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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-14

New Train for Cleveland and Chicago,
6 Special attention Is invited 10 the nav
echedule on the Cleveland l. Pittsburgh
i railroad taking effect May II. Under ths
new arrangement passengers can leave Bell.
aire at S:25 a. NJ. and Bridgeport at S:SSA,M..
and arrive at Cleveland al 2::25 r. NJ. the came
day and Chicago at $50 AN. the next morn.
Ink. The afternoon train, which formerly
started from Steubenville,. now starts from
Wellsville, making direct: connection with
the morning express leaving Cleveland at 5
a. NJ, arriving at Bridgeport at 2:4s 2. N. and
Bellaire at 3 r. N. 45l ts g - e, ~ 4
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MORE Philadelphia lawn mowers sold than
all others combined. Note the prices: Ten.
inch, $3.50; twelys.inch, $40; tvelye.luch.
$l1 so, fourteen.inch. $l3; siIteeu.inch'
sl4.50 8. E. BoYp, Agent, :
1t'stl H y Market Sonare. j.
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!, Lndiex', Misses nad Childreu'1 Hats,

LadieH', Missea' mad Chtllreu'd HATS.
Csntone, all shapes and solors, Is cents;
rough and readies, so cents; pearl and
needle braid straws. IS cents; fine
English Ailans. 81 25, 81 so, So. and
up. We cell millinery goods at about
the prices ordinarily paid Tor them by retail
dealers. We buy our goods BY thu case d.
rect fram tho manufacturers as cheapIy cs
any wholesale dealer In the country aud re.
tail them at a profit no larger thsn wholesale
dealers tlHst get 10 pay their expenses. You
will find our PsiccS IN fine goods proportion.
ately less even than oof Wedium qualities,
AZ there Is greater margin ior ul to work
81 Z. G, MCSIILlN d Co.
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Chr qnjt!elkil9enrfr,
Onice: No,. 25 ANA - Fourteenth Street
Roadsters For Sale. G"

Roadsters For Sale. H"...H
Artist 6upplieE-J. B. Wilson.
Jewett's Water Filters-Nesbitt & Bro.
Foneral Naturalization Lodge No. 40
!. O. o. F. ..l.s
For sale-Bread Wsgon-D. J. Mckee.
For ssle-Cottage at Moundsville Camp
Ground.
Pittsburgh. Wheeling and Kanawha River
Packet-W. N. Chancellor.
Imported and Reasonable Dslicacies al
McMechens.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
Wall Paper and Border-H. W. Fisher
Fourth page.
i Apollinaris-Fourth page.
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Apollinaris-Fourth page.

LARGEST line Of Spring Goods in the
city, comprising 800 different Patterns
Of suitings, 100 different Patterns Of
Pantal0Onings, and So different Patterns
Of Spring OyercOatings. Nude up III
best style, ut q. HESS s. SONS,
No. 1891 T. 1898 Market Street,
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Reserved seats went oil rapidly at Banners
music store yesterday for the "Bunch OF
Keys engagement. The company will have
good audiences at the Opera Blouse Thursday
and Friday evenings. III. "a -
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H4Np Garden Flows, Cultivators, Seed
Sewers and Toolu Of every description sold
by Boyd, Market Square.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-14

tbs finest mayonaise dressing Tor lll kiads
OF salads, cold meate, raw tomatoes, picked
salmon, cabbage, ele., Ia Durkses Salad
Dressing. 1t Is, BESIDES, more economical
than home made. g,5 MwrSw
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FR0DuCE.

Corrected By T. A. NORRIS & Co., commission rncr
chants, No Ile0 Water street These prices arc
from actual sales made this day. and for wholesale
io!s: allowance must be made for smaller guam
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VIII Mcdonald, .st2 Dearborn street. Chicago
gratefully acknowledges a cure Of Eczema, OF Sal
kneilm, Oh head, neck, face, arms. and legs FOL
seyontetn years; not able TO move, except on
hanus AND knees, for one year; not able 10 heir
hlmteli for eight years. tried hundreds OF RENE.
dies: doctors pronounced his case hopeless, perma.
nGhtly cured BY tho CutLcuIn Renc1jcS = -
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Orrslss DAY at E. NJ. McGillln & Co.'s.

