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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
ABOUT snorrNn lrnnsrs

a correspondent Of the Journal Of Agri-
culture says; am convinced both by eX-
perience and 0bservatl6n thnt shooing
horses is not only great Inconvenience
but also say il is nuisance To the horse.
OF course this is intended for farmers, as
city horses that are constantly kept on
hard, stony pnvUmunts need 80 he shod.
But farmers horses, for either farm
work or road, do not need TO be shod
constantly, The less the better, and my
belief is, no shoeing still better The
horse in its natural state has a good hoof
and 10y little application and patience II
can be made to be as pliablc az rubber
and as hard as steel The horses i'm Ice.
land are not shod and they travel over
stony roads or ice as easily ms our horses
travel on our smooth roads with their
costly new steel shoes for which hundreds
OF dollars are annually spent In our
Western States we seldom see macadam-
lied road, and even then there are not
many farmers that keep team for spec
ial road use. Many farmers make the
mistake in Chewing that II they want TO
keep nimblc footed horse that they
have TO keep him shod But this is n
grave mistake. To keep a horse con.
stantly shod he needs to renew his shoe
ing at intervals Such is dangerous
and liable To injure the hoof, and
perhaps main him for life. Many
horses legs are ruined when young
on account OF too frequent and care
less shoeing. BY negligence horse
is sometimes allowed to wear the
old shoe for long period without re-
ncwing Such negligence is abusing the
horse greatly, and very often is the cause
OF lame feet. And again, how can n horse
be worked with the same shoes on, on dry
or muddy roads, or working on soft
plowed ground without being quite ex-
hausted at timesl have a six year old
team that never had shoe under their
feet and never will have as long as they
are in my possession. Still never hest.
tate to hitch them to the plow or buggy,
or drive them over soft or hard roads in
their own shoes. My other horses have
10 be shod once in while because they
were used TO it when younger, or their
hoofs will crack or become sore. But ]
make the practice never 90 shoe young
horses, and believe that they will do
better than those that are kept constantly
shod. A young horse has always good,
sound hoofs. unless accidents occur, and
by little attention they can be kept
sound as long as the horse lives. The
trouble lies in young horses when they
are shod too young. Young horses as a
general thing are vigorous and we take a
fancy that they can be driven hard be-
cause they are young, and TO keep their
hoofs and legs sound they must be kept
shod. My advice is: DO not drive the
young horse too much at first. Take the
older horses for road use and leave the
younger horses for farm use till they have
reached the stage Of maturity. This will
he the means Of saving many dollars an
nually. When the weather is dry good
thing is to lead the horse in pool Of
water for an hour or so once IN q while
so as to give the hoof thorough soak
ing.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
South and West.

