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MEDICAL.
a NOTED BUT UNTITLED woMAN.


The above is good Likeness Of Mrs. Lydia Z Pink.
ham, OF Lynn Mass who above AL other human beings
maybe truthfuily ealiedthe aDear Friend Of Woman"
some Of her correspondents love to call her. She
q xeaorsiy devoted to her work which the outcome
of 81 hfestuey, and q obliged 10 keep DIX lady
esssants 10 help her answerths large correspondents
which daily pours In upon her each bearing Its special
burden Of suffering, or Joy at release from It. Her
Vegetable Compound Is . medicine for good and not
evil purposes have personally investigated 1t and
an sattsnsd Of the truth Of this
On account OF its proven merits. II f. recommended
and prescribed BY the best physicians In the country
One says, cit works like o charm and saves much
pain II VIII cure entirely the worst form OF falling
OF the uterus Leucorrhea, irregular and painful
Menstruation all Ovarian Troubles Inflammation and
liberation, Floodings all Dspacements and the con-
sequent spinal weakness and Is especially adapted TO
the Change OF Life"
Itpermeates every portion o. the system, and gives
new life and vigcr. It removes faintness hntulency
destroys all craving for smulAnts and relieves weak
ness Of the stomach. II cures Bloating Headaches,
Nervous Prostitution General Debility, sleeplessness,
Depression and Indigestion That feeling Of bearing
down, causing pain, weight and backnche, ID always
permanently cured by its II will at all times and
under all circumstances act in harmony with the law
that governs the female system.
II cosrs only g. per bottle SIX for , and Is sold by
druggist Any ADVICE required As 70 specah
the Of many who have been restored to perfect
health by the use Of the Vegetable Compound, can be
obtained by addressing Mrs p, with stamp for reply,
at her home In Lynn, Mass
For Kidney Complaint Of either sex this compounds
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show.
"MrS Pinkhams Liver Pills." says one writer, "are
the best IN the tcorld for the of Constipation,
BIliousness and Torpidity OF the liver Her Blood
Purifier works wonders In its special line and bids fair
to equal the Compound In Its popularity.
All must respect her Angel Of Mercy hose sole
ambition is to dogood to others
Philadelphia. Pa CO HRS a u D.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01
UNIVERSITY 0E VIRGINIA.

CESsION BEGINS ON THE FIRST OF
- October, and continues nine months. APP
ply for catalogues to the Secretary OF the
Faculty, p. U. University Of Virginia, Albc-
marie CO.. Va. JAS. +. HARRISON.
jy25eodva Chairman Of the Faculty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

515 barrels. on BASIS Oh u IL.
Firm and unchanged.
RaItinnore.
BALrmoRr, August a.-Flour--Fairiy
active and unchanged. Wheat-Western
lower; No. 2winter red spot 81 lO9l lOA )
seller August 81 IA bid; seller September
81 lOk(aI 1879; seller October 81 llHt9
@lllA; seller November 81 121s9l l2S;
seller December 81 13%@1 ii. Corn -
Western dull; western mixed spot SIC; sell
or September S434c; seller October S2(g5ic:
seller November or December 70HC9uc;
Oats-A shade better; western white 4ltg
43c: mixed 3S@4Oc; Pennsylvania 4o9i6c.
Rye-Quiet at 65@6Sc. Hay-Uncbanged.
Proyisions-Uunchanged but firm. Butter
-Firmer; Western packed l5@2Oc; cream
ery 25(d Soc Eggs Easier at l9c. Petroleum
Unbalanced. Coffee-Dull. Sugar-QuleI
Whisky-Steady at 81 1901 20.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, August 31.-Wheat-Weaki No.
Q spot 81 O41z; seller August 81 O5h; seller
September 81 021s; seller October and No
yeinber 81 03; seller year 81 or Corn
Dull; high mixed SEC; No. 2spot SIC; seller
August SIC; seller September &c; seller
October 74Hc; seller year CSC. Oats-Duli;
No. 2spot 40Lc; seller August 39c bid; sell
Ter September SIC bid; seller October 3o7sc;
seller year S514c.
Pittsburgh.
P1rrsBuRsH, August 3l.-Sales-Wheat-
5 cars longberry red, 81 90. Oats-2 cars
mixed, Z. b. Mahood to J. Wilbert 45c.
Timothy Seed car, E. B. MahOod to };
Wilbert, s. %. Flour-l car, Z. B. Mahood
to S. S. Marvin & Co., private terms.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01
Norwood Hioh School and COLLEGE,

