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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-11

Wear the celebrated ,IarOs HygIenlo Un-
herWOnr-lOn.s hTlnkRble, nOn'irrlt0hlO,
perfect lifting, mud recommended by the
highest medical authority NJ unOqunlRd.
Wear our special iinH or Seamless Halt
Hose of heavy natural wool, merln0 and
Superllne cotton, at 26G u pair,
a full line OR the host Wool and WoTsted
Jackets lust received, SweRteTs-thv tll-
nous JarOs sweater, sold Ouly by us.
a general line ut GentB' NOolIWepr,
Gloves, etc., etc, q, HE'S " SUNS,
Fashionable Merchant TRilOrE and leutG'
FUrnishers, 1891 and 1898 llnTket street,
III you cannot SEQ aud need SpsntaDles
you should GRll on US ana hRVO your eyes
tested without charge. We have the finest
Instruments and more experience than nny
other OptiClan In tho State, mud guarantee
satisfaction or money refunded,
JACOB w, GRUBB,
JewelOr and OptlCinn.
Corner Twelfth and Market.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-11
Beginning this onday morning reekng wreck Of prices will stare
incompatible qualities Take your choice OF hundreds
Sack and CQtaUay Suits, OTerGOatS,
AMID ULSTBRs,
That have boon $780, $780, $0o $4,000, $780, sQQ and $780,
NOW 815-oo-
AMID ULSTERS,

giant swing will Joy thousands of house,
holds The lamentations loss will be changed to tuneu
great constituency reaps fruit of great SALE
Take themweve regrets ThOyare Suits and oyeoats tha
wear Suits Oyercoas tha it, and overcoas that FASH
onabe Every this make the best that be
This reduction Of boua.fde valuepossessng qualities
imaginary from that have lived only in the fertile
magnaons oapng competitors But already know too well
tor that You cook up When these
Suits ovorcOats are reduced from $780, $ s9 s $ and
$40, everybody believes It to be just what it's
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
Aiming the RnscA.

Bags full Of roses, baskets heavy with
roses, carts laden with roses; roses, roses,
feast of roscs, a surfeit Of roses, if that
Is possible. The women stick roses in
their long, braided hair, the men in their
belts, the children pull them and play
with them and leave them ON the road To
die.
There is roseleaf jam to eat-very
fresh and sweet it Island there is rose-
leaf strip to drink. Every vase and yes
sci is full Of roses; they drop ON you
from unexpected places; great punches
Of bright pink heads lying on the ground
admonish you as you walk; you can
make bed Of them if you will; go TO the
granary--rosary, | suppose it should be
called-and there you will find as soft
and sweet a couch IA was ever laid in
the ARABIAN Nights" for eastern princes
to dream upon.
This is howl il came about that l saw
such a multiplicity Of roses. We full
filed long cherished scheme and went
TO Kezanlik, the Valley Of Roses, in the
Balkans, once the famouse rose garden
Of Turkey. -Blackwood's Magazine.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
CYCLING FOR CHILDREN.
Great Care should he Taken That Injury
Does Not Result from II.


DIR. E. B. Turner, in considering the
question whether young children be-
tween the ages, say, Of six and twelve,
should be allowed to cycle, and if al
lowed how much they may indulge in
the pastime without mourning the risk
Of injury, maintains that the subject is
one on which no man can pronounce
dogmatically or lay down strict and in
variable rules concerning. What for
one small boy or girl might be merely
healthy and beneficial exercise, for an
other might mean physical ruin. But
while each case must be judged on its
merits, one fundamental principle must
be clearly unciated-namely, that no
young child with any organic weakness,
whether Of heart, lungs, joints or nerv-
GUS system, should be allowed to mount
a machine under any circumstances
whatever
Setting aside such natural disqualif-
cations, the exercise Of cycling, properly
regulated and adjusted to the capabilities
Of the individual, As unquestionably one
Of the best forms Of recreation that can
be partaken of by children of both sexes
at an early age. 1t develops the body,
and the self reliance and resource en-
tailed by the management Of a machine
tend to strengthen and enlarge the men
tai and intellectual faculties. A few
simple precautions, however, may insure
good and avert evil results. AS TO the
age that child should begin, for most
children six is quite early, and even for
some six is too early. Great care should
be taken in choosing and fitting ma
chine to a young rider. An old, i'll fitting
crock may produce deformity or disease.
Two things that must be insisted on in
buying either bicycle or tricycle. for
q young rider are that the peak Of the
saddle should be two inches behind the
crank axle, and that the handles should
be 80 brought around and back that the
child can sit perfectly upright on the
machine. As TO the distance the child
may ride no absolute rule can be laid
down. Overexertion must be carefully
guarded against, and sleepless night
and distaste for food is one of the indi-
cations that the system is poisoned by
the products Of its own waste. II must
be remembered that excessive speed is
more injurious than excessive distance,
and excessive hill climbing than either.
The conclusion arrived at by DR.. Tur-
ner is that sound child, six years old,
properly fitted with machine, and nd
ing in proper form and position, may
cycle within the limits Of moderation
and derive benefit and suffer no harm
from tho exercise.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
A Typical NonbeIieyor.

