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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21
Tile WHEELING r0sTUfflCE.

A Resume of TIM business OF tho last Ysnr,
which nhows Whcelins's Growth-A Re.
mnrkable Record. M
Below will be found come statistics Of
the business Of the Wheeling postoiice
In tho last fiscal year which arc worthy
OF the attention OF all citizens. The
record Is in all respects creditsble and
Ia n few remarkable. 1t certainly
speaks volumes for Postmaster Cowdenis
administration that in this year the
revenues OF the Office increased and the
expenses decreased. The former is no
doubt duo to the growth Of the city,
but the latter could only he due to in.
tclligent and careful administration Of
the office.
It Is also a notable fact that out OF the
large number OF pieces OF mail matter
received here every day. the number
advertised only averaged "a per day, and
this in spite OF the large number of
Italian, Hungarian and other transient
residents, all OF whom receive more or
less mail. Out OF over 1000, 600 pieces
Of mail matter handled, but n little over
1000 were sent to the dead letter office.
Following is the statement:
GENERAL BUSINESS.
Received from sale Of s'amrs, postal
cards. envelopes, 10, SIS IS
Received from the sale Vt special re.
quest envelopes .,......... ............. 1901 10
Received ffom publishers and news
agents for periodical samps...,..... 1867 C5
Received from box lent. "."...."...... al 50
Totat revenue OF ...Sj- SIS 20
Amount deposited by other poslmas.
ters"s"".".'..-""- ....... ..... .............. 1851 20
Amount received iron Nil sou.ccs. e. ..S59, 752 lG
EXPENDITURES.
Amount paid route nsents ......... ........sll.7A 70
Amount paid letter arrtots......... 0,CS9 y
Amount llid postmaster, clerks and
Office e1pe1ses"m....""""..-.. ".-... 1895 Is
Amount paid carriers expenscs"....-. i26 50
Amount deposited with Treasurer Of
onileu e 1855 50
$500 10
REHABILITATION.
Total revenue OF office ....... So, So3 90
Total expenses OF ollce. ................... 2i,0Il 30
Net income tprolt to Department. rs, $50 50
Fer cent expenses to gross recetrls--.. As
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 80. tSg.
Gross receipts ...... ....... -. IL, $40 Ct
Total expense" n ,3Dl II
Mct NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ................sl3,01 S Il
Fer cent expenses to gross rcCelpts.... 81
4 gain over 1859 Of per cent.
PRE- DELIVERY DIVISION.
Number OF carriers. Is
Number Of substitute carrie rs. .........., .
Niles OF street within carriers limits...... ~
oeiiNcty trips ualiE Sc
COLLECTION trips daily:.".-.....".............. 50
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21

ROUGH ON TOOTlIAGHE. l5c. At prusp!sts.
ROUGH ON CoRSs. Hard or soft co1ns. iSc, !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21
Picnic Grounds.

Punlry and strength combined in En-.
terprise Baking Powder,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21

The finest In the land, Ohio Valley
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21

The thermometer ct Schnept's drug
store, Opera House corner, yesterday,
registered Us followa:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21

Remember we are still selling
Twenty pounds Light Brown sugar........sl &C
Sixteen pounds Standard A sugAr.. .... ] %
Fifteen pounds Standard Granulatcd Sugar l co
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21
Indications,

Z O. m..."".,.".". ~ y p. m.."."....mr.s )
. q. .....n.,.".... 70 p. n............... Il
y m-.~.....-........... 81 Weather-Fair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Now listen. Seven hundred millions
of dollars is the snug sum which this
Christian Nation spent last year for
rum, wine and beer. At least SO the
National statistical bureau affirms.
Would it be too much to add twice THAI
amount for the direct and indirect bad
consequences of the traffic? Twenty
one hundred millions Of dollars! But
what is the sense of talking about dol
lars when you undertake to estimate
poverty, wretchedness, blight, tears
bleeding hearts, the ruin of home, body,
mind, soul, eternity? This is the dar-
ling that is SO tenderly fondled by poll
ticians, and protected so carefully by
the laws of the Nation an6 Common
wealth. But the monste: will not al
ways be used so we'll. His Judgment
day is coming-aye, is almost here
Epworth Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

ness, can tell you. 1 never was so
happy as when sitting down to meal
she had prepared, and all would have
gone we'll if had not engaged private
coachman.
This fellow Thomas had to make love
to my cook. He wanted to marry her
and 1 saw that the only way to keep my
cook was to marry her myself if she was
willing.
interviewed her at once and said she
couldn't go.
'But I've promised Thomas and 1
must not break his heart" said Mrs.
Rugby. "I'm too sensitive mater to
strifle with any one else's feelin's, SIR"
groaned and shut my eyes.
"Any thing else, sir?" said Mrs.
Rugby.
81 shall starve," said 1.
"No," said Mrs. Rugby. "You won't
relish your vittles, but you'll eat 'em.
There's many'n be glad to do for you"
Again she vanished. This time l did
not send for her again. 1 sent for
Thomas.
Thomas" said, as he came in WHIP
Ing his mouth-doubtless Mrs. Rugby
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
MYSTIC NUMBERS"
They Are All Submultiples of tho Great
Number 5,040.

