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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-09
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALR!

Leathorwood lots, jOE265 at 500. with wl.:.
gas, sidewalk and ShSdStEecs, Easy terms
Sweeney Foundry lots. 25 or % loot front Q.
easy terms. Price away down.
Island lot on Huron street, on hIga ground, 1t
$50.
North York street lot at bargain 70, q ar
days. Look 1t up,
HONEY TO LOAN
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REAL ESTATE
Special Sale Of Real Estate!

no, 1903 CHAPLINE STREET, brick dveu,,,
Of rooms mud finished attic, wU,,r ca &s,,
h0OrS, lot lSNlSo feet Splendid location.
NO, l@ FOURTEENTH STREET, lot DL9
feet, Must ne sold before SGptombor
brick aud brick stable. Lot G2y6y feet.
No. 1873 ClIAPLlNE STREET, Guu resile,S
THREE LOTS, each 9Oxl20' feet. on the g6FS,
Cn6t corner Of Wabash and Indiana STOW,
Island. WILL SILL CHEAP.
no. 100 FIFTEENTH STREET, frame house D,
four rooms, LOr 2OXlO) FRgL
Part OF lot No. Is on the west Nrn OF NaIa s.,
between Twenty'secOnA stree, and alley 70 M
irorhagC OF 2!Il feet aud extends to the alley d
tho rear
Dnidlng lots In WoodsdGlc. LGathsrwooi sM
Pleasant Valley.
MONEY LOANED on CITY REAL ESTATE
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OIL CLOSE AT HOME?
That is What Some Lease Seekers
Seem to Believe.
TALKOF DRILLING ON THE ISLAND,

A Proposal Made by LOasors to tho
State Fair Association and Other
Property Holders Which Looks like
Buslness-News from tho Various
Local oil ROgIons-Now Wells
Everywhere.
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FOR SALE.


No.iiss rCnnstrCot, 0 room, AMI BAN O''0
EhytS ChcNp.
No. II lih street, ii.rnOmOi brick lh'lh
No, COP Market sttont, & rooms 81 DOL ...,,,,
Nos il0l and 100 Market stC,t Oh"a'"
ntOrctty, eia 500. 1919,
Nos ~ aud 10 Nth Nrort - room, 'l'U.. al
No.. alB Market siroct. rooms AM hNh ''''
no VIZ. York street y tnuns theNN .,.,,
No, 81 N Front ST., \ tunmS and nan 'Us.''l
NO. lOb ChnpllnO st., 4 rooms, bath f''NH''
largo stable 81 90. ..,t
Corner 18TH md Wood, street dNoIlni 'li
tlOiu fOOn ChCnp ,,.
Houses " NIL d'rs nnl 10 dlIrr'nl lo''U'"
Saloon for sale MI 10Th street chou ....,,,u
NcStaurant aud hotel lot sale On Nlr'o WV
ChCNp. -,,
Restaurant aaA hotel Cos sale on t'h ''f''-
ChNAr
CFDrs,oro OH Market street Toy al, tho'ntn,
llNildlng lun III all the boat LOCATIONS INV
Farms ior sale on easy terms
HOUSES To RENT MOSEY 10 lu'N
iiE RRT j. ElNE
Telephone Isl. mtIl ilii Market sf''l w
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SMITH & DICKINSON,
1929 MARKET STREET.
FOR SALE.

