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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-21
To Contractors Bids for New
Hospital,

dds WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE WEST
ID Virginia Hospital for the Insane, at Weston
lewis county. West Virginia. up to Il O'Clock n. o.
the 9th day Of Nay, 1855, for the erection and CON-
plerion In all Its parts Of q brick building TOR the
further accommodation of the insane Of the State,
according TO the pans snd spscihestions now on hls
at aid hospital; the brickWork AMI roo6ng TO be
completed By the first day Of December, ISIS. aud
the entire b1iiding 10 Be- completed Ieliy for the
reception Of patients on the first day Of July, 1854
Each bid shall be accompanied With a written
guarantee signed by responsible guarantors that the
bicder win execute bond in the peaalty Of $4,000
Tor the faithful completion o. the contract should il
10 awarded him, and such bSnd viii be required OF
any contractor TO whom the contract shall be award
ed The work viii be paid for - follows: $4,000 ss
socn after the completion Of The briekwork and
roofing 6 il can Be collected from the rsvenues Of
1850. 5000 on the LIST day Of July, 1855, provided
the building Is com plcted and ready fer the recep-
ton Of patients; and the residue. II any, rs sOou
after the completion Of the building rs IL can be
collected out Of the revenues OF 1856
The right Is reserved 30 reject any aud all bids
By order oithe Board Of DirectorS
apiA W. J. BLAND, Sapt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-21

FOE eALE.

nm rp1 RESIDENCE now occu,,
~ y. Hasdssty, corner Twelfth ma !
stresl ai
Al. thsAvsaling adjoining and nunb.,s =,
Ese srssk
Aso, ths tenement houses at No. go N,,t.., o,
JAMES L HAwLEY
mrs No. IGN x.,. q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-21
O RBNT.
Steamship Tickets.

r AN STILL SELLING TICKETS TO Oh
Europe ., thos i~sbuIoasly 'o' proA
III. II. BWHRINo
Grocer and Steamship Assst
ni7HARKE1 srsn
souTH BRANCH, Ni JACOB STREET.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
Take Care OF Your Animals

Live stock are to be our especial
watch and care for the coming four
months at least. We need to win.
ter them as economically az possi-
BILE, yet have them all the time gain
Ing. No animal Is profitable at d
standstlll. Stock wintered on the
warmest side OF corn.s stack, and
coming out spring poor, are in no
condition to make good ret urns dur
Ing the summer. At this season,
look especially to the comfortablei
ness Of their quarters. that they may
be easily cleaned, warm, and we'll
aired when needed. Alterations
that will facilitate foddering, littcrino.
and clearing out, should be planned
and carried out at once. Tight
board walls, or any others, are q
much cheaper source Of warmth
than much feeding, 50 far as neat
cattle. horses in use. pigs, and pn,.'
try are concerned. Horses - - .., -,
with comfortable - anu snesP
. veil rooted, will bear any
uegree Of cold they are likely to be
subject to, IL they have enough to
eat, and the question Of economy
depends on the price Of hay and
corn, and Of hemlock boards. Food
consumed merely to maintain
animal heat, deducting the value OF
the resulting measure, Is dead loss.
Beeves, sheep and pigs gain very
rapidly if well fed this month. The
bracing air sharpens appetites, and
the variety Of rich feed Is greater
now than at any other time OF the
year. They should be crowded, but
not over-fed.-[M Mason q. Weld.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

Why, look here! Il is because mon
have thought that there have been gods
in the earth. No other endowment
than this-the mechanism Of mind to
evolve thought-has power to lift .
man from animalhood into tho diviner
atmosphere where the centuries crown
him with godhood. Thought has al
ways ruled the world; no matter how
evil thought may have been, it always
mastered no thought. II is by the yir-
tue Of thought that the efforts Of sixty
thousand men are tributary to the cof-
fers of Jay Gould to-day. "Base
thought, you say. Yes, base and self
ish thought, but thought, nevertheless,
and as superior to no thought as the
lower order of animal is superior to the
rocks and dirt-as life il superior to no
Life W0mG7s's World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
IT is related by tho Philadelphia

