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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-16
HOUSE CLEANING.

1.-THE following poetic effusion is APP
propriate to the present time, and Will
be appreciated by hosts of readers who
passed through the perils of house
cleaning.
" The melancholy days have come, the sad
deSt OF the year"
or cleaning paint and Scrubbing hoorS, and
securing fal and neari
Heaped in the corners of the room, the an
Client dirt lay quiet,
And spiders wove their web secure from fear,
and din and riot;
But, now, the carpets all are up, anu from
the staircase top
The mistress calls to man and maid to WELD
the broom and mop.
Where are those rooms, those quiet rooms,
the house but now presented,
Wherein we dwelt, nor dreamed of dirt, so
coZy and contented?
Alas they're turned all upside down, that
quiet suite of rooms,
With slops and suls, and soap, and snnd, and
tubs, and pals and brooms;
Chairs, tables, stands are standing round at
skies and at seyens,
While wife and maid fly about like meteors
in the heavens.
The parlor and the chamber floor was clean
The carpets shook and windows washed, as
all The neighborS knowi
But still the SqncttnI had escaped-the table
Pens, ink and paper all about, peace in its
Till fell the women on them all, as falls the
And aiHf then they Es! vanished all away-boolks,
papers, Ink and pen.i
And, now, when comes the master home, as
come he must at nights,
To find all things are " set to wrongs that
they have set to rights!"
When the sound of driving tacks Is heard,
though the house is far from still,
And the carpet women are on the stairs, that
hnrbinger OF Ill
He looks for papers, books or bills, that all
were there before,
And slghS to find them on the desk or in the
dTawern no more.
And then he grimly thinks OF her who set
this fuss ailo0t.
And wishes she were out at sea In very lea
He meets her at the parlor door, with hair
and cap aWry,
With sleeves tucked up and broom in hand,
defiance in her eye;
He feels quite small, and knows full well
there's nothing 10 be said,
So holds his tongue, and drinks his ten, and
SnenkS away 10 bed.
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Fyon, The Putsbllrgh Commercial


"The little rectangle (Which forms a
sort of fappendage or extension to the
northwest corner of West Virginia, is
part of this young State which it has
renson to prize very highly. 1t has of
ten been asked how this singular boun-
Diary line was formed. 1t was in the
simplest way possible. The order to the
surveyor was to follow and extend the
line of Mason and Dixon four degrees
west, and then due north. The Pan
handle, between the west line of Penn
sylvania and the Ohio river, was thus
formed and left under the jurisdiction
of Virginia. tits beautiful and rich
portion of the State, forming four small
counties Ohio, Brooke and
Hancock.
"The city of Wheeling is the only
large town in the tract. The area is
composed of fine farming lands, arabic
and ErnZing, and is occupied by AN ac-
tive, Intelligent, and generally wealthy
population. About one hundred
and seventy thousand acres of land are
improved, and one hundred and twelve
Thousand unimproved. Where the
moro modern style of farming is adopt
ed, very large crops are raised. But
some Of the people adhere to the plan
of planting with the same kind of crop
as long as the land will bear anything.
Hence there are such instructive con-
trasts as this: one man raising two nun
dred and twenty-eight bushels of corn
on two acres, and another raising TWEEN
ty bushels to the acre, the former being
premium patch, and the latter raised
on II field on which without ever being
manured, corn had been raised for six
ty years in succession.
1.-THE Panhandle subsiSts large
number of sheep, from which the far
mers derive excellent profits. On the
two hundred and eighty-one thousand
proved, there are no less than one hum
dred and twelve thousand sheep. There
are probably more now, for these are
the statistics of three years ago. In
the three counties, Ohio, Brooke and
Hancock, the sheep are in the proportion
of one to every acre and u half of farm
ing land. The price OF land in the sew
er0I counties is in proportion to the
number of sheep kept in them.
'"The city of Wheeling does not raise
the price of farm land in Ohio county,
in which it is located, any higher than
it is in Brooke county, which has no
towns. It is in both proportioned to
their number of sheep. In Hancock
county, with forty per cent. less sheep,
the price is twenty-five per cent. less;
and in Marshall county, with one
fourth as many sheep, the price of land
is only one-hnlf what it is in Ohio and
Brooke. Sheep, in all the Panhandle
appear to be the standard of value in
farming. The tillagtEof the land is
productive, yielding about one hundred
and thirty-five thousand bushels of
wheat and six hundred thousand of
corn.n
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v. ii. AIEECALFE,
OFAfafCaIEa Rr0 Er0

