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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19

1t is said that $4,000 Chinese embrac.
ed Christianity last year. -l..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
The Richest Of All Plants.

What is ramiei
II was formerly placed by the botanists
in the class of Urtica, but IL is now called
Boehmcria, or spearless nettle
j will call IL by no scientific name,
will simply name it the richest of all
plants, for il possesses wealth Of growth,
wealth of development, and wealth Of
fiber, says Jules Juvenet. In ordinary
light ground, with little watering now
and then by rain or irrigation, no plant
will grow so rapidly, no root will multi
ply more quickly and produce more
stalks; no vegetable fiber is haudsomer,
richer or more silky than ramie.
1t is perennial plant, and when once
put in the ground it grows for over
twenty years without replanting; giving,
according TO the climate, two or three
crops a year; il is easy OF cultivation, re-
quiring only soil clean and loose; IT, is
planted In straight rows three feet apart
in a small uphill form; the plants must
be kept very close, in order TO shoot
forth straight stalks, without any
branches; il grows about like willow,
an average Of fifteen to twenty switches.
from six to eight and ten feet high, Gov
cred on the upper part with large green
leaves, white underneath.
Through It's leaves ramio takes its
nourishment from the ozone Of the air
This developed part Of nouriskmeut Of
the plant, added 10 the large extensive
propensity OF the mother root, from
which runs horizontally and down lot
Of rhizomes and smaller roots, explain
the extraordinary vitality OF the plant and
its three and four crops a year in some
countries.
The Chinese alone have for 1000 years
past extensively cultivated the ramie
plant; before them the Egyptians were
shrouding their dead in magnificent
winding sheets Of ramic, which to this
day arc found in the bandagcs Of their
mummics-C CHicaq0 Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
THE NEWS EPITOM1zBD.
Eastern and NIiddIe statcs.

GENERAL LESTER h. FAULKNER the we'll
known Democratic politician, died at Cana.
seragu, n. Y.
GNCR0u RrTCBIN, OF Moose Hin, Ne, aged
16, was shot and killed by his cousin,
Bernard Richie who ufistook him for a
deer, while hunting in the woods.
JOHN HAFFY, Of Ceptralia, Penn, went
home drunk aud threatened 20 beat his wife.
She gave him somc lnudanuul 20 mako him
sleep, and IL killod him. No one will prose
cute.
JAMES KNAPr, at Danbury, Conf, kicked
his wife 10 death because she hid his supply
Of whisky
THE Congregational Church at Danvers
Centre, Boston, has been burned The church
Is a historic one. II was the successor OF tho
ancient Salem village parish church I'm which
tho witchcraft troubles began.
JouN NorozfL, q Bohemian cigarmakcr, OF
New York city, i'm nc OF insanity flung his
boy through window and killed him.
w II. McHENRY and Alexander Carmen
We're blown up 10y utro-glycerino near Brad
ford, Penn, while preparing 10 torpedo q
we'll
HAMILTON HALL, at Salem, Mass, built
in the Revolutionary times under tho name
OF Assembly Hall, and named Hamilton Hall
In 1905, In honor Of Alexander Hamilton, has
been Quilted 10y Gre.
WILLIAM MEssTENUEFFEH, foreman OF tho
stohc qunrrles near Lancaster, Penn, was
killed by an explosion OF dynamite
THn first annual mcoting and banquet OF
the Unitod States Navy Veteran Association
has been hold at Boston. Admiral Porter
was elected Commander.
THE Sixth National Bank I'm New York
city has been closed by tho Unitod States
Bank Examiner and thrown out OF tho Clcnr-
ing House; tho Equitable Bank ~ In tho
hands OF State Bank Examiner nnd itl
checks have COMO 20 protest; and tho Lonox
Hill Bank hns suspended. All these lnstitu.
tlons lately came under the control OF a.
clique, OF which ono y. j. Claaason was tho
head. Warrants wero out for tho nrrost OF
Clnasson, who was illegally oloctod President
OF the Sixth National and George II. Poll, n
broker. Doposltors will lose no money prob
ably, but stockholders will. About S160, 900
were misappropriatcd
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
THELAB0R WORLD.

