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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-03
ALL OUR WORK

tent, variety, durability, freedom from all
irregularity, and adaptation 10 the wants or
West Virginia and Ohio, Ia not and cannot
be surpassed.
ALL OUR WORK
Is made and selected mainly with view 10
SERVICE and REAL VALUE, securing for
them all the style We can wlthouta sacrifice
Of quality.
MEMS THICK & KIP BOOTS.
Especial attention Is called to our own
mako OF mems THICK and KIP BooTs.
They are made out OF the very best Kip mp.
per and sole leather; they are solid double
bottom, and can be confidently relied upon
70 give excellent service and satisfaction 10
the consumer.
THICK RROGAHS q RALMORALS,
Our stock OF Brogans and Balmorals for
Men, Boys aud Youth Is OF endless yRTlety:
and our best work will be found TO be made
out Of tho very best material and In tho
most workmRn-like manner.
WOMEN'H MOSES 4 CHILDRERR
BALMORAlS. ....
In the department Of Women's, misses and
childrenB goods We DEFY competition,
Moreover, we can give 10 our customers, out
Of our best work, any size they may want;
thus enabling them 10 lit up and work on
ducement offered by very few dealers, and
II will be appreciated a. very great ad-
vantage BY those experienced In retailinR
Boots and Shoes.
WANT OF UNIFORMITY, AND HOW
WE PREVENT IT.
The want OF uniformity In Boots and
SHOES II ls well known; equals II not ex.
ceed9 that Of any other kind OF manufao-
tured goods. In order 10 protect Ourselves
and customers, we make Il O rule not 10 fe-
celVe Or place on sale any goOds not regular
and uniform, except they be too low In
price TO allow OF uniformity. To insure this
every pair OF Boots and shoes that enters
our store Ia carefully examined and rejected
unless found correct In size, nee from dam
age and uniform In quality.
GOODS EQUAL TO SAMPLES.
Buyers cannot generally devote the time
necessary 10 examine beyond the Bample8
shown. BY our system OF examination aud
rejection, buyers are protected from receiv-
Ing goods inferior 70 samples. Aside nom
the recognized duty Of dealing as we would
be dealt by, we regard II ~ pecunIarily our
Interest DO 70 act o. 70 secure and retain the
confidence OF oil who may favor ~ with
their trade.
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
As all good merchants will seek and dnd
the cheapest Houses 70 trade with, We RhAll
seil our goods ut the very lowest market
ERs.
AL orders receive the prompt and carefu
attention Of one Of our firm.
auG8 MCCLELLAN q KNOX.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-03
4nv G1IG.
Furniture For Sale.

OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE THE
i Household Furniture contained In tho
residence now occupied by me, on west side
OF Eotf street, Centie Wheeling.
noV2.3t B, r, LITTLE.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-03

WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
w Merchants 10 our very large assortment
OF Boots and Shoes now In store for Fall
and Winter Trade.
With an experience OF many years, Tour
house having been established In 1881 j we
can, with truth, assert that our stock for ex.
tent. variety, durability, freedom from all
irregularity, and adaptation TO the wants or
West Virginia and ohio, Ia not and cannot
he surpassed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-03
Land For Sale.

r AND SUITABLE FOR GARDENING
IL purposes, within three miles OF the city,
on the National Road. Plat Of the proper
~ can be seen o. ]. Il. Goods law once.
oCl289w q. II, PARKS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
Biundcring Again.
The New York HERALD in an article {