fHE Cincinnati, Washington and Balti-
more Railroad has been sold under foreclos-
are for 50, 10000
MRS. HIRAM SMELL. Of Malad, Idaho has
ust given birth 10 six children-three boys
Ind three girls.
THE survivors of the Northern and South
an armies at the battle Of ChickamauRa Mt
meeting In Chattanooga, resolved 10 turn
the battlefield into n National park.
The residence of Mrs. A. Lenbower, near
Deer Park, Md, was destroyed by fire dur
ng her absence, and her two children, aged
three and six years, were burned TO death
ONE person has been killed and several in
jured by leaping from an electric car, which
plunged down Mission Ridge Chattanooga
Tenn. The current had failed it.
BLACKMAN BROTHERS saw mill and sash
factory at Snohomish, w. T., has been
burned. Loss $3.50, 900; no insurance.
JOSEPH r. RAYMOND, aged TWEEN y-six, was
hanged at Moorhead, Mimi, for the murder
,f policeman.
THE Wyoming Constitutional Convention
has adopted a chapter vestiDg ownerAiip OF
trrigating waters I'm the State and recog-
oizng rights Of prior appropriation.
In riot which has taken place at Okla
homa City the soldiers charged the mob
with fixed bayonets, and many persons were
wounded
A PACKAGE containing over $4,000 be
longing 10 the United States Express Com
pany has been stolen from n bank vault IN
Hurley Wis.
An explosion OF gas in a coal mine noar
Dayton, Tenn, has badly injured nine men,
two fatally.
LIGHTEING struck the house of Mr.. Spauld
ing. at Winona, Mimi, killing his siX-year
daughter, and fatally injuring his wife.
ONE passenger wns killed and several in
jursd In collision on the Northwestern
Railroad At Blackberry, I'll.
AT a cake walk at Culpeper, Va, jaime,
Fitzgerald shot and killed his wife for per
mittinga haadsomer man 20 kiss her.
THE President and ex-senator Henry 6
Davis made trip into West Virginia from
Deer Park, Nd.
THE Corn Palace Exhibition atsioux City
iowa, is open.
THK public schools have been closed
Marion, Ind, owing 20 the prevalence q
diphtheria.
THE firm Of Beford, Clarke e. Co, promi
aent Chicago book publishers, with branches
IT New York and San Francisco, has sus
pended, and receiver has been appointed.
WALTER BALL, Of West Point, Va. ano
MS son have been been indicted by the Crane
Jury for compelling " r. Barham at tn,
point Of pistol, 10 marry Mr.. Balls daugh
ter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03

KioG, Russia, on the charge OF being Mill
| lists. f HNsg ~ T.74
Loan MAYOR SEXTON, OF Dublin, has de-
| clared that Mr.. Balfour's proposed Catholic
university will not divert frishmep from
seeking home rule
WAR feet has been ordered TO Taneiers
Morocco. by the Government OF SPAIN and
| 10000 troops held in readiness 10 hack is de-
by Moors.
TnE freedom OF the city OF Dublin has been
conferred by fssrd Mayor sexton upon I.adv
Sandhurst StAHhsld. the English H1ino
Ruler, amid great enthusiasm.
CROPS In Austria are greatly damaged by
a heavy snowfall. Peasant cottages sro
showed under
l1U British warship LILY has been wrecked
III the Labrador coast with the loss OF seyep
lives, and the steamer Florence foundered I'm
the Irish Sea and nine persons persisted
Tur result OF the French elections has
been a substantial victory for the Repuh-
lcsns. r,
TnE Government OF the South American
Republic " Ecuador has prohibited the inn
migration OF Chinese
WILLIAM H. h. REDMOND, an Irish Home
Rule member Of Parliament, has been ssn-
fenced To three months Imprisonment for
ohonseS under the Crimes act. 1 4' st.
CAPTAIN MUNGo and Lieutenant Cabura.
two Mexican cavalry officers, have been
sentenced 60 ten years Imprisonment fo,
crossing into the United Staten territory in
search Of desertcrs.
THE accounts published for the fiscal year
" 1883 show that the Russian Government
'ecepts exceed the expenditures by 9o000,-
300 rubles.
THE business portion OF Kensingto.
Prince Edwards Island, has been burned
ANorHBH strike occurred of the stevedorss
employed IN ths Fast India docks, London.
WuKIE COLLINS, tho femous novelist, haS
lied OF paralysis of the heart.
THE United States wsrship Enterprise
arrived at Inverary, Scotland, and the
Duke of Argyle entertained the officers of the
'esscl at his castle. .-aa-.rss-.srs
ALTHOUGH General Boulanger has been
personally successful IN getting elected to
The French Assembly his followers have
been overwhelmingly defeated The Re
)ublicana viii have IA majority of almost $50
members IN the new Assembly. Boulanger
having been declared ineligible by the High
Court of Justice, his election is useless unless
validated by the future Chamber.
A CHEST OF dynamite exploited al the sta
'tion In ~. Petersburg just BEFORE the Car
'f Russia departed for Copenhagen
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Washington.

