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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18
MORE GOOD THANDOCTORs

The currcuaA REaIprns mS prepared by wseks
&PottaF, Chemists aud Druggist, 9e0 WA1hlngton g.,
Boston, and arc for sale BY all d~ruGgist!. Prlee Of
CuIIouRA, small boxe4t 20 oentsi large boxes, cor.
taining v md one-hAli n the quantity Of small
81. kks0LvlNTt 81 per bottle cUfIcuRi Soar, Is
cents per cake by mail, 90 eantSt . Cakes % cents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

GLASS SHADES Of every si.e and style q
reduced rates, at Hatchins' Art Store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

Mn. Bowen, Of Gun Lake, Mich, says
''The people here cannot do without Sci
lers' Liver Pills, ~ Try them.a GaG
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18
Che ~G,ttalisemtn
New Advertisements.

onoe. Nos. IS and q rourtesn.n street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

DaEss goods Of every description at very
favorable prices to the buyers. Call on I.
Blum q Bro.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

ASK for The celebrated Silver Lake
Flour; 1t will save you money, as 1t makes
more bread for the amount Of flour used
than any other brand.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

WHEELING, February IS, 1880.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

WASH You bail with IyOry s0ap.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

GI0GKs AND REAL EsTArE-lH HAVE
- had many years experience In selling
and buying stocks and real estate, and would
take pleasure In giving any information !
might have to buyers or sellers, and parttci,
larry take pleasure in receiving orders 70 sell
or purchase, doing Justice to both parties.
- ]. IRWIN,
.oo APentt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

s. BAER & soSs.
Silver Lake Flour House.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

DIIfHSk u 6n.NH.n- f"H# H.NH. IHaN.H. HH
Meas-Beef s to 19!cperpoundI mutton,
l0c perpound; chops,1 10 to 121cper pound;
veal, Toto loo per pound; pork, loo per
pound; sausage, 10 to 12c per pound;
smoked sausage, 10 to l2c per pound; ba-
con, lac per pound; miadling and shonl.
der, s''to' loo per pound; ~beef:tongie, 40
to soc each canned beef, $$Sc Q 2.ponnd
Fo,rb, Butter, 6n-Liye chickens, rs
to $50 apiece, or s. O0toS400 per dozen;
dressed chickens, 122 to 1870 per pound;
live turkeys, 81 90 to 81 80 apiece; dressed
turkeys, TOTO 12ic per pound; live ducks,
40 TO doc apieaei dressed ducks, Is % spc
per pound live geese, 20 to 75capieeet
dressed geese, Toto 12ac per pound; eggs is
to zoe per dozen, lard, loo per pound; but.
ter 20 TO 35c per pound-choice, 40c; sweet
milk, Scper quart, or 25c per gallon; butter.
milk, DO per quart, or loo per gallon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 3 TO lsc per head;
sweet potatoes, R0c per half.pepk, or Coo
per peck; Irishpotatoes; 12le per half.peck
or 20c per peck; carrots, 10c per dozen;
parsnips, 10c per dozen; beets, 10c per
onions, So per quart, or 25c per
dried beans. Sc per quart; white
beans,sc per quart cplpty, llSc per hunph
celery.roots, three for loo. Y
Fi;h and Game.-Lake fish 25c,s string
Ies. per stringi oysters, 700 70
81 % and 30 per gallon,
Ft6a.-6reen apples, soc per halt.peck
or 40c per Peck; dried apples, 8 to 100 per
pound; dried pears, l0c per pound; dried
peaches, 10 to i5c per pound; c%ranberries,
i5c per quart; oranges, 80 to SIC per
dozen; lemons, zoe per dozen.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

Mn. D. B. Welsh claimed s., 600 damages
from the Franklin Insurance Company OF
this city, on account OF wool destroyed by
FIRE some time ago. The jury gave him
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-18

FAMILY MlREEf. RETaW PMcEs.-The
attendance at the Fifth Ward Market yes.
.terday morning was only moderate, and
also The display. Following were the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
How Spiders Live Under Water. II

THAT spiders should live under water
is the more remarkable because they
breathe atmospheric air, and might
reasonably be expected to die after a
long submersion. So they would but
for curions provision of Nature,
which permits them to store below the
surface sufficient amount of air for
respiration. The creature goes to the
surface of the water and moves all it's
legs busily, just as if it were trying to
crawl out of the water. Suddenly it
gives a sharp jerk or kick, and dives be-
low the surface. 1t then looks exactly as
ifitwere surrounded by case of polished
silver, owing to bubble of air which
it has enclosed between its long hind
legs. Besides this there are number
OF smaller bubbles which cling to the
other legs, and which can be added to
the principal bubble when needed. This
supply of air is sufficient to last the
spider for considerable time.-Suas-
day Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
How the Earth was First Mapped Out.

