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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13
Miss WhartOn's Pie.

Miss Margaret Wharton was lady OF
good family and large fortune. She was
one of the Wharton's of Shelton Castle,
England, and possessed 100000, half
of which she gave to a nephew. She was
well known in Scarbort ugh, where she
used to send out for "a pennyworth of
cream" and ga pennyworth of straw
berries" always paying her penny down.
From this little popularity she became
known as Peg Pennyworth. On one &C.
casion, while in Scarborough, she had a
meat-pie made; it was very large, as it
was for herself, some visitors and the
servants, She ordered her footman 10
take it to the bake-house. He refused,
saying it was not consistent with his dig
nifty to he seen dressed in plush and tags,
carrying meat pie. Mistress Peg then
desired the coachman to take it; but he
also declined. "Bring out the carriage
was the command. The carriage was
got~ready, the coachman donned his
powdered wig and mounted the box; the
footman assembled behind and Mistress
Margaret Wharton, sitting in state in the
carriage, bore the meat-pie on her lap:
"Drive to the e.house," was her com
mand. In an hour or two, the same state
being observed, the pie was brought back
SHOW" said she to the coachman, s'you
have kept your place, which is to drive
and you," turning to the footman, shave
kept yours, which is to wait; and we will
all have some of the pie."-ghan6ers
Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13
Color Blindness.

Railroad accidents have been ascribed
to many causes, but rarely, if ever, docs
the reader of public prints learn of an &C.
cident attributed TO color blindness.
And yet such defect in the eyes of a
locomotive engineer has caused disaster
and death. Cases where one train fol-
Lows upon another and telescopes the
rear cars are far more numerous than
collisions where two locomotives butt
against each other. In these days of
double tracks, the latter are almost i'm
possible.
The other could be prevented at times
it the engineer was able to distinguish
the warming light ahead. But he can
not. He mistakes red for green and
green for red; he confuses blue and green !;
he confounds almost everything except a
white light. A colored flag that should
stop him he discerns as one which indi-
Gates clear track. The defect is there
fore vital. Upon trainmans ability to
distinguish signal depends the safety
Of the travelling public.
To insure this, and also to examine as
to the proportion of population afflicted
with colcr blindness, the eminent &C.
ulist, DR.. P. D. Keyser, surgeon of Wills
Hospital, has undertaken the task Of
testing the eyes of all employees of the
railroads that center in this city. A re-
porter was curious to learn just what
proportion of the trainmen were thus at.
fected, so he called at the doctors Office
last evening. In the parlor were seated
large squad of men from the Philadel-
phia. Wilmington and Baltimore line
The railroadcrs said that this examina
ton Of their eyes had been going ON fo1
quite period.
The news-gatherer was kindly permit
ted to witness some of the examinations, a
we'll as to have his own eyes tested. The
important requisite for railroader is tc
distinguish colors, because all signals ar
made with colored lamps or flags. Ii
the tests the doctor uses all shades O
wool and pieces of glass before flame
The sharpness of vision in each case i
also tested.
All railroad employees in Europe hav
undergone such examinations, with tn
discovery that about two per cent. of then
were color blind. It is natural defect
People are born so, and sometimes neve
discover it until placed under an exami
nation. In the public schools in thi
city knowledge of colors is now laugh
in an effort to train the children's eyes
and to remedy, if possible, any defect.
The subject is rich one, and interest
ing to the multitudes Of travellers. Tn
doctors investigations are likely to b
productive of great results, and no doub
will lead to the adoption here, as il
Europe, of one requisite in the qualiica
tions of trainmen7- freedom from color
blindness.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13
sympathetic natures first. A cold-blood-

sympathetic natures first. A cold-blood-
ed, grasping Shylocx, who cares little for
the good name SO highly priced by an
other, appears to be in no danger of such
a calamlty. Better far to confess power
ty, be an honest bankrupt, than be brok-
en- down in body or mind, under too
great exertion to avoid that calamity.
With emotions of unspeakable pity for
every man harrassed by his unsatisfactory
affairs, l turn to expostulate with the COM
ing generation. Keep sound mind in a
sound body. Do be contented with
things honest with comfortable medic.
Gritty. Husband the stock of physical
and mental life God has given you, that
you may not grow permaturely old-use.
less before YOUR time"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13

