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Alninn GIaeinrs-

Glaciers filed every valley and ravine,
and the ice stood up in tall ramparts
wherever the space was too naerow 10
hold its rigid waves. Glacier ice is
snow that has for considerable time
been sub ected to enormous pressure. II
you squeeze n SNOWFALL in your hand un-
I'll it is very hard it becomes icy. SO in
the Alps, the continual fall of snow is
the pressure and tho suns heat the
warmth which produces those seas OF
ice that are called glaciers. There arc
over tO6 Of them IN witzerland, aud
some are coeval with the glacial period
OF this continent, while others are now
in process Of formation. Winter is their
season Of rest, but with the Spring they
resume their onward motion, due TO The
combined action of heat and gravitation.
For IN spite or their apparent immobility
ali Alpine glaciers do move constantly.
although with fieTcnt degrees of speed,
and, like liquid streams, they carry with
them debris OF all sorts, but principally
the stones that fall upon their surface
from the mountains sides. The glacier
starting in It's purity from some white,
uusullicd peak, loses before many years
its spotless character. The wintry frosts
gathering into iron bonds the streams
that trickle down the mountain side,
expand the water in freezing and shattci
rocks with q force that the most solid
cliffs cannot possibly resist. Thus
broken fragments drop on 10 the once
unspotted bosom Of the ice sea and swell
its burden with advancing years. Tie
debris thus brought down form what arc
called moraines. Each glacier has
moraine on either side Of IL: its end is n
terminal moraine, and when two glaciers
unite, their lateral mOranes join and
ION medal moraine. One Of the
largest medal moraines hereabouts saw
as We came down from this excursion
u i9 IN the centre Of the Morteratsch
Glacier and is about 30 feet or more
broad and perhaps 20 feet high in its
centre. -Aoo YOyk Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
South and wcst.

THE stage from Jerome was "beld upn
near SnndorsOn Station, Arizona by one
man small amount OF money was So
cured rom the five passengers. The mail
WAS untouched.
ATHE State OF Mississippi has raised her vel,
low fever quarantine.
A RoBBER named Murchy, who had plum
dered the Manitoba House at Fargo, Dakota,
was traced 20 Moorhead, Mimi by two DO.
licemen named Thompson and Poull
N,y MN,urchy was encountered in dance house at
Moorhead. Ee shot Poull dead, aud Thomp-
son at once got tine drop ON him and wounded
him fatally in the neck.
Mn Il. J. SrMPsoH, marine reporter OF
Mackinaw City, Mich. fell out of his boat
and was drowned lie had been engaged in
his business at the straits for seventeen
years
a. GANG OF boy burglars broke into tho
bank at Ravenswood, w Va. and stole
about 500. They started 10 drill into tho
safe, but it was too strong for them.
PRAIRIE fires in Oliver County, Dakota,
have destroyed AN enormous amount OF hay
gathered in for the winter. The Oliver
County Court House narrowly escaped do.
struction.
TWENTY. ONE prisoners, including two
murderers, have escaped from the Jail nt
Spokane Falls, Washington Territory.
A CLERGYMAN named Keith, OF Waldo,
Ark, shot and killed Joseph Garret, n
farmer, during quarrel
Four colored men have been murdered
and muiilated In Tuscaloosa, Ala, by an un.
known Rssas sin.
MACK GLYMPH, a merchant OF Hodges.
G., shot and killed his brother, John Glymph
PETER Henry, AN iron worker was quar-.
reling with two men at y youngstown Ohio,
when he was struck by train and hurled
twenty feet, his neck being broken. His two
companions robbed the remains securing his
purse and watch, and then ran nway
CHIEF or POLICE HAYES, OF Cookston,
Mimi, was convorsing with friends when n
tramp sneaked up behind and shot him six
times, killing him Instantly. The reason he
& ves for committing the deed is that Chief
Hayes arrested him for being drunk
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
NHWsY GLRANINas.