MANUFACTURING companies with immense
capital are being organized in all parts OF tho
country.
PrrrsBuRG locomotive builders arc crowded
WIN orders for small engines 10 DO shipped
10 South America
TIRE Belgian workmen are making prepa.
rations Tor great street procession on Whit
Sunday in furtherance OF their demands for
universal suffrage
AN important convention of the National
Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Labor
ersopencd at Columbus, Ohio, with John
Mcbride presiding
AT the Maine ship building yards there
We're elghty-three vessels 60 structed last
year. The demand for coastwise tonnage is
stimulating that industry.
THE Cramps, of Philadelphia, will soon
build the largest steamship ever built ON tho
Delaware; 10 Is for G.. H. Huntington. IN 20 bo
400 feet long, and to carry only freight.
BARBERs in China make 81 month and
blacksmiths -. Chair bearers get only thirty
cents day for carrying supcriors aud To-
male cotton spinuers have only ten cents a
day.
SINCE the LIST Of January the French Gov
ernment has the exclusive monopoly of the
manufacture OF matches within It's jurisdic.
ton. IL has established seven factories, in
which IL employs 100 workmen.
THE officers OF the Massachusetts, Fedora
hlhli VI lttbpI nave lhtueu 10 tno tfnuoS un1Dn-
lists OF Massachusetts, call 60 send delegates
to n convention OF trade unionists, TO loo held
In Boston Sunday, March i6, in the interest
OF n short labor day.
THE Philadelphia Typographical Union
concluded not To- strike In consequences OF
their claim being refused for an advance
from forty 10 forty-five cents per 1000 ems
for type-setting. A three-forths vote was
necessary in order 90 strike but the ballot
stood 2O4 for 60 93 against.
JOHN BURNS, the London labor leader has
written TO his friends in America" saying
that he sympathizes with the labor move
ment in this country but will be unable toi
accept the invitation Of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF LabP~ 10 visit America and take
part IN tne eight-hour movement
THE managers Of a number of big mills at
Fall River, Mass, have been watching the
result OF the proft-shoring experiment at
the Bourne mill, and 10 is stated on good au-
thority that n number of mills contemplate
doing likewise for the incentive offered keeps
help from leaving, an evil with which every
large mill has had 20 contend.
ONE OF the unwelcome effects OF the unnn.
tural winter weather Is TO compel some 20 900
coal miners 30 stand idle. A feeling of
gloom pervades the entire Pennsylvania
region Mr.. Goblin has been rushing coal 10
market, and the stock on hand amounts nov-
ertheless to several hundred thousand tons.
enough and TO spare in case sudden and
lengthy siege OF cold weather 81 Is in.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
AgiIe Women.

The writer was recently riding on the
rear platform Of Fifth street car, when,
as the horses sped along, n pretty, rose
checked, agile young lady, with skirts
gathered neatly in one hand. swung
gracefully aboard and took seat
"Shc's pretty active" remarked the
writer "Oh, She does thot every day. q"
replied the conductor owe never stop
for her. There arc a number of ladies
on this line who never signal the driver
tO stop. One of these IS an old lady of
sixty years, and she IS ono of our most
regular passenger SO mattc~hOw fast
The car IS going shc can swing ON as
easily and gracefully as o man. We
never stop for her 10 would make her
angry II wc did But II her husband is
ol"ng he signals us TO stop. Tic doesn't
bike to have his aged wife appear so
Riddy. aud besides, he is troubled with
Rout 90 such au extent that. If he were
to attempt TO board % car while in
motion, hc would measure his length on
the street w. Cmcinnoti Ti0es-S Stun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
A Remarkable Criminal.

