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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-14
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County.
John L. Kenna. Charleston, Kanawha County.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-14
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William G. Worley, Kingwood, Preston Co.
Col. Joseph Snyder, NonOngalia CO.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-14
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Trains leave Tunnelton station az follows

Nos and 40 not stop. Nos. and wi o
stop for passengers west 81 Grafton and eat Of
Cnmhorlnnd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-14
House OF DeIe.ales.

East Side-Dr. NJ. $. Bryte. Bruceton.
Most Side-Major u. y. orr, Kingwood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-08-14
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Joseph T. Hoke, gius 20 d,Preston County
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-25
Winged POrteUtS.

When the nest of the thrush or
mavis is built unusually high in the
thorn bush in Ireland this betokens a
great calamity to neighborhood, for
some distressing disturbance is under
way among the fairies, who in happy
or friendly mood always see to it that
these nests are built near their haunts
in the grasses, that they may moro
readily enjoy the music of the thrush's
songs. The crops Of sweet singing
blackbirds are supposed to hold the
souls of those in purgatory, especially
those exposed to Probationary fires,
until the judgment day; and whenev-
err the blackbird's notes are particularly
shrill, these parched and burning
souls are imploring for rain, which
never fails Of coming in response To
the bird cries for their relief.
The Wicklow mountains are notably
the haunts of the ring ousel or noun
tain stare. Whenever, after singing
his fine, deep song, he hesitates for a
time, and then is heard to utter loud,
shrill and prolonged whistle, that
night every human that has heard it
will remain behind barred doors; for
that is true fairy call, and the "wee
folk of Wicklow" are sare to congre-
gate in the moonlit hollows and
"dance rings round their swate selves v
until dawn.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-25

"A Iuilman porter Is not neces-
sarily dishonest because he is in the
habit of going through the sleepers.-
baltimore Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-25
Tears IN Tom bstOnes.

Tears on tombstones tell the same
tale as the lachrymatories of the an
clients; and if they tell it after a sim
.pler, rougher fashion, l cannot see
that their mode of expression is whit
more absurd than the one which clas-
sic association has taught US to regard
with gravity. Throughout Normandy
It is usual to find black tears painted
on the white grave crosses, and white
tears on black ones; for tears must
surely be signified by the Prince Ru-
pert drop shaped figures which are
placed under, above or about SO many
memorial inscriptions. No niggard
weeping is indicated thus, and not
modern altogether is the symbolism.
There are tear like figures in the
Bayeux tapestry, on the bed where the
defunct confessor lies. l am much
mistaken if have not sometimes seen
spots intended to represent tears on
that curious material Grape which,
both in this country and in France,
seems to be indispensable to the outfit
of a complete mourner. Some time
ago remember reading in q newspa-
per that in Pere la Chaise cemetery
there is a monument in the form of a
tear. The monument was erected by
husband to his wife and bore the in
scription, Judge by that how / loved
her." unfortunately do not remem-
Der the name of the paper or the date.
Notes and Queries.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-25
SOME FACTS ABOUT EGGS.
Matching Chickens by the Million In
Egypt for American Stomach.

