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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-05

New YORK, December 1.-The Juuel
will case is about to be renewed, this time
by new claimants from France. It will
be tried in the U. S. Circuit Court. The
taking oftesiimony will begin on the 18th
CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING.
The trial of Thomas @. Oven and AL.
vim Graf, employees Of the National
steamship Company, for smuggling silks
into this country was concluded this
evening. The Jury brought in verdict
Of guilty. The court granted an arrest Of
judgment for the present.
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VERDICT NOT GUILTY.

lie Jury to day rendered u verdict o
not guilty In the case Of Colonel VIM
Craig, Of Colorado, and George W. Briant
Of Missouri, charged with conspiracy /,
detrand the government in presenting
claim OF S3300O for compensation iol
mules alleged to have been captured By
Indians in August, 1864.
The Republican Senators in CAUCUS 10
day appointed a committee 10 revise thu
membership Of the committees.
The House judiciary committee has
agreed to recommend the repeal of the
iron clad oath and jurors test oath, anC
report favorably the bill allowing per
sons charged with crime to testify il
their own behalf.
TROOPS FOR THE RIO GRANDE.
Orders have been issued for the de,
parture Of a number OF troops, cavalry
artillery and infantry, to the Rio Grandt
in the interest OF peace and for the secur
ity OF people from raidiug parties.
MEETING OF THE GARNET.
AT the Cabinet meeting to-day all the
members were present. The subjects that
received attention were the uncontirme,l
nominations and appointments to Offices
left vacant by the non.action OF the Sen,
ate, and other matters relating directly
TO these topics. Indications favor the
sending Of several new nominations "a
the Senate Thursday.
Among the sub biects that received
special attention was that Of several nom.
nations 10 PodofIices. Some time ago
the post officials reviewed the bonds
given by the Postmasters throughout the
country, and it was found that quite a
number were under insufficient bonds,
These officials were ordered to file the
new bonds, but many Of them could
not find a bondsman In the commu,
mites in watch their duties lay,
They were consequently suspended and
new nominations made OF men who fur
nished the required bonds. The iAilnre
to confirm the new appointees is source
of much trouble, for under the law the
suspended functi0naries continue 10 ad-
minister the affaira OF their respective
offices, some OF them serving who are moi
uuJer bOlds at all.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
WAR NOTES.

VIENNA, December 4.-A special from
Belgrade contains the following Prince
Milan In addressing departing troopa
dWelt on the certain prospect oi better
issue Of the new campaign which Seryia
was obliged TO undertake, for this time
she was better armed, having a powerful
ally,
The British consul haa presented n
note deprecating war on the part Of Ser
via, showing the disloyalty Of such a
course and threatening the withdrawal Of
England's guarantee Of SerVla's autono-
my. It 10 said the Prime Minister, Rls.
tics, leaves the note unanswered.
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AMUsE m ENTs,

HAMILroN OPERA HOUSE.
JAMS HAMILTON Acting MaunsG.
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The Press on The IIessase.

NEW YORK, December 4.-The Time
discusses the message ~ follows:
"The country would haze been disap
pointed II the President, In his measag,
10 Congress, had not given his own yer
sion Of his Southern policy, Its motives
and objects, its methods and results. Hi
statement Of the case, though brief, i
comprehensive, and from his point o
view conclusive. The disappointment
which the country will now experienc,
will proceed from the insulliciency Of thu
explanation, measured by the standard
Of the Republican party, from the some
what remarkable indifference to fact
upon which the President bases his claims
to success"
The Times takes issue with The Presi.
dent Oh his statements regarding the sal.
ntary effects Of his policy IN the South,
and that Southern credit has been great.
ly strengthened. On the latter point the
Iim0i says that "it was never worse than
at this moment, when the disposition to
repudiate is almost universal in the
south.' It's editorial closes "a follows:
After informing Congress that his pol.
icy has already borne such rich fruit that
il must be accepted az 4 success, the Pres.
ident in his final reference to the subject,
practically comedies that everything Is
yet contingent upon the voluntary pro-
ceetingN Of the Southern States. The
National Government can now do little
or nothing. Tho education and general
welfare OF the colOred people, the enact
ment Of just and humane laws, and their
proper administration-everything, in
short, not specifically provided for in the
Constitutional Amendments, must now
be dependent upon the Southern Democ.
rHCy. They are masters Of the situation.
To them the President earnestly ap-
peals' for the recognition Of the equality
they have spnrned, ior the projection
which at present il n mOckery, for the
Of objects which they fought
against when the Republican party was a
power in the South, and which will hard
ly received their support now that their
il absolute. This, then, ia the
gIOrion5 result; this the 'salltary change;
this tile proof that the policy is not an
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The Frightened Soldier.

