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, 1879-12-27

iHs c"H'r"iit,c "m atmospheric influences
announced that they were ready With a r..
port, aI:d leave being granted, the chairman
submitted = HcIi constructed report regard
IN. the present winter Tie committee had
been guided entirely by siens. aud their rca.-
sons i'r predicting 4 hard winter were :
First, The tacl,Icss OF the corn huskS.
Second. The Unusual nur:tber OF ovcrcoafs
IN pawn Third. The anxiety of women to
gct their Miuter hourets. Fourth. The
way the frrrss have gone down for deep
water. fiith. The hy<itancy with which
yonns raen c':;nh ort Of he'd in tie morning.
Sixth. 'ih" unusual numL2r of dog fights 10
be observed ny colorci aiau who kceps his
eyes open. Tie report WAS accepted aid
filed, and ti.e chairman sat down with 4 sch
Of rrlirf
, 1879-12-27

HALF Dimes of the coinage Of 1851 are
exceedingly rare and worth to collectors
al the way from S25 to 800 This state
mcnt attracted tle attention of a resident
in Louisville, Ky, who came upon one Of
these coins. which had been laid away for
many years. y communication to Phil
adeIphia coin dealer elected an offer Of
SO for the rarity, but this the owner re
fused and demanded SD more Then he
corresponded with dealers in other cities,
but being unable to obtain the maximum
figure demanded he sent it to Henry c.
Lea to dispose Of for S775, and it is now in
possession of r. c. Davis, druggist of
this city, who has one of the finest collec
tions of coins III America Only ten of
these coins are now known to be extant
-Hilodelptio Record
, 1879-12-27

TO REMOVE FRECXLES. One ounce of
alum, same of lemon juice in a pint of rose
water; apply at night. .---Scrape horse
radiSh into a cup of sour mill, tcold), let it
stand twelve hours; strain and apply two or
three times day Mix lemon juice one
ounce, powdered borax quarter Gra-nin,
sugu half 4 drachm keep for few days IN
a glass bottle, and apply occasionally. y
Nuriate OF ammonia half drachm, lavendar
water two drachms, distilled water half
pint apply two or three times day.
Into half a pint Of milk squeeze the juice of
lemon, with Il spoonful of brandy, and boil,
skimming well add a drachm of rock alum I:
apply at night. The above are all good. and
have been used eilectually, though nothing
will take freckles off permanently
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
A Virginia Ice-MOuntain.

The ice-mOuntain of Preston county is
great natural curiosity. We passed over
the Baltimore and Ohio Road on the 22d
to Rowlesburg, then by steam three miles
up Cheat river past Vicksburg, and came
out upon the Northwestern pike. Fol
| lowing 1t two miles west we came to the
ice-mountain situated on the right bank
of Flag Run, one-half mile from the pike.
A picnic party was being held at the base
of the mountain. After refreshing our
selves with very cold drink of water
from the Twin Springs, We assembled the
mountain for some distance, and arrived
| at the ice-held where we found Drs.
| kemble, West, Shafer and Schooley con-
| templating the wonder. Also news.
paper man or two taking in the situa-
| tion.
1t is claimed that the ice mountain was
discovered by some soldiers in the spring
of 1861. Its discovery was afterward re-
ported again, but persons supposed the
one into making fruitless trip into the
mountain. No credence was given to The
| story until lately, when responsible par
| ties visited the designated locality of its
existence, and reported its actual discov.
cry. On the north side of the mountain,
about quarter of an acre is covered
| with mass of loose. unstratified rock,
none of which are of any considerable
size. Ali was covered with heavy mass
of moss, which now is all torn OFF. No
trees grew upon it, only here
and there few small bushes
Removing the loose rock, ice is dis
covered in small quantities. A thermom-
| eter stood 30 degrees in the sun, so deg.
in the shade and 4S deg. when in the
rocks, on the ice, in their crevices. A cold
air is present in the crevices, but no
strong freezing currents rs reported.
Hundreds have visited it. The rocks are
torn up and the ice is only Obtained now
by going down some little depth in the
rocks. We would suppose from observa-
tion that the mountain is vast heap OF
rock, a portion OF whose west side is more
broken and loose than the rest. The porus
nature of this portion would admit through
| its moss covering a considerable amount
of water, infiltrating between the stone,
would form ice in just the manner we find
it. The ice thus formed would be pro.
tectcd from all external temperature by
the non-conducting properties of the vast
surrounding mass of rock. The ice noun
tain, we would suppose is nothing but a
hugh natural stone refrigerator. l
The common refrigerator depends for
its preservation of ice upon the good non
conducting materials of its sides. So the
ice mountains, but naturally, though won
derfully, preserves, permanently its ice
by the vast mass of rock-good non-con
Quoting material-which forms its sides
An ice mountain, similar in good
many respects to this one, is in Hampshire
county, on North river, a few miles east oi
Rommey. Divesting the Preston county
ice mountain of its marvellous character
that exaggerated accounts have been CIV
en- il, it stands wonderful, but plainly
possible result of natural laws. S. T. W.
| TWhpplinp RpUisto .... q. |l
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Horrors OF the Per.heiia.