IT is related by tho Philadelphia
Press that when John Mccullough was
Waited at the asylum by his wife, re-
Gently, he altogether failed to recoe-
nize her. Some friends who were with
him told him gently who she was. But
IN instant afterward, his thin hand rest
ing upon hers, he asked, with a smile
and manner that recalled With I'M
speakable pathos tho genial and
gracious address that in other DAYS
won him hearts everywhere: "My dear
madam, ah-ah-I-I hope your hus-
band is we'll" Husband" his wife
echoed. her eyes filling with tears.
Husband! I never had o husband but
you. John" II your-your husband!n
he cried. @Yes, dear. Do you not
know me nowe am your wife," MY
my wife2' he went on, with low
laugh. MY wife? Some mistake.
surely. I-I-never had-haa--.
His strength gave way and he lay back
N aia chair, faint aud trembling,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
How q Horse Feeds.

Something may be learned by
observing how horse picks up his
feed, either in grazing or when fed
in stable. One will have very good
idea OF the sensitiveness Of the up
per lip, and how cleverly the horse
gathers the choice herbage or hay,
and rejects the waste. This mobile,
prehensible lip is constantly In mo-
ton, and by its sense feeling. sepa.
rates the selected food from that
which is rejected. The horse can
not see the heritage exactly under
the mouth, but tho lip pushes away
the undesirable food, and gathers
with the greatest precision, that
which ID selected from tho rest. u
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

"a rise in the value Of money Gts
purchasing power) and a fall in gen.
eral prices are the greatest evils
which can befall the-world. In the
whole history OF the human race not
q single instance can be pointed out
OF a fall in the value Of either OF the
metals (gold and silver which has
not proved benefaction to mankind
and on the other hand, during every
period and whenever q rise in the
value OF metallic money has occurred
1t has been attended by financial, in
dustrial, political, and social disas-
ter. An increasing value OF money
and falling prices have been and are
more fruitful OF human misery than
war, pestilence, or famine. They
have wrought more injustice than
all the bad laws which were enact
limited States Monetary Com
mission.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
Action Of Dakota Democrats.

The Dakota Democratic Central
committee has been Ia session at
Mitchell and decided to take no
action relative to the Sioux Fall con-
stitutiOnal convention. They have
issued an addressed which the fol-
lowing in the leading feature:
First-The entire proceedings are
revolutionary and Gntagonistic to
the best interests Of the people Of
Dakota.
Second We deny the right Of one
part Of the territory to separate it.
self from the other without the ex.
pressed consent Of the people OF the
whole.
Thfrd-rhe attempt to force a re.
cognition OF q part OF Dakota as q
state, and appropriate the name Of
tho whole for o part, is o proceeding
unauthorized by Law and q flagrant
ipjustice to those Of our citszens who
are deprived Of the privilege Of be
ing heard for or again the measure.
Fourth-The act passed by the
last legislature authorizing the con-
vention at Sioux Falls. and approp-
rating $2O,OOO to defray the expens-
IS thereof was, in our judgment,
unauthorized by the organic act OF
the territory. or by any law Of con-
gress, and therefore void.
Fifth The fact that nine-tenths
OF the votes Of the proposed state
declined to join in the election OF
delegates to said constitutional con-
vention, indicates that the people
are not In sympathy with the con-
stitutionAl movement.
Sixth-We believe that the inter-
ests OF the people Of Dakota will be
best subseryed by awaiting the prop
er action Of congress In passing our
enabling act, authorizing the hold
ing Of = convention to frame . state
constitution embracing s"~.
as the nec-'. territory
.-.p.e not the politicians,
snail determine. We believe this
action will be taken by congress,
soon to assemble. We therefore, as
a committee decline to call o demo-
cratic convention for the proposed
state, believing as we do that, the
whole proceeding will prove to be o
gigantic farce, and recommend that
the democrats Of Dakota and all law
abiding citizens generally decline to
take any part whatever In the pro-
ceedinps.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
Humorous

Haven't you always noticed that
when passenger rates are cut down
to nothing and o chrome thrown in.
1t ia always on some line which you
never have occasion to travel over?
Experience has satisfied an En-
glish botanist that plants have q
faint intelligence. Possibly, there
fore, we may yet come to compli-
ment q man by calling him 4 cab
bage- head.
81 see they are serving refresh
ments on roller skates in some OF
the restaurants" the husband said as
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
Care Of Horses Feet.

