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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
The Dimensions of Heaven.

The following calculations, based on a
text in Revelations, is both curious and
interesting. 1t is copied from The
Charlottesville Jeffersonian, and will be
found good food for reflection: Reyela-
tons xxi, 10: "And he measured the city
nhe New Jerusaleml with a reed, 1900
furlongs. The length and the breadth
aid the height are equal"
Twelve thousand furloHgs-7,9 $40 900
feet, which, being cubed, is 943,0Ss, 000,-
O0O, 900, o0e, 00O, O0O, 900 cubic feet, and
half of which we will reserve for the
throne of God and the court of heaven,
half of the balance streets, and the re-
mainder divided by 4.096, the cubical
feet in the room, 1G feet square and 16
feet high, will be 80, s43, 80, 600, 000rooms-
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain 600. 0oo,0 900
of inhabitants, and that a generation will
last thirty and one-third years., 700,-
600, 600, 900 persons. Then suppose there
were 1890 such worlds, equal to this in
number of inhabitants and duration of
years-then there would be a room 16
feet long, 16 feet wide and 16 feet high
for each person, and room to spare.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Ti,c Eli l,.,s n.ilnarawn.

In jacksonville. Ii, IL the winter of
1918, an auction s;.lc of the personal
| estate Of il deceased planter, comprising
some seventy or eighty slaves and other
''chattcis, washeld in the public market
place. | was glad of the opportunity to
see for myself how such things were
dose. On beginning the sale the auc-
tioneer announced that families would
not be separated, but would be sold in
lots" After a number of lots had
been duly brought TO the block and
knocked down to the highest bidder, a
bright looking boy was brought forward
md placed upon the stand. The auctioneer
a: the same time called an old colored
man among the crowd TO come up and
stand beside the boy. He did so, and the
a%uctioneer then said:
Gentlemen, the old man is this boys
father; he lives in the West Irdies, and
is a free man. He wants to buy the boy
and take him to his home and make him
free. He bids 800. which is all the
money he has"
The intent Of this statement was evil
IDENTIFY to discourage any advance on
that bid, and it touched sympathetic
chord in his audience. The crowd
watched the proceedings for a minute
or two in silence, while the auctioneer
dwelt upon the bid of 800, and was
calling it for the third and last time,
when. from the outskirts of the crowd,
a voice bid Fifty" Every eye was at
once turned in the direction of the bid
der, who vas a rough, dissipated look
ing fellow, a typical slave trader IN
appearance. The a%uctioneer paused a
moment, looked annoyed, and then re-
peated his previous statement concern
ing the old man, emphasizing the re-
mark that 800 was all the money he
had. "And now" said he, ~ am bid
four hundred and fifty" From a dozen
voices came the cry: Withdraw your
bid" The auctioneer awaited the re-
suit. The bidder growled a surly refusal,
saying he "wanted that boy, and had as
good a right to bid as anybody" -Four
hundred and fifty" came slowly from
the lips Of the auctioneer. The shouts
of Withdraw your bid" were repeated
in angry tones ON every side.
"Well," said the bidder, 81 with
draw it."
The a~uctioneer quickly went back to
the original bid, on which he dwelt two
or three times, when down went his
hammer. ssSold at four hundred. Old
man, the boy is yours; take him down.
The crowd cheered, and the principal
figure in this little drama who, the mo-
ment before, had been the picture of
despair, hurried down from the stand
smiling and happy.-New York Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
A Long Shot.

Ny hunting experiences have, as a rule,
been very tame and uninteresting, but |
had one last month, when on my vaca-
ton, which I think is worth recording.
l had been tramping all day in the
woods about Louis Lake and the little
sheets of water at that neighborhood in
the Adirondacks and had bagged moth
ing of any consequence. | was just
hungering for deer, and just as l
emerged from a bit of forest on the edge
of n of these little lakes my eye fell
upon a fine stag drinking from the lake,
but opSsite to me and fully half a mile
away.
1t was tantalizing, for / am not a
halfsslile shooter, and anyway, if shot
the noble fellow, he would only dart back
into the woods to die and l would never
be able to find him. But / vas desper-
ate, and raising my rifle "bimmed'
away at him.
The deer gave a bound at the report of
my weapon and darted into the
woods, while l set on my way around
the edge of the lake. had not travelled
more than half a mile when Ieame upon
the dead body of my deer. He had run
a third of the distance round the lake
towards me before falling. | knew it
was my deer by the popularity of his
horns,-N. Y. Evening World.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
A Disguised Cat.