The American Consul at Kingston,
maica, has cablod that riot has occurred NJ
the island Of Navassa. aud several Ameri
caus we're killed. The man-of-war Galcua
has been ordered ~ the scene
THE Cour dAlene Indians have agreed 70
lell 10000 acres from their reservation in
Idaho n the Government for 500 600
TgE Secretary ~ War has decided 70 &c
cept the Offer Of the Indian Rights AssOcio-
tiOn 10 purchase tract Of land I'm North
Carolina for GeronimJ's baud ~ Indians
and ~ establish them there in more civil
wed mode of life
MAJOR THEoPHuUs GAINES. Of West Vir.
Kuis. has been appointed Chief ~ the Pen
sion Division Of the Third Auditors office.
of tho Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
SUPXRINrEyDENr KnBALL of the Life
saving Service has recommended an increase
in the number Of life ssving stations on the
Atlantic Coast
At the regular meeting ~ the Woman
National Industrial LEAGUE Of Washington.
Il was resolved that the women Of America
should insist on the right - be properly rep
resented in the great Exposition of 1892.
THE United States ship Pensacola has
been detailed ~ convey the members of
the Solar Eclipse EEpeiiti0n ~ So. Paul de
LoandO
THE Superintendent II tho Cereue hse ~,
pointed Richard r. Rothwell. of New YORK
chief special agent 10 take charge Of tho CO.
lection ~ statistics Of gold and silver for the
Nlth Census
SzvERaL Of the South American delegates
to che international Congress have arrived
in this country.
COLONEL SwITzJgn Chief Of the Bureau Of
Sati siics at the request of Secretary Win
dom, Las rendered his resignation.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle states.

HERRIvE Lkp1;S aged thirteen, OF Ware
han, Mass, MAS k,llsa by Joseph Lebarrou,
boy nine years of age With n pocket knife.
A HrAyf bridge near Danhury, Conn, col
lapsed carving down wagon horses and
ten men dissance 0f twenty feet. One OF
the uen was killed and four others badly i'm
iursd.
LEONARD & EIAds's oil rcfneries at
ShadySide, n. j., have tc-p burned The
'otal losS reaches TO about Sbu0,OU0
TRE Worlds Fair Committee on site and
Buildings have selected the north end OF
Central Park, Morrlinasids and Riverside
Parks and the Bloominednls Asylum
grounds, New York city, rs the placs for
holding the Exposition,
At the Alaska CollierY, ut Mount Carmel,
Penn, two miners, Hugh Robcrts aud An
thony Mnrehetty, were instantly killed 10y n
fan OF rock.
MAGGrE ToBN, aged ten, 0f Philadelphia,
shot AMI killed her six-year-old sister Ellen,
y hile playing with a revolver that had bcefi
care!oSsly left within che childrens reach. .
MRs, PArRCx FANN,,Lt. boarding house
keeper at jamtn, Penn, was stabbed TO the
heart while trying to e@pErste two Sighting
boarders
MAXWELL SrRAuP who was arrested a.
Elmira fCf intoxics ion, has died in jail. Th'
CorOners examina zion reveals traces o.
poison, and IL Is believed that lie was druggcd
and robbed.
a LOCOMOTIVES was thrown from the track
dear Ithaca, and Engineer Orlando Seoley
was instantly killed.
JAcun FJTEGEEAbD, Of Cayuga, dropped
dead in Watkins He was delegate
to the Republican Statd Convention and
went to Watkins 20 take n train fdr Saratoga
Ex;MAYoR Z. ID. WALTER OF Lockport
has died from the effects of n fall
DRLEdATES to tho Republican State Con
sention and the meeting OF tho Republican
State League gathered at Saratoga.
BY the upsetting of a boat in Boston Har.
Dor Il. q. Hartwell of WalthRm and Arthur
Taft Of Dedham, Mass, were drowned
TuEaE have been heavy frosts i'm Vermont
md Northern New York; heavy snow fell
pn Mount Washington.
The Boston Board of Aldermen have voted
20 erect statues To Generals Grant and
Sheridan and Admiral FaTragut.
SHERIFF NICHOLAS G. DEMAREsT, OF Ber-
zen County, N. j., was run over 10y an ex-
press train at Rutherford and instantly
killed
THE New York Daily Graphic, an illus
rated paper, has ceased publication.
An extraordinary plague OF pleuro-pneu-
nonin has broken out among the cattle of
Chester County Of the adjoining counties of
Montgomery and Berks, Penn.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
Finish IL.

