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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-05

NeRbTBpOTt kiicr In mo Boston Transcript
There is a lady in this city who has
passed her ninety.nlnth year. Her taCul-
ties are bright. She IL lovely woman
Mia Puube Hanod. She was three years
old when Washington visited this city and
remembers him distinctly. 1t was an
event which would impress itself upon
the memory OF a1y bright child, for be
was received with the discharge OF cannon
aud bands Of music. A band sung, stand
n gbsfore hun:
nHe tonesl he comeSl the hero comesl
sound, sound your trumPvts, beat, beat your
dFllmAi
From post to post let Cannons roar" etc.
The lines OF this verse which call for the
beating Of drums aud tho roaring OF can
non were instantly obsyed alter the pro-
nunGiation Of each word. There was a
|ttu de joic fired as he entered the house
nuuse prepared for him (uow our Public
Library, and rockets and fireworks in the
evening. Noise and rejoicing enough 10
make d child OF three remember the event.
Another little incident may be- Interest,"
inH in this connection: 4.
Mrs. Bradley, wife Of the distinguished
William U. Bradley, oil Vermont, and
daughter Of the Hon. Mark Richards, told
very shortly before her death that she had
clear recollection OF Washington. He
called upon her mothsr, then living IN
Boston, when she was q little child. She
sat listening to hin. with generation and
delight. When he rose togo, and making
his adleu, she slipped, unseen, behlnd
him, and laid her little hand upon his
coat sleeve. She said she was impelled
BY q feeling OF admiration to do this.
She told me that he was stately in his
manner, and diguifed and polite In his
address.
We recall another old lady, Mrs. Morris,
wife Of General Lewis Morris, who was, |
think, q nephew Of the Morris oil ReyOlu-
tionary fame. She told me that sue visit.
ed Mrs. Washington at Mount Vernon
when the place was Ia its early beauty.
She spoke Of Mrs. Washington's good man
agUmunt in the affairs Of the household.
she had 0 personal supervision OF the
place. Miss puStis, then d young lady,
came into the room and asked itshe might
buy q thread lace bertha for the ball which
was to take place soon.
mo, my dear" said Mrs. Washington;
~ cannot indulge you In such extrava.
ganCs; you must deny. yourself this
BERTHA" That was sufficient. Her word
was Law, and the young lady said no more.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
A LANDMARK GONE.
Built in 1850 and Destroyed by Fire After
Over Two Centuries.

lSuliC III loou ana destroyed Dy after
Over Two Centuries.
The oldest dwelling house in Viz
ginia, if not the oldest in the United
States, was destroyed by fire short
time ago. This residence was on the
Potomac river, in Westmoreland Coun-
ty, Va. about ninety miles southeast
of Washington. 1t was built in 1860
by Henry Corhih, who settled in the
parish of Strathon Major about 1860,
on a tract of land obtained by one
Nicholas Iarnen from Charles H., Oc-
tober IS. 1850. The name of Peckatohe
was given the grant. and 7O0,0 900 brick
were imported from England to build
the structure that was devOurcd by the
flames two hundred and twenty-six
years later. The walls of this building
at the foundation were three feet in
thickness and the timber used in its
construction was of hewn oak. 1t was
apparently as solid on the day that it
was destroyed as when first built and
its walls are now standing intact. The
first English settlement in Virginia
was at jamestown and the settlement
of Plymouth Rock was made in 1920.
The relics of early settlement can be
found at Saint Augustine, Florida, and
at Sante Fe, New Mexico, but they are
in the form of old forts and no walls of
dwelling houses built at such an early
date are standing.
A hundred years or SO ago. after the
old dwelling house was built, it was
allowed to fall into decay. One by one
window frames rottcd and were blown
out by gales of wind; ceilings and the
plastering from the walls fell from ex~
posure to rain and sun. The large
stone porches at the front and rear of
the house finally fell to pieces, and
through holes in the roof the elements
completed the general appearance of
dilapidation. In 1885 the property was
sold to Horace b. Kirkwood, of this
city. He restored the mansion to a
habitable condition and furnished it in
handsome style. Among those distin-
guished families who, during a period
of more than two centuries, have lived
at Peckatone, are the Corbins, the
Lees, the Taylor the Turbervilles, the
Dangerfelds, the Tallferrors and the
Hardwicks, all old Virginia families.
WdsRiRqtOa Post
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
Causes of Coughs in Horses.

