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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-06
SATURDAY, THE It'll DAY OF
AUGUST. 1891,
VRUsTEE's SALE.

by virtue Of deed Of trust made by
Jerry Crawford, n wldower to the under
signed. as trustee, dated July 1, A. p. ~
and recorded In the office Of the CLERK Q,
the county court Of Ohio county We!
Virginia. In Deed OF Trust Book No. ", ~
page %, ! Will sell nj public auction TO 70,
highest and best bidder at the north ron
door OF the court house Of said county 10
tho city Of Wheeling, W, Va on
SATURDAY. THE 9TH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, 1891.
commencing at 10 o'clock a. M, the iel
lowing described real estate situated IN lns
said city Of Wheeling, that Is TO say; =
parcel OF ground situate In WhcCllng, Ng'
Virginia, on the east side OF Eot stto,,5
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets an,
bounded as follows: beginning ny q POW,
on the east side OF Eof street. toriy'lWs
Ng feet north Of the northwest corner y.
the Methodist Episcopal church 10y. thegv
Cnstwardly with the southern line o. =
piece Of ground belonging TO RoheiI
Strange, one hundred OO0l feet to q twenty
foot alley thence southwnrdly ana para,
lcl with Eoff street eighteen uN ictl,
thence wcstwardly and parallel win Wy
line first above mentioned one hunl.J
OOW feet TO Eofr street; thence northwMs
~ with the cast line Of Eo1 street clEhtes,n,
(lN feet 10 tho place or beginning, tngclnu
with the improvements thereon, being wv
same property which was granted ana tWt
ycyod TO the said Jerry Crawford ~ VIZ
IAN linch. trustee, by deed dated tno Ky Ky
day OF March, 1879, ANA recorded IN w,
Oflico Of the clerk Of the county c0lrl "
said Ohio county In Decd Book No. % "
nnuO aM
TENNIS or sALE-onc.thlrd and a,
much more as the purchaser may glGe,.W
nay In cnsh on the day or sale, the halnUso
NJ the purchase money IN two CQuN "a
HtnllmontR payable respectively NJ pne Wy
two ycnrH from the dhy Of sale WIN w
turcat from that day, for each OF WIZ
deferred lnHtallmonts uf the pItg"nns.
money the purchaser shall give w. na,,
EotlahlO prnmiaRory note, bearing ihio'Wn
from Tho dny of sale al aforesaid, 10 w
secured hv mo THO Vt the properly T|I
holng retained until the payment W. iW
" the snme, OF by deed OF ttuhl 1n1g
property sold 10 hc drawn, ncknowl'lilh,f'
and recorded at the expense OF lho p''
GEoRGB n. CALDWELL. Trustee
WILLIAM n, HALLER, Nucloho'al ADJ
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
DOGGlE'S COSTLY MEAL.
1t Costs It's Owner One Hundred
Francs and u Lawsuit.

1t Costs It's Owner One Hundred
Francs and y Lawsuit.
The complainant in a recent law suit
at Narbonne, France, made oath that he
was one day dining on the terrace" or
open air space fronting on the sidewalk,
where French people are wont to take
their meals in summer. He had just be-
gun to eat his soup when it occurred
to him to coun. some money that he
had short tinse before received. In
counting it he accidentally let fall q
100-franc bank note into his soup.
Instantly he ffshed it out of the plate
with his fork and sent the soup away;
but the bank note was saturated and
he laid it down on the tablecloth to dry.
He was going on with his meal when
little gust of wind blew the bill off
the table. Its owner jumped after it.,
but wandering dog which had been
hungrily watching the meal was quick
er than he, and seized it. The taste of
the soup on the paper made it an edible
thing to the animal, and it was swal-
lowed in an instant.
And then the man who owned the bill
was, though bursting with rage, re-
duced to the humiliation and insin-
cerity of saying: Good doggie! Come
here, nice doggie," and to the employ
ment of smiles and wheedling ways, in
order to get near enough to the animal
to read the name engraved on his col
lar. But he succeeded, and when he
had made a note of the name, he as
sisted the "gooc doggie's'' rapid de-
parture.
Next he brought suit against the
man who owned the dog for the resti-
tuition of the 100 francs; and the court
at Narbonne, after hearing the evil
dence and the pleas at great length, de-
cided that the owner of the dog must
pay the other man the money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
FLOAT FOR SAILING KITES.

