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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-04

~..H Dls. oShhEEF Ell l.AST TALk,
as ho is forced to leave for home. Thi,
is regretted by all and the Doctor leave;
followed by the well wishes OF all who
have heard him.
Alter short recess DR.. Payne contin,
ued the subject OF Psychology. In oul
teaching We ought to bring prominently
forward the second element of motive
the reasoning powers. A man that il
governed by feeling alone is universally
weak. Not that the head ia better that
the heart, bat the one should assist in
governingth other. Theyshould c0un
lerbalance each other, Us it were, Pain
lul stimulation should be aeldom used
Hence, never keep pupil after schoo,
unless absolutely necessary. An ex
animation is q test,ra motive.
He favored examinations, a. stated
periods. In speaking OF corporal pun
ishment, he said that 1t was mere senti.
ment to think striking pupil with the
rod is an unpardonable of,cnse. a
harsh word sometimes hurts much
worse than blow. He wes glad 20 know
that the rod was dropping out oi use i,
| lu6 lld Id du eVlNtuCp %
progress. All real progress is very slow
1t is to just such work as We are doiuI
to-day that the progress in oiuca'ion i
due. One OF the greatest powers in the
hands Of the teachers in diseiplinlnp
school Ia the delt application OF motive
The great power OF Christ's teachiu
lay 10 the fact that ho always assumed
that his pupils had learned their lesson
knew the scriptures. This gave hi
parah!ea sueh power. He would brin
together things that were similar ii
meaning, and thus cause his hearers +
see his meaning-he thought that ,hi
was the best way o. teaching morals.
To-day Dr.. Blaisdeil, OF the Fenlal
College, and Rev. F. W. f. pershaw, {
Wilmington, n. c., will take part in th
work Of tho lnatitute. Isf
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
nDo / Look Like n Lady?'

About thirty years ago a young CIR
in western city was given charge o
a Sunday school class of rough boys
usually known as river rats" WHIT
had never been in any school hous,
before. when she entered the room
she found them lounging on the desk
and benches, wearing their hats
putting vile cigars, a defiant leer OF
every face. They greeted her with {
loud laugh, and one OF them ex
claimed:
well, sis. you goin' to teach usp
She stood silent until the laugh
was ovar. and than said. quietly.
do l look like lady?''
An astonished stare was the only re-
ply which they gave.
Because" she continued gently,
gentlemen, when a lady enters the
room, take off their hats and throw
away their cigars"
The lowest American secretly be-
lieves himself to be a gentleman, and
in a moment every hat was off and the
lads were ranged in orderly attention.
So remarkable was the success of
this girl in managing and influencing
men OF the toughest sort that she made
it the work of her life, says the Youth s
Companion. She established clean
and respectable boarding-houses for
sailors and boatmen, and reading and
coffee-rooms for laborers, and founded
an Order of Honor, the members OF
which strove to live sober christia q
lives themselves and to help their fell
lows to do the same.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
Thank You.

Two men, sitting near each other on
a Chicago street car the other morn
Ing, were as unlike as any two men
living in the same social atmosphere
could we'll be. One was digniied and
solemn, the other aspired to be funny.
thing, speaking to no one in particular
but addressing himself to every one
who might hear. After awhile the
dignifed man, drawing himself up,
said:
You spit on me then, sir"
Thank you," the funny man repli-
What do you mean by thank you?''
the dignifed man asked.
"Oh, / like to be told of my faults
and pecularities so that l may correct
them. If you hadn't told me that
spit on you might never have known
it."
The passengers laughed uproarious-
ly and the funny fellow was delighted.
A few minutes elapsed and then the
dignifed man made another remark.
Sir" said he, you have spit on me
again"
Thank you kindly" the funny fel.
low replied. "Oh, I'm trying to dis.
tinguish myself by evidences of good
breeding and every time a foible is
called 10 my notice, why l am JUS
that much farther ahead on the road
Of improvement. /"
The dignifed man struck him in the
mouth.
You have knocked out my teeth!
howled the funny fellow.
Thank you?" said the dignified mar
as he swung himself from the car
Opie Reed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
GENERAL NEWS.

