d.
Up to the time Of its.. Invention the
most dangerous explosive compound
known wss nitro gly3erine, which is
made by mixing very strong nitric
acid with twice it's weight of con-
cenhsted sulphuric acid. This
mixture teipg thoroughly cooled is
poured into a glass flask, ard there
is added a certain quantity of con-
centrated and purified glycsrine.
Alter this addition the mixture il
poured into Eve or six times it's bulk
OF cold water, to which rotary
motion lie impaired. After this
process it ia ready for use.
Dynamite is made by absorbing rs
parts OF nitro-glycerin by 25 parts
Of any porous inert matter, as finely
divided charcoal or silica. Dynamite
has the advantage over nitro. glyc-
crime of not being exploded by the
moSt violent percussion, thereby re-
curing a pecuIiarly-srrsngsd car
fridge. 1t lie most affected By damp,
and has an explosive power eight
times as great as that Of powder. The
dynamite is placed in cartridges OF
thick paper, and ignited by means
Of fuse wich passes thro sand ,serv.
ing the purposes Of a wsd. The
cause Of the terrible consequence is
the sudden and violent expansion oil
the surrounding stmOsphere.-Ex.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

srisio,racy aud compelled 10 eat a
corn Pone and drink two gallous Of
butter milk, aud excluded from par
ticipatIou in the osculatory love
fssats in the wioding up OF each
Meeting. ThiASilI be iun for the
boys aud it won't knrt the girls, for
l never kissed ore in my life but
what she said she would rather do
that than to wash the dishes. Let
US meet by all means. Let tbv
editors got together and consult and
name a day Of meeting, and request
all ecribes to Gil their pockets with
psanus. ginger bread and chewing
gum. 1 H. fetch pint Of hard
cider and treat the crowd.
PATSY DOODLE.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

AFTER the Let Of April we vii
adopt an entirely different system
from that we have been practicing
After that date all subscribers who
do not pay us in advance will be
charged ooe dollar and Fifty cents rer
year for this PAPER. We propose to
make that an invsriab.s rule. Those
who pay in advance will get the
paper for one dollar.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

a msjorty Of the PittsLurg pa
psrs are alter the Chronicle Tsi-
graph with q sharp stick for pub
lsbing . sensational article q day OF
two since alleging that q great con
spirscy If dyDsmiters vas 10 that
city, and intimstug that riots were
liable TO bresk out 81 any moment.
Il ~ deDisd that any such ofgsni-
cation exists 10 that city.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
TERRA ALTA.

The snow here is about two fee,
deep Oh all average. In some places
1t Ia dritted making it ten feet do. p
The schools in town are progress
ing finely. We certainly have n
good corps Of teachers.
The Town Council Court is the
order Of the night. II hAs besa in
saeslon Tor TOO weeks bak "a bust
meas has SssO dOss -.
We are 80 have = Rwn clock, We
learn. 1t is said il has alresdy been
purchased. T. A.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

TIE latest Asylum horror comes
from Pennsylvania, Last Wodnes-
day night the Insane Department oil
B.ockley Aims House, West Phils-
delphis, was burned. and in it eigh-
teen lunatics lost their lives. Many
msniAcs escaped and are St liberty.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

NEXT Saturday the fnsl cere-
monies Of dedicstiLg the Washington
Monument will take place. The
monument was commenced over &c
years ago. aud tue event OF next Sat.
urday will be Que Of much interest
to the people. An immence gather
ing Of strangers will be ia Wash ng-
ton to witness the eIetc;ses.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

scare here. make the last statement
upon 4 knowledge that Jennie is not a
woman. 8. ]. CATos.
I'VE hope this controversy all end with
this article. We have given both parties
their say and do not wish to grant space
for futher discussion OF this matter which
Is of little or no interest 10 large body
of our reAders.-Ed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

AUGUST FSigel, the German Con-
sul at New York received box Iast
Wednesday which proved to Sbe an
Internal machine BE received it
under very peculiar circumsta ices
and was afraid to open it. BE sent
for Inspector BYrnes:who took the
box, placed it..in water, and then
opened it. The water caused the ex-
plosive to become harmless. In
side was g clock work which was in
tended to cause q bar of iron to beat
against the explosive. when the cover
OF the box wGs moved. Had the
cover been lifted when the Consul
received the box terrible explosion
would have occurred.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

The fnal count OF the oficia
vote Of the Electoral Colleges OF tn,
various States took place in the
House Of Representatives at Wash
ington on Tuesday of last week
The vote was declared by Senator
Edmunds who stated that it slood
2l9 for Cleveland, and l82 ior
Blaine. The entire count was com
plsted 10 the brief period Of one
hour Rod fifteen minutes. There
was 90 excitement and no notewor-
thy incidents connected with the
counting or the announcement Of the
vote.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

TIE question Of the submission OF
the Prohibition Amendment TO a vote
Of the people of this State came up
in The Legislature last week and on
Saturday the House voted on the
bill. L! failed TO receive the rsquis-
ste two-thirds majority necessary to
its submission. We believe the Lse-
islatuTs did right in this matter, for
whenever submitted the Amend
ment will be defeated, and Ss see
no reason w6y:ths extra expense oil
an election should be placed upon
the people.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

