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

unless caused by lack of sleep or from
over-cating, is "A symptom OF disease. II
IL be accompanied by general debility,
headache, loss of appetite, coated tongue
and sallow complexion, you may be sure
that you are suffering from biliousncss and
consequent arrangement of the stomach
and bowels. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purg-
alive Pellets" are a sure cure for all all
ments of this nature. They cleanse and
purify tho blood and relieve the digestive
organs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
BACHELORS HALL

Sing a song OF sca-shcro
Whore the wife has flown,
Leaving her poor husband
Keeping house alone.
Parlor filled with papers
Not u thing I'm place
Pipes n burnt tobacco
Over all "A trace.
Kitchen fun of soIlod
Dishes, pans and pots
MlNcd with slops and coffee grounds
dumped I'm funny spots.
Dining rooms confusion;
Table ~ n sight:
As twas left at breakfast
So II is at night.
Closet doors stand open;
Shelves all d~isarraycd;
Looks as IL n cyclone
Whereabouts had strayod.
Bedroom floors are cluttcrod
With tho husbands clothes:
Bureau contents jumblcd
Arc n mass of woes.
Bed, not made up ever,
Shows the very plnce
Whore the husband tumbled
Out to wash his face.
And the husband wishes
His now priceless wife
Would come wash the dishes
And preserve his lifo.
IL. &. Dodge, ia Detroit Free Pres.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

THE VoLTAIC BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer 20 send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoL
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for ID days, TO men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysi and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration TO health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk i'm.
Cured, as 80 days trial Is allowed. Write
them atone for illustrated pamphlet, free.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

The White Mountain forests have
within a few years passed from the
earlier proprictOrs into the hands Of
spectators, railroad companies and
other parties, who have no interest in
them beyond the sale Of the timber for
the making of money ANY one who
makes a tour along the railroads that
pass through the notches and wind
around the mountains can see that &C..
hpus havoc has been made. New
HaRpshiro has the legal control Of this
@sfpnI but Massachusetts and Con-
neNsclt ore deeply Interested in ~
water ssppk, which the cutting or "
The den| f6tests would destroy. ThoR
sands - mlis - run by these stream|
and thoussndsD farms made arableE
Boston HsrQAl.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

POLICEMAN Adds, of Philadelphia, re-
Gently tried TO arrest a rough who fired
on him, but the ball was stopped by a sus-
pender button. This little incident shows
that Policeman Adds has a noble wife,
otherwise his suspcnder would have boon
fastened by an old shingle nail or wooden
toothpick.-PhuddeLphi Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

. a VAssAR graduate being out in the
country, went into the stable of a farm
house. Dear me, how close the poor COWS
are crowdod together" she remarked.
" Yes, mum; but we have to do that"
why SOP" $50 they will give condensed
milk."-Ierds SiniRGs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

AT Woolwicb. Eng. n few DAYS
$50 experiments were made with the
object ~ testing the feasibility Of pho
tOgraphing tho interior Of guns by
means of the electric light, SO as To- de-
tcct any. 19ws. The subjects Of the test
we're two eight inch muzzle loading
gGSr Tho light was introduced 70 few
Az within the muzzle. and reflected.
sbY va Of a mirror. down the bore, the
photograph being taken at the breech
end Itfe experiment was fairly salts
factory
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

"GooD gracious" said the hen, whom
she discovered the porcelain egg in her
nest, al shall DO a bricklayer next"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

PIKE'sTooTHACuE DROPS cure I'm minute, &c.
Glenn's sulphur Soap heals and beauties. pc.
GERMAN Corn REMOVER kills Corns s. Bunions.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

TRAVELLERS that beat their wav-John
Sullivan's two wrists Chicago Tribune.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

THE inventor of a flying machine, IL he
doesn't soar very high, has the satisfac-
tion Of being sore when he drops.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

PoRCELAIN finger-rings are tho --latest
fashion. They arc probably intended for
China wear.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

BANANA beer is drank by the natives of
equatorial Africa as a preventive of fever.
III banana beer will throw a man as uncer-
enormously as the banana skin, a mans
h"nlth is safer with the fever.-NOyTistOtgn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

? GAS GOOD as represented" is what
everybody says of Frazer's Axle Grease.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

A POLITE wa of dunning a delinquent
is to send him n bouquet of forget-me-
notS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
Young Mon. Rond This.