Coughs in horses are more frequent
ly due to indigestion than any other
cause. The next frequent cause is II
ritation of the throat and lungs, or dis
eases induced it, and produced by the
dust from hay, especially clover hay.
Both of these coughs are dry and hard
and are easily identified with the
causes. A loose, rafting cough is
caused by infampation Of the breath
ing passages and a secretion Of mucus
which ;nterferes with the breathing,
causing the rafting, wheeling sound
and, as it gathers. the cough is made in
an effort to remove it. In any case il
will relieve the animal to give it q
dram Of fluid extract of bs,lladonna ard
the same of extract of digitalis in a
small quantity of molasses. The hay
and feed should be moistened VII
lime water and sprinkled with salt n
dry food should he given to a horss
which has contracted chronic cough.
N Y. Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
propose to contribute to their pleasure.

propose to contribute to their pleasure.
Not l."
But our unsuspicious friend remained
on the tree, and, fortunately for its
safety, the wedding which followed
within month occurred in the morn
ing at the church, and the couple
started directly for their new house in
the city. So there was no wedding
feast that time.
After the wedding, life on the farm
was extremely dull. You have no idea
how the barn-yard residents missed the
pretty bride. 1t was as if they had
lost both parents at a single stroke.
But they got over it at last, and by the
time Thanksgiving approached they
had quite regained their whilom cheer
fulness. 1t was three days before
Thanksgiving that our little friend,
who had grown quite corpulent, hav-
ing taken to feeding as means of for
getting its bereavement, was perched
upon the lower limb of its favorite
apple-tree. The night was dark, but
not unpleasant. and our friend felt in
a mood for "reminiscences.
"Ah"' it observed to the old turkey
cock who was roosting by its side: II
wonder how pretty Mary is getting
along in her city home?'
"Well enough, y replied the old cock,
who, it must be confessed, was tough
in feelings as well as in body.
"How should like to see her! She
would be glad to see me, too?'
"Shc may" returned the cock sage
ly, as he prepared to fly to the top
most branch of the tree: 'She may
sec you before you expect her to.
''DO you think sU:" returned the
turkey, enthusiastically.
II shouldn't be surprised" replied
the cock, with very suggestive wink,
and with a hop. skip and a flop it was
soon very safely perched ON the very
highest branch of the tree. But this
romantic, grateful little friend of ours
remained where it was, and, as its
eyes closed in sleep, it dreamed that it
was in the city visiting Mary, and she
was SO glad to see it that she made a
dinner party for its especial benefit.
The next morning the farmer re-
marked:
''Here is that fat little turkey Mary
uSeu TO ike SO well. one VIII ENJOY
/ eating it"
Eyes, indeed,' replied the good
wife.
So our little friend was stripped of
its feathers, filled with sage, and
packed into a square box with some
red apples, a jug of real cider and
some mince pies.
Thus its dream was fulfilled, and
Mary's dinner-party for its especial
benefit came off Thanksgiving day
BENJAMIN NorthrOp, IN Puck.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical TnStitute

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lars. Address, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
French School Statistics.

Some interesting educational statis-
tics have just been published by the
French Minister of Public instruction.
The number of primary public schools
in France is 66.323, an increase of
527 compared with last year, and pri-
vate schools 1902, or an increase of
l42. The number of scholars in the
public primary schools is 4,503,530
and private schools 1,O7. S57: In 1871
the number of persons in France un-
able to read or write was 50 to 40 per
cent. In 1885 the number of couples
who were able to sign their certificate
of marriage was 8S.6 per cent. for the
men and 1872 for the women. The ay-
erage number of army recruits now
able to read and write is 89.4 per cent.
These and other figures supplied by
official returns show that education
among the masses is making great.
progress in France.-N Y Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
"A KiSS-BY MISTAKE.

