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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19

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Augustus salade Smythe was comipi
home to Chicago yesterday from Milwau
kee, where he had been visiting some LADY
friends who were accompanying him. Hi
espied a very seedy looking chap at one
end Of the car, and tipping a wink to the
ladies said: :,
"see me have some fun with the old
guy"
dividual he extended his delicate white
hand, and in tones Of apparent Joy sang oul
so all in the car could hear, "How do you
do? | have met you before, haven't II"
Every like, very like" replied the seedy
man.
"But where was it I met you? 1 can't re-
member"
at must have been at Madison. I'm the
sheriff there, and haven't been ont OF the
town for months before. l am just recover,
ing from q severe case OF the smallpox
going to Chicago for treatment. Sit down
and chat awhile"
mo, thank you, l get off at the station.
l never could stand to ride fast. | will
take the freight train at the next station or
walk from this on to Chicago" and he dis
appeared like a fool with a thousand dol
lars. The old gentleman who looked like Q
son Of toll said to a near passenger, ITS
cold day in Wisconsin when those Chicago
children head of a long SPELL"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19

"ssAh "
Mntict ilfnal Citizen.

Ndtck lMdS) CR:el.
When Lees army was passing through
Chambersburg, Pa, in 1858, on the way to
Gettysburg, NJ. Messersmith, the cashier OIL
the bank, took q station on the bank steps
and undertook to ascertain the number oi
rebels, tallying every hundred men on a
slip OF paper in his hand. A rebel officer
ordered him to desist under threat Of being
placed In arrest, Mr.. Messersmith bowed
and proceeded to his barn and obtained
100 grains Of corn, which he held in biz
right hand, which was thrust into hi:
pantaloons pocket. He again took bis
stand on the steps OF the bank, and fol
every hundred men that passed he drop
ped q grain OF corn. When his hand was
empty he had numbered 10000 men, and
then he gathered the grains up sgain tc
repeat the enumeration. Thus he stood in
the hot suu-and, indeed, the weather was
scorching at the time-Counting until he
had numbered the entire host, amounting
to 6 {, 600 men, During the night he com
municated 10 Governor Curtain the inior-
nation he had thus obtained.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
EXERCISE.
or with Your Coat aud Roll Up Your
sleeves.

or with Your Goat aud Roll Up Your
sleeves.
Popular Science MOnthlyyOr June.
The summer air Of the highlands makes
outdoor life a luxury, but the chief advan'
tage Of the plan is this: The stimulus Of a
pleasant pastime enables q man to beguile
himself into about ten times as much ex
ercise as he could stand in the Turner
Hall. The visitors Of hygienic gymna.
stun take their turn at the horizontal bar
as they would swallow the drugs OF a pub
lie dispensary: they know that it is a lesser
evil, they know that the road to styx is the
alternative, they intend to come every
day, but the intolerable tedium OF the
crank work exercise soon shakes that reso-
luton. The motive for exertion Is
too abstract; it lacks the charm
Of progressiveness and the stimulus Of a
proximate, tangible, and visible purpose.
The sham competition Of a regiment OF in.
yalids under the command ola urp.master
| does not much sweeten the bitter broth; it
is still FRAMEWORK, minus the club OF the
taller, and nine out OF ten hygenic gymnasts
will, soon find or make a pretext for dlscon'
ftinuing their visits. How many out OF a
hundred pupils OF a young ladies' seminary
would dream OF performing their Calls.
thenics'' at home? They would as soon
walk on all fours, or ride on q dry clothes
line. But arrange a May picnic IN the
mountains, aud they will beat a kid in
climbing up the steepest rocks, and swing
on wild grape vines for hours together.
It is likewise certain that fatigues can be
far better born if the body ia not encum-
bered with a surplus Of calorltic clothes.
A pair OF linen trousers, a flannel hunting
shirt, aud a loose necktte, make the most
hygienic summer dress. In the afternoon
emove the necktie and roll up the'shirt-
sleeves: it can do harm to imbibe fresh air
BY all available means, and let the cuta.
neous lungs share the luxury. Nor Is
there any excuse for the widespread fal-
lacy that is dangerous, even in the most
sweltering nights, to remove the bed.blan.
ke,s. Kick them into the farthest corner
II too warm, and sleep in your shirt and
drawers, or under a linen bed'sheet:
Haltpaked lazzaroni sleep the year round
on:the stone terrace ofthe Museo Borbo.
nice. snd outlive the as,hmatic burghers III
their sweat.box dormilories. The body
effects part OF its breathing through the
pores. Painting q man with yellow ochre
and copal-yarnish would kill him as surely
as hanging him by tho neck. The confined
air between the skin OF the body and a
stratum OF heavy blankets gets gradually
surcharged with carbonic acid-in warm
weather aver to the verge OF the saturationl
point. The perspiration is thus forced
back upon the body; and the lungs-per.
haps already weakened by ~disease-have
TO do double work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
PERSONAL.