"Do believe in siPns and luck, and
superstitions and all that blooming nom
sense2 OF course not" said fat and jolly
Henry Thornburgh at Hurst's hotel to a
group of philosophers. II have some
sort of respect for the people whose SUI
perstition is religion. The Egyptians,
who worshiped the dog and cat and even
the crocodile; the Romans, who put their
faith In divination and oracles and ma
gical powers of amulets; the Greeks, who
deifed bees and ants; even the mysteries
and absurdities of astrology and alchemy
all have my sympathies and at least re-
spectful consideration.
"But the horrors of the dreadful figure
10 and the fears some people have Of
making one of that number; the refusal
to start journey or undertaking on
Friday; all sorts of ghosts and spectral
warnings, with second sight, etc, have
my supreme contempt. / have known
men to shudder upon seeing two mag
pies at the same time; a friend of mine
left my table not long ago because ono
Of my children spilled some salt while
moving his plate; one Of tho firm in our
house would rather suffer fine and inn
prisonment than TO put on his left shoe
first when he gets up in the morning.
And in most respects these people are all
sensible people.
"Stopl Don't walk in front Of me;
there's a pin ON the floor right there with
its head toward me. You say what Of
it, Why, don't you know it il a sign
that What's thati Superstition Oh,
well, you know there are some things
Well, all right. Shut up! WLatu you
haveT"-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

Some still existing superstitions among
fishermen are communicated by resi-
dent. At the beginning of the herring
season the crew all try TO seize the her
ring first ON board to see If it be a male
or female II it is a male their fishing
may be expected to be poor one; If a
female a good one. Sometimes, how
ever. the skipper secures it and hides it
away, sailing it and laying it aside for
the season. The boat must not be turned
against the sun.
Certain animals considered Of i'll omen
must not be spoken of in the boat, and
ministers in this respect occupy the same
place as rabbits, hares, and pigs Fish
ermen do not like TO lend anything TO a
neighboring boat lest their luck should
go with il. II they lend a match they
will contrive-secretly If possible-to
break it and keep part, hoping thereby
TO retain their luck. Their dislike TO
have anything stolen is increased by the
fear that the thief may have stolen their
luck with il. To ask the question,
"Where are you goingY Of any one who
Is going ON board is equivalent TO de-
stroying all his chances for that time.
Persons with certain names are held TO
be Of bad omen, the dreaded names be-
ing different in different villages
Fraserburg Free Press
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
The Ibos ON the Niger.

