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that arc composed OF lime and alum.
or that containing sulphuric or phos.
phatic acids.
In view of these facts surely all
housewives should exercise the care
that is, we know, now exercised by
some in the selection OF n proper
brand of baking powder. She who
does not do SO, whether the neglect is
the result of ignorance or recklessness
cannot free herself from the responsi
bility for the health, perhaps life.
thereby endangered No housewife
need be ignorant of the quality and
composition OF the article which she
uses to leaven her bread. biscuit and
cake. The official reports of the gov.
ernment chemists, who are certainly
unparalleled, have been published
aud show very clearly the quality and
strength of all the baking powder in
the market. The Royal Baking Pow.
der, which is accessible at every hand
is reported absolutely free from lime
slum, phosphate acid, OF any injuri.
Gus ingredient. 1t is further stated
by the most eminent authorities on
food hygiene that food leavened with
it is moro wholesome than when
raised by any other method. It's use
is therefore To be commended. 1t Is
to he regretted that no other baking
powder, when there are SO many in
the market, some of which will find
their way into use, is free from all
these substances. The official analy.
sis assure us. however. that all ex.
cept tho Royal contain either lime or
alum. The houskecper who regards
the health of her loved ones should
not only order the Royal, but make
personal examination TO be sure that
no other brand is sent her in its
place.
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OUR LOCAL NEWSLETTERS.
TINE NEWS FROA An QUARTERS or
PRESTON COUNTY
TANNERY.


Your correspondent at this place
again takes up his pen.
j. G. Crane is burning lime kiln
Clark Sypolt lost fine cow few
days ago.
G. IL. Trembly has improved his
farm by the addition of rough and
ready fence.
James Titherington went to Terra
Alta where he will again take his
place as loom boss and manager Of
Riggs new wooden factory.
Our new ncighbor, Mr. Hayden, is
building an addition to his house.
Miss Jennie Trembly, of Philip,
is visiting relatives in this community.
Mr.. Lewis, who moved his steam
saw mill near the old Preston tannery,
is busy at work.
Howard Wclch has purchased and
moved on the old Crane farm, where
he has put up black smith shop
John Stephen has gone to Pennsyl-
vania, where he intends farming, his
family will remain here.
April 2, 1888.
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Trustees Sale.

Under and by virtue Of deed Of
trust executed by +. B. Stone TO me
as trustee, To secure G.. NJ. Bishop,
dated the 4th day OF March, 1885,
and recorded in the clerks Office Of
the county court Of Preston county.
W. Va, In trust deed book No. 60.
page 40. e. I will sell at public sale,
in the town Of Rowlcsburg, on 5atur
day, Nay 3, 1888, between the hours
Of 1Oa m and 2 p m the real estate
described in said trust; 10 being lot
No IS, situated in said town Of Row
lesburg and having thereon two good
dwelling houses and other buildings
pertaining thereto.
Terms One third cash. one third
in one year and Onc-ihrd in two
years, with interest, the purchaser
giving note and approved security
for deferred payments.
J. ASH MARTIN.
May 9, 1888. Trustee.
Bond and security have been giy-
en- by said trustee ~ required by law
Test SMITH CRANE
Deputy CPk county court Of said
county.
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Farm for Sale.

The uDdersigcd has n farm Of 100 s.'res,
situated about four miles from X na TOnd
which they will sell cheap. Abr & 90
avres OF this farm u under cultiS alton
ha4 good fences. n 2-slory dwelling and
out buildings. well watsred and spIen-
did young orchard. II II only about two
miles from the railroad and IL underlAid
with 4-loOt lein Of col, Lime stone in
abundance. Church and school houses
within mile Of the farm Call on or
address STONE 4 KILDOw,
KlngwoOd. w Va
or Jimeson Snyder on tho premises.
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If you have lost your pocketbook,
you will listen TO any one who can
tell you how TO get it back. IF you
have lost your health-which is more
precious Listen to us. Medicines
can do nothing but check disease
they act negatively, not positively.
They cannot build up your health or
bring back your strength OF renew
your vitality Why do you hesitate
70 join the large army who are usiDg
Compound Oxygen when you know
two things First, by no possibility
can IL harm you. Second, in nine
cases out Of ten IL must benefit you.
The quality Of our curative agent is
proved by the success in our business
during The last eighteen years. In
yestigatc, and you will not hesitate
moment. We will send free some Of
our books on the subject Of health, IS
YOU will send your address.
DRs STARKEY & PALEN,
1927 & 1929 Arch st. Phila Pa.
% So
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The New York Evening Post will
begia, on the third Of May, to issue a
weekly edition, having for its prin
cipal aim the promotion Of Revenue
Reform, which has become the para.
mount issue in national politics. The
existence Of an actual surplus in the
Treasury estimated TO reach Bl40,
900 600 ON the Both OF juno, 1888,
and The further Increase thereof un.
der present laws, arc a menace TO all
business interests, and a direct incen.
tive TO wastefulness and corruption
in the appropriations Of public mon
ey. The attention Of the people hav-
ing been strongly drawn to this sub
ject by the President in bic last On.
nual message, The need Of iniorma-
ton and popular enlighiment on
questions Of revenue and taxation
has been increasingly felt in all parts
OF the country.
IL is the intention Of the manage.
ment 70 make a FIRST class weekly
newspaper Of 12pages. Subscription
price 8 per year A free copy Of the
6rst number will be mailed any
where on request. Send on a postal
card to The Evening Post, N. Y.
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Dissolution of Partnership.