Two lines were attached to this float,
and the string of the kite made fast
to these lines in such way that it
pulled the float in an oblique direction
to the string. 1t is the same principle
on which a canal boat is kept away
from the bank of the canal by attach
ing the tow line back of the middle. A
glance at the diagram will explain it.
A board nailed to one of the timbers
acted as lee board and kept the float
in the proper direction. In this man
her the kite was kept in direction
oblique to the wind and driven forward
like Il sail boat at an angle to the lake
shore.
The kites were perhaps 1000 feet
above the floats. Mr.. Harbert's kites
themselves bear little resemblance to u
boys kite, except in flying in the air.
In the evolution of the scientific kite.
the tail long ago disappeared. never to
return. 1t is made in various hollow
or, in technical terms, cellular"
forms. Mr.. Harbert's kites are tri-
angular prisms of sticks and cloth,
about IL feet in length. About
two-thirds of the frame is COW
cred with the cloth, leaving q va
cant space in the middle. He has found
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

this to be the best form for light
wind, although square box" kites are
said to be superior for high winds. Pine
or whitewood is used for the frames
and white or colored cotton cloth for
the covering. The sides are four TO
five feet wide. Silk is considered the
best covering, but it is an expensive
material as Is or 16 yards are necessary
for single kite. After the frame has
been made, the covering is sewed in
place, as tacks are likely to split the
light sticks. Pine sticks quarter of n
inch in thickens by an inch in width,
or whitewood sticks half an inch square
are the best size.
A kite IL feet long is quite another
thing for boys plaything. and the
man who should attempt to hold il
would soon tire of his fun. Mr.. Harbert
uses reel, set on a pivot, to allow for
the changes of the wind by which his
monster kites are controlled. The
string is another important question.
An ordinary cord is not to be consid-
cred when the thing in the air is pull
ing like team of oxen. Heavy iron
wire, or light telegraph wire is COM
monty used. Piano wire is ideal for the
purpose. but is too expensive to be
thought of when half mile or more
of it is required.
Like other up-to-date kitefyers. Mr..
Harbcrt does not stop with flying one
kite from string. Two, or tandem"
kites are common enough, and Mr.. Har-
bert has had as many as eight kites
in the air from one string at time.
October O. 1896, luring the twenty
fifth anniversary Of the burning of
Chicago, Mr.. Harb.rt kept large flag
and 80 feet of bunting flying over
Evanston from string of his kites.
The exhibition was witnessed by thou
sands of spectators. In fact, Mr.. Har-
bert has all the drawing power of cir
Gus parade in Evanston. where his APP
pearance with kite is the signal for =
crowd to gather.
His Investigations, however, have not
been conducted for the amusement of
his neighbors, but from the conviction
that the kite has wide field of useful
ness. In common with others, he has
experimental in photographing with
camera suspended from a kite. In this
case, pushing the button" was out of
the question, and the exposure was
made by pulling string attached to
the shutter of the camera. No satisfac-
tory results in photograPhing from
kites have been secured, but the art is in
its infancy. 1t is easy to see how pho
Biography might prove of the highest
value in warfare, if it can be employed
at high attitudes. Once it is possible
to take a photograph from a kite, and
the general of an army may send
camera over his enemy's camp to get
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
THE PATRIOTIC MITTENS.

been the sacrifices in it's defense on land
and sea; and as the lad looked and
listened, he felt as if he were standing
on holy ground.
''There," she said, gravely, when the
mittens were done, when you wear
these you will show your colors. You
must always show them"
So the little boy wore the patriotic
mittens; for the first time to church,
and after that to school and to play.
He was proud of them, and he never for
got their pictured lesson. Enthusiasm
for freedom and country, fidelity to
truth and duty, love of honor and right
had all been knit into his young life
by his good mothers teachings, as her
needles had knit the flag into his nit
tens.
Years after the war was overland
the little worn-out pair of mittens had
been laid away-the faithful mother
died; but the boy had become man.
The time came, as it happens to every
man of affairs, with the temptations OF
the world around him, when it seemed
more profitable to be shrewd and I'M
scrupulous than to be strictly upright.
In his Office hung strange little pic
ture. There, mounted in neat frame,
behind protecting glass, were the iden-
teal mittens his mother had knit for
him so long ago; the very pair, with the
Stars and Stripes on their backs, that
he had worn in the old days when sho
told him he must show his colors.
In the mans heart the boys reverence
for all that was true and noble came up
permost, when he looked on his early
lesson. He was ashamed to do a qlies-
tionable thing. The little frayed nit
tens wrought by the fingers of dead
mother were a monitor to him.
A little while ago he sent the writer
a photograph of them. They are wor-
thy of a place in the paper, for they tell
the story of childhood influence that
became the inspiration of an honorable
and manly life.
In spite of our worst selves, most Of
us find our best selves bound to God by
some one strong cord of holy prayers.
1t may be dying sisters last word.
Such memories are more precious than
life. The heart holds them, and they
knit honor into our very being.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

