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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-11
THE u ACt.
A Worry Graphite Description OF thu
HeMtftng mntch.

~ NI ~ #'".H. .'
A Worry Graphite Description of the
Z. Ht"tf,ng mitch.
LONDON, March l0.--At 1:l5 r. NJ, and
under a magnificent sweeping stroke Bu.
buar's crai, speeds away likesn arrow from
a bow, with no hurry or furry. Bubears
grand action, rowing at the rate Of thirty
four strokes q minute takes him fully bali
a dozen lengths to the fore before the
umpire, standing at the bow Of his steamer,
with stop watch in hand,t gives Wallace
K R5ss The signal 10 30, when the ten seconds
gtacs has expired. With aquicker stroke
than hlsopponent Ross makes HE little craft
leap out. OF the water, and then amid
the yella,ot the spectators, tbs putting aud
snorting OF the steamers, the race has
fairly commenced. The weather ia show.
cry 5and the wind gusty.Gc1All along the
banks the runners 70, cheering. one or the
other competitor according tolhsir special
fancy Ross,s so lar as We eau sae-ftom
the B.arting point, is rowing steadily, but
evidently gaining ground. or tho London
Boat Club Honse. Bubear's lead had been
reduced 10 about i've lenethp, but both
men are rowing eplendidly. n 5rs,'. .''-',' "
Hammsramilh-Ths ,t*o, scullers have
just come into sight and RoEs lcads a third
nf length. Both men are rowing wsll,
Bubsar every inch slayer and with long
sweeping strokes, Ross somewhat quicker,
but with aSrand movement As they ap.
proach Hanmersmith bsjdss, along by the
Soap Works, the shouts AID cheers 0f the
north country men, who have CONS up In
numbers to witnesses the race and whose
eympathies are against the S,uth England.
er, arse, "'Holl away, Wallace, pull away,
man" Under the .bridg ,they go. Ross lead.
ing now by abou. half \ length. Inttiscr.
der they speed away past rhorneycratt's
torpedo factory: and up .Cheswick, where
the boats seemed atlnast tcge,her, and s,
around the bend they pass from sight.
Z ,:'sk.S THE POINT ROUNDED.
MortIake-Amid intense excitement the
signal is passed on that the scullers have
rounded the point, below Barnes bridge
and Immediately after the boats arc in
view. For d momsnt it is doubted which
man leads but tho roar from thousands oi
voices borne up the rivar soon places all
uncertainty gu. Of the q1estion and Ross
comes ;akimn,in2 along fully six leug,hs
ahead, of his opponent. The men LOOK as
though they have ha enough Of il, and
Blbear shows signs Of .srr Fl: struggle,
splaehing somewhat, and rowing enormously
Onthey 70, but nothing can alter the aspect
Of the race; Now Ross passra the winning
post :.he winner by s!x lengths. TIE
cheering;is deafening as the mAu now row
up: Rarely has ch an assembly gathered
a. Mostlake to witnets vculle,'s race. and
the enthusiasm fully eqaalled that which
greeted Hanlan in his marvellous exhibi.
tions here. ~
I Ross qnickly overhauled ,Dnhaar and
caught him a mile and half from the
start, where Buhear was already a thor.
oughly heaten man; and never came near
Rces afterwards, the latter winning with
consummate ease. After the race Ross re-
ceiyeQ Quite All ovation from his sdmircra
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-11

It is Just here that We SEQ the distinctive
traits OF the two nations. While China.
man will hang Oh 10 his queue with the
grip OF lie Jap will almost give his life
for anything new and foreign. -. -.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
THE OLD BEAU.

How cracked and poor his laughter
rings!
How dulled his eyes. once flashing
warm!
But still courtly pathos clings
About his bent and withered form.
Tonight, where mirth and music
dwells,
His wrinkle cheek. his locks Of snow,
Cleans near the grandsOns Of the
bellies
He smiled on forty years ago!
We watched him here, and half be-
lieve
Our gaze may witness, while he
prates,
Death. like footman. touch his sleeve,
And tell him that the carriages waits.
Edgar Fawcett.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
WOULDN'T TAKE HIS ADVICE