Matching Chickens by the Million in
Egypt for American stomach..
The Egyptians are, however, far in
advance of us in the science of raising
chickens, and the incubating establish
ments of the country hatch out eggs
by the million every year. AT hatch
ing establishment near the Pyramids
the farmers trade fresh eggs for young
chicks and the rate is two eggs per
chick. Another artificial hatchery
turns out 500. 900 little chickens every
season, and the oven crop of chickens
in Egypt amounts, according to fig
ures furnished me by the consul gem
eral, to more than twenty millions Of
chickens year.
We have about two hundred million
dollars worth of money invested i'm the
fowl industry in the United States, an
amount SO large that all the money of
Jay Gould could not equal il, and still
we have to import more than sixteen
million dozens Of eggs every year. If
America would adopt the Egyptian
Matching system we could sell eggs
instead of buying them, and our farm
ers might buy little chickens to raise
at a price of twenty cents a dozen.
More than twenty millions of little
chickens are sold each year in this way
in Egypt, and there is q regular busi-
ness in chickens just old enough 70
walk.
The incubatories are rude, one story
buildings, made of undried bricks, SO
arranged that the eggs are laid upon
cut straw in racks in rooms, around
the ovens, which are kept fired on
during the Matching season. The out
side walls are very thick and are built
SO that they retain the heat, and the
only thermometer used is the blood of
the boy or man who attends to the
fires. By long practice these men
learn just how hot the ovens ought to
be, and they replenish tho fires as the
weather demands. A small amount
of fuel is needed, and the temperature
of the ovens is about that of 90 degs.
above zero. The fire is built up for
eight or ten days before the eggs are
put in, to thoroughly warm the hut,
and after this time it does not 60 out
during the season, which is from
March until May. The eggs are turned
four times a day while Matching.
The whole outfit Of an establishment
which matches over 100000 chickens
year does not, am told, cost more
than $25, and one man runs the whole
chickens. There are in this incuba-
tory twelve compartments, each 20
feet long, 60 feet wide and 16 feet
high, and each of these compartments
will hold $500 eggs at a time, or
1000 eggs in all. 1t produced last
year more than 230, 900 chickens and
did tho work of moro than 10000
hens.-Cairo Egypt Letter.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
After the Yellow Fever.

As soon as the epidemic is over the first step would be to have thorough and systematic house to house investiga- ton, and all places carefully noted where cases occurred. In these houses the mat tresses, blankets, carpets and woolen materials should be burned. The linen and cotton goods could be effectually dis infected by thoroughly boiling in a con- pound prepared for this purpose. By this means, think, the city could be freed from the microbes and another vis- itation next season fully prevented.
 To do this would cost great deal, and that is one reason why the government could do it far more effectually than any committee or other authority. It cer- tainly would cost from $100,000 to $175, 1000, and perhaps more, including, of course, payments for goods destroyed to those who could not afford to lose them.
 It will take fully two months to do all this, but something energetic must be done, for it will not do to have a second epidemic. A season like this costs this country an immense amount of money, and no expense should be spared in stamping it out.-Dr. Porter in New York World
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Breaking Up a Popular Delusion.

The Thirteen club, of New York city, may be set down as practically useful affair in the way of breaking up ten dency to superstition. Where the inher- itance of sacred days and days of evil omen comes from, with the belief in cer- tain numbers as fortunate and others as associated with danger, does not so much concern us as how to get rid of the mo- ton. One of the judges of New York state, and we believe two or three elsewhere, no longer sentence criminals to be hanged on Friday. The Thirteen club was de iberate attempt to break the popular de- fusion that a gathering of thirteen i'm plies disaster to one or more of the party. This club lately enjoyed its seventy-ninth dinner in Chinese restaurant. A Mon golian meal was served and eaten with chop sticks,-Globe-De Democrat.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
The Turning Point,

Ny son, once upon time there was boy a real live, flesh and blood, skin and bones boy, not story book boy He lived in Ger many, but that was not his fault, and you should not lay it against him. He did worse things than that, although he was only boy. One day he was reading a book, a German book, so full of gutturals that a man might read it with his head cut of. It was blood and thunder novel, and this boy became greatly excited when he came to the chapter where the count drew his manchongene. ckeschwallowwi gepipegeslasohenmes which is German for bowie knife, and rushed upon the duke. "Here,n exclaimed the boy, ''this will not do; I am be- coming excited; cannot study so well after this" And right straight away he threw the novel into the river. and never looked into another one, and so that boy grew up and became German philoso- pher, and wrote many pages of much stuff that nobody could understand, and left be- hind him, inscribed upon the enduring tab lets of fame, name that very few boys of sour age can pronounce without making faces. That boy was Fichte, the great Ger man philosopher. And who was Fichte! Oh, ask your mother She will tell you all about him. I would like to be standing somewhere out of sight, that I might hear her tell you. don't have much fun these days. "And what was his philoSophyT' Oh, ask your father. How would like-oh, how would like to hang around and listen to your fathers idea of Fichte's philosophy. How would like to listen to it.-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle,
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
The Great Lick Telescope.

