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gct to H. Experience ha, proved. now.
that even inclo~ing cake and candy i'm
tim or wood does not remedy these
evils. aud consequently late ruling
declares cake. candy and all sorts of
confectionery altogether unavailable.
This will break the hearts of great
many brides and hridcmaidS. but il is
mdi>pcu>ablN necessary
ANY thing vlScP'
One thing more; glass has been al
most ruled out too. Hitherto glass
has been admitted when mclu>cd i'm
tin orwoud This was required. not to
save loss 10y hrcakagc, but to prevent
the hrokcu glass from giving the lock
jaw to all the mailing clerks II has
now been found that even these pro-
cautions are not sufficient, and IL has
been ordered that glass shall not hc
mailed unlr~, first mclo,od i'm a cloth
bag and then ina a tin or wooden box.
This refers even tu >pcCtaclcS and OPEN
faced watches, a> well rs So chma-wurc
and croCkcrN Most people would
rather give up mailing them than 80 to
this much trouble. Chicago J0UyWdL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS.

frimitiN" Methods nv which Thcy Are
Gathered from the Beds ct streams
Mr. IL n Collier, who has visited
the diamond fields of Brazil and mado
study of the dazzling gems, gave a
reporter some interesting facts. MIR
Collier first visited the diamond fields
of Brazil iu 1871 He landed at Rio
Janciro and obtained permit from
the Emperor Dom Pedro to go into the
interior The fields were siN hundred
mile, from Rio, and could he reached
partly by wagon routes. At that time
the fields were worked bN slaves i'm the
most primitive way. The total cost of
all the machinery used i'm surface work
at the fields was not more than one hun
drcd dollars
When sufficient quantity of dirt
has been gathered from the beds of
shallow streams the washing begins.
The washers that catch the diamond
asd let the dirt and water pass through
are nothing but large and small sicvcs.
They look like these diagrams
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
SAlL-SKATING.
\ Popular pH~timc Among the Iuhab-
itHut~ oi Denmark.


When the ports of the Baltic are
closed by ice iu the winter the mhah-
itmt~ of the Danish islands and coasts
tax" To sail-~kntng, II pastimc which
besides serves to- keep mp communicn-
tion between them The sport requires
much skill, and .sail-skatmg can Ice
learned only after a great deal of prao.
ticc. When once ncquiged. however,
it affords keen plcasulN, and those
practicing it feel a, if they were act
ually lying through the air, especially
il there is Il good breeze blowing. The
sail used is in two parts, and formed
of Il light but strong fabric, stretched
over wooden frame carried ON the
back 10y the skater The center cross
piece, which Is placed at the height of
the shoulders. Is fastened round the
body by bands crossing the breast and
passing round the waist. so that they
can bc tied m front. Cross pieces at
tachcd To the lower corners of the sail
are held by the skater crosswiSc. bN
which hc il able to trim the sail and
steer himself 10y it, II the skater de-
sircS to hc carried along by the wind
hc must stand upright, without, how
ever stiilcning the body too
much, and bending backward
according To the force OF the
wind. Practice, as in other eases,
makes perfect, and enables the skater
lo utilize the whole force of the wind.
If the lattcr is too strong the topsai Is
lowered, which modcratcs the impulse
derived from the sail by inclining the
sail in one direction or the other the
skater may tack to starbOard or lar
board. When il is desired to run
against the wind. by skating i'm the
usual way, the sail /, folded mp, and
the body bent i'm such way that the
sail no longer offers purchase to the
wind. TO make thc return Journey the
sail is again unloldcd III the skater
-uslains fall hc generally falls back
ward. and on 10 the sail Considerable
speed may Ice attained in sail-skatmg.
but if is less than with sailing icc-boats
iu strong wind. II the skater no
longer desires tu use the sail hc takes
II down and folds il up. when il may be
carried like AN umbrella In severe
winters IL is not unusual to meet with
numerous bodies Of sail-skaterS i'm
Danish waters who are trying TO excel
each other ~ speed The sound be-
tween sweden aud Denmark. when
frozen over, is often crossed with ease
10y parties Of skaters ON pleasure bent.
using the wind while il lasts. The
sportsmcn OF Copenhagen often use
this means Of locomoton when they
wish to reach rapidly spots whore wild
duck and geese have been observed -
'h'"0qO IHtcriOT.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
HUMOROUS.

