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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

An American who has spent some
months in Liberia writes privately from
Monrovia, the cap tai that it is built on
= bed OF iron ore, nearly pure; that il
contains 5000 inhabitants, only few Of
hem white, divided into natives, the
Liberians, or children born there of for
sign parents, and immigrants. The
Kroos, an aboriginal tribe, were formerly
the slave dealers Of the coast, and each
man has a blue tattoo mark in the mid
die Of his forehead, extending 20 the
nose. The women paint themselves from
head TO heel, many having the Hberisn
or American flag painted on their bfows,
but never tho British flag, which they
hate. The girls, as soon as they can
walk, are put into the gree-greo bush, a
kind Of barbarous convent, where they
are taught their duties as women and
wives. They are usually sold at birth
for connubal purposes, at about 8l5
zach, or half dozen for S75. A man
may have as many wives as he has money
20 pay for The boys arc kept in the
bush until fourteen, when they are con
idered Of age. If tho boys or girls dis
close tue secrets Of their bush, or arc
caught in another bush than their own,
they are publicly put to death The
country has some 700, 900 aboriginals,
with 10000 PERSONS Of colonial stock,
and nearly all the semi tropical products
sre indigenous there. The government
is modelled exactly after ours Il was
declared an independent state in Is45,
and, the years following, was recognized
~ such by Great Pritain and France
The climate, which was once considered
fatal TO Europeans, has been recently
much improved by clearances, drainage
and the like and bids far intimately 70
be Inhabited By the Western races.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

A writer in the Brooklyn Union says
"A long time ago wrote the opinion of
an experienced publisher that Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, or in other words the Grant
family, would derive, in the end, $3.50,
900 from the writing of General U. S.
Grant. Inasmuch as Mrs. Grant has
already received $3.50, 600 and will get
at least $3.50, 600 more from the work
which Grant finished Just before his
death, it will be no difficult matter to
make the material left by General Grant
for another work yie'd the remaining
$3.50, COO The work to follow the war
record will be practically history of
Grants two terms as President of tho
United States. II will be even more in
teresting to the masses than the war rec
ord, but will lack the merit of being the
personal compilation OF Grant. His notes,
however, will supply all the facts A
fair share of tho persons who purchase
the war record will want the Presidential
history. Therefore the success, Of the
work is absolutely assured in advance.
Colonel Fred. Grant has the matter in
hand, am told that he proposes to be
the publisher himself"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
The Fatal FOLDING Rch

An expression Of profound gloom on
the face OF friend led % inquiries waich
elected tale OF sorrow and suneripO
do ] look mournfulF' he ask q 'Do
! bear the appearance Of man whose
soul has been entered by the iron of ad
yersityf Well. that's the way feel.
% ou know, | moved day before yes
to-day. we'll hurt by the unfee infs re-
marks of my late landlady and the fact
that she retained my trunk (ns a rage
d'amour, ] supposej I sought the sccll
sion a. West side boarding house Tho
room is Dle SAINT and the man who occi-
PIE the other half a very nice fellow
Night before last went home early. and
when ready my new chum boldly ap-
preached an innocent-loOking piece III
furniture, and after q little sparinO
for tine let in with yiQht and lef
and brought to view O comfortable
bed. / had never seen folding bcd
before, and was lite astouisbod
However, made no remarks butuuned
in. Last night my chum was out. and
didn know what 20 do i loafed
around the room, now and then casting
O glance at tho folded bed and admirin0
10 Compactue.s and air of Qentilitv. but
somehow did not feel like tacklinv jt
al by myself. But 10 n ID 70 be done.
remembered that my ctum had iirst
lifted the top. J did that. But when
let go 10 came back with o slam that
started the baby owned by the second
floor front nto a wild symphony Of woe.
Then ] sat down and thought. 70 Qain
time on the bed ] undressed. Say. did
10 strike you rs chilly last night Nor
Well. IL was Indeed. 10 was cold. The
ombiBation Of that fact and my abbro.
waited costume urged me % renew the
attack. This time I pushed tho top past
The center Of the spring, and when b.
leased it went on with noise loud
enough 10 arouse the pug ia the room
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
Capital Punishment in China.

