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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

SIZZLING OUT-Marked Dom TO CSoSs
Oa.-All.wool Cassimers from rs to IS
cents, and Tweeds, Jeans and COttonades
in proportion. Grenadines from % to 10
cents per yard, and all other Dress Goods
at the same rate. One dollar Carpets
down to 60 cents; So cent carpets down to
II cents. Must be sold,
W EPppPJ
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

KNIGHT THOUGHTS, - The "mOosick"
was good.
at was the sound of revelry by night"
The absence Of ministers was notice.
able.
Very few swaIlow.Iailed coats were
worn.
The promenaders were mostly young
people.
The ladies will not soon forget the
Knight.
Ooh, they felt so very happy when
the band commenced TO play
Many persons hied themselves home
before the dancing commenced.
No city in the Union can compare
with Wheeling in the number Of beauti.
full ladies.
The Unprecedented success Of the en-.
tertainments is owing to the strenuous
efforts Of energetic ladies and gentlemen.
The blue-Coated and brass.bIttoned in.
dividuals were privileged characters, last
evening. They paraded the floor with
their head.gear on.
The gallant knights, with their part.
ners, did the most Of the promenading.
The fine movements and handsome I'm.
forms Of the Knights were universally I'D.
mired.
The light fantastic was trippel to a
late hour last evening.
Not many seats were occupied in The
gallery, and many couples took the ad.
VANTAGE nj n nIIiei lsIs.I,IsIe
Powder does well enough on some faces
till perspiration rolls II up into balls OF
dough, which adds picturesqueness but
ruins the cosmetic.
The brilliant scene was like Midsum.
mer Knights Dream.
Everybody had a Knights time.
The evolutions Of the knights were ex.
ecutel with celebrity and regularity.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

oAlloO 8 els. a Aronhelmer & Levi.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

COUNCIL JoTTtNGs.-speclal meeting
Tuesday night.
Mr.. Wilkinson presided, in the absence
Of DR.. Logan.
Mr.. HOrkheimer counted nine cubic
feet for cubic yard. IIanson's arithme-
tic differed from Horkheimer's, by about
eighteen feet.
The railing which separates the lobby
from the Council has been placed several
feet nearer the door. The municipal
Legislators now have more elbow room,
but the territory generally occupied by
the lobbyists Ia rather contracted.
The chamber Of the Second Branch last
night resembled a third.rate carpenter
shop, minus the shayings.
The wrestling Of the House Of Com.
mons with the ordinance In relation to
garbage was OfIal interesting.
Mr.. Pollock IL opposed to standing
armies in time Of peace. He thinks we
don't need any more policemen.
Major General Paddy Mahoney, Of
chain gang nOtoriety, has been clothed
with the power and salary Of deputy
sergeant.
Mr. McGaw considers II tile duty Of
Council to protect the laboting men.
That original and Sprightly remark,
"Give the old man chance" was aired
again last night.
The Second Branch adjourned to meet
again on Tuesday evening next.
Council took no action toward keeping
the street lamps lighted on dark nights.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

LINEN Collars, only 10 cenIs at speyeF
Bros,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

CALICO 8 cts, at AtOnheimsr & Lewis
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

nor sALE.-Ten Shares, 81 900 each, OF
L the Capital Stock Of the Norton Iron
Works at Ashland, Ky. This Is the largest
iron manufacturing establishment In the
West and Ia now In full and successful OPP
Grafton. For further particulars address
THOMAS II. NORTON,
de2S Financial Agent, ii60 Main ST.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-17

Corner of Main and 18th streets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
A PROMPT WITNESS.

