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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
pRuooIsTs.
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Or o.hsr hurtful substance In Logau, List Cas-
EXCELSIOR BAKING POWDER It 9 made HON
he puFelt matOriAlI; mAka Light and Nhglaome
bread, and 4 acknowledge 70 b. the beat BAKING
Powder In the market AJAX Tor LOGAN, LlsI q
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
WALTON 4 SWEENEY.

ASPLRNDID OPPORTUNITY no WIN
A FORTUNE, THIRD GRAND DlsTRIBu'
TON, CLASS q, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
MARCH Sth, 1881. IsOth Monthly Draw
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BENJAMIN F. STEVENS President.
JOSEPH NJ. e1BBENs, Secretary.
RARsTOa & WAEEuA, General Agents,
1888, Fourth 81, Philadelphia
AT THE
CITY BOOK STORE,
1901 Market Street.


Progress and Poverty au inquiry into the cause Of
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Holland and h. People, pc AmloIs, illustrated, 4Os
pages, vO., clio. 81 90.
Army Lie % Russia, lieutenant Greene, $40 pages.
IL mo- clio. 81 80.
Outlines q bible 1thtory, J.F. Hurst, p. D., rs
pages, aex. cloth 80 cents,
Troy, ih legend, hiitofy aud literature with rOceilt
Investigation, with map, 10 mo. Go, 81 %.
4, A HHeply % Fools ErIand, Vim. L. Royal, oil
ing I Ne W. i q. Bat, paper % cents. r..
cloth, $50 pages 90 81.
sketch Of ne Radical Club Of boston, Mrs.. il r.
SARGENT clio, u mo-, 81 90.
WhltAtgsb EngllAh AlmApRc, 1881, 30 CENTS; New
YORK Tribune Almanac, 1881, % cents Church
AltnaH1e, 1851, IS cents,
Any Of tho above sent by mali, free Of postage, on
receipt q rice New books daily, and orders sent
tenF OF huj times each week. Any books Published
Gan be pr occurred through 10 on more favorable terms
than tfV ID publishers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
The Fiscal AGaIrs Of the County-Lisht
Wanted.


The Fiscal Affairs Of the County-Light
Wanted.
Editors IntOlllgoncer.
1t was hoped and expected that the
Board OF Commissioners at their meeting
on Monday last would have taken some
action looking to the preparation OF a de.
tailed account OF the receipts and expen.
ditures Of Ohio county during the past
year.
A large number oitaxpayers desire more
knowledge regarding the fiscal affairs OF
this county than has been vouchsaied
them heretofore, and this desire has
been 80 often manifested In various ways
that l am surprised the Commissioners do
not seem to respect II. Indeed, II the pro.
Ceeding Of the last meeting arc correctly
reported, u motion 10 publish the annual
report OF 3. STANLEY, Poor Agent, was de.
ieated. Now, the public would like TO
know the names Of tho Commissioners
who voted against this motion and their
reasons for so doing.
These gentlemen may have had good
and sufficient grounds for voting a. they
did, but, without explanation, II will DO
generally construed as IN effort 10 keep
the people In the dark regarding details.
/ insisted some time ago, and / still insist,
that detailed annual statement OF our
county receipts and expenditures should
be published, as Is done In other States,
and / hope to see other citizens take On
interest In this matter, and urge the Cotnt
missionets TO furnish II. The reason for
requiring such statement as is asked iot
l attempted to give In o former commttni.
cation, but they are 80 obvious as not to
need repetition. TAI PAYER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
louisiana State Lottery Company.

This institution was regularly incorporated py me
eIIature Of the state for Educational and Chafita-
ble purposes, In 1883, for the Term Of twenty
i've Years, 70 which contract the inyiolAblO faith
Of The State u pledged, which pledge has been 70
neWed by an Overwhelming popular vote, !eeuringt ~
ID, A. D, 1870, with capital o. q 100000, 70 which
Il hRS since added reserve fund Of over $4,000.
ITH GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTION
will lake place monthly on the stconds TuesdAy;
nsvs ScGIi or pOEipONSI. Look at the following
Distribution;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09

MANnooD's vigor Is lost when the body
is wasted BY Dyspepsia, aick headache or
liver complaint. For this pltiable condl !.
ton TUFTS Pills, are q specific. The vigDr
and elasticity Of youth, and buoyancy Of
spirits, will follow their use. They siye
pure blood and solid flesh. sN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09