Chief Justice DAILY in an article on
"Maps and Map-making before Merca-
tor" in the February number of the
Popular Science Monthly, says ''What
these early maps were we do not know,
but can form reasonable conjecture.
The earth at that time was supposed to
be fiat circular plain, or disk, the
broadcast part being from east to west,
which was entirely surrounded by an
ocean, or great river, that washed it
upon all sides. In about the center of
this plain Greece was supposed to be
situated. The great central sea of the
inhabited region was the Mediterrane-
an. The farthest point known at the
west was the Straits of Gibraltar, then
called the pillars of Hercules. The
southern part comprised the north of
Africa as far as the deserts; while the
region north embraced the countries
bordering upon the Mediterranean, and
an unknown hyperborean land further
to the north, with the Euxine and Cas-
plan Seas at the northeast. The far
thest eastern point known was about
the western limit of India. This was
what would then be contained in map
as q representation of the earth. The
sun was supposed to pass under and
around this flat plain, which was then
the mode of accounting for the changes
of day and night. The space beneath
was supposed to be great vault, called
Tartarus, the abode of the spirits of the
wicked among men, as the region cor
responding to it, above the plain, was
the heaven, or abode of the gods. The
unknown region beyond the Pillars of
Hercules was filled up with creations of
the fertile imagination of the Greeks.
To the northwest and north were the
Cimmerians, a people living in per-
petual darkness; and the hyperboreans,
arace supposed to be exempt from toll,
disease or wars, who enjoyed life for a
thousand years in a state of undis-
turbed serenity. To the west of Sicily
were the enchanted islands of Gree and
Calypso, and the floating islands of
Eolus. A little to the north of the Pill
lars of Hercules was the entrance to
the Internal regions; and far out in the
Western Ocean, beyond the limits of
the known earth, was the happy region
called Elysium, land of perpetual
summer, where a gentle zephyr con-
stantly blew, where tempests were I'M
known, and where the spirits of those
whose lives had been approved by the
gods dwelt in perpetual felicity. Here,
also, were the gardens of the Hesper-
ides, with their golden apples guarded
by the singing nymphs, who dwelt on
the river Oceanus, which was in the ex-
IRENE west, and the position of which
was constantly shifted as geographical
knowledge increased"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
Washington as a Fireman.

In 1774 the Friendship Fire Company,
which still exists, was organized. 1T
at first consisted of citizens who, out
of :" mutual friendship" agreed to
carry to every fire two leathern buck
cts and one great bag of oznaburg or
wider linnen." Washington was made
an honorary member, and when he,
went as delegate to the Congress of
IVA, at Philadelphia, he examined the
fire-engines in use there. On his return
to Philadelphia to the Continental Con-
gress, in 1775, he bought from one
Gibbs small fourth class engine for
$50 los, and just before he set out for
Boston Heights to become commander
in-chief he dispatched this little engine
to the Friendship Company. When in
Alexandria, during his younger days,
he always attended at fires and assisted
to extinguish them. In the last year
of his life fire occurred near the
market. He was riding down King
street, followed by his servant, also on
horseback, and he saw the Friendship
engine poorly manned. Riding up to
a group of well-dressed gentlemen near
by, he called out: i" Why are you idle
there, gentlemenp 1t is your business
to lead in these matters, "-and, throw
ing the bride of his horse to his servant,
he leaped off and seized the brakes, fol-
lowed by crowd that gave the engine
such a Z" shaking up'' as it never knew
afterward. - William +. Carne, in .Har-
peT'S MAGAZINE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
Strange Food.

