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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

Cleveland Lauder. HH ria
There is no installing the tendencies Of
these early autumn days. The business Of
the country Is reylying, gradually but
firmly, and steadily regaining theactiyity
andtspirit that will bring a healthy, natu-
raj and permanent prosperity. The enor-
nous traffic under which the railroads arc
fairly staggering, the heavy grain trade
that. Is whitening the hikes with the sails Of
commerce Us they, hayenot been whitened
for years-all this Is only q part OF the
pleasant and encouraging picture. The
Chicago Times says ofgeneral trade in that
city: "The present is the liyeliest week for
business that has been experienced for a
long time In Chicago. In addition TO the
large packages Of all kinds Of merchandise
purchased by buyers in personal atten-
dance, jobbers are constantly receiving q
good many mail orders for goods, and a
considerable proportion Of these orders
are from newly settled points in Kansas,
Nebraska, Minnesota, Texas and other
States and Territories" ... .fs
AtSt. Paul, the Pioneer Pres says that
tho wholesale trade for August has been
the largest, with two exceptions, ever
known, and the trade for September con-
tinues to DO enormous" In our own State
even the coal and iron trade, which bave
so long been at tho very bottom OF the
PROSTATE market, are beginning to show
signs Of unmistakable health. Mr.. L. u.
roston, State Inspector OF Mines, who has
Just returned from a tour Of inspection in
the Hooking Valley, reports that "the de-
ItI ia 10 I,at ! ka,
for year, and iron-makers have recently
been selling No. ! iron for about SlG.20 a
ton thatthey could mot have obtained more
than Sl5.50for a month ago. Furthermore,
no furnace men would now take contracts
to supply No. iron six months hence
for even dollar advance on $l050"
In Cleveland all branches OF wholesale
trade arc busy and promising, In the
Eastern cities there is inevitably consider
able complaint by reason Of the loss SUI
ferod. through the suspension OF business
in the South on account OF tho yellow
fever epidemic, which has, to great cx-
tent, cut OFF the heavy demand for goods
that would have otherwise come from that
quarter, But terrible as tho epidemic is,
u Is confined TO few cities and towns and
will not seriously affect the enormous
crops OF cotton, sugar and other products
TINT arc growing and will be harvested as
usual. As soon as the autumn frosts have
dlspelled the plague, this Southern crop
will find its way to market and business
activity will be promptly restored. There
Is therefore every reason to feel cncour-
aged with the present condition Of bust
ness, and we look forward to the fall and
winter trade with cheerful confidence. 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

| CAN THE Wv hhsSsNI phhNiH '''"uH'.
Now. the first question | put to this pro
position, or these propositions, Is this;
Can the government OF the United States
by any act Of Inv, create real money! il
It can, all this may follow. There were
three things TINT our fathers put into our
constitution that they evidently believed
Congress could do. They said Congress
shall have power to Tx tho standard Of
weights, OF measures, and to coin money
and declare the nature OF il when coined.
Let us stop for o moment and try TO get
dow" to these fundamental ideas. What
can Congress doabout q standard measure
Can Il create measure? What Is o standard
OF measure? tits something. that meas
urcs what we call extension length,
breadth, hight. Who made extension I
Did Congress Great it? Did human law
invent it? Can you, conceive, OF such Q
thing as q Legislature creating length, un.
less L be n length Of session? Laughter
This Is what law can do: 1t can take
something that has length and name it O
ward. 1t can suldiyide it, rs 1t has done,
Into three equal parts, and name each one
foot, But law cannot any more create
length than It can create O universe. Try
to Conceive OF somebody getting standard
81 length that has no length in itself
The thing is uncomfortable. Suppose. you
were 10 say that the light that CLEANS from
This burner shall be- called o foot Sup
nose q lady SHOULD say, IL will name the
fragrance Of a moss-rose the standard Of Q
foot.ng Does that mean anything? It Is
unthinlable. MOL BY laws higher thar,
human legislation, length and III ght and
depth were created. Men can only namd
and declare. Andso with weight. When
| Congress came to the business OF fixing Q
standard OF weights, it could not create
weight, but It could tlke piece OF metal
| that had weightin itand name 1t pound
and subliyide it and name q sixteenth Of
| Il an ounce, but II could neither create the
weight OF the ono nor the weight Of thu
| AtltnE y
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sn,nranx,s slenmers FOR Enrone.