WOULDN'T TAKE HIS ADVICE
One day soon after Pope's defeat
at second Bull Run, and Chantily,
a private soldier belonging to an
Ohio regiment sought an interview
with his captain, and announced
that he had plan for a military
campaign which must certainly re-
suit in crushing out the rebellion.
The officer very naturally inquir-
ed for particulars, but the soldier
refused to reveal them. and asked
for chance to lay his plans be-
fore Pope himself. After some
delay he was given pass to head
quarters. He did not get to see
Pope, but after the chief Of staff
had coaxed and promised and
threatened for quarter Of an hour
the Buckeye stood up and replied:
We'll, sir, my plan is for John
Pope and Bob Lee to swap com
mands, and if we don't lick the
South inside Of sixty days you
may shoot me for q patent hay
fork swindler.'
When he returned to camp he
was naturally asked what success
he met with, and he ruefnlly re-
piled:
We'll, they had plan Of their
own
What was it?'
why they took me out and
booted me for a mile and half!
Detroit Press.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01

and seed ky Robertson a twistin'
Of his mouth every letter he writ.
I hunched Cal and, ,me and her
got to laughin'.
Look at Aunt Nancy says /,
and she was a twistin' of her lips
fust one side then tothel, jist pine
blank like she was a cuttin' out a
frock with the scissors. Then we
looked down the bench and 10th
ers was all screwing ther mouths
too. Cap Dewberry wusser'n all.
The writin' marster come and ak
ed me and Cal what was the mat
ter. Cal she lowed:
'Haint thar some way to larn a
body to write without writin' with
ther mouths?'
He lowed he didn't twist his'n,
but we watched him when he sot
the next copy, and he looked pine
blank like he was gwine to whis
tie.
Me and Cal had power Of fun,
but we never larnt mHch. Two
or three Of the gals fell in love with
Mr.. Broom, and was jealous Of Cal
edony. But when he left all of a
suddent betwixt two days, bekase
the lawyers was after him for steal
in that fine ridin' critter, they was
monstrous glad he was gone. Pap
lowed: The new Broom swept
'hissef to parts unknown
When old Miss FreshOurs hearn
it, she lowed:
Thar now, I knowed it all the
time, for I dreamp Iseed him q
crossin' Of muddy wator.'
BETSY HAMILTON.
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IVY AoIhS hcu Ill WIKI COlleFa Ulo
fair fists, leastways they ken read
it theyselves. But reckin they'll
all want to take-they most ingin-
nerly takes every fool thing as
comes along. They buys from all
the peddlers, and alters gifts cheat
ed; they tuck clpherin' lessons
from that rethmetic man, and he
was gwine to larn 'em all so fast
how to do any sum in the United
States in two minutes and a half,
and he never so much larnt 'em
how to count six aigs. Then they
tuck singin' from that ar trout
mouth squealin' fiddler that come
along here last year at tater dig
gin time. The fact of the busi-
ness is this whole settlement is
about half crazy. He never larnt
EN- dimes worth as I could see.
But nevertheless, howsomever, not
withstanding, singin' you know is
one thing and writin' is tother, and
while maintains to the doctrine
that o. pretty hand write haint no
sign Of smartness, nevertheless,
Notwithstanding I never stands as
no stumbling block in the way of
my chillun a larnin' nothin'. Live
and larn have alters been my mar
tow, but I'll tell you the truth and
stake my affidavit Oh =, that the
biggest fool ever I seed writ the
beautifullest hand write
Then Aunt Nancy up and low
ed:
is it mo larn no pay or is you
got to plank up the money afore-
hand? Sposen now, for n'instance,
/ goes and takes, jist sposen you
know, and sposen l don't arm how
will you gimme my money back or
will you keep it? That's what I
desire to inquire fore I puts my
name down. leastways that's what
I'm AKIN aforehan'. Not as I am
thinkin' Of putin it down, mind
you, but I was jist sposen.'
He laughed and told her if she'd
take he wouldn't charge her moth
in, and so he put her name down.
When old man Freshours hearn
that old man Lofts was a gwine to
take writin' lessons he lowed he
wouldn't be outdone, and told the
writin' marster to put his name
down too. And you ken jist come
over to my house. says he and eat
out the worth Of it in vittles, orl
you ken wait tel I ken take some
water millions to town airy one,
odds is the difference to me-
But odds wasn't the dlfference|
to Mr.. Broom. He eyed old Fresh
ours a minute he had done seed
old Miss Freshours and the chill
lun) and said he believed he'd
druther wait tel he sold the water
millions, and who blamed him?
The writin' school was hell at
the schoopouse. In course me and
Cal sot together and KEEP up q pow
er Of gigglin' and not much writ
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pered, "A new broom sweeps clean,
says she.
He sot q bit, then axed:

wv mar 40 you uns keep your
drinkin' water?' and went back to
water shelf, and after he drunk a
gourd Of water he tuck a wash :
and long as he was stranger,
Flurridy she riz the chest lid and
tuck out bran new store bought
handtowel, that hadn't never been
billed, and he scrubbed and scrub
bed, and l know in reason he
mought have scrubbed thar tel vet
if Aunt Nancy hadn't tuck pity
on him and gin him old saff
towel.
Them as never has tried to dry
ther faces on one Of these here
new stiff store bought towels fore
hits been washed don't know how
aggrevatin' it is,' says Aunt Nan
cy, tryin' to be civil hammered to-
wards him. Take cheer and set
down and be seated
The minute the Freshours sees
anybody at our honse here they
comes. The ole 'oman come in a
puffin and a blowin' to see who
the stranger was, and the chillun
come a tearin' across the truck
patch fetchin' in all the mud on
ther bar feet. They stood right
afore him with ther eyes and mouth
wide open. Some chillun, you
know, couldn't see q wink lessen
ther mouth was open. We gals
had slicked our heads and starch
eel our faces and come out, and
was all standin' around like he
was monkey show. He had on
tied his bundle and was shown
the spessiments of his hand write
and all sorts of little birds in red
ink and blue ink, some a settin' up
on quill pens and some with leaves
in ther mouths. And he had a
goose swimmin' on the water
that he lowed he made all once't
without takin' up his pen, and
Aunt Nancy she winked at maw-
didn't believe nairy word Of it.
Flurridy lowed them birds tuck
her eye, and Cousin Pink lowed
the goose tuck her'n. The little
Freshours' 'peared like they would
jist bardaciously climb all over
the man spite Of everything if ther
nanny hadn't jerked 'em back.
She gin Dick q jerk and lowed:
Set down thar, Dicky, the stran-
ger don't want to nuss you. Come
here to me, Becky Ann, you're too
big to do that way, pine blank like
you never had saw nothin' afore
in your life; and you know your
uncle Josiah Freshours drawed a
bird and tarripin too out'n red
ink and blue ink too-set down
fore I slap you down, and quit a
gain like you hadn't never saw
nothin afore, and which you know
you is
He wanted pap to let him put
our names down. Pap he was
about half tight, and lowed:
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
BETSY HAMILTON'S LETTER.
A Sketch Of Life in the BackwoOds.

Craps was all laid by and it
wasn't haru for the new writin'
marster to git up a class; the
young folks all jined mostly for the
fun Of gittin' together.
A right smart chance Of old folks
tuck lessons too. Old man LOFTS
lowed he had alters hearn it said
it was never too late to larn, and
he was a gwine to larn how to
sign his name if nothin' more,
'peared like he had been maxim
Of
his
x
mark
long enough.
We'uns seed the writtin' mar
ster comm and nav she jerked
the broom quick and swept up the
hath, and sot cheer in the entry
and axed him to light and come
in.
Cousin Pink and me and Gale
dony got back in the shed room
and peeped through the crack of
the door at him.
what mought be your name?
said Aunt Nancy, "ef I mought be
SO bold as to AK.
Broom is my name, says he,
and Cal she snickered, and whis-
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
Ghe Gasley cWessenger.
EnteAed 1t the PostoEce at .Easley
s. c., as Second Class M0tter.
j. R. HAGOOD, Editor and Prop'r.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Six months 6 s. ...... IS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03
Passing the ToolhpIcls.

The taslidious denizen Of the city
who engages board for the summer
in the country sometimes meets
with strange experiences. A wri.
ter tells Of a friend Of hislwho was
tecreating at a farm house in tie
catskills tho owner Of which re.
gafded the toolhpick an indispsns.
able article after dinner Think.
ing economy in all things is nCces.
sary to accumulate a fortune, ho
imagined that tho boardors were
possibly not provided With tooth.
picks, and called out to his son q.
dinner "Johnnio, pass the tooth.
pick" The boy produced the call.
ed fotartiCle and proceeded to make
the best possible use Of IL himself
and when he had finished with Il,
offered it to the person next to him.
Is4is needless tosay the toOthpick
went no furthur-M Y Mail
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Too Great a Sacrifice.

"Ethelinda Jane" he said, in
deep, passionate tones, twill you
be mine23
"If-if l thought yon loved mt" ,"
she faltered,
"Loveyoul'hc exclaimed, wildly.
81 adore you. l would wander The
wide world over for your sake"
"Thon l will be yours, said tho
maiden, but only on one conditi.
on"
"What is the condition2" he esaid,
in paroxysm Of Joy; "namo it,
name it, and if it was to snatch the
BURNING sun from tho cerulean
armament l will agree to it."
ut is not SO difficult as that" "
she said, calmly; "it is simply this
that you will swear you will
never say after we arc married
that l can't cook as well as your
mother"
The young man shook his head
and departed sorrowfully. The
sacrifice was too great,-M Y.
Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03
The AmerIcan summer.