Upon the railway train we met
She had the sOftest, bluest eyes,
A face you never could forget
Sixteen" with all that that implies.
knew her once, a little girl.
And meeting now q mutual friend
Our thoughts and hearts got in whirl;
We talked for miles without much end.
threw my arm around the seat
Where, just in front, she sideways sat,
Her melting eyes and face to meet
land no one wondered much at that.
For soon the station where she left
Would on the sOrrOwing vision rise,
And at least should feel bereft;
: Thought tear stood in her eyes.
She was but kith. not kin, of mine
Ten years had passed since last we met:
And when. in going, she did incline
Her face, twas natural to forget.
It seemed so like the child knew,
! met her halfway for that sake;
And, coming near those eyes Of blue
She gently k :Ssed me-by mistake!
She saw her error and straightway ran
With flaming bushes, rosy red;
! should not be One-half man
If thought of wrong came in my head;
In fact, I'd take that very train
And travel daily for her sake,
if she would only come again
And gently kiss me-by mistake!
Joel Benton. IN Hdrper's Monthly.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
ALASKA INDIANS.
The Perfect Indifference with Which They
Will Break Contracts.


Lieutenant Schwatka, in N. Y. Tmesl
They have the universal Indian trait Of
love of finery, and two things being equal
otherwise the more gaudy will always re-
ceive the preference in the purchase. Any
thing of slightly flashy character in the
possession of white man, which they can
not explain in any other manner, is always
considered an ornament Of some kind.
The professor had among the trading ma
terial some bright nickel-plated pickerel
spoons attached to bright-red flies, con-
.cealing the fish hook which was fastened
to the spoon, and these we found to be a
dead loss on our hands, for none Of the
Indians knew of their use or had ever
heard of them before. One day the pro-
fcssor was trying to trade some of them
for an chronological specimen that an
old fellow had brought in to sell US. He
gazed at the pckerel spoons in deep adj
miration for few minutes, and then, as if
trying to explain their use to his own
mind, he took the two spoons in his hand
by the shells and standing before a mirror
in the room he applied them to the lower
obes Of his cars to see their effect as car
1ngs, and at once seemed satisfied to take
hem for that purpose; for it was the only
little doubt that had a vessel with an am
pie consignment of pickerel spoons on
board been wrecked before this on the
Yakutat coast, anG the fishing gear fallen
INTO the hands of the natives, that subse.
quent travellers would have found the
savages wearing them as earrings Ger
tainly until some of them leaning over a
canoe to get drink had oiught a pickerel
with one they would ne'er 2s e surmised
their use. - r
Another salient point in their character
is the perfect Indifference with which they
will break their contracts. | had made ar
rangements with one fellow for a certain
morning to start upon a canoe journey into
the fat lands of the st. Elias alps on a voy-
age of discovery, which will form brief
chapter later. There were three Of my
party, and on the morning in question we
were all prepared, our blankets rolled, our
rations cooked and boxed, etc, and all on
he beach awaiting our friend from the vii
Iage across the inlet, but who did not put
in appearance till next day, nor send any
explation to us by the many canoes pass
ing between the places, but when he did
come informed US that death IL the vii
.age was the cause of the delay. Had any
ether Indian known the route I think
would have drawn the line on his employ
nent.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

AMONG the people of to-day, there arc
few indeed, who have not heard oe the
merits of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries, as
a household remedy. Teas and drinks have
been made of them for centuries, and in
hundreds of families have formed the sole
reliance in rheumatic and kidney diseases.
Prickly Ash Bitters now takes the place OF
the old system and is more beneficial in all
troubles of this nature.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
Two 1880 Gold Medals.
Messra Mason & Hamlin again have

