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, 1890-12-07

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"Ah, my boy, what kind of backing
do you user asked a young English
man of the Duquesne bootblack yes
terday. You an get a good polish
everywhere in America, you know, but
can't get it in England. Ny boy at
home can't make my boots shine a.
you do"
No" answered the boy, England
is not in it-when il to blacking
boots. We are at the top of the heap"
All, and what do you mean by top
of the heap'-Amesican slang. 1 sup
poser
Right you are. Better take me
with you when you go back, give me
IA good salary and | will see that your
shoes always shine like that" as lac
gave them the finishing touches and
yelled for the next gent
Even the boothlacks have the
money fever here" sighed the Lon
douer rs he sauntered away. Great
country this! Init top of the heap
well, | like that. Something new,
you know. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1890-12-07
eAREFooTED AFTER THE cows.

THE boys" had come back to the farm,
Which all through ones life bears a charm;
And though we were all sturdy men.
We thought TO live over again
The days when we hAllooed and hooted,
And ran down the pasture barefooted;
We stole out OF childhood a day.
And nlled it up brimful Of play.
The pond and the swift skimming swallow;
The wood where the owl used TO halOo-
Who-ool who-ool
The barn full OF hay
Where many a day
We tumbled down over the mows;
The grass In the meadow was growing,
The cows in the meadow were lowing
Mo-oOl mo-ooi
All, life has no joy
Like that OF a boy
Running barefoOted after the COWS,
We ate OF the apples that fell
From the harvest tree over the well.
For never in life could we meet
With apples that seemed half so sweet:
Nor water had we ever tasted
Like that which the spring ever wasted;
For God made the vintage To How
From the winepress OF pebbles below.
The squirrel 50 proud Of his tail.
The chipmuuk who travels by 81,
The blnckbird, the robin. the jay
Each gave ms a greeting that day.
The pastimes OF boyhood We courted
In places where once we had sported.
And when the old dinner horn lleN
We felt the old hunger anew.
Twas more like e~nactinR a dream
We waded and hshed in the stream.
Which somehow looked shallow and small.
Nor did the old trees seem as tall;
Each idol Of boyhOOd seemed shattered.
And even the kingisher clattered.
No power can bring back the Joys
or childhood to oTergrovn boys.
Not the same was the pond nor the swallow,
The woodNwhere the owl used TO hRloo.
Who-oo who-ool
The harm full of hay
Seemed smaller that day.
We tumbled down over the mows,
New grass in the meadow was growing.
Strange COWS in the meadow were lowing
Mo-ool mo-ool
We felt not the Joys,
We were not the boys
Who ran harefooted after the cows.
Fred Emerson Brooks in New York Herald.
, 1890-12-07

Charcoal and arniea soap are good
for a tooth wash, as they not only clean
the teeth but leave a fresh, sweet taste
in the mouth. No matter what denti-
friee may be selected one application a
day is sufficient, and hat should be re-
duced if a soreness of the gums is felt.
Immediately after rising use the pow
der, and after each meal brush the
teeth with cold water, and also before
retiring. Vary the motion from lat
eral, and take a soft piece Of linen TO
wash the inner surface of the molars.-
New York Journal.
, 1890-12-07

A Five Pound Christmas Pie
James, earl of Lonsdale, once sent a
Christmas pie to King George III, which
contained 9 geese, 2 ducks, 2 turkeys,
4 fowls (what kinds the old account
does moi say, 6 pigeons, 6 wild ducks,
3 teals, 2 starlings, IL partridges, 10
woodcocks, 2 guinea fowls, 3 snipes, &
plovers, 3 water hens, l wild goose, l
curlew, 46 yellow hammers, IS spar
rows, Is chatfinches, . Iarks, 4 thrushes,
~ fieldfares, 6 blackbirds, 20 rabbits, 1
leg of veal, l ham, 3 bushels of flour
and % pounds of butter. The whole
pie weighed SIC pounds, and was car
ried from the Lonsdale estate to Lon
don in a two horse wagon. 1t was
hardly as dainty a piece of pastry as
the celebrated pie containing the -four
and twenty" blackbirds, but it was ''set
before a king, " nevertheless st. Louis
Republic.
, 1890-12-07

