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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-01
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-01
Railroads.

WHEELING 4 elan GROVE R. R.
w OnRnd niter Saturday, October IN. IS1S
Will run aSiOllOwS:
LEAvE WHEELING;
b;O 9. MI 7:UUa. M, OA. u, II 100 a. ln,, l;3O D.
NJ, 9Gg p. M, 6;90 p. M, 100 D, M, 900 n. m,
LEAVE WHEELING pARK;
G;lOa. M, 7'I54. m lO;0OR M, 1880 M, 900
p NJ, d p M, 6:lO p. M, 800 p, M, 10 100 u, IN,
On sUEDAYs--U further IiotiCG trains viii
run every hour until pISp,n, Leave WhgcilnR
FarI At 9;OOR. M, and run every hour until 10
\, N. Except church train win leave Park at
9Io 4; m AMI city at l9.l6 p. M.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-01

TLEVELAND & PITTSBURGH
ORAILROAD.-Under schedule In effect Nov.
Is, 1855. Train leave bridgeport Central Stand.
ard time; For Pittsburgh, Chicago and CieyO.
land. 4:GORni. For Pittsburgh, l0:22 m. For
Chicago and Cleveland, lap m. For PllnbCrHh
and New York S2O pm. For steubenville. SIS
am. For Martins Ferry, 0:45 am.
Trains arrive At Bridgeport At 1858 q IN, Il, IS
m, l2:S y IN, 4AS m, A:67 y m, aud 7;47 p N.
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NEAR WHEELING, W. VA,
Sisters Of the vlsllAtlon.)

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offers exceptional advantages for thorough edu.
cation Of young ladies' In all departments. III.
brary Of ak thousand volumes. Fine phIlo.
sophlCal chemical and astronomical apparatus,
Musical Department specially noted. CorpsOi
plano teachers trained by a leading professor
from Conservatory Of Stuttgart. Vocal culture
according to the method Of the old Italian mas.
ten.
Location unsurpassed for beauty md health.
Ton acres Of pleasure grounds. Board excellent.
For Catalogues, and references to patrons In
all the principal cities, address
sol THE DlRECTREss.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-01

NON REST-THE RESIDENCE, No.
~" NH, ttfrtl, now occupied BY D, 2,
Il, IN t"cNion given April !, lS'S' Apply
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To Loan.
For Rent.

II0P RENT-THE DESIRABLE
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
The Divining Rod.

Professor E. Ray Lancaster, having
recently expressed some doubts upon the
alleged powers of boy ''water finder"
who has been in the employ OF the Grin
ton Mining company, in the north of
England, the chairman of the company,
DIR. Mcclure, has replied to them, deny
ing emphatically that the boy, whose
name is Rodwell, is an impostor. He
says that the lad when tested never
failed to either find water or mineral
Veins, the lodes having always been
found exactly at the places indicated.
The divining rod which he holds only
moves in obedience to the muscular con-
fractions of his hands, and rod of any
kind of wood or even of any material
substance whatever can be used, pro-
vided it be a conductor of electricity.
Rodwel usually walks with his hands
tightly clasped before him, and as soon
as he steps upon a mineral vein of water
he is powerless to unclasp them until he
moves away from the region of the lode
or conduit. The lad is about IA years of
age.-London Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Baku Not Driving I'm.

The report of the exhaustion of the
Baku oil supply, which has lately beer
extensively circulated, appears to have
arisen from the fact that ''shut down
of large number of wells was ordered
for the purpose of checking the over
production which has been going on. Il
is no uncommon thing for native oi
Baku to tap q supply of 20,000,000 gal
Ions of oil, end waste 100000 out oi
it, simply for want of foresight in pro
viding cup for the well, or by the omis
sion to arrange for surface storage.
The authorities have now taken the
matter in hand, and passed laws which
regulate the supply. In view of the rapiG
increase in the demand for petroleum, il
is satisfactory to know that Baku is as
prolific of oil as ever The oil trade is
rapidly assuming such gigantic proper
tions that for many years there will prob
ably be ample room for America, Russia
and Burmah, as well as for the minol
fields that will in time furnish supply
for the worlds market. But, in any
case, it will be a good thing for Russia
when the more careful and economical
methods of America are adopted in the
Caspian rcgion.-New York Telegram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
FATALITY.

