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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

The New York 1ribans Of Saturday
morning, speaking Of the adoption by
the Senate, Friday, of Mr.. brakes pro-
scriptive amendment to the Virginia
admission bill, says it was caused by q
combination Of little statesmen and
little souls, and fears that the restora-
tion OF Virginia has been indefinitely
postponed by Fridays work.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

LET there be no doubling, no halting,
no indifference to-day. Every Deme
crat is expected to do his duty. The
ticket deserves his approval and should
receive it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

LET us have an emphatio mai oIity
for the Democratic ticket to-day. To
this end you can contribute by voting
and working for that ticket. This you
can do oonseientiously. II ID worthy
Of your support.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

A PULL vote to-day means the success
of the entire Democratic city ticket.
Let every Democrat 60 to the polls and
vote for JEFFERs and the rest of the
ticket.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

DEMOCRATS: Vote to-day for GEORGE
W. JEFFERs and the remainder of the
Democratic ticket. They deserve your
support and should receive it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

GIVE to-day to Democracy and good
government. Vote and work for the
Democratic ticket.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

VOTE early and work steadily for the
Democratic city ticket to day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24
HOTELS.
EVERETT HOUSE.

Nv HHS0 II EHVOOhs
North Side Of Unioa Park, N. II.
1IHIS HOUSE Is KEPT on THE EU
J. ropean plan; II IA within three minutes
ride Coy h0rse sars) Of the New HaEsp
Railroad Depot, convenient TO all the pffneip
places Of amusement, and for Summer tTaTsns
viii be found the coolest Hotel In TIE
Every room is provided With running EAtef'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

IL the name of good government we
ask the election Of Democratic ticket
today.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

THEY talk of a majority for JEFPERs
in the Fourth Ward to-day. If tbe good
people Of both partiessthere do their
duty the prophecy will be realized.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24
European Exchange Office
B. HAMMER.

STERLTNG EXCHANGE ON LONDON FOR
- any sum not less than One Pound Sterling.
Sight Drafts on all the principal cities Of
France, Germany and Italy at liberal rates.
Also for sale at the same office;
Passage Tickets to and from England, Ire
land, Bremen ami Hamburg, via New York or
Baltimore.
Entgrant Railroad Tickets from New York
or Baltimore 10 Wheeling.
Office, 5. W. corner Of Third and Market
streets Centre Whee. ing W. Va
BENNO HAMMER
Notary Public: Real Estate, Fire AID Life,
Claim and General Passage Agent. novl3
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-24

STAND by the Democratic ticket. Its
success means good city government
and no disorganization.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Escape of Pope Plus IX from Matri-
mODys

1t is well known that the present Pope,
Plus TX, was never married, but it is not
generally known how near he once came to
that blissful state. The Rome corr ,spond-
ent of the Boston Traveller says mat he
has the documentary proof and the asser-
ton of the relations of certain Miss Eos.
ter, which reveal the existence of ro-
mantle incident in ihe early life of the
Count Ferretti, in days when the world had
more charms for him tbln the Church.
The reader will remember that it was Just
fifty years ago last April that the present
Pope took the vows of priest; in 1882, as
Archbishop, he was transferred from Rome
to the SEE of Imola, and made Cardinal in
1889. The story is as follows:
The world at large does not know that
fifty or sixty yesls ago he was engaged to
be married to a Miss Foster, the daughter
of an Irish bishop, and the sister of the
Countess de Sails, famous at that time In
italian society, and that the young lady
and her friend waited at the altar of the
church of st. Luigi de Francesi (near the
present ofice) for Count Mastai -Ferretti to
appear and complete his marriage VOWS,
and they waited and waited in vain, be-
cause the young Count never came. Nor
is the world aware that the explanation
given to her before her death was that his
Jesuit relations had forcibiy abducted him
and sent him abroad under oath of secresy,
which he never divulged till after be was
Pope, and that this lie caused to be com
municated to her, to ease his own con-
science and her broken heart.
This story will solve the mystery which
has existed concerning his taking the vows
of the priesthood.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Glass.

