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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
cARn or rmE STOVE.

There is nothing, spys an exchange,
that inducc5 tcwT'a the comfort of the
kitchen moro than clean, wvil.ktpt
stove Regular attendance to the flucs is
essential ia the maintenance of steady
heat. Az least once q month this clean
ing of the tluos and ins''lc Of the stove
should be part of the work This insures
perfect working of the oven, which will
become slow OF h0t in response 10 drafts,
in d wdy that is magical to nh ihekpcFi-
tnccd caok, providing tho stove 6ues are
thus cared for, and the chimhty " ~ br
der. There are great many excellent
stoves in market. All first-class manu-
facturcrs make several varieties Of cook
stoves which are marvclS of construction,
to ,such perfection has the stove makers
Skill btrn brbiight There IL ITO surer IN
dication of an ignorant WORKER thdu the
common habit of complaining of the
stove. II is no uncommon thing for peo-
tle otherwise intelligent TO know nothing
about the mechanical NHtklng of the
kitchen stove. They direct the girl of all
work TO manage il in certain way, with
ont looking into the matter, or know
ing, or apparently caring, whether such
management gave the best fesdlti There
ii u front dampcr below the fire, usually
q door ddnpor that opens directly over
The oven, leading into the stdycpipc, ind
u damper in the stovcpipc, and some
times others, in every iirst-cass stove
The most important are the dam
per below the fro and the
damper over the oven, leading into the
stdycpipe. As soon rs the fire burns up
~Cll, Tic upper dampet sliould he closed,
and the hampers below as soon as the
stove is hot enough TO bo in working
order The damper in the stovepipe
should not be opened unless n very hot
oven n needed: After using the fire at
breakfast, cleaning the stove off with a
heavy cloth, which should be kept for
the purpose, close OFF all the dampcrs,
and the fire will last until it is needed
for the noontide meal, when, by a little
raking down and reinvigorating with
fuel, IT becomes rs strong as the original
fire, No stove needs blackening oftner
than once a month, provided it II cleaned
off with a heavy cloth after each meal.
II grease has been split on the stove, it
should be cleaned OFT at once A flannel
cloth on which little Kerosene has been
poured, will do this more efcctually than
anything else, but must be used rapidly
on n warm stove, or the rag will be
ignited. The ovens should be brushed
out every morning with q coarse brush Of
hair, which costs about twenty five cents.
The Tin lining Of the oven door should
be kept bright by the use Of II little sal
soda, winter and soap. All nickel work
about the stove may be kept bright by
kerosene, or soap and water and chamois
skin The edges Of all the best stoves
arc how ground Off and polished. These
edges should not be blakened, but cleaned
Oft with Bath brick or sand soaD of some
kind,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
Mormon Tlthing Scrip.

If you go into the principal office OF
the Iithiug House, says Utah CORES
pondent, YOU will SEQ q tall young man
handling what looks ike money. He
is behind counter, and the counter is
protected by n high railing. The man
glences through the window, then looks
down at the bills aud then goes on
thumbing them like a bank teller. IIc
goes to and from a big safe. CARRYING
bundles done up just as bills are. with
little bands Of brown paper pinned about
tncm. Sometimes the young man doesn't
stop 20 count, but takes the amount ON
the brown slip as correct and passes ont
the money. It is the tithinp scrip. IL
is used 90 facilitate the handling OF the
grain and hay and live stock and pro
duce that como iu. II you pick up one
OF these bills you will find it very much
like q bank note in appearance. In one
upper corner is the number OF the bin.
Tn thc lower left hand corner is the iD
hoe eigno of MormOnim, "a bee hive.
The face OF the bill reads: General
Iithing Storchouse. Good Only for
Mcrchandisc and Produce NO the General
Iithing Storchousc, Salt Lake Citv.
Utah Each note bears the signature
OF the presiding bishop On the back
is the denomination again and vigneftc
of the now temple at Salt Lake CITY.
The back also bears the wording "This
note is not current except in the mcr
chandisc and produce departments Of the
General Tithin0 storchousc." Tho en-.
craving IS well executed and the print
ing rs wen done The bills vary I'm
color There are grcenbacks for ono de.
part Of the tithing house. browubacts
for another, and so on. Bv using fhis
scrip thc Church is able TO create n mar.
ket for considerable quantities Of the
uthinQ. This scrip IS given out iu dis.
pcnsiDg charity ltis used in pavin0 for
work on tho temple so Gar as tho work
men can make use Of t. Empiovos of
the tithing house receive their salaries
or allowances partly in scrip In numer.
ow ways Che Mormon money gets into
circulation.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

