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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-12

scorcnmen, Journalism and oat-

EnN NJ.
The London Spectator aud Its cores
pondents are engaged In lively con-
troyersy on the question; " by
Scotchmen get on" It is clear that the
Scotch do "get on" They get on at
home, under adverse circumstances 5
they get on In England so well that
they frequently beat tue English on
their own ground: they get on in the
United States. They get on because
they are honest, thrifty and industrious.
Anybody can get on who has these
qualities, but the Scotch as nation
possess them, and thisis more than can
be said OF the majority of mankind.
One of the correspondents of the
Spectator mentions fact in eontradic-
tlon of an assertion by that journal.
He says:
''I am surprised to see that you seem
to imply that Journalism is an excep-
ton. II Is fact known to all who
have had the opportunity of judging
that in no department In life
have young men from Scotland
been more successful. 1t is very
common ambition TO get into
u6hbphpGI anu 4 COuAA
scores of instances oi lads beginning
with addressing the covers, and rising
TO be reporters, sub-editors and editors.
Not unfrequently they have left behind
Englishmen whose prospects at the out
set seemed to be the brightest. On the
metropolitan press Scotchmen are fairly
represented, and there Is scarcely pro-
vinclal office in which Scotchmen will
not be found occupying foremost posi-
tions."
Another writer takes his stand upon
oatmeal. He says:
But did it never strike you that n
Scotchman was more perseVering than
an Englishman, simply on account OF
the difference in the diet and up-bring-
ing of each? Did it never strike you
that an English child is very clever,
and Scotch child very dull; that an
English youth is very polite and u
Scotch youth very vulgar; that an Eng
lishman is very much afflicted with
what your contributor calls an 'invet-
crate proclivity to chat, while Scotch
man always prefers work to chatf?
And all these are simply matters
brought about by the diet of each nation.
The men of the one country are no
better workers than those of the other,
but the Scotch make their meals sec
ond TO their work, and they care less for
the particular dish OF which they are 10
paTtake, ana SILL less IOr Tue pdEIlCulhE
company in which they are to partRke
of it than the English. 1t appears 10
me simplya matter OF how you feed
YOUR children. Beer them, overfeed
them, let them put their oar into the
conversation of their seniors and supe-
riors, and you have clever BARNS, polite
youths and Chatting men," G
This is neat, not to say funny. The
Spectator replies: "Nonsense about
diet; oatmeal will not make persever-
ance, though it may make bone" As
Scotchmen are noted for the prominence
OF their oseoIogical development, per-
haps new question in physiology is
here opened. AS for the oatmeal ques-
tIon, il is hygienic and Important the
Scotch eat it regularly, and are very
successful in journalism, and strong in
everything they undertake-but DIR.
johnson said 1t was used in England
only for horses, and, naturally, English
horses are the strongest"
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LORD DERRY, when opening the de-
bate on the reform bill In the House of
Lords, a few days ago, spoke as follows
of his own entrance into public life, as
a member of the unreformed parlia
ment In 1920, sitting tor Stockbridge:
SIT Is difficult, indeed, for those OF
your lordships whose memories will
not carry them back to that stormy Pc
our so-called representative system up
to 1892. It is difficult for the younger
members of your lordships' House to
realize that there was a time when In
the councils of the country the voice of
Manchester, of Birmingham, OF Leeds,
and of all the other important centres
Of manufacturing industry were abso-
lutely unheRrd; that there was time
when even the large and more impOr-
tant towns that were honored with
what was then called representation
we're In the hands of self-elected 10,
u, or IA individuals, and when bor-
oughs which had absolutely ceased
to have any but political existence,
and in which there was not even IA sin
gle inhabitant or a single house, still
went through the mockery OF sending
members to take part in the great coun-
Gil, of the natioD.b My lords, 1 must
confess that ! myself entered Parlia-
ment for the first time as Il very young
man under circumstances somewhat
anomalous. 1t so happened that a
West Indian proprietor of high tory
principles found himself, as West In
dian proprietors sometimes did even
before the passing of negro lemAncipa-
ton, in pecuniarY difficulties. He was
the possessor of property which inclu-
ded borough, over which, although
nominally there was voting of scot and
lot, he had absolute and entire control.
1t happened also that u wealthy whig
peer was desirous of increasing his p0-
litical influence, and he requested me,
then a young man and without the
slightest connexiou with the borough
in question or with the neighborhood,
to accept the seat which he was ready to
place at my disposal. And so far, my
lords, was the tory proprietor from
feeling any shame at the transaction
that he not only vacated his seat in the
middle Of the session, but also went
down in person and Introduced to the
constituency whom he had sold, the
nominee of the whig peer to whom he
had sold them. [Laughter.l 1 am
obliged to confess that a few years af-
terwards I was guilty OF such ingrati-
tude as to vote for that borough being
placed in schedule A. IA laugh.l
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
The representation of HinorIties.