In China, writes n Chinaman In the
C0iumbia Jurist. cap tai punishment often
depends upon the whim Of the officer of
the law. Here is an instance: Pen Ia
Rem the Rear Admiral Of the Yangt o
district, was passing up TN river and
Glanced 10 Ovcrhcar n quarrel between n
boatmen and Il soldier over the matter Of
two cash--th2 price Of fcrr,agc across q
small stream. TIE Adnal took in tie
situation. The so der had been RI ed
over the stream, and then refused & pay
the poor f:rrymnn. Their was principle
Involved. A large number Of soldiers
were looking on aud apl arently en- Dying
the ferry mans rage nc the loss OF his
wages. An example was needed and
the Great Man, - as HE name signifies
who was iGcOgnito, being on tour OF
per onal inspection, OF leied the soldier
bchcaded. whis was done on the 81 Of
Willful murder. piracy and confirmed
thieves fall under tho bcheidsman Ak.
Infanticide, however, is not nclu ed as
murder. The pareat, by Chinese law,
has the right Of life over his own child (;
hence the practice Of female infant eide.
Capital punishment can be met by
proxy and the law be satisfied Il is no
uncommon. therefore, Wnen a man OF
money is sentenced % death that he can
by the use Of money, secure o say OF
proceeding long enough 10 ODtnIn ub.
slitute. Ih.sis dole ~ making an o Ier
Of one, two or more hundred 'taels5
ounces OF silver. about i38l cents. our
Standard for q substitute Some impe
cunious family, often having 200 or 200
members, os the petriarchal plan Of do.
mestic economy prevails, VIII agree
a nong themselvcs that they will iurni b
q substitute for the prohcrcd sum lot
is then cast to determine the victim. and
tho doomed man acc pt his fate With
dOical indiGo enCa ui on The uira pre-
destination theory that his me has come
else the lot would not have fallen 10 him
Individually. Ic accordingly prce IA
himself to the court. and the convicted
man die b. proxy, while the family OF
the deceased enjoy The proceeds Of tho
arrangement
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
He Didn,t hmm

Sunday afternoon man suddenly mn.
peared at three story window in an un-
finished building on Grand River street
and secmsd To begin preparations 10
commit suicide 10y lcaping TO tho pave.
ment. A crowd Of forty or ffty people
speedily gathered in n half cir. le below.
and although al seemed TO be aware OF
what was going on not voice was
raised TO prevent tho stranger carrying
out his designs. lie removed his cont
and looked down as il estimating the
distance. Then he removed his vest
and lookel down again. Some Of the
crowd asked each other in low tones if
his intention was 20 jump, and were an
swcred that there was no doubt of IL
The man remove his co lar and tie after
his vest, and then spit on his hands and
took his position square in the window.
No ono below moved foot. There was
hal n minute Of silence, during which
everybody mentally calculated on tho
exact spot he would strike, and some
thing like a sbuddcr passed over the
crowd. Then the unknown spit on his
hands once more. raised them above his
head, and calmly remarked
'My friends, this Is TO inform you that
shall occupy this building November !
with large and well selected stock Of
staple and fancy groceries. ! shall do a
strictly cash bus ness, and IL will be nv
aim 20 -"
But the last one had turned the corner.
--jJetrOH Fres pTeSs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
Ho was an Il tImntor.

"What's all this crowd doing here -
asked a stranger as he found the pave
ment blOcka4ed in front of a Broadway
store.
why" replied a bystaudar, "the
proprietor offtrs prize for tn; close i
guess as TO the numoer OF beans in that
bottle"
"Iiow are the que ses runningI"
"From 800 up 10 l5,ODU."
'Oh, psbawl Why, there must be at
least 100, 900 beans in that bottle"
Where might 20 be from. stiangorln
III Oh, I'm from thj West. I've
been out there estima ing the population
OF cities from the number Of names in the
directories. ~ 7Ed-BN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

There are said to be In Paris more than
30, Vco persons who make their living out
oi rag gathering and hurrowing in the ash
oins Of the city. 1t is a hereditary call
ing aud those who are engaged in it are
strong and robust This is more than
can be said of the ragpickers of New
York Their number ce,tainly IS in
creasing but their physical u crepitude
seems to grow greater also.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
A saving PHILOSOPHER.

