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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-17
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"Yes, dear"
"Dld he make those boys who live in
the alley7"
certainly"
well, aliI'vego to say" was the youth.
full diCtuln, "he made them out Of mighty
poor material"
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Louisiana State LOTTERY Company.

I'VE do hereby certify that we supervise the ar
fangement8 for all tho Monthly and Quarterly
drawings Of The Louisiana State Lottery Company
and In person manage and control the Drawing
themselves, and that the same arc conducted with
honesty, fairness and III good iRtth toward all par
ties, aud We authorize the Company 10 use ihb
certificate, with FAC SMILES Of our signatures ~
AChel, In its AdYOTtlsemOuBn
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WEST Virginia,
In u brief summary OF the educational
condition OF the States OF tbs Union the ~
ports speaks OF West Virginia as follows:
The FREQ schools Of West Virginia are in
excellent condition as regards enrolment;
attendance, and instruction. Nearly Is
peIcsn Of the school population arc Gu
rolled and an average Attendance oil 10 per-
cent " maintained. As compared with
1882 SO, the report for 1888 81 shows that
tue number OF schools Increased by l3S I;
school houses, by l52; teachers from nor
NAL schools or WITH large experience in
their work, by 1874; expenditure lor schools,
ny $50, $50; available school fund, by 81.
Sh4 anu valuation OF school property, by
$2O,574.
ONO reported in 1888 over 1859 900
Youth Ufh gal school aye Cpd and 7U2,'
75j, or 10 per cent enrolled IN public
schools, Of whom about 400 GOO were in
average attendance. These figures show
an Increase for tue year Of more than 600
IN the number enrolled in public sChUOls
and over 10 0OO In that OF average daily at
tendance, while the number Of pupils in
private schools fell oil from 81 40 to TO-,
Oj7. Increase is also noted III length Vi
sjnool term, number OF school houses,
number Of teachers permanently employ:
eJ, and in the amount expended for school
purposes, which reached total OF $D,GS4,,
800. The country schools suffer from the
nant u competent supervision.
Alter discussing at length the compare.
tive s atiBtiCs OF education In the South,
and the school statistics Of the cities, the
Commissioner devOtes many pages to an
interesting history OF the normal schools
u tho country and their peculiar work. IL
s perhaps not generally known that West
Virginia was one Of the two first States In
the Union to establish public normal
schools. The report says:
The multiplication Of normal schools In
the Southern States Is an important fact
ID the recent history Of popular eduCa.
iJp in our country. Ia 1857 the Rch-
mOnd Normal School, Richmond, Va,
AID the State Normal SCuoOl (.Narsliall
CJllege) Huntington, W. Va, were estab.
llsheI. these were the earliest normal
sCnO0lg, organized as such, in the States
that have received the Peabody fund.
Now % pubic normal schools are reported
from these States, with appropriations
from public funds amounting for the year,
50 far as reported to this Office, to $2l2,'
22S.
The report gives very clear view OF
the methods OF training employed in thesv
schools and the standards maintained.
The salaries Of the principals Of Normal
schools In twenty.BeVen States are report,
I'd, an item which the Commissioner very
Justly observes has great weight In deter.
mining tue character and efficiency u the
schools" The highest salary reported Ii
$500
The Commissioner pays high compli.
lnenL " the report Of ex.State Superln-
tsndent Butcher, OF West Virginia, refer.
ring to 1t as an elaborate one, bristling
with statistics"
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TRAVELEiIs' GUIDE.

