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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22
THE FOUNDATION.
The Most Important Quality to Bo DevsI-
Oped In "a ChiId's Mind.

The Most Important Quality to BE DevsI-
Oped Ia ChiId's Mind.
IL the question were asked by any
mother OF thought and character
What do you consider the most import.
ant quality TO bc developed in your
child's mind? The answer. without
doubt, would be: Truth; for the corner
stone OF character is truth, and there
can be no true success without it,
ELECTRICITY can not follow "A broken
WIRE nor success lying life with.
out truth there is no development And
how many ways there are Of proving.
without speaking. that absolute truth f.
essential i'm the first steps baby takes
toward lcarningi Give him box of
blocks 10 build house, and you can
show him that unless the first blocks
laid ON the floor are in line the whole
structure will be crooked. that i'm max.
ing the lines on n slate, 1T the first is not
straight, not true, the line. will all fol.
low the first, or the spaces will not be
very true; that in copying any work
cxactnc-- is the very foundation Of ,uc-
cess, and hut another namc for truth
In repeating "a conversation. m telling
of scene. 90 watch carefully that tho
actual fact is related. is described as a
mothcr's duty.
So often grave fault Is over.
looked because II is "a child. and Il
Is pleasant fiction thatthc child will
outgrow it Any fault that indicate. a
weakness Of character should receive
immediate and praycrful care An cx.
aggerauOn. however amusing. should
be checked at once Carcle,sness in
giving accounts Of is own or its play.
mates dOiugs should be checked 6y
questions 70 put that child will dis
cover, " 30 is carelessues.. that mis-.
take has been made and correct it at
once itself If the trouble b. "a want ol
love OF truth. the knowledge that false.
hood Is aIwal recognized a, falls hood
whether Intended or not will help %
develop regard for truth and exact
ness
Another great requisite Tor teaching
child TO regard truth +. lor tho par.
euts to'set an example Of perfect truth.
fulnc,s. mall lno Intercourse of Hfr.
in the b0mc. tho social life. the bu.inr,.
life, l"t truth boz a.i purity Doc ever pres.
emit and The children viii by instinct
and principle follow tho example that
commands their love anil respco,
Crisii1U Fuio5,
Ey-prc-idcnt Havoc farm p Bs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22

EY-lrcsidcnt lioyos farm n Ds.
Eota. which sold fho othor d.,v tor
sZlW0 wa- purehascI in Is.1 for
$500 worth li NorJboiu Pacific O.uda
. fI,,...l.f ssler
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22
B. & o. r. r. TIMETABLE.
WESTWARD

Condensed timetable OF pass,nrer train,
TOR the stations named below
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22

Besides the above-named rains there is "a
way Train with assenger car sttache that
goes both East and West daily except sun ay
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22
Chicago Tcicgran
-Our Countrymen Abroad I'm n

Our Countrymen Abroad Nn lha
Champs Eiysees) English Gentle.
man Gnquiriug way) )-"Pardonncz
moi, Monsieur" " French Gentleman
(ycry politely "Ccrtainmcnt. Mon
sieur Together Good graciouss
Smith, Jones, il that youP' Hoypcrs
BdzOr.
DO YOU allow drunken people on
the tramp asked an old gentleman ar
the City Hall elevated station some
times, but not when they are too
drunk, replied the brakeman 3'JuA
take seat near the middle of the car
and keep quiet. and you'll be all right ~
N j. sim
He my dcar. we can't possibly
take this Nat why when our furui-
turc Is in there won be- room for me
10 walk around iu &c." Shc-"Non-
sense; YOU ure uol cNp,clcd tu walk
around iu % modern iTt Wheh Won
want 90 walk what i- tlr mattJr with
outdoor-'' ~ D. Tubup,.
A four-ycu-olI vino hus % drum
and D. NOT -o slow lo beat o. hoard
hHud-orgm thr other day. aud was
particularly truck with the fact tiot
the Orgau-g GRINDER took up collection
After the mu-ir.fr had departed tha
little fellow marked If don drum
any more only Tor money
We arc told lbai more tIm Di,li
course ni dinner D. vulgar Suibu-
says h. in thc height Of the fashion.
for ho has only iN. as iollow. Soup
aqua pu" btw- Ir oven door. rUik
do scored top, brown bread lu team.
en- Oloomarg1rinc bro butlor-di.h aub
a.. q
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22
HUMOROUS.