beginning TO be spoken of rs one OF the
"heavy men, OF Spring4Slc.
But during that tive years Il great
change had come over the fortunes Of
Arthur Floyd.
His father had died, leaving him In
full control OF his extensive business For
a while things seemed TO so as smoothly
aS ever with Arthur, though prudSnt peb
pie observed that he was becoming daily
more fond of the wine cup and the dis
reputable company OF fast mrh aud pro
fcssicnGl gamblers lie let ms business
go at loose ends, trusting to the integrity
of the statesmen he employed, and they
robbed him. He spent much Of his timo
IN the city snd 4 n!htr reached strug
vale one day that he had lost 500, 900 at
faro in one night--nearly twice the
amount Of money that Harry JOY had
had 10 commence business upou,
From this time Arthur Floyd became
more reckless and diSsipated than ever.
aud cautious people began 20 whispet ~
IMPENDING bankruptcy, and, sure enough,
1t came sooner than the most observant
had predicted. An officer from the city
arrived one day and closed down upon
everything. lie had been running his
business for n long time OH the STRENGTH
of a acredlt which his father had pre-
viohsly established for the house through
his Business tact and integrity,
The next morning after that ruiuous,
but to some extent unexpected failure,
Arthur Floyd was found suspended by
the neck to 70 great beam III his own barn,
aud quite dead when discovered Susan
JOY had just received call from her
aunt, Mrs. Gladstone, when the sad news
of the suicide reached them.
"Where should have been now had
accepted the pearlsl' was all that Susan
aoid;
'Indced, dear. you were wiser than 1,
after all, confessed Mrs. Gladstone .-
Neio York Nclcs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
RATING VEGETABLES.

In substantially vegetable diet, eggs,
cream aud cheese should occasionally be
used, all or which contain much solid
nlitrimeut About one third Of the egg
IA nutrition, and good cheese contains
still larger proportion f'httst Is also
food. An eminent chemist declares
there Il ''uorc strength stored up in an
ounce of butter tEan ~ Two ounces Of
meat, " although butter will not furnish
material to build up the tissues OF the
body lire bread and meat. Yet butter,
with eggs and tfSam az ehhcsc in a
moderate amount, will generate all the
animal heat and force needed, Just as
coal and wood generate heat under the
heller of mn engine. IL has been de-
monstrated 10y experiment THAT one pound
of boiled beans contains eighty seven
per cent 6fmtritibn. while beef Contains
only twcnty-six per cent. b3ilcl pens
give ninety three per cent. against
poultry, which yields twenty six per cent,
and veal, which gives only twenty four.
- Good housekeeping
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
Photogranhs and Trne Art

