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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-16


advanced the yearly salary to the Judges
Of the Supreme Court three thousand five
hundred dollars. This they have constitu.
tional authority for doing, but by what atl,
thority dothey offer that yearly SALARY
Ss6OO$ 10 such men as b. p. Chase during
Lille II they would send In their resigna-
ton, this Is such stretch or breach Of
power by the Legislative and Executive
II the President signed the bill. that
might be regarded by many as a bride to
get rid Of those Judges, when these same
law making individuals had Just sworn
upon the Holy Evangelist Of Almighty
God, that tho President Vice President
and all civil officers Shall be removed
from Office on impeachment for, and con-
viction Of; Treason, bribery, or other high
crimes and misdemeanors. In conclusion
my Liberty saving political friends am
In hopes tie feWese number will Withhold
their signature to the letter Of Invitation,
and should those letters come In, in such
numbers from tho n. e. w and N. West
crn states as 10 induce our nominee "a
become an Independent candidate basing
Ills letter Of acceptance upon the terms
expressed in the letters OF Invitation We
can then say We have Constitutional
Democratic Republican Candidate FOL
President The Nominee Of the People
Yours, &C., CHARLES P. BAILEY.
Salmon z. Chase, Chief Justice Of The q. s.
Washington, D. Q.
DEAR Sm: We the undersigned citi
Gems OF -, irrespective OF former po
litical associations. do now regard pollti
cal platforms rs dangerous to cOnstitu'
tional liberty and that our present embar.
ressments may In q great degree bG
attributed 70 them and being DESTROYS 10
restore and sustain all the laws Of The
Union, as they were originally ordained
and established save that one which 70
lated TO slavery; We therefore regard 1t as
essentially necessary 10 have the Presi
dental Chair at the next term occupied
by some individual that Is well Posted
and immovably established In constitu.
tional Law, we therefore cordially sincere
" and earnestly solicit you to become an
independent candidate and no platform
save that provided in the constitution o.
the United States, as, the candidate O
all those that are in favor OF constitutiona
Liberty and Civil government V. s. The
unconstitutional discretionary use Of the
6dy0net.
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srArr OoNvENroN.-We learn thnt .

STATE CoNvEATIoN.-We learn that a
meeting embracing the Republican mem.
hers Of the Convention and Legislature,
several members Of the State Central
Committee, and n number Of other Re-
pnbllcans visiting the Capital, was recent.
ly held at Charleston to consider the
matter of appointing delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention. Aller q lengthy
and animated discussion, 1t was decided
To he the sense Of tho meeting that it was
advisable to hold a State Convention for
the purpose OF making the appointments,
aud 10 hold Il between tho middle and
last Of May; and the meeting made re.
concentrations to this effect to tho State
Central Committee. Tho question about
what tho delegation In the Philadelphia
Convention should do was discussed
very unresetvedly, and q very decided
opposition 10 tho denomination Of
GRANT was manifested. We understand
tho GRANT men in the meeting wanted to
have delegates appointed by legislative
caucus, after the manner OF the appoint
mGnts to Chicago four years ago, or II
not that then by Congressional district
convention.
TLedeCision in favor Of a,Eeneral con.
vention isfavorable to the sending Of q del.
egation to Philadelphia untrammeled by
instructions and free to do what circm-
stances may then indicate as best for the
harmony, unity and success Of the Repub-
llcan party. a.. ..a .aa
AS to the place Of holding the Convcn.
ton, the gentleman from the southwest
expressed a preference for Wheeling over
any other point, unless It should be
Parkersburg We have no authority to
make any statement touching tho proba.
bic action Of the Committee, but VIC arc
sure tho suggestions Of the Charleston
meeting will receive due consideration.
-G 60 H'-
THE AMERICAN MOTHER GROWING
LESS PRoLrFIc.-Dr. j. n. Toner, Of
Washington, D. G., one of the most pains.
taking statistlclans in the United States, in
his diagram showing the proportion Of
white children of both sexes under fifteen
years To the 1000 white females between
fifteen and fifty years, the hubble ago, in
each State at the beginning Of each decade
from 1900 to 1870, makes known the TACT
that what has been thrown into the face Of
the New England States, especially Massa,
chusctts, as their peculiar shame, is equal.
ly true of every other State in the Union,
DIR. TONER shows from the census reports
that only one.halI as many children arc
now born to each !, 600 women as during
the year 1900, and that there has been a
regular decrease from one decade Of years
to another For example the following
shows the number Of children to each
1000 women at the several periods named:
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PunADELPuIANs are uneasy about the
sanitary condition OF their city, because
they say experience teaches that cholera
always follows smallpox, and they are
afraid the former scourge will prove more
fatal there next summer than the latter
has been during the fall and winter.
Whether they have sufficient cause Tor
their alarm or not, the papers are right in
advising the adoption ofprcveutivc meas.
ures by the health officers, and all our
cities should DO making preparations 70
guard against the possible appearance Of
cholera this summer as an epidemic.
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AMONG the papers left in the Tuillcries
by Verhuel Napoleon have been dis.
covered evidences that Napoleon was
engaged in tho year 1905 in flooding Bel
gum with counterfeit bank notes on the
bank Of England. 1t is alleged that an
engraver named Lille under orders
from the Emperor, had the notes printed
and engraved in Paris. The vigilant
Paris police made a descent on Lilies
establishment and found the countcrfciter
protected by the signature of the Project
of Police. Notes to the amount of many
thousand pounds were uttered in Belgium
by agents Of Napoleon, aud OF course in
due time thrown ont by tho Bank Of
England. The credit OF the bank docs
not appear 10 have been seriously dam
aged by the Corsican's countcrlciting
scheme. The developments show, how.
ever, that Napoleon was INSCRIPTIONS as
he was energetic in his efforts TO iniure
his most formidable foe. ..'a.
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For SAC.

