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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-25
mlnistsr's temptations.

Editors lntelllHeneeE'
The above was the striking subject Of q
paper read lately at 6 meeting OF the
Methodist ministers in Newark, N. J.
1.-THE State from which Miss 0'Gorman
hailG) by the Rev. W. v. Kelley, He de-
clsres that he is tired Of hearing OF minis
tiers being tempted by the wlles Of silly
women. He wishes that the devil would
decoy them into pocket picking, or some
thing OF that kind, by the way Of relief,
because, "the story Of their fall Is 80 sadly
monotonous."
Should some unfortunate backslider 90
upon the platform and discant upon such
a theme, would decent people encourage
any such dissemination Of obsCenity
Were some Msgdslen 10 invite the ladies
Of Wheeling to come and listen to the de.
tailed story OF her own or others shame,
would any ladies respondP
The cause Of Christian morality needs
no such advocates, Can prurient curiosi-
by induce q lady to become q willing list
ener to things which the apostle warns US
SHOULD not be- so much as mentioned
among Christians"2 A.
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WOllbburg News,
Being in quest Of items on Wednesday
last about town we happened in the neigh.
borhood Of the Pewiky railroad, when our
attention was called to flock Of sheep in
the pens, ready for shipment, Shortly
we noticed the commanding form Of Mr..
o. H. Beall, accompanied by another good
looking gentleman, whom we aflerward
learned was Mr.. VIM. E. Bundy OF Barnes.
vile, Ohio. We Immediately began to
suspect that our friend Mr.. Beall the noted
sheep.breeder, was about making sale,
which we subsequently learned to be cor.
rect. The flock consisted Of twenty-five
Ewes, and three Rams, American Mer-
mos, Of the Infantado family. Mi. Bundy,
we learned, shipped this bunch Of excel
lent sheep to GAINESVILLE, Ohio, where he
10 engaged in the same business as is Mr..
Beall, and bids fair to become as noted
The price paid for q portion OF the flock
was one hundred dollars per head.
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QUIZ TYLER COUNTY LETTER.


MlDDLEBouRNE, W. VA, Feb. 30.
Editors lntSllIgenCor.
Probably the action OF no other legisla.
ture that ever met in our State was looked
10 with more interest than The present by
the people Of this county. One reason
for this was the fact that so many import.
ant measures must come up before the
present Legislature 10 claim lis attention.
One other reason was that 1t was gener.
ally conceded that the present Leg.
islatute rs body Is far superior to
others, especially the Legislature OF two
years ago. Our people have fully recover.
ed from the financial depression Of few
years since, and the thinking portion OF
them are demanding a more liberal and
more progressive policy In State matters.
Political Ties are less binding than former.
ly; and our people want laws that will
tend to the development Of our State, and
not 10 the perpetuaton Of political parties
alone. | know | speak the sentiment OF
the people Of this county when l say they
were disgusted- completely so-with the
retrogfade movement and false economy
that have characterized the legislation Of
the last few sessions. 0urpeople hold lit.
Tie sympathy for reckless railroad bills,
and laws that cripple our public schools,
and the Cowardly legislation that leaves
Normal schools TO starve to death.
I am sorry TO say that most OF our peo.
pie are disappointed by the action OF the
present body oil the more important bills.
Wilson's railroad bill has no friends In
this county, 80 far as your correspondent
has talked with the people. We have no
railroad In Tyler, but want one, and only
demand wise and moderate laws that will
properly adjust the rights Of both individ.
tails and railroad companies.
The anticipated final defeat Of the pro.
hibitory constitutional amendment does
not meet with favor In this county, II ia
generally conceded that large majority
Of the people Of this county favor such a
law. One gentlemen who 10 well Sc1uSint.
ed with our people, said to me the other
day that Y the question was submitted 10
q vote oil the people the county would give
1000 majority for prohibition. Our PEG.
pie are, IS a rule, very temperate, and
cannot see any good or gain to the public |
BY the free use or traffic In whisky.
There is a growing demand In The
county for laws that will more effeCtually |
protect sheep owners from destruction 10 |
their hoCks by dogs. II ls found that
while II is left 10 each county TO vote on
the question oil q tax on dogs, nothing
can be done. Many men keep several
dogs, but no sheep. That class Of men Is
In. the majority In this county, az in most
others, hence nothing can be done by the
counties. Since the present Legislature
convened, men IN this county have lost
nearly whole flocks Of sheep, and are
without remedy.
II they chance to discover whose dogs
did the mischiei, they are usually found
to belong to individuals unable to pay for
The sheep. They often consent to the kill.
Ing Of the offending dogs thinking that
pays for the sheep, and then 20 and get
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NECESSITY ron vACClNATION.
Recommendations OF the National HeaIi
AaaOaiAIiOn,