Congressman Morrison's Presidential
boom gets q boost from the Boston Post
Itimagines that he Is even popular enough
to carry Illinois. The head OF the ticket
It comedies, mustcome from the West and
the East must satisfy itself with the tail.
y The Rev. Dr.. Marquis, Of the Lafayette
Park Presbyterian Church Of st. Louis
preached his farewell sermon to his people
last Sunday evening. Heis to occupy the
chair Of New Testament Exegesis In the
Theological Seminary Of the Northwest, In
Chicago.
The other night while Mile Rhea was be
ing driven In a hack 10 the Opera House In
Pittsfsld, Mass, the horses took fright and
ran away. She maintained her presence
Of mind, and remained quietly in her seat.
By good fortune the horses were stopped
before any harm was done.
The venerable Bishop Peck, Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. not long age
gave all his property to the Syracuse Uni
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Plano stool Cover.
Enehdnek.

-.N
A pretty way to cover a piano stool
which Is much worn, Is to cut q piece Of
broadcloth or lelt so that 1t will fit the
Top. This maybe left plain or may be orn.
amented with 10 Wind in applique work.
Around the edge Of this sew a regular little
lambrequin. Have the foundation OF broad.
cloth or felt, orof velvet. This may be in
one piece, cut in points or ~scallops, or in
separate pieces, with the edge pinked or
button. holed, and with a different design
in applique orin Kensington embroidery
In each part; OF, II pressed for time, the
lambrequin will be handsomer u the de-
way to make the lambreeuin is TO buy a
strip,of the fripged border intended for the
edge OF burlap mats, work the design
woven In the border with bright colored
worsteds, and 1t is a pretty finish for the
stool cover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
Trains arrive and depart as iollOw,-cty time.

On and after MONDAY, MAY II. 1883. tunti
further notice. cars will run from the City and
stamm's every hour from 6 30 A. n. to $50 p. N
Cars to and from Fulton every 80 m!nutes.
my,2 ]. KI.REH. snpt.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19

Barnum is oyetjoyed with his acauiItiou-
the baby elephGnt-and declares $S00.0 0(
could not buyit He offers $50 900 for an In
surance Of the life Of the infant for 50 weeks
Surely, II he knew the value OF Peruna and
ManalIn, he would do no such foolish thing
as they are the most successful protective
medicines that have ever been introduced tc
a1.. human Sb,l Isnt ,aSipe NJ ps Sns can S.t ssse e SoS
meal, and keeping the bowels regular with
Manalln. Ask your druggist for the book on
the ellis Of Lite,n p4w.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
DIED.

NEIEINGER-on Friday morning. May IS. 1852
at 2 O'Clock. LOUIS EErNIS0ER, aged 10 years II
months and 2SdayS.
Funeral from the residence Of his mother ir
Bridgeport Ohio. on Sunday afternoon at 2o'clock
Friends OF the family are invited. Interment Al
Mt. Wool Cemetery.
RoEMER-At Bellaire, Ohio, Thurday. May II
1888, at l o'clock P. N, BEuLAH q, daughter. o.
Herman and Mary Roener, aged 2 years and !
mouths t
Funeral on Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock. from
the residence Of her parents on Guernsey street
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19

The hotels at the mountains and seaside
resorts have put in carly and good work this
season. They are mostly in readiness fol
guests and all OF them use Hunts Insect
Powder, which insnres the visitors against
bed hugs, reaches and all OF that class. Price
25 cents. For sale by all druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19

MosRoE, MICH. Sept. 25, 1s75:-sirs:
have been taking Hop Bitters for ipflammt
t on OF kidneys and bladder. Ithas done 70
me what four doctors failed toto. The efiec
OF Hop Bitters seemed like magic to mi
W. L. CARTER, Trhs4w
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S1OOR REWARD.

