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ner to resent fancied or real provocation.
Nothing but the gentloSt and kindest
treatment should rule i'm the dairy; so.
To cure cow of this disagrceablc habit
brusque manner should be avoided. To
milk an Inveterate kicker, treat her as
you would heifer. Give her no chance
Whatever to use her heels. Put broad
strap around her hinJ, legs over the gam
brels, and. drawing them snugly together.
buckle il tight. Place her in n stanchion
next to the wall, and from ring i'm the
latter let long strap depend, which,
after passing around her right flank
draw taut To the stanchion braces near
her head. The COW is then practically
helpless so far as any vicious manifesto
tions are concerned. Sit down quietly
To milk her, and speak soothingly and
reassuringly. IL the COW struggles to
free herself, calm her fears with a gentle
pat of the hand and persuasive tone of
voice. Milk her in the same place and
under the same restraint day after day,
and in few weeks or months she can
he cured of kicking. The meekcst cows
sometimes temporarily contract the habit
OF kicking in defense of abuse from some
senseless miller Treat them impassion.
ately and be perfectly indifferent 20 their
tendency to be light heelcd. In very
short time they will be permanently
cured. II cows switch their caudal an.
pendages in your face in ans attempt to
brush of flies, don't amputate the offend.
ing members, as some do, but afiix to the
side of the milking stool short strip of
tough wood, divided by spring slit,
after the manner of strictured clothes.
pin. Have the opening of the slit turned
backward and into it; when sitting down
To milk draw the brush of the cows tail.
Cows tails should never be cut off. ms II
is a wicked brutal custom, depriving the
animal of it's means of self-defense against
insects. Humanity and kindness 90 as
far in making dairy profitable as nutri-
tious food.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31

THE Central American Congress, which
met at Guatemala, approved the basis for
the union of the Central American States
THE Baptist Union has presented a me.
mofia 70 Lord Salisbury, in which the Gov.
ernment Is lmpored 20 use the moral infiu.
ence on England 20 suppress the atrocities hy
the turks upon Christians which are reported
from Crete.
ThE Prince and Princess Of Wales upon
thoir arrival at Athens were met at the rail.
way station 10y King George OF Greece and
the Czsrewitch OF Russia, and we're given am
enthusiastic reception hy the populacc.
The special commission To inquire into tho
charges made by the London Tones against
Charles Parncl and other members of the
irish National Party In Parliament has re-
sumed its session in London.
IRISH Nationalist met i'm Dublin and or
ganized the Tenants Defence League
PRESIDENT BARRII.Los, of Guatemala, has
ordered the execution of seven inSurrection.
airy leaders who We're taken prisoners i'm tho
district OF the Republic, where a revolution
is now in progress,
TuE cotton crop OF Egypt promises TO ex-
ceeu last years in quantity The average
quality viii probably be similar.
THE German police have notified Count
Dillon, the French political exile, To quit
Dleuze; otherwise they win arrest him and
expel him from Germany.
THE Cunad steamer Cephalonia. which
JAILED from Liverpool fov Boston had TO pnt
lnto tolyhe0d on account OF an explosion on
BOARD, 10y which the second engineer and
our hremen were seriously injured
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SLAUGHTER OF SEAL.
over 100000 Killed rhis Year by
Poachcrs

CNVf @oo,OuO Killed. This Year hy
Poachcrs
Charles j. Gor, United States Treasury
Agent in charge of the Seal Islands. who has
returned from Alaska, iays, "Unless
effective measures are at once taken by the
Government 10 stop illegal sealing operations
IN Behring Sea, the seal will be totally ex-
tnct within five or six years ! don't think
that more than 10000 seal can be taken ON
seal Islands next year The Alaskn CONNER
cinl Company had difficulty In getting 100.
uV1 seal skins this summer, and were obliged
10 XIII many inferior animals There were
thirty Illegal sailing vessels, British and
American in Behring Sea this year, and they
took Al, 900 seal skins 90 Victoria
They kill six seal i'm the watoi. where thew
get the carcass of one. SO thoy have killed
oYer2OD, 900 illegally this year. half males and
half females the latter being equal 10 two
animals. The popular idea that the seal are
increasing Is wrong
The United States cruiser Thetis has re-
turned To Sitka, Alaska, after an extraordi-
nary crnso in which she completely circled
around Alaska, past Point Barrow to the
Mackenzie Rivers mouth i'm the Artic Ocean.
a heet OF whnling vessels went with the
Ihets. Ice caught the war ship near Point
Barrow and she narrowly escaped being
wrecked. Only two exploring vessels have
ever got 70 the Mackenzie and no Govern
ment vessel ever was that far before"
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Have you ever noticed, " inquired an
observant young man with whom was
lunching the other day, chow few Ameri
cans eat mustard"
confessed lack Of study lis that di-
rection, and ne continued:
''ln England mustard is the great
national condiment An Englishman
will never eat beef, bacon, ham on
steak without il, and many Of them
season mutton with IT, An English
tramp to whom you gave an unseasoncd
beef sandwich would stop and ask you
for mustard before he commenced TO de.
your it, With Americans it is different
They never take mustard with beef. and
rarely with anything else, unless it is
very fat ham. Americans deluQe their
meat with hot Indian and other sauces.
but they let mustard alone Ny proof.
say you. My proof is right here. Tx
anime every mustard cruot in this res
taurant and you will find that its con
tents might have been mixed ten years
ago, for they look as old as Mothusclah
and smell twice as musty don't be.
lieve that there's a restaurant In this city
that uses pound Of mustard n week. -
Chic0qo J0Urnaf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31

