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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-02
; WIFI resp JHMEs THoMPsoN.

From mr. Chas. W. Hnllar.
FREDERICK CITY, Nd, Sept, IL, 1865.
From n conviction OF benefit arrived from
the use OF DR.. Hooland'S German Tonic. al
thouRh In general AVerse to Patent medl-
cIneE i cordially recommend the .tTOnic" to
an SUFFERING with Dyspepsia, as no other
medicine afforded me such prompt and p9r-
mamsnent relief" CIV HA11AR.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-02

DEoENBER 1.-FLoUR-Quiet and a
shade better: sales amber az 81 75al 90.
GRAIN-Wheat-SaIes amber at 81 75
al 20. Corn-UnGbEnged sales new
at S5c; old No. white at 921<c; old re-
jected at o2c. OAts-Firm and shade
better; Michigan and No. at 5Ba563<c.
Rye-3c better at 81 % for No. 1, and
81 % fer No. 2. Barley-5c better; GALES
Canada at 81 10A2 Is.
HcGS-Dressed at SaSNc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-02

DECEMBEF1,-ELOUR-Dull; City Xxx
, GaAIS-wheat-Duu at 81 "a for No.
DECEMBER 1.-The market is geuer-
ally inactive and unchanged, except
Barley, sales of which were made Rt
81 S5a1 so,
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How TO Settle Disputes.

\ grained, surly man, too crook
ed by nature to keep still, went over one
morning 10 his neighbor, Mr. F., a re,
markably cool, calm nonresistant, aud
addressed him thus: sra7s -gt 7sE.
THAT piece of fence over there (poin-
ting in certain direction is mine, and
you shan't have il"
why" replied Mr.. F., "you must be
mistaken ] think"
"No, no its mine, and l shall keep
it." t --
"Well," said neighcor T "suppose
we leave it to any lawyer you shall
choose"
a won't leave it to any lawyer" said
the other ~
"Well,' continued Mr.. f., ,'shall We
leave it to any four men in the village
that you shall select"
NO. ! shall have the fence"
Not at all diseomposed, Mr.. +, said
"Well, neighbor, then l vii. leave il
to you whom the fence belongs to,
whether you or myself"
Struck dumb by this appeal. the
wrathy man turned away, convicted By
bis own conscience, saying: Il won't
have anything to 40 with a man that
won't contend for his rights"
Mr.. I. has often remarked, he never
could wish for more kind neighhor
than this man proved afterward He
never alluded to the fence or the con-
versation. e G 2E
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The Edit0r.-A SchOOlbOy's COmpO-
Ear SatiOn.

A ischoolboy's composition on "The
Editor" ran as follows, in school not
far from Cincinnati:
1.-THE EDIToR-The editor is one of
the happiest animals in the known world.
He can 60 to the circus afternoon and
evening, without payinga cent; also to
inquests and hangings. He has free
tickets to picnics and strawberry festi-
yals, gets wedding cake sent hin, and
sometimes gets licking, br.. not often,
for he can tas,e things back the next
issue, whiecln he generally does. l never
knew only one editor to get licked His
paper busted that day. and he couldn't
take nothing back.
.sWhile other folks have to 90 to bed
early, the editor can sit up late every
night, and see all that's going on. The
boys think it's a big thing to hang out
till 10o'clock. When am man mean
to be an editor, so l can stay out nights.
Then that will be bully. The editor
don't have to saw wood or do any chop
ping, except with his scissors. Rail
roads get up excursions for him, know
ing if they didn't he'd make 'em git up
and git. In politics he don't care much
who he goes for if they are on his side.
If they amt he goes for 'em anyway, SO
it amounts to nearly the same thing
There is great many people trying to
be editors who can't, and some of them
have been in the profession for years =
They can't see it, though. If 1 was ask
ed if I would rather have education or
be a circus rider, I would say, let me go
and be an editor"
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NUMBERy7