DAKOTA and Michigan havo surplus %
hogs
TuE squeeze in wheat has resulted in threS
suicides
TIE export trade in apples is steadily in.
cre0s ng.
CATTLE are now slaughtered by electricity
In Russia.
THE Yale sopbomorcs have declaro,D
against hazing.
WOMAN suffrage has been defeated IN I,niY
by small majority
PmNCE BISMARCK has resumed surYeilianc0
Of th3 Empress Victoria
EMPEROR WILLIAM AMI King Hnmbert re-
viewed 3} 900 troops at Rome
FROM Germany come reports o. poor
crop Of both cereals and potatoes
COuarERFEIr ei and e. American bills ara
in circulation In Montreal, Canada.
TngEE German sailors. have been kilied
and eaten BY the natives OF Zanzibar.
NATIVES have destroyed Wadunola o Ger
man station near Bagamayc, Zanzibar.
Tux United States Supreme Court has s3s-
tainod the Scott Chinese Exclus.on Act
THE cranberry crop Of Cape Col, Mass
has received ser Gus injury from the frosts.
gUmATnA tobacco Of superior quality 10
being sue cessiuhy grown in Middle fi0Tiin
FLOODs in Abruzzo Italy, have causel
enormous damage AMI The loss of many lives.
THr estimated consumption OF wheat ha
Great Britain Is five and a balf bushels pee
head.
NEw YORKEns annually pay out thrtaelt
millions for their transit BY car Omnibus AMI
ferry.
DEvvEH's four Gonrisbing mills mauufac-
ture 1900 barrels OF -four every swenty.four
hours
A sYvDrcAre has been formed by Engiisls
capitalists 20 export beer from New York 70
Englani.
Ngw decree forbids foreign officers o. -
received in military colleges or 20 sorre iu
the French Army.
Tug Empross Victoria has promised thad
no biography of Kaiser Fritz shall BE- pDts
lished for i've years
A $1,000. .OD1 suit in Pennsylvania over
soms coal lands is settle BY ths parties after
fifteen years litigation.
THE Sultan OF Morocco is going o. sond ot
embassy - ths country % complain ~
Consul Lewis Of Iaugors
NEw YoRK bakers have reduced the size %
their looves % bread on account of The 1G-
vance in che price of four
THE United States Treasury Departments
has purchased % date 1850 ESQ in bond #,
paying siOi .9Jl i3i for them
THE New York hay crop promises % is
5000 bales short. that Of tho Pacific Goa
win be larger than usual; the crop In En
land Is light
TnE last remnant of Geronimos band nt
renegade hpachos has been captured "a
1 Mexico. consisting Of four bucks, teo squaas
aud two boys
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
Annual Report OF United states
Surgeon.Gcneral Moore.

Surgeon General Moore has submitted e
the Secretary OF War his annual report foi
the past fiscal year. The money value OF the
medical and hospital supplies actually issued
during the year was $lTe. 0Sl, aud the cost OF
the supplies required for issue during the cur.
rent fiscal wear will undoubtedly exceed that
amount He submits estimates for the fiscal
year Guiding Juno -, 1890, amounting 20
S1SU, ,00u
In n chapter on tho health Of the army,
the mean strength OF tho army for the year,
including officers aud enlisted men, Is stated
at 23,Si. The total admiss ons 90 sick ro
port were -, 721; admissions for disease, 23,-
oss; admissions for injuries, 5SSD average
number constantly non-eifective during the
year, l,0lO,2N; deaths from all Gauss, 2lI;
ratio OF deaths per 1000 of mean strength,
:. IL; deaths from diseases, 1i9; deaths from
injuries Ob.
The death rate was somewhat lower than
that for 1870, when IL was g. ~ and consid
erably lower than the rate for the previous
decade, which was ll.4. Tho death rate of
the army of the United States continues "a
10 higher than that OF any OF the foreign
armies except tho British and Italian. 1be
principal caures OF deaths were pneumonia
and shot wounds
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
A SUCCESSFUL BURGLAR.
HE TELLS IT