Number 5,O4O.
The London Spectator has been treat
ing recently the subject Of "Mystic
Numbers"-a subject always interesting
to many minds, and, to some, fascinat-
ing. A correspondent Of the Spectator
points out "that the numbers mentioned
in the Hebrew and Christian prophecies
are all submultiples of the great num-
Der 5,O40, which Plato lays down as the
basis of land division in well-org anized
state, in his fifth book of Laws, chapters
viii and tx. This number is divisible
by all the integers, and by forty-nine
divisors BESIDES namely, by 10, IA, IS,
16, Is, 20, 81, "a, 2S, 80, IS, Sc, 40, 40; by
45 (the sum of the digits), As, Sc, 60, 63,
70, u, so, 81, 80, l05, 112, 100, 1876, 140,
IA, 1868, $50, 21O, 24O, 252, $50, 3l5 (the
accurate cycle which embraces in one
system the movements of the sun and
NOON, 1856, $50, 400, 5O4, $50, $50. 720,
$40, ZOOS, 1860, 1,GSO, and $3.50" Plato's
expression is that the number 5,040
''can not be cut into more than sixty
parts wanting one; but there are con-
tinuOus divisions of it up to ten" The
Spectator correspondent continues:
Five thousand and forty expresses
also the possible organizations in a
chime of seven bells, by the seventh
multiplication OF the integers in success
sion. The last of these divisors Of 5, 040,
viz. $3.50. constitutes the seven times
or Chaldee years of $50 days, Of which
the half is 1850 days or 40 months,
assigned as important epochs in the
Books of Daniel and the Apocalypse,
ETC. Whether the Hebrews learned the
quality Of the number 5,040 from the
Greeks, or the Greeks from the Hebrews,
or both from higher source, / can not
Sell; but it is at least an indication that
some special arithmetical intelligence
guided the prophets of Palestine in the
numerical marks attached SO persist
emily to their predictions"
The phrase 81 can not tell" is a
modest expression regarding the source
from which the Greeks AID Hebrews
learned the qualify Of the number 5,O40.
Whether the Hebrew prophets were
guided by some special arithmetical
intelligence or not is question con-
corning which opinions vary; but the
pursuit Of an answer to it (Which may
begin conveniently by way of the late
Dr.. Milo Mahan's "Palmoni" and "Mys-
tic Numbers''), as we have remarked,
does exert a high degree of fascination
in many cases. Other persons, not like
minded with these, and impatient OF
the whole matter, find grateful relief in
Lorl Saltire's remark that after adding
She ten commandments, "if you divided
the whole by the five foolish virgins,
and pitched Tobit's dog neck and heels
into the result, you would find yourself
much about where you started. IN. Y
Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
~ NFWI
TENTED FACTS.

THE expenditure for liquors and mar
cotics absorbs the net proceeds of one
days work of the world per week.
TIE Russian Duchy of Finland has
Temperance League, Blue Ribbon
movement a form of Good Templary
nodded by Government orders and cof-
fee-house movement.
INDIANA has three and one-half times
as many saloon-keepers az teachers,
and fourteen saloon-keepers for every
minister of the Gospel.
THE Woman's Tribune believes that
if the liquor traffic could be abolished
there would be almost no crimes against
women, such as are now daily reported.
One who has kept record says that in
the last two years two thousand and
nine hundred wives have died Of brutal
treatment committed by husbands while
under the influence of liquor. If cholera
had killed as many in the same time
what call would have gone up for re-
pressive measures.
The Indian Witness says in regard to
the teaching of scientific Temperatures:
''School education has great part to
play in bringing in the day when all
men will see that Intoxicating liquor Of
any kind is always harmful as
beverage. We must have text
books in every school in India,
teaching the rising generation what
alcohol does for the blood, the
nerves. the stomach, the brain. We
must have our school-houses hung with
diagrams showing alcohol poison in tho
tissues of the body"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
TIMES HAD CHANGED.
The Old Gentleman Would Not Allow
Familiarity TO Breed Contempt