A certain cure for founder IN horse
is to stand him in water up to bis. belly,
l have known it practiced for fifty years;
and swathing the legs in hot water,e vin-
cgar and sugar of lead, are all goode-te
some extent; but a founder must be-. re-
heved suddenly or the horse will show
stiffness in his action and hare deformcd
and lcallous tender hoofs. & n sdi -
Water applied to the legs Hdos si0s
consider q positive cure; the disease
must be attacked at the root by bleedi6g
and pnrging a few drops OF blood taken
from below the fctlocks win hasten his
recovery. But the most ycert&in tand
quick remedy that 1 have ever known
is .reen gonrd. Take larte green
gaard. cut it=up, pu.itt iiHtou-guiionz OF
water and boil it down 10 aAnMt. then
strain the liquor and drench; in twenty
four hours the horse will tie, perfectly
himself. The gourd Ia % powcrfiibdiures
tic, and will cause tic horse to stale Itaa
most offensive odor. gs g Swsi s1Ess
Iu1S22 Itraded fore fine young mAfesE
in Augusta. Gs. rrode etcf them %
4 hensrlcky, and my servent the othefs
Early one morning, at the crossing Of
Clinch River, Tenn essee, we found ond'
of the mares so badly foundered thatshe
could not be led out. Of the stable l
procured green gourd and drenched
her as directed above, and directedthe ser-a
vent to remain until, she wass able to-
travel, expecting that no would reach,
home three or four days after, me-; tho
next day after my arrival he came In
with the mare in as good plight sas iti
nothing had happened --eoreypondeace
RuL1l Vor,d. - 1e&
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How 10 Keep Cider.

The editor of the Massachusetts
Ploughman remarks as follows on the
best plan to keep cider:
6'sW hen the cider is in the barrel, going
through a lively fermentation, add as
much white sugar as will be equal to halt
or three quarters of a pound rer gallon
of cider, and let the fermentation pro-
ceed until the liquid attains the most
agreeable taste, then add an eighth to a
quarter of an ounce of sulphite of lime
to each gallon of cider in the cask, first
mixing the powder in about quart OF
the cider, and then pouring it back into
the cask and giving it a thorough shak-
ing or rolling. After standing bunged
up a days togive time for the lime
to become we'd incorporated with the
cider, it may be bottled of, or used di
rectly from the eask Do not mistake
the sulphats for snIphite of lime. The
latter is q manufactured article, and is
worth, by the barrel, from thirty to forty
cents pound. 1t will preserve the
sweetness of cider, but unless care is Ia
ken not to use it too strong, it will taste
q little of the sulphur. shE
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fntcresfiDg Facts.

Glass windows were used for Eghta5
in 1lS0. t-.a ..,-z - -
Chimenys first put to house In 1896.
Iallow candles for lights in 1900
spectacles invented by an italian
1149. md a 7dA
Paper made from linen, 1902. ,sf4e,ps
Woolen cloth made in England,
134l.
Art Of Printing from movable typa
l4f0. I lislJ aess sItIf e
Watches first mada' inue Gernany2y
1447., ...... - ,,. ses t,..r. ,ss7-
Telescope invented by Porto and Jan,F
sen, 1890. = y 7hes&'oaA
Tea first brought from China 70 Europe
in 1901. 1sf d saiosr' ss9
Theatre erected in England by gShak.si
speare, in 1908 "a, g..
Thermometer invented by Sauctor.
ious in 1910. ~ t1iisst
Circulation of blood discovered by
Harvey in 1919. '7 SSH asaEs
Bricks made by any required sizc..s
1925.
Newspaper first established, 1929. - -
Pendulum clocks first invented a;nii
1888. - .12aa
barometer invented by TorricelI,, ~
1885. -.
Steam engine invented in l849. :, !.
Bread made with Yeast, 1850. =
Cotton planted in the United States il =
1850. ~ a-.'f':.T yefI,y
Fireengine invented, 1855, asodi .Esgs
Sterotyping inverted in Scotland,
1855.
Telegraph invented By Morse in
1882. -. sf39ag 80 II
The first Daguerreotypo made in Panced'
1889. +; ~ sls...r =, r.e7 81.
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An Exile--A Victim of Russian
DeSpOtiSin.

