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Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
Tuesday. December II, 1883.
THE WHISKY sCHEME.

" k1ASkA SOE0 HA11As
 The ''whisky men" have been actively at work for some time, and one result of their labors became apparent yesterday, when pe- titions from the leading distillers, and from bankers and business men in the principal cities of the country were presented in the House. There were twenty-two of the peti- Sions, and they were numerously signed.
 The whisky men want an extension of the bonded period for two years, and they give some ingenicus reasons for their very modest request. They say that with the resumption of specie payments in 1879, and the coinci- dent revival of prosperity in all branches of trade, great impetus was given to the pro- duction of distilled spirits. During the years 1880, 1881 and 1882 the demand for sour mash whiskies for ageing purposes was so great that more of the spirits were produced and warehoused than can be marketed for consumption as the tax natures therson. As 8 natural result the prices have declined, and distillers and holders have been seriously en- barrassed in raising money to pay the taxes on spirits for which they could find no imme- diate market. The overproduction, they say,
 
 parent, and the figures of 1881 and 1883 are quoted in support of this statement. In the former year there were in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska New York and Wisconsin eighty-two distiIleries, with a daily producing capacity of 261, 200 gallons, which has been reduced in the present year to forty distiller- ieE, with daily capacity of 197, 1881 gallons In the States of Kentucky, Maryland and Pennsylvania, in which the production of whisky usually kept in bond fer purposes of ageing is chiefly carried on, the decrease in production has been still more marked. There were in 1881 total of one hundred and forty nine distilleries with daily pro. ducing capacity of 234, ,541 gallons. la 1883 this number was reduced to ninety-eight, with daily producing capacity of 22O,212 gallons. From December, 1883, to August, 1881, taxes will fall due on nearly thirty three million gallons now in distillery ware- houses and up to November, 1885, seventy millions will be taxable. Unless the relief asked for be granted at an early day it is claimed that many will be subjected to ru- nous lOSS
 This is an interesting scheme, and it will be interesting to gee it's progress. A power ful and skillful lobby has been organiz and we do not think it impossible that bill for the relief of the whisky men will be passed at this session of Congress. A number of prominent members of Congress, among them Senator Sherman, are known to be in favor of such bill. That such a measure ought to pass is, however, open to grave doubt. similar scheme was put through 8 few years ago, and instead of making things better it made them worse. The distillsrs went on piling up their stocks regardless of the situation of affairs If Congress helps the distillers out of their difficulties why should it not help the cotton and woolen manufacturers, or the workers in iron, out of theirs?
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
ACTIVITY.

Activity is better than dignity when one Orleans Picayune.
 Bottliug companies could not live if there were not so many unbottling companies New Orleans Picayune.
 King Kalakaua wears 8 straw hat all the year round. Maybe he has been betting on Butler.-Philadelphi Call.
 Nero is credited with being the oruellest in- dividual that ever lived, and yet there is no record that he promised his wife sealskin sacque and refused to give it to her.
 Miss Mary Blake has published little vol ume entitled Twenty six Hours @ Day" Mary must have to get up about two hours before she goes to bed.-Burlington Free Press.
 Chicago man set out to give his wife 8 little surprise the other night. He went home early and sober, and by SO doing not only completely surprised her, but also 8 nei2hbor.
 Never interrupt a woman when she is scold- ing. A broken rail has often been known to wreck train, and if you break her rail it will certainly interrupt her train of thought. Oil City Blizzard
 Cows are still used to drag the blow in cen- tral Germany. A COW won't do much work. but if you've got her hitched to blow, you have the consolation of knowing where the blamed critter is.-Boston Post.
 Don't jump out of bed immediately on awakening in the morning. If there are any fires to be built let your wife and the hired
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
NEW HAVFN CONN., TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER H. 1883.

