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iBaSfor the iaOe that jsliops springs
eternal in the human breast" even down
10 the very close Of life, the regular COM
pletion Of . new period q time, sqshas
every twelve months bring round, would
become very monotonous II not absolutely
'weRts0ner t0~thoss'who; having passed,
the heyday Of youth, are in the midst OF
the sober and responsible duties Of mature
life. To very many persons thegdhg OF
the old years and the coming 81 the new
ones has been like the letting down and
drawing up OF "empty buckets into empty
wells, "a constant source OF disappoint-
ment,-but yet everybody "hopes on and
hopes ever" for blessed change Of some
sort that will at least sweeten the current
Of existence il it does not realize to them
their ideal Of happy life, For thegreatest
number OF persons it can probably bo
written that the passing years relike'.1 .
Grains Of sombre or shining sand
FaSnSlntO and out Of the hand"
They start into each, new yem sfhalt
anxious half cxpectant," curious u kntdw
what is to be unfoldcd to them in the
shape OF good or bad iortune,,, And al
though ,..-llG lHAlbss HAl
THE sun COMES up and the SUI goes down, llsas
And year grows green aud the year grows brown :
the future ofakstf Lives stiIl iispaiSsl AZ
undevelOpel mystery. Set true to theprin-
ciplc that "man never is but always to be
bIest " they keep up the pursuit Of bappl-
ness, Happiness isIso much the Jaw q
human existence that "tiae cannot Sither
nor custom stale the efforts which We are
lmpeIled to put forth toPthinlitlj WsSast
our nets into the stream again and again,
even though We may have learned to. fear
that
"a hundred streams are the same as OnggltUI
We are constantly impelled to seek a
new experience by that great law Jof our
creation that makes, each, one Of us an in
strnmcnt to work out some purpose we
know not Of. 3
Life has long since been defined to be a
'"ussIe .allerthe unattainable. Henceltls
rare TO find any one who is satisfied with
what he has accomplished, There wRsbtill
another and a better way that might faSe
been availed Of. Hence everybody says
that II he had only his experience as q
lamp to his feet how grateful, il would be
TO rGtracc the pathway 81 life afresh.
But the philosOher knows that thissis
all a delusion, "Pursuits as vain, hopesas
wild" would again spring up by Ties way.
side. Therefore 1t is the essential wisdom
Of life to learn early that sunshine and
shadow are the two ingredients of which
human existence is composed. According
as we limit our desires cnrtl oup envy,
control our enmtties, and govern our am
bition, do we assure to ourselves the cendi
tlons that approximate that psacS VI mind
that makes life, worth the living. Tht
whole philosophy Of liielwas well express
rd by that old poet who wrote .s.as95s4l
t!!Ds not lutilles, nortn rank,
- NTtsnOt IN WEALTH, ik610ndou bank, ~
To purchase peace aud rest. i. y :
nhappiues! hAthH0t hef'stAt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
Louisiana Defaults ON january Intereat,

TLOuNIhhh DeIhHIIS on JnnuRFy INTEREST.
NEw ORLEANS, December ST. There
seems to be no alternative but for the
State to default on January coupons on
consols. The State eauthorities express the
belief that the entire interest will be paid
within three months. 4 i,rs-,} -r.t- I. -
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BY TELEGRAPH.


NEw YoRK, December 81 .-MoSEr-Active
at 4a7 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4a6
per cent. The Assistant. Treasurer disbursed
81 ,Ol2, 900. Customs receipts $2S4 ,0O0. Clear.
ingS $3O,0OO,0O0, Sterling Exchange, Bank
ers' bills weak at 4.slI<; sight exchange on
New York k4.SI. The produce export for the
week was s., ,1s3;000 a. 4, t5af.I -
GoLD--Par., Carrying rates none. Borrow,
ing rates S1f to flatand l-G4 per diem. . q
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RAILROAD Bosps-Fiani. Nm -

hAILAONp ,BOhba-FlW. on nom N
State BoSDs-Quiet except Louisiana con.
soils, which are one per cent lower. j ,-s r..
SrocEs-The market was active and buoy
ant againto-day with a further improvement
'of 14alh percent in prices. AsliEht reaction
took place during the afternoon, but the final
dealings were strong at the best figures Of to.
day; Lake Shore Michigan, Central, New
cial features arising under the active demand.
To-day witnessed the. closing of the gold room
as medium Of speculation in gold. At the
New York Clearing House there hereafter
will be no gold exchangeS .Es y
Transactions aggregated lie, 900 shares, Of
which 5000 were Erie, 22,00O Lake Shore,
5000 Northwestern common, "a, 900 preferred,
1000 St. Paul ulcomnon, II 600 preferred @, :.
900 Lackawanna, 5 900 Michigan Central, s, 900
st. Joe and II 900 Western Union,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

