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POETRY.
: THE SWALLOW:

The following poem, sweet as a bir1-song,s
is from The Entire Nous, the organ OF the Ex-
position of Authors, and is by Mrs. Sells, the
Behold the swallow see, the bird of spring
lie tiyeth low 'adown the Greci N ways!
Oh, dark-winged bird, what messsg &c dOst thou
Where hast thou .tarried through the lone
Did Isis keep the on the Coptic isle 2:
On the Enclosures high thy work to VIM
Open thy door, old man, to sun and smile,
And let the spring time aud the swallow III |!
Or did'st thou rest, oh bird, beside the stream
That c,'mes, no man knows whence-the
wondr.us Nile
Did'st learn the mystery Of the lotus dream
Did'st strive the Nereid's secret 10 beguiie ?
Did'st watch the Phrygian maidens having
Their , t*%ny' limbs, where odorous days
Open thy door, oh youth, to b.eeze and
song,
And let the spring: time and the swallow in !
Did'st thou, oh wanderer, cross the desert
lands,
To brood thy nest where man may never
Or skim athwart the sun-kissed Linyan sands,
To seek the source whence all the breezes
blow =?
Did'st rest thy wing upon Dodona's oak -?
Di"'st t i'te9 J the str'y'ns vapors pale and
Open thy door, oh mail, and love invoke,
And let the spring time and the swallow in
Open thy doors and grant us gifts, We pray
We hri g the herald of the spring to tn e.
Promise OF bursting bud and blooming spray,
OF growing grain and laoen, fruitful tree
OF sweet blue days and auguies OF hope
With S me brave gift 'tw-re we'll such news
Green to tue sea will swell each sunny slope
Open thy doors and let the swallow in!
Without some larg~ss fair we will not go!
Nor leave thee tree I'M ess the gilt b. great
Wen break thy door adown, aud float it so
On yonder stream in search of palm and
dae;
Well take ,hv Intel for target fine
Thy name upon it with our arrows pin
We'll bar thy windows from the glad sun
shine
Open thy doors and let the swallow III!
Veil take the maiden spinning by the
hearth
So small and fair she is not h'rd to lift
Well kiss her lips and fright her with our
mirth-
So thou dost not bring forth gracious eft
For spring has come-smillng and unafraid-
With breath of flowers on rosy cheek and
The queen of all the year! oh youth and
open thy doors and let the swallow III!
S. E. S.
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HEALTH AID CAPITAL.

The Liberal Christian :--sAny healthy
man may easily in this country make
himself thoroughly Independent eff CAPT
tai, and hold himself indifferent to the
fate of labor. For he need ask no man
for employment to keep the wolf from
the door. The time wasted in standing
on street corners, waiting for work, or III
travelling from store.housc to factory,
and town to city begging employment,
applied to the production of the mecessa.
ries Of life would support most men and
their families beyond the fear of freezing
or, starving.
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harpened,, leaving them to sneak back, to
their lair with their taiIsgbetween their
legs, lessti in fear than astonishme,,t, and
thy delighted master to cleave the sky
with laughter ~, Verify, I think there be
some human curs1who like to spring yelp-
ing upon a man merely Because he lisr o
stranger, whom itgwouId5 he we'll If some
blg human mast'ff would treat somewhat
after the same fashion, They deserve no
more respectful consideration. -Gulary,
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At BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.