During the last siege OF Gibralter, in
the absence OF the fleet, and when an
attack was daily expected, Il dark
night a sentry, whose post was near the
Devils Tower and facing the Spanish
lines, was standing at the end of his
walk looking upon them, his head filled
with nothing but fire and swords, mines,
preaching, stormirgand bloodshed BY
the side of his box stood q deep, narrow
necked earthen jug, in which was the re-
mainder of his supper, consisting Of
boiled peas. A large monkey (of which
there are plenty at the top of the rock,
encouraged by the mans silence and
allured by the smell of peas, ventnred to
the jug, and, in e~nGcavoring to get at its
contents, thrust his head so far into the
neck Us to be unable to withdraw it. At
this instant the soldier turned round and
came toward lis box; the monkey, un-
able to get clear Of it, started up to run
off, but the jug stuck to his head. This
terrible apparition NJ sooner saluted the
eyes of the sentry than his frantic imasi-
nation converted poor pug into q iorni-
dable Spanish grenadier, with a most
tremendous high cap on his head. Full
Of this dreadful idea, he instantly fired
his piece, roaring ont that the enemy
had scaled the walls. The guard took
the alarm, and in losskhan ten minutes
the governor and his whole garrison were
under arms. The supposed grenadier,
Icing very much incommoded by bis
cap, and almost blinded by the peas,
was soon overtakcn and seized, and by
his capture The tranquility OF the garri-
con was restored without the slaughter
which every man prognosticatcd in the
beginning OF 50 direful an alarm.
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4 ~Somnambuiist's Escape.

One of the most remarkable among the
record of incidents of narrow escapes oc-
Cured near Mansfield, on the Atlantic
and Great Western road, Il night re-
Gently, according to the Dayton co.
Journal. A gentleman and his wife,
named Wakeman, were on their way to
Lawrence, Kansas. They were accom-
panied by their only son of sixteen. On
arriving at Mansfield nothing could be
found of the boy, who had been seen by
his father to pass toward the end OF the
car a few minutes previous. There was
a dumb and vacant air in his manner ut
the time, which his father had noticed.
The young man had OF one or two occa-
sions previous been known to get up and
walk about in his sleep, and it was con-
jectured that he had in this somnambu-
listic condition walked or fallen from the
train; it had been running at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, the night was
dark, there are many deep fills along the
road, and certain death seemed newt
able under the circumstances. The
mother of the boy was overcome with
fear; his father, in company with several
men, started out in search of his sons
remains. They passed along the track
for q number of miles till certain they
were beyond the spot where he must
have left the car. Nothing was to be
seer of him, and the party were return
ing about daylight when they discovered
the object of their search lying within a
few feet of the track. He was asleep,
his clothes covered with dirt and slightly
torn, and his face scratched in several
places, but upon being awakened he
arose unhurt and walked back to Mans
field, a distance of six miles.
The conjecture that he had walked off
the train when asleep proved correct.
The boy states that he has no recollec-
ton of leaving the car, but was aroused
by hearing the crow of rooster from a
neighboring farmhouse. He found HIM
self lying alongside of a fence, and with
much difficulty clambered up the rail
road filling to the track, where, it still
being dark, and feeling tired and stiff in
the limbs, he laid down and slept. His
escape is the more remarkable, as there
is n filling at this point with a descent Of
fully fifty feet. A board fence is ut the
bottom, and he broke through i'll strik-
ing this, and was probably stunned by
the contact.
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How Times Have Changed.