The above reward will be paid for the sperehsa.
don and conviction Of the person or psrons who
robbed my dwelling on the evening Of April soth.
A further reward Of oneiourth Of the value Of the
Jeweiry will be paid II recovered.
my9 4 n, A. GEYkR
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-29
Make Hens Lay

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Headache, Nervous Prostitution causeH 10y II n ~
pression, soitening of the Brain resulting ~ IN
sscity and leading to misery. decay ard DEAN,
Premature Old Age. ParreELess, Loss OF power
IN either sex. Involuntary losses. ard Speimat-
orrhoea caused by cyer-excrtion Of the Gram. SELF
abuse or over-indulgeDce.. Zach box coh.arns
Tor $500, sont by mail prepaid or receipt q Rrlce.
VIZ GUARNNfEE, SIX
Tor s;Y haYes. accompanied with $500. we will
.eni the purchaser our written guarantee to re.
fund the money il the treatment does not SiisSS
a cnre. Guarantees issued only by
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wn-11salc and Retail IrIggaDtss
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Or6,,u hy mail viii Hseivs prompt AStsDuoSe
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-29
CITY,


The pioneer town ofthe Hills is situat-
cd in the southern portion about twelve
or fifteen miles from the foothills and
its natural advantages are acknowledged
by all as cXtelliug oil others either in
the mining or agricultural districts.
Located in a valley ten or twelve miles
long hy one mile in vi! H., il is easily
accessible 10 railroad either from the
east. sor. h or We, and is the only town
in tie Hills that could be tapped by a
road running on an east and west line,
from either liierrc or Chamberlain. To
tap any other town. a road, having as its
objective point the Yellowstone park or
the Pacific coast, would have to make a
detour from 100 to 200 miles. Already
surveys have been run by various roads
having this point in view. Thus situat-
Cd it draws TO its support the business
OF the mining districts Of the Southern
Hills and also that Of the farming and
stock raising interests, the latter eX
tending for sixty miles 10 the south and
vest. 1t is also the centre Of the richest
mica district in the world, there being
within a radius OF three miles no less
than q half dozen producing mines the
annual yield Of which il upward Of
10000 pounds of understandable mica &c
The nine. On the north, and from two
to ten miles from town are the bonanza
gold mines Of the Southern Hills includ
ing the Grand Junction, Old Bill, Hart
ford, Atlantic, Salmon, -. Elmo, Penob
scot. Gold Star and others, Il majority o
now in operation. On the south for Ter
or twelve miles are TO be found rich cop
!; per and silver mines and on the ives
, the coal fields, gypsum beds, salt and OF
;. springs. while fertile farming lands are
sandwicilod III between all. As an iilu
f stration OF the money TO be made OF
even a small piece Of farming land il
he valleys surrounding Custer We viii
state that j. \. Wright Oil seventies
!. acres. located two miles west OF town
cleared $3.50 in n summer. On tia
/, south. within six or eight hours ride
are the famous Hot Springs, whose cur
alive powers are already attracting til
attention of the outside world, an,
which are equal TO those of Arkansas
The town Is the county seat of Cu5te
county, which hasan area $4,000 sauar'
]. miles, two-thirds of which is agriculture
, and grazing lands and the other thir,
, mineral, the latter occupying the north
ern portion of the county are covere,
with a heavy growth of Norway pine
The town has a $4,000 court house, tw'
fine church buildings, belonging to tn
Methodist and Congregational societies
and will soon have a large school build
ing. Business is increasing, improve
men,s are being made daily and it i
bound to be the metropolis Of the South
crn Hills. All those Of our eastern
reader who think Of coming to DIkot.
10 locate and invest in either mercantile
mining, agricultural or stock-~raisins
pursuits can DO no better than to camp
in Caster county or city.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-29

