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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14

All this recalls the best work OF DR..
Kitchiner contemporary with Sir Walter
s.ott) "a practicing physician Of some note
in his day, who wrote on music, horses,
carriages, cookery, telescopes, spectacles,
and whose greatest service to mankind is
embalmed in his cookery books-"The
Cooks Oracle" "The Housekeeper's Ora
cle," and perhaps more in the same
vein. Sir Walter Scott thought 1t rather
a happy coincidence that man de-
voted 10 such q work had such a
name as Kitchiner. The good doctor
made his kitchen his study, and there he
wrought with pots and pans and condi-
ments what he gave to the world with his
pen. He proved everything, so that his
recipes were OF practical value. lie sub
mitted his tests, SO he said, to IAN en-:
lightened and indeiatigable Committee Of
Taste, composed Of thoroughbred grands
oourDsandsp who 'were so truly, philoso::
phically, and disinterestedly regardless OF
the wear and tear Of teeth and stomach,
that their labor Appeared pleasure 70
them"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14

hans not 30 much fire. The guessers have
been hard at work on the .slya, Y WITH
what success we are unable 70 say. The
iistS Of asnspectsp includes JAG. Blaine
Hon. W. M Fyarts, Hon. Roscoe Conks
ling, Col q. 1neefsoI4 judge aourgee,
Hon. E. B, Washbnrne, Charles A. Dana;
Hon. Emery A. storrs, "Gail Hamilton;
D. R. Locke, General Grant, General =.
Nj. Prentisg, Margaret Sullivan, and James
Redpati with; "a Ihost Of lesser lights.
There has been D. great demand tor. back
copiesn containing the. letters The. book
OF course presents them IN much more
acceptable iorm.aQ ~ avli taf1 SO
= - +, r. b5gSsss5fu ~
y Almost striking romance Is that otieAl-
listo," by John Emsfsie, Jus. given to the
public from the Arundel Print Of John ..
Williams, q West Fourteenth street,
New York. The material Of the story
combines the realistic with the mystical,
and they are woven into plot OF singular
and fascinating Interest. Through the
medium of q Charming narrative, the
STRUGGLE Of an ambitions and highly or
ganized mind after the realization 'ot the
Unknown Is painted with the hand Of q
master. American fiction does not con-
tain many characters as the tender and
sensitive Allen, or more vigorously and
powerfully depicted than the mysterious
Allisto9 Both as study q character and
as the expression ofagrand and lofty idea,
"Allisto' must rank among the books OF
the year. A
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14

t;NJEWS YORK hat BILE cHERY, no.
l.INEQ Sixteenth street Ladies. and Misses,
Straw IAe6i Chip Felt and Beaver HAtt, &C., a.
tered bl6aehed, eolnted aud fnilhed I'm tho latest
styles pFomptly. lfillinen work done q the usual
diSeonnt a nol9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14
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leading household pece1l ity, address BUSINESS.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14

GENT1EMRN's SILK AND lEELT
W HATS renqyAted 20 preseen styles q saoderate
shaIE sy WA gtsie.ky. Tie fnesieh, HAsiets
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
Chnff In the Yickshnrg Trenches.

During the siege there had been good
deal of friendly sparring between the
soldiers of the two armies on picket and
where the lines were close together. All
rebels were known as "Johnnies," all
Union troops as "Yanks Often
Johnny" would call, "Well, Yank,
when are you coming into townW The
reply was sometimes, "We propose to
celebrate the Fourth of July there. "
Sometimes it would be, 1--WE always
treat our prisoners with kindness and do
not want to hurt them;" or 1--WE are
holding you as prisoners of war while
you are feeding yourselves" etc. The
garrison, from tie commanding general
down, undoubtedly expected an assault
on the fourth. They knew from the
temper of their men that it would be
successful when made, and that would
be greater humiliation than to sur
render. Beside it would be attended
with severe loss to them. The Vicks.
burg paper (Which we received regularly
through the courtesy of the rebel pickets)
said prior to the fourth, in speaking of
the Yankee boast that they would take
dinner in Vicksburg that day, that the
best receipt for cooking a rabbit was,
'First ketch your rabbit" The paper
at this time and for some time prior,
was printed on the plain side of wall
paper. The last edition was issued on
the fourth, and announced that we had
''caught our rabbit. y General Grant, IN
tie Century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
The Endemic of Crime.