Tho instantaneous photograph bids FUR
to become very potent aid TO artists who
seek TO teach their pupils that reproduc-
tion is not art; for il is clearly demon.
strated by this means that tho real is i'm
rcwisc liG5 tic dppalctt. ror cXah!pir,
an instantaneous photograph Of a man in
the act of running never looks as much
like man in the act of running as the
pen drawing of n true artist does, The
reason is that tho photograph roproducce
the one exact position OF the runner mt
the instant the picture is made, while
the artist pictures several positions m ono,
and makes hia NAH atem 10 bc moving.
Art always has dealt and always must deal
with things, not as they are, but as they
seem TO be We sit and look at runner.
lie seems simultaneously 60 bend forward
his body, throw one leg away forward and
the other far 10 the rear, with both knees
dt almost All acute angle. AT the same
instant he seems TO swing one arm for.
ward while the other is drawn back, both
being "shut' tightly at the elbows. Sc
1t seems, for the eye OF the observer il
not keen enough 70 see The position of
each instant separately; IL sees the posi-
tions Of a group of instants. and tht bBt
server thinks that these positions arc sim.
ultaneous. The instantaneous photo.
graph shows they are not simultaneous,
and in doing this presents picture that
does not look like man in the act of
running This photograph is going tt
be-indeed, already is-d great aid to
science, but the only thing it can do for
hrt will beto prove that reality does not
seem as true as the ideal What is true
OF the painters and the sculptor's art is
true also Of the writer's He who de.
scribcs things as they really are may be
scientist, but only he who describes
things as they seem TO be is am artist. We
frequently hear readers say Of characters
created by an artistic writer that they
have seen just such pcrons They think
they have, but they haven't IT is the
writer's art that makes them think they
have. If lac had actually described the
persons they have in mind, they would
say there never were such beings on
earth. Thus it comes about that 'trutb
(rcality) is stranger (bccause less com.
monty observcdD than fiction" and that
"fction (the ideaD hath noblcr end
than fact -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TnE Prince Of Wales Bss recently becom,
very studi0us.
Mn. EDISON, the inventor, receives about
lOOO letters day.
GENERAL BENJAMIN r. BUTLER has en-
tered his sctcuty-seoond year.
THE Rov. Sam Jones, tic Sonthern revival
ist, is said 10 be in falling health.
SEcRETARY BLAINE has moved into the
old Seward house in Washington.
RoBEiH BPowNfSG. the English poet 1,
coming 10 this country next spring.
Ex-SECRETARY BAYARD IL tho father of
six children-four girls and two boys
The King OF the Sandwich Islands il OK
pected TO visit Washington this wintcr
The tomb of the late Crown Prince OF
Austria is constantly covered with flowers.
KfNG Loui9, Of Portugal, left the copy
right OF his literary works to charitable in.
stitutiOns.
u, ID. WICKHAM ID, Of Manchester
", tho oldest Yale aiumnus; he gradu-
ated in 1917
THE income Of ex-Governor Hohdly. Of
Ohio, from his legal practice is said to b,
100000 year
Mas, BURNETT, tho authoress is slowly
recovering from tho injury she received
sOme time ago.
Ex'CoS0RBssMAN srErHzN y. WILSON.
on Wclsb0ro' ". y, has built for himself a
granite tomb i'm the shape ofa log cabin.
WILLIAM SPRsGUE, the war Governor Of
Rhode Island and tho husband Of Chief Jus
uco Chaso's daughter, Is now living in poy.
erty.
GOVERNOR FOBAKER, of Ohio. announces
his Intention ~ rc5uiulug his law practice in
Cincinnati upon the expiration of his term
n Office
MRs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE has be
come hOpelessly imbecile. Her mind is n
total blank, and she is haunted with mum
berless fancies
ONE OF tho youngest monorcbs in the
world Is King Ihautai ~ AMMAN He is
nine years of age very pecOcious and Of T.
studiOus nature.
SENATOR WoLcoTr. of Colorado IL n
bachelor and one OF the youngest men in the
senate He is also the richest member Of that
distinguished body
JAMES r. RANDALL. author Of the famous
Southern war song, Maryland, My MARY
and d now fifty years old, bat in his mem
tal and physical prime
KOssUTH, tho Hungarian patriot, has FOR
p term Of years beou giving lessons iu Eng
leh ~ young men az Turin. whore hc has re-
sided for over thirty years
JACOB BRrgHT, O. son of the late John
Bright has been iu Washington, and wac
much gratne1 90 find bis father bust in the
i1and corridor of The White House
SENATOR EDMUNDs, Of Vermont. says his
daughter IS about ns skilled in the Jaw M he
is. she acts a. his amauuoneis and advises
with him when doubtful legal points arise
Mrs. E q. TEwKsBUHY is The first woman
enrolled in the Hartford Theological Sem
mary Her husband is in the senior class Of
the same seminary. Both arc preparing for
foreign missionary service
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Michael j. Kelley, of Shelton, Conn,
was worthless, drunken man, who failed
to support his wife and family. Some
years ago he ran away and enlisted. Then
he came back again for little while and
then went away for so long a time that
his wife obtained a divorce on the ground
OF abandonment. Recently she received
a letter, which she remarked was from
"that daisy husbin' of mine" To her
surprise the letter announced that Kelley
had made $40, 600 in the West and would
be glad TO come back to her once more.
She wrote to him to say that she did not
want him again, but at the same time She
consulted lawyer with view Of getting
part Of the $40, 600. Mr.. Kelley had
better not have spoken.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

