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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-09
REAL ESTATE.
FOE S "a IR.

Eleven roomed house with modern conven.
fences lin splendid condition, one southeast cor.
neE Chapline and Twentieth streets
Five roomed brick house. With full lot, on
jacob street, Fifth ward $500.
seven roomed house, desirable location, on
-Four Soe9od house Twen,y.tOurtb and Wood
Lots a North BenwoOd cheap at $50 to $50.
Each htty feet front.
Eigbtfoomed double house on Jacob street, be-
tween Twenty.third aud Twenty-fourth streets,
-Four lots on South Penn street s1,soO
Lots in McMecheh, newly laid out, cheap at
I0ts 4 zano's Orchard and Old Fair Ground
Six roomed house, 1856 Wood street saaOo
Six roomed brick house on Chapline street, be-
tween Twenty'ffth and Twenty.SIxth streets,
fsa sOomod house at a bargain on North
Five roorned house, .slS Eoff street, $500
-Four FOomsd house 100 Eighteenth street
-Four roomed house. 2sss Wood street, $780,
SIX Eooped house, ground 100 feet front, on
ThIrtygScond streets, $500.
Nine rOomed brick house, 1851 Market street.
three roomsd house, quo Wood street. 5000
Halilot on North Main street, s. by is2 feet
fSii lot on EOssHset sOuthOl Twsntyeishth
Hall iot On Moys.On strOot, south Of Twenty.
Sixteen lots on the north side Of Twenty third
street, n the new addition OF Filan & whyte,
Fo liH RE Nv. room on tho corner Of SIX
tenth and Jacob streets, with good cellar 70
same.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
A Monster Engine.

At the Friedensville zinc mines, six
miles south of Allentown, Pa, there is
in operation the largest sta tionary en-
CINE in the world. During the past
few months it has pumped dry by I'M
derground drainage nearly every ore
pit, spring and small stream within a
radius of five miles. The engine is
known as the President, is of 5000
horsepower and is run by sixteen
boilers. At each revolution of it's
ponderous wheels small stream is
thrown out the number of gallons
raised every minute being 1850.
The driving wheels are IS feet in diam
eter and weigh 40 tons each. The
sweeprod is 40 feet long. The cylin-
der is ITO inches in diameter, while
the piston rod is 10 inches in diameter
and makes a ten-foot stroke. The en-
CINE has ballast box capable of hold
ing 60 tons and to feed the boilers 28
tons of coal are required daily. On
the engine is the largest nut in the
world. 1t is hexagonal in shape and
weighs 1000 pounds. To tighten or
loosen this nut twenty men are re-
quired, while the wrench that fits it is
20 feet long. From the end of the
walking beam of the engine to the bot
tom of the shaft is 800 feet The ma
sorry on which the engine rests is
108 feet deep. some of the foundation
stones weighing five tons. The en-
CINE operates four pumps, three OF
which are 80 inches in diameter and
the fourth % inches.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Longevity and Consumption.

Consumption is about the greatest
scourge of civilized humanity, and has
long stood first in Massachusetts
among the causes of death. More
than IL per cent of the whole mortal
.ity for the state and more than IA and
rs per cent for some of the counties
mas consumption for cause. For all
countries where mortality statistics
are kept about 10 per cent of the
deaths from all causes are due to this
disesse. Aud its ravages are greatest
~h>re life should be most vigorous and
promising. nearly one-half of all the
persons between Is and 80 years of
age dying in Massachusetts,, being
victims Of consumption. It would
thus hardly be possible to overrate the
Importance Of the discovery Of cure
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
oUrWlrrING THE FACULTY.

