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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-09
FRESH PRESS OPINIONS.
soIaee and Mnyaower.

Solace and mnyaower-
~ Nev York Mod.
II may vet be necessary to pass laws pro-
hibiting the use Of tobacco By persons I'M
der twenty years of age.
Love For the Negro.
Boston Posf.
The colored brother fought nobly for the
clerkship of the National House, but he got
badly left. How the Republican party does
love the negro!
The school Boy Reform.
Sui Lake Tribune.
The practical man of $sairs, the sasacious
business man, the manor natural ability,
stands no chance with q school boy. when
the competitor takes the form OF civil set
vice examination.
Don't Worry over IL.
Philadelphia Chronieie- Herald.
The Stalwart inundation seems to have
pretty well submerged the civil service re-
form bantling. The able Republican press
don't worry itself with any inquiries as 10
what has become OF it.
Have Ceased TO he SHARP Politicians.
Nctc York Erenino Post.
The New York "bOsses" have certainly
not strengthened themselves by destroying
the chance of a Representative OF New
York for the SneaScrSh..TT. Inc bosses,
II seems, have ceased to be sharp politi-
clans.
Festive College Boys.
Philadelphia Times.
With hazing and going on sprees and
spending much of their time in learning to
row boats. to excel in billiards and TO play
pook. some of the festiyely disposed youths
have ycrv little time left in which to store
their minds with useful knowledge.
Kansas Grasshoppers.
7eTre H0,he Express.
When Congress comes to settle the bills
Incurred during President Gartteld's illness,
il will probably be Overrun by attempts to
cxtort money on every conceivable pre-
text, except that of justice. The surgeons
bills can be settled without difficulty, but
the tradesmen will probably be worse than
the Kansas grasshOppcrS-want to take all
they can see.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-09
WEST VIRGiNIAs OUTPUT OF IRON

Okh
The new censa,s shows that West Vir-
ginia has at last taken place among
the ore producing States of the Union.
This first public report from the CEN
sus department Of her ore produetshows
that there are six counties of the State
engaged in mining ore; there are eight
establishments engaged in the business
the yearly capacity of these establish
ments is l40,52O tons; the product of
these establishments last yearwas 60,S5
tons; and the total value of the product
was SIS, 595.
There are 96i men employed in the
business, whose gross annual wages are
s6S, $50, and the total capital employed
Is Sll5,5OO. This b not bad showing
for new industry.
The average price per ton has fallen
since the last census from $3.50 to $50,
or 25.45 per cent. As gold averaged 30
per cent. above the paper dollar in 1870,
the true fall in iron is only II cents
ton.
Since the last census was taken the
average price per ton has changed in the
five great States as follows: In Michi-
gan it has fallen Is per cent; in Mis-
souri, it has risen 56.32per cent; in New
jersey it has fallen so per cent; in New
York it has fallen 29per cent; in Penn
sylvania il has fallen 50 per cent. These
irregularities are chiefly due to the in
creased demand for ores suitable to the
manufacture of Bessamcr steel.
The rank of sixteen States reported in
the census of 1870 as producers of iron
ore was rs follows:
!. Pennsylvania. p. Massachusetts.
=. Michigan. lO. Wisconsin.
=. New York. II. kentucky.
4. New jersey. II. Virginia.
= Ohio. H. Vermont.
s. Missouri H. North Carolina.
=. Maryland. ID. Delaware.
). Tennessee. 10. Indiana.
The six great iron States retain in
1880 their former relative rank, and Al
ALBANIA, a new State, takes the rank
next to them. Pennsylvania and Mich
igan yield over one-half the entire pro-
duct. The six States ut the head of the
list yield S7.4S per cent. of the total,
which is worth 90.9l per cent. of the
total value. Sixteen States We're re-
ported in 1870 against twenty-three ut
present. The new irOn-producing States
are Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia,
Connecticut, Oregon, Maine and Texas.
They produce 1876 per cent. of the pro-
duct Virginia has gained four places;
Maryland and Tennessee have lost two;
Massachusetts four and Kentucky one.
THERE are sixteen contested seats to
be acted upon by the House, and the con-
testants are all Republicans from the
South, except three. Lowe, Green
hacker, contests the seat of Wheeler,
Democrat. in the Eighth Alabama dis
trict; Anderson, Democrat, seeks TO dis
place Reed, in the Third Maine district,
and Cook, Greenbacker, contends
against Cuts, Republican, in the Sixth
Iowa. The majoritieo of the Democratic
members whose seats are contested are
generally very large, and the contests
are on the old idea of intimidation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-09

NeN IVFk Hufs'
II NAV vet be necessary to pass laws pro
hibiting the use of tobacco by persons un'
der twenty years OF age.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
The Toughest Story ever Pub
lished.