A UCTLoN N0TICR--THE UN.
tIoneer, and will attend 10 any busineSa as such
IN Ohio and Marshall counties and tho city nj
Wheeling. Any Communication Addressed Ia
him at Wheeling, W. Va, will meet prompt al
tcution. ~
janice JAMES O. HERvRY
ENoR SALE AT PuBLIQoAUC. Ia
IL TtON-On SATURDAY, the 18th
Inst the elegant and SubstantjAt two.s tory. gl
brick resldonee OF Mrs. Virginia Z White, Stu,.
ted on south side OF HampdG Rbtreet, east Sixth
Las property y IN nrstrate order and Is pos.
.'ls. 3a THOMAS oBRlRN,
.lebl3 III -------- Real Estate Agent.
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It has rapidly grown In public favor, and is en-.
doTscd BY all who have used II As being SUPERIOR
70 any other Cough Medicine. Give Il trlal.
Sold by an DrIggists.
MCCABE, KRAFT q CO., Projectors,
noVt1-d&R a -rl Wheeling, W, Va,
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A SENECA SAND STONE investigation is
shortly to be made by a committee Of
Congress at Washington. The object is
not to ascertain who own the stock Of
the s. s. s. Company and profit by hav.
ing it used in public buildings, but to
learn whether the stone Is of a quality
sufficiently scrviccable to warrant its use
as proposed in tho erection Of the new
State Department building.
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.ATcHELoR's HAIR DYE,

This superb Hair Dye Is the beat In ns World
Perfectly Harmless, Reliable, and Instantane.
no unpleasant 0d0r. The genuine W. A Batch.
elor's Hair Dye produces IMMEDIATELY q
splendid Black or Natural Brown. Docs NOT
stain tho skin, but leaves the Hair Clean, sofi
and Beautiful. Tho only safe and perfect Dye.
Sold 6yGll Druggists. Factory Is Bond street,
new YORK. ~ ian27eod&W
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MAYOR HALL, IL he is acquitted in the
coming trial on the indictments brought
against him, intends to sue the New York
Times for libel, He has need to sue
somebody.
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FAoING THE BAYoNETl

When soldiers face the hAyonet they take the
chance Oflifo or death; hatwhen private citizens,
deceived by the preienees Of interruptions deal.
ers, apply PoIsoEs TO THEIR HEADS TO change the
color OF their hair, they have no idea OF tho ter.
rtble risks they run. Tho first analytical chem.
lists have endorsed one hair dye aa free from
everything leletefions 70 health, viz: n
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JACKSON the 18th inst by
Rev. @. Martin. D. D.. at the residence OF the
brides father, z. JOllif, 9EoRlE D. JACKSON, Of
Wheeling, West Va. and N. YgJoLLIPF, or Fair.
mont, Marion County, West Va.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
Winter Laying.

