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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-21
TIE TURF.


BALTIMORE, October 20. The first
race was one mile dash, for all ages that
had not won at Saratoga and Jerome
Park since July, 1874, and was won by
First Chance, Spri1glet second and O'Neil
third. Time, 1;4Gf,
The second race was milo heat, for .
year olds, The first heat was won by
Rhodemanthas, Jack Trigg second, Arc.
turus third. Time, l:47i.
The third race was a free handicap,
for all ages, one mile and three.Quarters,
and was won by Shylock, Matte A, sec.
ond, McrOdoc third, Time, 3;l2. Matte
A. was The fayorite.
The steeple chase, about one mile and
a hall, was won by Minnie, Mac 0suge
second.
DEATH OF A ONCE FAMOUS TRoTTER.
ST. LOUIS, October 2O.-JaCk RossitOr,
famous trotting horse twenty years
ago, died yesterday at the farm Of John
Duffy, Of this county. lie was the prop
erty Of G, Benton Carr, and was 80 years
old
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-21
. FIRE RECORD.

MILWAUKEE, October 2O.-Hiyer Falls,
in Pierce county, has been visited by n
FIRE that destroyed the Metropolitan Ho-
tel, Hanim's furniture store, Davis drug
store and other buildings. Loss $50, 900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-21

A mass Of routine business which had
accumulated ut the Interior Depal tment
was disposed Of to-day.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
Training a Horse TO TrOt.

A correspondent Of the Turf, Field
and Farm tells how he trained an OLD
cavalry horse to trot. He vas accus-
toned 10 "lope," aud could not DO
made to understand what was required
of him, until a space Of some 400 yards
was measured off in field, and he was
ridden across this. Whenever he broko
he was scolded, at onc5 turned about
and again started from the starting
point. If he trottcd across without
breaking he was petted, fed Jumps Of
sugar, apples, or some other pleasant
food. In this way he s5on learned what
was wanted, and made every effort TO
trot this distance in the shortest time,
becoming a horse Of unusual speed. A
somewhat similar plan was some years
since set forth in a circular aud sold at
one dollar.
We refer 90 this now, not so much
because of the desirability OF knowing
how to teach horse TO trot, as because
the lesson taught can be applied in very
many ways. Teaching any domestic
animal what is expected Of them is ono
of the greatest importance. If an AMI
imaI knows that a specific duty 10
required, TO bc followed by rest or
reward, il will much more readily do
what is expected, than If 1t has no
definite conception Of VII is before IT,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
Seven Churches in One.

Charles Warren Stoddard, writing
from Balogna, Italy, says I" San Ste
faBo is in reality seven churches in one.
These seven churches are so dependent
upon one another that if you were to
take away any one of the same 1 believe
the other six would fall to pieces. They
are as closely knit as a honeycomb.
You go up stairs and down stairs and
pass from one church into another with
such suddenness that it is thoroughly
confusing. Then the doors that open
out of them lead into different streets.
There are small courts thrown in
amongst them for breathing places, and
there are affairs and shrines in the
courts there are frescoes, mOsaics, and
moral paintings and ssrcophagi, contain
ing the bones of saints there are an
cient pillars with antique ionic capitals,
and venerable sltars with quaint, rude
sculptures of winged beasts as sacri-
fees. There is the tomb of st. Petro-
MUS, in imitation of the holy sepulchre
at Jerusalem. A guide led me through
this seven-fold church; probably could
never have found my way ont alone or
have seen half the wonders of the inte-
rior without his help.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
The Two Republics.

