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The bee., 1883-05-12
OUR S0RE-HEADED PROFESSOR.
LII. d AND ASS.

EDITOR Bee Richard Theodore
Greener, negro boy living in Boston
Massachusetts, was admitted as 3
student to Harvard College at Cam.
bridge, sometime during the late war
and by dint of pushing, petting and
hard work on the part of a devoted
mother, whose name js Seldern, if ever
mentioned publicly by this ungrateful
son, after being put back a year in his
studies, graduated from that institu-
tIon and came to this city. Shortly
after his graduation, just at the close
of the war, he was given an opportu.
nifty to put his attainments to practi-
cal use by being given a tutorship in
the Institute for colored youths at
Philadelphia. He did not meet expec-
tations there and again came on to
Washington, where he was made prin-
cipal of our colored high school, and
by attempting to usurp the authority
OF the trustees of that school, he was
dismissed. He then drifted into the
editorial chair of the Ner National
Era, being one of its editors, but was
too quarrelsome and bigoted to hold on
there very long. He was then given
place in the Law Department of
Howard University, and became a
failure there. He then was placed at
the head of College in South Caro-
lima, and in neglecting his duties by
seeking congressional honors, that in
stitution died on his hands. He then
tried to court favor with Gov. Hamp-
ton, being willing to be used by the
Democrats of that State. After the
rout of the Republicans had been COM
pleted, but his services were not ap-
preciated, so he tramped back to Wash
ington, seeking department clerk
ship, and was appointed to first-class
clerkship in the Treasury Department,
but never rose to ahigher grade, though
another young man who was a pupil
in the school at Philadelphia, over
which Greener presided, went up two
grades right under his nose. Greener
was an inefficient clerk, and was asked
to resign which he did, since which
time he has been growing and snarl-
ing around the heels of colored men
who have shown energy and ability
enough to ill office acceptably, and to
provide adequality for their fami-
lies.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l think it about
time that Greener should be given
little wholesome advice. He should
stop prating about his superior knowl-
edge of men and things, and stop try
ing to cry down those who have en-
couraged and assisted him in and out
of college, and get down to work. GO
West and grow up with the country as
he advised others to do year or two
ago, He has too many professions to
be of use here in Washington. and he
has proven himself an utter failure in
every one ofthem.
Here he is, twenty years out of col
Iege and boasting of being the best |
young colered man in America
and has never yet had his name on the
5ax collectors book of any State or Ter
'itory. An aSpirant for every Office
rom the President of the United States
lown, and yet there are lots of colored
'oung men in Washington who were
'et on slave plantations in the Sou b,
when Greener stepped out of college,
The bee., 1883-05-12
A Confession.

William Hope was arrested, charged
with setting fire to The barn of Michael
II. Grace apd to the house of Edward
2. Morgan, the two buildings being
near each other at Great Neck, L.. |.
Hope was employed by Mr.. Morgan as
laborer, and he slept in the carriage
house. Suspicion was strong against
him because of contradictory stories ne
told as TO how he discovered the fire 3.
Alter the arrest lie made the followiL
7olun a"y confession On the night
Jan. 19 set fire to barn belonging t.,
Michael r Gsa g, and 1 then went t(
Mr.. Graee's house and to William
D.nnen that the barn was on fire. i
then went back to the barn, opened the
door, and turned ore Of the COWS out
and helped to put out the fire. A man
named Tom also came to the stable
We three then WeHt to Mr.. Grace's
kitchen, and Dennen got bottle Of
liquor and gave me large tumblerful,
and | drank it. j thea went to Mr..
Morgan's barn and got some hay, and
lit the hay on the steps of Mr.. MOrgan's
house. This was at about o'clock. /
then went an called Morgan's garden
er, William Flirt, and told him Nor
gau's house was on tire. / got shovel
and began throwing snow On the fire.
Flint then went over and got Graee's
two men, and we quencbed the fire,
after it had burned little of The stoop."
Hopes reason 1or setting fire to Mr.
No - L0-,,o ;r supnnGpd tn have haan
to Secure u reward for being the first to
discover the fire, and for helping to ex-
tmguish it.
The bee., 1883-05-12

