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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-17
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Arrival and departure OF trains on ahd Altes
November l6, 1880. EXPLANATION OF RETERRgcI
MAHKE: eDaily; tSunday excepted; MONDAY
excepted; saturday excepted; Sunday only;
esatnrdAy only EAAteFn Standard Time.
, 1891-03-13

The fellow had no baggage when he reg.
istcred first at the Markham house Satur-
day, but had "A very glib tongue and old
such a plausible story that he was permit
ted TO register and given "A room. lie was
well dressed and a very pleasant spoken
fellow. and his bill for extras soon assumed
startling proportions. The hotel people
became alarmed, and after he had been
there several days a party stopping there
told them he wis a beat The clerk fixed
up a scheme, and that evening he got into
the fellows room on some pretext after he
had retired and calmly gathering up the
fellows cout, vest and pants told him they
could be redeemed at the Office for the
amount OF his bill
The fellows nerve did not desert him
even in this extremity. He borrowed a
macintosh coat from the clers which
reached TO his heels. which he put on over
his undertaking, in order to go after
some money, and walked to the Kimball
house, where he boldly registered and WINS
shown to IA room, leaving word that when
his baggage arrived it WIS to be kept until
he got up In the morning.
At about S o'clock on Sunday morning
he came jumping down stairs, making a
great noise OF a tale OF robbery, In which
he had lost his clothes and SIS in cash.
The hotel management. without stopping
TO investigate the fellow, got him a new
suit OF clothes and paid him $50. rather
than have such notoriety attached to the
house. The fellow then walked back to
the Markham house, paid his bill, obtained
his clothes and jumped out Of town
Chattanooga Times.
, 1891-03-13

Two new and startling words are com
ing across the ocean for the use of that
large and imposing body OF New Workers
to whom the word English" is a tails
man of invincible value. No man has
ever been able to tell exactly how slang
gets a start in London, but it is certain
that when it secures Il good circulation
in the small talk of the big English
towns its appearance here within a short
time is inevitable. Nearly two years
ago everybody in London INDUCED in
the expression lin the movement
Then came 'in it," Nowadays in New
York there is no more scathing comment
upon a mans general failure than the
remark that he is ''not in it."
This has been surpassed of late by the
poetical simile that the unfortunate man
is like the label on a bottle. As the label
is not in it, the aspersion is severe. The
two new words of the year in London
are spool and wide" To spool a
man means to trick him, to comment
and put up a wicked trick on him, and
to generally cavort with the tender
and trustworthy elements of his nature.
When you say that a man is wide in
London a flush of mingled pride and
satisfaction overspreads his face. 1t is
a great thing to be clever, smart, dow
ney, knowing and widelwake, but people
who are all these things arc as nothing
compared to the man who is "wide."-
New York Sun.
, 1891-03-13
WHO BUY THE FINE COMBS.
What an Inquiry at ths Leading stoI
Revealed to a Reporter.

What an Inquiry at the Leading stores
Revealed to a Reporter.
Are fine combs a much bought as
sveri' was the rather startling question
addressed to the head of one of the
best known dry goods stores in the
city. The questioned one looked seri-
Gus, then a broad smile of amusement
spread over his ample countenance and
he answered slowly:
well, they are not falling into dis,
use by any means. We sell as many as
a hundred a week"
Il suppose the trade is confined to a
certain class of people, is it notF' vent
ured the scribe.
NO, indeed, that's where people
make a mistake; all school girl outfits
contain a fine comb, and it is the same
with boys when they are sent to board
ing schools, So we have quite a trade
with mothers who pack up this 'un-
m~entionable' with jams aud cakes of
every description. Zoe would be as
tonished to see ar elegant looking
woman in velvet and furs walk up to
this counter, buy four or five bottles of
lAf lAp0N CABtAAoANN BtALulltt dAll lllLoll
by adding to her purchases an ivory
fine tooth comb; but such is the case.
Don't look down on that article of
toilet. Some of our very best custom.
ers buy them, as well as the frowsy gen
try who come Saturday nights for Sun
day dress up effects, such as ribbons
and cravats and clean collars"
well, " began the head and propri-
etOr of an up town store where more
business is dnue in half a day than
some more pretentious stores do in a
week of Mondays, I'VE keep on selling
our fine combs at a pretty brisk rate.
We sell a good many to some of our
incest customers. Some people think
combing the hair with a stiff, fine comb
gives life 10 the hair and invigorates
the scalp. That is most likely why the
sale in that line does not decrease. But
it is a mistake. Fine combs create
dandruf. Let people wash their heads
well and there will be no use for them
at NIL"
Notwithstanding this, some of the
fine combs are quite high priced ar
%ticles, some being real tortoise shell,
and some of the daintiest and most ex-
pensive toilet sets contain a thin little
fine comb, with as many sharp teeth as
Argus had eyes. The best are of ivory,
and cost from 81 to SIZE !. The tor
toise shell combs cannot be cut in such
fine teeth without breaking, so, neces.
sariiy, they are coarser and less desir.
able.
Bat there is one thing good to re-
member, the most complete toilet sets
have them.-New York World.
, 1891-03-13

