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Smyrna times., 1898-12-21

Some twenty carriages were hitched
up Sunday evening in the vicinity of
the meeting in the basement of the
Odd Fellows Hall. These meetings
are characterized by unusual fervor,
and hold till late hour.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-21

Capt. Caldwell's Blue Hens Chick
ems in the Delaware line at the Battle
of Cowpen's in the Revolutionary War
were accredited with being the finest
specimens in height of the patriot
soldiers. In the matter of height,
Smyrna has a young man that would
have done credit to his line in the per-
son of Gardner Boyer, son of Charles
Boyer, who though only 1s years Of
age. stands 6 feet 81 inches high, and
weighs 1856 lbs.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-21

"Could any one find more suitable
gift than good frst-class sewing ma
chine?" says M. H. Appleton in his
advertisement elsewhere. Visit his
Sewing Machine Bazaar on Main
street. Prices; $500 to $24.00 and
up, delivered at your home. See
adv.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-21

A vagrant was arrested on Sunday
last for prowling around to peoples
houses. He was pulled in by Police
man Turner. In hearing Monday
morning, Alderman Collins discharged
the tramp on condition of leaving
town.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08
ARTICLES. open. Hlgh. Low. CLOS!

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Quiet.
Wheat-No. . spring 9l@92Gc: No. :
spring S7cGsl 90: No. red 81 O2,A.
Corn-No. ., 2s7s829c: No. . yellow
2S5sG29c.
oats-No. ., oGhG2GFsc: No. 2 white
zoe; No. 3 white 2SGG29c.
Rye-No. ., 49Kc.
Barley.-No .. 34@43c.
FlaXseed-No. |, 81 10: northwestern
81 80
Timothyseed-Prime 81 95.
Pork-Mess per barrel $40 2Od1O IS.
Lard-Per 100 lbs S. 07lsp5 10.
Short rlbs-Sides C.oose) 81 a0G5 Is;
short clear sides (boxed) SIS SO65s50.
Whisky-Distlllers finished goods per
gallon 81 1871.
Sugara-Urchanged
Butter-Market steady; creamerles l3
@o0c; diaries 1l117c.
: Cheese-Qulet at STSisc.
Eggs-Steady; fresh l0hc.
NEW YORK-Flour, receipts 1856
barrels: exports 17,1S7 barrels; market
inactive and barely steady.
Wheat, receipts S9,72J bushels: cx-
ports l25.062 bushels; spot market easy;
No. . red 81 077s (. o. b. ailoat to ar
rive: options opened easy: closed 1c
higher: No. red March closed at
81 0G1s; May closed at 81 0OH.
Corn, receipts 1886 bushels: exports
9S.525 bushels; SPOT market easy: No. 2,
37Ac: options opened easy: closed Ne
&c lower: May closed at 34Ac.
Oats, receipts G3,6O0 bushels; exports
1850 bushels: sales 5000 futures; spot
market dull: No. 2, BIC; options dull
and easier closing H4c net lower; May
closed at 30i4c,
Feed firm Hay steady. Hops quiet.
Hides firm. Leather steady.
Beef steady. Cutmeats quiet.
Lard easier; western steamed IS 37iES |;
refined quiet .s r
Pork easier. Tallow steady.
Cottouseed oil steady. Rosin steady.
Turpcntine firm.
Rice firm. Molasses firm.
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania
11G1lAc; western fresh lie.
Coffee, options steady; closed dull and
unchangcd:, sales $3.50 bags. Including
May S. 55.
Sugars, raw barely steady; refined
quiet.
CHICAGO-Buyers OF cattle to-day
were inclined to hold back from pur-
chasing the commonCr drovcs as 1t was
thought that the bountiful supply would
cause prices TO rule lower. But the gen.
eral demand proved to be unexpectedly
good and prices were not very much dlt-
fercnt from those OF last weeks late
sales, some medium lots remaining
steady, while others sold about dime
lower. Sales were largely at 81 35d5 10.
the commoncst lots OF dressed beef
steers selling at So ,S5Gli 90. while fancy
lots would have sold rs high as last
week had any been offered. Suckers
and feeders sold moderately at 81 GO1
4 60: cowsiand bulls we're active anu
steady at former prices; calves sold at
81 25GG Is for the best grades. Trade In
hogs started off active and stronger, but
weakened later after early purchases
were made. Common drovcs sold at
81 s0Q3 S5 and some prime heavy hogs
brought 81 07h the bulk of the offerings
going for 81 9j@i O5. The top price 81 10,
was paid for, siNty-ninc $50 pound hogs,
Late sales were about 2hc under those
made early. Prices for sheep and lambs
were on the whole very well sustained,
there being an excellent general demand,
The only weakness was in heavy sheen
which sold much more slowly than light,
handy killers. Sheep were salablc at
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