This material is generally looked upon as
largely resisting the action OF fluids. 1t is
Invaluable to the chemist because of this
quality, fuoric acid being the only reagent
which will attack il destructively. 1t is
still true, however, that much of the glass
in common use yields some ofthe sonstitu-
ents or its surface to solution in water, and
win lose its polish. Housewives will toll
in vain to restore brightness to the inside
of decanters and tumbleIs which have be-
come cloudy by long use. 1t is not a de-
posit on the surface which looks so much
ike dirtiness to the eye of a careful mis-
tress. but q loss of substance which has
been solved away. Glass is perishable aside
from being so easily broken. 1t Is more
easily scratched than many suppose. The
continual use of silk in wiping spectacles
will be sure to cover the lenses with min
ute scratches till they are blurred, and the
troubled wearers begins to think that his
eyes are growing dim. To keep lenses
from being scratched requires no small care.
They shOald never be touched with silk,
but only with linen, or chamois-skin, and
this as free from dust as possible. The
more subtle effects of light and magnetism
upon glass are exceedingly curious. Some
SORT If change is induced in the atoms, with
moro or less permanence. One or two
cases have been recently reported of land
scape pic ures being visibly impressed on
glass surfaces after long exposure in a
bright sun. These statements remain yet
to be verified, but they are not more singu-
lar than the established fact that
magnetic current sent througha coin,- lying
on glass, will leave copy of the coin on
the glass.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Rrnin.Wnrk.

DIR. Willard Parker has been depreeating
overwork. He says mo man can work
faithfully for more than four to six hours
in the twenty-four. If that time is exceed
ed all the phosphorus is carried off, and
the man becomes irritable, broken down,
and has softening of the brain. There Is
much of the Dr. S usual good sense in this,
only. taose who are familiar With his own
habits of intense activity will judge that he
does not take account of his own expert
ence. These are many exceptions to be
named of such workers as Humboldt and
SIllEman, who took but four hours sleep in
the twenty-four. The brain is delicate
instrument and may be easily ruined; but
if one only knows how to use it rightly,
and has a strong common-senSe presiding
over the will, great deal can be gotten ont
of it, in the way of work, without harm.
Versatility is great safeguard. There is
such thlBg as having too many irons IN
the FIRE; but the man who can turn his at
tentiOn to various studies, and is not tied
to one suhiect can accomplish much more
than four hours work a day. Lest any
should make excuse for improper laziness
of habit, let it be understood that there Is
considerable difference IN what men call
bIain-woTk good deal that we have OBJ
serv never cOEld hurt anybody, nor make
a single hair gray. Much pDttering with
books, and no small amount OF page-cOyer-
ing. which some folks do by the reaIn, are
of thi, kind. To such, this dictum of DIR.
Parker need give no sort of alarm. The
phosphorus in their brain IS in no danger
of giving out. 1t is only the downright,
hard. personal thinking, together with
anxiety of mind, which draws on the vital
powers and exhausts the nutrition. Out
side of that our mental operations are
more of the nature of recreation than labor.
Indeed the mind cannot rest, utterly inaet-
i've, without mischief There must be
something to engage its attention, except
during actual sleep.-Ctr. stan Union.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
THE VALENTINE BUSINESS.
How it is Falling OF, and what IL
Consists Of-A Few illustrations.