A RRIvAL AND DEPARTURE or
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Incorporated In 1868 tor . years by the IeGisla.
t1re for Educational and Charitable purposes, VIII
RcapltRl Of O, 900, 000t0 which reserve tind Of
Iyer $3.50 900 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote IL franchise
RRs made part Of the present State Constitution
adopted December ID, Al D., 1870.
The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
the people Of any State. II never scales or post
poneS.
It's Grand Single Number drawings take place
monthly, and tho Extraordinary Drawings regular
" every three months Instead Of emf. Annually "a
heretofore, beginning March, 1885.
A splendid opportunity " WIN u fortune. Fourth
Grand Drawing Glass D. In the Academy Of Music
New Orleans Tuesday, April ~, 1Sa8-101 1
Monthly Drawing.
Capital, PRIZE. R7b.0oO
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'1'HE

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service of ordinary goods.
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We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will puy
all Prizes drawn In The Louisiana State Lot. eiies
which may DO presented Of our counters.
J. II 0GLRSBY, Pres. Louisiana National Bank.
. II. KENNEDY, Pres State National Bank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans National Bank.
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w General HluSnWoEE In q small family.
Apply At NJ Main street. mfI
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

The Potomac Flats improvement halts from
reasons which would not deter great public
improvement elsewhere than at the Capital.
These reasons are himsy, but behind them
is the purpose to get as large a share as pos
sible for local waterways, over some of which
even good sized raft will never be fioated
except after freshet The true course to
pursue is that pointed out by The SUNDAY
HERALD at the beginning of the session.
Continue the appropriations, but with a
clause in the bill providing for the summary
condemnation of the lands, however Wis
ionary may bs the titles under which they
are held. When the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad was chartered Congress provided
that they might condemn the necessary
private property. and upon giving bond for
the payment of the awards Of the juries of
condemnation might take possession of the
property and proceed with tbs construction
OF the road. Congress that could thus ex-
erciss the right of eminent domain for
private company could certainly do so in the
case Of great public improvement, upon
lands under water, never held Ia possession
and only granted for a few pounds Of tobacco,
or a communication in money therefor. The
Government has the right, without further
legislation, to 6le bill TO set aside the
"Kidwell" titles for fraud. But Congress
can supplement this right by authorizing
condemnation, and pending such proceedings
continue the work without being in danger
of being mulctsd in damages for its improve
ments upon this land under water, sold un
der the pretense that II was above water
and arabic.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Tbg w-prced popular theatres and opera houses
here, In other cities have evidently come 10 stay.
We see nothing In THIS 10 he regretted, even by the
managers OF the hgher'priced resorts, paradoxical
as this may seem at iirst sight. what the theatre
needs at present IL TO be more firmly established as
recognized public institution. The people must
be taught 10 depend more upon II as a means OF
amusement, and then as means OF culture and IN
struction, or 1t Will 90 on In langulshing way and
MI but part OF the great mission that lies before H.
Its enemies are many, but they may be summed uI
In two classes on one hand, the prejudice that re-
CARDS the theatre az portal to the Internal regions
on the other, the frlyoty that treats II as mere de-
vice for killing time. The result has largely beeI
the same OF which Matthew Arnold gives an ex
ample In one OF his essays speaking OF the results OF
Puritanism In England. Entering a theatre IN ons
Of the Dig provincial towns where wholesome enter
lainnent was certainly OF the chief needs Of the
toiiDg population, he found the audience 10 conss
Of few soldiers from ths neighboring barracks
some servants, and drunken party In box. TIT
so-caled aristocracy looked down upon the loea
theatre unfashionable, the lower classes could no
aiIord its prices and the great middle class, 5land
ing In most need Of the enlightening, humanlzing
eleyating power OF the drama, had been taught Il
abhor Il, and 70 conlne themselves TO their ow'
dreary, sordid unprogressiye round OF social life
The case la this country is not 10 bad, thougl
several large religious sects preach against th
theatre in tue Old lndscriminating, PuritaDic way
and thereby DO their tle best 10 lower lts standar
by keeping good people away from II and leaving
10 the patronage OF snnerg. Yet the recognition d
far extended to the drama, aud the work II does arr
but tthe of what they might be. An Instance 0
the awakening that seems 10 be hand IL found Ia
| recent number OF the ChiTch Standard, where ON
! Of us contributors says;
"rhe greatest good OF the greatest number mean
more than food, clothes, ire, and shelter. You
| and Aglulprl a "A
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

