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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

ST. PETERSBURG, April 22,-1t has been
decided to grant niuc million roubles an.
nually to aid the peasants 10 free them.
selves from the burden laid upon them In
1861, General Melikotf thinking that
otherwise serious trouble might ensue.
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One way oat Of Iteiabds Dlmeuitisa.
Coax, April 22.-0ne thousand emf.
grants sailed yesterday for the United
States, and another thousand will leave
to-day, mostly Of the farming class.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

srEuSEsvnLB, April gt.-willie, son
Of widow lady named Grimes, was
drowned this afternoon near Ellioltyille,
this county, while fishing. His age waS
ten years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

NEW YoRE, April 22.-Ths divers on
the Third avenue street railway have
struck for an advance Of wages.
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srEAMEAs.
A LLAN LINE OF
Royal Mail Stennat.s,

Ffom ya'tno'o every al,tttHte 1Hp,,lav lot iI,st.
pool, Tis Qu'eh''oVh. From Bosiou cvsTy IhufSi1S
" LiIgffUol, via Londonderry EElta ttSSnSts
iion ulis.os, uhluay abd Londonderry, Tbit ne
oHta snpHh tahir aftommolAuon, ard fSGis, 4
lpsciity Nip III t-tstmeht n 3ie,ftgs P,sssSss,s
lol uuisafd and Prepaid 1itFtts ipplt ID n ~
Eehffti q iohn BNllo tgnnh al WiCtIISS 4, ts
lfre Aldl H'hcral la'iensot gents, ia BFoa,i
.sy zee fmAi 10 s.nlh b,h st.. Phliidelphii, 6
1"'e 9''' bs"n. h9lT7hsAS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

The unfinished business came up. The
motion to 70 into executive session was
lost, and Nj. Morrill, addressed the Senate.
A Colloquy took place between Messts.
Sherman and Beck concerning the dilatoTy
proceedings, during which Nj. Beck re-.
matked that he would be very careful
what he said, In view oi the declAtion OF
the Senator from Rhode Island rMt.
Burnside that this thing was "lalse, false,
false, and must stop, because II be should
have 10 6sht be might shoot ne man,
and thus break up the constitutional ma.
jofity,
Nj, Sherman declared thA. the doc,,ine
that the minority should rule W0s danger.
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sTRlKR OF RAILROAD HANDS,

KENT, o., April 22.-About fifty work.
men, employed on the New York, Penn.
sylvania & Ohio Railroad gravel train, at
this place, struck to-day for an advance iu
wages.
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HCRitn 49,. -
, ALIVE FOR THREE HouRS,

..,, IA on Nan and lie Ne.
Eu, p, ,'','' Fatal iBJutles.
E.nu,,,n na, .1P'i 1PSl !!,-La,t Friday Frank
tisaSisr Y1' ,a,i 81 iili'vi.v this county, while
i,oise, Of ..,,' .,.., W. buried under twenty.
d oitb,s i, "sli Si''4 4 snd stone by the cavins
i'euiy minute, y Siel3s three hours and
saIy ipps,sn.. ig,.' u the we'll. Though the
dlsj yss,s,5se sgs l51se', he failed 10 recover and ard
P''Ia,' b..jiSS,n n1,'5inS :, III. after spells d
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

AspRyELLE, s. O., April 22,-Abnm
Martin was hanged to-day for the murder
oI his wife on the 10Th OF July lsst,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23
Ab0M;Ma1zs
1.-THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS"

IHb UULhN UT TAbLb WAIbKS.
For water drinkers Il Is Of the utmost i'm.
pottanee TO have at command table water Of
the highest type Of purity agreeable in favour,
eGhilarating by reason Of It's sparkling eFet.
yescence, and suitable for daily use as a table
luxury and in home circles, as At public ban.
que,s, the APOLLlNARfS NATURAL
MINERAL WATER has established itself in
public and Professional favour as possessing
these qualities, and believe lis introduction
may be recommended and supported as Of gtsat
value to the cause Of temperance and good
health"
LoHSaH, Eng. AEgNtt24 1880. tSitaa1
NORMAN KERR, Md, F.L.s.
OtaR Grrt,'. DysEritii. aA4 Hiattai Bahy psa6r.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS,
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Last Of the Little lie Dues.
Hull, QuR, April 22-Mr. Le Dues
house was burned, and three little chill.
dren perished.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23

