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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
Abont Time for Him % Leave.

JACKSON, Mo-, December 2S.-At Mil.
lersyille, James Wood and Robert Stevens
became involved in a quarrel. Wood drew
o revolver and shot Stevens twice, one
shot taking effect in the left arm and the
other entering the back and passing
through. the left lung. 1t Is thought
Stevens will die. Wood mounted his
horse and left the country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
FenrfoI 1,harre.

WEST RANDOLPH, W., December 2S.-J.
]. Pratt, Of Braintree, was arrested for an
attempt to poison q company Of French.
men employed by George Spear in cut
ting logs on land claimed by Pratt. Paris
Green was found sprinkled on the dinner
OF the men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
Hia Creditors Lool.Ipg for Him,

srRuBENvILLE, December 2S.-Asron
Henry, who lately opened store in this
city, disappeared this morning, leaving
his store in charge OF two small boys.
Several creditors were inquiring for him
to-day, but no information could be
obtained as 70 his whereabouts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
The InlernnllonnI nllIlard Mateh.

PARIS, December 29.-Iu the billiard
match tonight Vignaux made S57 points,
and SlosSon coo. The total score nov
stands: slosson, 2,4O0; Vignaux, 1884.
The match will close tomorrow evening.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24

Rev. L. R. Foote, OF the Throop Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and S. P.
HaIssy, Of the Franklyn Avenue Church,
were recently appointed a special commit
tee by several members OF the Brooklyn
Presbytery to wait upon DR.. Talmage and
obtain some explanations Of the variance
between his testimony given before the
Presbytery and his contract with the
Adrance, and also regarding his retirement
from the Christian al Work. Although he
received them in most friendly spirit DR..
Talmage refused to make any statement In
relation TO the matter unless Rev. DR..
Spear, who acted as his counsel at the
trial before the Presbytery, were present.
Before Withdrawing the committee said
that II he bad any statement to make 1t
must be made in writing and forwarded to
them. DR.. Spear said yesterday that in
reference to DR.. Talmage's agreement with
Mr.. Howard, proprietor Of the Adpnce, the
former testified to the fact that memoran.
DUN agreement between him and Mr.. How
ard was made on October 4th, which he
did not regard as complete; also that the
agreement was changed again in Decem.
Der. Between what DR., Talmags testified
to and what is shown by this memorau.
dun, DR.. Spear says there Is not the
slightest Inconsistency. No court OF justice
| would for moment convict DR.. TGlmagt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
Miss Flora sharon Becomes Lady Hea.
keith.

SAN Francisco, December 2s.-At Bel.
mont, this evening, Sir Thomas Hesketh,
OF England, was married to Flora, youngest
daughter OF Senator Sharon. The recep-
ton was the most brilliant ever seen in
California.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
CAPITAL CHAT.
Matters ofInterest in and out OF Congress

Matters oflnterest In and out OF Congress
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dececber 2S.-
Frank Hurd hopes to have bis ant.tarif
resolutions reported from the Ways and
Means Committee without recommended
ton after the holidays, 80 they will come
before the House for action. Although
there will be the usual agitation on the
tariff question, nobody apprehends any
serious danger to the protective interests
from this session Of Congress. Washing
ton is almost deserted by statesmen, there
probably not being over twenty members
of ConvTeRa In town,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-24
TALaAGl's CASE.
The Contract Upon which the New EvI,
dnnnn La Raaad


. Nav YoRE, December 2S.-Interest in
the new evidence regarding the testimony
OF the Rev. Mr.. Talmage rs to the facts OF
his contract with the Advance, is still main.
tanned in Brooklyn. A letter addressed
by DR.. Van Dyke to Talmage, after the
former had ascertained the contradiction
between the testimony OF Talmage and
the terms Of the contract which has not
been published before, was presented to.
dav. Following Is an extract:
"You swore that your agreement to be-
come editor OF the Aipdnce was not COM
pleted or formally consumma,ed until
after noen Of October 0, 1865 1t has re-.
Gently came to my knowledge that formal
contracts between YOU and Howard & Co.,
were mutually signed by you and them,
October 4th, containing the following
words:
Said party OF the second part will close
his editorial connection with the Christian
al Work OF the end OF one month from 0c.
tober 18th, II not before, and will in the
next Issue, October 18th, oil said Christian
al Work, announce and state he Is now to
become editor Of the Adudace,'"
Talmsge has not yet made any response
TO the letter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

