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GenernI sherldnn,s Will.

The will of the late General Sheridan haA
been filed, and letters testamentary issued
10 Mrs Sheridan, Colonel Mike Sheridan,
and the lawyer who drew the will, Mr.. Linden
Kent. 10 was drawn May %, the second day
after General Sheridan was taken sick. No
mention whatever is made OF the memoirs
nor the amount he had received or was TO re-
ceive from the publishers for the manuscript
and the royalty from the sale OF the book.
Mrs. Sheridan Is secured one third OF all
the real estate except the Ohio homestead, at
Somerset. This property he leaves 20 his
sister-in. law, Mrs Kate Sheridan, to revert
10 his son, II. III. Sheridan, in fee simple. All
the rest OF his property he leaves TO his wife,
M. V. Sheridan and Linden Kent in trust,
TO recover rents etc, for the maintenance
and education OF his children: and, IL more
than is necessary, the excess to he paid TO his
wife.
AS each OF his children shall reach the age
OF twenty-one years the trustees shall assign
10 such child its share in the estate. He gives
the care and guardianship of bis children TO
his wife. and names the trustees also as exc
cutrix and executors. The petition states
that there are four children, aged twelve,
eleven and seven; that his personal estate
consists OF s2i2i money, $500 stocks, etc.
$4,000 swords. etc 5000 household furni.
ture, 5000 horse and carriage and $500 in the
house at Nonquitt, and the indebtedness is
not more tnan $l2JO.
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Evidently up to this time his search had


Evidently up TO this time his search had
been fruitless.
And at the same moment there was
rattling of wheels, aud Mrs. Parsons, Ell.
lies aunt, drove her little red pony
around to the rear, aud jumped out OF
the low wagon
Mother bawled the farmer, who
had not yet caught sight Of the III.
assorted pair toiling up the ascent be.
hind the gnarly apple trees, shave you
seen that ten-dollar gold-piece that
E5eneZer Farley paid me yesterday
left 1t in the pocket of my alapacky coat
when took it of and"
Eyes, l know you did! :" said Mrs
Parsons, briskly. ''And an awful place
II was 10 leave il in. l saw il there my
self when l brushed the dust off your
alapacky coat, and / took it out and
put it in the top. left-hand drawer Of the
pine desk In the spare chamber.
meant TO have told you of it before
went, but somehow it slipped my mind. I"
'Je-rusalemw grunted Mr.. Parsons.
II never was so glad of anything in all
my lifep
had overheard every word of this col
loquy. She let go the sleeve of her cap
tive.
ooh, l am so sorryp faltered she.
''Please forgive mel IL thought"
"fou thought had stolen this miss.
ing treasure, said her companion, his
lips relaxing into an involuntary smile
well, under the circumstances il was
not such very unnatural conclusion.
Only, young lady, let this be lesson to
you not TO Judge too hastily hereafter. "
lie bowed, raised his hat from his
head and vanished under the leafy canopy
of the old apple trees.
And the next Tuesday evening, when
Ellie went to the second of the Course
OF Lyceum Lectures in the village with
her uncle and aunt, she recognized in
the speaker of the evening her anony-
nous friend who had appreciated the
blackberry pie so thoroughly.
She could feel herself color to the roots
OF her hair as she sat there.
'' First took him for tin peddler, T"
she said to herself, ''and then for thief
What must he think of met"
But when she was formally introduced
to Edgar Williams at the close of the
lecture, and tried TO stammer out her
apologies, he only laughed
Iiay no not NeN yOuIsel ABOUT lt.'
said he. "As for me, 1 have forgotten
all the disagreeables of the day, and re-
member only the delicious taste of that
piece of blackberry pie that you gave
me, and have thought more than once
since that / should like to become better
acquainted with the lovely giver"
Ellie blushed prettily, and the &c.
quaintauce thus oddly begun ended some
months later in quiet wedding in the
city, in which the little school teacher
and the brown-faced lecturer took rather
prominent parts Saturday Night.
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INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