When Samuel +. B. Morse, afterward
famous as the inventor of the electric tele-
graph, was a young painter studying in
London, he made drawing from small
cast of the Farnese Hercules, intending
to offer it to Benjamin West an an exam
pie of his work
Being anxious for the favorable opin
ion Of his master, he spent fortnight
upon the drawing, and thought he had
made it perfect.
When Mr.. West saw the drawing, he
examined il critically, commended it in
this and that particular, then handed it
back, saying: every well, sir, very well
Go on and finish IL.
''But il is finished, said the young ar.
tist.
ooh, moi" said Mr.. West; '1ook
here, and here, and here" And nc put
his finger upon various unfinished places
Mr.. Morse saw the defects, now that
they were pointed out to him, and de-
voted another week TO remedying them.
Then he carried the drawing again 70 the
master. Mr.. West was evidently much
pleased, and lavished praises upon the
work but at the end he handed il back,
and said as before: every well indeed,
sir. Go on and finish IL"
'Is il not inished7" asked Mr.. Morse,
by this time all but discouraged
"Not yet you have not marked that
( muscle, nor the articulations OF the fin
ger joints.
The student once more took the draw.
ing home, and spent several days in re-
touching it. lie would have It done
this time.
But the critic was not yet satisfied.
The work was good, Every good indeed,
remarkably clever" but it needed 70 be
finished" +"
81 cannot finish It, " said Mr.. Morse,
in despair
"Well," answered Mr. West, '1 have
tried you long enough. You have
learned more by this drawing than you
would have accomplished In double the
time by a dozen haf-fnished drawings. "
- Y0HkeS Blade.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
CONCERNING WEEDS.

Weeds are usually plants that do not
contain much valuable plant food. For
tins reason they .Atvs- Aet worth SO much
Tor green manuring as are cultivated
plants, such as the grains and clover.
The damage they dd IL moro IN abstract
ing moisture from the soil than plant
food, though what fertility they take is
usually near the surface, and therefore
possesses greater value for crops. The
common rag weed has very little value as
manure, Pig weed grows only IN rich
soil, and 1t contains more valuable plant
iood than any other plant; but it takes it
manly from near the surface. Glover
has the great advantage as green manure
OF drawing fertility from the subsoil.-
Prairie Farmer
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Summary OF the Annual Report OF
Commissioucr Mitchell.

Summary OF the Annual Report or
Commissioners Mitchell.
@. Il Mitchell, tho Commissioner OF Pat
ents, has fled with the Secretary Of the In
terror the preliminary report OF tho opera
tions OF his bureau for the year ended June
10, 1850. There were received during tho
year 80, 740 applications for patents, B06 ap-
plications for design patents, l0l applica-
tions for reissue patents, 1881 applications
for registration OF trade marks, 712 applica-
tions for registration OF labels, and 2345 cav
eats, making a total OF AZ, 0f7 The number
Of patents granted during the year, includ-
ing reissues and designs was 81 BIS the num-
Der OF trade marks registered ILL., the num-
ber OF labels registered 3l2, making total
OF % 20l1.
The number OF patents withheld for nom
payment OF final fees was 255S, and the num-
bcr OF patents expired I 0I0.
The receipts from all sources during the
year aggregated were 81 1886, 557 and the OK
pcnditures, including printing and binding,
stationery and contingent expenses, 5000, G87
leaving surplus for the year Of 9lS6, $50.
which makes the total amount In tho United
States Treasury 20 the credit Of the patent
fund 81, 525, ,526. A comparative statement
shows that the receipts of the Office were
S63, ,563 In excess Of those OF last year, while
tho expenditures were f45, D67 in excess Of
those OF 1893. At the close Of the fscal year
1SSS-lSS9, the business OF the Patent Office,
says the report, was In satisfactory condir
tion 90 compared with former yearE
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03