A VALUABLE WIrNEss.-There had
been great tribulation in tenement house
on Battle row, in West Fortieth street, and
Mrs. Kane had got black eye and lost
couple of handfuls of hair through Mrs.
Nolan's tender manipulation. At length
the law was invoked, and to the jefferson
Market police court the belligerents went
to demand that justice be meted out.
There had been only a couple of witnesses
examined when little woman with a
snap in her eye elbowed her way to the
stand, put her arms akimbo, and with
defiant shake of the head faced the de-
fendant, who was perfect Amazon.
whats your naJne?" his honor asked
Bridget McShane, may it it please
yer 'anner, and I'm not afraid to say it."
This with another defiant dip of the bon
net.
You want to testifyp"
81 do, sir"
Ibid you take part in this troublep"
"I didn't, sir.n
" Did you see it begins"
IL didn't, SIR"
"Wero you there while it was in prog
RESP"
mot I, sir"
"Not when it was endedp"
" Indade, wasn't"
"Well, what in the name of common
sense brought you here if you know moth
ing about itp"
Twas that big huzzy there, SIR" des-
ignsting the defendant. "She said there
wasn't woman in the house daro appear
agen her. So KEN to show that Bridget
McShane cares nothin' for her nor all her
breed"
Any further testimony from so valuable
witness was dispensed with,-Ne1o York
! Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

THE WooDpECKER' "SoNG. THE
duke of Argyll writing to the Nature,
gives, as he believes, the only case among
the feathered tribes in which vocal is re-
placed by Instrumental music. The Pc
culiar sound made with the bill of the
woodpecker upon trees apparently serves
the same purpose as the song of other birds,
and ends when the eggs are hatched. The
duke had lately an opportunity of closely
observing how the lesser spotted wood
pecker, or PicuS minor, behaved at pairing
time, and the results of his observations
excite curiosity. He is quite certain that
the sound made by the bird has nothing to
do with the quest for food. (" The bird
selects ore particular spot upon the trunk
or bough of tree, which spot is naturally
sonorous from the wood being more or
less followed by decay. The bird returns
to this precise spot continually during the
day, and produces the sound by striking
on the spot with its bill, the stroke being
repeated with a rapidity which is really
mprehensible, for it quite eludes the
eye. 1t is effected by vlbratory motion
of the head, but the vibrations are so quick
that the action looks like single stroke.
After short pauses this stroke is again and
again renewed, sometimes for several min
utes together During each interval the
woodpecker looks round it and below it
with evident delight,a and with an apparent
challenge Of admiration. The beautiful
crimson crest is more or less erected. The
whole performance evidently takes the
place of song in other birds" The nest
is not in the same tree as the one struck by
the bill of the male. Similar sonorous
spots in the trees in the neighborhood are
selected if available, so that the observer
concludes the hen bird as she sits on the
nest is serenaded from different directions,
and with such variety in the sound as the
change of tree may produce.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

The DRAFT HoRsE.-No horse is scarcer
or commands better price than the large,
stylish coach or carriage horse. Every
day at our auction marts we see plain
looking, under sized animals selling for
mere song, Notwithstanding that they pos
sess speed all the way from 2: so to 3: 80.
One of our dealers tells us that he has
orders for matched team that he cannot
procure, and one, that he tried to buy in
York state. they asked two thousand five
hundred dollars for. A correspondent
writing from Nashville, Tennessee, to
New York paper, says: We hoped to
find pair Of superior carriage horses
here, but not coacher could we find or
hear of in this vicinity" Now this speaks
in stronger language than we can use in
favor of breeding the most profitable
family of horses that can be bred-the
carriage, coach or park horse. Breed as
sagaciously as you may, there will always
be sufficient number of under sized
horses for home use. In breeding, don't
mix up the different families. Breed for
Il purpose. Let the dam and sire be good
representatives of their class. Breed the
draft mare to the draft horse; the highly
bred and finely finished large bay mare to
the park stallion. No matter if he is as
grand trotter as Blackwood, Jr. all the
better, rs to his granl appearance and
fine size he adds remarkable speed in
fact breeding is condensed into few
words Breed for what you want, remem-
bering always that 81 like begets like"
Whatsoever man soweth that shall he
also p."-Afeld and AtIoat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