Wandering hisosophor--''Y my
dear sir, I've reckoned up that by walk
ing down town to my business every day
have saved : 800 in the last ten years. y
indifferent fellow (who always rides)--
And your health is better, too2"
Philosopher -"Oh, mu h better"
Indifferent follow-"Well, / am out
that much. GOD day"
Philo>opher--"Ah-by the way could
You lend me SO for few days1'-Nc,o
lork Graphic.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

In Holland ladies are gradually assum-
ang the occupations of the pharmaceutical
ASST tants. The periodical State exam
iiNtions have -ust been held and the re-
tnlt is highly favorable to the sex. Out
ot total fifty-five candidates, nineteen
out OF thirty-one female candidates and
only eight out of twenty -four male can
didatSs were successful.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

The Troy Time, says. An odd con-
ceit is found 10 the lines to Miss Todd
10 an Orange county ~. " ohurchyard
Underneath this stone doth lio
A much ~ virtue ~ could die:
Which. when alive, did vignr give
To os pIuch beauty ss could live
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES
Greater than Herrmann--A saving
Philosopher Was aa lssti-
mator-RiCe nt tho Fair
He Didnt Jump Etc

That Partisan trick--the Vanishing
Lady-ihlt Hermann does is a great
one, said Jones. ''Iie covers a lady
with veil, and after little man ruvriug
reno es tLe veil, and the lady has dis
appeared
That's nothing 10 young lady in our
boarding house, ed Brown. 81
have seen ten or tw,lve persons in the
parior, and this young lady come IN, sit
down to the piano, and begin to play
and sing. In two minutes all the rest
had dis appeared. Talk about Hermann !
lie ain patch to her. '--Ac,o York Sun
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

It's the most humiliating Of our CONT
neotal d.sgraces that q man can steal
500, 600 ia the United States and be
proie ted from puni. hment by tho Cana
dian govorbment And 10 is sd CON.
mentary on our civilization thot the two
grcatet nations Of the earth cin 9
agree upon plan o. egtrtdition which
shall not be in favor OF Thieves and ras.
Gals - lhi-Qlo Neus.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
EpItspbs on Two FOOLISH Men.

10 blow into the muzzie
ora ln. be stretched bic jaws
To see Tit was lo0fsi.
And 10 was
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

Charleston has lad eight earthquakes
since its settlement in 58h TIE FIRST
was IN '54 and the last bofore tho re.
ctnt destructive ono Ngns D. is5s More
wero attended with loss of } fe or. cx-
coWing ihnt DO isli. With dlmage 20
properly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25

A cerfridgo he out in The sto ve,
And the1 ammod down the I'D,
And wondered n 10 would 60 OF
IL did
49, Rcegcn Cotfvf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
Mother Goose.

Mother GooSes maiden name was
Elizabeth Foster. She was born IN
Charltstown, Mass In 1888, aud married
Isaac Goose, of Boston, in 1883. She
was his second mate, and began her ma.
ternal life a siepmother 10 ten children.
She added six more TO thit number.
Think OF i'll Sixteen gOslins TO n single
gonscl Is il any wonder thnt she nourcd
out her feelings in the celebrated lines
"Thero was an old woman, who lived in O.
shce,
She had SO many chill Iron sho didn't know
what 10 dor
Yet her family cares sat lightly upon
her and she survived Father Oooss many
years. Still. she stayed 10y her nest an |
led her flock until they were able to swim
by themselves. One OF her daughters
married Thomas Fleet, p inter by trade.
with whom she went 10 live and Insisted
on being IA nurse TO hi, children and
there she lived and sang from morning
until night:
'Up stairs and down stairs,
And in my lady's chamber
Thomas Fleet sold songs and ballads
at his printing lice. and one day n
happy thought struck him SO, while
she sat in her arm chair or shu'iled about
the house lost in sweet dreams, he care.
fully wrote down what n conld Of her
rhymes which fell from her lips. Soon
he had enough 20 make n volume.
These Inc now printed and sold under the
tit Of Mother Goose Melodies for Chill
dren. T. Fleet, Printer. Pudding Lane,
lil0. Price, two coppors. The lev.
j. NJ. Manning, ID D.. formerly pastor
OF the Gil South Church. Boston, at q
festi al not many years ince spoke very
truly, to my mind, when he said "Not
Homer or Shakespeare is 50 sue OF i'm
mor,a al fame as Mother Goose. Cousid-
ering the love in which her melodies ara
everywhere held their freedom from any
thing which might corrupt or mis!cad
the infantile mind, their practical wis.
dsm, their shrewd mystery and motives
of human conduct, one is in sobernrss
forced to admit that her name is among
the brightest n the Jewels which adorn
the brow Of the Old South. Letus hope
that the day is not far distant when a
memorial statue will be erected to this
venerable cid Indy in one Of the pm ks or
squares OF Boston. " -- Leuis on (IUe.)
J0uJUaL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-25
THANK KsorviNo.