Farm, iij acres, fronting on National road
miles east Of the CltV. Easy terms, SJ0
Farm. go acres, houses and orchards, tFont
Inc on river, II miles south OF the city; veI
cheap. $500
Farm. 20 acres. miles east OF the city.
Splendid farm, $50 ncrcs, on ROundboioa
100 nCroS OF same river bottom. SIS pet acne.
Farm Of 800 acres on RoundbottOu
Farm, IS acrcl, Belmont county, miles west
oiClty. sl5JO.
Farm, 50 aerrs, Belmont county, S miles wet
OF city, $4,000.
Fnrm. 70 acres ~ miles east Of city, cheap.
fnrm, acres, ~ miles cast OF city. With new
eghtroomei house.
Farm. 70 acres, 30 acres creek bottom, nils
east OF city Easy terms 5000
Farm, y acres mile from Lin Grove.
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"TheTo arc none more miserable than cpl
loptlcs. For 20 years suffered With eplep-
tic dts, having as high as two In ono night !
tried any number OF physicians, paying TO
ono alone, u fec OF 10000 aud have done
llttlo for yoars but search for something to
help mo, and have taken all tho leading
remedies, but received no benefit, A year ago
my son, Chas, &, GalIahCr, druggist at lal
Reed ST.. Milwaukee, Gavo mo DR.. Miles
Restorative NcTviue, and tried 1t with
gratifying results, Have had but two dtS
since began taking It. lam better now in
every way than have been In 20 yours"
DR.. Miles Remedies aru sold by druggists
on n positive guarantee that tho FIRST bottle
will boncGt or pr!co refunded. Dock on tho
Heart and Nerves., FREQ. Address,
DR.. Miles Medical Co., ElkhaTt, Ind,
Or. MileS' Remedies Restore Health.
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Goods nj nnd below uupl, NJ
EMsiiEiMEit'q,
Eleventh NirUHi,
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WANTED.

VTTANTED -SPENOGRAPHER
w Address, Ia own handwriting, 20, Fog
jll State experience. aus
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-04-07

AVISO los que tengan ntmero del
caballo que Sc vendla por acciones, que to-
CO en- suerte al ndmero 4, 10 que Sc hace
pdblico para que 81 que tenga dicho ndme-
ro 10 present8 para Ia entrega del eaba!io.
-Cayey, Mario 28 de 1885, Cdndfdo
BrafI0. .a 3-3
ARRIENDA Ia panaderfa que era
Gonzalez Gale din Sebastian
formaran, BOLIVAR ARRUzA y. .CoMPANfA. 15-l5
RUIDOSO DESAFIO DE GALLOS
EN- OAYEY.-El que tendra lugar los
dias 20, % y "a del presente mes, ofrecien-
do peleas desde dos y trece hasta tres
catorce postas desde veintieinco pesos
hasta quinientos pesos. Tengo Ell gusto de
invitar todos los afcionados quedando
la recfproca.-Cesdreo Rodriguez. 8-6
Un viajero llega I'm magnffco Hotel.
| j.. -Caballero, no hay habitaci6n mas
que en- ell sexto piso
El viajero empieza subir panosa-
mente las escaleras, y exclama jadeant ::
.-3lY que este namen apearse en un
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THE AMERICAN GUARDIAN ASSOCIATION
SO CIEDAD SECURES DOTALEs PARA NINoS
CAPITAL-CHICAGO. ILLS. E. u A.
CAPITAL $4,000. 600 (DOLLARS)

bases para
S Canddo zabarte de Secrearc e
Ierad
Tarnbien
tie deerr rrnnada en-
de edad benecio
p6zas doaes norobre de entire e
ahos-o edad del asegurado
cont el
pen e.
un
de &
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.AMOREs QUE MATAN

Aceptaron su cometido sin vacilar.
La espada es un alma menos brutal que la
pistola. 49,
En- general Sc pueden medir los golpes, Sc
gun la mportancia de la injuria y la animOsidad
de los adversarios Ademas, con el baron Fer
ney,no Sc necesitaban grandes explcaciones
~ Sus amig le couocfan. 81 estaba decidi-
do aquel duelo, era que ten1a sus raz6nes y Sc
las caIlaba Las gentes de cierta sociedad Sc
entienden q media palAbra.
La entrevista 70 hab1a durado tres minu-
tos habfa terminado con esta Erase de los dos
amigos: -~ "....:.
ESTATE tranquilo! 81. ...:. n. -.
>e. Volvi6 buscar d su tic, quien al verle le
dijo: 81. ..aa
-Te escucho, despachemos.
El sobrino comenz6. .diciendole: ..#..
En- mi escritorio hay un testamento, ito.
En- case de necesidad os agradeceria que
cuidaseis de eu cumpimiento.
I'm testamento! iQu@ ideal iestas en-
fermo? #. ..@~*.. 9HE@@@:a '=.. ee@cfI~
No; tengo un asunto. a4.@=s3<...
iTd! a>4@@ @z.@ =...z@~:@4o45 1+I&
AYo. @1tz 4 @ss1ss I@, r+.> .@ 4ztu i
xQu6 asunto? a.,z @ az
de honor. .#ss 4as.@s zxh
-g IA prop6sito de que?ss 81 ssr., s5s...b
Me ha insultadQ N oieial.
--A~-0s r-s.
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VENrA DE- SOIAREs En- Sant,,rc