For the 1ntelugeneef.
Mr.. ana Mrs. 1irahdybeer Discuss "1ha
Proposed Amendment"
Last night about half past eleven Mrs.
Btandybeer reached home In state Of
great mental fatigue. He wearily pulled
himself out Of his ovsrcoat and oyershoes,
hung his hat on the rack and walked into
the sitting room and dropped his immense
proportions down into q great arm chair,
that squeaked and groaned under the
mighty burden. Nj, Bfandybeer is q
very iieshy man. Men usually get very
heshy In the business Nj. Bfandybee
follows,
Mrs. Btandybeet'skeen eyedetected that
her oleaginous and liquescent spouse was
very much agitated and disquleted In Ills
soul. So she waited for him 10 unbufden
himself, as she knew he would as soon as
he recovered bis breath and had succeeded
In staying the floods Of Precipitation that
flowed from every pore.
The little Brahdybeera had all gone 10
bed, and oil was still save the ticking Of
the clock and the alChoholic bEeaLhings OF
MI. B., who Is said 10 suffer from asthma.
Giving his broad yisage final mop, he
opened his mouth and said unto Mrs. B.,
who was patiently waiting his pleasure;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
TIMM TABLM.
wheeling and Elm :.I Grove Railroad.

On and after SATURDAY, November IA i'm.
can on the WHEELING and Kim Grove n, Il WIN mi
a follows Cars will leave the city, CORNER Of MafiSi
and Eleventh stfeet8lt and Hofnbro6k's PARK Al
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09

esundAyt excepted.
ton sundays tEo eafs viii leave HctnbtookHFGk
IVY M and city Al 1890 p M, 10 aecommodAts
SSsia lns KtEEH. snr.dn.snd.nt
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GENERAL NOTICES,

MONEY TO L0AN-sSOO FOR FOVR
Xl 70 twelve months 500 for four 70 tVGN
yeST 81 900 for one year; 5000 for one % Two Jaa
On GiSl-caSs upincuinberod Real Estate o. Other "
lIiaetory security, Inquire Of ALEXANDER BOSI
General Business Agent, 1878 Market street, ''Gu
Rle'G Block Wheeling, W. Va. II
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CEALED PROPOSALS,
lcTx CEERE's oyyeE

wHREEsS, ". Va, Fs6, ), i'll.
Sealed proposals will DO received Of the ONCE OitI
City Cleik until Monday, February II, 1881, ~
o'clock p. M, for the lighting, cleaning eItlnguE
Tor the Oh Tampa north Of the creek, south d N
cfeef and the oil lamps IN the Seventh WaId iOF "
year, from March I, 1881. Bids 10 bOlddEaIdh
Inc IChalFman Of the Committee on Lights" III
committee roserVing the right 70 reject aayGl
"S 10 FRANK BOWERS, City ouL
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SEAIED PROPOSALS.
. cIEr ctE9k'I ov!icE,

CrTY CLRRR'B 0TIiCE,
WHEELING, W. VA, February s lSsi.i
sOalsd proposals. will be received at The Office d "
City CLERK until SATURDAY. February 10, 1881 y
o'clock p. M, for the removal Of oil kitchen gaFbE
and oHAl from within the city limits lOt The Jtr
commencing April 1881, the BIDS To 30 a. telost
For the Fiat District, comprising all oil The Fin
Poi the Second District, comprising The SseoA
and Seventh wards
Fourth wards.
WheOllBg creek 10 CaldWOll's Run.
For the Filth District, eompriSing all south
Caldwells Hun 10 the southern line Of the city.
No perlon VIII be awarded for more than Ons "
trict nor can they DO interested In any proposal Ia
more than one di6tfiet.s
Proposals 70 be addressed to The uChalrmln OIL y.
Committee on Health,n the committee feierIing III
- FRANK BOWERS,
fe City Clerk
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06