8 non-partisan ticket is to hold special cleo ton for it on some ether day. We assure him he is doing great injustice to the intelli-
 gence of the voters in extending the applica- ton of this theory beyond the Palladium office. We do not know what the effect may be there, but so far as other folks are con- cerned we see no incompatibility between non n-partisan tickets and consolidated elec- tions, and we do know that the consolidation would annually save a good many thousand
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

The endless diversity of uses to which elec- tricity may be put received another illustra- tion recently at the Court Opera at Vienna, where, by the simple expedient of suspend ing tiny incandescent lamps by fine swinging wires, the effect was produced of swarms of frefies fitting about tropical forest. By switches the current is turned off and on at the pleasure of the operator, and the effect, as the artificial frefies flash and dance in mid air, is said to have been beautiful.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

General Grant has felt compelled to deny' for himself and wife, that they have become converts to spiritualism, and expresses his contempt for its ordinary manifestations as mainly the product of fraud and juggling contrivance. He says that he has never at tended Spiritualistic seance.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
cSuurusI auO Gourier.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, IS GENTS A WEEK, 7OoENFs A MONTH, $500 A YEAR; BY MAIL, IN COUNTY, ADVANCE $7.O0; AT EXPIRATION, $7.5o OUT OF COUNTY, IN ADVANCE, s7.5s, AT EXPIRATION, SaOO
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

The educational, religious and charitable institutions connected with the t'Work of Faith" which was organized iu Boston nine teen years ago by Dr. Charles CulIis, and has been directed by him ever since, are in re- markedly prosperous condition. There is no fund, endowment, or known pecuniary pro- vision of any kind existing for the support of these institutions, but it is affirmed that in answer to prayer and without other solicita- more than $500, GOO. This sum has been re- ceived day by day in amounts varying from $1 to $2, 900. The old headquarters in Bos- ton and an adjoining building have lately been connected and remodelled at an expense of $32, 300 and this new and commodious home was dedicated yesterday.
 A. P. Moore, who owns Santa Rosa island near the California coast, is not in any i'm mediate danger of going to the poorhouse. He has 80,000 sheep, from which he clipped, in June last, 415. TAO pounds of wool. He sold this for $212, 349 80, and realized clear profit of $8O, GOO. Four men are employed regularly the year round to keep the ranch in order and to look after the sheep, and during shearing time fifty or more shearers are en- ployed. These men get forty or fifty days work, and the average number of sheep sheared day is about ninety, for which five cents clip is paid, $4.50 day being made by each man. MT. Moore, who bought the property from his brothers widow for $6oO, 900, has leased it to his brother Law renee for $40, 0Go year and will travel for his health
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

The municipal election occurs in Boston to-day. For mayor the Republicans have in- dorsed Colonel Augustus P. Martin, the Cititens' candidate, and the Democrats will try to elect Alderman Hugh O'Brisn. Colo nel Martin ought to be elected, but it will be surprising if he is.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

ed that deserters from the army shall be punished by long solitary confinement, and by having the letter ''D" branded upon them. This is thought to be not just the rec ommendation for a Christian soldier" to make
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

This is one of the very comnonest complaints. Thousands people grunt but do not know what als them. They neither sick well yet they suffer all the time. To Ruch people we strongly recommend Burdock Blood Bitters, two bottles of which will beget good appetite, sound sleep, and rid the general debility sufferer of his nervousness and de- quite equal Burdock Blood Bitters this trouble.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

It is generally believed that the West India islands are not gaining in population, but. as Sir Anthony Musgrsve, governor of Jamaica, points out in his recent report, it is increas- ing at very much more rapid rate than the population of the United Kingdom. The statistics of population in the islands show an increase of 16 per cent. on the last decen- pial period, while the increas in the United Kingdom in the ten years preceding the last census was under Il per cent. This large in- crease appears to be general throughout the islands, and is only very slightly influenced by coolie immigration. ''The population Of the West Indiss," adds Sir A. Musgrave, ''is now greater than that of any of the larger of the Australian colonies, and three times that of New Zealand
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

The State Council of the Union Veteran Democrat Legion of California has formally announced that it is in favor of the nomina- tion of ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, for President as the only man for the present situation. The Council admitted that the declaration of Presidential choice prior to the meeting of the national convention was contrary to sound party policy, bat de- clared that in the present "ominous outlook was foreseen "a retrogression into monarchy, or violent popular outbreak, attended with fire and bloodshed and dreadful anarchy, un- less the Democratic party, true to its time honored affiliations and afdnities, seeks in the factories and workshops an untrammeled ex- uression of the people's choice" Whewl
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
CONSUMPTION.

