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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-20
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sand that region, Mr.. Clarke =" 81. i
\ us the Macksburg District, lying partial
ly in Washington and partially in Noble
county, Ohio, It undoubtedly is a con.
tinuation Of the Volcano region, and the
finding OF oil in largs quantities by sIr,
M;ushail, Of Parkersburg, between Vol,
cano and Bull Creek, proves this to be tho
case. We have every reason to anticipate
a heavy STRIKE this summer. The coupiou,-,
crate stratum is found at a depth OF i, I,425s
feet and is constantly growing thicker.
Between 900 and l,l00 feet Of sand has
been found flowing salt water, and as soon
as that 10 gone we can expect oil, Gas is
found in large quantities. but the farmers
and people are all afraid OF 1t. Why, the
little town Of Dexter, Noble county, la, a.
6ne we'll within half mile, but II won't
use it, The oil We find is OF AZ gravity,
we shipit in tank cars to Marietta and
Parkersburg for refining" 5 z 35E&.i.5t 5..}s
"lf the reports OF Nj Minshall's End be
true will the West Virginia region have a
boom?"E fpi- 5(llS':s : 775yi75
"Most assuredly. Capitalists will start
in at Bull creek and BOON have. wells sunk
clear to Volcano. BY the way, ali ,hjs
helps your town Of Wheeling; nails and
iron must be had and that city 8 the near,
est point. Yes, you may say have great
hopes Of big oil boom this SUMNER" 5-5sg
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-20
Glre 5ntelliqs,lter.

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
IN THE AFTERNOON.

You in the hammock: and |, near by, Was trying to read, and to swing you, too i; And the green of the sward was SO kind to
 the eye,
 And the shade of the naples so ccoi and
 blue
 That often looked from the book to you To say as much, with sigh. You in the hammock. The book we'd
 brought
 From the parior--to read in the open air Something oflove and of Launcelot And Guinevere, l believe, was there But the afternoon, it was far nore fair Than the poem vas, thought. You in the hammock; and on and on droned and droned through the rhythmic
 stuff But with always half of my vision gone Over the top of the p.ge-enough To earessingly gaze al you, swathed in the
 fluff Of your hair and your odorous lawn You in the hammock-and that was a year Fully year ago, 1 guess And what do we care for their GuineyeYe And her Launcelot and their lordiinesst You in the hammock still, and-yes-- Kiss me again, my dear
 = iGM<, Hliseom5< Rilxy. is EreAGn<e.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

Here he pressed my hand unm1T and dsew me toward him At tkat moment lancy heard both our hsaxts beafinR. 6or mine wzs palpitafing violently.
 sWhaf must be must," he sighed. You viii forgive my obstinacy, l know, and let me have one first and last em- brace n place of what hope might have hoen.n
 Then he placed his arm around me, and my he'd fell consenting upcu his massive shoulder. What thouGh1s nie- ted through me-a mulfitude-a wuigkG of images unsupportable !; to yield and be at rest, b finger thus and die to hold SO gTeat love forevx and forever-to be in paradise and know no more of part ings. And ever upon the rsss lay the duli, heavy leaden 10" that would not be gainsaid- Many and many . time our lips met and parted; you cannot tell how passiunasely. l do not believe ac- cspeed loveEs could rsalise its feror. How reluctantly ] drew avay; hcw un- willing he was to leave how he pressed me to him again and again thanked me again and again for what he called my forbearance. What it really was l dare not say. And how at length we parted, like lovers doomed never 10 see each other again.
 Truly those were happy moments 1 felt as though he were the more refined, and l a senselesS good-for-nothing girl. Undoubtedly his was the greater soul, and but foE that fouptain in unexpected places my life would have been, after all, a parched and thirsty dssert. Joyous hours upon hours shade with the merest dash of regret, have spent in meditation on that interview, every little incident of which Is stamped indelibiy upon my mind. Verily l think l did really love him, but the fates are inexorable- aTime past will never return" It was not with out pang that, two years after, heard of his wedding and now, although, no doubt, he has long since forgotten me, that one little episode flourishes as green as ever within the most sacred precincts of my memoy.-Exekaage.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
BABY s.ss:::::';;::': s;:s:s::-s. s::':::s ::..i and Toilet Bath and Nursery sanative.
FOR THE WEST,