1t was one degree warmer at Norfolk Feb
than was ever before recorded in February
the glass indicating % degrees.
Columbia Co lege Trustees have purchased
land for an athletic fie and gymnasium.
Joseph P. Murphy, Philadelphia manufac.
turer Of cotton and wooden goods, has failed
for about half million.
The libel suit of Rev. DR.. Ball of Buffalo
against the New York Evening Post, growing
out OF the cleveland scandal in 1884, is on
trial in Buffalo.
The Hamburg-Amercan Steamship Com
pany's steamer Gellert, which arrived at New
York the other day, tolided with an iceberg
on Jan. 30. and two holes, each about foot
square, were stove in her side three feet from
the stern. The Gellert passed twenty ice
bergs on her passage, and encountered very
stormy weather.
Miss Alice Gibson and DR.. j. X. Mcguire,
an clipping couple from Gloucester. Mass
were married at Oswego, n. Y, Feb. 4. De
tectiyes who were following the couple were
given the slip and went on to Rochester, the
elopIng couple having purchased tickets at
Rome, N. Y, for that city.
Eight men killed by an explosion in Penn
sylvania mine.
A s125,0O0 fire at Kenosha. Wis, Sunday
morning, Feb. 2.
Hon. Seth Low has been inaugurated Presi-
dent of Columbia College.
The National Colored Convention has as
sembled at Washington.
GI-.>l. Sy..s1S...l Damn y xxvN 1Orh mas
selected a new Board of Directors. and the
latter has organized with Charles H. Leland
as President.
Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, the well-known
Presbyterian clergyman of New York city,
resigned his pastorate, the resignation to take
effect April 1.
About $4,000 was realized at the sale of
books from S. l.. NJ. Barow's library in New
York city. Representatives were present
from the Harvard College, Boston Public and
other libraries. John Breereton's ga Brief
and True Relation of the Discoveries of the
North Par of Virginia." published in Lon
don in 1903, was bought for $1125 by the
Lenox Library of New York city.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
MILITARY, NAVAL AND G., A. r.

The Second Corps of Cadets of Salem
Mass, recently gave a very reals ic camp fire
to crowded audience at its armory in Salem
The stage setting was very effect We, pine
trees being tastefully placed, aud wall tents
with bivouac fires making a strik ng tout ell
semb.e. There was the cluster of boys In
blue around the fire. and clouds of smoke
from the inevitable pipe. There were songs
instrumental music and collation..
About 400 members were present at the
opening of the morning session of the Maine
Grand Army convention at Augusta, +, b. 4
and i'll the afternoon the hall was filled to the
doors. General John d. Anderson of Gray
was chosen commander on the first ballot-the
vote standing: Anderson, 24o: l.. L. Miller OF
Waldoboro, 149. Other officers elected were
Senior Yice-commander, NJ. G.. Wadswo rth,
Gardner; Junior vice-commander, John ID.
Wi liams. Portland; chapl in, Charles South
ard Biddeford: medical director, George E.
Brickett, Augusta; members of council of
administration, +. r. Buck of Skowhegan,
A. L. Nickerson of Swanville. The officers
were installed by Past Department Com
mander General Seldom Connor. 1t was
voted to establish permanent headquarters at
Portland. FIVE hundred and fifty plates
were laid for the lanquet in Grsnite hall in
the evening. Speeches were made by Gen
eral Alger, the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and
others.
The report of Adj.tant General Kelton
upon the militia force of the United States
was sent to the Senate Feb A. 1t shows the
strength of the militia of the States to consist
of 1897 commissioned officers. 81 1913 enlisted
men, and 120, 49S not organized, hut available
for military duty; of the Territories, 214
officers, 1865 men and 101, 1913 availables; of
the District of Columbia, al officers, 1913
men and $4,000 availables, making a grand
total for the United States of 1852 officers,
103, 1872 men and 1852, III availables. Several
of the States either have no regular militia
or have made no return to the Adjutant Gen
eral. Among those States are Arkansas.
Florida, South Dakota and Washington.
New York is the banner militia State, with
743 commissioned officers, 13,47S men and
650,000 availables; Pennsylvania following,
with 62S officers, 1865 men and 695,905 a, all
ables. Ohio ranks third, the Buckeye State
having 375 officers, 4544 enlisted men and
900, 900 availables.
Coonel Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton,
Grand Army Commander in the Department
in New Hampshire, has made the following
staff appointments: George B. Lane of Laco-
mia, Assistant Adjutant General; A. j. Far
rar of L"conia, Assistant Quartermaster Gen.
eral; Alvin Burleigh of Plymouth, Judge
Advocate, and Charles X. Parsons of STRAIT
ford, Chief mastering Officer. The depart
ment headquarters will be removed from
Concord to Laconia.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
Bottles for Tears.