Burdock Blood Bitters will not cure consumption, but by keeping the blood strong and free from im- purittes they will stave of consumption. person using this medicine meanwhile having regard to the common lawH of health need die with consump tion. Sold by all druggists.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
SICK HEADACHE
GENERAL DEBILITY.

Is cured usually by medicine that will strengthen the appetite aid digestion, keep the liver active the bowels open. Burdock Blood Bitters guar anteed cura for sick headache.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11
HUMPING OVER,

How many people hump over in their work, and how few understand that it is weakness of the kid neys that induces this humping over lameness in the back! A medicine that will cure disease of the kidneys will almost always lame back, and Bur dock Blood Bitters will do that. Hundreds of people have written us in unqualified praise of Burdock Blood Bitters as 2 remedy for lame back.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01
aREAKFAST Rup0ET.

Ex. Senator Window will spend several
months in the Scottish Highlands.
B'sine, Hoar, Frye and Ben Harrison
will take hand in the Republican fight
in Iowa.
O,er 100. 900 copies have been sold Of the
penny edition Of Oliver Twist, published in
Liverpool.
A student can live in German Univer-
sity town for $3.50 year, but the students
don't do it
Fatness is q scn Of social and religious
distinction in China. All Chinese gods are
enormously corpulent,
Dakota territory is ionr times as big as
Ohio, and Alaska is four times as big as
Dakota, snd the rest Of the United Staten il
Jour times as big as Alaska.
A drug clerk Of Bradford, Pa, announces
himself US ready to jump from the great
Kinzua yiaduCt, which Is 3Ol feet above
the bed OF the stream which IL crosses.
A girl named Gueunessel age sixteen,
the Youngest OF her sex to reach the sulh'
init OF Mont Blanc, accomplished the as
cent during the second week in August.
Senator Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, is in
Scotland, under the medical care Of SiT
Henry Thompson. His health has slightly
improyed, and, il it continues to do 80, 1t
will remain in Europe until a complete res
toraton is effected.
The Local Option bill which has been
passed by one branch OF tle Georgia Legis
iaLure and will probably become law,
provides for the holding Of special town aud
municipal elections upon the liquor ques'
too, separate from any other elections.
A lady who had read some limitations
that Oscar Wilde had freely borrowed, not
10 say plariarized from the French in bis
'Vera.h calls attention to the fact that he
probably borrowed his late and new cast
oircharacler from DiGkens's sketch OF Mr..
VeneeriDg in "Our Mutual Friend" That
character is described therein q, "a too,
too smiling, large man with fatal fresh
ness on him."
According to the summary Of the Pres
byltra church in the United States, re
Gently issued under the authority OF the
General Assembly, the total number OF
communicable for 1883 were OO,729;
making an increase as compared with lSS2
OF 8. 591, and an increase over 1857 OF ll6
churches. Since the summary Of lSS2 was
issued, lO307 adults and l7,72S infants
have been baptized. The total number Q!
ministers is $500, which includes 2S2
liCentiates Of the pHst year. Contributions
for all purposes during the last year reach
ed the sum OF S9G6l ,l93.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