bE TELLS 1T
Mother and the girls were quite ia
scstasie5 over the new house. The
masculine members OF the family were
inclined 70 be dubious as to its advan-
oges. The chief objection which we
had TO II was that ii was one Of row
If eight, all exactly alike and it was ex.
tremely difficult 10 he sure Of the right
ioor.
A weeks practice, however, made
hat oil right ours was the fourth house
rom the south end OF the row. as
walked from the Office along the street
Immediately south Of VS., soon became
accustomed TO taking the exnct number
u steps, after turning the corner, which
would bring me to the door
Besides, the hour at which / came
nome q am prO0frcader on n morning
paper ard my duties usually keep me an
he Office until near 3 a. sd made ft
necessary for me 90 carry n latchkcy.
While ] knew that Of course our neigh
DOrs had exactly the same convenicnces
which We enjoyed, and looked for Ipht
% windows in che same portion OF ex.
ictlY similar rooms, and exrerionced The
annoyance Of smoky chimnnvs when the
wind was in the particular quarter
which aIectc ours did not dream
That the houses wcro 30 precisely the
same that the key Of one would unlock
smother.
We had lived here about q week when
the strect-car line near by began running
Owl cars. This was a boon on me. ag I'D
iayed me q walk Of some length. The
Ear lines ran within half q square of the
house, being on the uoxf street north Of
as.
The first night that rode home 7 -sas
20 sleepy when ! got ont of the chr Tint
! scarcely knew what j was deinv.
Hitherto the exercise OF walking hal
kept me wide awake until J got into my
own room I managed 60 unlock tho
front door however, and get upstairs
haDit making my movements noiseless.
as / knew that my mother was easiig
awakened and did not readily 20 to
sleep again
The room which occupied was over
the dining room. tho door being nearly
opposite the head OF The stairs Some.
what to my surprise. The GAS was rot
burning on tho landing the girls had
probably forgotten TO light 81 before ~.
ing 20 bed gropcd my way carefully
along. and at last reached The door Of
my room. / entered SO was. ike the
hall pitch dark / tried to find the
table on which there should be- a lamn.
md my hand came in contact with some.
thing else. drew q match from NY
pocket and struck g. As ] held q
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Washington.


TgE President has returned thirteen pri
Vate pension bills 20 Congress without his
approval.
SEEon DoN PEDRO PEREZ ZKiIDoN, tho
new Unitel Statel Minister from Costa
kica, has just arrived at Washington.
a RESOLUTION pnssed both houses cf Con.
gress providing Tor an immediate ad iourn-
mcnt OF those bodies sine dfe.
THE United States Treasury Department
has dec dei that maple sugar must pay the
same duty as other sugars aud DO subject TO
the same tests.
=, TIE President has approved the General
Deficiency bill
PRE- 1DENT CLEVELAND hns approved the
act retiring Alfred PleasantOn rs Major Of
the nrmy. and so the act 10 provide for
wnrelonsIng fruit brandy.
CoNms3AnY GENERAL WAcFEELY's an
nual report shows resources % f550J,0OO and
expenditures Of nearly l3, O0OCOO, with n
balance on hand Of ncaily sGOJ,gO1 He Opi
poses any change In the rations systsm
CoLONEL RUFUS SEXTON. The Assistant
Quartermastsr General Of tho United States
Army, has boon placed ON the retired list
On account OF age his retirement will pro-
mote Lieutenant COOnOl H. g. Hodges 10
oo Colonel. MAJOR George Weeks 20 bs Lieu.
tenant Colonel, Captain T. g. Forsyth 20 bo
Major, leaving vacancy In the list Of Cap.
tnin9 and Assistant Ounrtermasters ~ 6o
hllod by the President
THE Sioux Chiefs bavo formally notified
secretary Villas that they have formally re-.
ected by large ma iority the propositions
made hy tho Pres dent. They submitted n
counter proposition agreeing ~ accept st -
per mere for their reservations the money 70
be- paid a. once.
THc records OF the White House show that
she whole number Of bills md joint resolu
lions passed at Che session Of Congress lust
slosc1 was l13. ~ which 1897 were approved
by tho President. 95 becs law without
signature i ~ we're vetoed. and % failol for
wont Of Signature up TO- tho time or adjourn
mouf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
The Care of Lnmns