Various Devices Of Students to Pass Exam.
nations without Study.
At a recent meeting of a number of
college men in Hartford, says the
Courant, conversation happened to
drift to the trials and struggles of
examination days. It was led that
way by the first story-teller, who said
that, having been at one examination
where each student drew a separate
slip OF questions, he met classmate
who had to go in with the next di-
vision. THE thing is not likely to
be chance" he said to his frie nd,
''but in case you should draw the
paper I had I'll tell you what each
question was" So he did. The fellow
looked them up, went in, and drew
that very paper, and came out tri-
umphant
But that proved very mild case
when the others came up. It seems
that in one examination at Yale some
years ago in Latin one fellow, who
was very shaky. put his own inter-
lined text book into his overcoat
pocket and entered the room. He was
called to the desk and the tutor gave
him text book of course not inter-
lined. He showed it into his other
pocket, walked slowly back to his
seat, drew out his own book from his
pocket, and was all prepared. After
reciting, before the tutor could call
for the book, he absentmindedly thrust
it back into his pocket and turned
away. Being asked for the book he
apologized; hauled out the other one.
and retired.
Once in alumni hall at Yale shaky
student who couldn't bear to part with
his class discovered in advance a knot
hole in the floor. He secured the desk
by that hole. Pretty soon he had the
misfortune to drop his pencil. Bending
over he showed his examination paper
down through this knot-hole. Fellows
in waiting in the cellar ran off with it.
filled out the papers for him, not too
we'll, but we'll enough to save him, for
a perfect correct examination was not
consistent with his record. aud on re-
turning signaled to him. This time
he had the misfortune to knock a lot
of paper off his table and litter the
floor. He got down and Conscientious
ly picked everything up, including the
relief papers that came up through
the knot-hole.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
How Spiders Kill.

Spiders kill their prey by the agency
of a poisonous fluid, which is secre ted
in gland and which flows at will to
the extremity of one of the fauces or
jaws. Some writers have denied the
existence of this poisonous substance;
but the effects which a spiders bite
have been known to have upon a
human being prove undoubtedly that
it is present. Persons who have been
bitten by a very large South American
spider known as Mygals fusca. have
felt the effects in the recurrence of
severe pains in the portion of the body
attacked for as long as twelve or
even twenty years after the infliction
of the wound. The stories told of the
disastrous effects of the bites of the
tarantula are, however, quite fabulous.
Every oody has heard of the belief held
by the inhabitants of The district
round Tarantum, that if one CHANGED
to be bitten by tarantula he became
subject to dire disease which could
only be cured by musical strains. The
disease no doubt existed, and was
probably a form OF hysteria. in the
cure of which music may have proved
beneficial, but to saddle an innocent
spider with the odiuln of producing it
was distinctly unfair. The destructive
powers of spiders do not stop short at
killing insects, for some tropical spe-
cies habitually catch and eat small
birds. The accounts first given of
these formidable creatures were for a
long time looked upon as mere trav-
elers' tales, but more recent observa-.
tions have fully confirmed the state
ments made by those who originally
described them. The birds are not
caught in snares, for these spiders
spin no webs. They conceal them
selves in crevices or under leaves and
from such retreat pounce upon the
birds they have. succeeded in approach
ing. A great deal of their hunting is
done during the dark hours of night,
when they are able to steal upon their
prey without being perceived. They
often rifle the nests of humming birds.
dragging out the young and dcvourinc
them, while the distracted parent birds
Hutter helplessly around. -Longman's
Magazine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Story Of a Sofa.

A Chicago upholsterer, in repairing
an old sofa that had been brought to
his shop, found the following articles,
which had slipped down between the
back and the cushion: AZ hair pins,
8 mustache combs, 10 suspender but
tons. - needles, cigarettes. photo
graphs. 217 pins, some grains Of coffee.
a few cloves, q cuff buttons, 6 pocket
knives. Is poker chips. a vial OF hon.
eopathic medicine. 81 Jumps Of chew
ing gum, so toothpicks % matches
and four button hooks. The sofa be-
longed to a man who had seven un.
married daughters.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Stock and Dairy Notes.