A correspondent of the Louis
Vile Courier Journal tells the fol-
lowing story OF Cornwall, on the
Hudson, we'll known as a summer
boarding place: 81 once knew a
very ridiculous thing to happen
there. Several years ago l was
coming down from Poughkeepsie
BY boat. 1t was bright morning
in midsummer, and we stopped al
Cornwall to take aboard the few
gentlemen who went early to bnsi
ness in New York. Isstead of the
usual number, there we're great
many people who rushed aboard ir
various stages of Indignation and
disgust. II was a perfect exodus
and we soon learned the cause.
The night before, light bread was
made up and set in the pantry to
"rise." Bed time came and all re-
tired-all; AT least, save a pet kit
ten, who prowled about looking for
comfortable bed. Kitty got into
the pantry, and finding the pan of
bread, which she mistook for a
nice soft cushion, laid down there
on and went quietly to sleep. The
dough yielded gradually. and slow
ly but surely poor KITTY was en-
gulfed, the batter closed over and
leaving no sign. When morning
came the bread was baked and
brought in hot to breakfast. Imag-
inc the scene-all the boarders
seated at the table-when that Loaf
was broken open. They left in 8
body.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17

Another historic case is that of
Thomas Parr, Of Shropshire, day
laborer, who lived to the age of I52
years.. When more than 40 he
married his second wife, and till
13e be could swing the scythe and
WELD the fail with the best of his
fellow-laborers. In his l52d year
Parr went to London to exhibit
himself 10 the King. 1t proved an
unlucky visit, for violating the alb
stemious hab Is of a century and a
half, the old man teasted so freely
on the royal yictuals that he soon
died merely of plethora. On ex-
animation his internal organs
proved to be in excellent condition,
and there was no reason why he
should not have lived much longer
save for this unfortunate taste OF
royal hospitality. Prot. Hufeland's
roll of centenariaBs includes many
more remarkable cases, among them
that OF Middlestedt, Prussian sol
dier, who served sixty seven years
under both the Fredericks, fighting
many battles, and enduring much
hard campaigning, and who, after
all this, married successfully three
wives, the last when he was Ito,
only two years before his death.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
New York ON the Equator.

To THE EDITOR OF THE n. Y.
SUN :--On Oct. Ii, 1877, superior
conjunction occurred. This was
the most remarkable conjunction
that had taken place in two thou
sand years. More planets were CO.
incident. The influence OF the con-
junction on the earth and on man
kind was most extraordinary. Du-
ring the conjunction the earth made
topple in space. There was then
change in the inclination Of the
earth to the sun--in the inclination
of the axis of the earth to the sun.
The cones Of the earth aOsrs changed.
The equstorial line the SUM now
strikes the coast of Lower CalIfor
MIA at St. Lazaro Point, crosses the
Gulf of California, crosses the klo
Grande. at FL Psso, sweeps across
the State of Texas. glides across
| Arkansas, strikes the Mississippi
river Just below Cairo, sweeps
through the State of Ohio, striking
Canton and Cleveland, crosses Lake
Erie, strikes Buffalo, sweeps through
New York, sweeps through Massa
chu sets, strikes Boston, and crosses
the Atlantic from Boston TO tue
English Channel. That is the new
equatorial line, and New York Is
on il. ff e-t
After the conjunction the baron-
etric pressure over the entire earth
was lessened, and it wall not be as
great as it was for fiity years TO
come. The earth was robbed of it's
oyxgen, its ozone, and Its humidity.
The pendrlums on all the clocks
on earth we're heightened; in other
words IN order to have clocks keep
time, the pendulums would have TO
be heightened all over the earth. The
scientific reason for this is that the
air over the entire earuI has become
rarified, and hence offered less re-
sistance to swinging pendulums.
II will take the sun a long time
several years-tc raise the heat oi
the earth up to point correspond
ing to its own. In other words the
Thermometer will each year show a
steady increase in temperature
along the line Indicated until in
summer it will range from 70 de-
grees to 80 degrees IN the shade,
and frequently run from s5 to 80
degrees. This is equatorial heat.
The entire Uuited States is in the
torrid zone. Cyclones, and
hurricanes will rage with unabated
fury this year. Last summer was
hot, this coming summer will be
still hotter. A. NJ. BALKE.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17