Before the days of la grippe, when
the ladies of Pompeii were the bellies
of the day, posed as the professional
beauties and, for all we know, had
their photographs taken and got a
percentage on them, well bred people
didn't cry in handkerchiefs. They
dropped their tears slowly and grace
fully into walls of cut glass that had
gold shoppers set about with precious
stones. There can be no doubt that
the woman with Thoughts upon grace
full pose practiced with her tear bottle
before her mirror, and can there be
anything more touching than, when
ones best young man was off to the
wars, sending him by registered letter
a little note saying: you have all
my heart and these are the tears /
have wept for you since your absence ~
The tear bottle could be enclosed as
practical proof, and the maiden ia ir
would write on the outside of the en-
velope in large letters: "Glass-please
do not stamp too hard" Those, in
deed, were the days of romance. I'm
doubleday some very fetching young
women, who appreciated the impress
sion made by a bottle of tears. but
didn't like getting a red nose, had their
slaves do the weeping for them, and
physically cultured themselves by ad
ministerfng to the slaves a good sound
whipping so that they might have
something to weep for.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13

this, he placed barrel of -four upon
his shoulder, and followed this up by
lifting $500 pounds Of pig-iron with a
plank as the hold. His tremendous
development will dwarf both Sampson
and Sandow and render contest
among these giants decidedly interest
ing.
The remarkable feats accomplished
by these strong men will not suffer by
comparison with the Wanted deeds oil
the ancients. Milo, the old ox-killer.
who used to gorge himself on twenty
pounds of meat and fifteen pints oil
wine at a sitting, may have had
nobler appetite than our modern
athletes, who are trained on scientific
principles, but he would have shrunk
from a bout with St. Cyr, had the lat
ter play invited him to lift q plat
form with twenty men sitting on 1t.
Even Tommy Topham, the famous
Englishman who in 1886 lifted three
hogsheads of water, bent pokers across
his neck and arms and Strengthened
them out again with his fingers, could
hardly have held his own against such
a redoubtable champion as this Cana
dian. The records given above go
very far to prove that the modern
athlete is in every particular the SUI
perior of his pred cessors.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
The Old Mans Foresight.

The money which John Jacob Astor
gained in trade he wisely invested in
real estate in New York city, foresce-
ing. as few Of his contemporaries fore
saw, its future greatness. Transmit
ting to his son, William B. Aston, not
only the fruits of his toll, but the wis
dom that he had acquired by expert
ence, he enabled him to continue the
work he had begun with almost equal
success. His grandchildren have
gone on in the same path, investing
their surplus income in new purchases
of land and in erecting buildings upon
that which they already had until they
have become the largest owners OF
real estate in New York city. They
have so many houses and stores to rent
that they prefer taking low prices from
good tenants TO running the risk
which small owners are ready to en-
counter to obtain a little larger in
come. 1t is, therefore, really more
advantageous for a merchant to hire
his dwelling and his place of business
from the Astors than from any one
else, and far cheaper for him than TO
own the property himself.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13

ST. CRY WITH 250-POUND nUMB BELL.
length of the steel chain bracelets with
his biceps and burst the wire ropes
with his nectoral muscles, men rose in
the audience and waved bank notes OF
of big denominations as an invitatio on
to Sampson to beat the white-skinned
Sandow If he could, but the former
sulked and declined. Sandow then,
after lightly tossing a 150-pound
bell In the air a few times to keep his
hand In while the judges consulted,
performed trick that caused Sampson
10 collapse. He placed chain around
his back and neck and proceeded to
lift the 15O-pound dumb-bell with his
hands. The chain snapped, the Brit
ishers yelled and the referee declared
that the Pomeranian had beaten the
Metz man out of sight.
When these two, with Sampson
incognito comrade, Cyclops, cross the
Atlantic, they will meet competitors
worthy OF their prowess. Louis St Cyr,
the Canadian Hercules,n who has
challenged Sampson and Sandow, is
20 years OF age, and is a man of su-
pero development, standing feet 109
inches tall and weighing S23 pounds;
MS mesh and muscles are as hard as
OAK and he Is probably the best weight
Inter ever seen in this part OF the
globe. Another challenges is Denis
tIailagher, muscular athlete who
formerly resided in Buffalo, and
whose specially is Lancashire wrest-
ing The Buffalo boy doesn't care to
attempt and chain-breaking feats at
present, he prefers to test the strength
ana skill OF the giants at a bout Of
collar-and elbow wrestling. or catch
as-catch-can for any amount
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13

