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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-14
KNOWLEDGE

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tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs OF physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to lis presenting
in tho form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; cflcctually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and fcvcrs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of tho medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
ncys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and It is perfectly FREQ from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs il for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but II is man
nincturcd by tho California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name /. printed on every
package, nlso the name, Syrup Of Fig.
and being well informed, you will moi
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Chicago Street Chr Barns Burn.

CucAGo, Feb. 13'--rho car barns OF
tho Lincoln Avsnuo Cable Line burned
carly this morning. Tho fire started in
somo oiled rag, and spread with such
rapidly throughout tho barn that it
wa, found almost impossible to sayo
any OF tho cara which had all bsen run
in Tor tho night OF tho l20 passenger
aud grip cars atored in tho barn, but
nino were saved. Tho Gremen managed
to coniine tho ilamol to the storage barn.
During portion OF tho ,,no there was
grave npprehonsions. lost n tank con.
tanning $1,000 gallons OF crude potro.
lonn. which tho company nsos for fuel,
should become ignitsu, as it was but n
few feet from tho blazing barn. Tho
fro wa, under control, however, botoro
tho tank had boon placed in serious
danger. Total loss on building and cars
Ia estimated at s2jO,O)O; Insurance.
Siob 0OD
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IN THE SENATE.
Routino ProeerdinYs nf Ysstordny's Sos.
sion OF tho Upper Drnuch.
~.

Routino ProeevdtnYs Of Ysstordny's Sos.
sion OF tho Upper Drnuch.
sp>ciG. Dbpl.ci 10 tt< L.e!tarner.
CHARLZsroy, Feb. l3.-Tho senate
committee on education reported favor.
ably on house bill ll3, concerning
county boards OF examiners; senate bill
al, amending the school LAM.
The committee on forfeiture, delin.
quens and nnappropri ntsd land, report.
cd iavorably on senate bill 81. relating
to the collection Of delinquent taxes.
The committee on mines and mining
reported inyorably on house bill l50,
concerning m!no ventilation and inspec.
ton.
Billa introduced: IA, b. Farr, for tho
reliof OF F. J. and D. q. !oiloy, OF Dod-
dridgo county. from payment OF taxes
for the years lS03.0i.
Tho houss Joint resolution, autlioriz-
ing tho directors OF tho insane hospital
at Weston to u.o the money appro.
priatcd for padding rooms in consirnc.
ton Of payemants, was adopted.
Tho senate joint resolution, propo,ing
4 constitutional amendment to distri.
bute tho permanent school fund, was
advanced TO third reading.
The house bill, consolidating Charles.
ton and Elk City, wa, passed, ard tho
scnate wont into committee OF tho
whols to consider tho school book bill.
Bill, advanced to second reading:
fIous. bills s., fixing ths tims for holt.
Ing knnnwhn, Putnam and Mason conn.
ty circuit courts: 6B. changing tho limo
forholding the Kanawha criminal court !:
senate bills al, amending tho school
law; G6, CONCERNING tho fsss oil officers !;
268. concerning the recording and an.
thon,ication OF deeds, etc. II, provid.
Ing penalties for criminal libol; II. con.
corning Imitation OF suits; so. almond.
ing tho law restraining druggists from
selling Intoxicating liquon.
Bills rejsctod: Senate bills 81, provid.
ing for correction OF land books; IS,
concerning be1ue,ta and convcynncns;
~, making women eligible ns notarios
public; 70. concerning p'oforred crod.
itors; 70, allowing corporations to ba.
come e1ocutorn.
The housa school book bill was re'
iorrcd to tho committee on education.
Mr.. Whitaker introduced li5, tbs
gonernl, and l46, the Legislative, appro'
pr!a!ion bills.
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A NoyEh METHOD
Employed by Two Nou To Evndo tho
WHISKY Law NJ Middle i,uu.