People who live in houses lighted BIZ
gas escape much that is disagrceable in
the care OF lamps-or their lack of care.
But the kerosene lamp is the almost
universal iluminator.
The best light Is obtained from lamp
where the surface of the oil Is at all
tines at the same distance from the burn
ing part of the wick. Where the re.er
yoir containing the oil is directly under
the burner, as in most common lamps,
the blaze burns less and less brightly as
the oil decreases and the wick grows
more tardy in supplying il. We need
an improvement in hand lamps on this
account
The wick serves principally TO elevate
the oil, the combustion OF IT'S own sub
stance being very slight, but there is %
chCice IN wicks. Felt wicks are preferable
to woven, as they can be moro easily
trimmed to give good shaped blaze.
Some housewives in trimming wick
will cut off all the black every day. This
is undesirable, for by pinchiug off the
loose iibers aud smoothing over the ton
"a better light is obtained. The inside OF
tho oil reservoir should be carefully
cleansed with soda dissolved ia water
Qeasp spoonful to quart Of water). IG
careful to drain and dry them well. This
can be easily done by standing them in
the open oven few moments. DO not
let the soda and wa'er come into contact
with any bronze or gilt about the ouside
of the lamp.
Oil should be strained before il Is put
into glass lamp The burners should
be boiled in soda water once in month
or two. If you I've in or near whe c
there is factory in which brass is
handled. take the burners there and
have them dipped 1t will cost but o
few cents, and they will look like new.
Some burners give an excellent light,
especially for winter, as they heat like n
small stove One will very quickly raise
the temperature. In an ordinary sized
room, FIVE degrees. People practice
economy in all ways aud use widely
different means OF 'savlng lttle,' .
which Is a good thing TO do-but don't
for the sake OF your eyes and heal b
economic by using poor, worn ont
burners on your lamps, which render
combustion imperfect, aud would be
none too good if new. --NeD York Ne,os.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
Co-operative PIckllng.

The ladies' in our neighhorhood have
been trying little co-operative pick
ling, says a correspondent of the Prdiris
Fdrmer. We find that in making all
kinds of chopped pickles, it is very
great saving OF time and labor to use a
sausage cutter TO prepare the vegetables.
As good part of the work consists in
cleaning the cutter, we met and cut or
ground our cabbage, tomatoes, onions
and peppers. 1t was all done in n very
short time. We took the chopped vego
tables home in paiis. Mrs. Howe, the
lady at whose house the work was done,
gave me this recipe for making them up |:
One peck and half of green tomatoes.
three small heads Of cabbage, six large
onions, six ripe peppers, aud six green
peppers; chop all very finely and cover
all with salt for twenty-four hours, then
drain the juice of thoroughly cover with
two quarts Of strong vinegar; add one
and half pounds of sugar; scald all one
hour, then add three heads of finely
chopped celery aud ono pint of grated
horse radish root; boil all fifteen min
utes, then add one tablespoonful Of
cloves, two tablespoonfuls each of white
mustard seed, allSpice, ginger, aud one
tablespoonful of mustard. These spices
are oil TO be ground. Cover closely. Ii
Is fit for use in month.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01


