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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-21
For Rent.

For Rent.
sVlHE HALL NOW OCCUPIED RY TIE
Young Mems ChriStion Association.
Entrance next door to the City Bank, on
Market street.
Possession given April LIST, 1873.
Jams II. CRANGLE.
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Wheeling Female College.

PREPARATORY DEPARTMENr-oNE
Teacher. Academic Department
Three Teachers: Collegiate Department
Four Teachers. Music and Art Depart
ment-Four Teachers. Latin, French and
German Langnages. No ~xtra charges for
Vocal Music, Penmanshlp, Book keeping,
Latin or Elocutfo1. The Second Session
Will commence Monday, February3.
ia2l
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NJ e DICAI.
WOMAN.

BY an Immense practise, extending fhrough 2
period OF years, having within that fine treated
many thousand cases % those diseases peeul1r
10 woman, I have been euaDled TO perfect mo-
potent and agreeable medicine that meets the .ndi
cations presented hy that class Of diseases With
positive certainty aud exactness.
To designate This .AtusA specific ecmpouac'
have named Il
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ONE FINE soRREL HORSE AND
Enouire nj Christman's Livery Stable,
feb2J.N Corner Of Main and John streets.
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Public Sale.

nr A LARGE Law LIBRARY. ON
OThufsday the 18th day Of March, 1873.
Mt the Court House or Ohio county. In the
CITY Of Wheeling, will sell at public auc-
don one large law library. To-
Terms IT sale cash.
febA.i n. CONANT.
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81. W. Bescher bads his people good
bye for sa.fsw ~ssha, Yesterday - no
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-21

DIkDCTON.
JOHN X. BOI1FUkD, President.
Jacob HDrnbTook, Chester -. Knox,
seo. ". FI4arnsln, A. W. Campbell
jsoob =. Hnodea, Henry n. Harper,
John l.. HoDUA. 4. J. Csin pDeii.
GEORGE ADAMS, CaSbIer
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snrrnN VEGETABLES AND FLOWER
NtII\ Plants, Roses, Dahltas, Fuse mas,
al lUO Geraniums, Bedding Plants,
Iiadiolus, etc. Send stamp for
Dreer's Garden Calendar, l8S pages, illus.
rated. with practical direc ious HENRY
A DKEGs, ia Chestnut street, Phiiadel-
phia, Pa. jaO
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Il general banking. EIchsnge and CoiIso.
don business transacted with fidelity and
pzomptness.
Certificates OF Deposit Issued and interest
paid thereon.
Revenue stamps for sale In sums ~ suit.
New fractional Currency and /, q, . and &c
Soin always On hand for ths sccomIoodk-
Ion OF the puDi!c.
Accounts ol Merchants, Manufactures,
2anksrs and Others solicited.
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MEWiApVERTIsEMEMTs

INEW.ApvERTlsEMENTs
ls12o .baa,T aail.sdw sse,slszS.
FAIL 4, ,WllIlN WINTER Ter
|Thos:: Hughes&C Co...
[ra ,,' FASHIONABLE, 49,
MERCHANT. FAllL0sRS
~ - ~ AND DEALERS IN 90 '"a
6enasIpens fun1ishIng Goods,
r. a.T NO. 90, = sa
Cor. Monroe and Water sts..
-Tuo 20 WHEELNG,sw. VA, '""'
Now have the pleasure OF opening to the
citizens Of Wheeling and vicinity the
| largest and best assorted stock Of Cloths,
Cassimeres, Vestings and 0vercoatings that
| has ever been. brought to this market
with increased fecilities in our ''.
WORK DEPARTMENT,
by the addition Of several expert hands
| from the eastern cities and an fncompar-
| able selection and variety of goods, we
| hope to execute all orders entrusted to our
care In manner surpassed by any SIM
liar establishment In the East. Our stock
comprises
Overcoatings,
In. Chinchilla, Castor, ST
EdredOn, MOSCOW, and
Esquimaux Beavers,
and English MeltOns.
IOLoTH9,
English, French and German,
or every texture and color.
% CaSSimereS,
English, French 4 American,
In an endless variety.
200 Selected Patterns for suitfngs ex-
cluhvely. .lrg- .,.-. ..- 10 ..' -.
VESTINGS,
In PLUSH, VELVET, CASHMERE and
SILK, OF every style and grade.
SHIRTS,
Made to order from actual measurement
I''. ' and
A FIT GUARANTEED.
Thos. Hughes & Co.
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Nitrous Oxide, or Laughing Gas

IAN PREPAREDTOA ADMINISTERS GAG
L for the extraction Of teeth at my ONCE Oh
A1ain street, near Union.
10. A. WNGERTER,
au~aa #H' NADtta1.
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HARTFORD.

