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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-13
Personal Paragraphs.

Merchant, W. IL. Glover, of Ter
m Alta, drove over to Kingwood
Saturday.
Supt. of schools, Ben II. Elsey.
was here last week, and inspected
the school.
James Stuck was in town Monday
TO see our merchants and catch the
spring trade.
Mossrs. j. J. and JOHN Kelly. of
Pleasant district, were in town Mon
day and gave us call.
Senator Allison was reelected TO
the United States Senate by the
Iowa Legislature, March 4.
Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland made
over 100000 on the sale of his
country residence near Washington
City.
County Court Commissioner,
Henry c. Beatty, of Portland
district, was in town Monday ON
business.
Gus Shailor and Bernard Cressaler
left Tuesday for Mt. Savage, Md,
ON business connected with the T.
X. and Il railroad.
Attorney, l. q. LaGell, of Nor
gantown, was in town again last
week. Morgantown papers will
please take notice.
Mack Menear was up Mt Reeds
Vile Saturday night, attending the
odd Fellows lodge, and helping
with the degree work.
Mr.M. c. Gibson, Of Tunnolton,
was in town Saturday, driving the
finest span Of horses that we have
noticed in this section.
Mrs. NJ. j. Washington. of
Washington Manor" near Terra
Alta, was in town the latter part of
last week, on legal business.
Thomas Nuzum, of Marion Co.,
while attending court at Fairmont,
dropped dead on the street Wodnes-
day OF last week, OF heart disease.
Mr.. l.. ID. Stalnaker, agent for
the National Life and Maturity
Association Of Washington City,
was in town several days last week.
We are glad to know that Willie
Beavers has concluded to remain
in Kingwood. Squire ShafTerraised
his salary and prevailed upon him
10 stay.
William G. Brown returned Tues
day noon from his trip in the south.
lie looks well and seems to have en-
ioyed his winter spent down in
Dixie.
Lieutenant Il. NJ. G.. Brown, who
is now stationed in Washington
City, is being urged 10y his friends
for promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant Commander.
w. II. Murdocl1 left Tuesday
evening for Washington City. lie
was to meet with J. Ed Kildow at
Oakland and together they will
spend a week seeing the sights.
Mcssrs. 4. d. Benson and W. II.
Metheny, of Terra Alta, who have
been down in Dixie this winter,
prospecting and travelling through
the south, have returned and report
q very pleasant trip.
Mr. Ed ]. Allen, OF Grafton, has
been appointed a special agent Of
the Census Bureau, by Superinten.
dent Robert r. Porter. Mr.. Aliens
duties will be to examine county
records and make q complete report
Of the mortgages on real estate rec
orded the past ten years.
Senator William G.. Morley re-
turned from Legislative duties last
Thursday. After the adjournment
Of the Legislature he went on to
Washington Court House, Ohio, to
visit his brother who has been sick
oil winter. lie also spent a day or
two in Cincinnati with Charley
Brown.
Mr.. Leonard Mallonee, Who has
been assistant cashier Of the Graf
tom First National Bank for about
fifteen years, was elected cashier. to
| fll the vacancy caused by the rosig-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-13

John Greaser viii deliver coal of
o superior quality from the Boyle
Mine at six cents per bushel. All
humps at seven cents per bushel.
Orders promptly filed.
The Long Hollow school closed
last Friday night with an exhibition.
The sleighing was good and there
was a big crowd present. Some of
the Kingwood boys were out.
Many Persons
Arc broken down from oyerwork or household
cares Browns Iron Bitters
rebuilts the system. aids digestion. removes ex-
Don't expect an advertisement to
bear fruit in one night. You can't
eat enough in a week to last You n
year. Quitting advertising in dull
times is like tearing out a dam be-
cause the water is low. -Er.
Our lawyers and court men are
busy getting ready for court which
begins next Monday a week. The
coming session promises to be a
very interesting one, as there are
several very important cases to
come up.
DR.. Acker'S English pills
Are active, effective and pure. For sick head
ache, disordercd stomach loss OF appetite bad
complexion and billion ness. they have never
been equaled. either IN America or abroad DIT
II. VI. Dent, Newburg, W. Va. Druggist
Our people who have ice houses,
stored away some hne ice last Fri
day and Saturday. Squire Neff
went to the river and got out lot
and had it hauled up, so YOU will
knew where to get your ice cream
next summer
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Advertising Rates /:

Transient Advertisements. 81 90 per inch for
'asst insertion. and 80 cents per inch for each
subsequent insertion.
Personal communications. % cents per inch.
Local Notices. . cents uer line.
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knowing That cough con Doe checked iu n day
ana tnc hrst stages Of consumption broken in
Wcci- we hereby guarantee ~. Acbor's English
tQu4u kcmcdg,aud viii refund the money o. an
VINO boy, take 70 az per directions and do not
hnN our statement correct Ur D. M Dent.
NeE burg. " Va. Druggist
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T., II.
Train leaves Kmgwood az 7OO q. m. and ar
rives at Tunnelton at $40 a. m; leaves Tunnel
ton az $40 a. m. aud arrives at Kingwood at 1880
a m. Leaves KinRwood at 800 p. IN. and arrive
at Tunnelton At $40 p. m; leaves Tunuelton az
4: SOP. m and arrives NJ Singwood at eco y. m.
Trains daily except sunday
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
R&o r. r..

B.&o n. X.
Trains leave function station as follows:
como EAST.
no EMAIL. Gel a. M.
6-Mail.................... 903 a. m.
s-Mail.................... Si5 p. m.
10 Accommodation .......... go a. m.
T2-Accconmodation ............. 500 p. m.
OoING WEST.
No. l-hai. .'....'........'''.... ...'lO3l p m.
snail ...'''..'''........ ...'s..... 1;lS a. IN.
3 Mall ......................... c.3i p m.
ACCOMMODATION. ............... 5:i5 p m
Nos and 2 do not ssep. Nos. > and 6 will
atop for passengers west OF Grafton and east Of
Cumb erland.
J. r. OnEtI,
Genl Manager
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-13
That Terrible Cough

Tn the Corning. hurried or difficult breathing.
raising phlcgm tiRhtness I'm the chest, Quickened
pulse, Chillincss In the evening or swoats az
light, all or any Of these things are the first o.
stages Of consumption. DR. Acker's English
Coueh Remedy viii cure these fearful symptoms
and s. sold under "a positive guarantee 'by Dr n
NJ. Dent Ncwburg, W. Va, Druggist
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CENTRAL HOTEL.
I. !. 49,. rnopnIEroa.

This House Is Conveniently Located
Within Half Minutes Walk Of
Depot.
Every effort made to please uestf
Grafton. 81 va
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DR.. Aeker,s English pills

Are active, effective and pure. For sick head
ache, disordercd stomach, loss OF appetite bad
complexion and billion ness. they have never
been eQualed. either in America or abroad DIR,
N. W. Don't. NcMbnrg. W. Va. nrngrist.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

Al LIGHTHOUSE
iant affair. but the careful arrangement OF
prisms causes all the rays to be concen-
trated and reflected to the best possible
advantage.
Another curious arrangement of light
is that known as the sssector." One who
enters the s,lantern'' as the little tower
room is called, of a lighthouse having
this feature, will see that, in addition to
the usual lens which the lantern contains,
long and narrow red panes are inserted
between the other windows OF the room
Of sslantern.p These have a special sig
ni6cance. The lamplight shines steadily
red through these. of course, and white
through the other paDes, making, on the
sides upon which they are placed, g long,
broad, red pathway across the water.
Vow this pathway sailors know to be a
safe and certain channel, for the partlcu-
lar tower which bears the two red panes
has two safe approaches, and with the
utmost care the two panes have been set
% that the red light may shine directly
down them.
These are some of the many ocean
guides that beckon to safety or warn q
| danger. But despite the friendly CLEAN
| Of ~numberless lighthouses and the wild
and melancholy warning Of bell-buoys
and fog-signais, many q brave vessel hai
been ground to fragments on the sharl
| rocks or sunk silently into ocean abysses
| and there must be disaster and shipwrecl
Is long as sailors sail tho seas Youts'
| Gorapanion.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
The signals which send out the s,..rill-