In sorrow found you, an atom down hurled
Your bright eyes closed, your brown wings
furled,
On the spring frightened highway. where all
your world
Sang. boSsomed and purled
That Wis., in your bill was bit of your nest
Its first or its last straw-WSlich was the best?
What matter each in a home might be blest
at loves sweet behest.
In ecstasy soaring through air sunny bright
Some obstacle met in your swift winged flight
A fluttIN of pinions-a fall through the light
cry-and then night
Your world was unmindful fair flowers up
sprung
Where all your gay comrades increasingly sung,
But your little mates plant the song-chorus
among
Your knel family rung:
And l. too, forgot you-the imperative call
OF day cares supplanted sorrow so small.
lnly infinite pity had marked the sad fall
That, birdie was all
'hese our lives, my brown bird-fair structures
that grow
BY our frail, finite futterings to and fro
And just as the life tolls completion know
Some pitifu bow
Fatefu our fall is as blind was our flight
Our death faint cry in a world of delight
What does it mean:-you and / know the might
Of power infinite
Edith K. Perry in Boston Transcript
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Natures Transformations.

There are many wonderful transforma-
tions in nature besides those which are
common to the eye of the ordinary OBJ
server. Take for example the Medusa
or common jelly fish. Born of the sea,
the young hydrozoon becomes primarily
a distinct free germ, resembling grain
of rice, next fixed cup having four lips,
which subsequently turn to tentacles,
and it becomes hyatine flower, which
presently splits across the calyx into
segments, whereupon it is made to re-
semble pine cone crowned with tuft
of transparent filament. Now the cone
changes into a series of sea daisies
threaded on pearly stock, and these
one by one become detached and float
away, each a perfect little Medusa with
purple bill and trailing tentacles.-Halrs
Journal of Health.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Secular Education in Japan.

A returned missionary, who has been
many years in Japan, has just been
showing some curious effects of culture
in that country. 1t seems that the
Japanese have seized upon the idea of
secular education with great avidity.
While only 1000 children go to school
where religious knowledge is part of
the curriculum, over 100000 attend
where the teaching is purely agnostic.
The young men develop keen love for
metaphysical doctrine and research, but
their favorite authors are Mill, Spencer.
Darwin and Huxley. AS this tendency
is accompanied by great demand for
English teachers, however, one would
think that the missionaries had the
means of opposing it in their own hands
New York Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
What Would suit Him.

Secretary jackson, of Castle Garden.
received the following from Ranch.
keeper H.. Coils, who lives alone al
Lethbridge, in the British queens do
minions in the remote northwest:
DEAR SIR-I read in The New York Herald som.
time ago that you had provided some men oul
west with wives Being in want of one myself, !
thought would see if you could do the same fol
me. have good farm and hotel or road ranch
here and am pretty well fixed. would like te
get good, active girl, about % to 26 years old
who can cook and look after the dairy work. ]
would like fairly good-looking girl, but am moi
particular about complexion as long as she is mol
very fair or red headed. would prefer an Irish
or English, or Norwegian girl l am Irish myself
and am an Episcopalian. If you can find me
girl would like you TO write to me when to cx
pect her, as l live forty miles from town, ane
would want to be in to meet her. get my mai
only once q week, SC would like as much notice as
possible before you start the girl.
New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Feel Your Adams Annie.

ut is well known" said Joe Boards
ley, "that deformities have often dictated
styles, but probably most people do moi
realize to what extent the slight defects
control them in the most trivial pieces
of apparel. This is shown in the case OF
the prevailing styles of collars worn
When the style changed from the low
collar to the high one it was sweeping
change, so that but few people could be
seen wearing anything but the choker
Finally the choker was modified into a
collar with the ends turned down, good
deal of space being left open to the
throat.
THAT style was never adopted univer-
sally. Why? For the reason that great
portion of the men who have occasion to
wear collars at all have prominent Ad.
ANS apples, which they are very glad to
hide from sight if they find an oppor.
tunity. The choker just suited, them,
and it will be many days before. they
will be induced to give it Wash.
ington Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Little Child and Big Dog.

An amusing scene occurred on Essex
street, near the Phillips schoolhouse, this
noontime. Two large dogs, weighing
perhaps 100 and 1870 pounds respectively.
engaged in short and savage battle.
which ended by the 100 pound dog re-
tiring. Just as he turned tail a little
girl about years old rushed in on the
scene, grabbed the 130 pound dog by the
collar, kicked him in the ribs, cuffed
him soundly over the ears, and then
dragged him triumphantly from the
scene, the big brute submitting with q
shame faced air, and his head and tail
down in an attitude indicating that he
realized his naughtiness, and acknowl-
edged the kicking and pounding as de-
served.-Salem News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27

We fear that DIR. Stevens, of Philadel-
phia, has been imposed upon. He tells
us that he has discovered the location of
the human soul; that it is situated in
the corpus callosum. We are con-
strained to think the doctor has been ex-
ploring in some old-fashioned cadaver.
for we are assured by many authorities
in the social world that it is no longer
deemed good form to wear souls in the
corpus callosum. Indeed, the most
fashionable people, we are told, have
discarded the practice of wearing souls
at all; it is so bothersome to look after
soul and pug dog at one and the same
e.-Washington Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
A Remarkable Feat.