Why j., the BARRIERS trade easy for
men TO leanP because every man
was once "a little shaver
-"Is the man honest?n asked old
HysOn. Honest as the day is long"
"1c-es, said old Hyson; "but then hc
won't do at all I want him for q
night watchman 49, boston BuiiciiH.
BD4ton E.thrtcisu,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22
BUstOn lEsthcticisn

What To me are heavenly pleasures.
That from earth my fancy wcansr !,
What care ! Tor worldly treasures
waller please, moro pork and beans
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22

George Felt II. Wa, Safe They
were standing g lhe front cate.
Won yOu come into thr rar.ur and
sit little while, George. dcar3' N-o.
J think not replied George. ho-itat.
ingly II wish YOU would the cir
went on; its awiulIv lonesome
Mother has gone out and father IS up
stairs groaning with rheumatism len th,
feet Both feet, asked GEORGE
"lc- b1ih iect. 'Ih.uII come iu 10
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26
Senator Kenna's Queens.

The little sketch going the rounds to the
effect that Senator Kenna, with two pairs Of
queens in his hand, gave the pot to Senator
Dolph, who held three aces, on the principle
that three of a kind beat two pairs, has pro-
voked the soul of the senator from West Vir-
ginia to its profoundest depths. Yesterday,
during the executive session, a brother senator
approached him cautiously and by easy stages
pn the subject.
aHow is this, Kenna" he said.
Show is what" inquired Mr.. Kenna in re-
ply.
"Why, this little story about Dolph's three
sees beating your two pairs OF queens"
"Not word of truth, sir, in it, /" said the
enator, with a snap in his eyes IL never
played poker with Senator Dolph in my life.
never played poker with anybody. l don't
Snow one card from another. l don't
know how TO play cards of any kind But,
Sir," and his face grew determined and SIMS
Ter, "if Senator Dolph or any other man with
three one spots In his hand thinks he can beat
me when I've got four queens, I'll be dog
goned if / wouldn't like to see him try 1t
pnce. Wv Washington Critic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26
Helena, Montana, Thursday, August 26, 1886.

bread of individual thanks, cut particularly
thick. and well buttered. He also received
six or eight enormous bouquets, and went
away as flower laden as young and beauti-
full debutante.
"That's the way we acquire our culture"
said my satirical friend.
@Yes; that's the way we exalt each other"
she continued. "If anybody jumps over a
broomstick here, we all unite in declaring
that no one else could do it with such grace,
elegance and art, and day or two later We
assert that the same person could jump over
1000 broomsticks just as easily as over one,
and we believe it, too. Take any thought
and foster it, and it will have the same
effect. That is the kind Of meat we feed on
to make us great in our own estimation. We
exalt each other all the time. 1t develops
self-confdence, and that moves the world.
Perhaps you might call this conceit or ego
tism; but, you see, it keeps us in good humor
with ourselves, and in state Of admiration
for each other" GERTRUDE GARRISON.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26
UPON THE HILLS.

Along their heights on peaks of stone
The bird OF prey alights;
He rears his young and dwells alone
Along their heights;
A sentinel whose soul invites
The lurid clouds that shrek and groan
With frenzy on tempestuous nights.
. comet o come! for years have shown
The storm but vainly smites
The walls that create Freedom throne
Along their heights
Upon these walls doth ocean beat
With clamor that appails
Rut wrecks at length his blllowy Meet
Upon these walls:
Then writhes with pain, and back ward falls
And moans within his safe retreat
Until again some cyclone calls.
O. come from the citys heat,
From where decay enthralls,
For ruin cannot plant ms iect
Upon these walls.
ON crest so high, mid rocks and bars
There's wealth for ali who sigh,
No ftful fever scathes and seas.
On crests so high.
The calm and cool and open sky.
With all its hosts and changeess stars,
Seems spread so very close and nigh
O. come above the cloud that wars
Where tranquil glories liei
No STRIFE from sorrows lowland jar
On crests so high.
The spirit fills with Joy sublime
On these enduring hills;
With sheen from heavens unclouded cline
The spirit fills.
The breath like balm of living rills
From fountains flowing through all time
into the suffering soul instils.
o, come out from the ruefnl CRIME
Which soon corrodes and kills;
The hills sing and their dea,hles chime
The spiril fills,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

