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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-12

PHILADELPHIA. November ll.-Flourdull: Mime.
s0ta extra VI UOaI 3i15: Ohio extra family, good,
u y; fancy TSIHa7 "; Minnesota patent process
" VAb B2iS: winter patents 81 1ial6 10, Rye Hour
dull and unchanged Wheat stronger; No. red
November q iOAAl II; December 81 AlIsAl Az:
January VI 4JIAl AN, Corn nTlner nail mixed oil
track VynO9HO STEAMER Csc; No. ., NJ nall
mixed November 66tSa6iJC; December 6SsS a6s1 &c;
white bOI3a5lc. Provisions firm and unchanged.
Butter duh. except for choice gnldeS Eggs easier,
Cheese quiet and unchanged. Petroleum nominal.
Whisky quiet aud unchanged
CINCINNATI, November ll.-Cotton uuietat iIhc.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat active, firm
anu higher No. rcd winter 81 ". Corn active,
ilrm and higher No. mixed CSC. Oats stronger:
No. mixed i6c Rye easier al 81 Of. Barley dull:
No. fall " Pork Scatce al SIS 60 Lard steady al
VII W, Buzz meats scarce, hrm and Unchanged Ia.
con scarce and nominal Whisky quiet OF 81 w. cuin.
blnattOn sales Of finished goods, 2js barrels on 4
basis u u W, Butter quiet and unchanged.
ToLEDo, November li-Wheat Arm; No. q rcd
spot II 3iI December 81 January 81 lOJI: Feb.
tuaty u M Com uElni No, spot, December 62C
January 6?Iici May CSC, Oats no transactions
SI9 5Sii. hrIni No. red spot. November
va Corn ATmi No. spot 62c bid December al ic
January 6lIGc bid, &c asked May SIC bid, 69t
asked.
NV. YoRK, November ii.-DRY GOobs,-There /,
| a steady movement In cotton and wooden goods
shttA and drawers, &c, on account Of back orders
but The demand & only moderate. Cotton good
are very hrm. Dies goods, prints and glhghAmi
are qulet and unchanged. Foreign goods IN light
demand,
CiSCiENAft, November ii-iipEs-Duli: com
mon and light q 0OaB Is: packing and butcher
SaS 10. Receipts 600 head; shipments |, 60t
Ft1gBuRdn, November II. = Petroleum oniet
United Certificates SESc refined nc for Phila
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14

Mr.. Henry Labouchere. the propric-
tor of the London Truth. comes of a
clever family. In 1922. his grandfather,
clerk in the banking-house of Hope,
of Amsterdam, was sent by his patrons
to Mr.. Barring, the celebrated London
banker, 10 negotiate a loan. He dis
played in the affair so much ability as
to entirely win the esteem and conf
dence of the English banker. ..Faith,"
said he one day to Barring, your daugh-
ter is II charming creature; l wish
could persuade you to give ME her
hand. Young man, you are joking;
for seriously you must allow that Miss
Barring could never become the wife of
Il simple clerk But said Labou-
cherc, eff l were in partnership with
Mr. Iiopea'' ''Oh! thatwould be quite
different thing" Returned to Am
sterdanl, Labouchere s,iid to his patron:
"You must take me into partnership"
'.My young friend, how; can you think
of such a thing? You are without for
tune, and But if I became the
son-in-law of Mr.. Baring?'' I'm that
case the affair would soon be settled,
and so you have my word" Fortified
with these two promises; Labouchcre
returned to England. and in two months
after married Miss Barring, because Mr..
Hope had promised to take him into
partnership; and he became allied to
the house of Hope on the strength Of
that promise of marriage. - f nf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
New Systam of Color Printing.

