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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25

Married. at Albughtsville this
evening, by Rev Brooks. Jewett +.
Beavers and Virginia Il. Smith. Of
near this place.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25

Don't buy Spring Tooth Har-
row until you sec the Hench &
Dramgold's. III you do you will
always regret 1t. You can see it at
MONROE & JAcKsoN's, Kingwood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
Tres Fxaminnd rrec.

Prof. Little. the graduate OPP
tician. at Hotel Gordon. Friday,
April Goth. Don't put it off. De.
lay is dangerous. One day only.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
Snnerinr Drain nrillsi

You will save money and get the
very drill YOU want at Monroe x
Jackson Hardware. Kingwood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
Friday. APRIL s6th.

Is your date TO consult Prof. Little,
the Eye Specialist, for glasses easy
on the eyes, nose and nerves. No
fee. At Hotel Gordon one day only.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
Is There no Balm In Gilead!

lfyou want to be in the swim for
the best Fertilizers on earth, go TO
MONROE & JACRsoN's, kingwood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25

L. W. Fawcett cut himself severe
ly last week with Ratchet and has
been badly crippled ever since.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
THE WEST VA ARGUS.
Kingwood, April s5. 1895.
New Goods at j. A. Lenhart's.

Ayers Hair Vigor at McMilleu' 5
Drug Store.
Miss Eta Bishop. Of Albrights-
vile, was IN town this week visiting
Miss May Morgan.
DIR. Kings New Discovery at
McMillen's Drug Store.
Capt. j. NJ. Goodwin returned
yesterday from business trip to
Washington City.
The Largest and best line of
Ready Made Clothing ever brought
to Kingwood at Lenhart's
Mrs. @. r. Metzler aud daughter
Helen. of Albrightsville, are stop
ping in town this week.
Don't fail TO attend the trustees
sale at kingwood Saturday, Nav
4th, beginning at O'Clock p. m.
Edward p. Anderson, of New
burg, was in town yesterday and
gave us paying call.
We keep only Pure Liquors. Fine
old Brandy $3.50 per gallon at J j.
Stump Il Co.'s, Cumberland, Nd.
An eighteen foot, two-story adj
tiition to the Postoiiice building is
being erected this week.
For any ard all kinds of legal
blanks address this Office. Prices
only 90 cents per hundred. II
Winfield Scott Garner was i'm
town Tuesday, aud of course, drop.
ped in on The ARGUS.
1t will pay anyone within twenty
miles of Kingwood, in need of
Suit of Clothes 10 go to A. j. Len
harris.
Miss Annabel Hoke arrived home
Tuesday from visiting relatives in
New York and Pennsylvania.
For Fire Insurance of any kind,
in several of the best companies,
call on or address, j. NJ. Crane,
Kingwood, w. Va.
Messrs. Thomas Rigg and Wes-
ley Ringer, of Terra Alta, were in
Kingwood last Sunday.
Ashford w. Brown, of Independ-
ence, was here yesterday on busi-
ness and gave us call.
The personal properth of s. f.
Ringer will be sold at Ringers
Planning Mill in Kingwood by p. j.
,Crogan, trustee, on Saturday, May
4th, beginning at l O'Clock p. m.
Gus. j. Shaffer returned yester.
day from Baltimore, where he was
purchasing big stock of goods.
Wilbur Posten returned yester-
day from the East where he pur-
chased his summer stock of goods.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Chllds of this place, boy baby,
this morning, DR.. Powell, physi-
clan.
Car lot frst-cl ass FERTILIZER
and car lot SEWER and DRAIN
TILE just received at Monroe s.
jackson Hardware, Klngwood.
Come now.
j. Ray Rodebeaver, of Terra
AL ia, has been in town this week
selling Decker's Patent Washing
Machine.
ID. Sherman Gutherie is at Park
ersburg this week attending the
State Convention of the Epworth
League.
Mrs. Mary Groves, Of Whitaker
Frederick county, Virginia, is here
visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry
Montgomery.
Mrs u. >. DAVIS, OF Newburg, u
moving to Kingwood this week anC
will occupy the Rider property or
High Street.
Miss Alice Wardwell, Of neat
Boston, Mass, is here visiting he
sister, Mrs. j. N. Crane, and broth
er, James A. Wardwell.
We desire to call special attention
10 the attractive advertisement OF
our second page Of J. A. Lenbart'
big stock Of new goods.
Henry Clay Beatty, Of the Eas
Side, was in town Tuesday on bust
ness before the County Court auC
dropped in to see us.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jane
Arnold. of near town. bow baby
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25
Doors ! Sash ! Glass

