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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-30
q Workmnn,s Hnrolsm

A large derrick in the Court House in
Circleville, Ohio, commenced to fall. and
Elmer NcGath, % workman, held on Co q
guy rope until his right haod wa
crushed and the flesh burned of the palm
Of che left hand by the escaping rope.
His pluck in holding fast to tho rope
gave his fellow workmcn. large num-
Der Of whom were working under the
derrick, a chance TO escape, and the only
damage done was McGaths injuries. ~
Cincinnati Ea5uirlr
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-30
a Naval Report that Fills $4,000
Pages or aIanuscript.

Tho Secretary OF Che Navy has transmitted
10 tho Senate The information called for by
Senator Chandler resolutions relating to
che construction OF tho s1-canoj Roach
cru users aud for other plans 0nl CON
tracts. Tho Information nllod about 20,
000 PAGES OF manuscript and piled up ON The
floor stool six feet high lt took fourteen
mon seven months to compile iG and it viii
form the largest document ever sent 10
Congress from on executive department.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-30
ThE SONG OF lie scYTHE.

- -
Far up ON the mountain-side,
Where swiftly, like phantornz, glide
The cloudland shadows,
hear n mowers scythe.
With busy sound and blithe,
In the rocky meadows.
Hsrki-on the breeze conveyed
1be rhythmic rush OF the la.de,
BY strong arms whirlsdl
IL sings, In a murmurcus tone,
OF work % be bravely done
In this busy world
Sometimes. with jane shg tone,
The bright blade strikes stone,
But seems to cry:
"Tis naughtl Lot the worries pass.
There needs must be stones in the grass
For all who try
Tins, wind-borne all day long,
You may hear the s-ythe's brave song
On the mountain farms.
But the mower little knows
or the song that comes and goes
As he swings his arms.
james BUc!sham, in Harper's Weekly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-30

The late Kaiser Fritz, Of Germany
ever after his marriage with tho English
Princess Royal kept iho anniversary Of
Watefloo as q foto day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
Girls 10 Pack Robes ~

Girls TO pack robes" was the queer al.
vertisement that attracted a SOt reporters
attention. and this is what Mr. Henri Chsgray
said about Il:
There are about 800 girls packing robes in
New York city. A robe is laly's dress 1t
is a garment for Summer wear, made OF white
cloth and ornameuted with imported EN-
broidery. few years ago, when the fashion
was new, these robes were made abroad en-
tirely; the importers brought the cloth aud
the embroidery done up together In boxes
ready for sale. These goods were expensive,
costing from $40 10 S25 aud more for a dress
Then there grew up demand for lower
prices and varied styles Some importers
put up their robes in various ways TO SUIT
their customers
''Of course. all the ladies liked the beauti-
ful robes. Competition set In, aud new WAYS
of getting them up came In vogue. One cut
after another Was made In tue prices, until
now YOU can buy robe with Imported EN-
broidery for ifty-nine cents. IL Is done up in
a neat box, there Is the exact amount OF
cloth necessary TO make The dress, and a
fashion plate showing how IL looks when
made W, all for hftY cents. i should
say there have beeu as many as half = million
of these robes sold In a single year. We be-
gin TO get out the next Summer styles In
February.
But The importers found that they could
not do the packing In their own places as
well or as cheaply as | eau do 1t with my
machinery aud my trained help Ny hun
dred girls will pack AS mauy as twice the
number OF inexperienced hands would. They
cut the cloth, aud fold 1t neatly, ani fix In
the embroidery, aud fsstcD II skilfullv, aud
drop In the fashion plate In = taking way, so
that the women csntt help buylng the robes.
The poorest woman can buy q 59-cent robe
that looks little like the expensive affairs
that were first imported The lstest dodge
cries cannot b made In this country. | do
no. know why, but the attempt to make them
has not vet succeeded. OF course tue pack
ing requires q girl who Is neat, gu elk aud
handy, aud they get 10 be very expert The
wages are as high as IN any other branch OF
manual la Dor"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
THIRTY LIVES LOST.
A Terrific Storm in West Virginia.
Great Damage TO Property.