Consists Of-A Few illustrations.
As St. Valentines day draws near, the
dealers begin to spread out their stocks to
the public, and the display is about the
same as usual, while it is very evident that
the sales are gradually, year by year, fall
ing of, and it is quite evident that the
sending of valentines will ere long go out
of fashion entirely, much to the delight OF
letter carriers.
The entire sales of the comic valentines
in the country are four millions of dollars,
while the sentimental are confined to allmit
of five hundred thousand dollars. The
former retail at from one to ten cents, ard
the latter from twenty-five cents to as high
as twenty-five dollars.
Publishers tell frequent stories of ex-
pensive box valentines being ordered by
Young women, which are addressed to
themselves The recipients usually live
at boarding-houses, and request that the
tribute should arrive at dinner or supper
time, when the inmates are all assembled.
If the lady should chance TO live with her
family, she contrives to invite several
friends for the expected momert, who may
be duly impressed with the admiration she
has excited.
The valentines for women are, this year,
much devoted to a ridicule of the woman's
rights question, as we learn by looking over
the stock. There is the "Woman's Right
to Tipple, persouated by young lady in
tunic and pantaloons, leaning against
bar; "Woman's Right to be- Carpenter"
wood-sawyer, q cart-driver, policeman,
conductor, ETC., all illustrated by appropri-
ate pictures. Under the representation OF
a supposed member of the Sorosis club, the
verses close thus:
$50 on, reform us naughty men;
The coxcombs cut, exalt the henl
Laughing we listen to your rants,
And glory in your Tightening pantsl"
The present style of chignon and water
fall, and planchette, receive due attention.
OF a melancholy shirt-maker, the verses
remark:
''She dreams of the lover
That new shirt will cover,
And marries him in her Sleep"
A nervous woman is complimented asfol-
lows:
you'll rush with fright from harmless bug
Which the wind has near you carried;
But yet you don't fear good stout hug,
Nor tremble at getting married"
A thin lady is toldi
shaped like lath, fat as a match,
Oh. you'd be glorious catch;
That is, for doctor who wishes to see
very good case for anatomy"
A dandy youth is told:
Dear sir, / have duly considered your suit;
When 10 know the result you're inclined.
You will learn from nv dear brothers. boot
The final resolve of my mind"
The notices on the sentimental are
not particularly novel. Il cling to thee;"
''Yours till DEATH" Il live on love for
thee" &C., will illustrate them. The more
pretentious often run in this wise:
"OhI quickly, loveS one, name the day
When / mav cal thee mine;
And we to church WI haste away,
My cl arming YaIehjine."
The excess OF letters delivered In this
city on ST. Valentines day is usually less
than is supposed. Last year it did not ex-
ceed six thousand on the IA b of February,
and three thousand on the 18th.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Personal Sketches.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
gives the following gossipy personal
sketches of leading spirits IN the recent
Woman's Suffrage Convention In Wash
ington:
Mrs. Stanton. witty, persuasive,
polite Greeley says ''unscrupulous. =
Takes the world easily, never gets rufied
or loses her temper in the least Can make
a man, politician CT editor agree with her
in all her opinions while talking with her
her quick brillianey and hslfsarcastic
arguments are so bewildering.
Susan Anthory.-An embodiment of en-
ergy and suffrage. Has convenient habit
of totally ignoring ali her past actions when
she chooses TO. Is not refined requires to
be posted In etiquette occasionally. Is
good-hearted when she wants to be. The
star of her life is suffrage, and she knows
or cares for little else.
Paulina Davis.-"Lady of the old
school" Is ambitious, but not particular
ly brilliant Deficient in grammar. Is ex-
tremely dignifed and hates reporters be-
cause they talk about her dress.
Mrs. Matilda Joslyn Gage-Active, un-
compromising. Better writer than speaker.
An excellent woman, but very bitter to her
opponents.
Pr Rbe Cozzens. A small snip of girl
about twenty six years of age-her
father respectable merchant in st. Louis.
Is only just getting into official circles and
feels @tset up." Very vain-talks about
herself continually. Is said to be engaged
to Governor McClurg, of Missouri; but
denies it.
Isabella Beecher Hooker Sister of Mrs.
Stowe Very sweet and loveable, but
bound down by evangelical prejudices, Is
proud of belonging to the Beeeher Family.
Mrs. Charlotte Wilbour.-Wife of Chas.
WiIbour, of the New York Transcript, and
translator of Les Miserables. Wasa Spirit
ualist speaker before her marriage; is now
one of the shining lights Ofsuffrage. Presi-
dent of n Y. City Suffrage Association,
and an officer of Serosis. Writes essays full
of glittering generalities.
Madame Anneke. Has girls seminary
in Milwaukee, and is good teacher and a
good woman.
Martha Wright-Sister of Lucreita Mott
Has all the primness of a Quaker, and is
thoroughly gentle and amiable. Is the di-
rector of the movement in Western New
Yolk, and is energetic.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