now used owing to the cost of transport
ta.ion.
In~cxhaustible beds Of gypsum enclrcle
the entire Hills, just inside the foothills
and outside the main Black Hills. At
present it is only used by plasterers.
With the advent Of railroads, ii will be
shipped to the states east Of the Missouri
rive, there to be used as a fertilizer on
their worn out lands.
Petroleum il found on the west side of
the Hills in Wyoming territory near the
boundary line between Dakota and
Wyoming. No works have as yet been
established for refining. 1t is only used
for lubricating purposes 10y the Home
stake and other companies at their
| mills.
Salt springs are situated about eight
miles northeast of the oil springs and in
Wyoming territory. Salt for the entire
Hills is manufactured here, and sold IN
The or ind for two cents per pound.
Marble ola beautiful purple color is
found near Rapid City and Custer, and
sand stone, granite, slate porphyry and
limestone is plentiful, and is found in
every part Of the Hills.
The Black HILLS is 4 well watercd
country, being drained by the forks of
the Cheyenne river and their tributa-
ries. On Hot Spring cree; IN Custer
county are situated mineral springs
which are fast acquiring a reputation FOR
curative powers second 10 none Ia the
United States. The average temporal
turc is % degrees Fahrenheit.
The average prices Of the different
products Of the country are as follows:
Cogn, g. per hushel oats, 81 wheat,
Sl.25; potatoes, 81 onions, $3.50; flour
50 per hundred weight; eggs. fifty cents
per dozen; butter, forty cents per pound;
groceries cost about ) cents more than
in Chicago; dayboard $23 per month
with lodging *35. Farm hands, S35 per
month t"amstcrs, $40 to $50; day labor
era, S3 per day mechanics from ~ to Sc
per day; miners, 81 per day.
Money is loaned at from IS to IS per
cent pcrannum. The reason ofsuch high
rate Of interest is that there are 50 many
opportunities Of investing money to
good advantage that few people have
any to loan, and the demand has always
exceeded the supply.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05

The only natural hair renewer is Carboline,
deodorized extract of petroleum, prepared
without Installation, containing no mineral
or other poisons, delightfully."- perfumed and
as clear and pure as spring water.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05


Louis Globe Democrat with sketches of
noted people resident on the Pacific
coast, says of Senator Jones: The
unluckiest man on the Pacific slope,
in point of wealth, is Senator Jones,
of Nevada. There has perhaps never
been SO vast fortune so quickly
scattered as that of Jones. In spite
of popular belief, Senator Jones to-
day is poor, comparatively speaking.
When he was elected to the Senate in
1873 he was worth at least 10000 900.
To-day he is not worth $4,000 above
his debts, and his congressional salary
is no longer despised us source of in
come. 1t would be hard to tell where
Jones' fortune has gone, or more cor
rectly speaking, hard to tell where it
hasn't gone. No man ever sunk so
much money in chimerical schemes,
invested so much in bogus friendships,
or became so easy prey to financial
sharks as Jones. He sunk $4,000
900 hard money in mines
in Pauamint, California, which
never yielded dollar. He sunk
another million in the Sumner mine in
Southern California. lie built rail
road in Southern California twelve
miles long, and it cost enough to have
had every tie of mahogany and every
rail of silver. The Central Pacific
afterward bought it for about $1,000
mile. He bought every ranch ever
offered him-indeed he bought one in
Nevada which has never been located
to this day. Jones agents could never
find it. He started an ice factory in
New Orleans. He never saw the fac
tory, and never but once or twice the
man who got him into it. He opened
the st. James hotel in New York, and
of course it never paid. The last
cruel wipe that fate had in store for
Jones was the "Sierra Nevada DEAL"
as Californians call it, of four years
ago. On a mere prospect the stock
was jumped from SO share to 1915.
Jones got in at about 5000, on the
drop. The stock is selling now for
less than s. share. The Bank of
Nevada is believed to be carry ing
Jones stock for him yet.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05
Washington i'm 1913.

