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The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
vlNDlc TIVE WILLS.
Testators Who Have Left Harm
less tut SpitefuI Comments.

At one time it was n common thing
for a testator to leave a sting behind
him, even if hecould beoueathnothing
else. Some striking requests of this
description we're made by a son of
Lady Mary Wortley Montague in q
witty will, the blank spaces OF which
can he filled up by anybody at all &C
quainted with the eminent men OF the
period. "'To Sir Francis-I give one
word OF mine, BECAUSE" so runs the
document, che has neverhadthe good
fortune to keep his own. To sir Rob-
ert--I leave my political opinions,
never doubling he can we'll turn them
into cash who has always found such
an excellent market in which to change
his OWL. My cast-otf habit of swear
ing oaths | give to Sir Leopold ID"
in consideration that no oaths have
ever been able to find him yet" This
p~osthumous political animosity is
not so reprellen>ible, however, us the
personal hatred which must have
prompted Il testator to leave a man
and his wife Il small sum OF money to
buy for each II halter, for fear the
Sheriff should not beprovided. Such
requests as these are too clear. 1t
would have been better, perhaps, if
the testators had sought a little Of
the obscurity OF language which was
the aim OF a celebrated lawyer who is
said to have Intentionally drawn his
will in ambiguous term in order that
it might, by giving rise to litigation,
lead to an authoritative settlement
OF some very fine moot points which
had often vexrd him during his life
time.-From the Irish Times.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
THE MAN,
He Read the Paper and Crept Out
of Paying for 1t.

of Paying for 1t.
A well-known gentleman in this city
moved into a house that had been
previously occupied by another gen
tlenlan who was a subscriber TO one
OF the evenin. papers, says the Chat
tanooga Times. The carrier OF course
continued leaving the paper for a
space Of a year, never having been
notified OF the change. The collector
recently went around to collect for
the paper, the bill being made out in
the name OF the gentleman who had
subscribed. When the collector pre-
sented the bill the gentleman OF the
house said:
why, my dear sir, that man has
not lived here for over a year. You
are at the wrong house."
we has not the carrier been leay-
ing You copy OF the paper all the
time?"
YES, sir. But ] did not subscribe,
and | told the boy to quit leaving it.
But he never did So"
You have received the paper every
day, haven't your"
eyes, sir"
Then you ought to pay for it,"
"Well excuse me for a moment"
and the gentleman went into the
house. Returning in u moment he
logged out a stack of newspapers half
as tall as himself. Here are your
papers, sir; have no use tor them"
lie had read them and carefully filed
them away until the bill should be
presented.
The collector sent a transfer-wagon
to hall away IL years accumulation OF
papers, the pay for which he failed to
get, because one man returned them
and the other man never received
them.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12

will come and say: "Welcome to the
palace; battle in these waters, incline
on these banks. Take this cinnamon
and frankincense and myrrh and put
it upon a censor and swing it before
the altar" And yet, my friends, when
heaven bursts upon us it will be a
greater surprise than that-Jesus on
the throne and we made like him. All
our Christian friends surrounding us
in glory. All our sorrows and tears
and sins gone by forever! The thous-
ands and thousands, the one hundred
and forty andfourthousand, thegreat
multitudes that no man can number,
will cry, world without end: "'Thehalf
the half was not told u.s."
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
ALL in YOUR EYE.
You Can See the Veins and Blood
Vessels in Your Own Optic.

"There is a strange experiment in
optics discovered by Purkiniu, said
a young medical student to IL Mail
and Express reporter. "ln dark
room at night move a candle back
ward and forward before the eyes,
these being firmly fixed on the wall
beyond. After a few seconds the air
will assume a reddish appearance,
and running over it in ali directions
may be seen the veins and blood YES,
sells OF your eye in bold relief, while
from the center Of the figure there
rises up Il dark trunk from which the
veins branch out on all sides.
1.-THE trunk is visible where the optic
nerve enters the eye, and this expert
ment is chiefly interesting to the stud
ent as proving that the parts OF the
retina which actually receive and pro-
duce the sensation OF light must lie be-
hind the blood vessel, since these cast
their shadows onto it, and we are en-
abled to see them as we see any other
object externally"
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
EvIdenee to the Contrarv.