CoUSr PrLTO real. Consul General of
Spain tO Canada. committed suicide at One.
bee hy shooting. Ho was dependent because
n financial difficulties
MhncELITh CNurOe, c0i0rod woman.
lll years n age, has just died nc Havana.
iuha She leaves n ninety year old e0n
her second oue-many grandchildren. arent-
grandchildren, great cai-grandchildf.sI,
ard twclvc-ycarod great great great
grandson
ThE Afzhan rsIng g1inst British rule has
bceu crusho1. ig1as troops have sur
rendered, ,od Ishal, hhnso.f has taken refuge
in Bokhara
TnE Brazilian Government has promoted
JcaO Arthur d. Houza C1rroia. Minister resi-
dent at Madrid. % Boz Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister tlenipoienHary az Washing
ton.
EnrERoR william of Germany, sccon
p1uiei ~ king Humbcrt of Italy. visiled
the ruins m Pompai nnd coileioi some
relics oi antiquity They then returned e.
no Eo nnl Csc ancicut Coliseum ard fofum
were illuminated in iher honor q he Ger.
man Emps ror returned 20 Berlin.
THE price az coal bes advanced Gftv csnts
por Ton In London. England, owing 70 The
strike Of The miners
tho Mezie1a Congress has declared chat
iffhcTal forHr Dia1 haf been reelected
treAaVt oi 90 herablc
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Eastern aud Middie statos.

CHARLES MATTHEWS, sixty years old, In.
htcted thirty different wounds i'm his breast
with q knife, at Springfield, MasS, killing
mmset Besides these wounds he severed
his windpipe He had been ON protracted
spree, and stabbed himself while suffering
from delirium tremens.
A MuRpERous assault was made at Eliza.
beth, n. j.. upon Colonel Rufus King, Jr.,
member OF Governor Greens staff, by un
krown thugs
THOMAS L. BARNES Philadelphia
butcher. who has been monomaniac ON 10.
lgious subjects. sacrificed his only grand.
chid by dropping it out OF n third story
window, de shing the infants brains out
IL "a quarrel i'm the Valley Iron Mil at
Iittshurg. Penn, Matt Burns attacked and
fatally injured John Walter with q red hot
iron puddle.
: DENNIS ScANLoN has committed suicide nj
Newburg. ~ Y. lilo tied an iron coupling min
70 his neck and jumped or the dock into tho
Hudson River.
- a RAILROAD collision near Shippenburg,
fenn., resulted I'm one man being Killed and n
number OF persons being INJURED
JAMES IiENNEssEy, aged eighty years, was
crushed under campaign nag poe which
was being raised in South Pro gidence r. |
One OF the guy lines broke, and the pole fell
upon hennessey, crushing his skull.
FERDINAND PFIrzER, n New York brewer,
shot his wife in tho head. He paused n mo
mcnt after feeing her fall, and then he ran TO
hspot few hundred yardsdstant. and plac-
ing pistol 10 his held blow out his brains
lie was thirty-iive and his wife forty years
old.
Two messengers OF Contractor McFadden,
carrying 81: 100 in a bu ygy on "a lonely road
near Wilkesbarre. Penn 20 pay workmen,
we're shot dead 10y party OF men who ran
of with the money.
A NOVICE of the Order of the Sisters of
Peace jumped from a window of ST. Joseph's
home, IN Jersey City, N. j.. and was killed
She was insane through disease.
ROYAL NJ PuLsIFER President OF tho
company owning tho Boston Herald. has
committed suicide by tiking opium. His
boty wns found in one of the rooms OF his
luXuriant mansion in Newton, Mass
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
General Crccly Submits His Report
aud recommendation.

The report OF General Greedy, Chief OF the
United states Signal Service, shows that
100 cities receive the daily weather rog ort
by telegraph, During the year tho average
Of sug ceasful predictions was g. The
cold wave flag was ordered up li43
times, and verified 1910 He thinks the
force can be reduced. and recommends tho
bureau 10 be made up OF ono chief oeicer,
one Major, five CaptHins, five First l.ioulen-
ants, two Professors three Assistant Profess
ors, 125 Sergeants as observers, fifty Corpor-
ais and flty privRtes This be believes
would reduce expenses Sl0O0000 lie also
recommends higher rate OF pay for observ-
ers, instructions in army signals AN employ
ment of civilians as agsif ftants 10 observers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
Accidental Slaughter OF Many Chill
drcn In North Carolina

