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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-04

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-04
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Published every Thursday OF Kingwood, Preston
County, West Virginia
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-04
Tables.


n. 40. n. n
Trains leave Tunnelton station as follows:
GOING FAST.
No. IS Accommodation. oOs a. m.
~-Mah'.'.ss .....s,............... OS3S a. m.
o-Maii....'s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. i.52 y. m.
6s-AcccOmmodation... ........... sos p. m.
SNAIL. .......ss............l0s2S y. m.
eOiSo WEST.
AN". s"h'-'''''''' .'.sss'.ssss..... b;1S q. m.
DENOMINATION. iO:t9 a. m.
o-Mah ........,.......,........... 4.25 u. m.
Go-Accommodation. ............... T:10 p. m.
/ Express. .......................iO:1 1913 p. m.
Nos. 2. @, . and do not stop.
WN. NJ CLEMENT,
Gcn1 Manager.
=, n. r.
Train leaves Kingwood at 80 a. m, and ar
rives at Tunnelton NJ $40 a. m; leaves Tunnel
ton ut $50 a. IN. and arrives at Kingwood at 1910
n. m. Leaves Kingwood az 800 p. IN and arrive
ut Function at Clio p. M leaves Tunnelton at
ESQ p m and arrives at Kingwood at 900 r. IN.
Trains daily except sunday
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-04
BIaCkSmithiRg !

NAHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING rented tho
, BLACKSMITH fnOp 0n West Naiu Street Dr-
p9sllc Bakers store o. now ready ~ do
nll Kinds OF Dlackunithina GO reasonable
prices.
Horse shooing a Speciality.
D. w. CALHOty
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
rcasts Of the Hindoo Family.

II a marriage, death, or birth among
their kindred were the only landmarks in
English ladies' lives, we should soon have
these occasions erected into as lengthy family
ceremonies as they are In India. Ii the OBJ
servance of Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tues
day, Candlemas, Michaelmas, Lady day,
May day, and what not of our standard re-
ligious and secular feasts were the main OPP
portunities for breaking the monotony of an
imprisoned life, how carefully they would be
kept, and how anxiously looked forward tol
This is why NIL tho innumerabla shankrants,
ekadshis, asthamis, naumis, and other queer
fasts and feasts are so regularly attended to
in India.
Indeed, female ingenuity has there long
ago seized upon the many other opportuni-
ties for diversion afforded by occurrences in
cidental to human existence, and there are
ceremonies to be gone through on every
possible excuse. No phase of life escapes
childhood, puberty, pregnancy, maternity,
widowhood, all come In for q, share The
first tying Of a rag round boys loins occa-
sions family feast, and SO does tho first
time his hair is cut; the first time he puts on
the janeu, or sign Of caste; and so on all
through life. Before he is man he has gone
through sixteen sacraments, each u notable
occasion in the eyes Of his women folk
Babies are put through all sorts of ceremo-
nies, on the first, the fifth, the seventh, tho
fortieth, and other days after birth. They
cannot even see tho sun for the first time,
and, Of course, cannot be given name,
without u feast being held over the fact. As
to the women's special ceremonies, they are
Just as numerous II. G.. Temple in
Journal OF The Society of Arts
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
The Climate of California.

To undertake to photograph the character
istics OF our population WI hid be as futile as
to attempt to portray the geographical
features Of the state, which comprehends
within its boundaries a diversity Of climate
and OF scenery partaking of every continent
and every zone. 1t is only natural that
casual sightseers, with imperfect vision a1f
short perspective, should be guilty OF egrv-
gious errors 1t is the fable of tho blind mez
and the elephant again repeated, tho blis4
man who touched the elephants tail declared
that the great and mighty elephant, about
which so much had been said, was nothing
more or less than rope. The blind man
who ran against one Of the great brutes legs,
at once pronounced him to be a large tree OF
the forest The blind man who bumped his
head against the elephants side likened him
to wall; the one who touched his trunk
shrank from him in horror as from a great
serpent.
So, in turn, has California been judged
The visitor to the north or to her mountain
ous regions complains Of her Arctic cold
One who encounters week Of warm weather
in the interior or coast valleys declares her n
region of torrid heat. The man who sees an
irrigating ditch assumes that all her crops
are grown by irrigation. He who is drawn
into the whirl Of real estate boom judges
that the whole state is for sale in parcels, and
| in tho hands of eager venders. And our in
habitants have Jared no better, having been
measured by few of the most conspicuous
types encountered in our cities, or by self as
sertive examples OF western citizenship who
have gone abroad.-San Francisco Cor.
New York Post.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
Letter Rnres of New York.