consider it their sacred duty to
help each other Id every emergency.
without distinction Of sex, rank or
age. The noble by birth get ak.
teen shillings a month from the
Government for their maintenance,
and commoners only ten, although
many OF them are married and sent
into exile with young families.
Daily a gendarme visits their lodg-
ings, inspects the premises when
and how he pleases, and now
and then makes some mysseri-
Gus entry in his note. book. Should
sny OF their number carry a warm
dinner, a pair OF newly mended
boots or a change OF linen 10 some
passing exile lodged for the mo-
mert in the public ward, tits just
as likely as not marked against him
as scrime. It is a crime to coms
and see friend of, or accompany
him little on the way. In fact.
shoald the ispravnik feel out Of
sorts-the effect of cards or drink
he vents his bad temper on the ex-
lies. and as cards and drink ere the
favorIte amusements In those
dreary regions, crimes are marked
down against the cxiles in astoDish-
ing numbers, aud report Of shem
sent regularly TO the Governor OF
the province.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Killing His Wife by Mistake.

CHARL oTTE, C.. H., Va, Feb. g.
Last evening a white woman went
ilto John Demp's house in Check
ertown, Charlotte county, and
asked to stay day or two. She
seemed to. have plenty of money.
Demp had only one good cham ber
in the house, and told her she
could occupy that. He accordingly
put her in there, giving her bed
by the side OF his wife's bed. Demp.
seeing that she had money, deter
mined to murder her, and last
night he crept into the room, armed
with axe. 1t seems that his wife
and the other woman had changed
beds during the night. Demp went
to the bed which he supposed the
guest occupied. He could only
distinguish the outlines of the fig
ure. and he dealt it two murderous
blows with the axe. The noise
woke the sleeper in the other bed.
and the man discovered by her
screams that he had murdered his
own wife. He fed from the room
and, and fortunately for her safety,
the other woman quilted the house.
Demp returned late, carried the
body of his wife into a clump of
woods near by, and buried it by the
light of torch. He then went
back, and was engaged in burning
the bed sheets when he was ar
rested.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
The Terrapin Senator

From the Atlanta Constitutio :
have just heard of an instance
where a United States Senator is
supported by terrapins. Senator
Dennis of Maryland. as my infor
nation goes, has about: twelve
acres of land put down in a pond
that Is fed by salt water. This
pond makes the largest terrapin
farm, probably, in the world, and is
the source OF heavy income. In
it terrapins are raised for the mar
ket, and it is said over $4,000. counts
have been sold from tito one year.
1t may be noted, for the benefit OF
the uninitiated, that q count is a
terrapin over seven inches in length,
and that counts are sold by mum
ber, bringing from $40 TO $14 a
dozen, or about 81 each. In mar
ket they retail for about $50 doz-
en-. and in the fashionable restau
rants are served at 81 so a plate,
one terrapin filing about three
plates. Smaller terrapins are sold
1t lower figures, but all bring GO cd
figures, and are diamond backs"in
fact as well as in name. There are
several terrapin ponds in Maryland,
and they grow in importance as
"terrapin stew, Maryland styIe,D is
becoming more and more popular
among high livers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
A New Style of Leg Business.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Ultra fash
ienable women's arms now look
like legs. The cause of this is the
new style OF gloves, and sleeves.
Fine woolen gloves, resembling
stockings or Jersey webbing. are
worn to reach nearly to the elbow.
If the arm be plump and tapering,
it's appearance is wonderfully leg
like in such covering; and even if
it be thin, it Is still like leg of the
scrawny proportions. Then let the
elbow sleeve have a white lace edge,
and you have both leg and drawers
complete, Ats Jolly evening party
girl thus gloved was induced to
thrust her hands into a par of
child's shoes, drape her waist and
shoulders in a child's dress, and,
standing behind a table, do a mari
onette dance with her hands. The
performance was q hit. The crea-
ture was straddle legged. owing to
the impossibility of bringing the
arms closer together, but made it
the funnier.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Sneaking Well of Others.