Call or write for prices, il we can
not interest you, no harm done.
MoNRoE's HARDWARE, Kingwood
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-04-25

Lightning Fiot Drops-
What = Funny Hamol
Very True, but Il klHs Al Pain.
Sold Everywhere. Every Day
Without Heller, Thoso is Ne Parf
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
The Thin Air of Mars.

Mr.. Percival Lowell has recently
made a valuable summary of our pres
ent information about the planet Mars.
He says that we have proof Of Its at
mosphere and good reason to believe
that at the surface of the planet it is
about half as thin as that Of the earth
at the summit Of the HimalayaS. This
atmosphere is probably quite similar
to u own, except that 1t holds more
watery yapor; yet it is nearly, II NOT
quite c~loudless rain and snow giving
place to dew or hoar frost. 1t does
not follow that because the air is thin
it will not support life; on the con-
trary, it is a well known fact that even
human beings often seek the rarer air
of elevated regions to prolong life. Mr..
| Lowell say of the changes witnessed
on the surface of Mars that the planet
is a very lively world subject to an
| annual cycle of surface growth, activ'
| ity and decay. The canals and so-called
lakes share in the sequential metamor'
phosis, with a seasonable change de
pendent in a general way upon thell
attitudes. Throughout these changes
following the seasons across the race
of Mars, there is one feature approach
ing performance-the great continen
tai areas. Except for a possible vari
alton in brightness here and there, thi'
great area remains unchanged. Lik'
the reddish desert regions OF the earth
it's color and immutability point t.
like character for a like cause. 1t doe
not change because 1t is already pas
the possibility of change. 1t is on
vast desert waste.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
Music Halls i'm Fashion.

The music hall promises to become
the amusement fad in this country.
While the New York theaters are doing
an Indifferent business the principal
music hall is making a mint Of money
for it's proprietors. In London the
music halls are flourishing, while legit-
innate theaters are languishing. and
what goes in London becomes the
fashion here. 1t is not strange, there
fore, that plans have been made for the
erection Of a new music hall in this
city, and that there are rumors Of other
new ventures in the same line. 1t Is
likely that there will be a great revival
Of music halls during the coming two
or three years. OF course, the business
will be o%verdone, and a reaction is sure
to follow. For the present, however,
the situation looks bad for managers
of the theaters. They are doing their
best to stem the current, which is set
ting in against them. They are pre-
senting good plays, in a sumptous man
ner, acted by frst-class actors but
popular lasts wants the crude and
lighter form Of amusement given in
the music halls. The change Is no the
result of the hard times. AS I said,
some weeks ago, while the people are
retrenching In other directions they
are still ready to pay out their money
for amtfsements. There Is no evidence
of hard times in the music halls. Plen'
ty of champagne and expensive cigars
are ordered there. 1t seems to be sim
ply a fad, a new twist of capricious
taste.-New York Correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger. .,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
TUNING A PIANO.
4 Business that Requires a Train
ing of About Three Years.


