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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

the ill-treatment and deprivation OF food
while confined under tho Grimes act in the
Tullamore Prison.
THE attempt by Mr.. Parnell 90 get com
nittoe OF the House OF Commons appointed
70 investigate the charges made against hin,
by tho London Times and ATTORNEY General
Webster was defeated by the Governmon1
PoRFfRlo DrAK has been reelected Presi
dent OF Mexico by the Electoral College
without opposition.
BANTAM insurgents plundered Tielegon,
In the Island OF Java and killed the native
chiefs and all the Earopean inhabitants.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

Cream puffs, made by the general re-
circs found IN the cook books are ex-
pensive luxuries. A recipe is here given
which those who have used very highly
endorse: Take ono cup of cold water and
one half cup of butter and set il on the
stove. When this comes to the boiling
point stir in one cup of -four dry. The
mixture will cleave from the bottom Of
the pan when sufficiently stirred. Then
take from the stove and when little cool
50 the eggs will not cook, stir In three
eggs, one at a time, without beating.
Last OF all, add piece Of saleratus the
size of a pea, dissolved in teaspoonful
of milk. Drop on well buttered tins
with large spoon, aud bake twenty five
minutes in n very hot oven. This rule
makes one dozen very large ones, OF
about fifteen Of the usual bakery size.
DO not open the oven door to look at
them in less than twenty minutes. When
the pulls are cool cut slit in one side
with the scissors and I'LL with cream. As
TO the cream filling, almost every cook
has her own favorite way of making it.,
some using flour in its preparation, aud
others, corn starch, but for the benefit
OF those who are minus any particular
modus operandi the following is very
good: Beat together one egg. one half
cup of sugar, and three tablespoonfuls
Of corn starch or flour, stir into il a pint
OF boiling milk, stir until thick enough
when cold add the favoring. Open the
puffs on the side aud put in spoonful
OF the cream. st. LOUIS Sayings.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
HOUSEHOLDS AFFAIRS.
More Room.

When every nook and corner seems
full, consider the walls. A great many
things may be hung on q strip of wood
running across your bed room or kitchen
wall, covered from dust by calico cur
tain. Envelope bags straightened by
ropes or lath strips, may hang anywhere
TO hold aprons, collars, hats, newspa-
pers, everything. Packing boxes may
be placed one above another and shelved
and curtained, OF small ones may be
padded like ottomans aud used for seats
aud cases 10 hold bed linen or under
clothing. A few yards of bright chintz
adorns room wonderfully in the way
Of curtains, chair covers aud scrap bags.
--Neic Orleans PicdyaRe.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
INC MechanIsm OF the Heart.

In the human SUBJECT the average
rapidity Of the cardiac pulsation of an
adult male is about seventy beats per
minute. These beats are more frequent
as a rule in young children and in
women, and there are variations within
certain limits in particular. persons,
owing TO peculiarities of organization.
1t would not necessarily be an abnormal
sign to find in some particular individ-
uals the habitual frequency of the
hearts action from sixty 10 sixty-five or
seyenty.five 10 eighty per minute. AS a
rule the hearts action is slower and
more powerful in fully developed and
muscular organizations, and more rapid
and feebler in those of slighter form. In
animals the range Is from twenty-five to
forty-five in the cold blooded and fifty
upward in the warm blooded animals,
except IN the case of horse, which has
very slow heart beat-only forty strokes
a minute.
The pulsations of men and animals
differ with the sea level also. The work
of q healthy human heart has been
shown to equal the feat of raising tons
hundred weight foot per hour, or 1876
tons in twenty four hours. The excess
of this work under alcohol in varying
quantities is often very great A curious
calculation has been made by DIR. Rich
ardson, giving the work of the heart in
mileage. Presuming that the blood was
thrown out Of the heart at each pulsation
in the proportion of go strokes a minnie,
aud at the assumed force OF feet, the
mileage OF the blood through the body
might be taken at 207 yards per minute,
miles an hour, 1853 miles per day, 81, :
$50 miles per year, or 8, $50, $50 miles in
lifetime Of eighty-fours years. The
number of beats of the heart in the same
long life would reach the grand total of
2, 500, 776, 600. Medical World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
Recinea.