A rapid method of making sketches
in the field has been introduced by NJ.
Blain, a French cavalry officer. The
apparatus consists of a rectilinear lens
by which an image of the view to be
sketched is formed within n makeshift
dark chamber, consisting of a small
black curtain hung on a frame over a
portable drawing table. The draughts-
man simply copies the image in pencil
or water color on n sheet of white
paper. The whole appliance, with
camp stool and table, is made very
light and portable, SO as to be easily
carried about.-New York Journal.
, 1890-12-07

- hAbAH- No AEA
she took her lovers good, stupid face
between her plump hands and kissed him
heartily, lingeringly, full on the mouth,
and in the doting way women usually de
vote exclusively to babies and dogs, did
she make the dudes expand into their very
best smiles of appreciation and delight.
She was so roguish, so tantalizing, so
feminine. so altogether lovable, that they
swore by her to a man and rose in their
SEATS to applaud her rs they did Judic and
Theo. After that kiss her lasting fame as
3 soubrette was achieved.
d Bill" is drawing crowded houses at
the new Garden theatre in New York.
For the first week or so after the opening
the place was nightly filled by an audience
who went to c~riticise the o-rnHmentation.
the carving, the satin covered walls: in
fact, the architectural details Of this dainti-
est of p~layhouses, quite as much as the
play. They went because it was the
! thing to go. Now. so well has she sue
eeded, they go to sec Sad Martinez as a
slng matron Of lively p~ropensities pinine
hA lark in "Dr. Bill;'' as a gushing. win
aise romp in Sunset, " that exquisite bit
aluaintly intermingled fun and pathos
| rome X jerome, and still more re-
49, 80 ehe dancer OF aSPani-h fandango,
hroduced to meet the craze of the hour.
1T was like Martiuot to have herself
taught that Spanish dance while the towns
in the mood for it," somebody said the
other day. "Oh, she's cleverl MOI content
with playing a comedy part to perfection.
she determined to let the public see what
she could make of a Spanish fandango il
she had to drag it neck and crop into
DR.. Bills s~tudy-and she has with a ven.
geance, by Jovel"
An actress ought TO be pretty. We all
agree OF that-but isn't it even more inn
~portant for her TO have piquancy, magnet
ism, that something so elusive that for
want Of a better name is usually termed
'gof" Well, Sadie Martinot has plenty of
go" It is evident in her walk, in her
smile and glance, in the very turn of her
head, in the flashing movements Of her
hands.
She has a charming but faulty face.
There are a dozen New York actresses |
could count off on my fingers who totally
eclipse her in point of beauty, and yet who
remain consistently unknown. Carping
critics might call her mouth too large, her
skin colorless, her eyes only ordinary, il
they met her during n matutinal stroll ON
Broadway with the too truthful sunlight
shining down on her uns%paringly. But
she has the %softest. silkiest Of brown hair
growing low on a smooth, white forehead;
q brilliant play OF expression in her eyes
, 1890-12-07

A young Woman who had a check for
Sl4 ON "a certain Detroit bank presented
it at the cashiers desk, and he politely
said:
You will please indorse it, miss"
She took it over to the desk and
wrote on the back: 4,
Il want this money awful bad yours
truly please pay the bearer. Detroit
Free Pres.
, 1890-12-07

Hospital Nurse Il am extremely
grieved to have to tell you that your
husband has met with a bad accident,
and ba-. had to have both legs ampu.
tated. .
Wife-Oh, Lor'! OH, Lori and me
only bought i'm a moo pair o boots last
Toosday Judy.
, 1890-12-07

"Mr. McClintock," shouted his bet
ter half, Il val you to take yourf feet
off the parlor table"
Mrs. McClintock," he said, in q
fixed, determined voice. Il allow only
one person to talk to me in that way"
"And who may that be- she de-
manded, threateningly.
You, my dear" he replied softly.
as he removed his feet. London Tit
Bits.
, 1890-12-07

Maurice BaFrymore's recent debut as a
star was not, IL the newspaper critics are
less Temple" the play which was written
for him by Augustus Thomas, is said not
to give the amous actor a particularly
GOOD opportunitY to distinguish himself.
, 1890-12-07
Iownton-Welll we'll! Howl


Col. Greytop-Miss Uptown, 1 would
like to introduce an old friend of mine
Hundred.
Miss UptoSn-One of the Six Hun
dred! oh, colonel, hadn't / better Gee
mamma tirstl- : ifu
, 1890-12-07