The firm know as the Mutual Store
at Eglon in Preston county, West
Virginia, was this day dissolved by
mutual consent. All parties indebt--
ed to said hrn are requested to SET
tie by cash or note on or before the
10, Of May next, and all persons
having claims against said firm will
present them for payment properly
authenticated by date.
PHILO WELLS,
Pres. Board Of Directors.
ID. STEMpLB, JR., Sec. ~ 4
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County and State News.

Circuit court this week.
Grand jury meets To day.
100 diff tent styles of hats at
Bishops.
Grafton is To have new Episcn-
pal church.
Read the Dissolution notice in
another column.
Mr.. Geo. Purcell, of F,llowsville.
was in town last Friday.
We will give the proceedings Of
the circuit court next week.
100 different styles of hats at
Bishops.
Communion serv'c in the NJ. F..
Church next Sunday morning.
Our Job department is still turning
out 6rst-class WORK, and at reaJon-
able rates.
FoR SALE.-A good work horse
10 years old. Apply at once to Roy
G. Stone.
Rock is being hauled for the foun-
dation of L. NJ. Albright's new bust
ness house.
Our subscription list was increas
ed this week by the addition OF sew.
eral new subscribers.
We were compelled to omit two or
three communications last week, but
they are in this issue.
Camp-meeting at the Tunnelton
camp-grouni will probably begin
about the first Of August.
John Griffith. OF Hazelton, is very
i'll with spotted fever. but hopes are
entertained Of his recovery.
Postmaster Murdoch is having the
rooms over Albright's store fitted up
and will move into them in a short
time.
The Fortney case came up for trial
on last Tuesday and occupied the at
tention OF the court until yesterday
evening.
Hon G. NJ Bishop contemplates
erecting business house on his vacant
lot on Price street adjoining tho AEeUs
building.
The B. g. o. Rolief Association
has ceased to be a corporation on &C
count of the Maryland legislature
taking their charter from them.
The Busy Bee has been revived at
Buckhennon after suspension Of
FIVE months. It is a large, ably
edited paper, and starts of well.
Miss Ida Myers, aged about q
years, daughter Of Ami Myers, OF
Hazelton. died last Tuesday, Of con.
sumption, and was buried on Thurs
day.
The combination annual output OF
the Blaokwater Boom and Lumber
Appany and the j. L Rumbarger
eany, ~ Tucker county, is about
million feet.
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Have YOU got Consumption, Asth
ma. Sore Throat, Bronchial Trouble,
Dyspepsia, Nervous Prostration or
any Chronic Trouble2 II 80, send q
postal To Dire. Starkey and Palcn.
1927 and 1920 Arch street. Philadel
phia. Pa, and they will send Won g
600 page book free. 223 ~
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John A. Cooke, n young merchant
well known in this city, SIS we'll as
over considerable area of the north.
ern portion of the State, died st his
residence on EoH street, South Side.
yesterday evening, after an illness at
u little less than tive weeks. Mr..
Cooke, who had Just passed his TWEEN
ty-sixth birthday, was young man
whose character combined many no.
bic traits. He was possessed of ex-
cellent social and business qualities,
and had host of warm personal
friends. who will sincerely mourn his
death. He was born at Howesvillo ,
Preston county, his parents being
John julius aud Catharine Cooke,
both natives OF Preston. January
26, 1876, he married Maggie, daugh
ter of Peter Reilly, and about FIVE
months ago removed to this city, en-
gsging, with his brother Thomas. in
the conduct Of an art store at M.
1907 Market street.
A week ago last Sunday he WAS
stricken down with some obscur, con-
stitutional malsdy, and gre~ steadily
worse. a few days ago apprchen-
sions as To the end brought his pa
rents and Rev. Father Joseph j.
Cooke, a brother, whose psstorate is
at Millcn, Ohio, in the Cleveland di.
occse. To the bedside OF the invalid,
and henceforth they added their en-
deavors TO those of his young wife
and his physicians for the preserva-
ton of his life. All efforts to stay
the progress of the disease proved
futile, however, ami last evening
death closed the career of most ex
ccllent young man.
The funeral services will take place
Monday morning from the Cathedral
the hour to be hereafter 6xed.-
Wheeling Register Of last Saturday.
TnE ARGUS is sorry to hear of the
death of Dir. Cooke, and deeply SYM
pathize with lis bereaved friends.
Mrs. Melinda Jane White departed
this life in Christian triumph, April
2, 1888, at her brothers, joseph G..
Feather, in GAINESVILLE, aged 81
years and days. She was married
December %, 1865, tpJ n White,
who died in the Military Prison at
Andersonville, Ga, October 10,
1854. She was the mother of Mrs.
w Il. ShaGer, Of McKeesport, Pa;
James w. White, of Wheeling; Mrs.
J. +. Forsythe, of Morris Y Roads,
Pa; and JOS. G. j. White, of Valley
district, this county. She was con-
vertcd in her youth. and continued
faithful to the end of life. She was
kind aud afTectionate mother, a
good neighbor-always really to as
sist the needy in times Of sickness
and bereavement, She lived for
many years in Kingwood; but, for
tbs past year, she had been visiting
her children and friends, and while
at Mr.. Albert Engle's, about the first
OF March, she was stricken down with
pneumonia from which she suffered
greatly. But her physician and
friends thinking she was much better,
and at her urgent request, her broth.
er took her TO his bone q few days
before her death which came sudden
ly and, perhaps, un expected TO her,
but found her ready, for just a short
time before she rrjoiced greatly in a
Savior's love. Appropriate funeral
services were conducted by the Rev.
d b Orr, of the NJ T.. Church, after
which her remains were buried in the
cemetery az the Lutheran Church, in
the Crarorchard, to await the resur-
rcction OF the Just.
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Trains daily except Sunday. The right
To change this schedule without notice is
reserved. q. NJ. WHITFsCARvER.
General Manager,
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AnvERTIsINu RArEs /:

TRANSIENT sdVerti ~eneutS will &c IN
Sertsn - per inch tar first Insertion
aad iiiIs cents per inch for each addition
al insertion.
Personal eommua icatious inserted tor
20 cents AN inch.
l.,,rsi notices : cents Ter line.
Pac'r rs . cents per line.
r.nirre- Al NingwouG Ph~l Oncc -
SccprJ class ,f.siii matter.
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SseictIes

RHigs's, n f,sfhos Lodge NEE every
rue,aay eve. ius 81 ,hvi, han over %
~. iaCsson's s-org.
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X. & r. Time Table.
The following time table went into
effect OH the 18th of February, 1888:
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Nos. 2, 6, 5 and ] do not stop.
wM. NJ. CLEMENTS,
General Manager.
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Trains leave Tunnclton station as
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salt a Factor in rani,1inr.

The American Architect asserts that
one OF the new building materials wlhl,h
is likely TO be found useful in many WAYS
is common salt. Among the carpenters
salt is ROW found to be useful as an aid to
the heating of glue. Where. as is usual
III joiner-s' and cabinet makers shops. the
glue is melted III a jacket kettle. sur
rounded by water, il is said to be advis-
able to put salt III the water in the outer
kettle. The addition of salt raises the
boiling point, and. therefore. allows the
glue in t'le kettle to be kept st Il hiSllgl.
temperature than could be maintained
with water alone, and this Is advanta-
!Eeotls to the work. Tie masons fi:d
their use for s,.lt in adding it to -ceInei.t t
mortar i'll cold weather, to preserve it
from tlIe bad effects of freezing.
1t Is not quite clear why the salt should
act in this way, as the beneficial results
of using it arc visible with mortar which
has certainly been frozen, and frozen salt
water espSnds nearly as much as fresh
water. But engineers and contractors
who have tlied it are unanimous in their
opinion of its value. In many cases
masonry has been Land in cement ia cold
weather, using q considerable proportion
of salt in the mixture, which after re-
peated freezings and thawings has re-
mained III perfect condition, while work
near by laid IN mortar of the same kind,
but without salt. has been disintesratecl
by the frost.-Scientific American.
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Revense .Iaon,. tl,e Af..I,ans.