Photographer-But why do you
wish to be taken with your watch in
one hand and your pocketbook in tn,
other?
Mr.. Bascom-T'm a-goin' to send
this picter to my wife, young man
when / lett home she said she'd BET
I'd be bunkoed out o. everythin' ]
had before I'd ben in the city tive
hours.-Puok.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
1t Is Bad Luck.

To be hanged on Friday.
To be bitten by a mad dog,
To have your pockets picked.
To take a 20 cent piece for a quar-
ter.
To lend your friend more than SO
cents.
To run for alderman, and not run a
saloon.
To call on your best girl and find
your rival there.
To visit a broker when you don't
want a shave.-Toledo Blade.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Flowing Down Clover.

A writer in the Ohio Farmer has
this to say about blowing down red
clover as one OF the cheapest and
quickest methods OF improving farm
land:
II very much doubt the cheapness
of q good stand OF clover plowed UNI
der. Let us consider the matter. A
good crop Of clover will make IL tons
Of hay, first crop, which if cut and
cured in proper shape and time, is
worth no less than $40. Then we
would have q second crop which
would make two bushels OF seed,
which at present quotations would
bring about SO more, making total
OF $40 for the clover. Taking out 50
per acre for each cutting, would leave
$l5 net per acre.
We now have our hay in the barn,
and we will first take out it's feeding
value and then return it to the soil.
One and one-half tons of clover rotted
down will make q very light dress.
ing for one acre.
| remember of n field Of five acres Of
clover plowed down in June, in full
blossom. and fifteen acres in the eame
field sown to oats. The clover field
was narrowed to keep down weeds
and the whole was sown to wheat in
the fall. kept close watch of the
field to see the benefit of the clover,
but there was 40 erceptibledifference
to be seen. think there was no diff
ference in favor OF the clover, and I
never could see any benefit on that
piece OF ground over the other in years
afterward. Clover is king on clay soil.
No intelligent farmer will deny that.
But If Il crop OF clover is taken from
the land and the field plowed before
the clover is all killed out, the poor
est soils never fail to raise goodcrops.
The clover roots penetrate and loosen
the soil and the decaying roots thefol-
lowing season furnish nitrogen and
leave the soil porous so that other
crops can send out roots. This is the
secret OF raising big crops. 1t is not
that the soil is too poor, oftcntimes,
that crops fail. but the ground is SO
hard that roots cannot penetrate,
hence small top growth. The tops OF
any plant always correspond with
it's roots. have seen fair
crops OF oats plowed down and the
ground sowed to wheat, where the
oats would have brought more in
dollars and cents than the wheat the
following season. | have also seen
heavy crops OF sowed corn plowed
down with no apparent results; in fact
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
TIME TABLE.

Trains stop at all stations to take on or let Off
passengers.
Passengers with tickets Will be carried on rear
secrion OF regular freight trains.
For rates. maps. time tables or special infor-
nation. apply to Agent Northern Pacific r. r at
Dickinson or
CIIAS. S. E
Gen1 Pass. and Ticket Agent,
ST. pAIT, MIMI
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
The War With Weeds.

Careless farming says a writer in the
Ohio Practical Farmer allows weeds
to deplete the soil more than the cere.
ais planted. Fence-corncrs and by
places are too often neglected in culti-
waited fields, from whence the seeds
are scattered. ! have a notion that
weeds can be eradicated cheaply by
keeping q farm well stocked with sheep.
During my 40 years. experience and
practice on 500 acres OF land it was a
rare sight to see weeds growing among
the crops. Sheep are great s~cavengers.
Briars, alders, and most annual weeds
car be kept in check and finally eradi-
Gated by ;sheeping.' Biennials and
%perennials must be treated in q moro
careful manner. Never be in too much
of a hurry to stop and cut a single
weed. After sleeping thoroughly I
use a sharp hoe to completethe work.
"When the sheep cannot have ac-
cess to the f~ence-corners | NOW them
twice q year, and mostforms of weeds
disappear; those which do not are
spudded or cut off as mentioned
above. | bought 80 acres OF weedy
land adjoining me and in two years a
weed could scarcely be found. The
cheapest help q farmer can have is a
flock OF sheep. carried on a large
farm; had from five to ten hands dur
ing summer. l kept one roustabout
man 70 watch the weeds and to do
anything else requiring odd work.
The worst weeds that we have to
contend with are pigeon-weed and rag
weed. Sheep will kill rag-weed if pas
tured whenyoung and tender on short
RANCE"
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
The Essential oua,ttv

"Mabel, l don't see how you could
ever fancy that spoonamore. His
head is as light as achampagne cork"
eyes father-but he "-Chicago
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
The Old Cow.