Blenkinsop CLOSING the ,agnostic dis
cussion)-Well, l confess 1 can't endure
a went to church last Sun
day and in less than thirty minutes |
got up and left.
Blotterwick-I didn't know they took
up the collection SO soon as that-West
Shnrn
, 1890-12-07

Daughter Creading a paper)-Is this
correct, papaI The paper has made a
grammatical error. 1t says raised
up Notllin, aoald possibly raise
down, could E.
Papa-Ceruainly not.
Young Son-Why, yes, papa. En-
mas beau can raise down, and so car
geese.
Then the boy was raised up stairs and
RACED down in bed.-New York Ledger.
, 1890-12-07

Jones-Moses, it strikes me hat those
trousers are too short.
Moses Isaacs-Yell, mine friend, l
give you a coat that's just a little too
long to make up the difference Texas
SiftinQs
, 1890-12-07

Lawyer Simon Stevens says that
when he sold the Mariposa grant foI
Gen. Fremont the latter realized 81
23S, SOC. He urged the general to put
$500, 900 into a trust fund. He was
at first inclined to listen to me, but
Mrs. Fremont was full of the idea that
it could be invested by him in specula-
ton, where it would yield him untold
millions. and she carried the day."
, 1890-12-07

Downton-Why did you have such
mn ugly looking cur as that stuffed and
placed under a glass case?
Upton with emotion) That dog
saved my life.
Downton-Welll well! Howl
Upton-When we got back from our
wedding tour my wife baked n cake
for me and the dog ate it.-New York
Weekly.
, 1890-12-07

Gold and silver Thin
pies. - w
Gold Eyeglasses and
specks. f............ 4 so 10 90
Call and see styles and prices.
, 1890-12-07
NEW GOODS ARE CONSTANTLY ARRIVING

istorica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
, 1890-12-07

AnIECJ If you want any cloth
IADlES! for dresses or cloaks we
will sell it at actual cost.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19
Resolutions of Iscspect,


At the regular meeting Of the Board Of
Directors OF the Commercial Bank, held
March Is, 1890, the following resolu.
tions we're adopted: @
WHEREAS, The Almighty Father in
His wisdom has taken from our midst
one OF our most esteemed and worthy
c0-workers and trusted officers, s, r
Hildreth, Esq, Cashier OF this Bank, il
seems lifting that We bear testimony to
our sorrow and loss; therefore,
FtsoltId, That our friend was worthy
OF the high regard in which we held
him, being i'll life kind, courteous and
obiging III all his intercourse with US,
with a2hish sense OF integrity, honor
and Justice, aud we feel that in his
death, we, with the community, have
sustained u loss greater than mere words
can tell, though called in the twinkling
OF an eye, yet he was ready, not found
sleeping when the Bridegroom came;
he 30 lived that when the summons came
he could wrap the drapery OF his couch
about him aud lie down to pleasant
dreams. May he rest in peace. 10 the
grieving wife and relations left to mourn
their loss we sincerely tender our warm.
eat sympathies in this greatest OF earthly
trials; may tho Great Comforter minis.
ter kindly to them. ~.
Resolved, That this action he spread
upon the minutes OF this Board and a
copy TO furnished to the bereaved family;
also copy furnished the city daily pa
pers, with request to publish same.
.Et }h W. T. BURT,
re W. A. WILSON,
NJ. W. AMIcK,
mag Committee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19
Notes. from the Wharf.