---., 4 considerable rivalry down in
,.''.an 'a-| county "a to what route the rail
' I,b,II ,,ke through the county
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Ole GntelIigtnar

=, ,o.. IS aud "a rour'esnrh street
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La, THURSDAY, JUNE 16 1881.

cold water above all things and will inn
mediately leave patient who takes a
cold bath.
There are several other remedies
against fever, but they lose their power
if employed by the uninitiated. The
following is rather curious specimen:
The village wizard or witch takes the
patient by the hand and leads him into
the open fields. Here they look about
for an ash-tree which must be little
taller than the patient. The wizard then
produces his knife, cleaves the tree in
two from top to the root. Both halves
OF the top are then tied together with
the patients belt, and the quack holds
the two lower parts of the trunk apart
SO as to form an opening. through which
the patient creeps, having meanwhile
divested himself of his clothing. His
clothes are then handed to him one by
one through the same opening; he
dresses himself and is now considered
to be cured of bis ague. During the
whole operation the wizard mutters Ger.
tain mysterious words, which are sup
posed to possess some miraculous pow
er. Other popular remedies against
fever and malaria are tobacco, tar and
verdigris, and of late years the peas
ants have taken largely to use quinine.
Chambers Journal.
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Missing wills.

Before the days of safe companie.
people used to hide their wills where
they thought them least likely to be
either disturbed or destroyed. Thus
secret drawers in secretaries, the stuffed
parts of chairs and sofas, the backs OF
wamscots, the space between floors and
ceilings, odd corners in garrets, and
out-of-t the-way spots in the ground,
have been chosen for such a pur.
pose from time immemorial. More
frequently, perhaps, at all events in
later times, books have been selected
as places of safety and concealment; and
it so happens that, when such volume
has been either a Bible or law book,
the confidence of the will-maker in it's
keeping his secret has been better justi-
fed than he wished for. ' at''i.tt'
Such was the fate of the will of the
late Gabriel Winter. of Flushing, he
died fifty -one years ago. No will could
be found, and in due course the Surro-
gate of Queens County granted letters
of administration and the large prop
erty left by Gabriel Winter was dealt
with as if he had died intestate. More
than half century rolled away before
it was found that this was an error. A
relative happened about the first of last
March to open an old musty law book
once owned by Winter and 10! a
document fell from it-a will duly
drawn. executed and witnessed fifty-one
years before. On the 24th of March
this instrument was offered at the
Queens County Surrogate's Office for
probate. Mr.. Mills, who is past eighty
years OF age, testified that he witnessed
the execution of the will. But the son
and grandsons of Winter opposed the
probate and a litigation has ensued
which has not yet been ended. Is ai
This case, which, while but one of
many, has special interest as being i'm
mediately in the public eye, and be-
cause of other curious legal proceedings
with which the persons concerned in
the pending action were not long since
associated, shows that it is not only the
duty OF every one to make will but to
put the will where it can be found. The
grief and strife so often entailed on fam
lilies by the neglect Of this duty are i'll
made up for by the benefits such neg
lect confers upon lawyers. In our day
there is less excuse for omissions of such
nature than there once was. Any per-
son at tritling cost can put his viii i'll
a place OF absolute safety, and may
combine absolute secrecy, if he wishes
it, as to it's terms with the. certainty of
its being duly found at his death. The
and trustworthiness of the
safeguards thus provided make the sell
tishness or heedlessness of those who
fail to employ them more censurable
than the makers of missing wills could
formerly, on this score, be held to be,
and all persons who have anything to
leave should not forget the fact.-M.
Y. Etening Post. - ''S .'At5 81 9'.. ) On
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Capri Maidens.