The leaks in the roofs Of the farm build
ings are not all that many farmers have
to contend with. We see many farmers
buying high-priced implements, and
when through using them for the season
leaving them where last used, either in
furrOw or in the stubblefed, until
wanted the next spring, and losing val.
liable time in going to the shop for re-
pairs, or, what is worse, going 10 the
store for new ones Have a place or
shelter for every machine, and when the
hired help or the owner himself is
through using, put il i'm the place ms
signed for IT, Some will say that takes
time. To be sure it does but is il
not better to have tools that are III 10
use az any time than IL is to stop the team
when busy TO go 10 town to get them
fixed and thereby cause leak in the
pOekctbOOki Again. many will keen
scrub stock and breed from year after
year because the owners Of the blooded
stock ask too high price for the service
Of their stock. Then, You NAV see. on
riding through the country, dilapidated
buildings, aud the owner will say he Is
not able 10 repair them, bat on inauirv
you will find that he will spend enough
money for whisky and tobacco 20 keen
them in good repair Another leak e
the hiring Of cheap help, mere eye ser.
wants, and leaving them 10 The work.
while the proprietor is in town talking pol.
itics or sitting ON the fence discussing
neighborhood gossip with some one AZ
shiftless as himself These are but a few
OF the leaks that might be mentioned
for pages might be filed in cnumeratinQ
the things both small and great that
Keep The farmer plodding along. always
ln debt and eternally growing about hard
timos.- Western Plonmqn.
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THE NEWS EpIToMIzED.
Eastern aud Middle states.

BENJAMIN T. BARnIrT. the well.knowr
soap manufacturer, died few days since IN
New York at the age of eighty years H,
left large fortune.
THE Finance Committee Of the Worlds
fair, at New York city, adopted suhScrip
ton form for the 81, ,OO0, 900 guarantee fund
and ordered 1000 subscription books printed
THE American Public Health Association
began its annual session in Brooklyn
GENERAL Il. r. BUTLER has becn elected
President OF the San Miguel Gold Placer
Mining Company OF Colorado.
THH Protestant Episcopal General Conven
tion at New York city, decided 10 make the
communion service part OF the marriage ser
vice, but rejected Il For funerals.
PETER BARANowsKi has been hanged NJ
Pottsvile, Penn, for the brutal murder of
two women
Snow fell In many parts of the Middle
States few days ago.
THE American Antiquarian Society met al
Worcester Mass.
THE Episcopal House OF Deputies, after two
secret sessions ON the subject at New York
city, postponed marriage aud divorce legisla
ton 20 another convention.
NEARLY 200 Cinnamon left New York city
Tor China the other afternoon To return no
more. Many OF them are going home "a
Join the National army. others to work ON
the new railroads of China, instead OF wash.
ing shirts in this country.
THE first furnace of the immense steel
works OF the Pennsylvania Steel Company
at Sparrow Point, Md, has been put in ope
ration.
THE round house aud machine and repair
lhops OF the Pittsburg and Castle shannon
Railway at Castle Shannon, Penn, have
oeen burned.
THE Worlds Fair subscription books were
opened in New York city and $3.50 600 was
subscribed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New
York Central and the Wagner Palace Car
company.
JESSIE TRUITT aud Maggie Camack, ages
respectively twenty-five and twenty-tw
TearS of South Chester borough. Penn,
we're run over 10y railroad train and killed.
MAMIE, the three-year-old daughter OF
1enry Matthews Of Orange, N. j., was
burned 10 death 10y her clothing catching
ire from the stove.
TIE Protestant Episcopal General Conven-
ion at Nav York city, adjourned after taking
action ON the race problem and passing the
)roportionatc representation question on 20
ihe convention Of 1892.
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South and West.