Col. Ksyes, well known theatrical man,
Is In the city ahead Of Joe Emmett. -
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BlI.lxoar, May .1s-Flour steady. Wheat
western steady end dull:. winter. red srot 81 O2s
J 0s for. fresh: June 81 o3Sal Of; July 81 -O!Ea
/ o215ff; August 81 u1ssl o., Corn, western higher
mixed spst GoAsG0hc tor fresh. May 59hc Md
Oats pulet western white dla4Sc: mixed 'ssaiSc;
Pennsylvania 4caiSc. Rye quiet at GSa70o Eggs
higher at lixaiSc. Whisky quiet al 81 lC.
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Or. IIullihen's Funeral.

A meeting OF the physicians Of the CITY
was held last evening at the Board OF Edui.
cation rooms to take action on the death Of
Dr.. NJ. F. Hullihen. Appropriate resolutions
we're adopted, and It was agreed that tbs
physicians Of the city and county should al.
tend the funeral In a body. Drs. stiiel,
Reed, Hoge,. Campbell, Charles .Frisssll aud
Dsguly we're appointed pail bearers. ..sl.l.S
u 4 meoting OF the Board OF Education will
be held at O'Clock this forenoon to make a
formal expression Of the sorrow OF the mem.
bers over the death OF DR.. Hullihen, who
was for years Clerk Of the Board; and Of
George MoOully, who was member at the
time OF his death. --'' =,
DR.. Hullihon's funeral will take place this
afternoon from the residence OF Dr. Frissell.
The interment will be at Mt, Wood cemetery,
His sister, Mrs. Burkhardt,5 OF rMartins.
burg. telegrAphed yesterday that she could
not be here, owing 10 the serious illpess OF a
daughter, but bis brother, Rev. W. O Hull.
hen, Of staunton, Ia expected to arrive 10.
" n ra y. it,. o. t. y i
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MoRGASrowS, W. Va, May ls.-Riyer .
ieel 5 inches and falling; WEATHER cloudy;
Thermometer 7S0. .ai. s. 4, : /, \ =, :
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ClNclNNATI. o., May l3.-FIoVr dull and un,
changed. Whea, steady, No. 2 red 81 DIAL o.
Corn stronger No, 2 5S11ssc. Oats Steauy: No .
mixed SIC. Rye stronger at 7la7lxc. BarlrT scarce
and firm; extra No. isll s0aslc. Mess pork 9uIet
at SIT So Lard arm at .luc. Bulk meats and bacon
quiet und unehanRed.. Whisky arnOs al 81 ii,
Eggs essier at l2aal21Ir. Cheeie quIe. and I'm.
eli ipyed. II ..a.t 4trI'Gl - ~, - -. y
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WARRINGTON, D. c., May 14.-l:3o A. NJ
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, local
rains partly cloudy weather, followed by
clearing weather, slightly cooler, northerly
winds. 'f.I l,
For the Lower Lakes, local rains, partly
cloudy weather, followed by clearing weather.
northwesterly winds, higher barometer and
slight rise in temperature. @
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: eTILL fifteen or twenty pieces OF slightly
1smsged carpets left, at two.thirds their first
,obt. > ~ tr.B.-s-- ]. W. FERpr1.t
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diamond Coal md Coke.

To the Editor Of The Inlegigtneer. = q. Z =.
4 sfn-The Diamond Coal & Coke Company
will DO prepared 10 ship eoal from their sbaii
ny rail May 60. Consumers will do well tc
give 1t trial IS to quality and prices a,
which It can be delivered at Wheeling by cal
lots. Parties wanting 10 contract Tor future
delivery will please address Diamond Cal &
Coke Company, Wheeling, W. Va. W.
ctai1a It ss Sood white ash gas and cooking
coal as Is IN the inalEe,, ss,53 a
.!% Yours truly,
Q. kIMBEkLANp.
Nellsbmg, W Va, May 10, 1854.
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OPENING DAY at E NJ. McGillin GCo.'s.