A change of food is always sensible
at short intervals. Give the cow bran
mush or a mess of oatmeal slop twice
u week. 1t will help the digestion
and the appetite.
No one should cast injurious refec-
tions upon the fancy dairymen. We
owe much to them, their successes are
examples for US, and their mistakes or
failures are valuable lessons by which
we may guide our practices.
Stables should be put in order for
winter use early. A good coat of
hot whitewash or fresh lime. with a
few ounces of hard soap dissolved in a
pail full of it, will cleanse and sweeten
the stable aud render it healthful for
the COWS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Curious Statisticl.

Statistics are not always dull. and
the following, collected by an industri-
Gus Partisan, are certainly both utter
esting and curious: The average
Partisan consumes during his lifeti me
l. 800 pounds of bread and 1000
pounds of meat, and these he washes
down with 81 barrels of wine, 400
liters OF alcohol O., about 100 liters
of beer, and an equal quantity Of
cider. He also absorbs II, 100 eggs,
1000 pounds OF fish, 1900 pounds Of
oil O., 1900 pounds of salt, and co.
900 pounds OF vegetables. The next
item in the statistician's account would
furnish vegetarian with text for q
sermon. It states that every inhabi-
tant of the French capital. on an aver
age, is the grave, in the course Of his
lifetime, Of 3kids. equals 6 thrushes.
6 hares, 9 turkeys, Is partridges, Is
geese. "a ducks, SO swallows. IS
pigeons, SO rabbits. and 210 pullets.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Hints to usekeepers.

Use clam shell to scrape pots and
frying-pans with
To restore ham to its original fresh
ness, slice and soak over night in
milk, either sweet or sour.
When wiping up the floor before
putting the carpet down, sprinkle it
all over with salt while damp; this
will greatly prevent moths.
In purchasing canned goods it is a
safe rule to observe whether the head
of the can is concave, bullying ap-
pearance being indicative of decom-
position.
If the throat is very sore, wiring a
cloth out of cold salt and water, and
bind it on the throat tightly, when
going to bed; cover it with dry tow
ell. This is excellent.
Lard is sometimes adulterated with
alum, starch and lime water. When
pure, it is completely soluble in ben
zine, has no burnt taste or odor, and
melts without suffering to a clear
fluid.
The best way to preserve old boots
is never to use blacking of any sort,
but have the boots brushed, or if very
muddy wiped with damp cloth or
sponge, then carefully gone over with
little clubbing.
For stiff neck, sore throat. pains in
the chest, u good remedy is to rub
some oil or vssellne into the skin, then
cover with q piece of cotton wadding,
the shiny side outward. and wear till
the discomfort is gone.
For felon. take common rock salt,
such as Is used for sailing down pork,
dry it in an oven, then pound it fine
and mix with spirits OF turpentine in
equal parts. Put it on linen rag and
wrap around the felon. As it dries
put on more, and If followed up the
felon will be dead 10 twenty-four hours.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
ACCUMULATION or WEALTH.
Some Of tho Surprises That Attend the Settle.
ment OF Estates.