LONDON Vanity Far publishes caricaturc portraits
and sketches OF English statesman The last to re-
ceive Its notice Is Sir Edward Thornton. AS this
gentleman is quite we known mere, 1t may interest
some OF readers to read the terse biography Of
one who for number Of years was our favorIte dip
lomat So here tits:
II. T.. The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, q. C..
B. HIS father, like himself, WAS q diplomat and o
q. G.. Is. lie WAS born nine-and-sixty years ago,
and, having taken his degree at Cambridge, was
adopted by the Foreign Once, and at n and-twenty
was attached to the Mission at Turin Hence he
went successvely 10 Mexico, to the River Plate, TO
Uruguay 10 Paraguay, 10 Brazil and generally TO all
the Outandish places wberetO the rules OF the SER
Vice permit the Foreign onice TO bansh diplomat.
by the time he had worked through 10 Brazil he was
hfty, and then he was made Minister Plenipoten-
tiary. lie next went. in 1857, as Minister 10 the
winning the good opinion OF the Americans
an individual, and the liberation OF the
Foreign ONCE IA q deserving young man. In 1851
he was appointed Ambassador u Russia, and when
he had been there three years and half he was
transferred 10 Constantinople, where he now nils
the post OF Ambassador TO the Sultan. Sir Edward
has never been abe 10 dispose OF any OF that power
fnl Interest which usually makes diplomatic career,
but has worked his way up by sheer hard service.
lie IL cear-headed, conscientious, pansiaking, and
q safe Ambassador, who may he trusted to carry out
the objects OF his Government. Personally he IL a
most excellent and genial man, against whom moth
ing has ever been known To b0 Aaldi but he has
nevertheless been as much neglected by the Foreign
once ~ was well possible In Portugal he Is Condo
de Cassilhas not In England.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
A Big Fortune for Some One, II True,

One year ago Lieut. Moxle found some OF the South
American people using sugaT-cane-like plant for
food and drink after very fatigung exercise. Weak
and sick himself its effects were astonishing, and
believing 1t to be valuable medicine, he sent
large bale to prominent Lowell physician, DR.. A.
Thompson, whose test proved II TO be very valua-
BILE nerye-food instead Its dec0ction In soda az a
sovent, recovered everything 'aused by over asking
blindness, Lost manhood, brain fag, nervous Tired,
out women, stopped the rumihirst In old drunkards,
and made everybody strong In few days. Lowell
became excited IKE political campaign, ana used
newspapers spread II 80 stock company had TO be
formed with large capital. TO supply the demand.
Large quantities are being shipped to the United
states, The nrst proprietor nsists that shall be
sold cheap, that the poor eau reach II. He IL no
shark, Ut least In Lowell II s fast substituting the
liquor trafic, and the bar-rooms are now compelled
10 sail II twohrds OF the time, for the old liquor
drinkers say It destroys the hankerng appetite for
stmulants, 10 better beverage, makes them clear
headed feel solid and strong hungry and capable
OF great endurance, and has reaction like stimu-
liant Most Of the Lowell ceTgynen think u u going
70 be the great temperance factor Of the future II
contains no alec ho and Y as harmless as milk Our
apothesaries are getting 1t quite fast. fel4-5ms
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
A Southern War Romance.