An old COW is a poor subject for
cheap beef. Yet something has to be
done with an animal past its useful
ness-at the pail. Don't make the
mistake OF feeding her exclusively on
corn meal. She must have laxative
foods and nppetizers as well to keep
in trim for rapid fattening. A few
potatoes, apples, turnips, beets OF
squashes will aid wonderfully and
bring about the desired result before
cold weather. These failing give a lit.
tie linseed meal, gradually increasing
the quantity. Two weeks before kill.
ing reject any food that may faint the
flesh.
The families Of the Italians who were
killed by q mob in New Orleans will sue
the city for damages.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Yellowstone Park Route.

The Northern Pacific r. R.. is the rail line to
Yellowstone Park: the popular line to California
and Alaska; and its trains pass through the
grandest scenery OF seven states.
THROUGH TICKETS
Are sold at all coupon Offices of the Northern
Pacific Railroad to Points North, East. South
and West, in the United States and Canada.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Flax seed-$l.oOh.

CATTLE.
CHICAGO. March 9.-Cattle-Unsetled, lower:
good to choice steers. $.5O@4.75; others, $3.50
400; feeders. 81. cog 80; Texans. 81. lO@a.4 40;
COWS, Sa.OO@3.3.
S~heep-Steady; ewes. A25@4.S IS; mixed, $500
$3.50; wethers IS. 50a5.75; westerns, $5.25@5.75;
yearlings. s5.s5@5. so; lambs. s5.1505.65.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Pullman Sleeping Car Route.

Pullman service daily between Chicago, st.
Paul. Montana and the Pacific Northwest; and
between st. Paul.. Minneapolis and Minnesota,
North Dakota AID Manitoba points.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
FARGO MARKETS.

FARGO. March 9.-The following will be the
opening quotations for Thursday morning, es
tul finished by the Fargo Roller Mill: No. 1 HARD
.1c; No. / northern. roc.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
m lnneapOlis.

MINsEArolIs, March o. May opening at s44c
highest. S5c; lowest. sake; closing, s44c;
on track, No. l hard, s6c; No. / northern,
S5c; No. 9 northern. SOa82c.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
THE POPULAR LINE.

Daily Express Trains carry elegant Pullman
Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars, Day Coaches, Pull
man Tourist Sleepers and Free Colonist Sleeping
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
ERN
PACIFIC R.R.
THE
GREAT TANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE
Passes through Wisconsin, Minnesota. North
Dakota, Manitoba, Montana, Idaho. Oregon and
THE DINING CAR LINE.

Dining cars are run between Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis. Winnipeg, Helena, Butte. Tacoma,
Seattle and Portland.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Feeding Stock.

Working and growing animals need
mor muscle and bone forming ma
erials than those that are being
finished for market and one of the
advantages secured by a knowledge
OF the elements that the various ma
serials generally used for food con.
tain is u much better ration for the
purpose desired can be made up.
During the winter it is usually best to
iced Il larger proportion offat-formlng
foods than in summer. Nearly or
quite all fattenlng foods are heating,
and as animal heat, to a more or less
extent, must be maintained by the
food supplied during the winter, a
more fattening ration should be
given than during the summer.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Farmers Should Understand Chem
iStrV.