An important step has recently been
taken by Ii Hung Chang, Grand secre.
tary Of State Of China. He has decided
10 establish a medical service for the
Chinese army and navy on the basis of
the best Western models, and has asked
the cooperation Of our State Department
IN carrying out his purpose. The pro-
posed service is to be under a foreign
Surgeon General with an adequate staff
Of assistants II will include hospitals
and dispensaries at various places, a
medical school, and native surgeons for
the feet and the military stations Of North
China. A start will be made with q
number Of young men educated in the
United States several years ago under the
Chinese Educational Mission, and who
have studied medicine under foreign
teachers since their return 70 China.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Soft Gingorbread-On cup of molas
scs ono cup Of sugar, three-fourths cup
Of shortoHiug, one cup Of sour milk, two
teaspoonfuls Of soda, two teacupfuls Of
flour "a little more may be roquired)
Delicious MuHins-Onc quart Of -four.
ono pint Of milk, one-half pint rich
sour cream, ono teaspoonful Of salt, one
level tcaspoonful Of soda, butter the sine
OF an egg, seven eggs well beaten and
added last. Bake in muffin pans
Cottage Cheese Cottage cheese IS
made Of buttermilk. II loppcred milk
is used, heat and drain thoroughly
through flannel bag md mix with
sweet cream and salt 30 taste. Made the
right way, it is not sour, clayey mass,
but sweet and inviting.
Minced Vcal-Tako au cartien dish
and put in 10 layer Jf bread crumbs
over this place pieces OF butter, then u
layer Of minced cold veal, with salt md
pepper; then more crumbs, butter, veal,
salt and pepper When the dish is full.
with a layer Of crumbs for the top. pour
over it an egg, beaten well and mixed in
half q cup OF milk Bake until brown.
Goldfish q lo Mode-Pick up q teacup
Of salt Goldfish very fine, and freshon-
tho dcsiccatcd is nice 20 uso-two cups
mashed potatoes, one pint cream or milk,
two well beaten eggs half n cup Of bus
ter, snlt and pepper, mix bake in am
corthen baking dish from twenty TO
twenty five minutes; serve in same dish.
placed on a small platter, covered with a
fine napkin
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

A middle-agcd farmer came TO a
Young Vermont minister the other day
and said "Pauon. j don't want 10
trouble ye too much, but 7 wish ye'd
tic the knot for me and 'Lizcbeth over
again"
why SOP" asked the young man.
"Woreut YOU legally married betorc?'
ayes, / suppose 20, was the reply,
"but twas done by Justice of lhe
peace and was O. kinder cheap job I'd
h0 willin' TO pay two dollars for u
g.nooine rerfeshional hitch Bur
Hugi0H Free Press,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Now, that wars among civilized people
are so few, and that science has reduced
the death rate below any before recorded,
while it is even limited that elixirs, germi-
cldes and microbe killers will yet ami
hilate disease, the Detroit Bree Press
would like to know what is to prevent
that rapid aud unchecked increase of
population which led MaIshus to fear that
this little earth would soon be too small
to give elbow room to its population.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Many farmers of Northern Dakota
are suffering severely from drought and
frost. The railway officers of the
Northern Pacific. and Manitoba roads
have offered to transfer all assistance free
of expense. While there are plenty of
cattle, horses aud hogs, there is appa-
rently no market for them. Grain and
cattle are high, but provisions are low.
The trouble seems to be that the
people have been living beyond their
means and anticipating profits. Help
will, undoubtedly be Forthcoming, and
the mistakes of the past are not likely to
occur egain.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