A most remarkable feat that saw
performed while on recent hunting
tour in southern Missouri was that of a
native of that part of the country, who
skinned a coon, or rather removed the
coon from the skin through its mouth,
thus preserving the skin intact, which I
brought home with me and am having
it mounted by taxidermist. The feat
| considered a most remarkable one.
This is no fish story; it is the truth. The
operator removed the flesh and bones,
gers, through the mouth, using no other
instrument than sharp penknife.-In-
terview in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Two Opinions About Ancient Bones.

Clark Brown exhumed at Fish's point
on the Upper Mystic road, the other day
what are believed by some persons to be
relics of the first American man, ante
dating, possibly, the age of mound build
ing. There We're parts of a human skele.
ton that crumbled at the touch, two
rough copper vessels, mostly corroded, a
smoothly rounded pestle and two pecu.
liarly shaped glass bottles with crooked
necks. Skeptics, however, profess tc
think that the things belonged to a pre-.
historic apothecary that was swallowed
up in an earthquake. Mr.. Brown may
submit them to the inspection of an an
tiquarian. Telegram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Want volapuk in the Boston Schools.

A'petition was received by the school
board from the Volapuk club requesting
permission to use room in one of the
school buildings of the city proper for
the purpose of teaching Volapuk. The
club offers to furnish teachers free of
charge for such pupils as shall attend.
with the understanding that the conduct
of the schools shall be under the super
vision of the school committee. An order
giving the club the permission asked for
was assigned to the next meeting.-Bos-
ton Record.
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ne is apparently deeply engrossed, and
looks out of the window down upon the
dafF waters below in which the stars
reflected, CLEAN.
A thought comes to him. which
though spontaneous in itself is but the
elimination of what has been passing in
his mind ever since his fathers death.
He takes from his breast pocket folded
paper on which the writing is but few
hours old. This he wraps about the
handle of the knife he holds in his hand
Then he shuts the blade so that the paper
is held firmly. With careless move
ment he lays the hand Aolding the knife
upon the edge of the window. When he
withdraws the hand moment later it is
empty. The knife is heavy one and
will go straight to the bottom, and with
it the paper wrapped about it. The
waters often give up their dcsd, but iE-
animate objects of value they hsfd with
in their depths.
z
1t is week later. The will of Isaac
Rawson is to be read in the presence of
those interested. 1t is mere formality
of course, for other than his two sons the
testator left no kin: The sons both know
what they will hear. Robert at least
knows, and Jack may surmise. And
yet, who knows what may happen dur
ing the few hours that must elapse before
the will is opened and read?
"You are early. Mr.. Drew will not
be here for half an hour yet," are Rob
ert's first words to his brother Jack as
the latter enters the house of which Rob-
ert already considers himself the sole
owner.
81 thought it best to have few words
with you before Mr.. Drew arrives" is
Jacks reply. Mr.. Drew is the lawyer to
whom the necessary legal transactions in
connection with the will have been en-
trusted.
"You told me that father had said
something about new will just before
he died. but that none but the old one
made fifteen years ago, could be found"
remarks Jack to his brother when they
are seated a moment later. The remark
is made with an interrogative infection,
so that Robert feels impelled to reply.
"Yes, no other will was found, though
searched everywhere. Fathers mind
must have been wandering when he
spoke of another will
"Possibly; still you probably didn't
think of searching in the river" is Jack S
next remark.
Robert turns pale; then the blood
surges back and his face becomes al
most purple. ''What are you driving
at? what do you mean?" he asks. The
words come like gasps.
'Only this On the night when you
came to tell me of fathers death, some
young men were returning from q fish
ing trip on the river. Just as they were
rowing under the bridge, a missile
thrown from above struck one of them
on the back and fell to the bottom of the
boat. See, this is quite heavy knife,
and if a piece of paper hadn't been
wrapped about it, it might have hurt
the young man it struck quite severely.
The young man happens'to be an ac-
quaintance of mine. He thinks the knife
was dropped by some one on railroad
train that was crossing the bridge just
then. Now l merely wish to suggest
that, when Mr.. Drew comes, we give
into his hands this document which fell
into my friends boat, and that we say
nothing about the old will at all. How
does the proposition suit you?"-Arthur
Lucas in The Epoch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Must uave Hated One.

Weeping Willow (whose husband has
been found dead, to her neighbor)-Yes,
there was poor John, leaning up against
the mulberry tree, dead as he could be.
And John always did hate mulberry
trees, and wanted that one cut down. J
Wages (rreyerently)-He even showed
his dislike for the tree in death, didn't hei
why, Mr.. Wages, how is that?"
HE was dead against it, you said."-
Lawrence American,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
Look at Your Fingers.