FRIED Eco PLANT. After peeling
the egg plant cut in slices one-half inch
thick, pepper and salt them, and lay one
slice upon the other, leaving them TO
stand ten or twelve hours. Drain of
the liquor, dip in -four and fry brown.
WBITE WTFGs CAKE.-Beat one and
half cups sugar aud two tablespoons
butter 10 cream, then add a cup Of
sweet milk, ia which dissolve q teaspoon
Of soda, one egg we'll beaten, three cups
sifted -four with two teaspoons Of cream
tartar, and teaspoon OF lemon essence.
Bake in one largo OF small pans in a
quick oven.
ACfD DRINKS. I'm warm weather acids
are not only palatable but healthful.
The abundance and cheapness Of lemons
makes their free use possible, and much
Of the spring sickness ~ due 20 the
neglect 20 use freely such fruit as nature
has provided at that season. Lemonade
makes a better drink for young and old
than tea or coffee too freely used
RHuBARB JAM.-An English cook
gives the following recipe for IL: Peel
and cut up the fhubafb, boil till reduced
to n pulp with very little water; allow
one pound Of sugar one ounce Of sweet
almonds, blanched and chopped, and
half a lemon, cut I'm slices, 70 every pound
Of pulp; boil Tor three quarters Of an
hour or an hour, remove the lemon peel
and put into pots.
Pm-PLAET PrE.-One cup Of stewed
pio-plaut, ono cup Of sugar, yolks Of
three eggs, white Of one egg, one spoon
ful Of butter, melted lemon 10 flavor.
Bake in bottom crust, make q meringuo
OF the whites Of two eggs, put over the
top Of the pie and brown lightly in tho
oven. Some persons bake the crust
separately, and, after cooking the other
ingredients, oil the crust
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
At Least 1000 Head stolen in Mis-
souri, fu Three Months

That portion Of Missouri known az the
home Of the "Bald-knobborsr-C Christian,
Tanoy, Barry and Ozark Counties--is striv-
ing 20 ufrpass former records During tho
last two or throe months 10 is estimated that
at least 2DJ0 head Of cattle have been stolen
On fancy and Christian Counties hy Bald.
knobbers' --"U Uplanders y as they call them
selves One Cf The band has been arrested
and raid on the rest of the gang is con
temploted. One of The gang Is said 70 have
been murdered by bis companions for divule
ing eecrots
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
How water Should BE Cooked.


water is one OF the secrets OF cook
ing," sententiously said a well-known
New York chef 10 Mail dni EpPress re-
porter.
al suppose you mean all food in its
raw state should be washedf"
"Nothing Of the kind, replied the
artist. "a few cooks understand the
many effects produced by hard aud soft
water in cooking vegetables and meat.
IL peas and beans, for instance, are
cooked in hard water, containing lime
aud gympsum, they will not boil tender,
because these substances have tendency
to harden vegetable caseine. Now,
many vegetables, as Onions, boil nearly
tasteless in soft water, because all the
flavor is boiled out. The addition of
salt often checks this, as in the case of
onions, causing the vegetables to retain
their peculiar fiavoring principles, be-
sides aHch nutritious matter as might be
lost in the soft water. Some OF the
finest dishes in the world are ruined by
the use of hard water when soft is re-
quired. IL Is a science that can best be
learned by actual experience in the ca
pacity of assistant chef. Itrequircs a
long apprenticeship and n natural apti-
tude TO become great cook and TO un-
dersland water. Now, 20 extract the
juice OF meat TO make broth or soup
soft water, unsalted and cold at first, is
the best, for it much more readily pene-
trates the tissue But for boiling, where
the juices should be retained, hard water
or soft water salted is preferable and the
meat should be put in while the water is
boiling. so as TO close up the pores at
once. have two assistants and once a
week lecture them on the proper use OF
hard and soft water ia cooking certain
dishes. In answer to your facetious ques-
tion above / will state that not only raw
food should be clean, but that water
goes long way In keeping a first-class
cuisine in a healthy sanitary condition.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