Printing in colors has in times past
been so tedious and costly process
that the ingenuity of inventions has
been stimulated to produce some cheap
er and simpler method. Various de-
vices have been tried, some successful
as far as the mere printing was con-
cerned, but involving the use of high
priced and complicated presses. A
recently-perfected invention, called the
Bacon Color Printing Apparatus, seems
to combine the four essential requis-
cheapness, effectiveness, simplic-
ity and durability. 1t is merely an at
tachment comprising a series of fount-
aims for the different colors, and q dis
tributing table with vibratory plates.
1t can be applied to any press having
table distribution, and with it any num-
ber of colors desired can be printed at
one impression with the same case and
rapidity of ordinary printing. After
the attachment is placed in position, it
is not necessary to remove it, as it is
perfectly adapted to one-color prints.
A private exhibition of the new process
was given ut Boston, quite recent
ly, where the invention was shown
in practical use, and variety of beau
tiful specimens OF the work exhibited.
1t is the intention to introduce these in
genious attachments by leasing them
at merely nominal rates to all who may
desire The invention is protected by
letters patent in this and foreign coun-
tries. and several large establishments
in London are now using it
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
A PhilantbrnuhiSt.

There is nothing so noble and touch
ing as a really spontaneous act of gen.
erosity, after ALL The other day a
rough. careless-looking stranger was
walking up Mission Street, near Sixth.
when he observed a lot of hoodlums
clustered round the gate of a small
farm house, in front of which n poor
woman was weeping bitterly, surround
ed by her terrified children. A scanty
array of household goods on the pave
ment showed that it was Il case of eject
ment- 'What are you abusing that
woman for?' demanded the .'man from
below" addressing an ill-favored indi-
vidual who was carrying out the furni-
ture. Il amt abusing her," growled
the landlord; ''she can't pay her rent.
and Pm going to bounce the whole out
fit-that's ALL" ''rve a good mind TO
bounce you," said the stranger, indig-
nantly; "what's the amount she owes
you?'' twenty-five dollars" Here.
take it out of that" and the angry
over a one-hundred-dollar grcenback.
The evicter respectfully turned over
receipt and the change. Forcing an
additional ~" on the happy woman,
the stranger walked rapidly away.
SculIlC ciSS, Iudt, SLIu Cue uOuSc-
owner, looking after the philanthro-
pist, musingly. But the philanthropist
said nothing until he turned the corner,
when he murmured softly to himself, as
he put on little more pedestrian steam.
''It's no use talking-virtue is its own
reward. | couldn't have gotten anotl,-
cr such chance to work off that coun-
terfeit in a year." San Francisco
Post
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
A. Drawing-Room Described.

A '.drawing- ROOM is simply one of
the Queens regular weekly ''recep-
tions," and those of the correspondents
of our country Newspapers who have
attended a drawinggroom assert that it
is very pleasant affair. You call at
buckingham Palace on II drawing-room
day at any time between 2 o'clock and
s O'Clock in the afternoon, give your
card To the waiter, and hang up your
hat and overcOat on the rack in the
front hall. You then enter the parlOr
and shake hands with Her Majesty,
telling her that you are very happy to
see her, and hope that she and her fam
lily are all well. She greets you in q
pleasant, unaffected way, saying, for
example, ''that it is so kind of YOU to
come" and, after few remarks on the
weather, and other general topics, she
shakes hands with the next visitor. If
you are hungry you then pass into the
back parlor, where cake and lemonade
are set out on the sideboard, and refresh
yourself, after which you either with
draw or spend a few moments chatting
with the ladies of the court and your
other friends who may be present. This
is the quiet and unostentatious way in
which the Queen entertains her friends.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
Old Bill Gridley.
San Francisco Post.