As we walked from one Of the Sixth avenue
stations to the restaurant where was to
have my first 'square American meals /
noticed how different tho letter boxes are
from the purple red pillars Of England, re-
minding one of Tommy Atkins on guard at
street corners They are dark green and
small, and are fastened TO street lamp posts.
They are se insignifcanb that 1 pFobablJ
should not have noticed them but for the
marvellous ornaments they each and all
wore. These were ornaments in true sense
Of the word, being proofs of the trllstworthi-
ness Of the community those boxed served
They were bundles Of papers, pamphlets, and
even books, too bulky to bc forced into the
aperture for letters, therefore left there on
the top of the box, in full view and open ex-
posure to every passerby, till the postman
should make his next round.
This Is a common practice oil over America;
that is, in cities. Every Christmas time since
then have been amazed TO see how thor
oughly the American public is trusted.
Every Christmas, often at other times, the
letter boxes are filled high with packages Of
all sizes and shapes, awaiting the postman-
Every one Of them had Christmas look, and
even the postage stamps on them would
tempt dozens of street arabs, one would think.
If any are stolen never heard of it, and the
practice is so general as to attract no atten-
tion. Once at the corner Of Sixth avenue
and Twentieth street saw a sudden gust Of
wind send half dozen of these packages
flying. Every passer by put himself in pur-
suit, but he who caught the most OF them
was the peanut vendor whose stand is at that
corner.
That opportunity is not lacking to steal is
proved by the number of times have paused
at midnight to expatiate upon the honesty Of
people that could sec stamped newspaper
or two lie all night long upon the top Of q
post box without running away with it,
Deliverance Dingle in Cassell's Family Maya
1ina
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
The WOES Of Troin uovs.

A train boy often loses money by theft.
There Is as much of mania among pas
sengers TO swindle train boy as there is to
keep the conductor from getting ticket.
Men who in business matters are as honest as
the day, and who would shiver at the
thought Of doing dishonest act, are trans
formed as soon as they get on q railroad
train, and il they can get the best OF the
company by hook or by crook they are happy,
and, although the amount they have sue
ceeded in stealing is small, they feel as good
as though they had made e100 in a legitimate
business way. Why this should be so has
never, and probably will never, be satisfac-
torily explained.
The train boys go through car and leave
package Of candy or paper or magazine
on each seat. Then they go back to the first
seat, and begin to collect the articles or their
prices. A dishonest passenger will slide the
paper down the side of the seat out Of sight,
or will cover it with an overcoat or bag, SO
that the boy will miss it. The only protec-
tion boy has from these thieves is to re-
member where he put his merchandise, and
to demand il when he goes to look for it IL it
is not in sight. AS rule he gets it, but some
men are mean enough to 60 to the railroad
officials when the train reaches its destina-
tion and accuse the boys Of insolence Tho
news company receives a letter next day
from the railroad demanding the instant dis
charge of the accused boy. The chances are
he will have no chance for defense, because
the railroads demand is imperative, and
must be complied with. 1t is estimated that
more than 5000 boys are employed on the
various railroads in the country. New York
Sun
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02

Before left Chicago the newspapers were
filed with rumors Of impending war between
Germany and France. 1 was anxious to
observe the conflict, IL 1t was to occur, but
reports made one day concerning the be-
ginning Of hostilities would be contradicted
the next, and it was not till / reached Helena
that the dispatches lost their doubtful char
acter, aud later became of so positive a ma
ture as TO make it certain that tho two ma
tions would fight. / therefore decided 10 cut
short my tour of inspection, SO that could
60 abroad to witness the war, il the president
would approve. Having received word from
Gen. Sherman that there would be no objec-
tion 20 my going to Europe, began making
arrangements 10 leave, securing passage by
the steamship Scotia.
President Grant invited me to come to
rec him at Long Branch before should sail,
aud during my brief visit there he asked
which army / wished to accompany-the
German or the French told him the Ger
man, for the reason that / thought more
could be seen with tho successful SIDE and
that the indications pointed to the defeat OF
the French. My choice evidently pleased him
greatly, as he had the utmost contempt for
Louis Napoleon and had always denounced
him as a usurper and charlatan.- Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan in Scribner's Magazine
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.bram S. Hewitt. War services.