TO ensure a supply of fresh laid eggs
through the winter mon tbs. a few thin9s
are indispensable
lst. A good stock of fowls, and for
want oftime to discuss the sub iect more
fully, we name the Brlhma and It's gra les
as an unexceptional breed. There may be
better, but are not aware of the fact.
End. An abundant pupply of suitable
food, OF which there is nothing better as a
OASIS than indian corn, ground or I'm
ground, cooked or knocked. Lunches
which include portions of animal food are
desirable, as are also cooked vegetables,
and in general, all scraps which fall from
the table. Also clean water within reach
at all times.
Sd. A comfortable warm roasting
place, from which run of size sufficient
to assure exercise, and some variety of
ground tor scratching and other purposes
IN pleasant weather. This run should
be supplied with plenty of fine gravel, and
sand and particles of lime, and be always
accessible. Its size should be proportional
to the number of fowls kept.
4th All parts of the promises devoted
to fowls should be kept entirely free from
Vermin; and this may be readily and GER
tainlY accomplished by the timely and
free use of lime wash and carbolic acid.
There is little else required which
reasonable attention and the slightest
exercise Of common sense ON the part of
The " hen granny will not supply as re.
quired from time to time.
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" interEng Bees,

we must not forget that the forest is a
great protector in this respect, and that,
While the bees are in the holl )w, with lin
ing OF rottOn wood, and surrounded by
thick walls of live wood, to leave swarms
on their summer stands, with hives of
inch boards, without any lining, is a verv
great contrast. 1t is like one in a cold
day, passing through forest, or exposed
to the sharp winds of the prairie. For
this reason we must, by the use of double
boxes, bee-hcuses, dry cellars, or cover
ings OF corn stalks, make the conditions
equal.
Our neighbor johnson, who places his
bees on the ground, against the garden
tence, with few boards over them, always
has better luck than the most Of u.s. He
sees that they are on their stands at the
proper time In the spring. He sees that
the cool positlTn,-for he shades them,-
and the sun keep them in a semi-torpid
state, and they have no desire to fly out on
warm days, as they would do if not taken
from their winter shelter early in the
spring. [ could not if | would, persuade
him to winter them in any other way, for
this has been his method for the past nine
years, being the time he has owned the
farm.
Do you admit air, Mr.. johnson ? Yes ::
| lie I'VE a hole large enough for a single
bee to pass out, and [ let the bees glue the
top of the hive but the passage through
the honey board is left open. l have
sometimes put in cobs and pieces of old
bed quilts, and think highly of this plan.n
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
To Have Good Cav Crops

- EREFS SCUh
The question is how to get good crops
of grass and hay, and this question was
touched upon in the discussion upon this
subject at the last meeting of the State
Board Of Agriculture of Massachusetts,
when Mr.. Johnson said:
The first thing Il farmer must do IN or
der to increase his hay crop is to look to
his manure. We cannot prepare the
ground for seed properly unless the ma
nure heap is properly cared for. That is
the first thing. Then it is important that
we should pillow our ground properly, that
It may be In a suitable condition to receive
the manure and seed. IF the ground is
not plowed to the depth of seven or eight
inches, possibly nine, we cannot get sur
face cultiv ton So thorough that the roots
will not be liable to dry up. We cannot
get mould enough, to use that term, by
shallow blowing to insure our crop against
the dry seasons. And 1t is also essential,
as every farmer well knows, that we
should have proper quantity IF manure,
in order that the sod may have plenty of
food, and that we may have paying
crop of grass. 1t does not pay to NOW
ground where we do not get more than
ten ar fifteen hundred pounds to an acre,
high as labor is now. [ should say that
on most soils about fourteen cords of COM
post manure should be applied to the
acre in planting the ordinary farm crops
preparatory to planting our grass lands.
Manure is the secret of success, and
without manure we might as well give it
up, for we cannot expect to make much
Roadway.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
The Trials Of a Poor Stick.
BY OLIVE THORNE,