Some score or so of contributors to
French sporting journal dined one day
upon the ham and heart of a lion,
killed by Constant Cheret in Algeria.
The flesh of the lion was found to be
particularly firm and close grained,
like that of a horse, but alth ough pro-
nounced palatable, it only achieved
what is termed succes d'esttnse, while
the heart, skillfully prepared with
truffies, was unanimously voted tough
and indigestible. In fact, the French
Journalists were not much better
pleased with their fare than was Bruce,
the traveller, when the guest of the
Arab tribe of Welled Sidi Boojanim,
6 the sons of the fathers of the focks,"
bound by vow to eat lions flesh once
every day; for the traveller found male
lion meat lean, tough and musky in
flavor, lioness meat trifie fatter and
more palatable, and whelp flesh the
nastiest of the three.
Mindful that an unlocked for pleas
ure is thrice welcome, Frank auckland
did not advise his guests on a certain
occasion that they were about to en-
large their gastronomic experiences,
but when the soup had been disposed
of asked famous germand sitting
near him how he liked it. Every well
indeed" was the answer. "Turtle, is
it not? / only ask because l did not
find any green fat" auckland shook
his head. &C / fancied it had some
! what musky taste-peculiar but not at
k.sssy IN pleasant,n remarked his neigh
Dor. I" All alligators have" replied
the host, =" the cayman, especially the
fellow dissected this morning, and
which you have just been discussing"
Half dozen of the suddenly -enlight-
ened diners suddenly started to their
feet, two or three skunk from the room
and the rest of the meal was enjoyed
by only a portion of the original COM
pany. "See what imagination is"
said auckland. ''Had 1 told them it
was turtle, or terrapin, or bird's-nest
soup, or the gluten of a fish from the
NAV of a sea-bird, they would have
pronounced it excellent, and their d.
gestion would have been none the
worse. tell them that it is alligator
soup and their gourges rise at as good
dish as ever man need hayer'
Forewarned, and, therefore, forearmed,
were the gentlemen who lunched on
octopus at the Brighton Aquarium, try
ing it in turn boiled, broiled and cold.
They found it excellent eating, resem-
bling skate, but not so tender as might
be. The verdict would probably have
been still more favorable had the octo-
puS been boiled first and then roasted
as is the way in Corsica, where the
monster is esteemed a great delicacy.
Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

THIS fashion of crimping and curling
the hair of children is positively iniqui-
tous. Wee creatures of three or four
years, and even younger, are arrayed
in curl papers, by affectionate and adj
miring mothers, who are lent upon
making the children charming, and
who do not stop to consider how far
they may be defeating their own ends
by the action, or how much pain they
may be inflicting on the objects of their
fond solicitude. An authority on that
subject says: Cup to the age of six or
seven children retain what is called
their baby hair which is injured, not
improved, by cutting. 1t is quite diff
ferent from the harsher hair which sue
ceeds it. If the hair curls naturally it
looks charming dressed in that fashion,
but putting it in papers is sure to in
Jure it and pull it out by the roots. The
use OF curling irons is still more obiec-
tionable; anything which tangles and
cuts the hair is bad in the extreme, and
1t is to be regretted that mothers draw
so heavily upon the capital of their
children's hair, instead of using the
yearly increasing interest of its beauty
and value" BY keeping the scalp of
the head clean, and the hair brushed
into silky softness, its beauty can be
preserved until late in life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
How a Prince is Educated in China.

The Hong Kong Daily Press gives the
following account of the education of
the sons of the Chinese Emperors, and
of some of the domestic arrangements
of the royal family:
The sons of the Manchu Emperors
(hwangtsq) undergo from their ten
derest youth system of the strictest
education. Rising at about three
O'Clock in the morning, they first take
their lesson in Chinese literature, under
the superintendent of the only tutor
who has the title of shih-fu or MASTER
The tutor rises from his chair as soon
as the Imperial pupils enter and receives
from the latter courtesy (ta-ch'ien)
which is then returned in the same
form. The tutor takes the seat of
honor, and when the lesson is learned
the pupil brings up his book, deposits
it before his teacher, and returns to his
seat to repeat the task by heart. If the
lesson is not learned, the tutor requests
eunuch in attendance to bring the
ferrule (ch'ing-pan) and makes show
of administering correction. But each
Imperial pupil is accompanied by eight
fellow-students (pwan-tub), known in
the Manchu language as ha-he-chu,
who study the same books as their
young master. When it becomes neces-
sary to admonish the latter more seri-
ously, the ha-he-chu are beaten with
the ferule vigorously; but when the I'M
perial pupil acquits himself we'll they
are, on the other hand, commended or
rewarded. A recalcitrant and obstinate
prince is as the last resort actually him
selfflogged, though probably only nomi-
nally, by the teacher, or taken before
the Emperor, who directs eunuch to
pinch his cheeks (ch'ih pa jou). The
late Emperor T'ung chin was frequently
tweaked in this way by order of the
Empress. The Chinese lesson occupies
two hours; after this come the Manchu
and Mongol lessons in composition,
given by the teachers who enjoy the
less honorable title of se-fu, and who
are obliged to meet their pupil at the
door and make the first obeisance.
Then come lessons in various spoken
languages, Manchu, Mongol, T'angat
and in local Chinese dialects. After
these come courses of instruction in
foot and horse archery (ma-pu CHEM,
athletics, fencing, putting the stone,
ETC., (kung-tau-shih), under the guild
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
Old Names the Best.