In the history of Pennsylvania, by
Charles Mcknight, soon to be issued, the
following incident is narrated:
The only thing for Braddock to do
when he found himself in this hor:id
slaughter-pen was, manifestly to retire
his 70, ces while he had them under con-
troll throw out scouting parties to beat
up the enemy's position, bring up his ar
tillcry to the ends Of the ravines and
thoroughly rake them with grape and
canister, or to rout out the securely hid.
den foe with the bayonet. Indians have
never yet been found to withstand bay.
enet charge. The cold steel at close
quarters demoralizes. They culver,
break, and fly. This is what Halket and
Washington both urged him to do. but to
no purpose. He ragged along the road
like fury: drove back his men by the
sword. and seemed determined to over
come by mere force of drill and obstina-
cy. Indeed, it is uncertain whether he
now could have executed the maneuvre.
eran's-could long withstand deadly
and concentrated fire from front and
both TANKS.
The fact that the fatal flashes and puffs
or smokes and vollcys seemed to come
right out Of the ground all from unseen
foes, while the whole al and woods
around rang full of savage yells and hor.
rlble screeching. completed the demorali-
cation. Many afterward declared that
during the whole three hours contest
they had never once seen foe, while
others would not assert that they had
seen over half dozen. 1t is only wonder
that soldiers SO wretchedly posted and so
badly commanded could stand it as long
as they did. The provincials suffered as
the British soldiers. Whenever and
wherever they could, they took to the
trees. It is even asserted, and we think
it probable, that some of the officers who,
by ,Braddock' explicit command, attempt.
ed to beat back into the road the men
who had thus sought shelter behind trees,
were shot by their own men.
In one of the pauses Of this one sided
conflict, Washington, who had been kept
busy, carrying the gene, ais orders the
other aids, Orme and Morris, having BEEN
Col. Halket, grim and
weary-looking, standing dismounted
under huge oak, and leaning heavily |
against it's massive trunk. fastening up
and out little from the fire he anxious
ly inquired:
81 trust Sir Peter, you are not very
badly hurt?''
t'Na, ma, Geordie, but Use gotten eneuch.
IT'S joost aboon my baldric. Wha Guild
luke to 90 thro' siccan an aw-some day |
wi out scaur or scaith? l haze fear 1se
ta'en a strong grippit O. death. I ain
sair, sair forfoughten, but never fear, mon,
but wha' the auld Sir Peter will e'er !
present heckle to his foes"
''Oh! it's no: so bad as that, colonel
said W ashington, "but you, like the rest |
Of US, have received your baptism of fire.
lis CORY field, and the ends not YETI
"D'ye mind, major, the 'secon:sight' |
I tauld ye Of yestreen and the vision Of
bluid! Said I not recht! But h'ae We
seen Jamie, laddie g 49,, -;
- Il, have, Sir Peter there he stands, and !
unhurt.'' BE-, ,,~.. - ya,:x t.... -. 1
a'Tis strange, vera strange. IT'S the
BARN Francis, and not James, that 8 hurt
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MISCELLANY.
A FAMOUS PARTISAN LOCKSl1ITH.

Jean Louis Silvio, young locksmith,
was arrested in Paris on the 18th OF
March, 1875, on charge of having at.
tempted to pass spurious gold piece.
bearing the head Of King Louis the Four
tenth. No other counterfeit money was
found on the person, nor in the roons OF
the prisoner. He said stranger had
paid him the piece for repairing lock on
a trunk. His character was proved to be
very good, but then counterfeiters were
very numerous in France, and the govern
ment treated them with merciless sever
ity. Consequently. the unfortunate Jean
Louis Silvio, despite his strenuous profess
tations Of innocence, was loaded with
chains, and flung into dungeon in the
Tournel1e prison.
On the third day of his imprisonment
he was taken before the examining judge,
who said to him.
"Si'vio, who were your accomplices p
81 had none-I am innocont.'
eve shall see about that
The Judge rang a bell, and three brutal
looking men appeared. They laid the
prisoner upon his back and put small
horn in his mouth. S,lvio did not know
what was in store for him, but he was not
long in discovering that he Vas to undergo
THE HORRIBLE WATER TORTURE!
One of he tormentors brought two
gallon Jar filled with water, and began to
pour it through the horn in Silvio' S
mouth.
All his struggles were in vain ; he had
to swallow the enormous quantity Of
water OF choke to death.
When the jar was empty the wretched
man was fearfully swollen. He was I'M.
able to get up, and in answer to the
questions of the examining judge, if he
was ready to confess, he said, in a
feeble voice:
81 will tell all know
He confessed that he had hidden Jar
filled with counterfeit gold pieces in an old
we'll in the yard ofhis house. These
counterfeit coins he said he had received
from Perry Busique, a jeweler from Mar:
settles, and now resident of Fountain
bleau.
The latter was arrested. lie protest.
ed his innocence, was tortued like Silvio,
and died in few days after in consc.
quence Of the shock his system had re-
ceived.
The old we'll indicated by Silvio was
examined. but no jar with counterfeit
money was found.
Silvio was then tortured with the cord
and Spanish boots, but to despite the ter
rible pain he suffered, he not only took
back his previous confession, but pers st.
ed in emphatic assertions of his inno-
cence.
The court found him guilty and sen
fenced him to be roue riff that is, to be
broken on the W heel, without the benefit
of the so.called retentun,, or Of being
strangled to death prior to the crushing
Of mis- joints and bones.
Taken back to his cell, the doomed
man at first gave way to accessive grief.
He cried and moaned, and wildly tried to
break his chains. At last his jailer,
Martin Curieuse, entered his cell. ~ ,
"Hallo, Silvio," said the jailer, a man
hardened by his long intercourse with
desperate prisoners, ''you make SO much
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A Texas judge is credited with the fol-
lowing decision: "The fact is, Jones, the
Jail is an old rickety affair, as cold as an
iron wedge. You applied to this court
for release Iona ball. giving it Sas your
opinion that you would freeze to death
there. The weather has not moderated,
and 70 keep You from freezing I will d.
rect the sheriff 10 hang you It a O'Clock
this afternoon
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BABY At THE THEATRE
The Virginia City New Chroni