'YOu may say what you please about
old Bill Gridley." said u gentleman just
down from Bodie. to tho crowd, who
were spinning for hot Scotches in Phil
McGovern's back room tho other night.
Il know there's lots O feliers talking
against him specially now that he's
dead-but alters speak of a man as
find him, and old Bill was as fair and
square one as / wish ter see, spite of
his crankiness."
Putty bad tempered. wasn't heP"
said Phil, who was sprinkling red pep
per on the salt herring to encourage
trade.
''Well, he was-and he wasn't. I've
seen that man keep his grip on himself
and go along cool and easy like, when
any other man in the camp would have
stood on his hind legs and rared. l call
to mind suthin' that happened once
away back in the flush days that showed
what a big heart old Gridley had in his
shirt. You see we were ut mining
camp called Lone Skull, up on the
Feather River, and Bilps claim had
panned so rich that he began to put on
u great deal of style. He had the larg-
est shanty in the place-four rooms
and what must Gridley do but send
clear round the Horn for carpet for
the parlor. 1t took him nearly a year
to get it out, and then it was the only
carpet any where in that part of the
State. White ground, with yellow and
red flowers Folks used to come for
miles to see it.
.'ls this yarn in one act?'' growled
friend of the miner, who was visit
fully watching the bar-keeper take the
lid off some hot chowder in the other
room.
"It's in one scene," continued the
party from Bodie. .'Lemme see; where
was Ip Well, to make long story
short, was playing Pedro in Bill's best
room one night with some prospect
ors just up from Frisco. and was losing
considerable dust, when l dropped on
one of 'em taking a jack out of his
sleeve. AS luck would have it, wasn't
heeled that night, so 1 just picked up
tobacco knife that lay on the table and
cut the fellows throat clean across"
''Good scheme, too" grunted faro
steerer, in approval.
''Well, as was saying. old Gridley,
who was in the next room, heard the
scuffie and came in. There was that
cut chap lying on the floor, with his
blood all over the carpet-the whole
thing just ruined. Everybody was
scared to see Bills face; he looked just
awful. expected to get a bullet thro'
my head quicker n wink.
"'This is pretty tough on me- says
Gridley, looking at the carpet.
81 know, Bill says l, and axes
yer parding, old man. never once
thought of yer carpet. wouldn't er
done it if had
4" No, 1 don't believe you would,
Tom,' says he, kinder sorrowful like. i
don't believe you would And he ac-
tually helped me heave the corpse out
o. the winder, and kinder wipe up the
muss a little. l tell you, gentlemen,
old Bill Gridley was white man, he
was; and if ever go back on him, af-
ter that, I'm a cayote"
And they all agreed that man must
have q pretty big heart to act like that,
after all.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
A 0naer Invention.

A detective machine has been invent
cd in France, but it is hardly likely to
take the place of the human kind in
general use. 1t is simply camera, so
aneed that when suspicious person
enters n bank or other room, clerk
touches little button. Presto. q con-
cealed camera is brought into play, the
sensitive plate is exposed, and in an in
stant the mans photograph is taken.
Or, again, the head of the house leaves
his business and confides it to his clerk.
Some OF the clerks go to sleep. or smoke
cigars, or skylark. or do other things
not exactly in keeping with their call
ing, when there comes in a series of
plates, worked by clock-work, and every
action of the clerks during a series of
hours is recorded. There might be even
pleasing, though rather compromising
use of this mechanical camera. With
such an instrument all the handsomest
women at a soiree might be photo
graphed without their knowledge, and
galleries of beauties be put up at any
ones COMMAND.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
The Religion of New York Journalists.

Whitelaw Reid was born Presbyte-
rian. John II. G. Hassard, of the Z1I6-
a,ae, is a Roman Catholic, and has a
pew in ST. Stephens Church. which is
the most fashionable denomination next
to the Cathedral. Tom Connery, man
aging editor of the Herald, was brought
up in the same faith. Watson r. Sper-
ry, managing editor of the E'rentng
Post, is the son of Methodist preach
e. Manton Marble, former owner and
editor of the World, was brought up
Baptist, Edward Egsleston of the hide
penelent, is a Methodist. James Cor
don Bennett is nominally a Roman
Catholic, but his life thus far has shown
little regard for religion in any shape.
Hugh Hastings. of the Commercial is
also Catholic. Montgomery Schuyl-
er. of the WOr2I, is an .Episcopalian.
William G. Prime. of the Journal of
Commerce, being a son of Il Presbyte-
rian clergyman and brother of the '.Ir-
ennus''' Of the Observer, may very reas-
onablv follow the same faith. Dana, of
the San, was a member of the Brook
Farm Association QRipley was another),
and has been of tho ''liberaP' method
of thinking. He has never made any
pretenSiOnS to piety.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
A Description of Indian War Arrows.