The New York HERALD in an article on
tho runaway legislators of Indiana says:
The democrats hare been blundering again
on sho aigger. They still dream of the ''con-
stitution al it was" under Buchanan, when.
By the Drod Scott decision negro had no
rights (which white man wac bound to re-
spect.' But since that day two amendments
have been added to the constitution-the
thirteenth abolishng slavery root and branch,
| and the fourteenth, declaring, among other
things, equality to niggers in the matter of
| equal rights, and that suffrage and represen-
| tation shall 20 together Now comes the
| fifteenth amendment, giving to the black
man. the red man, and the yellow man, the
| Indian and Chin,.man citizenzed, the same
right of suffrage as the white man. General
Grant, too, thinks this amendment will set
tie all this business, and he hopes it will be
duly ratified by the States. This endorse
ment, there is every reason to believe, will
carry this amendment through: for, says
Richard, "the kings name is tower OF
| strength.
Why, theu will the democrats persist in
| this folly Of fighting the niger, when they
have been almost destroyed in their success
i've disasters IN the niger question since
1854? But for the stupidity of their cop
perhead and rebel leaders of the Tammany
Convention they might have run even Gen.
Grant a tight race, and they might have Sc
cured handsome majority in the present
| House of Representatives. But instead OF
recognizing the ''fixed facts before them,
the Stupid managers of the party proclaimed
the reconstruction acts of Congress ''uncon-
stitutioual revolutionary aud void" and SO
they were swamped again in '6S as they had
been under johnson on the same issue in sc.
So they are out in the cold, waiting for some
providential smash-up of the Republican
party, and apparently incapable of seeing
any thing TO fight but the almighty niger
lie ia to them what q bit of red flannel is to
an enraged bull or turkey cock-an into
erable insult, to be resented, reckless of con
| sequences.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

JOSH BILLINGS ON THE LIVE MAN. The live
man IL like little pig-he liz wcaned young
and begins for tew root airly.
He IL the pcpper-sass Of c.5ation-ths all
spice of the world
The man who kin draw New Orleans E1o-
lasses, in January, thru half.inch nUSur
hole, and sing Home, sweet Home while the
molasses is running, may be strkley honest,
but amt student enough for this climate.
The live man IL az full of bizziess as the
conductor of street car-he il often like a
hornet, very bizzy, about what the Lord on
ly knows.
He lites up like cotton factory, and amt
got any more time tew spare than school
boy has Saturday afternoons
He il like decoy duck, always above wa
ter, at least eighteen months during each
year.
He IL like. runaway hoss-he gets the
whole Of the road
lie trots when he walks, and only lies down
at night because everybody else duz.
The live man IL not always leep thinker;
he jumps at conclusions just as the frog duz,
and don't always land at the spot he iZ look
ing at.
lie IL the American pet, q perfekt mistery
to foreigners; but haz dun more with char
coal TO work out the greatness of this country
thar any other man n it.
He don't always die rich, blt always dies
bizzy, and meets keath Ike an oyster, with
out any fuss.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
Corn and Cotton.

As to corn and cotton have been ascribed
regal powers by their respective adherents.
the amount of each raised in the United
States the past year will interest our readers.
We learn from the monthly report of the
Department of Agriculture that among the
corr. raising States Illinois stands first on the
list, having produced the past season l34,-
365, 900 bushels; Indiana next, with 80, 932-,
600 bushels; Ohio third, with "a, ,040, 600
bushels; and Iowa fourth on the list, 65, 332,-
600 bushels. Rhode Island, on account of
the small garden lot accorded her, stands
lowest, $40, 900 bushels. OF the States in
rebellion Tennessee stands highest, having
raised "a, 772, 900 bushels; Mississippi next,
35, 5l9, 900 bushels; Arkansas next, 80, 440,-
900 bushels; and Alabama next, 81, 24O,000
bushels. Few of the States show decline
from the previous year, the aggregate in
crease being over 1877 7,000,0 600 bushels, and
the total amount produced reaching 905, 49,
600 bushels. OF this amount the fifteen
States which lately held slaves produced
| 40 432, 900 bushels.
The cotton crop, which was threatened in
the early part of the season with disaster, so
| far improved under the auspices of favorable
| Fall weather as to warrant the belief that it
will be very little below the figures of 1867,
and quite equal to half the crop of 1859, and
net an equal or greater amount of money TO
the planters. Among the cotton-raising
States Mississippi stands highest, having
raised the past year 100000 bales; Georgia
next, 29O, 900 bales; Alabama next, 285, ,O0C
bales; Arkansas next, 1000 bales; and
Texas next, 100000 bales. The aggregate
amount reaches 1880 900 bales, against
2,45O, 600 bales in 1867, and 1885, 900 il
1896.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
Hail Connecticut.

