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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

And Mrs, spoopendyke followed her hus.
band, who stormed around the rest Of the
eveEing because she couldn't find the Eagle
Of January T., 1879. which he lad cau-
TONED her to save, because there WAS some
thing in it lie wanted to read, and which
be had used tho next day in conjunction
with the black breadth OF her new flannel
petticoat, to clean his shotgun with. a;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

The In,prrssiops OF N Hancock Caanty
s Man 1" Regard to 4iieeciIer and his
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

"Yah.h-hm roarcd Mr., spoopcndyke,
bounding into the air. "Why didn't yc
tell me? What'd We want to let inc build
myself in like u dod-gastcd mummy for
Amt ye got any sense at all anywhercs !?
Why dldn'tye watch what was doins?'
and Mr.. spoopendyke grinned horribly
thrn,ph tho slats &C. = Et.si.g+s' ssilr -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

Never mind, eooed Mrs. Slo0pcndyke,
rs the last bird slid over the fence and
disappeared. Chickens arc nuisance,
anyway. We really didn't need any," lG'
n Why didn't You say 80 before ! bought
emf" blurtcd Nj. Spoopendyke, as lie
dashed'int the house.
81 didn'tknow it" sighed Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, looking around on the wreck, "and,
besides, I don't believe We woald have had
m. eggs bee because those chickens were
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

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Conden:et lime liable o. IlIaenSer Trains, Icor.
ected to February -, 1857 ( ca N1akESas$ :
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= a !. 4. Accom-: Nan. k1pIees. Accom-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17

ITS 4 perfect palacc!' she exclaimed.
But say, dear, how are you going to get
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
Charles Lamb and the Cheese.

The late Charles Matthews used to
tell with great glee little story OF
Charles Lamb, which he vouched for as
authentic, and believed to be unpub-
ished. / am indebted for it to Harry S.
Leigh (the poet of Cockayne), who had
it from the lips of his friend, the famous
actor. One evening Mary Lamb took
sudden aud violent fancy to have some
Stilton cheese for supper, an article of
which they had not scrap in the house,
1t was very wet and getting very late.
but Charles, with that self-denial which
showed itself in a lifelong devotion tc
his sister, at once volunteered to try
whether any could be got. He sailed
forth, and reached their cheesemonger
just as the shutters were being put up.
In reply to his demand, he was as
sured that they had some fine ripe Still
ton, and the shopkeeper proceeded to
cut off slice. As it lay on the scales
Lambs attention was forcibly arrested
by the lively gambols of number OF
maggots which came to the surface OF
the s'fine ripe Stilton." ssNow, Mr..
Lamb" said the cheesemonger, "shaL
I have the pleasure of sending this home
for youp' ssNo; th-th thank you,'' said
Charles. eff you will give me bit OF
Irvine cou-cou-could, p'rhaps, ll-lead
it home!'' The manner in which Charles
Matthews rendered Lambs stutter was,
says Mr.. Leigh, Observation-Disclosures Sc
ctety.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
The Sparrow AMI the Beetle.


