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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-27

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Spcycr Bros.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-27
GENERAL NOTICES.

NOTICE
Those persons knowing themselves TO lie indebted
to tn ,si4lc q the late joseph Knpherk, will please
call at the Comm, r,al hank and ,Cttlr, Hud those
having claims against the estate Will present them
Properly verified, i"r Hiirmrnt.
:. =. lliLpW.IlI, Admins ratnr
Wurr,i,D O.I,h, ~. 1874 nr9J
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Use Ivory Soap u! your office.
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nor SALE-THE PIANO WAGON
I Of Adams \ Lucas. The running gears are near.
yncW. VIII he sell n: very low price, 10 Nv HeeD
At the Store oI c, Y. LucDl. Apply 10
dec A. n. ADAMS.
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Examination % Mr.. Boiling continued.
a switch was being UuiIt a. T9rM,
ty.thiri street by us, until inter.
rNp,cd, which would have occupied the
g.nJ"l now in tho possession Of the
Pittsburgh, Wheeling GHl kentucky Rail.
rnui Company.
"rhis switch WA located to embarluss
the Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky
Railroad, was Il n0t?'
"!He yudat this city is crowded for
room; We n"cW 500 room. this switch
when connected with another one we
haze, would lave rendered several hun.
dIcd feet more ground available than We
now hayc. { ] was called upon 10 locate
aRwitrli that would cmhNrrGss tho Fits
hnrgh, Wheeling AMI kentucky lailmAil
Company this one would probably haze
done ii, ~ both companies could not Oc.
Cupy il At the SANE time. no effort had
previously been made to lay this switch
by the Baltimore AID Ohio.
Witness was then subjected 10 n long
aud tctlms LrnSs'pyamlnNtion Nv Mr..
Hubbard, ny to tI!B CONSTRUCTION " TIT
switches NJ TWcRtY-thiri street and north
Of the creek.
eve certainly would not have built
these switches ~ soon M We did had il
not been Tor the l'Hwiky extension"
The zane questions, that is the Occu-
pancy ut railroad property by other com
pauics LAS been before tho H. 4 @. MI.
ihnliNi"e for months, and in their discus,
sion, this project received its share OF al.
tcnlion. tho cTrck trestIc among them. In
my opinion the d. 4 0. Company vas
rather 'IIl"I"ry in beginning It's WORK on
These lUpIuy"n"nlU; VI least u week Or
ton dAya. TIN rrnuS trcstln cost liz, ! sup
pose, Slti or Sl0W. II viii hold tIirhG cars.
Tho trcEilO haU alao hrnn Of ynlnu AZ a
means Of storage, 1t lus lpuun usrIl as 4
Tor old iron. Asaa prCImun Of
Civil engineering, Or rather for lhO rur.
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EOR RENT
The 2".tory Rrick House No. ?9iS Chaplna street,
'ChtSr "heellng II has been put In perfect repair.
WSl $ l.. HlLDKETli
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hruAXr piano royr~s, very cheap, NJ!
Shcihs, WNshingtoa Hall.
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WANTED-A LIMITED y uMBER OF
w MiI. md gentleman u un'rgy aud uhiIitA tor
u LusiHp,s hist will ny lr1m Slj To S?5 rer week No
peidliug. Arry Tor Advertiser Al Mrs. BulRers
uo4rlM! liUii,r. ~ Main street Uc!5
NJTA&ri.D a MAN WITH A FEW
W dolls, mpCi!!C In Wheeling and vicinity with
u il1t stinS msiv'r Particulars 10y JOS. Schneider,
81 niIIwyn slLs.l. rhiladtlphIA. l'a. So?
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FOR RENT.

TINO LEr.--A FURNISHED AM I'm.
L FUliNis!lED ROOM, ilI7 Cnaplnc street,
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Lucas MuslC SrORg,
l@T Market street.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Failure OF Imitation.