You go toa summer hotel down
by the sounding sea or away up
in the frowning mountains. Well
there comes a day raw, foggy, cold,
the mercury drops thirty.eight do.
groes in two hours, You wander
all over the house, upstairs and
down, from cellar to roof and back
again, shivering in your summer
clothes hunting a Ere. There is
none. There isn't a fireplace in
the house, Nor a stove. Nor any
place to put one. You can't have
fire, You can sit around and sAiv.
err and that's the best you can do,
and you don't have to make any Of.
fort to do 1t. Who ever heard Of
fire in a summer hotelR the proprie.
tor scornfully asks, and the clerk
says with greater scorn that nobody
ever asks for such a thing except
some greenhorn from the West.
That's is all right; you are accus.
toned to have the proprietor and
clerk use you for an ottoman, 50
you don't mind that. But about
two o'clock the next week, when
you are in bed snatching a mo.
ment's sleep while the mosquitoes
go out and sing, when it Is 20 hot
that the shingles on the house
warp and curl up, The hotel catches
fire in six places, burns to tho
ground and you escape with the
clothes that you wear in bed.
That's what makes you mad
Burlington Hawkeyc.
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NOTIONS.

The Pivot Corset at 81. This Is a new
and good Corset. The best 50 cent Cor
set on the market. The Ruby Corset,
Balls Health Preserving Corset at SIPS
Is the cheapest for the money made
Be sure You get the genuine as some
merchants are trying TO palm off IN imi-
tation at15 cents. No reliable mercll-
ant can sell them atless than sl.25.
Ladies', Misses, and childrens Hose
in all grades Of the most fashionable
styles.
Hamburg, Swiss, Jaconet and Irish
Point Embroiderles Of beautiful patterns
and in endless variety.
All late styles In Cotton, Lisle and SILK
Gloves.
PlaiR, Plaid and Lace stripe Naiasooks,
India Linens, Linen BtNns Persian
Lawns, Spanish Lace Goods, Ia beauti.
ful novelty and other Dress Goods, all
remarkably cheap.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03
welding in Abysslnia.

Admiral Hewitt, while on his
mission to King John in behalf Of
the English government, witnessed
an interesting matrimonial cele.
bration in Adowa. The town is a
collection Of about eight or nine
hundred Inhabitants mere huts,
and is too subject to raids ofhoslile
tribes to present the flourishing
appearance which the capital Of q
large kingdom should. As swithall
semi.barbarious nations-for,
though nomially Christian, the
Abyssinians can be cslled little
else-the weddings are celebrated
with curious jumble Of religious
rites and social ceremonies, appar.
emily borrowed from Christian,
Mahommedan, Jewish and the
original traditions. There is a civil
ceremony at the house ofthe BRIDES
father, whore oaths Of fidelity are
exchanged, and subsequently, q re.
lirious service. After the former
however, the bridegroom, probably
in imitation Of the custom Of his
forefalhers to capture their wives
by force, takes his bride in his arms
and carries her either 10 his house
or round her own. The crowd of
invited guests follow him and aid
him in holding the orthodox nup.
tial canopy over her, There is, of
course, unlimited fasting, and an
enormous quantity of Spirituous
liquors is consumed, of which the
priest takes his full share.
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The Butter Canvass.

Gen. Buffers candidacy is nota.
bio as a characteristic piece of pO.
litical evil. No well informed
person imagines that he can got
electoral votes enough to make
him President, and his candidacy
has not behind IL, therefore, the
legitimate reason Of q hope to got
tho Office for which he pretends
TO run. Everybody who votes for
him ought to know beforehand
that he throws away his vote 30 far
as it could bo related TO q wish to
put Butler in the White House.
But IL is believed by some that
Butler can draw of enough Demo.
cratic votes to deprive Cleveland
Of some States he would otherwise
carry and thus give those States
to Blaine. We do not believe this.
But suppose it to be true, what
them Simply that Buffers can.
didacy may elect Blaine. Well, II
anything Gun possibly be known
about d man SO various as Butler,
that, We suppose, is just what
Butler does want, flo cannot
win himself, but ho would like to
beat tho man for whom the Demo.
Gratis despised him, even though
this should lead TO the election Of
a lriCkstor whom hO himself de-
spisos.
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Professionn1 Card.