There \ number of routes leading to the above. mentioned section. bar the atrert and reliable route is via s.- Louis and the Missouri Par.dc Ra.i way- Tue two trztas daily are run from the Grznd Union Depot. st. Louis fo kansrs CIty Ieay.n. worth Afchtson. ss. Jose ph and Omaha.
 Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars of the very nnes, make attached all trains.
 Al kansas Ctty Cni.sa Depot. passeaeers for Kaa- sss: Colorado. New Nexico and California connect with expse<s frains of ali iines.
 Al Atchlson. connection Is made with express trains Tor Kansas and Neersaba peints.
 Al Omaha connection Is made with the Oxerfapd train for California;.
 This line offers parties en route to the West nd Northwess. not only lnst uDe and superior accom- modsuons but beauttfni scenery. t passes frotsh the anest portion ef Nissesrt and xs6raska. send for Illustrated maps. psmphlefs etc pf fh.s il.,- which viii be mailed free. '
 F. CHANDLER
 Ass-f Gea1 Pass. Ags-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
The British Museum.
lLondon Times

The British Museum, though 1t is kept
 within too marrow bounds by a jealous
 Treasury, is ever on the watch, and, as
 this report shows, is ever acquiring
 books, prints, antiquities. manuscripts.
 Of books no less than 36,ooo volumes
 were added to the library during the
 year alarming evidence of the quantity,
 if not of the quality, of work produced
 by modern men of letters. Some of the
 old books purchased were of exceptional
 interest, such as the copy of Caxton 2 Chronicles of Englande," of which only four perfect examples are known :; and the Leipsic reprint of Luther's Bible, printed by that knave Wolrab, who,' ,'' the great Re5ormez complained, "having printed all the Gbelous attacks on me, has nov taken upon him to print my Ger man Bible, and thus to take the bread out Of the mouths of my own people at Wittenberg." The Luther celebration brought many other contemporary docu- ments into the market, of which the museum acquired I,o. The first of the sixty editions of Cookers Arithmetic also found its vay to the library, dased I664. 50 did many hne missals, breviariss and books printed by VeEard, the great Paris printer; !; many of the best examples of binding from the Didot sale, and not tew from the later portions of the Sunder. land and BeckSord libraries. Thoueh chill penury repFessed the noble rage of the trustees in the matter of the Ash burnham collection, they yet secured oo6 all of the highest value, frcm the Stowe" division, of which they retain ooI, having sent the rest to Dublin. The print department has been to great extent rearranged under its new chief and numerous additions have been made to 1t, notably the excessively rare set of six plates of the Triumphs of Pesrarch, bought at a very high pr,ce ai the Sunderland Library sale. h the various departments of antiquities much space has been gained and . vsT thorough organization rendered possible. while of the multitudinous additions. purchased or presented, one that is worthy of notice is the collec- ton excayzned from the barrow at Tap- low, of which so much was heard last rear. This has been given to the museum by the Rector of Taplow, the Rev. Charles Whately.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

lon of mush you could not eat it in three days If you feed the cereals eo cattle as they do in England E snlres eieht pounds of grain to mn1ke pound of meat 50, why led the GEnin to aninal tzampss ? Why not eat t ourselvss and do away vith . surplus population of So,ooo 900 cattie, hogs ana sheep- animal tramps. Enfiand is suppcrting pezhsps soooo oooo easfle, shsep and hog4 snd 4oooo, ,oco peopae-or fekher shs supports he, caf- tle and buy bread from America to feod hG people. France supports $ 900 900 pecple, and about 7o,ooo.ooo caesle, hogs
 sThsn you believe in raiuine moss grain and less eassle and hogs!n | asked.
 @CO1ninay. One acre of ceueals in FFance vm suppou five mn, vhi1e t voaid tsks tuo ceres q gras b suppost oDe soser: s1d, h the end, one mn voud ct the seeG. The adsanaaes of the cefeals egor meat is as five to eue. So you see tho seeer is an unnecessary
 tramp. The Englishman," continued MI. Lesseps, insists On roast beef, every pound of which costs eight pounds of cereals. The Frenchman eats the cereals themselves. He buys millions of gallons of cotton-seed oil in America at three cents per pound. This he eats in his salad, in his soup, and in his bread and pie crust. The Frenchman refines mil lions of gallons of American coston-seed oil, sends 1t back to America and sells it tor two or three dollars gallon. Cotton. seed oil is superseding peanut oil, and olive oil is almost a thing of the past. For years the peanut crop of Tennessee and North Carolina has been sent to Mar seilles and made into olive-oil. Cotton seed oil has been found by the French to De better and cheaper than peanut oil. To-day all Spain, southern France, Italy. Turkey and Austria are living on Amezi- can cotton-seed oil All an Italian Reu. tleman or laborer wants is oil, maccaroni. bread. sugar, wine and coffee. Cotton seed oil takes the place of meat. ltis strange that your southern states have been for years throwing away millions of barrels of beautiful cotton-seed oil and buying unhealthful pork and lard in its place. Corn-meal cooked like maccaroni with oil and cheese is delicious food, and 90 cheap !'
 The count is right; but he forgets that in France. where nothing is wasted, Is,- 900 900 steers will go as far as 90 900 ooo steers in England, or $ 900 900 in profii- gate America There is never a mouth. ful of meat or grease thrown away in France. France can support a popula- tion of 100 ooo, 900 better than England can support population of $ 900 900.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
Pay of American Aufhosx.
 lBosson TraveIer.l