MareGhal, a Frenchman, who obtained
contract from Prince Dondoukoff Kor-
sakof, relative to tithes in Eastern Rou.
melia, endeayored to provoke Sir Henry
Drummond Wolff and Mr.. Whitaker, ed
itor Of the Co,Stdntllopk NtUeager, into a
duel, on account Of their action in expos
ing that affair but the British CONSUL
General fhterfered and prevented hostili-
ties. H4Hf".atl
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} (lineInnntI ITo,- 1Tn,I,.,

CfScNxATr, December 81. - HOES = De.
mand active and prices advanced; common
= 25a2 90; light s. G0a2 10; packing 81 75a
2 70; butchers q 9Oa2 0i. Receipts 5,575
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TnRRE were s290, ,0O0. .OoO b roIa In /

THRRE were s226,OO0,OOO of gold in the
Cniled States Treasury yesterday, Of which
S9OO,OOO,OO0 are available for resumption.
Add to this, s34G,OOO,OOO of greenbacks,
and S32O,OOO,OOO of bank notes, and we
have total of sS92,OOO,OOO Of money that
we know OF, saying nothing Of $50, 100000
OF other gold and silver that is in the
country,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
How Men GROW Rlel. "a

Men accumulate money by taking care
OF It. But the man who invests In IN
Egyptian Fever and 'Ague and Liver Pad
will preserve that priceless boon, health,
which Is better than riches -health, bet.
ter than wealth. EtssEa 'e'ru y. ,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

Omee, Noa. a5 andfa7 FoaFIeedIG street

THE INTELEiGEScER vim be issued rs
usual tomorrow morning. 80
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,s w = what 81, the New Year. I . iss.s.
It!sbelieyed by the wisest men 81 the
lsad that we are nowi,iace,te fiee with
better tlmssa, tits believed That tho worst,
of the panic Is behind us@that prices are
down on rock bohoh-that commodities
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
BaItImOFe lave stock Market.


The arrivals Of Cattle during the week
to 2oiS head, against 1884 last
week, and l,OO9 head the corresponding week
week amounted to l.062 head, against l,ll6
last week, and 987 head the corresponding
week Of last year, and were as follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

TnE Franklin Insurance Company an
nonnces a 5 per cent dividend this morn
ling out OF its last six months business,
payable on demand in gold. This an,
nouncement has the right ring to IL The
same ring win be heard throughout the
land in afew days Sherman has made
no mistake, III ~ n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

The market has shown some Improvement
in the price OF the top Cattle Of shade as
compared with last week, the advance OH the
Wholesale prices OF tops being a full, Nc; but
prices for other grades are without any i'm
provement, and the market generally has been
very slow, and the prices obtained have been
accorded by dint OF hard holding. Quotations,
2a5Hc. 10 t'I hIEiTNf'
[The quotations given in our Live Stock re.
ports are OF the retail market, except where
otherwise stated.l rg,.,,y f.s.I.-.t,it
MIlcI Cows-fhe receipts have been fair,
but trade very dull. Quotations, $25a5O per
head. 40 y llF. fgr-iT'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

NEW ORLEANS, December 3l.--Sugar-Sirony
and higher; inferior to good common, 43ia
Sc common togood common, 5a699Sc; yellow
clarified, GHa8XC. Others unchanged. ''
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ST.: LOWS, December 3l.-Hogs-HislIcr
on ight supply: light shipping $2 s5a2 50;
packing - 5Oa2 IS; butchers 10 extra heavy
y OSa9 80. lteceipts 1000 head; shipments
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

vIoEsnuRe, December 81 l.-slow rain all
day. Up: Harry F. Howard, Golden,
Grown. Down; Natchel, White, Golden
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01

There laS been considerable falling of In
numbers since last week, but the quality Is
fully as good as It yus then: The receipts,
though tn 1 GGmParStiyety Ight have proved to
the full number (some $500 headl left over
unsold from last week. We quote prices at
SHai1c, no serious change In quotations be.
Ing observable. ..t, Al i,'.......
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
80 2os, ,SSI
CoMPARArtv 81 ATRafESr OF REpENlrToS' OF
TAX REGULATIONS MODIFIED.