Horses In civilized lands suffer more
from ailments OF the feet than from
any other cause. The feet OF q
horse are subject to many injuries,
both from bad shoeing and from ILL.,
kept roads, and it is important for
owners Of horses, to study well how
these causes OF diseased feet can be
avoided. But In the consideration
Of this question there are some
points not well understood. The
'London Stock-keeper" gives q
statement that q horse weighing
sixteen hundred pounds, when
drawing load, bears weight upon
the feet OF two tons, the extra press
ure being caused by the downward
force Of the act Of drawing. Now, an
average horses draft-power amounts
only to forward strain Of one hun
dred and fifty-seven pounds. As
the horse is only exerting this for
ward force by pressure upon the
collar, it is clear, the fact canno,
press with any more force upon the
ground, so that the above explana.
ti0n Of the cause OF injury to the
horses foot, is imaginary. It Is not the
force exerted by work at all. A
wild horse, galloping at the top ol
his speed, presses upon the ground
with his feet more than horse
moving Q ton in q wagon upon q
road at the rate OF two miles an
hour; and yet wild horses have ex.
cellent feet and are never lame
But they have q choice Of q smooth
path, and have no blacksmiths to
cut away the frogs Of their feet, and
and go deprive them Of the very
means nature provides for the pro.
lection OF the foot. II the roads
were kept in good condition and free
from loose stones, and the frog oi
the foot were never pared, horses
would rarely suffer from foot-lame.
ness. Frog-pressure expands the
heels, toughens the horns, cures
corns, and does much toward giving
horse sound ieet.-[American Ag.
riculturist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
The Money Rattle.

lEIOM TIC lSuI1l WOTlUJ
The friends of the silver dollar might
as we'll be its enemies unless they are
fully aroused to an appreciation Of the
necessity of entering ct once and de-
terminedly upon the work Of defending
1t. There has not been . day and
hardly an hour this summer during
which the conspiracy against it has not
been active. It is now proposed to
issue silver certificates based upon the
value Of the silver bullion in gold, and
bill will be introduced to this effect,
thus virtually accomplishing what the
enemies Of the peoples money wish to
accomplish, the making gold the meas
ure Of value and making it the only
legal tender. These certificates will be
legal tender for dues to the Govern
ment, but not between individuals. The
bill has been confidentially printed for
the President. The certificates are to
be redeemable in lawful money at the
option Of the holder or in bullion ct
the option Of the Government. The
ratio Of value of the silver bullion is to
be determined in one of the following
three ways:
l. The value Of the bullion for any
given month is to be fixed by the Sec
retary Of the Treasury upon the basis
Of the average value Of al the sales Of
bullion for the preceding month, &C.
cording to the New York quotations or
the quotations in London, preferably
those of New York.
= 2. The price at which bullion will
be taken any given day is to be deter
mined by the mean price Of the sales Of
bullion the preceding day of the last
preceding day ON which sales were
made in the New York market.
8. The price Of bullion for any given
day may be fxed by the mean price of
the preceding day, or the price for any
given month may be determined by the
average price Of the preceding month
In London, less in each instance the
cost Of transportation.
Congressman Warner would prefer
that the price should be fixed on the
basis of the New York value. and is Of
opinion that the fluctuations in the price
of bullion are so slight that the most
practicable way would be to determine
the value for month at time on the
basis of the average value for the pre-
ceding month. The greatest difficulty
has been to decide upon the legal-ten-
der provisions Of the bullion certifi-
Gates. The object has been to avoid
oil constitutional objections. There have
been important changes made in the
original plan as to the redemption of
these gold bullion certificates, and .
provision has been inserted which, it is
claimed, would prevent the Govern
ment from any loss in the redemption
Of the certificates in bullion, in the
event thst Spectators should attempt
to control the bullion or rig" the mar
ket. The bullion certificates are re-
deemable at all times, at the option Of
the holdsr, u lAXfQ! money. They lEe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