The explanation which Calico gave to
the artisans OF the failure of their suck
ing pump to raise water higher than
thirtytwo feet, namely, that it was the
limit of natures adherence of vacuum,
he did not col slider himself as quite sat
isfactory it was, indeed, evading, rather
than meeting, the difficulty proposed fol-
his solution In the last OF his dialogues
he mentions an experiment to ascertain
this power of 0irtu, as he calls it, of a
vacuum; but although he got the length
Of Weighing air. he advanced to no con.
clusion respecting the effect Of its il.
cumbent masa. The atmosphere was, in
his days, still supposed to reach to the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13
posed before they parted that the health

posed before they parted that the health
of the landlord, who had shown such
liberality and rare provision for their
gastronomic taste, should be drank. The
proposal was received with cheers and
laughter; the hilarity rose to such a
height that misgiving arose in the mind
of the guest, when in reply TO an inquiry
whether it was not the ordinary custom,
he was informed of the occasion which
haA brought those present together. The
dinner had cost upwards of five hundred
dollars.--Boston Courier.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13

to abuse, as the handling of statistics,
and it is wonder that no prophet has
risen up to count in what choice numbers
rogues, defrauding cashiers, assassins and
other death. dealing gentry sit down to
table.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13

A young man in leather store used
to feel very impatient with his employer
for keeping him year after year, for three
years, Handling hides" But he saw the
use of it year after year, when in an
establishment of his own he was able to
tell by tie touch the exact quality OF the
goods. 1t was only by those thousands
of repetitions that the lesson was learned
and so it is with everything in which we
acquire skill. The half-informed, half
skilled in every business outnumber the
others, dozens to one. Daniel Webster
once replied to a young man who asked
if there was "any room in the legal pro.
fession.' "There is always room at the
top The better you know your bust
ness the better your chance to rise You
can gather much information by making
wise use of your eyes and ears.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13

Torricelli, the friend and pupil of Cali
leo, resumed the investigation at the in
teresting point where his master had left
it. He conceived the happy idea of ex-
hibiting the action of a pump on con-
tracted scale by means of a column of
mercury, which is fourteen times heavier
than water. This experiment brought
very neatly under one view all the cir
cumstanccs affecting the question. He
ascertained that the water and mercury
were each supported by the same equi
poise, which, after some hesitation, he at
last concluded to be the pressure of the
external atmosphere; and having after
ward constructed what has since received
the PANE of the siphon barometer, he de-
tected that variation of pressure which
depends on the change of weather. These
important results were published in 1645
but Torricelli did not live to enjoy the
fame of his great discovery, being snatch.
ed away by putrld fever in the flower
of his age.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
M~anns \ Caxrsasss.

g J. ELLIFRITz.
Three secondhand Wagons,
Sven Coal Cars,
countersunk Railroad Iron,
One new Spring Wagon,
Two Salade tripple.sprtng BuGIiCs aug
CARRIAGES REPAIRED 4 PAINTED,
The place tOget your Carriages Repalrpd and Painted
L. At No. 1888 MAIN ST, where you viii and mi.
elias. workman. Prices to suit the times,
Also lOalHT In SeCUnl. hand aud New CArrlaFVs and
Sprlng Wagons.
ChIldren'I Carriages repaIntCl and trimmed,
Give me call. All work neatly done.
=. Z. N. STEVEN1,
10 1873 MAln st., "a door above stone
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
Eaaeatin,1aI.

&I5n A YEAR Board and Tuition for Girls, Boys
BuIiN.M, TsGrhtnO, A.dtciN', LaG and Diriniiy 10.
StTuctiOn thorough. Location unsurpassed. RRV.
7. ~. REILLY, L. D., Episcopal Academy, Had.
leuhelI N. j. amin
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