Between eighty and ninety years age
there lived in Connecticut river valley two
farmers, one OF whom was named Hunt
and the other Clark. The former, in early
life, had been man Of strong will and
somewhat hasty and violent temper. Some.
times he had been seen beating his oxen
over their heads with the handle Of his
whip in manner 10 excite the pity of the
bystanders, and when exDostulated with he
excused himself by saying that he had the
most fractions team IN town. by and by
an alteration took place in the temper of
Farmer Hunt. lie became mild, fOrbear
ing, and, what was most remarkable, his
oxen seemed TO improve In disposition at
an equal pace with himself.
Farmer Hunt Joined the church and was
an exemplary man. His neighbors saw
the change both in himself and his team.
1t was marvel TO the whole town. One
of his townsmen asked Tor an explanation.
Farmer Hunt SAID:
Il have found out secret about my
cattle. Formerly they were unmanage-
able. The more whipped and dubbed
them, the worse they acted. But now
when they are unmanageable go behind
my load and sing old Hundred, and,
strange as it may appear, no sooner have
ended than the oxen go along as quietly as
| could wish don't know how il is, but
they really seem to like singing"
In the course of tew years the two far
mers were chosen deac ms of the church,
and they both adorned their profession
About the time Of theil election grievous
famine prevailed in the valley, and the
farmers generally were laying up their
corn to plant the ensuing season. A poor
man living in the towu went to Deacon
Hunt and said:
''l've come to buy a bushel of corn.
Here is the money, it's about all can
gather"
The Deacon told him he could not spare
bushel for love or money. lie was keep
ing double his usual quantity for seed-corA
the next year, and he had to stint his own
family. The man urged his suit in vain.
At last he,sald:
Deacon, If you don't let me have the
corn, shall curse you.f'
Curse me!' replied the deacon, chow
dare you do so9"
Because" says the man, the Bible
says So"
'Nonsense!" exclaimed Deacon Hunt,
''there is no such thing In the Bible"
''Ies, there is ! replied tho poor man.
'Well," said the deacon, 'ff you can
find any such text I'll give you bushel OF
corn.
They went into the house, when the poor
man went to the old family Bible; turning
10 Proverbs xi, 20, he read: ''He that
withholdeth corn, the people shall curse
him; but blessings shall be ppon the head
of him that selleth ii.
The deacon was faiJly caught. ''Come
along, said he, ''and viii be as good as
my word kSE
lie took him 10 the corn house, meas
.r-ea s-@4a -l-~r7l~l-4f cory. het. -a-.l,-
man TO put it into his bag, assisted him to
pat it on his shoulders, and, just before his
departure, being somewhat of u wag, he
said, with twinkle in his eye
II say, neighbor, after you have carried
this corn home, 60 to Deacon Clark and
curse him out of another bushel."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
Intelligence I'm Birds.

The Central Prison at Agra is the roost-
ing-place of great numbers Of the common
blue pigeon; they fly cut to the neighboring
country for food every morning, aud re-
turn in the evening; when they drink at a
tank just outside the prison walls. In this
tank are large number Of fresh water tur-
ties, which lie in wait foi the pigeons, just
under The surface of the water and at the
edge of it. ANY bird alghtlng TO drink
near one of these turtles, has good chance
Of having its head bitten off and eaten; and
the headless bodies of pigeons have been
picked up near the wafer, showing the
fate which has sometimes befallen the
birds. The pigeons, however, IRE aware
of the danger, and have hit on the follow
ing plan to escape it: 4 Aplgeon comes in
fron its long flight, and as it nears the
tank, instead of flying DOWN at once to the
waer's-edge, will cross the tank at about
twenty feet above its surface, and then fly
back To the side from which it came, ap-
parently selecting for allghting a soft spot
which it had remarked as it flew over the
bank; but even when such a spot has been
selected the bird will nJS alight at the edge
of the water, but OIL the bank about yard
from the water, and will then run down
quickly to the water, take two or three
hurried gllps of it, and then fly off to re-
peat the same process at another part of
the tank ILL It's thirst is satisfied. | had
often watched the birds doing this, and
could notaccount for their strange mode of
drinking, till told by my friend, the super
intpndant Of the TrIaOn Of tho t,1rflno
which layin ambush for the pigeons.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
Fight Between a Dog and Donkey.

A singular encounter between a dog and
a dcukey was that which occurred in Black
pool, England. A retired gentleman,
named Weddington, owned fine young
donkey and splendid mastiff. One sunny
cay the donkey was grazing in field,
when the dog rushed at it in ferocious
manner and fastened on to it's nose. The
donkey did not decline the challenge, for
it at once shook the dog of, bit it about
the head and shoulders, trampled on it,
and tossed it about. The dog again seized
the donkey, and crowd soon gathered,
but all efforts to separate the combatants
were of no avail. The dog repeatedly fas-
tened ON the donkey's nose Blood flowed
profusely from both animals, and at the
end of half an hour the owner appeared
up tie scene AMI fresh attempts were
made to part them, but without Success
After the fight had lasted half an hour, the
the owner decided to have the dog shot, as
it had by that time fastened with q firm
hold on the donkey's nose. A. gun was
procured and the services of a good
shot obtained. But so savage was the
fight that il was difficult TO shoot one ami
NAL without killing the other also. At last
aim was taken, and bullet put into the
dogs head, and 1t dropped to the ground.
When the smoke cleared away the cog
was dead, but the infuriated donkey had
To the charge kicking, biting and
trampIng on the dog. 1t was with great
the donkey was at last driven Off
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
A. WIfe's Devotion.