Whence comes this epidemic of suicides and
murders! Recent discussions have named
several causes. Hon. c. II. Reeve, of Indiana,
charges it to infidel teachngs-holding that
hopelessnesS of future state cripples forti-
tude for bearing lifes ills. Another declares
suffering from the universal business depres-
sion the cause. A third writer attributes it
to increasing insanity, a physician thinks
much Of the tendency is inherited while tenn
perance advocates lay the responsibility upon
Strong drink.
Free-thinkers have committed suicide, but
so have orthodox churchmen. Financial
straits have beset many, but the wealthy
Iave also taken their life
Insanity and dissipation have preceded
suicides and family murders
+ One feature common to almost every such
crime challenges attention. Well nigh every
report of suicide and family murder mentions
the perpetrator as having "for some time
been subject to melancholy Whence comes
this! Ali recognized medical authorities tell
Us that the fire which consumes the brain is
always kindled by arrangements of digestion;
that good digestion is impossible without
pure blood, and pure blood is never known
when the liver and kidneys are out of order.
Under such circumstances, a preventive
should be sought, and for this Warmers safe
cure is sovereign-a fact conceded by the best
authorities in the Land. and it is especially
commended by ths celebrated DR.. Do Lewis.
dorchester Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
How 10 Stack Grain.

The fact that nearly one third of all
Che grain raised in the State is seriously
injured by bad stacking is a sufficient ex-
cuse for annually referring to the sub
ject. Generally stacking is done in a
hurry, and under the expectation that
it will be threshed as soon as stacking is
done makes farmers more careless. But
il is nearly as rapidly done well, as to do
it slovenly. There is but one thing to
do to properly preserve the grain. 1t Is
to keep the centre of the stack solid and
high enough. Twomany careful stackers
are sticklers for placing the outside
course of bundles close together, and
solidly placed down. Then carelessly
fill up the middle courses loosely. If
this practice is followed, no matter how
high the middle is kept in stacking, it
will settle so the inclination will be in
ward ir stead of out. The outside coulse,
though placed carefully in position,
should be lain so the bundles will scarcely
touch each other, without being pressed
together. Then the inside courses should
be packed closely and as carefully as
possible. The greater weight on the
centre of the stack, when finished, will
cause the centre to settle twice as much
as the outside. If this is not counter
acted by making the centre much higher,
and much more solidly packed than the
outside, it will settle so as to incline in
ward, and the first shower will wet the
stack to the centre, and all of the profit
of the years crop is gone beyond re
demption. Men who follow threshing
have do!eful stories to tell of the de-
struction Of grain by wet stacks. Man
chester Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
The Eamnns Nn1re Dame.

On the 30th of last January. the Sis
tiers of the most noted Catholic ladies
seminary in the United States. the fa-
nous NOtre Dame, at Govanstown, near
Baltimore. Md, made public card, GER
tifying to the beneficial results attend
ing the use of Red Star Cough Cure in
that institution, They state that they
found it efiicacious alike for relieving
coughs, expressions on the chest and
irritation of the throat. Officials of
the Boards of Health of Brooklyn. Bal
timore and other cities have likewise
publicly proclaimed the virtues of this
new discovery, which is entirely free
from Opiates, poisons and other objec-
tiOnS
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
The Present Generation