Norwood, Nelson county, Va. r n Willis,
Val D. D., Principals. Opens September q,
1882, with full corps Of instructors. Location
especially healthy. Chaly beate water. Com.
Thorough preparation for University Of Viz.
ginsa and other higher institutions. Board
and tuition from 500 to $40 per annual ses-
sion. Apply 10 Principals for catalogue.
iy25eod
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Ny son had terrible skin disease OF head
and face PERUNA cured him. Mrs. l..
YErTER, Pittsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

IL acts upon the Liver.
IL acts upon the Kidneys.
IL Regulates the Bowels.
II PuT,iies the Blood.
u QuietS the Nervous System.
u Promotes Digestion.
Ii NOurishes, Strengthens and IRvis
SaieS-
IL carries OF the Old Blood and makes
aeH.
Il opens the pores or the skin and In
lures Healthy Precipitation.
i EeUira.IzeS the hereditary faint or poison
1ihe blood, which generates Scrofula, Erysipe-
Is and all manner OF skin diseases and eXter-
"a. bumOrS.
Toere are no spirits employed In Its msnufae-
gre, and II can be taken by the most delicate
ARE, or by the aged and feeble, care only being
Suired in attention to directions.
ISLAND BRANCH, kanawha CO., W. Va
have used Or. Clark Johnson y Indian BLOOD
|sirnp in my family for four years, and In Al
ASss 70 has proved TO be as recommended. II
~ cured me OF Diphtheria- =. =. JONES.
huntsville, Braxton Co, w. Va.
have been entirely cured OF Heart Disease
he r>a ~ DR.. Clark JohnSon's Indian Blood
9'P' recommend Its use 70 W ths sSfiteseS
4 a., BURSsyILLE, Braxton Co., ". Va
ANer suffering with Dyspepsia and livel
OuF.aint for several years, Twas persuaded 70
q ur. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup
slch has succeeded in making new man out
Ne. CAIN A. HINhLE
huntsville, Braxton Co, W. Va.
. md Dr.. Clark JOhnSOnS Indian BLOOD
I .lp IS all YOU recommend IL to be / was az
c;tet with Liver Complaint for a great many
an and the Syrup completely cured me.
ELIZABETH RIFLE
GARRETT's BEND, W. Va, Feb. IS, 1881.
n CLARK JOHSSOS-I have been cured OF
Csadache by using your Indian Blood syrup
commend u highly. KATIE B. GENTRY
SCENTS wanted for the sale OF the Indian
I'd syrup in evey town or village In which
ne no agent. Particulars given on appnca-
DRUGGISTS SELL 1T.
tOrk City.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

