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- @AN Ca NhNlOD64
h wonderful increase of the public debt
of European states within the last few years
suggests the question, "Whither will this ten
dency lead themP' In 1870 the total indebted
ness was SIS, 000,0 DOC, 900. This has been in
creased TO the amount of $23, 900, 600, 900 In
1886. In sixteen years, therefore, the public
debt has increased $1,000, O00, 900. During
this period the reduction of interest has been
going on just as it has done in the United
States. England is now arranging to reduce
her interest from 8 to ~ per cent. and the
other European governments are attempting
to reduce the rate of interest from 8 and 6 to
8, 4, and ~ per cent
The immense reduction of interest. how
ever, does not seem to benefit the people, for
the governments take advantage of it to in
paying off the debt and reducing the interest
at the same time; in Europe they are reduc-
ing the rate of interest, but are increasing
the nominal capital of the debt, SO that no
reduction Of taxes can take place. The total
annual interest upon European indebtedness
Is about 81, 070, 00o, 900, while the total annual
expenditures Of the war and navy depart
ments Of the same government reaches the
enormous sum of $685. 0o, 900. The European
powers are all of them troubled with financial
difficulties. They are immensely in debt:
yet the political situation is such as to re-
quire increased ornaments They cannot
GO to war because they nave not the financial
credit to extend their indebtedness; and the
question now is; "How can this intricate
situation be Observation-Disclosures Times
Star
, 1888-09-07
Excessive Eating in Gotham.

From the LIST of December to the last Of
April, dinners are in order, and many
fashionable folk scarcely dine at home
once a month unless they play host under
their own roof. How they manage their
digestion l know not, for q seasons elabo.
rate dinners are enough to disturb the in.
terror of an ostrich l am aware that
cooking of the Careme kind claims to in
sure eupepsy; but. while this may be
true in theory, it is not in practice. Scores
of men die here annually from excessive
dining out, and l I'm acquainted with
dozens who have lost their health from
the same cause. Women seldom suffer,
because they are not educated, and cannot
be educated into epicures, If they are
tortured by govt it is usually an inherit,
ance most men carr their govt by pro
tracted stomachic abuse. Excessive eat.
ing, say experienced physicians. destroys
as many constitutions as does excessive
drinking. And excessive eating is the
bane of New York society men and men
of leisure, who are represented by round,
protruding eyes, double chins and oleag
nous complexions-"Deuceace" in Globe
Democrat.
, 1888-09-07

1t was the ''fushest" kind of a Flush"
time. The years 1852 and 1853, especially
the latter. were years of rapid growth as
well as unexampled prosperity. Every.
thing iourished. Fortunes were made in
a day. Some idea of the ease with which
money was gained and the p~rodigalty
with which 1t was spent may be derived
from the following entries in an old ledger
of a general store of that period: ..One
candle, So; l dozen French sardines, S35;
Q white shirts, $40; 200 pounds of white
flour. $3.50; 1 fine tooth comb, SO; l tin
pan. so; l barrel of mess pork. 1910"
Whisky was so cents a drink, and butch
ers' knives, with which miners picked
gold from the c~revices of the rocks, sold
for $50 each. Adventures, villains and
scoundrels from every quarter of the
globe focked here in greater numbers
han ever before. The ~extravages, the
designations, the complete abandonment
to self Indulgence and sensual gratiica-
ton, the sudden ups and downs of fort
unes, and all the other evils of such g
state of society were rampant.-San Fran.
cisco Cor. Chicago Times.
, 1888-09-07

Formerly all the streets in Merida were
distinguished in q name peculiar to Yucca
tan by images of birds or beasts set up at the
corners and many still retain the ancient
sign; for example, the street upon which we
are living Is called La Gale del Flamingo.
because of q huge red iamingo painted on
the corner house Another is known as the
street of the Elephant, and the representa-
ton OF 1t Is an exaggerated animal, with
curved trunk and a body as big as u barrel
There is the street Of the Old Woman, and
on its corner is the caricature of an aged
female, with hugo spectacles astride her
nose. The street of tie Two Faces has n
double faced hurnan head; and there are
others equally striking. The reason for this
Kindergarten SOFT of nomenclature was be-
cause when the streets were named tho great
mass OF inhabitants were Indians who could
not read, and Therefore printed signs would
nave been no use TO them, but tho picture OF
a oull, a tamiiigo or an elephant they coulI
Union
, 1888-09-07
Russian consls.. and Their ch.,n.