Ane Virginia city (Nev.) ChT0ni
responsible for the following:
She brought the darling with h
see the play. Her entire devotion
active infant, and total Indifferent
observation, proclaimed her its M
She tlckled the baby under the chi
it crowed again. she seized its f:o
shook it till the infant suffocatcd
With delight. This had bad effec,
when baby recovered its wind, it ,
with fright. Then such a kissing
dan ling. 1t was tossed, and pla7
shaken and grinned at, and chirrupe-
until 1t began another alarming ]
An: artificial rose in the maternal b,
eaught the infantile eye, and the de
ed mamma suffered her offspring t,
weakly up and down on its Timber
and jabber earnestly at the floral
menr. People in the vicinity grew
Gus. Such "a lively infant was su
make things disagreeable before
evening was over. Several Young
got up and changed their seats t.
other side Of the theatre. Cent?,
contracted Their brows, and unma
ladies assumed fixed smiles of unna
sweetness as they cast their fine
toward the playful infant aad its D
and happy mother, fancying that
thus advertised the we'll of maternal
which lay latent in their virgin hos
The lights were turned up and bulgec
the infant S eyes by surprise. One
bic little hand, with all the tinv tir
working, was stretched conclusivel.
ward the glittering gas jets on the o
side of the auditorium.
orchestra began with a crash.
baby fell upon its back in the mate
lap and set up a Shrek so loud that
old German Going little solo on the
net between crashes, had his sounds q
drowned. 1t was noticed that wbe
came the base drum mans turn to CT
in, he did so with laundering vigor
would have covered the screeches
founding hospital. Baby got used t
and when the curtain rung up sat
state Of stupefaction, staring at the
tors. An amiable old gentleman in
glasses and a white vest, sitting in
of baby, wearied of the play, and in
most grandfathcrly manner poss
turned, and poking fat fore6nger
the infants ribs, loosely clicked
tongue. The consequence of this adv
was that, just as young gentleman
the stage, who was on his knees befo
young lady with averted head,
marked in an impassioned T.
ncr, "And Edith, darling, sh
heaven bless our union and give US
baby gave howl Of supernatural J.
ness. The confused and mortified
gentleman blew his nose with prodig
vigor, and looked straight before him
a very red face. The young gentle
on the stage was stat tied out of
speech, and the young lady, overc
with emotion, stuffed her LAndkert
into her mouth. Every man in
house scowled at the mother, who see
more calmly delighted with her da1
than ever, and made loving faces at ii
full five minutes. She was really
truly unconscious that she and her
annoyed any one, and throughout
whole evening smiled serenely and loo
upon the infants screams and kicks
marks Of a precoclty which must eS
the admiration of the public-who
doubt, were delighted with the privi
Of WITNESSING the same
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4 DOG STORY.