SUPERLATIvE goodness must be very
hard on the hair, for, you know, the good
generally die younR.-.Tadge.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

1T is reported that female dentists are
gaining ground in Germany. They seem
20 be taking root in this country.-Od
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

AT what age does n man get bald. That
depends altogether on the nature of his
wife.-heRtucky State journal.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

a WISE Sausage dealer mover uses the
semf-profane expression, 'Dog gonev
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

IovE's notwithstanding the small plate
OF ice-cream.-BOStOn Post.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

WHEN all s~o-cnlled remedies fail, DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

THE character of the Cinnamon is apt TO
be wish-he-washy.-M q. PicayuRe.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

a P~ITTsBURGB man has been fned fifty
dollars for keeping n COW. The cow be-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

My son, If anybody smokes tho filthy
weed, don't Chicago SIN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

BROOKLYN lady now calls her pet cat
"Sheolen" instead of Helen. -BrOohlyn
Eagle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

The height of impudence-taking refuge
from the rain in an umbrella store.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell il. 25o.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

PATRIOTISM with the small boy is a mat
ter of i~ire-crackers, rockets and so Fourth.
-Judge.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

1T is hard TO tell at what age man loses
his faith in circus bills.-WhuehdH Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02

"A gavel in use at San Francisco
was made Of wood from tho shiDs Keer-
sarge and Jeanette
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
AgGntS /!

WANTED For the bestsoliing publication Ia tho
and pays a very liberal salary, with n chance for com
poting for several Premiums worth from fS 20 600.
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-16
wnat the Ladies DO say.

That nothing equals Tucker .IIi
improved Iron lmieorator. lurgitm.
10 Them hearty relish for food
thereby renewed strength aud ,i.o.
rs soon impaired
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28

out of sight. The tug hurriedly
pushed itself forward to the place
where the body fell and Capt. Boyton,
after seeing that life preservers had
been thrown out in the water, sprang
over the side of the boat and waited
for the body to come to the surface.
Soon he saw the white face of the
Professor rising from the water, and a
moment later was by his side. Selling
life preseryer near by. he placed it
beneath the body of the insensible
Professor. Blood, mingled with froth,
came from the mouth of the daring
man. A low boat soon came to the
rescue, and Professor Odlum was TAX
en- from the water. A few moments
later he was transferred to the tug,
and restoratives were administered.
After considerable, rubbing, the eyes
OF the Professor opened. what kind
of q jump did L maker" he whispered.
"First-class, my boy" responded
Boyton; you'll be all right in a little
while" But he was insensible again
before the words had hardly left his
lips. The tug steamed hastily to his
ship, and just as the pier was reached
a shudder passed through the frame
of the Professor, and then, after
breathing heavily once or twice, his
heart stopped beatihe and he was
pronounced dead. The body was tax
en- ashore and conveyed 70 the under
takers.
Prof. Robert E. Odlum was former
Iy the professor of a swimming bath
in Washington, but latterly has been
clerk in Wizards Hotel. 1t has beer
his ambition to jump from the Brook
lon bridge. He made the attemp
once before the bridge was completed
but was prevented from carrying GU
his scheme by the police. He was 81.
seconds in the air. He was un
married, thirty-thIee years of age, AM
a man of good habits.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28

