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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-12
A Noted Month.

rum htVA"hI ANtN Oe"NNV'
August, 1857, was noted month. II
gave extreme heat and extreme cold.
the results OF which were disastrous to
the public health. Cases OF collie, cholera
morbus and diarrhoea were abundant,
and there we're numerous calls at the
drug stores for Chambcrlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoca Remedy, Drug
gists OF this city tell us that this remedy
has been more frequently called for dur
ing the past month than any other pre-
paration. and that il has proven u
panaCea orthe very worst cases. Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea
Remedy IL meritorious medicinal pre-
pNration for all summer complaints for
which il is recommended, and grows in
popularity In this city and vicinity.
The sales are increasing rapidly and
wonderful cures are reported. D&w
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Prominent pnrkorsbnrrcr Dead.

SIIcFIuI DNPlTtN 10 VIC INtF'VINVGT'
PARxERssURS, w. VA, Aug. u.-Har-
rison W. Buckley, aged eighty years
father of Sheriff Buckley, OF this county
and one OF the pioneers of the Kanawha
valley, did this morning at 10 o'clock
He was resident OF Marion county fol-
few years in the sixties, and sent
three sons to the war for the union.
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vast virginia Inventors.

Special Dlspdtch 70 The IntollL9enceF.
WAsnlNorox, D. c., Aug. 11.-Patents
granted to-day: selby Q. Berry, Will
Jamestown, globe valve; John II. Gar
ner, Spencer, preparing leather for
sharpening cutting instrument; Will
liam Levi, Charleston, glass tube Gntter.
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wost virginia Pensions.

Special DtIdtch TO The Iatciigcncer.
WAsmSoroS, D. c., Aug, 1l,-West
Virginia pensions: Original-John Day,
Enoch Frazier, George W. Gibbs, An
drew II. Clutter, William Beall, Jasper
Thompson. Naturalization Mason,
William Grayson.
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Special DilDatch 10 lho In'd7l7tncrT
WASIxGroN, D. c., Aug. 11.-W. b.
May has been appointed postmaster ut
CARROTS Bend, Lincoln county, vice q.
Mccoy, resigned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-12
LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE COUNTY COURT OF OHIO
i. COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
In the matter OF the application for admission
to probate OF paper writing, purp1rtipg to DO
the last will OF George ". Edgington. deceased,
with COdcll thereto.
The object Of the petition this day hled is 10
procure the probate Of 9 certain paper writing,
dated the 18th day Of November, lsg0, .purport'
Ing 10 be the Inst will OF George W. Edgington,
deceased; and Of certain other paper writing,
dated the 18th dayOf June, 1891, PurportinR TO
be n codlcIl 10 said will And IL appearing by
affidavit lied that the following named per,ons
interested IN such probate are nou.reSidents OF
the State of West Virginia, Wis: Nancy Math-
ews HArmer EdgIugton, John +. EdHngton,
Elizabeth Laws and - Laws, her husband,
whose first name Is unknown; Richard Edgng:
TON William Walters, the unknown heirs OF
Mary Edglngton, deceased, Elisha JamtTn,
K1lester Frazier and William II. Frazier, her
husband, and Susan johnson, II IS ordered
that they do appear before me at my ONCE, in
the city Of Wheeling, In the county and State
aforesaid, within one month after tho date OF
the iIrst publication OF thisorder and do what
may be necessary TO protect their Interest III
said matter. And notice Is hereby given that l
will proceed at the place named, on the 18th day
Of August, 1891 ut the hour Of 10 O'Clock a. M,
TO hear and determine the application Tor sich
probate unless cause Is then shown for con-
uuu0nCe Of the hearing
Witness my hand this 9th day OF July, 1881.
GEORGE HOOK, Clerk
W. n. DUNLAP. Attorney. ly2s.Tu
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Z. NESBlTT & DEVlNE,
1899 Market Street. au4
RENT.