VENTA DE sOLAREs. En- Santurce
Sc vende por milpesos moneda corrien
te, un terreno procedente de la testament
taria del Padre Vargas, colindante por Ell
Sur con la carretera, por Ell Norte Ell Maj.
Por el Este a0n rianc1sco namos 1 9or ek u
varas de frente frente a la carretera al
ladO del ColegiO de las Madres del Corazon
de JESUS. En- esta imprenta informa-
ran, - 15.-12
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SOMBREROS De PANAMA. Hernaiz
y Compaflia participan a sus clientes y al
comercio en- general que han recibido nue.
CATACAOS, recomendando los que ne
cesiten, hagan pronto sus pedidos para po-
der servirles.
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1s1nG1ornoA DE '.tA CoaanspoNp1NonAn PSI

B1B1toTnoA DIE ola CoRREspoNDNNorA" 251
-jD6nde?
En- la Opera.
-SCuando?
@-Esta noche. 4. ..
-tConoces ese Official? 7-
.. -Apenas. 49,
-STe conoce 81 tfP
Es de presumir 80. un POGO. =. por ha-
ber dido hablar de mi.
r. FL ito miro al sobrino de arriba abajo.
-tDonde?. ..5 En- la Nievre?-dijo
Els possible; es del pais- replic6 Maximo.
-Entonces va caigo. .~- Question de mu-
jeres. - "
Ell ito murmur6
-SPor cause de ella?
-Es probable.
-:Vale la pena?
Me tomo la iberted de recomendarosla,
ito. "
= -Bueno bueno-diio el anciano.- d Esta.
ras SECURE de tn mano de tus tuerzas?
-Perfectamente seguro. %~".
< --lY no tendrds tenor alguno?
-NDguno, os 10 iuro. *z4@<
-Enhorabuena portate 10 mejor que pue-
das, puesto que es precise.
El pulse del sobrino estaba tan serene co.
mo de ordinario. 4@
FL ito abrid los brazos y le diio:
. Abrazame euiaa10 con eometer tonte.
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ECOS DEL Ola
GA ELLos!)

....... GA ELLosD
iVosotros, suscritoros sin conciencia,
Y SIN. .. vestigio de raz6n alguna,
Que en- contra conspirais de la fortuna
De la galante y fiel Correspondence.
ST es que teneis un rastro de decencia;
ST no tuvisteis mala f6 ninguna; .& ~
81 81 agotar nc no quereis nuestra "a paciencia.: oa, :
Els muy justo, precise y necesario, "
Que tengais muy en- cuenta y muy sabido
Que se aniquila y merma nuestro eTario.
Precisa, pues, no eoheis en- el olvido
Que no vive del viento este diario, ...+
Y que debe pagarse 10 debido.
Rona6n MoriG Torres
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CHARADA

, Me primea tercero prdmerG
mi dos seg~ndG de I'm modo
que no sc como pagarle
aunque soy su mas fiel t0dO.
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Al regreso de I'm viaje:
-iY como SO las compuso usted para
visitar Roma en- dos dias?
-Pues muy sencillo. Mi mujer visi-
trba las iglesias, mi hija los Museos y yo
los cafes y los restaurants. Por la noche
nos reun1amos cambiabamos nuestras
Iimpresiones. :s @*. d.. o..
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PASATIEM M P 0 S
soluci6n 8 Ia Charada de aver I:
ES-P ARR AGO.