of public sympathy. Indeed it may be
asserted; with positive assurance Of
the verify of the assertion, that there
is no general feeling, such as the Coy
ernor alleges, existing among the peo-
pie of the State. AT the same time it
is to be observed that civilization is on
the advance in Texas, and the people
do not look with favor upon barbaric
cruelty inflicted on convicts placed in
positions where the women and chill
dren must gaze upon them, and be at
times exposed to the danger of sudden
outbreaks, escapes, and the like. Ii
the honest feeling of the people of
Texas was consulted, penitenJiaries
| sufficient to accommodate all the con-
victs condemned as state criminals to
state imprisonment would be built,
and employment would be provided
for them within the walls. Yet, al
though this is the feeling and general
desire of the people ofithe State, it is
DOUBTFUL if anybody, except the COVER
nor, seriously thinks that the recent
release of cenvicts was in the nature
of protect against the present cons
vict leasing system. There is little
doubt that the release of conyicts in
Brazos county was the work of ordi-
nary deSperadoism and that no senti=
ment with respect to statGsss -; IT.,
garding the unA.-'e S."ehI u I = nv
hcd o 2ythlng to do with tt. Inc
| governor should revise his judgment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28
THE PLANT oFsTHE DEsuLATE.

I've t9iIed with my hands till the long DAT is
But there's nobody glad for the bread have
won;
Nobody smiles when reach my lone room.
Mob sdy whispers, "I'm glad you have Gomez"
Nobody fingers with tenderest care,
To brush back the locks of my damp, cluster
lug hair;
No one, with accents so loving, will say,
Darling, you're weary enough for to-day"
Though my shoulder is bowed by the burden it
bears,
And am SO weary-there's nobody cares
Father and mother are cold in the tomb,
With brother or sister for me there's no room;
hill death seems my only attendant to be,
For lover and friend hath he put far from me /;
The broad streets are full OF the young and
the gay,
Who nntice me not as pass on my way;
| see their bright smiles and their kind loving
eyes,
hear their fond welcome, their tender good
byeS
But nobody asks how the poor toiler fares
| o, am SO lonely but-"nObOdy cares"
| Thus lonely and Borrowing day af,er day,
| l must walk as can on my deSolate way;
must seek ever more for my pittance OF
To nurture Hiis the life where AL pleasure lie:
| dead;
No bright hope is budding in beauty for me,
| No light ON the shores of the future l see
| But soon shall rest, for my work will be done
| A coffin and Shr I'D be the need l have won,
| And they'll say when deaths pallor my SunkeI
cheek wears,
| Poor thing she is dead y but there's "no'
| DO0V cares ~
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28
A New Sourca ofHeat.

M. Alvin Nieske, a chemist at Dres-
den, describes in the London Medical
Record several heating apparatus for
medical appliances and domestic pur-
poses, the principle of which consists
in the storage of latent caloric by
means of solid sodium salts liQuefied
by heart. These salts produce when
liquefied large quantity of heat,
property which they do not possess in
solid state: eg., the quantity of heat
in acetate of soda is four times greater
than in water. 1t is due to the enor-
nous quantity of heat, which is given
off again as the salts resume their
solid state. This properly isapplied to
various useful apparatus Oiled with
acetate soda and and Theoretically
soldere (which, having been warmed
by placing them for short tine In
boiling water, will retain the heat for
many hours in proportion to size, and,
when commencing to be shaken,
whereby the capitalization of the salt
is interrupted, to continue producing
heat. Larger apparatus as tootstools,
warming pans for beds GnStead OF hot
water bags, over which they have the
advantage of not leaking). will remain
hot for tWenty.four hours and upwards
NJ, Nieske has also constructed on the
same principle portable chest, throat
and abdominal warmers" and dish and
plate warmers. Besides, he uses car
Donate of soda as cheap fuel for por-
table perfectly smokeless stoves with
out chimneys. A bag OF carbon
natron" will supply fuel for two
months at the expense of about 1ad
daily. Smaller stoves are particular
ly adapted for heating baths into
which they are immersed, and will
warm the water in less than an hour.
Twenty large baths may be heathed
with one bag of the carbon natron at
the cost OF 81. The stoves are half fill
ed with small pieces of the fuel, on
which few Jumps of the carbon soda
are placed, either ignited by ali ordi-
nary match or by having them previ-
ously made red hot over fire. Flat
irons construc; ed in the same manner
have lately become very popular in
laundries in Germany. This cheap
and clearly method of generating heat
certainly deserves investigation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28
A DIVE TO DEATH.
Prof. Robert Odlum Sacrifice s
His Life to Satisfy a Foolish
Ambition.

