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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-28

IHdtahdp0ItS J0trnda N.#.. gsr.-i. -Evt-a ri
It lisa warm day in early June, 1883, and
the Republican National Convention ip
settling down to the business Of selecting
the next Lucky Ticket. While the roll IL
being called q very diaheartenod Tail makes
It's way YEARLY through the crowd, and,
alter catching It's breath, asks II this Is
the Republican Dog. "For," continues
The Tail, ~ cut myself of from that dog
in 1884, and belong here" Being assured
that this Is the only genuine Republican
mastG doing buainess at the sans old
stand, the Tail works itseli into quite a
frame Of mind. 'a.5N
"You remember" said the Tail, "that
when severed my connection with the
party did so without prejudice, and now
I wish to renew It." Az .ll5s
"Your desire is very NATURAL" Gays the
Convention, "but We are sorry TO say that
you cannot come In" 49,.
"Aud why not, pray2" asks the humble
Tail. '|e s.
"Well, the fact Is" says the Convention,
i've have all the Tail we want, and, be-
sidee, We don't care to spoil the Dog"
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while the eight thousand two hundred and
eleven American presses Issue annually
one billion eight hundred and thirty.six
million four hundred and seventy.eight
thousand FIVE hundred and ninety.two,
the two thousand nine hundred and twenty
eight British presses put forth ono million
seven hundred and thirty.iour millions
eight hundred and fo,ty.one thousand
nine hundred and fity.six copies. What
makes Great Britain, Notwithstanding her
smaller population, measure up 80 we'll by
the side Of our own country In this matter
Is that the papers Of tho mother land find a
large sale In her numerous colonie. A
more recent census would, doubtless, show
some increase in these figures, but It would
scarcely afford any better Idea Of the mum.
Der Of newspaper readers In Great Bri.
tain, nor would It change the general as.
poets Of the comparison instituted between
that country and the United States.
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e. In view OF these facts the writer has OF.
ten wondered why enterprising capitalists
from our side have not sought 10 supply a
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SUMNER REs0aTs.

J. G. HEsrEY. Auc.ioneer.
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"save NY Husband From Drink

What volumes Of hidden testimony of suf-
iering borne by the loving wife, are cpito-
m'1sd In that one sentence. And how vel.
come to her mus! be the glad tidings that he
can be saved, Dr.. D. Unrer's cure Tor drunk.
enness entirely removest the longing for drink,
and will radicslly cure even tbs worst cases.
Consult Dr.. DUngsr, by letter, 243 State
street, Chicsgo.
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long felt want by establishing a London
daily upon American principles, devoted
largely to American news. Perhape the
rumor wo hear Of an American syndicate
having bought score Of the English pa.
pers, including one In the metropolis, 10 In
this line, an possibly, too, this TACT, II It be
a fact, Is what has stimulated come OF the
papers there 10 inaugurste needed reforms.
From having formerly been as destitute OF
bumor as an average innerBl Grafton, some
OF the great metropolitan dailieB are begin.
ming 10 sparkle a little. Tho Pail Muu
Ga.tAt torified It's contemporaries not long
ngo by branching out in the interviewing
butintts, Rnd, "a though that radicalism
In politics WIS tho inevitable precursor OF
radical conduct In other matters, the same
paper has started further revolution BY
substituting short and sprightly squits Tor
long.winded and solemn editorials. It Is
noteworthy, too, that several Of the papers
are beginning now to giva little more
prominence 10 American affairs.
GOOD POINTS. 4.
But, II tho English newspaper has its
faults, go bas It, also, many excellences,
Tia mechanical features are most Admira
bic. Tho paper used seems 10 partake
largely Of tho substantial character Of what
Is printed upon 1t. The type Is clear and
large. With US the aim seems TO be, to get
as much ss possible within a givenspace,
regardless alike Of the appearance Of the
page and the convenience Of the reader,
The extent 10 which the fiue type Of our
great American dailies 10 strainipg the
national eyeaight, must be very gratifying
10 oculiats and opticians. There are, to be
surc, como happy exceptions 10 this rule
but what Is only exceptional here, Is the
established order in England, and this
nnquestionably, Is one respect in which oul
British cousins have the advantage over us
l am impressed, furthermore, that the
Epglish papers arc very careful Of theil
facts. II they do not give all that occurs
neither, on the other hand, do they seek K
excel in the kind Of enterprise which
evolves news out Of the inner conscious
nees CT imaginative reporters. It Ia charged
that these English papers are dull. Well
II they are, they at least have the merit o
being free from slang as we'll. as the add
.ional virtue Of being put together will
some regard for grammatical correctness
The smallest item seems to be written will
rs much care AZ the largest and most i'm
porsant. From the style in which thi
writing Is done, as we'll as from the breadtl
Of information displayed, 1t Ia easy 10 se
that the principal writer's Of the EnRlisl
press are equally distinguished for eoholar
ship and for good taste. Some one ha
said that daily perusal for few years o
Of the editorials OF frstclass London
newspaper would be almost equivalent to
course in college. We may hesitate to be
lieye this, but certainly no one can reat
these articles without being broadened and
cultivated by them.
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AIER's sarsapsrilla operates radically upon
aud through the blood, and Is SAFE, reliable,
and absolute cure for the various diseases,
complaints and disorders, due to debility, OF
to any constitutional faint or infection. D4w
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Passepgeu will savc time and tronh,a ~, -
chaSng their tickets at tho Nee o y pu lr
;. @J4d Nh. 10, HRSCH. supt
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