Lives at telegraphic speed-cats too fast retres
too late, does not rise betimcs, smokes and
(alas, that we shouldhave to sayitD chcws too
much tobacco. The consequences are dyspepsia,
a general absence ofthat robust and manly Wig
or which characterized our ancestors, and II
manifest proneness TO early decay. Regular
hours, due allowance of time for meals, the
disuse of excessive smoking, and altogether of
chewing tobacco, in connection with course of
Ho-tetter's Stomach Bitters will in nine cases
out of ten etface consequences of the abuses of
the laws of health indicated above. A want of
stamina dyspepsia, nervousness and biliougness
are among these consequences, and they are
bodily ills o the removal of which the Ri tcrs
is specially adapted Nor is the Bitters less
fitted to overcome and prevent fever and aguc,
kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatic
ailments. 1t is also fine appetizer and pro-
moier of convalescence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11

near the base OF the main stock to the
length Of one to three feet, as the length
of the vine requires. The last-named
system is the one usually practiced in
Ohio aud the Western States, except on
the Pacific coast, where the European
plan is generally followed.
The horizontal arm system consists of
a main vine or arm, extending each way
from the main stock on the lower wire
of the trellis, and the wood of the pre-
vious year cut back to within two or
three buds of the main vine or arm.
Whatever system is adopted, in order
10 carry it out effectually for series of
years, the canes must be cut back as
near as possible to the main stock or
arm, as the case may be, and at the same
time reserve a sufficient number of buds
for the neat seasons fruiting. Mr. Try
on, after twenty-four years. experience
with the horizontal-arm system, COM
mends it as insuring success for garden
and vineyard culture.
For many years Mr.. Tryon practiced
summer pruning as usually recommend
ed, which consists in pinching back the
bearing shoots and not allowing
them to grow above the top wire
of the trelis; also of removing or pinch
ing back the shoots or laterals, which is
not only tedious task, but in Mr.. Ty-
ron's opinion unsatisfactory in its results.
He explains his objections thus: This
checking the growth of bearing canes
has tendency to develop buds that
should remain dormant until the next
year, causing young shoots to grow and
blossom during the summer, so that at
the time of ripening there would be
green wood and grapes in different
stages of growth, when all of the wood
and fruit should be maturing at the same
time. For the past few years Mr.. Tyron
has allowed them to grow with their
burden of fruit through the season with
most satisfactory results, each year con
tirming the fact that in order to grow
perfect fruit the vine must be allowed to
grow perfect and ripen its wood with its
fruit.
After the thinning process, which con
sists in rubbing off the surplus bearing
shoots before these blossom, the sum
mer pruning is done by Mr.. Tyron by
keeping off all the supelfiuous shoots
that start out during the summer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11

One Of the curiosities Of newspaper
literature is the ever increasing size o,
its snakes. The rattlesnake has growr
with irresistible persisteLcy during the
last fifteen years. Last year, in Pike
county, Pennsylvania, he led the ana.
conda by a triAe. This year he is still
considerably larger. A young lady in
Missouri, flushed with dancing, stepped
upon vine-coyered veranda. A bird.
cage hung amid the vines. She tapped
lightly upon the wires, wishing to at
tract the attention of the inmate. Al.
she did so an enormous rattlesnakt
encircled her wrist and glided down her
am. She fell in a swoon. The snake
coiled himself upon her bosom, and
sounded his rattle: but he did not strike.
Just then the dance music broke forth
in the livelest strains; the snake paused,
listened, unwound himself, and glided
peacefully away in its direction. The
young lady was not stung, but she did
not escape serious injury. Three of her
ribs were broken by the enormous weight
of the reptile, and she certainly would
have been crushed to death had the music
not drawn him so speedily awayl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
Men WHO Paint and Powder.

There are number of men in Cleve-
land who paint and powder their faces.
| know that this is true, for / have been
in their rooms and seen them lay on
their compilations. 1t is very easy to do
and it makes the boys look charming by
gaslight. Still one can see that the
stuff is there. know one pretty fellow
who doesn't work, because it takes toe
much time and makes him tired, who
spends enough money each week in
powders, cosmetics, complexion washes,
hair preparation and brushes, and per-
fumes to keep family of six. And
the man has enough ability to earn his
daily bread if he had to. But he does
not He practices financial cannibalism
-'lives off the old man, as he puts it.
If he were my son take club in one
hand and loaf in the other to him for
each meal. He should choose between
my offerings and work. l tell him so,
but he laughs languid laugh, asks me
not to rail at his "habits," says Pm
not his father, and that he only en-,
hances beauty bestowed on him by
nature. I couldn't stand such pictur
esque impudence as that and wandered
out. - CJegeland Plain Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11