In some way a cat found its way into
a cyclorama building a few days ago.
The man in charge attempted to chase
the trespassing feline through the door,
but the cat evidently thought there was
a better way of escaping the rising tenn
per of the irate man. 1t looked eau
~tiously about, as if to avoid stepping on
the PROSTATE forms Of heroes slain in
the battle. Finally its eyes caught sight
OF a tree. A projecting limb hung
pretty low, and here the cat thought to
find a place of safety. 1t gave one leap,
and no doubt was the most disguised cat
in Portland when it learned, by sad ex-
p~erience, that the tree was on the can
vas. 1t picked itself up and slowly skunk
through the door, down the stairs and
out of the building.-Portland Ore
CONAN.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Way to Equatorial Provinces.

The routes are two. The quicker is
down the Red Sea to Suakinl; thence by
caravan 240 miles to Berber; thence by
nuggar or steamer to Khartoun; thence
1,010 miles to Lado, also by water. a
very quick trip without delays would be
forty days. The other route is by river
800 miles to Assouan, six miles by rail
around the first cataract, 100 miles by
water to Korosko, nine days by caravan
to Abou Hammed, and thence by water
and caravan to Berber, and the rest of the
journey as before. The desert journey
from Korosko to Abou Hamned isa hard
one, with water at but one place on the
route; but it is taken to cut off the great
bend of the Nile, which is full of rapids.
Col. ri. G. Prout in Scribner.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Changed the Babies.

In Nordhausen there is a cafe in which
one room is specially reserved for the
cabmen belonging to the rank outside.
The other evening the large hall of the
cafe was hired for q fete, and after
supper, when dancing began, those
fathers and mothers who had brought
their babies with them found that the
latter interfered with their enjoyment.
The perambulators containing the sleep
ing infants were accordingly pushed into
the adjoining cabmen's room to be out
of the way. The cabmen, angry at the
infantile invasion, demonstrated, but, as
10 notice was taken Of their objections,
they hit upon a plan of revenge. Wait
ing till the pleasure seekers were ON
pletely engrossed with their dancing,
they secretly changed the babies. When
the fete was over, the parents came,
looked out their own perambulators,
and wheeled them home: but found, to
their horror and amaZefnent, when they
lifted out the occupants, that they had
got the wrong babies.-Court Circular.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
1t Was Mean.

Although there is no more true love,
there are still lovers quarrels, and sad
partings, and much irritation, and living
awake and misery. And when these
quarrels come the man is Just as mean
as the woman They had quarreled,
and it was final. She demanded all her
presents back, and her letters and her
photographs. He sent them. Then she
wrote him a note, saying that he had kept
M little tender present she had made
him in the days when she thought he
was good and true and a gentleman,
with the gentleman UNDERSIGNED sew
eral times very heavily. 1t was a lock
of hair, and she could not naturally per-
init him to keep that, He sent it back
with a brief note: at doesn't make any
difference whether l keep it or not, No
body would know it vas yours. You
forget you were a dyed blonde when l
got it."
sit was So mean," she said, because
my hair had only grown a few shades
darker lately."-San Francisco Chron.
icle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
The Natives of seranit.

The population of Serapit turned out
to see us. The women were Il strange
contrast TO the men in appearance.
While the latter were as lean as whip
ping posts and uglier than most monkeys.
the former-at least those under 20 or
severe plump, solidly built, full bos-
omed creatures, and there were at least
half a dozen in the crowd before us who
might fairly be termed good looking.
But the older members Of the ON
munity, the women especially, almost
pass my powers of description to give an
idea of their weird ugiiness. K. tersely
summed them up as ''baked monkey"
but a monkey would at least have had a
covering of hair, whereas these dreadful
persons had nothing but their very
scanty clothing to conceal any part of
the leathery i%ntegument that was 50
tightly shrunken over their skeleton
bodies, and looked so hard and dry that
YOU expected to hear it crackle when
they moved. Their faces seemed to con-
sist solely Of skin drawn over a skull
without a particle Of flesh and looked
precisely as if some one had tried TO
make a mask out of old leather, and
failing had thrown it down in disgust
and stamped on it. Yet they seemed
neither decrepit nor idiotic. The men
carried their complement of arms; one
old fellow had girded on the longest
and crookedest sword there. He looked
like Death with his scythe. A woman,
who resembled one of the dried mum
mics of blacks found in North Queens
land terminated, was pounding paddy
in a wooden mortar, so l concluded that
appearances were deceptive and that
they were not nearly SO old as they
looked. Indeed, the Malayan races arr
not long lived and really old people are
very scarce-such an instance as the
late Sultan of Brunei. who lived Il
nearly 100, being almost unheard of
London Field.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
THE GOLDEN land.

