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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
SMOKING our NE KnRpIyE.

LONDON, February 2O.-The Tfmss says
that neither England nor France would Be
disposed to witness with Indifference the
success OF the Coup de Etat, which would
place Egypt again under the personal rule
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
LIVERPOOL srRlEEs,

LIVERPOOL, February 2O.-The strikes
have not been entirely settled here. The
troops remain at the request Of the magis-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21

MONTREAL, February 2O.-Fiye bodies
were stolen last evening from the dead
house at 81. Eustache, Quebec.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
Amy AXE TRLroRApII NEAsuRBl.

The Senate Committee on Appppria.
lions have concluded their cons 'dcrati6n
aithe Army Appropriation Bill, and have
decided q strfke aat entirely tlie AlFlI
side niz4tiol nlqlt v tiieh was Of
.tached in thblI House, and The committee
will Insist upon carrying lhIs amendMent
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
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!. IN ialie.tel yesterday, the Senate took
I. - me- Joint resolution introduced by
,D, W. ZONES few days ago reported
s, .s.rl,y from the Judiciary Committed
F..4isE j' The Attorney General Of the
S,,, s, 70 institute quo warranto proceed'
~ ~ ,,,in.t the baltimore and Ohio road
~ ,eti5, n to vacation Of its charter on ac-
',",, %,IS d alleged violations Of the pro
,.5ias, Gins ,thereia contained This resolution
'.s.I tbe SenSte by % to ., aud was sent
stb,l lIoa.e, where it is supposed 1t Will
~ bys vote almost equally decided It
r not be taken up until next week, and
M, N been suggested that meanwhile the
~ ~, vbeluIe Of reduced freight rates will
!. ncelveL, and thus afford members
T,btYto the exact nature Of the conces'
IN, that have been made in that direc-
Nm by the railroad company.
Il i.euy to sec that there Is q marked
5,Doilion on the part oil the legislature
15o something to remedy existing com.
,t,;,,s anil the trouble all along with
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
GENERAL NEWS.
New York Merchants Oppose
Anti-Chinese Legislation. =
Enormous Pork Packing Ofthe North
west.
Aggregates Two Million, Five Hun;
dred and Seventy-Five Thous-
and Hogs 2 !. W
WASHINGTON.
MORE Llour WANTED.

WASHINGTON, February 20.-The Senate
Committee on Railroads fayors the up.
pointment OF q commission to inquire into
the relations Of the Western Union Tele.
graph Company, and the Associated Press
and to report 70 the next Congress.
MEDALS FoR Acfs OF nERoIsM.
The Treasury Department says the de.
lay In the bestowal OF medals for acts OF
heroism In saving life upon the lake coast
is owing TO the necessity OF accumulating
the requisite formal evidence, required BY
law to be on file in the Department before
the awards can be made. "a 5H2 ma 1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-21
Mautea.

WANTED-A buyer at S, 900 for COM
Eeetly q 5000. Address 2. s. STOCKING, ABslgnss
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
Only a HOrse-Car Horse.

Only horse-car horse, and bobtail
car at that.
o, the weary miles he has tugged at
that car, day in and out, night in and
out, through rain and sunshine, snow
storm and sunstroke.
Curses and blows and the cruel, rack
ing turns in the iron-s,ound paths. Not
much to eat and never kind word save
from the street Arab with heart softer
than his lace.
Only question of time when the linn
tot endurance shall have come. Moth
ing to look forward to but the treadmill,
the curses and the racking turns IN the
track. Don't you suppose horse needs
something pleasant to expect as we'll as
man?
A blocking of the cars. All crowded
Everybod y going home, from the day 8
work. Everybody tlreh, hungry, in a
hurry, cross. What's the delay? Only
horse down on the curve by the Tombs.
More cursing and angry shouting and
pulling and kicking-yes kicking the
gaunt, rib-staring sides Of that poor horse.
Weak, heated, hungry, worn out to the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21