The convict Haps, who was sentenced
to death at the last Paris nssigos, has
been executed. On his trial he betrayed
an utter absence of moral sense, and such
ferocity as TO greatly help the Procurcur
OF the Republic in urging the jury not to
admit eNtenuating circumstances Kaps,
though but nineteen years of age, was an
old criminal. Last March on finishing
his time at the Masas prison for minor
crime, he murdered ond Leonia Drien,
with whom he had lived because she
knew of some worse offence which he had
committed. While investigating this
crime it was found that he had at the
age of fourteen, beaten the brains out Of
an old man in a shop in Paris TO rob him.
Since his conviction Kaps was so violent
thdt the straight waistcoat had 20 bc re
sorted to, Haps was awake when the
Governor of the prison, NJ. Bcauqucsne,
entered his cell at o'clock ''Who's
thereP' said the condemned man, who
had been walking about nervously i'm his
cell since o'clock. ''Brace yourself up,
Kaps, said the Governor; "your appeal
for mercy has been rejected "1'n do
my best" replied the fclon, who, al
though he refused the ministrations of
the chaplain, asked that gentleman TO
embrace his father aud mother for him
kaps then drank two glasses of rum, and
while being "clipped" and prepared for
the luncttc i'm the 'dcad mems dressing
room, " he swallowed four more. Des-
pite the supply of strong spirits, Kaps
did not walk courageously to the place
of execution, and when he emerged
through the prison gate he turned his
head TO the right, SO as not to see the
'guillotinc. After that, however, he
became somewhat calmer, pushing back
the cruciiX which the priest placed be-
fore him. but embracing the Able Fauro
for the last time as his only friend. Then
one of NJ. Diebler's deputies dragged off
an old coat which had been thrown over
the prisoners shoulders owing TO the
cold weather, aud the fclon was hustled
ON TO the basculc, or sliding plane" "
leading to the lugnette into which his
head was thrust. The knife was pulled
down by Nj. Dcbler. After a mock
burial in the "turnip field" at Ivry, Kapss
body was handed over to the faculty of
medicine for dissection. .-L0adon Stand
oyT
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
South and Wose

THIRTEEN houses have been burned In
Bunker Hill Ind. Firomen from LoRans-
port saved the town from destruction.
CHARLES SAGE, railroad brakeman and n
nephow OF Millionaire Russell Sage, Of Now
York, fell between two cars at 1co'a Summit.
Mo, aud was instantly killed..
Ar meeting Of the Territorial Democratic
Committee nc Cheyenne Wyoming a reso-
luton was unanimously adopted favorlna
Statehood md urging Congress 20 talte i'm
mediate action looking 20 this end.
THE State Supreme Court decided that the
Republican Legislature of Montana IN the
legal body.
THE Ohio and tho Dc Soto, Mississippi
River steamers hnvo boon lost, tho first being
sunk and the second burned
INTELLIGENCE received no Denver, Col,
from the stanton railroad surveying oxpedl-
tion shows that one-fourth OF tho entire
party persisted In Marble Canon.
THE Sharp Rifles, OF Lexington, KY,
received orders 20 bo roady 10 march 20
Harlan County. Tho occasion was tho ap-
prehension Of trouble there when tho Circuit
Court opened.
KINNEY GRAHAM, n farmer OF London,
Ohio, while intoxicated, shot aud seriously
wounded William Woodhouso and hts wife.
An old grudgo had existed between tho
parties.
THREE Cinnamon woro Killed by snow
slide at Green Valley, Cal.
THE colonial assembly which took place
i'm tho thoater at Richmond Va. was the
most brilliant and original social event ovor
witnessed there. Tho assembly wns COTTON
up by tho ladies' composing tho Association
for the Preservation Of Raro Antiquities Of tho
State.
LUCIA ZARETTA, tho Mexican midget,
said 90 be the smallest human being IN tho
world, died az Truckee Nov.
LOUIS PIERCE, aged sixteon and Bert
Clark, aged nineteen, OF East Dubuque, Iowa,
while skating on the river foil into an air
hole and were drowned
JoE WRIGHT. Morgan Hoover and Bud
Mullins were killed by boiler explosion IN n
sawmill near Charleston, w. Va.
GEoRGE TABLER, n colored man, hos boon
hanged at Forth Smith Ark His crime
was the killing OF another colorod man
Irwin Richardson at a dance on April 30
1889.
BURGLARS entered President Harrison's
house, in indianapolis. Although II is occu-
pied by Henry $. Frazer and family, much
Of tho Presidents property was still IN the
house. The loss al told amounts 10 nearly
$1,000.
THE people Of Pierre, South Dakota in
dignantly deny the reports that thoy are
suffering from poverty. Both branches OF
the Legislature officially denounced tho 70
ports.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