Some Of tho Surprises That Attend the Settle.
ment Of Estates.
The general surprise that the late
Mr.. Fayerweather, man OF whom
little was known outside of very
limited personal circle. should turn
out to have been the possessor of mil
lions emphasizes the difficulty, says
the New York Star, OF obtaining
knowledge regarding the real extent
of peoples means. Published lists OF
millionaires are proverbially unrelia-
BILE, not only from the inaccuracy OF
the estimates given, but from the
omission of the large and increasing
class of what may be termed ''silent
millionaires." This is not strange,
for even the mercantile agencies,
whose business it is to rate the credit
of men engaged in business, do not
pretend to give any accurate figures
on private wealth not actually employ
ed as capital in trade. The way the
general public, and even the financial
world. can be mistaken about men OF
wealth is sometimes strikingly illus
trated. The late Moses Taylor was
supposed in his lifetime to be worth
from S. ZOO, 900 to $1O,O0o,000. When
he died his estate was worth 500, O0O,-
600 or more On the other hand, one
Of the Boston Thayers was believed
to possess score or more Of millions.
Yet it is stated that he left behind him
wealth which, though large. was COM
paratively much below what had been
credited to him.
The silent millionaires" are indeed
difficult to track. They are either
people who have inherited wealth and
keep out of business, or men who,
though in business, keep on the beaten
track and avoid public or commercial
prominence. Nearly every WALL
street broker or banker and realestate
people could, if they would, furnish
long lists of such individuals, whose
very names are not known to the
public at large Another class whose
knowledge of the facts about peoples
real means are extraordinary are bank
and trust company officers and the
managers of safe-deposit vaults. But
such knowledge is in these quarters
regarded as professional secret, and
the ''silent millionaires'' 60 on clip
ping their coupons. collecting their
rents, and, as rule, living quietly
and saving their incomes. The
number of New York ladies whose
wealth counts up into the seven figures
is also surprising. There are, accord
ing to the estimate OF careful observ-
err, over 100 women in New York worth
in their own right 1000, 900 or more,
and some Of them show double figures
in the million column too. AS this
wealth is mainly inherited, its possess
ors do not attract public attention I'M
less their husbands happen to attain
prominence of some kind.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06

for the growing disease. 50 long re-
garded as incurable and so certain in
its deadly effect. If consumption can
be cured, one would have said, what
may not medical science yet do to save
the natural body from death until the
fullness of its time?-Springfield Rep.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Sowing Glover Seed Too Early.

More clover seed is wasted by delay
ing sowing too long than by seeding
early. 1t must sink into the soil by
melting SHOWS or rains washing over
it little of the loose dust pulverized
on the surface of all bare fields by
winter freezing and thawing. Still
the seed may sometimes be sown too
early. We have known clover seed
sown in February, and come out all
right, while in a milder winter it
might terminate and be destroyed by
late frosts. When the clover plant
has only its second leaf it has very
little root, and this has only slight
foothold in the soil. Destroy this leaf
and tho life of the plant is quickly
ended. Therefore clover seeding
should be late enough to insure free
dom from frost after the seed germin-
ates.-Rural Home.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Emblem-Atic.

Poet-Let me read you my last
verses:
LAS sit in my lonely attic,
Oh, strange are the thoughts which
throng-''
Critic Attic! Why attica Yon
don't live in no attic. In fact. you
have as comfortable place as one
could want"
Poet-"Oh. it's merely figure Of
speech. you know. The attic is sun.
posed to be the typical abode of tina
sons Of genius"
Critic-.'Ah. l see. Sort Of emblem
attic. Grip.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
He Kspt Tally.

John Marks, an operative in New
ark foundry. was caught on shaft
and whirled around it 5, 247 times be-
fore any one saw him and had the en-
CINE stopped. John did tho counting
himself and says it's right. though he
was somewhat ratified by the speed.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SHEEP BEST ADAPTED TO
AMERICAN FARMS.
Tho American Merino Seems to Have tho Rest
General Qualities-Saltins Bacon
Broom Corn-Grapevines as or
namenfs-H0usehOld Hints
The American Merino.