The pay of ausAsrs is appsreusiv an a1kair ~ private business and puh1;c con- cen- What . man is paid for | picfure or oook, skesch q poem is always . suosec5 os speculation. A judicioun in- tsnieS4ng of puhlishers reveals some .isnton fhe matter Mfr. Snedman is a
 bEeker and . banhH, happilx 5or hin, poetry and prose togskher uoe1d not " his house r1nt- Mn Burnolk ress S ,ooo for a novel psblished aoEiaily and as much again when puk h book fornn. Mir. Howell gsn aboee Ss,ooo fnr a seriaI ard PescentAGe oo fhe book publicn- ton. Mir. Marion Cxwford has svesased about S5,ooo apioce tR his stories. Mir. sStoddard has to 9o n enoemous amour. q york to keep oae pct boiling, and if he had not 2 regular sa1asy a literary cn6c q the Aaa asd Extsess he vould md t hard tp get aloug. "T. S of Dale. is hard-wosking Boseon lawyer. who takes novel-wri,ing as arecreation. John Borroughs r farmer and also a United States beak inspector. Frank R. Stock ton travels from place to place, finding material for his stories and enjoying life after the fashion of the good Bohemian. pr. Holmes has "riches, honor, troops of friends" beside his literary profession. Colonel Higginson devotes himself wholly to writing, both in original work, editing and compiling. Mir. Aldrich de- votes himself to editing, which many of his admirers rebel against, feeling Pegas- sus is put to the plough. Mir. Cable was formerly book-keeper in a cotton house, and his public readings have already given him more substantial returns than his novels. Charles Dudley Warner is an editor, and his purely literary work is side luxury. Julian Hawthorne and Edgar Fawcett write everything and every~here, and remind one, intellectu- ally, of those gymnasts of Barnum's who keep three balls in the air a, once with their hands and play football with their feet. Henry James had an ample fortune to begin with, and he is a novelis, made rather than born, and a very credisable article of selfmanufacture he is.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
Mrs. Browns Opinions.
Merchant Traveller

What is my opinion of a pretty wo- mans face! It is about the weakest recommendation she can have, when you get down to the real worth of it, but for the ordinary uses of society, such as win- ming popularity, attention, and husband, it probably takes first place. Men are just as big fools about a pretty face as women, and women are too silly for any thing. We hardly live a week that we don't hear of women undergoing all sorts of tortures to improve their beauty. even when they have very fair amount of good looks to start on. was just read ing yesterday of one who had a freckle doctor take all the skin of of her face with some kind of medicine, in order to remove the harmless little specks. am glad to say that she was dishgured for life. Every time she looks at herself now, she will sec a monument to her folly, and if she has any sense at all she will learn that something besides beauty of face IS requisite to give her true beauty. It doesn't seem to occur to a girl that the superficial beauty of face is not warranted not to fade, even though she sees every day the disagreea6ly homely faces of women who in their youth were considered beautiful. That women thus place such value upon a pretty face is not a compliment to the men for whom they care most to be pretty. because it is an open admission that men haven't. any more sense than they have, and in justice to my sisters, copfess that they ard right in their con- clusions-the men are not any better finished in their skulls than the women are. lfyou will look, however, among the married women of the land you win discover that homely women are about as successful in winning husbands as the others, and their homes and children are better evidences than anything else as to which class takes the gate money. All the talk in the world will not change public opinion in this matter, bu. there is some comfort in being able to let some body know that on the outskirts of the crowd of beauty worshipers there arc few who are heterodox enough to know the difference between shadow and sub stance.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
4 Considerase Lord.
tCincinn.si Satrrday Nieht. I