last atem Of endurance, the last pound
Of pulling power, he has slipped and
blocked the track.
They may make the air blue with their
cursing, they may kick and beat the hol-
low sides that echo like dismal drum
they may be hungry and in hurry and
miss their dinners, trains and engage
ments. So a7g
That old car horse will never get up
again.
That's right. Don't stop to be gentle
or the least bit tender, or half human.
Hitch rope to his hind legs and let half
Il hundred lusty men and boys pull and
haul and tug to get the obstacle off the
track.
Pshaw1 don't mind that he groans
most pitifnlly and shudders as you tear
his side against the track and the stones.
At last lac is off, and in the gutter ont
of the way But he isn't dead vet. O,
no!
What is he thinking off, Days when
he was colt and friRked in the clover
stubble and dashed away through the
woods along the brook. All, those were
days indeed! Then came the time when
he snuffed the battle from afar, his young
master riding hlm-then the mad charge
the flying shot the bursting of shells
the rushing upon the ramparts-the
leapin7 of the ditch-tae wild shout Of
victory. All, those were days indeed!
And now nothing but poor, worn to-
death car horse left in the gutter to- die.
0, for bedding of straw for the aching
bones, for a deep draught of cool water
for the foaming fevcred mouth.
God bless the boy! He has only shirt
and ragged pair Of trousers. He is DIR
ty. He is one of the miserable urchins
you have often kicked from the rear plat
form of bobtail car. But God bless him
all the same. He has brought pail of
water and tugs at the head of the pros
trate horse to help him reach the water.
Between them half of it is lost, but the
horse got one good gulp at it.
And wherever did that boy steal that
straw that he is now tucking under the
horse head? Never mind. Only once
does the poor brute open his eyes. tidy
ing eyes ever said "God bless you!" the
dying eyes of that street car horse said it
to the dirty street Arab on his knees in
the gutter by the horses head.
1t is dirty hand that strokes the fore
lock and name. You wouldn't have that
dirty hand touch you for the world. But
the dead street car horse by the Tombs
corner doesn't mind it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
"A Romantic Story.

The romantic vicissitudes of the ear.
ly life of the Countess ;Solange de Kra-
mer have once more become the talk Of
the Paris salons, and they are, indeed
SO extraordinary, that, used as materi.
ais for a novel, they would spoil the
book by their lack of ,verisimilitude
One night, in 1901, a little girl about d
year old was deposited in the drawer OF
the Founding Hospital at Brest. She
was dressed with much inery, and a
1 note, attached to her skirts. told that
her name WAS Solange, and that she
would be reclaimed by her father. The
claim was never made, however, and
in due time the child was transferred to
the Orphan Asylum, to be educated
there. AS she grew up, she developed
most extraordinary beauty, but her
intellect appeared to be very weak, and
she suffered from frequent nervous fits.
When she was twelve years old she was
sent out In the streets to sell flowers,
and her beauty and modesty attracted
many peoples good will, but she grew
weaker and weaker, and at last she died.
According to French custom she was bur-
led in an open casket, and, as it was win
ter and the soil was frozen she was laid
into the grave only covered with thin
layer of sand. During the night she
awoke, and, pushing the sand away, she
crept out from this grave Not under
standing exactly what had taken place,
she was not so very much frightened, but
in crossing the giacis between the ceme-
terry and the Notifications, she was sud
denly stopped by the outcry "Qui yiye r.
and, as she did not answer, the sentinel
fired and she fell to the ground Brought
into the guard house, her wound was
found to be very slight, and she soon re-
covered; but her singular history and al
so her great beauty, had made so deep an
impression on young lieutenant of the
garrison (KrameD that he determined
to be her protector, and sent her to
one of the most fashionable education.
al establishments Of Paris. During
the next few years Kramer was much
tossed about by the war, but when in
1918, he returned to Paris, he found
Solange full-grown woman, not only
beautiful, but accomplished and spirited,
with no more trace Of intellectual weak
ness or nervous fits. He married her, and
for several years the couple lived happily
in Paris. Meanwhile, Investigations were
made concerning the girl left, in 1901, in
the Founding Hospital at Brest, and as
their investigations were made by the
Swedish Ambassador, anl in a somewn at
official manner, t ey attracted some at
tention. Captain Kramer heard about
the affair, and sent note to the Ambss-
sa lor, and, month later on, the Ambas-
sador came In state to bring Nine. Kram-
er formal acknowledgement from her
father, the former General Bernadotte, the
present King Charles XIV, Of Sweden.
Captain Kramer and his wife went imme-
diately to Stoch holm they were ennobled,
etc, and their son has just now been APP
pointed attache to the Swedish Legisla-
ton IN Paris.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
Time is Money.