Dr. Carver III Forest ana Stream.
''You see, said DR.. Carver, as he de-
posted whole sheath of brightly
feathered arrows on u table, took off
his outrageous felt, and drew up a
chair, al must be shooting something
or other all the time If it isn't Win
chester, it's bow and arrow. Pretty
they are, but most too fine! Fancy
things. these arrows, for handsome
young ladies to shoot ON grass plats ut
straw targets. Now an Indian arrow
is II good bit longer-maybe thiriy-two
inches-and when q Sioux draws it
chock up TO tliel how il fairly huns
when he lets it ly. An Indian arrow
has grooves cat in it behind the barb
: that is-to- say. ths-nnes thoy =nso-in
huntinS-so that the blood can flow;
otherwise the wound would swell and
spoil. The fighting arrows are nasty
things. The barb is SO put OH the
shaft that when it hits you the steel,
the old hoop-iron, stays in the flesh
when You go to pull out the arrow.
Dear sakes what ugly wounds l have
seen them make!. An Indian boy be-
gins to handle n light bow when he
toddles, maybe at four or five years.
His bow is taller than he is. He shoots
at everything round the camp. When
he is twelve he uses sharp arrows. A
boy must be strong at eighteen to use
n mans bow. Now, a white man who
takes an Indian bow for the first time
has all he can do to bend it. 1t needs
some strength, but more knack. The
bow is made straight. When it is
strung the cord, even when in tension,
almost touches tho bow. 1t is thick,
some four and a half or five feet long
l. 4.
ira stiffness by having sinews pasted
on it. d. .-., t,....r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
WHOLE No. 672.
Arm in Arm.

, The st. Louis Spectators s'Town
Talker" says lit is curious fact. but
nevertheless true. that you never see a
lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm
in this city except in coming from tho
theatre or late in the evening. In tho
daytime. if lady should promenade
having hold of her escorts arm, most
people would turn their heads 10 look
at the couple. In the Eastern cities
such sight is by no means so rare; yet
even there the custom is very far from
general. In European cities, on the
contrary, it is the universal habit Why
is it that American damseIs are SO shv
of clinging to a gentleman's arm?
Probably it arises from her naturally
self-reiiant and independent nature
American girls do things which would
shock the sensibilitics of their European
sisters. More latitude is allowed them
in their actions: their independence is
fostered. To be hypermet:phorical, it
may be the vine clinginG 10 the oak;
but our American belle needs no SUP
port. and as the act of taking the arm
implies per sc the necessity of protec-
ton, it is averse to her ideas. Perhaps,
toe, it is thought to be Il sign of spoon
iness.' Whatever it is. the fact remains
that our girls object to perambulating
the streets in the glare of the sun with
their arm through those of their es-
corts." Nowadays one involuntarily
takes couple arm-in-arm in the day
time to be provincial.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
How to Prevent Pauperism.

Mr.. Paine's able address on pauper-
ism as affected by charity, was based
upon a promise that may be studied
and acted upon, whether the speakers
plea for thorough organization is heed
ed or not MIR. Paine claims that when
n family has fallen to where it needs re-
lief, some one, either from an OrganiZa-
ton or independently. should visit it
and care for it in the capacity of a
sympathetic, intelligent, patient friend.
and do all possible to discover and re-
move the cause of the distress, SO that
the family may be raised again to self
support and self-respect. No one who
has not lived or worked among the
noor can realize how destructive of
physical, mental and moral energy and
of self-respect, are the steps by which
respectable people often get down to
abiect pauperism. A mechanic, clerk
or other man, whose family is depend
ent on his weekly wages for support. is
generally reduced to u deplorable con-
diticn by sickness or temporary loss of
employment. Even the best of such
men soon find credit exhausted, bor-
rowing cannot long be practiced, every
resort TO the pawnbroker increases the
family discomfort, the rent becomes
due, the family is turned into the street
and pawns or sells most of the little
that remains, SO as to secure another
abode, and the misery Increases from
day to day. A man i'm such condition,
no matter how good stuff may be in
him, is exactly like a traveller lost in
tine forest or on the prairie;- his wits be-
come dazed, and he soon falls into des-
peration or apathy; in either case he is
likely to become drunkard, thief or
!; suicide. Thousands of business men
of high social and intellectual standing
have gone the same way, for the limit
of endurance under great stress is
painfully nearevery MANY. I. Her.
all
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
The Horse Sw;ndle. :