Two lois, MOuuuSVlllO lamp bFOuuu.s,...s... 4VJ
No. 1891 aud 39S3 Woods street.
ThrCe.roOmed house, National road $TG1
Double frame house ON baltimore street
Desirable new residence on South Front street
lGI acres land. Greeley county. Kansas, ss9l.
No. IS and 81 Sixteenth street.
No. 1881 md 1858 Chapllne street.
ThIrty.lve acres ston6 and coal land, Rush Run,
Ohio.
Seventeen and one.hGli acres land one.halt
mile west lower point OF Island
Desirable rcSidence one milo west OF Bridge
: Three and one,halt acres of land near West
No. I3GO wetzel street. ground 90 by 3OOfeet
No. 1881 and 1898 Wood street.
Twehty.one shares Riverside Glass Works
stock 1t bargain.
No. 2 Alley b, corner Alley b and Alley s
Prices $3.50. ~
Nos 50iS aud 2O2t Main street.
Eighteen acres OF l0nd one mile east Of Elm
Grove. Fronts about 500 feet on National road,
with four.roomed frame house and 400 frultteeA
Lotto BY iso feet, Elm Grove
Nos 81 and G6 Alley. 10. aF
Nos 1904 and 1906 Chapllne street
No. 1905 McColloCh street.
No. 3o29 AiCColloch street.
No. 2l10 and 2l12 Main street
No. 200l and 9O06 Main street.
No. 1901 Market street.
No. o. Ohio street
No. 60 North Front street-gronnd 60 by about
400 feet
No. 1914 Eof street .i5.. r
No. 26O6 Main street
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sIx.roomed.frame house at No. 200 North York
street. Lot;;S4 feet front. $l.400;
Three.roomed house, corner New Jersey and
Eric streets. l,050.
EIght.roOmed house and small house on alley
In roar, at 1876 Zane street, 81 COZ.
New four.roomed house, AIS Moyston street,
New slxroomed house, 9s Virginia street,
s' Investment that will pay good Interest-the
property on southwest corner OF Zane and
Choice building lots on the Island.
Lot hOxl0O,. east side McColloch street be-
tween Twenty.thiId and TwentS+fOurth Streets
for $751;
q. O. SMITH,
aus 1929 MARKET STREET.
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PAoroeRAPHY.

". u. DUNLAP. Attorney.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-05-07

Milkman spare that can,
Touch not a single drop;
thought had cinch,
But ii was all on top.
N Y He~ald-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-05-07

Next box, Fig. 2, was made of the
same dimensions for the lower tank,
only without top, and sawdust (2)
was filed under and around the tank.
raising it even with the upper edge
of the box. A frame one inch deep
and the size of the boxes is fitted
on the top of the lower box and
tank. To its bottom is tackled
heavy burlap, which is covered
with half an inch of sand aud a top
sprinkling of sawdust for the chicks
to run on. The top box is placed eight
inches above the bottom one as shown
(3) and all boarded in, an occasional
pane of glass being set in the side to
this chick chamber a door is made so
it can be buttoned open or shut, and a
curtain of thick wooden cloth notched
at the bottom hung there. This makes
a room 20X44 heated from above and
below. After the tanks have been
filed a gallon of hot water to each
every morning and evening will keep
the temperature high enough, and per-
haps in mild days too high, if ventila-
ton is not given. The heat is so even
that the chicks never crowd, as in
some poorly made brooders. The wa
ter is poured in the pipes at Fig and
drawn from a faucet at the bottom
and front of each tank. Whenever the
floor of the brooder becomes soiled the
inch frame is drawn out of the back
door and its sand and sawdust emptied
and renewed. Chicks kept in such a
brooder until they are three or four
weeks old are fit to take their chances
on the floor of the house.-N. E. Home
stead
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STORY OF A VIOLIN.
An Old Musicians Bargain with Count
wenzel Trauttmansdorf