Our news from our sister State is cheer
ing. Connecticut has rejected her present
Democratic State officers and chosen in
stead their Republican competitions
James Dixon Qate Johnsonized United
States Senator) is beaten for Congress in
the Hartford District by JuliusL Strong,
Republican-a Republican gain. James
f. Babcock "a Johnsonized Federal Of
fee holder) has barely escaped defeat in
running for Congress in the New Haven
District, which went Democratic last
April by over $500 majority. William
H. Barnum Dem.) is barely reelected in
the Fairfield and Litchfeld District, oyer
Sidney B. Beardsley, Republican. In the
New London and Windham District,
Henry II Starkweather, Republican, is
of course reelected by a large majority.
So we have net gain of one in the del.
gation-half of it instead of a fourth. -
The Legislature is Republican, thus Sc
curing the ratification of the XVIII
Amendment, at least so far as Connecti-
cut is concerned. The Republican tri-
umph seems complete
Nobly done Connecticut! No more
timely blow than yours has yet been
struck for Impartial and Universal Free
dom!
LATER.-We elect three Congressman,
a gain of two.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
THE LONG AGO.
By D. F. TAYLOR.

Oh, wonderful stream is the river Of Time,
AS it runs through the realm of tears,
With a fautless rythm and beautiful rhyme,
And broader sweep and surge sublime
As it blends with the ocean Of years.
How the winters are drifting like fakes of snow,
And the summers like buds between
With the year in the sheaf-so they come and go
On the rivers breast with its ebb and flow
As it gldes in the shadow and sheen.
There's magical isle on the river Time,
Where the softest airs are playing;
There's cloudless sky and tropical cline
And a song as sweet as vesper chime,
And the Juues with the roses are staying.
And the name of this isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow
They are heaps OF dust, but we loved them so!
There are trinxets and tresses of hair
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings
And part Of an infants prayer;
There's harp unsweept and lnte without
strings,
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments that SHE used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when that fairy
shore
By the mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear through the turbulent
roar,
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh remembered for aye b. that blessed isle,
All the days Of our life till night
When the evening comes with Its beautiful smile
And our eyes are clo ed to sumber awhile,
May that greenwood of sonl he in sight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
From Hearth and Home.
Miss HUssuibee's Diary.
CURE FOR A FEL0N.

MARCH 4th When Augustus was opening
q box, containing raisius the other day. he
gave his thumb IA sharp rap with the ham
mer. The pain resulting form the blow was
not very severe at the time, but 1t increased
until the next day he felt sure that the bone
must have been bruised, and a felon was
coming. AS he has been thus twice afflicted,
he had good reason to shrink from the suffer-
ing awaiting him. Happening to be in at
Mr. Pride's store, mentioned the circum--
stance while talking with Mr. Mix, who had
come in with load of produce to exchange
for groceries. ''Felon is it, you think? said
he. "Wall, can give you receipt that II
kill it outright and you wont hear nothin
more from it. You jist take some OF this
ere common rock-salt sch as you use fol
saltin' down pork and beef dry it in the
oven, then pound il fine, and mix it witt
spirits turpentine, in equal parts. Tut II OIL
a rag, and wrop it round the thumb, ana al
soon as ever it gifts dry put on some more
aud in twenty-four hours the felonll be a
dead AS a door-nail."
On my return home found Augustus walk
ing the the floor in great pain with his disa
bled hand, and ready for anything that prom
ised relief We got the salt and turpentin
and followed the directions minutely. Abou
one O'Clock in the night he got to sleep, an
when he wakened Ian in the morning, no
only the pain was gone but all feeling ha
gone with it, The first joint Of his thum
seemed perfectly dead, SO far as sensation wa
concerned. He still kept applying the reu
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