The sparrow and the beetle met one
berries and raspberries were ripe. and
the kitchen-garden was full of flourish
ing vegetables.
Good-morning. You are early
abroad" said the sparrow. pray,
where may you have been?''
II have been where / advise you to
go,' answered the beetle into the
kitchen-garden, where found all man.
ner OF delicious leaves just suited to
my taste, and where / saw red, white
and black currants, fine raspberries,
pease and strawLerries."
.'Ohr' said the sparrow, with a
severe look; :. then you take me to be
as great thief as the snail and your
self. wonder you are not ashamed of
plundering the masters garden, and
injuring his plants and vegetables"
Il don't do much injury said the
beetle. "Creatures must live. / take
little''
.sPerhaps not" returned the spar
row. ''if there were only yourself to
consider; but Just count up your chill
dren, and your grandchildren, and your
great-grandchildren to say nothing of
the innumerable beetles of your own
generation. wonder you dare to con-
fess your pillaging propensties. y
The beetle began to feel nervous; he
looked right and lett, but the sparrow s
eye was upon him.
Il must do my duty said the SPAR
row, sternly. Il am here to protect
my masters plants. AS it happens, |
can serve him and my little ones also,
who are waiting for their breakfast.
So saving, she seized upon the hap
less beetle, and put an end to him. But
as he was about to fly home, a cat, who
had been watching from the boughs of
a neighboring plum tree. appeared in
sight. The sparrow dropped his prey,
and remained fascinated to the spot, his
ewes fixed on the cat, who came nearer
and nearer.
lis it for you,'' said she, g to deprive
an innocent insect of his life, and
to accuse him of robbery, when l have
seen you and the blackbirds eating
away at the cherries in this very or
chard? 1t is of no use to deny the
fact she added, as the sparrow fee
bly, attempted to speak. 81 know my
duty, and it is to rid my master of
thieves
So saying, she bounced upon the un-
fortunate sparrow, and was carrying
him home to her kitten, when the
game-keeper, who had his eye upon her
on account of the numerous hares and
rabbits that she had made away with,
leveled his gun at her, and fired with
such good effect that she fell dead.
Now the moral of this tale is that
those who would punish the faults of
others should be careful to sec whether
they themselves are blameless, or they
may find that retribution awaits them
even in the moment when they think
they are going to triumph. -Harper $
Young People.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
PITH AND POINT.

Charles Kean said a bad horse was
like a poor play-it can't run, and won't
draw.
A man generally dislikes a girl
baby at two years, just tolerates her at
ten, and worships her at eighteen.
r Every man who begins life by say
ing 81 can't do anything" ends it by
saying, 81 haven't done anything"
"A young man wishes to know
whether he should study on the saxo-
phone Or try the xylophone. Do neither.
Devote your young life to practicing on
the telephone. Herald.
"A New York physician gives half a
dozen reasons why Americans grow bald.
1t appears that the principal reason is
because their hair comes out. We al
WAYS suspected as much.-NorristosUn
Herald.
Mrs. John Brown is again enjoying
a subscription fund. We see how it is.
In order to be rich, it is necessary to be
the widow of some noted man. But
alas, we can never be widow.-New
Haren Register.
A Missouri paper wants to know
"who can endure being hawked at with
the black beak of envy?'' No one,
sir! No man can tamely submit to
such a thing. And if ever any man
hawks at us with the black beak OF
envy, we'll bite him with dog if the
livid talons of retribution smite us with
the red bolt of vengeance from the drip
ping Jaws of the cloud of hate the next
minute. yes, sir; we'd do it.
-ssSpeaking about high figures on
freights," said Chicago lake captain
as he crossed his legs and rolled his
quid. s'What do you suppose was of
fered for. carrying corn from Chicago
to Buffolo in 1862" ssGive it up. -
"Ten cents bushel, sir, and vessels
scarce at that. Any sort of a schooner
would clear $4,000 to the trip" ssAnd
didn't you get rich at itp'' ssOh, no ;
at that time I was husking that same
corn at four cents bushel and board
ing myself! Street Neacs.
"A Londoner who lately crossed from
Canada to Ogdensburg asked his hack
driver as to the population and form of
government of Ogdensburg. On being
informed that it was an incorporated
city, the chief officer of which was a
Mayor, he inquired: ssAnd does the
Mayor wear the insignia of office?''
what's that?" asked the as
tonished hackman. s'Why, chain
about his neck" explained the Cock
ney. "Oh, bless you, no responded the
other; t'he's perfectly harmless, and
goes about loose. Boston Sunday
Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
The Approach to Rotterdam by Canal.