rare example or constancy, courage
and devotion combined has just been furn-
ished by brave young peasant woman,
born and bred IN a remote hamlet OF the
Nosges France. Marie Hagart, this heroine
in humble life, babe adieu to her husband
some months since, and saw him start for
the great city of Paris in the hope of OBJ
tanning employment there. But almost
upon his arrival in the capital he fell i'll,
and being without either funds or friends,
was taken to the Hospital de la Pitie. The
news of his illness reached the hamlet
where his wife lived in course of time, and
the latter, listening only to the promptings
of her heart, determined to join her sick
husband at once. She was utterly desti-
tute. To travel by rail was therefore out
of the question, SO she started on foot with
baby il her arms, just two francs in her
pocket, and journey of one hundred and
three leagues before her. Braving hardship o
OF every description sleeping by the road
side or in the fields, and living on what
scraps of food she could obtain on the wav,
she passed onward, nothing daunted, for
the city where her husband Law sick. She
had lost her way several times, her clothing
courage remained undimlnished, until re-
Gently, when, footsore and weary, she
found herself al ChaertIn, when she sank
down in the streets overcome by her suffer
ings, exhausted flom want of food, exclaim-
ing family, "Mon Dieu! can go no further.
Mother and child were conveyed to the
police station, revived, warmed and tended,
after which the poor woman related, in
few simple words, her touching story,
seemingly astonished that those who listen
ed to her should have betn moved to express
admiration for her conduct kindlysspersOns
offered the young woman the assistance and
shelter her forlorn position required, but her
absorbing thought was to obtain news of the
man for whom she had travelled so far
The police Commissary undertook to salts
fly her on this point, and few hours later
she learned that he whom she had walked
so many leagues to see had expired in the
hospital ward twenty-four hours before her
arrival.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06

another river, the Zerafshan, which de-
scends from glacier in the mountains q
little to the south of the point at which the
Jaxartes enters the plains. This central
river flows due westward for some two
hundred miles, meandering, in many
branches, forming the oasis OF Bokhara and
scattering fertility all around, until finally
its waters are swallowed up by the sand.
Originally the whole of this territory must
nave been covered by vast inland seas, of
which the Aral and the Caspian are the
relics. In those early days the Oxus, the
Jaxartes, the Zerafshan would fall into the
sea as soon as they left the mountain region.
Now that the sea has dr1ed up. the courses
of the rivers have been prolonged, the Jax-
aites running solid INTO the sea of Aral, the
Oxus breaking and spreading into numer-
Gus streams some two hundred miles before
its waters reach the sea, thus making the
oasis of Khiva; and the Zerafshan watering
and rendering fertile the greater portion Of
the state of Bokhara, In the upper or east
ern portion of which stands the grand old
city of Samarcand, the capital OF the IA.
nous Timour. Ii deserves 10 be mentioned
here that in ancient times the OXus carried
its waters into the Caspian sea. and not ag
now into the Aral. In those days q narrow
zone of fertility, following its course, ex-
tended from KhiZa TO the Caspian. Some
hundreds of years ago, however, the Kivans
intercepted the current of the river and
turned it southwark to the Aral. Its old
bed can still be traced, and the immedia-
tely adjoining country, marked by ruins OF
ancient settlements, is perfect desert. The
Aral lies parallel with the northern part OF
the Caspian, and TO the south of theAral lies
the oasis of Khiva. West of the lake and
Of the oasis and on the Caspian the country
is desert. The whole country to the south
of the Caspian, round by the south OF
Khiva, and up the southern bank of the
Oxus as far as Balkh. Is also desert. In the
eastern open OF this desert there is small
oasis on which stands the city Of MerY-a
place which, for some time past, has been
commanding some attention. Such In the
external aspect presented by this region
The whole territory was divided into
khanates, of which those of Bokbara, KhivR
and khokand were the most important.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
Books Bound I'm metal.

