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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

EAST LIBERTY, April i.-CATrLE-1le
ccipts to-day AS head, making for three
days past 1901 liend. Light arrivals AM
little business doing market worry dull
only 1906 head having changed hands to
day. Best 90 26aG 75;mGdium to good 81 Y
aOOO; common to fair 81 16a6 30; bulls ~ Il
40 90.
1fous-Roccipts to-day 1860 head an,
for three days past 4,Oi6 head Yorker
81 30a7 10; Philndelphins IS S0a0 10.
Receipts to-day 200 head, ant
for three days past II, 60Ohead. BesL$ d
NJ OO; medium ~ 75a0 20.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

ptrrsDvRait, April Wheat = Quie,
aud prices unchanged. Corn-Firmi. eal
mixed 7la76c; yellow 76a1sc; Ahelled mixed
ahdwhile 73aT5C; prime yellow 77a7sc FREE
IN elevator. petrDleum-Dull; crude 81 ~
At Pafker's refined i4liaiINc Phlladel
bhin delivery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

ToLRpo, kprll A. Flour : Quiet and
unchanged. Wheat@Dull; No. . white
Wabash$ 81 90aii20JIj No, white Michigan
Al 10; amherst l2sii seller May 81 10 X; No
I red 81 Is; No. 2, 81 lS; seller May 81 1tH.
COrn-luiet and unchanged. 0ats-lulet;
No. 9 and Michigan B0Hc. Clover Seed
On M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

CLEVELAND, April t.--wheat Corn and
Oals-Firm aud unchanged. Petroleum
Quiet aud unchanged.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02
IlAfLWOAii UONDs-SIFOng.


RAILROAD lloNDs-Strong.
sroCKs-DOclinCd u to ~ per cent be.
fore the first cal, but there was u subs0.
quCnl advance Of Y 10 TX per cent In the
entire list. The widest changes were III
Union Pacific, Pacific Mail, Western Union,
Northwestern common, Panama, Erie, Lake
Shore, 81, Joseph and Wabash, Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph was firm at 24Sla95;
New Jersey Southern sold at s;tassG, At
the second call the market was firm, bnt
afterwards Union Pacific declined to %
and the general market fell Of " 10 per
cent The market was strong during the
lnsghour Of business with genealimptove.
mcnt In prices Union Pacific led point
Of activity and recovered from BiN to o.,
the final transactions having been At 06A.
Hannibal 1 81. Joseph sold "a high as ~
for common and 50 for preferred, an id.
vance Of 3 and 2 per cent respectively.
Western Union rose from 77N to 7sI4; Pa
cihc Mail from 43K to ASK Etie from 2psS
10 S0N and Wabash from i4N 10 1916 the
other changes were less important. The
market closed active and strong,
On the receipt Of dispatches reporting
numerous failures and q panic In Berlin
gold advanced 10 il4X and foreign e6.
ChNngs fell to t4.sSjS and ASH, Aaeoon
Is II was aSeOflained that the failures in
Betlld were spectators who had
been short al the Bourae foreign
exchange slifned both o. Berlin aud Pati1,
There has been q ioaning speculation moi
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02
FINANCIAL AND. COMMERCIAL
baltimore Live stock Market.


!, By 7tlegrdph TO he IRtellIgeseeF,l
ORYIcR OY MARYLAND IIyR arOcE SOALll,
BALTIMORE, April !, 1874
nHcRIpTa RoR TIR WNHK
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION,
DAILY.

By nail, IA adpaAor, EOiiags PTiPaia :, =,
Ono var q OOlThruc mOnths-..r''s4 "
~ 1,onihs..,,.,.,, OOlOnH m0nth.,.,''''',', "
DelivrnI Ly ClrTlera In city l5c PER week
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-02

AM IN VANH UP! 70 T7''.7 b7."7s VI N'7"'
our risk, In DTaitsor PostOiiee Money ordeTl, and
where neither Of these can 10 procured, send The
money Ia Registered Latter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12
A Head That Was Useful.