lmacon tda.) Telegraph.1
Many Macon people will remember that In 1856,
and 1885 the City Han and the old Market House
were used as hospital for wounded and sick Con
federate sodiers The lades OF the town constituted
themselves nurses and perhaps In no other hospita
One day lady went to the hospital to visit "heI
soldier She was accompanied by very handsome
married lady, refugee from New Orleans When
they reached the cot upon which the soldier 10y
writhinE with pain caused by the recent Rmputati0I
OF his lett arm, they mlnistered 10 his wants and
then sat by aud cheered him with gentle words OF
comfort. A. they were leaving, the soldier requested
the New Orleans lady to give him small Con
federatc nag which she wore upon her breast. She
gave him the nag, nrst writing her name ON the
white bar The soldier recovered, the war ended,
and he returned TO his home In Alabama. AS some
thing not TO be forgotten, 1t should he mentioned
that ut the time he was In the hospital he was un
married, and continued 80 after the war. A few
months ago the soldier had occasion to visit New
Orleans. lie remembered the lady that gave him
the nag, and made Inquiries about her. He dis
covered that her husband died soon after the war
and that she, u widow, was still living In New or
leans. lie called on her. Then he called again. In
fact, be called many times, and few days ago there
was u wedding In New Orleans In which he aud the
lady figured as principals.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

TnR question OF colonization, almost lost to view
during and since the war, was brought up in Con.
gress last week by petition of coored people. The
rapid Increase OF this race, and Its pressure upon
the means OF support In this country, In competition
with the more advanced and better equipped white
race, may render the chance Of return TO the civil
lized portions OF Africa an important measure OF
relief some iay
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

THINGS have changed little We used 10 be
treated daily to accounts of the meetings Of Repub
lican state Associations, in this city, addressed by
Republican members OF Congress. Now these bodies
no longer meet and Congressional eloquence
no longer urges the Republican ofice-holder
to be sure and pay his assessment and 60 home and
vote. on the other hand, Democratic State Associa-
tions have sprung up here in number, and hold.
Ing meetings at which Democratic members tell how
much they are doing to "turn the rascals out" "Le
"roi est mort. Wire le ROT"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

A. Douglas proposed to extend the Capitol
grounds from street north to c street
south, and eastward to Second street.
Their proviient plans were defeated,
and the Government Vas compelled later
to pay more for one quarter Of the property
than 1t would then have been obliged to pay
for the whole. Such has been always the
sequel Of the penny-wise and pound foolish
policy adopted by Congress in District
matters
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

There is a hitch ip the appropriation for a
City Post-O Office building, growing out of the
desire of interested parties to have their
property selected as site. If this short
sighted policy prevails the public as well as
the private individuals interested will alike
suffer. Without any question the plan
adopted by the Senate of constructing a
building for both the General aud the City
Post Offices on the square adjoining the Post
Office Department building would pass the
House, If interested parties do not prevail in
defeating it. Now, it is true that the best in
terests of the city demand post-offlce build
ing for the City Post Office alone. But this
will come in time. Pending this, the erec-
tion of handsome building on the site
chosen, similar in general design to the
present building occupied by the General
Post Office Department, would be an improve
ment which would add greatly to the value
Of property in the vicinage and be substan
tial benefit to the community. The City
Post Office would occupy quarters there only
for a short time, for all the space in the
building would soon be needed for other pur
poses. II our citizens are wise they will sup
port this measure, and leave the selection o
site for City Post Office to the near future
1t would not be long beforea separate build
ing would be demanded by the necessities o.
the case and would be secured. We believ,
in getting all the needed Government i'm
provements we can. But We should remem
her that i. is wiser to ask for what it is rea
sonably certain We can get than to expend
our energies in useless efforts for the impos
| sible
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

A BRIEF mention in the Baltimore sun speaks Of
the passage OF a bill by the Maryland Legislature
"requiring affdavlts for marriage licenses" Just
what the applicants for permission to commit matrl-
mony are required to swear to is not told. In the
absence Of more definite information, we presume
that the blushing maidens required to swear to
their ages. This Is rather hard upon advanced
spnsters who late in life see the error Of their ways
and conclude at last to carry out the commands OF
the motto Of the State-CrescRe ct muttiplicdndnL
But what can be expected of a Legislature which
for years has wrestled over the question Of re-
ducing the cost of marriage certificate from $3.50
IN To-
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Senator Voorhees, is the only member Of
the Democratic delegation from Indiana that
has the manliness to vote his Judgment on
District appropriations. But then, you
know, Voorhees, is the only real big man in
the whole lot.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