Farmers Should Understand Chem
istry.
II there is one science more than an
other OF which the elements at least
should be well understood by farmers,
and especially by those who under
take the instruction OF farmers, it is
chemistry. This science to those
most important parts OF farm work,
the fertilizing of the soil and the feed
ing OF animals. And these cannot be
undertaken with amy degree OF %efiicien.
cy without some knowledge OF chemis.
try. And here is an instance of the
truth in this.
A writer and lecturer on dairy sub.
jects says the woody fibre of straw
and cornstalks cannot be made food
by any process. But by IL very
commonly-used process starch is
made from such woody fibre as saw
dust, and the starch is then convert.
ed into sugar, OF which a large
quantity is put off upon the public il
etiS u vi 10 S'uNOoS, olia VII.
is quite as nutritious as other sugar
Moreover. this same personisastron.
advocate OF the practice OF ensilage
OF which he cannot say too much il
regard to its value as increasing the
digestibility and nutritive value O
the fodder. There is no question that
by this process the woody fiber OF the
corn is changed into digestible food te
such an extent as to pay all the cost
OF putting the fodder into the silo
where it undergoes such q process o
fermentation as te convert some o
the cellulose into nutritious fatty sub
stances that increase the feeding VALUE
OF the cornstalks. A very small &C
%quaintance with the elements ofchem
istry would have prevented such {
mistake as this from being given tt
farmers who are thus misled by this
class OF teachers.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Use Of the Steam Plow.

1t must not be thought that the alb
sence of steam plows on American
farms is any evidence OF a want OF en-.
terprise on the part OF the farmers.
There are many eason why these
are not so wide
ly used as they are in Europe. First,
our farms are smaller, the owners are
the farmers themselves and are rarely
possessed OF any more capital than is
sufficient barely to stock the farms,
while i'll Europe the farms are much
larger and the owner are wealthy.
Here our country roads entirely for
bid the transport OF the heavy ma
chimes and the bridges are too weak
to bear the weight. Ii it had been
otherwise. there might have been in
stances where a steam-plowing outfit
could have done good service, as is
done elsewhere, by going from farm to
farm, as the thrashing machines do.
Enterprise is not wanting, but op-
p%ortunity. There are several OF these
machines at work i'll the South, and in
one case the owner is n farmer who
has no more than 300 acres OF land.
But he has a thrashlng machine which
employs an engine, and this he uses in
the Spring for plowinghis own and the
neighbors' farms. This is an evidence
that enterprise is not altogether
absent from the native Southerners,
and shows to some extent the change
that is taking place in the agriculture
OF the South. I'm South Carolina, on
one OF the rice plantations near
(N,D n,fnw~ {l,,,, -, =,
outfit at work whichis furnished with
electric lights, so that the work may
go on continually night and day.
Another OF the same kind is working
in California, by which 100 acres are
plowed in the twenty.four hours at q
cost OF only 12l2 cents per acre. No
doubt as such lacts become known
there will he more Of this profitable
work done ana the cost OF the crops
leSSened.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12

Chicago.
CHICAGO. March 9.-Declded strength, which
was the feature in wheat at the close yesterday
afternoon. was still the feature today.
WHEATINQ. 2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-23
"THE CLun
Roland Rood Establishes Himself as
Wheeling Fnvoritc.

Roland Rood Estnblishcs Himself as n
Wheeling Favorite.
Roland Reed and his excellent com.
pany had a good house Saturday after.
noon, when "Lend Mo Your Wife" was
presented again, and in tho evening the
house was again packed to SEQ 1.-THE
Club Friend" which was most admira.
bly, acted and delighted everybody.
After the third act Mr.. Reed was called
out and made a genial, characteristic
little speech, which kept the audience
laughing and applauding. Mr.. Reed
said, among other things, that no OK.
pected to acquire a reputation as q
bicyclist, he was SO fond OF Wheeling.
1t was evident that Wheeling felt rs
friendly to him as he to her, and he
will always be warmly received here.
After the performance Mr.. Reed and
q number Of friends were entertained at
the press club, where he again made n
very felicitous speech, and n memora-
bly, delightful hour was spent. As q
gentleman remarked there, Mr.. Reed is
Americas coming commedian, and he
is pretty'nearly come.
Yesterday Mr.. Reed and his wife, who
is Miss Isadore Rush on the stage, Mr..
Julian Reed. OF the company, a brother,
and Mr.. A.. Ii. Pennoyer, the manager, a
brother-in-law OF the star, took dinner
with their cousin, Mr.. Virsinius Berry,
foreman OF tho I~NTELLIGEScER binderv,
at his residence on North Main street.
The company lett at AGO p. M, on the
Pan Handle train.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-23
l,oat tho Machine,

