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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-27
FOR SALE.
T,RusrEE,s SALE.

By virtue Of o Deed Of Trust made by Elizabeth
ConipioI 70 TIE undersigned, trustee, dated the Slh
day q November, 1875, and duly recorded among
Ihs And records Of Ohio county, West Va, IN deed
Of trust book No, ., page 40, will on
Saturday, the 10th day ofDsosmber. 1875,
Al the front door Of the Court HOu,e q Ohio soun-
u, West Virginia, commencing q Ooelock A. \,
proceed 10 sal 10 the highest and best bidder the
following described real estate, that . % @r "the
South hSii Of Iot numbered two hundred and sixty
four (26Il, GltuAte In Centre wheeling, In Chap
lines addition 10 the city Of Wheeling, being me
same property conveyed To- the aid Aineeth
Compton by John Long and vile ~ deed dated
MAY 18th, 1854, and recorded In decd book No, ~;
paEe $40, ot the records Of ohio county, West Va
TRIMS OF SALE.-one.third cash, and the bah
ance In two equal instalmentS at ak and twelve
months, with Interest from day 81 Balc, with becll-
hIy TO DO approved by the trustee: NJ, ,,.....
VIII, HALIER, Auctloneer. n0lS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-27
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-27
TRANSPORTATION.

Nos. | and 8 run daily; No. daily except Mon
day; Nos. and u daily except SundAyi No. u
stops OF all stations between Wheeling and Grafton;
No stops at all stations between Wheeling and
Cumberland.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
THE PANAMA HAT PLANT.

The Bolivians give this plant of the
name of Jipagapa, town in the republic
of Ecuador, which is the principal seat of
the hat manufacture-"P Panama" like
Mocha" in the case of coffee, and 'Brus-
sels'' in that Of carpets, being misnomer.
Before the leaf has begun to open-when,
in fact, it resembles closed fan-it is cut
off close to the petiole, the bare Of which
forms the centre Of the crown of the hat.
1t is then divided longitudinally into strips
with the thumb nail, the thick part form
ing the midrib being rejected. The num-
Der of shreds into which it is divided of
course depends on the fineness of the hat
into which they are to be manufactured.
This split leaf, which is Of a greenish white
color, is next dipped into boiling water,
then into tepid water acidUlated with lemon
juice, and lastly it is allowed to soak in
cold water for some time, and afterward
dried in the sun. Each hat is, or ought
to be, made of single leaf They vary in
in price, according to fneness, from thir-
teen pence to as many pounds. The damp
ing and drying operations eaase the shreds
to assume eurled or cylindrical form,
which NGuch increases the strength without
injuring their pliancy. Before plating,
the coarser qualities are danped With wa
ter, but the finer sorts are left out in the
morning. dew, and worked on before sun,
rise. A hat of the finest quality, made
out Of a single lcaf, will take several months
to make it complete, and the plating will
be so fine as hardly to be pereeptfble at a
short distance. The plant is by no mears
difficult to cultivate, and is one of the most
hardy species of the genus. It grows vel
in the damp heat of an orchid house where
the temperature does not fall below sixty
degrees.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
HINTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Yellow stains, commonly called iron
mould, are removed from linen by hydro
chlortc acid or hot solution Of exalic acid
Wash well in warm water afterwards.
\ small piece of paper or linen, nlois-
tened with spirits of turpentine, and put
into a bureau or wardrobe for a single day,
two or three times, is said to be sufficient
preservatiFe against moths.
The best way to admit pure air IN the
night (where the windows are the only
mode Of ventilation) is to open the sleep
ing room into a hall where there is an open
window, to avoid the drought A window
with a small opening at the top and bottom
ventilates more than one opening only.
Never use anything but light blankets
as a covering for the sick The heavy i'm
pervious counterpane is bad, for the reason
THAT it keeps in the ezhalations from the
pores of the sick person, while the blanket
allows them to pass through. Weak per-
sons are invariably distressed by great
weight of bed clothes, which often prevents
their getting any sound sheep whatever.
A child's bed should slope little from
the head to the foot so that the head may
be a little higher than the feet; but never
bend the neck to get the head on the pill
low, this makes the child round shouldered
cramps the veins and arteries and interferes
with the free circulation of the blood Even
when a child is several years old the pillow
should be thin
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
Big Prairie, Wayne Co., Ohio