If the disposition to speak well
of others we're universally preva-
lent, the world would become q
comparative paradise. The oppo
site disposition is the Pandora box,
which, when opened, fills every
house and neighborhood with pain
and sorrow. How many enmities
and heart burnings flow from this
source! How much happiness is
interrupted and destroyed Envy,
jealousy, and the malignant spirit
of evil, when they find vent by the
lips, go forth on their mission like
foul fiands TO blast the reputation
and peace of others Every one
has his imperfections; and in the
conduct of the best there will be
occasional faults which might seem
to justify animsdversion. 1t is II
good rule, however. when there is
occasion for fault finding, to do ii
privately to the erring one. This
may prove salutatory. IL is 8
proof of interest in the individual,
which will generally be taken kind.
ly. IT the manner of doing it is net
offensive. The common and un.
christian rule, on the contrary, is
to proclaim the failing OF others To
ali but themselves. This is un-
christian, and shows a despicablt
heart
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Gave ,Em Away.

A certain fashionable lady in San
Francisco. whose lovely daughters
are regarded as the most elegant
bellies Of the city, having become dis
gusted with the arrogance, lies and
neglect of the "colo,ed gemmGn"
who deigned to wait upon them.
suddenly discharged thai perBonage
aud employed a Celestial, VINO had
been strongly recommend TO her for
his strict attention TO business and
perfect truthfulness. Soon after
his installment his mistress deter.
mined to give an informal chop"
and on the afternoon OF the day on
which the party was 70 take place
told Lung TO say "Not at home" to
any who called. As chance would
have it one OF the young ladies'
most fastidious beaua, and one on
whom they all wished to make IA
voTable impression, came TO ask
permission TO bring q friend With
him in the evening, and on iBquir-
ing for the ladies, was told by the
truthful Lung: "Thoy tellee me
say alice gone out. but old woman
she in kitchen wasliee dishee, the
young Misses they upstairs palntee
faces" 1t is needless TO say the
young man did not put in an APP
pearance that evening. and truthful
Lung is seeking another situation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Ed. BoyIe's Nerve.

Reno Journal: Superintendent
Ed. Boyle OF the Alta came 10 from
Paradise Saturday evening, and
gives the following particulars Of
an accident which happened TO him
and his party on the way 10: "As
The stage was descending the stsep
hill this side Of Paradise one OF the
Wheel struck rock, ARd the driver
aod Col harding, an outside pas
scr, were thrown of. The lines be-
came entangled with the horses feet
aud they started of on n dead run.
Mr.. Boyle aud two other pasDen.
gers on the Inside found themselves
10 great danger. Mr.. Siegel jump
ed out, and FOR biz daring was re-
warded with boken leg, a sprAined
ankle and bruised head. Mr.. Boyle
took in the situation. and borrow
ing another passengers six shooter,
leaned out aud fred four shots at
one Of the horses, three Of the shots
taking effect, knocking tha horse
down under the pole. and thereby
throwing the other down, thus
stopping the stage. This happened
Just In time, as only few feet
ahead there was bend in the road,
which, had they reached, must have
resulted in the npsetting OF the
stage, with great chaDcee Of himself
and friend being seriously injured.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Rabies in Dogs.

A contribution to knowledge of
this disorder has been made by NJ.
Galtier, French scientist. The
most important Of the conclusions
which be draws from his experiment
is that the saliva of mad dog, OBJ
tanned from the living animal and
kept IN water, continues yirulent
five. fourteen and even twenty-four
hours afterwards fact involving
consequences which everybody
should be aware Of. Thus it seems
that the water of a vessel in which
q mad dog may have dropped some
of his saliva, IN attempting to
drink, should be considered viru
lent for at least twenty four hours;
and, next, that as saliva from a
mad dog which has succum bed to
the malady, or has been killed,
does not lose it properties through
mere cooling of the body,it is impor-
iant in examining the cavities of
the mouth ano throat after death to
guard against the possible danger
of incubation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Gen. wilson and Gen. Forrsst.