A terrific rainstOrm prevailed in Wheel
ing, w. Va, July 10, flooding cellars along
Main street and distributing debris from
the hillsides on many thorOCghfares, render
ing them impossible. While \ number Of
people were standing on one Of the bridges
Of the Baltimore * Ohio spanning Wheeling
river, il gave way, precipitating twenty 10
thirty persons into the river. Eight persons
were rescued, but IL is feared that ten 10
twenty persons have persisted. At Cald-
wells Run, in the lower end Of the city.
four dwellings were swept away by the food
and eleven persons drowned.
The Baltimore q Ohio wooden bridge al
Main street was swept away with from
twenty TO thirty people on IT, OF these 10
are known to be saved. The river rose
three feet in 20 minutes.
Out on the National road the trains, coal
chutes, houses and all are gone. The
Wheeling Il Elm Grove railroad was swept
away for miles and the roads covered six
feet with water Over the river the ruin
is even worse. The storm lasted less than
an hour, flooding the streets from house TO
house. The Western Union telegraph Office
had a foot of water on the floor, j. w. Hun
ter's spice mills, two feet, and other build
ings on Main and Market streets as much.
Wagons in the valley of Wheeling creek
were buried beneath the mud The Chap
laine street and Hon street bridges are
both gone and Wood street bridge is i'm
passable. Nine persons living on Cald-
wells Run are known TO be drowned and
six houses are gone.
The Pittsburg, Wheeling & Kentucky
division of the pittsburg, Cincinnati & St
Louis road is badly washed out at places
and at others covered foot deep The
Ohio river trestle at the creek is gone. and
sewers have burst in several places. Roads
are washed out 50 as 10 be impossible.
\ substantial bridge on the suburban
Elm Grove motor line at Leatherwood was
washed away. The loss in the city Will
reach $4,000 and the damage 70 crops in
the country is inestimable. The ruin
wrought by the cloud burst out of town is
awful, and can only be ascertaned definite
! ~ when the means Of Communication are
restored.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
WATER-SNAkE STRATEGY.
Submitting 10 Deglutition rs n Means
of securing victory over n Land
serpent.

Submitting 10 Deglutition rs n Means
of securing Victory over n Land
Serpent.
Until about two weeks ago, says the
New York Times, the behring's which
abounded in the creeks of brack sh
water that. in all directions. carry the
tide of the Hackensack river through
the low reedy meadows that lie along
the Northern railroad between Ridge
field and Fair View. \. j.. furnished
food enough for the innumerab bic water
snakes that infest the streams. but
now the fish have almost entirly dis
appeared. and the serpents, which seem
TO suffer no Inconvenience when out of
their native element, crawl from the
the channels and make foraging ex-
cursions upon dry land. They are not
venomous, but their appearance is not
attractive, and nervous people. and
even those who are not nervous, dis
like 10 meet them IN the cleaning.
On the marshy lands above the streams
snakes of another description are very
plentiful. They are great. ugly. black
fellows. with flat heads, that enjoy the
reputation of being harmless. but GER
tainly don look SO. Poultry raiscrs
complain they live chiefly on chickens
and suck the hens eggs 10y the dozen;
but, however th s may be. Joseph
Weidlatf, an Italian who works on the
railroad. asks credence for his story
that he saw water serpent meet a
blacksnake in hostile encounter on
Tuesday afternoon.
He saws that the reptiles did pot i'm
mediately clnch. but Missed wickedly
and circled around each other. as if
seeking for an opening. the water
snake was much the smaller of the
combatants, and he was evidently try
ing TO transfer the battle to stream
some twenty yards away. The black.
snake showed lively anxiety TO pre-
vent this. He pressed matters. and
the serpen.s began TO strike at each
other with their tails, and in few
seconds. the dry-land snake succeeded
in getting the caudal extremity Of his
opponent in his mouth. and, to pre-
clude all possibility Of escape, he COM
me nced to eat toward the head.
This was exactly what the water
snake wanted. IL started on n straight
| line for the stream. aud his consumer,
following him and dining upon him
simultaneously, was. of course, obliged
to travel little faster in the same di-
rection. The watersnake was n rapid
mover and the blacksnake quick eat
er. and for a short time IT seemed to
be an open question whether one rep.
/ tile or two would be visible when the
stream was gained. About half of the
leading serpent's anatomy had been
devoured, and the edge of the water
was only few feet away. when the
blacksnake suddenly realized that a
shabby trick was being played upon
him al meal time lie hasiil attempt
ed 10 disgorge Lis rerasi. but the Effort
was made too late. No more than five
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
reformed notions on the sub,eet-rhe reason

