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washington.

THE President has accepted the resignation
OF the Hon George V. N. Lathrop, United
States Minister 20 Russia.
THE State Department has received infor-
nation Of the death OF United States Consul
j. Harvey Brigham, at Kingston, Jamaica.
SPEAKER CARLISLE has appointed a special
committee, consisting OF Messrs Ford,
Spinola, Oates, Morrow and Guenther 10
investigate the subject of contract and
pauper immigration.
president CLEVELAND has sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Senate: Lambert
Tree, Of Illinois, 10 be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipoteutiary Of the UniteI
States 20 Belgium; Robert II. Roosevelt, OF
New York, 20 be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenpotentiary of the United
States 10 the Netherlands; Rufus Magee of
Indiana, 20 be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary Of the United States
70 Sweden and Norway; Charles l.. Scott. Of
Alabama 70 be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary Of the United
States 20 Venezuela: John H. Bacon OF South
Carolina, 10 be Minister Resident OF the
United States 70 Paraguay and Uruguay.
The President has vetoed four more pri-
yate pension bills and signed a number Of
others.
THE Police Department has just completed
a census Of the District OF Columbia It's re-
port shows the total population 70 be 218 157
white population, l45, ,635; colored ~ BOZ
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
NEwsY NOTES.
-Y wnnls . I'D -0O0. ga lonn.

TURXEY wants n $4,000, 900 loan.
THE Bell Telephone Company IL paying %
per cent dividends
a GIRL. sixteen years old, has been arrested
In Detroit for forgery
JUDoE THURMAN will make q campaign
speech in Brooklyn IN September.
THE property valuation this year for tho
City Of New York is et 800, 600 900.
FrvE-EiGnTns Of the -four imported into
Brazil comes from the United States.
Mas CLEVELAND has received two sixty
two pound watermelons from Georgia
THE New York and Pennsylvania farmers
have advanced the price of milk 10 cents n
quart
DAvrTr the Home Ruler, challenges The
British Government ~ arrest Parnel and
himself
A FLORIDA planter has contracted 10 fur
pish New York dealer With 100000 cab
bagos this year.
SWANS OF Chinese are landing IN British
Columbia and stealing across the border into
the United States
TaE people Of tho United States now have
fH5, 0OJ more in their hands than thov
bad seven years ago
SEATTLE, in Washington Territory, has
grown TO tho extent Of eight hundred dwell
inRs since January J.
PARTS of She big Nova Scotia raft have
been found 1OW miles from tho SPOT whore it
was broken up lest fall.
The Burns county CDakotaj Commissioners
have this season paid n bounty Of three cents
each on 07,0O0 gopher tails
Ma J. H JENKs. Of Montclair. NJ. J le
tho Youngest grandfather in the State He
IS only thirty eight years Old
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
CLEANED FRosr ALL SOURCES
rhe Main Facts Related withou,
Unnecessary Worda
Eastern aud Middle states

Two buildings at Cressonia Penn. occu-
pied by Latin & Rand, manufactures OF
powder, exploded with terrible force. killing
two men and fatally injuring tho third.
THE simple request for credit for one glass
OF rum LED a liquor dealer at Bridgeport,
Conn, 60 murder the would be imbiber.
TTE manufacturing town ot Avon, Mass.
has been totally destroyed by fire.
FiRE destroyed the shops In the Erie
PENN Penitentiary aud the convicts will
remain idle for some time in consequence.
THREE men were drowned while fishing Off
Elizabethport, n. J.
WILLIAM SrAUFFER and jeremiah Reiss
were fatally burned by tho explosion of n
ladle OF molten iron in a foundry at Allen
town, Penn, and four Others were severely
injured.
cRIPPLE woke up Jonn uusnannon, M
Bennington, Vt, and asked for drink OF
whisky. Failing to get the liquor he muir
dered him with his crutch
PATRICK KELLY, seaman on the Atlantic
steamer Erin, for New York, stabbed two OF
his shipmates TO death i'm the vessels fore
castle while ON the high seas.
MICHAEL DUNPHY, OF Brooklyn, n. V,
whie in drunken rage, murdered his half.
brother John and then killed himself
THE Democratic National Campaign Com.
mitteo met at the headquarters i'm New York
city, and elected Colonel Calvin - Brice, of
Ohio, Chairman.
Two women were burned 20 death and
three persons injured through the explosion
OF an oil lamp at Buffalo, N. Y.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26