STATE SEcURITIEs-Dull.
STocEs-Share speculation opened irregu-
lar, prices, however, showing only frac-
tiOnal change from yesterdays closing
During the morning the market was very
dull and heavy, and about midday de-
cline of h@lk per cent was recorded, in
which Louisville and Nashville, Denver and
Rio Grande, Lake Shore and Wabash pre-
ferred were the most prominent. During the
afternoon the market continued dull, but
about 2 there was an advance of H(9lH per
cent, Lackswanna, Louisville and Nashville,
Northern Pacific preferredand Wabash pre-
ferred being conspicuous therein. This
was followed by reaction of B@B per
cent, after which speculation became lit
tie more active. and prices sold up H@l per
cent.-the latter for ST. Paul-while North
west advanced SH per cent, receded per
cent. and rallied l per cent. in the final
dealings. The market closed strong. The
changes from yesterdays closing quotations
are irregular, but generally H@lH per
cent. lower-the latter for New York Gen.
trail Northwest, however, is ~ per cent.
higher.
Transactiors III sic shares
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money atSa0% Per Cent.-Goyernments
Irregular-stocks Heavy and Lower
Flour Steady and Unehanged-Wheat
Active, bui Lower.
NEw YoRK, August 31.-MoNEY-kt 3
@5H per cent, closing at per cent
Prime mercantile paper at 511Gg6 per cent
Sterling exchange, bankers bills steady at
1857: demand 1897.
oyERNMENTs-Irregular.
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LIVE STOCK.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, August 31.-The DroverS' Journal
reports: Hogs-Receipts 1900 head; ship
ments {, 800 head; market fairly active but
not quotably stronger; mixed 81 Se9S ~;
heavy IS 70a9 80; light 81 759o IOi sklPs
IS O0(a7 so; closed weak.
Cattle-Receipts 5000 head; shipments
$500 bead Market slow and steady; ex-
ports 81 20@7 CO.; good to choice shipping
S6 4Od6 IS; common to fair 81 2O(95 20;
butchers 50 50@4 so; stockers and feeders
81 9564 80; range cattle weak; through
grass Texans So 1904 60; half-breeds and
American l0c lower at 81 1894 90; closed
weak and some left.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; shipments
700 head. Common TO medium dull, weak
and lower at 50 1898 25; medium to good So
1904 90; choice 81 2OCa4 40; shipping de-
mand weak.
New York.
NEW YoRK, Augusta. The Drorcrs Jottrrl-
al bureau reports; Beeves-No fr1sh offer
ings. and no demand for stock held over
from yesterday; dressed beef dull 1T lO9l2c
for native sides, and 71G@SHc TO- Texans
and Colorado steers.
Sheep-Receipts 5, 100 head. Trlde slow;
sheep 4@5Hc; lambs 5Cg6%c..
Hogs-Receipts 1,S0O head. Live hogs
steady at S. 1909 90 per cwt.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, August 3l.-lIive hogs-Firm (;
common and light So 50@7 so; packing
and butchers 81 S0@S ~.
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NASSAU COLLEGE,

nOUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y. A COMPLETE
college course for women, with Schools
OF Painting and Music, and preparatory de-
partment. Catalogues sent.
S. L. CALDWELL, D. D.,
oolnoodocz President,
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tSents wanted. IS aday made
tLlng cur New Household
= VI Artleles and Family Scale
y AddrSS, "eSgnS up 70 3 lbs. Sells
esa DOMESTIC SCALE COZ
.Cincinnad
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FORT HENRY
Centennial Celebration !

Under the management OF Judge @. L Gram
mer, SEPTEMBER 10th. Oratiops will be
delivered by distinguished speakers, on the
grounds.
Admission so cents. Children under IL years
% cents. Carrisge tickets lone horse % cents;
two horses 50 cents. Season tickets (slX cou-
pons) $50 Grand stand q cents.
Exhibitors Of live stock will be entitled to
on grooms ticket for every $50 entrance Zee
paid by them.
Hon. A. W. Campbell will deliver the open
ing address on Monday, September 18th, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ.
Send TO Secretary for Premium List and
all other information.
A. REMAIN, President.
GEO. HOOK, Treasurer.
G. ED. MENDEL, Secretary. aglSi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

COUTH JERSEY INSTITUTE BRIDGE
- TON, New Jersey. Both sexes Full corps
Of teachers Instruction thorough. Music,
Painting, Drawing. Climate mild; very
healthy Begins September 18th. Address
ap23eg III. X. TRASH, FrlnclPal.
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rsAnspoRTArson.

s6undAyS exceptod.
VII run sScfy twenty nincsss ironIs0a
III JcssKLEEH. save
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

SIS barrels. on basis of 81 IL. Butter
Firm and unchanged.
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SYPHILIS!
whether I'm its Primary. Secondary or
Tertiary Stage.
Cures When Hot Springs Fail /!