"a ORANDES MALES GRANDEs RENE
DIos. Cuando el empobrecimiento organi-
co aniquila el cuerpo y el esplritu, Sc I'M
pone devolver al sistema nervioso toda su
fuerza yigor; de ahi "a indicaci6n espe-
Ulrici' conceptuado por los m6dicos mas
eminentes como el Fsreconstituyente mas
F'poderoso el vitalizador" mas rapido.
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COAPRA, VENTAY Y ALQUILER de
Muebles de ID. FRANCISCO SALGADo, Luna
AL, frente la escalerilla de Ia plazuela dc
San Francisco. Muebles baratos. Sc
atiende bien 8 los parroquianos. r.
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pREMO PARA eARAH1zR $1,000 pAGADfRos Al a GuMpLEAHos


Isla en- Mayagde conoeera
soloildes de Inoneda del
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ELPARlSVENSE. BARBERIA Y Pc
LUQUEKIA,-CRUz 12.-Enseres de lujo
Novedad y limpieza. Servicio extra con
perfumeria de estilo moderno. Sc adnliten
abonos por meses.-SERGIO LECOMTE.
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F0SFATOS CALIZOS.-Se venden de
superior oadad acredtan los anals praotcados en-
impOranes centros tecnicos, Aprecio modco.
Es nm exceente abono mineral que recomienda los
BOLIVAR ARRUzA CoNPANIA 1914
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Sc VENDE una maquina para moler
cafa; su cilindro doce pulgadas con tres
pies carrera: molino con mazas de cuatro
pies veinticuatro pulgadas diametro:
sube cana y demas accessories. Todo en-
buen estado, puas 50 desmonto, para mon
tar otra de mayor fuerza. Dirigirse q M.
Bird, de Patillas. 15-1O
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VENTA DE UNA ESTANCIA.- En-
ire las jurisdicciones dc Comerio y Ma
ran]itp Sc Yende una, compuesta de 400
cuerdas de terreno mas menos, con fin
cas- de cafe y platanos. Tiene de 80 100.
cuerdas de montes con ricas nader as,
extensos cercados para ganado y casa
habitaciou. Para informes dirijirse q don
Celestino Perez en- Comerfo. 15-8
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usually they are the seveyest of all. Like
wise it is known that consumption is in all
probability not hereditary, but that merely
the predispo sition is transmitted. The
bacillus of tuberculosis does not fly about
in an cratic way, striking hideous blows
here and there without reason and logical
sequence. Indeed, do not know of
anything more logical in its actions
than one of these heterogeneous.
Unless you invite it, it leaves you in
peace. Coax it, and it flies on lightning
wings. Let US look at the matter from the
side of concrete cases. A child weak from
natural or induced conditions leads an in
active life or goes about with dropping and
rounded shoulders, or in sitting curls him
selfup in position requiring the least out
lay of strength and effort. As result this
unexpanded part of the lung, instead of
helping the rest of the body, straightway
becomes drain, an idle consumer of force,
an excellent breeding ground of germ dis
eases. Immediately the child is treated
with all sorts of medicines, while the origi-
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IN eHIhbbIHlie9b5 realm

lures have been securely glued to the wall
and wrought into reasonably harmoni-
Gus design by means of painted lines, the
whole has been carefully vanished two or
three times. The result is firm and
smooth surface, which will, of course, bear
washing very well.
Hhis unique scheme of decoration was
rather accidental than premeditated. 1t
was begun in small way to cover space
between two windows, and to preserve
some pictures that the children loved but
the result was SO good, and such source
of entertainment for the small folks, that
the work was carried on, little at a
time, till it has gone all around the room.
The question is no longer how to
do it, but how to stop doing it.;
but it has not been thought best
to put the fascinating pictures much above
the level of child eyes, at least when he
is kneeling or standing upon chair; and
as the pictures of all kinds go on accu-
mfulating endlessly, the small'denizens OF
this sunny, happy little nursery world are
signing for more walls to conquer.
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pecorating the Nurserx.