QUEEN CuRIsrINA, OF Spain, and the whole
SQUIRT attended at tho Royal Chapel i'm Mad
rid thanksgiving service for tho recovery
Of the baby King.
THE Indians of the San Bias coast, Colon.
biz, have raised tho American Gag and dcflod
Colombian law.
The CEar OF Russia has declined 70 arbi.
trate IN tho differences between France and
Holland over boundaries I'm thcir South
American possessions
BY the capsiEing Of terryboat at Grim
lpghauson, Germany, sovon porsons were
drowned.
heavy floods prevail along the Rhine,
Germany Tho bridge OF boats at Dusseldorf
has boon brokcn by tho rushing water, and
sections Of II hevo boon carried away.
: THE steamship Lake Superior, from Hall
fax, arrived at Liverpool, having lost 33S
head OF Cattle which woro washed over
board.
MAJon sEnrA PINTO, tho Portuguese
army officer, arrived at Louronzo MARQUEE,
ON Delagod Hay, South Africa. He stated
that ne the tinio OF HIS leaving Mozambique
thar province WIS tranquil.
Tfr oholora has madc its appearance In
tho Caucasus Mountains. Tho epidemic hns
boon steadily moving up the valley OF the
Tigrls and Euphrntcs, and hns crossed the
Persian frontier
PonTuoAL has prepared an appeal 70 tho
Powers ON the dispute with England, based
on tho Berlin Treaty.
PRoFEssoR WEsTPuAL, OF Berlin. a
physician celebrated as a specialist IN mental
diseases, ~ dead
IN tho French Chamber OF Deputies the
bills 10 tax Foreigners and employers OF
foreign labor passed tho first reading.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

II is not often that two stones are re.
moved by the killing Of one bird, but
such seems to be the result of a recent in
novation in sporting customs. For years
humane people and humane societies
have protested against the shooting of
pigeons from traps, and the ingenuity of
the United States has been devoted for a
time almost equal, 10 devising means for
the elimination Of the English sparrow.
Now the trap-shooters have taken to us
ing sparrows for targets, thus at once
giving pigeons a chance for life and re-
ducing the surplus Of the brown -fcath-
cred little nusauces. It may be suggested
enat what is cruelty to It pigeon is cruelty
TO sparrow, and this is probably true.
The real answer seems to be that the kill
ing Of either sparrow or pigeon from a
trap is no more cruel than TO shoot the
same bird free upon the wing but that,
while the sparrow is a pest, the pigeon is
a useful bird ard it's butchery without
giving it a chance for its life is wanton
and uusportsmanlike, threatening the ex-
tinction Of it's kind.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

The members of the Board of Police in
New York city received a distinguished
mark of consideration from an inhabitant
of Great Britain recently in the shape of
the following epistle, which was evidently
indited after the writer had taken few
lessons in Volapuk: 81 write these few
lines to ask you if you have any place for
the Hangman billet say the elect shock
is no good for execution l have good
knot to hang murderers on. / wisch to
noh if you by so kind and let my noh |
noh / shall suit in the Billeta as hangmann
j will show you the knot on the paper so
good all L know so l have no more to
say and ] are your obligent servant"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
cUI BONOf