The Boston girl docsn' saW"Lcts
leap the gutter She remarks: Let
us suddenly overlcap the marginal de-
preston of the public thoroughfarc. -
Wasp.
II believe in woman suffrage. of
course do. said Mrs Shuttle, ns sha
threw down the evening paper. "Now,
there Queen Victoria; she makes lust
as good a speech as any King. ~ Chi-
cdgo T'ribUne.
"a very funny play, you say?'
"Ycs, indeed. 4 couple of dentists
agents travel with us constantly. bot
Ting the air in the thcatcrs during tho
performance, and their employers uso
1t for laughing gas. w. Tid- BifS.
Lady Go applicanD What wages
will you expect as nurscp' Applicant
---"llow ould is the babby, mum?"
Lady Seven months" Applicant
without laudanum, mum. two dollars
and one-half wake; wild laudanum,
two dollars. Jumpers Bazar.
"A London correspondent says:
You can not bc asked TO the Queens
ball unless You have been ut court the
same year. That settles IL. We shall
not look for an invitation this season.
Owing to n rush of job work we could
not have attended any way. Norris
torn Herdld
"A tenant had been dancing all
night over the head Of his landlord
At six in the morning the latter comes
upstairs and complains bitterly of tho
annoyance. What annoyanccP" asks
the tenant. "Wby, ] haven't slept a
wink all night" is the answer
Neither have /, says the tenant; land
yet don't make fuss about IT, IN
y Teicgrdm
Magician (pointing TO a large cup
bOard) Now, ladies and gentl9mcn, I
take the liberty TO present to you the
last piece on the programme. beg
lady i'm the audience 10 ascend the
stage and enter this cupboard will
then close IT, and when il Is opened
she will have disappeared entirely A
man 10 his wife Here. old lady. Won
go on the stagcr'- Gcrman Jokc.
Wife well. Ned, what do YOU
teink Charlie wants nOwP He asked
me to-day If I wouldn't help him tease
you TO buy him q bicycle Indulgcnt
father (who once had ambitions him
self "Bicycle2 Nonsense The bov
can't have IL. Tell him TO 90 mp in the
attic and fall down two flight Of stairs.
IL will be just about the same thing.
and save me one hundred dollars ''.
SOmerVilJe Journ0I
A Goldfish is the only Annymal thas
amt got no neck. There ain but one
kind Of q fish i'm the World that live pu
the land and Flys round in the air. and
that is n fish-hawk A Goldfish has
large mouth and my sunday school
Tcechers got large mouth too Two
kids got ftcng i'm the vcstry one day
and one Of cm pulled quite lot of Hare
out Of the other Kids He'd and tbc
SuperinRtending pounded one Of hi,
Eeers with q book and so they quit 4
fish would look funny II they had LEGS
and could run Bos'on boy, iH Boglop
RCcOrd
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
Origin Of a Chestnut

The term chestnut" n its latest
use, applies 10 stale jokes, twicc-told
tales, and generally TO whatever is c.-
pecially trite 1t originated i'm Phila-
delphia, and was used previously in
connection with the old Chestnut Stred
Thcater Of that city II the remark,
witticism or story was musty with age.
it was said 90 be old enough 20 be got
of at that theater The distingu' shing
characteristics of the entertainments at
that place Of amusement were 80 we'll
known that the word chestnut" very
readily came 70 have its present slang
meaning in that city. and from there it
worked itself out until it has come 20
be Nahoual - Rn6a@o Timfa
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
CARD ETIQUETTE.
Fashionable Washington wrinkles Thi
Are rulliing to strangers.

Fashionable Washington wrinkles THAT
Arc rulliinE to strangers.
The etiquette OF cards AT Washington
puzzles m strangers. The sizes and
style, Of cards are governed by the sca-
son, and autograph, or written cards
one authority states are To- be- used only
among intimaic friends A married
lady should alwal use the prefix
"Mr-. and she should alway- use he
husband name The use Of her own
name is m indication that she is "a
widow. TIA. corners of ladies' cards
m Washington usually contain their
residence and their calling day. f. IS
common for lady 90 take her hus-
band card with her. and IL Is bv card
That half Of the calls Of Senators and
representatives are made. The ladies
do thc calling The custom of turning
down cards prevail, here to % larger
cNtcui than in amy other parts Of the
United States 10 one who under
stands the language Of the turned cor
ucr there b. considerable ADVANTAGE i'm
b. The following diagram viii Illus
lrlfc it.
N.siio Folicitnfion
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
ON THE COAST.