The statistics showing the distribution
of murder and suicide territorially, and
their proportions as compared with the
population of the different States, as we'll
as relatively, disclose some remarkable re-
suits. In the Eastern States suicide ap-
pears to be SIX time as frequent as muir
der, while In the West there is a larger
proportion of homicide and two thirds less
of felo-ole-se. The solid and sanguinary
South furnishes nearly twice as many muir
ders as nearly all the rest of the country,
but is very slightly addicted to suicide
except politically. In New York and New
Jersey the proportion of suicides to muir
ders is about three to one; in Pennsylva-
MIA about two to one. In Delaware and
Maryland these proportions are just re-
versed In Virginia the suicides num-
Der one fourth of the hOmicides in West
Virginia two crimes prevail to almost equal
extent. North and South Carolina show
proportion Of three murders to one
suicide, and Florida about the same, with
many more of both that aer due proper
ton, if the phrase is allowable IN such 9
connection. Texas is the paradise of mur,
derers, crimes of this nature being fright
fully numerous and standing In the ratio
of ten to one as compared with self-destruc
ton. When a Nevada man arrives at the
deliberate conclusion that funeral is abou
due, four times out of five the corpse HI
provides is that of somebody else. Cali
forniahs are more selfsacrifcing, in th'
literal sense of the word. There is erea
amount of murder and suicide in th,
Golden State, but the latter slightly pre-
dominates. The distribution of murder
intelltgible, ia accordance with socialoglea
principles, but it seems impossible to arriv
at any general laws accounting for tn
comparative prevalence Of suicide.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
HOW a WIFE WAS RESTORED TO
HEALTH.

An almost miraculous cure, says the
Chicago Tribune, is reported from Sheldon
street, and patient being the wife of we'll
to do citizen. She has for years been all
ing, or thinking she was ailing, and recent
ly took to her dcath-bed and kept her hus
band unhappy by lamenting that she was
going to die. Yesterday her husband went
out and got buxom young widow, who
is her particular adherence, to come In
and look over the house The dying wo-
man heard him opening doors and explain
ing things, and lay racked with indignation
and curiosity Presently the buxom young
widow departed and the husband returned
to the sick-room No sooner had he en-
tered than she accosted him:
''Peter Whitehead Hollingworth, what
have you done ?"
"Nothing, my love, nothing. Don't ex-
cite yourself Be calm. Only as You were
complaining that you couldn't get up and
gee after things, and that the house was
going to wreck and ruin, | Thoughts I'd ask
Mrs. Dasher IN to let me known what could
be done to save you trouble and relieve
your mind of anxiety"
"Oh, yo1 did ?" She murnrured with a
deep inspiration.
"Yes, and I showed her all over the
house"
"And the beds not made, and every
thing like pig-sty!'
"Never mind, my love. [ told her that
she must excuse it, as you were sick, be.
cause you were good house-keeper. And
she said you must be.
"Oh, she did p
eyes, and she said that if she had hcl
ways she'd have new set of parlOr furni
ture in, and less vulgar wall paper, but thai
some people had no taste anyway, andy
the way, Maria, you and Mrs. Dasher are
pretty much of size, amt you 2" Ther
he fell into trance that lasted for some
minutes, then mutteringJ "Wen, perhaps
they'll fit; if not, they can be made over,
departed,
When that husband went home last nigh
he was surprised to see his dying wife u
and dressed, and bossing things with me
tallic ring in her voice and glitter in he
eye such as he hadn't seen for years, AM
when he innocently remarked, "Why, Maria
had hardly expected to see you up again,
she said, II know it, you bald-headed oil
reprobate but I'll live to bury you yei
and if that painted Jezebel comes into thi
house again | ''tear her into cotton vast
and jate strings"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

Training a Mustang.