tive agent in Il being efFectually locked
up. Bot the habitaB,s retreat 6f the In.
sscts have been increased In number n
hundred Or thousand fold Cracks and
other places Wlsheh, huhnhet which be-
fore were uninhabitablo by them Nave
had the dust wiped out, or wet down,
and n protecting scFlc Of whitewash hung
up before them, thus CfCatlhs nishs 4
new indus where none existed before.
III house is really infested and IL be-
cames desirable 90 clean II ont to get rid
OF the vermin, il Is easier, ckeahcf aud
far fhbre effective 10 apply strong soap
soaps with or with5tt ihe addition OF
Kerosene, spirits of turpcntine, or ans
dthet 6f tho dcents employed 10 render il
more effective. Such 4 Whsh not only
kills the vorinin, but detaches the accid;
tions which protect them and leaves n
free open space, which is greatly prefera-
ble tc one partly filed with anything,
except IL be fine, dry dust III Which ina
sects cannot live. II the cFacks ahd
other open spaces in q poultry house are
TO be filled at all IL should be with NOR.
tar containing sufficient amHunt of plaster
of paris, raw or calcined, or other similar
substance, TO make the filling solid. But
VI repeat what have often said, that there
is no occasion for any of these things
when tho supply of dust IL what il should
be III every case.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
PETERS QUESTION:

When Peter was = sturdy lao
he moved from Grassvalo with his daa.
And left behind hun Joe and John.
And little Jaka aud jefferson:
-Four chums Of his by day and night
win whn:n ne used to play and fght;
Now Where is Joe, and where is John
AnI whore is Jake and jefferson
Ten years passed by and Pete came baca
with these four questions in his pack:
Nov wherc is Joe. and where is John
And where is Jake and Jefferson
"Joedigs his livin with his pick.
AN John kneps store down to the 'Cricl--'
Jake Is away 70 school think:
An Jefferson has took to drinks
anu fete carps back in ten years IN
with the S.ne questions as before:
Now-wnere is Joe, and where is John
AND ''here is Jake and JeffersonY,
We caught cold ditchin' in the rain,
AN - we shan't see poor Joe again;
John has got rich an Jake got wise,
JEFF is n scamp who all tleSpise.n
In ten years Peter comes once moro
And asking questions as before:
wow tell me where is old friend John.
And where is Jake and Jcfrersonyn
why, John he died n millionaire;
lakes gone TO Congress, declare.
An Jeff, the poor old worthless scamp
Is nothin' but a common tramp
And once more ten years Inter on
he asks: where's Jake and JefferS,ngr
ttahnt heard how Governor Jacob died,
he was the States especial pride
An TO his solemn funeral grand
Inc great men came from all the ian
But Jeh-it's no good to bewail-
WY poor old JEFF has gone to JAIL
And once more ten years later on.
Does Peter ask for jefferson:
why, hain't you heard the story yfe
The papers they was full OF Il.
1t filled the land from side TO side
The way the poorold fellow died
The Jeh who played with you when vonr,
The worthless, gray-haired JEFF was hung.
Zen Years are gone with days that wero
efone questioner and answerer.
And with his questions comes no moro
The gray-haired Peter as before:
And people ask for hin no more.
ana no one asks his questions four,
no" where ts Jo,,, and where is John.
And where is Jake and Jefrersony,
~-S. W. FosS, i,r Yankee BLADE.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
HARMFUL wHrrEwAsH.