reformed notions on the subteet-'the reason
OF that is that you chew so much gum. You
can't expect 10 have enough saliva for your
food when YOU are wasting IL all the time
chewing gum. You're hoarsc now, srn': you
Well that comes from chewing gum with
those strong fla, ora Its just as bad as II II
didn't have any flavor. IL dries the throat
up aud enfeeble the salivary glands II
were In your place I'd stop IL. It's nasty
practice, ANYHOW, besides being unhealthy"
Charles was pretty we'll into the quitting
business by this time and he wasn't going
let little thing like gum stand la the va,
OF achieving great moral Victory over him
self He began taking health paper about
this time aud bought himself pair of
chemists balances with which 10 weigh his
food He fell under the balcful influence
OF some vegetarians who lived I'm the hat
above aud tue result was that flesh
became an abhorrent thing 10 him ana he
lived on potatoes. lettuce. bread aud
canned tomatoes til he found out that he
was likely TO get lead poisoning from the Tin
plate of the cans. He gave mp eating jams
for fear the seeds Won yet lodged In tie
appendix yermiformis and cause death from
abdominal septcienia and pointed TO tue
books for proof that deaths were sometimes
brought about in this way. lie final got
the notion that the colstau practics OF usiHg
salt led 10 stOmachc trout les OF all kinis
Salt he used 10 tell his pooh. pooling n.y.
e ienc friends whom he had long passed IN
the rae, OF food reform, being Young mau
amenable 10 reas on, salt rs chem cal SUI
stance possessing no nutrition whatever.
You put salt on ANYTHING YOU want TO preserve
from decay. Now il stands TO reason that Il
II prevents decay IL must retarl the process
OF digestion. Take II IN large quantit - aud
II Is fatal. a man on all ocean of salt wafer
will die of thirst just as quickly a. IL 1t were
an ocean OF alcohol. tell you IL is absolute
ly deleterious."
All tbs, mind you, was before he went out
checked, rugged, jolly young man, he had
deteriorated into querulous, wrinkled
dried-up, young-old man, with a complc xion
like ice cream and no appetite. IL. went out
west and roughed it on fat bacon, soda bis
cults and black coffee. He came back with
an appetite that stopped at nothing short OF
horseshoe nails, aud Is as fair as the days
The moral Is obvious i O.edo i Iids.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
Insane From Studying Insanity.

A. S. Green. n young man who is a
newspaper correspondent by profess
sion, is locked up in the insane depart
ment of the county Jail awaiting an ex-
animation. Some time ago he secured
perm ssion TO investigate the insane
asylum for the purpose Of writing a
newspaper article and while
being shown through the building
manifested unmistakable signs OF in
sanity. He became very angry when
taken away by Superintendent Hare.
who thought the sights were affecting
his brain. Green threatened TO max e
things warm for the super ntendent.
He wac so persistent in his demands to
the governor for an investigation of
what he called abuses that one was
FINALLY ordered, which resulted in the
proof that be is himself insane
MtiUausee Wisco lsin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
Pleased With Ii.

The fourth report of the civil service com
mission shows that during Is months, end
ing June 80, 1857, IL, t65 men and ! ,SS7 WON
en- have been examined By the commission
ers, 9,2l0 men and $50 women passing. OF
these 1902 men and $50 women have receiv
ed appointments. The report says that only
20 applicants claimed preference because Of
their service in the army or navy and these
20 received appointments. The report
recommends the extension Of the provisions
of the law TO include employees in the rail
way mail service, field employees Of the In
dian and labor bureaus and various other
persons in the civil service.
The report saws that the law has thus far
accomplished all that its most sanguine
friends hoped for. The patronage system
is at variance with the spirit 81 our institu-
tons, and developed into full frlition would.
make government OF office holders, by
office -givers, for office seekers"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
The London Times.