One fine morning, when Franklin was
| busy preparing his newspaper for the
press, u lounger stepped into the store
and spent an hour or more looking over
the books, and finally taking one in his
hand, asked the shap.boy for the price.
! "One dollar was the answer.
"One dollar" said the lounger; "can
you not take less than that9"
mo, indeed; one dollar is the price,"
Another hour had nearly passed, when
the lounger sald
"Is Mr.. Franklin at home?"
eyes, he is in the printing office.
~ want to see him, ">said the lounger.
The shop-boy immediately informed
Mr.. Franklin that gentleman was in
the store waiting to see him. Franklin
was soon behind the counter, when the
lounger addressed him thus:
''Mr. Franklin, what is the lowest you
can take for that booke''
"One dollar and quarter was the
ready answer.
"One dollar and quarter! why your
young man asked me only "a dollar
'"True,' said Franklin, and I could
better have afforded to have taken dol
lar then than to have been taken out of
the office"
The lounger seemed surprised, and,
wishing to end the parley of his own
making, said:
''Come, Mr.. Franklin, tell me what is
the lowest you can take for it,"
"A dollar and half"
"a dollar and half? Why, you Of.
fered it yourself for a dollar and a quar-
ter"
eyes, said Franklin, land 1 had bet
ter have taken that price then than dol
lar and half now"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
True Society.

True society begins at home. When
two young people love each other, and
marry. they restore the picture Of the
apostolic church. They are Of one heart
and one soul; neither do they say that
anything they possess is their own, but
they have all things in common. Their
mutual trust in each other, their con-
fdence in each other, draws out all that
is best in both. Love is the angel who
rolls away the stone from the grave in
which we bury our better nature, and it
comes forth. Love.nskes all thing new
makes u new heaven and new earth
makes all cures light, all pain easy. 1t
IS the one CnChantment of human life
which realizes Fortunio purse and Alad-
din's palace, and turns the "Arabian
Nights into mere prose in comparison
Think how this old story of love is re-
peated forever in all novels and romances
and poems, and how we never tire of
reading alb ut it; and how, if there IS to
be wedding in the church, all mankind
60, Just to have one look at two persons
who are supposed, at least, to be in love,
and so suprcmely happy.
But this, also, is not perfect society.
1t is too narrow, exclusive. It's ows the
power OF devotion, trust. sclf-surrender,
that there is IN the human heart; and it
is also prophecy Of something larger
that is to come. But 1t is at least a home ;
and before real society can come, true
homes must come. AS in s ,eltered
nook in the midst Of the great sea of ice
which rolls down from the summit OF
Mont Blanc is found little green spot
full of tender flowers, so in the shelter
OF household love, springs up the pure
affection of parent and child; father,
mother, son, daughter; of brothers and
sisters. Whatever makes this insecure
and divorce frequent, makes of marriage
not union for life, but an experiment
which may be tried as often as we choose,
and abandoned when we like. And this
cuts up by the roots all the dear affec-
tons of home; leaves children orphaned,
destroys fatherly and motherly love and
is virtual dissolution of society. know
the great difficulties of this question, and
how much wisdom is required to solve it.
But whatever weakens the performance
of marriage, tends to dissolve society; tor
permanent homes are to the society state
what the little cells are to the BODY.
They are the commencement of organic
life, the centers from which all organiza-
ton proceeds.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
HAIR OF THE PRESIDENTS.
An Interesting Collection in the Patent Of
flee at Washington.