Messra Mason & Hamlin again have
the honor of having been awarded the
highest gold medals over all exhibitors,
American and European, both at Liver
pool and at Edinburgh, the two most
important exhibitions Of the year 1886.
Since the first great Paris exhibition of
1867, the Mason G. Hamlin Organs have
invariably received the highest honors
at all great world exhibitions.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
One of the Things We Read OF
boston Traveler.1

A gentleman was awakened in the night
and told that his wife was dead. He turned
over, drew the coverlet closer, pulled
aown his night-cap, and murmured as he
went to sleep again, "Oh! how grieved
shall be in the morningw
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

Willing to Accommodate. 1t was
a very ragged but an exceedingly po-
lite beggar, who took off his greasy
cap to a gentleman OF Broadway, and
said: Pardon me. sir. will you please
grant me the favor of a gratuity Of five
cents; | have not yet dined. : Neither
have ], SAID the gentleman, more to
himself than to the beggar. because he
was hurrying home for that purpose.
.1hen make it ten cents, said the
peggar, land well dine together, =
KeEGs S.ltiysGs.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

TCMBLETUNG, whose opinions are not
without weight, Notwithstanding his mixed
rhc. oric, says that a man must he an ass
to work like a horse.-BoSton transcript.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

1T is said that ST. Louis has the
politest lawyer in the country. A long
and terrific roll of thunder having
stopned him in the midst Of an address,
to the iury, on resuping he bowed and
courteouslv said: Gentlemen, please
excuse this interruption. ''-7eras SiJt
iy10s
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocuEs for Coughs
and Colds: The only article OF the kind
which has done me good service. l want
nothing etter.''-Rev. Il. IT. Craig, OTIS
vile, " 7. Sold only in 5o1es.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

"A sign in the rooms of a Western
hotel reads as follows: Indian clubs
and dumb-bells will not be permitted
in any of the rooms. Guests in need
Of exercise can go down to the kitchen
and pound steak.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

"BAH," he said, bitterly, ''all this that
we call love is can't" Say WON'T rath-
er," she answered, softly, and he left her
forever.-N T. Ledger.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

PaoT. CuAs. P. WILLIAMS, Ph.D, OF Phila-
:ielphia, says there is neither morphia,
opium nor minerals in Red Star Cough
Cure.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

THE dndes are very partial to winter be-
use it's such chappie weather, you know.
--BoSton Transcript
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

If a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest well.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

THE Itching caused BIZ skin diseases is al
ways reiicyed by Glenn sulphur Soap. Hills
Hair and Wbisker Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

FRESH toe martvrs-The youths who buy
tight boots.-Boston Bulletin.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

IF there is any one who should be
trapped in slumber" it is the man who
snores Chicago Standard
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

TIE mau with shabby suit of clothes is
very likely to shine in society.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

Here is a fine bull by a writer in q
prominent Irish newspaper of the
Home-rdle stripe: so long as Ireland
was silent under her wrongs England
was deaf to her cries
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

DR.. PIERCE's "Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets" cleanse and purify the blood and re-
leve the digestive organs.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

WHEN all so-called remedies fail, Dr.
Eaga's (.atarrh Remedy cures.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

TEACHER-'Hans, name three beasts OF
prey.n Hans-.sTwo lions and tiger"
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

"YoU'vE got black eye, Pat. How did
you get it," Pat-"Home Rule. sir!"
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27

Home STUDH nO9kkesPihg 41tRstc Sa s1es
hand, etc, thoroughly taught by mail Cfssu'Y "
free. BUSINESS COLLEGE. BubaIo - -
Huntsville gazette., 1886-11-27
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-04

store in Brooklyn and made a bare
hvin' at it. One day, about a year
after, there came along a tine looking
man, who called on her. He told her
that he was the first mate of the
SLAYER and that he'd heard she was
havin' a hard struggle of it to get
along. He told her that Skipper Cor
don was alters big friend OF his'n,
and he wound up by offerin' to take
care of her and her boy by marryin'
her. The little woman consented and
they got spliced. He was then skip
per of that very ship that's lynn out
there, and | afterward sailed with him
on her. That's what I've been think
ing about to-day, my boy. It's good
many years ago, but like to think
about old times nowadays. Bein'
mate of the SLAYER was the one thing
the skipper alters regretted. But he
got a wife by it, thoug h."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-04
THE NEST IN THE WIND.
FEBRUARY WIDE AWAKE.