McCABE, KRAFT & Co. wholesale Drug.
Etsts, Wheeling, w. Va. sole Proprtetors, TO
whom all orders should be addressed.
For sale by REED, KRAFT & Co., Centre
wheeling, WEST & MITCHELII, bridgeport,
Ohio. and by Dealers In Medicines every
where. feb-l GmdSw
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NEW York, April 14.-At the O'NIa-
honey headquarters, in this city, every
thing is quiet, but those who know say
that matters are progressing steadily
and surely.
The strike among the drivers has
spread to all the railroad lines in the
city, travel being almost completely
suspended. Thus far the companies
have made no offer to the men, who
seem determined to hold out. n mass
meeting OF the drivers on the various
roads was held yesterday, at Union
square, and speeches were made by a
number of gentlemen, all of whom en-
couraged the men.
Unsuccessful speculations in stocks
are reported TO be the primary cause OF
the defaIcatiOn of Lurean Lamarink,
cashier of the PHshiers Branch of the
Bank of France, before leaving for this
country. He is alleged to have alb
stracted an additional sum of about
$50, 900, the greater part of which was
recovered when he was arrested in this
city, on Monday last. The eXamina-
ton before United States Commissioners
Belts has been postponed until Tuesday
next.
A Washington dispatch says that
blanks for the collection of Internal
Revenue taxes for the present year
now being printed and distributed to
uSSeSSOTS hS as JOSSiuIes WIZ
are ordered by Commissioner Rollins to
commence the annual assessment as
soon as they receive them.
The reconstruction committee had
another meeting yesterday nnd agreed
to report another lot of testimony on
Monday next. There are about twenty
witnesses whose testimony is quite
yoluminous. Among the witnesses are
eX-ProviSional Governors ShaTkey and
johnson, and among the military Off
GERS is an affidavit from Gen. Sheridan.
Stephens testimony alone is about four
columns in length.
Business in produce and merchan-
die was less active yesterday, and
prices were somewhat irregular. There
was less doing in the freight line,
though rates were in favor OF shippers.
The court of appeals have announced
that no opinion will be given in the
case ofGOngales AMI Pelipier, the MUIR
derers of SenOr Otero. until June.
VIM. Wolfe, of Utica, was arrested
yesterday on charge of bigamy and
larceny preferred against him by Man
asser Galman, of No. l65 Allen street.
The complainant stated that the ac-
cused committed the double crime in
September, 1864. Hewas committed
for trial. The last woman whom Wolfe
married was complainaut's wife.
The Fenian Senate is still in session
in this city.
The Tribune's special says: The sub
committee of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, met yesterday to consider the
case of JEFF. Davis. They have not yet
received any of the evidence from the
Bureau of military justice.
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New YORK, April 16.-Government
offices in this city are closed to-day and
flags are at half mast out of respect to
the memory of the late President Lin
coin.
in the fort to keep in memory the anni-
versary of the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln. The band will play
dirges, the soldiers will parade with
arms reversed, and minute guns fred.
ALBANY, April 16.-The assembly and
Senate adjourned to-day in commemo-
ration of the anniversary of the death
of President Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The depart
ments and army stores in the city are
closed to-day in commemoration of the
death of Mr.. Lincoln.
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johnson when he accepted the nomina-
awhile society is in this disordered
state and we are seeking security, let us
Efx the foundations of the Government
on principles of eternal Justice which
will endure for all time" The Radical
policy was never more tersely expressed
and it will unquestionably be main
tained, for it is founded in the plainest
common sense and the profoundest con-
viction of the loyal American people.
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no the Public.