Political philosophy and thorough
bred intellect when practically applied
cannot but do good work for any cause
that it enlists on the side Of, but with
out practical application and a dispo-
sition to consientiously practice what
is preached, theorist, theories, doctri-
naires and their doctrines, though crys-
tallized in solemn papers. resolutions,
Dedicated to mighty and powerful
names and themes, and drawn by
mighty and powerful logicians, will
continue to 60 down before an enemy
that never sleeps, but always advances.
What the public most need from repre-
sentative men is something that has
practice in it, or something that can
be made available and Of service.
The bee., 1883-05-12

The quel tion of the amount OF
whisky q nan could drink at one time
was brought up in Philadelphia, and
George Hessler, of FranEfoTt, one of
those present, said he didn't believe a
man could drink q pint of whisky,
without taking the pint measure from
his lips. Hess!er offered to do so, bow
ever, if the others paid for it. A pint
measure was then filled to the brim with
apple whisky, and Hes,ler drank it
down without quiyer. "Wby, i cou!d
drink another half pint" he said. Just
then he dropped to the floor like q
corpse. Efforts were made to resusci-
tate him, but without avail. Dr. Penne
hacker. the surge of tho Frankfort
arsenal, vas Immediately sent for and
did all he could to revive the man, but
the brain was Pa alyzed. Shortly alter,
DR.. Pratt aid another physician arrived.
The three physicians " Horked at the man
and applied tho proper rel edies until
II 80 o'clock, six hours later, when he
partially returned to consciousness. He
lay in dazed state all night, and by
the next day had so far recovered that he
could speak intellig1bly. The doctors
say that he will recover, but his escape
was narrow one.
The bee., 1883-05-12

The result of the fermentation OF the
Juice OF the grape is initiated IN France
hy means of fermentation with water of
sugared substances, such as syrup,
fecula, dried fruits. and raw sugar, or of
Juniper-berries, coriander seeds, and
fresh rye bread. After fermentation, the
liquor is Hacked of, and, il il is not
sufficiently colored, an infusion os red
beet or myrtle berries is added. in order
to correct the acidity. Some "wine"
makers are unscrupnlous enough to use
htharge, thus affording to the drinkers
the probable chance of lead poisoning.
In the departments of HerauIt, Pyre-
nees, the Var lime is used to higbten
the color OF the wine and reduce the
lees; but by so d DING chemical changes
supervene, with the result of a pur0a-
tive, and even corrosive rature to the
liquid. Alum is principally used TO
produce the astringent character which
belongs to Bordeaux wine. The color.
ing matters generally used are dwarf
aud black elder-berries, Brazil and
Campeachy wood, beet juice, rose NAL
NV, cochineal. fuchsine or aniline red.
md more especially grenat, the residue
OF the manufacture of fuchsine and
roseaniline salts. Some of the wine
eolorlng tinctures sold under fancy
names contain arsenic. The most sue.
eessful OF all these coloring matters ia
the brown grenat, which initiates as
pearly as possible the color of wine.
The logwood appears to be most in
favor In the Paris manufacture of wina.
as it gives young wine the color of the
Did; while beet, fuchsine, a4d cochineal
are fhe usual agents in the South of
trance, and the eIderberries are most
t5ef IN Portugal and Spain. This
latter offers TO the consumer the advan.
tage OF being OF purgatiye character,
and Tins enables him to kill two birds
with oEs stoEe.-Londoa Herald,
The bee., 1883-05-12


The III. WLve of the last election In
Ohio aud the adverse decision of the
supreme court in Iowa gave setback
to the temperance people in those stares,
but although cast down they do not
seem to be discouraged. They are hard
at work again in both states, and having
learned wi dom by experience, we may
expect their campaign this time to be
characterized by more strategic ability
more enthusiasm it could not have
than it manifested last year. La Ohio,
there has already passed the Senate, by
a decisive vote, resolu ion proposing
O constitutional amendment which gives
the Legislature the power to pass laws
regulating the manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating drink. Ii this resolution
pass the House, as it probably will,
the people will vote on it at the next
election. As the Constitution stands
now, the Legislature has no power to
license the liquor traffic, SO that there
is no middle ground between absolute
prohibition and free whisky. In Iowa
the prohibitory constitution al amend
ment was rendered null and void by
clerical errors made during its passage
through the Legislature. A state tenn
perance convention will me at Des
Moines 10 devise measures which shall
make effective the will of the people as
expressfd d at the last election by major.
ity OF 10000 in favor of q prohibitory
amendment. In Indiana the outlook
for the prohibitory amendment is not
hopeful, but survey of the whole field
shows plainly the check received by
the temperance cause last fall was evi-
IDENTIFY only temporary.-New York Mail.
Egpress.
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VENTION.