To Whom II Concen@ AL parties, ire.
speCtiye Of race, color, previous or pres
ent condition, who are indebted, whetll-
cr by note, account or otherwise, to the
undersigned, or to the late firms Of Drs.
Blrbee 4 Ncale, Drs, Barbec 4 McCune,
DIS, Barbee 4 Fravel, and Drs, Barbee
X stone, arc once more respectfully and
earnestly called upon TO come forward
on or before the first day OF June, 1884,
and ray amounts respectively due me,
az it is now positively my intention to
close up my long outstanding business.
stern necessity, peCnniary pressure and
embarrassment iHlpels me thus to call
upon old friends whom II has been my
iree oII.hand will and pleasure TO serve
IN the past, and to whom my profess.
l0nal services are now rs freely tender
Cd, and my readiness ever to serve them
IN the future M in the past, Just q. this
accepted time" 10 give evidence OF
proper appreciation OF past iavors and
services rendered, by all coming forward
and paying me by the time above pre-
scribed, Sincerely,
ANDREW Il, BARBEE, N. d.,
Point Pleasant, W. Va, April %.
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SHOES.

Westill keep our regular line Of La.
dies, Misses, and ohildrens Custom.
made Shoes, each pair Of which we
guarantee to give satisfaction. We also
handlea full line Of John Mundell &
Co.'s asoLAR TIP SHOES for Child
rem, which are positively the best shoes
made. Weare aware that 10 claim such
q asuperiority, in so large O country,where
40 many shoes are made, may seem pre-
sumptious, but in 10 case where the tri-
alias been made have VIC failed to sub.
stantiate our assertions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03
The Negro Race.

Tho total number of negroes in
the United States is estimated at
100000, or one.ninth of the en-.
tire population. Only seven
Northern States have q higher col.
ored population than 10000, and
the highest is Pennsylvania, with
$1,000. The last census indicated
the fact that the white population
doubles itself in every 25 years,
while the negro does the same in
every 20 years. From these fig.
ures a writer in the North Ameri.
can Review, making allowance for
foreign and northern immigra.
tion, concludes that in 100 years
the negroes in every Southern
State will 90 double the number Of
whites.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03

She had made her sacrifice and
knew that she had sooihed Barba.
fa's passage to Che grave, not hast
ened ii.
And with a clear conscience, a
deep, abiding love, she once more
put her hand into that Of Cyrus
Lennox, and became his faithful,
deatly.loyed wife.
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James Luck.

81 always thought Jane would
do WE'LL" said Mrs. Lookahead, as
she laid the letter she had been
reading on her lap, and wiped her
speCtacles with the corner Of. her
apron. "she said she would never
marry a poor man, and she has
kept her word" "Indeed," said
Mrs, Nearneighbor, 'sho has made
a good match, thon?" She has
that. Her last words to mo when
she left home.to visit her aunt in
Chicago were: Mother, the man /
marry must have wealth, or be in
a position to accumulate it rapid.
ly.' l well remember. the words" :"
"sho has married a wealthy man,
thOnH" "He's not exactly wealthy
yet, bu! he's making a fortune
rapidly" "What ia ho2 a baker,
or a broker, or what99 "Ho IL the
porter of a Pullman car"
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The Poor Boy.

We always pity the boy just
emerging from the shell of boyhood.
He's a nondsscript animal; he's
neither q man or a boy, and has
the characteristics Of both. He is
intensely conscious of his feet, but
don't know where to put them.-
His hands and arms seem to him
supcrauous, that is in the presence
Of his elders or young ladies. Ho
feels awkward, bGshful and out Of
place. A girl under such circum.
stances can always glgglo; is she OK.
pocted to giggle, and it is one Of
her greatest privileges, which shc
improves to the best Of her ability.
Who ever heard of giggHng boys3
Never mind, boys, IL you can't gig.
gle, you can learn to become gon.
tlemcu by being gentlemen.
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The doarst spoG "My DEAR"
said a sentimental wife, "home
you know, is tho dearest spot on
earth. "Well, yes" said tho prac.
tical husband, "it does cost about
twice as much as any other spot"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03

He drops in now to call upon
the editor Or printer, and closes
carefully the door he left ajar last
winter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-03

a while ago two persons werg
disputing as to the meaning of the
word "lampoon." The one accused
the other Of never having heard Of
the word before. "Whatl Do you
think / have never heard of lam.
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