In court not mole than five thous-
and miles from the city of Gotham, q
legal gentleman had gone through the
various stages of bar pleading, and had
coaxed, and threatened, and bullied
witnesses to his hearts content, when
it CHANGED that a very stupid fellow, a
hostler, was called upon the stand. He
was, in fact simplicity personified. The
counsel, it should be promised, had
made a great fuss about the previous
witnesses speaking so low that he
could not hear them.
"Now, sir" said the learned counsel
II hope we shall have no difficulty in
making you speak up"
He himself spoke rudely loud.
''I hope not, SIR" shouted out the
witness in such believing tones that
they fairly shook the building.
"How dare you speak in that way,
sir ?" demanded the counsel.
"Can't speak no louder" he shouted
louder than before, as if to atone for
speaking too low. e.
"Have you been drinking this morn
ing ?" asked the lawyer, who had now
entirely lost his temper at the rOars OF
laughter which burst from a crowded
audience.
"Yes, SIR" said the witness frankly.
"And what have you been drinking,
sir? Look at the jury-don't look at
me. sir, in that way:''
"Coffee, SIR"
"Did you have anything in your cof.
fee. sir?"
Eyes, SIR"
81 thought so," said the counsel,
with glance at the jury. "Well, SIR
continued the learned counsel, "you
say you had something in your coffee.
State to the jury, if you please, what
that something was"
"Sugar, sir"
There was another burst of laughter
throughout the court room,
"This man is no fool, your HONOR
addressing the court, "but he is some
thing worse. Now, witness, you must
come to the point. Had you anything
else in your coffee besides sugar."
Eyes, SIR"
Yes-you had. Well, we are likely
to get at the truth, after all his turning
and twisting to the contrary, notwith.
standing. Well, sir, what else was il
you had in your coffee ?"
IA spune, SIR" shouted the witness
"Do make you hear me, squire-s
spune"
That was the last witness, and the
last of him on the stand. Here the tria
was adjourned until the next day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
THRIFTY OLD BEN.

The Rev. DR.. Hawks, Of New York,
as historian of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in America. has discover
ed some documents which ought to be
of interest in Philadelphia about tho
one hundredth anniversary of Ameri-
can Independence. The documents
referred to are the private diaries Of
Bishop White, of Pennsylvania, who
relates in one place conversation that
he overhead between two gentleman
at tavern in remote country parish.
The speakers " ere a father and son.
enc of whom had been q Tory during
the Revolutionary War and the other
Patriot. Each had decided all his
property to the other, and, as the war
was now closed, the son who had been
the Tory, wished to have his share
back. The father who seemed to be Q
thrifty soul, refused to part with any.
thing in his possession. The next day
the Bishop asked the landlord who
were the occupants of tho room from
which the conversation had proceeded
and was informed that they were Ben.
.aman Franklin and son,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02

Mary Todd caught her hands over her
heart to crush back the sudden hope.
It were madness to hope now. And
yet, with the impress of kiss upon
her cheek, and with the memory of the
look that had accompanied it, she sank
upon her knees and wept and prayed.
John Todd went away into the
woods where he wandered until night
fall, and with the last cleaning of the
setting sun he was upon his knees, his
palsied hands reverently folded, speak
ing vow to heaven that his home
should be once more happy if he could
make it so.
Out of the darkness of desolation,
even in the midst of ruin, comes the
angel of hope and promise to the strick-
en- home. Mary heard, and saw, and
took heart, and gave her smile and
blessing to the work.
That was twenty years ago. John
Todd has kept the faith from that day
to this. He is beloved, respected and
honored wherever he is known; and a
happier woman than his wife is not to
be found anywhere.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
AFTER A WHILE.

After a while is q beau tiful day
The storm will be ended and brighter the sun
The WEAKNESS over. the task will be done.
Some sweet thing is coming to every one.
- After while.
After a while is a prosperous day;
Then we shall have all the wisdom we need;
Our earnest endeavors shall always succeed,
Till every ideal expand to a deed, ~
.g, After u while
After a while is an affiuent day, iYe.1
When our fugitive treasure shall all be secure
And we shall forget that we ever were poor,
When patience shall blossom and friendship
endure,
--tt .-...-. After while.
After a while is q halcyon day. -a r.#
When the love we have lsvished our bosom.
shall.bless, -t. 4a...
Then shall be true every hand that we press.
The hearts we confide in. the lips we cares.
After while.
After a while. tits merciful day,
Filled with all comfort and free from all fear,
And thrilled with all love. AhI if only twas
What the day Of the month and the month OF
the year, ...... y,
After a while.
After a while. IT'S far away time; -a
For now. while impatiensly counting. I see,
'Tis not in the calendar open to me. -II-
So it must be in Gods in the life that's to be.
s3 After while.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
ABEAUrIFUL RETROSPECT.