A big spider was placed on n rock in
the centre Of an aquarium in n recent OK.
pertinent, and a larva Of n water beetle
put near. The beetle promptly seized
thospider and pulled it into che water. but
after a sharp struggle the spider broke
away and escaped. Tho beetle soon
aftcrward renewed tho attack, and fast.
ened itsolf on the spider by its pinccr5.
The spider also got q good hold and tho
duel resulted In tho death OF both It -
said that if two Of the larvp are placed
in the same aqnrium they viii fight until
one or the others is dead, and the victor
will decapitato tho dead ono.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
An Important BfI ReDOrfed 90 the
United states Senate.

A bin relative to Tho Federal control Of tho
telegraph has been reported favorabiy TO the
United States Senate by Senator Cullom
from the Interstate Commerce Committee.
The bin oXcepts newspapers from o. be
stricNVe provisions, and permits telegraph
companies % make special rates with them,
Irrespective Of tho "loug or short haul" To
other respects tho BIN PAGES thc telegraph
companies. ne - Interstate business. under
the same general control az tho railroads are
now under tho Inter State Commerce Law.
Tho general principles " The Inter State
Commerce Act, and. iu many cases. The
language Of the set are mnde applicable TO
telegraph companies The report IS unan.
imoua
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
An Estimate OF Recruits Needed For
Our Reconstructed Navy

The Secretary Of tho United States Navy
has iustsent a communication TO the Senate
IN answer TO resolution introduced by Mr.
Hale showing the full complement Of officers
and men which will be required for the fol
lowing new cruisers, gunboats and moni.
tors. IL shows as follows. Chicago 81
officers and 406 enlisted mem 20.
tai 431. Boston and Atlanta each % officers
and 286 mon; total, 3i2. Dolphin, 10 officers
and 93 Tqen; total iO3 Newark. 81 officers
and $50 men; total 800. Charleston. 80
officers and 3l4 men; total 844 Balti.
more, 81 officers and 80 mem total
4ll. Philadelphia and San Francisco,
each 81 officers and go men. total 81i.
Yorktown, Concord and bennington. each
~ Officers and l91 men. total 2il. Petrol.
IL officers and l5i men total l4j Dynamite
cruiser Vosuvius, o officers and 20 men: total
76 First-clas5 torpedo boat. officers aud iS
men, total % Puritan, ~ officers and 100
men total 23l MiantOnomah Amphritrito,
and Terror, each - officers and Ia men
total 200. Monadnock, - officers aud lsO
men total 2Of Texas go officers aud 5O0
men, total 40. Maine, 80 officers and 4ff
men. total f74
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
The Standard Bearers Selected by
tho Various PARTIES

The Washington Critic has complied a
complete lst Of tho Presidential candidates
who have been nominated for tho election
Of November next:
Democratic -Presi5ent, Grover Cleveland,
or New York; Vice President. Allen O.
Thurman, OF Ohio.
Republican President BENJAMIN Harri.
son, of Indiana; Vice President levi n
Morton, of New York
Prohibition President, Clinton B Fisk
Of New Jersey: Vice President John IA
Brooks of Missouri
Union labor Party . President a. u.
btreetar, Of Illinois; Vice President Charles
~ Cunningham, of Arkansas
United labor President. Robert U Cow
49reyi ot Illinois, Vice President. w IT, n.
Wakefield Of Kansas
lndustral Reform President Albert B
fedetone, Of California. Vice President.
John Colvin. of Kansas
Equal Rights President Pelva a lock
wool, oi Washington. Vice President AZ
ired ~ Love. of Fonnsylvania
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
HOUSEHOLDS AFFAIRS.
Homemade Biotters.