plan of his Notifications. If dynamite
bombs can be dropped with their aid
into the midst of a hostile army, the in
vasion of country may be prevented.
For signaling between armies or at sea,
it will be seen that kites may be en-
ployed to great advantage. If signals
of distress can be displayed from a
great height at sea. the passengers and
crew of many disabled ship may be
promptly rescued from their danger.
The possibilities of kites in explor-
ing the upper regions of the air have
not been overlooked by the scientists
of the weather bureau. The gentlemen
whose good nature is depended upon
to furnish the right brand of weather
for picnics and parades have been great
ly hampered by their lack of knowl-
edge of conditions in the higher strata
of the atmosphere. Experiments with
captive balloons have been made. but
it was found that balloons were unable
to reach high attitudes in a strong wind.
No better results were secured with
combination of balloon with kites.
Prof. G. T. Marvin, of the weather
bureau. has undertaken an investiga-
ton of kites and their construction.
Investigators who care to go into the
mathematical and scientific details will
find plenty of material in his report,
which was issued in July, 1896. His ex-
periments have been principally in the
construction of kites which will give
the best results. When this has been
he ha
make use of these kites in sending up
meteorological instruments to the
higher levels of the air. A knowledge
of the conditions at high attitudes will
add much to the information from
which the forecasts of the bureau are
made, and are expected to prove of
great value in it's work.
Mr.. Harbert's experiments have at
tracted great attention, not only in
Evanston and Chicago, but in many
ether cities. He has received many let
tiers on the subject, one of which was
from Chicago fireworks company,
who wanted a set of his kites
in giving an exhibition of fire.
works in Dallas, Tex. For the
time he has been at work he has accom-
plished wonders. The beginning of his
experiments was made at Lake Geneva,
Wis, and there he expects to carry
them on during his coming summer va
cation. His next experiment will be-
with kite modelled after the bony
framework of bat. In The short time
he has been at work Mr.. Harbert has
taken rank as one of the leading kite
experts OF the country.
A. 8. CHAPMAN
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
Too Many 'POssums.

When Gen. Lafayette was in Balti-
more, during his last visit to this coun-
try, he was overheard to say that he
would like to take an American opos-
sum back to France with him. The
words were repeated in the hearing of
an editor who mentioned the request in
his newspaper, adding that if any
one of his readers would send an opos-
sum to the newspaper office, the animal
would be forwarded to Gen. Lafayette.
Now it so happened that opossums were
very plentiful throughout Maryland
that season, and during the week that
followed the publication of the news
Taper article, no less than 1000 opos-
sums were received by the editor.
Of course one reader was in ignor-
ance of the fact that other readers were
sending the desired 'possum, and all the
readers were anxious to please the
great friend of America. The puzzled
editor at last decided to turn the pos
sums loose, and they were given their
liberty at the edge of the city.-N. Y.
Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CURIOUS THING.

Bunbeam came to my house one day
us there any place here for shadows to
hide?
They tell me that shadows are cold and
gray;
But before can catch them they run away.
II find one. I'll cheer him up" he cried.
He searched about through the great
big house,
A dear little fellow, warm and bright,
In closets, in corners, in mammals hair,
In grandpa's face, and oh, everywhere!
But wherever he went it was only light.
Now Love looked into my house that day
could Hate In here be hiding his head?
They tell me that Hate is ugly and bad.
Perhaps, If we found him, we'd make him
glad.
Oh. please may look and try?" he said.
Love met Sunbeam hunting about
Have you found your shadows, friend
Sunbeam?'-"Nay,
Not l." said Sunbeam; they don't live
here"
"Nor Hate" said Love; "for this house is
Let's look for place to abide alwayv'
Sweetheart Lucy came running In,
Bright as robin just out of bed.
Sunbeam sprang to her eyes so brown;
Love in her warm heart nestled down.
We've the incest place in the worldl"
they said.
Now the curious thing, which I haven't
told,
Is something I never could quite make
out
For never a shadow can show his head,
And Hate, think. must be really dead,
When my little Lucy is playing about.
William ]. Long, in Youths Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