Over and over and over again
So runs the world away,
Come dawns OF pearl. and golden moons.
And twilights soft and gray.
Over and over and over again
Throughout the live-long year
Tho stars hang nigh in the midnight sky
lt It happen 90 bc clear
Over and over and over again
So runs the world away,
The rivers pour their crystal store
Into the gulf or bay
Over and over and over again
The wind 80 fierce aud wild
Blows DER the mead, unless. indeed
II happens to be mild.
Over and over and over again
So runs the world away,
The white, white souls of angels como
To visit earth day.
And when their little day Is done
Brief hours of grief and pain
These men and women go 10 ha
Bright angels once again
Over and over and over agar
The world rs white with snow,
Over and over the flowers bloom
As seasons come and GO
Over and over and over again
Young Cupid bags his game;
Rich man poor man, beggar man, THIEF
To him they're all the same!
Over and over and over again
We poets feel inspired
over and over we write our lays,
Till readers and we get tiredl
Over and over and over again
We eat and drink and die
Pay old Times tips, pass in our chips
I'd like TO know just whyy
Detroit Free Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
washington,

IMPORTANT deplomntio nominations By tho
President. Augustine Heard, Of Mae
sachusotts, Minister Resident and Consul
General 70 Coroo Richard Guenther, OF Wis
consin, Consul General at tho City of Mexico
Louis Gottschhlk, of California, Consul at
Stuttgart. John r. Winter, OF Illinois, Consul
az Mannheim: ThOmns MoDermott, Of Ton
nessee, Consul az Saint Thomas West Indies:
George ". Pepper Of Ohio, Consul at Milan.
THE House Ways ond Means Committee is
budly AZ work preparing tho draft Of a
tariff bin
RoBERT r. PoRrER tho Superintendent OF
the Census has appointed Miss Phoebe Cor
zins, Of ~. Louis, O Special Agent Of the
Eleventh Census
THE President and Mrs Harrison, assisted
by Mrs Morton mud the ladies of tho Cabinet.
gave q reception % tho mombors Of Congress
and The Judiciary at tho White House from
% TO ~ O'Clock
THE bnl Tor the relief Of the survivors OK
tho wreck Of the United states vessels nt
Samoa was considered by the House Naval
Committee. and on amendment bringing
those who have since died Of injuries received
In the dis1ster under the provisions Of the
bill was added.
THE now Brazilian Government was for
mnlly recognized by President Harrison.
j J. Moan, n Newspaper correspondent
has becn appointed special agent OF tho
Xith Census ~ assist in the collection 'Of
statistics relative to newspapers and the
periodical press.
BLANCHE X BRUCE cOlOredO hns been
uominated by the President % be Recorder
~ Deeds in tho District Of Columbia Mr.
Bruce was once n United States Senator.
THE Department Of Agriculture has re-
coived from Europe q consignment Of choice
silt worm eggs which VIII BE- distributed
gratuitOusly 20 al porsons who desire %
raise dlk-wOrms in this country.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06
WEST VIRGINIA.