ORDERS FOR THE MOST CoMPLI-
OCATED AND INTRICATE DESIGNS
OF PRINTING carefully and intcliIgcntly
Gompiotcd at tho lNTELlIG ENCEit JOB
PRINTING OFFICE. Issg- $500. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

CHICAGO-Nearby futures In wheat
were Infected to-day by the Cuban de-
vclopmcnts principally, and closed weak
ut VI decline for July and cent lower
for May. Far Off futures, however,
were strong on Letter buying and bad
Illinois and mississippi crop reports
September and December wheat closed
about 1ac higher than their former
prices. Corn felt the war scare and de-
cllned nc. Oats closed n shade lower
Provisions were affected by the grain
weakness and showed closing declines
OF from 2h 10 15c. A good dcal OF ncr-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

NEW YORK-Therc is no change in
dry goods. The opening OF the week
presents similar phenomena to those
shown at last weeks closing. These
are generally quiet. Orders by mail are
somewhat slow and buyers In the mar
ket are not numerous. Cotton goods are
in generally quiet request In all divis-
ions. Woolens show no change OF mo-
ment, hut are in steady request at I'M
changed prices
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08
Metals.

NEW YORK-Metals-Th week OPP
ems with the metal market in general
promising condition. The metal en-
change reports to-day's closing tones
and prices as follows: Pig Iron warrants
steady at Sc rs bid and SC SIS asked. Tin
firm at 81 % bid and s14 IS asked. Lake
copper strong at 81 S7iE bid and sl2 90
asked. Spelter firm at 81 % bid and
81 80 asked. Lead firm at So so bid and
50 s7E asked. Tho firm that fixes the
settling prices for miners and smelters
quotes lead at 50 GO.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

WE are anxious to do a little good in
this world and can think of no better or
pleasanter way to do It than by recon-
mendinE One Minute Cough Cure MS a
preventive OF pneumonia, consumption
and other serious lung troubles that fol-
low neglected colds. Charles r. Goethe,
Market and Twelfth streets: Chatham
Sinclair, Forty-slxth and Jacob streets:
A. L. Scheele. No. COZ Main street: Exley
Bros. Penn and Zane streets: Bowie &
Co.. Bridgeport. 5
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