Dogs canno: laugh, except with their
tails; and then their laugh is a laugh of
joy. I doubt the existence Of a doggish
sense of humor. But scorn and con-
tempt they undoubtedly do feel-they
show it to other dogs, and believe that
they must feel it for some men. At
least should not like to run the risk of
losing the respect Of a dog of any char
acter. [ should certainly see it in the
contemptuous whisk of his tail, and in
the sidelong glance of his eye. The most
supreme exhibition of contempt that I
ever saw was from a dog Of mine. lie was
noble beast, large and beautiful. His
sire was an English bloodhound, his dam
St. Bernard mastiff: He was fawn.col-
ored, brind'ed, and his ears we're softer
than the finest silk. He was so big that
he could stand on a:l-fours and take a
roll with his mouth from the dining
table, and that he could spring up, put
his paws on my shoulder, and look me in
the face. And yet I had little black
andtan terrier that would bully dear old
Thor-for 50 named him-out Of every
thing; every thing, that is, but bones,
meatless bones: for that is subject up
on which no dog Of any delicate sense Of
what is due to himself will allow the
least outside interference. But Thor
loved Puck, and would let the little ras-
cal do almost what he liked land when
his teasing and impudence reached a
point that was intolerable, the grand old
fellow, instead of taking his tormentor
by the back of tn, heck and quietly
dropping him somewhere out Of the way.
would meekly come and put his great
paw on my knee and beg me to 60 out
and set matters straight. And yet for
Puck he would fight anything, and many
was the row into which he got by stand
ing up for his quarrelsome little playfel-
low.
One day took Thor with me on new
walk, in the course of which we passed
the gate of farmer who had two large
pointer dogs, who were very cross and
quarrelsome with both man and beast;
even so much so that they attacked men
tina: came to the gate. As we approach
ed the gate, there they lay together out
side Of it upon the close greensward that
stretched into the road. At the sight of
Thor they pricked up their ears, rose to
their feet, and began to growl: Thor,
trotting on ahead of me, turned his head
a moment, but kept on his trot. AS we
drew near they crouched together upon
their bellies, and began to move thus to-
ward the middle Of the road; and when
We were opposite their gate, with one
yelping bark they made a simultaneous
rush uponsthe stranger. Oh, Thor. Thor,
did the spirit Of Shakespeare enter into
thee, that without even turning thy head
again, thou heavedst up thy leg, like
.Crab's,dog, and, served those dogs as he
served the gentlewoman's farthingale,
and then joggedst on as if nothing had
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s>a.,: i 81 so'isp',N7::s.''aiaza s'szu@ J,
o"My trouble With him is that he d on't
make no pints; and when he s;doneeo and
through;3 and 'sots down, Lean ,telllwhatl
In particular, he's been. talking about;
only he's KEEP ,agood kind Of a nose a
going foc about fiVe.and. forty minutes.
No longer ago II last Sunday night, my
wife asked me whenz L got home rom
meetin ,swhich, being beat utswith ahard
weeks, work she didn't 60 to says she
John what did the. minister preach
about!' and says I, 4 don't believe can
tell we, Jane. His text was the tail end
Of sv'me verse in, Leviticus, and twas all
q. ",u1 being good, and SIGH but really
can't say exactly what there wasn't no
pint that could bring away ~ -''
This was the criticism of a plain friend
OF ours upon a. young minister who com
menced preaching within the last five
years; and who has an agreeable voice
and a rather graceful-if a little ostenta.
tious-~manner,' and "a good port and
bearing in society," and who ought to
DO we'll as niinister--ought, it would
seem, to do considerably better than he
is doing. O.
The difficulty with him was welI-stated
by our plain friend. His sermons lack
"p'ints.' His voice lacks 'sp'ints. His
gesticulation lacks ''p'ints.'' His charac.
ter lacks ''p'ints.' He is altogether, and
III every respect. and from every point of
view, too smooth and sleek and glazed. =.
His next introduction, as general
Thing, a geographical, geological, arch
alogical, historical, chronological, essay
as to matters and things possibly re-
motely related TO the time, place and
event, referred to; followed by rambling
series of excellent remarks, having about
as much relation to either text or intro
duction as the assorted cargo of a ship
| which carries; pig-lead, India, ubber and
bananas, together with nearly all the con-
ceivable products Of the tropics and of
cooler climates, has to the iron hull which
| encloses and the steam engines which
propel it. He is all over the lot yet he is
nowhere in particular, while he is good
and mild.
He does lack ''p'ints.'' 1t is gricvous
lack. Learning cannot suppl ment that.
Did ne call Geometry and Comic Sections
all his own, and could he converse fluent
|y in all tongues, he could not keep our
plain friend awake with that serene man
ner, and with no ''p'ints.''
We say could not keep him awake,
not because any preaching would keep
some people-more especially farmers
who toll six long summer days in the
open air and then sit still in an ill.venti.
lated Westinghouse in the hot hours of a
summer Sabbath-awake. But, not
withstandng this, it is true that unless
preachers can keep their hearers awake
their first duty towards them cannot be
performed. And we fancy all public
speakers will agree that the simpler, the
more distinct, and the more pointed, the
divisions of their treatment of a ubject
can be made, the easier they find it to
kindle the average mind with that ap-
preciative glow which is the best anti
dote against the sleep and the best aid
toward conviction. -Congregotiomalist.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-27