Among the many important enter
prises now tending to the growth and
commercial prosperity of the United
States, the projected line of railway
connecting us with the republic of Mex
leo can be looked upon as one of the
most timely and desirable. In a COM
mercial point of view alone this road
will be of very great benefit. The pro-
posed line of road will require the
building of only 1,165 miles of railway
in all to unite the railway systems OF
the United States and Mexico. The
construction Of three intermediate sec
tions of 285 miles from Rockdale to the
Rio Grande, of 600 miles from the Rio
Grande to Leon, and 270 miles from the
city of Mexico to Leon, and line Of
railway communication from New York
to the capital of Mexico is secured.
The Mexican congress has air ady ap-
proved contract with a mixed Mexican
and English company that will secure
the prompt construction of the road
from the city of Mexico to Leon. A
contract has also been concluded be-
tween the Mexican government and the
International railroad company of Texas
for the construction of road from
Leon to the Rio Grade, there to connect
with the International railrOadof Texas,
and thus with the entire railroad system
of the United States. By means of
this road communication will be estab-
lished between all the principal centers
of population and production of the
United States and Mexico. Two nations
until by common interests will by this
road be afforded means of making an
interchange of a mutually profitable
commerce and strengthening those ties
of commercial intercourse that will in
sure peace and quiet to the long dis.
tracted condition of things on the Texas
border. From Louisville to the Rio
Grande, at the point where the proposed
conjunction Of the United States and
Mexican line of railways is to take
place, the distance is but 124l miles,
and the completion of this road places
us within but a few hours travel of
the many rich products of the tropics
Courier Journal.
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WOman's Dress.

"Never, perhaps" writes Paris cor
respondent, "haE woman looked more
lovely than at the present moment, when
not puff is seen Gn high life) TO dis
guise the exquisite symmetry Of woman's
natural shape. Those long plain skirts
are wondrously becoming, fitting tightly
round the body as they do, and falling
straight down, displaying the hips in
all their beauty; and then falling in
long, narrow train at the back. IL is
the poetry Of dress-the dress sung by
poets and chiseled by the sculptor's
hand. It is the dress Of Olympian god
desses-not as you see them in bur
lesque, but as painters have shown them
to us. Heavy materials are still made
with the large quarduple plat at the
back, whilst light materials are partly
covered With hounces, whilst the skirt
is tied well back by a scarf, which sur
rounds the body like the scarf Of the
Maid of Athens. MoyeR.Rge bodies
are still worn, only they are logger
than they we're last year; they now
reach half way down 20 the knees. They
are worn equally with high and low
bodies, and for the street az well as for
the drawing-room. II they coutiune 10
increase in length, dresses vii soon be
all body and no skirt.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
Female BARRIERS in Cincinnati.

A report came into our office last night
that there will soon be opened in the
old church, south side of Sixth street,
between Walnut and Vine, q new bar
Der shop. Nov, the simple establish
ment of new barber shop among us
is no astounding item of news, but this
particular barber shop (to be) on Sixth
street will not be an ordinary one, from
the fact that lovely girls will WELD the
razor and "run the machine"
Rumor says these girls have been
especially trained for their responsible
positions, and that they manipulate the
razor with all the abandon OF veterans.
The price for "square shave" at that
establishment will be "a quartah Of q
dollah, if you pleathe thir." OF course,
that's a big price you know now, but
when a man wants rare article he must
expect to pay for it. Just remember
that these barberous damsels are fair in
looks if they are unfair in price. They
won't chew tobacco nor eat onions
neither will they have two-inch finger
nails stuffed with the soils of seven
counties. Moreover, they will chuck
you under the chin with their soft
chubby hands, if you are a real nice
boy.
We feel sorry for the men BARRIERS OF
the city. They will lose custom as sure
as that female church shaving shop
opens. OF course married men will
slip around to that shop sometimes, and
then there will be trouble in Gotham.
We have detailed a special reporter 10
work up ali the domestic broils and
secret associations and sad suicides
which will surely emanate from that
new institution-that sharp-shooting,
shifting, shampooing, shing-
ling, shearirg and shaving shop.-Cir-
ciranati Enquirer.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
A s. Dark" SPanCe.