An Old Musicians Bargain with Count
wenzeI Trauttmansdorf
A Stainer violin was sold in Lubbock
some time ago for $50. Early in this
century it was purchased for 500, which
was then considered a high price for it.
Since that time. however, the value of
Stainer instruments has risen so remark
ably that the price paid in Lubbock is re-
garded as phenomenally low.
The most costly Stainer in the world
was sold in 1891 for S. 900, under these
curious circumstances. The German
Count Wenzel Trauttmansdorf enter
tanned at his castle Emperor Charles VI,
King Frederick William of Prussia and
other princes of high and low degree,
such as flooded Germany in these disso-
nant days. For their pleasure he had
arranged violin concerts by Faustina
and Mauro Alessi. Alessi played on a
wonderful Cremona instrument so ex-
quisitely that he moved the count to
tears. After the first concert the count
determined that he must have the Gre
mona for his own private concert mas
ter. He offered fabulous sums for 1t,
but Alessi said he would sooner sell his
life, and SO the negotiations came to
naught.
The rumor of the counts attempt to
get the Cremona went abroad, and some
weeks later an unknown old man APP
peared at the castle door with a worn
and shabby violin case under his arm.
The servants refused TO admit him.
Tell your MASTER he said to them,
''that Heavens music is waiting at his
door"
The count received him. The old man
drew from the unworthy case perfect
instrument, the work of Jacob Stainer's
own hand and played it so marvelously
that the count and his people forgot ala
about the Cremona. The old man was
willing to let his instrument go on the
condition that he might pass the rest Of
his life near it and play it once daily.
The haggling as to the price lasted for
two weeks. at the end of which the
count got the Stainer by agreeing to
give the old man $3.50 in money at once.
free food and shelter for life. free light
and wood, one new suit of clothes annu-
ally, one-half bushel of wheat and SO
mummy All thc hdicS hc SOuiu Sd1, ~
measure of wine daily, and two huge
barrels of beer every year. The old
man lived almost twenty years after
having made his contract, played al.
most daily on his adored instrument
before the count, and consumed fully
six thousand dollars worth of the
counts money and provisions. His
violin is still preserved intact. 1t was
last played in 1854, at the marriage of
the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria:
The maker of all ''Stainers," as well
as the father of the German violin, was
Jacob Stainer, of Absam, in Tyrol lie
lived from 1921 to 1623.-Chicago Jour
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SOUEAKS LIKE SHRiEKS.
The Appalling Groans of wooden-Axle'
Bullock Carts in the Azores.

The Appalling Groans of wooden-Axled
Bullock Carts in the Azores.
Passing through the villages in the
harvest time is frequently matter of
picking ones way daintily among large
linen sheets spread with the maize grain
or beans which it is the habit of the cot
tagers to dry out in front of their
houses, writes bicyclist Osbert How
arth, describing his trip to the Azores.
The task is further complicated by the
presence of stray babies, fowls and dogs
ad infinitum.
In the midst of his efforts to steer
clear of all these, the riders ears will
be greeted now and again with the APP
palling shrieks and groans of some bull
lock cart loaded to the skies with rip
ened maize. Huge wooden axles run
ming in wooden bearings without lubri-
cation, create din which is often audi
BILE for miles, and at close quarters is
absolutely stunning.
inquired into this theory of friction
with some curiosity, and was informed
that the familiar tune is so soothing to
the bovine ear that the animals would
decline to work without it. Neverthe-
less, it is suppressed by law in passing
through the towns where grease is de
rigueur.
The bullocks are harnessed with a
frightfully burdensome yoke of timber
on the neck, and are commonly driven
four-in-hand, if one can use the term
where the steering apparatus consists of
a rope round the horn of the leader.
A very brief experience shows that
abundant time must be given to effect a
safe passage of such team in narrow
quarters, for the bullock mot to men
ton his driver will commonly stare
with mute surprise until ones pilot
wheel is under his nose before it occurs
to him to make way.-Outing.
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and what will be the use of your money

and what will be the use of your money
them"
got rid of him for a whole night
once by a ruse you will aSmit was
rather clever. Ny man servan. was
not unlike me in size and general APP
pearanee. / dressed him up to closely
resemble me and sent him over to
Jersey City. The agent followed him,
and that night I took the boat TO
Astoria and had a splendid walk in the
country.
The very next morning. however, /
could tell by his manner that he knew
he had been tricked-
You may say what you like about
the pleasures of the town. 1 tell you
they come to an end at last. There
came a time when was nearly throw
ing up my contract and getting off
somewhere out into the country. 1t
was summer time. A party of my
friends had Just left that morning for
Newport o. how detested the city
and the hot pavements-
went into Central park. TWAS the
nearest approach to the country could
find; but its trim rusticity only goaded
my brain into thinking of shady lanes
and real country meadows. Above the
tops of the trees | could see the roofs
of the houses ! was still In town.
felt 80 aggravated on this particular
morning that had half mind to sit
down and write to the executors of the
will and tell them could hold out no
longer. ] was in the mental act of pre-
pairing this letter when / was aroused
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-05-07
SHORTHAND Writing.