NEW YORK, May 19.-This after
noon a cab left the entrance of Brook
Ign bridge and was driven to the mid.
ule of the span. Here the driver pull
led up and two men got out and be-
gan to climb the railing. Before they
had reached the top, bridge police
man came running toward them,
brandishing his club and ordering
them to "get down out of that" While
he was talking with the young men,
covered wagon, containing Prof.
Robert E. Odlum and a companion,
stopped about hundred feet behind
the Cab. Quickly divesting himself
of the blue flannel coat in which he
was dressed, Prof. Odlum clad in red
shirt and trunks, jumped from the car
riage and sprang lightly to the railing
He quickly reached the top, and pois-.
ing himself for a moment, he stood
erect and glanced hurriedly at the sur
face of the East River far below him
of horror when they saw the Professor
prepare to plunge off the bridge in the
river, 13o feet beneath his feet. The
policeman whose attention had now
been directed from the two menrushed
w w oA0 UuO L AOAOooOAs OO1Ol AC a1Q
gone dozen feet Prof. Odlum, with
out moments hesitation, had leaped
out from the railing into the air. He
held one hand above his head as rud-
der to guide him in his descent. The
river below was at the moment clear
of shipping. A tug and a schooner
foated laZuy in the stream several
hundred yards below the bridge. The
tug was filled with reporters and club
men. Boyton stood near the Prov,
anxiously watch ing the bridge. The
moment Prof. Odium's body was seen
to leave the bridge Harry E. DIxey,
the actor, started a stop-watch which
he held in his hand in order to time
the descent. For nearly hundred
feet the ProfessorIcame down all right,
feet foremost. He shot down with
the speed of meteor, his red suit
making him easily discernible for a
long distance. When within 30 feet
of the water, his body began to turn.
AS if realizing his danger, Prof. Odlum
brought down his hand with a war
like motion oaid him III recovering
his balance. The moyeIn mt 1is, how
ever, nude too late His body WIS
now turned 81 far thatJt WAS imp3SSi-
lie 10 change its course. Half Sec
ond later, with mighty splash that
threw up the water on all sides as II
torn with shell, Prof. Odlum's DO iy.
struck the wa one Size 20
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28
Yfctoria,s Issue.

Queen Victorla'5 issue is as follows:
Victoria, born November FL, 1916,
married to Frederick William, Crown
Prince of Germany; Albert Ed ward,
Prince of Wales, heir apparent, born
November 8, 1841, married to Alexan-
dra, eldest daughter of the King of
Denmark; Alice, born April 25, 1843.
died December Ia, 1873, was married
in 1862 to the Grand Duke of Hesse
Darmstadt; Alfred, Duke of Edin-
burgh, born, August 6, 1874, married
to Marie, sister of the present Gar Of
Russia; Helena, born May %, 1916,
married Prince Christian, of Schles-
wig II olstein; Louise, born March IS,
1848, married to the Marquis of
Lorne, Scotchman, snd the eldest
son of the Duke Of Argyle; Arthur,
Duke of Connaught. born May /, 1850,
married to Louisa, of Prussia; Leo
pold, Duke of Albany, born April 7,
1853, married Helen of Waldeck Pyr.
mont, and died in March, 1884, and
Beatrice, born April IA, 1857, and is
becrothed to Prince Henry, of Batten-
berg
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28