The accidental deaths of colored children
carelessly locked in houses by their parents
in North Carolina have been very numerous
ot late. Last year sixty lost their lives In
this way. Often the childrcn are left alone
the greater part OF tho day in cod weather.
There is fire, aud by careless plnyin
with IL tho children sot fra TO the
house and are burned alive. THIS week, says
"A Raleigh dispatch, no less than eight chIl.
dren, all very young. have thus persisted
Yesterday, near Winston four were burned
At one time i'm tho cabin OF Walter Porter
His wife went away 10 work and locked tho
children In the house 10 was discovered
some time later that the house had caught
fire on the roof from SPARKS Nothing could
be done, as 10y the time people arrived at the
scene tho children We're dead. Their ages
ranged from two TO eight ysars
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01


MCqTON STEW. Roll tho mutton i'm
1our, put on TO boil In q suitable amount
OF water, season with salt. pepper and an
onion. Cook slowly three or four hours.
DUTCH PANcAKEy. -Four eggs, one
cup sweet milk, cne large cup -four.
and pinch Of salt fry in plenty Of hot
lard. There should bc enough TO fry
them without turning.
FRIED BECUiT. Take the biscuits
left from tea, cut them in halves, dip
into well. beaten egg with little sugar
II preferred, and fry q delicate brown In
n skillet of hot lard
pOTATO SOrP.-To one part OF po.a
toes boiled and mashed fine add two
parts Of Clipped bread, well soaked
stir well together; flavor with onions
sliced and fried brown salt and pepper
to taste
CREAM SAUCE.-Rcmovc the fat from
the chicken liquor, having about pint
melt ono Tablespoonful Of butter and
mix with it two tablespoOnfuls of -four
pour the chicken liquor on slowly. add
one cup OF cream seasoned with salt and
pepper.
VEAL PhTrIEs. -Mince q little cold
veal and ham, allowing ono-third ham,
two thirds veal add hard boiled cgg,
chopped, and q seasoning ~ pounded
mace, salt, pepper and lemon peel
moisten with u little gravy and warm.
Make puH paste, roll thin and cut iu
round pieces, put the minco between two
Of th m, pinching the edges together.
and fry IN hot grease.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Handsome Lambrcauin.

A very handsome window llmbrequin
is OF plush; cut piece the required
depth and width of window. At some
distance from each other mako a dcep
perpendicular slash. and draw the por-
tion between the slashes-- which should
be little shorter than the ends-lrom
the left end aud lift high at the right
edge by folding in it three upturning
plalts, tacking securely. Fasten a bow
of ribbon over the plaits, and finish the
edge of lambrequin with plush balls.
On the end pieces cmbroider spray Of
flowers. Line with silesia, satteen or
canton flannel.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01

URNEHAL SALoMoS, who was recently
driven from the Presidency OF Hayti 10y an
lnsurrectionary movement. and who went 90
Europe for tho purpose of undergoing the
operation of cystotomy, has died in Paris.
WmLE tho British gnnboat Griffin was
chasing a slave dhow of tho coast OF Africa
she was fired at by tho Arab savers, and
lieutenant was killed. Tho dhow was
captured.
The Russian steamer Archangel and the
Glasgow steamer Neptune came into col
lision in Christensen Bay and nank The
captain and seventeen oLSthe crew OF the
Archangel were drowned.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01

was married about two years after
the episode of the burglar. Ny husband
declares that he is not afraid OF the
house being entered while he is away,
for my fame must have gone abroad !
while If, under the supposition that my
vigilance relaxed when he Glanced to be
at home, they should come while he is
there. he would be sure Of being ably
defended.
p. 81 married proof-reader on
morning paper. --Ne,c York S0n.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01

While il is ordinarily the custom Of
carpenters, masons and painters TO con.
tract f0r their work by the d8y or by the
Job, there arc occasional deviations from
d. One expert carpenter in Philadel
phia makes his c0ntfacts by the iob
specifying that he shall receive d bonus
lf be finishes before certain time AZ
ho is n rapid workman he contriros ~
earn considerably more than ho would n
contracting in the customary way 49,
Chicago HsTald