Birch bark, or the paper which imi-
tates 1t so admirably, makes handsome
surface for decoration. Covers for blot
tiers are also made of mounted photog-
rapheS lOxl2 inches in size. The back
cover may be OF plain, stiff cardboard.
and the leaves of blotting paper laid be
tween the covers are an inch or two
smaller, aud held in place by ribbon
bows. At any obliging booksellers the
holes through which 10 slip the come T.
ing ribbon will be punched by an ordi-
narily obliglng dealer much more salts.
faetorily than with the scissors. A
pretty blotter has the gray-blue covers
decorated with a group of natural
autumn leaves carefully gummed in place
with . knot Of narrow ribbon tackled
upon the stems. Detroit Free Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26

Ak imperial uk8se just issued In ST. Peters.
burg, Russia, fixes the number OF tho con
tin8ent recruits at 10000 as against 235, 900
in 1857, and places the period Of active sor.
vice At five years, but at thirteen years for
the Landwehr. All able bodied men under
forty-four years Of age who have not
already been in active service, must join the
Iandwehr
THE Debeers diamond mine, at Kimberly
South Africa was destroyed by fire. and
twenty-four whites and two hundred natives
perished therein.
SIR JOHN HENRY BRAND, President Of the
Orange FREQ State, Is dead.
Six men employed By the Eau Claire
lCanadal Lumber Company we're drowned
while driving lOzs
EMPEROR WnATAM. Of Germany. has
agreed that bic mother hear tho title Of
Empress and Queen.
STATE Of revolution exists In Venezuela
and DR.. Juan T. II. Paul has assumed the
office Of President
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
THE OLD RAIL FENCE.

Let others in their songs rehearss
The beauties they may see.
And build a monument in verse;
So that IL fitting be.
Bus win raise my voice 10 sing
9 A fact without pretence.
That much despised old-fashioned thing.
The homely old rail fence.
what would our dreams Of childhood be
: Without its zigzag PATH
And there what flowers We used to see
Before the Aftermath
The fields are there: like grass ablaze
The firewesi eaunts from thence,
But almost gone froin out our gaze
We find the old rail fence.
The rapid march of progress has
Erased the landmarks old;
IL is to day thing that was.
A story that is told.
Tho pruning knife OF Time has cut,
With energy intense,
with other childhood relies, out
The honored old rail fence.
IL was the squirrels safe retreat;
The chipmunk's chattering oft
blade us advance with hurrying feet
Where he was perched aloft.
There Nature stored her wealth away
And oft we carried thence
A thousand jewels I'm day,
Found by the old rail fence.
Arnutus, mullen, golden rod,
Fe't its projecting care,
And though with hands full home we trod
We had world to spare
Life gives, know, so much to-day
The past TO recompense,
But with sweet memories laid away
keep tho old rail fence
America.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
Utilizing Pea Pods.

DIR. Jacobsen is authority for a ready
method of utilizing the delicious marrow
that lies among the fibers of the pea
pod, and which is sweeter and better
than the peas themselves, which, when
of the best sorts and at their best, are
the first of all vegetables for fine flavor,
tenderness, succulenco and nutritious.
ness. So save for use all the tender
sweet pulp of the shells, separated from
the troublesome fiber which prevent,
their use with the seeds in most sorts Of
peas. DR. Jacobsen directs TO boil tho
shells well in water, to which has been
added little carbonate OF soda; then
strain through cloth, and, after adding
some sugar to the liquid, boil It down
till thick. The extract thus obtained
will keep for any length Of time without
becoming mouldy, and teaspoonful of il
added to bowl of soup gives to it the
flavor Of fresh green peas, besides add.
ing to its material quality. .-Nes YorA
Star.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
THE NEW CENSUS.
Cost and Provisions OF the New BiiI
as Passed by the House.