.|| a
50 COOS 70 for the poorest lots up to
sales being largely at 81 1894 80, Year.
anywhere from 81 20 to So 90 for inferior
10 choice. sales being lhrgcly az s. 0Od
. 20. Receipts:t Cattle 1900 head; hogs
5000 head; sheep 1900 head.
BALT1MoRE--Fiour dull. receipts
1900 barrels: exporte 1900 barrels.
Wheat steady; spot and month 81 0OI
l 00N; May 81 c0is6pt DON. steamer No.
2 red 95is 95tic: receipts 40. GsS bushels:
southern whea. ny sample 97c6Si OIL; do
on grade 9GcRsl OIL Corn easy; spot and
month 33is q 32ssc; May &c bid; steamer
mixed 524i d3ac: receipts 65,67i; south
crn while corn 1914 I3llSc; do yellow
5iisc. Oats steady: No. white 34ii4
35c; No. mixed 32d32iSc: receipts 1924
bushels. Rye steady; No. . nearby Csc:
No. western b6c bid, receipts 5000
bushels. Hay firm for the best grades,
choice timothy si2 5o@i3 90. Grain
freiShts quiet. Butter quiet: fancy
creamery &c; do IMITATION 17dlsc: do
ladle l5c; good ladle l31lic; store pack
ed lO9i2e. Eggs quiet: fresh ~ dl2c.
Cheese steady: fancy New York large
9N49i4e; do medium 9A@1oc: do small
1Ohc.
Observation-Disclosures, shade cas-.
Ter; contract urade. March. 81 00H1
! COZ: April, May and June nominal.
Corn also shade easier: No. mixed
March 3ih@3iisc; April, May and June
nominal, oats firm: No. white
March 33N G33Sc: April. May and June
nominal, Butter steady: fancy western
creamery &c: do Pennsylvania and do
western prints 22c. Eggs unchanged;
fresh nearby and do western 12c. Cheese
steady.
CINCtNNhTI-F dull. Wheat
easy: No. . red o7kd9Sc. Corn steady:
No. mixed Slhc. Oats steady: No. 2
mixed Csc. Rye firm: No. 9. SAC. Lard
quiet at S. 90. Bulkmeats easy at IS 10.
Bacon steady at IS 90. Whisky quiet at
81 20. Butter quiet and firm. Sugar
quiet. Cheese. steady; good to prime
Ohio fiat 9q9isc,
ToLEDo-whclt active and lower:
No. 2 cash 9sAc; May 9SAc. Corn active
and steady: No. mixed SIC. Oats dull
and steady; No. mixed cash and May
27hc. Rye dull and steady: No. cash
JOhc. Cloverseed active and higher:
prime cash IS OH,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

oN the morning OF February 20, 1896,
: was SICK with rheumatism. and lay In
nsu Until Ghtii May 2lst. when got bottle
oil Chambcrlnin's Pain Balm, The first
application relieved me almost entirely
rom the pain and the second afforded
complete relief. In short time | was
snIe 10 be UP and about ngaIn.--A, r.,
drugpIsts 800" o'u ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

Simply apply "SWAYNES ONT
MENT." No internal medicine requir-
cd. Cures letter. eczema. Itch. all erup-
lions on the face. hands. nose ETC.. leav-
Ing the skin clear, white and healthy.
Its great healing and curative powers
are possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for SWAYNE'S ONT
MENT. Avoid substitutes. ttns&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

OIL CITT-Credlt balances SIC; certl-
flcates opened cash oil S3c bid; first sale
s31sc; highest SS1sc; loves. S2Hc: closed
offered Mt seize; sales cash and regular
$1,000 barrels; shipments 23.IIH barrels:
runs IS, 5i5 barrles.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

EAST LIBERTY : Cattle steady;
prime So COOS 10; common 50 COCA 10:
bulls. stays and cows 81 0oTi TO- Hogs
slow and lowers prime medium weights
81 2OQi IS; heavy Workers. 1G09l9O lbs.
81 1904 20: light Workers. "a 05Gi 10;
pigs, as to quality, So S06i 90; heavy
hogs 81 1904 IL; good roughs 81 400
3 IS; common to fair roughs So 1908 co.
Sheep steady; choice 81 S5GD5 90; COM
mon 50 5044 90: choice lambs s. 75G
5 So: common 10 good lambs 81 75G5 20.
Veal calves SC 5OQ7 90.
C1NClNNATI-Hogs active at So i50
4 10.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08
a Wool.
NEW YoRK-Wool dull.

az SUFFERED for months from sore
throat Electric Oil cured me Ia
twenty-four hours" M. S. Gist, Hawes-
vile, NY. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-08

tDnily, except Sunday. ------ : - -
Sunday church trains will leave Elm
Grove at 9:Ss O. N. and Wheeling n I?ii
.. IN II. Il. WElSGERBER. = -
Gsneral Manager
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
ONE OF THE KAIsER's JOKES.
The German Emperor Once Made a
Humorous Retort to Toast
, by Telegraph.