While a number of convicts were en-
gagged In games of hazard in the corridor.
most of those in the rooms were absorbed
in another occupation Heavy metallic
strokes rang through the prison, the fall
ing of chains upon the floor could be heard
from time to time, but the noise disturbed
nobody, neither those who were fast
asleep in the same rooms nor the COM
handing officer or the soldiers who slept
in the same building. The ~convicts
worked on the solution of one problem,
namely, on making the chain rings en-
bracing their legs so extended as to be in
a position to take them off or push them
on over the ankles and the foot heels at
any time. Thus the chains could be car
ried on the soldier or around the waist,
instead of around the legs, and walking
was much easier.
OF course, the soldiers and their COM
mander knew well what the metallic
sounds meant, but they did not care to in
terfere. Some of the escort officers were
good natured men, and paid no attention
to these '1ittle transgressions" of the
law; others were strict and rigid, not
tolerating any such liberties on the part
of the convicts, and as the latter had a
marvellous ability for ''sizing up" their
commanders. they marched one day with
the chains around their legs and another
with the chains around their waists.
Many of the convicts managed to throw
off the chains even from their arms.
These being very short, give such a post
ure to the wearer as to render his ten OF
twelve hours march extremely difficult.
The contact of the iron of the chains,
moreover, occasions, in the bones during
the intense Siberian heats or frosts, an
insupportable rheumatic pain, which after
several weeks of walking becomes a real
torture.-Michael Malkoff in Chicago
News.
, 1888-09-07

The Indian Forester publishes the diary of
an expedition which recently assembled the
Chindwin river, in Upper Burmah. The
writer describes a village called Kawya, on
the river, where the people are wholly de-
voted to the cultivation of tea, and which
may be considered as the southern limit of
the tea plant in this region. Before planting
the ground is cleared of all underground, but
high trees, even those of the densest foliage.
are left standing. I'll seedlings, which are
usually raised indoors, are planted out in
rows at the beginning of the rains, and the
first plckings take place when the plant is 3
or 4 years old. When it grows too large it is
cut down., and three or four new stems shoot
out from the stool. The lea yes are plucked
and Immediately stepped in boiling water for
n short time; they are then taken out,
strained, thoroughly kneaded with the hands,
and pressed into bamboo baskets, when they
are ready for market, and fetch locally four
rupees per 100 pounds.
This "pickled tea" as it is called by Euro
peans, lepet being the Burmese name, is
hoated down the river in baskets or hollow
bamboos, which are carefully kept below the
surface Of the water to preserve the quality
of their contents. Lepet Is a f~avorite among
the Burmese, who mix salt, sesamum oil and
other ingredients with it. To the ordinary
European its taste is as bad as its smell,
which is saying a good deal The soil along
the Chindwin is eminently suitable for tea
cultivation; the plant grows wild on all the
hills and attains enormous dimensions. One
tree which was found neglected in a corner
measured eighteen inches in girth at one foot
from the ground, and was fully twenty feet
high--Chicago Times.
, 1888-09-07

Chicago has organized an underground rail.
way company with a capital stock of S27, 900.
Its general plan is to build and equip twenty
seven miles of road covering the several di-
visions of the city, the underground roadway
10 be from 100 to lbs feet below the surface.
Inc proposition is that the road shall not
only be- used for passenger traffic between
the city and the suburbs, but also for FREIGHT
business TO the relief of the present railroad
,enters and the better accommodation of the
business public. AT the great central depot.
Tor instance, it is proposed to build an i'm
nense subterranean yard for the handling of
freight cars, and this will be connected with
the several depots by tunnels and tracks.
The loaded cars can thus be taken into the
main tunnel at any Of the termini, the grade
ling the same as the ground surface, and
o4n at night be brought to the city, switched
~ the depots and raised by elevators.-Bos
ton Transcript
, 1888-09-07
THE PLEASURES OF RANcHlNo.
life in the Cattle country-CIouds OF