The little brown house by the road,
With vines running up TO the caves,
Were the summer long there were bursts Of
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-04-01

LA suite aur Ia quatrieme page.l
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-04-01
Fe11i11etn,1.
LE PRINCE De NORA
PAR
ADOLPHE D'ENNERY.
DEUXIEME PARTIE.
(sUITE. }

NoO41I'J
Lies animaux, quoi qu'on en-
puisse dire, ont aussi leur deuil,
qui revet des formes Oranges chez
certains d'entre eux. Ills ont, plus
qu'on ne pense, le souvenir des
morris.
Pour le coup, le ma1tre fermier
ny put tenir; il donna libre cours
a So bruyante hilarit6, exemple
aussitot suivi par quelques-un des
hommes attaches au service Gu
haras, qui 6taient accourus d larri-
v6e de Border.
Suzanne seule ne partageait pas
CO pyrronisme en- mati4re de sensi-
bite chevaline. Loin de lui para1-
tire bizarres, les paroles d'Hector
avaient produit sur ellie une vive
impression. CONNIE entra1n6e par
le movement qu1 la dominait, ellie
Sc recula de son pere, SO rapprocha
du r6gisseur ct jeta sur celui-ci un
regard od il y await CONNIE de la
reconnaissance. Hector sen aper-
cut ct devint pensif.
Dependant le colonel, apr6s avoir
dome pordre brutal den fnir le
plus vite possible avec cette bette
furieuse, s'5loigna du hangar. Su-
zanne le suivait dun pas chance
liant ct le front courb6. Ellie Sc
retournait souvent pour regarder
encore le condamn6, ct l'on cut dit,
4 la douleur repandue sur son Vi
sage, qu'un lien myst6rieux l'unis-
salt au sort de Pyrame. Border,
s s'arretant pres dun enclos oh quel-
ques poulains gambadaient sutour
de leur mere, sc fit amener une de-
licieuse petite pouliche, d6ja plus
faite que les autres ct don't on pou-
vait pressentir les EXCUSES el6.
gances.
ITEMS fillette, dit-ll en- SO tour
nant vers Suzanne, VOLTA ia filleule,
celle que tn as baptlsee du nom de
Scabieuse. Est-elle devenue assez
jolie? Quelle Grouped quelle fnesse
d'attaches! Et CONNIE Ga porte d6]a
sa petite tete! Tu sails, ]e to la des-
tine. II ny que toi qui la mon
teras.
Suzanne secoua tristement la
tete sans r6pondre.
Je crois en- efet, mademoisel-
le, dit Hector de maniAre q metre
entendu que de Suzanne, je crois
que cette bette sera merveilleuse,
ct que vous ne sauriez reyer un
plus delicieux cheval de selle.
Pyrame mort, je men aurai pas
d'autre, r6pondit briAvement Ia
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-04-01

LIE hon docteur L6cuyer await
une habitude qui lui 6ta1t chere;
apres avoir fait une derniere visite
d ses malades, apres avoir examine,
Pun apres pautre, les divers cas-
5d'ali6nation mentale quill traitait
dams son asile, situ6 sur le Cours,
. Rouen; apres avoir donn6 tous
ses ordres 3 l'aide sufragant de SO
maison, le cher docteur, la con-
SCHEME en- paix, le occur dispose 3
la joie, prenait, chaque samedi, le
train de quatre heures, ct Sc trou-
vait transports, zen cinq petits
quarts d'heure, . la station Ia plus
rapproch6e de Chantepie. Arri-
v6-la, il montait dams le cabriolet
qui l'attendait ct se dirigeait joyeu-
sement vers Ia ferme.
Depuia quelQue tempe. il await
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-04-01

Felix Blais.
Commits 1901 Washington Avenue n.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-04-01

Fl. Alfred Pinault,
Docteur en- medicine, gradue de PUN.
versit6 Laval de Quebec. Bureau l21
Avenue Nicollet, Minneapolis, en- face
du City Hall.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17
ExPIATED THEIR CRIMES.
The Notorious Archer Gang Lynched Last
Night in the Court Yard at Shoals, Ind.
Special to the Sentinel.