The Prohibition question was
given black.eye in the House on
last Saturday. Who will mourn
with Ike johnson and Warner now ?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

VIZ Wonder what the Prohibition
fanatics vii turn their attention TO
row siuce hey have failed TO lobby
their. e. lobby through The Legis-
leture
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

THOSE wbo bsvs received state
msuts Istsiy ore earnestly requested
90 call sud settle or send us the
smoUnt Of their subscription ct once.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20

The dynamiters appear to be Civ.
ing the people Of New York city a
great deal of trouble. One OF the
principal hes quarters OF the gang
appears 10 be in that city,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26

A Rome Italy) correspondent of tho
Baltimore Sun writes that there are
6, 900 men at work in the quarries at
Carrara, sixty-five saw-mills and twenty
five polishing wheels, which brighten
dull marble and smooth the slight for
tunes of some 400 plodding workers.
The hewing of rough rocks, huge in
their proportions, is something approach
ing the marvellous here. The men are
hoisted to the hight Of some 700 feet
above the level of the quarry, and up
aloft excavate perfectly colossal Jumps
of Carrara marble. Each gang, or the
foreman of the gang. goes down with
and on the lump as it is swung by der
rick ropes out into the air and swiftly
brought to mother en- !. One of these
Italians will sing in lusry tones, ssViva,
Viva Garabaldi, from his dizzy emil
nence and suddenly appear below where
you are standing, his bright, big black.
eyes full of uneuualed expressiveness
and his white tcesh glittering betweenun-
approachable smiles-the inalienable
gifts Of these people-and say, '.Ah, sig
more, will you 60 up with me again1"
Just as if il were perfectly ordinary
feat The free, easy and primitive style
Of this Carrara flying work makes
it appear doubly dangerous. Hundreds
of accidents occur every year. Children
scarcely out of their swaddling clothes
work amidst the glare and dust Of this
lovely white marble and die with sore
eyes and stif1ed lungs. The food IS dry
bread. raw onion and dirty water. It
il the only place in Italy where vino is
not drunk. Worn out BY incessant, Sc
we're toll, these people, iasuficicntly fed,
fall into dissipation, violence and crime,
dying like dogs and leaving on The
white marble Il e sweat Of their wretched
lives
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26

Nearly century ago o queer, stopped,
weazen little man, stability dressed and
carrying q green baize bag, full of pa
pers, in his hand, was one of the most
familiar figures in the streets of Philadel-
phia. The wealthy merchants began to
point him out as poor young French
man, who had scrared good deal OF
money together dealing in furs.
He married q pretty young woman OF
whom he was very fond, and if he had
had happy home, full of healthy boys
and girls. we probably never should have
heard of him. But his young wife soon
became violently insane. He placed her
In an asylum, and after that his home
was limited to sorc bare room, scantily
furnished with an iron cot, desk and
single chair.
When the yellow fever broke outin
the city, he went to the hospital where
his wife lay i'll with it, stayed with her
until she died, and then. leaving all his
wide commercial interests, remained in
the hospital to nurse the victims of the
plague. This mans name was Stenhen
Girard. He was hard, grasping and Gym
ical. but his heart held tender warmth
for. the children who had never come to
him, and he left his great fortune to
found a home for orphan boys. He car
ried out his peculiar ideas in his plans
for it. Nothing in the buildings or in
the teaching was to be q make shift or
sham. The very roof of the house must
be of solid marble. The boys were to
be taught no sectarian creed; only to be-
lieve in God, and to lead upright lives.
He did not aim to fit them to be educa-
ted gentlemen, but educated working
men.
Girard college is noble building of
pure Greek architecture, which stands,
with village of its surrounding dormi-
tories and halls, in the suburbs of Phil
adelphia. About five hundred orphan
boys are fed, clothed and trained in it.
Within the last year an industrial school
has been opened in it, in which the pu-
pills are taught mechanical arts. = Youths
COMPANION.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26

