West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-09-25


l observed carefully and handled
1t was a woman apparently sixty
years old and the hair and flesh were
as perfect as they were on the day
she died, the flesh slightly shrunken
but the hair soft and silken. / ran
my fingers through the meshes but
none of it dropped out. Tapping
the body with the finger it gave forth
a clear, hard sound. The mummy
had lost about one-fourth of it's
weight, only one pound of that in
the last year. 1t was three years
old. 1t had been exhibited at Wes-
ton and at Pittsburg and Cincinnati
hospitals and had created somewhat
of a sensation among the medical
men.
The process requires about three
months and he says the cost is so
trifling that it need not be taken into
consideration. His claim is that it
kills the germs from which maggots
are bred in organic matter and is in
itself harmless f; that unless people
were told they would believe they
were eating fresh meats and fruits.
BY his process cream will rise to
the top of milk in one hour and the
cream thus separated may be churn-
cd into butter in less than one-half
that ordinarily required.
Meats treated by his process may
be preserved sweet and wholesome
for a very long time. ] saw some
samples but did not taste them al
though he ate Of them freely. He
had grapes, beans and peaches
which were one and two years old
and looked as fresh and tender rs
on the day they were pluckcd. i.
They were in the open air.
A company consisting of G. III.
lIamhck, John +. Woodward, /.
G.. Ellet, Melville Peck, Il. III. II.
Grim, A. G. Dayton and John W.
BoSworth, worth about $50, 900 has
been formed to push the discovery.
! was very much taken with FL
kins, the terminus OF the West Vir-
ginia Central railroad. The town
is located about ten miles north Of
THE CENTER or RANDoLPu VALLEY
and is equai-distant from the noun
tains rearing their timbercd faccs
amid the the clouds on either side.
Randolph Valley is about 70 miles
long by an average breadth OF ten
miles. At Elkins the valley is
about six miles wide BUTT broadcns
IN either direction. The town is
about one year oil and has a popu-
latlon OF l,%J0.
The coal and timber interests are
relied upon to develop its future.
The coal vein cropping out at the
base of the mountain is twonty-
eight feet thick ard of vast area.
Here was mined the famous lump
of coal which was among West Vir-
ginia's exhibits Mt the Centennial.
The mountains are studded with
a heavy growth of vast trees of both
bard and soft wood, poplar, pine,
oak, cherry, spruce, ETC., of a hugh
size, rear their giant heads to the
mountain breezcs.
The land is held i'm vast tracts
owned by syndicates of eastern cap.
italists. The civil engineers who
arc sent on by the syndicates to
survey their holdings, when they
fail to find n corner, make one, and
as result lawsuits are frequent and
and bitter. The titles to the land
about Elkins, for this reason, are
very unreliable, and when a man
buys tract n lawsuit is thrown in
as a natural sequence.
The valley in which Elkins is sit
uated is fiat, free from timber, and
heavily carpetcd with fine growth
Of grass Of mountain variety.
The Laurel mountains arc situa-
ted at the west side Of the valley
and the Cheat mountains on the
eastern.
At the northwest Of the town is
the
RESIDENCE OF STEPHEN -. ELKINs.
which IS undoubtedly the finest
house IN West Virginia. It's sit
uated on a slight emincnce overlook
ing the town. At the back is a
short but PERCEPTIONS decliyity, and
to the sides and front is high stone