In a recent article in The Pail Mall
Gazette II writer hints hat the flies,
which are mentioned by old writers as
having been plentiful on Kenmore dur
ing the most rigorous part of the winter
preceding the advent of the plague in
London, have again appeared in the
snow bound heights of the old mountain.
He says "A week since, in company
with afriend, l made the ascent of Ben
more from Cria1larich. We found the
one well filed with snow, which got
deeper and firner as we assembled, and
when we reached within, say, 800 or 900
feet of the top we came upon a solitary
fly, quite dead, but which had evidently
been very recently in the full enjoyment
of life and health. Afew feet further on
we found five or six more, some alive
and some dead, but higher still, and
within a very short distance of the top,
we were surprised to find hundreds and
thousands of them, all alive and appar-
emily enjoying themselves.
"At this elevation the ground was
deeply covered with snow, and all the
rocks thickly crusted with ice. We
noticed hat it was particularly where
the ice was thickest that the insects
were most numerous. On the south side
of the mountain, where we descended,
we saw none of our little friends. l am
not a naturalist, and Kenmore may be
the ordinary winter resort of the fly, but
it appears curious that an insect which
is usually associated with the ideas of
warmth should be found in such num-
bers in winter at an elevation of $500
feet above the sea level"
, 1891-03-13

There is something significant in the
extraordinary growth of business houses
run on the installment plan. They are
o. confined to Grand street and lower
Broadway, but are to be found in i'm
posing buildings on Twenty-third street
and Fifth avenue, and their business is
carried on in a fashion that indicates
considerable financial skill. They sell
goods at a profit which causes the more
conservative establishments a good deal
of surprise. Their customers are invari-
ably women, and they sign what is
known as IN agreement" which binds
them to pay a stipulated sum at inter,
walls for anything hat they purchase.
The wording of the agreement" is in
genious, but any n who is familiar
with the law, and who examines the pa,
pers carefully, finds hat it is nothing
more or less than a chattel mortgage,
with a rate of interest that is usurious.
But they are within the letter of the
law, and that is apparently enough in
these days of keen competition" in
trade.-New York World.
, 1891-03-13

A but" soon comes to modify u pretty
picture. It is a terrible word, this innocent
little conjunction Think how much an
noyance and grief IL ushers in to US in an
average year. Tho market opened well;
but" BABY is certainly better tina she
was yesterday: but %still'-- mo, sir, your
hair Is not going gray, That / can see, but
Il IS thinning very fast Il do love you
very much, and always AVE loved you,
but l love some one else better" And so
on. / wonder we mortals nave not COM
bined to put a ban upon the wretched little
mOnosyllable. Perhaps IL is saved by our
imagination. We know thatit is "A nuisance
and a terror to us, but yet there may be a
background Of new light 20 the cloud
which it suddenly brings for the oblitera-
ton Of our present happinsss.-An the Year
Round.
, 1891-03-13

AS some curiosity is expressed as to
the quantity Of paints and oils used in
the constructor. Ol tiie Forth bridge,
the officials of the company requested
Messrs. Craig & Rose, Of London and
Glasgow, who held the contract
throughout, to make up a statement Of
the amount actually supplied, and
these we're found to be as follows: Ma
chinery and Illuminating oils, $50, or
gallons; paint oils, 81, 527 gallons;
paint, 25O tons. 1t is computed that
the quantity Of oil used would have
been sufficient to float n OF her Ma
jesty's first class cruisers and sufficient
paint to cover /, 100 acres, or nearly
two square miles of surface. Pail Mall
Budget.
, 1891-03-13