To the Public.
MFRS. n. c. LEECH RETURNS TO THE
lll public her most cordial thanks for the
very liberal share OF patronage bestowed upon
her during the 2S years she has been en-
gagged in the clothing business in this city,
The new frm of NJ. Q. Leech & Co., respect
fully solicits and Will strive to merit, at their
new place of business, a continuation Of the
patronage heretofore enjoyed.
NJ c. LEEGH & Co,
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1.-THE following poetic effusion is mp.
propriate to the present time, and will
be appreciated by hosts of readers who
passed through the perils of house
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on.-It is estimated that the quantity
of oil produced daily in the West Vir-
ginia oil region is about 5000 barrels.
or this, all that portion found in the
White Oak section is heavy lubricatiDg
oil. OF this there is said to be about
1900 barrels per day raised. This oil
commands about 81 per gallon, as We
understand it, while the light oil OF this
section commands from Is TO 40 cents
per gallon.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. LIST, IsG5.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec LIST, 1855.
MeSns. McCABE, KRAFT & Co., Gentlemen :
Ihaye been using your' Dinrrhea Compound
in my family for some time. and can say with
much pleasure, that ii II the BESr MEDICISE
of the kind have ever used, and do cheerful
Iy recommend IL TO my friends
With much respect, am your friend,
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WASH FOR RooFs.-Slake lime in a
close box to prevent the escape of steam,
and when slaked pass it through seive.
To every six quarts of this lime, add
one quart of rock salt, and one gallon
of water. After this, boil and skim
clean. To every five gallons of this add,
by slow degrees, three-quarters of "a
pound of potash and four quarts of fine
sand. Coloring matter may be added
IL desired. Apply with paint or white
wash brush. This wash looks as well
as paint, and is as durable as slate. 1t
will stop small leaks in roofs, prevent
the moss fromgrowing over and rotting
the wood. and renders it incobustible
from sparks falling on it. When ap-
piled to brick work it renders the bricks
utterly impervious to rain; it endures
as long as paint, and the expense is
mere tritle.
PREsERvArtoN OF FREscoEs BY
MEANS OF PARAFFTNE.-Vohl coats the
picture with a saturated solution OF
parfIine in DenZole, and when the sol
vent has evaporated, washes the sur
face with a very soft brush. Paratine
has advantage over other greasy mat
tiers of not becoming colored by time
DingIer's Journal and Bulletin de Ia So
ciete CHiInilue, etc., Feb. 1866. A SINH
lar solution, we may add, has been used
in England for the preservation OF pho
tographs.-C Chemical Netrs.
PRESSED DCHICKENs.-Boil the chicken
with the giblets until the bones can be
easily pulled out. Then season to taste
with salt and pepper, (a little thyme is
a great improvementl, and mince quite
fine; after which put it in dish or pan,
with weights enough upon II to press ii
firm; set it away TO cool, and when
turned out, it makes nice side dish fol-
dinner, or relish for tea.
\ hot water, piece of butter half size of an
egg, one cup molasses, teaspoonful
| ginger, cloves and saleratus. Mix the
whole SO thin that it will pour easily.
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Chaplin 18th W. va. inlntty.
PIrrsBuRG, July s, 1885.

AfeSrs. ATcCABE, KRAFT & Co.. GenaeHIeT:
Allow me to add my testimony tO that OF
Others, in regard 10 your celebrated "Dinrrhea
Compound" / have been for a long time
suhIect to the disease for which II Is recon-
menCled. / have tried various Temetiie.; but
never found one that so completely Grldicaies
ngo I was suffering terribly with DIarrhen l
procured bottle of "KrStft's Dlarrhea Cone
pound" / experienced Immediate relief from
one dose, and ,fter "A third dose felt u well rs
ever. regaid it as an Invaluable medicine,
and would not be without IL. Your. truly,
L. w. STEWART.
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or Its kindred dIsoases-during the coming
The following are a few OF the certificates
which have been voluntarily given to the
ProprietOrs, by persons who arc well known
WHEELING. Apri: :25th, 1865.
MessTs. MCCABE, KRAFT & Co., Gentlemen:
Having used KrnGt Is DiaTrheR Compound, for
Camp DiaTThea, with which have been deep
ly aniCted for almost one MONTH. all other
remedies tried hGviHO failed, and finding IL not
only n present Telief but n permanent cure, I
take pleasure in recommending IL 10 the Ia
voTRble notice OF all who may be alike Aftiict-
ed, t-a Il. MARTIN,
Chaplin 18th W. va. Infantry.
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of its kind now in us,

Many prominent Physicians now use It in
their practice, and dunheSitatingly recommend
KeepitIn your house, and be prepared for
any sudden attack OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-30

'oh fHs RECEPTION AND TREATMENT o.
Surgical and Chronic Diseases
-AND-
DIsEAsBs or THE EYE Ann rAR.