.s"P'VJ'" W iWp hNu ~ isNNWO tHc
WHISKY Law Mt Middle isun.
Special Dtpdich 10 he hitiIigaicsr
GLeSvILLE, W. Va, Fob. l3.-An
unique method to cvudc tho Penalties
oil tho law for tho Illicit sale Of whisky
was brought to light by tho grand Jury
at tho present term OF tho circuit court,
when Guy y. Gainor aud William NJ.
Bennett were indicted for podilng tho
ardent on Middle Run, this county The
mode OF procedure adopted by those In.
geniolls violators Of tho law was tho nd.
yertisGmont Of zinc glassware" by bon.
nett, lilo would charge 70 cents for M
empty pint bottle bearing his signature
aud winning number. The purchaser
would take tho bottle to GRinor, who
would Ill It with whisky FREQ OF charge.
by this means several gallons woro dIs.
posed Of In this and adjoining counties.
Thoy wore tried on indictment No. J.,
but tho jury failed to agroo on YER.
dict.
Tho state normal school horo has boon
closed for an indefinite period oil ac.
count Of inclllcionoy Of tho heating
plant Plumbers from Wheeling aro
here 10 remedy tho detuct.
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a Respected Lady Dead.

Special Correspondence Of he ini,llJtHctr.
DEEP VALLEY, ". Va, Feb. ll.-Mrs.
Sophia Lewis, who lived two milos west
OF this place, died on Wednesday, Feb
ruary G, 1895, aged sirty.cight years
Mira. Lewis was born In Greene county
Pa, whore she lived with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph CumbCrledge, un.
I'll 1850, whom she was married to Simon
Davis. lie lived but short time. Ia
1858 she was married to Abraham Lewis
Of Tyler county, this state, who cur
vives her.
Mrs. Lewis was buried in the Fairvien
cemetery, near Wilbur, W. Va. Sh,
was n member OF tho Methodist church
from an early age. She leaves foul
children. three sons and daughter, tc
mourn her death, and tho sympathy o
the entire community goes out to them
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To he Editor u he hhui9.neer.
slR:-It seems to mo II Congress
would pass a resolution directing the
secretary OF tho treasury to require all
custom duties to DO paid in gold, green.
backa or gold bearing obligations OF the
government, and cancel the greenbacks
and ada the gold to the reserve aud to
supply the deficiency. that would occur
in the current expenses OF tho govern.
mens borrow the money direct from
our own people rs needed at 3 or 9 per
cent, and no loan 10 run more than four
years and payable in cursoncy; place 0
duty OF 5 cents per pound on wool and
increase it on such articles as will bear
it, and make many OF the articles tina,
are on the FREQ list dutiablc, by the end
OF the second year OF Mckinley or Goti's
term We will be on our fec: again.
Respectfully,
HARMON SISsEI.
Prmtyto,cn, W Va, Feb. IS, 1895.
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Special Dispatch 10 he lnttLliq,neer.
CALDWELL, Quo, Fob. l3.-Norris
Winders, young man residing In
Sharon township, Noble county, was to.
day arrested on a paternity charge pro.
lerred by Mis-, Mary Fry, Of this place.
Winders had boon In tho west for a
number Of months past, but upon his
return wa, Immediately arrested. aud
betore Mayor Phillips no was bound
over to court in tho sum Of $500, which
hO gave.
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Z WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-Gen. James
Be,hune widely known as tho owner
and manager OF Blind Tom," the mu.
steal prodigy. died to-day at the rosi-
deuco OF his son. in this city, aged
ntnety-orc years He was halo aud Wig
orou, until few months ago.
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Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis.
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This now remedy is great surprise on
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relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold
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Tho President has signed the act os.
tablishing national military park n.
Gottvsburg.
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Cairo, EGYPT. Feb. lS.-rhe iavorite
slave OF tho khedive has given birth to
daughter Had the. child besn boy
tho khcdive would have married the
slave aud made tho boy heir to the khc-
diyiute.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-14

Special Dpp1ieh 10 he mtsIliqen,r.
WARRINGTON. D. O., Fob. 15.--H. @.
Griffin has boan appointed poatmnster
at HolbrooI. Ritchio county. vics n. D.
Wright, removed.
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HAVE you ever noticed how your sys.
tom seems TO crave special assistance in
the spring? Just tho help required is
given by Hoods Sarsaparilla. 3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
First Burning of Heresy In ENGLAND.