Ciuquevalli, the French juggler, says
that it Is hard to tell which is his most DIFF
ilcult trick. "As a usual thing he goes
on, the easiest trick is the most snowy
and gets the most applause, while some
very difficult feat will not get a hand, as
we say. For instance, the trick OF throw
ing a potato in the air, dividing II with one
stroke Of the knife and then catching the
two halves, one on the fork and one on the
knife, is perhaps the most difficult, and
took me nearly two years TO learn. 1t Is
30 quickly done, however, and apparently
so easy, that an audience cannot appreciate
it before 1t is over. Let me purposely drop
the potato and catch il on the knife blade
just as it is only al iuch from the floor and
they burst into applause. It is so unex-
pected.
Two others OF my most difficult tricks,
one, balancing a cigar on top Of another on
my forehead and tossing it from there so
that it turns over once and falls point first
into u cigar holder in my mouth; the
other. twirlinB a hoop in my right hand
with a glass Of water balanced Inside its
rim, md passing two bulls through it with
my left hand, ave heen watched with
gtolid indifference by an audience that
went wild over Juggling two plates in the
air, one Of the simplest tricks.-Sau Fran
cisco Examiner.
, 1891-03-13

Imagination lisa fine gift, but it wants
managing. It runs well in harness with
"A good stout bride of common sense.
Without this bride, however, it is
likely TO lead its master a pretty dance.
Hey prestol at the mercst prompting
of it goes, clean out Of the realm Of
earth and experience, right into the
middle of space, with the c~rosslights
of unnumbered spheres confusedly upon
it, and strange breezes tanning its hot
impulsive exterior.
1t is a ticklish piece of work to get it
back to earth; and it is so exhausted
by the mndcnp scamper out of the or
binary bounds that its luckless master
is for a time as PROSTATE rs if he had
been logged with positive misfortunes.
Under the false enthusiasm of an hour
ago he would have done all things-or
at least attempted them-so bracing
was its influence upon his mind; but
when this same fancy is temporarily
laid by the heels he is useless. All the
Year Round.
, 1891-03-13

Many curious things have been done
by absent minded or thoughtless per
sons since the world began, but it was
only recently that n man hitched his
horse to a train of freight cars which
had stopped momentarily during the
process known as making up trains"
The author Of this new idea of hitching
had gone to East Buffalo to draw a
load Of tow. Arrived, he looked for a
hitching post OF a stationary object of
some kind which would answer the pur-
pose, but seeing nom noticed the mo-
tionless freight cars e a by, and with
u further ado tied his rig thereto.
He had gone but n short distance
when the cars started up and took the
rig along with them. Their speed was
not great, however, and after a little
stroll with the train the horse was loos-
ened and taken back to its driver. 80
Buffalo Express.
, 1891-03-13

Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plainfeld, Ill.
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for a month by her family phYsi
can, but grew worse. He told her she
she was a hopeless victim of consumption
aud that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
coYery for Consumption; she bought a
bottle aud to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking ten bottles. found
herself sound and well, now does her own
Homework and is as well as she ever was
Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery
at B. B. David's drug store, large bottles
SOC and 81 90.
, 1891-03-13

Through the Good Nature of Some Col
Iess Students 1t Comes True.