Mr.. r. A. Proctor has been expressing
his views upon the predicted planetary
tronblcs. or course, he STYLES the gloomy
as prcpOsterous. In so far, he says, as
such predictions Save the mark) are based
on the idea that planets influence the
SUMS photosphere, / may say so much as
this, that instead of the giant planets
Jupiter, Saturn. Uranus and Neptune
being the chief solar disturbers, even
according to those students of science
who maintain this theory, Venus would
be and is more powerful than any of those
planets, and our earth more powerful than
To see this it rs only nece. sary to remem.
Der that the tide-raising power of planet
or other orb Chat being the nature of the
influence assumed according to this
theory does not diminish as the square
of the distance increases, but as the cube
of the distance increases. Thus, putting
Saturn's distance at only o instead of 91s
Chat of the earth as unity. and the mass
of Saturn at 80 times the earth's, Saturn's
influence would be to the earth's as 80 to
the cube of 9-that is, as 80 to 729. or less
thsn "a of the earth's. Jupiter's would
exceed the earth's (roughly) as 800 exceeds
the cube of B, or as 12 exceeds 5: but
would be far less than that of Venus
Then, again, the simple conjunctions and
oppositions of her most powerful planets
would be far more effective than the peri
helion passage of all the planets. Since
we survive the conjunctions of the earth
and Venus, we are not likely TO perish
even though the giant planets should ali
pass their perihelia about the same time
which, however, never has happened
within historic times, and certainly will
not happen for many centuries to come
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
w.nted-An Electric Bug destroyer

When Edison was talking ABOUT run
ming his electric wires through the gas
pipes of the city, some one asked him how
he would put the wires inside of the pipes.
~ would make n mechanical bug" he
said, "that wonld crawl through the pipes
and draw the wires after it." and in few
days he exhibited such an automaton in
working order. His. success in the manu-
facture of this particular kind of bug sug-
gests the possibility of his inventing me-
chanical bug that shall be capable of
chasing, catching and devouring the myr-
lads of bugs that are attracted by the cleo
trio light burned on the front of the Sun
building. On Thursday morning last the
utmost exertion was required to prevent
the Sun from being several minutes late in
going to press. This was neccssitated by
the presence ofinnumerable beetles in the
room where the forms are made up. They
poured into the open windows like rain
drops-a shower of bugs. The light that
attracted them from the City Hall Park
dazed them when they came close Ia it,
and many of those that did not plunge
headlong into the glow of intense heat
stuck on the imposing stones and on the
galleys of type. There they tumbled
around in a most iudicrous manner, like
bugs deprived of instinct. In making up
the forms it was necessary to brush the
beetles from the type before lifting it, and
to brush them from the stones before set.
ting down the type. On every succeeding
night when the electric light has been
displayed from the same place the shower
of bugs has occurred. The invention of n
mechanical bug that shall roost on the
windowsill and put to flight all manner
of natural bugs that are attracted by the
electric light Is anxious,y awaited.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14

countervaIling fault. All wheeled vehicles,
whether required to travel at high or a
low speed, will be propelled by steam in
stead of horses as soon as the steam engine
is made sufficiently light and sufficiently
cheapto warrantthe esubstitution.Lifeb boats,
instead of being open boats propelled by
a mum Der of men, should be decked boats
propelled by steam engine and managed
by only two men, one to steer the boat
and the other to attend to the engine.
Such boats should be propelled by water
Jet which will always act, whatever may
be the roughness ofthe sea and whether
the stern Of the boat is in OF out of the
water. The use of the steam engine for
irrigation in connection with the centri-
fugal pump Is an application of which
the sphere is limited only to the cost and
the efficient portability of the apparatus.
To render the class of small engines SO
much more portable, so much more sim.
pie and SO much less costly as to remove
the existing impediments to their use,
may certainly be accounted one of the
most important problems of the present
time, and trust it is not presumptuous
to hope that the cursory hints here given
may accelerate the desired solution
John Bourne In English Paper.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
MONEY AND COMMERCE
New York Honey and stock Market.
Now Yrrl, Aurucf q

