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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

In this issue a correspondent
from the back woods writes a long
letter wanting to know what has
become Of Lee Shaw, and giving
some interesting matter OF a gon-
eral as we'll rs personal nature.
Shaw is alive and kicking and able
TO take care Of himself, and liable
to break out again at any time, and
even il tho bosses get him down,
be won't stay down. cold Vet
eran" seems TO know more about
many things ia connection with the
past history Of the county than We
DO, and az be has promised to
write again, We will await his fur
ther particulars.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

John Lind, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Mime
sofa, was elected by a good, safe ma.
jority aud ia a speech. made at a
ratification meeting, over the re-
suit, among other things he SAID /:
eve may attribute our victory
to the undyiug principles of the
Chicago hlatform IN 1896 and to
the leadership of the grand aud
brilliant le'der, William J. Bryan"
This practically makes IA free
silver victory of he contest.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
I'm pay Of Decsmbsr. fSsS

at tbe front door OF the court honse. IL KIM
49,. /, Va, her Tor sale. at pub ic suofian
20 tlte iighs.t 'espoasible lldscr. the fsiiovtm..
described rs,i estate. e. wit.
FiHsr-Fh4t large aud co,prodfo,s -,
property. situate Ia kiug9ood a. Ia no,et
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
EondaH. Dscgm5er ". I808.

at the front door OF the court house of gaid
county, otter at public anctiou tho following
dCs Iibed rclIcsfafo.
a House and Lot. about an acre and ono half
81 Torrl fltH. being tho property ~ Marion
Mchtmmy aud Che same ne pufchaeNI from ~.
=. Ringer. By deed now un tccnff iu tho Office
81 The ciert ~ the county rnurf OF said county.
dated October 20. 1NHi-eTCopf that portion al
said heretofore sold by said MoKimmy to
W. 81. Ilbou.
TERMS OF SALE-Enough cash I'm hand to
pay the costs Of suit aud extremes of eale md
the residue in q. ~ aud fs month";. the pur-
chaser 90 execute for The deferred payments
interest beating notes with good security
y. , tRuuAN, special Commissioner.
Bond with security has hoen given DIV tho
alb We na ca special commissioned az nrovidct
by law and The decree VI the court.
N II 4t-efOi NV WAIsoS. clerk
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

Language and Order OF Study-6ram-
mar and c-Cognats
Relation to- Logic and
Rhetoric-Presentations - Divisions,
Outlines, and Diagruns-Falss Sya-
tax and Use-Punctuation-Lexicog
raphy-Ditferences of Grammarians-
Sources OF Purest English-vocabu-
~laries.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
CONRAD ALBRIGHT FARM.

There !; ON this farm a good dwelling. a large
ouildlngS ana a good orchard. II Is conyenient
TO rhurches and schools IL Is under aid with
now worSed ~ the Todd Mines. ON the NJ Vn
Northere tailroad, which mines ARC ut about
acres in this tract. -
hIRD-One hundred and ffty-ore acre, Of
tlInber land In Portland District. said county
known as the '''
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
JUDICIAL SALE
~ a
Sbokman q L07woyJ
vs.
VI McKimmy ct al.

By virtue 81 q decree or the Circuit Court Of
Preston county, rendered n the above entitled
cause. tho undersigned special commissioner,
uFff tHn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
Commissioner's Sale
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
- M Bre"n " WIN. o. Uorley nnd n u
ircwn ~ VIM. q. Nor'eV ana ~ =
nrnMn " " nc Voriey. Il al. ana AZ
H. Maxwell vs. VIM. =. Vor eT


b' frtue 81 a decree Of the circuit comet q,
te>t"h county, NeSt virginia. rcndcrs.I =,
nv aDpNt stytc1 causes cshirh werr hear. a..
seIhep on the isth daA OF contender. tss ~.
lhaefs gt.cJ sirscial commissioner wtl III, ~
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