edy, and by degrees feeling returned, until
in day or two his hand was entirely recov-
cred. We have double reason now to re-
member Mr.. Mix with kindness. His receipt
for stoye-lining has proven itself as good as
that for felon.
MARCH 10TH Sewing circle at Mrs. Blake 8
to-day. A large number were present, and
everybody was busy Mrs Lee was making
a pumpkin-seed mat, and every body crowd
ed round to see il. There will be twenty
such mats in Busydae before Saturday night.
1t is intended for the teapot, and is made af-
ter the following manner: Take pumpkin
seeds of uniform size, and, with needle and
thread, string eighteen of them by putting
the needle through the narrow end of each
seed; then tie the thread together. This
will bring the seeds around standing on the
edges, and form the centre of the mat. Be
tween each of the eighteen centre seeds, at
| the other end, string two more for the second
row. In each of the vacancies string three
more for the third row, four for the fourth
row, five for the fifth, and six for the sixth
| and last row. which ornament with bows, ol
a fringe of bright ribbon, between each clus
ter of the six Seeds and put a bow of the
same in the centre of the mat.
Mrs. Pride was making rug. She had {
| ooohNo iuii VI oti 20 NuJ hhil un luCu WtuC
and with large sized Afghan needle she
crocheted them together very rapidly. This
she says, is much easier than brading, NOR,
qnickly done, and far prefer when finished
Her ylIow stripes we're very brilliant, au,
made of old white cotton cloth, colored will
Bi-choride of potash and sugar of lead =
| Exactly HOW, l hope the lady from Apple
ton will tell us.) With a patent colorinl
mixture she had made some brilliant scarle
of old white flannel. This rug will bring
high price at our coming fair. In the even
ing the gentleman came in, and work wa
pretty much laid aside. There was quite
huttering of fans, for two or three of ou
young ladies who came after dark brough
for use and beauty those graceful little Par
isian boquets, with fan .cunningly folded il
the handle, but which, at gentle peIl of on
of the flowers, discoses u fairy-like Ruting o
delicate tissue, tinted like the wing of but
terfy and perlumed with oders from Sabea
| isles
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

TIE Pttsburg GAZETTE says there are
hundreds of vocations IN busy life now en-
tilely filled by men who might as well be
chopping wood or rolling irou, could be oc-
cnpied by women whose fair hands and fer
tile brains would develope equal proficiency
if the proper training aud education were al-
forded. 1t is, therefore, idle to talk of no
opportunities being offered women to obtain
livelihood, or of the gross injustice of the
world in awarding her poor pay for her work.
The responsibility should be chargsa upon
those on whom devolves the duty oFeduca
ting girls, and not upon business men and
merchants. If they are fitted for places il
the trades and professions they can demanc
and receive the same remuneration tor theil
work as men, and until they are so fitted viii
be compelled to exc out miserable subsist
ence on beggary poor wages. There i
truth in this which parents should heed
Girls ought to be taught trades as much a
| boys.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPREsEN-
TAT1vEs. s.--Pennsylvani is represented on the
standing committees in the House of Repre-
seutatives, as follows:
On Elections, John Cessna and Samuel j.
Randall; Ways and means, WIN. d. Kelly;
Appropriations, j. Dickey; Banking and
Currency, Geo. w. Woodward Ninth Census
r. j. IIademan; Pacific Railroad, Daniel j
Morrill,; Claims. John ID. Stiles; Manufac
lures, Daniel J. Morrill,, (chairman;) Malta,
J. B. Donley; District of Columbia, G. w.
Gillillan; Judiciary, Ulysses Murcur; Revo-
lutionary Claims, j. S. Negleyi Public Ex
penditures, J. b. Donley and J. Lawrence
Getz; Naval Affairs, G. w. Scofeld, (chair'
MANI Revolutionary Pensions, G. w. Gilfl
Ian; Coinage, Weights and Measures, VIM.
d. Kelly; Patents, Daniel Van Auken: Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds, j. l.. Getz; Mile
age, Ulysses Mercur; Accounts, Henry L.
Cake; Expenditures in State Department, j.
d. Stiles; Expenditures in Treasury Depart
ment, S. j. Randall; Expenditures in Wa
Department, John Cessna; Expenditures il
Navy Department, o. j. Dickey; Expendi
lures in Interior Deparement, j. B. Packer
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