Leaving the politics and coming TO
we learn that in the reign Of JOAN
Walter lll.-who reigns but does not
rule-the real editorial work of the
Times Legins about | p. M. AT that
hour the outer sheet, containing the
title, advertisements and some lengthy
articles. is ready printed. and the
editor has given his general orders.
He is now comforting with his leader
writer's. who will shortly retire to their
rooms. From 1870 o clock the print
ers' boys will come and fetch the copy
every ten minutes fancy the stra n OF
writing leader under the perpetual
interruption thus indicated-and II is
at once set up by special stan OF
compositors assigned 10 each article.
The editor. meanwhile. with his
assistant and sub-editors, proceeds to
the arrangement and rev sion OF the
other matters forming the paper. As
every reader of the Times knows,
there arc certain pages unaterably
allotted TO the same subjects. This
must save a lot of trouble. and the
ings on the columns of foreign news.
For how many wear months were We
daily confronted with that same
heading. Egypt England and the
Soudan," and others OF sim lar general
import. Page five has become of eX-
ceptional Importance since Nav 4. 1874,
as from that date the Times has rcce.v-
ed its continental letters only by wire
At Paris il owns wire from . p. III.
till 3 n. M. going from the Bourse to
the newspaper offices. Berlin and
Vienna have daily special wires and all
other European capitals have them;
but without fixed time. Philadelphia
and Calcutta have the wire on certain
days Thus every one knows that II
long Indian telegram will appear in
MONDAYS edition Of the Times, and
that whether there is any important
news to send or not.
The Times is every day printed with
new type. 1t employs sixteen short
hand writers IN the two houses of
Parliament. and the telephone is en-
ployed for transmitting the copy TO
the compassion. or, rather, no copy
is sent, but the message is set up dir
rectly as it is received by the com
positor's ear. For thirty-two Years
Mr.. John Delane reached his office at
1880 p. M, and left at 4 a. m, just
when the the first printed copy ISSUED
from the press, About 3 n. M. the
makeup stated the amount OF matter.
and Mr. Delane. without looking at the
mass of 100 columns. indicting from
memory what had to he added to or
cut out. paragraph by paragraph. and
almost kne tor line. At o'clock he
went home. took light supper, went
! TO bed and rose about noon. He lunch
about ! p. m. dispatched his CORE
| spondence. re ceived calls, went out
about o clock for ride on horse
back, went 10 his club. dressed for
dinner. dined nine times out of ten at
! the club in town, took II glance at
what there was TO see and wherever
he might be. took leave at quarter
past 10 and went to his office. IL 60
into these details" adds NJ. BlowitZ.
Ito show AZ what cost a man can
aspire 10 the honor of editing the
Times. IN BtoWAz. in Literary LIFE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
Artists in Europe.

When was in Antwerp met with per
son who interested Inc very much ! was n
the picture gallery there, and had walked
through long line OF rooms TO the end apart
ment. There ! saw upon an easel a picture
nearly finished, which was a copy OF very
fine painting upon the wall. ! Was attracted
by the beautity Of this copy which seemed
to me as well painted as the original close b,
ii; and was just going away when i saw 2
tall, elderly man come into the room, and
take his seat upon the stool In front OF the
easel He wore large, loose slippers and o
my astonishment. the first thing lie did was
10 Kick them OIL Then ] noticed that his
stockings we're cut of "A little below the ia =
step leaving his toes exposed. Leaning back
on his stool, he lifted up his two long and
active legs and took up his palette aud maui
stick with his left foot, putting his great toe
throu the hole In the palette, just as an
ordinary artist would his thumb. Then lie
took a brush between his first aud second toe
OF his right foot, aud ouching 1t To the RANT
on the palette, he began 10 work upon the
painting upon the easel. This artist had no
arms, having been born without them, aud
he had painted the he ,utiful picture on the
easel with his toes. IL was astonishing to see
him leaning back with appraised legs and put
ting the delicate lights and shades into the
eyes OF the portrait GU his canvass with a
brush held betweea his toes. He has long
been known as most skiliul aud successful
painter in certain branches, and his beautiful
work is not only interesting in itself, but II
points a moral whcA We can each think out
for ourselves.
Wherever we 60, in any OF the galleries OF
Europe, we find artists copying the noted aud
famous pictures, sometimes two or three OF
them at work copying the same painting In
this way hundreds aud thousands OF copies.
not only Of the great works OF the famous
painters but OF their smaller aud less cele
brated pictures, are given 10 the world and
IN many cases these copies are very good and
give fair idea Of the originate. There are
artists and some OF them gray-headed, who
never paint any original pictures and make
their entire living by copying paintings In the
public galleries OF Europe. This copying busl-
ness, however, is often an annoyance 10 VISIT
Ors. Sometimes a person takes q great deal OF
trouble 10 20 and see famous picture, and
when he reaches the gallery he finds al art
lists easel and canvass is Set up before IL In
such away that 1t is difficult To get COOL
view OF IT, A Young copyist Ia the Salon
Care. " the room in which the finest pictur-s
In the Louvre are collected conceived the
grand idea Of pain ting the whole room, y Ct
ures, people and all ; and the immense canvass
which he set Up acted a. dro y curtain so far
as general view OF this celebrated ball was
concerned. In some galleries there are APP
pointed times for artists aud other times for
the public St Nicholas
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
A Noted Newspaper Confidence Man.