The County Court com pleted the
correction of tho Irregularities in
connection with the election re-
turns Of this county last week, and
then proceeded with the recount Of
four precincts, as requested by
Hon. John II. McGraw's attorneys.
Quite a number Of ballots we're
found defective. as returned by the
Election Commissioners, and Day
ton gained six votes aud McGraw
two, and 10 frauds were found, so
the attorneys gave up the recount
as useless, Saturday ut noon, and
left for their homes. The Court
has been in session since complet.
ing other business, and we cannot
give the foil proceedings till next
week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

The South is almost solid onco
more and came up smiling this
time with old time Democratic
majority. Two years ago, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky
and West Virginia won't Republic
~ but it was only a temporary
arrangement and these States are
already about cured Of their all
ment. The appointment by the
Republicans OF negro officials i'm
the South will do more than any
thing else to make aud keep it re.
liably Democratic.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
COMMISSIONERS SALE
III Oh
Valuable Farming, Coal and Timber
N Lands. q =
VIM. q. Brown

VIM. g. Brown
Eiisb Thomas.g ct az "99'y
BY virtue of a decree OF tbs circnit rorr. ~
festpn eGIfy, vest Virkilia. rendered i'm tho
above styled chancury eNtse On the I5tn d., ~
SepleinDer, 1898 the under igued spcchli cou,-
missioner VII on the
18Th Day Of December, 1898,
at the front door o the court house IN KY.
wood. Preston county, west Virginia. uTer for
s,,s, AZ Pablo a%nclisn. 60 the nighast rospon
real properly situ,t. in said Preston coantv.
west Vi ginia. TO Wit $500
FIRST: A.seyen.tenths interest in PA acres ~
isnd. YIN ~ Portland district on the Cheat
River, and known as part of the
Dunkard Bottom Farm.
and formerly owned by Buo n r Fairfax. II f.
one ut tho most dersirable and fertile farms H..
PRESTON county
asa acres OF lad lying in alley district. known
as the middle north p8rt of Lot No 2. IN "Cuav-
DnIne ana Moy ans Survey;' also the mineral
rights uhceriyitg the same. as will fully appesr
FROM COPIES OF two deeds from ID. r. Young and
wife dated Nay 2 1888 and anu Try ~. 1857.
and which are filed with plaiytif,s bHt i'm aid
cause. his is a ves y valuable tract OF timer
land.
rniHD; A tract Of % acros lyIrg on the Nor.
Rantown pike, 10 kingwoOi district, and Known
5 the Goa BanR" tract.
TERNS or SALE :-ono-fourth OF the pur-
chase price cash In hand on day Of sale. and
the residue Ia equal d. stallments upon n etedIt
OF ono two nd three years. the purchaser To-
SSssSSpTihnsSy notes WITH g.od personal security,
4 hese Terms apply TO al of the above decri eli
real estate.
HEvHY CLAY HYDE spT. com'r.
hond ana security has been given by said
spec a .cotnuissioner in the above styled cause
as require 10y law. Teste
lrlf95it. sisU J.w. WATSON. Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24

Address, Co. r., 2ud w. Va. R.R't.,
Greenvine, :. O.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
"CaWn" Juice.
Some Samples OF South Carolina
Mountain Dew.

GREENvILLE, sc, Nov. Is, 1898.
Mr. j. S Brown,
KINGwooD, w. VA.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
Judicial Sale.
Mary A. Gon
vs..
Geo. ". hon Of al.

BY virtue Of a decree Of the Circuit Court Of
PRESTON county rendered In the above entitled
caliso. the undersigned special commissioner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

still higher temperature and the amount Of
combustion is greatly increased BY constantly
observing this practice of feeding green" coal
IN at the front and pushing it to the rear only
when II is red-hot. the smoke is not entirely pre-
vented but is greatly essened and is Of yell
low color instead of the dense black that is
found when no precautions are taken. An ex-
pert fireman will also he careful not to overload
his fire with fuel. thereby choking off the neCes-
sary draught through the bed of Goals and ne will
not leave the furnace doors open any more than
is absolutely necessary, knowing that the lower
the temperature falls in the furnace the less per
feet will be the combustion.
The automatic stokers which are constructed
at the front and moving it later to the rear. &C
compsh the work much more advantageousy
than il can be done by hand-frng. There are
at least dozen or fifteen varieties OF these
stokers differing slightly in their construction
but all with the same general idea. In one
which may be taken a type. the fresh coal is
fed into the front Of the furnace through an
aperture which is opened and closed by a door
moving vertically This door is raised only just
enough TO admit the coal and no more cold air
than can DE helped is allowed TO enter. When
the coal gets inside it falls upon a kind of chain
CRATE which moves continuously from front to
rear. the principle of the endless belt. The
fresh coal Is ignited by the detection Of the heat
from roof Of friedrich. with which the furnace
is fitted inside. and which becomes white-hot
The fresh coal. being thus set on fire and burned
always from the top is soon freed from its
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