NNS' = - ~ IAUSNaot ".
Money easy at 211s per cent; closing
at 21a per cent. Prime mercantile paper
9 per cent Sterling long, dull and weak
at 4S2; short, 4s4. Governments firm
railroad bonds. firm; c., c., c. and 1. c.,
firsts, %. State securities dull. Stock
speculation was active and buoyant, and
with exceptions very slight reaction dur
ing the afternoon. Prices advanced steady
to close. Lake Shore led both in strength
and activity, selling up from S51s@SS1a,
with final sales at ssh. Granger shares
also prominent in dealing and going at
4@1h per cent, latter northwestern COM
mon. Transactions in coal shares we're
larger than of late, but speculation was
irregular. Improvement in general, list
rising from one-quarter to one per cent
Market closed strong with upward ten
dency in prices. -'-
GOVERNMENT SKCURrT1Es.-Coupons Of
e1, 104L.; new 5s, 1925 new 4Ls, 1O6; I;
new Is, 1914; currency Gs, 12l5.7
EXPRESS SHAREs-Adams 1881 Amer
ican, Al; United States, A. ~ ....,,..,
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKs.-Western Union
Telegraph 93s;4N. Y. Central l191k; Erie
277s; preferred 5211; Michigan Cen.
tral IS Boffered: Union Pacific stock 7S% !;
Lake Shore SS1s; Cleveland 8 Pittsburg
100; North Western, ~ preferred 9s1S
Cleveland s. Columbus "a; a. Rock
Island 40; st. Paul 6S4; preferred 96H; !;
Fort Wayne 112; Wabash 3Ss5; Ohio s.
Mississippi 16. q Sti.7- ~ ts
STATE BONDelTennessee 6s, old SO;
new SO; Virginia IS, old %; new, 90
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Curious Negro Strategy.

At about noon yesterday, kindly-look-
ing. oldfashioned colored man came to the
Constitution office and asked for a morn
ing paper As he received it he modcstly
announced that he was Aaron Burks, the
man who had Informed upon Asa Morgan,
the negro murderer. His story was a very
simple one. He says that on Sunday
morning, stout, low, barefooted negro
came up to his place and asked for work.
| Aaron told him :.e had no work for him
The negro seemed very anxious to stay,
and said that he had fight with his
brother-inlaw, in Butts county, and was
anxious to get with some old, settled man
| that had a farm on the public road, where
| he could be quiet and out of sight until
the fuss should blow over. He said he had
cut his brother-in-law pretty badly, and
didn't want TO be caught. Aaron objected
again to hiring him, saying that it was
raining so much that he could not work
him. The negro then said, at Is true I'm
barefooted, but I've got little money,
and will pay for board for every day ii
rains so we can't work. All l want is a
quiet place where / can stay"
His anxiety on this point excited old
man Aaron's suspicion. He noticed
furthermore that the negro was very un-
easy, and watcnful. He followed old
Aaron around everywhere he went, and
watched every movement Of his wife. He
kept his eye ON the road and seemed to be
desperately uneasy and restless. At last
| he took the idea that this negro was in
some way concerned in the late murder
| of the Defoors. This impression deepened
| as the day went on, and at last he deter.
mined TO come to town and have the
negro arrested. He did SO, and the officers
| went out with him. He was invaluable
| for the search. his perfect familiarity with
the country making him a great benefit.
He followed the searching party to the
end, and was with them ut the death.
When the negro saw him he said: "That
old mau knows me! / told him yester-
day 1 hadn't done nothing wrong"
YES" said Aaron, "you did tell me, but /
want belicvin' of you!" 1t is curious
bit of negro strategy that led Aaron to
explain the bloody corn cob with string
tied around it that Asa carried in his
pocket. He says Asa carried the string
for the purpose of tying up his "roach," +"
| by which he meant a little tuft of hair
standing up over the negro's forehead.
He said that the negro hadn't tied any.
thing but this ''roach," and Aaron thought
that he belonged to a gang" of murder
ers, and that the tying up of the roach
was the sign by which they would rccog-
nize each other. He thought Asa took
the cob and string so that if his ''roach"
slipped down he might tic it up again.
Aaron say that the negroes are "down on
him" for telling on Asa, and say he ought
not to have done it. We learn that steps are
being taken to give Aaron a purse, and
also that he will be given something out
OF the reward. He deserves it.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
The steam Engine In the Future.