life in the Cattle Country-Clouds OF
NIusquitoes-In n Rain.
For bedding, each man has two or three
pairs or blankets, and a tarpaulin or small
wagon sheet. Usually, two or three sleep to-
gether. Even in June the nights are gener-
ally cool and pleasant, and it is chilly in the
early mornings; although this is not always
so, and when the weather stays hot and mus
quitoes are plenty, the hours of darkness,
even in midsummer, seem painfully long. In
the Bad Lands proper we are not often both
cred very seriously by these winged pests;
but in the low bottoms of the Big Missouri,
and besidc many of the reedy ponds and
great sloughs out on the prairie, they are q
perfect scourge During the very hot nights,
when they are especially active, the bed
clothes make a man feel absolutely smoth-
cred, and yet his only chance for sleep is to
wrap himself tightly up, head and all; and
even then some Of the pests force their way in
At unset / have seen the mosquitoes rice
up from the land like a dense cloud, to make
the hot, sitting night one long torture; the
horses would neither lie down nor Craze,
travelling restlessly to and fro tin daybreak,
their bodies streaked and bloody, and the in
sects settling on them so as to make them all
one color, a uniform gray while the tmen,
after a few hours tossing about in the vain
attempt to sleep, rose, built a fire. of damp
sage brush, and thus endured the misery as
best they could until 1t was light enough to
work. But il the weather is fine, a man will
never sleep better nor more pleasantly than
In the open air after a hard days work on
the ronnd up; nor will an ordinary shower
or gust of wind disturb him in the least, for
he simply draws the tarpaulin over his head
and goes on sleeping.
But now and then we have a wind storm
that might better be called a whirlwind, and
has to be met very differently; and two or
three days or nights of rain insure the wet
ting of the blankets, and, therefore, shiver-
ing discomfort on the part of the would-be
sleeper. For two or three hours all goes
well, and it is rather soothing to listen to tho
steady patter of the great rain drops on the
canvas. But then it will be found that a
corner has been left open through which the
water can get in, or else the tarpaulin will
begin to leak somewhere, or perhaps the
water will have collected in a hollow under
meath and have begun to soak through. Soon
a little stream trickles in, and every effort to
remedy matters merely results in a change
for the worse. To move out of the way in
sures getting wet in a fresh spot, aid the best
course is to lie still and eeoePS the evils that
have come with what fortitude one can.
Even thus the first night d man can sleep
pretty well; but If the rain continues, a
second night, when tbs blankets are already
damp, and when the water comes through
more easily, is apt to he most unpleasant
Theodore Roosevelt In The Century.
, 1888-09-07

A move bet was won and lost in a Vine
street resort the other evening. A party
of gentlemen were indulging in a social
glass, and finally the conversation turned
upon the quality of liquors and the ability
of certain persons to judge them by the
sense of smell and taste. One man in the
party claimed that the best judges could
be fooled by the ~compounders, and, after
the argument became quite warm, made
the astounding assertion that a large per-
centage of bar patrons did not know what
they were drinking.
The debate grew hotter and hotter, and
finally the man who had advanced such
outrageous ideas offered to bet a basket
of wine that he could confound any one of
the party so that he could not tell water
from whisky. John Hummel, the circus
man, who has had a varied experience in
the drinking line, accepted the wager, and
the preliminaries began. John was first
heavily blindfolded, and Then a number OF
glasses, containing water, milk, whisky,
sherry, claret, Rhine wine and gin were
set out on the bar. They were handed to
the blindfolded man one at a time, and he
was told to name the liquor after tasting
it. He got through the list bravely until
he came to the gin, which he called port
wine. Then the man started him back,
but it was soon very evident that Hum
mels palate had lost its power. He called
milk water, and finally was forced to ad-.
NIT that all the liquors tasted alike, and
that he had lost his bet. 1t was some
time before he was able to enjoy the wine
he had lost.-Cincinnati Enquirer
, 1888-09-07

1t is claimed that, generally speaking.
an aptitude for learning foreign languages
is indicative Of a low degree of intel
lectual power. and results from the con
tentration of the lower intellectual fac
ulties upon such mechanical effort with,
out the ~distracting influence of the higher
reasoning powers.-Globe- Democrat.
, 1888-09-07