RxrRRsRSTATrv. SrAHLSEcKER, OF New York,
deserves thanks for the tact and energy he display
in getting the Library Bill through after 1t was ap-
paiently dead and buried. Being member OF the
committee, he Interested himself actively In the
bill, obtaining personal assurances Of support from
great number of members In case 1t should be
brought up. as It finally was, under suspension Of
the rules. Mr.. Stahlnecker Is young member, but
he Is very valuable acquisition to the Democratic
aId
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Another bill introduced last week 10 re-
lieve the drummer" from local license If
our city merchants are not lively the drum
mer will drum his way through Congress
with flying colcrs. He has just succeeded
in getting free license to drum in the State
of Maryland.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

We are glad to see that the Maryland
Legislature, as recommended by THE SUNDAY
HERALD, has passed resolutions in favor of
the proposed celebration of the Centennial
of the Constitution. For this action we
understand we are indebted to Commissioner
Webb, who had the subject properly pre-
sented to the Maryland Legislature.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

SENATORS MORRILL, and voorhees, were rs happy
as Mr.. Ainsworth spoTord himself when the Library
bill passed the Senate on Thursday exactly as II
came from the House. MIR. Morrill, says he has been
working for 1t for fifteen years, aud 1t has finally
passed with all the provisions for which he has
struggled most earnestly.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

To those who grumble about Mr.. Randall's
indisposition to meddle with the affairs Of
the Ways and Means COMMITTEES, we humbly
commend the perusal Of THR SUNDAY HRRALp's
timely suggestion, made months since, that
he be placed upon theWays and Means Com
mttee.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

To rHE numerous throng OF gentlemen anxious to
benent the public 10y being incorporated into street
railway aud other companies 10 have free use OF
our public thoronvhfares, Congress should have but
"to the highest bidder, the usufruct TO 60 to the
"Dlstrct treasury,n
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

The City Postmaster has requested the
Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service
to have messenger on the mail trains from
the East to make up the mails for the differ
snt branch Offices in this city. Much delay
would be prevented by having the mails
thus classified. This is not the first time
the City Postmaster has made the request,
and We hope it will receive the attention it
merits. No other city of the size and i'm.
portance of Washington as to the magni
tude OF its mail matter would be allowed
TO suffer in postal matters as We do. This Il
not the fault of the City Postmaster. But II
Is the fault of the General Post Office officials
and also Of the miscalled ECONOMY" whici
fails to provide even sufficient space IL
which TO handle the mails when they arrive
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

TnR big New York dailics are engaged in one OF
their periodical spells of denouncng each other
morally and intellectually, with oil their might
The beauty OF 1t is that the public thoroughly be
lievcs the worst OF oil they say OF each other.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

TuR sixty-odd Representatives who voted against
the Congressional Library hill ought to pair OF with
the sixty yodd Representatives who voted against the
hill TO pension Ilancock's widow.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

The friends of Senator Logan's proposition
for the increase of the Army to 10000 men
took the hint of TIE SUNDAY HERALD, and
last week based their advocacy on the chance
of our having foreign wars. The enemies of
the project, including the eminent Senator
Hale, of Maine, whom many people had lost
sight of since Mr.. Blaine left Congress, con-
tinued to talk as il Indian wars and "strikes"
were the only troubles that could ever men-
ace our tranquility. This BOBBY attitude Of
the United States in the presence Of the
constant intriguing and jostling of the other
great powers is one with which few Ameri.
cans, outside Of the Quaker sect, have any
sympathy. 1t may seem that five thousand
additional men would be slim preparation
for foreign war, but it would be better
than none. Its great value would lie in the
increased experience given to our small
force of trained officers in the command Of
troops, and to the rank and file in branches
requiring special SKILL such as artillery,
which cannot be improvised in hurry. A
population of rising sixty millions makes an
army of $4,000 grotesque in its dispropor-
| tion.