VI. Andrcoli q Russian writer, who was
exiled some years ago to Siberia, is now
contributing to the Revue Moderne, un-
der the title of ..Souvenires de Siberie, y
his reeollections not only of Siberian
but also of Russian life. In the last
number of the Reynue he tells a story,
the end of which belongs TO the present
reign and the beginning TO the reign of
Paul, of whose period it is strickingly
characteristic. The Enperor's favor
lite was nj that time young French ac-
Itress, of whom he was madly jealous -
One evening at a ball he noticed that a
young man Iamed Labanof wss paying
her q great deal of attentions He did
not lose his tesnper, but a. the end of
the ball gave orders that Labanoli should
be arrested and thrown into the citadel.
He only intended to keep him there n
few days, ''to make him more Serious
after which he proposed to reprimand
him and to appoint him to an Office
which had been solicited for him. La
banof, however, was forgotten. "At
the death Of Nicholas, Alexander Ii,
then full Of magnanimity, liberated all
the prisoners in the citadei, without ex-
ception In vaulted tomb IN which it
was impossible to sta1li upright, and
which was rot more than two yards
long, sn 3id man was. found, almost
bet Suuble, and incapable of answering
when he was spoken to- This was La
banof. The Emperor Paul had been
succeeded by the Emperor Alexander /,
and afterwar6 by the Emperor Nicholas !;
he had been in the dungeon more than
fifty years. When he was taken out he
could not bear the light, and by strange
phenomenon his movements had be-
come automatic. He could hardly hold
himself up, and he had become. SO ae-
customed to move about within the lim-
its Of his narrow cell, that he could not
take more than two steps forward with
out turning round, as though he had
struck against wall, and taking two
steps backward, and SO on alternately
He lived for only week afcr his liberia
tiOn "
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a hospital for ''women who are dis
gusted with their husbands" has been
proposed in Cleveland; but canvass OF
the prospective applicants for admission
showed that half the buildings in the
town would be required to accommodate
the patients, and the project has been
abandoned for the present
The planters of South Carolina have
found out by actual experiment, during
the past season that rice will grow as
we'll on uplands as in the swamps, and
in many cases better The swamps have
hitherto been thought the only rice-pro.
ducing localities
Chemists pronounce some of the gay
and highly colored wooIen clothing, be-
coming SO fashionable, poisonous. The
poison resides in the dyes, Of course;
bright green being especially obnoxious
to the cuticle and health.
The Iowa Agricultural College, which
opens this month, receives pupils with
out distinction Of sex While the young
men learn farming, the young women
learn to cook and keep holss.
The damage to the sugar crop in Louis.
lana by the late rains has not been SO
disastrous as at first reported. The
crop is now setdown at 1,900,000 hogs
heads, which is vast increase over tha,
of last year. rsa .e.4,s r..s t..e. ,.,
There have arrived in Californ lo7,
700 Chinese, of whom 5000 have dice
and 42,G00 have returned to China, leav
ing on the coast Chinese population O
81 900, exclusive of those born there.
Queen Isabella reign lastel thirty drt
vesra, to day.
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A Bad State OF orsociety.

The late George Kendall the founder
of the New Orleans Picayune, was an
exceedingly agreeable companion, sIIesi
used to relate his adventures on the Sane
ia. Fe expedition with much, glee. and
in the most interesting manner. One Of
them was as follows l.' 'lH ''S'-s
After the capture of the party by aaa
gang Of Mexican marauders' the prisSa
oners were chained in couples and 'dri- ,
ven inland, guarded by body of. armed .
men, Word was passed among the pris-
oners that they were all to be shot i'm
mediately, "Can this be possible,d MIS-
ther Kndall ? said the big Irishman to 8
whom Our friend was made fast. Quite /,
likely rejoined Pat, isn't this very
extraordinary state of society l'',sl, aSe
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The No,v African Gold Eie,ds.

The recently found gold fields in
South Africa are causing considerable
excitement in The English aud Dutch
settlements in that quarter. Our latest
news, which comes down to the middle
OF August, says the Governor Of Cape
Colony is fitting ont an expedition at
the expense of the English Govern
Eent to gather reliable information
about the reported richness of the dis.
coreries. Extrsvagmt stories and
enormous nuggets had reached Cape
town and Port Elizabeth, causing great
numbers Of the inhabitants to shoulder
their shoycls and strike for the moin-
tains. a @
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@-Ques.-How long can q goose
stand on one leg? 7s
Ans.-Try and see, that's the way the
goose found out. 4
Q-How fast does sound travel a
A.-That depends a good deal upon
the natur ov the noize you are talking
about. The sound ov dinner horn, for
instance, travels half a mile in second,
while an ":::.1..ion to get up in the NOR
ming hav known to be quarters of an
hour going up two pair of stairs, and
then not hav strength enuff to be heard.
Q.-Is there emmy kurc for natral la
zlness, where lisa part Of a mans con
stitntion and by -lass 90 1sA 1885 fl
A,-Only one kure that IL, milk kow
On the run, and subsist on the milk
Billings. 49,,
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ELECTRICAL FREAKs.-A tinsmith in
Reno, Ca. during recent thunder storm
noticed that lad in his employment
seemed to be afraid Of his tools Upon
questioning the boy he complained that
something strange was the matter with
them. The tinsrnith upon attempting to
take up the large scissors which the
youngster had dropped, received a shock
that nearly prostrated him. Immediate.
ly after little balls of fire began hopping
about over bits OF iron, and making
finally united assault upon the coal fur
mace, whereupon the "boss'' and his ap.
prentice wisely and speedily vacated the
premises until the subsidence Of the
storm. sFe 3& --s1 ll45af1j 60
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pungent.