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: GEN. SHERMAN says he has voted only
once in his lie. 1t would be interesting TO
know how many times he has written a
communication to the press and signed it
"Taxpayer.n lS. 'a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
The Fortunate Isles.

You sail and you seek for the Fortunate Isles
The old Greek Isles of the yellow birds song?
Then steer straight through the watery miles,
Straight on, straight on and you can't go wrong.
Nay not to the left nay not to the right,
But on, straight on, and the Isles in sight
The Fortunate Isles where the yellow birds sing,
And life lies grit with golden ring
These Fortunate Isles they are not far,
They lie within reach of the lowliest door,
You can see them gleam bv the twilight star
Yen can hear them sing by the moons white shore
Nay never look back! Those leveled grave-stones
They landing steps; they steps unto thrones
OF glory for souls that have sailed before,
And have set white feet the fortunate shore
And what are the names of the Fortunate Isles2
Why, Duty and Love, and large content,
Lo these are the isles of the watery miles,
That God let down from armament.
10! Duty and Love and a true mans trust;
Your forehead to God and your feet in the dust;
Lao! Duty and Love, and a sweet babes smiles,
And these, oh friend, the Fortunate Isles.
joaquin Miller, in The Current.
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asked then to tea. I can't speak to them; l am
too anxious"
She would have moved away but the noise
and laughter were in the hall already, and the
boys were stumbling up toward her in the dark
ness, over the rugs and skins. Something white
was being showed from one to the other, and was
pushed into Agatha's arms at last, and held
there by pair of rough, sunburned hands.
What is it! Oh, Jack, what is It'll" she cried,
bending down and kissing, to their owners great
s.-:9:ee:iSe, thc boys rough hands.
Don't, say. said Jack, drawing them away
with a curious, shamefaced look. Its only the
baby, Mrs. Nicholson. She was crying in the
cradle, so | just got into the room and bagged
her She's been playing in the hay; she nearly
got iabbed with rake, but Jim got it instead.
She's a jolly little thing Did you miss herl"
Yes, thought she was lost, said Agatha,
geatly.
LOST with roar of laughter. 'Wlel that
is good May we wash our hands for teal I'm
not so dirty, I've been holding her; bat Jim's
simply mud all over Here, have you got herr
it's so dark | can't see.
The turbulent tide swept away into the dim
distance of stairs and passages leaving little
group III the twilight of the hall; tall, dark
hgure, against which a golden head was lean
ing and two arms with white bundle folded IN
them.
kiss her, john" came soft voice out of the
darkness. Il know you would rather not she's
only a baby, not star; but just as punishment,
because you were SO stupid"
The tall figure stopped and laid dark mus
tache against the little bundle,
She's very soft" said another voice; II
don't think l ever knew SO much about baby
before"
There was, after moments silence, a move
ment on the mans part as though he were
drawing himself up to his full height with
view to reasserting his dignity He cleared his
throat.
After all, Agatha" he said, stifhy, II did
not lose the baby"
Il never said you did" said Agatha; II only
asked you, and you couldn't remember"
Another time, with an evident effort, II
suppose / shall be condemned unheard."
Another time" seornfully. You may set
your mind at rest. Neither nor Emmy is in
the least likely to trust you again. at least not
with anything valuable
''Then, how about the baby" with laugh
That" said Agatha, firmly includes the
baby"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
FREEZING PIPES.
What Plumber Says the Subject of
Frozen Water-Pipes.