My little boy heroic wise.
- lures mo with boyish taunt and boast
TO where the snow clad hills arise
Ana reckless urShins swiftly coast
Why not Again am a boy.
lam his brother. not his sire;
His siCvl-~hOd sled our mutual TOW.
His wishes echo ny desire
Down sweeping flights, with merry cheers.
We hy, a. swallows skim the shore.
throw away fun thirty years.
And ann ten again. NO more
Ny bOyi~h pride comes back to me
Ny boNhoOd : skill and courage TOO.
hid tho Prince stand back ANA 500
Ih' WAY that papa used TO do
Alone climb the highest hill
And poiSo the sled upon its brow.
In wonder lost the Prince stands still
Nnd listens for my warning Now
Swiitcr than winged thought HV
And when my Hight T. nearly through.
Ihauk You marin lifts mp on high
into the All "A mile or two
Aud down that dizzy. rccIingtrnck
Like twenty mon ana slcds go
Nhil" up my legs uud down my back
F"'AS nitecn thousand pounds of snow
crawl out to the light again
Nhd lrrblN share the Princes fun.
For something tells my bulling brain
Ihal am really torty-ouc.
And So say. so late it'~ grown
That I must hurry home To ten:
Nhilc Robbie, Cuasting down alone.
shouts. Frhid cat. Fraid cat" after
n j. Btuc,tt,, in Brooliya Eagle
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
B. & o. r. r. TIMETABLE.

Condensed timetable OF passenger train,
TOR tue stations named below.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19

81 catches the large and 5 the small
gems. ] saw "A diamond embedded i'm
the sand when ] first arrived and
pushed il out with my cane In the
rough 1t weighed 3 9-32 carats. and pol
ished a carat and half OF course 1
had topay well for it to the owner OF
the field. There is no doubt i'm my mind
that that country is still rich i'm undis-
covered diamond fields WHY, i'm the
Province Of Goaz there are fields
that ] was told had not been worked
for sixty years. The natives outside
Of the cities absolutely know nothing
about the rich diamonds that can bc
found in certain localities The circle
OF their lives is very small. and they
have no enterprise or push How j.
the diamond trade conductedP WHY.
it is done just like any other business,
pretty much: the bankers and mer-
chants paying so much for diamonds i'm
the rough or polished. At the mine,
diamonds are always quoted in th~
rough. They do not say 80 many carats.
but so many actayios, which is about
l74 carats. less a thirty-sccOnd of "A
carat The export duty on them is one
per cent, and the officials are vigilant
and always collect it. But that exporz
duty Is small compared 20 our import
tax Of ten per cent. Every thing in
Rio Janero is done by system of red
tapeism circumlOcution. a foreigner
Immediately upon his arrival, has to
report himself 20 the chief of police and
get passport TO go about In lcav-
ing, another passport has TO be oh
tanned. ! met the Emperor several
times at his palace and participated i'm
a jubilee demonstration at the time he
departed for Europe. OF course. like
all autOcratic governments, there il "a
great deal of buncOmbc and na-hv mil
itary shows I'm buying ticket to
leave the country. il is necessary 10
give the Government thirty days' mo-
ticc of your intention TO purchase pass
age and sail
What is the difference between a
Brazilian and au African diamond?"
"Ihc specific gravity Of Brazilian
diamond is greater than that of am Afri-
can diamond, and hence the former
will weigh more The Brazilian f. aI-
so much more brittle and difficult to
cut They have more brilliancv and
more -pccke in them thgn African
gems. and as brilliancy is one of tho
requisites tO create value. the Brazil
ians are generally the best The shades
of most Of the Brazilian stones are blue
and steel color The Africans are gen
orally white and yellow. More than
ono-half Of the diamonds sold como
from Africa. lu 1869 diamonds reached
lbc higlwatcr mark in prices. and hayo
declined iu value from hfly 90 one hun
drcd per cent This fact i- due. OF
course. To- the extensive fields di-cov
cred 100 the Iransyaal country Europe
Of course. receives by far the greater
number Of diamonds 81 j. WoH 0ud
ErDres4
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Coincidence