The Improvement in the house has been
cured through the addition of a roomy attic
story and two-story piazzas on two sides OF
the building, facing south and west. \ new
addition has been made to the extension, also
to be constructed of stone. which Will contain
the kitchen, with servants rooms overhead
The interior of the building has been arranged
to suit the wants and tastes OF Mrs. Cleve-
land, whose interest in her suburban home is
not less than that of the president. Nearly
every afternoon since the workmen began OPP
erations Mrs. Cleveland has found it pleas
ure to watch the progress of their labOrs,
while the president also finds new diversion
from the cares of state in seeing the homely
cottage transformed into beautiful dwelling.
Of course all the modern improvements,
conveniences and appliances for household
comfort will be put in. When completed
there will be a dining room, reception room,
two parlors one of which the president in
tends to occupy as his study, on the lower
floor, besides the pantries and large kitchen
On the second floor will be three chambers
and dressing rooms, bath rooms, closets and
servants rooms. The attic story will contain
four conmodious chambers. From the road
side the view will be very picturesque, with
good setting of trees and an extensive sloping
lawn on all sides. The grounds have been
very much improved during the presidents
possession of the property, and landscape gar
denerS have been engaged to further adorn
the grounds and lay out new approaches from
the main road to the building.
The president expects to take possession OF
the house about the 1st of October, and dur
ing Mrs Cleveland's visit north next month
arrangements Will be made for furnishing her
| suburban home according to her own taste
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

newspaper He denounced the new en-
terprise as scheme for swindling adj
vertisers. Medina promptly had re-
course to a Mexican court, and forced his
assailant to sign retraction. Mr.. Cutting
Immediately crossed the Rio Grande, and
published in an American newspaper known
as The Ell Paso Herald card reiterating his
assertion that Medina was a swindler. On
Mr. Cuttings return to Mexican soil he was
arrested second time on Mexican soil and
kept in Jail a month, when he was offered by
the supreme court of Chihuahua his freedom
upon bail. This he is reported to nave re-
fused on the ground that he had appealed to
the United States government for redress,
which seems to be slow about coming, and in
the meantime the whole border becomes in
famed. 1t is safe to say that this affair
will he automatically healed between the
governments, but that the hostility which it
has engendered will cool without some blood
spilling is not so certain.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26
THE PRESIDENT AT THE BIER.

The president attended Mr.. Tilden's fun
eral and stood with bowed head beside the
coffin of the great master Democrat. Sew
eral members of the cabinet also came over
from Washington to Greystone to be present.
A striking and pleasing feature of the scene
as the body lay in state at Greystone was the
absence of heavy black drapery about the
reyered remains The catafalque, where the
body lay in state in his own room looking
out over the Hudson, was covered with snow
white hangings. 1t was beautiful and
unique.
Many famous men have died like a tree at
the top first" as Dean Swift said of himself.
Mr.. Tilden was spared that most sor-
rowful kind of decay. For some
years his body has been practically
dead. He was so paralyzed that
it is hard to see how he kept in the flesh
so long. His vocal chords ceased to act sew
eral years ago, and he could only speak in a
whisper, so low that the listener had to bend
his head close to Mr. Tildens lips to hear. His
left hand was useless; his right hand shook SO
that if he wished to extend it in greeting to a
friend it had to be shot forward with a sud-
den impulse to make it move at all
When he walked it was with slow, shut
fling step, palIlul 10 De sees. MS nearing
was the only sense that remained to him per-
tcct. Yet his mind was strong, and crystal
clear to the last. He was SO helpless that for
some years he has had to be fed like a child;
vet within few months he dictated and
issued document so vigorous and statesman
like that it walked up the whole country. The
document was his letter to Senator Hawley
on our need of coast defences and fOrtifica-
tions. 1t commended itself to members OF
both political parties.
The Tilden burial plot is of unique and
beautiful design. Probably Mr.. Tilden him
self planned it, for it was the work of no or
binary mind. The plot is in the village ceme-
terry, and is laid ont in circular form. In the
center are buried the statesnan's father and
Z other. A tall marble burial urn Is placed
above them Then a circular walk runs
around their graves. After that comes a
circle Of four burial plots, then another circu-
lar walk, then another round of grave plots.
Four walks radiate from the central graves,
where the Tilden ancestors repose, out to the
circumference of the whole burial plot Mr..
Tilden is buried in the northwest corner grave
Of the inner circle. How his grave looks you
zee from the picture.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