4 1t is so much the habit of strangers in
Capri to surrender to these fair donkey
maidens. that both MADDOX and | have
fallen to a certain extent under their
sway. 1t is our custom mornings to
lounge along the Marina, where we
have made acquaintance with Pasquer-
ella, Palome and Calnella. The first is
not donkey maiden but little coral
merchant. With her basket of brooches.
rings and beads she trips up and down
the strand, offering her wares to who
ever seems disposed to buy. and on re-
celvlng franc or two, which is the
trifling price of necklaces and rosy coral
beads, laughs and dances with a grace
and gayety that would adorn a draw
ing room. Palome is a young woman
who takes more serious views of life.
Her business is to drive her donkey up
and down the perilous heights of Capri,
with human freight of more or less i'm
portance on its back. She has constant
ly to give orders to both donkey and
rider and this has resulted in an air of
dignity and responsibility that laughing
Pasquerella lacks. Camella is a maiden
whose duty it is to carry packages and
smaller burdens up and down the
slopes. Each of these Capri girls has
gentle, open-hearted disposition. and is
thoroughly accessible to people who in
spire them with confidence. Imperti-
nence or familiarity would soon bring
the quick Italian temper to light.
MADDOX, whose Italian is accumulatino
rapidly, has made great progress with
them, and assures me that each one is
confidently expecting her prince everv
time the steamer makes its way hither
from Naples. | suggested that thought
Pasquerella's would be the first to ar
rive, but was rebuked for having looked
a little too long and too earnestly at the
damsePs dancing eyes and blushing
cheeks.-M Y Times.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

One prize in three is carried off by
Jewish students in the New York col
leges, according to report. tl I
Rev. Joseph Cook is lecturing with
considerable success in Ireland. He re-
Gently dined with the Archbishop Of
Dublin. ~ gh,fs5 sll 4f "A
The University of Zurich has con-.
ferred on The Hungarian Countess Will
helmine Hugnay the title of Doctor of
Medicine.
A Missionary Conference, embrac-
ing large number of missions in the
East, will convene at the Bible House
in Constantinople in June.
The new compulsory education law
in France provides, among other things
for instruction on duties Of citizenship
and the constitution of the country, ele-
mentary notions of political economy,
and law, and gymnastics.
"A class for women has been or
ganized at Yale College. the lectures
and instruction to be delivered by Pro-
fessors Sumner. Williams, Brewer and
others. 1t will resemble what is popu-
larly known as the Harvard Annex"
Bishop Elliott, of Texas, is the
youngest Bishop in the United States.
He is a SON OF a Bishop, but before en-
terlng the ministry was a dashing
young Confederate officer, and carries
a bullet in his handsome head which
still troubles him occasionally.s z s6
The American Presbyterians and
the American Baptists are the only de-
nominations carrying on mission
work in Siam. The Presbyterians work
among the Siamese and the Laos and
the Baptists among the Chinese. The
Presbyterians have flourishing orphan
age in Bankok,. the capital.
Bishop Warren has introduced a
polytechnic department. of novel but
very practical character into the At
lanta University. He has organized a
College of Carpentry, and the colored
students have taken to it in such large
numbers that he wants little money to
enlarge the clubhouse where they work
and to supply tools.
AT the recent meeting of the New
England Methodist Conference a report
was presented by the Committee on the
State OF the Church, suggesting special
effort for higher liety ahd nofeIaithful
Christian lives, and the maintaining OF
a higher general standard. 1t discour-
ages single services on Sundays and the
leaving Of the afternoon vacant. The sec
ond preaching service in the evening
crowds out an important prayer meet
ing, and the, vacant afternoon. is q
temptation to Sabbath breaking. ia
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The True Philosophy Of Life.