A very important event for the little city of San Jose, Cal, is the completion of the Lick observatory. This is the re- suit of the generosity and the appreci- ation of the benefits of science of James Lick, one of the pioneers of California, who died in 1876 at an advanced age. He went to California in 1947 with a small capital, and by investing it wisely soon became, by the growth of San Fran cisco and the development of the state, a Aanifold millionaire. In 1873, at the age of 77, Mir. Lick conceived the idea of erecting an observatory and placing therein the finest, as well as the largest, telescope in the world. For this pur- pose he donated $700,00 After years of preliminary work and detail the terms of the gift have been completed and Santa Clara county, Cal, is the location of the finest instrument ever made. The great telescope is seyenty-five feet long and has a thirty-six inch refractor. As a fitting climax to this magnificent be- quest, it may be stated that the body of James Lick is deposited in the pier upon which the iron framework of the great telescope stands. Although known to the world as a cold, self contained and exceedingly cratic man, MT. Lick has left monument of his broad iberality which is not exceeded by anything on the face of the earth.-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Dinhtheria from Pet Cats.

In recent issue of The London Sani- tary Record I read a startling account of the manner in which a pet cat unques- tionably communicated diphtheria from one family to another with sad and fatal results. A little boy was taken ill with what ultimately turned out to be fatal diphtheria. On the first day of the sick ness, when the little fellow was taken with nausea, the cat licked the vomit on the floor. In a few days, the little boy having died, the cat was noticed to be ill, and her suffering being so severe, and so similar to those of the dead boy, the owner had the animal killed. During its illness the cat had been let out into the barnyard of nights, as usual. A few days later the cat of a neighbor, also let out at night, was noticed to be ill. The second animal, which, however, recov- cred, was the pet and playmate of four little girls, who, grieved at its illness, nursed it with great care. All four of the little girls were seized with diphtheria and died, and their mother is satisfied that they got it from the cat. It is easy to imagine how cat can catch diphtheria or other infectious diseases, when it is remembered how often milk or other un- used food from the sick room is given to the cat, or by some people thrown into the back yard for the cats of the neigh borhood.-Dr. Frank J. Lutz in Globe Democrat,
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
A Point of Honor

In Burmah people of superior rank must not dishonor themselves by passing underneath persons of inferior rank; thus a nobleman must not pass through a passage when servant is occupied in a chamber above. In Indoo-China this opinion is most extensively held. If it were not so strongly prevalent two storied houses would be far more con- mon. When a case is being heard on an upper floor and a woman has to be ex- amined, the whole court will adjourn to the room below rather than bring fe- male above the heads of persons who may chance to be on the ground floor. A Buddhist priest-as superior in rank to layman-even on a friendly visit, will decline to enter two sto-ied build ing. The populous capital of Siam is in tersected by numerous canals, which are crossed by many bridges; but these bridges are so constructed that the road ways in the center can be removed. If the king is to pass along a particular route notice is sent beforehand to the au- thorities, and the roadways are actually removed till his majesty has gone by, in order that no subject may stand upon the bridge while the sovereign is passing beneath, h,-Once Week.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Millionaire Floods Gold.

tIood's estate is valued by good judges at $15,000,0O0, At the height of the bonanza excitement, when shares on the leading mines brought $9OO and paid $50 a month dividend, Floods wealth was rated at $40, ,00O,00 but then came the great shrinkage in Comstock values, which cut down the fortune of all the mining millionaires fully one-half, and Floods losses by the Nevada bank wheat deal were fully $5,0O0,OOO. The prop erty will probably be equally divided be- tween the wife, son and daughter. The latter was always Floods favorite, and at one time she possessed in her own right $5, O00,00 in real estate and gov ernment bonds. She gave much of this to help her father out of his embarrass- ment a year ago, but still owns about $2,O00,0OO. Young Flood is shrewd, but has no stability, and the old man never trusted him in any large deals.- San Francisco Alta.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
A Kind HOusemajd.