Almost every ole a remember when
the seasons We're more punctual. Sum-
mer used TO halt on the threshold of
September, as II afraid to venture an
other step, lest Tic frosS overtake her,
and, years ago, winter would have been
abashcd to have been caught hugging
star-eyed April, and much mor Oh
fused to have been surprised i'll the lap
Of our gentle May. But this is all
changed now, the weather seers are eli
ut fault, and the seasons awrv. May
days are in June now. Children used to
go to the woods tie first day Of May, to
eat sandwiches, get the ~whoopins cough,
and fight, aud so home, glad that it had
ended. Men who hal miniature gardens
used to roam through seed stores the
first CT April, discussing with dignity
and wisdom the yellow wrapped parcels
labeled clearly SQUASH" or "early
beets," or -four week beans" The first
of April found him talking "garden to
everybody he met, and r%idiculing the
idea of IL slate frost" no matter what
the almanac said. BY the end Of the
first week in April, stoves were pitched
into the coal bin in the cellar, and ice
cream was ordered for dinner. How
changed all this! Now. thc chill air Of
lingering winter makes the parlor WITH
its bright and coy fire look a much
more agreeable place for May day. Now
and then spring is punctual, aud We can
enjoy outdoor life, finding delight i'll
coming in contact with dirt in the garden
or among the flowers. The scent o.
moist, freshly turned earth in spring
time is a wonderful remedial agent, rob
bling us Of compilations that during the
winter have become bloodless, and driv,
ing ennui and dyspepsia hence.
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Making Allowances.

We were struck the other day by the
reply of a musician to n friend who had
asked him to play on a piano which was
ont OF tune. Some one wa present who
had not before heard the pianist. "Do
play for U.s." said the musicians friend,
"Mr. Blank will make allowancesforthe
condition of the piano" "A1ake allow
ances y replied the pianist, 81 have
heard that all my life, and it never was
and never will betrue. Nobody makes
allowances Ii 4 pianist plays on a bad
piano, or a tenor sings when he has a
sore throat, o N orator gets out of his
death-bed to make a speech-the audi
ence is disappointed because he does not
do his best work, and il carries away All
impression Of the performance which is
likely to last for a lifetime. It's the
same in housekeeping, anu dressing, aud
business, and everything else. People
expect the best under i'll circumstances.
There is no such thing rs making al
loWances."
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4 MurderOuS Lunatic.

Quite a connection was caused in the
vicinity of the "Forge,' Weston, Mass,
by the wild freaks Of an evidently es-
capped lunatic. His first appearance
was before Mr.. George Hull, who was
planting in a. field hear the roadside,
who, on looking mp to see what the man
wanted, received a blow between the
eyes which nearly felled him: recovering
himself and starting for the man, who
was then on a run for the fence, the fell
low stopped and commenced stoning
him, which caused u halt on Hull's part.
The man took to the highway, and next
came up behinl Mr.. B. Hull, and felled
him to the ground by Il blow i'll the back
Of the head from a large stone. 1Ic
next met a mai coming toward him with
q hoe, and running up to him he snatch
ed the hoe from his hand and struck Mt
his head, but he caught the blow on his
arm and the handle was broken into two
pieces. BY this time the neighborhood
had become alarmed and an effort was
made to seize and confine the fellow,
but lie somehow got q six foot fence
stake and went wildly for any and
all who approached him. One of the
men finally went into a house, borrowed
a pistol, and presented it at the man,
threatening to fire unless he gave him.
self up, but the fellow would not yield,
and continued his attack on all; he was
finally shot, the ball going through one
OF his cheeks, yet he would not give up,
and apparently did not mind the shot i'll
the least. A boy getting behind, lit
him on the back of the head, which
knocked him ~senseless, in which condi-
ton he lay for about an hour. During
the whole OF the melee it is said that he
did not speak one word, and being a
perfect stranger, he is supposed to have
been an escaped %lunatic from some
| asylunl.
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4 Mysterious Affair.