1t is quito certain that there were
several cases Of burning for heresy in
England before 1401. This question is
discussed in the preface of Arnold's edi-
ton of Wyclif's Works." and (if I re-
member rightly, for have no present
means of reference) in the preface to my
edition of the third text &C text Of
"Piers the Plowman. William Sautre
was the first person burned for heresy
under the new act passed in the begin
ming Of the reign of Henry Nv. All that
this act did was to facilitate the proc
ess.
Before it was passed the ecclesiastics
who condemned the heretics were DOW
erless to carry out the sentence them
selves. They had to hand over the Grim
inal to the secular arm. The new act
did away with this necessity, and go
rendered the criminals fate the more
swift and certain. And that was all the
difference; hence the popular notion
that no one was burned before l4O1 is q
mere delusion. Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
From Oral to Written Story.

Herbert Spencer in The Contemporary
Review works up that long past period
whence by transition there came biog-
raphers, historians, poets and novelists.
The remote ancestors of Macaulay, Ten
nyson, Hawthorne, Prescott, the print
tive orators, poets or musicians, sat
around the campfire after the chase or
the fight was over, and they chatted.
There was not any introspection nor re-
trospectlon, as we use the latter term to-
day. 1t was present human action which
interested them. The hunter told of the
hard fight he had had with toothed bear
or the elephant; another, q warrior, told
how he had Drained his foe with his
stone AK or mace, and unquestionably
there were much Dragging and boasting.
This was the first state. Then came ref
erence to the deeds of mans father or
his great-grandfather, and the group
around the fire heard something like BIZ
ography. Man naturally takes an easy
subject to talk about, and the audience
understands it. These are matters COM
prehensible by the lowest intelligence.
1t was the stories of adventures which
excited and pleased listeners, just as we
like Stevenson today. Unquestionably
the old women spun their yarns. Then
came in time the further DEVELOPMENT,
and the priest poets had their say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19

I suspect that the queen would be q
much more frequent patron of the drama
were it not that so few plays produced in
recent years have been suitable for pres
entation at court. To obtain the entree,
a play has to have as clean a record as q
debutante, and it must be admitted that
plays have very rarely come up to that
description of late. OF plays with pur-
pose, the queen has wholesome horror
Her majesty has almost as great an OBJ
lection to make the acquaintance of wo-
men with past Oh the stage as in real
life. The kind Of play most to her mai
esty's liking is broad comedy, with q
good dab of sentiment in it. All the
Guelphs have big vein of sentiment in
their composition, and if anything
Queen Victoria has more than her proper
share. Figaro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
when the Battalion Ch.-x.s.


The battalion has been ON its feet
SINCE daybreak. There was a scanty
breakfast, and while the men ate it in
the distance are sounds of the coming
battle. The files On the march are closed
up, every sense is alive, dust every
where, then smoke, the galloping of
horses, hoarse shouts, orders and counter
orders. The battle grows apace, men
here and there go down, but the eight
companies are there f; the captains march
close by tho men. Sometimes through
the smoke they catch a glimpse of the
colonel leading ON in front. Each man
knows his right hand man. No one
looks behind him. Somewhere quite
close is Tom or Dick or Harry, the good
men they have chosen as the best, and
as long as they 60 on the rest will fol-
low.
So the din increases, the earth is reel
ing underfoot, shells burst beside them
with horrid shrek and fling out quick
death. Can anything alive come out of
this hldeous turmoil? Still they press
on. A captain picks up the rifle of a
man who has fallen and speaks CHEEKY
word-all can't be lost when an old
friend can make q joke Another in
slant, and cool voice they've heard
before rings out an order. 1t is easy to
obey what they have learned to obey for
years. A clash of bayonets as they fix
them in smart time together, pause, o
gasp for breath. "Charge!" And the
long, thin line cleaves through the
smoke and din and is ont upon the other
side and in the sunshine once again,
cheering its lungs away. The battle and
dear life are won.-Blackwood's Maya
zine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
Schlegel's Couceit.