A quiet young man occupied the rear hall bedroom on the third floor of a Forty-first street boarding house. He was a pleasant, ingenious youth. and he evidently had not been long in New York, for he had number of knickknacks with him and tried to make his room look attractive. On his bureau was the photograph of very pretty girl, taste fully framed, which he seemed to regard with considerable affection. Returning from business one evening he noticed with much surprise that the photograph was gone, and immediately proceeded in search or the chambermaid for an explanation.
 ''Mary," he said, when the genius of towels and bed quilts appeared, "what have you done with the picture that always stood on my bureauY'
 ''Sure, and put it in yer trunk. Yell find it in the second tray below thim fancy weskits."
 "What did you do that for?" inquired the boarder, angrily.
 'Oh, ye needn't git mad" she answered, placidly; ''in the last letter ye got yerseif and the gal had a scrap, and I thort if 1 put her pictur' away I'd be doin' the both av yez Q dilicate favor. New York Tribune.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Picture of "EIeanor Kirk"

The popular authoress and newspaper writer, Eleanor Kirk, is of medium height, somewhat stout, but very quick in her movements. Her face in its pro- file reminds one strongly of Henry Ward Beecher-a resemblance which is in creased by her snow white hair. Her correspondents frequently address her as "Miss Kirk, but she is really Mrs. E. NJ. Ames, and has been 0 widow for many years. According to Oriental ethics, she should be happy woman, for she has been the ''mother of sons, four of whom give her the maternal title in which her woman's heart rejoices, and her one daughter is never long absent from her side.-Current Literature.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
His Bodily Presence Was Weak.

I remember a case where a small city congregation that had among its mem- bers scarcely man that was even fairly we'll educated, heard a man preach sev- eral Sabbaths. He was graduate of 8 New England college and of one of the best of our theological seminaries, man of good address, scholarly and gentle manly in his pulpit manners, a careful, thoughtful sermonizer and a fluent speaker. He was disliked; and when some of the chief men were questioned as to the cause of dissatisfaction, they re- piled, ''He doesn't have a commanding presence.
 The readers of this letter will recall one of old of whom it was said that his bodily presence was weak and his speech contemptible; but they will be forced to admit that Paul was, after all, something of preacher. This congregation in search of commanding presence were a feeble folk, numerically and financially; and though the Lords people, however poor and weak, ought, theoretically, to have the very best in the way of spiritual food, yet as things are in the church, as well as in the world, it is a question whether they were wholly wise in looking for perfection in the Lords vessel, and whether they were not too slow in ap- preciating the Lords grace contained in it; and although ministers ought not to be rated by the amount of salary that they receive, still this incident will remind many of the man who said, concerning an underpaid servant girl, "You can't expect all the Christian virtues for $2 week. ."-The Century.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
The Lime Kiln Club.

When the meeting had been called to order Brother Gardner requested Whalebone How ker to come forward to the desk, and when he had him there he continued:
 "Brudder Howker, ar gwine to send you to Toronto on a mission consarnin de welfar' of dis club. Befo' you go want to speak a few furder words to you "
 "Yes, sah.n
 Tn gwlne among strangers doan' be so dignifed dat people will emagine you own half of Detroit, an yit on de odder hand doan' be so free an easy dat any one will dare poke you in the ribs Seek fur de happy medium.
 'Doan' be too fond of talk. De less you say de mo you will be credited wid knowin'.
 'Many man has broken his leg on de side walk bekase he was ashamed to take a safe path in de middle of de road.
 'Treat ebery man like a gentleman. Dc cost is a mere trifle, an it tickles dier vanity.
 ''Keep cl'ar of argument. If stranger wants to bet on his game turn from him in silent contempt. If de kayrs run off de track trus' in de Lawd.
 ''Be keerful of yer manners at table. Our hkm' fur man kin be killed as dead as a dooh nail by de way he eats.
 'De use of cuss words ar to be deplored. A man wid clean mOuf will be respected, eben among rascals. If you fall ober a wheel barrer or saw your neck on clothes line, devote five minits to expressin' your feelins Den stop short off.
 "Doan' be ashamed to carry yer money in yer shoe. Many member of congress has come to grief by prancin' around wid his wallet in his pocket
 "If you meet man who says he doan' be- lieve in de fucher state doan' waste yer breaf to argify de matter He may be pusson whom de Lawd created widout soul, Jist as an experiment. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Success of the Artist.