NEW YoRK, Sept. II. Five steamers
left this port to-day for Europe. They
were fully laden with diversified assert
ment of merchandise, breadstuffs, cattle
and fresh moat The export Of the lattcr
commodity appears to have received a
fresh impetus. rs nearly all the vessels
have some in their refrigerators, the White
Star steamers alone taking out no less than
200 tons. The cattle shipments aggregate
nearly 200 head, and the grain shipments
a total OF nearly 2OO, 900 bushels. Another
feature OF the business was the consign-
ment Of i've street cars by the Wilson
steamer for Southampton, built by the
Stephenson Company OF this city. 1t is
understood they are in partial iulhlment
ola contract made with an English firm,
who are constructing "tram-roads" in diff
fcrcnt parts Of England and tho Cont
nent. Tho names and destinations of the
steamers were the Britannia and '"The
Queen" for Liverpool; "Anchoria for
Glasgow: "Yeddon for Hull, and "Rhein"
for Bremen. The principle items compos-
ing the different cargocs were as follows:
Britannia, White Star Line: $500 bush
corn, 5000 boxes cheese, 5000 cases cam :
cd goods, 1900 bales cotton, 1900 boxes
bacon, 500 ties lard, 400 bbls cotton seed
oil, 600 do -four, 200 bags grass seed, 80
tons leather, 800 hhds tallow, 600 oars, 5l2
bblsapples, 800 hhds tobacco, 100 tons oil
cake, 200 tons fresh meat.
The Queen, National Line: 1000 bush
grain, 200 boxes bacon, 500 bales cotton,
1853 tierces provisions, 80 hhds and 200
pkgs tobacco, ! ,025 buckets lard, 420 cases
canned goods, 800 b5ls flour, 400 boxes
cheese, 500 shocks, 20 kegs tongues, IL
bales domestics, 400 pks butter, 81 head
cattle, 40 tons fresh meat, Z, ~.
Anchoria Anchor Line: $4,000 bush
wheat, 1850 bhls flour, 500 hbls apples,
5000 pkgs butter, 600 boxes bacon, $500
cheese, 16S bbls beef, Is ties pork, so hhds
and So pkgS tallow, so head cattle, 800 qrs
fresh meat. " "
! Rhoin, North German Lloyd Line: $500
bush wheat, so bbls flour, 200 hhds, 200
cases and $50 bales tobacco, 100 ties, 80
firkins and $50 racks lard, $50 bbls beef, 10
boxes bacon, 500 sides leather, 3+4 bags
coffee, % tons manure salt, 1874 hides, 100
tons sundrics | 49,
Yeddo, Wilson Line: $1,000 bush wheat,
10000 bush corn, GOO boxes bacon, 200 ties
lard, $50 tubs butter, horse cars, 100 head
cattle, and large miscellaneous cargo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17
safety of RnIlroad travelling.

Some time ago We referred to the report
Of the Railroad Commissioners Of Massa-
chusetts, on the marvellous immunity
from accident, railway passengers had en-
joyod in that State for the twenty years or
more covered by the reports.
A similar fact showing the safety Of rail-
way travel is brought out in the report
made to the Connecticut Legislature by
the Railroad Commissioners OF that State.
There were carried in 1877 In that State !, :
254,0l5 passengers, who travelled an aver
age distance each OF fifty miles, or 2l2, 700, :
O0O who travelled one mile. Out OF the
immense number there WINS but one killed.
That one was found near q bridge and IL
supposed to have walked oil from the
train. SO even for this one death the rail-
road company was not directly RESPONSE
Bile. -.
Contrast this immunity with what might
have been reasonably expected to happen
In the old days OF stage coaches. The
Hartford Courdnt, which appears to have
given a great deal OF time and study to the
Investigation, says 1t would have required
4l5, 900 coaches, & million horses and 1885,
600 drivers, to convey these passengers,
and at IN average rate Of eight miles IN
hour 1t would have taken thirteen daysfor
tho coaches to pass q given point. Who
that remembers anything about the dan.
rers Of travel in the old times can believe
that but single accident would have hap
Old sailors in a fierce storm thank the
Lord they are in stanch vessel instead Of
on the land. But as compared with a yes
sel railroad train is an ark Of safety.
Even the wonderfully fast train that runs
between Philadelphia and New York,
whose speed is at times ut the rate OF sew
enty.two miles IN hour, has run now for
more than two months with entire freedom
from accident. The casualties that occur
on any road arc very few In number, and
the number OF persons killed or injured
In comparison with those who travel IL
very small. II al who travel should take
out q policy in an accident insurance com.
pany, the stock OF that company would
soon be worth very high premium.i
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