or without his consent. Rival candidates
will undoubtedly breathe more freely now,
old and intirm as the Sage of Greystone
was. He was the shrewdest political organ
izer of his time.
Rumor had the distinguished old man be-
rrothed to more women than was the luck of
any other bachelor of his time, yet he lived
and died single. There is not even the record
of an early love disappointment, such as in
vested President Buchanan with romantic
interest, to gld Tilden's blunt unvarnished
bachelorhood. He appears to have remained
single because he liked it best that way. Had
he chosen he might have been bachelor
president. There is every reason to believe
that he might have died president had he ac-
cepted the Democratic nomination in 1884.
He could have had it also in 1880. As it was,
he was president maker, and perhaps that
was as much consolation to him as having
the office for himself. At any rate, it was
far less bother. His letter of declination IN
1854 gave the nomination to Mr.. Cleveland
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

Mrs. Dolph is native of the. Pacific coast,
and is good specimen of what it can do III
the line of fair women. MIR. Dolph is a law
yer, like all the rest of the United States sem
ators He was district attorney for Portland
when the lady married him. If professional
beauties are to be the fashion in this country,
she will be one of the first.
They have six children, said to be very
beautiful-all of them. The eldest is a daugh-
ter, who made her debut into society at q
brilliant ball last winter. Mother and daugh-
ter are now travelling in Europe.
This distinguished lady has kindliness and
sweetness of nature which are better even
than her beauty. She and her husband keep
up handsome establishment, noted for its
hospitality. She presides at dinner and other
parties with tact and grace. She is witty and
entertaining in conversation. She has hosts
of friends who are drawn to her by her kind
Gness and good nature.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26
SOul-Stirring ElOQuence.

Old Col. Zell, at the time when Grant was
up for the presidency and when the Demo
cratic watchword was "Anything to beat
Grant," was addressing an enthusiastic meet
ing of Conlstock Republicans, when Demo
c1at, who was changing on to the verge of
the crowd sang out, "Its easy tallin,
colonel, but well show you something next
fall.n
The colonel was a southern Union man of
the ultra school and a great admirer OF Grant.
He at once wheeled about, and with uphfted
hands, hair bristling, and eyes flashing fire,
cried out: Build worm fence round a win
ter supply of summer weather: skim the
clouds from the sky with teaspoon; catch
thunderbolt with a bladder; break hurri-
cane to harness: ground sluice an earthquake;
bake he'll in an ice house; lasso an avalanche;
fix clout on the crater of an active volcano;
hive all the stars in nail keg: hang out the
ocean on a grapevine to dry; put the sky to
soak in a gourd; unbuckle the belly band OF
eternity and paste To Let on the sun and
moon, but never, sir-never for moment
delude yourself with the idea that you can
beat Grant. t.r-Salt Lake Tribune
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