Some highly amusing stories are told
about these contests. Sampson, who
is not the herculean person in appear
ance that his feats would seem to i'm
ply, is native of Metz, the son of a
French mother and Spanish father.
He speaks seven languages, plays SON.
atlas on the piano with the delicate
touch of a girl, and has a biceps
measuring fourteen and half inches
Ia repose and nineteen and a half
inches when he wrestles with an iron
rod or wire rope. His chest meas
urement is A inches, but when he in
flates his lungs he adds several inches
to this figure.
Sandow is a Pomeranian and was
born at Konigsberg twenty-five years
ago. For four years he has been train
ed by Prof. Attila, one OF the best
known athletic teachers in Germany.
His development is superior to that of
Sampson, his chest measurement be-
ing Ash inches and his biceps and fore
arm each from to u inches larger
than those of his rival. He weighs
POP pounds when in condition. San
dow performed in London before the
leading sporting men OF England,
eclipsing SIMPSONS most difficult
feats, breaking chain bracelets and
wire ropes with his forearms and bend
ing heavy iron rods by striking them
across his chest his arms and
his thighs. The bracelet chains
which had a resistance OF $500
pounds were snapped like pipe
stems. Among those who wit
messed these extraordinary trials OF
strength were the marquis of Queen
berry. Lord de Clifford and Capt.
MOlos OrGh, who sSctco US judges As
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
new RULES OF THE HOUSE.
The Republican Caucus Decides on
Important Changes.
quorum Deflned-Discretionery Powers
Given the Speaker-Most Striking Fea-
lures of the Proposed Rules.

The draft of the proposed rules of the
House OF Representatives, which were sub.
United to the Republican caucus Feb, 3. al
washington, hy the Committee on Rules
Tor the consideration, and which was, with
some notifications, unanimously improved
Is formidable document. 1t consists OF
~ pages, octave size, and is Incorporated
into code OF 46 rules. These rules differ i'm
great many important particulars from the
rules or the last House, or from the rules of
any preceding House.
Article l, rule 3, provides: s'Every member
snail be present within the hall of the House
during its sittings, unless excused or neces-
sarlly prevented and shall vote on each uues-
ton once, unless he has direct personal or
peeuniary interest in the advent of such a
question"
Article 8 of Rule Is, relative to the call of
the roll OF the House. provides:
On the demand of any member the names
OF members present and not voting on any
call by the Speaker, by the ayes and navs,
shall be noted by the Clerk under the suner-
vision OF the Speaker, and shall be recorded
IN the journal and Congressional Record i'm
medlately after the names of those yoti, in
the affirmative and negative under the head
OF present and not voting, and shall be fol-
lowed bv the names of absent members,
winch shall be entered under the head of
absentees."
The provision for providing for the atten-
dance of quorum is rigid. 1t is found in
article OF rule 10 and is as follows:
In the absence of quorum, fifteen men,
6ers. including the Speaker, if there is one,
shall be authorized to compel the attendance
OF absent members, and in all calls of the
House the doors shall be closed and the
names of the members shall be called bv the
Clerk and the absentees noted, and those for
whom no sufficient excuse is made, by order
OF majority of those present, be sent for
and arrested wherever they may be found.
by officers to be appointed by the Sergeant
alarms Tor that purpose, and their attend
ance secured and retained, and the House
shall determine upon what condition they
shall be discharged,
Ample powers are given to the Speaker to
prevent di atory and filibus.ering motions in
clause of rule IL, which is as follows:
Pending amotion to suspend the rules, the
speaker may entertain one motion that the
House adjourn, but after the result thereon is
announced re sha not entertain any other
dilatory motion till the vote is taken on the
suspension"
Article 10, rule 16, makes it very clear what
one OF the objects of the new rule is. That
article is as follows: mo dilatory motion
shall be entertained by the Speaker" II is
left to discretion OF the Speaker to deter
mine what dilatory mo ion Is.
The new rules make more stringent pro-
visions as to the officers of the House, and
they are required 10 take an oath to keep the
secrets Of til House. Provision Is made that
the House shall have secrets as well as the
Senate.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
The Beck Tragedy at Hopkinton