Who would think it could take more
than fifty pairs of hands to make a
needle
You would be surprised to know how
much care and labor is bestowed on
little things that you are accustomed
20 see that you never give them a
thought.
There's your grandpa's cane-what
trials and tribulations, what fire and
water, and cutting, and grinding, and
turning, and twisting, and scraping,
and filing do you suppose that bit of
stick has been through since it WAS II
happy branch of a tree, holding it's
arnful Of leaves up to the sun?
In the first place, it was rudely cut
from Its home, its lovely leaves stripped
OH, and taken with lots of other sticks
TO the cane-maker.
As the bark is taken off, il vent into
the hands Of the peeler, who .,ut it into
kettle to boil. You didn't think
gfandpa,s cane can be boiled like a DO
TTato, did you2 Well, that's only the
beginning of troubles for the Door
stuck. After boiling two OF three
hours, its skin was peeled off, and it
went to the crookmaker, for you see It
is bent over at the top. This man lust
stuck the head of the unfortunate stick
INTO hot, wet sand.
That soon took the stiffness out of If
and made 1t very yielding-for while,
Inc Workman took advantage of the
pllable mood, and bent it over into a
crook, holding 1t there until it was cold
and dry, when all it's stiffness came
back, and it couldn't get straight
again.
The straightener, who next operatod
on the stick, had groove in a plank,
and after taking the last spark of spirit
out OF the branch by burying it in hot,
dry sand, he crowded and forced it in
to this groove, and left it thereto
harden again. If it was not naturally
knotted, 1t would have to be filed with
proper roughness. but this stick had
It's own natural knots on.
After all this comes polishing, rub
bling with sandpaper, emery, or rotten
stone, and smoothening with fish-skin.
Still, after that, the long-suffering stick
is stained, so his own mother tree
wouldn't know him. Some of them
! are even burned outside, and then the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
burnt part scraped offin spots, to make

burnt part scraped OFT IN spots, to make
an old-looking, spotted stick.
At last comes the varnish. But it
can't rest yet, it must have ferule,
which is a kind of iron shoe-for hasn't
it foot, if it's a walking stick ?-and
then come the ornaments, if it has any.
Some have brass rings others have
gold or silver plates for name; 9th
ers are tipped with gold or silver.
Don't imagine these are all the varie-
ties Why one man at the Worlds
Fair displayed five hundred different
kinds!
For handles alone they use ivory,
agate, gutta percha, horn, tortoise
shell, mother of pearl, corneila, leath-
er, and dozen other kinds that can't
remember.
For the stick themselves, there is
scarcely tree or grass large enough
that is not used, from the palm to the
cane
You know the cane-which gives a
name to our walking sticks-is moth
ing but big kind of grass, don't you
Then, as if nature didn't furnish
enough variety, in the shape of sticks,
they use whalebone, -percha,
rams horns, q hope they have good
time getting those straight ivory, and
shark spine. Then they are endless
varieties of heads from the doctors
gold headed, pepper box looking top, to
the stag's head, or ivory foot.
There are also other kinds of walk
ing sticks than those we see every day.
There's the Alpenstock, without which
it isn't safe to climb the mountains in
Switzerland It is very long, and has
sharp iron in the end, to keep it from
slipping.
In the Middle Ages the Pilgrims used
heavy, stout walking stick, or staff,
they called it, the top of which was hol-
low like a box. 1t was made to hold
relics and crucifx, but some odd
things found their way in the curious
little boxes.
One pilgrim, who wished to intro
duce silk worms into Europe when it
was sure death to do it, stuffed his box
with silk worms eggs, and brought
them safely away. Gold pieces often
found secure hiding places there.
Nowadays it's the fashion to crowd
camp stools, umbrellas, fishing rods,
afGISt Gases, ana o1Her pieces or f1rn1
ture into cane. A Scotch doctor had
made one to hold stock of medicines.
and surgical instruments. Another
an Englishman-h had room in his cane
for a map of London. Others you've
probably seen with swords and dirks in
them.
But the drollest cane [ ever heard of
held a looking glass, dressing case,
lnkstand, telescope, thermometer
drawing instruments, paper, and
matches.
A man who owned that, could almost
travel without trunk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
Experiments with Corn.