The Old Gentleman Would Not Allow
Familiarity TO Breed Contempt.
At Sumter, S. c., there was a large
crowd of colored people at the depot as
the train pulled in. An old bald-hoaded
Uncle Jerry had his head out of tho
coach set apart for colored passengers,
and man on the platform recognized
him and called out:
Hello, Misser Stiversl is dat yo'?"
The old man looked straight at him,
but made no response.
Hello! Misser Stivers!"
No response.
"Say, Misser Stivers, has yo' losted
yo' hearing?" persisted the man, as he
drew nearer.
boy, was yo' talkin' to me?" sternly
demanded the old man.
"Sartin. What's de matter?"
"Boy, does yo' want any thing of me?"
"Why, how yo' talk! Reckon yo' has
got de hoodoo."
"Does yo' evidently reckon yo' knows
me?"
"Of co'se knows yo'. Yo' is ole man
Stivers."
when did yo' know me?"
Last fall. Why, dun worked wild
yo' fur three months"
"An' when yo' dun worked wild mo
what was a-doin'?"
"Drivin' dem nevis for Kurnel john
son."
Exactly, sab. But I want yo' to un-
derstan' dat dere is heap O. difference
atwixt drivin' dem nevis fur Kurnel
johnson an ridin' on de kivered kyars
along wild white folks. might a-knowed
yo last fall, sab, but if yo' now desiah
to permeate any elongated conversashun
wild me yo' mus git some 'sponsible
gem'len to introduce yo'n'-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
A Fashion Writer'S Predictions,

Hoopskirts and one-outton gloves are
imminent, says London writer A
strong fight will be made against the
incoming of the hoop, and as for the
long-wristed mousquetaire or buttoned
Swedish kid glove, it bids fair, spite of
all opposition, to retain its popularity
throughout this generation. The re-
Election that even the most subservient
followers of style, in obedience TO the
changes and caprices Of fashion, will
ever again consent to the dire and ex-
treme limitations of single-button
glove, after enjoying the comfort and
luxury and grace of six or eight-but-
ton, would seem quite impossible; yet
over and over again has history repeated
itself in this very matter of short and
long gloves, the long-wristed glove and
the gauntlet having been favored and
then discarded by both Kings and
Guiana at "Sntnrias nast-N. Y. Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

mad made him some peculiarly exquisite
diSh-"Thomas, sit down. / want you
to listen to me. hear you are going to
rob me of Mrs. Rugby. Pm surprised,
Thomas. | disapprove."
Were both Of age and we amt bond
cd Slaves" said Thomas.
''But think OF me-" said I.
"We did talk you over,'' said Thomas,
sand one spell we thought of staying
along of you, but the restaurant seemed
better, and you don't want your wife to
hcv other interests, you know, eff you
amt jealous
"Thcn you won't stay?" says I.
NO, sir, thankee. It's good place."
said Thomas, "but I'm an Englishman,
and want my home to be my castle. l
did think of marrying little chamber
maid down the street. Pritty as pict-
ure and only seventeen, but she hadn't
saved any thing and Mrs. Rugby had
done wonderful. What's warts on the
nose and a tri1e of fat to that? If the
other had her savings, why, Of course
but she hasn't"
Glow much has Mrs. Rugby saved?"
asked.
He told me, and 1 allowed him to 60.
lie could be bought off, perhaps, but
what was Mrs. Rugby's price?
That evening l resolved to discover.
Thomas had gone to SEQ to the horses.
Picnic, the assistant, was away with
her young man. / went down into the
kitchen and found Mrs. Rugby sitting
before the range with handkerchief to
her eyes. She uttered a little scream
and arose.
''Sit down, Mrs. Rugby" said I. 'I'll
take chair. What soup you made me
to-day! What roast! What salad!
can not live without you! Think of my
misery if you go!'
81 do" sighed Mrs. Rugby.
"Then stay" said 1.
"You can't expect mo to break
Thomas heart" said she.
you rather break mine," said I.
cit amt your heart as is injured, it's
your stomach, SIR" said Mrs. Rugby.
''Ah! l know it we'll"
They say it's the way to a mans
heart" said I.
Mrs. Rugby looked at me.
81 have come to make you give it up"
said I-"this idea of leaving me. What
can l say?"
''Thc only thing you could say you
WON'T" said Mrs. Rugby. "Im offered
a decent husband and 1 shan't give
him up unlness I'm offered better"
But if you were offered better"
said l.
"Id consider it," said Mrs. Rugby.
paused. l struggled with myself.
But faint likely in fortnight"
said the widow.
paused. looked at Mrs. Rugby.
She took the cover from saucepan
near by and looked in. Such delicious
aroma arose that l quivered in every
nerve.
"a new DISH" said I.
"Originai," said Mrs. Rugby.
ceased to struggle with myself.
"Mrs. Rugby, would be a better Of
fer?" said.
II so consider you, SIR" said Mrs.
Rugby. ....
''Then marry me and stay" said 1.
Poor Thomas" sighed Mrs. Rugby;
"but must own you have had my af-
fections for years, sir"
l had a scene with Thomas next
morning, but he allowed himself to be
bought off. lie married the pretty
chambermaid, and has started the res
taurant. AS for me, l married Mrs.
Rugby last week, and on the eve Of the
honeymoon my vito said, briskly:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
Tho Offspring of Drunkards.