Physicians Wife-Are your affairs in
bad shape. Johnf Physician, Yes, but J
hope to pull through My creditors have
extended my paper to the middle of the
watermelon season
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-04-05

Our friend, Edmund Messenger,
while out last Monday near Charles
Crais's, locking for rock suitable for
bnilding purposes. he found a piece
of an Indian tomahswk. 1t had
been broken, and only the lower
half could be found. 1t is a blush
stone, almost as hard as flint with q
number of dark red spots, and is per-
fectly made. This relic of days
gone by was presented TO this Office
by Mr. Messenger and can be seen
at any time. Mr.. Messenger will
please accept our thanks.
100 different styles OF hats at
Bishops.
A large portion of the business
men of this county met here Monday
and formed Preston Immigration
and Development Society. The
meeting was called Ia order by Will
liam G. Brown, who made \ speech
in behalf of booming the grand old
county OF Preston. The permanent
officers are: President. William G
Brown; Secretary, L. j. Crogan;
Treasurer, j. Ami Martin, and Vice
President for each district. On mo.
ton n committee of three was sp.
pointed TO secure the location OF the
Agricultural Experimental Station
in this county. The County Court
appropriated two hundred dollars for
the boom, one-half of which goes to
the State Board. Everyone is enthus-
ed and old Preston will be heard from.
WANTED. "a man to engage in
farming on the shares-one that thor
oughly understands the business No
other need apply. Enquire at this
office.
100 diHetent styles OF hats at
Bishops.
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II YOU have lost your pocketbook,
you will listen 10 any one who can
tell sou how 10 get 10 back. If you
have lost your health which is NOR
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can do nothing but check disease ,
they act negatively, not positively.
They cannot build up your health OF
bring back your strength or renew
your vitality Why do YOU hesitate
~ join the large army WHO are using
COmpnund Oxygen phcn YOU know
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The quality Of cur curative agent is
proved by the success in our business
during The last eighteen years. In
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moment We will send free some of
our books on the subject of health, IL
you will send your address.
DIS STARKEY & PALEN,
1927 4 1929 Arch 81. Phila. Pa,
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G. A. SNOW 81 co.
Opposite Patent Onlee, Washington, d. q,

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was Neglect; 800 yeas ago, Sorcery !;
100 years ago, Herbssand Drugs; %
years ago, Medicines; to day it is
Compound Oxygen.
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TEN TO strengthen one weak point
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A doctors average bill is $50. In.
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Have you weak lungs2 Give com.
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Remember always one thing You
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from home and friends. IL is breath
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Of all the health resorts in tho world.
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Died.

Mr.. Dalrymple, who was brought to
the county infrmary last week, died
on Friday morning and was buried in
the cemetery at this place on Saturday.
Mrs Jane Paul, mother of j Emo
ry Paul, died at Newburg Sunday
night, and was buried on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jane v hite. formerly resi-
dent Of Kingwood, died last Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock after lingering
illness. The remains were inferred at
the Craborchard on Wednesday.
George Shay, of Austen, on We'd
nesday of last week, ofspinal mcningi-
It's Mr. Shay was sick butsone week
He was % years of age and consist
cnt member of the u b. Church
lie was also a member Of the following
societies: Knights Of Labor, Good
Tcmplars and Sons Of Veterans, mem
bers Of which organizations followed
his remains to their last resting qlace
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Judicial Sale.

BY virtue Of decree Of tie circuit
court of Preston county. West Virginia.
pronounced iu Che cause in equity oi Der
nsrd Rex nolds aud others against Anna
Reynolds and others, viii. on the
10th DAY or APRIL. 1888,
1t The front door Of the courthouse Of
said county. sell ~ public sale To the
highest bidder. all that certain dwelling
hOu<e and lot, in the town Of Row losburg
ia said county, conveyed by A ~. Bow
man to tho late y. +. Rsynulds, Tho pur-
chaser VIII acquire sid property free
and scqult from dover theron Of defend
ant Anra Reynolds.
Terms ;-Sunicicut cash in hand IN pay
costs 81 said sale. aud Tor residue Of pur-
chose money ON credit 81 6 ~ aud rs
mCnths. the purcha or 10 make notes.
with good security, 10 boar interest.
JonN IRANNON Special C0uPr
Bond and seruriiy has beeu given by
said com nl ,ssiOnef u.s. required b1 law.
384 Test SMITH CRANE CLERK.
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Movements. OF People About u