Ross Raymond, the noted newspaper
confidence man, who was released from
Sing Sing about a month ago is now
at large. An officer was waiting to
take him to New Jersey for answer to
an old ofiense. but the case was COM
promised and Raymond regained his
freedom. One of the prison officials
received letter from him n few DAYS
ago. saying lie was about TO sail for
Europe. Ray mond is the author of
several books. but his talents were mis-
directed, and he lived the most of his
time by his wits. On several occasions
Raymond impersonated distinguished
personageS All Paris was stirred by
an epis ode in which he figured as the
avant couries OF the Khedive of Egypt
several years ago. He ordered mag
nilicant suit of rooms al "A famous hotel
and had a grand dinner provided. On
the strength of this pretensious Ray
mond is alleged 10 have obtained large
sums of money. valuable jewellery. ETC..
and got away before his trick was dis
covered. Raymond also had q re-
markable career in India. and Ameri-
cans whom he met in Europe. and who
were led to believe that he was son
of the late Henry j. Raymond, founder
of the New York Times. have had
cause TO remember him. His career in
New Orleans was brief but even.ful.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
locke" AND DOPE"
The Craze for Poisonous Drugs
Scenes at mn Apothecary's.

Scenes at an Apothecary's.
The clerk turned to wait upon TWO
Young womcn-such as might be seen
drinking aud look NC for victims
around .noons after dark. says the
Baltimou Heraid.
Gimme so cents worth of coke,
Petite, an give Mamie the balance in
DOPE" sa d one of the women, laying
down silver dollar.
The clerk gave them the cocaine
and morphine.
Before they were well out of the
store scrawny. miserable. little,
young man sneaked in. HIS chinchilla
coat was threadbare and. with his
turtle-like head and neck and trem-
bling chin, he looked disgusting
enough.
Gimme 10 cents worth O. dope,
young Teller" he said. as he swag-
gered TO the counter.
He watched the operation of weigh
ing very closely. How much did
yer gimme?" he asked, looking with
ill-favbr on the small quantity Of the
drug in the scales.
-Four grains" replied the clerk,
laconically.
Il git six up to de udder corner"
he muttered.
well. why don't YOU 90 and get
it?" asked the man behind the coun-
ter. pausing with the wrapping-paper
ir his hand. You don't have to tax c
this. Do you want il, or don't you?"
AS the man still kept a sullen silence
he took the Little tray in his hand pre-
paratory TO throwing the four grains
back into the drawer. but the customer
stopped him and paid his 10 cents.
I'VE don't want the trade" said the
drug clerk when the morphine iiend
had sappeared. "but on account of
our location they come in here to get
their dose. l guess we charge them
more than others do. but it don't seem
TO stop them It's miserable class
Of trade They get the drug bv the
lime or Is cents worth. and are al
ways finding fault with the quantity
we give them"
Another member of the same fra
ternity as the last tiend shambled in.
THAT fellow $ n good two hours be-
hind his time" said the clerk. He
usually gets his goodnight dose about
! l O'Clock. | wonder what kept him?
Couldn't get the money, | suppose.
and at last he comes around TO stand
ME off. Well, he'll get left, that $
all"
The young man he spoke of showed
plainly the effects of his deprivation of
the drug. His wretchedness was ex-
treme He was nervous and trem-
bling. and he came up TO the counter
with III serab,e. despairing air.
Let me have 20 cents worth, and
for Gods sake crowd in all you can.
It's all | got
He could hardly wait for the powde r
10 be wrapped up. But the clerk care
fully kept it in his hand until the tiend
had dropped two dimes on the coun-
ter.
Let me have some water?" he ask
ed. taking hypodermic syringe from
his pocket
Take your stuff out of here!" ans
wered the clerk sharply. You can't
dose yourself in this shop
The suffering wretch fairly rushed
out with the coveted drug.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-27
A Disastrous Collision.

A terrible accident occurred on the Nor
folk & Western railroad at Forest Depot,
about eight miles from I.ynchburg, Va, on
the morning of the 22nd. Ten men were
killed. A freight train which left Lynch
burg the night before about midnight COLD
cd at cut near Forest Depot with an east
bound material train, causing a complete
wreck Of both trains, the fireman of the
material train and seven colored train men,
whose names are unknown, were killed
Fireman Mays of the freight train was
fatally injured The conductor escaped
with slight bruises. The accident was
caused. IL is claimed, by the conductor Of
the material train misunderstanding orders.
The loss is estimated at $40, 900