The tear-producing power of the late Rev.
James Sherman was so great that he was
sometimes called Magister iacrymarum. His
pathos was certainly unrivaled. Frequently
in the midst of a discourse he and his audi
ence would be so moved to weeping that he
had to pause for little while. On one oc-
casion he had Just related one of his moving
anecdotes when he said, al see the effect
this story has produced; we will pause a
moment for silent prayer" He then sat
down. In about two minutes he rose and
continued his discourse. 1t was very effect
i've. An excellent brother minister from the
country who was present was greatly pleased,
and determined to try the effect on his own
congregation. On the following Sunday
evening in the midst of his discourse he re-
called the anecdote. He was rather sur.
prised not to see tears flow as freely as
he could have wished, but he said, al
see the effect this story has produced, and
will pause few moments for silent prayer
lie then sat down. His worthy chief dea-
con, who for the past septennial had regu.
larly given out the hymns and slept through
the sermon, believing that reading the hymn
verse by verse was service enough and would
atone for nap during the discourse, woke
up at the silence. 1t was the signal he was
accustomed to look for. Rapidly he jumped
up, and the worthy preachers little effect
was dissipated by the well-known voice an
nouncing, "Let us sing the twenty-fftt
| hymn second book, common metre, My
drowsy powers, why sleep ye so2 Awake
my sluggish SOUL" Then, after the ser
vice, like good-hearted friend as he was
when he went into the vestry he Offered
some words of sympathy, supposing tina
his minister had broken down." The rev
erend gentleman said nothing, bore his vex
ton with what grace he had, went home
and read with profit how David of old re
fused the armor of Saul.-7he Freeman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1879.

who sees the ridiculous points Of things and
who can turn an annoyance into an occasion
for laughter. 1t does deal better TO laugh
over some domestic mishaps than to cry or
scold over them. Many homes and lives are
dull because they are allowed TO become too
deeply impressed with sense of The cares
and responsibilities of life to recognize its
bright and especially its mrthful side. Into
such household, good but dull, the advent
of witty humorous friend is like sunshine
on cloudy day.
While it is always oppressive TO hear per-
sons constantly striving to say witty or funny
things, il is comfortable, seeing what a
brightener a little fun is, 10 make an effort TO
have some at home. II is well TO turn an i'm
patient question sometimes, and regard it
from a humorous point of view, instead Of
becoming irritated about it.
"Wife, what is the reason can never
find clean shirt ?" exclaimed a good but
rather impatient husband, after rummaging
all through the wrong drawers.
His wife looked at him steadily for mo-
ment, half inclined to be provoked then
with comical look she said
al never could guess conundrums; give
it up"
Then he laughed, and they both laughed,
and he went and got his Shirt and he felt
ashamed of himself and kissed her; and
then she felt happy; and so what might
have been an occasion for hard words and
unkind feelings became just the contrary,
all through the little vein of humor that
cropped out TO the surface.
Some people have peculiar faculty for
giving humorous turn to things when they
are reproved. 1t does just as well often.
times to laugh things off as to scold them
off. Laughter is better than tears. Let US
have little more of it at home. Saturday
Eueninq Post.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Depth of mercy can there be
Mercy still reserved for me?'
The Christian Life.

The religion of the moralist is of the
world, and so differs from that of the Phar-
isee. 1t is also in the world, and so differs
from that of the monk. The Pharisee says,
Il will hold the two lives entirely separate"
The monk says, al will perform the duties
of the religious life alone" The moralist
says, (" | will perform those of the daily life
alone" The Christian says, "While the
religious life and the worldly life do not ex-
clude each other, the most important is the
religious life; and it is only rightly con-
Quoted when it elevates the conduct of the
daily life; when with the apostle it can
say, 'The life that now live in the flesh |
live by the faith of the Son of Cod" He
whose life is thus conducted lives his daily
life by his religious life. The latter guides
the former. His faith determines his daily
walk. His Christianity furnishes both the
purpose and conduct OF his whole course of
action.-John De VIII, ID. ID.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Home and the LORDS Day.