Supposing a good and cheap small en-
gine to be available-an engine that will
be strong, simple, safe, light, noiseless and
economical in fuel-not only would all its
industrial applications be extended, but it
would find n new and wide sphere of use
fulness in ministering to domestic wants,
one of the most widely prevailing ofwhioh
is the want of a simple motive power. In
American hotels steam engines have long
been employed for brushing boots and
cleaning knives. They arc the docile and
inexpensive Hclots of The age. and the do
nestle production of the electric light is
new and important sphere for their en-
gines. But beside these functions, a do
mestIc engine may be employed in roast
ing meat, driving washing machines and
mangles, driving sewing machines, in
brushing hair, in preparing aerated waters,
and in the country for pumping, for saw
ing wood, and fer performing many other
laborous operations. A steam engine may
be made TO cool houses in summer and to
warm them in winter, TO maintain foun-
tains in conscrvatories, TO work punkas,
TO produce ice, and to create and maintain
a vacuum in safes for the preservation of
meat. For such purposes the engine
must obviously be of the simplest, most
compact and most inexpensive character,
and should be attached to the boiler so
like hall stove. The boiler should be
provided with a sclcacting feed of water,
and the fuel should be gas, which has on
ly to be lighted TO enable the engine to be
put into operation. Gas companies will
find ample compensation for the loss of
their lighting function in the creation of a
new heating function which will become
larger and more remunerative than the
lighting has ever been. Instead ofextract-
ing from the coal only the illuminating
gases, the whole fuel should be turned in.
to combustible gas by the aid ofsupcrheat-
ed steam, and all the fires of houses could
be maintained by this cheap gas burning
in jets amid pumice, which it would keep
redhot. There would then be neither dust
from CRATES nor smoke from the chimneys,
and the gas works would supply the fuel
that Is necessary for the generation of the
electric light. The application of the
steam engine to the propulsion of car
riages, omnibuses and cabs is now only
hindered by Its too heavy weight and too
high cost. Asphalt pavements, which are
Objectionable for horses. afford for steam
carriages a surface as eligible for easy
traction as a railroad, and without any
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Then and Now.

Frederick Douglas, in a letter to the
men who placed his bust in the Univer
sity OF Rochester, says that it is the depth
from which he has come that amazes him
He adds: "It seems only little while
ago, when child, I might have been
seen fighting with old Nep, my mothers
dog, far small share of the few crumbs
that fell from the kitchen table; when
slept on the hearth, covering my feet from
the cold with the warm ashes and my
head with corn bag only little while
ago dragged 10 prison to be sold to the
highest bidder, exposed for sale like q
beast of burden; later on put out to live
with Covey, the negro-breaker; beaten and
almost broken in spirit: having little hope
either far myself or my race; and yet here
am, alive and active, and with my race
enjoying citizenship in the freest and pros
pectively the most powerful nation on the
globe" -.,..' ,..,,.s,.,,..7 cd ........
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Missouri Is. I o6; Northern Pacific, 16;
Chicago Market.

Chicago, Aug S.-Flour in fair demand.
Double extra rs; superfne 25@8 so !;
patented o0@8 90. Wheat active, but
lower; No Chicago spring 94; No 3 win
ter s91s@9O; No 2 Chicago spring 81
cash; s41a@s43s September: s45S Octo-
ber; No 3 Chicago spring 76. Corn in
good demand and sh; de higher at 33
cash, "a bid September; rejected at 32L.
Oats firm at 2SA cash September; 23%
dull and nominal Bulk meats generally
unchanged. Pork some sales rather
higher at 8 121S@8 15 cash; September
8 171 O. 8 20; October. Lard
active, firm and higher, closing
weak at 5 321k@5 35; cash and September
5 1896 3715; October 5 80. Whisky
steady and unchanged at 04.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Cincinnati, Market.

Cincinnati, Aug. S.-Flour, quiet un-
changed. Wheat weak at 90@95. Corn
firm in fair demand at 80. Oats quiet
at 26@30. Rye dull 53@531s. Barley quiet
and steady. Prime fall, S0SS5. Pork
quiet at 8 80. Lard quiet; current make
5 37H Bulk meats good request; should
ers, 8 05s3 25; short ribs, 80; short
clear 571l. Bacan stronger, 3 90, 4 90
4 s5. 9O@5 90. Whisky active and
cd. Linseed oil steady at 65. Hogs dull
common, 2 5O@3 IS; light, 8 35@3 so
packing, 8 20@3 40; butchers 3 400
3 80. Receipts. 915; shipments 455.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
On the HIGH Sierra.