In the Patent Office at Washington
there are many objects of interest con-
nected with the Government and those
who administered its affairs in time gone
by. While examining some of those OBJ
jects of curiosity nothing struck US so
forcibly as the samples Of small locks of
hair, taken from the heads of Chief Mag
istrates, from Washington down to Pierce,
secured in frame covered with glass;
Here IS, in fact, a part and parcel of what
constituted the living bodies of those
| illustrious individuals whose names are as
familiar as household words, out who
now live only in history and the remem-
brance Of the past
The hair of Washington IS nearly pure
white, fine and smooth in its appearance.
That OF Joan Adams is nearly the same
In color, though per aps little coarser.
The hair of Jefferson is of a different
character, being mixture Of white and
auburn, or sandy brown, and rat er
course. In his youth Mr.. Jetferson's hair
was remarkable for its bright color.
The hair of Madison is coarse and a
mixed white and dark.
The hair of Monroe Is a handsome dark
auburn, smooth and free from any mix
ture. He islthe only President, excepting
Pierce, whose hair has undergone no
change in color.
The hair of John Quincy Adams is
somewhat peculiar, being coarse and a
yellowish-gray in color.
The hair Of Gen. Jackson is almost a
perfect white. but coarse in ITS character,
as might be supposed by those who have
| examined the portraits Of the old hero.
The hair Of Van Buren, is white and
| smooth in appearance.
The hair Of Gen. Harrison is fine white,
with slight admixture of black.
The hair of John Tyler is a mixture OF
white and brown
The hair Of James K. Polk is almost a
pure white.
The hair of Gen. Taylor is white, with
slight admixture of brown.
TIE hair of Willard Fillmore is, on the
other hand, brown, with slight admix-
ture of white
The hair of Franklin Pierce is dark
brown, of which he has plentiful crop
It is somewhat remarkable, however
that since Pierce's time no one has
thought of preserving the hair of his sue.
cessers. There are vacancies in the case
but there is no hair eithe, OF Buchanan,
| Lincoln, johnson, or Grant, for the in
| spection of futurity.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
Harvesting in the West.

Any one of our farmers, with few ex-
captions, who stands in Western wheat
field of 1000 acres for the first time, wit
Messing the operation of harvesting, can
not fail to be deeply impressed by the
wonderful CELEBRITY with which four or
five men with machinery and horses will
reap, bind and stack this immense piece
of grain. These four or five men actual
iy do as much as hundred of the kind
could do with the old-fashioned "cradle''
and the straw band by hand, which is
largely used by our farmers even yet
still they have reason in part for it. be-
cause the average field of wheat in Ohio
is not over twenty or thirty acres, and
many, great many, do not SOW more
than ten or twelve, and it plainly would
not pay to purchase machinery for so
small an extent Of work. One of the
strange fashions which mark the Western
wheat harvests is the peculiar class of
people upon whom the remote
jewellers on the frontier
depend to aid them IN gather
ing their grain. They rely first upon the
emlgrants who come into the country to
settle subject to the homestead laws, and
second, on the "wheat harvest tramps''
These ''tramps' are men who start in
Texas and follow the harvest North.
Some keep on the line of the rivers,
while others drive in wagons across the
country. They work in Texas until the
harvest is sown, then they strike for the
Mississippi River and there take boat
North. When they reach point where
the wheat has not been cut, there they
| disembark and at once go to work. Fin
| ishing here they 60 again further Norto,
SO keeping on until Minnesota is reached,
ceasing only when the broad fields of
wheat on the Red River and in Dakota
are cut. Other men of this class get in
to wagons at the Rio Grande and work
| right through North overland. Hun
dreds and hundreds of their white-tented
vehicles may be seen forging through
Kansas to-day.
They have cut the crop of Texas, they
have sowed that of Southern Kansas, thew
are at work on those of Middle Kansas
to- day, and the eyes Of the Nebraska
farmers are anxiously turned to the south
ern horizon every evening, eagerly look
ing Tor the whlte-topped wagon of the
Bohemian harvesters, who are the very
best of harvest hands, and soon when they
have finished their seasons work, along
the purple hills Of Dakota, they will dis
| appear just as the wind listetn. What
revelations our improved machinery OF
the harvest IS yet destined to work upon
| the vast wheat fields of southern Russia
and Roumania where the immense ag-
gregate yield is nearly all gathered at a
frlghttul expenditure and waste OF physi-
cal toll-Wlth rude reaping hooks and
scythes, threshed out by the clumsy fail
or trodden out by the hoofs Of cattle.
Yet with all of these bungling customs
in the way and in vogue, Russia exports
nearly as much wheat as we do. When
she comes to adopt our methods, then we
shall have to stir ourselves if we wish to
lead the list, as we do now, as the great
feeder of the world.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21

A nut once saved the life of a German
count. A plot had been laid to murder
him, and the murderer lay hid in his cas-
tie through the day. Before going to
bed he drew some things from his peck
ct, and nut fell ON the floor, which he
did not notice. That night the murder
er entered the bedroom, but stepped on
the nut, ~hich In breaking cracked loud
enough to wake the count, and the muir
derer fed. Who would say that all this
was mere accident9 In God providence
the man might have stepped inst beside
the nut or the count might have picked it
up, or he might not have let it tall, or
one Of the dozen things mi ht have been !;
but we know what was, and this was not
by chance. All things are in Gods
hands,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
The Young Corporal.