sssMadeline, 1 want you to answer me ole
question"
What is it ?"
"What have you done with your dia-
monds ?"
al sold them long ago; they paid several
heavy bills, besides settling halt a years rent
here"
But Madeline, you were so proud ofyOul
diamonds"
81 was once; now they would be the bit
terest reproach my eyes could meet Oh,
Gerald, had been less vain and thought
less and extravagsnt-"
1 checked myself, and robin, singing
in the perfumed depths of apple-blossoms,
took Hp the dropped current of sound.
"That's right, little red-breast. said my
husband half Joking, talk her down! She
has forgotten that our past is dead and
gone, and that we have turned over new
page in the Book of Existence"
Madeline, do you know how L feel
sometimes. when sit and look at you Z?
mo"
"Well, feel like a widower who has
married again"
Nv heart gave a little superstitious jump.
Like widower who has married again,
GeraldI"
'.Yes; can remember my first wife-a
brilliant, thoughtless child, without any
idea beyond the qualification of present
whims-a spoiled plaything! Well that hit
tie Madeline has vanished away into the
past somewhere; she has gone away to re-
turn no more, and in her stead behold my
second wife-a thoughtful, tender woman,
whose watchful love surrounds me like an
atmosphere, whose character grows more
noble and develops itself into new depth
and beauty every day"
was kneeling at his side now, with my
cheek upon his arm, and my eyes looking
into his.
Sand which do you love best, Gerald
the first or the second wife?"
81 think the trials and vicissitudes
through which we have passed are welcome,
indeed, since they have brought me astheir
harvest of fruits, the priceless treasure OF
my second wife. "
That was what Gerald answered me-the
sweetest words that ever fell upon my ear.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
A Smart Girl.

A pleasant story is told of young lady
who in 1862 was a student in the Normal
University of Illinois. She was good ma
tured, quiet girl. tolerable scholar exsept
in the matter of composition, utter failure
in which branch prevented her passing an
examination. Five years were devoted to
the effort, when her father, who resided at
Bloomington, died, leaving small business
in the furniture line, an invalid wife and
three children to her care and support.
Instead of selling of the stock and living
on the proceeds until something should
turn up, this girl, who had failed at school,
went herself into the shop, sold off the fur
niture at retail, and when the stock ran
low. astonished her friends by going to
New York and buying larger and better
lot of furniture than was ever seen in
Bloomington; and what is more, she sold it.
For seven years she has conducted that
bueiness, and to-day she owns store worth
SIS, 900, in the upper stories of which she
began her labors, and other real estate
aggreeating $4,000, besides pald-up
stock worth 20, 600 more. A smart girl,
certainly, even if she did fail in one branch
of study.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Humorous Paragranhs.

-"He told me, said Artemus Ward, ''to
get out of the Office. / pitied him, and
went" z4 z -nEz1-s r.
"A little boy out west was asked if he
knew where liars went, and answered yes
they went to New York to write fer the
papers
"A Unietd States revenue officer re-
ported that "a barle of whiskie. seezed by
me for not being stampt has been stoil by
ruffius with fases dysguyssed with kraip>"
Mrs. Partingtoa says her minister,
Methodist, ''served the Lord for thirty
years-frst as circus rider, then as
locust preacher, and last as an szhauster."
John, said a master to his appren-
tice as he was about starting on short
journey, ''yON must occupy my place while
1 am absent" THANK you, sir, demurely
replied john, I'D rather sleep with the
boys" ...-..- ...-.-rl ..-, ....
"A young lady from the rural districts
went to Des Moines to see the elephant
In this street car, the conductor said to her:
Miss, your fare" ''Well, if am, re-
piled she, Il don't want any of your i'm
pertinence. .e.- so. a ~.
-"3Iother, what did father pray to GEN
eraI Grant so much in church for, yester-
day?" asked the bright little daughter of
minister lately. ''I don't know that he
did" s'Why, yes; don't you know? He
was always saying, Grant. we beseech
thee"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
Human Bodies Packe d in Flour Barrels.