81 What | was gwine to remark be-
gan Brother Gardner as the De-
troit Lime Kiln Club was called
to order, g am to de effeck dat one
half of de solid enjoyment l could
take in dis world if let alone
am split by a set of men whom
earnestly hope de mex gineration will
castinto de sea. | can't pick up a paper
widout bein' startled by de announce
ment dat we eat too much, sleep too
little, sit up too late, 90 to bed too early,
dress too warm or too cold-walk too
much or too little. De croakers am
constantly at work to put de rest of us
on de ragged aige of anxiety. ..=.
Zone day we hear dat consumpshun
has become our nashunal complaint.
Mex day it am predicted dat de fewel
suppy of de world am runnin' short.
Next fing we h'ar of am de statement
dat de average of human life am
CROWN shorter, or dat eight men out of
ten have liver complaint, OF dat a comet
am preaching de airth. Dars sunthin'
bein' hunted up an shot off at us ebery
day in de var, an it has got to dat
pass dat de man who lies down at night
breads dat he may nebber see de moon
again, an he gifts up to wonder if de
coniagrashun gwine on in de sun won't
burn up his garden truck befo' night.
Il has been finkin' all desc finps
ober. has bin worried an harassed
an half scarf to death ober de
drift period, de predicted climatic
changes, de astronomical changes an
de sudden diskiveries dat human life
am shortenin' up like an old clothes.
lind on rainy day. | has got to dat
pitch dat I'm goin to sot down in nv
cabin wild pan of apples on the right
han and pan of popcorn on the left,
an let de world turn bottom up an be
hanged to her. If white folks want to
60 on worryin' ober science an philoso-
ply an predickshuns an prophe cies.
let 'em do it, but my advice to de Guild
race am to worry ober muffin higher'n
de roof of house or deeper down dan
de bottom of cellar When your davis
work am dun, sot down in de big cheer.
light yer pipe an let de chi'en an de
dog loose fur a good time.n n5a s+.s
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The Medicines OF Russian Peasants.

The Russian peasant has a great dis
like to doctors and will rather suffer
anything from a village quack than put
himself under the treatment of med
ical man. Among the laboring class the
treatment of diseases and affections of
all kinds is confined chiefly to old
women, who not infrequently are looked
upon as witches, and, as recent terri
BILE example has shown, are occasional
ly treated as such. 1t cannot be denied
that these old crones possess certain
knowledge of the virtues of herbs,
drugs, ETC., and many cases are on rec
ord where they succeeded in curing
inveterate affections that for years had
resisted the doctors skill Fevers of
all kinds. ague and malaria, are among
the most prevalent diseases in Russia
diseases which it is currently believed
haunt the country in the shape of invis-
ible women, who 60 from village to
village and from house to house in
search of some human being, in whom
they may conveniently take up their
abode. There are said to be twelve
such women, or sisters as they are some
times called-that is, kinds of fever
who visit the patient separately. The
tirst visitors are as a rule, only trouble
some, not dangerous; but those that
come later weaken him considerably,
and the 'twelfth sister, almost inva-
riablv takes the patients life. BY the
latter name the peasants call the
fever and night-sweats which are
the usual symptoms of advanced
consumption. Each of these twelve
sisters is supposed to have great dis
like to some special mode of treatment,
and will at once leave the patient if it
should be resorted to. Thus, for ex
ample, sister No. is afraid of cutting
instruments and sharp tools, and it is
strongly recommended to surround the
patient bed with knives, axes, scvthes.
spades, saws, etc., which must be laid
with their sharp edges turned toward
the door. A specific against sister No.
is an alcoholic extract of twelve kinds
OF wood, and sister No. 5 can be ex-
PEELED by swallowing large dose of
gunpowder. The ninth sister breads
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The Match-Maker.