] HAIR. BRusnEs.- A few drops Of harts-
horn put into little water will clean a
hair-brush better than anything else, and
does the brush no harm II very dirty,
rub little soap on the brush. After clean.
ing, rinse in clear water, and hang the
brush upby tho window to dry Do not
let tho bristles rest OH any hard substance
while wet, i Is better to tie string
round the handle and hang up.
MORE PRoM THE EYE.@Take a horsehair
and doubleit, leaving a loop. II the mote
can DO seen, lay. the loop over it, close the
eye, and the mote will come ont as the hair
is withdrawn, Ifitcannot be seen, raise
tho lid OF the eye as far as possible, and
place the loop In IL as far as you can, close
the eve and roll the ball a few times, then
draw out the hair. The substance which
caused SO much pain will be sure to come
with 1t. ~ ~ '-+'t' n
isALIcYuc AcID ~ RnEuMArlM.-This
remedy is now in extensive use for the
treatment and cure OF rheumatism The
London Lanca reports q case Of acute
rheumatism, complicated by pericarditls
and bronche.pncumonia, which was re,
lievctl at once, when the patient was ap!
parcntly dying, by salicylatg OF sodium,
after failure OF n fair trial OF the alkaline
treatment. The remedy was given IN
twenty.Srain doses every two or three
hours, -'--"'N'.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

We'll, now, let us come to the third idea,
the notion OF value. This is little more
complicated applause in the gallery, Q
little more abstract than length ana
weight; but, nevertheless, what you
and i believe to be value, what tho world
calls value, is the sum Of all the qualities
that enter into an object Of exchange.
Your merchandise has value Tor the
qualities that are in 1t. Your grain, your
products, all that go to mako up wealth,
has value for the exchangeable qualities
that are in it, and now We are seeking after
n standard to measure that value. | def,
any man to describe that operation Of
mind by which you can copceiye measure
OF value that has no value. It Is incon.
ceivablc (applause), and the fiat OF law
cannotgive It value.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17
the NATURE OF PAPER MONEY,

IS
But then some one comes in at this
point, and says: "That is all very well as
q matter Of philosophy, but l suppose,
Mr.. Garfield, you probably have q dollar
bill in your pocket, and with It you can
20 and'buy a shovel, can't you? Do you
saw. therefore, you buy It with something
that has no value? Howisiit? Docs not
every dollar bill refute the theory you put
forth?" Not in the least, II you willtollow
mo a moment further. What Is paper
money, socalled2 Is 1t money! 1t Is q
title to money, n decd for money, but 1t Is
moi money? Your farmer has decd for q
hundred acres OF land; Is that land? i Is
paper, but 1t is his evidence, the title that
he owns the farm. Suppose you want to
buy his farm, you look ut his deed. The
first question YOU raise Ia. Is itgenuine or
counterfeit? If you find it Is genuine,
that It has been issued by the requisite al-
thority, then you have another question.
You say II calls for hundred acres OF
land, and you send n surveyor out He
traces the lines, he takes the angles and
mikes the measurements, aud when he
has come back with his measurement and
declared there is indeed within the bound
aries described one hundred acres OF land,
then the deed Is the evidence Of oil itpre'
tends 10 be. But Il, whom the surveyor
comes back, he says there arc but 90 acres
ofland. what do the figures OF the deed
amount TO in the face ofiacts2 lTremend'
ous applause.) Suppose the farmers In
yonr agricultural district should say; "We
are In distress, The great thing We want
il more land. II We had more land We
would get on better with our athirs, and
now let ia 90 and get alaw through the
raneral court that declares that every mar
NAV surrender up his deeds and have {
new one written, with two ones for ever,
one. When YOU can enlarge your iatml
by changing the figures IN your aceaI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