1t is nearly midday before we &c
through the sluice-gates and drop down
toward Rotterdam. We pass many
canals, which stretch away from us
into the country. There are many of
them so narrow that only small crafts
can ply upon them. The windmills
multiply and then suddenly cease, for
we are now in region where they are
unavailing; the land lies much below
the level of the sea, and is irreclaima-
BILE. Most desolate, even in the bright
midday sun, is the appearance of the
shores. We are no longer in canal4
but in wide sweep of dark, turbid wa
ter. fringed by a wilderness of sedges
and osiers. Flocks of teal and brent
rise with harsh discordant cry; while
water-hens bob in and among the
twisted roots of the willows. In the
background rises the bare, straight high
road against the horizon. Here and
there tiny cottage stands on its plat
form of brick; at the foot of flight OF
steps a boat lies moored, the only
means of exit and egress being by wa.
ter. The occupation of these lonely
jewellers of the marsh is osier- cutting.
The osiers are split and made into
hoops, an expensive traffic being car.
ried on between Holland and other
countries in this commodity.
Soon we begin to pass numerous YES
sells; the water widens, and a forest OF
masts rises in the distance, and there
is Rotterdam. Very quaint and pictur-
esque looks the ancient city, with its
curious gabled houses, over whose roofs
the spires of more than one old church
appear. The broad quay is planted
with magnificent lime-trees, which also
rear their leafy branches over the side
walks of the many canals which in.
tersect the town like network, where
busy craft pass up and down. But when
the noise and hustle of the day are
stilled, and sit on deck and watch the
great round moon lift her yellow face
above the tall ships masts, and softly
throw her magic mantle over the scene,
l think that Holland, with its ever-pres-
ent waters, is land of beauty and Won
der.-Ganbers' Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
The Bees Pockets.

Bees are very curious little creatures,
and the most useful of all the insects
that fly. They are only about an inch
long, and what wonderful work they do,
making so much honey and wax for us
all summer long! They know, too,
about every flower in our gardens, and
all the signs of the weather; and then
they are so kind to their children.
When they make their honey, wonder
if you know how they get their ma
teriaIs. Let me tell you.
Bees have slender pointed hairs upon
their heads. The yellow hairs upon
their legs, which we can see with the
naked eve, turn out to be hard, horny
sort of combs which they use in the
gathering and storing of the pollen of
flowers.
Besides this, the bees have two little
baskets upon their thighs which are the
very perfection of side pockets, just such
as we should want for similar pur-
pose.
But what do you think they do with
these pockets? They first tuck their
little heads into the heart of the rose or
lily, or other sweet flower, for honey.
In doing so they cover them all over
with the yellow dust, which is the
pollen. Then they take their fore feet
and brush it very carefully from the
hair, and pass it on to the middle feet,
and on again to the hind feet, when it
is safely packed in these little pockets
on the thighs. As soon as they are
loaded down they fly away home and
put it in some secret place.
Some of the pollen is given to their
babies, and some of it is worked up into
wax. This, you know, is used to make
the cells. Some of it, called propolis,
they use to punish intruders, giving
them a sort of tar and feathering."
The bees are so industrious, that in
five DAYS, by the use of these pockets,
they can half fill the hive with honey
comb.
And then the wax is used for great
many other purposes. When You look
at your beautiful wax dolls, don't for
get that they are really made by the
bees.
Much more might be told you about
these industrious little creatures. But
YOU can find out great deal for your
selves, my dear young friends, if in the
summer you hunt up hive and watch
the doings of the bees carefully.
Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24