AN INTERVIEW WITH Mr.. FREDERICK
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She had an Intellectual looI

She had an intellectual look, and as
she came up the street talking with her
companion, the strolling passerby
said to himself: "She is discussin1
fIato' or quoting Herbert Spencer"
and as she came nearer her face
frightened with a new animation and
she was heard to say: eyes, there's
just a yard and three-quarters in the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-09
AnnIl Tinna YirrIninn.

A lame man who says his name Is Gard.
well and that he Is an old newspaper man
and an ex.Confederate soldier, from Danyille,
was arrested Saturday by Officer Bird
for disorderly conduct at the State House. He
has been about town since the Fourth, on
the evening OF which day he introduced him
self into the INTELLIGENCE sanctum and so
licited an engagement on the editorial staff.
being told that there was no vacancy which
he would fit, he said: "Ah, could you with
entire convenience to yourself, ana without
depicting your individual excheauer, render
me some slight temporary pecuniary as1it.
tance? ?" He was again answered In the mega.
tive. when he left, muttering in intoxicated
wath. He has been begging ABOUT town since,
and his good address led many to give him
small sums. which be srsnt for whisky. Sat-
urd.y he visited the store OF Rixey & Bolts,
both OF which gentlemen had beiriended
him, and being refused further aid, became
very abusive, He next went to the Capitol,
aud here behaved 30 that he was elected By
the janitor. He still continued his conduct,
until be war arrested as stated.
He was arraigned in police court Saturday
afternoon, and all his persuasive eloquence
was lost on Judge JefTers. In default OF IS
aud costs he was given free board and lodg-
ing at the work house for 80 days.
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"How 10 business? reporter casually ask
ed tobacconist the other day, Us he threw
down a nickel In exchange for five "ken.
lucky stogies." The answer revealed some
thing new to the queriSt, and possibly TO the
public:
"Rather slow. This is our slack season,
you know. II Is too warm for smoking"
"Don't people smoke the same all the year
round2'
mo, sir. Smoking goes by seasons, Just
as every thing else does In very hot weather
few OF the most inveterate smokers keep up
TO their standard, and many people do not
smoke at all. In the coolest winter months
there Is q noticeable falling of, too. II stoo
cold to smoke in the open air. In the cool
spring and autumn months the business en-
Joys lis boom. ! think the thing rests on 3
scientific basis, II anyone understood enough
about the system to explain the lasts for mar
greater in moderate weather"
"How with chewersT
~ never noticed the same difference"
"Do cigarette smokers take the same
amount Of opium and second hand hne cut
In summer as winter"
: THAT talk Is all bosh. There Is possibly q
flavor OF opium In some cigarettes, but an
honest manufacturer puts ~ good stock In
them as In everything else, and they. are less
injurious than cigars or pipe, because they
are smaller. Besides, the finest smoking
tobacco made-Perique-i merely Louisiana
leaf stepped in opium, Just a. navy Is soaked
In licorice. The most popular brands Of
smoking tobacco all have greater percentage
OF opium than cigarettes, but 1t Is small still. 4"
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meeting Of the active members Of the
Opera House Orchestra Association held yes
terday afternoon, PROT. Louis Was vas elect
Seibert whose resignation takes effect in Sep
TENDER. This Is an admirable selection, and
ali the more to be approved because the organ
ization did not 20 away from home as on pre-
yious occasion TO look up . man. Prof. Was
is q musician Wheeling can be proud Of: he
Is thorough, painstaking, and OF undoubted
ability, He Is further conyersant with all
instruments. His favorite Is the violin, on
which be Is an accomplished performer.
Under his direction the orchestra will, It Is
predicted, take decided step In advance Of
lis present high standing. Hard and steady
practice will be carried on the coming fall
and attention given to the Gner and higher
grades OF music.
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Nine Wheeling men played game Of base
ball with nine 81. ClAirsyllle men Saturday
afternoon on the fair grounds at the latter
place. The two mines were called printsrs'
mines, but only about half OF the Wheeling
men and ont-third OF the st. Clairsyillians
were types settlers. The latter nine was made
up Of the best ball plsyers in st. Clairsyille,
among whom happened to be two or three
printers The 81. Cairsville nine won the
toss, and started in the field. At first Wilson
pitched and st. Myers caught behind the bat
but shortly the ls,ter's hands were 80 used
up with the formers swift pitching that a
change was made, and Winder pitched for
the rest Of the game. The St. Clairsville boys
had made eleven scores In the last inning
before the change, however, and though the
rest OF the game was close the Whe ling boys
did not quite overcome these odds, and the
ccore at the close OF the game ttood y TO q
in favor OF the st. Clairsyille nine. The
Wheeling printers expect the other nine to
come down two weeks from last Saturday to
plsy a return game. II they come the Wheel
ing printers assure them a good time.
The Healy CLUB was defeated Saturday on
the Tunnel Green by picked nine, the score
Q anding 20 to II. some OF the Healy play
efs thought the game would be unintertsting
and were not present, 10 which fact the rest
attribute their defeat.
The game on the fair grounds between the
United and 0livette clubs for purse OF $40
was won by the former In score Of II 10 10.
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"Who started that foolish story this time
about the B. & o. road going to cnt Wheel
lingo Of the main line, and build road
down 10 the track In Marshall county from a
point on, the Hempfeld asked prominent
citizen Saturday night
A'Giyeit up" said the reporter to whom the
question was addressed.
at Is not'probable To any one who knows
John W. Garrett that he will build an ex.
pensiye line IS miles long when he could
make one OF six miles already nearly com.
pleted serve all the purposes and several
other useful ends as we'll"
'.Then you think there is nothing In it?'
think nothing The idea Is prepostereus
Either some person with good i'm gination
has stuffed the reporter who printed the
story in It's new form, or else the B. q Q.
men think to scare Wheeling by the threat"
",But there are difficulties in the way Of q
through line by the city that would not be
met by line like that suggested"
"So. there amt. And II there were, few
extra dollars expense would keep Garrett
from building the cut off, I'll bet neither
you nor will ever see that plan adopted In
any OF lis Numerous forms. II would make
the line logger instead OF shorter, and In.
crease the trouble OF handling freight here
IS per cent. The talk Is all poppy-cock, or !
don't know north from south on o map.
Look at tho map OF the B. & o. and the
HeInpfiald for yourself and see."
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Saturday afternoon five or six OF the half
grown wretches Of which East Wheeling has
an abundant supply. II nota surplus, were
returning from the base ball game near the
tunnel; when they met on Seventeenth street
the Italian ice cream yender whose dilapids.
ted buggy and consumptive mule are as IA.
miliar as his cry, lois careml' The boys be-
gan u pelt him with small pebbles and clods,
at first apparently in pure deyilment but
beloye long new motive for the attack was
suggested as the Italian showed
that he was badly frightened, and demand
was made on him for ice-cream. He 6lled
up large measure and gave 1t TO one Of
them, when the ssampi made for the alley
south OF the Fourth ward school house, and
disappeared with both measure and cream.
A gentleman living In the vicinity tele-
phoned for the police. but II was too late.
fheyoung highwsymen and their victim had
both disappeared.
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News anu Gossip In Reference to Various
People.