Up betimes and dressed, Mollie and
Blinkie-the mules-packed, and bidding
good day to our host and hostess, we pro-
ceed up the Zigzagging trail under the Cap
OF Liberty. Arriving at Little Yosemite
Valley, and after dismounting, our horses
are tired, and crossing the rocky brooklet,
we careielly picked our way through to the
top of the Nevada Fall. The Merced-
here 65 feet acrOss-comes whiZZing and
chattering, wheels in and out of whirl-
pool, then shoots in a curve over the prec-
ipice. Lying down on flat rock, we
creep out and gaze upon the glory and
majesty beneath u.s.. The water for four
fifths of the 700 feet falls perpendicularly,
then siriks bench of the mountain and
spreads 1876 feet in magnificent sheet of
wavy, lacy folds, one wild mass of spray
enveloped waters shimmering with dia-
monds, IFS resembles splendor dazzling to
the eye. In the sunlight of morning we
behold it arched with numerous rainbows.
The very shrubs on the rocks are trans
formed into gorgeous boQuets under the
many cOlored shafts of light. Two miles
up, in the Little Yosemite Valley, we find
a charming camp-ground by the side ol
the Mercede. The river at the head oI
this valley rushes down an incline plane
of about 120 feet in length, at an angle ol
thirty seven degrees, forming beautiful
cascade. 1t is clear as crystal and Dor
dered by rows of tamarack and tall bloom
ing flowers, among which the thistle
shows its purple crown a. every step
The valley is more than three miles long
and its formation highly interesting. Al
its eastern extremity is a sugar-loaf noun
tain. Beyond is mountain at least / ,0O(
feet above the valley that has been GOV
cred by glaciers a mile in thickness. Tht
superintendent mass of ice lying behind
this, extending back to the tops of the
Sierra, was sufficient in its great weigh
to force the whole mass up the 1000 tee
and over it, ploughing its way down til,
Little Yosemite and beyond, polishing ant
striating its summit by unmistakabl,
writings. The surrounding walls are al
of particular formation. The next morn
ing we are to make the crown of the Cal
of Liberty. s.s -,.. ..l.....
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Not Too Cheap to be Good.

It's too cheap to be good"--not bit.
"Thermaline" is chcerfully acknowledged
by the thousands who have used it to be
the best medicine for Chills they have used,
no matter what the price. A physician says
"a 25 cent box of Thermaline cured a
patient after he had taken over So worth
of quinine and pills." Quinine is so dear
as to be almost beyond the reach of the
poor Kansas City Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Tnlaila Market,

Toledo, Aug. S.-Wheat weak. No. l
white Michigan, 90; No. Q do 98; am
Der Michigan cash, 9S@1 90; August No
2 red winter spot, 9S1s; August and Sep
tember, o.; No. 8 red, 964; No: 2 Day Day
bash, 9O1s; western amber, 974; August
971s. Corn steady; high mixed, 3S11ss
No. . spot, 375s; rejected, 1875. Oats
dull, held at 2G; 251s bic; No. 2 mixed
261ac.. .r ..-
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N.w,Yorh Mnrket:

New York, Aug, S.-Wheat more &C.
tive; ungraded winter red, l O8; No do
l O51 ungraded amber. 0S1s; No 2 do
074@l GS; ungraded white. 02@
1OK; No Q do, 1 OS21@l %; No do,
1 1O1a@1 liz. Barley dull Corn; un-
graded, 45@461l; steamer, 4424. Oats a
shade fiamer; mixed western, 341s@35;
white western, 361s@40. Eggs steady;
western, S@11H. Pork dull; new mess,
8 671a@9 20, latter very choice. Lard
weak prime steam, 5 1895 s21s. Butter
unchanged. Whisky nominal. at 1 OF
asked.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
Dry Goods Market,

New York, Aug g. Cotton goods in
steady, but moderate demand at 1st hands,
and prices generally firm; prints in mod.
crate request; ginghams continue active
and both worsted and cotton goods doing
well; cloakings in light demand shawls
and skirts little more active; hosiery and
underwear in steady request.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-14
z. DoLAND,
Manufacturer of
CARRIAGES, BUGG1ES
Wagons and Sleighs.

Having purchased the interest OF 2. @
Thomas In the carriage business, I shah de
vote my ontire time and energy to supplying
eycrythink In my line that tho necessities OF
my customers demand.
have large stock Of new and second
hand carriages, which will be sold at prices
to suit the times,
Office and Factory at the old stand a
formerly. Thankful for past favors. ! so.
Icit continuance Of your patronage.
240yl T. DOLAND.