Cost ana PROVISIONS OF the New Bttt
as Passed by the House.
The bill providing for the eleventh census,
as Il passed the House, differs somewhat from
the measure which was reported from Mr..
Cox's committee, aud also from tho census
bill OF 1870. The publications OF the tenth
census numbered twenty-five Volumes: tho
hcations as shall relate TO population and SO
cial statistics relating thereto, the products
OF manufacturing, mining and agriculture,
mortality and vital statistics, valuation and
public indebtedness
The bill placed tho maximum cost of tho
census at $1,000 0oo, exclusive OF printing.
engraving and binding, but the House
changed the amount To 81 600 900, with tho
understanding that this would be all that Is
and that tho n'SS remaining aiming ssSco 600 could be
appropriated during the next session.
The last census cost. including print
ing, about So,S00,0OO. and exclud.
cents cen Ter capita Mr. Cox estimates that the
cost OF the eleventh census per capita will DO
about 10 cents His present bill economies
IN the range or work, and in the publishing,
but il provides for a larger staff OF employees,
made necessary. he says. by the increasing
population. Mr.. Cox estimates this increase
at about lo, 100000 Tho consus bureau viii
include, by the provisions OF this bill, q
superintendent at salary OF $4,000 year,
ten chiefs OF division, and disburs.
ing clerk at $1,000, ten clerks OF
class 4 twenty of class 3, thirty OF
class 2, with such number OF clerks OF
class l, copyists and computers OF salaries OF
not less than s720, nor more than $1,000, as
may be found necessary for the proper and
prompt compilation and publication OF the
census. Besides this staH OF bureau em
poyes there are to be not more than 1f5
Supervisors OF the oensus appointed by the
President with tho advice and consent OF the
Senate, who shall divide their districts into
subdivisions most suitable for purposes OF
enumeration, designate the enumerators, ono
for each subdivision, and be responsible for
the work of the enumerators in their dis
fvfr
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26

A big bunch Of 'iacks" and tea-roses
frozen into a cylinder Of ice drew the
eye Of many a Broadway rounder 10 a
sunny window on the upper rialto.
Roses and ice are two good things eel
dom seen ia immediate conjunction.
The symmetrical ice block was about
eighteen By ten inches and round as a
mathematician could have wished It
had evidently been in a mold which IN
turn had been IN p patent refrigerator,
and the perfection Of the process was
such that the flowers immersed in the
mold full Of water had been frozen solid
before they had q chance 70 wilt Along
the delicate grcon Of ihe.stoms the ice
needless formed a beautiful fringe, each
petal had a waxy immobility, aud tho
hearts Of the buds looked as solid as
marble Mo- Y0rk Worlf
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BUTTERMILK PfE.-One pint Of butter
milk, one and one.half cups of sugar,
one tablespoonful Of butter, three OF
-four four eggs; flavor with lemon and
nutmeg; bake with lower crust
To DRESS CucUMBERs. Gather OF
buy from market early, peel, and put on
ice until dinner; then slice as thin al
possible aud put with sliced onions on q
dish. Salt and pepper freely, pour cup
Of vinegar over them, and lay ice on
top.
PRUNE PIE. First make a nice cru,t
line pie-plate with crust, All in with o
layer Of pitted prunes, one tablespoon.
ful Of vinegar, enough of the Juice 20
Just cover the prunes, few bits Of but
ter, little -four, and sugar to taste
top crust.
APPLE JELLY CAKE.-One coffee cup
Of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two
eggs beaten separately, one cup Of milk,
three cups Of flour and two teaspoons OF
baking powder; beat well bake in three
layers; while hot spread the apple Jelly
between and sprinkle powdered sugar
over the top.
PorATo Sour. Cook as many potatoe
as are needed in salt and water. drain
them aud wash fine, thin them with boil.
ing water, and pass the mixture through
a sieve, boil n leek and add IL to the
soup, as we'll as some flower Drowned
slightly in butter, and cook for five OF
ten minutes. Just before serving add
the yolk ofan egg.
OYSTER Plant FRiTTERs. Make O.
batter Of two eggs, a half cup of milk
aod little salt, pepper and flour enough
for n thin batter; scrape the roots and
throw at once into cold water. When
al are scraped, CRATE with a coarse
Crater; drop the grated root at once into
the batter. Drop by the spoonful into
hot fat; fry brown and drain in a
colander
YELLOW CAsBAoE PICKLE. - One
peck cabbage, quartered; put layer Of
cabbage thon'one Of salt let &c remain
all night, then squeeze and put on the
fire, cover with vinegar and boil one
hour; then, as tho vinegar is apt 90 BE-
salty, take fresh; add four chopped
onions, one ounce Of tumoric, one gill
black pepper, one gll celery seed, a few
cloves, one tablespoonful allspice, few
pieces Of ginger, one-half ounce mace.
two pounds Of sugar. four tablespoons
made mustard boil one hour longer
When it is cold IL is ready for the table.
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Total for six months OF 1888. 81, 2,SD,OO5 8.
Nrand total -.