An amusing scene was witnessed
from the windows Of the Press club
Yesterday afternoon. The cent-in-the.
slot weighing machine in front !of tho
Hub clothing store was out Of order, so
much s that the machine weighed
without being fabricated with a penny.
Several boys got onto" the snap, and
weighed and reweiehed themselves,
stepping on the platform and watching
the indicator ly around. Alter they
had fully satisfied themselves f their
own weight, one OF the boys stationed
himself on the pavement and:invited
passeIs.by to weigh themselves, free OF
charge The invitation was accepted,
and boys and girls, young men and
young women. and the old and decrepit
seized the opportunity OF getting a
weigh for nothing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-23
LOCAL %BHEVITIES.
Matters OF Minor nomont In anu nbou.

Matters OF Minor Moment In anu nbous
the City.
YESTERDAY the new passenger sche.
dule OF the l. $50. road went into effect.
The NJ. L. Lally Juniors defeated the
Hub Stars by a score OF 40 to lS yester.
day.
THE Opera House orchestra returned
Saturday from Cadiz, O., whore it play.
ed for tho public school commencement
Friday night.
Rev. DANIEL w. SHAW, pastor OF a
Congregational church at Cleveland,
preached to Rev. ]. j. Joncs's congrega-
tion at G. a. r. hall yesterday forenoon
and last evening.
Mr.. JAMES P. BURNS, late Of Grafton,
is in the city, looking about for a
location to go into the saloon business
in Wheeling. He has already many
friends in the city.
The Young Mems Society OF Alphon-
sus church celebrated their fourth ami
yersary last evening. The choir rem
dered some special music, and the cx-
erclses were OF a very interesting na-
ture. 81.
ANNE BRowN.was found drunk in the
gutter on Nineteenth street early this
morning. She was fined by Mayor Sea-
bright Saturday night, but the fine was
RENTED. on condition that she mover
get full again.
THERE is great complaint of tho de-
posting OF garbage, rotten fruit and all
sorts OF rubbish and filth on the river
bank opposite the north end OF the
Pewiky station. The authorities should
enforce the law which prohibits this.
THE West Virginia Stats Acitung has
been enlarged to an eight-pase paper
and other improvements made in its
appearance, an evidence of prosperity
which the friends o f.Louis Colmar, IT.,
the publisher, see with much pleasure.
IT was cold enough for March yes
terday, and several showers fell, though
for the most part the day wes sunny.
Large crowds visited the park and
other favorite resorts for outings on
Sunday. There was n large excursion
party here from Marietta and another
from Pittsburgh.
LAST evening q large crowd OF men
watched the stars in their courses in
the northwestern sky, under the I'm.
preston that they saw an electric light
on a balloon over Chicago. This was n
case OF optical illRsionlby which Cap
tain Tdrbor, oil "T.end No Your WIFE,"
would not be deceived.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-23

Clerk Henry Pendleton, OF the board
Of com missiouers, has prepared a state
ment Of the returns OF the assessors
making the decennial revaluation OF the
realty OF the city OF Wheeling and tho
county OF Ohio, for the purposes, OF state
taxation. and the figures will ! 1t once
DO forwarded to the auditor ID be laid
before the state board Of PUBLIC works.
The net increase in the valnn-of the
realty is S3,293,6S0 nearly all q i aris-
ing, from the appreciation ofSSJ1values
within the city limits, farm lands hay
ing decreased largely. The resulto Of the
g'ea! building improvements 'mado in.
Inc city in the last decade is strjSnRly
shown in tho increase of 81, e03, 0S0 in
value OF buildings in that portion OF the
north OF the Eighth ward.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-23
lie WAS not Robbed

Yesterday a Pittsburgh railroad man
came to tho police headquarters and
said that he had been robbed OF a roll
OF money containing s5G while in tho
house OF Susan lIenncgan, ut the corner
OF Main and Twentieth streets. The
police brought the glrl who was with
him to tho Office and Questioned her
rigidly without result. Something about
tho mans manner made the officers sus-
p%icious. and 4 thorough Search was
made, resulting in finding tho sum
named rs having been stolen in tho
mans sock. The police thought he
wanted 10 coerce the woman into giving
him money to avoid arrest, but it is just
as probable that he was drunk and put
the money in his sock to prevent its be.
ing stolen, and afterwards forgot all
shout il.