The plan consists in having Jet Of water unite
with the smoke in the chimney, thereby washing
all the black PARTICLES out Of IT, This mechanism
IS known as "scruhber." 1t is perfectly salts
factory where it Is being used, but is too ex-
pensive 10 be suitable for the work OF any but
large plants
man who has had wide experience in all
engineering matters and has studied thoroughly
the subject OF the prevention Of smoke from
soft coal. is that this may be done success
fully and chcaply. and is strongly in favor Of the
htuminous variety as fuel in this city.
1T has 20 recommend it," he said last week.
its cheapncss and greater power Of work than
anthracite. For instance. it IS not too much to
say that a ton Of soft coal will give from II to
20 per cent more evaporation Cor making steam
than the same quantity of anthracite. Al the
present prices OF the two kinds of coal the btu
mnous is about 10 cents the cheaper. so you see
the gain comes in two ways. BY the use of the
automatic stokers the smoke trouble could be
abolished and after the first cost Of the stokers
offset the economy in using the soft
coal would be very great. a stoker which Will
supply 80 horsepower boiler costs from 81
200 to 81 800 That may be looked upon as a
good deal OF expense. but | am sure ii would
mean a big saving In the end At the Waldorf
Astoria they are now using soft coal and an
automatic stoker. and there are a few other
places where it is being done. There is no doubt
in my mind that bituminous coal is the fuel of
the future in this city. unless the anthracite
people come down a good deal in their prices.
Even then it may we'll be that the soft coal Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

gases and by the time 1t has moved on to the
rear OF the furnace it has become coke The
disadvantage found in ordinary fires, OF having
the green" coal on the top smother TO a certain
degree the gases arising from the hot bed be-
meath. is thus obviated.
The down -draught furnaces. Of which there are
several kinds are also intended TO prevent smoke
from soft coal and they have worked success
fully though there have been some complaints
that they have tendency to get out of order
In them the direct escape Of the gases and free
carbon into the chimney is prevented by solid
wall Thus instead of rising. the smoke is
forced downward through the fire becoming
more heated and consequently purified, as 1t de-
scends through the bed of Goals. Water-tube
CRATES are needed with this system, and ii Is
usual to place an auxiliary CRATE underneath
the main one 10 catch the dropping Goals.
MINING HARD AND SOFT COAL.
Still another smoke-destroying plan relies for
it's efficacy upon the fuel used In this II diners
from all the others. which. while employing Only
soft coal seek TO make it inoffensive after theH
various methods In the process referred TO-
soft coal is mixed with anthracite screenings
or refuse in the proportion Of one TO four' re-
spcctivcly Considering that it requires only
threc-fourths as much Of this as Of pure sou
coal to DO the work. and that it also costs less
the total cost is reduced One-half The smoke Is
nearly abolished and the SCOT much lessened. IL
is said that this mixed coal must be kept THOR
ougblv wet TO insure good results and that
generous boiler capacity is needed.
There is at least one firm in this city when
burns bitulninous coal in its plant ana employs
an entirely different method OF preventing
smoke Perhaps it would be more accurate 10
say that it does not really prevent it from beng
made but # deals with it after It is produced
and removes all the offensive matter from It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