EX-COngressman Wentworth, of
Chicago, in some interesting reminis-
cences of life in Washington forty
years ago, says: Washington was, in
1913, the greatest slave mart in the
United States. Within sight of the
capitol. not far from the lower gate
and near, if not upon, the land where
the public garden now is, was build
ing with 4 large yard around it, in
closed with high fence. Thither
slaves were brought from all the slave
holding region, like cattle to the
Chicago stock yards, and locked up
until sold. There were regular auction
days for those rot disposed of at
private sale. The Chicago fire de-
stroyed hard cracker which | had
preserved as specimen by which pur-
chasers tested the age of slaves. And
to this day, if there is anything
that the average Southern negro
does not know, it is his own age.
The slaves were placed upon block
and when a question rose as to age,
the auctioneer requested them to bite
from cracker, which all slave auc-
tioneers keep for such occasions. The
theory was that while Il slave could
masticate well he could work. Nearly
all the labor of Washington was per-
formed by slaves, many of whom were
hired from the neighboring States.
The slaves were expected to collect
their wages monthly, and take them
home on some Saturday night. One
morning / missed my boots, and when
| went for the bootblack, he was miss
ing also. After few days l saw n
procession Of captured slaves, who had
sought their liberty in Potomac
schooner, chained two-and-two, con-
Quoted toward the slave-pen; and there
l noticed my bootblack trudging
along in my boots. had made sue
cessful canvass for Congress in those
boots. but they failed the slave in his
canvass for freedom. He was sold for
the Southern market, as was custom
AIRY with captured fugitives, and my
boots went with him. But whether
they were worn out by him upon
some sugar, rice or cotton plantation,
or by his new master, it was useless
for me to inquire.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05
HOOPS sARsAPARuLA.


Sold by Druggists. 81; six for S. Made only by C..
1. HOOD a. CO., ApothecAres. Lowell. Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05

have been written by authors on the
other side of the water. Our home
names are Harrison Willard, Will S.
Hays, S. G. Foster, j. II. Thomas, II.
p. banks, Henry Tucker, w. II. Brock
way, c. A. White, j. T. Ordway, f.
Root, j. y. Bland, G. Operti, Harry
Birch, b. f. Baker and others. These
men do not all write their own words
most of them buy the poem. There
are few good song-poets, the best, per
haps, being Mr.. George Cooper. His
remuneration is poor, being from, IS
to $40 for song outright. Many of
them possess genuine merit. When
the composers sell song they receive
from $50 to 800, and some
times 5000; some will only take COM
mission on the sales and secure a
handsome profit should the piece
reach public favor. When banks
wrote "Silver Threads Among the
Cold" he sold it for forty dollars.
After it was published the purchaser
sold 100000 copies, and the piece is
still sought for. Harrison Willard
made money by writing music. While
holding a comfortable position in the
custom-house he managed to secure a
small fortune by his muse. His Viva
fAmerica brought him $1,000, and his
song, when the Tide Comes In. has
been worth $1,000 year. The song
Waiting is now looked upon as a
stock-selling piece, the publishers dis
posing of 5000 copies year, while his
Under the Daisies sells at the rate
of 1000 copies. 'Mollie Darling has
had sale of something like half a
million copies.
81. A. Barry composed Little
Footsteps,' and sold it for IS. The
publishers made money and disposed OF
$4,000 copies. Hays songs: Little
Old Cabin in the Lane we Parted by
the Riverside each had sale OF
100000. Ordway's song, Dreaming
of Home, Mother reached sale OF
$4,000 to 10000. How the Gates
Came Aiar,' by Eastburn, reached g
sale of 100000. Brockway sold his
Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me,
for $25, and the publishers run out an
edition Of $4,000 copies. The Old
Folks at Home by Foster, reached the
sale of 100000 copies, and still con-
tinues to be bought. The Sword of
Bunker Hill reached sale of 100000
copies, and the famous temperance
song, Father Come Home written by
Work, has had sale of 100000
copies"
How about the English songs?"
"They are readily sold in this coun-
try. The famous London popular
song, Pull Down the Blind hat
not been introduced here IA couple OF
months, when $4,000 copies were sold
Let Me Dream Again. by Arthur
Sullivan, has reached to 100000 cop
les, and is still a favorite. What
Are the Wild Waves Saying has SOLD
to the number of 100000 copies, while
Champagne Charley Goodbye
Charlie, Won't You Tell Me Why
Robin?' Five O'clock in the Morning,
and some others have had very large
sales.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-05

Hoods Sarsaparilla is made of roots, herbs
and barks. 1t gives tone to the stomach /;
makes the weak strong. Sold by Druggists.
WALKING made easy with Lyons Heel Stiff
eners they keep your boots and shoes straight.