I will remember, sure as I live and
Breathe
Then the gray head and the golden
head went together, and there was q
great hugging time. and grandpa took
the sorroWful little bundle to his bosom.
and said: There, there, little one,
don't cry any more. Grandpa'll help
you to remember, won't hep
Yes said Mamie, sitting up
straight. "You'l say little yellow
dog to me every time you see me GO
ing to forget. won't YOUR
Then grandpa laughed loud and long;
and he Rugged his pet again. and took
off his glasses and wiped away tears or
something from them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A Transparent leather, said to pos
sess great strength, is now made in Ger
many, by new process.
The London papers describe q
small ste3m engine in which two verti-
cal aerial screws of twelve feet diameter
are driven at siNty-seven revolutions a
minute, and effecting an upward thrust
equal to 120 pounds, the engine being
equal to three-horse power, and weigh
ing eighty pounds, one-half of which was
for framing and screws.
A new hot water generator consists
in closely wound water coil enclosed
in double cylindrical casing, arranged
so that the heated air passes lengthwise
of the coil in both directions, and
through the outer casing to the escape
f1ue; the heat is thus utilized to the
greatest extent, and the water in the
coil is rapidly heated.--N. Y. Sun.
A foreign exchange states that a
wealthy landowner in the Tyrol has
made an application of the microphone
to the detection of subterranean springs.
He fixed the microphones at the spots
where he supposed water might exist,
each being connected with its telephone
and battery. Then at night he put his
ear to each of the instruments and lis
tened for the murmuring of the waters,
and in several cases heard it.
A New Yorker has invented an
atomizer anil air moistener for cloth
factories, which throws out moisture in
a mist so fine that it is at once absorbed
by the air, and not even the smallest
drop of water falls upon machinery Or
fabrics. The use of such a continuance
is valuable in. creating a healthful at
mosphere and making it as easy to ham
die threads in our dry air as in the
moister air of England. - Christian
Union.
buckingham County, Va, has a
somewhat curious industry. Within an
some forty distilleries engaged in manu-
mill gives employment to three hands,
each mill, and produce from one to one
and a half gallons of oil weighing ten
pounds to the gallon. Thus the forty
distilleries consume daily $4,000 pounds
of sassafras root, make about fifty gal
Ions of oil, worth about $3.50 a gallon,
and thus earn 1925 per day.-N. Y.
Post.
Stem winding watches are now
made on different plan from what has
been customary, the improved system
possessing, it is thought, some special
advantages. Thus, when it is>desired
to set the hands, the stem is first drawn
out, which causes a collar on the end of
it to bear upon stud in the shorter arm
of two armed curved lever. This de-
presses the long arm of the latter, which
turns yoke and discharges the gearing
from the main spring arbor, connecting
an independent wheel with the hand
setting train, to which motion is i'm
parted by turning the stem. AS soon as
pulling on the stem ceases, the yoke is
thrown back to its place by spring.
Normally, another wheel, carried by the
yoke, meshes with the arbor wheel of
the handspring, and is thus always
ready for winding by pressing down up
on and winding the stem. The arrange
ment is simple.-CAicago Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
Oil Scouts.

When an operator goes into an unde-
veloped field and puts down 4 test we'll
he naturally desires to have the profit of
his risk. 1t costs him something like
$4,000 to put down that wildcat well,
for which, in most cases, he gets no
return, for the majority of wildcat wells
produce nothing. If he finds a rich
sand, however. and. can keep it Sc
cret for while, he has fortune in his
hands. He can sell oil short, knowing
that when it is known that new field
has been discovered the price will go
down. His. most direct opportunity,
however, is to lease the land in the
neighborhood of his well, to be sold
again at an enormous profit as soon as
it is known that it is productive terri
tory. So he guards his secret with every
appliance he can invent. His most dam
gerous enemies are the s'scOuts." They
are paid to discover what he is trying to
conceal.
Almost every prominent oil broker
has g ssscout" regularly employed to
keep him posted on the latest doings at
the front. Daring, cautious, patient,
untiring, inscriptions, and honest, the
scout must add to the experience of a
driller the subtle Judgment of broker
and the keenness of an operator. In
the shadows of the night he earns his
salary lurking about in the neighbor-
hood of q new well out of gunshot of the
guards about the derrick; living often
i'm the snow or in the swamp for hours,
with his nose and ears stretched above
the shelter of some friendly log to catch
tho smell of gas or the gurgle of flowing
oil; sneaking up to the tank house to
get peep in if possible; watching the
motion of the walking beam and esti-
mating the depth of the tools thereby !;
ready to bride a driller or exchange
shots with guard at a moments mo-
,tce.
He sometimes spends weeks watching
one particular we'll. He studies the
habits of the men working on it, notes
If any of them are likely to succumb to
the temptation of his brandy flask, jots
down the hours when each one takes his
nap, marks which way their faces are
mostly turned in their rounds, and, if he
can not court their favor, devises some
scheme to get inside their guard and at
their secret. In the gray of the morn
ing he rides away to the nearest tele-
graph office and communicates with his
employer before the market opens. 1t
is a mystery when he sleeps. Almost
any time of the day he may be seen
lettering about wherever there is a
crowd, picking up acquaintance with
the few drillers whom he does not al
ready know.
The emoluments of the work are oc-
casionally of size to compensate for
any amount of hardship. For instance
.sSi'' Hughes, who got the Anchor Oil
Company pointer on GAS. has been
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24