DENVER produces 900 900 bricks n day
WgLDrsG by electricity has come 10 stay
AMERICAN silk manufacturing Is crowd
ing out foreign silk.
BOYS get 81 a day and their keeping Tor
picking fruit in California.
TuF industry Of surgical instrument max
ing has doubled in three years.
THE Federation Of Labor has added 5000
10 its membership within year
THE campaign badge industry nt Attleboro'
Mass has Increased twOfO.d siuco 1881
ONr of the best paid trades in the United
States is that Of the green glass blowers.
ARMOUR. the Chicago packer, is said 10 DO
tho greatest individual employer In Jho
world
Ir is asserted that there Is not one farm
hand I'm ten thousand who knows how 70 teco
live stock.
BpAKraEN on she Duluth and Iron Range
railroad have struck for go per month, an
increase Of sl0.
THREE hunIrod and forty persons are CON
sthntIy employed at KiOta, Japan IN maklnR
playing cards
liz the several carpet mills OF New York
there are 3lOJ females employer VINO aver
ngo ss per week.
A Bro snuff factory. The only ono south Of
the Ohio river, is in course OF er0ctioh ~
Nashville. Tenn.
TaE street laborsrs strike at Duluth,
Mimi, has beer sottlod, the men returning 70
work no sL75a day.
THE shops OF tho Reading Railroad a.
I Reading Penn. run nearly the length on tho
I town on each side or the river
PIrTsBURGH Knights OF Labor arc agita-
/ tod by The question whether memDer5 OF
baseball mines are worNr2m8n
They are using Cnnnollsvillo Penn coke
] in Newfoundland Enylgud has heretofore
\ supplied this market exclusively.
GERMA0 md English manufacturers hnd
! American wares 30 popular TINT they nave
I begun TO use American tfade marks
/ AT Salvador. Central America, they mako
/ umbrellas. carpets, beds, bride reins, iariats
/ and ropes from tho 6bor Of tho banana tree.
/ TnE Bigeiow Carpet Company Mills ot
l Clinton, Mass, employing zoo hands nave
/ shut down ON account Of the scarcity or
\ work
/ TnE Government of China has ordered
! six locomotives of home manufactures s.
/ They will each cost S2i 600 n gold. aud viii
/ ho Ike our engines.
THr old Colony Railroad and Steamboat
/ Company of Massachusott has over 600 men
l in BE employ an 3 tho pay roll for last month
amouuto1 90 over $1,000
THERr arc paid sf,50Q.000 annually, IN
| Troy N ~. for wages iu the shirt and col-
| lar Industry Annual sales amount 90 slo5-
100000 number Of employees 1919.
ONE Of phuadelphia's biggest manufactur-
/ ing concerns OF textile machinery, i5 70 go "a
| Augusta. Ca. where fifty acres Of lanu have
been donated and sz500O0 raised 20 help 4
oloun
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18iTH DAY.--Tho conference report ON the
bill granting aid TO State homes for disabled
volunteers was agreed TO, Tho President
vetoed nine private pension bills, all OF which
originated In the House o., Then the House
went into Committee OF the Whole (Mr
Hatch of Missouri in the chair on the private
calendar, and passed numerous pension bills.
18TH DAY.-1he House Commmittee on
Pensions made favorable report upon q
substitute for the bill 60 pension members OF
the life saving service disabled In tho line OF
duty. Mr.. Buchanan offered resolution
directing the Committee on Printing TO i'm
vestigato the truth OF tho allegation OF u
Now York paper tha. tho Public Printer Is
buying felt for printing in England. Re-
ferred .. On motion of Mr.. Matson the SEN
ate bill was passed increasing 20 $50 "A month
the rate OF pension for total deafness. 90. The
House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Fertilization Appropriation
bill. No time was consumed In general de-
bate, and the committee Immediately pro
ceeded 20 the consideration OF the bill by sec
tions The body adjourned without definite
action on the subject.
1sGTH DAY.--A bill placing on tho pension
roll General Sheridans widow at the rate OF
5000 yenr was introduced ... The Senate
bill 90 regulnte commerce carried on by telo.
graph was referred 20 the Committee on
Commerce Tho Senate bill 20 prevent the
m nufacture aud sale OF adulterhtod food or
drugs In the District OF Columbia was placed
on the House calendar The bill for the
erection Of marine hospital at Evansville,
Ind was agreed to-. The afternoon was
consumed in AN intellectual effort TO secure
and hold "A quorum on tho Fortihcatons bill.
18TH DAY. The House went into Com
mittee OF the Whole Mr. Springer In the
chair on the Fortihcations bill It's consid-
Grafton was finished In Committee OF the
Whole after much discussion, and when IL
was reported TO tho House tho previous ques-
tion was ordered on its passage, and then tho
hill went over.
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One Of the shortest wills on record is
that Of John r. De Hart, which is among
tho testaments on hle in the Registers
Office, and reads as follows:
PHLADELPHfA, February 22. 1885, -
Everything 7 own 7 give to my wife, Lizzie.
JOHN p. Do HART
Tho instrument was executed on Feb
uary %, 1885, by Mr. Dc Hart, who
died three days later It is written on a
5crap Of paper, evidently torn from q
well-usod memorandum book, tho sigma
lure OF the dccedcnt being written
twice, the first one being rather indis-
tinot. The value Of the estate left by
Mr. Do Hart was $3.50. PtiiQdIDhia
n h1rI
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Italian Troops Maasaored.