in l28 months-frOm the ist ~ January.
1873. 20 date-the total Of all discovered DO
falcations above s9lOJ IL so, 753, AZ A., Or
equal 10 s4O2, ,78l 80 per month.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26
Housekeeping in olden Times.


writer has collected some facts about
ye olden time Housekeeping, who asks
How does the housekeeping at this hour
Of writing compare with that of 100
years agoi Mrs. Papendiek, i'm her
journal of Court Life in the time of
George III. and Queen Charlotte, -
which have before me, mentions many
curious facts as TO domestic economy OF
1888. The dinner hour was Il. NJ, OF
for company at 3 +. NJ. The dishes and
cooking were very much the same as
those in middle-class houses now. Malt
liquor, cider and perry were the ordinary
drinks at dinner, port and Madeira be
ing put on the table along with the slight
dessert. ''lf the gentlemen wished &c
make drinking bout which was often
the case, 1t began after supper" Few
families had more than two female
servants. Rooms were very plainly
furnished, and ornaments were kept in
closets or chests, TO be brought out only
on state occasions. Little silver was in
daily use. Silver forks were only seen
in the houses OF mobiles and foreign en-
bassadors. Forks had three prongs
Knives had broad ends for eating peat
or catching up gravy, as dessert spoon,
"eIS ubRhOWn. CT tnero WAS aS much
refinement in feeling as now, modern
fashion in comfort and luxury having
gradually changed. The price of NUT
ton or beef in 1888 was 10 cents e
pound; bread 8 cents or 10 cents &
quarter loaf eggs in spring, cents 6
dozen; fowls, 30 cents pair; loaf sugar,
Ia cents a pound. Wages of house.
maids were $35 to $40, or 8 guineas,
with So for tea or beer. Washing was
always done at home. -lS 50. L1Wis Sayings.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26

When you come right down to the
facts la the case, IT'S the loose-fttino
straw hat That shows which way the wind
blows 49, y)esf - Jro.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-24
Despite the formidable strength and

Despite the formidable strength and
great ferocity Of the gorilla, he is as
vulnerable to bullet rs is n4atl hiia=
self: Tie Englishman saw that tie
savage was beyond Che power OF intlict-
ing harm, and then. as the Ute hunter
always does, he reloaded his rifle be-
fore stirring from his tracks.
Moving forward, he drew q line from
his pocket and measured the i-6tV OF
the fallen monster. 1t was full Y five
feet nine inches in height, and one of
the most terrible of his kind.
Maggiore then 4.ade ma careful al
inv, s.igation as possible ir,D lie Nit
ter of Zigzag's death. The result of
his conclusion | have already given
in nv account of the poor natives tax
ing off
When Maggiore returned to camp 1T
sunset and met his companions, he
gave them full account of his thrill
Ing experience, and they in turn had
story to tell of how they had brought
down gorilla, which they measured
and found lacking scarcely an inch Of
being as tall as the one lie bad slain.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-24