Fingers which are smooth denote a
tendency to act upon instinct, impulse
or intuition, rather than by reason. call
culation or deduction. Knotty fingers
denote tendency to order and arrange
ment. People with short fingers are
quicker, more impulsive, act more On the
spur of the moment than peopi, with
Tong fingers. If the fingers are very
short it signifies cruelty and want Of
tact.-Philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27

There will be worlds fairs enough in
1892 to go round. That is settled. OF
course the United States will have one.
Spain has officially given notice of an in,
ternational exhibition at Madrid in com.
memoration of Columbus voyage, and
there is a probability that Italy will hold
another.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27

Tho first returns received in Paris
after the recent election were from Co
chin China. This was due to the clocks
in Cochin China being seven hours in
advance of Paris time, so that the tele-
graph was able to transmit the news be-
fore even the Paris results were known,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
THE WEAVER.
Beside the loom of life 1 stand

Beside the loom of life stand
And watch the busy shuttle go;
The threads hold within my hand
Make up the filling; strand on strand
They slip my fingers through. and 50
This web of mine fills out apace
While stand ever in my place.
One time the woof Is smooth and fine
And colored with sunny dye;
Again the threads so roughly twine
And weave so darkly line on line,
My heart misgives me- Then would
Fain loose this web-begin anew
But that, alasl l cannot do
Some day the web will all be done,
The shuttle quiet in its place,
From out my hold the threads be run;
And friends at setting of the sun
Will come to look upon my face,
And say: Mistakes she made not few,
Yet wove perchance as best she knew"
Mary Clark Huntington in The Independent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27
THE DE sANcY DIAMOND.

Some OF the most curious losses and
recoveries of which we have any record
are related in regard to famous jewels.
Among these the. De Sancy diamond
may be mentioned as possessing par
ticularly singular history. The first
known owner of this gem was Charles
the Bold, duke of Burgundy, who is said
to have worn it in his helmet. 1t was
lost in the battle in which its owner was
killed, but was picked up by Swiss SOL
dier, who sold it to priest for florin.
The priest, as ignorant as the soldier of
its real value, imagined that he had
made good bargain when he sold it to
the king of Portugal for a form and a
half. The profit of the king, however,
was somewhat larger than that of the
unworldly priest, for he received not
less than 100, 900 crowns for it from the
wealthy Harley de Sancy, in whose fam
lily it remained for several generations.
Finally one of his descendants, wishing
to pawn it in order to lend Henri III
some money, sent it to Jew broker by
the hand of a servant in whom he had
the utmost confidence. The servant ney-
er returned, and the broker declared
that the man had never made his ap-
pearance with the diamond. In spite of
this assertion the confidence of De San
cy in the honesty of his old servant was
unshaken. This confidence, as it after
ward appeared, was not misplaced, for
after time the body of a murdered
man was discovered near the city walls
ina deep ditch, which was recognized
as that of the missing servant. An at
tempt at robbery had evidently been
made, and the faithful fellow had re-
mained TRUE to his masters interests to
his last moments; for on the surgeons
examining the body the diamond was
found in his stomach, he having swal-
lowed it as the only means left to him
of outwitting his assailants.-Chicago
Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-27

1t is not yet midnight when Robert
steps aboard train that will take him
to the city where his brother, Jack, lives;
for has not his father with his dying
breath told him to go to his brother this
very night? Who would fail to respect
the last wishes of one now dead? Surely
not son.
The city where Jack lives is not fa.'
distant; but there is a river to cross on
the way. AS the train rumbles slowly
across the bridge, Robert pauses in the
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-24

filed large number OF strong personal let
lers from leading republicans outside OF Da-
kota, among them Senator Hiscock and
Congressman Belden, OF New York, where
Colonel Drake formerly lived.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-24
AN AGRICULTURAL TRUST.
The President of the Farmers FEEDER
alton Outlines a Scheme.

The President of the Farmers FEEDER
alton Outlines n Scheme.
ST. Louis, Oct 23-The wheat growers Of
the Mississippi valley assembled here to-day
to organize for future action.
Walter N. Allen, president of the Farmers
federation, called the meeting to order and
made n lengthy speech on the needs of far
mers. He said: "If the farmers would or
ganize like the manufacturers to control pro.
duction and regulate it in the public market
they could, in common with all producers,
set the price on their own products
irrespective of the power of the Liverpool
market The unavoidable tendency OF the
present system Is to bring the price down to
the lowest limit at which the food supply
can be produced. In order to prevent ruin
we must reverse this order of things. The
power to establish the value of one bushel of
American wheat and one barrel of mess
pork can control the markets of the
world This power is to be found in
The centralized agency of the federated
farmers of the Mississippi valley, company
legally chartered with capital stock Of
| 500, 100000, and as your servant this COM
pany awaits your bidding to enter upon the
work of redemption"
Other addresses were made in a similar
vein. Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Colman
was made permanent chairman of the con-
venton.