A sale Of unbroken Texas mustangs took
place on Baronne street, New Orleans, the
other day, and young Whitmarsh, who
rather prided himself on his riding, bought
one He thought it would be so pleasant
to train him and teach him all sorts of lit
tie tricks, so he had him taken to Spear
ing's stable and instructed the hostlers to
take good care of him and to- bc Gentle with
him. After the mustang got gentle enough
to permit his food to be put over from an
adjoining stall without trying to jump over
there and kick. the hostleE 60 smithereens,
Whitmarsh thought he would ride him.
Accordingly he sent word around to the
stable to have the horse ready for him at
four o'clock that afternoon, and he appeared
upon the scene promptly at that hour dres-
cd in new riding suit gotten up expressly
for the occasion.
After sevaral fruitless attempts to get on
the mustangs back he at last succeeded in
getting into the stirrups, and then he said
to the boys holding him, "Ict him so. y
They did let him go, and the first jump he
made measured fourteen feet. He didn't
stay where he stuck long enough to say
"scat, but shot out to one side about eight
feet, and then made the bystanders wonder
if the walking beam of a low pressure steam
boat could 90 up and down as fast as that
mustang. Then he went straight up in the
air and landed on the ground stiff legged
and the shock was so great that Whitmarsh
thought the horse must have fallen from
the roof Of house Finding that fall, the
horse ran for twenty or thirty yards as fast
as he could go, and suddenly stopped stock
still
Just at this moment Whitemarsh saw q
friend with whom he had important bust
ness, and, not having time to dismount il
the usual way, went right over the mus
tangs head, and although the distance from
the horses back to the friend was twenty
feet, Whitmarsh only lacked two feet o.
reaching him. They carried him home OF
a stretcher, and after ten hours uncertainty
he gave proof that he was alive by opening
his eyes. As soon as he could speak hC
! gave instructions to present the mustang t
his worst enemy, a man who lived mex
door but one, and whose seven children
were each provided with tin trumpet
He doesn't take the same interest in horse
back riding as formerly, and for the mex
six Teeks his wife has no fear of his bein.
out late at night.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
NO. "a.
BUFFALO BONES.

\ few years ago none but the tftbits
from these monarchs of the American plains
were thought worthy of the hunters no.
tice, and, after stripping them of their
skins; these masses of wholesome flesh were
left on the pfalsies to rot in the sun or to
be dcvourcd by the earniveaous beast and
birds that abound there. Now, however,
owing to the wanton saughters that has
been carried On dRring late years herd
OF buftaios is most unusual sight in places
where, within the memery Of those who
are still young, myriads of them passed and
repassed on their route of pastures new at
various times of the year. Now, also, ac-
cording to letter from a correspondent Of
the Detroit Free Press, not only is the car
cass itself utilized, but the bones from the
source of a profitable business among the
settlers in Kansas. The prairies, for thirty
miles each way from the railroad, have been
CLEANED over till not relic Of the chase
can be found Heads and ribs are worth
So ton these are shipped to Philadelphia
and ground into fertilizers, Shins and
shoulder blade are worth SO ton, and
these 90 to the sugar refneries. The horns
are worth $50 !; the tips are sawn off here
and sent to the factories Of umbrellas, fans,
pipes, etc. The remainder is used by the
chemists. Bits of hide found hanging to-
the head are taken off and sent to the glue
factories Every fragment of these animals
Is made to serve a purpose.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
WEIGHING A HOLE.