People.
Mr.. G. G. Hannah was confined 10 the
house by indisposition last week.
Miss Blsnche HuLter, OF the Island, leaves
for Baltimore to-dsy to visit friends.
Miss Minnie Gasmire and Mrs Dr.. ]. E.
Smith are visiting friends in Girard, Pa.
Msjor W. W. Jackson, the Governors pri-
yate secretary, returnedt to the city Saturday.
Mr.. ". @. Yeaton. Jr., has during the past
week been in Cincinnati, consulting an
oculist.
Mr.. Alex. Quarter, OF Charleston, son OF
Hon. W. A. Q Iarrier, Is the guest OF Mr.. R.
A. McCabe's family, at Leatherwood.
Mr.. Shrewsbury Miller, Of the Auditors
clerical force, left oH the st. Lawrence satur-
day for visit to his home at Charleston.
Mrs. Judge Caldwell and daughter, Miss
Jennie, leave ti-iay for Iowa to spend the
summer with her daughter, Mrs. Alexander.
State Superintendent OF Free Schools
Butcher left Saturday night for Saratoga, to
attend the meeting OF the National Eduea-
tional Association. He will make an effort
10 have the next annual meeting held at
White Sulphur Springs.
Miss Mary Campbell, Of Wheeling, has
been there for a few days, the guest OF her
friend Miss Mollie PAUL. We, among many
Others, regret that she could ! OF stay Ions er,
for 1t is our experience that Wheeling girl,
OF whom she Is u splendid representative, are
sure to make friends wherever they co.
lTetsei Democrat.
Roland Litten, a young man Of this city,
who for several months has been In the
employ OF the Wheeling Electric Light
Company, leaves the latter part OF this week
for Harrisburg, Pa, where be has accepted a
position as Superintendent OF the Fuller
Electric Light system OF that city. Tbs com.
pany expects to have five hundred lights In
use by January /. The position OF superin-
tendent Is responsible one, but Puck" has
shown unexpected intelligence and capacity
In his position here, and no doubt will ill
his new place with satisfaction to his ems
ployers and credit TO himself.
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William Taylor, resident OF that classic
precinct known as "Cawford's Row." on
Sixteenth street, returned to his home satur.
day evening in drunken condition, after 9
days absence, and renewed quarrel OF long
standing with his wife He has shown signs
OF jealousy for several weeks, aud has fire.
auepty accused his wife Of intimacy with
other men. On this occasion he found in the
house what In his intoxicated state he took
to be conclusive proof Of her infdelity, and
be al once drew large pocket knife and as
sailed her. A long and painful cash In the
hip was inflicted Of the first blow, but before
Taylor could repeat II neighbors reached the
spot and prevented his executing his fatal In.
tentions. Constable Love happened to be In
the vicinity, and he took Taylor to the
county jail. He will be arraigned before
Fouire Peterman today on = charge OF felo.
nious cutting. DR.. Wilson was called and
attended to Mrs. Taylor's injuries. He pro-
nounced her wound not dangerods.
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SONGS NEVER SUNG.
"llow does that verse rum Something Ike thls