]
Movements OF People About Us.
Frank Lantz. formerly of Kingwood,
goes TO Colorado this week to take up
a homestead. Frank is hustler and
will succeed.
II. b. Waddle, of CrSndonyillc. was
in town yesterday and called to see US.
Rev. Samuel Graham was summoned
to the bedside of Mrs. Paul, Newburg
on Junday, and on Monday he came to
Kingwood to see his friends.
George II. Beatty, Of Portland dis
trict, attended the boom meeting on
Monday.
Commissioners Beatty and Lawton
are attending TO their duties here this
week.
Capt. Hagans, of Brandonville, was
in town yesterday.
l.. +. Townshcnd, of Oakland, was
in town a couple Of days this week
Nathan Wilson, of tho Whetsell Set
Element, made this office call on Mon
day. He is a staunch friend of the
ARGus.
Our old friend, z. } Rogers. of
Pisgah, was in town on Monday aud,
of course. called to see us Uncle
Rogers is decidedly in favor of tariff
revi ion.
I. ii. Shay, of Austen, was in town
yesterday looking for room in which
20 carry on the sewing machine bust
ness. We hope he will come to our
town to remain permanently.
Merchants Albright aud Thomas are
in the east this week buying their
spring stock Of goods.
d. j. Gibson, of Newburg, was in
town on Monday.
Our genial friend, VIM. j. Lavelle,
of Tunnelton, big of heart, brain and
body as of yore, was visiting the home
at Benton's Ferry last week and spent
part of Friday and Saturday among his
numerous FairmontacquNintoncos. The
serious illness of his father was the oc-
casion of his visit home and we are
pleased to learn that the old gentleman
is much improved. Index.
Miss Laura Voltz loft of Tuesday for
Baltimore, where she will study music
this spring and summer.
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Farm for Sale.

The undorsiged has n farm OF 40 res.
situated about Tour miles from Kine FOOD
which they viii sell cheap. Ab~ue 90
avrcs Of this farm b. under onltiv alton
Ia good fences. n 2-story dwelling ana
ont buildings. vol watered and spien-
did yeuug orchard, II Is only about two
miles from The railroad and IL underlald
with 4-fOGt Vein NJ coal. Limo stone In
abundance. Church and school houses
within n milo Of tho farm. Cal On or
address STONE & K1LDOw,
k.ugwoOd. W Va
on J mosnn anvdor on Tho DrcmIsoa.
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iKVCITi0V Inns revoluionized the
InILHIIUlworld during tho last half
csuiury. Not least among Tho wonders
81 invontivo progress is u method and
aysi en- 81 WORK that cHn he performed
ali over Tho country without separating
tire wOrkors from tboir homes. Pay
liberal: any one can do tbo work; Other
sex, Young ur old, no special ability re-
quired. Capit,l not needed; yOI are
st'ri fu free. Cut th out and return n
~ and we will send you free, something
~ proat value and importance 90 Won,
that Will start sou TO business, which
VIII hiring ynu Boo more money IisbtaWAy
fhan auyiliug eirc in The world. Gtdnd
OVft 6ec Address TRUE 4 o.. Augusta,
Maine. ~ l5B7y
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Trnstea's Sale.

Under and by virtue Of o deed Of
trust executed by r. V. Stone 10 me
as trustee, to sccure &. NJ. Bishop,
dated the l4th dsy OF March, 1885,
and recorded in the clerks Office Of
Gle county court Of Preston county.
w Va. in trust deed book No 60.
Pare 30, g. I will sell at public sale,
in the town Of ROwlesburg. ON 5stur
day, May B, 1883, between the hours
81 10a m and p m the real estate
described In said trust, IL being lot
No So, 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-,hird in two
years, with interest, the purchaser
giving note and approved security
for deferred payments
J. AMI MARTIN,
May 3, 1888 Trustee.
Bond and security have been Civ
en- by said trustee as required by law
Test SMITH CRANE,
Deputy CPk county court Of said
county.