Removes all traces OF Mercury from the sys-
tenn. Cures Scrofula. Old Sores, Rheums-
tism, Eczems, Catarrh or any Blood Disease.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01
New York.
Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, August 3l.-Live hogs-Firm ;
common and light Sc 50@7 50; packing
and butchers 81 S0@S ~.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

NorE-Trsins leaving Beilairs g tzeA -.
and 20 .. N. connect 81 yellow Crook -
Cleveland. All trains daily egeeDe ean14G
Nm. a. BALOWIls
Napa0s4, PitfnbofBh, -
Y. A. YoRD. Gent Pnss. fkt Az
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-01

Malvern, Ark, May 2, 1881.
We have cases in our town who lived At Hot
Springs and were finally cured with y & 3.
MCCANMoS d MURRY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

Its onward sweep hesitated not. She
pressed forward, driven by resistless
impulse, and one glance at her deter
resolved, firmly resolved-to get five
yards of velvet trimming cut bias to
match, if she overhauled every dry
goods store in town, and we presume
she did.
A guest at public dining-room, the
other day, objected to the bill of forty
five cents presented TO him at the desk,
protesting that for a single slice of toast
that price was outrageous. The captain
informed him that he was reported by
the waiter to have had spring chicken
on toast. After some hesitation he paid
the bill, remarking that he would not
dispute with the waiter, but if there
was spring chicken on that piece of
toast it was so small that he had not
noticed it.
''Do you mean to call me q liar?"
asked one rival railroad man of another
railroad man, during dispute on bust
ness they had on Austin avenue yester-
day. mo, Colonel, l don't mean to
call you liar. On the contrary, | say
you are the only man in town who tells
the truth all the time; but l am offer
ing n reward of twenty-five dollars
and a chrome to any other man who
will say he believes me when / say you
never lie," was the response.
Deacon" said the widow, as she
stroked in a feline manner the maltese
tabby that evidently lay in her lap for
that purpose, don't you long for
spring, with its balmy breath, its warm
sunshine and its gentle showers, which
awaken nature and put life into every
thing that has lain cold and dead dur
ing the long winter, and bring every
thing up out of the cold, cold ground
into life and light?" "Well, hardly,
widow" replied the deacon; ''you know
l buried my second wife last fall.''
Scene: Mr.. Uptown's stable yard;
Mr.. Uptown, coachman, and his father.
Coachman-"No,f father, it won't do. /
must leave this place." Father-"But,
my son, thought you had an easy job
and good wages here" Eyes, yes,
father, all that's true; but l am ambi-
tious. Mr. Uptown amt rich enough
not worth over one hundred thousand
dollars-and though his daughter is
pretty, must look higher. There is
Mr. Bond, worth q million, and with an
only daughter, and he wants a coach
man. shall take the place, and in a
few months you will receive an invita-
ton to the Weddinpr'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Why He Did Not Look Up.

Two fashionable young men were
walking down Austin Avenue, when
one of them called the attention of the
other to the myriads of swallows that
were making their nests in the caves of
a tall building.
The person addressed hastily glanced
upward, and remarked
at makes me sick to look up there?"
whats the matter? Got crick in
your neckP Have YOU vertigo?"
''No; I've not got far to go to get
sick. If | look up there where those
swallows are it makes my head swim
right off"
what. causes your head to swim
when you look up there where those
swallows areg"
Nothing, except the lawyer who is
trying To collect ten or fifteen bills / am
owing, has his office up there. That's
the window of his Office right under
those swallow nests. | don't feel us if
/ ever wanted to look up" = TEXAS
P1Der
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Married at Seventy,