!. Courier-Journal; Gen. Jas. +.
Wilson, spoke of as one OF the pos
sibilities OF Mr.. Garfield's cabinet,
commanded the cavalry which, at
the close OF the war (lS86 }. Id Sell
ma, Ala, captured Gen Forrest and
what was left of his commando
The confederate lio., on meeting
the eneat, dimin utive, and elegantly
attired young federal general, SEEM
Ell as one who recalled Harry Hot
spurs picture Of the popinjay sol
der, "with chin fresh reAped." He
was in no very amiable mood, al
may be supposed at all events.
''Gen. Wilson," he began, in .
rage, 81 have understood, cir, that
you intend to have some Of my men
shotl Let me tell you sir, by -,
that il you dare 10 perpctrate such
an outrage, ]. General Forrest, sir,
prisoner as / am, viii one day hold
you to personal aecountabilityp
Gen. Wilson smiled at the emo
tion of the Gagged lion, and replied,
blandly:
Il do not know that I entertain
such purpose. Gen. Forrest"
"Well." replied Gen. Forrest, az
hope you do not"
To surrender his sword was some
thing he had never known or even
dreamed OF before, and much may
be excused TO the rage aud morti-
fication of the great cavalry leader.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
Some Famous Dresses.

In the spring of 1898, altar the
execution of Louis XVI, VIII ich
took place on Jan. 81, 1913, and
Was followed by that OF Marie An
toinette on Oct. 16 of the same
year, it was decreed by order of the
court that the furniture and all else
that remained in the palace Of the
Tulleries was to be sold The sale
lasted six months, and had it not
been stopped would have lasted six
months longer.
At this sale Pierre de Ia Riviere,
of Normandy. Minister OF Foreign
Affairs. purchased three dresses BE-
longing TO Queen Marie AntoinettH
These became the property ol
his son, who removed 70 San Do
mingo, from which place he fee
during the last insurrection tC
Philadelphia.
The three dresses purchased a
this sale were blue, purple. and tn
present one, old gold color, ali o
them richly embroidered. The,
descended 10 his daughter. Nine
Remie Mignot Of Charleston, S. c
the granddaughter Of Pierre de /
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
How Long Man May Live.

1t was Prof. Hufeland's opinion
that the limit OF possible human life
might be set at 200 years. This is
on the general principle that the life
of creature is eight times the years
of its period of growth. That
which is quickly formed, quickly
formed, quickly perishes, and toe
earlier complete development is
reached the sooner bodily decay en-
sues. More women reach old age
than men, but more men attain re-
markable longevity than women.
Some animals grow to be very old.
Horned animals live shorter lives
than those without hoIns, fierce
longer than timid, and amphibious
longer than those which inhabit the
air. The voracious pike exists,
it is said, to an age of $50 years;
the turtle is good for 100 years or
more; and among birds the golden
ca lie is known to have lived nearly
200 years, while the sly and somber
CROW reaches the venerable age Dr
a century. Passing up in the scale
| Ot lllC W hIoh3 ohN oht tRy4bk .bnC p1-
triarchs, we fnd many recorded in
stances of longevity among tn
classic Greeks and Romans Pity
notes that in the reign of the EN-
peror Vespasian. in the year IS
there were I24 men living IN tn.
the limited area between the Appe,
mines and the Po of loo years and
upward, three { whom were 14C
and four over i35. Cicero's wife
lived TO tho age .. l03, and the Ro
man actress Luceja played in public
as late SIS her lI2th year.
Coming down to more recen
times, the most notable authenti,
instance of great age is that of Hen
~ Jenkins, OF Yorkshire, England
J who died in 1870, log years old
! He wss a fisherman, and at the age 0
100 easily swan across deep rivers
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17


Riviere, who afterwards married M
Rutjes of Charleston. From hel
the gold-eoloreda dress descended
to one of her daughters. Miss Rut
jes, now Mrs Churchhill, from
whom it was purchased by Nine,
Demorest in 1870. This interest
ing souvenir is pale yellow satin.
the color mellowed by age tc an old
gold tint, richly embroidered in
bouquets and garlands of flowers in
natural colors, which tn q remarka-
BILE degree, retain their original
brilliancy. The genuineness of
this dress is beyond question, aand
can be fully substantisted. D8I
The blue dress became the prop
erty of q daughter OF Nine. Mignot.
who married and removed to Hol
land, and was made into suite of
furniture cow in the possession of
her husband at Eindhover, Holland,
near the frontier Of Belgium.
The purple dress, after having
been in the possession of sister
of Nine. Mighot, returned to her af-
ter her sisters death, and was
burned in the great fire in Charles
ton, in 1861. -.r ,v -a-