Hartford is certainly one of the finest
cities in the Union. The streets are
broad; the houses large, and nearly all
surrounded by handsome grounds, The
insurance companies are in a flourish
ing condition; the manufactures all
busy. We visited the Pratt, Whitney q
Co., manufacturing establishment, and
were astonished as we'll as pleased, to
see the signs of prosperity and success
on every hand. This firm has repu-
tation for making as good machinery
and tools as any firm in the world. At
the present time they have an order
from the Austrian Government for ma
chinery, with which to manufacture
guns, amounting to many thousands
OF dollars. They manufacture the tools
and machinery and then send workmen
with them, to superintend the erection
of the machinery, and teach the German
workmen how to manage it properly
They now have six men in Austria,
at q salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars per snnum, each, super
intending the work they did fol
that country last year. Some
idea OF tie extent of their works may
be gained when I state that they keep
an insurance of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars on their stock, and
that is only about the half Of the rea
value.
From Hartford we went to Thomp.
sonville, where extensive carpet manu-
factories are established and are in ope
ration; thence to Hazardville, where
the famous Hazard Powder Mills are
situated. They are in active operation
making more powder than they die
during the war. l find that q powder
mill is not an expensive structure, or
the contrary it il but Q small affair
The danger OF explosion is 80 great thu
mills are generally built upon the mar
gin OF stream and at Q considerable
distance from each other.
SNOW STORMS.
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UyOR sATE-THERE Wild BE SOLD
at public auction on Tuesday, February
Is, 1878. at the Quincy Foundry ana ma
chine shop, the following:
LOT OF stove plates and suudry castings,
pair of timber wheels. I twNhorse wagon,
! cart, ! dray, set Of platform scales, =
vriting desks, 8 office chairs, SOFAS, =
clocks . heating stoves, 5000 fire bricks, and
sundry other articles such as Tasks; pat
i'i LIS ~ JOSEPH HAMILTON,
wheeling, February Is. 1878.
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How, When and Where toAdvertise.

oEr HE"ADvERTIsERs'G GAZETTE"
- Sent by mail for 25c. Address
GEO. p. POWELL & &C.,
ia30- egb Al Park Row, New York.
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WANTED.

WE WISH TO ENGAGE THE SER
wv vices Of al least one reliable, tntelli.
rent gentleman In eveiy CITY, town and
county In the South. Business agreeable
and str city legitimate. yielding from $500
10 $500 per apnum. For articnlars address
TURN BU' l. BROTHkRS.
ia80.e0b Pubs, Baltimore, Nd.
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n. ID. Sugar and 4oiasses.
On0 BBLs: CHOICE M0LAssEs.
ZUU Is bids. prime sugar.
LLsT. DAV9NRUkf q PARKn.
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SNOW STORMS.

SNOW STORMS.
We returned TO the city Thursday
morning to find another heavy fall OF
snow, which rendered the sleighing
again very good.
Yesterday another snow storm fell,
changing to rain before night and MAX
ing the streets even more disagreeable
than on any previous day this winter;
it is thawing rapidly to day and CUTTERS
are nearly impossible unless brldged.
Notwithstanding the respite 10 the
case ofStokes, a new trial seems barely
possible. Poor man! His condition lie
a sad one. Tortured night and day by
his fears Of the gallows, sgitated BY the
hope OF respite and new trial ! How
can he endure this state OF thingsf
FALL OF CHURCH.
Quite an excitement was created yes
terday afternoon, by the fall Of the Pres,
byteriau church, on the corner Of
Thorn pson and Wet Houeton streets.
That no one Was injured. is certainly
cause for congratulstion, il aot an sbeo-
lutte miracle. The papers this morniog
all clamor for 40 investigation a. to
the cause OF the building falling 90
easily, saying. that "even piety should
not Do allowed to trust 70 Providence to
hold Mp their walls, and endapger hun
dreds Of lives. by violating the building
laws"
In my next ! shall relate . story OF
fashionable wedding which took plscs
last week.
pRDoHnR.
81. W. Bescher bads bis people good
bys far s,tsw wssln, Yesterday - hi
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-23
What Hogs Lose in Dressing.