Recently. says the Philadelphia Times,
the Rev. DR.. Bolton, of West Chester,
announced to the Protestant Episcopal
Convention, then in session, that he had
been requested to join in matrimony the
Rev. DIR. Spear and a Miss Thomas, of
West Chester. DIR. Spear, who is seven
ty years of age, and nearly blind, has
been an inmate of the Old Mans Home
for the past four years, and the fact that
his secret had leaked out worried him
very much, as it was the one topic of
the aged gentlepen who live at the
Home. On Tuesday the doctor quietly
left the Home, and went to a friends
house, where he remained until the day
following, when he was met by Miss
Thomas, and at 11:30 the Rev. DIR.
Richard Newton performed the mar
riage service in the presence of half-a-
dozen Of Dr. Spears friends. Miss
Thomas, the bride, who belongs to an
excellent family in West Chester, is
possessed of considerable wealth, and Is
twenty years the junior of her husband.
The groom for many years was rector Of
st. Luke's Church, in this city, and in
his younger years was an eloquent
preacher, and greatly admired by his
congregation. The bride and groom
will reside in West Chester.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
The Soldiers of France,

Most people who see that 286, 600
young men are brought forward annual
ly for military service in France attach
an exaggerated significance to this large
number. AS Il matter of fact, not one
third of them 20 just now into the ranks
for five years service. Out of every
hundred of these youths, seventeen
serve only for year or for six months,
twentv-four are exempted for family or
educatioAal reasons. five or six are set
aside for auxiliary service because of
minor bodily defects, nine extra small
and weakly make are put back for two
years, and twelve are declared totally
unfit for service. Thus we have the
significant fact that the large proper
ton of q per cent. of the young men of
France are, at the are of 20, more or
less physically untitled for military SER
vice. The standard of education may
be judged from the fact that one in ev-
cry seven recruits can neither read nor
write. Ten years ago the proportion of
the illiterate was about one in five, and
fifty years ago it was so per cent. AS
to height-or rather the want of it-36
per cent. of the recruits are between
five feet and half an inch (the minimum
army height and five feet four inches;
and the general average is less than five
feet five inches o'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

There was a smothered squeal at the
outside door, quick bark, and long
drawn groan. Then glorious vision
swept into the. parlor.
lis this allp' she asked, in n disap-
pointed tone, glancing at the trophies.
Didn't Claude Gomez"
He may be around under the furni-
ture, darling, or Pinkie may have swal-
lowed him. Are you sure he hasn't got
mixed in the shuflle?" and Mr. Dammit
turned the pieces over and regarded his
daughter with loving anxiety.
"There'll be fourteen or fifteen dozen
new ones here tomorrow night, papa"
murmured the beautiful girl, rumpling
his hair.
"AhT' calculated the old man, rub
bing his hands. II may get new sum-
mer suit, after all. :"
And the reporter left the good old
man and his radiant daughter, and went
away retlecting on the value q loving
and popular daughter could be to a
kind and indulgent father. if the volume
of Washers should always be equal to
the demands of the dog .-Brooklyn
E'UqIe.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

Faith knew who had purposely sent her
into danger.
1t was not many weeks before jamie
married a wealthy old widower from q
distant town and removed from her ma
tive village, which now had grown hate
full to her.
Faith Derrick never told, even to her
husband, of the beautiful fiend who sent
her into widow Lees cottage without a
word of warning.
ut was all for the best" she reason
ed. "God never forgets His children.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Wanted.

Wanted-A wife who can handle a broom,
To brush down the cobwebs and sweep up the
room;
To make decent bread that a fellow can eat
not the horrible compound you everywhere
- meet:
Who knows how to- broil, TO fry and TO roast
Make u cup of good tea and platter of toast;
And makes her own garments; an item which is
So horrd expensive as every one knows;
A common-sense creature, and still with q
mind
TO teach an'l To- guide-exaltcd, refined,
A sort of IN angel and housemaid combined.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

~ FN'E ,als. bas sltsllAs. .svijssl y
'iS~ . sVss a'W zee o ~ VICE iIi~ :
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-01
A Uhild's Value of n Cent,