In recent meeting of the Detroit
Lime Kiln Club Sir Isaac Walpole
handed President Gardner an epistle
from a colored mother in Detroit who
wanted advice as to what name to give
her daughter. She had worried over
the subject for six weeks, and now trust
ed that the club would suggest some
thing which her romantic mind could
accept.
T" In de fust place." slowly began the
old man, :" dis club don't sot here at an
expense of nineteen shillins week fur
de purpose of namin' chill'ens. In de
mex place, l fur one, hev bin panied to
obsarve CROWN desire on de part O.
Guild folkses to knock DER chill'en
down wild silver-plated front names.
Up in my block cherry cabin hez Hor-
tense, or Maud, or a Genevieve, who
will grow up to go bar'fut in summer
an bend ober de washtub in winter. /
believe dat half what ais de nigpers
nowadays am DER fancy names. I tell
ye, dey am a powerful burden for a
chile to carry. No young gal wild a
big foot an a mouf like sasser am
gwine to look any purifier for bein' called
Cleopatra Viva Clarabell. No, sab.
lie believer in de good ole-fashun
names, SIGH as Polly, Dinah, Chloe.
Sam, Tom an Jim. Oars sunthin'
squar' an honest in 'em, an dey weigh
sixteen ounces to de pound. Dis kentrv
am tryin' to get rid of EN-, an banks
am Dustin, men stealin', towns burnin'
up an tornadoes sweepin' over de land.
tell ye, an honest, straightforward
name is half lords keepin a chile hon
EST, ana II kept a grocery store I'd
trust Moses all day long an keep boat
eyes on Adolphus!'' There being no
further business, the Glee Club Sane
"Pinafore" and the meeting adjourned.
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

ance of class of instructors called an
ia. The whole of the young princes
day is taken up with mental or physical
exercises, and they retire to rest at a
very early hour. At suitable intervals
their meals are weighed out for them,
and on no account are they allowed to
indulge in the pleasures of the table.
At the age of fifteen they must marry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

WHAT THE FLOWERS SAY.
The red rose says, Be sweet"
And the lilly bids, Be pure"
The hardy, brave chrysanthemum,
Be patient and endure"
The violet whispers, Give,
Nor grudge nor count the cost,
The woodbine, :" Keep on blossoming
In spite of chill and frost"
And so each gracious flower
Has each a several word,
Which, read together, maketh up
The message of the Lord.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

The WUTtLU Is NA5Is
The world is vast and we are small,
We are so weak and it so strong,
Onward it goes, nor cares at all
For us; our silence or our song,
Our fast-days or our festival.
We tremble as we feel it sway
Beneath our feet, as on we fare,
But like ball which children play
We are his own, why should we care?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

OVER $4,000 men in the Lehigh Val
ley are employed at the furnaces, of
which there are fifty-four, with an an
nual capacity of 624,000 tons. These
furnaces produce one-ffth of the pig
iron made in the United States, and con-
sumo 100000 tons of iron ore an
nually. .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
A ROSARY OF RHYME.