ave first make our houses" quotes one
of the philosophers "and then our houses
make u.s."
I If it is true in any degree that our char
acters are builded in accord with our sur
roundings, how important is it that chill
dren should be surrounded with noble and
beautiful things rather than with what is
trivial and cheap?
There is no doubt in my mind that the
great mass of commercial toys-cheap,
meaningless and fimsy--are serious in
Jury to the little ones for whose amuse-
ment they are made. 1 have heard
fond mother complain that "my little
boy received a dozen expensive toys for
Christmas and had broken every one of
them before night" The child was pro-
claimed obstructive" of course, and the
loss of the toys was bewailed. Nobody
seemed to notice that the toys were all
badly constructed, evidently made to
sell and not to use. Possibly makers
advantage of the established reputation of
children for destructiveness, knowing that
if toys are broken only the children will
be blamed. Papas who demand that arti-
cles for their own use shall be well made
and reliable forget to require as much for
their little ones, ana make OF no account
consequent trial of childish patience and
loss faith of in everything.
And in too many nurseries furniture too
shabby for the parlor finds place. There
is no studied plan of decoration for the
children's room as in the stately drawing
room or the dining-room downstairs. And
yet there is no place SO suggestive of gay
OF dainty color, schemes of novel and
charming decorations as that same nursery
In an ideal home that | know the
children's room, on the second floor, has
broad windows looking east and south
The house is built upon hill, the view is
excellent, and the room, all told, is much
the best in the house, as it should be. The
home is not that of a Cresus, but, if sac
ritices have to be made, the babes are, least
of all, the ones to suffer. The nursery is
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Little Brown Hands.

They drive home the COWS from the pasture
Upthrough the long shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loud to the wheat field,
That are yellow with ripening grain.
They find in the thick waving grasses
Where the scarlet-lipped straw berry grows;
They gather the earliest knowledge
And the first crimson buds Of the rose
They toss the new hay in the meadow;
They gather the elder-blooms white,
They find where the dusky grapes purple
In the soft-tinted october light.
They know where the apples hang ripest.
And are sweeter than Italy's wines,
They know where the fruit hangs the thickest
On the long, thorny blackberryIvines.
They gather the delicate seaweeds,
And build tiny castles Of sand;
They pick up the beautiful seashells-
Fairy banks that have drifted to land.
They wave from the tall rocking tree tops
Where the orioles hammock nest swings,
And at night time are folded in slumber
BY q song that fond mother sings.
Those who toll bravely are strongest,
The humble and poor become great;
And so from these brown-handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers Of state.
The pen of the author and statesman
The noble and wise of the land
The sword and the chisel and palette
Shall be held in the little brown hand.
MARY 81. KRoUT.
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warmed, in addition to the sunshine, by
an open fire, and that, of course, protected
by a screen of wire,
The floor is bare, excellently kept and
nearly covered with rugs, which are fre-
quenty shaken and aired.
AS for the furniture proper, it is simple
as may be, but none of it is shabby, nor is
there anything in the way OF upholstery
nor aught that is not either useful or beau
tiful.
The peculiar feature of the room is the
decoration of the walls, which is surely
original. The wall itself is of a soft neu-
trail tint, and has no other decoration than
quiet frieze, not gay enough to induce
baby eyes to study it too frequently.
But from the Dashboard to height of
about four feet the wall is covered with
pictures. All sorts of scenes are set forth,
and all sorts of people, from gorgeous
maids of far Cathay to the little boy who
lives next door. Amateur photographs,
blue prints especially, work in very prettily,
though they must not be iostled too closely
by Christmas cards, even of the finer sort.
Not the gay colored prints alone attract
the babies, for little three-year-old is OBJ
served oftenest of all studying away in a
quiet corner that is devoted to wood en-
cravings, hard to find nowadays, but none
too good for children's eyes.
All the work is protected from the depre-
dations of baby fingers; for when the pic
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A DIAMOND BADGE.
The Sheriff's Office Has Symposium o
Pretty Tokens.