The swindling New York .'racket"
is the horse business. Every day some
citizen is inveighed into paying money
for horse which does not belong to
the person pretending to sell it, or is
not the animal paid for. The game is
played so skillfully that the victim finds
it very difficult to recover his money.
The other day Smith, the representa-
tive of Long Island church, went to
the city to buy horse for their pastor.
Two men came up and offered to take
him to see fine horse, but before they
arrived at the stable third man came
up and offered 500. for it. This was
impossible, because they would not sell
him to IL professional horse dealer. The
third man took Smith TO one side. and
said II he would buy the horse for him
he would pay him for his trouble.
ornIun, wfrfIuut wafuing " sec tire rorse,
bought it for $145 in cash and a note
for $J5, the horse to be delivered when
the note was paid. Smith then went to
n place where the third man was to
meet him, but he did not appear. Smith
went back and found no horse.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
Beauty and Brains.

The s.Peerless Beauty who received
the first prize from circus proprietor
us the handsomest woman in America,
has 'full and expressive features, brown
and sparkling eyes; as to her figure,
sculpture could do no more in art than
this wondrous flesh and blood has done
in nature" AS to her intellectual gifts
her wit. her intelligence, her informa-
tion-an acquaintance of ''Nym
Crinklc," who has talked with her, tes-
titles in a very emphatic manner. AT
ter an Introduction 10 her, he asked;
''Fair Helen, what news from Troy?"
The ''Helen" addressed gave look of
most superb disdain, and arching her
neck with the grace of - goddess, re-
piled: 81 amt Helen neither: and l
don't know nothin' about Troy-wasn't
never, there. What'r yer givin usp"
''Don't you sometimes feel the inferior
ity of the crowd that cape and stare at
you every dayp' 'Pm pooty. 1 knows
that. and 1 reckon Daddy Forepaugh
knows it too, for he poneys up the spon-
dulix every Saturday cvenin' reg lar as
n clock" ''But don't YOU dream often
times of greater and more fitting
triumphs than the plaudits of an ignor-
ant crowd?" .Well, l du wish old
Forepapghed raise my pay. but 1 guess
lie thinks he's payin' bout rs much
now as his bank stand. i rather like
bein' looked at tho, VOW du. There's
that good lOokin' feller over there with
black mustache-"
This shows that handsome woman
aaGy have beauty % well as brains.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14
Inconsistencies on the Stage.

Peck's Sun.
There is no person in the world that
is easier to overlook the Inconsistencies
that show themselves on the stage ut
theaters than we are, but once in
while there is something so glaring that
it pains us. We have seen actors fight
duel in piece of woods far away
from any town, Oh the stage, and when
one of them fell. pierced to the heart
with sword. we have noticed that he
fell on Brussels carpet. That is all
wrong, but we have stood it manfully.
We have seen woman on the stage
who was so beautiful that we could be
easily mashed if we had any heart left
to spare. Her eyes were of that heav-
enly color that has been written about
heretofore, and her smile as sweet as
ever was seen, but behind the scenes,
through the wings, we have seen her
trying to dig the cork out of a beer
hottie with pair of shears, and ask a
supe, in harsh tones, where in - that
cork-screw was, while she spread mus
tard on piece of cheese. and finally
drank the beer from the lottle, and SPIT
the pieces of cork out on the floor, sit
ting straddle of a stage chair, and her
boot heels up on the top round, her
trail rolled up into n ball, wrong side
out, showing dirt. from forty different
stage floors. These things hurt. But
the worst thing that has ever occurred
to knock the romance out of us, was to
see girl in the second act, after
.'twelve years is supposed to elapse."
with the same pair of red stockings on
that she wore in the first act, twelve
years before Now, what kind of
way is that? 1t does not stand to reason
that girl would wear the same pair of
stockings twelve years. Even if she
had them washed once in six months,
they would be worn out. People notice
these things. What the actresses of
this country need is TO change their
stockings. To wear them twelve years,
even in their minds, shows an inatten-
ton to the details and probabilities of
q play, that must do the actresses an
injury, if not give them corns. Let
theater goers insist that the stockings
be changed oftener, in these plays that
sometimes cover half q century, and all
will feel more at their ease. and the
stockings will not become moth-eaten.
Girls, look to the little details. Look
to the stockings. as. your audiences do,
and ron viii saa how il Is yourselves. =