There are many good anecdotes about
the German emperor, and it must be
owned that they all prove the kaiser to
have no small amount of humor, says
he Toronto Chronicle. The following,
which comes from Mr.. Ehlers, the trav
cler, is smarter than most. The en-
peror and Ehlers were college chums
from Bonn, and the emperor never for
got his old college student. AT Bonn
cn special occasions the different corps
used to drink to one another, and the
following set form was always used:
The president of the Palatio corps
raises his glass, saying: 81 have the
great honor and pleasure to empty my
glass in drinking to the(corps of Borus-
sia." The president of the latter corps
replies: The corps thanks and drinks. >
On the birth of one of the sons of the
emperor Ehlers telegraphed him: 81
have the great honor and pleasure to
empty my glass in drinking to the
youngest Hohenzollern." The emperor
promptly wired back: "The youngest
Hohenzollern thanks and drinks"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
THIS YEAR WORTH WATCHING.
NOT since 1851 Has There Been So
Peculiar Numerical Conn
biE2tion.

A German statistical scientist, in an
article in the Magdeburg Zeitung, calls
attention 10 the remarkable attributes
OF the year 1898. No man in the present
generation has lived or will live under
such peculiar circumstances, a condi-
ton that has not appeared since the
year 1861 and will not appear again
until the year 2119. People imbued
with a superstitious belief and mem
bers Of 13 clubs ought to watch closely
the events of this remarkable year.
AS starter, the numeral 1898 can be
divided by 13, and the four figures added
together gives 26, which can also be
divided by 13. The numeral of the year
1898 also belongs to the remarkable
group of four-sided numbers, of which
only eight have existed since the birth
Of Christ, 1898 being the ninth. Take
1898, for example. Subtract the first
figure from the third and the value of
the second and fourth are received.
These peculiar year numbers have been
1910, 1121, 1882, 1343, 1854, 1868, 1916,
1887, and now 1898. The last time the
peculiar condition of IS existed was in
1851. This could evenly be divided by
13, and the figures, 1, 6, 5, added to-
pether give 49,
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
DENTISTS AND THE KLONDIKE.
Gold Seekers Wisely Have Their
Teeth Attended to Before They
Start for Alaska.

"Do you know" said New York den
tist, that this rush to the Klondike has
made perceptible increase in our in
comes? And it's all very natural. too.
Those who intend to visit the newly
discovered gold regions realize that the
part of their bodies most likely to be
affected if they manage to keep from
freezing and starvation will be their
teeth. Consequently they rush to US
and have them thoroughly examined.
The slightest imperfection is attended
to. If the teeth are decayed to such an
extent that they cannot be filed with
gold, why. the prospective tourist
promptly has them pulled out. No ex-
pense is spared, as they are all anxious
to have their teeth in the best possible
condition before undertaking the jour
ney, so they can withstand any kind of
climate. Now it's not hard to see how
much the profession has benefited by
this state Of affairs. Ny case is only
one instance. Only this morning l had
a party of six in here. and from the SUI
perficial examination made / estimate
about $3.50 from the crowd"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
SPARROWS KILL A POLECAT.
The FerociOus Little Birds Riddle
the Animals Hide with
Their Bills. as