What Plumber Says the Subject of
Frozen water-Pipes.
Washington star.
'How do the pipes come to freeze upp asked
the reporter.
"By exposure to the cold, of course,T replied
the plumber. VERY few houses here are built for
cold weather. and when it comes there is but
little prevention against it. Then, too in
many houses there are no furnaces, and the heat
is from atrobes. This leaves the halls cold, and,
OF course, the bath room and the water-pipes
in the addition parts of the house are left unpro
tected. The water is frozen and the pipes
burst"
Flow can it be prevented
'HThere are different ways of doing this was
the reply "The vicinity of the pipes can be
kept warm and then it viii be impossible for the
water to freeze. Then the water may be turned
off from the pipes and the water remaining in
run out of the faucets. But the trouble is that
people remember to turn off the water, but for
get to let it run from the faucets, and they
might Just as well have forgotten all about the
water-pipes. Then they generally forget to empty
the boiler and that makes the worst and most
expensive burst of all. A very good plan, but
contrary to the water regulations is to turn the
faucets so that the water will flow drop by drop,
and thus keep up a movement 1t is not neces-
sary to turn it on in any sense of that word A
dropping is all that is needed to prevent freez-
ut is so easy to prevent freezing I shouldn't
think there would be many burst pipes" OBJ
served the listener.
lone would not suppose so, ether replied
the philosophic plumber, "but people forget, and
people lack common sense. Perhaps the latter
more than the former. Then, again, 1t is only
when the temperature approaches zero that there
is any serious trouble with the water-pipes. But
when it gets down in that neighborhood every
thing freezes up tight People living in this
latitude are not accustomed to such extremes.
believe that last winter we had no such real cold
weather as we have had in the past few days.
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''Some of them the reporters have idle
fancies" said the senator (Groome( "but there is
no telling what they may lead TO- Several years
ago, when was a candidate for Governor of my
State, gentleman in q neighboring town. where
| CHANGED to be, said that lie would oppose me
on the ground that l was a bachelor. He was
older than l was, not the best looking man in
the world, and had never been married. So, to
silence MIN, said in jest that l would bet him
hat that l could find a lady inside
of three years who would marry me,
and that was better, | was sure than
he could do. / succeeded in backing him
down, but l got into another difficulty. One'of
these newspaper chaps somehow or other got
hold of what had sailor, rather, what /
hadn't said-and the first thing l knew | was
published as offering to bet that would be mar
ried within three years. A scribe in Baltimore,
to get ahead of his fellows ventured to give the
name of the lady in that city to whom was en-
gagged From my green and salad days to that
time l had not thought of getting married,
much less making wife of the lady mentioned.
IhRppened to meet her, however, day or two
afteryard-for knew her-and asked her what
she thought of the rumor She told me, laugh
ingIy, that if it would aid in my election she
would not contradict it until after 1 became
Governor Thelieve that it was never contra
dieted, and, as subsequently married the lady,
it is now too late h. deny it. That newspaper
reporters fertile imagination secured for me the
best wife in the world"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
The Evolution of the skate.

Milwaukee Globe.
Many a man of to-day can remember the long
curled toe, steel-runner imbedded in solid
piece of wood that formed the skate of his boy
hood days. To the wood were attached the long
straps and the screw in theheel that fastened
the skate to the foot This skate, too, was gut
tered, and the fellow that had pair of Smooth
bottoms" was the envy and wonder of all the
other boys. Tho cprlg-tee gradually disap-
peared the long straps gave place to the double
toe strap, and the heel strap that with its har-
ness-rings always reminded one of q halter,
took fight with the old wood screw that used TO
be bored into the boot-heel
Other changes followed rapidly Some bright
skater concluded that better speed could be at
tanned if less of the steel touched the ice aud
the rocker" skate made its appearance Anoth-
er happy, thought knocked the toe-straps out IN
by means of a double screw and wrench in place
Of them. A plate in the boot5heel and knob on
the skate said '.good-bya to the heel,strap and
very shortly afterward clamps, similar to those
on the toe, made the heel of the skate nearly
perfect A simple turn of the wrist connected
the two sets of clamps with lever, and the
skate was made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
The squaw of Fact and Fancy.