An official despatch received from Mas
sowah, Africa, contains the following
startling intelligence: Three hundred and fifty
artillery troops, under the command OF Italian
officers, have been destroyed by AbYssin-
ians. The killed included ali the oScers
An attack was being made by the auxiliaries
upon Saganeti. The catastrophe was due 70
trcachery on the part OF native allies, who
joined the enemy during the fighting.
The Abysinian Chief Debeb had assembled n
force Of 40 men, with the intention OF raid
ing the Arkiko District. The Italian com
mander Of Massowah hearing Of the intended
raid, sent five hundred Bashi- Bazouks under
the command OF FIVE Italian officers 20 try 70
surprise Debeb's force On the road the
officers enlisted the services Of two hundred
members OF the Assaortin tribe Saganeti
was reached and it WINS found that
Debeb had been warned Of their approach
and had iutrenched his position. An attack
was made by the italian force, however,
and they succeeded In carrying tho village.
But during the assault the AssaOrtins proved
treacherous, and made on attack on the
Italian rear Tho Bashi Bazouks became
panic stricken, and we're massacred while
endeaVOring 20 iy.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, was visited by fire
which destroyed houses and stocks In the
heart OF the city valued at 100000. Four
men were crushed by n falling wall, two OF
them fatally.
HENRY LANDGRAF, who was hanged at
the same moment and oil the same gallows In
st Louis, Mo-, with Maxwell. the English
chloroformer, was executed Tor the murder
of his sweetheart Annie Tisch, on tho night
of March D 1885.
YELLOW fever Is spreading I'm Florida TO
the proportions OF an epidemic. The govern
ment has taken every precaution 20 re-
press IT,
THEO. }. Luce Manufacturing Company,
OF Nashville, Tenn, has made an assign.
ment Liabilities, sl20,000.
THE people OF Utica, Miss, indignant nc
the provoked murder OF physician by a
colored man OF bad character, took the fell
low from the magistrates office and hanged
him 20 tree in the village cemetery.
CRoP reports from Northwestern Iowa
and Southern Dakota say that all grains
have suffered from recent rains and cold
wea ther.
THREE constables arrested Andy Hamlin, "A
murderer, at Cumberland Falls, KY, and his
friends attempted 20 rescue him. In the
spirited fusillade that ensued the three con
stables were killed and the prisoner escaped.
ANOTHER fight between the Hatfelds and
McCoys, I'm the Kentucky vendetta, has r0'
suited i'm three more killed and live
wounded.
WOMAN suffrage has been adjudgcd uncon.
stitutional In Washington Territory.
CHARLES CRocKER, the famous California
millionaire, and Vice-President of the South
ern Pacific Railway, is dead.
FREDERICK Won OvERKAMPF and Thomas
j. Mack by means of duplicate key 10 the
Chicago Postofiice boxes, have been system
atically robbing the mails for months, the
aggregate Of their thefts exceeding 800, 900.
FIRE at Stanton, Iowa, destroyed half the
business part of the town.
AT Peoria, ILL.,, a fire destroyed grain
elevators and railroad property valued at
100000.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-23