An OppOrtunify-IO Visit the Musical
Festival Mt Pittsburgh and Return
Home The Sams Might,
Arrangements have besn made With tue
Panhandle for o special train from etsuben:
Vile to connect with tho train leaving Pitts.
burgh alter the performance Thursday
night, May Is. Round trip two dollars. tx.
curs!on tickets and admission tickets to the
Musical Festival will be on sale at F. w.
Raumsrs music store, Monday morning,
May T. Tickets should be secured at once,
as only limited number will be sold. ~
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TO CONTRACTORS & BUI[0FRS

n sEALEp PROPOSALS will DO receive, !,
Rinia, until tho hour Of twelve o'cocS' Met VII,
"a lhn Ssl day Of May, 1885, 10, ,hs MN Stid!an,
me alterations In And additions IN ihs oil
~ Inc CITY OF Charleston, ID lCcor,sS q, NY folst
nhh anu sleeiacation' for Maid bulidlSr" WIN lhe
pnteI oy Mtsr. fteblps and kempir' s,ch ~ Me
Wn,ch Plan and specifications arc now asnss,,,Net,
MI nss'e HOUSE where thoy may be scst snS
stISa W .ue NNllltett Ia chapc BdIe,. T. T.
nahinK ptopotas arc expected 10 take Of nv y u
nG maetiGl now Oh hand, purchased 6r ~, ias vSnie
70 w usea ~ the construction Of sid bnIiInS." 'e
iGheuule o. Mo Kind and quantity oil .,jH 4
ilal. ana mo approximate value IhGtroI :, Ga!e,
setn " Inc ohlce u tho Secretary nj ns my y
lhe,c femaits onY SIS TOO % Of tlis AnnIcn. e. A
appncaD!e 70 Inc further q ssi so.sa
future appropriations by ths irrisis,u,A " .ctN
meht iot work 10 TO be performed by him st az, ny
money ana material n0w oil hand ihail INV h hs
e1nhusteu. such money Rnl material m hs IVA
uo uheu III mo intthot construction Of Iaih I'LL
inR ana eueh pal rs thereof rs may be- tIrrc,ooIt
me architect III charge. The person Ia WSuWs y
Gonltact may 20 awarded viii DO required In az, wy
mo 1Ond IN the penalty OF S COO with rr WSiaHt
be approved by tho Hoard, couIiiinn,IIe INV TO
faithful performance OF tho contract. and As ~, e
uiI0ilal security len per tcn,um Of lNS mea,s ~
estimates oil the architect OF tbs WORK ,c,tc.hl[
VIII DO reserved unll the completion Of the hSi
Tho Board reserve, the tIgS, to rc,cc, o,r
oits should 1t deem 1t 10 the Interest Of iho S ~
Proposals to DO endorsed "pfopornls i,r tina r..
plotiun Of the state liU,is, vi Ghnrla,ton ny .ona'
be 1epoiIed with or forwarded 10 The linda nS
~ inc olee Of tho Secretary OF STATE. Whu,1tNvAa
". Ia. RAND0LpH SrALSAEgR. IN
nyo 6ecrO'ntv OF thu Rad
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MORE WONDERFUL YET.

X. K. CARPENTER, Henderson, n. T., cured OF
rso, iMiS or Lcp.osy, Of twenty years standing, BY
Cuticnra Remcdiei. The mCSt wonderful cure OH
record, Aduttpauiul OF scales fell from him daily,
Cure sworn TO before u Justice OF the peace and
uend0nnn'E most nIOmINnllt citlxnnR II ~ -
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OPENING DAY at L. M. McGillin & Co.'s.