A lady, closely yelled, hired, not long
ago, i'll the Suburbs OF Duna, a Russian
city on the river Dunaberg, Il carriage,
ard dumping q box securely corded into
the vehicle, oruercd the driver to stop at
IL shop where, as She suii, she had to
make somcpurchascs. Tie driver stop
ped and waited, bat the lady did NOT re-
iurn. Then he asked The silupkecper to
allow him to leave the box. Permission
was dcn;cd, but, on consultation, The
box was opened by the two men, when
the body of Il dead infant waS exposed.
The driver did not know what TO DO, fear
ing that he would be arrested for mur-
der. The ehopkecuer advised him 10
put the box back in the carriage, drive
to the market place, and leave it unat-
tended while he ate dinner, i'll the OK
pcctation that some one would steal the
box. The driver took the hint, and the
box disappeared. Neither lady nor dead
body has since been heard Of.
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WHY They Often Fail.

Young mel often fail to get Oh in the
world because they neglect small oppor-
tunities. Not being faithful in little
things, they are not promoted TO the
charge of greater things. A young man
who gets q subordinate situation some
times thinks it is not necessary for him
to give it much attention. He will wait
till he gets Il place of responsibility, and
then he will show people what he can
do. This is Il Very great mistake.
Whatever his situation may be, he
should master it in all its details, and
perform all its duties faithfully. The
habit Of doing his work thoroughly and
conscientiously is what is most likely to
enable a young man to make his way.
With this habit, a person Of only ordi-
nary abilities will outstrip OF greater
talents who is in the habit OF sighting
subordinate matters. But after all the
mere adoption by a young man OF q
great essential rule Of success shows
him to be possessed Of superior abili'
ties.
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SSuryiynI Offhe Fiffpss -

The ingenious doctrine propounded by Mr..
Darwin, the ~tirclcss investigator of nature and
her laws, is as applicable in determining the
fate Of medicines az in that Of the animal spe-
cies. Every year new remedies are brought be-
fore the public, and are soon completely dis
carded as their sale rapidly decreases. Only
those medicines which are best suited to the
peoples wants survive the first test. If they
are tried, and found wanting" in tho merits
which they are claimed to possess. no amount
of advertising will make them popular. OF all
the remedies ever introduced to the public,
none are so popular as DR.. Piercc's family medi-
cines. Their sale has steadily increased each
year. and wholesale druggists assert that the
present demand for them is greater than ever
before II you would patronize medicines
scientifically prepared use DR.. Picrce's fami J
medicines. Golden Medical Discovery is altcra.
tive. or blood cleansing, end an unequaled
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets,
scarcely larger than mustard seeds, constitute
an agreeable aud reliable physic Favorite Pre-
scription, q remedy for dcbilitated females
Extract of Smartweed, a magical remedy fol-
pain bowel complaints, and anunequaledlin imeni
for both human and horsciiesh while his DR..
Sage'sCGtarrh Remedy is known the world over
AZ the greatest specific for catarrh and "cold il
the head V ever given to the public. They arc
sold by druggists.
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cations have been made in Washington for aid
in getting positions in the Russian army, but
to all such applications m answer has been
made that our neutrality obligations forbid any
interference by this government. 49,. Millions
Of potato bugs have appeared on the farms in
Staten Island, N. ". The death is announced
at Avon, N. Y, of William H. c. Hosmer, a
poet of some celebrity. $3.50. An insurrection
against the Japanese government is rapidly be-
ing put down. John Hughes, Jr., was killed
by a boiler explosion in the Orion cotton mill at
East Greenwich, Il. I......The wife Of j. II.
Schumacher. n wealthy gold chain manufnc-
turcr of Wiliiamsburgh, n. u, killed herself
bv taking poison, on account Of domestic
troubles, and two days subsequently her husband
shot himself over her corpse.
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DySpepsin,