II the Government can issue legal
tender money, is it not sheer folly to
borrow? What can it borrow but its
OWN creation? We are led to this
retlitctio dd absurdttm by the fallacy Of
: specie basis and intrinsic value in
moneY.--EiQS Lee.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
he laid down his paper. "Good gra-
ciousv exclaimed the wife, "ha We
they no plates2"

he laid down his paper. "Good era
ciousw exclaimed the wife, ..ha '
they no platesY
A little girl who had been yer,
observant OF her parents mode O
exhibiting their charity, being aske,
what generosity was, answered.
is giving the poor all the old stui
YOU don't want yourself"
GESTLEMAx.-"Ah, Patrick? Warn
this morning. Guess the young
people won't get much skating to.
day. See how wet the ice is." PAT.
RIcK.-"Never you fear sorr; iist
wait till the sun gets q little hoiQhel
and the oioe will soon dry on"
An exchange announces that the
Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society
Of the First Presbyterian Church
will serve missionary tea at the
chapel" We had supposed that
dining on missionaries was d thing
VI rne past, but It seems va were
misfnformed.
A Philadelphia went to a phy-
sician with what he had feared was
q hopeless case OF heart disease. but
was relieved on finding out that the
creaking sound which he had heard
at every deep breath, was caused BY
9 little pully on his patent suspen-
ders.
"Ah. my little man, good morning" !"
pleasantly remarked an old gentle.
man as he stopped and patted q
Hewes street little boy on the head,
shave you any brothers and sisters p
YES. sir; got four, but Tim the only
one that mounts to anything" re.
piled the urchin.
Little boy (at the front =
the doctor Imp - uoor)-is
want r. = .ause II he Is l
:, see him right away"
Servant-"He's not In"
"Well. just as soon as he gets
home you tell him to come over to
our house and take that baby of
he left last week. It's In tho way"
An Irishman who was sleeping all
night with a negro, had his face
blackened by . practical joker.
Starting off in hurry in the morn
ing, he caught sight Of himself in
y mirror; puzzled, he stopped and
gazed, and finally exclaimed: BE
gorra they've " oke the wrong man!'
DO you know wha. bulldozing
is?" asked q man Of an old farmer.
II thought did" said the granger;
"but the bull wasn't DOING; he was
only making believe, and being in
the middle OF o forty acre lot,
naturally had to make pretty quick
time to reach the fence ahead oi
him."
The minister last Sunday morn.
ing had preached very long
parched sermon on the creation ol
man, and one little girl in the con-
gregation was utterly worn out
After the service, she said to hel
mother: Mamma, were we oil
made of dust?" Certainly, my
child.' The Preacher too?" 20
course. Why do you think he was
not made like the rest Of us?" "Oh
because he is SO dry, mamma,
don't see how the Creator could
make him stick together"
DOUBLE TAxATrON.-"Hello. SAM
said q gentleman to an old negro
riding along on q mule, where die
you get the beast?' y buyed i'm
in cou'se boss; you didn't tink
stoled i'm, did yo'?"-"I wasn't sure.
What did you give for him?" Igib
my note, sab, for fawty dollahs. .
Your note Sam. I'm cou'se,
sah"-"Why, you'll never pay it."
"Cou'se I won't, boss. Yo' don't
reckon dat man specs Ise gwine to
pay TO- dat mule an pay TO- dat note
besides, does yo'? No sab, hits ez
much as dis nigga ken do to pay TO-
lie mule"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

: weedy pasture, this instinct o. the
lip is brought into action In q most
peculiar and interesting manner, and
exhibits in Q striking degree, the ex.
quisite sensitiveness Of the delicate
nerves Of this organ. One who has
seen this action Of the lip, and real
ICES the great sensitiveness OF It.
will never permit himself to practice
the excessive cruelty OF putting q
twitch about o horses upper lip for
any purpose, for the torture OF it
must be very great indeed.-IAmeri-
can Agriculturist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
The First Keen Twinge.