"PIunk -plunk- twang- twang-
bang!' You have heard those sounds
before, though they look a little unfa-
miliar when reproduced on paper.
They represent the performance of a
piano-tuner from an outside and tym-
panic standpoint. They are the tangi-
BILE anddisagreeable part of the neces-
sary business of putting in tune an
instrument, which alas! too many peo-
pie spend a deplorably large portion Of
their lives in putting out Of tune.
This business Of tuning pianos, which
certainly looks rather mysterious as
you watch the in which the
operator prizes up first me string and
then another, sounding meanwhile a
confused jargon Of notes, until the
puzzled listener does not know an oc-
tave from a fifth, is not, however as
difficult and mysterious as at first it
appears.
All that Is required is an exact ear
and afew simple tolls, viz, a tuning
fork usually a G fork, a long, ham,
mer-like key, and q wedge or mute.
The accuracy of the tuners a is
partly a natural gift, partly the result
Of long practice.
Even the most Impractical ear can
readily distinguish sound from noise;
sound Is produced by a regular vi.
b~ration, while noise is a mixture of
sounds thrown together without refer
ence to any law. High notes have a
number of vibrations per second, while
low notes have a small number. The
highest A Is calculated to have $3.50
vibrations per second, while the lowest
A has only twenty-seven and one-half.
The majority Of these tuners have
adopted a method Of tuning which in.
cludes but two intervais-the octave
n the fifth. The ordinary square
piano has two strings, and most up.
rights have three strings, to each note
except in the lower octave. The pitch
OF one Of these strings is tuned III
the relative Of octave or fifth to some
previous note. The remaining strings
are then tuned in unison with the frs
string. As the strings approach unison
a number Of strong and rapid beats Of
pulsations are ~perceptable to the cal
as they come still closer, the beats be
come slower, till finally they are M
longer to be heard. Then the unison
Is perfect.
The ear In tuning Is guided by pro
gression from a confused sound tt
strong beats, and then from smooth
waves to ore continuous sound. Uni
sons and octaves are always tunet
p~erfect-that Is. the beats must entire
ly disappear. In the fifths, when per
fectly tuned, there will be neithe,
wave nor beat.
1t takes generally about three year,
to learn the business, and a good work
man will make from SIS to S35
week. A few women have been EN-
ployed as tuners, with great success
New York Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
HOODS o A%1 HOODS
Take Care of That Cold

The season of colds, at least the sea-
son accepted as such, being upon us, 1t
is we'll to remind ourselves that the
best authority ascribe the prevalence
Of these distempers to bad indoor air
rather than to severe outdoor air.
Gold air." says a writer in a recent
magazine, "does not cause throat and
lung diseases, but only bad air. The
fact that there is a marked Increase in
these diseases during cold weather he
fits to his theory by declaring that
such disorders are produced not by the
cold air, but by the indoor life that
accompanies the season.
"An open fire in every living room
in every house." says another enthus-
last on the same subject Of ventilation,
would do more to lower the death
rate from respiratory diseases than
any medication of other existing re-
medal agency" Barring this, he urges
frequent airing Of rooms constantly
occupied, but also insists that the VEN
tilation be done on principles of COM
mon sense. "Steam-neateQ rOOnS,
pursues this carping critic, particular
" in apartments, usually reach u tenn
perature of SO degrees. This l may
say Is amid statement. Any person
living in such places endure this or
greater heat until 1t becomes intoler.
able, and then throw windows open
recklessly. The temperature is lower
ed so suddenly, a chill Is sure to follow
and often serious mischief. Why not
take the pains with our lives that the
florist does with his plants? The air
in a greenhouse is regulated by a ther-
mometer and kept even and pure
without a sudden chill or over-heating.
1t is the high temperature and bad
air Of our houses that has made us a
race of catarrhal wheezers, and not at
all, I believe, climatic conditions."-
New York Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
Curious Slips.

Painters and writer's have to be very
careful to avoid what are known as
anachronisms. An anachronism con-
sists in placing a thing or an event out
Of its proper time, and in many a play
historical characters have been made
to refer to persons who We're not
known, or even born at the time. In
Shakespeare's play of Cariolanus, for
instance, reference is made to Alexan'
der and Cato, both of whom lived
many years afterwards; while there is
a record of a German painter who was
laughed out Of his profession because
in making a Garden of Eden, he had
| Adam and Eve as usual in the fore,
| ground, with a German student in full
hunting ostume shooting ducks will
a modern rifle in the background.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

The Possibilities of Sorghum.
The sorghum crop is one that ought
to be more generally grown than it is.
The crushed canes, after all the sweet
ness that can be got out of them is ex-
tracted, make a good feed for stock.
Joshua Daniel. a Kansas farmer, this
past year made 1873 gallons Of syrup
from sorghum grown on six square
rods. less than an acre. The sorghum
also produced Al bushels of seed, worth
so cents a bushel. The fodder, syrup
and seed from this plat of ground sold
for $73,75, which is more than most
Eastern farmers get from an acre Of
land. There are comparatively few To-
calities In the Eastern states where
machinery a be found to work the
sorghum into syrup. Such machinery
requires that a good many farmers
grow sorghum, so as to keep it en-
plOyed during the season,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
USEFUL BAMBOO.
Japan Can Teach h World somes
thing About a Neglected Plant.