ADMINISTRATION Of the NAtlonhA hoAAtA
Association,
We are indebted to the Secretary Of the
West Virginia Medical Society for COPY
OF the following resolution passed by the
American Public Health Association al
its annual meeting, held in New Orleans
in December last. They are transmitted
to him from the Secretary Of the National
Association for the use OF the public:
WHEREAS, There are annually occurring
in our large centers Of population and
frequently in the provincial distrtcta
numbers OF cases Of sickness and death
from smallpox, and
WHRREAs, Tue only certain method Of
restricting and preventing this loathso9me
disease is by vaccination and revaCcinA'
ton, therefore .,.L :,
Resolved, That the Board OF Health Of
the several States in the Union o. W mere
no State Board OF Health exists, the State
Medical Societies, be requested 70 take the
.mstteT under immediate adVisement, and
diTest the attention OF all local Boards Of
Health to the importance OF seeing that
Iii I nsTsons in their respective districts are
properly protected by vaccination.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.
CRY CLERE't OyucE \
WHRRLIkG, W, Va, Feb, u, lSSi I

CRY CLEREI OYHCE |
WHRELIEG, W, VAr Feb. y, 1851.
Sealed proposals will be received Of The Office oltS
City Clerk until FRIDAY, MARCH l. 1851, d /
O'clock p. M, for furnishing and delivering The (i,y
Water WorLi, City Building, CITY Prison, Ltisp
and HoIe Houses VIII clean coal, mixed Oo4 q "a
the IBt day Of April, 1881. Payments 10 10 HIlI
monthly. The contra Tor 10 give bond and OtvhlJ
for the iulhllmOnt oil the contract.
Proposals 10 DO addTeSsedi "TO the ChAlnnlh d
the Committee on Water WORKS." the Committee
FRANK BOWERS
InnL Civ nL.,L
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other dogs, as worthless, before the farmer
can again recruit his flock Of sheep.
Our farmers think the bill now before
the Legislature LOOKS like trihtng with the
matter-for instance, the provision re-
quiring the assessor to give the age, color,
name, &C., Of each dog.
Our first term Of the Circuit Court under
the constitutional amendments will begin
April the 18th, with nearly three hundred
cases on the docket, the largest ever known
in this county. Tyler.
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oEMERAL NOTICES.
NoTIoE,

HoldSu Of the X Per cent bond, Of ob,o,.-
are hereby notified hit numben q, n. y ~ NY
n, a. Is, !, %, lbs have been dawn, All N
vii BE- paid Al the bank Of wheeling MSpb y, ms
and interest will cease on said hOndi iTnm ,b,i Nv
tslS President Board Of cOamision sny Ios bh,.,
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IT is obvious that when the blood be.
comes corrupt the whole system Is corrupt
also. The large majority Of female dis
eases proceed from this cause. The true
policy Is to direct the remedy to the
source Of the disease. DR.. TUFTS Pills
have a specific effect on the blood. They
purify, vitalize 1t, expelIing all distemper
from the system.
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PROPOSALS.
err CLERK'I OHICR,
WHEELING, W, VA, February 10 lsll.