"A circular from the Internal Revenue
Office modifes the existing regulations
concerning the payment Of tax on brandy
distilled from apples, peaches, or grapes
exclusively 80 that hereafter collectors will
not report TO the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue for the assessment oi the amount
Of such tax, which becomes due and paya-
Bile on the 10th of the month except in de-
faul Eof paymentwithin four months from
suclflOth day ofthe month. y
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Alleged Attempt 70 .Biackn,aI Park.
l'Ti "h erSbuFE Lawyer.


PARERRsBURG, December Sl.-There was
a decided sensation to-day, in certain cir
,cles, by' the effort to blaokmail promi.
nent attorney by Jas. Baker, constable,
detective and saloon keeper. Baker charged
the lawyer with having, seducsd his, wife
in his Office, night before last, and said he
stood near the door with pistol. He call
ed at the lawyers house and threatened to
kill him, but, not Succeeding. in bluftiing,
senta challenge to fight a duel. A friend Of
the lawyer received note offering to COM,
promise. The lawyer claims that Baker
waylaid him with gun, but he got away.
Baker has Just sent wordthat he would give
bond and publicly retract II let alone, but
the Prosecuting Attorney will have him
arrested for 6lacEmail and sending a
ehallengeif he can find him. Officers are
searching for him. Baker Is desperate
man, f.'kNII t'III ~ T9T
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
REroRr!oF suB.coaMirrEE on INDIAN AF

Fs1hos
Senators Patterson, Garland and Gro
yer, who, in behalf OF the Senate Com
mittee on Territories, have conducted the
inquiry into the condition OF afEairsin In
dian Territory, will be ready next week to
report TO the full committee. They have
agreed to recommend the enactment OF
legislation by Congress which shall pro.
vides .FNA. aJ9l stSI - =
FIRST, For the establishment OF a United
States Court in Indian Territory to possess
both criminal and civil jurisdiction,
Second, Thata the'Indians comprising
the FIVE nations shall be made citizens 81
the United States, amenably to the Fed
eral laws, and competent to serve on jnries
In United States Courts, etc. NaSs'
Third, That the lands now held in COM
mon shall be divided and held in severalty,
but inalienable for term OF years.
The subcommittee. do, not at pres
entl econimend the establishment by
Congress OF d regular territorial govern
ment for these Indians, but provide mere.
ly that they shall be entitled to repre-
sentation by a.delegate. The sub.commit-
tee will probably advise the insertion in
the proposed bill Of a proviso that the
conditional, land grants which various
RAILROAD comp Pahiss desiring settlement
OF this territory, have announced them
selves willing TO relinquish shall be for
mally relinquished. The recommends
tons Of the sub1committee will probably
bealdorsed by q majority OF, the full conf
mittee, but the 6htireproieCt oflegiAationl
is strenuouslyi opposed by. authorized
representatives Of the fye Indian nations.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-01
$4,000 for ST.
--"| ||- II TlIE n" M NJ n
KENTUCKY STATE LOTTERY,
Which Draws January Il.
Don't overlook the oppOrtuuity.
Sat O"s mWd be tht Ltrky WiRMer, and WAy uOt vOuv
tH err TFME,
~ EIEtF1 HHlVuuulH o...,,,.,.,,,,,,.,.,,,.
iL., WHOLE TICKETS 81.

les fT'keS amounting ..,.SGTSg6
i WHOLE TICKETS 81.
Addfess AZ orders 70 our General Eastern Agents,
WILLIAMSON CO., 30 broadway, New YORK.
The Kentucky State Lottery has, during IL exist.
ehce paid more money In prizes than any lottery 90.
NESTLE OF foreign, Whose tickets are sold ID thiS eolntFJ
10 draElngI have ever been postponed, aHd Prizes
nave Always been Ca4hSd, without deduction on pEe.
.en!ation We also desire 10 call particular GttRnloh
70 The Aet that all correspondents with our Aim "A
strictly private and confidential and that We viii ICt
qndtf AnE publish the names 81 ISIScnS
ed ~ ~ Fries tor the purpose Of drawing eGl
The DnWinp taie place regularly every SaayA,
! 'aut SIMMONS 4 Dickinson, MaGsssrL
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CllIeagO,