John Red, Of Victoria, British Colum-
b'a said to y Chicago Mems interviewer
~ took a trip last summer up 20 Sitka,
In Alaska, and near that place saw the
Indians give a very close imitation OF the
same sort Of work that our mesmerizers
do. A lot Of sealskins had been stolen
from the village, and the Indians were
trying to find the thief young Indian
girl was seated in the middle Of a crowd
Of old men, and a bright bit Of quartz
was held lust in front Of her eyes at
which she looked steadily for some time
say fifteen minutes; then her eyes
began TO close, and an old Indian came
forward and covered her forehead with
his hands. She seemed soon to be i'm n
genuine mcsmeric trance. The old man
spoke % her, and she answered him
Then they brought in another piece Of
scalskin from the ri0ed store, and some
earth from one Of the footprints sus
pected, and questioned the girl again.
As / was informed, the girl located the
stolen property in another village some
ten miles away Unfortunately fo- Che
romance OF the story the stolen skins
we're not found where she said thoy
were, although the Indians believed they
had been very recently removed. The
whole experiment, however is SO much
like the mechanism OF modern mesmer
ism which I have seen here aud in the
old country that I was greatly impressed
with &c. The Indians declared that this
method Of finding lost articles was i'm
use among the far northern tribes since
long before the white men appoorod
among them
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General Won Moitke has been relieved OF
duty as Chief Of the General STAFF Of tho
German Army. General Won Walderseo sue
ceeds him.
Emperor William has written General
Won MOltko n gracious and affection
ate letter, nominating him as Presi-
dent Of Country Defence. The appoint
ment thus conferred Upon Count
Won Moltko was held by the late Emperor
Frederick until he assembled the throne, since
when IL has been vacant Count Won MOitko
continues on tho active list
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Won Moltko was
born a subject Of Denmark the 2Gth Of OctO-
Der, 1900 The Count Won Waldersce. Won
Moltkes successor, was born in April, 1892,
and he began his military career i'm 1850 in
the artillery. Count Won Waldorssos wife 10
an American, formerly named Loo, Of New
York
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
sea-Weed Decorations.

Various decorative uses for the sea
weeSs which the coming months afford
an opportunity TO visitors to the seaside
TO collect are suggested by Decorator ana
F'9rnisAer. They may be used on the
lids and sides of glass caskets, borders
and even fairgrounds to water and color
painting, and on picture and even mir
ror frames, meanwhile, until visitors re.
turn home, being kept in scrap. book,
When collected they arc dried between
blotting paper and then washed with
mastic gum dissolved in turpentine,
which gives them a fresh appearance.
They are affixed to the leaves Of scrap.
book, which should have n flexible back,
by means OF gum, and may easily be do.
tached by dampeniug the reverse side OF
the leaves. Very charming monograms
and various fanciful designs may bt
formed with sea-weeds They make ex,
cellent borders for the outside surface OF
the glass aquariums
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-23

POTATO SCALLoPs Boil and mash the
potatoes soft with little milk or cream.
Beat up light with melted butter-a des
sertspocnful for every pint Of the potato
--falt and pepper 10 taste Fill some
patty-p pans or buttered scallop shells will.
the mixture and brown IN the oven wheI
you have stamped pattern upon the tor
Of each. Glaze while hot with butter
and serve in the shells.
NEWMARKET PUDDING. One pint OF
grated bread, one quart Of milk, one cur
OF sugar, one tablespoonful OF butter,
and the yolks Of four eggs. Soak the
bread crumbs one hOrr in the m k, then
add the other ingredients and bake.
When IL is done spread q layer Of Jelly
over the top, then cover with a meringue
made with the whites Of the eggs and
half cup Of sugar. Brown slightly.
LEMON PUFFs. Powder and sift a
pound and a quarter Of loaf sugar and
mix with il the grated rind Of two fresh
lemons Whisk the whites Of three
eggs to a stiff froth, aud add to IL grad
ually the sugar and grated lemon. Make
a thick paste, whiskng thoroughly Cut
into pieces Of the desired shape, hand.
ling the paste az little az possible. Place
on oiled white paper, and bake on tins
IN a moderate oven for eight or ten min
utes.
CmHRy CAKE. Beat up one quarter
Of a pound Of castor sugar with the yolks
Of ten eggs for quite twenty minutes.
add one quarter pound Of blanchcd and
cut-up almonds, then one aud q half
ounces bread crumbs and we'll whisked
whites Of five eggs when we'll beaten to
gether put in a shallow cake tin; take
shout half a pint Of cherries, fresh or
bottled Gf the latter lay them first on o
iIcVs tin quite dry drop them into the
cake and put the tin at once into the
oven and bake for three quarters Of an
hour
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-23