The new city OF johannesburg, in the
South African gold region, Is attracting
attention, and there are those who pre-
dict for 1t phenomenal future They
promise million inhabitants in five
years, an output of gold which shall gild
the whole world, a commercial import
ance threatening the established trade
centres of tho Old World, and political
and social position second to no city in
Africa, north or south.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Ono Of the strangest facts Of its kind
Is the almost total extinction Of the
American buffalo. Only twenty years ago,
it is estimated nearly 5000 600 of these
animals roamed the fields and mountains
Of the West The Smithsonian Institu-
tion at Washington hes lately been collect
ing statistics regarding the survivors.
Its figures show that thc buGaloes have
almost entirely disappeared. Less than 300
now exist Most Of these arc iu captivity,
nearly 200 being under the protection Of
the Government in Yellowstone Park,
and cighty-fve are known 20 be wild.
Indians and hunters have decimated the
species with fearful rapidity, and many
have probably perished from the pressure
Of civilization upon their natural hsuuts.
With the opening Of western lands they
were pushed farther west into the deserts
and mountain wastes, where many died
from want Of food Doubtless their
bones in countless heaps arc bleaching IN
regions not yet penetrated by ths pioneer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Kansas claims 10 have the finest col
lection Of North American birds on
exhibition in this country. In room at
the State capitol building arc 1923 birds
handsomely mounted and placed in glass
show cases. The collection is due to the
labors of Colonel N. S. Goss.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

The prize offered by the New South
Wales Government for the extermination
of the rabbit pest has been withdrawn.
No new modes of determination had been
suggested. The rabbits are also ter.
rible nuisance in New Zealand, but arc
there kept under by the hawks.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
THE sHADOVV-sELF.

At morning-tide the traveller westward
bound
Before him sees heightened shadow run
Atnoon 1t shrinks beneath him on the ground
unmarked 1t rearward moves at set Of sun.
a juggling shsdow-selt the youth pursues
And questions with fond and cuyio,.
mind
This shade the man in prime subdues
but mellow age has cast IL far behind,
-Edith NJ Thomas
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Arecably TO the promise given him
before marriage, Mrs. Joy surrendered an
her property in her husbands hands. and
hc Immediately sct up for himself In n
limited way in Che same line of bugines.
as the Floyds
AS Susan bad prophesicd before their
marriage his business grow. md its
growth proved a healthy and profitable
one. In five years susaus SI2 900 bad
multiplied 20 0,000 aad Harry Joy wac
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Large quantities Of revolutionary docu-
nents are mysteriously circulated in st.
Petersburg and throughout Russia. 1t is
asserted that the Nihilist propaganda is
carried on with the assistance Of high
nfficials
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

GHEAr mon stand like solitary tow
ers I'm the city OF God, ond secret pas.
sogcs running dcop beneath external
nature give their thoughts intercourse
with higher intclligences. which
Strengthens aud controls them, and ol
which Che laborcrs on the surface do
not even dream
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

An English syndicate has been given
options on the cheese factories of New
York State. AS usual the operations of
The syndicate are conducted secretly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Lord Salisbury has dispensed with.
the guard Of detectives that has watched
over bis safety Tor the past three years.
Ar. baltour ig slill attended BY d9tees
lYes.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

Charlotte NJ Yongo is writing he,
0lst novel.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
NOurishing.

Dick-"sny, Tommy, why don't you
get donkeyW
Tommy--"Oh, it costs to much to
feed il, papa says"
Dick-"No, it don't; I make my
donkey cat old newspapers. ."--Ar0osy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05
A COOLER on THE SEA SHORE.

Miss Boston lyon will please excuse
me, Mr.. Schraubstader; 1 believe
mother is calling me-"
Mr.. Schraubstader-"W Why certainly,
with pleasure. "--C Chicago Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-05

FLOUR-Family. ...........s 4 OO(0s 4 y
WHEAT-No. 2. Red........ % q
CORN-No. 2, Mixcd......... 40
OATS~-Ungraded White...... p 2
N1t-NO. E..s....ss......... 45 q
BUTfER-Creamcrv Extra. - 2
CHEE5E-N. y. Full Cream.