The Lords Day may be propped up by
the laws but it takes but a small blow of
any irreligious Legislature to knock out
legal prop. Congress makes way with the
law of the land protecting the Sabbath,
with one blow of its ruthless hatchet. The
Sabbath may be braced up by as many
"shores" as there are Christian churches
of different denominations in the country,
but these are only oblique braces, fitted to
support an institution for short time.
Public sentiment may surge up about the
church, and sweep away shores" if peo-
pie think their interests demand it, But
If the church is "buttressed by her homes
on the Sabbath-keeping question, she is
strengthened as tower which has great
stone supports built up with it and abutting
against it; built in permanently as part Of
the temple; fitting in at every weak part,
supplying all that lacked to fill out the
moral and spiritual proportions of the tower
of the Lords Day in perfect accord with the
design of God. We must buttress up the
divine institution of the Sabbath with the
divine institution of the home, if we would
maintain our great American tower of
strength. 1t must " be the Sabbath of the
Lord in all your dwellings" One of the
Hare brothers said of the home, "To Adam
paradise was home To the good among his
descendants home is paradise" that is, il
they understand how to keep the Sabbath
Religious Herald.
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The Only Way.

That way is an ancient tody. On 1T the
saints of God have walked in every age
patriarchs like Abraham, prophets like Sam
uel, judges like Gideon, apostles like Peter,
martyrs like Stephen, mothers like Eunice,
and children like Timothy, who knew from
boyhood the Holy Book, and by it became
wise unto salvation.
II is a nUrow wdy; for strait is the gate
and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it."
II is a holy toay-" the highway of holi-
ness" Here is Gods password to all who
enter it" Except a man be born again he
cannot see the kingdom of God"
II is a difficult ,cay. All its pilgrims, be
they old or young, have some cross to carry.
Like Bunyan's pilgrim, they must climb the
hill Difficulty and fight with Apollyon.
II is a safe or oeii-gudrded ,ody-for the
angels encamp around it; and as the noun.
tains are round about Jerusalem, so the
Lord Almighty is round about its travellers
Finally, is freely open ,ody--free as
the sun that shines on the evil and the good ;
free to all men, without money and without
land of their birth free to the poorest, if
they only wish to be taught OF God and
free to you, dear boys and girls. Only enter
it now. You need to enter it, for you are
not too young to sin, and not too young to
die. Death may cut you off very soon, and
your bed may soon be the little green grave.
Enter it now while your hearts are tender
for the sooner you do so, the earlier and the
deeper will be your happiness.-Rev. A.
Bdnndfyne.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
ExaggeratiOns.

One morning as we sat at our breakfast
table the conversation turned on strict truth
fulness of statement, and as the discussion
grew more and more lively it was finally pro-
posed by one member of the family that we
should all pledge ourselves to the sternest
veracity of speech for that day, and see
what would come of it. The motion was
seconded and carried unanimously, and as a
first fruit of the resolve we asked the one
who had suggested it, "What made you so
late at breakfast this morning? ?" She hesi-
tated, began with, because | couldn't -
and then, true to her compact, said "The
truth is, l was lazy and didn't hurry, or
might have been down long ago." Presently
another one remarked that she had been
very cold, adding, :" never was so cold in
my life." An inquiring look caused the
last speaker to modify this statement in
stantly, with, "Oh, don't mean that, of
course; I've been much colder many times,
and don't think it was so cold after all"
A third remark to the effect that " Miss So
and-so was the homeliest girl in the city,"
was recalled as soon as made, the speaker
being compelled to own that Miss So-and-so
was only rather plain instead of excessively
homely. So it went on throughout the day,
causing much merriment, which was good
naturedly accepted by the subjects, and Civ
ing rise to constant corrections in the inter
est of truth. One thing became more and
more surprising, however, to each one OF us,
and that was the amount of cutting down
which our most careless statements de-
manded under this new rule More and
more we realized the unconscious exaggera-
tion of our daily speech, and the distance
between it and truth, and each one acknowl-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23