Wien the summer day Of youth is
slowly wasting away into the night
fall Of age, and the shadows of the
year grow deeper and deeper as life
wears to q close, it is pleasant 10 look
back through the vistas Of time upon
the joys and SORROWS of early years.
If we have home to shelter. or hearts
to rejoice with us, and friends who
have been gathering around our fire.
side, then the rough places of our
way faring will be worn and smoothed
away in the twilight of life, while the
bright sunny spots we have passed
through will grow brighter and more
beautiful. Happy indeed, are those
whose intercourse with the world
has not changed the course of thell
holier feeling, or broken those musical
chords of the heart whose vibrations
are so melodiOus. so tender and st
tou ching in the evening of age.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
JOHN roDD.s REFORMATION.

1t not unfrequently happens that
when prayers and entreaties and shame,
suffering and degradation have failed
to check a man in his down hill course,
some incident seemingly changes the
whole current of his life. I have such
an incident in mind. You may know
my hero as John Todd. A few YET
living may know him by another
name.
John Todd had sunk very low. Once
he had been gay. handsome and happy
| When he made Mary Somers his wife
there was not a young man in our vii
lage whose prospects seemed brighter.
But the demon of drink seized him. 1t
was a gradual growing of appetite and
a gradual going down. Wife and chill
dren were neglected true friends were
forsaken the low and debased were his
chosen companions, and poverty and
want fell upon his once happy house
hold.
For months and years his friends
tried to save John Todd. They expos
tulated, they begged, they reasoned,
but all to no avail, and at length they
gave it up.
One night, quivering and shaking,
| with not penny in his pocket, John
Todd entered his dilapidated home and
asked his wife for liquor. She told him
there was not drop in the house. He
cursed her savagely and then COM
menced to search, protesting to believe
that she had liquor hidden away some
where At length, away back on one
of the shelves of small locker over the
| fireplace he found bottle the contents
of which smelled like rum. AS he
raised it to his lips his wife, who had
been watching him, sprang forward
shivering it upon the hearth.
With q fierce oath John Todd smote
his wife to the floor, supine upon the
broken glass, and then staggered away
to his bed. He would not go out again
for he had no money.
On the following morning his oldest
child-a girl of twelve years-came te
his bedside.
80, papa, do you know what you die
last night?"
He had dim recollection, but made
no reply.
"You knocked mar,ma down anC
cut her badly"
"Aye, child, she-she-"
"She saved your life, papa. That
was poison in the bottle you were hold
ing to your lips-amost deadly poison
"Poison child?"
Eyes, don't you remember what
grandma sent over for mamma to Kill
bugs with? 1t was corrosive sublimat
and alcohol"
John Todd sank back upon his pill
low and did not get up until noon
When he arose he was very weak AM
tremulous. He dressed himself an
went out into the kitchen, where b
saw his wife standing by the fireplace
with a napkin bound around her heaC
He went to her side and laid his han
upon her shoulder. She turned an
: looked into his face, but he did III
speak. He only kissed her aud the
went out.
|, Only kissed her! What did it mean
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02

the scamp didn't come up after we'd
got out, and said: Are you hurt
Miss Kate7'
"My dander was up. couldn't
stand it. So 1 cotched him by the scat
Of his white breeches and his coat
collar. and gin him toss. Maybe he
didn't go clear under when he struck
t . water. l didn't see him out.
"Me and Kate put for the house,
When we started out, Kate said: Ben
just let ne hold on to your arm;- l
kidder feel sorter weak"
.'Great jimminy! I felt so quar-
when she took hold. 1 tried to say
something nice, but my drotted mouth
wouldn't go off, no how; but 1 felt as
strong as an elephant, and helped
Kate along. By'n by Kate said: Ben,
that Joe Sharp's q good.for-nothin'
sneakin' cowardIy nobody; if he ever
puts his head inside of our house
again, I'll scald him with dish-water,
sure
tEICu " COY SOAuCtuiu6 o6oA w
hang the luck, 1 couldn't say nothin
but squeezed Kate's hand, and sighed
like cranky bellows.
owed got clean out of sight of the
others, when Kate said: Ben, I feel
that you are my protector. and be-
lieve daddy's right when he says you
are worth all the rest OF the boys in
the neighborhood.'
"sBen Purtle,' says I, this is great
day for you;' ana made tremen-
dous effort to get my mouth off again,
and out it popped, cure enough. Kate,
says l, trembling all over, 4 loye you
to distraction, and no mistake. I've
loved you long aud hard. Ny hearts
been most broken for years, and 1 want
you to say, right straight up and down
whether you're going to have me or
not
"Kate hung down her head and
didn't say nothin', but 1 felt encour-
aged, for she kinder sighed. Says 1,
Kate, if you're going to have me, say
so, and if you don't want to say SO,
just squeeze my hand
"Well, she squeezed my hand right
off. Lorry how did feel. l felt like
a stream of warm water or aassafras
tea, sweetened with 'lasses, was run
min through my bones. And 1 just
cotched her in my arms and kissed
her, and she never tried the first time
to get away"
Ben was so overdone with this mar
ration of his Of his courtship, that q
pause for breath was necessary.
allow long after that" said 1, "be-
fore you were married 2"
"Old Sammy" he responded, twas
mighty proud, and SO was the old
'emsn, bout the thing, and we married
the next fall after the muscanding
8 rape"
do you think your wife loves you
yet?' asked.
"Why, lordy, yes. She thinks I'm
the purtiest aud the best feller/ in the
world. tell you, sir, it's ne use talk
ing hifalutin' airs, and quality dress
in, and cologue, and sich things, aim t
gwine to 60 down with sensible gals,
sure"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
OUR LANGUAGE.