Our late butchering has enabled Us to
more clearly answer the question as to
how much pig will lose in the opera
ton of killing and dressing. The two
on, weighed empty, just
previous to being killed, just eight
hundred and twenty-four pounds, and
when hung up weighed just six hund-
red and ninety-four pounds, having lost
one hundred and thirty pounds in
blood, offal, etc. This is equivalent to
sixteen pounds per hundred, while the
common allowance is from twenty to
pounds to each hundred.
There seems to be manifest injustice
to the seller in applying one portion or
rule to pigs of all sizes and weights.
We think the Ken;uchy rule much
more fair; by it twenty-five pounds are
deducted from the first one hundred of
live weight, and twelve and one-half
from the second. From the third humid
red of live weight six and one-qarter
pounds are taken, and IN some special
cases but three pounds from the fourth
hundred of a very large hog, and all
over to be counted as dressed weight.
1t is evident that the proportion of loss
is greater in small pig than in large
one, and in poor one than a fat one.
Our pigs were as good as any we have
ever had, and all put together never
ate ten bushels of corn in their lives,
but were fed and fattened almost eX-
clusively upon waste apples and milk.
We believe that for this purpose apples
are underestimate. Our observation
leads us two bushels ofsound apples as
good as three of corn Cor. Journal of
the Farm.
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Anecdotes Of Public Men
BY COL. JOHN w. FoRNEY.

From the Sunday Morning Chronicle.
All! if men of note could only realize
how much their true tame depended
on their biographies, written by them
selves. Two late instances will suffice
to prove the point. Had Charles Dick
ems and Edwin Forrest kept fair records
of their experiences, what treasures
they would have left to posterity. The
French translator Of Dickens works
once asked him for few particulars o1
his life. lie replied that he kept them
for himself. L never met Forrest that
1 did not implore him to invite my
faithful shorthand writer to report
the story of his life, as he could only
tell il himself; but the answer always
WAS: mot now; some time when we
both have more leisure We will under
take it together" Alas! his light,
Like that OF Dickens, was quenched il
y second. Both these men were uuri-
vailed takers, and they liked to talk
among their friends. How full and
a1fiuent their memories; how varied
tdeir trials; how unusual their tri-
umphs. One hour with forrest, in
private, when he was In the vein, was
Dotter than an evening with him Oh
The stage. lie was full Of Wit. Con-
versation brought him out; and it was
wonderful how easily he uufOlded his
stores OF information. Foreign man
mers; domestic customs; the yicissitudes
ol his early life; l:.s sketches of public
men he knew al home and abroad; his
AdVentores in the old stagc-coach, on
steamDUats and Cars; his favOIite books;
lis pictures; his staiuary; his anlaZ-
i:.g repertoire Of quotations and imIta-
lions; even his prejudicts--ls these tell
1rUin his iip5-Woaid have made Il vol
nlIe almost as interesting as Bo5W eli >
johnson. And this may be said with
even greater truth OF Charles Dickens.
Both died su0Genly, Sin the twink ing
of an eye" and Ihe loss to the world is
beyond reparatiOn. When we think
how easy The art Of autobiography has
been maize by modem inventioH it is
painful to tnlnB how men, " nose lives
axe crowded with knowledge thai
should survive, postpone the pleasing
Task Of recCrung their reroiiecGions.
what better materials .Or history than
these personal details! /! OGject, aS we
may, TO the fashion of Interviewing
puDitc characters, there is no reading
like the reports o1 tiieIr habits ana Ideas
and none more enuurnnglJ prest Yeu. .
Lo9is Napoleon ls dedu, aud nothing
that y e have vi him viii Dt- more prot
itably recalled than Chevaiiur Wikon's
admirable conversations with him af-
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G,Mm aad 1uussitald.
How Gypsum Acts on Soil.