Canon City Mercury.
The young lady who wore the costume of Po
cahontas at the fremen's masquerade, last
Thursday evening, and IN pink hosiery and kid
slippers took the prize as the most realistically
costumed lady present, may have been entitled
to it in the minds of the judges. but popular
opinion seems to think otherwise AT any rate
she was not dressed like any Indian maiden we
were ever intimate with. TO those who are not
familiar with the early days of this country, the
Indian maiden appears beautiful in her wild
simplicity, wearing the fringed garments of her
tribe as she stands outlined against the glorious
sky, dressed in q coronet of eagles feathers and
a red health corset trimmed with bead-work.
Shall we then, with ruthless hand shatter this
beautiful picture which was represented so faith
fully by the young i.dy the other evening" Shall
we portray the real Indian maiden as we have
seen her in all her unpoetie nature, clothed in q
pair of soldier trousers, horse blanket with
necklace of the false teeth of the pale-face, and
her coarse unkempt hair hanging over her
smoky features and clingng to her warty, bony
neck2 No no. Far be it from us to destroy the
lovely vision Of copper colored grace, and smoke
tanned beauty which the soft dude of the effete
East has erected in the rose-hued chambers of
fancy Let her dwell there as the plump limbed
princess of brave people Let her adorn the
dormer window Of his memory, proud, beautiful,
grand gaudy and peculiar she was arrayed at
last Thursdays masquerade. We will spare
tns ideal Indian maiden with BACKBONE and
gold CATERS. Let her live in the memory of
those who saw her the other evening, just as
she was then, while the true Indian maiden eats
the frcasseed locust of the plains, and wears the
plug hat of progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
PAUL BOTTOMS BABY.

An Original Plan of Christening It That Was
Interrupted by Its Grandmother.
New York Sun.
Paul Boy ton, the swimmer, sat by the stove in
mis- Washington Heights house last week plunged
in deep thought. Every few minutes he cast his
eyes toward a little crib in the adjoining room,
where his one-week-old son was sleeping peace
fully.
'dThat boy must have big christening" NUT
tered Boyton, as he tossed the remnants of his
cigar in the fire, land it must be an original and
marine one, too"
Then he lighted fresh cigar, called in a
masculine next-door neighbor. and when his
wife was talking with her mother, went in
softly to the crib and picked the baby up tender
ly, saying he wanted to show it to the masculine
in the neighbours hands and began to fill baby's
washtub with warm water. Then he propped
up perfectly smooth plank in the tub, and
lifted the baby up on his own arm
IN show you something neat in the ehristen-
ing line" Boyton said to his friemd. "A little
idea Of my own Took me three nights to think
it all out"
Mr. Boy ton explained that he proposed to
let the baby slide down the plank into the warm
water, and yell: II christen you Paul, any dedi
cate you to the natatorial art" as soon as it
struck the tub.
Here goes" cried Mr. Boyton, as he sat the
baby on the end of the plank.
At that moment the door opened with jerk
and Mrs. Braun the grandmother OF little Paul.
rushed 10 the tub, seized the baby and frowned
darkly upon the father
''This is nice sort of trick for a father to
play, she cried Il will show this baby to those
who want to see it hereafter
The baby and Mrs. Braun disappeared, and
the door shut with slam. The swimmer in
vited his neighbor to wash away his disappoint-
ment with some of the real old stuff.
"Well have to postpone the christening, Sam, "
he said. ats too bad, but it can't be helped"
Boyton told his neighbor yesterday that he
had looked all over for that little bath tub, but
couldn't find it high or low. He said that Mrs.
Braun wouldn't speak to him when he inquired
about it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-28
How to Dress the Hair.


High coiffures of a very simple design are
worn on full-dress occasions. The back hair is
taken up plainly from the nape of the neck or
else in a French twist and is coiled on the
crown or arranged in small figures on the sides
Sometimesa straight bang is cut across the
back to fall on the neck in other coiffures there
are merely some short curls or ''scelding locks I"
at the back, while still others are creped and
then turned upward.
A smooth bang with the ends curled under on
the forehead but not too low upon it, is now
fashionably worn; just back of this there may
be a small and soft pompadour roll or with a
low Greek forehead the front hair may be quite
straight and simply parted to show its luxuriant
thickness, or else drawn straight back to the
coil on the crown.
Jeweled pins are the favorite ornaments for
the hair, and are thrust through the coil
Small aigrettes of marabout and ostrich feath-
ers are worn by older ladies, and there is eff
fort to revive the use of small flower sprays for
those who are young
Jeweled side-combs and the larger back-combs
are worn by those who cannot wear the very
high coiffures.