DACoE.-chester Sugar Cured Hans, virEInla
ID Breakfast bacon, Sugar Cured Shoulder, Clear
sides, Plain Shoulder all at current market mites :
telt il. -. ..ilt...L- y, 9, LIST, ia ID
DURE LEAF LARD.-1iFrces, Barrels, Half Rar-
L ,Tels Pals and Hall Pals. Suppri4I % The so-
eallsd = Reepea Ian, much 81 which q md ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17

The Statesman who IN 10 speak nj
SteubenvIlIe Next Thursday Night
Extract from his Comments on Zen
Butler NJ PaneuiI Hall, Boston. 70
On Tusday night last Gen'l Garfield
addressed the Young Republicans OF
Boston at Faneuil Hall in reply to Ben
Butler. Referring to Buffers financial
theories he said: '' 21''ssi' ~ ..'
Let US quote tho propositions before US,
gentlemen, before we debate them. Now
as a sort OF center around which many Of
these doctrines revolvc, l read you state
ment, and I take your time to read it 80
that may misrcpresent nobody, q state
ment from speech made in Congress on
the 9th day of February last, perhaps
the most intelligent, condensed and logical
form Of the statement that has been made
by anybody in the United States. read:
1.-THE American system Of finance de.
manis these things. | demand that q
dollar shall be issued by the government
alone, in the exercise OF its high preroga-
tive and Unconstitutional power want that
dollar stampedupon some convenient and
cheap material OF the least possible intrln-
sic value, so that neither its wear nor its
destruction will be any loss to the govern
ment issuing It. | also desire the dollar
to be made OF such material for the pur-
pose that 1t shall never be exported or
desirable to carry out OF the country.
Forming an American system OF finance,
do not propose to adapt it to the wants Of
any other nation, and especially the
Chinese, who arc nearly onc-quartcr OF the
world. ] desire that dollar, 80 issued,
never to be redeemed. l sec no more
reason why tho unit OF value should be
redeemed or redecmable, than that tho
yard.stick with which measure my cloth,
or the quart with which | measure my
milk, should be redeemed" (Laughter,l
That, fcllow.citizcns, was put forward
by Benjamin +. Butler OF Massachusetts.
prolonged applause and great confusion
Now, fellow-citizens, let us give this
subject fair consideration. (CEeers for
Butler, applause and hisses.) AS ! sold o
little while ago, II the doctrines laid down
In what have read and what have
stated be true, II they be based on
sound principles, thea they are the most
important discovery in finance that the
centuries have ever known, and J oughtto
adopt them, you ought to adopt them,
every man in the world ought to adopt
them : II they be true. Let US meet them
in all the fairness OF seekers alter truth.
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GEN'L GARFIELD.

The statesman who N 10 speak ut
SteubenvIIIe Next Thursday Might
Extract from his Comments ON ben
Butler NJ PaneuiI Hall. boston. s' 70.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16
The Boys and the Apples.

Now when the autumn was come il
was so that the land of Burlington and
the country round about abounded with
much apples, so that the sound of the
cider press ceased not from morning
even unto the night
And in the morning the husbandman
arose, and he said: Go to, apples are not
worth much, but so much as they will
fetch | will have. And he loaded up
his wagon, and filled its bed even to
overlooking with bell flowers and seek
nO-farthers and duchesses and spitz-
berSens and snow apples and russets,
each after its kind.
And when he was come nigh to the
town, 10 three town boys met him and
spoke unto him delicately and said:
Give us Maple. ....
And his heart was moved with good
nature and he hearkened unto their
words and said unto them: Yea, climb
in, and eat your fill.
And as he journcyed on he met yet
two other boys. And they waxed bold
when they saw the first three riding
and eating apples, and they cried aloud:
Give us snapple. And the man spoke
unto them and said yea. And they
climbed in.
And they spoke not one to another,
neither did they cease to eat apples,
save when thoy paused that they might
take breath.
And the husbandman made merry
and laughed with himself to see them
eat, and he said Ho, no; no, no.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16
Splitting Logs with Powder.