CHICAGO, December -Flour-N -Nomtnally
unchanged. Wheat-WeGk and lower; No.2rc
winter " Ease gIfc; No. 9 Chicago spring S2bGA
s2Ie CASH s2Ec January; sSIasSI{c Feb
weak and lower at 2gJic cash; SOIlc Febru.
Ary. oats.-Dnll and unchanged. Rye-Steady
and unchanged. Barley-Dull and pricesa
shade lower at 94JGc. Seeds-Flax unChanp.
ed. Pork-tInsettled but generally lower;
opened strong and higher; closed at inside
prices, 81 80 cash; 81 Soa7 50 Y January; 81 asa
] AZ February 81 56a7 81 Y March. Lard.
Demand fair aud prices higher; closed weak
at IS 10 cashi IS 46a5 42lf January; 50 47L<a
5 50 February. Bulk Meats-FaIrly active and
u shade higher at $2 65A3 6OaS 10. Dressed
Hogs-Good demand and prices shade
higher at e 95aS OK. Whisky-steady and
unchanged, at 81 90. 11 .TT -
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IIIFYp INn IlWD

aEtiNAis thS wee ,6Q3
arrivals last ......-.. 100
The receipts have been in excess Of the de.
mand, which has been very limited, there he
ing none whatever on thee part Of Eastern
buyers, and our home butchers buying very
sparingly, The quality Is fully Us good rs Il
was last week, but trade more slow even than
Il was then. We quote sheep at 3Isa4slc; !;
lambs 4a5c. ., -. Ii, ...,-...i -
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1l4,1llas. >. " ! -,


NEW YoRE, December 3i.-Cotton-Eas,
at f.lda9 9.1Gc. Flour-Qulet; SuperflHA,
State and western . 0OaS IS common 10 good
extra s. 60a4 00 good TO choice 81 QSaf %;
white " wheat cStra (! SSaS q; extra Ohio
patent process IS 5OSs co. Wheat"UHiSt:
rejected spring ISc; unHraded do 90a92c; No.
: spring Soa9OlIEc; No. g do 98c; -pngmded
red 81 Q6al 0S; No. . do 81 '03j jjfaI 0l; No. 2
do q coal 00k; No. 1 dosl 09slal 10; No 2
amber u 06]Sal 06A; ungfaded white q Oea
09 No. 3 do 81 0S; No. ado 81 O8sIa1 OF; No.
! do sales 5000 bushels at 81 09al 10; extra
do sales 1900 at 81 llal TX. Rye-Quidt
and unchanged. Barley-Steady. Mall-Dull
and unchanged. Corn-Buyers' favor; I'M.
Eraded 47a47Slc; No. 3,44I|c; steamer l6Jfc;
No. 2, 46Ac store; 411c ahoGt. 0ats-Duli
and unchanged. Hay-Quiet but firm. Hops
Steady and unchanged. Coffee Unchanged.
Rice-Nominally unchanged. whISky-Sill.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-04
An Old En mity isible story.

The Trenton Gazette says: A lady
living in this city is the possessor of
large family Bible, presented to her by
her parents on the day of her wedding
some thirty-seven years ago. As the vol
ume was large and unwieldly, she pre-
ferred smaller one for reading purposes,
and, as consequence, the larger one has
not been opened since she received it. A
few days ago she was impelled by some
irresistible influence to open the book,
and upon doing so che deeds and receipts
for property belonging to her mother fell
upon the floor. The singular part of the
affair is that on the very next morning
her mother died, and in the settling of
the estate these papers saved the execu-
tors great deal of trouble, az the prop
ertv was at that time in Huntcrdon
County, where the deeds are recorded, as
is shown by the rec ipts, but it is now Q
part of Mercer County, and no clue coulc
be gained by reference to the Mercer
| County record.
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The latter is the one most deserving of
notice. 1t has 10 say that the system sis
capable of great simSlifcation so as to
remove many impediments to its univer-
sal adoption, yet retain all its valuable
features" There is no clause in it that
could be termed compulsory. 1t seems
rather designed as something preliminary
to future acts that would, perhaps, oblige
the people to conform to the use Of this
new system.
The superior capabilities and advant-
ages of the metric system have keen COM
prehcnsively set forth by many of its
able and Jealous advocates. Not pro
posing to enter into an extended discus
sion of these at present, we can say, hew-
ever, that the only great and special
merit which it possesses over the
present one is that by means of
it international uniformity with
respect to weights and measures can
be attained, and which may properly be
regarded as requisite TO the entire COM
mercial world. But the use of two sys-
tens, or modified portions Of both in any
country would be totally inconvenient,
if not impracticable. In order to estab-
lish the new system we must do what has
been so hardly done in France. A sys-
tenn of this kind existing from time i'm
memorial among Il people is so closely
interviewer with their customs and pref
udices and traditions that to abolish it
would become task such as might be
viewed with praiseworthy reluctance
by the ordinary statesman or politician.
In a country like Germany, for example,
where the laws are enforced at the
swords point, it might possibly be all
easy undertaking; but here, under ou
Republican institutions, we can only
await with much interest and some de
gree of curiosity the advent of the time
when our people shall demand the en-
actmcnt and execution of laws that for
them, too, will "ring out the old" with
which they have no fault to find, anc
''ring in the ncw," of which they ma!
know but little and probably care less
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TennysOn, Sir Harry Taylor and Sir