Sealed proposals. will DO received at The Office slh,
City Clefk until MONDAY, February q, 1851, d
O'clock p M, for the removal Of oil kIlChIh gliba
and DIAL from within the city limits lO' lhs ~
commencing April J, 1881, the bids to BE- a. i,lOIr
ward,
For the Second District, eomplIhDg all d III
Second and Seventh wards.
For the Fourth District, comprising all NuIh
WheoliHg creek 10 Caldwell's Run.
No person v II be awarded iOr more than one DID
trlcl, nor can they DO Interested In any pfOpil III
more than one district.
Proposals 70 he addressed to tho "Chafmnn Of Iii.
Committee on HEALTH the committee re,CfIbI III
FRANK BOWERS,
Ie2i CiiV CleIk
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MARRIED.

MARsHALI-RICE.--O Wednesday, February
%, 1881, by Rev. D. II. K Dix, At the parSonGgs on
Twenty .thiTd street, MI. 8, Il. MARSHALL 10 Mis-
JULIA NICK, all Of Wheeling, W. Va.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
Experiments III Preserving Wood,

Here Is Il summary Of some valuable cX-
ncrimcnts which have been made with
preserving wood with different mineral
solutions The tests were made with rail
way slecpcrs. OF pine slcepers imprcgnat-
ed with chloride of zinc, after twenty one
years of service, the proportion that had
been renewed waa thirty one per cent of
beech slcepers impregnated with creosote,
after twenty-five years, forty six per cent.
had been renewed; of oak sleepers not i'm
prcgnatcd, after seventeen years, forty nine
per cent. had been renewed of oak sleep
ers treated with chloride of zinc, at the ex-
piration of seventeen years, 20.7 per cent.
had been renewed. In all of these cases,
the conditions to which the wood had been
exposed were very favorable road bed
being very good one, and permitting of
excellent drainage. Test samples taken
from sleepcrs that were allowed to remain
at the expiration of the respective periods
named, exhibited perfectly sound cross
section. The following statement contains
the results of similar set of observations
made upon the Kaiser. Fcrdinands Nord
Railroad, viz. According to these obscr-
vations, the proportion Of renewals was,
with oak sleepers (not treatedD after twelve
years service 74.48 per cent; with oak
sleepers, treated with chloride of zinc,
after seven years, 1920 per cent with oak
slcepers lmpregnated with creosotc oil,
after sixty years, 600 per cent; with pine
sleepers, impregnated with chloride of
zinc, after seven years OF service, A. 46 per
cent. The practice of the Kaiser -Ferii-
nands-Nord Railroad, since the year 1870,
has been to employ only oak for slecpcrs
which are lmpregnated either with chloride
of zinc or with creosote OIL
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
a narrowing Tail.

Not long since Tcxas man read in
paper that If string were tied lightly
around the root OF mules tail 1t would
in cases Of collie, give the animal instan
relief. lie tried the remedy on one of Ii is
own mules, and the doctors say that the
portion OF the tail thus isolated was soon
swclled up bigger than tho mule. The
Texas man says the mule turned It's hea
and saw his monstrous ,ailand got alarmo
and began to kick. Th :irst kick drov
the mules tail away Gu .chind, but tn
tail Immediately swun & i,tkand knockc
the mule forward a litte--thc tail was 80
heavy. That made the mule madder'n
ever, and 1t kicked like fury. That only
gave the tail more momentum, and on its
return it knocked the mule about rod.
The mule looked around and didn't &c
anybody and kicked again. The tail was
there as regular as pendulum and it came
back like steamboat runninga race. That
time it lifted the mule over the barn-yartl
fence But the mule lit on It's feet and
struck out again-game as ever. The tail
fairly laughed as it caught the mule on
the launches and drove it down the lane
a mile and half at every whack. 1t
looked lihc destruction to the mule as mule
and tail disappeared in the distance. But
after three or four hours, returning cloud
OF dust was seen, and soon the mule
emerged thercfrom kicking as briskly as
cvcr-but the tail was lolally used up and
gone. Not being able to offer any more
resistance, of course the mule kic 1cd him
self back to the starting point. This is
not campaign lie.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
The Heart as u Machine.