confidence in the soundness of his
theory, that already near five thous-
and persons in tho province of Val
encia kave beel inoculated,
and nothing has yet occurred to |
prove him in error. The disappear |
ance of the epidemic in that locality
is attributed to the system. A late
cable dispatch tells that minister Fos-
ter has just visited the cholera dis
tricts of Barcelona and Valencia to
investigate the present relations of
the disease. He found mild chole-
raic disease, and could hear of
but few deaths from chol-
era, and become satisfied that the
disease will not become a great cpl
demic in Spain. He was greatly in
terested in the question of inocula-
ton. Not death, it IS said, has oc-
CURED among those who were inocu-
lated. The case of two hospital pa
tients who alone refused incubation,
and who were afterwards the only
persons in the hospital attacked and
carried off by cholera, is quoted as
greatly increasing the confidence in
and the support given to DR.. Ferran's
} work. 1t is understood that Senior
} CASTELAR,, who has always the inter
ests of the poorer classes a.
heart, will soon question ii G
government regarding the extent and
mortality of the epidemic and official
measures will be taken to prevent its
: spreading. 1t is also probable that
the Minister of the interior will ap.
point commission of eminent ply
sicians to investigate the present con.
. dition of the epidemic, and also to re,
port on DR.. Ferran's discoveries and
the chances of preventing in future
cholera epidemic by a general use OF
his system of incubation. a tele'
graphic report to the Director of Hy-
giene in Madrid shows at the time OF
the telegram, total of twelve new
T cases of alleged cholera and. seven
deaths from all the infected districts
Truly there are wonderous discov-
cries in this age. Not SECOND
to that OF inG0GGr 1ati2n against cholera
D in Spain is incubation against yellow
3 fever in Mexico and Cuba. Spanish
: doctors have always been bold expert
y mentors, and it thus seems they are t,
y give humanity >relief from two mos
s deadly enemies. And may not thi
:; principle of inoculatfon be applied a
Il preventive against many other dis
q easeSp
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28
STATE NEWS.

The prisoners in Montague jail at
tempted to escape recently.
There was Sunday-schooI mass
meeting at Houston Sunday.
The prisoners at Bolton obtained a
saw and came very near escaping.
The United States Revenue Gutter
McLane, has arrived at Indianola.
Mrs. Ponder, one of the early citi-
zens of Hillsboro, died there the other
day.
QA negro boy, Anderson Johnson,
was drowned in the bayou at Houston
Saturday.
The ladies of Longview complain
OF the stealing OF the flowers from
the cemetery.
Ed Busby, negro, at Waco, h IS been
given seven year; for attempting an
outrage on white woman.
Ed. Shelby, convicted for theft at
BRENNAN, suicided by drinking water
saturated by lUcifer matches.
During thunder storm in Blanco
County, recently, Mr.. Rudolph had his
team ;truck and killed by lightning.
John Henry, colored, has been ar
rested at Round Rock, for the muir
der of a Mexican peddler ten years
ago.
The 34th annual Council of the Epis-
copal diocese Of Texas, in session at
Bryan for several days past, has just
adjourned.
The Blanco News has six stanZa
poem on the DeYil, presumably written
by himself, as the staDZas show famil-
arity with the subject.
j. H. Rainey, for the murder of
constable Johnson, on Rel River, last
July, has been sentenced at Gaines
vile for Is years.
The prospect for big cotton crop
in Mason County is promising. A
wool clip sold in that county few
days ago for 20 cents
Grape growing is profitable in some
parts of Texas. The G.eenvllle Ban
ner says, Col. N. j. Ross made $4,000
on his six-acre vineyard last year,
A strip of land fifteen miles long
has been discovered in La Sale County
which has not been covered by any
claim. 1t is 1000 acres and lies along
a creek.
John Arto, of Houston, charged
with killing his step-tather in Hous-
too, two years ago, has been surren-
dered by his bondsmen and taken
back to the Island City for trial.
The contract has been closed at
Marshall for 500 tons of steel rails to
complete ten miles of the Dallas
North western Railroad. This begins
to look like Dallas means business.
During the recent storms in Pear
sail, the editors family got scared and
Fan out of the house into the garden,
but the quill drivei himself and the
office devil stood to it and sang a song
during the roaring of the wind.
Hampstead Ledger: Our second
addition has appeared-its gal this
time. All are doing well. we now
have "full hand"-boy and girl. Tn
first is a full face, Roman three-nick
minion," the second "light-face geo
metric, pearl body, two-nick."
Cam ION He ala: j. u. House,
farmer living near Cameron, ha, not
bought anything on credit since the
war, nor has he raised any cotton du-
ring that time. He is never without
randy money and is consider, d a pros
pc Gus man. He raises those things
thit bring money at one season as
well as another.