The RepreHenfatIOn Of MtnOrities.
The Personal Representation Society
Of New York, have presented a memo
rial to the Convention, setting forth a
plan for representing the interests of
lninorities in the Legislature. It's main
features are the following: Let every
candidate for the Assembly who re-
ceives u certain number of yotes-say
2,OOO-be declared elected. Let the
number of his votes count as so many
proxies in the decision of every ques-
lion that comes before the assembly.
The unsuccessful candidates (of whom,
under free system of choice, there
would probably be a large number),
would have the right, within fixed
time after the election, to transfer the
votes (or proxies) they had received to
any one of the elected members, or to
complete the quota of one or more of
their own number by such transfer.
This is clearly just, since 1t would not
be right that those who had voted Tor
unsuccessful candidates should be dis
franchised, or lose their equal
weight in the Legislatures. Each
OF the unsuccessful, candidates would
thus be, in this matter, an
"attorney, with the power of substitu-
tiOn." Unless such transfer OF NOteS
were allowed, the voters would be re-
stricted In their choice to the candi-
dates OF the great parties or other prom
ineut candidates, from the aPPrehen-
sion that the person for whom they
voted might fail of receiving +. quota,
and that thus their votes might be lost.
But by permitting this transfer ofvotes,
each voter is secured the fullest possi-
BILE liberty in the choice of candidates,
without any danger of his vote be-
ing thrown away. In the Assembly
thus com posed, each of the members
would vote on all divisions according
10 the number OF votes which he had
received, in the election or by subSe-
quent transfer from unsuccessful can
didates. His influence in legislation
would, therefore, be exactly equal to
the combined influence which would
be exerted by the number OF voters he
represented, ifthey were voting in per-
son in one vast popular legislative
body. On the other hand, every sim
gle voter in the State would have In the
Legislature a member to whom he had
teIther by his direct proxy, or by sub
stitution OF his direct proxy, intrustgd
his share of political Influence.
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TIE SECRET OF FLoSGEyIrY.--An en-
.tertaining book of ofsporting gossip, re-
Gently published in London under the
.oddtitle of "sportascrapiana.r gives,
lin the words of Captain Horatlo Ross,
the secret ofthe remarkable preserves
ton of his dnesvigorous physique to a
late period in life. 81 Iatfribute it." he
says, Finsa great measure to having al
ways kept myself in state of moder-
ate training. have always lived well,
and for many years have drank nothing
but light claret, one bottle per diem;
but have never, omitted, wherever 1
was, whether in town or country,
whether the weather wss fair or the re-
verse, to walk regularly eight miles,
and generally twelve miles, every day
of my life, unless Fhad an opportunity
of going out shooting. Il have also, for
great many years, been very partieu-=
lar in taking sponging bath of cold
water every mornings" Aud now, at
sixtY-dve, he can walk his fifty miles,
at three and half miles an hour, with
out fatigue, and he is still the best rifle
shot in England.
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National Insurance Company.
WHEELING. WEsT "a.