taken into the company with the Office
of superintendent and a clear tenth OF
their profits. His springs work will
net him not less than S15O,000; but
there is well-defined path circling
through the woods around GAG, worn by
the feet of those who worked as hard as
he and got nothing but their salaries.
How Hughes got his information is
still mystery. He is said to claim that
he lay under the derrick for nineteen
consecutive hours, but the prevailing
impression is that he bought the secret
from one of the guards.
In the course of an experience meet
ing the other evening with Capt. Peter
Grace, one of the men who put down
the GAG well in this district, he told me
the true story of the mystery. Much has
been written about it, more probably
than was ever printed about an oil well
before, but the Captain told me few
things which were new. This wonder.
full Cherry Grove district owes its devel.
| opment to the misfortunes of George II.
Dimmick. He had been wrecked finan.
| cially over in the Coal Creek region, and
Capt. Grace set him to work out this
way rather to give him chance to re
cover than from any other motive. Land
could be leased for dollar an acre, and
the experiment was not very costly.
"When the tools broke through the
shell of the sand about ten o'clock on
the morning of the 18th of March. :"
said Capt. Grace, 'twe knew we had
found wealth. The oil filled up hun.
dred feet before we could get the tools
out. The pressure of gas was tremen.
dous. We drove tight fitting wooden
nlug, three and a half feet long, to the
bottom of the we'll, poured the hole full
of oil, screwed in the casing-head, and
set the tools, which weigh not less than
ton. on top of it. Even then when the
well flowed it blew the casing-head off
and sent the tools a-fying up the der.
rick.
'One trick we played to deceive the
scouts think has never got into print.
[ took torpedo man into 81 room in the
hotel at Warren one day, very mysteri-
ously, but took good care to have
scout see me do it. Of course the scout
Immediately hid himself in the adjoin-
ing room. I told the shooter, with my
voice trembling, that I had put nv last
dollar into the GIG venture, and had
found no oil. l must get some appear
ance of grease in order to sell my lease
and get out whole. arranged with him
to 90 out that night and torpedo the
we'll. Well, we went out with a make.
believe torpedo filled with water. The
scouts were at our heels, of course,
and watched every motion. We went
TO the we'll in the dead of night, and
there went through the form of shooting
the we'll so accurately that even the
guards about the we'll were deceived
The next morning they complained that
the smell of the dynamite had given
them the headache. Sharp as they were,
the scouts were all taken in, and did not
find out the trick until weeks afterwacd."
Bradford (Pd.) Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
A New Disease.

Mrs. Nose Schumburg is very can
did woman. There were several lady
friends from Galveston at the house a
few days ago. Nose was not present,
being down at the store.
How is your husbands pisnness
coming onP" asked one of the visitors.
"Not so goot as wants. Every once
in vile he gets one of his honest spells,
and then we hardly makes exspenshes.
You don't know how pad / feels ven
Nose gets one of dose honest spells.''-
Teas Sifft7gs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
Our Young Folks.
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

Little by little,' the tempter said,
As dark and cunning snare he spread
For the young. unwary feet;
Little by little. and day by day,
] will tempt the careless soul astray,
Into the broad and Howery way,
Until the ruin be complete.
" Little by little" sure and SOW,
We fashion our future of bliss and woe,
AS the present passes away.
Our feet are climbing the stairway bright.
Up to the regions of endless light,
Or gliding dow ward into the night,
Little by little, and day by day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24
THE trouble with the Young doctor

The trouble with the young doctor is
that he thinks he knows it all. After
he has been ten or fifteen years in
practice, and has made his mark in the
cemetery settlements, he begins to find
out that any old woman nurse conl,
discount him at the start on Tia.
diagnosis of case. He only beats tn.
old woman by using the big new name
for old diseases. San Francisco Chfon
icle-