The exact way in which gypsum
producing its fertilizing effects is not
well understood, although it is known
that the chemical changes or transfor-
nations which occur when il is brought
in contact with soils are not of uni
form or fixed character. Upon the
conditions which exist as regards the
presence of vegetable matter and
moisture, depend the changes that take
place, &
it has been proved by actual expert
ment that gypsum is capable of absorb
Ing ammonia from the air, and also
from decomposing animal Or vegetable
matter, in the form of Sulphide of am
moniHm. This again may be changed
into carbonate OF ammonia, by absOrp-
tion of carbonic acid from The air. These
changes take place when gypsum is
brought in contact with moisture and
vegetable matter.
Whatever other decomposition may
take place under different ciTcum-
stances, this lnust be regarded as sI1e
most important, as from it plants are
supplied with food Of the highest value.
From this ascertained fact, it may be
inferred tn It plaster must prove high
~ serviceable to moist, mossy hills,
and also to meadows which are not
wet. Experiment has shown that the
north side OF hill is sometimes great
ly benefited by plaster, while upon
the southern exposure it produced no
perceptible effect.
1t is certain rhat it does not matter
much what may be the nature Of the
soil to which the plaster is applied,
a4nce it is external agencies which are
principally concerned in fitting it for
plant food
While the question as to how plaster
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d LTIM o ~ Mo
!. M sAi.As. ss-eiEsa ads,AJl 3sa itt.s4,I a,.T
te l,'.-S - SEaras laaAias sod 3.sh 41--s.e-,f-t
10 '.---f AfS'4 ." ss@Afats VII u '.lfifrglfiI
! ---.d zed-iiAnns le s..sfo yne 7a.ii..d d.
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acts as fertilizer cannot be regarded
as by any means settled, yet there are
certain facts to guide its application.
1t would be manifestly absurd for a
farmer to apply gypsum to a dry, sill
cious plain, or to a not impoverished
slope; and also it would be unwise to
use it upon meadow under water
some months in the year.
Plaster may be applied with conf
dence to pastures which are strong
enough and moist enough to support
deciduous trees. A hill side where
moss will grow 50 as to crowd out good
grasses is usually promptly benefited
by plaster, and the white clover comes
in at once.-[ Scientific american.
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The experience of the Chaplain ofthe
Wisconsin State Prison is that jail
birds are the most orderly and attent-
i've sort of learners. The statement
counts one for the convicts, but two
for the Chaplain.
The st. Louis Democrats fashion ed
itor says: at is astonishing to see
young girls parading the streets of oui
modest and unassuming town, with a
tuckupbehindwiggledarnfoolativeness
larger than they are. But we s'pose
it's the fashion,"
Twenty-Five vacancies will occur in
the United States Senate on the 4th of
March, thirteen of which have already
been ii led. The States yet to elect are
Massachusetts, Georgia, Alabam&,
Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Wis
consin, Kansas and Nevada.
An employe in mill al Dalton,
Mass, was recently caught by his
clothing end carried up to the shafting,
head downward. John Meagher, a
boy 16 years old, seeing what happen
ed, instantly threw Il dipper full OF
soap on the main belt, which caused it
to slip ill the gate could be shut and
the mans life saved.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-23
How to Get Plenty of Eggs.