The ST. Louis Republican says " 1t
was a rather queer sight to see a dog
brin ing mans hand into the house,
their own dog and their own house too.
They were coIored people, Jack and
Harriet Miller, and they lived In the
fear of ghosts and hobgoblins. Ot
course, they were much frightened. The
hand was black and it looked like the
hand of fate. The dog lay down IN the
corner by the fire and commenced gnaw-
ing. Jack picked mp the ugly thing
and threw it out into the gutter-or
tried to-but the hand just foated away
and up until it seemed to join a body
suspended in the air, and then the
thumb sought the nose, and the fingers
commenced gyrating, indicating that
all was we'll up there, and then the form
disappeared and left the darkies in a
state of profuse perspiratiOn. That IS
the way that some spirit of darkness
materialized itself for Jack and Harriet
Miller, and crowds have since visited
their house and seen them, and the dog,
aud the window, and the gutter, but
never a squint of any wonder as big as
mans hand"
THE man only is truly educated who
has been so trained in his youth that
his body is the ready servant of his
will, and performs with ease and pleas-
ure all the work that, as a mechanism,
it is capable of doing.
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A NOOTURNE OF CHOPIN.

Wind, and the sound Of sea,
Heard in the night from afar,
spending itself on an unknown shore,
Feeling its way DER an unseen floor,
Lighted by moon nor star;
Telling a tale to the list'ning ear
OF wounds ~ @nes that the rolling year
Hath brousl- - Eae human heart;
Telling Of passion and innermost pain,
sinking and swooning, and growing again
As the wind and the waves take part;
Lifting voice TO the voiceIess skies,
Pauses Of sorrow that pass into sighs,
Born Of a secret despair;
Fluttering back on the clear tide Of tone,
Gathering in force tin the melody's grown.
Strong to interpret the accents unknown.
Haunting the dark fields Of air;
Speaking the longings Of life, the fun souls
Hidden desires in music that rolls,
Wave-like, in search Of a shore:
Eddies Of harmony, floating around,
Widen in circles Of lessenlng sound,
Die IN the distance, till silence is found,
And earth redemands US once more.
All the Year Round
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now do the shivery -shsky bushes
while tickle you up with it. Now yo
regain it-force me back-and 1 fal
into huge pot of bears grease"
Smithers agreed. What deep desig1
underlay this foolipgP You will see.
The next night, just before the seen,
was to be enacted which we had planned
L stole down under the stage, and un
bolted a trap on the spot where 1 in
tended Smithers should stand. In tn,
midst of his harlequin play, 1 resolved
to push him on this pitfall that he nigh
precipitate himself down, and break his
limb or his neck.
Cautiously 1 stole back again, and oul
interlude commenced. After allowing
him TO culver and wr ggle in his
spangles while shook the baton ovel
him, placed my hand on his chest, and
pushed him on to the snare.
He did not fall To my amazement
the trap held.
Unsuspectingly Smithers then repos.
sessed himself of the wand, and pushed
me back. With a sudden grasp and
cry, 1 felt myself plunging down in the
dark, striking my elbows and chin on
the edge of the open trap.
I lay there under the stage with a
broken leg and fractured ribs. j had
unbolted the wrong trap, and fallen
into my own snare. The audience, as /
heard afterwards, clapped and laughed,
ascribing my disappearance to con-
cocted part of the business. An apology
had to be made. Luckily for the man
ager, a fellow happened to be in the
company who was accustomed to go
clowning in an amateur sort of way,
and he volunteered to finish the harle-
quinade, taking my place. Alter a very
short delay, filed up with dancing, he
was ready for his business.
They took me to the hospital, and
here have lain for weeks and weeks.
What my feelings have been in the long
night-watches 1 can never describe.
The remorse, the consciousness how
we'll l have deserved the doom l in
tended for another, the bitter repent
ance when George Smithers came to my
bedside full of kindly solioitude, aud l
burst not confess then, though will
confess, please God, when l have re-
gained my strength-he shall know all.
But all this alienation OF sorrow, re-
gret, and self-reproach, of desperate
doubt, and wild prayers for forgiveness,
is only known to heaven and me. 1t
has been bitter passage, but it has
done me good. / am calmer now. If l
get better 1 shall give up all thoughts
of Mary, and resign her to one who
never assailed a fellow-creature's life.
III.
Tom Pudson, however, did not give
up Mary-frst, because Mary declined
to be given up; and, secondly, becau o
Mr.. George Smithers, alias Signor To-
mato, gave her up first. The harlequin
was a gay spark, who soon tired of
fancy, and a rev face drove Mary out
Of his heart. So Mary returned to a
more constant attachment, aud Tom
married her, made a clean breast of it
to George, and received his pardon.
They are now doing pretty well for
though Pudson's career as clown is
spoiled, he has taken to singing with
his wife in the music halls, and pros.
pers comfortably.
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whispered as they were aroused from
their wretched beds.
"No-no-he's sober-he's going to
be good again p she sobbed.
At midnight the voice Of prayer,
broken by sobs, was heard in the old
hovel, and Old Jim Drayton, kneeling at
his chair, said:
" Mary-children-may heaven help
me to be better man p
So may it.-Detre5t Free Press.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