The signals which send out the s...rill-
EST warnings across the dark oce-n spaces
are the fog horns or whistles placed along
the coasts where sea fogs gather thlehly
and stifs not only the light Of the
friendly lantern, but the tons Ct the
warning bell: Thsse are operated BY
machinery, and must be seen to be un-
derstood. Some are worked by steam,
and others, where water is not readily
procurable, by the hot air apparatus
called the Ericsson caloric engine.
The trumpet which is the mouth piece
Of these signals, is outside the engine
house, and the loud and shrill tone of its
whistle is the result of the vibration of a
metal reed within it caused by the rush
of compressed air forced outward by the
action of the machinery. The intervals
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

of whistling are also regulated by the
action of a machine-moved lever pressing
against the a~ir-valve and forcing it open
every few seconds.
Lighthouses are the most numerous
OF ali the signaling arrangements that
dot our coasts, and probably few readers
who live within sight of the Atlantic or
Pacific waters, or TIE Great Lakes, are
familiar with the Bpect of the light,
house tower. The great barrel-shaped
crystal lens, with its rainbow multitude
Of cleaning prisms, carefully covered
through the day and jealously guarded
by the keeper from the sullying touch OF
prying fingers, the queer little lantern
room at the top of the winding light
house stairs, and the wonderful view cut
seward from its windows, are sights
accessible to 'long-shored residents. But
perhaps many such residents are not
familiar with the various kind OF light,
for not only does the fact of q light being
fixed or 'saash" determine its location,
but 80 do also the intervals Of flashing,
the color of the light and its magnitude
There are fixed red and white, flashing
red and white, fixed white with rec
flashes, double lights, and so on.
The FLASHLIGHTS are not caused by q re
volving lens, d, one might suppose, but
by a revolving framework around tht
lens proper, set here and there with rec
or white panes as the case may be. The
light, of course, is only seen when ONT
Of these revolving panes passes before It
The flashes can be produced at loDge
or shorter intervals by adjusting the ma
chinery which regulates the revolving
prisns. This is an important matter
since tho revolving lights are in part dis
tinguished by the number OF seconds Il
the interval between their flashes.
Lights are known as of the first an'
second order, and SO on, according to tn
size of the lens, the first being the largest
Il is wonderful to see to what perfection
these lights have been broIght by skill
and careful study. The lamp itself, eve
10 a frst-order light, is not such a bril-
4 &&
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
a S~nort-L0Yfng PEOPLE.

81 suppose you have frequently heard
that Australia is the greatest country in
the world for athletic sports, = said Ned
Hanlan, the oarsrnan, while talking about
the worlds championship boat rae at
Sydney yesterday. ttBut the facts have
not been exaggerated. It is wonderful
how the people turn out 70 any kind OF
sport-sculling, horse-racing, wrestling
matches Or anything else. Why : saw
ID many as DC, 900 people at a little sprint.
ing match once. Then, what do you think
Of I7o, 900 going To- the horse racesa For
that was the attendance one year when
The Melbourne Cup wasrun. The Derby
ID England isn't i comparison so far 20
the crowd is concerned. The crowds At
boat races are also phenomenal The
people ia Australia 90 crazy over all sorts
Of sports. -LouisyiM Past.
N1E
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

The part of the buoy seen above water
il much the smallest portion of it.
What seems to be the surface OF . round
raft on the waters level is the upper part
Of b great water-tight hull, which floats
the framework above. Hanging below
this 10 a big iron ball for ballast; n two
great iron chains, hanging from either
side Of the hull to keep it balanced
properly, converge 10 n down deep IA
the water, making q delightful subma-
rine swing for the water babies, i they
were TO cushion it with a seaweed pill
low. Then, last OF all, on the ocean
bottom il the great stone sinker. which
holds the whole thing firmly anchored.
There seems something uncanny in the
sight 81 a bell-buoy, swaying and bow
ING Id solitude il the great PLAIN Of heav-
ing waters, and never ceasing its high,
sweet, melancholy ringing. One might
imagine the inermen had a hand in It.
Then there are the buoys which simply
indicate the coast highways and
thoroughfares-the glisteDing black ones,
and the long, red spars that look Ike
| the claws of some huge lobster OF which
the sea gods have been dining. Red
!, buoys to port, and black to starboard, or
vice versa according to the vessels dlrec-
ton, and there is the channel marked out
10 the stcersman as plain as if plowed
white, like the foamy wake his own
vessel leaves behind.
The launching Of i buoy is no light
matter. when it is considered that ths
i mere sinkers weigh two or three tons
while those for bell and canbuoys ar
often of Ave tons weight. But the stancE
little derrick, which IS part Of the tender
outfit, grasps the iron ring that is boltec
through the sinker, and easily swings TN
great granite block up into the an, ans
i deposits it gently at the vessels edge, =
be levered OF By the crews handspikes
when the buoy Is put ii place.
There ii d huge splashing when tn
great monster takes hisdownWard plunge
and no doubt there is much astonishmen
among the fnny fry, il not disturbance
to their housekeeping arrangements
Then the buoy hobs and jerks franticalt
for d moment, and, subsiding, become
D of the many ocean m~ilestones.
Then there are the ssspindlesn-bea
cons placed On dry land, and requiring
therefore, less oversight. They are tai
iron poles, with i circular FRAMEWORK
atop. the whole rivated to the solid rock
Many 4 weary sea bird finds them wel
come perches after blowing adrift f.
dreary leagues over i storm tossed ocean
unblessed ~ 1 sight d rock pinnacle, :
even mast IT vessel
There are warnings dorle il paint
circles ans stripes Of cleaning whit
alnft Oh rocky harbor entrances-Whic
sailors easily recognize q marking Z
lett 81 right Of tue entrance, y dssiG
rated ID THAR charts.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
SEA SIGNALS.
DIFFERENT METHODS OF WARN.
ING MARINERS
The Uncanny Bell Buoss and the
Whistling BuoyS Land 'spiti'
dies" - Shrin Fog Horns
-2AS Lighthouses.