BANKRurrlo lot OF Dry Gooda und Notions for
sale at half price BY J. W. Ferrel, corner
Main and Twenty.first streets. AZ, 4.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-14

Ga,tk.-Weshing l,ooo lbs,, are quoted at SIC
milch cows, s3haa5 bulls, SaSc; calves. as Ia siFa
and quality, sfalD pes head. : ~ 49,
&ttI,-551sa551c pei III. Aaa =.sH
NQQS-&l Is End Il as Tor beat rradcs ------
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-14

: HEADQUARTERS for all kinds of Gardening
Tools and Besds. 8. E. Boyd's, Market
tauare. s,55 * = ~ .s'ta45' \
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Ida Siddons' Female Mastodons bad an.
other good house at Charley shay's Theatre
last night. A matinee will : be given tbiS
afternoon. - ~ y IT. 's,4s >,-i s,e'--'.
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CnEarEsr Noes nnkes, Bpaleu, 6hoyels
Mattocks, at 8. z. Doyd'u, Marks. square,
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For slightly. damaged carpets call on ].
v. Ferrel, corner Of Main aud Twenty.iirat
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Is gadSS as Tor bes. grades.


Commercial Traveller.
EA travelling AGENT of the large drug house
OF H. X. Il F. B. Thurber & Co., New York,
writer: A member OF my family had IN al.
tack OF rheumatism which was cured by 81.
jacobs Oil, tia prsst pyip.nnrp.
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= RELIAnLK 6EEhu, ttSt never fail 10 grow,
re sold by boyd. 10 old stock offered.
Everything New and Fresh CSopat Rord'e.
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GENERAL NOTICES

I'VE WEST VIRGINIA GAS TIIr;,.
4 CoMPASr,-No,ice /, he,ahv G s,s FUEL
unaenlgned, the corponton ns,nyi eM \" MAT he
heht iesNed 10 the certificate II isro, Sne sst.
s Wy m@t vitsinia Gis tuGl CotnpSnt Onastn Of
POINTED n. MONDAY May o. issl a io"StoSsss' e
Main linz ,,te s I'M AZ ih s, S :, III ia
as The place, Tor holding rene,sI msa Virginia
mMoekhoIden Of said coinpsnv to clsrte Of The
h pitGetos'. make bylaws, aud transact . Matd Of
s y1s Mh,Gh may lawfully DO done nv ONE;
... s1aH llO ~ BLOCK.
T. Il. LoGAE'
mvzvy / y. huVAI,'
.-y -~n u, H. IltJbRIph
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WHEN you want q frst.class Buggy OF
Wagon, 20 to Boyd'a 50 Z
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STATE AND yILINIrY,

WHITE Kid Opera Gloves at 25c at ]. ".
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FoR phaetonu sn4 bussity, great bargains
go to s.-i5a J. W. fxsakL's, e
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The following shows the range OF the Their.
mometer, as observed at schnepf drug store,
Opera House, yesterday:
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JutT think Of 1t, an eight.ioot Step ladder
foot fer 81 so, with patent
Aiaa}.! - At Boyd's Market Square, 4
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DON'T WAIT.

Write to us for these testimonials In full or scnt
dlrcc, to the parties. All arc absolute true and
given without our knowledge or 10 iciRilon. Dom
luhing, ecaly, Pimply, sctoiulous, Inherited, Con
tnRious. and copper coiorcd Diseases OF tho Blood
Skin aud Scalp with Loss OF Hair. lr-1, ~ - :
Sold by all drugsisH Price: Culicura. 50 cents
Resolvent, slice; Soap, IS cents. POTTER DnuG AMI
CliEMlcALCo Boston. Mas rIstITI = :
REALITY For Rough, Chapped and Oily Skin
uLHu | Hack hpads and 'Skio pIcrjshn, az.
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FOR SALE,

FoRSALE,-A FIFTY llORSE.pOW
- tnslne with attachments, IN sod tu " IN,
n,,en I'M 10 seen III operation 1t on tanue,y
olics or address join q. HOFFMAN, K soy "
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SChlCAGo; 'MHy 3:-rhe Drorn,' Journal reports:
I've Eo.stn =, Hes 1900 bod shlpmeuu a0c0
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OPENING DAYat E. NJ. McGillin & Co.'s.
BEST Galvanized Fencing Wire, prics six
ceata per pound, OF Boyd's, Market Square.
FoE slightly damaged carpets, two.thirds
their cost, 30 to J. W. FREREL's.
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OPENING DAY a. f. Nj. MoGillln 4 Co. q
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Remedies, tha Great Skin Cures,
ALMOST INCREDIBLE,