COMHUNPIACE.
"A commonplace life." we say, and sigh;
But why should we sigh as we say?
The commonplace sun in the commonplace sky,
Makes up the commonplace day.
The moon and the stars are commonplace things,
And the flower that blooms, and the bird tat
sings;
But dark were the world and sad our lot
If the flowers failed and the sun shone not;
And God who studies each separate soul
Out of commonplace lives makes his beautiful
whole.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

IN THE DARK.
Brave heart like a sail,
Stout will like rudder strong,
Ride out the heavy gale
The angry waves among;
And still, though dark the tempest be.
The faithful stars are there to see.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07
TO-DAY AND To-MoRR(

TO-DAY AND TOMORROW.
To-day is mine. l hold it fast,
Hold it and use it as l may.
Unmindf1l of the shadow cast
By that dim thing called Yesterday.
Tomorrow hovers just before,
A bright-winged shape and lures me on,
Till in my zeal TO grasp and know her,
/ drop To-day--and she is gone.
The bright wings captured lose their light
Tomorrow weeps, and seems to say,
am To-day--ah, hold me tight;
Ere long shall be Yesterday"
Susan Coolidge, IN Christian Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

FIG trees bear fruit in California the
second year after being planted.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-05-26
NOTICE

E. p. TORREY BEING NO LONGER THE
Superintendent of Bdllion of Paradise Mining
Company, nor in any manner eOAlected with
the same, the public is hereby cautioned to not
contract or in any manner transact any busi.
ness with him on account of the Bullion OF
Paradise Mining Company.
+. BAUMAN, President
A. w. SIEGEL, Secretary.
Paradise, New, May IL, 1854 I'm
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-05-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

The rain falls upon the just and the
unjust, but not upon the man who has
Just stolen an umbrella
Said an Arkansas man: 81 respect
religion, but can you fairly expect me
to attend clrarch when there is circus
in town demanding support"
A husband tclegraphed to hrs wife:
"What have you for breakfast, and how
is the baby" The answer was re-
turned: "Buckwheat cakes and the
measles"
Each cadet at West Point strenuous
" denies having cut Whittaker's ears,
but the evidence shows that he was cut
by all of them.
A ST. Louis rich man drew up will
which was go pathetically werded that
it moved all his relatives to tears. 1t
left all of his property to az orphan
asylum.
An enthusiastic letter writer says
that Senator Edmund7s face reflects
9he sombre landscape and the savage
grandeur of the sea-" The Brooklyn
Eagle thinks he must be sort of a
groundsweH.
A case of domestic scandal was under
discussion at ea-table, "Weil, let
us think the best of her that we can,
said an elderly spinster. Eyes, said
another. "and say the worst--that's
the fashion"
Johnny wanted to go tn the circus,
and his father said Johnny, I'd
rather you'd go to school, and study,
and maybe you'll be President some
day. Said Johnny: Father, there's
about one million boys in the United
States, isn't there Yes" "And
every one OF them stands chance OF
being President" "Yes." "Well,
dad, I'll sell out my chance for circus
ticket"
Says a speculator te an old miner in
Leadville, handing him bag of sam
pies; ''Gold quartz or carbonaSes?"
The honest miner tryned it over in
his hand indiferently, took out his knife
and picked it while, and then asked:
''Got much of it,"
Thousands of tons" answered the
other eagerly. Glow much do you
suppose she'll rum"
Cant tell nuthin' without an assay"
''But you can guess, can't you; you
can guess"
'Oh, yes, anybody can guess; but
guess is likely to be extravagant. Now
should say--but, mind you, may go
over the mark---I should s-a-a-y turn.
the specimen over again and holding it
up to the light,, should s-a-a-a-y that
if We can save the gold in this and catch
the silver, and not waste the lead, it
might run about--w-e-e-e-l-l, about two
dollars to the county.
A Kentucky preacher rose to speak,
and opened the Bible. The first verse
that met his eye happened to be, ''The
voice of the turtle shall be heard in the
land" Brethren, said he, ''at first
sight one would not think there was
much in this text, but, on little con-
sideration, you will see there is a good
deal in it. Now, yeu all know what a
turtle is. If yeu've been along by a
pond, you've seen them sitting on a log
summing themselves. Now, it is said,
THE voice of the turtle shall be heard
in the land But the turtle hasn't any
voice that anybody ever heard, so It
must be the Roise ne uaakes in plunging
off the bog into the water Hence, we
must conclude that immersion will
become universal
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-05-26
NOTICE

THERE WILL BE A CALLEn MEETING
oe the Stockholders Of the Bullion % hAsadise
Ms0ing Company, TO be hea at our osice, on
Rsne La AL Stockholders are requested TO De
yEeseak 3. RAU1AE, Presha<Ak
A. ~. sezxeKL, 6ecsetaxy
tAradise, New, NAT ~ lSeA IN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-15

General Grant will be accorded re-
ception at Cairo. this state, on Saturday,
and by singular coincidence Senator Lo.
ran will present on the occasion.