CAPT. @. W. HOWELL, of the United
States engineers, has had over five
years experience in dredging the mouths
of the Mississippi. This from him on
the subject is interesting: "It is q
well known fact that a multitude Of
plans have been suggested for the I'M
provement of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi, and that at each session of con-
gress several of these have been pressed
on the attention of that body. l have
officially reported on a number OF them,
AMI over forty have been brought to
my attention. The parties originating
and presenting these plans represent all
the various grades of inventive geniUs
to be found in this country, from tai
euted engineer to the man who ought
to be in a Iunatic asylum, from the
man who knows something about the
mouth Of the Mississippi to the man
who knows nothing"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

ing the day, about eighty degrees Fab
renheit, twenty-four hours is about th,
right time. The must will then hav,
received a sufficient amount of coIorins
matter, boquet and taunin. When it ii
ready to be drawn of, pull out the pes
at the bottom of the barrel and let the
must run of, but when quick work is
required it will not pay to wait. As
soon as the must ceases to run freely, il
is best to stop it and put the hulls in
the press, where the balance can be
pressed out Immediately.
When the season has been dry there
is more saccharine matter in the grapes
than when the season has been moist or
rainy, hence the must requires more
sugar some seasons than others.
Ny way of doing is to raise the must
to ninety degrees on Oschles scale this
gives a wine sufficiently sweet to please
the average consumer. Having added
the sugar, put the must IN the barrels
or casks in which it is to ferment,
straining it through two or three thick
nesses of mosquito net place them in
the cellar, put one end of syphon in
the bung, closely sealed, the other end
in a vessel of water, SO that the gas can
escape without permitting the air to
get to the must. AS soon as the gas
ceases to cause the water to bubble
freely, take out the syphon and close
the barrel, having first filed the barrel
to within about three inches of the
bung. The bung should not be left
quite on top, but a little to one side,
so that the wine will be against it, thus
preventing any evaporation. The
sooner the barrel is closed, without dan
ger Of It's bursting, the better. If the
barrel exhibits signs of bursting bore a
gimlet hole near the bung. Let the gas
blow off and close the hole Immediately.
About the first of January draw eff
the wine into clean, sweet barrels and
let stand until the July following, then
draw it off again. It should now be
ready for market.
Care should be taken, when putting
the barrels on the stand, to have the
end in which the faucet is put lower
than the other, so as to draw off all the
wine without disturbing the lees. When
all the clear wine has been drawn off
the muddy wire and lees should be put
in one or more barrels and allowed to
settle until clear, when the clear wine
is again drawn off. Good authorities
state that a fine brandy can be distilled
from the lees but I have no expert
ence in the matter.
CONCLUSION.
From personal observation am sat
isfed that the Scupperncng ripens two
weeks earlier here than in North Caro-
lina-said to be its home. Our grapes
are fuller, and think, sweeter. As a
wine grape, I would not recommend |
any of the black Scuppernong-I think
the wine insipid and not marketable,
Parties in North Carolina tell me that |
they find it difficult to get a market |
for it.
/ had grave doubts when commencing |
to make wine of being able to find a
sale for it, but my experience has
encouraged me, and now have no fears
0n the subject. have no wine on hand !
older than the vintage of 1873. I have
not advertised it or made extraordinary
efforts to bring it into notoriety, yet I
ind ready sale for it at 1926 per gallon.
FLORIDA Agrjculturist.
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Hotel improvements.