The latest information in connection with
the Beck tragedy at Hopkinton, n. H., Is that
some jewelry and clothing have been found
in the Beck farmhouse, which, 1t Is thought,
may have belonged to Calvin Beck and his
wife. A citizen of Hopkinton, who Is in
Concord, says that he was well acquainted
with Ca, win 'Reek, who is supposed to have
been murdered by Perley Beck, who was
frozen to death, and he states that Calvin
Beck was not of fully sound mind, and that
his eccentricity showed itself in various ways.
He SAYS it Is not improbable that Calvin,
being of an adventurous disposition, may
have gone on some long journey and have
died among strangers. The only practical
object in ascertaining the whereabouts of
Calvin, II living, is in order to make legal
distribution of the estate of the two brothers.
If proof of Calyin's death can be obtained,
the two nieces will inherit his property, as
well as that of Perley Beck, lately deceased.
going to New York city, wht re Calvin own
ed real estate, and will follow up every clue
of him that he can discover,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
THE FOLLOWING Is A PARTIAL LIST OF
OFFERINGS d REAL ESTATE

ved into age wood timber place and running
saw mill within onehrd mne soil strong and productive and farm would be
ance 800 per year.
buildings good good price 5000
l5o dollars down balance 50 dollars year.
Dwelling Hyde village buildings
dollars down. bal
so dollars Good water premises.
Building enpsing and in
200 dollars into land and labor will
he n ahn o contas % ONE
desires Price according land taken
Hyde village pages
Block" Price 81 800 300 down. balance 100 dollars
Sixty Acres Timber
o zan but is subject to an annual rental Of s VIII sell my
miles sawmn bad hills between mill and
and $50 in two two dollars paid
The Newcity called
orchard $50 good orchard
zad house. odhad han ae hon h Ga n e. @ ,d "a s
Farm well watered well
7O 1t into the list 81 AGO. at which price will sell Terms $500
down--balance dollars
Catsbury 2
from Hyde Park village distance from Worthwhile; of land
house barn. school house good soil pleasant location wiz
sell for s4OO15O dollars down, balance so dollars
One Saw MIL known the smaey mill about two
village This good custom mill having from $50 $50 thousand
past years
from 100 400 thousand of market lumber the
mill the part of Hyde Park and the from that
section the this mill there being other than Morris
support
N 1t WILL when well managed yield better income than farm worth
lars
the
village Centrevie
Morre miles
having the successful thrifty
land worth menoning nearly level has good and extra
basement
2o with ell in which Kitchen wodhed
house No repairs will be required of these buildings
situation main Price which
price goes into grand O down balance 500
Immediately; viii
desired
An examination the property will show believe that have
placed valuation below what good judges would appase but
determined close it out and relieve myself the of the
earliest practicable Parties desiring safe and paying invest
will find this property well worth their examination To such
for their either of the parcels of real above
offered confidently recommend CHEAP of the above
described lots.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
Foreign.

The United States steamer Yorktown was
delayed at Port Mahon, Minorca, to bury
Sergt. Crane, who died of influenza.
Sir. E. j. Monson, British minister to
Greece, to whom as arbitrator was referred
the dispute between the United States and
Denmark arising from the Butterfeld claim
for damages for vessels lost near st. Thomas,
West Indies, many years ago, has decided in
favor of Denmark on a ! the points involved.
Portugal is willing to submit the questions
in dispute with England to the conference
now sitting at Brussels, but would prefer a
special conference. Spain, France, Italy,
Austria and Russia favor the holding IA
confe ence. Germany has made no official
statement as to her position OH the subject.
The despatch further states that Mr.. Glynn
Petre, the British minister at Lisbon, has in
formed the Porlugue government that Eng
land will agree to the holding of conference.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-13
Finances of Concord. Nh.

The financial condition of the city, Jan. 1,
1890, was as follows: Municipal debt, $685.
500; not funded, s19,17S; total, SS2,67S.
Available assets: Cash in treasury, S47 $50 !;
taxes uncollected, S21 ,944; liquors, &C., in
agency, SS1S; due from rent of land at West
Concord, $40; due from Merrimack county,
1850; total, SIS, 221. Indebtedness above
assets, S7456; Indebtedness above assets, Jan.
1, 1889, Sl7,374; decrease during the year,
S9918; net precinct debt above assets, $780,
900; aggregate indebtedness Of city and pre-
CT ct over available assets, Jan. l, 1890, S474,-
446.51; aggregate Indebtedness of city and
precinct over available assets Jan. l, 1899,
s49o, 1854 So; decrease for the year, s16,-
h19