We read in the Photographic Time
that at the recent convention of the Pho.
tographcrs' association of America, in
Buffalo, an informal gathering of some
of the members took place at the back
of the arsenal, in which the meeting,
were held, and some group photograph,
were obtained. One was taken at the
moment when number of the members,
according to a request made, threw theiI
hats high in the air with view of pro.
viding es. for the rapidity with which
the exposure was to be made. 1t was SC
successful that, in the photograph, these
hats are to be seen at every stage of ele.
walton. The evidence OF the instantaueity
of the exposure is to be found in the
fact of the numerous hats in mid air,
when examined 10y a magnifying glass,
being as sharp and full of detail as those
which still occupied their normal posi-.
tions on the heads of their respective
owners.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
JudiciOus Pruning OF the Grape.

There are several distinct systems of
winter pruning of the grape, all of which
are founded on the same principle of
renewing by cutting away OF wood and
wood of the previous years growth, to
within few feet or few. inches, or very
near the main stock, as the system
adopted may require. In an exhaustive
and valuable paper on grape culture, read
by J. II. Tryon. Lake county, o., before
the State Horticulture society. the four
systems in most general practice for vine
yard culture in this and other countries
were considered, viz, the 'c!ose cut
system" the ''short spur system" the
'long cone system" and the horizontal
arm system" These systems, which APP
pear to cover the whole ground of judi
cious pruning, were explained as follows
by Mr.. Tyron:
The close-cut system consists in re-
moving all the wood of the previous
years growth, clear back to the main
stock, and depending entirely on the
latent buds at The base of the cones for
the next seasons fruiting.
The short spur system consists in cut
ting the wood of the previous growth
within one bud of the main vine. These
two systems are in general practice in
Europe and California, and vines by
these modes of pruning live to great
age.
The long-cut system consists in cut
ting out the two years old Wood that pro-
duced the bearing shoots of the previous
year and cutting back the canes Of the
present years growth that 6eme from
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11

Speaking of cremation the New York
Tribune says: "The time required for the
reduction of human body to ashes by
this process depends, of course, entirely
upon the heat. At temperature Of
$500 degrees thirty minutes are allowed
for every 100 pounds. An ordinary
body would thus be cremated in about
three quarters of an hour. The soap.
stone bed is then withdrawn and the
ashes are collected and placed in an urn.
If cremation ever becomes the recog,
nized manner of disposing of the dead,
the process can be shortened by the use
of hotter fire. 1t is estimated that
there are about three pounds of mineral
ash to every 100 pounds of flesh, blood
and bones in the human frame. These
figures vary, however, with the physi,
cal build of the subject. The bones
contain most of the mineral matter.
Stout men will, therefore, leave less
ashes in proportion to their weight than
thin and bony persons"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
Growing PaAsieS,

This is one of our most popular
flowers, and though it is popular, and to
be found in most gardens, comparatively
few people understand its proper cult
walton with view Of obtaining the
finest flowers They will go into the
grounds of the florist and express amaze
mcnt at the great size and beauty of the
pansies they see there, will forthwith
purchase a supply for their own plant,
ing, and will be charmed with them,
and be determined to grow the same on
their own premises, though their pre-
vious efforts have so signally failed.
When asked how they had been growing
them, they often reply: ooh, | got
some from neighbor who has large beds
of them, but they are all so small "
When told that they should SOW the
seed of the finest of those obtained from
the florist as soon as the seed was ma
tured, say some time in August or early
September, and that that was the only
way to have fine, large flowers, the idea
was jumped at. That is the way to get
them. Every August the seed of the
largest and most desirable should be
sown, and the old ones dug up and
thrown away. And we should say that
this is easy enough to do when it is once
known. In the winter the plants should
be lightly covered. There are new
pansies advertised every year, but any
one growing them carefully, and taking,
as we say, the seed from the best every
year, will be as likely as anybody to
have large new kinds, and will thus save
the expense of purchasing them, which
at most last only for a single blooming.
Germantown telegraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
The HEALING Powder Of Nature.