never lived. Often it takes less than
so steps day, and it will be month or
more in going mile. 1t is not neces-
sary for it to go any faster, because 1t
lives in the trees and its food of leaves
and soft twigs is always within easy
reach. Sloths have three toes on each
foot, and each toe bears a strong hooked
claw. When the sloth moves he SIM
ply hooks the claws over limb and
crawls about from tree to tree. In this
position he can sleep hours at time.
When little sloth is born it uses it's
mother for hammock until it is big
enough to climb itself.
The sloth grows to be about two feet
long. Its hair is wiry and coarse and
It has no tail to speak of. The natives
say that it cannot feel pain, and they
prove what they say by showing how
the sloth will roll itself up and deliber-
ately fall out of tall tree in order to
save climbing down. Pretty lazy, isn't
1t? An uglier, more useless animal
could not well be imagined.-Chicago
Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
WHEN SEE MlRANpY.s FACE.

Where's a kinder tender feelin' stealth thro'
this heart o. mine,
And my soul it keeps a-thrillin' with mel
ody devine,
Am a sweet exuberation seems to kinder
find it's way
Through my mind in tender whispers Of a
happy bygone day;
AE' picture like phantom fits before my
fadin' eyes,
like an echo grand an solemn from the
realms O. paradise;
an there's waves o. music In the air ez in
this heart o. mine
When see Mirandy'5 face a-gleamin' thro'
the creepin' vine.
Fairies seem to watt the sunshine warmin'
like along the breeze,
with kinder dreamy sadness ez it whis-
tied thro' the trees:
AN the fields a blaze o. glory where the SUM-
light kissed the dew,
An the birds wuz gay an happy an their
songs wuZ happy too
An 'Ge ripplin murmur O. the crick a-com-
In from the shore,
The sun a-hidin' jest beyant the wavin'
sycamore,
bat its brightness faded in a maze o. &C.
stasy divine,
When saw Mirandy's face a-gleamin'
thro' the creepin' vine.
4 don't know much bout it 'cept what's
in the Bible-yet
There's an idee stickin' in my mind that
L can't quite forget,
An that is when we die an reach the great
unknown on high
Well see some things in this world ag'in
up in the sky
Perhaps there's gates O. dewy pearl, an
streets O. gold an SIGH,
,Au' angels wearn' shnin' robes an jewels
rare an rich:
Hut let me see the sunlight CLINT an ever
iastin' shine,
An see again Mirandy's face a-gleamin'
thro' the creepin' vine.
w Edward Singer, In Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

the population of Evanston and large
number of the people of Chicago and
the towns around the upper end of
Lake Michigan have become interested
in watching for Mr.. Harbert's kites, as
well as for air ships.
The progress of his experiments led
him irresistably to the conclusion that
kites might be put to practical use in
carrying messages across large bodies
of water, and his later trials have been
the working out of that theory. To
take the place of the reel from which
the line was paid out on land, and by
which the kite was steadied he designed
float, or drag, for the water, which
would at once carry the end of the line
and steer the kite. He watched for sew
eral weeks for west wind to carry his
kites across Lake Michigan, but it re-
fused to come. Weary of waiting, he at
length started two sets of kites from
Evanston Monday, April 26. Attached
to each set was the following request
to the finder at the end of their jour
neys:
To the Finder-Will you please fill out the
blanks on the inclosed postal card, stating
when and where you found this and post
it at your earliest convenience. The re-
turn of this kite Is not expected.
ARTHUR b. HARBERT.
SAMUEL MERWYN.
Mr.. Merwyn is young man who has
been associated with Mr.. Harbert in his
experiments. The kites were set adrift
from Evanston about ten o'clock in the
forenoon. A strong wind was blowing
from the northeast. 1t would not be
supposed that the circumstances were
favorable to sending kite away from
the shore, but by an arrangement of the
float which will be explained later, this
was accomplished. The two sets of
kites sailed away toward the south
with their drags in tow. Later in the
day, one of them was found on point
of the lake shore near the suburb of
Buena park. The other went toward
South Chicago.
Experiments have been made by the
life saving service in sailing kites be-
fore the wind from wrecked vessels to
the shore, but, so far as can be learned,
this is the first attempt to send
kite in a direction obligue to the
wind. This feat was accomplished by
a device at once simple and effective. A
feat was made of two timbers IL feet
long, united by two pieces of plank.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
PATRIOTIC MiTTENs.
How They Became the Inspiration o.
mn HonOra BILE Life.