Among the handicrafts which illustrate
the conditions of the arts at various periods
few are more important than boox-bind.
ing. A collection of typical specimens Of
French binding, from the TIME of Eve
through that of lie Gascan, Derome and
Bozerian, to the day OF Trautz- Bauzonnet,
would offer short history of French de-
corative taste. A less systematic and al
ready partly scattered, but still interesting
collections of bindings in silver and other
metals is exhibited. The remnants of the
collection includes many quaint European
examples. No. l9 in the catalogue ls a mod
ern Russian service book cover i'm silver
ana enamel, exceedingly modern and ex-
cessively debased. Contrast ninety-four
binding in solid silver repousse, with fig-
ures OF women and children, the style
wonderfully free and large This is an
admirable German work of the seventeenth
century. A strange piece of old Russian
embroidery, set with pearls, is 129-the fig
ures of the dead Christ and the women are
not unlike the manner of Margherit9ne
d'Arezzo. The piece is of the fifteenth
century, at which date Russia was enter
tanning several Italian artists. A Koran
case of enaneled silver (sixty four is stud
ded with reds ana green's of q pleasant
Oriental tone. A truly French piece ia the
binding of book of ''ecercice spiritue, 3"
embroidered and painted on silk, with the
etfigy of pretty girls face. There are
also some odd old ''Guild-books, and bits
of Dutch and French enamel, specimens OF
"a style of binding which has become ss ex-
tinct as the dodo.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
A Sea OF Fire.

Among the petroleum springs of Baku,
on the western shore of the Caspian, now
beginning to be known as they deserve, is
one communicating with the sea winch
produces at times very striking pheno-
menon. The floating oil that covers the
surface for many acres round is frequently
ignited by accident, turning the smooth
water into veritable lake of fire. The
most famous of these confagrations, to
which the superstition of the natives gives
the name of ''Shaitann Noor," Devils
Light occurred in the autumn of 1872. IL
broke out in the middle of the night, and
was declared by Russian naval officer,
who witnessed it from the deck of gun
boat, to be the most striking spectacle he
had ever seen. The sheet of flame waved
to and fro in the wind like flag, lighting
up the shore for miles, and making every
point and rock clear as midday. Far as
the eye could reach the smooth water was
all one red blaze, and the deep crimson
glow which it threw into the sky was yisi-
BILE to the inhabitants of several island dis
tricts far out of sight of the sea itself.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
Chrome Tanned Leather.

There are, or have lately been, on exhibit
ton in Glasgow, Scotland, samples OF
leather prepared with chrome, and without
the use of any tannin whatever. 1t is
claimed that the chrome process, invented
and patented by DR.. Heinzerling, is not
only cheaper and more expeditions than the
usual methods of tanning, but that it pro-
duces a leather stronger, more durable,
more plant, and less pervious to moisture I"
The chrome-tanned leather exhibited was
made into betting, harness. boots, and other
articles; and it may be well to suggest that
our leather manufacturers should scrutinize
what may be learned regarding the result,
and if the report is favorable it will go hard
with our inventors but they will better the
improvement.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-06
Central A sfas

Central Asia, properly so called, owns q
much larger territory than that to which
the words usually apply. In the larger
sense, it would inclnde the whole of Tur-
kestan, Eastern as well as Western, and
some portions of the surrounding country.
Usually, however, 1t ia now applied only
TO Western Turkestan, or as it is sometimes
called, Great Bucharia. This territory is
bounded on the west by the shores of the
Caspian, and on the east by the Chinese
frontier, on the north by the widespread
limit of the Russian empire, and on the
south by Afghanistan and Persia The
area thus covered is probably not much
short of million of square mics. II is
vast expanse of deserts, interspersed with
oasis, and with two great rivers flowing in
nearly parallel northwesterly courses until
they fall into the Sea of Aral, which is
conspicuous feature of the region. These
two rivers, The Amoo Darya and the Sir
Darya-the Oxus and Jaxartes of the an
cents-have their sources in the high table
land which separates Eastern and Western
Turkestan. I'm the first part of their
course, and as they leave the highlands in
their rear, the adjoining country is well
watered, and on the fertile plains have
grown up some prosperous cities. On the
Jaxartes stand Chimkent Tashken, and
Khojend; VIII lie along the line of the
Oxus, but mostly to the south, and be-
tween the river and the Hindoo Koosh, are
Kunduz, Balkh, and other towns, once
the seats of wealth and civilization. In
the lower part Of their course these rivers
run in nearly parallel courses through arid
deserts. The great Kizzil Kun desert
about 250 miles broad, lies between them
the Kura Kun, another vast desert, ex-
tends southwark from the Oxus, while
the whole region west of the delta of the
Oxus and between the Aral and the Cas-
plan is also waste wilderness, There is