Did you ever hear the story Of TIC
Irishman and the horseradish?
No; how was it?
Well seeing dish of grated horse
radish on the table where they had stop
ped for dinner, each helped himself
largely to the sauce, supposing it to bt
eaten as potato or squash; and the first
putting a knifeful into his mouth jerked
his handkerchief from his trousers anG
commenced wiping his eyes.
What troubles yer, Jenny? inquired
his comrade.
Sure and l was thinkin of my poor
old father, when he was hung, he replied
shrewdly.
Presently the other, taking as greedi
ly of the pungent vegetable, had as sud
den use for the handkerchief, whereat
Jenny as coolly inquired:
And what troubles yer Pat?
Truth, he replied, that you wasu't
hung with your father
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ITO be continued. !

Alta public dinner in Edinburg, Prof.
Blackie told the following story: IA bow
at the Presbytery examination was ask
ed, What is the meaning Of regenera.
tion?' oh, to be born again, he re-
piled. Quite right, Tommy; you're a
very good boy. Would ycu not like to
be born again 2 Tommy gave no re-
ply; button being pressed for an answer,
at last ssid, NO Why, Tommy"
For fear might be born lassie.'"
Here is one of Eugenie's dinner toi-
iettes on a fall dress day : a sky blue
robe, founced round with point lace laid
on fiat between each lounce An open
bodice, a la Vatican, high behind, with
ruches of lace round the border Me-
dallior of diamonds and tuyquoises on a
black velvet ribbon, very long diamond
and turquoise earrings, curls behind and
a Grecian bow of hair on the summit of
the head, and little antique curls On the
forehead.
Madame Baudinaud, of Limoges, who
strangled her husband, and to conceal
the crime cut the corpse into one hun
dred small pieces, has been sentenced to
| transportation for life She has peti-
toned the Emperor to be sent to Cay
enne, where she has offered to marry q
convict.
Rubbing horse with water in which
walnut leaves have been boiled will, it is
said, prevent his being annoyed with
flies. A very strong solution might pos.
sibly injure the hair or skin, but VIC have
never heard of such result.
A teacher said to little girl at school:
"If naughty girl should hurt you, like
good girl you would forgive her,
wouldn't you:" 'Yes, marm," she re-
bplied, IF I couldn't catch her." "
The following is true copy Of 4 sign
upon an academy for teaching ii, one of
opr. Western States Freeman & Huggs,
School Teachers. Freeman teaches the
boys and Husgs the girls"
It was an old bachelor who said, IF
you meet young lady who is not very
shy, you had better be little shy your
self"
Late plowing is beneficial to clay soil
intended for tillage next season, Leave
without narrowing, thus giving it a
greater surface for the frost to act on.
Large bodies Of immigrants are pour
ing into Western Missouri, and the St.
Louis Republican claims that the State
has gained $4,000. in population since
the war
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I Arthur Green, citizen of Guernsey
county, Ohio, was struck by lightning
on Sunday, and and instantly killed.
In company with another man, he was
on his way to church, and being over
taken by storm, they took shelter I'M.
der lage tree. The charge passed the
entire length of Glenn's body, leaving
its track marked upon the surface, and
passed out at his foot, scorchinc to
crisp the shoe which he wore. His com
rade was also struck by the same bolt
and badly paralyzed, though he escaped
with his Life. ,,st'W
Monday night, about eleven o'clock,
as party of young men were returning
from coon hunt, about two miles west
Of Chillieethe, on the Marietta and Gin
rinnati railroad, one of the party, Mr..
Thos, S. McDougal, Jr., when attemp-
ting to climp fence accidentally dis.
charged his gun, the whole contents of
which entered his head near the rigbt
ear, and passed out through the sk1lf,
inficting horrible wound and Killing
him instantly, & A'ts Z" 4 = sas-@S
George W. Curtis says :s.The summer
is over, the harvest ending. The earth. s
Ikea decorated temple, stands heapeda Z
with the treasures of the field; and now,
like Roman conquerer returning With
the spoils of victory to the capital concs
the farmer to his festival With all the
fruits of his triumphal year .ss3zis -
Governor Scott, of South Carolina.
has violated the law about distinction ON.
account Of color by offering $50, 900 re,
ward for the arrest of the murderer of a
negro, while the amount offered for the
slayer of a white man is $3.50. oa ~ s4s7
Brigandage in Italy is growing worse
than eyer. The bandits have excited
such fear of their vengeanes that no,
witnesses can be found against them. /
The sons of one of their victims dared
not recognize the assassins in court
At recent baptism in the Platte river
near Rochester, Missouri, man named
Stephens died suddenly, as he was being
carried up, to the bank. It is supposed
that he bad the heart disease, and was
fatally chilled by the complete INNER.
sion. sa 337a
/ It now takesa $4,000 ipitiataor fes
TO enter tie regular board Of the New
York Stock Exchange A resolution to
this effect was adopted on Friday, at a
meeting Of the board The fec h,rstp,
fore enk $4,000,
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i 0 { ! 7 =
1 do Not Like to Him Pray.