INV sort ot -s,,o -, .l,o,o ,,,,ot l.,
so,, otb;ns. :, a'it, $3.50 of IL h,,s;
bBes Will, +bo,,5oa!t TN
"V,o,I, waII. / - 9 80 -a, ,,
Thora 49, ~ a~d"ti"n+ b,,n+;oo
docs in tho coronorr. tho hoaf of Which
belonged to Maggiore. He was called
Captain, and wis as Gou,agecl.s as any
hull dog.
The company split in the middle, as
may b. said. Maggiorc. Xigzag and
the dog. Captain, composed one, the
other two CANNES and their owners
nude M tho other. The understand
Ing was that all should return at night
fall, in accordance with the custom
they had followed ever since penetrat-
ing the country.
There must have been some truth in
the theory that the party was too
large to pursue the pastimc success
fully, for. before the sun reached the
meridian, both companies hat more
than enough OF gofillas.
These animals, as L have said, fire.
quent the gloomiest depths of the jun
gle, and 1t IS impressive, even TO the
braNest hunter, when he stealthily
picks his way though these almost I'M
penctrable forests. expecting every mo-
ment to come upon one of the terrible
monsters W no fears him not, and who
will attack him with scarcely any hesita
ton.
1t lacked vet considerable Of noon
when Ziozon who wos 81 few fnni IA
advan,,, OF Magglore. suddenly stop
ped. raising his hand and incIinino his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-24
,ttse which interfefes Nth his aim

catise which interfefe6 9th his aim.
Possibly there was some defect il
the billet Which made It swefve aside
Hr 1t may have glaticed against soine
obtruding twig which breath of all
ment; it may have been due to some
Other GAUSS, for 1t Is certain that Zig
gag could not have missed through any
fault of his own.
His bullet nipped the, muscular
shoulder, of the gorilla. who made o
couple OF tremendous bounds and thet
landed directly upon the African.
When the latter saw that he had
failed, he must have known what ii
meant. III lowered his piece and be.
gan hastily reloading it. He did moi
indeed it was to seek to defend him.
self i'll any way.
The prodigious bounding of the
gorilla showed that it was utterly out
of the question for the native to reload
in time. As last desperate resort,
therefore, Zigzag seized the gun by
the barrel and brought down tn stock
with all the strength at his comm lnd.
1t inflicted no more damage than if it
had struck the trunk Of solid oak.
Before the weak attempt could be re-
peated, the monster hurled down his
hand like Il pile driver, smashing the
stock of the gun, and the skull of the
poor native, who sank to the ground
with not particle Of life in lis body.
No human eye having witnessed Zig
Zag's fatal encounter with the gorilla,
it is manifest we cannot speak with alb
soluto certainty, but Subsequent inves-
tigation renders it quite probable that
the course we have described is the one
which he followed
The report of the gun was the first
notice Jarvis Maggiore received of what
was going on. Knowing Zigzag to be
an excellent shot, he had ito thought
of his missing his aim. His suppose
ton was that he had killed the game
that rightly belonged to him, and he
stepped forward in anything but a
pleasant mood.
He was Mortified when he discovered
his dreadful mistake:
One glance Mt the inanimate and
mangled body told the truth without
looking further. Iigzag had met his
death at the hands OF an immense
gorilla, who departed in such haste
that Maggiore failed to get glimpse
of him.
1t may he said that everything had
gone amiss, SO far as the calculations
Of Maggiore went. The gorilla had
not behaved himself as was expected,
from what he had read and been told