"How does that verse rum Something like this
ian'titS
There are those who touch the magic string.
And noisy fame Is proud 70 win them,
Alssl iof those who never ding.
But die With Rll their music In them.'m
ayes, that's beautiful. pathetic and true" ,aid
yourreptesenta1lye. "The poet Riludes 70 people
who arc somehow suppressed, and never get their
full allowance Of 10y and air. Which reminds me
Of alrtter shown me The other day BY HlIcox 4
Co., Of New York, signed by Mr.. &c. Williams, Of
Chapman. Snyder Co., Pa, a prominent business
man OF that place. lie writes:
'lhAye suffered with asthma for over forty years
and had terrible attack In December and Jann.
arr, 1884 hardly knew what prOtnpted ma "a
lake pafkef'a Tonic. ] did 10, and the Ont dav
took fuur doses The effect Nt0nlshed me. Thai
nishi ilept % II nothing WSg he matter with mo
and have ever dNce, have had colds since, but
had never Known that dlscUe II YOU know al
4uy one who has the asthma tell him IA mn name
that PaIkers Tonic will cure IL even after forty
ysaIL' There was InSn wto escaped the iate a
those whom the poet lamentA -
This preparation, which has Heretofore been
Enuwn az Fnr.ers GinEeT Tonic, viii hereafter be
Advertised aud sold under the name Of PaTleF'S
Tonic. 10. GnipcA a. ginger d ca " IN unimport.
ant Ingredient and lnpIin ipled dealers arc cpn-
Infer or pTepar4tit M under the name Of ginger,
we drop the ni'leAdlng sod.
There is no change, however, In tho repATAi lon
itkeli and al bottles remaining IN the bands Of
DEALER. wEapEed unect The game Of PHRKERH
GINGER ToalC Cunt ~ be Genuine medicine il
the hc.Iim!le LgnatuIotf Hlicox q 60. d at Inc
bottom Ct the odbidO wrapper. ie2l.Eaw
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willcure dyspepsia, heartburn, mala.
ria, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.