James Il. Richardson, Custom House, New Or
leans. oil oath, says. In 1870 .ecroiulous Ulcer
broke out on my body until Twas 4 niats OF c9rfip
tioll. Everything known 10 the medical faguli,
wfs tried III vain. became 4 mere wreck, 4
times could not lit my hands 10 my head cou!,
upon lilo a. curse No relief or euro Ia len wears
In 1850 heard OF tho Cuiicura Remedies, use,
| them and was pc leclly cured. So - -
sworn 10 before U. y. Com. J. D. CRAwFOnp, "
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HucLuhsat Foar -SaS]ssc: but little demand.
,FJQs-The market during the week until the
sold as low as Exc. .7."''' - - 49,
FsathersTsca.ce, choice live geese bring s,s7ec.
,0aions-Cllotce home. raised solid per barrel
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TOLEDO, O., -, I,5-Wheet In good demand at
full prices: No. white 81 IS bid; No. 81 OF; No,
Si1Sc: No. 2 red dull and lower; cagh 9japSo: NAV
CSC asked; June 96c: July 96c asked; August 0iLc;
Mop soft 81 CSal 061: No. rp,Iny sSlo2c; rejected
65a7oc.: Corn moderately active and higher; hiyh
mixed Co. new do 5Sc: No. ? cath .6sSc: May and
no grade 5Sa5SKc. Oats tnster; No. white 39aiGc:
No. cash and May s5}l4c; June 3b1< asked; re,
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THE DAILY MARKETS.
The FInNuclnI World. G

New York, May ls.-Money market went TIP 10
4xe percent, closed at SaSh percent; Prime, NOR.
camille paper 4R5E percent Sterling Exchange
bsnken' hillss.esdy 1t 81 81; demand n 80.
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NUGGETS or WISDOM.

Be patient, for the world is broad and
wide Shakespeare.
Our acts make or mar us we are the
children of our own deeds. - Victor
Hugo.
We like those to whom we do good
better than those who do us good.-De
Saint-Real.
To succeed one must sometimes be
very bold, and sometimes very prudent
Napoleon.
/ have lived to know that the secret OF
happiness is never to allow your ener.
gies to stagnate.-Adam Clarke.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few
things are bitterer than to feel bitter. A
mans venom poisons himself more than
his victim.
Half-knowlcdge is the bane of teach
ing, as half.iruths are the curse of some
pulpits and the perilous poison in many
books-Dr. Broaddus
Good sense and good nature are never
separated, though the ignorant world
has thought o'herwise. Good nature
by which | 80 a beneficence and candor
is the produc, of right reason.-Dryden
When men ask why the Jews sustain
themselves as they have done through
the ages, it is because of family instruc.
ton, the bringing the children up in the
knowledge of the heroic deed of theii
ncestry.-Beecher.
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

An English geological survey of the
Holy Land is in progress, under Prof.
Hull, +. R. S.
In file twelve inches long, the first
six inches from the point does the most
work.
An ornithological congress was opened
at Vienns ON April 10th, under the aus
pices of Crown Prince Rudolf.
The Producers Marble Company, at
Rutland, VT, employs more marble cut
tiers than all the Italian quarries put
together.
A white rainbow, an extremely rare
phenomenon, was witnessed at Courte-
nay, France, on the morning of Novem-
Der 28th last.
A prize of $4,000 has been offered by
the Worshipful Company of Grocers, for
the bes. original essay on sanitary
science.
Prof Bertollet believes that diamond
graphite and charcoal do not represent
the true element of carbon, which he
maintains is yet unknowd, and must be
OF a gaseous nature.
Prof. Huxley has declared that in his
voyage around the world, and in all his
studies of savage life, he found no people
SO miserable, wretched and degraded as
those who exist in the poorer quarters
of London.
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A Heavy Failure.
Merchan { Traveller.