Trains leaving Columbus al S4Ur. ". and 6,S0 :. ~
run dHily, Through Chicago express leaves Columbns
daily except Sunday, ut $40 =. ~ with srEuinv en-
MtAChei, arriving III ChcREo At : ~ next ,norbin,
Ticket Office, Columbus. 'VF''
FullmAu's Palace Drawing Room Sleeping Chr,
through without change from StrIenv lie mi HolMn.
bus to Cincinnati, Louisville, IndiAnApoliS and st.
For through Tickets, Baggage Checks, SLEEPING "a.
tcC0mmo'lati9n. and any further Information. nnniS
IL M., JTS' NJ NJ hELLEVil.lE, Ticket Agent al M G1
Ticket Ollie, under Mrl.ure House, Wh,CllnS wy
u. ", CALDWELL,
5. n. FELTON,, JR., ="
", l. OBRIES, 10
H"n'l Pass aud Ticket Agent Columbus, o.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
T1RUSTEEs SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue Of a deed Of trust made by Philip Grub
and Magret his wife, 10 me- dated the l!Ih o! March,
1871, and recorded IN the Office Of the Clerk Of the
County Court d Ohio County, West Virginia, In
Deed Of Trust Book 40. Il, page III, shall sell At
public auction, 10 the highest bidder, At the front
door Of the Court House Of ld county, In the city Of
Wheeling on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

, NJ. ~ on saturday night has no cOnnectiOn IUr
Chicago or SAndusky.
Pullman Palace, Drawing Room aud Sleeping Can
Close connections are made for all points South anil
southwest, North aud Northwest, making thiS L,"i.
rAbIe route Tor cOlOniSts and persons moving 10 thS
great Wet and 10 whom particular attention sRIypu
WHEELING, PITTS. AND BALTIMORE DIV.
Leave Wheeling M I2Sp IN
Triadelphla Accommodation.
Leaves Wheeling .................6.4UR M. 500 H. M
Tickets to all principal points on sale Ut Depot,
Othce open at all hOuy during the day.
Information IL the travelling public cheerIuly given
W: N. CLEMENTS, N. UIT.
R. 7, DEVRIEs, Gon'l Agent, Wheeling.
myH
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
Trssataex' Sales.
TNRUSTEE's SALE


TRUsrEE'S SALE I
ny virtue Of deed Of trust made Ly Samuel +.
Richter TO me, dated August 2Sth 1876 and recorded
III Trust Deed Book No. = At folio 49, In the Clerks
0tee Oi the County Court ii Marshal county, W. Va.
! Will. on TuESDAi, FEBRUARY llNI, a. D, 1879,
commencing Al ~ O'Clock \. NJ, sell ut rhLlic Auction
70 the highest aud best bidder the front dOO O the
Court House OF said county, IN the town Il Mounds
Ville the following described real estate tO-wIt: A
part Of lot No. ~, In said town. County and State, on
the corner Of Second and Mound Streets fronting Iy-
one feet on Second street. and extending east the sane
width nine-ve feet the said part Of said lot being 81
by ~ iect aud being p0rlOnn the property granted
By VIM. l.. Edwards and Others, trustees, 10 said
Richter by deed dated April "9th. 1874 aud nov u
record In said Clerks office III Deed NOok No. FL at
page lSs. Terms oF SALE-One hundred dollars In
cash, and the residue In two equal lnstauents In
twelve and eighteen months from the day Of sale with
Interest FROM that day The deferred payments 10 he
secured by deed Of trust OH the property sOd TiIlo
believed good, but selling trustee shall only Con-
Vey such title is Is vested In by said deed Of trust
GEORGE h. CALDWELL,
1lnll Trustee
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
How AtN%Ic Manufacturer or Washing.
ton, Pn., Got Into Trouble,

Warrington H'HhihTs
Mr.. Thomas Mexican returned from
Pittsburgh "u Saturday night His rs,ah.
IHI,mrnt WIS opened Saturday afternoon
and will he opened rs usual To-day The
violations Of the revenue laws complained
Of in his ease Nrr of purely Technical
character, and such Ms Ito not imply eva.
sion for the purpose Of l"tUuding the
government. It il nnr ol til" regulations Of
the government, furiustanrr, lhusprrsons,
nthortlnn employees slml not llc admitted
to the tUhaCGo Workshop As thurr IL hut
nnc stove in his room Ia warm the work
shop and the sNlrsru0m, III" law has been
vI"lntnd whom my person lag stcpvr,
from tho SalusrUnm 10 thuslnvnt0 yet warm
IN respect 10 surh details, II il possihI,
| tha, Mr. Mexican has no, been ~ pariru
lar w In should huvu brrn. IN u(rrrnr,
10 the clnlVUU ii u missing stamp spokcr
III IN tho Pittsburgh papers, II il 0uly nee
essNry toMy that thp evidence u the hos
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