'"ngc toudoicucc.
Tho -ignilcation of 70 card received
with either Of the corner. turned a.
above indicated means Vi,itr. "a social
caII. congo. visit of lravc-takinV.
coincidence. visit of sympathy. fcliri-
iailon. 20 visit OF cougrulu.atiou Turn
m@ down Che whole right end of The
card shows that the visit g. intended
for aI receiving This explanation
viii hc uow- to MANY. and $50 have
known girls 90 De- awake at NIGHT
wondering why certain Senators wi,r,
turned down thc ends oi their card,
anj othcr did not Hyrpsrs Eugr
~harD and notes the former most
ly in mining cOmpanic.. and whicl
had cost their purchaser cloton thou.
Foni dollars. were sold recently aspar
oi % docedeat estate iu pou I0JU,.
y ? fgF 7Ho iqlsF
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,besldes the abOVe-nRmcd rains there is "A
Way Train wltha assenger On ottacI, a, -,
goes ooth East and West daily except sun ay
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

After tongue has once got the knack
of lying, it is not to be imagined how al
most impossible it is to reclaim it.
The most cross grained are by no
means the worst of mankind; or the
humblest in station the least polished in
feeling.
Good-nature, like a bee, collects its
honey from every herb. Ill-nature, like
a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest
flowers.
"Wealth, "says DR.. Holmes, 'is steep
hill which the father climbs slowly, and
which the son often tumbles down pre-
cipitately.
Old age is the night of life, as night is
the old age of day. Still night is full of
magnifcence, and for many it is more
brilliant than day.
The apprehension of evil is many times
worse than the evil itself; and the i'll, q
man fears he shall suffer, he suffers in the
very fear of them.
Soft words may appease an angry man
bitter words never will. Would you
throw fuel on house in flames in order
to extinguish the fire?
If there is right thing to be done,
and we seem to pass through wrong
thing on our way to it, there's another
way to it, and better one.
Stories heard at mothers knee are never
wholly forgotten. They form a little
spring that never quite dries up in our
journey through scorching years.
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A Mighty CaribO0 SLAYER.

Perhaps no one disciple of Nimrod can
point to like success in the chase as
has been experienced by Mr.. James
Porter of Thibcrt Greek, Cassiar, who
under all circumstances is credited with
being capital shot. While on hunt
ing excursion during the winter of
1898, in company with MIR. Chas. Cam
eron, both of whom were armed with
Win nchesters, and the cold being forty
to fifty degrees below zero, they came on
a band of thirteen cariboo browsing on
the bushes which are to be found on the
mountains above the timber line. Cam
eron took one direction, while Porter
made a circle to take advantage Of q
ridge, so that he mil ght get within shot,
which he succeeded in doing and fired
his first shot at $50 yards, which counted
one bagged. The band then started on
the run, and before they got out Of reach
he had sped twenty-five bullets among
them, killing nine and wounding the
tenth severely. Night coming on, they
had to gather the slain, for the wounded
cariboo could not be followed, but when
the carcasses were skinned it was dis
covered that the nine were hit nineteen
times out of the twenty-five shots fired.
Last winter, Mr.. Porter, while out
with Mr.. B. Sullivan on sporting trip,
came on band of some fifteen or sixteen
cariboo on the mountains at the head of
Dease creek, and eclipsed all his former
feats of craftsmanship. Owing to the
nature of the mountain side on which
they were feeding, Porter could not
possibly get nearer to them than five hun
dred yards so he quietly adjusted the
sight for that range, dropped on one
knee, and at the crack of his rifle there was
one cariboo less. At the sound of the
first shot they commenced running, and
before they came out Of range, Mr.. sulli-
van says, there were several lying at al
most equal distances apart. Mr.. Porter
told the writer that he did not take time
to raise his rifle sight as the distance in
creased, but that he held at the top
of the back of the last two which he shot.
-V1ctoria (B. CO. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
Mistakes of Farmers.