Smoke il should be remembered is always the
result Of imperfect combustion. If every par
dce Of the coal were thoroughly burned there
could be no smoke In view Of this fact 1t is
evident that it also involves waste. since just so
much Of the fuel as escapes in smoke represents
the amount which has passed off without hav-
ing served the purpose for which it was put into
the furnace A certain amount of heat causes
various gases TO be given off by coal. and If the
coal De- bituminous there is generated what
chemists call heavy" hydro-carbon. In this
two atoms Of carbon are combined with four OF
hydrogen. At a higher temperature the mixture
Is separated into light" hydro-carbon with
only one atom Of carbon to four OF hydrogen
and AL extra particle of free carbon 1t is this
free particle which. if not oxidized (or burned
causes the trouble by issuing as smoke. the
Tight" hydrO-carbon oxidizes at moderate
temperature but a very high degree OF heat
Something like 200 degrees Fahrenheit-is
Necessary ~ dispose Of the free carbon.
OBTAINING PERFECT COMBUSTION.
Perfect or nearly perfect combustion OF btu
ninOus coal can be attained if an extremely
high temperature is maintained in the furnace
and Il certain other precautions, which Will be
Mentioned are observed. Leaving aside for q
noment The mechanical devices which have
been invented 70 accomplish this end, II may De
saie that "a sklful fireman can do much TO pre-
vent smoh- ly the way in which he feeds coal
into the furnace. The chief Of these precautions
is 10 shovel The green" or fresh coal only into
he front part u the furnace, ana allow 1t 10 re-
main there until It has become red-hot and the
gaseous produ-ts have passed of-in other
words Until The fresh coal has been we'll coked
These gases ~ order 70 reach the chimney have
10 traverse bed Of glowing coke (Which has
Previously been treated in the above way and
@en pushed baclQ. 80 that they are raised TO 3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
SOFT COAL AND SMOKE.
LATTER SAID NOT To BE \ NECES-
s,Ry RESULT OF USING THE FORMER.

METHODS FOR SECURING BETTER COMBUSTION
AID THEREBY PREVENTING SMOKE FROM
BEING PEoDUCED-THE STOCKING AN
AII~IMPORTANT POINT.
All large cities in which soft coal is burned
,,ve had more or less trouble. according to the
amount Of that fuel used in dealing with the
Nuisance Of dense black smoke Chicago. St
,ops Pittsburg and other Western towns have
struggled with the problem under especially
heavy odds owing to The size of the cities and
the fact that Unanimous coal is the only kind
burned there Here in Ncw-YOrk there has been
c,nparativcly little trouble because anthracite
n generally used but there have been sufficient
instances from time TO time Of the evils Of
smoke from the bituminous coal burned by a
few concerns to arouse protests against il. and
10 awaken interest in the various methods pro-
cosed to avoid il. In this part Of the country.
although the difference in the prices of the two
binds OF coal is small compared to the discrep-
sncy between them in the West. the advantage
~ 10 cost is still on the side of the bituminous
variety and this fact has led many manufactur-
ers TO experiment with smoke preventing de-
vices in the hope Of being able TO the more
economical fuel without mourning the re-
proacheS Of their neighbors on account Of the
Objectionable black clouds from their chimneys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

been rebuilt around the main structure with the
same kind OF material used in the arches.
The estimated cost Of the work was SS5.oo,
but the actual cost under the contract was only
SO. 600 A. c.. Gildersleeve was the contractor.
and the work was carried GU; under his personal
supervision.
trolley line now from fremont to
Jcroule-a ave, and the line will probably be con-
tnued through the arch to Morris Heights.
Residents OF that part Of the city say that TINS
will give them a much needed crosstOwn con-
nection between the Third-ave. terminal at Ire
mont and the New-York Central Station at
Morris Heights The work was begun In April.
1897
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
THE OLD AQUEDTCT PIERCED
ARCHWAYS AT BURNsIDE-AVE.. GIVING
4 NEEDED CROSSTOWN CONNECTION.