Many boys and young men are about to
return to school or college for their last
year. Most Of them have, all Of them ought
to have, some idea OF what they hope to
do in the world and by what road they will
try to achieye career. To the young man
who has not seriously thought Of this i'm
portant matter, who is not fitting himself
for anything in particular, We commend a
suggestion quietly thrown out by a gentle
man who has succeeded handsomely in his
own line and 80 may be said to testify as
an expert
Mr.. Jem Mace, whose name Is known in
two hemispheres, to say nothing OF Aus
tralia, who entered upon his life work at
eIgateen years Of age and who now, at
flty.two, ia "strong as lion" declares that
he has made two or three fortunes at his
business, and this, as he says, 'is doing
pretty we'll" To do this required very close
attention to business and the knack OF TAX
Ing hard knocks, but then labor Is the price
Of success, and it ism ,t.eyery. man who can
make so much sg one fortune. But Mr..
Mace laments that the industry Is not what
it once was, because "the men are not SO
good as they were twenty years ago,
matches are interfered with and hackers
are scarce" but he looks for a re-
vival. Capital is slow to employ
poor workmen, and there is rarely a lively
demand for an indifferent product.
1t only remains for the young men now
coming on the stage OF affairs to ft them
selves for this profitable work, and Mr..
Mace, out OF the fullness Of his experience
suggests the way to go about it. 1t is not
every young man who Is fit to
engage in the business in which
Mr.. Mace has won Obstruction,
but given certain natural qualifications
the other things needful come by Cultiva-
ton. "a man must be strong.minded,"
says Mr.. Mace, Every confident, perfectly
we'll and healthy, take good care OF himself
and let whisky alone. And he must study
the business to be tip.top one. He must
mix science and health" In his own ca
reer Mr.. Mace has had his jaw broken once,
his nose two or three times; but besides
earning two or three fortunes he has won
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

1t was once belief that the butter glob.
ule was enveloped in membranous sac,
and that churning was the mechanical &C.
ton Of breaking open these sacs and thus
enabling the fats 10 unite. The chief argu'
nent was that sour cream churned quicker
than sweet, SO the sacs must be destroyed
by the acid; but DR.. Henry Stewart aflirms
in The Dairy that acid does not dissolve
caseine, but rather hardens 1t, as in the
case OF cheese made Of very sour curd
Another theory was that sour cream made
more butter than sweet, but Professor
Muncey has proven by most painstaking
experiments with all kinds Of cream, and
at all ages, from very sweet to very sour
that sweet cream makes just as much and
no more or less than sour cream, and last.
" it is even now claimed that sour cream
butter keeps longest, but his experiments
20 to show that well washed sweet cream
butter, kept alongside ofas perfectly made
sour cream butter as he could make, was
far the best keeper.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01
VIVA. tie bible Did for a Miner.

Arizona Hind.
u. H. White, who has been working on
the Dduklrk mine for some time past, last
Sunday while reading the Bible under the
large pines east Of the mine about half a
mile, becoming absorbed in thought, un-
consciously dropped the holy book from
his hand in ouch way that it fell over a
precipice about fifty feet high. Descending
into the canyon to recover 1t, Mr.. White
found it lying upward, open at the Gospel
Of st. Matthew, chapter VII, while large
piece OF rich quartz, which had been dis.
lodged BY ito fall, lay on top, tearing jay.
ged hole in the seventh verse, so familiar to
all Christians: "Ask, and 1t shall be given
YOU; seek, and ye shall fiud; knock, and 1t
shall be opened unto YOU" Accepting this
as good omen, Mr.. White searched, and,
in but few moments, succeeded in loca-
ting the ledge, which was over two feet in
width, and assays S225, on an average, to
the ton. The mine is considered the rich.
est thing yet struck in this district, and an
offer Of 5000, made the fortunate owner Of
it, was declined,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