An exchange furnishes us with the fol-
lowing list:
1. To think that anyone can farm; that
a man who has starved as canvasser for
a patent tooth-pick, or has been unsuc-
cessful as carpenter, can jump into a
business requiring high intelligence and
persevering efforts, and, being familiar
with details, be able to make money.
2. The idea that large farm, half
stocked and poorly cultivated, pays bet
ter than few acres we'll and carefully
TILED
3. What is it but the worst kind of a
mistake to pay hundreds of dollars for
good farm machinery, and allow it for
want of proper shelter to rot and become
useless a year or sooner than it should?
4. 1t is mistake to let year after year
pass by with no attempt to improve the
quality of the farm stock. Blooded cat
tie pays. They make beef quicker, and
the COWS give more and richer milk. Bet
ter blood in horses pays. A Norman or
part Norman colt is a valuable piece of
property.
S. To let foolish pride or narrow
minded jealousy prevent the adoption of
new methods when they have been proved
by practical men.
6. To get up after the sun, lean on the
fork handle speculate for an hour or two
on what the weather is going to be, let
the weeds get good start, and then
wonder why farming doesn't pay.
z. To leave lot of unchopped, wet
or half-split wood at the pile, a lot of old
harness hanging in the kitchen and
muddy tracks in the dining room, and
expect to see the women folks good-na-
tured.
8. To have a lot of half-fed, emaciated,
lonesome looking fowls roosting dejec-
tedly in some old cottonwood tree, when
a few good healthy Plymouth Rock or
Brahma chickens, properly housed,
would make the poultry yard an honor in
stead of a disgrace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
Among the Brayest and Best.

Rough fellows of the olden time |!
There is where the Bret Harte idea
crops out. The fellows of the olden time
were not rough old fellows, but on the
contrary, those old fellows who came
here first were the bravest and most chiv-
alrous men on earth. They would not
have started to come had they not been
brave. And very many of them were
men of education and we'll read (not cul-
tivated as things 60 now, although some
times some of those gentlemen did not
wear fine clothes.
William NJ. Stewart, whacking bull
team up in these mountains, was a
man of as much brains, courtesy
and bravery as when he sat in the United
States Senate. John Bigler, when roll
ing barrels on the Sacramento levee, was
as good a man as when John Bigler was
governor of California; John R. McCon-
0ell. when he had on one old boot and one
Did shoe and was ragged as to the rear
end of his trowsers, and while he was
"totin" shakes to the top of cabin in
Nevada City, was then as fine scholar as
the State can boast of to-day, and he was
as learned, polite and as considerate then
as when he afterward graced the States
office of attorney general.
We could specify many other instances
of learned men working at days work in
olden times. The gulches in this country
were filled with scholars and gentlemen
who were fighting for fortune with picks
and shovels. Those men had neither the
manners nor the language attributed to
them by the writer of alleged California
stories. .-Grass Valley (Cal) 1adings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
DigeStibility of Cheese.

The digestibility of cheese depends a
good deal, according to Klenze, on its
physical properties. All fat cheeses arc
dissolved or digested with great rapidity,
because the molecules of casein are sep
arated only by the fat, and so the solvent
juice can attack large surface of the. cheese
at one time. Whether the cheese be hard
or soft does not appear to matter, and
there is no connection between the d.
gestibility and the percentage of water
present in the case The degree of ripe
mess and the amount of fat have, how
ever, considerable influence, for both
these conditions render the cheese moro
friable, and SO allow of intimate contact
of the juice. Cheddcr took the shortest
time to digest -four hours), while unripc
Swiss cheese required ten hours for solu-
tion.-L0ndon Lancet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
A Boy Love Affair of Washington's.

George Washington was tall, large
limbed, shy boy of about fifteen when he
fell in love with girl whom he seems to
have met when living with his brother
Augustine. He calls her, in one of his
letters afterward, ''lowland beauty"
and tradition makes her to have been a
Miss Grimes, who later married, and was
the mother of one of the young soldiers
who served under Washington in the war
for independence. Whatever may have
been the exact reason that his love affair
did not prcsper-whether he was too shy
to make his mind known, or so silent as
not to show himself to advantage, or so
discreet with demeanor as to hold him
self too long in reserve, it is impossible
now to say; but I suspect that one effect
was to make him work the harder. Sensi-
BILE people do not expect boys of fifteen
to be playing the lover; and George
Washington was old for his years, and
not likely to appear like spooney.-&
Nicholas