fHE residence of George Kessler six
niles south OF Van Vert Ohio has been
burned, and his six-year-old daughter and
ler aunt perished in the flames.
CROWD of colored men lynched col.
ored man at Lake Carmorant Miss, for
)utraging young colored girl.
FRANK j. BOWMAN, n notorious attorney.
NaS shot and killed at Ferguson Mo. by
B. NJ Cham srs, ex-publisher of the ST
Louis Times.
REPORTS from Northwestern Minnesota
and Western Dakota state that nearly one
thousand families are destitute from failure
'f crops by drought
PASSENGER train was derailed forty
mlles from Portland, Ore. James Nolan was
nlled and the engineer fatally injured.
THE Belford- Clark Publishing Company.
IF Chicago, which failed some weeks ago
will resume business
the explosion of q locomotive boiler at Wells
boro, Ind.
In the village of Woodville, Ohio there
have been i'm one week ten deaths from ty-
phoid fever and as many more from diph-
iberia.
LORD HINTON, son of an English Earl, is
said 10 have been engaged in some swindIing
transactions in Cincinnati, Ohio
A COMPLETE jury has at last been secured
hi bh' Niphih HlhIuti fftet ~ tHlcdSOt III.
THE residence Of ex- Mayor Ballard at Lex
ngton, Mo. has been burned, and Mrs Bal
lard, who was Of unsound mind, perished in
the flames
An important convention Of wheat grow
srs Of the Mississippi Valley opened at St
Louis Mo. in response 60 call by the
Farmers Federation.
GOVERNOR FORAKER, Of Ohio. who has
been seriously III, has gradually improved
Until his condition Is now favorable TO rapid
recovery.
THE large Touring mill OF tho L. G. Porter
Milling Company, at Winona, Mimi, has
Oeen destroyed by fire. The loss is approx
mated at sl5O,OO1
No collector has been stationed at the
United States Custom House at OsooyOos
Lake on the British Columbia border and
low the Indians have taken possession Of the
structure formerly occupied by representa-.
lives Of this Government. Opium Is being
muggled across the line and cattle are being
stolen by border thieves.
THE New Orleans Grand Jury have in
licted exState Treasurer Burke, who is now
abroad for forgery In uttering as true forged
Louisiana bonds
CHILDREN playing In barn at Musi1egon
Mich. set the building on irt and little An
lie hicha@ls perished la the dames.
ALLIANCE DAY drew GO. OO0 farmers TO the
Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta Ca
A NUMBER ~ vessels have been driven
ashore by bad weather near Norfolk, Va
WHILE Hugh McCulogh. the Superintend.
mt 81 Perkins, cotton gin near Memphis
feun was sitting in his office an unknown
person shot him through the window and
killed him
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31
THE FARM AND GARDEN,
MrURE AIR IN rue srAnLrs.

Now that horses will be stabbed M
night, or should be, the most perfect
cleanliness should be observed. The
noors, If of wood, should be frequently
urenched with water, and then sprlnkled
with finely ground gypsum (plaster), by
which the strong, pungent odor common
10 stables will he neutralized and alb
sorbed. This strong odor of ammonia.
which often pains the eyes and nostrils of
man, is exceedingly injurious TO horses.
IL rots leather and corrodes varnish. and
what must be its effect on the ewes and
lungs OF the horses confined in IL during
whole nightsl Foul air promotes CLAN.
ders, farcy, blindness, influenza, pneu-
monia, heaves, all common diseases of
norsesi and the acrid manure in which
horses are compelled to stand causes not
only this injurious vapor but rots the
boots and irrtates the skin.-.4merioan
dgricUitUrist.
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Washington.