thing About a Neglected Plant.
The qualities which render the bam-
boo applicable to so many useful pur-
poses, and in which it surpasses all
other woods, are it's straightness and
length; its elasticity, strength, hollow
ness, smoothness, lightness and round
ness. as also the ease with which 1t
can be split, and the regularity of its
cleavage. Then, In a minor degree,
mi the fact that it imparts no smell
or faint to water, which allows 1t to
be used in constructing drinking YES
sells Of all descriptions, and for con-
duits. Its quick growth, its abundance,
and the ease with which sizes can be
matched, are also factors that can not
be overlooked. AS a result, 1t is said.
it Is hardened and given a capability
Of resisting many Of the destroying in.
f1uences to which other woods are
prone.
In the bamboo the Japanese possess
a source from which all the materials
necessary in the construction Of a house
are to be found, and not only this. but
also all the furniture required, and the
requisite pipes aud c~istern, for supply
ing it with water. The strength Of the
light scaffolding they erect with these
canes is astonishing. for 1t seems cap
able of bearing any weight that can
be put upon it. Bridges are built of
bamboo; roads are constructed Of bam-
boo. Baskets, washing bas ms, baths.
buckets. ladders, brooms, stools, trays,
cooking utensils and other domestic
articles are all easily made from some
part or another Of these extraordinary
grasses. So are pipes. tobacco jars,
walking sticks, fans, umbrellas, combs,
flutes and other musical instruments.
Then, they are by cunning workmen
turned into articles of purely n
mental character, such as flower vases,
beautifully carved: picture frames,
grotesque images, ingeniously opening
and closing boxes, frames, trays,
PLAQUES, and other things that would
make far too formidable a list to
specially enumerate in any class OF
literature but an auctionear's cata-
logue. In the way Of clothing, UNI
brella hats, which are probably for a
hot or wet climate, the best form OF
head covering now used in any part OF
the world. sandals, clogs and a peculiar
form of cloak worn by the peasantry as
a protection against rain, are gifts for
which the people are indebted to the
bamboo.
Bamboo harnesses and panniers FOL
horses and oxen are also very frequent
ly seen.-Cosmopolitan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
Road Foundations of Cloth.

The Massachusetts highway commits
sioners' board has found in building
m~acadamized roads that upon loose,
sandy soil, much stone is wasted by
being driven into the sand. In such
cases gravel, when accessible, has been
placed upon the sand to a depth of
three or four inches, and the stone
laid on this. By so doing the cost is
greatly reduced. There being 10 or w.
Ell at Martha's Vineyard. cheap cotton
cloth has been spread upon the sand,
and over that the stone. The sand does
not work up through the stone AMI
much less stone is required. Layers
Of tarred paper were tried, but without
success, as the stone pressed through
them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

A case of electricity generated by a
plate of false teeth occurred recently
in England. A man feeling a severe
pain in his tongue consulted a doc.
tor and dentist neither of whom could
find anything wIorg. He then went
to an electrician. who found that his
false teethe were fastered to the TOM
position plate with two metals. They
were connected by wires to a galvano-
meter, which, as soon as the metals
were moistened by the saliva, showed
a current strong enough to cause ul.
ceration and severe pain. The plate
was covered with an insulating var.
nish, which put an end to the trouble.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
81" in the Name of Rich Men.

Is the homely little crooked letter
81" really a mascot or is it only a coin.
cidence that 1t is to be found in the
given or Christian names of so many
millionaires? The recent death of "J'
G.. Fair has suggested the following
compilation of millionaires' name
which contain the Notwithstanding let
ter: j. D. Rockefeller, J.. j. Astor,
Jay Gould, John NJ. Seares, J. s. Nor
gan, J. P. Morgan, J. B. Haggin, J w
Garrett, J. G. Fair. John Wanamaker
J. w. Mackay, J, G. Flood, ]. NJ. Con
stable, John L. Martin, and John Ar,
buckle. None of the above is rated al
less than $4,000, 900 and several a.
from six to ten times that sum.-St
| Louis Republic.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

At this season everyone should take
a good spring medicine. Your blood
must be purified or you will be neglect
ing your health. There is a cry from
Nature for help, and unless there is
prompt and satisfactory response you
will be liable to serious illness.
This demand can only be met by the
purifying, enriching and
Blood-vitaIizIng
elements to be found in Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
"My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wolfe, at the age of 70 years, was at
tackled with a violent form OF salt
rheum; it spread all over her body, and
her hands and limbs were dreadful to
look at. At the same time, my little
daughter Clara, who was just year
old, was attacked by a similar disease,
like scrofula. It appeared in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
THE STORY or THE GUINEA.
England HAs ssd the Gold stan.
dard Since the Year IT'S.