The San Francisco Post writes Of the
new Palace hotel in that city: "The
Palace will be unquestionably a hotel
born Of new ideas. Nc modern i'm
provement will be ignored in its con-
struction or equipment. The latest
novelty adopted is the introduction of
an automatic fire alarm apparatus in
every room in the building. The in
stant the temperature of the room
reaches above a certain degree the ap-
paratus will be affected and will trans
NIT ward to the fire indicator in the
off e, so that there can be no delay in
suppressiDg the blaze. Three watch
men will be required TO constantly
patrol the building. visiting seventy
one different stations and walking two
and three-qUarter miles IN their rounds.
At each station will be located an cleo
trical apparatus which will register the
time the watchm8n visited it. These
will thus act as tell-tales on the watch
man. showing whether he is attending
TO his b .siness or not. A large cleo
trical clock is to be placed in the main
office. Dials in electrical communion
ton with this clock will be distributed
to the number of 116 throughout the
building. There will be q dial record
ing the time at the end of every passage
way. An electrical lighting apparatus
Will also be among the features of the
interior. This viii be on the same sys-
TEN as that in use in the California
theatre. Only the chandeliers in the
dining-rooms and the lamps in the cor
ridors will be lighted by the electric
spark. Eight hundred and twenty
burners in all will be lighted in this
way"
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EYES, I like those short days, said
Old Trupenny, the other morning, JOIN
ing in the discussion "the interest
counts up so fast. Why, when I come
into my place mornings, and get ont
my securities, can fairly hear them
draw interest, right through the side of
the box !"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

COMMON sense is an element in which
many persons are sadly wanting. Com
mon sense implies sound perception,
correct reason, mental capacity, and
good understanding.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-23

ET AN ACCOMMODATING CouRr.-
A legal friend tells US Of good thing
tina. recently occurred during the term
Of the County Court Of ueighboring
county. Two limbs Of the law" en-
ployed as counsel on opposite sides Of
an intricate case. became forgetful Of
tho dignity Of their profession and the
respect due to the Court; and in the
course Of their remarks, dCmonstra.
tons were made looking towards a
speedy settlement of their differences q
Ia Hccnan rcrsus Saycrs The Court
promptly rose to the occasion. and said:
"Stop. stop. gentlemen! II you have
any personal matters requiring imme.
diatc settlement, tho Court will be
pleased to take 4 recess, so that you
may adjourn to the Court House yard
and square accounts; and the Cour,
will also take pleasure in seeing thai
fair play prevails. But it mus. DO dis
tinctly understood that there must be
no fighting in the Court House y
There was no fight. The case wai
proceeded with 10 duo and ancient
form and peace and harmony pre-
vailed during tho remainder Of .ht
term,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-23

y MAJOR Robinson To THE Fore
Better Late than Mever.-"Many
Voters suggest in the Wheeling In.
telli9encer Of the 10th inst. Major Rol.
Tyson. Of Salt Lick. as the proper per.
son for County Superintendent of Free
Schools Of Braxton county. Now as
the election occurred on the 18th, and
the lnteliigencer referred to could not
possibly reach Bra1ton before the 10th.
we submit that the suggestion was out
of order. unless the MANY Voters"
aforesaid intended to have little cleo.
ton Of their own, as they used to do II
few years ago.-Bu, the letter was ev.
identity written 10 an humorous strain :;
for although dated Sutton, July 90"
it did not appear until August 10th.
Aside from this, it may DO pertinent
to ask,-wheu did tue lnteiligencer be.
comc the organ Of many voters" in
BraxtOn county ?-lf we were the Ma.
jor, we should certainly put on our
cow.hid boots. aud belabor with be-
coming diligence the perpetrators Of
tho "bloody sarcasm"