Brewing beer IS more lucrative than brew.
ing books Coupled With tho announcement
that Matthew ArnOlds estate amounted 20
only about 5000 wo find the announcement
that tho viii of Mr.. George Henty, brewer,
Of Northlands, Chichester, puts the value Of
bis personal estate at over q million and q
half Of dollara
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

Some two or three weeks later, was
again asked TO Wait Staten Island.
Among those whom met was Charles
Macray, and his clever wife. could
hardly bring myself TO acknowledge that
the man who sat opposite to me at dinner.
and who by his brilliant conversation
held the entire table, was the same who
had attacked me in the dead Of night
only a few weeks before. And yet Il
was the same, and as 1 continued to
look, recognized some of the character
istics of the first face.
A half amused smile was playing about
my hosts face. His eyes met mine and
they seemed to say: "IIave not spoken
the truth about my brotherl Is Il not
as / said1n
The next morning in the city, before
we finally separated, Macray turned to
me aud said i.
Jack, do you realize now that Shake.
speare was right when he said that there
are more things in heaven and earth,
than are dreamt Of in our philosophy
Goodbye" and he was gone. The
EBoch.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

We talked late iuto the night; but all
gatherings must break up sometime,
and st half-past twelve followed Mac
ray TO my room. 1t was on the second
story-only a short distance from the
one occupied by himself.
Feeling very tired, hastily undressed
and went to bed. 1t did not take long
for me to pass into the land of dreams.
Twas awakened by heavy weight
pressing on my chest. Half awake, |
tried to push the something away, when
my hand was seized and bitten. Reused
into full consciousness by the pain, /
put forth all my strength, and threw the
something of the bed and scrambled to
the floor. BY the aid Of the moonlight
saw that my unknown assailant was
not some gigantic monkey, as had sus-
pected, but small, uudersized man.
Who are you" ! said, ''and what
devils game are you playing with me1''
There was no answer; but kissing as
of kettle boiling over came from be-
tween his teeth. had but lately seen
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" aud visions
of the latter came vividly TO my mind.
j managed to reach the table and TO
light candle. At this the mau, with
some incoherent gibberish, rushed at me.
1 had thought l was strong, but,
whether owing TO the terror of tho situa-
ton or what, this fend incarnate
had me by the throat, and was
oh, helpl-killing mel remember
struggling and writhing. but all to no
purpose; aud then choking, burning
sensation, and then all was blank.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

never mention what you have seen
TO any one. BY the way, old Pompey
gave me big fright tonight: l
thought it was Charley"
Yes, noticed it Thought you were
nj, answered.
'Do You know what think the matter
with Charley isl 1t Is this; that he is
tormented by an evil spirit that at certain
times and seasons enters into his body
and takes possession OF il. You may
have noticed the large number Of books
l have in my library devoted to the sub
ject. We read that there were many in
the old days possessed with devils and
unclean spirits. Why could not that be
the case to-dayi Nothing else 10 my
mind will satisfactorily explain my
brothers trouble"
After the exciting scenes had just
witnessed, l could but answer: al think
so too"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19

The door was presently pushed open and
an old settler crawled into the room
The noise was now explaincd-it was
the old dog. / again looked at Macray
the look of despair had faded out of his
countenance and he was once moro him
self.
That is a capital illustration OF
Cruikshank's genius, is il notf' he said,
coming hastily to me.
''lt is So" replied.
Just then we heard music, and such
music.
IL is hadge, playing. Come" aud
his face was aglow with emotion. eve
will Join her." We did so.
:" II there is one thing, Mrs. Macray,
shall insist upon, it is that my wife shall
be able to play on the piano. said,
when she had finished piece by Rubin
stein.
You are right old boy" said Mac
ray. 81 do not think l could exist
without music; one needs Il almost as
mach as meat aud drink
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
Low Water in the Lakes.