THERE is a great deal Of Information
to DO picked up at the Can-Can. The medi.
cal students all go there, from pure love
Of science. The Demonstrators Of Anat.
Omy advises II. Carrie Craven has a
mouth that exposes the true inwardness
By looking down her mouth as she rem,
ders the 6grand solo" one Is able to OBJ,
serve that her garters are the genuine
monogram, sWhat style ofdress do you
call that in which those young woman are
dressedT inQuiFCda venerable statesman
from young journalist eThat2 Why
that is called dceOllete-waist, cut a Ia Pom
NC dc tcrre." "And what's pOnlMe dc terre2 p
"Oh, that's French for pealel po-
tatOcs, | believe" Shades Of Madame
Pompadourl What crimes are commit
ted in thy name This same journalist
gave a young theological student a terri.
Bic shock. He assured his ecclesiastical
friend that he knew where to find a
genuine copy Of the Legantine Constitu.
tions, with fresh calf binding, Now the
Legantine Constitutions are rare code
OF ecclesiastical laws Of the 18th century,
and the young thcologue went to sec 'em.
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The river commenced 10 fall again yes
terday. AT SIX o'clock r. N. the marks a
the wharf indicated II feet.
The Express arrived from Parkers.
burg at 8 a. NJ, and returned about 10:3C
Am.
The steamer Mollie Ebert, en- route fol
Cincinnati, arrived about TAM, After
taking on some glassware she departed
for Cincinnati.
The Raglan will be at the wharf early
this morning, and take her departure fol
Pittsburgh at o Am.
Tho tow-boats John Penny and Dia.
mS y, passed up with empty bargcs.
Inc Iva utah, from New Orleans, passd up
with SVO tons Of gunboat Iron for Pitts
Dl1rgh.
Ihe Courier viii DO this mornings
PaIrrkersburg packet.
Inc Hudson passed ParketSbutg at l
A. NJ. yesterday on her way up. She will
leave ior Cincinnati this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The SAT- Valley, from 1fonton to Pitts
burg, Will bc due here tonight.
Ihe Granite State, en- route for Ports.
mouth, is due early this morning.
The Carrie Brooks, en- route from
GAINESVILLE to Pittsburgh Is due to.mor-
row ", morning at7 o'clock. 49,
,,, l1e EHenange Cincinnati 70 Pitts
D9 tslg y expected 70 pass up tonight.
IN l9e y. "; hofn I9 went 70 Ravens
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IE WHEELING Dale IELaENgER SATURDAY. M0RNING MARCH l8

TIM CAN,GAS.-The Opera Housa vas
crowded last night, 70 the effect that many
were obliged TO stand, BptVe might add
that there was not q single lady In the
house -Ot course We do mot except those
on the stage. There were some good iea-
lures In the programme, Tommy Dayton
i an excellent comedian, and received
warm and deserved applause, Johnny
Manning & good in his clog dances.
Tom Adams, the sDutchmap, and George
and Lizzie Conway, in their. respective
parts, provoked many smiles and much
laughter in the audience. Professor
V0ose and brother gave an excel.
lent violin solo, which met With the
reception It deserved. The CaA-Can
was loud Of course, as everybody expect
ed-and that Is exactly the reason every
body went to sec II, The language
throughoutthe entertainment was certain
" very vulgar, but not more 60 than men
are accustomed to hear every day.
We have seen just as vulgar performances
Is the Can-Can In the Opera House be.
fore, but that excuses no one. However
that may be, II Is certain that many
sensible persons were disguised with the
performances, and there was considerable
talk among prominent officials Of "pull-
ing the whole gang. This would DO nothing
new to them, though, as We see by our TX.
changes that their performances have been
suppressed in several cities. Infinitely
worse than the performance itself were
the local gags" which were letoti by ann
bilious artists. We think this thing has
been run into tho ground. When any
painted clown who has brass enough to
face the foot-lights takes advantage ofhis
position to use the names Of Well.known
citizensin as disgraceful amanner as was
done last night, We think 1t is going a little
10 far.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-27

Dyspepsia Is Tho most discouraglng and
distressing diseRse man Is heir 10. Amer.
leans are particularly subject to this dis.
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sick headache, habitual costiyeness, heart
burn, water-brash, gnawing and burning
pains in the pit OF the stomach, coming
up Of tic food, coated tongue, disagreea.
bic taste in the mouth, impure blood and
all diseases Of the Stomach and Liver.
Two doses Of GREEN's AUGUST Flower
will relieve you at once, and there posi-.
lively Ia not case In the United States IL
will not cure. II you doubt this, 70 to
your druggist and get a sample bottle for
10 cents and try It. Regular size rs
cents. eod6w