...a #AEEl-lNGs WEST VA.
CARAEAkss--.---.-.----
once, 20 Monroe St, next door TO lst Ma
uonM Bank
oFFICERss
gro. K. WHEAT, President.
JAMES McCLUHEY, Vice President
JOHN BISHOP, Secretary.
CHAS- WALLACE, state Agent for West
Virginia and Maryland.
DIREcroRs;-John E. Wilson, Jas. o. on,
John A. Armstrong. A. c. Quarter, Geo. X.
Wheat, Samuel Harper, James McCIuney,
Morgan l.. Ott, Geo. Adams
RKEKEEscEs: 9, Brady, Cashier Merchants
National Bank, Wheeling; List, Morrison q
Co., Wholesale Grooers, Wheeling; Pryor,
HAndlan q Co, Wholesale 6TocerE, Wheel
Wheeling; Mcclellan a Knox, Boot and
Shoe house, Wheeling; McCabe, KRAFT & o..
Druggists, Wheeling; Geo, ": ErRnEheim q
Co, Wholesale Wines and Lilo ors, Wheel
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Wheeling; Lewis Baker, Puo. Register.
wheeling; T. @. NcAfee, Notions, Wheeling5
Campbell Erew Cos Pubs. 1ntsLlgsncsIs =
Wheeling; Ott, e0n 4 Co Hardware, Wheel
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FRIrmont; II. P. Camden. Prest- Nat EI.
Bank. weston. W. VA-i Capt. John hcLurss
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We have also on hand 5000 worth of La
dies and Childrens' Boots and Shoes, at lower
prices than ever was seen In the State. II
you want Bargains In Boots and Shoes, go to
Gandiner's New Store, cor. Main and Union
streets and get them.
Every pair of Boots and Shoes sold at this
establishment Is WARRANTED, and In
every case will be mended nee OF charge.
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SEASIDE CORRESPONDENCE lady
contributes to the Springfield RepHoti-
can a letter from her special oorrespon-
dent at the seashore. 1t is graphic and
characteristic. Best of all, it is brief:
DEAR MoTHER-I am having splen-
did time. Last Friday we went out
one. when Joe threw the harpoon' at
him. 1t struck him near the tail, and
off he started, dragging the boat after
him. Man never Invented anything
that could go as fast as We went then.
We soon got him near the bow of the
boat. We then killed him with a lance.
1 had my pants washed for six cents
when I got back. 1 read my Bible every
night before l go to bed, and every
morning when get up.
Your affectionate son, NJ. p. W.
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THE Philadelphia North Ame'ieG'l,
in an article on insurance business,
says SIT was announced some time
ago that the losses of the fire insurance
companies in the country at large had
become so serious and so long contin-
ued as to impair their capital, and one
large company had wound up business.
1t is proper to say that this does not re-
suit from losses sustained in the Attain
tic cities, where property is substan-
TALLY ruilt and The streets well lighted
and policed. But in the Interior,
where the towns and cities, built most
ly of wood, are like tinder-boxes, the
losses in the insurance business have
been unprecedented. OF course, the
corporations have by this time learned
some useful lessons in this respect, and
they are drawing their lines more
tightly upon their agents in all parts of
the country" a.r.s ius4
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Incorporated 1885,
Wheeling Savings Institution,
OEFICE No. y MONROE ST.,
AEoSEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN.
lM terest paid on special Deposit, Notes and
Bills Discounted, Exchange Bought and Sold
Collections made on all points
In order to meet want that has long been
felt In this community, this Institution Will
receive on wednesday and Saturday amer
noon between the hours Of two and four o.
clock Deposits OF any sum OF money, nom
one dollar and upwards, on which interes
GEO. MENDEL, President.
D1REcroRz-AIex. LaughIin, A ]. Pannell
John McLure lr., Alex. Rogers, Morgan L
Ott James PAUL, Alex. j. Cecil, James Reed
ocl7-ly A. Q. .QUARRIER, Treasurer.
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THE New York SRR devotes about a
column daily to letters from indnstri-
Gus young men striving to save some
thing ont OF small incomes. The great
lesson taught by this publication is that
large proportion of the expenses Of
young men goes for Wnnecessaries,
things that they can not only do very
well without, but deprivation Of which
is a positive benetit. The plan OF The
Sun is good one. It is AN excellent
thing for young man to have u fixed,
definite object in life. And although
many may underate the accumulation
of money as being a low aim, 1t is a
much higher aim than the qualification
of demoralizing. propensities and other
forms of flseif-indnlgence. 5gaLJEa
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DID President johnson see the recon-
mendation OF the military commission
which tried Mrs. Surrratt that her SEN
tence should be commuted? The Wash
ington correspondents differ in regard
to it; but however this question may be
answered, there can be but one reply to
the question; did he have chance to
see it7 There can hardly be doubt
that the paper ON which the recommen-
dation was written, and of which it
formed part, passed through Mr.,
Johnson's hands, and that it bears his
signature. The question then arises as
1t is put by the New York Tribune /:
"Are we TO understand that the Chief
Magistrate OF this nation signs death
warrants without reading themf'
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l4o Main Street,