Ivory anklets, often very heavy, are
only worn by the Ibo women Of wealth
and importance, but the metal anklets
worn by others may be many pounds in
weight, and some Of them wear huge
brass plates, perhaps foot in diameter,
which, once fixed 10 the ankles, are never
removed. The men wear single strip
of cotton cloth, but those who come
much in contact with the Europeans are
now learning 10 wear trousers. Their
weapons are flintlocks, bows and spears
the latter both for hurting and thrust
ing.
The huts are built Of mud and mat
ting and are quadrangular in shape. The
center is an open courtyard, at one end
Of which is the apartment Of the head Of
the house, while the wives and family
are accommodated in other rooms on the
right and left Of the courtyard. There
is no furniture or ornament, and but a
few household utensils and weapons.--
All the Year Round.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

Fat stored in the body as adipose tbs
sue is a bank ON which the body may
draw for supplies Of energy and heat
when required. II is stated that in the
Franco-German war Of 1870 the German
emperor, acting ON the strongly ex-
pressed opinion Of Ebstein, that muscu-
lar fatigue could be best supported on
fat, gave orders that each soldier should
have served out TO him $50 grams Of
fat bacon. It is also a well known fact
that fat animals bear privation Of food
better than thin ones.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

Few poets had more admirers smong
women than Whittier had, and this adj
miration frequently took personal form.
One day his sister, in her slow, Quaker
fashion, was describing these eruptions:
"Thee hast no idea," she said, "of the
time Greenleaf spends in trying to lose
these people on the streets. Sometimes
he comes home and says, Well, sister,
bad hard work to lose him. but I have
lost him." To this Whittier pathetic
ally added, "But can never lose her."
San Francisco Argonaut.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
More Than lie Bargained For.

when used to travel about the
country lecturing," said a retired tenn
perance talker, II carried with me as a
frightful example man with a brilliant
red nose, and during my remarks | would
call upon him for testimony. On one
occasion we struck small town where
we had an audience Of about a hundred
people. Twas making fine Roadway with
my lecture, and at the proper time l
glanced over the crowd and said, "Will
the gentleman with the red nose please
rise to his feetY OF course my man got up,
but before he could do 80 thirty-seven
men had risen slowly to their feet, and !
don't think was ever more embarrassed
in my life. Toledo Blade.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
King. Daurhters in Turkey.

Smyrna, Turkey, has an active circle
Of Kings Daughters engaged in the prac-
teal charitable work for which this or
der is noted. By sewing, embroidering,
scrubbing floors, blackening shoes, or
any work for which money would DO
paid, they have distributed rice and coal
among the poor, visited the sick, edu-
Gated children, provided medicines, paid
rents and done other similar acts Of
charity. On holidays they divide into
committees for the purpose of decorating
the rooms where poor families live and
providing small remembrance for the
ehildren.-New York Sun.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
CALIFORNIA HERMITS.
hon Passing Their Lives in Idle Solitude
on the Mountain Tops.

on the Mountain Tops.
Is man essentially a social animal? The
scientists say so. But in the mountains
Of California there are almost enough
men who for years have led life Of ut
ter solitude to disprove the generaliza-
ton. These mountain hermits can be
found scattered through the Sierras and
the coast range from one end of the state
10 the other. They are particularly nu-
merous through this region, centering
about the Yosemite valley and extend
ing far back into the high Sierras. Some
Of them were once guides in the valley,
others have been miners, and some
again seem to have taken up the life of
solitude simply because they like it.
To this class belongs old p. r. Gibson
-"Old Glib, as he is generally called
who lives ON a mountain ranch. He is
seventy-ive years old, but is possessed Of
as much physical strength and endurance
as the average man Of half his age. He
came thirty years ago from Tennessee,
where he left a wife and large family
Of children. One Of his sons came to sec
him recently and tried to induce him to
visit his former home, but "Old Glib
steadfastly refused to leave his little
ranch and solitary cabin. BE has never
seen railroad, and the stage drivers
from the nearest station try their utmost
10 persuade him TO go to town and at
least look at a train of cars. But his in
variable answer is: "Do you think Pm
going down there 10 be bowed up by
one of them there blamed engines2 Not
muchI''
Nearly all the men who live this life
Of solitude very long get bit queer in
the head, and ''Old Glib" is no exception
to the rule. He has rigmarole descrip-
ton Of himself which declares that he is
''the best man in the United States or
adjoining territories, either directly or
indirectly, financially, commercially, &C.
Realistically or unchurchified." The old
man is hard worker, and when he is
not busy on his ranch he is working
theoretically making "shakes"-that is,
clapboards split and sawed by hand from
big pine trees.
Old man Lambert, who has a cabin in
the high Sierras some thirty miles back
Of the Yosemite, is another of the noun
tain hermits. He has neither ranch nor
mining claim, but lives by what he
shoots and by an occasional few dollars
earned from camping parties. He has
lived alone in that same spot for years
and years, and will in all likelihood stay
there until he dies. There are months
at time that he does not see another
human being. A party Of campers one
summer found him making huge stone
wall that seemed to have no purpose
whatever. In surprise they asked him
what he was piling up those stones for.
Why" he said, "a mans got TO do
something, mp here alone, or he'll go
wrong, sure. Cor. Augusta GA Chron-
icle.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
decade had elapsed.