They have no western plains, whittier
they can retreat, rs had the Indian tribes;
~ that the StNtcs are the open door This,
then, becomes Nn issue involving tho
rights OF Il people or country to protect
themselves politically. Ii the people Of
the Mon, urof any other country, have
rights Ia their homes and industries, bv
whlrh their pence mud prosperity are guar.
antccl, then has tho National Congress II
moral right 10 restrict the influx Of Chnn's
millions. which otherwise are sure Ia set
In that direction. have not space To
show hero the influence tho opium traffic
has in this connection, suffice il To suy
that this influence is very great, and il
there Is II moral responsibility anywhere
for the Innovations upon China that re-.
spunsibIIty rrsts with Great Britain, uu,l
the United States cannot afford to atone
for the sins, il even they hc surh, II Eng.
lands commerce. Thus | have merely
glanced at one feature ii this great uics
ton, which our statesmen ind rhiMn
thropists will d0 well reconsider.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

S'U'snrHs A"UmmntIius. Iru,., Mil.
T. ~, mMETl"l Nn' T. H.; arrives At S,rWhru|iii, y,
" rnI, * A. I~'"s S,cnnrTy,l" al SlOn w." UrtGs".
T,rlS,, sn y" i,.,.,..,. ~ lEllal,c M9SA IN
OhcoIu lhNlg"lNtt. " " 'hn Ticket
r,r,,.,.. L. MYERS,
U."sINI rN''"nE"F and l,LrI Agent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25
CArITAl. rRI2E. san. n0n

l,ST Prizes, amounting to..... .......,...,. SIM u0
MHl"n,'hIr corresponding agents wanted Al Mi
will lr paid. '''''''"
Application for rites 10 rlub. should only h mai,
10 the hunlU UtlCr IN New Orleans "''
formation VI Srll OIdrIS to ~
NJ, 4 nAUPiIIS.
i o. HuX Gg!, %rw Ulrnn,, l.,
An"nt HTnd Extraordinary lirHN lnrs arrauirri hr
SuprrN Ni"n mud management II Grn'i,G /, III II
RE'ARlInd IlHALA EARLY. nnIi w.tw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

itself proves that the stamp had been put
upon the goods. There is little doubt but
that the whole matter may be satisfactory.
ly adjusted. It requires great deal Of
exactness to observe the many details that
necessarily characterize the revenue laws.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-25

commencing at 10 O'Clock 4. NJ arer,ain portion OF
lot Of ground Of that parcel Of land which vas on the
slh day Of February, 1870, conveyed 10 Christian
Frank by deed from T. H. Bushhrd ct al as recorded
In the Recorder office Of Ohio county, West Virgil
na In Deed Book No 81 page Ito the portion or lot Ia
liz Sold being bounded and described rs follows h..
ginning the north side ii the County IOAi Ut the
north east corner Of Charles SChwCntpIGrs lot
thence running along said County load in north
eastern direction nifty 50 feet. thence rihwaTly Ia
GeOrge's Hun iOTy.tYr - feet thence down said run
Nifty lJOl feet, To SchwrriEcIs line, thence south.
wardl! along said SchWrtirgeis tGsl line sixty iO
feet u the place Of beginning
Terms Of sale One halt Of the purchase money
or As much more As the purchaser may elect In hand
the balance IL two equal insalmeuis payable six and
twelve months respectively after date sale with IN.
ieTest the purchaser to give "nstOr the deferred In
stallEnens, secured by deed Ol trust OH the property
together with policy OF insurance III the building
duly assigned. Title believed to k IoOd but selling 4,
trustee shall convey only such title is vested In
ne by said deed OF trust,
BY GEO. +. LlNCli, Solicitor,
WM. Z. IiASDLAS, Trustee
W II UNIIEp AurItuDrrr ,,rS
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-09
Mules as Gun Carriages.