When the war broke out Mr.. Hewitt placed
his services at the disposal of the government
at Washington. He was not fitted either by
nature or training for military position, but
he possessed a technical knowledge of iron
manufacture and remarkable skill in tiplo-
mncy which made his services of far greater
yaluo to the government than IL he had been
a graduate Of West Point or Annapolis. On
two occasions he was sent abroad by Presi-
dent Lincoln as the accredited representative
of the government. On both occasions he
was the Learer OF letters from Secretary
Stanton TO Minister Adams in London, who
was directed to cooperate with Mr.. Hewitt
in everything that the latter did. When
Secretary Stanton came into Office he found
himself confronted with q great civil war
and discovered to his CONSERVATION that
there was no gun iron made in the country.
The position OF tho government was peril
Gus one. Mr.. Hewitt's technical knowledge
of the manufacture Of iron mado his services
in this juncture of great value. 1t was nee
essary TO have the gun barrels made here and
the secret of their manufacture must be dis
covered.
When he arrived in England Mr.. Hewitt
adroitly managed to effect an entrance into
the gun iron works of the Marshall Iron com
pany. Visitors were not allowed to enter the
works and he had TO resort to strategy in
order to effect his purpose. He watched the
process of making gun iron, mastered it, and
on his return home introduced it into the
United States.
With several large mills under his control
Mr.. Hewitt Immediately set to work to make
gun iron, and with such success that he pro-
duced all that was used during the last three
years OF the war. In the making Of this gun
iron Mr.. Hewitt cxtricated the government
at Washington from an exceedingly embar-
RAISING position and enabled 1t to place arms
quickly in the soldiers hands. Not only did
Mr.. Hewitt mako no profit on his work, but
he actually incurred heavy loss. The secre-
.ary of war offered to secure him indemnity.
but Mr.. Hewitt declined it, as he also did tho
proposition that congress should tender him
a vofo Of thanks --Nev York Times
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
MAKING RAILROAD MAPS.
Description OF the Method Now In Use.
The Etchinrs

The Etchings.
The method OF making railroad maps is de-
scribed as follows: Up to 1870 maps were
engraved on stone, copper or steel. The pro-
cess was slow, tedious and expensive The
plates soon wore out, and maps were costly.
About this time the process Of making maps
on wax was invented. 1t revolutioned one
kind Of map making, and they became al
most as cheap as newspapers. The map
maker works in room the temperature Of
which cannot 60 below 90 degs. Few men
work at it longer than four yess.s, though
years Of apprenticeship are required to make
them expert The heat becomes unendur-
able in the end, and they go into some other
employment.
Preparatory to making the original plate
melted beeswax and some hardening ingredi-
ent are poured on highly polished metal
table. For fine work the wax is as thin as a
piece of paper, but for the coarser kind the
waxen sheet is an eighth Of an inch thicker.
Rough pen and ink drawings of the work to
be done are given the operators. They draw
the hair lines with sharp pointed instruments
by the aid of straight edges. The dotted
lines indicating county or township bound
aries are made with little wheels on whose
narrow edge are cut the peculiarly designed
and roon;,s a., ortis,,S s,so Tho ,ay,,ss ~
tow,,s r;ra,.s co,,ntres end th lil,a are I'm
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and Ietta,.s sr,, n +ha ,go, is ,,Iocad ,,rda,
cooIa,. t,,ro ,rh;o,, bsrdons ~ Tha
wax is then covered with black lead, and the
lata in ,AaA
4, ~, olectrat ,Is yrino solutian Tho connar IN
a. rs t Iii. ,aaS ~ so,s.
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The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
PRICELESS AND PEERLESS.
l,soh,eshing About ylolins-Famous Instr,
ments and Cheap Fiddles.