THIS Institution is situated in the most
- pleasant and healthy part Of tie city of K.uLrt
lows and well arranged every pect 10 seeur. ~
comfort Of invalids
The following diseases admitted and treated In this
Institution:
LIST Surgical diseases and all requiring Surgical
operations.
~. Diseases OF the Ey and Ear.
3D. Diseases Of TIE Lnngs, Throat and Heart.
4th. Diseases OF Women.
DTS. SANFORD CURTIS having retired from the
eneral practice Of medicine viii give their ntre tina
end stteHtion to csses OF the kind enumerated.
The Department ~ Surgery ard Iisear*s Of the Eye
and Ear wil be under the special charge % DR. SAN
FORD, while that Of Dstsse- Of TIE Lungs, Threat and
Heart and the Diseas%E ~ Women will he rhder the
special charge 0, Dr. CUR rIs though either viii assist
the Other in difSe nil cases
This enterprise has been In successful operation
than year. and II ID beliese ed private Clinic in the
Omitted STATS presents larger number Of interesting
and important csats
Physicians passing through sojournng in city
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Case of IS yfas ami t1cs oafnpieeslo W
Co.. 81 o large Was In IA To- CO. snd book %
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Case ~ Is boz s<Ncs 10 f5t ard tsook.+.-.. W
Thee dies bv The ca gle box sert TO
any rart az rhs country tn mail express, free Of
charge, on Il +. ~ the rrie~. Af~rss-
UTpFHRErS SPECIFIC
HoMy0Pa Tyyfr MEDICINE Cn1hP4ST.
t,fRc~ and D.,,st M E6s b oadxay Nss- York
For sale hy every SedCiBe Dealer.
Dr HUNpITEg j. sonsnl es daily at his -ice, per
sopal by LITTER above FIR all rus OF cissese
tanT-dIy ts
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WINE FOX FEMALES,

E-.ry fsmIy at this season, should ~ sfh ,
WINE celeb, Ated n Enrp2e IF its NO
800 a. Enrr f,4al, AID Ameri, an Hospital arc 61so"e
~ IN. f,fsf Mriiex Ia Enrrpe and Arerica .,,rs
IA To1i % II his no EQUAL canens IN - me Of :
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hsalshy aciIon q the Glands Kidney a. Biunatic AZ
s,,s s9Ekk VIM isa part article 49, ~ r.
d fsrt Grape re.s .irs .S ~ e.ee ri se.
rt' 70 any n rr-cn. sud TIE ssta a. IN,
rn 81 .pp psd w. 's .s ~ Il astrd
children ~ Signature Of ALFRED sPExR is over ths
ccrk OF each bottle par,,.,. i "a K.okut Iowa End
sc'd ~ ~, sssers who also sell t.e CA TlLLA fuhf
Ill yNpy choice old artrl~ Imported o. " ~ Ut
naf direct fra,p the vsases Of 0portos tccfs-on
sPss-Traa. supplied by Wholesale Druggist:
-By A. sPEER A. his Vim yard In New jersey
pRlNCsP.L o*FIos. - BROADWAY NE" -sef =.
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In. ARMENTROUT,
fSsecsssss TO Gafsrd ACoJ
Produce and Commission
MERCHANTS, ~,
Noo. 1Y0 0nd IT.
yorsA SIDE m.,n pe,. ssn 4 TN sss.,
s kEoEUK, 10 WA

WANTED-lggs. Butter. Poultr. v,Hss! Hosxs -
con, Lad Weses-seSp, RotsAQasroatr x&Ss.
Oats Ba{S1h upfp i Md f3aA, clcssss 49, 49,
and Taow for which the highest marke pE1cein So
will be paid
Oonsixnm. Unsolicited and willrscaive Tomp, e.as
ton JAnit-"e
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Sold sf wholesale In Chicago by fuller, Finch Rner
Bnrnhams + Van sehaafk, Lord Smith, smih
Dwyer n Reed n fse Cfaas Smith, Dietzfch. Block
4 c., II Scoxi, W D Harri- = Co., Poet BadeAa. and
by dru egists and dea'ers generally. feh3d&m
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-16