"You have often heard of the ferocity
of birds, no doubt" said William Ander-
son, a hardy old woodsman who lives
on the lower Ohio, reports the Louisville
Post, but doubt if you ever heard of
birds attacking and killing an animal
that one would imagine could whip
three or four fierce ours. While hunting
down in the flats near the mouth of
Green river several years ago | saw
large and fierce skunk beat an igno-
minious retreat after trying in vain to
best several English sparrows and later,
when the skunk has screwed his. cour-
age up to the sticking point again, saw
those same insignificant-looking little
birds tear the animal to shreds. When
my attention was first attracted the
sparrows were flying from one side of
the thicket to the other, twittering like
mad. When / went to learn the cause
the skunk, badly frightened, was dodg-
ing from one side to the other of log,
trying to escape the savage attacks Of
the feathered tribe. The birds didn't
mind me, but kept dashing their little
bills into the skunk's well-purctured
hide. When the skunk started across
an open space to the cover of nearby
driftwood his tormentors pounced upon
him and riddled the poor cats hide"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
SILENCE LAW IN BERLIN.
In That City Legislation In I'm Force
on All Sorts of Every
day Noises.

No other large city Is as quiet rs Ber-
lin. Railway engines are not allowed
to blow their whistles within the city
limits. There is no loud bawling by
hucksters, and a man whose wagon
gearing is loose and rattling is subject
to fine. The court have large dis
cretion as to fines for noise-making.
The negro whistlers who make night
shrill and musical in Washington would
have hard time of it in German coma
munity.
Strangest of all, piano playing is reg
ulated in Berlin. Before certain hour
in the day and after a certain hour in
the night the piano must be, silent in
that musical city. Even during the
playing hours fine is imposed for nero
banging on the piano.
In Paris it is only during the carnival
and on fete days that the sound of the
French horn is tolerated. At other sea-
tons it is vigorously prohibited by the
police.
German intolerance of noise is not
recent thing. Wallenstein, who de-
manded absolute quiet, had 1870 houses
torn down in Prague and sentries post
ed all round in the distance, to secure
silence. There is a tradition that still
further back in time Bohemian shep-
herd, seeing the monk Adelbert asleep,
blew on his pipe in mischief. The
monk called down the curse of deaf
ness on him.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
A MODEST MAN.
Who Many Years Ago Received a Fa-
nous Letter from AbrG-
ham Lincoln,

There passed away in Massachusetts,
one day recently man who was at one
time the firm friend of such men as
Webster, Douglas. Lincoln, who pre-
sided at the famous convention of 1860
which nominated the martyred presi-
dent; who was called to Washington in
the time of the country's greatest need;
whose opinions were sought by men OF
influence in whatever crisis faced them,
says the Philadelphia Press.
George Ashmun was one of the most
modest of men. When he was chosen
to preside over tie convention of 1860
he consented only on condition that
Gov. Trask would accompany him. He
and Mr.. Trask both went to Springfield
with the committee to notify Mr.. Lin
coin and it was shortly after that that
he received from the president letter
that became famous and which said:
1T seems as if the question whether my
first name is Abraham or Abram will
never be settled; it is Abraham, and if
the letter of acceptance is not yet in
print, if you think fit, have my sigma
ture thereto printed Abraham Lin
coln.'" Daniel Webster once wrote to
him: Whenever anything good comes
into this house we always think of Mr..
Ashmun. A fish came up the Potomac
last evening higher than is usual for
his species to venture. Will you be so
kind as to join Mr.. - and myself at
five o'clock to-day to taste him?"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
NO MAP OF UNITED STATES.
A Possible Explanation of Il bermuda
Boys Ignorance of American
History.