4 Z ii
'sonieshing Apons fionns-ramons instr"-
ments and Cheap Fiddies'
Anything new In the way OF discoveriesF'
inquired the amateur.
Nothing. You know that Giottos, Nero-
neses, kafaels, Titians, da Vincis are always
TO be found at New York auction rooms,
and in similarly convenient places violins
by all the illustrious makers are TO be had.
The pawnbroker myth, OF the priceless, peer
less Instrument, ticketed so Dow included,
bought for that price, and worth thousands,
still emoeillshes the pages OF the newspapers
with the name OF the clever man VINO Sc
cured it. have made many useless trips to
strange places always within New York, to
garrets, to lager beer cellars, to drawing
rooms, ana nave oirendeo an endless lot OF
people, professional or otherwise, by telling
tnem tnat their Vioiins were not as repre-
sented, Mine has been tnankless task for
once man is crazy over the merits OF his
vioiin, he is IKE bottom IN the play. IL Is
ahaliucination whlcn no amount OF argu-
ment viii overcome. don't argue. What
Is tne uset
but some OF these violins We're goodF
certainly l have heard some instru-
ments giving out tones which delighted me-
Just as good as those made by the early
itaiian maSers--only tney were not cremo-
nese OF lyrolese. III these vioiins We're just
as capable OF producing fine sound as those
made by the old masters what thent That is
what the public asks about and never can
understand, Wei, q Harper's last publica-
tlon Is more legiple than the first work issued
by Caxton, ana a harper's book may be
WORTH say ~ and Caxton $1,000. Men
search Tor the eariiesttypes OF things because
they are sometimes rare, but not necessarily
beautiful. A violin that has lived 500 years
ana escaped all accidents becomes remark
able thing. Think OF Hoods, fires, and that
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
A strange RelIglous penanee.

While l was in San Salvador l saw O
strange sight in the street ono feast day. A
man was undergoing penance by crawling
from one church to another. Both churches
were in the same street, and the distance boz
tween them was about half mile.
The man bad on white suit OF light
underclothing and white cap was drawn
down over his face. He crawled-not on his
hands and knees-no; those who imposed
the penance knew a trick worth two Of that
---he crawled on his elbows and knees, and in
the middle Of the street over the irTegularly
laid jagged stones.
One or two women stayed with the man
and spread pieces Of cloth TO soften some
what the hardness Of the road. What was
his sin did not learn. Overland Monthly.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
TO Keen AWAY Drusouitocs,

Hadji Hassein Khouli Khan, Persian ann
lInssador at Washington, always sleeps with
Ills hands resting in pan of cold water. He
got into this habit partially because he has
been used to warm climate and could cool
Ills blood in this way, and also because In
Teheran mosquitoes are great pest. Hadjt
claims that Inusquito will not bite man
who has both hands plunged in water. He
asserts that 1t is heated blood which mus
quito desires, and that a person whose veins
have been slightly chilled offers no attrao-
tipns to the pernicious insect Chicago Tri.
hume
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
Q YE SWEET HsAyENsl

We sweet heavens! your silence Is to me
More than all music With what full delight
leone down to my dwelling by the sea
And look out from the lattice on the night
There the same glories burn serene and brghs
AS in my boyhood; and II am old
Are they not alsos Thus my spirit is bold
To think perhaps we are coeval. Who
Can tell when first my faculty began
OF thought Who knows but was there with
you
When first your Makers mind, celestial spheres
Contrfved your motion ere was n man!
Else, wherefore do mine eyes thus I'll with tear;
AS ], O Plciades! your beauty scam
IT. w. Parsons in The Century
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
A Lady on Horseback.

It Is suggested that American women who
ride should no longer follow the English
fashion Of sitting on the left side of the horse.
There the custom Of turning to the left on
the road places the lady away from the
wheels Of any vehicle she may meet But
here common sense dictates that the women
sit on the right. They have good precedent.
The Princess Of Wales, for special reasons,
always does, and the empress Of Austria sits
either way.--New York Sun.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
1anan.s New Political Party.

A newly organized political party in Japan
has for its programme: The reduction of the
land tax, the abolition OF Capitalization in
the administration, the introduction Of the
volunteer system into the army, and the re-
vision of the existing treaties, with the view
of putting Japan on an equal footing with
other powers in international intercourse. =
Chicago News. sss~-
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
A wei Grounded susp.clon.