oThere was ayoung corporal in the garri-
son OF Nantes in the year 1895. He was
aspirlted young fellow, barely twenty,
but, young as he was, he had already
learned to drink to excess, according to
the too-frequent custom of the day.
Brave and excitable, wine was bad mas
ter 70: him; and one day, IN moment of
intoxication, he was tempted to strike an
officer who was giving him an order
Death was the punishment Of such an
offence, and to death the lad was con-
demned. The colonel Of his regiment.
remembering the intelligence and bravery
of the young criminal, spared no pains to
obtain u remission Of the sentence: at
first with no success, but finally hampered
with certain condition-that the prison
er should never again in his life be found
intoxicated. The colonel at once proceed
ed to the military prison aud
summoned Cambronne. "You are
In trouble, corporal" he said. "True,
colonel; and forfeit my life tor nv fol-
ly,' returned the corporal. 1T may be
So quoth the colonel, shortly. "May
be2" demanded Cambronne. "You are
aware OF the strictness of the martial
law, colonel; I expect no pardon, I have
only to die" "But suppose 1 bring you
pardon, On one conditlon?" The lads
eyes sparkled. "a condition? Let me
hear it, colonel; L would do much to save
life and honor" "You must never again
get drunk" Colonel, that is impossible lie W
"1mposslble, boy! with death as an al
ternative9 You will be shot Tomorrow
otherwise, think of that!" 81 do think
of it. But never to get drunk again! I
must never let one drop of Wine touch
my lips! Sec you, colonel, Cambronne
and the bottle love one another so we'll
that when once they get together it is all
up with sobrlety. mo, no dare not prom
Use never to get drunk. "But unhappy boy
could you not promise never to touch
wineT Mot drop, colonel2" "Not
drop" All that is a weighty matter COL
onel. Let me reflect. Never to touch VINE
not single drop in all my lite" The
young soldier paused: then looked up.
"But, Colonel, if promise, what guaran-
tee will you have that l shall keep nv
promise?" Your word of honor" said
the officer. II know you; you will not
fail me- A light came into the YOUNG
fellows eyes. ''Then I promise!" he
said, solem"ly. "God hears me- I, Cam
bronze, swear that never to my dying day
sha )]adlop of wine touch thesel ips!'
The next day the Corporal Cambronne
resumed his place in his regiment.
Twenty-Five years after he was General
Cambronne, a man of note, respected and
beloved. Dining one day in Paris with
his old colonel, many brothers in-arms
being present, he was offered glass of
are old wine by his former commanding
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
A WasherWOman at Leadviile.

But it is not alone in mining opera
tons that fortunes have been made. Mrs.
Sarah Ray, an old Irish washerwon. an,
who was among the earliest settlers, has
a somewhat romantic history. Her stock
in trade when she came consisted of a
pair of tubs and dashboard. She be-
gan business under an old pine tree on
the hillside, having no means OF hiring a
house. She soon, however, got together
with her own hands, rude slab cabin,
and as business was good at $3.50 per
dozen for washing, she gradually began
to provide for her wants. She got camp
stove, and, after furnishing ner cabin
comfortably, began to accumulate money.
The town began to grow in the direction
OF her cabin, and after while she en-
ployed laborers to put up a log house.
As there was great demand for miners
boarding houses, Mrs. Ray concluded to
abandon the washtub and start boarding
house in new editice. In this idea she re,
ceived great and t house
was opened with Hattering prospects.
In this venture she proved to be very sue
cessful, made money and finally saved it..
BY the growth of the city, her house got
to be in the very center, and, as e
streets were laid out, it proved to occupy
location on the conner of Harrison av-
enue and State street. Business was good,
and she continued to make money, which
she invested wisely. She built another
log house and rented it. Teen she pu; up
frame building, which she rented before
it was finished. About this time some of
t e land grabbers disputed her title to the
land and tried to dispossess her. But e
old lady had so many determined friends
among the miners that the effort was Civ
en- up. Several months ago she refused
an offer of $4,000 tor her property, and
since that time has builta two-story block,