Through the Good Nature of Some Col
Iecs Students 1t Comes True.
On the waters of Buzzard's bay plies
busily from one fishing ground TO an
other a little boat which has a peculiar
history.
Several years ago an old negro went
to the shores Of this bay to make a liv-
ing for himself and his wife. They
were very poor, but their cabin was
clean and Uncle Dempsy was the most
honest and Jolly Of fishermen, with all
the kindly courtesy Of his race.
He knew every foot of the shore,
could tel by certain mysterious signs
known only to himself just when the
blu Ish would go out or the sque
leagues come in, and could guide the
boats directly to the lodges where the
rock bass had hidden.
The boatnen who took out parties
of mateu fishermen always secured
Dempsy as a helper when they could
get him, in order to use his marvellous
skill. They paid him but a trihe fol
his services.
The old couple did not grow rich.
Indeed, they had a hard struggle to
live. One summer Dempsy was hired
at a low rate by a boatman, who took
out almost every day the same party, a
half dozen young men from Harvard
on their vacation.
The young fellows became fond Of
the patient, kindly old man to whom
they owed the success Of their fishing.
One day they said TO him, What dc
you want in this world, Dempsey
Ills eyes twiukled.
"A boat, sab" he said promptly;
"a big boat. Hold twenty gem'men.
dreamed bout flat boat las night.
/ dreamed | come out in my cabin,
n dab it was in de cove, anchored
Dat boat d cost two hundred dollahs.
sahl Fit fob de king to go fshin' in.
Painted white, wild a blue stripe n a
white n blue dag, n a cabin all com
plete. IF dat boat had been real
Uncle Dempsy d been rich foh de rest
oh his life
The young men laughed and left
Dempsy in his cabin Then one Of
them said
We nave plenty Of money to waste
on our wi amusement. We can afford
to do this thing. We owe much TO the
old man, and this boat will give him a
livelihood for the rest Of his days.
What do you say, boysi'
The result was that one Of them ran
down by train TO New Bedford that
afternoon. 1t was easy to find a boat
answering the description which the
old man had given, and to order her to
be painted white and blue.
A week later the old negro was reused
at daylight by n tremendous pounding
on his door. He came out. Nohuman
being was in sight; but on the bay, an.
chored just in front of his cabin, was a
big boat, painted white and blue, and
on the stern in gilt letters the name
Dempsy's Dream.
She still floats, a pleasant reminder
of the kindly good will that gave and
the honest service that earned her
Chicago Mail.
, 1891-03-13

Really, ~ she said, after a mutua
friend had introduced them, "you mus.
call on me, Mr.. Duede. 1 shall be yer!
pleased TO see you"
But my experience in calling ha.
not been a very pleasant one, ~ he said
trying to be funny, for what with irat,
fathers, listening brothers, athletic dog
and inquisitive mothers, | am nearly
worn out"
Then l know you ont object tc
call on me, she said sweetly, for We
never had a dog; father was shot while
stealing chickens; mother is paralyzed
and cannot speak a word, and my
brother is serving a life term in Auburn
| know ycu1l come.
But he didn't. He went around ask
ing his friends if the girl was crazy
New York Evening Sun,
, 1891-03-13

The storage of water in reservoirs is
being carried out in a large way by mu-
inequalities and private companies.
Throughout New South Wales and
Queensland the boring of artesian wells
has met with satisfactory success. Once
given the certain mea of carrying the
fiocks and herds through the occasional
periods of drought, there seems no limit
to the pastoral capacity of such immense
provinces as New South Wales and
Queensland. With completed systems
of irrigation Australia promises to be-
come one of the greatest grape and fruit
growing countries in the world. The
many difficulties with which men are
confronted on this great continent are
more than matched by it's wonderful
possibilities Century.
, 1891-03-13
NGENJ

Who may be suffering nom the effects OF
youthful follles or tndiscretions, will do well
10 avail themselves Of this the greatest boon
ever laid al the altar OF suffering h itnGnity.
DR. WAGNE Err Will guarantee to forfeit hve
hundred dollars for every case Of seminal
weakness or private disease of any kind OF
character which he undertakes and falls to
cure.
, 1891-03-13

Robert Buchanan, of Monroe coun.
ty, Ia. while digging n coal shaft on
his farm, east of Abba, found a new
species of mouse imbedded in the clay
thirty feet below the surface. 1t was
found in a little cavity just large enough
to fit the body, but without any clay
adhering to its fur. The sides of the
cavity seemed worn and polished, as if
the little creature had turned around
and around thousands of times in its
narrow sopulcher before it finally died.
When found it was in a perfect state
of preservation, and as soft and pliable
as lit had only died the day before
st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-03-13

Jan. 30, 81 and Feb. 1 are famous in
the neighborhood of Brescia, Constants
nople, Florence, Italy, and along the
Danube and the Rhine, as the BLACK
bird days" Acurious medieval legend
says that originally all species of the
grackels Cblackbirde) were of a creamy
white color; that it became black be-
cause during one year in the Middle
Ages the three days above mentioned
were so cold that all birds in central
and southern Europe took refuge in the
chimneys. At Brescia, Mr.. Swanson
says, tie three days are celebrated with
a feast called Il giorni della meria, "
meaning the feast of the Transformation
of the bird.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1891-03-13