LOVE AND SENNA.-A lady who keeps q
school where young ladies from fourteen to
eighteen years of age are "fnished." was
asked if she was not often troubled by her
pupils falling in love. She answered.
II have to contend against no greater
difficulty; it seems altogether impossible to
prevent hirtations from arising, and notes
ard love tokens from being canGestinely ex-
changed And the thing will continue to
exist, SO long es ssrls of sixteen are foolish
aud young men are adventurous. My only
plan, when see the tender passion has been
developed, is to crush it in the bud, and my
receipt is the antithesis Of romance. 1t is
SIENNA TEA. Whenever l preceiye-as
quickly do-that one of my young ladies has
fallen tas she fancies) in love-, ] at once take
her in hand. never hint at anything con
nected with the tender passion, but | treat
her as an invalid who is suffering from i'm
paired digestion. | keep her closely to the
house and dose her literally with seDna tea,
standing by to see that she drains the Gcae
to the drcgs. This plan is always attended
with success. Sometimes she gives in after
the first few doses, but usually it takes two
or three days 10 complete tho cure. ! hac
one obstinate and protracted case that lasted
whole week, bat 1 was firm TO my plan
and in the end it succeeded. You may de
pend upon it, that as cure for school girl'
calf-love, there is nothing like senna tea =
| [Once Week
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
A GREAT WRoNG.-When dissipated

A GREAT WRoNG.-When dissipated
youth goes astray, friends gather round
him in order to restore him to the path
of virtue. Gentleness and kindness are
lavished upon him to win him back again
to innocence and peace. No one would
suspect that he had ever sinned. But
when a poor contiding girl is betrayed,
she receives the brand of society, and is
henceforth driven from the ways of vir'
tue. The betrayer is honored, respected
and esteemed but his ruined, heart
broken victim knows there is no rest fol
her this side the grave. Society has nc
helping hand for her-no smile of peace
no voice OF forgiveness. These are
earthly moralities-they are unknown Of
heaven. There is indeed wrong in them
and fearful arc the consequences. The
injustice of society is vividly brought tc
mind in the case delineated.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

THE YANKEE AND THE BEAR.-Two Yam
KEGS stroing in the woods, without anv arms
in their possession. observed bear climbing
a tree, with its paws clasped around the
trunk One of them ran forward, and caught
the bears paws, one in eack hand. He then
called out to his comrade, Jonathan, run
home and bring me something u kill the
varmint; and mind you don't stay, or I'm in
u FIX
Jonathan ran off, but staid long time
During the interval, the bear made several
desperate attempts to bite the hand CT him
who held it. At length jonathan came
back
'Iullo, what kept you so loug?'
We'll, I'll tell you. When ] got home
breakfast was ready, so staid to cat it.,
We'll, said his comrGde, come nov, and
hold the critter till kill it.
Jonathan seized the bears paws, and helC
the animal.
Well, have you hold of him?'
Il guess have
Very well, then, hold fast; I'm off for m.
dinnerr
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

THE CANADIAN EXODUS. TINES cor
rectly says;
"It seems that the exodus of French Cana
dians to this country is steadily increasing
Of late, and that at no similar period within
the last twelve years has there been such a
large and continuous emigration of agricul-
turests. A Montreal paper says that the
number now leaving weekly by way of that
city is over 500, and that the great majority
are young men. The French Canadians are
an industrious and honest people, and in a
very short time make excellent American
citizens They are rather backward in some
respects, owing to the old Oppressive laws OF
the Providence and its priestly domination;
but it only needs brief residence in this
country to put them alongside of any other
class of the population in enterprise and
intelligence"
Has the TINES remarked that the Canadian
farmers enjoy comparative Free Trade ant
cheap British fabrics? and that they are 81
peverse as to prefer the nearer markets an,
better prices Afforded on our side of the line
Has it observed that the flow of population
htherward has generally been strongest wheI
our Tariff was highest? And has it note'
that eur experience in this respect is by nj
means unique?- Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09

THE penal COLONY of Fernando Pc, where
the prisoners'of State in Cuba are to be con.
veyed, is au island, forty-four miles long and
twenty miles broad, situated on the west
coast of Africa, in the Bright Of Biafra,
about twenty miles from the nearest point of
the main land Fernando To is in latitude
about deg 80 min. north, is traversed by
mountain ridge, which st Clarence Peak
rises to the height of 10, COO feet, or over
two miles, is fertile, well watered aud thickly
wooded. 1t contains, in a state Of nature,
large focks of goats and sheep, and swarms
of monkeys of great size. The climate, ex-
cessively hot at all times, becomes intoler-
able during the rainy season, when pesti-
lential wind blows from the continent OF
Africa, The native population. consists OF
twelve thousand negroes, iuhapiting fifteen
villages. The English Government, between
1927 and 1884, made an attempt TO form a
colony, but failed. In 1874, Spain again
took possession and established penal
settlement.