Tennyson, Sir Harry Taylor and Sir
John HerseAeL
Misses Gussie and Frances Fish have
been visiting in Atlanta this winter, and
are said to have been the reigning bellies.
- Georgia Exchange. This must be an
other reign Of fishes
Sojourner Truth, who is living i'll her
own small domicile in Battle Greek,
Mich, is now one hundred aud four
years old. She has remarkably good
health. her sight is still excellent, and
she talks as entertainingly as ever.
Miss Black, young lady attending
the Rockford, H., seminary, having
cleaned a pair of six-button kid gloves
with gasoline, put them upon her hands
to dry in shape, and, impatient at the
slowness of the process, held them up be-
fore a gas-ight, when they caught fire
and her hands and arms were instantly
enyclopcd in flames and the flesh nearly
burned off before assistance reached her.
Mrs. Hackett, Mrs. Vandenhotf, Mrs.
Croly, Mrs. Friedlander and Celia Logan
held an informal meeting yesterday aft
crnoon at No. 1G2 East Thirty eighth
street, New York, to discuss plans for
pecuniarlly assisting Mrs. Porter, the
mother of the murdered actor. Owingto
the absence of ladies of the theatrical
profession, whose suggestions and advice
were desired, no action of a definite char
actor was taken. The majority of those
present expressed themselves in favor of
q matinee benefit at which lady members
of the profession would act as ushers. 1t
was thought that this plan would result
in attracting a very large audience. An
other meeting will be held in few days.
Nile. Sara Bernhardt, not content with
being an actor, Il sculptor, a painter and
a writer, is about to appear as lecturer.
She commenced an action some time ago
against the editor of a new theatrical
Journal who had presumed to call in
question the authorship of some of the
artistic productions she claims as her own.
She fancied the accusation had been
made out Of spite by some of her COM
rades, but the troupe of the Comedie
Franchise sent her an address assuring
her that none Of them would have been
guilty of such an act, and so was per
suaded by her friends to let the matter
drop, SO as not to advertise at her ex.
,.,"se Use journal few people had ever heard
Of.
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PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.

Susan B. Anthony is lecturing in
Texas.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beeehcr is recreat-
ing in Florida.
Mrs. Hanson will again be candidate
for State Librarian before the next Leg
islature.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and her daugh-
ter will spend the coming summer in
Newport.
Rev. Mrs. Ellen G. Gustin has been
called to the pastorate OF a church in
Westerly, RI.
The Duchess of Manchester has been
suddenly summoned from Cannes by the
news of her fathers death in Germany.
Miss Emma MoIloy has been conduct
ing series of temperance meetings in
Wcstborough, Mass, with gratifying re-
suits.
Mrs. Frank Leslie will probably pub
lish in pamphlet form chapter from her
recent work, The Chinese in Califor,
MIA"
Miss Julia Holc-in-the-Day, daughter
Of the distinguished Indian chief, was re,
Gently married at White Earth Agency
TO John Fairbanks, IA white man.
Mrs. Lunsford, of Auglaize County
O., who lost her husband and six chill
drcn by the burning Of their residence
recently, died OF grief in consequence.
Mrs. S. 5 Cox is capital bushes,