To q child cent is the embodiment
Of wealth, the anticipation of his every
expectancy, the central point of happi-
ness. Give him cent, and his eyes
grow big with brightness, and he goes
off on tangent of happiness, He has
no idea but that it can buy tons of can
dy, hogsheads of toys, or poney with
buggy attachment What would YOU
give ifyou could appreciate cent as you
used tor Not but what you do cling to
one with some tenacity, but the young
gliding OF the cent is gone. You now
recognize 1t as the important factor,
which, If added to ninety.nine other
cents, makes n dollar,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-01
RIVER ITEMS.

namesake of one Of the greatest generals
that ever lived, was burned Friday night
no particulars whatever. While the tele.
gram was passing over the wires, the oper-
ator at The Halliday House caught the
words-Robert E. Lee burned last night.
That was all he heard
The Z. NJ. Norton from St. Louis arrived
last evening, She was aground about 30
hours near Grand Tower.
The Andy Baum for Memphis is due here
early this morning. Passengers for the
lower Mississippi can procure tickets of her
agent, W. F. Lambdln, office, 70 Ohio
| levee.
The Jas. W. Gaff from Memphis is due
up tonight Capt. Bob Wise commands,
and w. +. Lambdin passenger agent, will
furnish tickets at low rates
The Gus Fowler had an excellent trip
yesterday. She will lay over at Paducah
to-day, but will be here on time Monday
evening,
The Memphis Reds played match game
of base ball with the Eckfords at Paducah
last Wednesday, and was handsomely de-
feated. "The Reds" are first class ametures,
but struck the wrong nine.
The John Dippold was still lying here
last night. Can't say when she will leave.
The Fannie Tstum has just got off the
ways at Mound city and her hull is now
in fine condition, She leaves here to-day
for St, Louis.
The J. H. Hilmau from Nashville is
due here this evening, and leaves here on
aer return trip for Rock city tomorrow
at 10 o'clock.
Capt viii Harmon left for Paducah on
the Gus Fowler last evening.
Capt Will Hambleton of Mound city
came down yesterday on few hours visit,
He was looking much better than he was
when he returned from st. Louis last
week
The Hudson will leave here early this
morning tor st. Louis, aud will take par
ties at low rates who desire to attend the
Fair at St. Louis this week. The Hudson
las forty.tive state rooms well furnished, |!
fast and her tables are supplied with the
best the markets afford.
The W. P. Halliday has been on ground
for two days between here and st. Louis
Had not arrived when we went to press.
The Ohio is still at stage good and rive
rising at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, but thu
upper Mssissippiis unusually low and fall
ing,
The City of Helena was due last evening
but had not arrived when the river column
closed,
The fine steamer City of Vicksburg lef
ST. Louis last evening and is properly du'
here tonight; but owing to low water W,
are not prepared to say when she will ar
rive
The Centennial for New Orleans is du
this evening. Capt Tom Davidson com
mands and Mr.. George Davidson has charg
Of the office.
The Annie p. Silver left st. Louis yes
terday evening and is due here tonight.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-01
usa Of the Electric Light in War.

The use Of the electric light in war
fare seems not as yet to be thoroughly
perfected, An experiment was made
with it the other night by the Superb,
now lying off Rameh, but, in the eau
tious language of the Times correspond
ent whether it was an advantage or
otherwise is an open question. lnas-
much as the officer in charge of tho
picket, whose duties it was supposed to
assist. complained that it was generally
on his own men that the light was
thrown, while all around them was
wrapped in more than Egyptian dark
ness, it seems rather rs though on that
occasion at least it was very much 9TH
erwise. Indeed one feels inclined to
say of it much what Sam Weller said of
the dark lantern with which Mr.. Pick
wick proposed to guard from discovery
the midnight loves of Mr.. Wrinkle and
Miss Allen livery nice things, if
they're managed properly; but when
you don't want to be seen, think
they're more useful arter the candies
gone out than when it's alight."