Special to the Sentinel
Archer gang, who have been confined in the
county Jail tor several weeks past under
charge of murder, expiated their hor-
rible crime at the hands of a de-
termired mob at 1890 o'clock tonight.
The mob marched quietly into town, direct
ly to the Jail, situated in West Shoals. When
the Jail was reached the keys were demanded,
which were refused. When the spokesman
ordered them to go in the front door was
battered down and the iron cell doors treated
likewise. After gaining entrance and spend
ing a short time with the doomed
men they wers led out in the
midst eff the mob an0 taken to the court
yard adjoining the Jail. But few words
were exchanged during the entire perform
ance. They selected the trees on which
they were to be hung when the moose was
placed on their respective necks, and after
exchanging few parting words concerning
their crimes, from which no answer was re-
ceived, the word was given to haul up, and In
a very few moments the three lifeless bodies
of John, Martin and Thomas Archer could
be seen suspended in mid-air on the beautl-
full maple trees fronting the Court house.
The mob then quietly disbanded, leaving
their victims in the position in which they
met their doom. In a few moments after
the mob had dispersed the courtyard was
filled with anxious parties seeking glimpse
of their Lfeless forms. The people are wild
with excitement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17

Court had ordered him TO produce. In presence
of large number OF spectators the House adopt
ed a resolution that Dalton had purged himself
OF contempt.
The British Government in arranging for a
military route to India by way of the Canadian
Pacific road, has decided to create an arsenal at
Halifax, send a second regiment 70 the garrison,
and make that port the greatest naval station in
America.
Detectives at Joliet believe that the train rob-
berry on saturday was perpetrated by four men
who had been playing cards in a coach. Three OF
them started from Chicago and one from Blue
Island. Two of them rode to Joliet on pass with
the date raised from 1884.
At the Chicago stock yards. Wednesday, the
best grades of cattle were in brisk demand, ex-
cep1onally fine carload bringing s625; Hogs
were active and stronger, packers and shippers
selling at S42eG4.55. In the sh ep-pens 500 head
from Nebraska brought S5.4065.5O.
A loss of $4,000 was caused last week in Mon
treal by fire which originated in the ship
chaDdlery house of Some x Leroy, in Commits
sioner street: and extended to three other build
ings. One fireman wss buried by falling walls
and party of nine others had miraculous es-
cape from death while on ladder.
Nearly successful attempts at suicide by poison
were m made Friday morning in New Orleans by
sins of Captain A. M. Murphy, who were to be
hanged at noon. When the fact became known,
the Sheriff asked instructions from Governor Nc
Emery, who ordered the warrants to be carried
out. About noon the inanimate bodies of the
doomed men were taken to the scaffold, held
erect while the no0ses were adjusted, and swung
OIL in accordance with the sentences.
|, The winter wheat crop will only reach an aver
' age, even with favorable weather for the next
thirty days. About 30 per cent. OF the acreage
was sown late, from fear of the Hessian fly, and
this portion has recently suffered from the
weather The greatest falling off in acreage is in
the States OF Illineis, Kansas and Missouri. For
no period longer than twenty days has the grow
ing crop been protected throughout the winter
on the Pacific slope.
Special Committee OF the House OF Repre-
sen-atives has commenced inquiry into the
issuance of Pan-Electric telephone stock to of
ficials of the Government The first witness was
Joseph Pulitzer, who testified that his revelations
in the New York World were made in the hope
to serve the pubic. j. II. Rogers, the inventor,
gave history of the organization of the mpany,
stating that stock issued free to General
Joseph F. Johnston, Senators Harris and Garland
and Governor Brown of Missouri.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17

while feeding his stock, and make the de-
mand boldly. If refusal was offered, he
was TO be killed on the spot.
The attack was made near dusk
one evening. Freeman made as strong a de-
Tense as possible with the only weapon at
hand, a large club, but without avail, the
villains succeeding in shooting him twice in
the loins. However, they failed to receive
any booty. Freeman fingered in an uncon-
scious condition for several days, when he
died.
Lynch made numerous other revelations
of the felonious crimes they had committed,
also involving parties yet at large, whom the
authorities have hopes of capturing. For
this reason we withhold the publication of
County Jail, to which place he was removed
yesterday. A rumor was afoat here to-day
that the mob intended to lynch him with his
comrades, as they had four ropes In
readiness. 1t is thought that the mob sup
posed him to be confined here instead of
Davies County.
The damage done to the Jail is slight COM
pared with the first estimation made, al
though they effected their entrance without
the aid of keys. The hall door is slightly
damaged. The cell door leading into the
corridor was damaged some.