At The Trace Creek CWuyne county, Meth
odist Episcopal church Sunday, John
Smith assaulted a. W. Ball and beat him in
% dangerous manner Ball objected ~
Smith e-corng ls daughter to- The church
and tried to separate thc couple, when
smith feIIod him with q club. Ills injuries
are quite serious.
There is ai % great scarcity Of mineru
along the Mouong1beia valley. but work
CONTINUES BOO a.i the mines Walton g. Co.,
at their three mines are loading about co.
Vo bushels "a day
While Kirk Blue was attempting ~ draw
a shotgun ont of a boat by tho muzzle at
McLughlins Ford, Hampshire county, the
weapon was discharged and one Of Blues
shoulders nearly blown Off
The deaths in Wheeling for the month Of
January foot up ninety eight, about double
the average mortality, and a total greater
than ever before known OF The deaths
about foriy-Gye we're due 10 diseases Of the
lungs
hli~ Eta T. Phillips. OF Pittsburgh. a
,iudontof Bethany College, died from the
effect OF n pistol shot, on last Friday Miss
Phillips accompanied by another young
lady and two gentlemen. was al target prac.
ice with rcyoivers, just back Of the college
when by some accidental means ball struck
her iu the bowels lodging iu The neshy part
Of her hip. The case from the first seemed @
critical one but the doctors thought they had
located tho bail and her chances fof her re-
rnvorv seemed proh4hfo AZ usiIrfphf "a
turn for the worst occurred and her suffering
up ul iho Time OF her doaH was intense
She vas one Of the brightest Of her class.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

a member Of the suite OF a German
Prince tells q romantic story concerning
the youth Of the late Empress Augusta.
At the age Of seventeen she thought OF
nothing but the romances and gallantries
Of the old French court, and was pre-
pared to fall in love with everything
French. She was bedged in by most
irksomo etiquette in her fathers COURT of
Weimar However, one day, a young
French nobleman Of an ancient family
arrived at Weimar. lie danced with the
Princess at o court ball, and they fell in
love at first sight. Secret meetings in
the palace grounds followed Unfortu-
nately Augustas maid lost a letter from
the Frenchman, O. very tender and inn
passioncd epistlo, picturing among things
the ideal Of love in the pastoral lands Of
the New World. It was discovered bv
the Grand Duke, whose indignation was
very great In the excitement which
followed the Grand Ducsl Chamberlain
challenged the Frcnchman to duel aud
killed him. lie died pressing hand.
kerchicf Of the Pnncess's to his lips.
She never loved any one else, her mar.
Tiage with the Emperor William having
been simply one Of convenience,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

Up to thcl fifteenth year most young
people require ten hours, and until the
twentieth year nine hours After that
agc every onelfnds out how much be or
She requires, though, as a. general rule.
at least six 10 20 eight hours is necessary.
Eight hours sleep win prevent more
nervous arrangements in women than
any medicine could cure During growth
There must be ample sleep If the brain IS
10 develop TO- its fuD extent: and the
moge nervous, eXcitoble\or precocious "a
child BE-. the longer slceplshould 30 Get. ~
its intellectual progress IS not TO come To-
q premature standstiH,A or its life cut
short at au early age, =
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

In the opinion of the Farm and Fire
hide, there can be seen the promise of
the time when all the great, treeless
prairies of the West will be dotted over
with beautiful forest groves. Many
thousand acres of forest trees are now
annually planted there fastened by
necessity and encouraged by legislation
the work is going on at an accelerating
rate. Doubtless, in half century the
appearance and condition of the whole
Western country will be greatly changed
for the better by timber culture.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

A man in Illinois has just married his
sixth wife. Every one of his wives
brought him farm, and he is now one
of the largest landed proprietors in this
county. This shows, sagely observes
the Reading PENN Herald, that mar
riagc is great success if it is managed
properly, and that if a man sticks TO that
business, as well as any other, he is
bound to come out ahead in the end.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-06

THE gchoouor q. G.. Kolly of Boston. won't
tshOre a. Tusgot Nova Scotia. Three Of her
row were drowned
THE British ship Ioch Moidart went
ishoro at CollantsOog. Holland Thirty Of
scr crew were washed overheard after she
struck and all porishc1
GENERAL DE FONsECA. head of the Pro
yisionol Government Of Brazil is said o. be-
lying boz q hotel in q suburb of RIO Janeiro
TIE United States brigantino George O.
Whitford was seized ~ Colon by the Colon
hian authorities and Captain Foster was cast
into iail The vessel was searched f0r arms
and heid In spite of tho olesfonce papers ig
Tsod by Consul Caldercn,