One Of the great minds of England is pass
ing away from among men. Herbert Spencer
has been troubled for years with persistent
insomnia and nervousness. When he visited
America in 1882 he carried hop pillow with
him everywhere to produce sleep. But the
obstinate trouble seems to be getting the bet
ter of him at last Herbert Spencer is not a
very old man, as we count age now. He was
born in Derby, England, in 1920. He is not
as old as Gladstone by eleven years, nor has
his life been passed amid anything like the
wear and tear through which the great pre-
mier has lightly carried his rs years.
Mr. Spencer was educated by his father,
who was teacher in Derby. He early
showed great fondness for mathematics and
natural history
He was intended for civil engineer, and
engaged in that profession at first But SO
many other young men crowded into it that
the field was overstocked. Young Spencer
abandoned it to try literature. If he had had
his beginning in our time he would have
found the journalistic and literary field
crowded to such degree that the civil engi-
neer's profession would be emptiness in COM
parison.
Next to Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer
his time. The two minds were similar, ex-
cept that Darwin's ran rather to the field of
active experiment and research among ami
mails and things, Spencer's more to develop
ing philosophical thought in the study and
library Spencer was as ardent an evolution
ist as Darwin, but he was more interested in
evolution as applied to government and
society. When only % years Old he published
series of papers on the proper sphere of gov
ernment He took the humane and enlight-
ened ground that too much government was
worse than none at all
His first important work was published In
1850, when he was 80 years old. twas Social
States; OF the Conditions Essential to Human
Happiness Specified, and the First of Them
Developed" tits striking fact in the career
of this great thinker that that first book Of
bis has never been excelled, if, indeed, it has
been equaled, by anything he wrote later.
Little is known Of his private life; at least
It seems as If there was little to know. He is
quiet, elderly bachelor, and has dwelt in a
London lodging house time ont of MUD
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26

looking at the man who was to bring the de-
parted poets before our eyes and make them
live again. The pretty parlors were full to
repletion-with women. The stand for the
reader was banked in flowers, and behind the
speakers chair, which was still vacant, tow-
ers were massed with prodigality extraor-
binary in Boston.
An air of serious expectancy hung about the
place. The company had evidently gathered
for q united whack at ignorance. ard de-
termined avowa1 OF their allegiance TO the
fetch Culture. One young lady appeared at
the door with an escort. This created pro-
found agitation in the audience. Heads were
burned, and eyeglasses, thirty strong, or per-
haps stronger, were leveled at the extraordi-
nary spectacle. The Boston woman is put
into eyeglasses almost as soon as she can walk.
The escort, a timid being in his forties,
stranger in Boston, with hair parted in tho
middle and an air of being on unfamiliar
ground, glanced in, saw the dense array OF
femininity, muttered something about not
knowing that gentlemen were not expected
and skunk away. His escape occasioned
great excitement at the door and in the hall,
and considerable agitation inside. Three or
four able bodied women went after him with
ont delav sd lured him haol ~:..,.e..a IL -
of ropes heard them Try to put nln -
ease by assuring him that another gentleman"
was in the audience. They gave him a place
near the door and he shrank into chair in an
attitude of the most painful embarrassment.
The "other gentleman" a pale lad of II, sat
on the opposite side. He looked across and
smiled strength and support to the unhappy
stranger. This somehow had the effect of
putting the nervous gentleman at his ease.
1t seemed TO take away his fear, and he al
most looked as if he thought he might enjoy
himself.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-08-26


William Findlay Rogers was born in Forks
township, Easton, Pa, Jan /, 1920 His
grandfather, Joseph Rogers, came to Amer
lea from Ireland in 17S6. His father, Thomas
j. Rogers, was by trade a printer. He was
an officer in the war of 1912. Gen. William
F. Rogers imbibed his military spirit from
both his fathers and his mothers relatives.
His first work was done on The Easton
Wing as printers apprentice. In 1884 he
went to Philadelphia and obtained work on
The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1s46 he came
to Buffalo and began sticking type" on The
Courier. This he left for work on The Re-
public, a paper then entirely independent Of
The Courier, but which was afterwards con-
solidated with its larger rival, and which has
now suspended. Gen. Rogers established the
first Sunday newspaper in Buffalo-The
Weekly Republican. This paper, however,
soon ceased publication. He then went back
on The Courier, where he remained until the
outbreak of the rebellion.
Shortly after his return from tho war he
was appointed city auditor. At the next
election he was made city comptroller, and
afterwards was elected mayor. In 1889 he
was chosen to represent the district In con-
gress, whittier his father had been elected at
the beginning of the century. He was ap-
pointed major general Of the Fourth di vision
n. G., S. n. Y, in January, 1872