THE LOVE OF FLowERS.-Of the many
touching tributes paid flowers there is
one associated with the closing hours OF
Henry Heine, the poet, which appears to
be very beautiful. He was dying in Paris.
The doctor was paying his usual visit,
when Hcine pressed his hand and said
" Doctor, you are my frcnd-I ask a
favor. Tell mo the truth-the end is ap-
preaching, is it not?"
The doctor was silent.
THANK you, said Heine, calmly.
"Havo you any request to makeP" asked
the doctor, moved to tears.
YES" replied the poet; " my wife
sleeps-do not disturb her. Take from the
table the fragrant flowers she brought me
this morning. l love flowers so dearly
Thanks-place them upon my breast. '
He paused as he inhaled their perfume
His eyes closed, and he murmured
" Flowers, flowers, how beautiful is ma
ture." These were his last words as his
spirit took its flight into eternity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

Emerson was to lecture on Memory"
once in the Old South Church, Boston.
He was late and the audience was wait
ing. Tho committee found him in the
antc-room clutching wildly ut his flowing
hair, muttering incoherently to himself
He said to them: II have forgotten to
change my clothes, and am dressed in my
old garden outfit; have forgotten to put
on clean shirt, and behold this gingham
apology have forgotten to remove my
boots, and hence these coverings ornament
ed with visible traces of agricultural pur-
suits; and. saddest of all, have totally
and completely forgotten the subject of
my lecture" The audience had to be
dismissed.
There is one kind of work in which we
never have right to take vacation.
That work is the constant endeavor to do
what we ought to do. In Christian war
fare against sin there can be no rest, nor
respite, nor truce. Whenever we make
up our minds to be negligent Just once,
or to be careless for little while, or let
things take their own course until we take
time to repent and reform, then we are in
the enemy's hands. The Bible idea of
resting from our endeavors to do right is
stated very clearly: "Whosoever shall
keep the whole law. and yet offend in one
point, he is guilty of all."-S. s. Times.
Show me woman or man who will
make home out of any spot where they
alight, and you will see two already saved
from the evil in the world. The grandest
men that have ever known have needed
or longed most deeply for home. The
largest -natured women who live find the
fullness and sweetness of being at home
or they never find it in this life. For such
as have missed it or lost it no career on
earth holds an adequate compensation,
Mary Clemnaer,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

MOTHER. Children, look into those
eyes, listen to that dear voice, notice the
feelings of even single touch that is
bestowed upon you by that gentle hand
Make much of it while you have that most
precious of all good gifts, loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love of those eyes,
the deep anxiety of that tone and look,
however slight your pain. In after life
you may have friends, fond. dear, kind
friends, but never will you have again the
inexpressible love and gentleness lavished
upon you which none but mother can
bestow. Often do | sigh in my struggles
with the hard. uncarng world for the
sweet, deep security l felt when of an
evening, nesting in her bosom, listened
to quiet tale suitable to my age, read in
her tender. untiring voice. Never can |
forget her sweet glances cast upon me
whom / appeared asleep; never her kiss oi
peace at night. Years have passed since
we laid her beside my father in the old
church yard; yet still her voice whispers
from the grave, and her eyes watch over
me, as visit spots long since hallowed tc
the name OF my mother.-Lord Maccauldy
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