Badal. or revenge, is the soul of Afghan
life. All the history of Afghanistan, both
public and private. is one continued tale
CT vendetta. However, it ctances-that 1
have not in my collection any song of
vendetta illustrating this side of AFGHAN
life in a manner sufficiently Character
istic to deserve quotation. Suffice it 10
say that vendetta is with the Afshans
what it is with the Corsicans, tho Alba
mans, all primitive mouutaineers; it is
hereditary and Eot to be prescribed. Even
on Er4,i-.l territory the law is powelless
against the bsltl;,i: it is one of tie crimes
for which 40 witness viii be found 10
speak before the Judge in kachellri. There
is hardly an Afghan III the mountain who
has not a foe who aims at his head and
at wl!ose head hc aims. Tt happens rot
seldom flat an Afghan sepoy from Yag-
hist2ls- many Afglans from over the
border mist in the native contingent
asks for leave for private business; tl.at
means that there IS up there some VOLTS
head which he lIas to take. There i; Il
story OF AN Afghan sepoy, who, having
not ioiaed l.is Pa!.an i'll Cue tinlc, com
plaiI:ed bitterly Of the iniguity of his
officer. who lad dismissed him from scr.
vice: had n duty of b,.dal TO perform.
1 had & foe to Kill. The scamp ai5scoucicd
for weeks; what could l Coz -Contcn-
porary Review.
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snndnr Psomena.l. ia ,yn.,,lprton.

Usually Saturday is the great show
day" of Washington: though The great
pedestrian parade always takes place
Sunday afternoon Tor fevening,r as they
call it here and In the south on Conncsi
ticut avenue, at from 90 . o'cloe!;!
Then the world of Iasllion appears
ON that beautiful avenue. CaI'ringcs,
groonls, glittering harness. liveries.
clanliing silver Chains, VII re carts,
coGpes, and even BIZ and tricyl s;.re aban-
doned, and the great swell, official. diplo-
matic, home and foreign. blooicd and
shoddy, and old family And n6tseHe
richie. newcomers and old timers. blue
bloode(l and no blooded. beau monde and
hoi poiloi, walk up and down Connccti-
ctt avenlse and exchange bow6 and
greetings, cold stares, or '.howdics,'' rs
the case may be.
when the American aris;ocracy and tho
aristocracy of foreign lcgations and the
America European hyhrids get out IN
style or Connecticut avenue for the
weekly Sunday afternoon stroll. It beats
''Gnter den Linden by large majority.
The Mi--ses West. daughters OF fheIsngS
hsh minister, appear with small '-butz
tons tugging at the leash of 4 couple of
beagle hounds chained together; and half
a dozen dudes who have just got through
with their demi-tasse of cafe noir and
their Ciiartreuse at Chamberlain e, and
tackled their cigarettes, arc dragged
along By their enormous st. Bernard
dogs and Siberian hounds. while tho ir@
rcyercnt remark, E.Nghere L. The dog
going with The ddde?''
A young lady from Scott circle, who
IS very plain herself, attracts attention
by leading at the end of a scarlet ribbon
a blsck-and-tan TERROR, which Is about
as big as cockroacli, with legs like
knitting needles and tail like Limerick
fish loyk and sore eyes. A tall young
lady, the daughter OF a cabinet officer,
walks along with her Ainewey left hand
gripped upon the bilver r;vet studded col
lar of a Iig Newfoundland dos, while in
her right slia carries a l1ccd rawIiiIe
whip with a silver handle. Cor. C:ncin-
fiati COnmerciai Gazette
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soMErHlNe ABouT GLASS EYES.
Arlifolal optics for nay and for Evening