A decade had elapsed
In that period vast changes had been
wrought, women were admitted to all
fields Of human endeavor and the avoca-
tons formerly considered to belong to
the sterner sex exclusively were open 10
all.
In a quiet resort, somewhat removed
from the busiest thoroughfare, one man
CHANGED to ask another for chew Of to-
bacco. Thence the conversation turned
by easy stages upon the evils of the day.
"Bilr-
The man with look Of settled despair
In his dark brown eyes was subdued In
his address.
ITS getting 30 fellow without a
wife has just about got to starve."
Eyes"
ats a shame the way the women have
crowded us ont of business"
True"
Both remained in silent meditation for
q moment.
"But then
The look Of settled despair was some
what less pronounced for a moment.
1--WE should be grateful that Prov
idence has left US pre-eminent in one call
ing. Thank heaven, they can't compete
with us in dressmaking"
IL was a comforting thought, TO be
sure.-Detroit Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

How 1t Feels to BE in q Railway Wreck.
"a man who has never been in a
wreck wouldn't believe how long it takes
for the cars to get through piling up"
said another. after the first crash
there is a rebound clear to the back Of
the train, and then the whole thing takes
another lunge, something gives way, and
maybe three or four more cars telescope.
Then there's another jerk backward and
another lunge, and it seems as If the
cracking and grooming and tumbling
keep on for five minutes. When man
Is mixed up with the trucks under tho
whole stack it seems like an hour"
make it an hour and hall, /" said an
ex-brakeman as he scratched bis nose
with the only clawlike finger remaining
at the end of twisted and shriveled
stump Of hand. The crowd knew how
he had been dug out with a derrick and
laughed at the joke.-Chicago News
Record
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04
Schooling at Twenty Dollars a Year.

schooltng at twenty Dollars Year.
However moderate the expenses Of a
student Of the present time may be they
can hardly reach the extremely modest
sum which sufficed for Jean Marmontel,
9 French poet, during the reign of Louis
XIV, for a years schooling. In his
memoirs" he speaks Of his school life
as follows:
was lodged, as was the custom OF
the school, with five other scholars at
the house of an honest mechanic.
My provisions for a week consisted
Of a large loaf Of rye bread, little
cheese, piece of bacon and two or three
pounds Of beef. My mother had added
70 them dozen apples.
This was the weekly provision Of the
best fed scholar of the school The mis-
tress Of the house cooked for us, and for
her trouble, her fire, her lamp, her beds,
her houseroom, including even the vege-
tables of her little garden which she used
for our soup, each Of us gave her twelve
pence halfpenny a month.
Reckoning everything except my
clothes, l cost my father between four
and five pounds year. This was much
10 him and an expense Of which was
very anxious to see him relieved.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

David Christie Murray, the novelist,
writes: Eight or ten years ago l was
sitting in the Savage club in the com
pany Of four distinguished men of let
tiers. One was tho editor Of London
daily, and he was talking rather too
humbly, as / thought, about his own
career. 1 do not suppose he said,
that any man in my present position
has experienced in London the priva-
tons knew when first came here.
went hungry for three days, twenty
years back, and for three nights | slept
in the park One Of the party turned
to me. You cap that, ChristieT an
swered, -Four nights on the embank-
ment, four days hungry My left hand
neighbor was poet. and he chimed In
laconically, Five In effect IL proved
that there was not one Of us who had
not slept in that Hotel Of the Beautiful
Star which is always open to everybody.
We had all been frequent guests there,
and now we were all prosperous and
had found other and more comfortable
lodgings"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