The following is the scheme by
which Prof. PRATT Ebing shows how
nature disposes of the offspring OF
drunkards:
First Generation. Moral depravity,
alcoholic excess.
Second Generation. Drink mania.
attacks of insanity, general paralysis.
Third Generation. Hypochondria.
melancholia, apathy and tendency to
murder. ....
Fourth Generation. Imbecility,
idiocy and extinction OF family"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
"My dear, how about a cook?"

"My dear, how about cook?"
Surely, you don't need cook, my
love-" said I. "You, with your
talents"
'If you think I'm going to cook now
am lady you're much mistaken" re-
piled my wife.
1--WE had quite enough of it. You
gets cook or you goes without your
dinners"
Good reader, pity ne.-Buffalo News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Tommy (surprised) - Why, papa,
thought one spoonful of sugar was al
ways enough for my coffee!
Tommy's papa-This is a restaurant,
my son. Take all the sugar you want
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Bronson-A New York shoemaker
suggests that if men would adopt the
English fashion of keeping boots on
trees they would get ten times the wear
out of them.
Dumloy-What kind of trees? Oaks
or elms?
Bronson--A witty fellow like you,
Dumley, ought to use a chestnut
Light.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Mr.. Johnsing-Miss Lubly, won't you
faber de cumpany wild little song dis
ebenin'?
Miss Lubly-Not dis che, Mister John
ing! Oar amt no music in me when
isn't got on my accordian' skirt! So
you'll hab ter excuse me. deed you will,
Mister Johnsing!-Texas Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Stout Man lin office of the Magic
Elixir Company)-What's the effect of
your medicine upon a stout person?
Proprietor of Magic Elixir-It's the
finest thing in the world, sir, to reduce
superfluous flesh.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
MY BLUNDER.
How I Secured Wife and Lost a
Cook.

AM a married man,
just turned fifty,
and l think l have
been very shabbily
treated, to say the
least. You see as
a bachelor l was
very fond of good
living, and when
the husband OF our
porter was killed,
the widow, NJ rs.
Rugby, consented
to cook for me. She
did know her buSi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Thin Man lin same otficej-How does
your preparation act upon thin man?
Proprictor-Oh, it will build you up
in very short time. There's absolutely
nothing like it, sir, to make flesh
Light.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

Voice from Speaking Tube-Helpl
H-e-l-p! I've caught a man in my roomi
Oh. what shall do?
Clerk Ito himself)-That's that funny
old maid in 40.
Clerk Through the tube)-Lock the
door; you'll never have chance to catch
another. Tho Jury.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-19
TuberOses.

Editor Floral Department.:
Tuberoses are surely among the lowell
est of flowers, and I do not know OF any
thing that more literally and handsome
ly rewards one for the pains taken in
growing them.
| speak from experience. Two years
ago, obtained small lot of "sets"
from Mr.. Walter N. Pike, which planted
according to directions. heseincreased
during the year six to ten fold. After
pulling off the new formed sets, (having
previously cellared them for couple of
months,) | planted the old bulbs in a
separate bed, well fortified, giving them
all occasional hoeing.
They began blooming in the summer,
and kept on through the fall and winter
sending up their spikes of creamy fra
grant flowers, the ones blooming in
midwinter being by lar the finest as re-
CARDS the profusion of forets on one
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-19
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Consider the Lilies.