When the heavens are drearily shrouded
With clouds and wintfy gloom,
dream Of a land that is golden
with sunshine and summer bloom,
And then the clouds and the darkness.
Like mist, roll away from mine eyes.
And / see, in its beauty and splendor
The land Of the golden skies
And SO, though lifess roses have persisted
In storms Of wintry years,
Though sunshine has turned into darkness
And pleasure to pain and tears,
I dream of skies that are cloudlesS.
OF peace, aud Of heavenly rest.
and / see, in a glorious vision,
The golden Land of the Blestl
Charles W. Hubner, in Philadelphia News
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Comfort for the Patient.

Are you feeling better this morning,
Uncle Henry:' Yes, Angie, dear"
You'll oon be well now, won't you,
Uncle Henry II don't know, dear; /
may never get up again; Uncle Henry is
a very sick man. ''Oh, yes, 1 know;
but you'll soon get well. Iheard the
doctor tell pa this morning that all the
doctors in America couldn't kin as mean
a MAI as you" (Uncle Henry rallies
and is we'll enough the next time the
doctor calls to get his head under the
sofa and maui him till the police break
into the room. The diagnosis was cor
ect.GBurdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Oldest Newspaper in the World.

The oldest newspaper in the world is
The King Pau, or capital sheet, which is
published at Pekin, China. 1t first ap-
peared in the year 911 and since 1912 has
not missed a single issue. For the first
few hundred years all the work on The
King Pan was done with brushes. AT
present it prints three editions daily and
has a circulation of $4,000 copies.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
some FOOLISH peonIe

Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
''Oh, it will wear away but in most
cases it wears them away. Could they
be induced to try the successful medicine
called Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a
positive guarantee to cure. they would i'm
mediately see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Price soc and 81.
Trial size free. At all druggists.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
Youthful Affection

"What does Charlie say 10 Lis letter,
Marie::'
Hes going t. California for two
years. I'm sc glad,r'
''Gladl'
"Why, yes. lean go to the theatre
with George without having to break off
my engagement with Charlie. Epoch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13

There are two times when man thinks
a woman's hat Is too high. One is when
it is in front Of him at the play, and the
other is when it is his wife's and he has
10 pay for it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13

Go to the new store under the Opera
llonse and see what a nice pair of mems
Winter Boots you can bay for sl.75.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13

"a inch Atwood cloth for Ladies suiting,
all shades, and very popular goods this
season, IS to so cts. E. 3. Humphreys &
Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13

FOR THE YOUNGER YOUNG FOLKS.
BABYtkao ls7 csiits a year). For the nursery.
OcR itttlg MEN $50 WoNns 8, a Year,
HE FANaYtSf - yeefL sunday reading.
S.e4aasq 81 aAy es > feAts II tie EaAr rs esAts.
u. I.0flIkOP COMPANY, BosroN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18
Notes from Inc pIarn ontI.

nParson" Tom Nicholson, Of The
Cleveland club, Is at Ills homo In Bell
aire, having been called there by the
serious illness Of bis mother,
The Mingos haye been strengthened
by securing two well known aud promi
nent new players In Brodie, lite o.
Wheeling, and Dick Miller, q promising
young player from here.
The Island Athletics have changed
their name 10 the Wheeling Athletics,
and yesterday played their first game
under that name aud defeated their op.
ponents, tho Nlagaras, by q score Of u
10 II In ten.inning game.
The Wheeling and Dayton clubs will
play again al Island park to-day. Thll
will be the last game played here till
Monday, May 81, "a the, home team will
DO absent all'oi next week In Springfield
and Hamilton. II being Saturday, a
large crowd will probably be Ia attend.
anCe. The special attraction will be the
appearance ID the box for Wheeling ola
now pitches named Hydlnger--a local
product, In case he gets ratified or falls
% come up 70 what he promises 70 DO,
Kennedy will be put In. Munger, Day.
toms crack pitcher, will DO In the box
for the visitors. The two teams will DO
laNlAsaa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18
talk ABOUT SLV0GINGI
Wheeling Does a Lot Of It in
Yesterdays Game,
SCORING SEVEN IN THE FIRST,
AGame With Little Spirit or Interest.
England Makes Good Impress
sion ut Home-other Trl.
State League Games, Etc,