The river was still falling slowly last
night with depth OF 1G feet in the chan
mel according to the levee gauge. The
Keystone State passed down from Pitts
burgh enroute for Cincinnati at II 80 a,
ID. The Hudson passed up for Pitts
bureh at at p. IN. The Courier got of
for Parkersburg at ] p. N. The Elaine
departed Tor Pittsburgh at IA. H., and
the Abner O'Neal at q. M The Ark,
Mark Winnett, Josh Cook and Convoy
passed down during the day with tows
Of coal. This morning the Andes is the
regular Cincinnati packet, leaving the
wharf at a. M. The @. W. Bachelor
will pass up for Pittsburgh at about the
same hour. The Ben Hur departs for
Parkersburg at 1880 a. m. Tie Lizzie
Bay passed doVn enropte from Pitts
burgh To Charleston at an early hour this
morning. The new boat for the BAY
line will be somewhat different in plan
from that first devised. Capt. Bay SAYS
some arrangements, which were antici-
patcd for the upper trade, failed to ma
terialize, which necessitates the build
ing ola larger boat. The new boat will
be l75 feet long and 50 fct wide, or about
the size Of the Q. W. Bachelor, and will
be put in tho kanawha river trade, but
whether between tho upper Ohio and
Kanawha or lover Ohio and Rauawha
has mot yet been determined. In the
event Of its remaining in the Cincinnati
trade, the Louise may be put in the
Portsmouth and Huntington trade. The
name Henry u. Stanley, will also proba.
bly, be abandoned and ono more local to
the Kanawha region adopted.
At Pittsburgh last evening the river
showed depth OF 0 feet 9 lnches and
was falling. The coal shipments from
that port during iorty.eight hours end
ing at dusk last evening, aggregated
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19
HEAVY ADVANCE IN SODA ASH
As II Result Of the Strikes In England-E
feet on Glass Making.

A. II Result Of the Strikes In EuElnnd.Ef.
feet on Glnss Making. ..a
On Saturday the 1NTELLloRNcER con-
tanned copy OF letter received by n
prominent glass manufacturing firm in
this city, warning that firm, tbAt in case
the expected dock laborers' strike in
England took place, the price Of soda
ash would probably advance rapidly,
and that the article would become very
scarce, for the reason that there YVES at
that timo only three months supply
in the United Statep. "r L,l
Yesterday an 1NTERLLloENcER reporter
called on Mr.. X. a. McCabe, broker in
drugs and chemicals, to learn something
OF tho effect which the strike has had on
prices OF heavy English chemicals. Mr..
McCabc said that the latest quotations
on soda ash are from 8 to- 81 cents a
pound, in car load lots. This IL quite q
strong advance over the prices at which
a number OF factories contracted for soda
ash for tho present fire, those prices
ranging from ! LILO 10 II cents q pound.
Very few people are buying ut all except
for immediate use for the reason that az
soon as the strike is settled, immense
quantities will DO set ailout, and the
price is bound to drop very low. One oil
Mr.. McCabe's correspondents, however,
writes him that he can recollect distinct.
iy when soda ash was selling at ~ cents
pound, and was no scarcer
than it is now The factories which
have contracts for soda ash are
no better Off than those which have not,
for the reason that it Is not to be had.
To give some idea Of the amount OF soda
ash used in the manufacture Of glass 1t
may be said that ten.pot furnace rum
ming regularly will consume from TWEEN
ty-tve to thirty tons month. Common
lime glass, into which soda ash enters
largely, is usually calculated 10 cost from
three to four cents Il pound, and with
one Ingredient costing that much, glass
making becomes a very Improbable
business. Arsenic has also advanced
materially. 1t was quoted in New York
last Wednesday at 81 l24 a hundred and
on Saturday Ind gotten up to s. 60.
Bleaching powder, another chemical
used largely in tho manufacture Of pa.
per, was quoted last Wednesday ats AZ!
and on Saturday at g Is. These arti.
cles will continue to 90 up until the
supply is again in keeping with the de-
mund. '.f|."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19
More Funds FOR tho Hospital Association.

More Funds for tho Hospital Association.
Mr.. Walter Wheat, OF the firm Of
Hazlctt, Wheat 4 Hays, Secretary Of the
local post Of the r. P. A., which, by the
way, has practically passed out, of ex-
istence, is in receipt OF a check for $500
from Arbnckle & Co, the big coffee
house Of Pittsburgh, that sum being the
amount OF Hnc assessed against and
collected from prominent jobbing firm
Of this city, by Arbucklc & Co., the of.
Tense being that the jobbing house sold
Arbuckle's coffee under the standard
quotations. a short time since enough
members Of 'tpost B." the local branch
Of the 7. P. A., to hold a meeting, were
gotten together and the affairs OF the
organization wound up. When the post
was formed, about four years ago, it
started of with a boom, but interest was
allowed to lag aud the organization for
the past two years has been nothing
more than one in name only. When it
was wound up there were about $lOO in
the treasury; this amount 1t was deter
mined to turn into the fund Of the new
City Hospital Association, and it is
probable that Arbuckle's check for 500
will go with the other, thereby swelling
the hospital fund by about 5000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19