Use-zhe oculIst,s skin.
One eyed people who can afford 1t have
two glass eyes-one for day. the other
for evening use The reason for this is
that the pupil of the eye is smaller IN the
daytime than at night. and hence the
two glass eyes are of different sizes, so as
to correspond with the natural eye. THE
price of glass eyes is becoming cheaper
on account of composition. and ait the
same time tile quality is better. a COM
mon glass eye may be had for $40. but
they are not good deceptions and do not
last long. A first class eye costs $50, or
even more. The best viii not last over
two years, because the secretions In tie
hollow OF the eye rouGhen the glass by
chemical action, and this rougllness irTi-
tates the flesh.
A glass eye, like false teeth, is taken
out at night, for it would not be safe TO
go to sleep with it in the cavity. 1t
might drop out, and tho sli htest fell
would break it. If a person could buy
glass e.ies at wholesale, by the gross. ho
could get them for about So apiece. Bllt
he would lave TO looG over great many.
before finding one to fit and TO match his
other eye in size, color aud expression.
Glass eyes are all made abroad, princi-
pally in Germany and France, no
factory having been started here,
although there is a great demand
for them in this country. A glass eye
Is not made after the shape of q natural
eye, because when the latter is taken
from the cavity The tissue just back of it
presses forward and leaves but little
space. The false eye is, therefore, clip
teal in shape. The outer side preserves
the NATURAL fern. but the inner sile is
near fiat with rounded edges. 1t is
slightly larger than the natural eye, so
that when inserted in the cavity it may
not silly out. At first it icritates the eye
lids and the tissue back of the cavity, hut
the wearer grows accustomed to it and
finds it n rest and a protection. A slEiiifrl
oculist can put glass eye into the cavity
so that very close observgcionis is necessary
to detect it. Not only are the size and
color of the natural eye counterfeitcd.
but even the general expression. Tho
oculist has yet to discover means cf giving
that sympathetic movement which di7-
tinguislIes a pair of eyes. There is quite
d large number of people with glass eyes,
say one in 400. You would not know it
by casual observation. for tie wearer 1t
a glass eye is 50 sensitive on the subject
hat nc is careful of his ac;ions in public:
and he becomes so accustomed TO tn.
glass orl, that he can prevent all but in
innate friends from discovering his ,Is-
feet. Science has done better by him
than by tie man with the wooden limb.
Dentist in ElCha- Democrat
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TI..rer Than They Used fo ne.

have measured a grcat many RoInan
collins, and Ely average shows that the
Roman could not have greatly exceeded
fiTe feet FIVE inches. IN taking measure
nlents of ancient armoF, ind that the
English aristccracy ii1ve decidedly in
creased il average height within 500
years.
1 measured twenty-five nlumrnics in
the British museum as nearly Is could
through the cases, making estimate for
wrapping. and found the average height
of Irale5 sixty-one inches, females. fifty
five inches.
Tie mummy of tlie celebrated Cleo
patra measures about fifty-four inches.
about The height Of the present. European
girl Of 13. The most ancient mummy Of
an Egyptian king yet discovered meas
ured fifty-two inches.-EatGre.
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students rrieF a Spectator.

Al ne Of The city colleges last week,
while a class was busy anatomizing the
body of a colored paupcr. visitor made
himself obnoxious by his inquisitveness.
To get even with him one of the students
cut of an ear and surreptitiously placed
it in the VISITORS pocket. q few min
utes later the beIF signnled the close of
the evenings work, and as the victim OF
the joke put his hand in his pocket for
his gloves he grasped, instead, ti1e cold.
clammy ear of the subject chad been
watching. With look of horror lie
flung it on the dissecting table and broke
for the door amid the laughter of the
class.-Indianarolis Journal
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Persia,s Domestic spv sys,c,n.

found that the easiest way to keep
Persian servants or employees in order
was to encourage the spy system and
listen to inforiners among them. As
they are quarreisome and jealous. after
acting on this principle many of my diff
cultieS Were Fessened. So great is the
feeling which sometimes exists in Per-
sian nlenage among tileiservants. that 1
have known of woman to- place dozen
leeches under her hair and then brina,
complaint of having been struck ON the
head and grievotsly hurt by a fellow
servant. The charge seemed about to be
substantiated and the alleged offender
punished, when the Judge, aware of tlF.
character of the Persian domestic, ordered
an examination. It was then discovered
hat the blood streaming down the face
of the moaning woman was. caused by
eecies actually puncturing her temples
At that very time The case was dis
nissed.-S. G. W. Benjaminis Letter.