President HARRISON is already busy at
work ON his forthcoming Message
THG President has appointed Oscar r.
Williams. ~ New York, to be- Consul Of the
United States at Hayre, France.
SUPRHINTENDEST PORTER, of the Census
Bureau. has appointed Charles ~ Cooley. of
Michigan, O special agent ~ The bureau for
tine collection Of railway statistics
II is announced % the State Department
that the Venezuelan claims commission 4,
now ready ~ consider at once ali claims pre-.
sented.
THE President has appointed Edward r
Green, of New Jersey, United States District
Judge for the District ~ New Jersey
lNnuGRANTs who arrived ~ the ports Of the
United States from the principal countries
except Canada and Mexico. during nine
months ending September 30 numbered 38g
iOs, p decrease of zoe. .GgO as compared with
the same months last year
THE contract for furnishing postage stamps
for four years has been awarded b. the
American Bank Note Company of New York
city
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31

The Australian ladybug has apparentl,
about accomplished its mission in sicrrs
Madre, and is becoming very scarce here
It is less than three months ago that thi,
wonderful little insect was first intro.
duced by placing colonies in a few ol
our orange orchards, and without further
care or attention they have multiplied
and spread, and have at absolutely n,
cost done what, without them, could moi
have been accomplished with unlimited
money aud a vast amount Of labor. And
the trees are all healthy and hourishinQ
presenting a very different appearance t.
that formerly seen after the process o.
spraying with medicated washes. Tn,
large groves on the Baldwin and Chan
man ranches are not entirely redeemed AZ
yet, but the parasites are making salts
factory progress, and the total cxtormina
tion of the pest which has caused n los
OF many thousands Of dollars 90 the own
crs is but a question Of time. lSierr,
.Hgoire (Cot) Yisfo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31
HIS Grandpa Got Even.

''It is hard to fix the exact date when
man forgets that he ever was boy,
but 1t is usually about the time his oldest
sons two boys get big enough to cut up
and be sassy to their gran'ther. That
was the time my grandfather forgot. +"
said man on the row the other even
ing to Washington Post reporter "AIy
brother Lew and myself used TO 90 10 an
uncle up in Bucks County where the old
gentleman lived. He was nearly eighty.
weighed over two hundred, walked
heavily with cane and was the crossest
man | ever saw. His particular delight
was in whacking us boys with his cane
when we got within reach, and running
us down TO the neighbors.
"'Them boys o. Lewis's air leetle
the wust, most wuthless cubs ever seen, ,
he would say.
1--WE had pet coon. 1t was funniel
than cageful of monkeys. One day il
got into the old gentieman's early vege-
table garden and dug up some cucumber
vines. He caught it by the chain and
broke its back with his cane. We had
to have revenge. IL was a plain case of
murder. That coon was i'm our ewes more
of human being and good deal more
OF a Christian than he was. GTan'ther
had a habit of going down to the
meadow and sitting on the top rail of
the fence to watch the men make hay.
We sawed his pet rail half through and
loosened the rider stakes. When he
sat down the whole business gave away
and he went over into big briar patch.
My aunt put in half day picking
splinters out OF him. We were hustled
off out of sight for week while he spread
over the town his version of our attempt
upon his life.
every evening the old fellow would
sit in the chimney nook, and sip pint
of hot rum and water. At 9 o'clock NV
aunt and uncle would each take side
and help him off to bed. He snored like
distant thunder. II he were touched he
would stop snoring for half hour. Our
room was on the same floor. One night
couldn't stand his terrible roof.
raising racket. So | got up, found a
ball of twine, unrolled hundred feet.
made s-ipnoose in one end and fastened
it to the old gentleman's big toe, carrying
the free end to my own room. Then
jumping into bed, when gran'ther snored
l gave the string a tug and he would
stop. 1t was very funny.
81 felt quite pleased at my invention
Gran'ther was an early riser. lie woke
up next morning about 5 o'clock and
found the string tied to his toe. lie got
his cane and went on the trail. II led
to my room, and the other end wat
knotted TO my wrist.
'Whack, whack, whack, whackp
81 got at least a dozen good blows All
over my eyes and body before / could
wake and escape from the bedclothes and
that hardwood cane. was covered with
black and blue welts for week, and the
old gentleman was happy for at least
three days"
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INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY.
Ficnds Torture Baby Before Its
Mothers Gtycr.

a crime has taken place in TaliapoosO
County Ala, that has rarely bcon surpassed
in It's horrible details. It sooms that Will,
Albert Smith md his three oldest children
had gone some miles 10 church, five colored
men approached tho houss md asked Mrs.
Smith 70 give them som sthing 10 eat On be.
ing refused they won't into the house. and
learning that there was no ono home but Mrs.
smith aud her babe forced hor into the yard
and began ransacking tho house After ap.
proprinting all they could find In tio way OF
money and vauablcs, they set fro TO tha
house and added horror 30 the terrible scene
by forcing the distracted woman TO witness
the most brutal OF 1endish deeds--the toss
ing Of her little baby in the air aud letting IL
fall back almost on ths point of sharp knives
which they hel under IT, Tho brutss finally
heel led the frantic womAn's entreaties aud
went away leaving hcr with nothing Go greet
the return OF her hOrror-stricSsn husband
and children but hor hale deal babe and
smoulderng heap Of Goals where was, only u
few hours before, their homs. People for
miles around have b3en searching the coun-
try for the villains aud tlroa OF them have
been captured
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VARIOUS BREEDS or SHEEP.