The Troy Press says: "One of the
most remarkable characters has just
passed away at Williamstown, Massa-
chnsetts, in the death of a negro named
Abram Parsons, or ABE Bunter,' as he
was known to every one acquainted with
the town. Abe's popular title was de-
scriptive, and grew out of his ram-like
or bunting propensities, bunting being
his readiest and most effective method
of defense. His thickness of skull, even
for one of his race, was simply astound-
ing. He would split heavy plank with
his head in the way or business, or for
the amusement of any one willing TO
pay quarter for such fun, or would ut
terly discomfit and rout an adversary by
launching himself bodily and irresista-
bly, at his stomach. These were his
play spells. The worthless Of the village
will vouch for other stories illustrative
of Abe's more vigorous achievements
They beguiled him years ago into split.
ting a small grindstone. He was asked
at one of the stores ifhe wanted cheese
Naturally he did, and they told him il
must be, put in a salt sack and he must
smash it with head; SO they inserted the
stone, and Abe actually and literally
shivered it-and, let US hope, got hi'
cheese. When Coles store was burned
some years ago, and the heavy dool
could not be broken open, Abe very OBJ
ligingly pounded it in with his head
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12
Effect OF Camph0r on Seeds.
From the Horticulturist.


Certain curious and all but forgotten
experiences of much interest to agricul-
ture and gardening have lately been re-
vived by German savant. Very many
years ago it was discovered ard record
ed that water saturated with camphor
had a remarkable influence on the
termination of seeds. AS of many 9TH
er useful hints, the stupid world took no
notice of this intimation; but a Berlin
professor, having seen the record of it
appears to have established that fact
a solution of camphor stimulates vegeta-
bles as alcohol does animals. He took
seeds of various sorts, some being three
or four years old, and possessing slight
degree of vitality, and placed them be-
tween sheets of blotting paper. Some of
these he wetted with pure water, and
others With camphorated water. In ma
ny cases the seeds did not swell at all
under the influence of the simple mois-
ture, but in every case they germinated
where they were subjected to the cam
phor solution. The experiment was ex-
tended to different kinds of garden seeds
old and new, and always with the result
of showing singular awakening Of dor
mant vitalism and wonderful quicken
ing of growth. 1t also appears from
the professors researches that the young
plants thus stimulated continued to in
crease with vigor and vivacity much
beyond that of those which was not so
treated. On the other hand, when
pounded camphor was mixed with the
soil, it appeared to exercise rather bad
effect upon the seeds. The dose in this
latter case was possibly too strong. At
all events, this action of camphor is
worthy of an examination by seedsmen
and gardeners, and even farmers might
determine how far wheat and barley may
be profted by the strange power this
drug appears to possess over the latent
life of vegetable germs.
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Superstition About Bees.

To cure bee stings hundreds of RENE
dies have been offered, some of them
very old. Pliny says rue will cure the
stings of bees, hornets, and wasps. He
also declares that tea made out OF
bees themselves will cure the sting when
drank. Pauline and saurell, both leaf,
bark and berry, he says, will cure it
These may be good, but old Pliny goes
still further. "For the sting Of bees, y
he says, "the owlet is counted sover-
eign thing, by certain antipathy in ma
ture. Moreover, as many as have about
them the bill of woodpecker when
they take honey out Of the hive, shall
not be stung."
An almost universal superstition is
that bees must not be sold. This super
stition takes various forms in different
localities. In Ireland an old saying re-
verses the rule: "Bees must not be Civ
en- away, but sold; otherwise, the giver
or taker will have no luck" In Devon
shire, England. when bees are sold, pay
ment is never made in money, but in
corn, ETC., and the bees are always NOV
ed on Good Friday. In portions of
Pennsylvania it is believed that the sell
Ter must not be at home when the bees
are taken away; if he is the bees will
not thrive.
A common superstition in England,
France, and Germany is that if the mas
ter of the house dies. the bees must be
Immediately informed of it. In North
Germany they say to the bees. "The
master Is dead; the master is dead. -
They believe the bees will die, fly
away, or do no good unless so informed;
and in portions of England the hives
are dressed in morning for the same rea-
son. In Lithuania the bees are inform
ed of death in the family by rafting
the keys at the entrance. in Bradfeld,
England, bees are always invited to the
funeral. A worse superstition still is
that all the hives must be Immediately
removed to another stand on the death
of a member of the family; another, that
at the moment the corpse is taken out Of
the house the hive must be turned over.
They don't have movable frames, or
they could not do it, Correspondent
Bee Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12
Deacon Peck, of BarabOO, Buys a
Watch.