Now that the trees on the hills are bare
Against the blue of the wind-swept sky,
You can see the nest that hangs by hair
Unhurt of the gale as it whistles by.
Look how lightly it rocks and swings
The sudden flutter that strips a rose
Might snap its hold; yet 1t swings and clings
In the widest westerly wind that blows
Many blast from the north and west
Turtles over the hilltop bleak,
But airily rocks the empty nest
No matter how fiercely the storm-fends shrie K
Rocks and clings by some frail device,
While the mighty river that lies below
Is bound resiStleSS, in chains of ice,
And the mountains are buried deep in snow.
I've rubbed out picture time and again
CAS- lovely picture as eye could see
Done all in white on my window-pane),
just for the sake of that nest in the tree.
For many night when the wind was so strong
That it rocked the beds where the children lay,
Ithought-but again and again thought wrong
That now, without doubt, it was blown away.
SO to see what had happened while I was asleep,
I would breathe on the frost-work fairly fine,
And spoil for a clear space where TO peep
The whole of the fanciful, frail design.
PaIm-tree and pine and fern would grow
On the glass again, the next frosty night;
But to see the nest swinging 60 and FRO
In the teeth Of wind, was rarer sight!
And rarer yet is the sight, when spring
= Calls from afar her wondering throng
OF the glancing eve and the restless wing,
And the throat that thrills with delicious song
For then the nest is alive again
With it's chirping, tiutteriDg feathered brood,
And you understand it was not in vain
That it weathered the wintry solitude.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-04
The Coolest Man in the French Army
Harper'S Magazil

Harper's Magazine.
"The coolest man L ever knew was
old Victor de st. HiIaire, the colonel
of an infantry regiment that saw
some service IN Algeria" said Colonel
Henri Dubois, one Of party of
French officers who, having halted to
take look at Siam on their way
home FROM the Tonquin war, had
come to dine with us on board of
British gun boat, which had some
how found its way up the Mei-Nam
river.
GIVE known men," he continued,
'who managed to put on a great show
Of GOODNESS in time of danger. though
they were really very much excited !;
but there was 40 putting-on with st.
Hilaire-it came as natural to him as
eating his dinner. ALI his hair
breadth escapes (ana he had so many
that ne could hardly count them him
selD had left him as cool as before,
and it really seemed as if dangers
passed him by because he would not
condescend to notice that they were
there at all. Once his men Dautined,
and two Of them elapped their bayo-
nets to his breast as If to run him
through; but the colonel only smiled
and said, as quietly as ever, BE care
full. my lads; you might hurt me-
''Now it happened that in Colonel
St. Hillare's regiment there was a
peppery young sub-lieutenant who
was as hot as the colonel was cool.
With him it was always Gas you Eng
lish say "a word and blow, and the
blow first He had fought so many
duels that the soldiers used to call
him Sudden Death, and to say that
the best way to end the war was for
him to challenge the enemy's whole
army, man by man. Well. one day
this, lieutenant had committed some
fault, for which the colonel gave him
SUCH scolding that the young fell
lows hot blood couldn't bear it any
longer. Quick as lightning he
whipped out pistol and fired right at
ST. Hillare's face, so close that the
muzzle almost touched him. But the
pistol aissed fire, and the colonel
said, quite coolly, Forty. eight hours
arrest for not keeping your arms IN
proper order.
stAnd was that all that the lieuten-
ant got?" asked dezen voices In un-
disguised amazement.
''That was all, and I can tell you
that he thought it was quite enough
Ha! Genersl, good evening. I was
just telling these gentlemen how you
once put me under arrest for not hav-
ing my pistols Ia working order"