NEEDED CROSSTOWN CONNtC IlO.N'
one Of the important improvements started py
The Department of Public Works under Generai
Coils was the archways under the old aque-
duct on the line of BurnSide-ave.. which are no"
nearly completed. Burnside-ave runs from
Morris Heights to fremont and skirts the
Berkeley oval and at one point the avenue De
comes one with AquedIct-ave.
At the point where the old aqueduct was car
ried over a depression. and where masonry ABOUT
forty feet high had - be erected 70 carry the
water. the cuts have been made. All highway
was cut off by the aqueduct wall. and TO carry
out the BurnsiGe-avc scheme these pnriorati'hS
Of the wall were necessary The Department 81
Public Works gave the contract to pierce the
monster wall after the avenue had been iaiu
out to both sides Of il.
There are three arches. The central one ioi
the roadway is forty-twO feet span ana those
on either side. which will DE for the slde"aAS'
are sixteen feet span. The arches are pu''' VI
Maine granite smooth finished with fine cut
work and the lining OF the arches Is Hsht COZ
ored hard brick. giving the structure manu-
some finish The old aqueduct has been repu'''
over the arches, and the roush Wa"S VIM"
formed the side structure of the agueduc' nave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

take the place OF the other eventually IL Is
being used more and more even now Tor large
plants. as people find that the smoke may De
prevented AS a fuel for private families IL
would be much cheaper than anthracite. but as
they could not use any Of the automatic hring
devices on such a small scale l suppose there
would be some smoke. which would cause com
plaint."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
MAKING GOLD FROM SILVER.

DR. stephen II Emmens, in Science.
| have received a letter from very eminent
Fellow of the Royal Society informing me that
ba has performed the crucial experiment sug-
e4stcd IN my letter Of May II. 1877, to Sir Will
lam Crookes The gold contained in Mexican
dollar after forty hours Of intense cold ana con-
tfnued hammering was found 10 be 2O9 per
cent more than the quantity Of gold contained
iu the same dollar before the test
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
Lung Trouble and Consump-
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An Eminent Sew York Chemist and
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TO Our Readers.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-14
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Meek Endine trriI1I.

I
The business portion Of Morton. Miss,
was destroyed by fire
FIRE destroyed the business portion Of
the village al Victor, y. Y.
Mrs. Rebecca Van Zandt died in SEN
eca Falls. \. y, aged l06 years.
S. S. Turner died at his home in Front
Royal, Va. He was a congressman in
1898.
Twenty-Five carloads Of provisions
were shipped from Omaha to the Cuban
sufferers.
Mrs. G. W. Carr and two children
we're cremated in their burning house
at Bays, 0.
The eightieth birthday of King Chris
tan TX. of Denmark was celebrated IN
Copenhagen.
The British steamship Virginia has
been rendered to take Americans away
from Porto Rico.
BY fire in Toxic. Japan, 5000 per-
sons were made homeless and Lii
houses were destroyed.
John Celia shot and killed Mrs. Henry
Carter and then killed himself with the
same weapon in s., Louis.
Senator and Mrs. Morrill, celebrated
in Washington the eighty-eighth
birthday of the Vermont senator.
Benjamin Hill was hanged at San
Quentin prison, Cal, for the murder of
his wife in Oakland two years ago.
The Ward Line Steamship company
has abandoned its service between New
York and Havana for the present.
Germany will maintain strictly neu-
trial attitude in the event of war be-
tween Spain and the United States.
II. G. Raymond was hanged at Fol-
som, Cal, for the murder OF Fred An
drews at Baden on November II last.
The Illinois law which declared it
illegal to use coloring matter in but
terine has been declared unconstitu-
tional.
George Stout, of Philadelphia, who
was knocked out by Oscar Gardner in a.
prize fight at Columbus, O., died of his
injuries.
J. McLain Smith, city editor of the
Evening Press at Dayton, O., died from
injuries received by being run into by
q bicycle.
Mrs. Jacob Hitler. aged 1o7 years,
died at Elkton. Mich, and her husband,
aged 100, was very i'll. They had been
married 80 years.
Bristow Graham (colored), was
hanged at Savannah, Ca, for killing
Ben Wilson, another colored man, on
December 10, 1896.
The total output of coal in the United
States in 1897 amounted approximately
TO 19S,250000 tons, an increase of
6,270, 900 tons over 1896.
w. J. Calhoun, of Danville, ILL.,, re
Gently appointed a member of the in
terstate commerce commission, has en-
tered uFon the duties of his Office.