Where circular saws are in use, not
of sufficient diameter to divide large
trunks, it is asserted that trees partly
sawed through may be neatly split with
powder, or split even without any saw
ing. If a hole be bored in the wood of
one inch diameter, and in depth little
more than half the thickness of the
trunk, about one-third the length of
the log from the butt end, and as near
as possible to the center, powder and
fuse put in, and the hole filed up with
sand, a single blast is sufficient to split
a log of considerable length, which it
does generally, almost as clean as the
saw. Beech and ash have been sue
cessfully experimental upon, but with
oak and some other timber it is not so
successful.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16
Are Eat People HeaIthy2

Why are fat people always complaining?
asks some one who entertains the popular
though erroneous notion that health is synon-
omous with fat. Fat people complain because
they are diseased. Obesity is an abnormal
condition of the system, in which the saccha-
rine and Oleaginous elements of the food are
assimilated, to the partial exclusion of the
muscle-forming and brain producing elements.
In proof of this, it is only necessary to assert
the well-known fact that excessively fat peo-
pie are never strong, and seldom distinguished
for mental powers or activity. Besides, they
are the easy, prey of acute and epidemic dis
govt, heart disease, and apoplexy. Allan's
Anti-Fat is the only known remedy for this
disease. 1t contains no acid, is absolutely
harmless and is warranted toremedy the most
confirmed case of obesity, or corpulency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16

But the lads laughed not, for they
were busy.
Now the eldest of the lads was thir-
teen years old, and the youngest there
OF was in his ninth year. And they
were exceeding lean and ill-favored.
And when the husbandnan was en-
tered into the city he drove along the
streets and lifted up his voice and
shouted aloud: Ap-pulls! Ap-pulls!
Here yer nighseatinnapples! Ap-pulls,
Ap-pulls!
And the women of the city leaned
over the fences and said, one to anoth-
er, Lo, another rapple wagin.
And they spoke unto the man and
said: Hast thou of Il verify good eatin-
naples?
And he said; Of verify 1 have
Come forth
And when they were come forth they
looked into his wagon, and they were
wroth and cried out against him. And
they said: Thou hast Knocked us and
thou hast deceived thine handmaidens
with the words of thy mouth. Verify
thou hast naught; wherefore then doSt
thou drive the city crying, Ap-pulls?
And when he had turned him around
and looked he was speechless.
And the women of the city cried: Go
to; are not thy words altogether lighter
than vanity?
And he smOte upon his breast and
sware unto them, saying: am truth
tul man and the son of a truthful man.
When thy servant left home this morn
ing there were even thirty-seven bushels
of apples in the wagon-bed.
Now there was in the wagon naueht
save the five boys. Neither was there
so much as one small apple.
And the husbandman necked the lads
and entreated them roughly, for he
said: What is it thatye have done? For
We have cast my apples into the street.
But the lads wept bitterly and said,
Nay, notso. Are thy servants pigs that
they should do such a thing?
And he said, Declare unto me, then,
what thou hast done with my apples.
And the lads pointed at each other,
even each one at his fellow, and they
wept and exclaimed with one accord,
He eat 'em
And the husbandman was wroth and
and would not believe them.
For he wist not that the town boy
was hollow clear into the ground.
But the women of the city cried unto
him and said, How far is it the lads
have ridden with thee? And he said,
Even as far as a mile and d half.
And the women laughed and made
merry and said: OF surety it is even
so as the lads have said They have
eaten up all the apples.
And they made light of it, as though
II had been very small thing for the
lads to do.
And the husbandman marveled
greatly within himself, for the five lads
did not fill one small end of the wagon.
And it was so that it was beyond his
finding out, where the thirty-seven
bushels of apples had slowed them
selves.
So he turned him about and drove
home, and he commanded the lads that
they follow him not.
And they hooted at him and cast
stones after him even unto the city
gates, for such is the custom and man
ners of the town boy.
But the husbandman spake not unto
them, neither reproved he them, for
his mind was heavy with thinking of
this wonderful thing he had seem
H0W6-Eue.