What it is, and how to cure it. First the
stomach don't work right, then comes bad
feeling after eating, fl~atulency, headache,
dullness and melancholy, sometimes nausea
and vomiting. The liver soon becomes torpid,
then biliousncss, constipation, or :>ossibly
diarrhea, follows. Then comes the kidney Of
~fections, with pain in the back and more Or less
rheumatism or neuralgia; finally the nervous
system becomes affected, aggravating all these
and adding other symptoms, untilit is all aches,
pains, weakness, dizziness, irritability, bad tenn
per and a miserable feeling throughout. A
is Van Buskirk's Invigorant, only SO cents.
Druggists sell it. Van Buskirk & Co., proprie-
tors, IL Vesey St., New York.
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Thu DCDTIb UT thu F5IbECH
Must either pass through it's natural channels
Of exit, the Bowels, the kidneys and the pores,
or, in default thereof, poison and disorder the
fluids of the system. In order to effect the
complete expulsion Of this dangerous refuse,
the organs through which it passes off must
be active and unobstructed. Fortunately there
is a certain means Of rendering them 30 wher
they arc not. Hostetter's Stomach Bittert
stimulate the action of thAexcrctory organs,
and by d~iffusing a genial warmth through the
circulation, encourage moderate perspiration
BY this triple effect the exodus of the fGel and
other waste matters are encouraged, and the
system freed from peril it would otherwise in
cur. The action Of the bowels which follow.
the Use of this benefcent Alternative is easy ant
unaccompanied by gripping, and its stimulativt
effect upon the urinary organs very conducive
TO their local health.
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Two Young TOyagerS.

The Sidney (Ohio) Journal says:
On Monday there arrived in Sidney on
the Bee liue two children en- route to
Piqua. Onc was a boy seven years old,
and the other girl aged nine. These
two small children had Travelled all the
way from Germany, and had come at the
solicitation of an uncle, who resides in
the above named town. They stopped
at the Union House while in this place,
and we're as bright and clearly dressed
children as one would wish to see. The
only advice and attention they had was
while coming West on the train, having
crossed the ocean by themselves,
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Human Nature,

From u window, says the Danbury
News, we have inst observed u man
cross the street in front Of Il flying team.
Carefully measuring the distance with
his eye he saw that he could make il in
safety by h%urrying, so he started OH a
II and got across before the team
reached him. Then he stopped ii mo-
'mont to look after the team, and then
sauntered leisurely on his way.
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Doctor, it Feels Like n Ball Of Fire

So speaks oftentimes the sufferer from dys-
pcpSia. Aft l. eating, it seems as if there was
n yeritablc ball of tire running up and down
through his stomach. If he eats much he feels
it if he don't eat much he feels it. It destroys
his enjoyment of life. If the doctor be really
dcsiriUus of curing his patient he should not
experiment with the sufferer, he should recon-
mend him to Use Peruvian Syrup, whose merits
have been tested 70 long, and always ~satiafac-
torily. Balls Of iiro in the stomach and PERU
Wan Syrup cent dwell together. Send to your
druggist, he keeps it always ready, and try it.
It Will work like IA charm.
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AFTER m experience Of over twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknowl-
edge that the Graetenberg MarshaWs Uterine
Cdtholicon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
Graefen1erg Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy Of the day for biliousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases Of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen-
berg Co., New York.
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Ii Nipht he Inferred

That because the Grand Central Hotel is known
as the largest and best tirst-class hotel in New
York that it's prices arc necessarily the highest.
But this is not The case, rs the last reduction to
-. so and $500, from the old price of $500
per day, makes it at once tic cheapest, as it is
the best, first-class hotel in New York. And by
the way, the Grand Central is doing the largest
hotel business in New York.
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The gourmet talks eloqucnt!y about trufled
quails, pate dc jric graz and other such delica-
clcs. Pin him doan. though, and You'll find
lc admit, the supreme Importance of good
bread, biscuit, rolls, etc. Here all agree OH the
basis of true gastrunomy. TO be sure of tho
most delicious things baked from flour Use
DColcv's Yeast Powder.
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We lave sold IIatch5 Universal Cough Syrup
for about three years. No medicine of the kind
sells as rapidly, OF gives such uniform ~satisfac-
ton. 1t has grown in favor from the first Of
its Use in this section. Ii takes tho lead of all
those preparations that have been considered
standard. ROBINSON & MENDAIL.
Fairilayen. CayuSa, Co., y. Y.