"The school children of the Bermudas
know nothing of American history"
says a New York woman who has just
returned from Hamilton, according to
the Sun. "One day l stopped and
talked with bright little colored boy
on the street. The Bermuda negro, you
know, is superior in intelligence to the
southern negro of this country. He
has neither the thick lips nor the fiat
nose of our American negro. His su-
periority is accounted for by the fact
that he has in his veins the blood of
the Indians captured in King Philips
war and taken as slaves to the Ber-
mudas.
"'Do you go to school?' I asked the
boy.
"'Yes'em.'
"'Who owns these islands?'
England -
"'Who rules England?
"'Queen Victoria
"'Where are the United States"
"'South of Canada
"'And do you know who is president
of the United States?'
60 "'Yes'em; George Washington
"When | had visited one of the little
schools at Hamilton ! did not wonder
that Washington was the only Ameri-
can president the boy had heard of.
On the walls were maps of every i'm
portant country in the world but our
own, and found that the teachers said
as little of the United States as they
could"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
FOUND HIS WAY HOME.
Lonely Fox Hound That Travelled
a Distance of Five Hundred
Miles in Six Weeks.

"Did you ever hear of dog travelling
from Mississippi to Kentucky?S said
gentleman from Houstonyille recently
to New York Telegram reporter,
without human companion?
'Well, heard Col. Tee Carpenter tell
of wondeEful hound Of his. He says
that Some years ago he sold z. hound to
q gentleman of Corinth, Miss. The dog
broke away from the expressman on
the train when in northern Mississippi
and was not heard of for some time,
The Mississippi gentleman wrote to
Carpenter and asked what was the rea
son the dog had not been sent. Carr
penter looked the matter up and found
that the dog had jumped out of the ex-
press car while the train was running
at full speed. About six weeks after
ward the hound showed up at Carpen-
ter's house in Lincoln county. He had
come home alone, being guided by that
peculiar instinct with which dumb ani=
mails are gifted. He had travelled fully
500 miles. The dog was never of any
value thereafter and he was completely
prostrated by the trip. He looked like
a skeleton when he got back to Ken.
lucky, and could never afterward run
fast enough to keep up with Carpenters
other fox hounds"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

1t is pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will in
a future state be transformed into men.
A pair of gloves pass through about
200 pairs of hands from the time the
skin leaves the dressers til the gloves
reach the hands of the wearer.
1t is under contemplation to attach a
phonograph department to the British
museum, in which would be stored in
cylinder form the voices of great people.
In the event of this scheme being real
lied, the queen would be asked to speak
into the instrument.
The beautiful doorway to Rouen ca
thedral, forming part of perhaps the
most picturesque facade in existence, is
in SO bad state cf repair that the mu-
nicipal council has been forced to de-
part from its principle not to assist &C.
clesiastical restorations and has voted
500, 900 toward the work, provided it is
undertaken at once and continued with
out intermission.
The most northern post office in the
world has lately been established by the
Norwegian government on the island of
Spitzbergen, off the north coast of
Norway. There are practically no in
habitants to be benefited, but the post
office is a convenience to excursionists
who go there during the summer
months.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-16
NERVE OF A BOLD DRUMMER.
He Compelled q Railroad to Haul
Him in Private Car to Sioux
Falls, s. ID.

His bold defiance of railway corpo
ration procured NJ. T. Mcneil the honor
Of a special car recently from Fort
Dodge, Ia, to Sioux Falls, S. d. Nc
Neil is Chicago travelling man. A few
days ago he bought ticket over the
Illinois Central from Chicago to Sioux
Falls and engaged q berth in sleeper
for the entire trip. At Fort Dodge,
however, it was decided to turn the
train around and run it back to Chi
cago-a plan occasionally adopted
when travel is light. This compels the
Sioux Falls passengers to rise carly and
change cars. Mcneil was accordingly
aroused, advised as to the situation and
peremptorily required to hurry on his
clothes and leave the sleeper. But not
he. He would ride to Sioux Falls in
that sleeper, he declared, or go back to
Chicago with it. And then let the Hi,
nois Central look out for a damage
suit. The conductor offered to pay
his passengers hotel bill until another
sleeper arrived or do anything else in
reason to accommodate him. The trav-
cling man stuck for his rights and the
officials finally wired to headquarters
for instructions. On orders received
from there the car was then carried
through to Sioux Falls with Mcneil its
only occupant.