England EAs Used the Gold STAN
lard Since the Year IT'S.
In 1866 it was enacted that all per.
sons might bring their gold and silver
to the mint to be coined free Of charge.
By the mint indentures the gold gum
ca was coined to be OF the value Of
20s In silver, but no legal ratio was
fixed between the coins; the public
it pleased. Guineas, instead of being
current at 2Os, according to the mint
inventures, passed current at 22s. The
silver coins became constantly more
degraded, until at last they were clip
ped down to half their weight. After
the great recoinage by William Ill,
guineas were successfully reduced by
proclamation, and a treasury warrant
fixed that they should be received at
the rate Of 21s Cd at the treasury.
But still all the good silver coin dis
appeared from circulation as soon as
it was issued from the mint.
In its perplexity the government re-
ferred the whole matter to Newton,
who showed that the true value of the
guinea was only 20s Sd, according to
the market value of the metals, and
that in consequence Of this all the
good silver was at once exported. He
recommended that the guinea should
be reduced to 21s by way Of expert.
ment. This was accordingly done;
but the guirea was still overrated by
I'D, and the consequence was that there
vas no good silver in circulation dur
ing the whole of the century. 1t then
, became In established custom among
merchants that all obligations became
payable in gold only; so, ever since
171S England has become a gold mon,
omentallic country, and in public es
timation the standard was changed
from silver to gold, although the obso
lete and effete word of binpetallism lin
gered on the statute book for another
HUNDRED years.
At the great rGcoinage of 1916. that
which had become established by mer
camille usage was enacted by law
Gold vas adopted as the sole standard
and silver was coined only in limited
amounts, and made legal tender fol
only 40s. Ever since then England has
enjoyed the most perfect system o.
coinage ever devised by the ingenuity
Of man, and has been perfectly FREE
from all coinage trOuble.-Nineteentl
Century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
Women and Cold Feet.

A man who has made a study of 1t
called the Tribune reporters atten-
ton to what he said was a fact, that
women can stand more cold In their
feet than men. He said that where a
dozen men would be found wearing
arctic overshoes more than three times
that number Of women would be found
comfortable with ordinary rubbers
and that most Of the w~ell-dressed won.
en- who shop downtown wear no over.
shoes Of any sort.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

It costs the postothce department
about S.O22e9s to carry the letter for
whose transportatin you pay 2 cents
That is, the average expenditure of the
government is $.O2261s for every =
cents of revenue received. Ihis excess
is not charged properly against the
letter-carrying account, however. II
the "~dead-head" business done for the
government and the business done for
publishers at a loss was deducted, the
cost of carrying a letter would be
much less than 2 cents.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04
The war-ship Victoria, the Cunarder

The war-ship Victoria, the CunardeF
Oregon and the Elbe were all com
partment ships, and all went to the
bottom when rammed in a collision.
The builders now say that the com
partments must be built with solid
walls reaching to the deck, dispensing
with the convenience of communicating
doors. The City of Paris is constructed
in this way, and she reached port after
an accident that tore a large hole II
her hull.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

For seven days the "Israelites,' a
local religious sect at Detroit which
tries to initiate closely the actions OF
their ancient namesakes, recently
marched daily around a block in the
north end. On the seventh day they
marched seven times around the block,
halted in front OF George l.. Whitney $
feed store, and blew a long blast On :
horn. Then all the people shouttG
with a great shout. According to the
formula the walls Of this impromptu
Jericho should have fallen down fiat
at this point. But they did o rail-.
The a for all this was the oppo-
sition of some OF the people who lived
In the block to the antics OF the sect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-04

The original snow apple tree, now
seventy years old, is a production OF
Oakland county, Mich. 1t still bears
fruit. The tree was planted by Apolli
Dewey on his farm between Birming'
ham and Potiac,> and the experiment
Of grating brought forth a new apple,
which, for lack of any other name, was
STYLED the SNOW apple"