Corner of Union. wHEEIIS g..
. a -.
Bargains in Boots 6 Shoes
Tina, never have Oesn,nor never oan:Oe.Deal
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l'EMPERAScE.-Tbeg temperance re-
viyai Is rapidly extending into The
Southern States, aud large and numer-
Gus meetings are being held at various
points.
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NO. 298.
ausnraure.
Franklin Insurance Company
-..,,, -,,..,,,., OF wHEELISs.- ,.oooo
prRncroR: :


T. II. Logan, 7. P. ShaIlcros, ]. 8. Rhodes
Geo Mendal, J. H. Hobbs, SRn1l. AeGlel-
Ian, g. W. FTanEhelm, Jas n. Vance, Alex
LanGhlfn-
NNHIs COMPANY NOW HAVING BEEN
i oryaniEed four yearsI and IN inst otns
done q successful bpsine5s, s sun Prep2red
totRke rizkH ~ fAtr rates on Buildings OF Az
kinds. Merchandise, Manufacturing EsIo-
lishmenis, Furniture, Steam Boats and Car
goes on the Western Rivers and Lakes.
This company Offers superior lnducemen4
to Farmers, Whereby they can be insured on
Dwellings, Furniture Bafns and cOntents,for
or years Al reduced rates
gest capital and surplus OF any company In
In the State and composed OF some
nlnety-four stockholders, most 0fwhom are
among our pest 6ustnesS men recommends
itself TO the favorable consideration OF the
insuring public, and solicitA their patronage,
Applications for insurance viii be promptly
attended to by the Secretary.
Once . Monroe street.
y - MACARTHUR, Secretary.
aAM'L MCCLELLAN, President
GEO. MENDEL, Vice President
Q. II. COEN, Special Agent ocl6
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Qhe4nteuigeufsr
TERMs--Payable in Advance.

And an extra copy OF the Weekly TO the get
ter up Of each Weekly club of ten or more.
Re1nitiances for Clubs must be made at one
liIne, bot additions may be made al any
time at Club Rates, Riler the Climb has been
raised, provided fuIl years subscription Is
taken. az .a HfE-.f.fr
Remit In Cheeks or Post-ottice Money Or
ders, II possible. Address,
CAMPBELL. FREW q CO.,
Wheeling, West YIrgluiR.
E ETF -EfsFT ". Gffi-fI7f
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ANr1DorE FOR ENsUI.-The following
for ennui, SO prevalent in the
sultry summer months, is highly re-
by the La Crosse Democrat:
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!. CAN a MOTHER FORGET Can a
mother forgstT Not a morning. noon
or night but she looks to the corner of
the kitchen where you read Robinson
Urusoe, and thinks OF you as yet a boy.
Mothers rarely become conscious that
their children are grown out OF their
childhood. They think of them, advise
them, write to them, as II notfull four
teen years of age. They cannot forgot
the child. Three times d day she thinks
who Is absent from the table, and hopes
that next year, at the .farthest,;s she may
have just her own family there, and II
yon are there LOOK out for the fat lan.b b
or fried chicken, and that coffee which
none but everybody's own mother can
make.
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RULES FOR HARD DTINiEs.-Stop grum-
bling. Get up two hours earlier in the
morning, and begin TO do something
out of your regular profession. Mind
your own business, and with all your
might let other peoples alone. Live
Give away or sell your dog. Smoke
your cigar through an air stove. Eat
with moderation and go to bed early.
Talk less OF your own peculiar gins and
virtues and more of those of your
friends and neighbors. Be careful.
Fulfill your promises. Pay yorir debts.
Be yourself all You would see in others.
Be good man and stop grumbling. ~
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Aprill4-The Secretary
of the Interior has been informed that
the third section Of twenty miles of the
central branch of the Union Pacific rail-
road, formerly known as the Atchison
and Pixies Peak railroad, has been COM
pleted.
The receipts of Internal Revenue yes
terday amounted to 1888, 800. The re-
ceipts last week we're over two and one
third millions, which swells the grand
total of receipts for the present fiscal
year to nearly $726,OOO,OOO
The Senate confirmed the appointment
of Commissioner 7. Lure, as Assessor of
Internal Revenue for the Fourth District
Of Tennessee.
A Washington special says it is ru-
mOred in diplomatic circles, that Eng
land intends securing the PHILIPPINE
islands as reprisal from Spain.
A telegram from Fort Mcpherson
states that a mail party consisting Of
four persons, from Fort Phil Kesrney to
Fort Laramie, we're killed, scAlped and
mutilated by the Indians eighteen miles
east of Fort Reno. 1t is feared the
Crows will join the hostile Sioux, in
which event Fort Smith will be in great
danger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-15
FROM NEW YORK.