do not like to hear him pray,
Who loans for twenty-five per cent,
For then think the borrower may
Be pressed to pay for food and ront.
And in the book we all should heed,
Which says, the lender shall be bless'd,
AS sure as have eyes to road
1t does not say "take interest
do not like to hear him pray
On bended knees about an hour,
For grace to spend Alright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no -four;
I'd rather see him go to mill
And buy the luckless brother, bread,
And see his children cat their gil,
And laugh beneath their shed.
l do not like to hear him pray - s
q Let blessings on the widow be-" a-
Who never seeks her homo to say, d..
''f want oertakes you, come to me-"
hate the prayer, SO loud and long,
That's offered for the orphans veal,
By him who sees him crushed by wrong,
And only with the lips doth feel.
do not like to hear her pray,
With ieweled ear and silken dress,
Whose washerwoman tolls all day
Aud then is asked to "work for less"
Such pious shavers despise; ag
With folded hands and face demure,
They Lift to heaven their "angel eyes,"
And steal the earnings from the poor.
I do not like such soulless prayers;
If wrong hope to be forgiven;
No angels wings them upward bears
They're lost million miles from heavn.
l cannot like long prayers to hear,
And studied, from the lips depart:
Our father bends a ready ear;
Let words be few; he hears the heart.
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CHAPTER ".
IN THE DUNGEONS.

IN THE DUNGEONS.
As soon as Corrientez was secure with
in the prison walls, a feeling Of relief
came over Durango But he now felt G
more bitter hatred towards the man than
he had ever done before, and he was
fully resolved to triumph in this pres
ent instance.
He at once ordered the heaviest
chains upon the prisoner His next
care was to have every pass towards the
mountains thoroughly guarded, and to
permit no one to leave the city, no mat
ter under what pretext, without written
order from himself.
Then he explained to Diego the de-
ception he had practised upon the peo-
pie, and said:
"Your death is now certain. Still
you may save yourself from torture"
sIn what manner?" asked Diego.
"You assure me that your wife has
my child in her possession"
81 assure you that she has"
"And you know where she is to be
found ?"
"Yes; at the mouth of the volcano. :"
II have been thinking Of tnis, and l
know that you are speaAing falsely. 1t
would be impossible for any person to
approach the crater during this eruption
1t may be chat my child is in the pos
session of your wife. l have no doubt
lhat such is the case. But l feel couf-
dent that she is somewhere in the city"
"Ganting that she is in the city, and
that you can find her after time, what
will that benefit you p
"Will you not restore my daughter to
me 7"
"No.'
"And why not ~
"She will retain the child unharmed,
until she find that you have played me
false, or murdered me. Then it will be
too late, even if you were within sound
of your. Letties voice, for frantic wife
is rapid in action, and single blow will
destroy life" 7.' y 51rf1H .Sf
"You DO not know my plans" 1lls 9
"Will you explain them to me-
NGItouinN, lOI III s'ifco iuc picaattIo W
dwell upon them, and to show you bow
| can triumph, even over Diego Cor
riente5." E5c-.ey yr. e~l - fl=,
| II will listen rsg. s.. a-4 r.7 g..
sin the first place you shall tell me
where l can find your wife" 49.l
! Are you sure will do this 7"
| Il am sure of one out of two things
You viii be at once subjected to the
tmost terrible torture. know that YOU
are determined man, and would bear
much; but think you will be glad to do
all that I wish before I am through with
YOU .Il4,s r.o'ra aero ss7
"What if do not give you the infor-
nation you want ?py sts ~ ST.
"Then you will meet death in its most
horrible forma J.l y
"Certainly, if you murder me; but
there then will be an end to the posi-.
bility of my giving you any iaforms-
ton"
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Eg At Norwich, recently, after Sun
day School missionary had closed an APP
peal to the congregation for five dollars,
with which tepurchase a library that he
might start school, and while all were
Iunmoved by his enthusiasm, little girl
arose and offered himher pet lamb, which
she said would bring him the desired
amount The missionary was brute
enough TO take the sheep and sell it, but
some unregenerate layman heard Of the
affair, redeemed the lamb and sent him
back to his little mistress.