-@~>~>>.y
 Louis NV, like most people. had hi, moments of forgetfulness, and frequently embarrassed his courtiers by uncon. sciously asling them questions to which they had already rsp6ed One morning while at his toilet, turning b . lord-in- waiting, he inquired how many children be had. Four, sire,n was the answer. In the course of the day, addressing the same individual. Ae rere.sed the cnestion and received similar reply. Evsn this did not satisfy him, and when the even- ing came, and with it the usuai game ol brelan, he oace more commenced his ineelogaaory, which vas this time fe- sPoadsd to hy "ix, your majessy.n ? How is that 2" said the king, " yca tcld ne this morning thas you had onfy four. . So did, sire" stammered out the courier, "and it vas the truth but was aaEaid q veasyin$ yoar najesy hy d. vays telling you tho sane thinG.n
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

The bsst is the cAeapes&r This is an old adaSe ard the asence cf wisdom. The heR medicine, and the only ssvs cuys fcr dissasos of tAe livsx, 6dneys and haa46R is the old snd rotiahae HuNrss tKidney and Ivsr1 REsgEDy. Physicians 0dens t higAly and prssrrihe it h tAeir
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
The MaIarsal Season.

The time of year has once more arrived when many are complaining of a very tired feeling, drovsiness, feeble appetite, etc, the sure symptoms of that dread disease, Malaria, which is generally @ prevalent at this season and later, and which hos in times past cost many fam- ilies hundreds of eoliars in doctors bills. We are very glad to learn that new rem edy called Aguine is being introduced this seasou which is . sure cure every time, and which bids fair to become . standard family medicine. The proprie- tors of this remedy guarantee cure, and say :~ A single trial of Aguine is all that is necessary to convince the mest slep- tical that it is tho best remedy for mala- rial diseases. It cures ague, chills and fever, malarial and intermittent fever. biliousness, and liver difficulties arising from malarial influences Greatest sp- pstises, tonic and family remedy in the world. No quinine nor poisonous ingre- dients. lndorsed by physicians and drug gists. Cure guaranteed."
 Those afaicsed with malaria would do well to give tAe nsw remedy . trial.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
Loss of Flssh and Strength.

with poor appesite, and perhaps slishs cough in morning or on 6ist lying down q nighe, should be loe1ed so iS -, HeEsoas a6irssd vifh oansunpeiea n pruveEhial1y uaconscioas of their scal seafe. 0ost cases commence vith di,- ordered livez. leAding to bod disestion and impexfbc4 ass6nf1neion of ffood-Aanca the @aciasioo, CT vasliag cf tAe AssA. It is fnnm q sczpfuloas diseose. and F enfah1e hy the use of dat greaAese q aIl elood-c1sansing, an4i-b5lious and inviR- orating osmpoand4 hou1 q Dr. Hxrss Gea40 Modica1 Disrpvuy..
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
Wealthy Sympathy.

That's rather sad of MT. Holpin dy- ing so suddesly and leaving his large family in such destitute circumstances.s ' said . 6nd-haaxted poor man to a wealthy Newport one.
 "Yes, it is really | sad case, and I sympathizs with the family deeply," ," vas thssspay.
 "l aa gind te Asar thas you do. And e an egating up subscription for the hmily md have sympatAised myself two dsllazs, pisnss give me your name, that people nay see how dsspay you sympa- 0iso Wish akam.s
 Wel-eAem-yes-l-I uill ses you again, l-l have no change with me new,. and the deep sympafAirsr hurried
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
FOR PALE, LANGUID.

EmAetafed children. with pimply ssliovr skin ,h,. CCricrKA RENERiE~ will prove . perfect hIcs<inx cleansing the blcc and sktn of inherited impurities and expeilinz the germs of scroiuia, rheunis,isrn consumption and severe skin diseases.
 Sold everywhere. Price: CrrIccRA. so cents: AND CHEMICAL Co.,. Boston. Mass.
 Send fer {. Mew e Cure skfn pise..e..-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
IEIpMS 6 LITTLE ROCK RAILWAY

This popular and reliable route. with iss two asasie aAit pazssnxer trains. ts the direct and Close coanecroIs q Lirt,e npck and Nemphis Pullman s,eepe-s or night trains. Onfy one chrnr, rom Ifsfic Rock 10 New York. Five Hcurs ousckrr than an. other route. Special induceusnrs sSeres. to emtRranfx. e For Information in regard to lands appiy 10
 THOMAS ESSEx
 Land Commissioner. Little Rock The great through freight line between Iir,ie Racs and Eastern nctfies-CtnctnnAfi. Louisyflle Mnphis etc. " ~~----k<@s- Through bills ef ladng 10 al points. domestic and For Ini tniorraasioH, with maps, seheduies rates,
 D. C. RoBEHrs,
 6<nfi Pnns., asd fiekef Ar
 Y. V. H1BLEY.
 Receiver an4 0Guerzl Aunarwr Li11le Rock, Ark
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
"A TERRIBLE CASE