Tho small Villages Of kishzawa, Akemot0
and HOsOnO, in Hinokihara Mura. japan,
we're recently covered with sand and ashes
from volcanic eruption, and the sites on
which they stood thrown into n mountain
No one there escaped alive. AZ Nina - ros-
ideuces we're destroyed and y persons woro
killed at ShibuYa l7 residences were do
stroyod and ~ persons killed or wounded at
hagazaka - residences were destrOYel and
g8 persons killed and nt Horoki 81 residences
we're destroyed, but no one was killed. Tho
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To Clean white or Very Light silks


Take a quart of nkewarm water and
mix with IL four ounces of soft soap,
four ounces of honey, and a good-sized
wineglass of gin. Unpick the silk and
lay in widths on the kitchen table. Then
take perfectly new common scrubbing
brush, dip il in the MIXTURE, and rub the
silk firmly up aud down on both sides,
so as to firmly saturate It. Rinse it in
cold water twice, until free from soap,
and hang il on a clothes-horse TO drain
until half dry; then iron it with piece
OF thin muslin between it and the iron,
or it will be marked on the ironed side
Keep the silk quite smooth when on tho
table, so that every part may come
under the brush. White silk requires 2
little blue in the water. Silk stockings
should be carefully washed in water that
is neither hot nor cold. Any pure white
soap will do, and the stockings should
lie dried on wooden frames made for the
purpose. White silk handkerchief
must be quickly washed in lather OF
pure white soap, TO which squeeze OF
blue, with a spoonful Of salt, has been
added, to prevent the color from run.
ming. - Family Herald
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Canning Fruits.

The process OF canning the different
kinds OF fruit covers but little, except in
the time required for cooking them end
the quantity of sugar used
None but perfectly sound, well ripened
fresh fruits should be put up. They may
be canned with or without sugar, but we
think the use Of little sugar adds
greatly 10 the flavor.
For canning fresh fruits, they should
never be cooked sufficiently long TO de-
stroy the natural flavor, thoroughly heat
ing being all that is necessary. Air.tight
glass Jars should be filed with the fruit
while they are hot, and then quickly
sealed. The jars should be we'll heated
before filling. After filling the jars aud
screwing on the tops, they should be sci
in a warm place, where the air will not
strike them, until morning, when tho
tops may be screwed tighter. The Jars
may then be wiped and put in cool,
dark closet. They should be examined
from time to time, and il any signs o.
fermentation are visible, the fruit should
be opened and reeorked.
Large fruits, as soon as pared, should
be thrown in cold water TO prevent dis
cOloring. and then boiled in clear water,
To which may be added little alum
When tender take up and boil five min
utes in syrup. II Is best TO cook only
enough to fill two or three jars at "A time.
The jars should bo heated and every
thing in readiness as soon as the fruit
has boiled. The work should be done a,
quickly as possible Small fruits are
improved by being sugared an hour OF
two before cooking II little alum il
added TO the syrup, they will be clear and
keep their shape
II too much juice is in the kettle foi
the quantity Of fruit to be canued, il
may be used for jelly. If these direction.
are followed, success in canning will be
sure. - Courier -J0urnal.
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DIED LIKE A SOLDIER.

John Wright Executed BY Being
Shot Through tho Heart.
John Wright has been executed I'm White
Sulphur Springs Court House, IN the Indian
Territory, Tor the murder Of Timothy Jofsr-
son. Wright killed Jefferson July $50, 1887,
and has been in custody over n year. He was
executed according 70 The usual custom
among the Indians He maintained a stolid
Indifference during The proceeding. He was
shot through Che heart BY the sheriff and
died within hv0 minutes a strange feature
of tho programme was that his brothers held
Wrghts hands while he was shot by the
ehoriG riG-orecutioncr