Mr.. A. J. Peck is a deacon of the
Presbyterian Church, and, also Justice
of the Peace at Baraboo, Wisconsin. He
went to Chicago, and passing along
Madison street, was attracted by the
stentorian tones of the auctioneer at No.
21O. He entered, and while there saw a
young man come in with a watch to sell.
The young man told the usual story
hard times-no work-was obliged to
sell-watch very valuable cost one
hundred and seventy-fi five dollars-given
him by his father, etc. The watch was
put up and started at ten dollars. The
deacon looked wistfully at the glittering
ticker, and then at his own shabby
bull's-eye, and raised the bid. The
ran up to twenty dollars, at which it
was knocked down to the deacon. He
paid over the money and pocketed the
watch. The young man wanted to re-
deem it, and offered him fifty dollars
for his bargain, but he knew enough to
keep a good thing when he got it and
quickly departed. When he met his
city friends he proudly exhibited his
prize. When informed it was snide
aHair, worth about two dollars, he
Ftumbled" to the "game," his eyes
stuck out, his jaw dropped, and when he
recovered himself he fairly howled. He
says he don't care d-doughnut for
the money, if the brethren of Baraboo
don't hear of it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12
Went for One Night and Staid Ten
Years.

Going over the Lowell Railroad the
other day was fussy little man who was
in evident doubt as to which of two
New Hampshire cities it would be ad-
visable for him to stop over night. He
questioned the conductor as long as that
worthy would stop to listen, and then
turned to the other occupant of the seat,
a thick-necked, short-haired party, and
queried:
ais Ca good place to stop at?"
"Fus rate" growled his companion.
"Did you ever stop there?" asked the
anxious traveller.
"Yes, went up there to stay for one
night, and stopped for ten years.
"You don't say" said the delighted
interrogator. "What'd you DON where'C
you stay2"
"Opened store. and stayed in th'
State Prison." responded the grufi one
and the little gentleman changed seat
and cars at the next station.-I Boston
Commercial Traveller.
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Useful Information.

One thousand laths will cover seven
ty yards of surface, and eleven pounds of
nails will put them on.
A cord of stone, three bushels of lime,
and cubic yard OF sand will lay one
hundred cubic feet of wall
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels of sand, and one bushel of hair,
will make enough good mortar to plas-
ter one hundred square yards.
One thousand shingles, laid four inch
es to the weather. will cover one hun
dred square feet of surface, and FIVE
pounds of shingle nails will fasten them
on.
One Fifth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet
of surface to be covered, because of the
lap in the siding and matching of the
floor.
Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on chimney, six bricks
in a course will make lue four inches
wide and twelve inches long, and eight
bricks in a course will make hue eight
inches wide and sixteen inches long.
To wash calico without fading, infuse
three gills of salt in four quarts of water.
Put in the calico while the solution is
hot, and leave until the latter is cold.
1t is said that in this way the colors are
rendered permanent, and will not fade
by subsequent washing.
To test the quality of wool, take a
lock from the sleeps back, and place it
on measured inch. If the spirals count
from thirty to thirty-three in the space
of an inch, it equals the finest Electoral
or Saxony wool grown. The diminution
of the number of folds to the inch shows
the inferiority.
Grapes are recommended as a cure for
biliousness. This fruit, by its agreeable
acidity, so acts on the system as to re-
lieve it of its bile, and thus removes the
cause of the symptoms enumerated, and
that is, "cure." The immediate cause
of all the discomfort is confined" con-
dition of the system; the seeds of the
grape act as an irritant as they pass
along the alimentary canal, and cause it
to "water," just as the eye waters if
hard substance touches it. The water
ing dissolves the more solid matters con-
tanned in the intestines, washes" them
out, and the man is well. The covering
of the grapes should be chewed, but not
swallowed.
On Fort street car yesterday boy
made a sudden grab among the straw,
caught something, and as he straighten-
ed up he inquired: who's lost fifty
cent piece?" Seven men held out their
hands to him, and four more wanted to
but felt afraid. There was a painful
pause, and then the boy unclasped his
hand and exhibited a pants button
Seven men suddenly sank back to medi-
tate, and the other four INDUCED in
winks.
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To Sow Light Grass Seed.