Charies Eayre Hinkie- Jersey City Heishts, N. J. writes; MY son, . lad of twelve ,ears, was cors- pleteiy cured cf terrible case of E>xsna hv th. CUTItrEA REhEDIEs. From the top of his head to the soies Of his feet wns Of scahs 's Eyerx other remedy and phy sietans had been tried in vain
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

A joint operation-Caving chicken. -Boskos Posf
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
WORKS TO A cHARM.'

y. 5. Weeks, Esq. Town Treasurer. St. AIbans St.. says In letter dated May >s: ..It Vorks Il, charn on my haby's Ice and head. Cured the hesd entirely. and has nearly cleaned the fAce of sores
 ordered ts for them, ~
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
(aticura lnfantile Blood Purifiers and
 Skin Beauti6erS. A Positive Cure for Every Form of Skin and Blood Diseases,
 from Pimples to Scrofula.

INKASrILE and Birth Humors. Mfk Cras, | scaiied Head. Eczemas. and every form Of lien
 inx. scals. l'lmply. scrofuons and Inherited D.s eases of the Blood. skin and Scalp. with loss q nair IT m Infancy "a Age, cured by the CCTlctRA kE>oLvESr. the new hood purifer. Internally. and CtrIttKA and CrricrUa SoAP- the great sxin cures. externally Abfoluteiy pure and safe. and At. iron fbt p,.uf.s .sf hfrff.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09
-FOUR LITTLE BOY.'

Ar. and Mrs. Everett Stebbns BeloAer.avu Mass. write: Our little boy was terribly aifiietesi with sc.ofnia Salt Rheum, and Eryapelss ever helped him until tried CrTICrkA RKNEprT- which gradually cured him, rnt he Is as fair as
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

ks ports little food. Eaeland imports almost all her food. France is prosperous. She can pay of her debt quickly. England is not prosperous. No one can afford to pay the big rents. and many fields are untitled. Her big dehe weighs her to the ground. France could live if all the rest of the world should be plotted out. England would go to destruction in two years fl left to herself. To me the future of France loolrs bright, but the future of England looks dismal enough. As America grows older sine vii have more manufactures When our country be- comes perfectly civilired, she will not seIl bale of cotton or fifty bushels of whest and buy with the proceeds . brass clock nom England, or q Limoges v1ss from France. When we make our own hyass and cAina ornaments in Amesica, Ene- land vill be badly olf. Whea her mas- uhetures fAh hez, she uill he hegxax among nations. But even with no ex- portaficn of wine, or china, or brzsa france could live within hesse3f, for three-tourths of her soil is dsvoeed eo cGeala
 Ensland is a meat eater, while Fr,nce is cereal e1tef or an eater of bread and 'eil fesessday had loax talk visA le Co01e FGdinand d9 Lesaous in rn- gard b the value ct cereals for food. n. d Leoeeps wosked thousands of ltalians. TurkA and Frenchmen oa the Sues canal
 Do you really think the cereaIs are snonger food than meat ?" ! asked.
 "Catainly.s he replied. @One pound of dry wheat -four is vevsh as mucA as tAree pounds of vsk beal Scald tAe Pssad cf Aour and sssi yes have . sal-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-09

when my books and scholarly companion ship ayemy greatest enjoyment7 Icouh not make you lastingiy happy; you % fond of activity, 90 full of outdoor predi- lectious."
 Yes, he knew he should be happy if that came about. had miscalcufated his. could not vin him over.
 But," continued, "how could be happy at the head ofa stirring household. l am not capable of making . credieahls presence. sheuld disgracs yoa. Nov, don't you think % yourself John? You dont wisA ne to do somethinR that would male nc wrufcAed P
 @No; oh. no" be replied earnestly. nothing against your mind but some how cant yet it out of my head, and you could have some one to manage the house matteFs.s
 sOA, Mir. Raxszam, when yoa sss away and think it over soms cool moment, you win know it betteT otherwise. 1hers axe mAAy clevoeeg wouen tAan | an oalv . paksoa's psl. How fbolish you voul3 D: s:,, se ,;,e saro. yourssh away oa . AslP'sas
 -rAaxs sot tAs question love you -ciover oR n0t c1evlR has n6lh1ng to do with it-l aoa't caso fDe clapor vo0aAn
 "But you weuld noe havo me say syos' when my heart is vAispesing no.s
 @No, nos no. dear Ma Wayne-6 you VIII allow ne for this day oaly-baf t is hard eo beiese.p
 < an oaly . foolisA vayward giri. I cannot love. If could, ! assuTe you that you uould come nexf to ny daar papa m Uy esoo0.s