Insect Life in the Washington Sh"ft.
Who built the Washington monument
Funny creatures With shells made it long
ages ago at the bottom OF the sea. some
OF them were little and some quite big, but
all Of them left their houses behind them
when they died, to furnish material for a
memorial to the father Of his country.
II you will gu up to the topof the hill, at
the foot Of which are the fish ponds, and
will examine closely some Of the stones OF
which the ia built, you will dnd
their surface smooth, with no visible trace
Of the individual shells that lent their sub
stance to this mighty structure symbolical
OF eternity. This Is because the shells in
the beds from which the marble came were
so squeezed together by pressure and other
wise metamorphosed AS to be reduced TO a
simple mass Of lime.
In many marbles, however. yOu will dis
cover the shells quite visible, so that their
very form. preserved for goodness knows
how many centuries, lends beatty - tue
polished rock. Few things can be more in
terestinE than to observe the trace OF what
was once a living organism in u formation
which so evidently dates back TO an epoch
long before the earliest possible appearance
Of man upou the globe.
But the mere deposit Of such shells did
not make marble, It required geologic
action to effect the transformation OF the
limestone into the material which com
poses the Washington monument For
instance, when, by the cooling Of the
earth's crust, the latter WIS cTumpled up
so as to form mountains, great heat was
developed, and limestone bcds in places
where such action took place went through
a process Of capitalization by the heat.
thus forming what is known "a marble.
Wherever traces Of the original shells
Ill. -A...-H. IL Hs-...HL.. -. F.HHuaN
they are called fossil shells. II the monu-
ment contained such shells, visible in Their
original shape, it would be a most inter
esting memorial Of the world before the
deluge, as well as OF the immortal George
Washington Star.
, 1891-03-13
ARE YOU GOING EAsTt

II so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY? Because in the first place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, aud because on al
trains there are, free to all, new and ele'
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
poinLl in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to car
the climax OF luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
G. NJ. HAMPsoS.
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-03-13

MISUNDERSTANDING remarkable hap
pen on y pur last trip
Drummer-Remarkable! One of the
most phenomenal occurrences ever
heard of gave me such a start that |
haven't got over it yet. 1t was on the
night express east.
Well Well! What was it!'
'"The train suddenly stopped, and
when the passengers began asking the
conductor what was the mater he didn't
rush away, Eor hew nor haw, nor any
thing, He just stood still and told
them. Good News.
, 1891-03-13
4 FEW REASONS

Why you should try the celebrated Dr., 81.
Wagner's methods OF cure:
l. "Dr. H Wagner is a natural physician +"
o. y. FOWLER,
The Great Phrenologist.
you are wonderfully proficient in your
knowledge Of diseases and medicines"
DIR. ].
g. "Few can excel you as a Doctor"
l. The afflicted Ind ready relief In your
presence DIR II SurHs.
s. "Dr. H Wagner Is a regular graduate
nom Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and is
thoroughly posted on all branches OF his be
loved science, especially on chronic diseases"
q. "Dr. H Wagner has immortalized himself
BY his wonderful discovery OF specific rene
ginia city Chronicle.
Z Thousands OF invallds flock to see him."
san Francisco Chronicle.
8 The Doctors long experience as a spe-
elalst should render him very successfulh-
Rocky Mountain News.
, 1891-03-13

A lnughable little story il told Of a won,
an on the witness stand IA a French court.
She was asked her age. and answered that
she was 30 years old.
But said the magistrate, did you not
tell me you were 80 when you appeared be.
fore me two years agoi"
Il think it very likely" she replied.
smilingly acknowledging her falsehood,
and not at all abashed. II am not one OF
those women who say one thing today and
another thing tomorrow .'-Youth's Com.
puuiOu.
, 1891-03-13

People who are fortunate enough to
possess first editions of Burns will do
we'll to send them into the market while
the craze for them lasts. A copy which
sold for e66 in 1887 sold for e12O last
season. 1t is clear that for some time to
come there will be a great run on the
late Mr.. Halliwell Phillips folio edition
of Shakespeare in sixteen volumes, OF
which only $50 copies exist. Nine years
ago this work was sold for e51, but last
season the only copy which was offered
realized el71.-London World.
, 1891-03-13
Ivory Made from Milk.

A process for the production of a
new material called l~actite, or milk
ivory, has been invented, skim milk
being the substance from which it is
made. 1t is stated that the invention
has been put into practical working
shape. and a factory is to start opera,
tons in Ireland. Lactite bears a close
resemblance to real ivory, but can be
made in black or any color desired.
Its special adaptation is for electrical
fittings, buttons, door knobs, etc
Boston Transcript.