Modern artillerists are credited with
entertaining the ridiculous idea of facil-
itating the operations of mountain bat
teries by converting mules into gun car
riages instead of mere gun carriers. The
story goes that the ordnance select COM
mittee assembled one morning TO test
the feasibility of the time-saving plan.
A mountain gun was strapped fast to a
cradle resting on a pack-saddle, so that
the muzzle pointed over the mules tail.
The animal was then led into the
marshes, followed by the committee and
sundry officers and civilians interested
in artillery experiments. Onarriving at
the butt the gun was loaded, the mule
turned till his tail-end threatened the
earthen mound, a piece of slow-match
tied to the gun-vent and ignited, and
the result impatiently awaited. Fizz!
went the match, back went the aston
ished animals ears, and then he deliber-
ately turned himself round-a move
ment never anticipated by the expert
mentalists, who found their interest in
the affair suddenly intensified by consid-
erations regarding their personal safety.
The secretary threw himself fiat on the
ground, the committee dispersed in
divers directions, and the illustrious Wis
itors executed impulsive strategic move
ments with more speed than dignity
Then came bang! and away went the
shot in one direction while the mule
turned a somersault in the other, and
prone on his back kicked defiantly
against his unseen assailant.
That comical bit of gun practice has
been anticipated in actual warfare. In
one of Sheridan's engagements with the
Indians his men, taken unawares by the
redskins, had no time to remove their
mountain howitzer from the mules
back, so they accepted the alternative
and blazed away, sending mule and gun
tumbling together down hill upon the
Indians, who took fright and fled the
scene. One of them, captured a few
days afterward, was asked why he rar
awayP He replied: "Me big Iniun; me
not afraid of little guns or big guns, but
when white man fires whole mules al
Injuns he don't know what to do"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-09
He Wouldn't Have Tt.

Some men can't appreciate true friend
ship, and they seem to rejoice in holding
at arms length those who wish to think
kindly of them. Such u man has an
office on Griswold street. A number OF
his acquaintance were the other day
canvassing his many good qualities, and
it was decided to make. him a present
and deliver a speech. A shake purse of
forty cents was made up, the cash in
vested in Il large sponge, and the six or
eight friends proceeded in a body to the
consignee's" office. He was in. One
of the gentlamen held up the sponge and
began
7When men desire to show their
friendship for a fellow-man they present
him with some token of esteem-some-
thing typical or emblematical OF his
daily life. Now, we"
The speech ended right there. The
sponge was left behind, but the crowd
took II coal-scuttle, four or five clubs
and two empty boxes down stairs with
them, and there was considerable haste
to see who could get into the street first.
Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-09
Words of Wisdom.

Cheerfulness is the daughter of employ
ment.
Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly
leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
Harmony and good will toward men
must be the basis of every political estab-
lishment.
In order to dispose our hearts in devo-
tion, the active life is 10 be preferred to the
contemplative.
The happiness of the tender heart is in
creased by what it can take away from the
wretchedness OF others.
Great vices are the proper objects ofou
detestation---smaller faults of our pity; but
affection appears to be the only true source
of the ridiculous.
No man has come to true greatness who
has not felt in some degree that his life be-
longs to his race, and that what God gives
him He gives him for mankind.
The very heart and root of sin is an in
dependent and selfish spirit We erect tn
idol self, and not only wish others to wor.
ship it, but we worship it ourselves.
Universal love is a glove without fingers
which fits all hands alike, and none closely
but true affection is like glove with fin.
gers, which fits one hand only, and fits close
TO that one.
When you doubt between words, use
the plainest, the commonest, the most
idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you
would rouge, love simple ones as you
! would native roses on your cheek.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-09
Harnesses.

The following from the HtY1sess Jour
nal, showing how to preserve harnesses.
will be useful to many: To do this
effectually the straps should all be un-
buckled and detached, then washed with
little water and brown soap, then
coated with mixture of neatsfoot oil
and tallow and be allowed to remain
undisturbed until the water has dried
out; then thoroughly rubbed with u
wooden rag the rubbing is important, as
it, in addition to removing the surplus
oil and grease, tends to close the pores
and gives finish to the leather. In
hanging harness care should be taken to
allow all straps to hang their full length /;
brides, pads, gig saddles and collars
should be hung upon forms of the shape
of each. Light is essential in the care of
leather, and when the harness closet is
dark the door should be left open at least
half of the day. All closets should be
ventilated, and when possible we'll
lighted. To clean plated mounting use
n chamois with little tripoli or rotten
stone, but they should be secured as little
as possible. Rubber-covered goods are
cleaned in the same way. Leather
covered need to be well brushed and
rubbed with n wooden rag. If q harness
is thoroughly cleaned twice year, and
when unduly exposed treated as we have
recommended, the leather will retain its
softness and strength for many years.