j Every community, and perhaps almost
every family, has its match-maker-one
who devotes herself to the sentimental
interests OF the race. who always is sus-
pectlng a love affair, in every intimacy
or friendship between a man and wom-
an; who compasses heaven and earth,
so to, speak, in order to throw two peo-
pie together whom she fancies are each
other S affinity, either in mind or purse;
to whom all the pomp and circumstance
OF wedding. the progress of court
ship, the tender anxieties of a lovers
quarrel, are. the daily bread of her
mental existence. She plans and cir
cumveIts, and deyotes her. thoughts
and talents to bringing about whatever
.;cheme she has set her heart upon, no
matter whether the pulses of her victims
beat IN unison with the wish or not.
She has not only the satisfaction of feel
ing that she insures the happiness of
those for whom she ,labors-a fable
which she devoutly believes but her
stratagems, the success of this ma
neuver or the, failure of that, afford her
all the excitement, all the mental
stimulus, of a novel, indefinitely con-
tlnued, with numerous sequels, always
on the way to some striking denoatnneaat.
She is never in want of heroes and her.
oines, of cruel parents and miserly rel
atiyes, because she draws her dramatic
persona from real life. The matchmaker
is often the mother of a large fam
lily of girls of Strengthened means, plain
faces, and no particular vocations, who
sees that a good marriage is their only
deliverance from want, hardship and
in the future; it is usually
necessity which develops this match
making tendency in her; sometimes it
Is the childless aunt who takes the role,
who has nothing else to do but to look
after the matrimonial prospects of
nephews and nieces, whose house is a
rendezvous for lovers, whose tact tides
them over many dangers and ship
wrecks; or it is the kindly old maid,
whose highest ambition is to endow
other women with the love and protec-
ton she has missed, whose sentiment
has outiived a. great deal of rough
Occasionally we meet the
type, who bungles at the
business, frightens both parties, and
only succeeds in driving his clients
into marrying contrary to his wish. No
doubt it is wiser that ''iove should find
ont a way without any aid from an
that it should be spontaneous,
and not suggested by another; and
though in most foreign countries what
we call matchmaking, or bolder form
OF it, is the general custom, where no
young girl selects or accepts for herself
but has love and marriage thrust upon
her, yet the English-speaking Cupid is
not to be coerced, is apt to resent in
reference and to spread his wings ut
the sight of the matchmaker, unless
she approaches incognito.-Harper's
Bazar.
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A FAIR INVALID.

The Doctor at last, did you say, Jane?
Iwonder what IN axes him SO latei
Pull the bind down, and hand me that mirror:
Here,.see if this al CHAN is straight.
Good afternoon, Doctor. The matter?
That's just what want YOU to say
I've headache am awfully nervous,
And quite out of sorts every way.
I've no appetite-yes. those are candies:
Don't you think that bonbonniere's neat?
Help yourself. No: You find them delicious !:
They IRE the only thing can cat.
The heat of the room makes my head ache,
Perhaps? Why, pray how can that be?
The mercury indicates eighty?
All, well, I'm so chilly, you see. ~
Take exercise? Certainly, Doctor;
drive when I'm able: but pray
Don't you see for yourself I'm UNEQUAL
To any exertion to-day?
NV pulse is all right? Really. Doctor,
don't think you qiliic understand.
Indeed. | am awfuliy nervous, . = W.
And feverish, too-feel my hand! fs1 d =
Please give me some simple Prescriptions
Just something to make me feel bright:
I've an opera party tomorrow.
And the Ankays grand ball is tonight
-Hdrper's Bdzar
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
~, Doctors live by pillage. steGbes

g.,I,Roctors hve by plllage. - SteGben- n
Natural philosophy when
you're hungry. Philadelphia Chronicle.
The father OF vinegar remains in
obscurity, but its mother is well known. = e
Detroit Free Press,
n Emmy man who kan swap horses or
ketch fish, and not lie about it, liz az g0
Plus az men ever get to be in this
world. Josh Billings. ''-''i .
Most persons find it harder to tell 81
what they know than what they don't
know; and yet they have the most to
say about the latter. Boston Transeyipt IS.
LIN the revised Bible it is spelled Ia.
"hades.n. People who hit their thumb.
nails instead Of the tack while putting
down carpets should bear this fact in u
mind. 80 Chicago, Tribune.
.e We notice that the revised base
ball regulations for 1881 place the
pitcher five feet farther away from the
striker. OF course this will materially -
reduce the number of basemen slain, q
but it is really no Improvement. A.
man may as well be killed outright as
crippled for life. Rocbtand Courier. 10 sH
-o -''What lies beyondP' asks corre- A
spondent in the opening sentence of a
communication, We are not dead sure.,~
but from the smell and casual glance
over the fence we. should say 1t was gf
something in the line of dead cats. It
is always best to move in the perry
May-time, because you get used to the q,
new smells. before the real hot weather
comes Chicago Tribune. Il jis5o6 o.
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At Balltown, near Foxburg, Pa, is
well which has recently begun to pro-
duce black oil bearing close resem-
blance to coal tar. In its natural state.
this oil when burned emits a dense
black smoke from which a thick SCOT is
deposited. No other well in the viein-
ltty produces anything like it, though
the drill passes through the same kind
OF slate at equal distances in all of them.
The people of the vicinity are greatly
puzzled and don't know whether or not
there Is a bonanza among them.