Da. ELIZA STILLMAN natural physician; she pos.
srssed unerring insight into the cause and cure OF
disease. Pres. Garfield gave her aletter In WHEN
he said: Il take pleasure In testIyng 10 the skill anu
ability with which you treat me lica questions; have
T, ce,ve marked benefits from your tIea meni. Bonn
Piatt publicly TESTIFIED to w0nde ful cures wrought
upon himself and al upon Cong esSman Banning OF
CHM in his case, after he had failed TO get reflex
from The most noted physicians Of New YORK Lonuon
Paris. Grace Greenwood Jays: II am happy
t. be able TO ad my testimony TO the mlryelous, had
almost writ ten miraculous heating power OF DIR. ELIZA
STILLNAN." The OIownlng work of DR. STILlMANs
life was the selection OF some simpe herls-the GAR
field Tea-of so mild nature that they would not
harm infant which. ken together, are wonderfully
pJtenin stimulating the functions Of nature when this
is done the stem at once begin to eXpe the seeds OF
diseases AMI IN this the remedy becomes Cure
ALL Cures lnstpIton, Dyspepsia, Headache restores
the Complexion, cures Pimp S, Purlhes the BoodLAN
UNIVERSAL REMEDY. BY mail. small box, 20 cents;
large box. o times much, 81; with book, "HO our
own Physician" how 10 gain h ain and save
doctors bills, free Agents wanted.
StillmaM Remedies Co., 1870 WEsr44th ST.. NY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
some Nail Drive. Out Auo,ber,,,

Gone Nail Drives Out Another,o
is French saying that finds eXemplihcation
in the way one disease will substitute itself
for another and graver one, in very many
cases. Liver disease, for instance, will soon
induce blood disorders, throat ailments, skin
affections and eventually, because Of impov
erished blood, consumption itself, unless in
deed, it be treated in its incipiency and early
progress by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery which acts as a specific in these
ailments, accomplishing a rapid cure by Its
powerful Alternative action upon the great or
gans OF. the body.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11
A Strong Cipar.

"Don't care if do, stranger. Thanks
Strong3 Yes; to'lable. Strongest cigar
ever smoked9 puff, pull No, faint
(pull, puff Not by a long shot. What
was the strongest cigar l ever smoked2
Well, I'll tell YOU 1t was so strong
chat it knocked some of my teeth out.
You don't believe it2 Wait till you hear
the particulars. 1t was way back in
1865. was with the Army of the Po-
tomac, and we we were closin' up on Lee
in Richmond. was on picket duty one
night when got to hankern' fora cigar.
at was against orders to smoke on
the picket line, but l couldn't stand it,
and so | dove into the trench and lit my
weed. Then | returned to my beat,
happy as could be. 1t was very dark
night, an everything quiet, an was
just flatterin' myself that there was no
danger in smoke, when whish bang
and that cigar of mine went to pieces an
l felt a prickly pain in my mouth [
felt, an couple o. teeth were gone.
Pretty strong cigar, that. En- Loaded2
No; but the rife of that ere Johnny Reb
sharpshooter was, and right here on my
cheek is where the ball cum out. If the
ash hadn't fell off that cigar | would
have two more teethin my head to-day"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-11

but perhaps somebody, who isn't your friend,
will, that your presence is rendered offensive
by the foul, fetid smell of your breath. Ev-
cry word you utter, though it be the very
echo of wisdom and poetry, disgusts your
hearers, and your laugh is productive of any
thing but mirth to them. 1t is duty you
owe, not only to yourself, but to society, to
remove this cause of offense. Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy will heal the diseased mu-
cous membrane, will bring relief to yourself
and others. Do not hesitate to employ it