SALARIES OF ENGLISH OFFICIALS
English official salaries especially of the
higher grade of Office holders are much
more handsome than those paid in thi,
country. While the presidents cabne'
get Il paltry $4,000 Il piece a year, the
principal English ministers have S25, 900
the postmaster-general has Sl2,500, the
three Junior lords of the treasury $1,000
each, the permanent secretary $4,000,
the financial and patronage secretaries
$4,000 each, government solicitor Sl2,
800, parliamentary counsel $1,000
Clerks salaries in the treasury range from
S400 to $4S00 The permanent und r.
secretaries of the various departments
have an average of $4,000 each; the lord
chancellor has $4,000, with $4,000
additional as speaker of the House OF
Lords; chairmen of parliamentary COM
mittees have $l2, 800; the speaker of the
House of Commons has $25,000, and the
clerk of parliament $4,000. There are
nearly 1000 persons attached TO the royal
household. Some of the more conse-
quential of these officials, like the lords in
waiting, master of the horse, and eque,-
rieS, have salaries ranging from $4,000 to
S12,500. Tennyson, as poet laureate,
receives $500. The prizes of the church
are the archbishoprics, $4,000 and $50
900 respectively; while the bishops
income range from $4,000 to $4,000
Among the lucrative appointments outside
of England may be mentioned that of lord
lieutenant of Ireland 100000, viceroy OF
India $l25,000, governor general of the
cape of Good Hope $4,000, governor
general of Madras $4,000, and a number
more Of the same sort who have an aver
age of $4,000 each.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

Puck had the following little say
about Col. Ingersoll the other day: 'Mr.
Robert Ingcrsoll has been lecturing again
on his disbelief in revealed religion.
We have no objection to Mr.. lngersoll S
believing or disbelieving anything he
pleases. His arguments are strong and,
in many instances, unanswerable, ana he
may be right in all he says. At the same
time there is nothing new or strikingly
original in his remarks, He says only
what numbers of nobler and greater
minds before him said in much better
way. Paine. Votaire, Buckle, Spencer,
Huxley and Darwin have circulated their
opinions quite as freely, but more decently
than Mr.. Ingersoll. 1t is noble to teach
truth and to battle against falsehood and
fable; but Mr.. Ingersoll is no martyr to
the cause. He takes special care to
charge very good price for admission.
He's not going TO give the public atheism
and materiaism for nothing,-not much he
isn't. If he did he might be entitled to
little more respect. But the business
he has undertaken savors of the street.
cleaning bureau. Some people have to
be scavengers, for the health Of others /;
but it is not nice business. And it is II
question if Mr.. Ingcrsol does not do more
harm than good in lecturing in tlippant
manner to lot of half.educated people,
unsettling their beliefs, and, in many
instances, corrupting their minds. Ma
teriaism, morality and ethics must GO
hand in hand The ignorant labor under
the deluson that they have nothing in
common"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

DR.. Emmons, the able New England
divine, met a panlheistical physician at
the house of a sick parishoner. 1t was no
place for dispute. 1t was no place for
any unbecoming familiarity with the min.
lister. 1t was no place to inquire the age
of the minister, especially with any intent
of entangling him in debate; and, above
all. where the querst was too illogical for
any logical discussion. But the abrupt
question of the pantheist was: Mr..
Emmons, how old are you?" " Sixty. sir
and how old are youP" As old as crea-
tion!' was the triumphant response
Then you are of the same age with Adam
and EveP' Certainly; l was in the gar
den when they were." Il have always
heard that there was third party in the
garden with them, but | never knew be.
fore that it was you"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

lust as told you you would-by yielding
1t is more than n month since he brought
home the books you will find on your Ia
BILE. They are for your first term in the
law school. Now goodnight, and happy
New Year, from your loving
MOTHER.
Under the books on the table lay flat
package which his mother did not know
about as Mr.. Goodnow had slyly placed it
there the last thing before John went up
to bed. John united it, aud found fine
picture of Horace Greeley, and this note
from his father:
You needn't be afraid of putting Hor-
ace Greeley along Of them chaps your
mother has given you. He can stand it
it if they can; and they will make good
beginning for your picture gallery. I've
heard tell of lawyers getting to be editors,
too, afore now. If you should ever run a
paper what you know about farming
won't hurt it none"
Many years have passed away since
John talked with himself AS he moved
the home meadow on that pleasant sum-
mer morning. If I should tell you the
real name of John Goodnow, you would
know at once how well his good mothers
wish had been granted in the noble career
OF her well known son. And there isn't a
father in the land prouder of his son than
Farmer Goodnow of his son, Judge -.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