The heart is probably the most efficient
piece of physical apparatus known. From
purely mechanical point of view 1T is
something like eight times as efficient as
he best steam engine. 1t may be de-
scribed mechanically as little moro than IL
double force pump furnished with two re-
scrvolrs and two pipes of outflow; and
the main problem Of its action is hydrody-
namical, The left vcntriclc has capac-
lty of about three ounces; it beats rs times
Il minute; and the work done in overcom-
ing the resistance of the circulating system
is equivalent to lifting the charge of blood
little short of 10 feet (0.923 ft.) The
average weight of the heart ls little under
ten ounces (9.23 oz.) The daily work of
The left vcntriclc is, Ill round number,
ninety foot-tons; adding the work of the
right ventricle, the work of the entire Or
gan is nearly one hundred and twenty five
foot-tons. The hourly work of the heart
ls accordingly equivalent to lifting itself
twenty thousand feet All hour. An active
mountain climber can average 1000 feet
of ascent an hour, or one-twentlcth the
work Of the heart. The prize Alp engine,
BAVARIA" lifted lis own weight 9, 700 feet
an hour, thus demonstrating only one
eighth the efficiency of the heart. Four
elements have to be considered in estimat-
ing the hearts work: the statical pressure
of the blood column equal to the animal g
height, which has to bc sustained; the
force consumed in overcoming the inertia
of the blood vessels; the resistance offered
by the. capillary vessels; the friction in the
heart itself. This, in state of health, is
kept ut its minimum by the lubricaled
membrane of the pericarllum.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
Rainy Days.

The jokes that have been cracked at the
farmers expense Oh the employment of
workmcn rainy days, arc not 80 very stale,
and are only Objectionable on the ground
that 1T is mean to joke on facts. The wish
of the old lady that it might rain nights
and Sundays, 80 that the hired mcu could
rest, was a merciful desire. We remember
in our farm days of working for man
who, If going away for few days, left Or
dcrs with the foreman that if it rained too
hard to work in the field, TO set the boys
cutting bushes. We have seldom known
a farmer who hired men by the month that
did not have some filthy barn cellar to
clean out, or tough, knotty wood to be brok-
en- TO pieces, against rainy day. Now, in
nothing does the farmer make more los
ing mistake than IN this way of treating
hired men on rainy days. There are GER
tain chores that are necessarily delayed for
such All occasion, such as getting the scat
folding ready for the hay, repairing the
farm tools in the workshop-every farmer
ought to have workshop-sctting out
pants, etc. But these may be 80 divided
as to be only the chores Of rainy day, for
the tired men should have the larger part
of the day to rest. 1t will pay in seasons
work, as they will work with will when
things drive; they will be better naturcd,
and have respect for the man who thus
treats them, which is no little thing. Then
there are what arc termed dull days, when
the farmer docs not want to cut grass or
hoe, and on such days there is enough for
the hired men to 10, and they should be
put t. work. At this time OF the year one
of the most Important works for a dull day
is hauling muck into the barnyard. On al
most every farm may be found a muck bed,
but 1t Is often unknown to the farmer. He
should find 1t out and drar upon 1t lavish
ly, as cloudy day work when oxen and men
can work easily. Hauling muck iuto the
yard for day, now and then, Is worth
more than the best days haying. Break
up the knotty wood in the early spring,
clear out the barn cellar on a clear, cool
day; but on rainy days remember the hired
men arc human.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
Rocky Mountain Mack,