Mr.. Washington Moor has written a
work on bad English. Some of the
errors which he singles out are decid-
edly amusing. For example:
A furrier, lamenting in an advertise
ment the tricks played on the public
by unprincipled men in his own trade,
earnestly requests ladies to bring to
him their skins, which he promises
shall be converted into muffs and boas.
Another advertisement ran thus
1.-TWO sisters want washing"
Here must have been strange sight:
"He rode to town, and drove twelve
COWS on horseback"
A gentleman advertised for a horse,
For lady of a dark color, a good
trotter, high stopper, and having long
TAIL"
Better, more amusing, more instruc-
tive and more creditable is the follow
ing illustration of the inevitable ambi-
guities involved in accurate language.
One gentleman observed to the other:
II have wife and six children in
New York and 1 never saw one of
them"
'Were you ever blind ?'
"Oh no." replied the other.
A further lapse of time, and then the
interrogator resumed the subject:
'Did I understand you to say that
you had wife and six children in
New York and you never saw one of
them ?'
''Yes, such is the fact"
Here followed a still longer pause in
in the conversation, when the interro-
gator, fairly puzzled said:
"How can it be that you never saw
one of them?"
"Why was the reply, zone of them
was born after left"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02

"WHAr does Good Friday mean p
asked schoolboy of another. "Y ou
had better 60 home and read yeur
Robinson CrusOe'" was the withering
reply.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
From the GAINESVILLE Signal.
How Ben Purtle got his Wife

A WESTERN STORY, BY j G..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02

A GENTLEMAN when making his
will, added clause that his wife should
re-marry, which he explained, was to
assure that there should be one person
at least daily to deplore his death.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
ties of Advertising
business Cards.
FRANCIS l.. CLARK,

hxnfcal and Architectural Draughts-
Patent Office Drawing q Speciality,
4 ~ c'ifrh Avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa
hes. t5I2- 1ss-y-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
INSURANCE AGENCY.

Iwould announce to the people of Ravenna
and vicinity that I have opened Office in
Swift's bull ding, over the Jewelry Store of
sonnd and reliable Insurance Companies:
Cooper, of Dayton, o.,
F., M. & M, of Hamilton, o.,
Jefferson, of Steubenville, o.,
Ohio, of Dayton, o.,
Lycoming, Muncy, Pa, Mut'l.
Buckeye, Shelby, O., Mutual.
". L.. COOLM1N.
Ravenna. March 30. 1875. 344tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02
UpnOISLef6u MaCCr6SS6S,
,z-sz-=z--la-ssla ------e-'
FEATHERS, & O p!