A corr espondent Of a poultry paper
says. referring to plenty of eggs:
1t has long peen known to milkmen
that wheat middlings and bran are
about the best of any feed to make
COW give milk; why not the best, then
to make the hens lay eggs? l tried it,
and since then have had no trouble
My mode of preparing the feed is to
mix about two parts of bran with four
of middlings. In the morning 1 wet
up with water about four quarts of the
mixture in large Tin pan, taking pains
to have it rather dry, though all damp.
This set in warm, sunny spot, south
of their shed, and they walk up, take a
few dips, don't seem to fancy it like
corn, and start off on short hunt for
something better, but always coming
round in short time, for few more
dips from the dish of bran. There is
little time during the whole day but
one or more are standing by the pan,
picking at the bran. 1 am careful to
mix for them just as much as they will
consume during the day. At night,
just before they repair to the roost, ]
throw them about pint of shelIetf
corn, we'll scattered so that each one
can get a few kernels. If your hens
don't incline to eat this feed at first,
sprinkle little Indian meal on it. 1
would like all who complain of not
getting eggs to try my plan, and l think
they never will be sorry.
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2srets.
A GEM OF THE FIRST WATER.

ITO whose heart and pen we g IN
debted for this gem we know not, but
whoever it may be, a chord in the hu-
man heart is so skillfully touched that
he must be soulless who can read 1t
without emotion j
An old wife sat by the bright fireside,
Swaying thoughtfully to and fro,
In an ancient chair whose creSky craW
Told tale OF long ago;
While down by her side on the kitchen
floor
Stood basket of worsted balls-a score.
The good man dozed o'er the latest news
Til the fire Of pipe went out;
And unheeded the kitten, with cum
ming paws
Rolled and tangled the balls about;
Yet still sat the wife in the ancient chair
Swaying to and fro in the freight glare.
But anon a misty tear drop came
In the eye of faded blue,
Then trickled down in furroW deep.
Like simple drop of dew;
So deep the chanAel-So silent the
stream
The good man saw nought but the
dimmed eye beam.
Yet marveled he much that the cheer
full light
OF her eye had weary grown,
And marveled he more at the tangled
balls,
So he said in gentle tone:
81 have shared thy joys since our mar
riage vow,
Conceal not from ne thy sorrows now"
Then she spoke of the time when the
basket there
Was tilled to the very brim-
And now there remained of the goodly
pile
But single pair-for him
Then wonder not at the dimmed eye
light,
There's but one pair Of stockings to
mend tonight.
l can not but think of the busy feet
Whose wrapping5 were wont to lay
In the basket awaiting the needles
time
Now wandered so far away;
How the sprightly steps, to mother
dear,
Unhseded fell on the careless ear.
For each empty nook in the basket old,
BY the hearth there's ali empty seat;
And l miss the shadows from off the
wall,
And the patter of many feet;
'Tis for this that tear gathered over
my sight,
At the one pair of stockings to mend
tonight. .--t.
Twas said that far through the forest
wild,
And over the mountain bold,
Was land whose rivers and darkening
caves
Were gemmed with the fairest gold;
There my first-born turned from the
oaken door,
And l knew the shadows were only
four.
Another went forth on the foaming
wave,
And diminished the baskets store
But his feet grew cold-so weary and
cold,
They'lI never De warm any more.
And this nook in its emptiness seemeth
to me
To give back no voice but The moan of
the sea.
Two others have gone toward the set
ting sun,
And made them home in its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their
share
To mend by the fireside bright;
Some other basket their garments fill
But mine! oh! mine is emplier still.
Another-the dearest--the fairest-
best,
Was taken by angels away,
And clad in a garment that waXeth
not old,
In land of continual day.
OF wonder no more at the dimmed
eyesight,
While mend the one pair of stock
ings tonight.
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3 il EPsoS Z %6S, G+sasStttesi G+sst s. ana -
q vision dealers, 0ppdsire Post OIL
% fee Main Stsz~Sts GiaiFsyille, Ohio
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srss4 staf .-ffN
IN 49, - To keepers OF Cows this nrsoar.
- =. toaIs invai1abie.s JIt.is q sure 49,
r U<.-4-t.. Il yentlTe agains. Rinderpest HOlls-t
81 Horn, etcl n hay Ben st-oYc. Dan
fsSS-srsSy actQ3 3lIeSpsrinant 10 inezea,s ihs
- ~ 81 ~. quantity Of mix and cream trsnsr -
irsreenI4 and make The Aatsex D. - a.,
T. - a2d sweet. IN fsttering csIp :.
gives tiies "a atsjc tie. 'Ioossastaeis hdt ahS
ifv-.f - .y.i.. F.
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