Not long ago crowd Of men at the of
lice OF Judge Morrison, Kokcmo, saw the
cold, dead form of a man, roughly habitued
III suit of miners clothes, with feet shot
with the rudcst boots, lying npon rough
pine bench, at the morguc. Crossed upon
his breast were the tired hands that had
driven the miners pick through miles OF
The hardest rock, now stilled so reyerently
In the sunset that o'ershadows life. 1t was
all that was left Of Rocky Mountain Mack,
the man who had crossed oceans and seas.
whose career of half Il century was check
crcd ana dotted with a strange cOmming.
ing OF incidents, and across whose span
the thrills and throbs the hopes and fears
OF staid existence had worked their silent
eDD and flow. Mccormick was miner In
len Alilc, during the grim winter of 1873,
before tree had been felled on the present
site OF Kokomo, and here he has remained
ever since, except some weeks ago, when
he went to Granite and became also inter.
estcd in some good claims. Starting from
there few days ago lie had only Just left
the stage when he dropped dead opposite
dlc Clarendon hotel. The Coroner's iury
rendered verdict that the deceased came
to his death from heart disease. Dir.
Beemcr, tho well known business man of
Robinson, III commenting on the death of
this typical miner, said that he had known
him years ago in the San Juan country,
and was at one time in partnership with
him; that he was gentle rs u woman, gen
crous and charitable to fault. He mar
rates that once when Rocky Mountain
Mack and companion were Intoxicated
they both became cnraged, and the former
suddenly drcw pistol and inflicted dau-
gerous wound. On becoming sober and
being informed what he hud done, he was
III the most abject sorrow, and reloading
the pistol returned to the wounded man,
saying as he handed over the weapon,
Jim, l shot you, now you shoot me-" or
course the wounded man recognized in him
only the warmcst friend, and percmptorily
forbade him. Mccormick was for many
years successful miner in Colorado and
California. He has at several different
times been worth half Il million to million
dollars and upwards, but the final reverse
came, and he died III poverty. He ha
Docn ircqucat visitor to mining fields of
South America and the shores of New
Zealand. lie had been scarchcr for dia
monds IN Australia, but came again to the
rocky hills whose name he bore and wEer
his associates always rendered q warm
greeting. His body lies inferred in the Pot
tcr's field, but many there be who will re-
member with kindly thought tho wild and
lonely career of Rocky Mountain Mack.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
Country Houses In Ireland.

No one can go Il nto society asreprcsentcdin as in
the country houses Of Ireland, says a Lon
don paper, without being struck by the sin
gular absence of veneer which ho will find
there. We do not mean those country
houses Inhabited by people who spend their
season regularly in London, and who differ
in no way from the magnatcs with their
houses in Yorkshire or Sussex, but the
bona .fdc Irish country houses, whose ow-
ncrs look upon Dublin AZ their metropolis
and great shopping town, and consider an
occasional month in London as All event to
be classcd with the ramble in Switzerland or
the tour in Italy. The visitor to one of
these houses will find no sham-thcrc Is
mo deception" Ills arrival will cause no
furry he will not be kept waiting in the
drawngroom while the lady of the house
and tho girls put finishing touches to their
beauty. 1t is ten TO one that before he has
succeeded III cvoking sound from the bell
probably broken-one of the young la.
dies will herself open the door, and with
welcome beaming from her honest Irish
gray eyes. ut once insist on his feeling
himself at home. There will be no false
pride, no attempts to hide defects, or to
make up by brag for poverty. Rather will
fun be extracted from the very deficiencies,
and the stranger will at once sec that there
IS no danger of putting Ills hosts to confu-
sion by demanding what is not to be had.
If there is but one man servant, the host
will not complain of the illness or tempo
rary absence of Il mythical footman; if the
one man servant is tipsy Ga not uncommon
occurrence in the land Of John Jamicson),
the hostess will not be the least ashamed of
being detected assisting the maid to lay the
cloth and arrange the dinner table.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-04
Cremation OF tho Dead.

Exactly how to dispose of the ashes of
the dead in tho most satisfactory manner,
after cremation Is accomplished, Is still
question. The ancient practice was TO de-
post the ashes in u funeral urn, to be pre-
served in tomb or other sacred place.
This Is also the modern custom. But If
tombs are to be required then there Is not
much need for cremation, as the corpse may
as well be buried in the tomb without Gre
nation. A. recent American patent con-
sists in providing parlor bust Of tho de-
ceased, cut In marble, and in making a
hole in the buck Of the bust, wherein the
ashes are TO be deposited after cremation OF
tho body. A further improvement, sug-
gestcd by one Of our lady correspondence
is TO prepare wet mixture of ccments for
the artificial stone or marble, and sprinkle
the ashes of the deceased into the mixture,
which 10 then to be cast or pressed into the
form Of busts, statuettes or other objects.
In this way various members OF family
might possess enduring portions OF the
departed ono