From observations made along the
entire chain Of lakes the startling dis
covery has been made that the surface
Of all the great inland seas has been
lowered nearly foot and half during
the past year. The government har-
bor-master at Sand Beach, Mich,
where there is an immense harbor of
refuge. reported: "The water is sixteen
inches lower than it was year ago at
this time, and is two feet lower than it
was last July" At Sault Ste. Mare,
where the government canal affording
entrance into Lake Superior is located,
reports say that the water is very low
and boats drawing over thirteen and a
half feet will not be able to get through
by the time navigation opens. This is
very serious matter, not only for the
vessel owners, but for coal dealers, grain
men, iron manufacturers, and every
branch of industry connected with the
lake marine. It means that boats will
not be able to carry anywhere near their
maximum capacity next season. and
that all classes of freights will be higher
than usual. The cause of this remark
able state of affairs is a mystery.
Whether some immense subterranean
outlet has suddenly been afforded for
the vast body of water, or whether the
tributary streams have been affected by
drought, is matter for scientific men
to determine. The opening of naviga-
ton will be looked forward to with I. i
tereSt.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
Running Into Debt.

So common is the habit of borrowing
or getting things on credit that the
average young man thinks no more
concernedly of doing it than if it was a
recognized and honorable business
privilege. Rev. Robt. Collyer, D. D.,
in his admirable "Talks toyoung Men,"
makes the following wholesome re-
marks on this subject:
II know of few things in our life so
full of peril to a young man as running
into debt. 1t has done more damage
to our finest manhood than any other
thing I can think of, except drinking
whisky; and to a good many men there
is no danger from that, even so long as
they stand free from the curse Of debt.
But man is driven into the second
evil often by trying to forget the first,
or to abate its burden. 1t is not true,
as we might imagine, that only those
ola poor and shiftless sort drift into
debt. The worst of the curse is that it
so very often takes our choicest young
men captive, and drags them down to
this shame-young men of genuine
honesty, so far as good intentions go
when they set out in life. 1t is like 4
thread of golden wire, so fine they do
not see it at first or feel it; but day by
day other threads are bound about
them, and these twist themselves a
last into cable from which they find
it very hard and bitter work to get tfree
Do not spend money you cannot well
spare. If you buy Bible even, you
cannot afford to buy just then, YOU
wander to where the wires are set, and
may 10 more harm toyourself than the
Bible will ever do you good. Nay, l will
say more than this. If you so misread
your Bible as to trust God will take
care of you when you ought to take care
ofyourself in this most sacred business
of paying as you 60, you had better sell
your Bible at the first old bookstore, and
buy Poor Richards Almanac or The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklln.'
like that word of sound divine who
says that next to the grace of God,
paying our debts right along is the
means of grace in the world to deliver
US from thousand snares. Do not run
into debt, then. Save, that you may
spend. Do what true man may to
provide things honest in the sight of
all men. Owe no man anything, in
this noble way, and then you will make
all men your debtors for the sterling
and noble example you set to the world
about you.n
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
Happy Hits.

\ Chicago man on Il witness stand
fell in dead faint lie was telling the
truth ahd 1Hc hoVci'! parllE|c'l h'lh'-
Ne" orleans ll"'Euile.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14

The Newberry Female Academy,
Miss Octavia Darlington principal, held
its closing exercises at the Opera House
Thursday evening, June Sth. a most
excellent programme had been ar
ranged for the occasion. The pupils
showed that that they had been well
trained. The "Tambourine Drill'' was
one of the best performances we ever
witnessed at school exhibition. We
can do no more than say that the exer-
cises We're among the best we ever at
tended. The school during the past
year has been most successful, having
enrolled one hundred and six names.
This is avery good showing indeed, land
the principal and her assistants deserve
c:edit for the good work they have
done. This school is one one Of the
Oldest, if not the oldest, in the county.
Miss Darlington has had the school in
charge only one year, and during this
time has demonstrated her ability to
govern large school.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14