nm Honorable Life.
During the civil war the martial feel
ing of the time excited American chill
dren as well as American men. But in
a country home in the state of Maine
lived little boy who neither owed his
interest in the great conflict to the ex-
ample of soldier father nor showed it
in military play. The boy was not yet
ten years of age; old enough to thrill
at the beat of drums and the marshall
ing of departing troops, but not old
enough fully to understand the mean
ing of all the commotion.
His father was ineligible for service.
His mother was not strong, but she had
the heart of patriot, and she was de-
voted to the cause of freedom. Love Of
country was to her next to the love of
God. Her loyalty to its flag was as true
as her faith in her Bible.
Through all those troubled years, this
woman was constant and unwearied in
her efforts to help the union cause. She
picked lint, and her boy helped her,
wondering. She made jellies, and her
boy stirred the kettle while she an
o"SiSo dDoul lilo
terrible times. She talked to him daily
about the honor of the old flag, and
told him that every one in those days
must show his colors or be branded as
a traitor.
"What is showing colors,' mother2"
he asked, much awed by her manner.
81 will show you, my son." she said.
Thereupon she began to knit a pair
of white mittens, and upon the back
of each one she fashioned the stars and
stripes, knitting them in, as she went
along, so that they were part Of the
wool of the mittens.
Standing by her side the boy watched
her shining needles. She gave him the
history Of the flag as she threaded the
rcd, white and blue into her work. She
told him how many and how great had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
A SLIP OF A PEN.
BY G. 0. BEKNHAM.

TOHN THOMAS saddled up old Hor-
II net, put on his chaps" and rode
out across the range to get the mail.
The nearest post office was at Antelope
Station, IS miles over the hills, and 25
ny the road. The last of the Ibeef-gath-
eTs was over and the ranchmen had lit
tie to do but ride the pastures and
wait for spring. That is, most of them.
John had a lot to do, as he would have
told you himself, for he was to be mar
r-ied on Christmas day, and that is why
he was so regularly riding twice
week to the post Office.
Over at Antelope, the telegraph oper-
atOr, who acted also as station agent
and postmaster, was sitting alone in his
little Office-eXcept the section-house,
The only house in sight-thinking of
home and Mary Brand. Home was away
down east, and Mary Brand was black
eyed girl who did not care for him one
hit, as he well knew, for he had asked
her about it before he started west. But
there is no law against thinking of a
girl even if you cannot get her, so the
operator thought of Mary Brand and
believed himself to be very miserable,
and piled more Goals on the fire, though
the little stove was already red-hot.
And he smoked, and swore softly that
1T was a horrible country and the SUI
perintendent had given him the worst
station on the whole line. He was q
good boy, but he had not been west
long enough to get his head hard. AS
S1e smoked, he noticed that his meer-
schaum was coloring up first rate, and
ne was much comforted.
just when darkness succeeded the
. dull daylight, snow began to fall, and
X with the first flakes came John Thomas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
Fighting Fires in Winter.

To stand upon the peak of ladder at
perhaps the third or fourth story of
building, directing the stream of water
at the blazing interior, while the Their
mometer is at about it's lowest point, is
not comfortable task. Perhaps an
other stream is playing over your head,
and you stand in an icy spray. Icicles
hang from every point of your fire.
hat, and the rubber coat is frozen to
your back; and the water that is fall
ing about you freezes as fast as it falls.
Every movement upon the ladder is
fraught with danger; for it is so en-
crusted with ice that it is almost inn
possible to get solid foothold, and a
misstep would hurl you to the ground,
40 feet below Charles L. Hill, in st.
Nicholas