The Wheeling and Dayton ball clubs
played another game at Island park yes
terday afternoon and the Wheeling
team again won, this time by score Of
l9to7, The game, which was witness
ed by about $50 people, was one Of the
most unlnteresting ever seen here, the
playing on both sides being ragged all
the way through, so spiritless as to make
the game tiresome one for the specta-
tors, There were really only two plays
that aroused anything like enthusiasm,
One Of these was a wonderful circus
catch made by McCollum in the
seventh inning OF a long and hot hit
from Dunn's bat. McUollum had q long
run iorit and then caught 1t with one
hand, but he was going so fast that he
nearly went out OF sight over the hill be-
fore he could stop and show that he had
the ball. The other play referredto as q
notable one was In the sixth inning,
when Bowman did about the only thing
in the game that he deserved credit for
by catching Fogarty mapping at third,
and firing the ball down 10 Dunn so
quickly that Fogarty felt called upon to
apply for a search warrant for his head,
Dewald started in to pitch, but he was
exploded before the first inning was
over. 0'Rourke opened things up with
a two'bagger; Ryan followed with q
sacrifice, going out at first on an assist
by Fogerty; Dunn hit for three bases
and would have had home run had II
mot been for buggy in far left field that
stopped the ball. Green bit to Chris,
man, who made a bad error in handling
the ball; speidel got hit; Bowman
knocked fly into McOollum's hands
who muiTed it In a horri
BILE manner; HobreCht knocked out
a three.bagger and Sullivan anC
England followed with singles. At thil
point Dewald was relieved by Ben Ste
phens, who was one OF Wheeling's pitch
ers last season. Dewald went to RICH
and Prescott came In from that field ant
took Stephens place at first. In thu
time that Dewald was in the box mint
men were at bat, six hits were made
with q total OF eleven bases, nettinI
seven runs, only two OF which, however
were earned. After pitching five in
nings Stephens got tired and resumed
his place on first, while Dewald wen
into the box again. This time he hai
better control Of the bull, As Wheeling
had virtually won the game In the frs
there WIS hut little interest attached Il
the game after that.
Up to the eighth inning England, thu
one.armed pitcher, had only three
singles made of him. This wos the frs
time he had been seen by a home
audience in a Wheeling uniform, ant
he strengthened the good impression
that had been formed from the accounts
OF his work while the team was away
Bowman's support behind the bat wa
unexpectedly poor. He seemed to have
no life in him, and his throwing to sec
opd was so poor that stealing that hast
was accomplished with scarcely an effort
HobreCht distinguished himself by hi
daring base running as well as by hi
work with the stick.
The fill score Ia az follows.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18
MARTINS FERRY.
That Lottery Prize. Presentation-Anni'
yersary-PersOnnl Gossip.

| That Tnttarv prIya- praaRntntion-A mi,
Ah"t LUXURY -EEesuH"'''"'-N""''
versary-PersOnal Gossip.
An onnlnvo In thO Ftna m III was Sciycd with
cramps yesterday.
Mrs. Frank gedrwick who has been nm ihr
sick iist. il a6le 70 81 out Graiu.
The EpIleopal church was plasterCd this week
ltwill soon 10 Feauy lot occupancy
Samuel Evans returned yesterday from ClGvc
lAnd, wherc ne mas been Wishing friends
Rev. Mr., LaGIGrty, Of Pittsburgh, was IN tOwE
yesterday on his way n Mt. Pleasant, where b,
WIN p.SArn 'o,hO on ,,.. ,,,.
STRAIT IL ioIn1 iaF1S hnSincSs ana III SSTi
1ivSS vcncrSI SStisiSctiotI' "AN =" W.
e' 49, $50 Ss.as 49,, &c., ,.,.,
Mes h IeotSe slSuyIS Anu He9IsG Ha NV
pcRrance on me S'Feet Yesterday,
Miss Belle. WagenVr,OldSst daughter Of Mr.. ant
Ms. Isaac WAGNER, residing In the Garden Spot
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Thursday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
James II. Smith, Of Berkeley county
assisted by John Linton, David A
Westall, @. L. Crouch, George L. Crequt
and W. CorsOy, as guards, placed in The
State penitentiary at Moundsyille, five
prisoners convicted OF burglary. They
were Charles Robinson, for two years
John Robinson, George Ridnaur, Lewis
Hite and Farmer Jackson (Golored(, al
colored man aud is believed to be the
nrst Colored guard who ever assisted ID
placing prisoner In the .pen." Sheriff
Smith and Messrs. Linton, Westall
Crouch and Creque came up to the city
and spent yesterday and last night here
registered at the stamm. Sheriff Smith
was formerly o member OF the Legisla,
tpre, at the time Its sessions were held
here, and Is pleasantly remembered.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18
Tran.fera Reeor,lsd.