Old Gent--Hello, Tom, what are you doing
these daysl
Tom Collecting the money and keeping
the books at Browns. Whyi
Old Gent (suspiciouslyl nothing much.
Only thought from the style you were put
ting ON you might be collecting the books
and keeping the money. So lonSl-Wash-
ington Post.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
Particular About Shoes

Woman Ito trampD--I kin give you o pair
Of my old mans cast of shoes. They don't
handsome very much, but you'll find them
easy. fAt4
Tramp drawing himself up) - Madam, do
you take me for table dhote waiterl--
Texas Siftings.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
A Self Made Man.

1t was q pithy compliment paid by q
shrewd old Manchester man to one Of these
shoddy aristocrats when the latter boasted
that he was ''self made': 'sWeel, lad, IL thou
be self made man, thou'st saved God AL
mighty IN awfu' dirty job. New York
Times.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
Accounted For.

Grimes--How do you account for frost
SO early in the season as that one we had last
nightl
Jibes--Well, you see, Grimes, there was a
train load of literary folks passed through
town last night, going west Lowell Citizen
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
A wise wife.

"Oh, my preciousls cooed Younghusband,
IL should be taken away from you, would
you ever marry againT' That depends,
dear" she replied, ''cn how young widow
you left me. New York Sun. .
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
An Easy One.

"Is there any way to make new furniture
look as though it had been made century
agoP asks a correspondent. There is. A
houseful of children will do it ninety-n mine
times out of hundred. - Burlington Free
Press
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02

He who, meeting pleasant temptation,
stops to shake hands with it, will generally
end by going with it wherever it chooses to
lend him,
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02

Photographs have been taken by tho light
from fireplace.
Calming the sea with oil is now regularly
and systematically done.
The Lambertville record., 1889-01-02
IN TIE GREAT SHAFT.
RIDING TO THE TOP OF TIE WASH
~ lNGToN MONUMENT.


lNGTON MONUMENT.
-
1uesr sensations Whhe kissing 900 Rect
in the Air-Scenc from the Upper Land
ines-Is the Elevator Safee--The Shaft's
Movements.
III Ea AZ
At last word was given, the door was shut
with bang, aud the. conductor, with 9
glance around the car, pulled the hand cable
downward several times IN succession. There
was slight tremble or shake as the car was
lifted from the floor, and then the heads OF
the watchman and the hoormsn and the
square doorway full OF light seemed to slip
down, down, until they were lost. The car
moved noiselessly and smoothly as it slid uI
the longest elevator SHAFT IN the world. Iht
eye, turned snstiuctiyely upward, winked al
the immense vista Through which the strong
stiff red cabies-~twins they looked hke-spir
themselves up and over TWO great wheels II
the roof, oVO feet overhead The light IRON
the incandeseent lamps filtered through th'
grated roof ana sides OF the car, giving
spotted appearances TO the passengers. vi
either SIDE were tne rough, uneven courses o.
the Old masonry, the stones ragged and thu
seams zlgzagging without regard to uni
formity.
The car has passed through the old por
tion OF the SHAFT and is running as smoothl,
as at the start through the neat, exact ma
sonry Of the new work. The dark surface o.
the granite y ciieekered with white squares
the faces or marble blocks that extend en-
TREY through tho walls acting as a bond t
themasonry The corners Of the shaft in thi
newporfion are neatly rounded, instead o
being square, as below. At every fifty fee
from the hoor to the roof there Is an elevato
landing, the hoors Of levels being extendet
to meef thc car, ana guarded by high lat
ticed gate. These occur on alternate sides
and, the car having 2 duor IN both the eas
ana VEST Sides, exit from the car y thus pro
vided N either direction. AT AGO feet thu
smooth walls are broken BY the projection o
twelve battresses, three on each side. Thes
are the rib stones which support the roof O.
the monument.
heiight from the incandescene carbon Il
by this time beginning TO be dimmed by tha
from the outside, drifting down from tn,
windows in the roof. The great wheels tha
have been devouring the cables seem to b
falling upon the car, and suddenly the con
duetor gives long upward pull on th'
hanurope, ana tne car comes 10 stop IN TN
lniast Oh sneec iron cage. Inc ar Is emily
ana as tne passengers step timorousiy owe