Very favorable reports have been re-
aeiVed by the Department of experiments
with " Cooley corn, distributed during the
year l87l-72 Among these may be noted
the trial made by Mr.. u j. Wright. Of
Port Gibson, Claiborne county, NIississ-
ippi Mr.. Wright So VS.:
The Cooley corn received from the
Department WIS planted March 8tn and
March 25th, on land of moderate strength
with slight broadcasting of ashes, plas-
ter and superphosphate. It Welded a
choice number of roasting ears by the 10th
of June, growing about as early AS the
earl Y garden varieties The ears were of
good size and handsome, and the yield
very heavy, many stalks bearing three and
IN some cases four ears of corn Planted
nearly month after the Peabody Proli-
tic, It was IN roasting ear ten or twelve
days IN advance Of that variety. We had
some fine varieties of corn from Kansas
and some OF the kinds usually planted
here, but the Cooley was superior to
any Of them, except the Peabody con-
corning my experiments with which |
submit memorandum.
Mr.. Wright states that he planted small
quantities OF corn received from Mr..
ChAlles A. Peabody, of Augusta, Ga. on
the 10th and Both of February of the
present year. 1t was in roasting ear
about june 10th, giving an unusual
yield. although no. cultivated with any
considerable care Suckers shoot from
the base to the number of two, three, and
sometimes four, growing in rich land
nearly to the size OF the parent stock, and
bearing ears, so that there is sometimes a
product OF nine or ten ears to the single
grain. The growth is very fibrous, yield
ing lerge amount Of fodder. 1t is
thought by Mr.. Wright that, with proper
cultivation, 1t might yield on Mississippi
telds, as high as one hundred bushels per
acre.
Cooley corn has succeeded well in
Florida. Mr.. J. D. Wolfe, of Pensscola,
says that he marketed his product two
weeks IN advance of all other corn, and
I'd Tor early maturity and productive
ness 1t is unrivaled in that section. On
one sixth of an acre, although the season
Was antavorable, he raised one hundred
ana ten dozen ears of good size, which net
ted IN market 1915, or at the rate of
Sl48.50 per acre, Mr.. w. planted his corn
at different times, with reference to having
roastir G ears until the frosts in November
Having planted peas between the rows,
ne would have, In addition to his corn and
Pea product, corn-fodder and forage at the
rate OF Two tons to the acre, the ground
Deing cleared in time for d crop of turnips,
ready for market in January-Agricultasr-
al Report for July.
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Management of Sheen.

A correspondent of the New York Far
mer, IN the course of a valuable communi.
cation ON this subject, makes the following
sugg stions: s
nave taken much care to use the has
stock bucks could procure (by hirln.l tn
Improve my flock. My sheep are eG th ~
Spanish Merinos.
l have not bought any sheep since l
made my first two purchases: having
raised lambs every year to fill nv Aocf
| made an assortment of my lambs, keen.
ing only the best eve lambs TO nut into
my flock; the rest are usually sold to 90
to market. / allow no sheep ticks to live
in my flock.
make tia practice to feed well Civ.
ingmy sheep when they first come to the
barn al the good early harvested hay,
gram and carrots they viii eat, and con-
tlnue the feed while they remain at the
barn. They have all the water close by
them they want. This is very essential.
seldom have either sheep or lambs die,
and have no trouble with ewes not having
milk enough for their lambs.
y hen wool sold at the lowest, the
average weight Of my feeces was six and
one-iourth pounds of washed wool. re-
ceiFed forty cents per pound, which
amounted y to TWO dollars and fifty cents
Of lambs. ''''''''l Il uiii''o'
never let my sheep be out in cold
storms, and never allow then, to he driven
over bars, buttake them all away, so they
can walk without having to iGmn over
anyt hing. Jump o'0i
have avoided as much rs nossihIo tso
s'ioI1 greasy staple Of wool, working into
sSJio o. long, white, fue wool as com
PACT ana even as possible. | think sheen
q TINS style winter better, raise their
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
California.

A correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune
writing from San Francisco, says that, in
his opinion, California is about the worst
place in sll this country for an emigrant to
come, The land is taken up closer already
than in any Western State; the crops
cannot be depended upon; fruits will not
bear shipment and mines are very uncer-
tain. But there is a class OF people here,
of pioneers of 40, who feel insulted at the
man who presumes to doubt that San
Francisco is destined to be the greatest
city on the Western Continent With the
resources Of the State stretched almost to
their utmost limit already, and no country
back of 1t for a thousand miles, but bar
rem wilderness Of sage-brush and sand,
they talk about being the mistress of the
sea, and Of monopolizng the trade of
China and Japan--a trade that is destined
10 profit California about as much as the
resources of Mexico are now benefting
Spain. 1t is amusing to get one OF
these old fossils East, to behold the ire.
mendous energies at your cities, and the
unparalleled richness of the countries by
which they are sustained. On their re.
turn, their boasting all turns upon the
theme ofthe climate, and the good old
times of149.