Clerk Hook yesterday admitted to rec
ord one deed OF trust and six transfers Of
real estate, as follows;
JanuaryS, 1871, by the Chistian Church
OF West Liberty to Robert White, for
S20l, east half Of lot 81 in West Liberty,
January 29, 1885, by V. Fl, Van Meter
and wife to Robert White, for $3.50, west
half Of said lot 81.
Stone Church Cemetery Association to
r. S., Il. Z. and James Williamson and
W. B. MCComac, for $50 90, lot IS in sec.
ton A and lot G2 in section L OF that
cemetery,
April ! by John II. Hobbs and wife to
the Standard Axle Company, for $50, 900,
all tho real estate, property and assets Of
every kind Of the said company,
May 5, by James W. and John Bodley
and wives to the Wheeling 4 Harrisburg
Railroad Company OF West Virginia, fol
Sl75, the right Of way over the Bodley
property adjoining the Whitaker mill
May s, by Elizabeth Campbell to the
same company, for 500, for the right o.
way over a sixteen'acre tract south o.
JOnathan's run.
May II, by Charles Klein and wife and
L. F,stiiel to Clementine, wife Of Charles
He'll, for $3.50, lot 10 in Klein 4 Stifel'i
Grandview addition,
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MOUNpSYILLR.
bod. q squlrrel.-PoE.opAI Goa.l


Lots OF kqulFFNls-PeFsOnAl GoSAip-Ali
Sorts OF Local Mention.
n Riley was down from Wheeling ycsler,
dav
q u ot1L.,, h.. ,.,,,,ro, ,,o,,
so9ilatIe' " ~ N'uAA' HA '''u'HSN "V'''
VlncNluAu' ,r,.
Newt B0nRl, Republican hustler OF Liberty
district, was In town yesterday,
Nj William Allen and Miss Lizzie Gregg wen
married. nv Rey, MT. BatteIle. "Wednesday even,
ing,
NIss Emmy. muSIcaI instructor Of the Wheel,
ING FernHIe COLLEGE, Is Waiting Mic Etellg
MSerr. oi The Fist ward.
80. ,,,o,,.,,,, In ,hs
lOnng hlullLsu' AIS IgpSEIea iiv Io W.
WoodA hsal loNI; AN A''eu o'S'su
wednesday anu "a O'VsH ulhe,
Rev William CASTOR and wife, Of Cleveland
o., and Mn, Cunningham, Of BellaiTe, are tht
guests OF Mr, aud MrS, Jesse B0nar, OF the Third
ward.
Tba district Institute held Mt the school bOuSS
was me 6cst Oi ne klnd ever held here. A
large number Of teacher were present and
| l.. a -, !, I, iI.,.,,.i
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ABOuTpEOPLE
Stranger. in The .cttv and Wheeling People
Ahroni

uIr,uU,r. In II,o My and Wheeling Poonit
''" ' Ahronj
NJ. n,o,,san ~ vos,,ir,ton, pa
,vaa e. th o. c HlvS Ssstspdo w "
""s ~ 'ue ivy yessstuas ,,,,,, =, ,.,..o.,d
IT,; AZ; 9ke, q 1lalton, N WE aes's'e'eN
~ inc MCl'ufe nouse Yesterday.
Judge Samuel Woods, Of the supreme
Oourt oil Appeals, WIS ~ the McLure
mouse yesterday morning 49,,
!; ". Parks, Of ktngTood, anu WIN
field Scott, oil steubenville, were NJ the
Mcclure house yesterday.
Ex-Governor" Thomas X, Carskadon
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ARRANGEMENTS have been made by
the Y. P. W. A. OF the First Baptist
Church tp haye the Carman Family
visit this city Monday evening, May ~,
and give an "Evening Of Song" They
come highly recommended and those
who attend will be highly entertained,
The following ls clipped from the Circle
vile, o., Herald: 1.-THE concert given
by the Carman Family last evening at
the Central Baptist Church was largely
attended and the entertainment was
greatly appreciated. In their singing
their voices blend together almost fault
lesslY, aud their enInCiation Is simply
perfect, Their Evening OF Song was
delightful. Miss Nellie Carman In ad,
dition to being an accomplished singer,
is a very fine eloCutionist. The singing
OF Master Davie was pleasing feature
Of the entertainment Daily
Herald, LaaS II, 1887. Admission, %
cents"