Mr.. NJ, of certain town in Yer
mont, is not distinguished for hberality,
either of purse cr opinion. His ruling pas
sion is fear of berg cheated. The loss,
whether real or fancied, Of a few cents,
would give him more pain than the destruc-
ton Of an entire navy. He once bought a
cake of tallow at country store, at ten
cents pound. On breaking it to pieces
at home it was found to contain large
cavity. This he considered terrible dis
closure of cupidity and fraud. He drove
furiously back to the store, entering in great
excitement, bearing the cake of tallow, ex
claiming vehemently:
"Here, you rascal, you have cheated me
Do you call that an honest cake of tallow
1t is holow, and there amt near so much
as there seemed 20 be-. | want you to make
it right"
Certainly" replied the merchant, "Il
make it right. I didn't know the cake wa
hollow. You paid ten cents a pound
Now, Mr.. NJ, how much do you sup
pose the hole will weigh ?"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
Soldiers Discharge Certificates.
A movement has recently been inau!

a movement has recently been inaugu-
rated by the General Government looking
to the gathering up of all soldiers dis
charge certificates not now in the hands of
the rightful owners, with view to having
them lodged in the War Office at Washing
ton, as measure of protection to the in
terests Of the soldier as we'll as to the Gov
ernment. In pursuance of this plan the
Government agents have recently been and
are at present at work in New York and
other lager cities, gathering statistics relat-
ing to papers of this character, locating
them where they are massed in quantities,
and, in some cases, obtaining tolerably ac-
curate invoices of the numbers and the
names of the parties to whom they were
originally issusd.
Dhe Importance Of such measure is ap-
parent when it is understood that sol
dier's discharge certifcete is, in one sense,
draft issued in advance upon the Treas
ury, it being the document of all others
required by the Government officers in the
settlement of claims made by the soldier
or his heirs for back pay, clothing, bounty
or pension money, and the only paper upon
which a claim of this character can by
properly based.
1t is estimated that there are in New
York city upward Of fifty thousand soldiers
discharge certificates that are not in pos
session of the rightful owners. They have
been gathered from all parts of the State,
and some of them have been brought from
longer distances. Other metropolitan cen
ters possess them in about an equal ratio
swelling the aggregate number in all parts
Of the country to hundreds Of thousands
Every one Of these papers can be made the
! base of fictitions and fraudulent claim
! against the Government when presented
by unprincipled parties having no rights Of
ownership in them whatsoever, In the hands
of the brave and resolute men who shoul
dercd the musket and carried the KNAPP
sack over every battlefield these paper.
would be secure from any fraud or attempt
ed fraud. The trouble is that the soldier
is liable to lose, and in thousands of in
stances they have lost their discharge pa
pers. In other instances they have dice
leaving no heirs, and the discharge certifi
Gates have fallen into the hands Of mer
who have not hesitated to use them foI
fraudulent purposes. This has been car
ried to such an extent as to render the sub
ject one of serious thought upon the par
of the Government officers, and the move
ment looking to the bringing such paper
into the custody of the United States ha
been the result Once lodged in the Wa
Office, they will forever cease to be the in
struments of fraud in the hands of others
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16
Old Time Atrocities.
4 SLAUGHTER OF THREE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THOUSAND BULGARIANS.

4 SLAUGHTER OF THREE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THOUSAND BULGARIANs.
The Cologne Gazette" observes that
Bulgaria has ON several occasions figured
in history as the scene of 'atrocities" no
less horrible than those lately committed
by the Bashi- Bazouks. The Greek Emperor
Basilius II was Ricknaned "Bulgarok-
tonos'' because he ordered 5000 Bulgarian
prisoners to have their eyes put out, few
only being left with one eye, in order that
they might guide their fellow prisoners
back to their homes. Even more atrocious
was the massacre of the Gothic settlers in
Bulgatia. The nrtch praised Emperor
Claudius II sfves the following account of
this massacre in letter cited by the his
torian Trebeilious Pollio; ''Claudius
Broccho Delevimus treeenta viginti mil
liza Gothorum, duo nrillfn navium submersi-
mus. Tecta sunt Eumina scutis spathis
ct occeolls omnia Ifttoro operiuntur campi
ossibus latent teeti nullum tier perum est;
ingens Garage deserta est tantum milierum
cepimus ut binas ct ternas mulieres victor
sipi miles possit adjungere." (Claudius to
Brocchus We have destroyed 100000
Goths and sunk 1000 ships. The rivers
are covered with shields, their banks with
spears and pixies, and the fields with bones;
no road is free from blood the huge bar
ricade of wagons is deserted and we have
captured SO many women that each of our
cenquering soldiers can take two or three
for his share.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