A certain bachelor merchant traveller
went into business on his own hook two
or three years ago, and last week one of
his friends heard he had failed, and went
to see him about il
Hello, Charliep he said, going into
his Office; 'how's this?"
"How's what2" responded Charles.
"Why, I heard you had failed. Is
there any truth in it?'
Eyes, I'm sorry to say, there is
That's bad. I thought you we're get
ting along frstrate2"
80 did I, till Tuesday night
"Is that when ID caught your"
"Yes."
"Have you made an assignment"
"Well, no, net yet"
"Wha' was the amount of the failure?"
"A clean hundred thousand, old fel-
low"
Good Heavens, man! Not that much?
How the mischief dad it happenp"
"You won't give 1t away"
"0f course not"
"Well, you see, Tuesday night after
was through work and had fixed up my
books, called on that hundred thousand
dollar widow I've been courtiny for a
year. and asked her to he my wife. and
l failsd to get her, that's how 1t happen
ed"
The symphatmnng friend sss up the
drinksL
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PERSONAL.

Theodore Thomas will sail for Europe
in June.
Pere Hyacinthe is lecturing in ssn
Francisco.
Dickens used to be fond of singing
funny songs 10 children.
Miss Nellie Grant Sartoris will spend
the summer at Newport.
Queen Marqherita, Of Italy, is said to
he growing handsomer.
Mrs. Langtry now combs her hair to
the top of her shapely head.
President Arthur has never played a
game of cards in the White House.
Mrs. David Davis uses her husbands
old white vests for window awnings.
Murphy, the temperance worker, will
attack the strongh olds of Michigan.
John Bright SAYS that, next to Milton
his favorite reading is the poetry Of
d Whittier.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has
reipned nfty-three years, longer than any
other living monarch.
Mrs. Kate Chase, formerly Mrs. Sprague
has taken house in Paris, where eke
proposes to live for some time.
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A Gloony View.

"It is miserable worldp croaked a
raven to two young sparrows who stood
humbly listening to his remarks. "A
miserable, cold world know, for have
lived great many years. You will be
sorry enough you ever came into it, be-
fore long"
"Why?" said one of the sparrows, who
was rather inclined to be pert.
"Whyp echoed the raven. You will
know when this frost has lasted few
weeks more, and the berries are all gone,
and you are starving"
There's always plenty to eat in the
farm-yards," said the sparrow.
That's all you know" said the raven,
with All air Of superior wisdom, "those
insufferaely conceited cocks and hens
won't let you touch niorsel, and If they
should be shut in the hen-house, that
spiteful yard-dog will be on the watch to
see that you shall get nothing"
"There are often bits to be got round
the houses" persisted the sparrow.
"Poor deluded creature w sighed the
raven. Man is your bitterest enemy,
your most cruel foe. lie sets traps, and
and keeps cats, and fires guns. What
ever you do, keep clear of man."
Weeks passed away, the frost was
sharper than ever, the berries were gone,
and, mindful Of the ravens words. the
little birds kept away from the houses
and farm.yards.
At length, one day, hunger drove
them into garden. They stood on
wheelbarrow and peered about to see if
there were stray fower.seed in the
cracks of the wood.
But the snow had filled every crevice,
and the starving sparrows began to des-
pair.
Just then little boy opened window
not far off, and threw out quite q show.
er of crumbs, then stood with lis arms
on the window-sill to watch the Dirls
enjoying their feast.
The two sparrows forgot their bitter
est enemy" and were among the first to
! artake Of the .lcntiful meal
"Man is not 80 cruel after all" said
one as they flew back to the wheelbar-
row.
"And the world is not such misera-
BILE place either,' said the other. ~
shall not believe what the raven said
any more"
"Nor l." said the first. II wonder we
did not think to ask him how ravens
contrive to live when sparrows are starv-
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