On last Wednesday evening We had
the pleasure of being present at the
closing exercises of the Prosperity High
School. A very large audience, friends
and visitors, were on hand to witness
the admirable way in which each pu-
pill acted his or her part. Essays, dis
logues, music and debate were the
order Of the day. The programme was
wisely planned and we'll carried out.
The pupils recited their pieces so that
they could be heard in every part of the
building. No one could complain of
not hearing the children, unless he was
deaf. The distinctness and earnestness
with which the children spoke, added
much to the occasion. Prof Scheetz
and his assistants deserve credit for
training so well the children committed
to their care. The Prosperity High
School has been in existence about nine
years and has done great deal of good
in the community. Would that every
school in the country We're as good as
the Prosperity High School.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
Furnishing a Crime in Germany.
[Chicago Herald


An ex-consul is reported as saying {:
ITO illustrate the stringency Of the
criminal laws in Germany, it is made q
penal offence in that country to strike
a man who wears spectacles or eye
glasses. A case in point occurred not
long ago, in which an American of
wealth and excellent social position in
our country became involved in a tri-
fling dispute with German in one Of
their beer gardens. In the course Of
the alteration he, for the moment, lost
his temper and struck the man, who
wore glasses. He was not aware of the
extent of the offence which he had
committed, but he was at once placed
under arrest, and was informed of the
nature of the law. He at once did all
in his power to right the wrong which
he had done and avoid the penalty. He
caused the mans eyes to be examined
by one of the most celebrated Occulists
in Germany, who pronounced them in
good condition. He also presented the
man with large sum of money, about
81 500, with which to go into business.
All this was of no avail, however, as
the machinery of the law, once set in
operation, continued its work, and the
American was condemned to serve two
years in the penitentiary. The Ameri-
can consul at once began efforts for the
release of the man, but it was not until
he had served eight months of his SEN
tence that the influence of the consul
with the emperor prevailed and the
man was pardoned.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14

From the Constitution.
"Ther saddles words ov tung or pen
Air thoas sad words, 'whot mite hev
bin'.n
Thuss writ ther poit long ago.
Butt ther saddles thing thet do know,
In this vale ov teerS berlOw,-
Ther saddles thing in all this show
IL to say 'goodbi-and then not got.
An ther meenest cuss thet heer doth
grow
IL thcr cuss who-when you're lying
low,
Sidewize struck bi forchune's blow,
An all ther world agwine slow
Doth whispur thuss: 81 told yer SO ~
An now, mi friend (twix u anil,
Their SOftes' snap aneeth ther ski
IL ther chap who doth his finger tri
On ther paint he's passln' BIZ
"Jest to see if ther paint IL driw
One thing mo-, an I am done:
Ther simples: loon aneeth ther sun
IL lIleI lOOli " uO lOOlS W I'LL llle1 Gil "
gun =
Pints it at you, "jest for fun,"-
"Jest-to see if you will rum y
Him ther loon with ther ENTITY gun.
You ther target, "jest for fun p
Bang she goes an then-you're done:
Done bi ther loon with ther em'ty
gun ~
Done bi his Ioonship-'jest for fun ~
Didn't know that it wur loded
Till ther devilish thing exploded
Arter which, ov course, he know'd
it,
So the paiper reeds mex day.
You, meanwhile, kin nuthin say;
Yoar ack opened up ther play:
Their last ack finds you laid away
Laid away an turned to clay,
(This thing happens ev'ry day.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
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\ suit in New York, to restrain the
controlling stockholders in Il baking
powder company from being too, mag
unanimous with themselves in the
matter Of salaries-the president gets
S50, 900 a year and the vice president
$50, ,00O-develops the fact that baking
powder makes the profits rise. The
dividends of this company have regu-
larly increased from 73 per cent at first
to ratio of $50 per cent for this year
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
The Verdict Unanimous

". D. Suit, Druggist. Bippus, Ind, testifies:
81 can recommend Electric Bitters as the
very best remedy. Every bottle sold has
given relief in every case. One man took six
years standing" Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, af1rms: The best selling
medicine have ever handled in my 20 years
experience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands OF
others have added their testimony. so that
the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters
do cure all diseases OF the Liver. Kidneys or
Blood. Only half dollar bottle at Cofield
& Lyons Drug Store. 1-2l.lt.