A correspondent Of the Practical Far
mar has not found machine capable Of
properly distributing the lighter and
more chafiy grass-seeds, such as blue
grass. He therefore, still clings to hand
sowing, and he does it as follows:
The course which now pursue is
thoroughly TO mix one part Of the seed
with one part Of course, sharp sand, or
fine gravel, (the sharper the better,) and
nloisten the mass, carefully maniPula-
ting il until the seeds and chaf are well
separated and caused to adhere to the
rough particles of sand. The weighty
sand thus becomes an effective vehicle
with which to distribute the buoyant
seed, which by moisture is made to ad-
here to the sand.
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Bismarck's OratOry.

If the sole object of political oratory
were to produce immediate effect, Prince
Bismarck might be pronounced the
most successful orator alive. From the
iron" speech, he stood revealed to Eu-
rope as a new force with which nations
had to reckon, he cannot be said to have
made a speech, which, for the object he
had in view-that object not being al
ways to convince his audience in the
Chamber-has been entirely unsuccess-
full, and he has repeatedly earned a
triumph of the most exciting sort. He
is, in fact. by far the most effective
speaker in the German Parliament
can crush an adversary with sentence,
or with peroration, can bring major
ity to its feet, foaming with applause.
Clear and vehement in utterance with
one high oratorical faculty-that of con-
densing policy into laundering cpl
gram translatable into languages-he
shares with the Younger Pitt the power
of weighing his speeches with facts
known only to himself, and letting out
secrets where needful, which tell like
shells as they drop into an advancing
column. His utter plainness, his vehe-
ment conrage-so opposed to the reti.
cence of most official speakers-his terri.
BILE frankness whether real or assumed
and the exceptional position which
makes of his works acts, all combine tc
give him an ascendency which some
times seem to carry the majority out o.
| itself, till they are ready, like SONS
horde after victory, to raise him or
their shields and pronounce him King
of mem London Telegraph.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12

The fruit prospects in the Northwest
is better than appeared from first reports:
In Michigan, it is now thought to be
demonstrated that such fruit trees as the
peach, cherry, pear, ounce, etc., as well
as the more tender varieties of strawber-
ry and raspberry, can endure lower
temperature than even this winter has
produced. A report from Hannibal,
Missouri, says: "The peach crop in this
region will prove an entire failure, most
of the trees being killed. Grapes are
also greatly damaged, as we'll as nearly
all descriptions of small fruit. 1t is
thought the last snow will save the
wheat crop, which has been we'll protec-
ted during the cold weather of the past
two weeks"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-03-12
Profits in Grape Culture.

We are often asked the question as to
to whether grapes will pay. Good var
ieties certainly will. If man is pre-
pared to lay out of the use of his land
for three years. at the end of that time
the money will begin to come in. There
is not a great deal of labor or expense
attending the planting of vineyard,
and IN this part of the State no irrigation
is needed, as in the lower counties. New
wine sells from 40 to so cents per gallon.
The mountain sides, so far rs tested, pro-
duce the very best fruit. A large clus-
ter on the table where write grew on
the range in sight near Calistoga, and
sold for a cent pound. IL hung on the
plate glass window of some Eastern city
this cluster would attract crowd or
the sidewalk. There are numerous placel
where the crop may be sold. Land fol
vineyards can be purchased in the hill
at reasonable rates, say from FIVE TO fif
teen dollars an acre, depending upon TN
location.-[S [Sacramento Valley Agricnl
| turist.
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MISCELLANY.
A Historic Incident Bearing on the
Beecher Case.
From the New York Sun.