another In Indianapolis. He says he
has long had his eye on Wheeling
and believes that he can make a mu.
seum.theatre pay we'll here. He
has a property picked out, and II
he can secure control Of 1t will hand.
somely remodel It and put 1t in first.
class shape for his purposes. In case
he cannot secure this property ho has
the refusal OF splendid lot on which he
will build. The property he desires to
get, when remodele1, will accommodate
large curio hall and a theatre that will
hold about COO. Both properties In
question are on Market street. The nd.
mission to. these museums IL but 10
cents. reserved seats 10 cents MI T.; Scott
scum in Allegheny City; by being on a
circuit the attractions arc renewed each
| uppk '.L..'.. .F..' Mo- I'D"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19
AE0U1' PEOPLE.
Strangers In tho City and Wheeling People
Abroad.

Strangers In tho City nnd Wheeling People
gun Abroad.
Mics Ella T. Webster, OF Flushing
was in this city again yesterday.
Mr.. 0. O. Ilanlon, of the Barnesyille
Republican, was in this city yesterday.
Mrs. John o. McCalmpnt, formerly
Miss Jennie Simpson, Of this city, is
visiting her parents in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Il. Miller, oil
Morgantown, were among those regis.
tered at the Windsor yesterday.
Milt S. Harrison, of Pittsburgh, for.
merly vel. knownresident hereabouts
was at the Hotel Windsor yesterday.
Deputy John Whyte, OF Sheriff Steen.
rods office, is again on duty, after hav.
ing been on the sick list for week past.
Secretary George Heard, OF the Natu.
raj Gas Company Of West Virginia, ar
rived from Pittsburgh last evening and
registered at the Mcclure.
Superintendent J. J. Turner, OF the
Pan Handle, was in the city yesterday
consulting with Mr.. Belleyille, the COM
paDy's agent at this point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biscoe Hindman, OF Lou
isville, arrived at the Mcclure yesterday
evening. Mr.. Hindman is going to
engage in the insurance business.
Among those registered at the Stamm
yesterday were Dr.. J. julius Richard
son, of New AIartinsville, and J. J. and
W. G. Spencer, Of Bingamon, this State.
Mr.. David krakauer, Of Krakauer
Bros, the famous piano manufacturers,
Of New York, spent yesterday in this
city as the guest OF Mr.. Banner, the well
known music man. a
Professor Conrad A. -Sipe, OF Fair
mont, late. Principal OF the State Normal
School at that place, now general agent
for this State Tor the National Insurance
Company, is at the Stamm.
Captain Halleck, very clever gentle
man who spent greater portion Of last
year here experimenting some OF the
stone work done for the Union Rridge
Company, for which he had the contract,
is again in the city. He has the con.
tract for tho stone work in and about
the big Chapline hill tunnel, and will
remain here for some time,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19

~ "AASs
We are much surprised at the vast
amount of fancy family llours sold in this
market. Yesterday morning we noticed
trains Of fifteen and fourteen cars,
one at p, @. & St. L. and the other at
B. 4 0. yards, each car fancifully decor
ated and bearing tho words Electric
Light Flour Tor Jos. Speidel & Co.,
Wheeling, W. Va" = . -ias
Deeming these unusual shipments, we
made inquiry and found them of ire.
quent occurrence 10 this firm, and even
these mammoth shipments are INSULT
Gent to supply the continued growing
demand for this more than Justly Cele.
brated Flour. "Why," remarked tele.
graph operator, when they want quick
shipment We are all knocked out for about
an hour by speidel 4 Co. getting a car
Of Electric Light from Minneapolis via
Chicago. The merchants must have it,
and when Speidel & Co. can't get it
quick enough by express they just have
the manufacturer send it by wire"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-19

Rev. Joseph B. Jackson, pastor Of the
Wayman A. NJ. Z. Church, died yester.
day, alter having been sick for two weeks
with typhoid fever. ). The deceased
leaves wife and two children. Rev.
Mr.. Jackson had had charge fthis con.
gregation but short tine, haying come
here last March, but in that time his Eeo-
pie had come to regard him as a very
valuable man for their church and to
hold him In high esteem generally, and
his loss is one that will be ielt. The re-
mains will be taken Unionto wn, ): Pa, his
former home, for interment, on the early
train over the Baltimore \ Ohio this
morning. A committee from the con-
gregatlon will accompany tho bereayed
vile and children. / \. y, = e..