Once upon a time an Arabian princess
was presented with an ivory casket, ex-
quisitely wrought, by her teacher, with the
Injunction not to open it until year had
rolled round. Many were the speculations
as to what it contained, and the time i'm
patiently waited for when the jeweled key
should disclose the mysterious contents. 1t
came at last, and the maiden went away
alone, and with trembling haste unlocked
the treasure and 10 reposing on delicate
satin Innings, lay nothing but shroud Of
rust the form Of something beautiful could
be discerned, but the beauty had gone for
ever. fearful with disappointment, she did
not at first see slip of parchment contain
ing these words Dear pupil May you
learn from this lesson for your life. This
trinket, when enclosed, had upon it only q
single spot of rust; by neglect 1t has become
the useless thing you now behold, only Q
blot on its pure surroundings. So a little
stain on your character will, by inattentior
and neglect, mar bright and useful life
and in time will leave only the dark recort
of what might have been. If you now place
within jewel of gold, and after many year
seek the result, you will find it still as spark
ling as ever. So with yourself treasure VI
only the pure, the good, and you will eve
be an ornament to society, and a source o
true pleasure to yourself and your friends.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Drive On.

You all know the name of that great
Welsh Baptist minister, Christmas Evans,
and how gloriously he preached. He was
accustomed to spend much of his time in
making evangelistic journeys from town to
town with his little pony and chaise; aud
so, when he came to die, they gathered
around the old man to listen TO his last
words, and after he had said some precious
things about his Master he began 10 dream,
aud the very last thing he said was, Drive
on, drive on" And somehow | thought it
was a very good word to address to you, my
brethren OF the Baptist Union, and to you,
my brethren of all Christian denominations,
Drive on Drive on There is such ten
dency to pull up TO refresh-such tendency
to get out of the gig and say, What won.
derful horse Never saw a horse 60 over
hill and down dale like this horse-the best
horse that ever was real sound Methodist
or Baptist horse" Now, brother, admire
your horse as ever you like, but drive on, !
have known some who have often felt sort
of disposition to go back they have been
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Christian BenevOlence.

1t is related, that when the collectors upon
certain occasion were going around to So
licit contributions to build a hospital, they
came to small house, the door of which
being partly open, they overheard the mas
ter an old man, reproving his female SER
want, for having thrown away match with
out using it. After diverting themselves
awhile with the dispute, they presented
themselves to the old gentleman, and made
known the object of their visit, though,
from what they had just heard, they enter
tanned very little hope of success. The sup
posed miser, however, no sooner understood
their business, than he stepped into closet,
and returned with a bag, from which he
counted out, and presented to them, four
hundred guineas sum equal to about
$4,000. No astonishment could exceed that
of the collectors, at this unexpected liber-
ality. They expressed their surprise, and
told the old gentleman that they had over
heard his quarrel with his servant. "Gen-
tlemen," said he, "your surprise is occa-
stoned by thing of very little consequence.
l keep house and save money in my own
way the first furnishes me with the means
of doing the second. And with regard to
benevolent donations" continued he, "you
may always expect most from prudent per
sons, who keep their own accounts" The
old gentleman was right Many dollar
should we all have, TO devote TO some useful
purpose, if we were as careful as he, of
things which are esteemed of little value
,SelsrIe1
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BE Honest.

| tell you, brethren, be honest in your
dealings take no advantage even of a child.
BE conscientious in your bargains. Have a
single eye and single heart. Seek not to
be shrewd. BE not ashamed 10 be called
simple And let me tell you a secret, which
ought not to be secret, seeing it is written
in the Scriptures, that your whole body will
then be full of light; and this in every kind +;
you will actually see further, and see clearer,
than shrewd and cunning men and you
will be less liable to be duped than they,
provided you add to this another part OF
character which is proper to an honest man
namely, resolution to protect honesty
and to discountenance every kind of fraud
A cunning man is never firm mani but
an honest man is double-minded man is
always unstable; man of faith is firm as
rock. | tell you there is sacred connec
tion between honesty and faith honesty is
faith applied to worldly things, and faith is
honesty quickened by the Spirit to the use
of heavenly things.-Ed0drd irving.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
The Song Of Moses.