The commonest error into which a critic can fall is the remark we so often hear that such and such an artists work is ''careless" and "would be better had more labor been spent upon it." As often as not this is wholly untrue. As soon as the spectator can see that ''more labor has been spent upon it'' he may be sure that the picture is to that extent ln- complete and unfinished, while the look of freshness that is inseparable from really successful picture would of neces- sity be absent. If the high finish of a picture is so apparent as immediately to force itself upon the spectator he may know that it is not as it should be; and from the moment that the artist feels his work is becoming a labor he may depend upon it it will be without freshness, and to that extent without the merit of true work of art. Work should always look as though it had been done with ease, however elaborate; what we see should appear to have been done without effort, whatever may be the agonies be- meath the surface. NJ. Meissonier sur passes all his predecessors, as wei as all his contemporaries, in the quality of high finish, but what you seeis evidently done easily and without labor.
 l remember Thacker2y saying to me, concerning certain chapter in one of his books that the critics agreed in &C., cusing of carelessness. Careless? If I've written that chapter once I've written 1t a dozen times-and each time worse than the last pa proof that labor did not as- sist in his case. When an artist fails it is not so much from carelessness- do his best is not only profitable to him, but a joy. But it is not given to every man not, indeed, to any-to succeed when ever and however Ire tries. The best painter that ever lived never entirely suc- ceeded more than four or five times; that is to say, no artist ever painted more than four or five masterpieces, however high his general average may have been, for such success depends on the coincidence, not only of genius and inspiration, but of 6ealth and mood and hundred other mysterious contingencies.-Sir John Everett Millias in Magazine of Art.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Overstocked with pIediocres.

When any profession or calling is over stocked it means, generally, that there's too large an amount of mediocrity in such profession or calling. Or, in other words, there are tco many who can do the same thing equally well. There is always place for the better worker, the man or woman whose individuality and originality can strike out in some new path and make an improvement on the old method, providing such worker has force enough to keep on pushing his or her talent to the front and not use that same force up in dwelling on discouragements. Prentice Mulford in New York Star.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Scottish Boys Not Profane.

It is said that boys in Scotland are not in the habit of using profane words. When a gang of Scottish boys in one of MT. Blacks novels suspended one of their number over a stream with the threat that he would be dropped therein if he did not ''say swear," the worst thing he could think of was "deevil." But that was considered so bad that he was promptly released.-New York Tribune.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Rafting Old Shirts.

A gentleman's outhtter in London ad- vertises to fit old shirts with new fronts, collars and wristbands. This is not so economical as it sounds, for it implies that the shirt is of linen, not of the ten der and fragile cotton by which the col lar, cuffs and fronts of the American shirt arc most often held together, ss
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Squelched.

Young -dan About Town Gnsinuatingly)- Is there any way in which could get to see "The Bloody Knife; or the Red Hand," at the Thespian this weeki
 Newspaper Man promptly)-Why, cer- tainly. Do as do.
 Y. NJ. A. T. (eagerly)-What is thati
 N. M. (Nonchalantly)-Buy a ticket.- Boston Courier.
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
Tranp's Diet.

Old Lady to tramp who has asked for something to eat)-What kind of vituals do you mostly get when you beg bisel
 Trnmp-Cold shoulder, ma'am.-Boston Courier. \
The Arizona champion., 1890-09-27
No Timc to Waste.

Friend (to business man)-Yog seem to be busy this morning, Brown.
 Brown-Yes, I've got about fifty letters to write.
 "Why don't you use your type writer7" "I'm in too big hurry'-Texas Siftings.