From the New 1ork sun.
Mr.. Tracy's comments on Mr.. Beech
er's letters are ingenious and plausible.
In the abundance of illustration with
which the opening argument for the de-
fense abounds we wonder that a well
known incident in French history was
not referred to. 1t has been contended
that the contrition and remorse express
ed in Mr. Beecher's letters are altogeth-
er disproportioned to the causes assigned
for them in his statement before the
church committee. His position, sub
stantially, was that he had been misled
in regard to certain conduct of his friend,
Mr.. Tilton, and, under misconception,
had greatly injured him in his business.
Not only this, but he had blindly and
heedlessly pursued course which had
fastened on himself the supreme ahec-
tions of Mrs. Tilton. When brought to
a realization of these two great errors,
or sins, his compunctious yisitings knew
no bounds. We say that French history
affords parallel case, or case in which
a cause similar to one of these wrought
a like effect; and We are rather surprised
that it had not recurred to the recollec-
ton of so ripe scholar as Mr.. Tracy.
Louise de Lafayette was one of the
maids of honor to Anne of Austria, wife
of Louis XIII of France She was a
young woman who had passed many
years in convent, and was described as
"sincere in her piety," and so devoid of
malice that it actually panied her to be
made acquainted with the faults of
Others" In the simplicity of her soul she
had long cultivated an innocent intima-
cy with the King, when, of sudden, on
the receipt, of a long letter from him, she
was thunderstruck by first understanding
the nature of his love for her, and of its
interference with his duty to the Queen.
Shs was overwhelmed with remorse, and
Immediately repaired to a convent and
took the white veil. Here she held a
final interview with the King, conver-
sing with him through double bars, and
some of the language which she address,
ed to him on this occasion reminds one
of the expressions in Mr.. Beecher's let
ters.
"The sin" said she, "for which l feel
most poignant sorrow, the sin which
years, nay, life of expirtion, can not
wipe out, is that have, by my selfish,
my miserable attachment, alienated you
from the Queen. Alas, alasi have sin
ned almost beyond forgiveness" and for
a while she broke into passionate sobs,
which all her self-command could not
restrain.
"As he spoke" says the chronicler of
this last parting interview, "her sweet
gray eyes turned toward heaven, her
countenance was trans6gured as in an
ecstacy; no saint standing within a sculp-
tured shrine could be more pure.
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Under the Microscope.

There is nothing more wonderful than
the revelations of a microscope. Any
one who owns a good one and knows
how to use it to the best advantage has
an unending source OF entertainment
Some one has noted down these among
the other remarkable things that it re-
veals:
"Insects of various kinds can be seen
in the cavities of grain of sand. Mold
is forest of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves, flowers and fruit
Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs
are hollow tubes. The surface of our
bodies is covered with scales like
fish; single grain of sand would cover
one hundred and fifty of these scales,
yet single scale covers five hundred
pores. Through these narrow openings
the sweat forces itself out like water
through a sieve. The mite makes FIVE
hundred steps a second. Each drop OF
stagnant water contains a world of ami
mated beings. swimming with as much
liberty as a whale in the sea. Each leaf
has colony of insects grazing upon it,
like oxen on a meadow. A speck of po
tato-rot, the size of pin head, contains
about two hundred ferocious little ami
mails, biting and clawing each other
savagely."-[A Advance.
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The four little babies in Baltimore
have been presented with four gold
medals, which have been pinned to the
clothing Of each Of the children az a
distinguishing mark. These are not the
only medals that the four little ones
have received, presents of four silver
and one gold having previously been
made them. The children still continue
in good health, and are growing rapidly,
with the exception Of Mary, who ap-
pears to have made no progress in
growth whatever, and is very cross. The
crowd Of visitors continue, although il
is not near 10 great as before. In con-
versation, Mr.. Hahn stated that the ru-
NOR current about his realizing enor-
nous sums Of money from visitors was
erroneous, and he reckoned his total re-
cei pts TO be less than $3.50. When the
story that Chicago claimed to have pro
duced a similar wonder was referred 70,
in the most emphatic terms Mr.. Hahn
expressed his disbelief Of the report,
with manner that seemed 20 indicate
his doubt Of ChIcago's ability TO per
form the feat.