Here is a pleasant trait Of amour
propre supplied me by Schlegel. One
day he read me letter he had addressed
to one Of his friends Shortly afterward
l happened to see that the friend had
died. spoke of it to Schlegel, who re-
piled. Yes. he is dead; but, however, he
had time tc receive my letter before dy-
ing As if, comments Constant, the
destination of the frienaIAad been above
all to read Schlegel's letter, and that,
having read the letter. he might depart
in peace. Letters of Benjamin Con
slant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
Nine Opinions-Thousau

The Encyclopaedia Dictionaries ordered for use In
the public schools giving excellent satisfaction
AMER an exhaustive examination of all the leading
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leaves nothing to be desired: and the profusion Of
encyciopeedic matter, terse, yet comprehensive.
covering Thousands OF Important topics, saves many
2 long search through the more cumbersome ency-
copedtas.-EI@er =. Lacey, Chairman Course Of
efndy Conn.,, 50. Louis Beard Of Educatior.
have Webster. Worcester, and the Century, and
Or Encyciopsedias have the Britannica and ppie-
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Serves the purpose Of q complete reference IL
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19

Somebody has said that taking
cold is the cause of half of our dis
eases.
1t is probably true.
What is a cold?
1t is fever and Inflammation.
1t attacks unhealthy parts of the
body. Unhealthy because not prop
erly nourished by the blood.
Not properly nourished because
the blood is not properly filtered.
Here we have the whole thing in a
nutshell. If our kidneys were per.
fectly well we would hardly ever
catch cold.
Our blood heats us.
1t keeps us fat. and warm, and
strong, and hearty.
If it doesn't, it is because our kid.
neys prevent it.
They're not filtering as they ought
to be.
What is filtering?
1t is taking out the poison in the
blood; the uric acid, the waste mat
ter, the stuff that makes the blood
poison us instead of nourishing us.
This the kidneys are there to do.
People with thin. pale. sallow faces
and blotched compilations, people
who are nervous and headachy. rheu.
matte, neuralgia, anaemic. These
are the people who seem to catch
cold if breath of wind blows over
them.
They are not we'll nourished.
Their blood is not filtered.
They need DR.. Hobbs Sparapus
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This tiltering of the blood is one
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Who would ever suppose that you
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But everybody knows it now,
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Aud, thanks to the discoveries OF
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Some people are always taking
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Warmth is healthy; chills are dan
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Cold in the kidneys may bring on
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
Some Very Striking Medical
Facts.
Warmth and Health-Colds
and Sickness-Cold in the
Kidneys and What it
May Lead to.
The Way to be Warm and
Healthy.

Somebody has said that taking
cold is the cause of half Of our dis
eases
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
An Interruption.

I had daily service also at St.
Georges, but when began it at St.
Philips (where I now ann, not a soul
attended. and once my colleague was
stopped by u stranger, who came in for
private meditation, and said it inter-
rupted him.-"Fifty Years." by Rev.
II. Jones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
Followed Orders.

Caller-Is your mistress in?
Maid-Did you see her at the window
as you came up the walk?
Caller-No.
Maid-Well. she said if you hadn't
seen her to say that she was out.-Pick
Ne Up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-27
METHODIST MISSIONARIES.
Women Engaged in the Home Fieid
Meet at Ocean Grove.
Special to the JefScD Cag NeNs.

OCEAN GROVE. July q, 1S95.-The
Women's Home Missionary Society OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church met here In
annual conference yesterday. Mrs. Gin
ton B. Fisk Of Sea Bright, the national
and State president, presided over the
several sessions, which were participated
in by representatives from all parts OF
the United States. The Women's Mis-
sionaries described the work of the pas'
year n outlined plans for the fu-
fture.
The speakers were Mrs. c. r. Roac
of the Baltimore Conference, Mrs. M. r.
Crawford of the General Pennsylvania
Conference, Mrs. Samuel Hazlet of the
Pittsburg Conference. Mrs. A. D.. Comp
ton of the New York East Conference,
Mrs. Henry Wade Rodgers of Evanston,
ILL.,; Mrs. Hopkins of Baltimore. Mrs.
Mary Fisk Park Of New York, Mrs. A.
T. Rider of the Pennsylvania Confer
ence, Mrs. e. F. George of Tivoli. N. Y;
Mrs. D. w. Welsh of the Southern Cali.
fornia Conference, Mrs. Mary Leonard
Woodruff of Cleveland, Mrs. Grace Wei
ser Davis of Ocean Grove Or. A. b.
Leonard of New York.
Mrs. Hopkins, in her address, censured
he Methodist Church for its lukewarm-
apparent eagerness to cater to the veal
thy. 1.-THE old time glory. of the Meth
odist Church." Mrs. Hopkins said, sis
waning and the Salvation Army is doing
the work the Methodists formerly did"
The conference will be continued today
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-27
CHURCH NOTICES.