1t is useless to mention each
article in our various depart
ments. We keep everything
belonging to a STRICTLY
Tl-CLASS Furniture,
Crockery and Picture Franz
ing stock, and we modestly
state that our stock this spring
will have many new attrac-
tons and be far more COM
plete than any in this section,
and second only to those of
the largest cities.
Most of our goods were
bought during the great de-
preston of the winter, for
cash, and very low rates of
freight secured. &gg~J
Our trade has nearly doub-
led, much of it coming from
Akron, Alliance, Garrettsville,
Warren and other adjoining
places. People will buy
where there is a large stock to
select from, if the prices are
right.
We buy direct Of reliable
manufacturers, and will war
rant every article purchased
of us. AS before, we pledge
ourselves to LOW FIGURES
AND SCARE DEALING.
Come and look through a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-02

|cRAFrs n D. JOHN " CRAFTS n y
CRAFTS & SON,
kfcians and Surgeons. ONCE IN CraIes
M.,nr,,a Station, Portage County, ohio.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
A Female Burglar.

Not long ago Frances Stanard ap- peared in Jackson, township. Pa. She was evidently French, and was well dressed and beautiful, and she went from house to house selling notions. She went away, it was supposed to a village on the Delaware and Lackawanna railway. Early one morning, James Stern, farmer of the above township, was awakened by noise in his room. He jumped from bed, and hearing some one running from the room, pursued and caught the intruder and found that it was woman. She turned and fired a pistol at him. The shot did not take effect, and Stern overpowered and se- cured her. His prisoner was the French woman, of whom he had purchased mo- tions, exhibiting at the time consider able money. She had secured his panta- looms, in the pocket of which was the wallet. @ s~-~~ s r., s-r
 The prisoner was brought to Strouds- burg, and the jail not being in a condi- tion to receive prisoners, she was put in the grand jury room in the court house. She declared that she should not be brought to trial i; she would fire the court house and perish in the flames first. She subsequently quieted, how ever, and seemed resigned.
 Early in the morning Mrs. Tuthin, janitress of the court house, was awakened by 8 smoke in the building. The fair prisoner had set the building on fire, and had escaped by jumping from the window.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
sCHENCk,s MANDRAKE PILLS

Will be found to those qualities necessary to the total eradication of all bilious attacks prompt start the secreons of the ver and give healthy to the entire system Indeed ordinary discovery in medical science to have invented remedy for these stubborn complaints which develop all the results duced by heretofore free use of caomel, mineral justly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to be destructive in the extreme to the human system the properties of certain vegetables comprise all the virtues of oaomcl without its injurious tendencies is admitted fact rendered indsputable by scien- t6c researches; and those who the Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied that the best medicines are those provided by nature in the herbs and roots the fields.
 These pills open the bowels and correct all bilious de- engagements without salvation of the injurious effects of calomel other poisons The secretion of bile is promoted by these pills will be by the altered color of the stools, and disappearing of the sallow complexion and cleansing of the tongue.
 Ample directions for accompany each box of pills.
 Prepared only by J. H. SCHENCK SON,Sat their principal oce coIher Sixth and Arch Streets, Phila dephia, and for sale by all druggists and dealers Price 25 cents per box.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Light Sovereigns.

The Bank of England clips every light sovereign that comes into the bank. The weighing of every sovereign is ac- complished quickly; they weigh 5000 Tn an hour with one machine. MT. Palmer, the deputy governor, informed the House of Commons select com mittee of last session on banks of issue, that last year the Bank of England weighed coin to the amount of g23, ,1OO,- 900, and rejected e94, 900, or about 3. 6 per cent. as being light gold. For this last amount the bank paid the value, making 8 deduction for the deficiency of weight, which is generally about Sd. or 4d. per light sovereign. It was stated to the committee that boxes of correctly weighed gold, sent by the Bank of Ems land to Scotland, have frequently come back without having been opened, and MT. Palmer stated that thero is then some reduction for light weight. He ex- plained this by adding that the mere shaking of the sovereigns oh the jour- ney will make slight difference. There is point at which every sovereign be- comes light, and many sovereigns turn that point on the journey. MT. Hodg- son, M. F., bank director, stated that ln box of 5000 sovereigns the number which would be found to have turned the point would generally be about eight if they have not been disturbed, and he added: " You are aware that the sov- ereign which is in your pocket at eight o'clock in the morning is not the same sovereign at twelve o'clock at night D After this rather alarming announcement it is satisfactory to find MT. Hodgson stating also that the charge for light weight on the eight deficit sovereigns would be about 2d. per coin, making only 16d. on the box of 95,OOO, so that, says he, cit really amounts to nothing. '' London Times.