In the marvellous days to come, when
men learn the secret II soaring through
the air, toward which they are az yet SO
vainly thriving, it will he d fine thing to
go abroad some starry summer night, and,
floating ever the wide and dark Atlantic,
look down upon the watery thorough
fares picked out with the long, dazzling
chains of varied lights, and dotted with
bobbing red and black buoys by the
thousand, all as Familiarity known to old
mariners as to us are the signs upon our
streets. Moreover, if human ears could
hear so far, there would come, from hum
dreds of miles, above the laugh Of Icons
and the boom Of breakers, the long weird
whistles and the melancholy tolling that
are old Father Oceans unceasing orchestrs
the bell buoys and whistling buoys that
rock on the waves day and night witt
their m~ournful music.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

In q case just disposed Of the Supreme
Court of Indiana has decided that . will
made on Sunday is valid. It holds that
the drafting and execution Of . will are
akin to the execution Of 9 marriages con
tract and solemnizing the marriage.
ssThe statute" the Court notes, ssrnakes
it 4 penal offense to be found engaged
in common labor or In ones usual avoca-
ton. It certainly could not be commended
that 8 minister Of the Gospel engaged in
~solemnizing 9 marriage on Sunday, or
lawyer employed IN writing q will to b,
executed d Sunday, would be subject e
indictment and prosecution for = viola
ton Of the sssaatute.n
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
Lore and TRANSMISSION Of Blood.

Four years ago Frederick Ayres, OF
Racine, Wis, became infatuated with
the lady who is now his wife, but she
preferred some one else. He made way
for her more favored sutton. A few days
after her engagement she became i'll and
grew worse rapidly. It was finally de-
sided that the only thing that could save
her was the TRANSMISSION of blood. Her
favored sutton was sorry, but thought he
needed all the blood he had In his sys-
tenn. Ayres offered himself, and the
operation was performed with successful
results. The engagement was broken,
and six months afterward Ayres married
the Woman.-Chdcago Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
4 Dwarf Queen who Charmed Stanley.

The Independence Beige has secured
from Stanley a most interesting series Of
letters, the latest of which deals largely
With the dwarf tribe Of the forest. He
avs they are the oldest ~aristocrats in the
world, with institutions dating back fifty
centuries. They are ruled by a queen, a
beautiful, charming little woman, who
was exceptionally kind to Stanley and
his comrades. He intendedsto bring her
to Europe along with other dwarfs, but
she was SO i'll on the road that she had to
be sent back and the others died when
thew emerged from the forest to the
plains. There are numerous photographs
| Of them, however, and Stanley makes the
Queen a conspicuous figure in his book.
The dwarfs are of olive complexion, re.
markably intelligent, ingenious artifcorf
in iron and ivory, and probably the only
homogeneous race in Africa.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
"A Poets Precious Pen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes has a gold pen
which has been his constant companion
for twenty-five years. Though he has
written with it during all that long
period, it is to-day as good az If it had
only been issued a week ago from the
mandatory. The poet cannot write
with any other pen, and cherishes his old
servant with the greatest care and afec-
ton. He has q notebook almost as old
-atattered, torn and limp notebook
which has been the depository of hi
thoughts and condolences for manyyears
-CaatteY.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

1t is worth remarking that the Ger.
mans have never called Bismarck "The
iron Chancellor The title is one of
French or British invention. Bismarck
was called der Eiserne Graf after the
battle of sadowa, and for years he was
known only as aThe Iron Count" But
this title is said to have been given him
in admiration of his nerve IN himself
arrssting Blinde, who tried to assassinate
him in the open street.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