After all, the American merino, the
oft despised native yields probably as
much if not more profit than the i'm
ported. II is this sheep that supplies
the market with mutton and wool. and
which has been the reliable one for
the sheep-raisers. Crosses with this
sheep and good imported blood have
resulted well, and where money has
been made in sheep raising outside of
the American merino, it has been
chiefly with haif-breeds. reared from
native ewes. The American merino is
adapted to this country, but as a rule
the foreign sheep are not and unless
they are crossed with the natives, thew
do not obtain the qualities essential to
their success here. If we can furnish
them with the same kind of food and
usage that they received at home, the
foresgn breeds will do as we'll here.
but as a rule we do not, and failures
have been the result
Looking over the past dozen years
OF sheep raising in this country, far
mers might we'll ask themselves which
sheep have stood the test the best, and
which has proved the most profitable,
even through panics and misfortunes.
Surely it is the American merino that
supplies the market with mutton and
wool, and produces good market lambs.
Food, climate and other environments
make mutton and wool more than
breed. American Rural
How to Salt Bacon.
A correspondent writes, asking what
proportion Of salt to use in the prope
care of bacon. American Agriculturist
says: For hogs weighing not over 1875
or $50 pounds each, one bushel of fine
salt, two pounds of brown sugar and
one pound of saltpeter will suffice for
each 800 pounds of pork before the
meat is cut out; but if the meat is large
and thick, or weighs from $50 to 200
pounds per carcass, from gallon to a
peck more of salt and little more of
both the other articles should be
taken. Neither the sugar nor the
saltpeter is absolutely necessary for
the preservation of the meat, and they
are often omitted. But both are pre-
servatives; the sugar improves the
flavor of the bacon, and the saltpeter
gives it greater firmness and a finer
color If used sparingly. Bacon should
not be so sweet as to suggest the
''sugar-cure;" and saltpeter, used too
freely, hardens the tissues of the meat,
and renders it less palatable. The
quantity of salt mentioned is enough
for the first sailing. A little more
new salt is added at the second salt
ing, and used together with the old
salt that has not been absorbed. If
sugar and saltpeter are used first ap-
ply about teaspoonful OF pulverized
saltpeter on the flesh side of the ans
and shoulders and then taking little
sugar in the hand apply it lightly to
the flesh surface of all the pieces. A
tablespoonful is enough for any one
piece.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
TouSorisl Itsm.

Thin-haired man: What! 81 for
cutting my hair? That's outrage ous!'
Barber-'.Buk my dear sir. the
hairs on your head are SO far apart
tn at had to cut each hair by ITSELF
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
A Valuable Commodity.

He was going to kiss her, just then he
sneezed
The which she didn't seem pleased at.
"Pd have you know, sir, kiss from me
Is something that's not to be sneezed
atn
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Irrfxatinx Fruit Farms.

In the localities where fruit growers
always depend on irrigation, fruit fail
ures are generally unknown. This sug-
gests whether water literally applied
may not be the most profitable invest
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Broom Corn Culture.

In nearly every part of the United
States broom corn can be grown sue
cessfully, and at a profit. 1t is, how
ever, a business that requires more
watching the market than any other
connected with farming, for the prices
fuctuate from fifty to several hundred
dollars per ton. The grower should
be able to hold his crop over until
higher prices are ruling. Where it is
grown as business it is made to yield
good profits, but only on good soil and
with great labor.
Broom corn requires more warmth
than Indian corn, and succeeds best on
sandy soil when it is warmed by the
sun. The land should be prepared in
the fall or spring, and only such seed
used as will sink when foated in water
The standard variety is the Evergreen,
and when good seeds of this are OBJ
tanned from reliable seedsmen d good
crop may be anticipated. The dwarf
varieties are only used for whisks and
clothes brushes, and the demand is
not so great for them. The plan ting
and cultivation do not have as much
effect on this crop as its harvesting
and after-preparation. The seeds are
planted in two ways: on very light,
clean, rich land, in drills three feet
apart; but on other land in hills three
and two feet apart, with six to eight
stalks in the hill. The seeds then
need a light covering, and cultivation
similar to Indian corn.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Weed Seeds in Manure Heaps.


The slight fermentation which most
stable manure gets before drawing to
the fields does not destroy weed seeds.
Some kinds OF seeds are naturally
slow to terminate, and sprout all the
better for being warmed up in a ma
nure Pile. Even where the ferment--
ton is most active there are cool
places on the edges of the heaps where
the vitality OF weed seeds is not burn
ed out The only safe way to keep
weed seeds out Of the manure pile is
to keep them out of the feed. As
corn fodder is more depended on for
winter feeding, the weed seeds will
gradually disappear.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-06
Personal Generosity.

"Itis not well for man to be loan,'
Some old-time sages say.
Yet it's better for him to be alone
Than to give himself away.