Through persistent push" says a
late writer, almost anything can be
accomplished, and the earnestness of
Peter Bales, born in 1547, is a fine ex-
ample. 1t is recorded of this man that
he was one of the first to present a sys-
tenn of shorthand writing, and very
certain it is that unusual skill was at
tanned by him in his special line of
work. In 1873 ne accomplished won
derfu' feat of handicraft. arranging
within the circle If single penny the
Lords prayer, the Creed. Decalogue
and two brief prayers in Latin: also his
own name, a motto, the day of the
month, year of the Lord, and reign of
the queen, to whom he presented it at
Hampton court. This remarkable ia
cility of penwork received quaint set
ting: it was encased in a ring. with
borders of gold, and was protected by .
crystal; so accurately traced was every
word as to be plainly legible. No mar
vel that it was greatly priced by her
majesty Queen Bess, 50 eminently fond
was she of rare and curious additions to
her stock of treasures; and of this of
fering to her royal highness by her
humble subject" we are assured that
she expressed decided pleasure. -Har-
per's Bazaar
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GREENLAND ICE SAILING.
How DIR. hansen Travelled with Sledges
and Snow-Shoes Over Inland Ice.

How DIR. hansen Travelled with SIedges
and Snow-Shoes Over Inland Ice.
DR. hansen, the intrepid explorer, in
his account of his adventurous journey
across Greenland. tells how his party
carried all their stores on two light
sledges drawn by hand. Each sledge
with it's load weighed about two hun
dred pounds.
On the inland ice, when the wind was
favorable, they could, by rigging up
sails for the sledges out of the wall
pieces and roofs of their tents, get their
loads transported without labor, and
sometimes with great swiftness.
The explorer speaks with much en-
thusiasm of the Norwegian skis"
which he wore on all his snow journeys.
The ski is a wooden footgear, $
feet long. 9s4 inches wide at its broadest
part, curving upward toward the front.
The ''skilober'' puts his toes into a
leather receptacle like the fore part of
a boot, and buckles strap round the
back of the heel. allowing the heel TO
rise freely.
With a pair Of skis" he can skid over
moderately firm snow at the speed of
seven, eight or nine miles an hour on
level ground. and fears not to rush down
steep hills with amazing swiftness or
to perform amazing leaps.-N. y. Jour-
nal
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A. II. Stewards WAY.

An old employee of the late A. T.
Stewart, the millionaire dry goods mer-
chant of New York, tells an instance
which shows the means sometimes EN-
ployed by that gentleman for enforcing
the rules of his store. There was a rule
to the effect that no person employed
in the building should carry matches
under penalty of dismissal. One even
ing. as Mr.. Stewart was passing through
the store on his way home, he suddenly
turned to a number of clerks who were
standing near the door and asked: Can
any of you oblige me with a match?"
No one answered for a moment. till one
of the men, prompted by courtesy, and
thinking that his employer would not
take advantage of him, replied: Ger
tainly, sir, here is one" ''You are dis
charged, was the ungracious response,
'Go to the desk and get what is due
you" And with good evening, Mr..
Stewart passed ON to his carriage
Washington Post.
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tune was the perpetual espionage I'M
derwent at the hands Of the agens of
the Society for the Cultivation of Social
Ethics. He naturally wanted 10 catch
me tripping.
He was a small. thin. stealthy man,
with the most Odious. yellow eyes At
first i was a matter of perfect indiffer-
ence to me whether he followed me or
not. but after awhile got into habit
OF CHANGING over my shoulder 20 see IL
he was there I was nervous il / saw
him and entirely miserable II he was
not in sight o. how grew To hate
him
II was absolutely impossible for me
20 get rid ~ this fellow. He followed
me everywhere. Ii went 10 the the
alter and took box he was sure TO be
there sitting n the parquette. II
took a seat IA the parquette had only
% glance Up % see him regarding me
steadfsS;iy from the balcony If
went 10 a restaurant, I ate with the
- lscio usneSS that his eve was UPON
me never spent a dollar. but l
seemed to hear him cry:
How much more good that would
have done for the advancement of
social ethics
The fellow pursued me every
where. of course he was not always
in sight, but there was the conscious
ness that he was perpetually logging
my footsteps II l went down to the
Battery or 20 one Of the whsrves in
summer 70 get a little fresh air. he was
there, uttering not a wor,i. but saving
a plainly as possible by his looks:
Why don't You give this thing up
and take a trip into the country You
know this confinement Is killing you,
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SPRING FATTENlNG.
Keep Hogs So That short Feed VIII Fat
ten i'm a Few Weeks.