About the weston As3i
To he Editor Of hte LateRigacsr.
SEE-Did you ever read such volume Of
gush IS came from 'Junius" through the
columns OF that great sensational paper,
tn, Register Of August sd and 24Eh. This
Musical lark that soafs so high promises
10 discuss in broad and phllanthr0piC
spirit, TO deny no truth, and acknowledge
faults. The promises we're iair, but were
TOO small for the bird OF lofty flight He flop
ped his wings and Topped outot his prom
les, and never Topped near them again.
lie came with his mind made up that
everything was false or shametully dis
tor,ed, and followed in the wake OF his
illustrious predecessors OF the apologize
order, and cries 'liar" right Justify. He
says, fright glad shall We be itsome hon.
orable member Of the party in the minor
iiy DO designated to accompany this
board in this most pleasant Of their future
tasks" Now this is kind and good OF him
and it is progressive. Heis in advance OF
his stalwart governor, Jacob B, but lie is
awful cheeky.
The writer OF all this gush was not here
long enough to tind out anything, and what
he did learn was from DR.. Bland himself.
In this investigation Of Mr.. Cracraft's We
haye.a new and novel way OF disposing OF
the charges that reflect againsi US, and
think our State should benefit by the hint
here dropped, and do away with our
courts, Judges and jury system, for they are
very expensive anu SLOW to arrive at con-
illusions, and in. lieu thereof adopt his
plan. Let the criminal act us judge, jury
and witness, and bring in his verdict OF
not guilty, which is always done speed.
lily and without much deIlberation.
would refer the gentleman TO a quiet
spot III rear Of hospital as q splendid place
10 make up the per cent Of mortality, where
the new made mounds rise in mute silence
and testify in tones Of thunder that NOR
tally is not stayed, that the pale rider is
not throttled, for here lie victims by the
score, the silent mounds evidence that
no living man can contradict.
REPUBLICAN,.
IE.,Ion lHssI IN tu0lLsi %
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

trophies innumcrable Of gold and silver
and these are readily converted into the
circulating medium.
In this day Of oyersIocked learned pro-
fessiops, oilawyep, physicians and preach
era not earning their salt, IT is worth while
to consider so comparatively easy road to
fortune and fame. The colleges can assist
greatly II they will. Many Of them already
nav great attention to physical develop
ment, but not one has yet established o
Chair Of Practical Pugilsm. Perhaps oui
own University authorities will take the
hint
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01
Weston, West Va. .lugrlst 20.


PhiIippi RPWbliedH.
The Wheeling INTELLlGEScER celebrated
It's thirty.drst birthday last Friday. The
INrELLiqENcKR Is and has fortA hum
Der oil years been the best and most
reliable newspaper published within the
limits OF the State. 1t has advocated the
policy OF the Republican party ever since
there has been a Republican party. It will
live long to enjoy the good name which it
has so we'll deserved.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

Asa reporter for the Pittsburgh Commercial
Gd:elle sal yesterday afEsrnoon' In cham
Der at No. S2l Federal street, Allegheny, listen
ing TO terrible tale OF suffering as 1t fell
from the lips OF gentle little lady, Mrs.
Milo Ingram, the daughter OF Capt Hugh
McKelvey, OF this city, 1t seemed almost too
much to believe, II the evidence had not
been close al hand TO substantiate every
word. 1t was but another evidence OF the
culpable ignorance OF large, classot practl'
wears that her terrible. disease was cancer.
She was covered With ulcers, given up to die.
PeT1lR1 cured her perfectly. Continued on
are "a, in "Ills OF Liie,n by DR.. Hartman,
SIX your druggist for one D&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

sKrr. 18th, 1sSO.-Hop Bitters Co., Toronto
/ hays been sick for the past six years, sui
fering from dyspepsia and general weakness
have used three bottles OF Hop Bitters, and
they have done wonders for me. am well
and able to work, and eat and sleep we'll. ]
caunot say too much for Hop Bi!ters. Simon
RoRDtNs, Trhs&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

thousand happy houSekeeperS cheerful
Nv certify to the mhrvelouSly quick results OBJ
tanned BY the use OF Hunts Insect foWdet.
Il kills Bed.bugS, RoRcheS, Ants, etc. Pfice
25 cts, by Druggists,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01
Nnm.x mud Reliable.

Rltehte GG:a'c.
The Wheeling IKTELLloENcEE is an ex-
cellent, ably edited, neat newsy and re-
liable paper.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

In the far West man adyertises for a
woman 40 wash, iron, and milk one or
two cows" What does he want his cows
washed and ironed for 2-Oa City Derrick.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

UGve,barg (Pd.) RcpaSIicaH'
The Wheeling INTHLLIGRScER was thirty.
one years old last Friday. 1t is anable paper,
aud has always besnsiraight.iorward Repub.
lican, and deserves, as is the case, the con.
fidence OF the people Of West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01

The ISrELLIGRNcER Is one OF the solid
papers OF the State, and is quite lavorite
in Mar shall county.