New YORK, April l4.-European in
telligence from Vienna correspondent
says: The Austrian Ambassador at Ber-
lin has been instructed to declare to the
Prussian Government that in her hour
of danger Austria will stand by Ger
many.
A Mexican letter from the headquar-
ters of the Liberals in front of Queretaro,
confirms the late Imperial defeat SIEVE
raj roads for the escape of MACMILLAN
are still left open. The people of Quer-
etaro aid him literally with supplies.
The besieging army are also suffering
for food, and the contest turns on the
question, which army shall be starved
out first
Eseobedo is considered incompetent
for his position.
Coahuils is again in rebellion, under
General Herrera
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BE NOT DECEIVED.

DRADER, IF YOU HAVE HAD THE SAD
III misfortune TO contract the accursed dis
ease, known as venerial, in any form, you can
be cured II care not in what stage u msy pre-
sent itself, whether primary, secondary or ter
tiary). without taking one solitary Grain Of
medicine. After ten years Of close investiga-
ton and practical experience, am convinced
that internal treatment, for the purpose Of ef-
fecting permanent cure Of syphilitic diseases
is useless, and, that in large proportion Of
cases, IL absolutely does moro harm than good.
While under my method Of external mediea-
cation. which is pleasant and agreeable to the
patient, | defy competition with any other
method known 10 the medical profession, for
speedy and permanent cure-Whieh guarantee
in all cases. In making this important fact
known 10 the public, wish TO state that am
a regular practitioner Of medicine that | am
a graduate Of the Medical Department Of the
University Of Louisville, Ky, and that my
method OF treating those diseases has cost years
Of deep study and close observation.
All diseases Of the Ear and Eye treated upon
the most improved methods.
OPFICE-No.. 50 Monroe street, between
Respectfully, q. W. MCLEOD, NJ. d.
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POETRY.
For the Public Ledger.l
IN CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

For the Public Ledger.
IN CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.
She CROPPED from out her garrett down
The dark steps Of the creviced stair,
And through and through her thin old gown
Trespais'd the winter air.
Her scanty shawl with decent grace
She wrapped about he. shiy'rinE bone.
And WANDERED forth with falt'ring pace
Along the frozen ground.
A household drudge dozen year'.
I Her twentieth Autumn saw her wife;
Then came decade drown'd in tears
And toss'd by strife;
And left her sinking downward still.
Widsw'd Of love-bereft of ease
Stranger to 10 all but want and III,
and full Of missries.
Straying through street and read and field
Through memories of less cruel times,
She reach'd cross-topp'd tower that shook
With the solemn tollinE bell.
She crept within the good man taught
His people from the Holy Book;
could forgiveness be for her" she thought,
"Whom Heaven and men forsook?"
Each arch was fringed with green, and crOwn'd
With tidings Of glorious birth;
She said, but have never found
Good will and peace on earth"
A father sat beside his girls,
His loving hand instructive stray'd
To stroKe the silk of baby curls
The while he inly pray'd.
AID beauty such as once she wore
Flash'd bright from happy maidens' eyes,
And children's voices joind to pour
Pure worship to the skies.
Beyond the blaze Of storied glass
A vision grew Of fre-lit rooms,
And swift before her seemd to pass
A hundred happy homes.
And days when she was young. and rear'd
The children Of rich men, swept BY
With bygone men and deeds, and wiSrd
Freaks of mad memory.
Then through the glowing room she seemd
To spy home wherein she stood
Herself, and through the glory gleamd
A glimpse of FatherhOod.
Oh lift her famish'd corpse with awe
The bell rang out her passing knell;
She faded towards the hsme she saw
As on her knees she fell.
Many arc they who give and bless,
And in Gods Book are noted down;
But, oh the kin Of wretehedness
Are many in the towni
&c.
Memphis, January.