Having bred various breeds OF sheen.
says a writer in Byetders' Gazetfe. n little
experience on paper may be Of use to
somebody. My experience has been in
Central Ohio, with the exception of a
few loads sent into Texas, to which do
not care to allude. commenced with
fine wools, and wishing to improve the
stock, bought Of the Vermont sheen
called Spanish merinos. After engaging
IN that fine class Of sheep l was yer rid
OF the foot-rot until / got rid OF the
sheep. Afterward the Cotswoll came
into vogue, and little importation from
Canada made themselves very pompous
Tor "A year or two. They were big, fat
fellows, but in q year or two some Of
them began to dwindle, and after TINT
they never could recover, and dwindled
down to nothing. i tried crossing them
with blackiaces and they did better. /
have tried Southdowns, which seem TO
do well, and are an excellent mutton
sheep. Their wool is short and for
keeping fat easy there is nothing that ex-
GELS them. The Shropshire this season
seems TO fill the demand better than the
Southdowns at least in this locality. A
neighbor has French merinos and seems
to he we'll satisfied with them. A Shrop-
shire ram happened to get into his flock.
and the result was few half-breeds
which the neighbor says are perfect
sheep. have tried crossing Southdowns
and Shropshires with a Hampshire ram
with very satisfactory results. The
Shropshire lamb well treated will weigh
one hundred TO ono hundred and fifty
pounds at eight months old. A shrop-
shire fleece will weigh eight to ten
pounds.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31

a COMPANY has been formed in London
fog the purpose Of erecting tower in that
city on the EiTel plan. The tower is to bo
1850 feet high
CHOLERA S. still raging In The valleys Of
The Iigris and Euphrates IN Persia. During
the past three months there havo been 1000
deaths from the disease
TIE Car Of Russia and his family have
donated 10000 roubles for the sufferers by
the famine in Montenegro.
ALDERMAN ADAM. q French member Of the
City Council Of Ottawa has absconded and
fed to the United States He ir n lawyer,
and he's embezzlcd funds to the amount Of
5000
rs the speech from the throne at the
opening Of the Reichstaa At Berlin tho Em-
peror William announced that he hopes 30
preserve The peace Of Eur0pe.
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Ter Litte

Mrs Gall Gn dro goods s,orcl i
wish If you please, that You'd give mo
samples of els on seven different pat
terms In surah ilks and q few samples
Of colored vclvet-a hicnd of miuo
would like them and I'd like % sam
pie Of this green India silk. i want n
dress Of some kind, and o sample Of
this figured silk, too please, and one
Of this pink satin. Thanks III de-
eide soon about the dress
Mrs. Gall Doutlde the store) One,
two, three, Eve, eight eleven, fifteen
nineteen perfectly lovely samples in
all Six or seven more as large as
these viii make q whole block for my
new crazy quilt Ill go around to
Ribbon & Linnon's and get them be-
tore J go home Drdkes Ua00sine
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A HEROIC FARMERS BOY.
tie Saves a WomGn's Life ana Loses
His own IN q Railroad Collision.

tie Saves Woman's Life and Loses
His own In q Railroad Collision.
Details Of collision at Nolin Ky,
when the Bowling Green accommodation
train was run into by the fast mail from tho
South on the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road, give the following incident.
Vandyke Heyser. the eighteen year-old
boy who was injured i'm the wreck died In
the afternoon. He was farmers boy. and
was coming to Louisville 10 get employment
When the mail train made It's appearance,
and oil on the other train began to Zee Hey
ser rose and ran toward the coach
door. lie was almost ont ON the platform.
and IN O second more be would have been
safe, when q frightened woman reached his
side nearly fointing with terror She would
have fallen had NOT ne seen her condition and
given her his assistance Supporting her
with one arm, he stepped 10 one side and
helped her to pass him gently forcing her
out tO the platform Bsfor, BE could fol-
low her. the mail train crushed into thc ac-
cofnmodatiou The heroic boy was caught
in the ruins and fatally injured