Mr.. Santley, the eminent baritone, de-
clares that since 1861 he has rarely read
q criticism that has been passed upon his
singing. In that year he was taken
severely to task for performance at the
Birmingham festival, and the remarks Of
the caustic critic 80 affected him that he
determined to read no more criticisma
II other performers, distinguished and
not distinguished, would follow this ex-
ample, what heartburnings would be
savedi-London Tit-Bits.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-04

A flea can jump straight upward and
vault over "A barrier 500 times its own
height. II a man could display as much
agility he could clear wall mile high
at single bound. II he could jump as
far forward according TO his weight as a
flea can be could make n trips around
the world at one ieap.-st. Louis Repub-
lic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1893-01-07
THE REAL FACT!
j. o. HEBE1ERsT & BRO,

Are not induging in any war; or humbue. nor will
we try to deceive custommers and the public.
WE MEAN TO SAY
hat we are selling, and will continue to sell the
best GOODS in every line, at as low, if not lower
prices than any other in this town.
VlolI the other Stores get their prices and than come
to j. o. HEBERT & BRO, we will duplicate these
prices and perhaps go under.
WE MEAN business, and will not be undersod h,, ,nv
other house.
WE HAVE great bargains in CLOTHING and
SHOES for the coming week,
o. HEBERT & BRO
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-24

Office of Court House Commissioners, !
Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.
JUNE nth, 1893.
Notice is hereby given, that proposals
will be received at the Miller County
Court House, until o'clock on the 2lst
day of July, 1898, and opened Immediately
thereafter, for all the labor and materials
required for the erection and completion
of the new Court House at TeXarkana,
Arkansas, in accordance with the draw
ings and specifications which can be seen
ut the Office of the County Clerk of Miller
County, at Texarkana, Ark, and at the
office of the architects, Glib & Breysach-
er, 314 w. Markham street, Little
Rock, Ark Each bid must be
accompanied with certified check
for five hundred dollars (S50O00) made pay
able to E. f. Freidell, County Judge. The
right is reserved to reject any Or all bids
and to waive any defect in any bid, If it
be deemed in the interest of the County
to do so. The party to whom the contract
is awarded, must give bond for the
faithful performance of his contract. Pro-
posals must be enclosed in envelopes
sealed and marked Proposals for build
ing Miller County Court House at Texar-
kakana, Ark, and addressed to
j. NJ. MONTGOMERY, AND
j. W. BUCHANAN,
Commissioners.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-24

In our long and bloody war 1t was
the prayers and sweet memories Of
our noble women which made heroes
of the shrinking and threw haloes
about the cause of battle. Now it is
a typical woman, the widow OF oui
leader, the first lady of our dead re
public who puts the crowning cap
stone upon the structure Of eternal
peace between the sections. Mrs
Davis aud Mrs. Grant deserve all
praise for the noble spirit Of ideal
womanhood, higher in our estimation
than the loftiest flights Of patriotism,
which prompts them to clasp hands
across the dark chasm of civil strife
and rear with their own week hands,
a fraternal arch of restored peace
and reunited affection for the entire
nation,north and south, east and west,
Long may the glorious handiwork Of
these noble women stand as monu-
ment to their undying honor and
eternal renown.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-24

rapid fire guns, and is manned with
A crew that will not hesitate to use
them. Nor should they hesitate any
more in defending one species OF
governmental property than another.
Indeed, had the United States gov
ernment adopted less pacific course,
we are convinced that her sealing
rights would have been more respect
ed and the issue settled long ago,
which is now dragging its weary
length through diplomatic courts.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-24
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public will be sent free for one year
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Its readers get the news half week
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Address The Republic, st. Louis, Mo
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-24

In seems that the United States is
not the only country that has trouble
with its seal fisheries. Chill has
some fine seal rookeries at the straits
Of Magellan, and has just heard that
there are number Of vessels there
violating her laws about pelagic seal.
ing. There are two American, three
Argentine and four English schoon-
ers at it, and Chilli has ordered q
couple Of her war vessels to 90 down
and prevent the further slaughter o.
tho seals Each vessel Is armed will