GATHERING SALT.-Cheshire has long
been noted for its salt springs, but these
are of mild quality compared to the brine
springs that rise in the rock salt localities
This natural brine supplies the best salt.
1t is pumped up from its springs by a
powerful engine, and conveyed into a
huge cistern. and from thence into the
pans prepared for it. Under these pans.
when full, fires are kept burning day and
night, and constantly attended by the
liremen, whose sole business il is to pile
on the fuel, "rake off, when the heat be.
comes too great, and generally keep the
furnace at its proper working heat. A:
soon rs the brine becomes heated, the
process of evaporation begins. All around
us stood rows of long black sheds, from
which, at every crevice issued steam in
soft white clouds. Inside these sheds il
was very much like being in briny
Turkish bath the heat of the steam was
so intense that we could only bear it long
enough to take q hurried look at the vast
pan in front of us filled with boiling brine,
on the top of which the salt lay in Il thick
scum, remaining for an instant on thu
surface, and then sinking slowly to the
bottom. Standing on Il raised ledge be
side the pan was shaggy, foreign look
ing man. stripped to the waist, ant
perspirng at every pore, who held long
handled lake, with which he drew to the
edge of the pan the salt which lay il
masses over the bottom. Having raket
together considerable quantity of salt
he took another tool not unlike giant
spade, perforated with holes, with which
he lifted the salt from the pan. The
quality of the salt varies according
to the time at which it is drawn
or lifted from the pan. The finest or wha
is called "butter SALT is drawn when the
brine is ut boiling peint, the pans being
drawn two or three times week, and in
the case OF "ish" or preserving sal
only once or twice in a fortnight.
morsel of soap or glue is added 10 thu
heated brine to assist in the purifying o
the salt. The coarser varieties are never
packed in tubs, but loaded straight from
the shed on to the barge, or filled int
specially prepared sacks. The finer sal
is carried into the drying room, which is
kept constantly at temperature trying tC
ordinary human nature, and here it i,
formed into neat blocks and packed fol
expectation. This being clean work
much of the packing of fine salt is don,
by neat, tidy women and girls. The
coarser salt is carried loose to the bar
ges on the river UnirerSitY Magazine
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

A DAIRY SPRING -IoUsE.-A correspond
ent of the American Dairyman gives the
following description of model spring
house for dairy. He writes: Spring
houses may be most excellent, or they
may be very bad. A close, ill-vcntilated,
musty spring-house would spoil every
thing, under the very best management
otherwise, for in such a moist, close at
mosphere are bred all those germs which
produce rottenness and decay. Unfortu-
nately model spring house is rare.
remember such one, however. 1t was a
plain and cheap affair, and the farmers
own hands had made it. 1t was built on
a stony bank three or four feet below
clear spring, which boiled out of the rocks
above it. All around was clean grass,
excepting broad, overhanging chestnut
tree, which brooded, rs it were, over the
stone house and completely shaded it from
the sun. The rocks were covered with
moss and ferus and forget-me .nots. The
cold water was brought into the house
from the spring in a leaden pipe buried in
the ground outside, and from which the
clear, sparkling water boiled up within
into a raised, shallow trough made of
cement, ut the top of a stone bench nearly
three feet high. A rapid current of cold
water flowed around three sides of the
house in this raised trough. In the centre
was low table or bench of flat stones laid
in cement, upon which stood cream jar
and butter bowl filled with golden butter.
The house was sharply cold, not damp,
although there was water enough about it ;
but it was flowing water and very cold.
The milk pans were set in the running
water. and II thermometer hanging on the
wall dipped in it marked $50. A cupola
on pivots, and II transom window over the
door, which was made of Stats. gave light
and with glass windows on each side.
which swung, air. Near by was wooden
dairy house, in which was the old fashion
ed barrel churn, turned by a shaft from q
water wheel outside. | have seen many
places where such an arrangement was
possible, but never before, except in this
one instance, where the convenences were
utilized.