LAW CASE EXTRAORDINARY.-Two
young gentlemen in Wisconsin had
long been counting a young lady, each
striving to gain her consent to mar
riage. One evening, when all three
were sitting together, dispute arose
as to the shortest distance to La
Crosse. They referred the matter to
the girl who laughingly replied that
the best way to decide was to walk
there and back, each by his own route
when they could decide which was the
quickest, and as there was but little
difference in the distance, she could
know which was the smartest man.
and playfully said "Go noble knights,
and he who first returns shall claim
my hand in marriage !" Both started
and one made the distance in forty
minutes, while the other just stepped
around the corner, and then returned
to chat with the girl. When the
former returned some hard words en-
sued, and he told the girl to 60 to- 6
hotter place than LaCrosse-and left
the house. He brought suit to recov
er a bill of goods which he had pre-
sented to the girl while sparkling her
amounting to $3.50, AT the tria
the young lady presented a cross bill
for kerosene oil, rent Of parlor fo
sparkling" and confectionery, amount
ing to $13,75. After rather anus
ing trial, the Court gave a verdict OF
25 cents and costs against the plain
fig, the costs being 1882 IL.
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The EXISTENCE OF THE SUN.-lt
will be most gratifying to our readers
to know that an eminent mathemati-
clan has demolished various theories
of solar heat, and demonstrated that
for 30,000,000 years to come the sun
will continue to afford sufficient calor
ic to sustain human life upon the
earth's surface. This is about as
long as any of US will be personally
interested in the matter, and the pros
pect of our descendants being frozer
to death is too remote to cause any
serious uneasiness.
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A LIVE FROG IN A BLOCK OF MAR
BLE.-The Louisville Courier is re-
sponsible for the statement that on the
18th ult., as the masons were prepar-
ing stones for the doorsiIl of a new
banking house at Springfield, KY, they
came upon a living frog in the middle
Of large stone, walled about with
solid stone on all sides. There were
two strata of stone above the layer
from which this piece was taken. AS
it lay upon the bench, the workmen
in dressing it, broke through into a
small aperture, in which they discov-
cred the frog. He began to give signs
of life as soon as the breaking of the
rock let the air in. He was then
placed in a small glass jar, which was
loosely corked. In this place he liv
ed until Sunday night, June II.
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The Erie Dispatch gets off the fol-
lowing catechism, revised and cor
rected;
Question-Who was the first man ?
Answer-Andrew Johnson.
Q.-How many are there Of him?
A.-Three.
Q.-Can you name them?
Al, me, and my policy.
Q.-Do you believe in the existence
Of My Policy?
Al do.
Q.-Upon what grounds do yor
base your belief?
| Anew Orleans burial grounds.
Right-The class may take theil
seats with the elect.
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Changes in Russia.

All changes are sudden and CON-
plete in Russia. Summer goes in a
day, and winter comes. One may
cross river in boat at night and
walk back On the ice in the morning.
Doors and windows stand wide open
in the summer for a breath of cool
air; but in winter the cool air is bar
red out with double windows, triple
doors and heated stoves. So In re-
gard to clothing, thin linen summer
habiliments are thrown aside in a day
and the reign of furs begins. Wheels
are upon all carriages of every sort
one day; snow comes during the
night and the wheels all vanish; in
the me ming nothing but sledges are
seen.
The transitions from class to class
are of the same character. One class
is of gentlemen and barons; the next
step is to moushicks, peasant-serfs who
live on black bread and salt, seasoned
with sour cabbage and garlic; and
who are covered with a dirty sheep
skin instead of being clothed in ermine,
sables and fine linen.
Cronstadt is reached by steamers
one week; in the next, the traveller
rides over the same water with three
horses before him. The people will
leave hot bath and plunge into a
hole made in the ice; they will leave
a room heated to 10 Or so degrees,
and follow funeral for six miles, with
no covering on their heads, in a frost
Is degrees below zero; they will fast
seven weeks on cabbage and garlic,
and then guzzle themselves in a few
hours into the hospital, take cholera
and die. Diseases are generally
swift and fatal-to-day well, to-mor
row dead. More than two-thirds of
the cholera cases die. Women are
interesting, marriagable and plump at
fourteen; they are shriveled at thirty.
Despotic power works in extreme
without control, religion without NOR
ality, commerce without honesty
There is land illimitable, without cul-
tivation. There are splendid laws,
and poverty of justice. Some of these
contrasts are now being sOftened
> down by the wise progressive policy
of Alexander the Second.