Is it any better to buy man with new
suit or a ton of coal than to pay solid cash
fof his vote
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

The hay and potato crops Of Maine are
both above last years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

An Irishman's friend having fallen into
a slough, the Irishrraa called loudly to an
other for assistance The latter, who was
busily engaged in cutting log, and wished
to procrastimate, inquired, GLOW deep is
the gentleman in ?" Cup to his ankles"
''Then there is plenty of times, said the
other. "No, there is moi" rejoined the
first Il foFgo5 to sell you he's in head
first
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

A visitor at the exposition, dining at
French restaurant, neekly intimated when
his bill was presented that his boiled egg
contained chicken. The polite waiter
said that he would have the bill corrected,
and sooned with a new bill, upon which
the charge of 80 cents for ''eggs' had given
placed to an item Of so cents for chicken.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

A white partridge was last week killed
near Snow Hill, Md.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

Four thousand cases of boots were ship
ped from West Breokfeld, Mass, in Sep
tember, and probably 5000 last month, the
bulk going to St. Louis, Chicago, Cincin-,
natl, Burlingtoa, Toledo, and even to Fort
Scott, Kansas
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-16

The nickel coins in Germany under the
new law represents total value of between
ten and eleven million dollars. This is the
maximum figure allowed, and minting has
been suspended.
The Van Buren press., 1876-03-14

TRUE PATHos General Washington,
in his parting interview with his generals,
undertook to read farewell paper which
he had written for the occasion. But,
finding it difficult to read, he said, with
simple pathos: " Pardon me, gentlemen :
have not only grown gray, but blind in
your service" Professor Wilson, of
Edinburgh, made speech to his stu
dents even more touching than this.
When Wilson first met his class in the
university, after his wfe's death. he had
to adjudicate on the comparative merits
of varions essays which had been sent
in on competition for aprize. He bow
ed to his class, and In rs firm voice as
he could command, apologized for not
having examined the essays, for" said
he, II could not see to read them in the
dark valley Of the shadow of death" AS
he spoke, the tears rolled down his
cheeks. He said no more, but waved his
hand to his class, who stood up rs he
concluded, and hurried out of the lecture
room.
The Van Buren press., 1876-03-14

WLTrlNG THE BABY The boys made
Swiggs d" set 'em up the other night.
His wife had just given birth to girl, a
few days before, and it was the first time
they had caught him out He was pref
ty chunked' by the time he got home,
and instead Of sitting down in chair to
pull his boots off, he missed it about a
foot, and planted himself on the noor.
The jar, and the noise the pareeorlc bot
tie made, trying to waltz with the breast
pump, woke Mrs Swiggs up. aud she be.
gan to scream. Hic.lo!' called out
Swiggs, "wot's hup:" Is that you,
Israel p she asked. Yes, man" ~
" What are you doing?" Just look
ing at the star--hic-stars :" WAS
that tornado 2" No, mum !" "What
was that nose?' Nulling, only-hic-
just as was going to set down the-hic
floor came up and-hic-hit me!'
" Israel Swiggs, be you drunk 2 "Jes
a little off 'Ats-hic-all. Boys made
me wet the baby. lt's-hic-'portant
'casion you know" $50 you've gone
and spent all your money, have you. and
the doctor amt paid yet. either ~
Stand the doctor of--only-hic--had
free dollars" you get to bed, you
old fool, The next time they want you
to spend three dollars wetting my baby,
Just tell EN- she can wet herself!'