As the season advances, the pains
and aches by which rheumatis IN
makes itself known, are experiences
after every exposure. 1t is not
claimed that Hoods Sarsaparilla,
is specific for rheumatism-w doubt
il there is, or can be, such a remedy.
But the thousands benefited by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, warrant us in
urging others who suffer from rheu-
matism to take it before the first
keen twinge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

re1eemaDiie IN Il1,ion only in the dis
secretion Of the Government.
So the conspiracy up to the point 0f
introducing tho bill in Congress has
been complete. II it succeeds, then
the legal.tender money Of the country
and Rreenbacks will be the only legal
tender, and it will not be long before
the same conspiracy will get the green
backs out Of the way. Let your Com
Gressman know that he will be held
responsible for his vote upon this bill,
and do not neglect it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
The Mirror

Is no Aatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale9
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking.glass.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

The freest government cannot long
endure where the tendency of the laws
is to create rapid accumulation Of
properly in the hands of the few, and
render the masses Of the people poor
and dependent. .-Daniel Webster.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05

How history does repeat itself, and
the de cdp0 shows that tho only differ.
ence between the brigandism and free.
bootery Of the middle age barbarian
and that Of the present is the mode, or
ways and means Of robbery. Never
was robbery more deified and worship
cd by the voteries Of Odin and Mars
than il now j. by the worehipcrs ol
Mammon.
The greatness Of the savage Is meas
ured by the number Of scalps hanging
to his belt.
Alexander, Caesar, Wallenstein and
other middle age heroes were great in
proportion to the murders they had
committed and the number OF cities
they had sacked
The pirate princes were great in pro-
portion to their success ia preyinR up.
on ocean merchantmen.
The Republican party trotted ont six
millionaires the other day in New York
40 gubernatorial candidates whose
chief and only qualification was the
millions they had filched from honest
labor through the tricks OF trade and
Legislative favors.
The successful candidate, Ira Daven.
port, was doomed into nomination BY 4
flaming speech from Mr.. Tanner, who.
as the Sun says, "dwelt upon Mr.. Day
enport's great wealth as his chief
merit, which sent the stock az A.
millionaire Congresau.-
ward" .. nonnd;nr m. mn
II all the murderers, robbers, and
pirates Of olden times had got together
and legalized their modes Of acquiring
wealth and power it would not have
made their crimes less criminal or
wicked.
Nor are the modes Of modern rob-
bers less wicked and criminal, because
the law protects them in filching vast
fortunes from the producers and GOV.
ering the earth with want, misery, and
death.
Nor is the world advanced in civil.
ization to any great degree when the
fruits Of robbery exalt the robber
above his less ferocious and greedy
hrnkhor ;onun Ernrooo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-11-05
The Awful Life Of East Indian widows.

contribution to the Times of India.
She takes enforced widowhood q her
theme, and writes strongly and bitterly
Of what she describes as the brutalized
human nature that could lose sight Of
the difference between q child widow
of six and . matron widow of sixty, and
provide for the Innocent mite that life
Of long misery which is the inyariable
lot Of the Hindoo widow. She tells
how directly after the husbands death
the widows hair is cut off and her or
naments are taken away; how she must
thenceforth wear the coarsest clothes
and eat the most unsayory food. Her
presence is stunned, and she becomes
the leper Of society. doomed to pass her
life in seclnsion. Sho is not allowed to
mix freely with her people. If she un-
willingly intrudes on any occasion OF
festivity the company curse her pres
ence and regard it as of evil omen.
The menial work of the family becomes
her lot as matter of course.
Suppose, " asks the Hindoo lady, 1t
had been enacted that when man lost
his wife he should continue celibate,
live on coarse fare, be tabooed in socie-
ty, wear mourning weeds for the re-
mainder Of his life, and practice never
ending austerities, would not my coun-
trymen have long since reyolted against
such inhuman treatment?"
She goes on to give striking illus
tration Of the venerable head OF Him
doc family sending out his creatures to
hunt down Q girl OF ten to bless his
remaining years, and then. turning to
his widowed granddaughter of fifteen,
and telling her that her widowhood is
. punishment for the loss of her hus-
band, which can only be expiated by .
life Of austerity, devotion, and purity.
London Times.