The Sheriff's Office Has Symposium of
Pretty Tokens.
The entire force of deputy sheriffs took
it upon themselves TO add little overtime
to their Saturdays work yesterday, and
fingered until half past the hour of until
W. E. Metson, attorney for the office,
arrived in response to telephone message
asking him to come and say pleasant
things to the Sheriff on behalf of his depu-
ties.
The deputies had combined in the pur-
chase of magnificent shield badge of Of
fee and they wanted it presented in a
ma nner BETTING its beauty. They had
in his happiest vein, and Barry consented,
but at the last minute, on account of i'll
ness, he telephoned that he couldn't come,
SO they were compelled to call in their
own attorney, and he did it in proper
fashion.
The Sheriff had been wondering why his
men were so reluctant to leave the office,
and only realized the situation when the
attorney walked in and big, blue plush
box was sprung on him, which, being
opened, revealed a big, flashing diamond
and an elaborate gold badge in the form of
a shield. On the face are simply the words,
"Sheriff-City and County of San Fran
cisco" In the center was large diamond.
Sheriff Whelan accepted the gift with
few words of thanks, very properly said for
man taken at disadvantage.
This being concluded the services were,
by some not in the secret. thought to be
over, but the speaker pulled another plush
box that had been bullying out his coat-tail
pocket and turning to Under Sheriff Will
liam Clack presented it to him. 1t was a
beautiful gold badge, designed upon the
seal of the State, and bore the words
"Under Sheriff-San Francisco" On the
reverse was the engraved legend relating
that it had been presented to Mr.. Clack by
his associates.
Now the company began to break up,
being sure that the proceedings were over,
but again the speaker went down into his
coat pocket and brought out another blue
plush box and looked toward Bookkeeper
John G. Fitzgerald with kindly eye.
1t was still another gold badge-this one
being a token of esteem from an individual
friend of Mr.. Fitzgerald, Frank Malloye.
When this little ceremony was over the
company refused to move, but looked at
Mr.. Metson inquiringly, in the belief that
his pockets were big enough to hold
badge for each of them. But he threw up
his hands and said he was through.
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bringing the prize and many 'monk- bags"
of money to the Jacks who bet their dol
lars Alright.
The Trenton's gig was the smartest boat
of her class in the old navy, and won many
races before she was transferred from the
ship that went down in the awful hurricane
at Apia She was called the Jeanette, after
that other lucklesS craft that lies iced away
under the Arctic. The gigs first race was
with the United States steamer Quinne-
baug's boat up the Mediterranean for $1,000
a SIDE and she cleaned out the crew of that
vessel SO thoroughly in the side bets that
they were in debt to the paymaster the rest
of the cruise. They even put up their mess
money and lived on three crackers day
till they found the storeship. An English
nobleman, cruising in the great middle sea
on board his yacht, sent his gig, which had
beat everything in the British feet to chal
lenge the Jeannette. The course was a
straight five miles, and the Yankee won, L
min. and &c sec. in the lead. The victor
crew of six men brought back to their ship
a prize of $3.50 and hundreds of pounds for
their shipmates. On her return home she
beat shell racing-gig belonging to the
steamer Dispatch during the Yorktown
celebration. The famous boat that was
never beaten was destined to be as unfor-
tunate as her first owner and her name
sake, for she was lost with the Tal1apoosa
on Nantucket shoals few years later.
Abel Davis was her coXswain, and one Of
the best boatmen in the service.
The speediest barge in the old navy was
the Nonpariel, belonging to the warshlp
Plymouth, which beat everything she was
pulled against. Her most notable race was
with the famous Daring, in New York
harbor over tive-mile course with turn.
in which she easily won in 81 minutes and
AZ seconds. She was lost from her davits
during storm in the West Indies in 1878.
When the ship took weather-roll the
matchless boat dipped full of water, and as