From the Albany CN. T. Knickerbocker, lst.
Considerable excitement was CT eated in
front of the American Express Office, in
this city yesterday, in C. nsequence of q
little circumst1 nee that transpired relative
to the shipment of some freight. 1t ap-
pears that cartman brought some barrels
to the freight department OF the Express
Office, to be shipped to Ann Arbor, Mich.
While attempting to unload the barrels, the
head OF one gave out; and exposed the
body OF humaR being stored therein. One
of the employees of the express company
inquired what was in the barrels, but the
cartman evaded an answer He was evi-
IDENTIFY aware of what the barrels con-
tanned, and became greatly alarmed
at what had been developed.
He at once secured the barrels on
the cart and drove of. Suspicious were
aroused that something wrong existed,
probably that the barrels contained the re-
mains of the missing Robert Harper, and
the cartman was accordingly followed. He
was traced to the Office of d certain we'll
known physician, when the mystery was at
once unraveled. 1t appears that the bodies
were those of two females, that legitImately
came into the possession of our physician,
and weIe being shipped to the above place
for use as subjects for dissection. The
practice of shipping bodies in this way,
from one point to another, We learn from
the Express people, is common, but 1t is
seldom that they are done up SO loosely.
They are ordinarily packed in whisky bar
rels. All we can say Is that the members
of our medical profession should use more
care in this matter, and not offend decency
and shock the feelings ola sensitive public,
by such exhibitions of recklessness.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

PARTIES desiring to go to Europe or to
send for their friends from there, will do
well to buy their tickets of i. II. Mcclure
4 Co., Ia Clinton st Milwaukee. General
Agents for the Williams il Guion First
Glass Line of Steamships, running f.om
Liverpool to New York, carrying United
States Mails, and agents Tor Hamburger
American Packet Company, running from
Hamburger to New York. Dealing largely
in Foreign Exchange, they issue drafts on
England, Ireland, Scotland, and the pTinci-
pal cities of Europe. at very low rates. Any
information in regard to their steamship
lines will be given upon application to
them.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

TIE New CHURCH OF ZIoN-Salt Lake
letters state that Mormon schismstics have
formed temporary church organization,
called the Church of Zion" which, in its
constitution is more liberal than Brigham
Young's, although it contains many Objec-
tionable points Of the old organ ization.
Polygamy is neither advocated nor con
demned; but the principal of tithihg is con-
tinued Joe Smith, son of the ancient
founder of Mormonism, who is opposed to
polygamy, is to become the leader of the
new movement. The schism appears COM
plete and powerful, and, considering the
eneroachments of railroads and Congress,
it is evident that the latter days of the
Latter Day Saints have come.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

HooFLASD's GERMAN BITTERs.-We are not
in the habit uf noticing sO-ealled Patent MeG--
icines: but We havs no hesitation in COM
mending this valuable Bitters to the public.
It is composed Of none but the purest and
BEST ingredients. and the thOusands of -testi-
moniais to its efficacy, leave no doubt that 1t
is the most valuable specific known for the
cure OF ID iseases OF the Liver, general Debil-
ity. Fevers, and complaints arising from
Disordered Stomach. .-These Bitters' are en-
tirely fres from IL intoxicating properties
ADGHy argus.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

Nrcr has been sung of the ''8Iaid with
Golden Hair" No song, however, has yet
been able to make that color popular one
for anv considers bic length Of tim. Light
red, faded or sandy hair are equally under the
ban OF public opinion. We are happy to an
nOunce to our readers who desire to change
those colors, that three applications oil Rings
Vegetable Ambrosis viii give them beautiful
auburn tresses posse sing al that soft, lus-
trous appearance so des ra0ie IN TINS eheh
adOr Gment of female beauty.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18

Ice can be turned in lathe and lenses
easily formed through which the rays ofthe
sun in passing will cause heat sufficient to
ignite a match. These ice lenses are so
easily made and renewed that they have
been recommended for use for sstrononi-
cal purposes in countries the temperature
Of which is below that of freezing for two
or three months Of the year.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-18
wounds made with the teeth oft

Wounds made with the teeth often
prove poisonous. A man in Detroit struck
another in the teeth ON Christmas day, cut
ting his own knuckles thereby. The hand
swelled and became very much intiamed,
and since then the flesh has decayed from
the wounded fngel, The diseased bone
has been scraped, but without effect, and
the physicians think amputatioR will be
necessary.