The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-15
WASHINGTON.
SUMNER AT TnE CAPITAL.

Vut tue washington pOpul4tl0n WONDER
fully. The Senators, the members and
nearly all the Cabinet are away, as well a
q majority OF the heads OF bureaus and
leading officials. With each returning
summer there Is more and more grum.
bling upon the part OF the population
against George Washington aud the early
patriots for locating the Capital ofthe Ma.
ton on dead sea level, so farSouth, and
upon sluggish and malarious river, and
surrounded by a poor, sandy and heat
breeding soil.
THE TEN.FoRTY CALL.
The outstanding 1910 bonds TO be called
by the Secretary OF the Treasury during
the present month are: The cali for ten
million made on July 9th; another for
one hundred and sixty million will be
made on the 18th, and all the remainder,
amounting 10 twenty-five million and o
fraction, will be called on the 2lst.
HuMoRs or POLITICAL RECORDS.
The forthcoming speech OF Secretary
Sherman at Portland will have points OF
humor in It. Secretary Sherman Is not q
humorist, but In preparing this speech he
has run across some very funny material,
viz: passages in the speeches Of Kelley,
Of Pennsylvania, Tom. Ewing, Dan. Yoor.
hees aud others, predicting that resump.
ton was physical and financial impos-
sibility; that ruin second only to Noah's
food would follow the attempt, and even
after all this sacrifice the thing would be
impossible. The passages from the
speeches OF Kelley are particular Juicy and
will cause that statesman to retire from his
occupation as prophet Of evil.
GOOD ADVICE PROM TnE NATIONAL BOARD OF
HEALTH.
The Executive Committee Of the Ma.
tional Board Of Health have invited the
attention Of all State and municipal au.
thorities and sanitary organizations to the
TACT that they should at once endeavor to
secure the best sanitary condition OF the
places and people under their charge.
Whatever opinions may be held as to the
causes OF yellow fever, and Of the recent
appearance OF that disease in Tennessee
and Mississippi, 1t is best to act as II it
were disease due to a specific and par.
hCular cause, which Is capable OF growth
and reproduction, transportable, and may
be destroyed by exposure 10 a tempera.
ture above 240 degrees Fahrenheit, or by
chemical disinfection Of sufficient strength
If brought into immediate contact.
1t is also prudent TO assume that the
growth and reproduction OF this cause are
connected with the presence OF filth in
sanitary sense OF that word, including de.
caying, organic matters and defective ven
tilation as well as Of high temperatures.
The cases OF yellow fever recently obsery-
ed should be considered due t. the cases
surviving from last years epidemic, and
not to the recent importation from other
countries. Itfollows there is liability to
the appearance Of other cases in places
visited by the epidemic last year, and hat
there is danger OF the spread OF the dis.
eases TO the North and West The object
OF the present circular Is to advise that all
cities, towns and villages be at once made
clean in sanitary sort Of view. The first
steps towards securing cleanliness is 10 OBJ
tain reliable information as to what parts
of the place are clean and what foul. The
results OF careful sanitary inspection OF
almost any city or town will show the ex.
istence OF collections OF decaying and Of.
tenslve matters previously unknown, and
which every one will admit should be
promptly removed and DESTROYED,
Such inspection to be OF value must be
thorough, and made by persons competent
to recognize foul soils, water and air as
well as grosser and more palpable forms OF
nuisance. They should also be made by
persons who would report fully and frank.
ly the results Of their observation without
reference to wishes Of persons or corpora.
tions, when, whereabouts and extent OF
the evil is known, the remedy is usually
almost self evident. The National Board
OF Health will furnish, upon request, blank
forms as q guide for such inspection.
FEVER EXCITEMENT ABATRp.
Advices received by the National Board
OF Health state that the yellow fever ex-
citement at Water Valley, Miss, has
abated. There are no new cases.
on ACCOUNT OF QUARANTINE AGAINST MEM
PHIs.
On account OF the quarantine against
Memphis mail matter for Arkansas and
Texas will be sent via st. Louis, as was
done during the yellow fever epidemic
last year. Is; 5H
NEW rosTAL RULING.
4 circular was issued to postmasters to.
day by the Acting Assistant Postmaster
General relative to the entry Of second
class matter. Section 19e OF the postal
laws and regulations provides that latter
publication has been determined to be
Of the second class, the publisher thereof
may, II he so desires, formally enter the
same at the postotfice where mailed,
and print upon each copy the words ZEN.
tered at the postottice at (blank) as second
class matter.3"
After quoting this section the circular
continues: 1.-THE publications so entered
and having printed upon each copy the
words Of entry, may be exchanged at sec.
ond.class rates with other second-class
publications, and may be regularly sent
at second.Class rates as complimentary to
customers or business agents OF the pub
lipatiop, and to other persons solely in the
interest oil the publication itself, or its
publishers or employees as SUCH. The un-
authorized printing by publisher OF
the words herein prescribed, or their
equivalent, will render him tablet to PEN
atty OF not less than 500 nor more than
$500. The circular, in conclusion, sets
forth that the department very much de-
sires that the entry Of second:class matter
may be made universal at all postotfices,
and directs postmasters to call tho atten:
ton OF publishers to the facts In regard
thereto, as contained in the circular.