N~~s@AAAAy nome 81 Samuel -
ridden Described.
Greystone, says the New York Com
m'ercsat, stands on the summit OF q knoll.
It's gray tone visible long distance. The
building y huge pile Of gneiss rock.
quarried from the neighboring hills, and
u impressive from its very size. It con-
tains ninety-nine rooms, and has q 'front.'
age Of four hundred feet In the center
i tall square tower. It's effectiveness
IS In its massiveness, and one might
scour the banks of the Hudson without
nndlng its equal In this and many other
respects. The editice stands in a mark az
40 acres Of magnificent woodland slopes.
broad meadows, sequestered lawns and
lovely glades and glens.
From the uppermost room OF the tower.
four hundred feet above the surface Of
the hudson, the scene is magnificent.
10 the north are the PeekskiIl mountains
and the environment of West Point; to
the west are the Palisades, to the south
the upper part of New York city and the
hills of Staten Island. while to the east
are the sail-hecked waters of Long Island
sound. On every hand the prospect is
not less beautiful than vast. Near the
house are several large silver frs which
DIR. Illden imported from Greece. These
are interspersed with a unique and beau
tlful collection of trees and shrubs, among
which are golden oaks and elders, purple
beeches, and evergreens from the deepest
shades OF green to the richest shades of
gold. Chief among the latter is beauti-
ful specimen of japanese arbor-vit@.
From the rear veranda the grounds de-
scend by succession of six terraces to
the Hudson, four hundred Yards distant
Standing directly west of the mansion is
an oak tree that towers above the other
monarchs of the forest. It is symmetri-
cal almost to fault, and never fails to
attract attention. The spread Of its foli-
age is seventy feet.
The main hall of the building extends
completely across it, from east to west,
and is lofty and wide. On the right is
the secretary's Office. The secretary, as
ne sits at his desk. can look at portraits
of William Cullen Bryant, Charles
O'Connor and Samuel j. Tilden.
Next to this room is q wide stairway,
and next to it the dressing-room. At the
end Of the hall is the entrance to the rear
piazza, and on the left side one may en-
ter the reception-room, the dining-room
or the library.
Mr.. Tilden's sleeping apartments and
the chief guest room are on the second
floor. The furniture of the latter is of
satin-wood, trimmed with bamboo. The
room is forty by twenty feet in size, and
is perfect in its appointments. Not far
from this room is another fitted up with
handsome billiard-table and other re-
quirements of the game.
The third floor is entirely occupied by
sleeping-rooms. In walking through
the grounds, a visitor can make friends
with two magnificent st. Bernard dogs
owned by Mr.. Tilden. A huge mastitf
has his liberty restrained by fine steel
chain.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26

tent and asks him, ID the presence Of the
girl, If he loves her and will take good
care Of her. Then the father asks the
girl IL she loves the young man and tells
her the duties Of wife. If both say
they love each other, the two become en-
gagged, but even after that they do not
talk together. neither do they 20 about
together. a day is fixed for the we'd
ding. A great feast is prepared. Tho
relatives Of the girl and the young man
sit around great campfire together, the
young man and the girl sitting side by
side. The food IS il baskets. The girl
has carefully cooked basket Of food
for her intended husband, and - she
hands il to him he seizes her wrist with
his right hand and takes the basket with
his left. That Is the marriage ceremony.
The girls father then pronounces them
man and wife, and they 20 to lodge,
where they live together. /"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26

No wonder the nch an indefati~l
gable worker. Ea 0f clover con-
tains about sixty Iiowcr-tubos,
each Of which contains i portion Of sugar
not exceeding the iive-hundreth part Of
. grain. The proboscis Of the bee must
therefore be inserted into 1--WE hundred
clover-tubes before one grain Of sugar
can be obtained There are seven thous-
and grains in pound, and, as honey
contains three fourths Of its weight Of
dry sugar, each pound Of honey repre-
SCENTS two billion. Ave hundred thousand
clover-tubes sucked by bees
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26
Earing on cold.

Mrs. Astor's supper to twenty of her
intimate friends was given Monday night,
says a recent New York letter to the
Cincinnati Enquirer. On this occasion
the famous service of solid gold was
used. These yellow dishes are seldom
brought out from the Astor vault. They
cost 500, 900, it is said, though have
heard the figures aggerated to $3.50, 600.
Anyhow, there is no great extravaganza
in them, for the metal can ct any time be
melted into good bullion and only the
workmanship lost. have attended many
of the Astor entertainments, but never
one when the gold utensils were dis
played. A friend who has had that in
estimable privilege declared that she
didn't enjoy the experience very much,
after all
In the first place." she said, 1.-THE
eatables were completely overcome and
dominated by the plates on which they
were served. The daintiest morsels
seemed to have no flavor at all, and after
awhile / fancied that thcy became i'm
pregnated with q peculiar metallic taste.
And then / got it into my head that the
man sitting opposite me was q detective
in disguise, placed there to see that /
didn't slip plate into my bodice. He
was afterward introduced to me, and
had reason to believe that his covert
glances had been purely sentimental, but
they spoiled my supper all the same. No,
thank you, fine china ware il good
enough for me.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-26
Al Swell or PerugIa.

Perugia, the capital Of Umbria, may
be taken as q typical provincial city Of
Italy. The Perugian is IS digniied as.
the Roman. and as gently spoken IS the
Florentine. He Is Is hot -blooded, albeit
not SO impetuons, as the Neapolitan, yet
as rejecting as the Lombard. II he says
he is your friend, take his hand on it and
believe hims il ne be your enemy, look
to yourself. Let rs follow that dashing
young swell who has Just emerged from
the BARRIERS. His sable locks glisten In
the morning sunlight lis mnstache
is curled fer0ci0usIy. He walks with his
little legs very far apart, for be It known
TO all concerned that never did the in
d0mitable Don Qnixote 20 forth in the
morning III quest Of adventure with
heartier purpose and greater intrepidity
than this young man carries beneath his
waistcoak as he enters the cathedral
church On bis mission Of pulverixing the
fair sex. The hearing q mass IS but
secondary consideration. San Eruac;sco
Ckfcniel