The effect of this deliverance on the He
brews was like that which is produced upon
a man by his escape from death, say in
railway accident, or some other catastrophe.
They felt that they had been at the point
of destruction. They had, as it were,
looked in at the open door of death; and
they came back again with shuddering awe.
They were subdued and solemn; while, at
the same time, their consciousness that God
was near them in the mystic cloud filled
their souls with reverence; 80 we read that
"they feared jehovah and his servant
Moses" But when this first feeling of awe
struck solemnity had passed, there came
happy gratitude, which Moses voiced for
them in that outburst of song that has come
down through the centuries, jubilant with
the gladness of Exodus, and which will hold
its place as the foremost hymn OF praise, un-
til the day when it should be surpassed by
the fuller and more fervid chorus of "the
song of the Lamb" / cannot attempt its
exposition here. l only call you to note the
remarkable circumstance that it is presum-
ably the Oldest poem in the world and
that, in sublimity of conception and grand
eur of expression, it is unsurpassed by. any
thing that has been written since. 1t might
almost be said that poetry here sprang full
RTOWu lTOn IDt Htdlb VI hOoto, tNcu ho
heather mythology fables that Minerva
came full-armed from the brain Of Jupiter.
Long before the grand old ballads of Homer
were sung through the streets of the Grecian
cities, or the foundation of the seven hilled
metropolis of the ancient world was laid by
the banks of the Tiber. this matchless ode,
in comparison with which Pindar is tame,
was chanted by the leader of the emanci-
pated Hebrews on the Red Sea shore; and
yet we have in it no polytheism, no foolish
neurological story concerning gods and
goddesses, no gliding of immortality, no
glorifcation of mere force; but instead, the
firmest recognition of the personality, the
providence, the supremacy, the holiness, and
the retributive rectitude of God. How shall
we account for all this If we admit the
divine legation and inspiration of Moses,
all is plain; if we deny that, we have in the
very existence of this song hopeless and
insoluble enigma Here is literary mira
Gle, as great as the physical sign of the
parting of the sea. Even if you deny the
latter, you cannot get rid of the former.
When you see boulder of immense size,
and of different sort of stone from those
surrounding it, lying in valley, you imme-
diately conclude that it has been brought
thither by glacier action many, many years
ago. But here is a boulder-stone of poetry,
standing all alone in the Egyptian age, and
differing entirely in its character from the
sacred hymns either of Egypt or of India.
Where did it come from Let your ration
alist furnish his reply; for me it is a boulder
from the Horeb height whereon Moses COM
muned with the great l AM-when he saw
the bush that burned but yet was not con-
sumed-and left here as at once witness to
his inspiration and the nations gratitude.
From DR.. Tdylor's " Moses the Law-Giuer "
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23
Boston Baked Beans.

An Eastern lady sends the following re-
cipe ave pick, wash and put to soak any
kind of beans we have on hand, early on
Saturday morning. When the baking of
the forenoon is getting nearly finished we
bring the beans to a boil, in good deal of
water, allowing them to boil gently, until,
by lifting some of the beans upon skim
mer and blowing upon them, the skin cracks.
Then skim them into bean pot made
for baking beans in, put in small table
spoonful of molasses and pinch of salt,
and, to a pint dipperful of beans before
soaking, a piece of salt pork about four
inches square. Then fill up with cold water,
cover up and bake in hot oven until even.
ing. Let them remain over and be brought
to proper degree of holiness next morning
for breakfast. Care should be taken that
the water does not boil out while baking
BY this method the beans will come from
the oven TO the table soft, rich, delicious
in that wonderful state some writer speaks
of as being just where each bean main
tains its own individuality, but upon the
very point of being united to its neighbor.'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-23

AM tempted to think that am now an
established Christian, that l have overcome
this or that lust so long that | have got into
the opposite grace, so that there is no fear
may venture very near the temptation
nearer than other men. This is lie of Satan.
might as well speak of gunpowder getting
by habit power of resisting fire, so as not
to catch the spark. As long as powder is
wet it resists the spark but when it be
comes dry it is ready to explode at the first
touch. As long as the Spirit dwells in the
heart he deadens me to sin, so that il law
fully called to pass through temptation,
may reckon upon Gods carrying me through
it in safety. But when the Spirit leaves me
| am like dry gunpowder.--R. N. MCAeyne