I have long distrusted the broa
ciaims made for the much-recommendet.
withdrawing Of poultry houses for pre-
vcntion or determination Of the vermin
which it. Is claimed, says o. S. Bliss in
the New York Tribunc, habitually infest
them and their occupants ] have had
no personal experience with It, because I
never fail 20 accomplish the purpose by
easier, cheaper and more permanently ef.
fective means than the advocates OF
whitewashing have ever veutured ~
claim for IT, / have, however, taken
pains 20 look the matter up, without
prejudice, and ann now persuaded that So
far from accomplishing any real good OF
itself. the whitcwash is actually harmful
II may bc admitted that some immediate
benefit appears 10 be gained, as would bo
the case with any other substance So
thoroughly applied 10 every crack and
crevice, but IL remains true, nevertheless.
that the whitewash is a protector rathe
than an exterminatOr Of the vcrmin
This very day 7 examined whitewasheC
house and found n confirmation Of thie
view. Carbolic acid, kerosene and var
ious other things which Of thomselvcs
are destructive Of insect life are put into
the whitewash, but their destructive
qualities are all more or less ncutralized
and rendered ineffective by dilution.
In few hours the wash becomes dried
aud as harmless as sand, every destruc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
A Dreaded Task.

task never grows smaller or lighter
by sitting down and lamen ing that It
must bo done, and there is an old max
i'm that teaches us that thing "once
begun is half done"
farmer friend Of mine has a boy
Of IA years, named Billy, who is like a
good many other boys Of my acquaint-
ance. His heart is heavy, and n cloud
Immediately overspreads the mental
horizon when he is asked TO make him
self useful
BILLY" said Mr. r.. one day, when
J was out to the farm w hy don't you
go 70 work ON that little patch Of rota-
toes?D
"Aw,' whincd Billy, there's so
many Of them taters III never get
them hOed
"You won't, If you don't begin soon
~ hate to begin"
How are you ever going to do the
work II you don't begin 2"
Well, III begin pretty soon"
His father walked away, and ! heard
Billy exclaim, in tone indicating
great mental distress:
Plague on thom old taters It
makes me sick to think ahout them"
" NN MD YOU NMANh NUDWN NAAtNAlt
then ?" i asked, laughiDgly.
"Tve got TO- he replied, dolefully,
with sorrowful shake Of the head.
"Yes27
"Tve been thinking about them
ever since / got mp this morning"
How long, now, Billy, will il really
'ake you TO hoe them 2"
Well, at least en- hour"
"And you've been distressed about 10
/ ever since you got up|
well, ] hate TO hoe taters"
And you've been mp a little more
| than FIVE hours p
@Well, - Billy took mp his
hoe and said. 81 never thought Of
/ thatW
And the pota, ,oes we're hoed in just
forty minutes. He doubles his task
who breads it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
The Hereditary Principle illustrated.

The principle Of hereditary has received
q most striking illustration in the case Of
the family and kinsmcn Of ex- President
Theodore Dwight Woolscy, Of Yale Col
lcgc. Dr. Woolscy was a doscendent Of
james Pierrepont, the famous native OF
Roxbury, who having become dissatisfied
with the liberal tendencies OF Harvard
College, induced Elihu Yale to found a
more conservative school at New Haven.
The present President Of Yale, Timothy
Dwight, is also q descendant Of tho same
founder, and with the history of the
families Of Dwight is interwoyen that Of
Edwards and Pi5uepont, who have given
many illustrious names to American his
tory or letters. 10 Is no more coincidence
that both Woolscy and Dwight. nine
teenth century Presidents Of Yale, should
both have been great great grandsons Of
the principal founder Of the college: for
the high thinking and plain living Of the
early families who were closely associated
with the institution, developing itself
into a hereditary impetus or ability, was
quite likely 70 supply the qualities needed
ir future Prcsidents.-HeN York Sgar.