A Clergyman declared the other day
that no people are so humane in their
treatment Of the lower animals as the
Americans. But Whist about the Budd-
hists, who, in order to avoid destroying
life, carry a broom with which to sweep
away insects, when they, the Buddhists,
OF course, desire to sit on the ground,
and who wear q sieve over their mouth
when drinking water lest they might
swallow and SO destroy some living
creature2
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19

The Department Of Agriculture report
Ing upon cattle values, states that the
aggregate value il 1854 was 81, 106, 49,
703. while the present return shows
only 1913, m, go, revealing . shrinkage
Of S192, 9S8, 43s in six years, although
numerically cattle have increased By more
Than 10, 000, 900 head. The Minneapolis
Journal significantly remarks that this is
. big difference, and attributable TO the
depression Of prices brought about by
the dressed beef combines. This ccun-
Try hasn't stopped eating beef 70 any
great extent so far as known, and the
dressed beef men eertainlyhave not been
losing any money. a business which
makes drom twenty-five to thirty per
cent. on capital Is paying pretty well, OF
course, and the shrinkage II cattle values
suggests something Of the effect OF their
bear operations IN the cattle market. The
real profit from cattle is made BY the
dressed-beef men; not By the cattls
raisers.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-19
SELECT STRINGS.

rha Mexicans speak forty-eight an
su The orchid is the pet flower design IN
jewelry. soa st,-ga the
sea level. uo,n+a;n
-Ths word Koh-i-noor means
of light. ,ar-
There are forty-eight zool0sleal gar
dens in the world.
Persons OF the Hebrew ial1n are "'''
ppa4nsearcus in Russia. ,,..4,
The largest sawnaiA in the W0Fio Is ~
Gated at Clinton, Iowa.
A girl down in Maine regularly 'D''''
her grown-up brothers. r
The neople of this country are longer
lived than thoss of Europe.
In Philadelphia it is not eonS''i'N
nroner to carry d sane on Sunday
A chiropodist is authority tor the s'a'0
xssnt that, no two ankles are atlke'
1ames r,ayi., near Grass Valley, Cal,
hss a calf with the head sno ski u 7"
9S Gaos
oee n,,r hostage stamps are counted no less
- gu ttistasn times during the process OF
manufacture: rbot
The tventy.six letters Of she alphabet
NAV he transposed 620, 448, 4o1, 1885
439, $50, 900 times.
Robert Heard, an English YOUTH nas
lust been sentenced to SIX weeks @'
labor for kissing a girl
T. M. Fuller, a chicken fancleE, -.
Asbsv;lle. n. 6. has struck a bonanza In
: hen that lays six eggs per day
The French fishermen are troubled Dy
~ denredations of ~porpoises, for wnlch
tHey have not succeeded in nnoihs d
remedy. 60 too,,
Mr.. TAYLOR, of Prescott, Arizona, o
IA trip recently to the African a,au 80
fields. He wrote to a friend tna' nc -
to nav a tax of S25 on each chamber 7.
his ~zevolver before he could step Into
that country.
The Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, TN
MASSACRE from the Persian Gulf to the
Red Sea, are called the Gate OF Tears oy
the Arabs. It received its name on ac'
count of the number of shipwrecks tina
occurred there.
The Mahometans considered silk I'm
clean. from its being produced by a worm
Hence it was decided that a person wear
inc a garment entirely Of silk could no
lawfully offer up the daily prayers en-
8 Joined by the Koran.
: The most fashionable street OF Berlin
: the famous Inter den Linden, Is sald q
: be now the best lighted thoroughfare Il
! the world. It has three lines OF electrl
!. arc lamps. which are separated by tW
6 rows OF lime trees. The wires WING
: convey the electricity are underground
e The London Geological Society POI
n sesses a white peacock. It preseryes %
Ie markings which distinguish the species
# particularly the large eye-like spots o
L the tail feathers. The effect of thes
spots is remarkable. They are exactl
g like the pattern on q damask tableciotf
tt is estimated that the Falls Of Niagar
If eat back the cliff at the rate of about
!. foot a year. In this way a deep Gle
Sc has been cut right back from QsueenstoN
as for a distance of seven miles to the pla'
lg where the falls now are. AT this rate
Sc has taken more than $4,000 for tn
le channel of seven miles to be-made.