Tabernacle. York and Henderson streets.
Rev. John L. Scudder, pastor; Rev, ); Lester
Wells. assistant pastor. cb Serves Clist viii
preach. In the evening Rev. ]. Lester Wel,s
will give a stereopticon sermon on 'Beh fiur'
the story of Jesus the Christ
Scotch presbyterIsn c Rnee n Msr : s aetins
nastor. Public worship, 1880 a. NJ. ana
7:45 p. NJ. Morning subject. The Bro5ners
hood of Man; evening, MOI Ashahsu "
the Gospel"
Gospel Temperance Mission, No, sos Newark
avenue. Jersey City Heights. Song SERVES
at s:45 P. M. The meeting at : J. M; WIN
be addressed by the Rev. chas. !. Meal'
Simpson M. E. Church, Central Central avenue nsatoe
Eaaiowshin meeting at 8 A. M. Preaching at
1880 A. M. and at 7:45 F. M. by the HeY.
Charles L. Mead.
Hedding M. u. Church, Montgomery street.
near Barrow. Rev. J. C. Jackson, p, ~.
nastor. Services at 10:30 A, NJ. and TAD
p. NJ. The pastor will preach morning anu
evening.
Linden Avenue NJ. 2. Church. Rev G r.
Hull, pastor. At 1920 A.. M. sermon assvette
NJ n. Church. At 7.45 P. NJ. sermon by
the pastor, subject, THE Fashion OF TINS
World" Epworth League at Z r M
Trinity M. E. Church, YORK street, s neaf
Warren. Rev. John Krantz, Jr., pastor.
Preaching at 10 A. NJ. ana TAB Z. N. Wy
Rev. S. L. Bowman, D. D.
st. Matthew'S Church tEpiscopaD. sussex
street. Rev. Montgomery Hunt Inroep' ~
tor; w. Paul Sweet, lay reader. Holy Com
munion, 1880 A. NJ. Morning prayer with ser
mon by the rector, 10:45 A.. M sup'ece
Man in Gods Stead"
United Presbyterian Church, corner OF sum
NIT avenue and Montgomery street. KEY,
Arney S. Biddle, pastor. Services at lO:oo
A. NJ. and 1880 p. NJ. Morning subject, Inc
Two Witnesses rev. 18th chap. Evening,
'The Church, It's Origin, Unity and Mem
berShip.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-27
NEW YGRK'S FIRST POLICEMAN.
Some of the Grimes of Early Day
Citizens.

The first Police Department Of New
York consisted of a single Waterman
called the Schout. The first policeman
had the entire city for his beat, and it
was his duty to walk about the streets
in the day time and correct whatever
violation of the law he CHANGED to see
or have reported to him.
The avs governing the policeman were
very simple and very definite. When an
arrest was made the Waterman decided
what he considered a just punishment,
and this he suggested to the magistrate.
The magistrate. however, had power to
modify these demands.
The crimes for which men were ar
rested and punished in the early days
were for the most part trivial. But if
New York could not have criminals of
the first rank, the p~unishments were
worthy of a great city.
One man who was caught stealing cab
tortured to make him confess, and was
finally hanished from New York for ten
years. Another thief who stole two
pieces of meat was severely scourged and
branded. He was afterward banished for
twenty-five years.
Among the offenses which shocked the
law-abiding citizens of New York were
those of baking. bread under weight and
selling shoes which were badly, pegged.
imprisoned for a year for having half a
dozen friends at his house on Sunday
and Decorating the day by playing
backgammon and MISUNDERSTANDING.