Among the families of flowers there is
not sweeter or more gracious one than
the lily. There are two members of the
familynatives OF this State, they multiply
their kind and settle all Florida with love-
lychildren. Their names are Fairy and
Catesby. Fairy named first, because
purest, has white rose tinted face and
delicate fragrant breath 1t is slender
and frail, bu t will survive easily if encour-
aged. Catesby is more gorgeous than an
Eastern king-even Solomon in all his
glory-with it's attire OF gold and scarlet.
1t is healthy and strong While other
more laggard numbers of the family wait
their coming till the summer months,
these are with us in mid winter and fall
They should indeed be cordially vel
coined and recognized in every State.
REX HANOVER.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-19
Ma TUR Els MINISTRY.

How gently Nature guides us! Take her hand
And she shall lead thee through the fairy-land
OF beautiful existence. Round thy head
Fancy will weave her garlands for thy tread
carpet OF delight, and a sweet hint
OF life renewed shall glow in thy cheeks tint,
Soft. bright and luminous; and thy glad eve,
In which a love of lifes delights shall lie,
Shall shine as a new luster, as the stream
Takes on new light with each bright penciled
beam.
TO Natures influence ope thy bosom's door,
And likelier guests shall bide there than before,
heaven-born love iumng everything;
Sweet thoughts borne upward thy spirits
wing;
And aspirations which all heavenward yearn,
Like the sweet odOrs of some incense urn
All !! life has deeper, purer holer springs,
And all created seem as sacred things
When we draw nigh unto sweet Natures heart
And feel the Antean strength she can impart.
How all her votaries she loves o bless!
She leads to health. and hope, and happiness,
And by her tender touches tunes the strings
VI the hearts hard-worn harp, until it sings
The melodies of Heaven. Calm must they lie
Who would know most of Natures ministry.
That soul knows truest worship who can find
The link which binds to God all human kind;
Sweet hope and aspiration fill his life
Too full of Joy to be at outward strife
And all his being sets with steady force
Through lifeS short circuit to it's heaven born
source;
While faith. like q fair angel, fits before,
TO Ope, with loves bright key, Heavens golden
door. -Vick'S Magazine
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-19

Catarrhal Deafness = Hay Fever a
New Home Treatment

Sufferers are not generally ware that
these dis Eases are contagious, orthat they
are due to the presence of living para
sites in the lining membrane of the nose
and eustachian tubes Microscopic re-
search, however, has proved this to be
a fact, and the result of this discovery is
thatf simple remedy has been formula
ted whereby catarrh, catarrhal deafness
and hay fever are permanently cured in
from one 10 three simple applications
made at home by the patient once in
two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not snuff
or an ointment; both have been discard
ed by reputable physicians as injurious.
A pamphlet explaining this new treat
ment is sent On receipt of three cents in
stamps to pay postage by A. H. Dixon
& Son, 337 and $50 West King Street,
Toronto, ada.-Christian Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrh troubles should
carefully read the above.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-03-19
Famous Trees.

An interesting lecture was recently de-
livered by Prof. Rothrock on Famous
Trees at the Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. The follow
ing account is taken from the Ledger:
Trees, the lecturer said, may befamous
either from size.'orsome historical associa-
tions. Hence, as rule, we could hardly
expect to find many individuals from the
northern part OF North America repre-
sented in this evenings lecture. Cold
climates dwarf heir stature, and the land
is too new in hi tory and it's past has
been too quiet politically to have been
the scene of many startling events in
which trees and forests have sheltered
rulers or renegades, or TO have been as
ISOLATED with changes of dynasties
True, we had the Charter Oak Tin which,
for brief period, the Connecticut charter
was hidden, when Andres, in 1857, made
an attempt to establish an arbitrary
government by depriving the citizens of
this guarantee of rights, and the Wash
ington Elm, still standing in Cambridge,
Mass. But we had no cedars of Lebanon
to connect the present with the hoary
past; no yew trees which stood long be-
fore the advent of the Christian era no
oaki mmortalized fictitiously as was that
of Hearne the Hunter, and hardly a
forest as famous as that of Sherwood.
where Robin Hood robbed the Bishop
and then made him pardon the sin. Our
trees are mainly of the class famous for
size.
The big trees OF California need no
further allusion here, though it may be
we'll to mention that the sugar pine
(Pinus Lambertiana on the slopes of the
Californian Sierras attains height of 300
feet, and has sometimes a diameter of 20
feet. Smaller than the Sequo.a, or "big
tree,'' it is associated with the latter, and
prepares the mind to appreciate how
large the Sequotia really is.
Hardly less astonishing are the sizes at
tanned by the Thuya Gigantic, or by the
Oregon cedar or the Douglas fir.
The above are all natives, but beside
them, on the Western Coast, the Aus
tralian blue gum has been introduced,
and already has attained a towering
height. 1t bids fair to overtop our own
native species.
Whilst the cone-bearing trees of the