Keep Hogs SO That short reed VIII rat
ten in Few Weeks.
There are two seasons that may be
considered the best for fattening hogs.
One is in the fall, as the weather be-
gins to turn cooler and new corn begins
to ripen sufficiently to feed, and the
other is in the spring, after the weather
becomes somewhat settled and grass or
clover has made enough growth to fur
nish a good supply of feed. In order to
get the best results at either of these
times it is necessary that the pigs be in
a good thrifty condition.
In many cases there is a failure to Sc
cure the best results at these times for
the reason that the animals must needs
make up for what has been lost during
the summer.
All feeders recognize the fact that the
cold weather of winter and the heat of
summer are the two most unfavorable
seasons to fatten hogs With care in
feeding and making comfortable, a
steady gain may be kept up, but usual
ly it is not a good plan to fatten at
these times. But ii is a great advan-
tage to keep them in good condition
during the season in order to reap the
full benefit of the more favorable sea-
sons to fatten. While hogs will fatten
the faster if confined in a close pen,
there is an increased risk of loss from
disease, so that, taking health into con-
sideration, the better plan is to allow
them the range of a good pasture.
Glover is better than grass for hogs,
although with good feed in addition a
SO I, readily no
secured on grass Corn with clover
makes a very satisfactory ration for
fattening in the spring. In many cases,
however, it will be good plan to add
IA small quantity of oil meal and wheat
middlings. This adds to the variety
and will be beneficial in this respect,
and when corn is high, as it is in many
localities now, a ration of this kind
will lessen the cost. Health and thrift
are necessary essentials in securing the
the best gain at the lowest cost. and
plenty of green food after long feed
ing of dry grain with variety of grain
will make thrifty growth.
Hogs ought to be kept so that short
feed will fatten in short time. Gen
orally hogs that are ready to market a
little early-that is, little early in the
spring and little early in the fall
usually bring the best prices, and so it
will often be an advantage to push
them little. A pig narrowed in Sep
TENDER can, by keeping it in good con-
dition during the winter and then
pushing after grass or clover gets a
good start, be made ready for market
by the middle of May, at least, and will
return better profit than if fed on
until August or September.-St. Louis
Republic.
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vENEERING MILK WITH CREAM.
One of LIES Golden Illusions Dispeied by
Getting Up Too Early.

Getting Up Too Early.
can never, never-no, not If live 10
the age of Methusaleh-forgive the man
who invented early rising. He has done
me irreparable injury. lie has destroyed
one of the fondest illusions of my life
time.
had such a good milkman. He was
one of the sealed-bottle breed. He had
the loveliest kind of red wagon, and
he brought our laeteals in beautifully
branded glass jars, with the name of
the farm and was almost going to say
the hour of delivery-stamped in the
glass.
How praised the fellow to my friends!
have no doubt that at times | made
perfect nuisance of myself. At the din
ner table, if | had company there, |
would have Clarissa bring in bottle of
milk so that | could make a display of
the yellow rim of cream at the top.
This was a grievous fault, own. Let
him who is without similar sin cast the
first stone at me.
At any rate, the milking stool was the
hobby bestrode, and rode it almost
to death.
But one morning ] was forced to get
up early in order To do piece of work
for the Herald. Alack the dayl set
the alarm clock, little thinking that it
was to ring knell to.one of my fondest
hopes. | CROPPED my way into the
habilaments of day, and with sleepy
eyes launched forth into the frosty and
lonesome street.
just around the corner, heard the
musical sounds of tin implements strilx-
ing against each other-the city mans
nearest approach to that loveliest of
discords the Standardization of the
cowbelrs clangor-and looking up be-
held the little red wagon of my own pet
milkman drawn up close TO the curb.
He was bending over some work. in
which he seemed to be deeply absorbed,
and as drew near had chance to
see what its nature was before he
caught sight of me.
And oh, what do you think the rogue
was doing? 1t chokes me so that can
scarcely speak the sentence. He was
topping off, milk bottles from the
cream can. He was putting that final
and convincing head of gold upon the
surface of the fluid which had been
taught to believe was bottled at the
dairy"
The same old forehead of brass and
feet of clay! turned aside and wept.
IL matters to me no longer what the
fluid underneath really was; whether il
ever saw a COW; paid tribute to the
churn or come in the first place from the
pump or hydraut. My bottle of milk
was cream topped fraud, and | had
been paying worship to false and hol-
low idol
Henceforth | forswear milk as bev-
erage, and will confine myself to worm
wood and gall.
Milkman sparethat can,
Touch not single drop;
thought had II cinch,
But il was all on top.
N Y Herald